THIS & THAT

THIS & THAT

Middleburg’s Betsee Parker (6th from the left) was honored with the 2022 Louis J. Malon Outstanding Preservation Achievement Award recently at a dinner held at Scotchtown Plantation in Hanover County, once the residence of U.S. founding father Patrick Henry and now the home of Virginia Preservation. In announcing the award, Virginia Preservation CEO Elizabeth Kostelny said Parker was the recipient “for your tireless historic preservation and philanthropic work…The awards committee was very impressed with your multiple preservation efforts over the years,” including the Huntland and Farmer’s Delight properties near Middleburg among other projects.

Pam Fessler retired NPR reporter with her new book “Carville’s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, on the Fight for Justice” with fellow writer Marc Leepson of Middleburg who had several of his books including “Saving Monticello” and “Flag: An American Biography.” The occasion was a book fair at Lansdowne Woods produced by publishing expert Kathleen Hughes.

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Laurie Volk and Tommy Hill, a trustee for The Nature Conservancy, attended a recent presentation in Delaplane focusing on the Conservancy’s Cumberland Forest Project. Featured in the September issue of National Geographic, it’s an innovative effort aiming to tackle climate change while supporting local communities in Southwestern Virginia.

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Leah Palmer had a teardown party at her newly purchased home near Marshall. As the owner of Horse Country Design she took the opportunity to enthusiastically swing a sledge hammer and start knocking down a wall.

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Treavor Lord, head of school at the Hill School, and Catherine McGehee, head of school at Foxcroft, were in attendance at a recent BizzBuzz meeting of the Middleburg Business and Professional Association held at Lost Barrel Brewery.

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