2008-03-20

Community Calendar



Sheriff’s Report



Highland County ¦ March 12 – On standby for eviction process, Myers-Moon Road. ¦ March 12 – Conducted a wellbeing check, Potomac River Road. ¦ March 12 – Investigated a report of stolen property, Overlook Drive. ¦ March 12 – Responded to a report of gunshots, Cowpasture Road North. ¦ March 13 – Responded to a security alarm activation, Bullpasture […]

Six-year-old saves sister from drowning during recent rains



Editor’s note: These articles were gleaned from the March 30, 1967 edition of The Recorder. Joseph C. Pritchard was editor and publisher. The concern of a little boy for his younger sister averted tragedy for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. White of Vanderpool during the recent heavy rains and flooding conditions here. The story, just called to […]

Trout Season



Trout season is just around the corner. This Recorder file records a familiar image to Bath and Highland counties. (Recorder file photo)

25 years ago

MARCH 24, 1983

Initial grant application approval was received last week from the Appalachian Regional Commission for grant money to provide funding for construction of a medical center in Millboro. The $115,000 grant is composed of 50 percent federal and 50 percent local funding. The Bath County Industrial Development authority is to come up with $22,500 of the local share, with part of […]

50 years ago

MARCH 20, 1958

The April issue of Ford Times carries a four-page spread of color painting and a story by Caskie Norvell ,II, on Highland County entitled “Jewel of the Alleghenies.” The paintings were done by Horace Day of Staunton, director of art at Mary Baldwin College and show scenes on the Cowpasture and Bullpasture Rivers and the area known as Possum Trot […]

Highlanders need to pay attention to their words



Editor, The Recorder, One of my greatest mentors in life always taught me “when you look, be sure to see” and “when your hear, be sure to listen.” I try to apply these words of wisdom every day, and recently, I have thought deeply about this advice as it applies to the words and actions of our elected officials. In […]

Month of madness marches into April



Editor, The Recorder, I like the mischievous month of March, fickle though it may be – sometimes too cold to be really warm or too warm to be really cold. Not wanting to exert too much energy in the game, I sometimes gingerly rake a few leaves from a neglected flower bed and am surprised to see tender yellow-green sprouts, […]

Letters and prayers sustained the Reedys



Editor, The Recorder, The time is moving right along. At the end of March, we will be 31 days closer to the homecomings of Landon and April. Landon called and told us he is packed and awaiting the day he heads home. We are still not at liberty to reveal the actual date. The deployment is moving into the final […]

Home town is sweeter than maple syrup



Editor, The Recorder, I am a little like every other Highlander whose simple life gets a little displaced by the Maple Festival, with one small exception – I no longer live in Highland. If you ask me where I am from, I am likely to say, “I am from McDowell, Va., but I live in Staunton.” Still, I come home […]