Del. James Edmunds and his Facebook post

Top, Members of Boy Scout Troop 497 wielded rakes, weed twimmers and hatchets Saturday as they cleaned up the Diamond Hill cemetery located on the Berry Hill property. Above, Jeremiah Finke was tasked with being the grub master for Saturday’s clean-up of the historic old Diamond Hill Cemetery.

The cast of Little Theatre’s “Elf the Musical, Jr., sports their red and green in preparation for the upcoming holiday season. The show opens mid-November and runs for two weeks at The Prizery. Based on the beloved movie with Will Ferrell, Halifax County’s own Evan Snead will become Buddy the Elf to delight audiences. Tickets are currently on sale at The Prizery, or season memberships can be purchased through our season brochure, available at The Prizery or both public libraries.

Virginia Tourism Corporation’s new LGBT marketing effort was launched at the annual Pride Festival in Richmond last Saturday. Halifax County’s Wirt Confroy, director of business development for VTC, and Val Guffy, director of consumer and partner Services with VTC, celebrated with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.