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Festival of Feet walk-run Saturday

Posted on April 24, 2013 at 2:34 pm

BOWLING GREEN – The town of Bowling Green will host the sixth annual Festival of Feet Memorial Race April 27. The race memorializes former Virginia State Police Sgt. Mark Haygood, who died from brain cancer in 2008. Proceeds from the 5K-10K event benefit Caroline Relay for Life, which raises money for the American Cancer Society, as well as the Virginia State Police Association’s emergency relief fund and the town of

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  • Author to lead equine events for State Fair, Meadow

    Posted on April 24, 2013 at 2:30 pm

    The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation has appointed Leeanne Meadows Ladin as the new director of equine events and Secretariat programs at The Meadow Event Park and the State Fair of Virginia. Ladin is the award-winning co-author of the best-selling book “Secretariat’s Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend.” She also wrote “Riva Ridge – Penny’s First Champion” and “The State Fair of Virginia – More Than A Midway.” Leeanne

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  • Farm Bureau acquires equine show for Meadow

    Posted on April 17, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    Virginia Farm Bureau Federation announced today it has purchased the Virginia Equine Extravaganza, a major horse industry exposition for the Mid-Atlantic region. The new permanent location for the three-day equestrian trade show will be The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County, the birthplace of Secretariat. The dates for this year’s show are November 1-3. The event has been held in the past both at The Meadow Event Park as well

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  • Library ‘Friends’ seeks donations for auction

    Posted on April 12, 2013 at 11:13 am

    The Friends of the Caroline Library is soliciting donations of items that may be sold at the organization’s upcoming annual auction to benefit the library system. The annual dinner and auction is the major fund-raiser to benefit the Caroline Library system. Monies raised are used to buy books and pay for other expenses. The Caroline Library is a nonprofit organization. It receives most of its funding from the county and

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  • Fort plans Civil War event

    Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    FORT A.P. HILL – Fort A.P. Hill will host an event later this month commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the 1862-63 winter encampment of Lt. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and the Confederate II Corps. The event, the Civil War Sesquicentennial Winter Quarters Exhibition, will be held at historic Liberty Church and the Travis Lake Historic District on the Army installation March 30. The event, to be held

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  • ‘CHiPs’ star to screen film at church

    Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    SPARTA – Erik Estrada, who starred in six seasons of the TV show “CHiPs” in the 1970s and 80s, will speak Tuesday at Salem Baptist Church on behalf of his new movie, “Finding Faith.” The family friendly movie starts at 6:30 p.m., and the church is at 24032 Sparta Road. “Finding Faith” is a full-length narrative motion picture that tells the true story of how a family found faith in

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  • Secretariat birthday fete also marks Triple Crown

    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    DOSWELL – Commonwealth Fairs & Events (CF&E) of Virginia and www.Secretariat.com of Louisville, Kentucky are planning another birthday celebration for Secretariat at Meadow Event Park, where the history-making thoroughbred was born. This year’s event will be even more special. The celebration also will mark the kickoff of the 40th anniversary of Secretariat’s historic Triple Crown of 1973. Secretariat’s remarkable performances in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes remain the

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