Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
Yes, there’s always the traditional Easter Egg Hunt. But at MountainSide Petting Farm in Afton, Virginia, they added a little different flair to the normal Easter activities. Many of the pets showed off their finest in Easter apparel this year.
On the web at: http://mountainsidepettingfarm.com/
Near Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia
All photos ©2009 NCL Magazine
The sky sometimes looked as though it might rain and the temperatures were not exactly Spring like as a cool and gusty northerly wind blew. But, the crazy weather didn’t stop lots of folks from turning out for the first Rockfish Valley Kite Festival this past Saturday just south of Nellysford, Virginia “I don’t think it’s snowed today, but it’s done everything else,” Peter Agelasto chuckles. Peter founded The Rockfish Valley Foundation that organized the event.
Thanks to Ann Strober and Yvette Stafford for grabbing some of these shots. ” I used to have kites when I was living in Savannah and we would fly them all the time,” says Richard Averitt of Nellysford. He and his family came out Saturday to fly kites at the festival. One of the kites he was flying with son Quinn was a stunt kite named The Cherry Bomb. “It’s pretty easy to fly and it doesn’t need a lot of wind, and it can take a lot of crashes, which is why we have it,” Richard laughs.
“Our goal is to bring the community together. And what better way to learn about the weather than by flying a kite. Benjamin Franklin taught us a thing or two about that,” Peter continues. He and his wife Betsy were part of a large kit flying organization years ago in Virginia Beach. Peter hopes to create similar enthusiasm here with the kite festival.
On Saturday, May 30th at 7:30 pm, the Charlottesville Women’s Choir will perform a benefit concert for Women Build of Habitat for Humanity. The Choir performance will be held in the sanctuary of Broadus Memorial Baptist Church which is located across from Darden Towe Park at 1525 Stony Point Rd. Donations are appreciated. Enjoy an evening of mostly a cappella music.
Event Date: Saturday 30th of May 2009 07:30 PM
Location/Address: 1895 Pine Cone Circle Charlottesville VA 22901
Contact Telephone Please call (434) 973-3105 for more information
London
United Kingdom
As we’ve been telling you over the past year or so, students with the Nelson County High School Foreign Language Department have been planning a trip to Europe this Spring. They’ve made it and the adventure began this weekend!
Mallory Crandall from Roseland is along for the trip. She’s sending us pictures back from time to time. The one above is a quick one sent Saturday morning. She tells us, “I’ll be adding more later, got to go to dinner and a play!” Sounds like they are having a blast!
We’ll be posting more pics and keeping you updated on their progress throughout Europe.
Congrats to all of the students and thanks to all of the people that donated money and time to help them get there!
Nelson County, Virginia
After a soggy start to the weekend with some lingering showers on Saturday, Sunday promises to be much better weather for Easter Sunday. Thanks to our Paul Purpura for grabbing this shot of the bunny on The Highlands Leisure Trail at Wintergreen Resort.
After a partly cloudy Saturday night, Sunday looks sunny with temperatures in the lower 60’s with light northerly winds. Listen to the weather details over in Tommy Weather by clicking here or simply hitting the play button below the banner picture above.
Nelson County, Virginia
Martins Store Substation BPL Update
April 10, 2009
Several customers have requested a map of the various headends so that when we mention progress on the various headends you have a better understanding of where we are talking about. This is more difficult than you might imagine since the electric grid does not always follow the roads and overlaying the grid on a map in a different format is not easy. The maps below are our first attempt. The first map outlines the various headends on the electric grid and has black lines for the three major roads. The line running north through Afton 1, 2, and 3 and Southwest through Nellysford is Rockfish Valley Highway (151); The line running Southwest to Northeast into Albemarle County is Highway 29 and the line connecting the two is Highway 6. The second map is a road map with the headends drawn in the same colors. We will continue to try and make the map easier to read.
We also wish to clarify a statement made last week, which has been pointed out by some of you as being misleading. When we stated that a number of new customers had been brought online during the week we did not mean that these were totally new signups, but just customers that had not previously been connected. Customers are being brought online as their segment of the network is configured and working, not in any other order, although those that signed up later than others may not yet have their CAUs installed and therefore may not be brought online at the same time as earlier signups.
We had an issue with the Afton 1 headend this week brought about by a unintentional network loop. Without trying to explain a network loop, suffice it to say that this caused the entire headend to come down until our engineers diagnosed and corrected the problem. We are continuing to make progress with the number of customers online doubling this week.
As always we thank you for your patience and want you to know that IBEC is committed to getting everyone online and surfing happily.
Thanks,
IBEC Customer Service
“Wild Utah: America’s Redrock Wilderness”, will be presented by
the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. This journey through redrock splendor
features a recorded narrative by Robert Redford and is free to the public.
Event Date: Tuesday 28th of April 2009 07:00 PM
Location/Address: Rockfish Valley Community Center, Room 4
Contact Telephone Please call (434) 361-0186 for more information
Nellysford/Spruce Creek
Nelson County, Virginia
This weekend the skies over the Rockfish Valley will transform into a colorful display of kites starting at 10:00 AM. The event kicks off at Spruce Creek Park just south of Nellysford, Virginia off of Route 151 in the big field on Glenthorne Loop. It’s free and open to the public!
At noon a 1200 square foot flag will be unfurled with children from the audience playing the Star Spangled Banner. Other activities include stunt kites, kite instruction, kites for sale and more!
Bring a picnic for a family fun day!
Click on the image above for much more information! Also visit www.rockfishvalley.org for the latest updates.
Near Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia
Area fire departments were pretty busy Thursday afternoon just before dark fighting a brush fire just off of Route 151 north of Nellysford, Virginia. Ann Strober who always sends in fantastic weather shots was nearby as firefighters worked to get the blaze under control.
Thanks Ann for grabbing these shots!
Come enjoy a cold one and some old time finger picking blues with Bill Adams from 7-9 pm.
Throughly entertaining from beginning to end.
Event Date: Friday 10th of April 2009 08:00 PM
Location/Address: 9519 Critzers Shop Rd. (Rt. 151)
Contact Telephone Please call 540-456-8020 for more information
