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Pleasant Green, about a half mile west of the Crozet depot, is believed to be the oldest house in Crozet. Its original section dates to 1814. It is the ancestral seat of the Wayland family, who once owned 1200 acres from Crozet Avenue to Mint Springs and became prominent orchardists. Claudius Crozet stayed in the house and Benjamin Ficklin, credited with actually setting up the Pony Express, was born at Pleasant Green in 1827. [Courtesy of Phil James Historical Images]
Crozet Historic District Likely The Virginia Department of Historic Resources’s State Review Board is very likely to approve the application for an historic district in Crozet at its Sept. 20 meeting in Petersburg, VDHR official Marc Wagner told the small crowd who attended an informational meeting on the proposed district at the Albemarle County office building in Charlottesville August 10. “The nomination does meet our standards and it will go to the board,”
Wagner said. “It’s not a local designation, but an honorary designation according to national standards. “There is a very strong likelihood Crozet will be approved,” Wagner predicted. “This nomination is wellwritten and it won’t be stopped on a technicality.” Wagner said the Commonwealth now has nearly 600 officially recognized historic districts. Nearby, districts are established for Batesville, continued on page 9
After years of disputes over who owned The Square, the central parking lot of downtown Crozet, CSX railroad legally transferred ownership to Albemarle County in July. The move means efforts to improve the lot can now be undertaken on a solid footing. CSX retained ownership of a pipeshaped strip of land 50 feet off the centerline of the main track in order to get access for maintenance. CSX has said it’s particularly concerned that it be able to reach the railroad trestle with heavy equipment should it need repair. At the east end of the lot, the railroad reserved an area permitting a 28-foot-wide gate to be installed. County transportation engineer Jack Kelsey said the county has no plans for improving the lot and it is not included in the long-awaited streetscape project that will renovate Crozet Avenue from The Square to Tabor Street. Ownership does enable utility easements necessary to the project, which includes removing poles and lines from Crozet Avenue. Kelsey said county officials are hoping whoever turns out to be the new owner of the J. Bruce Barnes Lumber Company parcels will be interested in joining in improvecontinued on page 9
Another Kids’ Summer Reading Record For Crozet Library Crozet Library held its annual summer “cookie countdown” August 14, the occasion where it wraps up its summer reading program, which is designed to keep kids engaged with books while school is out. This year the event also marked the official kick-off of the campaign to raise $1.6 million to furnish the new library under construction. The librarians admitted they were worried over whether
western Albemarle kids could match last summer’s record of 12,298 books read. Fewer children participated this summer. But in the end, after some teasing suspense and fanfare, they revealed that the area’s young readers did it again: 12,455 books read. “You guys are awesome!” Crozet librarian Wendy Saz said. “Amazing reading!” Pete and Ellen Vigour percontinued on page 34
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Committee to Recommend Redistricting Options for Area Elementary Schools Parents of children at Crozet, Brownsville, Murray and Meriwether Lewis Elementary Schools are being sought to serve on a committee that will recommend redistricting options to accommodate growth at the schools to Albemarle school superintendent Pamela R. Moran. The school board called for creation of the committee, which will also look at the situation at AgnorHurt Elementary School and its neighboring northern Albemarle elementaries, at its August 23 meeting. The committee will form two subcommittees to look at the western and northern feeder pattern schools. The committee will also consider adding on to buildings. Applications to serve on the advisory committee are available at the main offices of area elementary CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: John Andersen, Connor Andrews, Clover Carroll, Marlene Condon, Elena Day, Phil James, Kathy Johnson, Charles Kidder, Dirk Nies, Robert Reiser, Heidi Sonen, Roscoe Shaw
schools and online at the Albemarle public schools’ website, k12albemarle.org. Applications should be submitted to the clerk of the school board by noon Thursday, Sept. 13. Members of the advisory committee will be announced Sept. 24, and the committee will meet Oct. 2. They will present recommendations to the superintendent in early December and conduct two public hearings on those recommendations later in the month. The school board is expected to conduct a public hearing on the recommendations in March. Besides parents, the advisory committee will include members of the Long-Range Planning Advisory Committee, an equity and diversity representative, and Josh Davis, Chief Operating Officer for Albemarle County Public Schools. Don’t miss any of the hometown news everybody else is up on. Pick up a free copy of the Crozet Gazette at one of many area locations or have the Crozet Gazette delivered to your home or dorm room. Mail subscriptions are available for $25 for 12 issues. Send a check to Crozet Gazette, P.O. Box 863, Crozet, VA 22932.
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Sneaky Pie for President. Why Not? Crozet’s famous literary cat, Sneaky Pie, the protagonist of Rita Mae Brown’s series of mystery novels that use Crozet as their setting, has thrown her hat in the ring this presidential election year and in Brown’s latest novel—not a mystery—the feline sets out a tonguein-cheek analysis of national issues. Brown spoke to a crowd of more than 60 fans at Tabor Presbyterian Church’s fellowship hall August 7 at a book-signing event for Sneaky Pie for President arranged by Over The Moon Bookstore. “After we opened the bookstore,” said owner Ann DeVault, “we discovered what we call Sneaky Pie stalkers, people who come looking for Rita Mae. They see the sign for Crozet on the Interstate and they want to see everything here.” “I stopped in this town,” said Brown, who first made her reputation in 1973 with the publication of Rubyfruit Jungle, a coming-of-age novel about lesbianism. “There’s nothing here. The point about
Crozet is that it hasn’t been gentrified. It’s still real people and a community you can feel a part of that is next to the golden fungus of Charlottesville.” “Why a cat?” she asked rhetorically. “I had a nice career. I had been on the New York Times bestseller list with books academics liked. But once you make money, they don’t like you any more. “I was a classics major. I thought I would never do genre literature. But it was the best thing I ever did because it kept me from being a snob. You have to do the format, mystery. “We are so divorced from the natural world. In 1905, 90 percent of Americans were living on farms. In 1944, it got to 50/50. Now only 10 percent of us live in the countryside. People get divorced from other life forms. “A dog? Your dog knows your senses are not as good as his. They have not forgotten about their bargain with humans. We have. That’s
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children in Virginia that nobody wants. One in 11 kids in Virginia has slept on the streets. These things provoked me to listen to my cats. “The cat got me going. I’m an old-fashioned Republican, not the kind we have now. The kind that stays out of other people’s business. “The difference between Democrats and Republicans is the difference between syphilis and gonorrhea.” That comment drew applause from the audience. Brown
why we have the SPCA. We even give away our children. Watch your animals solve a problem. They keep eliminating the possibilities. “I got into Sneaky Pie and tried to look at life through an animal’s eyes,” said Brown. “I realized we are the ones with the problems. “Politicians are all capitalizing on selling fear. It’s internal ones for Democrats, and for Republicans it’s external enemies. No animal would be dumb enough to subscribe to an ideology. There are 15,000 foster
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ABT Opens White Box Theater by Allie Pesch allie@crozetgazette.com Albemarle Ballet Theatre has turned its downtown Crozet studio into a white box theater with plans to host monthly performances of all varieties. A spin on the traditional “black box” theater, which is more common for small venues, ABT’s performance space features a custom white cyclorama (called a “cyc” for short) that covers the wall behind the performers, and an off-white, 48-foot curtain to cover the studio’s wall of mirrors. The cyc and curtains can be put away when ABT’s dance classes are in session. Theater lighting was also installed. The new theater, which seats an intimate audience of 40 people, will present a variety of music, dance, theater, and other live entertainment monthly or bimonthly. ABT’s annual Funcracker Variety Show, which includes major solos from the Nutcracker along with various
entertainers, will be held at the white box during the December holiday season. The white box had its first show when concorDance contemporary’s “Premier Dance Series” was performed August 12. ConcorDance contemporary, a division of the theater’s non-profit Studio for the Performing Arts, is a professional dance company founded and directed by ABT teacher and co-artistic director Veronica Hart. Hart and her fellow dancers and choreographers broke in the new space with a variety of dance styles. “We want dance to be accessible to the community,” said Hart. “You should be able to enjoy dance yearround without having to travel or dress a certain way or pay a highticket price.” That accessibility was achieved at “Premier,” not only through the intimacy of the box (the performers and their audience are not only very close together, but on equal ground), but also through
Elisa Alexander performs Das Fünftel, chorographed by Ty Cooper, with fellow concorDance dancers, Veronica Hart, Caitlin Lennon and Dinah Gray behind her in ABT’s new white box.
the introductions the dancers and choreographers gave before each piece, explaining the inspiration and background of each selection. The show included ensemble and solo pieces choreographed by Hart, along with Elisa Alexander, Ryan Beck and Ty Cooper. Beck, codirector of Garage Contemporary Ballet in San Diego, made his first
trip to Virginia to teach the concorDance dancers his piece “Conversations on Olympus,” set to ethereal music by Icelandic musician Sigur Ros, overlaid with sound bites from a conversation between the choreographer and a colleague. The dynamic, non-narrative piece was performed impeccably by Hart, continued on page 19
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Virginia Falconers Gather In Greenwood The Virginia Falconry Association held its annual meeting at the Greenwood Community Center August 18. The meeting was organized by Crozet falconer Kevin Markey, who has been a falconer since 1989. Eagles, hawks, falcons and kestrels sat, calm and vigilant, on perches as their owners caught up with each other over a pulled pork barbeque picnic spread catered by Southern Way Café. The Association holds two winter meetings during the hunting season, October to March, when the birds are released to hunt, but the summer meeting is for business and socializing. Members came from Bristol, Virginia Beach, Fairfax and Maryland. Given the geography of the club’s members, Crozet is a good location for a rendezvous. VFA president Eva King of Keswick, an immunologist in her day job, has been a “hard core” falconer for 13 years. She and her husband “fly” a Gyr falcon, an Arctic species, and a Red Tail hawk.
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ments to The Square. County officials had approached the business and property owners on The Square about their taking on responsibility for maintenance of the lot, but for the time being the county is not pressing the point, Kelsey said.
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Kelsey said a 15-foot strip in front of the stores that officially exists to ensure that the lumberyard had access no longer appears to be necessary. Next to it is a 40-foorwide road way. Cars parked facing the tracks are essentially in the road easement. The hemlock that has served as the town Christmas tree is now on county property.
state has approved a district, will follow within two months, he said. “We try to get everything perfect before it’s sent to the National Park Service.” Wagner said the designation provides recognition of buildings worthy of preservation, boosts educational and tourism opportunities, and brings the area to the attention of federal and state officials who must approve road and utility lines continued on page 10
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and federally funded housing projects. It has happened that roads and power lines have been moved to avoid impact on historic districts, he said. “The district is what you make of it with signs, tours, plaques and books,” he said. Properties within the district will be governed by Albemarle County policies and ordinances. “There is no architectural review board for this,” Wagner explained. “It’s a listing to give the area higher visibility. We don’t come back and look at what you are doing with your property. You can demolish it if you want.” Property owners in the district who want to take advantage of the state and federal tax credits available to those who renovate older buildings will work directly with the VDHR to establish the amount of the credit they can claim, Wagner said. Renovations of residences are eligible for a state credit of 25 percent of their expenses, and renova-
tions of commercial buildings will qualify for an additional federal credit that brings their total tax credit to 45 percent of costs. Credits are limited to what the VDHR considers “substantial” renovations, he said, meaning they cost more than $5,000. “We have lots of tax credits going to the Charlottesville area,” he said. Gardner Hallock of Arcadia Preservation, the company that prepared the application documents and the required architectural inventory of the buildings in the proposed district, presented a slide show of Crozet history and its significant buildings. In the 1980s, the VDHR had recommended that Crozet apply to have an historic district, he noted. “It’s taken a long time to do this, but some applications have taken 10 years,” he said. Crozet’s eligibility for review would have lapsed at the end of this year because regulations allow no more than five years between the descriptions of the buildings in the district and the submission of an official application. Crozet’s inven-
tory, the most laborious part of the process, was completed in 2007. The Crozet Community Association and the Downtown Crozet Association combined last spring to lead a $4,500 fundraising effort to complete the application. About $2,800 has been raised so far. The designation adds a financial incentive to property owners to renovate and could help rejuvenate older structures in downtown Crozet. Hallock described Crozet as “an urban village” that developed around its train depot and that its period of historical and architectural significance will be set at 1815 to 1955. Crozet was first settled in 1737. Pleasant Green, the home of the Wayland family and the farm that first established the potential of local orchards, is the town’s oldest building, dating to 1814. Hallock traced the evolution of buildings and architectural styles in Crozet linked to the growth of the apple and peach orchards. In 1919 a Richmond newspaper asserted that western Albemarle had established itself as “the finest fruit producing area in the world” and Crozet was
dubbed the Peach Capital of Virginia. The district will contain 169 properties and 258 structures. “Remarkably, only 34 of those are non-conforming,” Hallock said. “Crozet’s historic district remains intact. Much of the town’s original character is intact. This is a cohesive and vibrant historic community.” The only significant loss, he noted, was the 1905 Bank of Crozet, which was destroyed in 1981 when the present Bank of America building was constructed. Wagner credited the application with containing “a fascinating writeup of the apple industry.” The district would be reviewed every 20 years so that newer houses can be considered. “Bungalows used to be thought of as junk,” Wagner said. “Now they are considered important.” Wagner encouraged those who want to support the district, or oppose it, to send letters to VDHR director Kathleen Kilpatrick at 2801 Kensington Avenue, Richmond VA, 23221.
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supports youth rowing. The sale will feature furniture, toys, games, tools, books, electronics, sports equipment, kitchenware, accessories, office supplies, baked goods, etc. (no clothing or linens). Donations will be accepted Friday, Sept. 14, at the WAHS cafeteria between 4 and 6:30 p.m. The team will gladly collect any donated items that you wish to contribute. Call Tricia Spradlin at 434-8822153 to arrange pick-up.
September 16
Mt. Salem Church Anniversary Service
Mt. Salem Gospel Church will celebrate its 119th anniversary September 16. The morning service at 11:30 a.m. will include Evangelist/Songtess Stephanie Clark from the Pine Street Baptist Church of Covington. Lunch will be served immediately following the service. At 3 p.m. that afternoon the guest minister will be Elder John Marshall and his gospel choir and church
Crozet Culinary Competition
Four Crozet restaurant chefs will compete a in a one-of-a-kind culinary challenge at The Lodge at Old Trail on Thursday, September 20, at 5:30. Tickets are $20, a portion of which will go to the Build Crozet Library Fund and Crozet Park Pavilion. For more information or to purchase tickets contact The Lodge at 434-823-9100.
September 20
Clann Mhór at Gateway Theatre Clann Mhór, a group of local researchers into the history of the Blue Ridge railroad tunnels and the Irish and slave workers who built them, will present their latest findings at the Gateway Theatre in Waynesboro September 20 at 7 p.m. This popular program has been presented to sold-out crowds
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recently and some hoping to see it have been turned away. A donation of $5 is requested to benefit the host organization, the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation. The Gateway is located at 329 W. Main Street in downtown Waynesboro. Seating is limited and early arrival is recommended.
September 20
Square Dancing at Rockfish Elementary A free, open house introduction to square dancing will be hosted by the Grand Squares of Nelson Thursday, September 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Rockfish River Elementary School, 200 Chapel Hollow Road in Afton. No partner is necessary; club “angels” will dance with you. From Crozet, take US-250 west and turn left on VA-151. Go about 6.8 miles, then turn right on Chapel Hollow Road. The school is on the right, about 500 feet up Chapel Hollow Road. For more information, call Rich and Liz Leukroth, 434-361-2470, or email GrandSquaresofNelson@ gmail.com. Join us at the Fashion Gallery for a
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In my quest to have a clean, well stocked, functional kitchen, I have found organization to be key. Having the right storage container and knowing how to store everyday items can be a huge help. When storing dried spices, try using small stackable plastic containers (I found mine at the Cheese Shop in Stuarts Draft). Label the outside of the containers so you know what you have. Being able to stack the spice jars will free up room in your cabinets. Buying other bulk goods is also a great way to shop. When you get home, pour the dry goods, such as oatmeal, flour, sugar, beans, rice, dried beans, etc., into mason jars or any old, washed, container you have
with a good seal. This will help extend the life of your dry items while keeping the pantry organized. To keep lettuce fresher longer, try cutting the lettuce to desired size, soaking in water for 10-15 minutes, then spinning or patting dry. Store the lettuce in a plastic zip seal bag with a dry paper towel on top and seal it 3/4 of the way closed. The paper towel draws excess moisture off the leaves while keeping them crisp. When you’ve eaten the lettuce, wash and reuse the bag. Not only will proper storage help to organize your kitchen, but you will also be cutting down on waste and stretching your dollars at the grocery store.
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Check Us Out The club meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at the Meadows Community Building off of Rt. 240. Meetings start at 6:30 p.m. with dinner provided and typically followed with a presentation. Anyone interested in attending a meeting is welcome. Please call Karl Pomeroy at 987-1229.
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by Phil James phil@crozetgazette.com
The Crossroads
It is no ordinary intersection where Old Three Notch’d Road and Brown’s Gap Turnpike come together near Mechum’s River. Neither is that an ordinary red brick church building facing the junction in its familiar way. For ages, many have paused at this place to rest and reassess. The shakers and movers of the Virginia Colony desired an overland route between settlements in the Tidewater region and the fertile but still dangerous frontier of the Great (Shenandoah) Valley. So, in 1733, the Goochland County court ordered that a mountain road be cleared. Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson, was hired in 1734 to survey the “Road from the Mountains to Lickinghole Creek.” That same year, Michael Woods, his son-in-law William Wallace, and their party of Pennsylvanians entered what is now known as Albemarle County, heading east from the Valley through the mountain gap that, for generations, would be identified by Woods’ name. In 1737, Woods entered a patent for 1,300 acres of land on Mechum’s River and Lickinghole, and was given the task to “Clear a road from the Blew Ledge of Mountains down to Ivy Creek.” By the early 1740s, many sections of primitive road, often following old Indian trails, had been cleared and widened to allow wheeled passage. Markings blazed into roadside trees along this stretch of highway lent the name “Three Notch’d.” Michael Woods named his plantation Mountain Plains. Its acreage extended nearly six
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This venerable brick edifice near Mechum’s River was constructed by an early Presbyterian group. After moving into a new church building c.1833, the Presbyterians rented their meeting place to a Baptist congregation that had been established nearby as the Eschol church. The Eschol Baptists changed their name to Mountain Plain in 1856. [Photo by Phil James]
miles from Woods’ Gap to Mechum’s River. The families who followed Woods and Wallace over the mountain into the Piedmont were devout Scots-Irish Presbyterians. With the oversight of a circuit clergyman from the Shenandoah Valley, they built Mountain Plains Meeting House on
A tornado spawned by Hurricane Gracie in September 1959 peeled the roof from the Mountain Plain church building and laid waste to its front wall [see photo inset] which in turn crushed part of the floor. Pages in the opened pulpit Bible were not ruffled in spite of the tempest. [Photos by Les Gibson]
Mechum’s River, “about a mile upstream” from the present railroad trestle at the intersection of Routes 240 and 250. As other hardy souls discovered the region’s opportunities via Three Notch’d Road, the area became more settled and prosperous. That early church building was eventually superseded by a more substantial brick building, built a short distance to the north, where the growing Presbyterian congregation was sheltered for several more generations. More people and commerce naturally required more and better roads. By 1806, Brown’s Gap Turnpike had picked up the traffic that was passing through White Hall by way of Turk’s Gap, and funneled it into Three Notch’d at Mountain Plains Church. Mechum’s River was becoming a prominent crossroads. Members of the Baptist faith began meeting near Earlysville in the 1770s. Twenty-four of their number reorganized at Mechum’s River in 1812 to form the Eschol Baptist Church. They called Benjamin Ficklin as their first pastor; he would serve the congregation for over 20 years. Ficklin lived at Pleasant Green, his farm estate a few miles to the west. The Pleasant Green house, several decades later, would welcome Col. Claudius Crozet as he surveyed and later engineered a railroad through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Ficklin’s son Ben, born at Pleasant Green in 1827, would be instrumental in estabcontinued on page 14
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lishing the legendary Pony Express. After the Presbyterians’ decision to relocate to Brownsville, the Eschol Baptists rented and subsequently purchased the brick church building. Traffic through the Mechum’s River village continued to increase. The grist mill there was joined by several stores and, following the arrival of the railroad in the mid-1800s, a depot, hotel, post office, cannery and bark mill were added to the community. In 1856 the Eschol congregation was officially recognized as Mountain Plain Baptist Church. As the lingering Civil War years cast a pall across the countryside, both sides in the conflict were engaged in troop movements, reconnoitering and reconnaissance activities through the gaps in the Blue Ridge Mountains. During movements associated with Hunter’s Raid in 1864, a Confederate telegrapher serving in the Valley was sent to Mechum’s River Depot to pass along vital information to General John Breckenridge who was paused there on a troop train. After their brief meeting (held inside a baggage car when a sudden hail storm caused everyone to seek shelter), the telegrapher and another soldier heading toward Harrisonburg set out together when they were pressed upon by a friendly villager to linger long enough for a meal. Decades later, the soldier still recalled the excellent dessert of a light-roll with butter, apple butter and milk served up by his host. His reminiscences from that day were summed up in these words: “Further on towards Brown’s Gap we pass Mountain Plain Church—Baptist— brick, and in passing find the Rev. John E. Massey in the act of tying his horse to a swinging limb. He had just arrived ... He had an appointment at 3 o’clock to preach there though not a hearer was then visible. It was mighty lonesome-like in the country districts ‘them days’. And I remember
Mountain Plain Baptist Church has provided sanctuary to parishioners for two centuries. [Photo by Phil James]
[my companion] observed to him he didn’t think there were enough people about to scare up a congregation. At any rate, we rode on, and never found out how many hearers he had on that June day in 1864.” The country church exited those war years virtually unscathed by that sad conflict that at times had camped on its very doorstep. Nearly a century later in 1959, the resiliency of its people again was put to the test when a tornado utterly destroyed the front wall and roof of the building. A busy season followed while the congregation held Sunday Services in the basement of their then-recently constructed Sunday School building, and volunteer workers from communities near and far labored to restore the venerable building. For 200 years Mountain Plain Baptist Church has been nurtured by the faithfullness of pastor-shepherds such as Benjamin Ficklin and John Massey, and by congregants who have been equally faithful in providing the means and energies to keep the facilities in good repair and the doors open to all who might pass by. Across a span of Contemporary with the earliest Baptist congregation at Mechum’s River, this period engraving adorned a gospel pamphlet published in 1827 by the Baptist General Tract Society. [Image nearly three centucourtesy of Phil James Historical Images]
ries, Presbyterian and Baptist congregations with spiritual roots in this place have established other churches near Brownsville, Crozet, Greenwood, Hillsboro and Mechum’s River. Those enslaved by weaknesses in spirit and in the flesh, and even by the physical shackles of ill-conceived laws of society, have passed through the doors of the church with the newfound hope declared in the Holy Scriptures to all who find themselves standing at a lonesome-like crossroads on a mountain plain.
Balcony seating, once accessed via a side entrance, originally was reserved for slaves belonging to church members. Following damage to the building wrought by a tornado in 1959, the upstairs gallery, which previously had been removed, was restored at the request of nearby Mt. Salem Baptist Church in memory and honor of their enslaved forebears. [Photo by Phil James]
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 © 2003–2012 Phil James
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When You Really Want a Sports Car, Only a Red One Will Do Among its many fine points, Batesville also has the distinction of being the home of a unique company in the national car rental business, John Pollock’s Sports Car Rentals. He has a stable of six, mainly classic English, red convertible sports cars for rent for cruising along the mountain parkways and down our macadam roads. One day, $110. Two days, $210. With that come wind in your hair, nimble handling close to the road and the cougar-throated sound of dual carburetors. When he was a teen in California in the ‘60s, Pollock took his surf board to the beach lashed to the windscreen of his MGA. When he grew up he gave up surfing but could not give up the car. He has all his 22 cars garaged in the Batesville vicinity. Not all of them run. Some are for the business and some are projects that will eventually be for sale. “I run the business to support my car habit,” he said. “My passion is
restoring cars slowly. I’ve had three vocations and this is my last.” He’s been at this one 20 years. After graduating from U.Va. in environmental science—he also got an MBA at Darden—he spent a few years working for the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. Then he started a hydroelectric business that managed 500 turbines at dams in the Piedmont and the Valley. He supplied power to VEPCO, which eventually bought him out. “When I was a kid I loved to disassemble and reassemble stuff. That’s restoration. I do it myself. “I have six cars to restore. My New Year’s resolution is always not to buy another car, but I can’t live up to it. Collector cars is a $1 billion business now. It’s not that expensive to get into.” A good-condition, rustfree MGB can be found on Ebay for about $10,000, he said. “The problem is keeping them garaged—and getting your wife’s permission.” He admitted he is in the market for a 1980-83 Fiat Spider.
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In the rental fleet are a 1978 Alfa Romeo, a 1959 MGA, a 1973 MGB, a 1960 TR3, a 1972 Triumph Spitfire, and a 1963 Buick Skylark, which has the advantage of having a rear seat. “I’m really fond of the MGA,” said Pollock. “I had one in college. I know it inside and out. Right now I also like the Austin Mini.” He belongs to the Shenandoah Valley
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Bad News for Boxwood If Virginia were a country, boxwood might be the Official National Plant. True, dogwood would be a strong contender, especially if the choice were restricted to native plants. Notwithstanding, few plants conjure up Ol’ Virginny more than this familiar evergreen shrub that was actually brought here from Europe and Asia. Boxwood does have some unique qualities that recommend it. Its dark green leaves have a matte finish that gives them a less plastic look than other broadleaf evergreens. Dwarf varieties stay neat and compact without frequent shearing. And they can withstand more shade than most people realize. Many might find it hard to believe that boxwood can have its troubles, pointing to majestic old specimens that appear to have been planted by Thomas Jefferson. As always, the rule “right plant, right place” applies. Some boxwood varieties are tougher than others; for example, the so-called American Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) is less prone to
some diseases than its dwarf cultivar, English Boxwood (B. sempervirens ‘Suffriticosa’). And any boxwood demands good drainage, prefers afternoon shade and wants to be sheltered from drying winds. So a boxwood growing in those conditions has at least a fighting chance. But in the spirit of full disclosure, they are indeed beset by a host of problems, including a new one that has only recently come onto the scene in the United States. So, let’s take an unflinching look at boxwood and its issues. Just promise not to shoot the messenger. The average home gardener will have difficulty in making an exact diagnosis of what may be attacking his boxwood. It’s best to take some plant material, ideally both leaves as well as stems, to either the offices of Virginia Cooperative Extension or to a nursery. A major note of caution: particularly when taking diseased plant parts to a nursery, enclose them in a sealed plastic bag. They don’t want you spreading your problem to their plants! Here is a brief rundown of boxwood pests and diseases and how to spot them. Insects and Other Critters Boxwood Leaf Miner is the larval stage of a tiny fly. They burrow
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within the plant’s leaves, creating irregularly-shaped yellow blotches and/or blister-like structures. A heavy infestation can cause defoliation and death. Boxwood Mites are tiny critters that feed on both leaf surfaces. This results in yellow stippling, or a silvery, dingy appearance if their numbers are high. Natural predators can often control them, so insecticides should be avoided. Boxwood Psyllids are 1/8-inch long insects that resemble tiny cicadas. Both adults and larvae feed on boxwood, leading to a cupping of the leaves. Plants generally outgrow the injury. Nematodes are tiny worms that attack the roots of boxwood, as well as many other plants; fungi then enter the damaged roots. This will lead to leaf bronzing, stunting, and a general decline of plant health. Predatory nematodes and bacteria can attack the parasitic species and limit damage. American boxwood are fairly resistant. Organic matter in the soil will encourage beneficial organisms. Diseases Volutella Blight is a fungus that may be identified by salmon-colored fruiting bodies on leaf undersides. Damaged leaves will turn straw-tan; affected stems should be pruned and destroyed, i.e. burned or bagged and put in the garbage. Also, remove any dead leaves that are on the ground or lodged in the branches. Macrophoma is another fungus, diagnosed by black fruiting bodies on leaf undersides, which ultimately turns them a straw color. It is actually considered a weak pathogen and generally attacks dead leaves. Phytophthora Root Rot is yet another fungus; it causes poor growth and off-colored foliage. Boxwood Decline is a catch-all term for the declining health of older boxwoods. It may manifest through stunting, wilting, chlorosis (or yellowing) of leaves, and bronzing of foliage. It may be caused by a combination of all these pests and diseases and aggravated by drought. Boxwood Blight is a new fungus that first appeared in the U.S in
2011, although it has been in the UK since the 1990s. It can be identified by black fruiting bodies on leaf undersides. Leaves will turn straw-colored and drop off the plant. The root system is not damaged, and the plant can recover; however, fallen leaves can lead to a re-infection. Fungal spores can survive on dead leaves for up to five years, making eradication difficult unless all infected leaves are removed. Box Blight is most likely to spread in warm, humid conditions, although sustained temperatures above 91F will kill it. Ideal conditions for its growth—warmth, moisture, and crowding—are more likely to occur in production nurseries than in the home landscape. Still, it could definitely decimate boxwood in Virginia gardens. Growers and retailers are taking steps to control boxwood blight. Saunders Brothers, a Nelson County wholesaler of boxwood as well as other plants, is now being inspected monthly by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. A Phytosanitary Certificate, posted on their website, certifies that their boxwood show no signs of the blight. I talked with Heidi Crockett of Ivy Nurseries to see what they were doing about this problem. She said they closely monitor the health of their stock, and if any infected plants are found they are isolated and treated. She emphasized that proper care of boxwood by gardeners is important to minimize boxwood blight, as well as other diseases. When watering your plants during a dry spell, make sure that the root system and not the foliage receives the supplemental water. So, think “hose,” not sprinklers and pop-up irrigation systems. If you want more information, as well as some excellent, albeit disturbing, pictures of boxwood pests and diseases, Google “boxwood diseases,” and it will take you to the websites of Clemson, Virginia Tech and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. And good luck with those boxwoods.
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Seasonal Flavors
Memories & Recipes from an Italian Kitchen [ by elena day | elena@crozetgazette.com \
Gazpacho It is hopeful that September will mark the end of this summer’s heat, although the humidity continues to hover at 90 percent this first week of my favorite month. Traveling rural roads one notes the purple ironweed and the pinkish Joe Pye weed, red cardinal flower in moist ditches, numerous grasses of varied hues seeding, the golden rod and, of course, all the bright yellow composites. I prefer the tall stands of Jerusalem artichoke and the glowingly yellow tickseed, but even the stickweed and its cousin wingstem, the bane of all pastured animal farmers, is appealing. In keeping with nature’s theme of “mixing it up” for us visually, I’ve chosen a quick mix recipe for this month. Gazpacho was popular 30 or so years ago when the counterculture was beginning its exploration of diversity in cuisine. I always connect it with Sangria (a Spanish
wine punch) in my memory bank. Both, of course, are from the Iberian Peninsula.
Gazpacho 4 cups tomato juice or pureed tomatoes (without seeds or skins) 1 small minced onion 2 cups diced tomatoes (with skins and seeds) 1 chopped green, red or yellow pepper 1 diced cucumber 1-2 cloves crushed garlic 1 tsp honey 2 Tbs vinegar 2 Tbs olive oil 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp chopped basil ¼ to ½ cup finely chopped parsley Salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste
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to breed her to his male Golden Eagle, who is named Zeus. Hera was born to a Czech breeder and Zobrist said it cost him nearly $18,000 to acquire the bird. He has a second male, too. “Falconers thought they were going to lose their sport to DDT,” said Zobrist. “Falconers learned how to breed artificially. Captive breeding has saved falconry.” Eagles hunt turkeys and geese as well as other raptor prey. Few falconers hunt with eagles and that elite group has the admiration of regular falconers. A former Boy Scout leader, the past president of the BSA’s Stonewall Jackson Council, Zobrist takes the eagles to Eagle Scout Honor Council ceremonies, where they make quite an impression. He will also have one at the camporee slated
All ingredients are combined and chilled. Serve with some good crusty bread from one of our local bakeries. for Oct. 13 at Montpelier because scouts have expressed an interest in falconry. Zobrist said he first became interested at age 11 when a falconer brought a kestrel to his scout troop’s meeting. A male American Kestrel owned
Patrick Moreland with Buzz
by Patrick Moreland of Harwood, Maryland, and which he tended fondly, was judged the best bird at the show. “I got him as a nestling on the Eastern Shore,” explained Moreland, whose father is also a falconer with 42 years of experience. “I’ve been flying birds all my life, Red Tails and Harris Hawks. I’ve got a lot of respect for the guys who fly eagles. I could never do it.” His kestrel, named Buzz, weighs a mere four ounces. Kestrel numbers are down because of predation on them by Coopers Hawks, he said. “They eat insects and sparrows,” he said. “I’m training him to catch starlings. He’s a cool guy and a joy to have.” Buzz watches a lot of TV while the family is gone from the house, Moreland said. “He’s got to have company.”
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Language Lover’s Lament Revisited by Clover Carroll | clover@crozetgazette.com As I began reading Cutting for Stone by A b r a h a m Verghese in anticipation of the Sept. 9 meeting of the Crozet Library Book Club, I was dismayed to encounter the following description on p. 63: “This knock-kneed fellow, five, maybe six years old in oversize shorts, had clutched a wooden plane in his hand from the moment he came on board.” Set in Ethiopia, this beautifully written “epic medical romance”—which spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2010 Indie award for best adult fiction book”—was written by a professor at the Stanford School of Medicine who graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He, and his editor at Random House, should have known better than to omit the ending –d from an adjective derived from a verb. The boy’s shorts were in fact oversized, because they had been sized bigger than normal when they were made in the past. I was quite disappointed that this supposed literary novel should contain one of my frequent grammar gripes, one that I seem to observe more and more often these days. The most common form of this error is to write “use to” when the writer means “used to,” referring to a habitual activity practiced in the past. For example, I used to have a memory, but now I live in the present because that’s all I can remember! Similarly, I used to wear a size 12, but now I don’t want to talk about it. In these cases, since the behavior occurred in the past, the correct usage is fairly easy to remember; but choosing the correct “supposed to” over the less literate “suppose to” can be more confusing, as in “she is supposed to arrive at 8:00, but she may be late.” This passive voice construction implies a person or group who is doing the supposing; we all suppose she will arrive at 8:00 (active voice), so that she is supposed (by us) to arrive then (passive voice, so-called because the doer of the action remains unidentified). In a more typical example of this idiom used in association with duty”—“I am supposed to weed my garden this afternoon, but fortu-
nately it’s raining””—the entity doing the supposing is my conscience! People who make these two mistakes tend to have heard the phrases in conversation more often than they have read them in print. The d and the t tend to blend together when spoken, so it may sound as if the d has been dropped. But it hasn’t! I used to be an English teacher (in case you couldn’t tell) and so I am supposed to uphold certain standards of English usage in my speech and writing! The addition of the -d is necessary because the words in question are verbs that have become adjectives by assuming a past action. Barbed wire, for example, is assumed to have been created by placing barbs into straight wire. Since this action occurred in the past, the past participle must be used to describe it. Unfortunately, this dropping of the -d is becoming increasingly commonplace beyond just the cases of “used to” and “supposed to,” and I wince each time I encounter it. Trucks roll merrily along labeled Oversize Load, or advertising Mrs. So-and-So’s Old Fashion Cookies”—unaware of the fact that before the cookies could be sold, some inspired cook fashioned those cookies in the old style. The other day on Facebook, I gasped when a supposedly educated young woman confessed her guilt at putting whip cream on her sundae, forgetting that someone had whipped that cream for her express pleasure. Menus increasingly offer ice tea, ignoring the fact that the act of pouring the tea over ice is what gives iced tea its special cold deli-
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also holds Ph.D.s in literature and political science. “We could have solved the civil war problem three times. We didn’t until after a million people had died. The cat is saying, step back and lay down your ideologies. Think about what you need and what the earth needs. [Sneaky Pie] believes any man or woman who is running for president should be neutered. It will focus the men and calm the women. The cat’s motto is, ‘I can’t do any worse.’” That drew consenting laughter.
ciousness. While travelling this summer, I shuddered when I saw a sign for Handicap Parking. This is the worst example I’ve seen yet. The correct term for disabled individuals is handicapped (implying an outside force that has curtailed their abilities), and these parking spaces are reserved for them. The erroneous form sounds as if you might receive a handicap if you park there! By the same token, if a reformed gambler is a change man, he’s simply performing a different role in the casino! And smoke ham might refer to a pork-flavored cigarette. I’m dreading the day that I see ads for grill cheese sandwiches served with mull cider! These misuses strip the expressions of meaning. This slow but steady dumbing down of the language is not new. It has been going on for years and will no doubt continue. What used to be popped corn has become standardized as popcorn, and I imagine that ice cream began its life as iced cream (although the OED shows its usage in the present form as far back as 1744). Professor Henry Higgins, and his creator George Bernard Shaw (author of Pygmalion, the 1912 play on which the musical My Fair Lady is based), are probably rolling over in their (both real and fictional) graves. They would recognize that this sloppy usage is the result of a deteriorating education system, combined with an increasingly careless attitude toward language and precise communication. But I view the complexities and nuances of language as a precious gift which is worth defending. “I’m proud of our state,” said Brown. “Both of our candidates have been good governors in their way. You’re not voting for a creep.” Brown shocked the crowd (and it was still being discussed around Crozet for days afterward) when she asked, how do Southerners say F*** Y**? “Is that a fact?” she continued. “Yankees don’t know the code.” Another example is the expression, “Bless his/her heart,” which is a polite way to say, isn’t he/she a complete sorry mess. “The reason literature comes out of the South is because we are so full continued on page 38
Shenandoah Scramble Set for Sept. 22 The Shenandoah National Park Trust will host the Shenandoah Scramble September 22, a hiking extravaganza that aims to raise $10,000 to support the park. Hikers of all ability levels are invited to choose one of six hikes of varying length and difficulty. Each hike will be led by a seasoned guide. Hikers commit to raise a minimum of $100 but are encouraged to raise as much as they are able. The Shenandoah National Park Trust will award prizes for the most money raised. Prizes include a kayak, hiking and camping gear, and a two-night getaway for two in Shenandoah National Park. Possible hikes are: • Stony Man to Skyland to Big Meadows. This hike will stay high along the ridgeline and take hikers to two of the best peaks in the park. (7 miles, strenuous) • Lewis Springs Fall Loop. A good family hike with waterfalls and views. (3.6 miles, moderate) • Mill Prong Loop. This moderate out-and-back hike with 800 feet elevation change will take you to the Rapidan Camp, President Hoover’s summer retreat on the Rapidan River. (3.6 miles, moderate) • Hawksbill. This hike puts you on the highest peak in the park and offers outstanding views! (3 miles, moderate) • Rose River Loop. This hike offers a waterfall and several smaller cascades along the trail. (4.6 miles, moderate) • Stony Man summits and lower cliffs. This is a short and pleasant hike with a moderate 500 foot elevation change, yet offers some of the best vistas in Shenandoah National Park. (3 miles, easy) Participants will gather for a light breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Big Meadows Picnic Grounds and then head out with their hike leader (each hike can accommodate up to 20 hikers). Pre-registration is required. Registration is $25/adult and $10/ child and includes a group breakfast, event T-shirt and post-hike refreshments. Hike registration can be found at www.snptrust.org. For more information, contact Shenandoah National Park Trust at 434-293-2728.
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Area Artisans & Community Leaders Receive State Awards The Artisan Center of Virginia presented awards to four members of the local community at the ACV’s statewide conference held in Roanoke August 10-12. Crozet’s Chuck Pinnell of Pinnell Custom Leather and Janice Arone of Barnswallow Gallery were both awarded Master Artisan Awards for their excellence in both design and craftsmanship and were honored for their total competency and control of their medium. “Community involvement through education and mentorship additionally defines the role of the Master Artisan,” said Artisan Center Executive Director Sherri Smith. Pinnell was recognized for his more than 40 years “creating custom leather products of the highest quality and design.” Smith said that Pinnell is “renowned in equestrian circles for signature chaps and other accoutrements,” and for his line of men’s and women’s accessories. “Each custom piece is of museumquality, deserving of the highest distinction within the leather trade worldwide.” Arone is a true master of her craft,” says Smith. Her work is “inspired by nature.” Arone was also recognized for her dedication to inspiring “next-generation artisans,” and her work as a member of
the ACV Board of Directors. Excellence in Leadership awards were presented to Ann Mallek, chair for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and Maureen Kelley, Nelson County’s director of economic development and tourism. Smith pointed to Mallek’s work on the Artisan Center of Virginia’s “Monticello Artisan Trail” management team since its inception and called Mallek “a pioneer and advocate for arts and agriculture. She is a champion for economic vitality and her dedication to enhancing Albemarle’s rural economy, agriculture and tourism in sustainable ways is unwavering.” Kelley was recognized for “being the first in central Virginia to recognize the potential of ACV’s Artisan Trail Network program as a means for establishing positive, connective change and new opportunities for the cottage businesses in rural Nelson County.” Kelley invited Albemarle County into the trail partnership that resulted in the September 2011 launch of the award-winning “Monticello Artisan Trail,” which currently has 109 participating sites, including 10 in Crozet. The trail includes artisans, craft related venues, agri-artisan farms, restaurants, lodging and points of interest.
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ing for the love of beauty and dance itself. Major donors to the white box project included Crozet Great Valu, Green House Coffee, Harvest Moon, La Cocina Del Sol, Miki Liszt, and Pollak Vineyards. The white box construction itself was made possible with the volunteer labor of “Duncan,” Bob Meslar, Joe Simpson, and Turtle Zwadlo. “The mission for concorDance contemporary is to create a closer relationship between you and the artist,” Hart explained. The same can be said about the Theatre’s new white box, which will bring Crozet much closer to performance art and entertainment of all kinds. The Theatre is currently working on booking events for October.
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Alexander, Dinah Gray, Caitlin Lennon, and Moira Price, who worked with Beck for just two days before the performance. Cooper, who was also the charming host of the afternoon, choreographed the final piece of the show, “Das Fünftel” (“the fifth” in German). Drawing inspiration from, among other things, Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 5, the five seraphim, the fifth sense of taste and the complexity of flavor in a particularly memorable bowl of miso soup, Cooper’s piece ended the show with four ballerinas, in matching iridescent indigo dresses, danc-
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Misty Mountain Music Festival Set for Sept. 28-29 The second annual Misty Mountain Music Festival will feature Virginia-based bands and the area’s best folk, bluegrass, country and rock on stages at Misty Mountain Camp Resort on Rt. 250 in Greenwood September 28-29. The festival aims to entertain music fans and raise charitable donations for Crozet-area nonprofit causes. This year the event is presented by the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department and will also benefit Operation Warmth and the Nelson County Food Pantry. “The performers are all Virginiabased, original bands, with Indecision headlining Saturday night on the main stage, as well as the Travis Elliott Band and Yankee Dixie,” said festival coordinator John Howard. “Friday will be more rock and blues based with the Eli Cook Band rounding out the night. Music will be seamless; as one band finishes, the next stage begins.” Other performers include Second Draw, Kathryn Caine, Mercy Creek, The Judy Chops, Jason Ring,
Grit City Grass, Curtis Prince and White Trees, David Tewksbury, the Smokehouse Bluegrass Band, Brian Patrick Band, Willie DE Band and Sally Roses’ Witchbaby. The full lineup of bands can be found at www.mistymountainmusicfestival. com. Local craft breweries, wineries, restaurants and artisans will be a part of this year’s event with the Devils Backbone Brewing Company and Starr Hill Brewery anchoring the selection of brews. Festival doors will open Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. and music will begin at 4 p.m. On Saturday, the music starts at noon and runs until 11:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 1-888-647-8900. Ticket prices for Friday are $15 in advance, $20 at the gate; for Saturday, $20/advance, $25/gate; and for both days, $30/ advance and $40/gate. Kids six and under are free. Tickets are also available at Heinz Musitronics on Ivy Road in Charlottesville and at Corks and Kegs on Patterson Avenue in Richmond.
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www.ljcgrandopening.com 1.) What is Life Journey Church? We believe that God desires to plant and establish a new church in Crozet that will lead to changed lives for children, students, and adults. In a nutshell, the mission of Life Journey Church is to spread the fame of God throughout Crozet, Virginia, and to the ends of the earth! We seek to accomplish this by adhering to our core values, which are Life Transformation, Total Authenticity, Biblical Commitment, Radical Service, Disciple Building, and Intentional Multiplication!
2.) What happens at the Weekly Sunday Morning Gathering at 10 a.m. at WAHS? This is the one time throughout the week that we will meet corporately as a whole church. The goal of this time will be to lift high the name of Jesus through times of corporate worship through music, prayer, testimonies, and verse by verse expository preaching of God’s Word. We also celebrate Baptisms and the Lord’s Supper regularly.
3.) What are community groups? Our heartbeat for Life Journey Church is that it would be a church built around small groups. Our desire is for our community groups to be the primary place for connection and community within our church. The hope is to have 10-14 people in each group who do life together on a regular basis. There will certainly be elements of teaching and Bible study in this setting, but the greater goal is for people to experience life and community together within their groups, and most importantly to be cared for there. These groups regularly enjoy fun together and serve our community in meaningful ways. Visit our website for the location of a community group close to you.
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ife Journey Church started as a dream placed in the hearts of a few families who have moved here to Crozet over the last year to Spread the Fame of God! It has been great meeting so many amazing people over the last several months as we’ve been gearing up for our Grand Opening. We’d love for you to celebrate our Grand Opening with us by being our guests! Our Grand Opening is Sept. 9th at Western Albemarle High School. The atmosphere is casual. All children from birth - 5th grade are invited to participate in JourneyKids, while the older children and adults worship together in the main service.
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Fall Programs for Kids and Teens at Crozet Library For All Ages Carved Pumpkin Contest October 29-30. Are you handy with a carving knife and a scoop? Do you have hidden vegetable carving talents? If so (or if not), enter Crozet’s carved pumpkin contest this October. Simply drop off your carved pumpkin anytime on Monday, October 29, or before 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30. After dark on Tuesday, October 30, drop by to see the illuminated pumpkins. Entries will be judged by library patrons Tuesday night, with winners announced on Wednesday. Then take your artistic pumpkin home with you, just in time for Halloween. Stitches: An Inter-generational Handcraft Group for ages 8 108. Meeting the last Tuesday of every month at 4:30 p.m.: Sept. 25, Oct. 30 and Nov. 27. Knitters, beaders, stitchers! Bring any project you’re working on (or interested in learning) and join this fun group for an hour of handcrafting and sharing. No registration required. Dropins are always welcome. The Giving Tree Give the gift of reading to a child. Share your love of reading with a child enrolled in Head Start. Select a name from the Giving Tree and buy a picture book to bring to the library by Dec. 3.
For Kids Tales for Twos For 2-year-olds and young 3-yearolds. Thursdays, September 6 through October 25, 9:30 a.m. A fun program of nursery rhymes, songs, stories, and fingerplays designed for 2- to 3-year-olds and an accompanying adult. Registration is limited to 15. Alphabet Soup: A Preschool Story Time For older 3-year-olds to 5-year-olds. Thursdays, September 6 through October 25, 10:30 am. Enjoy a fun half-hour of stories, songs, flannelboard stories, fingerplays, and more! Designed for older 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds who are ready to enjoy story time on their own, without an
accompanying adult or younger siblings. Registration is required. My, Oh My, What Do You Spy? Wednesday, September 19, 3 p.m. For ages 7 to 10. I spy, with my little eye…something fun! Eat your carrots and sharpen your eyesight so you’ll be ready for this after-school program of ‘finding’ fun. Based on the ever popular I SPY and WHERE’S WALDO puzzle books series, we’ll hunt and seek, and create our own visual challenges to share with family and friends. Registration is required. Dig, Drill and Hammer— It’s Construction Time Saturday, October 20, 10 a.m. For ages 4 to 6. There’s some exciting construction happening around Crozet – like the building of our new library! Come and listen to some great tooltime stories, test your knowledge of construction vehicles, and work on your own building skills. Registration begins Monday, October 1. Gathering for Games Friday, October 26, 2–3:30 p.m.. For ages 6 to 11. School’s Out! Meet up with your friends at the Crozet Library for some gaming fun. The library will provide some games. Bring a friend. If you have a favorite game, bring it along to teach and share. Registration begins October 9. Drop-ins are always welcome. Barefoot Puppets: Trickster Tales! Saturday, November 3, 10 a.m. Best for ages 3 and older. Celebrate African trickster tales with this high-energy puppet show! Registration begins October 15.
Sixteen interesting and bizarre characters gather to read Mr. Westing’s will. The person who can figure out who was responsible for causing his death will inherit 200 million dollars. Stop by the library to get your free copy of The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Read it on your own to see if you can solve the mystery, then join other Crozet Page Turners for an hour of book club discussion and fun. Registration begins October 29. Be an Opera Star! Tuesday, December 4, 4:30 p.m.. For ages 7 and up. Ash Lawn opera invites you to get a behind-the-scenes look at the famous opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, by Gian Carlo Menotti. Through hands-on and interactive activities, John Visel will use this classic Christmas story to introduce young audiences to the art of opera. For information about this production, go to ashlawnopera.org. Registration begins November 13. Drop-ins are always welcome. Book Swap Party, Junior Saturday, December 15, 10 a.m. For ages 5 to 7. Are you a beginning reader who has read and re-read every book you own (until you have memorized all the words)? If so, swap them for new ones at our book swap party. Bring any book(s) that you would like to pass on to others your age and take home some new used reads. (The library will provide some books to swap also!) Registration begins November 26.
LEGO at the Library Monday, November 5, 2–3 p.m. For ages 5 to 11. Join other master builders for an hour of open-ended block building fun. The library provides the LEGOs. Bring your imagination! Registration begins October 15. Drop-ins are always welcome.
Twelfth Annual Book Swap Party Saturday, December 15, 1 p.m. For ages 8 to 12. Tired of those stacks of books you’ve read 10 times? Swap them for new ones at our book swap party. Simply bring along any book(s) that you would like to pass on to others your age and take home some new used reads. (The library will provide some books to swap also!) Stick around afterwards for lots of book loving fun! Registration begins November 26.
Crozet Page Turners Read: The Westing Game Saturday, November 17, 1 p.m. For ages 8 to 11.
‘Movie’ On Over to the Crozet Library Thursday, January 3, 1 p.m. For ages 7 and up.
School’s Out! It’s a great time to meet up with your friends at the Crozet Library for an afternoon movie (rated G or PG). We’ll provide the popcorn and drinks. You bring a friend and some get-comfortable-pillows. Call the library for movie details. Registration is requested and begins December 17.
For Teens Teen Poetry Contest October 1 - 27 Do you love to write poetry? Enter the Teen Poetry Contest to celebrate Teen Read Week! Three winners will be chosen, with prizes to be awarded, and the opportunity for the winners to be entered into another teen poetry contest sponsored by the Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) library journal. Contest forms and guidelines will be available at all JMRL locations beginning in mid-September. One entry per person. Winners will be notified by mid-November. Ages 12-18. Musings: A Teen Writer’s Workshop First Tuesday of the month: September 4, October 2, November 6, December 4, January 8. 6:30 p.m. Interested in creative writing? This vibrant group meets monthly to practice writing skills, learn new techniques, share what other teen writers are working on, and hear helpful comments about your own writing. Drop-ins are always welcomed. Ages 13-18. Teen Movie Night Friday, September 14, 6 - 9 p.m. Celebrate an awesome summer of reading and the start of the school year with a special showing of this new movie based on a popular novel featuring fierce competitors in the ultimate survival game. Popcorn and refreshments provided. This movie is rated PG-13 and geared toward a teen audience in grades 6-12. Please call the library for more details. Registration is required. Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Tuesdays, November 13 and December 11. 6:30-7:30 p.m. (No TAB in September or October) Be a part of the Crozet Library
Crozet gazette Teen Advisory Board! Help plan teen programs, displays, and activities. Members enjoy yummy snacks and receive volunteer hours for their participation with TAB. It’s your library—make a difference! Registration recommended. Grades 6-12. Teen TGIF Night: Murder Mystery Whodunit Friday, November 16. 7-8:30 p.m. Sharpen your sleuthing skills at Crozet’s annual interactive murder mystery party. Someone’s been murdered! Who did it? Your friend? Your neighbor? And just where were YOU at the time? Unravel the mystery as you play this game of live Clue all over the Library. This year the setting is an Anime Convention! Costumes are always encouraged. Required registration begins October 26. Grades 6-12. Teen TGIF Night: Gingerbread House Challenge, Teens vs. Parents Friday, December 7. 7-8:30 p.m. The 3rd Annual Gingerbread House competition returns with a twist. Gather your candy canes and gumdrops. Parents are invited to challenge the teenagers in this battle of the ages. Who will prevail with the best sugary creation? The masterpieces will be displayed in the library afterward. Make sure to wear your ugliest holiday sweater in lieu of an apron. All materials provided. Required registration begins November 16. Grades 6-12. Crozet Teen Book Club Tuesdays, November 27 and December 18. 6:30-7:30 p.m. (No book club in September or October) Join other teens for an out-ofthis-world book club featuring lively discussion, activities, and crafts. Snacks will be served. Registration required and free copy of the book is included. Limited to 10 participants. Grades 6-12.
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Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates Several years ago, as I was removing plant debris from one of my small, artificial ponds, I discovered gelatinous blobs adhering to the undersides of some of the leaves that had fallen into the water. Up to that point in time, I had never seen these blobs when maintaining my ponds. Thus I was mystified and hugely curious as to what they were. Although I couldn’t make out anything inside the clear jelly-like substance to suggest there was something within it, I surmised that the blobs were egg masses of some animal, probably freshwater snails. The appearance of the blobs coincided with the arrival of the snails in my ponds. I returned the leaves with the blobs to the pond because you should never destroy something in the natural world when you don’t know what it is. After all, every organism has a function, so you don’t want to get rid of anything unless you have a good reason to do so. Otherwise, you could interfere with the proper functioning of the environment, which, in this case, meant the proper functioning of my pond. The mystery of the unidentified
blobs eluded me until just a few months ago when I was absolutely thrilled to come across Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates by Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney. As I thumbed through the pages and pages of photographs, I noticed a picture of my blobs! And yes, they were indeed the egg masses of my freshwater snails. I had to own this book! If you love learning about the natural world and you’ve often wondered about a mysterious “sign” left behind by some critter, then you may want to own this book, too. You might want a copy of this book just to see and read about the many kinds of tracks, eggs or egg cases, cocoons, scat or droppings, or sheltering structures that are out there for all who pay close attention to their surroundings to see. Insects may be the most numerous and ubiquitous of the creatures that you might find in your immediate environment, but this volumn also covers worms, snails, spiders, crayfish, and numerous other invertebrates (animals without a backbone). Additionally, if you love visiting the beach, sea creatures are included, such as squid, crabs, periwinkles (I’ve always loved this name), and continued on page 31
Teen Game Night: Are You the Werewolf? Monday, December 17. 6-7:30 p.m. Come learn a new, interactive, role-playing card game. Play a few rounds with friends and enjoy snacks and prizes. Call the Library for more details. Hosted by Crozet’s fantastic Teen Advisory Board. Grades 6-12. Potter wasp nests often resemble familiar structures such as vases or, in this case, a little oven. [Photo: Marlene A. Condon]
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even octopuses! One type of insect sign that I am always thrilled to find is the nest of a potter wasp. There are numerous species of these wasps, but they are miniscule so you rarely get to see the insects themselves (don’t worry; they don’t sting people). But if you keep a sharp eye out, you may notice their tiny—and I think cute—mud nests that let you know they are around. My favorite potter wasp nest is one that really looks just like a teeny-tiny vase that has been thrown by a potter; hence the name for this kind of wasp. Other kinds of potter wasp nests look like tiny ovens where bread was baked in previous centuries and perhaps even now in some countries. Although in a natural setting these nests would be attached to twigs, I have found them attached to plant cages around my tomatoes or to an outdoor lounge chair that hadn’t been used for a while (your author doesn’t have time for lying around relaxing!). After a potter wasp female builds her nest, she provisions it with tiny caterpillars or grubs (the larvae of beetles) that she has stung and paralyzed with venom. She then lays a single egg upon the inside wall of the nest and seals it. When the egg hatches, the wasp larva feeds upon the immobilized critters inside the nest until it’s ready to pupate. Following pupation, the newly developed adult wasp chews its way out of the nest to fulfill its own role of helping to limit the numbers of caterpillars and grubs to sustainable levels. The natural world is chock full of absolutely amazing life forms, some of which you may never get to actually see, but which will leave behind clues to their existence. Happily, if you pick up a copy of Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates, you are likely to be able to figure out which organisms have passed through your vicinity or are living there now. For years I’ve photographed tracks, scat, pupae, nests, and eggs that I couldn’t identify if I didn’t spot the critter leaving them behind because I couldn’t locate such things illustrated anywhere. Tracks and Sign is an immense repository of such hard-to-find information gathered together into one fine book. If you find learning about the natural world as fascinating as I do, this book is a must for your library.
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By Dr. Robert C. Reiser crozetannals@crozetgazette.com
A Healthy Dose of Skepticism with Some Crème Brûlée As much as I hate to see the summer end, I am always happy to see the students return to U.Va. and in particular to meet my newest
class of students. For the past 20 years I have taught first-year medical students the art and science of the practice of medicine. As you can imagine from reading my columns, my teaching style takes some getting used to. According to my former students, I once told them that first-year medical students are a necessary evil. Later when asked to evaluate the group as a whole, I tried to be reassuring by telling them that at worst they were average. One of my written evaluations compared me to crème brûlée. “Hard and crusty on the outside but soft and gooey underneath.” Weird. But it is a great delight to teach the incredible complexities of medical practice to smart, motivated and energetic beginners. One of the first skills I try to instill in them is the habit of healthy skepticism. This of course comes instinctively to me. One ER resident, Monica Williams-Murphy, labeled me the most skeptical person she had ever met. This is from the doctor who wrote the book It’s OK to Die. I took this as a compliment. I try not to teach the firstyears to be skeptical of their patients
(they need to learn that on their own) but rather of the science underpinning medicine. In a previous column I mentioned that we tell the med students that half of what they learn in medical school is wrong; we just don’t know which half that is yet. Well, it turns out that that statement is actually wrong, too. A recent study by John Ioannidis in PLoS Medicine demonstrated mathematically that up to 90 percent of all published research results are actually not true. The math is complicated, but the corollaries he arrives at are worth going over because all of us are bombarded daily with health claims that are supposedly proven by the latest research. Vitamin E prevents cancer; no, wait, now it doesn’t. Alzheimer’s Disease is caused by cooking with aluminum pots; oops, no, it isn’t. Eggs are bad for your heart; no, they don’t matter. Wait— now they are bad again. I won’t cover all of the corollaries but focus on the ones easily applied to science in the popular press. Corollary 1: The smaller the studies conducted in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true. This seems obvious. If you flip a coin four times and get three heads and one tails you might conclude (wrongly) that a coin has a 75 percent chance of landing heads up. Repeat this experiment 1,000 times and you’ll see that both sides are equally likely. at Crozet Children’s Health Center P.C.
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This is the importance of a large sample size. The most reliable trials involve tens of thousands of patients while studies of several hundred patients or less don’t have the power to settle competing hypotheses. When a new study is announced, look at the study size before accepting the conclusion. Many of you parents will remember the striking finding in 2002 that duct tape could cure warts. That was based on only 51 patients and was subsequently refuted. Corollary 2: The smaller the effect size (how much influence one variable has on the other) in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true. The statin Be healt
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Energy (Part One) Ordinary and commonplace, mysterious and puzzling, in us and all around us, energy simply is. We desire it and constantly search for it. We complain when we don’t have it and go through tremendous effort to extract and to capture it. And we continually generate more and more of it. But what is energy; why is it so important to our lives and to our economy; and does it have a dark side? As we embark on our exploration of energy, we will begin with the pragmatic, how energy fuels our economy. An excellent place to start is the informative overview of energy provided in The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Annual Energy Review 2009, released in August 2010. “Energy is essential to life. Living creatures draw on energy flowing through the environment and convert it to forms they can use. The most fundamental energy flow for living creatures is the energy of sunlight, and the most important conversion is the act of biological primary production, in which plants and sea-dwelling phytoplankton convert sunlight into biomass by photosynthesis. The Earth’s web of life, including human beings, rests on this foundation. Over millennia, humans have found ways to extend and expand their energy harvest, first by harnessing draft animals and later by inventing machines to tap the power of wind and water. Industrialization, the watershed social and economic development of the modern world, was enabled by the widespread and intensive use of fossil fuels. This development freed human society from the limitations of natural energy flows by unlocking the Earth’s vast stores of coal, oil, and natural gas. Tapping these ancient, concentrated deposits of solar energy enormously multiplied the rate at which energy could be poured into the human economy.” (DOE removed this introduction from later editions of their annual reports.)
To what degree have we “enormously multiplied the rate at which energy could be poured into the human economy?” Does the “watershed social and economic development of the modern world” multiply the rate by five times, 10 times, 100 times? Before answering this question, we need a rudimentary knowledge of the relationships among energy, work and power. In a scientific context, energy and work are both quantities. Scientists and engineers in the nineteenth century made the profound discovery that they were interchangeable. That is, energy can be transformed into work and work can be transformed into energy. Depending on the context, terms such as calories, Btu (British Thermal Units), kilowatt-hours, foot-pounds, and joules are used to quantify energy and work. Unlike work or energy, power is a rate, a measure of how fast energy is generated or work is done. The relationship between energy and power is analogous to volume and flow (gallons versus gallons per minute). Terms such as horsepower, joules per second, and kilowatts describe power. The American economy, when our first Congress convened in 1789, was based upon “natural energy flows.” Coal supplanted the dominance of fuel wood one hundred years later, and in the 1950s, petroleum and then natural gas emerged as our two largest sources of energy. By 2010, non-renewable sources supplied a whopping 92 percent. Specifically, according to DOE, these sources are nuclear electric power (9%), coal (21%), natural gas (25%) and petroleum (37%). In total, U.S. economic activity consumed 98 quadrillion Btu in 2010, of which 90 quadrillion Btu (98 x 92%) was derived from fossil and nuclear fuels. Renewable sources contributed 8 quadrillion Btu and they comprise the remaining 8 percent. The contribution of human physical work to the flow of energy into our economy is not addressed explicitly in the annual DOE energy reports. Granted, it’s small enough
to ignore. But we can roughly estimate its contribution by comparing our dietary caloric requirements with our economy’s appetite for energy. Remember that work is “transformed energy” and we can do no more physical work than the amount of food energy we take in. These estimates will require a few paragraphs of calculations; bear with me, the insights will justify the effort. On average, the human body needs approximately 2,000 food calories each day (8,000 Btu in commercial energy parlance) to grow, to maintain health, and to do labor and other activities. Scaling this value up to the country as a whole, Americans eat 0.92 quadrillion Btu in food energy each year (8,000 Btu per day x 365 days per year x 314 million Americans). For our present purposes, 0.92 quadrillion Btu will be taken as the amount of physical labor Americans contribute to the economy each year. And by adding this contribution to the renewable sources, we arrive at 8.92 quadrillion Btu, the total natural energy flow into our economy. Now we are in a position to provide answers to the question posed earlier, to what degree have we enormously multiplied the rate at which energy could be poured into the human economy? By unlocking the Earth’s vast energy resources, we have multiplied by 107 times the rate at which energy is poured into our economy beyond what we can do unaided by outside sources of energy (98 quadrillion Btu divided by 0.92 quadrillion Btu). Human physical work now represents less than 1 percent of the energy flowing through our economy (0.92 quadrillion Btu divided by 98 quadrillion Btu x 100). When we consider the energy contributions made by non-renewable compared with renewable sources, the multiplier is 10 (90 quadrillion Btu divided by 8.92 quadrillion Btu). This leads me to ask, how much of our national energy budget do we devote to food-related use, our natural source of energy? The US Department of Agriculture estimated in 2007 that the amount of energy involved in sowing, raising, processing, packaging, distributing, storing and preparing our food constituted 15.7 percent of the national energy budget. Applying this percentage to 2010 data, we spend about 15.4 quadrillion Btu in foodrelated energy use (98 quadrillion
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Btu x 15.7%). Consequently, we are expending 17 times more energy to put food on the table than we need in food calories each year (15.4 quadrillion Btu divided by 0.92 quadrillion Btu). These are mind-boggling quantities and challenging relationships to grasp. Here are five insights to remember. • Energy’s economic value is realized when we transform it into useful work, labor, and services; • The amount of energy we are pouring into our economy is equivalent to the working capacity of 33 billion laborers (268 trillion Btu per day divided by 8,000 Btu per worker per day); • Human energy combined with the contributions made by renewable energy sources deliver less than 10 percent of the energy used to run the US economy; • The food sector of our economy consumes vastly more energy than we receive back in food calories; and from these observations we can surmise that, • Powering our economy with biofuels likely will prove very hard to achieve. The book of Ecclesiastes, noted for its wisdom, declares there is “nothing new under the sun.” Our highly augmented use of energy to power our food system and our economy at large is an exception. When viewed from the sweep of human history, both our 100-to-1 leveraging of our human capacity to do work by tapping the earth’s energy resources, and our 10-to-1 reliance on “ancient, concentrated deposits” of non-renewable energy are unprecedented. This is something new. In coming months, we will continue our exploration of energy, delve into mysteries, such as the recent scientific hypothesis that “dark energy” permeates the universe, and quantify the wealth we create by transforming energy into work. We will also consider options for powering our economy.
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Bark Avenue, Crozet’s First Pet Salon Who knew Crozet needed a pet salon? Patti Siehien did and so she opened one. A registered nurse who changed careers, she’s been in the dog grooming business for five years. This spring, Siehien moved to Crozet from Bedford, where she ran a similar business called The Electric Company that was a grooming salon, art gallery and café. It worked her to exhaustion, she said. The gallery started an “art movement there and then a lot came along with that.” She sold the business but retains ties to Bedford where she has grandchildren. “This is just enough for me,” she said. “We’ve been very well accepted in Crozet. Everybody says how happy they are that we’re here. “I take all the appointments over the phone for myself because I like
to know where people are coming from. “We’re not mass production groomers. We groom no more than five dogs a day. We inspect the dogs and this is a comfortable number to handle.” The salon is staying booked through the week. They are busy, but they still have vacancies. “Some people do like to watch. We do everything up front in the sunshine. This environment does not scare most dogs. We try not to have more than a couple of dogs in the shop at one time. Our dogs are spoiled. They have a nice quiet environment and they are calmer dogs. “I’m a perfectionist. My employees realize that. We disinfect between every dog. We do immediate flea baths. I’ve had to turn away
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dogs that I thought were a risk for giving off infections or fleas. “Our clientele takes good care of its dogs. About 50 percent of the dogs we do are rescue dogs. Somebody has given these dogs another chance.” She said the most common breed they have seen over the summer is Golden Retrievers, who need summer cuts to cope with heat. They also take care of a lot of poodles as
well as mixed breeds Siehien calls ‘designer dogs.’ “Some are smart. Some are gentle giants. Some are high maintenance.” “When I first got here I said, ‘Where are all the Yorkies?” a dog that needs grooming and was popular in Bedford. “We do a lot of Australian Shepherds and farm dogs. It helps keep things clean at home because continued on page 31
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So, You Want To Be a Vet We often hear from younger and older children who come along to their pet’s vet visit that they want to be a vet when they grow up. I have to admit that hearing this always gives me mixed emotions. On one hand, I really love my job and relish its positive aspects: caring for sick animals, helping people, and contributing to a community. On the other hand, it is an incredibly challenging job both emotionally and physically and not at all what most people would imagine it to be. When I was a child, I knew I wanted to be a veterinarian and imagined a job of caring for sweet little puppies and kittens all day with grateful owners who would appreciate my help. And while I do have those sweet, easy moments, that would certainly not describe the majority of my job. Let’s take you through a typical day. I am going to literally summarize one recent day: 8:30 a.m.: Arrive at the office with a hit-by-car dog waiting for me. The dog’s rear leg is broken and dangling. Meanwhile, our nurses are stressed out because all the dogs in the back are barking and one of the big ones just had diarrhea all over his run. The smell is horrible! Also, my scheduled 8:30 appointment is here, Mrs. Jones, who is always
impatient. I do my best to triage the leg fracture, getting it some pain meds and bandaging it until we can take care of it later in the day. I finally get into Mrs. Jones’ room. She is clearly not happy about waiting, but I don’t bother trying to explain myself. Her dog is a little terrier that absolutely has to be muzzled in order to be examined. I look like a fool for a few minutes as I try to slip the muzzle on while he lunges at me. Ideally I’d have someone helping me, but they are doping up the HBC dog and/or cleaning up diarrhea, so I count my blessings and try to have a good time. 9 a.m.: Bladder infection. Since my staff is still tied up in the back, I’m following a dog outside with a plastic bowl waiting to collect a urine sample. After minutes of indecisiveness, she squats and I lunge. It’s a partial success. I got the urine sample, but I also got urine all over my bare hand. That’s what soap and water are for. 10 a.m.: two kittens adopted from the SPCA. Both kittens are sick and riddled with viral infections, ear mites, fleas, and diarrhea. The owner has no money for any treatment. Really??!! Why in the world did you just get two cats then!!?? I dip into the eternally depleted good Sam fund and try to get the kittens back on their feet and I bite my tongue. 11 a.m.: 14-year-old dog with
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together talking about puppy stuff and the great future this pup will have. The clients are great people. We have a lot in common and I look forward to seeing them for a booster visit in a few weeks. 12 p.m.: Euthanasia. One of my cases from yesterday has not responded at all to treatment and is worse. It’s a 12-year-old dog with a plethora of problems and the time surely has come. The husband is crying and has to leave the room. The wife stays and we end the dog’s suffering in a calm and peaceful way. She is crying as she recounts continued on page 31 DR. HILLARY COOK
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number and the lesser the selection of tested relationships in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true. Research science is based on the manipulation of one variable at a time. So any study based on the manipulation of multiple variables simultaneously should be looked at critically. This is why most dietary findings are so quickly overturned by the next study. In humans, diet is made up of so many different elements that noticing associations with one variable in a diet made up of hundreds of other elements results in finding associations that statistically are most likely to be generated by random chance. Corollary 4: The greater the financial and other interests and prejudices in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true. This also seems obvious, especially to a skeptic like me. Merck, the makers of the painkiller Vioxx ($2.5 billion in sales per year) withheld research safety data from the public for five years, resulting in 60,000 deaths from heart attacks. Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in 2004. Roche, the maker of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu ($1 billion in sales to the U.S. government stockpile alone) has refused to release data from multiple studies Roche did on the drug which purported to show benefit in patients with the flu. They did not publish the studies but did cite them in proving that the drug was effective. A recent review in the British Medical Journal reversed a decade of favorable research results, declaring the evidence for benefit of Tamiflu during flu season does not clearly exist and the risks are not known. Overall, increasing recognition of these and other corollaries is slowly improving the quality of the research being produced and has allowed us to more carefully evaluate the research claims. I took some time to explain all this to my students last year in hopes that they would become more critical readers of the medical literature. I think it worked because one of them remarked that if Ioannidis is right, it is likely that his article is also not true. Touché, young man, you could have a career in emergency medicine!
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Bereavements
Thelma L. (Keyton) Garrison Thelma Lee (Keyton) Garrison, 87, of Campbelltown, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully with family by her side. She went home to her Lord on Friday, August 10, 2012. She was born Friday, June 26, 1925 in Whitehall, Virginia, to the late Lee Edward and Florence Olettie (Garrison) Keyton. She was predeceased by her loving husband Stewart Hunter Garrison, in 1962. She is survived by three children, Jean Leibfried and husband Robert of Fredricksburg, Mary Ann Garrison of Campbelltown, Joan Coffman of Campbelltown; daughter-in-law Betty Schell and husband Gene of Annville; four grandchildren, Lori Ann Walmer and husband Daniel of Mount Joy, Robert Leibfried, Jr. and wife Cathy of Stewartstown, Owen Coffman and wife Kim of Palmyra, and Scott Garrison and wife Wendy of Annville; eight great grandchildren, affectionately called Tadpoles by their GG: Jenna Walmer, Ben Groff, Lucas Coffman, Sierra Garrison, Jamie Walmer, Hunter Garrison, Ruby Coffman, and Emma Leibfried; and many nieces and
nephews that loved her like a mother. She was predeceased by her beloved son, Roy Garrison, in 1973; and brother, Charles Thomas Keyton. Thelma worked in the wrapping department for Hershey Foods for 38 ½ years. She was a member of the BCTGM Local 464, Chocolate Workers Union. She maintained her membership in Bluffdale Methodist Church in Whitehall, while faithfully and actively attending Campbelltown United Christian Church. She enjoyed playing games, especially a family tournament of croquet and board games. She kept her mind active by doing word finds and reading Christian books. She was an example of true southern hospitality, her door was always open, and she was always ready to serve her guests. Thelma was a faithful and dignified woman who loved The Lord and her family. Funeral services were held August 14 at Rothermel Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., in Palmyra, PA, with Bishop David Heagy officiating. Burial followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery, Palmyra. Thelma’s family would like to acknowledge the wonderful care that Hospice of Central Pennsylvania provided for their mother. Condolences may be shared at www.rothermelfuneralhome.com.
June Haven Curry June Curry, known to thousands as the “Cookie Lady” of Afton, passed away July 16 in Waynesboro. For more than three decades, Curry, first with her father, Harold, and in later years alone, baked fresh cookies for the thousands of bicyclists and hikers who passed by her home on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail. She first stated offering water and cookies to travelers but eventually renovated her uncle’s home (next door) into a free hostel and provided cyclists a safe place to spend the night, a meal, a shower, something to read and a place to rest and relax. In 2005 when Curry suffered a debilitating stroke, many of her guests sent letters and cards to the hospital where she was recovering. They provided the needed funds to allow her to return home and have a
companion assist her until she was able to care for herself. “Bikers paid for it all,” she said. Donations also came from individuals who appreciated what she had done in the name of hospitality. Strangers who came to her door always left as friends. In a 2008 interview with the Gazette, Curry said she took great pride in the cards and letters that came regularly to her home – often containing small gifts and photos. Many of those
Nancy Amelia McAllister Bishop, 73 Margaret Conner Carson, 90 James M. Edwards, 74 Marjorie Collins Hughes, 94 Elmer Franklin Morris, 79 Violet M. Ralston, 80 June Battenhausen Page, 81 Lewis William Johnson, 61 Gracie Lee Waller Casey, 69 James Lucian Hughes, 67 Nancy Sloan Lawson, 79 Randolph Davis Wade, 76 Carmela Constance Clement, 87 Charles E. Donald Jr., 86 Julia Neville Adams Aubry, 87 Beatrice Gibson Miller, 90 Ruby Hazel Williams, 64 Minnie Cabell Lockett, 82 Lynne Patricia Noyes, 51 Diane W. Perry, 58 Wilma Hoover Spradlin, 80 Catherine Lee Williams, 92 Rosa B. Lester, 61 Joan Hamilton Mantz, 83 Sarah Maupin Ward, 69 Barbara Anne Fleckles, 55 Melvin Rossor Bishop Jr., 89 Freddie Yi-Yin Sun, 76 who first met Curry when they biked through Afton returned to her home years later to introduce spouses and children or kept in touch by mail and telephone. Curry’s historical knowledge of Afton was legendary, and during her
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the dogs aren’t picking up so much dirt in their coats. “Getting bit is part of the job,” she said. “I watch a lot of Dog Whisperer,” a recently canceled TV show in which animal behaviorist Cesar Millan coaches pet owners on how to improve their pet’s behavior. “A lot of dogs don’t like to be touched,” said Siehien. She’s been bit four times since she opened the shop in May. “You have to put in the time in a new business. You have to be there. You have to get a business into a flow and things will go in harmony. Once we get there then maybe I’ll get time off. It takes time for people to trust you.” On weekends Siehien cleans the shop. “I’ve got top-notch people here. It’s hard to get people who care about what I care about. It’s my reputation that’s on the line.” She has two groomers, Heather Dabney and Michelle Allen, and a bather working with her. Siehien went through the Pet Smart Training Academy to learn the trade, “but many excellent groomers are just taught by somebody,” she said. “You have to love animals and be creative.” “I was drawn to Crozet because it’s small town and it’s country. I’m really happy here. I love Crozet. I like how we are situated between cities like Charlottesville and Staunton.”
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some of the sweet moments in the dog’s life. It’s obvious what a big part of their lives this dog was and I am truly sad with them that that time is now over. But its clear to me this was a spoiled and lucky dog. 12-1 p.m.: Once upon a time I dreamed of having a lunch break where I could relax and run errands or even exercise. Now I see how fast I can shove my lunch down my mouth as I catch up on a million charts and phone calls. Not relaxing. 1 p.m.: Great client for a wellness visit. But the dog has anal gland problems. In what I can say is definitely the least favorite part of my job, I have to do a rectal exam and
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Her house in Crozet is on a small lot and she has a small vegetable patch on it. Siehien has three dogs herself, two of them rescues. “I can hear my neighbors and that is different for me. I welcome the growth. It’s so nice for this community. Crozet is amazing.” She chose the shop because it has a small patch of lawn outside where dogs can do their business before they come in. “There’s a pail there,” she explained. “Most people pick up after themselves.” Besides dog grooming and bathing, nail trimming, ear cleaning and other hygienic services, the shop also offers the Furminator shampooing process that Siehien said will eliminate 90 percent of the hair dogs shed. “It all comes out on our floor,” she explained. The store also offers an assortment of organic pet supplies. A potter and a painter, Siehien
kept up her art work while she was a nurse and some is displayed in the shop. “I see grooming as a sort of sculptural art. You have to have a good eye to see symmetries.”
She also displays some work by local painter Audra Book. “I love painting dogs because you can capture them. You can feel their name come out of them.”
empty out the dog’s anal glands – essentially some secretory glands full of horrible smelling fluid. This is more unpleasant for me than it is for the dog. 1:30 p.m.: Cat fight abscess. Sick cat with a wound on its back and a fever. When we press around the wound, a volcano of pus erupts. This is gross, but still not as gross as the anal gland cases. 2 p.m.: I’m somehow crammed into our smallest exam room with two large, panting dogs, the owners and their two kids. It feels like it’s 100 degrees in here and the dogs both have a lot of issues that take a lot of discussion. The kids are sweet but very impatient, and mom and I are trying to talk over their yelling and complaining. By the time I leave the room, I’m sweating, covered in drool and dog hair, and try-
ing to remember the million and one problems these dogs are having. 3 p.m.: Another sweet moment. A new kitten, great owner. The kitten is perfect and the client is glowing with pride. 4 p.m.: Great owner, terrible dog. Here for some skin wounds and vaccines. The dog (weighing 70 pounds) literally lunges at me in the room; fortunately the owner has it on a leash. I politely ask them to put the muzzle on and we have to take it to the back. By the time we’re done with clipping the wounds, taking some blood, giving vaccines, and trimming his nails, he has peed and pooped all over the place, ripped one of our tech’s scrub shirts, and scratched up my arm. On the one hand I feel bad for the dog because he’s really just terrified. On the other, I’d rather be waiting
tables at this point. 5 p.m.: Recheck of an ACL repair (knee surgery) I did a few months ago. The dog is doing great and this may be my prideful moment of the day. Orthopedic surgery has a very steep learning curve and when things go well, you know it is from years of investment in time and effort. Orthopedic surgery is also typically brutal. There are times after drilling through bones or dissecting through joints that you just have to pray things heal like they’re supposed to. 6:30 p.m.: Finally going home, and enjoying my 20-minute, winddown drive back to sweet Crozet! It’s been a dirty day with some challenging moments, but I feel fortunate to have a job and at least I’m not bored!
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Goat Busters Carves Its Niche Got some brushy ground that’s growing thorns, poison ivy, ticks and chiggers for you? Is it daunting to clear? Rather not go for a “shock and awe” herbicide attack? Bring in Goat Busters, the environmentally sensitive way to reclaim land. Jace Goodling of Afton, who was primarily a contractor building second homes in Wintergreen, was also raising Kiko goats, a meat breed of goats developed in New Zealand. He had developed a fairly substantial group of cull animals, those not ideally suited for breeding. In 2008, when the market for new home construction collapsed, he looked at that bunch one day and thought that because this area is fairly ecologically minded it might go for a goat brush-clearing business. That would give the herd fresh pasture, too. His main plan for the goats is selling them as meat animals and developing a registered herd. A pedigreed doe, which will usually give birth to twins every year (otherwise it’s a cull), is worth $500 to $600. Goodling’s does are bred to deliver kids when they are two years old. Goats were brought to New Zealand by sailors because they ate little, drank little water and and provided meat, milk and fiber on the voyage. “The tendency was to just let them go and then catch some when you were ready to leave,” Goodling explained. “Some enterprising New Zealanders decided to make a million dollars on gullible Americans and thought they would develop the newest fad breed of goats. They developed Kiko by breeding the feral goats with dairy goats and brought them to the U.S. during the 1990s. But they really did develop a superior breed of goat. It takes very little maintenance. I do very little worming, almost no hoof trimming. My goats are out on clean forage most of the time and most of these goats have never seen a needle in their entire lives. No shots. The more I can produce a genetically strong, parasite-tolerant goat, the less I have to rely on chemicals and wormers and things that are losing their effectiveness every day.” “Eighty-three percent of meat eaters worldwide identify goat as their primary meat,” Gooding noted. “It’s the healthiest red meat and I think it’s their diet. They are browsers and they are eating high on deep-rooted plants. They are getting plenty of nutrition.”
He sells slaughter animals in the winter. Slaughter weight for a Niko goat is somewhere between 40 and 60 pounds. About 55 percent of the carcass trims out as meat, Goodling said. The meat structure is similar to venison but retains its juiciness better. The market for goat meat is getting stronger in northern cities and Goodling hauls his animals to livestock sales in Pennsylvania, where they bring nearly four times the value they have in Virginia. He has 100 goats now. “I’m going full bore into herd building, sort of a little blindly,” he said. About half of Goodling’s herd, 53 does and kids, has been munching on undergrowth just west of Devils Backbone Brewery near Nellysford. The overgrown former nursery on the site is being cleared in sections to serve as a campsite for the Festy music festival set for Oct. 5-7. After the goats get done, another crew pulls out the stripped limbs and debris. But the goats have cleared away the site and workers can see what needs cleaning up and actually get to it. Meanwhile the goats have left pellet-like fertilizer everywhere, too. The goats are inside nearly 1,200 feet of net-style electric fence, enclosing about ¾ of an acre. It’s charged with a 12-volt car battery and it’s as much about keeping predators out as it is keeping the goats in. Two Great Pyrenees dogs guard the herd. “They were born with the goats and they have never been apart from them,” said Goodling. His Airedale dog, Trouble, has the job of keeping the goats inside fences and capturing any that get loose. “We were moving goats from a job in Crozet to a job in Ivy, and there was a doe and a kid that wouldn’t go in the chute to go in the trailer. We chased those two for half an hour and couldn’t catch them. “It was 100 degrees out, and I was so mad at these goats. Trouble was running around, barking up a storm and I decided ‘fine, let’s give it a try.’ I told her to “get the goats,” with no idea what she would actually do. “She did that little terrier hop and went straight for the kid. I thought, okay, this might be the end of this kid, and I was fully prepared for that. I ran after her yelling ‘be gentle, be gentle’ and she caught the kid with her mouth and pinned
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it on the ground. Trouble never bit it. She was holding it against the ground. I picked it up, nothing wrong with it, not a mark on it anywhere, and carried it to the trailer. “I called her back. Sat her down again. Told her to ‘get the goat,’ to go after the big one. She took after the big goat, which proceeded to lead her through the thickest bramble that she could find. Couldn’t shake her. All of a sudden the goat stopped, turned around and butted
Trouble. Rolled her across the ground. I thought, ‘okay, this is it.’ Well, let me tell you, a baseball doesn’t come off a bat any faster than she jumped up off the ground and bit that goat right on the nose. To which the goat responded by butting her and rolling her again, and then for the next 20 or 30 seconds, there was hell and fury between that dog and the goat, which ended with the goat in a
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young and old. There were cookies and snacks, and The Looking Glass, the magazine of local creative writing assembled by the library’s Teen Advisory Board, was also distributed. Kids got to choose a small toy to take home. Bill Schrader, chair of the community fundraising effort, reminded the crowd that “The county is building the building, the citizens are responsible for everything that goes in it.” Next year’s cookie countdown should be in the new building, he
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formed songs about reading for the crowd of about 150 people on hand at Crozet Elementary School, where the party was held because attendance has grown too large for the depot building. They reminded folks that their kids had come through Crozet Elementary. too. To get every one engaged, Ellen Vigour called a Virginia Reel that had two lines of four dozen dancing people,
Girl Scouts Hanna Tauberberger, Anna Salisbury and Victoria Westrup from Cadette Troop 572 built the float for the derecho-cancelled Crozet parade where the library’s fundraising campaign originally meant to have its official kick-off.
said. He asked those who had come out to encourage their neighbors to support the cause. He praised Saz for organizing library programs that enjoy such strong community support. A new cloisonné pin with the campaign’s Build Crozet Library logo and the slogan “Be Part of the Story” also made its debut. They are on sale at Parkway Pharmacy for $5,
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August 2012
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Was That the Best August Ever or What? That was the question a friend threw at Heidi and me on the last day of August. It was tough to disagree with her assessment. With an average high of 84 degrees and a high temperature of just 93, the month was cooler than normal, which most of us enjoy in the Virginia summer. Rainfall was consistent but not excessive, and that kept everything green at a time when the landscape is often brown. Actually, the entire summer was nice once we got over the nasty derecho and early July heat wave. But we all have our own idea of what nice weather is, so you can never get agreement on these things. The biggest complaint I heard in August was bugs, bugs, bugs! Although we claim no expertise in entomology (study of bugs), it seems a no-brainer that the lack of any real cold winter weather followed by a warm spring and humid summer gave us an extraordinary crop of annoying critters. Fleas seem to be the worst of it. Our neighbors got infested so bad with their dogs that they bombed
the house and apparently left town. We haven’t seen them since. Our dog is named Dirtbag, but we are thinking of changing it to Fleabag. He picked up the super-fleas and spent his 13th birthday getting three flea baths and being banished to the shed. This happened despite treating him with Frontline, special Avon sprays, hypnosis, baking soda, garlic cloves, love, threats, a fire hose and an embarrassing haircut. Ticks are less annoying but more dangerous. We know several folks who came down with Lyme disease, which is a remarkably pesky and draining experience. Lyme used to be fairly rare here but it is spreading more and more around the country. If that’s enough, how about those trombiculidae? Pardon the Frank Zappa grammar, but us regular folks call them chiggers. They are so small as to be nearly invisible and they don’t actually bite you. Basically, they vomit on you and that loosens up your skin and they eat it. Lovely thought. The good news is that stink bugs went back outside for the summer.
Unfortunately, I’m sure during the first cold snap, like a scary Hitchcock movie, they will be prying every crack in your windows and doors to get inside. There is hope, though. September is generally a very nice month here and then maybe we’ll get a good hard freeze this winter to teach those bugs a lesson. Although last winter was warm, that has no bearing on this winter. Despite what people seem to think, the records show that winters around here are just as cold as back in the good ol’ days. Rainfall Recap for August Crozet 5.01” White Hall 3.67” Nellysford 3.92”
Waynesboro 6.12” Afton summit 7.49” Charlottesville Airport 4.90” U.Va. 6.87”
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Warrior Sports News by David Wagner david@crozetgazette.com
WAHS Volleyball Gets a Fast Start Western Albemarle’s girls’ volleyball team looks poised to make another run at a Jefferson District Championship. Long time assistant coach Ron Pack has taken on head coaching duties for 2012. Led by Seniors Maggie Kooken, Laura Bergin, Lauren Reifsteck and Marina Clark, the Warriors have picked up right where they left off last season. Reifsteck is the setter, stepping in to fill the vacancy left by graduate Riley Martin, who reigns as the all-time assists leader at Western. Clark takes over at libero for Marin Crowder, who also graduated.
In the first three matches of the season, the Warriors are 3-0 and have dropped only one set. They started off with back-to-back wins over R. E. Lee (25-11, 25-20, 25-18) and (25-15, 17-25, 25-15, 25-23). Next they hosted Fort Defiance and dispatched the Indians in straight sets (25-19, 25-20, 25-8). The Warriors have two more non-district matches (Fort Defiance and Albemarle) before the Jefferson District schedule gets under way Sept. 20 at Charlottesville High School. Kooken is first in kills (31), second in digs (24), and third in blocks (7). Bergin is first in points (30), third in kills (12), and tied for third in digs (23). Reifsteck leads the team in assists with 65 playing set-
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ter while Clark leads the team in digs with 35. Maggie Spindel has a team high 11 blocks, is second in points (26), and second in kills (21). Devon Via is second in blocks (12), fourth in kills (11), and Ivy Morgan is third in points (18) and tied for third in digs (23). Abi Wagner has also contributed with 17 assists, which ranks second on the team. JV Volleyball is also off to a quick start. Led by head coach Marti Pugh and assistant Mandy Snow (both former Warriors), the underclassmen are 3-0 as well, with two wins over R. E. Lee and one against Fort Defiance. The first match facing Lee took three sets to win, but the Warriors held on (25-8, 21-25, 15-10). Western won second match in straight sets (25-14, 25-22). The Lady Warriors carried their momentum into the Fort Defiance match, overpowering the Indians in an impressive 25-14, 25-12 victory. JV sophomores Christian Blount (Co-Captain) and Tucker Nolke said the best surprise about the team has been the consistent play of freshman hitters Kelsey Grove, Elissa Simpson and Makayla Shifflett. Returning sophomores Kayley Pugh and Chandler Morgan (Co-Captain) have also played major roles in the victories. If there’s one thing that Western volleyball does well, it’s replace talent. By the looks of these young players, Warrior volleyball should continue to thrive and that’s bad news for the rest of the District.
Warriors Outlast Patriots, 21-12 Western Albemarle High School opened the 2012 football season August 24 at home against the Albemarle Patriots. Under new head coach Ed Redmond, the Warriors came ready to play. Western won the toss and chose to kick off to the visiting Patriots. The Western defense was fired up and forced an Albemarle punt after giving up only two yards on three running plays. Albemarle’s punt covered only 26 yards, setting the Warriors up at their own 48 yard line. On first down quarterback Kent Henry scampered 36 yards to the Albemarle 16. Two plays later Henry found Daniel Kuzjak for a 20-yard touchdown pass. Holland Corbett added the point after and Western led 7-0. The next quarter and a half
proved to be a stalemate as the teams traded possessions. Dante Henry recovered a fumble for the Warriors just before the end of the first quarter and Trevor Harlow made a key interception. Following a failed fake punt attempt by the Warriors, Albemarle took over on downs at the Western 34. Harlow then picked off the Albemarle quarterback, Peyton Alley at the Western 8 yard line, ending the Patriot threat. After another Warrior punt and a failed fourth down conversion by the Patriots, the Western offense took over at their own 31 yard line. Henry engineered an 11-play, 69-yard touchdown drive including a big play on fourth and three at the Patriot 40 when Henry ran for seven yards and kept the drive alive. Four plays later, Henry hit Nick Drapanas with a 19-yard TD pass and Western took a 14-0 lead into the half. Drapanas opened the third quarter with a 43-yard kickoff return to midfield. Coach Redmond then went to the ground game. Western reeled off seven straight rushing plays with Henry converting on another fourth down, but the drive stalled. Henry threw twice into the end zone but didn’t connect. Next he was tackled for a two-yard loss. The Warriors tried for a 28-yard field goal, but Corbett just missed to the left. When AHS took over, running back Nicholas Troche ran for 12 yards and then rambled for 23 more to the Western 40. But the Patriots were flagged for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and ended up back at their 45 yard line. Then Alley connected with wideout Aarron Willy for a 53-yard pass play to the Warrior two yard line. Troche punched it in for a touchdown run, but Western’s Tommy Mullin blocked the extra point kick to keep the score at 14-6 for Western. Mullin soon came up big for the Warriors again, intercepting a pass from Alley that had been deflected at the line of scrimmage and ending the Patriots’ bid to pull even. The Warrior offense was ineffective again, though, and with the ball in their hands, AHS head coach Mike Alley decided to go for it on fourthh and three with 10:38 to go in the game. Alley again passed to Aarron Willy, this time for 52 yards to the Western two yard line. Again Troche pounded it in from two yards out. The Patriots couldn’t get continued on page 38
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Quick Start Tennis Is Official at Crozet Park QuickStart Tennis originally planned to hold a grand opening at Crozet park on the day of the Crozet parade, but the derecho scotched that. It rained on August 25, when the occasion had been rescheduled, and the ribbon-cutting, including a portable QuickStart court, was moved under the park pavilion the storm left standing. Special Olympian Gold Medalist and western Albemarle resident Jonathan Fried, who has played tennis for over 40 years, did the honors. He was joined by his mother Barbara, brother Adam and nephew Michael and friends Connie Gregory and David Luedeka. Also in attendance were Kelly Strickland, Claudius Crozet Park Board Member; Jessica Maslaney, YMCA Site Director; Lynda Harrill, QCV Vice President, QuickStart Tennis Coordinator and Founder; Chris Cubbage, Matilda Blue Tennis; Roy
Harrill, QCV Treasurer; and Ann Mallek, Supervisor for the White Hall District, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. Quickstart programming had gotten underway earlier in August with two camps for kids ages 5 to 10 offered by Ellen Markowitz, the girls’ tennis coach at Western Albemarle High School, who also holds a Ph.D. in sports psychology. “Kids come in knowing nothing and on the last day they learn to serve and they start keeping score. We do things that build success,” said Markowitz. Students start off with smaller rackets and larger balls on a smaller court, and as their skills progress they transition toward regulation rackets, balls and court size. About 35 kids participated. “Control is what tennis is all about,” said Markowitz, whose WAHS team made it to the final four in the state championship last spring. “A small court shows you
Micaela Barclay of Crozet was instructed by WAHS tennis coach Ellen Markowitz in skeleton tennis, a game in which tennis students give up the use of a body part every time they miss the ball. Eventually they have to shut their eyes.
what skills you want to work on. There’s a famous quote: ‘failure is feedback.’” She called the camp an example of sports-based youth development and the camp’s theme words are: Show Up, Take Part, Attitude, Respect, Teamwork, Effort, Responsibility and Sportsmanship. “You have to be explicit about
the values you are trying to teach. They don’t get learned just because you are playing a sport,” she said. QuickStart is designed to encourage parents to learn tennis and play with their children. For more information, contact the YMCA at Crozet PARC at 434-205-4380 or visit www.quickstartcentral.org
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totally defensive posture, frozen stiff, and Trouble just bouncing around as if to say, ‘okay, your move. I gotcha. Come on, give me something to go for.’ And I walked over, grabbed the goat by the horns and dragged her to the trailer.” Goodling says it’s been that way ever since. If he has trouble with a goat, he just brings Trouble in and now the goats know. When he brings Trouble in “the goats go bolting for the chute and the ones that aren’t so familiar, they learn that it is just easier to go in the chute the first time than to fight an Airedale that really wants to get you in that chute.” Trouble patrols Goodling’s farm as well. For the first few days after they are born, new kids are small enough to fit between the gate post and the gate. “They slip out. So the first thing every morning, as soon as I let Trouble out, she bolts down the hill to put all the kids back in their fields. She checks them every time we get back to the farm. I park by the house, and she goes running
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down the hill and puts them all back in. That comes to an end as soon as they are bigger.” It takes four to seven days to clear an acre at his stocking rate. The goats teem around branches that are within reach, stripping them of leaves and nibbling off tender shoots. Goodling checks the goats every day, feeds them a little grain to keep them tame and friendly, and refreshes their water. “Ninety-nine percent of the folks that we work for get a huge entertainment value out of the experience. They spend a lot of time watching the goats and the dogs and the babies play – and watch their weeds disappear.” Goodling looks over project sites for poisonous plants, a lesson he learned by having six goats die on
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of layers and they are so rich,” said Brown. “Down here we still read the King James Version and with our cadence. The state of Virginia has had more blood poured into it than any other state in the Union.
one job. “There are a number of poisonous plants or plants that are toxic to goats—mainly Mountain Laurel, Azalea, Rhododendrons, and Yew. “The biggest bad lesson that I’ve learned,” Goodling said, “is that goats can eat English Ivy, by itself. And wisteria, by itself. No problem. But, the combination of Wisteria and English Ivy in a goat’s stomach causes the inability of the gut to absorb oxygen with the net result being that the goat bloats and dies in about an hour and fifteen minutes. That was news to experts at Virginia Tech, too. They had no idea. My vet at Commonwealth Vet Clinic in Waynesboro had no idea and they usually keep up pretty well. I called a friend who’s a big goat farmer in Texas and his vet confirmed that the two combined are deadly.” Goodling charges $575 to bring in the goats for a week and $45 per man-hour to set up the fence. If the goats need more than a week to do their job, there is an additional daily charge. “It’s a different world now,” he said. He means the economy is not what we once expected it would be. “It’s find a niche or carve one out. We found the niches are almost filled. So Goat Busters is carving a niche,” said Goodling, 51, who, pushed by necessity, finds himself on the frontier of new agricultural enterprises.
Sneaky Pie understands that history.” Brown spent nearly an hour signing books, a can of Coca-Cola at her side, and brought a cat’s paw stamp to mark the books she signed. A portion of her proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Nelson County SPCA, she said.
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the two-point conversion and Western led 14-12. Albemarle tried an on-side kick, but the Warriors recovered at their own 42. The Western offense came back to life and put together an impressive drive. Henry ran for three yards on first down and then completed his next four passes covering 58 yards. The big play came on an 18-yard completion to Steven Hearn to the Albemarle two yard line. Two plays later Henry ran it in for a 21-12 Warrior lead. Albemarle then showed great character and came right back at the Warriors. Peyton Alley targeted Willy again for a 23-yard gain to the Western 39, but he was picked off a couple plays later by Hearn and the Patriots’ drive ended. Albemarle got the ball again with 2:27 to go in the game. The Patriots needed two scores and didn’t have time to waste. After an 8-yard run by Troche and a 5-yard completion to Matthew Crist, the Patriots were within striking distance. But Alley threw his fourth interception of the game, again to Trevor Harlow. It was Albemarle’s fifth turnover of the game. Henry knelt down on the game’s final two plays, giving Western the 21-12 win. Henry went 9 for 15, passing for 133 yards and two TDs, and had 24 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown. Kuzjak had three catches for 54 yards and a TD. Drapanas had three catches for 45 yards and a TD and Hearn added 3 catches for 35 yards. After the game Coach Redmond commented on the tough play of the defense and their ability to force big turnovers in the second half. He said the team had a good camp coming into the season and that the coaching staff was placing more emphasis on defense this year, which is already paying dividends. The Warriors will travel to Liberty (Bealeton) on Sept. 7 and return home to take on Fort Defiance Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. The remainder of the season is:
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