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

Members of the Rockbridge County High School Wildcat chapter of FCCLA traveled to Virginia Beach in April for the annual state conference and leadership competition and brought home a number of awards.

Mountain Gateway Community College’s David Shofstahl (right) was honored recently as a recipient of the 2023 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award. Making the presentation during an awards ceremony held in Austin, Texas, was Dr. Edward J. Leach, executive director of NISOD. Shofstahl serves as a workforce coach and apprenticeship coordinator in the Workforce Solutions and Community Education Division at Mountain Gateway Community College.

A Buena Vista native has been honored by CHG Healthcare as a 2022 winner of the Top Women in Healthcare Staffing award.

Lexington Resident Honored For Service To University Of Rutgers

Southern Virginia University’s head men’s basketball coach Adam Wardenburg, who has coached at SVU for the past five years, has been appointed the women’s basketball associate head coach at Division I school Utah Valley University, SVU announced last Wednesday.

Newhall Competing At State, National Events

will be interred with her parents and grandparents at the Brookville Memorial Cemetery on Long Island, N.Y., at a later date.

Col. James Nurney Joyner Jr. (retired), man of honor, dedicated Army officer and ’67 Virginia Military Institute alumnus, devoted husband, committed family, church, and community member, died Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

William John Adam Watkins, 47, of Roanoke, was greeted at the gates of Heaven and received his eternal reward on Friday, July 7, 2023.

Bobby Franklin Lilly, 90, of Buena Vista, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2023, at Lewis Gale Hospital.

Mark Kevin Farrish, 57, of Lexington died Thursday, July 6, 2023, at his home.

HAPPY 92ND BIRTHDAY to George Sandridge You are very much loved and missed, Everyone you left on earth wishes you a beautiful birthday in heaven.

In memory of Hazel Coffey Link who God called home July 15th

Bonnie Sue Rowsey, 74, of Lexington died Saturday, July 8, 2023, at her home.

Joan Bolen Jones, 89, died June 25, 2023, at her son’s home in Hopewell.

After the Balloons Over Rockbridge festival kicked off the Fourth of July activities in the area last Saturday and Sunday, the fun continued on Monday, July 3, with the Freedom Food Festival in Lexington, and the Children’s Bike Parade in Lexington in the morning and the music and fireworks at Glen Maury Park in the evening on July 4. The Party Crashers (in photos at top of page) entertained the crowd at Glen Maury Park, while the East Nash Grass (in background at right) was one of three acts to perform on the Main Street stage during the Freedom Food Festival. Brett Ross with Devils Backbone (below) was among the volunteers hard at work during the festival. The Children’s Bike Parade was led by Uncle Sam (second row from bottom, right), while an ensemble performed for the parade outside Trinity United Methodist Church (at bottom right). Face painting (bottom left) awaited the parade participants at W&L’s corral parking lot at the conclusion of the parade. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins and Mary Woodson photos)