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Wolfe receives WCC Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Dean Sprinkle, WCC president, left, and Cameron Wolfe Jr.,
WCC Distinguished Service Award recipient.
SPorter / Submitted photo
Wytheville Community College’s highest service honor, the Distinguished Service Award, was presented to Cameron Wolfe Jr. The award recognizes members of the Wytheville Community College (WCC) community who have provided exceptional service to the college beyond normal expectations and compensation, contributing to the enduring life of the institution in unique and exemplary ways.
Wolfe has served on the WCC Educational Foundation Board of Directors since 2003 as Smyth County’s representative and currently serves as board president. Throughout his years of service, he has been a dedicated advocate and supporter of the college, including volunteering on the Lead Gift Committee during WCC’s first major gifts campaign, which raised more than $3 million.
In addition to helping establish the Marion Kiwanis Club Scholarship Fund, Wolfe also created the Cameron Wolfe Architectural Scholarship Endowment. His commitment to the college extends beyond financial support, as he and his wife regularly attend campus events and activities and have assisted WCC leadership in building partnerships and collaborations throughout Smyth County.
Dr. Rhonda Catron-Wood, who nominated Wolfe for the award, described him as “one of the most dedicated supporters of the college” and highly deserving of the recognition.
The Distinguished Service Awards Program, which includes the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Teaching Award, recognizes excellence in teaching and service at Wytheville Community College. The program was established by Nathaniel W. Pendleton Jr. in memory of his father, Nathaniel Willis Pendleton Sr., whose public service helped make the establishment of WCC possible. The awards are funded through an endowment first established by the Pendleton Construction Corporation Foundation, with later additions made by members of Delegate Pendleton’s family.
Off-Broadway's A Taste of Ireland Company comes to Emory & Henry University
The McGlothlin Center for the Arts at Emory & Henry
University.
SPorter / Submitted photo
Direct from Off-Broadway and London's West End, the internationally acclaimed A Taste of Ireland Company comes to Emory & Henry University with its flagship production, A Taste of Ireland: The Irish Music & Dance Sensation. For one night on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the McGlothlin Center for the Arts will transform into a little corner of modern Ireland.
Performed by former World Irish dance champions and featuring dancers from the recent West End cast of Éireann, Lord of the Dance, and Riverdance, the production strives to bring the spirit and energy of Ireland to life alongside a pint of Irish wit. Watch performers weave live singing, live tap battles, and the Irish songs from Danny Boy to Tell Me Ma to Wild Rover, into a reimagined contemporary score.
The show is described as a love letter to Ireland: its music, its movement, its stories, its craic.
Experience A Taste of Ireland for one night at the McGlothlin Center for the Arts
It’s all things baby, children, and family at the 10th annual Baby & Family Expo on Saturday, Aug. 8, at YWCA NETN and SWVA, 106 State Street, Bristol, Tennessee, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free admission to moms, dads, grandparents, and caregivers, to check out services and products that are the best for your baby, young child and family.
Goodie bags will be offered to the first 200 attendees.
Come prepared to shop for specialty and unique items for the whole family, place a bid for items at the silent auction, and obtain information and resources on activities and resources for children of all ages. Visit every vendor to be entered to win the grand prize drawing made possible by sponsors. Held in tandem with the 2026 Baby & Family Expo is the Community Baby Shower from 9-11 a.m., presented by Strong Starts and BlueCare Tennessee, and Ballad Health Niswonger Children's Network at the Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Demonstrations and resources will be available on pregnancy and childbirth; baby care and development products and resources; babywearing; a performance by PLAYtime in the ARTspace; Buckle Up Appalachia, car seat checks; AHH Babies World Breastfeeding Week information; and exhibitors covering childcare, afterschool, doulas, midwives, OBs, breastfeeding, pediatricians, toys, pampering and beauty, postpartum, teen parenting, families, well care, community, classes and registrations, music, entertainment, education, school, fatherhood, books, clothing, diapers, and parenting resources, and more!
If you had an issue with white grub damage in your lawn this spring, you likely found out that like many weeds, once you see them, their control is all but impossible.
Virginia Tech Turf Grass specialist Dr. Mike Goatley, along with entomologist Alejandro Del-Pozo (also at VA Tech) produced a publication addressing lawn pests, including white grubs, called Beetlemania. Below at some excerpts from their work.
Mother Nature provides numerous clues that suggest the presence of grubs. If your turf has had (or currently has) patchy, dying spots that can easily be pulled from the soil just like lifting the edge of a throw rug off your floor, this strongly suggests grub damage because of the lack of a root system.
The only way to confirm grubs is to sample the soil in the area with a shovel or spade and see if you can find grubs just below the turf/soil interface, where they will be feeding after they hatch and begin to develop.
Dr. Goatley continues: Realize that in early summer (June) they might be still fairly small in size and difficult to see, but if you do find them when doing your scouting, a standard threshold suggesting treatment is warranted for 6 or more white grubs per square foot. Another sign of heavy grub pressure is turf damage due to birds, raccoons, or skunks digging into the turf in search of a tasty meal.
When you first see grubs in the soil in spring, it is tempting to treat them but, generally speaking, the levels of control are very poor at that time of year due to the physical size of the grub itself. Plus, the cool-season grasses are actively growing so the damage is minimal.
It’s when the adult beetles mate and lay eggs on the soil surface of the lawn in early summer that we enter the primary period of concern from grub damage because of the large numbers of grubs that begin to feed on the roots, and even though very small, they rapidly grow in size and have huge appetites. Fortunately, it is also the easiest time to control them with an insecticide because they are small.
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