Dec. 13, 20180392Promised energy savings fail to materialize
By Heather Michon, correspondent
Fluvanna County Public Schools Superintendent Chuck Winker began his presentation to the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors on the fiscal year 2020 (FY20) budget with an apology.
Earlier this year, he had asked the board for $150,000 to fix the roof at...
Dec. 13, 20180312Contributed by Cynthia Moore
Self-care is the things we do for ourselves that allow us to gently prevent health disasters, survive well and thrive. If you look up self-care you may not find a dictionary definition, but I like what Wikipedia has to say, calling self-care the things we can control and initiate for ourselves, and linking...
Dec. 13, 20180257By Madeline Otten, Correspondent
A Fluvanna teacher who knows what it’s like to be hungry is doing what he can to keep his students from having the same experience.
Gary Greenwood has dedicated 43 years of his life to teaching; 38 of those years have been with Fluvanna County Public Schools. In the past, he taught elementary...
Dec. 13, 2018093By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent
In a toughly contested, seesaw battle, the Fluco girls, behind junior guard Nevaeh Ivory and freshman post player Khamare Steppe, managed a well-deserved two point win in overtime Tuesday (Dec. 4) over Turner Ashby. The final score was 62-60.
Ivory scored seven of the Flucos’ nine points in overtime,...
Dec. 13, 20180104Submitted by Dave Wirth
Giving to others does not just happen at a particular time of year. The members of the planning team and all the volunteers want to thank the Fluvanna community for their generous support at the Feeding Fluvanna Community Day held Sept. 8.
Representatives of many of the congregations in Fluvanna County met...
Dec. 13, 20180125By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent
Local traveler John Day presented to the Lake Monticello Wildlife Committee Dec. 2 about his trip to the Galapagos Islands.
“I was always interested in zoology and this was a trip that was on my bucket list,” said Day.
He began his trip in Ecuador and discussed some of the customs that make up...
Dec. 10, 201801585By Ruthann Carr, correspondent
Find the leak.
That seemed to be the single concern connecting those for and against the Fluvanna County High School Alliance Club’s request to rainbow-ize the Fluco logo.
Everyone wanted to know how blogger and radio host Rob Schilling got hold of the Alliance Club letter that Superintendent...