Lifestyles

Restoration is a rewarding endeavor

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 6:44 pm

The William A. Cooke Foundation garnered yet another recognition for its ongoing community-based contributions as members of the Louisa Court House Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and guests gathered in the Purcell Gallery of the Louisa Arts Center on Wednesday, April 24. The foundation was honored with a DAR National Society Historic Preservation Recognition Award for the preservation of the Cooke Building. “We honor the

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  • Man on a mission thinking about others

    Posted on May 9, 2013 at 9:56 am

    Andrew Burrill’s passion for music and theater has inspired him to travel to Kenya to teach music and theater to refugees there.

    The world is Andrew Burrill’s stage. The 2011 Louisa County High School graduate will be traveling to Nairobi, Kenya this fall to teach music and theater to young refugees. Burrill was accepted to teach at the Olympic Primary School District in Kenya, Africa, and has been commissioned to write a series of monologues, “The Gospels of Kenya” for Lucinda McDermott, playwright of O’Keeffe!. Room, board, and transportation is provided but

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  • An ‘ACE’ in the hole for many

    Posted on May 2, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    Who couldn’t use an extra $385,000?  That’s the estimated amount that 1 in 19 Louisa citizens who lack a high school diploma could bring in if they earned their high school equivalency credential by passing a General Educational Development (GED) test. Adult Community Education (ACE) volunteers are ready to provide one-on-one tutoring to GED candidates.  They will work at the student’s pace to achieve this success. “The big deal this

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Education

Schools delay testing

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 6:06 pm

We don’t realize how much we rely on the Internet and other modern technology to get through the day until it suddenly stops. That’s what leaders at Louisa County Public Schools realized earlier this week when technology problems forced schools to cancel planned SOL testing on Monday. “We all tried to put our thoughts together to deal with an unprecedented situation,” LCPS Superintendent Dr. Deborah Pettit said. “We’ve realized how

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  • Louisa grad heading to Boston for bachelors degree at Berklee

    Posted on May 9, 2013 at 10:18 am

    Darren Poindexter doing what he loves, making music.

    Darren A. Poindexter has been accepted to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts with the quest to earn his bachelors degree in pro music. On November 30, Poindexter and his parents traveled to the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Arts Center in Baltimore, Maryland, where he auditioned and was interviewed by representatives from the admissions department at Berklee. Poindexter rendered an exceptional performance and, by mid

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  • On center stag with Louisa’s Educator of the Year

    Posted on May 9, 2013 at 9:55 am

    Jelita Hopkins

    There’s a real sense of family in Trailer T at Louisa County High School.  It’s evident when you walk into Jelita Hopkins’s early morning theater class that the students genuinely love and respect her­—and the feeling is mutual. The theater and chorus teacher was named the Louisa County Educator of the Year on Thursday, May 9.  During the ceremony, her attending students gave a big shout out when she was

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Religion

Church calendar May 9 publication

Posted on May 8, 2013 at 5:44 pm

Sunday, May 12 Zion Travelers Baptist Church will hold its Mother’s Day celebration at 11 a.m. led by Loretta Strothers. The church is located at 3662 Roundabout Rd., Louisa.   Springfield Baptist Church will hold its annual Mother’s Day Program at 11 a.m. Minister Velvet Coleman, associate minister at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, Charlottesville, and First Lady of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Columbia, will be the guest speaker.

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  • Church calendar May 2 publication

    Posted on May 1, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    Thursday, May 2 “Monumental,” a film by Kirk Cameron, will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Louisa Arts Center.  Something’s very wrong in America.  In this documentary, Cameron seeks to find where we went wrong by rediscovering the foundational truths that made America great.  Rated PG.  Tickets are free and available at the Louisa Arts Center box office (540) 967-2200 and (540) 894-3675.  Seating is limited.  The film is

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  • Celebrating Louisa’s 20th anniversary of National Day of Prayer

    Posted on April 25, 2013 at 11:41 am

    In May 1993, six young friends gathered around the flagpole on the Louisa courthouse lawn, their heads bowed and hearts turned toward heaven.  One by one, their voices spoke of God’s blessings on the nation and the need for His continued guidance, protection and healing touch on our land.  It was the first observance of America’s National Day of Prayer in Louisa. That rather impromptu gathering lasted less than 10

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Health

Good health habits for men

Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:19 am

This year, millions of New Year’s resolutions will be made – and then broken soon after. But there is one resolution that all men should keep: to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting one in six men, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. In addition, heart disease killed 26 percent of the men who died in 2006. And half of the

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  • Ring in the new year with a healthier diet

    Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:14 am

    Limiting intake of certain ingredients doesn’t mean food will be tasteless Maintaining a healthy diet is a popular new year’s resolution for many of us, but for the nearly 400,000 Americans with kidney failure, eating right is actually critical to well-being and survival.  Without healthy kidneys, dialysis patients depend on regular treatments to remove waste products from their blood. And for those treatments to be effective, these patients must limit

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  • Louisa rehab facility gets new gym

    Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Louisa Health and Rehabilitation Center’s physical, occupational and speech therapists with a combined 53 years of experience are committed to providing comprehensive, individualized treatment programs insuring that patients are returning home safe, functional and at a high level of independence.   The center prides itself on treating the whole person and not just a certain diagnosis as patients recover and thrive in meaningful and purposeful lifestyles.  The renovated gym space

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