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Highland New Wind provides new explanations for its archaeological survey and visual impact studies; agency agrees to postpone hearing to review the information. More ... MUSTOE — Cheryl Griffin woke up last Thursday to a Highland County she had never known before. In fact, no one living had ever seen a day here without Corbett's Store. The landmark building, owned by Lunora and Donald Doyle, burned to the ground about 3 a.m. Oct. 8. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Even though she's only been in Bath County a short time, new Garth Newel Music Center executive director Janet Karpus described her migration to Bath County as "kind of like coming home." Karpus started her duties at Garth Newel Sept. 21 after spending more than 25 years in Kalamazoo, Mich. More ... MONTEREY — 20th District House of Delegates candidates Richard P. "Dickie" Bell (R) and Erik Curren (D) invite residents, voters and businesspersons to an open forum debate at The Highland Center on Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. The center is located on Spruce Street in Monterey. More ... In the photo of a Highland soccer game in last week's Recorder, the boy scoring a goal was Ian Adams, not Logan Adams. In last week's editorial, Highland New Wind spokesman Frank Maisano was identified as being based in New York. While the firm he works for is based in New York, Mr. Maisano is based in Maryland. More ... MILLBORO - A double-wide on Tunnel Hill was destroyed by fire Monday morning. The home, owned by Jessie Hise, was unoccupied at the time of the fire, around 9:30 a.m. Units from the Millboro and Goshen Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the blaze, as did a unit from the Millboro Area Rescue Squad, and the Bath Sheriff's Office. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Bath County's constitutional officers may be asked to do their jobs with less if cuts in state funding cannot be made up. More ... RICHMOND — The hearing planned at the State Corporation Commission Tuesday has been postponed until Nov. 10. The hearing was scheduled following a complaint from Virginia's Department of Historic Resources that Highland New Wind Development LLC of Harrisonburg was not working with the agency pursuant to a condition attached to the developer's state permit. More ... LEXINGTON — It's time to shift the food system to make it more economically, environmentally and nutritionally sustainable. That was the message delivered at a Sept. 30 conference on "Cultivating Sustainability" at Washington & Lee University. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Effective Nov. 1, the business office for Bath Community Hospital in Mitchelltown will close. Debbie Lipes, hospital CEO, said the decision was not an easy one for hospital officials. "No decision is made quickly at the hospital. The board and administration agonized over this for months," Lipes said. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Information was sent home with Bath County elementary school students Monday and was mailed to parents of high school students Tuesday concerning the availability of vaccine for H1N1, commonly called swine flu, in county schools. More ... FALLING SPRING – An automobile accident Thursday afternoon, October 8, took the life of Lesley Saunders of Hot Springs. More ... I felt like I was ripped apart and handed a heavy heart. I thought you were taken much too soon, but you did it your own way, lived your life day by day, sometimes taken for granted like the sun and moon. All I know is I already miss you, Mamow. Please come visit me in my dreams. You will always live in my heart, Mamow. The Lord has called you home. He said, “It’s time, you’ve earned your angel wings.” We love and miss you Mamow. More ... October 18, 2009 at 10 a.m. $10 per rider. Directions: 20 miles south on US 220 from Monterey or 10 miles north on US 220 from Warm Springs. Turn on Rt. 623 (Poorfarm Road). Go approximately two miles. For more information call (540) 839-5975 or (540) 839-2205. Meal provided by the Bolar Volunteer Fire Department. More ... Teresa Mavilino and her two daughters, Marua Mavillino, and Ceci Mavillino shop for jewelry at Mariah Boone on Mill Alley during “Hands & Harvest” last weekend. More ... MUSTOE — The Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society of the Advent Christian Conference of Virginia met Saturday at Victory Chapel Advent Christian Church for its annual fall rally. After breakfast, Carol Waybright welcomed the group of 24 members and three guests from churches in Waynesboro, Lone Star and Victory Chapel. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Congressman Bob Goodlatte brought his message that government spending is out of control and the proposed approach to health care reform is "misguided," to a town meeting held Tuesday at the Country Cafe. More ... MILLBORO — The two women who organized the Bath County Farmers' Market and donated almost every Saturday to hosting the event all morning for the past two seasons have announced they will end their stint with the last market day on Oct. 24. More ... HOT SPRINGS - Saturday night, network television featured a nationwide segment about the March 21 murder of two Homestead employees. "America's Most Wanted" covered the search for suspected murdered Beacher F. Hackney. Bath Sheriff Larry Norfleet said the segment garnered 21 tips from callers as far away as the Philippines. Lt. Noel T. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Information on the upcoming meals tax referendum will be included in an advertisement paid for by the Bath County Board of Supervisors. The board voted 3-1 Tuesday to purchase the ad, which by state law can only include factual information and not any reasons to vote yes or no on the proposed tax. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Two more possible solutions were presented for re-opening the bridge on Gatewood Drive in Mountain Grove Tuesday, but the same problem remains — how to pay for it. Mike Henry of the Virginia Department of Transportation said the options involve maintenance that could buy time until a final decision is made on repair or replacement. More ... This huge pumpkin, weighing 526 pounds, was grown at Brinkley Hill Farms in Millboro and is on display at Valley Supermarket. Edgar Brinkley said the pumpkin's size was due to a "good, wet season and good seed." Brinkley said he used Miracle-Gro only once this year as opposed to several times in other years. This monster was not the largest pumpkin Brinkley grew this year. He had one weighing 620 pounds at the Bath County Farmers' Market as well. Pictured (l-r) are Thelma Brinkley, Edgar Brinkley and Valley Supermarket manager Jeff Woodzell. Woodzell said it took five people to get the pumpkin off the truck. (Recorder photo by Mike Bollinger) More ... • This Saturday, Oct. 17, a special event takes place — a 5K walk/run, to raise money for a scholarship established in memory of State Trooper Kevin Manion, who died in the line of duty on 2006. Scholarships will be awarded to those who intend to pursue a career in law enforcement. The race/ walk starts at 10:30 a.m. More ... • Tuesday, Bath supervisors agreed to proceed with a health assessment survey through the Virginia Department of Health. More ... WARM SPRINGS — The problem with trash being scattered around several county Dumpster sites has become un-bear-able, and Bath County hopes to do something about it. Tuesday, supervisors decided to submit a grant application to Bear Trust International to purchase bear-proof Dumpsters for seven waste collection sites throughout the county that are frequented by bears. More ... MONTEREY — The pattern is often repeated. A young person of Highland attends the local schools, is involved in sports and is a member of a church. He or she will work on the farm or at one of the local businesses. More ... The Little Switzerland Cloggers recently held their 20th anniversary reunion at the Burnsville Community Center where the team began. Just a handful of old members were able to attend. Those pictured are (l-r) front row: Kristie Cauley-Tucker, Shelly Roberts, Amber Botkin, Dorothy Stephenson, Megan Gibson, Jennifer Roberts-Peters; second row: Monica Daniels, Ashley Waggoner-Arbogast, Rebecca Landrum, Suzie Landrum, Brittany Young; and third row: Pat Gibson, Debbie Roberts, Connie Hammer, Crystal Stephenson and Wanda Roberts. (Photo courtesy Dorothy Stephenson) More ... • Highland's Economic Development Authority met Oct. 13, and its technical subcommittee reported receiving 350 responses (22 percent response rate) for the technology survey recently mailed to residents and businesses. More ... LEXINGTON — "Guiding Good Choices," a workshop series that teaches parents how to strengthen bonds with their children and reduce the risk that their kids will abuse drugs, is being offered at Bath County High School as a fiveweek session during October and November. More ... GOSHEN — High on the Mountain Boys, a high energy country gospel group, will present a free outdoor concert at the Mill Creek Café in Goshen, on Sunday, Oct. 25 from 3-6 p.m. More ... WEYERS CAVE — Blue Ridge Community College and the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network are working together again to raise the profile of hunger locally and abroad. The third annual Virginia Hunger Symposium is designed to raise awareness, and work toward solutions for a problem that plagues local communities, the nation and the world. More ... WINCHESTER — As the northernmost state in the Confederacy, the host of its capital, and a neighbor to the Union capital, Virginia was hotly contested throughout the American Civil War and saw almost one-third of the war's most significant battles, by far the most of any other state, according to the National Park Service. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Replacement of four culverts is scheduled for the week of Oct. 19 on the Dolly Ann Road (Forest Service Road 125.) The culverts are in the section of road from SR 606 north for 2.5 miles. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Spring and summer camping reservations for Bolar Mountain Campgrounds 1, 2, and 3 at Lake Moomaw are currently unavailable. More ... A coyote attacked Bub Rexrode of Monterey (left) in a barn near Burnsville last week. Rexrode and his assistant, Abby Hutchinson of Franklin, W.Va. (right), were painting the barn. Rexrode went into the barn where the coyote sought refuge after being shot sometime earlier by an unknown hunter. The coyote tore Rexrode's shirt before Hutchinson beat it to death with a two-by-four piece of wood. Hutchinson said she had hoped her first kill would have been a buck. (Recorder photo by James Jacenich). More ... RICHMOND —The State Corporation Commission is receiving public comments and has set a March hearing to consider the sale of the service territory of Allegheny Power to Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative. More ... WARM SPRINGS — The Bath County Public School's Local Special Education Advisory Committee meets four to five times yearly to discuss issues and concerns regarding children in the school division who require services disabilities. More ... |
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