Apr. 18, 20190185Submitted by Jackie Bland
What is a volunteer? One definition says it is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. Sometimes that is true, but today it is more often a person who has been asked to engage in a project or task. And that was primarily true in my case!
When I moved to Fluvanna County...
Apr. 16, 20190290By Duncan Nixon, correspondent
It was the kind of game that can make you a baseball fan. Tension building as the game progresses, with a sudden ending.
On Thursday (April 11) the Flying Fluco baseball team rallied with three runs in the bottom of the sixth (in a seven inning game) to take a 4-2 lead. The Powhatan Indians then...
Apr. 15, 20190407By Ruthann Carr, correspondent
Palmyra District School Board member Brenda Pace formally announced her retirement at the board meeting Wednesday (April 10).
“It’s time to move on and address my bucket list,” Pace said. “I have 26 grandchildren I’d love to spend more time with… It’s bittersweet, but it’s time. I want...
Apr. 11, 201901446By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Weeks ago before the University of Virginia (U.Va.) men’s basketball team made it to the Final Four, James Kelley chose 6 p.m. Saturday to hold a party at his house to announce his run for the Palmyra District School Board seat.
Game day Saturday, April 6; tip-off time 6:05 p.m.
Kelley made it...
Apr. 11, 20190640Submitted by Darrell Baughan
I am the music teacher at Central Elementary and West Central Elementary. I live at Lake Monticello with my beautiful wife and three cats. As I finish out my 30thyear as a teacher with Fluvanna County schools, I want to share some of my thoughts and precious memories of the amazing years that I have been a...