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Tuesday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, & Nelson County, VA : Hot, showers? Then big cool down & more showers

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some PC users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
For www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Apple Butter Festival
Tyro, Virginia
Apple-Pumpkin

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Above top, one of the hundreds of pumpkins sold this past weekend at the annual Flippin-Seaman Apple Butter Festival in Tyro is weighed in. We thought since, William Layton, of Tyro holds the state record for the biggest pumpkin, it was only appropriate to get ours there this year! Say you missed the Apple Butter Festival this past weekend? Not to worry, they’ll hold it again later this month on October 20th.

The hot and humid weather continued on Monday as a large area of high pressure holds on controlling our weather. There is huge relief on the way, but not today. It will be another hot one with temperatures again in the lower 90’s across the area. By tonight we begin to see the start of a change in our weather patterns for the next several days. We have slight chances for a scattered storm this afternoon, with better chances by week’s end. The big story is much cooler temps by Thursday & Friday. Daytime highs below in the valley will be in the low and mid 60’s! Above in the upper 50’s.

And for those of you keeping the hot Monday score at home, The numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT last night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA
Monday High: 92.5°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Monday High: 77.9°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Monday High: 92.8°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Monday High: 91.2°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Monday High: 93.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Monday High: 92.3°
0.00″ of rain

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA
Monday High: 89.9°
0.00″ of rain

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map has high pressure holding on for one more day. Chances for very scattered showers enters the forecast tonight with better chances by the end of the week. Much cooler temps move in by Thursday.

Local forecast
*Today Mostly sunny early, then partly cloudy and hot for one more day. 20% chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorm.
*High temps in Tyro, Arrington, & Greenwood around 93°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Partly sunny and warm with isolated afternoon showers or a thunderstorm.
Highs top out around 80°
Winds: SW 2-4 MPH

*Tonight Mostly cloudy early evening with scattered thundershowers across 30% of the area, then partly cloudy.
*Lows valley near 60°
*On the mountains overnight low near 55°
*Winds: Light SW winds becoming NW overnight.

Wednesday Becoming sunny and milder.
*Highs valley 83°
*On the mountains around 72°
Winds: WSW 2-6 MPH
*Wednesday night: Partly cloudy and seasonal – Lows near 50° valley & 45° mountains.
Winds: SW becoming NW and light overnight.

The remainder of the week look for much cooler weather on Thursday with chances for rain again by nightfall. Rain chances continue through Saturday off and on. Daytime highs in the upper 60’s valley on Thursday cooling to the lower 60’s by Friday – on the mountains look for daytime highs cooling to the upper 50’s by Friday – Overnight lows – low 40’s by week’s end in the valley – around 40° or slightly cooler mountains.

Whenever or wherever severe weather or news breaks out, we’ll have the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Tuesday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Columbus Day Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, Nelson County, VA : Very Warm : Big Cool down by week’s end!

Tommy
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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some PC users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
For www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Mountain Side Petting Farm
Afton, Virginia
Funky-petting
Above, a youngster pets one of the many animals at the grand opening of the Mountain Side Petting Farm this past weekend, in Afton just off Blundell Hollow Road.

So far the Columbus Day weekend has been nice, but hot! It was a perfect time for many events over the holiday that continues through today. Just one of the many things happening was the grand opening of the Mountain Side Petting Farm in Afton. They had a great day to open on Saturday with all kinds of animals out there. Drop in to see Barbara and the rest of the gang there. Great place to take kids! See page 17 upper right in the current October issue of NCL for another fun Halloween event taking place there on October 27th!

Boy it has been hot and dry. Everyone was around the 90 degree mark yesterday even in the mid 80’s on the mountains. We are getting in serious need of not just a little rain, but a lot. In the photo below you can see what Lake Monocan looks like in Nellysford at Stoney Creek. You can see a lot of the bottom of the lake – and it is very, very low where there is water. I was told Sunday that it has gotten this way before and a nice rain in the fall can remedy it quickly, but the situation is getting critical.

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View of Lake Monocan looking west from the dock.

Unfortunately there’s not much promise of rain in the forecast, at least nothing significant. Mid week we’ll begin a sharp cool down, but substantial rain chances aren’t there. On Sunday a few areas on the west side of the BRP saw some showers, but again just about everyone remained dry and very hot for the start of October.

And for those of you keeping score at home, The numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT last night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA
Sunday High: 93.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Sunday High: 84.2°
0.02″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Sunday High: 95.2°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Sunday High: 93.9°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Sunday High: 92.3°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Sunday High: 92.5°
0.00″ of rain

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA
Sunday High: 89.7°
0.00″ of rain

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map continues to show high pressure in charge of our weather across Central Virginia. A weak cold front will enter the area Tuesday into Wednesday cooling temps way down and make it feel more Fall like. We’re talking daytime highs in the lower 60’s by week’s end.

Local forecast
*Today Early morning fog then sunny and hot.
*High temps in Afton, Faber, & Covesville around 92°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Morning fog, then sunny and warm.
Highs top out around 82°
Winds: S 2-4 MPH

*Tonight Clear & warm.
*Lows valley near 63°
*On the mountains overnight low near 61°
*Winds: Light SW

Tuesday Sunny and continued hot.
*Highs valley 90°
*On the mountains around 79°
Winds: SW 4-6 MPH
*Tuesday night: Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy late, 20% chance of showers – Lows near 55° valley & 51° mountains.
Winds: SW becoming Westerly and light overnight.

The remainder of the week look for generally dry conditions until mid-week when a system may have a slight chance for rain, but certainly much cooler temps. Daytime highs in mid 70’s valley on Wednesday cooling to the lower 60’s by Friday – on the mountains look for daytime highs cooling to the upper 50’s by Friday – Overnight lows – low 40’s by week’s end in the valley – around 40° mountains.

Whenever or wherever severe weather or news breaks out, we’ll have the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Monday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

2-Car Wreck on Rt. 151 @ Rt. 613 (Rodes Farm)

Tommy
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Read about it on the Project151.org web site.

Weekend Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, & Nelson County, VA : Continued mostly dry & hot through weekend

Tommy
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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
For www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Kitty’s get new home
Lovingston, Virginia
kitty owner
Above, Caitlin Mixter, of Charlottesville shows off her two new kitties recently adopted from the Almost Home Pet Adoption Center in Lovingston. “I wanted to get a kitty because I am moving next year and wanted the cats to be older and be able to take care of themselves by the time I am working, says Caitlin. Caitlin saw the cute little kitties recently at an SPCA booth in Charlottesville and came out to Nelson to adopt them.

Friday was a great day where, yours truly, was the emcee for The Wintergreen Nature Foundation’s annual golf tournament over at Stoney Creek Golf Course. It’s a great cause, and a great day of golf. The guys at TWNF do excellent work and this was a huge benefit fund raiser for them. Perfect success for 2007!

And for those of you keeping score at home, The numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT last night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA
Friday High: 84.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Friday High: 72.9°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Friday High: 84.2°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Friday High: 86.2°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Friday High: 83.1°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Friday High: 83.7°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA
Friday High: 83.0° (estimated)
0.00″ of rain

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA
Friday High: 80.9°
0.00″ of rain

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map has high pressure in control over the holiday weekend with hot temperatures until next week when rain enters the forecast mid-week with cooler temps.

Local forecast

Saturday Dense morning fog then partly sunny and very warm.
*Highs valley 89°
*On the mountains near 80°
Winds: SE 2-4 MPH
*Saturday night: Mostly clear – Lows near 60° valley & mountains.
Winds: E 2-4 MPH

Remainder of the holiday weekend looks generally dry with daytime highs in the upper 80’s to around 90° valley – on the mountains mid 70’s to near 80° – Overnight lows – near 60° valley and upper 50’s to near 60° mountains. Cooler temps move in next week after Columbus Day along with a chance for widespread rainfall by Wednesday.

Whenever or wherever severe weather or news breaks out, we’ll have the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Weekend!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Thursday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, & Nelson County, VA : Continued warm and mostly dry

Tommy
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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some PC users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Amy Childs
For www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Changing the light bulbs
Nellysford, Virginia
kay forklift

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So how do you change a light bulb way up there? With a forklift of course! Kay Pfaltz upon her pedestal changes out the lights in front of Basic Necessities. Brian Kidd of Wintergreen Hardware drives the forklift, I mean mobile pedestal to help out. Amy Chiilds of Taylor’s Creek was sitting in Basic when she saw Kay out front rising above, she sent this pic to us! Thanks Amy!

Well, Wednesday was another perfect day to be out changing the outdoor lights. It even got hot in some parts of Central Virginia as warm high pressure controls our weather. Though we had some morning clouds and light drizzle, that quickly gave way to mostly sunny skies and very warm, in truth, hot, temperatures. Thursday and much of the extended period looks very similar with warm conditions and unfortunately, very minimal chances for rain.

Also I want to mention that yes, yours truly, will be the emcee for The Wintergreen Nature Foundation’s annual golf tournament tomorrow over at Stoney Creek Golf Course. This ought to be a real interesting day since I still don’t really know how to play golf yet! Not to worry I am just riding around in the golf cart and talking! Seriously, it’s a great cause with a nice silent auction, and a great day of golf. The guys at TWNF do great work on preservation here in Nelson and this is a big benefit for them. See you there!

And for those of you keeping score at home, The numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT last night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA
Wednesday High: 87.4°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Wednesday High: 75.0°
0.02″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Wednesday High: 87.3°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Wednesday High: 84.9°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Wednesday High: 86.5°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Wednesday High: 86.4°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA
Wednesday High: N/A°
0.00″ of rain

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA
Wednesday High: 78.0°
0.00″ of rain

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map continues to show high pressure in control of our weather right on through the weekend. Temperatures will be hot over the next 24 hours cooling slightly by the weekend. Better chances for rain enter the forecast by mid week next week with daytime highs dropping to the upper 60’s to near 70 by Wednesday of next week.

Local forecast
*Today Early morning fog then sunny and hot.
*High temps in Nellysford, Greenwood, & Shipman around 90°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Morning fog, then sunny and warm.
Highs top out around 79°
Winds: SE 5-10 MPH

*Tonight Mostly cloudy & pleasant some scattered sprinkles possible especially locations south.
*Lows valley near 60°
*On the mountains overnight low near 58°
*Winds: Light SE

Friday Partly to mostly cloudy at times & not as warm, possible sprinkles south.
*Highs valley 83°
*On the mountains around 73°
Winds: SE 4-6 MPH
*Friday night: Mostly cloudy and mild early evening with partly cloudy skies late, 20% chance of sprinkles – Lows near 60° valley & 58° mountains.
Winds: E 2-4 MPH

Friday into the holiday weekend look for generally dry conditions with daytime highs in the low and mid 80’s valley – on the mountains low & mid 70’s – Overnight lows – near 60° valley and upper 50’s to near 60° mountains. Cooler temps move in next week after Columbus Day.

Whenever or wherever severe weather or news breaks out, we’ll have the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Thursday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Virginia Governor’s Cup Wine Competition Results 2007

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Virginia Governor’s Cup Wine Competition Results

The 2007 Virginia Wineries Association Governor’s Cup Judging Committee is pleased to announce there were 352 entries in this year’s event, amongst which these wines were awarded the following medals:

Afton Mountain
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Dessert Wine Blends White Sweet Afton 2005 $20.00 Bronze
Gewurztraminer Kilaurwen Vineyard 2006 $19.00 Silver
Riesling 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Sparkling Brut Tete de Cuvee Bru 2005 $28.00 Silver


Cardinal Point
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2005 $25.00 Bronze
Cabernet Franc 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Chardonnay Barrel Barrel Select 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Proprietary-White Quattro 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Proprietary-White A6 2006 $17.00 Silver
Viognier 2006 $18.00 Gold


Delfosse
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2006 $23.00 Bronze
Chardonnay Barrel Resere 2005 $25.00 Silver
Late Harvest Viognier Ambroi 2005 $27.00 Silver
Meritage – Red Mer 2005 $30.00 Bronze
Merlot 2005 $27.00 Bronze
Pinot Gris 2006 $18.00 Bronze
Proprietary-White Reserve d’Oria 2005 $26.00 Silver
Viognier Reserve 2006 $29.00 Bronze
White Table Wine Deer Rock Farm White 2006 $14.00 Silver

Veritas
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2006 $18.00 Silver
Chardonnay Unoaked Saddleback Chardonnay 2006 $18.00 Bronze
Dessert Traminette Kenmar 2005 $50.00 Silver
Petit Verdot 2005 $30.00 Bronze
Petite Manseng 2005 $25.00 Silver
Red Table Wine Claret 2006 $20.00 Bronze
Ruby Port Othello 2005 $30.00 Silver
Viognier 2006 $20.00 Silver

Wintergreen Winery
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2004 $20.00 Silver
Chardonnay Oaked Black Rock Reserve 2006 $20.00 Gold
Merlot 2005 $20.00 Bronze
Viognier 2006 $20.00 Bronze

Wednesday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, Nelson County, VA : Some clouds : continued warm and dry

Tommy
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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

    ***NEWS ALERT : SEE BREAKING STORY FROM TUESDAY NIGHT BELOW THIS WEATHERCAST : NEWS ALERT***

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some PC users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Newest NCL-Weathernet Station @ Hatcreek Farm
Roseland, Virginia
Hatcreek-NCL Station
Above Heidi Crandall of Roseland shows off the latest station added to the NCL-Weathernet family. The install was completed on Tuesday afternoon. Heidi is great about sending us some fantastic pictures from time to time in her neck of the woods as well!

What a gorgeous day Tuesday turned out to be. After morning clouds, even some drizzle early, the afternoon ended up perfect. Great weather to finish up the installation of our newest addition to the NLC-Weathernet family. Tuesday afternoon we installed the NCL-Hatcreek Farm station on Horseshoe Mountain in Roseland. Steve and Heidi Crandall were nice enough to provide a location so we can now monitor weather on the other side of Brent’s Mountain. A big plus! As with any of the NCL Weathernet stations, you can get to it by clicking on the drop down menu on the upper left hand side of this web page. We’ll be working out any minor kinks on this station as it goes live over the next few days. They can be a little cranky on the front end! Thanks again to Steve and Heidi for filling in a big gap in that direction!

Now with a new station on the air, it would be wonderful if we could try out that new rain gauge with about 5 or more inches of rain over several days. unfortunately, that isn’t in the cards for the near future. The good thing though, October is generally a month of changing weather patterns and we usually end up with more rainy days later in the month as we transition from warmer to cooler weather especially entering November. But that’s a bit down the road.

Overnight Tuesday we had some drizzle just like the night before, but not anything to really do us any good. Over the extended forecast period, not much out there to provide relief precipitation wise, and temperatures will warm slightly as we go through the week headed toward the weekend. I do see a tiny window for showers Thursday into Friday, but right now only 20%. If conditions change slightly we could have better chances. Keep you posted.

And for those of you keeping score at home, The numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT last night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA
Tuesday High: 82.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Tuesday High: 70.0°
0.02″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Tuesday High: 82.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Tuesday High: 79.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Tuesday High: 80.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Tuesday High: 80.8°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA
Tuesday High: 77.0°
0.00″ of rain

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA
Tuesday High: 78.0°
0.00″ of rain

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map keeps high pressure controlling our weather for the remainder of the week. Temperatures warm to the low 80’s over the next couple of days.

Local forecast
*Today Early morning patchy fog & drizzle then sunny and warm by afternoon.
*High temps in Roseland, Avon, & Arrington around 80°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Patchy morning drizzle & fog, then sunny and seasonal.
Highs top out around 73°
Winds: SE 3-5 MPH

*Tonight Mostly cloudy & mild.
*Lows valley near 60°
*On the mountains overnight low near 55°
*Winds: E-5 MPH

Thursday Partly to mostly cloudy slight chance of isolated showers late.
*Highs valley 83°
*On the mountains around 71°
Winds: ESE 4-8 MPH
*Thursday night: Continued mostly cloudy and mild, 20% chance of showers – Lows near 60° valley & 56° mountains.
Winds: Becoming NE 2-4 MPH

The remainder of the week looks generally dry with daytime highs in the lower 80’s valley – on the mountains lower 70’s – Overnight lows – near 60° valley and mid & upper 50’s mountains. The weekend looks dry for the most part with temps near 80° with only a possible isolated shower during the period.

Whenever or wherever severe weather or news breaks out, we’ll have the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Wednesday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Afton: Fatal Wreck Tuesday Night : Route 151 @ Tanbark near Afton Service Center

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Updated 12:37 PM EDT 10-3-07
By Tommy Stafford

NCL has obtained additional information about Tuesday night’s accident on Route 151 near Tanbark Road. An initial eyewitness told NCL she saw a tractor trailer go through the accident scene as she was pulling up. As we stated in our earlier reporting we did not notice any large truck on the scene during our time there and had no verification as to whether it had any part in the wreck. Tommy Harvey of the Rockfish Valley Fire Department and owner of Afton Service Center, told NCL this afternoon that video surveillance cameras at his business caught the accident on tape as it happened. Mr. Harvey tells NCL that a truck was not involved in the accident, though one could be seen passing through the accident scene shortly after it happened. “It did not contribute to or was it involved in the accident,” says Harvey. As stated earlier below by VA State Police Sgt. David Cooper, the cause of the accident appears to be from the car being driven by 65 year old Lloyd Puckett swerving into the path of Ms. Gertrude Johnson of Nellysford.

Updated 10:15 AM EDT 10-3-07
By Tommy Stafford

NCL has learned that 54 year old Gertrude Ann Johnson of Nellysford was killed last night in the accident we have been reporting. According to Sgt. David Cooper with the VA State Police in Appomattox, Ms. Johnson was killed after a car being driven by 65 year old Lloyd Wayne Puckett of North Headwater, Virginia crossed the double yellow line heading northbound into her southbound lane near Tanbark Road. Sgt Cooper says another passenger in the car with Ms. Johnson, 63 year old Betty Sanford of Greenfield was injured as well and transported to UVa Medical Center. Her condition is unknown at this time. Mr. Puckett was injured as well and transported.

Sgt Cooper said the accident is still under investigation and charges will be forthcoming.

Updated 8:20 AM EDT 10-3-07
By Tommy Stafford

Nelson County Life Magazine has confirmed with Virginia State Police this morning that last night’s accident in Afton on 151 did involve the death of one of those involved. We do not know the name of the person killed at this point, but VSP did confirm it as another fatality. This makes five traffic deaths on either 151 or 6 in just the past month.

More updates later today.

Updated: 12:10 AM EDT 10-3-07 : Authorities have reopened Route 151 as of 12:10 AM – all traffic is flowing normally again.

Updated 10PM EDT 10-2-07 by Tommy Stafford

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
NelsonCountyLife.com – Copyright 2007
Serious Accident @ Route 151 near Tanbark
Afton, Virginia
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This is the scene just before 10PM on Route 151 near Tanbark in the vicinity of Afton Service Center. The entire road is blocked and NCL has learned this is most likely another fatal accident.

It appears that Route 151 through Nelson County has become deadly once again Tuesday night. Though still unofficially confirmed, NCL believes at least one fatality has occurred since the county medical examiner, Dr. Bob Raynor, was dispatched to the scene around the time NCL left on the way back to the office to file this report. A teenage eyewitness who had just left her evening job as a waitress at a nearby restaurant, said the wreck happened right in front of her as she was traveling northbound along Route 151. “I saw what looked like a large semi style truck going through the intersection as the accident happened. I was not sure if it hit the cars or if they were swerving to miss it,” says Jennie a waitress at D’Ambola’s Restaurant in Afton. We do not know Jennie’s last name as of this report. But did speak personally with her on the scene while she was stuck in traffic.

On the scene, NCL didn’t see a large truck, but the entire view on the north side of the accident was blocked from our view so we have no way of knowing if a truck has anything to do with this particular accident. We saw two cars involved when we arrived. One shown in the top photo above in the center of 151 and another car off the west shoulder of 151. Rockfish Fire & Rescue Crews were working at a very intense pace to try and free the victim or victims inside the crushed vehicle.

Accident reconstruction teams from VA State Police were called to the scene. This is an almost certain sign that a fatality has occurred, but again not verified as of this preliminary report late Tuesday night. Authorities are diverting all large trucks away from the area and keeping them on I-64, Route 250 and U.S. 29 until the scene has been cleared.

Additional photos of the scene as it appeared just before 10PM Tuesday night.
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Picture(s) will be posted shortly … Chopper is about to land … Accident reconstruction team has been requested … County medical examiner has been called out to the scene … Albemarle County being asked to held redirect truck traffic … Truck traffic from Rt. 29 to Rt. 6 will have to be redirected, Faber Fire asking for assistance …. 10:07PM

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There are reports of a multi vehicle crash with multiple entrapments near Afton Service Center and Rt. 151. Developing …

Regular Weathercast back on Wednesday

Tommy
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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

The normal NCL Weathercast will return on Wednesday.

Here’s the generic NWS form for the remainder of today:

NELSON

1014 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007
.THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
AREAS OF DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG IN THE
MORNING…THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.COLUMBUS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

Above 2000 feet along the BRP:

1027 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007

.THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING…THEN
PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

BRP : Big Fall Farm Harvest Festival @ Humpback Rocks w/ video

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Video : Sights & sounds from this past weekend’s event above.


Photography by Tommy Stafford
www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Fall Farm Harvest Festival on The BRP
Nelson County, Virginia
Apple Butter
Above a demonstration of how apple butter is made at this past weekend’s Fall Farm Harvest Festival held at Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Girl Basket
Here a youngster takes a shot at learning how to make a basket from scratch.

Ann Mooney
Is that Ann Mooney from Piney River? You bet your herbs is it! Ann in period dress, shows some of the home and natural remedies used throughout the centuries.

Band
Above and below, Saturday & Sunday’s event had plenty of mountain music to go along with the displays.

fiddle

Yarn Spinner
Here this lady demonstrates how yarn was spun in the pioneer days.

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