“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 of Pilot has invented a few little things as well as adapted in creative ways. The necessity was protection for his bee hives. “Skunks, foxes and bears love honey,” he explains. “The skunks and foxes scratch at the hives, making the bees mad …
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From a non-descript, standard issue, rectangular, red brick ranch on recently developed farm property [in 1972] with views for miles in nearly every direction to an idyllic sanctuary amidst towering white pines …
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Even if you don’t consider yourself a college football fan, you’ve probably heard that Virginia Tech will play the University of Tennessee this fall in a game that has been years in …
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Helpful. Loyal. Brave. These are three of the twelve core values that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) strive to possess. If you ever get the chance to check out the BSA …
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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 …
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Shannon Ainsley and her family moved from the beaches of Pensacola, Fla., to Pulaski County almost a decade ago, and they are staying. They have as many kids (3) as dogs (3), …
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Text by Emily Kathleen Alberts | Photos Courtesy of Beth Sanborn Newman She didn’t want to find out the sex of her baby in advance, so during her final months of …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper | Photo courtesy of The Artful Place: A Fine Studio Art lessons for the masses are all the rage. Participants do not have to be …
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Text by Kelsey Foster | Photos by Nathan Cooke Giles County has a long, somewhat divisive relationship with alcohol. Because mixed-alcohol beverages are illegal in the county, one local legislator passed …
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Text by Emily Kathleen Alberts Photos by Always and Forever Photography Quilts are becoming to barns what rocking chairs are to porches, and the earliest versions of barn quilts dates back …