Karen Cronin Memorial Garden Dedication

For those of you who couldn’t attend Sunday’s dedication of the Karen Cronin Memorial Garden at the Meadowbrook Public Library, we invite you to view our video of the beautiful event.

 

The Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Foundation has created a fund to help maintain the garden for years to come. Tax-deductible contributions can be made to:

MFRL Foundation

125 Sheltman Street

Christiansburg, VA  24073

Get Spooked at the Waldron Y Haunted House

As if the basement of an old nursing home isn’t scary enough, the Waldron Family Y is conjuring all sorts of fiends for its Haunted House on Oct. 28-29.

Click here for the invitation.

From 6-10 p.m. each night, the Y invites all who dare to its Haunted House: $3/person for Y members; $5 for non-members.

On Saturday, Oct. 29, the festivities will feature a Halloween Carnival that includes food, game tickets and more: $8/person for Y members; $10 for non-members.

All proceeds benefit the Waldron Y. Call 268.1623 for more info or email us.

New twists for Meadowbroo​k Open, Oct. 23

We head across the highway for the flatland along the South Fork of the Roanoke River for this year’s Meadowbrook Open at the Madison Marye “Country” Club.

Click here to register today!

A few new wrinkles:

• To thwart the traditional tournament powerhouses, we offer chances to “sabotage” other teams.
• And to thwart the sabotagers, teams can buy “insurance” to salvage their score.
• The tournament will also offer a closest-to-the-hole prize and a most holes-in-one prize (the holes are 3 feet wide, after all).

While the tournament is designed for all to have a fun time, the real winners are the Meadowbrook Center and Mountain Valley Charitable Foundation, which provides opportunity and empowers community for eastern Montgomery County to be the best it can be.

Registration fees are $60/player ($50 of which is tax-deductible) and includes a delicious BBQ dinner at The Meadowbrook Center.

Register online or contact 540.556.2879.

Thanks to this year’s sponsors!

Tournament Sponsors ($1,000)
Partners in Financial Planning
Karen Waldron & Shawn Ricci
Dr. and Mrs. George R. Smith, Jr.
Shawsville Pharmacy

Hole Sponsors ($250)
Lavery’s Sod Farm
Mike Cronin
Clarence and Ora Taylor
Carilion Clinic – Shawsville
Sisson & Ryan Quarries, LLC
Adams Construction Company
Cece Bell & Tom Angleberger
Ben and Lauren Tate
Fran Richardson
Orange Market – Hanging Rock
Tom and Rebecca Dunkenberger
Ray and Mary Epperly
David and Ellen Ryan
​Gay and Neel, Inc.
Tina Smith
The Rosso Family
Hall’s Construction
The Dunkenberger-Waskey Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Discover Martial Arts now offered at Waldron Family YMCA

The Waldron Family YMCA is excited to offer “Discover Martial Arts” for adults and children.

Sign up for the 6-week class on either the Tuesday session or Thursday session that runs Nov. 1-Dec. 16, from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.

Rate: $25/Y member, $35/non-member. Add $15 for each additional family member.

In this 6-week introduction, you’ll explore the martial arts for the first time or train again if you have already had some martial arts training. Class will be based on the traditional Korean styles of Tae Kwon Do and Hap Ki Do and will include techniques from other martial arts styles as well.

During this session you will learn some of Tae Kwon Do’s blocks, strikes and kicks and well as some self-defense techniques that are unique to Hap Ki Do.

In order to fully enjoy the martial arts training and to properly perform many of the techniques, fitness training like stretching and strength related exercises will also be so part of each class. Additional training will include improving balance, self confidence and discipline. You can use these skills everyday and for the rest of your life. Classes will be open to all ages and skill levels.

Please wear loose fitting clothing for the classes.

Instructor Darnell Rutherford is a 1st degree Black Belt who has more than 25 years of martial arts experience. Mr. Rutherford has studied several styles of martial arts over the years and but always returns to his base art of Tae Kwon Do. Mr. Rutherford first studied judo while in High School and began training in Tae Kwon Do and Hap Ki Do while in college. Over the years Mr Rutherford has trained in several different styles of martial arts during his travels around the world.

Karen Cronin Memorial Garden dedication is Oct. 16

All are invited to the dedication of the Karen Cronin Memorial Garden at the Meadowbrook Library on Sunday, October 16, at 2 p.m.

Karen Cronin

There will be a reception following in the community room.

​Karen’s husband, Mike, has spent the last several weeks beautifying the garden with an abundance of butterfly bushes and other gorgeous plants.

The library has created a fund to ensure that the memorial garden is properly maintained for years to come. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to this fund, please make checks payable to:

Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Foundation (“MFRLF”)

125 Sheltman Street

Christiansburg, VA, 24073

Infrared Photography featured in new art exhibit

Repose: An Infrared Study is now being displayed in the George Gray Gallery at The Meadowbrook Center through November 11.

The exhibit by Sandra Clements is comprised of digital infrared photographs taken around the New River Valley with a few other areas thrown in.

A artist reception will be held next Sunday, Oct. 9, at 3 p.m.