By Ray Cox
Special to The Roanoke Times
Experience tells us some questions endure and nag. One, you may have heard before: The train has long since pulled away but whatever became of the station from which it departed?
A variation of that query dealt with here recently has been the fate of the old Buchanan depot after Norfolk & Western train service ceased there.
A twisty track has led us to a forgotten plan to deconstruct and reassemble that old station as part of failed effort to develop a living history exhibit at the old Explore Park in Roanoke County. Now part of the county park system, Explore was first conceived as a grand private venture to be developed upon an early American history theme.
CASEY: Soup for Seniors brings in smaller but respectable haul during pandemic
roanoke.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from roanoke.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Check out this week s local events (Feb 18-24)
roanoke.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from roanoke.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Besides infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands, the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools, churches, many restaurant dining rooms and other businesses and institutions. But itâs not going to stop the annual food drive known as Soup for Seniors.
The Local Office on Aging, which sponsors the collection and distribution effort each February, is soldiering ahead with the 2021 event.
Soup for Seniors provides low-income older people â many who are housebound for health reasons â with nonperishable meals so they wonât have to choose between eating and buying medicine or paying utility bills during winterâs coldest period.
Itâs a zero-overhead, all-volunteer effort that in past years has collected as many as 65,000 cans of soup and other food items for our communityâs neediest. Last year, it brought in nearly 55,000 food items.