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High Bridge

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am

High Bridge Presbyterian Church worship services continue each Sunday with adult Sunday school class beginning at 9:45 a.m. in the upstairs fellowship hall; all other classes are livestreamed on Zoom. Worship service follows at 11. All safety issues still continue with wearing of masks and social distancing and hand sanitizer stations are in place.

Glasgow

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am

New toys are needed for Glasgow’s Toys for Tots campaign going on now. Toys or money to purchase new toys can be dropped off at Town Hall. Call 258-2246 for more information, or for someone to pick up your donation.

First Baptist Book Drive Concludes Next Week

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am

Area residents have until next Friday, Oct. 30, to support the children’s book drive sponsored by First Baptist Church in Lexington.

Arnolds Valley

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am

Sending belated birthday wishes to Kyana Reuther, Kevin Williams, Joseph Bouchelle, Matthew Jewell and Mauricio Franconi. Happy birthday to Faith Baptist Church members Lorie Poston, Betty Miller, Nancy Landes, Earl Austin, Anah Thacker and Pastor Terry Bostic. Also, happy anniversary to Donald “Red” and Kirstie Campbell and Lewis and Jeannie Austin. Wishing you all the very best!

No Spooktacular This Year

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am

The city won’t be hosting the downtown Buena Vista Spooktacular Friday, Oct. 30, but Halloween festivities aren’t totally called off for the day.

Fall Colors On Display

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am
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Trees are turning throughout the Rockbridge area, and N-G readers have been out taking photos of the fall colors. The newspaper is asking readers to submit their fall colors photos over the coming weeks to editor@ thenews-gazette. com. Among this past week’s submissions were (at top) a foggy morning scene along South River by Gail Macleod; the Campbell House gardens by Margaret Samdahl; and North Mountain by Ray Blouin. We look forward to seeing your photos.

Helping Hands

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am

DuPont Community Credit Union (DCCU) recently held a special credit card campaign – Dine Out & Make a Difference – that benefited its members and the community.

Community Table Meals Continue

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am
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Community Table volunteers hand out meals at the biweekly drive-thru takeout supper Oct. 12. The meals are served by volunteers through car windows, one packaged meal per person in each vehicle. The next event will be Monday, Oct. 26, at the Piovano Building, 350 Spotswood Ave., Lexington. Serving is from 6 p.m. until the meals run out. (Claudia Schwab photo)

Embracing New Teaching Styles

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am
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Editor’s note: The following story was written by Lindsey Nair for Washington and Lee University. Jeff Seymour and Erica Turman, also with the W&L communications department, also contributed to this report.

At Timber Ridge

Published on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:00am
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Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church’s annual fall festival Saturday – a purely drive-thru event this year – quickly sold out of the apple butter and Brunswick stew that members had cooked and packaged during the week. These photos show some of that work, including (above) Nick Ramsey stirring the stew Friday and (bottom left) McClung Cummins working the apple butter kettle on Tuesday. Shown packaging the stew are (at left) Suzanne Crawford, Betty Ann Ferguson and Kristen Strecker, while shown bottling the apple butter are (below) Suzanne Crawford and Julie Lipscomb. Members produced a total of 325 quarts of apple butter and 239 quarts of stew, with the money going to support area food pantries. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photos)

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