Kelsey Thomas of South Boston has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg with a 4.0 GPA.
The Ballad of Rosa Parks
The Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts will be awarding four $1,000 scholarships.
MacKenzie R. Francis, a senior majoring in biochemistry, from Scottsburg was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bridgewater College.
The deadline for submitting items for the religion page is noon Wednesday. Items are published as space allows. Priority is given to upcoming special events happening within one week. Email items to religion@gazettevirginian.com.
To add or delete names, call The Gazette at (434) 572-3945.
They say it’s going to be getting colder, so these might be some that warm you up. I hope you will enjoy.
The Halifax County Master Gardeners organization will hold its 22nd annual plant sale on May 2 in front of the Halifax Extension Office on Main Street in Halifax.
A weekly feature looking back at top headlines and photos of yesteryear
QUESTION: Our 10-year-old granddaughter lives with us. We have custody of her but her father, our son, is now asking us for visitation privileges. I probably don’t need to tell you that both he and his ex-wife were not up to parental responsibilities. He says he’s cleaned up his act and want…
The Halifax Woman’s Club has been busy the past two months.
The deadline for submitting items for the religion page is noon Wednesday. Items are published as space allows. Priority is given to upcoming special events happening within one week. Email items to religion@gazettevirginian.com.
J. D. Terry Scholarship committee to hold fundraiser
Residents at Heritage Hall in Brookneal received an outpouring of love from the community for the holidays. Georgia Pacific provided gifts for every resident from the angel tree this Christmas.
From Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich, the creators who brought viewers “Dear Edwina” and “Dear Edwina JR.,” comes “Junie B. Jones The Musical JR.” — an adaptation of four of Barbara Park’s best-selling books, brought to life in a delightful adaptation created specifically for Broadway Junior…
The J.T.-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust announces that scholarship opportunities for the academic year of 2020-2021 are available, and the application period is now open.
The public is invited to the third annual Halifax County Public Schools Music Showcase held on Thursday, March 5 at Halifax County High School in the auditorium from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
To add or delete names, call The Gazette at (434) 572-3945.
What Became of Sin?
The Halifax County Beekeepers Association will kick off its first meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. Friday in the Leggett Auditorium of Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital.
Well, we are eight days into the new year. How many of you said you were going make changes in 2020 and have broken them all ready? That’s why I don’t make them, because I can never keep them. Well, this week going to do some I hope you enjoy.
This is the last (for a while, anyway) of three columns in which I take on the absurd notion that punishing children for bad behavior is bad parenting. (The previous are on my website at johnrosemond.com.) There is commonsense and there is nonsense and the absurd notion in question belongs s…
20 Years Ago | 2000
Southside Bird Club will kick off its 2020 programs at 7 p.m. Thursday at Fairview United Methodist Church in Danville
Memories
The public is invited to join area singers in an hour-long free sing-a-long of Handel’s Messiah at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The deadline for submitting items for the religion page is noon Wednesday. Items are published as space allows. Priority is given to upcoming special events happening within one week. Email items to religion@gazettevirginian.com.
The Right Shepherd
This is the second in a series on “parent-babble,” as in the same-old, same-old nonsense the mental health industry has been passing off as sound parenting advice since the late 1960s.
Well, today starts a new year. I wish for you all good health and may it be the best year and all good things in 2020. This week I’m going to do some I never heard of, but I’m going to try. Did you do your black eyed peas, greens, side meats and cornbread for New Year’s Day for your good luck?
To add or delete names, call The Gazette at (434) 572-3945.
The South Boston Church of God will have a stew on Friday.
A weekly feature looking back at top headlines and photos of yesteryear
Start a new tradition on New Year’s Day with a special First Day Hike in a Virginia State Park.
Blessings
The deadline for submitting items for the religion page is noon Wednesday. Items are published as space allows. Priority is given to upcoming special events happening within one week. Email items to religion@gazettevirginian.com.
The Halifax County NAACP will conduct its annual observance of Jubilee Day at 11 a.m. Jan. 1 at the Banister Hill Baptist Church in Halifax.
Christmas came early for some county children thanks to Winbush Racing and others in the community who helped donate toys at Heritage House on Saturday.
I am often asked how long I intend to keep this up, as in writing this column, writing books and speaking on childrearing and family matters. My answer: As long as they keep it up; “it” being the utter nonsense that emanates and has been emanating from the mental health professional communit…
