Seven blunders of the
world that lead to
violence:
wealth without
work
pleasure without
conscience
knowledge without
character
commerce without
morality
science without
humanity
worship without
sacrifice
politics without
principle
-
Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948)
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you have a
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to share with
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Do you
want to know
what bugs
or
bemuses
others?
Got an opinion
about
something
happening in
the world
around you?
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send your
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"Will our
Chamber of
Commerce or
Merchants
Associations
please realize
the need to
preserve and
prevent from
developing-over
the rural
character of
Floyd County is
the only way to
encourage
tourism interest
& income to
Floyd?"..
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"Floyd
Watchman"
If You Love Children, Love the Ones That Are Already
Here, Too.
Please Become
Adoptive or
Foster
Parents.
ADOPTIVE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP:
You May
contact DePaul
Family
Services,
Christiansburg,
to learn of
their
scheduled
Informational
discussions
about
formation of
new support
groups for
adoptive
families.
It's
To Us!
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Public Opinion
STOP ILLEGAL ATV USE!!
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Get Fit
without
Joining a Gym
It's
my opinion and
in my
experience, if
you are
seeking to
improve your
fitness level
or lose
weight, so
much of that
can be done
with a much
smaller
investment in
just a few
items to
create your
own home gym
that suits
your specific
physical
needs.
Also consider
daily walking
of ten minutes
or more,
practicing
yoga and stretching
(stretching
properly is
most important
before and
after
exercising),
get a friend
or your spouse
or kid
involved to
have a nearby
work-out
buddy, drink
lots of your
own good Floyd
County water
and stop
stuffing your
face with junk
foods and just
plain get off
your butt more
often. Use a
push mower
sometimes
instead of
that riding
mower.
Most people do
not utilize
fitness center
memberships
beyond a
limited degree
and end up
wasting their
money.
Do it at home!
Above all and
first of all,
make certain
you are
healthy enough
to undertake
any new
fitness
related
activity.
Check with
your doctor
first!!
- Michelle
Hussong
We don't have
any connection
to or with the
following,
these links
are offered as
examples of
what you can
find to help
yourself on
the web; Here
are a few
links to help
you Do It At
Home!: Home
Fitness Fitness Home-Workout
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Floyd activities:
**************** FLOYD HARVEST FESTIVAL & COUNTY FAIR HAS DISSOLVED AND WILL NO LONGER BE A FLOYD COUNTY EVENT.
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Despite false and incorrect rumors that circulated social media in past weeks, The Republic of Floyd IS now re-opened Wednesday thru Monday.
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The Floyd Artisan Trail
June Tour is a 3-day tour
featuring over 45 sites across Floyd County area with activities at
artisan home studios; galleries and shops; farms and farm markets; and
restaurant and lodging sites.
www.floydartisantrail.org
Event Start Date: June 14, 2013
Event End Date: June 16, 2013
for more visir website or call:
540-745-7333
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Floyd Country Store
The Floyd Radio Show
TBA
Public welcome. Tickets Necessary.
$10.00 individual shows
available online at
www.FloydCountryStore.com,
Phone 540-745-4563 or
at the Store.
Floyd Country Store,
206 South Locust Street,
downtown Floyd, VA
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Sunday Old Time & Bluegrass Jams
Every Sunday
Public welcome.Free Admission
206 South Locust Street,downtown Floyd,VA
*********Floyd Contra Dance*********
Contra dances are held in Floyd every second Saturday, Sept. through
June. Arrive early for a beginner lesson at 7:35. Singles
and beginners welcome. $8.00 dancers; $6.50 student ID; $5.00
listeners. Dogtown Roadhouse at the Sun Music Hall, 302 South
Locust St. Floyd. Sponsored by Blue Ridge Country
Dancers.
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FCIV Events Calendar for music
events/theatre/art shows/museum
exhibits
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The Floyd Radio Show
Public welcome. Tickets Necessary.$10.00 individual
shows available online at
www.FloydCountryStore.com,
540-745-4563 or at the Store.
Floyd Country Store, 206 South Locust Street,
downtown Floyd, VA
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The Floyd Country Store,home of
the Friday Night Jamboree,
has been an important part of
the Floyd community for a
century now.
This historical landmark is a
destination along "The Crooked
Road",Virginia's
Music heritage trail,and
continues to be the meeting
place for traditional
musicians from the area.
The Floyd Country Store,home of
the Friday Night Jamboree,
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Meetup groups
are a growing trend of
people organizing
themselves into groups
with common interests
with the mission to
revitalize local
community.
They believe
that people can change
their personal world,
or the whole world, by
organizing themselves
into groups that are
powerful enough to
make a difference.
Recently a new spin on
the idea, called
Meetup 2.0,has begun
with the focus on
digital and social
media. John Lusher
and Patsy Stewart
started this group in
2008.
Many members (64
via the Linkedln group
and 128 likes on
Facebook) choose to
meet face to face in
Roanoke every Thursday
to network with one
another as well as
discuss digital and
social media.
As this idea
continues to gain
ground, a Floyd Meetup
2.0 is set to begin
this month.
Floyd natives are
branching off from the
Roanoke group to start
a monthly meeting
every third Thursday
at Natasha's Cafe from
5 to 7 p.m.
"Life
should not be a
journey to the grave
with the intention of
arriving safely in a
pretty and well
preserved body, but
rather to skid in
broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn
out, and loudly
proclaiming, "WOW!
What a ride!"
O.Winston
Link Museum
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Upcoming events
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the Museum Store
www.linkmuseum.org
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O.
Winston Link
Museum
101 Shenandoah Ave
Roanoke, Virginia
24016
540-982-5465
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and upcoming music events in
our area at FCIV's MUSIC
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New Book available on
Floyd County
The Floyd County Historical Society is
releasing their book of vintage photos
of Floyd County's early history on
September 17. The Arcadia Publishing
Company published the 128 page book
featuring over 200 images and memories
of Floyd County from the 1830s to the
early 1960s. "Floyd County" included
pictures and captions of people, places,
farming, family, churches, schools,
business, industry, sports, recreation
and leisure.
Books will be sold at
the Floyd County Historical Society
Museum, 217 North Locust Street for
$23.00 including tax starting September
20. Museum is open Thursday,
Friday and Saturday noon until 5:00
p.m..
Friday, September 28th
at 7:00 p.m. the public is invited to a
reception at the Jessie Peterman Library
Community Room to introduce "Floyd
County". Books will be available and
there will be a pictorial review of the
pictures in the book along with
information on the writing of the
book. Appreciation is extended to
everyone involved for their interest and
sharing of photos to be representative
of all areas of Floyd County.
Rhonda Fleming Smith
Manager
Floyd County
Historical Society Museum
540-745-FCHS(3247)
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People's
efforts have bluebirds rallying
Submitted by:
Christine Boran, Woolwine, VA
Virginia Bluebird Society County
Coordinator, Floyd and Patrick
"The birds richly repay you for
the trouble you take in
attracting them and looking out
for their interests."
- Joseph H. Dodson, Your Bird
Friends and How to Win Them,1928
The Eastern Bluebird was one of
Virginia's most common songbirds
100 years ago, but their numbers
sharply declined through the
years in North America due to
harsh winters, urban sprawl,
lack of dead trees or snags, the
introduction of the invasive
non-native English House Sparrow
and the European Starling from
Europe, a decline in winter food
(native berries), pesticides and
herbicides, like glyphosate,
which can kill bluebirds very
quickly, and to predators.
Thanks to human conservation
efforts, such as establishing
and monitoring manmade bluebird
nestboxes using predator guards,
their numbers have increased in
the past decade.
Once a person sees a nesting
cycle and fledging of our local
bluebirds, it's easy to see how
much fun and satisfying it is to
help them succeed. Bluebirds
prefer semi-open grassland
habitat, such as mowed lawns or
meadows, orchards, cemeteries,
and roadsides with scattered
trees and short ground cover.
The male bluebird leaves mixed
flocks in February and begins
establishing his territory. In
March he is courting his mate,
shows her possible nest
locations, and she makes the
final decision where to build
the nest. In mid to late March,
the nest building begins and egg
laying and incubation takes
place. Virginia's Eastern
Bluebird has 2-3 broods per
season.
It is not recommended to
install a nestbox and to leave
it unattended and unmonitored as
too many things can go wrong for
bluebirds. Nestboxes should be
installed on poles with at least
one guard to deter ground
predators. Monitors clean out
boxes between each nesting to
make sure that non-native
English house sparrows do not
take over the boxes and to
remove old nesting material.
House sparrows and starlings are
prime reasons that bluebirds
numbers have decreased over the
years because these non-native
birds kill bluebirds and their
young and rob them of places to
nest in the wild. Monitoring
allows us to control sparrow use
of our nestboxes as well as
gather valuable data about the
activities of our native birds
and detect problems early and
provide a greater chance of
survival for bluebirds and other
protected cavity-nesting birds
such as the chickadee, titmouse,
nuthatch, tree swallow, and the
House wrens will stuff nestboxes
with sticks to the roof to
create dummy nests so that other
birds cannot use the nestbox.
Monitors also look for signs of
ants, blowflies, and wasps that
deter and kill birds using the
nestboxes and administers
remedies to discourage them. The
use of predator guards minimize
the chance that snakes,
squirrels, raccoons, large
birds, mice, and feral cats that
prey on the eggs and nestlings.
(Christine Boran is a volunteer
for the non-profit Virginia
Bluebird Society (VBS) as County
Coordinator for Patrick and
Floyd Counties. Christine
established the Woolwine House
Bluebird Trail commencing Spring
2008. She follows the VBS and
Virginia Society of
Ornithology?s (VSO) Principles
of Birding Ethics while
collecting accurate records of
the cycle of nest building; egg
laying, incubation, counts eggs,
hatchings, and fledgings of the
baby bluebirds. Christine is on
the Speaker's Bureau for the
North American Bluebird Society
(NABS) and conducts free
educational presentations and
workshops to local groups,
trains beginners in proper
nestbox selection and
installation and how to monitor
using VBS recommendations, and
will coordinate and include that
data for the VBS which is kept
in the state's records and
forwarded to NABS and the
Transcontinental Bluebird Trail
(USA and Canada). Christine is
seeking Floyd County residents
and property owners to
participate in installing one
nestbox or more and will train
how to monitor the bluebirds and
will coordinate the nesting
statistics. Christine invites
those already enjoying bluebirds
now with an existing nestbox to
call her to learn more about
what they can do to help
bluebirds succeed in their
nestbox through the joys of
monitoring the birds.)
The Virginia Bluebird Society
(VBS) is an affiliate of the
North American Bluebird Society
(NABS) and is a Chapter of the
Virginia Society of Ornithology
(VSO). It was founded in 1999 to
promote bluebirds and other
native cavity nesters in
Virginia. The Virginia Bluebird
Society offers grants for new or
refurbished bluebird trails on
public lands, for Youth and
Scouts groups, and other
non-profit/charity organizations
interested in installing and
monitoring nestboxes. For more
information and assistance,
contact Christine through her
website/blog:
http://woolwinehousebluebirdtrail.com
or call her at (276) 930-9963.
Please also refer to the VBS
website for more info:
http://www.virginiabluebirds.org
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Reader submitted:
Wounded Knee and
Gun Control
A Lesson
to be learned on the Anniversary of Wounded Knee; December 29, 2012
marked the 122nd Anniversary of the murder of 297 Sioux Indians at
Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South
Dakota.
These 297 people, in their winter camp, were murdered by federal agents
and members of the 7th Cavalry who had come to confiscate their
firearms "for their own safety and protection". The slaughter began
AFTER the majority of the Sioux had peacefully turned in their
firearms. When the final round had flown, of the 297 dead or dying, two
thirds (200) were women and children.
Around 40 members of the 7th Cavalry were killed, over half cut down by
friendly fire from the Hotchkiss guns of their overzealous
comrades-in-arms. Twenty members of the 7th Cavalry were deemed
"National Heroes" and awarded the Medal of Honor for their acts of
cowardice.
We do not hear of Wounded Knee today. It is not mentioned in our
history classes or books. What little does exist about Wounded
Knee is normally the sanitized "Official Government Explanation" or the
historically and factually inaccurate depictions of the events leading
up to the massacre on the movie screen.
Wounded Knee was among the first federally backed gun confiscation
attempts in United States history. It ended in the senseless
murder of 297 people.
Before you jump on the emotionally charged bandwagon for gun-control,
take a moment to reflect on the real purposese of the Second Amendment
- The right of the people to take up arms in defense of themselves,
their families, and property in the face of invading armies or an
oppressive government.
The argument that the Second Amendment only applies to hunting and
target shooting is asinine. When the United States Constitution was
drafted "hunting" was an everyday chore carried out by men and women to
put meat on the table each night, and "target shooting" was an unheard
of concept, musket balls were a precious commodity in the wilds of
early America, and were certainly not wasted "target shooting".
The Second Amendment was written by people who fled oppressive and
tyrannical regimes in Europe, and refers to the right of American
citizens to be armed for defense purposes should such tyranny rise in
the United States.
As time goes on the average citizen in the United States continues to
lose personal freedom or "liberty". Far too many times unjust bills are
passed and signed into law under the guise of "for your safety" or "for
protection".
The Patriot Act signed into law by G.W. Bush, then expanded and
continued by Barack Obama is just one of many examples of American
citizens being stripped of their rights and privacy for "safety".
Now, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is on the table, and will, most
likely be taken away for "our safety".
Before any American citizen blindly accepts whatever new firearms
legislation that is about to be doled out, they should stop and think
about something for just one minute. Evil does exist in our world. It
always has and always will. Throughout history evil people have
committed evil acts. In the Bible one of the first stories is that of
Cain killing Abel. We cannot legislate "evil" into extinction. Good
people will abide by the law defective people will always find a way
around it.
And another thought: Evil exists all around us, but looking back
at the historical record of the past 200 years across the globe, where
is "evil" and "malevolence" most often found, in the hands of those
with the power - governments.
The greatest human tragedies on record and the largest loss of innocent
human life can be attributed to governments. Who do governments
target? "Scapegoats" and "enemies" within their own borders.but only
after they have been disarmed to the point where they are no longer a
threat.
Ask any Native American what caused their demise. Ask any Armenian why
it was so easy for the Turks to exterminate millions of them, and they
will answer "We were disarmed before it happened". Ask any Jew
what Hitler's first step prior to the mass murders of the Holocaust was
- confiscation of firearms from the people.
Wounded Knee is the prime example of why the Second Amendment exists,
and why we shouldn't be in such a hurry to surrender our Right to Bear
Arms. Without the Second Amendment we have no right to defend ourselves
and our families.
"There are two ways to enslave a Nation one is by sword the other is by debt."
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When the Floyd Board of
Supervisors voted (4 to 1) to "scrap" the
current NOISE ORDINANCE for the county as it
was deemed non enforceable under current
standards and conditions.
Will it be replaced?
No. If Supervisors Ingram and Allen have
anything to say about it.
Their reasoning is it might affect farmers
and their use of machinery as well as pet
owners.
Have these supervisors ever heard of
compromise?
Doubtful.
Will they always vote to throw the baby out
with the bathwater every time?
Not long ago they also voted to scap a long
time, common sense, ordinance prohibiting
hunting or shooting within 100 feet of fence
lines.
Again, they scrapped it as detrimental to
farmers who MIGHT need to shoot a ground hog
scurrying along their fence line and kill it
before it digs any more holes in their
pasture.
Of course, many fence lines border
neighbors' properties and roadways. Places
where someone might walk or stroll possibly
unseen while the crosshairs are on some
scruffy ground hog.
Instead of writing in a reasonable
compromise that would issue permits to
ACTUAL farmers who have to verify their need
for their exemption and thereby offer the
general population a degree of sane safety
when driving or walking anywhere there's a
fence line, their decision making abilities
limits their sense of duty to Floyd's
general population as banning the ordinance
altogether.
Come hunting season, this means every person
with a high powered rifle and more ammo than
sense can now feel free to shoot at anything
thought to be game even if the roadway or a
walkway or another private property is on
the immediate otherside of a fenceline.
Why don't they consider writing in
exemptions to ordinances or rules to be
accessible to those in verified need of
exemption leaving the remaining ordinance
intactThis would serve the common good while
prohibiting the common nuisances and threats
to the quality of life here that will
continue to become problematic as our
population not only grows but becomes more
diversified.
Perhaps a NUISANCE ORDINANCE would be an
alternative to the noise ordinance?
This could be distinguished in application
by common sense boundaries of reasonable
perception and a sense of what constitutes
something that can or could be a reasonable
assumption of disturbance or annoyance to
someone with a reasonable cause for
complaint.( How about as a starter; Do unto
to others...?")
When will common sense be applied to our
supervisors' decision making?
Probably not until the voters of this county
elect common sense people to represent them.
And except for Supervisor Fred Gerald,
there's barely a shred of common sense to be
noticed.
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Did you realise if you are driving your
insured and legal vehicle on any
state/county road and have an accident with
someone out having "fun" driving an ATV or
golf cart, etc. that is not legal for state
or county roads nor is it insured for
roadway travel, YOU and, hopefully, your
insurance company HAVE to cover all costs
and expenses for your own vehicle as well as
any physical damage to the drivers/riders on
the illegal vehicle? So these illegal
vehicles place every legal driver in
jeopardy. Of course, you can hire a lawyer
and take the illegal driver to court and try
to sue for recompense..but what will be left
after you pay your lawyer?
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Save our Dark Skies
Limit dusk to dawn lighting in
the countryside
If you use a dusk to
dawn light
or are planning on installing one,
please consider using a deflector on
it so the light only shines on your
home;
Or
install an 'on/off' switch so you
can turn it on when needed and off
when not;
Or
connect it to a motion detector to
go on only when
something passes by it.
Please don't leave these lights on
all night long
and destroy our dark skies over our
countryside
or bother neighbors who don't care
for intrusive all night-bright
light.
Please visit: http://www.darkskies.org/
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Volunteers needed to assist
local seniors with small
chores,
like moving boxed items.
Please contact Tiffany at the
New River Valley Agency on
Aging
540-980-7720
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Life is too short...
So kiss slowly...
Laugh insanely..
Love truly and forgive quickly
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The U.S. Constitution:
Have you ever actually read it?
Visit FCIV's "Homesteading
101" section for info offering
self-efficient living on the
"rural".
most
recent entry:
Al Moody's
back yard root cellar
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Regional Farmers
Markets
Blacksburg
Farmers Market
When: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and 2
p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Oct.
31; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 and
10 a.m. to p.m.
Saturday only Jan. 1 through March 1
Where: intersection of Draper Road and
Roanoke Street, Blacksburg Contact:
239-8290
Floyd
Farmers Market
When: Farmers market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday; artisan market, 5 to 9 p.m.
Friday
Where: Floyd Community Market, Locust
Street, downtown Floyd Contact:
250-0111,
mikeburton745@gmail.com or
sustainfloyd.com
Narrows
Farmers Market
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, or when vendors
are available
Where: Narrows Farmers Market, 135
Monroe St., Narrows
Contact: 726-2423, 726-3020 or
www.townofnarrows.org/
farmersmarketgallery/farmersmarket.html
Pearisburg
Farmers Market
When: 2 to 6 p.m. Friday
Where: Parking lot off Wenonah Avenue,
Pearisburg -21-0340
Pulaski Farmers Market and Flea Market
5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday through Oct.
2 Where: Maple Shade Park,
downtown Pulaski Contact: 994-4200 or
pulaskitown.org
Radford
Farmers Market
When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
through Oct. 31 Where: Norwood Parking
lot,
East Main Street, Radford Contact:
731-3656 or mainstreetradford.org or
Radford Farmers Market on Facebook
Shawswille
Farmers Market
When: 4 to 7 p.m. first and third
Thursdays of every month through
October
Where: Meadowbrook Community Center,
267 Allegheny Spring
Road, Shawsville
Contact: 357-3642
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" Immigration should
first and foremost serve the
need of the receiving nation and
its existing population. It
should never be used by the
sending nation as an excuse to
avoid making living conditions
inside its own borders better
for its inhabitants. It
certainly should not be used to
make living conditions for the
citizens of the receiving nation
worse."
-Deena Flinchum
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Call your county supervisor to create
and enact a common sense ordinance
protecting the rest of us from
inconsiderate neighbors.
Pass an anti NOISE and
NUISANCE/ANNOYANCE ordinance now.
Do not allow any possibility of anyone
making any annoyance to others be
grandfathered in: no grandfathering in
disruptive neighbors.
People who move to Floyd County for the
peace and quiet often end up being the
most disagreeable and inconsiderate
neighbors one can have.
They think their noises are not
bothersome as long as it and no one else
bothers them!
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EDITORIAL
What are we paying for?
If you've received your most recent
personal property tax bill from the
county treasurer, you will notice that
above and beyond the actual tax we have
to pay for our personal property
particularly and specifically our motor
vehicles, that we are also being charged
an additional "License
Fee".
What is this $25.00 per vehicle
license fee for?
Previously, we were being charged $25.00
each per vehicle for the "decal fee".
But as we no longer are required to
place county decal stickers on our
windows, there was no need to charge the
citizenry of Floyd County a fee for it.
And the decal was to easily identify
those respectable citizens who had
promptly paid their personal property
taxes.
But now that is done electronically. And
if you are a scofflaw, you will be found
out and fined.
So, what and why the "License Fee"?
We buy a vehicle and pay taxes on the
purchase up front.
We pay for licensing and title, also
upfront, and yearly inspections and then
insurance on our vehicle yearly or
bi-yearly.
AND, we pay a tax per vehicle to our
county each year
So what is our county doing for us that
requires it to charge us $25.00 per
vehicle every year above and beyond the
taxes it charges and collects on these
self-same vehicles?
We're not buying a license from the
county to drive our vehicle nor to own
our vehicle.
It is time our supervisors, perhaps Mr.
Clinger especially as he has been on the
ball concerning random fees and
allocations of county money, will look
into this aspect of our county
government sticking its hand again and
again into our pockets as they will and
as they wish.
Got a comment or reply, or even an
answer?
Let us hear from you.
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Personal Opinion; submitted from a long-time Floyd Resident:
As residents of Floyd County Virginia we are well aware of not only what brought us here,
or brought our parents and ancestors here,
to southwest Virginia and to the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
but what keeps us here.
The farms and farmland and forests and natural beauty still exist and call to many of us
in the way a mother's call to come in for dinner rings so warmly.
I'm sure it can't just be the Virginia schools system as the only reason to raise our families in Floyd County, while, Floyd's
diversity of mostly alt-culture businesses and events and the music and
festivals and art and crafts shows and art galleries
and cost of land and taxes grow exponentially we find ourselves in the midst of transitions
that are coming quickly and with only minor warning.
And warning it is, as what those without roots in our earth call progress,
we know will be change and growth that will not only alter immeasureably the
very sources of our sense of place and of home, but divest us of them.
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Floyd
County In View is open to the
possibility of providing space
on this site for voluntary
local or regional personal
reviews and observations,
whether about a music event, a
car show, a parade or an art
exhibit, as long as it is
interesting. If interested,
please email us at Reviewer
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and tell us about your
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about yourself. The ability to
write clearly and honestly are
the major prerequisites.
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The
Floyd County Humane Society
Please be
compassionate to the homeless and
helpless pets in Floyd County. One way, is by supporting the
Floyd County Humane Society
FCHS
540-745-7207
P.O. Box 862
Floyd, VA 24091
floydhumane09@yahoo.com
Please spay and neuter your pets
Please
Mention Floyd County In View to a Friend
Floyd County
School closing information number:
(540) 745-9495
Original,
satirical, poignant, radical, honest,
commentary, POV's, opinions,
perspectives, artwork and graphics
desired for FCIV.
Let's head off zoning in
Floyd County
it's time to get our supervisors to create
common sense nuisance and noise ordinances.
Theoretically, the primary purpose of zoning is to segregate uses that
are thought to be incompatible.
In practice, zoning is used to prevent new development from interfering with
existing residents or businesses and to preserve the "character" of a community. Zoning may include regulation of the kinds of activities which will be acceptable on particular lots (such as open space, residential, agricultural, commercial or industrial).. Zoning typically segregates land uses into three main categories - residential, commercial, and industrial.
Thus, if an area is zoned residential, then no commercial uses are
allowed in the area so a grocery store cannot be built within a housing
area. Land-use planning is the term used for a branch of public
policy encompassing various disciplines which seek to order and
regulate land use in an efficient and ethical way, thus preventing
land-use conflicts.
Editor's Note:
FCIV will continue running this info notice as long as we continue receiving the steady feedback
in support of establishing noise/annoyance/nuisance ordinances instead of zoning. It is
obvious that more and more Floydians are upset that we have a growing population of
too many self-absorbed people in our midst
who do not care that what they do is distressing to their neighbors with
their activities.
One of the most mentioned problems seems to be
with neighbors creating chronic and persistent noises or disrupting the
peace and tranquility of an otherwise quiet
residential neighborhood with start up home
businesses.
Some of these problems relate directly to the creating of unwelcome and
excessive noise (pollution) or physical
pollution, particularly on back-county roads..
Current FCIV Editor- David Phillips
"The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to promote an environment
for all Americans free from noise that jeopardizes their health or welfare."
Noise Control Act of 1972
Floyd County does not
have a lake or a theme park or
waterpark; does not have easily
navigable waterways for
boating; doesn't even have riverside
public parks nor picnic areas nor
hiking/biking paths within the heart
of the county(only along the parkway);
what Floyd County does have is
beautiful countryside and especially,
it has Peace and Quiet. Or at least, it used to.
Floyd County is NOT the wilderness!
Sounds travel great distances and
despite the fact you might not be able
to visually see a neighbor's home, we
all have neighbors.
As our county's population grows and
people are moving in closer and closer
to one another more property owners are
discovering they are being subjected to
thoughtless, self absorbed and uncaring
neighbors.
We're referring to a common decency of
consideration for those around our own
properties and if someone is put on
notice they are creating an annoyance,
it should be immediately stopped by
those creating it..
This is not about general and occasional
sounds that any of us might make such as
running a lawnmower or tractor or
cutting firewood or the occasional
target practice.
This is about regularly and purposefully
committed noises that are beyond the
usual and commonplace neighborhood
sounds.
This might include allowing one's
dogs to bark incessantly or overnight;
playing music so loudly it is easily
heard off of one's own property; someone
running a commercial enterprise that
creates disturbing sounds or noises in
an otherwise residential area and not
just after 11pm until 7 am either. This
should be respected 24 hours a day...
Actually, anyone running a
commercial enterprise in a residential
neighborhood should be restricted or
banned if that business creates
disturbances beyond its own property
boundaries at any hour of the day or
night.
This is about residential areas that are
on or along or off of secondary roads
and back roads, not main arteries such
as Rt.221 or Rt.8.
Main roadways such as 221 and 8
are likely to be the best locations for
commercial businesses particularly if
they are ones that create noise during
operation.
Some other main thoroughfares in the
county might be included as well for
best locations for those businesses.
"Peaceful" home businesses and cottage
industries and farming are not the
problem and should not be affected by
the ordinances.
Please call your county supervisor and
tell him to create and enact a common
sense ordinance protecting the rest of
us from inconsiderate neighbors.
Pass an anti NOISE and
NUISANCE/ANNOYANCE ordinance now.
Tell him to not provide any possibility
of anyone making any annoyance to others
be grandfathered in: no grandfathering
in of inconsiderate, self-centered
people and disruptive neighbors.
People who move to Floyd County for the
peace and quiet often end up being the
most disagreeable and inconsiderate
neighbors one can have.
They think their loud and irritating
noises and actions are not bothersome as
long as it is of their own making on
their own property so no one else should
care.
Of course, they'd have a hissy-fit if
anyone else disturbed their little
corner of paradise.
Have comments?
Contact FCIV here:
floydcountyinview@yahoo.com
Members
of the Board of Supervisors
Case C.
Clinger - Chairman Courthouse
District
(540) 745-3820
Virgel H. Allen -
Vice Chairman
Little River District
(540) 745-3261
Joe D. Turman
Burks Fork District
(540) 789-7045
J. Fred Gerald
Indian Valley District
(540) 789-4421
Lauren D. Yoder
Locust Grove District
(540) 330-3245
Reduce/Recycle/Reuse
For anyone in Floyd County
wanting to participate in keeping
your worthwhile but unwanted items
from ending up in the landfill,
please consider joining (for free,
no strings attached) the Floyd
County Sharecycle group. This is a
Floyd based online interactive group
through Yahoo that allows you to
post items you'd like to see reused
and recycled.
You will also be able to see what
others are offering that may be of
use to you or ask for something
specific you would like to find. Sharecycle originated in Floyd
County and those involved in it
are all local residents.
This group is not connected in any
way with the freecycle organization
that is under fire for numerous acts
of alleged bad karma.
FLOYD COUNTY SHARECYCLE
click on Floyd County Sharecycle
logo
Note:
"Sharecycle" originated
in
Floyd, Virginia
Participate
in Reuse-Recycling
Starting one in your
communityContact us and
we'll add your link here.
Here are some of our
regional Sharecycle Groups:
(click on respective logo to
join there)
New River
Valley Sharecycle
Franklin County
Sharecycle
MONROE COUNTY
WVA. SHARECYCLE
FLOYD COUNTY
SHARECYCLE
SHEBOYGAN
COUNTY (Wisconsin)
SHARECYCLE
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There is also a former
freecycle group in Floyd now
functioning under a
different name offering
online recycling connections
as well.
FCIV does not support this
group as it is a satellite
of a centralize organization
located in another state.
This is the same way
freecycle began.
And only one of its three
"moderators" lives in Floyd.
FCIV encourages our
neighbors and residents of
Floyd County to honor and
support truly local growers,
artisans, businesses
and organizations that are
firmly rooted here in our
home county.
If you would like to get
involved within our own
community and "share the
wealth" of worthwhile but
unneeded goods and items,
please look into Floyd
Sharecycle.
This is a free Floyd County
service with other Floyd
County residents.
But even if you decide not
to join any online group,
please recycle your items
that can be used by others.
Floyd County
In View Asks:
any orchardists, farmers or
would be farmers who are
looking to relocate or are
looking for new agricultural
land to
organically grow fruit,
produce and grains,
please consider Floyd County.
If we
Americans are distressed at what's
happening to our quality of life
by virtue of America's dependence
on foreign oil, if we don't
preserve farms, farm lands and
farming families, just wait to see
what our life is like when America
has to depend on foreign food
Grow Local - Buy Local -
Eat Local: Foods
Support your area
orchards, gardeners, growers,
farmers, farm markets and
CSA's in your own community by
asking for and buying locally
grown organic produce
"Dear
Friend,
Theory Is All Grey
And The Golden Tree
Of Life Is Green." -
Goethe
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something really well that could
be useful or of interest to
others?
Or perhaps you have an interest
in something and you could
develop essays or instructional
guides?
From gardening to photography to
ikebana to do-it-yourself
repairs,whatever,
let us know of your interest.
You could also "develop"
additional exposure for your own
website, business or art or
interest by contributing
articles.
The interests of FCIV's readers
are very broad. This allows FCIV
to publish on a wide range of
topics, so we're always open to
articles about interesting
projects that are work or
pleasure related as well as
personal experiences, etc.
It doesn't have to be highly
polished -- after all, this is
not the New York Times.
If you would like to consider
being a one time or a part time
or a regular contributor
to our community website,
contact one of the FCIV editors
via one of the "contact us"
links
and tell us what you have in
mind.
The possibility of an on going
column might also be made
available to interested writers.
But please remember, all
involved with FCIV are
volunteers.
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WELCOME 
AREA MUSIC
EVENTS 
Christine
established the Woolwine House
Bluebird Trail commencing Spring
2008. She follows the VBS and
Virginia Society of
Ornithology?s (VSO) Principles
of Birding Ethics while
collecting accurate records of
the cycle of nest building; egg
laying, incubation, counts eggs,
hatchings, and fledgings of the
baby bluebirds. Christine is on
the Speaker's Bureau for the
North American Bluebird Society
(NABS) and conducts free
educational presentations and
workshops to local groups,
trains beginners in proper
nestbox selection and
installation and how to monitor
using VBS recommendations, and
will coordinate and include that
data for the VBS which is kept
in the state's records and
forwarded to NABS and the
Transcontinental Bluebird Trail
(USA and Canada). Christine is
seeking Floyd County residents
and property owners to
participate in installing one
nestbox or more and will train
how to monitor the bluebirds and
will coordinate the nesting
statistics. Christine invites
those already enjoying bluebirds
now with an existing nestbox to
call her to learn more about
what they can do to help
bluebirds succeed in their
nestbox through the joys of
monitoring the birds.)
