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Diana Schofield was named the Business Individual of the Year at the local chamber of commerce’s 86th annual Dinner Dance and Auction Saturday night.

School officials at Enderly Heights Elementary School determined there was no active threat to students after a notebook containing a list of students under the heading “Death Note” was found in a classroom last Monday, Feb. 20.

Every day of the week you can find something happening at Maury River Senior Services in Buena Vista or the VPAS Lexington Cafe. New activities are starting soon, and ongoing activities have limited spaces available. Check these out and sign up before all the slots are taken! - Western line dancing meets Monday from 11 a.m. until noon at MRSS in Buena Vista. Led by Karen and Tom Whaley, this class welcomes line dancers of all levels of experience, including beginners. Register at vpas.info/recreation or call (540) 261-7474. - Chris Bowring will begin another Tai Chi class on Tuesdays from 1 until 2 p.m. at MRSS. This is a gentle and uncomplicated form of Tai Chi for those with little or no experience. Class size is limited; the session will run from March 14 until April 18. Register at vpas.info/health-and-fitness or call (540) 261-7474. - Yoga Light, led by Holly Richardson, has a few spaces available on Wednesdays from 1:30 until 2:15 p.m. Exercises are done both sitting and standing; the class is held at MRSS. Register at vpas.info/health-and-fitness or call (540) 261-7474. - The Pickers and Singers, MRSS’s longest-running activity, meet Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 10 until 11. It is open to anyone 60 or older who likes to play a stringed instrument or sing, or both. Beginners are welcome, and there’s no need to read music or remember the words. Drop by MRSS any Wednesday or Thursday morning to sit in or listen!

Carolyn Bradley, 540-258-2720

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

Under normal circumstances, Medicaid beneficiaries’ eligibility for benefits is reviewed and renewed once a year. During the Covid pandemic, this requirement was waived and eligibility was automatically renewed.

W&L Professors Part Of Joint Effort By Colleges

Veteran Coach Takes Helm Of PM Football Program

Five Rockbridge County High School basketball players – three boys and two girls – were named to the all-district teams last Wednesday.

Glasgow Town Council recently approved a distribution of the town’s latest American Relief Plan Act funds.

Rockbridge Conservation (RACC) has relaunched “Caught GreenHanded,” a campaign to publicly recognize local businesses, community organizations, and institutions that have taken significant steps to become more energy efficient, reduce waste, or otherwise improve the environmental wellbeing of our community.

Washington and Lee University has been included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. students for the fifth consecutive year.

The Museums at Washington and Lee University are presenting a new exhibit celebrating women ceramicists in Japan who are challenging tradition, breaking barriers and forging new techniques and methods with a clay exhibit that opened to the public on Feb. 1 and will close on April 29.

Lynn Chin, an associate professor of sociology at Washington and Lee University, will present a lecture on March 2 at 5 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater at the Elrod Commons as part of W&L’s Mudd Center for Ethics’ series on “Beneficence: Practicing and Ethics of Care.”

Tim Hagans To Perform This Saturday

Mountain Gateway Community College has announced that the seventh annual Distinguished Alumni Award is currently open for nominations.

Virginia Military Institute is welcoming Shaolin kung fu master Heng Yue on Sunday, March 5, at 1 p.m. for a demonstration in Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall, followed by an interactive workshop in the Hall of Valor.

Virginia National Guard Sgt. Lee Shallenberger (center) was presented a Unit Award, after a long deployment to Africa, during a recent ceremony at the Hines Memorial Armory. Retired Maj. Jimmy Poole (left) has sponsored the award for the past 23 years, an award that is unique to Company B, 1-116th Infantry Battalion and is voted on by the soldiers. First Lt. Eric Abshier (right) was also present at the ceremony.

Events Start This Friday