Arts & Entertainment

Lynda Miller, Ruritan Zone 4 governor, installed the 2023 officers of the Natural Bridge Ruritan Club on Dec. 13. They are (from left) Debbie Dangerfield, director; Wayne Breeden, treasurer; Drake Breeden, vice president; and Bob Gilbert, president. Not pictured was Garnette Teass, secretary. Members from the Glasgow Ruritan Club were also welcomed into the membership of the Natural Bridge Ruritan Club. Ruritan is about serving its community, said a spokesman. For more information about serving the Glasgow and Natural Bridge communities through the Ruritan club, contact the Natural Bridge Ruritan Club or go to www.ruritan.org.

Timber-frame Project Slated For April

Cadet Presents Ongoing Research At Conference

Evelyn Ayers, 540-463-2727

Did you know that people who have close relationships at home, work, or in their community tend to be healthier and live longer? One reason, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), is that we’re more successful at meeting our health goals when we work on them with others.

Carolyn Terrell, (540) 649-3828/[email protected] Happy birthday wishes are being sent to Winfred Ramsey, Jerald Newman, Gwen Kimble, Vickie Wilt, Shelia Cash, Gwin Berry, Dale Fitzgerald, Addison Horn, and her father, Justin Horn, Thad Painter, Elizabeth Walker, Brian Ellwood, Shirley Steele Walker and Nona Allen.

Music Flows Every Week At BV Center

Rachel Clark, (630) 607-9938 [email protected]

Twin River Outfitters is making plans to open a primitive campground this spring in the Gilmore Mills area along the James River near Natural Bridge.

Kat Maier will speak on her recent book, “Energetic Herbalism: A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions through Integration of Elements of Vitalism, Ayurveda, and Chinese Medicine” at the Piovano Building Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m. Presented by The Valley of Virginia Herb Guild, the program is free to the public.

RCHS Pantry Effort Includes ‘Cinderella Project’

New Benches For NBES

Getting Ready For Spring

Karyn Gardner, (540) 228-2176, (540) 655-3646 [email protected]

Lexington Lodge Officers

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/.

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