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Schuyler : Walton’s Mountain Museum Kicks Off 2008 Season

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Photography By Tommy Stafford
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Media Day @ Walton’s Mountain Museum
Schuyler, Virginia

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Patrick O’Brian, with Walton’s Mountain Museum shows off one of the popular attractions there, a replica of the original living room from the television series, The Waltons, which aired from 1972 to 1981.

This weekend The Walton’s Mountain Museum kicked off it’s 2008 season. The last day of February, the museum held a media day for an advanced look at the museum and upcoming events for this year. Everyone was very nice and they had lots of yummy food while we hung out, took pictures, & talked!

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Above right, Leona Roberts, museum director, gets a hand preparing the new edition of the quarterly newsletter being sent out to members.

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Here Patrick looks over a large photo reprint of the cast that was recently donated by a fan.

The museum is now officially open. For more detail and hours, visit their website by clicking here.

Nellysford : Nelson County Loses Another True Friend : Sara Ott Memorial Services Today 3.3.08

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Sara Ott at The Wintergreen Nature Foundation Golf Tourney Last Fall

Seems like I’ve been doing this way too much lately. This morning while eating at the RVCC Pancake Breakfast, I was told that Nelson’s, Sara Ott, died in the past day. Most of you are familiar with Sara and those of us that have come to know her, know this last year wasn’t an easy one for her, but she kept smiling and kept going! My last time to visit with Sara was just a few days ago on the parking lot of Wintergreen True Value Hardware in Nellysford. She was the same Sara, laughing, and already talking about the upcoming golf tourney this fall!

Here’ a few preliminary arrangements sent to us via Ray Ashton in Stoney Creek:

A Memorial service for Sara will be held on Monday, March 3 at the Mountain Inn
at 3 p.m.. A reception will follow at the Stoney Creek Bar & Grill.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to either
the Wintergreen Nature Foundation or the Wintergreen Rescue Squad.

We will pass on additional details as we have them.

Please keep Frank, her husband, and their entire family in your thoughts and prayers.

Wintergreen, VA Weather : Weekend : Warmer Sunday & Monday : UPDATED

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Text Portion updated 5:15 PM EST 3.1.08

Sunday we begin to see moderating temps with afternoon highs in the mid & upper 50’s valley warming to the upper 60’s by Monday. Rain enters the forecast again by Monday night.

Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

And for those of you keeping score at home check the detailed numbers at any of our reporting NCL-Weathernet Stations for real up to the minute live weather data and detailed information including highs, lows, wind speeds, rainfall and much, much more, simply use the handy drop down menu on the upper left hand side of your screen.

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: BRP, Lovingston, Nellysford, & Amherst

*OVERNIGHT: Clear & cold. Lows valley: 22-25° : Mountains: 23-26° : Winds: NW 5-10 MPH & gusty.

Sunday: Sunny and milder.
* Highs Valley: 58-61°
*On the mountains: 49-52°
*Winds: N 5-10 MPH becoming S in the afternoon
*OVERNIGHT: Mostly clear & milder. Lows valley: 33-36° : Mountains: 32-35° : Winds: Becoming S around 5 MPH..

By next week: Monday temps are even milder in the upper 60’s to around 70° with rain back in the forecast by Monday night.

As promised The Red Drum Ramblers take out with Honey Babes from their CD cut in February of 2008 @ Jess & Jen’s.

Have a great Weekend everyone!
Know your Nelson.COM

Here’s how Jace describes the makeup of The Red Drum Ramblers in his own humorous words!

Hi Tommy,
Wow! That fiddle will blast open your eyelids faster than yesterday’s coffee re-heated over an open flame, eh?!
I caught the initial Red Drum Ramblers offering this morning, and wanted to contact and update you Here’s the scoop: The Red Drum Ramblers are Jace Goodling (fiddle and vocals) and Tim Scruby (pronounced just like it’s spelled, kind of rhyming with Scooby, as in …Doo, but with an “R” thrown in) clawhammer banjo. That’s our “normal” line-up. We are both actually certifiable “Natives” to the area. Tim grew up in Waynesboro and lives just over the county line (on the Albemarle side) in Afton. I grew up in an apple orchard just on the other side of Batesville and have lived the last twenty one years in Afton. (You know the story: grew up, went to college, learned “go west, young man”, and made it seven miles to Afton….been here ever since)
For this recording, we were fortunate enough to have our good friend and excellent musician, Jesse Fiske, accompanying us on guitar and harmonica. Jesse is one of the original members of the band, “The Hackensaw Boys” from Charlottesville, currently touring all around the western part of the United States. Jesse did the recording for us at his house (thus the note, “Jess and Jen’s” on the CD,,,, his girlfriend, Jen Fleish, plays acoustic dog house bass for “Jim Waive and The Young Divorcees”). We’ve actually never recorded an official CD, as in a commercial venture worthy of commerce and trade, so you have the “original”…..and as I mentioned, they’re all “one takes”: something that Monkeyclaus folks probably shudder to think about. HA! But even if there is some demented soul out there that would want to hear more of our music, he’d have to come see us “Live”. In addition to the Nelson Farmers’ Market, we perform at Stone Soup Cafe, a neat little book store/ cafe’ on Main street in Waynesboro. We’re also available for house parties and barn dances. We play “old time” music, NOT blue grass, and we like to stay fairly loyal to the old time mountain music songs as we learned them: ragged but right.
Thanks much,
Jace

Red Flag Warning : 11AM Until 6 PM EST – EXPIRED @ 6 PM

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RED FLAG WARNING
Click image above for latest info.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
510 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2008

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510 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION FELL OVERNIGHT WITH A PASSING COLD
FRONT. WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH
LOW FUEL MOISTURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 30
PERCENT...WILL LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER LATER THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Datebook : Wintergreen : Wine & Cheese Pairing to be held at Wintergreen Winery – POSTPONED

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Updated 3.1.08 10:00 AM
NCL received a call this morning that the event has been postponed until most likely April. Seems lots of folks are succumbing to the flu bug going around!

Wintergreen Winery Pouring

WINTERGREEN, VA – Wintergreen Winery will conduct a Wine and Cheese Pairing on Saturday, March 1st at 6pm. Guests will be presented with a guided informative tasting of each of the winery’s selected wines paired with domestic and imported cheeses. The evening will be hosted and presented by owners/vintners Jeff and Tamara Stone. Limited space is available for this popular after hours event and reservations are necessary. $15 per person includes a souvenir wine glass and generous wine and cheese sampling of eight hand crafted wines paired with over a dozen different cheeses. For reservations or more information, call 434-361-2519 or visit www.WintergreenWinery.com

Wintergreen Winery is surrounded by beautiful mountain views and is located approximately 35 minutes from Charlottesville in the Rockfish Valley of Nelson County near Wintergreen Ski Resort and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The tasting room and gift shop are open daily from 10am until 5pm year round.

DIRECTIONS:
From Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia:
Interstate 64 West to Exit 107 (Crozet); left on US 250 West six miles to left on Route 151 South; fourteen miles to right on Route 664; winery entrance 1/2 mile on right.

From Shenandoah Valley, Virginia:
Interstate 64 East to Exit 99 (Afton); right on US 250 East three miles to right on Route 151 South; fourteen miles to right on Route 664; winery entrance 1/2 mile on right.

From the Blue Ridge Parkway:
Exit at Reed’s Gap (MP 13.5) on Route 664 East past Wintergreen Resort; winery entrance five miles on left.

From Lynchburg:
Route 29 North to left on Route 151 North; Follow Route 151 for twenty one miles to left on Route 664; winery entrance 1/2 mile on right.

Fire Weather Watch : Saturday Morning Through Saturday Afternoon

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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
213 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

PRECIPITATION TOTALS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT…FROM A FEW
HUNDREDTHS TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. WITH A COLD FRONT PASSING
TOMORROW MORNING…NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY. WIND GUSTS
OF 30 TO 35 MPH IN CONJUNCTION WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LEVELS NEAR 30 PERCENT…MAY LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Sports : Lovingston : NCHS Boys Basketball : Another WIN! Thursday Night Against Altavista!

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Photography By Heidi Crandall
For Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
NCHS Boys Basketball Team
Region B Div 1 Semifinal Game
Amherst, Virginia
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A huge thank you to Heidi Crandall for sending in a few photos from Thursday night’s game!

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Our roving NCL sports reporter, Judy Serkes of Woods Mill just sent this in to us! Excellent Win for these guys again:

The NCHS Boys Basketball team defeated Altavista in the Region B Div 1 semifinal game on Thursday Feb 28th, to advance to the Regional B Finals game. It will be played on March 1st, 11:00 AM at E. Mennonite University. Their opponent will be Page County HS. Way to GO !

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Congrats on another great game!

Thanks Judy & Heidi for keeping us in the loop!

Wintergreen, VA Weather : Thursday : BRP, AT & Nelson County, VA : Mostly Sunny & Cold : Warmer Weekend

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

DON’T WANT TO READ TODAY’S WEATHER?
LISTEN BY HITTING THE BUTTON.

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Photography By Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
Snow Showers Over Beech Grove
Beech Grove / Roseland, Virginia

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Click the image above for the ski and slope conditions at Wintergreen Resort.

As mentioned all week, we’re taking a break from our area music artists but be watching for more featured musicians in the coming weeks. And be looking for our NCL exclusive weather sponsor that will begin on this very cast starting over the coming weekend. They’re folks we all know, and they are about to announce an exciting expansion.

–Wednesday’s High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 41°/23° – RAIN: 0.00″
–Wednesday’s High / Low at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 25°/6° – RAIN: 0.00″
–Wednesday’s High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 39°/21° – RAIN: 0.00″
–Wednesday’sHigh / Low at NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ Beech Grove, VA : 40°/22° – RAIN: 0.00″
–Wednesday’sHigh / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 42°/23° – RAIN: 0.00″
–Wednesday’s High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 41°/23° – RAIN: 0.00″
–Wednesday’s High / Low at NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards @ Arrington, VA : N/A°/N/A° – RAIN: 0.00 Unavailable offline

Okay, before starting have to help out our buddy Dave Makel over at Trailer Buff down the road here in Greenfield. Dave was listening to our Tuesday cast earlier this week where we were using this track of music to go out of our weather with. (music plays) You’ve all heard me do that before and when we don’t have a featured local musician we use that kind of generic stuff. So Dave tells Yvette Wednesday that he loves the jazz piano style music from that day and it had to be someone very good! Uh, yea, Dave they probably were, but since that comes standard with our music bed on the software I use to do the cast with, I can’t tell you who it is, but I can tell you it’s called: Fifth Avenue Stroll from our Mac Garageband Collection! Seriously, if you liked that one, I think you’ll like the one I’ll go out with today as well. And who says we don’t do special requests!

Also want to say howdy this morning to Keith Smith and his wife Sharon a few thousand feet up at Royal Oaks Cabins on the BRP in Love, VA. Keith just got his internet configured to where he can now listen to us each day. They have a great place up there and we appreciate you joining in to listen.

Somebody left the freezer door open Wednesday & Wednesday night. Man did it get cold! We only touched the 40° mark for an afternoon high in some locations and on the mountains they never made it out of the mid 20’s. As you can see in the photo above, snow showers were all around the area for the entire day with some of them pretty heavy at times like the one we caught in Beech Grove late Wednesday afternoon. They didn’t create any problems, but did remind us winter is still very much around. Overnight last night many areas reached the single digits even before midnight making for a very, very cold night.

If you want warmer weather you won’t have to wait very long. After a cold Thursday we moderate a little Friday and then make it to the 50’s by the weekend. We’re talking lower 60’s by Monday, we just have to hang on a few days. Right now it looks like temps stay relatively mild next week, at least for the first half of the week.

Also want to send out good luck wishes tonight to the NCHS Boy’s Basketball Team. Our faithful NCL web reader, Judy Serkes over at Woods Mill let us know the team – (25-1) – will play against Altavista tonight, Feb. 28th at 7:00 PM at Amherst County High School in the Region B Div 1 semifinal game.
 Those guys are doing great so far and we wish them another win tonight. And thanks to Judy who’s apparently become our sports reporter for keeping us up to date!

Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking Ahead

And for those of you keeping score at home check the detailed numbers at any of our reporting NCL-Weathernet Stations for real up to the minute live weather data and detailed information including highs, lows, wind speeds, rainfall and much, much more, simply use the handy drop down menu on the upper left hand side of your screen.

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Beech Grove, Roseland, Freshwater Cove, Ivy, & Love

Thursday: Mostly sunny & cold. .
* Highs Valley: 39-42°
*On the mountains: 28-31°
*Winds: W 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Becoming mostly cloudy overnight, continued cold. Lows valley: 21-24° : Mountains: 15-18° : Winds: W-5 MPH becoming S after midnight.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with rain showers developing in the afternoon.
* Highs Valley: 49-52°
*On the mountains: 40-43°
*Winds: S 10-20 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Scattered rain showers in the evening. Lows valley: 28-31° : Mountains: 21-24° : Winds: SW 10-15 MPH.

The weekend: looks milder with mostly sunny skies and valley highs in the lower to mid 50’s with mountain highs in the low to upper 40’s. By Monday temps are even milder nearing the lower 60’s°

As promised Dave, here’s another “jazzy” tune called First Snowfall and then after that an encore of the other one from earlier in the week!

Have a great Thursday everyone!
Know your Nelson.COM

Datebook: Wintergreen & Afton: Adaptive Skiing 13th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration & Fundraiser 3.1.08

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You Are Invited to the 13th Annual Vince Fiore
Memorial Mardi Gras Celebration!
Saturday, March 1, 2008

Our annual fund raiser puts the fun in fund raising! It is a day and night of costumed foolery, starting on the slopes in the morning and winding up in the evening with our one and only Thrift Store Formal. During the day, we strut our stuff down the mountain with a costumed parade followed by gumbo for lunch on the WAS deck. The afternoon is filled with tubing races and the wildly competitive, utterly silly Synchronized Ski Contest. That evening, dressed to the nines in our choicest thrift store finery, we convene at the Rockfish Valley VFD for the truly tasty Cajun Banquet followed by the Thrift Store Formal.

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This special event is in honor of the first student of WAS, Vince Fiore. He was an avid skier, and the fact that he had only one leg did not dampen his enthusiasm for the skiing fast! The funds raised on this day are a major source of the money needed to purchase and repair adaptive equipment, for instructor training and overall administration of the WAS program.Image

The Mardi Gras Celebration is for everyone: our disabled students, our volunteers, friends, families and anyone who wants to support this worthwhile cause with a donation.

We are offering prizes for the top three fundraisers at our Mardi Gras Celebration. The grand prize is a ski trip for two to Breckenridge, CO! The prize includes airfare, ground transportation, lodging and lift tickets. Second and third place winners will receive a complete set of ski or snowboard equipment.

$125 minimum donation gets you a lift ticket, equipment rental, and all the fun activities of the day as well as the Cajun Dinner and formal.

$50 donation for the Dinner and Formal.

$25 donation for the Formal only.

Register for the Mardi Gras Celebration: Click here to register for this year’s Mardi Gras Celebration!

Lovingston : Nelson County High : Guys & Dolls : Photos : UPDATE

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Wednesday 2.27.08 – Diana Driver, The Fine Arts teacher at NCHS sent this very kind comment:

Thank you so much for the pictures! The pit was amazing! Thank you for including them. The kids were pretty spectacular too! It is amazing what talent there is in Nelson. It was a treat to have Hayley Osborne take the pictures-she was in the original Guys and Dolls with me 8 years ago! Thank you for including our show!!

And thank you Diana for your kind remarks, it was a wonderful production!

Photography By Hayley Osborne
Valley Photographer
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
Guys & Dolls @ Nelson High
Lovingston, Virginia
On Stage NCHS

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Here’s another photo sent to us by Tom Dennis. Yep his daughter, Gabi Dennis, is one of the stars in the presentation. Tom sent us this one of the mystery performers! Can you guess who they are? Thanks for the photo Tom!

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