Hot Springs & Monterey, VA

Are they smarter than 5th graders?       Highland County is preparing to spend as much as $17,500 per student next year to educate children in our one public school division - a figure that sounds closer to college tuition or private school. More ... Pictorial       Highland High School's nutrition and wellness class Highland Elementary School third graders, including (l-r) Patricia Lindsay, Allison Stump and Dale Smith, More ... Easter dinner a hoppy occasion The Nascent Chef By Margo Oxendine, Staff Writer       For the first time ever, I've cooked Easter dinner. I was excited about the possibility for weeks. What would I fix?Which seasonings would I use? How in the world would I manage to get everything ready at the same time? That last poser is one that has always plagued my cooking. More ... Osama Ben Llama went to Rainbow Bridge Pritchard House Tales By Ludford Creef       On Monday, March 3 we had to say a sad good-bye to our big, beautiful friend, Osama Ben Llama. Ben came into our lives during those frantic weeks when terrorists crashed airplanes full of people in to the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Forever will the date S... More ...