Virginia TOWN SOUARE Wednesday, THE October ROANOKE 25, TIMES 2006 In-law was senator says PHOENIX Sen. John McCain's mother-in-law died Sunday morning following a long illness. Marguerite Hensley passed away peacefully with her daughter and McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, at her side, said McCain spokeswoman Melissa Shuffield. "She was a wonderful woman who played such an important role within our family, and always demonstrated her unending support, love and wit," McCain said in a press release. Hensley was the wife of James Hensley, founder of Hensley Company, the Phoenix area Anheuser-Busch distributor.
James Hensley died in June 2000. Because of Hensley's illness, McCain canceled a luncheon in Rochester, N.Y., for Republican Rep. Thomas Reynolds. Shuffield said it was too early to tell if McCain would cancel more events in the upcoming week. Associated Press 2 men arrested and charged in shooting Roanoke police have arrested two 18-year-old Roanoke men in connection with a shooting Thursday morning in the 1400 block of Melrose Avenue Northwest.
Authorities arrested David Desha Calloway on Friday and Israel Antonio Cunningham on Monday. Both are charged with malicious wounding in the shooting of Carlos Eugene Smith, 36, of Roanoke, police said. Smith was treated at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and released. Reed Williams New River Valley News 'Pumpkinfest' promises to squash autumn gloom Kabocha, cushaw and carnival there's more to winter squash than the run-of-the-mill pumpkin. Although Blacksburg Farmers Market organizers are calling Saturday's winter squash celebration "Pumpkinfest," all kinds of exotic fruits will be on sale there from 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Buy lots, because one of the virtues that endeared winter squash to hungry people for the past 12,000 years is its long shelf life. If stored properly, hard-skinned squashes can keep for up to six months. Radford trying to decide which school goes first With Radford City Council's approval of $14.5 million for the first of two planned new elementary schools, city officials are turning to the questions of which of two aging facilities to replace first and where to build the new school. Schools Superintendent Chuck Bishop declined to say what property is being investigated, but said that the new piece of land would "serve as a nice gateway to the city, and allow us to move one school that is currently located in the midst of a housing development." roanoke.com FOR FULL VERSIONS OF THESE STORIES GO ONLINE: roanoke.com/news/nrv Weather Journal Upslope effect makes snow totals pile up Canaan Valley, W.Va., didn't get much snow in the winter of 1948-49.
That year, Canaan Valley got a mere 66 inches. Roanoke had its biggest snow year on record in 1959-60, just a hair short of 63 inches. Certainly, Canaan Valley's more northerly location and higher elevation (3,200 feet, compared to about 1,000 feet for the Roanoke Valley) play a role in its higher seasonal snow totals, which range from 66 to nearly 260 inches. But many locations even farther north Kevin Myatt get much less snow, kevin.myatt and similar tions in Virginia get 981-3447 much less snow. One factor plays the biggest role of all in much higher snow totals in parts of eastern West Virginia compared to most of western Virginia: Upslope snow events.
The upslope snow season has begun, as widespread snow showers developed Monday morning across parts of West Virginia, becoming more widespread and spilling over into Virginia on Monday night and Tuesday morning. You may have seen a few flakes flying through the air under the lights last night or even on your way to work and school this morning. As late fall progresses into winter, it will seem that almost every time it is near or below freezing and a northwest wind is blowing, places like Bluefield and Beckley, W.Va., report snow, while much less or none at all falls to the east along the Interstate 81 corridor in Virginia. As winds blow upslope, whatever moisture is present near the surface is lifted. That moisture condenses as it cools and becomes bunched together Seasonal snowfall Comparison of seasonal snowfall in inches between Roanoke and Canaan Valley, W.Va.
Roanoke Canaan Valley, W.Va. Canaan 1948-49 10.6 66.0* Valley 1959-60 62.7** 211.0 1972-73 2.3* 78.0 WEST 1995-96 56.0 259.2** VIRGINIA VIRGINIA 2005-06 10.0 169.7 Roanoke Annual avg. 22.7# 138.5## Least seasonal snow on record. Most seasonal snow on record. Roanoke Regional Airport, 1948-96, 2004-06.
Period of record 1944-2006. SOURCES: National Weather Service, Southeast Regional Climate Center with additional moisture. Low clouds there is 6 feet of natural snow even in form near or just above ridgetop level, a down year than it is somewhere like and precipitation begins falling. Wintergreen in Virginia, which, despite The Appalachian Mountains are being at a similar elevation, might only situated southwest to northeast, which get 1 foot or less of natural snow in a means they are perpendicular to the warm season. northwest winds that follow Canadian West Virginia's upslope effects are and Arctic cold fronts in winter.
These enhanced by the Great Lakes, which can cold northwest winds hit this barrier supply abundant moisture on northwest and are lifted upward. winds. In a sense, the upslope effects in The precipitation is heaviest and West Virginia are an extension of the most widespread closer to the area "lake-effect snow" that is a wonder and where it first lifts, so regions of West menace for cities in certain corridors Virginia are primed to get blasted with along the Great Lakes. the heaviest snow. By the time the But farther east here in Virginia, we clouds blow as far east as Roanoke, usually have to depend on the Gulf of most of the moisture has been wrung Mexico and the Atlantic to supply most out in the higher elevations to the west, of our moisture for snow.
and we're usually left with flurries at Getting these warm moisture sources best. to time just right with air cold enough to Downslope effects also begin tak- produce snow, and with a thickness of ing over as the winds dip into the cold air to preclude sleet or ice, is much Shenandoah and Roanoke valleys, and trickier than just getting some alreadyeven more so east of the Blue Ridge cold northwest winds to sweep moisentering the Piedmont. Downslope ture off the already-cold Great Lakes effects are the opposite of upslope: The up an already-cold mountain slope. air dries out and warms slightly. And, most of the time, when we get Places like Canaan Valley and Snow- our bigger snows from the Gulf and shoe in West Virginia reap big benefits Atlantic storms, the places that typioff upslope snow.
Keeping a ski season cally get upslope snow get even more going is much less of a challenge where snow than we do. (roanoke.com See the latest tidbits on weather, locally and nationally, on Kevin Myatt's Weather Journal blog at blogs blogs.roanoke.com/weatherjournal/ found after two for a day hike of the Subway, a narrow chasm in the park's Kolob Terrace section, officials said. Gerhardt, 55, was spotted about 8 p.m. Monday when a rescue crew from Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base noticed his light. He was raised by winch into a helicopter, taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center in St.
George and Virginia Department WOOT of Transportation Outreach Meetings In 2004, the Commonwealth Transportation Board adopted a new policy for integrating bicycle and pedestrian accommodations into transportation improvement projects undertaken by the Virginia Department of Transportation. VDOT will hold four informal meetings to provide information about this bicycle and pedestrian policy. Questions about the meetings can be directed to Michael Gray at (540) 375-3565. At these meetings, VDOT representatives will Provide information on the policy Accept input on the policy's implementation Review local projects with facilities Discuss how projects are identified and implemented Allow for questions and discussion The meetings will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at these locations: Salem Monday, Oct. 30 VDOT Salem District Office, 731 Harrison Avenue Forest Wednesday, Nov. 1 Forest Recreation Center, 1088 Rustic Village Rd. Rocky Mount Thursday, Nov. 2 Workforce Development Consortium, 70 Wray St.
Christiansburg Thursday, Nov. 9 Montgomery Co. Government Center, 755 Roanoke St. VDOT ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For information, call (540) 387-5391 or TDD 711.
SALT LAKE CITY A hiker missing in southern Utah's Zion National Park was found on the third night when searchers saw his flashing headlamp. Tom Gerhardt of Chesapeake, had separated his shoulder after falling on steep terrain. He left his car Saturday released the same night, said Ron Terry, a ranger at Zion National Park. Gerhardt had enough food and water to survive three days. He was wearing shorts and light clothing, but used garbage bags to keep warm at night, Terry said.
Gerhardt never made it into the Subway. He took a wrong turn into rough ter- nights in Utah's Zion rain above Wildcat Canyon, then slipped and rolled about 100 feet while trying to descend. He stayed put because of his injury, which made finding him easier, rangers said. Park officials believe Gerhardt drove to Las Vegas on Tuesday for a flight back to Virginia. He couldn't be located by The Associated Press.
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payment must be received by THE ROANOKE TIMES November 1, 2006. roanoke.com 7-foot Shag in play for p*rn raid gone awry But the Miami Heat star denies participating in the botched search warrant execution. Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. Sha- Va. hiker Associated Press quille O'Neal was present during a botched child p*rnography raid last month while working in Virginia as a reserve sheriff's deputy.
The Miami Heat center, who pursues his interest in law enforcement during the offseason, denied Tuesday taking part in serving the search warrant at the wrong house Sept. 23. However, Bedford County Sheriff's Lt. Michael Harmony confirmed to The Associated Press that O'Neal was there. O'Neal, in Orlando to play a preseason game Tuesday, was asked about the raid and several times somewhat playfully responded, "It wasn't me." The 13-time All-Star has expressed an interest in becoming a Bedford deputy or sheriff somewhere else after his NBA career ends.
He also works as a firearms-certified reserve police officer in Miami Beach. "Of course, being sheriff is a seasoned political position, so we're not going to be out there knocking down the wrong doors," he said. "We just have to do the right thing." A.J. Nuckols, who said his family has filed formal complaints, wrote in a letter published in the Chatham Star-Tribune that the raid at his Gretna, home "scared beyond description" him and his family. He described being "held at gunpoint, taunted and led into the house," and said the home was ransacked by a "paramilitary search-and-seizure team" that took computers, cameras, DVDs and VHS tapes.
"Men ran at me, dropped into shooting position, double-handed semiautomatic pistols pointed at me, and made me put my hands against my truck," Nuckols wrote. Nuckols also said in a telephone interview that he heard O'Neal was at his home, but didn't specifically see the 7- foot-1, 325-pound All-Star in all the commotion. It wasn't until later authorities realized they had been given the wrong IP address, which Internet service providers can use to identify users, leading them to the wrong physical address, Harmony said. It was the Internet company's mistake, he said. Harmony said the sheriff's office apologized, but Nuckols mischaracterized the incident.
Harmony said officers were wearing bulletproof vests and may have been in dark or camouflaged clothing, but were not carrying assault rifles or wearing helmets. "The sheriff's department does regret that Mr. Nuckols and his family had to go through this, however we were operating under the scope of what we were supposed to do," he said. He said officers had to secure the house to ensure their own safety. Harmony also said the sheriff's office conducted a successful search on the correct home Friday, finding child p*rnography and securing a statement from a man admitting he knowingly distributed it.
Nuckols said he has filed formal complaints with the Bedford and Pittsylvania sheriff's offices, who conducted the raid with members of child sex-crime unit Operation Blue Ridge Thunder. The Bedford Sheriff's Office enlisted O'Neal to be the spokesman and public face of its anti-child p*rnography and child predator campaign, making him a deputy last year. Harmony said O'Neal had been on search warrant executions before..
