Charity Event FRIDAY AUGUST 20TH to benefit both the Cancer Association and the Prizery.

The $100 ticket gets you two dinners before the raffle and a chance to win $10,000.
Tickets are for sale at the Prizery box office only; please contact (434) 572-8339 or prizery@mac.com for more information.

Hors Dourves start at 6:30 PM - BYOB.  Catering by Maynard Childress.

Despite a sputtering national economy, innovative entrepreneurship is alive and well in the Commonwealth of Virginia, where twelve thriving businesses have been named as finalists in the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards Competition.

The statewide competition, sponsored by the Tayloe Murphy Center at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, is designed to spotlight successful businesses located in the state’s most economically challenged communities. With this year’s finalists, the Tayloe Murphy Center has done just that.

Tips from the Southside Master Gardeners to keep your garden healthy.

PLANT Late August is the best time to plant Oriental poppies.  A mulch of oak or sycamore leaves will give them needed protection the first winter.

PRUNE
Maples and birches may be pruned after new growth has hardened.

FERTILIZE
At the beginning of the month trim back and fertilize perennials for the second blooming.

Feed roses for the last time this season.  When cutting blossoms, cut above the 5-leaflet leaf.

WATER
During dry weather be sure to thoroughly water azaleas, camellias, rhododendrons, and heather

Join the Town of Halifax on Friday night, July 30, from 6-9pm for Friday Night Jams at the Halifax Farmers Market.

Bring your lawn chairs for lots of fun!

The Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries has announced FREE public hunter safety classes for those wishing to obtain a Virginia hunting license.

In Virginia, anyone wishing to hunt outside their own property must obtain a hunting license beginning at age 12.