Wintergreen Resort
Nelson County, VA
Warmer days are finally here and that means Wintergreen Resort has made the transition from winter activities to summer! Be part of the Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival over Memorial Day Weekend 2015, and the Cliffhanger Challenge Mountain Bike Race & Trail Run at Wintergreen. Above a preview of the Cliffhanger Challenge that’s held on May 24th. You can register here online and get more info.
Above a preview of Memorial Day Weekend activities coming up!
Lovingston
Nelson County, VA
Kids will take to the streets of Lovingston on Saturday May 30th for Bike Out Lovingston, sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church. “We’re going to shut down Front Street from Route 56 east to Northside and have a kids scavenger hunt, all on bikes, followed by a kids bike race right down the middle of Front Street” Brady Nicks says. The local Lovingston lawyer is helping organizing the event that will include a stage set up at the intersection of Main and Front Street, along with food vendors, music, and lots of local community groups.
For more information call 434.226.0085
Colleen
Nelson County, VA
Award recognizes employers who go above & beyond for Guard and Reserve employees
The Virginia Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense office, has honored Blue Mountain Barrel House with the Above and Beyond award. The award recognizes employers at the local level who have gone above and beyond the legal requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act by providing their Guard and Reserve employees with additional, non-mandated benefits. Blue Mountain Barrel House Head Brewer, Chad Dean, accepted the award from Virginia ESGR State Chair Steve Villalpando in a recognition ceremony on March 28, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Hampton-Marina. (photo attached)
“The ESGR Above and Beyond Award was created by ESGR to publicly recognize American employers providing extraordinary patriotic support and cooperation to their employees, who like the citizen warriors before them, have answered their nation’s call to serve, Villalpando said. “Supportive employers are critical to maintaining the strength and readiness of the nation’s Guard and Reserve units.”
Blue Mountain Barrel House was nominated for the award by Parker Hobbs who has been part of the Blue Mountain family since 2007. According to Parker, “Taylor and Chad have been extremely flexible with my training schedule, which generally takes up a four day weekend (once a month), two weeks in the summer, schools, and so far a one year deployment, and on top of this, they still give me two weeks of vacation! They have never once complained about my military occupation, but instead have been nothing but supportive and encouraging. I am well aware that my military career puts Blue Mountain Barrel House in a jam from time to time and wanted to express my thanks and gratitude to them.”
The Barrel House team is honored that Parker nominated them for the award. “Parker and his wife have been part of the Blue Mountain family since we opened in 2007, and we’ve been lucky to have him always come back to us. Our production brewery employees three veterans, and I’m always happy to have the highly developed level of skill and dedication that comes from our people who have served. Chad and I are humbled to have been nominated and to receive this recognition.” said Taylor Smack, Owner of Blue Mountain Barrel House.
Blue Mountain Barrel House, located in Southern Nelson County (Arrington, VA), is the sister brewery to Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton. Barrel House has a 14,000 barrel capacity and brews & packages the full line of Blue Mountain beers. They also brew the Barrel House Series which is available on draft and in corked bottles around the state and across the mid-Atlantic.
For more details on the award, please visit these sources:
http://www.esgr.mil/News-Events/ESGR-In-The-News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4329/Blue-Mountain-Barrel-House-honored-by-DoD-with-an-Above-and-Beyond-Award.aspx
http://www.esgr.mil/Employer-Awards/Above-and-Beyond-Award.aspx
https://www.facebook.com/pages/VA-ESGR-Virginia-Employer-Support-of-the-Guard-and-Reserve/233929223291878?fref=nf
Afton
Nelson County, VA
After months of planning the official groundbreaking of ZenithQuest took place this past Saturday in Afton. The company makes and distributes a variety of firearms and ammunition.
Once construction is completed it will eventually house an 80,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center for an import company.
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC) Advises Members to Beware of Scammers – Check your bill, use CVEC’s website, call to confirm.
(Arrington, VA) You’ve heard the news before. Someone calls a person at home and tells them that their electricity will be cut off if they don’t buy a credit card in order to pay their electric bill. Or, the “general manager” of the billing department phones with a similar, threatening message. Scammers just keep on trying.
CVEC offers this advice to prevent scammers from separating you from your hard earned money.
• Check your bill. CVEC provides a “10 Day Disconnect Notice” on a Cooperative member’s bill only after they have missed their payment date. That notice would be 30-days after the member was billed for a month of electricity.
• Sign up for CVEC online account access – Ebiz. Visit mycvec.com to sign up for Ebiz where you can view your daily usage, billing history, account status and then make an online payment when we connect you to the CVEC section of Western Union’s Speedpay service.
• You can also pay using CVEC’s section of Speedpay over the phone by calling CVEC at 800-367-2832 and selecting option 2. There is no charge for online bill payment with CVEC.
• Be aware that CVEC will make an automated courtesy call to members who will be soon be subject to disconnection. If you get a call you can call Speedpay directly by dialing 866-269-2907. You can also call CVEC at 800-367-2832 to verify that we made the automated courtesy call or to access Speedpay through our phone system.
• Most importantly remember, no one from CVEC will ever ask you to provide a credit or debit card number to an agent over the phone or in person. This is to protect your financial privacy and your hard earned money.
CVEC…Honest, Fair, and Responsible…looking out for your best interests.
Headquartered in Lovingston, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric-distribution utility serving nearly 35,000 meters in 14 counties across central Virginia. For more information, visit www.mycvec.com.
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Gladstone
Buckingham County
The first in a series of events held at James River State Park this past weekend was a great success. Originally dubbed as a triathlon, the event was turned into a duathlon after heavy rains upstream last week created unsafe conditions for the kayak portion of the race.
Here are the race details and winners via Devils Backbone Adventures.
Adventures on the James Games – #FinishWithGold No. 1 is in the books….
Great weekend. The weather shaped up to be sunny and pretty darn warm at James River State Park. Unfortunately the River volume remaind too high at 11kcf for a safe kayak.The Run/Bike/Run modification made for a quick start as Ethan Johnson burned up the first Run in 22:17. Solo Men Winner Brad Fiala scorched the MTB 8 mile course in 46:12. Ed Ross-Clunis held a strong consistent race coming in 2nd Solo Male.
Solo Women Winner Carrie Parker took a overall time of 1:52:59 to secure top spot over Lisa Schott and Samantha Schinnell!
Great Job everyone!Thanks to presenting sponsor – Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Media Coverage – Blue Ridge Life Magazine
Caffeinated Sponsor – Trager Brothers Coffee
Appomattox River Company, Friends of James River State Park, Carquest and all the rangers of James River State Park and great volunteers!
SOLO MEN TOP 3
Fiala, Brad – 1:36:23
Ross-Clunis, Ed – 1:44:23
Mackey, Joseph – 1:49:59.0
SOLO WOMEN TOP 3
Parker, Carrie – 1:52:59
Schott, Lisa – 2:23:18
Schinnell, Samantha – 2:33:59
Complete race results and splits:
http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=40605
Look for details on the next event coming soon!
FLOOD WATCH
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
741 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-PAGE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-
NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-WESTERN PENDLETON-
EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…HIGHTOWN…MONTEREY…
BIG MEADOWS…WINTERGREEN…CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
741 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN VIRGINIA…ALBEMARLE…AUGUSTA…
CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE…EASTERN HIGHLAND…GREENE…MADISON…
NELSON…NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE…PAGE…RAPPAHANNOCK…
ROCKINGHAM AND WESTERN HIGHLAND. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…
EASTERN PENDLETON AND WESTERN PENDLETON.
* UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY
* MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN AREAS NEAR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE
MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
* EXPECT SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE…POSSIBLY OVERFLOWING
THEIR BANKS. IN ADDITION…FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
805 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
…HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING TONIGHT…
.ABNORMALLY HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE COMBINED WITH STRONG LIFT
WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD RAIN INTO TONIGHT. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES. THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON THE ALREADY MOIST GROUND…WHICH
WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RUNOFF. THEREFORE THERE IS A HIGH
PROBABILITY OF FLOODING…ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE.
CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NEW CASTLE…CLIFTON FORGE…
COVINGTON…HOT SPRINGS…ROANOKE…SALEM…FINCASTLE…
LEXINGTON…BUENA VISTA…ROCKY MOUNT…BEDFORD…AMHERST
805 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA…SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA…
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA…AMHERST. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA…BEDFORD. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA…CRAIG. IN
WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA…ALLEGHANY VA…BATH…BOTETOURT…
FRANKLIN…ROANOKE AND ROCKBRIDGE.
* UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY
* ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE WHERE THE
HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS. INUNDATION OF FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING
AREAS…AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS ALSO LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Note: With James River levels now running high and velocities swift, this is now a duathlon.
Gladstone
James River State Park
Preps are done for the first in a series of race events that will be held at James River State Park this summer. The inaugural #FinishWithGold Adventure Triathlon will be held on Saturday April 18th. BRLM is the media sponsor for this and several others scheduled in 2015.
“We’re excited to be hosting this brand new race down at JRSP along with Devils Backbone & Blue Ridge Life,” said Woody, coordinator of the race. He and Bill Crawford, park’s coordinator are putting the event together.
Click above on the magazine page (right) to read Woody’s column for April.
To learn more about the upcoming event April 18th and to register, head on over to TriReg.com by clicking here.
See you there this weekend!
Central Virginia Blue Ridge
With temps around 70 degrees both Saturday & Sunday, it made the perfect weekend events that started kicking off for the Spring season and warmer days ahead!
Click on the Facebook images below to see more photos from the weekend of events!
Lots more happened over the weekend. Be looking for more events posted early this week!
Here’s to warm weather and warmer days ahead!
