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Backroads Founder, Lynn Coffey, Publishes Third & Final Book

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Backroads Founder, Lynn Coffey, Publishes Third & Final Book
Photo By Victoria Mininger : ©2011 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Backroads Newspaper founder and author, Lynn Coffey shows off her third and final book inspired by her 25 year run of Backroads Newspaper this past Sunday at the Nelson Center in Lovingston.

Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia
25 years. A quarter century. That’s how long Lynn Coffey of Love, Virginia cranked out her Backroads Newspaper, every month.

Lynn writes every month here in the printed edition of Nelson County Life Magazine. She brings the true stories of the mountains to our readers each month. Click on the image above to read her column in the October issue.

This past Sunday Lynn appeared at the Nelson County Historical Society’s monthly meeting to hand over the last remaining issues of her 25 year run of Backroad Newspaper. Lynn publisher her last issue in December 2006. The historical society wanted to preserve all of the stories Lynn wrote on the unique people of Nelson County, with an emphasis on the those living in the mountains.

Photo Courtesy of Nelson Historical Society : Lynn (center) presents the final issues of a 25 year run of Backroads Newspaper to Becky Howard (left) and Jean Brent (right) with the Nelson Historical Society this past Sunday afternoon October 9, 2011 in Lovingston.
Lynn's third and final book is titled Faces of Appalachia. NCL was honored to be the endorsement on the front cover for her 3rd book following Earl Hamner in the previous two.

Lynn’s new book is available in numerous bookstores, restaurants, and gift places across Central Virginia.

Lynn lives up in mountains of West Nelson County and doesn’t do email. But she welcomes a phone call if you want a book. Her number is: 540-949-0329

Congrats Lynn on a very successful run of three books. They make a perfect Christmas gift!

Fall Starting To Show Its Colors in Nelson County, Virginia

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Photo By NCL Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura : Paul grabbed this beautiful shot over the weekend from the top of The Priest here in Nelson County, Virginia

Nelson County, Virginia
Nelson County is known for its wineries and breweries, but long before they were ever here it was known for its beauty. Especially its fall beauty. Down below in the valley not a lot of color is showing just yet, but head up into the mountains and mother nature is starting to put on a show of brillant reds, golds and more!

This past weekend Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura hiked to the top of The Priest mountain and grabbed this tremendous shot. Very nice Paul. Very nice!

Look for even more colors in the next 2-3 weeks as frost settles in and sets off brilliant shades of fall in the Blue Ridge!

Blue Mountain Brewery Brings Home Gold & Silver : Devils Backbone A Silver

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Blue Mountain Brewery Brings Home Gold & Silver : Devils Backbone A Silver
Photos via Blue Mountain Brewery : BMB came home with a gold & silver medal from the Great American Beer Festival held in Denver a few days ago.

Denver, Colorado &
Nelson County, Virginia

Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton was awarded the Gold medal at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival in Denver Colorado. Their English-style summer ale category for their end-of-summer seasonal beer, Summer Lovin. The brewery also took the Silver medal in the highly coveted American-Belago-style ale category for their hop harvest beer, Blue Reserve made solely from the Cascade and Centennial hops grown onsite at BMB. “This has to be the first time a bee made solely with Virginia hops has taken a medal in the largest beer competition in the world. I am very proud of our brewing team and especially honored to be recognized for the Blue Reserve,” said Taylor Smack, co-owner, founder and brewmaster at BMB.

Photo via Devils Backbone: DBBC won a silver for Tommy Two Fist, category: Dortmunder/German-style Oktoberfest at the GABF in Denver. Pictured above are Steve Crandall, Aaron Reilly, Nate Olewine and Jason Oliver of DBBC and President Charlie Papazian of the Brewer's Association.

Congrats to both Nelson breweries!

Missoula Children’s Theater At Tye River Elementary

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Photos By East Nelson County Photographer Victoria Mininger : The cast of The Secret Garden takes a bow this past Friday night at Tye River Elementary School.

Arrington
Nelson County, Virginia

Through the efforts of Wintergreen Performing Arts and the Nelson County Schools Gifted Program the acclaimed Missoula Children’s Theater made and appearance last week at Tye River Elementary School in Arrington. They came to Tye River last Monday October 3rd and , auditioned for the 59 parts, cast and then began rehearsals. The show was then performed Friday afternoon for the Tye River kids and staff and a public performance Friday evening at the High School at 7:00. The MCT dates back to 1970 and has been touring internationally, holding Performing Arts Camps, a strong local children’s season ever since.

Anna Mininger as Mary Lennox and Matt Loehrke (Tour Actor/Director) as Detective Del, P.I.
Will Yagel as a crow and one of the Moor folk. The Robin (played by Ashleigh Breighner) and a moor folk sheep listen in.
Colin Craven (Played by Griffin Hill) speaks with Doctor Craven (Played by Matthew Crowder)
Tye River Students
The sast sings a final song together.

Missouli Children’s Theater on the web: http://www.mctinc.org/

Festy 2011

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Photos By Paul Purpura : ©2011 www.nelsoncountylife.com : The Festy 2011 had perfect weather for the weekend here in Nelson County, Virginia

Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia

Festy 2011 is in the history books, with a weekend of the most fantastic weather yet! NCL’s Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura spent Saturday down in the valley grabbing shots of the sights and sounds of the 3 day event. It was held on the grounds at Devils Backbone in Roseland.

Jim Lauderldale and the Lake Street Dive Saturday afternoon at The Festy in Nelson County, Virginia
This is the second year running The Festy has been held in Nelson County.
The Emmit-Nershi Band on stage at The Festy this past Saturday October 8, 2011 in Nelson County, VA
The Festy had an extensive lineup of bands all weekend long.

The Festy on the web: http://www.thefesty.com/

Festy 2011 Kicks Off – Runs Through Weekend!

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Festy 2011 Kicks Off – Runs Through Weekend!
Photos By Heidi Crandall : Tara Mills with Strings Attached, just one of the bands kicking off The Festy Friday afternoon on the grounds at Devils Backbone in Roseland, VA.

Roseland
Nelson County, VA
Festy 2011 is underway on the grounds at Devils Backbone in Roseland. The weekend long event runs through Sunday with a little of everything for everyone!

Folks arrive Friday afternoon for the 3 day event at The Festy in Roseland, VA

Our NCL Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura will be there Saturday to cover the day’s events. Be looking for more!

As Tommy’s Weather says, it will be perfect all weekend long! Sunny with temps around 80° each day.

Enjoy!

Nelson Sheriff Recovers Body From Old Quarry In Schuyler : Updated 6:30 PM

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Nelson Sheriff Recovers Body From Old Quarry In Schuyler : Updated 6:30 PM
©2011 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Emergency and law enforcement units on the scene near Schuyler, Virginia Thursday afternoon October 6, 2011.

Schuyler
Nelson County, Virginia


Updated 6:30PM EDT
Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks has released the identity of a man pulled from the quarry Thursday afternoon. He is identified as 24 year old Earl Aleksander Miller of Adail Road in Nelson County.

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Sheriff Brooks says he’s confident the death of Miller was not the result of foul play but most likely self inflicted. “Many pieces of evidence at the scene and other forms of evidence we found lead us to believe this was not done by someone else,” Sheriff Brooks continued.

The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department dive team assisted Nelson authorities in the investigation.

Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks confirms to NCL that his agency is working a scene at this hour along Route 800 in the Schuyler portion of East Nelson County, Virginia. “We received a call about an abandoned car near the old quarry in Schuyler. At first it appeared a cell phone was lying on the windshield outside of the car, but on our arrival we found out it was a GPS,” Sheriff Brooks tells NCL.

The sheriff went on to say they found a jacket near the top of the quarry and are confident a body is in the water.

Divers work to recover what is believed to be a body from the abandoned quarry near Schuyler, VA on Thursday afternoon October 6th, 2011

“At this point we don’t suspect foul play, but are treating the entire area as a crime scene to be completely safe,” Sheriff Brooks continued,

More as we know it.

NCCF Grant Helps To Add More Nelson JAUNT’s

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NCCF Grant Helps To Add More Nelson JAUNT’s
JAUNT is adding an additional transportation day in Nelson thanks to a NCCF grant.

Nelson County, VA

JAUNT is pleased to announce that it now offers an additional day of Midday service to Charlottesville.

Starting Thursday, October 6, 2011, reservations can be made by any resident of Nelson County for door-to-door service to Charlottesville. The fare is $2.75 each way and $1.75 each way for passengers with disabilities or those age 60 and older. The bus arrives in Charlottesville in the morning and returns to Nelson County in the afternoon.
“We are very excited to offer this additional day of service,” said Donna Shaunesey, Executive Director of JAUNT, “Nelson County residents can now travel to Charlottesville four days a week.

We are very grateful to the Nelson County Community Fund for providing the funds in order to make this goal a reality.”
JAUNT Inc. is a regional transportation system providing service to the citizens of Albemarle, Buckingham, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Louisa, and Nelson counties. The sixty-four vehicle fleet carries the general public, agency clients, senior citizens and people with disabilities throughout Central Virginia. Organized in 1975, JAUNT maintains an exemplary record of safety, cost efficiency, and high quality service, and is recognized both statewide and nationally for its performance record.

October Means Apple Butter Makin’ In Nelson!

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October Means Apple Butter Makin’ In Nelson!
Photos By Paul Purpura : ©2011 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Brian Kidd with Flippin-Seaman Orchards in Tyro keeps the apple butter going this past weekend at their Apple Butter Makin Festival.

Tyro
Nelson County, Virginia
For over 3 decades people have made the trip to Flippin-Seaman in Tyro right off of Route 56 West heading toward Crabtree Falls and Montebello. This past weekend NCL’s Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura made the jaunt out to Tyro to capture some of the shots at the 1st of two festivals there this month.

Thousands visits the two festivals each October for lots of fun activity for the entire family.
The Maury River Band played lots of bluegrass this past weekend at the Flippin-Seaman Apple Butter Making Festival in Tyro.
Kids visit with a close this past weekend at Flippin-Seaman. There was plenty more going on including, pick your own pumpkins, children's games, food Crafters, a corn maze and more!
Now this looks yummy!

If you didn’t get to make it to the first festival this past weekend, the next one is on October 15th from 10AM to 4:30PM.

For more information on the festival click here to visit Flippin-Seaman.

For other area Nelson festivals in October, click here.

Another Rough Loss For NCHS Govs Football At Homecoming

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Another Rough Loss For NCHS Govs Football At Homecoming

Lovingston
Nelson County, VA

It was another agonizing defeat for the NCHS Governors this past Friday night (9.30.11) The Govs lost to Appomattox by a score of 55-28. The Govs haven’t had a victory so far this year. Yet, their spirits are high! Our NCL Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura traveled to Lovingston Saturday night to grab some of the shots presented above in his very cool Animoto show. On a better note, it was homecoming for NCHS, so those festivities helped offset the loss to Appomattox.

This Friday (10.7.11) the Govs will play at Dan River.

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