Gene Marrano
After 10 seasons with Broadway, Brad Lutz takes over the William Byrd Terriers from the legendary Jeff Highfill after almost 4 decades as head football coach. And Case Keenum may be the Washington Redskins starting quarterback now but Skins tight end Vernon Davis tells NFL network rookie Dwayne Haskins has some upside:
Nancy Hans with Roanoke Valley Collective Response (G Marrano photos)
On a stop in Roanoke today Governor Northam announced that data-sharing via “Virginia’s Framework for Addiction Analysis and Recovery” – or FAACT, will expand to the Roanoke Valley. In the Shenandoah Valley a pilot program has shown it to be effective in helping fight the opioid crisis. The Roanoke Valley Collective Response that includes the Urgent Love initiative will use the data collected for strategic planning in fighting the opioid crisis.
Peter Radjou (Roanoke Catholic hoto)
The school chef at Roanoke Catholic – and the head chef at the Taaza Indian restaurant in Grandin Village – recently competed on the CNBC show Food Sport. The program unveiled its “World Food Champion” yesterday following a Creole-style challenge in New Orleans. Roanoke Catholic spokesperson Michael Hemphill also notes that Peter Radjou is a 5-time winner at Roanoke’s BaconFest cook-off. BaconFest is now a fundraiser for Roanoke Catholic; it returns to Elmwood Park on September 21 with bacon tastings and a headliner concert by The Mavericks.
(Fox News) In the midst of brewing economic escalation, White House adviser Larry Kudlow said he couldn’t promise a finalized trade deal with China by the 2020 election, but claimed a major trade announcement was coming, during an interview with CNN. “I can’t make any promises. I don’t want to make any forecasts,” he said Sunday, on “State of the Union.” “I will repeat, however, that the negotiations between the two great countries continue. And I think it’s always better to talk than not to talk.”
Kudlow claimed the announcement of a trade deal with China was forthcoming and said the U.S. is simultaneously closing a separate deal, which would encompass Mexico and Canada as well. “We’re planning on having China come and… there’s an imminent announcement coming, this afternoon here… with a large-scale trade deal with China that would include agriculture, as well as e-commerce and other areas,” he said. “Not only is there a successful trade deal being brokered with Japan, but we have a terrific deal with USMCA — our partners in Canada and Mexico, which will add between half to one percentage point additional GDP per year.”
Gov. Ralph Northam
Governor Ralph Northam, who has made a number of moves including calling for the removal of Confederate monuments and signage since his own blackface scandal earlier this year has now announced the establishment of a Commission on African American History Education. The Commission is “charged with reviewing Virginia’s history standards, and the instructional practices, content, and resources currently used to teach African American history in the Commonwealth,” according to a news release from the Governor’s office (excerpted below).
Hampton – Governor Northam made the announcement speaking at the 2019 Commemoration of the First African Landing, a ceremony to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America at Point Comfort in 1619. “The full history of Virginia is complex, contradictory, and often untold—and we must do a better job of making sure that every Virginia graduate enters adult life with an accurate and thorough understanding of our past, and the pivotal role that American Americans have played in building and perfecting our Commonwealth,” said Governor Northam.
“The important work of this Commission will help ensure that Virginia’s standards of learning are inclusive of African American history and allow students to engage deeply, drawing connections between historic racial inequities and their continuous influence on our communities today.” The Executive Order tasks the Commission with issuing a report no later than July 1, 2020, with recommendations for improving the student experience.
