Movie Nite in Berryville – Reel Injun

It’s hard to believe, but true! Movies have returned to Berryville!

Don’t miss this Friday’s feature at the Barn of Rose Hill – Reel Injun

This provocative, award-winning 2009 documentary travels through a century of cinema’s treatment of Native Americans, from the silent era to present day. The movie includes clips from hundreds of films, including Stagecoach, [...]

Michelle Hayes: The Locket – Part 8

The men finished about 4 o’clock, and with it came the silence.  Scarlett shut the front door, leaning on its large frame.  Mr. Connor had reminded her about dinner, and she promised she would be there.  It was definitely quite kind of the man to invite her to his home.  Good ole country people in [...]

J.C. Coon – Free? Really? Not!

Late on Sunday afternoon we stopped by to visit a friend who had recently purchased a piece of property in the far corner of the county.  It was loaded with plants that needed to be divided and transplanted.  She said, “Do you want some?” I said, “Sure”.  Hubby then got the honor of digging and [...]

County and Community Partner to Restore Spout Run Watershed

Clarke County is moving forward to begin water quality improvements in the Spout Run watershed. The Spout Run watershed covers a portion of southern Clarke County including the areas near Boyce and Millwood, Virginia. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in June, 2010 identified high levels of [...]

Michelle Hayes – Ghosts of Yesterday

Something I wrote long, long ago…
 
Ghosts of Yesterday
 
I caught myself thinking yesterday, riding the wind chasing memories away
Sometimes I wonder where you’ve been, skirting around, casting yourself in sin
You’re lonely loves and unfilled lust
A cowboy with a bottle left out in the dust
Under the brim of that Stetson, there’s a man masked in disguise
In the [...]

Clarke County Chorale

Do you have a diverse musical experience and background to bring to a new community choir in Clarke County?  Do you share a longing passion for choral music?  If so, Dr. Ryan Keebaugh is looking for interested individuals to begin a new adult choral ensemble in Clarke.  The group will be open to ages 18 [...]

Coby Lane Wiley Becomes Member of the American Angus Association

Coby Lane Wiley, Berryville, Virginia, is a new junior member of the American Angus Association®, reports Bryce Schumann, CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Mo.
Junior members of the Association are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take [...]

Michelle Hayes: A Card Dealt

A Card Dealt
Here’s the deal my love
Play at my table; play the game right
This game of poker, this endless fight
I won’t cheat; I’ll play what I’m dealt
My lucks running good, my aim heartfelt
Take a look at your cards, try to beat me tonight
Your sky blue eyes peering over the ace you hold tight
I’ll place a [...]

J.C. Coon: Fiddlehead Ferns

Hubby and I were traveling the back dirt roads of Clarke County this week (thanks Clarke for still having ‘back roads’ and “dirt roads”) and what to my wondering eyes should appear but a whole bank of beautiful ferns!   Made hubby stop the truck and back up (on a dirt, back road, you can do [...]

VDOT Offers Mosby Schedule, Bridge for Sale

The Old Winchester Road bridge connects Frederick and Clarke Counties (Click to enlarge)
Virginia Department of Transportation program manager Edwin Carter told Clarke County’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that plans are in place to complete the Mosby Boulevard extension by early 2013. Carter also said that VDOT is offering a County bridge, currently under consideration [...]