5:40 p.m. CVEC spokesman Greg Kelly comments on the 2,100 outages at Lake Monticello:  The Cunningham substation, that serves a significant portion of Lake Monticello has four broken poles resulting in a large single outage.  Repairs are underway and crews made progress this afternoon but their is no assurance that work will be complete today.  Until work is complete more than 2,100 members will be out of service.

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	Fluvanna student signs letter of intent
	2/4/2010 2:57:49 PM
	One of the area's top soccer players put her name on the dotted line as National Signing Day arrived in snow-covered Central Virginia. Tyler Drake, a three-year starter for the Fluvanna girls' varsity team, signed a letter of intent with Radford University on Feb. 3. Drake...

	Father-Daughter Dance rescheduled
	2/4/2010 11:06:40 AM
	The Louisa County Parks and Recreation Department has rescheduled its 16th annual Father-Daughter Dance to Friday, Feb. 19, at the Betty Queen Center at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 per couple, $5 per additional daughter with...

	Plow efforts trap Main St. shopper
	2/4/2010 10:09:35 AM
	Having your car blocked in by snow plows is not a good  way to start the weekend. That's what happened to Jerry Pounds on Jan. 30 in the town of Louisa after the Friday night snowstorm dropped a foot of snow in the area. The storm closed schools and governments in...

	Father convicted in death of infant
	2/1/2010 1:13:22 PM
	Samuel Bee Jones III could spend the next 10 years in prison after a Fluvanna County jury convicted him of shaking his 5-month-old daughter to death. The 25-year-old was arrested in October 2008 following Arianna's Oct. 8 death at the University of Virginia Medical...

LOCAL NEWS

	Missing 6-year-old Louisa girl found
	2/4/2010 7:01:53 PM
	Just before midnight, officials located a six-year-old Louisa girl that was reported as missing at approximately 6:30...

	County dump a drag for town
	2/4/2010 9:44:43 AM
	Town of Louisa residents pay for trash pick-up as part of their real estate tax burden. Now, dumping that refuse at the Louisa County Landfill is costing them, too. Since Dec. 1, the town has incurred more than $3,000 in damages to its trash trucks as a result of towing...

AREA NEWS

	Executive to lead marketing and develop store-brand baby formula
	2/4/2010 10:44:35 AM
	ORANGE- PBM Products LLC, a leading infant formula company that supplies store-brand infant formulas to Walmart, Sam's Club, Target, Kroger, CVS, Walgreens, and other retailers, recently announced the hiring of a high-profile executive with more than 20 years of management experience...

	Fluvanna water rates on the rise
	2/4/2010 10:34:16 AM
	FLUVANNA- Fluvanna County residents could see an increase in their water bills from Lake Monticello to Fork Union. Lake Monticello: Aqua Virginia In July, Aqua Virginia officials requested the State Corporation Commission approve a rate increase, which could...

	Goochland schools okay $1.7M in cuts
	2/4/2010 10:27:38 AM
	GOOCHLAND- After nearly three months of deliberations, the Goochland school board passed its budget for next year on Jan. 26, eliminating a total of $1.72 million in jobs, programs and services. The school spending plan includes the elimination of 12 teachers, the cancellation...

	Lake Anna group closely follows safety proposal
	2/4/2010 10:16:15 AM
	LAKE ANNA- The Lake Anna Civic Association board of directors is closely following proposed legislation moving through the Virginia General Assembly even though it doesn't directly impact Lake Anna or its users. For the past several years, proponents have been trying to...

SPORTS

	Lion comebacks fall just short
	2/5/2010 11:00:40 AM
	Thursday night was Senior Night for the Lions, and both the girls and boys showed real tenacity in close losses.

	Louisa ladies defeat Goochland
	2/4/2010 10:17:52 AM
	It was a split for the girls of Louisa County High School in recent basketball action. The varsity team lost to Western Albemarle 58-33 on Jan. 26 and beat Goochland 67-47 on Jan. 29. As February begins, the Lions are at 7-9 for all games and 5-6 in the Jefferson...