Gene Marrano
The Roanoke Rescue Mission Drumstick Dash is virtual this year and can be run or walked anytime during the month of November. The first 2500 people who do register for the 5K fundraiser will also receive a hood shirt designed for running says race director Kevin Berry. Signup at Drumstick Dash dot-net. Berry says early packet pickup dates will be announced soon. Proceeds fund the Mission’s meal program all year long.
A block party tonight closing down Market Street Southeast between Campbell and Salem Avenues. It’s hosted by Fork in the Market, which has sponsored all of the “Juicy After Dark” events organized by well-known event coordinator “Juice.” It’s called “Saints and Sinners 2” celebrating Halloween. From 8 pm to midnight, Juice says come dressed — in costume if possible — as the sexiest Saint or Sinner.
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He’s well known as the owner of the Franklin County Speedway – and now Whitey Taylor has a new venture. Taylor has opened a retail shop filled with President Donald Trump gift items and memorabilia in Boones Mill. The Trump store is located at the corner of US 220 and Bethlehem Road in Boones Mill, inside a former church. Taylor expects the President to be re-elected next month and says he will keep the store open for the Christmas season:
Feeding Southwest Virginia received 20,000 pounds of food today that came all the way from Salt Lake City – courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This is the third shipment to the Salem-based food bank in 2020 from the church – totaling around 112,000 pounds. Local LDS congregations helped fund the latest shipment. 9th district Congressman Morgan Griffith was on hand; he says its good that faith-based organizations are involved in the ongoing fight against hunger:
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Roanoke, VA – National Park Service officials announced today that a small section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke, Virginia is open after temporary repairs were completed to mitigate a small slope failure. The parkway has reopened from Milepost 115.5 (Explore Park entrance) to Milepost 121.4 (U.S. 220). Park visitors and drivers in this section should anticipate a shifted lane alignment, warning signs, new pavement markings and a regulatory speed reduction to 35 mph.
The Parkway motor road will remain closed to all uses south of Milepost 121.4 (U.S. 220) to Milepost 135.9 (Adney Gap) due to a full road failure roughly one hundred and fifty feet (150′) in length near milepost 128. This complex road failure will require a closure of at least 12 to 18 months. Visitors are reminded that, due to the hazardous nature of this slope failure, this section is closed to all uses including motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrian
