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FloydJAMS a Music Program for Youth in Floyd Virginia

FloydJAMS a Music Program for Youth in Floyd Virginia

FloydJAMS – A Crooked Road/ JAM Program: A Traditional Music Program for Youth Starts in Floyd Floyd County students in grades 4 through 8 now have opportunity to learn the traditional music of the region in a new after school program at Floyd Elementary School. The program, FloydJAMS – A Cro

05.5.2012| Education |

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Floyd Amateur Radio Society (FARS) Test Session Oct 8th

Floyd Amateur Radio Society (FARS) Test Session Oct 8th

FARS will host a Volunteer Examiner (VE) test session on October 8th at 10am. floydamateurradiosociety.org While great strides are being made in certain areas --emergency preparedness, trained emerg. correspondence, security, education, and skills training-- we still see (and hear about) strugg

09.29.2011| Education |

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Fall Rabies Clinic, Floyd Virginia

Fall Rabies Clinic, Floyd Virginia

September 24th - Fall Rabies Clinic - $12/pet Sponsored by the Floyd County Humane Society Various locations and times around Floyd County: 11 am-2 pm Blue Ridge Vet Hospital  436 Floyd Hwy N, Floyd 11 am-3 pm Willis Village Mart, 5602 Floyd Hwy S, Willis 10 am - Noon  Smith's Grocery, 84

09.23.2011| Education |

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Blue Mountain School Celebrates its 30th Birthday

Blue Mountain School Celebrates its 30th Birthday

This year, Floyd’s independent Blue Mountain School celebrates its 30th birthday.   School officials attribute its longevity to the pioneers who made the school what it is. Back in 1981, when the school started, Floyd was a very different place. It was populated primarily by families who had re

03.26.2011| Education |

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