Thanks to Stuart Smith of Roseland for the photo above. : The Nelson Middle School Gym was packed Tuesday evening – March 10, 2015 during another Dominion Open House in Lovingston.
Lovingston
Nelson County, VA
It was a packed house Tuesday night in Lovingston as countless people turned out to learn more about a proposed 42″ natural gas pipeline that would go through Nelson and adjoining counties, eventually terminating in NC.
Earlier in the day the Nelson Board of Supervisors passed a resolution asking that eminent domain not be used, or minimally, to take the property of citizens in Nelson in order to build the pipeline.
A screening of “Earl Hamner – Storyteller,” a documentary on the life of the creator of “The Waltons,” took place in Richmond March 3 at the State Library of Virginia. The private screening drew two members of Earl’s family, Audrey Hamner and Nancy Hamner Jamerson, who served as models for the characters in his award-winning television series, as well as many other well-wishers. A previous screening in Los Angeles drew many of the actors who had been on the various television shows and movies Hamner had produced or written for. They appear in the documentary, singing the praises of the man who has been called “one of a lost generation of Virginia gentlemen.” Hamner attended the Los Angeles event.
Sandy Treadway, director of the State Library, which in 2011 honored Hamner with a lifetime achievement award, recounted the day Hamner was honored by the Virginia General Assembly. “Senators and Delegates lined up on the floor of the House of Delegates to show their appreciation” for the honor he had brought to the state of Virginia, she said.
Justin Peters, who co-wrote the song “Virginia Dreams” with Jimmy Fortune, Nelson County’s other nationally-known personality, read the audience a letter praising Hamner from Gov. Terry McCauliffe. Fortune appears in the documentary, on the sound track singing “Virginia Dreams,” and singing hymns at Schuyler Baptist Church before members of his own and Hamner’s family. Other scenes were shot at the old Alberene Soapstone plant, where Hamner’s father worked, at “The Walton’s Mountain Museum,” at the former Schuyler Hospital, now a private residence, and in the kitchen and living room of the Hamner family home.
Above, Woody’s March 2015 story in the printed edition of Blue Ridge Life with more about the proiduction of the documentary and the Los Angeles screening where Earl Hamner got the chance to see the story about his life. Click on the pages to read.
Jim Person, author of “Earl Hamner: From Walton’s Mountain to Tomorrow,” a biography, recalled a scene from “Spencer’s Mountain,” a movie Hamner had written that was the template for the television series “The Waltons.”
Person described a scene in which “Clay-Boy,” later to be John-Boy on the tv show, recalls the sacrifices his father had made to allow him to go to college. “When Clay-Boy gets on the bus to go to college, an older man asks, ‘Goin’ far son?’ ‘Right far,’ the young man replies.” Indeed, the documentary traces Hamner’s journey from rural Depression-era Schuyler to New York City, World War II in Europe, and eventually Hollywood where he was hired by Rod Serling to write for “The Twilight Zone.” Both “The Waltons” and “The Twilight Zone” have had lasting impacts on television history. The documentary also covers other aspects of Hamner’s career as a writer and producer, and includes interviews with the stars of “Falcon Crest,” “Apple’s Way,” the movie “Palm Springs Weekend,” and a number of other products of Hamner’s fertile imagination.
Photo courtesy of Ray Castro: Producers Ray Castro, Tim McAbee, Michael McGreevey along with Justin Peters (co-writer of the song “Virginia Dreams”) pose for a shot on Tuesday – March 3, 2015 in Richmond during a private screening of Storyteller.
Ray Castro, who produced the documentary along with Michael McGreevey and Tim McAbee, said they were still in the process of negotiating with movie and tv studios for the rights to use clips from many of the productions Hamner had a hand in, so the documentary cannot yet be screened for the public. However, Castro said he expected to have the DVD of “Earl Hamner – Storyteller” ready for distribution in the spring of this year.
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Sunday Morning. Move Your Clock Forward One Hour Before Bed Saturday Night.
Central Virginia Blue Ridge
Hard to believe after all of the snowy weather lately, but warmer days are arriving this weekend into next week. An added bonus, Daylight Saving Time returns. It officially begins at 2AM Sunday morning. The best way to remember it is by setting your clocks ahead one hour, Spring Forward, one hour before heading to be Saturday night.
Enjoy that extra hour of daylight and the warmer temps coming at us this week.
Here’s to long lazy summer days in the not too distant future!
After several inches of new snow Thursday, the morning after was absolutely breathtaking! The clock is ticking on the amount of time Mother Nature has left for ski season, but people heading to Wintergreen Resort this weekend will get the perfect treat. Between 8 and 10″ inches of new snow, and milder temperature over the weekend with plenty of sunshine.
Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia For the second time in a month a major snowstorm hit the Central Virginia Blue Ridge dumping between 5″ to nearly a foot of snow in the mountains. The event started off as mainly rain Thursday morning, but as colder air worked in during the afternoon, it all turned to snow, making roads hazardous.
Numerous accidents occured across the area with Route 29 near Woods Mills in Nelson County shutdown after a tractor trailer blocked all four lanes. That was just one of dozens reported across the entire Blue Ridge area.
Via NWS: A WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect until Thursday evening for much of the Central Virginia Blue Ridge. Click on the map above for specific updates in your county.
Winter Weather Statement
Statement as of 7:47 PM EST on March 05, 2015
…Winter Storm Warning is cancelled…
The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington has
cancelled the Winter Storm Warning.
Additional light snow is possible this evening…but little to no
accumulation is expected.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
901 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015
MDZ017-VAZ036-037-056-057-052215-
/O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150306T0300Z/
ST. MARYS-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-
901 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING…
* PRECIPITATION TYPES…WINTRY MIX…THEN SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS…4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING…RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 10 AM
AND 1 PM LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL END BETWEEN
7 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES…DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES…MAKING
TRAVELING DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…
FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Via NWS: Most of the Central Virginia Blue Ridge is under a WINTER STORM WATCH or WARNING from Wednesday night until Thursday evening. Click on the map above for the absolute latest information specific to your area.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
131 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015.
MARYS-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-
131 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015
.
..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPES…WINTRY MIX…THEN SNOW…POTENTIALLY
HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES…ALONG WITH
AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* TIMING…RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT. SNOW AND
SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. SNOW AND
SLEET MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 30S…DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED…MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1012 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015
FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY-
NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD-
SOUTHEAST HARFORD-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-
CLARKE-RAPPAHANNOCK-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN LOUDOUN-
EASTERN LOUDOUN-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-
JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FREDERICK…WESTMINSTER…PARKTON…
REISTERSTOWN…COCKEYSVILLE…BALTIMORE…DUNDALK…CATONSVILLE…
GERMANTOWN…DAMASCUS…ROCKVILLE…LISBON…COLUMBIA…
ELLICOTT CITY…JARRETTSVILLE…ABERDEEN…STAUNTON…
WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…FRONT ROYAL…WASHINGTON…
WARRENTON…PURCELLVILLE…LEESBURG…ASHBURN…BIG MEADOWS…
WINTERGREEN…CHARLES TOWN
1012 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY…
* PRECIPITATION TYPES…WINTRY MIX LATE THIS EVENING…THEN
SNOW… HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES…ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* TIMING…RAIN CHANGES TO WINTRY MIX LATE THIS EVENING THEN ALL
SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW HEAVIEST THURSDAY LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S…DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED…MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…
FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Via NWS: A WINTER WEATHER ADVSIORY is in effect for much of the area on Tuesday – March 3, 2015. Click on the above map for the latest updates and information about your specific county.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
337 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING…
CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WALDORF…ST MARYS CITY…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…CULPEPER…MANASSAS…
MANASSAS PARK…FREDERICKSBURG…WARRENTON
337 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST
TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
* LOCATIONS…CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH…ALONG WITH
AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* TIMING…WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING OVER
AREAS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE…AND BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY
AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED. TRAVELLING WILL BE
DANGEROUS.
* WINDS…SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…AROUND 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
336 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015
…LIGHT WINTRY MIXTURE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING…
.HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH WILL WEDGE SOUTH ALONG THE MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. COLD AIR WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE
REGION…RESULTING IN A LIGHT WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW…SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-
AMHERST-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-EASTERN GREENBRIER-
WESTERN GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NEW CASTLE…CLIFTON FORGE…
COVINGTON…HOT SPRINGS…ROANOKE…SALEM…FINCASTLE…
LEXINGTON…BUENA VISTA…BEDFORD…AMHERST…LYNCHBURG…
APPOMATTOX
336 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST
TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY.
* LOCATIONS…GREENBRIER VALLEY…ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING ROANOKE VALLEY.
* HAZARD TYPES…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW
MAY BE POSSIBLE DURING THE ONSET.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE
INCH. ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* TIMING…7 AM TUESDAY UNTIL 1 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ICY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
* WINDS…SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
337 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING…
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-
ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-
CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-
WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON-
EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FROSTBURG…CUMBERLAND…STAUNTON…
WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…WINCHESTER…FRONT ROYAL…HIGHTOWN…
MONTEREY…BIG MEADOWS…WINTERGREEN…MOOREFIELD…BAYARD…
MOUNT STORM…PETERSBURG…ELK GARDEN…KEYSER…FORT ASHBY…
CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
337 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST
TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
* LOCATIONS…EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA…WESTERN MARYLAND AND WESTERN
VIRGINIA
* HAZARD TYPES…A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH…ALONG WITH
AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* TIMING…TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED. TRAVELLING WILL
BE DANGEROUS.
* WINDS…SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
