Rappahannock News, March 6, 1986

-tv, VA Uproar over subdivision of land By WILLIAM WESLEY TALBOTT Rappahannock New* Staff Writer Former Washington mayor Dorothy Davis, who wants to subdivide her property, got into dispute with Dean Morehouse during the monthly meeting of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors on March 3. Mrs. Davis’s land, which is located on a hill off Route 211 overlooking the town of Washington, would be divided into three parcels consisting of one 25 acre lot, another 35 acre lot, and a 52 acre lot. “I really don’t understand how you can make better use of the land,” said Mrs. Davis who has contracts to sell a part of the property based on county approval. In 1984 she sold two lots to Dean and Linda Morehouse. Mr. Morehouse stated that when Mrs. Davis sold the land she agreed that she would not cut up the remainder of the property. ^ . On January 15, Mrs. Davis was told by the Rappahannock County Planning Commission that she must take her case to the Board of Supervisors in order that the property be rezoned as a Residential Subdivision (RS-1). Mr. Morehouse stated that agricultural land should not be rezoned into RS-1 and stated that once her land was divided there was the possibility of more subdivision. “What you see is what you’ll get,” said Mrs. Davis pointing to a chart depicting the land division. “Once it is rezoned you’ll have no control,” said Mr. Morehouse. “I find it very interesting that Mr. Morehouse was so delighted to get his land,” said Mrs. Davis, “and now he doesn’t want anybody else to Continued on page 16 Artist’s rendering of Flint Hill Square BZA approves Flint Hill Square By WILLIAM WESLEY TALBOTT Rappahannock New* Staff Writer The Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals has approved a plan for the construction of an office and apartment building in Flint Hill. Dr. Werner Krebser, on behalf of Little Washington Associates, submitted detailed architectural plans along with color graphics of the proposed complex to the BZA on February 26. The proposed building will be built on a four-acre lot adjacent to the Comer Post Restaurant. Dr. Krebser stated that the structure will house a new post office, two offices, and four one-bedroom apartments. The building will consist of block and wood construction. After determining that buildings of less than 8000 square feet could have wood as a part of the construction, Dr. Krebser slightly altered the original design so that wood could be used. The complex will also be landscaped with evergreen trees. There will be no parking in the rear of the building in order that neighbors near the site will not face a parking lot. Dr. Krebser said that the building will have “unobtrusive lighting'’. Wiring to the structure will be underground. “I think the project will be an asset to the community,” he said. A plan by the SPTA to erect a 26 square foot sign in front of the Rappahannock County Elementary School ran into opposition from members of the BZA. The sign exceeds the permitted measure of 20 square feet. No representative from the SPTA appeared before the BZA at the February 26 meeting. Action on the sign, which has already been constructed, will be delayed until the next BZA meeting. The Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department was given a permit to construct an additional bay at the side of the existing building. The addition would be used for washing, maintenance and repair of the fire trucks. Chris Bird was granted a permit to build a second building, to be used as his residence, on Horseshoe Hollow Farm. •« -Vtiil'VWKwit pasture management By LYT WOOD Rappahannock New* Contrlbutinp Writer Two cattle fanners, Christopher Bird and Joel Salatin, were the featured speakers at a Pasture Management workshop on Saturday at the Front Royal 4-H Educational Center. The workshop was sponsored by the Virginia Association of Biological Farmers and attended by farmers from all over the state. Rappahannoc perspective Mr. Bird and Mr. Salatin operate 500-acre cattle farms located, respectively, in Rappahannock County and Augusta County, where they produce organically raised, grass-fed beef. They each produce a premium product that demands a premium price. And they each recognize the conservation and health-related problems associated with modem farming — erosion of our topsoil, contamination of our water, and the questionable health effects of hormones, antibiotics and pesticides that persist in our food. But at the workshop, the speakers did not focus on the bad effects of inappropriate farming. Rather, they described their own successful, innovative farming techniques: composting, pasture rotation, intensive grazing, and portable fences and loafing sheds. The practices they described for their farms were different, but it was clear that they shared a common philosophy. That philosophy, as stated by Christopher Bird, is “to allow natural processes to work in your favor. They’ll work for you, for free, if you allow them to.” Chris, together with his father, Lee Bird, operates Horseshoe Hollow Farm north of Washington. Instead of artificial fertilization, herbicide application and frequent overseeding, the Horsehoe Hollow farmers apply compost, mow when necessary and promote long-lasting, diverse mixtures of grasses and legumes. Pastures intercept sunlight Chris Bird believes it’s a mistake to think of a pasture as a producing unit. “The main function of a pasture,” he says, “is to intercept sunlight. A healthy pasture will transform sunlight into a nutrition package, soil-holding roots and a beautiful countryside.” “Along with organic matter on the surface,” he continues, “there should be anchorage below the soil. This is at least as important as what you can see aboveground.” He believes that the activity of earthworms and decomposing organisms among the underground network of plant roots must be respected and encouraged. He applies limestone, colloidal phosphate and trace minerals where soil tests indicate the need. “But decomposing organic matter,” he said, “is neci , essary to make these nutrients available to the '' plants.” Rather than aiming for short-term production by applying fertilizers, Mr. Bird recommends promoting the natural decomposition process and a diversity of plants which includes shallow-rooted grasses and deep, penetrating, nitrogen-collecting legumes. “If you provide these things,” says Mr. Bird, “productivity will follow as a hand follows a glove.” A “green manure” cover crop is a good way to increase organic matter. Where initial fertility is low, Mr. Bird plants a dense crop of buckwheat, followed by soybeans, vetch or clover mixed with annual grasses. Some of Horseshoe Hollow’s pasture land is too steep or rocky to cultivate and cover cropping is impossible. For these areas, he buys hay, or harvests it from productive parts of the farm, and feeds it on the rocky land. “This may seem expensive,” he explains, “but it’s a way of getting some produce from the land and enriching it at the same time. ” Manure application is another way to improve pasture soils. “Manure,” says Mr. Bird', “not only fertilizes but also vitalizes in a way that seems semimagical. It has a beneficial effect that can’t be quantified.” M Composting Yet another fertility tool, composting, is an integral part of the Horseshoe Hollow operation. As an illustration of Mr. Bird’s philosophy of enhancing natural processes, composting is the paradigm. “A compost pile,” he explains, “carries along the same natural processes that occur in the stomach of a cow. The main difference is that composting is an aerobic process. To make compost, all you really need is a source of organic matter and enough nitrogen to nourish the decomposing organisms. But rumen bacteria are an ideal addition.” His composting materials and equipment are nothing out of the ordinary. Bedding and manure which accumulate under the bam provide organic matter and nitrogen. He uses a tractor, loader and manure spreader to chop and aerate the compost piles. A day’s work produces 200 tons of well-aerated, nitrogen-rich organic matter. Three days of rapid decomposition produces hot, smoking piles — an impressive sight in the cool days of spring. ■* Three weeks of decay produces the final result: fine, fragrant, fertile, concentrated compost. “It doesn’t smell at all like manure,” says Mr. Bird. “In manure, half the nitrogen and half or more of the potassium is soluble. In compost, these nutrients are inside the bodies of decomposing organisms, and not so easily lost. Freshly spread manure has an ammonia smell — an indication that nitrogen is being lost to the atmosphere. Compost is a nice, woodsy, fragrant substance — warm, moist and full of bacteria.” Those bacteria, he says, need to be treated with respect. Immediately after spreading, Horseshoe Hollow compost is disced into the soil to minimize drying and keep the microorganisms active. With a hand-operated cyclone seeder or a tractor-pulled grain drill, Mr. Bird’s newly conditioned pastures are seeded with a mixture of grasses and legumes which will develop into a perennial forage crop. The permanent cover may need occasional maintenance such as mowing to control weeds. But the key to maintaining a high quality forage cover, he believes, is to avoid constant grazing. “Bluegrass and clovers will tolerate constant grazing,” he explains, “but it’s better to graze for a short while and then move the animals to another field. This allows the grazed area to rest and recover.” Continued on page 13 Tara Fisher, Gina Fletcher. Deborah Flinchum for the Rappahannock News Bland Music Contest By DEBORAH FLINCHUM Rappahannock News Special Writer The Rappahannock County Elementary School halls were alive with the sound of music Saturday, March 1 as the Rappahannock Lions Club held the sixth annual Bland Music Contest. The annual Bland Music Scholarship Program assists and promotes cultural and educational opportunities for the musically talented youth of Virginia. The program consists of elimination contests in two categories — vocal and instrumental. The first place winners at the club level progress to the regional competition, then district level, and then state level. First place winners on the club level were Gina Fletcher, vocal, and Tara Fisher, instrumental. Lions Club member and chairman of the contest, Paul Nichols, greeted interested relatives and friends of 11 talented young musicians by giving a history of the contest. “The Lions of Virginia first became interested in James A. Bland in 1938 as the composer of the song, Carry Me Back To Ole Virginny. The Lions began a campaign which resulted in the General Assembly of Virginia officially adopting the song, in 1940, as the Virginia State Anthem,” Mr. Nichols said. Mr. Nichols continued, “The Lions of Virginia were not content that a monument of granite should suffice to memorialize the work of the author of our official State Song. Therefore, as a permanent living memorial, they established the Virginia Lions Bland Music Scholarship Program, awarding each year upon the basis of competition two scholarships for musical excellence, one each to a vocal and an instrumental contestant.” “Today the state awards for both vocal and instrumental winners are; first place — $1,500 each, second place — $800 each, third place — $500 each, fourth, fifth and sixth place cash awards of $300 each,’’^concluded Mr. Nichols. “The project is financed entirely through voluntary contributions from the Lions Clubs throughout the State of Virginia. ” Any boy or girl, vocalist or instrumentalist, attending a Virginia elementary school or high school was eligible to participate. Local vocal participants included Ginny Fletcher — first place, Angela Keys — second place, and April Williams — third place. Instrumentalists included Continued on page 16 School budget By WILLIAM WESLEY TALBOTT Rappahannock Ncwi Staff Writer Rappahannock County School Superintendent Robert Estabrook asked for a school budget that “represents a 14 percent increase over last year’s allotment” during a special school board session held Tuesday night. He expressed his concern about Rappahannock’s teachers; “recruiting has been a challenge in recent years,” said Mr. Estabrook, “I hope our teachers will stay with us.” He said that county teachers are doing an excellent job. Mr. Estabrook indicated that the preparation of a budget was a difficult task. “I do have to exercise judgement,” he said, “by being fair to the teachers and keeping faith with the taxpayers. ” “The budget is an attempt to find that balance,” he said. The budget seeks a 12 percent average increase for teachers. “I have real concerns about the teachers,” said Mr. Estabrook, “and we should know that we rank 127th out of 135 school divisions in Virginia.” “We have had significant turnover,” he stated. Because of a 60 percent loss of chapter one monies since 1980 Mr. Estabrook will be asking the school board to assume two new teachers and two aides. “We have a number of youngsters in both schools showing some very real needs and deficiencies,” said Mr. Estabrook, “it would frighten me to think that we would not offer some form of remediation.” “My eyes are on the youngsters,” he said. Continued on page 16 Lions to conduct tests Lions District 24-A Sight and Hearing Mobile Screening Unit will visit Rappahannock County on Tuesday, March 11, Wednesday, March 12 and Thursday, March 13, 1986. Rappahannock Lions Club will sponsor this project as one of its community service activities. Screening will be conducted by Lions Club members. Adults are invited and encouraged to come for the free testing on the following schedule: Tuesday, March 11, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Wakefield School in Huntly and Wednesday, March 12 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Rappahannock County High School. Glaucoma and diabetes tests will be available to adults in addition to the regular sight and hearing tests. Those adults desiring diabetes test must fast for at least two hours before the test. Nothing by mouth other than water. No .adults will be tested on Thursday. Students will be scheduled through each school’s principal. Wakefield School students will be scheduled on Tuesday, March 11 between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Rappahannock County High School students will be scheduled on Wednesday, March 12 between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and Rappahannock County Elementary School students will be scheduled on Thursday, March 13 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. A “Medical History Survey” form will be sent home from school by each student involved in the screening, prior to date of the testing in order that a parent or guardian may sign and return the form to the school before this sight and hearing screening is performed. It is important that the form be signed and returned to the school immediately. - Students who wear glasses are urged to have them available on the van for the vision test. The Screening Unit is one of the many projects supported by the Rappahannock Lions Club. The first commitment of Lions is to benefit the local community. This project involving several hundred Rappahannock County school children, and adults, is one example of helping the community, thanks to the generosity of those whose support the Lions Club in their ftind-raising activities.

^cws of Record County emergency log Fire and rescue The following calls were routed through the dispatch center in the past week: February 24: 1:24 p.m., unconscious person, Rt. 624, Culpeper County, Amissville Fire Department: 8:41 p.m., structure fire, Rt. 211 East, Amissville Fire Department, Flint Hill Fire Department and Washington Fire Department; 9:17 p.m., sick call, Rt. 621, Culpeper County, Amissville Fire Department. February 25: 7:25 a.m., difficulty breathing, Rt. 619, Castleton Fire Department and Flint Hill Fire Department; 11:08 a.m., routine transport from Warren Memorial to Amissville, Amissville Fire Department. February 27:12:56 a.m., possible heart attack, Rt. 522, Sperryville Rescue Squad and Washington Fire Department; 4:39 p.m., stomach pains, Rt. 231, Sperryville Rescue Squad; 5:18 p.m., D.O.A., Rt. 620, Washington Fire Department; 10:04 p.m., chest pains, Rt. 613, Culpeper County, Amissville Fire Department, Flint Hill Fire Department and Fauquier Fire Department. February 28:6:14 p.m., shooting, Rt. 613, Culpeper County, Amissville Fire Department. March 1: 8:04 a.m., D.O.A., Rt. 611, Culpeper County, Amissville Fire Department; 9:48 a.m., sick call, Rt. 621, Culpeper County, Rappahannock Circuit Court In Rappahannock Circuit Court on February 28 Judge William Shore Robertson found Charles Gallihugh guilty of driving while intoxicated and driving on a suspended license. The incident occurred on April 28, 1985 when Mr. Gallihugh was stopped on Route 522 near Sperryville. A breath test which was administered revealed that he had a 1.5 blood alcohol level. Attorney Frank Reynolds, representing Mr. Gallihugh, argued that the state had not provided sufficient evidence that Mr. Gallihugh had been driving under the influence. The judge disagreed and fined Mr. Gallihugh $100 ($50 suspended) and sentenced him to jail for 30 days (20 days suspended). Judge Robertson found Karen Debra Kandel guilty of speedinging 70 miles per hour in a 55 zone. She was represented by her attorney James W. Fletcher III who argued that the radar unit had not tested accurately in a previous lab test. She was fined $30 plus court costs. Amissville Fire Department; 3:17 p.m., brush fire, Rt. 707, Culpeper County, Sperryville Fire Department; 7:21 p.m., brush fire, Rt. 680, Sperryville Fire Department and Castleton Fire Department. March 2: 4:10 p.m., illness, Rt. 626, Washington Fire Department. Sheriff February 24: disturbance, Rt. 211 East, Amissville. February 25: reckless driving, Rt. 231 South; livestock on the highway, Rt. 619; located stolen vehicle, Rt. 628. February 26: hit and run, Rt. 211 West of Washington. February 27: intoxicated driver, Rt. 647, Flint Hill; public service, Rt. 628, Flint Hill. February 28: assist motorist, Rt. 211 west; breaking and entering, Rt. 729, Ben Venue; disturbance, Town of Washington. March 1: breaking and entering, Rt. 645, Amissville; suspicious vehicle, Rt. 612; illegal vehicle, Castleton area; public service, Rt. 522 North, Huntlyarea. March 2: unauthorized use of a vehicle, Rt. 211 east; animal complaint, Rt. 618 and Rt. 626, Castleton area. General District court In General District Court on Tuesday March 4 Judge William Carson found Terry Joe Coffrnan guilty of speeding at 65 miles per hour in a 55 zone. Mr. Coffman presented evidence that his speedometer was faulty but the mechanical problem made it worse for the defendant. Commonwealth Attorney Peter Luke said that if Mr. Coffman was traveling at a speed of 69 miles per hour his speedometer would have indicated approximately 80 miles per hour. Kenneth Lee Foster who is charged with a third DWI offense was granted an extension until April 29 in order to retain an attorney. Mr. Luke asked the judge to restrict his license until the trial. Judge Carson refused and said that the defendant is innocent unless proven guilty. The judge then warned Mr. Foster that if he were caught again in an alcohol related driving situation he would be taken into custody until the trial date. Eddie Franklin Haney pleaded guilty to his first offense of DWI. He was fined $200, had his license restricted, and must enter the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program. Other cases decided Tuesday were: Roy Wayne Sisk, possess illegal deer, continued to April 4,1986. Rappahannock iltto* Rappahannock & Adjoining Counties per year $8.00 Elsewhere in the U.S. per year $10.00 Outside the U.S. per year $8.00 plus postage SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL ALL PAYABLE IN ADVANCE () New () Renewal () Check Enclosed NAME ADDRESS_______ CITY_ STATE ZIP____ Second class postage paid at the Post Office at Warrenton, Va. The Rappahannock News is published every Thursday by Rappahannock News, a division of Arundel Communications, Inc. POSTMASTER, PLEASE SEND 3579 TO BOX 631 WARRENTON, VA 22186-0631. J CALL FOR RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING I, Jesse E. Pond, Jr., Chairman of the Republican Party of Rappahannock County, do hereby issue a call for a mass meeting of all members, or prospective members, of the Republican Party of Rappahannock County to be held at the Court House, Washington, Va. on Thursday, March 20,1986 at 8:00 P.M. The purposes of the meeting are: 1. The election of five (5) delegates and five (5) alternates to represent Rappahannock County at the District Convention to be held Saturday, May 10,1986 at Stafford, Virginia to nominate a candidate for the House of Representatives from the Seventh Congressional District of Virginia; to elect a District chairman. A registration fee of $10 is required. 2. The election of five (5) delegates and five (5) alternates to represent Rappahannock County at the state convention of the Republican Party of Virginia to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday, June 14,1986 for the purpose of transacting such business as may properly come before the Convention. A registration fee of $25 is required. 3. The election of a chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the Rappahannock County Republican Committee. 4. The election of all members of the Rappahannock County Republican Committee. 5. For the transaction of any other business that may property come before the meeting. There will be a registration fee of $1 charged at the mass meeting, the proceeds of which help to defray the costs of the County Committee. All persons interested in being nominated as a delegate or alternate to the Seventh District Convention and/or the Virginia State Convention must file their intent in writing, together with the proper fees, with the Unit Chairman prior to noon, March 19,1986. All persons wishing to be nominated as a member or officer of the Rappahannock County Republican Committee must file their intentions in writing or by telephone by 5 P.M. on March 19,1986. There are no fees to be an officer or member of the Committee. All legal and qualified voters of Rappahannock County, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, or sex, under the Commonwealth of Virginia, who are in accord with the principles of the Republican Party and who express in open meeting, if requested, their intent to support all of its nominees for public office in the ensuing election, are invited to participate as members of the Republican Party at this mass meeting. GARY IFF WHARTON slides down a snowy hill with a push from Lisa Ann Wharton. Jeffrey Alan Boyd, trespass to hunt, complied with Law. Larmond Randolph Clatterbuck, Jr., trespass to hunt, complied with law. Keith Reid Weatherman, trespass to hunt, complied with law. Beverley B. Kingsley, bad check, $35. Herbert Marshall Easton, trespass to hunt, issued capias. Susan B. Atkins, assault, dismissed, $35 cost. Richard Louis Fincham, nonpayment of fine/costs, issued capias. Ida Lee Porter, drunk in public, $20/20. Elisabeth Lepp, bad check, dismissed, $35 cost. David Clanagan, failure to vaccinate dogs, dismissed; failure to license dogs, $25/20. Howard Wulsin Coon, failure to appear, continued; driving on suspended license, continued. James Stewart Hitt, 95/55, $95/20. Bruce Cornelius Frye, 95/55, $95/20. Robert Allen Thompson, 76/55, $42/20. Desirae Agnor, no county sticker, $15/25. Allen Wesley Chappell, 86/55, $62/20. William Lee Estes, driving while intoxicated, second offense, assigned to ASAP, 30 days in jail, 20 days suspended, restricted license, $200/20. Reginald Lewis Frye, 67/55, $24/20. Carl C. Groha, Jr., no county sticker, $15/25. Marie Chen Homg, 74/55, $38/20. Thurman David Lawhome, Jr., 76/55, $42/20. Wendy Jane Leypoldt, 72/55, $34/20. Mark Francis Misevich, driving while intoxicated, assigned to ASAP, operators license suspended for six months, $200/20, $100 suspended. John A. Saunder, 67/56, $24/20. Ellen Mary Walker, 74/55, $38/20. Karen Bird Walshe, 72/55, $32/20. Michael Williams, reckless driving, reduced to improper driving, $50/20. John Maxwell Wyatt, 70/55, $30/20. Malcolm Edward Barb, 74/55, $38/20. John William Battaile, Jr., 73/55, $36/20. James Carter David, 72/55, $34/20. Joseph P. Cummings, driving on suspended license, $50/20. William Lee Davis, driving while intoxicated, reduced to improper driving, $100/20. Bruce Tyler Gayle, 69/55, $28/25. Clif Giffen, 70/55, $30/20. Hugh William Green, 68/55, $26/20. Matthew Daniel Kravitz, 67/55, $24/25. Paul Gilbert Legnard, 72/55, $34/25; using radar detector, $25/25. Marcus Peter Malik, 70/55, $30/20. Marty William Martin, 71/55, $32/20. John William Mason, 69/55, $28/20. Derek Lee Merchant, 71/55, $32/25. Donald Miller, 70/55, $30/25. Scott C. Miller, 70/55, $30/25. Vincent S. Parker, 67/55, suspended to 60/55, $10/20. Robert Moore Peterson, 69/55, $28/20. Robert L. Pritchard, III, two counts of defective equipment, $20/50. Charles Hendy Quander, 68/55, $26/20. Kevin D. Rexroat, 66/55, $22/20; no operators license in possession, $10/20. Terry Joe Coffman, 69/65, $28/20. Charles D. Baldwin, no county sticker, $15/20. Gregory Kevin Bird, 61/45, $32/20. Clarence Calvin Carter, driving on suspended license, no prosecution. Bradley Matthew Corbin, 62/45, $34/20. P^EeSs evS^^cr,L" r F0U c*w5efK '* ^“enoNr- J*"*,:5Si V-°UKEi I CALL ■JD*>UZ8'3^ CAU-BONOe° 4!!CT!on Kenneth Lee Foster, driving while intoxicated, third offense, continued to April 29,1986. Lori Ann Frye, 71/55, $32/20. Eddie Franklin Haney, driving while intoxicated, operators license suspended for six months, $200/20. Franklin Fitzhugh Harding, 72/55, $34/20. David Winfield Haught, 79/55, $34/20. Willie Joe Horton, 60/45, $30/25. Glen Robert Nadal, 61/45, $32/20. Walter Harris Nibblins, 70/55, $30/25. David Wayne Nobles, 60/45, $30/20. Milton Lee Painter, 66/45, $42/20. Louis John Poore, 72/55, $34/20. Jerry Edward Sager, 63/45, $36/25. Buildina? 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IUIV.II U, I 1986 General Assembly Groundwater control battles likely next year By MICHAEL MARTZ Arundel Newspapers Staff Writer RICHMOND — Eastern Shore and Tidewater farmers won the first skirmish last week in the dispute over state regulation of groundwater use, but bigger battles on the issue may loom ahead in the General Assembly next year. The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would require municipalities in groundwater management areas — where groundwater supplies are critically low — to obtain a permit to withdraw 300,000 gallons a month or more. But the Senate also approved a committee amendment that would continue to exempt farmers from the requirement, which the state already imposes on industries in those areas. The bill requires farmers only to report their groundwater use to their extension agents, so that the state will know more about the amount of groundwater being used. The vote to adopt the bill was 31-8. Sen. William A. Truban (R-Fauquier/Clarke/Warren/Shenandoah) voted for it. Sen. Kevin G. Miller (R-Fauquier/Rappahannock /Page/Rockingham) voted against it. Although the measure would apply only to designated groundwater management areas, it foretells a de bate on water use regulation that could affect the entire state. Already legislators and citizens from rural areas have decried the legislation, introduced by the State Water Commission, as an infringement on private property rights and “another socialist scheme” perpetrated by government. They fear that the state will try to regulate water use statewide, leading to “inter-basin transfer” of water from rural areas which have plenty to urban areas which do not. And they may be right. The State Water Commission, formed more than eight years ago, tabled a proposal in December to establish a statewide permit system for water use, but only to allow the State Water Control Board to collect more information about water supply. “Current Virginia water law is archaic,” said Sen. Wiley F. Mitchell Jr. (R-Alexandria). “It is incapable of dealing with water supply concerns and it is incapable of dealing realistically with water quality concerns.” Sen. Mitchell, who serves on the water commission, was infuriated by the Senate’s decision, which he said is “not only bad policy, it is dangerous policy for the health of this state.” “What we did today is totally wrong,” he said after the vote. “It reflects, I think, that more of us are vulnerr able to the fear factor than I would have thought the Senate capable of.” Sen. Mitchell contends that farmers around Suffolk and the Eastern Shore would benefit from complying with a permit system, because it would assure them of their current level of water use. That could prove important in places such as the Eastern Shore, where new industries compete with vegetable farms and homes for a water supply that is not only dwindling, but is being tainted by saltwater that creeps into aquifers that cannot replenish their freshwater supplies quickly enough. If those aquifers run dry, Sen. Mitchell said during a committee meeting, “you either abandon agriculture or import water from other parts of the state. ” “The greatest way to destroy agriculture,” he added, “is to destroy the resource on which it’s feeding.” Sen. Frank W. Nolen (D-Augusta) led a small group of rural legislators in the battle against the bill and another measure, which the Senate also passed, that would impose statewide well construction standards that the health department would enforce. “It’s just more government regulation, more government intervention in the private lives of people,” Sen. Nolen told the Senate. “The agriculture committee felt like it would be the wrong message to send at this time to the agricultural community,” said Sen. Daniel W. Bird Jr. (D-Wythe). “It’s another socialist scheme,” said Robert Merrill, an Albemarle County farmer and representative of the Virginia Taxpayers Association, during a committee hearing. “Fellows, you’re just regimenting the people right down the line,” said Augusta farmer Troy Horne. Sen. William F. Fears (D-Accomac), who proposed the amendment, admits that eventually farmers will have to submit to some state water regulation, but he fears the political consequences of doing it now. “They’re not going to let rne come back there if we don’t exempt agriculture,” Sen. Fears told a subcommittee. “It’s a problem, no question about it,” Sen. Fears said, “but I don't want to do it right now." “In the long run, it would be to their better benefit,” said Keith Cheatham of the Virginia Farm Bureau. “But at this point in time, they haven’t been convinced of it. They’re scared to death of it. ” “They’ll have to come to grips with it,” Sen. Mitchell said, “when the Eastern Shore begins to run out of groundwater.” r 1 School would open later under proposal By MICHAEL MARTZ Arundel Newspapers Staff Writer RICHMOND — Public schools throughout Virginia won’t open until after Labor Day the next two years, under legislation that passed the Senate on Thursday and now awaits only the governor’s approval. The Senate voted 24-14 to approve the bill, introduced by Del. Al8on H. Smith Jr. (D-Winchester), who watched with approval from the Senate gallery. The bill would mandate post-Labor Day school openings only through 1988, as an experiment to judge its effectiveness and consequences. Thereafter, the State Board of Education could waive the requirement “on a showing of good cause.” Fauquier County Public Schools in recent years have opened a week before Labor Day. The current school year began Monday, Aug. 26, 1985 — seven days before Labor Day. The measure had been dubbed “the King’s Dominion bill” because tourist industries, such as the theme park north of Richmond, lobbied egeapedwi Senate committee... ’ Because no changes were made in * the House version, the bill will go directly to Gov. Gerald L. Baliles. Early school openings had damaged the tourist industry, the bill’s supporters said, by depriving them of summer labor over the Labor Day weekend, when people take their last vacation of the season. It also prevented many families from taking vacations at the end of August or forced them to take children out of school, proponents said. Sen. Charles L. Waddell (DLoudoun/Fairfax), who voted for the bill, said parents view the legislation as “a measure that protects a family holiday and vacation opportunity of which they have been deprived.” Also voting for the bill were Sen. William A. Truban (R-Fauqiiier /Clarke/Warren/Shenandoah) and Kevin G. Miller (R-Fauquier/Rappahannock/Page/Rockingham). In the House, which approved the measure on Feb. 11, Del. Raymond R. “Andy” Guest (R-Fauquier/Rappahannock/Clarke/Warren), Del. Kenneth B. Rollins (RFauquier/Loudoun) and Del. Thomas M. Moncure Jr. (R-Fauquier/Stafford) voted for it. The bill’s opponents attacked both the bill and the motive for proposing it. “This is special interest legislation at its finest,” said Sen. R. Edward Houck (D-Spotsylvania), a school principal. Opponents argued that constitutionally the authority to operate public schools rests with local school boards, not the General Assembly. really think it’s a local decision,” Del. Kenneth Plum (D-Res: ton) said, “and that’s where it ought to be left.” “We people in the General Assembly have no business, no business whatsoever, in getting involved in the day-to-day activities of local school boards,” Sen. Houck said. “Who knows best what serves the welfare of the local public schools and their students?” asked Sen. John C. Buchanan (D-Wise). Sen. Buchanan also argued that forcing schools to open after Labor Day would force school divisions to either extend the school year into June to fulfill the requirement of 180 school days or stay open in bad winter weather, a potential danger to children in school buses, especially on the icy mountain roads of Southwest Virginia, where Sen. Buchanan lives. “This is a direction backwards,” declared Sen. Stanley C. Walker (DNorfolk), chairman of the Senate Education and Health Committee, which advanced the bill last week after an initial vote to kill it. Sen. Truban, who carried the bill in the Senate for Del. Smith, tried to reassure his colleagues by emphasizing its initial two-year limit and the abiMty torw^rt ttefcJTif g nefewaxy.. * 2 •Waddetfl •* 'delivered a' long-; statement tor >«upport«‘»Bf " the biH, •* which he said has a limited effect on the powers of local school boards. “History, tradition and climatic conditions all dictate against school opening before Labor Day,” he said. “There is plenty of time between Labor Day and mid-June, when the vacation season typically begins, to schedule the mandatory 180-day school term. Like human behavior, civilization is made and not bom. Like life itself, it must be nourished day by day, ceaselessly, with new energy and new materials, or it sickens and dies. — Charles A. Dorsey Richmond roundup Seat belt law undecided The mandatory use of safety belts in the front seat of automobiles in Virginia is now before a conference committee. The Senate voted last week to insist on its amendments to the law, which removed a House provision that would require a police officer to charge a motorist with some other violation before he could charge them with failing to wear a safety belt. Victim-witness bill dies Legislation to require use of citim impact statements in pre-sentencing reports died in the House Courts of Justice Committee late Tuesday afternoon. The measure, introduced by Sen. Charles L. Waddell (D-Loudoun/Fairfax), was killed on a voice vote. Sen. Waddell said members of the committee opposed making use of the statements mandatory. Local tax bill alive Legislation to create a transportation district with local taxing power for Prince William and Stafford counties, and potentially for adjacent counties like Loudoun and Fauquier, escaped from the Senate Finance Committee last week and passed the full Senate. 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ftappafjatmocfe iietog An Independent Newspaper Established 1877 Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, Publisher JOHN T. McEWAN, President JOHN T. TOLER, Exec. Vice Pres. BARBARA C. BURKE, General Manager WILLIAM WESLEY TALBOTT, Editor LISA H. BURKE, Advertising To Subscribe Phone (703) 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: Rappannock News Bldg., Washington, Va. 22747 HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Published by the Rappahannock News, a division of Arundel Newspapers, Inc! , Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation. r THURSDAY, MARCH 6,1986 --1 Editorial Spring cleaning Snow, loved by some and loathed by others, benefits us in an unusual way. It covers pounds of trash that has been dumped along the sides of our roads. Travel 522 north or south, head into Gid Brown or Harris Hollow, meander along any roadside in this county and the eyesore is there. Bottles, diaper boxes, food cartons, piles of cigarette butts — the list is endless — reveal themselves along the roadways. We supported the bottle bill which would have virtually stopped the littering of bottles and aluminum cans (if you don’t believe it, travel to a state that has wisely enacted this kind of legislation). The bottle bill was defeated for the umpteenth year in a row by weak General Assembly members who act like employees of the container manufacturing industry. There is a $500 fine for littering. The chance of getting caught, as can be seen along the roadways, is remote. If the fine were raised to $5000 it might help — it might make a citizen think twice — but the problem would still exist. To stop litter we must change attitudes. Money is always a good incentive. Part of Rappahannock’s revenue is derived from visitors who come seeking a tranquil getaway — a place to relax in the country. When they are greeted by a trashy landscape their holiday is spoiled a bit by the awaiting eyesore. Next year’s vacation trip might be to a place that’s a little cleaner. But the vacationers are often a part of the problem — witness the empty film boxes in the Blue Ridge parkway. If you litter we ask that you stop the practice now. And if you see someone littering, note their car license number, and report it to the State Police. There is something else you can do. You can begin now —today — by bombarding the governor and your representatives with letters demanding the implementation of a bottle bill in > 1987. , Meanwhile, we might hope.for another snowfall. Letters to the editor The Rappahannock News invites and encourages its readers to send letters to the editor. Letters on matters of public concern are welcome. Whenever possible, letters should be typed and double-spaced. To be considered for publication, they must bear the writer’s signature, address and daytime telephone number. The best letters are concise. The letters column is not intended to list names of those have volunteered time or money to a project, nor is it a forum to eulogize those who have passed away. Letters will not be censored except for matters of libel and good taste and may be cut to meet space limitations. Letters must reach the editor by noon Tuesday to be considered for publication that week. Letters can be mailed to P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va., 22747, or delivered at the news office bn Main Street, Washington. Rappahannock heritage \ Rappahannock Newt phobVOreg Toner Bales of hay and Mt. Marshall ‘Let’s get all the facts straight...’ To the editor: Your recent editorial “Enough” has left us teachers puzzled. Do you mean we shouldn’t even ask??? The teachers’ pay proposal (which was NOT an “impassioned demand,” despite your editorializing) is the required first step in the county-mandated budget process. - Your judgment that it is a “ridiculous obsession” means that your opinion is either: 1) that the county budget process, the “spring ritual,” needs changing; 2) that the teachers do not deserve a pay raise; or 3) that the raise could cause hardship to the taxpayers in this county. However: 1) You made no suggestions for / improving the budget process. 2) You did not say we didn’t deserve a raise; 3) Since there were no school revenue or expense figures available at the time the teachers were asked to make their proposal, how could you or anyone make this judgment at that time? In fact, even now, the School Board budget is in the process of being developed, and talk about raises in the tax rate is at best premature, and at worst, deliberately provocative. So, either you are guilty of deciding your position before all the facts are in, or you are beginning the great American budget ploy, “Talk about raising taxes and scare everyone, including the teachers.” This position on the part of your newspaper does not exhibit responsible citizenship, or even a responsible attitude on the part of the media in Rappahannock County. Remem ber, you represent all the community, teachers too. Let’s get all the facts straight, and in perspective, before making decisions. Your research and discussion of school systems and the cost of living in adjacent counties is quite revealing at this point. You have established that our beginning teachers cannot live in these counties. You failed to mention that these starting teachers have $3,450 in federal, state and local taxes taken out of the $13,618 they presently receive. Ninety-five percent of these taxes are taken out of their paychecks BEFORE they receive them. Farmers, teachers and newspaper editors all have the right to try to make a living. Teachers seeking an increase in income have three options: 1) they can present their proposals to the duly constituted school board, in accordance with procedures; 2) they can move to better paying states or counties; or 3) they can change their profession. Teachers in Rappahannock County are now trying the first option before the others. Remember, after the last “spring rite,” this county lost more than one-third of its teachers. HELEN M. LA CAVA Castleton Misses the mark To the editor: Your editorial of February 27 regarding teachers’ salaries and farmers’ income states only part of the problem and none of the possible solutions. Thus it misses the mark and is unfair to both farmers and teachers. You come to the conclusion that Rappahannock’s teachers cannot be paid a fair wage until farmers can afford to pay higher taxes. However teachers and other county employees need not be penalized by unfortunate farming conditions—we can find ways to pay a fair wage without penalizing farmers and other citizens on fixed incomes. Your editorial makes some good observations: teachers work long hours preparing lesson plans and grading papers in addition to the time spent in the classroom. You point out that the rewards of teaching must be more than the salary since the pay is “not great,” and teachers do not enter the profession with the intention of becoming wealthy. You then say that teachers’'salaries should be a reflection of the county in which they practice. Perhaps you are not aware that Virginia already has in place a formula (known as the composite index) for rating each county’s ability to fund education. By this arguably unfair formula Rappahannock ranks extremely high in ability to pay and we receive less money for education. However we stand near the bottom of the list in actual teacher pay. Rappahannock’s teachers did not request payment in line with the composite index, but rather made a much more reasonable proposal—to be paid the average of the pay of surrounding counties. This comparison is fair and logical, since it takes into account our location and rural nature. Our teachers work as hard as teachers in surrounding counties (it is pointless to argue whether or not they work harder), so paying them the average is reasonable and fair. Your points about the crises in the farming profession are equally true. Farmers have limited incomes and no one else to supply their benefits. The same ’ean be'said about another large part of Rappahannock’s population: retired persons on fixed!4 incomes. Every penny increase in the real estate tax rate has a hard impact on these citizens. This situation has resulted in Rappahannock because the real estate tax is currently our only way of raising significant funds. As county costs have increased significantly in recent years—salaries, jail expansion, roof repairs, etc.—the real estate tax rate has jumped dramatically, severely straining the budgets of farmers and fixed income citizens. In the coming year or two We face additional large expenditures for trash disposal, an animal shelter, high school expansion, and —without a doubt—higher salaries for county employees. However the real estate tax is Continued on page 5 Blue Ridge Echo What was life like in the Blue Ridge before it became a park? I .illy Pullen Homemaker Sperryville “It was better than it is now — yes, indeed. At least when you had a dollar you could save part of it. We’d get together on Sunday and pull out the old Victrola and play albums from the Carver Family.” Alson Atkins Business owner, maker SperryviUe “Well, it was just a farm section. They didn’t go to the store like they do now. They picked berries and cherries and canned for the winter.” Monie Dove Corbin Homemaker Flint Hill “Well it was a beautiful life. We had plenty to eat and we worked hard to get it. We didn’t have any doctor bills. I enjoyed my life up in the mountains better than the way I live now. We left the mountain with three kids, one dog, and one cow.” Lee Atkins Former stave maker, owner $perryville “You were satisfied and happy. Houses were dose together and you had good neighbors. You deaned up the land in a patch of hollow and put out a patch of corn. Land was real rich. There weren’t many cars —you walked everywhere. Neighbors would help each other out.” Thelma Atkins Homemaker Sperryville “I know all was more happy then. If anybody got sick, they would sit up over night and not charge anything. You didn’t have to lock your doors at night afraid of someone. Everybody knew everybody — you weren’t afaid of anybody.” Walter M. Dodson Retired Sperryville “Well it was pretty tough times. You worked for small money. Even if you got a job you worked for a dol- J lar a day. I didn’t like leaving but I couldn’t do anything about it.” Interviews/photoe Greg Turner

Misses mark 5 ! Continued from page 4 ;not the only possible way for Rappabannock to raise revenue. Here are a jfew of the possible alternatives: 1 Schedule a hearing in Rich: mond to request reassessment of our , composite index ranking. Our super' visors should lead a convoy of Rap: pahannock citizens, especially ■ T****®*®* protest unfair treatment > due to an unfair formula. 2. Actively consider alternate • means of raising funds from out-ofcounty individuals and those in the ; county most able to pay. There are ; three specific possibilities: | Institute a 4 percent meal and transient tax. Culpeper now has j ?uch a tax and they expect it to bring ; ® $385,000 this year. The merchant most vocal in opposition to the tax when it was first proposed has recently said it has not hurt his busi; ness one bit. The tax is reportedly , not difficult to administer and would raise funds mainly from people who ! come to Rappahannock as tourists. ; (In feet it is perhaps the only way to tax tourism—one of Rappahannock’s major industries—short of putting ; up toll booths.) Enact a land transfer tax. When* ever land is transferred in Rappa; hannock there is a deed filed in the : appropriate county office. There would be virtually no additional ! work involved in collecting a trans! fer tax at this time. Our supervisors should review the values of land transferred in the last year or two and establish an appropriate tax rate, perhaps between 1 and 2 percent. Presumably someone wealthy enough to buy property can afford to -help the county pay for animal shel.ters and teachers’ salaries. Consider an annual business and professional tax. The state has a formula for the maximum allowable ; B&P tax rate. I suggest we consider a simple law based on the number of employees: fewer than 5 employees, $100; 6 to 10 employees, $150; more than 10 employees, $200. This tax would address businesses in proportion to their size, and might save one or two cents on our real estate tax rate. There are ways to raise revenues without increasing real estate taxes. Let’s take advantage of these so that we can pay teachers a fair salary, take care of our trash problems, and meet whatever other needs arise, without penalizing our farmers and fixed income citizens. -mv „ BARNEY O’MEARA -< Slate Mills •n to the editor ‘15 percent-20 percent tax increase.. .is money well spent’ To the editor: As a working farmer who supplies the preponderance of labor on the farm I derive my income from, I feel demeaned and insulted by last week’s lead editorial. I am not against a modest tax increase to make teachers’ salaries competitive with those paid by surrounding counties. The most important crop grown by a county is its children. To deny our children the best possible education and the freedom to choose their future seems mean and shortsighted. At the moment we are supplying our future generations with the minimum education mandated by federal and state authorities. Rather, we should be striving to provide the best possible education and future for our younger generations. The teachers of our school system are the operators of our educational machine. Any machine is as effective as its operator. I would not allow an inexperienced person to operate my farm equipment. With schools, not only is the institution itself in jeopardy, but the futures of its students as well. The farm economy is rough and rocky now and bodes to continue to be so. However, to deny the whole community its educational needs on the basis of that fact is to shirk responsibility and acquiesce to the decline of the community itself. A 15 percent — 20 percent tax increase to better the morale of our teachers and retain and attract experienced and skillful teachers is money well spent. I challenge the editor to show me any farmers, who, with use value taxation, would be unable to pay such an increase. One must remember that farmers have children, friends and neighbors with children and brothers and sisters with children. CHRIS BIRD Washington ‘A few pertinent facts’ To the editor: As a teacher in the Rappahannock County public school system, I protest the superficial, simplistic and condescending attitude toward teachers and their poor salaries that was expressed in the February 27 News editorial “Enough.” Indeed, the editorial writer laments our teachers' quest for a decent living as an obnoxious, seasonal phenomenon, rather like the emergence of black flies. In doing so he demonstrates his ignorance of the situation, the superficiality of his inquiry and the biased thrust of his pen. He would have done well had he first acquainted himself with a few pertinent facts. Item: Approximately one-third of Rappahannock’s teachers left the county for greener pastures last year, most of them because of the low salary they received and their consequent low morale. Item: Rents may be low in Rappahannock County, as suggested by the editorial, but rental property is very scarce. As a result, a number of Rappahannock teachers must live outside the county which means that they must bear the added cost of commuting. Item: The pay raise of last year was in substantial part offset by inflation. The balance of the raise was simply inadequate to address the consistently low salaries that have been paid in Rappahannock over the years. Item: Rappahannock County’s tax rate is in the middle range of counties in Virginia. At 58 cents, it is in a group of 20 counties with tax rates ranging from 55 cents to 61 cents, while some of the more populous counties, such as Fairfax and Prince William, have rates that are substantially more than twice as high. Among rural counties, Rappahannock County is in good company. The editorial quotes a bumper sticker in the course of its argument. I can do that too. Not so long ago, I saw a bumper sticker in Newton, Mass., that read, “My house is worth more because of Newton’s public schools.” Our public schools are in fact a community asset, the worth of which is closely related to the value of our real estate and the vitality of our community. We simply cannot, and should not, permit such hemorrhagic losses of our teachers to continue. MARY JANE CAPPELLO Washington Real estate peddlers break the peace To the editor: For many long months the residents of this county were set upon each other in bitter controversy by the Planning Commissioners when .they tried quietly to slip down our throats the lengthy, restrictive, and incredibly complex zoning ordinance , of Fauquier County. But a local form . of “people’s power” prevented it: the largest number of petitioners ever to band together here in protest of an ‘ act of high-handed bureaucracy demanded that hearings be held and the people heard. The Supervisors did put on the brakes and let us have peace and quiet for several months. Now come the real estate peddlers (on the editorial page) to break the peace. They demand enactment of the Fauquier zoning ordinance in the county so that they can get on With “growth” (i.e., real estate sales) under the Comprehensive Plan. They say that they are unable to explain the provisions of the present short zoning ordinance to their potential customers, so they urge enactment of an ordinance so complex and restrictive that only with a .battery of lawyers at his elbow could t a buyer know what he’s getting into 'or stay out of trouble alter he has ^bought his property. * We never hear the Comprehensive Plan even mentioned until anil other zoning scheme occurs to the * real estate developers. The Comprel hensive Plan is a “glittering generality” used, and meant to be used, as a ;peg upon which to hang the latest ^self-serving zoning scheme pushed •by the retd estate developers and I traders. * (In this connection, no person in *the real estate BUSINESS should 'sit on any board or commission havling to do with zoning regulations. 'The conflict of interest potential is ^inescapable. Every county resident -with whom I’ve ever discussed this •subject sees the conflict and most tare intensely upset by it. Consult the developers if we wish, but keep them away from the decision making.) Let us be clear about the obvious: people involved in the exploitation of real property in this county are not going to beat the drums for a ■zoning ordinance contrary to their fi' nancial interests. Most of our citizens, involved in useful and productive employment, are pleased that the supervisors have given this zoning issue long and careful thought. Residents of the county will be better “protected” if the supervisors continue to give this messy business a very low priority, concentrating their time and energy on a solution of our urgent waste problem and on engineering a rational annual budget for the county Which fits the means of the taxpayers and not just the desires and demands of those the taxpayers support. The only people in this county who are “in limits” between two zoning ordinances are those who would exploit the land of Rappahannock for personal profit and exploit their neighbors in the process. ROBERT W. EASTHAM Flint Hill ‘Lovely mountains...fail to pay a single day’s rent’ To the editor: We are deeply disappointed in your editorial of February 27 about teachers. Ever since we moved to Rappahannock County we have been treated to the annual cry of underpaid teachers for substantial raises in salaries which is greeted by an equally loud chorus in reply that says that taxes, particularly for poor farmers, are too high and that the county can’t afford more. It is quite clear that when more than one-third of this county’s teachers depart in one year, to be replaced by a large contingent of new,' and often first year, teachers, we are paying a high price to train teachers who then leave our children to get jobs in school systems that are willing to pay for experienced teachers. Clearly, teachers here don’t get enough pay. All of our lovely mountains and sunsets fail to pay a single day’s rent for any teacher. And that long summer vacation may seem wonderful but it is payless. There is bitter irony in the complaint that we can’t afford to provide a good education for the children of the poor because their parents can’t afford it. We can go on lamenting that there ought to be some new Sources of revenue other than property taxes, and repeat this little performance every spring while our children wait and wait for their elders to act. But isn’t it time at long last that the Board of Supervisors stopped complaining about all the things it can’t do? We would like to suggest that the supervisors take the lead for a change in dealing with a problem that won’t go away. There will always be taxpayers too poor to afford higher taxes, but that should not prevent the Board of Supervisors from finding ways to tax those of us who can afford to pay higher taxes. The board can protect poor taxpayers and at the same time find more revenue to pay higher teacher sala ries. All the pieties mohthed by the supervisors each year about how great our schools really are, after they once again fail to pay teachers a high enough salary to keep them here, are just that — empty worlds that are intended to hide the reality as they turn their backs on the difficult school situation. Let us not kid ourselves that a school system with a 37 percent turnover is a school system of satisfied, long-term teachers who are willing, nay, happy, to bear the emotional and financial brunt of the supervisors’ contempt. Rappahannock children and teachers inevitably suffer when the rest of us neglect them. We are turning our backs on the future of America when we do so. You do no service to this county, when you in effect insult our children by ignoring the reality of what is happening to Rappahannock’s public schools. You need to talk to teachers, to parents who have children in the schools (especially those who attend board meetings and know what’s going on), and to parents who have taken their children out of the schools and put them in private schools. To rely, as you seem to have, on the advice of people with one view, is inadequate journalism. RICHARD & JOYCE ABELL Woodville PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN. High blood prrMurc cmn be controlled. lb learn how, call us Out of the attic rp. T _ • Photo courtesy of Roy E. Jenkins I he Ladies Basketball team of 46. Front row Dorothy Nethers, Mary Whorton, Evelyn Cook. Second row Doris Nokes, May Racer, Rethula Dodson. Third row Merrilyn Merril Frances Hudson, Hilda Jenkins. Hilda Jenkins Burke lives in Richmond and is the aunt of ’ Roy Jenkins of Sperry ville. P Be Resourceful. Recycle. 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'Rappahannock Country' Currier film tells a compelling story By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock News Contributing Writer Lavinia Currier eschews the glitz and glitter of Hollywood and New York. In Levis and a faded blue work shirt, without makeup and with her blonde hair falling easily around her face, she looks the country girls as she relaxes over a cup of hot tea at a neighborhood restaurant. She glances over her shoulder and out the window every few minutes, checking on the lumbering old golden retriever who waits patiently in the Jeep outside. Will success spoil this 28-year-old filmmaker from Fauquier County? Reaction to her first feature filem, Heart of the Garden , has been heady stuff. “Heart of the Garden is like Gone with the Wind distilled to a haiku (the classical Japanese verse form),” praised Variety Magazine. “Rarely does a debut director dare emerge with a serious contribution to a new tradition in film and succeed in the way Lavinia Currier does with the gentle Southern poetry of Heart of the Garden,” reviewer Karen Jaena proclaimed. But despite the applause, Miss Currier, as well as her film, remains perfectly described by “gentle.” She’s no stereotype of a director. It’s difficult enough to envision this small, slender, soft-spoken woman shouting orders to temperamental actors and actresses, lighting technicians, wardrobe staff and camera men. It’s almost impossible to imagine her growing the tough hide to protect against the slings and arrows of outrageous critics. Miss Currier, to borrow a comparison from the movies, is Briar Rose come to life from the Walt Disney r classis Sleeping Beauty, with the kind, sweet face and the kind, sweet manner of that fairy tale princess. She never intended to grow up to be a director. At Harvard University she studied English and religion. As a class assignment, she filmed a 15-minute documentary on cockfighting, coming home to the Fauquier countryside to find her subjects. ‘I liked the idea of using film as a regional voice’ —Lavinia Currier “I became interested in capturing the disappearing things the local, indigenous things. I liked the idea of using film as a regional voice,” Miss Currier explained, adding that she followed the documentary on cockfighting with other small -film projects for her Harvard classes. Then, for a while, she abandoned the camera for the stage, studying acting in Paris and putting on American plays with friends for little theater. “But I never acted professionally,” she noted. “It’s brutal work, just burtal. To act, you must have nothing else but acting on your mind.” And her thoughts were not on the stage. “I had a story to tell,” Miss Cur Entertainment calendar • March 7: Concert, jazz and bluegrass performers Darryl Anger, Mike Marshall and Barbara Higbie; at Wolf Trap in Vienna; at 8 p.m.; tickets $12; for more information, call 4320200. • March 8, 9: Movie, Body Heat, a steamy atmosphere pervades this film about passion and treachery, stars William Hurt and Kathleen Turner; at the Gay Street Theatre in Washington, Va.; at 7:30 p.m. • March 8: Concert, Sweden’s Fresk Quartet; at Wolf Trap in Vienna; at 8 p.m.; tickets, $10; for more information, call 432-0200. • March 14: Concert, autoharpist Bryan Bowers; at Wolf Trap in Vienna; at 8 p.m.; tickets, $12; for more information, call 432-0200. • March 15,16: Movie, The Empire Strikes Back, part of the Star Wars series with Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher; at the Gay Street theatre in Washington, Va.; at 7:30 p.m. • March 15: Concert, bluegrass band Skyline; at Wolf Trap in Vienna; at 8 p.m.; tickets, $10; for more information, call 432-0200. • March 15: Play competition, “The Northwestern Regional One-Act Play Festival;” at Fauquier High School Auditorium; at 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; admission, free. • March 15: Fashion show and luncheon; sponsored by the Warrenton Rescue Squad Auxiliary; at 12:30 p.m.; at Airlie; tickets available at the What-Not Shop, Charlotte’s and Vanity Shoppe; ticket deadline, March 11; for more information, call 347-7976 or 347-3439. rier explained. “It wasn’t so much that I wanted to make a film, but i had to tell this story. I absolutely had to do it and do it in a hurry.” • She wrote the script in a month. Preproduction work took another seven weeks. “It was like getting on an amusement park ride and not being able to get off,” Miss Currier said, searching for a way to describe the rush and excitement. “I found myself wondering again and again, <What have I gotten into?’ My training, my strength was in acting. ” She had the story, a haunting, compelling tale of a little girl’s struggle to understand the disappearance and death of parents she hardly knew. A chartered twin-engine plane carrying only Stephen and Audry Currier and their pilot was last heard from 30 minutes into a 70-mile trip from Puerto Rico to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands on Jan. 17, 1967. No trace of the plane or its occupants was ever found. Mr. and Mrs. Currier were the wealthy philanthrops, very involved in social issues, including civil rights, race relations, mental health, youth unemployment and urban sociology. From 1958 to 1967, they gave their Taconic Foundation more than $8 million to help .govle some of those social problems. The sudden loss of loving, intelligent parents, who left behind three young children, gave Miss Currier her story. Now she needed a cast. In looking for a young actress to play the lead character, Miss Currier interviewed scores of New York’s worldly wise 11-year-old pros. “Their mothers were always hovering behind the door, hissing ‘Say this! Say that!’ It was terrible — and tragic. They were so sophisticated. They weren’t children any more.” Again, she came home to the Virginia countryside. And there she found Morgan Watts at Coleman Elementary School near Marshall. “I asked Mr. (Robert) Sinclair, the principal at Coleman, if I could sit in on classes. He sent me into the fifth and sixth grade and the first girl I set eyes on was Morgan,” Miss Currier recalled. She interviewed several others, but came back to Morgan each time. “She was the best, even though she’d never acted before, not even in a school play.” When the casting was over, she had a mix of professionals and firsttimers. For bit parts, she chose familiar faces from the family farm near The Plains. Morgan’s brother in the film is played by Freddie Koehler, the little red head on TV’s Kate and Allie. Joe Seneca, who starred in The Verdict and Silverado, is Nimrod, the old stable groom who assumes — Sturdily built of 6''x 12" logs up to 40 feet in length. — Hand-hewn for authenticity. — Weathertite double splined to eliminate air filtration. — Predrilled for electric wiring. — Dove-tail notched for precise fit. — Modestly-priced optional erection service by trained crews. — Ten years of acknowledged leadership in hand-hewn, dove-tail •notched log home construction. 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Isolated in her artificial paradise, the child Nora shares the South’s obsession with the land and what it represents — past and family. She’s content to stay there, protected and guarded by the devoted Nimrod. But a mysterious stranger leads her to question whether her garden world —filmed at the Currier family’s 1,500-acre Kinloch Farm near The Plains — is the only world worth knowing. On another level, Miss Currier’s film is a story of childhood’s end and the struggle to cut the ties to family and home. “And it’s about how a child sees death,” the author and director explained. “Death is even difficult for an adult to understand. For a child, it’s impossible.” The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community, which will sponsor an evening showing of Heart of the Garden at the Gay Street Theater in Washington, Va., also has scheduled a‘ special afternoon screening for1 area school children. “It’s good for children to see this,” Miss Currier maintained. “All children have a fear of abandonment. It’s always in the back of a child’s mind — what would happen if their parents ^disappeared. “It’s the most frightening danger in their world. The death of their parents takes all their references away.” Seeing the film, confronting that unnamed fear and knowing that it’s shared, will lessen the terror, Miss Currier believes. At present, the director is commuting between her home in Fauquier and New York City. “We started shooting a week ago,” she said, adding tihat her newest project is a documentary about two people: Father Berry, a priest and philosopher in the Hudson Val Daphne Hutchinson for the Rappahannock Newt LAVINIA CURRIER WILL appear at Gay Street Theatre ley, and his colleague, Brian Swimme, a physicist from California. ‘They’re amazing thinkers. They are the thinkers behind the Green Movement, the ecological movement,” said Miss Currier. “I believe in what they’re doing and I’d like to help them reach a wider audience,” she added, explaining the motivation behind her latest work. “It’s challenging, trying to make a film that, in its style, gives people the feeling of being in the center of the universe, and putting a message in a film that gets people moving.” When the documentary is completed, she wants to do another fea ture film. “I like documentaries. We’re living in a period when reality is so much more hifterfestin'g than anything you can make up,” Miss * Currier said. “But I can only do a documentary on a topic I feel strongly about.” Sponsored by the non-profit Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community, Heart of the Garden will be shown at the Gay Street Theater in Washington, Va,, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 14. A discussion with director Lavinia Currier will immediately follow the screening. Admission is $5 for general public, $4 for RAAC members and $3 for students. Home-based business conference Do you want help in starting a home-based business or in deciding whether to become an entrepreneur? If so, plan now to attend the Northern Virginia Home-Based Business Conference on March 2122, 1986 at the Northern Virginia 4H Educational Center, sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service. The conference will feature speakers addressing multiple topics necessary for people interested in starting a business in their home. Included topics are: developing a business plan, marketing your business, legal aspects, record keeping and taxes, determining prices, and resources to help. A special feature of the conference is Friday’s Home-Based Business Fair at which successful entrepreneurs will display their products and share helpful tips in setting up and running a homebased business. Persons can attend the fair without participating in the conference, but an admission of $3 will be collected. The registration fee of $20.00 for an individual or $25.00 for a couple (family members or business partner) includes a packet of educational materials, instruction, refreshment breaks, and Saturday lunch. Late registration received after March 15 or on site will be $25.00 individual and $35.00 a couple. Lodging is available at the 4-H Center in Front Royal. For further information about the conference or to obtain registration forms, please contact your local Cooperative Extension Service Office at 675-3619. St. Patrick’s Day dance set in Culpeper The Culpeper Cavalry Museum will sponsor the third annual St. Patrick’s Day dance on Friday, March 21, at the Pot and Kettle Club off Route 15 south in Culpeper. The House Rockers of Charlottesville will play for dancing from 8 p.m. Tickets at $25 a couple must be purchased in advance, and are available from the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce and the downtown branches of all three banks. Tickets are also available by mail from the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce, 133 W. Davis St., or by calling 8258628. Due to space limitations only the first 150 couples purchasing tickets will be able to attend. Deadline for tickets is March 14. All proceeds go to the Culpeper Cavalry Museum. Turn Trash Into Cash. Recycle. For Information Call 1-800 KEEP ITT Agricultural, forestal issues A one-day statewide conference on the benefits, problems, and issues associated with agricultural and forestal benefits will be held at Charlottesville Ramada Inn, Thursday, March 27 starting at 8:00 a.m. Agricultural and forestal districts are areas designated to be maintained as high quality agricultural and forest land. These districts are authorized on a local-option basis by a law enacted in 1977. As of January, 1986, the board of supervisors for 20 counties had established a total of 113 districts containing a total of 466,800 acres. Another 16 counties have considered establishing one or more districts but have not done so. The conference is designed for landowners and elected and appointed members of local government bodies. “Each speaker at the conference has been involved directly with the working of agricultural and forestal districts in several counties of the state,” said J. Paxton Marshall, Virginia Tech Extension agricultural economist who is organizing the conference. Among the speakers will be representatives from the Office of the Attorney General and from the Virginia Senate. The conference is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Virginia, Office of Attorney General, Piedmont Environmental Council, Virginia Association of Counties, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia Division of Soil and Water Conservation. Anyone interested may attend. The $25 registration fee includes lunch. More information is available from local Virginia Cooperative Extension Service agents.

Sperryville residents entertain_ Mrs. T. J. Pillar was hostess to the Sperryville Bridge Club at her home on Friday night. Guests were Mrs. Frances Tabler, Mrs. Roy L. Reeve, Mrs. C. E. Johnson, Jr., Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mrs. Dale Metzinger, Mre- W. H. Cordle, Mrs. Brown Miller and Mrs. Jack Brown. Prize winners were Mrs. Tabler, Mrs. Quaintance and Mrs. Brown. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. T. M. Johnston were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Reams and sons, Brad and Morgan, of Winchester, Mrs. Andrew Meade and children, Bethany and Broocks, of Charlottesville. It was a celebration of Brad Reams’ 10th birthday. Mrs. Julia Wood and Mrs. Mary Quaintance visited Mr. and Mrs. Kent Pierce in Culpeper Sunday afternoon. Mr. Pierce entered Prince William Hospital, Manassas, on Tuesday. Mrs. Charles K. Estes, Mrs. Nelson Nethers, Mrs. Lee Swindler, Mrs. Roy Swindler and Mrs. Catherine Lillard visited Mrs. Virginia Lewis last Wednesday in the Grandview Rest Home in Bentonville. Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mrs. T. M. Johnston and Mrs. Brown Miller with the Rev. and Mrs. Douglas Farmer of Haywood attended the Taylor — Sherman wedding at The Lee House in Alexandria on Saturday evening. The Rev. Mr. Farmer performed the ceremony. Mrs. Catherine Trescott returned home Monday from Culpeper Memorial Hospital. The Rev. Hoover Heflin was a Saturday visitor of Mrs. Early Sisk. II Mrs. Sisk and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sisk of Orange were guests Sunday of Mrs. Wallace Sisk in Front Royal. Mrs. Pauline Alther and Martha Alther of Front Royal visited Mrs. Sisk Monday. Mrs. Brown Miller spent from Sunday to Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. Virginia Bashaw, in Woodstock. They also visited in Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Guests last Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers were Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Coates and daughter Sarah of St. Augustine, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Brainard Charlton of Madison and Mr. and Mrs. John Coates ofBrightwood. Mrs. Frances Thornton and Bill Fletcher were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. James Thornton in Gate City. Sheri Brown of Longwood College, Farmville, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brown. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lyne visited Mrs. R. G. Wright in Harrisonburg last Wednesday. Mrs. Roy L. Reeve spent a week with her grandson Keith Brown in Hanover, Pa., while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brown, were in Hawaii. Breast cancer screen at area hospitals Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women over age 35 in the United States. Early detection and treatment have a dramatic impact on improving this record, thus, Culpeper Memorial, Warren Memorial and Fauquier Hospitals, in conjunction with their radiologists, are sponsoring a breast cancer screening program during the month of February. “Our goal is to inform women and Library Lines By GRACE SIMS Librarian <:-* The library has concluded another successful series of Wednesday morning story hours for preschoolers. Volunteers Christine Sims, Dorothy Mank, Neecee Lane, and Liz Blubaugh told wonderful tales of Indians, dragons, and magic enlivened by singing, craftsmaking, and puppets. Our next story hours will be in May beginning Wednesday the 7th at 10 o’clock. All pre-schoolers are welcome. New in the Library this month are a number of audiocassettes including the bestseller, Hunt for Red, October by Tom Clancy and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre. Others are The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux; Russell Baker’s Growing Up; Simenon’s Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper; Hammond Innes’ Big Footprints; Nevil Shute’s On the Beach; John MacDonald’s The Long Lavender Look; Alan Paton Cry the Beloved Country; and Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. Southern Reflections continues Monday, March 17 at 7:30 with Dr. M. Thomas Inge leading a discussion of William Faulkner’s Sartoris. fsIRea/ Estate sks.ssr Eileen M. Day realtor DEPOSIT PROTECTION When a real estate buyer and seller agree on the sale of land, it is common practice for the buyer to make a deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Normally this deposit — sometimes called “earnest money” is placed in the real estate agent’s escrow account until closing. The deposit serves many purposes. In addition to protecting the buyer by demonstrating that he is serious about purchasing the land, and therefore inducing the seller not to offer the real estate for sale to anyone else, it also protects the seller in case the buyer does not live up to his end of the sale contract. Should the purchaser fail to buy the land as agreed, he will usually forfeit the deposit money. In this way, the seller is compensated for the likelihood of a missed sale because he took his real estate off the market. The deposit of the earnest money in the real estate professional’s escrow account also protects the buyer. If the seller cannot or does not convey the land — or there appears a title defect which cannot be reasonably cured — the deposit money will be refunded from escrow. 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: 675-3400. We’re here to help. to offer the screen to those who have never had a mammogram and to those who may have no other opportunity to be checked,” said Dr. Archibald Wagner, Chief of the group of radiologists who serve Warren Memorial, Fauquier and Culpeper hospitals. To participate in the screen for breast cancer, women must be 35 years or older and never have had a breast x-ray. They must not be pregnant or nursing a baby and must be free of signs and symptoms of breast problems. The fee charged by the hospitals for the screen is $40 cash or check to be paid before the test is performed. The radiologists are waiving their fees and the charge does not include any fees that may be charged by private physicians for physical examinations. Scheduling of the tests will be done by physician referral. “We feel a physical examination is an important part of the overall screening program,” said Dr. Wagner. To be scheduled for a test at Culpeper Memorial, women should call their personal physicians who will schedule the test with the hospital and arrange for a follow-up schedule. At CMH the tests will be performed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 3-8 p.m. For general information on the screen at CMH call the x-ray department or the community relations department at 825-2811. At Fauquier Hospital, the tests will be performed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons Seduction msale^ ■f On ALL '1|p Merchandise! 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Members need to be there at 9:30 on Saturday and must arrange their own transportation to Culpeper. The March meeting will be held on Monday, the 17th at the home of Gregory Williams. The pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance. — G. W. Curtis from 3 - 8 p.m. For registration for the screen at Fauquier Hospital, call 349-0505. For further information on the program at Fauquier, call 3490531. At Warren Memorial Hospital, the tests will be performed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 3-8 p.m. Appointments for the screen may be made by calling the x-ray department, 636-6101, or by contacting your family physician. Miss Shaffer engaged to Ronald Vickers Mr. and Mrs. Tony Shaffer of Luray announce the engagement of their daughter, Toni Layne, of Flint Hill, to Ronald Clay Vickers of Woodville, son of Ruth Vickers of Falls Mills, Va. and the late Roy Vickers. Miss Shaffer is a 1980 graduate of Luray High School and a 1984 graduate of Radford University. She is employed by Rappahannock County Public Schools. Mr. Vickers, a 1975 graduate of Graham High School, is a 1980 graduate of Virginia Tech and is also employed by Rappahannock County Public Schools. A July 12 wedding is planned. TOUR MONEY OR TOUR LIFE. When you give to the Red Cross, you take on a great responsibility: saving thousands of lives. Maybe even your own. Send now fbrtheonly book on crime ever written by a dog! t Get hot tips on crime prevention! Write to: McGruff"' Crime Prevention Coalition Box 6600 Rockville. 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A covered dish supper begins at 6:15, and a nursery is provided during the program. Inn Workshop The Conyers House in Slate Mills is holding a workshop for innkeepers and those who are considering the possibility of having an inn. The workshop will explore various facets of running an inn, including marketing strategies, regulations, daily operations, house specialities and finances. The $25 cost includes a complimentary lunch. The workshop will be held on Sunday, March 9, and Saturday, March 22. For more information call 987-8025. ‘Body Heat’ Body Heat, starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, a sultry, steamy film about passion and treachery, will be shown March 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gay Street Theatre. Reminiscent of the “films noire” of the 40s, this melodrama stars William Hurt as a lawyer who is lured into a killing by a seductive housewife (Turner) who wants to be rid of her husband. The movie is rated R. Mental Health meeting The Mental Health Association in Rappahannock will meet on Wednesday, March 12, at 4 p.m. in Lee Nettles’ office in the Clopton House, Washington. Flint Hill Homemakers to meet The Flint Hill Homemakers will meet on Tuesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Russie Miller in Flint HU1. All members are urged to attend. 4-H Share-the-Fun contest The 4-H Share-the-Fun contest will be held March 17 from 3:30 — 5 p.m. at Rappahannock Elementary School. For additional information call the Extension Office at 675-3619. Homemakers plan trip On April 9 the Extension Homemakers in Rappahannock will sponsor a trip to the Baltimore Inner Harbor. Cost for the bus is $16. Tour will be on your own. Registration deadline is April 1, and you must call the Extension Office at 675-3619 to register or for additional information. Culpeper Minute Men Chapter to meet Mrs. H. T. N. Graves of Luray, State Chairman, Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution American Heritage Committee, will be the guest speaker for the meeting of the Culpeper Minute Men Chapter, NSDAR, to be held at 2 p.m. March 11 in the Culpeper United Methodist Church. Mrs. Graves’ topic is “Rhenish Houses of the Massanutten Settlement.” Hostesses will be Mrs. T. Edwin, Gnmaley«Bd Mrs. James Harkness. ■ v '• V *• * 4* i. — • Business Council to meet Washington Business Council will meet on Thursday, March 6, at 6:15 p.m. at Brambles. All business owners are urged to attend. The new town flyer will be discussed. Band Boosters to meet Band Boosters Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the Rappahannock Elementary School, Beauty contest The 1986 Miss Rappahannock Beauty Contest will be held Friday, April 4, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Elementary School. Rehearsal will be Wednesday, April 2, at 6 p.m. Contestants between the ages of three and high school seniors may register. There will be a $10 registration fee. Each contestant is asked to try to find their own sponsor, but if one cannot be found the Sperryville Rescue Squad will provide one. The annual event is sponsored by the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad. Proceeds will go to the ambulance fund. For further information contact Joan Jenkins at 987-8107 after 4 p.m. American Heart Association meets The board of the Rappahannock County Unit of the American Heart Association will hold its scheduled meeting on Wednesday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Washington Baptist Church. Mrs. Janet Yancey, president, urges all members to be present. Fodderstack 10KM Race The annual Fodderstack 10KM classic race will be held on Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m. The race begins in Flint Hill on Route 522 and ends at the courthouse in Washington, via the Fodderstack Road. For additional information or registration please call Betsy Murray or Diane Bruce at 675-3621, 8:30-4:30, Monday through Friday or Sandra Brown at 987-8758, evenings. Aerobic Dance Classes A six week series of aerobic dance classes will begin March 11. Classes will be at the Flint Hill Fire Hall at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Evening classes will be at the Elementary School at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Class fee is $25 for twice a week; $35 unlimited. Call Rose Ann Sharp, 675-3887, for more information. Art show scheduled The Fauquier Chapter of the Virginia Museum, Inc., is hosting its third annual “Virginia Patterns” art show on Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, in the John Barton Payne Building in Warrenton. The show is open to all artists residing in the counties adjoining Fauquier. It is a juried and judged event, with cash awards for first and second place in the three categories plus special awards given for Best in Show, Most Appropriate to Theme and a Popular Vote. For further information call 347-9098 or 347-3883 in the evening or 347-7720 during the day. Film at Amissville Methodist Church A film entitled “Joni” will be shown at Amissville United Methodist Church on Sunday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. “Joni” is an inspirational true story of faith and courage. Devastated by a diving accident at the age of seventeen, she emerges from that tragedy as a quadriplegic, unable to do anything for herself. As a result, she learned a great lesson of dependence upon God. “Joni” is sure to touch the lives of all who suffer brokenness — of body, of spirit, of faith, of hope, of family relationships. Preceding the film at 5:00 p.m. a covered dish supper will be held.

Church x Activities Reynolds Memorial Baptist Pastor: Rev. Douglas Fanner March 6-9 Thursday: Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Worship service will be led by the women of the church. Home Missions, “The Servant Church”. Joint Video presentation of “Revival with Effect” at F.T. Baptist Church 7:30 p.m. Reynolds and F.T. members are urged to attend. “Our eyes unto the Hills”..and the Valley on our hearts! Trinity Episcopal Church March 9-13 Sunday: Lent 4 Holy Eucharist 8 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Morning Prayer 11 a. m. Coffee Hour Wednesday: Bible study 9:30 a.m. Fourth Lenten dinner 6:15 p.m. Thursday: Choir practice 7:30 p. m. Guest speaker at Beech Spring Buddy Devers of Front Royal will be speaking at Beech Spring Regular Baptist Church on Sunday, March 9 at 3:00 p.m. The public is welcome. Family Worship Center Sunday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Old School Building Washington, Va. Pastor: Rev. Robert Dunphy Phone: 987-8505 Associate Pastor: William Taylor Phone: 987-8014 10:30 a.m.—Adult worship service and children’s church 7 p.m.—Evening service 6:30 p.m.—Intercessory prayer 7 p.m.—Praise singing 7:30 p.m.—Bible study Lenten dinner, 6:15 p.m. Trinity Episcopal 6:30 p.m.—Aerobics. All welcome. No charge. County Methodist Services The United Methodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, March 9, as follows: Flint Hill at 9 a.m., Willis Chapel at 10 a.m., and Sperryville at 9 a.m. with Communion. The Rev. Merlin Shorb, pastor, invites the public to attend. Washington Baptist Church Pastor: Rev. Steven N. Scoggin Office Phone: 675-3336 March 9-12 Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Worship 11 a.m. Choir 12 noon Monday: Baptist Young Women 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Lenten dinner at Trinity 6:15 p.m. Special services at Promise Land Dedicatory services will be held at Promise Land Baptist Church, Washington, on Sunday, March 9, at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Charles Sims, Moderator of the Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Association and pastor of Maine UNO Baptist Church, will be the speaker. The public is invited to attend these services. Sperryville Assembly Of God Pastor: Michael Lamm Office Phone: 987-8620 Saturday: Prayer meeting 6 p.m. Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Youth Service 6:30 p.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Children’s Church 7 p.m. Adult Bible study 7 p.m. Dinner and speaker at Macedonia There will be a dinner and a special guest speaker at Macedonia Baptist Church in Flint Hill on Saturday, March 8, at 5 p.m. The dinner will be from 5 to 6 p.m. An envelope will be provided for a free wall offering for the dinner. Jack Gravely, EEO special assistant for Arlington County, will be the guest speaker at 6 p.m. The Flint Harmonizers will provide special music. The program will benefit the building fund of Macedonia. The public is invited. The Rev. James A. Price is pastor of Macedonia. St. Peter Catholic Mission Old School Annex Washington Rev. Maurice du Castillion, C.I.C.M. Holy Masses: Daily: Rectory—8:30 a.m. Sundays: 9 a.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. Amissville United Methodist Church Pastor: Rev. Steven D. Parker Phone: 9374397 March 9-12 Sunday School, all ages 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Covered-Dish Supper 5 p.m. Film presentation of “Joni” 6:30 p.m. Dieter’s Support group meeting 6:30 p.m. - Junior and Youth Choir practice 7 p.m. Adult Choir practice 7:30 p. m. Cub Scouts 7:30 p.m. United Methodist Women 12:30 p.m. Administrative Board 7:30 p.m. No Bible Study Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Miss Mills bride of Mr. Green New Beginnings was the theme for the wedding of Linda Carrol Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mills of West Virginia, to Gregory John Green, son of Mrs. Catherine Green of Warrenton. The ceremony took place Saturday, January 25,1986, at the Greenwich Presbyterian Church in Nokesville. Rev. Daniel Baliles of Amissville and Rev. Bob Walker of Altoona, Florida, officiated. Gary Dickey of Amissville provided the wedding music. Given in marriage by Lynn Campbell of Amissville, the bride wore a formal gown of taffeta trimmed with Schiffli embroidery, sequins and pearls. The doubletiered Elizabethan sleeves and over skirt were hemmed in marabou, which also trimmed the fitted bodice. The Chantilly lace flounce and full skirt extended into a semi-catheral train. Lisa Michele, the bride’s daughter, was maid of honor, wearing a long gown of powder blue organza and lace. Charles Green of Sterling was best man for his brother and ushers were Tom and James Green, also brothers. The wedding was catered by Jan Parsons of Warrenton and videotaped by Camera One Video Productions of Manassas. After a wedding trip to the Pocono Mountains and a motor tour of the East Coast, Mr. and Mrs. Green are living in Amissville. 4-H Day Camp receives grant Rappahannock County is one of 47 4-H groups in 26 states to be awarded grants ranging from $100 to $300 to increase youth awareness and involvement in community projects. Rappahannock received a $200 scholarship to be used for the day camping program. The funds were made possible by a $10,000 grant to National 4-H Council from Dr. and Mrs. Edward W. Aiton, Venice, Fla. The selected projects cover a wide range of activities designed to help youth take more active roles in community affairs, increase awareness of the role, of agriculture in our society, develop leadership skills and mainstream the handicapped into 4-H. The awards were arranged by National 4-H Council, a not-forprofit educational organization that uses private resources to help expand and strengthen the 4-H pro: gram of the Cooperative Extension Service. Bridge club party highlights Flint Hill area news The Flint Hill Bridge Club was entertained on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Richard Latham. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. James Massie, Mrs. Paul Miller, Mrs. Emory Russell and Mrs. W. A. Moore. Others playing were Mrs. Frank Gannon, Mrs. Robert Eastham, Mrs. Louis Moore, Jr. and Mrs. Thomas Eastham. The Flint Hill Home Extension Club which was scheduled to meet on Tuesday, February 25 with Flo Duvall was postponed and has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Russie Miller. Little Jennifer Bywaters of Front Royal spent the weekend with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Bywaters. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Curtis with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Todd spent last week in Florida at Marco Island returning home on Sunday. Mrs. Moffett Brady spent last week with her daughter and son-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crane at Lanham, Md. The Cranes accompanied her home on Saturday and remained with the latter’s mother until Sunday. Miss Sallie Lillard visited her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Lillard at Front Royal on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hawkins of Arlington were Sunday guests of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lillard. Visiting them on Saturday were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lillard and family of Broad Run. Mr. Bemie Gilpin and Mrs. Ethel Pullen visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Nagles at their cabin on the Old Rag Mountain, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Bradford, Jr. and Mrs. Paul Miller had dinner at the Quality Court in Front Royal Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Pearson of Hume, Miss Jennifer Bywaters of Front Royal and Mrs. Doug Bywaters were Saturday visitors of Mrs. Wade Pullen. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson had as Tuesday dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lillard, Kathy Hudson, Mrs. Frances Hudson and Clyde Lillard. Saturday dinner guests in the Hickerson home were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hickerson. They celebrated the birthday of Mrs. Elmer Hickerson. Bobby Welch of Richmond spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Welch. Mrs. Catherine Huff with Mrs. Mary Lillard and Mrs. Carolyn Kinsey of Front Royal motored to Harrisonburg on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. William Lee spent the weekend with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Spence and Sarah at Harrisonburg. Frankie Huff returned home on Friday after a vacation to the Virgin Islands. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Pierpoint and family of Alexandria spent the weekend with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lillard. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Welch of Chantilly spent Saturday in the Lillard home. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Lillard of Gainesville and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dellinger and children of Reliance were Sunday visitors of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carson Lillard. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson visited the latter’s sister, Mrs. Martha Jenkins at Etlan on Sunday. Mrs. Irene Hamilton of High Point, N.C. arrived on Saturday to spend a week with her mother, Mrs. Moffett Brady. She also plans to visit her mother-in-law, Mrs. Helen Hamilton at Mt. Jackson during her visit here. Keith Kinsey of Front Royal spent the weekend with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huff. They accompanied him to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Kinsey on Sunday. “The old Battletown Inn recipes are the epitome of uihat ‘Southern cooking was intended to be. If grace, charm and exquisite dining describe Southern hospitality, then the Battletown Inn is its essence. ” Rooms available for private parties, and banquets. Hour: 11J0-2J0 Lunch 5HKW:00 Wed. & Than. Sdtt-IOHM Fri.-SiL Sundays: 12H)IM):00 Closed Moo. & Tats, -iV. t THE MOUNTAIN CABINET SHOP Fine Cabinet Making Thomas Von Fange 703-987-8834 Woodville, Va. 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Birthday celebration highlights Washington area news Obituaries Mrs Mary Kindall and Mrs. Patey Baker and daughters, Lesley Michelle and Raven Nichole entertained with a double birthday celebration for their husbands, John W. Kindall and Troy Baker on Sunday afternoon. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lindwood Baker of Warrenton, Mr. and Mrs. James Kindall and daughter, Natoshia of Front Royal, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kindall and daughter, Jennifer of Sperryville, John Kindall of Culpeper, Mrs. Janet Drone and William Blackburn, both of Amissville and James Freeman. Special entertainment for the occasion was provided by a professional Belly-Dancer. Sounds like you all had a swell time. Happy Birthday to you both! Weekend guests of Mrs. Charles Burke were her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Motzger of Lorton. On Saturday evening they attended the 40th wedding anniversary of Mrs. Burke’s son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Burke in Front Royal at the Quality Inn. Sunday luncheon guests of Mrs. Charles Burke were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bennett of Alexandria. Mrs. Jean B. Moffett left Saturday for a visit of several weeks with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Page Moffett, Bill and Sally Page in Leesburg, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell visited their son and daughter-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Campbell in Front Royal on Saturday. Danny is recuperating from the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell visited with Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Campbell in Flint Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Campbell and daughter, at Chester Gap on Sunday. Mr. Aubrey Campbell entered Warren Memorial Hospital on Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark attended an auction in Woodstock on Boston area news notes U.S. Airman Harvey W. Jenkins has left for the Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota after a 10-day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Huffman. He was stationed at a base in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jewell have returned home after a two week visit in Huntington Beach, Calif, with Mr. and Mrs. Gene McGarrity and while there they toured San Simeon, Capistrano, Hollywood, the Getty Museum and other points. Sunday past Mr. and Mrs. Jewell visited his sister, Mrs. Bertha Morris in Luray. Mr. and Mrs. David Sisk and son were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson in Flint Hill. Ms. Donna Brown was a Sunday guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Atkins in Sperryville. Mrs. Bessie Corbin was a Friday overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Burke in Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baggan, who recently moved here to Round Hill Farm entertained Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wehr and son, Christopher of Camillus, New York, last weekend, as they were returning home from a nine day vacation in the south and also stopping over to visit other family members, the Michael May family in Atlanta, Georgia. After leaving Round Hill, they planned to visit Mr. and Mrs. Walter May in Saegertown, Pa. before returning to New York. Robert Thornhill of Vienna was a Saturday overnight guest of his mother, Mrs. Cary Thornhill, whose additional guests on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Thornhill of Culpeper and Winfrey Thornhill of Nokesville. In the evening Mrs. Thornhill called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan. Mrs. Clifford Miller served as hostess to the Culpeper Society Daughters of American Revolution, meeting held at the Culpeper United Methodist Church last Tuesday. Weekend guests of Mrs. Miller were Mr. and Mrs. William Symonvicz of Silver Spring, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Peneranda, Mrs. Josephine Duncan, Mrs. Cary Thornhill and Mrs. George Butler visited Mrs. Thornhill and Mrs. Butler’s sister, Mrs. A. B. Honts in Front Royal on Monday. Kanaby’s have daughter Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kanaby of Castleton announce the birth of their daughter, Cortney Kristin, bom Friday, February 28 at Fauquier Hospital, Warrenton. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Kronenberg of Royal Oak, Michigan and Mrs. Christel Kanaby of St. Clair Shores, Michigan and Sylvester Kanaby of White Georgia. Cortney has two sisters, Kara and Ashley. Saturday, enroute home they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Clark at Lebanon Church and had dinner in Front Royal at Caldonias’. Ashton Burke of Warrenton and his mother, Mrs. Charles Burke were shoppers in Culpeper on Wednesday and had lunch at the Holiday Inn. Sunday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Ralls and Steve were Mrs. Shirley Ralls and daughters, Melinda and Candi of Linden. Mrs. Josephine Wood of Reva Park, Culpeper was a dinner guest Sunday of her brother and sister-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Wayland. Luncheon guests Sunday of Mrs. Alice R. Wood were Mrs. Gladys Bowie and Mrs. Lillian Kendrick of Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crews and Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Keyser had dinner at Brookside near Luray on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Florence Williamson of Woodville was a Sunday luncheon guest of Mrs. Mattie Ball Fletcher. Mrs. Herndon (Mary) Hudson has returned to home after a stay in Warren Memorial Hospital. We are glad to see you feeling better. Mrs. Mary Carter Smoot and daughter, Crystal of Lake Front Royal, Mrs. Frances Eubank and Mrs. Mary Hudson had dinner Saturday evening at Caldonias’ in Front Royal. Amissville news Mrs. Don Glick of Port Republic and Mrs. Ann M. Wright of Harrisonburg were guests Saturday of Mrs. Glick’s aunt, Mrs. Anna Fincham. They had lunch at Brambles in Washington. Viewtown area news r Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Settle were Mrs. Hope Haught of Brandy Station, Mrs. Patricia Byfield and Stevie of Falls Church and Miss Debbie Compton of Warrenton. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Acrey Dodson were Mr. and Mrs. Billy Dodson, Robin and Dwayne of Culpeper, Mrs. Becky Frazier and Mr. Lee Corbin of Eggbomsville and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hitt and Daniel. Everyone helped Mr. Acrey Dodson celebrate his birthday. RED-GLO • TOMATOES 3'«’.£* 1.00 MUELLER’S • MACARONI it.,*,. 57* MUELLER'S • SPAGHETTI 57* WHITE HOUSE • APPLESAUCE *1.19 RICHFOOD • VEGETABLE OIL *1.98 MO. A CRISCO • SHORTENING "m" *2.38 PILLSBURY* PLAIN FLOUR »k. 88* RICHFOOD • GOLD CORN 39* RICHFOOD • GREEN BEANS.'&u£. 39* RICHFOOD' APPLESAUCE 3 ~ * 1.08 UQ.TIDE • DETERGENT .*4.99 TIDE • DETERGENT ".V * 1.88 IVORY • DISH DETERGENT V.V *1.48 CLING FREE • FABRIC SOFTENER *1.59 SARAN WRAP (MICROWAVE) .”.V *1.99 RICHFOOD • ORANGE JUICE «" 69* MRS.FILBERT’S*MARGARINE X 59* KRAFT*VELVEETASLICES WV *1.68 RICHFOOD‘LEMONADE .... 89* RICHFOOD • LEMON-LIME .... 89* "A«°‘D SANDWICHES £ *1.99 BIG 8 MEAT FRANKS £‘1.39 ,k ‘1.19 GWALTNEY • on> s nuii i-hamis LANCER* ASST. 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He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine Corbin Hawkins; six daughters, Josephine Pickett of Amissville, Pauline Grigsby of Culpeper, Mary Knicely of Fredericksburg, Hazel Haines of Manassas, Shirley Hitt of Castleton and Lois Alther of Rixeyville; two sons, Charlie Hawkins and William Hawkins, both of Castleton; 25 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Additional survivors include a brother, Orie Hawkins of White Post, and two sisters, Mary Ashby Alexander of Alexandria and Sarah Frances Heflin of Front Royal. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, February 27, at GeestJohnson Funeral Home in Culpeper by Rev. Clyde Woodard. Burial was in Hillcrest Memory Gardens at Jeffersonton. Pallbearers were Hugh Lee Grigsby, Stewart Hitt, Roger Pickett, Ronnie Pickett, Ricky Haines and Kenny Haines. Jacob Harrison Sisk Jacob Harrison Sisk, 86, died Saturday, February 22, 1986, in the Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria. He was a retired carpenter. A native of Rappahannock, Mr. Sisk was born July 6, 1899, son of James Aubrey and Adele Frazier Sisk. He lived in the Scrabble-Woodville area for many years. His wife Addie May Butler Fincham Meade Sisk predeceased him. He is survived by one daughter, Evelyn Sisk Dellinger of Alexandria and Scrabble; one son, Gene P. Sisk of Scrabble; one sister, Mrs. Lucy Sisk Jenkins of Boston; four grandsons; one great-grandson and one great-granddaughter. Graveside services were conducted by Rev. Milton Switzer at 1 p.m. February 26,1986, in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Woodville. Pallbearers were Charles Butler, Raymond Dellinger, Nicholas Dellinger, Daniel Dellinger, Bemie Jenkins and H. B. Wood. Clore Funeral Home in Culpeper was in charge of the arrangements. Waller Burke Walter Marshall Burke, 85, of Woodville, died Thursday, February 27, 1986, at his residence. Mr. Burke was born March 7, 1900, in Rappahannock County, son of James and Sarah Dodson Burke. He was a farmer and a member of Five Forks Regular Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Bertha Frances Nethers Burke; two sons, Robert Marshall Burke and Richard W. Burke, both of Woodville; a brother, Weldon Burke of Woodville, and two grandsons. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, March 2, at Geest-Johnson Funeral Home in Culpeper by the Rev. Hoover Heflin and the Rev. Carl Menefee. Burial was in Washington Masonic Cemetery in Washington. Pallbearers were Jerry Burke, Richard Burke II, Ennis A. Norman, Kinsey B. Whorton, K. P. Grigsby, James H. Falls, George Ashby Nethers and Hayward Whorton. Emory Rodgers Emory Otterbein Rodgers, 66, of Amissville, died Saturday, March 1, 1986, at Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rodgers was bom March 2, 1919, in Boyce, son of the late Hyrtle and Cornelia Long Rodgers. A retired Winchester Police Department sergeant, he was a member of the Winchester Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Winchester Moose Lodge and the Izaak Walton League. He attended the Presbyterian Church. WHY WAIT FOR WEEKS? I GET AN EYE EXAMINA TION AND YOUR GLASSES IN A COUPLE OF HOURS ALL UNDER ONE ROOF! Ample Parking Late Hours By Appointment THE EYEGLASS FACTORY 531 E. Main. 703-636-2020_Front Royal Dr. Ben Beahm Optometrist 531 a East Main st. 636-3306 A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in the Pacific Theatre, rising to the rank of sergeant. Surviving are his wife, Dorotha Cecil Polhamus; three sons, Emory Rhodes Rodgers of Arlington, Carlin Allen Rodgers of Amissville and Lewis Otterbein Rodgers of Easton, Md.; a daughter, Kay Rodgers Johnson of Whitacre, and six grandchildren. Additional survivors include three sisters, Ethel Knight of McGaheysville, Margaret Zombro of Boyce and Helen Baumgardner of Front Royal, and two brothers, Henry D. 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All Class 6, 7 and 8 land is eligible along with any land in Classes 2 through 5 that is eroding at three times the tolerance level. Producers wishing to put land into the program must provide a cropping history covering the years 1981 through 1985. The land must have been planted or considered to have been planted during that period (including land in the Acreage Conservation Reserve or set-aside programs, or land that was in the prevented-planting category.) Setaside or diverted acres are not eligible for the Conservation Reserve Program. Reserve acreage will be over and above amounts needed to qualify for price support programs. Producers must submit bids for annual rental payments at the time of application. There will be 50 percent cost-sharing on conservation cover practices. Payment will be either in cash or negotiable (PIK) certificates. There is a $50,000 per person per year limit on annual rental payments, but not on cost shares. Bases, quotas and allotments will be reduced by the ratio of cropland on the farm to the amount put into the program. The producer will choose which bases, quotas or allotments will be reduced over the life of the contract and this history will be preserved over the life of the contract. County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and Soil Conservation Service offices will have more information before signup begins. Producers should contact these offices for further details or assistance in determining their eligibility. Rappahannock Business & Service Directory Call 675-3349 to Place Your Ad! Only $3.00 per week for a 1 Inch space! Next Deadline April 1 Call about our combination rates with The Fauquier Democrat, The Clarke Courier, Loudoun Times-Mirror, and The Reston Times 13 WEEK CONTRACT ♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦mwnmMmntMMWMMi .. PRUDENCE B. 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Ltd. 218 E. Main St Front Royal. Va 636-2935 MILLER OPTICIANS formerly Mayo Opticians 702 South Main St. Culpeper, VA. NOW OPEN SATURDAYS 825-5600 l mm Physical Fitness I YOGA ) • Stretch ) Breathe • Relax 1 Classes for all levels j Washington, Va. ( 703-675-3461 f & riAo IT MWlAwit PhyakalFHnass and Waight Training Stonewall Dr. Commerce Bypass Male and tamale instructors Beginning and intermediate students, children and adults. $7.00 per Y2 hour. Call for appointment. 703-987-8140 Storage SPERRYV1LLE STORAGE CO. SAFE HANOY STORAGE RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL ANY SIZE - LARGE OR SMALL REASONABLE RATES 987-8507-987-8180 SPERRYVULE, VA. AUNT JANE’S Alterations* Dressmaking • Mending Flint Hill 703-675-3885 V Antiques COUNTRY MANOR Classic Country Items From the Blue Ridge Mountains Sperryville, Va. 703-987-8761 Daily 9:00 am.-7:00 pm. COUNTRY HERITAGE K" ' "X Antiques and Crafts Comer of Middle St. and Main Washington, Va. 675-3738 rhurv. 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ROGER RATCHELDER, tuthmm 70475-3777 937-43U CountfySide CFloor cFaslyons Two locations to serve von» Two locations to serve you! Route 211 Waterloo Center Amissville, Va. Warrcnton Va 703-937-5111 or 703-347-0400 703-349-1801 Open Wkdays. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 10 a m -5 p m Saturday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday 9 p.m.-2 p m ' Carpet - Orientals Sheet Vinyl - Tile Reupholstery - Slipcovers Custom Draperies Wall Coverings Carpet Cleaning Window Treatments Warrenton Printing ' r-—- *v Eappafjannocfe i^etos 675-3338 weekdays 8:30-5 703-987-8058 evenings & weekends Airman Coffey graduates Airman Wendy M. Coffey, daughter of David T. and Susie C. Coffey of Boston, has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During the six weeks of training she studied the Air Force mission,' organization and customs and received special training in human relations. In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Airman Coffey is a 1985 graduate of Rappahannock County High School. Free shade trees for spring planting The National Arbor Day Foundation is giving ten free shade trees to people who join the non-profit foundation during March, 1986. A Sugar Maple, Weeping Willow, Red Oak, Green Ash, Thornless Honeylocust, Pin Oak, Silver Maple, Tuliptree, European Mountainash, and Red Maple tree will be given as part of the Foundation’s campaign to encourage tree planting. These trees were selected because they provide flowers, berries and nuts, in addition to shade and beauty, according to John Rosenow, the Foundation’s executive director. The Foundation will give the ten free trees to members contributing $10 during March. The six-to-twelve inch trees will be shipped this spring between now and May 31 when conditions are right for planting. They will be sent with enclosed planting instructions, and are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced"free by the foundation. rt 4 To become a member of the foundation and to receive the free trees, a $10 membership contribution should be sent to Ten Shade Trees, National Arbor Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, Neb., by March 31,1986. New name for shelter The Women’s Abuse Shelter will be changing its name to Services To Abused Families, Inc. (S.A.F.). The new name will reflect the expansion of services by this agency to all members of a family troubled by domestic violence. Providing emergency shelter is only one function of this organization. The following services are now available to non-shelter as well as shelter clients in the five-county area. 1. Individual counseling for women. 2. Weekly support group for women. 3. Weekly education/support group for pre-school children. 4. Court advocacy for victims of abuse. 5. Referrals for men to a support group for batterers. During the year 1986, W.A.S. received 1,546 calls for information and services. This represents an increase of 108 percent over 1984. Of these calls, 951 were requests for services to abused families. The number of families who contacted W.A.S. for help in dealing yith domestic violence increased 75 percent , from 1984 to 1985. W.A.S provided shelter and support servipes to 115 women and children durirfg 1985. The percentage '' of sheltered women and children from each county for 1985 is as follows: Culpeper County, 39 percent; Fauquier County, 26 percent; Orange County, 17 percent; Madison County, 16 percent, and Rappahannock County, 2 percent. Volunteers play a vital role in the existence of W.A.S. services. Training for one-on-one volunteers will be held on April 7,10,14 and 17 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Culpeper Presbyterian Church. One-on-one volunteers are trained to provide direct services to battered women and their children. Topics covered will include: The Social and Pyschologi- ** cal Dynamics of Spouse Abuse, Values Clarification and Crisis Counseling Skills for Advocates Legal Issues Related to Domestic VioJence and Community Resources and Shelter Operations. For more information, call Rachel Saunders at 825-8876 or 349

School Deborah Flinchum for the Rappahannock News CINDY DWYER DISPLAYS a fossil casting. Science classes make fossils By DEBORAH FLINCHUM Rappahannock News Special Writer Students in earth science classes at Rappahannock County High School got to play Mother Earth and Father Time last week. “My ninth grade earth science classes have been studying the history of the earth, how it was formed and how scientists study the earth,” said science teacher Theresa McGrady. “We made fossils to better understated how they are formed.” '1 ‘ ''Mk-Maafady 'explained, "There were two types of fossils called mold and cast. The first day we made a mold out of plaster of pans that hardened for 24 hours. The second day we took it apart, greased it down, and poured hot wax in it, which made a cast. The third day we took them apart and had two completely made fossils.” Classmates Angela Keys and April Williams expressed their enthusiasm about the project. Angela said, "It was & lot of fun. Now I know how fossils are made.” ' April added, “I really liked doing it, too. I found out lots of interesting things, like jellyfish can’t make fossils.” i “It was hard for the students to understand the difference in the molds we made in lab and those that are formed in nature. We started where nature ends,” Ms. McGrady . commented. “We poured plaster and * forced the shell in the plaster mold. Whereas the mold in nature is formed by something foiling to the bottom, sediment falling on top, and water dissolving the hard parts and leaving a mold underneath. ” Ms. McGrady continued, “Time difference was also hard for them to conceive. Nature takes years where we could have done it ip one day.” The students’ fossils can be viewed in the front hall display case at the high school. School lunch menus RCES March 10-14 Monday — Sausage pizza, buttered com, pineapple & oranges, peanut butter cookie, choice of milk. Tuesday — Hamburger on bun, potato rounds, chilled mixed fruit, choice of milk. Wednesday — Fried chicken, baked potato/butter, ppas & carrots, homemade cinnamon bun, choice oi milk. Thursday — Tacos/beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato, French fries, homemade blueberry cobbler, choice of milk. Friday— Vegetable beef soup, peanut butter & jelly sandwich, onion rings, jello/fruit, choice of milk. RCHS Monday — Grilled ham & cheese, steak fries, chilled pears, choice of milk. i Tuesday — Choice of — Hungarian Goulash or sausage biscuit, peas & carrots, applesauce, biscuit, choice of milk. Wednesday — Cheeseburger/bun, potato rounds, banana pudding delight, choice of milk. Salad bar. Thursday — Choice of — Fish wedge or steak nuggets, macaroni & cheese, mixed greens, peaches, choice of milk. Friday — Fried chicken, stuffed spud, green beans, homemade roll/ butter, choice of milk;. Salad bar. Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors. _ „ —r«. Vv. Emerson i JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING! ALL BOLENS RIDE-ON EQUIPMENT 9.9% Financing with approved credit OR ti ■^J^r 90 days interest free (same as cash)* SAVE $350.00 SALE PRICE $1,399.00 Reg. $1,749.00 Sale Ends March 31 Mower is optional 'Balance due in 90 days SHEMK’S RUSCO WINDOW CO. 518 N. ROYAL AVENUE, FRONT ROYAL, VA. 703/635-3447 Wakefield stage production of‘The Odd Couple’ By HELEN RUISI Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer Students of the Wakefield School Drama Department this week staged a production of the hilarious NeU Simon Broadway hit, “The Odd Couple.” The play marked the first all-student production at the school. Director of the Drama Department, Pamela Lynn, felt the seasoned drama students needed more handson experience with the production end of stage work; a task she felt they were ready to handle.. Rehearsals for the production began in early February under the direction of Senior John Landis of Front Royal. Landis cast Allen Grimm, also of Front Royal, in the role of the now^famoute untidy Oscar Madison. Grimm, a veteran of several Wakefield production^, gave a memorable performance as the hopelessly sloppy sports writer Oscar. Landis, in. addition to his directing duties, co-starred as the compulsively neat Felix Ungar. Landis, who has also acted in numerous proI GED test to be given The General Education Development Test (GED Test), for those persons who were once enrolled in school but who did not complete graduation requirements, will be given oh March 8,1986. Testing will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. The test will be given in the Warren County Vocational Center. The tests, administered and supervised by the Adult Education Service of the Department of Education, are designed to measure the educational development of individuals who left school before graduation. The battery of five tests in English Composition, Social Studies, Natural Science, Literature and Mathematics is designed to measure the major skills that result from four-year high school curriculum. By achieving satisfactory scores on GED tests adults may earn a high school equivalency certificate, qualify for admission tof college or advanced educational' opportunities; meet educational requirements for employment or promotion; satisfy educational qualifications for induction in the United States Armed Forces. ' Certificates may be issued to civilian and military personnel who meet the following requirements: An applicant must be at least 18 years of age. Under special circumstances which are considered justifiable by local school authorities, the age limit may be lowered. Applicants must have been a physical resident of Virginia thirty days prior to applying for testing. Persons interested in taking the tests may apply at their local office of the Superintendent of Schools in the County in which they reside. A fee of $15.00 is charged for the battery of five tests and $3.00 for each re-test. Applicants who apply must present their Social Security card or another means of identification when an application is made for GED. Residents of Rappahannock County should call 987-8773 for additional information. i $500 REBATE FROM KUBOTA PLUS&5%A.RR. Compact Diesel Tractor Buy a B Series Kubota between February 1 and March 31,1986, and get a check direct from Kubota. The rebate will be $400 if you choose a hardworking b52UU or t>62u0. A check for $500 will be yours if you choose a larger B7200 or B8200. Financing is available to qualified buyers at 8.5% Annual Percentage Rate through Kubota Credit Corporation. Feature packed tractors from 12 to 19 horsepower have 2 or 4 wheel drive, power take off, gear or hydrostatic transmission. Nothing works harder than a Kubota B Series tractor. ductions at the school, proved to be a perfect foil to the slovenly Oscar. Landis’ performance as the jilted Felix was not only strong, but also very believable. The supporting cast also turned in creditable performances. Sean Dolan of Warrenton was cast as Murray the cup. Dolan’s booming voice and expressive movements made him a strong presence on the stage. Shawn Hunter of Amissville added humor in the role of the evercomplaining Speed. Duane Funk of Front Royal played the part of the practical accountant, Roy, delivering hilarious one-liners while somehow maintaining a straight face. The hen-pecked Vinnie was well-played by Jason Walker of Haymarket. Tracy Moran also of Haymarket, and Susan Yeaman of Culpeper completed the cast as the Pigeon sisters. The sisters devoted long hours of practice to perfecting the English accents necessary for their roles. Headmaster William E. Lynn commented that the play was a very professional production and asked the cast to give a repeat performance during the school day so that all students at Wakefield, as well as drama classes from neighboring schools, would be able to enjoy Wakefield’s own Odd Couple. Amissville student wins Headmaster’s Award By HELEN RUISI Rappahannock News Contributing Writer Headmaster William E. Lynn, in an unusual move, presented the Headmaster’s Award this week. The prestigious award traditionally given during Commencement ceremonies in June, was presented to senior David Rowzie of Amissville. Mr; Lynn decided to name the recipient of the award early in the school year because he felt other students would benefit from having a model to emulate during the school year. In naming Rowzie for the award, Mr. Lynn described him as a student who not only works hard but also consistently. Rowzie participates in numerous sports at Wakefield and Mr. Lynn commented that he always excels and additionally he "plays his heart out.” Mr. Lynn continued to citfe other qualities of Rowzie’s that younger students would do well emulate. He said that Rowzie was a perfect gentleman at all times, one who followed rules and accepted criticism in good spirit. RCHS honor roll The following students were on the honor roll for the third advisory: Eighth Grade Karen Payne, Bryan Tummeyer, Melanie Woodward, Alfreda Cook, Beth Conover, and Benjamin Roy. Ninth Grade James Walters, April Williams, Richard Burke, Jarvis Fletcher, Danny Ellis, Susan Larimer, Anthony Fudd, and Wesley Jenkins. Tenth Grade Sean Wayland, April Adams, Roy Alther, Angie Armentrout, Greg Daczewitz, Mike Dunn, Butch Foster, Godfrey Freeman and Leslie Nichols. Eleventh Grade Didi Salmon, Richard Tribino, Jonathan Watson, Edward Welch, Todd Williams, Rodney Grimsley, Thomas Massie, Penny Atkins and Patrick Coffey. Twelfth Grade Charlotte Magee, Karen Jordan, Melissa Moore, Deryk Moore, Susan Lesh, Robyn Kent, Natalie Butler, Michelle Currence, Sharon Compton, Will Oliver, Ellen Pullen, Darren Williams and Henry B. Wood, III. When asked his reaction to the award, young Rowzie said that he was very surprised as there are a number of strong students in his class. Obviously though, he was very pleased and added that he would do his best to set a good example for other Wakefield students. Rowzie, who entered Wakefield when he was in the 9th grade, hopes to attend Mary Washington College where he said he would like to study history and perhaps one day law. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rowzie of Amissville. School registration All children are eligible to enter school in 1986 if they are five years of age by November 30; This is in accordance with changes in school entrance age enacted by the 1985 General Assembly. Registration for children who are entering kindergarten for the first time this fall will be held at Rappahannock County Elementary School on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. by appointment. This may be arranged by calling the school at 987-8259. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Virginia Law requires that parents of children who will reach five years of age after September 30 and on or before November 30, 1986 be counseled by school division personnel on the advisability of their children entering kindergarten. Counseling will be available to parents during registration. Parents of children who will be five years of age after November 30 and on or before December 31 may request that their children enter RCHS Upcoming EV ClltS ■** -*-'•*** ~ - * I -;?■ ' March 7 — End of 4th grading period. If Rappahannock beats Buffalo Gap High School in the Region B Basketball quarterfinals on March' 5th, RCHS will play defending state champion Cumberland at 9:00 p.m. at Western Albemarle High in Crozet, Va. March 8 — Region B. Basketball finals in Crozet, Va. at 8:00 p.m. March 10 — Cheerleader tryouts begin. S.R.A. and D.A.T. testing begin. March 11 — AIASA (Industrial Arts) Club meets at 3:30 p.m. March 12 — Lions Club conducts sight and hearing testing. March 14 — Report cards issued. school. In such cases, children will be tested to determine whether or not they are ready for kindergarten. In order that proper planning be done for material and staffing, it is essential that all kindergarten children be registered on March 18 and 19. Questions should be addressed to the elementary school and appointments arranged accordingly. Wakefield tied for first place By HELEN RUISI Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer Students in Pre-calculus and Calculus at Wakefield School are participating in the Virginia Mathematics League Contest and with four of the six tests completed are tied for first place standing in the region. The series of six tests is administered once a month and consists of six problems to be completed in 30 minutes. The team score is determined from the top five scoring students in each test. Wakefield’s cumulative score for the four tests is 98 points which ties them with Stafford Senior High School for the first place standing. With only two contests remaining in the school year, Charles McGlothlin, Chairman of Wakefield’s Math Department, feels his students are in a strong position to capture the first place award. The school’s standing in the contest ranks it in the top £7 percent of schools-in Virginia. In addition, 94 students in grades 9-12 participated this week in .another math contest. The American High School Mathematics Examination, a national competition, was administered to students this week. This test consists of a series of rigorous Algebra and Geometry problems. The team score for the top three students in this exam was 206. The top-scoring students were Sean Bennett of Boston, Larry Tarr of Warrenton and William Meuse of Berryville. AFTER YOU SEE IT -YOU STILL WONT BELIEVE IT! DAVID GINN’S •<noHD5£ s«Oh, FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY FORGET REALITY for a period of time, a* DAVID GINN and Friends transport yon into a place of mafical wonder filled with illusion and laughter and impossible happenings. Become an actual part of the show, as David Ginn invites audience members onto the stage to help in daxzling magical experiments, like the guillotine or sawing in half. Thrill to the fun of David Ginn’s magic, brought to you by a awn who has authored over 40 magic books and entertained all over the USA, Canada and Europe. 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Sport RCHS takes 2nd in Bull Run Tourney On Friday, February 28th, the Rappahannock Basketball team beat arch-rival Clarke County 59-58 in the semifinal round of the Bull Run District Tournament in Front Royal. The teams battled evenly through four quarters and two overtime periods before Senior Rob Brown sank a free throw with no time showing on the clock to clinch the victory. The Panthers were led by Senior Tom Jenkins who had several key assists and 26 points. Also in double figures was Godfrey Freeman with 12. Point guard Garri Jackson provided solid floor leadership and drove the lane for 8 points. But it was Rob Brown who made the difference in the end when he grabbed a defensive rebound with 1 second on the clock and was fouled. With the score tied 58-58 in the 2nd overtime, Brown sank a clutch free throw to win the game. In the tournament championship game on March 1st the Panthers faced regular season champ Manassas Park which had defeated Page County 62-46 in the other semifinal game. Rappahannock came out in a pressurized 1-2-2 half court defense with Richard Tribino at the point matched up on scoring threat Eugene Baltimore. RCHS jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the initial quarter on the strength of several jumpers by Tommy Jenkins. Manassas Park, however, clamped its full court pressure on RCHS to even the score at 16 at the end of the quarter. Rappahannock continued its success in the 2nd quarter with Jenkins, Garrie Jackson and Godfrey Freeman providing the fire-power. Rappahannock took the lead of 32-38 into the dressing room at the half. Locally Owned and Operated •'fi f i ■ 5 A, 1 * * ugf ... ; 3* ! (si i'i ' HUNTCOUNTRY HOME HEALTH 1066 Hastings Lane Warrenton. Virginia 22186 . ■4^ V_r_ _ j Are You In Need ■"*A - •>,’ '-'v . ; £, aJ. 1 Of Home Health Care? 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K' ■ ■ " ■ •>. - > (; - ,'V - I I4*. %[ ' ! \\ *, ■ ’< * aH if* ’ s« * >.* > (j %.p . -;S I Affer ■ ' -K-■ 7:.iS AA’SA^iAkhi'AA''-' **V?/*i- 'V? r, ' . V? Sr ?-5 OAK SPRINGS of WARRENTON A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE FACILITY S 1066 HASTINGS LANE WARRENTON, VIRGINIA 22186 % 24 Hr. Nursing •AirCond.-Intercom • Inhalation Therapy •TV-Patios-Solariums •Dietary \ • Physical-Occupational •Oxygen-Suction Therapy . . . , ■, • » Q/I7 yf' - . tWt, • ™ * ,-Sv- • l>% vf ; In the 2nd half, Manassas Park stepped up its full and half court defensive pressure which forced Rappahannock into several turnovers. Park converted many of these turnovers into easy layup baskets. They pulled ahead for good midway through the 3rd quarter to take a 5145 lead at the end of three. In the fourth quarter Rappahannock tried to stage a comeback, but could get no closer than 4 points. The final tally was Manassas Park 71 and Rappahannock 62. Leading Manassas Park were John Lee with 27 points and Eugene Baltimore with 10 (just 2 in the first half.) Tom Jenkins scored 31 for Rappahannock and got support from Richard Tribino with 9 and Godfrey Freeman with 8 and Garri Jackson with 7. Rappahannock coached by Joel Voorhees, advanced to the Group A, Region B playoffs at Western Albemarle because of its second place district standing behind regular season and tournament champ Manassas Park. The Panthers played Skyline District champ Buffalo Gap from Augusta County at Western Albemarle High School on March 5th. Rappahannock’s very presence in the regionals ranks the team in the top 24 single-A schools in the state in basketball. If the Panthers beat Buffalo Gap last night, they will be in an elite group of 16 which will play on Friday night, March 7. The Buffalo Gap-Rappahannock winner draws defending stage single A champ Cumberland tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. at Western Albemarle High in Crozet. The regional semifinal winners play Saturday night with the winners proceeding to the state final four in Harrisonburg on March 14. M.S. Ski-a-thon Attention all skiing fans! Ski free at Wintergreen when you join the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in their 3rd annaul MS ski extravaganza on Sunday, March 9 at Wintergreen Ski Resort. So grab your skis and come join the fun while helping find a cure for M.S. Call 804-971-8010 for more details. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner ROB BROWN SCORES in the quarter final game against Brentsville. The Panthers won 66-64 by scoring a basket with two seconds left to win the game. Wakefield participates in Basketball Tournament By HELEN RUISI and LARRYTARR Rappahannock Neva Contributing Writer* After four months of hard work, Wakefield School’s varsity basketball team, the Owls, have now reached the end of their season. Finishing the regular season in third place in the Delaney Conference with a 3-3 conference record, Wakefield took third place in the Delaney Athletic Conference which was held this week at Emmanuel School in Manassas. In the Owl’s first game of the tournament, Wakefield played number two seeded Seton School. Although Wakefield had defeated Carter Machinery Now Offers a Full Line of Parts and Service for Models Formerly Manufactured by RAYGO.BROS.ALBARET Doubt* Drum Vibratory Single Drum Pneumatic Tired Asphalt Compactors Vibratory Soil Compactors Compactors ^Caterpillar Paving Products has expanded and now offers a line of soil, base and asphalt vibratory compaction equipment. We now offer Caterpillar quality parts, service and sales support for vibratory compactors and pneumatic tired rollers. Carter Machinery is now your most comprehensive source for paving equipment. Sales Rentals Parts Service Carter Machinery Co., Inc. Warrenton, Virginia (703) 349-1100 1 (800) 368-1100 Seton only five days earlier, the Owls were not able to get their momentum going for this game. Thus, by the end of the first quarter Seton held a strong advantage over Wakefield. With the start of the second period, Wakefield was able to stay with Seton, cutting the opponent’s lead to two points on several occasions. However, after a late quarter surge by Seton,, Wakefield found itself down 26-20 at the end of the first half. In the second half, Wakefield continued to close in on Seton, and by the start of the fourth quarter, Seton’s lead was only three points. With the help of Nick Longerbeam’s scoring eight of his team’s leading 16 points in the fourth quarter, the Owls cut Seton’s lead to one point, but they were never able to take the lead. After a series of late free-throws, Seton emerged victo nous 48-42,. ' r ■ In the second gameof the’ toimiMment, Wakefield faced Emmanuel in the consolation match to determine third place in the tournament. With the start of the second half, an eleven point Wakefield lead slowly began to dwindle. After scoring only eight in the third quarter, Wakefield lost its lead mid-way through the final period. However, with the game tied late in the quarter, the Owls were able to complete six straight free throws to capture a 48-44 victory. With this final game, Wakefield captured the third place trophy for the tournament. In addition, David Rowzie of Amissville was named a first team All-Tournament Selection while Larry Tarr of Warrenton and Nick Longerbeam of Berryville were named second team All-Tournament. 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Remembering the Alamo, 150 years later By JOHN T. TOLER Rappahannock New* Staff Writer The Fall of the Alamo 150 years ago today, on March 6, 1836, is remembered as an American epic, an event in our history that has formed a part of our national identity. Even those with only a casual interest in the history of our nation share the image of the Alamo and the familiar story it recalls. 'Die drama began a little over a month earlier, on February 25, 1836 when Lt. Col. William Barrett Travis’ Texas Cavalry, led a bedraggled troop of thirty men into San Antonio de Bexar on orders from provisional Governor Henry Smith to guard the Texas border. It was known that the Mexican army, personally led by the president, Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, was moving northward to crush the rebellion. Seeds of Rebellion Events leading up to the secession of Texas had been comparatively swift. By 1830, when the Mexican government closed Texas to immigration, more than three-fourths of the provincial population was American. Living under benign rule administered by far-off Mexico City, provincial Texans were able to maintain the customs and independent outlook that they brought with them from the north. But after a series of crackdowns - actually no more than the enforcement of existing laws that the Texans had been ignoring - tension began to mount. In 1832, Gen. Santa Anna came to power; considered at first to be more liberal in his dealings with the Texans than the man he deposed, pressure for seeking independence from Mexico temporarily abated. Concessions to the Texans’ demands were considered by Santa Anna, but were quickly withdrawn when Steven Austin, a Texan who had come to Mexico City to present petitions and a proposed constitu tion for the new state, was jailed for writing an inflamatory letter urging immediate separation. The imprisonment of Austin added fuel to the arguments of Col. Barrett and other militant Texans, and when Austin was released and returned to Texas on Sept. 1, 1835, he was given a hero’s welcome in the province. Having seen firsthand the futility of negotiating with Santa Anna, Austin urged armed resistance, which began one month to the day after his return to Texas. The Gonzales militia, formed as a “community protective force”, confronted a unit of Mexican regulars sent to repossess a rusty cannon. In a Texas version of Concord Bridge, a skirmish ensued. The Mexicans were forced to retreat and the Gonzales militia kept their cannon. Alamo Drama Unfolds But by the time Col. Travis and his men entered San Antonio six months I later, the effort to keep the rebellion going was faltering badly. High level infighting and factionalism had split the provisional government, and the Texas army, under Gen. Sam Houston, barely existed, even on paper. In making the first real stand against the Mexicans, Col. Travis and his men demonstrated extreme courage and resolve - virtues clearly needed to win independence. Facing an overwhelming but slow-moving force of 5500 Mexican troops, the 186 Texans and Tejanos (Mexican Texans) assembled at the Alamo had ample opportunity to break ranks and flee before the battle - but only one did. The symbolic “crossing the line ” drawn in the dirt by Col. Travis, dramatically demonstrated the individual resolve to stay and fight, and has been celebrated many times in literature and film. The fact that so many of America’s pre-Civil War folk heroes had gathered for a stand at the Alamo is something to think about. The battle, in which Col. Travis, the legendary Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett and his Tennesseans were killed has never been looked upon as a defeat. Instead, the loss of the Alamo became the rallying point from which the Texans were to struggle on to victory. It was this spirit that prevailed earlier at Valley Forge, later at Pearl Harbor and Wake Island. Much is known about the battle itself, which raged on and off from February 25 to the morning of March 6. In the face of a numerical superiority of 30-to-l, the 185 defenders managed to kill more than 600 Mexicans before they were overrun and killed, almost to the last man. Only two men survived - one a Tejano who managed to convince Santa Anna that he had been held in the Alamo against his will, and Joe, a slave owned by Jim Bowie. “Remember the Alamo!” Following the taking of the Alamo, Santa Anna’s fortunes faded quickly. The massacre united the outraged Texans, who then began to think and act as a united force. Wishing to crush the widespread opposition quickly, Santa Anna divided his forces and dragged them all over the province. His strength was diminished to only 1250 tired men when he was jumped by Gen. Sam Houston and 800 angry Texans at San Jacinto on April 21. Amidst cries of “Remember the Alamo,” the Texans took revenge on the Mexicans, killing 600 and capturing the rest, including Santa Anna. As terms for his release, Santa Anna removed all Mexican troops from Texas, and the Lone Star Republic was born, a little more than six weeks after the Alamo fell. Changes in Perception In the intervening years, much has been written, and research has uncovered many details about the Alamo incident that help fill in the gaps. The film performances of Fess Parker and John Wayne aside, facts now indicate that Davy Crockett and six of his Tennesseans were taken alive at the end of the battle. They were brought before Santa Anna, who ordered his staff officers to kill the survivors as they stood with their hands bound, much to the disgust of their initial captors. Another recent change involves the renewed interest in the role played by the Tejanos at the Alamo. In a controversy that continues to this day, the contribution of the Mexican-Texans in the defense of the Alamo is being more positively evaluated. One Tejano, Capt. Juan Nepomucean Seguin, a close friend of Steven Austin and Jim Bowie, commanded a company of scouts that supported the Texans. Seguin was at the Alamo with Col. Travis, and made a dangerous ride through Mexican lines to bring reinforcements just before the battle began. He did not return before the battle was over, but many of his men, who stayed behind to fight, died beside the Texans. A year later, it was Seguin who returned to bury the ashes of the defenders. . While the familiar image of the Alamo is characterized by the dome-shaped facade on the. front of the chapel, the actual building in 1836 was a flat, roofless, two-story ruin. The distinctive masonry dome was added by the U. S. Army years later, after Texas joined the Union. At that time, the Alamo was being used as an Army supply depot. Regardless of revisionism and forthcoming fact, Americans will always look back upon the Alamo with pride. It reminds us of a part of ourselves that will not submit to tyranny, and is ready to make sacrifices in order to gain or maintain our freedom. This was the news in bygone Rappahannock times 25 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the March 16, 1961 edition On Monday, Mr. Wingate Burden of Central Intelligence Agency spoke to the seniors at Rappahannock County High School about employment with CLA «fter graduation. Also on Monday Mr. H. G. Wilbur, President of Monroe Business College in Winchester talked to juniors and seniors about their plans for the future and what Monroe has to offer them. These programs are either new or have not been done recently in the school here. They are a part of the guidance counseling students now receive. Mrs. James Lud Jenkins of Slate Mills celebrated her 100th birthday Sunday. She performs her daily chores and relaxes by smoking her pipe and pieces quilt squares, and has 12 children. Mr. Q. D. Gasque, Superintendent of Schools in Warren and Rappahannock sent in his letter of resignation on March 9, 1961. Mr. Gasque’s term of office will expire on June 30, 1961 but he has agreed to remain with the office until the last of July: Mr. Gasque did not disclose any information about his future work except that he would be in education. Members of the Flint Hill and Washington Baptist Churches gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walker Wednesday evening to plan the joint Easter Service. A bountiful buffet supper was served and the Rev. Wairen Wilbur gave an illustrated lecture on church and other activities in Oklahoma, Texas and Kentucky. 20 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the March 17, 1966 edition Mr. Dennis B. Wingfield was appointed principal of Rappahannock County High School at the March meeting of the Rappahannock County School Board. He succeeds Mr. H. B. Winfrey, who is retiring as principal at the close of this school session. An Amissviile youth was attacked by a fox Saturday when the animal charged through an open door into the house, made several lunges and bit the child on the leg. The animal was killed and sent to a laboratory for examination but a report has not been returned yet. But several weeks prior to this, two other people were attacked by foxes and both revealed a positive rabies report. Virginia Yates Bradford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Bradford, of Flint Hill was elected <|nto Mary Washington Collq^PySMu Phi Epsilon, NationaFrroiessional Music Sorority. Members are elected on basis of scholarship, musicianship, character and personality. In addition, they must have a “B” average in all music courses completed and must maintain an overall “C” average. Keep Virginia Beautiful From the mountains to the shore, Virginians and visitors to the state enjoy a wealth of enchanting beauty. Land is a precious commodity, of benefit to all when kept healthy. Keep Virginia T Beautiful by being an active * participant in freeing the environment of litter. *«• Recycle materials and reward your pocketbook as ^ well as the earth. £ Make a conscious effort to make fewer emands on the ecosystems as well. Message courtesy of the Itappafyinnoctt iJttotf 15 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the March 17,1971 edition The Dental Clinic at Rappahannock County Elementary School is in operation this spring with Dr. Willard Lutz in charge of corrections. His assistant is Miss Debbie Richards. Lt. Col. John C. Adams was recently presented the Meritorious Service Medal for his performance of exceptionally meritorious service during the period of June 22, 1968 to December 20,1970 while serving as Chief of the Hospital Dental Clinic and Chief of Oral Surgery, U.S. Army Medical Center. He is a native of Washington and the son of Mrs. Matilda Walker of Washington, who is a former teacher of Rappahannock County. Playing at the Washington Theatre on Friday and Saturday only at 7:15 p.m. is Darby O’Gill aftd the Little People'.'Thfe movie is a touch O’Blamey antha heap O’Magic. 5 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the March 19,1981 edition In a brief meeting on March 11, the Washington Town Council voted to establish Wash ington clean-up days the week of April 5 through 11 and to offer a special trash pick-up to town residents as in previous years. The council voted unanimously for the clean-up week. New spring fashions will be unveiled at the Rappahannock Women’s Club annual fashion show scheduled for Sunday, March 22 in the auditorium of Rappahannock Elementary School. “Country Time in Rappahannock” is the theme for the fashions furnished by Peebles Department Store in Warrenton. Riding apparel from the Horse Country Saddlery in Warrenton will also be modeled. Natural farm management Continued from page 1 He believes that a balance of grasses and legumes is a stable, long-lasting mixture. “Grasses and legumes have a symbiotic relationship, and provide higher quality forage than any single species.” Christopher Bird employs natural methods on his farm in part because, over the long term, they make the best economic sense: “Natural methods help to keep nutrients in the fields and out of the streams.” A holistic approach to farming “Polyface, Incorporated” is the name of Joel Salatin’s farm on the east side of Little North Mountain in Augusta County. Mr. Salatin’s main product is beef that is 100 percent grass fed. He feeds no grain at all, and produces a top quality product. “God didn’t make ruminants for grain,” he told the group of farmers. “No ruminant needs grain if perennial forage is handled properly.” The Salatin family acquired their farm 25 years ago. At that time, the entire farm was eroded and unproductive. “We had gullies up to 14 feet deep,” said Joel Salatin. “That’s why conservation and erosion prevention are such concerns to us. We’ve seen it first-hand.” The approach to farming at Polyface is a holistic one. Mr. Salatin views woods, hedgerows, streams and ponds — as well as pastures and livestock — as integral parts of the farm. Over the years, his objectives have been to develop a diversity of habitats and to take advantage of the “edge effect.” “Wild animals like to forage along the edges, where two types of cover come together,” he explained. Edges such as dense hedgerows encourage birds and other “natural pesticides” to forage in his pasture land. The high points of Mr. Salatin’s grazing system are chip composting, intensive grazing and a one-ofa-kind portable loafing shed. Movable sheds provide shade “Cattle don’t sweat; they need a shady area to rest,” he explained. “Usually, they lounge under trees in a pasture, in the same place day after day, trample the ground cover, create a “clay yard” and make a place for pathogens to breed.” Mr. Salatin’s alternative to a permanent “clay yard” is a 1000-square-foot portable loafing shed. It’s moved from field to field with a tractor, weighs three and a half tons and shades 50 cattle at a time. Usually, the shed is moved twice a day. Mr. Salatin calls each relocation of the shed an “application.” “Each application,” he said, “is worth six tons of ma nure per acre. Five to ten acres are covered each year. It’s a herd health tool, and an important part of our fertility program. It gets manure out into the field where it’s needed.” In summer, the Polyface pastures become patchworks of green rectangles which follow the shed’s movement by about seven days. Mr. Salatin credits his father for inventing the tin-roof-on wheels. “As far as I know, there’s not another one like it in the world,” he said. “There ought to be thousands.” Chip composting Mr. Salatin’s main source of organic matter for composting comes from the woods. He follows each logging operation with a chipper, which reduces tree tops and branches to mounds of excellent, healthful bedding. “Chips can absorb a lot of ammonia,” he said, “up to 250 percent of their dry weight.” He applies the composted chips to his pastures in late spring. Throughout the summer, the Polyface pastures are grazed intensively. “Very intensively,” he says. Mr. Salatin grazes 50 head on one and a half acres for two days. Then he moves his portable electric fences to confine the animals to another area. The idea of intensive rotational grazing is to prevent selective grazing of legumes. “Force them to eat all types of forage in the pasture, graze them heavy, stimulate the grass to grow and impact only a small area,” he says. “Then move them to another field and don’t let them come back. Don’t allow them to graze any grass that’s less than six inches high.” Mr. Salatin’s practice of intensive grazing maintains a lush mixture of grasses and legumes, and he never has to overseed. “We’ve never spent a dime on clover seed or commercial fertilizers in 25 years.” The overseers of Polyface and Horseshoe Hollow Farms have developed workable, progressive farming methods that are economically viable and enhance long term productivity. They are demonstrating that farmers who observe carefully and think independently can develop fruitful practices that are appropriate for their own croplands. Lyt Wood is editor of the “Virginia Biological Farmer," a journal of the Virginia Association of Biological Farmers which is a non-profit, non-political statewide organization of farmers, gardeners and food distributors who are working to promote sustain-able agriculture. The spring issue of their quarterly journal will feature details of pasture management from several Virginia farms. For information, write VABF, P.O. Box 252, Flint Hill, VA 22627.

Horse & Farm Directory Reaching 41,000 homes, stables and farms in Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, Rappahannock and Fairfax Counties Your ad will run in all of these newspapers for as little as $11.00 louboun Cimrs-iHirror Leesburg, Va. 703-777-11 10 ©)f Fauquier Srmocrat Warrenton, Va. 703-347-4222 The Reston Times Reston, Va. 703-435-7200 Rappahannock ilttos Washington, Va. 703-675-3349 Cfjr Clarfee Courier Berryville, Va. 703-955-1111 f Auctions- INDEX ^ Horse/Livestock Bam Construction Boarding and Training Farm Equipment & Supplies Farm Services Farriers Fencing & Gates Hay for Sale Help Wanted Horses & Ponies-For Sale Horses & Ponies-Wanted Horses & Ponies to Give Away Jumps,, Instruction Livestock for Sale Miscellaneous Position Wanted Poultry Real Estate Saddleries Shows and Events Stables For Sale or Rent Stud Service Tack & Equipment For Sale Vans, T railers & T rucks ^Veterinarians_ BOARDING. Layups, turnouts, mare and foal care, retired horses and regular boarders. Excellent, safe facilities with professional staff. Also, inn for guest lodging and “country continental restaurant". Reasonably priced. Jordan Hollow Farm. 703/778-2209. ^Madcap Farm. Boarding Instruction^ 'Training Jeanne Blackw&U 253-5606 The Plains QUALITY QOAADIMO In 1st class modem stable, turnout, automatic fly control system in every stall and facilities. Hot and cold water horse wash facility, climate controlled tackroom. Regulation Olympic size dressage arena, jumping area, and miles of trail riding. If so desired, training of horse and/or rider for dressage of jumping to highest level is available. Warrenton area. 703/364-2168 PAINTING LET US SPRAY Get ready for Spring! Protect and enhance the appearance of your farm. Our experts will provide fast and efficient application of paint and stain to your bams and fences. Call now for a free estimate: 703/547-3125 BONNIE L. SIZEMORE, farrier. Trimming and horseshoeing. A graduate of Michigan School of Horseshoeing. Call 703/788-9622. ZIBA R. DEARDEN, handmade shoes available. Graduate Oklahoma Farrier's College. Member, Va Horseshoers' Assoc. Call 703/594-2715 or evenings 703/361-4101. WOLFE FENCING Residential k Farm All types installed. Satisfaction guaranteed. 703-327-4851. Bar J FARM FENCING Haymnrket Virginia We Install board and rail fences, wooden or metal gates. We also specialize in spray painting fences and bams. We have plenty of locust posts for sale, rtee estimates, excellent references, licensed and bonded, flours: Anytime Monday through Saturday. (703) 754-8823 GILES M. SHOWERS FENCING Locust posts, sawed and round, stakes, fencing board. Also rustic fence. 703/364-1045 FENCING Complete line of wire, HlTENSEL, plank and rail. Also will install. GEORGE WHITE FENCING,INC. Middleburg, Va. 703-687-5803 ALFALFA - Timothy, clover, straw, mulch. Guaranteed. Delivery available. 703-882-3486. EXCELLENT QUALITY HAY - Alfalfa and mixed, second, third and fourth cuttings. Call 703-554-8269. HAY FOR SALE — Top quality alfalfa, delivery available, in large or small loads. 703-822-5553 or 703822-5473. STRAW - $1.25 a bale at the Bam. Call Frank 703-777-1676. QUALITY HAY Timothy, alfalfa, mixed hay, straw, shavings, mulched hay. Guaranteed. Will Deliver. 304-876-3118 HAY-ALFALFA TIMOTHY OR STRAW Delivery available! Cassidy Brothers Farms 703-777-5134 ASSISTANT MANAGER for horse farm in Warrenton, Virginia. Sales prep of show and race horses. All phases of stable and farm maintenance. Living accommodations and salary scaled to experience. Send brief resume to Box X, c/o The Fauquier Democrat, P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, Virginia 22186 EXEREINCED HELP NEEDED for large equestrian facility. Grooming, stall cleaning and riding. Excellent working conditions. Call 703-687-5255. GROOM OR GROOM/rider for small racing stable, 6 days a week. For more information call Vita 703/754-4761 PERSON WANTED to do stalls Saturday & Sunday mornings. Own transportation. Call Sue after 6p.m. 703/347-5637. STABLE HELP - Clean stalls groom horses. Students considered. Part time includes weekends. Waterford Area. 703-7771167.703-882-3653. APRIL 1984 GRAND PROSPECT colt for sale. Call 703/754-8636 evenings or 703/368-7166 daytime. ARAB - FILLY, PUREBRED, 4-11-84, Bay, 2 white socks, 14.3, affectionate, graceful mover, crabbet breeding. Must sell! 703/3473606 after 4:00p.m CHILDRENS HUNTER PROSPECT. 4 year old gelding, quiet, willing, and ready to go on 703327-4283. HORSE SALE Special registered and grade all breed consignment sale to be held at The Eyler Stables, Thurmont, Maryland, Friday, March 7th. Tack 6pm, horses 8pm. Upcoming special exclusive sales Saturday, March 15th. Hunter, jumper and prospect sale open to horses and ponies. Catalog deadline March 7th. Also Friday April 25th aM registered thoroughbred mixed sale. Catalog deadline April 9th. For consignment and into contact: The Eyler Stables Thurmont, Maryland 301*271-7426 BAY THOROUGHBRED GELDING, 15.3 hands, 15 year old, perfect for novice rider, jumps, dressage, trails. Also, pony 14.1 hands, coming 3 year old, beautiful mover, trotting jumps quietly. Call after 6p.m. weekdays 703/752-7171 NINE YEAR THOROUGHBRED CROSS — Chestnut, 14.1 hands, gelding, A very made pony. Talented and quiet. $3,500 703-3274454. PINTO MARE -10 years gentle, 14 hands, $500. 10 month old Pinto Colt, haltered and well handled, $300. 10 month old Chestnut filly, a real sweetheart, $300. 703-7779876. QUARTER HORSE, 15.3 hands, 10 years, broken western and english. First level dressage and jumps hunt panels. 703/364-2969. REGISTERED AQHA Broodmare. Very good bloodline. Leo Bar Three bar etc. 15hh chestnut excellent trail, English or Western pleasure. Easy keeper. Must be good home. Sacrifice $1500. Middleburg. 703-554-8735. THOROUGHBRED - Percheron cross. 4 year old gelding. 17 hands. Field Hunter. Call 703-7772890, 703-771-9572. VERY PREGNANT 10 year old trakhener mare, large, sound, green broke, beautiful mover. Produces huge, attractive foals, suitable dressage, jumper, heavy hunter. Very reasonable. 703/347-3137. PROBLEM HORSE? Equine behavior evaluation and modification. One- day sen/ice Rearers, dickers * puHere, hard to* slitV^ etfe Red Revelle, 703-759-7097. RIDING LESSONS Maintree Indoor and Outdoor Ring Trail Rides, Indoor Lighted Ring Private and Group Beginners to Advanced Child or Adult TRAIL RIDES 703-777-3012 703-777-3279 703-777-3204 SHEEP. ALL SIZES. One ram, 2 years old; six grade ewes with lambs. Reasonable. Call 703/3474204. JACK RUSSELL PUPPIES, very nice, rough coated puppies, have had all shots, ready to go. Call Bill 703/636-1216 daytime or 703/6362283 noon-1 p.m. and 5-9p.m. ON SALE NOW First Edition Virginia Hunt Country Map includes the 11 Hunt Boundaries which are verified by the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America. Printed on Ivory color paper in 3 colors, measuring 18"x22'/2". Phone and mail order accepted. $3.95 per copy (plain paper); $6.50 per copy (laminated paper). Plus $1.00 postaige and handling. (Va. residents also add 4% sales tax.) Vbt SUppofvntruckitaDg P.O.Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747 703-675-3338 GARDENING, LAWN WORK, occasional farm work, 1 - 2 Saturdays per month, outside Berryville near Wickliffe. Call weeknights 202-338-7449, or weekends 703955-2126. , , a JOB WANTED - man with 25 years experience with broodmares, foals, yearlings, all phases of foaling & farm experience. References available Send inquiries to: Box 506, Middleburg, VA 22117. EXOTIC DUCKS for Ponds Orange Shells, Mandarins, Wood Ducks, Blue Rubies, Miniture Ducks, several other breeds. A variety of fancy pegions and bantams. 703430-6560 Phone# /ft\ Over 20 years 703-338-3338 QllS-lltU EXPERIENCE IN THE ■ / J \ ^BUILDINGINDUSTRY BUILDINGS 8 SUPPLIES. INC. P.O. Box 1055, Purcellviile, Va. 22132-1055 Specializing in the design and construction of light commercial and farm buildings ★ FARM BUILDINGS ★ Dairy complexes.Beef Units.Horse Facilities Swine buildings.Poultry Houses.Storage ★ LIGHT COMMERICAL ★ Warehouses.Garages.Apple Storage Fuog & Reed Pole Building Company Horse • Farm • Commercial Specializing in Horse Facilities Route 2, Box 63, Purcellviile, Va. I Fuog (703) 338-2306 Call any time, Purcellviile, Va. J. Reed (703) 659-3271 Call Evenings, Stafford, Va. HUNTING FOR A GOOD BUY? DO YOU... •Need a Horse/ Pony? •Need TackJ Riding Apparel? •Want Riding Lessons? •Need Farm Related Servies? Read the maftwiuucniT Only $11.00 reaches over 100,000 readers BARN STALLS AVAILABLE for rent. Field boarding with running sheds. Indoor/outdoor rings. 90 acre pastures Paddocks. Call 703-777-8312. FOR RENT OR LEASE: 3 stalls + Pasture. Dulles area. 703-4302378 FOR RENT MIDDLEBURG AREA 3 room apartment, 7 stall bam, 20 fenced acres. Mrs. Miller 703-687-6337 Metro: 478-1199 FOR LEASE - 31 stall horse barn inside wash, stall, utility room, feed and tack room, 10 huge paddocks four large run in sheds, auto waterers. $1800 month. Call Frank for details 703-777-1676. FOR LEASE - 2 Year old training center 21 stalls, 10 large paddocks with automatic waterers, 2 groom quarters in barn, 1 bedroom apartment attached to barn utility room with sink and washer, dryer. Feed and tack room, inside wash stall, indoor arena, hot walking mach. Vt mile fibar surface track, starting gate, chute. 5 miles from Leesburg. Call Frank 703777-1676 for more details. Stud Service STUD SERVICE. Cottage Boy - 3 year old imported approved Holsteiner stallion with world class blood lines for jumping, dressage, steeple chase and driving. Grandson of Cottage Son, 1st cousin of Granat. Introductory fee, $600. Jordap.HplJo^ F^jrp, *703/7 782209. VIEW POINT FARM Arabians East Coast Champion Top Five Stallion at Stud Visitors welcome 703-478-1838 <3 Tack & Equipment Formate D COUNTY COMPETITOR - Dressage saddle, 16", with stirrups, custom girth, and sheepskin seat saver. Also miscellaneous tack. Everything in excellent condition. 703-777-5724. 17 INCH ENGLISH SADDLE - With stirrups, girth, pad. Also English Bridle, bit and reins, brand new, $375 (or all. Middleburg. 704-5548735. USED TACK SALE: Sunday, March 16th, 12:30-3:30p.m„ Clifton Fire Hall, Clifton. To sell or for information call 703/751-9375 evenings. BATTERTON TRAILER SALES - Va. DL446. Kingston, Cotner, Allen (fiberglass) in stock. Discount prices. Berryville, 703-955-3328. FOR SALE — 79’ Arndt-Triple Crown 28’ Gooseneck 4-6 horse with dressing room $5,850. 703327-6282 daytime. HORSE VAN - CHEAP. 1971 Ford Cattle Truck, wooden body, converted to 3 horse van. Drive train completely rebuilt. Extremely serviceable and safe. $2,500. Call 703/347-7048 office or 703/3479219 home. 1978 IMPERIAL 2 horse trailer, double axle, two escape doors, tack/ hay storage, spare tires, 2 tone, very good condition. $2500. Middleburg. 703-554-8735. . THE HUNTING BOX is VA dealer .7308 for Trail-et (aluminum and fiberglass) and Valley Trailers. Bumper hitch and gooseneck models, 1 to 12-horse. Boyce, Va. 703-837-2160. TRAILERS: HORSE, CATTLE, FLATBED, CARGO, DUMP Models - Over 200 new units in 15 brands. IN STOCK: 2-horse Thoroughbred Deluxe, $2,995; 2-horse Gooseneck, $3,295; Bumper stock models 10', 12', 14', 16', 18'; Gooseneck stock models 12' through 32'; Flatbeds from 4' X 6' through 8' X 40' Largest selection; '•Istwetfepnoesw RulbSeivioe < Shop on premises. Temporary Tags provided. Delivery Available. Lux Stables, Lanham, Maryland. Open 9-6, 6 days. CLOSED THURSDAYS. 301-464-2574. TWO HORSE TRAILER - Extra high, extra wide, used only once. New in 1985. Excellent condition. Call 703-777-2890,703-771-9572. d Vkm, TraBers: J Specialists In Metal Buildings The Smart Buy. •EVERYTHING YOU NEED FROM ONE SPECIALIZED SOURCE •PLANNING ASSISTANCE ‘EFFICIENT SERVICE •SINGLE RESPONSIBILITY ‘FAST CONSTRUCTION —1*1 — BvnwEKs ?npSitor Route, Box 638, Lenoir Drive Winchester, Ve. 22601 Cel Today for o No OWifotioo Apyo inti out Collect[703-662 503d VA STATE CONTRACTORS NO 13488 Afttr Hours (703) 662-4982 Opan Monday-Frtday, 7:30-5:00; Closed Saturday Many Sizes and Styles to Choose From Classifieds ALFALFA HAY, second cutting, $2 per bale. Call 703/675-3556. HAY AUCTION scheduled for March 8th has been cancelled. Branyon Auction Company 703/347-0074. FOR SALE: 284 INTERNATIONAL LAWN TRACTOR, with 5 foot woods mower.. 28 horsepower. Low hours. Excellent condition. Call 703-777-5411, after 6p.m. SAWDUST Will deliver dean, dry sawdust Foa ring - We bring, 703/347-7599 ALL OAK Order Now & Avoid Paying Stock Pile Prices This Fall Minimum Order AcceptedSCords Installment Plan Available On Large Orders Satisfaction Guaranteed Costello Firewood A Tree Sendee 703-636-6597 after 6p«ai. Wheel Horse Lawn & Garden Tractors Obriens Tillers & Mowers (H)HusqY&ma Chain Saws & Trimmer LAWN-BOY Push & S.P. Mowers HOMESTEAD LAWN EQUIPMENT 300 Broadview Ave. 340-1006 New 1965 CUB CADETS at Inventory clearance prices. Finance with CASE IH for 36 months at 8.8% APR. Offer ends March 31.1986. • •• New 1985 KUBOTA dJese) riding mowers and tractors at preseason special prices. Finance with Kubota Credit corporation at 85% APR for a limited time. GILL IMPLEMENT CO. INC. 36SW. Shirley Ave. Warrenton, Virginia 703/347-3721 LARGE DINING TABLE with 2 leaves and 8 chairs, $475. Call 703/347-9423. CLASSIFIED INDEX GENERAL CLASSIFIED 1. Antiques 2. Auctions 9. 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Classified Advertising Your Action Number 675-3338 BULLS: PUREBRED ANGUS, 1 year to 1'h years old. Pick yours now! Reasonably priced. Ray T Cannon, Castteton. 703/937-4900 or James Cannon 703/937-4700. BREEDING CATTLE SALE. Selling cow/calf pairs, bred cows, bred and open heifers, and breeding age bulls, featuring a herd dispersal Of 175 cows and calves from one farm. Orange Livestock Market, March 21st at 7:00p.m. To consign cattle or for sale information call 703/672-4688. IF YOU HAVE FOUND OR LOST a dog or cat, call PET REGISTRY anytime. 7Q3/547-2298. Animals available for adoption. 6' POPLAR SIDING cut from mountain grown yellow poplar. 1x6x16 oak fencing boards. Call Augusta Lumber Company 703/347-4199. GOOD LOCUST POSTS. Also good popular boards, air dried for sheeting or siding. Call 703/6351308 or 635-4777 between 68p.m. PHOTOGRAPHS Permanent prints of the STAFF PICTURES which appear in the Rappahannock News can be ordered from the News Office. Prices are $7 for 5x7 and $10 for 8x10. 703/675-3349 CHAINSAWS AND r accessories New and used Sales and Service SHENK'S RUSGO WINDOW CO. 518 North Royal Ave. Front Royal, Virginia f ^ i k 30% OFF WALLBAPER SALE on 15 books through March 16. CPM, 302 South East St., Culpeper. 703/825-1755. 30% OFF WALLPAPER SALE - on 24 books through March 31. CPM - 302 South East St., Culpeper. 703/825-1755. LINOLEUM 300 SQ FT. Brownbeige speckled tone $100/offer. MOSAIC WHITE BATH TILE 60 sqTft. $5Q/offer. Will deliver. 7772105. OLD PHOTOGRAPHS HEEDED OF THE INHAT LITTLE WASHINGTON Exterior and Interior, taken before present renovations. Hopefully going as for back, as the days as a garage at Middle and Main Streets. If you have an old picture showing any angle or portion of the old building before it became a restaurant, the Inn would be interested in purchasing them and/or making copies ofthem. ■ ■ ' 4 Please call 708/676-3800. Thankyou. OUT OF THE ATTIC PICTURES NEEDED The Rappahannock News Would like to borrow reproducable pictures of events and historic landmarks for use in its Out of the Attic feature. Pictures Will be returned. Please brins to the office on Main Street in Washington. Woman’s Abuse Shelter Providing battered Women Alternatives tor Safety. For * help or information call: 349-0309 or825-TURN DON’T GIVE UP your favorite foods - DO GIVE UP 10 to 29 excess pounds per month. Call Myra 81703-777-6663. LAB PUPS, AKC, black, champion lines, excellent health. $200. Call 703/987-8271. FOR RENT Newly renovated office in Washington, Va. Available immediately 703/675-3352 or 703/824-0079 FOR RENT; 2 room cabin in Rappahannock. Kitchenette, bath, electric heat and woodstove. $180 per month. Call 703/675-3627. REAL ESTATE WANTED Would like to rent or buy 3 bedroom house, small bam, 2-5 acres, located in western Loudoun County. Phone Jan Hardison: 703-661-8004 or 703-327-6302 YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE would like to buy a house, salary range $36,000 a year, little or no down payment. Phone Janet Hardison, 703-662-8004 or 703-7778278. WANTED: Small sportsman's club seeks land to lease for deer hunting. Can 703/778-3991 or 778-2885 UNFINISHED 2 STORY SHELL ^ acre, new well, electric to house, septic field, in beautiful Shanandale West Virginia. Two minute walk from Shenandoah River. Will make beautiful quiet summer retreat or year-round living. $27,000. Call 703-327-4370, after 6p.m. Must Sell! RESIDENTIAL LOT The Plains, Va. Approximately Vi acre. Sewer hooked up, water available for hook-up. $25,000. Mount Vernon Realty, Inc. 703/253-5620 INCOME TAX PREPARATION Fanning and small business specialities. 30 yean experience. RBG Business Services. Call 703/675-3468 for appt PHOTOGRAPHS Permanent prints of the STAFF PICTURES which appear in the Rappahannock News can be ordered from the News Office. Prices are $7 for 5x7 and $10 for 8x10. 703/675-3349 PIANO TUNING: Work guaranteed 30 years ftill time Warren Emerson Dennis Call collect, AmissvUle, Va. (703) 937-5857 •REPAIR • REMODELLING •NEW COMPLETE BUILDING SERVICES Lee Custom Builders, Inc. 703/347-1818 rtUUI-INU - VaUlltHS - UUWN SPOUTINGS. Tinning and roofing of all kinds. Aluminum gutter; down spout. Roof repair. Bill Starks, 703/675-3630, 703/6753724. SANDING AND REFINISHING hardwood floors, reasonable rates. Call Roger at 703/635-2558. TAX SERVICES Reasonable rates, personal service, located In Rappahannock County. James K. Blobangh Country Accountants P.0. Bax 64. Washington. Va. 22747 or call 703/6/5-3846 THE VAC SHOP, new vacuums, re-conditioned vacuums. 823 North Shenandoah Avene (1 block south of Memorial Hospital). Front Royal, Va. TV REPAIR, all makes and models. Factory authorized service center for RCA, Zenith, Magnavox, Philco and Sylvania. Jenkins’ TV Sen/ice, 514 Culpeper Shopping Center, Culpeper 703/825-0665. WASHINGTON VIDEO RENTALS 6 Months Membership $15 1 Year Membership $25 $2.00 Week Nights f $3.00 Weekend Nights $ 1.00 Additional Days 12:00-7:00Wednesday-Sunday Monday & Tuesday Flee Days!! Main St, Basement of Baumgardner Bldg., Washington. Va. (703) 675-3454 DOMINION GENERAL CONTRACTING. Remodelling, room additions, kitchens, bathrooms, rec rooms, garages, decks, patios plus handyman service. For estimates call 703/937-5482 after 5p.m. BELLYGRAMS - The perfect surprise for home or office parties by professional Bellydancer. 703/8253974. I WOULD LIKE to express my sincere appreciation to the people of Rappahannock and Warren Counties for their cards, flowers, food, prayers and other acts of kindness shown to me while I was a patient in the Wanen Memorial Hospital and since my return home. Mary Hudson Washington I would like to express my sincere appreciation to friends, neighbors and relatives for their prayers and other acts of kindness shown to me during my recent stay in the Culpeper Memorial Hospital and since my return home. May God bless each of you. Mrs. Beulah Atkins Sperryville Many thanks to relatives and friends for their flowers, cards, prayers and concern while I was a patient in the Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Your kindness and thoughfulness will always be remembered. r FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA GOOD FINANCING AVAILABLE for this 10 year old, 2 story brick home on 5 acres. 4 bedrooms, 3V2 baths, deck, formal dining room, etc. $134900. MLS 3261. P.O. Box 3436, Winchester, Virginia 22601 REALTY The relocation peopled (703)6654)744 We would like to express our sincere appreciation to everyone for the flowers, cards and visits while Thomas was a patient in Fauquier Hospital. Special thanks fo the doctors and nurses at Fauquier for their kind service. Also, thanks to everyone for the food since the return home last Monday. Your kindness will always be rembered. Cecil and Thomas Baldwin Sperryville CERTIFIED AIDES in home health and/or geriatrics needed for home health and private duty. Call 703/347-4774. COMPUTER OPERATOR, $5.90 an hour. Responsible for data entry and system security. Keying daily non-billable and billable tickets. Operate computer to generate reports, statistics. Start-up, save and shut-down system. Apply with Center application by March 10, 1986 to Personnel Office, Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Center, 401 S. Main St Culpeper, VA 22701. E.O.E./AA. LPNS, RNS needed for private duty nursing service. Call 703/3474774. OPERATORS AND HELPERS, company expanding operations needs help to operate equipment for cleaning and repairing utility lines. Full time work. Good pay, will train. Call Eastern Utilities Specialists 703/368-3191. E.O.E. PART-TIME OPENING at Child Care & Learning Center, teacher's aide. For additional information contact Mary Tauss, 703/6753237. BLOCKLAYERS, — for job in Middleburg, Va. Woodworx, 703-2535172. TRUCK DRIVER. GOOD DRIVER with good driving record to earn good pay. Roll off container trucks. Sterling Virginia, near Dulles airport. Good benefits. 703471-1320. AVON REPRESENTATIVES NEEDED in your neighborhood. Sell full or part-time. No experience necessary. Call 703/3470207 for information. FARMHAND Position open for good man experienced with farm work, yard work and general maintenance. Must be honest and hardworking. Excellent references required. Warrenton area. 703/347-5792 INSIDE SALES Career opportunity with window, door, and millwortc manufactoring company. Responsibilities to include: taking orders, and coordinating shippments from builders and outside salesmen. Must have a good telephone manner. Experience in building industry prefered, but will trrain the right person. Barber and Rosa Co. 110 Catoctin Circle S.E. Leeeburg, Virginia 703-777-4200/703-478-1970 THENEW SENECA AUTO BODY of Leeeburg, Va. Due to sudden loss of valuable employee, Seneca Auto Body now has opening for experienced body and frame technician. Must be highly motivated and skilled in all aspects of auto body repair. Top commission pay and company benefits. Call Mr. Moore: 703-777-5288 or Metro-478-1863 i111 1 BEST FRIEND KNOWS... THE CLASSIFIEDS MtttMIMrll AUTOS • HOMES selloTbuy CALL 675-3338 Rappahannock Newt FaSmman WANTED. Beef cattle and farming experience. Prefer married with family. Must furnish references. House furnished, salary open. Call 703/590-5784 evenings. $100 REWARD OFFERED for information leading to arrest and conviction of person or persons responsible for slaughter of Angus heifer off Rt.615 near Boston on or about the middle of December. Call Ray T. Cannon, Castleton, 703/937-4900 or Rappahannock County Sheriff 703/987-8787. TRUCK DRIVERS Expanding Loudoun County millwork distributor seeks responsible truck and trailer drivers. Daily local runs in Metro area. Salary commensurate with experience. Please bring copy of your driving record. Barber ft Ross Co. 110 Catoctio Circle SB; Leesburg. Vs. 703-777-4200 or 703-478-1970 BILLING/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Duties to include: Coding and pricing of invoices, researching billing problems, and other administrative duties. Must be good with calculator. Experienced prefered, but will train a capable individual. Advancement opportunities available tor aggressive individuals. Barber & Ross Company 110 Catoctln Circle Leesburg, VA 22075 703-777-4200 or 703-478-1970 COMPUTER/KEYPUNCH OPERATOR Busy mailorder parts firm near Dulles Airport has immediate opening for Computer Operator to perform all invoicing and data input functions. Emphasis on accuracy and attention to detail a must. Prior experience with a computer helpful. Must have excellent typing skills. Excellent benefits and competitive starting salary. Call 703-444-2500,8:30a.m. to 6p.m., Monday through Friday for an appointment ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK Leesburg millwork manufacturing company has opening in our acconting department. Responsible for processing Invoices and entering on the computer. Computer experience helpful but not necessary. Responsibilities also to include: administrative and light bookkeeping assignments. Barber & Rom Co. 110 Catoctin Circle SE; Leesburg, Va. 703-777-4200 or 703-478-1970 Inserter Operator For Local Newspaper Must be able to work long hard hours 2 days per week, may be more for right individual. Knowledge of machinery helpful. Call 347-4222, Ext. 140 • Design • Sheet & Web Press • Lay-out • Stripping • Typesetting • Camera Potomac Press is accepting applications for persons interested in the printing business (with or without experience). If you would like to have an application on file should an opportunity arise — stop by today and [rick up an application. Complete it here or complete it at home and mail it back to: Printing Dept. Poto ac Press 9 E. Market Street Leesburg, VA 22075 NOTICE Advertising published In this newspaper is accepted with the understanding that K will meet the criteria of the standards of a family newspaper. Advertising is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services as offered are accurately described and are available to customers at the advertised price. Advertising that does not conform to these standards, or that is deceptive or misleading is never Knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards. we ask that you inform us. RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY B.2.A. PURSUANT TO SECTION 162-3 (1) of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance, 1973, and Section 15.1-431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals for Rappahannock County, Virginia will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 26,1986 at 9:00 A.M. at the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia to consider the following applications: SPECIAL USE #301: R. Phillip Irwin, Route 1, Box 2080, Rint Hill, Va. has applied for a special use permit in accordance with Section 2-1-2 (14) of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance to establish a bed and breakfast consisting of two rooms. Property located on Route 628, near intersection 606 consisting of dwelling and 39.7 acres. Wakefield District. Tax Map #12-3-8 SPECIAL USE #302: Maurice Putnam, Route 1, Box 2110, Amissville, Va. has applied for a special use permit in accordance with Section 41-2 (4) of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance to establish a barber shop, craft shop, flower and garden center combination in a dwelling located on Route 211 consisting of two acres. Located near Amissville Trailer Court. Tax jacteortPistrict. A copy of the foregoing applications is on ffle at the Zoning Office and available for public inspection, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Said application will be presented to the Rappahanncok County Planning Commission at their regular meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. at the Courthouse for such recommendation as the Commission may wish to make pursuant to Section 16-23(2), if any. The above named applicants, adjacent property owners, and any other parties wishing to be heard should be present at said meeting or should address their written comments to the Board of Zoning Appeals, P.O. Box 222, Washington, Va. 227470222 in advance thereof. BY: BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS-EMIELSMET, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR FOR SALE: 1977 Ford Explorer. Excellent condition. New paint job, new tires and AM/FM stereo. Call 703/987-8740 after 5:30p.m. 1985 CHEVROLET CAMARO BERLINETTA, 14,000 miles, dark blue, automatic, air, AM/FM stereo, cassette, excellent condition. $10,500/ make offer. Call 703/675-3641 evenings. 1985 MERCURY TOPAZ GS, AM/FM cassette, air conditioning, power steering/brakes, 5 speed, deluxe interior. $8900. Call 703/937-5970. 1981 CHEVROLET MALIBU station wagon. V-6, automatic, air conditioning, power steering and brakes, etc. New transmission, brakes and tires. Very clean. Needs engine work. $1495 or best offer. 703/347-4997 after 6p.m. 1979 INTERNATIONAL, 1724, 345 gas, two speed, 14' flat, 60-K. Sharp truck. $6,000. Cheap 1977 4 wheel drive CJ5, 12.5x15, 57K, V-8 3 speed, $2,750/best offer. 703/672-5625 days, 703/672-5631 evenings. 1972 DODGE truck, 4-wheel drive, 8' camper hull, AM/FM radio, CB radio, excellent condition, new tires. Call 703/987-8303. 1981 TOYOTA COROLLA SR5 - Excellent condition. Air-conditioning, radio, $3,000. 703-687-6080 after 5p.m. 703-777-0800 before 4p.m. CULPEPER MOTOR CORP. „ PONTIAC-GMC III “Your In-Tom FM S*vk»D»+r 401 James Madison Hwy., Culpeper, Ve. 22701 703-825-8381 1MKX5 T sesas. 1982 BU1CK LE8ABRE, 4 door, 1 owner, 41,500 miles, extra clean! 1976 CHEVROLET NOVA. 2 door, V-8, automatic, air conditioning, radial tires, only 45394 original miles! 1979 PONTIAC SUNBIRD, automatic, air, radiate. 1980 PONTIAC PHOENIX. 4 door, automatic, air, stereo, radiate. 1982 BUICK SKYLARK. 4 door, air, radiate, 1 owner. 1979 HONDA ACCORD. 2 door, 5 speed, extra clean, lots of options. Dealer *412 HONDA 3 WHEELER, model ATC 185 with cargo rack, very good condition. $600. Call 703/3477396. 8CCC-SZ9-80Z iPV JnoA eoB|d 01 hbq spe^sseio smbn jpouuBgBddBH ei|j. 4 — t**

Uproar Continued from page 1 get land.” “She is constantly cutting up the property,” said Mr. Morehouse, “when will it stop?” The board decided to review the application before making a final decision. Rappahannock County Sheriff John Henry Woodward asked the board for two new vehicles to replace cars with excessive age and mileage. The board approved two new Chevrolet Caprices costing $10,872 each for the sheriffs department. The old vehicles will be given to the Rappahannock County School Board which maintains police vehicles in lieu of a direct payment. Wayne Cilimberg asked for a “realistic extension” for the Sperryville Water and Sewer Authority block grant until July 1987. This will give the authority enough time to complete final testing of the project which will be operational this summer. Bob Dennis of the Water and Sewer Authority told the board that a new problem had arisen with the refusal of the Culpeper plan to accept sludge that will be generated from the Sperryville facility. There was opposition by some members of the board concerning the enclosure of the stairwell leading into the courtroom. They voted not to appropriate money for the enclosure. Bland Music Continued from page 1 Dawn Fisher — First place, Leslie Nichols — second place and David Fisher — third. Other instrumentalists were Doretha Butler, Pamela Butler, Dee Dee Salmon, Sean Wayland and Camilla Jones. Judges Pam Gardner and Kim Kiec are on the music faculty at Warren County Junior High School. After each contestant’s performance they used their expertise to complete a score sheet. There was a maximum of 100 points total—25 points for faithfulness to score, 25 points for technique, 25 points for interpretation, five points for stage presence, 10 points for complexity of composition and 10 points for memory. Mr. Nichols concluded by inviting the Bland Music contestants to be the club’s guests at the Corner Post Restaurant at their next meeting. Refreshments were provided after the contest at which time certificates were given to all participants. First place winners Tara Fisher and Gina Fletcher were encouraged to attend the regional competition to be held in March. Tara Fisher has participated for two years in the local competition. She won first place last year in vocals as well as first place this year in instrumentals. “I decided to play the piano this year to see how I would do,” she said. “I think the contest provides an excellent opportunity to get experience for other contests where you have to do solos and you have to memorize music. It’s a nice place to start.” Tara believes the key to winning is “to relax and have a good time.” When Tara was asked about the regional contests she said, “The regional are a lot more formal and the participants are more competitive.” Tara was asked if she intended to go to the regionals again. “Definitely!” she replied. “This is one of the cultural events in the county to just come and listen to and enjoy,” commented instrumental teacher Kathy Hewitt. “For the participants it’s good practice for the Spring Band competitions. This has double the pressure though because the music has to be memorized.” Miss Hewitt summarized the event by saying, “I think it’s great that the Lions Club sponsors this for these students. It gives the ‘fine arts’ people a chance to be recognized.” Clalterbuck in county Representative D. French Slaughter, Jr. will send his District Representative, Jane Clatterbuck, to Rappahannock County on Wednesday, March 12,1986. Mrs. Clatterbuck will be available to talk with constituents who have problems of a federal nature or who wish to express their opinions on national legislative issues, or simply to discuss matters of concern. She will be at the courthouse in Washington from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. If all the grizzly bears in the contiguous United States could stand shoulder to shoulder, they would cover less than half an acre, says National Geographic. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner DANIEL PULLEN SHOVELS snow in front of Country Manor in Sperryville after the last storm passed through the county. Estabrook presents new budget Continued from page 1 Under the proposed budget a beginning teacher who now earns $13,618 would earn $14,912. A teacher who has one year with the department and now grosses $14,027 would earn, under the proposed budget, $15,359. A teacher with five years of service presently earns $15,797; the budget would raise that amount to $17,298 yearly. A ten year veteran now earning $17,840 would earn $19,537. Teachers who have from 20 to 24 years with the department currently earn $20,427; that amount would be increased to $22,368. A teacher having 25 years with the department, now earning $20,972, would realize an increase amounting to $22,964 yearly. Mr. Estabrook’s proposed budget seeks a flat $2,537 increase for permanent administrators. The superintendents salary, currently $38,361 would rise to $40,898. The elementary school principal who now earns $28,624 would gross $31,161 under the proposed budget. The high school principal’s salary would increase from the current $31,081 to $33,618. Other budget hightlights: • Two school buses are needed again this year due to excessive age and mileage of the fleet. Last year’s allotment was $46,434; this year’s budget asks for $47,734. J NUGGETS OF TRUTH 5 5 By REV. ROBERT DUNPHY # 6 y y Family Worship Center. Washington, Va. # 9 Bless you in the 8 e J Hello again, y Name of Jesus. # 8 Friend, don't take lightly when a jJ # man of God puts his blessing on you, y J the Lord honors it. J You see for you to receive any of 0 g God’s promises, you must be expectZ ing them; they will not fall on you like y ripe apples of a tree. I am going to give you a lot of; 0 healing scriptures and I am expect5 ing you to read them, and if you are y sick read them everyday and expect # 8 them to work for you and they will. I * 0 hope you kept last weeks Nuggets so t 2 you can read it all together, speak £ y out loud and read it to the Father God 0 £ and it will go into your spirit also. X 0 Ex. 15:26; Ex. 23:25-26; Ps. y 2 30:2; Ps. 91:10; Ps. 103:1-3; Ps. g 5 107:20; Proverbs 4:20-22; Prov. 0 #16:24; Prov. 17:22; Prov 20:12; 9 2 Isaiah 53:5. y Now we will get into the New g Testament which is a better covenant; Jesus has already done all! S' there is to do. All we have to do is ac- y 0 y cept it by # heart just faith, believe it with the same way you our# did % 0 when you accepted Jesus, it is all a 9 3--.1 .a an ay part of salvation. The word salvation g * is taken from the original Greek word % # Sozo which means to save, to de- 5 % liver, to be in health, and to be pre- y y served. So it is all for us today, the # g Bible is a now book! S Matt. 4:23; Matt. 8:16-17; Matt, y 11:5; II Cor. 4:11; Col. 2:10; James £ C1C to. I T 5:15-16; I Peter 2:21-24; Mark 11:22! 26 James 5:14 says if you need help 9 in this to call for an elder of the I church, I am an elder, we will hook * g our faith together with you and you J Z shall recover. (Mark 16:18) Don’t let § y pride rob from a blessing, Jesus ' _ , rob from a __ £ loves you and it is his will to heal you. # Look at Mark 1:40-41. J Please pray about the Nuggets £ y column, see if God would have you 5 help keep it in your paper. 0 Nuggets of Truth is sponsored by j Family Worship Center of Washingy ton, Va. If you would like to contact 0 # us you can write: 9 Family Worship Center # Route 1, Box 266 J Sperryville, Va. 22740 y Phone 987-8505 y • According to Mr. Estabrook a coal furnace needs to be converted into an oil-burning operation. He explained that the $25,000 cost would, over time, save money. • Insurance rates are increasing significantly. As an example, last year’s allotment for workmen’s compensation was $7,830; the proposed allotment wo.uld be $14,558. • According to Mr. Estabrook, “textbook rental fees are staggering.” To help parents, he is proposing $5 reduction in payment per student. Last year’s textbook allotment was $2,200; the proposed budget asks for an allotment of $7,200. • Last year’s allotment of $35,000 for the new roof on the school would be dropped by $25,000 because, said Mr. Estabrook, “we are out of the roofing business.” ($10,000 was left in that line item for repainting and other work.) Mr. Estabrook concluded his budget proposal with a concern about the Reagan administration’s lack of support for public education. LINEUP WITH LYNE RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY - This 361/3 acre tract with frontage on 522 has elevation to 780 ft. mountain top. Great views in all directions. Also includes about 6 acres open land with streams (including Black Water Creek meandering through). Old building can be converted to barn. Only $45,000. Seller financing. CULPEPER COUNTY - 31 Vs rolling wooded acres, 650 ft. frontage on 607 plus 975 ft. owned right of way along north side. Only $1,200 per acre. Financing available. W. H. Lyne, Real Estate Broker 987-8588 Roger Lee Atkins, salesman 987-8171 ADVERTISING ; DEADLINES • I LOCAL . DISPLAY • ADVERTISING i ► 'Rappahannock News Ads, " Tuesday, 12 noon , ' Combo Ads , " (one or more papers) < ' Monday, 3 p.m. < ► Real Estate Combo Ads < ! Friday, 4 p.m. ' CLASSIFIED • ! ADVERTISING • ^ < , Rappahannock News * ► Tuesday, 12 noon „ Horse & Farm * ► Monday, 12 noon ’ ,Combo Classified Display* ► Monday, 3 p.m. * ► ► Combo Word Ads * ► Monday, 5 p.m. * ► A A 4 4 A 4 A iAAA “Id terms of public education I am disgusted and I am scared,” he said. “We need to support public education,” said Mr. Estabrook, “because the kids need it.” Sperryville Realty SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM Sperryville, Virginia 22740 (703) 987-8088 - Office 31 acre wooded tract off 231, access by right of way. $30,000 with owner financing. On Rt. 211, stucco home, new well and septic, fruit stand, 3 acres. $60,000. Owner will finance with only $5000 down. Modernized 2 story farm house on 20.5 acres, bam and outbuildings. $98,500. Old Hollow, on approximately 1 acre, 3 bedrooms, large living room, full bath, eat-in kitchen, utility room. $39,000. Near Old Rag Mountain, 16.8 open acres, frontage on secondary state road, stream, view. $37,000. In the Village of Sperryville, charming 2 story country home, 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 fireplaces, basement, town lot. $79,000. 27.8 Wooded acres, frontage on 2 state roads, stream, view. $39,000. Julian Brown 987-8758 James W. Leake - 987-8236 i Brown Joseph Nordone 987-8691 Carson Johnson 987-8720 Barbara Martin 825-4639 BudCorder 675-3291 John Eubank 987-8146 RAY T. CANNON CO.. INC REAL ESTATE •iNCf last NEW LISTINGS AMISSVILLE - 28 open and wooded acres with streams; fronts on State Rd. $60,000 CASTLETON - 28.263 secluded acres of timberland w/small stream; 50 ft R.O.W. to State Rd. Good hunting, deer & turkeys. $1,300 per acre w/owners financing w/10% interest Land use tax rate. CASTLETON - 57.815 acres timberland w/small stream; 50 ft R.O.W. to State Rd. Good hunting, deer and turkeys. $1,100 per acre w/owners financing w/10% interest Land use tax rate. AMISSVILLE - 9 wooded acres with hill, fronts 200 ft on Rt 642. $25,000 w/low-low down pmt CASTLETON - 11 wooded mt acres, 39’ x 26’ masonry cabin (need repairs), nice view, fronts on state rd. in rural area. $39,500 w/low down pmt OLREA CASTLETON - 25 wooded mt acres w/spring fed stream, good view, fronts on state rd. in rural area. $39,500 w/low down pmt OLREA CASTLETON - 30.5 acres timberland with stream. R.O.W. to State Road. $29,500. Owngi^SCt 'Cing w/10% interest CO«'n~ CULPEPER COUNTY - Alum Spring Church area. 3 gOlPj acres w/road frontage. $12,500. RIXEYVILLE AREA - 2.6 wooded acres w/state rd. fs&p>ge. Perc approved. $12,500^w/owners financing. OLREA CASTLETON (703) 937-4111 Ray T. Cannon (703) 937-4900 James M. Cannon (703) 937-4700 ‘Kick-off for concerts The membership drive for the 1986-87 Community Concert Association opened officially on Tuesday, March 4, when workers from the five-county area met at the Culpeper Methodist Church to receive their membership kits and information on the next season. Concert Association President Robert Dandas of Lake of the Woods and Membership Chairman John Cole of Warrenton are enthused about the offerings scheduled for the next season. Mr. Dundas expressed his hope that the current membership of more than 1,200 will be increased. 1986-87 concerts will include the Slovak Chamber Orchestra next October performing “a varied program of string music of the old world and new”; in November, Rostal & Schaefer, England’s most popular piano duo, play “the world’s best loved music”; in January 1987, the Aurora Trio, with harpist, bassoonist, and flutist, will perform, and in March 1987, the 40-voice Westminster Choir, considered by many to be the finest in the country, will sing. The exact dates of the concerts will be announced soon. The membership drive ends the week of March 17. In addition to the local series, a reciprocal arrangement with the Concert Associations of Manassas and Fairfax County enables members to attend concerts in those areas at no additional charge. Membership is $15 for each adult and $6 for students. A family membership which includes parents and all children in the home is $36, while a single parent membership is $21. THE BILLY WHEELER BAND PROFESSIONAL Bluegrass & Country Music Entertainment For All Occasions • Concerts • Festivals e Dances e Parties • Picnics Call Billy Wheeler 703-437-9288 Patrons pay $50 which includes tw adult cards. After May 1, the rate increase by $3, so early renewal or first-tim membership is encouraged. Table will be set up at the March 13 cor cert to facilitate the drive. If you, o someone you know, are interested i taking advantage of this outstandin opportunity and value that will ope: an exciting world of music, plan t join the Community Concert Assc ciation now. Only Association mem bers are admitted to the concert and no tickets are ever sold at th door. If you are not contacted by . worker, call Mrs. J. Jackson Fray Madison, 948-4220, for further infor mation. RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY!! SCRABBLE: 3 bedroom Cape Cod bom in 1945, 30x40 ft horse bam, 5 acres, fenced | pasture, all for only $59,500!! • FIRST WASHINGTON area: 21 acres i orchard and woods, homesites with splendid Mt and valley VIEWS..spring, Harris Hol' low Road . $59,000. VIEW ORCHARD and farm across the road from this newish brick home, 4 bedroom, garage, apt., rented apartment, 7Vi acres, nice garden, $139,000 in the FT Valley. i GARAGE SALE: Buy the 25 acres and get the garage free.. converted into modest habitat by the Rush River. Homesites on hilt I with Mt. VIEWS, Washington, Va area, ! $55,000. RESTORE this oldie on 5 acres, Stairway I and wood trim from Me Church. $70,000. I CEDAR SIDING SALTBOX, newish, solar, double walls, $69,500, terms. 1 LAKE MOSBY retreat, deck, fireplace, $45,000. OUR TOWN has no Chatterbox Cafe on Lake Wobegon, but try the vegetable soup j with powdermilk biscuits at Thee Brambles I Cafe. Sum kinda gud eetin.. ROGER BATCHELDER, Gay St, Washington, VA 22747 675-3777 Res: 937-4388 Eileen M. Day, REALTORS Clopton House, Box 120 MLS 15J Washington. Va. 22747 [jj PEAITOP® Washington, Va. 22747 675-3400 Unique home suitable for full-time!weekend use, insulated, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, large living dining area with fireplace, well equipped kitchen. 5 interesting acres reached by ROW. Stream and pond, 3 outbuildings include small guest quarters with (6 bath. More land available. Owner financing. $79,500. 7 fenced acres with nice country home only 3 miles from town of Washington. Mountain views, orchard, 4 bedrooms, family room, big kitchen. $98,500. >•. 5.6 acres close to town, southern views, good road. $26,650. Mitzie Young Sherry Landsman 937-5196 987-8037 Kevin Day Lisa Day 675-3736 937-5144 CEDARLOG HOMES $1,000 OFF any standard log home package (Limited time offer) Call us to discuss your spring building plans. Solid cedar beauty. Double tongue and groove log construction. High R factor. Custom designs available. Call your local agents Frank Huff or Sherry Hamill 703-675-3848 CHARMING RAMBLER Offering 3/4 bedrooms; 2 baths, plus another almost finished, large living & dining rooms, flue for woodstove, patio, tool shed. $79,500 FIVE ACRES WITH GORGEOUS VIEWS Surrounding this large rambler; 2 car garage; huge basement, hardwood floors, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, plus extra space for family room; mother-in-law suite etc., large deck. $119,950 ASK FOR KATHY EYRE AT 347-0339 or 347-2000 MOUNT VERNON REALTY WARRENTON.