Just a note to look forward to this weekend … The Crozet Farmer’s Market’s first Saturday is 30 April 2011, from 8 to 12. I wonder how many vendors there are going to be this year.
WAHS Student Breathalyzed?
An allegation of drinking some spiked lemonade at Western Albemarle High School led to a 10th grade girl getting pulled out of class and forced to take an on-campus, police-administered breathalyzer test. With the test allegedly finding no trace of alcohol, a Charlottesville-based civil rights organization contends that the school trampled the student’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches. “That’s not a good idea if you want to protect freedom,” says John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute . “It’s a good idea if you want a police state.”
Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival looking for Volunteers (2011)
The Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival is May 8 & 9, Mothers’ Day weekend . What a great time of year to roam around outdoors, taste a little wine, have some bar-b-q, and treat Mom. We’re looking for volunteers to help in all areas; setup/teardown, parking, information tent, wine tent and more. The Festival is the main source of income for the year operation and maintenance; and now the dome is close to being built, primarily with contributions from individuals like yourselves.
Flooding in Crozet – 16 April 2011
Big thanks to the Crozet Gazette and Roscoe Shaw for this video showing the flooding in Crozet today.
Journalism by the people rocks. These are some pics I took at the 250/240 intersection this afternoon.
Full Bike Rack at Crozet Elementary
Spring is here, and more people are walking and biking to Crozet Elementary. I wish there were more. The ride to school is pretty easy (on sidewalks).
“Loss of Biodiversity More Important Issue than Global Climate Change” Discussion
Via press release: Naturalist Marlene Condon, the author of The Nature-Friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (Stackpole Books), will be giving an Earth Day presentation, “Wildlife at Work”, at the Charlottesville Senior Center on April 22 at 1:30 PM. … According to Condon, the environmental focus nowadays is on global climate change, but a much more pressing issue is the loss of biodiversity. … In this 45-minute slide show, the photographer shares images of wildlife working in her yard to keep it—and the environment— functioning properly. She will also illustrate how people can create their own nature-friendly gardens in which Mother Nature furnishes, free of charge, most of the labor!
Video of Structure Fire in Crozet
There was a fire in Crozet tonight. It was a small shed. I’m not going to speculate on how it happened, only I’m glad that the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department arrived so quickly and no one and no home appear to have been injured.
Henley Student Moves on to National Spelling Bee
Bolshevik.
” For his first-place victory, Xu will receive a paid trip to the national bee June 1-2, $240 in savings bond and gift cards, a copy of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary and a one-year subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica Online. ” Very cool.
Re-Store ‘N Station in 3D
Please, please, please go check out their story on this. I’m not doing justice to the awesomeness that they’ve done.
…As a note, I appreciate the optimism about the gas prices. And the Re-Store ‘N Station logo is nifty.
See? Kids Can Traverse on Foot the Distance between Old Trail and WAHS
I hesitated posting this photo for one reason: I don’t want these kids to not be allowed to walk/jog from WAHS to the field in Old Trail .
But … after last week’s discussion (47 comments as of this writing) about walking to school and the absurd policy that prevents kids from walking to and from school, I thought that this phots was an important part of the conversation – kids can walk/jog from school to practice. … Now, adults , please don’t screw this up and take it upon yourselves to prevent kids from walking the one mile from school to practice . It’s good for them, it’s good for the environment and it’s good for Crozet to have fewer cars and buses on the roads.