Dec. 2 – 8, 2010 | Free FluvannaReview.com DEC. 2 – 8, 2010 VOLUME 30, ISSUE 48 This week in review... Fluvanna REVIEW Publisher/Editor: Carlos Santos [email protected] Advertising Manager: Evelyn Inskeep [email protected] Accounts Manager: Diane Eliason [email protected] Advertising Designer: Lisa Hurdle [email protected] Web Administrator/Designer: Kathy Zeek [email protected] Designer: Marilyn Ellinger Staff Writers: Page Gifford, Jennifer Zajac, Duncan Nixon, O.T. Holen, Joe Ronan, Kristin Sancken, Ruthann Carr and Tammy Purcell Helping Effort’s Ready to Photographers: David Stemple, O.T. Holen Progress Dana Dillon report Page 8 hands Page 10 effort Page 12 score Page 24 Website: www.fluvannareview.com Mailing Address: P.O. Box 59, Palmyra, VA 22963 General: Fluvanna Review is published weekly Deadline: Advertising due Wednesday 5 p.m. Weddings, engagements, anniversaries: Call Address: 2987 Lake Monticello Road by Valley Publishing Corp. Founded in 1979, for the following week. 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Break-ins Once again, dozens of cars and trucks in and around Lake Monticello were opened by thieves late November looking for easy stuff to fence. Lt. David R. Wells of the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Department said it’s easy to thwart PALMYRA these guys. Lock your doors. And don’t leave valuables – like a GPS or an iPod – in your car. It’s that easy. COUNTRY STORE Best cover story quote BULK FOOD & ICE CREAM PARLOR “We want it to feel like that home market you used to go to. Not a big box store.” – Tom Phillips of the Fork Union Community Market 4 Centre Court, Palmyra • 434-242-6807 Make your password tough (Near the L.M. 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