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MILLBORO - In seemingly minutes, the house Homer "Toodle" Ford had called home for about 10 years was devoured by fire during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 5. He managed to escape out a window unharmed, but with just his bare skin. More ... MONTEREY — About 12 hours after Blue Grass resident Aaron Will was declared the unofficial winner of the commissioner of revenue race here, the electoral board confirmed that a second look at the ballots changed the results. Darlene Crummett was declared official winner of the special election last week, and was sworn in Friday afternoon. More ... MONTEREY — Last Thursday morning, Highland County volunteer firefighters investigated a diesel fuel spill from an U.S. Truck Inc. tractor-trailer just west of Monterey on U.S. 250 in front of the old swimming pool. At least 20 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from the engine of the truck during the night while the driver slept in the cab parked there overnight. More ... MONTEREY — What costs a dollar and saves lives? An EMT-Basic course graduate. Actually, the cost of training is more than a dollar, but Highland and Bath residents get the discounted rate just to sign up. Non-residents will be charged $100 to attend. More ... MILLBORO - A 50-year-old Millboro man was killed Monday night in a single-vehicle accident on Route 42, near Nicelytown Road in Alleghany County. According to Virginia State Police, Charles Arthur "Ikey" Simmons was traveling north on Route 42 near Route 636 at 10:20 p.m., when he ran off the right side of the road and over-corrected. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Fallout from the tight financial situation in Bath County continued Tuesday when the board of supervisors decided county employees will not be receiving a 2 percent raise in December. The raise was included in the 2008-09 budget and was scheduled to be effective Dec. More ... WARM SPRINGS — An already tough situation for Bath County has now gotten worse, and the supervisors have decided to let the governor know about it. Tuesday night, the board agreed to send a letter to Gov. More ... WARM SPRINGS — A new loan arrangement to pay for high school renovations is on the table in Bath County. Two representatives of a financing program operated by the Virginia Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Counties presented a plan to the Bath County Board of Supervisors and Bath County School Board at a joint meeting Nov. 5. More ... MONTEREY — Highland County supervisor Robin Sullenberger attended the Tuesday night meeting of the Highland County Economic Development Authority to give a briefing of the results of the state's Broadband Roundtable meeting in September. More ... • The Highland County Economic Development Authority met Tuesday, Nov. 11, and EDA chair Betty Mitchell informed members the Virginia Department of Business Assistance will be at The Highland Center on Nov. More ... WARM SPRINGS — The committee appointed by the Bath County Board of Supervisors and Bath County School Board to study the possibility of a four-day school week will hold its first meeting Friday at the school administration building. More ... • At its meeting Tuesday, the board of supervisors ratified a resolution for the General Assembly in support of increasing the transient occupancy tax in Bath County from 2 to 5 percent. More ... Jim Tennant of Millboro didn't have to re-enact a World War II soldier for students and family members at the elementary school's Family Reading Night program Tuesday evening - he was one. Trained as a radio officer, he was stationed in England, where he was assigned to the 389th Bomb Group and found "a lot of Americans over there." More training followed in large B-24 and B-17 bombers. "The Americans decided to fly in groups; the British in singles," he recalled, about 29,000 feet up or about five miles. "We flew like wild geese fly, in a big 'V.' Tennant said the lead bombardier did all the target sighting for the bombs they carried, 52 of the 100-pound bombs, some were 500 pounds and some even bigger. "We dropped the bombs and came back," he said, noting this was before D-day on June 6, 1944. During his third mission on May 28 that year, the plane he was on was hit over an airfield deep over Germany and lost the first of its four engines. "We started limping back over the English Channel and lost the second engine," Tennant recalled. "The pilot gave orders to ditch everything that was loose, then we lost the third engine and started going down. We were told to bail out." He said the only survival gear they had were small inflatable vests. "Before we bailed out, I gave out the SOS radio signals; it was my job, and all the stations in England got it," he said. He was rescued after about two hours in the cold water and went on to 27 more missions and two crash landings, but never had injuries, and was sure God had protected him. Tennant said 21 years later, children were playing on a beach (near where the plane went down) and dug up the remains of a body; it was the crew's tail gunner. Tennant said a special honor for him recently was traveling to meet Frank Buckles, the oldest veteran of World War I, in West Virginia. Tennant received a standing ovation after his heartfelt presentation at the school. More ... MONTEREY — The Monterey Town Council voted last Thursday to adopt federally mandated amendments to the local flood plain ordinance. Adoption of the amendments is necessary for residents to "take the benefit of the flood insurance rate maps," town attorney Melissa Dowd said. The flood insurance rate map is effective April 2, 2009. More ... A PHI air medical helicopter arrived at the Highland Medical Center landing strip around 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Members of the Highland County Volunteer Fire Department and Highland County Sheriff's office were on hand for assistance, if needed. Officials declined to provide details about the patient transferred by presstime this week. (Recorder photos by M.K. Luther) More ... MOUNTAIN GROVE — Last Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9, three young boys went out for an adventure dressed in makeshift hunting gear, carrying their air rifles, but making sure to wear blaze orange caps and gloves. They crossed over Little Back Creek on old Dr. Johnny Chestnut's farm and spied the perfect lookout: a steep cliff high above the creek. More ... In last week's story on the meeting held to discuss the future of the Bath County Farmers' Market a comment was reported noting the county did not want to be involved in helping the market. More ... • Mayor Janice Warner told Monterey's town council the bond referendum to pay for upgrades and replacement of the sewage treatment plant passed 86-24 in Tuesday's election. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Twice a year, the Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Bath County High School when students give blood, but during the blood drive Monday at the fire department, students had the opportunity to give to donate in a different way. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Marty Reese, Bath County's 2008 Christmas Mother, reports the Christmas Mother program is well on its way. Application deadline has passed, monetary donations are coming in, adoptions are slowly beginning and students in all the schools are busy at work. More ... On Tuesday, Veteran's Day, 14 of Bath County's veterans gathered for the annual wreath-laying ceremony at the courthouse. These veterans served from World War II to the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Recorder photo by Cynthia B. Coleman) More ... MONTEREY — The annual Highland County 4-H achievement program was held last week to recognize members and volunteers for their accomplishments during the past year. The program was hosted by Highland Explorers and Highland Adventurers 4-H clubs. More ... MILLBORO — Members of Westminster Chapel have sold Golden Kernel pecans in the community since 2003. That year, they ordered the minimum four cases for fear they would be unable to sell any more than that. In subsequent years they have increased the number of cases. These pecans literally sell themselves. They are fresh, meaty, healthy, and delicious. More ... STAUNTON — With the growing popularity in bicycling for exercise, recreation, and as a means of transportation, citizens and tourists are looking for safe and convenient roads to bike. Now there is an online resource assembled by riders of the area to help you choose your route whatever your reason for riding the roads of the Shenandoah Valley. More ... VERONA — Area cattle producers are invited to attend the Virginia Beef Outlook Symposium on Saturday, Dec. 6. The program will be held at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona beginning with registration at 9 a.m. More ... MILLBORO - A highlight of Monday evening's Ruritan Club meeting was a presentation by Jim King, a Bath County High School Senior, about his participation in Boys State last summer at Liberty University. "Thank you for the opportunity to attend Boys State," King said. More ... • The Millboro Volunteer Fire Association will host a hunters' supper this Sunday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m., at the firehouse. Homemade menu items will include potato soup and chili, and dessert. One price will be charged. The meal will include free beverage refills and free entrée seconds. The public is invited to enjoy a fine meal. More ... McDOWELL — If you happened upon a pack of Audis in Bath or Highland recently, you weren't seeing things. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Potomac Chesapeake Chapter of the Audi Club North America sponsored the 10th running of the annual Shenandoah Valley Fall (Audi Club) Charity Fun Run. More ... RICHMOND — The Virginia House of Delegates is holding its annual statewide essay contest for high school juniors. This program, now in its sixth year, provides students an opportunity to conduct research and share their opinions on a chosen topic related to Virginia's history. More ... MONTEREY — Highland County has a good reason to celebrate again this year. This past weekend, Mary Beth Gutshall and her son, Chad, traveled to Richmond to attend a Relay University, where local and state awards are given. More ... Whether you're an avid baker or more inclined to buy storebought desserts, the holidays are likely to bring out your inner pastry chef. As soon as the crimson colors of fall appear, it's nearly impossible to resist pulling out favorite family recipes, and referencing cookbooks and Web sites for inspiration to bake pies, cobblers, cakes, cookies and other delectable sweets. More ... MONTEREY — Dr. Roland Sharp of Pocahontas County, W.Va. tells the story of his life in "Roland Sharp Country Doctor: Memories of a Life Well Lived," published this year by Pocahontas Communications Cooperative, Dunmore, W.Va. More ... RICHMOND — USDA Rural Development in cooperation with Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, and Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Rural Sustainability, More ... VERONA — The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network's largest fund-raiser of the year, Holiday Hands Against Hunger, kicked off this week to help feed the needy throughout the holiday season. The Food Bank Network and its member agencies often see increased need during this period. More ... MONTEREY — Small and minority-owned businesses are invited to learn more about how Virginia makes it purchases at a workshop Thursday, Nov. 20 at The Highland Center. More ... CLIFTON FORGE — The second annual Festival of Trees and Wreaths kicked off on Friday, Nov. 7 at the C&O Depot in Covington. The event, sponsored by the Alleghany Historical Society, features 15 table top artificial Christmas trees three feet tall, two seven feet tall artificial trees, and 15 artificial wreaths, all completely decorated in various themes. More ... CLIFTON FORGE — Registration for the spring semester is now under way at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College. New and returning students should contact the college for an appointment to meet with an academic advisor to prepare a class schedule for the session that begins the week of Jan. 12. More ... Highlan ds Ban k - need a loan CLIFTON FORGE — A forest fire in McGraw Hollow that caused residents to notice smoke in the Clifton Forge area of Alleghany County and the Millboro area of Bath County Friday is 100 percent contained, a U.S. Forest Service spokesperson said Wednesday. More ... CLIFTON FORGE — The quiet, friendly community of Clifton Forge is usually not faced with unsolved crimes and suspects on the loose, and certainly not more than one at the same time. But in recent weeks, two similar incidents have occurred, making area residents more cautious. More ... WARM SPRINGS - Do you remember especially sumptuous meals you've eaten? I sure do. I don't have to dig too far back in my memory bank to recall one of the best. It was last Thursday. Fall is in the air and the snow has begun to blow. You know what that means: Time for comfort foods. More ... WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the downturn in the economy grabbing headlines, consumers across the nation are looking for ways to reduce living expenses and save money. While it can't help with slumping 401k plans, the American Council for an Energy- Efficient Economy does have some useful tips to help ease the burden of winter energy bills. More ... LEXINGTON — The Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition has been awarded a grant from the Gabe and Mary Balazs Memorial Fund of the Rockbridge Area Community Foundation. More ... MONTEREY — The Monterey Garden Club met in the Mountain View Room of the Highland County Public Library on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Flower exhibit judges were Mary Hager and Ann Wefer. Blue ribbons for artistic arrangements were awarded to Dottie Robinson and Mary Hille McCoy. More ... October temperatures averaged below normal but no records were broken. Precipitation was very sparse, 2.45 inches below normal. We now have a deficiency for the year to date. John R. More ... MONTEREY — Calling all cooks. Whether you are a professional chef or just the queen (or king) of your kitchen at home, now is the time to show off your recipes and skills. More ... HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The history of the Rexrode Mill at New Hampden in Highland County is told in a new book recently published by author and historian Williams D. "Bill" Rexroad of Hutchinson. The book tells the story of the mill from its beginning in 1816 to present day. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Last month, Homestead Preserve received the 2008 Scenic Virginia Award for scenic viewshed preservation. The award honors the Bath County conservation community for its efforts to maintain scenic viewsheds, preserve open space and forestland, and protect natural landscapes during the course of development. More ... RADNOR, Pa. — The Functional Approach to Character Education has announced iit has received a $50,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation, awarded to provide support for the project's mission. FACE fosters character development, increases socially responsible behaviors and reduces antisocial behaviors among Virginia's schoolchildren. More ... Lowry Logging, LLC cut this tree in Bolar. The first log was 16 feet long and 42 inches in diameter on the small end. The whole tree contained 3,094 board feet. Pictured (l-r) with the tree are Richie Hicks and Allen Armstrong. (Photo courtesy Russell Lowry) More ... |
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