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MONTEREY — He was dead. Doctors said they could find no brain activity. His family was called in to say goodbye. He wasn’t ready for this. He had things to do. His family, friends and church needed him. Friends and family prayed for his return. “Bring him back to us,” they pleaded. He opened his eyes, and smiled. More ... WARM SPRINGS — When Rolf Brunner’s cell phone rang Saturday morning, it wasn’t news he wanted to hear. The call was from the developer working to locate a Dollar General store on a lot Brunner owns in Healing Springs telling Brunner that due to a culvert under the lot, Dollar General would not put a store there. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Out of about 100 applications, Richard “Dick” Riley has been chosen to lead Garth Newel Music Center and its signature chamber music programs. The center’s board named Riley executive director in an announcement this week. Riley will assume the post Sept. 13. More ... MONTEREY — People have lots of good ideas; just ask them. Implementation is the problem. That’s just one of the things a small group of Highland citizens is discovering during a four-part tourism work session being held at The Highland Center. More ... MONTEREY — A lodging tax could be a good thing for tourism, according to Highland’s Economic Development Authority tourism subcommittee. This week, a survey will be mailed to all known lodging facilities in the county to find out how much money tourists spent on lodging the last six years. Individual data will not be made public, but a summary of the findings will be. More ... WARM SPRINGS — An ordinance to govern small, residential-type wind energy facilities in Bath County is in the draft stages, and planning commission members are ready to hear from citizens. More ... • The Highland County Planning Commission last Thursday reviewed a conditional use permit application from Brenda Pullin to conduct firearms sales at her home on U.S. 220 north of Monterey, on 1.47 acres zoned agricultural (A-2). Robert Warner also applied for a conditional use permit to sell firearm More ... In the July 15 edition of The Recorder in the article ìBCHS softball field, drainage project a go,î it was reported that a new drainage pipe associated with the softball field project would carry water to a ditch along U.S. 220. In fact, water from the pipe will enter an existing ditch about 100 feet from U.S. 220 and will eventually reach the U.S. 220 right of way about 950 feet downstream. More ... MONTEREY — Highland County is undeveloped. Highlanders have the initiative, but it takes money to jumpstart economic development. These were issues raised at recent meetings of the Highland’s Economic Development Authority tourism subcommittee. More ... MONTEREY — If you heard unusual whistling and whooshing Saturday afternoon, and saw some unidentifiable flying objects high above Highland, rest assured: it wasn’t your imagination. Members of the Valley AeroSpace Team were on hand to show off their favorite hobby — rocketry. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Hoping to build on last year’s surprising success, organizers of the Bath County Wings and Wheels festival have added more attractions and additional vendors hoping to make the second year of the event even better. More ... WORMTOWN – Wally, the mayor of Wormtown, works his way to the top of the heap and wriggles a hello to curious onlookers. Weezie, chair of the Wormtown Council, is so overcome with the cacophony of the crowd, she faints. A well-meaning, but misguided, EMT waves smelling salts under what might be Weezie’s nose. Alas, this is her fatal undoing. More ... MONTEREY – Have you noticed that about eight women are missing in Highland County? Since late last October, they’ve been slowly disappearing. Yet, their jobs are still filled, their families are still happy, and no search parties have been combing the woods. The women are still here; there is just a lot less of them to see. More ... MONTEREY — On July 8, Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Historian Mike Pulice spoke at a meeting of the Highlands Chapter of the Archeological Society of Virginia at the Highland County Public Library. The topic of Pulice’s illustrated presentation was log cabins, which featured a number of log structures from southwest Virginia. More ... Lena F. “Abby” Bonner celebrated her 109th birthday Thursday, July 15 with immediate family and friends. More ... RICHMOND — With a major focus on alleviating lengthy waiting times experienced by the tremendous number of uninsured patients seeking medical care at Virginia’s free clinics, community health centers, and other health safety net providers, the Virginia Health Care Foundation announces $1,515,425 in grant funds awarded to 18 health safety net organizations across the state. More ... STAUNTON — The Assisted Living Federation of America has awarded Emeritus Senior Living, headquartered in Seattle, Wash., its prestigious 2010 Best of the Best Award, a national recognition reserved for the nation’s most innovative and effective business practices in the senior living industry. More ... The Monterey High School Class of 1960 celebrated their 50th anniversary with dinner at the The Highland Center on July 17. Seventeen of the 18 remaining classmates were in attendance. More ... LEXINGTON — Blasting operations are scheduled in Rockbridge County along Interstate 81 on July 29 around 1 p.m. near mile marker 197.6. Signs are posted in this area. Both northbound and southbound lanes will have a rolling mobile lane closure. More ... Douthat State Park manager Charlie Conner (front right) recently accepted a donation check for a playground and walking track from Royal Canin, a pet food company, while at a dinner at The Homestead. More ... Above: Farmer Minor and His Pot-Bellied Pig, “Daisy2” visited the Highland County Public Library as part of the Summer Reading Program. More ... HOT SPRINGS — If you are a woman or you know a woman who is undergoing cancer treatment, the “Look Good … Feel Better” is now offered in Bath County. The next session will be held at Bath Community Hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 6:30 p.m. More ... BURNSVILLE — Lisa Marie Jackson and James Randolph Rexrode were united in marriage May 8, 2010 at Burnsville United Methodist Church. Pastor Donald Lee Altizer performed the ceremony. Jackson is the daughter of Terry and Mary Jackson of Burnsville, and the granddaughter of Virginia Jackson, also of Burnsville. More ... HARRISONBURG — Jacob and Amy Hull of Harrisonburg announce the birth of a son and daughter, born Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 7:31 a.m., at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Hayden Hunter Hull weighed six pounds, one ounce, and was 17 inches long. Jayden Zada Hull weighed five pounds, one ounce, and was 16 inches long. More ... STAUNTON — Makenzie Faith Wooddell was born May 19, 2010, at Augusta Health. She weighed eight pounds, six ounces, and was 20 inches long. Welcoming Makenzie were her parents, Jeffrey and Michelle Wooddell of Staunton. Paternal grandparents are Vernon and Penny Wooddell of Monterey. Maternal grandparents are Lowell and Tammy Simmons of Doe Hill. More ... MONTEREY — Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Halterman of Monterey announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Elizabeth Halterman, to William Preston Johnson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson Sr. of Moneta. More ... |
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Aging in the Highlands
Summer Guide '10
Farm Life '10
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Aging in the Highlands
