Country ZEST & Style Summer 2022 Edition

CELEBRATIONS

Sandra Lynn Jeanneret and Roy Burnham Thompson, Jr. recently celebrated their marriage in The Plains.

Executive Director Sally Price who joined the Land Trust of Virginia in 2017, plans to retire at the end of 2022 and is passing the baton to Ashton Cole, the current Director of Conservation and Stewardship.

Photo by John Scott Nelson Photography

Jil Brunette of Second Chapter Books always has a smile, especially on her birthday.

Photo by Vicky Moon

Wednesday evenings at the Buchanan Hall Farmer’s Market are back. Just ask Montana Lanier Ruffner, Katie Call and Fletcher Slater with daughter, Bowie.

Photo by Jessica Lenehan.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently announced the appointment of Scott Andrews, a long-time resident of The Plains, as chairman of the board of trustees of the Virginia Retirement System. Andrews is also chairman and chief executive officer of Northern Contours, Inc. The Virginia Retirement System, or VRS, is the state agency that administers the pension fund for state employees. It also manages life insurance benefits, long-term care programs, severance benefits and military leave benefits.