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RC Boys Conclude 2022 With Third Straight Triumph

The Rockbridge Piecemakers Quilt Guild will meet Saturday, Jan. 14, at 9:30 a.m. at the RARA/Piovano building at 350 Spotswood Drive.

Kicking off 2023, La Leche League will host its first meeting of the year at 10 a.m. Jan 10 at Grace Presbyterian Church, 47 Village Way.

Zavery Wallace of Lexington has been named to the Emory & Henry College fall 2022 dean’s list. - Branton Adams and Sydney Adams of Buena Vista made the fall dean’s list at David & Elkins College. - Margaret Hellwig of Lexington was named to the fall dean’s list at Berry College. - Abigail Hamilton of Lexington earned the spring 2022 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence at Colgate University. - Gabriel Clark of Buena Vista was named to the president’s list at James Madison University for the summer 2022 semester. Mary Monroe of Lexington earned dean’s list honors during the spring semester at Hollins University. - Abby Funkhouser of Fairfield was named to the dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire for earning high honors for the spring semester. - Lily Moreschi of Lexington made the dean’s list for the spring semester at St. Olaf College. - Olivia Persinger of Raphine was named to the Dean’s Academic Honor List for the spring semester at Baylor University. - Elizabeth Hall of Raphine earned an Award of Excellence at Western Governors University College of Business.

The new Natural Bridge Station collection center is to open on Monday, Jan. 9, at 1615 Wert Faulkner Highway. The solid waste trash and recycling collection center is to be open Mondays through Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Sundays, 1 to 6 p.m.

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Early voting is underway in the Jan. 10 special election to fill the vacancy created in the House of Delegates 24th District by the Dec. 13 death of Del. Ronnie Campbell.

Music At Noon Resumes

A meet and greet with the Democratic nominee for the 24th District of the Virginia House of Delegates, Jade Harris, will be held at First Baptist Church in Lexington this Sunday, Jan. 8, at 12:15 p.m.

Lisa Davis Engel has been hired as the director of sponsorship and marketing for the Virginia Horse Center.

Janet Colby, Wanda Troup and Pat Thompson are happy to be “framed” during one of the activities at the Newcomers Club’s annual Christmas party at the Virginia Horse Center Dec. 6. The Newcomers Club is open to anyone living in the Rockbridge area for fewer than five years. For more information, visit the website at www.lexvanewcomers. org.

Alzheimer’s disease is a leading cause of death in the United States and millions of Americans are affected by the disease. It’s important to distinguish the facts from the myths about Alzheimer’s, especially when it comes to finding information online. Here, from the National Institute of Health (www.nia.nih.gov) are 10 common myths about Alzheimer’s.

Colorful Start To 2023

We live in a community where so many people care so much about each other. All during the holiday season, our neighbors have shown incredible support for the nonprofit organizations that work every day to make life better.

Rain and fog that cast gloom on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, receded overnight, making way for clear skies and unseasonably mild temperatures on Sunday, the first day of 2023, perhaps portending a sunnier outlook for the year ahead. We would certainly like to think that we are heading toward better days in the new year.

Around Thanksgiving 2021 fifteen- year-old Alice Tapper began to suffer from abdominal pain. The pain became unbearable enough that her pediatrician, fearing appendicitis, sent her to the hospital.

The Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates’ 24th District in a special election on Jan. 10, Jade Harris, who just concluded a stint as Glasgow vice mayor and a member of Town Council, cites a couple of instances in which she has been involved in initiatives that are benefiting the town’s citizens.