diff --git a/app/models/people.rb b/app/models/people.rb
index cc1e6e8..d455d7d 100644
--- a/app/models/people.rb
+++ b/app/models/people.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,18 @@
 #
 class People < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_one_tuxwiki_page :owner_class => 'People'
+  belongs_to :role
+  attr_protected :role_id
+  validates_presence_of :role_id
+  
+  before_create :set_base_role
+  
+  protected
+  
+  ##
+  # Sets the Role to the top level model.
+  #
+  def set_base_role
+    self.role = Role.base_role
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml b/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
index 160031c..57c1529 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <%= link_to_unless_current 'Browse Breweries', breweries_path -%><br />
     <%= link_to_unless_current 'Discussions', discussions_path -%><br />
     <%= link_to_unless_current 'Peoples', peoples_path -%><br />
+    <%= link_to_unless_current 'Roles', roles_path -%><br />
     <hr />
     <%= yield :sidebar %>
   </div>
diff --git a/app/views/peoples/edit.rhtml b/app/views/peoples/edit.rhtml
index 004541c..ccd2d38 100644
--- a/app/views/peoples/edit.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/peoples/edit.rhtml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 <% end %>
 
 <% content_for :sidebar do -%>
+  <%= new_people_link %><br />
   <%= show_people_link(@people) %><br />
 <% end -%>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b3e8271..5c7745f 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
+  map.resources :roles
+
   map.resources :beers, :breweries, :pages, :discussions, :peoples
 
   map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
diff --git a/lib/actionview_text_helper.rb b/lib/actionview_text_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 673aa2d..0000000
--- a/lib/actionview_text_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-# ActionView Text Helpers are great!
-# Let's extend the String class to allow us to call
-# some of these methods directly on a String.
-# Note: 
-#  - cycle-related methods are not included
-#  - concat is not included
-#  - pluralize is not included because it is in 
-#       ActiveSupport String extensions already
-#       (though they differ).
-#  - markdown requires BlueCloth
-#  - textilize methods require RedCloth
-# Example:
-# "<b>coolness</b>".strip_tags -> "coolness"
-require 'singleton'
-# Singleton to be called in wrapper module
-class TextHelperSingleton
-  include Singleton
-  include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
-  include ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper #tag_options needed by auto_link
-end
-# Wrapper module
-module MyExtensions #:nodoc:
-  module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
-    module String #:nodoc:
-      module TextHelper
-        def auto_link(link = :all, href_options = {}, &block)
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.auto_link(self, link, href_options, &block)
-        end
-        def excerpt(phrase, radius = 100, excerpt_string = "…")
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.excerpt(self, phrase, radius, excerpt_string)
-        end
-        def highlight(phrase, highlighter = '<strong class="highlight">\1</strong>')
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.highlight(self, phrase, highlighter)
-        end
- 
-        begin
-          require_library_or_gem 'bluecloth'
-          def markdown
-            TextHelperSingleton.instance.markdown(self)
-          end
-        rescue LoadError
-          # do nothing.  method will be undefined
-        end
-        def sanitize
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.sanitize(self)
-        end
-        def simple_format
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.simple_format(self)
-        end
-        def strip_tags
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.strip_tags(self)
-        end
-        begin
-          require_library_or_gem 'redcloth'
-          def textilize
-            TextHelperSingleton.instance.textilize(self)
-          end
-          def textilize_without_paragraph
-            TextHelperSingleton.instance.textilize_without_paragraph(self)
-          end
-        rescue LoadError
-          # do nothing.  methods will be undefined
-        end
-        def truncate(length = 30, truncate_string = "…")
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.truncate(self, length, truncate_string)
-        end
-        def word_wrap(line_width = 80)
-          TextHelperSingleton.instance.word_wrap(self, line_width)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-# extend String with the TextHelper functions
-class String #:nodoc:
-  include MyExtensions::CoreExtensions::String::TextHelper
-end