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Crozet Chosen for Renewable Energy Academy
TONS TO DO! page 16 TOWN HALL MINDSET CHECK page 18 GRIT CAFE page 19 RAPE WARNING page 20 MINT COOKIES page 21 NOT CARING HELPS page 22 CALENDAR WINNERS page 24 WE WANT TO KNOW page 26 MILESTONES page 30 QUIZ MASTERS page 31 BAD BY DEFINITION page 32 PLEASE, SANTA page 34 SPICED CIDER page 37 CROSSWORD page 37 POINSETTIAS page 39 CHRISTMAS SPIDER page 40 WESTERN REACHES SEMI-FINALS page 43
The Crozet Avenue Streetscape completion was celebrated November 20. See story page 12
Stoner to Complete Purchase of Lumberyard Property Downtown Wind Turbine Factory Could Create 200 Jobs Developer Frank Stoner will exercise his contract option to complete his acquisition of former Barnes Lumber property by the end of the year, he told the Crozet Community Advisory Council Nov. 19 at its meeting at Crozet Library. Stoner had previously said his purchase was contingent on a successful rezoning of the property into the Downtown Crozet District. Stoner
has not said when he will advance a plan to the Board of Supervisors for approval. In July, the Albemarle Planning Commission allowed Stoner to defer a vote on his first development plan when it appeared that it would be rejected. “We’re moving forward. The documents are drafted,” said Stoner. “Next year we’ll get from vision to plan. continued on page 14
Pleasants Industries CEO Richard Pleasants told the Crozet Community Advisory Council Nov. 19 that he will open the Renewable Energy Academy of Virginia in Crozet next spring at a site not yet selected. He told the CCAC that his decision on where to open a manufacturing plant for wind turbine parts has narrowed to preferable sites in Crozet (on the CSX property that once held a spur to the lumberyard) or Waynesboro (at the shuttered Mohawk carpet plant, which has a rail spur), but that contender locations in Nelson County and southern Maryland are not finally ruled out. The academy will offer courses to train for certification by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners, and by the American Wind Energy Association. The academy will offer courses “two or three nights a week for 90 minutes each night,” he said, in four areas: solar energy, wind energy, energy conservation and gray water. “It’s all geared toward someone who wants a 21st-century skill but without having to go to college.” “We need more certified installers,” continued on page 45
Mike Boyle Tapped Again as CVFD Firefighter of the Year “We give thanks for the sacrifices of the volunteers in their service to the western Albemarle community,” said new Crozet Volunteer Fire Department chaplain Walt Davis to call together the CVFD’s annual awards dinner at King Family Vineyard Nov. 23. And in the crowded hall where stood the families who know directly what the costs are, there answered a
solemn “Amen.” “Honor and tradition means a lot to a fire department,” began CVFD Chief Preston Gentry. “Take pride in your department,” he urged, surveying tables studded with dress blue uniforms. The CVFD is now in its 103rd year. It has 55 members and in 2014 is on a pace to answer at least 500 calls. continued on page 28
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Crozet Artisans Gallery In October, Crozet Artisans opened in the little purple house. We received a huge outpouring of support from the community, for which we are truly grateful. It is heartwarming and encouraging that there are so many people who believe in and want to help us in our mission to support local artisans. Our goal is to provide a physical location for something we already know: that Crozet can be a hub for artistic endeavors in western Albemarle County. Though we love being in the purple house, it turns out that it will not be suitable as a longterm location for us. We will be there long enough to serve the community for the holidays, and are actively exploring options for a better home for our gallery. We are looking for a new space that will allow us to expand our offerings to the community and allow us to serve more artisans. Our long-
term goal is to help establish Crozet as a unique destination and add to its overall sense of community by showcasing local talent and culture. We will be hosting a Holiday Open House December 13 and 14 from noon until 5 p.m. both days. Please stop by to see all the newest work and talented artisans we have recently added. If you’d like more information on how we intend to reach our goals or are interested in helping, please send an email to: CrozetArtisans@yahoo.com. Kathleen Mistry Crozet Artisans Update On Your New Crozet Library The citizens of Crozet and western Albemarle continue to demonstrate the importance of the new library in their lives by beating all estimates for use and visits. The Jefferson-Madison Regional Libraries measure activity by several methods, including door count and circulation (books, DVD’s, etc. checked out), new library cards issued, and by all measurements, the new Crozet Library is very successful. Wendy Saz and her outstanding staff continue to add new
programs, and events, and have made the library a very welcoming and friendly destination point. None of these successes
would have occurred without the donations and support from hundreds of individuals, over 40 local businesses and many foundations.
Be Pa rt o f t h e S to ry We need more books! Our library is busier than ever, and there’s more work to be done. - Patron visits have more than doubled - Circulation averages more than 80% over last year Every item in the building has been paid for in full, thanks to the support of you and your neighbors. Yet, we still need 25,000 more books. Any donation made goes directly toward purchasing books.
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CROZETgazette To all these, the Build Crozet Library Fundraising Committee says thank you, sincerely. If you looking for a unique Christmas gift, the Build Crozet Library Fundraising Committee can place a leaf on the library giving tree in time for Christmas if you donate $1,000 along with the leaf information by December 8, 2014. See the ad in this month’s Crozet Gazette. Contact any member of the fundraising committee or stop by the library for more information. Bill Schrader Build Crozet Library Fundraising Committee
DECEMBER 2014 Thank You, Orchestra Fans The Crozet Community Orchestra wishes to express our heartfelt appreciation to Crozet and the surrounding communities for their enthusiastic support over the past year. Our first Anniversary Concert, held at Crozet Baptist Church November 16, was a huge success with over 200 in attendance. Your encouragement has been inspirational to us and we believe it to be a major factor in the exceptional growth the CCO has experienced in such a short time. Thank you so very much! Denise Murray CCO Board President
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The volunteers collected a dozen contractor-size bags of trash, picking up a primitive moonshine set-up, numerous alcohol containers and shot glasses, fishing equipment and bait containers, and underwear. The effort was so successful that organizers plan to do it again in the spring.
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Local Students Showcase Skills at Young Filmmakers Academy By Rebecca Schmitz becca@crozetgazette.com On the morning of November 8, a group of talented actors, directors, editors, producers, and screenwriters gathered at U.Va.’s Campbell Hall to present the results of three months of intensive filmmaking. The films premiering on the big screen that day were impressive—especially considering the oldest filmmakers were only in middle school, and one young cameraman was just in second grade. These children were part of the Virginia Film Festival’s Young Filmmakers Academy, which began in 2009 with Crozet Elementary as its pilot school and has since grown to include schools from all over the county. More than 550 students participated in this year’s academy, a countywide challenge designed to introduce them to a career in filmmaking and cultivate their critical and creative thinking skills. Working largely on their own, with limited parent and teacher instruction, students
from Brownsville, Crozet, Meriwether Lewis, and Henley spent hours working during and after school to write, direct, produce, and star in their own films. They filmed on school grounds, at their homes, and around the community at locations such as Crozet Great Valu. This year’s theme was the “Big Screen,” and each student team was challenged to tell the story of a contemporary or historical figure of their choice. Teams also had to incorporate a screen into their film in some way, whether as a screen door, screen saver, or even a split screen. Film subjects were wide and varied. One team from Crozet Elementary featured an interview with astronaut Kathy Thornton. Other films focused on Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Thomas Jefferson, and soccer star Pele. Films featuring musicians such as the Beatles and Michael Jackson were full of music and energy. The children put their own creative “spin” on their subjects— Michael Jackson was portrayed as a guest on The Tonight Show,
Brownsville students (L-R) Maren Eanes, Oriana Haynes, Tori Keller, Zach Farmer, and Elliott Crotteau produced a film about Michael Jackson called “The Tonight Show.”
Thomas Jefferson was thrust into a time machine, and two members of the Beatles made a ghostly appearance to a modern day elementary student who was learning to appreciate their music. Bearing names such as “Fuzzy Puppies,” “Screaming Llamas” and the always-delectable
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making. Outside experts also came in from time to time teach the children about topics such as special effects, use of sound, and adding titles. Afterwards, teams broke into groups and worked on applying the lessons when developing their films. Patience and perseverance were vital. Brownsville fourth grader Tom Aslett learned that “It’s trial and error in filmmaking. Sometimes the camera gets it wrong, and sometimes you get it wrong. It’s not just a quick thing.” Films Selected for the “Best of Young Filmmakers Academy” Screening: Brownsville Elementary “Beatles Illusion” Team Members: Elke Beaumont, Linden Skalak, Lexi Larkin, Emma Sexton, Charles Collier, and Evan Collier Crozet Elementary “Now and Then” Team Members: Maya MacMillin, Anya Rothman, and Elliot Rothman Meriwether Lewis Elementary “Abe” (about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln) Team Members: Joshua Burke, Lillian Davis, Tenzin Druknya, Thomas Shannon, Lucas DiCesare, and Owen Streed Henley Middle School “Flashback” Team Members: Camille Kielbasa, Katherine Mata, Peyton Beaumont, and Evelyn Garey
Condensing their stories was also tricky. The films could be no longer than two minutes, which, Brownsville fifth grader Emma Sexton said, was one of their biggest challenges. “It’s harder than it sounds to make a two-minute film!” “We talked about roles in the film, but we didn’t assign them,” Mary Dettmann said. Students had to decide on their own who would be the actors, which roles they would play, and how they could best contribute their skills. Some discovered they preferred to stay behind the camera, while others enjoyed being on screen. Parent volunteer Melissa Collier, whose sons Charles and Evan played Sgt. Pepper’s-era John Lennon and George Harrison in the movie “Beatles Illusion,” was amazed by how quickly all the students were able to master iMovie. “Just watching these kids work out their ideas with one another— they rose to the challenge so easily.” Dettmann said the greatest lesson learned, however, was not just how to make a movie, but how to work together effectively as a team, in spite of differing opinions and passionately debated opposing ideas. With parent volunteers on hand as mediators, children worked through their disagreements and learned to compromise and accept differing approaches to filmmaking. “The kids became really close to their team members. They really got to know each other in a new way. It opened up new windows of friendship.” Paula White, gifted resource teacher from Crozet Elementary, said, “Collaboration was abso-
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lutely the biggest challenge. Everybody comes with his or her own skills and ideas. Their understanding of how to negotiate definitely grew during this project.” She was also impressed by the students’ hard work and determination. “The kids’ understanding of quality increased.” The team who filmed the movie “Famous in Futbol” on Crozet’s soccer field, for example, expected to spend just 10 minutes filming. Instead, they spent 30 minutes doing take after take to ensure that the sound quality of their film was top-notch. Yarden Batson, the thirdgrade student teacher who headed the project at Meriwether Lewis, noted that the students also had to master getting things done in the most efficient way possible. “Time management was also a challenge, since there was a great amount of tasks to accomplish before their films were finalized. Students learned just how valuable their time spent on their films was. By the second week
of practicing, they learned to have their props ready before they even entered the classroom. One example was when students were self-motivated to get their props from other classrooms on their way back from lunch, rather than walk back to our classroom and then go get their props.” She also said that her students “…learned that being prepared required them to stay organized and informed about their films. They took home scripts to memorize and wrote what they would need for their specific films in their assignment notebook each day.” Brownsville had 12 teams of fourth and fifth graders participating in the Academy, Meriwether Lewis had three teams of third graders, and Crozet had 10 teams of students of third to fifth graders, with second grader Elliot Rothman serving as the cameraman on the “Best Of ” film “Now and Then.” Crozet teacher Paula White has seen the lasting impact the project has had on students and the interest it has sparked in a career in filmmaking. “Any time continued on page 41
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By Phil James
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Recipes
Ahhh, to return once more to those earlier days of life out in the country. Mom and Dad. Dinner on the table. Family gathered ’round. Home, sweet home. Spending quality time with members of an earlier generation can help bring a clearer perspective on those old days. Life’s simple pleasures, like favorite foods, genuinely were some of the best pleasures, and they are the ones most often recalled. It’s interesting, too, the ways that food memories are triggered. A favorite comfort food for this writer’s father was “Milk and Bread.” Momma would bake four portions of old-style cornbread in a well-greased black iron skillet, and place them, pipin’ hot, on the table alongside a pitcher of buttermilk. After lifting a blessing of thanks for the food—aloud if others were seated at the table, or whispered if he were sitting alone—Daddy would remove a section of the coarse, crusty cornbread and crumble it into a tall drinking glass. Then he would slowly fill the glass near to the brim with buttermilk and devour the concoction a spoon-
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Nellie Bruce Davis (1886–1967), wife of Henry Davis, peels a pan of apples in the upstairs kitchen over their store at Boonesville. [Photo courtesy of Larry Lamb]
ful at a time. Clyde McAllister’s family lived on a lower slope of Little Flat Mountain in Blackwell’s Hollow. He recalled the movings of some of his neighbors prior to and during WWII. “So
Family members working in the L.C. Parrish Store at Nortonsville, might have enjoyed Mamie Wood Parrish’s “Vinegar Pies” during a lull between store customers. [Recipe courtesy of the Parrish family]
many people from this part of the country went to work at the Maryland shipyards,” Clyde recalled. “When they would go down to work for the Bethlehem Steel, they would try to stay together. They were clannish. Maybe every other month or so they would come up in this part of the country: Brown’s Cove and Boonesville section. They would buy up meat from freshly killed hogs, eggs, vegetables and what not, and take it back. Now they did not go back and sell it. They would go back to people who would pay them the same price for it. They took turns on that. Gas was rationed and they would actually pool their gas. They would come up here and ‘go through the hollow’ as they called it. Buy some hams or the shoulders or the middlin’s— meat—and take it back. And somebody would say, ‘If you can, get me a gallon of apple butter, some creasy greens or mustard or whatever.’ And they would, and try to get back the next day. They visited as well,
you see. So they’d make the trip and accomplish two things.” Mamie Parrish’s hand-written recipe for mince meat harkens back to a much earlier day when the delicacy was spooned into a bread crust, baked and served as Christmas Pie. For the pie filling, Mrs. Parrish, former Postmaster at Nortonsville and proprietress of L.C. Parrish Store, wrote: “One hog’s head. Just take half of the head; the part that has the nose on it. Do not salt meat. Cook meat and grind.” Her recipe added currants, raisins, sugar, chopped apples, wine, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, followed by instructions to “Cook down. Put in jars and seal.” And there you have it—genuine mincemeat that you’ll play the dickens finding on your modern supermarket’s canned goods or freezer aisle. Virginia Wood Sandridge (1917–2013), daughter of Wilson and Bettie Wood and wife of Wallace Sandridge, grew
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up on Walnut Level Farm, today’s Innisfree Village. She said, “In my family there were seven boys and three girls. I was the youngest girl. Can you imagine raising a family like that now? I declare, I expect you’d go hungry. “We raised everything. There was 13 of us counting Mother, Dad and Grandma. We had a great big garden. And we canned. Didn’t freeze anything ’cause we didn’t have a freezer. We had an icebox refrigerator, you know. And raised chickens and hogs. Had turkeys, not too many, just had six or eight. Anyway, we didn’t have to buy a whole lot except sugar and meal and flour and stuff like that. If we hadn’t lived on the farm, I don’t know how Mother and Dad would have made it. “They were good old days. I don’t mean to be disrespectful by saying this, but people in those days were close. I mean they were close. If one family said they were going to make apple butter, two or three families would come in together. Come and help ’em peel apples and make apple butter the next day. When another family would turn in and make apple butter, we’d all just work together. “Phil and Totsy Wood from
Adorned in her bonnet and apron, Jennie Walton Bruce (1898–1962), wife of Harry Bruce, stirs apple butter for a fundraiser just below her home near Boonesville in western Albemarle County. [Photo courtesy of Larry Lamb]
Boonesville thrashed wheat. They had this old threshing machine and they would go around and thrash for everybody that had a farm. Who would do that today? This world’s running too fast. It’s the people, not the world. He had three men with him, and Daddy hired quite a few people. You never saw such fields of corn and wheat and all that stuff. We sometimes would have 17 and 18 men to feed two or three days when they were thrashing wheat. “Mother would have some of them to spend the night, and you know where they’d sleep? They stayed in the barn, up in the loft, on the hay. Slept on the
Family get-togethers often are fondly recalled. Christmas dinner in 1954 at the home of Massie and Susie Slaughter Tarry near White Hall was one of those magical times. [Photo courtesy of John Hughes]
hay. Then, of course, Mom would have to give them breakfast, and dinner too. Aunt Martha Jackson, she would help Mother to cook for the threshing machine men. They would say if they could have two meals a day, they could make out. “They’d get up in the morning and I reckon they would go to the tank up there in the barn yard to wash their face and hands. I don’t know, but they didn’t come to the house. Great day in the morning—cooking for all of them at one time. Isn’t that something! “We’d have six to eight hogs to butcher every fall. Oh my, we dreaded the day when they had to butcher them hogs. All that sausage to work up, cold pack and fry. We’d help out when we got bigger. “Mother would have a hundred chickens. Set hens. Put lit-
tle eggs under the hens and let it sit. Go out there sometimes and the little ol’ nests would be just chuck full of little chickens, peeking out from under their mother’s wings. That was so cute. And, oh, we were so excited. We had guineas and ducks. Take eggs to the store and buy groceries. Mr. Laurie Sandridge used to ask Daddy: ‘When you going to bring some of them frying-size chickens down here?’ Daddy would say, ‘Well, you’ll just have to wait ’til they get big enough.’ Oh, mercy me. Something to think back on. “Have you gone through that, or do you remember? It’s not like that today. Isn’t that a shame? I’m going tell you, those days are gone and they will never return. But, you know, I’m still ol’-timey.”
Mattie Fray’s coveted recipes included watermelon rind pickles, yellow tomato preserves, and “A very rich Cocoanut Cake.” The treasured Fray’s Mills family favorites were something to write home about, and Mrs. Fray interspersed some of them in response to her sister’s requests. [Recipe courtesy of the Shelton-Early Collection]
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 © 2003–2014 Phil James
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Crozet Avenue Improvements Celebrated County leaders, community members and representatives of the companies that performed the work walked the new sidewalk along Crozet Avenue in a bitter wind Nov. 20 and held a small ceremony in front of the library to mark the completion of the project. County transportation engineer Jack Kelsey reminded his listeners that the kick-off event for the project was held Sept. 20, 2007. “It’s been worth it,” he said, pointing to a new pedestrian environment in downtown, a better street—with storm drains—for all users, a landscaped and more beautiful street (now without utility poles), and a street that should help attract
new business investment downtown. “It is a narrow corridor to work in and we wanted to save the unique characteristics of Crozet,” he said. He thanked local property owners who cooperated in providing easements for the project, which had a total cost of $5 million, he said. Project engineer Brian McPeters of Kimley-Horn Associates in Richmond said, “It returns Crozet to what it was 60 years ago. It’s really come to fruition. It’s about creating a sense of place, and life, and attracting business downtown. This is my favorite project of my 13-year career.” County Executive Tom Foley
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Virginia’s Secretary of Agriculture Todd Haymore toasted Bold Rock Cidery founders John Washburn and Brain Shanks Nov. 13 for completing their new bottling and tasting facility just south of Nellysford, which was the kickoff location for Virginia Cider Week this year. Washburn dubbed the lofty timber-framed space “the chapel of apple.” “We lock freshness in a bottle,” said Shanks. “The foam on the top of Bold Rock ciders raises aromas in cider,” he explained. “We are crushing apples yearround,” he said. “They are kept in controlled air storage (which takes oxygen out of the air) until needed. The model here is seven days a week, all year round. It’s all working in a cycle. The best way to keep an apple is in its skin or in a bottle.” Shanks, from New Zealand, began investigating hard cider when he had a bad apple crop. He’s now an internationally recognized authority on cidermaking. “This is an industry thing,” said Shanks. Local apple growers who supply Bold Rock also turned out for the occasion. “It’s a celebration of Virginia and its apples and the growth of the cider market,” said Shanks. “All the things here are conductive to cider. We have a history of cidermaking that goes back 200 years. But a new age of pioneers—the Sheltons [Chuck and Charlotte, the founders of Albemarle Ciderworks]—have brought it back again.” He emphasized the knowledge that is built up in family businesses
that survive for generations, such as the Chiles family’s orchards. “We have a good climate for apple growing. We’ve got U.Va. and Virginia Tech. Cider is going to grow. More and more shelf space is being devoted to it. It appeals to men and to women, to women more than beer. We can mix it with the very best craft beers. It’s got a long way to go. It has a 200year history and it’s got that future ahead.” Haymore said agriculture— farming and forestry—is Virginia’s largest industry, earning more than $70 billion per year and creating 400,000 jobs. “Our goal is to expand markets,” said Haymore, who has served as secretary for seven years. “We want Virginia to be the East Coast capitol for ag exports.” He said Virginia was the second state in the country to recognize the hard cider industry. “It’s had incredible growth, 240 percent growth in production since 2009.” He said the region from Amherst County to Winchester has “a great future” in apple growing. Nelson County is becoming the “alcohol capitol” of the state, he said, with its boom in breweries, cideries, distilleries and wineries. Bold Rock has become the largest cider brand in the mid-Atlantic, Washburn said. They now have a manager who attends only to serving grocery store chains. Bold Rock produces four varieties of cider and now caps 19,000 bottles a day.
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We’d like to get from ‘us versus them’ to ‘we.’ For us to be successful it has to be ‘we’.” CCAC vice-chair Jennie More reminded Stoner that the CCAC, in a series of extra meetings in June, had responded specifically to the features of Stoner’s first plan and included descriptions of elements the
parcel in downtown Crozet that once served a spur to the lumberyard (it is now under contract to Frank Stoner), and the former Mohawk Industries carpet plant in Waynesboro, which also has rail access, as well as useable buildings. “We have not decided to put the plant in Crozet,” repeated Pleasants. He described Waynesboro officials as “helpful.” In reserve are possible locations in Nelson County and southern Maryland, he
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community considers necessary for the future of the property and downtown. “We want to create something special,” answered Stoner. Steve Kostiw asked if anything could be done to remove the ruins of the lumberyard. “I don’t know when that will happen,” said Stoner. He said a small hotel downtown is still a possibility. “We’ve talked to somebody about 30 to 32 rooms. They are doing a market study. They have experience. We’ll see where it goes.” CCAC member David Stoner asked when Stoner expected to return to the county approval process. “It depends on when we can address bigger issues—like a parking plan—that give security to prospective businesses. VDOT still has access issues with downtown. We still need an access under the tracks at the east end of the site,” said Stoner. In related business, Rich Pleasants, CEO of Pleasants Industries, told the CCAC that he and his investors have narrowed their search for a plant location to two sites, the 1.75– acre, triangular-shaped CSX
said. Though that choice is unresolved, he said that the plan to establish the Renewable Energy Academy of Virginia in Crozet will go ahead. Pleasants advised the CCAC to remember that they needed to attract business people who will be employers. “A fundamental weakness of committees is that they are not agile. I’m focused on agility. Perception is reality. You don’t want a perception [about Crozet] that you don’t want employers.” Planning commissioner Tom Loach asked Pleasants how many jobs his plant would have. “Twenty–five to start,” he answered, “and 50 by the end of a year. With five new product lines we are contemplating, we could have 200 jobs in four years.’ He said average pay for one of those jobs would be $45,000. Pleasants said he has raised $5.9 million for the plant, including some funds from local investors. He said the building envisioned would be 80 percent solar powered and would not require public water. It seemed a perfect moment
CROZETgazette for a resolution of support for the wind turbine plant, but none was offered. The CCAC returned to the discussion of whether Crozet needs a Community Development Corporation to attract investment. “The work involved is way more than the CCAC could do,” said chair Meg Holden. Lee Catlin, assistant county executive for community relations, who was observing, said the CCAC can write grant proposals that the county could receive and administer. CCAC member Kim Connelly said, “We don’t need another organization.” David Stoner said, “We have the cart before the horse. What do we want to get done in the next five years? Are we the right vehicle? I think there are lots of benefits to a CDC. I think we should continue to consider it.” “I’ve been a part of this group four years,” said John Savage. “I’m not sure I’m ready to sign on with a CDC. I wouldn’t want to do anything to disable in any way what the people in this room have done.” “I’m with John,” added George Barlow. “You have to have a staff [for a CDC],” said Connelly. “Where does the initial budget come from? The county may well be able to do what we would want a CDC to do.” “I assume a CDC is outside consultants coming in,” said Jon McKeon. “We’d come up with a bastardization of the vision.” “Why multiply entities?” asked Lisa Marshall. “It’s outside this group to build a CDC,” said Phil Best. “It’s not a bad thing to be ‘reactive.’ We approve plans we like.” “I agree with Phil,” said Brenda Plantz. “We were ‘proactive’ when we did the master plan,” asserted Mary Gallo. “Then we brought in consultants, we broke into groups. Now is the time to be reactive, to judge whether a project is good. How involved should we be in a developer’s plans?” “We are a well-formed group [appointed by the Board of Supervisors],” said More, “that’s done a huge amount of work. We can take on what’s before us now.” “The Master Plan is our guide,” said Loach. “The library
DECEMBER 2014 came about after years of nudging. The streetscape is several years of nudging.” His point was that the CCAC does advocate in its way. “What’s the next nudge?” asked David Stoner. White Hall District Supervisor Ann Mallek observed that, “The [advisory] councils are most successful when they work with applicants to get their plans ready to go to the Supervisors.” David Stoner said, “I don’t want to wait. Let’s go.” Catlin spoke up. “I’m definitely glad to hear this group wants to engage in economic development. This is a group that can do that. A CDC takes you in a different direction from what your charge is now.” The CCAC’s charge is to advise the supervisors on the implementation of the Crozet Master Plan and to judge conformity of proposed projects to the plan. The county formally adopted the plan in 2004 and some features were amended in 2010. The matter of whether a subcommittee should be formed and tasked with meeting with prospective businesses was raised. David Stoner volunteered for it and to meet also with county staff. Mallek discouraged the idea. “Working as a committee of the whole is more appealing to me,” she said. “This is not the end of this discussion,” summed up Holden, but majority opinion on the CCAC seemed unconvinced about the utility of a CDC or of creating a subcommittee that would talk to investors. In other business, Mallek reported that VDOT will repaint lane lines on Rt. 250 in the vicinity of the Blue Ridge Shopping Center in the spring to create dedicated left-turn lanes in the place of the current middle “suicide” lane. The measure is expected to slow traffic speeds in an area that has seen two pedestrians killed by cars. Mallek said the patch paving laid down where the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority replaced a water line along Three Notch’d Road between Starr Hill Brewery and Western Ridge will be milled and repaved.
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DECEMBER 6
Innisfree Village Holiday Open House
Innisfree Village will host a Holiday Open House Saturday, December 6, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Crafts from Innisfree’s weavery, woodshop, pottery, bakery and gardens will be for sale. Children’s activities will be offered as well as tours and refreshments. A wreath-making workshop will be offered at 1:30 p.m. for $40. Advance registration is required for the workshop. Call 434-823-5646. Innisfree Village is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, residential program for people with intellectual disabilities located at 5505 Walnut Level Road, north of Crozet.
DECEMBER 7
Crozet Christmas Parade
The Crozet Volunteer Fire Department will host Santa Claus in the Crozet Christmas parade December 7 at 3 p.m. The parade will march on Crozet Avenue from Wayland Park, just north of the Dairy Queen, turn east on Rt. 240 at the 4-way stop and end at the firehouse, where Santa will meet children to hear their wish lists.
DECEMBER 9, 11, 14
Peachtree Coaching Workshops
Peachtree League is offering free coaching workshops to help develop the skills of youth baseball players in the western
Albemarle area. Workshops are open to all parents interested in head coaching, assistant coaching, being a practice assistant, or who just want to be able to work at home with their child. Three workshops will be held in December at The Field School in Crozet: Dec. 9: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Offense/Hitting and base running fundamentals, drills, practice plans Dec. 11: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Defense/Fielding Dec. 14: 4 to 5 p.m. Pitching/Catching These workshops are open to everyone. If you have a desire to coach in Peachtree League next spring, it is recommended that you attend. Please RSVP to mattwinkler94@gmail.com for each specific workshop you want to attend. Peachtree Baseball is currently seeking team, concession and field sponsors for the 2015 season. If your company would like to support youth baseball in the community, please contact Cheryl Madison at madisonhi@ aol.com.
DECEMBER 12
Gazette Calendar Photo Contest Discussion with Sam Abell
Photographer Sam Abell, judge of the Crozet Gazette Calendar Photo Contest, will discuss his selections for the 2015 calendar with a slideshow and ice cream sundae reception at The Art Box in downtown Crozet on Friday, December 12,
at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Calendars will be available for sale.
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DECEMBER 13
Sixth Annual Freedom 5K
The 6th Annual Freedom 5K will be held Saturday, December 13, at Old Trail Village in Crozet. The race starts at 9 a.m. and runs through the beautiful Old Trail development with stunning views of the Blue Ridge Mountains all around. The event raises funds for The Family Fund, which supports Folds of Honor, a program providing educational scholarships for children and spouses of military men and women killed or disabled while serving; Parade Rest, which provides arts, entertainment, and sporting event tickets to local military personnel, veterans and their families and Blue Star Families, which creates and ships care packages to soldiers at war. Support this inspiring event by running/walking it, volunteering for it, or financially supporting it. Registration is $15 before Dec. 13 and $20 on race day. To register, go to www.freedom5k.net.
DECEMBER 13
Santa Expected in White Hall
The annual White Hall Children’s Christmas Party will be held Saturday, December 13, from 10 a.m. until noon at the White Hall Community Building at 2904 Brown’s Gap Turnpike (intersection of Routes 614 and 810). Kids and
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Crozet Catholics Host Advent Party
Crozet Catholics will host an Advent gathering Dec. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. at The Field School in Crozet. Everyone will be able to make Christmas tree decorations to take home. A corn hole game will be set up for kids, and there will be a scavenger hunt for teenagers. There will be a Christmas tree, Christmas music, and snacks and beverages will be provided. There will be lots of homemade cookies. Door prizes will be awarded and everyone will get a small pin to wear showing the stable in Bethlehem. Handouts describing Advent activities for families to share will be available to help keep a spiritual focus on holiday preparations. The event is sponsored by the Crozet Mass Committee. Fr. Joseph Mary Lukyamuzi of Holy Comforter Catholic Church in Charlottesville will conduct an Advent penance service at the Field School Friday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. The halfhour service will be followed by an opportunity for confession. Several priests are expected to be present. The regular Crozet Mass will be held Dec. 14, the Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudate Sunday, at 10:30 a.m.
DECEMBER 14
Lessons & Carols
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DECEMBER 24
Christmas Eve Night of Worship at CVFD
The entire community is invited to the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for a night of music and worship led by the band from Life Journey Church. Hear our favorite Christmas songs as well as other church music. The first Christmas account will be read. Free hot cider and Christmas cookies. Everyone is welcome! Visit www.lifejourneyva.com/ christmas for more details.
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Orchestra Practice Nelson County Starts Again Orchestra Concert The Crozet Community The Nelson County Community Orchestra will present a free Holiday Concert Monday, December 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rockfish Valley Community Center, 190 Rockfish School Lane in Afton. The event will featuring great music, refreshments and holiday fun for all. New musicians are always welcome to join the orchestra. Rehearsals are Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rockfish Valley Community Center. Get more information at www.nelsoncco.org or email NCCOrchestra@gmail.com.
DECEMBER 17-21 Follow the Star! Bethlehem Village
Bethlehem Village will open on December 17 and run through December 21 at Hebron Baptist Church at 66 Tanbark Drive in Afton. Hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 17-20, and from 5 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 21. There will also be an Hispanic tour Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. For more information, call 540-456-6863.
Orchestra will resume after the holiday break on January 7, 2015, with an all-new program and a concert date on March 22, performed under the music direction of Philip Clark. Rehearsals are held Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at Tabor Presbyterian Church, 5804 Tabor Street in Crozet. The CCO has multiple openings for musicians: flute, bassoon, brass and strings. Generally, no auditions are required. Please contact one of the orchestra staff below if you would like to play in the CCO, make a donation or volunteer. The CCO wishes to acknowledge Brandon Rose, on trumpet, and Steve Rosenfield, on violin, whose names were inadvertently omitted from the Nov. 16 concert program. For more information, contact Denise Murray at murrden@gmail.com or 434-9875517; or Philip Clark at pclarkmusic@gmail.com. The Crozet Community Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The mailing address is P.O. Box 762, Crozet, VA 22932.
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“I can’t lose weight.” “I’m not a runner.” “I have bad knees.” “I don’t have time.” “I just have bad genetics.” Sound familiar? These are examples of fixed-mindset thinking, where someone’s assumed assessment of himself is the obstacle in the way of getting back to fitness. Let’s tackle these assumptions more specifically: “I can’t lose weight.” Fixed mindset: “I can’t lose weight. I’ve tried. It doesn’t work. Dieting doesn’t work. Exercise doesn’t work. It’s just my metabolism. This is who I am.” Growth mindset: “Trying to lose weight is hard! I have failed or given up so many times. But of course I can lose weight, I just need to do something different. Maybe I can ask someone who has been where I am. This won’t be easy, but if I work at it with a new vigor, I can totally do this.” “I’m not a runner (insert – biker, swimmer, hiker, etc).” Fixed mindset: “Running hurts. My body was never built for running. Every time I try, my knees/legs/everything hurts. Some people are built for running. I’m just not.” Growth mindset: “Running right now is hard! I have failed so many times trying. My knees and legs always start hurting and it feels like I make zero progress. But I want to do it. Maybe if I learned to improve my form and lose some weight, I could do this. I’ve seen people like me who are now running. If they can do it, I can do it. It’ll be a lot of work, but I’m making this a goal.” “I have bad knees (insert – shoulders, ankles, back, etc).” Fixed mindset: “I just have bad knees. When I try to exercise they hurt. I wasn’t made to continued on page 46
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Trailside Coffee Becomes Grit Café Trailside Coffee in Old Trail Village has been acquired by a group of investors who have assembled three coffee houses in Crozet and Charlottesville and will operate them under the name Grit Café. Brandon Wooten and Brad Uhl have joined with Eric Kelley, the founder of Para Coffee on Elliewood Avenue in Charlottesville, to buy Café Cubano on the Downtown Mall and Trailside Coffee. “We’ve been seeing what’s needed in the coffee landscape,” said Wooten. “We’ve decided what the concept is going be. The name change to Grit Café will happen in the next few weeks. We’ll be open the whole time during renovations [to Trailside]. “We love what Marcia [McGee] has built. We want a Southern tie. ‘Grit’ is sort of a Southern word. We want it to be a space to work out of. I’m excited to create a space for people, especially people from Charlottesville. We love to come out here [to Crozet] to get away
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Western Senior Jack Marcus Commands the Stage at TEDx By Rebecca Schmitz becca@crozetgazette.com He made it look so easy. Standing onstage in front of a packed house at the Paramount Theater at the TEDx Charlottesville conference November 14, Western Albemarle senior Jack Marcus held his audience in rapt attention as he described the product he spent the past year developing: “Safe Sip,” a strip that, when inserted into a drink, can detect the presence of “date rape” drugs. Using language that even the most scientifically challenged audience member could understand, 17-year-old Marcus confidently explained how the simple paper strip could be unobtrusively inserted into a drink and change color to indicate the presence of GHB, a powerful drug that can suppress the central nervous system and is often referred to as a date rape drug. Marcus, the youngest individual speaker at the conference by a good 20 years, was part of
an illustrious group of 24 thought leaders that included accomplished musicians, authors, scholars, business leaders, and others. Speakers were chosen based on their thought-provoking ideas and ability to motivate and inspire others to act. “Our goal is to look at the world and bring to Charlottesville people that have ideas about the world that make you feel better,” said Isabella Jones, speaker liaison for TEDx, who coached and prepared the speakers intensely. Marcus’s ease on stage was the result of months of hard work. “I practiced every day in the shower!” he said with a chuckle several days after the conference. He also met with his speaking coach, Darius Nabors, each week to sharpen his skills. Artist Mara Sprafkin, a Charlottesville resident whose work is regularly featured in national magazines, provided the illustrations to accompany his talk. “These speeches are designed
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to be conversation starters, not conversation enders,” Jones said. “These are people who are going to change the world in a big way. Jack was the perfect package. It is a really phenomenal and extraordinary thing that a 17-year-old would do this,” she marveled. Marcus’s interest in helping to combat the devastating trend of sexual assault was sparked
after he read an article about a college student who had been drugged and raped. Curious about whether any products existed to detect the active ingredients in what are commonly called date rape drugs, he began to search online for solutions. “I couldn’t find anything that I could see anyone actually using,” he said.
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Christmas Cookies I come from a very large family. At the high-water mark, there were 22 aunts and uncles plus the in-laws (10 more). Now only five are left. They and the 45 first cousins made for a lot of fun and a lot of great cooks. One group of aunts was famous for their baking skills. Holidays, especially Christmas, would mean at least fifteen kinds of cookies, plus special pastries and even homemade chocolate candies. We would return from holiday visits laden with sugary treats. Nowadays, we’ve all tried to give up that lifestyle, but come Christmas, I let down my virtuous guard and make cookies—lots and lots of cookies; at least ten different kinds and the pastry too. The candy? No, I don’t see myself ever doing that. Aunt Kay was a beloved baker, as well as a seamstress, a knitter, crocheter, quilter, painter, and singer. She also raised two wonderful daughters and worked in an office on and
off most of her life. A quiet woman, she accomplished all this without fanfare. Her gregarious husband, Uncle Walter, matched her toe-to-toe with his woodcarving. He was a machinist and made tabletop, scalemodel merry-go-rounds with moving metal parts and handcarved horses. Flip the switch and you would hear the music while the horses went round and round and up and down. Aunt Kay painted those horses and the merry-go-round canopy. She and Uncle Walter were quite a pair and would have been terribly intimidating to me with all that talent, if they weren’t just so nice and unassuming. Two artists, living perfectly quotidian lives; I loved them and will never forget them. But let’s get to the cookies. This is one of Aunt Kay’s recipes. There is something very special about this dough. I don’t even really like mint in a cookie, but I love these. Enjoy.
Aunt Kay’s Starlight Walnut Mint Christmas Cookies
3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup butter ½ cup white sugar ½ cup brown sugar 2 eggs 2 Tablespoons water 1 teaspoon vanilla Andes Mints (available on the top shelf of the candy section of Crozet Great Valu) 36 perfect walnut halves (pick through the bag—you’ll find enough) Sift the flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream the butter with the sugars, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix ’til blended. Add the water and the vanilla and blend. Then add the flour mixture a little at a time and mix until all is added and blended. Refrigerate the dough for at least two hours, or overnight. To bake, take a tablespoon of dough and wrap it around half of an Andes Mint. Press a walnut half gently on top to flatten slightly. These cookies spread, so leave plenty of space between cookies on your baking sheet. Bake at 3750F for 10 – 12 minutes. When I make these for Christmas, I mix the dough on the first evening and then bake them the next evening.
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CROZETgazette tions like bleeding abdominal masses or removing sections of diseased intestines—takes a lot of experience, confidence, and focus. You have to be able to be responsible for the outcome, which is a lot of pressure. To play such a high stakes game, you’ve got to be skilled, confident, and calm under pressure. But at the same time, somewhat detached from the patient. This particular topic of detachment came into my mind recently as I was doing a corrective eyelid surgery on my family’s new puppy. This was not a life-threatening procedure, but one with pretty big implications if not done correctly. I have done this before many times successfully, but as I was getting ready to operate on our own puppy Hank’s eyelids, I was a stressed out mess. I preemptively apologized to my staff for my grumpiness and soon-to-be annoying behavior, and sure enough I delivered! From being anxious and overbearing on his anesthesia protocol, to just emitting a negative, stressed-out aura, I was not my usual confident, optimistic self. And this matters for a good surgeon. You often hear of some human surgeons being stereotyped as jerks, jocks, or just uncaring people (Note, I’m not saying this is true, just saying it’s a stereotype). Well maybe those are good traits in a surgeon! I’m not sure if I would want a surgeon to be so emotionally involved in my outcome that he or she becomes distracted and unfocused. Give me the confident one who makes jokes about my underwear while I’m under anesthesia. In the end, I got through Hank’s surgery just fine, but I was very tense the whole time
DECEMBER 2014 and felt immense pressure if things didn’t turn out just right. It made the process somewhat excruciating for me. The same with my other dogs’ routine spay and neuter, or extraction of a broken tooth. These are things I do everyday, but because they are on my own pets, I’ve had anxiety and fear get in the way of confidence and focus. Later that same day of Hank’s surgery, I did indeed have a dying dog/surgical emergency come in. This dog had been sick for about a week and I found a large intestinal mass and a lot of fluid in its painful abdomen. My assessment was that the tumor had just ruptured and the dog had a terrible peritonitis. A complicated emergency surgery was this dog’s only option. I noted to myself just how calm I was for this urgent lifeor-death surgery and what a mess I was for my puppy’s eyelid surgery earlier in the day. It’s not that I didn’t care for this dog or its owners—I actually had a long standing relationship with them and their dog—however, it wasn’t my dog, and that is the difference. I was able to work with clarity and confidence to do what was needed for this sick dog without being distracted by too much emotional attachment. That may sound cold, but it’s really a perfect and necessary balance. Navigating through the maze of human or veterinary care for major illnesses can be about as stressful as being sick itself. But we are blessed with so many great healthcare options and so many different people to give us that care. Our friends and family may be the ones who comfort and care for us when we are
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Edwina Addison, Robyn Eaton, Deborah Ferreira, Lynn Snow, Herb Stewart, Graham Mullen, Kevin Clifford, Beth Kagarise and Kirsi Ide. Visit crozetgazette. com to see all the winning and honorable mention photographs. Join the Gazette at the Art Box on Friday, December 12, at 5:30 p.m. for an ice cream sundae reception and to hear judge Sam Abell discuss his selections. Calendars are $12.95 and are available at the Art Box, Crozet Great Valu, Parkway Pharmacy, Over the Moon Bookstore, and online at crozetgazette.com.
Best in Show: Debbie Smith, Table for Ten (March)
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Deborah Ferreira, In the After Glow (June) James Beeler, Mirador Sky (September)
Malcolm Andrews, The Rockets’ Red Glare (July)
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The European Union labels all foods. Genetically modified, (GM) crops are banned except for a GM corn that accounts for 1.56 percent of the corn acreage in cultivation in the EU, and this only in five EU member states. There are 57.4 million hectares of GM corn in cultivation worldwide and EU’s share is .26 percent. (A hectare is 2.471 acres. There’s lots of GM corn out there, and Roundup, too.) The EU does import 30 million tons of GM animal feed (corn and soybeans). Russian law also requires labeling, and GMO seed is unlikely to be certified anytime soon. In May, some Russian parliamentarians sought to pass a law to criminally prosecute producers of genetically modified organisms harmful to health or the environment as “terrorists.” Ingredients are listed on the labels of junk foods many Americans eat. Most of us hardly understand what these ingredients are or how they affect us. However, it’s always good to know what you’re putting into your body. A telephone poll conducted in June by ABCNews.com found that 93 percent of those surveyed believe the Feds should require GM labeling. Only onethird of the respondents believed that GM foods are safe. Fifty-two percent view them as unsafe. Fifty-seven percent say they would be less likely to buy GM-labeled foods. Sixty-two percent of women believe GM foods are unsafe to eat. Women do most of the food shopping and, of course, this does not sit well with the food industry. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has done a poor job of assessing GM foods. The FDA generally takes the industry’s word regarding safety of GM foods.
But it gives one pause when the fact is that 95 percent of research on genetically modified or engineered crops is funded/ controlled by Monsanto. As Maine State Representative Lance Harvell, a Republican, said, “If they are going to allow the American people to be lab rats in an experiment, could they at least know where it is so they can decide whether they want to participate or not.” Rep. Harvell’s bill requiring mandatory labeling of GM food and seed stock was signed into law in July 2013. The Maine law, however, will not go into effect until five neighboring states pass similar legislation. Connecticut passed a GMO labeling law in December 2013, but with a provision that four other states must pass a labeling bill and the combination must add up to 20 million Northeastern residents. This past May Vermont followed with its law and no such provisions. The Green Mountain State immediately was sued by Monsanto, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), the Snack Food Association, the International Dairy Food Association and the National Association of Manufacturers. The vote outcome in the GMO labeling campaign in Oregon remains undecided. A recount on Measure 92 will be in the works despite the deep pockets of opponents Monsanto, DuPont, and GMA members Pepsi, Coca Cola, Land O’Lakes, General Mills and Kellogg Co., among others. Opponents of Measure 92 raised more than $20 million, making it the highest-funded ballot measure campaign in Oregon history! To date, only 812 votes separate yes and no. Please note: Starbucks is a member of the GMA. Recently singer/songwriter Neil Young announced he would personally boycott Starbucks because of the GMA lawsuit to overturn
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“We’re going through a lot of changes.” He was referring to diplomatic relations with county fire officials. “We need to move forward at a pace that is comfortable for our members. And we have a commitment to our families, too.” He introduced “a guest speaker,” Tom Labelle, a division chief for Albemarle County Fire and Rescue, whose portfolio includes volunteers. Formerly head of New York state’s association of volunteer fire departments, he has worked in professional firehouses too. He has settled in Crozet. “He’s a Yankee,” said Gentry, “but he’s very good one. He is doing a good job for the volunteers.” Labelle called to mind the Plymouth pilgrims, so needy and so far from home. “So, everybody has to help. That’s what it’s like in the CVFD. When people need us, they need us completely and imme-
diately,” said Labelle. “They are thankful. And I say, as a new resident of Crozet, thank you to you. “Thank you also to the family members who wait at home while we are on duty.” He asked family members to stand. They paused and looked around the room while Labelle retired to his chair next to White Hall District Supervisor Ann Mallek. Gentry announced new board appointments: Gary Dillon, Pete Oprandy and Tom Loach, all veterans and proven men. Each is on for a three-year term. In an aside from the program, Gentry said he has checked off a bucket list item: he climbed to the site of the 1959 DC-3 crash above Crozet that killed 25 and left one survivor. “I went up there, and I have made two trips now—my first and my last. It’s eerie to be there. The spirits are still there.” The crash scene was a shockingly gruesome experience for the CVFD men who first reached it.
Preston Gentry and Jerry Finazzo
A shout out went to Chris Rowlin, who is back with the CVFD. He had been serving as a lieutenant in Afghanistan. Gentry called forward the CVFD Honor Guard and a ceremonial fire bell was rung in honor of five souls connected to the department who had died during the year, notably among them Bubba Baber, who had a long run as chief. “These members have gone home,” said Gentry, “But they will always be remembered and be with us.” A CVFD Community Service Award went to the Crozet Baptist Church Women. “They were there when Bubba passed. You could not ask for better than the service they give the community.” A second award went to Mountainside Grill. “They are tremendous to us!” said Gentry.
A final award went to Arnold Van Ness, who is commonly known by his nickname “Tweezer.” “He is the most faithful elf Santa has,” declared Gentry. Next, Jerry Finazzo of Sal’s Pizza was made an honorary member of the department. “When we come in and see you making pizza, we want to see you wearing this helmet,” said Gentry. Once put on, the massive helmet teetered on Finazzo’s head, submerging him. CVFD President Rodney Rich announced the President’s Award, explaining, “We do what we do because it’s in our heart.” He called out, “Butch Snead.” Back in command of the podium, Gentry conferred the Chief ’s Award. “Whatever he’s asked to do, he’s there to do it. He’s very dedicated to the fire service. And he’s always in a good mood.” Gentry called Rodney Rich Jr. forward. The Open Door Award, a tease and spoof award, was bestowed on Mitch Fitzgerald, who had the bad luck to leave
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“You Say Poin-set-uh…” …I say Poinset-ee-yuh, dum-de-dum, etc.” Take your pick, although the first pronunciation is favored in at least some dictionaries. Perhaps you might avoid the issue altogether and call it by its scientific name, Euphorbia pulcherrima, “the most beautiful euphorbia.” But before we take a closer look at the poinsettia, what about the “less beautiful” euphorbias? Euphorbias are a diverse group of plants; with about 2,100 species, it’s also one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Often referred to as spurges, the name derives from the purgative nature of some species’ milky sap. Depending on the species, the sap is generally caustic and reputedly even poisonous in some cases. Some euphorbias are worthy garden plants or attractive wildflowers, while others are horrendous weeds. Euphorbia prostrata, sometimes known as prostrate sandmat, is a crack-in-the-sidewalk invader that thrives in hot, inhospitable conditions. And many euphorbias from dry tropical areas are succulents; they resemble cacti, but aren’t related. In the early nineteenth century Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States minister to Mexico, encountered a native shrub with attractive red “flowers” that appeared in early winter. Mexicans called the plant
Flor de Noche Buena, or Christmas Eve Flower. Legend told that in the sixteenth century a poor Mexican girl had no money to buy flowers for the church altar at Christmas time. Instead, she gathered weeds from the roadside, placed them in the church, and the next day they were flowering. Taken by the plant’s beauty, Po i n s e t t introduced it to the United States in 1825, where it was then named after him. As for those red things that Poinsett w a s admiring, in reality euphorbias have small, inconspicuous, highly specialized flowers. They lack petals, but are surrounded by colorful leaves known as bracts, typically red on Poinsettias. I am hereby guilty of a botanical error, but just to keep life simple, I’ll refer to this whole colorful structure as a “flower” from here on. Although Mr. Poinsett gets the credit for introducing the poinsettia to the United States, one family almost single-handedly deserves credit for making it a fixture of the Christmas season. In 1900 Albert Ecke emigrated from Germany to Los Angeles, started a farm and began selling poinsettias. His son Paul Ecke then developed a grafting technique that improved the appearance of the plant. And his son Paul Ecke, Jr. in turn began heavily promoting poinsettias, sending plants to television stations to use on their sets, making personal
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Henley’s Quiz Team Prepares Students for Success at Western By Rebecca Schmitz becca@crozetgazette.com
quickly, in front of an audience, can understandably be intimidating. “The hope is that they can try it here in a safe environment,” she said. “I give them pep talks and work really hard to make it a positive experience.” Her strategy appears to be successful: “I’ve noticed a
Last year, Teresa Goodin, a gifted resource teacher at Henley Middle School, had an idea. Goodin had been helping her colleague Eric Strzepek coach Western’s Scholastic Bowl Team, now ranked second in the nation. Why not start a quiz team at Henley, she thought, to get younger students interested and prepare them for a spot on the Western team? So Henley’s Junior Scholastic Bowl Team, the only middle school team in the Charlottesville region, was born. Goodin recruited students she knew and advertised with flyers and on Henley’s video announcements to get the word out. The team, which consists of 25 students, practices every Thursday morning during the students’ enrichment period. During the tournament seasons, which run for about 4 to 6 weeks in the fall and spring, they practice after school as well. The team, which is comprised of about equal numbers of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, is off to a good start. In October, they placed second at their first tournament of the year. Their next tournament will be held in January in Pennsylvania. The middle school team is a bit limited on how far and how often they can travel for tournaments, Goodin says, since its players can’t drive yet! One of Goodin’s goals in creating a team at Henley was to instill confidence in her players. Answering difficult questions
Henley Middle School Junior Scholastic Bowl Players Fall Tournament Teams
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B Team Captain: Camille Kielbasa Evelyn Garey Katherine Mata Kate Whitley Kelsey Marks Ryan Marks Younger Members Ben Lenox Ben Life Josiah Luftig Will Mitchell Liliah Barber Simrat Saini Julia Douvas Blake Boudouris Carper Collins Tyce Winter Kathryn Burr
Henley Junior Scholastic Bowl Team members Blake Boudouris, Carter Tegen, and Ben Life practice buzzing in answers.
huge increase in their confidence levels.” At a recent practice, the captain of Western’s Scholastic Bowl Team, Eric Xu, provided guidance and inspiration to Henley’s team. Xu, the second-ranked player in the country, gave the students tips (“If you find you’re really good at something, learn more about those things.”) and encouragement. “It’s not out of the question for you to finish in the top 10 at Nationals,” he told them. Xu is a friendly and enthusiastic mentor to the children. He acknowledged how hard it can be to hone in on one topic to specialize in: “There’s just so much out there to learn, it can seem overwhelming.” He urged the students to “think of one category you’d be really interested in learning.” He gave them examples from his own experience, about how being on the team sparked an interest in
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goes flat. I am awestruck with what nature achieves starting from CO2 and H2O. The economy of life on earth is founded upon these two simple compounds. No other substances on the planet are more intimately entwined and vital to our survival and wellbeing than they are. From their derivatives, we obtain the food and energy we need to live and the fresh air we need to breathe. Photosynthesis and subsequent biochemical reactions, orchestrated by a wondrous array of highly tailored molecules, interweaves and reworks CO2 and H2O into the life-sustaining biological substances, releasing breathable oxygen (O2) to the environment. But this is only half of the story. Through metabolism and oxidation, O2 and organic compounds are converted back again to carbon dioxide and water. Consider fruit sugar as an example. Fructose is made from the atoms of carbon dioxide (93 percent of its weight comes from CO2). The remainder of fructose is made from a zest of hydrogen atoms that once were part of water. The fall sweetness of a crisp Albemarle Pippin is a sugary manifestation of the sunlight-empowered biochemical transformations of CO2 and H2O in summer! When I bite into the apple, I start the metabolic process of returning fructose back to the environment as carbon dioxide and water. This is nature’s story. This is the biosphere’s economic pattern for flourishing, continuously cycling carbon dioxide and water round and round within the web of life. Dutch Renaissance humanist Desiderius Erasmus once warned: “Every definition is dangerous.” In defining something, we can become prone to mistake the definition for its true and full nature. So it is with deep concern that during my lifetime—through our
CROZETgazette industrial prowess and technological mindset—we have changed our definition of CO2 from an essential, natural, versatile, recyclable plant nutrient into a hazardous air pollutant. Enacted by Congress in 1970, the Clean Air Act grants EPA regulatory authority to set air quality standards to help ensure for all Americans basic health and environmental protection. Individual states or Indian tribes may enact stronger air pollution laws, but they may not promulgate weaker pollution limits than those set by EPA. Among many powers, the Clean Air Act gives EPA authority to regulate hazardous air pollutants emitted by stationary sources such as chemical plants, steel mills, and fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (power plants). To date, air pollution limits for power plant emissions have been established for arsenic, mercury, sulfur
DECEMBER 2014 dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulates. This regulatory landscape dramatically expanded when, on April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts v. EPA that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered under the Clean Air Act. Two years later, on December 7, 2009, EPA made an ‘endangerment finding’ under the Clean Air Act that “elevated concentrations of the six greenhouse gases in the atmosphere – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) – endanger both the public health and the public welfare of current and future generations.” Of these six types of greenhouse gases, CO2 is by far the most important, accounting for 82 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2012.
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A Dramatic Reading of A Christmas Carol Sunday, Dec. 21 • 12 - 1 pm
Bring the children in your life, especially those aged 2- 12, and come hear a dramatic performance of Dickens’ tale. We will have petite sandwiches before the reading and cookies after!
Christmas Eve Service Wednesday, Dec. 24 • 5 pm
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An Outreach of Tabor Presbyterian Church All Events are in the Pickford-Chiles Fellowship Hall Unless Otherwise Noted
Crozet Community Handbell Holiday Concert Wednesday, December 10 • 7:00
Come hear us ring classic Christmas songs, as well as other songs we’ve been practicing all season!
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Crozet Combined Choirs Christmas Performance
Western Scholastic Bowl team captain Eric Xu provides guidance to Henley’s junior team while teachers Eric Strzepek and Teresa Goodin look on.
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down, but it may be that jerk of a surgeon, or zero-personality internist who’s going to do an incredible job because he doesn’t have any deep connection to
Koesler, the only eighth grader on Henley’s team last year, is already making her mark as a freshman at Western. As a member of Western’s team, Koesler, whose specialty is geography, is already a starting player at tournaments. you. And that is okay! In fact, we’re all here on this planet, made with different skill sets and passions. Don’t be afraid to use yours, and let someone else use theirs. It can be hard to give up control, but as they say, “It takes a village.”
Sunday, December 14 • 3:00
An ecumenical Christmas Cantata will be performed by the Crozet Combined choir. Featuring a performance by the Crozet Community Handbell Choir.
Eden Energy Medicine Study Group Thursday, January 8 • 7 - 8:30 pm
Eden Energy Medicine is hosting a monthly study group. To register, contact Octavia Alliss, EEM Clinical Practitioner/Teacher, 434-996-3199.
Nourishing the Mamas Workshop Sunday, January 11 • 1:30 - 5:00 pm
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know how I am doing with chronic pain patients: about average. I have taken my yearly board re-certification test, my computer-based learning modules and my 30 hours of continuing medical education credits. I have eagerly read all of my quality improvement reviews helpfully provided by back office support staff, and I am working diligently to enter more stuff in the computer. Fortunately, I am able to hire scribes to tame the electronic medical record since a computer-based program that actually makes caring for patients easier seems to be still in the future. I have updated my state medical license, my national board certification, my DEA license, my Physician Quality Reporting System requirements for Medicare, and my hospital privileges. I am now fully ready to start seeing patients in the coming year. I will need to set aside some time however to redo all of the above-mentioned requirements all over again. So, I think by all the important measures I have been a good doctor and deserve to be on the nice list. I do have few quick suggestions for who else should be on the nice list and who
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CROZETgazette should be on the naughty list. Nice list: Nurse Kaci Hickox who spent four weeks in Sierra Leone treating Ebola patients. This was gutsy, compassionate, and reflective of the highest standards of the healthcare professions. Throw in all of the doctors and nurses who have been caring for Ebola patients both abroad and here in the U.S. Naughty: Governor and bully Chris Christie of New Jersey who saluted Kaci Hickox’s service on her return to the U.S. by declaring her obviously ill (she wasn’t) without laying eyes on her and with no medical training, and clapping her into forced quarantine in a tent with no running water. Bad Governor! Many were afraid such draconian measures might dissuade other healthcare workers from volunteering overseas, but I look at it another way. Perhaps more U.S. health care workers will stay in West Africa when they realize the living conditions there are marginally better than what they can expect if they come home. Nice: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who has labored tirelessly to expand Medicaid healthcare insurance to cover 400,000 more poor Virginians. Over 90 percent of the cost would be borne by the Federal government under the Affordable Care Act. When a similar law was enacted in Massachusetts in 2006 (Romneycare) it was found that the death rate dropped dramatically, by close to 5 percent for healthcare associated deaths and overall by almost 3 percent for all-cause mortality. For every 830 people who gained healthcare insurance, one life was saved. Good job, healthcare insurance! Naughty: The Virginia House of Delegates, who have consistently blocked the Medicaid
DECEMBER 2014 expansion. We can expect 400 excess deaths this year due to lack of healthcare insurance as Virginia becomes one of only three states in the U.S. that has actually increased its percentage of uninsured residents since the Affordable Care Act took effect. Bad job, House of Delegates! And now, Santa, for my Christmas wish list: An electronic medical record that allows me to spend more time in direct patient care, not less. Ideally, I would not have to hire a full time scribe just to do the voluminous data entry that such systems seem to encourage. A pony. Regulatory requirements that actually improve patient care. A mini bike. More nursing school graduates going into bedside nursing. They are the glue that holds our healthcare system together and they do the bulk of the caring and the healing in our massive system. We need to reward them appropriately. A BB gun. More MD and DO residency spots to train the ever-larger number of doctors we will need as our population grows and as the baby boomers continue to live longer and with more burden of disease. The number of residency spots paid for by Medicare was capped by the federal government in 1997 and has not been raised since. An electric guitar. Universal health care in the U.S. The richest country in the world ought to be able to care for all of its citizens. Guitar lessons. I know some of my wishes may seem farfetched, but remember, Santa, it is never too late to have a happy childhood or an efficient and functioning healthcare system. Enjoy the bacon (but don’t tell Mrs. Claus). Merry Christmas, Crozet!
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assail, wassail, all over the town! Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown.Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree, With the wassailing bowl we’ll drink to thee! So runs the “Gloucestershire Wassail,” one of many songs associated with the medieval tradition of going from house to house at yuletide carrying an empty bowl or goblet, and singing carols in return for filling the bowl with warm, spiced ale or wine. The word “wassail” had its origin as a greeting or salute, in old Norse “ves heill” or Middle English “waes haeil,” meaning “be whole,” “be well,” or “be in good health.” Often said while drinking spiced ale or mead, over time the word was transferred from the greeting to the drink, and ultimately to the medieval tradition of “wassail-
ing” during yuletide or to celebrate Twelfth Night. Traditionally, slices of toasted bread or cake were floated on top of the spiced liquor—which gave rise to the idea of “toasting” someone’s health, and eventually to the spoken toast itself. This practice may have been a way for feudal lords to reward their peasants at yuletide in return for their hard work and good will throughout the year. The ale-soaked, crispy bread, as well as eggs sometimes stirred into traditional wassail, provided extra food to the poor. This relationship is reflected in “The Wassail Song”: Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green, Here we come a-wand’ring So fair to be seen. Refrain: Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail, too, And God bless you, and send
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The Legend of the Christmas Spider One summer I received a crafts catalog that had a wonderful little Christmas story in it that was called the “Legend of the Christmas Spider.” (Yes, Christmas goods are sold rather early sometimes!) I was not familiar with this tale, but I love it so much that I want to share it with you. (Apparently there are various versions of this European folk tale. The following narrative is paraphrased from the catalog, the name of which I have, unfortunately, forgotten.) A long time ago in Germany a mother was busily cleaning her house for Christmas. The spiders in the house fled upstairs to the attic to escape her broom. When the house became quiet, the spiders slowly crept downstairs for a peek. Oh! What a beautiful tree they saw! In their excitement they scurried up the trunk of the tree and out along each branch. They were filled with happiness as they climbed amongst the glittering beauty. But alas! By the time they were through climbing, the tree was completely shrouded in their dusty gray spider webbing. When Santa Claus came with gifts for the children and saw the tree covered with spider webs, he smiled as he saw how happy the spiders were. But Santa knew how heartbroken the mother would be if she saw her wonderfully decorated Christmas tree covered with dusty webs. So Santa turned the webs into silver and gold. The tree sparkled and shimmered and was even more beautiful than before. And that is why we have tinsel on our tree, and why every tree should have a Christmas spider in its
branches. I guess I am so taken with this story not only because I have always loved Christmas trees and children’s stories, but especially because this story is based upon nature. The thought that tinsel is the result of spider webs on the tree combines my love of nature with my love of Christmas. Unfortunately for those of us who would not mind living in some of these fairy-tale worlds, spiders are not actually responsible for the tinsel we see on our present-day Christmas trees. But there is a group of these arachnids that are referred to as “cobweb spiders.” Cobweb spiders are also known as “orb weavers.” There are more than 2,500 species of these kinds of spiders in the world, and they are responsible for most of the webs that we see in our gardens. They vary in shape and size, with some spiders having a body only a fraction of an inch long while others have a body that is more than inch in length. A cobweb spider is one of the few kinds of animals that build traps to catch prey. The spider starts by making a framework of strong non-sticky threads that it firmly attaches to surrounding plants or other structures (such as might be found around your house). The spider adds spokes that radiate from the center of the framework so that at this stage the web is similar to a bicycle wheel (but it’s not necessarily round). The spider then spins a nonsticky thread that it attaches to each “spoke” as it travels a circular path outwards away from the center of the web. Finally, it works its way back to the center, using the non-sticky spiral as a guide to lay strands of sticky silk that will catch a meal for the spider to eat.
A spider web is often eaten and rebuilt by the spider every day. By eating the web, the spider recycles the proteins that comprise the silk. (Photo credit: Marlene A. Condon)
These two types of silk come from glands at the end of a cobweb spider’s body. When the silk first comes out of the spinnerets (small structures that have nozzle-like openings), it is in liquid form. One type of silk hardens into the extremely tough, non-adhesive thread, while the type used for the center spiral of the web is sticky. A cobweb spider has clawlike structures on each of its eight feet that help it to hold onto the dry lines of its web. Yes, a cobweb spider must avoid the spirals of silk that are sticky, or it can get caught just like its prey! When the spider has finished building its web, it either waits at the center of the web or hides nearby (depending upon what species it is). The spider makes a “signal” thread through which it can sense any disturbance to the web. If prey gets caught in the sticky part of the web, the spider will rush over to it, bite it, and wrap it in strands of silk so that the prey cannot escape. So if spiders and Santa Claus are not responsible for our Christmas tinsel, who is? The glittering tinsel that we call “Icicles” was first made and sold in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1878. Thin strips of silver foil were designed to “drip” like icicles from decorated Christmas trees. Americans immediately fell in love with this novelty, but the users quickly split into two camps: the “hangers” and the “throwers.” (Being a “neatnik,” I am a hanger.) Unfortunately, cigarette smoke caused the silver to tarnish by the time the tree was taken down, making the icicles black and unusable for the next
year. So Americans developed lead-foil icicles, which became popular in the 1920s and remained popular until the 1960s. At that time the United States government was concerned about lead poisoning to children who might swallow the decoration, so it forced manufacturers to stop using lead. Aluminum foil had been tried during World War II, but it did not drape well over the branches. Luckily for those of us who like tinsel, by this time manufacturers had lightweight silver-colored Mylar (a type of polyester) that they could use. Another decoration for the Christmas tree also came from Germany in about 1880. Called “angel’s hair,” the Germans used it as a rope garland, but Americans began to spread out the strands, covering the entire tree and giving it a cobweb effect. So here we are, back to the spiders and their webbing. The reason that webs can last a long time is because the silk is coated with a layer of antibiotic that wards off bacterial decay. Although cobwebs (webs that are dusty because they are no longer used by a spider) appear untidy and usually embarrass the proud homeowner, they have served a very useful purpose. Indoor webs catch many of the critters wandering around inside homes so that you only need to deal with their remains in the web—no need for poisonous pesticides! I hope that the next time that you have to wipe up a dusty web, you will not think badly of the spider that made it. Merry Christmas and very Happy Holidays to everyone!
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profiles as storms pass. Heidi and I love to play “Guess the Temperature” when we drive somewhere through the mountains. We do the math in our heads in great detail. It’s what nerdy meteorologists do. Usually, despite our supposed expertise, the kid shouts a number from the back seat and wins the contest. November Recap November was another cold month in a cold wave that has now lasted most of the past year and a half. The low of 13 on November 19 was astonishingly cold for this early in the season. Overall, the month averaged 43 degrees, which was 4.5 degrees below normal. The first half of the month was dry, but three wet days late brought the total for the month to a respectable 3.19 inches. Rainfall:
The day before Thanksgiving, a foot of snow fell at Wintergreen but hardly a dusting stuck to the ground in warmer Crozet. Elevation obviously plays a huge role with temperature, but it’s not simple. Heidi and I recall first year meteorology classes where we learned the basics in gory mathematical detail. The riddle to unravel is, “If cold air sinks, then why is it colder in the mountains?” This is not easily explained and not always the case. Let’s start with the “cold air sinks” part. Yes, cold air is heavier. Many people mistakenly believe that hot, humid air is “heavy.” If that were the case, hot air balloons would be “cold air balloons” instead and have freezers on them, not heaters. So, on a clear, calm morning, cold air will settle downhill into the valleys in a process called “cold air drainage.” Often, Crozet might be 10 degrees colder than the top of Buck’s Elbow. So, it’s not always colder high in the mountains Cold air drainage is like pouring Hershey’s Chocolate into milk. The chocolate settles to the bottom. When the wind blows, it is the same as stirring the chocolate and milk together. But if you sit the glass down, eventually, the chocolate
will settle back to the bottom. The second and more complicated part of this explanation is that pressure and temperature are proportional. When you go uphill, there is less air above you. The air on top of you weighs less and so the pressure is lower. Because temperature is proportional to pressure, lower pressure means lower temperature. This basic relationship was discovered by Robert Boyle in 1662. One strange result of this is that when you fly in an airplane, the bitter cold air outside, often 30 below zero, must be air conditioned to make the cabin temperature comfortable. The air that is 30 below zero outside has almost no air pressure. When you pressurize it and bring it indoors, it would be about 190 degrees! The increased pressure causes a dramatic increase in temperature. All these factors come into play when forecasting winter storms here in Virginia. Cold dense air can get stuck in the valleys causing freezing rain. Other times, like this Thanksgiving, the air up in the mountains is much colder due to the lower pressure. Modern computer weather models do a nice job of calculating the temperature at different levels and the evolution of the temperature
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He found the statistics startling: “One in four college women will be a victim or attempted victim of sexual assault. But what’s interesting to me is it’s also more of a worldwide issue. Businessmen in other countries are getting drugged and robbed.” Enlisting the help of his friend and classmate Annabelle Castleman, who has since graduated from Western and now attends Fordham University, he began spending his study halls and time after school in the chemistry lab working toward a solution. “I thought, why not use some of the chemistry I’m learning in my classes and apply it to this problem?” His AP chemistry teacher, Michelle Karpovich, served as a research mentor. “I would run ideas by her,” Marcus said. “She would either say ‘go for it’ or suggest something else.” Carol Stutzman, another chemistry teacher at Western, also provided guidance. Karpovich was impressed by Marcus’s initiative. “Jack didn’t wait for a teacher to present him with a problem to solve. Instead, he identified a problem on his own, and he approached his science teachers with thoughts on how he could research his ideas. We have become his sounding board, his way of ordering supplies and having a space to work, and his mentors. We have truly been nothing more than his ‘guide on the side’ while he pursues ideas that he has researched.” Marcus entered Safe Sip in the regional science fair and won second place, as well as an award in Life Sciences from the U.S. Military. “I never really expected it to take off the way it did,” he said. “I was surprised anyone was interested in the idea.” He is working on getting a patent for his product, and is continuing his research to develop a strip that would detect other date rape drugs, such as rohypnol (commonly
known as “roofies”) and ketamine. “I’ll keep going with it as long as it can go.” With his ready smile, warm personality, and sense of humor, Marcus is not your stereotypical scientist hiding in the lab all day. He plays in the school jazz band and is also the guitarist in a rock cover band that performs at Mudhouse and other venues. He enjoys web and graphic design, and he is developing an app for his classmates that would alert them to schedule changes and announcements. Karpovich notes that Marcus is notable not just for his academic successes, but for his character as well. “Jack is such a wonderful young man. He is one of the most honest young men I know at Western. He is diligent, motivated, intelligent, practical, well-balanced, well-spoken, and diverse.” Although he has loved science since childhood, and remembers wanting to be a doctor in third grade, Marcus’s interest in it wasn’t inherited: “I’m the first scientist in the family.” Like most seniors, he is in the process of applying to college. He is particularly interested in research-oriented universities. Karpovich said that “Jack has displayed excellent research tenacity. He uses the Internet to his advantage, taking time to read some pretty complicated research journals available online. He applies his content knowledge from chemistry to come up with ways to see color changes in his ‘safe sip’ device. He also has applied the scientific method while conducting his research. He has shown diligence, perseverance, and enthusiasm for learning. He doesn’t get discouraged when results don’t turn out as expected.” Marcus said that despite his many interests and activities, he doesn’t feel overwhelmed. “As long as I get eight hours of sleep, I’m happy!” And as for his future as a speaker, based on his outstanding performance at TEDx? “I think it will come easier next time,” he said with a laugh.
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appearances on shows, etc. Eventually the Ecke family had a virtual monopoly on poinsettias. Until the early 1990s, that is. A university researcher figured out the Eckes’ grafting technique and published a paper describing it. It didn’t take long before a flood of competitors entered the poinsettia business. Often growing plants offshore, they were able to provide cheap poinsettias to mass-market retailers, often selling them at a loss just to lure shoppers into their stores. The Eckes’ share of the market declined, profit margins shrank, and in 2012 the family operation was sold to the Agribio Group—now there’s a warm, fuzzy name!— based in Holland. I occasionally attend poinsettia shows, and these only go to show that you can have too much of a good thing. A room full of hundreds of poinsettias, with dozens of varieties, can indeed produce sensory overload. But soon enough, your eyeballs will calm down, and you can focus on a few plants at a time. Over a hundred varieties are out there, but they primarily boil down to a few color selections: red, burgundy, pink/ salmon and yellow/cream/ white. You’ll also find some marbled varieties, for example pink and yellow swirled together, or “rose” types that look more like mutant cabbages to my eye. Color choice is strictly a matter of personal preference, but it pays to consider how your plant will work with your room’s existing palette. What about care of your poinsettias? First, remember that this is a tropical plant, and it doesn’t like cold temperatures, and that includes anything it encounters after it leaves the store. Just carrying a plant to your car on a frigid day can affect its health, so try to shop on a mild day if possible. And if the weather is cold, don’t plop your plant in the car and then go off for another hour of shopping. At home, avoid extremes of hot and cold, especially drafts.
Don’t put the plant close enough to a window where the leaves might touch cold glass. At the other end of the temperature spectrum, your poinsettia won’t like being cooked by a roaring fireplace. Daytime temperatures of 65-75 degrees are best, i.e. pretty much in the human comfort range. At night, a temp in the low 60s would be best, but not absolutely necessary. Bright indirect light from a south-, east- or west-facing window is ideal. Water the plant thoroughly when the soil surface is dry, but don’t let the pot sit in a wet saucer. This can lead to root rot, which is usually fatal. What about after the holidays? Is it worthwhile trying to carry your poinsettia over to next Christmas? While I can’t claim that I have ever done so, you can certainly find very detailed instructions on the Internet. I checked with Crozet’s Cottage Gardener, since I knew that she often carried her poinsettias over. She puts the plant out for the summer, then brings it inside when the first frost is forecast. She warned that since white flies and aphids can be a problem, bringing every ladybug in sight onto her porch helps to control the pests. Notwithstanding the success of some, I like what garden writer Marie Ianotti says about keeping poinsettias from year to year: “It’s a very fussy exacting process, and since the plants are not that expensive, you might just choose to start fresh next year.” Besides, you might decide you want to try some different colors. One last thought on poinsettias: are they poisonous, especially to pets? Well, I’m not a doctor, and I haven’t even played one on television. However, a little Internet searching indicates that poinsettia sap is irritating and caustic, not something you want to ingest or even get on your skin. But not exactly what we would consider to be poisonous either. Still, keeping your kids and pets away from poinsettias is likely to mean a merrier Christmas for all concerned. Enjoy your poinsettias, and the holiday season as well!
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Former Warriors Reach Soccer’s Final Four with Lynchburg Hornets by David Wagner david@crozetgazette.com
Warriors Down Waynesboro, Head to the State Semi-Finals The Western Albemarle Varsity Football team advanced to the Virginia High School League 3A state semi-finals with a last-second 33-28 win over Waynesboro High School Nov. 29 in Crozet. For only the second time in school history, the Warriors advanced past the second round of the playoffs. In the first round, the fifthseeded Warriors hosted twelfthseeded Lord Botetourt High School. Falling behind early, the home-standing Warriors rallied for three touchdowns in the first quarter to take a 20-7 lead. Senior tailback Oliver Herndon scored on a 13-yard run and on the next possession junior quarterback Sam Hearn found Henry Kreinenbaum for a 68-yard TD to give the Warriors a 13-7 lead. Five plays later, Western reached the end zone again when sophomore Derek Domecq intercepted a pass and streaked down the right sideline. Western cruised in the second half with Herndon scoring his second TD and placekicker Holland Corbett adding a 23-yard field goal to give the Warriors a 37-13 win. The Warriors faced thirteenth-seeded Christiansburg High School in the second round. Christiansburg had upset the fourth seed Heritage High School. Western scored on their first possession of the game. Hearn found Kreinenbaum for a 39-yard touchdown pass. Following a Christainsburg touchdown, the Warriors scored again quickly and went ahead 14-7. The Western defense forced Christiansburg to punt, but the kick was downed at the Western Albemarle 2 yard line. The Warriors then took control of the game. Hearn took nearly five minutes off the clock before throwing a 4-yard touchdown
pass to Travis Daly. The Warriors added another touchdown on an 18-yard scamper by Hearn. Coming out from halftime, Christiansburg wasted no time getting back in the game. They scored quickly on a five-play drive and then recovered a Warrior fumble and in just five plays scored again. The game turned into a defensive struggle. The next five possessions ended with punts. With just 4:10 to play in the game, Christiansburg had to go 85 yards for the tie or win. In just two plays they were at the Warrior 26 yard line. Four plays later they faced fourth and inches at the Western 5 yard line. But CHS got a costly penalty of their own. Then Osiris Crutchfield made a huge play, sacking the CHS quarterback at the 19-yard line. On fourth down and goal, Christiansburg had to pass. It fell incomplete. Hearn was the player of the game for the Warriors. He accounted four touchdowns, passing for 187 yards and rushing for 78 yards on 9 carries. The Warrior defense kept CHS off of the scoreboard the last quarter and secured the win with the big stop at the end of the game. The win put the Warriors into the third round, the state quarterfinals, for the first time in 35 years. Playing at home again, Western Albemarle faced a Waynesboro Little Giants team they had beaten early in the season, 33-22. The sixteenth-seeded Little Giants had pulled off two upsets en route to the quarterfinals, knocking off top seed Hidden Valley and eighth seed Broadway. The Little Giants were led by quarterback Chris Baker, who was big, tough and hard to bring down. Waynesboro took a 7-0 lead
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Rachel Cooke, Marina Clark, Christine Domecq. Photo courtesy Cody Clifton (Lynchburg College)
Three former Western Albemarle Warrior Girls Soccer players—Marina Clark, Rachel Cooke, and Christine Domecq —are members of the Lynchburg College women’s soccer team that defeated perennial power Messiah College on penalty kicks to advance to the NCAA Division III Final Four in Kansas City, Missouri. They will meet Illinois Wesleyan in the national semi-finals on December 5. The Lynchburg Hornets are currently 26-0-1 and recently won their fifth straight ODAC (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) regular season and tournament championship. The Hornets were ranked number one in the country in the last regular season NSCAA coaches’ poll and are making only the second trip to the NCAA Final Four in school history. Marina Clark, a sophomore, has started 25 of the 27 games
in midfield and scored 19 goals, which places her fifth on a team that is ranked third in the country in scoring offense. Rachel Cooke, a freshman, has played 15 of the 27 games and scored four goals for the Hornets. Christine Domecq, a red-shirt freshman, has played in 22 of the 27 games and has started twice for a defensive team that is ranked first in the nation, having only given up four goals in 27 games. All three players were members of the Western Albemarle girls soccer team that played for Jake Desch and won two consecutive regular season Jefferson District championships in 2012 and 2013 as well as the Jefferson district tournament in 2013. If the Hornets defeat Illinois Wesleyan, they will play the winner of the Johns-Hopkins/ Williams College semi-final Saturday, December 6, for the National Championship.
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the Vermont law to label GMO’s by July 2016. Starbucks claimed it was not part of the lawsuit. However, Starbucks has not forgone its membership in the GMA. Starbucks has refused for years to source milk and cream that is free of bovine growth hormone (rBGH). It would preferable if Starbucks quit the rBGH, considering its huge market share of coffee drinkers. When I was recently in New York City I noted at least one Starbucks per block as I walked on 7th Avenue from
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cider amid the roots of the tree while praying for a good apple harvest. This tradition is still celebrated today in some parts of England. Wassails are held annually in Somerset and Devon on January 17 (old Twelfth Night). In Christian tradition, wassail became associated with the Feast of the Three Kings on Jan. 6, i.e., new Twelfth Night. Wassail, as a general term for reveling and feasting, is recorded as early as 700 AD in the Old English epic poem “Beowulf.” In Section II, after the monster Grendel slays thirty thanes in their beds after a feast, the poet
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This past spring, EPA proposed regulating CO2 emissions from power plants. Announcing this action in a June 2, 2014, news release, Administrator Gina McCarthy said: “Climate change, fueled by carbon pollution, supercharges risks to our health, our economy, and our way of life. EPA is delivering on a vital piece of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan by proposing a Clean Power Plan that will cut harmful carbon pollution from our largest source – power plants.” By altering our perception of CO2 from a vital, replenishable raw material into the image of
Penn Station to Central Park, a distance of at least 20 or so blocks. Often, there was a Starbucks on both sides of the street. I’d like them to support GM labeling. Currently, there is bad news regarding state initiatives to pass GMO labeling. H.R. 4432 was introduced last April by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KA) as the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act at the behest of Monsanto, the GMA, and others. It has become known as the DARK (Deny Americans the Right to Know) Act. If this bill passes, it will strip the states and Congress of the right to pass GMO labeling laws. It would
establish a voluntary federal labeling standard for GM and genetically engineered [GE] foods. It would allow food manufacturers to use the word “natural” on products that contain GMO’s. At this point, I hope few of us are fooled by the “natural” label, currently rendered meaningless by our food industry. The first hearing for DARK is December 10 and food activists hope to have a crowd there to stop the bill before it gathers any momentum for passage. To get involved, call the Organic Consumers Association at 218226-4164. I enjoyed reading recently
about the Church of Stop Shopping’s Reverend Billy, who has close family ties in our community, and the Stop Shopping Choir’s organic Thanksgiving dinner on the snow-covered lawn of Monsanto’s headquarters in Creve Coeur, Missouri. For a good understanding of the relationship of Monsanto and our federal government I recommended reading “The Monsanto Menace,” in Village Voice, July 24, 2013. The story’s subheading is: “The feds see no evil as a belligerent strongman seeks control of America’s food supply.” Meanwhile, Happy Holidays!
notes “Then at the dawning, as day was breaking,/ the might of Grendel to men was known;/ then after wassail was wail uplifted,/ loud moan in the morn.” Later, “The rider sleepeth,/ the hero, far-hidden; no harp resounds,/ in the courts no wassail, as once was heard.” In his 1135 History of the Kings of Great Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth tells the story of Renwein (Rowena) bringing a golden goblet of wine to King Vortigern. In response to Rowena’s “was hail” as she, curtsying, hands him the wine, his interpreter counsels the king to reply, “drink hail.” “From that day to this,” Geoffrey reports, “the tradition has endured in Britain that the one who drinks first at a banquet says “was hail” and he who drinks next says
“drinc hail”(Wassailing Through History, www.history.org). In his c.1180 Roman de Rou (the national epic of Normandy), Wace reports that “the night before the Battle of Hastings was spent by the English in revelry, with cries of weissel” (OED). The idea for this column began with a desire to share my popular spiced cider recipe, which I’ve developed over many years of holiday gatherings. A pot of this winter cheer sits on my stove all through the holidays, as I refresh it with a new batch of cider or the occasional fresh cinnamon stick or nutmeg. As it warms, it perfumes the house better than any pot pourri! A traditional wassail recipe (one that involves beaten eggs,
so be careful not to boil it) may be found at nourishedkitchen. com/traditional-wassail-recipe, or check out the wine-based Williamsburg wassail recipe at www.history.org/foundation/ journal/holiday06/ WassailRecipe.cfm. I expect many of you have family wassail recipes of your own. So the next time you say a toast at a wedding or other gathering—whether it be skol, santé, or l’chaim—think of the ale-soaked bread slices floating in the wassail bowl. All of these stories and traditions celebrate the communal sharing of food and drink to brighten the darkest days of the year. May love and joy come to you and yours this holiday season!
“harmful carbon pollution,” we have transformed a beautiful and reverent work of nature’s performing art into something lifeless, harmful and profane. We miss and distort significant aspects of its full character when we allow this definition to represent what CO2 truly is. Prudence insists we consider the ramifications of rapidly adding CO2 to the earth’s atmosphere. Levels of CO2 in the air we breathe have risen more than 40 percent since the dawn of the industrial age in the eighteenth century. Too much of a good thing can be bad; and I will address this topic in future articles. What I am saying here is that if we permit, unchallenged, our government, our
academic institutions and our media to label CO2 predominately as a pollutant, we have succumbed and acceded to this industrial frame of mind. All life on earth, including certified organic fruits and vegetables, is made of pollution from this point of view. Plants are very tolerant with respect to carbon dioxide; its origin does not matter to them. Whether CO2 comes from a belching diesel engine in Boise, the breath of a newborn baby in Mumbai, billowing power plant emissions in Beijing or champagne bubbles in Brussels, it’s all the same to them. By limiting our perspective, just at the time when we need to enlarge our imaginations, we
concede much ground. Einstein’s aphorism warns us against addressing a problem with the same level of consciousness that prompted the issue to arise in the first place. If we do, we may end up exacerbating or even creating new threats to our health, our economy and our way of life. As an antidote, I will offer for your consideration a broader vision. In future articles I will describe a more promising and engaging framework for success. A vision that not only looks to technology for solutions, but one that seeks reliable patterns in nature we can emulate and promotes beauty as much as it does utility.
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Friends Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
John and Margaret Friend of Crozet will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day. They were married in Oakland, Maryland, in 1954. They raised three children and have three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. John is well known around Crozet from his many years of tilling gardens with his John Deere tractor.
Football Ashleigh Brooks Joyner and Bennison Jacob Gardner were united in marriage on August 9 at Yankee Hall Plantation in Greenville, North Carolina. Scott Howell, cousin of the groom, officiated the ceremony, with a scripture reading by the groom’s godmother, Janet McDonald. The bride is the daughter of Michael V. and Gail W. Joyner of Greenville. The groom is the son of Kerry and Judy Gardner of Charlottesville. Matrons of honor were Kimberly J. Anthony and Kelly J. Jacobs, sisters of the bride. The bridesmaids included junior bridesmaid Emily Anthony, niece of the bride. Clara Anthony, niece of the bride, was the flower girl. Best man was Kerry Gardner, father of the groom. The groomsmen included Daniel Powers, Chris Speasmaker, and Eric Thomas. Taylor Anthony, nephew of the bride, served as
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Amanda Carter, daughter of Doug and Rita Carter of Christiansburg, VA, was married on October 8, to Michael Hogberg, son of Dennis and Judy Hogberg of Crozet, VA. The wedding took place at Niagara Falls, NY. The couple will reside in Roanoke. junior usher, and Cameron Jacobs, nephew of the bride, carried the rings. The bride received a Master of Science in Accounting from East Carolina University and is employed as a Tax Associate at Michael V. Joyner & Co., CPA, PA. The groom received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from East Carolina University and is employed as an Operations Manager at SILVERcare, Inc. The couple is making their home in Greenville with their dog, Jeter, and their cat, Calypso.
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after the Warriors failed to convert a fourth and inches near midfield. Baker threw three touchdown passes in the first half and Waynesboro seemed poised to pull off a third upset. But the Warriors didn’t quit. With 59 seconds to go in the first half, Hearn ran for 29 yards to the Waynesboro 16 yard line. Two plays later Hearn connected with Herndon on a short pass to the 4 yard line. Hearn then rolled right, couldn’t find an open receiver and ran for a touchdown as time expired. The Warriors were fortunate to only be down 21-14. Western’s onside kick off to start the second half caught the Little Giants sleeping. Corbett recovered his own kick and the Warriors had the ball at Waynesboro’s 46
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John “Bill” W. Clayton, Jr. John “Bill” W. Clayton, Jr., 87, of Mechums River passed away at his residence on Saturday, November 8, 2014. He was born on April 9, 1927, to the late John W. Clayton, Sr. and Martha Hopkins Clayton. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 53 years, Annie Daniel Clayton. He is survived by his wife Peggy Johnson Clayton; two sons, Michael F. Clayton and his wife Sharon of Hollywood, Maryland and Jeffrey Clayton of Mechums River; a step-daughter, Patricia J. Clark and husband Buck, of Crozet, Virginia; grandchildren, Amy Hill and husband Cary, Katherine Colquitt and husband Cam, Christa, Mary, Ryan, and Chad Soulia, Anthony and Nicholas Maria, Virginia and Lora Clark, and great-grandsons Gabe and Zeke Hill. John “Bill” was a partner with his father in establishing John W. Clayton and Son in 1940, serving farmers with lime and fertilizer. Later mulch, top soil and gravel were added. Bill
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yard line. But Waynesboro’s defense forced Western to punt four plays later. Baker led the Little Giants down the field again and six plays later Waynesboro went up 28-14. The teams then traded punts. Taking over at their own 33-yard line, the Warriors scored as Kreinenbaum caught passes on back-to-back plays, the second one a 49-yard TD. He caught it over a Waynesboro defender and broke several tackles to reach the end zone. Western’s forced a punt and marched 63 yards for another touchdown, running behind an offensive line that took control of the game. But Waynesboro blocked the extra point and held on to the lead. The Little Giants next methodically moved the ball downfield behind strong running. On fourth and six at the
Clayton was a well-known farmer raising beef cattle and crops. Bill was a Navy “Sea Bee” Veteran of WWII. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mt. Plain Building Fund, 4297 Old Three Notch’d Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901, Crozet Baptist Church, 5804 St George Avenue, Crozet, VA 22932 or Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Pkwy, Suite 300, Charlottesville, VA 22911. A funeral service was held November 11 at the Crozet Baptist Church with Dr. Sam Kellum officiating. Anderson Funeral Service handled the arrangements. Warrior 34, Baker dropped back to pass. Crutchfield came up with another huge play, sacking Baker for a 13-yard loss and giving the ball back to the Warriors. Western started at their own 47-yard line with 4:08 to play. The offensive line continued to create running lanes for Herndon. Then Waynesboro committed back-to-back penalties inside the five yard line. Herndon punched the ball in, capping off the 11-play, game-winning drive. Along with the 3 TDs, Herndon carried the ball 395 rushing yards in the three games. Hearn amassed 677 total yards of offense (241 rushing, 436 passing) and 8 total touchdowns (4 rushing, 4 passing) in the playoffs. Kreinenbaum caught a TD pass in all three wins. The Warriors travel to Williamsburg Saturday, December 6, to play Lafayette High School in the state semi-finals. Game time is 2 p.m.
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said Pleasants. “Experienced solar installers will teach solar. We’ll go deep into wind because that’s our business.” Each area will have an introductory “awareness course” and then three additional courses that will cover economic, historical and technical aspects of the subject. “My goal is to get Western Albemarle High School’s Environmental Science Academy plugged into the program. It will give those students something tangible outside their academic education.” Pleasants said ninth-grade students in the ESA could take the awareness-level course at his academy for free. “I’d even like to get middle school kids in the academy. “We would be a local employer who would need these skills in our workforce,” he said. Courses will last four to six weeks and cost $100 each, he said. Completing four courses in an area—which should take 12 weeks—will prepare a student for certifications that are recognized nationally and internationally, he said. “We will have approval from national organizations.” Pleasant said the academy will offer one scholarship in each track every year, but a student must be in high school to be eligible. Pleasants said he has hired Training4Good, a Waynesboro company specializing in curriculum and instructional design, to develop course materials for the classroom and use online. Sara Christopherson from the company was at the CCAC meeting to answer questions. Pleasants said Training4Good would also be developing training materials for the manufacturing operation. The company also offers marketing services. “Courses are open to anybody of any age. We need to build public awareness about energy solutions and their economics,” said Pleasants. “We
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want our students to have real, timely information. It won’t be all lectures. The certification-level courses are more intense and will be compressed into a week of nine-to-five classes. We’ll also visit sites where the technology is working. We’ll have speakers from manufacturers.” He said class size should be 15 students. “These courses are not intended to replace college. They are to develop the technical skills the industry needs. We want to build out skills people have to apply then to the renewable energy industry. Contractors need people who can install solar. And we want our students to be able to work for manufacturers, like Siemens.” Pleasants said he had intended to launch the manufacturing plant before proceeding with the academy, “But this has to proceed because of delays in settling on a location.” Three instructors, on contract, will teach to start. “These are people who have been in the industry for some time who are willing to be teachers,” he said. “People go into education for fulfillment, not for the money. The academy will be profitable, but that’s not why we are doing it. We need to educate people in renewable energy. “We’ll also teach an information technology course to show how solar and wind energy technologies are converging. I have that slant myself.” Courses will also be offered online through a subscription fee. Pleasants said he will offer proposals in response to Albemarle County’s request for users of the vacant Crozet depot and a vacant 1,000-square foot space on the first floor of Crozet Library, next to Crozet Running. The academy will not be housed in the manufacturing plant, he said, even if the plant is built in Crozet. The academy is a separate company. He said his target date to open the academy is April 1. He said he would like to open similar academies in North Carolina and Maryland and eventually have training programs serving the whole East Coast.
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Links, Sausage, Biscuits, Apples, Fresh Fruit, Hot Chocolate, Coffee, Juices. Christmas Cantata: Dec. 15, 2 p.m. Morningside Choir singing all the Fun and Festive Tunes! Resident Christmas Pageant: Dec. 17, 7 p.m. Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Morningside Senior Living, 491 Crestwood Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (Old Ivy Road, University Village Entrance). Call 434-971-8889 for more information on any of the above events. PART-TIME REGISTERED NURSE NEEDED at Innisfree Village, a lifesharing community with 40 adults with intellectual disabilities, minimum five hours per week/ one regular day, visiting 5-8 residents each week in their homes. Some weekly duties could include responding to aches and pains, cutting toe nails etc. Will be involved in volunteers/staff training, therefore need to be certified in CPR/First Aid training. For more information please call Wes: 434 823 5400 or email wesandrews@innisfreevillage. org SKILLED/EXPERIENCED MAINTENANCE PERSON NEEDED needed to support and assist our Maintenance Superintendent at Innisfree VIllage, a lifesharing community of adults with intellectual disabilities. Looking for someone with electrical, plumbing, and carpentry skills who can work independently and be flexible in supporting the needs of the community.We are near White Hall, this is a full-time position with weekends off. Please call or email Tom @ 434 566 4008 or maintenance@innisfreevillage. org for more information and details. UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEE SEEKING RESIDENCE I am a 32 year old male & full time employee @ UVA, commuting from Richmond. Looking for small living space with private bathroom. Nothing fancy, no kitchen needed. Able to pay $400/ month. 804-239-6333; rseanreed@gmail.com
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Fitness —continued from page 18 exercise. Even my doctor told me to stop walking/ running/etc. I’ll just wait until I get a knee replacement.” Growth mindset: “My knees hurt. But the last time I had them checked out, my doctor didn’t really address all of my problems and options. Maybe I need to see a different doctor. Losing weight will help, and I’ve heard of people having chronic knee pain that resolved by finding the right type of exercise and treatment. I’m going to really look into this.” “I don’t have time.” Fixed mindset: “I’m just too busy for exercise. I’ve got kids, a job, volunteer commitments. There simply is no room for exercise right now in my life. I’m stressed out as it is.” Growth mindset: “Finding time to exercise is hard! I’ve always got something else I can do. But I need to make this a priority. I need to talk to my spouse tonight and come up with a schedule. I’ll have to start getting up early and trading Saturdays with him, but I can figure this out. There are other people busier than me who exercise plenty, and this will probably help my stress level!” “I just have bad genetics.” Fixed mindset: “My parents were overweight and have all sorts of health problems and I’m pretty much following in their footsteps. This is just who my family is. My metabolism is slow, so I just can’t lose weight. I’ve tried and failed. Growth mindset: “My parents are overweight and not healthy, but starting today, I’m making sure I don’t end up that way. I can change my metabolism. I am the way I am today because of my diet and exercise choices. This isn’t going to be easy, but there are plenty of people way more out of shape than I am who have changed.” So, what’s your mindset? How does it affect your fitness? Your work? Your family? The good news is you can change your mindset from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. This is a choice. It takes time, commitment, persistence, and patience. Why should any of us accept who we are today? Everyone can and should get better, every day. The only limits we have are those we place on ourselves. You want to lose 100 pounds? Do it! You want to run a marathon? Do it! You want to bike across Virginia? Do it! You want to run your first 5K? Do it! Do not be afraid of failure. Look to others for inspiration. Anyone who has achieved something great has surely failed a few times along the way. They just didn’t give up. If you are far away from fitness and wellness, take control of your health and get back to fitness. Start today. You’re worth it!
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