Hello everyone, I'm honored to be participating with such an august group in the Voices of the Valleys. I live just outside Fincastle on a 40 acre farm, named "Forest Oak", with my wife, Helen, and my black lab Maggie. We board and graze an average herd of about 20 black Angus cows and their calves. We have six adult children, their spouses, fourteen grandchildren and one new great grandchild. We are both involved in the Attic Productions community theater for about the past thirteen years. I work full time as Corporate Secretary of Fleetmaster Express, Roanoke, VA and serve as an expert witness for lawyers in VA & WV in personal injury cases involving trucks. I am also on the auxillary roster of the Virginia Defense Force, Staff Sgt., A Company, 24th Battalion, Highland Brigade, National Guard Armory, Bedford, VA. I look forward to working with all of you and hopeful that we can somehow make a difference in our beautiful valley with our voices.