Arts & Entertainment

A Summer Parade Of Tractors

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

Forty tractors and 70 people participated in the tractor ride in the southwestern portion of Rockbridge County on July 25 that was sponsored by Western Augusta Steam and Gas Club. The participants rode 40 miles with a stop at Ingleside Dairy for a tour of its robotic milkers. ABOVE, tractors are lined up across from the Effinger firehouse before the ride starts. RIGHT, Jerry McDonald of Rockbridge Baths came with five tractors and 10 members of his family to enjoy the ride. BELOW, Larry Black and grandson Keagan Black cross the bridge off of Wide Gap Road in Collierstown. BELOW RIGHT, this youngster was one of many spectators along the way, pictured here riding his own toy tractor.

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Double Cucumber

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

Greg Knick, who grows vegetables on a farm off of West Midland Trail in the Kerrs Creek area, holds a “double cucumber” that weighed in at 2 pounds, 9.2 ounces, and was 15 inches long and 4 inches wide. (Ed Smith photo)

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Stickweed, Wingstem And Ironweed

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

Stickweed, wingstem and ironweed are similar species from the same family that

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Providing Music And Food

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

While the Maury River Senior Center has been closed to the public since the start of the pandemic, staff members and volunteers have still been hard at work. AT LEFT, staff member and well-known local musician Ray Blouin gets ready to record songs that can be viewed by center members via Dropbox, YouTube or Facebook. ABOVE, staff member Scott Frasier helps Roger Williamson, a Meals on Wheels volunteer, pack meals for the first Meals on Wheels delivery to Goshen on July 14.