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INSIDE FINE SHOW page 4 TALKING TURKEY page 5 EAST & WEST page 6 EVICTED page 13

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Gators Take Second at JSL Championship

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New Commercial Space Coming to Old Trail Village Center this Fall The grassy area next to Old Trail’s original commercial buildings will become a four-story partner building housing commercial space and offices on its first two floors and 22 apartments on its two upper floors. Construction is expected to begin in September. “Our strategy is to develop and hold,” said Reid Murphy of The Building Management Company, a Charlottesville firm that includes two other partners Robby Noll and Ian Wren. “That makes us a little different

because we are not in it for a fee but for the long haul.” Murphy is a western Albemarle resident and has children at Meriwether Lewis Elementary and Henley Middle School. His oldest just graduated from Western Albemarle and is headed to U.Va. His partners formerly owned Real Property Inc., a firm that has done property management in Old Trail and does a lot of rental management in Charlottesville, and they next owned Property Management of continued on page 11

The constantly smiling Crozet Gators rookie coach Alex Rayle was seen last Friday and Saturday patrolling the sidelines at the Virginia Aquatics Center at UVA looking for all the world like a guy alternating between frazzled and joyful. To the uninitiated, the epic championship event capping the Jefferson Swim League’s 50th season would have seemed a form of chaos, but it was instead a successful choreography of 18 teams rivalling the energy of a Broadway musical. This feat was accomplished in the face of high winds, downpours, lightning and thunder that chased all of the teams indoors from their tent city. The meet went on until the last swimmer climbed out of the pool. For the Gators, the ending also put to rest the old saying that nobody remembers who finished second. The team was a well-oiled machine, racking up the points without record-setters, instead relying on the depth and breadth of great coaching,

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CCAC Backs Master Plan Update At its meeting July 20, the Crozet Community Advisory Council deputized its chair David Stoner to join a steering committee that will plan a series of public town hall meetings to get community input on what points in the Crozet Master Plan [CMP] need updating or alteration. The meetings will be a joint effort of Crozet civic organizations, namely the Crozet Community Association, formed in 1978 to be a forum for town issues: the Crozet Board of

Trade, an organization of area business owners that fundraises for local charitable causes; and the CCAC, formed by the Albemarle County Supervisors to advise it on implementation of the Crozet Master Plan. The terms of the CMP call for it to be reviewed every five years to ensure that it addresses prevailing conditions. The plan was begun in 2004 and ratified by the county after two years of heavily attended public meetings. It

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Gator Emily Sposato shakes hands with a Fairview swimmer after placing third in the 50m backstroke at JSL champs. Photo: CGST.

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Correction Last month’s story about Kevin Blanchard’s new home in Crozet incorrectly stated that Homes for Heroes builds 200 houses per year for disabled vets. It has built 200 houses for vets since it was formed in 2004.

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Dear Crozet Friends and Neighbors: We are writing to thank you for your enthusiastic support of our small town tradition - our annual Crozet Independence Day parade, celebration, and fireworks show, held this year on July 2. Because of your generous support we raised money to help defray the cost of the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department’s new electronic sign outside the firehouse that will provide community safety notices and event updates. We are also able to make generous donations to the Crozet Park and several other civic groups in our community. There are many who deserve thanks and recognition for their contributions to the success of this event. Prime among them are those who donated to the Fireworks Fund to help cover the cost of our wonderful fireworks show. The support of our most generous donors: the Green Olive Tree, the Lodge at Old Trail, Parkway Pharmacy, Pro Re Nata Brewery, Hamer and Hamer DDS Orthodontics, King Family Vineyard, All Engines Possible, Fidelis Farm and Vineyard, Ross L. Stevens LLC, and Hearing Health Associates, along with the dozens of others, made our fireworks show possible. We also appreciate the support of several local businesses that very generously provide their services at a discount, including Allied Portable Toilets, Virginia Tent Rental, Lenoir Enterprises event and valet parking, and Virginia Eagle Distributing. Last but not least, we would be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the generous support of the Crozet Gazette in running a full-page

ad for months and a special thank you to Allie Marshall Pesch of AMP Design for designing our Crozet Independence Day Celebration posters, park map, and handbill for free. Thank you each so much. The parade and celebration is a combined effort of Crozet’s civic organizations who have teamed up to put on the Crozet Independence Day parade, celebration, and fireworks, a task that in the past fell solely to the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD), which for many years sponsored the celebration as a fundraiser. Joining the CVFD in sharing the burden now are the Crozet Community Association, Claudius Crozet Park (which is community-owned and run by volunteers), YMCA, Crozet Lions Club, Life Journey Church, Crozet Board of Trade (formerly Downtown Crozet Association), Crozet Trails Crew, and the Hope Presbyterian Church, as well as many citizen volunteers. We also thank all the wonderful volunteers who helped setup, take admissions donations, and cleaned-up afterwards. We are especially appreciative of the dedication and hard work of the House family, who did a fabulous job emptying the trash bins at the celebration. You are our unsung heroes. Thank you! One of the wonderful privileges of living in Crozet is how freely and generously so many give of their time, talents, and resources to make this event a success. If we’ve omitted anyone, we apologize; know that your donation was appreciated even though we failed to acknowledge it here. Thank you each and every one. Most of all, we thank you, our generous fellow Crozetians, for your attendance and support. On behalf of the Crozet Independence Day Celebration (CIDC) planning team, thank you. We look forward to seeing you next year on Saturday, July 1st! Sincerely, Tim F. Jost Tolson Chair, CIDC Planning Team President, Crozet Community Association CrozetCommunity@gmail.com CrozetCommunity.org

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How to Carve a Turkey Judd and Cari Culver’s freerange organic turkey farm in Greenwood held a tasting event July 30 and gave away sandwiches of their product. Roughly 250 people curious about the Kelly Bronze turkey RSVP-ed to a flyer and got to meet Englishman Paul Kelly, one of the family founders of the brand, and learn how to carve a turkey the right way. Kelly holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for the

fastest turkey plucker and the fastest turkey carver. “There’s only one farm in America like this,” Culver told the crowd. “There’s another one in England. We bought the farm 24 months ago and we’ve put a tremendous amount of work into it.” In the field below the buildings, the former Ruscher family farm, about 1,500 young turkeys were strolling behind stout woven wire fencing, stocked at a Paul Kelly

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rate of 200 birds per acre. The fence is supplemented by electric strands that carry a knockyou-down jolt that’s meant to discourage turkey predators. Those, mainly foxes, have been something of a problem so far. But animals learn what hurts fast. Culver reminded the visitors to stay back from the fence. Kelly came over from The Old Country for the event and to help install the final features of the farm’s new production line in a new building that will handle processing and cold stor-

age. The line now includes a waxing process Kelly invented to assist in of removing the bird’s black feathers. [For more on the farm’s background and Kelly Bronze turkeys, dubbed the “Rolls-Royce of turkeys” in Britain, see the Gazette’s June 2015 and October 2015 issues.] The refrigeration room had been set up with hay bale seating for the crowd who watched as Kelly demonstrated the proper way to cook a Kelly

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Will East & West Meet Again? The Great Schism that divided Christianity into the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches occurred in July of 1054 when the patriarch of Constantinople, representing the Greek east, and the pope in Rome, representing the Latin west, both excommunicated each other, formalizing a rift in theological interpretations and church organization and governance—centered principally on the pope’s primacy—that had been brewing since the fifth century. Historians summarize the differences as tracing back to Greek philosophy on one side and Roman law on the other. St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Greenwood hosted an ecumenical prayer service and conference on the prospect of uniting the two traditions July 14. Fr. Robert Holet of St. Nicholas, Fr. Stephen Alcott of St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church in Charlottesville and Fr. Gerald Fogerty, a Jesuit professor of Religious Studies at U.Va.

attended, along with Dr. Gayle Woloschak of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (Orthodox), who had also attended the recent Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox churches, which was held in June in Crete. The event started with a halfhour service, called a moleben, led by Fr. Holet, that prayed for unity of the churches. The service was conducted with the congregation, about 60, standing, as is the custom in the Orthodox churches. “We stand because we believe Jesus is present,” Fr. Holet explained. “If the King is here, we stand to show reverence.” “We share much in common,” he said, addressing the many non-Orthodox visitors, “but we are not in full communion with the churches of the West.” The service included Psalm 143, which says “Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity,” and a Litany of Peace, prayers of confession and pleading for forgiveness, and a Litany of Supplication, ending with a

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prayer that, as Christ said, “All may be one.” Fr. Alcott at the end of the service said, “We gather to glorify Christ. We may seem small, and we’re in a small town, but may Christ do great things.” A light buffet was served afterward, even though it was a fast day in the Orthodox Church. Fr. Holet said, expansively, that the story of The

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AUGUST 2016 My private opinion is that Putin told the Patriarch of Moscow not to come and also told Bulgaria to be the first to say it would not come. I think it was political and had nothing to do with church issues. I think the Patriarch of Moscow wanted to come. “Historically, there have never been all the churches represented at any ecumenical council. But all the documents were signed in advance at pre-counciliar meetings, so they should have effect. Roman Catholics, Copts and Anglicans also attended as observers. There was simultaneous translation.” Woloschak said that the problem of mixed marriages refers to marriages between Orthodox and non-Orthodox. Not allowing them is a problem for the American churches, but the older churches, such as the Greek Church, opposed any change. In a bit of diplomacy, an accommodation is that they will be allowed where “economia,” meaning ‘the running of the household’ requires it. She said one take-away for her was that “the third-world churches were actually running the theological agenda.” The Hierarchs released doves, symbols of the Holy Spirit, at the end of the Council. “The most important thing is that it happened,” Woloschak said. “It’s been planned since 1920. Councils are now expected every seven to 10 years to renew counciliar action to function as one across the

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Bronze, which is different from a regular store turkey because it’s raised to maturity (six months) and therefore has its natural fats. Most turkeys sold in the U.S. are slaughtered at three months old while they are still building their skeletons, rather than their muscles and fat, and that’s why they need brining and slow cooking. A Kelly Bronze, Kelly said, is done in about an hour and a half. (A meat thermometer comes in the package so you can be sure.) “White turkey’s price was being driven down,” Kelly explained. “We had to do something special, so we went for bronze turkeys. They are the original turkey.” The family scoured Britain for them and found 350. “The bronze turkey disappeared because he has a black feather and processors wanted a white turkey. They thought it looked better.” Kelly was following a technique called New York Dressed. It’s an artisan style developed in

America that dry plucks and hangs the bird to age. It’s labor intensive and raising a bird twice as long as other producers do also raises its cost. “A fat bird does not need help,” Kelly said. “Start at room temperature, breast down. That makes it self-basting. Add salt and pepper and onions. Flip it after an hour. Once it’s done allow it to stand for an hour. It won’t cool off. To warm it, pour the drippings back over the carved meat.” Kelly deftly removed a leg and then sliced the bird cleanly in half down the breast bone. His knife must have been strong and sharp. He took the breast meat off neatly and one half the bird was still intact. “Remove the skin and put it back in the oven for 20 minutes. Then eat it. Dark meat is the sign of quality in poultry.” His point was that the dark meat that most people are used to is not truly dark meat. Kelly then asked for three volunteers from the audience. Once on the stage they learned that one would win a free turkey for being best at turkey calling. Kelly demonstrated the

Paul Kelly during the turkey carving demonstration.

sounds male and female turkeys make. The female makes a weak cluck. The male makes a deeper, loose-cheeked warble. The winner, whose imitation was unselfconscious and convincing, was voted by the crowd with applause. A couple of dozen turkeys had been roasted in a mobile pizza oven truck and Kelly and

Culver sliced and served until everyone got their fill. Meanwhile there was Starr Hill beer on tap and a blues band. They say the tasting will be an annual event. Crozet has got good beer, good wine, good cider, good peaches and apples, and now good local turkey too.

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globe.” She said that in places such as America where cities may have churches of more than one tradition present, the goal is to gradually consolidate the number of bishops so as to reduce their competition. She said it may come down to “a process of dying out and seeing who’s left standing.” She said the Council also condemned “fundamentalism” but did not define what fundamentalism is. She said Russia now is saying it does not recognize the statements of the Council, which, of course, is a position it set up for itself by declining to attend. Woloschak’s report showed the fractured state of the Orthodox churches, despite their spiritual fortitude, endurance and their mutual respect, and that their hope for coordinating their presence in the world faces decades more work. Fr. Fogarty said the position of the Catholic Church, which particularly under Pope John Paul II, actively sought to overcome differences with the Orthodox, is that no church should change its doctrine while in dialogue with another church. He noted that at Vatican II, the Catholic Church only recognized one other church, the Orthodox, as a church. Both churches recognize seven sacraments and apostolic succession, he said. He noted that the Orthodox sent representatives to Vatican II, from the Russian Church, at a time when Krushchev was trying to influence Western pressure on Berlin. As a gesture of conciliation, the head of St. Andrew, the patriarch of Contantinople, which was stolen by Crusaders, was returned to the Greek Orthodox Church at Patros in 1964 by Pope Pius VI. Since 1471 it had been in St. Peter’s in Rome. “It was a peace gesture,”

AUGUST 2016 Fr. Fogarty said. “John Paul II would do anything to get an opening to the Orthodox. He talked in an encyclical, speaking in generalities, about reopening the primacy of Peter. The main difference is over the role of the pope.” “We’ve had separate lives,” said Fr. Holet, “and we are trying to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. It’s something we can’t do, but the Holy Spirit can. This movement is a movement of God.” Woloschak said the differences between the Orthodox and Catholics are about theology, but the differences among the Orthodox are about the politics of their countries. She said Russia’s motivation not to go to the council was that the council would end up showing that Moscow is not the “Third Realm,” the third Rome (as Constantinople was the second Rome) and thus its claims to be the most important of the Orthodox churches would be diminished. “There’s lots of consultation going on between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches,” she said, “at many levels, but we’re not working on being united. The long term goal of the Orthodox is to be one church. The U.S. church is making the most progress in this.” A parishioner from St. Nicholas noted, “This church is a good example of that—getting past ethnic identity in the national churches and ‘melding’ them. It’s a model for unifying Orthodoxy.” His implication seemed to be that the step after that would be to unite with the Latin church. Fr. Holet said that people need to be able to worship in the language they know. He noted that Mass is said in Spanish at the Church of the Incarnation in Charlottesville. “Our liturgy is identical in all Orthodox churches,” he pointed out. Yet another commonality with Catholicism.

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was the first community master plan in the county. It was officially updated in 2010 after another series of county-organized meetings. By schedule, review meetings would have been held in 2014 or 2015 but county planning staff were occupied with planning efforts in other sections of the county and predicted that the review of Crozet’s plan would not occur before 2019. White Hall District Supervisor Ann Mallek had twice suggested in CCAC meetings that Crozet citizens take on the task themselves, since they are familiar with the process and generally informed about the plan. The Gazette editorially endorsed the idea in its July issue. The aim is to produce a document that recommends specific textual and map detail changes that will be forwarded to county planners for their review and then to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors for official adoption. The push to take up the task was energized by recent opposing recommendations on pending projects from the CCAC and county planning staff. Staff recommended approval of Adelaide, an 80-unit residential project on Rt. 250; a tripling expansion of the Restore’N Station of Rt. 250, which operates under a special use permit for water; and a Special Use Permit for a stream crossing of Powells Creek near Orchard Acres for a new 74-unit housing project called West Glen. CCAC reviews had resulted in negative recommendations, or suggested restrictions, for each project. The CCAC judged Adelaide too dense, that Restore’N Station should be held to the terms of its deal, and that the county should not violate its stream protection rules in the case of Powells Creek, citing the CMP in each case. The Planning Commission denied Restore’N Station, but followed staff advice in approving Adelaide and West Glen. All three projects are still pending before the Board of Supervisors with action expected in September. Monthly town hall meetings

to review the plan are expected to start in the fall and continue until winter. The process will start with a new survey of community sentiment on growth issues. Crozet responded strongly to a similar survey conducted in 2008 before the first revision. More than 700 forms were submitted (Crozet had about 1,200 households at the time) and some 1,200 comments expressed. Current CCA president Tim Tolson designed the survey in collaboration with the CCAC membership of that day and the survey was available online through Survey Monkey and was printed and distributed in the Gazette. The survey will be updated and the same procedure followed this time as well. The 2016 version should be available in September and will be open for six weeks. The first meeting of the revision process is expected to examine survey results. The steering committee to plan the meeting dates and present an agenda includes CCAC chair Stoner, CCA president Tolson, current CBT president Mike Marshall, Planning Commissioner Jennie More and Supervisor Mallek. In proposing the process to the CCAC, Marshall said that he would suggest to the CCA at its September 8 meeting that it choose retired planning commissioner Tom Loach, who served for eight years from 2008 to 2016, to chair the town hall meetings and join the steering group. Marshall said county planners would be invited to participate in the meetings and that the idea was to substitute volunteer Crozet manpower for what the planning staff lacked. He said the update process could involve many new Crozet residents who are unacquainted with the plan that would lead to a greater sense of their ownership of it. Former CCAC chair Meg Holden responded to Stoner’s posing the question of how the CCAC should proceed by saying, “It’s a critical function. This is a unique community and I feel strongly this community should fight hard to be the place it wants to be. We don’t want it to be Rt. 29 North.” Mallek noted the discrepancy in views between Crozet citizens and planning staffers. “They continued on page 26

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Virginia. They sold both and formed BMC in 2008. The firm handles property development, construction, leasing and financing. “We’re starting to out-source some stuff we used to do,” Murphy said. BMC has hired Nest Property Management to do the leasing for the new building and Ben Wilson, who has been based at Old Trail for a few years, will be handling it. BMC has two other projects going in Charlottesville now, Timberwood Commons in Hollymead, a 13,000-squarefoot medical and office space project, and development of a site on Preston Avenue next to Blue Ridge Pack and Ship that will include a renovation of that space too. The firm is also about to redevelop the location of the former Lord Hardwicke’s restaurant on Emmet Street in Charlottesville. It’s had three meetings with nearby residents who are concerned about noise. “We’re all local and we’ll see these people in the grocery store so we want to address their concerns,” said Murphy. “We’re always looking for where opportunities are. My kids are at Western. There’s a gravitational pull, so Old Trail became

North-east view of phase two of Old Trail Village Center

intriguing. We feel like there’s a pent up demand. We have to go to Charlottesville for sporting goods? “All those things became intriguing. We’re pretty risk-averse. We did eight townhouses in Old Trail to get to know the market. We’ve now sold six and two are leased,

South-west view

after three months on the market.” The new building will have 19,000 square feet on each floor and four “fronts.” Mitchell Mathews Architect and Planners is designing the project. “We’ve tried not to steer them about design,” Murphy said. “We asked them to come out and consider the context. We like it. We have concerns about the color palette. We want to brighten up the street side.” The small brick plaza now on the site will go but the plan is to surface Heathercroft Drive with cobblestones, or stamped concrete, to connect the two commercial buildings on either side of it and “make them belong to each other,” he said. Murphy said they hope to find a restaurant to be the tenant of that end of the building. There’s an outdoor seating area allowed for. Other ideas for tenants would be a bodega market, perhaps a sporting goods store. The arrangement of the space on the first floor will be divided as tenants’ needs become known. The first floor has 14-foot ceilings and a wide central passageway, reminiscent of Charlottesville’s York Place on the Downtown Mall is a possibility. “The idea is to get several restaurants in

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Shenandoah: The Taking and Making of a National Park One does not just make a park. It is not a simple undertaking because a park is not only about the land, it is very much about people. That was never truer than with the establishing of Shenandoah National Park during the 1920s and ’30s. As early as 1892 a movement arose in western North Carolina “urging the government to purchase sufficient land in the Appalachian chain for a national forest pleasure-ground... a national park. Its nearness to the thickly settled states would guarantee it three visitors where the Yosemite has one.” Subsequently, in 1899, at the Southern National Park Convention at Asheville, NC, the Appalachian National Park Association was formed to promote the establishment of a park along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. As more states jumped onto the eastern park bandwagon, the location criteria expanded. To achieve the most bang for their promotional buck, boosters sought potential park locations accessible to the greater masses. Knowing that it was Congress who would ultimately give a thumbs-up or down, placing a national park within driving distance of Washington, D.C. became a persuasive angle. For the most open-minded

decision makers, the obvious question was “Where?” The farflung, isolated western parks were established on public lands. But where, in the long-settled and heavily populated eastern U.S., could such an ambitious project provide an easily accessible feeling of relaxing escape? Politicians and conservationists were lobbied with ideas from various groups that hoped to capitalize on the lucrative tourist traffic that such a “national” feature would attract. When the movement began to get real traction in the early 1920s, the more prominent decision makers were guided into the Blue Ridge Mountains where the charismatic George Pollock had been welcoming and entertaining guests since the 1890s at Skyland, his rustic mountain complex in Page County, Virginia. It was there, in the refined air nearly 3,700’ above the city’s hubbub, they found their answer. Some of the early proponents suggested that the mountain residents, their homes and farms, be allowed to remain on the parkland. As plans progressed that scenario was soon pushed aside. A caveat was that Congress would not pay for parkland: it was the responsibility of the individual state to

“Drying apples [on a wood-shingled roof], Shenandoah National Park, VA.” [Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, 1935.]

Locals congregated on store porches such as this one at Nethers, on the Hughes River near the base of Old Rag Mountain in Madison County. Its post office opened in 1885 and closed down along with nearby Yowell/Nethers Mill in the mid-1940s. [Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, 1935.]

acquire the land and gift it to the feds for the privilege of having such a special feature in their state. In addition, the government would not accept such a gift unless it was void of residents. President Coolidge signed legislation in 1926 establishing Shenandoah, Great Smokies and Mammoth Cave National Parks, but the herculean task of actually creating such “pleasure-grounds” was only beginning. For Virginia’s Shenandoah

National Park, 521,000 acres had been recommended (but was later reduced to less than half that amount). That optimistic vision encompassed land containing long-established villages, farms, industries, schools, churches, cemeteries—and thousands of residents—whose centuries-old traditions and ways of living would have to be addressed and “resettled” outside of the Park’s boundaries. That year Harry F. Byrd was continued on page 14

Competing soft drink advertising nailed to a roadside tree was directed at travelers on a dirt road in the Blue Ridge Mountains, c.1926. Graded sections such as this one were incorporated into Shenandoah National Park’s Skyline Drive highway. [U.S. Library of Congress Photograph Collection]

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elected Governor of Virginia. He brought to the executive office great enthusiasm for the Park idea and for the economic advantages that its tourism would provide to the Commonwealth. Fundraising quotas were assigned to cities and towns, and rallies were held throughout the state to raise the necessary money to purchase the properties. For Charlottesville and Albemarle County alone, that goal was $61,000, a tidy sum from passing the hat in 1926. Physical surveys were made of the affected properties in each of the eight counties that the park would straddle. The contentious “Public Park Condemnation Act” was passed by Virginia legislators enabling the properties in each county to be acquired by eminent domain — in short, utilizing the state’s powerful right to condemn and take possession of private property for public use. The media of the day promoted the attributes of the proposed park and trumpeted the need for private monies to complement state funds to purchase the condemned lands at “fair market value” determined by

local panels headed by circuit court judges. However, the dirtiest of devils was in the details: how to remove the inhabitants? Such a condemnation would never have been suggested in a city where big business and lawyers made and interpreted the rules. The mountain resident was not perceived as such a formidable foe. Public spokespersons as well as the media began to denigrate their rural neighbors, opining that their removal from such isolated climes would be a merciful favor. Arno Cammerer, then National Park Service director stated, “There is no person so canny as certain types of mountaineers, and none so disreputable.” Subtle media bias presented itself in wording, alternately labeling the residents as “half-wit,” “mountain people,” “obdurate,” “park folk,” and “settlers.” In 1935, newspapers reported that “windows, doors and other fittings” were removed from vacant houses inside the park “to prevent squatters, wandering families, from taking possession and so embarrassing the park service...” Robert H. Via (who owned a profitable farm in upper Sugar Hollow in Albemarle County) was with a group who challenged the state’s authority on Fourteenth Amendment

“Schoolhouse at Corbin Hollow, [Madison County] Shenandoah National Park, VA.” Miss Nellie Walton of Blackwell’s Hollow, Albemarle Co., a teacher at Corbin Hollow during the 1930s, met her husband-to-be Joseph Ford while he was working at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp #NP-1 (Camp George H. Dern) at Skyland. [Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, 1935.]

At the headwaters of Sugar Hollow’s North Fork Moorman’s River near Via Gap reposes a beautifully crafted chimney base from the former Albemarle County home of Daniel Christopher (1877–1930) and Minnie Garrison Via (1883–1982). Dan was buried in nearby Via Cemetery. Isolated by the establishment of Shenandoah National Park, Minnie left the mountain in the 1940s and joined displaced family members who had moved to Pennsylvania. [Photo by Phil James]

grounds. Their challenge, contending that the state had no legal powers to condemn land for the purpose of gifting it to the federal government, proved to be one of the most serious legal threats to the park’s establishment. Lasting more than a year in the court system, the case failed at the state level, and, when appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court just three days before Thanksgiving in 1935, it was dismissed in a matter of minutes. A month later, on the day after Christmas, Shenandoah National Park was officially established. William E. Carson was a former Chairman of the State Conservation and Development Commission. “It was not to our taste and liking,” he wrote, “to

dispossess thousands of people from their lands, and to forcibly eject them from their homes and to be at dagger’s point with our mountain neighbors, or to be the subject of criticism by well-meaning but impatient citizens who wanted the park forthwith, failing to realize the enormity of the task we shouldered... If the park will give the people of Virginia half the enjoyment it gave us anxiety and tribulation it will be a mountain of content.” When you visit your National Park, think on the labors of the visionaries who preserved for us that privilege, and especially on the ones who formerly lived there. It is their legacy and hidden sacrifice that we honor with our appreciation and respect for the lands they once called home.

Follow Secrets of the Blue Ridge on Facebook! Phil James invites contact from those who would share recollections and old photographs of life along the Blue Ridge Mountains of Albemarle County. You may respond to him through his website: www.SecretsoftheBlueRidge.com or at P.O. Box 88, White Hall, VA 22987. Secrets of the Blue Ridge © 2003–2016 Phil James

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excellent athletes and solid volunteer backup. Coming on strong Saturday afternoon, the Gators kept pushing, eventually closing in on leader Fairview’s 2,363 points with a strong runner-up performance, netting 2,195.75 markers. Their surge no doubt had the Fairview staff checking their rearview mirrors. Rayle, a 21-year-old senior marketing major at the

University of North Carolina at Wilmington who has already signed on for a repeat Gators coaching engagement for 2017, was ecstatic over the whole performance. His love of the sport couldn’t be clearer. A former Gator swimmer himself, the Western Albemarle graduate was attracted early to the swim game in and out of the pool. “I started Junior coaching when I was 12 years old and immediately fell in love with helping swimmers and giving

The start of one of many heats at the two-day Jefferson Swim League Chamipionship. [Photo: CGST]

Head Coach Alex Rayle with a flip flop signed by swimmers who qualified for champs. [Photo: Cherie Witt]

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CGST coaches from left: Elsa Strickland, Alex Rayle, Emily Farabaugh, Lexi Campbell, Hunter Mitchell, and Colleen Farabaugh. Seated: Kristen Farabaugh, junior coach. [Photo: CGST]

back to the sport. I credit that with making me the person I am today, giving back to the kids—it’s a great exchange,” he said. Rayle was keenly aware of being the rookie, and knew the glory of Crozet’s big championship win in 2013, ending a 23 year streak for Fairview. Fairview

has now won 25 chamionships in the 50 years since the Jefferson Swim League was founded in 1966. “I’m not going to lie; being the new kid on the block can be a little intimidating. Being around some of the coaches who have been here for over a decade… I think I handled it

pretty well for the most part,” he recalled. The response from the kids to this coach was obviously good, and the fact that he is still a student made him more like a guy who was one of them. Rayle has also felt the ups and downs of competition more keenly than most. He lost a year and a half to a hip injury requiring surgery. He can relate to the kids as a young man and as a disappointment survivor. This year, the Gators won the swim league’s annual sportsmanship award. “The award is

based on the results of a survey of all of our opposing teams rating us as a host team and as a visiting team,” CGST co-chair Nancy Addison explained. “We were so happy and honored! It was our first time winning as a Division 1 team,” The last year the Gators received the award was in 2003, as a Division 2 team, which was also happened to be Rayle’s first year on the team as a swimmer. The swim league is split into three divisions of six teams based on size.

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properties (there were two sales over $1m which will be excluded for statistical purposes). Of the detached sales 15 were for homes on over an acre of land. These properties tend to be outside of downtown Crozet, and consistently represent about 20% of all detached sales. There were nine land sales in the quarter, up from four at the same time last year. Thankfully there was only one distressed sale (short sale/foreclosure/auction) in the quarter, down from 4 last year. The average price for a detached property rose in the quarter, up 5% to $423,000. The median price stayed fairly constant at $395,000. Of the total sales, 14 were for new construction, this number of new homes being built dropping 36% from the same time last year. Eight of the sales were in Old Trail, with a couple in Haden Place and one each in Cory Farms, Westlake, Foothills

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were for new construction, six being in Old Trail and one in Haden Place. As this was the last new Haden Place attached home for sale; new townhome sales will be limited to Old Trail until one of several new neighborhoods opens up, hopefully by next year. Speaking of new neighborhoods, Chesterfield Landing on Crozet Avenue is in full swing. As of this writing there have been four sales in the development, out of a maximum of 25. There are new home deliveries

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By far, the single most common reason people give for not sticking to their fitness goals is that they can’t seem to find the time. On one hand, I completely get it. Life is BUSY! And it seems like it just keeps getting busier. Perhaps our culture is just busier—is there a way to measure that? I’m guessing my parents also complained about being busy back in the 70s and 80s, but it sure does seem that there is not a lot of downtime in people’s schedules these days. When we have given energy and hours to our jobs, our families, and our homes, there just doesn’t seem to be much time for anything else, let alone exercising for an hour! On the other hand… come on, make time! All too often we think of exercise and fitness as a hobby versus a need in our lives. And perhaps that influences where we put it on our priority list? We can all get by without exercising and without being fit. We can let our cardiovascular health deteriorate, our weight increase, and our general energy levels decline, and we will likely survive just fine thanks to the amazing infrastructure we have in this county. However we are BETTER when we are fit. Exercise makes us better. When we give ourselves time each day to exercise and take care of our health, we are becoming better human beings. I heard a really interesting interview on NPR the other day with Yuval Noah Hurari, author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Mr. Hurari sounds like a crazy eastern European scientist, but I must admit, his views on humans today, compared to our ancestors tens of thousands of years ago, are quite thought provoking.

At one point in the interview, he asserted that on average, humans today do not enjoy a better quality of life than humans did 25,000 years ago. What?! That, of course, sounds crazy. What about all the progress in this modern world? His point is this: humans long, long ago were all huntergatherers. And as much as there were perils, occasional famine, and no “health care” as we know it today, humans lived a surprisingly good existence. We lived in close groups. We worked physically all day, running, walking, squatting, etc., as we gathered our food and kept up our shelters. We were eating a varied diet, sleeping well, and our lives were full of activity. And clearly, we survived. Compare this to, as he said in the interview, the person who made the shirt that he was wearing, which represents a large proportion of today’s human population. Here, someone is sitting at a desk for 10-12 hours a day, making just cents an hour, doing work that is just not very physical. Their diet, thanks to the agricultural revolution, is very narrow, consisting of mostly rice. Mentally, and physically, as a human, Hurari makes a compelling argument that there is not an obvious answer to who had the better quality of life. Is this relevant discussion to our lives here in Crozet, though? Indeed! Humans have been around on this planet long before cars, long before the industrial revolution, and long before the agricultural revolution. Bear with me for a moment – I want you to imagine humans, as they first came to be, a species designed so perfectly that we have literally taken over the world. Now think of your typical

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my pants, and I am about as non-committal as it gets regarding my weekly schedule. However, besides my work schedule, I follow a very regular exercise schedule that makes exercise happen. Although I don’t necessarily know what I’ll be doing Tuesday morning, I know that I will be exercising. I have discussed it with my spouse and family, and everyone knows when I’ll be taking care of my fitness. I can’t overstate how important it is for people to have a regular, weekly exercise schedule that becomes part of their daily lives. The key to lasting fitness is consistency. We’ve got to start somewhere and a schedule is a great start. My wife and I share an overlapping schedule of exercise, waking up early, etc., so that we can both get our exercise in while still being there for our son, jobs, and home. The other big scheduling tip I have for people is to wake up early. If you can turn the TV off and get to bed early, there is a lot of great exercise to be had

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ence and photography to invent a new art form, a chlorophyll printing process, in which photographic images are embedded within leaves. To create these organic pictures, Danh first makes a negative image of a photograph in a transparent material. This image-bearing transparency then is placed on a leaf and secured with a pane of glass on top and a solid backing underneath. The dark portions of the negative act as a sunblock, inhibiting both photosynthesis and the bleaching effects of sunlight on the leaf ’s natural pigments. Within hours or days (when the process works), the image from the negative is incorporated within the leaf. Danh was born in Viet Nam. At a very young age, he and his parents immigrated to California. The Viet Nam war is “not talked about in the family because it’s so painful.” “People in the United States wanted to forget because it was a war that Americans didn’t win. But for my parents’ generation it was a war they lost.”

To revive memory, explore justice, and process trauma, loss and death from war in an artistic way, Danh transferred iconic Vietnam War images onto leaves of tropical plants and grasses, an artistic medium that serves as a reminder of the landscape of his erstwhile country. To preserve the images, the plant materials are encased within blocks of resin. Haunting and evocative, poignant and thought-provoking, his work has been displayed in universities, museums, and galleries. Here in Virginia, Danh has served as the Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University and the Copenhaver Scholar-inResidence at Roanoke College. Now an assistant professor of photography at Arizona State University, his artwork has brought him global recognition. In these two lives – one a scientist, the other an artist – similarly interwoven with passion, pain, observation, creativity and hope, the world has been changed a little bit for the better.

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By John Andersen, DVM gazettevet@crozetgazette.com

The Open Diagnosis After graduating from veterinary school at Virginia Tech, I moved to Raleigh, NC, for a year to work at the NC State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital as an intern. This was a year I would work slave hours for peanuts, but would gain valuable experience to better my performance as a veterinarian in the real world. Working as a “small animal” intern (dogs and cats…) meant rotating through 2-3 week blocks on different specialty services throughout the year— internal medicine, surgery, cardiology, oncology, ophthalmology. Being engrossed in each of these disciplines multiple times throughout my year taught me a ton and gave me a humble start to my career. One of the most striking lessons I learned, in particular on the internal medicine rotations I was on, was how infrequently patients actually leave with a definitive diagnosis. Coming to a specialty referral center like the NC State veterinary school were all of the tough cases—sicknesses that either could not be diagnosed by their primary veterinarian, or were simply not responding to treatment. By my rough estimate, I felt as though we were only able to give the pet owners a definitive diagnosis about 50 percent of the time. Let me clarify. By definitive diagnosis, I mean being able to tell the owners exactly what was wrong with their pet and why. For example, if a patient was brought in for weight loss and excessive drinking and urination, and the blood work revealed high blood sugar and no other abnormalities, I would have no problem making a definitive diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. However many cases are not that easy, and determining what to do and how far to take the

case is a complex decision with many factors. Let’s take a common example: “Jessie” is a 14-year-old cat who has been losing weight for the past three months. The cat is acting completely normal, but isn’t eating as much as she used to. On exam, it is clear that Jessie is losing some core body weight, as she has a palpable bony spine and seems weak in her rear legs. So we talk to the owner about running some blood work, which all comes back normal. “Dang it!” I usually say, because gone are the easy answers that I can usually diagnose right from the lab work. So what now? “I just paid you all that money for blood work and you still can’t tell me what’s wrong with her?!” Most people are quite understanding, but yes, you did just spend all that money on blood work and I still have no idea why your cat is sick! How about we spend some more money on tests that also are not guaranteed to find a diagnosis? These are tough cases in which we are balancing the desire to find and fix a problem with the real life issue that the owners are paying 100 percent of the bill out of their pocket. So, let’s say the lab work is all normal. I still haven’t had a pet talk to me yet. Now it’s time to put on the old “critical thinking” hat. Critical thinking is such an important skill in practicing medicine, and I would argue, in any job with problems. Many times, the evidence, the manuals, and the experts may let us down in our quest to solve problems. There may come a time when we are getting no good information, or worse yet, conflicting information, and we need to make a decision. Back to Jessie. I make the case to Jessie’s owners that the blood work is normal, so we need to do some further testing. I tell her that I can rule out several possible dis-

CROZETgazette eases—i.e., Jessie does not have kidney disease, diabetes, or thyroid disease. “They why is she losing so much weight?” I just don’t know. So I convince Jessie’s mom that we should do an abdominal ultrasound and a chest X-ray. “What are you looking for” Jessie’s mom surely would ask. Cancer. Bad stuff. Maybe something treatable? So we do the rays and ultrasound. Normal. Nothing. Ugh. We have depleted the “pet’s bank account,” and the more treatable diseases we seem to be ruling out, the more the very real question comes up—how much more testing should we do? On one hand, we can keep going. I might suspect intestinal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease. Usually a gut biopsy will tell me that. So, Mrs. Jones, would you like me to cut open your poor old 14-year-old cat to diagnose what is wrong with her, even though it is likely cancer or another terminal process? But how do I know for sure? These are times when I have a very open discussion with owners about the limits of our testing and ultimately, what diseases she doesn’t have and what

diseases she could have. In Jessie’s case, I feel very confident that she either has intestinal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease. Years of experience have taught me that both of these diseases are quite common in older cats, and although the specialist recommends opening her up and getting a gut biopsy, I think that is a bit invasive! These diseases often come to the point of “let’s treat the treatable.” Yep, Jessie could have cancer, in which case we would not likely be able to save her or improve her quality of life very much. However, maybe she has inflammatory bowel disease, which is actually a very manageable disease! Instead of cutting Jessie open and taking painful biopsies, perhaps a more reasonable approach is to start her on steroids that can effectively manage IBD. Mrs. Jones likes that approach for Jessie, and what do you know, two days later Jessie is eating better than she has in months! I tell Mrs. Jones how happy we are that she is finally feeling better, but then I have to break some news to her—sometimes cats with cancer feel good

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have very strong opinions that do not agree at all with what’s come out of this group in the 10 years I’ve been listening.” CCAC member Mary Gallo, a veteran of both CMP processes, said, “I think it’s a great idea. We thought we were on the same page but we find out maybe we are not.” She asked for clarification about the CCAC’s role. “When we’re talking about looking at the master plan, to be clear, we’re not talking about that being driven by the CCAC, is that correct? We’re talking about this being driven by the Community Association and the community with our participation and attendance.” The CCAC agreed. Mallek suggested a CCAC meeting with county planners to talk about disagreements in views. Loach answered, “We need data before we entertain a meeting with staff. I went back and looked at the last report. The only real data that ever existed was the 12,500 population [forecast]. We are probably near our build-out population. What happens when we reach it? We could be victims of our success. There could be pressure to expand [the growth area].The greatest tool I ever had was the community survey. As planning commissioner I had a very clear idea of what the community wanted.” CCAC member Dean Eliason agreed. “I think he’s absolutely right. We need to be as clear as we can be.” “When we had [planning staffer] Elaine Echols here [in February],” said CCAC member John McKeon, “she really couldn’t put a number on it. If I you add up all the approved [rezonings] and the by-right projects we’re probably near 12,000 now.” CCAC member Kim Guenther said, “I think we need a tracking list of the development underway. They come in and talk to us but we don’t know what’s happening next.” “Don’t add that to staff’s load of things to do,” suggested Loach. “It will keep them from doing other things we need. We can do that for ourselves

CROZETgazette through the developers’ contacts.” “We need to go through the Master Plan and see what phrases we think are vague,” said Eliason. “What does ‘human scale’ mean?” Stoner asked members to follow through with this suggestion so that the update process could have starting points. “We should represent all the Crozet community,” said longtime member John Savage. “We’re a forum and we should be proactive in areas. Without this group and Build Crozet Library [a volunteer fundraising committee] we would not have this library we’re in today. We shouldn’t be seen as a group that’s against development. Managing development is what this group’s for. We need to keep the idea that we are a voice for the Crozet community.” Loach suggested that the CCAC invite the chair of other county advisory councils (there are now seven in various stages of maturity) to a meeting at Crozet. “We’ll find we have a lot in common. Advisory councils now cover a lot of the area of the county. Together we can have say-so. The development areas are carrying the burden of growth.” Mallek said that the revision process needn’t come up with finished language for the CMP update. “We can point to the crisis element [in the text] and at that point the planners can work on it.” Members suggested that the CCAC develop a protocol of what information it wants to hear from developers so that meeting time is not wasted and pertinent questions are asked. Mallek said, “The CCAC does not need to be persuaded about a project, it needs information about it.” Loach added, “We have to know about them as soon as possible. Once a developer spends money developing plans they will be reluctant to make changes.” The CCAC discussed moving its meetings to a location that didn’t impose a time limit, such as it’s former home, The Meadows’ community room, but decided to stay at Crozet Library because of it audio/ visual equipment and good acoustics.

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By Heidi Sonen & Roscoe Shaw | weather@crozetgazette.com

July Was Hot But Nothing Unusual July was hot. Very hot. But, after all, it is July in the South, so what do you expect? We have been spoiled by a recent series of fairly cool summers. In the last three summers, only one day got to 95 degrees. That happened on June 18, 2014. The last really hot summer was in 2012. I’m sure you remember the blistering heat of the “derecho” week. Temperatures reached 100 the day of the destructive derecho on June 29, 2012 and stayed near 100 for a week after. The hottest was 104 on July 8. Most of Crozet was without power for up to a week but our street was lucky and had power back after 12 hours. Our house turned into a refugee camp where people came to charge

their phones and sit in the air conditioning. In July this year, 22 days reached at least 90 and the average temperature, day and night, was 79.5. That was hot enough for an impressive 13th place in the record books for July in 113 years of reliable data. Late July is, on average, the hottest time of the year even though the sun is strongest on the summer solstice about June 21st. This one month lag is because we are still gaining more heat with the strong sun than we are losing. By early August, the weakening sun begins to lose the battle and the average temperature begins to drop, bottoming in late January. The hottest July ever was in 1930. The average temperature

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So July was hot, but by historical standards, nothing very unusual. If you can’t stand the heat, head to the Rocky Mountains. Heidi and I went there on vacation last month and woke up to four inches of snow on July 11th. Or try Miami Beach. The average high there is just 88 in July due to the afternoon ocean breezes. Definitely do not go to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. On July 8, 2003, the temperature hit 108 with a dewpoint of 95, making the heat index 172 degrees.

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besieged with calls from other ER docs wanting to send their patients to my hospital. I field dozens of these calls every shift. The calls often disrupt my patient care and resident teaching and are generally resented by patients, residents and our staff, but they must be answered. My most remarkable referral until recently was a doctor in Israel who wanted to refer a patient to my hospital’s ER in Connecticut where I was working at the time. It was so farfetched to me that I actually agreed that if he could get the patient here we would of course see him in the ER. Two days later I got a call from one of my partners to come down and see “my” patient, newly arrived from Israel with a litany of long standing non-emergent symptoms. I paid a social call but left his disposition to the docs on duty, who promptly discharged him. These transfer requests do give me a unique insight into the patchwork quilt of the U.S. healthcare system and its challenges but also its incredible strength and potential, just like America itself. I was idly reading through the stack of referrals my colleagues had accepted on a recent shift when one caught my eye. The patient was coming to my ER from Syria to get a needed procedure. Not the town of Syria in Virginia but Syria itself via a refugee camp in Turkey. I sought out my colleague who just shrugged his shoulders and said it had all been arranged and he had been told to accept the patient. What the heck? This was not the mission of the ER. I guess word of my discontent filtered upstairs because the Chief of the hospital paid me a visit accompanied by a social worker. They explained that the

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St. Benedict’s Church Style Chicken and Waffles Every summer, churches in western Pennsylvania hold fund-raising events, generally called ‘festivals.’ You could spend every summer evening going from St. Teresa’s to St. Rochus to Our Mother of Sorrows for evenings of food and fun. Ours was called The St. Benedict’s Annual Reunion. This year was the 83rd. There were carnival rides, games of chance, fishpond for the kiddies, bingo for the grown ups. There was also a Saturday night dance for the young people and family dinners on Friday and Sunday. The Sunday dinner would traditionally be chicken and waffles, plus mashed potatoes, cooked-to-death green beans, dinner rolls, coleslaw with green peppers and a sweet vinegar dressing, and cake for dessert. There was nothing pre-fab about this meal. The ladies—and actually quite a few gentlemen—-would arrive at the church in the wee hours to peel potatoes and start stewing the chicken. The coleslaw was made by hand and the cakes made in

parishioner’s homes. A line would form early for this comfort-food meal. The church made a few bucks. Everyone was happy. No one I knew ever made chicken and waffles at home. I have only ever associated it with this church dinner. Recently though I’ve learned that it is a Southern treat, too, but here, the chicken is fried and placed on the waffle. My childhood memory is of chicken-filled gravy poured onto the not-too-sweet waffle. I now make it occasionally for brunch. It’s the perfect use for a stewing chicken. I make mine in the pressure cooker. But since most people fear theirs, you can just boil the chicken for a few hours, till it falls off the bone. If I could only convince you to use the pressure cooker though, the result is much better. You can put a whole chicken in the pressure cooker with a smaller amount of water. The resulting broth is ultra-rich; something much harder to achieve through slow cooking. Plus, this method is much faster! And here is my annual plug for the Free Union Grass Farm—the chicken from there cannot be beat. Available at Crozet Great Valu, the Charlottesville City Market, or at the farmstand on Wednesday and Friday.

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Keeping the Lights on for Shakespreare by Clover Carroll | clover@crozetgazette.com “If music be the food of love, play on!” So began a recent production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, a delightful comedy featuring a shipwreck, twins, mistaken identity, Puritan mockery, and a tangle of mismatched lovers. The lively, ebullient performance made us “laugh [our]selves into stitches” (III.ii) as well as shed a tear of happiness as we were transported back in time through poetry and innovative stagecraft. We were witnesses as “journeys end in lovers meeting” (II.iii), and all’s well that ends well! Experiencing the work of the Bard in as close as we can come to its original setting and staging conditions is pure theatrical magic. If you haven’t yet made it over the mountain to visit this cultural treasure right in our back yard, this would be a great year to go. 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 1616 at age 52. In addition, the ASC—a mere half-hour drive from Crozet via I-64 and I-81—is celebrating its 15th birthday in the Blackfriars Playhouse, which opened in 2001, an authentic recreation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre. And the 25th birthday of the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express Theatre troupe, which had been taking its experimental approach to Shakespeare on the road since the early ‘90s, is already in the rear-view mirror. So why not take in one of the daily, yearround performances of Renaissance drama—including, in addition to Shakespeare, works by Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Richard Sheridan, among others—performed there? And be sure to take the kids (aged 8 and up), who are sure to enjoy the fresh approach, live music, and zany humor. Other plays being staged this summer/fall season,

which runs through November, include King Lear, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (in case you can’t get tickets to Hamilton!), and The Rise of Queen Margaret (a.k.a. Henry VI, part 2). But Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. The 300-seat Blackfriars Playhouse features a thrust stage surmounted by a musicians’ gallery and flanked by the audience on three sides, wooden benches in the center pit, “gallant stools” on the stage, and cushioned Lords and Ladies chairs along the sides; an overflow gallery provides a bird’s eye view. It is worth the trip just to see the stunning interior, built of polished Virginia oak, black marble, and hand-made, wrought iron chandeliers and sconces that remain lit throughout each performance, leading to ASC’s motto, “We Do It With the Lights On.” With no existing plans or images of the original indoor theatre—built in 1596 on the site of the former Blackfriars Monastery in London, across the river Thames from the Globe—project director Ralph Alan Cohen and architect Tom McLaughlin based the design on plans for other 17th-century theaters, trips to England to view surviving halls of the period, Shakespeare’s stage directions, and other research. The American Shakespeare Center’s mission is “to recover the joys and accessibility of Shakespeare’s theatre, language, and humanity by exploring the English Renaissance stage and its practices through performance and education.” Co-founders Ralph Cohen, Director of Mission and former James Madison University English professor, and Jim Warren, Artistic Director— along with Managing Director Amy Wratchford—attempt to capture the true spirit of Shakespeare by observing Renaissance staging conditions as closely as possible. These include universal lighting, doubling of parts, brisk pacing, minimal sets, and live music

The cast of The Life of King Henry the Fifth at Blackfriars Playhouse, Staunton (2016). Photo by Tommy Thompson.

before and during the show. As in Shakespeare’s time, the auditorium remains fully lit throughout the show so that actors can see and interact with the audience, who are seated in close proximity—especially those brave enough to sit on the stage! Often they are brought into the action, asked to hold props, and the like. As in Shakespeare’s time, 15 or fewer actors often play multiple roles in each play, and the company offers multiple plays in rotating repertory. Actors perform on a bare stage, with only the occasional throne or other needed prop carried on stage by the actors themselves; this allows Shakespeare’s words to set the scene and creates a theater of the imagination. Most unique to ASC productions is the broad, high-energy, sometimes raucous performance style that draws in the audience, makes the language accessible, and adds youthful appeal. Shakespeare’s often bawdy clowning is fully exploited for many an hilarious scene. “High school kids who thought they hated Shakespeare often love us,” commented Warren, “because they walk out of our shows wondering ‘who did the translation, because I understood everything?!’” Added together, these features lead to an engaging theater experience that you won’t soon forget. Until 2014, when the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse opened in London next door to the 1997 Globe replica, the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton was the world’s only re-creation of the King’s Men’s winter lodgings. In addition to its year-round, almost daily per-

formances—by the end of this year, they will have presented 220 productions of over 100 plays—the ASC is a hub of Shakespeare study and scholarship, offering a Master’s degree in Shakespeare and Performance in collaboration with Mary Baldwin College; summer camps for teens, adults, and teachers; student matinees and talk backs with actors during the school year; and the bi-annual Blackfriars Conference, a week-long celebration of early modern drama in performance. Cohen is also the author of ShakesFear and How to Cure It: A Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare (2007). The ASC Tour has taken performances and workshops on the road to high schools and colleges in 23 states. Current fundraising efforts are aimed at making Staunton Shakespeare’s American home by building a replica of the Globe Theatre in walking distance of the Blackfriars Playhouse. If you do decide to venture over the mountain for this unique cultural opportunity, you might want to take in a meal before or after the performance at one of Staunton’s many fine eateries, including the Stonewall Jackson Hotel, Emilio’s Italian restaurant, or the Pampered Palate Café. For a full schedule or to purchase tickets, visit www.americanshakespearecenter.com. Learn more about Shakespeare’s career and plays at www.shakespeare-online.com. And for an eye-opening survey of Shakespeare’s influence on the English language, watch Rob Brydon’s “You’re Quoting

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Players, from left: Front row: Macy Miller, Hannah Varner, Katie Scheivert, Alexis Thacker; Middle row: Jade Herring, Rachel Walker, Brianna Adderley, Kaitlyn Adams; Back row: Lillie Scheivert, Rachel Hill, Braelynn Via, Haleigh Wheeler, Emma Shifflett, Sofia Beard. Coaches: Larry Walker, Matt Beard, Jennifer Via, Vince Scheivert; Not pictured: Emma Nichols, Presleigh Braxton, Reese Momorella and Steve Momemorella. Gators Coach Alex Rayle with JSL President Cleve Packer

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Shakespeare” at www.youtube. com/watch?v=Ig6f5fT0Xho. In our everyday speech, in his immortal plays, and in this epitaph—etched on his gravestone in Stratford’s Holy Trinity

completely sold on positive role modeling, practicing what he preaches, and is also an ardent supporter of sportsmanship as a non-negotiable. And he would be the first person to tell you that this sport is all about the kids, and his performed very well indeed. Church—William Shakespeare still speaks from beyond the grave. Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.

Zero Tolerance 12U Girls Softball Team Earns Silver Medal By Barrie Scheivert Zero Tolerance 12U Girls Softball Team, based in Crozet, with over half of the girls from the Western school feeder pattern, along with a few girls representing Green County and Fluvanna County, spent the weekend of July 23 - 24 competing in the Commonwealth Games in Lynchburg. The sweltering 92 degree temperatures and the 105 degree heat index did not hold them back. They played three games Saturday and five on Sunday back to back to finish second out of 20 teams from all

over Virginia, earning them the silver medal. Team highlights include: 52 total runs scored; 11 RBIs; 25 singles; 11 doubles; seven triples (two by Emma Shifflett, two by Katie Scheivert); and one home run, by Jade Herring, along with a walk-off two-run single in the seventh inning for the win over the Virginia Scrappers in the semi finals on double elimination day. The Commonwealth Games hosted 9,900 athletes competing in 60 different Olympic and Pan American Sports in over 60 different venues in Lynchburg and Roanoke.

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Nature Camp Many children attend nature camp during summer vacation. In a way, I did too. By weeding my naturefriendly garden in early morning before it got too humid, I was able to comfortably observe the natural world. Although weeding is usually considered by most folks to be a chore and pure drudgery, I think of it as an excuse to stay outdoors where I can really get to see what’s happening out there. For example, as I was in my front garden one day, a Gray Fox intent upon getting to wherever it was going trotted right by me, less than 10 feet away! It didn’t realize I was there until I stood up, when it then briefly looked at me curiously as if it was wondering where I’d suddenly come from. Then it ran off into the forest. Another time as I came around the north side of the house, I inadvertently scared a small (young) bear from the back yard. It zoomed across my path at full speed into the woods, the poor creature terrified that a human had suddenly appeared and was so close. Its mama had taught it well how to behave in the presence of people! It’s especially useful to be outside to learn about local bird species. This summer my male Eastern Phoebe did something extremely unusual for a phoebe—he took two mates! Although polygyny (a zoological term referring to a male animal that has more than one mate) is common and well known in some species of birds, that’s not the case for phoebes. I discovered this situation after I’d heard a commotion. I could tell by the sounds being made that phoebes were fighting, but I couldn’t understand why. The female of the pair was incubating a clutch of eggs at the time, and the male would

usually be nearby, keeping a lookout for predators in the area. In all of my years of watching phoebes, I’d never witnessed a pair engaging in a fight with each other, so I was puzzled as to what could possibly be going on. When I started to hear the male making nesting sounds (his way of suggesting to his mate possible locations where she might want to build her nest), I was really stumped. After all, his mate had already built a nest and was already on eggs! I wondered if my male phoebe had “lost it.” But the next time I was gardening, I found out not only why there had been fighting, but why the male was making nesting sounds. To my surprise, there were three phoebes in the yard, rather than just the two! Undoubtedly the fighting that had taken place was between two females as the resident female tried to chase off the intruder female. But the nesting sounds indicated that the male had accepted the second female into his territory and was willing to mate with her (which he later did in the Photinia by our deck as my husband and I were sitting at our kitchen table one morning). I knew things were progressing when the second female began to build a nest on our southwest gutter pipe, something I never could have noticed if I hadn’t been outside. But I don’t just learn about wildlife by weeding; I also learn about plants. For example, people have been given the idea that native plants are, for the most part, well behaved. In other words, these plants supposedly don’t spread far and wide, moving away from their original location to “invade” other areas. But this “fact” simply isn’t true, which makes sense. Plants are plants. Just because a plant is nonnative doesn’t mean it is somehow endowed with traits

A mass of native Touch-me-nots (Impatiens capensis) carpets the ground on the west side of the author’s home. Native or not, any plant can behave invasively. Photo: Marlene A. Condon.

that native plants don’t possess. Truth be told, any plant can be considered invasive given the proper environmental conditions. For instance, this year my yard was a mass of Touch-menot plants (also known as Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis), undoubtedly the result of the abundance of rain we had going into summer. It was phenomenal and was the main instigator of my almost daily weeding activities. Although this native species prefers damp, shady areas, it was on every side of my house— even in sunny areas with soil that dried out quickly, leaving the Touch-me-nots looking awful (drooping sadly) in the heat of the day. Yet even in what you would think were inhospitable locations, these plants managed to survive to produce flowers, and then seeds, for next year’s crop. If Touch-me-not were nonnative, there’s no doubt in my mind that folks would label it a problematic invasive following such an experience. Unlike yours truly, who doesn’t mind in the least thinning out plants, most gardeners don’t like to weed. Yet this activity is one of the most educational and enjoyable activities that I engage in. Other native plants, such as False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrical) and Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), have also spread throughout my yard, albeit not quite so spectacularly.

But what’s especially interesting about the spread of any herbaceous plant species around my home, whether they be native, nonnative, or designated invasives, is that they often disappear on their own in subsequent years. That makes sense too. As the physical conditions of a site changes, they may not suit particular plants. Consequently, my yard never looks the same from one year to the next. The shrubs and trees stand as anchors, but the herbaceous plants come and go. I can have a gazillion plants of one species one year, and hardly any of them the next. The one constant battle I face is the annual intrusion of native trees. Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera); Red Maple (Acer rubrum); Oak (Quercus spp.); and even American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) seedlings keep trying to convert my yard to forest. If they were nonnative species, people would accuse them of invasiveness rather than recognizing ecological succession in action—a natural process. Weeding is an activity that helps you to become very familiar with your yard, the organisms that dwell there, and how the natural world truly works. So the next time you need to weed and you’re thinking, “Ugh!”—please don’t. Look at it as a grand-yet-free course in the study of nature. And isn’t that the reason kids go to nature camp?

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Hibiscus and Their Cousins Where do marshmallows come from? From the candy factory, of course, but originally they were made from mucilage in the roots of a mallow plant that grows in marshes. Technology marches on, however, and the modern marshmallow confection contains no material from the marsh mallow plant. Mucilage in your food may sound less than appetizing, part of the reason that okra has a somewhat mixed reputation. Okra, mallows, cacao, cotton, and several other plant genera are all part of the large Mallow plant family, also known as the Malvaceae. If you’ve ever observed the flowers of either an okra or cotton plant, you may have noticed a resemblance to a familiar garden plant, the hibiscus. Hibiscus is another one of those highly considerate plants with the same common and scientific names. Very convenient. The approximately 300 species hail from tropical and warmtemperate regions of the world, and in our area we can grow several herbaceous species and varieties, as well as one woody shrub. The Rose of Sharon (H. syriacus) is our sole woody hibiscus and was formerly known as Althea syriacus, before some dedicated taxonomist decided it would be happier living as a hibiscus. Despite the “syriacus” epithet, it is not native to the Middle East, hailing instead from East Asia. Easy to grow, Rose of Sharon prefers full sun, but tolerates some shade; it accepts almost any moisture level except bone dry or soggy. Depending on the variety, ROS can top out at 6’-12’ and

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be about 2/3 as wide. The 2”-4” diameter flowers have the typical symmetrical hibiscus shape seen on Hawaiian shirts, a prominent central stamen, and range in color from white to pink, purple, bluish and various combinations of these. Often the center of the flower has a darker-colored spot or blush. The straight species has fivepetal flowers, but there are double-flowered cultivars as well. One issue with the Rose of Sharon: its tendency to seed around prolifically. Much of the work done by plant breeders attempts to address this, so look for cultivars that are marked as either sterile or nearly so. Some of the early sterile varieties came from the U.S. National Arboretum and are sometimes known as the Greek Goddess series. ‘Diana’ has pure white flowers and waxy, dark green foliage; however, plant guru Michael Dirr reports that it is not a particularly vigorous grower and needs staking to keep it from splaying. ‘Minerva’ is more erect-growing and sports lavender flowers with traces of pink and a dark red central spot. It produces few, if any, viable seeds.

Rose of Sharon flowers for most of the summer, certainly a selling point. Unfortunately, when not in flower it’s essentially a somewhat raggedy green haystack, and when the leaves are off, an ungainly bunch of sticks. Sorry, we pull no punches here. Up in Zone 5 it’s a reasonable contender for garden space, but in the south it has to compete with crape myrtles for attention. (I’ve always thought that an allee or hedge alternating ROS with crape myrtle might be attractive.) But if you combine Rose of Sharon in a bed with other shrubs and perennials, it can be a nice addition to your property. Just don’t plunk it in the middle of your lawn as a specimen. If you don’t want to commit to the large size and underwhelming off-season presence of Rose of Sharon, consider the many perennial hibiscus. One of the more commonly grown species, Rose mallow (H. moscheutos) grows to about 3’-4’, with five-inch flowers in colors ranging from white to rose, pink and purple. There are several cultivars of this plant, many of which are probably some type of complex hybrid. ‘Cherry Cheesecake’ has creamy white petals, a central raspberry blotch, and pink veins. ‘Kopper King’ stands out for its coppery-red-purple leaves that showcase the white flowers. All

of the rose mallows prefer abundant moisture, but tolerate average conditions. And again, in the spirit of total disclosure, the rose mallow does have some issues, particularly Japanese Beetles. They can reduce the foliage to lacy skeletons, so pick off the little rascals and squash them. Avoid sprays and other nastiness that will kill every other insect that happens by. If you want to avoid the Japanese Beetle scourge, try planting scarlet rose mallow, H. coccineus. For some unknown reason, the beetles don’t chomp on this species. (Hope I haven’t jinxed things here…) Native to the coastal plain of the southeast United States, this perennial can reach heights of seven feet once it gets established. The foliage is sparse and cannabis-like, topped by 5” screaming-red flowers. If you prefer something more subtle, the cultivar ‘Swamp Angel’ has white flowers. Like the rose mallow, this species likes water but is okay with moderate moisture. What if you want a hibiscus with yellow flowers? Your choice would be the sunset mallow, a.k.a. sunset hibiscus. It’s not really a hibiscus, following the scientific name change to Abelmoschus manihot, so “A rose by any other name…” A perennial or reseeding annual that reaches five feet in height, it’s

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had gone into this transfer. The IRC had arranged for housing for the patient and his family in Charlottesville and going forward he would receive his care from the Family Medicine Clinic and our subspecialists. I met the patient and his family in the ED, accompanied by an Arabic interpreter, an Iraqi who had served with U.S. forces in Iraq and had been resettled here after the war. The patient was quiet, the family humble and grateful, the interpreter patient and supportive. I welcomed them all to Charlottesville. This was met with weary, tentative smiles. In this election year I know there is much to debate about America’s standing in the world and our policies toward immigration and refugees. But I have to tell you that caring for that patient felt like the right thing to do.

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International Rescue Committee (IRC) had contacted UVA’s Family Medicine Refugee clinic about this patient and had crafted a plan over several days to get the patient here from Turkey to get the life-saving care he needed. As a refugee he qualified for emergency Medicaid insurance on arrival and so not only would his medical care be provided, but it would be paid for. That was not really my concern but I did think it was kind of cool that such a law existed. As I thought about it more and more I became enamored with being part of this extraordinary demonstration of America’s wealth and generosity and decency, not to mention the logistical forethought that

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WAHS Graduation Awards 2016 For excellence in Art HANNA TAUBENBERGER For excellence in Band VIVIAN LIN For excellence in Ceramics KYLIE HEALD For excellence in Choir ROLAND POULTERMARTINEZ For excellence in Computer Aided Drafting SHELBY CULLINAN For excellence in Drama ALEXANDRA KINGSLEY For excellence in English ANDRIA LI For excellence in French VIVIAN LIN For excellence in Information Technology ISABELLA FERNANDEZ For excellence in Latin BEAU MERHIGE For excellence in Manufacturing Technology ELIORA ATWELL

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proximity. You choose which one to go to when you get to Old Trail.” The second floor will house offices and the upper floors will have a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments with two-bedroom ones dominating. Those floors will have elevator service too. The existing parking lots have 180 spaces, considered enough for all the expected uses. BMC will also takeover management of the original commercial buildings so that all the spaces are under consolidated control. “The village center will be a single project so they don’t cannibalize each other,” Murphy said. “They’ve got to co-exist.” “We’ll partner with March

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For excellence in Mathematics SOPHIE SALOMON For excellence in Orchestra NAYIRI KRZYSZTOFOWICZ For excellence in Photography KITTY FORNARO For excellence in Science LILLIAN XU For excellence in Social Studies LUCIE TAYLOR For excellence in Spanish JOHN BARKLEY Connie Y. Fix Memorial Awards DEBORAH AYRES-BROWN and SILAS FRAYSER Joe McDowell Fix II Memorial Scholarship JAKE KILMER Fran Witt Memorial Scholarship TAYLOR DOLLINS Charles S. Armstrong Award PHOEBE DEVITO The Principal’s Award HANNAH CURRY Mountain Properties on Phase 2. [Phase 1 is the existing shops.] The long term benefit is that our interests get aligned long-term.” The new building is expected to be ready to occupy in July 2017. Two Charlottesville contractors are now the finalist bidders for the job. Murphy said the firm is also interested in the undeveloped commercial area across the street, potentially phases three and four. “We’re excited about the building,” said Murphy. “I feel like I’m part of Crozet. We don’t live here, but we’re local and we care about our community. We’re long-term. I’ll be here on the patio with the kids before we go to a Western game. That’s how we want to go about things.”

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Go for the Gold! ACROSS 1 International sports competition every four years 3 The eighth month 6 Sticker that shows postage paid on a letter 9 4”-wide bar for gymnasts with great balance 11 Dividing line in the hair made with a comb 12 Number of rings in the Olympic logo 14 Kobe _____, NBA basketball player (born Aug. 23, 1978) 16 Tool used to light the Olympic flame 17 Shining light in the night sky 18 Metal covering the first place medal 20 Dangerous tide in the ocean 21 A bicycle has two, a car has four 22 Runners leap over these on the track 24 _____ Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (born Aug. 1, 1779) 26 Metal in the third-place medal

DOWN 1 U.S. President who turns 55 on Aug. 4 2 U.S. Women won gold in this sport in 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 4 18-hole sport added this year for the first time since 1904 5 Metal in the second place medal 7 Opposite of “bottom” 8 26.2-mile road race 10 _____ Lewis, William Clark’s exploring partner (born Aug. 18, 1774) 13 Michael _____, top male swimmer for the U.S. 15 Neil _____, first man to walk on 17 Across (born Aug. 5, 1930) 18 Country where the first Olympics were held 19 This fixes a squeaky door 23 An untrue statement worse than a fib 25 This year’s Summer Olympics will be here

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The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) will hold two public hearings on Monday, August 8, to receive public comment on the proposed rebuild of the Cunningham Dooms 500kV transmission line by Dominion Virginia Power. The transmission line rebuild would be within its existing right of way, which traverses portions of southern and western Albemarle. The SCC’s public hearings on the project are scheduled to be held at Lane Auditorium in the County Office Building at 401 McIntire Road at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Each public hearing will follow the same format to receive public comments. There will be no presentation. Anyone may attend either (or both) sessions. The line crosses Rt. 250 and Interstate 64 near Crozet. The new towers will be taller and more reflective than the current structures. Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2017.

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AUGUST 14

Bonnie & Friends Concert

Come out of the heat and enjoy beautiful music in air-conditioned comfort at the 23rd annual “Bonnie and friends” vocal concert. Mark your calendar for Sunday, August 14 at 3 p.m. at the Crozet Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Featured music will be selections from Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime, Les Miserables, The Sound of Music, Camelot, Neptune’s Daughter and others. Singers will feature Bonnie Samuel, David Collyer, and Judy Bazin. Members of the ensemble will be Megan Adams, Cynthia Chase, Chuck Miller, Carol Richardson, Robin McElwee, and May Sligh. Some of the ensemble members are either current or former singers with the Crozet Community Chorus. The church is located at 5804 St. George Ave. in Crozet. Concert is free and

Police Chief Public Meeting

ACPD Police Chief Ron Lantz will hosting a “Meet the Chief ” event at the Crozet Library August 16, starting at 7 p.m. All are invited. He will be holding other meetings throughout the County in an effort to meet as many citizens as possible and answer any questions that they might have regarding his vision for their department.

AUGUST 13

Second Saturday Art Receptions Crozet’s Second Saturday event art receptions run from 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday August 13. Art on the Trax will present “Poetry of the Landscape, Panoramic Views” by Meg West during the month of August. Across the street, Crozet Artisan Depot will feature pencil drawn animal portraits by artist Abbey Noelle Harvey. All events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

AUGUST 20

Railroad Workers’ Stories To Be Told at Blue Ridge Parkway Picnic

Kevin Donleavy will tell stories about the slaves and Irish immigrants who built the 17 miles of railroad that ran from Crozet to Waynesboro Saturday, August 20 at the Humpback Rocks Farm. This “Picnic with Friends” event is a centennial celebration of the National Park Service. It’s sponsored and organized by the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Humpback Rocks Chapter, and the Park Service. The picnic also will feature old time music and old-fashioned games and races. Tunnel contractors hired hundreds of Irish immigrants and rented slaves. Clann Mhór, a group spearheaded by

CROZETgazette Donleavy, which in Gaelic means the Great Family, is seeking to honor the history of these railroad workers. The group studies the work they did and their lives in the shanties built along the mountain tracks. Clan Mhór has collected more than 2,000 names of Irish immigrants and more than 100 names of slaves and combed through thousands of documents to get an idea of what the workers’ lives were like. “Picnic with Friends” will run from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at milepost 5.8 on the parkway. Bring a picnic and a chair. For more information go to www.facebook.com/Friends HumpbackRocks or call 540943-4716

SEPTEMBER 6

Tree Stewards Fall Training Class

The Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards will sponsor a 12-session training course at the Ivy Creek Natural Area, 1780 Earlysville Road, in Charlottesville starting September 6 and running through November 22. from 9 a.m. to noon, with the first two classes starting at 8:30 a.m.

AUGUST 2016 Three-hour classes will cover tree roots, identification, biology, selecting-planting-and-caring, pruning, diseases, and more and includes area field trips. Tuition of $125 includes all books and training materials. Registration deadline is August 30. For more information, Email catsclass2016@yahoo.com or check their website:www.charlottesvilleareatreestewards.org.

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William H. Blackwell William H. Blackwell, 65, of Crozet died at a local hospital on July 5, 2016. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany on July 8, 1950. He is preceded in death by his father, Lt. Col. (ret.) Roy Vail Blackwell, and a son, Aaron Dale Blackwell. He is survived by his mother, Ellen Brooks Blackwell of Williamsburg, Virginia, a son, Hunter P. Blackwell of Crozet, a sister, Carolyn B. Carson (Barrett) of Alpharetta, Georgia, and a brother, Roy Barrow Blackwell of Williamsburg, Virginia, and five nephews and nieces. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Bill loved his many years working for Medtronic at

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Crozet Community Chorus, a non-auditioned, secular chorus, is accepting new singers for its fall 2016/spring 2017 season. The first rehearsal is an orientation, music pick up and pot luck on Sunday, September 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Crozet Baptist Church on St. George Ave in Crozet. Our Winter Concert is December 17th and will feature holiday music from around the world. Rehearsals are Tuesday nights at the Crozet Baptist Church. We welcome all singers! For more information and to register, go to crozetchorus.org or email crozetchorus@gmail. com.

UVA Hospital, and was an avid fan of Cavalier football and basketball. The family will have a memorial service at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by the Anderson Funeral Service of Crozet.

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Carter Edmonds Graves Jr., 101

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Jo Ann Lindner, 78

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Carol Ann Mawyer, 71

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Elbert Richard Shifflett, 83

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William H. Blackwell, 65

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Frances Scott Williams, 82

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Doris Ann Wilson, 78

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George Edward Reynolds, 95

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Lucy Hicks Tomlin, 84

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Lee Grail Simmons, 77

July 10, 2016

Alice Webb Colvin, 85

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Charles Andrew Jackson, 79

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Lyndall Coffey McCloud, 103

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Cecil White Ryalls, 86

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Thomas M. Sacre Sr., 89

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Mary M. Shifflett, 81

July 16, 2016

Peter Graham Delany Sr., 70

July 21, 2016

Emilyann Nieman Lyons, 91

July 21, 2016

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Ralph Edward Proffitt, 88

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Upcoming Concert Season for Crozet Community Orchestra The Crozet Community Orchestra 2016-2017 Concert Season re-opens on September 7. CCO has openings for string players, bassists, a bassoonist, as well as others. Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings 7-9 p.m. at Tabor Presbyterian Church in Crozet. Visit the website for details and to register for the upcoming fall session: www. crozetcommunity orchestra.org. Email inquiries: crozetorchestra@gmail.com. This summer, the CCO will undertake its first Annual Fund Campaign to raise $4,890 to help finance the increased costs of purchasing music, insurances, improved programming for their free public concerts, related programs, and other costs that are not covered by musicians’ orchestra fees alone. Please support our Crozet orchestra. The Crozet Community Orchestra is a registered 501c3 Virginia non profit corporation. Donations are tax deductible and gratefully accepted at P. O. Box 762, Crozet VA 22932 and on our website.

COMMUNITY KID’S DAY: By Mount Moriah UMC Men’s Group Saturday, August 20, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. MENU: hot dogs, chips, and drinks. Bounce house, games, fire trucks & more. PLEASE JOIN US FOR LUNCH and FUN. EVERYONE IS INVITED! CROZET ARTISAN DEPOT n August we feature work by artist Abbey Noelle Harvey, whose extraordinary pencil drawn animal portraits delight us! Second Saturday Reception August 13, 4-6 p.m. Refreshments served.

NO MORE EXCUSES: M2 Personal Training offers 8 classes per week taught by certified personal trainers in Crozet. Or set up a group training session or one-on-one session in your home to help meet your fitness/health goals. Check out www. m2personaltraining.com for more information. Contact Melissa Miller at 434-962-2311. REGISTERED PIANO TECHNICIAN to service your piano. Tuning, in-home repair. Wendy Parham, RPT 434-2189093 or wendyrparham@gmail.com TUTORING PAR EXCELLENCE: Academic Tutoring available in Crozet Mathematics: Algebra I and II, Geometry, PreCalculus; Spanish I and II; French. References available. Please call me at 540-456-66-82 or email me at tutoringparexcellence@gmail.com

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actually in the same genus as okra. The leaves are reportedly tasty and highly nutritious. And speaking of the edible parts of hibiscus, the tea that you might have encountered on store shelves comes from Hibiscus sabdariffa, a tropical plant grown widely in warmer climates. Even if you could grow it here, I doubt there would be time for the calyces to mature and be used for the tea.

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CROZET BUILDING LOT FOR SALE BY OWNER: 4.54 acres four minutes from The Square. Acreage open, great views, strong drilled well, asphalt drive. $190,000. Adjoining 1.34 acre parcel, building site with mountain views, shares asphalt drive. Address: 6550 Jarmans Gap Rd, 22932. Quick access to Rt 250 and I-64. Current survey available. Photos and more information at www. 6550JarmansGap.com or tel. 434981-4705.

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Real Estate

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planned for this year, so development and construction continue to forge forward. The neighborhood is proving quite popular, and disciplined buyers can purchase in the mid to high $400Ks. There are a handful of other neighborhoods in Crozet in varying stages of approval and planning processes. Whether sales in any of them occur this year will remain to be seen. Buyers are asking for new construction homes in the sub$400k range. Hopefully one of the new neighborhoods will deliver on this. In the second half of the year sales should remain firm in Crozet, buoyed in large part by persistently low mortgage rates. With the dollar soaring with help from Britain’s recent “Brexit” vote, the Federal Reserve will be hard pressed to raise rates anytime soon. In fact, Kiplinger recently predicted 30 year mortgage rates would stay around 3.5% through 2017. What this means for the economy is anyone’s guess, but it sure is good for home buyers and owners needing to refinance if they haven’t yet. Renters should be paying attention to this as well, as according to the crew at KCM, rental rates are the highest they have been in a decade. As home buying has long been viewed as a way to enhance family stability and to form a foundation for wealth accumulation, renters should be taking a long look at all the benefits of home ownership, especially at the rent vs. own cost comparison.

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