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Bake Sale for Jesse from Great Valu

From a reader:

Bake Sale for Jesse McDaniel at Great Valu Sunday, March 14, 1 to 5 pm

The community is holding another bake sale to benefit Great Valu’s Jesse McDaniel, who has lung cancer and is currently hospitalized. Contributions (and shoppers!) are needed. All baked goods are welcome: breads, cookies, brownies, donuts, muffins, cupcakes, pies, whole cakes, even items like quiche. All items should be packaged in Ziploc-style bags or other non-returnable containers, labeled with the name (i.e. “White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies” or “Banana Muffins”) and any potential allergens, and priced by the baker. Suggested pricing: $1 for cupcakes/muffins/large brownies or a bag of 3 medium or 2 large cookies. The standard Avery mailing labels work well for this purpose.

Bring items to the store the day of the sale, preferably between 12:30 and 1:00 if possible, but late contributions are welcome too. If necessary, you can drop them off that morning at the store. Please email Carole Keathley, who is organizing the sale, at bakeforjesse AT yahoo DOT com or call her at [[removed]] to let her know what you specifically will be baking and how much, and if you have any questions. We need lots of contributions and they are MUCH appreciated!!

100% of the money raised will be donated given to Jesse’s family to cover medical expenses. Don’t forget to tell your friends and neighbors about the sale..and come out to buy something sweet in honor of our sweet Jesse!

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A Pothole and a Speed Reminder in Crozet

Pothole in front of Cocina del Sol on Crozet Avenue … think this can get fixed before an axle is broken?

Two Crozet Photos - Speed Reminder & a Pothole

Be careful going through the “school district” – just before Field School and Crozet Elementary there’s a nifty reminder.

Two Crozet Photos - Speed Reminder & a Pothole

And just because I think it’s cool that Google’s Street View is in Crozet:


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2007 Was a Good Year for King Family’s Meritage

I wish I made the time to visit King Family Vineyards more often. From King Family’s email newsletter:

The Governor’s Cup Wine Competition, held January 23, 2010, received over 200 entries. Of those entries, only 15 wines received gold medals.  Our 2007 Meritage was picked as the best of the gold medals, taking home the prestigious Governor’s Cup award. The 2007 Merlot and 2008 Cabernet Franc each received a silver medal.

From the Washington Post:

Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell presented the 2010 Governor’s Cup on Friday to King Family Vineyards of Crozet, near Charlottesville, for its 2007 Meritage. The ceremony at the Virginia Wine Expo in Richmond was an annual rite of celebration of Virginia’s rapidly growing wine industry.

The King Family Meritage (rhymes with “heritage”) triumphed over more than 200 other entries from 61 wineries. A total of 126 medals were awarded in judging that took place Jan. 23 at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg. The 15 gold-medal winners were in contention for the cup. (Only red wines were included in this contest; the state’s whites will be judged in the fall.)

Does this mean the King Family Meritage is the best red wine in Virginia? Not definitively; only about 40 percent of the state’s wineries entered the competition. But it gives the producer well-deserved bragging rights. A contest such as this is valuable as a snapshot of how Virginia’s industry and individual wineries are doing, and the gold-medal list contained some surprises.

Not bad for a vineyard from “little” Crozet.

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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-02-28

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It is Incumbent Upon US to Read the Albemarle County Budget

We need to read the budget and make suggestions. (although it would be easier if we had the option to download the entire budget in one document, thus making searching easier)

County Executive Bob Tucker:

“It is important for me to state very clearly that while the library is recommended for a reduction in this budget the County has not proposed and indeed would not support the closure of any branches, including those in Scottsville or Crozet. It is not our desire to recommend reductions to any of our valuable community agencies, but we do so out of necessity only after we have very aggressively reduced our own department expenditures to the point where core services must now be preserved. It is important to note that reductions to community agencies were avoided for the first two years of the recession as local government operations and staffing have absorbed significant decreases. In fact, in FY08/09 when the County was experiencing declines in revenues related to the economic downturn and responded by freezing/ eliminating county staff positions and reducing operating budgets, community agencies received an average increase of 4% in funding. In FY09/10 while local government expanded its frozen/eliminated/offset positions to 55 and reduced non-personnel expenditures significantly, agencies maintained at least level funding while several again saw slight increases. “

The first budget public hearing will be held Wednesday evening at 6:00 pm at Lane Auditorium in the County Office Building on McIntire Road.

What cuts can you find? Dolores found $75,000 in the Libraries’ budget (pdf).

Hmmm …. I think a good business opportunity would be for some enterprising (team of) individual(s) to offer babysitting services in a central location (Cville Coffee? 🙂 ) so that parents can attend the public hearing. Just a thought.
Update 1 March 2010: The Jefferson Madison Library Board of Trustees has voted to close the Scottsville Library.

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Bodo’s Bagels in Crozet

Not the store, but the bagels.

I stopped into Trailside Coffee this morning and was greeted with smiles and a surprise: they now are picking up Bodo’s Bagels in Charlottesville and bringing them to Crozet … hopefully every morning.

Had I paid attention to their Twitter feed, I would have seen the news.

BODO’S Bagels are here! that’s right, I said it! We got them so come and get em!. Bodo’s!!!!! that was the secret fyi:)

The logistics are still being worked out and perfected, but the bagels were there this morning and will hopefully be there tomorrow as well.

Thanks to Trailside for bringing more civilization to Crozet. 🙂

What would you like Trailside to bring? They have Carpe Donuts and Chap’s ice cream …

Note to the FTC: I paid for my coffee.

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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-02-21

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