Gazette Vet: Detachment
By John Andersen, DVM One of the disciplines of veterinary medicine I love most is surgery. As veterinarians, we have a unique ability to be a “family doctor” as well as practice specialized...
View ArticleAmericans Want Genetically Modified Foods Identified on Labels
By Elena Day The European Union labels all foods. Genetically modified, (GM) crops are banned except for a GM corn that accounts for 1.56 percent of the corn acreage in cultivation in the EU, and this...
View ArticleHenley’s Quiz Team Prepares Students for Success at Western
By Rebecca Schmitz Last year, Teresa Goodin, a gifted resource teacher at Henley Middle School, had an idea. Goodin had been helping her colleague Eric Strzepek coach Western’s Scholastic Bowl Team,...
View ArticleClover’s Literary Corner: Here We Come A-Wassailing
By Clover Carroll Wassail, wassail, all over the town! Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown. Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree, With the wassailing bowl we’ll drink to thee! So runs...
View ArticleBlue Ridge Naturalist: The Legend of the Christmas Spider
© Marlene A. Condon One summer I received a crafts catalog that had a wonderful little Christmas story in it that was called the “Legend of the Christmas Spider.” (Yes, Christmas goods are sold rather...
View ArticleFormer Warriors Reach Soccer’s Final Four with Lynchburg Hornets
Three former Western Albemarle Warrior Girls Soccer players—Marina Clark, Rachel Cooke, and Christine Domecq —are members of the Lynchburg College women’s soccer team that defeated perennial power...
View ArticleIn the Garden: “You Say Poin-set-uh…”
By Charles Kidder …I say Poin-set-ee-yuh, dum-de-dum, etc.” Take your pick, although the first pronunciation is favored in at least some dictionaries. Perhaps you might avoid the issue altogether and...
View ArticleAshleigh Joyner & Bennison Gardner
Ashleigh Brooks Joyner and Bennison Jacob Gardner were united in marriage on August 9 at Yankee Hall Plantation in Greenville, North Carolina. Scott Howell, cousin of the groom, officiated the...
View ArticleAmanda Carter & Michael Hogberg
Amanda Carter, daughter of Doug and Rita Carter of Christiansburg, VA, was married on October 8, to Michael Hogberg, son of Dennis and Judy Hogberg of Crozet, VA. The wedding took place at Niagara...
View ArticleFriends Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
John and Margaret Friend of Crozet will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day. They were married in Oakland, Maryland, in 1954. They raised three children and have three...
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