Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence:
wealth without work
pleasure without conscience
knowledge without character
commerce without morality
science without humanity
worship without sacrifice
politics without principle
- Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948)
Do you
have a
gripe you want to share with our community?
Do you want to know what bugs
or bemuses others?
Got an opinion about something happening in the world
around you? Sound off and
send your opinion to "Floyd
Watchman" Click
here
"Will our Chamber of Commerce or Merchants Associations please realize
the need to preserve and prevent from developing-over the rural
character of Floyd County is the only way to encourage tourism interest
& income to Floyd?"..
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"Floyd Watchman"
If You Love
Children, Love the Ones That Are Already Here, Too. Please Become
Adoptive or Foster Parents.
ADOPTIVE
FAMILY
SUPPORT
GROUP: You May contact
DePaul Family Services, Christiansburg, to learn of their scheduled
Informational discussions about formation of new support groups for
adoptive families.
It's To Us!
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Public
Opinion
STOP
ILLEGAL
ATV
USE!!
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Get Fit without Joining a Gym
It's my opinion and in my experience,
if you are seeking to improve your fitness level or lose weight, so
much of that can be done with a much smaller investment in just a few
items to create your own home gym that suits your specific physical
needs.
Also consider daily walking of ten minutes or more, practicing yoga and
stretching (stretching properly is most
important before and after exercising), get a friend or your spouse or
kid involved to have a nearby work-out buddy, drink lots of your own
good Floyd County water and stop stuffing your face with junk foods and
just plain get off your butt more often. Use a push mower sometimes
instead of that riding mower.
Most people do not utilize fitness center memberships beyond a limited
degree and end up wasting their money.
Do it at home!
Above all and first of all, make certain you are healthy enough to
undertake any new fitness related activity. Check with your doctor
first!!
- Michelle Hussong
We don't have any connection to or with the following, these links are
offered as examples of what you can find to help yourself on the web;
Here are a few links to help you Do It At Home!: Home
Fitness Fitness Home-Workout
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Coming to Floyd?
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For
or Against Hunting on Sundays?
If you Do Want Hunting on Sundays allowed, you needn't do anything
as it will pass and become law when they meet to vote on it.
.
However, if you do NOT
want hunting
to be allowed on Sundays and wish to preserve that one day
per week, you need to contact your state Representatives
and tell them NOT to vote
in favor of changing the current Virginia State law that bans hunting
on
Sundays.
If they vote to change the current law, there
will not be any day at all during hunting
season that will be peaceful and as safe to hike, walk, walk
your dogs or
ride your horses in the Autumn woods and near fields .
This is Floyd's Representative's email contact: Charles
D Poindexter (DelCPoindexter@house.virginia.gov)
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COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Check the FCIV Bulletin Board/Events
Calendar
for local & regional:
events / music / performances / theatre / art & galleries / shows
& exhibits
EVENTS
NOTICES
INFO
Check out the FCIV Events
Calendar for music events/theatre/art shows/museum exhibits
Floyd activities:
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3rd Annual MARDI GRAS COSTUME BALL
Saturday, February 18th, 7pm to late
The Sun Music Hall, Floyd
There are four ticketing options:
·
Barons & Baronnes (standing room): $8 advance / $10 at door
·
Ducs & Duchesses (reserved seating): $20
·
Archiducs & Archiduchesses (reserved seating at raised table,
with complimentary bottle of champagne
and dinner included): $320 for table of 8
Grand Ducs & Grande Duchesses (reserved seating at raised table,
with two complimentary bottles of champagne and dinner included):
$360 for table of 8
Tickets are available at Dogtown Roadhouse, Republic of Floyd,
Blue Mountain School, and online via http://www.sunmusichall.com
More info on FCIV BUlletin Board/Event Calendar
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My name is Kristi, I am a Dental Hygiene student
at VA Western Community College. I will be providing FREE dental services in the
Dental Hygiene Clinic, beginning in January. Some of the services include cleanings, polishing,
fluoride treatments, x-rays, sealants, patient education, nutritional counseling, and more!
Please note that multiple appointments may be necessary, and I am only looking for reliable clients.
My clinic times are Tues 1-4pm, Wed 9-12am, and Thurs 1-4pm. If these times work for you, please
feel free to contact me at 540-209-0021 to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
Also, if you have friends, family, co-workers, etc. who might benefit from free dental care,
feel free to pass along the information. Serious inquiries only, please.
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SustainFloyd Announces Winter Film Series
With Award-Winning Documentaries and Community Conversations
SustainFloyd(www.sustainfloyd.org)has chosen five films to present for its 2012 Winter Film Series at the Floyd Country Store. Each film screening will be a community event with various food offerings and community discussions surrounding the evening's theme. Film screenings will generally begin at 7 p.m.and some panel discussions will follow for those who want to ask questions.
This announcement comes after the conclusion of the fall film series.We are very happy to bring these films to Floyd,says Mike Burton Director of SustainFloyd,they have been very popular and successful in creating a place for community to happen.The Winter Film Series will begin in January and run through April and the films to be presented are:
Buck:February 11,Buck Brannaman,the inspiration for the film,the Horse Whisperer,a story of patience and respect to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Forks Over Knives: February 25,a feature film exploring the link between diet and health.
Mother Nature's Child: March 24,in an age when our children spend much of their time inside, this film looks at the importance of a relationship with the natural world.
Carbon Nation: April 14,a documentary about climate change solutions.
Created in 2009, SustainFloyd is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that assists the community of Floyd County , Virginia in sustainable, local growth. Its vision is a mix of the past and the future working to develop new ideas that will support the next generation of this rural community, while preserving our local traditions and history. To learn more about SustainFloyd and its mission, go to www.sustainfloyd.org.
Details:
What:SustainFloyd Announce Winter Film Series
When:January-April 2012
Where:Floyd Country Store,Floyd,VA
Who:Everyone is invited!$5 Admission
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Meetup
groups are a growing
trend of people organizing themselves into groups with common
interests with the mission to revitalize local community.
They believe that people can change their personal world, or the
whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are
powerful enough to make a difference.
Recently a new spin on the idea, called Meetup 2.0,has begun with the
focus on digital and social media. John Lusher and Patsy Stewart
started this group in 2008.
Many members (64 via the Linkedln group and 128 likes on
Facebook) choose to meet face to face in Roanoke every Thursday to
network with one another as well as discuss digital and social
media.
As this idea continues to gain ground, a Floyd Meetup 2.0 is set
to begin this month.
Floyd natives are branching off from the Roanoke group to start a
monthly meeting every third Thursday at Natasha's Cafe from 5 to 7
p.m.
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The Floyd Harvest Festival & County Fair will take place
again each September on the first Saturday after Labor Day.
"Life should not be a
journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty
and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW! What a ride!"
O.Winston
Link
Museum
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Shop the Museum Store
www.linkmuseum.org
Find Us on Facebook
O. Winston Link Museum
101 Shenandoah Ave
Roanoke, Virginia 24016
540-982-5465
Check out current and upcoming
music events in our area at FCIV's MUSIC
EVENTS CALENDAR
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let us know of your
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You could also "develop" additional
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The interests of FCIV's
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well as personal experiences, etc.
It doesn't have to be
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If you would like to consider being a one time or
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and tell us what you have in
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The possibility of an on going column might also be
made available to interested writers.
But please
remember, all involved with FCIV are
volunteers.
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YARD
SALES Listings
Here
YARD SALES UPDATED EACH FRIDAY
Late Spring to Early Fall
Inside Estate Sale - Edith Layman, Dogwood Lane, Willis.
Furniture, Dishes, Clothes, Odds and Ends. EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY !
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Free
Computer and Business Classes
Participation
Applications are due February 6 for the
Winter/Spring classes.
The
Jacksonville Center for the Arts
is offering the Floyd Employability Enhancement Training Program (FEEP)
starting February 22 and continuing through 2012. The
program, funded by
a federal grant that is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor,
is free
to all participants.
FEEP
offers classes in Microsoft
Office Suite ? Word, Excel, Access, Publisher and Outlook and in Adobe
Creative
Suite Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Acrobat
Professional. Classes in Customer Service Skills and Work
Readiness/Employment Search Training will also be available.
The
computer classes will
include beginning, intermediate and advanced training. Participants
will be
able to take classes that meet their needs based on an assessment of
their
existing skills and knowledge. The FEEP project provides
training to
enhance employability for those unemployed and those employed who need
advanced
skills. The program does prioritize those participants who
are in
greatest need in relationship to employment.
Classes
will be held at the
Floyd Adult Learning Center and the Jesse Peterman Memorial Library
with
computers available outside class hours for self-paced practice
sessions at
teaching sites as well as several other locations.
Participation
forms (FEEP Participation Form
and Spring Course Schedule Form)
need to be
completed and returned by February 6 for Winter/Spring courses and
those
interested will be notified by February 10 if they are in the first
round of
classes held February through April. Those interested do not
have to sign
up for all classes, but need to commit to all classes in a
series. A second
round of classes will start in June and continue through
September.
Participants can take different classes in each round.
Eminent domain can effect any and all landowners, whether you are
involved in agriculture or it is simply your residence or business.
There is a proposed state constitutional amendment by the 2012
General Assembly to prevent eminent domain abuses as have taken place
across our nation
for too many years.
The proposed amendment would make stricter the state's definition of "public use" with regard to eminent domain.
This propsed amendment would ensure privately owned land cannot be
taken without just compensation OR given to another private entity, and
ensure no more property than necessary is taken
to achieve the stated public use, and the condemer has to prove the use is public.
Condeming entities would not be able to exercise eminent domain if
the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private
enterprise, increasing jobs, tax revenue or for economic development.
Floyd County In View asks all landowners to support this proposed
amendment by contacting their legislator and then voting in favor of it
should it come up on the public ballot as a state amendment requires
the states' voters to vote it in to place.
Virginia Farm Bureau is leading the fight to protect our
privately owned properties and farm lands and to get this proposed
amendment passed.
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Editorial
What are we paying for?
If you've received your most recent personal property tax bill from the
county treasurer, you will notice that above and beyond the actual tax
we have to pay for our personal property particularly and specifically
our motor vehicles, that we are also being charged an additional "License Fee".
What is this $25.00 per vehicle license fee
for?
Previously, we were being charged $25.00 each per vehicle for the
"decal fee". But as we no longer are required to place county decal
stickers on our windows, there was no need to charge the citizenry of
Floyd County a fee for it.
And the decal was to easily identify those respectable citizens who had
promptly paid their personal property taxes.
But now that is done electronically. And if you are a scofflaw, you
will be found out and fined.
So, what and why the "License Fee"?
We buy a vehicle and pay taxes on the purchase up front.
We pay for licensing and title, also upfront, and yearly inspections
and then insurance on our vehicle yearly or bi-yearly.
AND, we pay a tax per vehicle to our county each year
So what is our county doing for us that requires it to charge us $25.00
per vehicle every year above and beyond the taxes it charges and
collects on these self-same vehicles?
We're not buying a license from the county to drive our vehicle nor to
own our vehicle.
It is time our supervisors, perhaps Mr. Clinger especially as he has
been on the ball concerning random fees and allocations of county
money, will look into this aspect of our county government sticking its
hand again and again into our pockets as they will and as they wish.
Got a comment or reply, or even an answer?
Let us hear from you.
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Want to Own a Newspaper?
Parent companies of 7 area newspapers to be sold at
auction
The two companies will be sold in August in Alabama after filing for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The parent companies of seven Southwest Virginia community newspapers
were put up for sale
last month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December.
Blue Ridge Newspapers Inc. and Montgomery County Newspapers Inc. will
be auctioned Aug. 24
in Birmingham, Ala., at the request of one of their largest debtors,
banking giant Wells Fargo,
according to court records filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
Northern District of Alabama.
Blue Ridge Newspapers owns The Salem Times-Register, The New Castle
Record, The Fincastle Herald,
The Vinton Messenger and The Cave Spring Connection.
Montgomery County Newspapers owns The (Christiansburg)
News Messenger and
The (Radford) News Journal.
The two companies are owned by Tuscaloosa, Ala., businessmen Edwin
Wilson Koeppel and Jeffrey Stumb,
according to court records. The businessmen also own West 10 Newspapers
Inc. and
Cape Fear Newspapers Inc., which together make up 11 other papers.
Blue Ridge Newspapers owes at least $4.2 million to various companies
and agencies,
including the city of Salem and the Internal Revenue Service, according
to court records.
The company listed assets between $500,000 and $1 million.
It was not clear how much debt the other companies have.
They were added to the filings after Blue Ridge's debts were itemized.
Koeppel could not immediately be reached Wednesday evening.
He was quoted in an article on OurValley.org, the website for the
Southwest Virginia newspapers owned by his company.
"The future is bright for these quality and profitable publications,"
he said.
"The only thing that will change is ownership."
Koeppel filed jointly with Melissa Koeppel for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in
February,
according to court records. They owe more than $1.1 million to several
creditors.
Jordan Fifer | The Roanoke Times
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Open-torials
Got Broadband- Or Not ?
Virginia Tech's eCorridors program has launched a
statewide campaign to engage and educate the public and raise awareness
about broadband availability in Virginia. eCorridors has partnered with
Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) to implement the
Virginia broadband mapping initiative.
eCorridors is responsible for collecting data about the quality of end
user Internet connections and is asking Virginia residents, to
participate in mapping Virginia's broadband availability by running an
Internet speed test, available at www.acceleratevirginia.org/speedtest
By running an Internet speed test, citizens have a
unique opportunity to influence and inform the Virginia and National
broadband maps.
For those who cannot get broadband services at their address, the
Federal Communications Commission is asking that you report your
location information at: (Run cursor over URL to
highlight it
then hold CTRL&C to copy it):
If you cannot run the speed test for whatever
reason and want to report your location or would like more information
about eCorridors and the Accelerate Virginia campaign, please contact
Jean Plymale vplymale@vt.edu at (540) 231-2270 or (540) 231-8490.
More informational resources are available in the Accelerate Your
Community section of this site.
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When the Floyd Board of Supervisors voted (4 to 1) to "scrap" the
current
NOISE ORDINANCE for the county as it was deemed non enforceable under
current standards and conditions.
Will it be replaced?
No. If Supervisors Ingram and Allen have anything to say about it.
Their reasoning is it might affect farmers and their use of machinery
as well as pet owners.
Have these supervisors ever heard of compromise?
Doubtful.
Will they always vote to throw the baby out with the bathwater every
time?
Not long ago they also voted to scap a long time, common sense,
ordinance prohibiting hunting or shooting within 100 feet of fence
lines.
Again, they scrapped it as detrimental to farmers who MIGHT need to
shoot a ground hog scurrying along their fence line and kill it before
it digs any more holes in their pasture.
Of course, many fence lines border neighbors' properties and roadways.
Places where someone might walk or stroll possibly unseen while the
crosshairs are on some scruffy ground hog.
Instead of writing in a reasonable compromise that would issue permits
to ACTUAL farmers who have to verify their need for their exemption and
thereby offer the general population a degree of sane safety when
driving or walking anywhere there's a fence line, their decision making
abilities limits their sense of duty to Floyd's general population as
banning the ordinance altogether.
Come hunting season, this means every person with a high powered rifle
and more ammo than sense can now feel free to shoot at anything thought
to be game even if the roadway or a walkway or another private property
is on the immediate otherside of a fenceline.
Why don't they consider writing in exemptions to ordinances or rules to
be accessible to those in verified need of exemption leaving the
remaining ordinance intactThis would serve the common good while
prohibiting the common nuisances and threats to the quality of life
here that will continue to become problematic as our population not
only grows but becomes more diversified.
Perhaps a NUISANCE ORDINANCE would be an alternative to the noise
ordinance?
This could be distinguished in application by common sense boundaries
of reasonable perception and a sense of what constitutes something that
can or could be a reasonable assumption of disturbance or annoyance to
someone with a reasonable cause for complaint.( How about as a starter;
Do unto to others...?")
When will common sense be applied to our supervisors' decision making?
Probably not until the voters of this county elect common sense people
to represent them. And except for Supervisor Fred Gerald, there's
barely a shred of common sense to be noticed.
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Did you realise if you are driving your insured and legal vehicle on
any state/county road and have an accident with someone out having
"fun" driving an ATV or golf cart, etc. that is not legal for state or
county roads nor is it insured for roadway travel, YOU and, hopefully,
your insurance company HAVE to cover all costs and expenses for your
own vehicle as well as any physical damage to the drivers/riders on the
illegal vehicle?
So these illegal vehicles place every legal driver in jeopardy.
Of course, you can hire a lawyer and take the illegal driver to court
atry to sue for recompense..but what will be left after you pay your
lawyer?
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Save our Dark Skies
Limit dusk to dawn lighting in
the countryside
If you use a dusk to dawn light
or are planning on installing one,
please consider using a deflector on it so the light only shines on
your home;
Or
install an 'on/off' switch so you can turn it on when needed and off
when not;
Or
connect it to a motion detector to go on only when
something passes by it.
Please don't leave these lights on all night long
and destroy our dark skies over our countryside
or bother neighbors who don't care for intrusive all night-bright
light.
Please visit: http://www.darkskies.org/
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Volunteers needed to assist local seniors with small chores,
like moving boxed items.
Please contact Tiffany at the
New River Valley Agency on Aging
540-980-7720
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Life is too short...
So kiss slowly...
Laugh insanely..
Love truly and forgive quickly
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The U.S. Constitution:
Have you ever actually read it?
Visit FCIV's "Homesteading
101" section for info offering self-efficient living on the
"rural".
most recent
entry:
Al Moody's
back yard root cellar
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Regional
Farmers
Markets
Blacksburg
Farmers Market
When: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through
Oct. 31; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 and 10
a.m. to p.m.
Saturday only Jan. 1 through March 1
Where: intersection of Draper Road and Roanoke Street, Blacksburg
Contact: 239-8290
Floyd
Farmers Market
When: Farmers market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; artisan market, 5 to 9
p.m. Friday
Where: Floyd Community Market, Locust Street, downtown Floyd Contact:
250-0111,
mikeburton745@gmail.com or sustainfloyd.com
Narrows
Farmers Market
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, or when vendors
are available
Where: Narrows Farmers Market, 135 Monroe St., Narrows
Contact: 726-2423, 726-3020 or www.townofnarrows.org/
farmersmarketgallery/farmersmarket.html
Pearisburg
Farmers Market
When: 2 to 6 p.m. Friday
Where: Parking lot off Wenonah Avenue, Pearisburg -21-0340
Pulaski Farmers Market and Flea Market
5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday through Oct. 2 Where: Maple Shade Park,
downtown Pulaski Contact: 994-4200 or pulaskitown.org
Radford
Farmers Market
When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday through Oct. 31 Where: Norwood Parking
lot,
East Main Street, Radford Contact: 731-3656 or mainstreetradford.org or
Radford Farmers Market on Facebook
Shawswille
Farmers Market
When: 4 to 7 p.m. first and third Thursdays of every month through
October
Where: Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Allegheny Spring
Road, Shawsville
Contact: 357-3642
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RICHMOND
-- Hundreds of new laws
enacted by the General Assembly last winter that take effect when July
1 arrives.
Among them:
Beginning Friday, more Virginians in abusive relationships will find
protective court orders easier to get, the absentee votes of deceased
voters will finally count, and you can bring your own bottle of wine
with you to a restaurant.
Also, people freed from jail on bail or those out on probation can be
tracked by GPS devices, the state starts a fresh budget year, and
people who were sexually abused as children will have 20 years to sue
their attackers, not just two.
Lawmakers this year made sweeping expansions of the protective order
law, extending it to people who fear harm from abusive dating or a
workplace relationship. Previously, the 74,000 protective orders issued
annually in Virginia applied only to family members or people being
stalked.
The change came after the beating death of University of Virginia
women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love. Her ex-boyfriend, former UVa
men's lacrosse player George Huguely, was arrested and charged in her
death. Police say there was evidence of a fight between the two a few
days before her body was found in May 2010.
The legislature, after wrenching and emotional testimony from victims
of long-ago childhood sexual abuse, granted a tenfold increase in the
time their abusers have to fear retribution from financially and
personally ruinous lawsuits.
The statute of limitations, under the new law, extends either 20 years
from the time of the abuse or from the moment a victim who has
repressed the unbearable memory - sometimes for decades - remembers the
attack. It passed despite opposition from the Roman Catholic Church,
which has been rocked by allegations of abuse by some of its priests.
Landlords and those who hold real estate licenses who know a building
contains defective Chinese drywall must disclose it to a prospective
tenant or buyer. Defective drywall imported from China has been blamed
for numerous problems, including corrosion of electrical wiring,
appliances and electronics.
In the state's general district courts, the monetary cap on awards
plaintiffs may seek in lawsuits increases from $15,000 to $25,000.
Election laws were finally changed so that the will of an eligible
voter expressed in an absentee ballot is not ignored if the voter dies
before election day. Virginia has yet to embrace early voting, as many
states have, and has only grudgingly loosened its absentee voting rules.
Wine connoisseurs will be able to bring a favored or hard-to-find
vintage to a restaurant, but don't think you'll get out without having
to pay. The new law allows restaurants to levy a "corkage fee" for
wines patrons bring in with them.
Many towns where people crave a drink will no longer be bound by the
laws of a dry county. Towns with populations of 1,000 or more can hold
their own referendums to go "wet" in a dry county, or to go dry in a
wet county.
For the first time, people sprung from jail on a secured bond,
probationers or those serving suspended sentences can be outfitted with
global positioning system tracking devices so authorities can track
their whereabouts at any moment.
Gun owners get some new advantages. One new law expands homestead
exemptions to firearms, allowing debtors to shield one gun up to $3,000
in value from creditors. And holders of concealed weapons permits will
be able to obtain a replacement for permits lost, destroyed or stolen
for a $5 fee.
Utility companies will face new limits on their ability to cut
electrical service to delinquent customers with serious medical
conditions. The new law gives the State Corporation Commission until
Oct. 31 to implement the new regulations.
Roadside stands or farmers markets with sales of $1,000 or less in
produce and eggs are exempt from state sales and use taxes after July
1. And the private homes of beekeepers who process and prepare honey
from hives they own are exempt from the state agriculture commissioner.
Virginia closes the books on fiscal year 2011 and opens fiscal year
2012 with an amended biennial budget that modestly boosts public school
funding and provides some aid to slow rapid tuition jumps at
state-supported colleges and universities. While the budget also
requires state employees to contribute 5 percent toward their pension
plans for the first time in more than a generation, it fills the gap
with a 5 percent pay increase.
Source: Roanoke.com
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Floyd County In View is open to the
possibility of providing space on this site for voluntary local or
regional personal reviews and observations, whether about a music
event, a car show, a parade or an art exhibit, as long as it is
interesting. If interested, please email us at Reviewer Report with
"arts' reviewer" in the subject line and tell us about your interest
and some background about yourself. The ability to write clearly and
honestly are the major prerequisites.
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The Floyd County Humane Society
Please be compassionate to
the homeless and helpless pets in Floyd County. One way, is by supporting the Floyd County Humane
Society
FCHS
540-745-7207
P.O. Box 862
Floyd, VA 24091
floydhumane09@yahoo.com
Please spay and neuter your pets
Please Mention
Floyd County In View to a Friend
Floyd County School closing
information number:
(540) 745-9495
Original, satirical, poignant, radical, honest, commentary,
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For anyone in Floyd County wanting to
participate in keeping your worthwhile but unwanted items from ending
up in the landfill, please consider joining (for free, no strings
attached) the Floyd County Sharecycle group. This is a Floyd based
online interactive group through Yahoo that allows you to post items
you'd like to see reused and recycled.
You will also be able to see what others are offering that may be of
use to you or ask for something specific you would like to find. Sharecycle originated in Floyd County and those
involved in it are all local residents.
This group is not connected in any way with the freecycle organization
that is under fire for numerous acts of alleged bad karma.
FLOYD COUNTY SHARECYCLE
click on Floyd County Sharecycle logo
Note:
"Sharecycle" originated in
Floyd, Virginia
Participate
in Reuse-Recycling
Starting one in your communityContact us and we'll add your link here.
Here are some of our regional Sharecycle Groups:
(click on respective logo to join there)
New River Valley Sharecycle
Franklin County Sharecycle
MONROE COUNTY WVA. SHARECYCLE
FLOYD COUNTY SHARECYCLE
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There is also a former freecycle group in Floyd now functioning under a
different name offering online recycling connections as well.
FCIV does not support this group as it is a satellite of a centralize
organization located in another state.
This is the same way freecycle began.
And only one of its three "moderators" lives in Floyd.
FCIV encourages our neighbors and residents of Floyd County to honor
and support truly local growers, artisans, businesses
and organizations that are firmly rooted here in our home county.
If you would like to get involved within our own community and "share
the wealth" of worthwhile but unneeded goods and items, please look
into Floyd Sharecycle.
This is a free Floyd County service with other Floyd County residents.
But even if you decide not to join any online group, please recycle
your items that can be used by others.
Floyd County In View Asks:
any orchardists, farmers or would be farmers who are looking to
relocate or are looking for new agricultural land to
organically grow fruit, produce and grains,
please consider Floyd County.
If we Americans are
distressed at what's happening to our quality of life by virtue of
America's dependence on foreign oil, if we don't preserve farms, farm
lands and farming families, just wait to see what our life is like when
America has to depend on foreign food
Grow Local - Buy Local - Eat Local:
Foods
Support your area orchards,
gardeners, growers, farmers, farm markets and CSA's in your own
community by asking for and buying locally grown organic produce
"Dear
Friend, Theory Is All Grey And The Golden Tree Of Life Is Green." -
Goethe
Be a Contributor To FCIV Do you know something really
well that could be useful or of interest to others?
Or perhaps you have an interest in something and you could develop
essays or instructional guides?
From gardening to photography to ikebana to do-it-yourself
repairs,whatever,
let us know of your interest.
You could also "develop" additional exposure for your own website,
business or art or interest by contributing articles.
The interests of FCIV's readers are very broad. This allows FCIV to
publish on a wide range of topics, so we're always open to articles
about interesting projects that are work or pleasure related as well as
personal experiences, etc.
It doesn't have to be highly polished -- after all, this is not the New
York Times.
If you would like to consider being a one time or a part time or a
regular contributor
to our community website,
contact one of the FCIV editors via one of the "contact us" links
and tell us what you have in mind.
The possibility of an on going column might also be made available to
interested writers.
But please remember, all involved with FCIV are volunteers.
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are
more
instances
of
the
abridgement of freedom of the people
by gradual and silent encroachments of those
in power
than by violent and sudden usurpations" - James
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"Father of the U.S. Constitution"
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