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Alpaca Day on the farm
Alpaca’s eat grass and make a sweater – what’s your superpower? BrightEyes Alpaca Retreat held an open barn…
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Lord teach us to pray
The disciples ask the Lord to teach them one thing in life, how to pray. The most powerful…
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A tale of persistence and what grows in the swamp
While mucking about in a swampy area at Holliday Lake State Park last month, I stumbled upon an…
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Preparing for successful community re-entry
An employer attended a career resource seminar held last spring at Buckingham Correctional Center. Impressed by the offenders…
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Redbud Garden Club August program
The Redbud Garden Club held its August program at Rochette’s Florist with Sid Allen providing a presentation on…
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Like father, like son
I share this because of relevance to today’s devotion. My father passed away on Aug. 20 of this…
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Special event set
Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collects shoebox gifts filled with school supplies, hygiene items and…
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Cooking and Fred Brown
Just before graduating high school, I secured a summer job at a local hotel to work in maintenance, which means,…
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SCA officers inducted at Central VA Christian School
Browns Chapel United Methodist Church will host its third annual Women’s Retreat on Saturday, Oct. 12. The retreat…
Education
Whitus presents key
Jenna Lathom, a freshman Communications Studies major from Alexandria, was the lucky finder of the “mayor” rock on…
Education
See you at the pole
Tonya Smith Blanton and several volunteers from Sharon Baptist Church joined with the Rev. Barry Vassar and the…
Lifestyles
Whistling past the graveyard
Boo! Did I scare you? Probably not, but as days get shorter and nights cooler, ghoulish expressions and…
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Third Thursday Book Club meeting held
The Third Thursday Book Club held the first meeting of the 2019-20 year at the home of Cindy…
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2019 Fuqua School varsity cheerleading team
The 2019 Fuqua School varsity cheerleading team members pictured include, from left, front row, Kaitlyn Morgan, Hannah Ostrander,…
Education
Longwood to present Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’
Longwood University Theatre Department is kicking off its 2019-20 season with Shakespeare’s brilliant play “The Tempest,” Shakespeare’s comedy…
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Christian fellowship
Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee will be hosting their regular monthly meeting on Sunday, Oct.13, at 3 p.m.…
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Car wash and bake sale
Get ready for the Fall Farm Fest on Oct. 5 to be held at the Historical Village at…
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Worry no longer
In Philippians 4:6-9 Paul gives us a four-step process to handling life, not only when things are easy,…
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Firefighter convention held
The Southside Virginia Volunteer Firefighters Association (SVVFA) held its annual Firefighters Convention on Sept. 21 in Farmville. Volunteer…
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The amazing depth of joy
Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again, Rejoice! Phil. 4:4 We live in a world…
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Opportunities to let your light shine
The checkout line at the local grocery store was long and I was in a hurry. Seeing another line…
Church & Community
4-H Club competes in State Show
Members of the Riding Star 4-H Club traveled to Lexington to compete in the Virginia State 4-H Horse…
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Gardeners questions
Over the years, I’ve gotten lots of questions about gardening. Most are the usual ones — when to…
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Outdoor exhibition of LEGO brick sculptures
Barbara Daniels, a member of the Cumberland Garden Club and her granddaughter Rachel Dickson, presented a program on…
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Astronomy program set
On clear, dark nights, the glow produced by distant stars in our galaxy’s equatorial disk spills across the…
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‘One strong library’
Central Virginia Regional Library Director Rick Ewing noted that the library was the last thing to be desegregated…
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Key ingredient
Banana bread. Since childhood it has been one of my weaknesses. It was a longed-for treat, made by…