2018 All-Cumberland District Softball Team Player of the Year: Hailey Byington; Rye Cove Coaching Staff of the Year: Tim Lawson and Staff of Twin Springs First Team Pitchers: Hailey Byington; Rye Cove Aubrey Powers; Twin Springs Haley Tomlinson; Rye Cove Catcher: Ashley Smith; Rye Cove First Base: Emily Moore; Eastside Chenoa Dean; Twin Springs Second… Read More This Week in Local Sports
The thirty-first annual Mason-Dorton schoolhouse reunion will be held Sat, June 17 beginning at 11:00 am. Potluck – please bring covered dish. Located at the old schoolhouse, South 71 Castlewood, VA. Contact Janice Halsey at 276-889-2488 or 276-596-0785 for further information.
Congratulations to these members of Castlewood High School’s Class of 2018 for their high standards of academic achievement. Our community is justifiably proud of these young people, and every other member of this year’s graduating class. “Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee and do not try to make the Universe a blind alley.” — Ralph Waldo… Read More CHS Class of 2018 Senior Honors Students
Each year many festivals and outdoor events take place throughout our area. On Saturday, June 9th, one of this year’s most eagerly-anticipated events will take place at the Riverside Shopping Center in St. Paul, between the Dollar General Store and Advance Auto. Yes, I’m talking about the Crooked Road Rod Run Car Show! Spectator admission… Read More Crooked Road Rod Run Car Show in St. Paul on Sat. June 9th
© Jerry F. Couch 2018 CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK — The initial site chosen for the Myles Pool was on Riverside Drive (currently the site of a shuttered Texaco service station). The St. Paul National Bank owned this site and the bank’s president, Sen. M. M. Long, offered to donate the vacant lots. Though this was… Read More The Myles Pool in St. Paul – Part 2