INSIDE Y’ALL COME page 3 INSIDE THE DOME page 4 LAND OF OPPORTUNITY page 6 SOUNDS LIKE page 8 SCOUTING FOR FOOD page 9
NOVEMBER 2012 VOL. 7, NO. 6
Crozet Methodist Church Finalizes Parking Lot Plan
FREEDOM WINNER page 11
SEMPER FI page 12 BRAZILIAN BEAN SOUP page 13 NEW STYLE MUD page 15 GARDEN BLINDS page 16 GAP STOPS page 17 CASTLE SALES page 19 B&N BOOKFAIR page 20 FOOD ENERGY page 21 KNOCKED OUT page 23 CROSSWORD page 24 DO DROP IN page 27 HOW TO BE COMPASSIONATE page 28 WAYNE RENO page 29 RIDGEWAY STORE page 32 RED BATS page 33 SNOWICANE page 34 NUPTIALS page 35
Treeplanters from left: Kristin Vonn, Phil Stokes, Phil Best, Pat Phillips, John Lackey (kneeling), Dan Mahon, Bob Dombrowe (kneeling), Alex Gianitsarius, Bill Mauzy, Jess Louis Vonn (sitting), Jessica Mauzy, Leslie Burns, Karl Pomeroy (kneeling), Lou Fitzgerald, Sharon Schinstock, and Karen Wannamaker.
Trails Day Plants 15 Trees in the Park Adam George of Ruckersville cruised to a first-place finish in the Crozet Trails Day 5K Oct. 21. He crossed the line, moved to Claremont Drive this year, at 18:16. Last year’s winner, nine-year-old Joseph Taylor, took the pole position at the start and finished sixth, at 22:09, first in his under-29 age group. Laura Brown was the first woman to cross. The winner of the annual race gets a bridge on a Crozet trail named for him or her.
George’s bridge will likely be near the Westhall neighborhood. Crozet Trials Crew members were joined by many other volunteers after the race to plant 15 trees in Claudius Crozet Park. Nine varieties were planted, among them a Ginkgo, River Birch, American Elm, Hackberry, Yellowwood, and a Fringe Tree, along the intended route of the park’s perimeter trail. The continued on page 10
A plan for improving the current gravel parking lot on the north side of Crozet United Methodist Church in downtown Crozet has been finalized, removing the last uncertainty plaguing the start of the Crozet Avenue streetscape project. The Crozet Avenue/Library Avenue intersection will transform from a ‘T’ to a four-way intersection, with the west side of the intersection opening to the new lot. All of the intersection will be on church property. An entry to the Blue Goose Building from Crozet Avenue will be removed, as will the existing Crozet Avenue entrance to the church lot. The Virginia Department of Transportation has agreed to be responsible for a 130-foot section of road extending from Crozet Avenue to a ‘T’ where the entry to the church lot will split to the left and the Blue Goose parking lot will connect on the right. The solution to the north lot’s access is part of a comprehensive plan for developing the 20,000-square-foot church’s parking and landscaping,
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Police to Switch to Geographic Staffing The Albemarle County Police Department will institute an “geo-policing” policy some time in December with the aim of improving its relationships with citizens and its knowledge of local crime conditions, police Lt. Greg Jenkins explained to a sparsely attended town hall meeting organized at the White Hall Community Center Oct. 27 by White Hall District Supervisor Ann Mallek. The county will be divided into two districts, the smaller Jefferson District on the east and north sides, and the Blue
Ridge District, encompassing western and southern Albemarle. Each district will have four sectors. Jenkins said that the Blue Ridge District will have five or possibly six officers assigned to it every day. Jenkins will be the district commander for the Blue Ridge District. The key change to the new policy is that it leaves officers assigned to the same sectors, just like old-style beat cops, rather than shifting them around, so that they can develop personal relationships with citizens and a more intimate knowlcontinued on page 32
Lt. Greg Jenkins