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PHOTO by SINDRI LINEN
The Wintergreen Nature Foundation would like to thank all those who made the 16th Annual Sara Ott Memorial Golf Classic such a great success!
Special thanks to our Signature Sponsors Ott Family The Daly Family
Hole and Co-Hole Sponsors
US Marines at Wintergreen, The Consulting Network, Roy & Barbara McDaniels, Jim & Gana Dunlop, The Retired Army Officers at Wintergreen, Navy at Wintergreen, VA Tech Alumni, UVA Alumni & Fans, VMI Alumni, Randolph College Alumni, Earl & Yvonne Behm, Rice & Rice, Merrill Lynch - Charlottesville, DSW Consulting, Wills, Saunders & Co., Wintergreen Resort Premier Properties, Virginia Tent Rental, TLK, BB&T, Thompson Real Estate, Contemporary Women’s Health Care, Helen Brown, Rosewood Village at Wintergreen, DelFosse Vineyards & Winery, Wintergreen Real Estate Company, Wintergreen Home Owner Services, Doug and Mary Wolf, RodRunners, The Taste of Wine, Commonwealth Appraisal Corporation, Vito’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, Nelson Physical Therapy and Bormann General Contractors
Hole-In-One Sponsors
Shenandoah Valley Office Equipment/Konica, Elliott Chevrolet, McDonough Toyota, Volvo of Charlottesville, Snead Ford, Staunton Hyundai and Pearson Chrysler Jeep
Silent Auction Donors
The weather was beautiful for the second annual Nelson County Band Fundraising Golf Tournament at Stoney Creek Golf Course. The competition was tough this year and congratulations go out to Linda Smith for winning the longest drive, Steve Dixon won closest to the pin and the team (sponsored by Greg Lipscomb from Hickman’s Grocery) of Jeremy Fogus, Marshal White, Chet Rhodes and Steve Dixon were the overall winners with a score of 67 Wintergreen Performing Arts: A Blue Ridge Christmas Wintergreen Performing Arts presents A Blue Ridge Christmas with The Virginia Consort, Judith Gary, conductor, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm at the Rockfish Presbyterian Church, 5016 Rockfish Valley Highway, Nellysford, VA. What would the holiday season be without this annual event? Tickets are $30 and are limited to the first 180, so order yours soon: www.wintergreenperformingarts.org. 4pm. Rockfish Presbyterian Church. 434-325-8292 SPCA “Paws With Claus” @ Blue Moon Antique Mall Have your pet(s) photographed with Santa, Sunday, December 13th between 1:00 and 4:00 PM at The Blue Moon Antique Mall, Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston. This event is sponsored by the Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County to benefit The Almost Home Pet adoption Center. 8230 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Lovingston. 1pm. 434-263-7722
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Bethlehem Alive 2009 Nestled deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains just a stone’s throw from the intersection of the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway a wonderful event is being carried out. Some call it “the greatest story ever told,” some call it “a Christmas miracle,” but for the several hundred workers who will come together for the 10th season December 18-22 nightly at Hebron Baptist Church in Afton, Virginia, it’s not so much what it is called, but how they are called to take part in this true Christmas story. 66 Tanbark Drive, Afton, VA. 6pm. 540-456-6863
Music At The Java Depot Central Virginia Blues Society open jam! Join us for coffee,dessert and blues! 7-9 pm for us early risers. No cover, great acoustics. Light dinner available 6-8 pm. 80 Mosby Run. 434-361-2324
Afton Service Center, Dianne Crannis, AMFog, Anne & Dave Quanbeck, Anne & Doug Wood, Barbara & Tom Marker, Basic Necessities, Beech Grove Beauty Salon, Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, Birdwood, Charlottesville Golf Center, Chirio’s Pizza, D’Ambola’s, Dahne & Chip Morgan, DelFosse Vineyards & Winery, Devil’s Backbone Brewery, Earl & Yvonne Behm, Ellen English, The Ott Family, Hamilton’s, Homestead, Hot Cakes, BION, Jazz Rascals, Blue Ridge Grocery, Jack Breckinridge, John & Cindy Coy, Kelly’s Garden Center, Keswick Hall, Kevin Blackburn, Kingsmill, Lynn Goldman Designs, Paul Shaffer, Nan Rothwell, Rio Hill Wine & Gourmet Shop, Ruthie Hamner, Sarah & Bob Scott, The Thibodeau Family, TWNF Plant Propagation Project, Vera Jones, Veritas, Village Realty, Whole Foods Market, Wintergreen Partners, Inc., Jim & Sylvia Stafford, Jack & Glorai Daly, Linda Russell, Jeff & Shirley Badke, Ben Hernandez, The Beauty Salon, Stedman House, Rockfish Gap Country Store, Grandma’s Bait, Blue Ridge Pig, Susan McSwain, Susie Frederick, Wright’s Style, Ambrosia, Sue Carlson, The Golden Horseshoe, Barbara Floersch, Rockfish Outfitters, The Ski Barn, Kathy Knowles, Ned Martin & Nancy Spangler, Kathy Gunner, The Ivy Inn, Puppyville Parlor Grooming, Bill & Nancy McIntyre, Margaret Macik, Ralph Frink, Pat & Steve Siragusa, Andrew Minton Jewelers, Stoney Creek Auto, Sunspots Studios, The Virginia Shop
This wonderful event would not be possible without the dedication of the Golf Classic Committee and Volunteers.
saturday dec. 19 Rudolph Kaufman Art Opening at THE JAVA DEPOT The Java Depot invites you to the opening of the art exhibition “People and Places” by local artist Rudolph Kaufman, Saturday Dec 19, 2009, 5-7 pm. The paintings will remain on exhibit through January 15. 80 Mosby Run. 5-7pm. 434-361-2324
thursday dec. 31 New Years Eve Dance @ Lovingston Firehouse Doors open at 8:00pm. 18 yrs and older. BYOB $20.00 per ticket. High and Dry will be the band. Tickets on sale now. Lovingston Firehouse Lovingston, VA. 434-326-6209
Want to be included in our datebook? Visit NelsonCountyLife.com and click on “Submit an Event.” We’ll try to publish as many events as possible, space permitting. Deadline for next month’s issue is the 15th. Sorry neighbors, event MUST be in Nelson County or benefit an organization in Nelson County to be included in the print edition. Events in area counties can be included online, however.
DECEMBER 2009 NELSON COUNTY LIFE 37