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Nellysford : Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery wins honor at San Francisco Festival

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Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery
Nellysford, Virginia
Photo by Hilltop

Kim Pugh from Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery e-mailed us this morning with great news about their wines!

Here’s what she told us:

*Strawberry Melomel won a bronze medal at the San Francisco International Wine Competition in June.
*The mead won a Bronze in April at the Finger Lakes International in New York.
*The Day Lilly Festival was last weekend and the mead won first place in the specialty wine division of the competition by the judges. Overall, it was voted customer favorite at the Day Lilly Festival.

Way to go Hill Top!

U.Va : August Calendar of events

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U.Va. School of Continuing and Professional Studies registration for fall professional development workshops and courses begins August 1. Business and leadership development, nonprofit management, human resources, accounting, and more. Information at 982-2779 or www.uvapd.info.

U.Va. School of Continuing and Professional Studies Professional Development Programs Open House. Business and leadership development, nonprofit management, human resources, accounting, engineering, and more. Noncredit workshops, credit courses, certificates, degrees, online courses. Tuesday, August 28, 5-7pm, Zehmer Hall Conference Center (free parking directly outside the building). 982-2779 or www.uvapd.info.

U.Va. Community Scholar Program fall registration begins August 6. Community members can take On-Grounds credit courses alongside University students. Up to two courses can be taken each semester. Fall classes begin Tuesday, August 28. Information at 982-4789 or www.uvacommunityscholar.info.

U.Va. School of Continuing and Professional Studies personal enrichment evening course registration begins August 13. Arts and music, history and religion, writing workshops, money and career, landscape and garden, language and more. No grades, just the opportunity to explore one’s interests. Information at 982-5316 or www.uvaenrichment.info.

Wednesday Weather : Camp Jeep Forecast : Nelson County, VA

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Chopper Anvil
Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Thunderstorm Anvil from Cardinal Helicopters, Inc Chopper
Al Stacey : Gaia Homes : Pilot
Nelson County, VA

The views you can get here in the mountains of Nelson County are unbelievable. The views you can get here in Nelson County when flying along at 2000 feet are even better! Above is a shot of a thunderstorm anvil off in the distance toward the Blue Ridge. Trivia, once you see a thunderstorm anvil like the one shown above, it means the storm has reached its mature stage and is actually loosing steam so to speak.Though they can still be mean for a long time after reaching a mature stage. The anvil on top is formed when winds way up in the atmosphere blow the top off of the storm forming that classic anvil look. Neat! Al Stacy of Gaia Homes in Nellysford was the pilot in his Robinson R-44 chopper. His helicopter company is Cardinal Helicopters, Inc in Charlottesville. We grabbed this shot on the was back to the landing pad. We’ll be seeing more of these typical summertime thunderheads over the coming days as a stubborn low pressure area keepos chances for scattered thunderstorms in the forecast for the next 4-6 days! More on that in a bit. Thanks Al for the view from above!

Yep it’s finally here, Camp Jeep starts Thursday, though preparations have been underway for the past month. For those of us living here we know what this means. Lots of traffic, lots of people, wheew! But this is a really great time for Jeep owners to get together and enjoy a great time! Camp Jeep runs for 3 days starting Thursday. Yep, Yvette and I will be there bringing you some of the sights and sounds from there as well. Be looking for updates over the next several days. Wish I could say the weather was going to be great, but we do have several chances for thunderstorms for near future. Though it will make some nice muddy trail runs! That is actually fun. Ever been muddin’?

Wednesday will be a mostly cloudy day. Local satellite shows a large area of cloudiness across our area thanks to an upper level low pressure area over Virginia. If you care to see it in action, when you click on thet local sat link, play the animation and you can see the counterclockwise swirl. That’s classic for a low pressure. That low pressure area will hang around for the next few days until we get something in here to push it out. A front will try toward the end of the week but it will be slow to clear out the area.

Here’s the numbers from Tuesday: As of 10AM this morning

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Tues High: 80.0 degrees @ 13:33 PM
Wed : AM Low: 61.5 degrees @ 3:03 AM
0.02″ of rain since midnight today

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Tues High: 65.8 degrees @ 10:39 AM
Wed : AM Low: 57.0 degrees @ 12:29 AM
0.04″ of rain since midnight todayNCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Tues High: 79.7 degrees @ 4:11 PM
Wed : AM Low: 60.6 degrees @ 12:34 AM
0.02″ of rain since midnight today

*NCL-Delfossee Winery & Vineyard near Hickory Creek : Faber
Tues High: 79.5 degrees @ 12:21 PM
Wed : AM Low: 62.4 degrees @ 3:42 AM
0.02″ of rain since midnight todayNCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Tues High: 79.3 degrees @ 12:17 PM
Wed : AM Low: 63.1 degrees @ 6:17 AM
0.05″ of rain since midnight today

The current surface map shows an upper level low over the area with high pressure to the north. The low wins out.
Current-Sat Surface Map

The National Forecast Map, shows little movement of the upper low for the next 48 hours keeping chances for thunderstorms and rain in the forecast.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Wednesday Mostly cloudy with showers this morning – then a break with more showers in the afternoon across 60% of the area.
*High temps in Arrington @ Oak Ridge Estate, Rockfish Gap, and Nellysford 81 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Mostly sunny and mild with northerly breezes.
Highs top out around 74 degrees.
Winds S 5-10 MPH

*Wednesday night Mostly cloudy with scattered showers & thunderstorms at 50%
*Lows valley around 64 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 63.
*Winds S 5-10 MPH.

*Thursday Partly sunny with lingering showers in the morning – then scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon across 30% of the area.
*High 86 degrees.
*On the mountains Partly sunny with AM showers then scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Highs top out around 80 degrees.
Winds S 5-10 MPH

Chances for afternoon thunderstorms continues for the extended period. It won’t rain all day everywhere, but showers will be scattered about over the next several days. Best chances are Thursday night through Sunday. Temps are generally in the mid 80’s for daytime highs and overnight lows and mid 60’s for lows. Mountain temps slightly cooler.

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 Wednesday!

Know your Nelson
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Tuesday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : PM T-Storms

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Mountains play

Ball cap player
Photography by Yvette Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
UK Soccer Camp @ Rockfish Ruritan Park
Afton / Greenfield, Virginia

Monday was another nice day across Nelson & Central Virginia. A perfect day for the start of the UK Soccer Camp being held this week at the Rockfish Ruritan Park just off Route 151 in Afton, technically Greenfield.

Monday was a tad bit warmer than the weekend and the humidity was a a little higher yesterday as well. Isolated thunderstorms were across the area but mainly south of Nelson. The winds will kick more southerly today with an increased chance of afternoon thunderstorms today throughout the rest of the week.

Here’s the numbers from Monday:

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Mon High: 87.6 degrees @ 4:37 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfossee Winery & Vineyard near Hickory Creek : Faber
Mon High: 81.7 degrees @ 5:47 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Mon High: 88.2 degrees @ 4:01 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Mon High: 72.7 degrees @ 1:23 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Mon High: 84.7 degrees @ 4:37 PM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map shows an upper level low in our area for the next several days creating the chance for afternoon thunderstorms. It will feel more muggy today with southerly winds.
Current-Sat Surface Map

The National Forecast Map, shows a trough extending through the area as well which will be the focal point for thunderstorms later today. Not everyone will see the storms but chances are better today than Monday and increase as we work toward Wed & Thursday.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Tuesday Partly sunny with scattered afternoon thunderstorms across 30% of the area. More humid.
*High temps in Afton, Tyro, and Arrington 85 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Partly sunny with afternoon thunderstorms.
Highs top out around 73 degrees.
Winds SW 5-10 MPH

*Tuesday night Becoming mostly cloudy with scatttered thunderstorms ending by midnight, lingering showers after midnight. Mild.
*Lows valley around 60 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 58.
*Winds SW 3-5 MPH

*Wednesday Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms across 40% of the area.
*High 84 degrees.
*On the mountains Mostly cloudy scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Highs top out around 71 degrees.
Winds SSW 5-10 MPH

Remainder of the week. Chances for afternoon thunderstorms continue in the 30-40% range right into the weekend. No particular day will be a complete washout, but each afternoon brings chances for showers. Chances are better Wed through Friday. The disturbed weather clears the area by Sunday.

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 Tuesday!

Know your Nelson
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Monday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : Mild : Isolated T-Storm

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Tuckhoe 9

Photography by Christina Kline
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Sunset @ Stoney Creek
Nellysford, Virginia

Our Nelson Outdoors writer, Christina Kline, caught this ending to a great day along the course at Stoney Creek in the Valley. The weekend was about as perfect as it gets. Mild sunny days and cool nights, pleasant enough to leave the windows up.

Monday will continue to be mild with a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms moving back in the forecast. By Tuesday humidity begins to increase across the area once again making it feel more like typical summer days vs those almost spring and fall days we had over the weekend. The remainder of the week has the threat of scattered thunderstorms each day with temperatures generally in the 80’s in the valley and 70’s mountains.

Here’s the numbers from Sunday:

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Sun High: 84.9 degrees @ 6:07 PM
Mon : AM Low: 52.7 degrees @ 6:07 AM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfossee Winery & Vineyard near Hickory Creek : Faber
Sun High: 84.0 degrees @ 5:05 PM
Mon : AM Low: 59.7 degrees @ 6:18 AM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Sun High: 84.7 degrees @ 2:30 PM
Mon : AM Low: N/A degrees @ 0:00 AM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Sun High: 68.2 degrees @ 5:48 PM
Mon : AM Low: 53.8 degrees @ 6:14 AM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Sun High: 84.4 degrees @ 3:56 PM
Mon : AM Low: 55.9 degrees @ 6:28 AM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map shows a high pressure area over the Northeast U.S. this morning that will bring light NE winds into our area for most of Monday.
Current-Sat Surface Map

The National Forecast Map, shows a couple of additional areas of high pressure over the area later in the day, with a weak low pressure trough across Virginia area. This will provide the area with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon, with best chances south and west of Nelson County.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Monday Partly sunny and mild with NE winds.
*High temps in Stoney Creek, Lovingston, and Taylor’s Creek 84 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Partly sunny and mild.
Highs top out around 72 degrees.
Winds NE 5-10 MPH

*Monday night Partly cloudy & mild, any thunderstorms ending after dark.
*Lows valley around 54 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 52.
*Winds N-5 MPH becoming southerly by Tuesday morning.

*Tuesday Partly sunny with scattered afternoon thunderstorms across 30% of the area.
*High 86 degrees.
*On the mountains Partly sunny scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Highs top out around 75 degrees.
Winds S-5 MPH

Remainder of the week. Chances for afternoon thunderstorms remain in the forecast for the reminder of the week. No particular day will be a complete washout, but each afternoon brings chances for showers. Chances are better Wed through Friday.

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!

Know your Nelson
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Weekend Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : Sunny & Nice!

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Tasting @ Delfosse
Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Tasting Room @ Delfosse
Faber, Virginia

The weekend has been beautiful thus far. After a beautiful Friday afternoon & Saturday, Sunday promise to be more of the same! Sounds like a great time to get out and go taste some wine! Above, Alexandra Heilbronner, shows off a few of the wines at Delfosse Winery & Vineyard in Faber just off Route 29 at Hickory Creek Road. If you’ve never dropped in at Delfosse, you’ve gotta go there. Beautiful terraced vineyards on the mountainsides surround the grounds. It is a breathtaking place to go sit outside and try out the wines. Mmmmm, maybe chilled like, 2005 Chardonnay Reserve, it’s one of my favorites! And perfect weather this weekend for it! Tell Claude, Alex, and the crew we say howdy!

You won’t be able to special order weather better than this weekend’s. Temperatures continue be in the lower 80’s with cool northerly winds. It’s just about as perfect as you can get. It was very nice overnight Friday into Saturday morning and Sunday, and cool. Nice enough to shut off the air and raise the windows.

Here’s the numbers from Saturday:

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Sat High: 86.2 degrees @ 3:32 PM
Sat : AM Low: 56.5 degrees @ 6:57 AM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfossee Winery & Vineyard near Hickory Creek : Faber
Sat High: 82.8 degrees @ 4:48 PM
Sat : AM Low: 56.5 degrees @ 3:15 AM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Sat High: 84.9 degrees @ 2:58 PM
Sat : AM Low: 54.5 degrees @ 6:35 AM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
High: 69.3 degrees @ 1:27 PM
Sat : AM Low: 53.0 degrees @ N/A Estimated
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
High: 83.5 degrees @ 5:43 PM
Sat : AM Low: 65.5 degrees @ 7:11 AM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map show a large area of high pressure to our north which will keep clear skies and cool northerly winds in out area for the weekend.
Current-Sat Surface Map

The National Forecast Map, little movement of the high on Saturday through Sunday, keeping conditions pleasant!
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Saturday Mostly sunny, low humidity, and mild with cool northerly winds.
*High temps in Faber, Shipman, and Nellysford 84 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Mostly sunny and mild with northerly breezes.
Highs top out around 73 degrees.
Winds NE 5-10 MPH

*Saturday night Clear & mild, cool by morning.
*Lows valley around 55 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 57. (warm air aloft)
*Winds N 5-10 MPH.

*Sunday Partly to mostly sunny, mild with a very isolated t-storm west of BRP @ 20%
*High 84 degrees.
*On the mountains Mostly sunny with northerly breezes. A very isolated t-storm near the BRP @ 20%
Highs top out around 73 degrees.
Winds N 10-15 MPH

Chances for afternoon thunderstorms return to the forecast by Monday with temperature next week generally in the 80’s down below in the valley and in the 70’s warming to the low 80’s mountains by Thursday.

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 weekend!

Know your Nelson
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Datebook : Rockfish River Elementary Golf Tourney @ Winton August 19th

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Date: Sunday August 19th
When: 1:30 PM (registration begins @ noon)
Winton Country Club in Amherst County (Clifford, VA)

To learn more you can download both pages of the brochure, which includes a registration form, below by clicking on each link.

Page 1 Rockfish pdf

Rockfish Page 2

Friday & Weekend Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : Clearing & milder

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Cow on trampoline
Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Cow on the inflatable trampoline
Wintergreen Mountain, Virginia

Okay I must admit I have no clue why this cow was on the inflatable trampoline at Wintergreen Resort????? I suspect they were doing some construction or cleaning and it was the most handy place to park the fake cow for a bit. But it got my attention! Moo!

Thursday was a mixed bag of weather across Nelson County. Some folks saw no rain, others got a little bit. I was up on the mountain having lunch at Wintergreen with Paul Purpura, our NCL photographer, and a pretty good rain came up about the time I was leaving. I was over at Devil’s Knob just before leaving and there was a brief heavy rain and some pretty good wind gusts. The threat of severe weather loomed for much of Thursday afternoon and early evening, but all watches had been dropped by 7:45 PM and no warnings were ever issued for our immediate area.

Much milder and pleasant weather is on its way, with a tremendous weekend shaping up!

Here’s the numbers from Thursday:

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
High: 94.3 degrees @ 12:42 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
High: 91.8 degrees @ 12:33 PM
0.02″ of rain
Wind Gust: 23.9 MPH

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
High: 78.3 degrees @ 12:23 PM
0.10″ of rain
Wind Gust: 24.8 MPH

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
High: 90.0 degrees @ 1:04 PM
0.16″ of rain
Wind Gust: 38.0 MPH

The current surface map continues to show a frontal boundary working its way through the area today. Until it’s moved well south expect variably cloudy skies from time to time with passing showers early. We should see more sun after the noon hour as the day wears on with clearing skies and sunny conditions moving in by lunch.
Current-Sat Surface Map

The National Forecast Map, shows the front moving through the area bringing cooler drier air for the weekend.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Friday Mostly cloudy this morning with spotty showers ending by early afternoon, then sunny. Milder with northerly winds moving in.
*High temps in Roseland, Shipman, and Lovingston 85 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Partly sunny by noon with spotty showers ending, very mild
Highs top out around 75 degrees.
Winds NW 10-15 MPH

*Friday night Becoming partly cloudy, cool overnight.
*Lows valley around 56 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 54.
*Winds N 5-10 MPH.

*For the weekend

Saturday Mostly sunny and pleasant.
Highs around 80 valley – mostly sunny mountains & very nice!
High around 73. Overnight lows – low & mid 50’s valley and mountains.

Sunday mostly sunny and mild with afternoon highs around 81 valley, 72 mountains. Overnight lows upper 50’s valley – mid 50’s mountains.

Hot & humid conditions return by the middle of next week. No rain is in sight in the extended period at this time. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms return to the forecast by Tuesday afternoon.

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 Friday & weekend!

Know your Nelson
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Beech Grove : Glen Mary Village : Brewery tanks on the way!

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By Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Beech Grove, Virginia

In yesterday’s weather we showed you the progress on Nelson County’s first micro brewery. The gang at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton is making huge progress with a slated opening this fall. But WAIT! There’s more!

A couple of years ago we first told you about Steve Crandall, owner of Tectonics II, plans to open a similar micro brewery on the other end of 151 at 664 toward Wintergreen. Everyone is asking is that still happening. The answer is yes! Steve e-mailed us this morning with pictures of his tanks being removed in Japan. Once packed they will set sail for the U.S. then ultimately Beech Grove at his brewery to open in 2008. He still hasn’t officially named the brewery, but it will be located in the area between the Ski Barn and Glen Mary Village on 664.

Photos submitted by Steve Crandall

Brewhouse
Above the tanks in the brew house in Japan. Steve tells us to get the tanks out of the brewery, some of the platforms had to be cut into pieces, they will be reassembled on this end once in Beech Grove.

tank workers
Here’s workers in Japan prepare one of the tanks to be hoisted. The tanks were taken out over a period of seven nights since it was in a large shopping complex. The workers were not allowed to work during daylight hours.

Tank hoist
Here one of the tanks is hoisted into place for eventual shipping to Beech Grove in Nelson County! I’m getting thirsty already!!

We’ll keep you posted on the progress of Steve’s tanks, but it’s official, Nelson’s fabulous vineyards and wineries will get some company with the two breweries on the way!

Lovingston : Wintergreen Real Estate Agents kick in $$$ for Nelson Pantry

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By Julie Benner
Special to Nelson County Life Magazine
Copyright 2007
Lovingston, Virginia

WTG RL Check
Above far left, Joe Kincaid (WREC), Dick Carroll (WREC), Dick Nees (President of the Nelson Pantry), Marian Dixon (Vice President) & Lisa Carter (Nelson Pantry Board Member).

Last week independent agents of Wintergreen Real Estate Company made a generous donation of $5,000 to the Nelson County Pantry, a non-profit organization that provides food to area residents who are in need. Each month the Nelson County Pantry provides food to over 175 families. With the help of several large grants and corporate gifts, as well as local churches and individual donors, the Nelson County Pantry has grown successfully since it started in 1997. The 1500 sq. foot Pantry facility is located on the property of the St. Mary’s church along 29 N in Lovingston. Student and community volunteers work together to run the program and community sponsors like the agents of Wintergreen Real Estate Company replenish their food supply. “The $5,000 contribution provided by the Wintergreen Real Estate agents will provide funds to supply food for about four months”, proclaimed Dick Nees, President of the Nelson County Pantry.

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