Rappahannock News, March 15, 1984

PAIpCMeVUHON NOW '■*J-j«cH»ASfe'Aud» i3,023 CKfiMBMOUM 2,722 33ra YEAR, NO. 11 Thunday, March 15,1984 Washington, Virginia Ph«i« 673-3343 25* Winter Lingers By MICHELE MAY Rappahannock News Stair Writer “You can't stop the winter from turning into spring,” according to a new aong being played on country music stations. Why would anyone want to? Motorists wondered this while driving through Tuesday’s sleet, snow and slush S> they heard announcers gOport that Wakefield, the Child Care and Learning Center in Washington and Rappahannock’s public schools were all closed. Also shut down were schools (and just about everything else) jn Fauquier and Culpeper. The announcers went on to say that folks in the listening area could expect sleet and freezing rain during the rest of Tuesday morning and up to four inches of snow before the day was over. Rappahannock school officials now have two more snow days to schedule from Friday and Tuesday. Ironically mild Monday’s weather meant a make-up day. Monday was originally to have been an in-service day. Two other snow days have been set for April 23 and May 28. Those are to take care of the last batch of missed days. The new snow days have yet tobeset. School Board chairman Beverly Massie announced recently that meetings would ordinarily be postponed anytime they were set for a day when school had been closed. If the roads were too risky to send the children to school, the reasoning went, they were also too perilous for the public and the school officials. However by mid-afternoon, the snow had melted sufficiently to allow the budget hearing to proceed as scheduled. Weatherman Reports While he was home from his job at the high school, Channel 4 amateur weather watcher Dennis Wingfield (Continued on Page 16) L Kappanannock New* ktk#o«/i Keynotes* WILL IT NEVER END?—Just as crocuses were pushing up the first purple blooms of spring and forsythia beginning to burst into gold flower, winter returned with a vengeance last Thursday, dumping over two inches of snow on the county in an hour. Nasty weather then came back for an encore on Tuesday, bringing snow, then sleet, then rain and finally sleet again Jury’s Verdict Upheld In Holmes Will Case The Virginia Supreme Court issued an order on Wednesday, March 7, denying an appeal in the case of Paleologos versus Neilson, better known in Rappahannock County as the Holmes will case. Flint Hill orchardist Earl E. Holmes, a retired colonel in the U.S. Marines, died of liver cancer in November, 1979. A month before his death, he executed a will, leaving his $1.8 million estate to his doctor, Naval Commander Peter Neilson. The 76-year-old retired Marine officer had no wife or children. Ruth Holmes, his sister and closest relative, died three months after her brother and in her will, directed her executrix and chief beneficiary, Betty Paleologos, her caretaker for over 15 years, to challenge her brother’s bequest. For three weeks in July and August of 1962, Rappshannock jurors listened to arguments, sweltering in a steamy upstairs courtroom with window air condition' ere turned off so testimony could be heard. Attorneys for Betty Pateologos maintained that Col. Holmes was mentally incapacitated when the will was executed, that Dr. Neilson had exercised undue influence on the colonel and that fraud was involved in the actual signing of the document. The jury rejected all three arguments, upholding the $1.8 million bequest to the naval commander. In reviewing that decision on appeal by Paleologos, Virginia’s Supreme Court Justices found “no reversible error.” (Continued on Page 16) Ag Census snows: / More Farms, Smaller Farms Selling Products At Higher Prices But Costing More To Operate By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON liHiliinNkNin Staff Writer According to the preliminary report on the 1962 Census > of Agriculture for Rappahannock, the number of farms in the county jumped from 266 to 313 since the 1978 census. But that’s not necessarily a sign that farming is on the upswing here. “The number of big farms isn’t increasing — only the number of small farms,” noted Birgitt Thornhill, Rappahannock’s agricultural extension agent. She also pointed to the definition of farms used by the Bureau of Census as possibly misleading “any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or normally would have been sold.” “If you have enough land for five cows and you sell five calves, you’ve made more than $1,000 and you’ve got a farm,” Thornhill said. "There’s no trend yet (showing a comeback for farming). It may be significant but it’s too early to tell. We need to look at statistics on agricultural operations over a ten year period.” Tom Taylor from the county’s Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) says the number of farms in Rappahannock listed by his office hasn’t changed in the last three or four years. “They’ve stayed pretty much the same,” ha said. "I don’t see us on any upswing.” While the number of farms increased from 266 to 313 in the four year period covered by the latest census and the total number of acres reported in farming climbed from 78,214 to 87,434, the average size of a farm dropped from 294 acres to 279 acres. The census breakdown shows the following: —farms 2,000 acres or more increasing from three to five, —farms 1,000 to 1,999 acres holding steady at seven, —farms 600 to 999 acres dropping from 32 to 25, —farms 180 to 499 increasing from 62 to 69, —farms from 50 to 179 acres increasing from 109to —farms from 10 to 49 - Mesa inafoaaing from 43 to 71 (a difference of 65 percent) —farms from one to nine acres staying the same at 10. Value And Costs Up The value of agricultural products sold by Rappahan nock farms climbed in the four yean since 1978 but so did the cost of producing those products — and the cost climbed higher, on a percentage basis according^ to the census report. The county’s fanners sold $6.7 million in agricultural products in 1982 compared to $4 million, in 1978, an increase of 41 percent. The figures bode well for agricultural enterprises until the other side of the ledger is examined. According to census figures on selected farm production, expenses^ the cost of livestock and poultry purchased jumsed 96 percent, labor costs Went up 90 percent, the cost of seeds, bulbs, plants and trees went up 50 percent and energy and petroleum products increased 106 percent. In step with nationwide Leaky. Roof “Not A Dry Matter— Board Takes Emergency Action By MICHELE MAY KappahnniMH'k Nf» a St«fl Writer The Rappahannock School Board met in advance of last week’s budget meeting to tour the elementary school building at the request of several teachers who were concerned about the severity of leaks in the roof. During the days following last month’s torrential rainfall, teachers found floods on the floors and stains running down the walls. The smell of soggy insulation permeated the building. Teachers said they feared for the safety of their pupils and themselves if any of the waterlogged ceiling should happen to fall. The School Board was joined by architect Lowell Baughan and Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard Latham during its building inspection. Following the superintendent’s presentation of his budget proposals, the board returned to the subject of roofing, an issue which chairman Beverly Massie said was “not a dry matter.” Estabrook explained he had asked for $50,000 in the 1984-86 budget for roof repair at the elementary school under the assumption that the remainder of the repair project could wait until summer. “The last couple of weeks has totally changed my mind,” he told board members, recommending they act under the Public Procurement Act’s emergency provisions. The time-consuming competitive bidding process could be avoided if the repairs were legally certified as am emergency need. The west end of the building could be entered as a change order to the contract with E.M. Martin, the firm which is re roofing the portion over the gym and cafeteria, said Estabrook. E.M. Martin of Charlottesville and Texas Roofing Corporation of Clearbrook were the only two companies to submit bids on the first phase of the project. Martin bid $19,257. The total cost of the first phase is approximately $30,000, according to Estabrook. Ken Harris, representative from a Richmond roofing company, estimated last spring that the second phase, which is included in the present budget proposal, would be $50,000 and the third phase, to be included in the 1985-86 budget, another $50,000. In essence, the project involves putting a new rubberised roof over the top of the existing one, Estabrook explained. “Last May when the roofing people came we knew we would have to do something over the gym and cafeteria but saw no immediate need in any other part of the building” until the rains came to the end corridor, said Massie. Massie thought the board needed to take immediate action. She pointed out that there were only two bids on the first phase of the project; taking bids on the second phase would probably not involve many more. The board received a letter from project architect Lowell Baughan on the same day (March 6) to certify the emergency status of the repairs. Due to extensive leaks, the building was probably suffering structural damage, according to Baughan. (Continued on Page 16) BZA To Notify Neighbors Now At a work session Monday night, the Rappahannock County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to mail meeting notices to people who might be affected by pending cases. The board unanimously approved a motion from Peter Kramer to send written notice to adjacent landowners and those directly across the road from any land with an application pending. This would include any type of case. The board had made a number of decisions, Kramer argued, in which the neighbors were not aware of what was going on and would have been interested in attending the public hearing. Citizens might not always be able to tell from the legal ads that they could be affected by a case, he said. Sharon Luke added thit particularly when applications are filed by contract owners, neighbors may not recognize the names in the newspaper. According to BZA chairman Lee Bird, one of the ways the board can accomplish its fact finding in each decision is to get the neighbors involved. The board had asked Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke for an opinion on whether such notices were required. During his report Monday, Luke told the board members they may give notice to anyone they want, but they may not require the applicant to supply the names and addresses of the neighbors. Nor may the board take longer than its 60 day time limit to vote on the application. They may not delay the case in order to notify the neighbors, he said. While Luke told board members they didn’t have to serve notice on adjoining and nearby landowners, they decided it would still be a good thing to do. They decided to include postage for this in their proposed budget which is to be approved at their regular March 28 meeting, according to Bird. Other Questions The board had also asked Luke to give an opinion on a coning appeals pamphlet published by the federal Department of Housing and Community Development. Luke said this pamphlet is not binding on the local Board of Zoning Appeals. The brochure is intended to interpret the law but does not supercede the law, Luke said. It is not geared to specific findings required by the Rappahannock County ordinance or Virginia’s Code and case law, he explained. The booklet had caused some debate between board members about the difference between “undue” and “unnecessary” hardship. “Undue” is a sub-part of “Unnecessary,” Luke found. Undue hardship must be “severe but not self-inflicted” to qualify for a variance. If an owner were suffering from unnecessary hankfaip limiting his land use, it would be undue as well What it all boiled down to is that the Rappahannock Board has been following (Continued on Page 16) trends, the fanners in Rappahannock are getting older; the average age creeping from 54 years in 1978 to 54% years in 1962. But during that period, more young people entered agricultural fields here. Rappahannock had three farmers under 25 years in 1978 and six in 1982; 19 farmers between 25 and 34 years in 1978 and 25 in 1982; 43 farmers between 35 and 44 years in 1978 and 47 in 1982. Prifiiary Occupation i» In 1978, 181 farm operators gave their principal occupation as finning. Hie 1982 oensus* reports the number increasing to 136. It’s a figure that Tom Taylor from ASCS finds hard to believe. He recalled that three years ago, he worked with ASCS secretary Mary Updike, ag extension agent r Rap Owings and extension office secretary Ruby Jenkins to arrive at the number of fanners who earned the majority of their living from agriculture. “We came up with 68,” Taylor reported. While the number of farms in the top size category (2,000 acres and up) increased from three to five between 1978 and 1982, the number in the top sales category went up by that same figure. Four years ago, Rappahannock had only one farm reporting $250,000 or more in sales; in 1982, there were three such operations. An increased number of farms in every size category had higher total value of sales: from six to seven in the four year period for farms reporting sales between $100,000 and $249,999; from 18 to 25 for farms reporting sales be tween $40,000 and $99,999; steady at 24 for farms reporting sales from $20,000 to $39,999; 33 to 46 for farm reporting sales‘of $10,000 to $19,999; 43 to 53 for farms reporting sales of $5,000 to $9,999 and 141 to 155 for farms reporting sales of less than $5,000. The 1982 sales figure represents an average of $18,363 for each of the county’s farms. That figure was $15,295 in 1978. More Cows And Calves The county’s inventory of cows and calves increased from 11,859 in 1978 to 16,075 in 1982. However, during the same period, there was a slump in the other half of Rappahannock’s agricultural picture as the number of apple farms dropped from 59 to 56 and the number of pounds of apples produced slipped from 21,254,260 to 18,382,612. Fewer Pip, More Horses The county had fewer hogs and pigs in 1982: 645 compared to 1,291 in 1978. The number of sheep and lambs dropped from 534 to 432. However, during the same four year period, the number of horses and ponies almost doubled, jumping from 282 to 532. Dollar Values - Not Adjusted - According to the preliminary census report, data for farms reporting acreages and inventories for 1982 and 1978 are directly comparable. Dollar values have not been adjusted for changes in price levels between census years. One, Two, Three For The Heart Fund Youngsters at Rappahannock County Elementary School show off different styles of jumping rope, all for the same cause—raising money for the Heart Fund Drive. Supported by individuals and businesses who pledged dollars and cents for every minute spent jumping, the young volunteers contributed over $3,000 through the annual project organized by RCES phys ed teacher Theresa McLawhorn. Those who haven’t yet donated to this year’s fund drive and would still like to do so should contact Janet Yancey, local special events chairman, at 937-5239. Checks made out to the American heart Association can be mailed to her at Box 135, Viewtown, 22746. Unit chairman Steve Scoggin reports that the drive is still a little shy of its $6,500 goal. He noted that a portion of funds contributed will come back to the county this year for the first time to finance a heart health education program for young people in kindergarten through 12th grade. Rappahannock News Photo N /Ginger Pern.

Police, Fire>AndRescue Emergency Log In addition to routine police duties, local law enforcement officers responded to the following emergency calls during the past week, according to the log kept by the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department: Tuesday, March & drunk in pubUe, Route 582, Huntly. Wednesday, Hard) 7: report of person driving on a suspended Keenan; stolen motor vehicle in Washington. Thursday, March 8: gas stolen from a vehicle near the high school; automobile accident an Route 211 nser Fist wood. Friday, March 9i domestic dispute near SperryviDe; poesfhici breaking and entering on Route 622, Castleton. Saturday, March 10: intoxicated driver on Route 607, Woodville. Sander, March 11: tknt eaBa on vandalism of w«n boxaa in Harris Hollow; throat of bodily harm near Aarissvflle. Fire And Rescue According to the log. the following calls were handled by the dkpatch center Tuesday, March ft &52 a.HL, drug overdoae on Route 211, Flint Hill and Anriasville Rescue Squads. Wednesday, Much 7: 12£8p.m., structural fire on Route 211, Sperryville and Washington Fire Companies; 1:40 p.m., brush fire on Route 621, Castleton Fire Company ; &06 a.m., sick call on Route 642, Amiasvflle Rescue Squad; 8:18 a.m., automobile accident on Route 621 and 211, Amiasvflle Rescue Squad; 4:36 p.m., automobile accident on Route 211, Washington Rescue Squad; &51 p.m., structural fire on Route 622, Flint Hill Firs Company; 7:62 p.m., sick call on Route 621, Jeffcraonton, AmiaaviDe Reecue Squad. Thursday, March 8:10:48 a.m., aick call on Route 624, AmiaaviDe Raeeue Squad; 12:44 p.m., akk call on Route 707 at Slate Milk, Washington Reecue Squad. Monday, March 12:10*» a.m., patient with difficulty breathing at the Medical Center, Washington Rescue Squad; 2:01 p.m., side call in the village of SperxyviQe, Sperryvilk Rescue Squad. Tuesday, March 13: poaaible heart attack in Gid Brown HoQow, Flint HQ1 Reecue Squad; 12:36 p.m., automobile accident on Route S22, Griffinaburg, Caatleton Rescue Squad. Records at the dispatch center show that from February 1 to date, 78 fire and reecue emergency calk have been Car Thefts Reported Two vehicles wan stolon last week, one in the town of Washington and the second near Sperryville. Both were recovered by police within hours. According to Sgt. Todd Brown of the Rappahannock Sheriffs Department, a 1978 Dstsun pickup belonging to Edward snd Lisa Burke was taken from in front of their apartment in the town of Washington on Wednesday evening, March 7, at approximately 7:30 p.m. The vehicle was recovered around midnight, abandoned in the parking lot of the Gid Brown Bible Church in Gid Bream Hollow. Brown and Deputy Ed Strespy are investigating the theft Bill Fletcher's 1978 Pontiac eras stolen from his residence in the F.T. Valley late Saturday afternoon. According to State Trooper Harry Newlin, Kenneth, Wyynj. Thiel of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was traveling sooth an Route SI en route to his brother's residence in Madison County when his vehicle broke down. Thiel went to Fletcher’s house seeking help but no one was home, the trooper ssid. "He noticed the keys in the 1978 Pontiac and took the vehicle," Newtin said, adding that Thiel later abandoned the ear in a wooded area and walked the rest of the way to his brother’s. The two came beck for Thiel’s car and were stopped about a mile north of Etlan towing the ear, Newhnaaid. According to the trooper, Thiel admitted taking Fletcher’s automobile and directed trooper Chock Moore and himself to where the Pontiac had been abandoned on Route 631 on Moonshine Mountain in Madison. ceny and auto theft, Thiel was held in jail in lieu of 18,000 bond. After hda arraignment in Rappahannode’s General District Court on Tuesday, he was released on $2,000 bond, his trial set for May 15. Accident Trooper Newlin also reported on an accident which occurred Saturday, March 10, at 6 p.m. at the intersection of Routes 211 and 642 near AmissviUe. According to the trooper, subject Pratt of Kensington, Maryland, was northbound in his 1982 Oldsmobile on Route 642, failed to stop for a stop sign and struck a 1968 Pontiac driven by Hazel Ahrey of Culpeper. Pratt has been charged with reckless driving. Newlin estimated the damage to the two vehicles at $700 riwftfmj 5«:; ; 4* * ? - «... ...... <* . FundjELaiseraOntimistic ys-\ i*. The purchase of five acres of land outside Washington and continuing pledges of “in-kind” and monetary contributions to the building fund have encouraged Child Care and Learning Center (Sursum Corrla) fund-raisers as they begin their spring campaign. Linda Dietel, building fund chairman, said that a passive solar building will be constructed on the land, lo rated near the access to Rappahannock Elementary School. It will provide space for community educational and social events as well as the learning center’s class and living rooms. Dietel referred to recent studies showing that day care, after some enthusiastic attention in the early seventies, has slipped so low in national priority that there are currently less than half a KappaljJ n 1111 tkSfoua Rappahannock & Ad)otnlng Counties par yaar $8.00 Elsewhere In the U.S. par yaar $10.00 Outside the U.S. par yaar $8.00 plus poetag* SUBSCRIPTION-RATES BY MAIL ALL PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ( ) New ( ) Renewal ( ) Check Enclose NAME_ ADDRESS _ CITY__._ STATE__ ZIP _ 1 Second class postage paifl at the Post Office at Warrenton, Va. The Rappahannock News is published every Thursday at 30 Culpeper St.. Warrantor, VA. by the Warrantor Printing Cornpiny. P.O. Bax 631, Warrantor, VA.. 22186. POSTMASTER. PLEASE SEND 3579 TO BOX 631. Warrantor, VA 22106. A Retrospective PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW of National Geographic Photographer Joseph Scherschel Now through March at oMiddle^St. QALLERY MMdto at. WnWngton. Va. f - HoufK M-SaL-tun. 10-6 6794440 million publicly-supported day care slots in the* entire country - less than enough to serve the children in one large city. One solution is privatelyfunded centers such as The Child Care and Learning Center. So far, local response has been generous, she reported. With the site selected and the plans drawn, the Center needs only $6,000 more to meet its local goal of $50,000. The spring program will appeal to merchants, not only in Rappahannock but in neighboring communities that depend oh Rappahannock workers and consumers. Other appeals will go to Virginia foundations. Pro Bono Attorneys Offer Legal Aid To The Indigent In accord with the ethical obligations they accepted along with their bar certificates, four county attorneys are participating in the Pro Bono Program under the auspices of the Rappahannock Legal Services. James W. Fletcher, Sharon Gene bach Luke, Peter H. Luke and Douglas K. Baumgardner are among 39 private attorneys in the Rappehannock-Rapidan Planning District who have agreed to donate up to 20 hours apiece of reduced rate legal services to local residents. "This program is intended to give indigent people who could not otherwise afford legal assistance greater access to the private bar,” explained Baumgardner, president of the Rappahannock Bar Association and the county bar’s representative on the Pro Bono advisory board. “Under our canons of professional responsibility, the private bar has an obligation to make itself accessible to people who cannot afford legal services.” The program is coordinated by Rappahannock Legal Services in Culpeper. An advisory panel, composed of representatives from the bar associations in the five General District Court Judge Decides Assault Not Spur Of The Moment ^ Daring the March 6 aeeaion of General District Court, Judge John Alexander found Elmer Hickereon, Jr. guilty of assault against Jamss R. Brady, Jr. fat a January 28 incident. Hickerson admitted he hit Brady over the head with a walking stick, but said he did it because he was angry over rumors Brady allegedly spread about his daughter. But said Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke, one blow to the head can kSD. The case easily could have been a murder trial, he said. Alter hearing testimony from four witnesses as well as Hickerson and Brady, Judge Alexander decided that the confrontation had been brought about alter Hickerson had gone home and thought about it. It was not therefore a spur of the moment assault caused by unreasoning anger. However, Alexander said he would take into consideration Hickerson’s care for his child and suspended both the jail sentence of 10 days and fine of $100. Hickerson was ordered to pay court costs of $35. He will be on 12 months probation with the condition he have no further contact with Brady. Likewise, Brady was cautioned to make no at tempts to "contact or harass Hkkerson in any way at all” or he would be found in contempt of court. Other cases on the criminal division docket that day included: Randall Lee Bloom, possession of marijuana, (first offense), 12 months probation, costs $35. Michael Joseph Carey, forgery on October 16 (Clarence Baldwin, complainant), nolle proese. Same, forgery on October 21 (Wilma H. Burke, complainant), nolle prone. Same, forgery on October 21 (Clarence Baldwin, complainant), nolle prone. 't Scott CanKrd, bad check, restitution made, ordered to pay $36 court costs. Hie only traffic division case beard on March 6 involved DWI charges brought against Emmett R. Stalks. Starks was assigned to VASAP. The six month' suspension of {■•'driver’s B* 4 cense was sounded, as was the $200 fine. Stalls was ordered to pay $20 court costs. Roberts Given Suspended Sentence For B & Es Bt DAPHNE HUTCHINSON inniwiiMiiiimrwiini “Now, this is your chance,” Judge Share Robertson told Carl Lee Roberts in court Monday as he suspended a total of 34 yean in prison and jail and placed the 18-year-old defendimt on two years supervised probation. Roberts had pleaded guilty to a string of breaking and enterings which occured in Rappahannock County last year. Probation officer Dean Hahn told the court that Robots is currently enrolled in the Opportunities Industrial Center’s building trades program in Winchester. He has done “extremely well” there, Hahn said, and is expected to be ready for job placement in the vary near future. The probation officer described Robots as a “very impressionable young man,” a follower rather than a leader in criminal activities. However, Hahn acknowledged that the breaking and enterings to which Roberts pleaded guilty were separate events. “He knew what he was doing was wrong and he could have gotten out.” Hahn told the judge that the defendant now lives with his aunt in White Post, “a much better environment” -than wherahe previously na» a 'tided. *1 feel he is salvage**.', hie,” said the probaHotf; .officer, recommending that^ Roberts be given eftherjterole or work release as an alternative to incarceration. Roberts told the court that be has two months remaining before be completes Ole’s eight months course, adding that he is being trained as an electrician, plumber and carpenter. He said he finished 11th grade hi school and is currently preparing for his high school equivalency diploma. Answering questions from his lawyer, Robots said he had been invoiced with another person in the breakings and enterings. “He’s in camp seven...I haven’t heard from him.” Asked by Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke why he had eommited the offenses, Roberts replied, “I really couldn’t say,” admitting that he knew at the time his actions were wrong. Attorney Cook of Winchester pointed out to the court that his client is moving toward stable employment. “He got involved with the wrong people...He can be rehabilitated...I’m asking the court to give Mr. Roberts a break,” Cook said, adding that most of the items taken from the Rappahannock Farmers Cooperative and several private residences had been returned. Judge Robertson sentenced Roberts to 18 years in prison on three breaking and entering charges, 15 years on three grand larceny chargee and 12 months in jail for one count of petty larceny. Ruling that the offenses constituted one course of criminal conduct, he ordered that the sentences run concurrently and then suspended the time, pointing to Roberts’ favor able pie-sentence report He placed the young man on two years supervised probation with the conditions that he pay court costs, make restitution to the victims of the thefts, continue his vocational training in the OIC program and complete GED . Two men from the Shenandoah Valley were sentenced on Monday for stealing a compressor from the power company’s work site near Sperryville. Malcom Wayne Thompson of New Market, on probation from a previous felony conviction when the violation occurred and declared an habitual offender by the court, was given a five year sentence with two years to serve and three years probation. Treatment for alcoholism was also recommended by the CODA. Samuel Lee Fulk of Rockingham who had no prior criminal record, was also sentenced to five years. Hie time was suspended with the condition that he pay court costs and he was placed on two years probation. county planning district, ensures the program’s responsiveness to participating attorneys. According to C. Blackwell Dulaney, managing attorney, recent cuts in Rappahannock legal Service’s budget have meant that many of its clients could not be served but for the Pro Bono Program. Rappahannock Legal Services screens clients for financial eligibility and then refers them to participating private attorneys. Referrals generally include adoptions. Social Security eases, custody and support cases, simple divorces and bankruptcies. According to Baumgardner, the vast bulk of Pro Bono work involves domestic relations with “some landlord tenant disputes.” A participating attorney may charge up to $10 per hour plus court costs. Baumgardner acknowledged that criticism has been directed against the provision of Pro Bono services and other legal aid programa,- -Most of the criticism has been that it generates competition among lawyers for cases and that it leads to unnecessary litigation. I’m not saying that there’s never an urmee essary case pursued through a Pro Bono Program hut the good far outweighs the bad,” Baumgardner said. He noted that the program has attracted widespread support from area attorneys. “Ip every jurisdiction, a majority are participating.” Legal Services reports that since April, 1982, Pro Bono attorneys have provided more than 362 hours of reduced rate services to 74 clients. This contribution, if -calculated on a $50 an hour rate, amounts to approximately $18,130. “The success of this program is a credit to the members of the local bar who use their expertise to help the less fortunate residents of their communities,” said Dulaney “The program meets a need that exists among people who would not otherwise get to the courthouse door,” added Baumgardner. 44 ' On March 15, 1969, Robert Foster slipped im* the water at the Bermuda Fahns Hotel pod in San RaRet, California, and held his breath for an incredible 13 minutes and 42.5 seconds, setting a new underwater endurance record. The grand jury returned four true bills against Craig Kenyon, 18, of Slate Mills, for theft of purses and credit cards on March 3 at the Rappahannock races. His case was set for April 6 for further disposition. Three true bills were brought back against Michael Joseph Carey, charging him with issuing three forged checks. Carey is currently a prisoner in the Culpeper jail. His trial is set for May 14 at 10 a. m. The grand jury also returned a true bill against Jeff Noel Neal for passing a bad check at Blue Ridge Guns in Amiss ville and against Larry Leon Schifflett as an habitual offender. The judge ordered extradition proceedings begun on Neal who is believed to be somewhere in the Midwest. Schifilett’s trial with a jury is scheduled for May 3 at 10 a.m. In other action at Mon day’s circuit court term day, Judge Robertson: —extended probation for three years on Larry Dean Land. Convicted of breaking and entering and grand larceny in 1975, Land has paid nothing to date on $1,042 in court costs and restitution. Noting that the defendant has been in no trouble since his conviction and is working regularly, the judge ordered a payment schedule drawn up for Land. “If you make your payments, the court will review this at a later date and maybe relieve you of some of this expense,” Robertson said. —named David L. Konick as court appointed attorney for two defendants, Donnie Ray Coates of Culpeper and James Franklin Williams of Amissville, and continued both cases until Aprils. —set a jury trial for David Allen Nichols of Sperryville, charged with being an habitual offender, for May 14 at 2 p.m. set trial for Michael Lee Atkins of Sperryville on a misdemeanor appeal of a reckless driving charge for May 14 at 10 a.m. The docket on every circuit court term day for the past year or more has included several familiar names, all fugitives whose whereabouts are unknown. On Monday, Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke moved, to clear the court’s agenda by “nol pressing’’ charges against Clara Lorenna Black, Patricia Lusbee, Nancy Phillips and Allen Cruz. Charges against James W. Pendleton and Lewis Wesley Hickman were continued, however. Luke noted that Pendleton may still be in Rappahannock County. “We’ve located Mr. Hickman in jail in Florida and we’ve issued a detainer,” the commonwealth’s attorney added. "Doc" Godfrey Soys DON'T MISS THIS ONE Stock Ito. 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Program To Spotlight Rugs —Rappahannock News Photo/Suzy Chalk ORIENTAL RUG EXPERT John C. Elsea will discuss the identity, care and value of these prized floor coverings at a special program on oriental rugs sponsored by the Rappahannock County Library on Thursday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. In keeping with its tradition of bringing interesting and unusual programs to the community, the Rappahannock County Library will sponsor a demonstration and lecture about oriental rugs on Thursday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the library. Believing that few who own or aspire to own orientals know much about them, the program planners have sought the assistance of an expert from nearby Warrenton to discuss the topic. John C. Elsea will show a short film and present information on the identity, care and value of these floor coverings. Elsea has long been in volved in the oriental rag business and is currently president of Edgar Snowden, Limited in Warrenton. His brother, Emmert, imports and sells oriental rugs from his store in Leesburg. It was through this connection that John first became interested and began the years of study that it takes to understand the complexities of oriental rugs. He will limit his presentation at the library to a discussion of countries of origin and a brief history and survey of the art of weaving rugs and will show examples of different types of oriental —Rappahannock Newt Photo/T. Reynold! SAMPLING THEIR WARES are the four top cookie sellers from Brownie troop 955. Melissa Brown, Heather Gore, Alice Reeve and Daphne Atkins (left to right) sold almost 900 boxes of cookies. Along with other troop members, the girls will be delivering over 1,000 boxes this week to customers, relatives and friends who helped make troop 955 the most successful cookie purveyors in the county. L r 1 Estate ST? EileenM. Day realtor ZERO INTEREST MORTGAGES What would you think if I told you you could get a home mortgage for ZERO interest? Well, it’s true and the good thing about it is thatthere is no catch - but the requirements are more stringent than for normal loans. A transaction involving aero-interest financing usually carries a larger than normal down payment, often one-third or one-half down. The balance of the purchase is then paid in equal monthly installments over a short term - usually five years. A simplified example would be 190,000 house purchase with a $30,000 down payment and sixty $1,000 monthly payments. After five years, the buyer would own the house free and clear. A builder with an inventory of unsold homes may be interested in of- • fering zero-interest mort- I gages. He is, in effect, tying up working capital to expedite a sale, or to extract a higher price for the property. An experienced Realtor in your area will be able to answer any questions about this and let you know if such loans are available in your area. If there is anything we can do to help you in the field of real estate, please phone or drop in at EILEEN M. DAY, realtor, The Clopton House, Washington, Va. 22747. Phone: 676-3400. We’re here to help. rugs, old and new. Local people who have small rugs are invited to bring their floor coverings for identification. Elsea will not attempt to fix a market value on rugs. However, he will estimate insured value. Show Opens March 30 •) Adfearsals for. “Where f m Cornin’ From” have moved to the Gay Street Theater where a troupe ’ of 14 youngsters hit the boaras March 30-31 and April 1. The cast of 14 had been practicing at Wakefield. Director Tali Delevitt says there are five Rappahannock public schools students in the cast: Doretha Butler, Becky Williams, Nicole Frye, Denise Shorb and Jennifer Shorb. The play includes original music with lyrics by student actors Chris Ralph, Gaston deBeam, i Lupy Doherty and Loren Stiurba. TTie score is by Bill Abernathy, who, also composed music for “The Voices of Rappa- ' hannock.” rtIJ Other Wakefield std-’1 dents included in the cast are Christine Bronson, Willie Arias, Randy Moran, Rae Lutes and Sean Bennett. Delevitt says tickets are available at Nature’s Food and the 4-H extension office, both in Washington. Proceeds will go toward the 4-H Bummer day camp project. Admission is $3.50 for adults; $2 for students and seniors. Friends Elect Directors Financial supporters of the “Friends of the Rappahannock County Library’* have elected the following county residents as directors for the coming fiscal year: Mrs. Roberta Anderson, J. A. Bernard Dahl-' gren, Carroll Kilpatrick, Col. Dieter C. Kneupfer, Mrs. Nelson P. Lane, Dr. Bernard E. Nunez and Capt. George H. Sharp. Financial supporters of the “Friends” comprise over 200 Rappahannock residents and non-residents who make contributions to provide funds for the furtherance of library activities. Thanked for helping “Friends” achieve its past objectives were retiring directors Mrs. J. A. B. Dahlgren, Mrs. Thomas L. Eastham, James P. Jamieson, Isaac L. Parrish, Emory C. Russell, James E. Swindler and Mrs. Frances Thornton. College Offers Gifted Progratns Shenandoah College and Conservatory will be the site this summer of a Vir*ginia Governor’s School Interest Center. Programs will be offered for gifted student music composers and student actors for four weeks, June 11 - July 6. The music composition courses will be taught by Conservatory faculty members Dr. Thomas Albert, a composer and chairman of the Theory Division at Shenandoah, and Jeffrey Schleifer, composer and director of the Community Arts Program. Students will attend classes in melody writing, theory, notation, electronic music and improvisation. They will compose, perform and record a final music project in a style and form of their own choosing. The center for gifted actors will be directed by Harold and Linde Herman, professional actors and directors and members of the Conservatory faculty. Students will study acting technique and improvisation and will be associated with Shenandoah’s professional summer music theatre repertory company. Governor’s Interest Centers are funded by the Vir • ginia State Department of Education aj»d are designed ’ for commoting students for whom there is no fee. The Center will operate Monday through Friday and classes and activities are scheduled for the full day. The Center will be open to a limited number of out-of-town students who may be housed in the homes of local students participating in the pro gram. * V Applications are still being accepted for both programs. ror further information, write or call Jeffrey Schleifer, Director, Governor’s Interest Center, Shenandoah College and Conservatory, Winchester, VA 22601, 703-665-0960. Deadline for applications is March 21. Durrette support* Two local men have joined a group of political and business leaders from across Virginia in forming a “Friends of Wyatt Durette Committee” to encourage the former legislator to seek a place on the Republican statewide ticket in 1985. J. Clifford of Sperrvviile, president of Miller Manufacturing Company in Richmond, and Giles Miller , of Culpeper, retired banker* are both members of the committee. ft* Earl Yancey, Box 1M, Vlewtomo, Va. 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t Rappahannock Jietoo An Independent Newspaper Established 1877 Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, Publisher JOHN T. TOLER, Exec Vice Pres DAPHNE L HUTCHINSON, Editor/General Manager BARBARA C. BURKE, Office Manager USA H. BURKE, Advertising To Subscribe Phone 675-3338 BY MAIL: $8 00 a year in Rappahannock and adjoining counties _ $10.00 a year elsewhere in the United States BACK COPIES: 3 months or more 70c. 1-2 years -$1.00; over 2 years -$3.00 (if available) OFFICE: Rappahannock News Bldg.. Washington. Va. 22747 HOURS: 8:30 a m. to 5:30 p m.. Mon.-Fri. Published by Warrenton Printing & Publishing Company, Inc. Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation Thursday, March 15,1984 Continue The Effort This week, March 16-22, is Virginia Agricultural Week, a time to acknowledge the industry that is the mainstay of the state’s and the nation’s economy—and the economy in Rappahannock County. It’s also a time for all of us to resolve to do what we can to continue the effort here to preserve, promote and protect farming. The latest census of agriculture shows the number of farms and the total value of farm products increasing. But that doesn’t mean that Rappahannock farmers aren’t facing the same price-cost squeeze that has imperiled the agricultural industry across the country. The prices they get for their cows and calves, hay, corn and other products have climbed but production costs have outstripped those gains. Despite the picture that the statistics paint here of more farms, younger people turning to agriculture and higher prices for farm products, our agricultural industry still needs help. We must remember that as we begin budget sessions and public heatings on revisions to Rappahannock’s zoning laws. Our fanners need and deserve use value taxation. Yes, bills for the rest of the county’s taxpayers will be a little higher next year because of the preferential taxation program on farm, forest and orchard land but we must realize that those tax bills will really soar if just a few farmers are forced to sell out to developers because they can’t make a living off their land. The tax benefits of land use are important to fanners. But maybe even more important is the program’s psychological impact. It’s an affirmation of support for Rappahannock’s farmers whose rolling fields and pastures give the county much of its beauty, charm and character. Rappahannock’s zoning laws are designed to promote and protect the county’s agricultural, forestal and horticultural base while allowing for controlled development. The laws that have functioned so well for the last two decades have been reviewed and revised by the Planning Commission and will be put before the citizens of Rappahannock at public hearings in the next few months. The Planning Commission has worked to maintain the primary emphasis of the zoning ordinances. Those of us who believe that the county’s future should be tied to the maintenance of its agricultural base need to support adoption of zoning laws that will encourage farmland preservation. Through that support and the support of use value taxation, we can recognize Virginia Agricultural Week in a way that means something. This Was The News In Bygone Rappahannock Times... 20 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS Eddie Hitt, Charlie Priest and Stanley Settle were the three "waitresses’* pictured on the front of the March 19, 1964 issue of the Rappahannock News. Door keeper Braxton James had been heard at the Amis8ville Ruritan Chib supper telling guests not to flirt with the trio. In their pockets they carried tobacco instead of tips. Mrs. Frank Cary of Flint Hill and Mrs. James F. Smith of Sperryville were named to head a special "lifesaving task force” in the April Cancer Crusade. Round steak was on sale at Lea Brothers of Washington for 75c per pound. Easter hats at Newberrys in Culpeper cost $1.98. 10YEARSAGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS Granville Eastham was elected president of. the Rappahannock County Recreation Center Association at its organizational meeting on Monday, March 18, 1974. Tom Metzinger, president of the High School’s Youth Club, was chosen association vice president. Helen Holschuh was elected secretary/treasurer. “Winnie-the-Pooh” produced by the Country Road Players was a sellout smash hit. A total “gate” of $1,229 was collected during the two-night stand. The concession stand brought in an additional $270. The play starred Kathy Am as Pooh, Camille Prescott as Piglet and Lynne Baines as Kanga. Critics raved over Omar Stolfus’s fabulous forest setting. Propaganda Job Charged To the editor A thorough propaganda job was done before the supervisors’ meeting last week. The whole community had been told that Jim and Catherine Paul were trying to close the right-of-way to the ballfields. That is not true. We had asked that the lane not be used as a permanent right-of-way. We never t^ied to close the ballfields. I went to Mrs. Stuart personally in September and explained to her how we felt we had lost much of our privacy during the summer and fell months. (When deeded to the Ruritans it will be used the year around.) We asked her to give a right-ofway to land she was planning to donate to the Ruritans. We met again with her and Mrs. Luke in November. The promises made that day were not kept. Especially the <me to send us a copy of the proposal when it was drawn up. We never received anything. We asked for two things: 1. She dondte a right-ofway from Rt. 211 to the property she was donating to the Ruritans, so the lane could revert back to a residential and farm lane as it had beta before the ball fields came into existance. Then we could plant trees for a screen on the east side of the lane for privacy from the traffic. 2. Not to expand to night time use of donated property because of headlights shining in my parents’ bedroom windows. Their bedroom is less than 30 feet from the lane and has windows on three sides. They need rest—both of them— not this in their declining years. She never contacted them concerning this proposal because she knew they would be against it. The one who stated our property was part of the P.A. Hughes property had better do her research again. They never owned the Baker property which Jim and I now own half and Bobbie and Frances Carter own the other half. Hughes could not dedicate land that he did not own. We understand now that even though we own the land the lane is on, the lane has been used for over twenty years, therefore it is a legal access to the adjoining properties. But it has never been used to this capacity until the ballfields and even more when a build ing is built. We had hoped Mrs. Stuart would be as kind to the neighbors as she was being to the community and grant the request for a separate entrance so we could regain some of our privacy and my parents sleep would not be interrupted by headlights lighting up their bedroom. We know the Ruritan Club is a good organization, but they need to raise money, and Mrs. Stuart is doing a good service to donate the land. We only thought our feelings might be considered too. As Mr. Baldwin kept repeating “it will benefit so many people, it must be weighed against the potential damage to the few opposed” sounds so noble, but we just have the misfortune of being the few. Everything has been twisted and stretched to suit the one telling it. Mrs. Stuart knows what we requested and God knows too. Our little acre didn’t seem to mean much at the meeting, but we are proud of it. It is home to us. CATHERINE C. PAUL Amissville - LOur Rappahannock Heritage■ Letters To The Editor Sloppy, Inaccurate Reporting To the editor Although I have made a concerted effort to restrain myself and to refrain from speaking out against the sloppy, inaccurate reporting that passes for journalism in your publication, you people really crossed the line last week and I am compelled to speak out. It is bad enough that you once again chose to highlight something which is basically irrelevant that only a select few people in Rappahannock County could care less about, but worst of all, and not surprisingly, you got the facts wrong and through the use of innuendo and misleading half-truths, you twisted what might have not been so bad into a completely distorted piece of yellow journalism. It goes without saying, I might add, that the target of this shameless deprecation was not from one of “the” Rappahannock County families, not particularly well connected, not even a native son of Rappahannock, and not somebody who is particularly admired or even liked except by the few of us whir appreciate talent and ability in a fellow regardless of his religion, race, or the fact that he was born in Philadelphia. This is but another in a long line of stories which are the product of your double standards and “selective reporting” which have regrethilly become commonplace in the Rappahannock News. I refer, of course, to the anonymously written and untitled piece which appeared on the editorial page of the March 8, 1984 edition. I can’t say I blame the author of this shoddy work for not including her byline, as this would have risked being crushed into a diamond in the palm of the man who was so undeservedly dragged into the Rappahannock NewB. First of all, the game was not played on March 3,1962, as you reported, and you very conveniently neglected to mention that it was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, not in Philly or New York. And what is this business about “hoop magic”? Whoever wrote this obviously never saw “the big dipper” in action. When Wilt Chamberlain stopped scouting the first three rows for pretty girls, got the ball down low and went to the basket, there was no “magic” about it, and everybody including Bill Russell had the good sense to get out of the way— that’s why they called him “indomitable.” Then to top it all off, you misled your readers by stating that Wilt “...became the first player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game,” thus implying , that since then 25 or 30 other hot dogs have done it ^ too. Well, I’ve got news for you: Jimmy Brown may be sweating his NFL rushing record, but nobody has come close to scoring 100 points in an NBA game since—as a matter of fact, I don’t think anybody has scored much over 60 points in a single game since, except Wilt. (Please, no phone calls from Rick Barry fans, and ABA games don’t count). And for your information, Wilt Chamberlain still holdis the following records: most career points (31,419); most points in a season (4,029-1962); most points in a single game (100 points - March 2, 1962); most points in a half (59 points- same game) most points in a quarter (31 points-same game) most foul shots made in a game (28, same game) most seasons leading the league in scoring (7); most career rebounds (23,924); most rebounds in a season (2,149) and most rebounds in a single game (55). In all of his thirteen years as a pro, Wilt never fouled out of a game, yet he holds the record for most lifetime minutes played (47,859), most min-, utes played in a season (3,882-1961-61) and most consecutive complete games played in a season (47 196162). Despite the inevitable consequences, while I thank you for the opportunity to set the record(s) straight, I cannot resist closing this letter with those memorable words that echoed countless thousands of times from the rafters in Convention Hall from a thousands kids everytime Wilt Chamberlain touched the ball: “STUFF nr Try to get it right next time. DAVID KONICK Castleton Editor's note: The article referred to by Konick is the following: On March 3, 1962, in a contest against the New York Knicks, Philadelphia Warrior Wilt Chamberlain became the first player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game. The center’s hoop magic led his team to a 169-147 win. The filler, taken from a list of sports facts, was used on last week’s editorial page. Budget Doesn t Go Far Enough To the editor Rappahannock Citizens for Quality Education support many of the proposed expenditures in the school budget presented by Superintendent Robert Estabrook. Foremost among these is the index salary scale for the teachers and the three percent increase to the base salary. We also support the increased pay for teachers’ extra-duty assignments. We are very pleased to see the proposal for the addition of a math teacher at the high school. But the proposed budget does not go far enough. We believe the following additional expenditures are needed to provide adequate facilities and quality education for Rappahannock’s children: (1) An additional $60,000 for completing the re-roofing of the Elementary School. This situation has reached an emergency state, and the support structures and interior furnishings are now being damaged as well. (2) An additional $10,000 is needed for architect’s fees for the proposed high school expansion, projected at a cost of $1 Million for a completed project. We believe we need to move forward on this project as fast as possible before construction costs increase even more. (3) We believe another two teachers are needed at the elementary'school, one to teach art and assist the Gifted and Talented program, and a second to include a half-time foreign language teacher and a half time computer instructor. (4) Money should be added to the budget specifically for educational computers for the elementary school. Based on previous research, we believe $4,000 should be sufficient for an adequate start. (5) We have asked the school board to add these specific items to the budget for the next school year. Next Tuesday they will meet to produce a final budget. We ask concerned citizens to request the school board member from their district to support these expenditures. BARNEY O’MEARA Rappahannock Citizens for Quality Education Grass Roots Opportunity To the editor At noon, Saturday, 24 March, at the Court House, Democrats will gather to participate in the Presidential candidate selection process. I urge you to come to the meeting if you are a registered voter and want to see a Democrat in the White House. For many years Walter Mondale has been my candidate for president because I have observed him carefully enough to know that his interest in public service has been to work for a wholesome society. He has always supported the issues that would promote educational opportunities for everyone, a legal system that works to approximate justice for all, an economic environment in which everyone willing and able to work has a chance to do so and international relations which encourage the U.S. to use its influence to promote peace and the welfare of other societies as well as our own. Walter Mondale has worked for other important aspects of life - the problems faced by families owing to illness, old age and death, a dean environment and milking the benefits of the arts a prominent feature of the way we live - to say nothing of promoting adequate housing and safe working coodi tions. I couldn’t list in an appropriate letter all the facets of public affairs he has selflessly devoted himself to. And all because for him, the public welfare is something he was brought up to believe it is his responsibility to help promote. He has not used public office in a lifetime of work to feather his nest and he is not a rich man. I hope you will think as deeply as you can about what our country needs and how best you can help achieve it and that you will be at the meeting of the Democrats on March 24. DIANA BIRD Washington r From Both Barrels ■ Battle Of Titans Or Midgets? fey GEQRGE BOWLES As the General Assembly moved into what was supposed to be the final week of its 1864 seasion, the halls of Mr. Jefferson’s cathedral of government wan rocked by an unseemly dust-up between the ruling elders of the House of Delegates and the Senate. ; Depending on one’s point of view, it was a battle , between the titans of Virginia’s legislative, leadership ( battling over profound principles of time-honored proddent, or else it was a slugfest between mental midg-' ets with mountainous egos trying to expand or preserve their own power turf in their respective houses. The i*sue, at the outset, seemed simple enough. The Assembly was required to deal with legislation involving two budgets. One was a relatively minor spending package for the remaining months of the r. 1962-64 biennium which ends on June 80. The other was the massive $15.9 billion appropriations bill for the 1984-66 budget period which will begin on July 1. The squabble arose when the House insisted that the smaller 1982-84 measure be disposed of first, before the far more complicated 1984-86 bill. The Senate, however, demanded that the two be considered at the same time. Because the basic measures had been approved by the two houses with amendments, the battleground for the controversy was the conference committee appointed by the House and Senate to resolve the differences and come up with compromise legislation acceptable to both chambers. The conference committee, however, was composed of some of the most senior and strong-minded members of both bodies. Some were also the members who were most jealous and protective of the prerogatives of their respectives chambers. The conferees on the part of the Senate were Edward E. Willey of Richmond, president pro-tem and chairman of the Finance Committee; Hunter Andrews of Hampton, majority leader and second ranking member of the Finance Committee; and Stanley Walker of Norfolk, chairman of the Education and Health Committee and third ranking member of Finance. The House conferees were Richard Bagiey of Hampton, chairman of the Appropriations Committee; Cleaves Manning of Portsmouth, chairman of the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and second ranking member of the Appropriations Committee; and Dorothy McDiarmid, chairman of the Education Committee and third ranking member of Appropriations. Three other conferees were also appointed by the House to deal with the smaller 1982-84 bill. However, because the Senate insisted on deahng with the two p-, muhaneously, no Senate conferees wemappointedr rVlf v •' Thus the stand-off which, as this is written, appeared likely to extend the session or make a session necessary to deal with the budget later in the spring. For a time last week the conferees would not meet to so much as discuss the situation. When they did meet, both sides were adamant in their positions. To much of the general public—as well as to many of the legislators—the squabble seemed petty childish beyond belief. As one disgusted lawmaker put it, “They are arguing about whether to meet at a round table or a square table!” But to the elders there was nothing petty about it. At issue, from the perspective of the House was a principle as ancient as the Republic. That principle was that all spending legislation must originate in the lower house of a legislative body, which is popularly considered the “house of the people.” The principle is embedded in the federal constitution, and has been followed by Virginia as a matter of precedent. The House of Delegates sees any relaxing of its authority over the management of the budget process as a dangerous erosion of that precedent. i The senators, however, scoff at the idea. They rely on another constitutional principle. This one holds that in a bicameral (two house) legislative body, the two houses are co-equal in all things. Thus, in their view, the Senate has as much right to participate in the management of the budget as does the House. To this end, beginning last year, the Senate has broken with tradition and introduced its own budget bill. The move was accepted, at least publicly, with good grace by the House. Privately, however, it angered—and frightened the wits out of—some of the senior delegates who see the pre-eminence of the House in budget matters as the key to power in almost all other legislative areas. Any threat to that pre-eminence is regarded as vastly disturbing, if not intolerable. And they saw any giving in on the question of how the two bills should be handled as precisely such a threat. The senators, on the other hand, saw any softness on their part as a setback in their effort to assert what they regard as their rightful role in the budget making process. Hence last week’s bruising stalemate. And, to be sure, there were egos involved. Both sides roundly subscribed to the proposition that wishy-washiness in pursuit of compromise is no virtue, while mule-head edness in pursuit of principle is no vice. At midweek the outcome was still in doubt. Support Appreciated To the editor. The Sperryville Ladies Auxiliary would like to express thanks for the support given to another successful dinner. Many thanks to all the ladies of our community and the adjoining areas who prepared desserts, to the firemen who helped us and to the public who came and dined with us. Without you, we would not be able to continue these monthly fund raising dinners. A reminder—if you are a lover of barbecued chicken or country ham, the Sperryville Fire Hall is the place for you on Saturday, April 7th. Keep that date in mind and again, we thank each of you. , MARIE ATKINS Preaident Sperryville Ladies Auxiliary Correction The proposed administrative secretarial salaries of $29,483 fund three positions, according to school superintendent Robert Estabrook. Last week’s story on his budget presentation reported that the money goes for one secretary. The news regrets the error.

Racing Saturday In Warrenton By CLIVE CARNIE AruM Nin SUff Writer Ironically, the snow that postponed racing over the fences last weekend apparently helped the Warrenton Hunt Point-to-Point post a record number of entries for Saturday’s races. The March 17 races will be the first on the Virginia circuit since the Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point on March 3. Bad weather last weekend forced postponement of the circuit’s third scheduled event, the Blue Ridge Hunt Point-to-Point at Berryville. Those races are rescheduled for April 29. Saturday’s races are to be the Warrenton Hunt’s last meet at Broadview Farm, near the heart of Warrenton’s commercial district. In 1985, if all goes as planned, the Virginia Gold Qup and the Warrenton Point-to-Point will move to new homes. The Gold Cup will be held at Great Meadow near The Plains; the Warrenton meet’s site has not been decided yet. With 139 entries for racing ' Saturday, there may even be too many contestants. At least three of the seven races may be split, extending the racing hours almost to dusk. The first race is scheduled for 1 p.m. The three races likely to be split are the open timber which has 24 entries, the maiden hurdles with 20 entries and the flat race with 46 entries. They are the third, fourth and seventh races on the card. “We will not know until we get the scratches on race day if all three races will have to be split,” said Douglas Lees, chairman of the Warrenton races. .“We would like to only have to split two, like we did last year, but with the size of the entries we may have to split all three.” One of the most exciting races on the card appears to be the owner-rider timber race, The Dell Cup which is part of the Arundel Newspapers sponsored Seven Corners Championship series. When entries closed Monday night 15 horses were slated to go to the post for that race. Among the runners are Jeffery LeHew’s Lucky And Bold, which won the owner-rider timber race at Rappahannock two weeks ago. Others include Jeremy Gillam’s Redgate, Timber Horse of the Year in 1983, Don Yovanovich’s Never Time, second in both the Casanova and Rappahannock races this year and Allen Olson’s Shandy, fourth at Casanova and Rappahannock. The ladies timber race, second on the card, also promises to be an exciting race. Randy Rouse’s Cinzano, winner of the ladies timber race at Casanova and three-time winner of the Casanova Cup, will be ridden by Hilary Thompson and looks like the horse to beat. Patti Cassel will be trying hard to win again as she did at Rappahannock on her Splashy Lea. Ms. Cassel has also entered her Cavalry. Susan Sutula will be riding Too Far Gone, second at Rappahannock. Another contender will be D.M. Smithwick’s Meades Fort, winner of the open timber race at Rappahannock. In the open hurdles race 15 horses have been entered. Rodion Cantacuzene’s Sailor’s Clue, winner of the Colonial Cup in 1980, will be going to the post for this race with Bemie Houghton in the irons. Buckingham Farm has entered Castelets who won a division of the %-mile flat race at Casanova. This will be the first start over hurdles this year for Castelets. Thomas Carroll’s Coronel, winner of a division of the y«-mile flat race at Rappa hannock, is also entered. Michael Power, huntsman for the Warrenton Hunt, will be riding his Fleet Buster in the First .Colony owner-rider hurdle race, the day’s first event. William McCormick will be riding his Double Dog, second in the Casanova First Colony hurdle race and first in the Rappahannock First Colony race. In addition to racing, there will be demonstrations of hounds between races at the Broadview course. Michael Power will show the Warrenton Hunt hounds after the third race and Brian Kinnear, huntsman for the Ashland Bassets, will show these long-earred rabbit hunters after the fourth race. “If there is no more bad weather the course will be perfect for the races,” said Wilbur Shoemaker, clerk of the course and an honorary whipper in for the hunt. “The course is in good shape and all the jumps are ready, I am positive we will have some good racing.” On Sunday the hunt will hold its pair races and an old fashioned point-to-point at Grove on the Springs Road. Entries for those events are open until Sunday. Snow Puts Blanket On Blue Ridge Races By CLIVE CARNIE PwrratSUff Writer A snowstorm that caught motorists all over the state off-guard ruined any hope the Blue Ridge Hunt had for good weather for their point-to-point races March 10 and caused the meet to be postponed to Sunday, April 29. ‘There isn’t much you can do about this sort of thing,” said Pete Dunning Jr., the racing chairman for the hunt. “If it had only been a couple of inches we could have gone ahead, but with the four or five inches we had here it would have been too much of a job, and with temperatures hovering around 24 degrees and the wind Mowing we would probably only get the real die-hard fans anyway.” The decision to postpone the meet was made midmorning Friday, and local radio stations, newspapers. P officials and anyone else connected with the races were informed. Entries for the Blue Ridge Hunt had been strong, though several horsemen were giving their charges a rest until the Warrenton Point-To-Point meet March 17. Available parking for spectators was larger and the reserved parking was 15 percent better than it had been in 1983, according to Mr. Dunning. “But I am very optimistic about this season and how the sport is growing,” he said. “We may still get good entries in April, and at least rain will be the only thing we have to worry about, I hope!” The late April dale has been chosen for the meet as being the earliest and most convenient time available. As part of the Virginia point-to-point circuit the Blue Ridge Hunt does not wish to interfere with any of the other races on the schedule by holding races the same weekend. The last meet of the season is the Fairfax Hunt meet on April 22 so April 29 is the first weekend available. Unfortunately there are also a few conflicts that weekend. The Maryland Hunt Cup, one of the biggest steeplechase meets in the country, will be held April 28, as will a steeplechase meet at Foxfield, Charlottesville. On April 29 the Potomac Hunt point-to-point meet in Maryland and a steeplechase meet in Lexington, Ky., may also cut down on the number of horses running at Blue Ridge. “We coula delay and delay if we thought we would get the entries,” said Mr. Dunning. ‘We want good crowds, but we also need horses to provide them with racing. If we delayed until after the Gold Cup (May 5 at Broadview, Warrenton) there probably wouldn’t be many horsemen with horses still running. “This has been a terrible year weather-wise and people have not been able to train their horses properly. It may be that some horses are just coming into their own by then and we can get really good entries and racing.” The timber fences at Blue Ridge are large and strong. Usually they are the first real test for a timber horse on the point-to-point circuit and a horse has to be Well prepared to survive and win at this course. The program for the April 29 meet will be the same as the cancelled meet with seven races on the card. By then, said Mr. Dunning, there will be more turf that will be a benefit for the horses. —Rappahannock News Photo/D. Hutchinson MOODY AYLOR (standing at jump) is turning novice riders into polished fox hunters at the riding school he began last May at Old Mill Stables. With his daughter Kim as teaching assistant and a video camera as teaching aide, he plans to expand courses this spring to include showing and eventing as well as ring and trail riding. Current classes of over 30 riders include (left to right) Isabel Ford, Betsy Muller, Sharon Metcalf, Bonnie Bayton, Mary Dobrover, Andrea Porterfield, Tony Greenwood, John Ford, Marika Ford and Susie King, (front) Bill Dobrovir and Aylor’s self-appointed assistant Ian Ford. 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(703)361-3140 Motro 631-0500 —Rappahannock Newt Ftnlortjtnger Feny RAPPAHANNOCK’S VARSITY PANTHERS, second place finishers in die 1983-84 Bull Run District tournament — (left to right, front) Mike Arkins, Mike DelGrosso, Jeff Porter, Mike Brown, Craig Kenyon, (rear) Robert Starks, Tommy Jenkins, Tom Sisk, Clarence Pendleton, Ken Estes and coach Diyle Dawson. (Not pictured Jon McCullough, Chucky Jenkins and Ricky Shaw.) Panther Season Ends In 1 st Kound By jim McCullough Rappahannock News Sports Writer Rappahannock’s Varsity Panthers traveled to Western Albemarle High School last Wednesday for their first — and last — regional game. They faced the Madison Mountaineers, a team they played on two earlier occasions this season. At home in their first meeting, the Panthers came away the winners in a one point thriller. In Madison for the return encounter, the taller Mountaineers dominated. And on Wednesday, they took the rubber match by a decisive margin, humbling the Rappahannock boys, 76-41. If the game had been a murder mystery, the reader would have been able to figure out in the first chapter who was going to get killed and why and who was going to do the killing. It was the Panthers who were going to be murdered; Rappahannock lost complete control of the boards and no one else was able to fill the gap when scoring threat Clarence Pendleton was double teamed. Pendleton was still top point getter for RCHS but with only nine points, short of his average and well below the spectacular 22 points performances he tallied in both earlier meetings with the Mountaineers. Madison dominated the boards at both ends of the court and launched an outside shooting attack that was unstoppable. They were so in control that they could even afford to be generous. In the high point of the third quarter for Rappahannock, a confused — and very embarrassed — Mountaineer shot and scored at the Panthers’ basket. • Despite the disappointing 36 point loss in the first round of the regionals, the RCHS squad posted a successful season, topping the 500 mark with 14 wins and 11 losses in what was to be a rebuilding year after the graduation of key seniors, who lead the squad to the Bull Rim District regular season championship in 1982-83. The Panthers were run■ 1 ■■■ ners-up in last week’s district tournament and in two important match-ups, bested district winners, the Rams from Strasburg, once, and second place regular season finishers, the Generals from Stonewall Jackson, twice. *** “In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.”—Russell Baker, New York Times Why wait forever for your eyeglasses? We can fill most Rx’s in about two hours. 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Rappahannock County School News Dennis Chosen For Governor’s School Rappahannock’s James Dennis has been accepted as one of 200 students in the state who will attend the Governor's School for the Gifted this summer at William and Mary. James Dennis The program allows approximately 450 junior and senior high school students to take advanced studies in humanities and social science during a four week long summer program at three sites. Last year Dawn Watson and Peggy Stevenson represented Rappahannock. Dennis will attend William and Mary July 1-28. He says he isn’t sure yet what he'll be studying. The judges have yet to tell him which of his choices were approved— he hopes it will be either political law or computer class. The 16-vear-old high school student has his eye on the future. He says he thinks he’d like to earn a degree in either law or architecture. The choice of a school is less clear at this point. “I’m looking at J.M.U.. Tech, even possibly Dartmouth," he said last •week, “That was my dad’s college—so there’s a little bit of push going on there.” Dad is Bob Dennis, president of the Piedmont Environmental Council. James’ mother, Barbara Dennis, is active in the Rappahannock Boosters Club. Oliver Advances To Finalist Rappahannock's Ann Oliver has advanced to finalist status in the National Merit Scholarship Program. She met rigorous academic standards to i-emain in the running for the Merit scholarship money, according to an announcement received recently by high school principal Bob Chappell. i diver was among l.j.000 semifinalists in the nation - named by their schools last fall as qualified to compete for some 5,'dOO’ meVit Schofarshi|is to be 'fcVard#^' ih 1!»M. Approximately 10 }>ercent of the semifinalists were dropped from the field following further evaluation by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. More than $18 million in scholarship money is to be awarded to merit scholars who will be announced in April and May. The students are judged on academic achievement, recommendations from high school principals, test scores and an evaluation of their interests, goals and accomplishments. Ann is also a district finalist for the DAR good citizens contest scholarship. Honor Society president and 'Rotyt^uiz team captain. Ann many church, school and commurtity activities. She plans to msyor in biology at William and Mary College. i "ii can sw ap or trade just about anything by ad\ ertising in the Rappahannock News classified ads. >"11(1 a message to your sweetheart with a Rappahannock News happy ad. USED CAR SALE (Largest Selection of Quality Used Cars in the Area!) YOUR CHOICE Free 12 month, 12,000 mile limited warranty OR $200 cash . toward purchase price of listed used cars purchased at Reid Chevrolet-Olds through March 31,1984 1980 PINTO 2 door Auto. 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All our cars and trucks have been through a rigid 15 point check by our certified technician.” Rt. 29 South of Culpeper e 547-3^00 *4,995 *5,995 *6,595 AND THEY SHARED THE FUN — Winners in Rappahannock’s 4-H Share-The-Fun contest were (front, left to right) Camilla Anne Jones, Sherry Burke, Jane Kidwell, Didi Salmon, (rear) Pamela Hickman, Donna Fincham and Marie Davis. All the local winners now advance to district competition. Share-The-Fun Results Announced By FLORENCE VICKERS Kxtrnsion \iccnl The -1-H Share-the-Kun ( "iiu-t was a great success with tlw following |*aiticiI waits designated to re|>rosent Rappahannock ( ounty at the Northern district 1-H Share-the-Kun Contest in Culpeper on March 17. •lunior: Vocal-Sherry Burke. instrumental-Camtn.i Anne Jones. hit •rmediate: Vocal Pamela Hickman. GeneralTin- Hillbilly Hoedown: Kellv Drown. David Fisher. S.-ai. AVavland, Elizabeth Lukins. Marnie Turman and Leslie Nichols. Senior: Vocal-Marie Da\i.-. Instrumental-Jane Kidvm-U and Didi Salmon. < uneral-Donna Fincham. Congratulations to all tin- participants for a job w ell done! A special thank you to 1 mv Pomburuer and Hath criiie Hewitt for their help rehearsing and acconi|>aning the acts. Thanks also go to Katherine Karly and Cheryl Stone for handling registration. Now is the time to start thinking and planning for Summer Camps. Intermediate 4-H Congress is June ll-lo. Junior High Camp is June 17-22. and 4th. 5th & litli grade camp is July 9-1J. Contact the County Extension < Iffice for more information. Panther Pause B> Clarence I'endleton and hen Estes K< IIS Krpnrtcr^ This year is certainly moving fast. Already several sports seasons have come and gone. The eighth grade basketball team did a great job under their first year coach, Mr. Davis. And for its first year, our vollyeball team gave a fine showing, demonstrating a lot of team work. Coach Sally Brand, in her first year as coach, enjoyed working with the lady volleyballers. From our view point, volleyball looks like it’s catching on very rapidly at RCHS. And speaking of volleyball and Ms. Brand, she’s the first of three teachers we've chosen to answer our question of the month: What did you want to be before you became a teacher? Mrs. Brand: Well, if I said a famous comedian or a wealthy philanthropist, would you believe me? Neither would I. Rich and famous would be nice, if it included being happy, too! Happiness is more important to me than either wealth or fame. So, what did I want to be? Happy. If I was supposed to give you a funny answer, you’re going to be disappointed, perhaps, and I’m sure that mv friends will agree, I can take things too seriously sometimes... for example, my answer now. Yet, with experience as one of my best teachers. I've I icai neii mat v\ iiieii niigru appear to be rather complex can be easily understood by first breaking it down into smaller segments. On the other hand, that which seems to be relatively siWple can be very complicated. In other words, I have no simple answer to your question. And so, in by-passing my childhood fantasies. I’ll explain why I wanted to be happy. About six years ago, I (finally) realized that "making-money" was far less important than enjoying my work. I had a good job (not great, but with potential) working with computers. Yet something was missing. I spent most of my day communicating with a machine. Fortunately for me. my parents had also sensed that I should consider a career change. They were very understanding and most helpful, too! The three of us compiled a long list of interesting possibilities. Since teaching wasn’t on the list, 1 must admit that I had never dreamed of or even considered becoming a teacher at that point. Teaching, I suppose, was my fate. Anyway, I took a vacation on a tropical island that made me realize how I had taken something that is very special for granted. I'm referring now to nature, something seemingly simple, yet quite complex. Since I had grown up relatively speaking) in the country on a farm, I had wnetner— A Tax Deductible Retirement Plan (IRA) OR A Tax Deferred Savings Plan — Let Me Show You The Advantages Of An Annuity— In Addition To A Good Rate Of Interest. Also let me give you a quote on your Auto, Homeowners or Farmowners Insurance when it comes up for renewal. PAT VJsST VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANIES PHONE 987-8225 only enjoyed riding the horses, swimming in the pond and walking through the orchard. I never really enjoyed my chores pf feeding the animals, plowing the fields or baling the hay; Ah though weeding our garden wasn’t exactly fun, it was more than just a great way to vent my frustrations. It was fruitful, too! Yet there was much that I hadn’t learned simply because ) hadn’t been perceptive. Its a mistake that I still regret. But I had reached an important decision. I had decided upon a career that could make me happy and be enjoyable, but it required a return trip to college. I did not go back to the computer field, but instead entered into the department of horticulture. In case you’re wondering, agriculture is hort’s big brother. So, I was planning on becoming a horticulturist, not a farmer (no offense intended). And working with plants everyday seemed like a pleasant solution to my problem. Definitely a change from working with computers. But life still wasn’t a bed of roses, or I was it? I will never forget those six to eight hour stints in the library studying chemistry. They weren’t wonderful, but not impossible either. Luckily for me, an extension agent on campus offered me an opportunity to gain additional exposure in landscaping while I was still a student. In return for helping him to teach seminars, I got my first clients as a landscape horticulturist. What a t rewarding challenge it was 2'h yr. olds through grade 6 Day Care - 7:30 a.m.-5:l0 pji. Testing required for grades Lutheran School c Teachers Take Training Six RCES teachers traveled to Stafford County last week to attend a Great Books basic leader training course. Local teachers who will be leaders in the literary program are Deb Drescher, Greg Drescher, Candy Lamina, Mike Connifry, Monica Toman and Susan Wittl. Their preparation in the recent discussion group was designed to help them inspire children in talking about the classics in literature. The Great Books program is planned to start in Rappahannock County during the 1984-85 school year, according to teacher Susan Wittl. Meant as an enrichment to the school's present reading program, it will be open to pupils in grades 2-7 who are reading at or above their grade level. to provide someone with a set of plans that could give them years of happiness and enjoyment. Now, if you want to know how I yhpngeddirec- ) tions from working with plants to teaching school, all you have to do is ask. I will say that my desire to be happy and to er\joy what I was doing influenced my decision to be a teacher at Rap- - pahannock. Although I have probably experienced my shai-e of unhappy moments here at Rapp, as one always hears (end its true, 'tool), . things could be worse (or much better). Racer And Lee Win Content Rappahannock pupils Hojie Racer and Gaby ;(^e were among three winners chosen from a field of : testants in the American history essay contest sponsored by the Culpeper Minute Men Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. . Hope Racer, a 6th grade pupil from Washington, wrote an essay called “A Peace Maker of the Treaty of Paris: Benjamin Franklin.” Gaby Lee, a Flint Hill 7th grader, submitted a paper titled “The Peruke Maker.” Their compositions now advance to district competition. The contest was open to all students in grades 5-8 in Rappahannock, Culpeper and Madison Counties. The other winner was Carl Kincheloe, a 5th grader from Culpeper. • WAKEFIELD SCHOOL JUNIORS who have scored in the top one to five percent ot all college-bound junior in the nation on the 19X3-84 PSAT/NMQT. These students will be National Merit semi-finalists or commended students on the basis of their achievement. From left to right, back row: Maria LaBarca, Travis Tisinger: middle row: Randy Moran. William Steels. Melissa Mills; front row: Josephine Rood. Douglas Brooks, Mary Jo Lawrence and Lauren Wemmer. Not pictured is Sam Houchins. Label Count Completed rity poor Julie Bankston and Elizabeth Tole. They are the ladies who collected, counted and cut 16,351 Campbell Soup, FrancoAmerican and Recipe labels. They did this for ten weeks. RCES physical education teacher Teresa McLawhom says this year’s Labels for Education Program wouldn’t have been such a success without them. McLawthom announced Monday that the community label saving project had saved the school system 5500 in sports equipment. She had her shopping list all ready. McLawhom has ordered the following: 16 playground balls, eight puff footballs, six basketballs, two softball masks, two catcher’s chest protectors, and two aluminum softball bats. McLawhorn explained that the label redemption program allows the school to obtain “luxury" athletic equipment that would not otherwise be obtained. The four-year-okl tradition in Rappahannock be- ' comes more successful each year, McLawhom said. Last year approximately 13,000 labels were collected, the year before 12,000. 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MIRIAM BLAKE from Rappahannock (center) helped her fellow Piedmont student head up a petition drive in appreciation of Department of Motor Vehicles programs warning young drivers about the hazards of drinking and driving. The signatures were gathered as part of Piedmont’s “Teenage Alcoholism” ■community awareness project. Menus The Child Care & Learning Center March 19-23 Monday Cream of tomato soup, cheese wedges, buttered com, applesauce, milk. Tuesday Spaghetti with cheese, buttered spinach, garlic bread, pear halves, milk. Wednesday Cottage cheese patties, buttered green beans, com muffins, peaches, milk. Thursday Green rice casserole with 4 cheese, buttered lima beans, celery sticks, pineapple chunks, milk. Friday Baked herb chicken, sweet potatoes, buttered peas, mixed chilled fruit, milk. RCES March 19-23 Monday Chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, green beans, chilled fruit juice, homemade roll/butter, choice of milk. Tuesday Vegetable beef soup/crackers, peanut butter and honey sandwich, fresh banana, choice of milk. Wednesday LUCKY PLATE! Com dog, cheese wedge, french Wes, apple crisp, choice of milk. Thursday Chili con came, vegetable sticks, pineapple and orange tidbits, homemade cinnamon bun, choice of milk. Friday Cheeseburger on bun, steak fries, sliced peaches, homemade applesauce cake/raisins, choice of milk. RCHS March 19-23 Monday Choice of chicken pattie on bun, or beef-a-roni #ith homemade biscuit and butter, green beans, spicy applesauce, choice of milk. Tuesday BANANA SPLIT DAY! Hot dog on bun, french fries, buttered peas, banana split, choice of milk. Wednesday Choice of Italian sub/cheese lettuce, tomato, mayo., or cheeseburger on bun, potato rounds, chilled mixed fruit, choice of milk. Thursday Chili con came/crackers, vegetable sticks, cheese wedge, homemade banana bread, pineapple and orange tidbits, choice of milk. Friday Choice of sausage pizza, or sliced turkey sandwich, scalloped potatoes, diced pears, choice of milk. ATTENTION All Republicans who are voting for Gary Hart please meet at the Black Kettle Restaurant, Washington, Va. Fri., March 16 at 8 p.m. PUBLIC AUCTION VALUABLE FARM EQUIPMENT LOCATED: Near Viewtown SALE DATE: Saturday, March 24, 10:00 a.m. Watch for complete listing in next weeks issue of this paper OWNER: CHRIS PARRISH r\ V/Uiui^imiui» ncivumt. For more information CaU: 987-8211 Jenkins Auctioneering Service John Walker Jenkins, Auctioneer Sperryville, VA. (703) 987-8211 Donations Help Finance 4-H Center Expansion By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON BiWlmmrh Nrw. SUfrWrtUr The Northern Virginia 4H Cotter just acroes Cheater Gap in Warren County offers youngsters from Rappahannock and throughout the area a wide range of opportunities for fun, recreation and learning. And it’s a case of what’s already good getting better. 4-H and home demonstration agent Florence Vickers reports that expansion projects at the Harmony Hollow site are continuing. Last week, the Flint Hill Homemakers Club, represented by Miss Elsie Dodson, contributed $100 toward the cost of one of those projects, a new cabin. The cabin will sleep 104 in rooms, each with its own bathroom, for four and six uvermgnt campers. A central room upstairs dominated by a huge stone fireplace will provide meeting space. A conference area downstairs is large enough to be divided into three separate classrooms, according to Vickers. “It’s sturdy — Riddle, Riddle Here’s a riddle. What youth group is open to both boys and girls? And, it’s open to ages 9 to 19. And, it doesn’t cost anything to join. And there aren’t any uniforms to buy. And kids can do things at their own speed. And the things they can do include cooking, automobile maintenance, sewing, bicycle safety, dog care and training, photography, public speaking, gardening, crafts, hiking, embryology, electric energy, petroleum power, agriculture, horseback riding, citizenship, working with senior citizens, rocketry, international exchanges, and lots more. Give tip? Come on. Here’s atiothet hint. It's the largest ^ooth organization in the country. It used to be primarily s ferm organization, but now it serves urbaa youth as well as farm youth. Still can’t figure it out? It’s 4-H. That’s right. It’s open to boys asd girls between the ages of 9 and 19. There are no uniforms to buy and it doesn’t cost anything to join. And kids will find all kinds of interesting projects available for them. Call the Rappahannock Extension office for details. Come join the 4-H fun! On Dean’s List Two local students, both graduates of Rappahannock County High School, have been named to the dean’s list at Bridgewater College for the winter term. Donald M. Dougherty, a junior majoring in psychology, and Sharon Kay Settle, a junior majoring in music, both attained a 3.2 or better quality point average of a possible 4.0. Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dougherty ]f Washington. Sharon is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Settle ol Amiss ville. and it’s gorgeous,” said the extension agent, describing the wood paneled building. The 4-H Center has two other cabins. The first is a central building with dining hall, kitchen facilities, offices and limited sleeping space. The second sleeps 90, six to a room with dormitory style bathrooms and a downstairs conference area with a large circular fireplace. In addition to the third cabin, other projects include construction of several outdoor pavilions, a rifle range x Schools From1 By MICHELE MAY rfc Wtw» SUff Writer The official pen set sent from Vice President George Bush was safely locked up in the elementary school office because it was doubtlessly the most precious gift. At least it was until the pennant came that had been autographed by the entire Washington Redskins team. “Master” Richard Surface was glad. The fifth grader said he was “happy” and “surprised” when Redskins Chairman of the Board Jack Kent Cooke enthusiastically answered his letter from the reading lab by saying, “What a delightfill letter you wrote to me. It is one of the better ones I’ve had from a young man anywhere from 10-15 years faf age. Matter of fact, it’s one I of the better letters I’ve had In a long time from anyone.” Cooke went on to admit, “Yes, I’m very happy to own the Redskins. They are my favorite team, too.” And he added a personal note, “Yes, I remember your grandfather, Ross Morris, who worked on Byrnley Farm for my son, John Kent Cooke.” Cooke was one of several dozen celebrities who responded to approximately 360 letters written by students at the high school and elementary school reading labs: The project was nearly three years in the making, say teachers Bobbie Brochu at the elementary school and Deb Mills at the high school. The two wanted to work together on the idea, but had a hard time coordinating their planning time to develop the complicated endeavor. Once in place, it was to require hours of research by the two teachers as they sought to locate addresses for the stars their students had chosen to correspond with. It involved some unusual reading material, too, as they scanned the screen and sports magazines at the newsstands trying to find out where to write to actors and athletes. They became expert on which recording, studios handled which vocalists, rock groups and country music stars. They didn’t always succeed. The letter to Burt Reynolds came back three times. Thev tried the Screen AUCTION The following will be offered at a special auction to be held Saturday, March 17r at the courthouse in Washington beginning at 10 a.m. 1 lot lumber, used 1 lot iron doors with locks 1 lot wooden doors 1 lot aluminum doors 1 lot of locks snd keys for jsil doors 1 electric cook stove 2 Setgler oil heaters Other miscellaneous items All the above Items were salvaged from the Rappahannock County J«IL circa 1830's, during the recent renovatie*^ project. They can be seen at the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department/Jail by appointment Contact Sheriff John H. Woodward at 675-3331 for additional information. BAUOHAM * BAUKHAOCB ARCHITECTS and an archery range. Vickers reported that the schedule also calls for the stables to be operating by summer with six horses. Facilities already completed include one outdoor pavillion, lake for canooeing, hiking trails, tennis courts and basketball, baseball and aoccer fields. According to Vickers, two groups — one of overnight campers and one of day campers — will attend sessions at the 4-H Center all summer. In addition, the facilities are available for community groups to rent on weekends. For reservations, interested parties should contact John Dooley at 636-7171. “Donations are always appreciated,” said Vickers, noting that Rappahannock County is responsible for supplying a share of the Center’s costs. “Individuals or groups have only to call the Rappahannock Extension office and I’ll be glad to provide additional information." Receive Letters famous People Actors’ Guild in New York, but it returned to Rappahannock. Then they found a home address in a movie magazine, but he had apparently moved. Then they sent it to a dinner theater in Florida where he was allegedly appearing. Again, no luck. Farah Fawcett, Liz Taylor, Mark Spitz, Shawn Cassidy—they’re all playing equally hard to get. Mills says the students have received some good prizes from those who did respond. They have everything from autographed soap opera scripts to a White House guide book from Nancy Reagan. Her own favorite is the Hawaiian bookmark from Tom Selleck; Mills says she wishes she could “bid” on that. For the purpose of all these gifts is to motivate the reading lab participants to make more and better book reports. Each completed book report earns them "money” in their Jefferson Savings & Loan passbook. This “money” will be used at the end of the semester to “bid” on the prizes at an auction presided over by William Hale from the John Walker Jenkins auction service. The little ones are practicing talking fast so they don’t get left behind in the cold if the bidding gets hot, Brochu says. But so far, they’re behind in the money and they’re going to have to pick up their reading speed. By far and away the champion reader is high school student James Jenkins who’s done $53 worth of book reports, according to Mills The students are “paid” according to the length of the book and detail of their reports. Each,child chooses books at his own reading level in whatever category he or she prefers. If the kid wants to read all science fiction or all sports, it doesn’t matter, the teachers say— the purpose of the reading lab is to raise their enjoyment and understanding of reading. Understanding is rewarded with “money” as they are tested through both written and oral book reports. They must be able to answer detailed questions about the book’s content. The teachers set the original “cash” maximum on each book at $6, but Brochu says one of her girls is reading the thousand page volume “Gone With The Wind”. That could earn her $10-$15, depending on effort. Other children have made only lOtf for skimpy reports on thin books, Brochu added. She admits she grades tough. IShe wants the kids to redly earn their “money.” Each child has his bankbook hung from a wall display. In it is recorded the “pay” following each report. Brochu received the passbooks from Shirley Stalnaker at the Warrenton Jefferson Savings & Loan Association office. The teachers are enthusiastic about the entire project. The children are reading more. They have learned proper business letter form from their appeals to the stars. And they're getting to be better at writing the personal comments in the part of the letter telling why they had chosen to write to this particular celebrity. Plus for the first time in their lives, many of these children are actually in a hurry to get to class every day! “Anything from the stars today?” they all want to know. Garden Club Offers Grants The Rappahannock County Garden Club will again offer Francis J. Leonard Memorial Scholarship grants to county high school graduates who are residents of the county. These grants will be given to deserving students who plan to attend a four year college or university, community college,' technological, vocational or technical school or who are taking an acceptable training program (such as a trade school) to prepare for a career. Applications for the grants are available from Mrs. Biggs, a guidance counselor at Rappahannock County High School and must be returned by April 1. The number of scholarship grants to be given and the amount of each will he announced later Prom Gowns Prom time will soon be here featuring Gunnesax ELSIE DODSON presents a check for $100 from the Flint Hill Homemakers to Florence Vickers, home demonstration extension agent. The money will go towad construction costs of the new cabin recently built at the Northern Virginia 4-H Center in Harmony Hollow. Teacher Hotline Started A new resource for Virginia educators who are seeking answers to discipline problems or concerns faced in public schools is now available through Virginia Tech’s College of Education. The college has a tollfree number, 1-800-5526646, for public school personnel to call when they have a question about curriculum, an educational need, continuing education or other similar matters. The newly created Office of Cooperative Educational Services (OCES).will refer questions to an appropriate faculty member for a response; i.e., a question about science education would be referred to a member of the college who specializes in that field. In addition to the telephone service, a periodic brief newsletter will be distributed to Virginia schools. Also, if there is a high interest in a certain topic as indicated by inquiries, education faculty will investigate the possibility of offering a conference and/or a continuing education program in that area. AUCTION Saturday, March 17th, 10:00 A.M. Rain or Shine RT. 29 ELKWOOD, VA. ACROSS ROAD FROM J.W. SEIG CO. A HOLMES EQUIP. CO. 19 OR MORE TRACTORS & ALL KINDS OF FARM EQUIP. Directions: From Culpeper, Va. araa taka to 29 North to Elkwood, Va. From Warrantor araa taka to 29 South to Eftwood, Va. Ford #6600 Diesel Tractor (new) Internationa) #784 Diesel Tractor (new) A.C. #6040 Diesel Tractor International #400 Tractor Ferguson T030 T ractor Farmal A Tractor w/Cultivator Farmal Cub Tractor/ w/Cultivator 1980 M.F. #230 Diesel Tractor (P S.) Farmal M T ractor w/Loader I. H. #364 Diesel Tractor (PS.) A.C. #7040 Diesel Tractor A.C. #6040 Diesel Tractor Long Model 350 Diesel Tractor John Deere 3020 Diesel Tractor Ford #4000 Diesel Tractor w/Loader Ford #861 Diesel Tractor Ford Jubilee Tractor (2) BN Ford Tractors John Deere B Tractor J. D. #310 Disc (14') Oliver 4-Bottom Plow (semi-mounted) J.D. 13-Spout Drill N.H. #24 Table Blower N.H. #880 2-Row Chopper w/Direct Head N.H. 3 Pt. Hitch Sickle Bar Mower M. F. #260 2-Row Chopper w/Pick-up Head Ford #316 3-Bottom Plow 9’ Oliver Disc J.D. 2-Bottom Trailer Plow J. D. 8' Oft-set Disc Oliver 18’ Bat-wing Disc J.D. 4-Bottom Plow (3) J.D. Spring Tooth Folding Harrows A C. Manure Spreader Coby Ensilage Wagons J. D. Side Mower 12' Dump Carl 8' Chisel Plow Several Hay Wagons 32* Hay Elevator Round Bale Feeder Wagon N. H. #56 Rake John Deere Hay Rake N.H. Dual Rake Hitch A.C. 16' Bat-wing Disc New Idea Hay Rake McKee Round Baler (new) A.C. 4-Row Planter 3 Pt. Hitch Johnson 455-Gal. Poly Storage Tank (new) Kelly 7-Shank Chisel Plow J.D. 4-Row Sod Planter A.C. #60 AD Crop Combine Lance 2-Wheel Dump Trailer A.C. Sickle Mower-3 Pt. Hitch New Gasoline Liquid Fertilizer Pump Agrotec 3 PL Hitch Sprayer Ford Rotary Cutter Woods #5 Dixie Rotary Cutter Several New 6' Rear Scraper Blades Several New T Rear Scraper Blades HAS 18' Ensilage Wagon (new) HAS 16’ Ensilage Wagon (new) HAS 220-Bu. Manure Spreader (new) Peaquia Feeder Wagon (new) I. H. #105 Combine w/2-Row Com Heads N.H. #315 Baler Bearcat #950 Grinder/Mixer M. F. 9-Shank Chisel Plow 110-Gal. Fuel Tank w/Rotary Pump Modirte 175,000 BTU Gas Heater Several 2-Bottom Plows (new) Several 3 Pt. Hitch Disc (new) 3 Pt. Hitch Hay Rake (new) J. D. # 1209 Haybine Several Boom Poles (new) Several New 5' Bush Hogs Several New Post Hole Diggers Several New York Rakes Several New Round Bale Feeders N. H. Round Baler M.F. #41 Mower 3 Pt. Hitch J. D. #600 Haybine (Self-Propelled) New Top Links; Draw Bars; etc. John Deere 210 Disc John Deere 5 Bottom Plow I.H. 8 Ft. Disc Hydraulic Post Driver 2 Grove Wagon Running Gears 14 Ft. Farm Trailer 6R. Bushhog John Deere Silage Ptower A Pipe 1968 International Truck w/TiltCab, Detroit Diesel Engine, 5-Speed Trans. 2-Speed Axle, 14' Midwest Dump Body, 50" Grain Sides (10,000 Rubber) 1980 GMC Truck 3500 w/UtWty Body *WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF FARM EQUIPMENT, ETC. TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. CONSIGNMENTS WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL AUCTION TIME.* TERMS: Cash Lunch served (FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICHES) COL. TOK W REESE

Cliurch Activities Musical Program The Spiritualaires will render a program at the Promise Land Baptist Church near Washington on Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. Special guest will be Thomas Beckwith on guitar. The program will benefit the building fund * of Promise Land and the public is invited. Trinity Episcopal March 18-22 Sunday: Lent 2 Eucharist 8 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Prayer 11 a.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Region 13 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Lenten Program 6:15 Thursday: Choir Rehearsal 7:30 p.m. Washington Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Steven N. Scoggin Office Phone: 675-3336 March 18-21 Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Sunday School for infants through Senior Adults 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Conway Diet Classes begin 6:30 p.m. Community Bible Study on the Gospel of John 10 a.m. Lenten Dinner at Trinity Episcopal Church 6:15 p.m. Sue Slaughter Meeting I Hie Sue Slaughter Group of Shiloh Association Woman’8 Missionary Union will meet at the ! Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church in Sperryville on Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. The program theme will be "Ministering in My World”. There will be a slide presentation on Great Camp Vision, a program to provide a WMU Camp on 423 acres in Amherst County. The work on this project is in progress and members of the WMU of Virginia are in the process of raising the necessary funds to make this camp a reality. Members of Sue Slaughter Group churches and friends are invited to attend. St. Peter Catholic Mission Old School Annex Washington, Va. Rev. Maurice du Castillon, C.I.C.M. HOLY MASSES: Daily: 8:30 a.m., rectory Sundays: 9a.m. and 11 a.m. (Sung) Holy Days: 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School: In the rectory after 9 a.m. Mass. Reynolds Memorial The annual Bible study in 1 Corinthians concludes on Sunday evening, March 18 at Reynolds Memorial Baptist in Sperryville with a covered dish fellowship supper starting at 6:30 p.m. The Keith Wagner singers from Madison will present music and songs preceeding the Bible study. The public is invited. bperryvule Assembly Of God Pastor: Michael Lamm Phone: 987-8620 Sunday: Tuesday^ Saturday: Sunday School, 9:45 Morning Worship, 11:00 Youth Service, 6:30 Evening Service, 7:30 Special Speaker Rev. Glenn D. Stafford, Missionary to Singapore, 7:00 Prayer Meeting, 7:00 Daily Bible Readings Sunday: Monday: - Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: March 18-24 John 3:16-21 Ephesians 1:3-14 Exodus 12:1-13 Luke 5:12-26 Hebrews 4:14-6:10 John 13:1-9 John 5:17-31 Bridge Party Mrs. Paul Miller entertained the Flint Hill Bridge Chib and additional guests on Tuesday, March 6 at her home. Prizes were won by Mrs. Frank Spalding, Mrs. Thomas Massie, Mrs. John S. Browning and Mrs. Emory Russell. Others playing were Mrs. Richard Latham, Mrs. Thomas Eastham, Mrs. Robert Eastham, Mrs. Walter J. Curtis, Mrs. W.A. Moore, Mrs. Earl Edmonds, Mrs. M.R. Bradford, Jr. and Mrs. D.L. Price. Travel Europe With Toth Beth Toth, administrative counselor with the American Institute for Foreign Study, will chaperone a summer tour of Greece and Italy. The former RCHS English teacher says applications and ftirther information may be obtained from high school assistant principal John Toth. The “Cradle of Civilization” tour runs June 27-July 6 and costs $1,349, Toth says. ^ ^ ^ ^COUPON w ^ CONWAY DIET PLAN COUPON $ $eoo ^ W OFF INmAL FEE OF’14GOOD FOR YOU & FRIEND EXPIRES FRIDAY, APRIL 27th Opens Monday, March 19th at 6:30 p.m. Washington Baptist Church, Washington, Va. For Information call 987-8924 or825-6836 t i i i COUPON Reserve Space Now For Our Spring Gardening Issue Advertise In The Rappahannock Mews At Our Regular Rates Deadline April 3rd Contact Lisa Burke, Advertising Manager at The Rappahannock Mews 675-3349 or 675-3338 Marion Massie Eastham Miss Eastham to Wed Mr. Facchina Mr. and Mrs. William Guerrant Eastham, Sr. of Amissville announce the engagement of their daughter, Marion Massie, to John Vincent Facchina, also of Amissville. Miss Eastham, a 1980 graduate of Rappahannock County High School, is cur rentiy attending University of Virginia School of Nursing. Mr. Facchina, a 1979 graduate of Rappahannock County High School, is a deputy sheriff for the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department. A fall wedding is being planned. Why Come To Church? By MERLIN SHOKB Rappahannock News Guest Columnist If somehow we can realize what is happening when Christians come together for worship, I feel we are more likely to be present at the designated time and place for worship. If we visualize only a social hour, or the hawking of belief^xwe already hold; if we sense an attempt to gain control over God or other people, then it’s no wonder many of us don’t see our need for church this week. Some of what people find in church we feel we can get elsewhere. Some we feel we are better off without. So, why come to church? Besides, there are people there we’d rather not run into. But isn’t there something offered at church that we don’t find anywhere else? It is tragic how some of us Christians see the church. . . even our own church. Is ehurch merely a rubber-stamping exercise with lots of uniformity and very little unity? Is church a mind set that views all others as second class churches for “unspiritual” Christians? If this is so, then how easy it is to lose interest in church. Maybe coming to church is for the weak who need some sort of crutch. The “mature” who don’t attend have outgrown this dependence on such things as bread and wine. . . and people. The “mature” have learned all the hymns, study the Bible privately at home, and already know the sermon material. Let’s remember that, when we were baptized, we NOTICE OF CHANGE In the Call for the Republican Mass Meeting published in this newspaper on March 8,1984, the location and the date of the District Convention were given in paragraph 2 as Albemarle High School and May 19,1984. Because of the large number of delegates now forecast for that meeting, it has been necessary to change the location and the date to University Hall on the campus of the University of Virginia, May 12,1984, for this event. By authority of Jasso E. Pond, Jr. Chairman, Republican Party of Rappahannock County I ,1 ■——— I II—" ....' . ■ News From The Washington Area By BARBARA C. BURKE Rappahannock Newt Staff Phone 675*3349 Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hammings of Falls Church and Mr. and Mrs. J. Lowell Jennings of Danville were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Buntin. Mrs. Henry M. Keyser has returned home after spending two weeks in Williamsburg with her sister-inlaw, Mrs. Lyman Jacobsen and other friends. She also spent two days at Old Point Comfort. Ronnie Pullen of Glen Bumie, Maryland was a Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Ralls and Steve. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Jr., Stacey and Amanda were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pullen and Pearl in Culpeper. Mrs. Josephine Wood ol Reva Park, and Eddie and Mike Way land were Sunday lunchen guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Wayland. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Daczewitz, Gregg, Phillip and Derek of Woodville were Tuesday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley in celebration of Mr. Daczewitz’s birthday. Grant Hill of Richmond spent the weekend here with his mother, Mrs. Andrew Pennington and Mr. Pennington. Mrs. Charles C. Burke returned home on Sunday after spending two weeks with her son and daughterin-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Burke, Jennifer and Mary Lynn at Woodbridge. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Pauline Hershey of Bristol, Pa., who had also been visiting the Burkes and Mr. and Mrs. John Metzger at Lorton. Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Burke and Mrs. Hershey were Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Burke of Front Royal. Ashton Burke of Warrenton was a Monday luncheon guest. H. T. Updike Jr., Cassandra and Frank Parker Jr., all of Culpeper were Sunday visitors of H. Taylor Updike. Mr. and Mrs. John Barbour and Ted and Mrs. Joan Bailey visited in Richmond on Friday with Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Roberts. John D. Weaver of Washington, D. C. visited his father J. Stant Weaver on Thursday and they were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Penaranda at Griffinsburg. On Friday evening Mr. Weaver and Mr. and Mrs. Penaranda joined by Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hicks of Culpeper were dinner guests of Mrs. Josephine Wood at Reva Park. Mr. Weaver returned to his home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Magruder Keyser of Clifton and Mr. and Mrs. Turner Slaughter of Front Royal were Sunday callers of Mrs. W. M. Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burke of Front Royal were Saturday evening dinner guests of his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Burke. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of our readers on Saturday. wire surrounded by a living, brtathing congregation. Frpm the time we ate our first communion, we have come to the Lord’s table in a gathering of people. Have we forgotten that even the things we do in private devotions at one time we learned in the midst of the church? Most of us can understand the sacraments as the charitable acts of God through the ordained ministry. At the same time, we must not fail to see the worship experience itself as an encounter with the Almighty. Have we secretly decided that we will be off to church when something important is going on? The point is, there obtains a mystical healing when Christians come together for worship. Jesus once promised, “Where two or three are gathered. . . there am I in the midst. . .” The risen Lord himself is present and active in Christian worship. This is no mere quest for information. Data we can get from the “media church.” What we do receive when we come together is a refreshing, weekly glimpse of the Lord of the church. We experience together the presence of God. There is no substitute for the worshiping assembly. Yes, we are reminded of past events we know so well. But, more than this, we gather to present our.eelves to the Lord who is known through the re-living of these events , when we worship in His name. Coming to church is a good habit. Christians need to recover the habit. C.P.M. *30% Discount Wallpaper Selected Books 'Floor Covering Vinyls. ,»v, Carpets. Remnants & New Selections. • Rentals Floor Sanders. Wallpaper Steamer. 302 S. East St. Culpeper, Va. 825-1755 Tax Deductible NEEDED i GIFTS p For p The Birth Of Great Meadow With final preparation of facilities for our new community site for steeplechasing, three day eventing, pony club and the open field events, The Meadow Outdoors Foundation is needing gifts of these items— • A new or used manure spreader • A large turf aerator • Fence rails • Telephone or electric poles • Flag poles • PVC pipe (any length or size) Phone 347-7144. Thank You. All contributions tax deductible to the Meadow Outdoors Foundation under section 501-C-3 ms Code. 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By FLORENCE VICKERS Eitcmioii Afcnt Trying to lose weight? Remember these suggestions” If it doesn’t pass the lips, it won’t end up on the hips! If you’re overeating at meals, here are some simple steps you can take to make less food seem like more: —First, drink a glass of water before meals and your stomach will feel fuller. —Second, eat Blowly. Try putting down your fork between mouthfuls. —Third, eat from a small plate to make small portions look bigger. —Fourth, be sure to exercise. Experts say that unless exercise is done three or more times a week for 15 minutes or more each time so as to increase body metabolism, it’s not really doing any good. —Fifth, keep your mind off food and your hands busy: hold a book to read, do crafts of any kind, take a walk, call a friend. Just don’t snack. Too much of any food - even good-for-you foods - can prevent weight loss. Bonnie Duggan, Associate Director of Food Information for the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc., recommends this meal based on fresh vegetable and cottage cheese. Diet Delight Put 2 cups of cottage cheese, V2 tsp. seasoned salt, and % tsp. peppier in a blender or mixing bowl and beat on high spieed until smooth. Place this mixture into a serving dish and surround it with dishes of topipings such as sliced green onions, sliced radishes, carrots, alfalfa sprouts, sliced mushrooms, choppied hard cooked eggs and crumbled bacon. Serve with a variety of whole grain toasted breads, muffins or biscuits. Choose your favorites to spread with the cottage cheese mixture and add topipings. This is great for sharing with friends. Something sweet for dessert would be fresh fruit slices (apples, piears, bananas, etc.) dippied in lemon juice to prevent browning. Fabric Care Consumers need to be AUCTION of Valuable Old Fort + 2.027 Acres SATURDAY, MARCH 17,1984 10 A.M. 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So, pay attention to the care labels and cleaning instructions on these clothing items. Low-Salt Diets The talk about low-salt and low-sodium diets can be confusing. Salt is a chemical compound which is 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride. Although the body must have sodium, most Americans eat much more than they need. On the average, a person requires less than 1,500 milligrams of soadium a day. But most ingest 5,000 to 7,000 milligrams a day. A level teaspoon of salt contains 2,300 milligrams of sodium. Sodium appears to contribute to higher blood pressure in some people. These people can help control their blood pressure by reducing the amount of sodium they eat. Since salt is the number one source of sodium, the avoidance of the salt shaker is a good first step in reducing intake. However sodium often is found in many unexpected foods. For this reason, it is important to read labels to find the chemicals that contain sodium and avoid as much as is possible. Household Hint Sharpen scissors by cutting a piece of sandpaper, once or twice, with them. Mortgage Funds Available The price of a new house is going up, but a new homefunding program should make it easier to find mortgage money in 1984. The Federal National Mortgage Association, also known as Fannie Mae, has announced that this year it will provide up to $1.6 billion for home mortgages. The mortgages will be available from lenders across the country and will feature adjustable interest rates with an option to convert into fixed-rate mortgages at a later date. Those who are buying a house should check with local real estate agents or banks. Volunteers Many organizations rely heavily upon the use of volunteers. Volunteers give of their time and talents to deliver services or perform tasks with no direct financial compensation expected. Volunteers: help meet community needs. Share their knowledge and experiences to benefit others. Give support to people and issues. Allow for greater accomplishments through “person power” and the amount of time they give. Explain organizational purposes and goals to others - which is good public relations. Reduce the financial burden of the organization. Volunteers also gain personal satisfaction from being involved in activities they eiyoy. The big problem is Volunteer Burn-Out. A few people or groups always seem to volunteer over and over again until they are completely fed-up. The rest of the community can do a big favor and volunteer every once in a while so the person who always volunteers can have a rest. Everyone has the ability to be a volunteer. Attention Dieters Lecturer Joyce Ann Wharjon will bring the Conway Diet Institute’s weight loss program to Rappahannock County with classes beginning March 19 at 6:30 p m. in the Washington Baptist Church. The Conway plan centers on a nutritionally balanced I tatOMu ♦ UTm A MMd ■ft tot* tack ft Mm Wv print Kook 4HMtc : «i M «n cM Nat n Idm gmfty bjr Hie tori'* rife, ctotr totocMton, ip ft mMm Me ft fenric ajrrim. THB PROfEXTY «SnBCnQNS4NM]MH to Imw «M pnpcrtjr. wrifeyi prior toft* Mrtton AUCTIONEER Wa. •. WatkiM Nr lafonutfcm Call ImStk&Timt iMAIL -ST. PATRICK’S DAY AAAAA AA. A A AAA AAAd 1,000 calorie diet that includes three meals per day plus snacks. Each week, an insight nlotivation seminar is presented. There is also a weigh-in arid ‘'group discussion revolving around diet problems and solutions. By addressing topics such as success, maturity, anxiety, social interaction, nutrition, activity and behavior modification, Conway’s weekly seminars aim to both motivate and educate. Along with the motivation and education, the Conway program also offers a special cookbook with delicious, easy to make recipes that have the added benefit of being nutritious and low calorie. The Conway Diet Institute, now in its 15th year, is the second largest weight control cpmpany in the United States. Its adult education program is offered in 26 states at approximately 300 locations. Class members in nearby Culpeper report weight losses ranging from 10 pounds to 170 pounds and still losing. Many have lost over 50 pounds. After reaching their goal, members are encouraged to weigh in monthly to remain “forever slim.” For additional information on the program and the Rappahannock classes which will begin March 19, contact Joyce Ann Wharton at 9878924. Director Sought The Front Royal Little Theater is looking for someone to direct the June play or musical. Anyone interested is asked to call Maria Brogan at 635-5667. *** You can sell just about anything with a classified ad. kAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAi* I99VVVVWVVVVVVWWVVVV YTVVYTVT F oreign & Ameri Car Repairs Specializing in German & Japanese Made Cars Jack’s Service Center 30 Ashby Street. Warrenton 347-3785 Out Of The Attic —Photo Courtesy of Ike Bcahm IN FRONT OF THE OLD HOMEPLACE, Elizabeth Smedley, Janie Smedley Beahm, Jim Smedley (rear), Rena Lewis and Ike Beahm (front) posed for this photograph taken in Gid Brown Hollow in 1949. The insert photo, taken many years earlier, shows pretty Janie Beahm when she was just a girl. News From Boston By MARIE F. ATKINS Rappahannock News Correspondent Phone 987-H802 Miss Linda Hawkins of Richmond spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hawkins. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Billy Finchain and Donna were Friday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Meredith, Jenny and Kellie at Reva Park. Mrs. George Butler and Mrs. Frank Duncan were Sunday afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. Cary Thom, hill. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Atkins of Sperryville were Sunday luncheon guests of F. R. Frazier and Harold. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Shultz spent the weekend at Virginia Beach and attended the Gideons International convention, held at the Church of The Good Shepherd. Mr. Shultz represented the Culpeper district there. Those spending lastv weekend with Mr. and Mrs, Anthony Goddard and family at “Quaint Acres” and attending the Rappahannock Races on Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lynch of Harrisonburg, Dr. and Mrs. Byrd Leavell, Jr. and son, Byrd Stuart, Mrs. Scott Vogel and children, Lucie, Marilyn and Augustus, Mrs. Nancy Leavell and Miss Corinne Carr, all of Charlottesville, Miss Brigette Guttstadt of Alexandria, Miss Linda Eubank of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Markon and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Newton of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. A series of parenting classes sponsored by the Rappahannock Department of Social Services will begin on March 28. In the classes, which are scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays through May 2, topics such as child development, effective discipline, how to have fun with children, understanding feelings, fears and special problems, teaching a child right from wrong and why children misbehave will be addressed. The classes will be conducted as informal discussion groups. Babysitting and transportation (if necessary) will be provided. The Department is seeking volunteers to assist with these services. For information and registration or to volunteer, call the Welfare Department at 675-3326. Parenting Scheduled Mike Evans of Portsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. William Russell of Virginia Beach, Dr. and Mrs. William Butzner of Fredericksburg, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Green of Washington, D. C. and Dr. Michael Creeden of Chevy Chase, Md. Hugh Andrew of Bethesda, Md. spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie A. Wood at “Dun-Lookin.” Miss Donna Fincham was a Saturday guest of Miss Sue Fincham in Culpeper. Kevin L. Gentry, a 1982 graduate of Culpeper High ocnooi aim now a stuuem ai the College of William and Mary has been elected corresponding secretary of the College Republican Federation of Virginia. Kevin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Gentry, who were former residents here at Boston. Mrs. Nick Penaranda was a Friday afternoon guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wayland at Woodville. Guests during the weekend of Mrs. Ethel Wilds at Green Pastures Christian Home were Mr. and Mrs. James Murray and Jay of Etlan, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Weakley and Melonie of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Shultz and Heather and Timothy Shultz of Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Peyton and family of Culpeper recently called on Mrs. Mary Peyton. RAPPAHANNOCK FARMERS CO-OP COME SEE A REAL WINNER ...YOU CAN BECOME A WINNER TOO! SEETHE SUPER 8 FOOT Vrtangfer GIANT JEANS Enter the Wrangler Giant Jeans Guese the Stitches Contest and win a Valuable FREE Prize. Drop by our Wrangler Giant Jeans Display. Guess the stitches in these huge jeans. Fill out a contest blank, and you can win the following FREE prize: Wtna*25,,gm lUaeitwIee tiluiiiiis tot wrangwr Clothing - ENTER NOW) Contest rune March 16 thru 23. Winners wM be choaon on March 23 and notified by mad. achoaon j nd / 11 ^ // // Sperryvllla, Va. 987-8555 HART FOR PRESIDENT Ail parsons Intsrsstad ars invttsd to attend an organizational masting Friday, March 16 RAPPAHANNOCK 8 p.m. at ths CourthouM, Washington, Va. For mors Information call 635-5401 FAUQUIER 8p.m. at the Warren Green Building 10 Hotel St Warrenton, Va. For more Information call 364-2340 ^rpo iw Dy ran to* rCMvaom vonwnnoii The Sperryville Community 4-H Club will meet on Monday, March 19 at the Sperryville fire hall. , All area youngsters between 9 jmd 19 are encouraged to attend. There will be games, projects, refreshments and fun for all. For more information call Barbara C. Burke at 987-8058. “A Touch Of Class" The Rappahannock's Woman's will be presenting its annual fashion show on Sunday, April 1, at 2 p.m. at the Rappahannock Elementary School. This years show will feature fashions with “A Touch Of Class" from Frank’s and Warren Quality Shop in Front Royal and Jack and Jill in Culpeper. Proceeds from the fashion show will benefit the club’s annual scholarship and help provide new playground equipment for the elementary school. Ticket prices are $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for children in advance; $3 and $2 at the door. Tickets may be purchased from any member or by calling Fran Eldred at 675-3385 or Janet Yancey at 937-5239. Fire & Rescue Meeting The Rappahannock Fire and Rescue Association will meet on Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Sperryville Rescue building. All members are urged to attend. “Cannery Row99 Shows At Gay Street Cannery Row will be shown on Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 17 at 7 p.m. with Nick Notte and Debra Winger. John Steinbeck’s boisterous, romantic story is set on California’s Monterey waterfront in the 1940’s. Nolte plays an eccentric marine biologist with a mysterious past. Winger displays the wide range of her acting talents as a young down-andout drifter. RAAC Board Meeting On Sunday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. there will be a meeting of the Board of Directors of RAAC at the courthouse. The public is invited to share ideas and concerns about the Association for the Arts and the Community. Film To Be Shown Trinity Episcopal Church will sponsor a showing of theynovie. “The Pilgrims’ Progress,” orfSlfriday, Msfrcrr 18,* il^SO'a.YfT TWd films will be screened—one for adults and a second, edited version for children. The public is invited to enjoy this family entertainment. Ruritan Meeting Set The Amissville Ruritans will meet on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Amissville Baptist Church. Hart Supporters Gather An organizational meeting for those who support Gary Hart for the Democratic nomination for president is scheduled for Friday, Biarch 16, at 8 p.m. at the court house in Washington. Benefit Dinner The Child Care and Learning Center (Sursum Corda) will serve it’s benefit spaghetti dinner and jig (for St. Patrick’s Day) on Saturday, March 17, at Trinity parish hall in Washington. Dinner seatings will be 5-5:30 p.m. and 77:30 p.m. Tickets are available in advance at Nature’s Foods and Country Cupboards in Washington, at the Learning Center on Route 626 in Tiger Valley and at the door on Saturday night. Republicans Meet The mass meeting for Rappahannock County Republicans will be held Tuesday, March 20, at 8 p.m. in the court house in Washington. Delegates will be chosen for district, state and national conventions. Planning Session Set The Rappahannock County Planning Commission will meet Wednesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the court house. Agenda items include review of the proposed revisions in the county zoning ordinance and a public hearing on an application for an agricultural and forestal district. Garden Clubbers Meet Rappahannock Garden Club Members will get together at the home of Mrs. Florence Nordone on Wednesday, March 21. Refreshments will be served at 1 p.m. with the bittiness meeting set to begin at 2 p.m. Concert Includes Two Local Singers The Front Royal Oratorio Society presents Brahams’ “A German Requiem” on Ssnday, April 8, at 7:30. It will bej>erformed at the Boggs Chapel at Randolph Macon Academy in Front RoyaL * ~rLocal Society members Barbara Gentry and Joan St. Clare are among the singers.

Jennifer Marie Dodson Infant Daughter Infhnt Jennifer Marie Dodson of Culpeper, died Tuesday. March 6,1984, at Culpeper Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her parents, Jacob I. B. and Judy LotheH Pullen Dodson of Culpeper; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pullen of Rixeyville and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Dodson of Culpeper. Graveside services were held on Friday at Washington Masonic Cemetery by the Rev. David La very. Ck>re Funeral Home in Culpeper was in charge of arrangements. The Final Tribute CLORE FUNERAL HOME “TV Home Of Thoughtful Service" PHONE 825-2361 CULPEPER CEMETERY MEMORIALS C^bttuariEH Mary T. Noce Michigan Resident Mrs. Mary Taylor Noce, age 68, of Troy, Michigan, died on Saturday, March 10, 1984, at her residence. Born on January 14, 1926, in Culver, Indiana, Mrs. Noce graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in journalism. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at Arlington National Cemetery by the Rev. Jennings W. Hobson, III. Survivors include her mother, Ruth H. Taylor of Bradenton, Florida; husband, Robert W. Noce of Troy, Michigan; four daughters, Barbara N. Jolly of .Washington, Julia N. Spencer of Silver Spring, Md., Mary N. Vroman of Port Byron, Illinois and Ruth N. Critier of Washington; two granddaughters, Claire M. Jolly of Washington and Anna M. Vroman of Port Byron, Illinois and a brother, John Taylor of Miami, Florida. Edmund Hilt Rappahannock Native Edmund Addison Hitt, 86, of Harrisonburg, died on Tuesday, Maid) 6, 1984, at Rockingham Manorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. A native of Rappahannock County, he was the son of the late Turner Harrison and Annie Louise Rollins Hitt. His wife was the late Lillian Smith Hitt Mr. Hitt was a salesman for Allegheny Freight Lines for a number of years. He was a member of Fairfax Lodge No. 43, A.F.4 A.M., in Culpeper. He is survived by a son, Edmund A. Hitt Jr. of Harrisonburg; one sister, Mrs. Mabel Eisenman of Amissville; a brother, Wilson W. Hitt of Knoxville, Md. and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted on Friday at Geest-Johnson Funeral Home in Culpeper by the Rev. Paul Marine. Burial was in the Hitt family cemetery at Amissville. 1 y y Rappahannock Business & Service Directory Call 675-3349 to Place Your Ad! Only *2.65 per week for a 1 inch space! Call about our combination rates with The FauquierDemocrat, The Clarke Courier, Loudoun Times-Mirror, and The Reston Times 13 WEEK CONTRACT Next Deadline March 21 . COUNTRY HERITAGE American Handcraft* 4> Folk Art Qiuliry Antique* Antique* Rettoeatiou TWn*ii. Him DONALD REED CHANDLER AIA ARCHITECT ‘•t Nt Hf i /IP A 12*7 ’ ’ t > f . N f .* » n / 3/nn JOHNSONS BAKERY LOWE ALUMINUM JON A BASS BOATS Evinrude Motors & Service Jon Boat Trailers. 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CULKFBR CEMETERY MEMORIALS OF DESIGN SCHOOL njm ituuw mmsi DESIGN AND CONSTnuCTION WEEKENO COURSES DONALD CHANOCEB, A1A. DtRECTQB CouipySidecFkx)TcFasl^ons AoriMvflc, Va. 937-5111 of 347-0400 Carpet-Orientals Sheet Vinyl -TUe Reupholstery - Slipcovers Custom Draperies Wallcoverings " Carpet Cleaning Saftacday 9 us. to5p.a. MML-fri. Hits. trt. 1l*m to)pm <36-7464 600-963-3712 (Va) 24* SwtM 194 E ManSi toy* VI ■ Uwy. Va 749-41H.— ■ MILLER OPTICIANS formerly Mayo Opticians 702 South Main St./ Culpeper, VA. / > NOW OPEN SATURDAYS 825-5400 ir Expert Pump Installation and Repair Service now available at CufeaprFanMnCMAlnc. •osmoo n O.VLV COUNTY REALTOR AHc in list unJ expi «t' vmr fmipiTt\ in \'ii. Va. oimfniur C.'nmmmi (Ami Bust and Itvul MLS Mi-iii/xt uf h>tfi Pii'Jinnni and LillU/IIIlT Midtt/dt Lisniij- StTl - li d . . Rl XitR BATCHELDER. Kf. \l Ti IK t m> Ni W V »i 675-3777 ^57-4388 C_J V_^ HARPER’S REFINISHING General Refinishing all types of furniture Rick Harper Harpers Run SperryviHe. Va 987-8291 Licensed Dealer GOLDEN CORRAL FAMILY STEAK HOUSE NOW OPEN! 891 Willis Lane Culpeper, Va. Nwt to th» Hotday Inn 825-5888 Gary Moon Partner/Manager • SEAL’S • » Septic Tank Service • ■ Luray ■ ■ OipendaMe Service ■ • flaasonaMe Rates e ' 743-5027 " BROWER’S TV RCA and Magnavox Sales & Service •Sanies On Moat Makes Televisions • Slaraoa • Phonos •Antenna Installation ft Repair VISA Master Charge 347-1119 Qreystooe TV a Appliance Sato and Samoa RCA Channel Master Antennas & Satellite Dishes Whirlpool ft Maytag Appliances i,VA. Warrenton Printing annocfe i^etoa 675-3338 weekdays 8:30-5 703-987-8058 evenings & weekends I Mister Sweeper 507 E. Main St FnMlayal *35-9007 Sate - New and Uted Sendee al makes |OOM 5EKVICES, nocrtwMcamttgt mmdkwct ctrprO 118 South Main St CutpaporVA (703)825-3550 PICE ESTIMATES Benjamin Bruce Retired Mill Wright Foreman Benjamin Raymond Bruce, 74, of Tampa, Florida, died Friday, March 2,1964, in Tampa. Mr. Bruce was born in Rappahannock County on April 12, 1909, son of the late Silas and Annie Taylor Bruce. He was a retired mill wright foreman with the FMC Corporation in Front Royal after 38 years of service. A veteran of World War II, he served with the Coast Guard in the Pacific. He was a member of Sperryville United Methodist Church, was past master of the Washington Masonic Lodge, AF & AM, No. 78, and was a member of the Hiram Royal Arch Chapter 46 of Front Royal. He moved to Florida in 1973. Surviving are his wile, Daisy Bruce; a sister, Mrs. Nina B. Brown of Sperryville and a brother, Robert Brace of Front Royal. Arrangements were handled by the National Cremation Society. Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 17 at 2 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home in Front Royal. Will Pendleton County Native Will Warfield Pendleton, 66, of Jeffersonton, died Sunday, March 4,1964, at his residence. He was a native of Rappahannock County. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Kate Pendleton of Amissville; three daughters, Evelyn Timbers of Herndon, Katie Pendleton and Virgie Pendleton, both of Reston; seven sons, James Pendleton, Ervin Pendleton, Randall Pendleton, Jerry Pendleton, Eugene Pendleton, Melvin Pendleton and Gregory Pendleton, all of Amissville and fourteen grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Willie Pendleton of Washington, D. C. and Robert Pendleton of Alexandria and two sisters, Katie Ferguson of Arlington and Genevieve Johnson of Washington, D. C. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday from the Bethel Baptist Church in Amissville by the Rev. Carter Allsberry. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Marshall Funeral Home in Culpeper was in charge of arrangements. Harold G. Brown Retired Banker Harold G. Brown, 85, of Winchester, died Monday, March 5, 1984, at his residence. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday at Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester by the Rev. David H. Knight and Rev. Lee Dudley. Burial was at St. Paul’s Cemetery in Woodville. Mr. Brown was born October 18, 1898, in Woodville, the son of the late Dr. James G. and Cora Reid Brown. He attended Randolph-Macon College and retired as president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank in 1964. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, was past president of the Winchester Rotary Club and was awarded the 50-year membership award and the Paul Harris Award in December. Mr. Brown was named Outstanding Boss by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1966. He was past president of Chamber of Commerce and received the chamber’s award of merit in 1964. He was a former member of the Industrial Development Commission and was a member of the Virginia and American Banking Associations. Surviving with his wife, Helen Thomas Miller Brown, are a son, Harold G. Brown Jr. of Winchester; two daughters, Helen Buckley of Middletown and Frances Russell of Huntly; a sister Frances Churchill Jones of Richmond; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were D. Fletcher Buckley Jr., Thomas Miller Buckley, Daniel Reid Buckley, William Rice Matthews III, and H. Gerry Brown III. Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Episcopal Church. Jones Funeral Home in Winchester was in charge of arrangements. David Smoot Born In Washington David Owen Smoot, 59, of Culpeper, died Tuesday, Biarch 6,1984, at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. Born in Washington, Va., he was the son of Mrs. Leala Burke of Culpeper and the late L. J. Smoot. He served in the Korean War and was a member of the Moose Lodge. In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife Mrs. Gladys Settle Smoot of Culpeper; three daughters, Mrs. Linda Buraker, Miss Doris A. Smoot and Miss Brenda K. Smoot, all of Culpeper, three sons, Larry W. Smoot, Jerry 0. Smoot and Steve L. Smoot, all of Culpeper; two foster children, John Caylor and Tina Caylor of Culpeper and one grandchild. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Jenkins and Mrs. Bessie Butler, both of Culpeper and two brothers, William F. Smoot of Culpeper and Robert Smoot of Boonesville, Maryland. Funeral services were conducted on Friday at the Moody Funeral Service Chapel by the Rev. Elmer Bosserman. Burial was in Hillcrest Memory Gardens. Mildred Hofer Summer Resident Mildred Saunders Hofer, 81, a Washington area resident for 66 years and prominent in genealogical circles, died on Monday, March 5,1984, at her home in McLean. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. With her mother and sister, she moved to Washington where she graduated from McKinley High School in the Class of 1923. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century and the National Society Magna Charts Dames. She was also active in the Humane Society of the U. S. and McLean Republican Women’s Club. Among her genealogical publications is “1850 Census of Rappahannock County, Va.” (where she maintained a summer home), this being a 144-page compilation from the records of the National Archives. Survivors include her husband Carl, who lives in the McLean home and a sister, Mrs. Elsie Brooks Mulford, who also lives in McLean. V** A Rappahannock News classified ad is your best advertising bargain—20 words or less just $3.45—and your ad gets sent to 3,023 households. ***

X LAST YEA ,'S TRADITIONS will be transformed with a “Touch of Class” in 1984. Models for the 1983 shi'W posed for a curtain call after the parade of fashions. This year, the Rappahannock County Women's Club will present its annual extravaganza on April 1 at the elementary school. News From The Sperryville Area By MRS. B. M. VARNER KapptihanrxM'k News Correspondent Phone 987-8710 Mrs. Doris Ann Gore, Donna Gore, Mrs. Dennis Wingfield and Bobby Foster attended the J.M.U.-Richmond basketball game at James Madison University last Friday. Mrs. Nina B. Brown with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Imbach of Culpeper were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Snellings at Bailey’s Crossroads. Mrs. Andy Aylor and Mrs. Homer Jenkins of Etlan were recent guests of Mrs. Delia Leake. Mrs. Mary Quaintance and Mrs. Brown Miller entertained at dinner on Sunday at Brookside. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Keyser and Mrs. George Davis of Washington, Mrs. H. B. Wood, Sr. of Woodville and Mrs. T. M. Johnston. Denise Wingfield has re turned to James Madison University, Harrisonburg after spending spring break with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wingfield and sister, Cathy. She has completed her student teaching at R. E. Lee High School in Staunton. They spent last Thursday in Richmond. Mrs. Catherine Brown was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Payne in Falls Church. Saturday eve ning Mr. and Mrs. Charles Overhulser entertained at a family birthday dinner for Mrs. Overhulser’s sisters, Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Larry Kushner of Gaithersburg, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Brown and sons, Paul and Jason joined them. Donna Gore has returned to the University of Richmond after spring break with her mother, Mrs. Doris Ann Gore. Mr. and Mrs. David Tyner of Palmyra were Sunday overnight guests of Mrs. Ethel Tyner and Miss Nellie Atkins. Elder and Mrs. Holly Redmond of Colonial Heights were Sunday guests. Dinner, guests of Mrs. Mary Quaintance at the fire hall Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Sutherland, Mrs. T. M. Johnston, Mrs. Brown Miller, Mrs. B. M. Varner, Freddie Schaefer, Mrs. H. B. Wood, Sr. of Woodville and Mr. and Mrs. George Bain of Washington. Cathy Wingfield was a dinner guest Sunday evening of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Brown in Culpeper. Mrs. Ruby Dwyer spent the weekend in Lancaster, Pa. with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Yoder. Flint Hill Area Notes By POLLY N. AY ■■Wahaanark NniCan Wioaa 987-8136 The Flint Hill Ladies Auxiliary met at the fire hall on Monday, March 5 for their regular meeting^with fourteen members present. Among those from this area attending Bible study class at the home of Mrs. Emma Swindler at Sperryville last Tuesday were the Rev. Merlin Shorb, Mrs. Barbara Gentry and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Brady. Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Carson Lillard on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Lillard of Gainesville, Mrs. Debra Clatterbuck and son of Front Royal and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dellinger and children of Reliance. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Pearson of Hume were Saturday evening visitors of Mrs. Wade Pullen. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Welch of Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Welch of Front Royal were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welch and Mrs. Ethel Pullen. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Nethers of Stephens City spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Robert Nethers. Visiting on Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers, Mrs. F. D. Coffey Jr., Mrs. Bob Lewis and Charles Corder Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lillard spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Grant Patton and daughters at Stephens City. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hudson of Front Royal were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bunny Hudson and Cathy. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Wince of Orlean were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Foster. Bridge Club Entertained Mrs. Frances Tabler entertained the Sperryville Bridge Club at her home on Saturday evening. Guests were Mrs. I. R. Kilby, Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mrs. R. E. Thompsen, Mrs. Brown Miller, Mrs. W. H. Cordle, Mrs. Dale Metzinger, Mrs. Sean Kilpatrick and Mrs. Ulrich Maeyer. Prize winners were Mrs. Kilby, Mrs. Kilpatrick and Mrs. Miller. Viewtown News By MRS. GLADYS DODSON Rappahannock New* Correspondent Phone 937-4904 Mrs. Roberta Woodward and Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H. Smith and sons of Warrenton were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hitt were Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Settle in Manassas. Mike Scott and Sandy Weaver of Amissville were weekend visitors of Miss Sherry Reid and Joey Reid. Miss Carolyn Dodson and Tammy Sticligy of Warrenton were weekend visitors of Carolyn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dodson. They had dinner on Saturday evening at Country Cookin in Culpeper in celebration of lib'. Dodson’s birthday. Mrs. Acrey Dodson joined them. ij f ITUUVU 1 J , I70t I I Upcoming Evenly Looking Your Best The Extension Office will sponsor a program entitled “Looking Your Best at Any Age, Any Size” at the courthouse on March 27, 7 p.m. Anyone who is interested can attend.- free. For further information or to register, call the Extension Office at 675-3619. Diet Classes To Begin Conway diet classes will begin on Monday, March 19 in Rappahannock Countggg^br inform mation contact Joyce Wharton at 987*8924. Concert Offered f The final free concert in the Shenandoah Brahms Festival series will be presented on Suitr day, March 18, at Winchester’s Shenandoah Cot lege and Conservatory in Armstrong Auditorium at 8:30 p. m. The orchestral version of “Variations on §• Theme of Haydn, Op. 56 a” will highlight the’ concert. William Averitt, associate professor of theory and composition, will conduct the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra in what is considered one of Brahm’s most popular and widelyloved works. Karen Walker, of the Shenandoah piano faculty, will play four of Brahms’s “Fantasies for Piano, Op. 166” Conservatory faculty members Stephen Johnston, Allen Whear 9Ljid Elizabeth Temple will perform the “Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 114,” one of several late chamber music works using the clarinet. Children’s Theater “Robin Goodfellow,” a children’s theater production based on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, will be performed at Shenandoah College and Conservatory in Winchester on Saturday, March 17, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and on Sunday, March 18, at 3 p.m. in the Theatre Studio. ' “Robin Goodfellow” is the fantasy story of a boy who was bom in a house favored by the fairies. Some thought his father was King Oberon. King of the Fairies. The action begins when robin awakens from a dream about fairies singing and dancing and finds a scroll inscribed with golden letters. The scroll gives instructions from King Oberon and concludes with the promise that, if Robin obeys, “one day thou shalt see Fairy Land.” — Tickets are $1.50 and are on sale at the Shenandoah Box Office, 703-667-3898. WoodviUe Area News I»_. I1TVI’ / ’ ■ 4 ni/ .... Peola Mills And Nethers Social News ») JbAN n. OAL.L1HLUH Kappa Km nnock Newi (orrenpondent 987-MN6U Mrs. Edith Green of Slate Mills visited Mrs. Jean attentionMERCHANTS DISPLAY YOUR WARES at the Merchant’s Bazaar during the 33rd annual Potomac Hunt Races SUNDAY, APRIL 29 BELVEDERE FARM $75 STALL 10*10 SPACE W/COVERED TENT J $25 Deposit Due MARCH 3# Mail Check to: Alfred W. Knowles Race Committee Chairman P.O. Box 98 Clarksburg. MD 20871 For More Information Call 831-9246 Gallihugh and Susan last Sunday night. Mrs. Homer Jenkins and Mrs. Andy Aylor visited Mrs. Delia Leake in Sperryville on Tuesday. Robbie Leake of Etlan visited his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jenkins on Saturday. Archie Dodson returned home on Friday night after spending some time at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lilian! and grandchildren, Ricky and Dawn were dinner guests Sunday of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Smith and family at Reva. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lilian! and son of Madison were Friday night guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lilian!. Mrs. Woodrow Deal and Mrs. Paul Coates and Robin visited Jonathan Deal at his grandmother’s, Mrs. Annie Hawkins in Washington on Sunday. Jonathan has been quite sick. Mrs. Deal is his grandmother. Mrs. Randall Lillard has accepted a position at Southgate Beauty Salon in Culpeper. 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Mr. and Mrs. Ted Manwaring of Sterling Park were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Man waring, Gina and Lisa. Mrs. Silas O’Bannon of Warrenton and Mrs. Maxwell Willis of Culpeper were guests during the week of Mrs. H.B. Winfrey, Mrs. Dillard Glenn and Mrs. Frank Brown. Linda Johnson of Silver Spring, Maryland was a weekend guest of Kristie Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Johnson and Julie Marie. Misty Hitt, Mrs. Bobby Bauckman and Mrs. Clifton Clark were visitors in Orange on Wednesday. Mr. and- Mrs. Rick John son and Julie Marie were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Coffelt in Edinburg. Linda Johnson and Kristie Johnson met them at Dan’s Steak House near New Market for dinner on their return home. The Woodville Extension Club held their regular meeting on Tuesday night at the Woodville Baptist Church. Peter Luke gave a talk on “The Law and How It Affects Women.” Mr. and Mrs. Harold Carpenter of Brightwood were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Conners. On Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Conners were guests of her mother, Mrs. Weldon Cline in Culpeper. The W.M.U. of Woodville Baptist Church held their regular meeting on Sunday evening at the church. Members T o Attend State Conference Conservation of Virginia Wildflowere is important says, Mr. Theodora Scott, Jr. when he presented his illustrated talk to members of the Culpeper Minute Men Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at the meeting held March 6 in the Culpeper United Methodist Church. Mr. Scott, who now resides in Orange, Virginia, spent five years prior to his retirement working for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Now in retirement, he whiles away time studying and photographing Virginia Wildflowere. Mr. Scott emphasized not trying to transplant wildflowere as most often they will not survive when uprooted from their native habitat. During the business session presided over by Mrs. Dale Metzinger of Sperryville,a twenty-five year certificate was presented to Mrs. Clifford Miller of Culpeper denoting her years of active service in the Culpeper Minute Men Chapter. Mrs. Metzinger congratulated Mrs. George Taylor on her services and accomplishments while Chapter Regent and presented her with an Ex-Chapter Regent Pin. The Chapter Members unanimously voted to present a Flag of the United States of America to the Boy Scout organization at Lake of the Woods. Eight meinbers from Culpeper D|iR were to attend the State DAR Conference being held in Roanoke March 13,14,15. The three from Ra^f>a hannock to attend tf^re: Mrs. Dale Metzinger, "Regent; Mrs. D D. Fairfax, Chapter Registrar. Mrs. Paul Frantz, DAR Good Citizens ehafrilHK* **; Also to attend were: Mfs. Woodruff Kearns from Lake of the Woods who is State Chairman of State Conferences and Mrs. Edgar Puryear of Madison who is State Chairman of Rational Defense and National DAR Resolutions committee member. • ' For the April meeting the. jnembers will have a Tour of Historic Fredericksburg.

Rappahannock Journal •Farm •Business •Garden •Rural Life Rappahannock News Pho«o/M. May TWICE TIMES TWO - The Woodville cow who produced twins in ’72 did it again this month, says farmer Thomas Starks. Cuddling the babies are Starks and his sister Lela Clark. The proud mother is an eight-year-old Holstein and Guernsey mix. Federal Crop Insurance Explained By JAMES M. MOORE tilmiH SpariaJM ° "nrmr mt Virginia Tech Should a fanner insure his crops? Extension specialists say the most important question is whether the farmer can stand the financial loss if he doesn’t. Crop insurance may be described as income assurance. If a farmer insures his crop at the highest level and at the highest price he can be pretty sure that he will get back at least his out of pocket cost. Some of his income will be from crop sales or in the value of products used on the farm. The rest will be from insurance if there is a yield reduction. Every fanner has nine alternatives levels at which he can insure his crop. He can insure at 50, 60 or 75 percent yield levels^ Then he will receive indemnity payments if his yield falls below the level he has chosen. For example, if his normal corn yield is 100 bushels and he has insured at the 75 percent level, he will receive insurance payments if his yield falls below 75 bushels. He can also choose one of three price alternatives. The price alternatives for corn are $2.00, $2.60 and $2.90. Indemnity payments will be at the price he chooses. Since there are three yield levels, a farmer has nine alternatives. Only the top yield guarantee at the highest price will assure that he will receive his total out of pocket cost irrespective of yield. The premiums vary with the yield risk. A farmer in Southside Virginia with an average yield of 80 bushels may have to pay $12 for a 75 percent coverage and $2.90 price guarantee. A farmer in Iowa with a 150 bushel average yield may pay only $7 for the same 75 percent covMarket Repor At the Front Royal Livestock Exchange the following prices were reported after the March 8 auction: Hogs: US 1-3 200-250 pounds, 45-47.50; sows 1-3, 39.25; boars, 28-31. Veal: Choice & prime, 82. Slaughter Cattle: Cows: HD cut & brk UT 1-3, 47-50; utility & comm 24, 37-41; canner & cutter 13,25-33. erage and $2.90 guarantee. However, there is a greater probability that the Virginia farmer will receive indemnity. Federal crop insurance is intended to allow a farmer to receive indemnities equal to his premium payments. The Federal Government is subsidizing the companies which write the policies. So, all the farmer’s premiums should be returned to him overtime. The policies are sold by private insurers but ASCS offices work closely with farmers to establish average yields. tBulls: 1-2,49.25-S2.50. Stock Cows: Beef, 425-580. Feeder Cattle: Steers: medium & large #1, 2-500 pounds, 69.5074.50; 5-700 pounds, 60-67; 7-1,000 pounds, 62-72.25. Heifers: medium & large #1, 3-500 pounds, 54.75-60; 5-700 pounds, 45.75-55.50; 7800 pounds, 43.50-45.75. Bulls: medium & large #1, 3-500 pounds, 63.2566.50; 5-700 pounds, 5353.75. ON THE MORNING SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE: A Glimpse of Rappahannock History features chapters on Education, Soldiers, Doctors, Slavery, Freeman and Integration. Mountain People and The Park, The Depression, Old Mills and Settlements, Travel, Entertainment, Natural Disasters, Mountain Justice and Farming, written by our staff with the help of hundreds of Rappahannock people. Call the office at 675-3338 to order your copy of “ON THE MORNING SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE at $8.95 plus tax and $1.10 for postage. Feast For St. Patrick Is Sinwle Fare By MICHELE MAY faMduMck N«*i Staff Writer There are at least 600 pubs in Dublin, but not one of them will be open on St. Patrick’s Day. The Irish hold somber celebrations in church on that day. All the blather and blarney which has grown up around the day is a purely American invention. (Dr. Declan Burke of Culpeper told us so.) Sort of like saying “Top ’0 the momin’ ” which one customarily hears in the streets of New York. In the states it’s a great time for marching in parades, drinking green beer and sporting shamrocks. The real St. Patrick (who was born in Scotland some 600 years ago under the name of Maewyn) was only familiar with the shamrocks part of it. He used them to explain the Trinity when he brought Christianity to the Druids. If he seemed to participate in a parade, it was simply because he needed a drummer to precede him everywhere to drive away the snakes. His taste in beer, if any, has not been passed down through the ages. We do know that Guiness’s brewery had not yet been established. The Irish taste in food is well documented in the nation’s great literature, however. The characters are forever eating oatmeal and potatoes, bacon and cabbage. The best menu involves tea, a boiled egg and a good hearthbread. And there might be a bit of trout, lobster or salmon for fishermen west of the Shannon. One of Sean O’Faolin’s 1 characters enters the story “The Silence of the Valley5, with a “stinking saucepan full pf fowls’ guts”. Fortunately these are not for supper. They are for fishing eels to roast for dessert after dinner “when the resinous fir-stumps on the great flat hearth flamed up—” A character in another story “Shades of the Prison House" endorses simpler fare. “ ‘A hake-o’-fish’d-bebetther,” growled Dadda. “Hake-o’-fish-andaloado’spuds!” Burke’s Potatoes Mary Burke of Washington has a grand old Irish name, but no special St. Patrick’s secret for preparing spuds. “I fix them different ways,” she says. “I mash them. I make cakes of them 1 and fry them. I boil them in , salt water and serve them with a little butter.” Mrs. Burke cautions against making them too salty or too greasy. That isn’t healthy. Also, she says it’s all right to use instant potatoes, especially if you’re cooking for one. To make her potato cakes, Mrs. Burke mixes left over mashed potatoes with a little flour and some butter and fries the patties real good. Edith Pond’s Corned Beef and Cabbage She’s Rumanian, Polish and German, but Edith Pond has read every book in the Rappahannock library dealing with the home of the Houlihans. She also has a weakness for corned beef and cabbage. (This is a dish Americans like while the Irish are supping on salmon.) Her secret ingredient? Campbell’s beef broth. “Campbell’s beef broth makes everything better,” she says. Here’s the rest of her procedure for preparing this simple “traditional” dish: Cover the corned beef with soup. About 20 minutes before the corned beef is tender enough, cut a cabbage into Vsths and cook it with tiie eomjd, bt$f for ,15-20 minutes. (Add earrots and' potatoes, too, if you like. ) “If you have time, arrange it nicely on a platter,” Edith says with a smile. Sprinkle it with salt, pepper and paprika. Jesse’s J i inter Of Tea Jesse Pond has a few drops of Scotch/Irish blood behind his English name. And so he feels qualified to offer his own favorite recipe guaranteed to “cure the Irish blues.” “Take a cup of very strong hot tea,” he suggests. “Add lVs (tea)spoons of sugar and 1V2 ounces of rye whiskey. In case of emergency, any other kind of whiskey will do.” The Ponds say listening LOT OWNERS PAYNE MODEL $58,545.00 Consider this energy efficient 26 * 48 tri-level with 3 large bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen with Q.E. appliances. 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His favorite recipe mixes the finest of Irish farm products (cheese) with one of the most popular of Southern foods (grits). That isn’t why he recommends it, though. He says it can be made quickly, everybody likes it and it doesn’t take 79 utensils to fix. He especially suggests it for the “househusband” whose wife is not always at home to help with the dishes: Preheat the oven to 360 degrees. Prepare a cup of grits “as per package instructions.’’ In the same saucepan stir in Vi stick of margarine, lVi cups (approximately 6 ounces) of grated cheese, Vi cup milk, two beaten eggs and garlic to taste. “For us that’s four to six cloves — enough to ward off colds and evil spirits,” he says. Cook this mixture over low heat stirring constantly until the cheese is melted. Turn it into a greased 2 quart casserole dish and bake uncovered for approximately 45 minutes. Aunt Michele’s Lamb Stew This writer, whose most recent immigrant ancestors were a set of great-great grandparents who left Derry during the decade following the famine, has far more food to use in her Rappahannock kitchen than they did in their soddie. Greatgreat-grandfather McKibbens would have found this lamb stew to be feast enough to eat for a week: Brown 1V4 pounds of cubed lamb shoulder in 2 tablespoons of butter in a Dutch oven. Season with thyme, garlic, salt, pepper and sugar. Add 2 tablespoons of flour and enough water to cover the meat (just enough to "baptise a potato” as we Irish say). Cover and simmer for 46 minutes. Add a can of tomatoes, a cup of diced carrots, a cup of diced turnips, a dozen small new potatoes and a dozen tiny onions. Stir with a wooden spoon. Cover and simmer for half an hour. Add y* pound sliced mushrooms and a package of frozen peas. Stir with a wooden spoon. Cover and simmer for 16 minutes. Add a cup of light cream of milk mixed with V* cup flour. Bring to a boil while stirring with a wooden spoon. Season with a dash of whiskey. Serve straight from the pan with hard bread. Colonel Carney’a Irish Brown Bread Col. J. G. Carney, on his way to the islands for a Caribbean St. Patrick’s Day, Dhoned home and shared this favorite recipe with his friends in Rappahannock. His daughter-in-law Susan says the Colonel’s favorite Irish brown bread is served with every meal in Ireland. She relayed his instructions: In a large bowl mix 4 cups of whole wheat flour (preferably stone ground), 2 cups all-purpose flour, V4 cup rolled oats (NOT INSTANT), 1V4 teaspoon salt and lVfe teaspoon baking soda. Make a well in the center and add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough (2V4-3 cups). Form it into a ball. (Sweet milk can be soured by taking two tablespoons of milk from a full cup and substituting two tablespoons of vinegar or lemon juice. That mixture should be allowed to stand for approximately 10 minutes before being used.) Now with floured hands, shape the bread into a circle on a greased baking sheet. It must be between lVfc-2 inches high. Then with a floured knife or razor, cut a cross about V* inch deep into the top of the dough. This helps the bread to rise and later allows the loaves to be broken into far Is for serving. That’s what an American would call a quarter-loaf. The bread is baked in a pre-heated 426 degree oven for 25 minutes. Reduce the heat to 360 degrees, then bake for 16 minutes more. It is very important to let the bread cool for at least five hours before serving, Susan says. If the crust is too hard, wrap the loaf in a damp cloth while it cools. Inese recipes are offered for Rappahannock’s best holiday eating pleasure — as our tribute to that railing green island where tea comes in canisters and bread is never profaned by cellophane. “May you be in heaven a week before the devil knows you’re dead.” CELEBRATE THE GREEN WITH THESE CO-OP ST. PATRICK’S SALE SPECIALS Sale Prices Good 2 Days Only Friday, March 16th Saturday, March 17th *1.50 SPECIAL When Purchased Together SAVE 50* Off The Regular Price Of 50 lb. 5-10-10 Fertilizer SAVE •1.00 Off On A 50 lb. I Bag Of Seed Potatoes T Onion Sets SALE59Vlb. SAVE *2 OffOnA 4 Cu. Ft. Bale Of Peat Moss Reg. *7.40 SALE *5.40 ThsasAre JustAFawOfTha Many Sals Kama In Stock 10% Off All Garden Seeds In Stock 3 Cu. Ft. Pine Bark Mulch Sale '1.99 Shop The Co-Op For All Your Lawn And Garden Needs—Everyone Can Shop Co-Op And Savel Marshall Farmar’s Co-op Marshall 364-1533 Culpspsr Farmar’s Co-op Culpapar 825-2200 Warrantor! 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Fanciful Artist Turns To Practical Sign Painting By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ■■Whwmoefc New. SUIT Writer Davette Leonard’s shop combines the clutter and imaginative expression of an artist with the organization of a business woman. Drawing tables by the large front windows in the little cinderblock building on Route 231 hold neat boxes and tins of pencils, pens and brushes. Rulers and paper are stacked in qrderly piles.' Labeled file drawers sit next to a drafting board. Bottles of ink and carts of paint march in orderly rows across shelves. But the view of the F.T. Valley is an artist’s view, part of the reason why Leonard chose the way-offthe-beaten-track location for her shop. The walls are hung with examples of her lettering and calligraphy but interspersed are prints of the works of other artists and paintings and drawings she’s done. A screen separates a comfortable conversational nook from the work area. The bright patterned rug and wicker chairs next to the woodstove invite customers to sit and chat and a bookshelf that flanks one wall provides a wide range of browsing material if there’s a wait while Leonard puts the finishing touches on a sign. The books range from the practical (Handbook of Anatomy, Lettering, The Methods and Materials of Painting) to the unexpected, at least in a sign painter’s shop (H.G. Wells’ Outline of History, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation su>% DAVETTE LEONARD POSES in front of her sign shop in the F.T. Valley. Trilogy, African Art and Sisterhood Is Powerful, an Anthology of Writings from the Woman’s Liberation Movement). Bouncy, eternally optimistic And always smiling, Davette herself is a combination of the same contrasting elements, the practical and the fanciful. She dreams of studying mime (“I’ve always thought it was one of the things I was put on earth to do.”) and is teaching herself, with a little help from friends, to play the drums. At the same time, she’s pouring over books on lettering, taking a class in calligraphy and, as a back-up for when the sign painting business slows down in winter Prune For Health, Not For Size It is unfortunate that many gardeners believe that the main reason for pruning is to keep a plant that normally grows quite large,small enough to fit in the wrong location. In fact, that is the worst reason for pruning. Gardeners should replace such specimens with smaller ones, possibly drawing on the many dwarf varieties now available. Pruning is a skill that would be practised primarily to keep plants healthy. Kept to ^minimum, It wifi enhance the beauty of the trees and reduce the gardener’s labor. A tree that is pruned properly and trained when young will require little or no pruning as it matures. Branches that form narrow angles are structurally very weak and should be removed to avoid their breaking later from the wind, snow or ice. Branches that cross each other and htb eventually will provide entrance for insects and disease. ' On certain trees, such as the paper birch, removing lower branches will expose the white trunk, increasing the tree’s value as an ornamental plant. Usually, it is best to locate trees where they can be allowed to develop their full, natural growth patterns. corrective pruning to maintain the health of the tree should include removing dead, damaged or diseased wood to encourage rapid healing and reduce the incidence of insects and disease. On some species it may be necessary to remove excessive growth which restricts air movement and light. Certain recommendations regarding pruning practices have changed significantly in recent years. Tree care specialists have traditionally recommended the use of a layer of protective wound dressing such as tar, asphalt, latex, or oil paint or various materials containing a fungicide. But Alex Shigo, a research pathologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Durham, N.H., has shown through many years of research that this neither speeds wound’s healing nor protects the tree from fungal invasion. In fact, moisture sometimes is trapped behind the dressing, providing an ideal environment for fungal growth that retards the healing process, according to the pathologist. Shigo’s work also has led to improved recommendations for the removal of large branches from a tree. TROY-BILT rototillers All models in stock purrower included. Discounts Attachments. Parts. Engines. Gartienway Carts Trade-ins accepted Call (703) 942-3871, or write Hickory Hill Nursery Rt 1 Box 390-A.Flshersvllle.Va. 22939 ' ‘ _Our 10th near— THEY HOLD DOWN MORE THANONE JOB. Kubota’s mid-sued ti acton are very venatik. You’ll find them at troth on burnt, in patha, nurseries, estate homes and even on construction titet. The reason it tunfit Our mid-tiaed L-Seriet tracton come with features you’d expect to find only on bigger, heavier marhines. For example, sturdy Vcylinder diesel engines Horsepower from 12 to 29 FTO. Hydraulic thuttle-shift. 2- or 4-arhed drive. A hefty 3-poiat hitch. ^KUBOTR* Nothing like it on earth!" So if you’re loohing for a tractor that can get the Job dene, whatever it is, you've found it The Kubota L Series. Rt. 29 North of Culpeper e 825-9520 It has long been accepted that clean cuts with sharp instruments heal faster than sloppy, irregular cuts. However, the three-cut method best reduces the potential for tree damage. Shigo’s research has identified the best locations for these cuts: a swollen area at the junction of the branch and main trunk. Called a collar, this swollen area has been shown to produce chemicals that inhibit fungal growth. ,, A cut made completely flush with the trunk removes much of the collar tissue and leaves a larger wound. Therefore, cuts should be made at the outer edge of the collar. This leaves a short stump but retards fungal growth and promotes more rapid healing. The best time to prune is in late winter or early spring after the worst of the winter weather has passed but before the tree breaks dormancy and begins to grow. Conference On March 20, a conference in Richmond will address ‘The Changing Area of Agricultural Law.” Attorney General’s Gerald Baliles Law Conference on Agriculture will include presentations by members of his staff and the faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Topics scheduled for discussion include water law as it relates to agriculture, agricultural regulatory programs, labor law as it applies to farmers and the application of the Uniform Commercial Code to agricultural operations. The conference is one of a series of seminars sponsored by the Attorney Generals office on various areas Special Spring Horse Sale , Fauquier livestock Exchange Rt. 55, Marshall, Va. Saturday, March 24 ; 1:00p.m. All Breeds Regular Sale 100 h*td to be told in order mt cotuigntd will be coggina tested day of sale For More Infonaslisil Cat (703)364-1566 ' months, learning the art of weaving. And through it all, she paints, though not as often as she would like, still hoping someday for recognition as an artist. Her father was a commercial artist and she grew up with a pencil or a crayon or paint brush in her hand. She had private lessons and when she was 11 years old, joined the Art Students League in New York City. “In high school, I majored in art. The school system in New York is setup so you can do that. They supply you with oil paints, canvas. You take classes in art history, styles and technique. I was veiy lucky,” Davette recalled. But after graduation, there was no money to continue her studies. She lived with her father, who had then moved to Washington, D.C., working days and taking classes at the Corcoran in the evenings, and in between, soaking up lessons on lettering, paste up and other aspects of commercial art from her dad. She saved every penny, enough for a return to New York and enrollment in the School of Visual Design. “I studied only fine arts, no commercial art,” she remembered, smiling with satisfaction. It was on a shoe string, a shoe string too short to reach expensive art supplies. But Davette used ingenuity. In stead of oils, she bought a gallon of white wall paint and then begged dabs of pigment from friends, a bit of red here, a bit of blue there. It made for pastels — very pastels — that dictated her style, at least in part. She worked in wide expanses of delicately shaded hues, that flowed from color to color, the changes barely perceptible. Her instructors liked her work. It was a heady time, a time she looks back on with pleasure. “I had all these wonderful ambitions. To be an artist in New York. To sell my work in galleries, big galleries. The teachers I had (at the School of Visual Design) where names you read about Available By Phone The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) now has an answering machine. Patrons can call 6753193 to find out what movie is playing at the Gay Street Theater that weekend or what upcoming events are planned. They can also leave messages or ask questions when no one is in the office. Calls will be returned. On Ag Law of the law. “I believe that we can help those associated with the agricultural and forestry communities to avoid many legal problems and state government agencies by explaining the substance and application of the law and encouraging them (o anticipate and avoid legal and regulatory difficulties encountered in recent years,” Baliles said. Information on registration may be obtained by contacting Georgia R. Short of the Attorney General’s office, (804) 786-2071. // » ; DAVETTE’S SELF-PORTRAIT, a mirror ima§ Leonard is an artist first and a commercial artist s in the newspapers, in reviews of shows. And they knew me. They liked my Work.” But despite her inventiveness, the money to keep going just wasn’t there. “I didn’t have any financial resouVces. I wasn’t able to finr~—-- r~— Some of my teachers were willing to teach me for free, to let me sit in on their classes without enrolling in school, but just living in New York is so expensive! I learned a lot, though. But what am I applying it to now? Making signs and calligraphy!” 1 THE ARTIST AND SIGN PAINTER is also a calligrapher. This hand-lettered message was a gift to friends. e. Trained in fine arts, scond. In the next breath, the disappointment was gone as Davette recalled a life on the move, traveling across the country, a stay in Olympia, Washington, and a job in an oyster shucking factory. “It was terrible work but what a beautiful place! The mountains, the mists, the ferns. I could have stayed there, but it was too rainy,” she added, after thinking a second or two. Returning east to the D.C. area, Leonard went from suburbs to country, ending up in Warrenton, painting houses. “And I was doing art work, countrylooking stuff. But it wasn’t what I wanted, what I’d done in the past. It was too commercial,” she said. “I like doing abstracts. Big abstracts. I like to start out and not know exactly where I’m going. I like for my art to be a voyage of discovery that takes me somewhere different, somewhere I’ve never been before.” But it’s hard for an unknown artist to make a living selling big abstracts. Staying with friends, Davette made a sign for them, a thank-you for their hospitality. “People saw it and liked it and asked for more. And it was certainly better than painting houses!” She rented a studio on the by-pass in Warrenton. “I didn’t know very much about sign painting. Actually I was faking it all the way,” Leonard admitted. “But after a year, I had it down and I was cracking those signs out.” In exchange for a logo she did for radio station WEER, Davette was given a set of special pens. She checked out a book on calligraphy from the library and she was off on a second commercial venture. The combination business was a success but after two years, “I got tired of looking at the Golden Arches. I wanted to look at Old Rag instead,” she recalled. She’d discovered Rappahannock on an earlier sign painting job. “And I just loved it.” So three years ago, she moved to Flint Hill, continuing to commute to Warrenton at first. But the sight of those Golden Arches, even during working hours, was too much. Last year, she opened her shop in the F.T. Valley where she could work gazing out at Old Rag instead. “I’d built up a clientelle in Fauquier, mostly by word of mouth, and I had to start all over when I came out here. It’s been a struggle. No one knew I was even here,” she said, smiling. “But things are picking up,” Leonard added, waving her arm at the signs in various stages of completeness on easels and sawhorses around the shop. She continues to try to find time for real art. “Doing it on my own is hard. After working with a paint brush or pens all day, it’s difficult to find the motivation, the creativity. I have to be inspired and it’s hard to be inspired when you’re beat,” DaVette said. But again the disappointment disappeared. “I still have dreams of doing it,” she announced. (Davette Leonard keeps irregular hours at her shop on Route 231 in the F.T. Valley. However, she can be reached any time by leaving a message bn her answering machine at 675-34 79). fJO EQUIPMENT ismibmhss ffian? Paraa BgoOpoasiiia TRACTORS Ford 901 Oliver 1850 New Motor PLANTERS J.D. 4 row 1240 J.D. 4 row 80 I.H. 4 row 400 I. H. 4 row 56 White 4 row 5400 MANURE SPREADERS N.l. New Holland 790 J. D. 40 MOWER CONDITIONERS New Holland 469 New Holland 1469 New Holland 114 J.D. 1209 J.D. 1380 Gehl 880 I.H. 33 RAKES New Holland 57 New Holland 56 New Holland 258 M.F. Ford BALERS New Holland 278 with Thrower New Holland 270 with Thrower New Holland 269 New Holland S-69 I. H. 37 J. D. 24T ROUND BALERS Vermeer 605E Hesston 5400 New Holland 846 New Holland 847 FORAGE HARVESTER New Holland 717 New Holland S-717 New Holland 880 J.D. 38 J.D. 3800 Fox Super 1000 SPBWY-^INEW HOLLAINDi New Holland — Culpeper 790 James Madison Highway I 825-0188

Tour ad will run in all of these newspapers for as little as $10.00! f \ lotitovn Ctnttf-4ltrror Vbtfmmn democrat The Heston Times fewafcnmacfcllfM f$e Claris Courier Leesburg, Va. Warrenton, Va. Reston, Va. Washington, Va. Berryvillc, Va. 703-777-1110 703-347-4222 703-435-7200 703-675-3349 703-955-1111 Reachmg 41,000 homes, stables and farms in Fauquier, Loudoun, Qarfce, Rappahmnock and Fairfax Gxlnrics. / MDEX AuctionsHorae/Uveatock Bam Construction Boarding and Training rarm Equipment dr Supplies Tami Services Farriers rendng ft Oates May for Sale Meip Wanted Morses at Ponies - Tor Sale Morses at Ponies - Wanted Horse at Ponies toQive Away Jumps Instruction Livestock for Sale Miscellaneous Position Wanted Real Estate Saddleries Shows and Events Stables for Sale or Rent Stud Service Tack at Equipment for Sale Vans and Trailers . ^Veterinarians_ J BREAKING AND TRAINING Let us help you with breaking your young horses, finish your green broke horse or unspok a spoiled horse Hlde-a-way Stables 703/948-6642. FOR THE YOUNG OR problem horse Saunreck Farm otters breaking and training. Transportation available. Fine Arabian stock tor sale Round Hi 703-338-4829 HORSES BOARDED Small facility with lots of pasture, riding ring Close to Battlefield Park, Manassas 703/368-5645 PRIVATE STABLE - 2 box stats in new bam. board fence, trails, close to indoor arenas. Full care. 703-327-4476. SUPER CARE, large stalls, hot walker trails, show ring Hunter Mill Road near Reston/Vienna 759-4638 .. r— »■—!«.,mi ■ ■■■ WANTED HORSES to board Have 12 acre field with stream. Near Vint Hill 703/754-4807 GFT FEED & PET 8WPUES NOW OPEN! Visit Our Brand New Feed & Pet Supply Center We feature the finest • WAYNE Feeds and Pet Foods • OLD MOTHER HUBBARD & • SCIENCE DtET Pet Foods • FORTEX Feed/Water Buckets • FARNUM Animal Heath Aids • Plus Lead Lines • Feed and Watering Devices • AaHneCanyrng Caws for Pets CONSULTATION DELIVERY ARRANGED OFT FEED S PET SUPPLES 280 Sunset Paffcjfcsndoo (OnSprirgSt. 1 mi. W of RestonAve.) 435-3331 RADIATOR REPAIR - Auto farm, iruck neavy-duty and speciality 'adiators You bring em. we fix em STERLING RADIATOR WORKS 703-430-3332 BONNIE L SIZEMORE, tamer Trimming and horseshoeing A graduate of Michigan School of Horseshoeing Call 703/788-9622 EXPERIENCED FARRIER & BLACKSMITH John Croghan 703/683-2335 ZIBA R DEARDEN, handmade shoes available Graduate Oklahoma Farrier's College. Member. Va Horseshoers Assoc. 703/5942715. on Sme ante* at my Sop nano In ItSiryeli. or at your auMaa. For SpowinafaltaliaaiitpiiiUpin 703/937-4473 COMMONWEALTH fENCINCrMC. tkantfe. QUALITY bond fcncfaf, wfUt ME woven wtra. tdtfi knali and barhsd wtre. Custom Wooden Gates. 703/144-139 Jar Mm: Hoof. 344*1142 FARM GATES Made to Order. Any Stic Oak Lumber H.Q.Roee Dctaptane.Va. 364*1374 Bf J FAKW FCHCIHO AH types of fencing Including chain link. Bushhogging ana cleanup. 5yearwairenty. Excellent references. (705)764-8823 HUNT COUNTRY FENCE, CO. Leesburg, Va. 703-777-4060 Fmmmulmtats fencing FENCING Complete line of wire. HI-T£NSEL, plank and rail. Also wiN instal. GEORGE WHITE SUPPLY,INC. Mkkfteburg, Va. 703-687-6371 •teM- ^ ' FOR SALE - TIMOTHY HAY and wheat straw Delivery available Call 703-822-5687 TOP QUALITY ALFALFA and orchard grass hay tor sale. Second and third cuttings. Glennwood Farm, Berryville. 703-955-2347; 703-965-2300 GARDENER. Small estate, vegetable garden, grounds maintenance. Good pay plus extras Reliable references needed. P 0 Box 238, Warrenton Telephone 703/3472145 GROOM AND EXERCISE PERSON — Full time, excellent working conditions, new stable, 703-7774311 GROOM. JR. - Young nder, knowledge of horns a must Please call 703-687 5838 between 9am and 5:30pm, Monday through Friday. NEED SOMEONE TO RIDE and work with thoroughbred horses in afternoons 703-938^648 or 703327-6655 PART TIME STABLE HELP WOTted - Thoroughbred farm needs experienced reliable worker mornings or evenings $5/hour. Call 703327-4866 PERSON to clean state. Middleburg area, must have otm transportation Days. 703-687-5994; alter 6pm, 703-338-5436. PERSON to work with Polo Ponies. April-October. Must be able to drive stock trailer. Send references & experience to Boot 908, Leesburg AGED GELDING - 14 3 hands, has been shown and pony clubbed Ideal tor beginner Evenings. 703-822-5883. American saddle bred registered bay mare. 11 years, 15.2 hands, pleasure horse, English/Western. Intermediate rider. Excellent bloodlines. No vices. $900. 793/253-5393 _WCIIWIgl • VTCCKim APPALOOSA MARE - registered, while, 14 hands, 11 years. Endurance and trail. Affectionate. Call alter 3pm weekdays or on weekends. $1000. Will finance. 703777-4320 ARAB. BAY. 15.3 hands. 13 years, excellent manners and disposition. ideal lor child or lady rider, jumps we*, trained in basic dresage. good lateral movements, a beauty to look at. Sale because owner returns to Europe. $3000. (202)965-0605. BROODMARE IN FOAL, 16.2’A hands. 8 years old. bay. attractive. 3rd generation black type, $4,000 703/972-2345. CHESTNUT QUARTERHORSE GELDING. Boston Mac grandson, good halter and Western pleasure horse $1,500. Call 703/948-6642 CHESTNUT QUARTERHORSE GELDING. 4 years old. junior hunter prospect, 16 hands, nice mover $2,500. Call 703/94B6642 GENTLE RIDING HORSES FOR SALE. Large selection. Reasonable prices Orchard Hill Stable, near Middleburg, Virginia. 703554-8255. 15.1 H. ENOURANCE GELDING. Great power, capable of winning, well trained. will need conditionings $3500.703-327-6656. LARGE PONY FOR sale 14 1’/? hands. Chestnut gelding Honest, quiet, no vices Shown very, successfully locally Many Grand Champions Sadly outgrown (703) 471-9046. evenings, weekends LARGE PONY, chestnut. 14.1 hands. 6 years old. very green, very flashy $2,500.703/972-2345 PALOMINO GELDING, excellent 4-H project, well broke, good looking $1,250/negotiable Call 703/948-6642. REGISTERED * QUARTER Horse' » k 15.1 tJfenMf.-i .tfitiyeaw.-Httml, i gelding, good pleasure, gentle, jumper. English/Western, tdck included. 703-955-1336 after 6p.m. "STRAWBERRY JAM" - Small Welsh pony Rider regretfully outgrown. Jumper Has shown. Great for advanced beginner. $250. Courtney, 703-338-5802 TWO HORSES for sale: 1 three year old filly, green broke, very gentle. $700. 1 yearling stud registered half-bred, asking $1000. Good home only! Call 703/3642533 after 6p.m WINNING MARE by Dunce. In foal to Due Diligence. For immediate sale - will foal shortly. Call 703/364-2148 WANTED horses and ponies for childrens summer camp Call 703554-8255 WAOTED: CATTLE ft. HORSES All types. Cash terms. (301)987-564! THREE BLACK ANGUS COWS due to calf m April Two whiteface, 4 years. $500 each or 3 lor $1400/ 703-338-4533 after 5pm, anytime weekends. STEERS - large number quality Angus Crossbred will sell one or all. price from $210 to $310. beginning 9 am. March 16th and 17th Call 703-289-9969 3-15-lt NEW ARRIVALS Foal Halters In Pink & Blue Grand Prix Jackets British House Shirts Purple & Pink Grooming Halters Halter Leads in 6 New Bright Colors Bonner Cold Bandages “84 Gold" Shirts HORSE^ff COUNTRY ■mVmm Uim 701-1471141 Hours: Mon.-FH.9-5 Sat. 9-4 Check-Cash RfDtNG LESSONS Maintree Indoor and Outdoor Ring TraU Ridas, tnooof ugmo rung Private and Group Beginner* to Advanced Child or Adult TRAIL ROES 703-777-3012 703-777-3278 703-777-3204 CLUB OF 100 for use of facilities at Joan of Arc hippodrome derbtm Family $225 Individual $175 For details, fall Le Manege (703) 754-2383 also lessotis, daily rates ON SALE NOW First Edition • Virginia Hunt Country Map . includes the 11 Hunt Bounda, .. rie^wtssh’ar» eer»ed*rihe Matters of Foxhounds Asfcociatiow ef uNwwiea WUMBiBh Ivory color paper in 3 colors, measuring 18"x22Vfc". Phone and mail order accepted. $3.95 per copy (plain paper): $6.50 per copy (laminated paper). Plus $100 postage and handling. (Va. residents also add 4% sales tax.) da lUppa&notsdtiitto* P.O.Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747 703-675-3338 Mike Brouphy Photography ftfenonit* Equine* Commercial MM Herndon, VA million (7*3)«*MS1 40 ACRE HORSE FARM, restored house, block bam. paddock, pasture. woods, stream, pond site. $180,000. Call 703/347-0422. "LONGVIEW- Fauquier County, Virginia. Orange County Hunt. A handsomely developed horse farm overlooking the new Virginia Gold Cup race course. The rolling Orange County Hunt territory ot Northern Virginia renowned as the mecca ot field sport in the United States, is the site for “Longview", a newly constructed and compact estate built to the standards ot a working horseman and respected builder. The finely crafted and impeccably maintained main residence. and dependencies, overlooking and adjacent to the new Virginia Gold Cup Race Course, provide (he essential ingredients for relaxed country living or formal entertaining, in a setting which coddles the eye with panoramic vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and fine views of Wildcat Mountain to the south. "Longview's" convenient location, near the attractively restored 19th century Village of The Plains. Warrenton, Middleburg and I-66, and Dulles International Airport, makes it particularly attractive to the purchaser requiring easy access to the countryside. Washington DC. and the outside, work). Rx more information or appointment contact Thomas 4 TaF '*001 Real Estate. Middleburg.. Virginia 703/687-5522 PEPPY BEAR - beautiful AOHA buckskin with speed and sense. Performance bred Poco BuenoYellow Jacket bloodlines. Fee: $300. live foal guarantee. Excellent mare care. Call 703-955-3789. 3-15-121 703-777-9215 Over 20 years experience Quality // V\ BUILDINGS 5 SUPPLIES PO Box 1065, PurcettvMe, Va. 22132-1065 SpycMMng In (Aa deafen and eondrueUon oh ★FARM BUILDINGS# Dairy complexes.Beef units.Horse facilities Poultry houses.Swine buildings.Storage ★LIGHT COMMERCIAL# Warehouses.Garages . . ..Apple storage _A Duma of Swtmnm f noomirnno U FopownogCo.. Inc Residential and Agricultural Construction We specialize in custom horse barns, indoor riding arenas, run-in sheds, and all other agricultural buildings AISO Sun decks garages, additions. “Experienced, Professional, Affordable" I Leading Builder of Hone Facilities ] Function We construct buildings designed to accomodate varied functions. Professional custom work with your needs in mind. . 1 Hone faahtia our specialty !' IBonaaa Buildingt • Roidencwl • Fans • Commercial1 Call for tree estimate John Fad Afns * j^i; Umbaugh Building Co. Rt. 2, Bos <3, Purcellvtlie, Vs. '• -*r<. M-F, 8-5:30 (703) 338-6111 Made 430-7601 SEGREGATOR - flashy APHA Mack and whita paint. Many show wins in reining, bridle path hack and grand champion at halter. Super disposition. Fee: $400, live foal guarantee. Quality mare care. Call 703-955-3789. 3-15-121 TACK It SADDLES Write for o«r catalog, send 81.00 to cover postage; TAD lack * Saddles P.O.Box 219 Spcnyvine.VA 22740 BETTERTON TRAILER SALES - Va. DL446. Kingston. Hartman. Allen (fiberglass) in stock. Discount prices. Berryville. 703-955-3328. 1968 DROVER. 4 horse bumper hitch, good condflion, $2000. Can 703/347-0733. Dealer #8465. Mmmtmm 1 1,1 »l n i——^ FOR SALE -1977 W W two horse trailer, while/blue trim, currant irv spectron sticker. $1500. 703-7771979 Phelpe 4 horse, goose neck, bait type trailer. Centraville, Virginia. $165tVbest offer. 703-3786264. Van Repairs - w shop oir poitaMi; WlcbM-IMNMCk foul 4ow» fc nmI toacfc kntbs; SUM itratRis Horit l Plit (r«H«ri 703/937-4402 TRUCKS • S-10 Blazer 4x4 • S-10Ext. Cab. 4x4 • 12 Pass. Sport Van • Full size 4x4 Instock Chevrolet OMsmoMte Ftt. 7 & Fort Evans Rd , Leesburg 471-5008,777-3890,0624324 1984 Cotner Horse Trailers Xwide - In Stock HORSEvff COUNTRY ch.ev.c^, v Mastercard - Visa 284 Lee IMisir Wantntmt, Vfrgmu 22186 7WJ47-J14I Drain *S467 AAA Trailer Sales, Inc. 703/347-0733 Dealer #0405 New and used trailers now in stock. .NEW: Stoop stock, 16*6x7, $2995 X-wide Stoop, 2 torse, $3450 TB Deluxe Stoop, 2 horse, $3250 Hartman 2 torse gooseneck w/dressing room, $6700 Cherokee gooseneck stock, 16x6x7, $4900 Cherokee 4 horse center load w/dressing room, $9950 5x8 Utility, $695 3V5x4Vi Utility, $300 16x6 Tractor/Bushhog Trailer, $1300 AH new trailer* guaranteed for 1 year! USED: 2 Hone 1970 Mi ley, $1100 1972 WW, $1100 1963 Stoop, $2900 1959 Hartman, $2200 4 Horae 1971 Kingston w/dressing room, $3500 1962 Cherokee w/dressing room, $13,000 I960 Drover bumper hitch, $2000 6 Horse 1961 WW with dressing room, $5500 1978 PhMipt with dressing room, center load, $6000 Stock 1975 gooseneck, 16, $2000 Flatbed! 1962 Cherokee 20' gooseneck, $4000 COMPLETE TRAILER REPAIRS Brakes, lights, welding, floors, sandblasting, and painting. Free estimates. AIT work guaranteed. COMPLEIt TRAILER CHECKUP FOR SPRING-$25 Indudes lights, brakes, bearings and floors. Trailer parts It accessories. All types of hitches to pul anything from a garden trailer to a tractor trailer. Don't forget we also rent trailers! HORSE - CATTLE - FLATBED TRAILERS Over200new models In stock In 10 brands. Stondatd width Thoroughbred models, with 4 wheel brakes, 2 escape doors, spate and ram curtain.S2595 Extra wide Thoroughbred models, looded with option.. .12795. 2 Horse Dumper, extra wide, with dressing room.$3295 2 Horse Thoroughbred Gooseneck with bus windows and rain doors,.$3495. 4 Horse Deluxe Gooseneck with dressing room.... (6500. 16'x6' Dumper 5rock.$2450. 16'x6' Gooseneck Stock.$2950. 16'x7'x7' ran Dumper Stock.$3250. 16'x7’ Gooseneck Stock.$3750. 24'*6' Heavy Duty Pipe Gooseneck.$3950. 20'x7'x7' raD Gooseneck with wood lining,.$4750. 20'x6'Double Deck Hog Trailer.$4950 16' Flatbeds with tandem axles, brakes, romps, stoke pockets..$1295. 16'xfi' 7-ton Flaibeds with dove roil, sliding ramp* 12PR tires, oak deck.$1950. 20‘xfl' Goosneck Hotbed with ramp.$2650. 20‘x6' 9-ton Hotbed with dovetail, sliding ramps, heavy duty jock.$3500. USED UNITS: 2 Horse with rack comportment..$975. 16'Dumper Stock.$1650. 16' Gooseneck Stock.$2375. 20'Pipe Gooseneck with canvass top..$2250. 20' Gooseneck Stock with metol top.$2750. 4 Horse Gooseneck with dressing room.$2500. 16' Hotbed with tandem axles and steel deck . . . $1000. Trades accepted; tnondng ovotatole. deftvery ovoftobie. Open 9om to 6pm. 6 days o week (CLOSED THURSDAYS) LUX STAPLES Jeeee R. Austin. Distributor HUM Lenhem Severn RdL Lsnham. Maryland 10706 301 >464-2574 1 Classifieds \ Antique Center Of Leesburg 17 Quality Shops Antiques 6 Collectibles 32t> Davis Ave. (Just off S. k'iruj St. near Rt. 7 <£ 15 bypass). Tues.-Sun. 10am-5pm 703-777-5358 ANTIQUE ALLEY *‘~mri1niUlltiiT ITWffir* HimSIh. Vk#lll Small Town Charm Old costume jewelry, (arm table 'special*. ornate oak double bed cherry breakfront old books and Lone Star quit (703) 338-9029 PUBLIC AUCTION SALE WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21.1984. 10) PAL Virginia Department of rtghiwys ana rraraponsDon CulpepsrDlstilct Office Located on Route 15. approximately Vi mile south of the intersection of Routes 3 and 15 in Culpeper. Virginia Over 175 items including the following equipment will be sold to the highest bidder. 1 Crawler Dozer (Allis Chalmers. HD-11) 1 Scraper (Pan). Self-Propelled 3 Front End Loaders. Rubber Tire (John Deere 544-A) 3 Motor Graders (12 ft) 2 4-6 Ton Tandem Steel Wheel Rollers 17 Dump Trucks. 3-Ton 1 Bus. 28 Passenger 24 Pickup Trucks 1 Bucket Truck 3 Farm Tractors with Mowers 4 Rotary Mowers (3 pt hitch) 11 Lawn Mowers. Push Type 6 Riding Lawn Mowers 17 Chemical Spreaders (5 cu. yd.. salt & sand) 15Snow Plows 14ChainSaws 2 Air Compressors. Engine Driven (125 CFM) 10 Pieces of Miscellaneous Office Equipment Terms: Cash (currency), certified or cashier's check payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. The above equipment may be inspected Tuesday. March 20. between 900 A.M. and 300 P.M. ,, and Wednesday. March 21. until 100 PM. Additional information will be available on the day of the sale or by calling VDH&T at (703) 8258300 CLASSIFIED INDEX GENERAL CLASSIFIED OArtlticial Sreedlng 1-Antlques 2 Auctions 3- Susineu Opportunity* 4- Child S»wc»l 5- Child Cat* Wanted 6- Commut*n Comet 7Cratt»a-PI*nty Standing Material ^Construction Equipment 10-Farm Equipment li Supplier 12-Firewood lot Sal* 1]-Garage k Yard Sal* 14 Gardening Equipment t Produce 15-Gtveaways 20- Happy Ads 21- Happy Mrttidayt 22- Hot** k Tack Trader* Comet 21-Horte* tor Sale 24 Houtehold Items tot Sal* 2S-ln* true Hon 40- Uvettock tot Sal* 41- losl k Found 42- Mlsc tot Sal* 43- Mlsc Wanted 44- Moblle Home* - SalevRent 45- MuUcol Instruments k Equl|>ment 44-Personal 50- Pets 51- Recreational Equipment 60-Rentals-Apts. 61R*ntal*-ku*ine*s 62- Rentals-Houses 63- R*ntols-Rooms 64- Rentals-Land 6SR*ntats-Vocation Home* 66- Rentals-Wonted to Rent 67- Real Estate Wanted 68- Real Estate-Sale by Owner 70- Roommates Wanted/ Available 71- S*rvtc**-8usln*s* 72- Servtces-Farm 73- Servtces-Home Improvements 74- Servlce*- Personal 75- Servlce«-MI*c. 76- Swap k Trade 7 7-Trlbute* k Thanks EMPLOYMENT 100- Employment Services 101- Help Wanted 102- Help wanted Domestic 101-Help Wonted Form k Garden HO-Job* Wanted NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS t2S-lusmes* Notice* 126- 8*0* k Proposal* 127- legal Notice* VEHICLES 200- vehicle* tor Sate 201- Motorcycle* 202- VeMcte*Mechantc '• DettgM 20 J-VeMcleeParts k AcetMortM 204Ven*cle*-(ecieattonal 205-Soots k Accemorte*

Classified Advertising ¥»“3T ■business! QppQBTUMtngi SMALL TOWN OPPORTUNITIES, The Plains now launching major revitalization. Invite and seek enterprise for top quality shops and professional services Compatible with English Village concept Buildings available for lease or purchase Call 703/253-5620 FHteWOOD " -ro"8AU FIREWOOD FOR SALE Wo deliver. Call 703/675-3220 1 . ' "■ jjUjepy At)S Mr. & Mrs. Sherman: Motoring down to Madison was most marvelous. Thanks to Tabbatha, too. Aunt Michele Zelda: I remember it well. Flame 30 ACRES good pasture. 2 bams with box stalls, large oval ring, dressage arena, jumps and trails, les* sons given. Almost any arrangement is possible. In Linden, call Mrs. Beam 703/636-6537 ANGUS BULLS for sate - breeding ages • Va B. C/A. performance tested herd. Priced right. Ray T. Cannon, 703/937-000. 66 BULLS - CULPEPER JUNIOR BCIA BULL SALE. Sat. Mar. 24. 12 Noon: Angus, Brangus, Polled Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Limousin, Santa Gertrudis and Red Angus. Complete performance records. For catalogs call VA Sale Services: 804/293-3044. NOW AVAILABLE through all 5 locations of the Culpeper Farmers Co-op - Lamb milk replacer. Call 703/825-2200. PHOTOGRAPH S~Permanent prints of the STAFF PICTURES which appear in the Rappahannock News can be ordered from the News Office. Prices are $5 for 5x7 and $8 for 8x10.703/675-3349. “RAIFORD’S SHOES" Shoes and boots arriving daflyAB leathers. Shoes from 45 to 420. Women's Frye boots, 440. Open Saturday and Sunday 10a.m. - 6p jtl NEW LOCATION — 9 miles west of Warrenton on Rt 211, turn left at Morgan’s Service Station, brick building on right side of road. Watch for signs. (703) 937*4804 RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT, new and used, save money for your church, school, firehail or restaurant. Best prices anywhere, large display of supplies. Visit our showroom at 663 N. Loudoun Street, Winchester or phone 703/662-1124, Harwill Equipment Company. 20 PERCENT OFF all general fiction books in stock, new and used through March 21. ROYAL OAK BOOKSHOP, Front Royal. 703/6357070. Inflation Fighter PrePay Your Classified Ad And Deduct 25C from rates below Cfje &appal)annocfe iletos CLASSIFIED ORDER BLANK Name__ Address_ City___State_Zip_ Classification__ CopyTo Run:____Weeks 15? charge ue< week for mailing box number replies ) RATES CLASSIFIED WORD AD: 20 words (or less).$3.45 15c each additional word Save 25c when you pay in advance CLASSIFIED DISPLAY: Per column inch.$4.10 HORSE & FARM DIRECTORY: Word ad (20 words or less).$10.00 25c each additional word Display type--Per column inch.$12.50 MAIL TO: The Rappahannock News P O. Box 59. Washington. Va 22747 Attn: Classified Adv. Dept APPLIANCES, Jenn-Air, Thermador, KitchenAid, Amana, Sub Zero and more. Call COUNTRY CUPBOARDS, Washington, Va. 703/675-3294. BOWHUNTERS! Let ArrowMastei" outfit you with your hunting arrows! Competitive prices! Call 703/9878043 or write ArrowMaster, Rtf, Box 283-A, Sperryvihe, Va 22740. ETHAN ALLAN SOFA, end table and coffee table; teak bureau; various sizes of windows with screens and storm windows; 2 old mantle pieces; kitchen table with benches; old white oak bam timbers and planking. 703/675-3648. FOR SALE: 6 ft. scraper blade, ideal for small light tractor, used twice. $225. Call 703/675-3107. UTILITY CAMPER, attached twin tool boxes, white, pipe rack, good condition, recently painted, will fit small pickup Call 703/987-8324 after 6pm DALMATIONS, 1 male, 1 female, both 2 years old and AKC registered Both very sweet and gentle. Will giveaway male to the right person, $150 for the female. 703/6366537. COMfEKCmL SPACE 1340 TOTAL Square Feet SUITED for Restaumnt. Two bathrooms with an Ottce/ Stonge Room HEAT Pump/A. C PARKING Lot LONG TERM Lease Available EXCELLENT Location la Washington. Va.. Nest to Poet OAlce AVAILABLE May 1.1964 For tafocmattoa call (703) 635*5401 fUENTALS-HOUSES ■tai 9 BRICK RAMBLER on Vi acre lot in Washington, Va. All nwdem conveniences- Fenced yard References required- CaU-703/6Z5>3257 after 6p.m. 1 HOUR METRO RETIRING SOON? CLARKE CO. BLUEMONT RTE. 1 — Looking for cheap land with real value? A mountain setting with exciting views of woodland, pasture fields and a country church. Very secluded and privacy guaranteed by Clarke zoning. Land with plenty of space to build your own home, have your own garden with fruit trees, keep livestock. Deer, turkey and grouse throughout. Fish and swim in nearby Shenandoah River. 15 minutes to tennis and golf course. Not far from an excellent hospital and fine restaurants 49.4 ACRES OF PASTURE, WOODS AND STREAM with all the firewood you'll ever need. Well located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge estate area between Middleburg and Berryville. One of the best areas of the world to live and still close to airports and cultural centers. Low taxes. Cheapest price land we own. $69,500. Less for cash Bring $500. deposit. Wayne Long (703)896-9064. BARGAIN —$1337/AC also 20 acres • $43,750 ■M.W ’. WANTED SEEKING RAPPAHANNOCK HOME with 3 to 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, preferably with washer/dryer Would like to locate within general vicinity of Flint Hill, Washington, Ben Venue. * Lease requested Excellent refer'• ences available. Call Tim at 7031937-5255 _ WANT TO LEASEI Exclusive hunting rights on property east of Blue Ridge I assure respect for your property References provided on request Call Ray. days 202/3923779; evenings 703/759-5468 C REAL ESTATE 4 SALE BY OWNER J BEN VENUE, 3 bedroom house, 5 acres with shed and spring, 1% miles from Route 211, $69,000. 703/675-3391 or 703*967-6256. BUILDING LOTS or acreage in Culpeper County, 68 miles from D C. on blacktop road, perc-approved, owner financing. 703/830-2243. FOR SALE BY OWNERS 34.25 wooded acres in Warren County fronting on hard surfaced state Route 649 & bordered by Shenandoah National Park in back. Magnificent views of the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley. This exceptional property is reasonably priced at $50,000. Call 703/675-3537 PEYTON FARM - 10.5 wooded acres. Hard surface road, with extensive frontage on the beautiful Rush River. Price $37,800. Dan Kennelly, Box 515, Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, approximately 62 acres, fish pond and charming late Victorian house in Hunt country Breathtaking views of Blue Ridge mountains. Suitable for vineyards or horses. 2 superb building sites on high, elevation. $210,000. 703/822-5290 or 703/8253067. c m HOME jT IMPROVEMENT^, ALlllMlfflJ^OR^YLSfdlfig. W1'" - mopane replacement.vtfndpws,-soffit - facia (overhangs - e^Ves), Custom'window and (Joo.rtjim, seamless gutter, etc. Licensed, bonded and insured. 29 years experience. Five year warranty on all workmanship. 50 year nonpro-rated warranty on vinyl. Free estimates. Call anytime, Luray 703/743-7500, collect. OLDE TOWNE SWEEPS Open again (br the 1983-84 Season Experienced and tony (named, modem« . Call today (br (tea eattmatei FBatHOtVa. 673-3883, Day 675-3508, NlgM ANTIQUE RESTORATIONS, refiroshmg and upholstery. Call COUNTRY CUPBOARDS, Washington, Va. 703/6/5-3294. A TIP TOP Chimney Sweep. Cleaning liners and caps, fully insured. Call 1-703-948-6706. EXPERIENCED IN CARPENTRY and brick laying, all phases of building and remodeling. 30 years experience Edward M. Clark, 703/6753606 or Bobby Brown 703/675-3824. HOME OXYGEN, convalescent supplies, electric beds- prescriptions sent by UPS daily. The Plains Pharmacy, The Plains, Va 703/253-5275. JOHN’S MOWING A HUSH SERVICE Will begin offering trash pickup for town residents of Spenyville and Hint Hill beginning March 24. $5 for first 4 bags, $1 per bag afterwards. Call 671-3484 after 3p.m. for information and booking. PIANO TUNING: 30 years fun time - now living in this area Work guaranteed. Call collect 703/937-5857, Warren Emerson Dennis. No Sunday calls please! REMODELING, RESTORATIONS, additions, all types of carpentry. Licensed. F. W. Hutchinson, 703/9975579. ROOFING- GUTTERS and down spoutings. Tinning and roofing of all kinds Aluminum gutter and down spout. Roof repair. CaH Bill Starks, 703/675-3630, Washington, Va THURMAN WHORTON, Flint Hill. Plumbing, heating and electrical work. 24 hour emergency service at 703/675-3607. Executive Social Director To sell, stock, distribute and represent exclusive local chapter sponsored by the National Registry. Call (703)790-1133 Spring clean up time is here! Turn your discarded attic treasures to profit by selling in the Classifieds! 675-3349 Rappahannock iittoa HELP WANTED BEST FRIEND KNOWS... Washington Homes Inc. of Virginia One of Maryland’s largest builders is coming to Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William Counties, Experience required for new home salespersons for new subdivision, each with a minimum of 100 tots per subdivision. ! Salary, Bonuses, Medical Benefits and Paid Vacations. Please call Juan Aranda at (703) 471-9470 Monday through Sunday 11-7 Closed Thursdays CLASSIFIEDS AUTOS • HOMES MFflsqMviss SELL or BUY CALL €75-3338 LEGAL NOTICES CASE AIDE. Assists in performance of case management functions tor residential clients of the Rappehannock-Rapkfan Community Services Center. $4.76 hourly, 15 hour flexible work week. No experience required, will train, but applicant should be honest, dependable, have good communication skins, be able to relate well to mentally retarded clients and have own transportation. Telephone Rappahannock -Rapidan Community Services Center at 703/825-4343 to request application by March 23. E O.E7AA. EXPERIENCED, DEPENDABLE PAINTERS, must have own transportation and know how to putty and cork. All new work. 703/347-7707 HOUSE COUNSELORS/ PARENTS. Live-in couple to provide general supervision tor five retarded residents of Supervised Apartment Program located in the town of Orange. One partner to be employed to assist in the case management of residents on V4 time basis; one partner may hold outside job. Experience with mentally retarded or other disability group strongly desirable. Private apartment (rent paid). Vi benefits, flexible schedule, good supervision, paid vacation and salary. Telephone Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Center at 703/825-4343 to request application by April 6. EO.EVAA. RAPP AW AN, INC is accepting appttcattons for the foUcrwtng: Applications are being accepted at our office located on RL 522, South, Front Royal Va. LEGAL SECRETARY Top professional. Requires excellent typing skills, dictating and word processing experience (CPT system preferred but will train right person). Convenient to Loudoun and Fauquier. Excellent salary. FEE PAID. OFFICE ASSISTANT Light typing,,-filing, mail,4m- , ties, errands. Ideal for mature individual re-entering clerical field. Convenient Loudoun/Fauquier. Benefits. FEE PAID. Laurel Agency 103 E. Loudoun Street Leesburg, Va., 23075 (703)777-4141 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY. VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to Section 16-2-3 (1) of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordnance. 1973, and Section 15.1-431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that public hearings wilt be held at the Courthouse, in Washington, Virginia at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28. 1984, at ntfiich time the Board of Zoning appeals wi consider the following applications: APPLICATION NO. 241: Hubert S. Gilkey, 111, agent for the Rappahannock County Fire and Rescue Association, has applied for a Special Use permit in accordance with Section 2-1-2 (18)of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance to erect a four story training tower of block and concrete on the grounds of the AmisaviMe Volunteer Fire Department, on U S. 211 Jackson Magisterial District APPLICATION NO. 242: Reverend John K. Burke, Jr., agent tor the Gid Brown Bible Church, has applied for a Special Use permit in accordance with Section 2-12 (21) and tor a Variance from Sections 2-5, 9-7, and 10-1 of foe Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance to expand the church for use as a Sunday School to be located twenty feet (20’) from the rear tot line and twenty test (20) from the side line on Starts Route 622 in Hampton Magisteial District. Copies of the foregoing applications are on Me at the Zoning Office for public inspection, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 am. to 4:30 p.m., 675-3342. The foregoing applications will be presented to the Rappahannock County Planning Commission for their recommendation, if any, on Wednesday, March 21,1964 at 7:30 p.m. at the Courthouse. The above named applicants and any other interested parties vrishing to be heard are requested to be present at these meetings or to toward their written comments in care of the Zoning Office, P.O. Box 222, Washington, Virginia 227470222 prior to the hearings. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS BY: DAVID L.KONICK ZONING ADMINISTRATOR Joe Sockeft & Sons Foreign a DomMltc Auto Pom a Accmaotto* Great PrtoMl Mon-Sol. SAM. to 6 P.M. Sundoy 10 AM. to 2 PM. 123 N. Royal A VO. Front Royal, Vo. 635-3241 • 435-6159 PART-TIME Design Artist / Paste-Up Experienced Copy speclng - Graphics design a must High pressure - Fast paced Must be able to demonstrate abilities Call tor appointment Ms. Marzani The Fauquier Democrat Display Advertising Department 347-4222 TRUSTEES'SALE In execution of a certain dead of trust, made by EARL M. BERRY, divorced and not remarried dated January 4, 1962. and recorded in the Clark's Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Rappahannock. Virginia. in Deed Bock 140. page 553. default having been made, the undersigned Trustee, substitute by Deed of Appointment, pursuant to the request of the holder of the Note thereby secured^wi offer for sale at public auction the property briefly described as 41-1/2 acres known as the “Gray Tract" located in the Jackson Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia. Subject to conditions, restrictions. rights-of-way. easements and reservations in the chain of title to Ms property, and subject to any unpaid real estate taxes. Said public auction to be held at the front door of the Rappaharmook County Courthouse on April 6.1964 at 10:00 a.m TERMS: CASH. A bidder's deposit of $5,000.00 in the form of cash, certified or cashier's check may be required from any bidder, with settlement within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Purchaser Shan pay all coats of title examination, recording costs (excluding Grantor’s Tax), and conveyancing which shall be by Special Warranty Deed. If the purchaser defaults, Trustee reserves the right to forts* the deposit, readvertiee. and sefl the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser; or the Trustee may avail itself of any legal or equitable rights against the defaulting purchaser. The property shall be sold “as is" without warranty of any kind. Frederick R. Taylor, Substitute Trustee FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: MatkS. Somerville 8442 Old Keene Mill Road Springfield, Virginia 22152 Telephone No: (703) 56B3550 CULPEPER MOTOR CORP. PONTIAC-GMC-IHC “YeuthTom f&Smin OttttT 401 Jot— Madkaon Hwy., £ , CUfcNpar.Va. 22701 703-025-6981 1970 PONTIAC SUNMRD, V6. automatic. Landau roof, luggage rack, wire wheels, extra clean. NOW M STOCK: Three 4wheel drive Scouts. 4 cyl.. & V-8. One is automatic with air. 1S77 PONTIAC FIREBIRD FORMULA, V-8 automatic, air cond.. power windows, stereo, lots of extras. Clean! New and Used Cub Cadet Lawn A Garden Tractors In stock. Buy now for spring. All used Cub Cadata eold with warranty. Dealer #412 I960 MERCURY CAPRI. 6 cylinder, automatic, power steering, power brakes, air, etc. Excellent condition, only 19.000 miles. $5,000 firm. 703/347-4997 after 6p.m. 1975 FORD GRANADA, air conditioning. automatic, good condition. $1200 or best offer. CaH 703/9878834, anytime. 1972 INTERNATIONAL PICKUP, V, ton. good condition. Call 703/9375658. We get all kinds of customers placing all kinds of printing orders at the Rappahannock News We can meet YOUR printing needs, too. dll* 5t*ontryi NWiKW* For courteous, efficient service, stop by out office in Washington or call 675-3338, Mondays through Fridays, 8:38 - 5:30.

. High Tech Center, Tougher Drunk Driving Laws OK’d 11 * . . i .. _ . * _ __ . .. IT l- > a. rml _ i • a rrn By SEAN ADAMS RICHMOND — After a two-day extension, the 1964 General Assembly adjourned at 2 p.m. Monday, completing work on the state’s two-year budget, approving a high-technology center for Northern Virginia, and enacting new antidrunken driving laws. The 140 legialatora alec modified the new state Intermediate Court of Appeals, approved a new holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., and established a new highway dDnstruction district in Iforthern Virginia. Going down to defeat this year woe the bottle bill, proposed increases in the state sales tax, and a constitutional amendment limiting state spending. a suite luvtery, a muve to raise the beer-drinking age from 19 to 21, “meet and confer” legislation for public employes, and a proposed two-year experiment to allow cameras in Virginia courtrooms also were losers this year. Three other big issues— uranium mining, the coal slurry pipeline, and changes to highway {binding allocations—were put off until the 1985 session. The scheduled 60-day session was supposed to end Saturday, but the assembly added two days Saturday night because House and Senate budget negotiations were still working on revisions to Gov. Charles S. Robb’s proposed $15.9 billion budget for 1984-86. A two-thirds majority was needed in the 100-member House and the 40-mem oer senate to extend ine session. The votes were 8216 in the House and 32-6 on the Senate side. Only two of eight local legislators—Del. Kenneth B. Rollins (R-32nd) and Sen. Kevin G. Miller (R-26th)— voted against the extra two days. More time was needed this year because the six budget conferees were stalled—over substantive issues as well as personality clashes. They did not begin productive negotiations until the middle of last week, when there was not enough time to finish by Saturday. The six conferees reached a compromise after a four-hour closed meeting Sunday, during which they claimed to be discussing per sonnei iiutLiero, a suDject which state law allows to be discussed behind closed doors. There was evidence, however, that they hammered out agreements on other subjects as well. “We certainly did not violate the law by intent,” said Del. Richard M. Bagley (DHampton), the chief House budget negotiator who had insisted on open discussions on how millions of taxpayers’ money would be spent. The House and Senate unanimously approved the budget compromise Monday before heading home. The assembly will be back on April 20 to consider gubernatorial vetoes and amendments. The budget will increase state basic aid for primary and secondary education to ai.ouo per pupil in iH84-so and $1,776 in 1985-86, the second year of the biennium. Also, the legislature agreed to ftmd 49 instructional personnel per 1,000 students in 1985-86 under basic aid, an increase of one per 1,000. Although the budget purports to contain enough money for 10 percent salary hikes for teachers, Bagley admitted Monday that it doesn’t because the state isn’t paying its full share for the cost of education. The budget would give judges a 10 percent raise, and state workers, local registrars and constitutional officers 9.6 percent. The governor would also get a raise, from $75,000 to $85,000. The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house would get a raise from $zu,uuu to *z»,uw, ana tne attorney general’s salary would be increased from $56,000 to $75,000. Those increases would take effect in 1986. The budget includes $30.2 million for the proposed high-tech center, to be called the Center for Innovative Technology. Robb wants to put the center in Northern Virginia to attract high-tech industry to Virginia. In terms of local projects, the budget contains $25,000 in funding for Oatlands, the historic estate south of Leesburg. But Loudoun County lost funding for its Emergency Youth Shelter. Because a new site has not been found, the budget negotiators decided to delete $120,000 in state funding that was in the Local Legislators Score Better Than Even On Passage Of Bills By SEAN ADAMS Si—Srifri i ni»inMr>»n<B— RICHMOND — Local legislators survived the 1984 General Assembly in better than even shape, getting 48 of their 74 bills and resolutions through the legislative naaze before the assembly went home Monday. The three senators and five delegates either managed to get those bills and resolutions approved, or incorporated them into other pieces of legislation. Gov. Charles S. Robb has signed two of the bills, and is expected to sign the rest into law. Although about twothirds of the bills and resolutions made their way through the labyrinth of subcommittees, committees and floor votes, 16 didn’t. They were killed by one of the assembly’s many death terms. They were either “PBIecT (passed by indefinitely), “stricken from the docket,” “withdrawn from the calendar,” or simply not acted upon in committee. In addition to legislation that is dead or alive, 10 pieces of legislaton are in a kind df legislative limbo. They have been “carried over.” which means they Roof (Continued from Page 1) After discussing the matter in executive session for approximately 46 minutes, the board voted unanimously to approve the change order under the emergency provisions. This motion involved repairs along the worst section at the west end of the elementary school. The administrator would consult with legal counsel regarding reroofing the remaining two rooms at the elementary school that were to have been included in the second phase of the project. told citizens at this week's budget hemring that the board would get estimates from both firms which had bid on the gym/cafeteria area. After the school board has an idea of the cost to repair the west mid, the superintendent will request the actual change order from the Board of Supervisors. Meanwhile, Estabrook is investigating procedures for bidding roof repairs on the rest of the building. The Rappahannock County Education Association commended the board Tuesday on its prompt action on the roof repairs. will be taken up again when the next legislative session begins in January 1985. Loudoun’s three legislators had their share of carry-overs. Sen. Charles L. Waddell (D-33rd) and Dels. Kenneth B. Rollins (R-32nd) and Robert T. Andrews (R33rd) saw Loudoun County’s proposal for a transferable development rights program put off until 1985. It would allow the county to separate the development rights from land, giving the county a way to control growth. House and Senate committees will study it until next year. Andrews’ resolution callVerdict (Continued from Page 1) Attorneys for Neilson, who is now retired from the Navy and living in New York, report their client pleased by the outcome. They add that he plans to continue operating the Holmes farm near Flint Hill as an orchard and does not intend to sell any part of the land. However, they noted that by an agreement reached prior to the trial in 1962, a house and lot will be given to Nancy Jones Natt, a lifetime resident on the farm who worked for Col. Holmes from when he first came to Rappahannock until his death. BZA To Notify (Continued from Page 1) the proper procedure in taking its votes, Luke said. He cautioned them to be sure all votes and the reasons behind them were recorded verbatim in the minutes in case of a lawsuit. The board had also asked Luke to determine whether notice is required before an appeal from a decision made by the zoning administrator may be decided and whether notice is required before determining zoning boundaries. The answer was “yes” in both cases. Kramer To Continue? Having finished his report on the last batch of questions, Luke was presented with a new one to research. Peter Kramer, the only filed candidate for Mayor of Washington, wanted to know if he may continue to serve on the county BZA if elected. Luke promised to research whether there would be any conflict in Kramer’s serving on both the BZA and the town council. ing for a study of the use heroin to ease pain , for terminally ill cancer patients was also deferred. Del. Raymond R. Guest Jr. (R-31st) saw Clarke County’s request go by until next year. It would prohibit developers from selling lots in subdivisions before roads and other public improvements have been made. In most cases, the carryover bills were put off because they lacked support and needed more study. But local legislators also saw their share of bills go to the governor. At Robb’s request, Waddell gained approval of a bill to make drivers’ licenses valid for five years instead of four, at a cost of $12 instead of $9. Andrews also managed to get a legislative study on a sensitive subject to build Thunderbird Opens For ’84 The Thunderbird Museum & Archeological Park, opening March 15 for the 1984 season, is none accepting reservations for spring tours of the Museum & Park. The Museum features the Valley’s prehistory, from 9600 B.C. to circa 1650 A.D. Tours are available for school groups, clubs and other organized groups. The Museum is located seven miles south of Front Royal on U.S. 340 and Route 737, and is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. For further information or to schedule group tours, call 635-7337. Group rates are available; each tour includes an introductory slide show, the Museum exhibits, nature trails and a tour by an archeologist at the excavation area. Beauties Rehearse Lovely young ladies, ages 3-21, and pint sized gentlemen, ages 3-6, will assemble at the Rappahannock County Elementary School gymnasium on Monday, March 26, at 6 p.m. for registration and rehearsal for the Rappahannock County Beauty Pageant. All contestants for the pageant, set for Friday, March 30, are requested to attend. For additional information and registration forms, contact Kim Burke at 9678570 after 5 p.m. REAL ESTATE BREAKING RECORDS TWENTY MILLION A record setting January and February with sales and listings topping $20,000,000 in just two months in our MOUNT VERNON REALTY Warrenton office alone. Our 24 associates are working hard and getting results NOW! If you're buying or selling come see the PROFESSIONAL5 and become part of our success. We are a member of the new shared data base computerized multiple listing service covering Rappahannock, Culpeper and Fauquier counties. _ LIST WITH US! MOUNT VERNON REALTY i (S3 221 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, Va. Call 347-2000 Metro 385-9860 ers and developers—off-site road improvements created by development. Guest won his battle on behalf of Rappahannock County. The bill would require utilities to place public notices when they plan to construct power lines of more than 150 kilovolts. The 150 volt threshold was a compromise between the 100 kilovolts Rappahannock wanted and the 200-kilovolt level in existing law. On the subject of public notices, another of Guest’s bills requires a notice and hearing before the state issues sludge permits. Although Guest got approval to continue the study for a Virginia Horse Center, he and Del. Thomas M. Moncure Jr. (R-53rd) lost another horse-related resolution. It would have called for a study of the economic impact of pari-mutuel horse betting. Although a statewide referendum on the subject was defeated in 1978, a majority of voters in Clarke, Fauquier, Fairfax, Loudoun and Rappahannock counties supported it. Among Sen. Kevin G. Miller’s (R-26th) successes are bills to regulate killing of black bears that damage property, and a bill giving tax exempt status to FORE, Inc., a sheltered workshop in Fauquier. Guest gained approval of tax exempt status for another Fauquier organizaton, Meadow Outdoors Foundation Inc. The assembly also gave school boards in Fauquier and Loudoun permission to raise their salaries. Fauquier’s could go from $1,500 to $2,500 a year, while in Loudoun the ceiling was set at $5,000 a year—a $1,000 increase. Winter Lingers (Continued from Page 1) was compiling calculations based on statistics provided by his digital read-out thermometer which automatically resets itself at midnight. It tells him the highs. It tells him the lows. It tells him what time these events take place. But, says Wingfield, until someone can predict the path of the jet stream, no equipment can ever say for certain what the weather will be. Still, he was optimistic Wednesday would have highs in the 50s or 60s. These temperatures would hit Sperryville sometime between 1:30-2:30 p.m. he added. “So if you want to go sun-bathing in Sperryville,” he quipped, “It’s generally warmer between 1:30 and 2:30 in the afternoon.” He sobered when he remembered that he might be teaching during the prime sun time later this year if classes keep being canceled. But his attitude was mostly positive. “The upper atmosphere is warming up,” he said. The temperature climbed five degrees in four hours Tuesday morning. For that reason, he doubted the radio forecast of more snow. Bad March Still, March of ’84 has a bad reputation so far, Wingfield said. During the first 12 days of the month the warmest day has been only 46 degrees. That was on Tuesday, March 6. By this time last year there had been three days with temperatures in the 60s and one in the 70s. People were sunning themselves already. They were spreading lime in their gardens. But not now. Through the 12th, it’s been 14 degrees colder during the day and 17V4 degrees colder at night than in March of 1983. “All I know is it’s a heck of a FfiVQOIER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE INCORPORATED REGULAR SALES Every Tues ■horse Sale 2nd Sal 1pm Every Momn STATE GRADE FAT CATTLE 1st Tues 1 p m Every Month 1 Mile East of Marshall Rt 55 PHONE 364-1566 lot colder this month than it was last year,” Wingfield said Tuesday morning. By Tuesday at 10 a.m., he had measured 3 Vi inches of snow with an inch of sleet on top. There were three inches on Friday. Many area residents were astonished to witness thunder and lightning during Thursday afternoon’s snow storm. Naturally, Wingfield had a calm explanation of the phenomenon. A mass of warm air clashed with the cold front and pushed it off the coast. Wingfield said the clashing forces stopped the snow. If the air had stayed stable, the low pressure area that caused the snow fall would have hung around longer and there would have been a greater accumulation, according to Wingfield. Willard Scott was speaking dismally of snow on the ‘Today” show Tuesday < morning. This weekend is < the anniversary of the worst blizzard in U.S. history, he noted. It was in 1888 when 50 inches of snow fell on New York in just three days. There were five foot drifts. Fortunately the drift of the National Weather Service’s extended forecast didn’t forebode a repeat performance. Tuesday’s snow would turn to rain and the lows for Friday shouldn’t sink below 40. Tuesday is the first official day of spring. The weather should get far wanner before long. People will sun-bathe in Sperryville again. That is as certain as the fact that you can’t stop the winter from turning into spring. LAKEFRONT RETREAT, fireplace, decks, skyview, Write a book here! $35,000. RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER frontage. New contemporary, woods, decks, cathedral ceiling, custom features, $79,500. COVINGTON RIVER caresses this special 18 acres with olde pioneer leavings, and nearly new 100 ft. long brick home, breezeway, garage, real pretty, $149,500 near Little WashingAARON MT. top, spectacular views, 51 acres $70,000. INVEST - 40 acres wooded, early mining area, m town limits, only $55,000. NEW HOMES, Rappahannock River and lake use from $59,500. FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING IN OUR TOWN. Mary Jenkins has been seen without her scarf, Apple Wickens has planted 3 more apple trees/Bill Corrigan's willow trees are blushing green/ ton. ROGER BATCHELDER, Eanhman 2 Gay St., Washington, Va. 22747 675-3777 Res. 937-4388 & m*. |3ropertp Offering* -School was never like this! Old school house is now 4 bedroom, 3 bath home. Fully equipped kitchen, 2 enclosed porches, walk-in cedar-lined closet. Over 2700 sq. ft. of living space. 9.9 well-landscaped acres open & wooded with a half acre stocked pond. 2 car garage, workshop, Texas greenhouse, and a heated inground pool. AM for only $153,500. Must see to appreciate. Eileen M. Day, REALTORS Clopttm House, Box 126 Washington, Va. 22747 Beverly Atkins Kevin Day 987-8621 675-3400 987-8009 (B ¥LS Lucille Price Mitsie Young Lisa Day 675-3427 937-5196 937-5144 wuugct. X lie UUU^Ct conferees asked the county to nuke another request in 1986. About $2.6 million in ftinding for the court of appeals also was restored, about $3.7 million less than originally in the budget. The amount of money was reduced after the legislature agreed to changes in how the court will operate when it begins in January. The court will have 10 judges instead of nine, and defendants will not have an automatic right of appeal from trial courts to the appeals court in criminal cases. Robb won a victory on drunken driving, getting the Senate to support the House bill establishing a new crime to drive with a blood alcohol level of. 16 or more. That so-called “per se” law makes a person guilty if he or she drinks and drives with that level. The new law will be on the books in addition to the current law, which presumes a driver is drunk with a blood alcohol level of. 10 or more. renames wui be increased for people who refuse to take blood or breath tests, and the arresting officer will be authorized to administer the test. The law now requires a second officer to administer it. The changes take effect July 1. Like they did in 1983, efforts to raise the beer drinking age to 21 failed in a Senate committee. Robb did not push for the higher age this year, concentrating instead on tougher laws across the board. Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored on the third Monday in January, which will be renamed Lee-Jackson-King Day. It now hon)rs Confederate Civil War jfficers Robert E. Lee and Fonathan T. “Stonewall” Fackson. CUSTOM COUNTRY HOMES Traditional, Contemporary, & Solar Homes Decks and Additions AVIDR. BATCHELDEF VA. CLASS “A" ^ CONTRACTOR Free Estimates Amiuville, Va. 22002 k (703)937-5226 by a iiv iuiiui iugunnj mar trict will be created out of counties now in the Culpeper District. Although the bill does not say which counties will be in it, State Highway Commissioner Harold C. King says he wants Loudoun, Prince William, Fairfax and Arlington in the new district. The outcome this year was no different for two perennials, the bottle bill and the state lottery. The lottery was advanced as a way to gain new revenue, while the bottle bill was proposed as a way to cut down on littering. It would have required a 10-cent deposit on carbonated beverage containers. Neither bill got out of committee. Also dying in committee were proposals to raise the state sales tax from four to five percent, with the proceeds going to education and other projects. Robb made clear early in the session that he would not support any such tax hikes. ;ine assemDiy wiu consider again next year whether to allow uranium ;ning in the state, and it decide whether coal companies and utilities should be given eminent domain powers to build coal slurry pipelines. Highway funding will be studied by a legislative study group this year. The Senate killed the * proposal to allow cameras in four selected courtrooms on a two-year, experimental basis. Also during on the Senate floor was -proposed “meet and confer” legislation, under which public employers could meet with workers to discuss working conditions, salaries and other problems. Building? •Paint •Lumber •Millwork •Hardware Complete One-Stop BUILDING SUPPLY Warrenton Building Material Co., Inc. on the By-Pass, Warrenton 347-1400 RAY T. CANNON CO.. INC. REAL ESTATE SINCE ISSI EXCLUSIVE LISTINGS VIEWTOWN-5.5 Acres, 8 room, 2 story country home wtth center hall and stairway, needs restoring. Has view, some large trees and grape arbors on paved road. 848,500. C ASTLETON, VA. (703) 937-4111 RAY T. CANNON (703) 937-4900 JAMES M. CANNON (703) 937-4700 SPTO!5 ! SPERRYVILLE EMPORuJM Sperry ville, Virginia 22740 j (703) 987-8088 - Office FLINT. HILL - 3 bedroor’Jo^ good sizekitchen and living I room, one full bath,! ofi*\ loom, carport, nice lot. $44,500. SPERRYVILLE - Enjoy the spaciousness of this home thpl combines kitchen, dining and living room area. 3 bedrooms, 2/j baths, lull walk-out basement, 1 acre. $53,500. Just beyond Woodville, 6 acre tract fronting on Rl 522, good building site, reasonably priced at $12,000. Resfcxabie frame home on 5 acres in nice area near Wash-' ington, Va. $33,500, $7500 down with owner financing. F T. VALLEY - 39.9 acres with spectacular view, about 10 acres open, stream, frontage on RL 231. $66,000 with ownerI financing. Barbara Martin 967-6257 Bud Confer 636-5691 John Eubank 967-6146 James W. Leake 967-6236 J. Maurice O’Bannon 967-6713 Carson Johnson , 667-6730