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WEBSep 9, 2024 · Good and bad ways to grow old. The threat posed by America’s greatest domestic terrorist is now threatened by a younger, more honest, more energetic opponent.
Welcome home to FloydFest – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBJuly 8, 2024. FloydFest through her eyes. (All photos and videos by Doug Thompson) Filmed and edited by Doug Thompson. FloydFest return later this month to a new home, one that is, finally, in Floyd County, not patrick, where it played for nearly 20 years just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. After protests and other issues brought cancellation of ...
Grundy: They paved paradise and put up a Walmart - Blue Ridge …
WEBAug 30, 2011 · The $196 million project — costing more than $175,000 for every man, woman and child in Grundy — was scheduled to deliver the new town this year. But it hasn’t worked out that way. Many owners of the razed businesses pocketed their government payouts and don’t plan to reopen. The original goal of …
A friend’s betrayal – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBNov 17, 2006 · A friend’s betrayal. DOUG THOMPSON. November 17, 2006. Jamey Singleton’s tortured career as a weatherman at WSLS Channel 10 in Roanoke is over, killed by an act of vengeance by someone he thought was a friend. For the 28-year-old Singleton, who battled heroin addiction and the near-fatal drug overdose of …
Bernie Coveney - Blue Ridge Muse
WEBJuly 12, 2005. Bernie Coveney’s smile is the first thing you notice. It’s far more boyish than you expect from a man of his age. It’s also infectious. Coveney is a guitarist, a damn good one. He used to play with Emmylou Harris and that’s the kind of gig any guitar player would love to have on their resume.
Curtis Turner: Full throttle – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBMar 23, 2014 · Meanwhile, Curtis Turner continued life at full throttle in both racing and business. He and Bruton Smith built the Charlotte Motor Speedway and almost went under then the costs went over budget. NASCAR founder Bill France banned home “for life” in 1961 for trying to start a union for drivers. France lifted the “lifetime ban” in 1965.
A tragedy that could have been avoided – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBOct 1, 2008 · A tragedy that could have been avoided. Shawn Brent Gerald, the 28-year-old son of Floyd County Supervisor Fred Gerald of Indian Valley, died Sunday night when his motorcycle crashed into a car turning left on U.S. 11 near Fairlawn. The driver of the car, Jerry Wayne Viars, 35, of Max Meadows, was charged by …
Remembering WROV’s glory days – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBJul 27, 2009 · Martha Weeks, another FCHS grad and Miss Floyd County in 1968, is married to Charlie Boswell, a WROV alum from the 70s. Marty died a few years ago. Fred died from smoke inhalation from a fire in his apartment in 1986. I ran into Martha at the reunion and we talked about the old days in both Floyd and Roanoke.
The girl likes to fiddle around – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBJun 21, 2008 · The girl likes to fiddle around. Yes, that was Martha Spencer of Grayson County's White Top Mountain Band jamming with other musicians outside the country store Friday evening. Visitors to the Blue Ridge Muse studio at the Village Green know that Martha is one of my favorite subjects. I've photographed her many times and it …
WROV, Fred Frelantz and memories – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBDec 2, 2008 · In 1968 and 69, I worked with Fred Frelantz on a Saturday show on WROV radio in Roanoke where students from Roanoke area high schools would help rate new records and discuss the issues of the day. Fred would handle the music and I would pick a current events topic for discussion and serve as moderator. I had to dig up an old Teac reel-to-reel recorder to listen and the tape was in really bad ...