Arts & Entertainment

Deborah Potter McCormick, 540-463-7652

The Pickup Band will perform in the final Music in the Garden event at Boxerwood this Friday, starting at 6 p.m. This is a rain date for the high-energy rock and country band, which was originally scheduled to perform in July. The five-piece group is a mix of local and not so local talent. Rockbridge natives Phil Holstein and Rocky Smith play guitars and sing. John Good on all things percussion has called the county home since 1993. Leading the pack are Kenton Kody on guitars, fiddle, banjo, mandolin and vocals, and Gloria Lewayne, who does most of the vocal work, along with the occasional guitar and tambourine. Admission is free for Boxerwood members, $5 per person for nonmembers. Kids under 18 and parking are free. Pass-the-hat proceeds go to the musicians. The gate opens at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking. Meals can also be purchased on-site from a local food truck.

First Baptist To Dedicate Windows

This Saturday, Sept. 23, the track at Rockbridge County High School will be the location of the first-ever Conquer Chiari Walk in the Rockbridge area.

Carolyn Bradley, 540-258-2720

American video game programmer and designer Bill Budge once said, “The power of the computer is starting to spread.”

Former Philadelphia Phillies manager and Parry McCluer High School Athletic Hall of Famer Charlie Manuel is recovering from a stroke that occurred on Saturday.

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Buckshot (left), a bluetick hound that had been a resident of the Rockbridge SPCA since June of 2022, found his forever home last week with Chris and Christina McKemy. The Rockbridge County couple is now a three-dog family as they adopted another dog, Alice, and already had a dog, Fred. Since Buckshot was featured in a recent article about the SPCA being filled to capacity with dogs and cats, four dogs and nine cats have been adopted and another nine dogs have gone to rescues. So far this year, the SPCA has taken in 339 cats and 217 dogs.

Multi-generational Project’s Been Underway For Months

Evelyn Ayers, 540-463-2727 Oxford Presbyterian Church will worship in the church park this Sunday, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m. Afterwards, Jimmy and Debbie Knick will provide hot dogs and all the trimmings. Please bring a side dish, dessert or drink to share and your own chair. In case of rain, the service will be in the sanctuary and the picnic will be in the fellowship hall.

Carolyn Terrell, (540) 649-3828/ [email protected]

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

Esther Pennington 540-291-2629

Esther Pennington, 291-2629

The Lexington High School class of 1968 held its 55th reunion at McKethan Park on Saturday, Sept. 9. Those attending included (first row, from left) Judy Hughes Davis, Dwight Myers, Sara Dunn Vasura, Gloria Hall Miller, Deb Harrison Jarrett, Winnie Barrett Walsh, Tucker Huger McQueen, Sara Deaver O’Hare, Debbie Batty Rickman, Mary Susan Dobyns, Gloria Armstrong O’Donnell, Anne Becht Kavanaugh, Dana Clark Rhodenizer, (second row) Melvin Silvea, Marshall Moore, Jim McDonnough, Lee Harrison, Richard Drumm, Coray Swisher, Larry Nuckols, Chuck Barger, Molly Gilliam McCluer, Margaret Gentry Clegg, Liz Lindsey, (third row) Joe Zollman, Leo Holland, Phil Clayton, Bucky Joyce, Bob Patrick, George Berry and David Beebe.

The forecast was gloomy for the annual Rockbridge Beer & Wine Festival at Lime Kiln Theater Saturday, but that did not keep people away. Showers made the big tent a popular place to gather, but those who came prepared for the rain enjoyed the music of Little Marvin and the Martians in the Bowl Theater. The four local wineries were present at the event, as well as vineyards like Fincastle’s Virginia Mountain Vineyard. Food trucks supplied hungry festival attendees a variety of options including barbecue and wood-fired pizza. The event is organized each year by the Lexington-Rockbridge Chamber of Commerce. (Joann Ware photos)

Evelyn Ayres

Karyn Gardner, (540) 2282176, (540) 655-3646 [email protected]