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3/29/2024

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A Perfect Gift in an Imperfect World
By Gert Slabach

Deck of Cards
("A Soldier's Prayer Book")

Keeping The Tradition Alive
(Ag Commissioner keeps alive the tradition of cutting his own Christmas tree)

The Art of Norman Rockwell
(At the North Carolina Museum of Art)
By Keith McDonald

Convergence Art Guild�s Film Odyssey
(Jan 2011 Films)
By Woodson Hughes

 

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Editor's Page
(Scary Bridges)

Southside Gardener
(Monthly Tips & "To Do List")
By William H. McCaleb

South Winds
(Bats in My Belfry)
By FCOIT

Ask Bubba - Advice
(Parody)
The Bubba Clause

 

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Nov - Dec - Jan Events

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Annual Cotton Economics Meeting
(February 9th)

Farmers Markets Listing (FMs in or near SSVA)

Oh, Christmas Tree
(Tree Sales & Farms)

Press Releases

Joani Layman selected as Master Gardener of the Year

 

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Keeping The Tradition Alive


Ag Commissioner keeps alive the tradition of cutting his own Christmas tree

 

 

    This is Matt Lohr�s first Christmas as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), and like commissioners before him, he is keeping alive the tradition of cutting a fresh Virginia Christmas tree at one of Virginia�s choose-and-cut-farms. Commissioner Lohr, his wife Andrea, their daughter Caroline, age 9, and son Carson, age five, have gone to the same farm for years to find their perfect tree. �This is a family tradition for us,� Lohr reported. �We usually get our tree Thanksgiving weekend so we can enjoy its beauty and fragrance for a long time.� Consumers should go to www.virginiagrown.com to search for a retail lot or farm that sells Virginia Grown trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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