Meadowbrook Center 5th Anniversary Open House is April 13

On April 13, 2007, former Gov. Mark Warner helped cut the ribbon to open The Meadowbrook Center.

This April 13, we’ll celebrate the 5th anniversary of the dedication with an Open House.

Stop by after work from 5-7 p.m. and enjoy dinner ($6/plate) by Mountain Valley Charitable Foundation, featuring grilled-up burgers and hotdogs using beef and sausages from Shawsville’s Leaping Waters Farm.

These Meadowbrook tenants will have special offers and discounts:

• New River Gourmet: 10% discount on store items.
• Professional Therapies, Inc.: Prizes from the physical therapy clinic.
• Holodec Office Systems: $10 off tax preparation.
• Ini’s Massage: Free chair massage; coupon for one-hour table massages.
• Waldron Family YMCA: Joining promotion: “Sign up today, don’t pay til May.”
• George Gray Gallery: “Minds Wide Open” exhibit of watercolors by Shawsville Middle School students.
• Mountain View Alternative Healing: Free chair REIKI and 20% off any services plus drawing for a $50 gas card.
• Meadowbrook Quilters: Free quilted coasters.
• Meadowbrook Public Library: Stay open late and desserts.

PLUS a raffle of great Meadowbrook prizes: 2 tickets to ShawsVegas Casino Night (April 21), art by EastMont Arts Association members, New River Gourmet treat, Meadowbrook Library gift bag, Meadowbrook Quilters coasters, signed copy of Dr. George R. Smith, Jr’s, Mind Over Fatter, and more!

New after school program at Waldron Y

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Mission Possible After School Program
WALDRON FAMILY Y

When kids experience YMCA programs, they experience something new every day. Like the power of a positive mentor, the confidence that comes with trying and succeeding, and the importance of healthy, lasting friendships.

Of course, they don’t know this. They just think they’re having a whole lot of fun!

DATES & TIMES

Session I: March 26—April 26, 2012

Session II: April 30—May 24, 2012

Monday-Thursday (early release and school holidays excluded); transportation will be provided from Eastern Montgomery Elementary School to the Y by MCPS.

HOW TO REGISTER

Visit www.vtymca.org/waldron or call the Waldron Family Y at (540) 268-1623 to have a complete registration packet mailed to your home. Please return all completed paperwork to the Y by Friday, March 23.

There is a $20 registration fee per child; participants may participate in one or both sessions. Financial assistance is available for families in need.

This program has been made possible with funding from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; future after school initiatives may have additional fees associated with participation.

Deal yourself in to ShawsVegas Casino Night

ShawsVegas Casino Night

April 21, 6 pm

The Meadowbrook Center

Deal yourself in by registering online here.

MORE ACTION! Win $10,000 in Putting Contest

MORE AUCTION PRIZES! Weekend at Smith Mountain Lake home

MORE FUN! Win .5-carat diamond in champagne glass from Kent Jewelers

PLUS! Best Casino Costume Contest, Blackjack, Poker, Craps, Roulette, Horse-Racing

And introducing David and Allison Dunkenberger’s Firefly Hill Vineyard wines!

Support Mountain Valley Charitable Foundation’s mission: “Providing opportunity and empowering community for eastern Montgomery County to be the best it can be.”

Tickets can also be purchased at the Waldron Family YMCA, 540.268.1623.

Click here to download flier and registration.

Thanks to all of our sponsors!

Casino Night Blue Chip Sponsors (to date)

Partners in Financial Planning, LLC (James E. Pearman, Jr.)

Karen Waldron & Shawn Ricci

Dr. and Mrs. George R. Smith, Jr.

Shawsville Pharmacy (Scott Fauber)

 

Casino Night Red Chip Sponsors (to date)

Adam’s Construction

Tom and Paula Alston

Carilion Clinic Shawsville

Childress Insurance Agency

Mike Cronin

Tom and Rebecca Dunkenberger

Dunkenberger-Waskey Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Ray and Mary Epperly

Lavery’s Sod Farm

Dale Mull

Orange Market Hanging Rock

Mark and Kimberly Rosso

Ellen and David Ryan

Sisson & Ryan Quarries, LLC

George and Melinda Smith

Clarence and Ora Taylor

Tina Smith

Spencer and Dayle Winfrey

Macon and Candace Sammons

Cece Bell and Tom Angleberger

Harvey and Marie Goodwin

Hall’s Construction, Corp.

Gail Shuster

 

Remembering M.L. “Pug” Wells

It is with great sadness to announce the death of our long-time fire chief, committed community volunteer and friend Malvin L. “Pug” Wells, who passed away this morning.

Here is the news release from Montgomery County.

Pug was the last active charter member of the Elliston Volunteer Fire Department.

For 48 years he served as chief of the department.  At 79 years old, he stepped down as chief in January but still answered emergency calls.

His legacy in eastern Montgomery County was featured just last month in a wonderful remembrance in The Roanoke Times. But his volunteer service extended throughout Montgomery County and beyond.

• Montgomery County Planning Commission, former chairman
• Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Association
• Montgomery-Blacksburg Local Emergency Planning Committee
• Montgomery County Transportation Safety Commission
• Montgomery County Towing Advisory Commission
• New River Valley Water Rescue and Recovery Committee
• Virginia Fire Service Council
• Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Advisory Board

In 2007, Pug received the Cupp/Teel Rotary Club of Blacksburg’s Citizen of the Year (click here for article).

Closer to his Lafayette home, Pug served on the Lafayette United Methodist Church administrative board, Village of Elliston civic organization, and lent his strong voice to The Redeemers Gospel Quartet.

As much as his physical presence will be missed in our community, it is his inner character — always calm, always assured, always dignified — that will be most irreplaceable.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Mary Lee, his wife of 62 years; his four children and extended family; the volunteer firefighters with whom he served for 58 years; and all whose lives were touched by this special man.

Vote all things “EastMont” in Roanoke Times’ Best of the NRV poll

Those who live here already know that eastern Montgomery County is the best place to live in the New River Valley.

Let’s make sure the New River Valley knows it, too.

The Roanoke Times‘ 7th annual “Best of the New River Valley” survey is now underway through March 11.

Click here to vote!

Meadowbrook in March: Spring Fashion Show, Astronomy, Black Light Zumba

Spring Fashion Show is March 10

Enjoy a scrumptious lunch and preview spring fashions from Ponnie’s Boutique on Saturday, March 10, at 12:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20/person, which includes:

• Lunch
• Fashion show
• 10% discount coupon to Ponnie’s Boutique
• $5 coupon to Meadowbrook Café.

Buy your ticket at the Waldron Family YMCA or call 268.1623.

Proceeds benefit Mountain Valley Charitable Foundation: “Providing opportunity and empowering community for eastern Montgomery to be the best it can be.”

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BLACK LIGHT ZUMBA is March 6

Groove under black light at Waldron Family Y’s first ever Black Light Zumba on March 6 at 7 pm.  Call the Y to register: 540.268.1623

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HAVE YOU SEEN THE STARS TONIGHT?

Meadowbrook Public Library invites you to see the stars March 7 at 6:30 p.m.

Jack Brockway from Radford University’s Selu Observatory will give a presentation and offer a tour of the galaxy through telescopes.