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| 07/18: Gunton Park Community Reunion Gunton Park Community Reunion will be held at Carters Park Saturday, July 18th. Everyone welcome, good country music, bluegrass, and gospel. Bring some food and drinks if you can, if not come anyway! |
| 07/18: Shot Tower Flea Market The 31st annual Shot Tower Flea Market sponsored by the Lead Mines Rescue Squad will be held July 18 and 19 beside Jackson Memorial School on Route 52, Austinville. For more information, call 637- [ ... ] |
| 07/25: Class of '71 Reunion in Independence Independence High School 1971 Class Reunion Saturday, July 25 at Independence, VA Fire Hall 10A.M. to 3P.M. Bring Potluck meal and a classmate! |
| 07/18: Downtown Celebration 2009-Take III July 18: Downtown Celebration 2009-Take III Showtime Band – 5:30 pm Jim Quick and Coastline – 6:45 pm In concert at Jail House Square Classic Car Cruise In on Main Street Begins around 5:00 pm, Free A [ ... ] |
| 10/31: Safe Halloween, Main Street October 31: Safe Halloween, Main Street Hillsville. Trick-or-Treating, hayride, haunted house, costume contest, games, food and fun for all ages. 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm |
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Summer is coming, time for family vacations and reunions. This month's theme is "Good Old Days" and we would love to have some of your photos of people and places before 1960. Please tell us a little about the photos you submit
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Online Scam Ads - Don't Get Taken! Last week we told you about the ads appearing for the Google Income Club and why these ads are a ripoff to avoid. There are sister ripoff ads appearing around the area for a diet plan, "Floyd Mom [ ... ] |
Good Ol' Boy Network? The prosecution of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens for corruption charges as a United States Senator is now history. The new Obama Attorney General Eric Holder came to the aid of Stevens and forced [ ... ] |
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What goes better together than apple pie, the 4th of July, and baseball? Well, how about a free baseball game,...
They came from as close as Radford and Giles, and a far away as Pennsylvania and Maryland, as 87 young...
Here are the area Minor League Baseball games scheduled to be played today, Saturday, July 4.
The Roanoke Juniors 16 National team spent 4 days recently in Miami playing in the Junior National Tournament. What...
Jahre Cheeseman, a former member of the Virginia Tech football team, has been arrested on three misdemeanor charges following an...
The North Roanoke Rec. Club sent three teams to the Roanoke Area Youth Softball Association (RAYSA) tournament in the 10A,...
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Sundays
Bluegrass Gospel Bluegrass Gospel every Sunday at 4:00 featuring The Church Shack Band and friends. Pocahontas Bassett Baptist Church 120 Bassett Heights Rd. Bassett, VA For More Information Call: (276) 629-5394 [ ... ] |
Mondays
| Mid-day Mountain Music with the Buck Mountain Band The Buck Mountain Band The Grayson County-based Buck Mountain Band plays old-time dance tunes with fiddle, banjo, guitar and bass from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the breezeway of the Blue Ridge Music Center [ ... ] | TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) will meet at the Hillsville Presbyterian Church at 5:45 p.m. Weigh in at 5:15 p.m. | Weight Watchers Weight Watchers will meet at 5:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Hillsville. | More Events | |||
Tuesdays
| Mid-day Mountain Music with Willard Gayheart and Bobby Patterson Mid-day Mountain Music with Willard Gayheart and Bobby Patterson at the Blue Ridge Music Center |
Wednesdays
| Weight Watchers Weight Watchers will meet at the Southern Carroll Community Center. Weigh in at 5:30 p.m., meeting at 6 p.m. | Mid-day Mountain Music with Bill and Maggie Anderson Mid-day Mountain Music with Bill and Maggie Anderson at the Blue Ridge Music Center, Bill and Maggie Anderson are performers of bluegrass, gospel, Americana, and traditional music. | VFW Music Jam Come to the Old-Time and Blue Grass music jam session where musicians simply get together informally and play in Hillsville. | More Events | |||
Thursdays
| Jam Sessions at the Fries Recreation Center Theatre Stop along the Crooked Road at the Fries Recreation Center Theatre. Local musicians meet every Thursday night from 6pm--9pm for an old fashioned jam session. Admission is free, and concessions are ava [ ... ] | Crooked Road Jam The Crooked Road musical jam session will now be held at the Fries Theater from 6 to 9 p.m. All musicians are welcome. Concessions will be sold. | Mid-day Mountain Music with Scott Freeman and friends Mid-day Mountain Music with Scott Freeman and friends at the Blue Ridge Music Center Scott Freeman grew up in Mt. Airy, N.C., playing bluegrass and gospel music with his brothers. | More Events | |||
Fridays
Saturdays
| Weight Watchers Weight Watchers will meet at 8:30 a.m. in Warrick Hall at Galax Presbyterian Church. | Square Dancing in Fries Fries Recreation Center Square Dancing will be held at the Fries Theater from 7 ñ 10 p.m. there will be concessions for sale, door prize drawings, cake walk, and music. |
Back2theLand
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Smaller lawns are becoming popular these days, perhaps because people have less time to manage their space. The growing populations of cities are causing a new trend in house design, towards the small, more compact home.
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Floydian Slips
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Autumn and spring are my favorite seasons. I like moderate temperatures. The extremes have never been my favorites. It's too frustrating to move around in cold weather when you're wearing a heavy coat and boots and gloves. And in the summer, who wants to do anything when you're drenched in sweat and feel sticky and hot?
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Uncle Jay Explains the News
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It’s time to sing America’s praises for the 4th! Â Unfortunately, Uncle Jay sings about the news instead. Â Ever since December’s year in review, fans have screamed for Uncle Jay to sing again. Â So by popular demand, here’s 2009 in review. Â How’s that for punctual?
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