Town Talk

Clint Novak of Fun Land of Fredericksburg.  Update on the park–including the multi-level go kart track and overall changes.  funlandfredericksburg.com  

Special Olympics Virginia.  Basketball championships March 1-2 in Stafford.  Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi preview.   Rick Jeffrey, Grace Anne Braxton and Ali Bernard.  

Lynchings.  Jim Hall and Zann Nelson talk about lynchings in Virginia and a General Assembly resolution on the topic.   Jim Hall is author of:  “The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia:  Seeking Truth at Rattle Snake Mountain.”  

Spotsylvania School Superintendent Scott Baker and School Board Chairman Baron Braswell.   The benefits of starting school early. A teaching academy. The budget.  

Daniel Menahem with S-Power on the big solar project in western Spotsylvania.  The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the 26th beginning at 4:30 at Spotsylvania High School.  A vote must occur by the

Previewing the Great Train Race and Trains, Planes and Automobiles–the YMCA Kids Race Series.  Cathy Weise and Jennifer Taylor.   gtrfredericksburg.com  

Training the Washingtons:  What’s been discovered at George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm in Stafford, about how Mary Washington trained her children.    Small Finds Analyst Laura Galke with the George Washington Foundation. kenmore.org     February 18th: 

Caitlin Daly with the Fredericksburg SPCA talks about the Community Medical Center, Adventure Tails, fostering an animal and volunteer opportunities at the SPCA.   fburgspca.org  

Naomie Murdock and Devlin Reily with the Rappahannock Area YMCA.   We talk heart health, the need for exercise and eating right.  family-ymca.org  

Talking about concerns with the  proposed solar facility in western Spotsylvania. Kevin McCarthy, Dave Hammond and Sean Fogerty.    protectspotsylvania.com