Shenandoah Valley, VA – This Spring, the Shenandoah County Parks and Recreation Department is featuring some activities for dog owners and dog lovers, as well as courses in basic computing.
Here’s the scoop on the classes, as well as some crazy, fun, cute photos of dogs doing their thing on the Internet and in front...
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Tags: basic computing, classes, computer, computer classes, dog, dog at computer, dog obedience, dog on computer, dog photos, dog pictures, dogs, funny photos, Shenandoah Valley
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Walden Pond, near Concord, MA – In 1847, Henry David Thoreau wrote: “The phenomena of the year take place every day in a pond on a small scale. I am alert for the first signs of Spring…” And so too, are we.
On a web site dedicated to transcendentalism, a commentator writes: “Thoreau definitely liked...
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Tags: birds, butterfly, first signs of Spring, fishing, Henry David Thoreau, Hiking, hope, ice melting, life, Nature, new, Shenandoah Valley, Spring, transcendentalism, Walden Pond, wonders
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Woodstock, VA – Peggy Lahn from the Shenandoah County Animal Shelter spoke about volunteering and pet adoption opportunities at the January 20, 2010 lunch meeting of the Rotary Club of Woodstock.
The Shenandoah County Animal Shelter – located at 288 Landfill Road between Edinburg and Woodstock on Route 11 – provides essential animal services for...
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Tags: adopt, adoption, animal shelter, cat, cats, dog, dogs, neuter, pets, Shenandoah County, spay, volunteer, Woodstock Rotary
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Edinburg, VA – Tragedy strikes when Doug Cummings barely escapes a suspicious vehicle accident with his life and realizes that someone is out to get him. But who?
His only known enemy, twisted psychopath Zeb McGraw, is behind bars. Could someone on the outside be helping McGraw? Or could the culprit be the mysterious cowboy...
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Tags: author, book, boutique, Edinburg, jewelry, Neuharth, Shopping, Virginia hunt country, wedding
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Strasburg – With this article, we launch our new web feature, “Hot Sites.”
Daily, as editors of 7Bends.com and 7Bends of the Shenandoah Valley magazine, we come across websites that are of interest to our changing lives – from a practical, entertainment and/or technology perspective. And, we also receive emails from our visitors suggesting web...
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Tags: Audubon, bird, birding, festival, hot Shenandoah Valley web sites, Virginia Green
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Middletown, VA – According to the Human Society of the United States (HSUS), there are approximately 74.8 million owned dogs and 88.3 million owned cats in the United States.
Serving a percentage of cat, dog, and other companion animals in this region is SkyDog Petsitting, an owner operated business licensed in Warren County, Virginia. SkyDog...
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“Owing to its convenience to the Valley highway and its adaptability for a headquarters, Belle Grove House was seldom without a military tenant nor its grounds without an army. Dead to sentiment, ruthless war had already made a waste of these ornate grounds in which its warrior lord had once taken such pride.”...
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Tags: 145th Cedar Creek, Battle of Cedar Creek, Belle Grove, reenactment
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Winchester – The Lord Fairfax Health District is urging people to “Protect the Ones You Love. Vaccinate Your Pets.” This important message is the focus of this year’s Rabies Awareness Week, September 28 – October 4.
“Vaccinating companion animals, such as dogs and cats, against rabies for their protection as well as the protection of...
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Tags: pet, pet owner, rabies, Shenandoah Valley, VA, vaccination
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