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Nellysford : UVA Credit Union construction update

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
UVA Credit Union Construction
Nellysford, Virginia

LIfting truss
If you’ve driven through Nellysford in the past day or so you’ve seen the framework just about completed for the soon to open UVA Community Credit Union. On Monday crews were lifting the trusses in place. Soon after they were putting down the roof decking. By Tuesday afternoon we noticed the roof decking was pretty much complete on the south side of the building. They are flying on getting this job done!

UVA tells us they are opening in early 2008. You can read more in our previous story here.

Afton : Starry Nights with a Caribbean Flair

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Starry Nights Veritas Winery & Vineyard
Afton, Virginia

This past weekend the air was filled with the sound of the Caribbean as 1300 + folks packed Veritas Winery & Vineyard to take in the tunes of Ban Caribe and kick back by the bonfire for a very relaxed night. Can you say wine? I thought so!

Glen Allen crowd

Girls Campfire

Father son campfire

The final Veritas Starry Nights for this year is September 8th featuring The Thompson Dearth Jazz Band.

See you there!

Datebook : Crozet : UVA Credit Union Seminar : Understanding your Credit : August 28th

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UVA Community Credit Union sponsors FREE education seminar.

Understanding Your Credit – Your credit is one of the most important things you have today. Learn about credit reports, credit scores, how to establish credit and how to repair credit.

Date: August 28, 2007
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Crozet Library
5791 Three Notch’d Road
Crozet, VA 22932

Space is limited. Register Now. Call 434-964-2000.
Go to www.uvacreditunion.org for more information

The University of Virginia Community Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative that provides a wide range of convenient and professionally managed financial services to its more than 50,000 members. Credit union membership is available to those who live or work in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, and Orange.

Datebook : Wintergreen : Trillium House Block Party : September 15th

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Trillium House Block Party
September 15th, 2007 5PM – 7PM

Enjoy an end of summer barbecue with all the fixin’s hosted by The Wintergreen Nature Foundation on Saturday, September 15 at Trillium House. Entertainment includes live music, carnival games, family scavenger hunt, and a Nature quiz for beginning and advanced naturalists.

Call 434-325-7451 for more information

Datebook : Wintergreen Resort Labor Day Actvities : September 1,2,3

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The upcoming Labor Day Weekend will be jammed packed with activities. As always, Wintergreen Resort, has lots going on. Don’t miss a one of them!

You can download a complete printable listing of the activities by clicking here.

Tuesday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : Less Humid

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

Photography by Heidi Crandall
For Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Dew on the morning hay
Roseland, Virginia

Morning Dew

Monday was a much less humid day with a really nice northerly wind to actually give us just a tiny prelude to Fall. Yep, I said it Fall. OK, I know when it’s still 90+ degrees it’s hard to think of it, but my mother back in TN always says she can see Fall weeks and weeks before it actually gets here. It’s a gene thing …..

Above, NCL contributing photographer, Heidi Crandall, sent us this scene that’s very much a precursor to fall. Bailed up hay out in the field. You know this late in the summer when you see the hay out in the field Fall’s not far off. But not to worry for you Summer folks, there’s still plenty of warm weather to go! Lots …

The rest of this week will be generally dry with afternoon highs in the 90’s dropping to the 80’s by Friday and the weekend.

Here are the numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT Monday night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton
Mon High: 94.1 degrees @ 3:46 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob
Mon High: 81.1 degrees @ 3:20 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove
Mon High: 95.7 degrees @ 4:10PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Vineyard & Winery near Hickory Creek : Faber
Mon High: 93.9 degrees @ 4:03 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Sun High: N/A degrees @ 0:00 PM !{OFFLINE} – REPAIRS UNDERWAY!
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington
Vineyard & Winery near Hickory Creek : Faber
Mon High: 87.1 degrees @ 6:29 PM
0.00″ of rain

On the current surface map, high pressure is in control for most of the week. Though still warm, the humidity will be much less than last week.
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, high pressure stays in control through Thursday night when a front makes its way across the area. There is a very slight chance for a passing thunderstorm that night. High pressure and fair weather work back in for the weekend. It will be fairly hot during the period, but again lower humidity than last week.

We’re still watching what is now Tropical Depression #4 a long, long way off the SE U.S. coast, but so far it’s still holding together. We are days, at least a week from knowing what this one might or might not do. I’ll keep an eye out and let you know in future updates if it’s up to anything.

Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Tuesday Sunny, and less humid.
*High temps in Roseland, Crozet & Schuyler 92 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Sunny & nice!
Highs top out around 80 degrees.
Winds NE shifting S in the afternoon 4-8 MPH

*Tuesday night Clear & pleasant.
*Lows valley around 58 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 60.
*Winds SW 2-4 MPH.

Wednesday Sunny & warmer highs around 94 valley. Overnight lows, upper 50’s to low 60’s, dropping to mid 50’s mountains by weekend. Very minimal chances for rain through next weekend.

When severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Tuesday!

Know your Nelson
-T-

Datebook : Lovingston : Meet the candidates forum : September 18th

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The Nelson County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a “Meet the Candidates Forum” on Tuesday, September 18th, at 7 p.m., at the Nelson Center in Lovingston.

The following candidates have accepted our invitation to participate: Sheriff candidates David Brooks and Mac Bridgwater, Jr.; Supervisor candidates Joe Dan Johnson, Larry Saunders, Mary Kathryn Allen, and Johnny Ponton; 59th House of Delegates candidates Watkins Abbitt, Jr. and either Connie Brennan or a representative of her campaign.

The public is invited to attend and will have the opportunity to submit questions in writing to be asked by the moderator.

E-mail: (Ehooker03@aol.com) or by phone at 263-5159

Colleen : Tye River Dam removal project

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Tye River
Nelson – Amherst County Line
Colleen, Virginia

Last week work was completed on the removal of the Tye River Dam just east of U.S. 29 at the Amherst / Nelson County Line. The mill dam was owned roughly 100 years ago by the late William Knight Smiley of Lynchburg. Years later it was inherited by his daughter Elizabeth “Bess” Quinn of Charlottesville in the 1950’s In 1969 it was abandoned and badly damaged by Hurricane Camille.

“I’m certain that somewhere Bess is smiling today,” says Rebecca Quinn, daughter of the late Bess Quinn. She, her sister, and two brothers own the dam today.

Track hoe
Above workers clear the Tye River of the old dam that’s plugged it up for nearly a century.

Alan Weaver - VGIF
Alan Weaver of the Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries, points to the construction material used decades ago to build the old dam. “The family that owned it was the Quinn family. So we removed Quinn Dam from the river. The reason for it is to provide fish passage for resident and migratory fish and to restore the stream habitat above the dam. Instead of being shallow and slow moving it will be a natural flowing stream,” says Alan.

rebar
Above ribbons of rebar used to strengthen the old dam are tossed on the banks of the Tye to free up the river.

weaver explains
Off in the distance Alan Weaver explains what’s taking place with the dam removal.

free flowing
Now the river can flow freely as it originally did prior to the dam being built.

To learn more about this and projects like it you can visit The American Rivers website or The Virginia Organizing Project website. Both helped coordinate the dam removal. American Rivers along with USDA’s Natural Resource Conversation Service paid for the work.

You can read more about the restoration project in the September issue of NCL out in late August.

Nellysford : Jerky Goes to the Farmers’ Market

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
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Nelson Farmers Market
Nellysford, Virginia

You read about him in the publisher’s statement on page 5 of the current issue of Nelson County Life Magazine. This past weekend Jerky decided to show his face in public just to let folks know he’s not ashamed over that little carcass incident last month during the thunderstorm.

Jerky, Bev Keith, Sarah & Yvette
Jerky is quite the dog. Like most of us he enjoys having a cup of coffee and a scone before starting his day.

Milly, Jerky, Yvette
Jerky has become a bit of a social dog due to all of his exposure in the magazine. Here Milly Colella of Nellysford stops to ask Jerky for an autograph.

Jerky kid pet
Knowing that his popularity began long ago as a puppy with kids petting him, he never gets too arrogant. Jerky loves kids and always makes time for a pet or a head scratch.

Jerky in Tent
Though Jerky is very outgoing and much the social dog, he was a bit overwhelmed by all of the attention and folks at this weekend’s market. He just decided to plop right down in the middle of the tent and watch! No thunder and no carcasses!

Monday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : Hot : Isolated Storms

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

Photography by Elaine & Henri Weems
For Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Sunrise @ Rodes Farm
Nellysford, Virginia

Rodes Farm Sunrise

What a near perfect weekend we had across Central Virginia and Nelson County. Faithful NCL web readers Henri & Elaine Weems caught the shot above and sent it to us. What a beautiful sunrise with the horse’s silhouette in the foreground. Got to see both of them Saturday night at Veritas’ Starry Nights. Thanks for the great photo!

This week will still be warm, but not the 102.8 degrees we saw last Friday. We’ll see plenty of 90’s this week, but I’ll take that! Very isolated thunderstorms are in the forecast for this afternoon. We’ll have some humidity this week, but again not as bad as last week. A series of cold fronts will move across the area this week, but we’ll pretty much remain dry. They will help keep the temps in the 90’s vs 100’s.

I am keeping an eye on a developing low off the coast of Africa that has been showing continued development. If it holds together it could impact our weather over the next 10 days. Just keeping tabs. NWS computer runs & discussion show it in the Caribbean by next week.

“Models continue to develop the low coming off west CST of Africa and move it
into Caribbean next weekend.”

Here are the numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT Sunday night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton
Sun High: 92.3 degrees @ 3:35 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob
Sun High: 78.6 degrees @ 3:04 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove
Sun High: 92.7 degrees @ 2:48 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Vineyard & Winery near Hickory Creek : Faber
Sun High: 91.8 degrees @ 4:40 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Sun High: N/A degrees @ 0:00 PM !{OFFLINE}!
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington
Sun High: 91.9 degrees @ 4:24 PM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map shows a weak frontal boundary working through the area Monday. Widely scattered thunderstorms will be possible with afternoon daytime heating. Most folks will stay dry, but the storms that do fire up have the potential to be strong.
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, behind the front high pressure takes control and stays in control of our weather for most of the week. This will provide briefly cooler temperatures on Tuesday before returning to the mid 90’s by Wednesday.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Monday Partly sunny, very widely scattered thunderstorms across 20% of the area in the afternoon..
*High temps in Nellysford, Amherst & Faber 94 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Partly sunny. Very widely scattered PM thunderstorms.
Highs top out around 79 degrees.
Winds NNW 5-10 MPH

*Monday night Mostly clear & mild.
*Lows valley around 60 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 61.
*Winds N 3-5 MPH.

Wednesday Hot. Mostly sunny highs in the mid 90’s. Overnight lows, upper 50’s to low 60’s. Slightly cooler mountains. Very minimal chances for rain through next weekend.

Remember when severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Monday & upcoming week!

Know your Nelson
-T-

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