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Last week this column addressed some management considerations for landowners that have open fields that are neither hayed nor grazed and the owners wish to manage them for the benefit of wildlife but still keep them open.

The Steamboat Institute, with major support from the Adolph Coors Foundation, has announced the fourth in a series of eight Campus Liberty Tour events for 2023, debating the question, “Do Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives do more harm than good in higher education, and should they be abolished?”

Author Lynn Coffey will discuss her legacy of documenting oral histories in Virginia on Oct. 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Paxton House in Glen Maury Park. The program is sponsored by the Paxton House Historical Society.

Rockbridge Bird Club will hold this month’s Second Saturday morning bird walk on the Chessie Nature Trail rather than at Boxerwood while the nature center readies its “Spectacle 2023: A Wild Notion!” Walks are guided by club members and are open to all.

Wednesday, Oct. 11

Mondays

Monacan Culture On Display

Walkers Creek Fire & EMS, located at 3964 Walkers Creek Road, Middlebrook, will be taking preorders for barbecue chicken halves at $6 each.

A potluck meal and a program on “The History of Rockbridge Baths” will be presented on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. at the Rockbridge Baths firehouse.

W&L Rider Interns At Colonial Downs Race Track

The Chamber Music Society of Lexington is presenting two upcoming concerts at Grace Episcopal Church, 123 W. Washington St., Lexington.

The Rockbridge Retied Teachers will meet on Monday, Oct. 16, at the Holiday Inn Express on U.S. 11 north Lexington. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m., followed by a box lunch at noon.

The Women’s Fellowship of the Stone Church of the Brethren will be serving breakfast and lunch at the American Legion building during Mountain Days in Buena Vista this Saturday, Oct. 14.

Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church will offer another program of Mondays at Mt. Carmel, on Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m.

The Fairfield Presbyterian Church will be hosting an afternoon of fellowship and singing to help raise funds for the Fairfield Cemetery, with refreshments following, on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m..

Fall Fest At St. John’s

The Rockbridge Ballet has announced Ella Schmidt and Hannah Stephens as the 2023 T. David Grist Merit Scholarship recipients.

Esther Pennington, 291-2629

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