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VOL. 20 ISSUE 11 APRIL 2015Monthly information magazine for the fifty plus generation

FREECelebrating 20 Years

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Lifestyles of the Active 50 Plus

NEWS RESOURCES EVENTS FEATURE COLUMNS ACTIVITIES ENTERTAINMENT TRAVEL HEALTH RECIPESServing Roanoke, Lynchburg, New River Valley, Smith Mountain Lake, Altavista, and the Counties of Franklin, Bedford, Campbell & Botetourt

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It seems that the lives of many of us will be touched in some way by the effects of dementia. If not personally, our experience may be one of support for relatives and friends. Knowledge is power and awareness of

resources can offer some relief...even moments of joy. One such resource is the Taubman Museum of Art, located at 110 Salem

Avenue SE, which hosts a free program called Arts Fusion which demonstrates the power of creativity in dementia care. The one-hour tours are held monthly for people diagnosed with memory loss (and their caregivers). Docent-led discussions focus on works of art from the museum’s exhibitions and permanent collection. Comfortable chairs are placed by the artworks and the group spends about 15-20 minutes with each piece. Art discussions become a conduit for the sharing of memories. Laughter is often heard as people talk about their families, homes, jobs, history, holidays, and hobbies. Existing relationships of those attending are strengthened and new ones are formed.

A few Arts Fusion past experiences:*Visitors walked into the gallery with music playing and took a seat in front of Betty Branch’s Dancer, 1989, a beautiful pink Portuguese marble sculpture. Different varieties of music were played, evoking images and discussions of dancing. A photo of a bonsai that resembled the sculpture was shown reminding us of nature’s art.*Conductor “all aboard” calls were played and voted on when viewing D. Brian Dooley’s Industrial Dusk, 1995, showing the Norfolk & Southern Shop. Photos of iconic local sites were shown and discussed along with the painting. Listening to a poem by Robert Louise Stevenson, From a Railway Carriage set the tone and those in attendance learned a lot about trains that day from one enthusiastic participant. *History was brought to life when we listened to a recording of the radio broadcast of Joe Lewis’ defeat of Max Schmeling, portrayed in The Brown Bomber, 1938 by Robert Riggs. The imagery and composition of the painting were stimulating and many recalled listening to the fight in 1938. The fact that Joe and Max later became lifelong friends was inspirational to attendees.

Participants were in for a treat one day as they were given the opportunity to become the artist. The topic was portraiture and everyone had a chance to choose a subject and snap a photo. Some chose to create close-ups while others had several subjects in view. There were more laughs than photos, but everyone later received a copy of his or her imaginative photo.

This program originates from a partnership between the Alzheimer’s Association, Central & Western Virginia Chapter, and the Taubman Museum of Art. Caregivers, spouses, or children are encouraged to attend. Art offers opportunities for social engagement and time away from daily routines. The opportunity for fresh experiences is invigorating and Arts Fusion visitors enter and exit the doors of the museum with broad smiles.

Come to the Taubman Museum of Art where we bring people together for discovery, learning, and enjoyment!

Arts Fusion tours are on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Advance registration is required. Contact Sharon Celsor-Hughes, Creative Arts Director for the Alzheimer’s Association, Central & Western Virginia Chapter at 434.973.6122 or [email protected] to register.

For more information about the Taubman Museum of Art and similar programs, contact Izzie Fuqua, Adult Education Manager, at 540.204.4127 or [email protected]

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in Dementia CareBy Deb Landgraf, DocentTaubman Museum of Art

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Inside This IssueDorothy Luci, Profiles......................5 Denise Scruggs, Lynchburg............6 Virginia Burggraf, Ginger Says........ 10Crossword Puzzle................................... 12Pearl Fu, International Corner........... 14Doris Hansel, Views From The Valley...17 Gail Tansill Lambert, Travel.................18Scott Leamon, Crime Prevention.......... 26Bulletin Board...................................... 28 Carole Doddridge, Recipes.............. 35Frances Stebbins, Recipes.............. 36 Readers Page.........................................38Kevin Kelleher, Mountain Doc............. 40 Lindsey Ward, Making a Difference.. 42Advertisers’ Index................................. 43Jeff Haniewich, Weather............. 45

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So happy spring is here! It seems like it was an endless, cold winter. Happy days are here again!

Spring begins the awakening of lots of events and festivals—indoors and outdoors. Be sure to come out to the Salem Civic Center on April 15 (hope you’ve got those taxes filed!) to the Senior Fun and Health Day. It’s FREE with free parking. Area businesses are there to share information about their services and give away free samples and goodies; there is entertainment, a fashion show, Bingo, door prizes and more! Richfield is hosting their 3rd Annual Senior Health and Wellness Day on April 23 with interactive wellness stations. In Lynchburg, there is a Senior Awareness Day at Timberlake United Methodist Church on April 28. Enjoy free lunch/refreshments, entertainment, education and door prizes.

There are Earth Day celebrations and so much more – read through this issue and the Bulletin Board for details.

My friend Nancy Weekly’s mom, Barbara Rakovec, is celebrating her 95th birthday on April 1. We want to wish her all the best and a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

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In the early morning hours of September 10th, 2013, a Roanoke County woman walks her dog, and stumbles upon the motionless form of a man with his broken

bike, lying face down in the street. Bruised and bleeding, Stuart Tousman is in no frame of mind to bid his neighbor good morning. The dog walker flags a passing motorist for help. The motorist is grateful for the heads up. Today she

will not be running over a broken man in the darkness. But hold on…. Who is Stuart Tousman?

Raised in Edison New Jersey, Stuart Tousman spent most of his childhood fighting to breathe. Struggling with episodes of severe asthma, he vowed it would not define him. Determined to take up biking, a mile’s ride grew into hundreds of miles, and his afternoons rolled into weekend excursions. Physical achievement became a passion and would be described later as “inspired lunacy.” The positive connection between health issues and one’s behavior had been seeded.

His first psychology class at Ohio State University sealed his future. He fell in love with it! This new passion grew into a Phd. at Bingham University as well as marrying Mary. Yes. Life was good. He landed his first job as a Psychology Professor at Rockford College in 1991. Under the excellent mentoring of Howard Zeitz, he came face to face with asthma once more. He involved himself with the asthma staff and leading allergists. If his plate was full with teaching and love, dessert followed with the birth of daughter Emily in 1995.

By 2007, Stuart came aboard the Health Psychology Program at Roanoke’s Jefferson College of Health Science. As their Psychology Professor, he continued with asthma research, including heart disease and diabetes, connecting the dots between health issues, behavior change and a patient’s self management. His own asthma had been brought under control through the use of inhaled corticosteroids, allowing him to live an active lifestyle. He had already biked as much as 206 miles on a day trip and as much as 600 miles in a week, from Edison to Portland, Maine.

His good life got better. He presided over the Virginia State Asthma Coalition and his daughter enrolled in Virginia Wesleyan College. On September 9th 2013, Carilion gave him permission to start a new online asthma program. September 10th, he decided he’d ride to work before dawn. Three blocks from home, a brush with death violently shook his world, leaving him in an unconscious heap.

He arrived at Roanoke Memorial in critical condition, with broken ribs, broken collar bone and a brain hemorrhage. His bicycle helmet was completely split but appeared to have saved his life. No one discovered the cause of the crash and Stuart retained no memory of the event They placed him in a drug induced coma for 1 week and he stepped down to less intensive care by the 2nd week. Weeks 3 and 4, he started inpatient rehabilitation. In one moment, his life achievements fell through his fingers.

In the 7th floor hospital room, he considered his office 2 floors away. The whole teaching semester was lost and his well exercised body was held captive by a brain injury. Being a husband and a father morphed into being “in need.” The loss of his identity was exchanged for insight. He observed his daughter’s ability to stay on task obtaining a B average in spite of family crisis. He‘d appreciate the strength his wife Mary displayed as she took on his role and persisted in being his stability. She held his hand each day of the coma and just knew he was still in there. “Mary took very good care of me,” says Stuart. “I couldn’t have done it without her.”

One month later on October 10th, Stuart returned home. There are many obstacles in recovering from a brain injury. It can take five years to recover. Did Stuart ever doubt he’d regain his health? He responded. “No, it was everyone else who worried.” It’s confusing to come off the coma medications and to separate waking from dream states.

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Denise Scruggs, Director of Beard Center on Aging

Lynchburg

Spring, one of the most enjoyable times of the year, has arrived. It brings with it warmer weather, budding plants, and longer days. It

also provides us the opportunity to get outside, enjoy the fresh air, and get fit.

There are plenty of good reasons to be fit. We feel better when we are fit and we are better able to keep up with our family and friends. We also enjoy greater

health benefits such as a stronger immune system, increased relaxation, better sleep, and an improved mood or mental attitude. Spending time outside in the sun also provides us with Vitamin D which is needed for the absorption of calcium and other key vitamins and minerals.

Staying fit gives us a social outlet when we exercise or work outside with a friend or family member. In addition, for those with diabetes and arthritis, it can help with pain management. Ultimately, when we take care of ourselves we increase our chances of living a longer, healthier life. Who doesn’t want that?

Before you lace up those shoes and start exercising or spending time outside, there are several safety precautions to consider. Always consult with your physician prior to beginning any activity or exercise program. Start slow and increase intensity and duration as you feel comfortable.

When exercising or involved in vigorous physical activity, be it inside or outside, keep a bottle of water on hand and drink plenty of fluids before, during and after your activity. Be sure to warm up, too. This includes stretching the parts of the body you will be working with most. When stretching be sure to breathe deeply as you go along and don’t bounce around. When finished with an activity, be sure to cool down properly by stretching again and drinking water.

After warming up, pursue your favorite outdoor exercise or activity. If you like to exercise, try balance and strengthening exercises to keep your body limber, strengthen your bones, and lessen your risk of falls. Thi Chi and Pilates are two great examples.

If you want to exercise and don’t know where to start, the National Institute on Aging has developed exercise programs you can use. They provide safe alternatives for older adults with health concerns and limited physical abilities, as well as exercises for the beginner. For more information on these go to the National Institute on Aging’s website at www.nia.nih.gov/Go4Life or contact the Beard Center on Aging at 434-544-8456.

If you are not an exercise buff, but want to stay in shape, there are many other outdoor activities that you can enjoy that will bring similar benefits. Here a just a few.

*Take your dog for a walk *Work in your garden*Be a tourist- take a stroll through the city *Pitch a game of horseshoes or play a game of ring toss *Walk around the neighborhood or park and catch some fireworks during holiday celebrations or visit your neighbor

Practice caution when exercising or working outside to avoid hyperthermia, skin cancer, and heat stroke which are dangerous and potentially life threatening. Avoid being outside during the hottest part of the day, wear a hat and sunglasses, cover your arms with a light cotton shirt, wear sunscreen, and stay hydrated.

If you experience a rapid pulse rate, feelings of nausea, flushed skin, heavy breathing, or vision impairment, stop immediately, get to a cool location out of the sun, and put ice packs or cool cloths on your body and seek immediate medical attention.

Whatever is best for you, get outside, be sensible, and enjoy the beautiful spring while getting fit.

Spring Forward Into FitnessAnd Better Overall Wellness

By Denise Scruggs & Tyler Timblin

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Book Signing & Sale: Meet Rosemary Rawlins, author of Learning by Accident: A Caregiver’s True Story of Fear, Family and Hope.

Poster Sessions: Join us for poster sessions to learn more about current research conducted in the field of aging. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to meet and talk with the researchers.Silent Auction: To raise funds for conference scholarships, a silent auction will be held throughout the day. The auction features items generously pro-vided by Consortium on Aging members and local businesses.

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TOPICS INCLUDEAggressive Behavior and Older Adults; Protecting Your Assets; Dealing with Difficult People; Healthcare Assistance for Veterans; Mom Needs Medicaid: Where Do I Start?; Depression in the Elderly; The Aging LGBT Population and many more important topics.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERSKathleen Passanisi, PT, CSP, CPAE, internationally recognized speaker, hu-morist and medical professional and author of It’s Your Life - Choose Well and contributing author of Humor Me.James L. Brooks, MDiv, associate state director for AARP Virginia and author of The Unbroken Circle: A Toolkit for Congregations Around Illness, End of Life and Grief; and It’s About How You Live - In Faith: A Guide for Hospices and End of Life Coalitions on Engaging Faith Communities.


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and Roanoke will be offering local seminars in May, featuring J. James Cotter, PhD, Associate Pro-fessor, Virginia Commonwealth University, an expert in the field of Gerontology. These workshops are free and open to the public. Dates and times of these semi-nars are listed toward the end of the article. Don’t miss this rare opportunity! Dr. Cotter will discuss care at home and other issues of importance to older persons. Below are some basic questions for Dr. Cotter in our ASK THE EXPERT sampling:Q: I have some chronic health conditions and I wonder whether I will be able to remain in my home?You are not alone. Many older persons have at least one chronic disease – usually it’s arthritis. But just because you have a chronic disease or health condition doesn’t mean you must give up living on your own in your own home. 85% of older people do not have difficulty with doing the things we need to do to stay in our own homes. Most of us want to stay in our own homes and “age in place”. And the best way to stay independent is to take care of ourselves – eat right and exercise often.Q: But if I do need some help, what kinds of resources are avail-able to help me stay in my own home?Most people who need help with activities like shopping, errands and paying bills rely on family and friends for assistance. We in America do take care of our older persons – 75% of the help needed for older people comes from family and friends.

If you do need more help, there are many home and community-based services available. Meals on Wheels programs could help with nutrition, and transportation services can take you to medical appointments. If you need help taking care of your home or more personal health support, there are many home care services organizations available to help. Home care is the preferred choice of people who have chronic conditions and need some help.Q: What kinds of home care services are available to me?Home care services have a great variety of options. You may want some help with housekeeping and meal preparation. If you have a severe impairment, you may want to have some one to assist you to move around your home or to be there for help when you bathe. All levels of care such as these are avail-able through home care services organizations. With the growing number of older persons – 8,000 people turn 65 every day – home care services is the best way to assist such large numbers of people when they need care.Q: What if I need help with many tasks? Should I go into an assisted living facility or a nursing home?Before choosing that path, you should work with your friends and family and your home care organization to determine how best to help you remain at home for as long as possible. Care at home is the preferred choice for older persons in the Roanoke Valley, and home care services are the way one gets to stay in the place they love most. Home care providers are skilled at helping with many serious chronic conditions while keeping you in your own home in your community. And these services cost less than care in a facility. Q: How do I know it’s time for help in the home?That’s always a difficult decision. Again, start with friends and family. Then I recommend you contact your home care organization or your Area Agency on Aging as soon as you begin to have difficulty handling the tasks you need to do. Often, a consultation early can help you maintain health and vigor and remain in your home longer with more independence.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERDr. J. James Cotter is an Associate Profes-sor in the Department of Gerontology in the School of Allied Health Professions of Virginia Commonwealth University. He re-ceived his Ph.D. in Health Care Organization and Research from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1996. Dr. Cotter teaches courses in the sociology of aging, trends of an aging society, health systems, and health care theory. Continued on Page 8

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Roanoke Area - May 28Health Care Professional SessionTopic: “40 Issues of Aging”2:00-3:30p.m.Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine2 Riverside CircleRoanoke, VA 24016Meet and Greet Social followingRefreshments provided.Registration Information contact Darla Edghill at 434-540-7402, or email: [email protected].

Caregiver Session:Topic: “Preparing for Caring”6:00-7:30p.m.Jefferson CenterFitzpatrick Hall541 Luck AvenueRoanoke, VA 24016Refreshments provided

Dr. Cotter has implemented, developed, managed and evaluated health and social services programs for older persons at the local and state levels for 40 years. He has helped manage Area Agencies on Aging in New York and in Virginia and served as Director for Programs at the Virginia Depart-ment for the Aging from 1988-1994.

Health Care Professional SessionTopic: “40 Issues of Aging”2:30-4:00p.m.Sydnor Auditorium, Lynchburg College415 Lakewood Street, Lynchburg,VA 24501Meet and greet social following. Refreshments provided

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Caregiver SessionTopic: “Preparing for Caring”10:30-11:30a.m.Oakwood Country Club 3409 Rivermont AvenueLynchburg, VA 24503Light breakfast providedRegistration Information contact Treena Koroneos at 434-610-8055 or email: [email protected].


Reverse Mortgage NewsRayetta M.Webb,Your LOCAL Reverse Mortgage Consultant Since 2005

Welcome to warmer weather, green grass and flower sprouts! Gathering a small bouquet of daffodils to sit on my kitchen table makes the wait for spring to arrive all worthwhile! I hope you are enjoying the beauty that Mother Nature surrounds us with.

Over the past few months I have been reviewing with you upcoming changes for the “Home Equity Conversion Mortgage” (HECM – aka reverse mortgage). The “Financial Assessments” (FA) will now start on April 27, 2015. As a recap, we’ll review the program now and what it will look like soon.

What we know now: Currently there are no income or credit requirements when qualifying for a HECM. The lender looks at the age of the youngest borrower (62 is the minimum age, but there may be a younger spouse, in which we would use their age), the value of the home and the interest rate at time of application. If there are liens on the property, there must be enough available through the HECM program to pay those liens off along with your closing costs. Once any liens are satisfied, any remaining proceeds are available right away or a portion may be accessible after 12 months.

If your home is paid for, you have several options: setting up a “line of credit” to be used as you choose; taking a “monthly tenure” where you receive a preset amount direct deposited every month into an account; or a “lump sum” of the proceeds would be available at closing. Depending on the program, you may have additional funds available to you after 12 months. Understanding the program and what you need it to do for you will help you in deciding which option is best for you.

What’s coming: The new laws will require all applicants to complete a “Financial Assessment” when applying for a HECM. This will include review of a credit report, verification of income/assets, and willingness to meet past financial obligations. This assessment will determine if the lender will be required to set aside a portion of the proceeds available from the HECM to be used for real estate taxes and homeowner’s insurance premiums. These set asides could reduce the amount of proceeds available for paying off existing liens if applicable, as well as amounts for monthly tenures and HECM lines of credit.

What does this mean? The HECM loan will look and feel like other loans you have applied for in the past. Be prepared for the lender to ask to pull your credit report and review it with you. If you have done a good job and paid your bills on time and meet the minimum income guidelines for your area (there are different income thresholds for different parts of the country), then you may only need to supply your income statements (such as Social Security Benefits letter or bank statements) and move ahead with your application and appraisal. If the credit report or the income guidelines are not met, then the lender may be required to utilize a portion of the proceeds available to you and set funds aside for future payments towards real estate taxes and homeowners insurance. The amount that would be used would depend on the results from the financial assessment of the income and credit information. Some borrowers will not be required to have funds set aside; some will. Those that will be required to have a set aside must note that the set aside funds will take away from the proceeds of the HECM and if there is an existing lien to be paid off, it may be the deciding factor in qualifying for this loan or not.

How to decide: For many years this type of loan was looked at as a “last resort” for someone who was struggling in their payments or had a loss of income. Those are still good reasons and not to be discounted. Retiring an existing mortgage ranks in the top five reasons to use a HECM. Yet for some the idea of setting up their HECM to receive a monthly tenure where the house pays them to live there is pretty sweet. The tenure payment continues as long as you live in the home. For home needs repairs, the HECM may be a good option. Large items such as a new roof and updated windows or perhaps making a home more user friendly may be something to consider using the proceeds from a HECM for.

In looking to the future and setting the HECM up as a “line of credit,” this option allows you access to proceeds when you want them. There is no interest charged on the proceeds while they sit in the line of credit and those proceeds have a growth feature which allows for an increase of those proceeds over time. This option may be a solid financial option for long range planning to secure income down the path. You are in control of these proceeds; and may prepay them and redraw at any time. The line of credit may work well with your other investments.

So looking at this program now, or considering it after the upcoming changes take effect is up to you. After 25 years of being available to homeowners over the 62, this program plans to keep offering another option to “use your home to stay at home.” Do you have questions? I am always here for you to answer them. Please call me at 434.238.0765. Enjoy the day and the daffodils!

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This week I had dinner with friends from my church and we talked about life and children and our work – the usual. I mentioned that I

was joyful and joy filled since I learned to give up the worries to a higher power. I am not here to preach to you, however. In my life, if I cannot immediately control what is happening in my environment, then I give it up. An answer always follows even if it is not one to my liking. This happens often and I have become flexible, but I have not allowed this to interfere with the peace that I desire to achieve. Ups and downs are part of life and we seniors have had many of them. If I dwelt on the death of my husband and children, I would not have been able to move on with my life and feel this sense of peace and joy. You need to radiate that joy to others. I’m not sure I

exactly do that, but I am not a ‘sad sack.’ In academia, teachers often find themselves creating a positive student atmosphere.

If you feel little joy or pleasure after visiting with friends, family, or seeing a good movie, you may have a more serious problem. Being depressed for a while, without letup, can change the way you think and feel. Doctors call this “clinical depression.” We call it “down in the dumps.” If you feel this way, why do you think you feel this way?Signs of Depression and Sadness:

Here is a list of the most common signs of depression and if any of these last for more than 2 weeks, please talk to someone and discuss this with your doctor.*An “empty” feeling, ongoing sadness, and anxiety*Tiredness, lack of energy*Loss of interest or pleasure in everyday activities, including sex*Sleep problems, including trouble getting to sleep, very early morning waking, and sleeping too much*Eating more or less than usual*Crying too often or too much*Aches and pains that don’t go away when treated*A hard time focusing, remembering, or making decisions*Feeling guilty, helpless, worthless, or hopeless*Being irritable*Thoughts of death or suicide; a suicide attemptWhat can you do?*Talk to friends and do things with them*Seek medical treatment*Stay active, go to a Senior Center*Read the newspaper*Listen to TV, radio*Take your medications*Eat well and nutritionally

The most important thing to remember is that you do not have to be ‘blue’ or depressed. Being old is wonderful and you and I have so much to offer others. I share this desire for your happiness with you since I have shared my life with you, in this column for close to fourteen years. I do want you to be happy and so do those who know you – friends, neighbors, co-workers and most of all your family.Getting Help:

The first step is to accept that you or your family member needs help. Perhaps you are one of those people who are uncomfortable with the subject of emotional or mental illness. Or, you might feel that asking for help is a sign of weakness. You might be like many other older people, their relatives, or friends. They believe that a depressed person can quickly “snap out of it” or that some people are too old to be helped. They are wrong. A health care provider can help you.

Once you decide to get medical advice, start with your family doctor. The doctor should check to see if your depression could be caused by a health problem or a medicine you are taking. After a complete exam, your doctor may suggest you talk to a mental health worker, such as a social worker, mental health counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist. The special nature of depression in older people has led to a different medical specialty-geriatric psychiatry. Don’t avoid getting help because you are afraid of how much treatment might cost. Often, only short-term psychotherapy (talk therapy) is needed. It is often covered by insurance. Also, some community mental health centers may offer treatment based on a person’s ability to pay. Be aware that some family doctors may not understand about aging and depression, but ask to be referred to a health care provider who can help.

You deserve to be happy. Resources:Virginia Department of Health and Disability Services, http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/

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Schedule a tour at a community near you today.National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Information Resources and Inquiries Branch, 1-800-421-4211 (for publications), http://www.nimh.nih.govNational Mental Health Association (NMHA), Information Center, 1021 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2971, 1-800-969-NMHA (6642), 1-800-433-5959 (TTY), http://www.nmha.orgGinger Burggraf, DNS RN FAAN OCDS, is a professor of geriatric nursing at Radford University. She has been an advocate for health care for older adults for many years, and also writes grants to further this effort. She is a religious member of the Secular Carmelite Community of the Catholic Church, a grandmother of nine, and an avid knitter.

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In the United State, April 16th has been designated as National Healthcare Directive Day. According to a study by the PEW Research Center, 71% of Americans have thought about their preferences for care at the end of life, but only 29% of us have completed an Advance Directive (AD), sometimes known as a living will. An AD allows you to state what you want your medical care to be if, at some point, you are unable to make decisions yourself.

Advance Care Planning is for Everyone! We all know that we are going to die at some point, we just don’t know when. What many of us don’t realize is that in this age of high tech medical care, dying is not as simple as it used to be. For example, no matter how old a person or what their state of health is, if their heart stops beating (death has occurred), it has now a standard of health care to automatically perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). That may be perfectly appropriate for a healthy young, middle aged or even older adult, but how about for an elder who has health conditions that present serious limitations to their everyday functioning and living. It turns out that CPR becomes dramatically less effective as we age and our health declines. It is important for us to think about the benefits and potential burdens of medical care that we could receive and decide for ourselves what we would want and what we would not want done. And it is equally as important for us to record those decisions so that if at some point we are unable to voice those decisions we would have an AD that would contain those decisions.

Three important elements are necessary for an effective AD. First is the directive itself, the information the directive asks you to include, and the signatures that make the document legal. The second element is the conversation you have with loved ones about the care you want when you are no longer able to direct that care yourself. You may find that not all family members are comfortable with the conversation you want to have, but your loved ones need to hear your choices. Third, you will need to appoint an individual to make health care decisions for you if you can no longer make decisions for yourself, and that individual needs to be very clear and comfortable with your wishes. The following is a pretty typical story about how those three elements interact.

My Mother developed a neurological condition when she was 84 that left her unable to walk, get to the bathroom, bathe or even dress herself. She could feed herself, her thinking was still pretty clear, she had a great sense of humor, and she loved to visit. My Father was her primary caregiver, with in-home help. When he died, Mom became a resident of a nursing center. She recognized when her health began to fail even further and asked me to talk with her about what she would and would not want done when she was dying. She knew what CPR was and for her that was out of the question. Mom didn’t want to ever go back to the hospital, and she certainly didn’t want any ventilators or feeding tubes, or anything that would prevent her from a natural death. What she did want was to be loved and kept comfortable by those caring for her. Using an AD, we put all her desires into writing so that as she became unable to speak for herself all of her family members and caregivers would be clear about what she wanted. Because I lived close by and spent a lot of time with her, I became her Medical Power of Attorney (sometimes called Health Care Agent, or Surrogate Decision Maker).

That is what Advance Care Planning is all about, putting into writing your wishes about what you would want if and when your are no longer able to speak for yourself. You can compose your own directive, but a preprinted AD will help you think through the decisions you need to make. Two well known examples of ADs in Virginia include the “Virginia Advance Directive for Health Care” and “Five Wishes,” both available online.

The requirements of an AD in Virginia are pretty simple. Whatever document you use, it requires your signature and the signature of two other adults who have witnessed you signing the AD. It does not have to be notarized. You can complete an AD by yourself, or with a health care provider or a lawyer, but in most instances you want to include loved ones so they know what decisions you have made. And you should know that you can always revise your AD as you need to.

Mother gave me a gift when she suggested we have a conversation about what her wishes were around end of life care and to put those wishes in writing. In turn, I have had that discussion with my family though it took some work to convince my children that we should have that talk. And I now have an AD in place, and a copy has gone to my Health Care Agent and Primary Care Provider.

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Stuart whispers, “It was a very close call for me and I think about God.” He remembers the many people who were praying for him, amazed that so many individuals plugged into his crisis. “I could have died.” The love of family and support from friends and community surrounded him and the accident has drawn him into a spiritual journey. “I’ve returned to my Jewish roots. I went back to temple and I also go with my wife to church,” he shares.

A return to work began with administrative duties. Three days before his 50th birthday he was gifted with a return to teaching. And of course, he bought a new bike. He used to do it all and now he can’t. He thinks about family and God, forcing himself to recover slowly. “The Jewish tradition is to do service and help others,” he teaches me. Sometimes he asks himself, “Why are you trying to do 15 things at once?” He will be cautious to protect his recovery.

Just 18 months from the accident and Stuart can do almost everything. He knows his blessings are amazing. “You must find and have purpose in your life.” He quotes author Victor Frakel. “Helping and teaching is what I do every day. That’s what I value. I still have the gifts I had prior to the accident. That’s very fortunate.” Stuart says May is National Bike Month and National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month. They are planning a fund raiser at Mill Mountain Zoo with fun activities. Please wear your helmet! [email protected]

What has Stuart gained? He was aware of the good things he had, but now he really appreciates what he has. That’s a heads up for all of us!Dorothy Luci is an artist and writer from New York City, residing in Roanoke County. She has enjoyed serving her community through teaching, counseling and chaplain work. Dorothy also loves bandanas, has used paper plates for poetry, and has recently begun to play an African drum.

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Have to hope we’ve had the last winter blast!

In Massachusetts, our oldest daughter Penny’s family had the worst winter ever---109 inches of snow. We survived the coldest winter that has hit Roanoke in years---but much less than in Mass. CC and my gratitude again goes to kind neighbors like the C. Moores, John and Sarah, who helped us clear drifts and piles of snow before we even got outside. We feel so blessed to

have such caring people around us. When Nancy Barbour heard how much I savored delicious chicken

served at the wonderful “Rescue Mission,” she surprised us by bringing a full course of the same chicken, accompanied by her expert culinary skill in Southern delectables. My husband, CC, and I feasted royally for 3 days! I’ve surrendered my palate to rich, tasty Southern-style cooking since we moved to Roanoke 29 years ago.

I always feel that “Food is an International Language.” My Syrian friend, Ayeda, frequently brings us savory, intriguing Middle Eastern pastries with delicious fillings. I am always ready to be introduced to new gustatory experiences. This has nothing to do with my Parkinson’s ailments and anxiety attacks. But I feel better!

My Latino friends: Loly, Yolanda, Miriam, Ana Melina, and Roxana, have also spoiled me with so many yummy dishes that are so similar to my Chinese Minority dishes: empanada, rice & bean dishes, etc. It truly is a small & delicious world.

M y A s i a n f r i e n d s : B e t h , S z e Wing, Cho Wei, Su ling, Rebecca, and Ann, and many others constantly come up with marvelous cuisine from the Philippines, Canton, Shanghai, Taiwan, Szechuan and Vietnam. I embrace their generosity and fellowship.

Long-time friend Pauline treated me to Sushi, for a long time mistaken as Chinese, but actually is a Japanese luscious culinary invention. Interesting fact: Wasabi plant, served as a paste with sushi, is grown around our China Sister City Lijiang and in my hometown, Kunming, and it’s exported and sold in large quantities to Japan. Ve-ry in-ter-esting. Yes?

I grinned when good friend Karen showed up at our Avenham Ave. house with a huge bag of hot, enticing yummies for dinner one day. We expected good hearty Southern food, that I have grown to love, but turned out that this thoughtful lady brought us yummy Chinese food instead. One dish was Noodles Lo Mein. We all know Marco Polo brought noodles from China to Italy about seven centuries ago. Voila “Spaghetti” was born! “It’s truly a small world.”

My gratitude goes also to my church SRUMC. The church’s sweet jolly members and staff are always sending very beautiful loving cards that touch me deeply. Others from church keep a prayer vigil for me. I was awed struck when mesmerizing SRUMC’s choir members serenaded me in our living room. The following day our warm-spirited and charming pastor Rev. Stan Wright visited. I felt truly blessed.

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around a table with people from all backgrounds, cultures and religion is a major a soul treat. We all can lead a fuller enriched life by spending worthwhile, stimulating sessions with others…’neighbors all.’ Hours filled with laughter and goodwill. We can make the best use of our potentials and time.

It is also very important to keep in touch with your own family circle, thanking them for all their love and support throughout the years. I

am blessed with one devoted hardworking caregiver, husband “CC” here in Roanoke. We keep in close touch with our three ever caring, loving daughters, Penny in Mass. (with son-in-law and 3 adorable grandchildren); Wendy in New York and Colette in Philadelphia. Wish they lived here in Roanoke!

Yes, I am enjoying my retirement. Now I have time to read the many books that are gathering dust. I have purchased them throughout the years. Time is still limited. Some might not come to be used, i.e., “How to be a Successful

Employee”! Ha, ha, ha! Reminder: Be sure to attend the Local Colors 25th Anniversary Festival “

on May 16th (3rd Saturday of May). I feel warmly blessed and thankful when people stop me --- here, there, and

everywhere --- and talk with me, even along Roanoke Valley’s streets and corners. Each encounter makes my day. I’m open to any suggestion where I can contribute my presence to welcome people, help network, or make use of my potentials to make this a better world.

Let’s enjoy 2015 together. It’s spring!!!! Pearl Fu is Roanoke’s great promoter, Ambassador of Goodwill, and she is the founder and coordinator of Local Colors. Local Colors welcomes new people/cultures. Contact Pearl at 540-580-0341(cell), [email protected]

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Chris Morrill came to Roanoke five years ago to accept the position of City Manager for the City of Roanoke. Mr. Morrill, his wife and

two children have settled comfortably into their lives in this community.

Mr. Morrill presented himself as a sincere, warm and friendly individual who enjoys his work and is not at all reluctant to voice his opinions and concerns

on a subject with which he disagrees with this writer, but that is another story....The most difficult time in young Chris Morrill’s life occurred 23 years ago

when he was 19, married and not too far removed from his graduation from college. He and his new bride both quit their jobs in Savannah, Georgia and joined the Peace Corps. The newly formed Peace Corps, realizing the potential for success with these two individuals, sent them immediately to the Ukraine.

While the weather in USSR can be considered agreeable only a couple of months out of each year, November, when they arrived there, is especially harsh. Their arrival pre-dated any kind of infrastructure, or even an American Embassy. They were assigned to a one room apartment, where the heat and water were turned on only for 6 hours each day...quite a difference from their lives in Savannah.

While their days of teaching were fulfilling for the young couple, other living conditions were stark, to say the least. They had to survive with no fresh vegetables, shortages of food, standing in bread lines, all the while facing the suspicious nature of the Russian citizens, most of whom had never met an American. Nothing in their previous lives had prepared them for these less than satisfactory living conditions.

Both Chris and his wife now believe that their survival for those two years of separation from the comfortable lives they had known in Savannah depended solely on each other. Morrill readily acknowledged he would have given up had it none been for the support of his young wife.

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The citizens of the small town in which they lived eventually accepted Mr. and Mrs. Morrill, were very friendly, and offered their love and support to these two strangers. They met and associated with people who have become lifelong friends, with whom they still communicate.

So we now know that Chris Morrill joins our other interviewees in stating that “other people” helped him to cope with what he describes as the most difficult time in his life.

Ci ty Manager Morr i l l very generously offered information to citizens who wish to navigate the var ious Ci ty of Roanoke

departments. He states that the city has a fairly new free app for I-phones and smart phones that is available through the Apple or Verizon stores, by going to “i.roanokegoogleplay”. He calls it a sort of “one app fits all” for the city. After downloading the app, follow the prompts that will lead you to every city department. For those who use other types of phones, call 853-2000 and an operator will connect to any department.

Mr. Morrill believes that we are never too old to learn. For those without computers he directs us to the local and the newly refurbished downtown library where there are computers and training sessions available. City Council has approved a capitol plan for re-doing all library branches over the next 5 years.Doris Hansel served two years in the Woman’s Army Corp.; is married to Benjamin H. Hansel II, retired Government lawyer; and has two daughters and one granddaughter. Doris resides in Roanoke County and was in programs management for LOA Local Office On Aging for 15 years, where she was responsible for Meals On Wheels sites, co-chair for Let’s Do Lunch, and Chaired the Annual Wellness Day program.


Piano, purchased from Steinway & Sons in 1923, reveals the fact that the owner of Longwood was not only a lover of plants, trees and fountains, but also music.

Pierre du Pont was all of these things. He was also an American i n d u s t r i a l i s t , a chemical engineering graduate of MIT, the grandson of E.I. du Pont, and Chairman of the Board of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Company. He bought a two hundred-year-old farm in the Brandywine Valley not far from Wilmington, Delaware in 1906 to save an arboretum on the property from a lumber mill operator contracted to remove the trees from a 41-acre parcel. The farmhouse became a retreat for DuPont as he embellished the land with plants and walkways and invited friends to “garden parties” that set the style for fashionable entertaining.

When he married in 1915, Longwood became the center of his personal world, where he entertained his wife Alice and their friends and family, and eventually the public from all over the world. When Alice died in 1944, du Pont retreated to his apartment in Wilmington, visiting Longwood only on weekends. His interest in horticulture, architecture, fountains, music, performing arts, technology and philanthropy had created a Garden of Eden of sorts that outlasted the mortal life of its founder and continues to reward those who come today.

Himself and I were brought there by friends who live in Annapolis and considered the drive as nothing compared to the pleasure they knew we would enjoy once inside the gates. The lavish

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Gardens are the thing right now – the anticipation, the memories and the plans for 2015. Longwood Gardens in

southeastern Pennsylvania’s Kennett Square is “Where Delaware and Pennsylvania Meet” -- not exactly on our radar screen in Roanoke, but well worth the trip. The idea of Virginians going to Pennsylvania to visit gardens is akin to carrying coals to Newcastle, but distance can be a friend to those for whom one springtime is not enough.

Himself and I were at Longwood Gardens in early April a few years ago, but an even grander plan would be to start in Richmond at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, go to

Longwood Gardens for a repeat of early spring and then finish up in the Roanoke Valley in time for the Garden Club Tour on Saturday, April 25 for an extended season of warm breezes and flowering landscapes.

Longwood is billed as “one of the premiere botanical gardens in the U.S.,” and rightly so. The 1,077-plus-acre Longwood Gardens contains twenty outdoor gardens and twenty indoor gardens, which boast 11,000 different types of plants and trees as well as fountains. Beyond its primary mission of gardening, Longwood hosts 800 horticultural and performing arts events each year. Events at Christmastime are practically “must-does” for families and patrons from Baltimore to Philadelphia.

The Longwood Conservatory is one of the world’s greatest greenhouse structures, begun in 1919. The twenty gardens within all have names, and like favored pets, one’s heart belongs to certain gardens for reasons that vary from the obvious to the mysterious. Included are The Orangery, Cascade Garden, Orchid House, Silver Garden and Palm House.

An Aeolian organ, built in 1930, is a 10,010-pipe instrument and the largest residence organ in the world; the pipes filled 14 railway freight cars on its journey to Longwood Gardens. The Longwood Steinway Grand

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abundance of beds of perfect tulips, the fun of the whimsical Topiary Garden and Scandinavian tree house cathedrals gave us an unforgettable springtime. The formal Italian fountain gardens are a foretaste of heavenly luster, and the Conservatory gardens swept us back to the Gilded Age in American history and its love affair with wealth, power and technology.

I also find the friendliness of garden-goers in the springtime an added bonus. We are all happy to be outside, loving the warm sunshine after a long winter; shared smiles at gorgeous vistas with strangers are part of the parcel. I can also imagine the pride the huge staff of horticulturalists, gardeners and workers feel when they see their efforts rewarded by our appreciative attendance.

Thank you, Pierre du Pont, and your long-time family tradition of ardent gardeners. Gail Tansill Lambert is a graduate of Hollins, a former Latin teacher, and works as a freelance writer.

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Smoking was already linked to 21 deadly diseases and conditions, in-cluding 12 types of cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and atherosclerosis, but the new findings added more than a dozen other diseases to that already long and deadly list. The newly added diseases included kidney failure, infections, and heart and lung ailments not previ-ously attributed to tobacco. In addition, smokers were also found to have small increases in the risks of breast and prostate cancer. It is now estimated that an additional 60,000 more deaths per year can be attributed to smoking. That puts the death toll from smoking to more than half a million people per year in the United States.

Donna Bond, D.N.P., R.N., a Carilion Clinic certified tobacco treatment specialist, said that she was not at all surprised by the findings of the new study.

“Smoking affects every system in your body,” she said. “Every time you take a puff on a cigarette, you are constricting oxygen and blood flow to ev-ery system and every organ in your body, so over time the damage just adds up and affects everything.”

Bonds noted that one of the main problems is that many people do not see the damage caused by smoking until later in life.

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SMOKING from Page 22Try some of Donna’s top tips to get started:

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3. Tell your friends, family, and coworkers you are quitting. 4. Learn coping techniques. Be prepared for withdrawals and know what

you can do in place of smoking. For example, take a walk, drink plenty of water, have healthy snacks on hand, or take up a new hobby.

5. Avoid triggers. For example, if you are used to having coffee and a ciga-rette in the morning, switch to tea instead. Or if you often smoke after eating, find other ways to end a meal, such as taking a walk.

6. Get help. Talk to your health care provider about a cessation program, nicotine therapy, or individual or group counseling. Or try one of these helpful resources:• 1-800-QuitNow, a free

telephone service that will link callers to a trained quit coach in their area that will help them quit tobacco.

• Smokefree.gov, a free website that allows you to choose the help that best fits your needs. Includes information, LiveHelp, quit lines, and other helpful material.

• BecomeAnEx.org, a free website people can use to create a personal quit smoking plan to re-learn life without cigarettes. You can also connect with other people who are

trying to quit.And most importantly, don’t give up. Smoking is a hard habit to break, but it is also the single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. You have the power to quit and improve your health!

Make a Fresh StartQuit TodayJoin Carilion Clinic for one of our upcoming smoking cessation programs. Understand the stages of readiness, the addiction process, and what to expect ahead of time to help you succeed when quitting.

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The Sesquicentennial is just around the corner! Years of planning have gone into this celebration of our rich history and the commemoration of the conclusion to the Civil War which took place in Appomattox, Virginia.

Thousands are expected to visit Lynchburg and the region to attend the Sesquicentennial events in Appomattox and experience what life was like 150 years ago when Generals Lee and Grant made history. The Lynchburg Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) expects many of these visitors will stay in the Lynchburg area and many locals will take advantage of our proximity to Appomattox. In order to quell potential traffic issues on US 460 for the days of the event, the LRCVB is partnering with Appomattox County to provide free shuttle service during the busiest times of the festivi-ties. Shuttle buses will run from 7am into late evening Thursday - Sunday, April 9th - 12th, 2015.

The LRCVB is calling for volunteers to help give guests and locals utiliz-ing the shuttles a positive experience. Volunteers will assist people find shut-tle stops and get folks acclimated to the Appomattox schedule and locations. Other volunteers will ride the shuttles and highlight downtown amenities for riders to enjoy upon their return. Shifts will be 4 hours each and there will be a brief volunteer training on Tuesday, April 7th from 11am - noon or 1pm -2pm in the City Council Chamber, 900 Church Street.

Please contact Sue Downs-Loyd at [email protected] or 434-485-7296 for more details and to volunteer! Also go to: discoverLynch-burg.org to see all of the events being held in Lynchburg and Appomattox to celebrate the end of the Civil War!

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Nestled in the foothills of the Peaks of Otter, Oakwood Health & Rehabilitation Center is located inside Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital. Oakwood offers a comfortable family atmosphere for patients with a variety of conditions, including orthopaedic injuries and stroke.

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Advance Healthcare Planning – Why Should I Have the Talk? Wednesday, April 15 at 1:30 p.m.The Summit Assisted Living 1320 Enterprise Drive, LynchburgFor more information on Advance Medical Directives or to download a free toolkit go to www.HaveTheTalkCentra.com.

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Advance Healthcare Planning – Why Should I Have the Talk? Wednesday, April 15 at 1:30 p.m.The Summit Assisted Living 1320 Enterprise Drive, LynchburgFor more information on Advance Medical Directives or to download a free toolkit go to www.HaveTheTalkCentra.com.

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Crime Prevention

By Scott Leamon, Roanoke P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t Community Outreach Specialist

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The birth of another spring season has something for everybody! For birdwatchers: the first time that American

Robin shows back up in your backyard. For gardeners: all those blooms to look forward to and warmer days so you can get some work done. For fans of the weather: the smell and the breeze from that first spring thunderstorm.

Unfortunately crooks, con artists, and the bad guys can find many things to love about spring, too. Every year, scam artists will try to take advantage of your kindness and warmth and prey upon any fears of leaky roofs, overhanging tree limbs, and expensive driveway repairs. Let’s take a brief look at some of the most common forms of spring scams, including how they work, and ways to give the bad guys fits by equipping you with the information you need so you won’t fall victim to these scams. Driveway Scam: This one is common. Basically, it can work in a couple of different ways. The first method is where the con artist approaches you with a deal they’ll say you can’t turn down. They’ll tell you they seal driveways for a living and that this is your lucky day! They’ll say they have just enough product left to do your driveway and they’ll do it for a significant discount as long as you agree to pay them in cash immediately. Once paid, they will apply some “product” to your driveway, only it’s shoddy work and doesn’t contain much at all in the form of a driveway sealant. The bad guys leave with your money and

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your driveway is in no better shape than when they showed up--that’s if your driveway needed sealing at all.

The second method involves the scammers explaining to you that they’ll seal your driveway at a discount, after you pay them in full--then they go get the rest of the “supplies” they need to do the job. Of course, you pay them, they leave, and they never show back up. The one common denominator among both methods is that you never asked anyone to seal your driveway. They just showed up and wanted to do it. Anytime a stranger shows up with seemingly all the answers to what he claims are all of your problems, that’s a big sign that it might be a scam.Tree Trimming Scam: This one works much the same way as the driveway scam. The con artists show up, unsolicited, and tell you that you have some problem trees and branches on your property. “Heavy storms are going to be coming this summer,” they might warn, “and you want to cut those branches back so none of them will fall and land on your electricity wire, which would then cut off your power.” Or they might claim to notice a tree that might be “sick” and explain that you need to have it cut down before the next big gust of wind blows it down right onto your house. Of course it’s all a scam. Your trees are more than likely fine. If any branches need to be cut away from the main utility lines, the power companies will do that themselves. The con artists will want paid up front before any work--that way they can go “buy” some supplies they’ll need to complete the job. After you give them the money you’ll never see them again. The point is to never pay anybody the full amount until the work is done. Paying a reasonable down payment for services like tree work or home repair is to be expected, but make sure and research the contractor you hire. Ask for references. Be wary if they claim they can only take cash.Roof Repair Scam: These scams might pop up after a round of strong spring or summertime storms rumble through the area. The con artists will drive around neighborhoods looking for loose shingles or other storm damage and then claim they’ll fix it right then and there for cash. Again, this will be unsolicited; you will not have asked them for help and you more than likely don’t have a problem to begin with. Don’t let them

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GUILTY, from Page 26pressure you into any immediate repairs. Politely thank them for checking and tell them you’d like to shop around a little bit before making any decisions. You could even offer to take their business card (which they probably won’t have anyway). The bottom line is that you never want any con artists to get you scared because they will prey on that fear.

Good Samaritan Scam: This is a scam where the bad guys try to fast talk their way into your home. They prey on your kindness and exploit that as a weakness. They want you to be the Good Samaritan who “saves” them in their time of trouble. They might say their car is broken down nearby and all they need is to go inside your home to use the phone. Oftentimes this scam requires an accomplice. It’s the accomplice’s job to keep you distracted while the main bad guy rummages through your belongings, stealing your valuables. Once they’ve talked their way inside your home, one of them might actually pretend to use the phone while the other excuses himself for something seemingly innocent, such as use your bathroom. They of course use that excuse to go into your bedroom and steal your jewelry or take your checkbook out of your purse.

It’s important to remember to never to let anyone inside your home, no matter how much they try to tug at your heartstrings. Offer to call them a cab or offer to call police. After those offers you might be surprised how quickly their stories change. If you see or hear anything suspicious, or interact with anyone suspicious, we encourage you to call 911.

So please make yourself familiar with these scams so you won’t become a victim. If a scammer ever approaches you, it’s always a good idea to call 911 and let your local law enforcement agency know. It’s good intelligence, and departments will want to increase patrols in the area. Remember that you’re our eyes and ears in your neighborhoods and we always welcome your help.Scott Leamon is a community outreach specialist for the Roanoke Police Department. He has more than a decade of experience in the communications field, previously working as a television reporter in Kentucky, South Carolina, and for WSLS in Roanoke. He lives in Roanoke County with his wife, Jennifer, and two sons, Jack and Tucker.

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Roanoke ValleyMonday afternoon Leisurely Paced Dance Group Class, Grandin Court Baptist Church, Roanoke, 1:20-2:30 in the Ministries Activity Center (MAC), $10pp/per week. 540-772-2238, www.dancingduo.net.Celtic Jam at Flanary’s Restaurant & Pub. Every Monday 8 pm. Local musicians come together to play Celtic Music. Bring your instrument, or just listen. 303 S. Jefferson St., Downtown RoanokeEvery 2nd Tuesday, Roanoke Scrabble, South County Library, 6:30-8:30pm. Free. All level of players represented. 540-772-7507Karaoke at The Village Grill every Wednesday night with The Patman starting at 8pm, 1802 Memorial Ave., Roanoke.The Star City Shaggers meet at Billy’s Barn, Salem, every Wednesday night from 7-10pm. Come join the most fun group in the Roanoke Valley. shaggin4fun.comThe Roanoke Valley Libertarian Party (RVLP) meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. Refreshments and socializing at 6:30pm then join for program at 7pm at Corned Beef & Co., downtown Roanoke. [email protected] The Taubman Museum of Art is proud to

present live music from local musicians every Thursday evening for Thursday Night Live and every first Friday for Art By Night. Bands will perform in Norah’s Cafe or on the adjacent patio from 5:30-8:30pm, unless otherwise noted. CenterPieces readings are presented free of charge on the 2nd Wednesday of each month between noon and 1pm on the Waldron Stage of Mill Mountain Theatre located at 20 East Church St in Roanoke.Looking For A Tea Party? Salem Tea Party monthly meetings second Thursday of each month, Salem Public Library, Salem, 7-8:30pm. Everyone welcome! 540-765-8663 F i rs t F r iday of the month m o n t h l y “gallery crawl” a m o n g a r t g a l l e r i e s i n D o w n t o w n R o a n o k e , 5-9pm. Art by Night showcases Roanoke’s thr iv ing ar ts communi ty--Openings, demonstrations, refreshments, live music and face-to-face interactions with local artists…Free, with free parking. Self-guided walking

tour with a brochure from any gallery.Friday Nights Flight at Norah’s Café, Taubman Museum of Art, 5-10pm. Come enjoy Friday night music and tapas (smaller portions of unique dishes) pared with a “flight” of wine! Taubmanmuseum.orgClearbrook Gospel Sing, Clearbrook Civic League Building, 6-9pm. Free. Family oriented community center event held every Friday and Saturday night at the old Clearbrook fire station (220 south). Live band performs southern gospel tunes and open mike. 540-529-8875, [email protected] Lick Conspiracy on Waldron Stage, Mill Mountain Theatre, first Saturday of each month, 9 pm, $5. millmountain.org The 2nd Helpings Gallery Meet the Artist Reception on the second Saturday of the month from 1-3pm. Live music and complimentary refreshments from the café make this event a festive gathering. 1502 Williamson Rd., NE, Roanoke. 540-491-9405FREE 2nd Saturday every month Morning Friendship Classic Movie Series at The Grandin Theatre, Roanoke, 10am. Apr. 11 –

“The Manchurian Candidate.”April 2, Thursday First Thursday Lunch Box Lecture: World War II, History Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, 12pm. Two World War II veterans will tell war stories--Tom Boyer will describe the Battle of the Bulge and Jim Warren will tell of his program to give a cap to every WWII veteran in appreciation for his service. Reservations Required. $15 for non-members, $10 for members. 540-224-1245, vahistorymuseum.orgApril 3, Friday Art Reception, Market Gallery, Roanoke, 5:30-9pm. Featured Artists for April are Kim Sutliff, Barbabra Norman Lashley and Ed Gallucci. Sutliff and Lashley will discuss their work between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m. Both artists work with mixed media pieces using wooden boxes. Ed Gallucci’s photographs of pop cultural icons and his magazine covers give a photo history of America. (540) 342-1177 or visit www.marketgalleryroanoke.comApril 4, Saturday Medicare Educational Workshop, CoLab, Grandin Rd., Roanoke, 11am. What do Medicare Parts A, B, C and D cover? What are my Medicare options? How do I know when can I enroll in Medicare? if I’m eligible? Light

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6712 Williamson Rd. RoanokeAll of our monthly auctions in 2015 will run over two consecutive days, beginning Friday at 10 a.m. Even though the auction stops Friday night at 8 p.m., it will start again at 10 a.m. on Saturday and the bidding will be continuous until the high bid takes it all at 8 p.m. Saturday night. There is truly something for every one, from buyers and collectors to young fami lies and se-niors, so come find your bargain at Roanoke’s only auction house without an auctioneer. Picture high-lights will be posted one week prior to auction at CrowningTouchUSA.com,so click on auctions to view photos. When you get here, just register and place your bids at one of our six computer stations. Then you can leave the auction if you wish without leaving the “action.” You can text in your bid or follow the auction and bid from home on your own computer. The high bid wins the lot at 8 p.m. Saturday night. There is no buyer’s premium and you have one week to pick up your loot. Great food is served Saturday from noon until closing, so come have fun with us at Virginia’s most unique auction house. Lic. #686. Call 540.982.5800 for more information.

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refreshments will be provided. Agent: Ken Carter, To R.S.V.P., please call 540-676-3014 or email [email protected]. April 2-4 and 9-11 “Middletown” by Will Eno, Off The Rails Theatre, June M. McBroom Theatre, Community High School, 302 Campbell Avenue SE, Roanoke. “In a life framed by birth and death, our lives are made up of the series of moments in the middle. Will Eno’s Middletown is a beautifully honest and funny play - picture Our Town under the influence combined with SNL and edited by Samuel Beckett.” 540-676-141April 10, Thursday Natalie Merchant Jefferson Center, Roanoke, 8pm. Phone: 540-345-2550, jeffcenter.orgApril 10–11, 15-18, 7:30, April 12, 2pm.Theatre Production: “Little Women, The Broadway Musical,” Hollins University Roanoke. Tickets at www.hollins.edu/theatre or the box office at 540-362-6517.April 10–26 “Moon for the Misbegotten” by Eugene O’Neil, Star City Playhouse c/o MCC, Roanoke, Fri.-Sun. 3 weekends. Set on a rundown farm in the Connecticut in 1923, the Hogan family barely holds onto their land. Land owner, James Tyrone holds not only the deed to their lives, but also the love of daughter Josie. When he threatens to sell the land to a hated neighbor, the Hogans scheme to ruin him. 540-366-1446

Roanoke Author Invasion, Holiday Inn Tanglewood, Roanoke, 12-4pm. Free. Join 30 bestselling authors of contemporary and paranormal fiction--enjoy an afternoon of books, giveaways, and more as you get the latest releases from your favorite authors and discover new voices! Email: [email protected] College Choir: Carmina Burana, Roanoke College Bast Center, Salem, 8pm. “Wine, women and song” from the medieval student perspective is the theme of this classic work by Carl Orff.. Tickets .roanoke.edu/tickets or at the Colket Center Info Desk, 540-378-5125.April 12, Sunday Roanoke Symphony Orchestra presents: Spring Symphony & Chorus, Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Roanoke, 3pm. Celebrate the arrival of spring with Robert Schumann’s lovely masterpiece, one of the great romantic era symphonies - his first. 540-343-9127April 12 &19, Sundays Moonshine Express, Rocky Mount, 1:30-5:30pm. Hear true tales of likker in ‘The Moonshine Capital of The World.’ More than 75 characters & interpreters tell the story of moonshining in Franklin County. Learn how they made t and why - and some of the more amusing consequences. Advance ticket purchase recommended. Visit the History Museum, 460 S Main St., Rocky Mount. Phone orders, credit cards. $14 per person. 540-483-1890, Email: [email protected] 14, Tuesday Broadway in Roanoke: Dancing Pros Live, Performing Arts Theatre, Berglund Center, Roanoke, 7:30pm. In DANCING PROS: Live, for the first time pros from DANCING WITH THE STARS, SO

YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, and Dance Champions from around the globe dance off against each other. Roanokeciviccenter.comCenter for Lifelong Learning, Phoebe Needles program and lunch “Why care about Emily Dickinson?” with Dr. Harry Brown. Dr. Brown will talk about the nature, function and importance of poetry, after which he will read and explain the origins of a couple of his own poems. He will then offer some introductory comments about Emily Dickinson’s life and poetry. Cost is $10 for members and $18 for non-members. Phoebeneedles.org

April 15, Wednesday Senior Fun & Health Fair Day Salem Civic Center, 10-2pm. This event has become one of the Valley’s greatest assets for our senior population. Get valuable information from vendors and learn about products and businesses that can help define those things that are important in the daily lives of Seniors. Fashion shows, cooking demonstrations, bingo, door prizes, and musical entertainment are all part of the fun! Plus this event offers FREE Parking & FREE Admission! 540-375-3004

The Virginia Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Commission is preparing to update the Virginia Dementia State Plan. “Listening sessions” will be held April - June in various locations across the state. Individuals with dementia and their caregivers are invited to speak about their needs. A listening session is planned Roanoke from 3pm to 5pm at Virginia Western Community College. For info, email Ellen Phipps at [email protected] 15–26, Showtimers presents: “Steel Magnolias,” Showtimers, McVitty Road, Roanoke. Weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 540-774-2660April 16, Thursday RC Jazz and Wind Ensembles Joint Concert Roanoke College Olin Theater, Salem, 7:30pm. FreeApril 17–18, Fri. & Sat. Annual Spring Southwest Virginia Antique Flea Market and Swap Meet, Franklin County Recreation Park, Rocky Mount, 8-5pm. Free. All antiques are welcome. 540-420-0228Sounds of the Mountains Festival, Camp Bethel, Fincastle: 7pm- 9:45 on April 17; 10am-10pm on April 18. Adult $30, Child $15, Family $72. This year’s line-up features nationally known professional storytellers including Donald Davis, Dolores Hydock, Patrick Ball, Baba Jamal Koram and music performances by After Jack. SoundsoftheMountains.org


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April 18, Saturday “Shine n’ Dine” Moonshine Tasting Event, Early Inn at The Grove, Rocky Mount, 6:30-10:30pm. Capture a piece of local heritage and enjoy an enchanted evening with a moonshine tasting under the stars. This, the first local event of its kind, will feature locally distilled “shine” in several flavors with a selection of foods from local chefs. Enjoy a variety of foods, delicious desserts, a coffee bar and great entertainment including moonshine folklore around the fire pit, and mountain and bluegrass music throughout the venue. Unique silent auction. All proceeds support United Way of Franklin County and the many agencies it serves. General: $50 (plus Shuttle: $65), VIP: $150. 540-483-4949 or visit fcunitedway.org17th Annual Blue Ridge Kite Festival, Green Hill Park, Salem, 10-4pm. Free. 540-387-0267April 18–19, Sat. & Sun. Following the Great Road Living History Weekend, Natural Bridge Park and Historic Hotel: April 18: 10-5pm; April 19: 103pm. Free with purchase of Natural Bridge Park ticket. 18th century living history demonstrations and presentations, opportunities to visit with historians and representatives from area genealogical societies and cultural centers to help connect our past and present. 540-291-2121, ext. 7808, Email: [email protected] 18-23, Sat.-Thurs. The Friends of the Roanoke County Public Library semi-annual Spring Book Sale at the South County Library in Roanoke during regular business hours: Sat. 9-5m., Sun. 1- 5pm., Mon.-Thur., 9-9pm. Thousands of fiction and non-fiction books, children’s books, videos, DVDs, and audiobooks on sale at incredibly low prices.

Wednesday, April 22, is Half-price Day and Thursday, April 23, is Box Day--bring a box and fill it full of books for only $3! 540-772-7507.April 19, Sunday Roanoke College Oriana Singers: Spring Concert, Salem Baptist Church, 3pm. Featuring a bouquet of treble choral settings from many lands and periods. Free. 540-375-2360, Email: [email protected] Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert, Hollins University duPont Chapel, Roanoke, 3pm. Features a variety of music including Mozart’s Overture to the Magic Flute, film music from The Seahawk, and Lord of the Dance and a march by little known British composer, Albert W. Ketlebey, titled With Honor Crowned. Roavco.wordpress.com/Jefferson Center’s Music Lab, with support from the City of Roanoke Arts Commission, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Freedom First, and Friendship Retirement Community, brings the Performance Band Tour to Cave Spring United Methodist Church at 7pm. Every performance highlights arts performance, music education, and peer to peer engagement, as well as ethnic and musical diversity. Jeffcenter.orgApri l 20, Monday Primatologist and Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, Hollins University, 7:30 pm. Primatologist and Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall “Sowing the Seeds of Hope,” In July 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall began her landmark study of chimpanzee behavior in what is now Tanzania. janegoodall.org.April 25, Saturday Irma Silva-Barbeau, Author presentation at 2pm., Valley View Mall, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Roanoke

April 22–26 60th Annual Vinton Dogwood Festival, throughout downtown Vinton, 8-10pm-Free - a five-day carnival and entertainment event. Saturday: Local entertainment, craft show, distance run, children’s area, antique car show and the annual parade, step-off at 2:30 p.m. 540-983-0614. Visit www.vintondogwoodfestival.org for times and details. 540-983-0614, vintondogwoodfestival.org

April 23, Thursday Alan Jackson with guests Jon Pardi and Brandy Clark, Berglund Center, Roanoke, roanokeciviccenter.comHeels for Healing Women’s Luncheaon, Berglund Center, Roanoke. A Women’s luncheon benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, featuring a fabulous shoe raffle presented by Yarid’s Shoes. 540-224-4747

Moonlight Bootlegger 5k, Explore Park, Roanoke, 8:20pm. Transition back to the 1920’s Prohibition Era rum running and run a 5k race through the wooded trails of the backcountry. Like our bootleggin’ ancestors, see if you can make it through the moonlit woods to get to the stompin’ grounds, where you can enjoy a nice glass of moonshine and flatfoot it to live bluegrass and old timey music. Admission: $28 - $42, 517-331-4014, Email: [email protected]

April 24 & 25, Fri. & Sat. Civil War Symposium: “Rising from the Ashes of War” Hollins University, Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science Building, Roanoke: Fri., 6:30-8:45 pm, Sat., 8 am-4:30 pm. Featuring J. Francis Amos, M.D.; Professor William C. “Jack” Davis; Jeremiah DeGennaro; Charles R. Knight; Stephen M. “Sam” Hood; Eric Wittenberg; and James I. “Bud” Robertson Seminar $55 per person. RSVP by April 14. Brunch $9. Information: www.roanokecwrt.orgApril 24–26, Fri.-Sun. Buchanan Civil War History Weekend, Main Street, Buchanan, 10-5pm. Hear the roar, feel the ground shake as Civil War Cannons echo across the valley. History comes alive in downtown Buchanan during our annual Civil War History Weekend. You and your family are invited to explore one of the lesser known sites of the War Between the States in downtown Buchanan. Explore Living History encampments, Suttlers, Films

Join the Park-Oak Grove for a Seminar titled“Caring for the Caregiver”

April 14th, 3:30pm, in the Library at Park-Oak Grove Retirement Community

4920 Woodmar Drive, Roanoke, VA 24018Caring for a loved one may be one of the most difficult jobs

that a person can ever have. We welcome special guest speaker Brent Poff from Heartland Home Health. Come learn

about some of the signs & symptoms of caregiver burn-out. Brent will offer advice on how to better manage our

responsibilities. Residents’ families and outside guests are encouraged to come. Light refreshments will be served.

To RSVP, call Fran Bruce at 540-989-9501 or [email protected]

There will be an AARP Defensive Driving Course on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.The cost of the course is $12 for members and

$14 for non-members.Refreshments will be served but please bring a lunch.

Please make checks payable to AARP and bring to class on the first day.

To register call Karan Preston at 434-582-1503.

AARP DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE at The Summit in Lynchburg

(434) 582-15031400 Enterprise Drive • Lynchburg, VA 24502


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& Programs, the Battle of Buchanan and more. 540-254-1212 x4, Email: [email protected]

April 25, Saturday The Bent Mountain Center and The Bent Mountain Christian Academy are hosting a Car, Truck and Motorcycle show at The Bent Mountain Center, 10-2pm.. Food will be available for purchase and The Sound of Bluegrass will be performing. A health fare will be available free of charge and the Cave Spring Lions Club will be here.26th Annual Earth Day Roanoke, Wasena Park, Roanoke, 10-5pm. Free Activities include: arts and crafts from re-used materials with the Taubman Museum; a native plant walk with the Blue Ridge Wildflower Society; exhibits from the Roanoke Sierra Club, the Roanoke City Parks, Ride Solutions, the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy, and dozens of environmental groups. Children’s Games- Bike tune-ups, Frisbees, Local musicians, Crafts, & Good Food. earthdayroanoke.com

Met Opera Live in HD Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Virginia Western Community Collage - Whitman Theatre, Roanoke, 12:30pm. You can purchase single tickets on-line or at the door the day of the performance or purchase season tickets. Opera Roanoke subscribers and Met subscribers receive discounts. $21.50 +fee; Seniors and Members $19.50 +fee; 540-982-2742Party for the Planet at Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke, 11-4pm. Come celebrate Earth Day with a Party for the Planet at Mill Mountain Zoo. Enjoy fun activities for the whole family! All activities are free with Zoo admission of $6 for kids and $8 for adults! 540-343-3241Roanoke Valley SPCA’s Puppy Love Ball, Shenandoah Club, Roanoke, 6:30-11pm. $75. A major fundraiser for the RVSPCA. Funds will be used to provide food, shelter, medical care, and love to thousands of homeless animals while they wait for a permanent loving home. 540-339-9509, rvspca.org

Susan G. Komen 6th Annual Race for the Cure, Rivers Edge/Reserve Avenue in Roanoke, 6-11am. The race offers a 5k walk, 5k run, 10k run, 50-yard kids dash, survivor village and parade, and lots of fun for the whole family to enjoy! The event takes place at Rivers Edge/Reserve Avenue in Roanoke,

VA. We need your help to run breast cancer out of town! Go to www.komenvablueridge.org/race to find out more! 540-400-8222Eventzone’s Virginia Beer and Wine Festival, Daleville Town Center, 12-5pm. 540-389-1232, eventzone.orgApril 25–26, Sat. & Sun. Open Studios of Roanoke, Artist’s Homes and Studios in Roanoke, Roanoke: Sat 4-25-15 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun 4-26-15 noon to 5 p.m. Free. April 26, Sunday World Music Ensemble Concert, Hollins University DuPont Chapel, 3pm. Lively evening of music from the Caribbean and Africa performed on steel drums and marimbas. Selections range from traditional music to pop and seasonal. Hollins.edu/eventsApril 29 – May 17 “Hairspray” at Mill Mountain Theatre, Trinkle Main Stage, Roanoke. The winner of eight Tony Awards, the show will be MMT’s first with a new sound system, ensuring audiences will leave the theatre singing and dancing. 540-342-5749April 30 – May 2 2015 Grandin Theatre Film Festival, Roanoke. The Grandin Theatre celebrating independent film and the cinematic arts! 540-345-6377, grandintheatre.com

Lynchburg, Bedford &Smith Mountain Lake

First Fridays-Visit the many art galleries and the Lynchburg Museum for free-the GLTC Art Trolley runs from 5-8pm to make it convenient for you to see as many galleries as you desire. 434-528-3950, lynchslanding.com/events/firstsfridaylynchburg 2nd Friday in Centertown Bedford - Stores and Galleries open until 8pm. Free. 540-586-

2148, centertownbedford.comEvery Friday night from 7pm – 9pm the third floor of the Bedford Museum will fill with the sounds of good ol’ homegrown music. On the first, third, and fourth Friday’s of each month the evening will be a jam session that anyone and everyone can attend for free. 2nd Friday will be local bands; asking for a $10 donation. Parking lots available after 5pm, even ‘reserved.’ 540-586-4520, bedfordvamuesum.orgApril 10, Thursday Wound Tight in Concert, bluegrass music, Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. $10. 540-586-4520April 11, Friday History and Genealogy Forum at Bedford Museum and Genealogy Library, 1:30-3:30 pm. 540-586-4520, bedfordvamuseum.org/April 18, Saturday Prelude to Invasion – Living History Event and Scout Day at The National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, 10-5pm. If you have ever been curious about the uniforms, history, tactics, gear, weapons, or morale of U.S. servicemen and the Allies during the turbulent period leading up to D-Day, here is your opportunity to learn more. Regular fees apply. 540-586-3329, dday.org

Christiansburg Rec Center Upcoming Events

Call the center 540-382-2349 for info.Abbreviations: TR – Town Resident; NR – Non-Resident

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGSKeep Track of your blood pressure numbers with this FREE service of-fered 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 9:00am– 10:00am, Senior Activities Room – Rec Center.INTERNET USAGE Internet access for senior citizens is available M–F, 8am-5pm, Senior Activities Room (if available) – Rec Center. MEDICARE DECISIONS MADE EASYSaturday, April 11, 10:00am. FREE. Classroom 2. 50 and over. You and a guest are invited to an educational workshop where you can get an-swers to your Medicare questions. You’ll have a better understanding of Medicare and how it works so you can make the right choice for your needs. Speaker: Linda Walker, Humana.LUNCH BUNCH Tuesday, April 14, Dave’s Good Food, Salem. Leave Rec. Center @ 10:30AM. TR/NR $7/$14. Join us for our monthly lunch outing to various restaurants in the area. Participants are responsible for paying for their own lunch. Register by April 7.AARP TAX AIDE PROGRAM Thursdays 1:00pm-4:00pm; Saturdays 9:00am-12:00noon, through April 11. Senior Activities Room. IRS trained tax volunteers assist senior citizens with their personal tax re-turns. No business returns will be prepared. You must call and sched-ule an appointment at 382-2349. NO WALK INS.SENIOR AEROBICS Ongoing low impact aerobics class. Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 7:30am-8:30am, multipurpose room 2. Instruc-tor: Sonia Badillio.

RSVP of Montgomery County & RadfordVolunteer Opportunities

Please consider helping with any of the following opportunities by calling the number listed, the RSVP office at 540-382-5775 or emailing

[email protected] Museum and Cultural Foundation has a wide range of volunteer opportunities available. They need board and committee members, office assistance, research assistance, greeters, gift shop, walking tour leaders and help with special events. The Center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10-4. Contact Lori Jones at 558-0746 or [email protected].

The Literacy Volunteers of the NRV has several volunteer opportunities. Please contact Janet Kester, Program Coordinator, at 392-7295 if you are interested in helping in the following areas.

Digital Literacy (Computer) Tutor - teach basic computer skills to adults in a one-to-one context. Tutors will teach skills such as understanding basic computer terms, setting up and using email accounts, using Word to create documents, basic keyboarding skills, and using the internet.

Office Greeter- LVNRV would like to make our office and computer lab open to the public M-W 10am-4pm. To do this, we need volunteers to greet the people who stop by, answer the phone, and take messages. Volunteers would take 2-4 hour shifts on a day or days that fit their schedules. Training will be provided.

Radford/Fairlawn Daily Bread needs volunteer drivers to deliver hot meals to homebound citizens living in Radford on Mondays, Thursdays, and the first, third and fifth Fridays of each month. Each driver delivers to about twelve people and the time involved is about an hour and a half each week, from 10-11:30 am. Call Donna Fern, Meals on Wheels Director, if you can help as a regular driver or as a substitute at 641-3883. Those interested in delivering meals must provide their own cars and have a valid license.

For additional volunteer opportunities available in our community, visit www.montgomerycountyvagov/rsvp, the AARP “Create the Good” web site at www.creathegood.org, and United Way’s website at www.volunteernrv.org.


BB, from Page 31April 21, Tuesday Garden Day in Lynchburg at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest-Learn about historic garden archaeology and restoration at Jefferson’s retreat, an official project of the Garden Club of Virginia. Free with regular admission or a Lynchburg Garden Day ticket. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. 434-525-1806, www.poplarforest.orgLynchburg Historic Garden Week--Four homes and gardens, and one city farm-garden are the featured private properties for this year’s tour, which also includes presentations on Gardening in Central Virginia and flower arranging workshops. Tour Headquarters and luncheon location is Oakwood Country Club, 3409 Rivermont Avenue. The popular luncheon is an additional $17.50 pp, takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and includes a hand-painted boxed-lunch by local artists. This tour provides a full day of touring and special activities for garden enthusiasts. Advanced Tickets: $25pp at the Lynchburg Visitor’s Center, Kroger Pharmacy Boonsboro, Silver Thistle, The Farm Basket and Virginia Garden Supply. In Forest, at Aylor’s and The Columns. Also, advanced tickets may be purchased on-line at www.vagardenweek.org. Day-of-tour tickets may be purchased at the homes with cash or check. Credit cards for tour tickets will only be accepted at the Headquarters. Lynchburg@vagardenweek.

org

April 24, Friday Historic Garden Week Smith Mountain Lake Garden Tour, Water’s Edge Community/SML The Smith Mountain Lake showcases three homes and gardens located in The Water’s Edge community. With 13 miles of shoreline and more than 700 acres of land, this is one of Smith Mountain Lake’s most scenic developments since its inception in 1986. House styles include an Old World farmhouse, a French Country house, and a river plantation house, each with magnificent lake and garden views. The Water’s Edge Country Club, named one of Golf Digest’s five best golf courses in the country, and is available as a lunch venue. 540-343-4519April 24-26, Fri.-Sun. Blue Ridge Big Bass Classic, Moneta, 8-5pm. Open Big Bass Tournament at Bridgewater Plaza, Moneta. Last year 269 anglers entered our first tournament…This year expected 350 to 400 anglers. Registration is Friday, April 24 from 3pm – 7pm. Entry Fee – $100 One Day Entry – $150 Two Day Entry. Grand Prize: 2012 Nitro Z7 valued at $25,000. Televised on WFN – World Fishing Network and Fox Sport West will be a new market for us. 540.483.9293, visitsmithmountainlake.com/April 25, Saturday 3rd Annual Kegs and Corks, Forest Professional Park, Forest, 12-6pm. Returning for the third year, this event will feature tastings by Virginia wineries and craft brewers, live music, and food & products for sale by local businesses. 540-586-9401, bedfordareachamber.com/Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce Downtown Rock in Brews & BBQ’s, Downtown Moneta, 1-7pm.. An annual

spring ‘music, food and fun’ event in the Smith Mountain Lake area. $5. 540-721-1203, visitsmithmountainlake.com/

2nd Annual Spring Pickelball Tournament - Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed Doubles Eliminations tournament. Located at Bonner Courts, behind O.T. Bonner Middle School - Danville, VA; Entry Fee $20, $5 additional bracket; Entry deadline: April 14. First 60 registrations will be accepted! Rain date: Sunday, April 26. To register, contact: [email protected] or call Ballou Recreation Center at (434) 799-5216.Annual Booker T. Washington Legacy Dinner, Trinity Ecumenical Parish, Moneta, 6-9pm. This year’s topic is Born Here, Freed Here. Kenneth B. Morris Jr., a descendent of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass, will be the guest speaker. The event celebrates Booker’s 159th birthday and features a dinner, silent auction, music and door prizes. Tickets for the event are $30 per person or $200 for a table of eight. Proceeds benefit the organization’s operations and educational programs. 540-488-2122 or email [email protected] 28, Tuesday Senior Awareness Day, Timberlake United Methodist Church, Ly n c h b u r g , 9 : 3 0 - 2 p m . E d u c a t i o n , Entertainment, Free Lunch/Refreshments, Door prizes. 332-9745May 2 & 3, Sat. & Sun. The Jefferson Choral Society Concert “The Heavens Will Sing,” at Timberlake United Methodist Church, Lynchburg. Sat . . , 7 :30pm; Sun., 4pm. The concerts will feature Faure’s Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, as well as selections by Brahms, Mozart, and Bach, plus a setting of “Lord, Make Me an Instrument” written by Director Aaron Garber. Lynchburgtickets.com

New River ValleyRadford Fiddle and Banjo Jam at River City Grill Mondays @ 7pm. Musicians play bluegrass in a laid-back atmosphere. 540-731-3294Blacksburg Old Time Jam at Gillies Restaurant every Tuesday night from 7-10 pm with old-time mountain music. Dancers welcome. 540-961-2703, nrot.org Senior Discount Tuesdays - Every Tuesday in Downtown Blacksburg. Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg. 540-951-0454, [email protected] HeArts - Senior Arts Group 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month from 10am-12pm. This senior arts group works in different mediums of their choosing. Free, bring your

own materials. 540-745-2784 or email [email protected] Night Jamboree on Friday evenings at the Floyd Country Store in Floyd, 6:30-10:30pm. Bluegrass, gospel music, dancers. 540-745-4563, floydcountrystore.comFirst Saturdays – The Floyd Radio Show -- from the Floyd Country Store springs a new old timey variety show, broadcasted live to the New River Valley! A jam-packed hour of original radio dramas and comedy skits—performed by a team of local actors. Colorful, true stories of life in Floyd. floydcountrystore.comSaturdays Americana Afternoon-Americana musicians take the stage. Acoustic Americana open mic follows. Free. Floyd Country Store. Floydcountrystore.com\--April 12, Sunday Blacksburg Community Band 26th Anniversary Spring Concert, Blacksburg High School Auditorium, 3-4:30pm. Free. Enjoy live concert band popular music and “Something for Everyone.” Refreshments to follow the concert. blacksburgcommunityband.org/

April 17, Friday Australian Wine Tasting at the Moss Art Center, Blacksburg, 5:30-7pm. Keith Roberts, owner of the Vintage Cellar wine and beer shop in Blacksburg, has personally selected a host of Australian wines for this tasting and will be describing for the participants each wine’s special qualities, including complexity and characters within the fermentation process, flavors and ingredients, and the similarities and differences between the selections. With each ticket, six tastings will be given. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Space is limited. Admission: $25;

registration required through the box office. 540-231-5300, Email: [email protected] Chamber Orchestra, Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 7:30-9:30pm. $25.00-$55.00. Renowned for inspired programming and the rapturous response of audiences and critics, the Australian Chamber Orchestra embodies the vibrant, adventurous, youthful, and inquiring spirit of Australia. Artistic director and lead violin Richard Tognetti has led the ACO as a flexible and versatile “ensemble of soloists,” on modern and period instruments, as a small chamber group, a small symphony orchestra, and as an electro-acoustic collective. Equally dynamic clarinetist Martin Fröst is a sought-after chamber musician, soloist, and conductor. Their program will include diverse repertoire from Mozart, Steven Reich, Haydn, and a new work commissioned by the ACO from Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, a frequent ACO collaborator. 540-231-5300, centerforthearts.vt.eduApril 18, Saturday Irma Silva-Barbeau, Author presentation begins at 3:30 pm. P. Buckley Moss Art Gallery, Blacksburg.April 25 & 26, Sat. & Sun. Spring Open House at Chateau Morrisette, Floyd, 11am-5pm. Also, May 2nd & 3rd. Free. Spring celebration including great wine, delicious food, and the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. 540-593-2865, thedogs.com

Warm Hearth Village Will Host Free Financial Planning Seminars

For Retirees And Those Nearing Retirement

Warm Hearth Village and the Warm Hearth Foundation will host its 7th annual series of seminars focused on financial and retirement planning. The free semi-nars will run monthly through April 21, 2015.The topics of discussions vary from finding ways to properly protect assets to finding opportunities in today’s uncertain markets. All the sessions will be held at 2 p.m. at Tall Oaks Hall, the Village Center, 2387 Warm Hearth Drive, Blacksburg.On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 2pm, Charitable Giving in Your Community by Karen B. Nelson, Associate Director of Development, Warm Hearth Foundation.“Through these seminars, attendees will gain valuable insight into making smart choices that will protect their future and achieve their financial goals,” said Karen Nelson, associate director of development at Warm Hearth.For more information on these seminars, please call Nelson at 540-443-3406 or email [email protected]. Warm Hearth is a non-profit senior living community that provides a full continuum of living options from an active adult campus to long-term nursing care in Blacksburg.


Ongoing Activities/Events/Groups

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Roanoke Valley (Area Code 540)*Roanoke Parks & Rec. Afternoon Movies at Mountain View Recreation Center on the 1st and 3rd Mondays (50+) Reserve your seat today at Mountain View Center in front of the 61” TV to watch your favorite movie. Light refreshments. RSVP 853-2679.*Roanoke Parks & Rec. Monday Matinees at Garden City Recreation Center on the 2nd & 4th Mondays (50+) Reserve your seat today at Garden City Center in front of the 40” TV to watch your favorite movie. Light refreshments. RSVP 853-2679 *Roanoke Parks & Rec. First Friday Fiddlin’ at Mountain View Recreation Center on the 1st Friday of each month--playing, singing and listening to Country and Bluegrass music. RVSP 853-2679.*Star City Shaggers invite you every Wednesday night for FREE Carolina Shag, West Coast Swing, and Line Dance Lessons at Billy’s Barn in Salem. Association of Beach & Shag Club DJs Jim Skinner and National Association of R&B DJs Nolan Adams spin the tunes, 6 to 10 PM. www.shaggin4fun.com*Western Square Dance – Botetourt Swingers - Every Tuesday at 7:30 @ Troutville Town Hall, Troutville. 992-3958, [email protected] *Big House Dancers 1st and 3rd Friday each month, Charles Hill Senior Center, Vinton. 890-2150.*USA Dance Monthly Dance -Salem Senior Center every 4th Sunday. 4-6:30pm Dance lesson, 5-6:30pm, Open dancing. 772-2238*Dancing Duo every Monday-Beginner/

intermediate group ballroom. Latin and swing classes; Tue. and Wed. private lessons at Roanoke Ballet Theatre. Dancingduo.net, 772-2238 *Moonlight Squares – Every Monday, Preston Park Senior Center, 7:30-9:30pm, Roanoke. Plus-level square dancing. 387-3138*Old Time Music Jam Every Wednesday night, 6-9 pm, Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea, 20 Kingston Drive, Daleville. Join in or listen. 966-1002*The Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Harmony Chorus weekly meetings at 7:30pm, Mon., Lewis-Gale Foundation, Stratford Park, Brandon Ave. 721-3340, vagents.org*AARP Chapter 4652 meets for breakfast at 9am on the second Wednesday of the month at the Roanoker Restaurant. *Roanoke Chapter of TLC4 Long Term Care meets every third Tues. 7pm, Blue Ridge Independent Living Center, Roanoke. *Town of Vinton Charles Hill Senior Center Covered Dish Luncheon, 3rd Wednesday of each month, 12 Noon, 820 Washington Ave, Vinton. 983-0643*The 28th Virginia Infantry Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00PM at the AMVETS Post 40 at 911 Tazewell Ave SE, Roanoke. For more information about the Camp, see www.28thvacamp491.org*National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) meets the first Friday of the month, except June and July, at the Roanoker Restaurant, 11am. 774-0768.*Salem Tea Party monthly meetings second Thursday each month, 7-8:30pm, Salem

Public Library, 28 East Main Street, Downtown Salem. 765-8663.*Star Stitchers, a Roanoke chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, meets on the second Saturday at the Roanoke County 419 Library, 3131 Electric Road, Roanoke, 772-7507 *Blue Ridge Quilters Guild-2nd Tuesday each month at Blue Ridge Library. All quilters and quilters-wanna-be welcome. 977-9757.*Southwestern Virginia Metal Arts Guild meets monthly with programs, periodic workshops and lectures.svmagmetalartsguild.com, 345-1844.*Blafjell Lodge 3-646, Sons of Norway invites all persons of Scandinavian descent or those who have an interest in Scandinavia, to attend monthly meetings centered on the heritage and culture of the Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland); fourth Saturday of each month, 3-5pm, College Lutheran Church, 210 South College Avenue, Salem. 380-2926*The Roanoke Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) meets at 10am on the 2nd Friday of each month except Jun., July, & Aug., in the meeting room of the First UMC, Salem, W. Main St. Learn about parliamentary procedures. [email protected], 580-0412 *The Roanoke WWII History Roundtable meets third Tuesday monthly to discuss strategies, tactics, etc. of WWII, Brandon Oaks. Everyone welcome. 334-2722, [email protected]. *The Roanoke Civil War Round Table, Meetings monthly Sept.-June (except Apr.), 2nd Tues. monthly, Friendship Manor Fellowship Hall, 7 pm. roanokecwrt.com. Open to public. 563-9034.

*National Railway Historical Society, Roanoke Chapter meets the third Thursday each month (except Dec.), 7:30 - 9:30 pm, in the auditorium of the O. Winston Link Museum (enter on track level). Everyone welcome. 774-0611; RoanokeNRHS.org.*Will Rogers - One Man Show: Comments he would have made if he was alive today. Great for social groups/ fundraisers. [email protected], 382-6593.*The Herb Society of Southwestern Virginia meets every 4th Thursday of the month at Christ Lutheran Church, corner of Brandon and Grandin Rd., Roanoke, 7pm. Learn about herbs for cooking, landscaping, etc. 562-0877, email [email protected] *Free Meditation and Reiki Healing Circle every Thursday, Lifestream, 7:30–9pm, Roanoke. See what Reiki can do for you. 482-0805*Reiki Loving Touch Center offers a free mini Reiki session on the first and third Thursday monthly, 6-8 pm, Rocky Mount Library. 482-0805*General Program Drop-in Classes with Kadam Deann Bishop, Thursdays, 7-8pm--In this General Program series, we will explore our own compassion, wisdom and spiritual potential, as presented in Modern Buddhism by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. New location: Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center, 315 Albemarle Avenue, SE, (The old Hieronymus Warehouse), Roanoke. $10 per class. www.meditationinvirginia.org*Morning and Afternoon Water Aerobics for 50+-Tone and strengthen with minimal stress. Gator Aquatic Center, Roanoke. 982-7665*Gentle Yoga at The Yoga Center on Mondays, 3:30-4:30 pm. Stretch and strengthen

Lynchburg Parks and RecreationCall 434-455-5858 for more detailswww.lynchburgva.gov/parksandrec

Fifty-Plus Activities

Programs at Fairview Center 3621 Campbell Ave.Line Dance Wednesdays, April 1 - 2910:30AM – 11:20 AM

Pottery: Coffee Mug Fridays, April 3 & 1010:30 – 12:00 PM

Lunch and Learn: Lynchburg Community Market Wednesday, April 2911:00 – 12:00 PM

Arts and Crafts with Betty: Brick Doorstop Friday, April 24 10:00 – 11:30 AM

Programs at Art Studio @ Jackson Heights -720 Winston Ridge RdMosaic BirdbathTuesday, April 14 – June 26:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Programs at Templeton Senior Center – 225 Wiggington Rd. AARP Tax AideMondays/Wednesdays/Saturdays April 1 – April 159:00 AM – 12:30 PM

AARP Smart Driving Class Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Container Cottage Garden Wednesday, April 2210:30 AM – 11 :30 AM

Diabetes: Know the Facts Tuesday, April 2110:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Mixed Media: Pen, Ink and Watercolor Mondays, April 13 – May 46:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Planning your Vegetable Garden Wednesday, April 29 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Smith Mountain Lake, Bedford, Franklin County Events & Resources

Men’s Cancer Support Group (spouses are welcome) (Research and bring some information to share on Prostate cancer) on Wednesday, April 1 at 3:00pm (please note time change) at Trinity Ecumenical Parish, 40 Lakemount Dr., Moneta, VA.Multiple Sclerosis Support Group (Chair Yoga) on Wednesday, April 1 at Res-urrection Catholic Church, 15353 Moneta Rd., Moneta, VA at 12pm. Bring a bagged lunch and a drink.Alzheimer/Dementia Caregiver Support Wednesday April 8 (note date change) at 2:00pm at Trinity Ecumenical Parish, 40 Lakemount Dr., Moneta, VA.Life for One. Meeting on Monday, April 13 at 11:30am, (Chair Yoga by Kathy Graham) at 11:30am at Trinity Ecumenical Parish, 40 Lakemount Dr. Moneta, VA. Please bring bagged lunch and a drink.The Importance of Colon Screening, Endoscopies & Irritable Bowel Syn-drome by Dr. Richard Peterson, on Monday, April 13 at 2pm at Trinity Ecumeni-cal Parish, 40 Lakemount Dr., Moneta, VA. No Cost. Must sign up with Tami Akin 540-721-4330, 540-297-5530 or [email protected] Cancer Support Group meeting (First Aide by Carilion Clinic) on Mon-day, April 13 at 6:30pm at the Discovery Shop, 400 Scruggs Rd., Moneta, VA.New Beginnings on Wednesday, April15 at Liberty Station (Restaurant) 515 Bedford Ave. Bedford, VA at 12:00noon.American Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, April 22 from 12;00pm- 6:00 pm.at Resurrection Catholic Church, 15353 Moneta Rd. Moneta VA. Please pre-register by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS (they take two registered before they take in walk ins).Aspects of a Healthy Heart by Dr. Michael Priest (Hypertension, Heart Healthy Nutrition), and Behavior Changes for Heart Health by Mary Beth Win-nie) from Carilion Clinic on Thursday, April 23 from 3:00pm-5:00pm at Trinity Ecumenical Parish, 40 Lakemount Dr., Moneta, VA. No Cost. Light Refresh-ments. Must Register with Tami Akin 540-721-4330, 540-297-5530, or [email protected] Celiac Disease Foundation Smith Mountain Lake Support Group. on Monday, April 27 at 10:00am at Trinity Ecumenical Parish, 40 Lakemount Dr., Moneta, VA.


ACTIVITIES from Page 33muscles-good for beginners and seniors. Roanoke, 345-4090, TheYogaCenterInc.com*Lifestream Center – Ongoing Belly dancing, Chinese dancing, Tai Chi, Yoga & more, Roanoke, 344-3031*Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors--Call Patricia for your appointment and more information. 890-4886*Canasta Club – Play cards with us every Friday at 1pm, Brambleton Center, Roanoke. 772-PLAY*Pinochle Club – Play cards with us Mon. and Fri., Brambleton Center, Roanoke, 1-4pm. 772-PLAY*Pokeeno Club – Play cards with us every Wed., Brambleton Center, Roanoke, 11:30am-3pm. 772-PLAY*Social Service Club – 4th Tues. monthly, Brambleton Center, Roanoke, 7pm-9pm. Provides community service projects/fun social opportunity. 772-PLAY*Roanoke Valley Social & Craft Club – 4th Tues. monthly, Brambleton Center, Roanoke, 10am-2pm. Provides community service projects/fun social opportunity. 772-PLAY*Star Bridge Club-ACBL sanctioned duplicate bridge club meets every Tuesday at 12:30 at The Brambleton Center. 540-342-1053, [email protected]. Same info. for M.K.T. Bridge Club meeting Fridays at 10:00.*Visit Franklin County History Museum in The Flora Morris House, 460 S. Main St., Rocky Mount. Free admission, donations welcome. 10am-2 pm daily (closed Wed. & Sun.). Rare documents, portraits, train and Civil War memorabilia, more. 483-1890.*Valley Writers Chapter of the Virginia Writers exchange information at meetings, 6:30pm on first and third Thursday, Unitarian Universalist Church, corner of Grandin and Brandon Rds., Roanoke. valleywriters.org, 721-1991 *Blue Ridge Pens Poetry Pod meetings to share poetry/improve skills, first Wednesday monthly, 6:30-8:30pm, The Daily Grind, Salem. Bring poetry. 608-397-0718, [email protected]. *Book Study Group on Thursdays at Lifestream, Roanoke. 344-3031 or -772-0775*Writing Practice Group every 1st & 3rd Monday from 6:30-8pm, Roanoke City Main Library and is open to anyone interested in free association and creative writing. 774-

3037, email [email protected]*The National League of American Pen Women of the Roanoke Valley meets on the second Thursday of each month September through June from 10:15–11:30am. For Information, please call Lynne Victorine, 345-6009 to find out about this group of women writers, artists and musicians.*Transplants United Support Group meets every 3rd Sun. monthly, 2:30-4pm, Salem Senior Citizen Center. 1-800-847-7831, ext. 4914 *Widowed Persons Service group meeting, Brambleton Center, Roanoke, 3rd Saturdays of each month at Noon. Potluck. 989-3408*Support Group Meeting for Multiple Myeloma Patients on the third Sat. monthly, 10am–Noon, Our Lady of the Nazareth Church, Route 419. 761-9770, 343-1920*“Young at Hearts” Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting meets third Tuesday of each month, at the Ronald McDonald House, 2224 S. Jefferson Street, Roanoke, 2-4pm. 721-1994.*Parkinson’s Caregivers Support Group meets the second Friday of each month at Colonial Avenue Baptist Church, 4165 Colonial Avenue, Roanoke, 9:30-11, 772-0726. Come share ideas and challenges as you care for your loved one with Parkinson’s.*Family Service of Roanoke Valley Offers Share Group for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren meets the fourth Thurs. monthly, 6:30-7:30 pm, 360 Campbell Ave. FREE. 563-5316*Families and Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Disease – Roanoke. 345-7600*Health Focus of SW VA Single Again Support Group meeting weekly on Mondays @ 7:15 pm, Lewis Gale Pavilion, 2nd Floor, 1902 Braeburn Dr., Salem. 444-2925, x200.*Good Samaritan Hospice support group, Coffee and Conversation, hosted by a social worker, will be held in two locations, two different times: The groups will meet on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at Land of a Thousand Hills in Daleville, 90 Towne Center St. and at Sweet Donkey Coffee House, 2108 Broadway Ave in South Roanoke. Both groups will meet from 10-11:30a.m. Designed for those who have lost a loved one in their lives, these groups will provide an opportunity to enjoy coffee while sitting and chatting with others who are

walking a similar path. No charge--open to the public and all are welcome. Participants are responsible for purchasing their own coffee. www.goodsamhospice.org or call 776-0198.*Donate a Phone Recycling Project - Recycles used wireless phones to help the environment/raise funds for charities @ Mill Mountain Zoo. 343-3241* H e a l t h a n d S a f e t y C o u r s e s – roanokevalleyredcross.org.*HANDS FOR CHRIST needs Bibles, Christian books, audios and videos - 5720 Williamson Rd., Ste. 111, Roanoke. 362-1214, handsforchrist.org, email [email protected] Lynchburg, Bedford & Smith Mountain Lake*Madison Heights Christian Church in Madison Heights, Music service with a guest speaker and refreshments every 2nd Friday of the month at 7pm. 434-485-1724 *Monthly USA Dance SML Chapter 6042, New London Ruritan Club, 12411 E Lynchburg Salem Tpke., Forest. Dec 12- Smooth dances. Doors open about 7pm; admission includes the lesson 7:30-8:30 & social dancing. $10 USA Dance Members, $12 Non-Members. http://usadance6042.org/, facebook.com/SML, email [email protected]. Newcomers and singles welcome! 434-426-9787 (leave a message).*Old Dominion Cloggers and Bluegrass Band Music at the Park, Smith Mountain Lake State Park Pavilion, 8 pm; $3, under 12 free.*Senior chorus “Silver Notes,” by Bedford County Parks & Recreation (540-586-7682), meet each Monday morning at 10:00am at Thaxton Baptist Church for practice. Available to sing for your group or nursing home*The Ageless Wonders, a fifty five plus traveling senior entertainment group meet every Wednesday, 10am-2pm, Moose Lodge, Lynchburg. 434-929-1040*Tai Chi classes offered every Monday night at the Bower Center, 6:30-7:30. Low impact ancient form of exercise that benefits strength, flexibility and balance. 540-586-4235 *Yoga classes at the Lake at Patmos United Methodist Church Tuesdays & Thursdays. Welcome the life-enhancing gifts of breath awareness, greater strength & stability, improved balance & posture, flexibility, mental clarity and ease of being. Two mat classes offered: Gentle Basics and Basics & Beyond. Gentle Chair Yoga too! 540-586-2862 *The Garden Club of Bedford meets at 10:00am on the second Wednesday of each month (except Jan. & Aug.) at the CVCC Bedford location, 1633 Venture Blvd. off of Independence Dr. Visitors welcome. [email protected], 540-586-6209, 540-297-3481, [email protected] *Star Stitchers, a Roanoke chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, meet the 3rd Monday at 10am at the SML Moneta Library. 540-793-1960, [email protected]*Moneta Southside Senior Cit izen’s Association - Covered Dish Luncheon, Rob Senoski, 12918 N. Old Moneta Rd., Moneta. Meets 2nd Wednesday monthly, 11am. 540-297-6811*Montvale Senior Citizens-James E. Allie Sr., Montvale meets the second Wednesday monthly, 10 am. 540-947-5063*Stewartsvi l le/Chamblissburg Senior Fellowship Covered dish luncheon meets 2nd Wednesday monthly, Goodview, 10:30 am. Howard Holdren, 540-890-1009

*Bedford YMCA Days - Seniors age 55 and over may use the Bedford YMCA on Tues., Thurs., and Sat., $8. Exercise room/ pool available. 540-586-7682*Grandparents Support Group every Third Thursday night from 6-7pm, Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging (CVAAA), 501 12th Street, Lynchburg. Refreshments served! 434-385-9070*Breast Friends, Breast Cancer Support Group meets the second Tuesday monthly, 7pm, Builder’s & Associates of Central VA, Lynchburg. [email protected]*Metastatic Cancer Support Group meets every 3rd Tuesday of each month, 11am, Pearson Cancer Center, Lynchburg. For anyone living with metatastic (Stage 4) cancer, of any type. 434.525.8083.*The Breast Cancer Support Group at the American Cancer Discovery Shop, Moneta, meets second Monday monthly, 6:30 pm. 540-721-2088 *Buena Vista Fibromyalgia-CFS-MCS-Lyme Network support group meets monthly at St. Johns United Methodist Church, Buena Vista. 540-261-6280, email [email protected] River Valley (AC 540)*Gospel Sing-a-long at Christiansburg Recreation Center every Thursday before Bible Study, 9:30am. 382-2349*Star Stitchers, a Roanoke chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America meets at the Christiansburg Library on the 1st Thursdays of the month from 6-8pm. 793-1960, [email protected]*The Christiansburg/Montgomery Triad/S.A.L.T Council meets every third Tuesday of the month at Christiansburg Recreation Center, 1:30pm; Open for all senior citizens. 382-2349, email: [email protected]*Alzheimer’s Support Groups in the NRV: Wheatland Hills Alzheimer’s Support Groups, Christiansburg, 3rd Thursdays, 5:30-6:30pm, 540-382-5200, Radford - 3rd Tuesdays, 4-5pm, 639-2411*An Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group will meet every third Friday of the month from 3 to 4pm in the Woodland Studio at the Village Center at Warm Hearth Village. Members will discuss issues that arise from caring for a loved one with dementia. Light refreshments available. Members of the public are welcome. No cost to attend this support group.*Senior Motions–a less strenuous chair level exercise for those with physical problems, Christiansburg Rec. Center, Mon., Wed., Fri. 10:15 am. 382-2349*Senior Aerobics, Christiansburg Recreation Center Mon., Wed., & Fri. 7:30 am. 382-2349 *Ship Shape Club, Christiansburg Rec. Center Kitchen, FREE. Weight loss club. “Way to Go” prize for every 5 pounds lost. 382-2349.*Moose Lodge Bingo Luncheons, second Monday monthly, Christiansburg Moose Lodge, 11:30am. 382-2349 *Senior Billiards, Christiansburg Recreation Center, Mon.-Fri., 8am-5 pm. 382-2349 *Internet Usage, Christiansburg Recreation Center, Mon-Fri from 8am-5pm. 382-2349.Danville*Danville Senior Transportation Services provides curb-to-curb service for Danville City seniors age 60 and up Mon.-Fri. to medical appointments, recreation activities, shopping, etc. Call 797-8994, 9 am-2 pm Mon.-Thurs. to schedule a pick up. $1 donation!

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baking dish. Bake 325° for ½ hour. Combine remainder in saucepan. Cook until thick and bubbling. Spoon some over ham slice and bake 20 minutes. Pass remainder.

Asparagus Casserole2 pounds fresh asparagus4 eggsWhite sauce: ¼ cup butter, ¼ cup flour, ¼ teaspoon salt, 2 cups milk. Melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Gradually add milk and bring to boil. Add salt.Cut asparagus in 1 ½ inch pieces and steam 6 to 8 minutes. Boil eggs. Adding a teaspoon of vinegar or salt to the water before cooking makes them easier to peel. Layer in casserole as follows: One half of asparagus, all the egg slices, white sauce, asparagus, and remaining white sauce. Top with buttered saltine cracker crumbs. Bake 350°for 30 to 35 minutes.For something different, add 1 cup string beans and 1 cup whole kernel corn. For a main dish, make white sauce with ¼ cup each butter and flour, 1 ½ cups each chicken broth and milk, adding ham cubes and 1 cup cheddar cheese. Serve over biscuits.

Grandma Lee’s Sour Cream Raisin PieA pleasing pie for every season2 eggs, well-beaten1 cup sugar1 cup raisins, ground1 cup sour cream¼ teaspoon salt2 teaspoons cinnamon¼ teaspoon nutmeg or clovesMix all together. This may be a double crust or a single crust pie, or can be topped with meringue. If you want meringue, use 3 yolks for pie filling, and use the whites for topping.Never Fail Meringue: 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon cold water, ½ cup boiling water, 3 egg whites, beaten, 6 tablespoons sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt. Moisten cornstarch in water. Add the boiling water and stir until clear. Stir into whites, sugar and salt. Beat until stiff and spread over baked pie. Return to 375° oven and bake until golden, approximately 10 minutes.

Raspberry Dressed Salad ½ cup fresh raspberries, sieved3 tablespoons raspberry vinegar1 tablespoons sugar¼ cup vegetable oil3 tablespoons heavy cream1 head of Bibb lettuce½ cup raisins, ½ cup walnuts, toasted and chopped½ cup fresh raspberriesPress berries through sieve and extract as much pulp as possible. Whisk into the vinegar, sugar, oil and cream. Lightly coat the greens with dressing and toss with raisins, walnuts, and raspberries.

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Even at this season of Easter and Passover, when many are celebrating the beauty of spring and the annual occasions of deep feeling for the

Creator, there are some in many congregations for whom joy seems a mockery. They are the members who are suffering from some form of mental illness and may represent a trial both to themselves and their fellow parishioners.

So, what can church people do to help them?Perhaps not as much as they’d like, a professional

counselor, the Rev. Kathy Dunagan of Bristol told about 20 attending a workshop at my church’s

annual convention earlier this year. Understanding something about the many aberrations in human behavior, continued prayer and setting boundaries for offensive speech and manners may be all that’s possible.

But certainly don’t call the mentally ill “crazy.” Hearing Dunagan, I remember my mother telling me that when I was a small child and someone of our acquaintance behaved in an unacceptable way.

Dunagan lived in the Roanoke area two years ago when her husband, the Rev. Joe Dunagan was on the staff of a Roanoke parish before their move to her home town of Bristol; he is now serving a church there. In her 90-minute presentation she pointed out that her subject of supporting the mentally ill in the church can be viewed from several angles.

As both a minister and a counselor Dunagan noted that she can relate to those with behavioral problems from both spiritual and medical models. She used the now-familiar Power Point to speak of some of the medical aspects of mental illness. Counselors versed in “pure psychology” may be able to achieve good results with no religious emphasis, she asserted.

On the other hand, it’s possible to view such problems as clinical depression and anxiety attacks as the result of a lack of sense of being in God’s presence. Many serious believers, including clergy of all faiths, have gone through periods of “spiritual dryness” when God seems far away.

Dealing With “The Crazies” Unfortunately, as Dunagan herself admitted, the ground she had to cover was far too much for the time allotted. Offering what help she could to the active church people in her audience, she suggested that it has been helpful in some congregations to establish small groups--pledge to strict confidentiality--in which members and their friends can share problems and possible solutions. There, difficulties with “problem” members may be discussed and greater understanding prevails.

Dunagan’s remarks about the relationship to mental health reminded me of my own mid-life experience in the 1960s when my young son’s failure in school sent me into a painful soul-searching experience. With the help of a professional counselor and my minister--who later became a counselor himself--I sorted out my religious beliefs. The experience was unforgettable and life-changing, for my relationship to God became evident and reinforced my beliefs which continue into old age.

In the course of this soul-searching, I read a number of books by psychotherapists with a faith perspective. One was the late Dr. Paul Tournier, a notable Swiss psychiatrist, who I had the privilege of hearing speak at Ferrum College many years later when he was 87 and lectured through an interpreter.

Tournier and other counselors and thinkers of 50 years ago were countering the views of scientists like Sigmund Freud who saw religion as a harmful crutch to self-development. Some religious groups still regard all modern psychology as anti-religious and rely on the old formula of sin leading to punishment in order to exercise control over their followers.

The experience of benefiting from combined religious and psychology has given me a lifelong interest in Dunagan’s subject.

Long before my own need for psychological help as I neared 40, I had known the horror that profound mental illness can bring. My first serious college romance with a World War II veteran had ended with his diagnosis of schizophrenia Frances Stebbins, who lives in Salem, sings in her church choir and teaches a class on contemporary faith issues, has been writing about religion in Western Virginia for more than 50 years. The widow of another veteran news writer, she is the mother of three Baby Boomers who live in Georgia, Botetourt, and Roanoke.


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The Tiles Of LifeBy Richard J. Beck If each day of your lifeCould be depicted on a tileWhat would that floor look likeAfter placing them awhile?Would they reflect happinessWith a bright and shiny hueOr would they show a darknessFor everyone to view?If you peered into the tilesWould they look like what you thoughtOr would they appear damagedFrom a life that’s overwrought?Would your life reflect a floorYou’d be satisfied to seeOr would that room be lockedWith a door that has no key?How quickly would you change your lifeIf you knew all the whileThat each day of your lifeWould be depicted on a tile?

Rainbows and ButterfliesBy Ricky Routon

Rainbows only cry when it rains.Butterflies can never fly a straight line.Only the wind knows the earth’s painsBut who knows yours and mine?

I never want to make you cry.Nothing more than a silent sigh.I never want to say goodbyeNever want to see a tear in your eye.

And robins only sing in spring,You never hear the world complain.Do you know yourself, such a secret, silent thing?Like cloud hands dripping rain.

Brezzie (My dog)By Barbara P. Hill

We are going to miss you.Our Brezzie so dear. Oh how that tail would wiggle,Whenever anyone came near. You bought us so much happiness, When you came to us to stay.But you heard a bark from Heaven, God called you away.It must have been Dixie, Only you could hear.She was lonesome, and needed you near.For somewhere in Heaven A small child needed you.To make her smile, God called you. That little child needed a doggie to loveSo God sent for Brezzie, And the angels took her above.Now she is with Dixie, barking with glee. To make the children smile, Just the way she did for you and me…When you think of me, Please don’t be sad.You were the best family I ever had.Think about Heaven up in the sky, Some day I’ll come running, To meet you on high.God needed me in Heaven, to give love. To all the little children. Who are waiting above.So when you get to Heaven, look for me,I’ll be waiting, my family to see.

Vacation Season ©By Bobby Lee Craghead

Vacation SeasonIs now all year long.No month of the yearIs considered wrong.Places to go andMany things to do,Vacations are plannedThe entire year through.There’s world-wide travelAnywhere at all,Summer or winterOr in spring or fall.There’s beauty to see,History to review,With life-long travelWe never get through.But you could stay homeFor a “stay-cation,”No fuss, no muss, andNo aggravation.

GrannyBy Bernita Geiser Comer(A tribute to my maternal grandmother, Lula Maybelle Jones)

Her father called her Shickabet, an Indian nameFrom Native American heritage he was so proud to claim.To her grandchildren she was Granny and we loved her so;Such a sweet, devoted Christian, such a joy to know.Remembrances of days at the farm are in our hearts still,Visiting with grandparents who showed us love, warm and real.Granddaddy would play with us – hide-n-seek or a game of ball;Then with our youthful energy we’d race up the hills till we heard Granny call.She’d wave from the doorway beckoning us to come and eat,And we’d scramble for a place on the long bench that was the children’s seat.Country cuisine is how we remember Granny’s meals,Prepared from the crops harvested from the fields.After a blessing we’d start thinking aheadTo spending the night and who would sleep in which bed.Snuggling under Granny’s homemade quilts so skillfully done,We were brothers, sisters, and cousins at our grandparent’s home, having fun.Many seasons brought changes and too soon we were grownAnd the days were no longer as we once had known.Granny, alone now, came to live with us and how blessed we wereTo have her there and to share our lives with her.Her hair was long, down to her waist,And she told us of a memory that time had not erased,“Only cut it once when I was sick, as a child,”And she’d smooth the bun of hair that had long been styled.So often I would open her bedroom door and peek in.She’d be sitting in her rocker, barely moving, softly singing a hymn.“Granny,” I’d gently intrude, “Want some ice cream?”She’d smile and say, “Oh, yes,” and to me it would seemThat it was as it had been so many years beforeWhen she smiled at us from the farmhouse door.At night she always prayed on her knees by her bedAfter laying aside her Bible she’d just read –The Holy Book that from so much use was now well-worn,Her hair had whitened and her once tall frame now slightly bent,But she was happy, her life was full, her heart content.She had kept her faith and lived gospel day by day.Then one January morning God called his jewel home and she slipped away.Granny’s years on earth were eighty-two, and though we longed for moreWe know she’s waiting on us now near Heaven’s open door.

Single FlowerBy Faye Deaton

If there is a single flowerIn bloom where squalor liesLet me enjoy its beautyLord, open my eyes.If there is a needy oneIn this, or other landsLet me give him what I canLord, open my hands.If there is an anguished soulWhose world is torn apartLet me be a loving friendLord, open my heart.


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In the last week and a half I have attended two caregiver con-ferences. Both of these conferences were presented primar-

ily for family caregivers. The statistics are staggering. There are over one million family caregivers in Virginia, providing over one billion hours of unpaid care per year. Many of these caregivers are in what has been described as the sandwich generation, caring for aging parents while still caring for their own minor chil-

dren. The number of people who need care will continue to increase, even while the younger people who provide the care declines. In 2010, the family caregiver ratio was 8.5 potential caregivers aged 45-64 for every person in the high risk years of 80-plus. By 2030 this ratio is projected to be 4.2 to 1, and by 2050 is expected to reach 2.8 to 1.

If you are one of these family caregivers, you understand how difficult it can be. Most caregivers are happy to care for their loved one, but it can all get extremely overwhelming, particularly when your loved one is suffering from a progressive disease such as Alzheimer’s. Don’t try to go it alone! It is important to assemble a care team to help you care for your loved one. Recruit the help of family and friends as well as medical professionals and other service providers to provide the care that your loved one needs. Make a list of tasks that would help take some of the load off of you and when someone asks if there is anything they can do, ask them to help with a specific task. On the top of the home page of my website at www.solidrockenterprises.com there is an aging in place plan-ning guide that you can download. By working through this planning guide, you can develop a plan to help your loved one successfully age in place. The local chapter of the aging in place council can be reached by phone at (540) 339-7891 or by email at [email protected].

At Senior Remodeling Experts, we provide a plethora of services that can make your job as a caregiver much easier. If your loved one has mobility issues, we can provide ramps, wider doorways, levered handles, and accessible bath-rooms and kitchens. If they are at risk for a fall, we provide grab bars, handrails, non slip flooring, and fall protection flooring that will absorb 90% of the impact in the event of a fall and prevent broken bones. We provide electronic remote activity monitoring systems that will increase safety as well as independence for your loved one by monitoring their activity and sending an alert if the system is triggered by an event such as wandering, leaving the stove on, not eating or tak-ing medication, or leaving the water running. I believe that technology will play an increasing role in the years to come in helping us care for our loved ones.

Remember, if you are a caregiver, you don’t have to do it all alone. Get some help; take a break before you wear yourself out. There are resources available from a variety of sources. Download the planning guide at www.solidrockenter-prises.com. If you need help modifying your home, call Senior Remodeling Ex-perts at (540) 384-2064 or email us at [email protected]. If you need help in other areas, or you are not sure where to start, call the Western and Central Virginia Council for Aging in Place at the number listed above. I hope and pray that you will find some valuable resources to help you care for your loved one and thank you for being a caregiver!

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, has recently become the third leading cause of death in the US and we are making

very little progress in treating it. At least 24 million Americans suffer with COPD, a figure that is likely under-reported. Due to the aging of our population, the incidence is likely to worsen in the next decade.

COPD, which includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchiolitis, and poorly reversible asthma,

are diseases that affect the flow of air into and out of the lungs. COPD appears to be caused by inflammation in the lung leading to scarring; the immune system literally destroys the lung while repeatedly trying to repair itself.

We know that infections and particulate pollution, especially cigarette smoking and industrial exposures in mining and steel, are the most potent causes. But some other risk factors are surprising. Worldwide, cooking/heating fires cause almost as much COPD as smoking, and living near busy roads increases risk. In addition there are a number of harder to explain associations, which are independent of smoking status and air pollution: lower socioeconomic status, premature birth, family stress such as divorce, and early childhood illness for instance. In addition, some families are much more genetically predisposed.

Though inhaled and oral bronchiole dilators can help with symptoms, inhaled steroids can reduce the number of acute attacks, pulmonary rehabilitation can improve quality of life, and oxygen therapy in advanced cases can prolong survival, only cigarette smoking cessation has been proven to slow the progression of COPD. Improvements are seen no matter how long someone has smoked.

And while we are discussing treatment, most patients do not use meter dose inhalers properly. When using either the open mouth (space between) or closed mouth (around the inhaler) technique, actuation of the medicine should occur while you are inhaling. And don’t forget to shake the inhaler before using.

Sadly however, there is a point of no return. As we age we lose a small amount of lung capacity each year, even with exercise and healthy lifestyle. When functional capacity is severely limited and hospitalizations are necessary to stabilize breathing, statistics show that 50% of these patients will die within two years. When added to COPD, these aging losses are unsustainable.

Diagnosing COPD in patients at risk is easy with spirometry, a simple, inexpensive breathing test. Symptoms are not reliable early in the disease. In addition, people with a family history of non-smoking COPD might consider having a blood test for alpha-1-antitrypsin, an enzyme deficiency that causes COPD.

We have a long way to go in arresting the plague of COPD. For now, early diagnosis and prevention are the best strategies.

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One of my favorite events is the Red Cross WSLS Celebration of Heroes breakfast. While there are many worthy causes in the

Roanoke Valley, this is gratifying because we honor those who serve. I respect those who chose to give their life’s work back to the community they call home. It takes a special person to give of themselves

every day to be of service to others. The Celebration of Heroes

breakfast recognizes people in all aspects of service from emergency first responders and law enforcement, to teachers. Each one has an incredible story that I have the honor of telling. Some of these stories are the best I’ve been privileged to tell in the decade I’ve been in television news.

One Roanoke man in particular comes to mind. He was chosen as the 2015 Military Hero. His name is Bernard Marie and he actually never served in the American Armed Forces. He is being honored because of the laurels he’s bestowed upon our World War II veterans with a dinner every year -- for the past 30 years.

Marie was just five years old, living in northern France when the Americans stormed the beaches of Normandy. He honors those veterans, because of the sacrifices they made to liberate his native country. Marie started his dinners in the Midwest and moved the tradition with him to Roanoke in 2000. Marie said, “I joke with them and say, ‘Well, guys I never knew that you were not only the greatest generation, but the most healthy generation, because I’m still doing the dinner with you.’”

Every year he asks the vets to take the stage and tell the crowd their war stories. He says he’s been asked by many local politicians if they can attend and speak, but he only gives our war heroes the microphone. He says after three decades of giving to them he still doesn’t feel like a hero, just a spokesman.

“I could be considered the Vice Communications Director of the World War II guys,” Marie jokes in his native French accent. “I try to do as much noise as I can for them in order to don’t forget them.”

The 2015 Community Impact Hero serves the residents of the Roanoke Valley everyday as a police officer, but he’s also making sure to he’s reaching all areas of our population. One group often forgotten is those with special needs. Officer Travis Akins helped create a pilot program at the Roanoke City Police Department that reaches out to young people with cognitive impairments and gives them volunteering opportunities.

The program is called, Growth Through Opportunity and started in November of 2014. Relatively new, it’s already gaining attention

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Bernard Marie as a baby with his parents in France.

nationwide, but perhaps it’s the parents of the participants who notice the most. They tell Officer Akins GTO has given their children a purpose after high school.

“If we’re setting them up for success in the school system, but yet not doing anything with them once they come of age--once they hit that magic age of 18, what are they doing?” asked Atkins. “When they put their uniform on, truth be told, it makes me even prouder to wear my uniform.”

What I find to be truly respectable is almost all the winners tell me they don’t feel like heroes at all and they’re just doing their job. How great a world would we live in if we all went to work with an attitude of service? Lindsey Ward is an evening anchor and Making a Difference reporter for WSLS 10. She lives in Botetourt County with her husband, Sherman. She has worked for WSLS since 2008 and loves to report on positive stories happening in Southwest Virginia.

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Retirement Living Housing/Communities/Facilities PageIndependent Living (IL), Assisted Living (AL), Nursing Care (NC), MemoryCare (MC), Continuing Care (CC) Communities, Rehab, RespiteAvanté at Roanoke (NC, Rehab, Ventilator/Respiratory) – 540-345-8139 ........... 13Avanté at Lynchburg (NC, Rehab, Wound Care) – 434-846-8437 ....................... 13Bentley Commons (IL, AL) –Lynchburg, 434-316-0207........................................ 16Brandon Oaks Retirement (IL, AL,NC) – Roanoke, 540-777-5602 ........................ 2Commonwealth Assisted Living (IL, AL, MC, Rehab, Respite) – Christiansburg, 540-660-4982; Radford, 540-553-2941; Hillsville, 276-728-5333 .....................11The Crossings at Blacksburg (AL) – Blacksburg, 540-317-3463 ...........................11Edinburgh Square (IL) – Roanoke, 540-3661888 .................................................... *Elm Park Estates Independent Living Community – Roanoke, 540-989-2010 ..... 37Emeritus at Cave Spring (AL) – Roanoke, 540-772-7181 ................................... 23Emeritus at Ridgewood Gardens (AL, IL, MC) – Salem, 540-387-4945. .............. 23Emeritus at Roanoke (MC, Respite) – Roanoke, 540-343-4900 ................... 21, 23Fairington Apartments (IL) – Roanoke, 540-989-7731 ......................................... 22Friendship (IL, AL, MC, NC, Rehab, Respite) Roanoke, 540-265-2193 ............... 41Heritage Green Assisted Living (AL, MC) – Lynchburg, 434-385-5102 ........ 7, 24, 35Hermitage in Roanoke, (CC), 540-767-6800 ........................................................ 21Jefferson House Apartments, (IL) – Lynchburg, 434-846-1800 ............................ 24Oakwood Health & Rehab - Centra - (NC, Rehab) – Bedford, 540-587-3336 ...... 25Our Lady of the Valley Retirement Community (AL, NC, Rehab, Respite) Roanoke, 540-345-5111 ............................................................................. 15, 28The Park-Oak Grove Retirement Community (IL, AL, Respite) – Roanoke, 540-989-9501 ............................................................................ 19, 30Pheasant Ridge Condominium (IL) – Roanoke, 540-904-2268 ............................ 37Pheasant Ridge Senior Living (AL, MC) – Roanoke, 540-725-1120 .................... 45Richfield Retirement (CC, IL, AL, MC, NC, Rehab, Respite) – Salem, 540-380-2986 ............................................................................................... 4, 29Runk & Pratt Smith Mountain Lake Retirement Village (AL, IL, MC, NC, Rehab, Respite) – Smith Mountain Lake, 540-719-1300 ........................................ 12, 20Salem Terrace at Harrrogate (IL, AL, MC) – Salem, 540-444-0343 ............... 30, 44The Summit (CC, IL, AL, MC, Respite) – Lynchburg, 434-455-1699........ 20, 25, 30Valley View Retirement & Assisted Living – Lynchburg, 434-237-3009 ............... 13The Village On Pheasant Ridge ( IL, AL) – Roanoke, 540-400-6482 ................... 26Virginia Veterans Care Center (AL, MC, NC, Rehab) – Rke/Salem, 540-982-2860 ...................................................................................................... *Warm Hearth Village (CC, IL, AL, MC, NC, Rehab, Respite) – Blacksburg, 540-552-9176 ............................................................................................. 10, 32The Williams Home (IL, AL for ladies) – Lynchburg, 434-384-8282 ..................... 16

Home Health, Home Care, Day CareAdult Care Center of Roanoke Valley (Day Care) – Salem, 540-981-2350 ............. *Care Advantage – Roanoke, 540-343-CARE (2273) ............................................ 37Carilion Home Health – Roanoke, 540-266-6000 ................................................. 46Centra Home Health – Lynchburg, 434-200-4111 .................................................. 8Centra PACE, Lynchburg, 434-200-6516 ............................................................... 8Comfort of Home Homecare - Roanoke, 540-389-8787 ....................................... 18Companion Home Care – Roanoke, 540-981-2255 ............................................. 40Friendship Home Health - Roanoke, 540-265-2193 ............................................. 41Generation Solutions – Roanoke, 540-776-3622, Lynchburg, 434-455-6500 .. 7, 12Gentiva Home Health – Southwestern VA, 540-986-8323 ................................... 41Good Choice Companions Home Care, Div. of Goodwill Industries – Roanoke, Salem, Vinton, 540-632-1389 .......................................................... 27Heartland Home Health Care – Roanoke, 540-725-7600, 800-810-4329 .............. 5Home Instead Senior Care – Lynchburg, 434-385-0321, Roanoke, 540-966-3399 ..................................................................................................... 8Home Recovery-Home Aid - Roanoke, Central & Southern VA, 1.844-310-3710 ... 7Interim Healthcare - Southern & Southwestern VA, 540.774.8686 ...................... 16Kissito PACE – Nursing Home Alternative - Roanoke, 540-904-2817 .................. 19Seven Hills Home Health – Lynchburg, 434-847-6400......................................... 20

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Legal, Insurance, Financial, Reverse Mortgages Bruce E. Mayer, Attorney – Vinton, 540.342-3787, Wills, Trusts, Estates. ........... 35Humana Medicare - Lynn Atkinson, 540-520-8414 .............................................. 14Piedmont Medicare Advantage , Central VA, 434-947-3671 Toll-Free 1-877-210-1719 • TTY Users 1-877-295-1454 ..................................... *Rhodes & Butler & Dellinger, PC (Elder Law) – Roanoke, 540-342-0888 ............ 27Robyn Smith Ellis PLC (Elder Law) – Salem, 540-389-6060 ................................. 3TowneBank Mortgage - Reverse Mortgage Division –Altavista, 434-238-0765 ... 47Wills on Wheels – (travels to your location) Roanoke, 540-774-0044 .................. 14

Hospitals, Medical Services/Equipment, PharmaciesCarilion Clinic– Roanoke Mem, NRV, Franklin, 540-266-6000 Hospice, Home Care ........................................................................................ 46Centra Rehab/Senior Care Division (Virginia Baptist & Lynchburg General) (Hospice, Homecare) 434-200-3000, 1-877-MDLINK1 [1.877.635.4651] .......... 8Independent Lifestyles Mobility Products, Madison Heights, 434-846-7510, Toll-free 800-657-5438 ....................................................................................... 9Kroger Pharmacy – Roanoke, Lynchburg, New River Valley 300 Generic Prescriptions for $4 or 90 day supply $10 - For list 1-877-ARX-LIST ................. *Lifeguard Personal Emergency Response Systems, Virginia 888-452-7909 ... 3, 39Senior Medical Alarms – Salem, 540-387-1516 or Toll-free 877-375-1517 .......... 14

Funeral Services/Crematories & Cemeteries/ColumbariumLotz Funeral Home – Vinton Chapel, 540-343-4986 ............................................ 22Oakey’s Funeral Service & Crematory – Roanoke, 540-982-2100 ......................... *

Specialized ServicesCoastal Georgia Real Estate Associates, 912-638-0006 ..................................... 19Crowning Touch Senior Moving Services,Auctions – Roanoke, 540-982-5800 .. 28, 42Durrance Floors – Carpet Restretching and Repair, 540-776-9591 ..................... 35Packaging Store – Roanoke, Relocation services, 540-772-0999 ....................... 35Solid Rock Enterprises (Home Repair - Aging in Place Rennovations) – Roanoke, 540-384-2064 or 540-556-0650 (Cell) ........................................................ 23, 39Star Concierge, Inc. – Senior & Professional Concierge Services, – Roanoke 540-989-2737, 540-676-2742. .......................................................................... .4Straight Talk Walk-InTubs & Showers – 540-354-4336 .......................................... 5Virginia Varsity Transfer & Self Storage, 540-982-2202 ....................................... 44

Restaurants/Coffee ShopsMill Mountain Coffee & Tea – Botetourt Commons, Daleville; 700 N. Main St., Blacksburg; 112 Campbell Ave., Roanoke; 17 E. Main Street, Salem; 4309 Starkey Road, Roanoke .......................................................................... 35

Senior Resources/InfoBedford Co. Parks & Rec Events ......................................................................... 20Christiansburg Parks & Rec Events ..................................................................... 31Lynchburg Parks & Rec 50+ Program .................................................................. 33RSVP Montgomery County/Radford ..................................................................... 31Senior Centers ...................................................................................................... 27Senior Networking Groups (for businesses serving Seniors) ................................. 4Senior Resources ................................................................................................. 44Smith Mountain Lake/Bedford/Franklin Co. Events .............................................. 33

Television, Cable & EntertainmentCox Communications – Roanoke, (Cable, Internet, Phone) 540-204-4852 ............ *WSLS 10 On Your Side – Roanoke, 1-800-SEE-NEWS ................................ 36, 39

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Roanoke-based Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea opened at South County Library in January 2012. Since then, it has become a favorite of South County Library patrons, who enjoy Mill Mountain’s famous blend, a variety of teas, and an assortment of salads, sandwiches, pastries, and cookies.

Now, Mill Mountain has another treat in store. Starting Monday, March 23, Mill Mountain at South County will open at 7am on weekdays. “It is time to make this move,” says Devan Ritchie, Mill Mountain’s district manager. “We have teachers and students, parents taking their kids to school or daycare, and people going to work who drive right by here and are looking for a morning pick-me-up. We’re happy to be able to provide that service and with drive-through convenience, if needed.”

“Mill Mountain has been a great partner, and we are so excited about this next step,” adds Diana Rosapepe, Roanoke County’s director of library services. People coming to Mill Mountain before the library’s main doors are unlocked when the library opens at 9am will need to use the entrance closest to the coffee shop.

Mill Mountain’s new hours of operation at South County are 7am-9pm, Monday through Thursday, 7am-6pm Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday, and 1pm-5pm Sunday.

Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea’s first store was opened in downtown Roanoke in 1990. Today there are also locations in downtown Salem, Starkey Road, Daleville, Richmond – Shockoe Slip (d.b.a. Shockoe Espresso and Roastery), South County Library, and Wells Fargo Tower. Mill Mountain serves the finest Arabica beans, locally roasted and delivered fresh to their stores, where they are ground to serve the perfect coffee or espresso beverage. A variety of teas, pastries, desserts, and other menu items are available daily.

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I have always felt very fortunate and blessed to be involved in a career I love. Ever since I was just a little Haniewich, I either wanted to become a

professional baseball player (you can see that turned out well), or a meteorologist. Hurricane Hugo initially sparked my interest in weather when I was barely a teenager back in 1989. I even remember my parents letting me stay home from school that late September day to track the path of this monstrous hurricane…that was a treat!

Among the things I enjoy most about my job is teaching kids about the weather. We at Storm Team 10 have done many school visits this year. The weather talks vary depending on what age or grade

we speak to, but the core message is always the same. CHOOSE A CAREER YOU KNOW YOU WILL LIKE BECAUSE YOU WILL BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DOING IT. Then we get into tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and even forecasting. In elementary school, this is where we try to lay the foundation for future meteorologists. However, it is in high school and college where the true education comes into play.

Internships…in this business they are oh, so important. I always tell high schoolers at Career Day and also our interns here at WSLS that your first job is not necessarily about how good you are, but rather about who you know. Networking is about the most important thing you can do before getting into this field. We have had quite a few interns spend time with us here at Storm Team 10 and I am proud to say many of them are successfully embedded as broadcast meteorologists. One of our former interns you may know well by now…her name is Kristina Montuori. She spent two summers with us while in college and when a job opened, we did our best to get her in the door here. I am glad to say we did!! Jeff Haniewich is the weekday evening meteorologist for WSLS Storm Team 10. He lives in Roanoke with his wife, Lindsay, and daughter, Millie Grace. He is a native of Cleveland, OH, but has been with WSLS since 2003, and absolutely loves it. He enjoys playing all sports and spending time with his family and friends.

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