Patrick Toole is a violin maker who works in his shared space in the Aurora Studio Center on Campbell Avenue in downtown Roanoke. He holds up a template that he uses to create the f-holes that allow sound to escape from the sound box of the f-holes essentially let the sound escape from the sound box of the violin.  STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS/THE ROANOKE TIMES

Patrick Toole is a violin maker who works in his shared space in the Aurora Studio Center on Campbell Avenue in downtown Roanoke. 
Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Tim Austin is closing his Boones Mill studio, packing up and heading to Nashville, Tennessee. He strums his banjo for relaxation.  "Recording Artist" Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Jessie Lovell of Fries, Virginia, a member of the band," Carroll County Grass (Bluegrass)," waits in line backstage to back-up a fiddler playing a folk song in Tuesday night's fiddle, dobro and mandolin competition at the 69th Annual Galax Fiddlers Convention. His Sigma DR35 (like a D35 Martin, except the Sigma is made in Japan), Fries said. Doc Watson and Wayne Henderson are among the signatures that decorate the front of his guitar. "We call it fries in the summer and freeze in the winter." "I got Wayne Henderson to sign it at the hole because it makes the guitar sound better," Lovell said. skd "Guitar Man" Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School 

Patrick Henry pole vaulters Abby Tershak, a freshman and Corbin Turner, a senior lead Timesland in their event heading into Saturdayís Cosmopolitan Invitational at William Fleming High School. Tershak, is the reigning Group 5A indoor state champion.

Nate Perry, who graduated from Bassett High School is a catcher who has signed with the Houston Astros.

Makenzie & Chad-Prom 2018

Doug Harwood, 64, founder and publisher of the Rockbridge Advocate walks down Washington Street in downtown Lexington after leaving his office to hand-deliver some of his newspapers hot off the press on March 2nd. He's a well-known character in town who likes the socialization and contacts he makes delivering the newspapers himself.

The author, of the recent book, "The Unquiet Grave," Sharyn McCrumb sits high atop an overlook on Potts Mountain. She's heading on a whirlwind book tour through eight states in the region.  Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

ferrumpresidentjohns 030618 p05 David Johns, the new President of Ferrum College, started in January. He came from Union College in Kentucky, where he was vice president for academic affairs.  Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Cindy Petersen, the museum's deputy director of education and visitor engagement, will become the new Director of the Taubman Museum of Art, following Della Watkins who left for a position as the Executive Director of the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina in October. Petersen poses in Fralin Center of American Art permanent collection with the John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925) Portrait of Norah Gribble, 1888, Oil on canvas, Acquired with Funds Provided by the Horace G. Fralin. Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Gene Herric, is a retired Associated Press photographer who lives in Rocky Mount. He worked for the AP for nearly 30 years, and is known best for his photography from the Korean War and the civil rights movement. He covered the murder trial of Emmett Till and photographed Rosa Parks when she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus. He is 91, and will be inducted to the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame this year. Stephanie Klein-

Jack Ferguson, a 97-year-old World War II aviator arrived at Hanger 20 on Saturday morning, in the general aviation area for private pilots, near the Roanoke Airport for a flight in honor of the anniversary of his discharge from the Army on March 16, 1946. He flew as a passenger in a Beechcraft Bonanza four-seater operated by pilot Charlie Linenfelser of Roanoke Aero Services. Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Jack Ferguson, 96, of Franklin County sits in the passenger seat of a Beechcraft Bonanza 1953 four-seater operated by pilot Charlie Linenfelser of Roanoke Aero Services.  Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Ellie and Chris Proctor's Roanoke home.

Makenzie & Chad-Prom 2018

Makenzie & Chad -Prom 2018  

Makenzie & Chad-Prom 2018

Makenzie & Chad-Prom 2018

Makenzie & Chad-Prom 2018

Makenzie & Chad-Prom 2018

Makenzie & Chad-Prom 2018

Margaret and Bob Rubush, both 83, of Seminole, Fla., take in a spectacular Floyd County sunset. They spend their summers in their 1992 Excella 1000 Airstream Classic in Virginia. skd "Sunset at the RV Park" Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

From a project, "At 40" (Women and where they are psychologically the year they turn 40).

Paul Walker, 15 1/2, who has a form of autism and as a baby was shaken by a babysitter and left with brain damage, is the biological son of Diane Walker, a single mother. Paul blows dandelion seed heads in the front yard of his southeast Roanoke home in Virginia. He's home-schooled with three other mentally-disabled adopted siblings. "Dandelion Boy"  

"Ophelia, an orange tabby, 1 year old, domestic longhair, is up for adoption at the Roanoke SPCA. Her green eyes have much depth and character. Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Heather Rousseau and Sam Quisenberry with baby, Nathan at Highland Park in Old Southwest.

Heather Rousseau and Sam Quisenberry with baby, Nathan

Heather Rousseau and Sam Quisenberry with baby, Nathan 

Heather Rousseau and Sam Quisenberry with baby, Nathan 

Heather Rousseau and Sam Quisenberry with baby, Nathan 

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

Simran Drakeford's Prom- Patrick Henry High School

During a recent rush hour traffic jam, Robert Parsley, 44, a Southeast Roanoke resident, pointed to the bright orange cones on Bullitt Avenue and the excavated ground it surrounded. "They call this beautifying?" he said. "Look at it." skd "Beautification Traffic Project" Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times