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    The Lynchburg Times LynchburgAmherstBedfordCampbellFREE Vol. I, Issue 5 September 30, 2010

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    20 years ofgrapes & garlic

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    Wards Rd.

    Walmart robbed 3

    Cuccinelli on

    health carelawsuit 9

    Ex-NFL player

    pumps up E.C.

    Glass 11

    McDonnellapologizes for

    Confederate

    History Month 15

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    Forest Rd. 17

    Va. women earnless report 22

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    Person o interest

    Detectives with the Lynchburg Po-

    lice Department are looking or aperson o interest in relation to theSeptember 14, 2010 shooting that oc-curred in the 2000 block o KingstonAve. Detectives that are investigat-ing this incident believe that Lorenzo

    Markees Callands, 22 years old oLynchburg has inormation regardingthis incident.

    Crime o the week

    Te Lynchburg Police Department isinvestigating a grand larceny that oc-curred at Wal-Mart, 3900 Wards Rd.Lynchburg. On September 26, 2010at approximately 1:45 a.m. our un-

    known suspects entered the store andstole numerous items including PS3games, X-Box 360 games, PSP games,a PSP gaming system, and a Ninten-do DS games console. Te suspectswere able to gain entry into the lockedcabinets which hold the gaming elec-tronics. Te loss is in excess o $1,400.Te suspects are described as ollows:

    Suspect #1: white male, orange

    hoodie, beige shorts, ip ops,and white baseball hat with a B (pos-sibly Boston Red Sox).

    Suspect #2: black male, white hood-ie, dark shorts, ip ops,

    Suspect #3: black male, gray hoodie,

    red shorts, black hat with ared brim and white sneakersSuspect #4: white male, dark top, red

    shorts with a white accent,and black Nike sneakers with a whiteswoosh.

    Anyone with any inormation re-garding this crime or the identity othe suspects is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-798-5900, visit theCentral Virginia Crime Stoppers web-

    site at www.cvcrimestoppers.org toenter a web tip, or text CVCS plusyour message to 274637.

    Note: Te persons who provided tipnumber CSI-378-806 and CSI-378-944 needs to contact Lieutenant J.C.Bauserman with the Lynchburg PoliceDepartment at 455-3747 to collectreward money. Te call should beplaced Monday through Friday be-

    tween the hours o 8:30 a.m. and 5:00p.m.

    Campbell County lits ban on out-door burning

    Eective immediately, CampbellCountys ban on all outdoor burning,both public and commercial, has beenofcially lited as recent rainall hascaused dry conditions to improve.

    Te lea burning ban (implementedin November o 2009) will remainin eect until urther notice or theimberlake area o the county. Tisincludes areas west o the railroadtracks, located west o Lawyers Road

    and north o Goggins Road and Bu-alo Creek; the ban likewise encom-passes the Wildwood subdivision andCrest Haven Estates.

    Questions concerning the burn banshould be directed to Randall John-son, Public Saety Deputy Director-Fire Marshal, at (434) 332-9540.

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    It was American author and futurist Al-vin Toffler who made the following sageobservation: Profits, like sausages, areesteemed most by those who know leastabout what goes into them. In honor of October being National Pizzamonth, here are a few statistics: Approxi-mately 3 billion pizzas are sold every yearin the United States. Seventeen percent of

    all the restaurants in the country are pizze-rias. If youre like 93 percent of Americans,you eat at least one pizza every month.Pepperoni is the most popular topping,followed by sausage, mushrooms, onionsand olives. And a Gallup poll found thatkids between the ages of 3 and 11 wouldchoose pizza over any other food for lunchor dinner. Are you a dipsomaniac? The root of theword is from the Greek dipso, meaningthirst -- and were all familiar with themania part. Dipsomaniac is just a fancyname for a drunk. You may be surprised to learn that 43 per-cent of 6- to 9-year-old girls use lip gloss.Of course, if youre a parent of a young girl,you may not be surprised at all. A newly married couple sued the upscaleresort in Chile where they spent their hon-

    eymoon when a swim in the pool turned thebrides waist-length blond hair green. The oldest known skis were found, per-haps unsurprisingly, in Scandinavia. Theexperts say the skis were made about4,000 years ago. If you live in the state of Minnesota, youmight want to keep in mind that its againstthe law to sleep with no clothes on.

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    EnoughWilliam Voegeli wrote a book about the ever-growing welfare state in the United States and

    throughout the Western world titled NeverEnough. In the tea party, we hear the counter-vailing cry, Enough!

    Everywhere its been established, the wel-fare state has proven itself perpetually self-ag-grandizing. Voegeli writes, The American trendfrom 1940 to 2007 -- steady growth of both theeconomy and the portion of the economy devot-ed to the welfare state -- is evident in 12 othermodern, prosperous democracies from 1980 to2003.

    The tea party bids to stand athwart this long-standing, seemingly inexorable trend. EvenRonald Reagan, whose rhetoric and intentionswere forthrightly against big government, onlymanaged to slow welfare-state spending to arate of 0.9 percent annually over 8 years -- astupendous accomplishment in the context of itsotherwise routinely robust growth.

    To achieve more than this will require a mas-sive Republican sweep in the fall, followed up bya win in 2012. It will take masterly feats of publicpersuasion, coupled with countless victories inbudgetary hand-to-hand combat -- all sustainedover time. Liberal defenders of the status quowill have history, inertia and proven scare tacticson their side. But, as Barack Obama likes to say,make no mistake: The rise of the tea party puts

    the fundamental direction of American govern-ment in play in a way it hasnt been since per-haps 1981.

    It wasnt supposed to be this way afterObamas election. The financial crisis, though,didnt discredit the free market so much as thegovernment policies that stoked the housingbubble and bailed out the banks and the autocompanies. The much-anticipated crisis ofcapitalism quickly became an impending crisisof government debt, as Washington leverageditself to the hilt in an era of painful private dele-veraging.

    With entitlements on an already unsustainablecourse, Obama added a new one in his health-

    care program, and sold it with every ounce ofhubris and dishonesty he could muster. If teapartiers had a plant in the White House on a Le-ninist mission to make things worse before theycan improve, they couldnt have done much bet-ter than the Man from Hope and Change.

    Speaker Nancy Pelosi surely knew shed losesome seats by insisting on passage of the health-care law, but she couldnt have known shed riskdisplacing the tectonic plates of American poli-tics. If theres going to be a U-turn in Americangovernment, the rise of the tea-party movementis its necessary precondition. In retrospect, if $1trillion deficits and an increase in governmentspending from 20 percent to 25 percent of GDPdidnt bring people out into the streets, it wouldhave been lights out for limited-government con-servatism.

    Its become a trope that tea-party candi-dates dont have an agenda. Thats not quitefair. Were in favor of a lot of things and wereagainst mighty few, Lyndon Johnson said in1964, on the cusp of the Great Society. Take hisstatement and turn it on its head, and you havethe thrust of the tea-party agenda. Or, in a word:Enough.

    Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

    Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

    1. Who sang Cant Get Enough of Your Love,Babe, and when?2. Name the writer and singer of Its All OverNow, Baby Blue.3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love was asingle hit for which band?

    4. Name the first No. 1 single by JudasPriest.5. What was the first charted hit by teen idolFabian?6. Where did the rock band Goo Goo Dollsget its name?

    Answers

    1. Barry White in 1974. The song hit the top ofboth the pop and R&B charts.2. Bob Dylan. The 1966 song has been cov-

    ered by others, notably The Byrds and TheAnimals.3. Queen, 1980. Freddie Mercury wrote thesong, as well as We Are the Champions.4. It doesnt exist. The heavy-metal bandnever saw a No. 1 until their album KillingMachine rose to the top in 1978 -- in Finlandand France.5. Born Fabiano Anthony Forte, his song Ti-ger reached No. 3 on the charts in 1959. Itwas his all-time biggest hit. Fabians film ca-reer was more lucrative, starting with Hound

    Dog Man in 1959.6. Apparently from a toy ad: There was a dollcalled a Goo Goo, which came complete witha four-piece crib set and matching comforter.

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    As Amherst prepares for the annual Wine& Garlic Festival at Rebec Vineyards Oct.

    9-10, its founder looks back on 30 years of

    grapes, garlic and success.

    By Dan McDermottTe Lynchburg imes

    Richard Hanson is sharp as a tack.Hes trim and activein much better

    shape than I am. But or some reason hesseriously thinking o taking a less active

    role in the Amherst winery and garlic es-tival he has been running or decades.

    Perhaps its because hes 85 years old.Tis is the last Garlic Festival Im run-

    ning but it will probably continue just newithout me. Im taking on advisory role,he cheerully said on a beautiul sunnyday as he sipped white wine and told usthe story o how he took a plot o land inrural Amherst and built one o Virginiassmallest wineries, nurturing it into oneo the commonwealths best known.

    Hanson worked as a quality control en-gineer at General Electric or 26 years. Hewas based in Lynchburg but travelled theworld.

    I remember going to Ireland and I ac-

    tually helped install equipment in somecastles over there. Tey were serving alot o mead because the climate wasntgreat or growing grapes, he said. Well-known to Harry Potter and Lord o theRings ans, mead is a orm o wine maderom ermenting a mixture o honey andwater. Oten some other ruits are addedin, such as raisins, oranges and berriesto add color, avor and nutrition or theyeast, which doesnt particularly care orhoney. Mead was especially popular in

    medieval times until grapeswith theirhigher yield per acrewon the battle orthe pocketbooks and palettes o Europe-an vinters and connoisseurs.

    Hanson was a home winemaker ordecades and took some short courses atVirginia ech on grape growing and winemaking over the years.

    Making wine at home is pretty muchthe same thing as doing it commercially.Its just on a larger scale, he said.

    While still employed at GE but lookingtoward retirement, Hanson planted eldso grapes in 1980 on what is now the win-ery.

    He cut every post and planted everyvine by hand.

    I have lucked out. Most vineyards su-er about a 10% mortality rate per yearor grapevines. But these are the originalvines I planted thirty years ago. Tey arestill producing wine today, he said.

    Hanson explained that grapes are notquick producers. You plant the vines. Bythe 3rd year you might get some grapesi you are lucky. About year 5 and 6 you

    should be getting a good harvest. It reallytakes about 7-10 years beore you get a

    positive return because the initial cost isso high. And the whole time you have towatch out or threatsbirds, deer, ungusand disease, he said.

    Hanson retired rom GE in 1984 andbegan building the main building at Re-bec Vineyards.

    With the help o his son-in-law MarkMagruder, he built the building rom

    20 years o wine & garlic

    Rebec Vineyards founder Richard Hanson (left) and winery presi-

    dent Svet Kanev take a break from preparations for the Oct. 9-10

    Wine & Garlic Festival to be held at their Amherst location.

    See GARLIC, 7

    Richard Hanson points to the original 5 100-gallon fermentors he

    bought when he started Rebec Vineyards in 1987. The operationnow produces 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of wine.

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    Think Youre in the Hospital?ThinkAgain

    This is very sneaky. If you go into the hospi-tal and then have nursing-home care, Medicaremight not pay for that care if you didnt stay in thehospital long enough.

    It seems that when youre in the hospital, youmight not actually be in the hospital as an ad-mitted patient. You might be observed, which isnot the same thing.

    Sometimes a doctor will send you to the hospi-tal, and youll be observed for a day or two to seeif you should really be admitted.

    It seems that a criteria program called InterQualmakes decisions about this. Its web page saysthat InterQual is the undisputed gold standardin evidence-based clinical decision support. Isntthat nice. Whatever happened to our doctors de-ciding how sick we are?

    And how do you know what your status is? You

    have to ask. Theoretically, you could stay in ob-servation mode for weeks and never actually beadmitted. Medicare considers that to be outpa-tient care, and it wont pay for all you get whileyoure in the hospital.

    Any nursing-home care you need after thatwont be paid for by Medicare unless youve

    spent three days in the hospital as an actual ad-mitted patient.A Medicare pamphlet says: If youre in the hospi-tal more than a few hours, always ask your doctoror the hospital staff if youre an inpatient or anoutpatient. And no matter how long youre ob-served, that time doesnt count toward a genuineinpatient three-day stay if you need to move on toa nursing facility.

    To find out more about this, you can call Medi-care at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).Or go online to medicare.gov/publications and

    put the publication ID number in the search box:11435. Be sure to scroll down and read all theexamples in the chart.

    Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot person-

    ally answer reader questions, but will incorporate

    them into her column whenever possible. Write to

    her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O.

    Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send

    e-mail to [email protected]. Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

    What Are Signicant Lapses ofMemory?

    DEARDR.DONOHUE:Mymotheris69andhas,during the past few years, shown signs of mem-ory problems. In the span of 20 minutes, she

    mightaskthesamequestionseveraltimes.Shehas trouble following the ow of conversation. I

    am concerned she might be forgetting her medi-cines.Icalledherphysicianandwastoldthatuntil she forgets what things like toasters are

    used for, there is no real concern. Isnt early in-terventionakeytotreatingAlzheimers?--M.K.

    ANSWER: With age, it takes more time to retrieveinformation from the memory than it does in youth.Thats normal. Its also normal for older people, giv-en a sufficient amount of time, to recall the eventsof the preceding day or of special occasions. Theymight, on occasion, find it difficult to come up with aparticular word, but they should be able to continueto perform tasks like balancing a checkbook. Theymight misplace things, as we all do. However, theycan institute a search in an orderly and methodicalway.

    Its not normal to forget an entire event even when

    they are given promptings of what has happened.Misplacing things because the things have been putin strange places isnt normal. An example is puttingthe car keys in the refrigerator.

    Neurologists, geriatricians (doctors who special-

    ize in the treatment of the elderly), psychiatrists andpsychologists administer tests that more preciselyreflect a persons memory and thinking capabilities.Having your mother tested isnt a bad idea, and sheshould not take offense at the suggestion.

    Four medicines constitute the bulk of prescriptionswritten for Alzheimers disease. They are Aricept,Razadyne, Exelon and Namenda. The first three areusually prescribed for the early stages of this illness.None is a cure. They can slow its progression. Doz-ens of new medicines are currently under investiga-tion.

    The booklet on Alzheimers describes this illnessand its treatment in understandable terms. Read-ers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No.903W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. En-close a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75

    U.S./$6 Canada with the recipients printed nameand address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

    DEARDR.DONOHUE:I haventseenanythingin your column about fungus foot infection. We

    have several family members who have it on

    theirtoes.Howdoesitstart,andwhatcanbedone for it? -- Anon.

    ANSWER: I have to believe youre referring toathletes foot, the most common kind of fungal footinfection. Few people pass through life without anencounter with the fungi of athletes foot. The infec-

    tion spreads through contact with shed skin that con-tains the fungus.

    Fungi thrive in warm, moist environments. Achange of socks twice a day and wearing an alter-nate pair of shoes on successive days keep the feetdry. Antifungal foot medicines abound and come asointments, creams or lotions. It can take a month ormore for results. After the skin has healed, continueto apply the medicine for another two weeks. If over-the-counter medicines -- Micatin, Lotrimin AF andTinactin are a few names -- dont put an end to theinfection, prescription medicines can.

    Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer in-dividual letters, but he will incorporate them in his

    column whenever possible. Readers may write him

    or request an order form of available health newslet-

    ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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    OrangeClaimsThis is the one weve waited for. The regula-

    tion for the three new presumptives for AgentOrange is final. The three new medical condi-tions added to the list are ischemic heart dis-ease, Parkinsons disease and B-cell leukemia.If you were in Vietnam between Jan. 9, 1962and May 7, 1975 or in certain places in Koreaduring parts of 1968-1969 and have any of theillnesses on the now-longer list, you may be duecompensation. Presumptive means you donthave to prove the illness is associated with yourservice in Vietnam or Korea.

    Right there in the Congressional FederalRegister, it says there is a positive associationbetween exposure to certain herbicides and the

    subsequent development of hairy cell leukemiaand other chronic B-cell leukemias, Parkinsonsdisease, and ischemic heart disease.

    It looked grim this summer when Departmentof Veterans Affairs chief Eric Shinseki wantedthe regulation hot footed through channels andpassed immediately. You have to love congres-sional representatives who throw wrenches intothe works. This one now requires a 60-day wait,courtesy of the Congressional Review Act. Theregulation was final at the end of August, so the-oretically checks will start going out at the end of

    October to those who have already filed claims.Additionally, there are numerous other loca-

    tions (albeit with very narrow time frames) whereAgent Orange exposure is likely. Here are a fewof the extra locations: Cambodia, June 1969;Laos, December 1965-67; and Gulfport, Miss.,summer of 1977 at sea during Operation PAC-ER HO. However, you will have to prove yourclaim for those.

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    scratch, even doing the plumbing andelectricitytwo things he had never at-tempted beore.

    Te roo is made rom original Virginiawhite oak split shingles. Its what the pio-neers used. Teyll out-last red oak by de-

    cades, he said.Te building is held up by 72 pine poles.

    I cut them mysel and we hauled themto Covesville to be pressure treated, hesaid.

    Inside the winery is the prominent tast-ing room counter. Tat was built romwood rom an old tobacco curing barnthat stood about three hundred eet romhere. We tore it down but kept the wood.It was build around 1800, he said.

    Te main building was completed in1987, the year Hanson started RebecWinery with a vision or an annual es-tival that would draw attention and cus-tomers.

    I had done some research and learnedthat the most successul wineries hada big annual event to draw crowds. So Iplanned the winery to accommodate aestival o some sort, he said.

    Hanson had 20 years experience coor-dinating the Cliord Ruritan Clubs an-

    nual Sorghum Festival which draws a ewthousand people.While Hanson had a plan or some sort

    o wine-centered event, he wasnt surewhat angle to take to make his estivalunique.

    A neighbor, Nancy Gripp, was an herb-alist and she had an interest in growinggarlic. Tere was an alternative agricul-ture specialist who came around and o-

    ered advice on dierent crops as the statemoved away rom tobacco. Tey werepushing broccoli or a while and then en-couraged garlic, among other things, hesaid.

    Hanson said Gripp asked i he would

    consider including garlic in the plans. Hethought it was a terric idea and the Wine& Garlic Festival concept was born.

    Ater two years o planning, Hansonlaunched the rst wine and garlic estivalin 1991.

    o say it went well would be an under-statement.

    I was planning or 300 people. 3,000came. It was a real hit rom the begin-

    ning, he said.Te estival grew rapidly and now regu-

    larly draws 20,000 to 25,000 visitors overthe second weekend in October.

    We suered a bit because o the re-

    cession. We were down 30% in 2007 butstarted to pick up pace again ater that.We hope to be at pre-recession levels thisyear, he said.

    Hansons rst estival had 20 vendors.Tis years will have a lot more.

    Well have about 15 ood vendors, 8-

    9 garlic growers, 6 wineries and a lot ocrats and arts peopleabout 150 in all,he said.

    Te annual Wine & Garlic estival is im-portant to the success o the winery andabout 25% o the annual production o thevineyard is sold over that two day period.While he has weathered the recession,the weather itsel is the biggest concern.We only had one really bad weekend.In 2005 it rained all week beore and allduring the estival. I mean it was pouring

    down rain. We call it the mudest. It costme about $10,000 to repair the damage tothe property, he said.

    Ater the rst successul estival, Han-son and his wie agreed to take in a or-eign exchange student rom Bulgaria.Svetlozar Kanev had a horticulture de-gree and thankully or us had settled onthe nickname Svet.

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    Rebec Vineyards founder Richard Hanson stands in front of the

    main building at the winery. He built it by hand from 1984-87. The

    roof is still covered with the original Virginia White Oak shingles.

    See GARLIC, 8

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    Ater a year with the Hansons, Kanevreturned to Bulgaria and applied or awork permit to come back. Hes beenthere ever since and went through a 12year process to become a dual citizen o

    the United States.He came as a student but we have since

    become good riends. He runs the wineryand is in a perect position to take over,Hanson said.

    In February, Hanson signed over con-trolling interest in the winery to Kanev.

    Kanev has watched the productiongrow rom 400 gallons to between 5,000and 6,000 gallons a year.

    We have grown about 5% - 6% eachyear. Tats a healthy rate, he said.

    Rebec Vineyards started out produc-ing wines using only grapes grown on theproperty.

    We originally had only 3 wines, allrom European grapes. We had a white, achardonnay and a cabernet. Now we have16 dierent varieties and we use a lot ograpes rom all over Central Virginia,Hanson said.

    Hanson noted that as production at Re-bec has grown, the size o the vineyardhas not.

    It has opened up opportunities or lo-cal grape growers. It really is a specialtyunto itsel. Growing grapes is a ull-timeoperation and it can be lucrative. In agood season you can get 3-5 tons peracre. And good grapes can go or $1,600to $2,000 a ton, he said.

    As Hanson goes through the process ohanding over the winery business to theman who helped him grow it over theyears, he is pleased that Kanev intends tocontinue the garlic estival tradition.

    Kanev is looking to the uture as well.I have a lot o plans or the garlic estivalnext year. Just wait, he said.

    Te Virginia Garlic Festival will be heldat Rebec Vineyards in Amherst Oct. 9-10. ickets are $18 in advance, $25 at thegate. Admission without wine tasting is$14 in advance and $20 at the gate. Chil-dren age 2-11 are ree.

    GPS: 2229 North Amherst Highway,Amherst, VA.

    For more inormation or to buy tickets,visit rebecwinery.com on the web or call434-946-5168.

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    By Stephen GrovesVirginia Statehouse News

    Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on

    Monday oered his thoughts on the ed-eral governments argument on healthcare reorm, saying the states currentcase could decide the uture o the Pa-tient Protection and Aordable CareAct.

    In an email to supporters, the attor-ney general gives an update o whereVirginias lawsuit against the ederalgovernment or mandated health insur-ance stands in the midst o a summa-

    ry judgment in the U.S. District Courtin Richmond. U.S. District Judge HenryHudson will hold a hearing on Oct. 18or both sides to make their oral argu-ments.Cuccinelli also comments on the ed-eral governments opposition to hissummary judgment. Cuccinelli says theconsequences o the case could strikedown the entire Patient Protection and

    Aordable Care Act.Te ederal government has con-

    ceded that i the individual mandate isound unconstitutional, then all o what

    they reer to as the insurance industryreorms must all alongside the indi-

    vidual mandate, Cuccinelli says. Giventhat up to this point, they have conced-ed nothing, I am genuinely shocked atthe sweeping nature o this concession.

    Both sides o the lawsuit led theiropposition to the others motion orsummary judgment on Sept. 23, the daythe rst round o changes to health in-surance took eect. Cuccinelli led the

    lawsuit on behal o Virginia in March,right ater the health care reorm billwas signed into law. It is aimed at theederal mandate that people must buyhealth insurance by 2014 or ace a ee.

    Te Virginia General Assembly passeda law in response to the ederal mandatethat said Virginians cannot be requiredto purchase health insurance. Te law-suit, which could go all the way to the

    Supreme Court, will settle this dispute.Currently, 20 other states are suing theederal government in a similar case inFlorida.

    Cuccinelli mostly comments on theederal governments opposition in hisemail.

    He says that the ederal governmentslawyers cite several cases that he labelssilver bullets. Te lawyers have notused the cases beore, and Cuccinelli ac-cuses them o trying to stretch them orsweeping and powerul propositions.

    He also says that the ederal lawyersare agreeing with him that i mandated

    health care is ruled unconstitutional,the entire Patient Protection and A-ordable Care Act could be null.

    Cuccinelli quotes rom the ederalgovernments brie Under theseprinciples, some provisions o the Actplainly cannot survive. As deendantsrepeatedly have made clear insuranceindustry reorms in Section 1201 suchas guaranteed-issue and community-

    rating will stand or all with the mini-mum coverage provision

    Ofcials with the U.S. Department oJustice said they had no comment on

    the ongoing case.Cuccinelli also takes swings at health

    care in general, attacking the cost oMedicaid. He says the state-ederalhealth insurance or the poor and dis-abled would cost Virginia over a $1 bil-lion by 2022. He also res back at thelet-leaning media, naming several na-tional and state outlets. Cuccinelli hasdrawn criticism recently or using theattorney generals position, and budget,

    to advance his political agenda.But he said, much o what I am doing

    on the political side is simply educat-ing olks up on all o this, and said thatmany expenses that advance his causeare paid or by Ken Cuccinelli or At-torney General, his campaign commit-tee.

    Cuccinelli gives his thoughts on progress o health care lawsuit

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    City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11

    By Anthony DePalma

    (FT Press, $25.99)Reviewed by Katy B. Olson

    The lives snuffed out at the World Trade Centeron Sept. 11, 2001, number in the thousands. Vic-tims names are read by beloved survivors everyyear during televised memorial services; churchbells throughout the nation ring at 8:46 a.m. and9:02 a.m. each heartrending anniversary to markthe moments two jumbo jets tore into the Twin Tow-ers.

    Lost near-instantaneously, these lives are com-memorated, burned into national consciousness.Yet long after the stock exchange reopened, afterthe debris fire was extinguished, after the gray dustthat settled over lower Manhattan seemed to driftaway, the aftereffects of New York Citys greatest

    environmental disaster remain still, terrorizing thelives and silently ravaging the health of those whoescaped immediate destruction.

    In City of Dust, veteran New York Times report-er Anthony DePalma investigates the health crisisthat accompanied 9/11, with a sharpened focus onthe dust that covered ground zero. With the crash-ing of the towers, concrete, construction material,chemicals, asbestos -- all that held the buildingstogether and all that the buildings held -- was pul-verized to a fine powder and released in a blackcloud, which that day blotted out the sun and hasdistorted science, medicine and public policy eversince.

    Filling the lungs of those who lived, worked andvolunteered in the area, the dust was a constantbut largely ignored presence. Some people gotsick; some people did not. The battles to proveand disprove the significance of the dust exposeda tangled, fraught relationship between modernpolitics and social responsibility.

    Interweaving the stories of politicians, scien-tists, advocates and survivors with a firm grip onthe facts and sharp, steady-handed reporting, De-Palma reveals as complete a picture as science

    and time allow. What emerges is as clear a storyas possible, studied, salvaged and reconstructedfrom a day now forever burdened with the memoryof abrupt devastation and the promise of long-last-ing consequence.

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    Before you wash a load of towels, dampenone and use it to wipe down the sides andtop of your washer and dryer. Then just tossthe towel in with the load. Also, keep a tooth-brush close to give the fabric-softener reser-voir a scrub, and rinse it in hot water often.-- T.O. in Maryland

    Got kids and need a new sofa? Look forfabrics that clean up with soap and water.Upholstery that has subtle color changes oris woven or textured will hide stains; nappedfabric and flat finishes show water spots andwear spots.

    For wood floors, make sure you dust-mopregularly. Dirt can scratch up your floors. Usea mop with a head that can be popped intothe washer, and do so regularly.

    My children love to read, and if they hadit their way, they would have hundreds ofbooks. To keep their interest in reading hot,we use the library, but we also patronize alocal used-book store. They can search thestacks to find favorite authors and subjects,and they turn in books to get credit towardnew ones. If they love a book at the library,try to find one at the bookstore to keep. --

    A.C. in Florida

    Great advice that will save you money:Lower the temperature of your water heaterto 105 F. Its hot enough for washing, but nothot enough to scald a small child or sensitiveskin.

    Ever since we installed shaker pegs in thekids bathroom, the towels get hung up regu-larly. I think they used to have trouble put-ting the towels on the bar, and its easier thisway. -- E.S. in Oregon

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    WorldWarIpinQ: I have a pin that was worn in the hat of an of-

    cer of the Italian Army during World War I. Whatwouldbeitsapproximatevalue?--Francine,RioRancho,N.M.

    A: I contacted several military collectors and they seemto agree that it is probably worth in the $15 to $25range, depending on both condition and desirability.

    Q: I sent you a list of about 40 antiques and collect-iblesthatIown,witharequestthatyouprovidemewith current values so I can sell these items for a

    fair market price. I even enclosed a self-addressed,

    stamped envelope, but I have not heard from you

    inoveramonth.Whatstheproblem?--Ken,Fall

    River,Mass.

    A: I am not an appraiser, nor do I play one on televi-sion. If that is what you need, you can find a certifiedappraiser in your area at one of two excellent websites:www.appraisers.org and www.appraisersassoc.org.

    You should expect to pay for this service.I sometimes reference values in this column, but

    generally they come from a price guide I trust, a web-site or an opinion of a knowledgeable collector/expert.Although I was directly involved in the antique/collect-ible business for more than three decades, I am notqualified to appraise, which is why I often steer myreaders in the right direction so that they can find theinformation they need.

    Because of the volume of mail and e-mails that I re-ceive, I cant personally answer letters, even ones withSASE. Even though I try to answer questions within amonth or two of when they are received, it is not alwayspossible.

    Q: I have a collection of signed 8-by-10 photo-graphs by stars who include Bill Bojangles

    Robinson,LaurelandHardy,AlanLaddandGeneAutry. I would like to nd out current values for in-surancepurposes.--Marie,McKeesRocks,Pa.

    A: Robert Jones is an established dealer who special-izes in celebrity autographs, and he might be able tohelp you. His contact information is 559 Central Ave.,Dover, NH 03820; [email protected]; andwww.autographworld.com.

    Write to Larry Cox in care of King Features Weekly

    Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, orsend e-mail to [email protected]. Due to thelarge volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox is unable to

    personally answer all reader questions. Do not sendany materials requiring return mail.

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    1. Is the Book of Nathan in the Old or New Testa-ment or neither?

    2. Though Paul was born in Tarus of Cilicia, wherewas he brought up? Jerusalem, Shiloh, Jericho, Da-mascus3. What 8-year-old boy served as King of Jerusalemfor 100 days? Shamgar, Jehoiachin, Adino, Sisera4. From John 5, who stirred up the water at the poolof Bethesda? Priest, Angel, Wind, Jesus5. Who was Jacobs firstborn as found in Genesis35? Reuben, Ehud, Joshua, Elah6. From Judges 1, who fed 70 kings at his table?Benaiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Adonibezek, Me-phiboshethANSWERS1) Neither; 2) Jerusalem; 3) Jehoiachin; 4) Angel; 5)Reuben; 6) Adonibezek

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    By Lauren SattereldTe Lynchburg imes

    Student athletes and their parents lledthe gymnasium o E.C. Glass High Schoolto hear what retired proessional ootballplayer ony Collins had to say to them. Iwas settled in amongst the students as wewaited or the amous athlete to make hisentrance.

    When ony Collins stepped up andstarted his introduction into the eveningsseminar the room ell silent. Tis is themost important night o your lie heretonight. So everyone listen up and start

    taking notes. My dad used to say Knowl-edge is power and he was right! onightI am going to begin by telling you aboutthe opportunity I had to play in the NFL,and then I am going to tell you about theopportunity that you can also have whenit comes to proessional athletics. Noticethat I am going to use the word opportu-nity a lot tonight.

    ony Collins graduated rom a smallhigh school in NY with big dreams othe NFL. My buddy and I sat down oneday and decided that we were going to dosomething with our lives, we were gonnashoot or the NFL, so we did. And I amhappy to tell you that both o us weregiven ull scholarships to a college o our

    choice. Collins went on to play collegeootball or Eastern Carolina University

    and was talking to NFL coaches his senioryear. I did the dumbest thing my senioryear o college, I quit going to class. Withabout a semester and a hal let I guredthat I didnt need to attend, heck I had theNFL knocking on my door. I had mademy dream come true, why would I needan education? Tat is what I am here totalk to you about.

    First I want to drill into your head onething. You are a student-athlete. Noticethat student comes beore athlete; there is

    a reason or that. You are supposed to bea student rst and an athlete second. Col-lins said as he walked toward the bleach-ers and called on a student. Can you tellme what your GPA [grade point average]is? Te student shook his head and mut-tered that he didnt know. Collins took astep back, You dont know. Well did youknow that when a recruiter calls askingabout a certain athlete the very rst thinghe asks about is the GPA? Not how astcan he run, not how many touchdownshas he scored, but what is his GPA. Col-lins went back the student. You need toalways know what your GPA is, Collinsstressed as he walked back to the middleo the gym.

    Parents, Collins said, you need tomeet your guidance counselor. Shoot,you need to put their number on speeddial, because your guidance counselor

    knows your childs GPA, attendance re-cord and everything else that the recruit-ers are going to be asking about.

    Okay, next issue, how many o youhave received a letter rom a university?Collins asked the students. Tree raisedtheir hands. Collins walked over to eachand asked what they did with the letter.All three students responded that they ei-ther looked at it and threw it away or setit down and orgot about it. No, no, no.When a college sends you a letter the rst

    thing you do is respond to it. I dont carei it is the worst school in the country. Yourespond, let them know that you want tocome to their school, and that they shouldcheck out what you have to oer. Becauseonce that school knows who you are andhow good you are, they will most likelyset their eyes on recruiting you, and thensomeone like Liberty will see that you arebeing looked at, and they will pick up in-terest in you, and so on. You need to getyour name out there.

    According to Collins most universitiesdo not know about all the high schoolsthat are out there, and now recruiters donot come to games to nd talent. Instead,they look online to nd players with im-pressive videos and statistics.

    Back to dealing with Universities,you are allowed as many unofcial visitsas you want, so take advantage! UVA iswhat, an hour away rom here, get yourbutt up there and start talking to people,same with Liberty and any other universi-

    ty that you can nd. Also you are allowedve ofcial visits, and those are amazing.With an ofcial visit you are invited upor a weekend. Tey eed you, show youaround and you get to meet cute girls!Collins added with a laugh. Seriouslythough, what are you guys waiting or, ared carpet? Well I am here to tell you thataint gonna happen!

    Collins told the students about verydierent recruiting experiences that hehad with his two sons. His rst son wasscouted during a game and oered a ullscholarship, but his youngest son wasnt.During his senior year there were no let-ters rom colleges, so Collins started talk-ing to universities to nd out just how the

    recruiting system worked.Now I know I have been talking more

    about being recruited and how to be re-cruited but we need to talk about the

    most important thing. Your GPA and your education. Collins resumed hisopening speech and expanded his inor-mation. Let me tell you something. TeNFL, thats great, thats the dream, butguess what? Most NFL careers last onaverage 3 1/2 years. Tats it! What areyou going to do ater the NFL i you donthave an education? Let me let you guys inon a little secret: an education and a de-gree last you a lietime but a career cancome and go in a ash. Collins smiled

    as he saw realization dawn on the ace oevery single student in the audience.

    Being a student athlete gives you an ad-vantage that everyone else misses out on.Firstly, you are an athlete; colleges will allover themselves to give you a ull schol-arship to come and play or their team.Whether it is the best team out there orthe worst it doesnt matter, because they

    Tony Collins, a former NFL player for the New England Patriots,came to E.C. Glass High School Sept. 27 to talk to the student ath-

    letes about their future in athletics and what it would take to make

    their dreams come true.

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    SexandSports:The

    DoubleStandardI admit -- in my $1,695 Dunhill navy blue peacoat

    (you know, the one with the fi nished seam, horn buttonsand knitted waffle collar for that modern touch?), $1,075Hermes orange v-neck cashmere sweater and custom-made Don Nite khaki corduroy plain-fronted slacks (fullylined with a Bimberg Supreme lining to block the wind,

    natch) -- I looked like a hundred bucks.Sure ... I noticed the double-takes and the longing

    -- if not lustful -- stares as I entered the womans lockerroom of the American Olympic soccer team that day.At first, it was business as usual -- Im a professional journalist just doing my job, here to conduct a fewpost-game interviews. But as I started to interview MiaHamm, Brandi Chastain ripped off her top at the nextlocker and started saying things that really made mefeel ... well ... yucky.

    Averting my eyes from Brandis overt display, I some-how made it through the interview with Mia, but I left thelocker room in tears. Why cant I just be judged for mywork and not my astonishingly handsome looks? Add-

    ing insult to injury, the prominent sports journalist MaryCarillo -- not surprisingly, a woman -- said I was justasking for it because of how I dressed.

    You dont just stride into a womans locker roomwearing sinfully dark, chocolate-brown Chukka bootsby Alden and accessories like a burnished bourbon calfbelt by Allen Edmonds and not expect comments! sheremarked. And though Bryant Gumbel distanced him-self from the remarks (the USOC, to its credit, issued aharsh rebuke), it was too little, too late. I wasnt goingto sue over the situation, but I was going to tweet aboutit.

    I saw that Ines Sainz, my colleague at the Mexicannews program Azteca Deportes, had to walk a mile inmy shoes recently when she covered the New York Jets.

    She also was subjected to crude, sexual comments by alocker room full of testosterone-addled football players.In the following days, there was a lot of consternationand rebuke, too. Sure she was a former Miss Universepageant contestant, and Azteca Deportes has a fullpictorial of her on its website, but lots of journalists do.Im sure NPR has a gallery of racy Cokie Roberts pics.

    NOTE: For those who lack sarcasm detection abili-ties, I was not subject to sexual harassment by BrandiChastain. Men are not provided access to womenslocker rooms -- theres a double standard. As a profes-sional, Ms. Sainz didnt deserve the harassment, but itshardly surprising. Women journalists have made prog-ress, but men havent progressed past the ogling-cave-man stage, apparently. On behalf of men everywhere,sorry for the double, and lower, standards.

    Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter and publisher of

    The Kansas City Luminary.

    Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

    Answers

    1. Three times (1968, 69 and 73).2. Four consecutive years (1962-65).3. It was 1966.4. Brad Daugherty and Austin Carr.5. Glenn Hall, in 1956.

    6. Jamie McMurray (Daytona 500) and DarioFranchitti (Indianapolis 500).7. Gaston Gaudio.

    1. How many times did Pete Rose lead the NationalLeague in batting average for a season?2. In how many consecutive seasons did Dodgers

    pitcher Sandy Koufax toss at least one no-hitter?3. When was the last time before 2009 that the Pur-due football team won a game at Michigan Stadium?4. LeBron James and Zydrunas Ilgauskas are amongfour players who have scored 10,000-plus points forthe Cleveland Cavaliers. Name either of the othertwo.5. Who was the last rookie goaltender to win a playoffseries for the Detroit Red Wings before Jimmy How-ard in 2010?6. In 2010, team owner Chip Ganassi had a driver winthe Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. Name thetwo drivers.7. Tennis star Rafael Nadal has won the French Open

    fives times in six years, with Roger Federer capturingit in 2009. Who won it in 2004?

    Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

    DontCountEdwardsOut

    Carl Edwards, who won nine races in 2008, hasntwon any since.

    Yet Edwards, who was runner-up to Jimmie John-son in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, is backin it this year and actually accumulated more pointsin the final 10 races of the regular season than anyother driver.

    Consistency has become Edwards key.A 10th-place finish in the Sylvania 300 at New

    Hampshire Motor Speedway left Edwards, 31, inninth place in the Sprint Cup standings, 95 pointsbehind leader Denny Hamlin.

    Edwards, of Columbia, Mo., felt good to put New

    Hampshire -- and a decent finish -- behind him.Everyone knows that the meat of the Chase is

    mile-and-a-half tracks like Kansas and California,he said. You definitely want to get a good start, butI dont think anyone can set the tone of the Chasehere (New Hampshire), just because its kind of aunique track.

    The challenge, of course, is beating Jimmie John-son, who has won the past four championships.

    I think that we have proven ... that we can scoremore points than anyone in the series, and thatswhat it is going to take, said Edwards. Jimmie(Johnson) did a good job ... of explaining that you

    have to have something to hang your hat on. Youeither have to have wins or you have to be very con-sistent. You have to have some sort of thing to buildyour team around.

    We are building our hopes on the fact that we

    have shown, over an extended period, that we canscore better average finishes than everyone else.Now we just have to go do that. Thats what I amcounting on: the ability to go do that.

    Edwards has spent his entire Sprint Cup careerdriving Roush Fenway Racings No. 99 Ford. In

    2005, his first full season, he wound up third in theChase behind that years champion, Tony Stewart,and Edwards teammate, Greg Biffle.

    Consistency is a recent addition to Edwards rep-ertoire. All 16 of his Cup victories have taken place inthree seasons -- 2005, 2007 and 2008 -- but he hasqualified for the Chase in five of his six full seasons.

    Edwards won the Nationwide Series champion-ship in 2007.

    Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston

    (N.C.) Gazette since 1993. He was named writer of the

    year by the National Motorsports Press Association in2008. His blog NASCAR This Week (http://nascar.rbma.

    com) features all of his reporting on racing, roots music

    and life on the road. E-mail Monte at nascar_thisweek@

    yahoo.com.

    Carl Edwards, left, alongside Cup

    Series driver David Ragan, was

    the Sprint Cup runner-up in 2008,

    but is winless since that season.

    Nevertheless, hes eighth in points

    heading into Dover. (John Clark/

    NASCAR This Week photo)

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    Regional School Dedicates GardenTo Students Who Have Passed

    Away

    On Tursday, October 7, 2010 at

    10:00a.m. LAUREL Regional Schoolwill rededicate their Memorial Gar-den. Te garden was built to remem-ber the students who have passedaway. In the garden a tree will also bededicated to honor the retired teach-

    ers who committed their careers tothe school.

    LAUREL is a regional public educa-tion program. It is governed by its ownschool board with ve areas schooldivisions represented. Te Lynch-burg City School division acts as thescal agent. Te LAUREL programprovides classroom instruction orregional students, ages 2-21, who areseverely and prooundly mentally orphysically handicapped or autistic. Inaddition to the specialized classroom

    program, other services available toeligible students include speech andlanguage therapy, occupational ther-apy, physical therapy, vision servicesand services or the hearing impaired.

    Middle school students will stay up

    all night or the love o reading

    Roughly 100 Linkhorne MiddleSchool students will be part o a

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    are oering you something that many col-lege students will never get: a ree educa-tion. Tat is huge! Collins exclaimed.

    Secondly, Collins continued, thecorporate world right now is looking orathletes. Tey want to employ you be-

    cause athletes are hard-working and dis-ciplined. Collins spoke more about howimportant a degree is or the real world,and how with a degree every student ath-lete can succeed no matter what, sincethat way even when your athletic career

    is over, youll have another career to allback on. Te more you have to oer, thebetter your chances in lie are.

    Collins is partnered with NCSA (Na-tional Collegiate Scouting Association) agroup that goes to dierent high schoolsall over the united states and talks to stu-

    dent athletes, letting them know moreabout the recruiting process, and how toget recruited. You cant just sit aroundand wait. Only three o you have receivedletters rom a university, only three.Question, were any o them rom Liber-ty. Collins asked. All three students that

    received letters said no. No? Liberty isve miles rom here and they dont evenknow who you are or how good you are.

    Te NCSA is a group that gets yourname out there or universities to see. Wemake a prole or each player that lls outan inormation sheet, and we work with

    you to update your prole so that uni-versities will see that you exist, and thatyou are worth taking a look at, cause seri-ously, I didnt even know that Lynchburgexisted. We need to put yall on the map,Collins encouraged.

    I am going to close tonight with the onething that I want you all to remember. Iwant each and everyone o you standingin line tomorrow at the guidance coun-selors ofce, and I want you all to knowwhat you GPA is, because I can guaran-

    tee you one thing, it does not matter howast you can run or how good you are. Terecruiters are looking or someone whois smart, who has a good GPA, someonewho is trying. Even i you are not thatsmart, i recruiters can see that, ok wellhis sophomore year he had a 2.0 GPA,then his junior year he had a 2.2 GPA andnow his senior year he has a 2.6 GPA,they will take more interest into you be-cause they can see that you are trying tobe better and working hard. Tat is what

    recruiters are looking or: someone whois trying and wants it. Collins paused andlooked around the room. I am talking toall you slackers and you know who youare. Recruiters are going to take one lookat you, see that you have a crappy GPAthen they are going to turn and run. Soyou all need to step your game up. Not your athletic game. You need to step upyour academic game, because that is whatis counting.

    Collins wrapped up his speech and

    opened the oor or any questions thatthe parents or students had. Many handswere raised and every answer gave theplayers a better understanding o how tobe noticed by recruiters and colleges

    Ater being dismissed Collins disap-peared into a crowd o students, all owhom wanted to shake his hand andthank him or coming as they lled outthe inormation sheet or the NCSA.

    I you want to nd out more about theNCSA you can visit their website at www.

    ncsasports.org or call 866-579-6272.

    [email protected]

    Edited by Laura Biondi

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    On Oct. 15, 1917, Mata Hari, the archetypeof the seductive female spy, is executed for es-pionage by a French firing squad at Vincennesoutside of Paris. She first came to Paris in 1905and found fame as a performer of exotic Asian-inspired dances, claiming to have been bornin a sacred Indian temple. In reality, Mata Hariwas born in a small town in northern Hollandin 1876, and her real name was MargarethaGeertruida Zelle.

    On Oct. 11, 1925, novelist Elmore Leonard is

    born in New Orleans. His book Hombre (1961)was voted one of the best 25 Westerns of alltime by the Western Writers of America. His firstmystery, The Big Bounce (1969), was rejectedby 84 publishers before it was published as anoriginal paperback.

    On Oct. 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone is sen-tenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion andfined $80,000. Elliot Ness and his Untouch-ables routinely broke up Capones bootleggingbusinesses, but it was tax-evasion charges that

    finally stuck and landed Capone in prison.

    On Oct. 12, 1945, Army Pfc. Desmond T. Dossof Lynchburg, Va., is presented the Congressio-nal Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery asa medical corpsman, the first conscientious ob-jector in American history to receive the nationshighest military award.

    On Oct. 13, 1953, the worlds first art museumon wheels opens in Fredericksburg, Va. It wascalled the Artmobile, a $20,000, 34-foot-longair-conditioned trailer with museum-quality

    lighting. The trailer was pulled around the statebehind an enormous blue truck.

    On Oct. 14, 1968, U.S. Defense Departmentofficials announce that the Army and Marineswill be sending about 24,000 men back to Viet-nam for involuntary second tours because ofthe length of the war, high turnover of personneland the tight supply of experienced soldiers.

    On Oct. 16, 1976, Disco Duck hits the No. 1spot on the Billboard charts. Created by bored

    drive-time radio disc jockey Rick Dees, thesong got airplay in every town except Memphis,where Dees had his radio show.

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    Tasty Stuffed Vegetable

    Boats

    Weve devoured farm-fresh fruits and vegetablesfrom A-Z these past months, but it seems like wevebeen stuck on the letter Z for quite some time. Z

    as in zucchini. Fat ones, skinny ones, green onesand lots of cheap ones.

    For health-conscious parents, its a challengeto get vitamin-rich zucchini and other veggies that

    are so abundant right now into the picky eaters inthe family. Heres a strategy that is bound to pleasetheir palettes. Let your kids help prepare vegetableboats filled with the taste of the food they love: piz-za!

    This yummy combination of Italian sausage, toma-to sauce and cheese, when scooped into t he halvesand hollows of squash and peppers to resembleboats, will glide onto your kids plates and into theirtummies for a healthy fall meal.

    STUFFEDVEGETABLEBOATS16 ounces mild or spicy Italian sausage1/2 medium onion, chopped2 tablespoons chopped green or red pepper1 cup favorite prepared tomato-based pasta sauce2 cups grated mozzarella cheese4 medium zucchini squash halved lengthwise (or

    substitute yellow squash)1 large green or red pepperShredded fresh carrot and parsley for garnish (op-tional)

    1. Cook the sausage in a medium frying pan untilcrumbled and lightly browned. Add the onion andchopped pepper. Continue to cook one minute until

    onions and pepper are soft. Add the sauce and 1cup of the grated cheese. Stir until heated through.Transfer into a bowl and set aside t o cool slightly.2. Let your child scoop out the insides of the squashhalves with a melon baller or a small ice-creamscoop to form a cavity. Theyll enjoy digging aroundand removing the seeds. Then make some pepperpockets by coring a pepper and cutting it into quar-ters, then in half again.3. Let children spoon the sausage mixture into thecavities of the squash halves and into the pepperpockets. Set them on a cookie sheet or baking dish.4. Bake in a 350 F oven covered loosely with foil for

    about 30 minutes. Remove foil and top with remain-ing mozzarella. Return to oven uncovered for an ad-ditional 10 minutes until vegetables are tender.5. Serve with garnishes, if you wish. Or, add thin

    carrot sticks for oars for the little boats. Serve withgarlic sticks and a fruit salad on the side. Makes 4-6servings.

    ExtraTips: Trim off a strip of squash from the curved side ofthe squash halves to keep boats upright. Onions are nothing to cry about if you leave theroot end intact while cutting up the rest of the onion.

    Donna Ericksons award-winning series Donnas

    Day is airing on public television nationwide. To

    nd more of her creative family recipes and activi-ties, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW

    Donnas Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is

    Donna Ericksons Fabulous Funstuff for Families.

    Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

    StoringWindowScreensQ:LastyearItookmywindowscreensdownandputupmystormwindows.Istoredthescreensinthegarage,stackingthemontheirsidesalongthewall. But at least four of the screens were damaged

    somehow over the winter. How can I prevent furtherdamagethiswinter?--HankT.,Knoxville,Tenn.

    A: Youll probably want to either find a new location tostore the screens, or adjust the layout of your garage (ifpossible) to prevent equipment or people from acciden-tally bumping against the screens or things from fallingoff shelves onto them.

    Screens should be stored either by laying flat orstanding upright, in a dry area where the temperatureis kept fairly constant. To keep dust and dirt off of them,cover the stack with plastic.

    One thing Ive found in older garages of the northeastU.S. is that the interior walls of many of the garages

    were lined with the screen windows from the house. Ho-meowners simply rigged up the lightweight windows tohang along the walls, protecting them from weather, dirtand falling objects, then reinstalled them come spring.

    Another option is to reserve the top shelves of yourheavy-duty garage storage shelves to lay the screensflat, if theyll fit. This will keep the screens off the floor,away from dampness, most dirt, falling objects and curi-

    ous children, and in a decent airflow situation (an impor-tant consideration if the screen frames are wood).If the damaged screens havent been repaired yet,

    make a note to fix them over the winter so theyll beready to put up right away come spring. Small holes

    or dings can be patched easily. If the screen has a bigtear or you just want it to look uniform, replace the en-tire screen. Kits are available at your local hardware orhome-improvement store.

    Send your questions or home tips to ask@thisisahammer.

    com, or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Features Weekly

    Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Re-

    member, when in doubt as to whether you can safely or

    effectively complete a project, consult a professional con-

    tractor.

    Clean window screens bylaying them flat on the drive-way and gently scrubbingwith a soft brush dippedin warm soapy water, thenrinse clean. Dont pressurewash screens or windows.

    Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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    By Stephen GrovesVirginia Statehouse News

    April 2011 will now be known as Civ-il War in Virginia month rather thanConederate History Month, Gov. BobMcDonnell announced on Friday.

    Te governor addressed the 150th an-niversary conerence o the Civil War atNorolk University, apologizing or hisblunder in omitting slavery as a cause othe war in his declaration o ConederateHistory Month this year.

    Tis was an error o haste and notheartand it will be remedied, he said tothe 2,000 people gathered in the universi-tys L. Douglas Wilder center.

    He encouraged the conerence to tacklethe tough stu o Civil War history, re-erring to slavery, which is the topic o theconerence.

    A prosperous, dynamic, and diverseCommonwealth is attempting to remem-ber, understand, and put into properperspective one o the most painul andbloody periods in the history o westerncivilization. Tis is not going to be easy.I know that rom rsthand experience,McDonnell said.

    McDonnell drew wide criticism over ra-cial segregation and Civil War commem-oration this year. Even President BarackObama chided him over his omission oslavery as a cause o the war.

    But he may have struck a compromise.Te Rev. Rayeld Vines, president o theVirginia state conerence o the NAACP,praised McDonnell or his address.

    He called the move charismatic andsaid, I tip my hat to what hes done. Ithink it will go over much better with allraces.

    Members o the Virginia division o theSons o Conederate Veterans said theyhad not reviewed the announcement andcould not comment on it.

    Te governors proclamation and theCommonwealths role in the Civil Warhave been a perennial controversy in thestate.

    Conederate History month has been a

    controversial issue in Virginia politics ora long time, said Stephen Farnsworth,proessor o communications and politicsat George Mason University.

    Gov. George Allen (R) started the sym-bolic proclamation in 1997. It immediate-ly became a lightning rod o controversy.But Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) struck a similarcompromise as McDonnell by includ-ing anti-slavery language in proclaimingConederate History Month. He thenchanged it to a proclamation in remem-brance o the sacrices and honor o allVirginians who served in the Civil War.

    Democratic Govs. im Kaine and MarkWarner decided not to touch the subjectin their administrations. It sat idle oreight years until McDonnell approachedit again.

    But when Gov. McDonnell revived theproclamation this year, it drew supportrom his conservative base, along withcriticism.

    In his address, the governor tried to pullin all sides. He said his proclamation ornext year will remember all Virginiansree and enslaved; Union and Coneder-ate. It will be written or all Virginians.

    Tis strategy should pay o or McDon-nell, said Farnsworth.

    Conederate history month is not awinning political position in Virginia, hesaid.

    With voting power shiting to the sub-urbs and urban centers o Northern

    Virginia, especially with the approach-ing redistricting, Republicans will needto appeal to a dierent demographic, hesaid. Striking a compromise with Con-ederate History month is a step in theright direction.

    Farnsworth added that conservative voters who may not like the governorsannouncement will still vote Republican.

    Politics aside, McDonnell expressedthat the legacy o the Civil War and slav-ery still has the potential to divide the

    Commonwealth and reconciliation is stilla work in progress.

    But 150 years is long enough or Vir-ginia to ght the Civil War, he said. Teconerence room lled with applause.

    Gov. McDonnell apologizes or slavery blunder,moves beyond Conederate History month

    Read-A-Ton rom 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. on October 8,2010. Students will get to see an exciting new collectiono books added to the Linkhorne library as well as getreacquainted with literary greats. Te new books werepurchased with a 21st Century Community LearningCenters Grant.Te Read-A-Ton is being coordinated and promoted

    by the Linkhorne Middle EAM utoring, Enrich-ment, Athletics, and Mentoring. Trough these ourcomponents students are given the opportunity to growas a whole and to experience opportunities that will helpthem grow into productive citizens.

    Bedord Public Library System Oers FreeComputer Skills Classes

    Te Bedord Public Library System is oering ree in-structional beginner classes in various areas o comput-er usage. opics include social networking, E-materi-als, online digital photo storage, web design, MicrosotWord 2007, and Internet Explorer. Te course topicsbeing oered will vary according to library location. Allcourses will be instructed using Microsot Ofce 2007sotware products and Internet Explorer.

    o nd a list o classes being oered at your librarylocation, please visit www.bplsonline.org or call your li-brary. Bedord Central Library (540) 586-8911; Big IslandLibrary (540) 425-7000; Forest Library (540) 425-7002;

    Moneta/SML Library (540) 425-7004; Montvale Library(540) 425-7006; Stewartsville Library (540) 425-7008.

    Community Briefng to be held on Route 29 North

    Bridge Project

    Tye River Bridge and approaches to be reconstructed

    American Inrastructure, Design-Build Contractoron the Route 29 North ye River Reconstruction proj-ect and representatives with the Virginia Department oransportation (VDO) will meet with citizens aboutthe project.

    A community brieng is scheduled on Wednesday, Oc-tober 6 rom 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Nelson County HighSchool . No ormal presentation will be made; however,

    sta will available to answer questions concerning theconstruction schedule and trafc impacts.

    Te project will begin approximately 1000 eet southo the northbound bridge and end approximately 1000eet north o the bridge. During construction one lane otrafc in either direction will use the southbound bridge.Crossovers will be constructed at either end o the struc-ture to acilitate this movement.

    Work on the approximately $6.7 million project isscheduled or completion in late 2012.

    Sendyournewstipsandbriefsto:

    [email protected]

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    By Paige Wineld CunninghamVirginia Statehouse News

    Te head o a multi-million dollar

    anti-poverty agency in Roanoke saysit was an accident i the tax-exemptorganizations acilities were used orpolitical events.

    Rallies hosted by Democrats and heldat the Dumas Center or Artistic andCultural Development, a venue ownedby otal Action Against Poverty (AP),prompted Mark Powell to resign romAPs board in June and le a complaintwith the Internal Revenue Service.

    Powell complained that rallies or thenpresidential candidate Barack Obama,Virginia Del. Onzlee Ware and ormerDel. Brian Moran have been held at theDumas Centerevents that are con-rmed to have taken place by newspa-per accounts.

    A political undraiser or Ware washeld in the Dumas Center in March2007. In February 2008, Virginia Dem-ocrats gathered to stump or BarackObama the evening beore the presi-dential primary. In April 2009, Wareannounced his candidacy rom the ven-ue. And two months later Moran helda rally in ront o the center during hiscampaign or the Democratic guberna-torial nomination.

    According to IRS code, all section501(c)3 organizations are absolutelyprohibited rom directly or indirectlyparticipating in, or intervening in, anypolitical campaign on behal o (or in

    opposition to) any candidate or elec-tive public ofce.

    AP President and CEO ed Edlichsaid Onzlee Ware did announce hiscandidacy at the Dumas Centerbutthat the announcement was only movedthere due to reezing weather conditionsat the nearby Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Memorial Bridge. Edlich said he didntknow anything about the other eventsheld or Ware, Moran and Obama.

    APs 27-member board reviewedPowells complaints and have qualiedrules and regulations about how acili-ties may not be used, Edlich said.

    No candidate will use our acilities

    or political events, Edlich said. I ithad happened in the past, it was an ac-cident.

    Government grants comprise the bulk

    o APs unding, especially the ederalcommunity service block grants. Op-erating on a $17 million budget, the44-year-old nonprot runs Head Startschool readiness programs and housingand transitional programs or low-in-come amilies and individuals.

    Hosting political events arent the onlyactions Powell say violate APs tax-ex-empt status. He also accuses the groupo allowing employees to work at polls

    during work hours, conducting politi-cal activities using campaign unds do-nated by Ware and allowing staers orObamas presidential campaign to usemore ofce space than his campaignhad paid to rent in a AP-owned build-ing.

    Powell said he was excited to join theboard in March 2009, but let the next

    year ater seeing a number o red ags.

    As soon as I joined, I saw a lot o eye-brow-raising behavior, Powell said.

    Edlich says no employees worked atpolls during work time. But an email

    rom AP Board Chairman John Wil-liamson to Powell indicated that someemployees may not have taken the timeo. A committee o board members ex-amined Powells allegation and recom-mended some changes to APs statedpolicy on political activity.

    In regard to the Obama campaignofce, Erlich said sta only used addi-tional community rooms that were alsoopen to other tenants o the building.

    And while AP did accept $3,000 romWares campaign, Edlich says it was inreturn or collecting donations or col-lege scholarships during an event heldby the Juneteenth Freedom Founda-tiona oundation started by Ware tocelebrate black emancipation.

    It isnt the rst time Erlich and Powellhave clashed, at least indirectly. Edlichendorsed Onzlee Ware in last years

    Democratic primary. At the time, Pow-ell was working as campaign manageror Wares opponent, Martin Jerey.

    Powell voiced his concerns to city and

    state ofcials beore ling his complaintwith the IRSrom which he says hehas not yet received a response. Roa-noke City Manager Chris Morrill saidsta reviewed past grant reports romAP and ound that the agency met allCommunity Development Block Grantguidelines. Any violation o APs tax-exempt status is outside the citys au-thority, he said.

    Mark Grigsby, director o the state O-

    ce o Community Services, said APsboard has acted upon Powells concernsand that any other investigation is up tothe IRS.

    We arent the agency who deter-mines whether their actions constitutepolitical activity, Grigsby said. Tatsbeyond my paygrade.

    Board member alleges political activity by Roanoke nonproft

    Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

    CashinonclutterIf you know youll need extra cash for the

    holidays, consider this: There is cash inclutter. By beginning now to unload the clut-ter, you can accomplish two things: gettingrid of extras that could be stifling you, andmaking a little extra money.

    Wheres the clutter? Its potentially every-where.

    Consider consigning clothing you haventworn in two years, and sell toys the childrendont play with anymore. Have you done alot of retail therapy either in stores or atyard sales, bringing home knick-knacks you

    end up dusting every week? Old watches,musical instruments, iPods and mp3 play-ers may have some value to someone else,especially for their parts. Sell duplicates oftools and stereo speakers.

    If you have multiple computers, your oldreject might be just the thing for someoneelse. The same goes for your older moni-tors and keyboards. If youve amassed alarge collection of videos and DVDs (thatno one ever watches anymore), sell them

    and clear up some space. The same goesfor books and craft items or hobby suppliesthat looked appealing when you boughtthem.

    If you have far too many inherited itemsthat youve kept out of a sense of obliga-tion, consider whether its time to let themgo. For items that could be valuable, get anappraisal as to their worth.

    The biggest clutter sign of all is if you renta storage unit to hold the excesses of yourlife. If youve had that unit for more than sixmonths and havent visited it, thats a suresign that you can live without the contents.Spend a few weekends going through the

    boxes youve stored to see what you cansell. Not only will you pocket the cash, butyou might be able to downsize to a smallerunit if there are items you absolutely muststore.

    Even if you hire an online auction com-pany to take care of the actual pricing, ship-ping and photography of your items, youllcome out ahead without having spent thetime to micromanage online bids.

    If you end up giving items to Goodwill

    or the Salvation Army, you can still net afinancial gain in the form of charitable taxdeductions. Use a computer program calledIts Deductible to calculate the fair marketvalue of what you donate.

    David Ufngton regrets that he cannot per-

    sonally answer reader questions, but will

    incorporate them into his column whenever

    possible. Write to him in care of King Fea-

    tures Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475,

    Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to

    [email protected].

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    By Lauren SattereldTe Lynchburg imes

    A local business oers an opportunityor you to stock your cupboard with one-

    o-a-kind creations o your own making.At All Fired Up, located in the BriarwoodPlaza on Forest Road, you can buy an itemsuch as a coee mug or a platter, then sitdown at one o the tables to make it yourown with paints, sponges, and stencils.One o the best things about All Fired Upis that there are no studio costs. Whereasmost places make you pay or the item,and then pay by the hour to paint it, andon top o that make you pay or the paint,here there is just one at aordable rate.

    You buy the item and that is it. No time

    limits or extra costs, the owner VickyLedbetter said.

    Now, or those who are artistically chal-lenged, there is reassurance in knowingthat the store is stocked with loads o

    stencils in almost every design that youcan think o, and even stamps, spongeshapes, sponge letters, and idea books.Its un and aordable! No experience re-quired! And or extra guidance someoneis always there to help, Ledbetter said.

    Ater you nish painting, the piece hasto stay at the store to be glazed and thenred in the kiln, which gives the paint abright and shiny nish. All o our potteryis dishwasher and ood sae! Ledbet-ter said. Your piece will be nished and

    ready within 7 to 14 days rom the day

    you painted it. Te wait time depends onhow many other pieces are in line to bebaked.

    Ledbetter bought All Fired Up two andhal years ago, when it was located in theBoonsboro Shopping Center, then relo-cated to Briarwood Shopping Center justover a year ago.

    While walking around the store I sawthe aorementioned aordable prices:standard coee mugs or $12.50, platesstarting at $10.50 and a large triangularplatter or $46.50. I know those pricessound a bit steep, but when you actor inthat you are buying the item, the paint,the time spent painting, and the nish-ing touches o glazing and ring the item,it really is an amazing deal. Te nished

    product will be a priceless keepsake thatyou will always treasure.Tere are many specials that All Fired

    Up oers to save customers a ew dollars.Every uesday rom 10am-3pm is theMommy and Me Special which oers a10% discount to the childs item with thepurchase o the parents. Te last Turs-day o every month is Ladies Night,when ladies get 10% o any item and canbring their own wine. We get a lot oun groups that come in on Ladies night,

    and we have such a good time! Ledbet-ter said. On uesdays, Wednesdays, andTursdays, the Ater School Special isin eect rom 2pm-6pm, and you can buyany item and get a second item o equal

    or lesser value or hal o! Finally all dayevery Tursday, i you show your collegeID you receive 10% o.

    All Fired Up also hosts birthday par-ties or children. All birthday parties areone to two hours long, and cost rom $12to $14 per child. Te $12 price includestwo tots, or mini gurines, per child.Te $14 package includes the childschoice o a plate, cup or bowl. Everybirthday party pack includes a birthdayplate or the guest o honor that has hisor her handprint in the middle and thethumbprints and names o each attendeearound the edge. Te party is or chil-dren 6 and up and or groups o 8 to 14.

    My stock is always changing and grow-ing, Ledbetter said as she was telling me

    about her newest Christmas stock, whichshould be coming in very soon. Te itemswill include various ornaments, platters,Christmas mugs, angel gurines and lotso other items.

    Te walk-in studio hours are uesday,Wednesday and Saturday 10am-6pm.Tey are open on Tursday and Friday10am-9pm. Te studio is closed Sundayand Monday. No appointment needed.We take our last painters one hour pri-or to closing, and we may close early i

    no one is painting, Ledbetter states onher yer. You may go to www.allredu-plynchburg.com to check out more aboutthe store or call 434-385-8223.

    Edited by Laura Biondi

    Adding a personal touch to your pottery

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    Were saddened to announce that Jill Jackson recently

    passed away as the result of complications from a fall. Hercolumn, Jill Jacksons Hollywood, was one of King FeaturesWeekly Services longest-running features,appearing every week since the 1980s.

    All of us here at King loved Jill. She wassuch a character, loved her work so, lovedHollywood, loved a good naughty joke andloved her hometown of New Orleans. Herhumor and vast knowledge of Hollywoodpresent and past will be greatly missed.

    Jill had an illustrious career in show busi-ness before coming to King Features. Bornand raised in New Orleans, she traded onher success as a college athlete in golf andtennis to become one of the first women

    sportscasters on radio. In the 1940s and 50s she hosted tele-vision and radio shows in New Orleans, and it was then thatshe began writing Jill Jacksons Hollywood for the local NewOrleans Times-Picayune.

    After moving to Los Angeles, Jill became president of theHollywood Womens Press Club in the 1970s and receivedthat organizations Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

    An actress since her school days, Jill had bit parts in filmsand television ranging from Airport and Madame X to TheJack Benny Show.

    Jills memoir, Whaaat! And Leave Show Business? is pub-lished online at Tulane University.

    One anecdote from the memoir is about her friendship withHollywood gossip-columnist Hedda Hopper, who was one ofthe most influential -- and feared -- syndicated columnists ofher day. Jills style was very different; she knew a lot of dirt,but resolutely refused to name names.

    Jill writes about Hopper, We talked a lot. Not about Hol-lywood gossip, but about life. And believe me, I came to knowher well.

    Not as Hedda Hopper, glamorous, powerful, syndicated to

    many papers, feared and hated by many, but as Elda Furryfrom Altoona, Pa., a person I loved and admired. Beneath allthe hats, and the jewelry, and the finery and

    the haughtiness, and biting articles, she wasa kind, caring and generous friend.

    During our many conversations,Hedda talked about the hats that were as fa-mous as her columns. She really didnt careabout all that frou-frou, it just saved her fromhaving to have her hair done all the time.

    Over Mai Tais at Trader Vics, I askedher how she could write all that nasty stuffabout people. She looked at me and thensaid. You went to the best schools. You hada nice life. Try being a butchers daughter

    from Altoona, Pa., who had to fight and scratch

    her way to the top.I had no answer.Jill left no children, and there was no formal memorial.

    The good news for all of you who enjoyed reading Jills col-umn is that Tony Rizzo, a close friend of hers, will be continu-

    ing the column under the title Hollywood. Tony is a veteranHollywood reporter, photographer and author whose creditsrange from Photoplay and Soap Opera Digest to movie ap-

    pearances and a new childrens book that is being made intoa musical. Tonys rst contribution will appear next week, andwill feature his memories of Jill.

    Copyright 2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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