
Laura Grim named Vector Industries Employee of the Month for December 2013
Vector Industries in Waynesboro has named Laura Grim its employee of the month for the month of December 2013.

Vector Industries in Waynesboro has named Laura Grim its employee of the month for the month of December 2013.

The Alpha Vision Films documentary film “Oyster Preservation on the Great Wicomico” will be featured on WVPT’s “Virginia Farming” this weekend and will also air next week on RFD-TV. The documentary is a sojourn to “river country” in Virginia’s Northern Neck to meet waterman and marine research specialist Malcolm Luebkert.

Vector Industries operations and engineering director David Tanner grabbed 54 boxes of goodies at a recent McKee Foods bakery store shopping spree donated by a McKee employee and the United Way of Greater Augusta.

Tiffany Andrews is a local elementary teacher who has always had a dream to write and illustrate a children’s book. Though she had the vision for Egglegru and His Crew of Gigglers, it was one of her students who persistently encouraged her to finish it.

The Earl Hamner Theatre will present a new version of its popular The Homecoming at WTA’s Gateway on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 27 and 28. The new adaptation will premiere at WTA’s Gateway before moving on to Charlottesville’s First Night. Both performances are at 7:30 pm.

Mitzie Campbell of Pet Sitting by Mitzie came to the Waynesboro office and gave VPAS an envelope full of checks totaling $930. These donations were collected from her business clients as the result of a solicitation letter she sent out asking for donations for Meals on Wheels.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro beginning 5 a.m. Saturday. The forecast has the Central Shenandoah Valley in line for 2-4 inches of snow and sleet and ice accumulation of up to two-tenths of an inch through 1 a.m. Sunday.

The scheduled Friday and Saturday performances of D.D. Delaney’s “Concise Christmas Carol” at the WTA’s Gateway Theatre in Waynesboro have been canceled due to transportation issues.

SMAC swimmer Remedy Rule competed against some of the best swimmers in the country this past weekend at the AT&T USA Swimming Winter Nationals at the University of Tennessee. Rule swam four events in the meet (100 & 200 fly, 200 free and 200 back) and swam fast enough to return to swim in finals at night in three of her four events.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Augusta County, Staunton, Waynesboro and a wide swath stretching from the Shenandoah Valley into Northern Virginia for early Tuesday. Snow and sleet will start between 3-5 a.m. Tuesday, changing to all snow around daybreak.
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