INSIDE EXPLORERS page 3 GOLDEN APPLES page 9 A T TOWN page 10 TRAIL RIDERS page 12
JULY 2018 VOL. 13, NO. 2
High-Water Mark: RWSA Projects on the Rise in Crozet
4-WAY RULES page 20 HILLTOP STREET page 32
by Lisa Martin
PARADE PICS page 24-25
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TOP TALKER page 26
CALENDAR CLINIC page 30 CHOOSE TO ENDURE page 32 HOW HOT? page 33 LADY LIBERTY page 34 SICK KITTY page 35 NATURE FOR KIDS page 38 CONEFLOWERS page 39 OBITUARIES page 41-43 HOLY ICONS page 44 KIDS CROSSWORD page 44 TRASH TVS page 46 EAST & WEST page 46 CLASSIFIEDS page 47
MALCOLM ANDREWS
REFRIGERATOR ROLLS page 25
The Crozet Independence Day parade and fireworks celebration was celebrated at Crozet Park on Saturday, June 30. More photos are on page 24 and online at crozetgazette.com
The Turning Point: 50 Years Since the Year that Changed Everything By Theresa Curry
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Americans celebrating the New Year in 1968 were hoping for a better year than the one before. In the year just ending, Apollo I astronauts had burned to death on the launch pad, tornadoes had raged through the
Midwest, a segregationist had been elected governor of Georgia, and conflicts over racism and the Vietnam war erupted everywhere, pitting youth against authority. But 1967 was a rehearsal, a mere foreshadowing, a blip on the national consciousness compared to the year
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The good news is that Crozet’s drinking water, drawn from Beaver Creek Reservoir and processed at the Crozet Water Treatment Plant, will be plentiful for the next 50 years or more. That was the message from Bill Mawyer, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) executive director, and his colleagues at their June Crozet Community Advisory Committee presentation. From there, says the RWSA, the news only gets better. “As we reported to you last year, the state of Virginia is requiring us to upgrade the Beaver Creek Dam spillway,” said Mawyer. “In connection with that, we wanted to take a longrange look at the water supply, because if we will be modifying the dam for safety issues, we also want to incorporate any needed water supply changes.” Based on a study of forecasted population growth and water demand conducted by outside engineering continued on page 16
Rte. 250 Bridge in Ivy Will Close July 13 for Two Weeks by Michael Marshall
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Western Albemarle commuters will face a challenge for two weeks in July when the Virginia Department of Transportation closes the bridge over Little Ivy Creek near Scott’s Ivy Exxon to replace the deteriorating structure. The closure begins Friday, July 13. Motorists who normally travel over the bridge should use Interstate 64 as
the detour route. Access will be maintained to all cross streets and private entrances off Route 250 on both sides of the bridge, but traffic will not be able to travel across the bridge. Using accelerated construction techniques, the current bridge, built in 1932, will be replaced with pre-cast box culverts that can be set more quickly. The bridge is slated to reopen to traffic before Friday, July continued on page 28
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The bridge over Ivy Creek Branch on Route 250 in Ivy will be replaced this month, closing the road in both directions for two weeks.
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Crozet resident Christi Gillette presented plans to open a new preschool to serve children 2 to 5 years old plus an after-school program for children 5 to 10 years old to the Crozet Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) at its June 20 meeting. The “Little Explorers Discovery School” is proposed to be housed in the children’s wing of the Crozet Baptist Church on St. George Avenue, just north of downtown Crozet, and is projected to open in January of 2019. Gillette, a former elementary school teacher and current fitness instructor, hopes to enrich educational opportunities for local families. “We plan to focus on learning through play and through discovering nature, and
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that was to come. “Those who weren’t there always talk about 1968 as though it were a fun time, with great music, wild clothes and hair, and a liberated youth culture,” said Ed Piper, a retired minister and professor. “But that’s not how it was for those who lived through it. We woke up every morning anxious and frightened about what would happen next.” A Washington Post article looking back from 1978 called it the “triphammer year,” delivering blows one after the other, each new one falling before the country could recover from the last. “It was the year that changed everything,” said Michael Stahl, who will teach an OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) course, “1968: American Politics Transformed” at the Lodge at Old Trail this fall. Stahl, who has had a long career in public service, said the half-century since has borne this out. The unpopular war, racial tensions, the decision of a sitting president not to seek re-election, the unexpected emergence of a peace candidate, two stunning assassinations and the revival of Richard Nixon’s political career: all were to change our relationship to civic life in ways that couldn’t have been predicted on January first.
Michael Stahl in 1970 and today.
As the year began in Vietnam, communists mounted the Tet Offensive, which hit with an impact that shocked almost everyone with its ferocity and organization. “We always knew that something might happen, but we were surprised at the intensity and the magnitude of the separate attacks,” said Bill Spicuzza. He was stationed at Cam Ranh Bay, a major support area for the Vietnam conflict. Captain Spicuzza was charged with setting up and operating a gas depot and pipelines delivering fuel inland from the depot on the South China Sea. During January and February, the Vietnamese Army and National Liberation Front attacked cities and military targets deep into South Vietnam, the most spectacular being when a group of NLF commandos breached the wall surrounding the American embassy in
Captain Bill Spicuzza in 1968.
Saigon. Although in the end Tet was a clear and major victory for the U.S., it marked a huge change in popular opinion. The stunning capability of the enemy belied President Lyndon Johnson’s promise that U.S. victory and withdrawal were just around the corner. Capt. Spicuzza, who now lives in Crozet, already had questions about the size and expense of the military base at Cam Ranh Bay, given that the war was characterized as being in its last stages: “It was enormous and appeared to be permanent,” he said. He also wondered about the credibility of counting the bodies of enemy soldiers as a marker of our success, the theory being that we could stand our ground against Vietnamese re-unification and the communists would eventually run out of soldiers. People at home were also starting to question the body count. Returning soldiers reported being pressured to report dead civilians and natural deaths, even to make up numbers. “I think most in-country
and back home recognized that General Westmoreland’s ‘body count’ strategy was incredulous and led to outright lies,” Spicuzza said. Looking back, he believes that the war should have ended then, with the realization that the American people didn’t support it. By May, Spicuzza was on his way home. His experience at Cam Ranh Bay led to increasingly responsible assignments as a commanding officer and an educator during his long career with the Army. He returned to a country plunged in anger and sorrow in the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King the month before. “I was really young when John Kennedy was shot,” recalled Jenny Upton, who now lives in Nelson County, “so the assassination of Dr. King was one of the first national tragedies I really remember.” Upton was in her first year at boarding school: “Someone actually came into the shower to let me know,” she said. Upton had already rejected the racial views of her parents. “They were in most things good, kind people,” she said. “But I began to be angry and upset when I heard them speak about race.” Mary Cunningham, who lives in Afton, said the same was true of her. She was still in middle school in 1968, but she’d moved to a new school where the student body was more diverse and sophisticated. “I had pretty much already rejected the views of my parents and questioned their values,” she said. “But I kept it pretty quiet until I saw young people all over the country protesting continued on page 6
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the war and racism. It was like they gave me permission to rebel openly.” Like many their age, Cunningham and Upton grew more radical, experimented with drugs, listened to protest music and generally became more and more disillusioned with the status quo. Michael Stahl, then a high school student, listened in shock to the news and decided on his own future path: “These were horrifying times,” he said. “I made the decision to go into public service to try to change what I could.” He said his OLLI course will include one session on “the loss of hope,” the despair that enveloped the country after the assassinations
of the two men most admired by his generation. A third, Eugene McCarthy, was the first to announce as a peace candidate but it became clear he wouldn’t prevail against establishment Democrats. Meanwhile, Ed Piper, who retired from his Waynesboro ministry in 2013, was a graduate student in Chicago, the site of the Democratic Party’s convention, in 1968. Bobby Kennedy’s assassination in June followed Dr. King’s in April. On March 31, Johnson had made the shocking announcement that he wouldn’t seek reelection. When the Democrats convened in August to choose Hubert Humphrey, it was obvious that the country was fractured, angry—split not only by race, but by age, class and beliefs. Families were reeling as husbands and sons continued to
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Jenny Upton and Mary Cunningham today.
be killed in Vietnam, and gains in racial equality were slow and bitterly resisted. “It was clear not only from the rhetoric, but from what we could see with our own eyes that both sides were getting ready,” Piper said. “It was like two armies amassing their troops.” On the police side were 23,000 officers with tear gas, mace and military vehicles. On the other side were 10,000 or so demonstrators with differing agendas. There were McCarthy supporters, civil rights activists, clergy and folk singers but also plenty of youth looking for confrontation, with street theater, angry rhetoric, even the farcical nomination of a real pig to insult the police as well as the politicians. “It didn’t go well,” Piper said.
He and his wife, a nurse, left town just as Grant Square started to look like an armed camp. They were hiking in Glacier National Park when the real violence came down. Emboldened by rhetoric from Mayor Richard Daley, police advanced on and bloodied demonstrators and bystanders alike. In what was later called a “police riot,” they entered the convention hall and struck delegates and reporters. When he returned to the University of Chicago, which overlooks Grant Square, “It was like looking at a civil war battlefield,” Piper remembered. In his world, students and teachers were shocked and sobered by the rage of the Chicago police. Meanwhile, other people were continued on page 15
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Fourth graders Samara, Siri, and Sava nna focused their research on India at Crozet Elementary’s World Market.
Marketplace of Ideas
A bubble machine mimics snowfall at Murray Elementary Field Day.
Passing the Torch The annual end-of-year Murray Elementary School Field Day took a new direction this year as PE teacher Katherine Tillar-Hughes put the students in charge of the entire event. “The fifth graders decided on the overall theme and organized the various stations,” said TillarHughes. “They really did a great job.” The students picked the Winter Olympics as their theme, an intriguing counterpoint to the hot June day of the all-school outdoor festival. Events included activities that resembled skiing, ice hockey, and luge, but were actually water-based, like a huge inflatable water slide and a long downhill slip-and-slide that ended in a spectacular puddle splash. Snow was re-imagined with a bubble machine manned by a parent volunteer who rained foam down on the students. The ceremonial part of the Olympics played a role as well. “The students had a parade to kick off the day, and they car-
The water slide ends with a
ried small flags of all of the different countries,” said TillarHughes. “It was very cool.” She said it was a bit nerve-wracking to have the students in charge of all the planning, and the unpredictable weather was an additional twist. “When they called off school the day before Field Day [due to flooding caused by strong storms], I thought there was no way we’d be ready,” she said, “but we had a lot of the kids come in and help set everything up for several hours on that day off. It was impressive.” Even the two-hour delay on Field Day itself didn’t stop them. Fifth graders Ben Hostler and Ronan MacDonald were among the students who rotated in supervising the sporting events, and they were pleased with how their design was turning out. “We chose the Winter Olympics theme because they were just held [in February],” said Hostler. “There had been a Summer Olympics theme recently and we wanted to do something different.”
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The combined fourth grade classes at Crozet Elementary staged a vibrant World Market during the last week of school, displaying creative projects, writings, research, and technology as well as cultural food, clothing, and artifacts of their chosen country after a yearlong study of world geography. “This is self-directed, project-based learning and they’ve worked hard all year during their weekly Genius Hour to complete these projects,” said fourth grade teacher Barb Albertson. The colorful and raucous market was organized by groups of three or four students who selected a particular country on which to focus their study. Some students had a specific reason for their choice, like an ancestral heritage, while others picked countries that they were curious about. “I’m Italian, actually half-Italian,” said Gabriele, whose team picked Italy, “and I wanted to learn more about the place.” The group prepared pasta and sauce for visitors to sample, and made a clay model of the Coliseum along with a computer presentation about the country. “I love Italy and really want to visit there someday,” said team member Bella. The team of Miriam, Willa, and Dante studied Greenland, partly because of its name. “It had an unusual history because it’s named Greenland but it’s really quite icy,” said Dante. “I believe the Vikings were battling someone and they named it Greenland to trick the other people into moving there, and then they lived in Iceland which was really green and
lush.” The group’s display included small models made from foam and sugar cubes of structures called Inukshuk, large stone statues resembling humans and used by indigenous peoples as waypoints or to mark good hunting spots. Hayden, Farrah, and Liam made a poster and a clay model of Machu Picchu, and said though they didn’t know much about Peru when they started (including that it’s a real country), they know a ton about it now. Casting farther east on the globe, Samara, Siri, and Savanna studied India, borrowing authentic Indian clothing from another student whose family is Indian. A highlight of World Market day came when the teachers finally gave the all-clear for the students to eat the cultural food they’d brought. One of the most important learning elements of the project was the chance give and receive feedback from peers. “They presented what they’d done so far to each other often over the course of the year, and spent a lot of time doing self-reflection,” said Albertson. “They ask themselves, ‘Should we have done it this way instead of that way, or could we include something different?’ It’s really great prctice for them.”
Apple of My Eye Six teachers from the western district were winners of the 17th annual Golden Apple Awards for teaching excellence. The awards go to one teacher at each public and private school in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, and are sponsored each year by Better Living Building Supply and Cabinetry. The
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music—and Coughlin immediately agreed. “It’s been going on for years and years now,” said Keyser. “We had ten or so [regular ed] students do it this past year, and a lot of them go on to work in special ed after college. And of course my kids just love it.” Beyond academics, Keyser encourages her students to participate in community activities like the Special Olympics through a VHSL program called Champions Together, and to try whatever interests them at WAHS. “I’ve had several of my students become cheerleaders, work on the morning news broadcast, all kinds of things,” she said, and stressed the value of developing a sense of independence. “I love to see a shy student gain confidence, or to work on an academic skill with them until they suddenly get it, and retain it.” Though she plans to retire after next year, Keyser won’t be idle. “I’ll have to do something part time, for sure,” she said. “Maybe I’ll work as a part-time teaching assistant, or in therapeutic parks and recreation, something to keep me busy.” She’ll miss the atmosphere at WAHS most of all. “The student body here is so amazing,” she said. “So accepting, so respectful—they do an incredible job of making my kids feel like they’re part of the school, which is kind of the point.” At Henley Middle School, Emily Blasé has just completed her first year after graduating from U.Va., and leads an continued on page 14
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Hiker Havens and Trail Angels: The AT Community Program The Appalachian Trail (AT)—which opened in August, 1937, and became America’s first national scenic trail in 1968—stretches approximately 2,200 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in northern Maine, within a protected 250,000-acre greenway. 554 of these miles traverse Virginia—from Damascus in the south to Front Royal in the north—crossing both the Blue Ridge Parkway (in the George Washington National Forest) and the Skyline Drive (in Shenandoah National Park) multiple times. “Every year between early March and late April, about 2,000 hikers set off … most of them intending to go all the way to Katahdin,” reported Bill Bryson in his 1998 best seller, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. “No more than 10 percent actually make it. Half don’t make it past central Virginia, less than a third of the way…. As many as 20 percent drop out the first week.” By 2017, this number had doubled to over 4,000; the Appalachian Trail Conservancy reports that only 1 in 4 of these complete the trek. “Thru-hikers” [sic] are a special group, who follow the white
blazes over mountains, through pristine forest glades, and beside spectacular views to complete the longest hiking-only trail in the world in one season. Section hikers, by contrast, may take several years to complete the trek piece by piece. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia—the halfway point at mile 863—houses the headquarters of the AT Conservancy and the official AT Visitors Center. Thirty-one member volunteer clubs help to maintain and map the trail and its shelters; the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) has a Charlottesville chapter, which hosts hikes every Saturday. Forty towns and cities along the trail, including 16 in Virginia—have successfully applied to the AT Conservancy to become designated
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Pat Groot, consultant with the Downtown Crozet Initiative, explored the idea of Crozet’s becoming an Appalachian Trail Community in their Virginia Main Street grant application.
Appalachian Trail Communities (www.appalachiantrail.org). “While Waynesboro is also an AT Community, there aren’t many others on the east side of the mountains,” explained Pat Groot of Groot Consulting and Grant Services, who is working with the Downtown Crozet Initiative (DCI) to explore the possibility of Crozet’s becoming a designated Appalachian Trail Community. Although farther from the AT than Waynesboro, Crozet might be more convenient for travel connections through Charlottesville or Richmond. Groot included the AT Community possibility in the grant application to the
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, which has designated Crozet as a DHCD Commercial District Affiliate under its Main Street Program. With Albemarle County acting as fiscal agent while the DCI’s status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit is pending, DCI was awarded the Virginia Main Street 2018 Commercial District Affiliate grant in the amount of $7,000 in January of 2018. The funds are being used to develop a strategic plan to advance DCI’s goal of “Growing the Heart of Crozet”—which includes, but is not limited to, continued on page 18
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Morning Star Stables plans to offer camping rides, fishing trips, and dinner and breakfast rides. Stockwell and Triolo also have ideas for festivals and artists’ workshops. “Once people see it, they love it here,” Stockwell said. “We sure do.” For information, or to book a ride, call Morning Star Stables at 434-294-2709.
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Morning Star Stables Settles at Mechum’s View Farm In a caravan with three cars and a horse trailer, Michael Stockwell and Kathleen Triolo departed Ocracoke Island and traveled to Virginia last winter. With them were a veterinarian, a daughter and grandchild, and Beach, Bateau, Tank, Jet and Spud, the noble quarter horses that have been Stockwell’s business partners for many years. Sure, they miss the beach, Stockwell said, but recent hurricane seasons, encroaching traffic, swarming bugs and blistering temperatures made it hard on the business as well as the animals. “I promised them pasture,” he said, “and here we are.” Triolo is also a refugee from recent Outer Banks hurricanes. She’s been able to relocate her import business to Charlottesville. “Miss Kathleen’s Emporium”––a business that imports unusual clothing and gift items from her native Thailand––pops up on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. The troupe encamped throughout the winter at the Charlottesville farm of a friend, while looking for a place to transplant their trail-riding business to a more animal-friendly, less weather-threatened location than the Outer Banks. They found it at
Mechum’s View Farm, already home to a well-established working farm and horse business. Mechum’s View, owned by Barbara Barrell, offers trail rides, breeding, boarding, sales, clinics, conditioning and cross-country jumping. Barrell also owns Crozet Tack and Saddle on Three-Notch’d Road. Barrell added Morning Star’s staff and quarter horses to her equestrian-centered offerings, accommodating the different style of her tenants. “I’m just an old cowboy,” Stockwell said. “I don’t know anything about English saddle and dressage.” The 250-acre farm has plenty of room for the new human and equine tenants as well as the buildings, equipment and fields needed for a working farm with its own hay and cattle operations. There was also a lovely old farmhouse for the Ocracoke contingent to call home. But what really sold it for Stockwell was the sheer beauty of the land along the river. “There’s a lot of land here that hasn’t been touched in nearly 200 years,” he said. The hour-long trail rides go through fields and disappear quickly into the deep cool forest, crossing the river four times, climbing up and down the ridges and giving riders a view of the unspoiled countryside. Mechum’s View Farm is certified as an “agritourism” location, so many farm-centered businesses are permitted there.
Crozet Fare Sprouts up at Farmers Market Crozet Fare owner Sam Parks has found a niche for the tiniest produce ever to go into a salad, a sandwich or a smoothie. Park, in his first year at the market,
University Tire and Auto Center comes to Crozet University Tire and Auto Center will be coming to the Arbor Life building on the corner of Jarmans Gap Rd. and Crozet Avenue where the former Community Garage was located. Operations Manager Adam Dowdell said the move should happen in August after renovations. University Tire and Auto Center presently has four THERESA CURRY
Michael Stockwell and Kathleen Triolo of Morning Star Stables.
There was a delayed opening and a new location, but the North Garden Farmers Market is now in full swing at Albemarle CiderWorks. The newly reorganized market opened June 14 with local meat, cheese and produce, baked goods, hand-made items from Batesville Backyard and Pettigrew Woodworks, food trucks and handmade chocolate. Market master Kathy Zentgraf said the market will feature more vendors as the season progresses and offer space for community groups and entertainment during the summer and fall seasons. The market will be open Thursdays through mid-October, from 3 to 7 p.m. Albemarle CiderWorks is at 2545 Rural Ridge Road, just off Route 29 in the North Garden area.
sells two-week-old shoots of peas, sunflower seeds, radishes and mixed spicy greens. Called micro greens, they’re big plants in small packages, he said: “We know that the young sprouts have all the nourishment needed to grow the mature plant,” he says. The same is true for flavor. It’s condensed, sharp and clean and with the distinctive taste of the future radish, pea, or bunch of broccoli. Parks and his family moved to Crozet a couple of years ago for him to work in IT at UVA Health. “I’d always been interested in some form of agriculture,” he said. Right now, he’s specializing in the micro greens and mixed salad greens, but he also has a traditional vegetable garden and will offer more varieties of vegetables later in the summer. His stand has been popular with market shoppers, who go home with a batch of sprouts still rooted in the soil they grew in. “That way, they’ll last all week,” Parks said. “You just cut them as you need them.” Parks likes his weekly appearance at the small Crozet Farmers Market. “I feel like I get to know my customers,” he said.
Sam Parks of Crozet Fare with sunflower sprouts
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Next door, Prince Michel does a sweet business selling peach wine made from Chiles peaches and peach wine slushies, both in great demand even in the winter, said Sales Associate Brandi Washburn. At Piedmont Place, Smojo’s Beth Harley and Crozet Creamery’s Erik Schetlick are working their way to the bottom of a bushel of Henley Orchards peaches. You’ll find them in the fresh peach ice cream at the Creamery and smoothies at Smojos.
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Celebrate Wellness! Healthy Hips, Knees & Other Joints
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ave you, a friend, or a family member had a joint replacement? How can you maximize the quantity and quality of your life, while minimizing the need for joint replacement, and re-replacement procedures? Here are some facts and tips, courtesy of Ivy Commons Family Chiropractic.
During 1979-2002, hip replacement rates for American seniors increased approximately 800%. During that timeframe, the rate of knee replacement increased roughly 400%; and the largest increase was among those under age 50. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Americans now receive approximately 193,000 total hip replacements and 581,000 knee replacements per year. Those 581,000 knee replacements are projected to balloon to 3.48 million by the year 2030. We are clearly facing an epidemic of arthritis and joint replacement. One of the best approaches to health is prevention. Most joint surfaces are covered in hyaline, a very smooth cartilage that is mostly water. By maintaining proper hydration levels and functional joint strength around your major weight-bearing joints, you’ll have taken some strong positive steps towards joint longevity. Who’d have thought that a simple glass of water could have such power to protect your body’s frame? The knee joints are, loosely speaking, hinge joints. They do rotate some, but not with the greater range of motion that you expect from a forearm where it rotates at the elbow. If the inside of the foot collapses too much (pronation) during walking, running, or standing, the knee will be stressed to turn or twist. The long-term consequence is stress and wear on the inside of the knee. Also, the muscles in the front of the thigh tend to pull on the knee in ways that are stressful to the knee—especially if you have wide hips (a large “Q Angle,” as your doctor will refer to it). No, you can’t get a new body; but with the help of a professional, you can decrease damaging stresses and help your knees move (or “track”) their best. This is where your chiropractic doctor comes in. Just like alignment issues are important for your knees, they also affect the hips and back. Some people’s hip bones are different from one side to the other, and some people have a short leg on one side. The muscles around the pelvis connect to the spine, the ribs, the hips, even the knees. Helping them all relate in a healthy way is one of the services a doctor of chiropractic can provide. Hydration and maintaining joint strength and stability requires daily attention. Preventing premature joint wear is, in no small part, your job; but your partner in this process is your doctor of chiropractic. Alignment might refer to your auto tires wear; it also refers to how your foot relates to the ground, how your knees relate to your hips, how your hips relate to your spine... and the other way around. Every joint in the body affects other joints, just as a disturbance in the nervous system in one area (for example, the pain of an ankle sprain) can affect other areas (for example, back pain from limping around on the aforementioned ankle). We’ve all fallen as children, and many of us have had other mishaps, accidents, and traumas in life. Even though some or even all of the pain from an injury might fade, unless movement and related neurological patterns are normalized, the old and forgotten injuries of life may come to haunt us in the form of subtle misalignments... and the not-so-subtle result of pain, joint failure, and need for joint replacement. Doctors of chiropractic focus on the human frame and its neurological and structural balance, to help you get plenty of mileage out of your body. Even if you’ve already had replacements in a knee, hips, the spine, shoulders, elbows, or other joints, chiropractic is still an important part of living well. Chiropractic doctors see artificial joints every day on x-rays, so you’ll have plenty of company in our office. Some doctors of chiropractic have special training in sports and rehabilitation, and all doctors of chiropractic are trained in the function of the nervous system and every—yes, every—joint in the human body. Doctors of chiropractic can serve as the “body shop” when you have a serious injury, but they also shine in the area of rehabilitation and—just like the auto shop—functional alignment to keep your joints working to their full and optimal capacity. That’s something you’ll appreciate whether your goal is to attain peak performance, or to maximize the life of your real and already-replaced joints
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Albemarle County initiative at Henley called the Autism Base program, which serves students with autism within their regular classroom setting. “All of my students are able to access the general education curriculum with their peers, and we help by providing social support such as coping skills,” said Blasé. “I meet my kids where they are, in their classes, and it’s important that they are out there with their peers. That’s the social learning they need to do, being with other students their age.” In addition to focusing on supporting students in their classes, Blasé says an important part of the program is working with the families of autistic kids. “We’re very committed to working with parents, who know their kids better than anybody,” she said. “So including families in that system of support is very helpful.” Henley already stresses a strong social/emotional element in its curriculum with an emphasis on friendship and on being part of the community, said Blasé, so the Autism Base program dovetails naturally with that work. Blasé has been pleased with the program’s flexibility, which allows her to float during the day to keep up with her eight special needs students. “I can really get into the classes and help kids do things like access group projects with their friends,” she said. “Sometimes support may look like having another assistant in the classroom, and other times it may be giving teachers strategies for dealing with situations, or sitting down with the kids to help
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Western Arts in Education Grants
ArtFest in the West, the annual evening dedicated to arts and music held at WAHS in support of western district school arts programs, raised $13,600 during its March event, which will be distributed as grants by the nonprofit group Arts in Western Education (AWE) to local schools based on arts teachers’ requests. The following grants will be awarded: Western Albemarle High School (WAHS) Choir–concert dresses; WAHS Band–parade banner and sound system; WAHS Drama–speakers, transmitter/ receivers, and microphone system; WAHS Creative Writing– Myriad publication printing costs; WAHS Fine Arts–Blue Trees Project and acrylic wall mount frame; Henley Middle School Choir–concert dresses; Brownsville Elementary–drying racks for art projects; Crozet Elementary–six Amazon Fire tablets and materials for costumes/props; Meriwether Lewis Elementary–sound system Jim Lambert, president of the AWE Board of Directors, said in a press release, “We appreciate the support of everyone who joined us for this extraordinary evening and supported our efforts to provide quality arts programming for all students in the western part of our county.” Significant sponsors of the event included The Boar’s Head Inn & Spa, Craig Builders, Light House Studio, Raising Cane’s, Stanley Martin Homes, Savvy Rest, and WorldStrides.
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frightened by the youthful demonstrators, their offensive language and dress, and the drug culture that influenced popular music. “Hair,” a rock musical that depicted counter-culture teenagers and included nudity, had been playing to packed houses on Broadway. Simon and Garfunkel released “Bookends,” an album that included the mournful “America,” at just about the time King was shot. Stahl said that the period’s contemporary music will be played at the beginning of sessions and during breaks in his class. In October, supporters of third-party segregationist candidate George Wallace saw police beating black protesters and chanted: “Kill ’em, Kill ’em.” In November, the country elected Richard Nixon, a law-and-order candidate. The year ended with the President-elect saying he had a “secret plan” to end the war. His Secretary of State Melvin Laird later confirmed there was no such plan. 1969 was to be more
of a mixed bag, bringing Woodstock, the Beatles’ “Abbey Road,” and a man walking on the moon as well as the high-profile murders by charismatic psychopath Charles Manson. Ed Piper went on to become a college professor and then a Unitarian minister. Jenny Upton became part of the second wave of young people seeking peace in rural Nelson County, and settled at Shannon Farm. She became a woodworker and is one of the owners of Heartwood Design in Afton. Mary Cunningham has had dual careers as a medical professional and financial advisor, owns Sherpa Financial Guides with her husband, Dave, and is an active volunteer for projects benefitting the community. Michael Stahl served for 31 years with the Environmental Protection Agency, retiring recently with a number of awards for his long public service. His course, “1968: American Politics Transformed,” will be offered on five Thursday morning sessions beginning Sept. 27 at the Lodge at Old Trail. Registration, which opens July 10, is at www.olliuva.org.
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consultant Hazen and Sawyer, the RWSA has concluded that the Crozet water supply will meet the community’s needs going forward. “We don’t have to raise the dam, we don’t have to expand the pool, we won’t have to look for alternative water sources for many years,” said Mawyer. Drink to your health Currently, there are two sets of water system improvements underway: (1) three ongoing projects at the Crozet Water Treatment Plant (WTP), and (2) three interrelated projects at the Beaver Creek Dam. Upgrades to the WTP on Rt. 240, first described in detail here in February, have progressed according to schedule. Those upgrades include the installation of granular activated carbon filters for cleaner water, now operational, at a cost of $3.4 million, and the construction of a new finished water pump station, now 90 percent complete and expected to be online by September, at a cost of $2.6 million. Also at the WTP, a plan to significantly expand the plant’s treatment capacity, from 1 million gallons per day (mgd) to 2 mgd, is 95 percent through the design phase. That expansion is expected to be complete by 2020, at a cost of $6.9 million. Mawyer noted that none of these projects is funded by taxes. “All of our revenue comes from ratepayer water and wastewater service collection,” he said, referring to the monthly water
Water under the bridge Over at Beaver Creek Reservoir, the dam modifications will use cutting edge technology and will be completed within the next three to five years, but will involve some inconvenience to local residents while in progress. “Right now, there is a 200-foot-wide earthen auxiliary spillway designed to channel water during a storm so as not to overtop the dam,” explained Randy Bass of Schnabel Engineering, pointing to the grassy area just past the dam to the left of the roadway. “That spillway has inadequate capacity [by Virginia’s revised statewide standards], and due to erosion it would likely fail.” After considering several alternative plans to pass through a greater volume of water safely during a major storm, the RWSA has settled on a “labyrinth spillway”—a concrete chute designed in a zig-zag pattern to accommodate more water—that will be constructed straight through the center of the dam. Browns Gap Turnpike, the roadway that currently runs across the top of the dam, will be rebuilt as a bridge over the spillway, which will require motorists to detour around the area while it is under construction. “Though the spillway will take 18 months to build, we’ll try to minimize the length of the road closure as well as the temporary loss of the [Beaver Creek] park for recreation,” said Bass. The spillway may also be paired with a concrete paraMIKE MARSHALL
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CROZETgazette pet—a one- to two-foot-tall sidewall along the top of the dam on the reservoir side— which would serve as an inexpensive way to bolster the dam height for extra protection. The second dam-related project will be the construction of a new raw water pumping station on the lower side of the dam to enable better control of the water’s flow than the current station allows. “We need to optimize reservoir storage with easier control of the sluice gates,” said Reed Palmer of Hazen and Sawyer, “and we need to pump enough water to the water treatment plant as well as control minimum in-stream flows.” The new plan includes motorized gates for remote water flow management. The third project is a “cutting edge” way to improve water quality even before it is pumped to the WTP, says Jennifer Whitaker, RWSA Director of Engineering. “Beaver Creek Reservoir is constantly monitored for lake health,” she said, “and we plan to install a very progressive method for treating blue-green algae and nutrients in the water.” A new hypolim-
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netic oxygenation system will aerate the water using a pump that sits on the shore of the reservoir next to the pump station, and this aeration will allow for cooler, lower algae water delivery to the treatment plant. In total, the dam projects will cost almost $21 million: $11.3
million for construction of the dam, $3.2 million for engineering, permitting, and easements for the dam, $5 million for the new, relocated raw water pump station and intake, and $1.1 million for the hypolimnetic oxygenation system in the reservoir. Mawyer assured the CCAC
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that the RWSA would keep the committee apprised of the projects as they evolve. The design, permitting, and easement processes will run from now until early 2021, and construction is expected to be complete by early 2023.
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building the plaza on the former Barnes Lumber Property, to include a hotel. I met three hikers lounging at picnic tables under the pavilion in Waynesboro’s free, thru-hiker campground, each barefoot or wearing flip-flops, their damp clothes and sleeping bags hanging on the clothesline behind them. When I reached to shake hands, they gave me a fist bump instead. “This is the hiker’s handshake,” they laughed, “because we’re so dirty.” Chris “Yeh Yeh” and his son Jeremy “Goober” had flown all the way from Australia to hike the AT, and had joined forces with Matt “Rainbow” from Delaware. All AT thru-hikers have nicknames, they explained, based on a personal trait or something they do—a sign of membership in an elite family. One earned the nickname “New Year” because he started in January (brrr!). “The Appalachian Trail is known world-wide,” Chris explained. “It’s the most hiked trail in the world. And it’s a great way to see America.” Averaging 15 miles a day and carrying 30-40-lb. packs, they stop every 4-5 days—often at designated, “hiker friendly” Appalachian Trail Communities like Waynesboro—to rest, resupply, do laundry, and enjoy a hot meal. “We started in Georgia on April 20, and plan to reach Maine by mid-September,” Chris said—before their 6-month visas expire. The AT Community application process includes specific requirements that must be met in order to qualify for this designation. At least two of these four criteria for selection are required: • Community support is evidenced by creation of an advisory committee. Suggested members would be representatives from county or community government, Chamber of Commerce, Visitor’s Bureau, business association (DCI and Crozet Board of Trade), local hiking club (CTC and PATC), and the like. • Hosting of an annual AT volunteer project, event, or celebration • Development of AT-related educational or service learning
programs or projects, such as school partnerships, field trips, or guest speakers • Language for the protection of the AT is included in landuse plans, planning tools, ordinances, or guidelines to promote stewardship of the AT. “Our three-pronged strategy for revitalizing downtown Crozet is to bring more family-friendly businesses and events to the area, to encourage tourism, and to create a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem,” Groot explained. “Once we learn what the AT Community designation requires, then we will connect with businesses to see if they are interested in providing the services hikers need,” Groot said. The DCI was incorporated in September 2017 with the mission “to foster a high quality of life in Downtown Crozet by securing resources to ensure that future downtown redevelopment preserves the best of the original character while serving the needs of a growing population.” (www.downtowncrozetinitiative.com). “The partnership becomes a symbiotic relationship; you only get back as much as you’re willing to put in,” observed Joe Abbate, a member of the Crozet Trails Crew (CTC), which may collaborate with the DCI to make this dream a reality. “We would need to partner with the PATC to develop signage and publicity to guide hikers to Crozet (www.patc.net). It would boost our socio-economic development. Recognition on the AT Conservancy web page would throw a spotlight on Crozet as a recreation destination.” CTC President Terri Miyamoto initiated this research as part of the group’s efforts to engage the community in using and expanding greenways. “Afton is a major crossroads,” she pointed out, “with the AT, Skyline Drive, Blue Ridge Parkway, and U.S. Bicycle Route 76 (which runs 560 miles from Missouri to Yorktown) all intersecting here.” “The CTC couldn’t take this on alone,” Abbate concluded, “but we can contribute.” Waynesboro provides an outstanding model of how to become a successful AT Community. Since 2012, they have become a hiker haven that offers everything a hiker might
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need, from free showers at the YMCA, to a free campground operated by Parks & Rec (for thru-hikers only, with a maximum 3-day stay), to free wifi at the library. Their comprehensive Welcome Guide for AT Hikers is a double-sided, 14-inch handout that is jam-packed with information. It includes a list of all services, businesses, and events available in Waynesboro with addresses, phone numbers, and a map showing numbered locations of key services such as the YMCA, hiker campground, hostels, Post Office, restaurants, and public library. This handout is available online, at the Rockfish Gap Tourist Info Center just off the AT, at Rockfish Gap Outfitters, and in all trail angel cars. A separate sheet lists the 15+ volunteer “trail angels.” Hikers can call a trail angel, either from their cell phones or from the info center, to shuttle them to town and back. Some angels even park at the info center and intercept hikers as they arrive. At the tourist info center—also funded by the Waynesboro Economic Development and Tourism office—section hikers can register to park for the day. “The program is established and well supported throughout the community,” said Courtney Cranor, Assistant Director of Economic Development and Tourism. “They come to recuperate, stock up on food, wash, get their shoes repaired, and pick up medicine or packages they have sent here,” she explained. Hikers enjoy the B-Z laundromat, Graham’s Shoe Service, and the Valley Mission Thrift Store. Grace Lutheran Church offers a free hiker hostel during the peak season, and
Stanimal’s Hostel and Shuttle Service is also popular. There is a CATS bus that circulates through town Monday through Friday for only 50 cents, with stops at the campground, Kroger, Wal-Mart, and the library, among others. “We really, really appreciate the free campground and showers,” said Chris from Australia. “Waynesboro is very hiker friendly.” They love Weasie’s Kitchen and the all-you-can-eat buffet at Ming Garden, which features seven tables of delicious choices. “I ate four plates!” grinned Matt from Delaware. As I entered the restaurant, hikers from Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Carolina were just leaving. Rockfish Gap Outfitters, right at the bottom of the mountain, sells needed gear, trail-related guide books and maps, and offers assistance with foot pain and expert pack-fitting. “Besides offering free showers to thru-hikers, we manage the check-in for the campground,” said YMCA Executive Director Jeff Fife. “We give them a pink tag to designate they have permission to camp there. We have a designated, safe space for their backpacks between the back doors while they shower.” The Waynesboro Post Office has a special table, out of sight of other customers, where they can park those backpacks—which take up some space! Both the post office staff and the tourist center volunteer said they typically see 10-15 hikers a day from all over the world, including Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands, during the summer season. “We had a guy from Japan stop in here this morn-
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I expect we’ve all been caught in the long traffic tie-ups during “Crozet rush hour” at the fourway stop sign where ThreeNotch’d Road meets Crozet Ave. Part of the problem is drivers’ confusion about whose turn it is to proceed and resulting hesitation, causing them to wait longer than necessary before turning or crossing the intersection. Sometimes the intersection remains empty for precious minutes while drivers try to figure out who can safely go next! One simple rule covers how to handle a four-way stop sign, which is all you need to
remember: Vehicles should enter the intersection in the order in which they arrived. This means that the vehicle that arrives first should proceed through the intersection first, and others should continue to take turns in the order of their arrival. All that is required is for you to pay attention, as you arrive at the intersection, to which cars were there before you at the other three entry points. If you are the first (or only) car to arrive at the intersection, you may simply treat it as a regular stop sign, and proceed through the intersection immediately after stopping. If, on the
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other hand, other cars are already stopped when you arrive at the intersection, you must let all of these turn or cross before taking your turn. But what if more than one car arrives at the same time? The Virginia Driver’s Manual (www.dmv.state.va.us/ webdoc/pdf/dmv39c.pdf ) has you covered: If you get to the intersection at the same time as other vehicles, the driver on the left must
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Crozet’s Hilltop: A Neighborhood Model The young village of Crozet began its growth in a similar fashion to the croplands surrounding it—organically! The earliest lot purchases by “outsiders” were, of necessity, bought from the principal farmers in the area. Abram Wayland and William Ballard sold individual lots from their farms that fronted on two intersecting dirt byways. Prosperity roared into town with the maturing of fruit orchards around the first decade of the 20th century. A boom of business building and accompanying jobs fueled a demand for more houses. The First World War coincided with the decline of the once-lucrative Albemarle Pippin apple, but Crozet’s momentum as a major producer of fruit continued into the 1940s. The demands of WWII upon the nation’s citizenry and local governments were severe. With that war’s end, savvy manufacturers and local entrepreneurs with an ear to the ground addressed a pent-up desire for new automobiles, houses and the like. In Crozet, Blue Ridge Motor Company was one of the business partnerships showing confidence in the future of their town.
Barnes Lumber Company anchors the bottom of this mid-1950s Crozet view with Hilltop and Myrtle Streets visible in the middle and upper right. Claudius Crozet Park was established in September 1958 on a portion of the land visible in the upper left. [Photo by Mac Sandridge.]
Blue Ridge investors Silas Barnes, Harris Coleman and Dabney Sandridge already were seasoned businessmen. Barnes operated the town’s lumber company, and Sandridge had grown up in his family’s country store. As younger brother Sidney Sandridge stated, “The business of buying and selling was as natural to us as breath-
L-r: Dabney Sandridge Sr., D.W. Sandridge Jr., and Meredith James at the 1962 grand opening of Crozet’s Western Auto store on The Square. James, a radio, television and antenna specialist, had joined with the Sandridges when they opened their adjacent Sandridge A&H (“Appliance & Home”) store in 1959. [Photo by Mac Sandridge; courtesy of Ralph Sandridge.]
ing. Ours was the business world, and we lived and learned from that world.” The corner of Main Street and Jarmans Gap Road was business central for the Blue Ridge Motor group. A full-service Gulf gasoline station complemented on-site auto sales (headed up by Harris Coleman), a taxi service (Yes, in Crozet!), and trucks and drivers for hire. In 1946, anticipating the needs of returning servicemen and an economy poised for growth, the company purchased 51 acres of former farm and orchard land and developed plans that initially called for 26 lots of approximately a half-acre in size—space for young families to grow, with generous room for backyard gardens. The lots fronted on new streets designated as High, Hilltop, and Myrtle. Dabney Sandridge placed his vote of confidence in the new development by building his own home on Lot #1 at the corner of Hilltop and High. That confidence was validated in 1950 with the arrival of manufactur-
ing stalwart Acme Visible Records. In 1953, Morton Frozen Foods arrived, destined to become the county’s largest employer. Crozet and western Albemarle County would never be the same. Buckner Ashby Jr. (1922– 2009) grew up in Charlottesville, but when he and his wife considered another place to raise their daughter and two sons in the early-1950s, that search led them to Crozet. He wrote, “When I worked as a RPO (Railway Post Office) clerk, I had one run that I worked six days on and eight off. During the off-week and in the evenings, I worked regularly for Midway Electric. This helped the bank balance. “We searched for a lot to build on and found one in Crozet on Hilltop Street. I recall paying $500 for the lot, which included the water line in front of the house. That was a good buy. Bought it from Dabney Sandridge, who lived in the corner house as we turned into our street. continued on page 22
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“I had learned a good bit about construction working as an electrician’s helper, but not enough. I worked also for the Bishop brothers who were brick masons and contractors and helped them build two nice homes off Ivy Road west of Charlottesville. I worked without pay just to learn. They were supposed to repay me with cinderblock work when I got ready to build, but they couldn’t spare the time when I was ready for them. They did build the chimney and Heatilator fireplace and it put off good heat. “A fellow that I knew did the block work. He first laid the block up to floor level after I had dug and poured the footings. Then, in one day, my father-in-law and I poured the floor. That was a big job for the two of us. We used regular 3-inch gutter to run as heat ducts for the furnace and then poured concrete around them. I got the plans from Better Homes and Gardens, and, if I do say so myself, we did a good job. “The mason laid the block for the exterior walls and the center wall. I was on the road that week and there was a fairly strong windstorm. We both sweated blood wondering whether the block had fallen, especially the center wall
because there was nothing to hold it down. We lucked out. “After we put up the rafters, from there on, it was mostly me and I’d find someone to help when I absolutely couldn’t do the work alone. It looked like a small house when you went by, but it was approximately 24x48’ — about 1200 sq. ft. We continued to add odds and ends to it as time went on. It was a well-constructed house with good-sized garden and it kept us out of the cold for quite a few years.” Soon, the Hilltop/Myrtle Street neighborhood was joined by housing subdivisions at Wayland Park, Orchard Acres, and Laurel Hills. Still more followed. Their front yards and streets filled with children. Local churches expanded to meet their needs, as did local businesses. People became accustomed to long traffic backups at shift changes and quitting time. The many new neighborhoods created an overarching community that the village founders never could have envisioned. Noah Webster’s definitions of a neighbor included, “One who lives in familiarity with another... an intimate; a confidant.” Creating neighborhoods takes some time and much effort. In the case of Crozet, the adeptness of that model has been proven oe’r and oe’r.
Dr. Albert Bledsoe Wayland, M.D. (1874–1915), of Covesville, established his Crozet medical practice in 1899. In 1909, he built a hospital “overlooking the town”. That same year he arranged a survey of his property south of the C&O railroad, creating “The Southeast Subdivision in Crozet”. It included 30 lots nearby the railroad and the downtown Square, 40’ roadways and a cul-de-sac. His vision of establishing the village’s first planned development went unfulfilled due to declining health and early death at age 44. [Courtesy of Phil James Historical Images.]
Meredith James and his son Mike paused on the front porch one Sunday morning en route to church. Meredith and his new bride Joanne rented a small house trailer on Hilltop Street in the late 1950s. They invested themselves in that development by later purchasing the property, working locally, and helping to establish a stable neighborhood in which their children could grow up. [Photo courtesy of Mike James.]
Blue Ridge Motor Company business partners Harris Coleman, Dabney Sandridge, and Silas Barnes invested their resources in 51-acres of former farm and orchard land in 1946. Crozet’s first successful housing development, defined by High, Hilltop, and Myrtle Streets, was one result. Claudius Crozet Park, established by the citizenry of Crozet, was also formed from that land tract. [Courtesy of the Phil James Historical Collection.]
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Christina Brown of Crozet has achieved the Toastmasters International Advanced Communicator Bronze award, the first of three levels of recognition in Toastmasters’ Advanced Communication Series. To earn the award, Brown completed two advanced communicator manuals, which required preparing and presenting a total of 10 speeches at the Crozet Toastmasters Club, where she is a member. There are 15 manuals in the Advanced Communication Series, all designed to develop specific skills, such as communicating on video, facilitating discussion and speeches by management. Brown, who founded the Crozet Toastmasters Club in 2015, chose the persuasive speaking and special occasion speeches manual because each addressed types of speaking she wanted to work on. “I wanted to improve my negotiation skills and business acumen,” she said of persuasive speaking. “I chose the special occasion manual to be able to speak extemporarily at any occasion or when a comment or reply is required. Completing these manuals exercised my creative skills and bolstered my confidence level. Both were fun and required some thinking and much preparation.” Toastmasters is a 94-year-old nonprofit organization with more than 16,400 clubs in 141 countries. The program teaches speaking and leadership skills through experience-based programs and participation in local clubs. Brown has been a member since 2012, when she joined a club in Arlington. After relocating to Crozet, she discovered she missed having that “safe space” to practice public speaking. “I decided to begin the Crozet Toastmasters Club in September 2015. Within nine months, the club was chartered with 22 members,” she said. “It is growing and gaining new
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members all the time.” Brown is a firm believer in the Toastmasters formula, which emphasizes practice and feedback to hone speaking ability and build confidence. “Toastmasters allows anyone interested in improving their leadership or presentation skills to work at their own pace and get instant feedback on how speeches are performed. The atmosphere is a friendly club feel and is encouraging to even the most reluctant of speakers,” she said. “Two speeches per meeting are allowed, but other roles performed by members also exercise their speaking skills. The roles obligate members to help others improve as well.” In addition to various forms of speech-making, members can choose among to work on proficiencies such as building personal or professional relationships and the ability to lead meetings. Leadership skills also are developed by filling roles in every meeting and holding club offices. The Crozet Toastmasters Club held a special open house meeting June 5 at the Crozet Library. It was a great success with over 18 in attendance. Another open house will be held in September, but if you wish to visit, the Crozet club meets from 6 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday in the Pickford-Chiles Fellowship Hall at Tabor Presbyterian Church. Visitors are always welcome. To learn more about the Crozet club, visit crozet.toastmastersclubs.org.
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“Grandmother, would you like a cappuccino when we get home?” wafted the voice of the six year old over the back seat. “I think it’s a little late in the day for a cappuccino, and besides, we need to get you home and I don’t want to stop,” I replied. “No! We don’t have to stop—we have a cappuccino maker at home and Mommy taught me to make them. I make her one every morning now.” Oh. My daughter-in-law Kirsten loves kitchen appliances. She has mixers and seltzer makers and ricer cookers and so forth. I also call her ‘the condiment queen’, but that’s another story. And now, she has an espresso/ cappuccino maker—and her own little barista on a step stool. Lucky! I have always considered myself a person of the whisk and of the knife and mostly eschewed fancy kitchen paraphernalia. But I admit to two ‘gadgets’ that have improved my
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Overnight Whole Wheat Refrigerator Rolls 1 ¼ cup warm water 1 package yeast 1 cup whole wheat flour 3 ¼ cup white flour 1/3 cup sugar Put the water and yeast in your standing mixer bowl. (Don’t have a standing mixer? You’ll be whisking by hand). Sprinkle the yeast, add the whole wheat flour, the sugar, the melted butter, one egg and the salt. Mix for one minute. Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold in the white flour, mixing by hand with a wooden spoon until a soft dough forms and pulls away from the side of the bowl. Dough will be a little wet. Cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight. The next day, remove the bowl from the refrigerator; replace it on the mixer stand. Attach the bread hook and
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The bridge over Ivy Creek Branch on Route 250 in Ivy will be replaced this month, closing the road in both directions for two weeks.
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27. Approximately 11,500 vehicles cross the bridge daily. Burleigh Construction Co., Inc., of Concord is replacing the bridge under a $1,277,945.80 contract that includes an incentive of $25,000 if the bridge is open to traffic before July 27, and an additional $15,000 for each day prior to July 27 the road is open. If the bridge is not substantially complete by July 27, a $15,000 disincentive will
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ing,” declared Duffy. The Waynesboro AT Advisory Committee, which meets twice a year, has about a dozen members, including Cranor, Duffy, Fife, Volunteer Coordinator Liza Peltola, Volunteer Liaison Amy Allamong, Stephanie Seltzer of the Department of Parks & Recreation, a couple of trail angels, the regional PATC chapter, and business representatives. The trail angels held a Hiker Fest June 9 to welcome any hikers who happened to be in town and treat them to dinner and a movie at the Zeus Digital Theater. “Lots of trail magic happens without our even knowing,” added Duffy. “Sometimes people put coolers up there full of popsicles & ice cream.” Clearly, Waynesboro
be levied for each day the bridge remains closed. Comments received at VDOT’s public hearing on the replacement overwhelmingly favored the two-week closure rather than a phased construction plan that would have restricted traffic on Route 250 to one lane, controlled by a traffic signal, for at least three months. The closure is scheduled during July to avoid affecting daily school traffic and to take advantage of the seasonal reduction in commuter traffic.
citizens view hikers as an addition to the community and treat them with care and consideration. “There is no downside,” said Cranor. Admittedly, Crozet is farther from the AT than Waynesboro—8 miles as opposed to 4—but by car this is only a matter of 10 minutes. There is a shorter route to the AT via Old Jarmans Gap Rd (which bears right where Jarmans Gap becomes Greenwood Rd), but few volunteers will want to drive the 4-5 miles up a narrow, rutted gravel road, made worse by the ravages of recent flooding rains (I tried and gave up after 3 miles). Is Crozet ready to commit to serving hikers in this way? “We want Crozet to be a place not only to work and to live, but also to play,” said Groot. Welcoming AT hikers into our community is my idea of fun!
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full-day sessions, with 15 of those comprising the after-care contingent who would arrive by bus at 2:30 p.m. “So the absolute maximum number of cars present at any one time is 25 at 8:30 a.m.,” she said, and that would only occur if there were zero early drop-offs and if none of the students walked with their parents, carpooled, were siblings, or were children of school staff. Tracey Pugh, minister of children, youth, and community connections at Crozet Baptist also noted that the church currently hosts a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group twice a month on Monday mornings, which consists of 30 moms with 25 children, so the preschool’s effect would be similar to neighborhood traffic on those days (at the preschool’s maximum enrollment). Elaine Echols, chief of longrange planning and the project’s coordinator for Albemarle County, said that the preschool needs a Special Use Permit to begin operation. The CCAC presentation served as an initial community meeting to allow nearby property owners to opine on the idea, and the CCAC is not required to take any action on the plan. Next, Gillette will present the plan (amended to address concerns raised in Crozet) to the Planning Commission in tandem with a public hearing. If that body approves, then the project goes before the county Board of Supervisors, with an additional public hearing, for a final decision.
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areas of STEM, nature exploration, literacy, and history,” she said. Because the property is already on public water and sewer, she added, there should be no infrastructure impact. After suggestions from committee members that the preschool calendar be synced with that of the public schools, and that the after-care pickup deadline be extended to 5:30 instead of 5 p.m. to help working parents, St. George Avenue resident Cael Kendall conveyed the concerns of a neighbor whose house is adjacent to the church but who could not attend the meeting. “There are concerns about noise impacts on the surrounding back yards,” said Kendall, “and about increased traffic on St. George Avenue,” from cars dropping off and picking up children at the church each day. Nearby residents Rebecca Kendall and Linette Burton also expressed unease over more cars on their street. “There are 52 houses on St. George Avenue,” said Rebecca Kendall, “and we’re looking at potentially 40 more trips up and down the street twice a day. Lots of kids walk or bike to Crozet Elementary, and I’m concerned about their safety.” Burton added that she often flags drivers to slow down as they zoom past on the long avenue. In her presentation, Gillette described a maximum enrollment target of 40 students across both the half-day and
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CLINIC BRYAN PARSONS
Each month a prize-winning photograph from the archives of the Crozet Calendar will be published together with a story from the photographer of how the image was made and commentary by Sam Abell about the merits of the photograph. By Sam Abell “I want to celebrate Crozet’s small-town character whenever I can.” With that straightforward sentence Bryan Parsons summarizes the spirit of the Crozet Calendar and of the photographers who work to make it meaningful. Crozet’s small-town character is on its most spirited display at the annual Fourth of July parade. Meanwhile, on display here is Bryan’s photograph from last year’s calendar. Not so obviously on display is the thoughtful work that went into making his photograph a success. In describing his process Bryan reveals that he began thinking about the pictorial possibilities well before he made the photograph. “I got there before the parade started with the intention of photographing the event from start to finish. I’d been to this parade several times in previous years (I live nearby) so I knew the color guard would be leading it off. I wanted an image that would present the color guard as the primary subject in front with the parade trailing behind. I selected a position by the Dairy Queen facing north. The dip in the road by the rescue squad and then the rise up toward St. George Avenue gave me a better angle on the vehicles coming down the hill. This is a big event for a small town and I wanted to capture that feeling in my photograph. I like to take pictures that generate a positive emotional response in the viewer. In this case, it’s the image of a community complete with fire trucks, flags and families with kids chasing candy.” Embedded in Bryan’s approach are several elements that go into making a successful photograph. First of all, he was motivated by a desire to express a personal feeling. He wanted to convey an emotional sense of the parade but also a feeling for Crozet’s character. With that goal in mind, Bryan paid attention to his stance. Based on his prior knowledge of the parade route he chose a specific spot that would yield the result he wanted. So, to a great extent, the photograph was pre-determined. Many photographs are. I know that because in my career as a National Geographic photographer I tried to pre-visualize as many pictures as possible. But there were limits. I was itinerant and had to move on. That made me appreciate photographers like Bryan who had deep roots in their culture and community. They
Bryan Parsons’ photo of the Crozet Parade was featured in July in the 2017 calendar.
could return again and again. I could not. Bryan speaks to this in a reflection of his time here: “I’ve lived in Crozet since 1997. I’ve watched it change over the years. I knew Crozet before it got its stoplight. I remember when MusicToday and Starr Hill Brewery were Conagra foods and the Dairy Queen was a real gas station with service bays, when Acme was still around and there was a grocery store where the post office is now. I’m not a native by any stretch, but I feel an attachment to this town that I didn’t have in a suburban setting like Northern Virginia, where I grew up. I buy groceries at Great Valu, get my prescriptions from Parkway Pharmacy, go to Fardowners for a burger and beer, walk the family dog to Mint Springs Park, get my hair cut at the Modern Barber Shop, gas up at the Dairy Queen, load up on fresh peaches at Chiles orchard, attend the raffle twice a year at the firehouse, photograph the Crozet Choir during their Christmas concert at Crozet Baptist Church and on and on.” Many of us share this history and these unique Crozet customs. But what does living a dedicated local life mean to a practicing photographer? It means knowing where and when to be when conditions are ideal for photography. For Bryan it meant knowing about ‘the dip in the road by the rescue squad and a half dozen other things about the parade. But returning to that spot was not enough. Bryan needed the atmospheric conditions to favor him. As he recalls: “The parade started at 5 p.m. Weather was partly to mostly cloudy. The result was high, diffused light which evened out exposure and prevented strong shadows. The diffused sun-
light was coming from over my left shoulder which gave nice portrait lighting for the color guard’s faces.” These are the words of a professional portrait photographer, someone who knows the importance of lighting. Did parade watchers notice the difference between diffuse and direct light that afternoon? Probably not. But to Bryan, and to his photograph, the quality of light was crucial. That’s because he was treating the event both as a parade and as a portrait opportunity. A portrait of small-town life, yes. But also a portrait of five men. That all five of the men are recognizable is an achievement. The moment matters. In any other moment it’s very likely that at least some of the faces of the honor guard would be more obscured. That would have diminished the emotional effect Bryan was after. Thus there are two compositions for him to consider—the macro-composition (the overall parade scene) and the micro-composition (the five faces). Thoughtful photographers organize the macro-composition first—to get it out of the way—so they can concentrate on the fine detail and intricate timing of the micro-composition. The photograph works because the faces of the men are successfully set in the larger context of the parade. Accomplished photographs like Bryan’s seem inevitable. That happens when the work—in Bryan’s case years of it—is invisible to the viewer. Bryan’s website is bpphotos.com. He also has work on display at the Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Cancer Center as well as at Bryan’s Photo Store on Ivy Road..”
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Aging Famously: Follow Those You Admire to Living Long and Well This month The Lodge welcomes award winning reporter, former lecturer at UVA and author Elizabeth Meade Howard. She’ll be discussing her book
Aging Famously: Follow Those You Admire to Living Long and Well. The book discusses her journey into her own later years and chronicles the advice she received from the experts—resourceful and resilient older men and women whom she admired for their imagination, adaptability and successful aging. Among the people she interviewed were famous people ranging from Walter Cronkite to Carol Channing and from Hal Holbrook to Mayor Ed Koch. In her presentation she’ll share with us what these inspiring people had to say and how they continued to take risks and contribute their talents in their 70’s, 80’s and beyond. It’s sure to be an extremely uplifting and fascinating evening for everyone. Make your plans for this event early. Seating is limited!
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If you read this column enough, you’ll know that I love ultrarunning (running/races longer than a marathon). Ultrarunning is a sport that favors those who endure. From Merriam-Webster: Endure: To remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding. To undergo, especially without giving in. To regard with acceptance or tolerance. To continue in the same state. When we think of endurance relative to sports and fitness, we often think of endurance athletes as people who are genetically different than other people. The reason I love ultrarunning as sport so much is that I get to see first-hand that enduring is a choice. To endure means not giving up when things are hard. To endure means being smart, problem solving, and remaining calm. To endure means putting in the work. I have never once met an ultrarunner who can endure without this ethos. Talented runners often come and go because they choose not to endure. Meanwhile, the sport is composed mostly of very regular people who have simply chosen to endure. People who have decided they want to start running at the age of 60. People who have been incredibly patient in the face of injuries or misfortune. And people who are just too stubborn to give up. That is the simple beauty of endurance sport—it is available to anyone. It is a choice. Not an easy choice, but a rewarding one. I was inspired to write about this as I watched the 2018 version of the Western States 100Mile Endurance Run take place June 23. This is a very difficult 100-mile trail race that starts in Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe, California, runs up and through the Sierra Nevada mountains, and then through scorching hot canyons and valleys until finally
ending in the town of Auburn. Participants have a 30-hour time limit to complete the race, which averages out to just over 19 minute-miles for 100 miles. Most participants run a lot, but also “power hike” a lot. They take short breaks, they eat, they drink, and mostly, they endure the day and the course. This year’s winner set a new course record in 14 hours and 30 minutes. That’s an 8:40 minute/ mile pace for 100 mountain miles with 18,000 feet of elevation gain. As incredible the winners are, the folks who don’t have much talent but have chosen to do the things that it takes to endure are just as amazing. This year was particularly impressive to me (and relevant to this Back to Fitness column) because there were some amazing performances in the older age groups. Nick Bassett of Cheyenne, Wyoming, 73 years old, became the oldest person ever to finish this storied race as he finished 100 tough, hot, mountain miles in 29 hours and 9 minutes! He had 51 minutes to spare before the race’s 30-hour cutoff. Let that sink in. Mr. Bassett is 73 years old! Let’s say you’re 43 and starting to feel “old.” Well, good news! You’ve got 30 years to train and be like Nick Bassett! (But you really need to start now.) “Aw, come on, he’s probably just some elite runner for whom this stuff just comes easy to!” you might say. Well, perhaps that is true. Nick Bassett ran his first Western States 100 race 34 years ago. He was obviously in shape when he was 39 years old. However, I can guarantee you this: to keep active during these last 34 years, as he aged, as his life became busy and complex, and as life events were thrown at him, he chose daily to endure. He chose to put in the work and keep fitness a priority and there is no doubt that this continued on page 40
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JUNE 2018 COURTESY HEIDI SONEN/ROSCOE SHAW
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Summer Heat... Count the Days June finished a touch warmer than normal and July started off scorching hot with the dreaded combination of heat and humidity. But before you whine too much, remember that you live in the South and it is summer. What do you expect? Many people believe that our summers are hotter than they used to be but that is not really the case. Overall, the earth has definitely warmed in the last few decades but almost all of the warming has happened at night, in the winter, and in the north. “Global warming” should really be called “global less cold” but that’s not very catchy. Ironically, the lack of hotter “hot days” combined with warmer low temperatures is exactly what the atmospheric physics suggest in an atmosphere with more carbon dioxide. This provides empirical evidence that carbon dioxide is
a key driver of rising global temperature. A look at the data shows that we average eight days a year where the temperature hits 95 or more. The hottest decade was the 1930’s when 134 days hit 95 or more. The dust bowl years of the 1930s still hold the most records for hot temperatures in the USA. The decade with the fewest hot days was the 1970s with just 34 days reaching 95 degrees. Overall, there is no trend toward hotter summer afternoons. One thing not included in the data is humidity. Overall, moisture has increased slightly in recent decades although it is difficult to quantify. Humidity is difficult to measure correctly, and older records are poor. The bottom line is that summers are hot in central Virginia, but it was just as bad for your grandparents, maybe worse.
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World Wide Welcome by Clover Carroll | clover@crozetgazette.com
As we celebrate the 242nd birthday of this magnificent country we call home, it might be a good time to revisit the most iconic symbol of America besides our flag: the Statue of Liberty. Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustav Eiffel between 1875 and 1885, it was presented as a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. As part of the original proposal, the U.S. had committed to provide a site and build the pedestal, but when the time approached for delivery, the funds were not available to finance the pedestal’s construction. New York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer—an Hungarian immigrant himself, whose legacy gift to Columbia University established the Pulitzer prizes— mounted a drive for donations and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar (which would be worth about $250 today). Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), a well-known poet in her day, wrote her famous sonnet “The New Colossus” in 1883 as a donation to the art exhibition that launched this fundraiser. At that time, her focus was European Jews, famine-plagued Irish, Chinese, and others who emigrated to America to escape various kinds of persecution— many of whom came through Ellis Island. The Statue of Liberty was deliberately placed to be one of their first sights as they sailed into New York harbor. The statue’s dedication in 1886 was marked by a parade led by President Grover Cleveland. As it passed the New York Stock Exchange, traders threw ticker tape out their windows, thus making it New York’s first ticker-tape parade. In 1903, Lazarus’ powerful statement of the American ideal was cast into a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal. A sonnet is a poetic form consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter. This meter, which is well suited to the English lan-
guage, consists of five metric “feet” per line, each with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one: “i LIFT my LAMP beSIDE the GOLden DOOR.” Lazarus’s sonnet adopts the rhyme scheme abba abba cdcdcd, effectively dividing it into two quatrains and a sestet. This pattern establishes it as a Petrarchan sonnet. The sets of rhyming words create natural units of thought, although Lazarus’s first two quatrains are linked with an enjambment. A Shakespearean sonnet, by contrast, employs three quatrains followed by a rhymed couplet. One sign of a successful poem is that the rhyme scheme is so skillfully woven into the poem’s structure and meaning as to be almost imperceptible, as is the case here. Its music simply elevates the beauty and enjoyment of the poem. By beginning “The New Colossus” with the word “Not,” the poet affirms America’s independence and presents the New World as a contrast to the Old. The title alludes to the Colossus of Rhodes, a huge statue of the sun-god Helios which was built in 280 BC and is often depicted in illustrations as straddling the harbor of the Greek island of Rhodes. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world (of which only the Great Pyramid at Giza survives), it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC. “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame” associates the new American monument with the glories of the past, while at the same time reinventing them. The poet creates a contrast with the past and emphasizes the idea that her subject represents a new imagining, or redirection, of human aspirations. This reimagined figure of a robed woman, representing the Roman goddess Libertas, is both a defiance of the past and a symbol of the future. Instead of a conquering warrior, this new statue is “a mighty woman,” still powerful, but welcoming rather than bellicose. She too stands in a “harbor that twin cities frame,” referring to New York and Brooklyn, which
Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World (1886) by Edward Moran.
was a separate city until 1898. The powerful image of “imprisoned lightning” refers to the then-novel electric light that illuminates her torch, and seemingly imbues her with god-like powers. In contrast to the Old World, this “Mother of Exiles” is a nurturing symbol, lighting the way to a better life free from persecution. “From her beacon-hand / Glows world-wide welcome” is a powerful statement of American hope. Throughout the poem, Lazarus uses alliteration and assonance to enhance her message. “limbs…from land to land,” “sea-washed, sunset
gates,” and “world-wide welcome” all create a soft, feminine tone, in contrast to the harder, more grating b’s, z’s and g’s of “brazen giant of Greek fame.” Assonance, for example with “breathe free…teeming shore,” and consonance, with “imprisoned lightning, and her name,” add to the musicality of the poem. The sestet, beginning with line 9, shifts gears entirely. Instead of the poet’s looking at the statue and describing it in the third person, now Lady Liberty comes to life and speaks for herself. It is this section that
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The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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quick intervention, we are often able to remedy these illnesses, however some cats’ immune systems don’t ever seem to be able to catch up and they can have chronic eye and nasal problems for life. So, your new kitten is sneezing and has runny eyes? Bring it to your vet. Roundworms: Gross. But yeah, most kittens have roundworms, a common type of intestinal parasite that they typically get from their mom. Many kittens will be so loaded with roundworms that they may vomit up a pile of “spaghetti” or have it coming out the other end. More common however, is a kitten with diarrhea and a few worms in it. Roundworms are easy to treat and we deworm every kitten several times for this reason. Ear mites: Thank God we don’t get ear mites! There are few times that I feel worse for an animal than when I look into a kitten’s ears and see hundreds of ear mites crawling around and causing itchy chaos. Ear mites are very small, but not quite microscopic mites that crawl around in the ear canals of dogs and cats. Although we do see them in dogs, it’s pretty rare, but kittens have them commonly. In fact, most young kittens with black discharge in their ears have ear mites (whereas most dogs with black discharge in their ears have a yeast infection). Mites crawl around and cause lots of inflammation and itching as they feed inside the poor kitten’s ears. The ears produce a lot of wax in response and the result is an ear canal that is packed with wax, ear mites, and often yeast and bacteria. These kittens must be miserable! Fortunately ear mites are easy to treat with topical medications like Revolution. The harder thing to resolve is the chronic inflammation they have caused in the ear canal. If the ear mites are severe enough or persist long enough, some
cats have chronic inflammatory problems in their ears. Fleas: If ear mites didn’t creep you out enough, don’t forget about the more common and equally disturbing fleas! Fleas don’t discriminate between older or younger animals, and some kittens can be so severely infested with fleas that they have hardly any blood remaining in their bodies. Fleas are easily treated with topical treatments, but for kittens less than a month old, bathing and combing regularly is probably the best treatment. Diarrhea: Aside from intestinal worms, there are several other causes of kitten diarrhea, some of which can be quite difficult to remedy. Viruses, protozoal diseases, food allergies, and intestinal bacterial overgrowth are all possible causes for the young kitten with diarrhea that doesn’t seem to resolve. Most of the time, treating for parasites and getting on a good food can remedy “kitten diarrhea,” but I regularly see cases where we are essentially waiting for the kitten’s immune system to grow up a bit. Ringworm: Ringworm is a fungal disease of the skin that causes crusts and scabs, typically around the face and paws. Ringworm is often contagious to people, so if your young kitten has scabs and dermatitis it’s good to wash your hands regularly until you get it checked out. There are, of course, many more problems that kittens can break with, but these are by far the most common that we see. Many of them are pretty gross, right? But don’t worry, these are typically just “diseases of the young” and pass with proper treatment and care.
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gives the poem its enduring power. Hers is a strong voice, both commanding and sincere. “Keep… your storied pomp!” she admonishes the countries across the Atlantic from which so many of our ancestors came—emphasizing a new sense of humility and respect for the working individual who thinks for him/herself. “Give me your tired, your poor,” she continues in the poem’s climactic lines, “Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free!” Lazarus eloquently proclaims America’s historic role as a haven for the downtrodden, for the diverse immigrants who founded, tamed, and built our country. “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,” she entreats, vividly evoking the
JULY 2018 dangers asylum seekers face on their journey to freedom. Those whom no one else wants, the “refuse” (a synonym for trash) of other societies, will be valued here, she promises—treated with respect and given the opportunity to thrive. The immortal line, “I lift my lamp beside the golden door” invites all willing workers to the Land of Opportunity, where they can help to tame the acres of wilderness and create a new society of peace, justice, and equality. See the 7/2/18 New Yorker cover for a contemporary illustration of these lines. As Phil Klay (winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Redeployment) points out, “America is an idea as much as a country.” “The New Colossus” summarizes the American dream and brilliantly conveys its time-honored vision of hope, freedom, and justice for all.
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under-the-stars type concert,” Layman explained. “We have a historic connection to Crozet— one of the first places the band played in its early years was Crozet—in 1923!” Next year, such a concert may take place in a planned pond-side amphitheater. The Crozet Park Board is currently working with Albemarle County to develop a design for a multi-purpose, covered structure which will attract a variety of musical guests, events, plays, and other performances. “We expect to have this design completed this summer with the goal of putting it out to bid to find a contractor this fall,” said Board President Kim Guenther.
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Child’s Play Today’s column is especially for children (per a reader suggestion), although adults are certainly welcome to read along too! Gardening for Wildlife Just like you, wild critters need a home. For them to live in your yard, they need lots of plants. But it is not necessary to buy trees, shrubs, and flowers to plant around your house. Ask your parents if you can mark off a sunny area of the yard to call your own. If it’s okay with them, remove most of the grass in your garden patch, and then wait. Be patient, and soon “volunteer” plants will come up. Although most folks tend to call plants that come into the yard on their own “weeds,” many such plants are pretty as well as helpful to such critters as birds, butterflies, bees, and bunnies. By keeping an eye on your little garden, you can discover which plants are most often visited by wildlife. You might learn which animals feed on leaves and which go to flowers for pollen and nectar. Later, you might see which animals eat the seeds or fruits that the plants made. A Place for Life A bird lays its eggs in a nest made of natural materials that should be easy for it to find, such as moss, lichen, spider webbing, mud, and feathers. Birds also use many kinds of dried plant matter, such as pine needles and leaves, stems, grasses, and twigs from trees. Can a bird find these things in your yard, or in the yards of your neighbors? People like tidy yards, so they often rake up all the leaves and pull or cut all the plants that have turned brown. Usually they burn this old plant material or send it away to a
landfill, which means birds can have trouble getting what they need to build a nest. However, there is a way to help birds as well as other animals and still have a tidy yard. See if you can find a corner of the yard that people don’t visit often and ask your parents if they could put all plant debris, including woody material, in that one spot. By doing this, you create a brush pile, which is one of the best things you can do for wildlife. By piling up branches trimmed from trees and bushes with the other yard debris, you make a place where birds can grab nesting material, hide from predators, or sleep at night. Some kinds of birds, along with bunnies, like to nest at the bottom of the pile where they can hide their nests underneath the twigs. The bottom of the brush pile that is touching the ground will, over time, begin to decay, creating a perfect place for lizard and salamanders to lay their eggs. It even serves as a restaurant for them because they will find many different insects and spiders hanging out there. Giving Toads A Helping Hand All animals need water to live. Many people put out a bird bath on a stand for birds to get a drink and to clean themselves. But if you put a bird bath on the ground, it becomes a toad bath, too! Although toads have dry skin (unlike frogs, which stay moist), they need water to drink. A toad does not drink by using its tongue to slurp up water as many other animals do. Instead, it takes in water through its skin. If no rain falls for a long time, there might not be any puddles for the toad to get into for a drink, but you could provide the water it needs. The bath should be no more than two inches deep. If you do not own a bird bath, you can
A Carolina Wren uses a large variety of natural materials to construct its domeshaped nest: dried pine needles and plant stalks, moss, rootlets, twigs, bark strips, and sometimes a cast-off snake skin!
use a shallow dish instead. Whichever you use, be sure to put in fresh water every day. If the surface of the bath becomes slimy and turns green or red, algae is starting to grow. Algae are simple plants that do not make flowers. They are related to seaweed. You can clean off the algae with a scrub brush and then rinse the bath out. Place the toad bath where you can easily watch it as the Sun goes down and toads become active. Helping Butterflies and Bees You might also want to make a “puddling bath” for butterflies where these insects can get water and minerals. Place a glazed ceramic-flowerpot saucer in a sunny area. Make a “mud” by mixing together soil and manure (sold at garden centers), using an equal amount of both materials. Fill the saucer with the mixture to about one-half inch below the rim, then add just enough water to make the mud wet. Keep it moist throughout the summer and watch for butterflies to visit. These lovely insects need salt to reproduce, which they can get from the manure. You can help bees and other insects to get the nectar and pollen they need for themselves and their young by growing some of their favorite flowers. Zinnias and marigolds are easy to grow from seed and offer you a choice of colors. Two Important “Rules” By welcoming wildlife to
your yard, you give critters a place to live, which is something you can feel proud about doing. But there are two “rules” you should follow: Always try not to scare the animals by getting too close, and you should never try to handle them. Although you know you don’t plan to hurt them, they don’t know that. By keeping your distance from them, you will learn much more about their lives. If they do not know you are watching them, they can go about their business as they usually do. And that is the secret to finding out just what they do all day! Become A Scientist A scientist is someone who makes careful observations and writes detailed notes about them. This is the best way to become an expert about nature in your own back yard. For example, all plants and animals have their own calendars. By keeping track over many years of the dates and temperatures when, for example, you hear different kinds of frogs calling, you will know under what conditions each type of frog will be active. Then you will be well on your way to becoming an expert on frog activities. Think of a nature-friendly yard as a teacher, showing you how the entire natural world works. There is literally a world of discovery waiting for you just outside your door, because what happens there, happens everywhere!
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Contemplating Coneflowers It’s coneflower season. I find myself staring down at their chesthigh flowers, all in various stages of opening, with bees as well as the occasional moth going about their business. From a distance you might assume the center of the coneflower consists of concentric circles. Look more closely, and you’ll see instead a complex of interwoven spirals. The patterns leave me mesmerized, and if I move my head slowly from side to side, the effect can become almost dizzying. So, what’s with these spirals? Emerging from this coneflower reverie, I have a vague recollection of a mathematical series of numbers known as the Fibonacci Sequence. If you do some research on this, you’ll learn about Fibonacci patterns, typically illustrated with images of flowers, pinecones or nautilus shells. And among those flower images, coneflowers figure prominently, perhaps owing to the disk’s deep orange color, emphasizing the spiral arrangement of the tiny flowers in the center. I’ve only recently become aware of these spiral patterns, but coneflowers have long been one of my favorite plants. Now might be a good time to revisit a column from several years past. The genus Echinacea, the purple coneflowers, get their name from the Latin echinus, probably borrowed from the Greek, meaning either hedgehog or sea urchin, depending on your particular interpretation. One look at the flower’s central cone shows the resemblance to both these spiky creatures. Despite the cone’s rigid-
ity, it’s not sharp enough to break skin. You can welcome these American natives into your garden without fear. Purple coneflowers belong to the family Asteraceae, which was called the Compositae back in the good old days. The “flower” on most composites is actually composed of many flowers arranged in an inflorescence. On a coneflower between 8 and 21 ray flowers with showy petals surround the 200-300 petal-less disk flowers. Botanical correctness aside, I’ll just call this entire structure that looks like a flower—a flower. Not surprisingly, most of the wild purple coneflowers are indeed purple, or at least a pinky-purple. (The major exception is Echinacea paradoxa, known as Ozark Coneflower or Yellow Coneflower.) Echinacea purpurea is probably the species best known to Eastern gardeners, although it is not a common wild plant in this part of the country, being more abundant once you cross the Appalachians. Even the wild straight species of this coneflower looks great in a garden setting. The typical pink-purple rays surround bright orange cones atop stems 3-5ft tall. If you watch the flowers open over the course of a few days, you’ll notice that initially the ray petals are held in a nearly horizontal plane and the central disk is quite flat. Then as the flower develops, the rays start to droop, the disk takes on its conical shape, and the whole flower assumes that badminton birdie look. I’ve heard some people object to the droopy phase of the flowers, and plant breeders have attempted to address this. Also, at least one person told me she could not abide pink combined
with orange. Hey, those are the corporate colors of Dunkin Donuts, formerly one of my favorite fat forms! In the last few years, breeders have brought a whole slew of new colors to the coneflowers, so let’s see what’s out there. Much of the breeding involves crossing the yellow and purple coneflowers, or even bringing the white form of the coneflower into the mix. The Saul family of Georgia has produced many cultivars; their ‘Katie Saul’ features flowers that are peach-toned toward the tips, grading toward cherry red near the cone. If you favor a bright orange flower, look for Echinacea ‘Evan Saul’ at the garden center. E. ‘Sunrise’ is good for those with more subtle tastes, with buttery-yellow flowers; it’s proven to be a very sturdy plant and a good rebloomer. E. ‘Mango Meadowbrite’ is another subtle color, not as intense as actual mango flesh. If you favor white coneflowers, there are a few varieties available, including the new ‘Virgin’, the frilly petals surrounding a fragrant dark green cone. And for those looking for another way to avoid the “pink-with-orange problem,” there is ‘Pink Double Delight,’ with pink petals around a pink center. As with so many plants,
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someone is always trying to make a shorter Echinacea. One is ‘Pixie Meadowbrite’ from the Chicago Botanic Garden, the result of a three-way cross of E. purpurea, tennesseensis and angustifolia topping out at 18 inches. This little coneflower also holds its petals in a more horizontal position, a bonus for those averse to the typical drooping. Aside from their neat looks, coneflowers are also very undemanding to grow. They’re not fussy as to soil and actually prefer that it not be too rich; hold off on any amendments and fertilizers. Once established, they are drought tolerant and also rank pretty low on the menu as deer food. Perhaps the major issue with maintaining coneflowers is the abundance of offspring. At least on the straight Echinacea purpurea, you’ll have many seedlings, although they won’t flower until their second year. (The fancy hybrids will not usually produce viable seed.) The obvious solution: pull them up and try to find them new homes, although at some point you may run out of willing recipients. Alternatively, you can deadhead your flowers and avoid the problem in the first place. The downside to this: you’ll be depriving goldfinches of a major food source in the late summer and fall. You could compromise by removing most of the spent flowers, still leaving a few for the birds. With no seeds at all, I’d really miss the cheerful chortle of those little yellow guys as they swoop and dip through my garden. I hope you’ll appreciate coneflowers as much as I do, whether they remind you of hedgehogs, sea urchins, Fibonacci’s Sequence—or Dunkin Donuts!
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ATTENTION: Back Pain and Sciatica Sufferers! Back By Request…
WORKSHOP REVEALS HOW TO NATURALLY HEAL BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA FOR GOOD. Do you suffer with back pain or leg pain when you stand or walk? Do you have pain when you sit for long periods or drive? Do you expereince pain, numbness or tingling into your butt, groin or down your leg? Does your back ever “go out” if you move the wrong way? Are you afraid your pain will get worse if you don’t do anything about it?
If you have answered YES to any of the above questions (or have a stubborn spouse who is in denial)—the LOWER BACK AND SCIATICA WORKSHOP may be a life changing event for you... Back pain and sciatica can completely ruin your life... I’ve seen it many times. It can make you lean on the shopping cart when walking through the grocery store (how embarrassing)... It can take your focus away from enjoying your life... like spending time with your children or grandchildren... It can mess up your work or force you to do a job you don’t want to... It can ruin your travel plans... And it can take away your ability to live life... having to rely on others or to wait for you to sit down for a minute. And less movement and enjoying life can lead to depression, increased stress and a sedentary lifestyle (mostly sitting…not moving much) which leads to bigger health problems…and life problems. Here with the Sciatica and Lower Back Specialists at PT Plus, owe have helped 100s of people from right here in Crozt ...and the rest of Albemarle County... who have suffered needlessly with lower back pain and sciatica… its our specialty.
So by request, I’m hosting a Sciatica and Lower Back Pain Workshop here at PT Plus in Crozet on Saturday, June 21, at 10 am. We are located at 5690 Three Notch’d Road Suite 107, Crozet. If you’re confused about what to do and looking for answers, here’s some of what you’ll learn: The Single Biggest #1 Mistake back pain and sciatica sufferers make which actually stops them from healing... The 3 Most Common Causes of Lower Back Pain and Sciatica A Sure-Fire way to pick the right treatment for the cause of your pain (and save you a ton of time and money) How a problem in your back can cause pain, numbness or tingling in your leg... What successful treatment and permanent relief looks like without the side effects of medications, injections or surgery.
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became more challenging with age. The reward? I bet Mr. Bassett is mighty pleased about the view he had of Lake Tahoe and the Granite Chief Wilderness as he climbed through the Sierra Nevadas last weekend at the age of 73. How about 60-year-old Diana Fitzpatrick? Diana Fitzpatrick smashed the women’s 60-69 age group record at Western States by finishing in 23 hours and 52 minutes. I ran Western States last year and finished in 23 hours and 11 minutes (as a 41-year old). Diana first started running these crazy ultramarathons 15 years ago, when she was 45. What drove her to want to start running these long distances at 45 years of age? I don’t know, I don’t know her. I am confident, however, that at the age of 45 she had a goal, created a plan to get there, and she endured. I am also confident that it was diffi-
cult. Last, I am confident that the past 15 years that led her to her incredible performance at this year’s Western States has been full of endless decisions— choose to endure, or choose to quit. And more often than not, she chose to endure. I hear and see much too often people giving up on their health and fitness because of “age” or getting older. Yes, not exercising is the easier road. Yes, we are so much busier now than when we were younger. And yes, our bodies require more care and a bit more caution than when we were younger. But do not limit yourselves because of age! Thank goodness for Nick Bassett and Diana Fitzpatrick, and the thousands of people just like them who give us no excuses. Let’s go back to that MerriamWebster definition: Endure – to remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding. Sounds like a good life motto. Choose to endure.
Green Olive Snippets By Sheila Freeman Your friendly community thrift store continues to thrive amid changes in the area. We are semi-surrounded by the neighboring construction project. Our parking area will improve when the car wash is completed in a matter of months. Customers ask us if we are going to move and as of now we have no such plans. We are still located on Three Notch’d Road, adjacent to the Laundromat and across from Starr Hill Brewery. We have the best bargains in town in clothes, toys, small house wares, books, seasonal items and jewelry. The volunteers enjoy the fellowship of the many friendly customers, some of whom stop by daily. Where would we be without our generous donors? Often we have so many donations that our workers have difficulty sorting through what sometimes seems like mountains of bags. We sell fashionable clothing and also donate excess garments to missions such as Equipping the Saints in Weyers Cave, Salvation Army, and local churches.
If donations are left after hours, we often find the bags and boxes have been broken into and the contents scattered. So we request that donations be left during store hours (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.) we have no room for furniture or large electronics, and the too often “gifts” of old mattresses and sofas require us to pay the price of disposing of them. We have a number of new faces working with us, contributing fresh ideas and talents. The store now has an expanded jewelry area, boutique, and crafts area. Our popular BAG SALE is the third full week of every month. The cost per bag is $10, including tax. The store is closed to shoppers on the following Monday. Additionally, each Tuesday will now be designated BAG SALE DAY. We have such an abundance of items for sale and this new feature makes everyone happy. The board has decided to hire a part time manger. See the help wanted ad in the classified section of this Gazette, and visit greenolivetree.com for further information.
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Carol and Robert Gilges Carroll McRoberts and Robert Duysing (Bob) Gilges, of Crozet, Virginia died unexpectedly on May 31, 2018. They were familiar figures in the White Hall and Sugar Hollow communities, where they lived for 22 years. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1936 to James William and Frances Duysing Gilges, Bob attended Southwest High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from Dartmouth College, class of 1958. From 1958 to 1962, he was a Navy officer on the minesweeper USS Dominant. He was fortunate to serve in a time of relative peace, and his adventures in the Navy led to a lifelong love of travel. While based at Little Creek, Virginia he met his other lifelong love, Carroll Johnston McRoberts. He and Carroll fell deeply in love and were married on September 10, 1960. Carroll was born in 1939 to Margaret Soutter and Lt. Comdr. James Johnston McRoberts. Her father, an aircraft carrier pilot, died in a plane crash early in the war effort, when she was two years old. Her beloved stepfather was Rear Adm. Jerry Curtis South. At about the age of ten, Carroll discovered her love of riding as part of a pony regiment at Oscar Smith’s Carolanne Farm in Virginia Beach. Creative and artistic, she graduated with a degree in fine
arts from the University of Mary Washington in 1960. Always teammates in marriage, Bob traveled and worked long hours, while Carroll held down the fort at home, raising their three daughters. Bob worked for IBM in sales for five years in Kansas City, Missouri, before joining Peat, Marwick, Mitchell as a management consultant in 1967 (today known as KPMG). His ability to see the big picture without missing details, find practical approaches to challenges, and genuinely engage people fueled his career. He transferred to Atlanta, Georgia in 1976 as Partner in Charge of the management consulting practice. In 1985, they moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, while Bob worked as Partner in Charge of Information Systems Services Consulting in the New York, New York office. He retired from KPMG in 1995 and he and Carroll began to look for the ideal place to retire. They found it outside Charlottesville, Virginia, near the Shenandoah National Park, where they took delight every day in the natural beauty and native life that surrounded them at their home. It has been a source of joy and a haven from which they pursued their many interests. Carroll, affectionately known as Apple, was devoted to ani-
mals large and small. She was a certified wildlife rehabilitator, and active in community groups such as the Parent Teacher Organization, Junior League, and the White Hall Ruritans. Bob also was a committed volunteer, as well as a tennis player, stamp collector, bird watcher, and regular at U.Va. men’s basketball games. They worked hand in hand on projects such as restoring the 19th-century log cabin on the historic McAllister farm in Sugar Hollow, and helped form Friends of the Moormans River, a group of residents that successfully advocated for the restoration of stream flows to the Moormans State Scenic River. They were both avid supporters of educational, animal protection, environmental and conservation causes. As they approached their 58th wedding anniversary, they tended to each other, their family, friends, farm and animals, with boundless generosity and care. They are survived by Carroll’s sister, Margaret Soutter McRoberts, step siblings Jerry
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Curtis South Jr., and Raymonde South Dowty, their daughters Margaret Carroll Gilges (John Rabasa), Emily Talcott Gilges Watson, Ellen South Gilges Pressley (Kurt Theorin). Grandchildren are Robert Walker Watson (Caitlin), Margaret Louise Watson, Christopher José Rabasa, Mary Grace Pressley, and Frances Carroll Rabasa. Their great granddaughter is Harper Erin Watson. Other family members include Banjo, Little Bit, Lily, and all the woodland creatures. In Carroll and Bob’s memory, please consider making a donation to one or more of the following organizations: Albemarle/Charlottesville SPCA, Alzheimer’s Association, Defenders of Wildlife, Ivy Creek Foundation, Monticello Bird Club, Piedmont Environmental Council, Virginia Search and Rescue Dog Association, White Hall Ruritan Club, Wildlife Center of Virginia, or an educational, animal protection, environmental or conservation organization of your choice.
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Joyce Ann Robinson Pugh Durward “Speedy” Hale Durward L. Hale Jr. “Speedy”, 74, of Crozet passed away on Friday, June 8, 2018, peacefully at home surrounded by family. He was born on August 28, 1943, in Winston Salem, N.C., the son of the late Durward L. Hale Sr. and Virginia C. Hale. He is survived by his wife, Linda Hale; his son, Lee Hale; his daughter, Emily McAllister and husband, Todd McAllister; his sister, Mary Lee Pearce, all of Crozet, Va.; and his aunt, Pat Horton of Charlottesville, Va. He also leaves to cherish his memory his brothers-in-law, Larry and Debbie Lamb and Jimmy and Debbie Lamb, along with several cousins, nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, so many special friends; and his beloved grand-pup and best friend, Taz. Speedy will be missed by so many of his friends and family. Many have gone before him and he dreamed of them often. We know he is back with his T90 Auto Club Buddies and having a great reunion with them. Everyone of his friends could tell hundreds of stories about their good times together. Speedy was blessed with a life of Good Times! He was a great husband, brother, father, brother-in-law, uncle and father to some who needed a father figure in their life. His love for hot rods and 60s music were some of his favorite hobbies and he loved a good match race on hidden back roads and straight stretches with his hot rod Buddies.
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Speedy was a master carpenter who was in great demand. When he was finished a job you knew it was done well. His talents were many and he leaves many beautiful homes he built behind. He now has a new home in heaven where there is no pain. Our memories of Speedy are good ones and we were all blessed to have been able to call him our friend. Now, go, rest in peace, until we all meet again. A celebration of life was held June 24 at the Crozet Sportsmen Club. Speedy wanted all of his family and friends to have a meal on him from his favorite restaurant Sal’s Pizza of Crozet. And if you own a classic car, street rod or Harley please drive them on this special day. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Hospice of the Piedmont, Crozet Volunteer Fire Department, Western Albemarle Rescue Squad, or Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA.
Joyce Ann Robinson Pugh, 80, of Crozet, Va., was called to her heavenly home on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Joyce was born on February 23, 1938, to the late Norman “Pokey” Robinson and Dora Wade Robinson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Randolph Wilson Pugh; two sons, Mark Pugh and Stephen Pugh; sister, Betty Miller; brother, Andy Robinson; and sisters-in-law, Shirley Pugh Bond and Phyllis Pugh Cook. She is survived by three sons, Richard Pugh (Sandra) of Callahan, Fla., Gregory Pugh (Donna) of Crozet, and Kevin Pugh (Megan) of Cary, N.C.; eight grandchildren, Brandy Smith (Bryan), Amy Copher (Aaron), Amanda Mazza (Tony), Brian Pugh (Lauren), Ashleigh Brown (Anthony), Joshua Pugh (Leah), Jacob Pugh, and Schuyler Pugh; and ten great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister, Carolyn Fisher (Harry) of Greenwood; two brothers, Ronald Robinson (Patricia) of Lexington, and Donald Robinson (Betty) of Ruckersville; sister-in-law,
Barbara Sipe (Warren) of Chesapeake; brothers-in-law, Linwood Bond of Callahan, Fla., and Eddie Taylor (Laura) of Verona. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Joyce and her husband Randolph operated the Crozet Gulf Station providing service to the Crozet community for many years. Joyce retired from BB&T Bank in Crozet after many years of service and Crozet Great Valu. Joyce was also a member of Mount Moriah Methodist Church where she served as Treasurer
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CROZETgazette for several years. “Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’” Proverbs 31:25-30. A funeral service was held at
JULY 2018 Mount Moriah Methodist Church, June 18. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The family would like to thank the staff at The Lodge at Old Trail and Hospice of the Piedmont for your care, kindness and compassion. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Mount Moriah Methodist Church, 4492 Garth Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901, or the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 188, Crozet, VA 22932.
James Albert Woods James Albert Woods of Crozet, formerly of Craig County, age 74, went home to be with the Lord on June 14, 2018. James, who was affectionately called Jimmy by friends and family, was born on August 22, 1943, in New Castle, to the late Albert Garfield Woods and Virginia Rose Smith Woods. James is survived by his loving wife, Linda Sue Woods; and four sons, Timothy Scott Woods and wife, Jennifer, of Bland; James Allen Woods of Salem; Ernest Lee Woods and wife, Amanda, of Palmyra; and Charles Jayson Woods and wife, Kelly, of Crozet. He is also survived by his six grandchildren, Timothy Scott Woods, Jacob Lee Woods, Elizabeth Anne Woods, James Alexander Woods, Autumn Grace Woods, and Ally Rose Woods; and one great-grandchild, Bella-Rae Scott Woods. James will also be dearly missed by his sister, Virginia Katherine McCormick of Newcastle; brother, Thomas Lee Woods and wife, Janet of Scottsville, and many nieces and nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his sister, Margaret Irene Gwinn. James was an army veteran of the 3rd army and served in the Vietnam War. He worked numerous jobs and had retired from ConAgra factory before becoming the caretaker of the old factory grounds. James was a man of knowledge in tools, construction and automotives who could always be relied on by family and friends for a helping hand in such projects. He loved his family dearly and
enjoyed watching his sons and grandchildren play sports and taking them hunting and fishing. He loved gardening and feeding squirrels. James also loved his community as he had served with the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department and had become a lifetime member. James also coached for many years at Peachtree Little League as well as helping his sons’ boy scout troop. James and his contagious laughter will be dearly missed by all of his friends and family. The family would like to thank the staff at UVA Hospital on 3 North, 3 West and the 3rd floor MICU for the excellent and professional care given to James throughout his stay. A funeral was be held at Mount Moriah Methodist Church, in White Hall June 20. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Crozet Volunteer Fire Department or Disabled American Veterans.
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Religion News By Theresa Curry theresa@crozetgazette.com
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Icons Installed at All Saints Anglican Angels, martyrs and anonymous veiled saints form neat rows around Christ in the center of the large work recently installed by iconographer Jonathan Edwards at All Saints Anglican Church in Ivy. There’s a tiny winged man, an ox, an eagle and a lion, representing Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the authors of the Gospels. You’ll also find Kings David and Solomon, Abraham, and Dismas, the thief invited from the cross into heaven. Look closely and there are seraphim, Jacob holding a cloth with the Twelve Tribes of Israel, a glimpse of paradise, and Adam and Eve. There’s a lot going on and a lot of people portrayed, and it’s only fitting, said Edwards, seeing as both the painting and the church are named All Saints. Early last month, the large piece––and a smaller one above it––were
raised into place at the church. Father Sean McDermott, a curate at All Saints, said the painting, layered in many vivid colors and gold leaf, is a way of translating the spiritual message of the scriptures into visual, human terms. Edwards, a California iconographer who installs his work in churches throughout the country, was an artist before he became a religious artist, and he’s taught at the Rhode Island School of Design as well as Brown University. “All Saints” is permanently on display at the church and can be viewed before and during services on Saturday and Sunday
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even a wedding gown. Books include some vintage Black Beauty and Golden books, and sets of Gibson and Rose Point china. The sale is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the organizers request no shoppers before that time. Anyone is welcome to set up a table for their own yard sale for a small donation. Email Liz Layman at eml3c@hotmail. com if interested.
New Interim Rector at Emmanuel Neal Goldsborough joined Emmanuel Episcopal Church as interim rector in June. Rev. Goldsborough has worked in parish ministry for 36 years, with thirty years as rector of diverse congregations. A retired chaplain, he served as a field tent hospital chaplain in Kuwait as well as in recovery operations at the Pentagon. He’s served both rural and urban parishes in Virginia, in Rhode Island and in Florida. Recent service has been as interim rector at St. Paul’s Memorial Church and as an associate for pastoral care at Christ Church, both in Charlottesville. His book Where is God Amidst the Bombs: A Priest’s Reflections from the Combat Zone was published by Forward Movement in 2008.
“Faith in Film” at the Wayne Theatre
The Waynesboro Baptist Church is once again offering its “Faith in Film” service in partnership with the Wayne Theatre. Next up is “The
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The Batesville Methodist Church plans a yard sale July 20 and 21 for its many projects, including the SPCA, The She House, The Ronald McDonald house, Western State patients, the Afton Church School, the Charlottesville shoe drive and the community’s outreach to those made homeless by fires. The sale is open to anyone who wants to set up a table. The church will be offering housewares and gifts, costumes, Star Wars and Johnny West items,
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barn on the grounds of Fidelis Farm, and has now outgrown that space, said Blake Johnson, its vicar. “We thought we’d be here for a while,” Rev. Johnson said, “but with 75 to 80 members, we needed to move again.” The church made its move in late June. Johnson said he’d gotten to know David Collier, the senior pastor of Crozet Baptist Church, and, after discussions between the two of them and discussions between Rev. Collier and his congregation, The Church of the Holy Cross was invited to share the space on St. George Avenue. “I was already impressed with Crozet Baptist’s long history of service to the community,” Johnson said. “And, just as I thought, they’ve been wonderful to work with.” The Church of the Holy Cross will offer services every Sunday at 4 p.m., Johnson said, and Crozet Baptist has also provided space for an office and will make room available for events. The Church of the Incarnation in Harrisonburg is the Church of the Holy Cross’s mother church.
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New icons find permanent place at All Saints Anglican Church.
Truman Show” on August 12. Each film begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a panel discussion. For more information, visit waynetheatre.org.
New Summer Home for Hope Presbyterian Hope Presbyterian Church meets for the summer at Brownsville Elementary School while Crozet Elementary under-
goes maintenance work. Find out more: www.hopecrozet.org.
Hymns and Ice Cream at Tabor Tabor Presbyterian offers its popular Hymn Sing and Ice Cream Social again this summer, gathering for song on July 22 and August 26, both at 6:30 p.m. at the church on Tabor Street.
AugustA Audiology AssociAtes is celebrAting 20 yeArs of service for your heAring heAlthcAre needs! We are the only center in the Shenandoah Valley and surrounding areas that offers complete evaluation & management of your hearing healthcare needs, including:
Complete Assessment of Hearing, The Vestibular System and Auditory Processing.
stAte-of-the-Art heAring Aid technology: To help you hear what you have been missing, our hearings aids are available in different styles and a wide range of prices for your budget! We Specialize In Custom Earmolds For: Musicians, Hunters, Swimmers, Nascar Fans, MP3 Players, Industrial Employees and MORE! Our Services Also Include: Assistive Technology For Personal Listening, T.V., and Telephone We care about you and your family! We are here to serve you!
Call 540-332-5790 to schedule your appointment! Julie Farrar-Hersch, Ph.D., Clinical Audiologist Rev. Neal Goldsborough, new interim rector at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
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St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Greenwood will host its third annual East-West Encounter in conjunction with St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church of Charlottesville, on Friday, July 13, on the theme of human life as a sacred gift. The event is held in mid-July in commemoration of the anniversary of the Great Schism in 1054, which resulted in the separation of the Churches of the Christian East from the West. This year’s discussion will focus on the Right to Life, and the witness of the Christian churches from the earliest centuries, to the value of every human life. The speaker will be Jim Jatras, J.D., a key writer of an amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, advocating the rationale from an Orthodox perspective. A response will be offered by Dr. Karen Poehailos, Medical Director of the Pregnancy Centers of Central Virginia, who will speak to the ways that churches can live out this belief in practice. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with an Orthodox prayer intercession prayer service for the preservation of human life, followed by a time of fellowship (light refreshments). The presentation will begin at 7 p.m., and conclude by 8:45. For more information, visit stnich olasorthodoxchurch.com.
JULY 21
East West Schism Dialogue Pond Service and Routine Maintenance Enhancements and Upgrades Leaks and unusual problems? solved!
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JULY 20
Zumba for Older Adults
Zumba is a Latin-fusion dance class with easy-to-follow moves. Jennifer Homan will lead this introductory lower-intensity class that will get your heart
Electronic Waste Day at Ivy MUC
Rivanna Solid Waste Authority will host an electronic waste collection day Saturday, July 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ivy Material Utilization Center at 4576 Dick Woods Road in Ivy. During this pilot program, residents of Charlottesville and Albemarle County will be able to recycle e-waste for free, but to participate, residents must preregister. Only the first 350 registrants will receive confirmation emails. Rules for the event are: No more than 10 total items per registrant; No more than 2 tube-style televisions or monitors per registrant; Registrants must select a preferred time window. Final times will be included in the registration confirmation email. Only electronic waste will be accepted (computers/laptops and accessories, printer/scanner/fax machines, VCRs, stereos, televisions). Appliances and other types of electronics (hair dryers, vacuums, etc.) will not be accepted. For full details and to register, visit: www.rivanna.org/ewaste.
JULY 27
Exploring Mindfulness Workshop
Minfulness is a popular term these days, but what does it really mean? What are the benefits? Robert Hodge, teacher at White Hall Meditation will explore these questions and lead some practice exercies including a short meditation. 10-11 a.m. at Crozet Library.
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