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Fluvanna myths: Fact or fiction?
May. 16, 201901573 By Madeline Otten Correspondent How much do you know about Fluvanna County? Did you hear about the bulldozer at the bottom of the lake, or about the ghost that terrorized the Moon family back in the 1800s? While Fluvanna County may be small, it has its history, and with history comes myths, legends, facts and all sorts of...
Former champ Bassett wins Faulconer
May. 16, 20190744 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The prestigious Faulconer golf tournament at the Lake Monticello Golf Course is scheduled as a two-day event. This year’s day one, Saturday (May 11), was a perfect day for golf; day two, Sunday (May 12), not so much. Last year bad weather reduced the tournament to a one-day event. This year it rained...
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FAST swimmers set personal records
May. 16, 2019091 Submitted by Amy Williams When the Fluvanna Aquatics Sports Team’s (FAST) year-round team competed in the Jim Frye Invitational Long Course Meet in Richmond May 5-6, every swimmer earned at least one personal best time in the races, according to Coach Nathan Johnson. The Caruso family of swimmers – Anthony, 14, Josie, 9, and...Eugene (Gene) Fredrick Deiner
Beloved partner Eugene F. Deiner, 88, died Friday morning, May 3, 2019, at Hospice of the Piedmont following an extended illness. A resident of Palmyra, Va., he was born in Erie, Penn., on Sept. 7, 1930. He was the son of the late Charles Deiner and Winifred Schaefer Deiner Wingerter and stepson of the late Henry Wingerter. Having...
Tough inning drives softball loss to Albemarle
May. 14, 20190156 By Duncan Nixon, correspondent One bad inning was all it took for the Fluco softball team to fall seriously behind Thursday (May 9) against the Albemarle Patriots. The game started with a scoreless first inning. The Flucos got a single by second baseman Loren Black and a walk by third baseman Lindsay Ward but failed to score. In the...
School Board barely passes budget
May. 13, 20190599 By Ruthann Carr, correspondent At the same meeting the Fluvanna County School Board honored teachers and staff, it almost didn’t pass a budget to pay them. Superintendent Chuck Winkler presented a fiscal year 2020 (FY20) budget of $41,896,842 broken down into the following categories: Instruction: $31,785,413; ...