-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 20, 2017 Senator Tim Kaine received a warm welcome at a Meet & Greet Saturday evening at Dogtown Roadhouse. Kaine had just come from a hike and was in town to attend the memorial dedication for the lives lost during the April 17, 2007 shootings […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 6, 2017. Foragers and gardeners, retirees and young homesteaders came from near and far to attend the 4th annual New River Valley Mushroom Cultivation Workshop. The 10 am to 2 pm Saturday event was presented by fungus farmers and fermenters Matt Reiss and Jenna Kuczynski […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 6, 2-17 (with a couple of the following photos omitted). The latest Floyd Community Theatre Guild’s (FCTG) play, Deathtrap, brought gasps and sometimes laughs from audience members during last Friday evening’s opening night. The play within a play originally premiered on Broadway in 1978. Written […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 23, 2017 Randall Wells considers himself “just one of the characters of Floyd.” When the retired English professor moved here from Myrtle Beach with his wife Marge nine years ago, he was so fascinated by the county and its mix of people that he wrote […]
“All day there is a sadness running through my mind. As I’m constantly reminded you once left me behind.” –From Left Me Behind by Morgan Wade – The following first appeared in the March 9, 2017 issue of The Floyd Press Morgan Wade listened to a lot of Elvis Presley when she was growing up. […]
-The following first appeared with a larger spread of photos in the March 2nd 2017 issue of The Floyd Press The annual Floyd Mardi Gras is an epic night for Floyd, but it’s not just for Floydians. Saturday night’s Mardi Gras attendees came from far and wide – from Lynchburg, Clifton Forge, Martinsville – as […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 26, 2017 with a selection of the below photos. Nearly 200 people took part in a Woman’s March in Downtown Floyd on Saturday. It was a “Sister March,” held for those who were unable to attend the larger Washington D.C. Women’s March but still wanted […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on January 19, 2017. Bill Spillman’s talent for writing poetry began in the 7th grade. He still remembers the first poem he wrote: The children came downstairs on Easter day. / They didn’t have a lot to say. / There lay the Easter baskets all nice […]
-The following first appeared in The Roanoke Times newspaper on January 17, 2017 HERE. To those who insist that I get over Trump becoming our next president, I want to state that it’s not going to happen. Never before have we had a president-elect so inexperienced, one whose election win was knowingly helped by a […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 22, 2016. German natives and long-time Floyd residents Clemens and Barbara von Claparede-Crola recently hosted about 35 guests in their home, Eulenhof, for a German Christmas Cocktail Party to benefit the Floyd Center for the Arts (FCCA). The party spread, prepared by Barbara, was lit-up […]
-The majority of the following photos first appeared in the Floyd Press on December 22, 2016. The Rising Sun Community School (RSCS) had its 3rd annual Gingerbread Ball at the Floyd Event Center on Saturday December 10th. It was a fundraising family formal where attendees enjoyed dining, dancing, desserts and more. There was a […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 15, 2016 When Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, was first performed in Denmark in 1879, it was considered controversial. Audiences reacted to the play’s conclusion with so much outrage that the playwright wrote an alternate ending. At the Floyd Community Theatre Guild’s opening […]
