Archive for September 8th, 2010

How do you ask for help to equip a Learning Resource Centre in South America when you’re already isolated from the rest of the world? Kristin Adkins decided an appeal to folks back home in Botetourt would be one way. She and husband Chris are Peace Corps volunteers in an Amerindian village deep in the interior... »

It’s time for another Party in the Park in Troutville, and it will have a decidedly patriotic theme. Friends of the Park is holding its fifth annual fund-raiser for Troutville Town Park Saturday, Sept. 11 from 2-6 p.m. Because of the significance of that day, the park will display the red, white and blue colors to... »

Botetourt County students did better this past school year on testing that’s required to meet the federally mandated Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) for math and reading. A pretty good accomplishment, school officials believe, because students here were already doing well. But, Botetourt County Public Schools did not “pass” under the AYP standards, even though the division... »

Talma Fisher, 82, of New Castle went to be with the Lord Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold V. Fisher; daughter Darlene B. Fisher, grandson Daniel S. Bye, parents Lamah and Lucy Troutt and sister Annabelle Fisher. She is survived by daughters and son in laws Brenda (Charles)... »

The James River winds its way through the background of this years race shirt for The Bank of Fincastle Fall 5K & 10K Run. This will be the 24th annual bank race, and again the area’s wildlife and fall colors along with the James are prominent in the artwork for the popular shirts. A whitetail... »

Katie Marie Wright and Matthew Kent McGuire were united in marriage on July 24 at The Natural Bridge. The Rev. Roy Rogers of Salem officiated. Following the ceremony, a dinner and reception were held at Natural Bridge Hotel. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Wright of Stocksdale, N.C. The groom is the son... »

Patricia “Pat” Cuffia Rankin, 66, of Craig County went home to be with her Lord on August 30, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert J. and Ruby Greenwald Cuffia. Mrs. Rankin received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Virginia, her master’s in education from Virginia Tech and... »

SALEM – The young people’s solemn faces look out at us from the pages of “The Pioneer,” the yearbook of the first graduating class of the old Andrew Lewis High School on South College Avenue. It was 1935, and more than 160 of them had just completed four years in the new building. That was... »

SINKING CREEK – Let’s travel back into time with the beginning of a little country church on Rt. 42 now named Cumberland Gap Road in the Sinking Creek Community of Craig County. Early records show the first house of worship that today is Bethel United Methodist Church was a log structure built in 1787... »