Author: Edwina Covington | The Farmville Herald

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Mother Nature creates unique beauty

Mother Nature has an artistic side to her fickle personality.  Her awesome power can destroy in a second ... Read more

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Birds flock to the feeders; community dinner planned

Did you notice how ravenous the wild birds were last weekend? I believe that they have their own ... Read more

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Prospect VFD Auxiliary plans pancake supper

We recently came across a small VM #1 spider skillet manufactured by Loth’s Stoves now known as Virginia ... Read more

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Locomotive Library opens in Pamplin

The Locomotive Library, the Second Little Free Library at the Pamplin Depot, was designed at the request of ... Read more

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Elam digs out; dance, benefit stew set for Pamplin

We woke last Friday morning to a white haze drifting to the ground that quickly turned into an ... Read more

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Weather lore predicts snow; local dinners, stew on tap

We woke to a snowy morning Sunday. I enjoyed watching the silent, soft snow drift to the cold, ... Read more

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Prospect VFD presents awards, installs officers

The Prospect Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary held their banquet on Jan. 10. The evening included a buffet ... Read more

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Time to store away memories; stews on tap for new year

Have you ever gotten involved in looking at old pictures stored away in boxes, envelopes, albums, computer discs, ... Read more

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A day on the farm with Prince; meetings and stew planned

On a farm near Elam lives a dark handsome Prince with the most compassionate brown eyes. He sports ... Read more

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The legend of the Yule Cat; ‘tidings of great joy’

“He gave a wave of his strong tail, He jumped and he clawed and he hissed. Sometimes up ... Read more

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A tradition of holly; Christmas Eve services planned

One of the popular greeneries of Christmas is the holly and its red berries.  Popular usage of this ... Read more

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Civil War Santa to visit; have a ‘meowy Christmas’

It is that time of year when kitties Hilda and Georgia feel compelled to help with Christmas. Out ... Read more

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Holiday events and sweet potato biscuits

A few days ago we received a package from “home,” the Eastern Shore of Virginia, filled with those delicious ... Read more

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Songs of Thanksgiving recalled

While preparing for Thanksgiving, I started wondering if there were any songs related to the holiday. For Halloween ... Read more

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Book pays tribute to Elam friend and neighbor

Rosa Coleman Thomas pays a touching tribute in the dedication of her children’s book “Santa’s Little Angel”: “In ... Read more

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PVFD plans pig-picking supper

“A S D F ; L K J” How many times did I type that in Mrs. Kellam’s typing class ... Read more

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A ghostly memory relived; Halloween and harvest events set

As Anna rounded the curve on the winding back road, she was struck with awe at the beauty ... Read more

Church & Community

Pageant winners named; Halloween celebrations set

The fall of the year brings the Miss Five County Fair Beauty Pageant.  The rain and chill of ... Read more

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Firefighters visit Fuqua and PECES

Engine 41 of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) with a crew of Captain James Boettcher, Property Sergeant ... Read more

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Dance, art show and chili cookoff top fall events

There is something relaxing about strolling through a pine woods on a fall day. The fallen brown pine ... Read more

Church & Community

Prospect events lead the news

Touch-me-not, jewelweed, Impatiens capensis — all names for one of nature’s medicinal and edible plants which grow in ... Read more

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Free Library opens in Pamplin, Harvest Sale plans underway

“My name is Jazmine [Klinedidinst] and I am in 4th grade and I think we should put a ... Read more

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Celebrate Pamplin to feature food, vendors, free surrey rides

“I seem to manipulate what I see in nature, recreating sounds and feelings that I have about nature.  ... Read more

Church & Community

Pamplin Day features 5K, fun for the family

For the third year in a row Pamplin will come alive on Saturday, Sep.19, beginning with the Ralph ... Read more

Church & Community

Fall is in the air, dance and 5K coming up

Waking to a nippy breeze coming in the open window and seeing a foggy haze up the pasture ... Read more

Church & Community

Pamplin Day plans under way and Smokey Wilson in Prospect

The third annual Celebrate Pamplin Day will open with the Ralph M. Hamlett Memorial 5K Fun Run and ... Read more

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Cows enjoy garden corn, cowboy church on tap

“Moo, mooo, moooo!”  Here he comes, corn, corn! The herd begins to move with a lumbering walk toward ... Read more

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