Packed and Ready for Competition, RoboGenesis Bides Time with Community Service

Ed Novak and Team RoboGenesis – Photo Ed Novak
The Clarke County High School Robotics Team has packed away their robot as they complete final preparations for the highly anticipated FIRST competition in Richmond. Per competition rules the robot was “Bagged and Tagged” on February 22nd. This early packing rule is to ensure that all teams [...]

Google Launches Annual April Fools’ Gag

It’s April first and once again time for the online pranks to begin. Leading the way in the online shenanigans is Google. The search engine company has grown to one of the largest business in the would but has managed to maintain a playful attitude with their artistic logo replacements on holidays and with their [...]

Writing Conference in Clarke – A Practitioner’s Perspective

By Lorrie Akins
Clarke County Public Schools hosted a writing conference using Ruth Culham’s 6 + 1 Traits on Friday, March 25, 2011. Winchester, Manassas, and Prince William County Public Schools, as well as Clarke teachers, journeyed together with presenter Karen Harris through the writing process using the traits of writing.
County school teachers gathered on [...]

Snow! (No Joke)

Residents living in the eastern portion of Clarke County along the Great Blue Ridge awoke this morning to two inches of wet and heavy freshly fallen snow. Upon hearing that snow had fallen overnight many residents may have first assumed that the report of frozen precipitation was an April Fool’s Day prank.
An early spring snow [...]

Clarke County Public Schools Announces Food Safety Audit Results

Clarke County Public Schools student nutrition provider Sodexo earned a “Gold” food safetyaudit award this week. Sodexo’s food safety audits address the company’s most important food safety standards.  The random audits are conducted annually by a reputable, independent, third-party food safety auditing company.
Sodexo staff (l-r) Greg Wethey, George Hegley, Bruce Forgrave, Vickie Mueller and John [...]

Author Grace Chang Visits Boyce Elementary

[ Friday April 1, 2011; 12:00 pm; ] .

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Author Grace Chang will be visiting Boyce Elementary School on April 1, 2011.  Ms Chang will be reading her children’s books,  Jin Jin the Dragon, and  Jin Jin and the Rain Wizard.

Contact Boyce School for time and details.

Clarke County Sheriff’s Report 3/23/2011 – 3/30/2011

Clarke County Sheriff’s Report 3/23/2011 – 3/30/2011

Barry Sanders to be 2011 Sports Marshal at Apple Blossom

Apple Blossom officials have announced that Barry Sanders will be the Sports Marshal of the 2011 Festival. Sanders will be the Featured Speaker at the Wachovia, a Wells-Fargo Company Sports Breakfast.
Barry Sanders’ spectacular career had humble beginnings. Born July 16, 1968, in Wichita, Kansas, Barry didn’t play running back in high school until the fourth [...]

Boyce Cranes Carry Good Will Wishes to Japan

On March 11, the world changed again.
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern Japan sparked a chain of events that will forever alter the world’s view on nuclear energy and also the landscape of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Boyce Elementary art teacher Katy Brown was inspired by the symbolic meaning of the crane [...]

Spring Spaghetti Dinner

[ Saturday April 2, 2011; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] .

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Location:        Boyce Fire Hall on Route 340, Boyce, VA

Cost:                  Free will offering

Contact Info:  Diana Fulton  540-837-1235 or Joan Triplett  540-722-2165

Description: The Boyce United Methodist Church would like to invite you [...]