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The Virginia Department of Forestry is reminding everyone that the fall fire season has arrived. From now through November, residents should be extra careful when burning yard debris, or enjoying a campfire or backyard fire pit.

County Schools Expand Efforts

A member of Buena Vista City Council the past three years, retired police officer Steve Webb is a candidate for re-election to a full fouryear term.

Michele Casale, a native of Long Island, New York, who lived in Richmond for 34 years and moved to Buena Vista two years ago, is a candidate for City Council in this fall’s elections.

Ronald Cash, a lifelong Buena Vista resident who has worked for Dominion Energy Virginia the past 35 years, puts finding and recruiting new industries at the top of his priorities for what he’ll seek to accomplish, if he’s elected to City Council this fall.

Jennifer Humphries, a firsttime candidate for Buena Vista City Council, says she is a “caring, concerned citizen of Buena Vista. I have the time to serve and I want to serve my community.”

Michelle Poluikis, a candidate for Buena Vista City Council, is a relative newcomer to the city, having moved here in 2018. She said the community “has been so welcoming to us. I am amazed every day by the kindness of my neighbors here in Buena Vista.”

Stuarts Draft resident Randall Wolf is running for the Virginia House of Delegates in hopes of representing District 36, which covers parts of northern Rockbridge County, including the Fairfield, Raphine and Brownsburg areas.

Ellen Campbell currently represents Rockbridge County in the Virginia House of Delegates 24th district, having won the seat held by her late husband, Del. Ronnie Campbell, in a special election in January.

If elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, Stephanie Clark would turn her attention to helping rural areas.

“My priorities include posturing our region for economic development in a competitive market, and working with localities who do not have an industrial park to locate an adequate and appropriate site to begin developing opportunities for job creation,” said Terry Austin.

Boxerwood’s Spectacle 2023, “A Wild Notion,” had to be shortened to just one day’s performance because of the rainy forecast for Saturday, but about 400 people turned out Sunday afternoon for the outdoor theatrical event. Among the scenes were (clockwise from above) performers showing larger-than-life oracles, Turtle and Heron, a map of Rockbridge County; lead fox Marla Palma conspiring with fellow foxes Jasper Murphy and Ollie Fox; Larry Evans “voicing” the turtle; puppeteers Sarah Balcomb, Caroline Coons and Kirin Lattomus moving Maxine the puppet across the field; youth drummers, led by Martha Burford, providing a beat for dancers; Lacey Lynch leading the Rockbridge Youth Chorale in an original song; Liam Murphy and Eliana Khoshpasand performing as little flying moths; and Halestone dancers surrounding the Heron oracle during the show’s prologue. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photos)

Save the dates for three informative events at the end of this month.

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A Midlothian man was killed in an interstate accident in northern Rockbridge County that stalled traffic for hours last Saturday evening.

Show artistic director Stephanie Hodde leads the whole cast in a raucous rumpus during Boxerwood’s Spectacle 2023, “A Wild Notion,” on Sunday. The outdoor theatrical event, last held at Boxerwood in

Rockbridge County Public Schools is working on allocating funds received through Governor Youngkin’s All In initiative.

By unanimous vote, Southern Virginia University’s board of trustees has installed Bonnie H. Cordon as the university’s 10th president.

Projects Proposed In Raphine, NB

Student-led Campaign Leads To New Signs In Public Spaces