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Esther Pennington, 540-291-2629

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

The deadline to RSVP to the 100th anniversary celebration at Lauderdale Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is this Thursday, April 6.

Community Sunrise Service

Well over 120 people braved chilly weather to participate in the first Palm Sunday parade held since the start of the pandemic. ABOVE, Peter Eshelman with VMI provides bagpipe music for the parade. Deacon Samson Mamour (at right) from Grace Episcopal looks on. AT LEFT, the Rev. McKinley Williams of First Baptist Church leads the prayer outside of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. BELOW, the Rev. Reginald Early of Randolph Street United Methodist leads the prayer outside of Manly Memorial Baptist Church. (Lucretia VanBrocklin photos)

Program Offered Mondays At Library

Providing care for a family member living with dementia can be many things – exhausting, joyful, frustrating, funny, never-ending and over too soon. Family caregivers too often feel alone and isolated, with questions to ask and advice to share.

March is national Meals on Wheels Month and more than 100 area residents helped celebrate the occasion on March 20 in a big way.

After a successful first two dinners in March, the new Portable Area Community Table outreach initiative resumes tonight in Rockbridge Baths.

First Brethren Church in Buena Vista will hold a revival next week. Services will be held nightly at 7 from Sunday, April 9, through Wednesday, April 12.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) of Rockbridge County will be offering free basic training sessions in Disaster Preparedness and Response Training.

The oath of office is administered to Buena Vista’s interim treasurer, Amarillis “Amy” Hudson, by Chris Coleman, clerk of the Buena Vista Circuit Court. Hudson, who has worked in the treasurer’s office for 15 years, began her new duties Monday, succeeding Mary Lee Huffman, who retired. Hudson will be a candidate in the Nov. 7 special election to complete the remaining two years of Huffman’s term.

Wildcats Eclipse Last Season’s Win Total In Fifth Game

The Rockbridge County High School boys soccer team suffered a pair of onegoal road losses in nondistrict games last week, falling to Stuarts Draft 2-1 last Monday before coming up short 4-3 in its comeback bid against James River on Friday.

The Parry McCluer High School baseball team split a pair of Pioneer District games last week, falling 5-1 at Narrows last Tuesday before cruising to a 14-0 win in five innings over Covington on Thursday.

In the first weekend of the outdoor season, the Parry McCluer track and field teams had several athletes compete in two different meets.