Our loving dad passed away Aug. 21, 2017.It’s so hard to let you go. But you got your wish, Dad. You missed her every day. You are finally with the love of your life. Your beautiful wife, Terry Gilligan, passed away Sept. 16, 2016, on your 66th...
Lake Monticello’s new community pool will be rebuilt in its current location beginning late in 2018, according to Lake Monticello Owners’ Association (LMOA) Treasurer Marlene Weaver.Weaver, one of two LMOA Board members on the pool design committee, outlined the evolving project last week.Based on discussions with a pool contractor...
It could hardly have been closer. On Tuesday (Aug. 29) the Fluco volleyball team edged the Barons from Bluestone High in Mecklenburg County by a final score of 3-1. The scores of each game were 25-22, 25-21, 19-25 and 28-26. In other words, over four games the Flucos scored 97 points and the Barons scored 94.The Flucos had a number of...
Loli Stams was an artist who will be remembered by Painters at the Lake and the Fluvanna Art Association (FAA) as a talented, enthusiastic artist who had a strong presence wherever she showed up.Those who knew her were shocked to hear of her sudden passing on Aug. 22. “I just can’t believe it,” said FAA President Susan Lang.A...
Patricia A. Adams, 89, passed away on Aug. 28, 2017. She was born in New York City but spent most of her adult life in Portsmouth and Charlottesville, Va. She was the daughter of the late Cyril and Helen Arnold and was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Robert W. Adams.Pat graduated from William and Mary College in 1949 with a degree in...
Amy Shawley, a member of the Fluvanna Art Association and an artist representative for Golden Products, spoke recently to the FAA members about creative ways to make prints and collages. Shawley discussed various products that can be used along with acrylic paints to create mixed media pieces. Gloss mediums are often used in mixed media...
Members of the county business community, government, and a bunch of hungry Fluvannans turned out on Thursday (Aug. 24) to celebrate the official opening of Local Eats on Joshua Lane in Palmyra.Owner Amy Myers said she got the idea for the micro-restaurant and grocery after visiting The Store in Staunton last February. Opened in 2012 by...
Time to End Open-CarryThe presence of a militia group in Charlottesville two weeks ago causes me to reflect on state laws. The very fact that these people were able to openly carry semi-automatic assault weapons on the crowded streets denies the common sense laws under which our nation prospered for 180 years. There are no...
