On behalf of Boy Scouts of America Troop 154, I would like to publicly thank Health Nutz Fitness and Aquatics Center for allowing us to use their pool to do our annual swim test. Health Nutz agreed to help and support us without hesitation. We greatly appreciate their generosity.
It would be great if the School Board would consider having an activity bus run in the evenings. There are a lot of athletes and others that stay after school and this would be a wonderful use of the extra money found in the budget.The other counties around us have an activity bus. It is almost embarrassing to say that our county does...
Albert Russell Brittain, 73, of Lake Monticello, passed away at his home on August 18. Born in Lake Worth, Florida, he was the son of the late Albert Russell and Marcella White Brittain. Bert and his wife Bea celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in March.In addition to his wife he is survived by his son, Dan; his daughter, Jaime;...
As a proud Virginian of Fluvanna stock, news of the Palmyra park issue concerns me and my family. During my 70 years I’ve often visited the monument that honors several of my ancestors and have shown it to my children and to their children. We have a son and two grandsons who carry the names of some of the men honored by this memorial....
The Town Hall meeting on Aug. 12 raises some important questions. Albemarle, Louisa, Nelson, and Madison counties, the majority of counties in the Thomas Jefferson EMS Council, bill “insurance only.” Resident 911 EMS patients do not receive a bill for expenses not covered by insurance. These counties consider the patient’s portion...
I am writing in response to a letter from Joan Henderson published in your Aug. 6 issue. In that letter she graciously thanked several people by name, including me, who helped and cared for her late husband in his last week. The correct names of the two people who responded to the emergency situation on her back deck are Tim Maywalt and...
As the saying goes, it was a “rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight.” I get so tired of my ancestors being denigrated by people who know nothing of our history. Poor farmers or mill workers killed for defense of their state of Virginia, not the Confederacy. Pat Cleburne, one of our most famous Irish Confederate generals,...
Elaine Ellen Coakley Rhinehart, 66, of Palmyra left this world with nothing but love, thankfulness and praises for the Lord. She always felt so loved and blessed for her beautiful family and wonderful friends God had placed in her life and never felt alone even when by herself. She loved children and thought each one was beautiful,...
