Gene Marrano
A pilot project anounced this morning will put ex-felons to work rehabiliating housing they can then rent at an affordable price … the first home in the “New Chapter Housing Initiative” is in northwest Roanoke … TAP and Virginia Cares will also be involved with job training and placement assistance … God’s House Baptist Church on Melrose Avenue owns the multi-apartment house that will be renovated as part of the pilot project. Local developer Corbin Prydwen will help oversee the renovations:
“On Golden Pond” was an Oscar-winning movie in 1981 … earlier it was a Broadway play … now “On Golden Pond” debuts at Mill Mountain Theatre tonight … Norman Thayer hasn’t seen his divorced daughter Chelsea in years … his wife Ethel keeps that rocky relationship at bay … Chelsea and new fiance Bill show up at her parent’s cabin in Maine and drop off Bill’s teenaged son while they go to Europe … WFIR’s Gene Marrano spoke with “On Golden Pond” lead actors Lour-elene Snedeker, Peter Thomasson and Ginger Poole recently … here’s a “Longer Listen” … leading off with Snedeker’s “Ethel Thayer” character:
