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Officials Speak At Breakfast

Three additional emergency services responders would be hired this spring under a proposal presented to the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 9 by Nathan Ramsey, the county’s fire and rescue services chief.

Republican Nominee Wins Special Election

I think about the pull between short-term and long-term rewards fairly often, and I’ve written about the ill effects of the quest for short-term gain over long-term sustainability in our newspaper industry. I see this phenomenon playing out more often, it seems, and over a variety of issues.

The General Assembly convened last week for the 2023 session – the only session in which newly elected Del. Ellen Campbell of the 24th District and veteran state Sen. Creigh Deeds of the 25th District are representing all of Rockbridge County, Buena Vista and Lexington. Later this year, all 140 members of the General Assembly will be up for election in redrawn districts.

Howie is a silly and sweet boxer mix. He is approximately 1 year old and weighs 45 pounds. He loves to go for walks and will try to climb into your lap. Visit this delightful boy at the Rockbridge SPCA.

Move Polling Places From Churches

Karyn Gardner, (540) 228-2176, (540) 655-3646 [email protected]

Lexington Board Views Draft Budget

Rockbridge Conservation’s next webinar will be tonight, Wednesday, Jan 18, at 7 and will focus on invasive plants species in the Rockbridge area, including Kudzu, Chinese privet, Japanese knotweed, burning bush and tree of heaven.

The Rose Harris Clothing Closet in the First Baptist Church of Lexington will be open on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m. until noon.

Virginia Estelle Clark Gattis, 91, of Buena Vista, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. She was born Feb. 5, 1931, in Rockbridge County.

Elizabeth Page (Francis) Cunningham, was born on Oct. 27, 1947, in Lexington, at Stonewall Jackson Hospital, to George Edwin and June Elizabeth Cunningham, who preceded her in death. She died on Jan. 12, 2023, at her home in Buena Vista.

Carla Joy DeSmidt of Vesuvius, born July 1, 1945, died at her home on Jan. 11, 2023.

Charles Richard Riley, 60, of Powhatan passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

Dawn Swartz Fitzgerald, 61, of Natural Bridge died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, at Augusta Medical Center.

William D. “Bill” McHenry, 90, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., former athletic director at Washington and Lee University, died Wednesday, Jan. 4.

Donald Hankins Brown, 86, widower of Mary Rose (Walker) Brown, formerly of Cardinal Street, Staunton, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at The Regency at Augusta in Fishersville.

Ronald Lee Brown, a native of Lexington, died on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Lynchburg General Hospital.

With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Donna Harris of St. Clair, Pa., who succumbed to a battle with cancer on Jan. 6, 2023, at her home.