Iyengar (hatha) yoga class led by Shaaron Honeycutt in a beautiful and spacious facility, right in “downtown” Nellysford at the Tuckahoe Club House.
This week classes on Sunday, Sept. 12 Class begins at 9 a.m. and runs through to 10:30 a.m.
This is a multi-level class, for both beginners and those with experience. Check it out!
Please R.S.V.P. (phone 434.981.5553 or e-mail: shaaronh@gmail.com and leave a contact #)- Minimum of 3 people required by 8 a.m. of the day of class. Will call if there’s NO class…. otherwise we’re on. Bring any yoga props you may have, including a yoga mat (but if you don’t have anything, c’mon anyway… there’s some for you to borrow).
Event Date: Sunday 12th of September 2010 09:00 AM
Location/Address: Tuckahoe Club House in Stoney Creek Street: 2nd left as you turn into Stoney Creek from Rt 151 – entrance on right side
Contact Telephone Please call 434.981.5553 for more information
Via NASA and www.wunderground.com : Earl on the left followed by Fiona. Click to enlarge.
The Atlantic Hurricane Earl continues making progress toward the Eastern U.S. mainland on Tuesday morning. Earl is followed by a much weaker storm, Fiona. Current forecast have Earl nearing the NC coast by early Friday morning.
Arrington
Nelson County, Virginia
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC) announced that a recently-installed photovoltaic energy generation unit reached a milestone at the end of July 2010. The 2-kilowatt (kW) solar unit generated 1 megawatt-hour of energy during its first 100 days of service. The energy generated in the first 100 days is enough to power ten thousand light bulbs for an hour or almost enough to power the average CVEC home for one month.
Why would an electric utility install a solar unit at their headquarters? Gary Wood, Cooperative President & CEO, said: “Many of our Cooperative members are interested in renewable energy for a variety of reasons. As a not-for-profit Cooperative, we thought that it would be a good idea to conduct an educational demonstration project for the benefit of all members.”
A closer look at the CVEC solar panels.
“While CVEC will put the energy to good use, helping to power the Cooperative headquarters building, the project goal was to allow our members to share the information that we gained by investigating different equipment options, selecting a contractor, and working our way through the installation process. Members also have the ability to watch the energy generation patterns throughout the course of a day or over time,” added Wood. Central Virginia Electric Cooperative posted detailed information about the project on their website (www.forcvec.com) and plans to keep members informed with project updates in the Cooperative’s newsletter.
According to CVEC there were some lessons learned in the first few months of the Cooperative solar project:
• There are a good number of qualified advisors and installers in central Virginia.
• There are increasing choices among solar panel brands but the equipment is still capital-intensive with consumers paying $7,000 to $10,000 for every kilowatt (kW) of generation capacity installed.
• Government incentives and the potential for selling SREC’s (solar renewable energy credits) will help to reduce the upfront costs significantly
• Most new installations of solar panels rely on an electric grid interconnection and net metering versus storing energy in on-site battery banks.
• Without an aggressive conservation and energy management effort, the average homeowner will find that solar generation is a good source of supplemental energy but still expensive if being considered as the sole electric generation source.
• Actual energy output fluctuates with changing weather conditions and over the course of the day. The unit never reaches it energy production rating and the photovoltaic system doesn’t really begin producing much energy before 10AM and starts to taper off after 3 PM on summer afternoons.
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative is hopeful that members will use the information found on the solar demonstration project webpage to help them evaluate photovoltaic systems and help guide them through the selection and installation process. More information can be found at www.forcvec.com.
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative is a member-owned, not-for-profit, electric utility serving the rural portions of 14 Virginia counties.
This is the first meeting of Relay For Life for the coming year held at Calvary Baptist Church in Lovingston. This Tuesday evening, August 31st – 2010 @ 7PM. New faces welcome! And we are encouraging people from the Rockfish Valley to attend, as well as all other sections of the county.
Event Date: Tuesday 31st of August 2010 07:00 PM
Location/Address: 8408 Thomas Nelson Highway – Lovingston
Upcoming College Fair at Nelson County High School
More than 63 colleges/universities admissions representatives will be
attending a college fair at Nelson County High School from 10:15-11:15 on Thursday, September 16.
Students and parents are welcome to attend. The fair will be held in the NCHS cafeteria.
Event Date: Thursday 16th of September 2010 01:26 PM
Location/Address: Nelson County High School 6919 Thomas Nelson Highway
Contact Telephone Please call 434-263-8317 for more information
Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
For much of the weekend the grounds at Devils Backbone Brewing was covered in bikers. This was the second year in a row that biking events have been held at the brewery and on Horseshoe Mountain Trails over Brents Gap.
Woody Elliot with the Virginia Off Road Series, talks with bikers just before the start of Sunday's race.
The Stampede Sunday morning capped off the weekend. On Saturday the DB Mountain Cross was held. The entire event is also an offshoot of The Nelson County Parks and Recreation Department. Part of the fun during Sunday’s event was a challenge between Steve Crandall of Devils Backbone and Jeff Stone of Wintergreen Winery in their ABC Challenge. (Adult Beverage Challenge) Looks like beer won in this race. Steve came in #45 with a time of 1:39:22 while Jeff finished up #65 with a time of 2:02:47. Not to worry, we think both were happily laughing together at the other real Adult Beverage Challenge after the race!
Jeff (in blue on the left) and Steve on the right in the crowd of bikers getting ready to head out Sunday. Bikes heading south on 151 toward Brents Gap. Bikers making the tough climb up 151 toward Brents Gap.
Image via www.wunderground.com : Hurricane Earl from an enhanced sat image taken late Sunday afternoon. Click on image for latest updates.
The Atlantic
For the first time this hurricane season a storm has the potential to at least head in the general direction of the eastern seaboard. By no means does Hurricane Earl pose any sort of immediate threat to the Eastern U.S. But it’s the first storm that has a possible projected path toward that part of the United States.
The latest position and projected path of Earl over the next 5 days.
We’ll keep an eye out and let you know if he’s posing any threat to the U.S.!
A benefit for the Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA), will be held on Monday, September 20, 2010 at Birdwood Golf Course at The Boar’s Head. The area’s women golfers will again have the opportunity to compete in a top-notch tournament known for its excellent golf, team prizes, on-course contests, raffles and goody bags. Ms. Dee O’Donnell, Wachovia Senior Vice President and Regional President Western Virginia is the honorary chair and speaker.
Founded in 1965, MACAA’s mission has always been to help people out of poverty. MACAA does this through a variety of programs and initiatives: Hope House, an apartment building for homeless families provides case management that builds strong, independent families; Family Economic Security builds a path out of poverty; CARES provides emergency help for Charlottesville and Albemarle residents; Rural Outreach provides emergency help to Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson County families; Head Start provides pre-school for low-income children in Charlottesville and Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson Counties; Project Discovery helps low-income high school students in Charlottesville and Albemarle, Fluvanna and Nelson Counties become the first in their families to go to college.
Funds raised by WOMEN WHO GOLF go to support MACAA programs. It is only with the help of area individuals, corporations and foundations, that MACAA can meet its funding needs and fulfill its mission. Please call MACAA if you would like to help. Call Candace Goodyear at 434.295.3171 ex. 3045 or email Candace@macaa.org for more information or a registration form.
Event Date: Monday 20th of September 2010 07:15 AM
Location/Address: Birdwood Golf Course at The Boar’s Head – Charlottesville, VA
Contact Telephone Please call 434.295.3171 for more information
Present: Ms. Connie Brennan, Mr. Joe Dan Johnson, Mr. Tommy Bruguiere, Mr. Allen Hale and Mr. Tommy Harvey
TRES/RRES ROOF/WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROJECT: Dr. Roger Collins, School Superintendent, and Mr. Charles Wray, Architect, presented information on the uncovered damage related to the ongoing projects. The roofing contractor has still not submitted shop drawings and the architect is working with that contractor to try to get that moving forward. Removing windows at Tye River Elementary (TRES) has revealed no weather barrier with damaged sheathing at the base of the walls. Test results from the samples taken at the base of the walls still pending. At Rockfish River Elementary School (RRES) there are bigger issues with the first-floor window flashing and trim missing and the second floor sills improperly installed. The proposal is to have the contractor do two windows as a prototype to determine repairs needed, time taken and costs. Projected costs for 67-70 windows at $2,000/window for a cost of $150,000 just for RRES. The statute of limitations for complaint has expired for the contractor and engineer on the original project. Further discussion tabled pending completion of the two-window prototype project.
WORK SESSION/DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE: Mr. Bruguiere said that there have been many calls on both sides. He said that the Sheriff’s Office needs to get actively involved with Animal Control not on duty 24 hours a day. Mr. Johnson said that there are no tools to deal with the problems. Mr. Hale said that we have to look carefully at this issue before putting another ordinance in place that requires more manpower and creates an untold number of calls. There are dogs that run all over this county loose and cause no problem. If the dog is a problem, the person should call Animal Control and there are standards to deal with those dogs. Mr. Johnson said that when the first death comes, you will remind yourself of this conversation. Mr. Hale noted that there is not a single dog identified in this county as a dangerous dog. Mr. Ray Uttero spoke on behalf of the Animal Control officers, noting that the system is working given the part-time hours of the department. Mr. Hale said we cannot solve all the problems in the world and this solution will not solve the problems. Would cost the taxpayer a not-insignificant amount of money and would not solve the problems. Ms. Brennan said that the county has a duty to guard the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and something needs to be done. Further discussion tabled.
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The two day Nelson County Bike Festival takes place this weekend on Saturday & Sunday.
Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
For the 2nd year in a row bikers will descend on Nelson County. This time the bike festival will last parts of 2 days. Last year was the inaugural event but it has expanded in 2010 to include more.
Here’s the rundown:
August 28 / 29 – The Nelson County Bike Festival
Two days of biking events hosted by award-winning Devils Backbone Brewery will begin on Saturday August 28 with the DB Mountain Cross. This event will challenge riders to a 65 mile treat throughout Nelson County by paved and dirt road. August 29 is the date for the STAMPEDE on Horseshoe Mountain. This mountain bike event will start and finish at the Devils Backbone Brewery. The initial charge will be by road up Brents Gap. After crossing the Gap, riders will take to the off road around Horseshoe Mountain. Singletrack and Doubletrack will lead the riders around this stunning mountain. Once finished on the mountain, riders will descend back through Brents Gap to a quick finish at the Brewery.
A special Twitter live update widget has been added to our site on the right hand side for updates throughout the festival.
