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HOT SPRINGS — Law enforcement officers nationwide are on the lookout for Beacher Ferrel Hackney, who is believed to have shot and killed Ronnie Stinnett, 60, and Dwight Kerr, 39, in the Homestead kitchen Saturday night. More ... HOT SPRINGS - "I could see the fire coming out of the barrel." An eyewitness to the murders in the Homestead kitchen, whose identity is being withheld, said everything was normal last Saturday night — until shortly before 8 p.m. More ... HOT SPRINGS - The Homestead was at 70 percent capacity last Saturday night. One large group of Rotary Club members was gathered in a banquet room, celebrating their successes, making plans for the future. Many of the remaining 700 guests were dressed in their finery, enjoying dinner, and maybe a little dancing, in the main dining room. More ... HOT SPRINGS - Bath County residents were shocked by emergency calls Saturday night. Dispatchers, voices shaking with emotion, urged all available law enforcement and emergency medical personnel to hurry to The Homestead. There had been a shooting in the hotel kitchen. Word moved fast that two people were dead, and the shooter had made a getaway on foot. More ... HOT SPRINGS - What kind of person is Beacher F. Hackney? "A loner" is the foremost description of the gunman currently being sought by law enforcement for questioning in the murders of two Homestead employees Saturday, March 21. More ... NORFOLKS — All four writers at The Recorder received awards Saturday night at the Virginia Press Association's annual conference in Norfolk. Margo Oxendine, who returned to writing for The Recorder last year following a seven-year hiatus, took a first-place award for her breaking news story last year of the man who had a stand-off with police officers. More ... Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 120th anniversary, Sunday, March 29, with morning worship service at 11:30 a.m. A luncheon will follow the service. Before Sinking Spring Church was organized, the residents of the valley worshiped in a small log cabin in the Sinking Spring field. Mr. Hill, a pastor from Covington, led these services and delivered the sermons. The present church, 12.5 miles northwest of Covington on U.S. 220 in the Falling Spring Valley, was built in 1889. On March 31 of that year, a Commission of Lexington Presbytery met at Healing Springs, officially organizing the church with the name Healing Springs Presbyterian Church. Later this was changed to the present name of Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church — reminiscent of the early location. Everyone is welcome. (Photo courtesy Tammy Lipscomb) More ... 12 MONTEREY — Teachers want step increases next year, Nancy Vance of the Highland County Education Association told school board members Monday. It will cost about $20,000 to avoid the step-increase freeze proposed by part-time superintendent Percy Nowlin, she said. More ... Editor's note: Highland County Education Association representative Nancy Vance read the following statement to the Highland County School Board Monday night. "The Highland County Education Association is the voice for the majority of teachers in our school division. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Former Bath school board member Barbara Waldeck was ready to present suggestions for the 2009-10 school budget to the Bath County School Board March 19, but quickly withdrew her proposal when a member of the audience asked those whether those in attendance would be allowed to see it. More ... WARM SPRINGS — As 5 p.m. Wednesday, two Valley Springs District residents had expressed interest in filling Barbara Waldeck's vacant school board seat from that district. Steven Todd Fry of Mountain View Road and Waldeck herself, of Shady Lane, both submitted letters of interest to superintendent Dr. David Smith. More ... MILLBORO - Renovation of the old Millboro school buildings is moving one step closer with the contract for asbestos removal awarded to low bidder, Asbestco, Inc., headquartered in Palmyra. More ... The association's first venture into selling hoagies on March 19 was successful enough that another hoagie sale fundraiser is planned for Thursday, May 28. "It was a lot of fun," said Plecker. "We had so many volunteers (to prepare the hoagies) it just went like clockwork. And in delivering them across the mountain, they were surprised to get them at 10:30 a.m. More ... MONTEREY — "The second weekend of Maple Festival may very well have seen record-breaking crowds," said Highland County Chamber of Commerce executive director Carolyn Pohowsky. "I am pleased and profoundly thankful that our businesses, schools, civic organizations and participating churches benefited from the success of this year's event. More ... 16 MONTEREY — Crab Run Bridge in McDowell was built in 1927. It's a part of the McDowell Historic District, but it's falling apart and needs to be replaced or improved. More ... Rosalee Siron (left) and her husband, Rudolph, donated blood at The Highland Center at Tuesday's Virginia Blood Services blood drive sponsored by Highland Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M. 110. Blood collection specialist Cheryl Yager, right, was one of several VBS personnel collecting blood. Blood drive coordinator Austin Shepherd said donors contributed 31pints of blood. (Recorder photo by James Jacenich) More ... WARM SPRINGS — Work on an ordinance to govern commercial wind facilities in Bath County is still ongoing, planning director Sherry Ryder told the Bath County Planning Commission Monday, The county has been working with James Madison University on a workbook for the Virginia Renewables Siting Scoring System, called the VRS3. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Faced with opposition from a neighbor and wanting more information, the Bath County Planning Commission failed to take action on an application by Bradley Heatwole of ShenMount Dairy in Williamsville for a conditional use permit that would allow for the production of wood shavings. More ... WARM SPRINGS — If you have more than three inoperable vehicles on your property, you may want to begin making arrangements to remove them. The Bath County Planning Commission recommended approval of a revised junk car ordinance Monday. The board of supervisors will hold a public hearing on the ordinance at its April meeting and could take action at that time. More ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Greenbrier resort filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection March 19 and has signed an asset purchase agreement with Marriott Hotel Services Inc. for the sale of the resort. According to Lynn Swann, director of public relations for The Greenbrier, the Greenbrier Hotel Corp. More ... Chosen as Valley Elementary School PTO Super Stars for their outstanding academic achievement and good citizenship for the month of February were (l-r) back row: Gwen Miller, Nikki Webb, Trevor Quantz, Christian Woodzell; middle row: Chris McElwee, Mason Gambrell, Tanner Bradley, Dennis Maddow, Sarah Lane, Ian Maddock; front row: Darin Ryder, Damian Flenner, Skyler Hupman, Aleigha Ryder, Colby Lowry. Not pictured: Aubrey Farmer. (Photo courtesy Valley Elementry School) More ... • The Highland County Public Library is hosting its first ever Teen Movie Night on Friday, April 3 at 7 p.m. They will show the movie "Twilight" (rated PG-13) which is based on the book of the same name from the popular Stephanie Meyer vampire series. The movie, popcorn, and drinks are all free. Arrive on time for a chance to win a door prize. More ... BLUE GRASS — If you're driving in the Blue Grass area and meet a machine that looks like a small airplane without wings, you might be getting a glance of Brian Richardson's latest motorcycle creation. You can be certain it's Richardson if the machine makes no sound as it passes by. More ... Stacey Gibson (center), who teaches science at Alleghany High School, accepts two lab programs, "Weather Forecasting" and "Storms," purchased with a $500 mini-grant from the Tech Prep Consortium of Western Virginia at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, for use in earth science classes at AHS. Making the presentation are Joyce Broughman (left), tech prep director, supervisor and career coach, and Terry Alfred, tech prep administrative assistant. Other school systems in the consortium also receiving similar mini-grants of $500 are Bath County, Botetourt County and Rockbridge County, and the cities of Covington, Lexington and Buena Vista. (Photo courtesy DSLCC) More ... This has been an exceptional year for pine siskins. They showed up at our house near Hightown around Dec. 15 and have visited our feeders nearly every day since. They are what is known as an irruptive species. Normally, in the eastern U.S., they do not travel much farther south than New York or northern Pennsylvania in winter. More ... Highland Elementary School March good citizens were: John Shaner, third grade; Gilliam Morse, fifth grade; Brooke Harper, fourth grade; Caleb Swecker, second grade; Hannah Newlen, first grade; and Mary Blanchard, kindergarten. (Photo courtesy HES) More ... MONTEREY — The following decisions were handed down in Highland County General District Court on Feb. 4. Criminal and traffic divisions: Hazel Darlene Asbury, speeding 72/55, fine $85, costs $61; Christopher Leigh Austin, speeding 72/55, fine $85, costs $61; Donna G. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Since 2005, Bath Community Hospital's Patient Relief Fund has offered financial assistance to Bath and Highland residents, especially senior citizens, who have costly gaps in their prescription medicine coverage, or who no longer have coverage for home care equipment. More ... CLIFTON FORGE — Vic's Restaurant, on Ridgeway Street in Clifton Forge, has been treating customers like family for 31 years. And, despite a major upgrade in fixtures and décor, the booths and terrazzo tile floor remain unchanged since the 1930s. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Over the course of 12 days, the Bath County Board of Supervisors, county administrator and staff have been able to make up about $1.8 million of the $2.2 million budget shortfall that existed when the board met March 12. More ... MONTEREY — Highland High School's Woodworker of the Week is senior Scott Neil, son of Ginny and Joe Neil of Doe Hill. This is my second year working with Scott in cabinetmaking, and his third year in the program. Scott is another student who enjoys building large projects. More ... Virginia FFA Southside vice president Meredith Brown, left; and Virginia FFA Northern Area vice president Codi Smith came to Highland High School Thursday to meet with members of the local FFA chapter. They offered suggestions on how to prepare the application for the FFA proficiency award to Chris Whitelaw, FFA member and HHS sophomore. Brown and Smith travel around the state to FFA chapters (there are more than 200 in Virginia), high schools and middle schools to promote the FFA and its programs. Smith said legislators told her last week in Richmond that vocational education programs in Virginia were cut five percent next year, minor compared to some programs that were cut up to 20 percent. But the cuts will have a profound impact on the FFA and ag. related programs, she said. Brown graduated from high school last year in Charlotte County. "In my county, they are trying to figure out what to do with our ag. teachers who are 12-month employees," she said. "They are thinking of cutting them back to 10 months." Her alma mater has a greenhouse that would have to be closed if personnel are cut. (Recorder photo by James Jacenich) More ... Beth Hawse, chief ranger of interpretation and education at Douthat State Park, presented a program titled "Who Made Those Tracks?" to seventh-grade students at Valley Elementary School. Mountain Soil and Water Conservation District sponsored the program. To schedule an outreach program contact Beth Hawse, chief ranger of interpretation and education, at Beth.Hawse@dcr.virginia.gov. (Photo courtesy Douth State Park) More ... • Everyone can support this summer's Relay for Life at a yard and bake sale being held this weekend to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The event will be held on Friday, March 27, from 4-8 p.m., and Saturday, March 28, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Millboro Presbyterian Church. Food and beverages will also be available for sale. More ... Winners of the Highland County Recreation Commission Scrabble tournament are (l-r) standing Bobbi Chapman, second place; Gaynelle Siron, fourth place; Gertrude Gibson, first place and also receiving a gift certificate to Mountain Hideaway Restaurant and Tavern; and seated Ruth White, third place. (Photo courtesy HCRC) More ... MONTEREY —Bath Highland Lion Lioness sponsored the Bland Music Contest Sunday, Feb. 22. First-place winner was Amanda Blagg, who played the violin. Second-place winner was James Folks who played snare drum. Both students are from Highland County. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Illustrating how to be safe at work in a creative way, Ivy Barker, 10, of Warm Springs, recently won second place in the seventh annual American Society of Safety Engineers kids' "Safety-on-the-Job" poster contest in the 9-10 age category. More ... HIGHTOWN — This year brought yet another trip to the National Hampshire Show for exhibitor Michael Hupman of Hightown. In his years of exhibiting Hampshires at shows across the nation, this one was certainly worth the trip. More ... Keith Carson, vice president of the Alleghany Highlands Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists, and president of the Bath-Highland Bird Club, recently made a presentation on American naturalists to the Alleghany Highlands Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalist Program. Members of the chapter come from Alleghany, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Botetourt, Roanoke and Augusta counties. For additional information, visit www. virginiamasternaturalist. org. More ... ROANOKE — Junior 4-H Camp will be held July 27-31 at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Center at Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Center near Roanoke. Deadline to register is May 1. The camp is open to all youth in Bath and Highland counties ages 9-13. Youth do not have to be current 4-H members to attend. More ... MONTEREY — 4-H members from Highland County competed at 4-H Contest Day held Friday, March 6. Contestants competed in five contest categories and three age divisions. Pat Boger of Blue Grass and Rhet Wilson of McDowell served as judges. 4-H County Council officers Sam and David Leech served as the masters of ceremonies. More ... GOSHEN — The parents of Heather L. Hise announce the engagement of their daughter to Jeffrey K. Hamilton II. Hamilton is the son of Debra S. Thornton of Hot Springs, and Jeffrey K. and Lisa M. Hamilton of Goshen. A wedding is planned for April 25, 2009 at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Eden United Methodist Church in Hot Springs. More ... WILLIAMSVILLE — Clair and Dianne Heatwole of Williamsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Lavonne Heatwole of Williamsville, to David Allen Heatwole of Raymond, Alberta, Canada. David Heatwole is the son of John and Carolyn Heatwole of Raymond, Alberta, Canada. More ... EULESS, Texas — Andree Christina Simonson of Euless and Julian Mark Griffin of Harrisonburg, Va., were married at the Texas Star Golf and Conference Center in Euless on May 31, 2008. Jack Drain officiated the ceremony. More ... Matthew Sponaugle BLACKSBURG — Matthew K. Sponaugle of Doe Hill has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Virginia Tech. To qualify for the dean's list, students must attempt at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.4 grade point average on a 4.0 scale during the semester. More ... LOW MOOR - According the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in men and women in the United States (excluding skin cancers). Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States with an estimated 52,180 deaths (26,000 men and 26, 180 women) during 2007. More ... MONTEREY — On Feb. 25, Keith Butts, a representative of Advanced Technology Institute in Virginia Beach, made a presentation Steve Heavner's agriculture fabrication class at Highland High School. More ... Corey Peters (right) of Hot Springs became the first student in the commercial driver's license course offered by Dabney S. Lancaster Community College to not only complete the program, but also pass the CDL exam administered by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. Congratulating Peters is Bill Tiffany, who with Garth Cartwright, teaches the course, which includes classroom and behindthe wheel training. A new class is scheduled to begin March 21 on the DSLCC main campus. (Photo courtesy DSLCC) More ... Thirteen students are enrolled in the forensic photography course in the administration of justice program at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College during the spring semester. Pictured are (l-r) kneeling: Steven Little, Clifton Forge; Travis Dressler, Covington; Benjamin Ports, Goodview; Ashley Morris, Covington; Cody Smith, Warm Springs; standing: Shannon Ware, Selma; Robert Caul, Covington; Ashlynn Sanderson and Anthony Mason, both of Buena Vista, and associate professor and instructor Gary L. Boyer Sr., certified law enforcement trainer. Not pictured: Crystal Ailstock, Covington; Travis Bogar, Clifton Forge; Jason DeMent and William Hodge, both of Covington. (Photo courtesy DSLCC) More ... Bath Community Hospital staff recently participated in a two-day Pediatric Advanced Life Support course for certification or re-certification. The course teaches health care providers to recognize and treat infants and children who are at risk of cardiopulmonary arrest or who are having a cardiopulmonary arrest emergency. BCH staff members are shown practicing an exercise. Front left: Peggy Sensabaugh LPN; center (behind Sensabaugh) Cindy Ray, RN; front right Adel Johnson, RN. More ... ROCKBRIDGE BATHS — The local Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency offices invites all residents of Rockbridge, Bath and Alleghany counties to attend a public meeting to hear information about programs available through their offices with the new 2008 Farm Bill. More ... ROANOKE — The American Cancer Society is looking for someone to volunteer their time for the Look Good…Feel Better program. The Look Good…Feel Better program is guided by volunteers. More ... |
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