2019-05-30

2019-05-30 E-Edition

Another big win!

BCHS students impress pros at competition

HOT SPRINGS — Last year when Bath County High School won first place in the national KidWind competition, team members and coaches said their goal for this year was to win at national competition again. Mission accomplished. At this year’s competition in Houston, the Aeolus Project (Aeolus is the Greek god of wind) from BCHS won the Innovation Award for […]

Hayfields Farm to open for anglers, artists

Report summarizes potential uses for 1,000-acre McDowell property

McDOWELL — The Virginia Outdoors Foundation will open Hayfields Farm in Highland County to the public for two community events next month. The first will be a free fishing day on Saturday, June 8, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on a portion of the one-mile stretch of the Bullpasture River that runs through the property. The morning will be […]

Homestead pastry team creates battlefield cross

HOT SPRINGS — Battlefield crosses are a long-standing military tradition to honor the fallen. While the practice has evolved since the Civil War, battlefield crosses are created with the deceased troop’s rifle planted barrel-first into the boots with the helmet set on top of the rifle. This year, The Homestead pastry team decided to create a battlefield cross out of […]

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The Rockbridge Patriots Marine Corps League (Detachment 1351) Color Guard was invited back for a 10th year to present the colors, lay the memorial wreath (this year accompanied by representatives from Rolling Thunder Chapter 4) and raise the U.S. flag as part of the annual Memorial Day observance at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. Among many memorial activities during […]

Summer jobs available in Virginia parks

RICHMOND – From housekeepers to lifeguards to concession stand workers and contact rangers, Virginia State Parks is looking to fill seasonal positions across Virginia. Virginia State Parks will host millions of visitors between Memorial Day and Labor Day and will fill hundreds of seasonal positions to support those guests. “Seasonal employees are vital to the success of our summer season,” […]

Bath County High School Class of 2019

Turetha Alice Wimer Hiner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Turetha Alice Wimer Hiner of Nashville, Tenn., passed away on May 16, 2019, in at the age of 93, just one month short of her 94th birthday. She was born June 24, 1925. She spent 80 years of her life in Highland County. She was pre-deceased by her husband of more than 50 years, Owen G. Hiner; […]

John Luther McManamay

MOUNT SIDNEY — John Luther McManamay, 73, of Mount Sidney, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at his home. He was born in Hot Springs on Aug. 28, 1945, a son of the late Guy Arnold and Grace Brinkley McManamay. He retired from DuPont in Waynesboro, where he worked for 35 years. He served his country in the U.S. […]

Granvil ‘Tom’ Garland Griffin

McDOWELL — Granvil “Tom” Garland Griffin, 84, of McDowell, was reunited with his wife, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at the home of his son in Crimora. He was born Oct. 1, 1934 in Swoope, to the late Herbert Kenton and Hazel Fink Griffin. He was raised in Lone Fountain and graduated from Churchville High School in 1953. At 10:30 a.m. […]