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Mother Nature creates unique beauty
Mother Nature has an artistic side to her fickle personality. Her awesome power can destroy in a second what has taken decades or centuries to ...
Edwina Covington, Author at Farmville
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Birds flock to the feeders; community dinner planned
Did you notice how ravenous the wild birds were last weekend? I believe that they have their own meteorologist who predicts the cold and winter ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:24 am
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Prospect VFD Auxiliary plans pancake supper
We recently came across a small VM #1 spider skillet manufactured by Loth’s Stoves now known as Virginia Metalcrafters of Waynesboro. The bottom of the ...
by Edwina Covington, Friday, February 12, 2016 7:45 am
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Locomotive Library opens in Pamplin
The Locomotive Library, the Second Little Free Library at the Pamplin Depot, was designed at the request of the Pamplin Area Legacy Supporters (PALS) by ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, February 4, 2016 2:52 pm
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Elam digs out; dance, benefit stew set for Pamplin
We woke last Friday morning to a white haze drifting to the ground that quickly turned into an earnest winter storm. The grass and gravel ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:51 am
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Weather lore predicts snow; local dinners, stew on tap
We woke to a snowy morning Sunday. I enjoyed watching the silent, soft snow drift to the cold, wet ground. In the distance was the ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, January 21, 2016 3:57 pm
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Prospect VFD presents awards, installs officers
The Prospect Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary held their banquet on Jan. 10. The evening included a buffet meal prepared by members of the department ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:28 pm
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Time to store away memories; stews on tap for new year
Have you ever gotten involved in looking at old pictures stored away in boxes, envelopes, albums, computer discs, etc.? We have been spending some hours ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, January 7, 2016 4:02 pm
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A day on the farm with Prince; meetings and stew planned
On a farm near Elam lives a dark handsome Prince with the most compassionate brown eyes. He sports a snowy white breastplate and white spats ...
by Edwina Covington, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:49 pm
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The legend of the Yule Cat; ‘tidings of great joy’
“He gave a wave of his strong tail, He jumped and he clawed and he hissed. Sometimes up in the valley, Sometimes down by the ...
by Edwina Covington, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:09 am
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A tradition of holly; Christmas Eve services planned
One of the popular greeneries of Christmas is the holly and its red berries. Popular usage of this greenery dates back to ancient cultures. In ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:51 pm
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Civil War Santa to visit; have a ‘meowy Christmas’
It is that time of year when kitties Hilda and Georgia feel compelled to help with Christmas. Out of boredom, Hilda switches her golden tail ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:35 am
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Holiday events and sweet potato biscuits
A few days ago we received a package from “home,” the Eastern Shore of Virginia, filled with those delicious Hayman sweet potatoes. My high school classmate ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, December 3, 2015 5:08 pm
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Songs of Thanksgiving recalled
While preparing for Thanksgiving, I started wondering if there were any songs related to the holiday. For Halloween we had the eerie, creepy hit pop ...
by Edwina Covington, Friday, November 27, 2015 8:52 am
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Book pays tribute to Elam friend and neighbor
Rosa Coleman Thomas pays a touching tribute in the dedication of her children’s book “Santa’s Little Angel”: “In memory of my dear aunt Evelyn Maude ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, November 19, 2015 2:49 pm
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PVFD plans pig-picking supper
“A S D F ; L K J” How many times did I type that in Mrs. Kellam’s typing class on that Royal manual typewriter with unmarked ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, November 12, 2015 2:01 pm
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A ghostly memory relived; Halloween and harvest events set
As Anna rounded the curve on the winding back road, she was struck with awe at the beauty of the silhouette of the church in ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, October 29, 2015 5:31 pm
Church & Community
Pageant winners named; Halloween celebrations set
The fall of the year brings the Miss Five County Fair Beauty Pageant. The rain and chill of the weather did not dampen the spirits ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:14 pm
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Firefighters visit Fuqua and PECES
Engine 41 of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) with a crew of Captain James Boettcher, Property Sergeant Shawn Thompson, and firefighters James Redford and ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, October 15, 2015 3:20 pm
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Dance, art show and chili cookoff top fall events
There is something relaxing about strolling through a pine woods on a fall day. The fallen brown pine needles make a soft carpet that silences ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, October 8, 2015 12:21 pm
Church & Community
Prospect events lead the news
Touch-me-not, jewelweed, Impatiens capensis — all names for one of nature’s medicinal and edible plants which grow in bottomland soils, in ditches, and along creeks. ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, October 1, 2015 12:48 pm
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Free Library opens in Pamplin, Harvest Sale plans underway
“My name is Jazmine [Klinedidinst] and I am in 4th grade and I think we should put a little library at Pamplin City Depot. I ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, September 24, 2015 10:54 am
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Celebrate Pamplin to feature food, vendors, free surrey rides
“I seem to manipulate what I see in nature, recreating sounds and feelings that I have about nature. For example the sound of water,” says ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, September 17, 2015 10:09 am
Church & Community
Pamplin Day features 5K, fun for the family
For the third year in a row Pamplin will come alive on Saturday, Sep.19, beginning with the Ralph M. Hamlett Memorial 5K Fun Run and ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:14 am
Church & Community
Fall is in the air, dance and 5K coming up
Waking to a nippy breeze coming in the open window and seeing a foggy haze up the pasture bottom tells me that September has arrived ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:01 am
Church & Community
Pamplin Day plans under way and Smokey Wilson in Prospect
The third annual Celebrate Pamplin Day will open with the Ralph M. Hamlett Memorial 5K Fun Run and Walk at 9 a.m. on September 19 ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:46 am
Local
Cows enjoy garden corn, cowboy church on tap
“Moo, mooo, moooo!” Here he comes, corn, corn! The herd begins to move with a lumbering walk toward the pickup at the gate. One young ...