The hours for the December book sale at Rockbridge Regional Library will be Thursday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 9, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The following area students are among those attending college this fall. Their names were submitted to The News-Gazette for its annual Off to College list.
The Faith Mountain Express rolled through the streets of Lexington during the Lexington Christmas parade Friday, representing one of many area churches who participated in the parade. (Joann Ware photo)
CEO Sherri McKinney-Frantz of Blue Ridge CASA presents the Most Donations Award to Reid Mackey at the M4K Stache Bash Nov. 29 at Devils Backbone. Also pictured is Sam Collins who won Best Stache, and Lexington Mayor Frank Friedman who had the most donors. Blue Ridge CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) launched its first “Mustaches for Kids” (M4K) fundraiser this fall, a creative campaign aimed at raising funds to support abused and neglected children in the community. For more information about M4K, visit www.m4kblueridge.org or contact Chelsey Hughes at chelsey@blueridgecasa. org or Rosanne Facciolo at rtfacci@gmail.com. (photo by Julie Goodrich)
The Christmas parade season got underway over the weekend in the Rockbridge area. Because of the way the calendar fell this year, it was Lexington, not Buena Vista as usual, that hosted the first parade of December. Lexington’s parade, sponsored by Main Street Lexington, took place in rainy conditions, but that didn’t stop a large crowd from turning out for the event Friday night. The weather had cleared by Saturday afternoon when the Glasgow parade, sponsored by the Glasgow Lifesaving and First Aid Crew, rolled through the streets of the town. These photos are from those two parades. Check out next week’s paper for photos from the Buena Vista parade coming up Thursday night, the Fairfield parade on Friday night and the Goshen parade on Saturday. (photos by Joann Ware and Carolyn Bradley)
The Lylburn Downing Middle School band marches in the Lexington Christmas parade Friday night, the first local parade of the season. Buena Vista’s parade is this Thursday night, while parades step off in Fairfield on Friday night and in Goshen on Saturday. For more photos from the Lexington parade and the Glasgow parade this past Saturday, see page B1. (Joann Ware photo)
Two local students who attend Virginia Military Institute, five who attend Washington and Lee University and 12 who attend Southern Virginia University were recently inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society.
RC JUNIOR attackman John Brooke fires a shot on goal during the Wildcats’ 17-3 loss to Western Albemarle. Brooke scored RC’s first goal and had an assist. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photo)