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or barter...items and/or services..or just put your ideas out there,
whether they're for trips, events, swap meets, or the best way to
capitalize on your skills and talents...Meet or make a friend with a
personals' ad. Explore the classifieds of our community. We highly
encourage barter and apprenticeships.
Got
something to give away or for sale? or maybe something you need? You don't have to pay for or join
anything to place your
ad here
Example
of recent classified ad on FCIV: Skateboard
Ramp It
was Posted in "Free" Category on:
10/19/2007 Reply
to: Chris B. at ------@swva.net Text
of ad: Exterior plywood skateboard ramp. Very large
made in three sections that can come
apart. Materials
cost $1000 two years ago. You transport or dismantle for
free.
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)
Do you have a
gripe you want to share with our community? Do you want to know what
bugs or bemuses others? Got an opinion about something happening
in the world around you? Sound off and send your opinion to "Floyd
Watchman" Click
here
"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?".. ....There's More>>
"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 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
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music / performances / theatre / art & galleries / shows &
exhibits
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INFO
Check out the FCIV Events Calendar for music
events/theatre/art shows/museum exhibits
Floyd activities:
Read more on the Events Calendar under
"On-Going".
"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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The O. Winston Link Museum is excited to continue
a new series of gallery events titled Beyond the Frame.
These events are conducted in the style of the popular television series Inside the Actor's Studio which features the Actor (or in our case the Artist) being interviewed about his or her life and work.
This series offers a dynamic way for the Roanoke Valley to learn about our exhibiting photographers and the work displayed in the Museum's Robert Kulp Trackside Gallery.
The next Beyond the Frame will occur on February 12.
The Trackside Gallery is open in the Link Museum seven days a week from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and charges a general admission of $5. Members receive free admission.
Beyond the Frame with Christine Carr hosted by John Reburn
On February 12 the O. Winston Link Museum will be holding the next Beyond the Frame featuring Hollins University professor, Christine Carr.
This will be the opening reception for Christine's photographic exhibition, Portal.
John Reburn will host this event, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Museum. Light refreshments will be served.
In her extended exposure nighttime images, Carr explores the use of thoughtfully choreographed light as a signifier for transcendence and passage.
The intentionally ambiguous areas of light present in the work may be perceived as places in which to reflect or could be pathways to unknown and unseen possibilities.
This exhibition will run from February 12 until May 9 in Robert Kulp Trackside Gallery.
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Roanoke, Virginia 24016 540-982-5465
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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/
*********** 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
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".
Growing Redbud Trees from Seeds
After a long, cold and snowy winter, what is a more welcome
sign of spring than a redbud tree with its branches covered
in thousands of delicate lavender blossoms. Redbud trees are
one of the first trees to bloom in the spring and they are
also quite easy to grow from seeds.
Eastern redbud trees are hardy to zones 4-9 and are found in
the wild across much of the eastern United States and as far
west as Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The Latin name for this
native tree is Cercis Canadensis. Redbuds will grow in either
full sun or partial shade and they make excellent ornamental
trees that require very little care.
Very soon it will be time to start the simple process of
growing redbuds from seed, so look around for a redbud tree
in your neighborhood. Each redbud seedpod contains anywhere
from four to ten flattened round seeds. The seeds may be
collected in the fall before the pods drop from the tree, but
often the pods remain on redbud trees into the winter.
If you want to try growing redbud trees from seed, gather the
seeds from the pods and store them in a sealed jar within the
refrigerator. Around Valentine's Day, remove the seeds from
the refrigerator and rough them up a bit between two pieces of
sandpaper. This process will begin to remove some of the tough
outer layer of the seeds and will aid in germination. Once you
see that some of the outer layer has been sanded off the seeds,
they are ready for the next step.
Boil some water, remove the pan from the heat and place the
seeds in the water. Allow them to soak in this water for 3-4
days. This step will further soften the seed coat.
Once the seeds have been treated, they can be planted a quarter
inch deep in small containers of moist sand or potting soil.
For the next 5-8 weeks, keep the planted seeds cool in the
refrigerator or an unheated garage. This will be an imitation
winter for the seeds. If you live in an area with cold winters,
the seeds in their pots can be planted outdoors, but cover them
with wire mesh so critters cannot dig them up.
After the chilling period, the potted seeds may be kept outdoors
and the seeds will begin to germinate when warm spring weather
arrives. Once the seedlings have produced their first set of
heart-shaped leaves, the little redbud trees may be planted in a
permanent location in well draining soil.
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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- 745-7207. Please spay and neuter your
pets
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quickly
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Got stuff too
good to throw in the trash? Got stuff you'd like to see others
get some good use out of? Got
services or talents or abilties you'd like to swap or barter or
trade for goods or other services? Use
the Floyd County In View and the
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recycle your worthwhile stuff for
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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 community? Contact
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.
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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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