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Pamplin upgrades depot, evening primrose in bloom
The Elam area was blessed with almost two inches of very beneficial rain last Wednesday and Thursday nights. The grass is greener, the leaves have ...
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Elam: August offers history, ice cream and a poker run
Cemeteries on the grounds of rural churches began in the late 1800’s as people got away from using burial grounds on the family farms. Records ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, August 6, 2015 7:25 am
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Elam: Summer memories of Norfolk abound
Let’s step back in time to the 1950’s before the mega amusement parks along the interstate highways. Each summer it was a special treat for ...
by Edwina Covington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 12:05 pm
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On this lazy, hazy, hot, humid July afternoon not a leaf or blade of grass stirs. The lace doilies that decorate the ditch lines on ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:28 pm
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Scott, Bounty, Viva, Brawny, etc., you get the idea. When did paper towels replace hand towels and aprons in the kitchen and elsewhere in the ...
by Edwina Covington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 1:43 pm
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Scott, Bounty, Viva, Brawny, etc., you get the idea. When did paper towels replace hand towels and aprons in the kitchen and elsewhere in the ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, July 16, 2015 12:36 pm
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“Pass the mayonnaise, please.” The first fresh garden ripe tomatoes of the summer are beginning to appear on the table. Nothing in the market can ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, July 9, 2015 1:29 pm
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“Anything that speaks to me,” may appear on a canvas from the talented hands of Madisonville area artist Diane Hindenlang. Over 25 of her acrylics ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, July 2, 2015 2:24 pm
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The fruity, warm, and gently erotic scent filled the sultry May evening air while tiny lights blinked on and off across the yard as lightning ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:20 pm
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“It was thrilling to be riding the same train and being pulled by the same engine that I used to take from Norfolk to Cincinnati ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, June 18, 2015 2:20 pm
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While driving along Prospect Road the other day, I was saddened to see a realtor’s sign with contract pending attached to it at the driveway ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:57 am
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Rumbles of thunder, flashes of lightning, and showers of rain did not keep Prospect District citizens from attending the town hall meeting hosted by Supervisor ...
by Edwina Covington, Thursday, June 4, 2015 5:40 pm
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Drizzle and hard rain showers did not deter the energetic group from the Senior Adults of Farmville United Methodist Church, from NARFE (National Association of ...