Thursday, November 14th, 2013
Dave Scarrette, the New River Valley entrepreneur who owns Radford Plaza Cinema aka Scarrette’s Movie Theatre or Plaza Cinema in Radford, loves his job. “They say to stop and smell the roses,” he laughs, “but I say stop and smell the popcorn.” Loving something doesn’t mean counting on it for income is necessarily appropriate. Jim
Friday, September 20th, 2013
If you were in Richmond around 1990-92, you would have seen him on WWBT television news. In Austin, Texas, a couple years later. Then Cleveland, Ohio. If you watched any of the controversy over the 5-year-old Cuban...
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
Reagan Miles was 9 years old when her family rescued two horses from a neighboring county. There’s no need to describe their condition ~ the main point is that it had a huge impact on her young...
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Jan and Ranae Gillie started their vegetarian restaurant on the popular Draper and College corner in Blacksburg in 1974. The building was originally a mill, then an appliance store, then a jewelry shop. When their sons Noah...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
From the dreams of a nine-year-old girl sewing clothes for her Barbie dolls and lingering around her grandmother’s upholstery business to a bona fide fashion designer competing with the best in the region to have her clothes...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
This question has been the main impetus for Matt Hudson’s cooking much of his kitchen life. He doesn’t think he’s really invented anything new, saying “People have combined all sorts of basic ingredients in a pan. I...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
For some, designing and building a house is something to aspire to in the future, as it requires a lot of time, money and planning. For Matthew Kesler, building his own home was something he accomplished on...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
• Committed, highly trained, and engaging staff – including a director who speaks Mandarin Chinese. • Creative, fun and enriching activities – including dramatic performances, musical education and even help with homework. • Plenty of outdoors time...
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Some occupations have peculiar hazards, and Rudi Woykowski definitely works in one peculiar hazard business. His job involves removing animals from places where they’re not wanted ~ typically, from inside a human’s home. He doesn’t consider handling...
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
“Someone like you makes it all worthwhile,” explains the song that played while Aly and Luke Hilton took to the dance floor as husband and wife. What better words to capture the feelings of newlyweds after a...