Blasts from the past
[slide] The Memorial Day weekend classic and custom car drive-in at Ray’s Restaurant on Sunday.
Track Regionals at Radford University
[slide] Scenes of Floyd County High School track stars at the Regional Track meet at Radford University on Saturday.
The Sound of Thunder
He snapped awake at 0500, a full 30 minutes before the alarm was set to go off.
For more than 30 years, he had been waking up at 5 a.m. It didn’t matter which time zone he was in or even if it was daylight savings time. When the big hand was on the 12 and the little one on the five, he was awake.
Remember the real reason for Memorial Day
On a normal Memorial Day weekend, I would be headed to Washington to ride in the annual Rolling Thunder Ride to the Wall but family issues will keep me in the area this year. At some point over the three day weekend, I will climb aboard my Harley and ride over to Bedford to visit [...]
Getting old
A number of famous folks, including Eubie Blake and Mickey Mantle, observed near the end of their lives that “if I had know I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” Whoever called the later years of life “the golden years” had a sick sense of humor. Cancer ate away [...]
Suited to the occasion
Want to get a lot of stares and draw more than a few comments in Floyd? Wear a suit. I showed up in a suit and tie for breakfast with friends at Blue Ridge Restaurant Monday morning and the commentary on my unusual appearance ran nonstop for more than an hour. “Job interview?” Nah. “Funeral?” [...]
As you bike it
The Village Green space occupied by Blue Ridge Muse is no longer vacant. New River Trail Outfitters bike shop of Galax opened a Floyd location last week in the corner location of the retail and business complex on East Main Street. When you’re in Floyd, stop in and give them a visit. We wish them [...]
Here we go again
Another Spring, another routine of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, another losing battle with the 450 feet of incline hell called our driveway. The winter that wouldn’t end did significant damage to the driveway and it took a lot of work and care with a box grader to bring it back but this week’s hard rains [...]
They did not come, they did not see, they did not conquer
Suppose they held a democracy and nobody came? Exactly 11 people appeared Wednesday night for a public hearing on the new budget and property tax rate for Floyd County and one of those 11 was actually from Christiansburg, not Floyd County. Of those 11, five spoke (including the Christiansburg resident): Two to ask the board [...]
Sound off on county budget and taxes Wednesday night
Have an opinion on the new county budget and tax rates? You can give the Floyd County Board of Supervisors a piece of your mind Wednesday at 7 p.m. at a public hearing at the County Administration Building on Oxford Street. County Administrator Dan Campbell will outline the budget for the next fiscal year (which [...]