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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will be offering free tax preparation to anyone of any age – especially if they are 50 or older or can’t afford paid tax preparation. Assistance will be available at Maury River Senior Services in Buena Vista on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., beginning Feb. 4.

Pattison Returns To Childhood Church Where He Was Ordained

Collierstown Presbyterian Church launched its annual “Souper Bowl of Caring” food drive on Sunday, Jan. 29, and the community is now being invited to help.

Three popular local musicians will perform at Oxford Presbyterian Church this Sunday, Feb. 5, at 4 p.m. They are Julia Goudimova on the cello, Kevin Matheson on violin and Anna Billias at the piano. They will play romantic selections from Grieg’s famous “Peer Gynt” and Holberg Suite, one of Beethoven’s most celebrated chamber works, the “Ghost Trio,” and Grieg’s dramatic violin sonata No. 3. This will be the fifth in the Twilight Concert at a Country Church series. Admission is free.

Oil paintings by Anne Walker are on display at the College Square Y Art Gallery in an exhibit entitled “The Color of Light.” This painting is called “Tea and Tulips.” A reception to meet the artist will be held Sunday, Feb. 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the YMCA. The artwork will be on display until June 15 and can be viewed at the Y Art Gallery during regular Rockbridge Area YMCA hours (membership not required) or on the YMCA website, https:// ymcavbr.org/rockbridge-area-ymca/y-art-gallery/.

To Give Presentations

Three Recorded In Rockbridge

Deborah Potter McCormick, 540-463-7652

Carolyn Bradley, 540-258-2720 Glasgow Baptist Church has been blessed to have former interim pastor Larry Ross filling the pulpit the past two Sundays. He and wife, Janet, also provided the special music this past week. He will be speaking again on Sunday, Feb. 5, at 11 a.m. Following the service the congregation is invited to attend a birthday reception in the social hall for one of its members, June Cash, who will be celebrating her 90th birthday.

Esther Pennington, 540-291-2629 High Bridge Presbyterian Church will receive the two-cents-a-meal offering on Sunday, Feb. 5.

Rockbridge Man’s Thrifting Discovery Leads To Precious Gift

Event Raises Funds For W&L Campus Kitchen

The Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Rockbridge Shenandoah Chapter will offer a student- moderated panel discussion, “The Race for 5G Dominance and How It Impacts Us Regionally,” at the Center for Leadership and Ethics in the Gillis Theater at the Virginia Military Institute this Thursday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m.

The Rockbridge Chorus, under director William Mc-Corkle, will resume rehearsals on Monday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in the sanctuary of the Lexington Presbyterian Church.

Piano Students To Perform

“In Celebration of Trees: Winter” is the theme of a guided walk in Brushy Hills Preserve on Saturday, Jan. 28, beginning at 10 a.m. All interested in identifying and learning about trees are welcome. The outing will last about two hours.

“W&L After Class,” a podcast series managed by Lifelong Learning, Alumni Engagement, and the Office of Communications and Public Affairs, enters its fourth season on Feb. 14.

Miss Virginia Visits

GVFD Award Winners

GVFD Officers