Lovingston
Nelson County, VA
Moms, dads, sisters, brothers, relative and friends looked on this past Saturday as graduates of the Nelson County High Class of 2012 made it official. The outdoor ceremony capped off a long year for seniors who no leave the school heading out into the world. It was a day of reflection, sometimes sadness, and certainly one filled with excitement!
Congrats NCHS Class of 2012!
Afton
Nelson County, VA
For years we’ve been telling you about the highly popular summer event, Starry Nights, over at Veritas Vineyard & Winery. They kicked of the 2012 season this past Saturday night with perfect weather as the backdrop.
For people dining on the Veritas menu they got a real trat to compliment the music of the evening:
BUFFET MENU
Tomatillo, Heirloom Tomato and Feta Salad with a Citrus Cilantro DressingGrilled Chicken with a Mole Sauce, Picante Salsa, Bi-color Corn Pilaf, and Baby Vegetable Medley
Frozen Pina Colada Fresco Garnished with Plantain Crisps
Afton
Nelson County, VA
“Not patriotic, at all!” That’s how Paul Matheny describes the thief or thieves that took off with a giant american flag he recently placed near Route 151 in front of his BBQ place in Afton. “They took the whole thing down and just took off with it. I was trying to do something to show patriotism,” Paul told us by telephone a few days ago.
Paul Matheny in our December 2009 printed issue of Nelson County Life Magazine shortly after opening in Afton. Click on the image above to read that article online now.
If anyone has information about the whereabouts of Paul’s flag, we think he’d appreciate you stopping by and letting him know!
Nellysford
Nelson County, VA
It doesn’t happen often, but when it does you know something great wil come of it! Jerry Wrenn was the lucky person who won a new Subaru Outback from Staunton Subaru for getting a hole in one during the Nelson Habitat For Humanity Golf Tourney held Tuesday – June 5, 2012 at the Stoney Creek Golf Course in Nellysford.
Congrats Jerry – Way to Go!
Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
An ambitious project that’s been in the works for years is getting very close to a reality. We told you about the groundbreaking of the project here back in December 2011.
Once completed, the backbone (the main fiber line) which was done under a federal grant and monies kicked in by the county, will be available for vendors to hook to and eventually provide service to homes and businesses across many portions of the county that are underserved with true high speed internet.
Initially several larger anchor tenants will connect to the network with other smaller businesses and eventually likely residential customers to follow over time as more vendors make the service available.
Contrary to rumors circulating, this is not a free wi-fi network being installed by the county, nor is this anything associated whatsoever with the now failed IBEC BPL service that was once available. The projects are not related.
Recent estimates on the lighting (turning on) of the fiber for testing are just weeks away.
More updates as we know!
![[CONTEST] FREE Participant Passes To Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge : All Gone! We Have Winners!](https://blueridgelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WAC-course-map.jpg "[CONTEST] FREE Participant Passes To Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge : All Gone! We Have Winners!")
Update 6.4.12 9:27 PM
This week’s winners have been selected and have gotten email confirmations of their wins. Congrats and see you in the mud!
Cross this one off your bucket list:
The Wintergreen Adventure Challenge on June 30 or July 1, 2012 features 20 obstacles, 7 miles, and more than a mile of extreme elevation changes. No biggie, right?
The first 5 people to email info-at-nelsoncountylife.com with DIRTY NELSON in the subject line will get free participant passes to the event. Just be sure you are at least 18 years old and include your mailing address in the body of your email.
Good luck and see you in the mud! NCL publisher Yvette Stafford will be running the Sunday 8 a.m. wave with a few other buds eager to release their inner crazy.
Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia
After a stormy Friday, this past Saturday could have been more perfect for Birds Over The Bistro, an event held by Basic Necessities to benefit the Wildlife Center of Virginia. The center located in Waynesboro, was formed in 1982 to provide quality health care, often on an emergency basis, to native wildlife.
In addition to wine tastings, Basic put on a spread of tasty cheeses, crackers, and fruit as part of the event that raised money for The Wildlife Center of Virginia.
Basic Necessities along with the wine reps on hand donated a generous portion of wine sales to the center on addition to the admission fee.
Wintergreen Resort
Nelson County, VA
People from across the area joined in this past Saturday to Hike Wintergreen. It was a collaboration between Wintergreen Resort & The Wintergreen Nature Foundation. It consisted of five diverse trails with varying levels of difficulty providing adventures for the novice hiker to the advanced trailblazer.
Five different unique trails were part of Hike Wintergreen:
-1 mile Appalachian Amble – An interpretive hike for adventurers of all ages
-2.5 mile Cliffs Challenge – A hike for those able adventurers
-6.5 Mile Wintergreen Highland – For intermediate adventurers
-14 mile Devils Wlakabout – Advanced adventurere only
-14 mile Perimeter Purgatory – Difficult/advanced trail running experience
Nelson County, Virginia
By 3PM Friday afternoon a round of severe storms had moved across Nelson County. A Tornado Warning was issued during the early afternoon as radar indicated a tornado was being tracked moving out of Amherst toward Nelson. Numerous Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were also issued throughout the afternoon.
As the severe storms rolled through, officials at Nelson County Public Schools held students from boarding buses until the weather cleared. There were also some reports of debris scattered on some roads across Nelson, but no major damage was reported.
By far the strongest of storms was to the north and east of Nelson. In the DC MD ara several reports of tornados and storm damage were received by early evening Friday.
Just before dark, all of the severe weather activity in the Nelson area was done with only rain showers left behind.
Saturday and Sunday look stunning with mostly sunny skies, low humidity, and mild temperatures.
Enjoy!
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 332
Scroll for county outline area:
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NU MBER 332
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MARYLAND
NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 900
PM EDT.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALTOONA
PENNSYLVANIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
DISCUSSION…STRONG FORCED ASCENT WITH A LARGE SCALE TROUGH WAS
LIKELY CONTRIBUTING TO AN INCREASE IN LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION ALONG A
COLD FRONT NOW SITUATED FROM ERN OH SWD ACROSS WV…EXTREME SWRN VA
AND ERN TN. EXPECT THAT THIS CONVECTION WILL CROSS THE SPINE OF THE
APPALACHIANS OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO INTERACT
WITH GREATER INSTABILITY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS…MORE VIGOROUS
STORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE FORM OF BOWING/LEWPING LINE SEGMENTS CAN BE
EXPECTED. A WEAK FRONTAL WAVE MAY ALSO TAKE FORM WITH TIME
COINCIDENT WITH AN INCREASE IN STORMS ALONG A WARM FRONT EXTENDING
ACROSS SRN PA AND INTO THE DELMARVA REGION. IN ADDITION TO WIND
DAMAGE AND SOME HAIL THREAT WITH THE STORMS ALONG THE ADVANCING
FRONT…AN ENHANCED BUT FOCUSED TORNADO THREAT MAY EVOLVE NEAR THE
FRONTAL WAVE AND WARM FRONT.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
WOUS64 KWNS 011725
WOU2
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 332
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
TORNADO WATCH 332 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
MDC001-021-023-043-020100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0332.120601T1730Z-120602T0100Z/
MD
. MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGANY FREDERICK GARRETT
WASHINGTON
NCC005-009-033-157-169-171-189-193-197-020100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0332.120601T1730Z-120602T0100Z/
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGHANY ASHE CASWELL
ROCKINGHAM STOKES SURRY
WATAUGA WILKES YADKIN
PAC001-009-013-021-041-051-055-057-061-067-087-099-111-129-
020100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0332.120601T1730Z-120602T0100Z/
PA
. PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS BEDFORD BLAIR
CAMBRIA CUMBERLAND FAYETTE
FRANKLIN FULTON HUNTINGDON
JUNIATA MIFFLIN PERRY
SOMERSET WESTMORELAND
VAC003-005-009-011-015-017-019-021-023-029-031-035-037-043-045-
047-061-063-067-069-071-077-079-083-089-091-107-113-121-125-139-
141-143-155-157-161-163-165-171-173-185-187-197-515-530-540-580-
590-640-660-678-680-690-750-770-775-790-820-840-020100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0332.120601T1730Z-120602T0100Z/
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALBEMARLE ALLEGHANY AMHERST
APPOMATTOX AUGUSTA BATH
BEDFORD BLAND BOTETOURT
BUCKINGHAM CAMPBELL CARROLL
CHARLOTTE CLARKE CRAIG
CULPEPER FAUQUIER FLOYD
FRANKLIN FREDERICK GILES
GRAYSON GREENE HALIFAX
HENRY HIGHLAND LOUDOUN
MADISON MONTGOMERY NELSON
PAGE PATRICK PITTSYLVANIA
PULASKI RAPPAHANNOCK ROANOKE
ROCKBRIDGE ROCKINGHAM SHENANDOAH
SMYTH TAZEWELL WARREN
WYTHE
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
BEDFORD BUENA VISTA CHARLOTTESVILLE
COVINGTON DANVILLE GALAX
HARRISONBURG LEXINGTON LYNCHBURG
MARTINSVILLE RADFORD ROANOKE
SALEM STAUNTON WAYNESBORO
WINCHESTER
WVC003-023-025-027-031-037-055-057-063-065-071-075-077-083-089-
093-020100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0332.120601T1730Z-120602T0100Z/
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BERKELEY GRANT GREENBRIER
HAMPSHIRE HARDY JEFFERSON
MERCER MINERAL MONROE
MORGAN PENDLETON POCAHONTAS
PRESTON RANDOLPH SUMMERS
TUCKER
ATTN…WFO…LWX…PBZ…RNK…RLX…CTP…
