FLOYD COUNTY
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A Window on Floyd©
Looking south across fields and forest to Buffalo Mountain.
Hay Bale Rounds and Buffalo Mountain - photo by r.j.ratner

 
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Skateboard Ramp
It was Posted in "Free" Category on: 10/19/2007
Reply to: Chris B. at ------@swva.net
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Very large made in three sections that can come apart. 
Materials cost $1000 two years ago. You transport or dismantle for free.

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What would you like to see happen in Floyd?
More shopping opportunities or malls?
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"Urban Magic- A Poem",
By James Locke


 
"Earth Day- 2005",
By James Locke


"Traveling Home - Part 1 - A Biography of Place",
By James Locke

"An Allegorical Journey - Part 1l - A Biography of Place",
By James Locke
 
"Lost Pennies",
By Mark Steel

"Becoming Native"
By Jim Minick

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Floyd Tourism Directory
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"Sharecycle" originated in
Floyd, Virginia

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New River Valley Sharecycle
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Franklin County Sharecycle


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COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Check the FCIV Bulletin Board/Events Calendar
for local & regional:
events / music / performances / theatre / art & galleries / shows & exhibits
EVENTS
 NOTICES
 INFO

Check out the FCIV Events Calendar for music events/theatre/art shows/museum exhibits 


Apple Ridge Farm Astronomy Club
Apple Ridge Farm Copper Hill
Read more on the FCIV Events calendar under "On-Going"
Here is a link to the Apple Ridge site
observatory information

Read more on the Events Calendar under "On-Going".





What’s The Difference Between The Pine Tavern Bar On a Saturday Night & The Cemetery?
The crowd is younger, livelier & you’ve got a better chance of getting lucky.......
- T. Ryan - Tavern mixologist



ARTS


"In My Backyard" at The Jacksonville Center

The "In My Backyard" exhibit in the Hayloft Gallery at The
Jacksonville Center for the Arts opened on April 4, 2008.  Work in the
exhibit is inspired by artists' interpretation of what is "in your
backyard," the everyday, the ordinary and the local environment.  With over
ninety pieces encompassing a wide range of media, the exhibit will run
through June 1, 2008.  

Almost forty artisans are participating in this exhibit including: Ann
Anderson, Kate Anderson, Charlotte Atkins, Jayn Avery, Malcom Black, Ernest
Bryant, Marie L. Collier, Tommy Edwards, Lora Leigh Giessler, Carol Ginger,
Stacy Graham, David Hall, Stephen Jernigan, Don Johnson, Martha Jane McDowell,
Marsha Slopey Paulekas, Catherine Pauley, Patricia Placona, Jeri Rogers,
Suzie Ross, Harriet Rose Saft, Karen Sewell, Helen A. Shaw, Margaret
Smith, Gretchen St Lawrence, Diane Stavola, Kurt Steger, Wil Stratton,
Elizabeth Stucki, Ryan Sunshine, Gibby Waitzkin, Dan Walker, Teri Walters,
Allan Warren, Debora Warren, Stephanie Weisman and Patricia Robin Woodruff.

For more information, contact the Jacksonville Center for the Arts at
745-2784 or email info@jacksonvillecenter.org
The Center's hours are Monday through Friday,
9am to 5pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm; and Sunday, 12

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Read more detail on Events
in the FCIV Events Calendar


Visit the FCIV
Art Gallery;

The Art of
John Bishop


ALSO


The art of
Local Artist
Patricia Woodruff


ALSO

displaying the magnificent works of British Artist,
BRYAN PHILLIPS
and

Floyd based Visionary Creative Artist
- STARROOT

Check out current and upcoming music events in our area at FCIV's MUSIC EVENTS CALENDAR

Read Floyd County poet,
writer, philosopher
James Locke's
Poetry
Here in..

The Poetry
of
Floyd Based Poets

also the poetry of

Mara Robbins

George Lally

Read Jim's Blog


Floyd Poets! Send your poems in for publication on FCIV
contact us or email them here: 

Please include some bio info
FCIV reserves the right to not publish all poetry received.
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Read Classic Poetry Poetry - by
William Butler Yeats 
and other Poets

"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
Phone: (540) 982-5465 Email: programs@linkmuseum.org

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Be a Great Parent!
Adopt.


"God loved the birds and invented trees.
Man loved the birds and invented cages"
Jacques Deval






Latest Classified Ad in FCIV's Free Classifieds:
Listed under Wanted:
Looking for orchard grass hay, rolls and bales.
yvonne burkholder
moneta, va.
(remove letter 'Q')Qyburkholder@hughes.net


Digital TV transition may leave low-income rural viewers in the dark

With the upcoming government coerced transition from analog TV signal to digital signal many rural residents may learn that they will not be able to receive some or even any of the channels they formerly were able to receive on their television sets using a regular antenna.
This situation may force residents barely able to afford groceries and a full tank of gas or home heating fuel, to have to invest in expensive cable or satellite dish receivers just to be able to watch TV.
This could actually create a social crisis as we all depend on TV for important weather and news information and alerts.
Have you found problems receiving TV signals since either buying a digital TV or began using a converter box?
Remember, with the creation of TV transmission, the law stated that the airwaves, those used for Television & radio transmission, are meant to be free and available to the public. Yet the new law will require many people to have to purchase a method that will often be costly beyond fair reason.
Let us know of your experiences.


The Dark Side of Lawns

By Beth Huxta

    Americans spend so much money and time on their lawns, you'd think we either eat or sell grass.
More land in the United States is planted in turf--32 million acres--than in corn.
The typical American lawn sucks up 10,000 gallons of supplemental water (non-rainwater) annually.....

Read On...


Skyline Soil & Water Conservation District Announces Residential Cost Share Programs

Residents living in the Mill Creek watershed of Montgomery Co., as well as in the Dodd Creek watershed of Floyd Co., may qualify for cost share funds, from the Skyline Soil & Water Conservation District, to assist with septic pump-outs, repairs, replacements, installations, and sewer connections.... Read On



Returning to One's Roots
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It might have been the long way home, but Robert Weeks' journey brought him back to Floyd, and he's forever grateful. After attending Bridgewater College he left the region to find a job in his field of graphic design. After twelve years of living in Northern Virginia, upstate New York and elsewhere, the Floyd native returned to his roots. Why?
Read More about Robert Weeks Here...

Personal Opinion
Floyd Property Values/Taxes
In my personal opinion:

Now that nation wide, most property values are crashing back down and approaching a somewhat closer semblance of reality and are no longer orbiting in the absurdly over-inflated prices encouraged by whom? Possibly over-staffed, money hungry realtors seeking extravagant commissions?
What will happen to our own extravagantly over valued rates on most of Floyd County properties?
Since our last property value increases, which, by the way, were determined by realtors in the sheepskins of appraisers, will our property taxes or rates be adjusted to conform to reality or will they remain the same or even worse, will they continue to rise lofted upon the bubble of delusion already set in place?
- Matt Comer




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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 help out at next September's Floyd Harvest Festival and Floyd County Fair.
Please contact Dawn Barnes at the Extension Office (540)745-9307
or Write To: P. O. Box 218, Floyd, Va. 24091
or email her at:
lbarnes@vt.edu

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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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Use the FCIV
Classified Ads
(click on logo above)
under "carpooling" or
Use the FCIV Car-Pooling
Message Board
to offer or seek a ride
When you drive alone to work every day, you foot the bill for gas. If you share the ride, you share the expenses
Sharing a ride regularly with just one other person and you'll spend half of what you used to. Even once a week will help. You'll not only save on gas, you'll also put fewer miles on your car, limit wear and tear, and possibly get a break on insurance costs.
 Good Carpooling Info
Carpooling is the number one way to conserve on fossil fuels used in transportation.


It's
To Us!

By Caroline Connor


Organic & natural products' shoppers find new outlets


FCIV staff has received direct comments and emails indicating widespread local disenchantment with what had been the only source for local natural foods as it has become more focused on other matters.
Many Floyd locals are preferring to shop for their natural products at
  • Actual Natural Foodstore, Green's Garage,
    in Check
    • ,
  • Sweet Providence Farm Store
    in Check
    • ,
  • The Bread Basket on Rt. 8N
and as they now carry organic and natural products and often at lower prices than the Moon's..
  • Slaughter's Market,
    Floyd Highway N.
  • Food Lion
    in town

Other emails indicate a blossoming of buying clubs throughout the county as well.




Get Fit without Joining a Gym

If you are seeking to improve your fitness level or lose weight, ninety nine percent 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, daily walking of ten minutes or more, practice yoga and stretching(most important), 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 crap foods and just plain get off your ass more often.
Most people do not utilize fitness center memberships beyond a limited degree and end up wasting their money.
Do it at home!

- 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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Communicate with other members of our far-flung community on any topics; Floyd County's Free Community Forum

Check out the
 
FCIV Bulletin Board/Events Calendar 

for more info under
"Now or Soon".



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Guest Essays,Comments
or Interview

"Wind Power Primer"
and
"Public Opinion"

Floyd County In View is open to the possibility of providing space on this site for a voluntary local or regional arts' reviewer's reviews and observations.
If interested, please email us for Arts' Reviewer Position with "arts' reviewer" in the subject line and tell us about your interest and some background about yourself.
The ability to write clearly and honestly are the major prerequisites, but must also be dependable and provide atleast twice monthly reviews.


Local Businesses'
Banner Ads



The Best Children's & Adult show on Saturday TV?

Jane and the Dragon!

Locally at 12:30pm on Channel 10. Watch it..adults,adjust to computer graphics,
and pay attention to characteriztions and story.

All of the adults and kids here think it is absolutely wonderful!

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

Please Mention Floyd County In View to a Friend


Life is too short...
So kiss slowly...
Laugh insanely..
Love truly and forgive quickly


BEWARE THE FREECYCLE NETWORK??
Read more

Recycling in Floyd County is about to return!
New owners are taking over the Floyd Recycling Center and they will be setting up to accept many more types of recyclables.
Please support trash-recycling by utilizing the recycling kiosks located at various green box locations throughout our county.



 

Floyd County School closing information number:
(540) 745-9495


See events/bulletin board/announcements for more details

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"

                                          

 See events/bulletin board/announcements for more details of these and other events and announcements info


Is your choice not to have children? Check out these sites that support similar sentiments. My Choice
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.


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 Floyd County Va.'s
Free Classified Ads
And recycle your worthwhile stuff for free

Free Classifieds
FCIV Community
Classifieds

Latest Personal Ad >>>
Ad Start Date: 02/16/2008 - Ad End Date: 12/31/2008
My name is Tim and I live in Richmond Virginia and work in Ashland Va.
I have goals in my life. I am buying some land in Floyd Virginia in the mountain and would like one day to build a house in floyd and be a farmer living off the land.
Perhaps even farm on the land and produce my own electricity so there will be no electric bills....  
Continue reading...
Floyd County's
Hawk's Ridge Retreat
Owner
Donna Douglas
with her guest,
Geshe Yeshe Gylatsen,
Abbot of the Ganden Jangtse Tibetan Buddhist Monastery.

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)

 


Please use our free  classified ads..new content is being added regularly! Buy/Sell/Trade/Yard Sales/Notices!  "On Grid" Users Can save Money; Read How

Find or place
local employement listings on
FCIV Classifieds


Floyd County Needs Farmers.

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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Slaughter's now carries an array of vegetarian and natural foods and items


Floyd County's Wedding And Life Events Officiant
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Please Use the FCIV Community Comments Form to Express your comments, commentary, opinions or questions below........

Some of the comments already there are from a previous reference to a program called "Face the Nation".




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 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
Click here to go to the NRV Sharecycle website		 Franklin County Sharecycle
MONROE COUNTY WVA. SHARECYCLE
 FLOYD COUNTY 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.
Even though its current membership is greatly derived from its previous direct freecycle affiliation, it is also an online source for recycling.

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.

- Editor

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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
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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



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