-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on June 10, 2021. Mill owners Adam and Marcie Morrison purchased the historic Epperly Mill in a 2016 fire and flood sale, but it wasn’t the sale that sealed the deal. The previous owner’s son-in-law, Bill Eberhardt, offered to help with renovations that would transform the site […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on June 10, 2021. After rain lowered attendance for the Little River Poetry Festival (LRPF) in 2019, and the COVID pandemic inhibited a good turn-out in 2020, the weather was perfect for the 2021 6th Annual three-day festival and attendance and participation were high. One poet drove […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on June 3, 2021. It was a sell-out Grand Opening show featuring the music of Ray Wylie Hubbard last Sunday (May 23) at Epperly Mill. Built in 1901 by John Epperly and his family, the Mill has been restored by owners Adam and Marcie Morrison and transformed […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 27, 2021. High school seniors were socially distanced on the football field Saturday, May 22, to officially become the 59th graduating class of Floyd County High School under sunny skies. Principal Barry Hollandsworth greeted the crowd at the ceremony and expressed his gratitude that more […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 20, 2021. The June Bug Center after-school actors, in partnership with the Floyd Community Theatre Guild, presented Shrek Jr. this weekend on the main stage at Burnette Farm in Willis. The production served in part to celebrate the center’s 20 years of live theatre performances […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 13, 2021 The Little River Poetry Festival (LRPF) is about to kick off its sixth year (June 4 -6) under the big poetry tent at On the Water Outfitters (2053 Thunderstruck Road). Along with featured readers from all over Virginia and some from out of […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 6, 2021. The Floyd Center for the Arts recently hosted a small invitational (due to COVID-19) introduction to the Center’s new Hayloft Gallery exhibit “Paper – An Enduring Medium,” on display through June 5, 2021. Curated by Floyd County’s renowned international paper artist and the […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press (an expanded version) on April 29, 2021. The rain didn’t deter attendees – most of which were children – to Saturday’s rain-or-shine Earth Day event at The Little River Outdoor School. The school’s lead teacher Isabella Porter said she’s noticed kids don’t mind the weather as much […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 22, 2021. Steven Quesenberry had the first inkling to write his Floyd-based memoir, Caveman Supersonic: A Tale of Three Brothers, when he was a teenager. Much later, when his brother Darryl (Animal) was visiting him in Northern Virginia where he lives, they were sitting around […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 15, 2021. Caveman Supersonic: A Tale of Three Brothers is a memoir based on S. C. Quesenberry’s memories of his first seven years living in Floyd, Virginia, and on later conversations with friends and family that filled in some details. The book starts with an […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 8, 2021. Sandra Smith has taught for the Floyd County Public School (FCPS) system since the fall of 1971. From kindergarten to high school, she teaches chorus and piano and, in some cases, has taught three generations of the same family. Tenth-grader AJ Cantrell, one […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 1, 2021. Spring is the season for raking, weeding, clipping, digging and planting, and there’s been a lot of that going on at the Harvest Moon Food Store’s front entrance. “It’s getting a facelift,” said Allison Bowden, one of the co-owners of Juneberry Gardens, a […]
