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Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Mountainside Senior Living – 19 March 2010

From a comment:

Please help support Mountainside Senior Living in downtown Crozet. Mountainside is home to 106 of our elderly, most of whom grew up in our area. The assisted living facility is operated by JABA, a not for profit , local organization. State and county funding plays a big part in keeping the standards high. These funds are in danger of being reduced with current budget work so donations and fund raisers become all the more important. I volunteer at Mountainside and can speak first hand of the quality of care given our seniors, many of whom are low income and dependent on the support Mountainside provides them.

There will be a spaghetti dinner this Friday, March 19, from 6-8 p.m. at Western Albemarle High School. All proceeds will go directly to Mountainside.

The menu is as follows:

.Spaghetti (meat or meatless sauce)
.Green Beans
.Salad
.Bread
.Dessert Choice
$7.00 per person (small children eat free).

Thanks for the support !!

Paul

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Crozet Business Networking Group – 16 March 2010

Our next meeting is tomorrow at 11:30 AM (NOTE TIME CHANGE) at the Old Trail Clubhouse. Dr. Bryce Jackson (Connections Chiropractic) and Rick Moore (Emcompass Therapy) will be discussing/demonstrating “Springtime Ergonomics.” If you don’t know what that is, you better be there! 🙂 Hope to see you there!

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Get Involved in Crozet’s Growth/Progress/Way of Life

Here’s your chance to put your money/time/effort where your mouth is –

Crozet Community Advisory Committee:  Five vacancies.  Do you want to get involved in your community? Are you interested in working on issues that impact the future of Crozet? Consider applying for a position on the Crozet Community Advisory Council. Albemarle County has several openings on the Crozet Community Advisory Council (CCAC), a 15-member volunteer advisory committee appointed by the Board of Supervisors that provides assistance to County staff and the Board on civic and community issues related to implementation of the Crozet Master Plan. The CCAC contributes to public understanding of and support for Master Plan implementation through enhanced communication and collaboration among all Crozet community stakeholders, and seeks to identify, communicate and collaborate with unrepresented stakeholder groups.   CCAC membership is broad-based to incorporate a variety of perspectives and ideas and to provide citizens, businesspersons and representatives of active community groups a chance to be engaged and heard in a constructive and meaningful way. The CCAC meets on the third Thursday of each month from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at The Meadows Community Center in Crozet.  Application deadline is Wednesday, March 24, 2010.


Application forms and information may be obtained from the Clerk’s Office, Board of County Supervisors, Fourth Floor, County Office Building, 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA, between 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., Monday – Friday. Applications are also available on-line. Telephone:   (434) 296-5843 (434) 296-5843 .

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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-03-14

  • Riding my bike to show two houses in Crozet. I’m glad spring is almost here! #
  • RT @TessOrtega: Baking for Bake Sale for Jesse at the Great Valu on Sunday 1-5pm.There should be some great treats so come on out to Crozet #
  • RT @likeglue: realizing how much i missed people in charlottesville. drive out to crozet made me so ready for summer. #
  • At Starr Hill, tasting a few beverages. They’re quite busy. #
  • Somehow the kids are walking without the benefit of sidewalks. Amazing. Ground-breaking. /sarcasm #
  • Saw two kids walking to WAHS from Old Trail this morning. While sitting the the ill-timed light. 2 is a good start. #
  • @Fardowners Welcome to Twitter! Thanks for being Crozet’s pub! in reply to Fardowners #
  • A community garden in Crozet? http://crozet.posterous.com/crozet-community-garden #
  • Amazing how confusing the 4-way stop is for some. Honking, near-collision this morning. Fun to be a pedestrian #
  • Walked my kid to school tihs morning; this is what we saw – http://bit.ly/aGp8Gr #crozet #
  • Weather’s nice. Walking the small one to school. #
  • Anytime Fitness was surprisingly busy tonight. #
  • Sputdnuts are in Crozet. Woot. http://bit.ly/c9aaDw #
  • Crozet real estate market data update – as of 8 March 2010 – http://bit.ly/9E7zOB #
  • RT @willtownes: Great band “Naughty dynamic and the design” playing at fardowners restaurant in crozet. #cville [one day I’ll make it out] #

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Bake Sale for Jesse from Great Valu

From a reader:

Bake Sale for Jesse McDaniel at Great Valu Sunday, March 14, 1 to 5 pm

The community is holding another bake sale to benefit Great Valu’s Jesse McDaniel, who has lung cancer and is currently hospitalized. Contributions (and shoppers!) are needed. All baked goods are welcome: breads, cookies, brownies, donuts, muffins, cupcakes, pies, whole cakes, even items like quiche. All items should be packaged in Ziploc-style bags or other non-returnable containers, labeled with the name (i.e. “White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies” or “Banana Muffins”) and any potential allergens, and priced by the baker. Suggested pricing: $1 for cupcakes/muffins/large brownies or a bag of 3 medium or 2 large cookies. The standard Avery mailing labels work well for this purpose.

Bring items to the store the day of the sale, preferably between 12:30 and 1:00 if possible, but late contributions are welcome too. If necessary, you can drop them off that morning at the store. Please email Carole Keathley, who is organizing the sale, at bakeforjesse AT yahoo DOT com or call her at [[removed]] to let her know what you specifically will be baking and how much, and if you have any questions. We need lots of contributions and they are MUCH appreciated!!

100% of the money raised will be donated given to Jesse’s family to cover medical expenses. Don’t forget to tell your friends and neighbors about the sale..and come out to buy something sweet in honor of our sweet Jesse!

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A Pothole and a Speed Reminder in Crozet

Pothole in front of Cocina del Sol on Crozet Avenue … think this can get fixed before an axle is broken?

Two Crozet Photos - Speed Reminder & a Pothole

Be careful going through the “school district” – just before Field School and Crozet Elementary there’s a nifty reminder.

Two Crozet Photos - Speed Reminder & a Pothole

And just because I think it’s cool that Google’s Street View is in Crozet:


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2007 Was a Good Year for King Family’s Meritage

I wish I made the time to visit King Family Vineyards more often. From King Family’s email newsletter:

The Governor’s Cup Wine Competition, held January 23, 2010, received over 200 entries. Of those entries, only 15 wines received gold medals.  Our 2007 Meritage was picked as the best of the gold medals, taking home the prestigious Governor’s Cup award. The 2007 Merlot and 2008 Cabernet Franc each received a silver medal.

From the Washington Post:

Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell presented the 2010 Governor’s Cup on Friday to King Family Vineyards of Crozet, near Charlottesville, for its 2007 Meritage. The ceremony at the Virginia Wine Expo in Richmond was an annual rite of celebration of Virginia’s rapidly growing wine industry.

The King Family Meritage (rhymes with “heritage”) triumphed over more than 200 other entries from 61 wineries. A total of 126 medals were awarded in judging that took place Jan. 23 at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg. The 15 gold-medal winners were in contention for the cup. (Only red wines were included in this contest; the state’s whites will be judged in the fall.)

Does this mean the King Family Meritage is the best red wine in Virginia? Not definitively; only about 40 percent of the state’s wineries entered the competition. But it gives the producer well-deserved bragging rights. A contest such as this is valuable as a snapshot of how Virginia’s industry and individual wineries are doing, and the gold-medal list contained some surprises.

Not bad for a vineyard from “little” Crozet.