#timberville

[archivist-crow]

On this day:

ICE BREAKER

On March 7, 1976, a large block of ice crashed through the roof and plasterboard ceiling of Wilbert Cullers's home in Timberville, Virginia, creating a two-foot-square hole on its way to breaking into pieces on the living-room floor below. Cullers, along with his son and his son's girlfriend, had been enjoying the Six Million Dollar Man on television when the incident occurred. According to the local Daily News-Record:

"We heard a roar just like dynamite, and pieces of the ceiling came through, Mr. Cullers said. The pieces of ceiling and several large pieces of murky ice splatted onto the floor near the middle of the room, about a yard from the television. Several of the pieces bounced into the two rooms adjoining the living room. When they looked up through the large hole in the living room ceiling, they could see all the way into the clear, star-speckled sky outside.

Two neighbors observed the episode. The man who lived next door was out in his yard at the time, and a teenage girl dashed out of her house when she heard the explosive sound. Twenty seconds later, another identical block of ice smashed into the ground nearby. Members of the county sheriff's office quickly arrived on the scene. They collected samples to be analyzed at the nearby Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg. The ice was tested for radioactivity and found to be negative. For the most part, it resembled ordinary tap water except for the presence of pieces of gravel inside one of the fragments.

Text from: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored by Juanita Rose Violins, published by Weiser Books, 2009

[mystlnewsonline]

Mt. Clifton Fruit Company to Pay $45K in Back Wages

Investigation Recovers $45,000 in Back Wages from Mt. Clifton Fruit Company, LLC that Denied Dozens of Agricultural Workers Full Wages, Transportation, and Housing. Washington, DC (STL.News) The U.S. Department of Labor released the following information regarding back wages: Employer name: Mt. Clifton Fruit Company LLC Investigation site: 17581 Mechanicsville Road, Timberville, VA 22853 Investigative Findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer violated multiple requirements of the H-2A agricultural worker program by failing to do the following: - Compensate 55 workers, 50 of whom came from Mexico, for all hours worked. Comply with the requirements of the agricultural job order. - Pay the hourly adverse effect wage rates of $13.15 in 2021, $14.16 in 2022, and $14.91 in 2023. - Comply with safety and health requirements for housing and transporting H-2A workers. Request a preoccupancy inspection of housing in a timely way. - Comply with other applicable federal, state, and local employment-related laws and regulations. - Back wages recovered: $45,384 Civil money penalties: $8,998 Workers affected: 55, which includes 50 H-2A program workers and five other workers. Quote: “Our investigation found the Mt. Clifton Fruit Company denied dozens of agricultural workers, many of whom traveled to the U.S. at the company’s request, safe housing, and transportation, and their legally earned wages,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director Roberto Melendez in Richmond, Virginia.  “In addition to recovering back wages, we assessed penalties for these deliberate violations.” Background: Mt. Clifton Fruit Company LLC is an agricultural fixed-site employer that specializes in growing and harvesting a variety of apples that are sold retail, direct to consumers, and to processors in the U.S. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor Read the full article

[nerdymoon25b]

About me and this blog

hi haha, you can call me Moon. :)

i use she/her pronouns

here ill probably just post about what im up to, my life is kinda boring. atleast nowadays...

i love video games, books, etc. im currently reading a book titled: "The mossy witch of timberville". Its a fiction book about a girl who is half human half moss!! its uh... alot more intresting than people realize... I mean Mossete's character is really cool and i love that she can bend the moss around her, also the side characters are really unique in that they are all half block in some way! for example my favorite is Moo, a half... human? its not really clear, half mushroom character! they are so cute and itty bitty, and they were raised by mooshroms! i think its really neat we see mooshrooms in the story even though they are only myths in our world. Also their name is just "Moo", like their parents couldnt say anything else so they were just named "moo" XD. oops, sorry started rambling. My wife loves my rambles but i don't think anyone else does :/ well thats all i'll say, have a good day! :D

[gobthomlin]

October 31, 2022

Timberville, Virginia

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Priscilla of Timberville - Raw Wool. Richmond, VA, ca. 1970s

[myplacesproject]

Day 1764: May 24, 2019

Skyline in the Shenandoah Valley

This photo was taken from the parking lot of Old Hill Cider close to the tiny town of Timberville, Virginia. The town straddles the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, which cuts this fertile valley through the mountains of Northwestern Virginia.

Timberville, Virginia

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mtb fork on a tricycle. timberville, va.

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[porcelainapparition]

Timberville, Virginia

built in 1880

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[solarpunkwitchcraft]

Earlier this week, 1,000 immigrant workers, members of UFCW Local 7, walked off the job in Colorado. Last week, non-union poultry workers in Georgia walked off the job to protest unsafe conditions.

This morning in Timberville, Virginia workers walked off the processing line at Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plant after one co-worker tested positive for COVID-19. 8 other workers have gone into quarantine after close contact with the worker.

Experts say that food processing plants are breeding grounds for COVID-19.

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[tales-from-llynadell]

On River Trolls and Berry Bushes

The Cleric’s Journal - Session Zero

Dear Diary,

I know not how it is I got stuck with such a moronic group of bumbling idiots.

One minute, you’re studying quietly in your quarters at the Saeya State Academy in Lanavir, and the next you’re dumped in the backwater town of Timberville and told to go kill a river troll for a measly hundred gold coins!

I consider myself an upstanding young dwarf, and have been told I have the makings of a promising cleric. Frankly, this whole charade could have ruined my reputation. Having said that, Gaia guides me, and nobody likes a river troll. I told the others to buckle on their armour (though it seemed I was the only one who brought anything substantial) and off we ventured into the Berry Woods.

The pungent stench of berries immediately assaulted my nostrils. Soon after that (a little too soon, for we were still trying to get our bearings) a noise alerted us to immediate danger! Low and behold, a pack of wolves appeared, and while the gnome and I counselled wisdom, that buffoon of a barbarian charged forth in a show of bravado and, frankly, stupidity.

There ensued a tense stand-off with the wolves. Hours of manoeuvring followed, as well as several near deaths (of the rogue especially, who seemed to forget he was about as sturdy as a sandcastle). I got heartily sick of reminding everyone that we had bigger fish to fry – namely, a river troll, and perhaps we had better try to get this wolf pack on side. Fortunately our gnome was a druid, and a mighty talented one at that, and she managed to negotiate a truce with the wolves. Alas, two were then sent off to investigate the cry of a distressed wolf pup, a clever illusion earlier in the stand-off that came back to haunt us.

Nevertheless, we were two wolves up, and I’d had plentiful chances to practice my healing talents. Gaia provides.

After some impromptu salmon fishing for our hungry new friends (Salmon! Salmon! they cried in tail-wagging euphoria), we discovered that the half-elf was a veritable font of knowledge about river trolls! He told us everything we needed to know, including the necessity of using the disgusting berries to disguise our scent.

There were some incidents with wandering dryads and the barbarian once again picking unnecessary fights (belated apologies to the two innocent lovers meeting in the woods that he murdered), and then we finally happened upon our river troll!

Sadly, he was already caged and light-to-middlingly guarded. We knew not by whom, but surprisingly we had begun to work better as a team, and instead of throwing him into battle, we placed our half-elf rogue upon a tree. From there he had a clear view of the scene, and we debated our course of action.

Some wished to kill the guards. I reminded everyone the river troll was a far more troublesome foe and the guards would make useful cannon fodder. I feel little guilt for that suggestion, for Gaia had clearly set me upon this quest. For some reason, the barbarian smeared one of the dead lovers in berries and carried him across the river, which achieved precisely nothing.

In this battle of wills, I was a little worried that my heavy clanking armour would alert those across the river, but fate was on my side! And thus I argued my wisdom competently, and the half-elf shot an arrow into the lock of the cage.

The troll broke free!

The guards did not last long.

We lit up the forest with druidic fire, setting our weapons ablaze as we hurled and swung them, trying in vain to damage the troll. He was tough, and when he’d crushed the guards betwixt his jaws, he inevitably spotted us.

Or rather, he spotted the half-elf, who for some reason jumped into a very visible tree.

Hard choices were required. We set fire to the tree, and set our wolves upon the troll. They battled bravely, and eventually succumbed. But the troll had finally begun to weaken!

Some argued caution. Others could do little but fall over their own feet and knock themselves out. I – brave, stout, and a mountain dwarf at heart despite my years of education – threw caution to the wind and lofted my battleaxe with a war cry. I severed the river troll’s leg, and down he went!

Gaia forgive me. I know river trolls are your creatures as much as I, but I must think of the poor people of Timberville, and I cannot deny the hot thrill of victory that warmed my bones as I brought my axe down upon its neck. I hacked and hacked, and eventually its ugly head was severed.

Weary and battleworn, we trudged back to claim our prize. One hundred gold coins did not stretch far, but the things we learned will last a lifetime.

To our brave wolves, Alpha and Dorothea. May Gaia flow through you, and may you have all the salmon of the afterlife.

Until next time,

Grizelda Stone

DM’s Field Notes | Session Photographs

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

Farmer’s Pocket Ledger (75th Annual Edition). Compliments of Zigler Supply & Service, Timberville, Va., 1941

[myplacesproject]

Day 1661: February 9, 2019

Orchards of Shenandoah

This photo was taken from the tasting room at Old Hill Cider

Honeyville Road, Timberville, Virginia