FAST falls to Fairview in swim meet The Fluvanna Aquatic Sports Team (FAST) ran into a buzz saw in its first scored meet of the season, as they fell on June 19 to the Fairview Swim Club by a score of 666-439. ...
Youth football team squeaks by; goodbye to Pat Groot For a while there, it looked as though the proposed Fluvanna U12 football team might not get off the ground. After a largely supportive discussion June 5, the Board seemed to reconsider when it came time to formally establish the team at Wednesday’s (June 19) meeting. ...
Debate about standardized testing continues in Fluvanna Even after school has been let out for the summer, the debate about whether or not today’s school kids take too many standardized tests continues among Fluvanna’s educators. “The majority of calls I get from teachers are about testing,” said school board member Carol Tracy...
In my last letter to the editor, I noted that Peaceful Passings Senior Animal Rescue did not have a much needed generator to power the essentials for our senior animals during a power outage. I need not say more. Dr. Robert Mayfield, plant manager for Tenaska Virginia Generating Station, once again came to the rescue for senior animals...
The Nine Hole Ladies Golf hosted an Invitational Golf Tournament on Tuesday, June 12. Club members from Boonesboro, Glennore, Hermitage, Lake of the Woods, Meadowcreek, Richmond, Stonehenge and Wintergreen came to enjoy a day of golfing. We had 60 ladies who could not say enough about the beauty of our golf course. They all admitted it...
I appreciate the letters published last week titled Information Needed by Karol Forsberg and Voice your Opinion by Sandy and Row Carlson.Without Karol’s letter, I would not have known that two of the three Investment Committee members have resigned. That negative was swept under the rug by Board members emphatically stating that their...
The Fluvanna County Habitat for Humanity held its 19th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament at Spring Creek Golf Club on May 30. The day was a great success, raising approximately $11,000 for the organization, a gain of about $4,000 over last year. This year’s tournament had 22 corporate sponsors, up from nine last year, support from 55...
Tuesday was one of those days when you just love the excuse to be outdoors for a beautiful spring day after so many hot and humid ones. People ask about tomatoes and corn. The Fluvanna Market is a “producer market”. So you may see tomatoes at other stands or markets but it is most likely they were grown elsewhere in the state or...
