2016-09-08

50 years ago

SEPTEMBER 8, 1966

• Kirk Billingsley, son of Dr. and Mrs. T.E. Billingsley of Monterey, and Corissa White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald White of Vanderpool, were crowned Master and Little Miss Highland at the Highland County Fair Friday. • The good fortune of fair weather again fell the lot of the Highland County Fair and crowds were the best ever. The […]

In brief …

Bath County School Board

• The Bath County School Board approved a field trip for the BCHS band to Orlando, Fla., Feb. 21-26. The band was accepted to perform at Disneyworld. Band director Melinda Hooker informed the board of several upcoming band events, including a quad-A competition at Stuart’s Draft High School on Sept. 24; a performance at the Cascades on Sept. 26; an […]

Make great corn on the cob

Camp Cookin’

MONTEREY – Pan sauteed scallops and corn on the cob: this is not a ham-handed meal but it sure is two-fisted, excellent for gentlemen and ladies arriving after an excursion or a long trek. Why present it in September, when good homegrown corn appears at farmers markets throughout the earlier summer? Two reasons. In our edition of April 21 we […]

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Bath school board approves policies, personnel



WARM SPRINGS — The Bath County School Board approved updates to two policies on Tuesday — its absence and leave policy and its leave bank policy. Superintendent Sue Hirsch explained updates to the leave policy were necessary because of changes in federal law. “The federal Family and Medical Leave Act is the big thrust behind this,” she said. “Those changes […]

Bath Relay for Life will go on



HOT SPRINGS – The organizers have come to call it “The Relay that almost wasn’t.” And that’s not far off the mark. Bath County’s Relay for Life has traditionally been in mid-August. Not this year. It is slated for Saturday, Sept. 24. Traditionally, the event ran all day and into darkness, when luminaria were set aglow around the perimeter of […]

25 years ago

SEPTEMBER 6, 1991

• A new activity bus should soon be rolling off the Blue Bird assembly line and heading our way, after a 3-2 cote by the Bath County School Board. “It sounds great; I’d love to see it,” said chair Christie Hardbarger. “But we’re scrambling here tonight for $2,000 to buy teaching materials.” • With five seconds left to play, Highland’s […]

BCHS showing improvement



HOT SPRINGS — The Charger volleyball team played a pair of home games last week, hosting the Riverheads Gladiators on Wednesday and the Buffalo Gap Bison on Thursday. Bath lost both games 3-0, dropping them to 0-5 for the season. Against Riverheads, the Chargers came out swinging, matching the Gladiators point for point early in the first set. The Gladiators […]

Pigskin Report



DENVER — Bath County native John Phillips is set to begin his eighth season in the NFL tonight (Thursday) as Denver hosts Carolina in the season opener. The veteran tight end overcame an ankle injury in training camp to secure a spot on the 53-man roster with the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos. The 6-foot-5, 251-pound Phillips finished the preseason […]

Charger golfers host Lee



HOT SPRINGS — The Charger golfers were back in action on Tuesday, hosting defending 1-A state champions Robert E. Lee for a match at the Upper Cascades golf course. Lee sophomore Thomas Ottani shot 41 to medal in the match, leading the Leemen to a team score of 184. The Chargers only had three golfers, so they didn’t qualify for […]