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02/04: Short Stacks Benefit

PCHS girls' basketball team will host a pancake breakfast at FATZ Cafe in Dublin, Saturday, Feb. 4, from 8-10 a.m. Proceeds will go to benefit both JV and Varsity teams with uniforms, equipment, shoes, travel gear, team meals, end-ofyear gifts, awards and senior festivities. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased by contacting Marie Clary at Clary62@comcast.net.
Board Re-elects Chair, Welcomes New Members
The Board of Supervisors recently re-elected Jim Politis and Bill Brown to serve another year as chair and vice chair, respectively. Brown was re-elected in November by District E voters to serve his second term.
NRV HOME Consortium Seeks Citizen Input on Use of Housing Funds

The New River Valley HOME Consortium is seeking input from the citizens of the New River Valley about how HOME funds should be used to create affordable housing opportunities. Representatives of the NRV HOME Consortium will be at the following locations during February and March to hear from community members:
Blacksburg Police Arrest Female for Armed Robbery
On February 1, 2012, Blacksburg Police responded to Montgomery Regional Hospital at approximately 10:50 pm in reference to a patient reporting injuries sustained during an armed robbery.
Advance Auto to Offer 75 New Jobs in Roanoke
Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Advance Auto Parts, Inc., (NYSE: AAP), a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories, and maintenance items, will add a Financial Services Commercial Customer Care Center to its operation and corporate headquarters in the City of Roanoke and will invest $8 million to support this expansion, as well as other growth. Financial Services will manage the entire commercial customer credit experience, including commercial customer master data setup, billing,...
Discount RX Cards Offer Savings

Montgomery County residents filled 951 prescriptions at discounts averaging 23 percent under the County’s free prescription discount program over the past 18 months. The prescription discount card program was started in 2010 to help consumers cope with the high price of prescriptions. The County is making the free prescription discount cards available under a program sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) that offers savings off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs.
Blacksburg Police Arrest Woman in Thefts and Fraud
On February 2, 2012, Yolanda Faye Jackson, currently incarcerated at the Shenandoah Regional Jail, was served with twenty (20) arrest warrants obtained by Blacksburg Police. The charges are the result of an ongoing investigation into a March 9, 2011 incident where an unknown (at the time) black female entered Montgomery Regional Hospital dressed in scrubs and stole the contents of two purses located in an employee break room. The suspect allegedly committed similar thefts in...
In the Local Media Today
- 44-acre public park proposed again for Prices Fork area - www.roanoke.com
- Salem police investigate molestation allegations - www.roanoke.com
- Man, 27, pleads guilty in fellow patient's rape at psychiatric center - www.roanoke.com
- Roanoke County boards discuss pay increases - www.roanoke.com
- 2 cases focused on Virginia Tech's response in 2007 shootings - www.roanoke.com
- Roanoke elementary school investigated by OSHA
- Trucking company involved fatal accident has satisfactory safety record
- Wreck Spreads Chemicals on I-81
- Crosswalk technology aims to save lives in Blacksburg
- I-81 crash kills truck driver, lanes blocked in Botetourt County
- TRAFFIC ALERT: Roanoke fuel spill blocks major intersection
- Arrest made in Blacksburg armed robbery
- Quiet town of Buchanan gets a lot more traffic than normal after I-81 wreck, chemical...
- Car and school bus collide in Galax
- Owner's son feared Lynchburg building would collapse
- Cold Case: Nearly 25 years later, family hoping for break in double murder case
- UPDATE: One lane of traffic in each direction back open on I-81 in Botetourt County;...
- UPDATED: Brandon Avenue to remain closed because of diesel fuel spill
- Woman arrested for Blacksburg armed robbery
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Winter Planting for Success
Last October 2010 we discussed the weather pattern predictions for where we are right now at the beginning of February 2011. The Woolly Worm predictions so far have failed miserably and the Science corner was right in predicting a warm winter. However, February and early March are snow months.
Valley Sports Now - Local Sports
- Area High School Schedule 2/2/12
- Radford Wins Three Rivers District Wrestling Title
- Fort Chiswell Hands Galax First Loss
- Radford Holds On To Beat Glenvar
- Giles Gets First TRD Win Over East Mont
- Floyd County Upends Auburn
- Tech Announces 2012 Football Recruiting Class
- Salem Red Sox To Donate To Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Southwest Virginia
- Hokie Fans Can Vote For Wagner For PGA Tour Player Of The Month
Giles County Observer
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Virginia Tech Coach Frank BeamerAfter watching the many college bowl games in December 2011 and January 2012, they clearly demonstrated far superior coaching than the inferior coaching decisions of Virginia Tech. The ability of those college coaches to quickly react to offensive or defensive successes of the opposing team was very impressive. It also emphasized the stark absence of this important coaching talent at Virginia Tech. Many of the bad coaching decisions by Frank Beamer and his battery of...
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Obama killed Bin Laden and Bush could not in 8 years. In fact Bush's administration paid Pakistan millions and they hid him!!! Obama gave millions of Americans a Health Care Bill that will improve medical care of millions that do not have insurance!!!
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Our condolences go out to the Mustard family during this time of great loss. She was such a good person inside and out. I know she will be missed by many. Medi Home Care - Amber, Bob & Cyndy
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Upcoming Events
- Student Ceramics Show
February 02, 2012 - VMFA Show
February 02, 2012 - Faculty Recital: Christopher White, saxophones, & Wayne Gallops, piano
February 02, 2012 - Pulaski AA Meeting
February 02, 2012 - Student Ceramics Show
February 03, 2012 - VMFA Show
February 03, 2012 - Friday Night Jamboree
February 03, 2012 - Student Ceramics Show
February 04, 2012
- Akers, Sylvia Snyder
- Allen, David Ray
- Caldwell, Coleen Roop
- Coakley, Samuel S.
- Givens Jr.,Thomas Cale
- Jervey, Thora Jo Thompson
- Long, Sarah Helen
- McCroskey, Jo Ann Clem
- Spence, Charles B.
- Tate, Tracy Dawn
- Vest, Marlene Joy
- Wilson, Ethylene Dalton
- Worrell, William Joseph (Joe)
- Yousten, Anna Katherine
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