MADISON HEIGHTS
Three years after federal recognition opened up a wealth of new opportunities, the Monacan Indian Nation now finds itself with a robust community center thatâs poised to help hundreds of its members and others in the local community in need with a variety of programs.
Members on Tuesday welcomed U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who supported the resolution recognizing the tribe, for a tour of the new Monacan Highview Complex near Monroe in Amherst County. There, he welcomed discussion from members on needs and response during the coronavirus pandemic.
Adrian Compton, tribal administrator, said the Monacan Indian Nation bought the property at 111 Highview Drive in the beginning of October and the existing buildings required little work.
Amyrose Foll
If you come to Virginia Free Farm at Spotted Pig Holler, you’ll find many of the typical features of an average American farm. You’ll see chickens pecking away, diligently fertilizing the grounds in preparation for subsequent growing seasons. Ducks and geese will be busily pulling every last weed they can get their bills on, while hard at work gifting the farm with a bounty of beautiful eggs. You’ll notice tangles of polyculture gardens mimicking the diversity of our natural ecosystems, and pigs oinking noisily at anyone who’ll listen, in hopes that a kindly visitor will share a morsel of food. It’s the Rockwellian pastoral landscape many envision when picturing a bucolic farm. What’s different about this farm, however, is that the food produced here is given away all of it.
Correspondent
Since the first local cases emerged this past spring, the virus has altered our everyday lives, cleared our calendars of community events, and added a spice of danger to even our most mundane daily errands. To date, nearly 700 Fluvanna residents have been diagnosed with the virus, 52 have been hospitalized, and nine have died.
Very few of us will be sorry to put 2020 in the rearview mirror, but you can’t say it hasn’t been one for history books. So, before we ring in the New Year, let’s take one last (and maybe not-so-fond) look back.
Rabies
Before COVID-19, the community faced a much more familiar pathogen: rabies. After a rabid dog attacked and seriously injured a child as she walked home from school in late December, several local animal shelters and groups organized a free rabies vaccination clinic at Pleasant Grove on Jan. 8. More than 450 previously unvaccinated animals were treated, and no further cases were found in the county.
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