IP*Works! Version 8.0 RSS Component http://backend.userland.com/rss2 News from the Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/extra Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.roanoke.com/wrapper/images/bottom_logo.gif http://www.roanoke.com On the eve of the Mill Mountain Star's 60th anniversary, two brothers who worked on the construction crew recall how they built the Roanoke icon -- in the days before safety harnesses.<br><p>Before they turned on the Mill Mountain Star for the very first time, back on Nov. 23, 1949, the master of ceremonies paused to thank "the valiant crew of men who labored in cold and dangerous winds" to finish it on time.</p><a href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1661685@Position4"><img src="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1661685@Position4" alt="Advertisement"></img></a> http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/227060