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By Victoria Kidd Falling between spring and autumn is a three-month period beloved by school aged children everywhere. Summer is a time idealized in song and on screen. In movies, it’s depicted as a time when Dirty Dancing’s Johnny Castle could make sure that “nobody puts Baby in the corner.” The kids of The Sandlot […]
By Wendy Gooditus Some people don’t really want to live in a house. They find the idea too pedestrian, too mundane. These people seek out habitats in other kinds of structures, from retired churches to old general stores or gas stations, silos, factories, train stations, trains—and yes, barns. Here in Clarke County, we have an […]
By Samantha Pigott The greatest joy in life is when work and passion become one. That describes Jim Kopp and The Family Drive-in Theater in Stephens City VA. His story is of a lifelong love for drive-in movie theaters and the community that is built in and around them. Fun, family and entertainment are the […]
By Annie Young For me, there is no better way to recognize and celebrate Women’s History month than to pay homage to the iconic woman farmer, pioneer, and writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. As I write, the snow is falling again. I am stuck in the house, at the end of an unplowed road, again. Yet, […]
By Victoria Kidd President Ronald Reagan and CBS newsman Walter Cronkite shared more than a regular spot on every American’s television set. Both commissioned portraits from one of the country’s most admired artists. Now John M. Barber is coming to Powhatan School for a special artist-in-residence program. Barber has created works for many notable people. […]
March 20/22 Cinderella Clarke County High School Auditorium. Clarke County High School presents its 15th annual Spring Musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. March 20 and 21 at 7:30pm and March 22 at 2:30pm. Tickets are $12 Adults and $6 Students. General Admission, available at the Box Office the day of the show. 21/22 Estate Sale […]
Restore The Foreign Exchange Program The School Board made a very unfortunate decision at their Feb. 23rd meeting. During the 2015-2016 school year, there will be no foreign exchange student program. There have got to be many superior options available to cut the CCPS budget. In this day and age, nativism seems to be at […]
By Karen Cifala Remember that movie What Women Want, with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt? This romantic comedy adroitly portrayed a man’s willingness to just listen to what a woman really wants. Just listen. That’s really what we want! I have a similar movie I’d like to see produced: What Boomers Want. It’s also a […]
I never went to summer camp as a kid. There wasn’t the diverse array of day-camp offerings back then, and because we spent the day outside in nature every day my folks saw it as a lower priority. Overnight camps were out of the question. Our family of seven kids didn’t have the money for […]