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Wednesday, April 12 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

All Ages Prom Planned In Baths April 29

All Ages Prom Planned In Baths April 29

Folks of all ages are invited to step back in time and make plans to attend an all-ages prom, to be held Saturday, April 29, at 6 p.m., at the Rockbridge Baths firehouse. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Crochet Program Starting

Crochet Program Starting

Rockbridge Regional Library will offer a monthly program in Lexington for crochet enthusiasts on the third Thursday of every month from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Piovano Room. The next meeting will take place on April 20. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Central Teams In State DI Tourney

Central Teams In State DI Tourney

Two teams from Central Elementary School competed in the Virginia State Affiliate Destination Imagination Tournament in Mechanicsville last month. ABOVE, the DI Magic team competed in the Fine Arts Challenge, Flip the Script, and placed ninth. Team members included (from left) Kaylee McKemy, Lilly Roeder, Audrey Ivins, Adalynn Alexander and Brantley Owens, along with coach Michelle Hughes. BELOW, the Central Elementary team DeInsteins competed in the Engineering Challenge, Thrill Ride, and placed 10th. Team members included (front row, from left) Cordelia Clark, Josie Wilhelm, Henry Fallen, (back row) Delaynie Chaffin, Rachel Feldman, Jorgia Hostetter and Tommy Dixon. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

‘I Had No Intention Of Shooting Paul’

‘I Had No Intention Of Shooting Paul’

BV Woman Acquitted Of Attempted Murder 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Devan Day Honors Late Artist, Writer

Devan Day Honors Late Artist, Writer

April 22 Event To Benefit Boxerwood 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Easter At Glen Maury

Easter At Glen Maury

It was a chilly day for an Easter egg hunt this past Saturday at Glen Maury Park. Even so, there was a good turnout for the event. The hunt began at the stroke of noon and all the eggs were gathered within minutes. As in past years, young egg hunters were invited to have their pictures taken with the Easter Bunny or get their faces painted. Two newborn goats were on hand for photo ops or just to cuddle. (JoannWare photos) 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

‘Dear Nannie’ Play Recalls Another Side Of Figgat

‘Dear Nannie’ Play Recalls Another Side Of Figgat

In these parts, the elusive Charles M. Figgat is variously recalled as a Confederate veteran, as a fundraiser for both the recumbent statue of Robert E. Lee for Lee Chapel and cemetery monument to Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, as a wellrespected cashier at the Bank of Lexington … and as the man who bolted town on Valentine’s Day 1895, carrying two small handbags and over $150,000 of local cash stolen from that bank, on a train bound for Cincinnati, then points unknown beyond. He was never to be located by authorities until his death in Lockett, Colorado, in 1899, where he’d gone by the name “Charles Miles.” At his death, he left only a prayerbook inscribed with that alias, and just $28 dollars left to defray funeral expenses. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Congressional Art Show Entries Sought

Congressional Art Show Entries Sought

Congressman Ben Cline has announced his office’s participation in the 2023 Congressional Art Competition. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Easter In Collierstown

Easter In Collierstown

Over 100 children, volunteers and parents participated in the Effinger community Easter egg hunt Saturday in the field across from the Effinger firehouse. The Effinger Ruritan Club arranged for a visit by the Easter Bunny and an opportunity for photos to be taken, and games and treats were provided by the congregations of the Collierstown Presbyterian, Collierstown United Methodist, Mt. Horeb United Methodist, Oxford Presbyterian, and Union View Advent Christian churches. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photos) 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Celebrating Passover

Celebrating Passover

Children from the community and Washington and Lee University students gather with Chuck Rutberg (center) and Maggie Shapiro Haskett (second from left), former sirector of Jewish Life at W&L, to sing the traditional four questions during W&L’s Passover Seder last Wednesday. The Seder was held under a tent in front of the Richard L. Duchossois Athletic and Recreation Center. This year, Passover, which lasts a little over a week, began at sundown last Wednesday and will end on Thursday. (Claudia Schwab photo) 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

City’s Green Infrastructure Plan Topic For Zoom Seminar

City’s Green Infrastructure Plan Topic For Zoom Seminar

The Lexington Green Infrastructure Plan is to be considered at the next Rockbridge Conservation (RACC) seminar, Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Saving Farmland, Enhancing Forests

Saving Farmland, Enhancing Forests

Speakers Tackle Varied Issues At Environment Virginia Symposium 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Honor Rolls

Enderly 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Great At Improv

Great At Improv

The Destination Imagination team from Rockbridge County High School, called Controlled Chaos, competed in the state DI tournament in March and placed third in the Improvisational Challenge, Showdown. Team members were (from left) Malia Fitz, Lezley Slagle, Abby Brooks, Garrett Stillwell and Liam Stillwell, along with coach Ashlee Payne. The team was among several from Rockbridge County schools that began creating solutions to project-based STEAM challenges in the fall and then presented their solutions at the Virginia State Affiliate Destination Imagination Tournament in Mechanicsville. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

VMI’s Brown On ‘With Good Reason’ Show

VMI’s Brown On ‘With Good Reason’ Show

Lt. Col. Julie Phillips Brown, associate professor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at Virginia Military Institute, will discuss themes of biology, mythology, and motherhood in her poetry on the public radio program “With Good Reason” April 8 - 14. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

TIMELY TOPICS

TIMELY TOPICS 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

RCHS news

Yearbook orders are due by April 21. To order this year’s copy of the yearbook, produced by the Trivium staff, online, visit yearbookordercenter. com, and use school code 13788. Paper forms to order the yearbook may also be picked up in room 114 at RCHS. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Placing First At State

Placing First At State

The Gobblelicious 5 Destination Imagination team from Maury River Middle School placed first in the Fine Arts Challenge, Flip the Script, at the state DI tournament last month. Team members included (from left) Emma Johnson, Joshua Hughes, Coach Sarah Schultz, Maddie David, Brigette Aguilar and Dasha Billias. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

MRMS Band Director Wins District Award

MRMS Band Director Wins District Award

Maury River Middle School band director Matt Schucker has been dedicated to helping students grow through music for 17 years. In February, he was selected for the Virginia Band and Orchestra Director’s Association District 5 Educator of the Year award. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM 2

Government Notices

Government Notices

FY 2024 Proposed Budget, Capital Improvement Plan, Agency Funding Requests Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Lexington City Council on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. during its regular meeting, held in the first floor meeting room of the Rockbridge County Administrative Offices, 150 South Main Street, Lexington, to solicit input on the Proposed FY 2024 budget, the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) for the period FY 2024-2028, and FY 2024 agency funding requests. City Council will take comments offered at the hearing into account. Citizens are strongly encouraged to submit public comment in writing to the following email address: jhostetter@lexingtonva. gov, by US Mail to City Manager’s Office, 300 East Washington Street, Lexington VA, 24450, or by leaving it in the City’s drop box at the rear of the building (facing the parking lot) and addressed to the City Manager’s Office. Comments will be distributed to City Council and entered into the minutes as public record. Copies of the proposed budget documents under consideration are on the City’s Finance page of the website. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

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