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The Fluvanna County Volunteer Fire Department held a 16 hour LP Gas
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is especially hard for the volunteers to take because of the cost of fuel, limited amount of instructors, and limited resources. The class was requested by
the FCVFD Training Division and was approved by VA Department of Fire
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at the high school for the live fire evolutions that took place on the 24th. With
that said, we still would have had to raise nearly $4000 for the fuel to hold this
class. Tiger Fuel not only donated the fuel, but they also provided lunch, and
several employees to help us with this program. The Fluvanna County
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From the Editor
The Columbia Story
We hope you read the story about Columbia highlighted in this week’s
issue of the Fluvanna Review. The story of Columbia’s rise and fall and the
hope of rising again is well told by our reporter Tammy Purcell. Columbia
has fallen on hard times, but it’s also a hidden gem. Residents in Columbia
love the town, including 86-year-old Irene Newton who told Purcell, “I go
to [county] meetings and when people start downing Columbia, I jump up
and down like a beetle bug. We may have eyesores but no one has the his tory of Columbia and they never will.”
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Water and Sewer Rates Set, Refunds Due to Lake Residents
BY CARLOS SANTOS
EDITOR
Lake Monticello water customers –
though facing higher water and sewer
rates – will be getting a cash refund or
credit on their bill by Jan. 13, the
State Corporation Commission has
ruled.
That’s because the SCC’s final ruling on Aqua Virginia’s request for a
big water and sewer rate hike officially reduced the amount from the interim charged by the company since
December.
The SCC’s hearing officer, Howard
Anderson, recommended to the SCC
in September that Lake Monticello
rates should be increased by 18 percent for water and 41 percent for
sewer. In the original proposal by
Aqua Virginia, they asked the SCC to
raise rates by 40 percent for water
and by 50 percent for sewer.
That recommendation by Anderson
was substantially followed by the SCC
in its final order issued Monday (Nov.
1) though the base and usage rates for
both water and sewer were slightly
changed, resulting in about a 65 cent
a month increase from Anderson’s
recommendation – based on a 4,000
gallon a month usage rate.
Rates Set
Effective this week, the Lake
Monticello rate for water usage is
$14.89 a month plus $4.93 for every
1,000 gallons of usage. The average
usage per month is 4,000 gallons.
The Lake’s sewer rate is now set at
$29.58 a month plus $12.98 per
1,000 gallons a month.
If a Lake Monticello resident uses
4,000 gallons a month, the combined
monthly sewer and water bill should
be about $116. The interim rate for
the same usage was $127.
Andy Farmer, a spokesman for the
SCC, said the “overriding goal of the
SCC is not to cause rate shock to customers.’’
Complaint Letters
Over 1,300 Lake Monticello residents sent letters to the SCC opposing
the rate increase. Some complained
about service and water quality.
“Some customers submitted complaints during the course of the rate
case,’’ Aqua Virginia spokeswoman
Gretchen Toner wrote in an email to
the Fluvanna Review. “The SCC asked
Aqua to report on these complaints
and how we resolved them within 60
days.”
Farmer said the SCC also approved
of Aqua Virginia’s goal to move
toward a “consolidated rate structure’’ which would give many of the
company’s 17 water systems in
Virginia similar rates.
Aqua Virginia has said it needed to
increase water and sewer rates at
Lake Monticello because of the
repairs and enhancements required
by the aging water and sewer system.
Toner said in her email that Aqua
Virginia has “made many improvements to Lake Monticello’s water and
wastewater systems, such as fixing
and replacing leaking manholes,
replacing sewer pumps and generators, and adding a booster station to
increase water pressure. Many of
these improvements were required to
comply with environmental standards. Rate increases provide a way
for utilities to recover capital and
operating dollars so we can continue
to maintain and improve our systems.”
17 Water Systems
Aqua Virginia requested authority
to increase rates for most of its 17
water systems and four sewer systems subject to the SCC’s jurisdiction
and provide an additional annual
operating revenue of $3.3 million.
The company implemented this
increase on an interim basis on
December 13, 2009, according to SCC
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Zoning a Hot Issue
tive and prevent something like a
mini-Woodstock.”
However, there was some dissension among citizens. “In the future,
I hope they chose personal liberty
over ease of governance,” said
retired Lt. Col. David Tatmen of
Palmyra.
A Rural Zoning Task Force was
appointed in May of 2010 that will
continue to review aligning zoning
ordinances with the county's long
term goals.
“The public needs to be aware
that zoning ordinances help control land use, but zoning ordinances don't make good neighbors,” said Fluvanna County
Attorney Fred Payne. “In other
words, if you have a bad neighbor,
an ordinance is not going to make
them a good neighbor.”
BY KRISTIN SANCKEN
CORRESPONDENT
The definition of A-1 zoning, or
land in Fluvanna county that is set
aside for agricultural or general
use, was discussed at the Fluvanna
Board of Supervisors meeting
Wednesday, Nov. 3. Zoning is an
often overlooked issue that contributes greatly to a rural county's
development.
“This effects 94% of the land in
the county. If you think water is a
big issue, if you think economic
development is a big issue - this is
a huge issue that has swirled
around this county for a decade,”
said Daren Coffey, Fluvanna
County Planning Director.
After some debate and public
input, chapter 22 of the Fluvanna
County Code has been amended to
state that special use permits will
be needed on A-1 zoned land for
agricultural enterprise, agricultural
sales and wholesales, and outdoor
gatherings. However, private
shooting ranges, equestrian facilities, and private kennels (anything
more than 4 household pets) will
be considered a by-right use of A-1
zoned land.
“When you bring a definition to
it, it's easier to regulate,” said
Coffey. “We're trying to be proac-
In Other Matters
• The board meeting was the
first for Jay Scudder who started as
the new county administrator on
Nov. 1.
• A public hearing on a land
swap between Fluvanna County
and the Lake Monticello Owners’
Association has been tentatively
scheduled for Dec. 15. That gives
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In a press release, the SCC said it
received approximately 3,400 public
comments on Aqua Virginia’s application. Most customer comments
opposed the size of the company’s
proposed rate increase. Other customers noted that they had experienced problems with water quality or
Aqua Virginia’s customer service.
documents. Because the SCC has
determined that an increase of
approximately $2.1 million is reasonable, customers are due a refund,
with interest, on the amounts overcollected while interim rates were in
effect and will pay water and sewer
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Fluvanna News Briefs
One Injured After Car Leaves Road
One person was injured in Fluvanna County on Nov. 5 after the vehicle he was driving drove into a field near the intersection of Naylor Lane
and Rt. 600.
The vehicle was traveling on Rt. 600 around 8:15 p.m. when the accident happened. The vehicle struck a power-line pole before coming to
rest in the field. The driver-side door of the vehicle was cut off to extricate the injured man from the two-door sedan. He was taken to the
University of Virginia Medical Center by rescue squad. Lake Monticello
Fire and Rescue and The Fluvanna County Sheriff's Department were at
the scene. – David Stemple
Car Runs Off Road Near Rt. 618
A car ran off the road at the intersection of Rt. 600 and Rt. 618 about
11 p.m. on Nov. 5.
The vehicle was on Rt. 618 when it left the road, struck a guardrail
and then went down an embankment near the water treatment plant.
The driver appeared uninjured.
Lake Monticello Fire and Rescue responded to the accident. The fire
fighters stablized the vehicle using chains and a winch as rescue personnel helped the single occupant from the vehicle and helped him up the
embankment.
A dog that was in the vehicle also appeared uninjured and was taken
back to the Lake Monticello Squad building awaiting arrival of animal
control. – David Stemple
Fluvanna Building Permits Down Slightly
Fluvanna County building permits for the first nine months of 2010
are slightly down compared to last year.
“Basically we're about 10-15% down on home building permits. My
sense is that it's very typical, and fairly similar to the activity levels of
last year” according to Daren Coffey, the county’s planning director.
The building permit report was presented to the Fluvanna County
Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, Nov. 3.
The most building permits- 48 -were issued in the Palmyra district.
The Cunningham district had 11 permits issued, the Columbia district
had eight, Rivanna had six and Fork Union had five building permits
issued. – Kristin Sancken
Jobless Rate Dropped in September
The number of unemployed people in Fluvanna County dropped
slightly in September compared to the previous four months, according
to the Virginia Employment Commission.
Of the 14,170 Fluvanna residents identified as being in the workforce,
a total of 760 or 5.4% were unemployed during September. In August
the unemployment rate was 5.7%. In September of 2009 the unemployment rate was 5.9%.
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Scottsville Man Convicted of Blocking Train Track
• A Scottsville man is alleged to
have trespassed and entered two residences with the intent to commit a
A possible derailment on the CSX
crime on the night of July 9. William
railroad near the Hardware River
Russell Sturm was confronted by the
was averted when rail authorities
residents after he allegedly broke
detected an obstruction on the rail
into their home. Sturm left when told
track.
to leave. After he returned and
On July 22, Officer Thomas
engaged in the same conduct. Sturm
Duggan O’Dea was dispatched to the
will be arraigned on November 4 at
area after an employee of the railwhich time a bail hearing will be
road found several items on the
conducted.
tracks in the vicinity of the Hardware
• One of the defendants, who
in Scottsville. The employee also saw
went on a crime spree in Fork
a white van leaving the scene. He
union in May, 2010, entered 15
furnished the van’s license plate
guilty pleas on charges that
number to O’Dea.
included destruction of
The items found on the tracks
property, burglary, grand
included road signs, “road closed’’
larceny, felony eluding an
barricades and a large piece of sheet
officer attempting to
metal about two inches thick. The
make a traffic stop and
employee said the piece of sheet
three counts of assault
metal was placed in such a manner
on a law enforcement officer.
and was of such a size that it would
Richard Steven Burns will remain in
have derailed an oncoming train.
custody until sentencing which is
A potential derailment was averted
scheduled for Jan. 11, 2011.
when rail employees were warned of
• A co-defendant arrested with
the obstruction by a sensor device
Burns was sentenced to an active
that operates in the area.
sentence of 14 months which is the
O’Dea, based on the employee’s
midpoint of the sentencing guideinformation, went to the home of
lines that relate to incarceration.
Ryan Lee Church in Scottsville.
Tiffani Samyle Mashburn, who has
Church, 21, told the officer “he
been in custody since her May, 2009
would not admit to anything without
arrest did not address the court durassurances.’’ An accomplice, Lewis
ing the sentencing proceeding.
Wharton Jr. admitted his involveHowever her codefendant, Richard
ment to the offiBurns
and
cer. He signed a
Mashburn’s
statement regarddid
The items found on the mother
ing his involveaddress
the
court
tracks included road
ment
and
on her behalf.
signs, “road closed”
informed the offiMashburn must
cer that Church
barricades and a large remain on good
was
equally
behavior for 10
piece of sheet metal
involved in the
years after her
about two inches thick. release
activity.
from
Church entered
prison or face the
a guilty plea to the charge of unlawprospect being incarcerated for all or
ful obstruction of a railroad on Oct.
part of 16 year sentence that was
29 in Fluvanna County Circuit Court.
suspended. She will be required to
After hearing a summary of the evimake restitution in the amount of
dence against Church presented by
$18,318 in conjunction with her
Assistant commonwealth Attorney
codefendants. Another defendent,
Frank Terwilliger, Circuit Court Judge
Dakota Lee Davis will be tried on
John G. Berry determined that there
Dec. 9.
was sufficient evidence of defen• Indictments returned on Oct. 25
dant’s guilt. Sentencing has been
against a New Jersey woman resulted
scheduled for Jan. 7. Wharton is set
in 7 guilty pleas for forgery and credto be arraigned on Nov. 12.
it card fraud. Elizabeth Myers will
In other court matters:
remain in custody until her sentenc• An arraignment has been scheding which is scheduled for Jan. 7,
uled for Nov. 4 for a Palmyra man
2011.
indicted on Oct. 25 for selling
• The cases of three defendants
cocaine on three successive days in
who stole a Honda ATV belonging to
July, 2010. Ricky Ronald Kelley Jr.
a James Madison Highway resident
was released on bail after an attorwere resolved with two defendants
ney was appointed for him. If conentering guilty pleas and dismissal of
victed, Kelley faces a minimum senall charges against a third. Curtis Lee
tence of five years in the state peniSlagle, a resident of Staunton and
tentiary.
Jakob Lee Quick, a resident of
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CORRESPONDENT
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Lyndhurst, admitted the theft of the
ATV. Curtis and Quick drove to
Fluvanna with the intention of committing larceny. They both attested
to the fact that Daphne Quick, who
was indicted with them, had no
knowledge of their intentions. After
hearing a summary of the evidence
against Slagle and Jakob Quick,
Judge John G. Berry accepted both
pleas. Based upon testimony of the
lack of involvement of Daphne
Quick, Assistant Commonwealth
Attorney, Frank Terwilliger
requested dismissal of the
charges
against
her.
Sentencing of Slagle and
Jakob Quick will take
place on Jan. 7,
2011.
• A fourth defendant charged with
the ATV theft, Stephan Dale Byrd
received a 6 month active jail sentence for his part in the theft. The
sentence was part of a plea agreement between the commonwealth
attorney and defense counsel. The
commonwealth attorney negotiated
the jail sentence as part of the plea in
order to be assured that Byrd would
do some jail time. Byrd must remain
on good behavior for 5 years and will
be subject to a year of supervised
probation. He must pay restitution in
the amount of $2,600 before he can
be released from probation.
• Defendants who are convicted of
driving under the influence of alcohol and are granted a conditional
license must have an interlock
device installed in their automobile.
The device must be activated before
each operation of the vehicle. An
interlock device can detect the presence of alcohol on the operators
breath which if present prevents the
vehicle from being operated. Jason
Tyler Powell was required to have an
interlock device installed in his vehicle after he was granted a conditional license as part of his sentence for
driving under the influence. Powell
had not yet installed the device
when he was stopped for a traffic
infraction. Although Powell claimed
that an emergency at his place of
employment required him to drive to
Richmond before the interlock was
installed, Judge John G. Berry found
Powell guilty and sentenced him to
60 days in jail with 30 days suspended conditioned on Powell maintaining good behavior for 12 months.
Judge Berry ordered that the jail sentence could be served on weekends
beginning Nov. 5. Powell was also
fined $500.
Sheriff's Office
Weekly Activity Report
Oct. 31 – Nov. 6
Investigations Division
4 New Investigations Generated
within the Division
Types of Investigations
1 Adult Protective
1 Suspicious Incident
2 Disorderly Conduct
1 Investigations Transferred from
Patrol Division
Types of Investigations
1 Marijuana Distribution
2 Warrants/Arrests
2 Drug Distribution
27 Follow-ups
16 General Investigations
10 School Resource Officers
1 Drug Investigations
Judicial Affairs Division
Civil Process
116 Papers Received
136 Papers Served
1 Jury Summons Served
135 Other Served
Court Security
2 Court Days
2 Prisoner Transports
Patrol Division
31
17
11
18
15
0
26
13
10
Traffic Stops
Summonses Issued
Traffic Crashes
Criminal Warrant Service
Attempts
Arrests Made - 11 Felony / 4
Misdemeanor
Mental Health Cases
Civil Paper Service Attempts - 30
Served
Case Follow-ups
Reports Taken
Types of Incidents
1 Driving Under the Influence
1 Drug Possession
1 Motor Vehicle Theft
1 Breaking and Entering
2 Domestic Disturbance
1 Assault
1 FR-300 Crash Report
1 Destruction of Property
1 Larceny
Communications Division
Calls for Service
106 Total Administrative Calls
124 Total 911 Calls
Services Division
2 New Items Taken into Evidence
5 Vehicles Serviced
Types of Services
3 Oil Change/Service
1 Body Work
1 Axle Seal
The statistical information provided
in this document reflects a variety of
calls for service between the Sheriff's
Office, other agencies in Fluvanna
County and the general public. Due to
the various ways data is compiled for
statistical analysis, this document will
not reflect the specific data for every call
for service.
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Fluvanna’s Piano Man
BY PAGE H. GIFFORD
CORRESPONDENT
A second generation piano tunertechnician and former piano rebuilder, Roger Sethmann has been
tuning pianos for thirty five years. He
has seen a lot and literally heard it
all. But for Sethmann, tuning pianos
is music to his ears.
Sethmann is also a seasoned musician with a bachelor’s degree in
church music in organ and piano
and a master’s degree in organ performance
from
Shenandoah
Conservatory of Music, and a former
choral directors for the Lake
Monticello Coast Guard Auxiliary
Chorus
and
the
Fluvanna
Community Singers. He loves what
he does.
Tell us about piano tuning?
Sethmann: It’s an esoteric type of
profession and you have to have the
personality for it. A lot of patience is
required. You can’t rush tuning otherwise it’s a disaster. It’s a craft rather
than a profession.
There are three levels of piano
tuners. There are piano tuners, who
simply tune the piano but do not do
repairs. There is the piano tunertechnician, which is what I am, and
we not only tune but can make
repairs, replacing strings and so on.
Then there is the tuner-technician
and re-builder and they can refurbish old pianos. They can literally
tear a piano down and rebuild it with
a new pin block in a grand piano or
new strings, hammers and dampers
in an upright.
I enjoy it and I never have a slow
season even with a economy the way
it’s been.
Why is it recession proof?
Sethmann: When people are cutting back on their expenses, going
out less, then they will stay home
more and tune the piano and play it.
What pianos do you like?
Sethmann: There are always the
great manufacturers, like Steinway. I
have a 1905 Steinway but I’ve seen
some beautiful Yamahas, Mason &
Hamlins, Charles Stieff, Courier, and
even an 1893 Knabe. Wurlitzer and
Kimball were respected uprights and
the Germans, Czechs and French
have some nice ones too. I would
avoid those designed in China they
are not designed well and the pin
blocks are not good.
Where does one learn to be a
piano tuner?
Sethmann: My father had been a
concert violinist with the New York
Philharmonic but the depression
came and he began a business doing
piano tuning. He had a workshop in
the basement and at fifteen I started
watching what he was doing and
eventually apprenticed with him.
Some colleges do offer courses in
piano
tuning.
Shenandoah
Conservatory, Bridgewater (College)
and JMU (James Madison University)
used to and you can also apprentice
with a reputable piano tuner technician. I also worked for three music
dealers in the valley before going
into business for myself.
People have a hard time understanding that to become a piano
tuner, you do not have to be a musician.
What exactly does a piano
tuner do?
Sethmann: Piano tuning is the art
of making adjustments to the tensions in the strings of a piano so that
the instrument is in tune.
The meaning of the term "in tune"
in the context of piano tuning is not
as straightforward as it might seem,
as it does not refer to the assignment
of particular fixed set of pitches as it
may with other instruments. We use
what is called a Temperament, it can
be a tuning fork or an electronic
tuner. To tune, we do not use pitch
but a beat pattern. The only example
I can give is when a rock is thrown
into still water in a pond and creates
a ripple effect. If the ripples, in this
case sounds, are close together the
beats will be slower and if they are
further apart then the beats are
faster. Piano tuners learn to internalize these patterns through practice.
We then tune by octaves.
Fine piano tuning isn't just
mechanics. It requires an assessment
of the interaction between notes,
which is different for every piano,
thus in practice requiring slightly different pitches from any theoretical
standard.
What causes a piano to
become out-of-tune?
Sethmann: Piano tuning should be
done every six months regardless of
seasonal changes. New and rebuilt
pianos are the exception. These
should be tuned a minimum of four
times the first year.
Tuning is important for more reasons than good sound. Allowing a
piano to go or remain out of tune can
result in the need for extensive, and
expensive, repairs.
The piano is affected by temperature and humidity rather than being
played. I’ve seen humidity ruin more
pianos. Most houses have a humidity
level of 39 percent but it should be
kept at 42 percent otherwise if it is
any higher it effects the sound board
and pin blocks, rusts out the strings
and pins, warped keys and dryness.
Temperature affects the sound but
will not damage the piano. This is
why we can never guarantee a tuning because of the fluctuations in
temperature. I tuned a piano for
Wynton Marsalis just before the concert and the reason tuning is done
just before a concert is because of
the difference in temperature, the
hot lights, air conditioning or heat
and so on.
Dryness can affect the tuning
block. If the block dries out where
the tuning pins are located and the
pins loosen and spin around and it
cannot be tuned because of the lack
of tension.
Is there anything that can
prevent some of these
things from happening?
Sethmann: Yes, Dampp-Chaser
Piano Climate Control System can be
installed. These systems have thermostats and humidifiers and are set
at 42 percent humidity. If the humidity rises, the heat comes on to get rid
of the humidity. Some have a bucket
and a warning light when water is
low to add more, much like a dehumidifier.
What have been some of your
experiences with piano repair?
Sethmann: Usually replacing
strings. If one looks at the inner
workings of a grand or baby grand,
you will see a cast iron plate that is
designed to hold the 18-tons of pressure created by the tension of 200250 strings. Each string has 100-150
pounds of pressure.
It is rare but if the cast iron plate
breaks, that means it was not cast
properly to begin with and had a
crack in it.
I knew of a lady who bought this
beautiful German upright piano with
the brass candle holders. Beautiful
wood. She put in her truck but forgot
to secure it and when she turned a
corner the piano slid out and
crashed in the road. The wood made
a nice coffee table.
Roger Sethmann
You mention that you have
also performed some repairs
on pianos due to some
overzealous do-it-yourselfers.
What are some of those experiences?
Sethmann: Some pianists tune
their own pianos. However, in one
case the person used a socket
wrench on the pins and ruined
them. I use a special wrench for that.
How do you best care for your
piano?
Sethmann: Do not put them in
direct sunlight. I have seen them in
some unusual places, closets, bathrooms, and even dark rooms, so dark
you could literally stumble over it.
Do not let children bang on the key
board or if the lid is up, touch or
pluck the stings. Salt from the
human body can rust out the strings.
And don’t let cats play inside or set
up a bed. I found so much fur in one
piano.
What is your advice for other
would be piano tuners?
Sethmann: It takes about five years
to build a clientele through advertising and mostly word-of-mouth. I like
the unpredictability of this business.
It’s a crazy business.
To contact Roger Sethman,
call 434-589-1167
or e-mail him at
[email protected] or
visit his website at
www.vapianotech.com.
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Coats Donated in Operation Warm
The other two projects this year
included Bright Start For Kids in
which 60 second grade students
were provided backpacks filled with
The Rose Deborah Altschull
all the items deemed necessary by
Endowment For Youth completed its
the Fluvanna County School System
third project for this year on Oct. 20.
to start the school year.
With the help of Rotary Club memIn July the first project of the year
bers, fifty four winter coats were
was
completed: sending 11 students
delivered and donated to less fortuto
the
4H Summer Camp at Holiday
nate elementary school age children
Lake
Educational
Center
in
participating in Operation Warm.
Appomattox.
This
is
a
sleep-away
“The vision of this program is that
camp that allows students to learn a
every child wearing a new winter
variety of skills such as canoeing,
coat is healthy, able to attend school
archery, swimming, and more.
regularly and has strong self-esteem.
“As in the Operation Warm, these
The hope is that each child that is
other
two projects centered on
reached believes ‘I am of value,’ ”
selecting
children that are less fortusaid Cliff Altschull whose late wife
nate elementary
was the inspiraage school chiltion
for
the
“The vision of this program dren,” Altschull
endowment.
A l t s c h u l l is that every child wearing said.
The total cash
explained
that
a new winter coat is
outlay
from the
Rotary
Club
healthy,
able
to
attend
endowment
for
members
met
these
three
projschool regularly and has
with
Principle,
ects amounted to
Sue Davies of
strong self-esteem,”
$4,596 and the
Cunningham and
– Cliff Altschull
total amount of
C e n t r a l
funding from the
Elementary,
to
endowment
over
the
thirty months
donate the purchased coats. Some of
since
its
inception
is
$9,873,
accordthe elementary school children [not
ing
to
Altschull.
the actual recipients] were glad to be
“The endowment is looking forthe models for photographs.
ward
to doing even more and larger
This endowment is a part of the
projects
in 2011. If anyone would
Fluvanna County Rotary Club
like
to
be
a financial booster and
Foundation, though it is independpartner
with
the endowment we
ent in its accounting and fund raiswelcome
their
participation.
ing activities. It is named for eleDonations
of
any
amount
are more
mentary guidance counselor Rose
than
welcome,”
he
said.
Deborah Altschull, who passed away
Checks can be made out to The
from breast cancer in February
Rotary
Foundation of Fluvanna
2008. Her husband, Cliff Altschull,
County
with
a note in the memo secwanted her dedication to her stution
to
direct
the money to The Rose
dents to live on in the form of the
Deborah
Altschull
Endowment For
endowment.
Youth.
The
mailing
address
is Rotary
“She wanted to give those students
Club
of
Fluvanna
County
c/o
less fortunate a leg-up into the
Treasurer
25
Amethyst
Road,
world. The idea is to level the playing
Palmyra, Virginia 22963. All donafield so they can compete with their
tions are 100% tax deductible.
peers in all functions of life,” he said.
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Central Elementary Honor Roll
* Denotes all “A's”
Third Grade
Babbitt, Alejandra
Ball-Smialek, Ethan
Black, Loren *
Blackburn, Amy
Booz, Anne Margaret
Botkin, Ellee
Bourne, Hayley *
Bourne, Isaiah
Bowman, Eli
Bragg, Hunter
Brookman, Carter
Brophy, Logan *
Brown, A.J.
Brown, Meredith
Buglia, Caleb
Carlson IV, John
Carlton, Gabriel
Chambers, Devin
Chiovaro, Blake *
Chisholm, Ben
Chisholm, Kaylee
Cohen, Harper *
Craft, Amelia *
Creasy, Caleb
Custer, William Alden
Davis, Addison
Davis, Emory
Dech, Jason
Dela Cruz, Olivia
DeVault, Ford
Dillon, Ethan
Dillon, Wyatt
Divers, Alyssa
Dixon, Ryan *
Donovan,Asian
Dunn, Jacob *
Elliott, Kiara
Etchison, Seth
Fain, Mackenzie *
Finley, Keera *
Fraser, Carey *
Gentry, Kelsi
Grubbs, Maddie
Hackenberg, Drue *
Haislip, Madison
Hammons, Macie *
Hamner ,Addison
Hamshar, Nate
Harris, Anna *
Harris, Samuel
Harry, Jackson
Hart, Kiere *
Hartung, Ethan
Hartzog, Eli *
Hendrick, Ashley
Henning, Sophia
Henning, Will
Hill, Malachi
Hill, RosaLee *
Holtz, Bradley
Hoover, Trent
Houghtaling, Connor
Howard III, Leron Trey
Hughes, Amy
Hughes, Devon
Johnson, Darnell
Jones III, William
Jonkman, Shenandoah
Kent, Claire
Koczan, Leukas
Kritzer, Caleb
Lawson, Nicholas
Lintecum, Hatttie
Loving, Daja
Lowe, Carson
Lucas, Brandon
Lyons III, Charles Trey
Edward
Marlowe, Smantha
Marshall, Cameron
Martin, Iyanna
Martin, Quenton
Martinez-DeJesus, Melba
Michie, Trequan
Morris, Chloe
Morris, Hali
Morris, Zoe
Mundy, Gabriel
Nazar, Brooke *
Notman, Jocelyn
Nuckols, Thomas Killian
O’Dell, Megan
Pellicane, Alex
Peters, Ryan
Pfeuffer, Katelyn
Puentes, Isaac
Reese, Aaron*
Reid, Ledric
Riverea-DeJesus, Naylee
Roach, haley
Rush, Shatrice
Schroeder, Maksim
Scott, Kyia
Sechler, Katie *
Shelton, Lauren
Shepherd, Jules
Sherman, Tobias
Shields, Cameron *
Shifflett, Hailee *
Shifflett, Katelyn
Smith, Alexis
Smith, Daniel
Smith, Nathan
Smith, Sheridan
Stafford, Evynne
Sullivan, Mikaela
Swain, Breanna *
Talley, William
Tillman, MacKenzie
Tingey, Abril
Toliver, Alexander
Vickers, Ashton
Vickers, Riley
Wade, Trevor
Waguespack, Jillian
Warden, Nicholas *
Warner, Justin
Weaver, Isaiah
Wentz, Margarrette *
Wenzel, Irene
Wenzel, J. Ballard *
Wheatley, Taylor
White, Colin *
Whitten, Kaley *
Williams, Alexander *
Williams, Sierra
Wilson, Amina
Winkle, Kaitlyn
Wright, Mya
Yancey, Ethan
Zajac,Samuel
Fourth Grade
Algieri, Kyle
Anderson, Quinn
Ashton, Taileek
Baird, Tyler
Berry, Blake
Bland, John
Bledsoe, Emily
Bollinger, Roberto *
Bond, Shauna
Bossong, John
Boyle, Jason *
Braxton, Desman
Breeden, Austin
Breeden, Hannah *
Bridges, Samantha *
Brown, Morgan
Butler, Blair
Buttner,Elizabeth
Campbell, David Scott
Campbell, Kayla
Carney, Caleb *
Chester, Will
Conneely, Colin *
Conner,Sadie
Conti,Cyrus *
Crothers, Sean
Dillahunt,Autumn
Dillon, Kathleen
Dixon, Carter *
Dobrin, Lily
Donald, Hailey
Dynski, Ryan *
Elam, Sydney
Ellen, Korey
Elliott, Josh
Fisher, Briana
Floyd, Jacob
Fontanilla, Maggie
Garrison,Cassidy
Gary, Benjamin
Glasgow, Yavin
Goodwin,Gabrielle
Graves, Zach
Greer, Chance
Grubb, Kelijah
Haislip, Caroline *
Hamill, Justin *
Hannah, Zebediah
Haseltine, Nicole
Haynes, Trinity
Heide, Livi
Hoffman, Zach
Hotz, Phoebe
Hunt, Ashley
Jones, Morgan
Jones, Rhett *
Justus, Mason
Kenney, Aubrey
Kershner, John *
Kidd, Ethian
Kline, Cassidy
Koczan, Victoria
Kolczynski, Matthew
Ledford, Hannah *
Lehnert, Kaitlyn
Lehnert, Kyle *
Lemmonds, Logan *
Leyshon, Bayley *
Long, Andrew
Lowe, Avery
Lynn, Elijah *
Lytton, Brandon
Madison, Vincent
Marshall, Samantha
Martin, Colby
Martin, Cory
Mason, Grace
May, McCaleigh
McBride, Brianna
McDaniel, Jonathan
McGlothlin, Finnegan
Milliman, Syerra *
Mitchell, Carson
Morris, Mary Kathryn *
Napier, Lydiah
Naselska, Diana
Nazar, Madison
Newman, Graham
Newman, Jared *
Norcross, Laci *
Opie, Ahmad
Osborn, Erin
Patchett, Saige
Patterson, Olivia
Payne, La’Ajah
Phillips, Tori *
Pieno, Ashlee
Prater, Rocky
Reed, Delaney *
Reese, Emily
Riddler, Molly
Rogers, Haley
Rogg, Noah *
Rohleder, Christopher
Roth, Hunter
Scanga, Abigail
Scott,Taylor
Sebastian, Colin
Shefski, Zoe
Shelley, Kyra
Shifflett, Devon *
Shifflett, Jakob
Snead, Matthew *
Snoddy, Kent
Snow, Hanna
Spencer, Dylan
Sprouse, Emily
Stotsky, Meredith
Strickland, Olivia *
Tawney, Joshua *
Taylor, Cameron
Teacher Wins Video Cameras for Students
Fluvanna County High School librarian Kathy Craft learned last week that her
proposal to buy two Flip video recorders had been funded by U.S. Cellular
through its "Calling All Teachers" campaign, according to a school press release.
Craft’s proposal, titled “Flipping Into the Future with Technology,” asked for the
video recorders with accessories to help students complete technology projects.
The proposal read: “Access to these digital recorders will allow hundreds of
students a way to create projects that require critical thinking and collaboration
skills. Joining the world digitally is a skill that is required to be successful.
Digital hardware allows for creativity and will energize our students just as
Facebook, video games and virtual worlds ignite their imaginations. Two Flip
video recorders will not be enough for the future but enough to allow our students and staff leaders to showcase what can be done!”
U.S. Cellular’s response read: "Congrats! U.S. Cellular’s proud to fund your
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For more information about the project and how to submit a proposal go to
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Tomaras, Paige
Tomlin, Rhiannon
Trail, Rebecca *
Valashejerdi, Paul Nazari
Vandyke, Joseph
Walker, Christina *
Walker, Makayla
Wall, Katie *
Walton, Gracie
Watson, Noah
Welsh, Rebecca *
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White, Jayvin
Wills, McKenzie
Woods,Elizabeth
Wyant, Adam
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Amos, Tahirah
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Baber, Brennan
Barber, Gabriella
Beach, Timmy
Berry, Mallory
Bourne, Roy *
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Breeden,Dalton
Brookman, Taylor *
Brumbaugh, Mark
Burruss, Olivia
Cabrera, Kristen *
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Campbell, Trenton *
Carel, Madison
Carrier, Dylan *
Carter, Da’Shon
Cattanach, Kendra
Chervenak, Nicholas
Christensen, Braden
Clark, Casey
Cline, Alice
Cobb, Madison
Cobb, Shaun
Cook, Raven
Coppa, Noah
Craft, Cameron
Cristofaro, Emily
Davis, Lydia
DeMers,Bryce
Dobbins, Conner
Domecq, Derek
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Fahy, Gina
Fahy, Juliana
Feathers, Diana
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Foster, Jacqulyn
Franco, Melvin
Frederick, Camryn
Fulton, Frances *
Gonzalez, Mia
Graham, Conrad *
Graves, Bryce
Graves, Ethan *
Grimes, Caleb *
Grimsley, Madison *
Grooms, Brantazia *
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Hagan, Samuel *
Halpin, Grace
Hammond, Fergus
Hammond, Michelle *
Hamshar, Travis
Haney, Amber *
Harry, Thomas *
Hartung,Libbey
Haseltine, Kylie
Haug, Samantha
Heilman, Andrew*
Henderson, Georgia *
Henderson, Tykaijah
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Hightman, Rachel *
Hughes, Kacey *
Hummell, Abigail
Humphrey, Newlin
Jackson, Naomi *
Johnston-Carter, Victoria *
Jones, Caprice
Kennedy, Haley *
Kesterson, Alexis
Kidd, Hailee *
King, JaLyn
Kingrea, Chaz
Kirby, Lauren *
Klauder, Griffin
Koslowski, Caden
Kowalski, Kristen
Kreitzman, Christopher
Lamb, Justin
Leichtentritt, Sophia
Logan, Alex *
Ludwig, Joshua
Luevano,Victoria *
Madison, Kathryn *
Many, Rachel *
Marks,Jessica
Marshall, Jaelyn
Martin,Shannon
Martinez, Abby
Maupin, Morgan
Mayes, Joey *
Mayo-Pitts, Esa
McDonald, Kiersten
McLaughlin, Kieran
McNaul, Caylyn *
Moneymaker, Allison
Monger, Karson
Mooney, Ben
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Moore, Laura
Morris,Skylar
Muller, Sophie
Newton, Christopher *
Nichols, Seth
Nicholson, Devante
O’Brien, Brooke
O’Dell, Cameron *
O’Dell, Trevor
Pace, Kayla
Payne, Brandon
Perez, Jason *
Perry, Noah
Peters, Jason
Pfeuffer, Lauren
Reese, Hallie
Reimers, Jordan *
Reyes, Veronica
Rhoades, Cody
Richards, Cory
Riddle, Joshua
Sampson, Dylan
Scales,Caylor *
Searcy, Abigail
Sheets,Andrew
Shefski, Taylor *
Sheldon, Nick
Sherman, Abby *
Shifflett, Ricky
Shiflett, Madelyn
Short, Allison *
Signoretti ,David *
Silverman, Gage *
Skeen, Cameron *
Smith, Haley
Spratt, Deanna
Stafford, Madison
Stone, Melanie
Stopherd, Zackery
Strickland, Nathaniel
Stump, Tucker
Stutz, Jilian
Symmers, Peyton
Tawney, Mariah
Taylor,Jacob
Thomas, Sam *
Thompson, Sydney
Thornton, Yanesha *
Tinsley, Jayda
Ulrope, Lenny
Vernon, Joshua
Vickers, Sierra
Wagner, Brianna
Ward, Lysa
Waugh, Donovan
Welling, Riley
Wells, Sophia *
Wentz, Mallory *
Wood, Jacob
Woodford, Jayda *
Wright, Andrew *
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Order Central Elementary Yearbooks
BY HEATHER HICKS, FLUVANNA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
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Preorders for Central Elementary School yearbooks are under way. Books
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A Bump in the Road?
The ultimate dream of a young
Virginia teenager is to experience the
freedom of driving at the sweet age of
16, right? Well, maybe wrong. In the
past few months, Congress has been
considering legislation that would
push that dream farther back by raising the minimum age for a learner’s
permit to 16 and the minimum age
for a full-fledged license to 18. The
goal of this is to encourage safe driving. But as a practical matter, it would
mean most teenagers would be
forced to ride the bus possibly
through their entire senior year of
high school. So overall, would this
change be positive or negative?
“I think it’s unfair,” said FCHS freshman Jordan Benson. Most underclassmen at FCHS expressed similar
disappointment and frustration at
Congress’s apparent lack of faith in
the younger generation’s driving
abilities. To these teens, the
suggested increase in the driving age comes across as random and unnecessary. “It
makes me really, really angry
and it’s not fair at all,” said freshman
Morgan Shepherd.
However, as noted in a recent issue
of the school’s Blue & Gold newspa-
per, FCHS students have been
involved in three serious after-school
crashes already this year. Facts
like these would seem to support the proposed legislation.
Increasing the minimum driving age by two years would
“probably save thousands of
lives,” said social studies teacher
Chad Rose. “How many 16-year-olds
would you trust with your life?” he
added.
The Congressional sponsors of the
bill claim that tightening the driver’s
licensing standards
will keep people
safer on the roads.
According to the
National
Highway
Traffic
Safety
Administration,
teenage drivers have
the highest crash
rates among all age
groups. Statistically,
a driver ages 16-19 is
four times more likely to die in a car
crash than an older
driver. In 2006, 31%
of drivers killed in an
alcohol-related accident in Virginia were
between the ages of
16 and 20.
Today, cell phone
calls and text messaging may present
an even bigger threat
to teen drivers’ safety
The new Fluvanna County High School auditorium takes shape. Photo by David Stemple.
than alcohol. In a
High School
Construction
recent survey, 56% of American
teenagers admitted that they talk on
their cell phones while driving, and
48% of youth ages 12-17 reported
that they have been in a car while the
driver was texting. At the same time,
studies have shown that talking on a
cell phone while driving may cause a
teen driver’s reaction time to become
as slow as that of a 70- year-old.
The intensions behind Congress’s
bill are obviously good, but it is
unclear whether holding teenagers
back from driving an extra year or
two will actually help decrease beginning drivers’ accident statistics. “I
don’t think age is a good indication of
driving abilities,” said FCHS English
teacher Blair Steele. Will a new driver really be safer at 18 than he or she
would be at 16?
In addition, holding back rising
generations of teenagers from driving
could potentially lead to other problems. In Fluvanna County, many
school buses are notoriously overcrowded. Because the majority teens
of who could have driven their own
cars at 16 would now have to ride the
bus an extra two years, the buses
would be overflowing. The growing
population rate of the county would
only add to the problem. A demand
for larger buses would be inevitable.
Yet with recent budget issues, it is
unclear how this “advancement” in
school transportation would be funded. No one wants to hear about the
prospect of a local tax increase, but
the extra bus money would likely
have to come straight out of the people of Fluvanna County’s wallets.
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Spirit and Truth
Let’s Do Lunch
A RESTAURANT REVIEW FROM FLUVANNA
BY MONA ORANGE
BY THE REV. GREG SMITH
Churches and Nudist Camps
Recently I shared the following
story at a large gathering of Baptist
women. In his book, What God
Wants to Know, Bruce Larson tells
about a story from a family member
who was a conservationist. She and
her husband and her five-year-old
son were on vacation in Florida when
they saw a sign saying “Naturist
Camp.”
The
conservationist
assumed that a naturist camp was the
same thing as a naturalist camp, so
they stopped to check it out. When
they reached the beach, they learned
their error. The naturist camp was
actually a nudist camp, full of vacationers in the buff. Some swam,
some rode bicycles—in all their glory.
Eyes wide, and pointing at the naked
cyclists, they boy said, “Look Mom
and Dad. They’re not wearing safety
helmets!”
The women who heard this story
were delighted when I told them that
I intended to compare a close-knit
church with a nudist camp. We
don’t emulate naturists in every way
(hopefully), but there are some ways
that we’re similar.
First, in a close-knit church as well
as in a nudist camp, everybody
knows everybody else’s faults, flaws,
and embarrassments. The Bible says
“everything is naked and open to the
God to whom we must give an
account (Hebrews 3:13).” When
you’re in a faith community together,
you realize you’re all equal before
God. No one person has more value
than the others. God sees us all the
same.
Second, because everybody knows
everybody else’s blemishes and
defects, nobody has any room to
judge. There’s only one Judge, and
that’s God Himself. The good news
is that while we see our faults, God
only sees people who are made in His
own image. When we come to see
one another through God’s eyes
rather than the critical eyes of human
judgmentalism, we truly begin to live
in community.
Finally, may it be true of the
church, just as it was true of the nudist camp, that nobody wears any safety helmets!
Ministry is risky.
Ministry is dangerous. Reaching out
to care for people, ignoring their failings and imperfections, is a perilous
proposition. God doesn’t expect us
to wear helmets in the ministry, keeping ourselves safe. He expects us to
go boldly into people’s lives and
share His love.
I knew a church full of elderly
members that renovated its entire
facility. When the work was done,
one member was so excited about
the church’s ministry potential that
he suggested they open the building
up to be used by outside groups like
Girl Scouts and such. The church’s
response was, “We’ve got this beautiful facility now—the last thing we
want to do is have kids running
around getting dirty fingerprints on
everything.”
The people we care for have faults,
flaws, and failings. But so do we.
We can’t stand in judgment of
them—instead we need to charge
headlong into ministry, unshielded
from their humanity and dirty fingerprints. We need to make ourselves
vulnerable for the sake of their souls.
It is in this mutual self-exposure (of
spirit—not of flesh) that nudist
camps and churches have something
in common.
Greg Smith is the pastor of Antioch
Baptist Church near Scottsville. You
can
email
him
at
[email protected]. Check out
his blog at revgregsmith.blogspot.com.
Thai 99 II Restaurant and Bar
Once a month on a Tuesday, I go
with some gal pals to a movie, usually
some fun, romantic comedy, chick
flick. Sometimes there are four of us,
sometimes a dozen, and sometimes
even more.
We all take turns choosing a movie
and a place for lunch. This month’s
choice of restaurant was an old
favorite, Thai 99 II. And why is it a
favorite? Because the food is really
good, there is plenty to eat, and the
price is reasonable. And then there is
the décor and the service and more. So
let me explain about the experience of
my lunch companions and myself.
Although there is a whole menu to
choose from, we usually order from
the Lunch Platter Menu for $7.99. In
addition to an entrée, you also get a
vegetable spring roll, a bowl of soup,
and a dish of vanilla ice cream. You are
definitely not hungry when you leave.
There are 17 entrees to choose from
and you can ask for it to be prepared
mild, medium, hot or native hot (very,
very HOT).
I am a wimp when it comes to spicy
on a menu. I usually do not eat Indian
or Thai food because some restaurants
really overload their dishes with hot
and heavy spices. But Thai 99 II offers
you so many choices and when you
say mild they bring it mild. The food is
fresh and a few fresh spices add to the
taste. Your taste buds will be awake, not
overwhelmed.
The servers are very pleasant and
attentive. As soon as you order, the
crispy spring rolls and duck sauce for
dipping are brought to the table. Then a
big bowl of hot soup is set before you.
The soup is steaming and flavorful
with thin strands of onion, cabbage,
carrots and whole straw mushrooms.
Each entrée looked and tasted fresh.
Several of us ordered the rice noodles
and broccoli. Some of us had it with
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chicken or pork and others with meat
or shrimp (there is an additional charge
of 99 cents for meat and shrimp). The
broccoli was cooked lightly and was
crisp. But what made this dish really
special was the rice noodles. Although
they are broad, they are really light and
delicate. They almost melt in your
mouth, reminding Sheila and myself of
comfort food.
Myrna had shrimp with ginger sauce,
onions, mushrooms, carrots and rice.
She ordered hers medium hot and was
happy with the spiciness. Others in our
group thought that medium hot was
too hot for them, so take care when
ordering. Kathy had chicken with
cashews which is stir-fried chicken,
onions, and cashews with chili paste.
Kathy thought that the chicken was
cooked just right and the vegetable and
cashews were crunchy. Theda chose to
have four dumplings instead of an
entrée and was rewarded with delicate
flavors that she found delicious.
Thai 99 II has a colorful and relaxing
atmosphere. Simple wood tables with
black chairs are nice compliments to
the purple columns and the beautiful
gold tapestries and ornamental wood
carvings that hang on the walls around
the restaurant.
Please let me know what you think
about this restaurant and others that I
reviewed or suggestions for future
restaurants by sending me an email at
[email protected]. And
Let’s Do Lunch.
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Upcoming Events
Veterans’ Day Service
Just Us Concert
Civil War
Holiday Home Tour
The American Legion, Knights of
Columbus, VFW and Boys Scouts will
be conducting a Veterans’ Day Service
at the Dixie Memorial at 1100 at the
intersection of Rt. 6 and 15 north of
Fork Union on Nov. 11. If your organization would like to lay a wreath during the service, please contact Jim
Cullinan at 589-4551. A light lunch
will be served at the Legion post in
Fork Union after the ceremony.
“Just Us” will hold a performance
honoring all veterans on Saturday,
Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at Effort Baptist
Church, 7820 Thomas Jefferson
Parkway. Admission is free and donations will be accepted for Fluvanna
Meals on Wheels.
Bob O'Connor, from Charles Town,
West Virginia, will speak on the “Civil
War and the U. S. Colored Troops at
Andersonville Prison” on Saturday,
Nov. 20 , at noon at the Fluvanna
County Public Library. This event is
sponsored by the Central VA Chapter
of AAHGS and is free and open to the
public.
Tour five beautifully decorated
homes during the annual Lake
Monticello Holiday Home Tour,
Saturday Dec. 4 from 12:30 to 5 p.m.,
followed by a reception at the
Clubhouse. Advance tickets are $10
and include a tour map. Call Jean
Murphy, 589-5969. Tour proceeds benefit the Lake Monticello Beautification
Corps as they plant and maintain Lake
Monticello's public gardens.
Zion United Methodist Church will
hold a chili dinner on Friday, Nov. 12
from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. Proceeds will
benefit Fluvanna Habitat for Humanity.
$8 for adults, $4 for children ages 5 to
10. Children under 5 eat for free. Take
out is $5 per quart for chili, or $8 for a
full meal. Menu includes beef, vegetarian and turkey chili, salad, corn
muffins or bread, and homemade
desserts. 1674 Zion Road in Troy. 434589-1665 or 434-591-0618.
Columbia Fall Dinner
Columbia Elementary School’s
annual fall dinner will be held Nov. 12.
A spaghetti dinner will be served from
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (take-outs and
eat-in). Door prizes and raffles.
Holiday Bazaar
Cunningham United Methodist
Church will hold a holiday bazaar and
bake sale, Saturday, Nov. 13 from 8
a.m. – 2 p.m.
Art Association Show
The Fluvanna Art Association's annual member show will be hung in their
meeting room at the library for the
months of November and December.
There will be a public reception to open
this year's show on Saturday, Nov. 13 at
the library from 2-4 p.m.
Veterans’ Day Dinner
A spaghetti dinner will be held in
honor of Veterans’ Day with proceeds
going to Boy Scout Troop 138 of
Fluvanna on Saturday, Nov. 13 from 48 p.m. at the Lake Monticello
Firehouse. Donations will be accepted
for disabled American veterans.
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Evening, Saturday and early
morning appointments.
The Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Goatley of
Washington D.C. will be the guest
speaker at the Way of The Cross
Baptist Church at 579 Haden Martin
Road in Palmyra on Sunday, Nov. 14.
at the 11:00 a.m. worship service. He
is the Executive Secretary-Treasurer
for the Lott Carey Foreign Baptist
Mission. Lunch will be served following the morning services.
Flu Clinics
A free flu clinic will be held at St.
James Baptist Church at 17227 James
Madison Highway in Palmyra on Nov.
14 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Another free flu
clinic will be held Nov. 21 from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. at New Fork Baptist Church at
16 New Fork Church Lane in Palmyra.
Call: Fluvanna County Health
Department at 434-591-1960.
League to Meet
The League of Women Voters of
Fluvanna County will meet Tuesday,
Nov. 16 at the Fluvanna County
Library. The speaker will be Ben
Greenberg
from
the
Virginia
Organizing Project. His topic will be
"Legislative issues before the General
Assembly." Refreshments at 5:30 p.m.
Meeting at 6 p.m. Call Flo Marks at
591-0230.
Parents’ Night Out
Bybee's Road Baptist Church is
offering a parents night out to Louisa
and Fluvanna County parents who
wish to Christmas shop or eat dinner
out on Friday, Nov. 19 from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. Childcare is offered free of charge
for children through 5th grade.
Games, movies, activities and snacks
with adult supervision.
Call the
church office 434-589-2824 Tue. or
Thu. between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
4989 Bybee's Church Road in Troy.
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Chili Dinner
Guest Speaker
Spaghetti Dinner
A spaghetti dinner to benefit
Fluvanna charities will be held
Saturday, Nov. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. at
the Central Elementary School
Cafeteria. The dinner, sponsored by
the United Methodist Men of Palmyra
and Salem Churches will include
spaghetti and meatballs, tossed salad,
Italian bread, coffee or tea and homemade desserts. Dinner music will be
provided by Acoustic Cookin’. Tickets
can be purchased from Palmyra or
Salem United Methodist Men and cost
$7 for adults and $3 for children.
Fire and Rescue Driver Training
The Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire
Department and Rescue Squad will
offer an Emergency Vehicle Operators
Course at 10 Slice Road. The classroom coursework will be held during
two sessions on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8,
from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. The driving
range portion of the course will be
conducted Sunday, Dec. 12. Contact
Chief Lye at [email protected]. $25 fee.
For information about the rescue
squad, contact Chief York at: 589-6128
or 589-4108.
Wine Fundraiser
Gospel Concert
Byrd Chapel United Methodist
Church (Venable Road) at Kents Store
is having a supper and concert on
Sunday, Nov. 21. The Dixie Melody
Boys perform gospel music. Supper
at 5:30 p.m.; concert at 7 p.m. A love
offering will be taken.
Thanksgiving Meal
Memorial Baptist Church of
Columbia invites anyone in need of
fellowship and a Thanksgiving meal to
come on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25
from 12 to 2 p.m. for a hot meal.
Memorial Baptist Church is located
just off Rt. 6, at 50 Old Columbia Road.
Family, Friends Day
Evergreen Baptist Church will hold
its annual Family and Friends Day on
Sunday, Nov. 28 at 11:30 a.m. The
Reverend Dr. Elbert Ransom, Jr., itinerant minister, of The Lake of the Woods
Church in Fredericksburg will be the
guest speaker. Lunch served following
morning service.
Al and Cindy Schornberg, alumni
parents of Oakland School, are sponsoring a wine fundraiser to support the
school. Through the end of November,
the Schornbergs will make a dollar for
dollar donation for any purchases of
wine or gifts made at Keswick
Vineyard, 1575 Keswick Winery Drive
off of Gordonsville Road in Keswick.
Mention the Oakland School at the
time of purchase 434-244-3341,
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Community Holiday Celebration
Fluvanna Parks and Recreation will
hold its annual community holiday
celebration on Dec. 4 from 4 - 7 p.m.
Arts, crafts, entertainment, Santa, tree
lighting. Bring one non-perishable
food item per person for the MACAA
food bank.
Tree Lighting
Memorial Baptist Church will be
hosting the Columbia Community
Church - Christmas Tree Lighting on
Dec. 5 , starting at 4 p.m. with a
Christmas message, a meal at 5 p.m.
and Christmas tree lighting at 6 p.m.
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Lake Monticello Grey Foxes Finish Season
BY DUNCAN NIXON
CORRESPONDENT
The Grey Foxes organization at Lake
Monticello is undoubtedly the largest
men’s golf group in Fluvanna County.
This organization of senior golfers
includes a 9-hole group that plays
every Friday morning, and an 18-hole
group that plays every Thursday morning. On Monday Nov. 1, the Grey Foxes
held their annual year end awards banquet at the Ashlawn Grille.
Awards for the 9-hole group were
announced first. Stacey Barnard won a
gift certificate for recording the lowest
gross score for a 9-hole round during
the season. He recorded a two over par
36. Barnard also won a gift certificate
for recording the lowest gross score in
ringers, with a 34. Ringers is a yearlong tournament in which the best
score a player records on each hole on
the course is totaled to determine an
overall low score for the 9 or 18 holes
being played. This year, the ringers
competition was shortened due to the
use of temporary greens for the latter
part of the season. Accordingly, ringers
scores in 2010 were not as low as they
have been in the past.
Also winning gift certificates in the
9-hole group were: Joe Clark, for a low
net, single round of 28, and Jerry
Passer, for a low net ringers score of
23.
In the 18-hole group, Don Larsen
had the lowest single round gross
score with a one over par 73. The winner of the low net score for a single
round was Joe Carrera with a very
impressive score of 51. In the ringers
competition, Bob Stromayer recorded
the best low net score with a 68, while
Carrera was the winner of the low net
competition with a 50.
Gift certificates were also awarded to
winners in the individual competitions
that the Grey Foxes stage on the last
week of the regular season. In the 9hole group’s competition, known as
the Turkey Shoot, the winners were:
Doug Jewel, Billy Thompson, Gene
Riek, Tim Hipskind, John Howe, Joe
Clark, Gary Kuhns, Pete Christoffersen,
and Bill Hoppe. The 18-hole group’s
year end competition pits “seniors” v.
“super seniors”.
When players sign-up for this competition, they list their age, and the
younger half of the players are then
designated as “seniors” and the older
half are designated as “super-seniors.”
Individual matchups are then determined. It is important to note that
“super-seniors” don’t get any break on
their handicaps, and may be required
to give a significant number of strokes
to a younger opponent.
In this competition, the ‘seniors”
defeated the “super-seniors” in individual matches by 16-8. Super-senior
winners were: Rozire Crew, Lou
Cooper, George Robertson, Jim
Kintner, Tom Braithwaite, Bob Emery,
Joe Ronan and Lyman Drake. Winners
for the seniors were: John Horsfall,
John Korhonen, Larry Wolfe, Ken
Waller, Dan Atkinson, Jim Benner, Jack
Hartwell, Ron Whatley, Pete Taylor,
Don Wiltberger, Tom McCarthy, Paul
Seehaver, Phil Seyller Pete Ferensak,
Duncan Nixon, and Rich Barringer. All
gift certificates awarded are for $20,
some are redeemable at the Lake
Monticello pro shop, while others are
redeemable at the Eagles Nest restaurant.
The Grey Foxes charge members an
annual fee to belong to the group and
members are allowed to compete in
weekly contests as often as the member chooses to do so. Members must
maintain handicaps, so they must also
pay the annual fee required to maintain official handicaps. Weekly contests are determined by the coordinators of the 9 and the 18-hole groups.
Some of these contests are individual
competitions and some are team
events. A nominal fee is paid each
week by the competitors, and each
week the top performers are awarded
prize money that can be spent on merchandise at the Lake Monticello pro
shop.
9-hole group award winners Stacey Barnard, Jerry Passer and Joe Clark.
18-hole award winners Don Larsen, Bob Stromayer and Joe Carrrera.
Photos by Duncan Nixon.
Fluvanna Golf at Its Best
BY EMIL COLMENARES
A Great Time Was Had by All
Well, the frost on the pumpkin thawed in time for the
Lake Monticello golfers to have their year-end pumpkin
scramble. A great time was had by all of the participants
and four teams won pumpkins that are sure to provide the
filling for some pies.
First place was won by the team of Cherlyl Barrressi, Art
Hogmoed, Larry Roberson, and Bobby Taylor. Second
place was won by the team of John Baress, Jim Burt, amd
Barbara Totaro. Third place was won by the team of
George Bockman, Carol Fernandez, Jean Murphy, and Pete
Taylor. The pumpkin vine grew enough pumpkins to have
a fourth team winner. This team was composed of Chris
Hogmoed, Jerry Passer, Chet Senig, and Phil Sayller.
Congratulations to all winners and may they enjoy all the
trimmings with their pumpkins.
The superintendent has now opened the # 3 hole and
# 10 hole to give our golf course 18 holes again. The other
sixteen greens are coming along fine and are being given
a little more time to let the root system develop. Hang in
there golfers, time will pass quickly during the winter and
you will be proud of your golf course. The cool weather
has help the growth process. The fifth hole soil that
makes up some of the rough has been planted and shows
signs of greening up. Grass would be most welcome in
areas that have been barren so long. Great job Dick Bushey.
Our blue tee on # 12 is getting some consideration and
if a decision is made to open it, it will give us one of the
finest holes on the golf course. It would test all of your
skills with its hazard on the left and the woods on the
right. Let’s encourage the opening of this great hole and
help support the effort to re-open it.
Keep posted on winter programs by keeping in touch
with the Pro shop, reading the Friday Flyer, and looking for
updates in this column. Please report any tournaments or
programs that our many organizations are planning, Call
me at 434-589-3098 to give us information so that we may
include you in our column. The Fluvanna Review is most
supportive of our golf program and would welcome any
announcements and news. We all are looking for great
golfing in 2011 so sharpen up your game and challenge
the golf course.
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Fluco Sports in Review
Honoring High School Seniors
BY MICHAELA CRITZER AND KAT DITTA, FLUVANNA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
JOURNALISM PROGRAM, The students have compiled this information with oversight from
coaches Nick Ward and Darren McCauley and with journalism teacher, Elizabeth Pellicane.
Volleyball
Cross Country
They came and they conquered. On Nov. 2, the
Fluvanna volleyball girls suffered a blow from the
Monticello Mustangs during their quest for victory.
The scores were 17-25, 17-25, and 24-26, with
Monticello winning every match during the game.
However, on Nov. 4, the Flucos stepped up their game
to beat out Louisa. As they lost the first two matches,
19-25 and 22-25, the Flucos understood that they
needed to pick up their game. Junior Emily Farina
said, “The fear of losing forced us to pick it up.”
When asked how the team performed overall,
Farina said that they “came out a lot stronger, and got
up a solid amount through the entire game.” The
team hoped to learn from their last two games in
order to defeat Broad Run in the regional tournament
held on Nov. 8. Junior Terry Crickenberger said, “We
learned that we really want it, and we want to go far.”
Unfortunately, the Flucos lost to Broad Run, ending
their season.
Not one, but two! Freshman Brooke Haislip and
sophomore Chris Markham both competed in regionals on Nov. 4. “The course was extremely difficult,
and to make it worse, it was pouring down rain,” said
onlooker Rachel Salanova. Neither athlete was able to
place in the final standings, but despite the horrible
conditions, both were able to improve their times.
Overall, throughout the season the team improved
many times, and made great strides that will set the
tone for next year’s season. Look out, Jefferson
District!
Cheer
Cheer loud, with enthusiasm, and poise. This is
how the Fluvanna cheer squad performed at the
regional competition on Nov. 6. Coming from districts, Coach Howard-Gough said, “They have made
some changes in their routine to include more elite
stunts.” In addition, senior captain Rachel Liles said,
“We saw [from districts] that we needed to improve
our stunts, and make them more difficult.” Placing
second in districts, the squad hoped to compete
intently in order to place well in regionals. The
Fluvanna cheer squad placed in the top 10 and they
scored higher overall than in districts. Generally, it’s
harder to place in regionals because whoever wins
the regional competition usually wins states. On a
positive note, junior Aesia Tolliver said, “It was a fun
experience.” From second in districts and placing in
the top 10 in regionals, the cheer squad successfully
completed their season strong setting the pace for
next year’s season.
Coach Darren McCauley and his wife Aime
McCauley with their son Cody.
Football
After a strong victory against the Black Knights, our
Flucos were full of pride and confidence going into
their final game. The last game of the 2010 season
was against the Louisa Lions, the district champions.
The final score was 44-0 in Louisa’s favor. Even
though they came up with a loss, our Flucos finished
their season with their heads held high. Senior Josh
Barringer concluded the season saying, “I think we
did well this season. We did things differently around
here, and it made a difference. We won one more
game than last year, which was an improvement.”
Barringer, added, “On the plus side, this year’s seniors were sent out with their first homecoming game
win in six years. Look for Fluvanna football to continue to thrive next year, as they will do big things with
how the program has turned around.”
Sharon and Anthony Edmonds
with their son Aric.
Fluco Night
Fluco Night is back for the month of
November. This Saturday, Nov. 13 from 12-3 p.m.
at Marisella’s Restaurant, 10% of sales will be
donated to the Fluco Society to support Fluco
athletics. So far this year the Fluco Society has
helped the football team get a kicking net and
the wrestling team get a throwing dummy. Find
more information at flucosociety.com.
Beth and Stacy Barringer with their son Josh.
The Fluco football team sweeps the field before the Louisa football game. Photos by Fluvanna Sports Photography. www.FluvannaPhotos.com
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River Town Seeks Its Former Glory
Photo by Lisa Hurdle
At the confluence of the James and Rivanna rivers,
Columbia was once a thriving port.
Now, residents are grappling with how to revive it.
BY TAMMY PURCELL
CORRESPONDENT
The Town of Columbia is dotted
with dilapidated houses and vacant
buildings with peeling facades,
crumbling porches and sagging
roofs. Its main thoroughfare, St.
James Street, known as Rt. 6 outside
of the town limits, is lined with
makeshift apartments, shabby single-family homes, abandoned commercial structures and empty lots
that barely hint at the community’s
prominent past.
But a transformation could be on
the way.
Nestled at the confluence of the
James and Rivanna rivers in eastern
Fluvanna County, Columbia was
once a thriving town. Its location at
the nexus of the James River and
Kanawha Canal and the Rivanna
Navigation System made it a busy
port throughout much of the 19th
century. Produce, tobacco and
other goods floated past the town’s
banks, and mercantile stores, repair
shops and a state tobacco inspection
warehouse bustled with townspeople and travelers.
When the canal system was abandoned in 1880 and, in the mid 20th
century, the railroad discontinued
passenger service along the tracks
that hug the James, Columbia began
a slow decline. But it was severe
flooding that struck the hardest
blow.
A portion of Columbia, including
much of St. James Street, lies in the
100-year floodplain and heavy rains
in 1969 and ’72 left the corridor’s
businesses and homes ravaged.
Store owners shut their doors for
good and the street sunk into blight
and decay. According to the 2000
census, Columbia is now home to
just 49 residents, making it Virginia’s
smallest incorporated town.
Columbia’s steep streets rise
quickly from the rivers’ banks and
floodplain. The homes and buildings perched above the James and
Rivanna offer a peek at days gone by.
Four churches, three of which date
to the 19th century, still draw dozens
of congregants to the town on
Sundays, and a smattering of historic
homes like the circa 1790s “Mayor’s
House” are carefully maintained by
their owners.
residents see Columbia as a town
with potential but in desperate need
of help.
The Hammonds got involved in
town government not too long after
relocating with John eventually
becoming mayor and Kerry joining
the Town Council. “[I got involved]
because of stuff like this,” John says,
standing at the edge of St. James
Street on a recent afternoon and
motioning toward the tattered buildings and empty lots. “I wanted to
get something done.”
See Columbia, Page 26
The Hammonds
John Hammond and his wife,
Kerry Murphy-Hammond, cherish
this side of Columbia. Five years
ago, they bought the “Mosby House,”
a cozy ‘40s-era abode that sits on
high
ground
providing
the
Hammonds river views and convenient access to a natural playground
where they can wile away summer
afternoons tubing and paddling
along the James.
The Hammonds were drawn to
Columbia largely because of its location, equidistant from Richmond and
Charlottesville and in a beautiful natural setting. The couple and other
Mayor John Hammond stands in front of the Columbia Town Hall.
Photo by O.T. Holen.
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Photo by Lisa Hurdle.
(Above and below) Parts of Columbia have fallen on hard times. Photos by Lisa Hurdle.
Martha Belete holds her children Meron and Brook Nega inside the
Columbia Corner Market. Photo by Lisa Hurdle.
A shuttered Columbia business on Rt. 6. Photo by O.T. Holen.
A meeting room inside Columbia's historic town hall.
Photo by O.T. Holen.
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Columbia from Page 24
Big Changes
Now the Hammonds and other officials are looking to make big changes
that, over time, could radically transform Columbia. The town, working
in conjunction with the Thomas
Jefferson
Planning
District
Commission and Fluvanna County
Grants Administrator Pat Groot,
recently received a $25,000 planning
grant from Virginia’s Department of
Housing
and
Community
Development. The grant is aimed at
evaluating Columbia’s revitalization
needs with a particular focus on
housing and infrastructure along St.
James and surrounding streets, where
residents, many of whom lease their
properties, have complained of faulty
septic systems, poor insulation, leaky
roofs and other problems.
The grant is the first step toward
securing additional funding from
state and federal agencies that would
address housing, safety and aesthetic
issues along St. James. According to
Groot, if the town is able to leverage
funding through FEMA, which provides grants for “flood loss mitigation,” it could receive between one
and four million dollars.
Town officials and their partners
are only beginning to explore the
possibilities for Columbia. As part of
the planning grant, TJPDC compiled a
detailed
report
that
broadly
addressed the town’s revitalization
needs and specifically assessed housing and building conditions via
inspections and surveys. Town leaders and grant team members held
public meetings to solicit residents
and property owners feedback.
Hammond also reached out to local
churches and community groups.
The TJPDC report starkly depicts
the poor living and building conditions in the St. James corridor. In
occupied homes and apartment
buildings, the report cites both cosmetic and structural issues including
slipping shingles, cracked and deteriorating foundations, crumbling chimneys, holes in exterior walls, sagging
porches and a lengthy list of other
problems. Vacate buildings and the
town’s lone convenience store have
similar issues.
The TJPDC staff distributed housing
assessment surveys to the town’s 27
residences.
Respondents complained of perpetual flooding, which
has damaged their basements, ceilings and yards, the stench of sewage,
and poor water quality, among other
problems. Some said that their water
tastes or smells like feces and a handful reported that their stoves, toilets
and bathtubs do not work properly.
Thanks to a $720,000 grant from
DHCD awarded in 2002, the town
recently completed a new and
expanded pump-fed water system,
dedicated just last week. The grant
also provided funding to address
water quality issues so officials
believe some of these problems have
been remedied. Still, the report concludes that many homes in the floodplain are “substandard” and the residents “simply lack the [economic]
means to improve their situation.”
Re-envisioning Columbia
Town officials and grant team
members are trying to re-envision
Columbia. In part because federal
funding does not allow for renovations in a floodplain, they are considering demolishing buildings and
homes along the St. James corridor
and moving residents to affordable
housing on higher ground. “If you
tear down these buildings, what are
The old Columbia Post Office. Photo by O.T. Holen.
Photo by Lisa Hurdle.
you going to put in their place? What
is it going to look like in the future?
If there is a way you could rebuild
slightly out of the floodplain, would
there be homes? Would it be mixeduse or is it all green space? [These are
things] we will have to figure out,”
John Hammond says.
Groot points to the flood control
and revitalization efforts in Grundy,
Virginia as a possible model for
Columbia, albeit on a different scale
given size and geographic differences
in the towns. In Grundy, which lies
along the Levisa Fork River in southwest Virginia, structures in the floodplain were razed and downtown was
relocated to elevated land.
Talk of tearing down homes and
apartments has sparked fear among
some Columbia residents. But town
leaders insist no one will be displaced. “I think there is a misconception that we are trying to take
everyone who lives along St. James
and move them out of town. We want
to improve the quality of life here. We
want people to have something they
can be proud of and enjoy living in...I
think now folks are starting to figure
out that we are trying to do the right
thing,” Hammond says, adding that
the town is exploring building affordable housing, perhaps in conjunction
with the county, in other parts of
Columbia.
If Columbia officials do raze buildings along St. James, they must pay
“fair market value” for the properties
as the grants do not allow for imminent domain. But Hammond warns
that it is too early for such discussions.
The Hammonds and others hope
the grant process will generate
renewed interest in Columbia and
eventually draw residents, businesses
and tourists. The mayor points out
that the expanded water system currently serves 27 households but has
the capacity for 100. It also offers
much needed fire protection as many
of Columbia’s old buildings have
burned over the years.
The Arvonia Christian Fellowship Thrift Store #2 in Columbia. Photo by Lisa Hurdle.
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Other changes are afoot in and
around the community. Renovations
on the Town Hall, funded by the
Columbia Historic Foundation, are
just getting underway. A few miles
away, in Goochland County, a winery
has opened its doors.
James and Debra Kurre’s application for a Special Use Permit to operate a small “commercial country village” on 31 acres along Route 659
about a mile and a half north of
Columbia will be the subject of a public hearing at the Fluvanna County
Planning Commission’s November
15th meeting. The village could
include a Bed and Breakfast, small
restaurant, commercial amusement
and other amenities. Debra Kurre
declined to provide details about the
application but expressed enthusiasm for Columbia’s revitalization
efforts and described her project as
“complementary.”
Harry’s Hopes
Richard Harry, Sr. owns 16 buildings in Columbia, many of which lie
along St. James Street and are cited in
the TJPDC report.
Like the
Hammonds, he was attracted to the
town because of its location and, as a
real estate investor, its possibilities.
Harry doesn’t reside in town but he
has a vested financial interest in its
future and plenty of ideas about its
prospects for revitalization.
When Harry bought his buildings
about 11 years ago, he hoped to
revamp the town, drawing visitors,
residents and businesses by highlighting Columbia’s history. He
wanted to turn the old tavern, located
just steps off St. James Street, into a
museum, bring mules to town to pull
tourists along what was once the
Kanawha Canal and perhaps restore
the local ice house where 100-pound
ice blocks were once produced for
delivery throughout the area.
Those plans never materialized
because, as Harry puts it, “It takes a
lot of money to fix these places up
and I don’t have deep pockets,”
adding that he has been unable to
find anyone willing to partner with
him, be it town officials or investors.
Now a real estate sign stands in front
of the one-time tavern, which has
since been condemned.
Harry did manage to find tenants
for a number of his residential properties, noting that all of his buildings
were vacant when purchased but 12
are now occupied. “Columbia is
worth saving from both a commercial
and historical viewpoint. It is a
shame people just want to tear down
and destroy,” he says of the potential
plans to raze buildings in the floodplain. “[Town leaders] have tunnel
vision. They don’t want to listen to
any alternatives.” One such alternative, Harry says, is exploring ways to
contain flood waters.
Local officials insist that they have
always been willing to listen to anyone with an interest in the community and that a range of ideas are being
considered. “Mr. Harry has not shared
his opposition with any of the
Council members or planning grant
management team members at [our]
meetings. He has not presented any
improvement ideas. We would be
more than happy to hear any plausible improvement ideas from Mr.
Harry or any of the residents,” Kerry
Murphy-Hammond wrote in an email
message.
The Hammonds say they don’t
want to alienate Harry. Presently,
they say, the town would simply like
for him to adequately maintain his
properties. Officials recently filed a
complaint with the Fluvanna County
Health Department concerning septic
issues in a multi-family residence,
owned by Harry, at the corner of St.
James and Washington Streets.
Workers have hand-pumped the
system to clean it on two occasions in
recent weeks, Hammond says, raising
fears that sewage is contaminating
waterways. “There is a stream
through town that runs into the
Rivanna and the Rivanna runs into
the James. Any sort of thing like
that, whether it is chemicals or
human waste, is going to get into the
river quickly. We just don’t want that
to happen.” the mayor says.
According to Harry, he “works on
[his buildings] everyday” and is
“working with the health department” regarding the town’s complaint.
Oldest Resident
Irene Newton, 86, has lived in town
for 80 years, acts as its unofficial historian and proudly calls herself
“Columbia’s
oldest
resident.”
Newton resides in a large brick home
on Cameron Street with sweeping
wintertime views of the James. She
spends plenty of time on her front
porch, entertaining visitors with all
sorts of historic tales.
When it comes to local lore,
Columbia provides Newton with lots
of material. Point of Fork, the historic spot where the James and
Rivanna converge, is just a stone’s
throw from the town’s main drag and
has been an attraction for centuries.
Before the encroachment of white
settlers, Point of Fork was named
“Rassawek” by the Monocan and
served as the tribe’s capital. It was
the site of a skirmish in the American
Revolution and, in the 1780s, home
to a U.S. munitions arsenal.
Point of Fork was renamed
Columbia after The Revolution and
officially incorporated in 1788.
Local historians say that, when
Virginia’s capital moved inland from
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church. Photo by Lisa Hurdle.
Williamsburg, Richmond edged
Columbia by just a few votes.
Columbia was a boomtown in the
canals’ heyday and, thanks to a passenger rail depot. lumber yards and
other industry, held its own throughout the early 20th century. Newton
moved to Columbia at just six years
old and her family ran a general mercantile store along St. James.
Sitting on her front porch on a
warm autumn afternoon, Newton
talks about Columbia’s busier times,
showing off a handwritten list of 52
businesses that once existed in town,
from dentist and doctor’s offices to
repair shops and grocery stores. From
her personal archives, Newton shares
old photos of the town, including one
of Columbia’s last police sergeant.
Because the sergeant was illiterate,
locals were required to write their
own tickets. The Hammonds have
the sergeant’s gun at their home as it
is passed from one mayor to the next.
While
Newton
cherishes
Columbia’s better days, she intimately understands its troubles and hard-
ships, particularly its floods. “I
remember my mother going into her
store in a row boat trying to save
shoes from a high shelf. I thought
she was going to drown,” Newton
recalls. Her family’s store reopened
after the 1969 flood but couldn’t
recover when the waters raged again
in ’72. “I was raised in the general
mercantile business and I have a son
that would love to run a country
store. [If not for the floods], I feel like
he could be,” she says.
Newton envisions a day when all of
Columbia will be on higher ground,
when the floods that destroyed her
family’s business and the shops and
homes of neighbors will no longer be
a threat. “I hope we get this funding
and I certainly think we are deserving,” she says. “I go to [county]
meetings and when people start
downing Columbia, I jump up and
down like a beetle bug. We may
have eye sores but no one has the history of Columbia and they never
will.”
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59 Zions Crossroads Laundry
60 Zions Crossroads Store
61 Ferncliff Exxon
62 Kent's Store
63 Kent's Store Post Office
64 Ferncliff Market, Rt. 250
65 Rivanna Gear & Apparel-Pantops
66 Christian's Pizza-Pantops
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CONTRIBUTED BY
GLADYS ALBRIGHT
Fluvanna County Habitat for
Humanity recently dedicated their
twelfth Habitat home in Fluvanna
County. More than 50 friends, family,
Habitat volunteers and board members attended the dedication ceremony held at the newest Habitat home
on High Mountain Acres Lane. The
newest Habitat family is Kimbley
Bruce and daughter Alecia.
On this beautiful fall day, everyone
was welcomed by Fluvanna Habitat
President Mike Himes. The invocation was given by the Rev. Justin
House from Evergreen Baptist
Church. President Himes, who also
served as the construction foreman of
this home, noted that this house like
all Habitat homes in the High
Mountain Acres sub-division was
built to Earthcraft (energy efficient
and environmentally responsible)
standards which will save our Habitat
families considerable amounts in
home energy costs. He thanked all
those who worked on the house,
including the homeowner, who was
out there most every weekend.
Nancy
Till,
Habitat
Family
Advocate, introduced Kimbley and
daughter Alecia, telling the crowd
what a pleasure it was to work with
this worthy family. A teary eyed
Kimbley thanked everyone who has
helped to bring this house to completion and said she is so happy to be
part of the Habitat Family.
Habitat President Mike Himes presents a doll house – a replica of the
Habitat home – to Alecia Bruce, daughter of new homeowner Kimbley Bruce.
Habitat Family Advocate Nancy Till looks on. Photo by Jeff Cook.
President Himes then presented
Alecia with a doll house, made by
Habitat construction volunteer Bob
Gordon, which is an exact model of
the Bruce Habitat home.
The Rev. Emanuel Harris, Pastor of
New Fork Baptist Church and a
Habitat Board member, presented a
bible to Kimbley. Bernice Gibson of
South Plains Presbyterian Church, a
Habitat Covenant Church, presented
a hand stitched wall hanging.
The Rev. House then blessed this
newest Habitat home and the newest
addition to the Fluvanna habitat family. “This is a great day for another
Fluvanna County family and for
Fluvanna Habitat” said a former
board member. Himes ended the dedication ceremony by adding “With all
our perspiration and Kim’s inspiration and now Rev. House’s dedication
we have turned this house into the
Bruce family’s home.”
Field Attends American Legion National Convention
CONTRIBUTED BY
Lewis Field, a member of the
Fluvanna County American Legion
Post and State Vice Commander,
recently attended the American
Legion’s
92nd
National
Convention held in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
In addition to interacting with
Legion members from overseas
and other states, the convention
allowed for discussions of the last
year’s programs and how proLewis Field (left) at the American Legion National Convention with
grams over the next several years
Vice Commander Gerald Rhoads, State Commander Mike Mitrione,
will be run.
Vice Commander Buck Owen and State Adjutant Dale Chapman.
Business conducted included
awarding national awards to the
The American Legion is comprised of veterans continu2010 Eagle Scout of the Year, Oratorical Contest Champion
ing
to serve their communities through their membership
and service awards. The Convention received great talks
and active promotion of the Legion's four pillars of service
and presentations from Secretary of Defense Gates,
- a strong national security, veteran’s advocacy,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Shinseki, House of
Americanism and patriotic youth programs. For informaRepresentatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and House of
tion on local Fluvanna County Legion programs or if interRepresentatives members Bob Filner, Steve Buyer, John
ested in joining, please contact Post Adjutant Lewis Field,
Boehner. All gave thought provoking and informative
434-989-2031 or visit us at www.alpost2003.org.
speeches.
FluvannaReview.com
Property Transfers
Property transfer deeds are provided
by the Fluvanna County Circuit Court.
09/24/10
•Hauser Homes, LLC to Hauser,
Robert M. & Kendra M.; 2421 Ivy
Road, Charlottesville, Va.; Book: 826,
Page: 619. $1,821,752. Deed of
assumption.
•Hauser, Robert M. & Kendra M. to
Shrs, LLC; 2421 Ivy Road,
Charlottesville, VA; Book: 826, Page:
629. $1,821,752. Deed of assumption.
09/27/10
•Guerra, Oscar & Millie M. to
Guerra, Millie M.; 2008 Kersey
Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23503; Lot 577,
Phase 3, Lake Monticello, Deed of
gift.
•Hayward, Harold S.; Jr. & Mary An
to Hayward, Harold S.; Jr & Mary
An; 64 Dogleg Road, Lake Monticello,
Deed of gift.
•Cheves, Brenda P.; to Cheves,
Brenda P. ET AL; 8 Ashton Road, Lot
219 Phase 8 Lake Monticello, Deed of
gift.
•Haag, John P.; Sr. & Russeline F. to
Young, John D. & Barbara L.; 9222
Sterling Montague Drive, Great Falls,
VA 22066; Lot 552, Phase 3, Lake
Monticello, $550,000.
•O’Reilly, Thomas J; III & Patricia to
O’Reilly, Thomas J; III ET AL; 44
Ponderosa Lane, Lot 50, Phase 9
Lake Monticello, Deed of gift.
•Boyle, Daniel E. & Jennifer L. to
Fletcher, Lori E. & Graves, TRa.; 14
Choctaw Place; Lot 237, Phase 120
Lake Monticello, $155,000.
•Wagner, Joseph Edward to Kelly,
Lois E.; 21 Mary Ann Road, Oak
Ridge, NJ 07438; 5.004 Acres, Lot
48; $120,000.
•Bill, Florence K FKA Reuter, F. to
Bill, Florence K. TR. ET AL; 9
Piedmont Lane, Lot 218, Phase 3,
Lake Monticello, Deed of gift.
10/01/10
•Traditional Homes of Albemarle to
Counts, Jefferry J. and Helen L.;
2573 Covered Bridge Road, Kents
Store, VA 23084, 2.035 Acres,
$197,700.
•Burke, Annette E. to Codrea,
Jeffrey R. & Cathy L.; 6590 Mountian
Road, Macungie, PA 18062, Lot 33,
Phase I, Lake Monticello, $400,000.
•O’Brian, James J. & Elizabeth M. to
Keller, Lawrence E. & Gena C.; 380
Ballenger Lane, 10.000 Acres, Lot 18
Ballenger Subdivision, $550,000.
•Sycamore Square, LLC to NVR,
Inc.; 172 S. Pantops Drive,
Charlottesville, VA, Lot 90, Phase 3,
Sycamore Square, $69,000.
•Westhall Investors to Phillips,
Edward J. and Megan; 22 Marwood
Drive, Lot 259, Phase 12, Edgewood
10/04/10
•Napier, Alan R. and Drane, Mar. to
Henderson, Russel A. and Gilli.; 36
Wildwood Drive, Lot 344, Phase
Three Montpelier Addition One Lake
•Thomasson, Derek to Low, Athena
R. & Kenneth S.; Jr; 332 Moonstar
Lane, Columbia, VA 23038, 3.556
Acres, Lot 15, Loving Ridge,
$223,000.
•James River Real Estate, Inc. to
Hilsinger, Howard & Laurie; 120
Devlen Road, Groton, New York
13073; 22.010 Acres. $70,000.
•James River Real Estate, Inc. to
Williams, Brad 16 Vine Ridge Drive;
23.444 Acres. $130,000.
10/05/10
•LPM Sub 2, Inc. to JAMPR, LLC;
646 Scotter Hill Place, Midlothian,
VA 23114, Unit 4 and Unit 5 of
Heritage Place; $220,000.
10/07/10
•Teeters, Timothy E. & Patricia to
Truax, Richard F.; Jr. & Elizabeth; 7
Ashlawn Blvd; Lot 243, Lake
10/08/10
•Mantyla, Dorothy to Donivan,
Frank F. & Margaret R.; 3534
Valeview Drive, Oakton, Va 22124;
Lot 153, Phase 4, Lake Monticello,
$285,000.
• LPM Sub 2, Inc. to Ranson, Betty
C & Michale E.; 68 Heritage Drive,
Unit 1, Until Number 1, Heritage
Place; $126,500.
10/12/10
•Seay, William M. & Anne to
Vannatta, Mark A. ET AL; 30 Gale
Hill Road, Fork Union, VA 9 Acres &
41.413 Acres; $225,000.
U12 Boys Quest for Perfection
09/28/10
•Federal National Mortgage Asso.
to Pugh, Jason & Faith N.; 197
Aldridge Lane, Scottsville, VA 24590,
45.416 Acres, $215,200.
•Southern Dev. Group, Inc. to
Liberty Homes, Inc.; 8249 Crown
Colony Parkway, Mechanicsville, VA
23116; Lot 25, Mountain Meadows
Subdivision; $45,000.
• Schmitt, Daniel J. & Mona L. to
Schmitt, Daniel ET AL; 52
Englewood Drive, Lot 536, Phase 5,
Lake Monticello; Deed of gift.
09/29/10
•Household Realty Corp. to Smith,
William Bradley & Leigh; 42
Smokewood Drive; Lot 516 Phase 12,
•9700 LLC to Jacobus, Michael G. &
Sally A.; 1463 Massachusetts Ave.,
Lakewood, NJ 08701; Lot 60, Phase
11A Lake Monticello, $67,500.
•I&J Home Builders, LLC to Hogg,
Andrew L. & Catheerina D.; 1031
Three Chopt Road, Kents Store, A
22084; 2.931 Acres, Lot 2, Columbia
Dist.; $190,331.
09/30/10
•Lefloch, Dora M. to Lefloch, Pascal
Jean-Francosi; 40 Dogleg Road; Lot
100, Phase 4, Lake Monticello, Deed
of gift.
•Harper,
Wendy
to
Levines,
Shannon E. ET AL; 1887 E. Three
Notch Road, Kents Store, VA 23084;
10.500 Acres, Louisa and Fluvanna
Countries; $155,000.
Coach Steve Rea, Seth Nichols, Brent Kuzdzal, Ethan Allbaugh, Chase Evans, Colby Deforge, Noah Coppa,
Bryce Demers, Mark Brumbaugh, Forrest Puryear, Griffin Klauder. Photo by Charles Klauder.
CONTRIBUTED BY CHARLES KLAUDER
Fluvanna Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) U12 Boys
travel team quest for a perfect season came to an end
on Saturday (Nov. 6) with a victory over Greene. The
final game of the season proved to be the toughest test
of all. Greene County lead 1-0 at halftime, but
Fluvanna would not be denied by scoring 2 goals in the
second half off of a header to take the lead late in the
game.
With this victory, the boys compiled a 10-0-0 record,
to be perfect in league play. FYSA boy’s defense was
strong throughout the season, not giving up any goals
at home and only allowing 5 in total. Along with a
strong defense, they had a prolific offense by scoring
52 goals in dominating performance.
Their overall record for the season was 15-5-1.
The season started well with a second place finish at
the Cardinal Cup Tournament which made the boys
eager to start the regular season. The boys will now
travel to Martinsville to play in the Piedmont shootout
to close out the fall season.
First year Coach Steve Rea commented, “I am very
proud of how the boys played this season and worked
hard to be in the position they are in currently. I am
looking forward to a successful spring season with
them and their continued hard work at practices and
games”.
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C L A S S I F I E D S
Pet Adoptions
PET
ADOPTIONS
FLUVANNA COUNTY SPCA has
many wonderful cats and dogs available to brighten your life. Please visit
them at 5239 Union Mills Rd/Route
616 between Rts 15 and 600. Open
12n-7:00pm Wednesday to Sunday
(Closed Monday & Tuesday), or by
appointment, 434-591-0123. To see
animals, go to www.fspca.org and
click on adopt.
Real Estate
REAL
ESTATE
NEW CONSTRUCTION: 4BR/2BA on
1.7 acres. Louisa area, short commute
to Charlottesville or Short Pump.
Below $200K. Call 804-218-8334 for
details.
NEW MANUFACTURED HOME: on 1
acre in Louisa area. 3BR/2BA in mid
$100's. Short commute to Ashland or
Richmond. Call 804-218-8334 for
details.
WHY RENT? Land/Home Packages.
Own for Less! Contact: Rich @ 804789-9135
COOKS & SERVERS: By the River
Restaurant is seeking experienced
cooks & servers. Must have flexible
days/hours. Please call Trich at 434983-9823.
&
HVAC MAINTENANCE & SERVICE
TECHNICIAN and HVAC INSTALLER
& ASSISTANT NEEDED. Good
Driving
Record
and
Previous
Experience is a Must. Great Pay.
Basic Tools Needed. Fax Resume to
434-589-4937 or email at [email protected].
RN NEEDED: F/T, dayshift, for
Buckingham home health agency.
Hands-on patient care, home health,
med-surg. or nursing home experience required. Email resume to [email protected], Home Health
Inc, 434-581-3245.
SERVICES
Services
GRAVITY’S EDGE: Computer repair,
networking, training, data recovery.
Free pick-up and drop-off (subject to
location).
Complete
PC
Care
Optimization Package $99.95. Call
434-589-6600.
HOME ADDITIONS & REMODELING: DAK Construction class A and
TREX PRO contractor, specializing in
hardwood and composite decking,
screen porches, remodeling, additions, and home improvements. Call
434-591-6003.
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
SALE
190 Martin Lane Palmyra,VA, 22963
By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007, and recorded in Deed Book 729, Page 912 in the Clerk's Office for the Circuit Court for Fluvanna,VA, securing
a loan which was originally $180,000.00. The appointed SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth
Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at public auction at Main Entrance of the Circuit Court for Fluvanna,
VA located at 132 Main Street, Palmyra,VA on
November 29, 2010 at 2:00 PM
improved real property, with a legal description of ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or parcel of land with
appurtenances thereunto belonging, lying On State Route 709 in the Cunningham District of Fluvanna
County, Virginia, being more particularly described as Lot 4, less Lox X, containing 3.487 acres, as
shown on plat of Robert L. Lum, C.L.S., bearing dale October 13, 1997, of record in Deed Book 333,
page 334. Said property is a portion of a larger parcel conveyed to the Grantor herein by the terms
of a deed from W.G. Pickford, Special Commissioner, bearing date October 1, 1996, of record in the
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of said County in Deed Book 307, page 139, and as more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. A deposit of $22,000.00 in cash or cashier's check payable to the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE will be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price, with interest
at the rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said funds are
received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due within fifteen (15) days of sale. In
the event of default by the successful bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the
costs and expenses of sale and Trustee's fee. All other public charges or assessments, including real
property taxes, water/sewer charges, ground rent, condo/HOA dues or assessments, whether
incurred prior to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges or condo/HOA fees have been advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date of sale at the time of settlement. Purchaser
agrees to pay the Seller's attorneys at settlement, a fee of $295.00 for review of the settlement documents.
Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful bidder will be required to
execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding.
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
(Attorney for Commonwealth Trustees, LLC)
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
301-907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
L E G A L
N O T I C E S
For Sale
FOR
SALE
FORRent
RENT
For
ANY PC WIRELESS READY:
Hardware & instruction included $50.00. SandS PC Service Center,
www.sandspc.com, 434 589 1272 Open Saturday 9am-12n, Tuesday –
Friday, 10am-6pm.
FIREWOOD: Oak, Hickory, Cedar and
outdoor furnace wood available. Call
Frankie Hackett 434-981-9111.
FIREWOOD for sale. $80 a load. Call
434-589-6356.
HOT TUB: 2008 HotSpring Jetsetter
model, seats 3, includes portable
stairs. Rarely used, immaculate. Paid
$5,200. Asking $1,800. or best offer.
Call 804-457-4451.
ICE BUSTER moor under your boat to
break up ice. Cost $395., sell for $125.
Also 12 life vests, type pfd (stack
under seats) FREE. Call 434-5895537.
MODULAR HOMES: Why pay more?
We will beat any modular pricing! Deal
direct with the owner. Phone 434-3922211
or
web
www.haleyshomesinc.com
PREMIUM FIREWOOD for sale, $90
for a heaping pick-up load. Call Dane
or Andrea at Smith Tree Surgeons
434-589-2689.
FORK UNION/COHASSET TOWNHOUSES: $ 850./month, 2 bedroom
1.5 bath townhome. Totally renovated
18 months ago. DSL available, central
air and heat, W/D, dishwasher, pet
friendly. Available 1/1/11. Call Arthur
434-979-5530 or 434-242-8534.
TWO BEDROOM COTTAGES located in Keswick, VA near Zion
Crossroads are available for you to
move in today! These cottages are
getting kitchen and bathroom
updates, boast private decks, hardwood floors, driveways and beautiful
surroundings. Conveniently located
with all the privacy you will need.
Starting as low as $599/month! Call
Bryan today at 434-977-1959 or visit
www.livewithmsc.com EHO
OFFICES FOR RENT starting at $200
in Crofton Plaza. Call Jo Ann Sears,
First Virginia Homes, for information at
434-960-5121.
Wanted
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FSPCA SPONSORS NEEDED for our
“Pet of the Week” ad in the Fluvanna
Review. Your name and/or business
name will be printed in the ad as
sponsor. Call Diane at the Fluvanna
Review, 434-591-1000, Ext 21.
Public Auction
Saturday November 13th 11:00 A.M.
Fluvanna Self Storage
Lake Monticello Rd. off Rt. 53 • 432-589-2222
WHOLE UNITS and OPEN OUT
Up to 6 units containing and not limited to: clothing, gas
stove, dishwasher, microwave, ceiling fans, electronics, table
& chairs, kids locker, coolers, weed eater, baby crib, table
saw, tools, fireproof safe, bar stools, rocking chair and misc.
Sold subject to the code of Virginia
Self Storage Act #55-416-423
Terms: Cash
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For $10 your ad will appear for seven days on
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NEXT SALE
November 20 –22, 2010
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Monticello Guide (Part-Time).
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation
seeks energetic, flexible people to
work part-time (approximately
8 days per month) with visitors,
including school and tour groups.
Responsible for giving tours and
staffing
exhibition
galleries.
Successful candidates will have
enthusiasm for sharing Monticello
with visitors of every age and background. They must also be
committed to working as part of a
team to ensure an excellent visitor
experience. Minimum qualifications:
2 years of college, demonstrated
public speaking abilities, and an
interest in American history.
Applications must be received by
November 19, and training will
begin in late January.
To apply please submit a cover
letter and resume OR application to
[email protected] (preferred),
fax to 434.984.4846 or mail to TJF,
Attn: Beth Lazen, PO Box 316,
Charlottesville, VA 22902. Visit our
website at www.monticello.org for
a list of all open positions or to
download an application.
THIS WEEK’S PET
Garfield
Garfield is a handsome orange
tabby boy, with a very serious
diabetic condition needing lifetime medication. He will need
a very special, big-hearted
person to save him. If you think
you may have that special
talent, please contact our
shelter as soon as possible.
Fluvanna SPCA, 5239 Union Mills Rd.
Troy, VA (434) 591-0123.
SPONSORED BY BETSY GUNNELS, BHG REAL ESTATE III
ADVERTISING SALES
Fluvanna
REVIEW
is seeking a advertising sales person to join the
Fluvanna Review sales team. Must have good communication
skills and be detail oriented. Experience in advertising and/or
outside sales a plus. Generous commission.
Send resumé to:
Carlos Santos, Publisher - [email protected]
Valley Publishing Corp. • P.O. Box 59, Palmyra, VA 22963
Verizon Wireless proposes to construct an approximate 120foot-tall monopole located approximately 1,600 feet northeast
of the intersection of Georges Mill Road (Virginia Route 663)
and Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 601), in the Palmyra area
of Fluvanna County, Virginia. Verizon Wireless invites comments from any interested party on the impacts of antennas on
any properties that are listed or eligible for listing in the
National Register of Historic Places. Comments may be sent to
Geo-Technology Associates, Inc., ATTN: Andrew Hendricks,
43760 Trade Center Place, Suite 110, Sterling, Virginia 20166 or
submitted by telephone (703) 478-0055. Comments must be
received by December 15, 2010.
PUBLIC HEARING
The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors will conduct a
public hearing pursuant to Virginia Code Sections 15.22204 on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., in
the Circuit Court Room at the Fluvanna County Courts
Building in Palmyra, Virginia to consider the following item:
AFD 10-02 Bowlesville Agricultural and Forestal District – Request to withdraw Tax Map Parcels 34-A-16, 34-A-18, totaling 171.02 acres, from the
Bowlesville Agricultural and Forestal District. The Bowlesville Agricultural
and Forestal District is located in the Columbia Voting District and consists
of approximately 1069.010 acres.
SUP 10:04 – Central Meadows- LLC – A request for a special use permit to
allow for a small home industry with respect to 100 +/- acres of Tax Map 22,
Section A, Parcels 8. The applicant is proposing to operate an indoor training facility. The property is currently zoned A-1 and is located at the end of
Twin Oaks Lane (private), approximately 0.51 of a mile south of Route 629
(Deep Creek Road). The property is located in the Columbia Election District
and is within the Rural Preservation Planning Area.
SUP 10:05 – Patrick Young – A request for a special use permit to allow for
a small restaurant with respect to 207 +/- acres of Tax Map 9, Section A,
Parcel 22. The applicant is proposing to operate a small ice cream shop. The
property is currently zoned A-1 and is located on South Boston Road (Route
600), approximately 0.60 of a mile south of Route 616 (Union Mills Road). The
property is located in the Palmyra Election District and is within the Rural
Residential Planning Area.
SUP 10:06 – Fluvanna SPCA - A request for a special use permit to amend the
conditions of SUP 96:2 with respect to 3 acres of Tax Map 10, Section A,
Parcels 16B. The applicant is proposing to change the language and delete
some of the language from the conditions of the original SUP. The property
is currently zoned A-1 and is located on Union Mills Road (Route 616),
approximately 0.95 of a mile east of Route 600 (North Boston Road). The
property is located in the Palmyra Election District and is within the Rural
Residential Planning Area.
SUP 10:07 – Eager Revocable Trust commercial cemetery - A request for a
special use permit to allow for a commercial cemetery with respect to two
parcels totaling 40 acres of Tax Map 10, Section 19, Parcels 7 & 14. The applicant is proposing to operate a commercial cemetery. The property is currently zoned A-1 and is located along Hannum House Lane (private 50 foot access
easement), approximately 0.20 of a mile west of Route 600 (North Boston
Road). The property is located in the Palmyra Election District and is within
the Rural Residential Planning Area.
Copies of the complete text of the above ordinances and associated plans
are available for public review at the Office of the Fluvanna County
Administrator during normal business hours and on the County’s website
at www.fluvannacounty.org. The public is invited to attend these hearings
at which persons affected may appear and present their views. Questions
or comments may be directed to Planning & Community Development
Department, at (434) 591-1910.
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Gourmet kitchen
with granite
countertops,
double ovens
and 5 burner gas range. Screened in porch.
2 car garage. 125 ft of water frontage.
Jen Sample
434-989-9246
JenSample@
Century21.com
Sandra Hiza
434-960-3048
HizaSandy@
comcast.net
24 WEST LAKE FOREST DR
Popular open floor
plan with
hardwood floors
throughout main
living area. Open
kitchen, breakfast
nook with bay
window. Partially finished terrace level.
MLS# 478547 $575,000
Call Tom 434-962-1625
MLS# 479194 $229,000
Call Tom 434-962-1625
278 FOXMOOR ROAD
24 ACRE LANE
All brick custom
built Lake Front
home with tons of
upgrades. 6,000
sqft. with 2 master
bedrooms. Chef’s
dream kitchen with
granite! Huge bonus room!
Luxurious master
suite with
attached bath,
dual vanities,
tiled whirlpool
tub, large
walk-in closet with custom shelving.
Sunroom. All on an acre lot.
2 BOLLING CIRCLE
Charming Cape
Cod only a short
walk to main
beach, pool and
play area. Great
corner lot. Large
living room with
brick fireplace. Move-In Ready!
MLS# 480390 $159,900
Call Annette 434-987-4426
9 OLD HOMESTEAD CIRCLE
One level living
with a split
bedroom design.
Very private lot
with seasonal
waterviews.
Large master suite with oversized walk-in
closet. New paint & carpet.
MLS# 479679 $699,000
Call Annette 434-987-4426
MLS# 482234 $425,000
Call Keith or Yonna 434-531-0817
MLS# 466498 $165,000
Call Diane 434-960-5856
8 DEERWOOD LANE
24 EAST POINT ROAD
290 JEFFERSON DRIVE
Pam Turner
434-989-9255
PamTurner@
Century21.com
Susan Hammond
434-996-4049
smhinusa@
aol.com
Diane Miller
434-960-5856
Diane.Miller1@
Century21.com
Annette Goodson
434-987-4426
AnnetteGoodson@
embarqmail.com
Split bedroom
design, large
rooms, vaulted
ceiling, huge
eat-in kitchen
with lots of
cabinets and counter space. Corner wood
burning fireplace. Walk to Beach 4.
Keith Smith
434-531-0795
Keith.Smith@
Century21.com
Kyle Miller
434-981-0799
Kyle.MillerC21@
yahoo.com
MLS# 471724 $182,000
Call Tom 434-962-1625
Large Sunroom
with gas
fireplace, vaulted
ceiling, open
floor plan, large
windows,
storage shed, wrap around front to side
covered deck and large back deck.
MLS# 477693 $209,900
Call Sandy 434-960-3048
This home has
a newly finished
family room
with a new full
bath. New
appliances and
new flooring in the baths and kitchen.
Over 2400 sqft. of living space.
MLS# 482217 $235,000
Call Keith or Yonna 434-831-0817
Yonna Smith
434-531-0817
Yonna.Smith@
Century21.com
Call for Mortgage Rates & Updates Carl Heimlich
434-989-2274 • www.cheimlich.com • [email protected]

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