IN A LITTLE BIT WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT VIRGINIA WINE.
THANK YO
>> LOVE IT.
>> THAT IS SO GOOD.
NATALIE, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS,
RUN OAK IS PRETTY COOL.
JUST YESTERDAY RUN OAK NATIVE
AND A WRITER WROTE ABOUT OUR
CITY IN AN ARTICLE TITLED THE
ROAD TO AMERICA'S NEXT COOLEST
CITY IS PAVED WITH BEER.
IN IT SHE DESCRIBES THE
NEW
TASTE ROOM AT STARR HILL,
MENTIONS THE 15 BREWERIES THAT
IT OPENED IN ROANOKE AND
COMPARES US TO OTHER CITIES
LIKE BROOKLYN , DENVER AND
PORTLAND.
ALL CITIES THE PEOPLE CALLED
COOL.
SHE ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE
VIRGINIA TECH KARELIAN SCHOOL
AMERICAN AND RESEARCH
INSTITUTE.THE GREENWAY ZOO,
APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND
BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE
TO GROW AND GROW AND NOT JUST
BY THE NUMBERS BUT OUR SENSE OF
COMMUNITY, WHICH I TOTALLY
AGREE WITH.AND OBVIOUSLY SHE
MENTIONS THE STREET PUB AND
TALKS ABOUT HOW IT IS NOT JUST
THE BEER THAT TURNS AROUND BUT
A DECENT TEST FOR A CITY THAT
IS TRULY INVESTING IN ITSELF
AND IN ITS GROWTH.
WANTING TO HAVE
MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE .
I TOTALLY AGREE.
>> GOTTA GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT
THEY WANT.
JUST WANT SOME BEER.
>> I FEEL THE SAME WAY BECAUSE
I'VE ONLY LIVED HERE FOR A YEAR
AND HALF AND I FEEL LIKE
ROANOKE HAS GROWSO MUCH.
>> SHE HAS MENTIONED IN THE
ARTICLE THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MY
HUSBAND AND I MOVED
IN 2005.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CITY , IF
YOU GO AROUND AND ASK PEOPLE
WHAT IS CALLED TO DO IN
ROANOKE
NOW VERSUS THEN .
>> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS YOU
CAN NAME.
>>
WE ASKED SOMEBODY , WHAT
RESTAURANTS DO YOU HAVE HERE
AND SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID WE HAVE
AN OUTBACK
.
AND I WAS LIKE YOU HAVE AN
OUTBACK?
THAT IS YOUR CLAIM TO FAME?
>>IT IS REALLY POPULAR.
IT IS ALWAYS PACKED.
>> ALL THE RESTAURANTS THEY
COULD A NAME BACK THEN.
NOW TODAY IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY
THEY WOULD RATTLE OFF.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
BALLAST POINT OUT THERE FOR THE
FIRST TIME CHECKING THAT OUT.
IT IS EXPLODED HERE IN RUN IT.
REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF.
>> I AM REALLY ENJOYING SEEING
IT GROW, I HAD A FRIEND WHO
TEXTED ME AND SAID I HAVE
FRIENDS THAT HAVE KIDS IN TOWN
THIS WEEKEND, WHAT CAN THEY DO
AND I TEXTED HER AND I SENT HER
LIKE SEVEN TEXTS OF SO MANY
THINGS.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO
DO.
GOOD TIME TO BE LIVING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>> WE BEEN RUNNING THIS REALLY
COPROMOTION ALL WEEK TO HELP
PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE NEW
BLOCKBUSTER FILM SAME TIME A
DIFFERENT AS ME.
BASED ON A NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER.
>> THIS INSPIRING TRUE STORY
HITS THEATERS THIS FRIDAY WE
HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO SEE IF AND WHEN COOL
PRIZES.
>> ONE LUCKY VIEWER IS GOING TO
WALK AWAY WITH NOT ONE BUT TWO
$100 GIFT CARDS
.
ONE IS FOR YOU TO ENJOY AND THE
OTHER ONE IS TO BE USED TO HELP
SOMEONE ELSE.
PLUS, YOU GET A FANDANGO GIFT
CERTIFICATE TO SEE THE SAME
KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME IN
THEATERS.
>> 10 SECOND PLACE WINNERS WILL
ALSO
GET A COPY OF THE BOOK THAT
ASPIRES THE MOVIE AND FANDANGO
GIFT CARDS FOR YOU TO CATCH THE
MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN .
>> TO ENTER HEAD OVER TO OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE, FIND THE CONTEST
POST, AND COMMENT TELLING US A
STORY OF WHEN SOMEONE DID
SOMETHING SELFLESS FOR YOU OR A
TIME YOU DID SOMETHING SELFLESS
FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
>> THE CONTEST IS ALREADY
STARTED.
WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME TOUCHING
ENTRIES SO FAR.
KAREN COMMENTED WITH HER STORY
SAYING THAT BACK IN THE 80S SHE
AND HER FRIENDS WERE DRIVING TO
NORTH CAROLINA WHEN
THEIR CAR
BROKE DOWN WITH A BLOWN TIRE .
THE RESTORATIVE FOR 45 MINUTES
UNTIL FINALLY A SWEET
ELDERLY
COUPLE STOPPED AND TOOK THE
FLAT TIRE OFF , TOOK THE GIRLS
TO THE REPAIR SHOP GOT
EVERYTHING FIXED AND SPENT AN
HOUR OF THEIR TIME DOING THIS,
TOOK MONEY NO MONEY IN RETURN.
NOW SHE TRIES TO DO THE SAME IF
SHE SEES SOMEONE STRANDED.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> THINGS LIKE THIS AND YOU
WERE LIKE HUMANITY.
THANK
YOU.
THE CONTEST RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING SO MAKE SURE YOU ENTER
.
WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN READING
ALL THESE INTEREST.
FOR ALL THE CONTEST
RULES VISIT
WSLS.COM/CONTEST.
>> MY HUSBAND AND I WENT ON A
HIKE .
WE JUST MOVED HERE IN 2005 AND
SOMEBODY SAID YOU NEED TO CHECK
OUT THIS HIKE.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT
WAS, BUT WE WENT AND WE GOT
LOST.
TERRIBLY LOST.
I WAS THINKINGWHERE AND MINE.
WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE WOODS
AND I HEAR SOMETHING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WATER AND SO I
WAS GOING TOWARDS IT AND IT WAS
ACTUALLY A ROAD.
WE HAD NO CLUE WHERE WE WERE.
WE FOUND IT.
I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER DO
IT.
IT STARTED TO GET DARKAND MY
HUSBAND WAS LIKE WE ARE GOING
HAVE TO THUMB IT.
THIS WOMAN STOPPED AND SAID LET
ME GO AND GET MY TRUCK BECAUSE
WE HAVE THE DOG.
WITHOUT SHE'S GONE, SHE'S NOT
GOING TO COME BACK.SHE CAME
BACK FOR US AND WE HOPPED IN
THE BED OF HER TRUCK AND SHE
TOOK US AND IT WAS A LONG WAY
TO GET OUR CAR.
WE WERE LOST.IF IT WASN'T FOR
THAT WOMAN WHO STOPPED , WE
WOULD STILL BE OUT THERE.
THANK GOODNESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS BUT I
WILL NEVER FORGET HE
>>> IT IS MIDWEEK.
TIME TO START PLANNING FOR THE
WEEKEND >> HERE ARE A FEW OF
THE EVENTS HAPPENING IN OUR
AREA FROM OUR FRIENDS AT CITY
MAGAZINE.
FIRST UP ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
BE SURE TO CHECK OUTBEER FEST
2017.
THIS IS THE MADISON SOCIETIES
ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE WITH THIS
YEARS THEME, HOUSE OF TORMENT.
ALL WILL ENTER, IF YOU WILL
LEAVE.
FIVE DOLLARS AT THE DOOR.
THIS BOOK AND THRILLED TO BE
FOUND TO ANDERSON HALL VIRGINIA
WEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
GET ALL THE DETAILS ON
FACEBOOK.
>> WILL NOT LATER CONSERVATORY
IS PUTTING ON WASHINGTON URBAN
CLASSIC STORY, THE LEGEND OF
SLEEPY HOLLOW.
THE SHOW STARTS SATURDAY AND
RUNS THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
THIS INVENTIVE AND THEATRICAL
RETELLING OF THE CLASSIC YOU
WILL FIND CHILDREN IN THE ATTIC
TELLING SPOOKY STORIES.
WHEN THE KIDS FIND A COPY OF
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
THEY DECIDE TO ACT IT OUT USING
ONLY THINGS FOUND IN THE ATTIC.
THE SHOW IS PERFECT FOR
HALLOWEEN FUN FOR THE WHOLE
FAMILY PERFORMED ON THE WALDRON
STAGE.
ALL TICKETS ARE PAY WHAT YOU
CAN AND AVAILABLE FOR EACH
PERFORMANCE.
FIND MORE INFORMATION AT
WWW.MELLEMEL.ORG.
>> THE RUN OAKS PARKS AND
RECREATION IS HOSTING A PUMPKIN
PAINTING PARTY.
DECORATED PUMPKIN THAT ANY GOAL
OR GOBLIN WOULD BE JEALOUS OF.
USE ONE OF THE FUN PUMPKIN
TEMPLATES OR USE YOUR
IMAGINATION TO CREATE A
ONE-OF-A-KIND DESIGN .
THIS IS FOR AGES 12 AND UNDER.
FOR TICKETS AND MORE
INFORMATION VISIT PLAY RUN
OAKS.
>> ON SATURDAY CHECK OUT THE
GRANTED VILLAGES HARVEST DAYS