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July 29, 2010
Martina
McBride
Martina McBride will be in concert in new
Cumberland, WV on August 6.
Patrick County High School
Fall Sports Orientation is
scheduled for August 2, 2010
at 6:30 pm in the PCHS
Cafeteria.
Orientation dates are prior
to the start of each season
so that prospective
student/athletes and parents
have an opportunity to meet
the coaching staff, gather
information, and ask
questions before the try-out
process begins. Information
that will be covered will
include — but not be limited
to — the following:
1.practice and game
schedules
2.coach philosophy and
expectations for the season
3.eligibility and other
things needed for try-outs
4.criteria for making the
team, and the try-out
process
5.the athlete - parent -
coach relationship
Student athletes and their
parent(s) are strongly
encouraged to attend this
important pre-season
meeting. Any student athlete
or parent who is unable to
attend the orientation
meeting should contact the
head coach directly before
tryouts begin.
Fall Sports begin on Monday,
August 2, 2010. All VHSL
Physicals must be complete
and on file in the
Activities Directors office
before a student-athlete can
participate.
Football Coach- Brad Dalton
Football practices for JV
and Varsity will
begin Monday, August 2nd.
If you have any questions
call one of your coaches.
Cross Country (boy’s and
girl’s) Danel Slaydon (new
coach)------
Cross Country tryouts will
begin on Monday, August 2nd
at 4:00 PM. Please meet at
the football field.
Volleyball coach- Heidi
Moore
Volleyball tryouts will
start on August 2nd
at 3:00 PM. Please meet in
the gym.
Cheerleading (JV/Varsity)
Crystal Fain
Golf coach- Philip Steagall
Golf tryouts begin on Aug.
2nd at Trent Gordon golf
course. 2:30 start time.
Be on time.
July 28, 2010
Rick
Wright
Rick
Wright was a keyboardist with Pink Floyd and wrote
"The Great Gig in the Sky".
Governor’s flag order for
the Commonwealth of
Virginia
This is to order that the
flag of the Commonwealth
of Virginia may be flown
at half-staff on all state
buildings and grounds in
the Commonwealth of
Virginia in respect and
memory of Rocky Mount Fire
Chief and Vice Mayor Posey
Dillon, Rocky Mount
Firefighter William Daniel
Altice, and Tazewell
County Deputy Shawn Hess,
who gave their lives in
the line of duty.
I hereby order that the
flag shall be lowered
immediately today,
Tuesday, July 27, 2010,
and remain at half-staff
until sunset. I further
order that the flag shall
be lowered at sunrise on
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
and remain at half-staff
until sunset.
Ordered this the 27th day
of July, 2010.
Sincerely,
Robert F. McDonnell
Office of
Governor Robert F.
McDonnell
July 27, 2010
 Bobbie
Gentry
Roberta Lee Streeter, professionally known as
Bobbie Gentry, is a former American
singer-songwriter notable as one of the first
female country artists to write and produce her
own material. Gentry shot to international
fame with her intriguing Southern Gothic narrative
"Ode to Billie Joe" in 1967.
This is a reminder that
school registration for the
2010-2011 school year will
be today; Tuesday, July 27. If you
have a student that is
entering Kindergarten this
year then you will need to
provide an updated
immunization record and a
school physical. Please
contact your child's school
should you have any
questions. Thanks for you
attention to this matter and
enjoy the rest of the
summer.
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Two people are
dead, including
the Vice Mayor of
Rocky Mount, after
a crash involving
a fire truck and
an SUV in Rocky
Mount on Monday
afternoon.
The accident
happened on Route
40 near Sheetz
around 4:30 p.m.
Witnesses tell
News7 that after
hitting an SUV,
the fire truck
rolled at least
two times and
landed on top of a
third vehicle, a
blue Ford Mustang.
According to Rocky
Mount Mayor Steve
Angle, two
firefighters were
killed in the
crash. News7 has
confirmed with the
Virginia State
Police that Vice
Mayor and Fire
Chief Posey Dillon
was one of the
firefighters.
According to State
Police, Danny
Altice was the
other firefighter.
Altice has been
with the
department for 30
years.
Dillon was driving
the fire truck,
which was on its
way to a house
fire in the
Penhook area of
Franklin County.
Altice was riding
in the passenger
seat. They were
the only people in
the truck. Neither
Dillon nor Alitce
was wearing a seat
belt.
The driver of the
SUV, Terry
Valentine, was
taken to Franklin
Memorial Hospital
with injuries
described as non
life-threatening.
The driver of the
Ford Mustang,
Carolyn Puckett,
was not hurt in
the crash.
(SOURCE-WDBJ7.COM)
July 26, 2010
Vivian
Vance
"I
Love Lucy" debuted on CBS on October 15, 1951 with
Vivian Vance playing the role of landlady Ethel
Mertz.
The 21 Motorcraft /
Quicklane Tire & Auto Center
Ford Fusion finished 18th at
the Brickyard on Sunday.
Great job by Bill, Hyder and
the whole Wood Brothers
Racing team!
Bill Elliott and
the Wood Brothers’
No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick
Lane crew came
away with a
victory of sorts
during Saturday’s
qualifying session
for the 17th
running of the
Brickyard 400 at
Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. They
were best in class
among the
“go-or-go-home”
teams that are not
among the top 35
in car owner
points and
therefore not
assured of
starting spots for
races.
Elliott’s
qualifying lap
at 178.845 miles
per hour was
only good enough
for the 31st
starting
position. It
does not take
into account
that he and the
rest of the
non-guaranteed
drivers made
their runs late
in the session
on Saturday when
the track was
getting hotter
and slicker –
and therefore
slower – by the
minute as the
summertime
Indiana heat
baked the racing
surface.
“We ran faster
than we did in
practice,”
Elliott said.
“You can’t do
anything about
the [qualifying]
draw. I know
some guys run
faster in that
deal, but what
we try to fight
and what they
try to fight is
a whole
different war at
the end of the
day.”
Team co-owner
Eddie Wood
pointed out that
with his team
running a
partial schedule
and not
guaranteed a
starting spot,
the most
important thing
in qualifying is
to make sure the
Motorcraft/Quick
Lane colors are
on the track
come race day.
Earlier in the
weekend at Indy,
the familiar red
No. 21 Fusion
was among the
elite on the
speed charts.
Elliott was
fifth fastest in
the first
practice session
at 174.686 mph,
then ninth in
the second
practice, with a
speed of 178.437
mph.
To get back to
the lead pack
when the green
flag flies on
Sunday
afternoon,
Elliott and the
Motorcraft/Quick
Lane crew will
have to rely on
pit strategy and
other tactics to
overcome their
starting
position.
Luckily for
them, the Wood
Brothers team
has historically
been one of the
best in NASCAR
at pit and fuel
strategy. It’ll
be especially
important at
Indianapolis
Motor Speedway,
where the racing
layout, while
historic and
beloved, isn’t
the most
conducive to
side-by-side
racing.
“You can’t pass
here,” Elliott
said. “It’s
probably the
world’s worst
race track to
pass, and you
just have to do
whatever you’ve
got to do to get
there. “At
least you’ve got
the whole race
to work on it.”
(From
WoodBrothersRacing.com)
July 23, 2010
Slash
Saul Hudson, better known by his stage name
Slash, is a British musician. Slash is
best-known as the former lead guitarist of the
hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he
performed and recorded between 1985 and 1996.
Slash has received critical recognition as a
guitarist. In August 2009,
Time
Magazine
ranked him #2 on its list of the "10 Best Electric
Guitar Players of All-Time". He was also
ranked #21 on
Gigwise's
list of the "50 Greatest Guitarists Ever".
Patrick County High School
Fall Sports Orientation is
scheduled for August 2, 2010
at 6:30 pm in the PCHS
Cafeteria.
Orientation dates are prior
to the start of each season
so that prospective
student/athletes and parents
have an opportunity to meet
the coaching staff, gather
information, and ask
questions before the try-out
process begins. Information
that will be covered will
include — but not be limited
to — the following:
1.practice and game
schedules
2.coach philosophy and
expectations for the season
3.eligibility and other
things needed for try-outs
4.criteria for making the
team, and the try-out
process
5.the athlete - parent -
coach relationship
Student athletes and their
parent(s) are strongly
encouraged to attend this
important pre-season
meeting. Any student athlete
or parent who is unable to
attend the orientation
meeting should contact the
head coach directly before
tryouts begin.
Fall Sports begin on Monday,
August 2, 2010. All VHSL
Physicals must be complete
and on file in the
Activities Directors office
before a student-athlete can
participate.
Football Coach- Brad Dalton
Football practices for JV
and Varsity will
begin Monday, August 2nd.
If you have any questions
call one of your coaches.
Cross Country (boy’s and
girl’s) Danel Slaydon (new
coach)------
Cross Country tryouts will
begin on Monday, August 2nd
at 4:00 PM. Please meet at
the football field.
Volleyball coach- Heidi
Moore
Volleyball tryouts will
start on August 2nd
at 3:00 PM. Please meet in
the gym.
Cheerleading (JV/Varsity)
Crystal Fain
Golf coach- Philip Steagall
Golf tryouts begin on Aug.
2nd at Trent Gordon golf
course. 2:30 start time.
Be on time.
July 20, 2010
Kim
Carnes
A native of Los Angeles, Kim
Carnes knew for the time
that she was three years old
that she was going to write
songs and perform them for
people. Success was never in
doubt. Carnes garnered her
first record deal in 1972
with famous record producer
Jimmy Bowen. After a stint
with A&M Records, she became
the first signed artist at
the newly established
EMI-America (Capitol) in
1978. Soon after, her duet
with Gene Cotton on “You’re
a Part Of Me” became her
first top-forty hit. She
then took on the unusual
task of writing an entire
concept album for Kenny
Rogers.
The three-day sales tax
holiday for school supplies
and clothing begins at 12:01
a.m. on the first Friday in
August, and ends at midnight
on the following Sunday.
This year the Tax-Free
Back-To-School Shopping
Weekend dates are August 6,
7 and 8.
During this three-day
period, purchases of
qualifying school supplies
selling for $20 or less per
item, and purchases of
qualifying clothing and
footwear selling for $100 or
less per item will be exempt
from sales tax!
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IF YOU BOUGHT A PIE SAFE,
WOODEN KITCHEN TABLE WITH
PULL-OUT LEAVES, ROCKING
CHAIRS, COFFEE TABLE OR
CHAIRS FROM KEN STRUM IN
JUNE OR JULY 2010 AT 121
TIMBERLAKE RD IN STUART,
PLEASE EMAIL
FUNFACTS@BETTERTHANRADIO.US
FOR INFORMATION. PARTY
IS WANTING TO BUY BACK THESE SENTIMENTAL
FURNISHINGS
July 19, 2010
Brian May
(Queen)
Brian May has penned 22 worldwide hits for Queen,
among them the anthems “We Will Rock You”, “The Show
Must Go On” and “I Want It All”, and powerful
ballads, including “Who Wants To Live Forever”,
“No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)” and “Save
Me”. As a successful and respected solo artist,
Brian’s recordings include albums Back To The
Light (1992), featuring “Too Much Love Will Kill
You” and “Driven By You”, both Ivor Novello Award
winners, and 1998's Another World.
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Patrick
Henry
Community
College
CAREER
DISCOVERY CAMPS
for rising
6th to
8th
graders
Workforce
Development
& Continuing
Education
July 2010
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Video
Game
Design
and
Development
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Is
your
child
intrigued
by
video
games?
In
this
camp,
your
child
will
learn
how
to
design
their
own video
games and
learn
about
other
computer applications.
They
will
take
home
their
own
personal
copy
of
software to
design or make changes to their games they have developed.
This
could
be
the
beginning
of
a
high-tech
career
path!
Save
a
seat
for
your child!
Mon - Fri, July 19 - July 23, 9:00am - 12:00pm.
Cost: $59.00
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Don't
miss
out on
the
fun!
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Patrick
Henry
Community
College
does not
discriminate
on the
grounds
of race,
sex,
color,
national
origin,
religion,
sexual
orientation,
age,
veteran
status,
political
affiliation,
or
disability
in the
administration
of any of
its
programs,
or with
respect
to
admissions
or
employment.
Inquiries
may be
made to
theAffirmative
Action
Coordinator,
located
in
Francis
T. West
Hall,
room
148,
(276)
656-0212.
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July 17
Camilla
Parker Bowles
The
Duchess of Cornwall supports her husband The Prince of
Wales in his work and role as Heir to The Throne, in
addition to being Patron or President of a number of
her own charities and organizations.
July 15, 2010
Linda
Ronstadt
In
total, Linda Ronstadt has released over 30 solo
albums, more than 15 compilations or greatest hits
albums. Ronstadt has charted thirty-eight Billboard
Hot 100 singles, 21 of which have reached the top 40,
ten of which have reached the top 10, three peaking at
No. 2, the No. 1 hit, "You're No Good". In the UK, her
single "Blue Bayou" reached the UK Top 40 and the duet
with Aaron Neville, "Don't Know Much", peaked at #2 in
November 1989. In addition, she has charted 36
albums, ten Top 10 albums, and three No. 1 albums on
the Billboard 200 Pop Album Charts.
Governor’s flag order for
the state Capitol building
in Richmond
This is
to order that the flags of
the United States of America
and the Commonwealth of
Virginia are to be flown at
half-staff over the state
Capitol building in respect
and memory of United States
Army Staff Sergeant
Christopher F. Cabacoy. I
hereby order that the flags
shall be lowered at sunrise
on Thursday, July 15, 2010,
and remain at half-staff
until sunset.
Ordered
on this the 14th
day of July, 2010.
Authorized on this the 14th
day of July, 2010.
Office of Governor Robert
F. McDonnell
July 14, 2010
Gerald
Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch
King, Jr.) was the 38th President of the United
States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice
President of the United States serving from 1973 to
1974. As the first person appointed to the
vice-presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment,
when he became President upon Richard Nixon's
resignation on August 9, 1974, he also became the only
President of the United States who was elected neither
President nor Vice-President.
Governor’s flag order for the
state Capitol building in
Richmond
This is
to order that the flags of the
United States of America and
the Commonwealth of Virginia
are to be flown at half-staff
over the state Capitol
building in respect and memory
of United States Army Sergeant
First Class Kristopher D.
Chapleau. I hereby order that
the flags shall be lowered at
sunrise on Wednesday, July 14,
2010, and remain at half-staff
until sunset.
Ordered on this the 13th
day of July, 2010
Office of Governor Robert
F. McDonnell
July 13, 2010
Patrick
Stewart
Sir
Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film,
television and stage actor, and university Chancellor.
He has had a distinguished career in theatre and
television for around half a century. He is most
widely known for his television and film roles, as
Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next
Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier in the
X-Men films.
Contest of Farmers Market
The Virginia Department of
Agriculture and Consumer
Services (VDACS) is hosting a
photo contest to showcase the
2010 Virginia farmers' market
season. Submit your favorite
digital photograph taken at a
Virginia farmers' market between
July 8, 2010 and August 18,
2010. The winners will receive a
Virginia Grown/Virginia's Finest
prize package worth $100 each.
VDACS must receive the photo
no later than Wednesday, August
18, 2010. Judges will make
their selection by Friday,
August 27, 2010. No purchase
necessary. Winners will be
selected for the following age
categories; children up to age
12, youth ages 13-20, adults
ages 21 and up and
a special prize will be awarded
to the Virginia farmers' market
with the most entries.
For complete rules,
submission form and to submit
your entry visit VDACS website
at
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/vagrown/index.shtml.
The Stuart Farmers Market is
open on Fridays 8am to 12pm. Any
vendor is welcome to set up
during those hours as well as
any other time in the parking
lot. The Stuart Farmers Market
is a contestant for “America’s
Favorite Farmers Market”. To
vote for Stuart Farmers Market
visit:
www.farmland.org/vote.
The contest is open until August
31st.
July 12, 2010
Christine
McVie
Fresh
out of art college, Christine McVie found that she did
not have enough money to launch herself into the art
world, so she moved to London, where she worked
briefly as a department store window dresser.
(This prior to her joining the band "Fleetwood Mac".)
Historian Thomas D. “Tom” Perry
is pleased to announce the first
program planned for the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War.
Perry will be at the Mount Airy
Museum of Regional History on
July 25 at 3 p.m. Perry will
speak on the life of J. E. B.
Stuart, who grew up just outside
Mount Airy in Ararat, Virginia.
Stuart’s family attended church,
picked up their mail, and spent
time in Mount Airy. Stuart had
four regiments of North Carolina
cavalry serve under him in the
Civil War.
Perry formed the Patrick,
Henry, and Surry County
Regional Sesquicentennial
Civil War Committee
earlier this year to do
serious programming about
the War Between the
States. These programs
will be held in Mount
Airy, Bassett,
Martinsville, and Stuart,
Virginia locations. These
programs will be about
serious topics concerning
the war from the role of
African-Americans,
genealogy and the events
and personalities
regionally that are
related to the war. 2011
will start the 150th
anniversary of the war
that began in 1861.
Perry started the J. E. B.
Stuart Birthplace twenty
years ago and is the
author of fifteen books on
Patrick, Henry County and
regional history. He is
editor of the Henry County
Heritage Book and recently
help to raise one million
dollars to expand our
regional history library,
the Bassett Historical
Center. He holds a BA in
History from Virginia
Tech, where he studied
under Dr. James I.
Robertson, Jr.
July 8, 2010
Toby
Keith
Toby Keith
is country music's most durable current hit-maker, and you
can count it like clockwork. "I don't have to pinch
myself, I know how hard I work," he says of the success.
"And I expect when you work hard you'll have results." And
these results speak for themselves.
Governor’s flag order for the
Commonwealth of Virginia
This
is to order that the flags of the
United States of America and the
Commonwealth of Virginia shall be
flown at half-staff on all local,
state, and federal buildings and
grounds in the Commonwealth of
Virginia in respect and memory of
former Virginia legislator George W.
Jones. I hereby order that the
flags shall be lowered immediately
on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, and
remain at half-staff until sunset
and again at sunrise on Thursday,
July 8, 2010 and remain at
half-staff until sunset.
Ordered on this the 7th day of July,
2010.
July 7, 2010
Ringo
Starr
Starr described himself as
"your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills", technically
limited by being a left-handed person playing a
right-handed kit.
Celebration of the Fourth at the
Stuart Farmers Market was a success!
We had 17 vendors packed
into the parking area with
everything from home grown produce,
handmade gourds, soaps and lotions to
beef and lamb. A crowd of 250 people
turnout to browse through the vendors
stalls and purchase everything they
needed for their Holiday weekend. Many
of the patrons stopped to sit for a
while and listen to the live music
provided by The True Life Travelers,
which were set up underneath a tent in
the grassy area of the market. Patrons
also stopped by the Patrick County
Extension booth to vote for the Stuart
Farmers Market in Americas Favorite
Farmers Market (www.farmland.org/vote).The
Stuart Farmers Market is open every
Friday 8am to 12pm. Our next big
celebration will be August 6th in
recognition of Farmers Market week!
July 6 , 2010
July 2 , 2010
Greta
Houchins Payne
Nursing
roles and education were first defined by Florence
Nightingale, following her experiences caring for the
wounded in the Crimean War.
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Tom Bishop,
executive director of the Patrick County
Chamber of Commerce, has announced that
entries are now being accepted from girls
wishing to participate in the 6th
Annual Virginia Peach Pageant. As part of
the August Peach Festival Celebration,
pageant winners will be honored guests at
all Peach Festival activities, including
the Concert on Friday, August 20 and the
Folk Fair on Saturday, August 21st.
The pageant
will be held on Monday, August 15, in the
Historic Star Theatre at 6:00 p.m. All
entrants will practice on Sunday, August
14 at the theatre at 3:00 p.m.
Any young lady
wishing to participate may pick up an
entry form at the Chamber office located
at 20475 JEB Stuart Highway (US Route 58),
in Stuart. Forms can be mailed by calling
the Chamber office at 276-694-6012 or
pageant director Lisa Martin at the
Reynolds Homestead (276) 694-7181 ext. 22.
Pageant
categories include: Tiny Miss Peach for
girls ages 5-8; Little Miss Peach for
girls ages 9-12; Junior Miss Peach for
young ladies ages 13-16, and Miss Peach
for young women ages 17-22. All entrants
must be unmarried and have never had
children.
Winners in each
category will receive $250 savings bonds.
The entry fee is $50, which may be paid by
a sponsor, and the deadline for entering
the pageant is August 12.
July 1 , 2010
Becky
Nelson
AVON is the
company for women.
Citizen Firearms Safety Class
The Patrick County Sheriff’s Office will
conduct a citizen firearms safety class on
Saturday, July 17, 2010. There will be a
morning class at 9 a.m. and if more than
25 citizens register for training, a
second class will be scheduled for 12:45
p.m. Those desiring to attend must
register by calling the Sheriff’s Office
at 694-3161. The cost of the class is
$45.00 per person. Those attending must
bring their own 50 rounds of ammunition.
Citizens may use their own handgun (it
should be unloaded when brought to the
class) or they may use a Sheriff’s Office
handgun if they bring .22, .38 special, or
9mm ammunition. The class will take place
on the firing range located at the Patrick
County Transfer Station. A criminal
history check will be completed by the
Sheriff’s Office on those registering for
the class.
This class meets the training requirement
to obtain a Virginia concealed handgun
permit. The class is available to adults,
and also children from age 12 if
accompanied by their parent or legal
guardian. Those that successfully complete
the class will receive a certificate of
firearms safety training.
This is primarily a firearms safety class
but also includes marksmanship
instruction. There is a 2-hour discussion
about concealed carry laws, justifiable
use of deadly force, firearms safety
rules, and the fundamentals of
marksmanship. Class duration is 3 to 4
hours. Participants are encouraged to
bring lawn chairs to use during the
discussion, snacks to eat and beverages to
drink. Classes are conducted outdoors.
The Sheriff’s Office teaches this class on
the 3rd Saturday of April, July, and
October; registration begins two months
prior to the class.
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