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Artist talks about light and shadows
Aug. 16, 2018077 By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent During the monthly meeting of the Fluvanna Art Association (FAA) Friday (July 20), watercolor artist William Snow discussed more advanced techniques and how to achieve creating light and shadow in watercolor. Considered one of the most difficult mediums to control, watercolor is made to look easy...
Homeless, hopeless, suicidal
Aug. 16, 20180143 Contributed by George Gorman, Pastor of Palmyra and Haden Chapel, United Methodist Churches It’s 7 p.m. on a Sunday evening and I hadn’t eaten since breakfast. So I decided to head on home but I paused and told myself, “Better check to see if there are any messages on the landline.” I only remember to check it now and then, as...
Couple shares lessons from living in Poland
Aug. 16, 20180174 By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent Poland may not top the list of must-see travel destinations, but Allan and Susan Mink came home with many stories to tell after living there three months. “It is a beautiful city, clean, very safe, many speak English, and it is not discovered by tourists,” Sue Mink said. She couldn’t stop...
County fair returns
Aug. 16, 20180258 Press Release The Fluvanna County Fair is back for its fifth year Aug. 16-18. The carnival opened a day early, operating Aug. 15-16 from 6-10 p.m., Aug. 17 from 4-10 p.m., and Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Fair hours are Aug. 16-17 from 4-9 p.m. and Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is $2 per person over 2...Mary Anne Konski Avers (Nancy)
Nancy Avers, of Palmyra, Va., died on Aug. 9, 2018, at the Hospice of the Piedmont Center for Acute Hospice Care in Charlottesville from complications of pancreatic cancer. She was born in Baltimore, Md., on June 5, 1942, to the late Stanley Louis Konski and Gladys Reeves Konski.Nancy is survived by her husband, Carl Dennison (Denny)...
Update: Lake pool cost rises to $1.4 million
Aug. 15, 20180898 By Heather Michon, correspondent The cost of Lake Monticello’s pool replacement has risen from $900,000 to $1,399,265. In a special session Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 15), the Lake Monticello Board of Directors unanimously approved a contract with J.A. Heisler Contracting for the project, which is scheduled to begin as soon as...
Update: School bus catches fire
Aug. 9, 201801081 No one injured By Heather Michon, correspondent The school year got off to a dramatic start as a Fluvanna County school bus caught fire near the junction of Route 15 and Union Mills Road Thursday (Aug. 9) at around 8 a.m. Everyone walked away uninjured. Fluvanna County Public Schools Superintendent Chuck Winkler said in an email...
