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“The Forest in Springtime” is the theme of a guided walk in Brushy Hills Preserve on Saturday, April 15, beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting about two hours. Anyone interested in how spring changes unfold in the woods is welcome to register for the event.

Eggs And Hugs

Art Movement Event Saturday At W&L

Is your organization offering a summer camp this year?

Former U.S. Army Kiowa helicopter pilot Amber Smith will visit Virginia Military Institute for a talk this Thursday, April 13, at 7:45 p.m. in Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall.

Wednesday, April 12

Folks of all ages are invited to step back in time and make plans to attend an all-ages prom, to be held Saturday, April 29, at 6 p.m., at the Rockbridge Baths firehouse.

Rockbridge Regional Library will offer a monthly program in Lexington for crochet enthusiasts on the third Thursday of every month from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Piovano Room. The next meeting will take place on April 20.

Two teams from Central Elementary School competed in the Virginia State Affiliate Destination Imagination Tournament in Mechanicsville last month. ABOVE, the DI Magic team competed in the Fine Arts Challenge, Flip the Script, and placed ninth. Team members included (from left) Kaylee McKemy, Lilly Roeder, Audrey Ivins, Adalynn Alexander and Brantley Owens, along with coach Michelle Hughes. BELOW, the Central Elementary team DeInsteins competed in the Engineering Challenge, Thrill Ride, and placed 10th. Team members included (front row, from left) Cordelia Clark, Josie Wilhelm, Henry Fallen, (back row) Delaynie Chaffin, Rachel Feldman, Jorgia Hostetter and Tommy Dixon.

BV Woman Acquitted Of Attempted Murder

April 22 Event To Benefit Boxerwood

It was a chilly day for an Easter egg hunt this past Saturday at Glen Maury Park. Even so, there was a good turnout for the event. The hunt began at the stroke of noon and all the eggs were gathered within minutes. As in past years, young egg hunters were invited to have their pictures taken with the Easter Bunny or get their faces painted. Two newborn goats were on hand for photo ops or just to cuddle. (JoannWare photos)

In these parts, the elusive Charles M. Figgat is variously recalled as a Confederate veteran, as a fundraiser for both the recumbent statue of Robert E. Lee for Lee Chapel and cemetery monument to Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, as a wellrespected cashier at the Bank of Lexington … and as the man who bolted town on Valentine’s Day 1895, carrying two small handbags and over $150,000 of local cash stolen from that bank, on a train bound for Cincinnati, then points unknown beyond. He was never to be located by authorities until his death in Lockett, Colorado, in 1899, where he’d gone by the name “Charles Miles.” At his death, he left only a prayerbook inscribed with that alias, and just $28 dollars left to defray funeral expenses.

Congressman Ben Cline has announced his office’s participation in the 2023 Congressional Art Competition.

Over 100 children, volunteers and parents participated in the Effinger community Easter egg hunt Saturday in the field across from the Effinger firehouse. The Effinger Ruritan Club arranged for a visit by the Easter Bunny and an opportunity for photos to be taken, and games and treats were provided by the congregations of the Collierstown Presbyterian, Collierstown United Methodist, Mt. Horeb United Methodist, Oxford Presbyterian, and Union View Advent Christian churches. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photos)

Children from the community and Washington and Lee University students gather with Chuck Rutberg (center) and Maggie Shapiro Haskett (second from left), former sirector of Jewish Life at W&L, to sing the traditional four questions during W&L’s Passover Seder last Wednesday. The Seder was held under a tent in front of the Richard L. Duchossois Athletic and Recreation Center. This year, Passover, which lasts a little over a week, began at sundown last Wednesday and will end on Thursday. (Claudia Schwab photo)

The Lexington Green Infrastructure Plan is to be considered at the next Rockbridge Conservation (RACC) seminar, Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m.

Speakers Tackle Varied Issues At Environment Virginia Symposium

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The Destination Imagination team from Rockbridge County High School, called Controlled Chaos, competed in the state DI tournament in March and placed third in the Improvisational Challenge, Showdown. Team members were (from left) Malia Fitz, Lezley Slagle, Abby Brooks, Garrett Stillwell and Liam Stillwell, along with coach Ashlee Payne. The team was among several from Rockbridge County schools that began creating solutions to project-based STEAM challenges in the fall and then presented their solutions at the Virginia State Affiliate Destination Imagination Tournament in Mechanicsville.

Lt. Col. Julie Phillips Brown, associate professor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at Virginia Military Institute, will discuss themes of biology, mythology, and motherhood in her poetry on the public radio program “With Good Reason” April 8 - 14.