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InteractiveGIS® Tool Now Available

We are pleased to announce a new interactive mapping interface on our website! Blacksburg-based InteractiveGIS, Inc. recently rolled out the Town of Christiansburg’s new web-based Geographic Information System (GIS). InteractiveGIS can be used to view streets, addresses, aerial imagery and tax parcel information for property within town limits.

Blacksburg High School Playoffs

Come support the Blacksburg Bruins as they compete in the following playoffs! Bruins Track will run at Cave Spring High School in the River Ridge District Championship May 18 and 19. 

Inflatables Fun Water Camp

Inflatables Fun Water Camp

A fun recreational experience for children by kiderizparties.com under the direction of Maria Rossi and Lori Moench. Bring bathing suit, towel, sun screen, snack (no peanut products) and change of clothes.

05/22: Zumba Fitness Classes Starting

05/22: Zumba Fitness Classes Starting

Every class will feel like a party! You don’t have to know how to dance, just move your body and follow the lead and you will see how fitness can be fun. Class starts at a beginning level and will contain the steps of reggaeton, salsa, merengue, hip-hop and samba. Tennis shoes required.

An Unlikely Meeting

An Unlikely Meeting

We don't often think of cows in the woods, and apparently neither did the black bear. This photo, sent in by Kevin Light, was taken by Jake Walters.

NRCC 2012 Early Learning Center Graduation

NRCC 2012 Early Learning Center Graduation

Nine pre-schoolers, who will enter Kindergarten this fall, “graduated” recently from the New River Community College Early Learning Center (ELC). The children, who are enrolled in the college’s ELC, were honored at a special ceremony on campus before an audience of their family and friends.

Basketball Camps Being Offered

Basketball Camps Being Offered

Blacksburg Parks and Recreation will be offering Basketball Camp. There will be 2 separate camps one on Tuesdays beginning June 5 and one on Thursdays beginning June 9 and lasting thru August 9 at Kipps Gym from 6-8pm.

In the Local Media Today

Around the New River Valley

0521-radford-city-school-board-meetingThe Radford City School Board will have a called meeting on May 21, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., at the School Administration Office. A...
vandergriff-edward-newell-mr-edEdward Newell (Mr. Ed) Vandergriff, 95, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home....
linkous-falton-woodrow-woodyFalton Woodrow (Woody) Linkous, 70, of Merrimac, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Lewis Gale Hospital-Pulaski. He was born in...
hughes-frances-cFrances C. Hughes, 80, of Christiansburg, by the grace of God, and with a strong belief in eternal life, passed away at home on...
hubbard-barbara-jean-stiggerBarbara Jean Stigger Hubbard, 70, of Radford, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Meeting her there...
0519-baked-goods-sale-for-st-judesThis Saturday, May 19, Wee Ones Home Daycare will be selling baked goods at the Pulaski Farmers Market. It's located in the Maple...
event-website-celebrates-1-year-anniversary-as-spin-offThe event website NextThreeDays.com celebrated its one year anniversary as a spin off company by launching an updated front page...
noonan-sidney-matthewSidney Matthew Noonan, 64, of Blacksburg, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at his home. He was born in Montgomery County on December...
beck-laura-etta-miltonLaura Etta Milton Beck, 102, of 111 Johnson Avenue, Pembroke, died Monday, May 14, 2012, at Giles Community Hospital in...
baird-annie-mae-stewartAnnie Mae Stewart Baird, 94, of Blacksburg, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Kroontje Health Care Center. She was born in...
bailey-julie-cumbeeJulie Cumbee Bailey, 84, of Pembroke, died on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Arrangements by Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke, Va.,...
harris-jay-steveElder Jay Steve Harris, 74, of Pulaski, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Highland Ridge Nursing and Rehab in Dublin. He...
students-machine-project-combines-techology-and-superheroWhat do you get when you combine a superhero and advanced manufacturing technology?  New River Community College student...
witten-love-parrLove Parr Witten, 91, of Pearisburg, passed away Friday January 20, 2012, in Roanoke. Mrs. Witten was born on February 13, 1920,...
0519-support-the-wounded-warrior-programShelor Motor Mile Jeep is partnering with Motor Mile Speedway and the New River Valley Jeep Club to support local armed forces...
0519-minds-wide-openThe New River Valley is celebrating MINDS WIDE OPEN, a statewide initiative to present programs focused on children and the arts,...
griffith-attends-graduationsThis past weekend many young men and women closed a very special chapter in their lives. From Virginia Tech and Wytheville...
0524-public-meeting-on-parking-lot-managementA public meeting will be held on Thursday, May 24, 7 pm, in the Blacksburg Motor Company Building, 400 South Main Street, to...

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  • Buying Ammunition – safe or sorry?
    ammoThese past two years have increased new registered firearm sales over 14,000,000 in volume. When I drive by Miller’s Gun Shop it is always packed with cars. When people start to buy firearms, either rifles or handguns, maybe shotguns too, they require ammunition. This is the crux of our current article and whether you are an experienced shooter (All men say they are from...

Giles County Observer

  • Death Becomes You

    How might you die? Possibly in the dark of night, possibly the light of day, but you will be dead, either way.

    Death by accident or natural death as it is called? Know you not, because such a final moment cannot be known by the befallen.

    Will you look good in your casket for all to see and mourn? Could it be that cremation will remove your look of scorn?

    Will you be allowed to “take it with you”, or will you make your final journey empty-handed? The Grand Reaper knows the answer but he isn’t talking.

    Isn’t it strange how all words cease to be spoken, all acts cease to be completed, all thoughts forever remain frozen in time, and all sights will never again be seen?

    The finality of death serves to prove the awesome power of the enemy who stalks us to the very end of the life of our body. Death fulfills the purpose, of both punishment and prophesy, as spoken by our Father Who art in Heaven.

    Where will your arrogance go? What about those...

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