Thursday, November 10th, 2016
Bobbie Shaver stepped into her entrepreneurial role just over a year ago, dedicated from day one to providing excellence in customer service. “My mission statement is: ‘Provide exceptional customer service to every customer every day!’” she says. “I want each person in my cell phone accessories store to feel valued and appreciated every time they
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Thursday, November 10th, 2016
A couple decades ago, Mike Petersen was doing what many a good dad does ~ be involved with his then 8-year-old son, Shaun, and keep himself in good physical shape. Shaun wanted to try martial arts, so...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2016
We’ve all seen the Facebook posts and Pinterest pins where someone has taken an old dresser headed for curbside pickup and turned it into a stunning work of art. A coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, some...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2016
By Mike Wade | Photo courtesy of David Epperley They are the Rodney Dangerfields of the sports world, constantly criticized and scorned by coaches, spectators and broadcasters alike – even when they’re right. Yet, it would be...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2016
Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper | Photos by Kristie Lea Photography Windy Hill GuitarWorks began in 1992 after Mike Mears took a trip on a whim to the Martin Guitar factory in Nazareth, Penn. It dawned...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2016
Born and raised in Northern California, I moved to Blacksburg four years ago when my husband entered a doctorate program in chemistry at Virginia Tech. I had never traveled to Virginia, but found an easy connection with...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2016
Nathan Cooke was born and raised in the coal fields of West Virginia. He attended Concord College and West Virginia University with the dream of becoming a therapist, which he is, who helps children and families in...
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Monday, July 18th, 2016
Mark Henderson always knew he would eventually re-open the Montgomery County trout farm his grandfather once operated. He just didn’t expect it to happen so soon. “Yeah, I had planned to do this for my retirement,” Henderson...
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Monday, July 18th, 2016
“Necessity, who is the mother of invention,” is attributed to the Greek author and philosopher Plato a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g time ago, 427 BC – 347 BC. His words have proven true myriad times over, and Daryl Alderman...
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Monday, May 16th, 2016
Born and raised in Christiansburg, Jennifer Poff Cooper graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in marketing, married an Alabama native she met in college and moved to Huntsville, Ala., for 16 years. After her grandfather and...
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