The Flying Fluco boys’ basketball team is under the tutelage of Jason Davis this season. Longtime Coach Munro Rateau has retired, and Davis, his assistant for many years, is now in charge. Rateau had a very successful run, but last year was a down...
A tragedy was avoided this past Saturday (Nov. 12), thanks to a group of Lake Monticello teenagers who happened to be walking by at the right time. Dillan Cobbs, Michelle Harris, Brycen Baber, Andrew Ward, Ethian Kidd, Ashton Brown and Michael Brown were talking a walk together in the Cherokee section of the Lake a little after 9 p.m....
Tuesday (Nov. 15) was Fall Banquet night at Fluvanna County High School. The athletes who participated in the fall sports season and their parents, grandparents and siblings joined in a buffet dinner in the high school cafeteria. Scott Morris, high school athletic director, served as master of ceremonies, as usual. After everyone had...
Artists master their skills not only by learning techniques but practicing them. Artist Susan Lang believes in principle. Her inquisitiveness and drive has helped her to become a stronger artist. Lang, president of the Fluvanna Art Association (FAA), is one of those rare people who has become successful in life because of her voracious...
Fluvanna schools on top It is never too late to express congratulations and gratitude to everyone involved in Fluvanna’s top showing in the 2015-16 SOL pass rates in reading and math: the Board of Supervisors, the Fluvanna School Board, Superintendent Gena Keller and her team of dedicated teachers, administrators and support staff and,...
After seven years at the helm of Fluvanna County Public Schools, Superintendent Gena Keller is moving on up. In January Keller will become the coordinator for professional development for the Virginia Department of Education. She and her family will continue living in their Fluvanna house, she said, because “it’s home.”The...
Blame party for not listening to peopleSadly, I saw the Trump takeover coming. I had a bad feeling as I realized that the Democratic National Committee had been scheming for Hillary’s coronation for years. They seemed to stifle Bernie Sanders at every turn through electioneering during the primaries. Things could have gone a lot...
In memory of Donna Lee Powell Watkins (Sept. 3, 1950 – Nov. 11, 2016)Dr. Jane Goodall: “Forest peace, sharing vision, always optimistic.” Donna was one to take on many challenges whether she had any knowledge about it or not, such as homeschooling our only child, Benjamin. Starting a business by accident after earning a degree in...
