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Cookin' Cheap is a nationally syndicated cooking show, originally hosted by Larry Bly and Earl "Laban" Johnson, Jr. (July 29, 1941 - March 2, 1999). [1] Cookin' Cheap was taped in the studios of Blue Ridge Public Television in Roanoke, Virginia.
Onzlee Ware (January 4, 1954 – February 10, 2024) was an American politician and judge. A Democrat, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in November 2003. He formerly represented the 11th District, which is made up of part of the City of Roanoke.
Manley Caldwell Butler (June 2, 1925 – July 28, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician widely admired for his integrity, bipartisanship and courage. [1] [2] A native of Roanoke, Butler served his hometown and wider community first as a member of the Republican Party in the Virginia General Assembly (1962–1972) and later the United States House of Representatives (1972–1983).
"Mr. Taubman was a strong civic leader, a chairman of the Roanoke Valley United Negro College Fund and a director of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce." [4] As a member of the Roanoke Jewish Community Council or RJCC, Arthur Taubman began collecting money to support people leaving Germany to go to Israel. [5]
Alfred Victor "Vic" Thomas (1929–2006) was a Virginia businessman (owner of E. J. Thomas Market) and politician. [1] As a Democrat, he represented parts of Roanoke and Roanoke County, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1974 until 2004.
Vest was born in Roanoke, Virginia on January 5, 1936, the son of Frank Harris Vest and Viola Gray Woodson. He was educated at Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia . He then studied at Roanoke College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1959.
Brehm was born in Roanoke, Virginia on April 18, 1945. [1] She earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Duke University.She went to Harvard University for an AM in clinical psychology and then returned to Duke to earn a PhD in clinical psychology.
Noel Calvin Taylor (July 15, 1924 – October 29, 1999) [1] [2] was an American politician who served as the 41st mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, from 1975 to 1992.An African American leader who helped facilitate Roanoke's peaceful desegregation in the late 1960s, Taylor was widely considered one of the most influential political and civic leaders in the city's history.