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Firestorm lit at School Board meeting
Aug. 16, 201801066 By Ruthann Carr, Correspondent What appeared to be the close of a normal School Board meeting Wednesday (Aug. 8) turned into anything but. Shirley Stewart (Rivanna) took issue with how Chair Perrie Johnson (Fork Union) greeted school staff at a breakfast Aug. 2, so she proposed the following motion: “I would like to make the...
Farm Heritage Museum dedicated
Aug. 16, 20180261 Press Release A large and enthusiastic group of citizens joined Fluvanna County and the Fluvanna Historical Society in dedicating the Fluvanna Farm Heritage Museum Saturday (Aug. 4). This newest addition to the museum complex at the center of Pleasant Grove Park is an attractive barn-like structure designed to house a museum honoring...
Fluco football readies for new season
Aug. 16, 20180274 By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent New Fluco football coach Mike Morris is busily preparing the team for the 2018 season. The team scrimmaged Aug. 8 at Waynesboro and will scrimmage at home Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. against Warren County. The regular season opens with a long trip down south to take on Bluestone High Aug. 24. The Fluco home...
Artist talks about light and shadows
Aug. 16, 2018078 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, 20180158 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, 20180195 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...