IN & AROUND GREENE

During the month of February, the Greene County Food Bank is requesting donations of canned spaghetti sauce and noodles. Donations can be dropped off at Social Services at 10009 Spotswood Trail in Stanardsville, Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm. Your tax deductible money donations for the food bank can be mailed to the Women’s Club of Greene County, PO Box 352, Stanardsville, VA 22973. For more information contact Nancy at 985-5063

During the months of February and March, the Ruckersville Baptist Church will be having a Free Soup Kitchen each Wednesday 11:00am-1:00pm. It is open to the Community. The Church is located on 33E & Moore Rd/ Follow the signs!!!

Girl Scout cookies have arrived. Girl Scouts will have booths selling cookies this weekend around Greene County. On Friday Troop 939 will be at the Corner Store and Troop 297 will be at the Movie Gallery. Saturday Troop 692 will be at the Food Lion, Troop 3049 will be at Lowe’s and Troop 939 will be at the Dunkin Donuts. On Sunday Troop 433 will be at the Corner Store and Troop 692 will be at Lowe’s. Thank you for supporting you local Girl Scouts. The weekend of the 20th the schedule is: On Friday the 20th, Troop 433 will be at the Movie Gallery. On Saturday Troop 939 will be at Lowe’s and Troop 692 will be at Food Lion.

As a result of the formation of the Tommy Durrer Scholarship Fund, the Greene County Youth Center, Inc. has a limited amount of financial aid available for qualifying families.  Please contact Allison Crawford at 434-806-9557 or Karen Cason at 434-985-8203 by this Friday, February 6th.  We are also accepting contributions for the scholarship fund.

Greene Futbol Club is holding tryouts for the travel soccer teams. Age groups are as follows: Girls U-12/11 turning 11 or 12 by July 31 and Boys U-13/12 turning 12 or 13 by July 31. Jan. 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Greene County Community Park.  If raining the tryouts will be moved the William Monroe Middle School from 6 to 8 p.m.  Snow makeup day is Feb. 7                 For information, call (434)985-4929

1999 William Monroe High School Class Reunion: Tentative Date is June 27. Please sign-up on our class reunion page or call 434-566-4238 for more information. http://www.classcreator.com/Stanardsville-VA-William-Monroe-1999/classindex.

February 12
Annual meeting of the Greene County Fair Board: Feb. 12th at 7:00pm. At the Ruckersville School Library. Open to the public. Demolition Derby, Aug. 1, Fair Aug. 4-8 2009.

Preschool Storytime. Thursdays, Greene Library Feb. 12-April 30, 10:30am. Ages 2-5. Join us for books, flannel Stories, songs and finger plays. Each week’s storytime concludes with a simple craft that your child can make and take home. Siblings are welcome. No registration required. Storytime will include an Egg Hunt on April 9!

February 14
Sweetheart Dance February 14th 8pm to 12 midnight at Dyke Fire House. Call Ed Shifflett for further information. Tickets $20/couple. $15 single. Music played by Kickin’ Country. Come out and have a good time. We appreciate your support. 985-8156

February 15th
Valentine’s breakfast buffet. Sunday February15, 8am-11:30am. All you can eat. Stanardsville Fire House. Support your local volunteers.

February 18
The Book Babes. Wednesday’s at the Greene Library. Feb 18-May 20 at 3:30pm join us as we yak about books and share a pizza! Pick up your own copy of the book at the Greene County Library anytime before the meeting. First come first served to get a free copy of the book. Open to teen girls ages 14 and up. 

TRIAD Workshop.  Wednesday Feb. 18 10:00am.  Project Lifesaver. In the Library Building 222 Main St JABA Conference Room Stanardsville, VA

February 21
*STAR*, Stanardsville Area Revitalization, is holding a meeting with Main Street property and business owners on Saturday, February 21, at 9:30 a.m., in the Town Hall, to hear their views about new sidewalks and crosswalks, lighting, benches, and other possible enhancements along the Town’s Main Street, and to describe the grants that *STAR* has been awarded to complete this streetscape project. All interested county residents are invited.

Strong Quality Basketball will hold tryouts for Girls 14U, 17U and Boys 14U on Saturday February 21, 2009, 1pm-3:30pm at Madison County High School. For more information: contact 540.222.3410 or 540.718.0190 or visit: http://www.sqba.org.  Strong Quality Basketball will hold tryouts for Boys 16U and 17U on Saturday February 28, 2009, 1pm-3:30pm at Madison County High School. For more infornation contact: 540.718.0190 or 540.222.9346 or visit: http://www.sqba.org

Greene County Child Care is hosting a magic-illusion show on Sat. Feb 21 @ 7:30pm at William Monroe High School. Contact Angie Miller @ 434-985-7852 to purchase tickets. $5.00 in advance or $7.00 at the door. This is a fundraiser to help purchase new playgroup equipment. Please come and support your local pre-school!!!

The William Monroe High School Sports Boosters Club is planning a community work day on Saturday, February 21 to complete the field house and needs volunteers of all skill levels to help with a long do to list.  If you are interested in helping, please contact Bill Field, WMHS Sports Boosters President, at 760-0684 or Katie Brunelle, WMHS Athletic Director, at . 

February 22
The Greene County Tech Center will be having an Open House, Sunday, February 22 from 1:00-4:00pm.  Join us as we celebrate Career & Technical Education Month! Refreshments will be served. Call 434-985-5239 for more information!

32nd Annual Black History Month Celebration sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary of Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Association, Inc. will be held at 4:00 PM.
The theme: “Remembering the Past, Shaping the Future.“ Local choirs and soloists will present traditional African American spirituals and contemporary gospel music.  Location:  Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Center: 15044 Ryland Chapel Road. (540)672-1223 for additional information

February 23
The Greene Express AAU Basketball program will be holding tryouts at William Monroe Middle School Gym on the following dates. Girls 10U: Feb, 22 at 7:30, 14U Feb 23 at 7:30, 16U Feb 23 at 7:30, 14U Feb. 25 at 7:30, 15U Feb. 25 at 7:30.  Please contact us today to register! Go to our website at http://www.greeneexpress.com or email us at or call Ron Smith at 434-962-0095.

February 25
Wednesday’  Film Series at the Greene County Library.  Come on out—it’s FREE and it’s FUN. Join your friends, sip some coffee, watch a great film and join in a discussion afterwards. Film: “Under the Bombs.” directed by Philipe Aractingi. French with English subtitles

February 27
The Kingsmen Quartet, Friday Feb. 27th @ 7:00pm. Morning Star Deliverance Tabernacle, 5832 Jefferson Mills Rd in Scottsville, Va 24590. A love offering will be taken at the door. For more information or directions, please call 434-286-6780 or 434-286-3032

March 5
Greene Library Book Discussion Group.    7 pm
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (THE BIG READ) ‘duce a vibrant and achingly human novel. The syncopated beauty of Hurston’s prose, her remarkable gift for comedy, the sheer visceral terror of the book’s climax, all transcend any label that critics have tried to put on this remarkable work.  Discussion led by Hilary Holladay, a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, and the author of three books on African American literature.

March 7
The Madison-Greene Humane Society will be presenting a Rabies Vaccination Clinic on March 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Greene County Tech Center.  Rabies vaccines are $8.00 each and will be administered by Dr. John Hayes, D.V.M.

March 28
Cub Scout’s Pinewood Derby. Saturday, March 28th at 5pm at Ruckersville Elementary School. Don’t miss this fun, annual event.

NOTICES
The Greene County Historical Society Museum, Court Square, is open on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come see the exhibits and use the genealogy database on family research