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)
From Tracey Pugh:
“Folks, it’s that time of year again. The Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival is May 7 & 8, 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.
Volunteer Hub is live and ready to take your volunteer reservations.
Here is the link to our site. Feel free to forward this to friends, family members, co-workers etc.
Many thanks to all!!!!
Tracey”
Flooding in Crozet – 16 April 2011
Big thanks to the Crozet Gazette and Roscoe Shaw for this video showing the flooding in Crozet today.
The Crozet Gazette Video is by Crozet meteorologists Roscoe Shaw and Heidi Sonen. Footage from the Mint Springs Road area in Crozet.
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
According to Condon, the environmental focus nowadays is on global climate change, but a much more pressing issue is the loss of biodiversity. Sheexplains that humans can adapt to changing weather patterns, but they can’t easily step into the roles played by disappearing wildlife. Condonmaintains that a variety of wildlife is required to keep the environment habitable for mankind.
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!
Condon’s book will be available for purchase. If you have questions, please call (434) 823-8150.
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.
The video is unedited; taken with my Droid.
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Henley Student Moves on to National Spelling Bee
Re-Store ‘N Station in 3D
Or … Charlottesville Tomorrow rocks.
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. Good for them.
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.
This is What the Renovated Barnes Lumber Property May Look Like
See for yourself.
Read the whole story at the Crozet Gazette.
Barnes Lumber Redevelopment Plan in Crozet
The plan submitted by PDG includes an 600-foot-long pedestrian mall in the center of the project, anchored at the west end by a large building. Roell said a national firm that builds boutique hotels is interested in the site. Other features include the extension of Library Avenue (still an unofficial name for the road partially constructed in downtown) to connect to Parkside Village and a walking path junction in the southeast corner of the property nearest to Claudius Crozet Park that will connect downtown to the extensive system of trails laid out in the Crozet Master Plan.
What do you think about this?
Update: High-res version of the plan.