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Rockfish Valley Senior Program needs air conditioner window unit(s)

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Ok the days lately haven’t been as hot as that near 100 last week, but you know it’s coming again. There’s lots of summer left!

A little birdie tells us they are in a big need of a window unit in their meeting room at the Rockfish Valley Community Center! You don’t want to be sweating while meeting! Seriously if anyone can donate or knows someone who could donate an A/C unit for the senior program that would be really COOL! Get it! Ok…I’ll settle down now..

Call Gretchen Wright at the senior program if you can help out. Keep it COOL and call RVCC: 434-361-0100.

Habitat for Humanity swings to raise money

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Amherst County, VA

Monday of this week men and women golfers hit the course at Winton Country Club in Amherst to raise money for the Nelson Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

Paul Davis Swings
Above, Paul Davis of Nellysford, targets the ball for a trip across the course!

Danita Harris

Volunteers
It’s not always about the golf, remember the food too! In the second shot from the top, Danita Harris, of Wachovia Bank, Stoney Creek, takes a break to have a bite as do the volunteers in the next shot. Food was provided by Tom & Jackie Brokamp at Lovingston Cafe. Yummy!

Swing

A perfect day and a great fundraiser for Habitat! Look for more on what Nelson’s Habitat chapter is doing in our July issue of NCL!

Nelson County, VA & Wintergreen – Tuesday Forecast

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Garden Trade Nursery & Garden Shop
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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Nelson Habitat for Humanity Golf Tourney
Winton Country Club
Amherst, Virginia
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Monday was a near perfect day. A great day for the Nelson Habitat for Humanity Golf Tourney at Winton Country Club in Amherst County. These guys and gals played on a beautiful course with beautiful weather. Check out more photos later today from the tourney. I’ll post them in their own category along with scores once we have them.

Scattered thunderstorms developed yesterday afternoon with many folks in Nelson seeing lots of rain, others none. On my way back from Amherst I rain into pretty heavy rain around Brent’s Gap then ran out of it Valley Green Shopping Center in Nellysford. Here at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in Greenfield we didn’t get a drop. It was mild with an afternoon high of 85 degrees. Upon on the mountain at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Fountadion @ Devil’s Knob, the rain gauge there was empty as well, with an afternoon high of 79 degrees. But if you go to the far SE part of the county in Arrington, Mike Patterson’s NCL-Mini-Tara Vineyards picked up nearly a one a a half inches of rain at 1.45″ with an afternoon high of 84 degrees. You can view other rain totals across the county here.

We’ve had several stations go offline over the past 24 to 48 hours due to lightning strikes, and are working to get them back up soon. NCL-Wintergreen Winery is a computer problem at their place and as soon as it’s resolved they will be back up. NCl-Delfosse Winery appears to be a lightning strike to their computer. NCL-Tiger Fuel is back up and running normally.

On the current surface map below, high pressure to the north remains in control of our weather with scattered thunderstorms again a possibility this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow.
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, several upper level disturbances will move through over the next 36 hours combined with lots of low level moisture being spun in from a low off of the New England coast. There is a chance some of the storms could become severe again like a few did on Monday.
Today’s Forecast Map

*Today Mostly sunny this morning, with partly cloudy skies this afternoon. Scattered heavy thunderstorms possible in about 20% of the area by afternoon. They increase a bit by evening.
*High temps in Amherst, Pinery River and Faber 88 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Montebello, partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms late afternoon. Highs top out around 74 degrees. Winds NE 5-10. Gusty near any thunderstorms that form.

*Tonight scattered thunderstorms over 40% of the area, decreasing after midnight, patchy fog in areas where it rains.
*Lows valley 58 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight lows of about 61.
*Winds N 5-10 MPH.
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*In the extended outlook
Thursday partly sunny. High 77 valley – 68 on mountains.
Friday mostly sunny. Highs 76 valley around 70 mountains. Overnight lows generally in the low 50’s valley, upper 40’s mountains by Friday night. The weekend looks generally dry with partly to mostly sunny with temps in the mid 80’s Sat to near 90 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!

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Wintergreen – New Summer programs at the treehouse

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GREAT NEW PROGRAMS AT THE TREEHOUSE

I wish I was a kid again! Look at what we’re doing at the Treehouse! Families are mapping out their summer vacations now, so it’s not too early to call and reserve a spot for your child in this summer’s programs. Open to kids ages 9-14, these camps meet Monday-Friday 9 am- 4 pm.

July 2-6 Aeronautics Camp: Learn the principles of aviation by making kites
and gliders and graduate to building a remote controlled model
airplane under the tutelage of members of the Blue Ridge Area
Soaring Society.

July 9-13 Photography Camp: Marie Dennis, area photographer, will guide future
photographers with tips for seeing through the camera’s eye, using
hands on projects that demonstrate elements of good composition,
color and lighting. Bring your own digital camera.

July 16-20 Adventure Trek Camp: Have a blast caving, tubing, rock climbing,
Rappelling and snorkeling….with Jess Tucker.

July 23-27 Remote Controlled Sailing Camp: Members of the Blue Ridge Sailing
Club will guide young sailors in constructing and then racing their own
remote controlled yacht, while learning the principals of sailing.

July 30-August 3 Theater Camp: Ashley Eaton will help kids learn basic acting,
dancing and singing while performing selected pieces from the
musical “Tom Sawyer”.

August 6-10 Art Exploratory Camp: Let your imagination go wild and challenge
your creativity by glazing and firing several ceramic pieces, working
in batiking, polymer clay and acrylic painting. We will finish the week
with a gala art exhibit.

Make sure you don’t miss the Tubing Trips on the James River every Saturday in July and August for kids ages 8-14… a great way to cool off, meet other kids and have a blast! Kids in Action, Kids Night Out and Kids Night Out Campout round out our programs. Call 434-325-8180 for more information or to sign up for any of these great programs.

Lovingston – Nelson County Pantry officially opens this past Sunday

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Lovingston, Virginia

Talk about the difference between daylight & dark, that’s how volunteers with the Nelson County Pantry feel about their new home on the parking lot just across from St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Route 29 north of Lovingston. “A relief, it’s been a long time coming,” says Dick Nees, President of the Nelson County Pantry board. In the old place down on Front Street we had no heat, no air conditioning, the roof leaked. ” Dick continues.

Refreshments
No need to worry about rain leaking down on the refreshments at Sunday’s open house. The building has a brand new roof, and plenty of room!

Visitors
Folks stopped by on Sunday to check out the new home of the Nelson County Pantry that has actually been in use since the first part of the year, but was officially shown to the public during the open house.

Canned goods
With all of the new space there’s plenty of room to put everything out on the shelves for easy reach.

The Nelson Country Pantry is always in need of volunteers to help out. They really need them in the summer when so many folks are away on vacation. If you can help out, give them a call at: 434.263.6923

2:57 PM – Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Buckingham

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
257 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR BUCKINGHAM COUNTY…

AT 252 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DILLWYN…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF BUCKINGHAM AROUND 250
PM. ALSO ONE PERSON WAS INJURY FROM A LIGHTNING STRIKE 10 MILES
SOUTH OF SCOTTSVILLE.

2:53 PM – Special Weather Statement – Nelson County – Tye River area

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From the National Weather Service:

253 PM EDT Mon Jun 11 2007

…Strong thunderstorms to affect southern Nelson County…

At 253 PM EDT…Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Tye River…moving southeast at 10 mph.

This storm will be capable of producing small hail and wind gusts to
50 mph.

The communities of Piedmont…Buffalo Springs…Five Forks…
Gladstone and Allens Creek will be affected by this storm.

NCHS Soccer team & coaches get a big Nelson thank you!

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Lake Monacan – Nellysford, VA

What a trip it’s been for this team. Though they barely missed the championship this past weekend in Radford, this group had nothing to hang their head down over.
Governors @ Lake Monacan Club House

The parents of all of the team members put on a spread Sunday night at the Lake Monacan Club house in Stoney Creek to thank the coaches and team for a great year!
Serving line

Below the team gathers for one last cheer with their runner up trophy in the state finals!
Team hug & cheer

Look for plenty more coverage in the July issue of NCL

Nellysford – Birds newest vendors @ Farmers Market

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Photos courtesy Henri & Elaine Weems – Rodes Farm
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007

We first heard about the newest attraction at the Nelson Farmers Market about two weeks ago. That day we’d just quickly dashed into the tent to grab a cup of coffee from Sarah Leake. We noticed the red cones setup out in the grass where the parking is, but never thought this was a reserved parking space!
Cones

Seems that a couple of Killdeer birds have setup their own tent at the Farmers Market. They have become quite the topic of conversation and protection by all of the folks dropping in the Saturday market. Killdeer are smart when it comes to keeping people away from their nest which are usually built right on the ground.
Faking injury
According to Wikipedia:

“These birds will frequently use the “broken-wing act” to distract predators from their nests. This involves the bird walking away from its nesting area holding its wing in a position that simulates an injury and then flapping around on the ground emitting a distress call. The predators then think they have easy prey and are attracted to this seemingly injured bird and away from the nest.”

No question these guys had that act down to a science in the above photo.

Eggs
With the nest built right on the ground out in the open, you can often mistake the eggs for stones.

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Here one of the birds takes turn on the nest. The guys will be the center of attention for several days to come at the Farmers Market. Look for them when you head down next Saturday!

Thanks again to Elaine & Henri for sending the photos our way!

Veritas Winery & Vineyard kicks off Starry Nights

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007

Talk about a beautiful night for the kickoff of Veritas’ Starry Nights series in Afton this past weekend. Lots of people piled into Andrew and Patricia’s place for a great evening of wine and tunes from the live band on stage.

Crowd
Above, the crowd streamed in as the sun went down behind the Blue Ridge.

Band
Here, King Cadillac, played late into the night with their mix of retro Rock ‘n Roll

Fire
Around dark, they threw the match on the woodpile that lit up the night sky!

See more of what you missed at this weekend’s kickoff in our July issue of NCL, and be sure to make plans to be at the next Starry Nights – July 14th.

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