After School Art Club will meet M-F after school, beginning August 19th, at the Rockfish Valley Community Center from 2:30-5:40PM and is now accepting new registration for students 8-18 years old.
Art Club will provide a guided art project each day after school, free time and materials to pursue additional art exploration, snack time and exercise break. Students may arrange to ride the school bus to RVCC.
$20 per day or $75 per week.
Contact Erika Mitchell for details 434 263-5135
Event Date: Wednesday 19th of August 2009 02:30 PM
Location/Address: 190 Rockfish School Rd Afton, VA
Contact Telephone Please call 434-263-5135 for more information
Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia Special to NelsonCountyLife.com
By Olivia Ellis
Nelson County Master Gardener
Blooming in the foreground of this picture is a colonial favorite, Hyacinth Bean, next to purple Butterfly Bush and Caracalla Bean, and along the wooden fence giant mallow blooms shade the Blackberry Lilies and Virginia wildflowers propagated by The Wintergreen Nature Foundation, Great Blue Lobelia, Gray Beard Tongue, Butterfly Weed, Sun Drops, Primrose, Bee Balm, and wild Geranium.
Raised bed vegetable gardening is also being displayed there, allowing 4-H students and any county resident the chance to see and learn from Virginia Tech trained master gardeners how best to grow vegetables with limited space, scarce water, rocky red clay, and humid heat.
A Grand Opening is anticipated for late September, or early October while an herb garden and additional pathways are being developed.
Albemarle County Police have charged former Glenmore Country Club president Michael Comer with five counts of felony embezzlement related to missing funds from the Glenmore Community Association. Reported missing July 1 at Wintergreen Resort, Comer was found Monday at the Resort and detained by Wintergreen Police. Free on $50,000 bond, Comer had to give up his passport and must live at his home on Milton Village Lane.
The accident scene is on the Nelson-Albemarle County Line on Route 29N : via www.google.com
Near Faber
Nelson County, Virginia
Authorities are on the scene of a motor vehicle accident on 29 North at the Nelson-Albemarle County Line. Police say no injuries have occurred but the wreckage is blocking the highway. Traffic is being diverted to Faber Road and Route 6 to relieve congestion. It is unclear at this time if it is north or southbound lanes. But travel in the area is discouraged until the scene is cleared.
Authorities say the accident is just over the line into Albemarle.
Rockfish Valley
Nelson County, Virginia
The most recent attempted burglary and vandalism of a Rockfish Valley business has folks living in the area on extra watch. This past weekend burglars attempted to break into Tuckahoe Antique Mall just north of Nellysford on Route 151. The burglars didn’t get in, but did lots of damage to the building including cutting the main power supply to the business. Folks driving by over the weekend noticed the yellow tape blocking the entrance where broken glass was strewn across the sidewalk. “They didn’t gain access to the building, but did do a lot of damage in the process of trying to get in,” says Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks.
It’s the latest in what seems to be a growing rash of vandalism, building, and auto burglaries in the area. A few weeks ago two people had their cars broken into while attending a performance at The Hamner Theater inside the Rockfish Valley Community Center. The burglars broke out the windows and grabbed whatever was in plain sight on the seats of the cars. The same thing has happened recently at two area restaurants along 151 in the Afton area as well. “We’ve had another recent occurrence where several cars were broken into at the Wingina Landing on the James River,” Sheriff Brooks continues.
Recently thieves are reported to have broken into the SuperTest Gas Station in nearby Greenwood on Route 250. Again, phone lines were cut to the building in an attempt to by-pass alarm systems.
Folks in the area are urged to keep an extra watch for suspicious activity and contact law enforcement if they do see something strange going on. Obviously, common sense steps like ample lighting around businesses and your home at night help as well. And securing purses, wallets and other items in your car, our of sight. “We are taking some steps we can’t disclose publicly to apprehend the people responsible for these crimes. “Though many have been concentrated in the Rockfish Valley, they are still widespread and random in nature, which makes catching them very difficult,” Sheriff Brooks added.
Iyengar yoga class with Shaaron Honeycutt in a beautiful and spacious facility, right in “downtown” Nellysford at the Tuckahoe Club House.
This is a multi-level class, for both beginners and those with experience. Check it out and start your Sunday out right!
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 2nd of August 2009 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
Roseland/Beech Grove
Nelson County, Virginia
With abundant sunshine kicking off the week, Meridith Fogleman, owner of Black Rock Gallery at Wintergreen Resort took the opportunity to get out and finish up a logo on an old silo at Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Roseland. She and John Howard of DBBC, have been working on the project in between rain showers over the past month! That’s been a chore for sure with all of the rain!
Merideth knows how to zone out and get the work done with her music playing in the headset she's wearing
Photo Courtesy of Doug Coleman : Front L to R : Doug Coleman, Exec Dir of TWNF , Don Faulkner(Wintergreen’s original visionary), Preston Bryant Va. Sec NR - Second row left to right: Tony Troy-former VA State Attorney Gen, Hank Theiss-WPI Resort GM, Dr. Zoe Smith - (terrestrial orchid specialist & Australian visiting scientist at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center) John Coy WPI Board Chairman, Judy Juergens –Chairman of the Board- The Wintergreen Nature Foundation, Brent Douglass- Former VP of Development for WPI, Tom Smith Dir. VA Div of Natural Heritage , Dr Dennis Whigham-Deputy Director of Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and TWNF Scientist Board Member
Wintergreen
Nelson County, Virginia
Late last week another 1400 acres in what’s being called the Crawford’s Knob Preserve was officially dedicated. The ceremony took place Friday at The Founders Vision Overlook just above The Mountain Inn at Wintergreen Resort. The move adds the property to more than 4000 acres previously set aside by Wintergreen Resort and The Wintergreen Nature Foundation. Wintergreen receives $3 million plus in tax credits from Virginia for preserving the land.
The resort property is made up of 11,000 acres along and near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Nelson County, Virginia.
VA Secretary of Natural Resources, Preston Bryant, speaks at the official dedication with much of the preserved mountain land in the backgroundAt a later receotion TWNF's Doug Coleman presents Brent Douglass with the TWNF Conservationist Of The Year award for his work with TWNF on behalf of WPI over the course of 3 years.
Updated 10:00 AM 7.28.09 Wintergreen
Nelson County, Virginia
CBS 19 in Charlottesville reports this morning that Comer is being charged with 5 counts of embezzlement, and is being held on a $50,000 bond along with surrendering his passport. The entire story here courtesy of CBS-19.
Breaking story from 7.27.09 below:
Law enforcement authorities tell NelsonCountyLife.com this evening that Michael Comer, former Glenmore Country Club official, who has been missing since early July has been located. Details are very sketchy at this hour, but authorities say Comer was found on Wintergreen Resort property alive and well. Albermarle County authorities have Comer in custody.
Nelson County, Virginia Sheriff David Brooks tells NCL that he was told Comer was picked up and transported to Albemarle County for questioning.
