Jun. 14, 20180322By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent
The Fluvanna Flying Flucos hold a spring sports banquet every year to celebrate the end of the sports season and to honor the top athletes on the spring sports teams. This year’s banquet was held on June 5 in the Fluvanna High School cafeteria. Athletic Director Scott Morris was the master of...
Norman H. “Norm” Bagley, 99, an eight-year resident of Annapolis and previously of Lake Monticello, Va., passed away on June 5, 2018. Born on March 18, 1919 in Newark, NJ, Norm earned a Bachelor of Science degree in ceramic engineering from Rutgers University. He retired from the former Carborundum Company. During World War II, Norm...
David Frank Zullo, 76, passed away at his home in Lake Monticello, Palmyra on Friday June 8, 2018 surrounded by his family.
He was born on April 2, 1942 in Garfield Heights, Ohio, a son of the late Connie and Dominic Zullo. He married Chris Zullo on June 27, 1964 and together they raised four boys in Poolesville, Maryland.
Dave was...
Erika Marta Stuart, 78, of Lake Monticello, Virginia passed away on Monday, May 28, 2018.
Born on May 15, 1940 in West Bend, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Martha Wingert.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Thomas Stuart; two daughters, Andrea Phillips (Will) and Laura Campbell (Chris); three...
Dorothy Catherine Eggar Engler, 98, of Lake Monticello, Va., passed away at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
Born October 27, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late William George Eggar and Rosella E. (Soloman) Eggar. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert F. Engler,...
Jun. 7, 20180195By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent
It was a big week for Coach Joel Gray’s Flying Fluco baseball team. They went 3-0 to capture the Region 3C title. On Memorial Day (May 28) they topped Rustburg High 9-0 in the Region quarterfinals. The next day, in the semifinal and State tournament qualifier, they bested the Spotswood High Blazers...
Jun. 7, 20180233Contributed by Robert Maher
Africa – no other continent invokes the imagination, mystery and fascination than Africa. Five of us from all walks of life departed Palmyra in the depths of winter’s bleakness and arrived in Uganda, a country dubbed by Winston Churchill as the Pearl of Africa, during the peak of its summer.
Our...