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Mill Mountain Zoo red panda cubs Beatrix Kiddo and Archibald will be leaving the zoo as early as June 8th for Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo. The move was recommended by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan. Beatrix and Archie were born at Mill Mountain Zoo on June 15, 2014. Their parents, Nova and Degan Reid, will remain at Mill Mountain Zoo. Another cub named Samson will also be moving this summer to the Indianapolis Zoo as part of another Species Survival Plan. The World Wildlife Fund considers red pandas a “vulnerable” species their native habitats in the forests of China, Nepal and India are being destroyed.
The Price Is Right Live is an interactive stage show that gives those eligible the chance to “Come On Down” to win. Prizes may include appliance, vacations and a new car. Contestants will have a chance to play classic games from the television show including Plinko, Cliffhangers, The Big Wheel and the Showcase. The Price is Right Live is at the Berglund Performing Arts Theater on October 27. Tickets, priced at $40 and $55, go on-sale this Friday at the Berglund Center Box Office, online at HomeTownBankTix.com or charge-by-phone at 877-HTB-TIXNow (877-482-8496). For a complete list of rules and regulations, including eligibility requirements, visit or call the Berglund Center Box Office.
Kristin Forbes
From the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office: On Saturday afternoon, May 30, 1015, a Bedford County Sheriff’s deputy was transporting a female to the Bedford Adult Detention Center, when she kicked the back door window glass out of his patrol vehicle. The female, Kristin N. Forbes, age 26, had been arrested at the Smith Mountain Lake State Park by a park police officer for public intoxication. The arresting officer requested a police vehicle with a cage to transport her. After kicking the window glass out, she attempted to escape out of the broken window. As the deputy attempted to restrain her she assaulted him. A second sheriff’s deputy responded to the scene and she was placed in the sheriff’s office transport van. Kristin N. Forbes, of Lynchburg, was charged with public intoxication, obstruction of justice (resist arrest), destruction of property and assault on a police officer.
The Roanoke County Police Department and the Roanoke County Sheriff’s Office say they are again receiving numerous complaints in reference to the jury duty scam. What happens is, a person claiming to be a Roanoke County Sheriff’s Deputy calls you to tell you you’ve missed jury duty and there’s now a warrant out for your arrest. The person will then say if you want to avoid going to jail you need to buy a Green Dot card and give them the number off of the card. Investigators want to remind you that law enforcement would not solicit any type of payment. If you receive one of these calls you should call the Criminal Investigations Division of the Roanoke County Police at 540-777-8641, the Emergency Communication Center at 540-562-3265 or the Roanoke Valley Crime Line at 540-344-8500.
From the Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office: At 11:10 PM on Thursday, May 28th, 2015, the Rockbridge Regional Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call requesting emergency medical services at a residence on the 700 block of Longhollow Road in Rockbridge County. Emergency services responded to the residence and discovered a husband and wife that had been fatally wounded by gunfire. No other persons were found to be occupying the property. The married couple, Brooks A. Rowles, 50, of Lynchburg and Rita K. Rowles, 51, of Buena Vista, have been transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Roanoke for an autopsy. The Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate this matter.
The LOA is taking orders now for its popular “Let’s Do Lunch” fundraiser. Director of Senior Services Shannon Abell says all the money raised from the $15 box lunches will go to to the LOA’s Meals on Wheels. He says that program was hard-hit last year by sequestration budget cuts.
“We had to drop 100 eligible seniors from our routes,” he said. “Now we’ve been able to get back about 25, but we are frozen right now at 600 seniors.”
“Let’s Do Lunch” is Friday June 19, and it’s available for eat-in, pickup or free delivery for orders of five lunches or more. The deadline for setting that up is Friday, June 5. Here’s the link to an order form.
Brent Robertson
Roanoke County’s director of management and budget, Brent Robertson, is leaving to take the county administrator post in Franklin county. The Board of supervisors named Robertson to the job yesterday. He’ll start work in Franklin County June 29th. He replaces Rick Huff, who resigned to take a job in the private sector. Continue reading
Barbara Dudley
From the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office: At 2:11a.m. May 28, 2015, Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call to 115 Mill Acres Dr. from a man reporting his wife had stabbed him. The caller, James Dudley, age 61, said while he was sleeping his wife stabbed him with what he believed to be a kitchen fork. Deputies arrived on the scene at 2:32 a.m. and arrested Barbara Dudley, age 63, without incident. She was transported to the Bedford Adult Detention Center and is being held without bond. She was charged with malicious wounding. The victim refused medical treatment.
On Monday around 10:30 p.m., Vinton Police officers on patrol saw street lights out in the area of Washington Avenue and Lynnhaven Circle. They began investigating, and once on the scene they found a Chevrolet van had crashed into a utility pole on Washington Avenue at Preston Road, which is located in front of the Vinton Masonic Lodge building. The driver, 52-year-old Calvin Wayne Carter, was pronounced dead at the scene. No further details have been made available.
Plastics One based in southwest Roanoke County. It’s a plastic component manufacturer that specializes in the design and build of custom medical and high-end audio cable assemblies with applications for entertainers, musicians, race car drivers and individuals; and an expert design and manufacturing of in-vivo neuroscience research components. The employee-owned company presented a $100,000 check to Virginia Western Community College to support the Virginia Western Community College Access Program. The program covers the cost of tuition for two years at VWCC for area high school graduates who meet program guidelines. The check also led to a naming – the “Plastics One Student Information Center” at VWCC.