Mitch Sneed at Large

If you haven’t been to the Powell Wellness Center you are missing out.
I had been on tours of Culpeper Regional Hospital’s state-of-the-art all-inclusive health resort near the Culpeper Country Club, but you can’t fully appreciate what we have here until you go there and work out.
I joined Powell last Saturday and wasted little time jumping right in. No matter what you are into, this place has it all. Every kind of cardio machine you can imagine is there, from treadmills, bikes and stair machines to contraptions that allow you to work your heart even if you are rehabbing or suffer from joint or muscle pain.
There are free weights, and machines for lifters that allow you to work out muscles you forgot you had.
There’s a walking track so that you can get in a walk even when it’s training outside.
Then there’s the pool. The TURTLE Aquatic Center allows you to walk against the current of the water, plus there’s a pool for laps, water exercise classes and a cool water pool. And yes, there is a hot tub. Why do I think of Eddie Murphy’s James Brown impression when I say hot tub?
Then you can hit the steam room and the sauna to sweat and help those muscles relax after the routine is complete.
They have complete locker room facilities for you can clean up and don’t have to go home smelly.
You don’t even have to bring soap, shampoo or a hair dryer They have it all there.
They even have a machine that spin dries your swimsuit so you don’t have to drip your way home.
Man, do I sound like a redneck ort what?
They even have a coffee bar, with light breakfast and lunch items so you can grab it and go and still get back to work on time.
I guess the point of my rambling is that you have to check this place out. The folks at the hospital have a winner here and we are blessed to have it.
QUICK CASH: Could you use $1,000?
In these economic times, who couldn’t put cash to good use. We here at the Culpeper Star-Exponent are planning a Culpeper Treasure Hunt that will take place over 13 days. The person who can decipher the clues the best, they could find the booty—a $1,000.
Watch the paper every day for details and if you need more information, on the contest or how your business can get in on the action call me at 540-825-0771 ext. 102.
WHAT’S IN A NAME: I had the chance to see one see a band with one of the best bar band names I’ve ever heard of. Friday night at the East Davis Street Tavern a four-man band named Free Beer and Wine played a solid mix of Country and Southern Rock to an enthusiastic crowd.
You put that band name on a marquee and people will come, guaranteed.

Mitch Sneed is the publisher of the Culpeper Star-Exponent. A Georgia native, Sneed has been working for newspapers in the South since he was 15 years old. Culpeper is Sneed’s first publisher’s job, coming to the area from Opelika, Alabama where he served as editor of Media General’s Opelika-Auburn News. To share a story or just to tell him you think he’s crazy, Sneed can be reached at