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MONTEREY — Codefendents involved in the same incident a year ago got different sentences at court this month as the result of similar charges. Matthew Stephen Bradley, 32, and Willard K. Smith Jr., 49, both of Doe Hill, stood trial Jan. 6 in Highland County Circuit Court. More ... When Heaven freezes over, it must look something like this - the falls between Hot Springs and Covington on U.S. 220. (Recorder photo by Margo Oxendine) More ... HOT SPRINGS — When the county's newly formed Tourism Advisory Committee held its first meeting Dec. 11, there was disagreement about who a possible tourism director would report to. Another meeting and 41 days later, that disagreement still exists. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Circuit Court Judge Humes Franklin has ordered the Bath County Board of Zoning Appeals to reconsider a request for a zoning variance by Richard P. Roberson to build a shelter for his motor home on his lot, on Gatewood Drive in Mountain Grove. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Andrew Watkins can continue to operate his business as he was, but now he has official permission from the county. The Bath County Board of Zoning Appeals granted Watkins a conditional use permit Tuesday that allows him to use a small building on his property on Christian Drive in Millboro as an office and use a garage for storage. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Despite recent layoffs at the nearby Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., The Homestead is doing well and there are no plans to lay off employees at the Hot Springs resort. Carol Stratford, director of marketing at The Homestead, quickly laid to rest any thought that layoffs could be coming at the Bath County hotel. More ... MONTEREY and WARM SPRINGS — First, the national economy went into recession last year, now the Virginia State legislature is looking at ways to cut a $2.9 billion shortfall in its 2008-10 budget. During the 45-day session that began Jan. 14, legislators will tackle issues ranging from education funding to transportation to public safety to Medicare coverage. More ... CLIFTON FORGE — Policemen noticed several locks had been cut on individual storage units at Abb Storage early Sunday morning, 1629 Main Street in Clifton Forge, and an undisclosed list of items had been stolen. The robbery occurred "either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning," said Clifton Forge Police Chief Barry Balser. More ... RICHMOND — A Virginia Beach senator is again introducing bills in the General Assembly directed at simplifying regulations attached to commercial wind energy utilities — making it easier for them to be approved, and allowing up to 80 percent of their value to be exempt from local and state taxes. More ... Billy Hodge of Carloover (pictured front) gave a double donation during the Red Cross Blood Drive held at the Hot Springs Firehouse on Jan. 19th. A machine separated Hodge's red blood cells and then returned the remaining substances along with saline solution into his body. Donors who choose to donate using this method can only give every 112 days instead of every 56. "I've been giving this way ever since they got this machine," Hodge said because "It's what they need." Also pictured behind Hodge are Aaron Bragg (l) and Erica Leftwich (r) who work with the Red Cross unit that travelled from Beckley. Three other donors gave double donations like Hodge. 33 pints of blood were collected in total from 38 donors. Marica Harrison gave for the first time while Frank Pritt received a pin for giving 19 gallons. (Recorder photo by Alice Campbell) More ... ASHWOOD - What do you do, when your cow won't moo? We'll have to wait until April to learn the answer. Bringing us this helpful livestock tip will be the students of Valley Elementary School. On Friday, April 3, about 40 VES students from kindergarten through seventh grade will present "EIEIOops! More ... • After a break for the holidays, the Millboro Preservation and Cultural Association will hold its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m., at the Millboro Ruritan Club building. Renovation of the old school is moving forward. More ... HOT SPRINGS - Weather is a funny thing - iffy, capricious, and certainly subjective, depending upon your locale. Take last week, for instance. Folks awoke to find the thermometers plunging south of zero. Stepping outside, our faces ached; even our hair was cold. Brand new vehicles balked when the ignition key turned. More ... MONTEREY —Nathan Chad Schmeider of Leesburg tried out his recently restored sport bike on Highland County's U.S. 250 last June 7. Schmeider was riding his 1988 Honda 400 F2R motorcycle — an antique he spent 70 hours restoring. More ... MONTEREY —Perry Shaun Warner of Monterey pleaded guilty Jan. 6 in Highland County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of class 1 misdemeanor reckless handling of a firearm. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended for six months, a $250 fine plus court costs. More ... In the Jan. 15 edition of The Recorder in the article "Living on hollow ground," it was reported that the annual meeting of the Cowpasture River Preservation Association would be held in July and focus on karst education. The meeting will actually be held May 9 and the topic will be Native American activity along the Cowpasture. More ... Scott Hil l - do the m ath - 1-MILLBORO — Rebecca Sorrel Taylor and Mark Mazkin were married Dec. 27, 2008 by official celebrant Cecil Armstrong at Fairview Community Center in Millboro. The bride is the daughter of Sarah Irwin and David Taylor of Millboro. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Joe and Trista Randozzo of Warm Springs announce the birth of their first son, Walker Dale Randozzo. Walker was born Dec. 18, 2008 at Augusta Medical Center. He weighed eight pounds 11 ounces and was 20 and one-quarter inches long. More ... • I'd like to invite everyone to the annual public meeting of the Board of Directors of the Highland County Public Library on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Mountain View Room. We will be showing a multimedia presentation of the year-in-review. If you or your children have attended any events at the library this year you may see yourself in our photos. More ... CLIFTON FORGE — Triathlon athletes preparing for Bath County's annual event have a great opportunity to test their skills first this year, in Alleghany County. The first annual Alleghany Highlands Triathlon will be held Saturday, May 16 in Alleghany County, beginning at 11 a.m. More ... GOOCHLAND — The Center for Rural Culture is offering its Fourth Annual Growers Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Western Campus in Goochland County. More ... WAYNESBORO — DuPont Community Credit Union in response to current economic conditions is offering Practical Solutions for Today's Economy. This is a free workshop open to anyone who wants to learn methods that will help them navigate through financial difficulties brought about by changes in employment. More ... RICHMOND — Beginning, Jan. 15 Virginians can renew their vehicle registrations for three years through two Department of Motor Vehicle service outlets — Internet and telephone. By renewing their decals for three years using these convenient service methods, customers can save money. More ... HOT SPRINGS — The Bath County Christmas Mother program has announced the completion of the fuel assistance program. Checks have been mailed to each vendor in order to credit accounts of this year's program recipients. The vendors will credit these funds to the individual accounts so different types of fuel supplies may be purchased. More ... Deed of gift of easement: Paul A. and Patricia Cunningham to Virginia Outdoors Foundation of Richmond, $0; Blue Grass District: Ira Jared and Arnett Armstrong to Michael Jared and Mat Armstrong of Harrisonburg, one-third interest in 1,005. More ... At just before 7:30 a.m. Jan. 16, the time and temperature sign at First and Citizens Bank in Mitchelltown read a frigid -3. The low according to the National Weather Service the night before in Hot Springs was -6, the high that day reached 7 and the low that night dipped to -2. (Recorder photo by Mike Bollinger) More ... STAUNTON — The following is a list of highway projects that may affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming week. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow moving tractors during mowing operations. More ... |
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