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Rainbow F approved by 2-0 vote
Jan. 10, 201901735 Rittenhouse calls logo an “abomination” By Ruthann Carr, correspondent What started with a bang ended with a whimper. After three months of study, debate, legal consultation and community input, the Fluvanna County School Board agreed Wednesday (Jan. 9) to let the high school Alliance Club alter the school logo with rainbow...
Girls fall in competition for first in District
Jan. 10, 20190143 BY DUNCAN NIXON CORRESPONDENT It was a contest between the two top girls’ basketball teams in the Jefferson District. The Flucos came into the Jan. 4 game at 3-1 in the District and Western came at 4-1. Unfortunately, the Fluco girls’ team could not find the basket against the Warriors from Western Albemarle. The Fluco girls...
Judge rules prison in violation
Jan. 10, 20190351 BY HEATHER MICHON CORRESPONDENT A federal judge in Charlottesville issued an injunction Wednesday (Jan. 2) against the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) in Troy, laying down a series of improvements the prison’s medical staff must make in the coming weeks and months. The ruling came about six months after a three-day...
Author talks about family history
Jan. 10, 20190275 BY PAGE H. GIFFORD CORRESPONDENT A teacher for 35 years of economics, law and accounting, Warren Groeger always wanted to write. In retirement he finally fulfilled that dream, beginning with re-searching a family member who became the centerpiece for his first novel, Kati, Cara, and KT: Chronicling a Family’s Lives. “I did not...
Advocates seek funding to help Virginians with disabilities
Jan. 10, 2019081 BY GEORGIA GEEN CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE Dozens of disability-rights activists urged members of the Virginia General Assembly Thursday (Jan. 3) to approve funding to reduce the nearly 13,000-strong waitlist for developmental disability waivers. Developmental disability waivers, which are granted by Medicaid, include support services...
Fluvanna Faces: Tracey Justus
Jan. 10, 20190395 BY MADELINE OTTEN CORRESPONDENT How long have you lived in Fluvanna? What brought you here? I moved here in 2006 due to a job relocation. I began working in the neuro intensive care unit at University of Virginia Medical Center. Where do you live? Sycamore Square in Palmyra Tell us about your family. I have two wonderful...
