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The Word: Letting in the light of forgiveness

Last week I watched the sun rise over the Roanoke River at the John H. Kerr Reservoir near…

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It’s all in the eye catch: Poster artist Richard Pollard

If you’ve passed by a downtown window lately displaying the poster for Exit Laughing, The Waterworks Players’ forthcoming…

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Church and Community Events for the week of Feb. 18

The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…

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Sowing Seeds: No pain? No gain!

Zig Ziglar used to say: “There is no elevator to the top. You’re going to have to take…

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Movie Review: HELP

By Lauren Bradshaw Special to The Farmville Herald Premiering first in the UK and finally making its way…

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Artist workshop set

The Central Virginia Arts (CVA) is holding its first Workshop of the new year on Saturday, Feb. 19,…

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Catfish festival to benefit children

The Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee, a nonprofit organization, will be hosting its regular monthly meeting on Sunday,…

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The Word — ‘Before all else fails’

Many folks, including myself at times, like to wait until the last minute to go to the “last…

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Fellowship and good wishes

The Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee, a nonprofit organization, will be hosting its regular monthly meeting on Sunday,…

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Stairway to Heaven

Some dormitories at Virginia Tech are grouped in quads: four buildings in a square with a grassy area…

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Why rhododendron leaves curl and droop

Many gardeners say that they can tell the temperature outside simply by looking out the window at the…

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Devotional — ‘Honor the King’

The authority structure in America is in disarray, how are we to respond to the growing disrespect towards…

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Church and Community Events for the week of Feb.11

The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…

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Watch your language — ‘There are leeks in the bottle’

This column is dedicated to another set of examples of those pesky little misspellings and grammatical infelicities that…

News

Chamber honors community leaders

The Buckingham Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet recently at the Dillwyn Volunteer Fire Department, recognizing James…

Columns

Are you the Messiah?

Events this week seemed especially conflicted and depressing: Ukraine – Threat of invasion with potentially dire consequences. Pandemic…

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The Word — Full of hope

A young girl attended a Christian elementary school and had what she would call a very stern teacher.…

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Rainbow pools in the Cypress Swamp

No matter when you visit, bald cypress swamps are magical places. In late spring and summer, there’s green…

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Mill Street Sweets on Main: Where sweet dreams become reality

As one strolls down Main Street in Farmville on any given Saturday morning, they should take steps to…

Columns

Devotional — ‘A complete worship’

When the Steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from…

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Church and Community Events for the week of Feb. 4

The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday…

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Christmas party held

The Cumberland Garden Club held their annual Christmas Party on Dec. 7. Club member Nancy Coxon hosted the…

Columns

Multiple meanings

Many months ago, on page 42 of my reading ramble through Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, I encountered…

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Heard in the neighborhood

The Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee, a non-profit organization, will be hosting its regular monthly meeting on Sunday,…

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Waterworks Players announces cast for Exit Laughing

For the last 30 years, the highlight in the lives of Connie, Leona, Millie and Mary, has been…

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Camp Woods & Wildlife returns

Applications are open for Camp Woods & Wildlife, formerly known as Holiday Lake Forestry Camp. The 74th annual…

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Movie Review: Scream

By Lauren Bradshaw Special to The Farmville Herald It has been a long time since I have been…