Blue Ridge Parkway / Wintergreen Resort
Nelson County, VA
Nearing the end of his journey Bill Rice, a flight medic from Texas with Petroleum Helicopters Inc. (better known locally as AirCare5) made a stop in Nelson County Tuesday afternoon – July 1, 2014. He was welcomed by brother and sister crew members with AirCare5 based at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Weyers Cave. Members of Wintergreen Fire & Rescue also met with Rice and took him over to the Laurel Springs Landing Zone at Wintergreen Resort where a chopper from Weyers Cave landed.
Members of AC5 from Shenandoah Valley Regional in Weyers Cave (including AC5 manager Betsy Smith of Nelson – 2nd from left) pose along the BRP near Dripping Rock Overlook with Bill Rice. (Far Right)An AirCare5 medivac chopper lands Tuesday afternoon – July 1, 2014 at the Laurel Springs helipad at Wintergreen to meet fellow medic Bill Rice from Texas who is making a cross country trip from Oregon to Virginia in memory of three crew members who died in a Texas crash several years ago.Bill Rice of Texas makes his way down the Blue Ridge Parkway Tuesday afternoon – July 1, 2014 to greet fellow local members of his medivac company. His OR o VA is estimated to be at 4,233 miles covering 10 states.Bill Rice, a fellow medic with PHI / AirCare5 from Texas poses for a shot with local AC5 members and crews from Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Tuesday afternoon just before he left to head back out on the final miles of his journey.
After getting back no his journey Tuesday afternoon, Bill winds up the trip in Yorktown, VA.
Greenfield / Afton
Nelson County, VA
The Rockfish Valley Community Center took it outside this past weekend for their Celebrate Rockfish fundraiser. It was sort of a combined festival with plenty of fun, food, and music!It also included a cash raffle drawing.
Lots of people came out this past weekend to support the Celebrate Rockfish fundraiser at RVCC.Sakaya Rain (L) with Trager Brothers Coffee2 at RVCC along with TBC owner Will Trager (R) waits on some of the younger customers this past weekend at RVCC’s Celebrate Rockfish fundraiser.Olivia Trager (R) takes to the easel this past weekend at the RVCC Celebrate Rockfish fundraiser.
@2014 Blue Ridge Life : Photos By BRL Photographer Shay Munroe : Countless generations of the late Major Thomas Massie pose for a picture in front of his son’s (William) former home this past Saturday afternoon – June 28, 2014. Most know the plantation as Pharsalia. Click on any photo to enlarge.
Tyro
Nelson County, Virginia
Generations of the late Major Thomas Massie gathered Saturday, June 28th 2014 at Pharsalia. They came from all over the country to reconnect and share family stories during the reunion. Major Massie lived from 1747 to 1834. Pharsalia was built by Major Massie in 1814 as wedding gift to his son William.
Don Warner of Lexington, SC points out the family tree to a Massie relative.Descendants of the late Major Thomas Massie reflect out the window from one of the outbuildings at Pharsalia in Tyro, Virginia during a huge family reunion – Saturday – June 28, 2014.Massie descendants look over memorabilia during the family reunion held Saturday – June 28, 2014 at Pharsalia in Tyro, VA.Where’d Jess Massie go? …There she is! Hiding under a table during the Major Thomas Massie Family Reunion held Saturday – June 28, 2014 at Pharsalia in Tyro, VA.Generations of Major Thomas Massie share stories over fresh fruit and snacks during the huge family reunion held Saturday – June 28, 2014 at Pharsalia in Tyro, VA.Dozens upon dozens of generations of the late Major Thomas Massie pose for another group photo on the front lawn of Pharsalia, Saturday – June 28, 2014 in Tyro, VA.
Near Nellysford
Nelson County, VA
We’ve been telling you about Bold Rock Hard Cider since the beginning. This past Saturday June 28, 2014, the cidery celebrated its 2nd anniversary here in Nelson County. In less than two years the hard cider company has already outgrown the current capacity and will soon open a new processing facility along with a new area for visitors to enjoy Bold Rock along with light dining.
People celebrated the 2nd anniversary of Bold Rock Hard Cider in Nelson County, VA this past Saturday – June 28, 2014The view from the new dining / tasting area at Bold Rock is simply breathtaking.The multi-million dollar construction at Bold Rock shows off some very impressive architecture and branding.Nelson County’s own Travis Book with The Infamous Stringdusters (seated) was on hand Saturday to celebrate the 2nd anniversary.
Kim tells us that Bold Rock plans to open the new addition later this summer.
WPOA announces it will be implementing a mass notification system for its property owners in Wintergreen & Stoney Creek of Nelson County.
Wintergreen / Stoney Creek
Nelson County, VA From Curtis Sheets, Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Chief / Deputy Director of WPOA:
The single most frequent request from owners each year is the implementation of an improved method for communicating real-time information with the owners. Not coincidentally one of the most frequent requests from our Police and Fire/Rescue Department each year has been a way to contact owners immediately who may be in harms way. So many avenues have been explored to include community virtual blackboards and even drone sirens. We feel we have finally found the silver bullet.
WPOA has contracted with “Everbridge” incorporated to provide a mass-notification system. Soon you will receive an invitation to visit our Everbridge site to customize your notification information. The system will notify you in up to 17 different ways. If you want every member of your family to receive a text message, email, and phone message when a wildfire is headed your way, this system can do that. Unlike our mass email system Everbridge can make contact with all 4,000 owners in approximately 10 minutes, as compared to the several hour long wait we had been experiencing. You’re in control of how and when we will contact you. Any change you make to your information at the Everbridge website will be effective as soon as you press send.
All messages will begin with either “This is a priority message” or “This is a non-priority message” from the Wintergreen Property Owners Association. An example of a non-priority message may be “Due to a power outage, the Chestnut Springs Pool must remain closed today” while an example of a priority message may be “The National Weather Service is predicting 80-90 mph straight line winds this evening, all owners are encouraged to secure your property immediately.”
You get to determine which messages you receive, and you can make changes as often as you like. If you’re working in DC then you probably don’t care about pool closings at Wintergreen, but if you’re vacationing at your Wintergreen home for a week, then you may opt to turn on all non-priority messages.
If you aren’t tech savvy, that’s just fine. We have a plan for you. Soon all of the Fire/Rescue staff will be trained and able to walk you through the data entry. All you will need to do is stop by either station and ask for assistance. The Fire/Rescue staff (provided they aren’t on a 911 call) will enter your data for you. When we launch the system, all owners will be uploaded at once using the information we currently have on file. When you log in you will simply be verifying we have your info the way you want us to. Even if you don’t ever log on, you will still get emergency messages at the phone number and email address, which is currently on file.
This system is complex enough that any of our managers can open the site on a smart phone, place their finger on the map in the location of a hazard and tell the system to send an evacuation notice to all owners within 1.5 miles. In an instant, all owners in that area will know there’s a problem.
This is a very powerful tool, and certainly an enhancement to the service we provide as your property owners association. We’re proud of the work our staff has done to find, tweak, and learn this system for you, and we hope you will be as pleased as we are.
Via CVEC: A Map shot taken just after 5:50 PM Thursday showed some substation’s customers without power in Nelson County.
Nelson County, VA
8:20 PM
Power starting to return for many @mycvec customers: Wheelers Cove, Rhue Hollow. Winterhaven. Afton. Beech Grove. On.
8PM via CVEC:
“CVEC crews found a tree on the power line. They have cleared it away and are preparing to re-energize the line. Unless there are other fault locations. power should be restored to the majority of those affected by this outage.”
Original post:
Reports of power being out at Wintergreen first started coming in Thursday afternoon around 5:30 to BRL. After a Facebook post we began getting reports of power out in Nellysford, Faber, Afton, Greenfield, and beyond. “Stagebridge Road near the animal shelter has no power,” Patricia Newton Ashley told us on our Facebook Page. “Rockfish Depot Out,” Kevin Rose added from East Nelson. In all we had over 20 reports from various locations where power is out as of 5:43 PM Thursday.
“CVEC lost a 115 KV transmission line that runs from the Midway Substation south of Crozet to the Martins store substation, which feeds the substations serving Wintergreen resort. Crews are patrolling the line to identify the fault location,” Greg Kelly with CVEC told us just before 6PM.
Shipman
Afton
Faber
Nellysford
Rockfish
Just some of the places mentioned we know are out.
Photo Courtesy of Jackie Britt: Lovingston Attorney Daniel Rutherford stops to chat it up with youngsters Molly & Natalie Lynch. They have been selling lemonade on Front Street in Lovingston during the hot days.
Lovingston
Nelson County, VA
Molly & Natalie Lynch aren’t sitting by waiting for a solution. They are the solution! The youngsters have been spotted on Front Street in Lovingston near the post office, selling lemonade to cool the spirits of people passing by on these hot Virginia days leading up to the official start of summer this weekend!
Molly & Natalie Lynch, with a little help from their grandmother, have set up a lemonade stand in Lovingston. The money they make is going to the cancer society to help others out.
Temps this week will be hot, mid & upper 90’s! And to boot the head index will be even higher. That’s the feel like temperature when you combine the heat and humidity.
Photo Courtesy Of Ray Castro : Scott Hamner (L) and his dad Earl Hamner, Jr. (R) during an early spring visit to Scuyler in Nelson County, VA. – They were here as part of the filming of Storyteller, a documentary on the life of Earl Hamner, Jr.
Schuyler
Nelson County, VA We’ve been telling you about Earl Hamner, Jr’s most recent visit to Nelson County. He was back here during the shooting af a documentary on his life called Storyteller. The film is still in production. It will be released later this year or early 2015 by all indications. Read more about that in our upcoming July issue.
As part of the promotion about the upcoming documentary, a series of reflections appear on The Storyteller Facebook Page from time to time.
The one below is about Father’s Day. An appropriate one for this Sunday.
Click here or on See More below the photo to read it all.
