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WOYM: A foundation remains, and so does the mystery of Buchanan train depot's fate


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.

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cutNscratch: So long, Delbert; limericks for live music; outdoor music schedules


The inaugural music season at The Coves Amphitheater has barely begun, and already there is a cancellation. This one signals a honky-tonk blues icon’s retirement.
Delbert McClinton, who was scheduled to play the Union Hall venue July 10, announced the end of his touring days in an Instagram post on Thursday. His reason was simple: He didn’t want to deal with COVID-19.
“Here I sit, 80 years old, in the middle of a pandemic,” McClinton said in the Instagram post. “This is not how I envisioned playing out my final years as an entertainer. Music has been my total being for my whole life. … I had been considering finishing this year with a modest number of shows. But the more I thought about it, and the more obstacles that have been placed in front of me, the less my heart was in it.

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CASEY: In search of low-brow verse about the pandemic

CASEY: In search of low-brow verse about the pandemic
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