The Roanoke Times, Sunday, April 23, 2000 REALTY TRANSFERS William R. Anglin to Michael W. Hudson, Cave Spring, $50,000. Associates Relocation Managment to Marlin G. Criner, Plantation Grove, $267,000.
B.J. King Contractor Inc. to H. Paul Melzer, Plantation Grove, $264,700. Bank of Botetourt to Richard E.
Shawn, acreage, $205,000. Barbara A. Powell Family Limited to John R. Freeland II, 3.064 acres, $145,000. Boone, Boone Loeb inc.
to Denise S. Coffey, Westchester, $257,450. A. Clay Croom to Lori E. Thompson, 1.232 acres, $175,000.
DVW Incorporated to Blane R. Lecahman, Plantation: Grove, $305,052. Roxanne R. Davenport to Ndidi Azikiwe, Ruxton of Roanoke, $100,000. James T.
Devens to Lawrence Ray Barger, Duxbury Court, $136,000. Michael P. Dittrich to David W. Watson, Fairway Forest Estates, $380,000. Emmaline Duncan to Jeffrey S.
Shawver, 27.30 acres, $129,950. John R. Ewald to Ronald J. Davis, Penn Forest, $144,000. Community Development to Stephen P.
Olson, Orchard Park, $149,000. William F. Ferrell Jr. to Anthony L. Greene, Summerfield, $146,500.
John Daniel Floyd to Gary R. Gibson, Part Lot -7, $135,000. Fralin Waldron to Jim G. Carleton, King's Crest, $219,950. Vera V.
Galloway to David M. Williams .667 Acre, $145,000. Graham Construction Inc. to Alvin R. Graves, Whitney Estates, $138,950.
Paul E. Grainick to Gare Lecompte, North Hills, $150,300. Charles D. Greene to Rebecca N. Creasy, Dillon Woods, $117,950.
Allan G. Ham Sr. to William H. Terry, Parkway Place, $175,000. Daniel W.
Harmon to Frank Beltran III, Penn Forest, $124,000. James E. Harris to Crystal W. Janney, North Lakes, $116,000. Howard Harrison to Kenneth Brett Martson, Penn Forest Hills, $216,000.
Kay H. Harrison to Christopher S. Welch, Greenfield, $102,000. Lawrence E. Hinchee to Lisa Shelton, The Falls, $113,000.
Homes By Ron Inc. to Barry R. Boyce, Roselawn Court, $299,000. Timothy E. Horton to Andrew T.
Martin, Summerfield, $157,500. Daniel R. Kennedy to Evelyn U. Conway, Cresthill, $129,950. Erve Wesley Kid Ill to Eva W.
Hoy, Hidden Valley Homes, $125,000. Chester J. Kostrzewa to George L. Keaton Bush Farms, $150,000. Carl E.
Leonard Jr. to John D. Bland, Hidden Valley Homes, $113,500. Eric P. Lewis to James S.
McHenry, Bridlewood, $197,000. Robert A. Lufkin to James E. Harris, Branderwood, $179,950. Roger Lynch to Scott M.
Viette, Bush Farms, $132,500. Mellie F. Maben to Chase P. Potter, 5.35 acres, $100,000. Doris Marie Millehan to Kenneth M.
Gray, Castle Hill Development, $116,500. Gregory T. Minnich to John M. McConnell, Canterbury Park, $131,900. John L.
Mitchell to Elaine P. Powell, Parkway JUMBLE Answer BANDIT BOILED NUDISM LACKEY HANSOM FACING What the bridge players wanted on the cruise GOOD "DECK" HANDS Place, $170,000. Parsell Ziegler Construction, Co. to Alma G. Nichols, Mt.
Vernon Heights, $126,200. Achuyut D.K. Enterprises Williamson Road, $1,250,000. Radford Company to John Ewaid, McVitty Forest, $165,000. Virginia R.
Ramsey to Ronald G. Pettry, Nichols Estates, $153,000. Douglas W. Reed to Charles, A. Blankenship, Spring Grove, $108.150.
Brian S. Riddlebarger to Ronald E. Riddlebarger, Tinker Knoll, $107,000. Cynthia M. Ring to Charles G.
Crew, Dillon Woods, $137,950. Robert Hodges Inc. to Jordan T. Casey, Mountain Meadow Estates, $144,950. Adrian E.
Rouse to Gary W. Jennings, Petty Acres, $110,000. Margaret G. Schwartz to Charles H. Osterhoudt, Wexford, $175,000.
Ralph D. Shivers to Albert McCarty Seagle Belle Me Meade, $135,000. Lewis Allen Shumate to K. Glenn Powell, Cherokee Hills, $148,000. John 0.
Smith to Charles W. Matthew, Greenwood Forest, $123,500. Michael Stowe to John C. Henson, 1 acre and 2.755 acres, $166,000. William J.
Tear to Carolyn W. White, Nottingham Park, $173,000. Robert M. Terry to Howard W. Adams, Summerfield, $159,500: Donald Lee Thaxton to Gary E.
Bushnell, Falling Creek Estates, $164,950. William S. Ulmer to James C. Norfolk, Canterbury Park, $225,725. Joe H.
Vaughn to Christopher Olson, Branderwood, $188,000. Waldrop Development Corporation to David V. Osborne, Woodbridge, $289,000. Wayne Ayers Development Inc. to Michael R.
Beavers, Nicholas Hills, $187,500. Frederica N. Weld to Charles D. Lionbeger, Berwick Heights, $124,500. William Larry Scott Realty to A Enterprises LP, Hinman Estate, $600,000.
Christopher R. Zara to Joseph Paul Innacelli, Bridlewood, $229,950. $50,000 TO $100,000 Robert C. Bailey to Gregory L. Jackson, .868 acre, $58,500.
Kevin D. Cole to Patrick H. Harney, Sun Valley, $96,950. D. Steven Dodson to Timothy Allen Bowman, Winterset South, $74,850 Mary I.
Dowdle to Carol M. Zimmer, Springlawn, $95,000. Christopher J. Eddy to Ivan McGhee, Winterberry Pointe, $91,500. Michelle L.
Hammes to W. Douglas Fughum Fairfax, $92,000. David L. Hill Jr. to Elizabeth Cole, W.L.
Lancaster Plat, $95,000. Pamela D.E. Hopkins to Robert J. Zelko, Forest Condominum, $86,000. Thomas G.
Huck to Charles C. Dudding, Briarcliff, $99,000. Cynthia L. Journell to E. Elizabeth Holt, Forest Condominium, $87,500.
Janet R. Lampman to Drew E. Porter, Winterberry Pointe, $99,500. Richard P. Lavinder to Danny W.
Ayers, Blue Ridge Heights, $80,400. Margaret C. Lester to Jonathan E. Valentine, Green Valleys, $75,000. Charles W.
Matthew to Harry Patrick Frizzell, The Forest, $85,500. Cynthia A. Mcue-Vilgats to Patricia R. Harrison, Southampton, Richard A. Morgan to David W.
Craun, Etna Land Company, $87.500. Isabel O. Ortiz to Agustin Arellano, Mt. Vernon Heights, $. $80,000.
Harry R. Peyton to Ronald Harold Dowell, Malvern Hills, $56,241. Carolyn J. Poff to Chasity A. Dickson, Vinton Heights, $96,950.
Jacqueline L. Robinson to James R. St. Clair, Wilclair Corporation, $74,000. Mary Jane Russell to Robert J.
Zelko, Timberline Condos, $50,000. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Sherman J. Statzer, .829 acre, $53,240. James B. Sink to John H.
Harrison Green Valleys, $79,000. Frances Critzer Steere to George A. Etter, Briarcliff, $81,000. James C. Tucei to Andrew J.
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And it's right here in The Roanoke Times every Sunday. THE ROANOKE TIMES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13 in ve. FROM D1 Tour ROANOKE COUNTY OVER $100,000 Jackson Ballenger's office, which has windows on three sides and a faux-finish ceiling painted by his. wife. The den also is home to Jackson Ballenger's pet snake, who lives in an aquarium.
The living room carpet was made specially for the house, and on the ceiling of the adjacent flagstone-floored sun room is a painting that creates the illusion of looking up through tree branches. But the main attraction is what the Ballengers thought was an acre of untouched woods that stretched back to Peakwood Drive. They loved it because "it was so private," Winn Ballenger said. But when they began to landscape the woods, they found ruined walls, old stone walks and the remains of a multilevel pond. When they went through the original house plans given to them by the Crocketts, they discovered plans for an extensive informal garden as well.
Winn Bailenger believes the garden may have lain untouched for decades. The Crocketts "may not even have known it was there," she said. For the past four years, the Ballengers along with a team of landscapers have worked to restore the garden to its original appearance. To do so, they removed many of the trees. "We've lost a lot of privacy," Winn Ballenger said, "but it was worth it." A small stream gushes down the hillside the soothing sound often travels up to the master bedroom, she said.
Stone paths wind through the grounds, which are resplendent in blooming perennials and annuals. Under a tree, a hammock swings lazily in the breeze. The Ballengers also have tried to retain the original plant varieties. "Where I found holly, I planted more holly," Winn Ballenger said. "Where I found rhododendron, I planted rhododendron." The rock walls that defined the terraces on the steep hillside were rebuilt from the ground up.
A huge grapevine acts as a gateway to a level area and a small gazebo, where the Ballengers like to read the newspaper on Sponsors hopeful of a more colorful tour By BETSY BIESENBACH SPECIAL TO THE ROANOKE TIMES The 67th Annual Historic Garden Week in Virginia, which began April 22, is being observed a little later than usual in Roanoke this year. The Roanoke Tour of Homes and 1 Gardens, a one-day-only event, will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the last day of Historic Garden Week, rather than the first, as it usually is. "We decided not to have it on Easter," said Jeannie Fishwick, one of the organizers of the event.
Fishwick and the sponsors of the tour, the Mill Mountain Garden Club and the Roanoke Valley Garden Club, hope the late date will mean warmer temperatures and more spring color for an event that usually leaves participants worrying that nothing will be blooming in time. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 on the date of the tour. They will be available at Fair Acres, headquarters for the Roanoke Valley Council of Garden Clubs, on Avenham Avenue Southwest. There will be no single-house admission. Continuous shuttle-bus service also will begin at Fair Acres.
Call 343- outside space so much that "I make the family eat outdoors a at least once a week," Winn Ballenger said, even if it means wearing a sweater. While the Bradshaws' home on Burnleigh Road is virtually new, its Williamsburg styling done in oversized, handmade brick gives the exterior the feeling of age. The house was built in 1995 and 1996. The Bradshaws have given the place which was built on four lots they acquired over 25 years a distinctive name. Matilda Bradshaw said she was so eager to move into the home she and her husband had 4519 to reserve a advance tickets.
The Rosalind Hills Garden Club will serve box lunches from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $8 per person. Reservations for lunch must be in by noon Monday. In past years, the homes on the tour have been within comfortable walking distance of each other.
This year, Fishwick said, because of the hilly terrain, "walking isn't recommended. We're encouraging people to take the bus." Last year, 800 tickets were sold. The proceeds from the event go toward the preservation and restoration of the grounds and gardens of Virginia's historic sites. Since 1929, the Garden Club of Virginia has raised more than $5 million, and over 35 landscaping projects have been funded through Historic Garden Week events. Roanoke is not as historic as some other areas of Virginia, so the tour often tends to focus on the houses, rather than the gardens.
This year, Fishwick said, "we've got some really spectacular gardens on the tour." Most years, only the gardens are open at some of the houses. This year, both houses and gardens will be on display at each stop. before construction was finished. As she worked the stony soil, she grew frustrated by all the "bloomin' rocks on the hillside." Hence the name: "Blumenrock." Both ardent conservationists, the Bradshaws were determined to make the house blend in with the nearly vertical lot. "We were tree-huggers," Matilda Bradshaw said, so as many of the original trees as possible were left standing.
The soil was so poor that "we hauled in tons and tons of mulch," to make it fertile, she said. John Bradshaw who is retired from the Roanoke architectual and engineering firm of Hayes Seay Mattern Mattern sketched out the basic design Sunday mornings. spent two years planning that she with terraced flower and vegetaThe Ballengers enjoy their began planting the gardens ble gardens in front and back. Roanoke Area Mortgage Rates HOUSING EQUAL LENDER Term Rate Pts. Lock APR Comments Term Rate Pts.
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Check rates on the Internet http://www.onmortgage.com and www.onlisting.com 01997, 1998, 1999 NFNS. In the back yard, winding rock paths are fenced off by shinhigh antique wrought-iron gates that keep the couple's miniature dachshund from wandering off. Much of the landscaping consists of boxwoods 75 in all planted from cuttings given to 10 the Bradshaws by each of their families and brought from their former home. The terraces are separated by rock walls; there no grass anywhere. No children are left at home.is to mow the lawn the family's favored form of punishment so "I didn't want any grass," ilda Bradshaw explained.
Although you wouldn't knowi it to look at it, the front entrance also is terraced. The winding stairs, the narrow flagstone front porch lined with rockers and the steep brick stoop leading to the front door were all designed to keep the front wall of the house low and less imposing. The Bradshaws have taken their ideas about conservation indoors, as well. The home has three heating and cooling zones: one for the living area where the couple spend most of their time, another for the formal rooms used for entertaining, and the last for the three upstairs bedrooms. Although their three daughters are grown, the Bradshaws said, they wanted to have rooms for them and their families to come back to.
The home has both indoor and outdoor living areas a screened porch and a deck in 01 addition to the front porch and the interior is designed so each section can be closed off with glass doors. Nearly every room in the house has a spectacular view of the Roanoke "I'm mainly an outdoors girl," Matilda Bradshaw said. The living area was designed with the future in mind. The doorways are extra wide; off the bedroom are separate "his and hers" offices; and the laundry room, which is on the living level, could easily be converted into an, elevator shaft. With an elevator, the couple would be able to reach the garage on the lower level, should they ever be unable to climb the stairs.
"It's a geriatric house," John Bradshaw joked. A dumbwaiter at the garage level allows them to send grocer-, ies and other cargo directly up, from their cars, and a chute from, the kitchen sends recyclables down. The Bradshaws are so suc-, cessful at recycling, they said, that each week they have only one small bag of household waste to get rid of. The house is furnished with antiques and family heirlooms, and Matilda Bradshaw made all of the window treatments and the bedding. Besides designing the house, the Bradshaws decorated it themselves.
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