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Winter Weather Advisories Continue Into Monday Evening For Some Of Blue Ridge (EXPIRED)

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Winter Weather Advisories Continue Into Monday Evening For Some Of Blue Ridge (EXPIRED)
Click on map above for the absolute latest updates from NWS.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY – START / END TIMES VARY CHECK YOUR SPECIFIC LOCATION
Complete list of active statewide advisories here.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
621 PM EST Mon Jan 8 2018

Frederick MD-Carroll-Northwest Montgomery-Northwest Howard-
Rappahannock-Northern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-
Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-
621 PM EST Mon Jan 8 2018

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING…

* WHAT…Freezing rain. The ice will result in very slippery
conditions on sidewalks, roads and bridges. A light glaze of
ice is expected.

* WHERE…Portions of northern Virginia along and near the Blue
Ridge and north-central Maryland.

* WHEN…Until 9 PM EST this evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of freezing rain
will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for slippery roads.
Slow down and use caution while driving. The latest road
conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by
calling 5 1 1.

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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
621 PM EST Mon Jan 8 2018

MDZ003-VAZ025-028-030-031-504-WVZ051>053-090030-
/O.CON.KLWX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180109T0000Z/
Washington-Augusta-Frederick VA-Warren-Clarke-Eastern Highland-
Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-
621 PM EST Mon Jan 8 2018

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING…

* WHAT…Freezing rain. The ice will result in very slippery
conditions on sidewalks, roads and bridges. A light glaze of ice
is expected.

* WHERE…Portions of north-central Maryland, northwest and
western Virginia and eastern West Virginia.

* WHEN…Until 7 PM EST this evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of freezing rain
will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for slippery roads.
Slow down and use caution while driving. The latest road
conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by
calling 5 1 1.

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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
621 PM EST Mon Jan 8 2018

DCZ001-MDZ013-014-504-506-VAZ036>039-050>054-502-090200-
/O.CON.KLWX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180109T0200Z/
District of Columbia-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-
Central and Southeast Montgomery-Central and Southeast Howard-
Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Orange-Culpeper-
Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax-
Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Southern Fauquier-
621 PM EST Mon Jan 8 2018

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING…

* WHAT…Freezing rain. The ice will result in very slippery
conditions on sidewalks, roads and bridges. A light glaze of ice
is expected.

* WHERE…The District of Columbia, portions of central Maryland
and central and northern Virginia.

* WHEN…Until 9 PM EST this evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of freezing rain
will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for slippery roads.
Slow down and use caution while driving. The latest road
conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by
calling 5 1 1.

Nelson : VSP Releases Name In Fatal Auto Accident On US 29 North of Lovingston : Update 1.7.18 – 8:50 PM

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Nelson : VSP Releases Name In Fatal Auto Accident On US 29 North of Lovingston : Update 1.7.18 – 8:50 PM

US 29 North Of Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia

Updated 1.7.18 – 8:50 PM

“Virginia State Police Trooper B.W. Stanley is investigating a fatal, single-vehicle crash in Nelson County. The crash occurred at 1 p.m., Jan. 6, 2018, on Route 29 just north of Davis Creek Lane.

A 2004 Honda Accord traveling south on Route 29 ran off the highway into the median. There it struck an embankment and overturned several times before coming to rest in the median.

The driver, Cyril B. Jenkins III, 19, of Baltimore, Md., died at the scene. He was wearing a seatbelt.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation at this time.

Corinne N. Geller

Public Relations Director

Virginia State Police”

Updated 3:42 PM

“Virginia State Police Trooper B.W. Stanley is investigating a fatal, single-vehicle crash in Nelson County. A vehicle traveling south on Route 29 ran off the highway into the median. There it struck an embankment and overturned several times before coming to rest in the median. The driver, an adult male, died at the scene. State police are still in the process of notifying his next of kin. The cause of the crash remains under investigation at this time.
Corinne N. Geller
Public Relations Director
Virginia State Police”

Original story at 3:09 PM EST
Officers with the Virginia State Police are working a fatal accident on US 29 North of Lovingston Saturday afternoon. Witnesses says the accident occurred near Ridgecrest Church.

“At 1:08 p.m., Virginia State Police are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Nelson County. The crash occurred in the 14,000 block of Route 29. A vehicle ran off Route 29 and into the median. There is one confirmed fatality. The crash remains under investigation.” Corinne Geller – Public Relations Director with the Virginia State Police told us around 3PM Saturday.

We will update this story as we have additional information.

Sub Freezing Temps Cause Creeks and Streams To Ice Over

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Sub Freezing Temps Cause Creeks and Streams To Ice Over
Thanks to Courtney Thompson for this photo : Ice covers the creek as seen from the Moses Hughes Lane bridge in Beech Groove of Nelson County on Friday – January 5, 2018.

Nelson County, Virginia

We’ve essentially been near or below freezing for the past week. May of those temps have been in the single digits and near 0° at times even in the lowlands.

That’s caused lots of creeks, streams and rivers to freeze over.

Courtney Thompson of Beech Grove shared some of her pics with us.


Above, more photos Courtney shared of Sliding Rock just before the Wintergreen entrance.

Looks mighty cold!

Tommy says things will be warming up on Monday and beyond, but not before the chance for some freezing rain Monday morning.

His forecast down below.

Snow In Savannah, Georgia

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Snow In Savannah, Georgia
Photo courtesy of Lydia Holman : Lydia Holman (left) of Nelson County, VA with her beau and snow pup got a rare treat of a 2 inches snow on Wednesday – January 3, 2018 in Savannah, Georgia.

Savannah, Georgia

We didn’t see anything here in Nelson and the surrounding Central Virginia Blue Ridge, but that wasn’t the case just off to the east in places like Buckingham County where schools closed Thursday. But you go way south and east and there was plenty of snow.

Lydia Holman of Nelson County, who is in school in Savannah, GA shared the photo above with us on Wednesday. She tells us they got about 2 inches of snow there.

You may remember Lydia from this story we did on her three years ago in our January 2018 issue.

We’re told the last time any appreciable snow fell in Savannah was the late 1980’s!

A rare treat indeed!

Wind Chill Advisory / Warning In Effect Until Noon Saturday

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Wind Chill Advisory / Warning In Effect Until Noon Saturday
Click on the image above to get the latest updates from NWS.

Click here to see all other watches, advisories and warnings in Virginia.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY / WARNING
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
220 PM EST Fri Jan 5 2018

District of Columbia-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-
Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-
Central and Southeast Montgomery-Central and Southeast Howard-
Southeast Harford-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-
Orange-Culpeper-Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax-
Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania-
King George-Southern Fauquier-Eastern Loudoun-
220 PM EST Fri Jan 5 2018

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST SATURDAY…

* WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Expect wind chills to
range from 5 above zero to 10 below zero.

* WHERE…The District of Columbia, portions of central, northern
and southern Maryland and central, northern and northwest
Virginia.

* WHEN…From 6 PM this evening to noon EST Saturday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The cold wind chills will cause frostbite
in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will
combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can
occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and
gloves.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
220 PM EST Fri Jan 5 2018

MDZ003>006-502-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-501-505-WVZ050>053-055-502-
504-060330-
/O.CON.KLWX.WC.Y.0003.180105T2300Z-180106T1700Z/
Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-
Central and Eastern Allegany-Northwest Montgomery-
Northwest Howard-Northwest Harford-Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-
Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-Northern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-
Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-Eastern Grant-
Eastern Mineral-
220 PM EST Fri Jan 5 2018

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST SATURDAY…

* WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Expect wind chills to
range from 0 to 15 below zero.

* WHERE…Portions of central, north central, northern and
western Maryland, northern, northwest and western Virginia and
eastern and panhandle West Virginia.

* WHEN…From 6 PM this evening to noon EST Saturday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The cold wind chills will cause frostbite
in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will
combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can
occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and
gloves.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
220 PM EST Fri Jan 5 2018

Extreme Western Allegany-Western Highland-Eastern Highland-
Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-
Western Grant-Western Mineral-Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton-
220 PM EST Fri Jan 5 2018

…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY…
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 10 AM EST
SUNDAY…

* WHAT…Dangerously cold wind chills expected tonight. Very cold
wind chills expected Saturday night. Expect wind chills to range
from 5 below zero to 25 below zero tonight. Expect wind chills
to range from 0 to 20 below zero Saturday night.

* WHERE…Portions of western Maryland, central, northwest and
western Virginia and eastern West Virginia.

* WHEN…For the Wind Chill Warning, until noon EST Saturday.
For the Wind Chill Advisory, from noon Saturday to 10 AM EST
Sunday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS….The dangerously cold wind chills tonight
will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin.
The cold wind chills Saturday night will cause frostbite in as
little as 30 minutes to exposed skin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Wind Chill Warning means the combination of very cold air and
the wind will create dangerously low wind chill values. Frost
bite can occur quickly and even hypothermia or death if
precautions are not taken.

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will
combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can
occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and
gloves.

Route 151 Near Brent’s Gap Closed Due To Multiple Accident Injury : Update – Roadway Cleared & Open 1:40 PM

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Route 151 Near Brent’s Gap Closed Due To Multiple Accident Injury : Update – Roadway Cleared & Open 1:40 PM
©2018 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Photos & Video By Tommy Stafford : An engine from Wintergreen Fire & Rescue travels south on Route 151 heading toward Brent’s Gap where a head on collision happened early Tuesday afternoon – January 2, 2018.

Near Brents Gap
Route 151
Nelson County, Virginia

Around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon emergency crews responded to another auto accident on Route 151 in Nelson County just below Brents Gap. According to motorists that drove by the accident scene it appeared one car crossed over the centerline in a curve and hit another vehicle head on.


Above an engine from Rockfish Valley Fire & Rescue heads for the scene on near Brent’s Gap – Tuesday afternoon January 2, 2018.

The accident scene was cleared and the road opened later in the afternoon.

Happy New Year 2018! : Fireworks Pics From Wintergreen Resort

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Happy New Year 2018! : Fireworks Pics From Wintergreen Resort
©2018 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Photos By BRL Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura : Folks up at Wintergreen closed out 2017 with the annual fireworks display held on December 31, 2017.

Wintergreen Resort
Nelson County, Virginia

With temps hovering around 5° the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display at Wintergreen Resort went off beautifully for the final night of 2017.

BRP Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura caught the wonderful light show over the resort Sunday night – December 31, 2017.

Check out all of Paul’s photos in our gallery above.

Happy New Year to everyone and great job Paul on the photos!

Wind Chill Advisory Remains In Effect For Mountains Along Parkway & Skyline (EXPIRED)

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Wind Chill Advisory Remains In Effect For Mountains Along Parkway & Skyline (EXPIRED)
Click on map above for the absolute latest updates.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST TUESDAY
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
340 PM EST Mon Jan 1 2018

Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-
340 PM EST Mon Jan 1 2018

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
TUESDAY…

* WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will
cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin.
Expect wind chills to range from 10 to 15 below zero.

* WHERE…Northern Virginia Blue Ridge and Central Virginia Blue
Ridge.

* WHEN…Until 11 AM EST Tuesday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will
combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can
occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and
gloves.

Albemarle : Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue Purchases Property Near Batesville

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Albemarle : Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue Purchases Property Near Batesville
Hope’s Legacy Board and Staff, pictured at the Castle Rock Farm Entrance. Photo by Aaron Watson

Near Batesville
Albemarle County, Virginia

After nine years of operating through foster and leased farms, Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue has purchased a permanent home near Batesville, Virginia. The 172-acre property, named Castle Rock Farm, will allow Hope’s Legacy to better serve the community’s equines in need.
Since 2008, Hope’s Legacy has rescued over 150 Virginian horses, donkeys, mules, miniature horses and ponies, from situations ranging from Animal Control seizures to owner surrenders due to extenuating circumstances. The Rescue became better known to the public when they took in a combined 48 horses from the Nottaway and Peaceable Farm seizures in 2015 and 2016. “That was a particularly challenging time for us, because of the limited space we had,” said Maya Proulx, Hope’s Legacy’s Executive Director. “The new property will allow us to respond to catastrophic situations like those much better, and to overall serve more animals.” The need for the Rescue’s services is not going away. Proulx gets an average of 5 calls per week, asking if Hope’s Legacy has room to take in an animal for various reasons.

Hope’s Legacy rescues animals like Amber, who was neglected, starved and covered in lice.

“We are very fortunate to be working with the Merrill family on the purchase of this land,” stated Proulx. To date, Hope’s Legacy has raised $325,000 as a down-payment on the property. During 2018, the Rescue will enter Phase II of their Capital Campaign. The goal is to raise $585,000, which will cover an additional payment on the land, plus building a farm from the ground up. Fencing, barns, run-in sheds, a training ring, clearing land, and a variety of other projects are needed not only to operate the Rescue, but for rehabilitating horses and donkeys. Also included in that amount is the annual operating expenses for the Rescue. It costs about $342 per day to care for the animals. There are 21 horses and donkeys currently at the Rescue, of which about half are permanent residents due to health or age issues. “We could not do this without the generous donors who invest in the mission of Hope’s Legacy,” said Ms. Proulx.

Months later, after much care at the Rescue, Amber is healthy and has learned to trust humans again.

Twenty acres of pasture will be fenced in immediately, and will accommodate the transfer of horses and donkeys from Hope’s Legacy’s current leased farm in Afton. The Castle Rock Farm purchase will enable the Rescue to accommodate about 50% more equines than currently served.

About Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue, Inc.
Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in central Virginia. Since 2008, we have taken in over 150 Virginian horses, donkeys, ponies, mules, and miniature horses subjected to abuse, abandonment and owner surrender. We rescue, rehabilitate, and whenever possible, adopt out animals to new, loving, and well-matched homes. www.hopeslegacy.com.

We Will Miss You Dr. Bob : Longtime Nelson Doctor Passes – (Updated 12.29.17 – Visitation & Funeral Details)

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We Will Miss You Dr. Bob : Longtime Nelson Doctor Passes – (Updated 12.29.17 – Visitation & Funeral Details)
©2005-2017 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Dr. Bob Raynor takes a phone call in is Afton Family Medicine office back in the summer of 2008. He was a few months from officially retiring at the time. Sadly, Dr. Bob passed away Wednesday – December 27, 2017

Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
By Tommy Stafford

Updated 12.29.17 – Scroll to end of story for visitation and funeral information.

If you’ve been running a magazine for nearly 13 years at some point you will write this kind of story. I’ve already done several. This is certainly one of melancholy and one of great pride. You see, I was fortunate enough to know Dr. Bob Raynor like so many other countless Nelsonians who came long before me. He laughingly would say he delivered about half of the babies in the county. He probably did at the time!

I not only knew Dr. Bob through the magazine and on a professional level, I knew him on a personal level. We became friends. We became friends with his wife Shirley. We would spend evenings at their home when we first moved to Nelson having a glass of wine and chatting about days old and new. I got to know the man, that in his 70’s when we first met, was still swimming laps daily in his pond on the farm! He was tough as nails. But had a heart the size of Texas. And he was from an era when he and maybe one or two other doctors were all the county had.

Dr. Bob Raynor works on a patient in his Afton clinic in this photo taken in the late 1950’s.

“In 1958 My patients were on this side of the mountain, they usually ended up coming to the house. And also there were no rescue squads. And then down the road, the hospitals realized that having a staffed emergency room was profitable. And they began to staff their emergency room and that helped some, as far as patients coming to the house was concerned. But there still were no rescue squads so we still made lots of house calls. Because if someone got sick in the night there was no rescue squad to call, they would call their physician,” Dr, Bob told me in this May 2008 interview as he was preparing for retirement later that year.

Dr. Bob Raynor (foreground in tie) at a command post with Virginia State Troopers and other relief personnel just after Hurricane Camille in 1969.

Dr. Bob first started his clinic at the intersection of Bland Wade Road and Route 151 here in Nelson back in 1958. As his practice grew along with the county the original building he originally started out in eventually sold and is now The Rockfish Valley Inn. Dr. Bob officially retired from the Martha Jefferson system that was operating the clinic in October 2008. Afton Family Medicine broke ground at its current location in September 2010, opening the next year.

Dr. Bob Raynor (far left) and his staff outside the original Afton Family Medicine in 2005. Dr. Stephen Schmitz (far right) started in the practice with Dr. Bob a few years before he retired in 2008. Dr. Steve is now practicing with Dr. Charles Cole in the new Afton Family Medicine building.


Above top right from our December 2008 (charter publication issue Nelson County Life) where Dr. Bob greeted people at his retirement reception. Click on the lower right hand side of the image above (on fullscreen) to expand and look more.

This evening I spoke at length with his wife Shirley on the phone. We cried, we laughed, we remembered. It’s all so fresh for she and their family, but she has peace because he has peace.

I’ve had some regrets in my 50 plus years here in this life. Not many. But some. One of those was with Dr. Bob. You see as he retired and began enjoying some free time and we began having kids. Everyone got busy doing their thing. We didn’t go back by for a glass of wine as often. Once we moved to the other side of the county instead of down the road we didn’t go back hardly at all. I’d run into Bob and Shirley in a restaurant and we’d always catch up, but the years ticked by.

Tommy Harvey (North District Supervisor) chats it up with Dr. Bob & his wife Shirley during his retirement reception held in 2008.

I ran into his daughter twice in the past several months and she told me he was heading down pretty quickly. I made a mental note to get by the house. I never did.

Thankfully my wife Yvette did get to visit Shirley in Bob’s hospital room on Tuesday before he passed. I never got to see Bob again before he passed. That is a big regret. For he was a pioneer as a doctor in these parts. He was a gentleman. A friend. One I will never forget.

My next glass of Chardonnay Bob, this very night, is in your memory. And your honor, my friend.

Godspeed Dr. Bob.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by McDow Funeral Home in Waynesboro. The late Dr Raynor’s complete obituary here.

Here’s visitation and funeral information:

The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at McDow Funeral Home.

A funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Rodes United Methodist Church in Afton, officiated by Rev. Lowell Petry.

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