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Bar C Ranch On Tour By Annie Young Farms are teeming with life. It’s partly why people are drawn to them. People love the idea of places where life is sprouting up, growing and crowing all around us. Bar C Ranch is overflowing with a huge diversity of life. I challenge anyone to find a […]
Cheryl Ash: Positive Powerhouse by JiJi Russell Spending some time with Cheryl Ash is to experience a balance of opposites: She’s sophisticated yet folksy; bohemian but fully grounded; confident yet self-effacing. When I sat down with her at the Barns of Rose Hill on a recent Saturday afternoon, she gave me the impression that she’s […]
Joyce Badanes: The Art of Making Art Fiber artist Joyce Badanes will be demonstrating one of the more interesting ways to create pattern on silk scarves using three Japanese shibori techniques on Saturday, July 20th from noon till 2pm at Berryville Main Street’s Fire House Gallery. Badanes has mastered many types of fiber art […]
First Aid Kit for Your Pet By Dr. Catherine Reiss One of the best ways to be prepared for your pet’s emergency is to have a basic first aid kit available. It could be a backpack or a fancy tackle box—both are great projects for kids to decorate! Here is my list of “must have” […]
By Colleen Lentile The Observer’s summer journalism intern Colleen Lentile wanted to know how her peers summed up the college preparation they received at Clarke County High School, so she talked with four CCHS grads who, coincidentally, graduated over the previous four years. Katie Lese As a spirited graduate of CCHS Class of 2010, Katie […]
By Colleen Lentile Quidditch instructor? Wipeout coach? Olympic judge? The answer is, “Yes, she is! Amy Lowell, D.G. Cooley Elementary School’s Physical Education Instructor, fulfills all of these titles, plus many more—all in her gymnasium. From walking her dog through town to hosting challenging physical events, she inspires her students to get fit in and […]
The story of Watermelon Park and the Clarke County family that invented the bluegrass festival By Jennifer Lee Drive by Watermelon Park on any summer day, and you’ll see between a dozen and several hundred people enjoying a picnic, a river float, some fishing. Talk to John U. Miller, Jr., or Junior as he’s known […]
Few things arouse our passions and evoke our unbridled opinions like our public school systems. No surprise there. Everyone is an owner. Everyone, either directly or indirectly, pays into the system. And everyone benefits from education, either as a student or as a member of a society with an expanded knowledge base and literacy rate—at […]
15 The Shenandoah Riverside Festival Watermelon Park. This family-friendly event and fundraiser for Shenandoah River conservation features award-winning bluegrass artists, including Russell Moore & III Tyme Out, the Lonesome River Band, The Hackensaw Boys, Lonesome Highway, Dry Mill Road, The Woodshedders, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Circa Blue, Porch Picker’s Brigade, Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band, and […]