Rappahannock News, May 22, 1986

SAMPLE PAID CIRCULATION NOW Subject to ABC Audit 3,023 RAPPAHANNOCK H01SF,H()LI*S V. 2,722 / 36TH Year, No. 21 25 cents Deer pose major threat to orchards By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock News Staff Writer “The deer population in Shenandoah National Park is a time bomb waiting to explode,” says Rappahannock Game Warden Jim Bankston. And when the detonation comes, it will level the county’s orchards, according to game specialists and local growers who already lose thousands of bushels and thousands of dollars annually to deer. Flint Hill orchardist Herbert Foster has 125 acres in apple and peach trees in orchards which border the park for about a mile and a half. “The first thing those deer do (when they sight a human) is run to the park. You bet they’re smart! They know you can’t follow them up there,” said Mr. Foster. And when they return, “they eat the bloom all the way around the trees as high as they can reach — five or six feet.” According to Mr. Foster, the deer gobble the equivalent in flowers of 10,000 to 12,000 bushels of apples every year. Assuming the blossoms will grow into fruit that grades number one, that means he loses $60,000 to $72,000 to the destructive ruminants. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen,” Mr. Foster continued. “We’re not expanding; we’re just trying to hold on to what we’ve got. There’s no use in expanding. You’d just be putting in trees for the deer. “Virtually all the orchard trees in the state, particularly the so-called ‘seedling root stock’ trees, which are in the majority, will be or should be replaced before the century is out, implying a great deal of new planting,” said George Sharp, whose Mountain Green orchard is just outside the Town of Washington. “But we are at a standstill on our farm in the matter of replacing older commercial orchards.” He noted that his tree loss to dedl" was just 3 percent when he first planted in 1969. “Three years ago I set out 250 York and Stayman. At least 200 replacements were lost in addition to the original trees and this planting is virtually destroyed — no more than 100 trees of the 450 some planted still live.” Capt. Sharp said he’d been told to fence deer out. “But the costs approach Or exceed the tree costs, involve a great deal of maintenance in the case of electric fences and the investment is unattractive because when the trees reach three or four years of age the deer no longer attack them — so far. ” He predicted Rappahannock’s continually growing deer population will eventually overwhelm any defenses attempted. The damage on his farm is twofold, Capt. Sharp noted. “In spring the deer forage on new growth. The effect is to stunt the trees — after two seasons of this the young tree resembles a bush and its fruit-bearing potential is zero. “In late summer, the deer use L"® ?upple young tree ‘whip’ to rub on. Initially the bark is completely removed over a length of two feet or more. In many cases the whip is torn out of the ground or snapped off at the graft union. In the rare cases where the tree survives, growth is checked until the damage is healed over.” “As long as there are two deer in Shenandoah National Park, one is going to be in an orchard. It’s the easiest, best place to eat,” said Ranger David Haskell, resource specialist for the park. “Deer, like all wildlife, are opportunistic feeders. It doesn’t take them long to find out where the orchards are. _ “And they’re quite mobile. With the park being so long and thin, they go out on private lands and come back in.” Ranger Haskell maintains the park is not overpopulated by deer. In fact, he says, the park is far from the ceiling on the number of deer it can support. “We don’t have a problem with our deer population,” he maintained. But he conceded that the park’s deer — whatever their numbers — pose a threat to the orchardists whose land abuts Shenandoah. “And there really isn’t a solution. If you want to be hard-nosed about it, don’t have an orchard near the park, just like you wouldn’t plant an orchard on the slopes of a volcano or build a Continued on page 18 Deer herd growth may add health risk By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock News Staff Writer The population explosion in the county’s deer herd may create problems for others besides Rappahannock’s orchardists, farmers and gardners. It may pose a threat to human health. According to the April 1986 issue of Smithsonian magazine, a bacterial infection transmitted to humans by the bite of the deer tick is on the increase. Known as Lyme disease, named for the Connecticut town where it was first recognized a decade ago, it is characterized by a skin rash, intermittent muscular pains, irregular heart beat, chronic intestinal gas, weight loss, arthritic problems in joints, constant fatigue and lethargy, paralysis and even neurological disorders. Researchers have concluded there appears to be a correlation between overpopulation of deer and proliferation of the tiny deer ticks that carry the Lyme disease spirochete. Just as the size of deer herds has been on the upswing, so has the incidence of the disease that deer ticks carry. The federal government’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta lists 1,498 confirmed cases in 1984 compared to only 599 in 1983 and 226 in 1980. According to CDC researchers, these represent just a fraction of the real total, since doctors in most states are not required to report the cases they encounter. The Smithsonian article refers to Lyme disease as a “suburban disease” since it usually occurs where houses are near woods or other areas where hunting is prohibited Continued on page 18 Memorial Day holiday Monday, May 26, will be observed as a holiday in honor of Memorial Day. County, state, federal and town offices, banks and savings institutions will be closed. There will be no window service at post offices and no mail delivery. The county’s public schools will be open, but classes will dismiss early, at 2 p.m. The Family Guidance Services of Rappahannock office also will be close. In case of an emergency, call 675-3329. The Rappahannock News also will be closed. For next week’s edition: Normal Friday deadlines will be observed Thursday and normal Monday deadlines will be observed Friday, May 23. Tuesday deadlines will be unchanged. For the May 29 edition: Real estate combo ads are due at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 22; all other combo advertising is due at 3 p.m. Friday; school news and letters to the editor are due at 5 p.m. Friday. GEORGE STEPHENSON is among the Sperryville residents busy preparing for this weekend’s bark off honeysuckle vines, which his wife will use in weaving baskets. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner Springfest. He is stripping the Sperryville ready for Springfest By LOU HATTER Rappahannock News Staff Writer “Spring in the Mountains” is the theme of Sperryville’s first Springfest, scheduled this weekend. Planning the event has involved and excited the entire town, said Cheri Woodard, president of the Sperryville Business Council, which is sponsoring the festival. “The town has rallied around the effort,” Mrs. Woodard said. She explained that the Springfest is a spinoff of the Festival of American Crafts held the last two years on Memorial Day weekend at Faith Mountain, which is owned by Mrs. Woodard and her husband, Martin. “Faith Mountain has always had an open house on Memorial Day — our anniversary — and last year the second annual Festival of American Crafts was well-attended and very successful.” That success last spring was followed by the town-wide Apple Harvest Celebration in October “which put the town of Sperryville on the map,” according to Mrs. Woodard. After the popularity of the celebration last fall, “everyone wanted to join in (the spring festival). A spring festival was something which had been discussed by the business council for about five years, but there always seemed to be a problem.” All that changed last year. “It was exciting ... no one had ever been able to get traffic out to Sperryville in the spring,” she said. The estimated 4,000 to 5,000 people who attended Faith Mountain’s craft festival last Memorial Day weekend proved to the nay-sayers that a spring celebration could indeed be a success. The SBC discussed the idea of a spring festival with renewed interest and decided to coordinate it with the rest of the town. “Everyone wanted to be a part of it, and we decided the more, the merrier,” Mrs. Woodard said. “It’s all the better that the town is involved ... we all want Sperryville to grow and tourism to prosper.” The Springfest has grown to involve 24 businesses, the Sperryville Fire Company and Rescue Squad, local service organizations and several of the town’s churches. “There is an upbeat mood to the businesses and the town . . . ‘with everyone’ working together in a resurgence. Sperryville is a vital part of the county and a desirable place to live and do business,” Mrs. Woodard concluded. The business council has created a new slogan for Sperryville, “The Gateway to the Park,” to tie in with this summer’s 50th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Shenandoah National Park. The slogan adorns the new “Historic Sperryville” brochure commissioned by the council, which features art and calligraphy by local artist Davette Leonard Kvarnes. “The festivities will be going on all around town” during the Springfest, Mrs. Woodard said. Three new shops will be celebrating their grand openings with sales and door prizes. Virginia wines from Piedmont Vineyard near Middleburg will be among the refreshments. It will have a boo,th offering a selection of their \tanes for tasting. Local artisans will demonstrate their handiwork at various shops throughout the town. Janet Kerig will be doing “true basket art at its best” at Chipmunk Hollow on Route 211. Country Manor, also on Route 211, is having wreath and bow-making demonstrations as well as “an old-fashioned barn sale,” according to owner Phyllis Swindler. Another Rappahannock resident, glassblower Eric Kvarnes, will be practicing his craft at his gallery, Molten Media Glassworks, in Sperryville. Country Elegance, also on Route 211 west of town, is opening a new showroom featuring country primitive items. The centerpiece of the room will be a Christmas tree decorated with primitive ornaments. This year, the Sperryville Antique Market is holding its annual craft show in conjunction with the Springfest. Twenty-three crafters representing a wide spectrum of artistic interests including quilters, dollmakers and weavers are exhibiting at the indoor market. Cabinetmaker Tom Von Fange, of Woodville, is among the artisans working around the clock to get ready,” said Peggy Smith, owner (along with her husband Arthur) of the market. Mazie Clark, renowned around Rappahannock for her irresistable cooking, will have homemade delights to tempt hungry visitors, who can also “feast” their eyes on local artist Dan Lewis’s watercolors, on display in the market’s snack bar. Azaleas from Long Mountain Nursery in Tiger Valley will be among the plants for sale. Food and drink will be served at numerous other places in town, both to eat in or take out. For hungry festival-goers, the Small Farmers’ Market will be among the booths with homemade baked goods for sale. Town Council balks at ARB suggestion By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock News Staff Writer Asked by the Architectural Review Board last Wednesday to endorse proposed standards on building, remodeling and repainting, Washington’s Town Council instead voted congratulations on the formulation of five of the guidelines. Council members specifically exempted a sixth standard. That guideline would have required issuance of a “certificate of appro pnateness Dy me akc ior construction, reconstruction, restoration or alteration of public building interiors within the town’s designated historic district. Mayor Peter Kramer voted against the congratulatory motion offered by Councilman Bill Wickens, asking that the guidelines be referred to the town’s Planning Commission for the addition of more detail. But, as explained later by •ARB member Evelyn Willis, the review board deliberately attempted to make the guidelines as simple as possible. Working with Brian Mitchell from the landmarks division of the Virginia Commission for Historic Preservation, the three ARB members tried to establish guidelines that gave townspeople the widest latitude possible in renovation and construction, according to Mrs. Willis. “We tried to make as much as we could ‘by right’,’ she said. “Wewanted to have fewer rules than most ARBs, less red tape, fewer forms to fill out, fewer permits to apply for,” Mrs. Willis explained. “But we will seek compliance with the few rules we do establish.” Working at the behest of the Town Council, the ARB proposed the following at last week’s meeting: • Reconstruction will be allowed by right where it is done to Continued on page 10 Board hires McCarthy as zoning administrator Chairman Hubert Gilkey announced this week that Rappahannock’s Board of Supervisors has hired a combination zoning administrator and administrative assistant to the board. John W. McCarthy ill will assume the $22,000 a year post on June 16. Mr. Gilkey stressed that the new man is not a “county administrator. . . The board members didn’t feel they wanted to go that route yet. They didn’t want to delegate that much authority. “I really think that John McCarthy will do a good job,” said Chairman Gilkey, reporting that the board had considered 15 applicants for the job before deciding on the University of Virginia graduate after final interviews last Tuesday. “He’s a young fellow. He’s very bright. He has good credentials and a master’s in planning. I think he’ll be an asset. And he really likes the county!” Mr. McCarthy confirmed that he found what he was looking for in Rappahannock. “My wife and I were interested in living where it’s beautiful, away from the hustle and bustle of urban areas, where there’s more space . . . I liked what I heard from the Rappahannock supervisors. This wasn’t a big city, heavy duty planning job. And I liked what I saw of the county,” said Mr. McCarthy. “I understand that Rappahannock’s citizens are pretty active. That fits in well with my ideas,” he continued. “I think the citizens should be doing a lot of the planning. The people of Rappahannock are concerned about the future, the end situation of their county, and the board is open to hearing from the people.” That aspect of the situation here appealed to him, Mr. McCarthy said. The son of a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department, Mr. McCarthy spent stretches of his childhood in Southeast Asia. He was born in Thailand and lived in Burma, Indonesia and Cambodia. He earned a bachelor’s degree with a dual major in English and geography from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. “The geography was very planning oriented. That attracted me,” he said, explaining the route he folContinued on page 18

IVcws of Record General District court Cases decided Tuesday were: Timothy Randle Jenkins, trespass to hunt, continued to June 10, 1986; kill deer without antlers, continued to June 10, 1986. Roy Wayne Sisk, failure to check deer, continued to June 10, 1986; trespass to hunt, continued to June 10, 1986; kill deer without antlers, continued to June 10, 1986; possess and transport illegal deer, continued to June 10,1986. Johnnie T. Taylor, non-payment of fine/costs, continued to May 27, 1986. John Wesley Foster, drunk in public, $15/20. Gregory Hynes, non-payment fine/costs, continued to May 27, 1986. Joseph Louis Ruffo, possess marijuana, no prosecution. David W. Lang, non-payment fine/costs, continued to May 27, 1986. Dennis Lawrence Lockhart, nonpayment fine/costs, continued to May 27,1986. Dayton Bernard Yost, 69/55, $28/20. Howard Perry Hinegardner, 66/55, $22/20. Mark Robert Padezanin, 76/55, $42/20. Deborah Dolores Alther, expired inspection, $10/20. Bonnie Renee Cordani, no county sticker, $15/20. Shawn Andrew Dietrich, reckless driving (95/55), operator’s license suspended 90 days, $95/20. John Edward Priebe, no county sticker, $15/20. Jack R. Shore, no county sticker, $15/20. Leon Settle, driving while intoxicated, continued to June 17, 1986. Charles William Butler Sr., 74/55, continued to June 17, 1986; driving while intoxicated, continued to June 17,1986. Robert Dayton Croston, no county sticker, $15/20. Christine M. Draham, 70/55, $30/25. Albert Godfrey Greene III, 74/55, $38/20. Harvey Daily Grimsley, driving while intoxicated, continued to June 17, 1986. Ricky Lee Harvey, 70/55, $30/20. Robin Lynne Kemp, 71/55, $32/25. Scott Douglas King, 65/55, $20/25. Maurizzo Manca, 73/55, $36/25. Nancy Lee Pell. 77/55, $44/20. Franklin Richard Schmidt, no county sticker, $15/25. Deborah 0. Smith, no county sticker, $15/25. Joseph Michael Stewart, 71/55, $32/25. David Jarrell Weakley, driving while intoxicated, continued to June 10, 1986. John W. White, 70/55, $30/25. Larry Mann, no operator’s license, $25/20. Wayne Allen Atkins, drunk in public, $15/20. Stan George Wilder, drunk in public, $15/20. Real estate transactions The following real estate transfers were recorded during the past week: William Nicolai and wife to Homestead Properties of Front Royal, Inc., Blue Ridge Mountain Estate, Lot 21, Section 5, Building 4, Wakefield District, $100. Florence H. Cover to Frank J. Schmid and wife, 8.175 acres, Jackson District. $138,000. Truman J. Keesey to Raymond L. Gooch, 0.50 acre, Hampton District. $95,000. Arthur K. Kercoode and wife to Carlton S. Coon and wife, 41.4301 acres, Hampton District. $95,750. Randall W. Jones and wife to Virginia Calder, Trustee, 5.49 acres, Lot B, Wakefield Distinct. $90,000. American Heart Association .WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR bFE •■ - i&appabannoctt ilrtoa 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_ ZIPSecond class postage paid at the Post Office at Warr§nton, 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. DRIVE A DIESEL OVER YgJR UMfN. It looks like a mower. It cuts grass like a mower. But the Kubota G is much more. It’s the first lawn and garden tractor of such remarkably small size to have a diesel engine. There are four different G tractor models, including the G3200 you see here. It has a strong, 10 horsepower 2-cvlinder diesel engine and a live front PTO shaft drive to See the Kubota G tractors for yourself and you’ll want to get behind the wheel of a diesel. the mower. Nothing like it on earth' photo courtest of Col. Deiter Knuepfer GETTING AN EARLY START for the 30th annual House Tour and Dried Flower Sale to be held October 18 and 19 by the Episcopal Churchwomen of Bromfield Parish, Trinity Episcopal Church, Washington. Jane Herndon (center) distributes flowers she has started—which will be picked and dried in the fall—to (1. to r.) Edna Perry, Barbara Thomas, Lois Snead, Martha Sutherland and Kita Parrish. County emergency log Fire and rescue The following calls were routed through the dispatch center in the past week: May 13: 12:36 p.m., structure fire, Rt. 707, Sperryville Fire Department, Washington Fire Department, Sperryville Rescue Squad, Salem Fire Department and Madison Fire Department. May 15: 10:56 p.m., heart attack, Rt. 211, Culpeper County, Amissville Fire Department; 6:57 p.m., chest pains, Rt. 211 west, Washington fire Department, Sperryviile Rescue Squad. . May 16: 12:00 a.m., O.B. call, Town of Washington, Washington Fire Department; 3:20 a.m., difficulty breathing, Rt. 610, Chester Gap Fire Department; 9:21 a.m., dif Marriage License The following marriage licenses were issued at the Clerk’s office during the past week: Samuel Lee Dwyer, Sperryville, and Connie Ellen DelGrosso, Sperryville. Robert Alfred Anderson Jr., Huntly, and Carolyn Roberta Quinn, Huntly. ficulty breathing, Rt. 618, Amissville Fire Department; 10:24 a.m., transport to U.VA., Sperryville Rescue Squad; 10:31 p.m., illness, Rt. 621, Sperryville Rescue Squad. May 17: 5:19 p.m., fire alarm activated, mutual aid with Warren County, Chester Gap Fire Department; 9:32 p.m., heart problems, Chester Gap Fire Department. May 18: 1:38 p.m., illness, Culpeper County, Amissville Fire Department; 3:31 p.m., tractor fire, Rt. 211 east. Washington Fire Department . Sheriff May 12: Vandalism, Town of Sperryville; unauthorized use of vehicle, Town of Sperryville; domestic, Amissville area. May 13: Disturbance, Rt. 672*md Rt. 614; auto accident, Rt. 211 west. May 14: Public service, Rt. 629. May 16: Drag racing, Rt. 626, Scrabble area; intoxicated pedestrian, Huntly area; cows in the road, Rt. 231; disturbance, Rt. 641, Flint Hill area. May 17: Burglar alarm activated, Rt. 211 west, Sperryville area; reckless driving, Rt. 522 north, Huntly 1 REGISTER FOR SUMMER CLASSES JUNE 2 thru 5, 9 and 10 9am - 7pm For Information Call 869“1120 Lord Fairfax Community College P.O. BOX 47. MIDDLETOWN, VIRGINIA 22645 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 22.1-29.1, that the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 2, 1986 at 10:00 o’clock A.M. in the Courthouse at Washington, Virginia to receive the views of citizens concerning the appointment of a school board member to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of William W. Oliver. By: Diane Bruce, Clerk Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors area; larceny, Rt. 630; hit and run, with property damage, Rt. 626; domestic, Rt. 674; trespassing, Rt. 642, Viewtown; disturbance, Rt. 600; missing dog, Viewtown area; fight in progress, Rt. 641, Aileen Road; illegal motorist, Rt. 628 and Rt. 606. May 18: Cows in the road, Rt. 729, Ben Venue; auto accident involving a deer, Rt. 659; burglar alarm activated, Rt. 211 west, Sperryville area; intoxicated driver, Rt. 522, south of Flint Hill; possible breaking and entering, Rt. 662, Huntly area; disturbance, Rt. 611, Amissville area. Huntly Man Graduates Clarence E. Pendleton Jr. graduated May 11 from Potomac State College of West Virginia University with an Associate in Arts degree in journalism. Mr. Pendleton was among 115 students receiving degrees at commencement at Church-McKee Arts Center on the college’s campus in Keyser, W. Va. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pendleton of Huntly. r Local airman honored Staff Sgt. Wade T. Brown, son of Marion K. and George R. Hagerty of Sperryville has been named outstanding non-commissioned officer of the quarter for the 47th Information Systems Group. The competition was based on job knowledge, significant self-improvement, leadership qualities, ability to be an articulate and positive spokesman for the Air Force and other accomplishments. Brown is an informations systems technician at Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colo. He is a 1979 graduate of Rappahnnock County High School, Sperryville. Marine Promoted Marine Warrant Officer James Prudhum, son of James and Margaret Prudhum of Castleton, has been promoted to his present rank while serving with the 3rd Force Service Support Group on Okinawa. A 1971 graduate of Woodbridge Senior High School, he joined the Marine Corps in December 1971. Correction In last week’s article about the house fire in Slate Mills, Greg Wayland was incorrectly identified as chief of Sperryville Fire Co. 2. Mr. Wayland’s rank is captain. Steve Leake is company chief. The Rappahannock News regrets the error. Henry joins realty firm A1 Henry has joined Mount Vernon Realty Inc. in Warrenton as a Realtor. His duties include securing listings, doing market analysis and selling property. He will specialize in residential and farm properties in Fauquier and Rappahannock counties. , ^, After obtaining his real estate license in February, Mr. Henry began work at Mount Vernon in April. Previously, he was a senior loan officer with the Federal Land Bank of Warrenton where his primary responsibilities focused on Fauquier and Rappahannock counties. Mr. Henry will continue his independent appraisal work. A native of Mt. Jackson, Mr. Henry is a 1980 graduate of Virginia Tech with a BS in marketing management. He and his wife, Dabney, live in Amissville. 1 LEATHERCOAT 1986 Memorial Weekend Music Festival For the second year Leathercoat presents a weekend of music to be held in our unique garden* of trees, shrubs and falling water. Please join us for this special musical and culinary experience. Friday, May 23 7:30 p.m. " 10:30 p.m. The Tom Espinola Trio An eclectic blend of classical, ethic and contemporary styles performed on a variety of stringed instruments. Saturday, May 24 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. The Buck Hill Quartet represented by Miles Stiebcl . Straight ahead American jazz. Sunday May 25 Noon - 3:00p.m. The Shenandoah Woodwind Trio Artists, faculty in residence of the Shenandoah College and Conservatory. A classical repertoire of flute, clarinet and bassoon ' ’ In case of inclement weather performances will be held on our cate balcony. Dinner: Wednesday-Saturday 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday Brunch and Dinner: 12:00 noon-7:00 p.m. Reservations suggested (703) 253-5286 / D.C. metro (703) 471-5327 _Loudoun & Stuart Streets The Plains, Virginia

CD TrMno „ Rappahannock News photo/Lou Hatter rKIhNDS OF RAAC gathered at the Gay Street Theatre Saturday night to celebrate its third anniversary. Coffee and cake were served during the intermission of Amadeus. RAAC’s going strong at 3 by LOU HATTER Rappahannock News Staff Writer As the Rappahannock Association for Arts and the Community celebrates its third birthday, “its feet are planted firmly on the ground,” RAAC president Frank Reynolds said. “I’m very, very positive about RAAC and its future...‘I feel that’ life in Rappahannock is better because RAAC is here: we’ve been able to bring things here that wouldn’t have happened on their own.” Most people think of the popular weekly film series at the Gay Street Theatre when they think of RAACbut the organization is a whole lot more than that, Mr. Reynolds said. The association has been involved in numerous other projects during its first three years, “many of which have been the result of ideas advanced by the community.” Recently the association has received high praise for its help with the artist-in-residence program in conjunction with the Middle Street Artist’s Cooperative and the county schools. Other programs which RAAC has had a hand in presenting to the community in the past have included street dances, modem dance programs, country dances, bluegrass concerts, a violin recital and other traditional music in cooperation with the Bluemont Concert Series in Middleburg. The Source Theatre from Washington, D.C. has performed several times through the auspices of RAAC. In addition, RAAC was instrumental in securing a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities to produce Kathy Kiley’s original and highly-aclaimed Voices of Rappahannock. RAAC is presently attempting to secure another grant to produce the piece in the county schools, allowing local children-with the guidance of experts in music and directing-to have the experience of producing a piece of theatre. The association was co-sponsor, along with' Faith Mountain, of the Blue Ridge Art Show last fall in conjunction with Sperryville’s Apple Harvest Celebration. The show featured local artists and craftsmen and was extremely well-received. RAAC has also produced, for the past two years, a calendar featuring work by local artists. “We’re here for the benefit of all of the citizens of Rappahannock,” Mr. Reynolds continued. “We’re not a club-we’re an association FOR the community, and we can’t exist without the community and its support. It’s not one group doing this, bur helpers are all kinds of people...doctors, lawyers, teenagers, farmers, retired folks...hundreds of people have helped us. We’re always looking for new people who like what we’re doing, to share ideas, energy, vision. RAAC doesn’t carry the stamp of any one person~we want to promote an environment for artistic expression and experience for the entire community.” Although RAAC has been successful in the past in securing funding for a variety of programs, Mr. Reynolds said that the organization, “like many artistic organizations right now-is right on the edge.” The association is “really in need of extra funds right now,” and has had to delay or cancel several projects which had been planned due to increased costs. Mr. Reynolds said that any donations which are received by the association are ploughed right back into the various projects already underway. In spite of the critical shortfall of funds, RAAC has several upcoming events on its calendar, as \yell as the ongoing film series. On Sunday, June 15, the association is sponsoring a bus trip to Baltimore to see the Orioles play the New York Yankees. The cost is $20 per person, which includes the bus trip as well as a reserved seat ticket to the game. Another bus trip to Wolf Trap to see the Kirov Ballet is already sold out. In addition, “there is also the notorious Rappahannock Talent Show, coming soon to the Gay Street Theatre,” Mr. Reynolds warned. He urged anyone who is interested in joining RAAC, or in contributing to the organization, to contact RAAC’s Executive Director, Anne Stephens, at 675-3193, for additional information. You are invited to FAITH MOUNTAIN’S 3RD ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE AND FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN CRAFTS SATURDAY, MAY 24 and SUNDAY, MAY 25 12 Noon - 6 p.m. Rain or Shine Free Admission On Main Street across from the post office in Old Town Sperry uille * Visit our shop and gardens * Excellent crafts festival * Craft demonstrations * Free refreshments * Farmers Market * Super herb, vegetable, and flower plant sale * Open Pit Barbecue * Catalog overstock sale * Virginia wines * Quilt door prize * Plenty of food & drink by the Sperryville Fire Department * Much, much more! You are also invited to join the gala festival of SPERRYVILLE’S SPRINGFEST throughout the town. The fresh beauty of Spring in the Blue Ridge Mountains provides the inspiration for this old fashioned country celebration. The merchants, service organizations, churches, and townspeople of Sperryville, the Scenic Gateway to the Skyline Drive, have banded together to provide a weekend you will be sure to enjoy. For further information call 703-987-8521 From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia Faith'mountaiN COUNTRY FARE inursaay, Coming soon: Washington’s Comprehensive Plan By j. e. McCullough Rappahannock News Contributing Writer The Town of Washington’s Comprehensive Plan should be ready for public hearing in 60 days, Bill Wickens told the Washington Town Council last Wednesday. The town Planning Commission would like to have the Comprehensive Plan passed before the zoning ordinance is acted upon, “even if it is right before it at the same meeting,” Mr. Wickens said. Councilman Wickens, who also serves on the Planning Commission, explained that data is available for most Virginia counties but not for Rappahannock, thus the delay. The Planning Commission is tackling a “groundwork” project, Mr. Wickens said. Although the commission is using plans formulated by neighboring counties as examples, he assured the council that Washington’s Comprehensive Plan won’t be a “cut and paste” job. Treasurer Brad Fisher submitted a proposed budget for the coming year. Included was the Water Department’s projected revenue of $16,000 from user fees balanced by an equal expense. Mayor Peter Kramer argued that a reserve should be built up to cover unexpected maintenance costs. But when he proposed raising rates to provide this reserve, Mr. Fisher insisted that users on fixed incomes would not be able to pay higher bills. The $15 minimum is a lot for those people, he said. Mayor Kramer countered that “the town needs to recognize that problems can and will develop.” He added, “I’ll pay $20 if it means we’ll get a reserve.” As an alternative to a rate increase Mr. Fisher suggested finding another source of income. “We’re not talking about taxation; we are talking about maintaining — paying — for a service,” Mr. Kramer said. The galvanized pipe which serves over a third of the town is in serious need of repair and May/z, iyso vJ replacement, he said. “This is a major operation receiving minimal attention and it has not gotten proper financial backing for years and years,” maintained the mayor. The council decided by consensus to postpone a decision on a rate change, the reserve fund, and repairs to the water system until June when new members elected earlier this month are installed. In other business, Joyce Kramer asked for and received confirmation of a special use permit granted in 1984 by the council for a bed and breakfast business in Mrs. Kramer’s Gay Street apartments. Councilman Newbill Miller tendered his resignation, explaining that Virginia law prevents him from serving on the council and the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors. (Mr. Miller was elected to the board last month to fill the vacancy created by the death of Clarence Baldwin.) The council members were unanimous in their reluctance to see Mr. Miller go. Asked what ramifications would follow if they refused to accept his resignation, Mr. Miller joked, “I’d probably goto jail.” Handicapped access ‘only recourse’ Richard Abell can expect no help from the state in securing handicapped access to the county courthouse. “Your only recourse is to contact the Supervisors of Rappahannock County,” advised J. Stuart Barret, director of the Division of Engineering and Buildings with the Department of General Services in Richmond. Representing Mr. Abell, a Castleton resident confined to a wheel chair, Washington attorney Frank Reynolds had sought assistance from the Department of General Services in prodding the county to comply with regulations on handicapped access. In his response, Mr. Barret noted that his division is charged with enforcing design standards to eliminate barriers to the handicapped but only for state-owned buildings. He pointed out that legis p American Heart Association WERE FIGHTING FOR ' VOUR LIFE lation passed in 1970 gave local governing bodies the responsibility as regards local public buildings. In Rappahannock’s case, the applicable provision charges the Board of Supervisors with prescribing standards for “design, construction and alteration” to ensure that physically handicapped persons have “ready access” to buildings “constructed in whole or in part or altered” by the use of county funds, according to the director. Mr. Barret also noted that Virginia’s Uniform Statewide Building Code includes a requirement for design standards to eliminate barriers to the physically handicapped but responsibility for enforcement rests with the locality in that instance as well. The Department of General Services acts as the building official for compliance with BOCA but only for state-owned buildings, he added. If anyone in state ’ government has oversight over a locality regarding compliance with regulations for handicapped access, it is the Department of Housing and Community Development, Mr. Barret advised. The issue of handicapped access arose when the supervisors contracted to remodel the upstairs courtroom. The board has tabled a decision on Mr. Abell’s request to provide handicapped access, pending receipt of an opinion from Virginia’s attorney general. CLOSE OUT LAST WEEK \ EVERYTHING Va OFF | ! Closing effective June 1 \ | Tuesday-Friday 10 to 5 p.m. j I Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. j [ ICE HOUSE FABRICS i [Main Street 703-675-3876 Washington ( !»«>* MEMORIAL CAY WfTH THESE SPECIALS rrico BfFccthra Thn May 24. 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Rappahannock JJetoS 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 LAWRENCE K. EMERSON, Executive Editor LOU HATTER, Managing 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 Arunde! Newspapers, Inc. Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation. THURSDAY, MAY 22,1986 Editorials Memorial Day Monday is Memorial Day, when we should pause to think of the brave men and women who have given their lives to preserve our democracy. The freedom they have ensured for us will be celebrated in that most American of institutions: The three-day weekend. And many of us will, unfortunately, give little thought to the real significance of the holdiay. Instead, we’ll gas up the family car and head for the beach or the mountains. The Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning of summer. Swimming pools open and serious vacationing begins. That will place more than the usual burden on local roads and drivers. Rappahannock’s function as a major crossroads for tourists becomes even moreapparent to us on these threeday holiday weekends. And, although we’ve heard and read the statistics many times, we still must remind ourselves of the potential hazards. We must be more aware of careless and drinking drivers in the next several days. The State Police are — they will have extra troopers on the road to help. We can do our part by driving defensively and by ensuring that all passengers are securely belted in our vehicles. “If everyone makes buckling up a habit, we can save hundreds of lives, prevent thousands of injuries and decrease economic losses associated with highway death and injury by as much as $135 million annually,” says John T. Hanna, deputy commissioner of the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. It’s all been said before for a simple reason: It’s the enduring truth. Let’s be careful out there. On Memorial Day weekend, we should remember the dead and help prevent further loss. A good move Any move to increase bureaucracy provokes skepticism and concern. But the Board of Supervisors hiring of a zoning administrator is a good move — one that should simplify, rather than complicate, local bureaucracy. In his new job, John W. McCarthy III should improve communications among county agencies and should help citizens in their dealings with local government. His presence will free the supervisors and Planning Commission of some routine matters so they can concentrate on policy and major decisions. And, it sounds as if Mr. McCarthy understands the type of government service Rappahannock citizens want and need — friendly, efficient and free of any unnecessary red tape. The supervisors have done a good job in filling the $22,000-a-year post. The dividends soon should be obvious. And, Mr. McCarthy deserves a hearty welcome and best wishes as he tackles his important duties. Rappahannock Heritage THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING in Gid Brown Hollow. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner Letters to the editor Questioning the budget To the editor: The headline for the May 8 edition of your newspaper reads “$5 million budget would require tax hike.” I would like to offer a few comments on this cheerful forecast. 1. You note this county budget is up 10 percent over last year. But the rate of inflation in the U.S. is less than 5 percent, and no particular improvement in county services is mentioned in your report (except for assistance to the fire and rescue organizations) as a result of this increase in expenditures. 2. With reference to a new position of county administrator, I recently attended a meeting of two citizens groups wherein those present seemed to favor this innovation. However, no one was sure what this new employee’s duties were to be, and at one point it was stated that the county administrator would be “85 percent zoning administrator.” We already have one of those, and he works two days a week. All I learned was that there as this determination to: A) Have a county administrator. B) Pay her/him $30,000 a year. Indeed, the position is to cost us $50,000 a year, all told. No one present having much idea what this person would do, it was asserted that all Virginia counties but four have a county administrator. I can imagine that, in all Virginia counties but four, there are citizens who wonder, as I do, if all this is necessary. 3. Since 1980 there has been a 1214 percent decline in the public school population, and the school plant is built and in place. It seems reasonable to expect that a declining teaching load would result in stable if now lower costs of operating the schools. However, the state has mandated a 10 percent increase in teacher’s salaries. 4. There is much talk these days about federal “tax reform,” but according to the Washington Post this morning, this is going to add up to a tax increase for a lot of us — for sure. And of course this will be aggravated if state and local taxes are no longer deductible. I'would like to respectfully suggest to the people who run Rappahannock County that they see a great deal more of the county’s paid public employees than they see of those of us wl]o have no such affiliation but who also pay the county’s bills. The excess of personal contact on the one hand and lack of it on the other must make a difference in how things are decided. I hope we are not seeing the start of county tax increases year after year after year. This happened in Montgomery County, Md., and it got to the point that county taxes were decisive in whether you wanted to live there or even could live there. Some of us who saw' this happen get alarmed at the idea of the state mandating this, that, and the other. This does not do much for the viability of local government, where democratic principles supposedly apply more directly than anywhere else. GEORGE H. SHARP Washington Thanks for your support To the editor: I would like to express heartfelt appreciation to all the lovely folk of Rappahannock who made it such a pleasure to operate Brambles Cafe over the last two years. Thanks for your patronage and support, your compliments, the use ful pointers when I blew it, your warm friendliness and patience. The people I met and worked with were by far the best part of this experience. It was wonderful and I’m going to miss you. ILENE SHIPMAN Sperryville Needed: More able bodies To the editor: Believe it or not, there really is a playground taking shape out there! But it needs you this weekend, more than ever. The kids at RCES want to play on it before school lets out. There’s been a dedicated group of willing volunteers that has spent the last three weekends of sweaty hard work — digging, building and hauling. But we need those other willing volunteers out there waiting to be asked . . . I’m asking. This means all those strong, willing and able bodies, still in high school or not and even retired. We need drivers, and trucks to pick up wood, chips fpr r i groundcover. We need skilled carpenters. We need not so skilled, but energetic, painters and sanders. It would be great to have an extra generator on the scene. We could use power tools, wheelbarrows, hand tools! Your efforts will not be forgotten, not by me, the school and especially hot the children. Remember that epidemic of enthusiasm that began a few months ago? I meant to tell you . . . there’s no cure. So don’t worry about catching any flyaway germs, they won’t hurt you. We can all get the bug together and finish this project before the end of this school year! If you need more information, please call 675-3757 or 9878271. MARGARET M. ROGERS Playground Chairman RCES Student Parent Teacher Association ‘'Barking up the wrong tree’ To the editor: pected to accept it. Chairman Gilkey is barking up the wrong tree when he says that Rappahannock County must proceed with construction of the dog pound at the Scrabble schoolhouse. It is true, as he says, that $4,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on the project. What he doesn’t say is that the money was spent before the public was consulted about this ill-advised plan. No landowners were consulted. No discussions were held. Work just began, and those of US who live in the area were ex Surely a more appropriate site can be found — one that is more isolated, one that does not have an important historical building on it. Instead of advancing specious arguments about the $4,000, why don’t Mr. Gilkey and the other supervisors who secretly voted for the Scrabble plan refund the money to the treasury and get serious about finding a pound site that will be acceptable to everybody? ROBERT and SUZIE POOLE Castleton Virginia could lose as many as 4,000 family farms ByRICKCAGAN and PATTIE NESBITT-HABIB A recent state government study confirms what farmers in Virginia already know. The Great American Farm Crisis has come home to the Old Dominion. Unless something is done, as many as 4,000 farm families in our state may go out of business in the next two years. That represents' an annual decline of 3.5 percent, a rate greater than during the Great Depression. But aren’t the farmers simply victims of their own greed, having taken advantage of ready credit to buy more land than they could work? Can small farmers hope to operate as etnciently as large agribusinesses.' These are legitimate questions. The answers are more complex than one might think. Since World War II, America has had a cheap food Mr. Cagan is executive director of Rural Virginia, a rural advocacy group based in Richmond. Ms. Nesbitt-Habib is a former board member and consultant to Rural Virginia. This column is from Virginia Forum, an educational organization which provides the media with the views of state experts on rruyor public issues. Virginia Forum policy. Until 10 or 15 years ago this seemed reasonable, as it appeared that the United States would serve as the breadbasket for a world with an ever growing hunger. The government spurred agricultural production by guaranteeing loans, giving tax breaks, securing the sale of farm products overseas and stockpiling the domestic surplus in enormous quantities. For the past decade farmers who sought to increase production to meet the perceived surge in global demand found themselves trapped by deflation in commodity prices and rapid inflation in financing and other costs. At the same time, they encountered increasing competition from large multinationals attracted to agriculture by tax breaks. Thus, in Virginia as elsewhere, the post-war era has seen displacement of people from the land as agriculture has consolidated into fewer and fewer hands. This loss of control over the land base has serious implications for our state. For one thing, it means farm products cost the consumer more than they need to. Each year the Old Dominion buys $1.3 billion worth of food from other states and countries. Most of this money does not reach the farmer. In fact, only one out of every three dollars paid for food in the market reaches the producer. For example, it is estimated that 2,000 tractor-trailers are required each week to bring food into the state. Most of the farms, in Virginia are family operations, grossing less than $100,000 annually, with an average net income of $10,000 to $30,000. Research shows that economies of scale occur at this level. Interestingly, industrial farms are not as efficient. One reason is that smaller farms excel at controlling costs, including the use of expensive farm chemicals. American agribusiness has cut corners by not taking care of the land. Moreover, the latter’s indiscriminate use of pesticides has raised health issues with serious implications for farm workers and consumers. Thus, if family farmers in Virginia diversified their crops, consumers in the state could expect to have the opportunity of buying higher quality, fresher and less expensive agricultural products, with the farmer receiving more for his or her efforts. For the residents of rural parts of Virginia the stakes are even higher. The Old Dominion’s farmers are the economic base for many of the state’s localities. National studies reveal that for every four to six farmers forced out of business, one business in the nearest town closes. If up to 4,000 Virginia farmers are forced out in -he near future, we can expect as many as 1,000 local businesses to fail. State banking experts note that the hometown banks in Virginia are carrying a disproportionate share of the farm debt. Instead of allowing the agricultural sector in the state — which now basically produces and sells a raw material — to wither, we could aid economic development in rural areas by encouraging the processing of farm products —canning and freezing, for example — to increase the value of this segment of our economy. There is another reason to preserve family Continued on page 5

This was the news In bygone Rappahannock times 24 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the May 31, 1962, edition The registrars of Rappahannock County will be at their posts in each magisterial district on Saturday, June 10, for the purpose of registering voters. Rappahannock County Planning Commission held a meeting May 24 at 8 p.m. in the Moffett building in Washington. Members of this Commission were appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Present were H. S. Barksdale, C. E. Johnson Jr., E. M. Jones, Gen. Daniel Noce, and Capt. L. B. Stuart. Mr. Jones acted as chairman pro-tem. The Seventh Grade Commencement Program will be held at the Washington Elementary School in Washington on Tuesday, June 5,1962, at 7:30 p.m. 19 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the May 25, 1967, edition The Rappahannock County Public School System has adopted a geographic plan for enrollment of elementary school children for the 1967-68 session. Under this plan, children who have previously attended the small two-room schools will be assigned, on a geographic basis, to the Sperryville and Washington Elementary Schools. Teachers from these schools will be assigned on the basis of qualifications, competence and experience in teaching certain grade levels. The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall in Washington on Wednesday, June 14. Miss Sheila Rae Dodson, daughter of Mrs. Douglas Dodson and the late Mr. Dodson, has been accepted by Ralph’s Virginia School of Cosmetology in Lynchburg. The nine-month course will begin June 13. Miss Dodson is a candidate for graduation from Rappahannock County High School on June 2, 1967. Bill Snead and George Kidwell Jr., 4-H members of Rappahannock, each exhibited and sold five head of lambs at the Northern Virginia Lamb Show and Sale held Monday, May 22, at Winchester. 14 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the May 25, 1972, edition A public hearing on the budget for Rappahannock County for the fiscal year 197273 will take place Thursday, June 1, in conjunction with the regular June meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Charles Thomas and Wade Frazier represented Rappahannock County High School at the Virginia Track and Field Meet held Saturday in Lynchburg and each captured a state title. Richard E. McNear of Rappahannock County has been appointed to serve Fauquier County in a capacity that apparently will be something like a director of public works or county engineer. 9 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the May 26, 1977, edition Washington Mayor Newbill Miller has requested that town residents curtail water use to essentials only. Town water levels are down and residents are asked to refrain from washing cars and watering lawris and gardens until further notice. Wendolyn Warfield Brown received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg during graduation exercises held May 14. Miss Brown is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Edward Brown of Woodville. Out of the Attic AN AERIAL PHOTO taken of the Town of Washington in the early 1920’s. photo courtesy of Jimmy DeBergh Sperryville Continued from page 4 farming in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson saw fanners as the backbone of the nation and the foundation of American democracy. While today most Virginians, like most Americans, are not farmers we still believe that those who work the land are important to our social and political system. What is the solution to Virginia's farm crisis? Some farm organizations, religious, labor and commu What does a poet see ? By DIANA BIRD Rappahannock Ncwa Contributinc Writer This season suggests to me a popular poem, Pied Beauty, by Garard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), an English Jesuit priest. The poem is a hymn of praise for the beauty and interest conferred upon us by the variety and randomness in the parti-colored clothes that we associate with the dress of the medieval fool and harlequin, or a masquerade costume. The pattern is often diamond shaped and the colors white, green and red, or black, yellow and white, or any two or three colors. The camouflage shadows cast by leaves and branches on the ground, the puffs of white clouds against a blue sky, the black and brown blotches on the hides of cattle, draw the poet’s eyes, as do the pink circles against the iridescent green scales on the sides of trout. Hopkins finds interest in the landscape where fallow strips lie next to ploughed and green ones, and stone walls outline sheep folds. He takes pleasure in" the hand wrought implements of workmen and farmers made of wood, iron, leather, rushes and willow, with a beauty of form dictated by the tool’s use. The pleasure of the sounds of the combined words as well as the surprising juxtapositions of the facts of life, “All things, counter, original, spare, strange,” hold our attention. He unifies his litany with his opening and closing cries, “Glory be to God.. .” and “He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him”, postulating God the father, paradoxically never changing in a kaleidoscopic world. Pied Beauty (published in 1919) Glory be to God for dappled things — For skies of couple-color as a brindled cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches wings; Landscape plotted and pieced — fold, fallow and plough; And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim. All things, counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) With swift, slow, sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him. In other poems, Hopkins celebrates the wilderness aspects of nature and criticizes what human beings do to upset or destroy it. He lived as the industrial revolution caused great changes in all aspects of society and he was concerned for that. Like Emily Dickinson (18301880), Hopkins has had his principal poetic impact in this century rather than in the one in which he lived. Like Dickinson’s, his poems weren’t published in his lifetime and his work is experimental and controversial. Often his poems must be worked on before they can be understood. He made up words, used old fashioned ones, and he especially concentrated his thoughts. 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Church Activities Homecoming at Thornton’s Gap Thornton’s Gap Regular Baptist Church near Sperryville will have their annual homecoming service Sunday, May 25. The church cordially invites everyone to attend. St. Peter Catholic Mission Old School Annex Washington Rev. Maurice duCastillion, C.I.C.M. Holy Masses: Daily: Sundays: Holy Days: Rectory—8:30 a.m. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. (Sung) 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. bunday school in the rectory after 9 a.m. Mass. Family Worship Center Old School Building Washington, Va. Pastor: Rev. Robert Dunphy Associate Pastor: William Taylor Phone: 987-8505 Phone: 987-8014 Sunday: Wednesday: Thursday: Adult worship service and children’s church 10:30 a.m. Evening service 7 p.m. First Sunday afternoon of every month is fellowship day. No Sunday evening service. All are welcome. Intercessory prayer 6:30 p.m. Praise singing 7 p.m. Bible study 7:30 p.m. Aerobics. All welcome. No charge. Nether s Mill Lighthouse Tabernacle Weekly services at Nethers Mill Lighthouse Tabernacle include Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. The Rev. Charles Clindenist, pastor, invites the public. County Methodist Services The United Methodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, May 25, as follows: Flint Hill at 11:15 a.m., Sperryviile at 8:45 a.m., and Willis Chapel at 10 a.m., with Communion. The Rev. Merlin Shorb, pastor, invites the public. Amissville Baptist Church Sunday: Wednesday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m. Evening service 7:30 p.m. Prayer, praise and Bible study 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker at Hopewell Rev. Alfred Brown Jr: of Cranford, N. J., will be the feuest speaker at the Hopewell Baptist Church, at Spierryville on Sunday, May 25, at 3 p.m. Everyone is welcome. ... Trinity Episcopal Church Sunday: Wednesday: Thursday: Holy Eucharist 8 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Eucharist 11 a.m., with coffee hour following Youth Group meeting 6:30 p.m. Bible study 9:30 a.m. Choir practice 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Memorial Baptist Pastor: Rev. Douglas Farmer Sunday: Thursday: Worship service 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Bible study 7:30 p.m. A memorial service The Slate Mills Baptist Church will have a special Memorial Day service Sunday, May 25, at 11 a.m. “In thinking of and remembering those men and women who have given their lives for their country, we dedicate this service,” said Pastor Harold J. Eaton. “Also to those now living who have served and those who are now serving, we give our thanks,” he added. An invitation is extended to the public to attend. Washington Baptist Church Sunday: Tuesday: Pastor: Rev. Steven N. Scoggin Office Phone: 675-3336 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m. Choir practice 12 p.m. Lecture by Rev. Steven N. Scoggin on “A Theological Perspective on Understanding and Managing Anger” at Trinity Episcopal Church. Mt. Lebanon Baptist Pastor: John Warren Sunday: Wednesday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m. Evening worship 7 p.m. Prayer meeting 7:30 p.m Amissville United Methodist Church Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Pastor: Rev. Steven D. Parker Phone:937-4397 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m. Dieters' Support Group meeting 6:30 p.m. Junior and youth choir practice 7 p.m. Adult choir practice 7:30 p.m. Cub Scouts meeting 7:30 p.m. Junior and Senior M.Y.F. meeting and Bible study 7 p.m. Homecoming at Gid Brown Homecoming services will be held at Gid Brown Bible Church near Washington on Sunday, June 1, beginning at 10 a.m. Pastor Bob McClure, formerly of Timberville, and now a missionary in Mexico, will preach at the morning service. Lunch will be served. The afternoon service will begin at 2 p.m. and the Rev. Jerry Young, pastor of Rivermont Baptist Church in Front Royal, will be preaching. Special singing will be featured throughout the day, a nursery will be provided and transportation can be arranged by calling 675-3662. Pastor John Burke and the congregation extends a cordial invitation to all to attend. MRS. RANDALL ROBBINS Jones-Robbins vows exchanged Donna Robin Jones and Randall Eaton Robbins of Wilmington, Del., were married May 17 in Christ Church, Greenville, Del. Their parents are Jean Brown Konek and Joseph B. Jones Jr. of Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. Bartow T. Robbins of Wilmington. The bride is a sales representa tive for the housing development of Limestone Hills. The groom is an attorney with the law firm of Ashby, McKelvie and Geddes in Wilmington. The bride is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. Bernard Jones of Culpeper and Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Brown of Sperryville. News around woodville Weekend guests of Bob and Pat Maldoven at Windy Run Farm were Emma Maldoven and Jimmy and Gary Maldoven of Beloit, Ohio. Also joining them were Bobby Maldoven of Virginia Beach and Mike, Bosie and Patricia of Arlington. Mrs. Vallie Butler and Norma Holt were guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. Beard. Mrs. Jane Hopkins and Steve Hopkins of Norfolk spent the weekend at their home Walnut Knoll and were guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice O’Bannon. Mrs. Edna Woodward, Tabby, John and Jeffery Woodward of Castleton visited Mrs. Ada Burke Sunday. William Eahart Sr. of Clearwater, Fla., Mrs. Sophia Corbin of Flint Hill and daughter Shirley CorMemorial Day service planned Trinity Episcopal Church invites the community to join in a Memorial Day service of prayer, song and meditation upon our heritage as a people. Please join us at 12 noon at the cemetery in Woodville (or at Trinity Church in Washington if there is a steady and unrelenting rain). B> Jl NK CI.ARK Phone 987-882; bin of Front Royal were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wayland. Mr. and Mrs. Collier Fox and Billy Fox of Luray were guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clark and Misty Hitt. PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN. High blood pressure can be com rolled Tb learn how. call us I American Red Cross Sperryville residents entertain Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers attended graduation exercises at Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Va., where their granddaughter Tracey Bolyard was a member of the graduating class. Mrs. G. W. Fulleron of Reform, Ala., who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. Roy L. Reeve for the past month, returned to her home last Friday, accompanied by her granddaughter Mrs. C. H. Brown and her friend Barb Franklin of Hanover, Pa. Mrs. Reeve entertained the Shenandoah Park Bridge Club Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown and Mrs. Frances Thornton were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson in Fork Union. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodes Brown Jr. of Tazewell. Mrs. F. D. Coffey Jr. and her sister Mrs. Dorothy Lewis of Huntly have returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs: W. C. Dennis and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dennis in Jackson, S.C. They also toured Charleston. Mrs. Mary Quaintance and Mrs. Brown Miller joined Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sanford of Orange for dinner Friday evening at the Toliver House in Gordonsville. Mrs. W. H. Lyne was a guest last week of her brother J. M. Cottrell and Mrs. Cottrell in Toano and her sister Mrs. Mildred Powell in Kilmarnock. Mr. and Mrs. Lyne were luncheon guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. David Lyne and daughters Heather and Mary Peachey in Warrenton. Fred W. Schaefer and Mrs. Louise Varner attended funeral services Wednesday afternoon for their cousin Wilson A. Harris in Falls Church. Guests Sunday of Mrs. Ethel Tyner and Miss Nellie Atkins were Mr. and Mrs. David Tyner of Palmyra, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kirby, Mrs. Mabel McClanahan, Mrs. Mildred Frazier, Mrs. Fannie Yates Clatterbuck and Frances Lyne, all of Warrenton. Visiting Mrs. Early Sisk Sunday were Mrs. Mabel Dwyer and Mrs. Mary Eddins of Bealeton, Mr. and B\ MRS. B. M. VARNER Phone 987-8710 Mrs. Robert Sisk of Orange, Mrs. Vincent Painter and Mrs. Mary Jenkins of Culpeper. Those from here attending services at Flint Hill United Methodist Church and dinner at the fire hall Sunday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers, Mrs. Catherine Brown, Mrs. F. D. Coffey Jr., Mrs. Tom Klatko and Sara, Mrs. Lee Swindler, Mrs. Robert Brown, Mrs. Swindler, Mrs. Rannie Aylor and Heather and Mrs. Randolph Devers. Beth Meade and Mrs. Andrew Reams celebrated their joint birthdays Sunday as the guests of Mrs. T. M. Johnston. 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Cookout at Vest home highlights Flint Hill news A cookout was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Vest on Sunday to honor the birthday of Mrs. Vest and as a going away party for Mrs. Crystal Werner and son Joshua, who will leave Saturday to join her husband in West Germany. The party was given by Mrs. Vest’s daughters, Renee Calisto and Crystal Werner. Their guests included Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nicholson and Shane, Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Nicholson of Cedarville, Rodney Vest and Patsy Vest of Woodville, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bowers and Phoebe Pierson of Amissville, Missy Dennis of Castleton, Kathy Hudson, Christine Vest, David Calisto and Lynn Atkins. Mrs. Ruth Grimsley returned home Sunday from Conway, Mass., where she has been visiting her sister Mrs. Lois Bancroft for six weeks. By POLLY N. AYLOR Phone 987-8136 James Menefee spent Friday evening with Nancy Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Fincham and Margaret Ann in Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pullen, Margie Menefee, William Southard and James Menefee spent Saturday evening in Winchester. Joan Horton of Daytona Beach, Fla., is spending this week with Mr. Washington homes welcome visitors Mrs. Cheryl Taylor and daughter Emily of Sperryville spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown and daughters Amanda and Bobbi Jo. The Browns’ Sunday guests were Mrs. Vickie Beatty and Jason of Point O’ Woods and Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Jr., Amanda and Stacy. Mrs. Ruth Clark and her father Robert L. Frazier visited Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Frazier and family in Castleton Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simmons were dinner guests Friday night of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Settle and family. Mrs. Allen Knighting and daughter Brandy of Castleton visited Mrs. Wanda Jenkins Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Campbell of Frederick, Md., were guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lockhart of Front Royal called on the Campbells Monday morning. Guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Farmer and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall were Mr. and Mrs. Paul r armer and children Casey and P. J. of Fairfax City. In the afternoon they visited Mr. and Mrs. John Postelle at Peyton Farms. Mrs. Kathy Morgan and children Devon and Lisa of Silver Spring, Md., visited Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pennington Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Slaughter of Leesburg were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Keyser at The Oaks. Happy belated birthday wishes to 12-year-old Tony Huff, son of Mr. afid Mrs. John Huff Jr., who celebrated his birthday with a family dinner and birthday cake on Saturday. Mrs. Sarah Latham of Amissville and Mrs. Russie Miller of Flint Hill visited Mrs. Frances Eubank Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Hudson took Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Hitt of Woodville and Mrs. Frances Eubank to dinner Sunday night at Nonna Gioia’s in Sperryville. Mrs. Erma Jenkins returned home on Friday after spending two weeks with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butler at McLean. Sunday guests of Mrs. Erma Jenkins were Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Weakley and son Chucky of Fredericksburg. Mrs. Sue Smoot and daughter By RUTH CLARK Phone 675-3808 Missy of Culpeper spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Ray Pullen and family and Mrs. Janie Pullen. Calling on Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Wayland Thursday were Mrs. George Butler of Boston and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Penaranda of Griffinsburg. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dewhist and children Ann Dudley and Scott of Richmond spent Sunday with Mrs. Dewhist’s mother Mrs. L. J. Turner. Mrs. Edward M. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Richie Eastham and Edie Eastham entertained at a cookout and watermelon party Sunday evening, when their guests were Robert Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown Send now for the only book on crime ever written by a dog! Get hot tips on crime prevention! Write to; McGruff Crime Prevention Coalition Box 6600 Rockville. Md. 20850 TAKE A BITE OUT OF Tor A LIMITED tNL.AGEMF.NT 8 PFRFORhAANC.ES ONLYj III Hill Tickets $9.50 and $8 50—Visit any of 55 TicketCenter locations including all HECHT'S. Of charge by phone call 202 432-0200 1 50 Discount for kids 12 & under and senior citizens courtesy of Coca-Cola (Except opening night and school performance.) For more information call: the B-106 B-Line 323-2675 /afc. Patriot Center George Mason Uiivcrsity Ktc 12 i tn BraHrWk Kd in I air(*\ Winchester Street Elegant all brick home in town of Warrenton. Situated in a large park like setting with many flowering shrubs &C trees. House features formal living room, dining, 4 bedrooms, 5 full baths 6C 2 half baths, 2 fireplaces, wet bar, large den/study (18x17), family room, glassed in heated dC air conditioned porch, lots of storage, cedar lined closets, separate workshop, floored attic and private guest quarters. Great for entertaining. MUST SEE! #350,000. and Mrs. Moe Walker. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Don Nagle on Old Rag Mountain near Etlan Saturday were Bemie Gilpin and Mrs. Ethel Pullen. The Flint Hill Extension Homemakers Club met May 13 at the home of Mrs. Ethel Pullen. Members present were Margaret Dodson, Elsie Dodson, Alice Pullen, Sandra Jenkins, Polly Payne, Flo Duvall and Russie Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Currence, Mark and Michelle visited Mrs. Roland Welch at Mountain View Sunday evening. Mrs. Barbara Gentry took part in the Joy Of Dance Ensemble at the pre-pageant entertainment at the sesquicentennial celebration held Wednesday through Saturday at the Junior High School and daughters Amanda and Bobbi Jo, and Tim Falls of Woodville. If you would like to see the Alabama Concert at Capital Center in D.C. on June 1 call 675-3608. Mrs. Georgia Vaughan of Fredericksburg and her daughter Mrs. William Bennette of Alexandria spent Wednesday and Thursday with Mrs. Charles Burke. Mrs. Burke’s son Ashton Burke of Warrenton visited her Tuesday. Brambles Cafe in town is now under new management. We wish them good luck! Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Akers at Shenandoah River Bend, Luray. I Have a wonderful safe Memorial Day weekend. Catch you next week! football field in Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wade of Chantilly spent Sunday with Mrs. Wade’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lillard. Mrs. Reba Good of Shenandoah spent the weekend with Miss Sallie Lillard. Mrs. Felicia McCulloch and Mrs. Donna Preno of Woodbridge visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCulloch Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crane, Mike Crane and daughter Laura of Lanham, Md., were guests Saturday . of Mrs. Crane’s mother Mrs. Moffett Brady. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson had visit them recently their granddaughter Dayna Lillard and her friend Bill of Springfield, not Dana Lillard and his friend as was printed last week. We regret the error. Visiting Mrs. Robert Nethers Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Nethers, Mrs. Dorothy Lewis, Charles Corder Jr., Karen Corder, Mrs. Helen Coffey, Mrs. Catherine Brown, Mrs. Pauline Aylor, Heather Ay lor, Mrs. Pearle Nethers and Clyde Lillard. Dinner guests Friday of Mrs. Nethers were Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers, Clifton Nethers and Charles Corder Jr. Among those from the Flint Hill area who attended the Extension Homemakers Club’s annual meeting at Graves Mountain Lodge at Syria on Saturday were Ethel Pullen, Flo Duvall, Alice Pullen, Margaret and Elsie Dodson, Polly Payne, Sandra Jenkins and Russie Miller. Proclaim the Word services opened Sunday evening at the Flint Hill fire hall with a covered dish dinner. The program was well attended.Rev. Jim Logan was guest speaker. The services continued through Wednesday. SOUTH WALES SWIM CLUB OPENING MAY 31 Under the same management. We urge all our old friends & prospective new members to come by our pool at Jeffersonton, Va: or call 347-9858 for Roger Flinchum or Julian Brown. ROYAL PALACE CLEANERS & LAUNDRY East 5th St. & Warren Ave. & BULLOCKS DUALITY CLEANERS & LAUNDRY 19 East Jackson St. Front Royal — 2 locations to serve you. FREE MOTH PROOFING with drycleaning of garments We store winter clothina! Have your winter clothes cleaned, pressed and moth proofed and we will store them for you. And pay for them when you pick them up in the fall. M-F 7:30-5:30 Sat. 8-4:30 BURKE’S STORE Sfy. Woodville, VA. 987-8814 Friday, Saturday Upton Tea Bags.100 ct. 2.89 Carnation Milk...12 oz. 550 Campbell’s Pork & Beans.16 oz. 2/790 Gwaltney Franks Regular & Big 8.1 ib. 1.29 Hot Dog & Hamburger Buns....8 pk. 790 RC Cola.,8-16 oz. ret. 1.39 Coca Cola, Sprite, Sunkist, Diet Coke.2 liter 99c Wise Potato Chips.6Vioz.990 PRODUCE Bananas.2 n*. 850 Peppers.....450/lb. Mushrooms.8«. 890 FRESH USDA CHOICE Fresh Lean Ground Chuck....1.39/lb. HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL WEEKEND! Where the berries are large and plentiful, the weeds are few and the people are friendly. It’s perfect for a family outing. Fun, fresh air and 35 miles of the best strawberries you’ve ever tasted! FRee ^^22NRIDES PHSgSas. —PICKING HOURS— Call (703) 347-4883 M-T-W-T: 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.* F-S-S: 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. *Sorry, no pickers parted after 7 P.M. aoor Lane Berry Far Upcoming Events Dance sessions to begin A five-week dance series sponsored by the Child Care and Learning Center will begin June 5. To register or for more information call the Center at 675-3237. Bake sale planned The Sperryville United Methodist Church will sponsor a bake sale Saturday, May 24, beginning at 10 o’clock, at the Jefferson House across from the Post Office. Donations of any baked goods will be appreciated. Rappahannock Water and Sewer Authority to meet The Rappahannock Water and Sewer Authority will meet Thursday, May 29, at 8 p.m. at the Courthouse. Free physicals for athletes Any student who wishes to participate in the athletic program at Rappahannock County High School during the 1986-87 school year must have a current physical examination. Free physicals will be given at the high school on Monday, June 9. Boys’ physicals will be given by Dr. Einarson at 1:30 p.m. while Dr. Jerry Martin will give girls’ physicals starting at 3:30 p.m. Students should mark this date on their calendar and take advantage of this free service. Review of artist-in-residence A final meeting with artist-in-residence Rebecca Howland will be held Tuesday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Middle Street Gallery. A discussion will take place about the residency, how to improve it next year and the issues in contemporary art that Ms. Howland’B presence has raised. Truck and tractor pull scheduled A truck and tractor pull will be held at the Amissville carnival grounds on Saturday, May 31. The event is sponsored by the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department. For additional information contact Chris Bawkey at 937-5617. Five-year reunion scheduled The Class of 1981 is planning to hold its five-year reunion on June 7. For more information call 937-4496. Contestants needed Young ladies between the ages of 13 and 19 are needed to run for Sperryville honorary fire chief queen. For additional information call Joyce Lillard at 987-8952. The carnival will be held June 17-21. Bus trip to Oriole-Yankee game Baseball lovers from Rappahannock will travel to Baltimore on Father’s Day, June 15, to see the Baltimore Orioles play the New York Yankees. The bus trip, sponsored by RAAC, includes transportation, a beverage, and a ticket to the game on June 15. Tickets are $20 and are sure to sell out, so reserve a seat on the bus immediately for Dad by making a $10 deposit. For more information, call the RAAC office at 675-3193. Mental Health Association to meet On Tuesday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, , the Mental Health Association in Rappahannock will hold its annual meeting. After a brief business session, Rev. Steven Scoggin, pastor, and president of the Mental Health Association, will speak on the topic, “A Theological Perspective on Understanding and Managing Anger.” Discussion and refreshments will follow. The community is invited. Volleyball for all Monday, June 2, is slated as the first evening of “All-Comers” volleyball at the Recreation Center, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Anyone interested in volleyball is invited to attend — all ages and abilities are welcome. For more information contact Carol Kundt at 675-3123. Lions Club auction The Lions Club will hold an auction on May 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Washington fire hall. If anyone has anything to donate (except food or clothes) and needs it picked up call Guy Foster at 987-8939. This is one of their main fund raising events. The money is used in the community to help with the Rappahannock Athletic Association for summer sports and the Lions’ hearing and sight testing van. Queen contestants invited Any young ladies between the ages of 13-18 who would like to run for the Chester Gap Honorary Fire Chief Queen please contact Karen Williams at 636-3673 for additional information. Carnival dates are July 16-19. Auction items needed The Chester Gap Volunteer Fire Department is asking for items that can be sold at an upcoming auction. If you have any items you would like to donate, pick-up can be arranged by calling either Bruce Williams at 635-4673 or Bradley Williams at 636-2627. The date for the auction will be decided later. Hospice of the Rapidan meeting Hospice of the Rapidan will hold its annual meeting May 22 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Methodist Church on South Main Street in Madison. Edward DeJarnett Berry, a prominent attorney in Madison County, has generously agreed to speak on Wills and Living Wills from a legal point of view. Also on the agenda is the election of the Board of Directors. All interested persons are invited to attend. For further information, please contact the Hospice office at 825-4840. Winery seminar announced The Virginia Vineyards Association will hold a one-day beginners’ seminar on grape growing on Saturday, May 31, from 9:30 until 3 p.m. at the Northern Virginia 4-H Education Center, south of Front Royal. The program wUl include discussion on site and variety selection, costs, planting and care for young'vineyards. A tour will follow the program at nearby Linden Vineyards. The $2.50 fee includes handout literature. Bring your own lunch and a sharp pencil. For more information contact Jim or Peggy Law at (703)364-1997. Last chance for camp The Rappahannock Natural History Day Camp, to be held at Rock Mills in June, reminds all participants that this is the last week to enroll. The camp is open to children entering grades 3 through 5. To register, immediately contact the Child Care and Learning Center at 675-3237. Spring festival scheduled Spring Festival of Art, Craft, and Music will be held at the Swinging Bridge Pottery, Criglersville (Madison County), May 24-25, 10-6 daily. Fifty artists/artisans, continuous live country music, food and wine will be featured. Admission is $2, under 12 free, and free parking is available. Call 703/923-4244 for information.

Customers reminded about mailboxes The U.S. Postal Service has designated May 19-24 as Mailbox Improvement Week. “Each year one week in May is set aside to remind customers on ru-' ral, city motorized and contract delivery routes to examine and improve, where necessary, the appearance of their mailboxes,” Amissville Postmaster Linda G. Lawler said. “The purpose is to call attention to the need to provide mail receptacles that are conveniently located, safe to use, neat in appearance and are designed to protect the mail from the weather,” Postmaster Lawler continued. There is no question that neat, attractive mailboxes improve the appearance of country roads and suburban streets. The Postal Service points out, however, that Mailbox Improvement Week means more than eye appeal. “Say an old, dented box has sharp, cutting edges or the receptacle is too small, too hard to reach or made inaccessible by obstructions,” Postmaster Lawler continued. “In such cases, the mail would be stamped undeliverable and the customer would have to come to the post office to pick it up. Therefore, we need the cooperation of our customers to maintain service at its highest level.” Postal regulations require rural and contract route carriers to have access to mailboxes without having to leave their vehicles. Such boxes must be located on the right-hand side of the road in the carrier’s direction of travel where traffic conditions would endanger a carrier driving to the left to reach the boxes. The boxes also must be placed to conform with state laws and highway regulations. Customers are requested to remove obstructions — including vehicles, trash cans and snow — which make delivery difficult. For both suburban and rural roadside boxes, the Postal Service requests a height of 3'/2 to 4 feet from the bottom of the box to ground level. The address should be clearly printed on the mailbox to assure more efficient delivery. There are approved traditional and contemporary mailbox designs. A customer-designed rural box needs the prior approval of the postmaster before it can be installed. One last safety caution from the Postal Service: Some mailbox supports are so massive (heavy metal posts, concrete, farm equipment filled with concrete) that they are damaging vehicles and cause serious injuries to people who accidentally strike them. The Federal Highway Administration has suggested mailbox mounting and support designs which post offices will share with their customers. CMH has new phone system To call a patient at Culpeper Memorial Hospital, 829-4 and the room number are all you need to know after May 22. With a new system of direct inward dialing, you may dial directly to patients’ rooms without going through the switchboard. When you do not know the room number. Patient Information at 8294100 will be happy to assist you and to connect you with the room. Installation of this new phone system will improve the hospital’s telephone service, handle the increasing volume efficiently, and speed calls to their destinations. If you need assistance, the operator at 829-4100, the main number of the hospital, is happy to determine which department can assist you, to give you the number you need, and to transfer your call to that department. Proven Quality Locally Owned and Operated HUNT COUNTRY HOME HEALTH 1066 Hastings Lane Warrenton, Virginia 22186 Are You In Need Of Home Health Care ? Hunt Country Home Health can make home visits. We are located in Warrenton and serve Fauquier and surrounding counties. All personnel are licensed and certified under Commonwealth of Virginia law and offer the highest level of expertise in their field. Medicare and all insurance accepted 4-wheel drive vehicle available for inclement weather. We Provide: Occupational Therapy Medical Social Worker Skilled Nursing Home Health Aide Physical Therapy Speech Therapy Nutritional Services Homemaker Services Joanne Warman, R.N., BSN Administrator Peggy A. Pfeiff, R.N. Director of Professional Services 703-3474774 HUNT COUNTRY NURSING SERVICES, INC. We have available for private duty nursing: • RN’s • LPN’s • Aids • Companions • Homemakers Any shift - on call duty Private Duty {Service Co-ordinator 703-3474774 % Rappahannock News photo/Theresa Reynolds THERE WAS MAGIC in the air recently when Jessica Haase (left) and Veronika Kohler put on a magic show for their friends in Washington. Hints offered for strawberries By SANDRA RICHARDSON Extension Agent It's strawberry season again, and while their fragrant aroma fills the air, the mind begins to envision the many ways to enjoy the tiny flavorpacked fruit. Across Virginia, strawberries are available during May and part of June. This, of course, depends upon the location in Virginia and the weather. Locally, the early berries are already available in the roadside stands. When selecting strawberries, the biggest is not always the best when it comes to delectable flavor. Me dium and smaller berries frequently are more flavorful. Buyer, beware of fruit-stained cartons. This could be a warning that the berries may be crushed or overripe. Select berries with a bright luster, firm flesh, bright red color, and with the green cap still attached. Fields will be opening soon for those consumers who are interested in “Pick-Your-Own” berries. Care should be given when selecting containers to take into the field. Remember, these are very delicate fruits and must be given special treatment. Select shallow containers rather than deep pots or buckets. In deep pots or buckets, the berries on the bottom will probably be bruised or even crushed from the weight of the berries on top. Transporting from the field, roadkide stand, or'supermarket needs careful attention. Place in the coolest and airiest location of your car — never in the trunk or back window shelf. Strawberries are a good source of vitamin C. One cup has 55 calories and gives 150 percent of the daily vitamin C and about 8 percent of the iron requirement. Light and heat de stroy these vitamins, as well as the overall texture. For these reasons, berries should be placed unwashed and unhulled in a bowl, with special attention given to removing any bruised or mildewed ones. Cover and refrigerate. Never wash or hull berries until ready to use and never soak in water. When berries are washed, the water has a tendency to tear down nature’s outer covering on the berry and the decomposition process begins. If more berries have been picked or purchased than can be easily used within two or three days, simply wash with cap still intact in cold water, drain, pat dry with a paper towel and place in single layer on cookie sheet; then freeze. When frozen, pack in plastic bags or containers. This method of freezing allows for just what is needed to be thawed, rather than an entire package. Sliced strawberries may be frozen with or without sugar. Other methods of preservation are jam, preserving and canning. Canning is not as satisfactory because the berries tend to lose both flavor and color. Generally speaking, a quart of fresh strawberries will yield V/2 pints of sliced, frozen berries; a quart of fresh strawberries weighs l'/ilbs. If you have any questions about strawberry preservation, call the local Extension Office at 675-3619. Strawberry Perfection .1 (3 oz.) pkg. of sugar-free strawberry jello 2 c. water 1 small carton whipped topping 3 pkg. sweetener 2 c. sliced fresh strawberries Mixjello as directed. Refrigerate until mixture is syrupy. Whip until thick and frothy. Fold in whipped topping and sweetened sliced strawberries. Pour into mold or dish that has foil band 2 inches above the top and refrigerate until firm. Garnish with topping and fresh strawberries as desired. This is a real dieter’s treat — it has only 50 calories per 1/2 cup serving. Fresh Strawberry Cake Shortcake: 2 c. sifted all-purpose flour 3 tsp. baking powder 3/4 tsp. salt 1/3 c. sugar 1/2 c. margarine 1/3 c. milk 1 egg beaten Sift flour, baking powder, salt and 1/3 c. sugar in mixing bowl. Cut in margarine with pastry blender or 2 knives until like coarse meal. A.dd milk and beaten egg; mix lightly but thoroughly with fork. Form into ball. Press into 8-inch square cake pan. Bake at 450 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Strawberries and Cream: To prepare the strawberries and cream, slice 1 quart fresh strawber Bloodmobile in Warrenton The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the National Guard Armory on Waterloo Road, Warrenton, on Thursday, May 29, from noon to 6 p.m., returning to a location it had used for many years. George Borjes, blood services chairman of the Fauquier Chapter of Holiday Savings On Sampson Paint All The Popular Paints At Special SALE PRICES Sampson Homegard Our Best Exterior Oil Base Gloss Paint Mfg. Sugg. Retail $21.99 Sale *15" Sampson ^ ■ Supreme— * Our Best Exterior Latex Gloss Mfg. Sugg. Retail - $21,5C Sale - $14" < Sampson Acrisheen ' Semi-Gloss Interior Latex Paint Mfg. Sugg. Retail - $19.50 Sale - $12" f Sampson Vinal-A-Tex Flat Interior Latex Paint Mfg. Sugg. Retail-$15.75 Sale - $995 SALE PRICES GOOD THROUGH MAY 31st WARRENTON FARMER’S CO-OP RAPPAHANNOCK FARMER’S CO-OP 347-7100 987-8555 MARSHALL FARMER’S CO-OP REMINGTON FARMER’S CO-OP 364-1533 439-3254 CULPEPER FARMER’S CO-OP 825-2200 ries in bowl. Sprinkle with 1/4 c. sugar; set aside at room temperature. Whip 1 c. whipping cream together with 1 tsp. vanilla until soft peaks form. Cut the cooled shortcake into 9 squares and cut each square horizontally into 2 layers. Place bottom layer on plate. Spread with layer of whipped cream, layer of strawberries, layer of whipped cream, 2nd layer of cake, followed by 3rd layer of whipped cream and 2nd layer of strawberries. Serve immediately. Strawberry Pie 1 baked 8-inch or 9-inch pie shell Approximately IV2 to 2 qt. fresh strawberries 1 c. sugar 2 T. cornstarch 1 carton whipping cream (or) 1 carton whipped topping 2 tsp. powdered sugar In a blender, combine IV2 c. fresh strawberries with the sugar and cornstarch. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and thickens. Cool in refrigerator until mixture is cold. Combine remaining strawberries with sauce, using care not to bruise or crush berries. Fold into cool, baked piecrust. Top with whipped topping or beat cream with 2 tsp. powdered sugar until thickened and cover strawberries. Garnish top with fresh strawberries. the Red Cross, called special attention to the change in location of the bloodmobile, as he felt that many donors have become accustomed to going to the Warrenton fire house where the blood drive has been held for the past two years. The fire department has refused to let the Red Cross use the hall to collect blood. Borjes said that the return to the armory is a temporary move until a permanent location for the bimonthly blood collection in Warrenton can be found. Lack of air-conditioning in the armory makes it inadvisable for use in summer’s heat. Next Thursday’s will be the final blood drive in Warrenton in the Red Cross fiscal year that ends June 30. Unless an unusually large number of donors appears, Borjes said, the chapter will fall far short of its goal for the year of 1300 units (pints). NEW ADVERTISING DEADLINES FOR THE MEMORIAL HOLIDAY < LOCAL DISPLAY i ADVERTISING < i Rappahannock News Ads ^ Tuesday, 12 noon ^ Combo Ads ^ (one or more papers) ^ Friday, 3 p.m. \ Real Estate Combo Ads ^ Thursday, 4 p.m. < CLASSIFIED 1 ADVERTISING < i Rappahannock News < Tuesday, 12 noon Horse & Farm Friday, 12 noon Combo Classified Display Friday, 3 p.m. Combo Word Ads Friday, 5 p.m.

News notes from Boston Mrs. Faye Clinedinst was honored on her birthday May 5 at a surprise party given by Mr. and Mrs. George Bryant at their home in Culpeper. Guests attending were Mr. and Mrs. Steven Clinedinst and son Andrew of Bentonville, Mr. and Mrs. Monte Clinedinst and daughter Ashley of Riley ville, Mrs. Betty Arstino and daughter Angel of Remington, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Clinedinst and daughter Melinda, Mrs. Irene Terry and Mrs. Dorothy Miller and son Durelle, all from Sperry ville, and last, but not least, Faye’s husband, Rev. Charles Clinedinst. Mrs. Clinedinst reports this certainly was a big surprise, but an enjoyable one. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Peneranda, Mrs. George Butler and Mrs. Cary Thornhill visited Mrs. A. B. Honts in Front Royal on Wednesday, May 14, and from there Mrs. Thornhill, accompanied by her daughter Mrs. Harry Morrison who came for her, BOSTON By MARIK K. \TklN> Phone 987-8802 motored on to Winchester for several days visit, returning home Monday. While in Winchester Mrs. Thornhill with her daughter and family visited Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg, W. Va. Mrs. John Warren returned home Monday after a week’s trip to San Diego, Calif., where she had gone to be with her grandmother on Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Jenkins were Mr. Historical Society maps program for year ahead A number of other community events reduced the number of members of the Rappahannock Historical Society present at its annual business meeting May 16. They were able, among other matters, to plan for their summer participation in the youth-in-training program offered this year by Jobshop, Inc. This will enable the society to open its building for public use every day and to go on with its collection and preservation of documents and artifacts relating to the history of Rappahannock County and its families. Douglas Baumgardner, a member of the Courthouse Renovation Committee, led a discussion of the work now going on and being planned for the future under the direction of the Citizens’ Renovation Homemakers forum scheduled On Wednesday, May 28, a public forum to address proposed recommendations that have been developed regarding the future direction of the Virginia Extension Homemakers Council organization will be held at the Rappahannock County Courthouse beginning at 3:30 p.m. The purpose of the forum is to provide interested persons an opportunity to ask questions, discuss issues, make comments, or offer ideas concerning the recommendations. In addition to members of the Rappahannock Extension Homemakers organization, the general public is invited to attend. The forum will be led by Toni Updike, president of the EH County Council. All who attend should be familiar with the proposed recommendations. Copies may be obtained from the Rappahannock Extension Office on Gay Street, Washington, or telephone the office at 675-3619. Persons who are unable to attend the forum, but who wish to submit input may do so by putting it in the form of a letter and sending it to Toni Updike, P.O. Box 119, Washington, Va. 22747, no later than May 28. EH members throughout the state of Virginia will be participating in forums like this one and all input provided will be summarized and reviewed by a special Futures Committee. The committee will then prepare a report for presentation at the annual state meeting of the VEHC organization in July. 1^1 Real Estate L-J EileenM. Day realtor LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD One of the most important things you should do before you buy a house is take a close look at the neighborhood. That’s what makes location so important in any house-buying decision. No matter how attractive the house may be, the neighborhood location is of primary importance from an investment point of view. Look at the surrounding houses to see if they are well maintained. If there are large tracts of vacant land nearby, ask your Realtor to check with the local planning commission to find out what their future use may be. If you’re buying a house in an attractive residential neighborhood, any commercial development may have an impact on property values. If you have children of school age. your Realtor can also help you by providing information about the school system. Local Realtors are acutely aware of all local conditions that will affect homeowners in the market area. This is just one of many professional services your Realtor can provide. 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. Committee, with the cooperation of the Historical Society. This work is to be financed by private contributions made to the Historical Society, earmarked for this project, as outlined last week in the Rappahannock News. The society offers its services and resources to organizations and individuals planning restoration or renovation of the county’s rich heritage of old homes and buildings, public buildings and towns. Officers for the 1986-87 society year were also elected at the meeting: Rex Lindstrom president, W. Jack Brown vice-president, Mrs. Esther Kidwell secretary, Mrs. Mary Updike treasurer. Others on the executive committee are Mrs. Lucia Kilby, membership chairman, Mrs. Helen Holschuh, historian, and Mrs. Cathryn Knuepfer, librarian and projects chairman. Any of these people may be contacted for information about the society. I ' I American Heart Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE Charles H. Jenkins and Wendy of Bentonville, Charlotte Gaines and sons Tommy and Stewart, and Mr. and Mrs. Bemie Jenkins and Randy. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Williams have returned to their home on Route 615 after spending last week at Tides Inn in Irvington. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wood dined at Aberdeen Bam at Holiday Inn in Culpeper last Sunday in observance of Mother’s Day. Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Fridenstine of 615 attended the Mother’s Day festivities at Randolph Macon Academy in Front Royal where two of their grandchildren are students. We welcome to our area Mr. and Mrs. Duane Pullen, who were married April 5 at Sperryville. Guests Friday of Mrs. Bessie Corbin were William Burke of Charlottesville, Marvin Burke of Rochelle and Mrs. H. C. Racey of Rapidan. Mrs. Mary Nicholson visited Mrs. Corbin Monday. Mr. and Mrs. David Sisk and son Nathan were Mother’s Day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson in Flint Hill. Shelley, Clarissa and Matthew Dennis were guests last Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Farmer in Wash ington. Harold Frazier of Culpeper spent last week with his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Shelvy Frazier on Rt. 615. We offer our deepest sympathy to the family of Chester Fannon Sr. who died Friday. The community welcomes the Christopher Hertzer family of Luray, who have moved to the Frazier homeplace. Mrs. Emily Durant of The Hill is a patient in the Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Words and thoughts of sympathy are extended to Mrs. Barbara Caudill of the Boston-Reva route on the passing of her father, William Fewell of Amiss ville, who died last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier Jr. and son Michael Wayne visited Mr. Frazier’s niece and family, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Knick in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday afternoon. It might be of interest to some of our readers to know that Mrs. Howard Jenkins, a former resident, is a patient in Culpeper Memorial Hospital, having suffered a major stroke May 14 at her home near Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Nicholson were surprised with a party at their home on Rt. 615 Saturday evening in honor of their 28th wedding anniversary.Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Nickie Meredith and sons Eric and Joshua, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Meredith and daughter Jessica of Leon, Miss Cindy Nicholson and Monty Hutt, all local. MAY SPECIALS 50% OFF Peaches ‘N Cream dresses 30% - 50& OFF Select comforters and blankets Curity diapers Boy and girl playwear (month/toddler sizes) Rack of twirl sets for girls $7.50 - $10.00 No Exchanges or Refunds JACK & JILL SHOP 207 Southgate Shopping Center Culpeper, Va. 825-2010 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Mon.- Sat. YOUR NEW FRIGIDAIRE DEALER THS IS THE HOT ONE' pSWAN’S SALES AND SERVIC J.A. Swan, Jr. & Co. Inc Obituaries William Fewell William Edward Fewell, 55, died May 14 at his residence in Amissville. He was an Army veteran, having served in Korea for four years. He is survived by his wife, Marie F. Fewell of Amissville; two sons, Michael W. Fewell and Mark F. Fewell, both of Culpeper, and four daughters, Debra Early of Virginia Beach, Darlene Myers of Culpeper, Nancy Taylor of Rixeyville and Barbara Caudill of Reva. Additional survivors include four sisters, Doris H. Stickney of Arlington, Edith E. Bragg of Annandale, Anna Mae Johns of Amherst and Mary F. Glascock of Morrisville, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Warrenton Assembly of God Church on Saturday, May 17, by the Rev. David Messick of Fredericksburg and Rev. Paul Markee of Amissville. Interment with full military honors was at Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Jeffersonton. Pallbeareres were Wilbur Woodward, Carroll Frazier, Timmy Frazier, John Myers, Randolph Henry and Donnie Rutherford. James Whitmore James F. Whitmore, 75, of McLean, died May 13 at Arlington Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn L. Whitmore of McLean; a daughter, Carolyn L. W. Bennett of Clinton, Md., and a son, James E. Whitmore Jr. of Fairfax. He also leaves four sisters, Etta Tinner of Falls Church, Mamie Walker of Franconia, Ada Banks of Red Bank, N. J., and Annie Brown of Amissville; two brothers, Robert Whitmore of Gainesville and Wesley Whitmore of Lanham, Md.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted May 16 at the Second Baptist Church by the Rev. James E. Browne. Services will be concluded AMISSVILLE n BEAUTY BOUTIQUE Shamf>oo 6? Set $7.50 Haircuts $6.00 Perms $25 - $35 Now offering facials CLIP this coupon for 10% discount Offer expires May 31 Unisex styling Precision cutting APPOINTMENTS or Walk-ins welcome 3 blocks east of Amissville Post Office offU.S. 211 703-937-5895 at Mt. Morris Baptist Church at Hume on Saturday, May 17, with the Rev. Edward White officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Morris Cemetery. William Pullen Jr. William Henry Pullen Jr., 52, of Manassas, died May 15 at Prince William Hospital, Manassas. A native of Amissville, Mr. Pullen was retired from the County of Fairfax Public Works Department. He was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He is survived by his parents, William Henry Pullen Sr. and Virgie Carder Pullen of Lehigh Acres, Fla.; his wife, Mary Lee Pullen of Manassas; two sons, Jeffrey Ray Pullen and Gary Lee Pullen, both of Manassas; one brother, Larry Lee Pullen of Fort Collins, Colo., and two grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted May 19 at the Moody Funeral Service Chapel by Ken Walters. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery. Chester Fannon Sr. Chester William Fannon Sr., 85, of Castleton, died May 16 at Fauquier Hospital, following a sudden illness. Mr. Fannon, son of the late Thomas J. Fannon and Rose Smith Fannon, was a native of Alexandria and had lived in Castleton for several years. He was chairman of the board of Thomas J. Fannon & Son, and was the oldest surviving member of the Old Dominion Boat Club. He is survived by his wife, Hazel Massimo Fannon of Castleton; a daughter, Rose Lyn Rothrock of Amissville; two sons, Chester W. Fannon Jr. of Castleton and David L. Fannon of Amissville; two sisters, Sister Jean Andrea and Sister Rose Thomas of Holy Cross Order, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted May 19 at the Precious Blood Catholic Church, Culpeper, by Father Leo Zonneveld. Interment was at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Alexandria. Active pallbearers were Capt. William T. Keim, Homer E. Henry, Francis H. Fannon II, James H. Fannon, Elwood Smoot and John Sampson. Memorial contributions may be made to Precious Blood Catholic Church or Castleton Volunteer Fire Department. The Fined Tribute CLORE FUNERAL HOME “The Home of Thoughtful Service” Phone 825-2361 Culpeper , CEMETERY MEMORIALS T>e The RCES Student Parent Teacher Association wishes to thank the following bpsinessedfand patrons for their significant contributions to tha Playground Improvement project. 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RjptMhamocfcNewipfcoto/Loii H»Bct BRAMBLES CAFE will be open for breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Rappahannock Business & Service Directory Next Deadline May 27 Call 675-3349 to Place Your Ad! Only $3.00 per week for a 1 inch space! Call about our combination rates with The Fauquier Democrat, The Clarke Courier, Loudoun Times-Mirror, and The Reston Times 13 WEEK CONTRACT New owners reopen Brambles by LOU HATTER Rappahannock Newt SUIT Writer “Good, healthy food” is how Mel Davis, manager of Brambles Cafe in Washington, described the fare which the newly-renovated and expanded (to 46 seats) cafe will be offering on its menu. The cafe, which saw its long-rUmored transfer of ownership finalized last week, reopened for business on Sunday. The popular restaurant was purchased from John and Ilene Shipman, who had operated it for the past two years, by Washington, Va. residents Richard and Blaine Viguerie. Mr. Davis has extensive cooking ; experience, “from about the age of : eight, at my parents’ hunting lodge in New Mexico. I started from the bottom-climbing up on an apple crate to wash dishes.” He went on to a 20-year career in the Air Force, most of which was spent as a chef. While stationed in France he took several courses at the Cordon Bleu academy, and developed a familiarity with the cuisines of Germany and Spain while stationed there. “I cooked for the Commander-inChief of the Air Force in Europe, and also spent four years with the chief of the military mission in Spain.” Mr. Davis said that experience convinced him that “Spanish chefs...and Spanish food ‘is’ the best cooking in the world.” Following his retirement from the military in 1972, Mr. Davis spent seven years as food and beverage manager for the Washington Post’s executive dining rooms. He then spent several years catering in the Washington, D.C. area, including the only seated dinner served at Wolf Trap Farm Park-for 400 people. He met the Vigueries through Agriculture 'custom farm work and hay sales WEATHERSFIELD FARM Amissville, Va. 703-937-5915 or 937-5976 Aluminum Siding Aluminum or Sokd Vmyi Siding ) Custom Window & Door Trim, Replacement Windows 4 Doors, Additions & Masonry, etc Tom Hanger, Home Improvement Co. Luray. VA. 743-7500 Call Collect Anytime COUNTRY HERITAGE Antiques and Crafts (.Aimer of Middle St. and Main Washington. Va. 675-3738 Ihurv. Kri.. Sal. & Sun. *»»»*«« + ******* * * MOSTLY YESTERYEAR * * Antiques and Collectibles * * Comer of Gay and Porter Streets * * Washington, Va. 22747 * * (703) 675-3223 * * TH thru SN 12N-5p.m. * * ************** * Auction 7 Service \ | WILLIE’S AUCTION SERVICE ! f Will sale at your place or mine- I } Auction every Saturday. 7 p.m, i j Rt. 29 North, Ruckersville, Va. , : Auctioneers: Willie and Pamela Collier ( 804-985-7530 Cabinet* Maker iMMlikiiHiijM Distinctive Handmade Kitchens Libraries Bathrooms Mantles and Formal Wail Paneling Fme Reproduction Fu»niture V Ol must >eo Our Shovxroom l iwnln• Cupboards. £■ I D Ewell St P O Box 22 The Plans. Va 22171 703-253-5942 Sundara W ood working Experienced craftsman trained in Early American QC Contemporary Styles. Individual pieces, sets, & full kitchens. All work ot the highest quality QC full guaranteed. References upon request. Free Estimates. Edward St. John 636-1861 FimMs Carpet Clianing Service MMHMOp* ym,Tnicta.Auk>C«pal UphoMvtd FyntMn IIC (703)364-2637 GEMS Professional rug cleaning Wall-to-Wall carpeting Orientals - Upholstery Free Estimates Betty Mills Martha Garrison 703-937-5484 Amissville, Va. I Cosureties&/ Boutique \ ) Nancy's Vintage Boutique ) & Cosmetic Studio Clothing, jewelry, body waxing -vintage clothing Call tor comp mentary make-up & akitl'j |j Wedding coordinating 20 East 8th Street. Front Royal 703-635-1545 Brandy Station Rt. 762 825-9690 M-F 7:30-6:00 Sat. 7:30-5:00 Closed Sunday ^Building Supply Corp! ^ SccIM'of/Wyouf I k lluildiny; Supply Need* | 3 825-0397 I W.N. Mayberry, DBS Family Dentist Washington Office 675-3530 Thursdays Si Saturdays by appointment ■MpaniaiillPpgMHIP Y Electric & ) Plmnbing QUALITY II ELECTRIC ft PLUMBING Old Work/New Work Farms, Residential, Commercial Licensed and Bonded Amissville, Va. 703-937-5342 J-lc louse o$ Salrics , •Custom Made Draperies •Decorator Shades - Wallpaper •Complete Stock of Decorative •Hardware & Fabrics •Re-upholstering •Slipcovers •Flexalum Blinds We Measure - Mqke & Install -Front Royal 635-M^ J OUST ON THE DRESSER? * 5 SMUDGES ON THE WALL? * { CRUMBS ON THE FLOOR? * * WHO DO YOU CALL? « pUSTBUSrtRS! * HOME/OFFICE/WORKSHOP ? * CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE t * MONTHLY SPECIALS * X 675-3649 675-3120* OIL HEAT & BURNER Distributor at Exxon, Mobil Petroleum Products ft Exxon LP Gas 2nd St. & Commerce Ave. Front Royal, 703-635-4155 Washington, 703-675-3214 | SUNWORKS Air Conditiontaig & Appliance Co. Heating e Retngeration • Water Heaters • Appliances Service on all makes Washington, Va. 703-675-3461 "HtmUmg A <Ait Qomdiunimf SALES ft SERVICE JOHN T KEYS Owner I Diamonds • Wedding Bands! Custom Made Jewelry Repair on Premises Open Friday until 7:00 p.m. GoMamltha’a Jewelry Exchange, 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 Carpets CounttySide CF.loor’cFastyons Route 211 Amissville, Va. 703-937-5111 or 703-347-0400 Open Wkdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Carpet - Orientals Sheet Vinyl - Tile Reupholstery - Slipcovers Custom Draperies Wall Coverings Carpet Cleaning Window Treatments Warrenton Printing &appafjannocfe JJetos 675-3338 weekdays 8:30-5 703-987-8058 evenings & weekends Next Deadline May 27 List your services in our Business & Service Directory For Only 3^00 per week you can be among other refinishers, carpenters, artists, builders, contractors, craftspeople, realtors, beauticians, florists, agents, jewelers, and other professionals. Directory ads are sold only on 13 week contacts, bringing the entire cost for a 1 inch ad to $39.00 In order to be in our June directory ads must be received by May 27 If I can be of further service to you, please do not hesitate to call me at your convenience, 703-675-3338 Lisa H. Burke YOGA • Stretch • Breathe • Relax Classes for all levels Washington, Va. ir i] Expert Pump Installation and Repair Service now available at Culpeper Fanners (kop, Inc. Brandy Road. Culpapar. Va. I—. --B2S-2200 I WANT TO BE YOUR REALTOR! • Fauquier Multiple lifting Service • Kntimif Multiple Luting Service ' No. Vs. Computer Osts Bsse (MLS) * Wsshmgton office on Csy Street... * RAPPAHANNOCK SPOKEN HIRE... ROGER BATCHELDER. Urthmat 703475-3777 5374300 Celia Deli Located In Country Manor 2 miles west of Sperryvllle on Rt. 211. Subs, sandwiches, soups and more. Call us for takeouts and party platters. 987-8576. _10 to 7 dally Storage SPERRYVILLE STORAGE CO. SAFE HANDY STORAGE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL ANY SIZE LARGE OR SMALL REASONABLE RATES 987-8507-987-8180 SPERRYVILLE, VA AUNT JANE’S Alterations • Dressmaking • Mending Flint Hill 703-675-3885 T.V. Sales ( and Repair \ [ BROWER’S TV RCA and Magnavox Sales & Service •Service On Most Makes Televisions • Stereos • Phonos • Antenna Installation & Repair ^ SA Master Chain*1 347-1119 Greystone TV & Appliance Sabs and Service BCA, Channel Master Antennas & Satellite Dishes Whirlpool & Maytag Appliances Banco, VA. 923-4266 I Upholstery I Washington Antiques | & Upholstery !■ in** upholstering, slip rovers. «lra|Hries. IIHIfi (.ollon Unions. \ intage riot lung Morcj>an 0. Zale Washington. \ a 675-3753 his catering business. Citing “traffic and personnel problems,” Mr. Davis closed his catering business and left “the hectic scene of Washington, D.C.” behind. His work with the Vigueries in the two years they have lived in Washington, Va. brought them together at Brambles. Mr. Davis said that he has had his eye on Brambles for a long time. “I came out to assist the Vigueries in renovating their house on Gay Street. I told Mrs. Viguerie then that Brambles had a lot of potential. I liked the town of Washington...‘I felt’ that it offered a pleasant situation.” Now that the vision is a reality, Elaine Viguerie said that she is “really excited ‘and’ looking forward 1 to a couple of weeks of settling in.” She said that she, “like many people, ‘is’ health conscious” and the restaurant will reflect that concern. Mr. Davis added that Brambles will “try to respond to as many needs and in comes as possiDie. Presently the cafe is offering a full breakfast menu including eggs, french toast, pancakes and pastries, available with or without side orders of ham, bacon, sausage and homefries. The lunch menu will include two or three specials a day, “and at least one vegetarian special.” Lunches will be priced in the $2.50 to $5.00 range. As the weather warms, various salads will be a staple item on the menu, Mr. Davis added. “Seafood, meat, pasta salads...a salad sampler combining several different salads of your own choosing.” He also wants to expand the carry-out menu to accommodate people who work in town, “as well as people who might want a picnic lunch.” They plan on offering fruit and cheese plates as well. Mr. Davis pointed out that “we’re not out to compete with the Inn, or to be a second Inn. We want to be a part of the community...a reasonably priced restaurant serving quality food. A lot can be done with good, solid food. We’re going to try a variety of things...to see what goes, what doesn’t.” Mrs. Viguerie added that “we want to include things to please everyone. We want to have a relaxed, laid-back feelingbut run in an efficient and professional manner.” Mr. Davis said that Brambles is in the process of cfbtaining a license for beer and wine, and that other plans for the future include opening for dinner in the evening, as well as ai catering service. “We want to fill the needs of the community, through catering as well as; the cafe. ...whether it’s a wedding or anniversary, or only a few things-maybe just a picnic basket.” Mrs. Viguerie added that her excitement extends not only to their new restaurant, her feeling that “when you are doing what you love “to do’, you will do it better,” but also to her feeling for “this special community. ..a wonderful place to live.” ARB Continued from page 1 correct damage due to deterioration, accident or natural disaster and where it will return the structure to its prior condition and detail. • Repainting in existing colors is allowed by right. • New painting or repainting in new colors requires ARB approval. (For reference, applicants for a certificate of appropriateness are directed to color charts from various companies. The ARB noted, however, that it does not suggest pur chasing paints from the listed companies but rather that comparable colors be selected.) • Vinyl and aluminum siding are deemed inappropriate materials for construction, reconstruction or restoration within the town’s designated historic district. • Raw or unfaced concrete or “cinder” block is also deemed inappropriate. In promulgating the sixth guideline, requiring a certificate of appropriateness for work on the interiors of public buildings, the ARB noted that the proposal complies with the town’s historic district ordinance which specifies: “The Architectural Review Board shall not consider interior designs, interior arrangement or building features not subject to public view.” In a telephone interview on Monday, Mrs. Willis noted that the guidelines are designed to protect — and even increase —property values in the town, not only for the property owner planning an addition or renovation, but those of neighbors as well. She maintained that the town and the county are both at a crucial point with the population in adjoining Fauquier County burgeoning. “We have to decide if we want to preserve our character and heritage or become a bedroom community,” she said. The ARB members—Jim Thomasson, Carol Miller and Mrs. Willis — “seek the support of the townspeople,” she continued. ‘We have an open ear for suggestions,” Mrs. Willis said, adding that the ARB members plan to attend ARB meetings in other communities to learn more.

SHORTSTOP GREG SMITH looks to first base sliding Strasburg runner. Rappahannock News photo/Lou Hatter for a possible double play after tagging a Rappahannock News photo/Lou Hatter TOMMY JENKINS pitched well last Friday but the Panthers lost to Strasburg. Linton Hall offers swimming program Linton Hall Summer Camp has a new program offering this year. There will be a coed swim camp for children ages 9-14 available on a per week basis from June 9 until June 20. The camp will start at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. The swim program will include interval training, stroke development, life-saving, diving, synchronized swimming, swimming meets and canoeing at the lake. All sessions will be taught by Liz Healey, the Water Safety Instructor as well as a teacher and prefect at Linton Hall School. Participation will be limited to 20 children per week and interested campers or their parents should call Linton Hall Camp to sign up as soon as possible. Camp Director Charles Laniak will be giving tours of the grounds and facilities on Sunday, June 8, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. At that time Coach Laniak will answer any questions about the Linton Hall soccer camp, basketball camp and the new swim camp for boys and girls. One of the many outstanding features of all the programs is that they are designed for the beginner, the advanced beginner, the intermediate player or the advanced player who wants to improve his or her Wakefield show results The Wakefield Horse Show’s history of near perfect weather was not broken Saturday, May 10, as 64 horse and rider combinations gathered to compete at Foxcroft School outside Middleburg. The show was open to all ages. Mrs. William E. Howland of Warrenton judged 32 classes. There were 9 divisional championships awarded as follows: Short Stirrup: Champion — Emily Vaughn on Toy Soldier; Reserve — Carrie Nixon on London Fog. Small/medium novice pony hunter: Lexy Morgan on Famley Parsley and Hunt Hapworth on Oh! Daddy. Large novice pony hunter: Susan Yeaman on Glory’s Laureate and Hollis Winkler on All That Jazz. Small/medium pony hunter: Christi-Rae Hite on Rosebud and Sara Pillion on Famley Mayfly. Large pony hunter: Susan Yeaman on Glory’s LauSoccer camp Soccer camps for girls and boys, ages six and up, will be held this summer at Shenandoah College and Conservatory in Winchester. The Shenandoah Day Soccer Camps, now in its sixth year, will have three sessions for children ages six to 12: July 21-25 from 9 a.m. to noon, July 21-25 from 5:45 to 8:45 and August 4-8 from 9 a.m. to noon. The day camp is designed to help improve individual soccer skills and features a 10 to 1 ratio of campers to staff. The fee for the camp is $40 per child. Former Team America player Sonny Askew will be the featured instructor for the Residential Soccer Camp for boys and girls, ages nine to 16. The camp will be held July 27August 1 and the fee is $165 for a residential camper and $135 for a commuter camper. The fee includes a soccer ball. The staff of instructors for the camps are from high schools and colleges in Virginia and Maryland. An All-Pro Goalkeeper School will be held July 17-20 for boys and girls ages nine to 18. Gary Hindley, head coach of the Houston Dynamos and assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the MISL, will direct the camp. Mr. Hindley was selected “Coach of the Year” of the USL in 1984 and has coached at the college level for 12 years. He was an all-conference goalkeeper in college. The Goalkeeper School is held every summer at four national locations. The fee for the goalkeepers residential camp is $174. All the camps are held on the Shenandoah campus. For further information, contact Court Smith at Shenandoah College and Conservatory, Winchester, Va. reate and Alex Hubbard on Tramp. Pleasure: Dawn Dugan on Bold Blitz and Claudia Eaton on Lincoln. Baby green hunter: Kay Hirsch on Shenandoah and Annabelle Haney on Fofany. Low hunter: Monica Calderone on Blue Stockings and Heather Anderson on Roberta. Junior hunter: Monica Calderone on Blue Stockings and Charlotte Cannon on Steely Dan. The Wakefield Perpetual Trophy, awarded to the Wakefield student accumulating the most points during the day, went to Susan Yeaman of Culpeper on her pony Glory’s Laureate. r skills. Individuals are grouped according to their ability. They can advance from one skill level to another. Extra activities are also available to camp participants. These include fishing, arts and crafts, hikes, movies, campfires, cookouts, games and skits. Tennis instruction will be offered during soccer camp sessions: July 13-18, July 20-25 and July 27-August 1. Applications are now being accepted for these programs. Apply now as participation is limited. Linton Hall School and Camp, owned and operated by the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia, is located at 9535 Linton Hall Road, Bristow, Va. Phone is 703-368-3157. Wood, Jenkins earn district honors H. B. Wood and Chucky Jenkins of Rappahannock High School were named on May 19 to first-team positions on the Bull Run All-District Baseball team. Voting for first-team positions by eight Bull Run District coaches took place at George Mason High School in Falls Church. Wood, a senior rightfielder for the Panthers, was selected firstteam outfielder during the vote. After 13 games, Wood was .515 at the plate and had stolen 18 bases. Jenkins, a senior catcher, was named first-team designated hitter for the Bull Run District. Jenkins’ William C. Powell & Co., Inc. 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With Wood, Brown shares the team lead for stolen bases with 18. After 13 games. Brown was hitting .447. Rappahannock is scheduled to wrap up its season this week with home games against Clarke County on May 20 and district leader Manassas Park on Thursday, May 22. Rappahannock is 4-10 on the season. SOLD OUT Thanks to Bull Buyers who purchased bulls this year. No. of Bulls Individual 3 Thomas E. Lee 2 Admiral Josepf M. Gardner, Anchor Farm 2 William E. Fishback 1 Dwight E. Houff, Holly Hill Farm 1 Bob Walters 1 Dr. G. Russell Aylor, Jr., Clifton Farm 1 James Hill 1 Tom Benton 1 L. Thomas Green, Green Tuck Farm 1 Hugo G. Falcon 1 •■*■■■ Eari Truett, Grape Ridge Farm 1 Leslie G. Pugh 1 F. E. Mcilnee 1 Roy Lee Knighting, Costaldi Farm EL RANCHO GRANDE CASTLETON, VA RAY T. CANNON JAMES M. CANNON RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 1986 COMRAREO WITH BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT YEAR This budget synopsis Is prepared and published for Informative and fiscal planning purposes only. The Inclusion in the budget of any item or Items does not constitute an obiiqat on the part of the Board of Supervisors of this County to appropriate any funds tor that item or purpose. There is no allocation, or designation of any funds, of this County for there has first been an appropriation for that purpose by the Board of Supervisors. A hearing will be held by the Board of Supervisors on the budget tor Informative purposes at the Rappahannock County Court House on the 2nd day of June, 1986 at 10:00 A.M. citizen of this County shall have the right to attend and state his views. A budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1986 will be adopted by the Board of Supervisors no la 1986 and at least seven days following the hearing at which time the Board of Supervisors shall fix a tax rate for the budget year. ion or commitment any purpose untiI at which time any tur than July ], INCOME ESTIMATES Fiscal Year Current CommencIng FI sea I Year July 1,1986 GENERAL FUND: Revenue from Local Sources: Genera I Property Taxes ....... Other LocaI Taxes ......... Permits, Privilege and Regulatory Licenses . Fines and Forfeitures ....... Revenue from Use of Money & Property Charges for Services ........ Miscellaneous Revenue ....... Revenue from the Commonwealth . . . Revenue from the Federal Government. Total General Fund . LIBRARY FUND: Revenue from Local Sources: Fines and Forfeitures ....... Revenue from Use of Money & Property Miscellaneous Revenues and Refunds . Revenue from the Commonwealth . . . . Revenue from the Federal Government . Transfers from the General Fund . . . Total Library Fund ........ REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND: Revenue from the Federal Government . J 1,439,300 409,800 21,700 600 40,400 1,800 2,100 641,410 52,480 S 2,609,590 J 380 7,070 7,665 7,584 100 6,000 i 28,799, I 18,000 $ 1,622,300 432,100 24,200 600 31,300 7,800 3,000 769,813 168,547 t 3,059,660 t 400 7,200 4,500 10,343 10,754 i 33,197 t 21,000 SCHOOL FUND: Revenue from Local Sources: Miscellaneous Revenue ....... Revenue from the Commonwealth . . . . Revenue from the Federal Government . Non-revenue ............. Transfers from Other Funds . . . . . Total'School Fund ........ SCHOOL CAFETERIA FUND: Transfers from Other Funds . GRAND TOTAL - ALL FUNDS . LESS INTERFUND TRANSFERS . TOTAL ESTIMATED INCOME . FUND BALANCES - JULY I: General ... Library... School Cafeteria .. . Total Fund Balances ....... TOTAL RESOURCES S 6,000 1,333,737 180,287 1,404,379 i 2,924,403 t $ 5,580,792 1,410,379 % 4,170,413 J 300,000 70,000 $ 370,000 S 4.540,413 S 6,000 1,503,381 194,973 1,535,469 S 3,239,823 t 60,000 S 6,413,680 1,606,223 t 4,807,457 S 447,000 70,000 6,000 t 523,000 $ 5,330,457 CONTEMPLATED EXPEND ITURES FI sea I Year Current Commencing Fiscal Year July 1,1986 GENERAL FUND': Board of Supervisors ...... Clerk of the Board ....... Independent Auditor . Commissioner of the Revenue ... Board of Assessors . Treasurer. Electoral Board and Officials . . Registrar . . Circuit Court .......... General District Court . Juvenile & Domestic Relations Ct. Magistrate . Clerk of the Circuit Court ... Commissioner of Accounts .... Commonwealth's Attorney . Sheriff . Fire and Rescue Services .... Forestry Service . Jail. Building Inspection . Animal Control . Medical Examiner ........ Emergency Services ....... Refuse Collection Service .... Maintenance of County Landfill Maintenance of Buildings & Grounds HeaIth . Mental Health & Mental Retardation Welfare Administration . Public Assistance ........ Food Stamp Administration .... Fuel Assistance Administration . Employment Program Administration Community College . Parks and Recreation ...... Planning Commission . . . Zoning Administration ...... Board of Zoning Appeals ..... Public Utility Services ..... Soli and Water Conservation ^ . . Extension & Continuing Education Sub-totaI .. . Transfers to Other Funds .... Total General Fund . LIBRARY FUND: Libraries . REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND: Transfers to School Fund . . . . t 33,019 9,418 6,600 60,921 25.000 60,529 5,492 16,932 8,700 1,888 1,500 410 20.520 700 46,190 157,457 21,565 3,740 169,682 15,091 32,973 500 788 61.521 92.000 62,867 44,518 14,500 109,593 109,980 45,194 9,147 3,221 400 200 10,320 13,471 4,750 1,000 17,322 $ 1,299,619 1,392,379 S 2,691,998 i 28,799 $ 18,000 I 28,771 10,361 7.200 60,459 40.000 65,987 5,492 16,945 9,375 2,038 1,775 87 5 23,870 700 54,036 212,903 62,040 3,685 227,220 18,224 23,338 500 650 63,400 92.000 42,867 45,935 15,663 132,135 263,985 52,179 9,911 1,937 1,212 200 12,910 50.000 4,500 1.200 1,200 18,658 S 1,686,336 1,525,223 * 3,211,559 i 33,197 i 21,000 CONTEMPLATED EXPENDITURES (Continued) Fiscal Year Current Commencing Fiscal Year July 1,1986 SCHOOL FUND: Administration . instruction . Attendance and Health Services . . Pupil Transportation Services . . . School Food Services . Operation 4 Maintenance of School Plant . Fixed Charges . Summer School .. . Adult Education . Other Educational Programs . . . . Capital Expenditures . Debt Service.. Transfers to Other Funds . i 127,278 $ 1 ,676,695 11,990 260 ,b 29 56,150 202,110 588,345 7 50 1 ,080 133,900 18,000 47,476 133,192 1,883,383 12,400 268,496 200 224,022 448,281 7 50 1 ,220 1 37 ,645 23,800 46,4 34 60,000 Total School Fund % 2,924,403 S 3,239,823 SCHOOL CAFETERIA FUND: School Food Programs GRAND TOTAL--ALL FUNDS . LESS INTERFUND TRANSFERS TOTAL EXPENDITURES . . . FUND BALANCES - JUNE 30: General Fund . . . . . Library Fund . School Cafeteria Fund . TOTAL FUND BALANCES . . TOTAL REQUIREMENTS . . . $ i 5,663,200 1,410,379 i 4,252,821 i 217,592 70 000 i 287,592 i 4,540,413 60,000 i 6,665,579 1,606,22 3 $ 4,959,356 i 295,101 70 000 6,000 i 371,101 t 5,330,457 Notice Is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock County, Virginia proposes the following tax levies for the tax year 1986: Unit Levy—Ail Districts—Per $100 Assessed Valuation: Proposed Levy Real Estate. $ o.64 Tangible Personal Property . , $ 5,50 Details Of Above Budget May Be Seen At The County Clerk's Office BY ORDER: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA 4*Tane bruce, clerk

Ron Vickers for the Rappahannock News KENNY WELK (left) and Jamie Hoffman are among the volunteers helping to build the playground at RCES. Work will continue this weekend. SPTA has record breaking year By DEBORAH FLINCHUM Rappahannock News Special Writer The Rappahannock County Elementary School’s Student-ParentTeacher Association has always been an organization dedicated to support and enhancement of the work of the school. This year was no exception. SPTA president Cindy Andreoni summarized her feelings about this year’s association: “We not only accomplished what we set out to do, but went far beyond our original goals.” “It has been a great pleasure for me to work with the many people who have given of their hearts, minds and valuable time to assist RCES. I wish to thank all of these people. In particular, I want to thank Judy Tole, our vice president, who also produced and distributed the thousands of notices we sent out this year, Edie Clark, our treasurer and sock hop chairman, April Heddleston, our secretary, Maggie and Kenny Rogers, the playground producers, and Deborah Flinchum, the person who got RCES back in the news,” Mrs. Andreoni continued. “Thanks should also be extended ■j to Pat Lawler, Linda Mallory, Camille Harris, Mary O’Meara, Liz Blubaugh, Sharon Kilpatrick, Pud r Maeyer and Mary McGrail. And uf course, Mrs. Piper, whose support and advice was invaluable. There are many others to thank too numerous to mention here,” she concluded. qpThe SPTA succeeded in completing many projects this year. The following items requested by teachers and staff during the 1985-86 school year were supplied by the SPTA: a microscope for the sixth grade science department, $50 worth of playground equipment and classroom supplies for first and third grade classes, a newsroom computer program for the sixth grade’s publication of the school newspaper, and an ice crusher for the cafeteria. Through a survey, the teachers expressed a need for help with running off duplicated items. Thereafter, the SPTA provided a “run-off’ service for the teachers throughout the year. The association also provided dinner for the teachers on the Parent-Teacher conference nights in October and February'. Great efforts were made this year to include student input into the decision making process. Two student representatives were present for the. last several meetings To relay student concerns. The representatives were sixth grader TODAY: They study TOMORROW: They conquer Hands-on experience with computers is offered at each grade level. Highland School Kindergarten through Ninth grade For Admissions information: 597 Broadview Avenue • Warrenton, Virginia • (703) 347-1221 Highland School docs not discriminate on the basis otrace, religion, or national origin. Christopher Sutton and seventh grader Heidi Maever. Activities for the students’ enjoyment included four sock hops and a movie, The Shaggy D.A. The association also had a drawing for a Christmas stocking stuffed with goodies that was bigger than Dean Payne, the lucky winner. The parents who attended the association’s meetings also helped to select a logo for the group and made decisions on the school sign which was erected May 18 in front of the school. Babysitters w7ere available at every meeting. This service left parents free .to listen to presentations such as use of the school’s computer system, the gifted and talented workshop, and the artist-in-resi dence program. Projects that are in the process of being completed or which will be carried over to next year include the playground and fitness course, a play about sexual abuse, two baseball backstop overhangs, local store teacher discounts, a national PTA presentation and a volunteer directory. The same slate of officers will be carried over to next year. President Andreoni is looking forward to another productive year. “I can only hope that next year will be just as dynamic as this year has been and that our enthusiasm will grow and infect those who have not, as yet, become involved. The more we are, the greater we can be,” Mrs. Andreoni exclaimed. “Our children certainly deserve it!” The last meeting of the year will be June 3. A business meeting will precede refreshments. Any interested parents, teachers, or students are welcome. School census to be conducted The Rappahannock County School Board will be conducting a census this summer Superintendent Robert Estabrook announced recently. The statistics from the census will be used by the State in creating its formula for public school funding, according to Pam Rowe, DOC GODFREY'S TRUCK CITY BASE SHORTBED • 5-Speed transmission • Double wall construction • Steel belted radials •Tinted glass • Carpet •Roomier cab • More visibility ALL STANDARD PRICE INCLUDES: FREIGHT & DEALER PREP. GODFREY MAZDA 3031 Valley Avenue, Winchester, Virginia Open: Mon.-Fri., 9 to 8; Saturday, 9 to 5 Dealer no. 2000 Phone (703) 667-7111 Deborah FI inchum for the Rappahannock News CHECKING OUT some of the items available for bidding at the Reading Lab’s auction are: Glenn Hitt (on floor), Lynn Nicholson and Joe Wynkoop (sitting), and Joyce Craft, Joseph Rooker, Aubrey Surface and Allen Walters (standing). Reading lab holds auction By DEBORAH FLINCHUM Rappahannock News Special Writer “I can’t wait until the auction! I’m going to bid on Pete Jannings’ autographed picture!” Bid? Auction? Why would school children be talking about these things? The remedial reading classes at Rappahannock County Elementary School and Rappahannock High School held their third annual auction on May 16. The students earned “money” during the year and had a chance to bid on items that they helped to acquire. During the first half of the year the students wrote letters to TV stars, musicians, sports stars and other favorite celebrities. They asked for a picture, poster or other items that the celebrity would be willing to donate to the auction. High school teacher Deb Mills explained, “We have a form letter for the students to go by but they add their personal comments. It works, because last year Alabama sent us their album of the year.” “Our biggest problem was finding addresses. We’ve gotten at least 10 to 15 letters back because of incorrect addresses. The students have to pay for the envelopes and postage because we don’t have funds for that,” Ms. Mills added. “Because they write the letters they also get practice with writing skills.” really goes for it!” Ms. Brochu agreed that it is a great incentive for reading outside the class. “The majority of my students go right to a book and read it until we can help them rather than just sitting and passing time away.” Student Alan Walters proudly said that he had earned $36. “I had to read books and make book reports. Sometimes we have to write them and sometimes Ms. Brochu asks us questions about the book. I’m going to bid on a Wrangler knife.” Student Glen Hitt earned $65. “I’ve never bid at an auction before. In our money books we wrote down the date, the name of the book, and how much we got for our report.” Ms. Mills and Ms. Brochu felt the auction was a learning experience in bidding and keeping track of money as well as being a reading incentive. “It was fun and it added something extra to the end of the year for the students. They really seemed to enjoy it,” both teachers agreed. Student Aubrey Surface concurred. “Having the auction is a good idea because it makes us want to read more books and give better book reports so we can get more ‘money’ for the auction.” Most of the celebrities send something. Hank Williams Jr. sent a book, Bette Davis sent a picture, the President usually sends a book of the White House, and Dolly Parton and Barbara Mandrell sent books. Some other items received were Wrangler knives and necklaces, a toy Big Foot truck, a big w’heel calendar, Knight Rider items, a tee shirt from Burt Reynolds’ dinner theater and a Sawyer Brown album. Ms. Mills said, “Sometimes the stars sent two photos — one for the child and one for the auction. We had a couple to write back and ask us to write to try to keep their show on the air.” The auction is a reading incentive project. The students read a book and then do a written or oral report. They receive play money to put in a savings account book. If they have $15 at the end of the year they can go to the auction and bid on the items. Elementary teacher Bobbi Brochu commented, “The amount of ‘money’ given depends on the length of the book report and how well they can answer questions about the book.” Ms. Mills felt the project helped to get the students to read more. “I have one student who has read 38 books and has collected $88. She Director of Special Services for Rappahannock County Schools. Ms. Rowe explained that the Virginia School laws require that every three years each county collect the “name, age and other pertinent information for each child one through 19 years of age and handicapped children ages 20 and 21.” The data collected by the doorto-door census takers will be compiled and sent to Richmond, where it will be applied in determining the distribution of the state’s one per cent sales tax and other revenues to counties and towns. The data will also be used in planning for future educational needs and formulating education policy both at the state and local level, Ms. Rowe said. The census-takers will begin their task on May 26. They will be proceeding through each district, stopping at each home to gather the information. If no one is at home they will leave a notice which explains how the resident should get in contact with the census-taker. Ms. Rowe said that three of the four census-takers are ready to begin. Wakefield District will be covered by Julie Burke. Layne Shaffer is set to canvas Hampton District as well as the Town of Washington. Susan Wittl will gather the census information in Stonewall-Hawthorne and Piedmont Districts. Ms. Rowe said that she is still looking for someone to cover Jackson District, and that anyone interested in the position or seeking more information about the census should contact her at the School Board office at 9878773. Children’s computer workshop Young children and their parents will have an opportunity to explore and discover computer programs de signed for little kids at the Day Care and Learning Center May 31. Parents and their children aged INTRODUCTIONS, INC. I A Personal, Confidential Introduction ■* Service for Single People Introductions, Inc. is a discreet, open, careful, pnd professional service, which provides the opportunity for single people to meet other single people with mutual interests. 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RODNEY GWMSLEY (left) and Dexter Freeman were chosen to represent Rappahannock County at the American Legion’s Boys’ State program this summer. Grimsley and Freeman attend American Legion Boys’ State By DEBORAH FLINCHUM Rappahannock New» Special Writer Rodney Grimsley and Dexter Freeman will represent Rappahannock County at the American Legion Boys’ State program to be held at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg from June 15-21. The program is sponsored by the American Legion, Department of Virginia, in cooperation with various clubs and organizations in the commonwealth. Boys’ State is a unique summer program that emphasizes not classroom lectures or textbook learning, but participation and personal experience in a model state, complete with governing bodies and elected public officials. Boys’ State was founded and its courses of instruction were designed to supplement the information taught in the high school curriculum. It is a part of the Americanism program of the American Legion. Boys’ State teaches that our form of government is good but that its preservation depends on intelligent, informed, and loyal citizens working in combination with an honest and impartial administration of governmental functions. Eligibility is limited to outstanding young men of the junior class who exhibit qualifications of patriotism, leadership, character, scholarship, honesty, cooperation and physical fitness. The school is responsible for recommending outstanding students who will represent their school, classmates and the youth of their community at the program. Guidance Counselor Mary Anne Biggs said, “Rodney Grimsley and Dexter Freeman wt>re nominated by faculty members and then there was a selection committee of faculty andj administrators.” These nominations were presented to the local American Legion Post Commander and to the Boys’ State Committee for proper certification. Rodney Grimsley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Grimsley of Huntly. “I’ll be participating in a government type program. There will be other activities like sports that I can participate in,” Rodney commented. “I’m looking forward to going and working with other boys.” “I’ll be more familiar with how the government is run and if I participate in it myself perhaps I will be in a better position to find out some day how the real thing is run,” Rodney added. Rodney plans to further his education at VPI after graduation. “I hope to major in aeronautical engineering and participate in the ROTC program. I’ll learn how to fly and then join the Air Force for a while. Then I’ll probably fly for a commercial airline.” Dexter Freeman is the son of James and Charlotte Freeman of Washington. “I’m looking forward to going to Boys’ State to see what it’s like. I think I’ll learn a lot about the government because I don’t know too much about it now,” he said. Dexter’s plans include completion of college or business school. “I’m not sure what I’ll do after I graduate from college.” “They were selected because we felt that they were the students who would represent the school well,” Mrs. Biggs said. Each participant is assigned to a “city” of which he becomes a “resident.” He lives in the area allotted to his city of about 60 citizens. The entire group of cities constitutes the “state.” The citizens are assigned, in the order in which they register, to political parties — Federalist or Nationalist — so that they learn how political parties function under our form of government. The parties develop their own platforms and campaign issues. After receiving instruction in the purposes of political parties and their caucuses, the two political parties in each city meet seDaratelv to nominate their candidates for city offices, the State Senate, and the House of Delegates and to elect delegates to their state conventions. All elections are conducted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. After city elections are held the newly chosen officers receive instruction on the proper procedures in organizing and conducting a city government and then proceed to govern their cities. After the organization of the city governments and the two houses of the General Assembly, the Nationalist and Federalist parties hold their conventions, to which delegates have already been elected. Each party nominates candidates for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. After campaigns, which are often heate'd, elections are held and the successful candidates are installed in their respective offices in ceremonies similar to the rites held in the State Capitol at the inauguration of a Governor of Virginia. This inauguration ceremony is the climax of the Boys’ State week. School menus RCES May 26-30 Monday — Hot dog on bun, French fries, fresh apple, peanut butter cookie, choice of milk. Tuesday — Chicken pattie on bun, scalloped potatoes, chilled grape juice, sweet P cookie, choice of milk. Wednesday — Grilled cheese sandwich, onion rings, peas & carrots, apple pixie pie, choice of milk. Thursday — Beef barbecue on bun, cole slaw, mixed fruit, potato chips, choice of milk. Friday — Sausage pizza, tossed salad/dressing, pineapple upside down cake, choice of milk. i RCHS Monday — Bacon cheeseburger on bun, potato rounds, apple pixie pie, choice of milk. Tuesday — Choice of Italian sub or fish filet on bun, steak fries, mixed vegetables, homemade brownie, choice of milk. Wednesday — Hot dog on bun, baked beans, potato salad, applesauce cake/raisins, choice of milk. Salad bar. Thursday — Choice of ham biscuit or sausage biscuit, macaroni & cheese, buttered peas, apple wedge, choice of milk. 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East St. 825-8371 Judy Blume’s Letters to Judy describes a painful world By THERESA REYNOLDS Rappahannock Newa Special Writer She’s the author who writes children’s books with intriguing titles such as Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Otherwise Known as Sheila The Great. Her books are as irreverent as their titles, presenting situations where children are sometimes cruel to each other, parents are not always available for comfort, and an ability to laugh is the key to survival. Blume says that, from the time she started writing books for children, she hoped her presentations of difficult and complex situations without easy solutions would strike an honest note with her young read ers. What she was not expecting was a deluge of letters, starting in 1971, from young readers and fans who trusted her enough to confide secrets: some funny and touching, some terrible. With the confessions came an awesome responsibility. Over the years, she’s written quick responses to suicidal youngsters, urged them by mail to seek counseling immediately from parent, teacher, minister, or Mend, sent them lists of community resources. In fact there’s a real sense throughout this very moving book that Blume is very troubled about the question of where her responsibility to these children ends. Thereader will be troubled, too: From Alexandra, Age 12 “My mother was arrested for child abuse. She beat me and my heartvstopped. I need someone like you, a ^friend, a mother. I just can’t believe* my mother would do such a thing to me, of all people, but she was drunk. My father hates me and told me so.” “I like horses, dogs and hamsters. I like John Travolta and Michael Jackson. Please send me a picture of your family and your house. I hope to live through this.” Blume has set up a charity called the Kids’ Fund, and money from the sale of the book will go towards nonprofit institutions that deal with problems of children. Not only money, but much care and time has been devoted by Blume to her young correspondents. She carried on a two-year exchange with Tracy, a young girl who had been badly mistreated by an older brother from the time she was four until he left home when she was twelve. No one in the family, not even her parents, would talk to her about it. “How could he do this to me. An attractive girl, a kind girl, a girl who treasures her friends and one who rarely swears unless she’s very, very angry. And I am angry!” The sad and desperate letters will haunt you long after you finish the book, but they are only part of this well-edited collection. There are some funny ones, too. From Fern, age 9: “Please send me the facts of life in number order.” From Lisa, age 9: “My fourth-grade teacher cares more about how our classroom looks to visitors than about us. Take me, I am very short but I have to sit at a desk that is way too big for me. I asked my teacher to please get me a smaller desk but she said that would makevthe rows uneven. I told my motherbut she says teachers can make the rows any way they want to. What can I do to get somebody to understand?” Blume’s comments in between the letters offer guidance to youngsters caught in similar circumstances. She generally suggests that they talk it over with a parent. Unfortunately, it’s very clear that Letters to Judy is largely a collection written by children who believe, correctly or mistakenly, that they could never tell a parent what they tell Judy Blume. In fact, she subtitled the book, What your kids wish they could tell you. Letters To Judy is available at the Rappahannock Library and the Royal Oak Bookshop. Scholarship information available The Scholarship Bank announces a new 800 number program for high Swimming at 4-H center Both individual and family passes for the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center swimming facilities are now available for the 1986 season which will run from Sunday, May 25, through Labor Day, September 1. Passes purchased before Memorial Day will be at the 1985 rates, $75 for individuals and $125 for families. After Memorial Day the rates will be $85 and $140, respectively. In addition to the daily public swimming, noon to 6 p.m. the Center’s pool will also be offering a variety of swimming lessons and programs, including beginner*,, advanced beginners, senior lifesavings, water babies, and water aerobics. For more information on passes and programs, please call 635-7171. school and college students needing instant access to private scholarships and loans. Students should call 1-800-3324438 and will then receive applications to fill out. Students applying for fall aid should plan to have completed scholarship applications returned to the individual donors no later than May 1, although some may have earlier deadlines. According to the director, stu dents may qualify on the basis of ma-, jor, occupational goal, geographic preferences, type of aid requested, religion, parent’s union, military or employer background, and whether the student is willing to work in an internship, enter a contest or conduct specific research. Numerous grants are given by trade groups and corporations to students with a specific major or an expressed willingness to work for the donor following graduation. WHY WAIT FOR WEEKS? 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. 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Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner HANDMADE QUILTS are among the items Claudia Trinca will be selling in her Sperryville store, Springhouse Antiques. Springhouse Antiques antique accessories • • Springhouse Antiques will be celebrating its grand opening this weekend in Sperryville. The shop, located in the Historic District in downtown Sperryville, four doors down from the Post Office, will specialize in oak and pine furniture among other items. Claudia Trinca, owner of Springhouse Antiques, said that she will also offer handmade quilts, kitchen primitives and antique accessories. She said that her “inventory will vary according to what she finds in the way of interesting accessories.” It will include, but not be limited to, small chests, candlesticks, old photos and pictures. Ms. Trinca has been dealing in antiques “for about 12 years, and I’ve been in the Northern Virginia area for about six years.” She has “wanted to find an old home to set up a shop,” and found Sperryville “a charming little town.” Prior to setting up the shop in Sperryville, Ms. Trinca did her buying and selling at antique shows. She said that she plans to continue attending the shows as well as operating the shop in Sperryville. Springhouse Antiques will be open Friday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ms. Trinca’s grand opening celebration will include door prizes and refreshments at the shop. Food will also be available outside. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner AN ANTIQUE CABINET filled with miniature collectibles and a love seat are among the items available in Charles and Betty Estes’ Water Street Antiques. Water Street Antiques to open in Sperry ville Uncle Sam is waiting in the form of a cast iron mechanical bank. Insert a coin, press a button, and watch as the coin is deposited into the bank in an ingenious way. No, it won’t reduce the federal deficit but it will provide a glimpse into the past. Charles and Betty Estes are opening a store in Sperryville that contains a variety of cast iron collectables, miniatures and toys. Their grand opening will be this weekend, coinciding with the first Sperryville Springfest. The store is called Water Street Antiques and is located on what used to be the junction of the SperryvilleRappahannock Turnpike and the New Market-Sperryville Turnpike. “Sperryville used to be a commercial village, with hotels and stables,” explained Charles (who is better known as Pete) Estes. The Estes have been buying antiques for years and decided that opening an antique store was a good idea. The building which they are renovating used to be the Sperryville Blacksmith Shop and was owned and operated by John Hopkins in the 1800s. Eric Kvames of Molten Media Glass Works will also be at the grand opening. He will set up his portable glass oven and will demonstrate his glass blowing technique. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner CARSON JOHNSON is laying a brick walk to the door of Jefferson House the old-fashioned way-using sun-dried bricks salvaged from a demolished building. Jefferson House: wreaths and more Carson and Aileen Johnson are getting ready for their grand opening, slated for the Springfest this Memorial Day weekend in Sperryville. The Johnsons are in the process of restoring what used to be the Old Star Grocery in Sperryville. According to Mr. Johnson “in the ’30s and ’40s next to this building — where Faith Mountain is now —used to be a Dew-Drop Inn with rooms for boarding. On the other side of the old grocery was a drug store and next to that was the barber shop. Further on down there was a movie theatre that played Westerns on Saturday night.” The Johnsons inherited the building from William and Mary Jefferson, Mrs. Johnson’s uncle and aunt. William Jefferson was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. His wife Mary, who died recently, was, according to Mr. Johnson, “much younger than William and was one of the last surviving widows of the Spanish-American War.” The Johnsons will be specializing in grape vine wreaths which they make themselves. Mr. Johnson gathers the grape vines on some of his mountain property and brings it to a back room in the store. There it is sorted and formed into the basic wreath shape. Mrs. Johnson decorates the wreaths with ribbons and small animals. Mrs. Johnson also makes custom curtains for windows. The store will have on display a variety of cloth wreaths along with antiques and crafts. Stalking the native brook trout By GREG TURNER Rappahannock News Staff Writer On your hands and knees you slowly creep up the edge of the stream. The quarry you’re after is very shy and the slightest hint of your presence will end the game. Without making a sound you cast your bait and it sails silently over the water and lands on the far side of the bank. At first glance it appears to be a bad cast but with a slight tug the bait falls naturally and effortlessly into the water. You can see the shadowy figures dart in all directions, moving with incredible speed and agility. Luckily a native brook trout spots the bait and without hesitation hits the hook. With a sharp tug the hook is set and then the real fun be No ONE ELSE CAN OFFER YOU THESE COMFORTING WORDS. The Peugeot 505 Turbo is “just a sweet, smooth, comfortable rush...” —David E. Davis, Jr., Editor!Publisher Car and Driver The Peugeot 505 S Wagon “won the pure comfort category hands down...” —Bob Nagy Motor Trend “[For] grand touring comfort,... [my] choice would be one of • Peugeot’s super-suspension machines...” —Popular Mechanics Open Memorial Day! The comfort of Peugeot automobiles is legendary in Europe, and as you can sec, the word has spread over here too. But the Peugeot is far more than just a comfortable car. It also leads tfits way with innovations in performance and durability. See for yourself what Europe has known for years. Peugeot is an’ exceptional value from an exceptional company. Brought to you by Country ChevroletPeugeot. European deliveries available. ChevroletfflfflT®Djl!<n)IE0''MlKd3t8 347-9000 gins. One sure way to get one of these “natives” is to hook up with some Rappahannock natives. Herbert Foster and his nephew Eddy Burke are such people. Eddy Burke, a carpenter, and Herbert Foster, a farm hand, have been hunting and fishing in Rappahannock as long as they can remember. We load the truck with tackle and then we really load the truck as Herbert, Eddy and I squeeze into the cab. Sometimes I don’t think the Japanese have large Americans in mind when they design their trucks. Down the road we go with Herbert at the wheel. Conversation swings from hunting to fishing and the weather as bluegrass music fills the background. After mentioning this unseasonably cool day in May, Herbert remembers when “it snowed four inches on May 10, 1941, but melted within an hour.” Feeling more like a sardine than an enthused angler, we finally arrive at our destination at Bean Hollow. Bean Hollow, originally an old logging road, follows the Jordan River to its headwaters. At first glance it seems that a stream four feet wide and less than a foot deep in some sections could not possibly provide for anything bigger than a minnow. So much for logic as Eddy, hiding behind a large rock, hooks a native in a small pool. The fish, being only abolit eight inches Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner EDDY BURKE hooks a “native” in the Jordan River. long, is about an average one due to the size of the stream. According to Eddy, “Before the heavy timber operations after the Civil War, native trout in this area would easily reach two or three feet. Huge pines and hemlocks would grow along the creek and the water was much cooler due to the shade. This would provide a perfect habitat for the natives.” Herbert has good luck too but throws back what he catches. “I fish for sport. I don’t fish for meat although I’ll take one or two once in a while,” he said. Years ago the brook trout, [which is actually a Char) was :aught for the meat, with limits of 50 o 100 being common on the East Coast. Since the 1900s the limit has spiraled down and currently stands at six fish per day —too many people wanting too many fish and a loss of habitat have reduced the population to dangerously low levels. Strict standards have been enforced emphasizing sport rather than food. The “brook” doesn’t take well to hatcheries. The hatched fish are not nearly as skittish, and also have a much higher mortality rate than their native counterparts. The fate of the native brook trout, as with other animals, seems dim due to the loss of habitat and the ever widening encroachment of civilization. It is a large price we all pay for “progress.” GETAWAY ON A SHADOW'" 500 HONDA. ■■ REBATES END MAY 31 ON 1985 MOTORCYCLES 500 SHADOW 700 SHADOW 500 MAGNA 700 MAGNA 1100 MAGNA $150.00 $250.00 $150.00 $200.00 $250.00 BLALOCK CYCLE CO. on the Bypass in Warrenton (703) 347-4591 __Dealer #7978 _

Horse & Farm Directory Your ad will run in all of these newspapers for as little as $11.00 louboun dimes-ftlirror Leesburg, Va. 703-777-1110 fttlf :fauqimr ^Democrat Warrcnton, Va. 703-347-4222 The Reston Times Reston, Va. 703-435-7200 ftappafyanttocfe iittos Washington, Va. 703-675-3349 )t Clarfec Courier Berry ville, Va. 703-955-1111 Reaching 41,(XX) homes, stables and farms in Fauquier, Ijoudoun, Clarke, Rappahannock and Fairfax Counties. f Auctions INDEX 'N Horse/Livestock Barn Construction Boarding and Training Farm Equipment B Supplies ( arm Services Farriers Fencing B Gates Hay for Sale Help Wanted Horses B Ponies-For Sale Horses B Ponies Wanted Horses B Ponies to Give Away Jumps Instruction l-ivestock for Sale Miscellaneous Position Wanted Poultry Real Estate Saddleries Shows and Events Stables For Sale or Rent Stud Service Tack B Equipment For Sale ’ Vans. Trailers B T rucks ^Veterinarians Q w®”* VMIJfU ttvNKKt D HILL ROOFING COMPANY - Spring Special: 20’x36' all wood horse barn, T1-11 siding, single roof on treated poles, 2 stalls, seed and tack room, $5,500. Please call us for custom designing of your stable and fencing problems. 703-444-2373. Q BOARDING- full care, miles of trails, lumps available. 703/364-2712. BOARD AVAILABLE - in small, professional-run barn. Good pasture and fencing, quiet setting, convenient location Individualized attention Training and instruction also available. 703-777-2273. NEW BARN NEAR Middleburg 2 stalls available, $240 a month. Call evenings?03-687-6334 3 ACRES — Excellent pasture, stone barn Horse boarding in exchange tor replacing fence around pasture. Bluemont. Ed Leonard, days, 703-836-5200, evenings 703-554-8824 FARM SOLD - tractor, Ford, 62 NAA w/bushhog and blade, new Dayton generator, 2000w, 115v; Gibson 220v, AC, used 1 month; tropical green house plants and more Amissville, 703/347-7974. HAY MAKING - In Purcellville, Round Hill, Hillsboro area. Square bales only. Small properties welcome. Reasonable rates and reliable service. Bushhogging available also Call 703-338-6412. WE CATCH WILD or stray stock, roundup, hauling. No job too big or small. Will go anywhere. 703/754-4311, 703/369-7637 or 703/399-1044. SPRAY PAINTING Fences Barns Outbuildings Licensed & Insured Free estimates LET US SPRAY 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 703/754-9762. Q Fwdng and Omm i D COMPLETE LINE of Fencing installed. Free estimates Also custom Bush Hogging 703-554-8700 WOLFE FENCING Residential & Farm All types installed. Painting and Staining A Speciality! Satisfaction Guaranteed. 703-327-4851. GILES M. SHOWERS FENCING Locust posts, sawed and round, stakes, fencing board. Also rustic fence. 703/364-1045 R. Showers t - - Fencing Co. -X ^ rhf name that is a tradition in fentinx " Fence Installation or Materials for sale. 703/364-1389 FENCING Complete line of wire, HlTENSEL, plank and rail. Also will install. GEORGE WHITE FENCING,INC. Middleburg, Va. 703-687-5803 Bar J FARM FENCING Haymarket Virginia We install board and rail fences, wooden or metal gates. We also specialize in spray painting fences and barns. We have plenty of locust posts for sale. Free estimates, excellent references, licensed and bonded, flours: Anytime Monday through Saturday. (703) 754*8823 ALFALFA AND TIMOTHY mixed. Excellent for horses. Will deliver in trailer loads - or pickup for $2 per 45-50 lb. bales Also sell by ton. Hillsboro, West Virginia. 304/6534753. 200 BALES GOOD STRAW for sale. Call 703/687-3060. HAY, ALFALFA — Cutting soon $1 50 a bale in field. 703-8823663, or leave message, 703-478EXPERIENCED HORSE PEOPLE to work on thoroughbred farm as groom/ riders. Must be 22 or older No dependents. $450 per month plus furnished apartment and utilities. Call 703/754-7127. BARN PERSON — Full or parttime barn chores, mucking, feeding at pony breeding farm. References required Great Falls, Va. 703-4306119 FARM MAN EXPERIENCED with beef cattle and machinery. References essential House furnished. Call 703/590-5784 evenings. GENERAL BARN HELP needed at dressage training barn. Talk to Jane or Sheree at 703-327-4641 HELP WANTED - SOMEONE needed to help clean stalls for the summer on Flint Hill area horse farm Hours will be in the early evenings, must be dependable. Call Bill at 703/636-1216 daytime or 703/636-2283 between 5p m. and9p.m FULL-TIME POSITION AVAILABLE General Farm and Stable Work Knowledge of Horses Desirable References Required Excellent Salary Rutledge Middleburg, Va. 703-687-3030 GROOM OR RIDER/ Groom needed for Middleburg stable Call 703-955-3425 afternoons. NEWLY ESTABLISHED eventing yard has an opening for a responsible, competent person to care for, and work with a small select string of imported event horses. Nice living accommodations on lovely country estate Great working conditions with flexible hours Evenings 703/364-2134, 3470836. PERSON TO WORK on small hunter breeding farm near Warrenton. Work with young horses Riding not necessary. All barn duties and some farm maintenance Knowledgeable, dependable person willing to take responsibility. References required New 2 bedroom house on farm. 703/3642387. RELIABLE HELP for farm and stable, full or part-time. No house available Call 703/364-2148. SMALL FARM SEEKING permanent part time-help with care of horses, cats, dogs, and various odd jobs. 8:30am until 12 noon. Must love animals and be reliable. Reply: P.O. Box 2724, Leesburg, VA 22075. ARAB CROSS — 1/2 registered. Bay, 9 months, gelded, nice confirmation. Very quiet, leads, etc. $800. 703-620-2312. ARAB CROSS — 1/2 registered. Blood bay mare, 2 years. Nice confirmation. Excellent mover. Green broke. Rated show prospect, $3,000 or offer. 703-6202312. 2 ARAB FILLIES. Bay, 4/11/84, white socks, 14.3. Grey 5/23/85 markings Both very loving. Must sell Call 703/347-3606 APPALOOSA/ MORGAN - Endurance bred. Pleasure horses mares and fillies. Stallion services. 703476-1294. COFFEE THOROUGHBRED Broodmare. Registered and blood typed. With excellent foaling history To good home for breeding only. 703-338-5988. COME SEE BEAUTIFUL arabian fillies, national champion bloodlines, yearling - 3 years old, $2,500 - $6,500 Call 703/3641211. COMPANION PONY, 4 years, 9 hands, good babysitter, $150. Call 703/364-2490 FLASHY THOROUGHBRED GELDING, super moves and conformation Green started on flat. Good show of pony club prospect. Also, thoroughbred gelding has hunted Good beginners horse 703-955-4500 FOR SALE By Sealed Bid: Thoroughbred mare, 16 2 hands, 9 years, experienced rider, field hunter/ brood mare prospect, minimum bid $1500 Arab/ Welsh mare, 14.1 hands, aged, chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, good beginner horse, minimum bid $300. Horses housed MCDEC Stables 703/640-2288 Bids close 19 June, 1986 at noon. Mail bids to: Financial Analyst, Recreation Fund, P O Box 186, Quantico, Va. 22134-0186 (Mark envelope, BID Arab or Thoroughbred mare). We reserve the right to accept or reject all bids. FOR SALE — Nice group horses. Still too many for new place Prices start $500. North Fork School of Equitation: 301-8349744 FOR SALE OR trade, Registered Quarterhorse mare, 3 years old, green broke. 304-788-0007. 13 HAND, BAY MARE - 13 years old, nice disposition, good show prospect $500. 703-777-8544 HANOVERIAN/TB CROSS. 16 + H., 11 year old mare. Good jumper and broodmare. Experienced rider only. Call Raymond (703) 8823915. HUNTING FOR A GOOD BUY? DO YOU... •Need a Horse/ Pony? •Need Tack/ Riding Apparel? •Want Riding Lessons? •Need Farm Related Servies? Read the Boui&rmi nnicToiT Only $11.00 reaches over 100,000 readers \%z$ PttrSoit J LADIES'. CHILDREN S HUNTER — Bay Thoroughbred gelding, 5 years, 15 hands. Shown successfully unrecognized, cub hunted guietly; a typey little horse which catches the judge's eye Good form over fences, nice mover and excellent shipper Ready to show now or hunt in the fall. Call 703338-6047 evenings MORGAN HORSES - 14.1 VShands gelding, 7, good jumper, will hunt, show, event, etc. 14.1 Vi? hands gelding, 5, hacking quietly. Chestnut mare, pleasure, jumps, drives. Also 3-year olds and broodmares Wonderful manners. 703-554-8290, early mornings or late evenings. MOVING, MUST SELL, registered, half arabian, gelding, 5 years old, gentle, rides English or Western. $500 Call 703/347-9335. PASO FINO - Gelding, bay, 4 years, naturally gaited, outstanding conformation and disposition. $1,800. Hunter type, 11 year old black mare, with colt. Can be ridden by anyone 7 to 70. Used in parades, and civil war reinactment. She looks like the Black Stallion. $2,400 for both. Call 703459-5619. PONY, ARABIAN - WELSH - Very cute, 13.2 hands, dark bay with stripe. Jumps, nice mover, complete with saddle. $1,500. Haymarket, 703-754-2741. RACKING HORSE 12 year old black gelding, 16 hands, real beauty, needs experienced rider. $2,500. Dealer inquiry invited. Leave message at 703-430-1690. REGISTERED ARAB PONY for sale., shown hunter, dressage, harness, very gentle 703/364-2712. REGISTERED QUARTERHORSE MARE - Bay, 4 years old. Has been ridden on overnight trail rides and will drive. Great granddaughter of King, $1,500. 703459-5619 REGISTERED ARABIAN PONY - 3 years old, lovely sweet disposition, very pretty. $850. 703-7773203. REGISTERED APP BROOD Mare, 5 years old, good conformation, excellent hind quarters. Must sell. Call 703-822-5939 evenings. TB GELDING, 16 2, quiet, attractive, 5 years old. 703/636-1507 or 703/636-1216. THOROUGHBRED YEARLING FILLY Big, kind, well handled. Potential and personality plus $3500 Call 703/364-2490. TRAKEHNERS - Breed your own warmblood or choose one of ours ATA approved stallion TRON by Mozart, breeding fee - $850 LFG Young stock from $4,500 to $ 1 5,000 Near Manassas, 703/788-4458 WELSH PONY, gray gelding, 7 years, 12.1, good disposition and attitude, sound. Sadly outgrown 703/364-2976 early mornings or evenings. 13 YEAR OLD gelding, well-broke for experienced rider Can be used for trail riding or possibly time events $800 firm. 703/7514700 9a.m.-5p.m. or 788-9823 after 10p m. Ask for Phyllis WANTED: Pony and horse, 8 & 12 year old boys need mounts to hack and light hunting, no showing. Excellent home for your pet in Springs Valley, near Warrenton. Want to buy immediately Must be very safe animals 703/347-2742 DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER, IT'S TIME TO BREAK THAT HORSE! Breaking and training, Greg Schwartz, 759-4638, 759-5129, References available CENTERED RIDING INSTUCTION - from Sally Swiff -trained instructor. Many years teaching experience, active dressage, and event competitor. Horses also schooled. 703-777-2273. G J 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 DONKEYS - Females, bred to small white jack. Due in July Call 703-338-2374. SAANEN GOATS - For sale (Four Kids) Call 703-882-3426. AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD, 8 week old male, one year old female. 304-788-0007 FOR SALE: BLACKSMITH TOOLS. Bob Clark, Upperville, Va. 703/592-3475. FOR SALE: Blacksmith Tools Bob Clark, Upperville: 703-592-3475 FOR SALE - PONY CART - $100. 703-777-1843. LIVESTOCK GUARDING DOGS - Proven (arm and show stock, puppies and older working dogs available. "Mountaineer" Great Pyrenees (304) 258-4226. ANIMAL BEDDING (Shavings) You Haul or tl e Deliver Available year round B & H Animal Bedding 703/752-2480 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 postage and handling. (Va. residents also add 4% sales tax ) Hit Rappaftannocb ilttos P.O. Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747 703-675-3338 DEDICATED HORSEPERSON needs permanent employment on private horse farm. Experience with broodmares, breaking yearlings, galloping thoroughbreds, hunt and show horses. Need accommodations. References. Call 703/364-2490 FouMiy BABY GEESE — Ducks, Chicks, Guineas, Bantams, Sea Brights, Koshings, Old English, many other breeds. Adults Ducks and Bantams. 703-430-6560 IN CLARKE COUNTY, VA. NEW LISTING — 5 ACRES CLARKE COUNTY — Rolling grassland just off route 7. Nicely set back from route 7 with beautiful panoramic views. Several fruit trees including a grape arbor. Call today to see this wonderful property! $22,TOO. 56 ACRES CLARKE COUNTY — Hard-surfaced road frontage. Southern slope. Stream and nice views. Good pasture. Estate-type setting! Call Now! 180 ACRES CLARKE COUNTY — Wooded building sites. Stream and frontage on 2 hard-surfaced roads Estate-type setting Call for more information aointta lluralhi1 HE itvh winuiiLiji in TinuifllR (cDUl | * PHONE (703) 662-0323 112 NORTH CAMERON ST WINCHESTER VIRGINIA 22601 BRAND NEW ARABIAN horse facility on 32 acres, near Manassas National Battlefield Park, with numerous horse trails Boarding available, lessons in saddle seat, western riding Registered Arabs for sale Excellent bloodlines 703/754-4060 FOR RENT — Small cottage completely furnished Quiet setting with views Convienient to Leesburg/ Purcellville Desire- female with interest or experience with horses Reasonable 703-8823180 PASTURE FOR RENT, 15 acres, board fenced, barn and stream, 4 miles fronrWarrenton. $150/month ! 703/347-5014 STALLS AVAILABLE — For rent or boarding, excellent facilities, convienent location, Route 15, south Leesburg. Indoor out door rings, long trails 90 acre pasture Many paddocks Training, instruction provided. 703-777-8312. 190 ACRES River bottom farm. Hard road frontage. Plenty of water, grass. Food. Bams, modern house, low taxes, all services available. 304-496-7897, Box 34, Rio, W. Va. 26756 Gracious Colonial Overlooking Great Meadow. 3 bedrooms, \'/i baths, large country kitchen. $800/month. Ml. Vernon Realty 703/253-5620 11 STALLS SCHOOLING RING 1 bedroom, 1 bath efficiency apartment. $700 per month. Mt. Vernon Realty 703/253-5620 “GOLDEN JUBILEE" - Dark palomino, 13.1 hands. Proven sire of top show ponies. His get win on the line, are outstanding on the flat and over fences 703-430-6119. QUARTERHORSE — For that Impressive head, breed your mares to Impressive Dart by Impressive Bar Leo, introductory fee, $500. 703-754-8274 VIEW POINT FARM Arabians East Coast Champion Top Five Stallion at Stud Visitors welcome 703-478-1838 LAMENESS PREVENTION CLINIC • June 21, 10am , Longlield Farm, Lincoln, Virginia Anthony Z Gonzales. speaker Information 703338-3259, Pat Snow 9am to 9pm (H Tack & Equipment For Sale D LADIES SIDE SADDLES in excel lent condition. Also wanted - an tique horse carriages, sleighs and miscellaneous. Call 703/347-7007 Lei phone ring SADDLE — Stubben Siegfried, 18", very good condition, $350, 703-882-3684. Vans, Traiers & Trucks BATTERTON TRAILER SALES - Va DL446 Kingston. Cotner, Allen (fiberglass) in stock. Discount prices Berryville, 703-955-3328. 1984 CHEV DUALLY, Single cab, 454 engine, 4 speed, air-conditioned, AM/FM cassette Tan with pin striping, running boards, gooseneck and bumper hitch 37,000 miles Excellent condition. Mike Jennings 703-777-6975 or 703-668-6708 FOR SALE 1984 Chevrolet Silverado Suburban van, heavy-duty, fully equipped Asking $13,000, 15,500 mileage Call (703) 8371523. 1977 FORD F-150 4 wheel drive pickup. With trailer hitch. $2,500. Call 703-338-3259 1983 HARTMAN DELUXE HORSE Trailer, $2500. Call after 5pm, 703777-6624 • 1981 JEEP WAGONEER. heavy duty trailer package, 48,000 miles. $8,000 or best offer Call 703/5472993 1977 KING GOOSENECK - Stock combination trailer, 20 x 6 Tack compartment, feed doors, remov able partitions Tan. Mike Jen nings 703-777-6975 or 703-6686708. NEW & USED THOROUGHBRED & Quarterhorse Trailers Stock & flat beds Financing available. 703/972-7945 or 703/786-8572. 1977 THOROUGHBRED HORSE Trailer. Extra wide. Newly painted. $3,500 Call 703-338-3259 TRAILER - 1974 double-D, recently painted, good floor, ramp, $1600 703/860-3721 TWO - HORSE TRAILER - Extra wide, extra tall Mats, hitch stabilizer bars, and sway controls. $1,200 703-687-3770 Bara Construction Phone (703)338-3338 Quality Over 20 Years Experience in the Building Industry BUILDINGS & SUPPLIES, INC 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 Commercial ★ Warehouses . . Garages . . Apple Storage P.O. Box 1055, Purcellville, Va. 22132-1055 ION S LARGEST BUILDI Fuog & Reed Pole Building Company Horse — Farm — Commercial SprnaJiuntf m Htme h'a* thru* P.O. Box 237, Purcellville, Va. 22132 | Fuog ). Rccil (703) 338-2306 (703) 659-3271 C all Hvcnings Stafford, Va. Purccllvilk-, Va k i.AntiquM CONSIGNMENTS — Antiques and Crafts Beautiful and unique location in Leesburg, Virginia, for selling on consignment Call us to discuss a way to expand your market Contact Joame or Bob Trowbridge at The Catoctin Emporium. 703-777-6175. SPERRYVILLE ANTIQUE MARKET Accepting Consignments For our 1986 Season Open Weekends & Holidays 10-6 SPRING FEST CRAFT SHOW-May 24 & 25 For Additional Information Call Arthur or Peggy Smith (703) 987-8050 Or 987-8180 The Third Annual Heritage Antiques Show and Sale to benefit Johns Parish Emmanuel Episcopal Parish House Route SO, Middleburg, Virginia May 24, 25,26 Saturday 10 am to 7 pm Sunday 12:30 pm to 7 pm Monday 10 am to 5pm Management by The Pink House Antiques New Hope, Pennsylvania Donation: $3.50. Your BEST FRIEND KNOWS... THE CLASSIFIEDS an the answtr to AUTOS • HOMES M'mnfttinyiw SELL or BUY CALL 675-3338 Rappahannock News CLASSIFIED INDEX GENERAL CLASSIFIED 1. Antiques 2. Auctions 3. Business Opportunities 4. Child Services 5. Child Care Wanted 6. Commuters Comer 7. Crafts-a-Ptenty 8. Building Materials 9. Construction Equipment 10. Farm Equipment a Supplies 12. Firewood for Sale 13. Garage & Yard Sales 14. Garden Equipment a Produce 15. Giveaways 20. Happy Ads 21. Happy Birthdays 22 Horse a Farm Directory 23. Horses For Sale 24. Household Items tor Sale 25. Instruction 40. Livestock for Sale 41. Lost a Found 42. Mtsc tor Sate/Pent 43. Mlsc. Wanted 44. Mobile Homes - Sale/Rem 45. Musical Instruments a Equipment 48. Office Equipment 47. Personals 50. Pets 51. Recreational Equipment 60. Rentals - Apts 61. Rentals - Business 62 Rentals - Houses 63 Rentals • Rooms 64. Rentals - Land 65. Rentals ■ Vacation Homes 66. Rentals - Wanted to Rent 67. Real Estate - Wanted 68. Real Estate - Sale by Owner 69. Real Estate - For Sale 70. Roommates Wanted, Available 71. Services - Business 72. Services - Farm 73. Services - Home Improvements 74. Services ■ Personal 75. Services - Misc. 76 Swap & Trade 77. Tributes & Thanks EMPLOYMENT 100. Employment Services 101 Help Wanted 102. Help Wanted - Domestic 103 Help Wanted - Farm & Garden 110 Jobs Wanted NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS 125 Business Notices 126. Bids A Proposals 127. Legal Notices AUTOMOTIVE . Vehicles tor Sale . Motorcycles Mechanic s Delight Parts A Accessories Recreational Vehicles Boats and Accessories

Classified Advertising Your Action Number 675-3338 ANTIQUE ALLEY 55 E. Colonial Hwy., Rt. 7 Hamilton, Virginia American Empire ... Just Arrived... Three deep, darfc, shining chests - all early 1800's . . . wonderful for storage. Also the prettiest bird's eye maple dresser with beveled mirror we’ve ever seen!! (Also antique jewetery, wicker, linens) (703) 338-9029 Closed Mondays CONCESSION VAN - Fully equipped 4,000 watt generator, 800 can drink cooler, freezer and steam table. With bookings for summer and fall. Great money maker 703-777-3019 INVESTMENT AND IMCOME Producing Buildings - In picturesque downtown Staunton. Each contains apartments and/or shops. $165,000 to $250,000. Call Harry, at Chimney House Realty 703435-0900 or 703-430-3754. START A HOME Health Care Business in’ Loudoun, Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock or Prince William County. Ideal for nurses, home economists, or other human sen/ices professionals to become owner/manager. We train and provide operations support. Fee $10,000 - $15,000 plus working capital of $25,000 - $40,000. For offering circular write or call, HomeCall, Inc., 30 E. Patrick St., Frederick, Md. 21701, 301-6638818. 4. wfiiiu owvkaS t AU PAIRS AVAILABLE Unique cul| tural exchange - child care oppori tunity now available in your : community. Au Pairs from western i Europe arriving in June to live-in ; and assist with child care. Fee ■’$150. per week includes roundtrip air-fare, supervision, medical insurance, J-1 visa. Full details(AIFS Scholarship Foundation, Box D, 1Q0 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich Connecticut 06830. DITCH WITCH, R65 Back! hoe, Rock Chain, 6-way ' blade, excellent condition, v $9,500. ; MOTOR GRADER, • LW.Cummins, manual ’ trans, excellent tires, good I condition, $6,500. - HOUGH 90, 4 wheel drive loader, runs excellent, ‘‘steering problems, $3,600. '•CAT D5,1974, good condition, no blade, $19,500. SHEEP FOOT ROLLER, Double drum, $2,500. Call 703/672-5625. HAY for mulch or cattle, 50tf per bale. You haul. Rixeyville, 703/9376133 evenings. MOWER/ CONDITIONER, John Deere 1207, 4 years old, very good condition. New extra cutter bar. Call 703/347-1962. 12. rliVwOOu TOT oal6 ) ORDER NOW & SAVE All hardwoods Costello Firewood & Tree Service 7031636-6527 f i3.Garag*& \ k , ) FOUR FAMILY YARD sale. Dishes, clothes, lots of what-nots, some furniture. New 10 speed bicycle, Honda motorcycle. Saturday and Sunday, May 24th & 25th, 10 a.m. until. Everett Estes on Route 211, just past Hillsdale Grocery. ri4. Garden k 4 Produce HAY MULCH - for gardens. 750 per bale. Loose hay mulch $5 per pick-up load. You load and haul. Also 25 cubic yard loads deliveried in Loudoun Qounty $75 per load. Cassidy Brothers Farms, 703-777-5134. Husqvarna © String Trimmers Chain Saws Clearing Saws Sales & Service at HOMESTEAD LAWN EQUIPMENT 300 Broadview Ave. 349-106$ 40. Livestock for Sale DISPERSAL OF REGISTERED angus cattle, Saturday, May 24, 1986, 11:00a.m. , "Hollin", Delaplane, Virginia. 250 head. A superior* performance sale . Selling: bred cows, cow/calf pairs, bred heifers, open heifers, registered breeding age bulls. For free catalog call or write COLEMAN SALES INC., Rt 4. Box 14, Scottsville, Virginia 24590 (804)286-2743. - ^ 41. Lost & Found ) IF YOU HAVE FOUND OR LOST a dog or cat. call PET REGISTRY anytime 703/547-2298. Animals available for adoption. 2. Auctions '"AUCTIONS SATURDAY, MAY 31st, 10 A.M. Rain or Shine ESTATE OF JIM ROBSON RixeyviUe, Va. Household and miscellaneous merchandise SATURDAY, JUNE 7th 10 A.M. Rain or Shine DISPERSAL AUCTION Rt.689, Stanley, Virginia Back hoe, tractors, trucks, seeding and sodding equipment. Grocery store, garage and service station supplies and much more. Watch for complete listings COL. TOM W. REESE AUCTION COMPANY « 42. Mlsc. for Sal«/ fmll BOOKS Hard & soft cover, fiction, nonfiction, children's, sporting, civil war, encyclopedias. BJ's Books A&P Shopping Center (Mall) Warrenton, Va. 347-4111 M-S 10-8. Sun 12-5 FOR SALE: 44'x22\ four room log cabin, circa 1835. Will dismantle, move to new site within 50 miles of Rappahannock County. Must be seen to be appreciated. Call 703/635-5673. LAWN MOWER - Sears 20" front drive with rear bagger. Used 2 seasons. Call 703/987-8890. ORGANICALLY GROWN STRAWBERRIES Pick your own at * JORDAN RIVER EARN near Flint Hill Call ahead 703/636-9388 SOFA AND CHAIR - Brown with gold - $250. Swivel rocker and occasional chair, rust - both for $175. Very well kept. 703-777-6663 after 6pm. BOOKS Hard & soft cover, fiction, nonfiction, children’s, sporting, civil war, encyclopedias. BJ's Books A&P Shopping Center (Mall) Warrenton, Va. 347-4111 M-S 10-8, Sun 12-5 ALL STEEL TWO-CAR garage engineer ceritified. 20 year warranty, 24' x 25' x 9’— $3,833. Limited offer, Call 703-998-5454. STEELfBUILDINGS, buy at wholesale and save thousands! 30' x 40 - $4,880.60, 40'x 60' — $8,485.20; 50'x 100’ — $15,274.30 .. Offer ends 6-13-86. Call 703-998-5454. 30% OFF WALLPAPER SALE on 20 books - April 26 through June 8. CPM, 302 South East Street, Culpeper. 703/825-1755. NOW 75%-10% OFF of our entire inventory STOKES MART Main Street, Front Royal We also have bedding plants, fertilizers, yard and garden supplies. 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 c 43. Misc. Waited ) Moving? Spring Geaning? Don't throw those books out. Check with us first. BJ's Books We buy/sell/trade. A&P Shopping Center East (Mall). Warrenton, Va. 347-4111 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 Washinston. C 47. Personals ) BELLYGRAMS - The perfect surprise for home or office parties by professional Bellydancer. 703/8253974. Women’s Abuse Shelter Providing battered Women Alternatives for Safety. For help or information call: 349-0309 or 825-TURN BOARDING KENNEL, dogs, concrete runs, chain link fence, separate cat facility, cooled Summer reservations available Remington, Va. 703/439-8021 LABRADORS, yellow, 9 weeks old AKC 703/937-5666 k 61. Rentals - Business ') HISTORIC MADDOX OFFICE BUILDING on Main Street in Marshall. Brick 2 story with 1 ’/> bath, excellent location, 845 sq. ft. Will finish to suit tenant. $500 month +. Call 703/347-4094 9a.m.-5p.m. UNIQUE OFFICE, RETAIL, Antiques or Crafts, space available in Leesburg at The Catoctin Emporium. All Utilities included. 200 to 2000 square feet available now Contact Joanie or Bob Trowbridge at 703-777-6175. ( 64. Rentals - Land ) PASTURE FOR LEASE - accom-. modate 7 head. Call Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, 703/9873126. / 68. Real Estate - A \ Sale by Owner J RAPPAHANNOCK - CULPEPER. A rare find. 32 acres completely fenced rolling hills, improved pasture, woods, springs, streams, on the Eastern side of the county near Hwy 211. Already divided into 3 buildable parcels with exciting mountain views, Perc approved. Long paved road frontage in prestige area. All or part $3300 to $3700 per acre. Box 155, Washington, Va. 22747. 703/349-8298. / 69. Real Estate far Sale ) Shenandoah Valley Small Farm 20 Acres LEXINGTON, VA — Cattle already grazing on limestone and bluegrass pasture with picturesque views of the valley. 20 ACRES OF PASTURE, CEDAR FOREST, AND SPRING BRANCH on abandoned farmstead. Cheap because adjoins interstate. Plenty of space to build your own home, have your own garden with fruit trees. Keep cattle, horses, sheep. Well located. Lexington 3 mi. Nearby retirement ranches, universities, libraries, hospital, country club, golf & tennis. Hunt & fish in GW Nat’l Forest. Buy now — retire later. Perked. Low taxes. $26,500. Less for cash. Wayne Long, 703-8969064. $26,500 Lexington — Home of New Virginia Horse Center ( 71. Services* Business ) SANDING AND REFINISHING hardwood floors, reasonable rates. Call Roger at 703/635-2558. TV REPAIR, all makes and models Factory authorized service center for RCA, Zenith, Magnavox, Philco and Sylvania. Jenkins’ TV Service. 514 Culpeper Shopping Center, Culpeper 703/825-0665 ALUMINUM OR VINYL SIDING Gutters, Shutters Soffit and Fascia BLUE RIDGE HOME IMPROVEMENT CO. Culpeper 547-3448 Custom farm work and hav sales WEATHERSFIELD FARM Amissyille, Va. 703/937-5915 or 937-5976 EXTERIOR PAINTING. Sherwin Williams and Duron paint, free written estimates, 'quality work. Highland Painting. 703/987-8173 GORE’S ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING Electrical Services Sales Sr Appliance Repairs 24 Hour Emergency Service State Licensed 703/987-8748 HEAVY DUTY BUSHHOGGING with industrial equipment. Light clearing with front end loader. Call 703-825-0473. NOW OPEN PANORAMA VIDEO Mon.-Sat. 12-8p.m. Sunday l-6p.m. $2 per night, every night Rt. 211, next to Baldwin Shell Station in Sperryville. 703/987-3197 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 full time Warren Emerson Dennis Call collect, Amtssvtlle, Va. (703) 937-5857 ROOFING - GUTTERS - DOWN SPOUTINGS. Tinning and roofing of all kinds. Aluminum gutter; down spout. Roof repair. Bill Starks, 703/675-3630 703/6753724. WASHINGTON VIDEO RENTALS 6 Months Membership $ 15 1 Year Membership $25 $2.00 Week Nights $3.00 Weekend Nights $ 1.00 Additional Days 12:00-7:00 Wednesday-Sundoy Monday & Tuesday Free Days!! Main St., Basement of Baumgardner Bldg., Washington, Va. (703) 675-3454 c 73. S6TVlC#SHome improvements D 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. ( 74. Services Personal WOULD YOU LIKE your groceries home delivered? UPS will do this with the TREND card. Sign up now. TREND accepts manufacturers coupons. Use check or Visa/Mastercard for your groceries. Call 703/253-5214 for additional information. ( 75. Services • Mlse, D LETS GO FISHING! Captain Bill Jenkins 804/453-3513. 68. Real Estate - For Sale OPEN HOUSE THE SUMMIT, FREDERICK CO., VA. THE SUMMIT features 240-acre lake with beaches, boating, marina, swimming and skiing; tennis courts; 9-hole golf course; and 24 hour security guard. HOMES — Several styles available. (Passive Solar, Contemporary, Bi-Levels, etc ). Prices range from $76,500 - $245,000. LOTS available on golf course, on the lake, fakeview, etc. $4,000 -$16,900. OPEN HOUSE Sunday, May 25th —12:00 - 5:00 p.m. Directions: Follow signs from Winchester to Route 522 North - approximately 12 miles to left on route 701 (at the Summit billboard) — % mile to entrance to The Summit. Liberty REALTY The relocation people P.O. Box 3436, Winchester, Virginia 22601 (703) 665-0744 J APPLICATIONS ARE NOW being 1 accepted for full-time and substitute bus drivers for the Rappahan-1 nock County Public Schools. To obtain an application please contact the School Board Office at 703/987-8773. Deadline for applying is May 29. ASSISTANT MANAGER. For established building supply business located in Fauquier County. Must be a responsible man and possess knowledge of block, brick and other masonry products. Duties will consist of helping to manage the business, phone sales, over the counter sales, inventory control, working with and helping to manage our drivers, yard and office personnel Work hours are 7a.m. to 5p.m. Monday through Friday. Good salary and excellent benefits. Apply to: Box X, c/o Fauquier Democrat, P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, VA. 22186. BOOKKEEPER, full charge, computer experience desired but not required. Some secretarial skills, Wakefield School. 703/635-8111. CARPENTER NEEDED for new home construction. Call 703/3642336 CERTIFIED AIDES in home health and/or geriatrics needed for home health and private duty. Call 703/347-4774. COUNSELOR, ENTRY LEVEL, evenings and weekends. Residential Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center Call 703/937-5133. ELECTRICIANS AND HELPERS, commercial and residential, good company benefits, 40+ hours per week, $5 to $13 hourly. Reliable transportation and tools required. Sundance Electric, 703/368-8577 or 349-1575. INVENTORY WORK, inventory and service products in Brandy Station store. A few daytime hours per month. Reply to: UMI, 89 Central Avenue, Clifton, N.J. 07011, include your phone number. COOK - TUSCARORA MILL has an opening for an experienced cook. Excellent earnings and work enviroment. Apply in person: 203 Harrison Street, Market Station, Leesburg. COUPLE TO WORK on northern Virginia estate. Maintain grounds, vegetable garden, house clean and cook (occasionally). Excellent quarters, benefits. Congenial atmosphere. Write: Headquarters, Box 84, Middleburg, Va. 22117. Please give work experience and references. DRIVERS — Tandem dump truck experience, good company benefits. Bring current driving record to: J.B. Shotwell & Son, Inc., 1106 Sterling Rd., Sterling, Va. 703-4502340 PLUMBERS - Want those overtime dollars? Call us first. Work available in Northern Virginia and Maryland. Profit sharing, retirement, group health and group life benefit packages available. You provide tools and transportation and we will provide the bucks. Call M/F 8:30am. to 4:30pm. 703-6312716. EOE M/F. RN's — Primavera, a substance abuse treatment center, needs part-time and PRN RN’s. Experience not required but preferred. Country setting. Competitive wages. Excellent program treating both adults and adolesents. Call Jeannie 703-937-5133. LPNS, RNS needed for private duty nursing service. Call 703/3474774. ACCOUNTING CLERK. Very good career opportunity starting at entry level. Ability to operate a calculator is necessary. Reply by sending us your resume with salary history to: Box EE, c/o Fauquier Democrat, P.O.Box 631, Warrenton, Virginia 22186. SOMEONE TO FEED pets during periods the owners are away. Town of Washington. Rate of pay negotiable. Call 703/675-3534. COOK - $4.89/hour. Part-time position available for meals preparation in Substance Abuse Treatment facility. 20-24 hrs/week. Duties include preparing and serving meals, supervising kitchen volunteers and cleaning kitchen. Experience in commercial cooking. Weekends and holidays. Apply with Center application to Personnel Office by June 4th, 1986. Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Center, 401 S. Main Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701 EEO/AA. LIBRARIAN Rappahannock. County Library, 30 - 40 hours per week,. Applicants should have administrative ability, bachelor's degree, ability to meet public, typing skills, and previous library experience. Position available July 1,1988. Applications should be addressed to: LIBRARY, P.O. Box 55, Washington, Virginia 22747 Attention - Grace Sims and received by June 1 st. 703/675-3780 ACCOUNTANT Multi-faceted service organization located near Dulles Airport at the new Renaissance Centre has an immediate need for an energetic non-smoking person to join our financial management team. Requirements include: college training and handson use of IBM (PC), XT or AT with general ledger and spread sheet software. Send resume and salary requirement to: Suite 301, 13873 Park Center Road, Herndon, Virginia 22071-3285. PRODUCTION WORKERS MERILLAT INQUSTRIES is taking applications for production workers for its second shift operation. Candidates should have a stable work record with some production experience. Merillat offers excellent starting wages, a competitive benefit package, and a production bonus. Applications will be taken the week of May 19 through 23 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Culpeper Plant located at 641 Maddox Drive, Culpeper, Virginia. E.O.E. Excellent Opportunity for ADVERTISING MANAGER A local, Loudoun County newspaper has an immediate opening for industrious individual to manage its display advertising department. To qualify, applicants should have management experience, strong sales ability, and knowledge of layout and design. We offer excellent salary and incentive bonus and complete company benefits, including health and life insurance, sick leave, profit sharing and more. For immediate consideration, send your resume to: BoxR do QTfje Touboun ^T'trcs-iWtrror P.O*. Box 359 Leesburg, Va. 22075 SANITARIANS! Va. Dept, has 2 positions available in their Environmental Health Program: Sanitarian Manager (#1911) - Manages a comprehensive Environmental Health Program (including sewage disposal systems, water quality, food services) in Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District (Orange, Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Rappahannock); responsible for program/ staff supervision, training & education of community & elected officials of health dept, programs. Prefer BS in Environmental Health & experience in above areas of comparable knowledge, skills & abilities; knowledge of environmental & public health principles & practices, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics; skill in investigations & inspections in all program areas; demonstrated ability to interpret & apply complex regulations, to develop goals & evaluate effectiveness, to supervise, train, & evaluate staff. Also ability to communicate effectively, & to develop/ maintain good public relations. Must provide own transportation. Salary $20,932-S28,591. Sanitarian (#0747) • Interprets & enforces laws/regulations governing Environmental Health programs in Fauquier Co. Health Dept.; evaluates placement & constructions of water supply systems; takes water sample to check quality; makes visual inspections of drainfields; recommends corrective measures; responsible for rabies control/ investigation. Must provide own transportation. Prefer BS in Environmental Health &/or comparable knowledge, skills & abilities; knowledge of soil evaluation; demostrated ability to effectively communicate; ability to interpret & apply complex regulations & to conduct investigations & inspections. Salary $17,512-$23,934. Closing date for both positions is 05/30/86. To insure consideration submit a Virginia state application by designated close date indicating appropriate announcemet title(s) & number(s) TO: VA DEPT OF HEALTH, RM 110, JAMES MADISON BLDG, 109 GOVERNOR ST., RICHMOND VA 23219, (804)786-3309. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Virginia Department of Health

Classified Advertising Your Action Number 675-3338 ioi. Hftip Wanted ) COUNSELOR/ RESIDENTIAL. Two positions in group home for mentally retarded adults in Culpeper. Bachelor's Degree in Special Education or equivalent field or experience. Requires knowledge of behavioral programming and skill with mentally retarded clients Apply by June 9, 1986 to Personnel Office with Center application Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Center, 401 S. Main Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701 EEO/AA. 703/825-4242. COUPLE FOR CARETAKERS, small fishing club Catoctin Mountain near Thurmount, Maryland. Completely modern house, utilities furnished, good salary. Apply with references: Col. R.H. Hutchison, Box 494, Middleburg, Va.22117. CREDIT. Rapidly growing Manassas comapny is seeking a person to handle all facets of receivables. Experience preferred but will train the right person. Submit your resume with pay required to Box DD, c/o Fauquier Democrat, P.O.Box 631, Warrenton, Virginia 22186. i im. Help Wanted MH CASE MANAGER. Positio available in Culpeper County t perform case management serv ices and advocacy for clients c human service organization. Expe rience with mental health client required. Salary $15,216. Appl with Center application by Juo 5th, 1986 to Personnel Office Rappahannock-Rapidan Commi nity Services Center, 401 S. Mai Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701 EEO/AA. 703/825-4242. RECEPTIONIST. Responsible pe son with a great personality i needed for our busy switchboarc Experience required. Full time pei manent position with a well estat lished company in Manassas Send us your brief resume to Bo CC, c/o Fauquier Democral P O.Box 631, Warrenton, Virqini 22186. SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS $4.45/hour. Positions available ii van system of human services or ganization. Fill in for regular driv ers as needed to transport client! of Orange, Madison, Culpeper Fauquier and Rappahannod County Community Services Cen ter. Must possess good driving re cord and skills. Apply with Centei application by June 5, 1986 tc Personnel Office, RappahannockRapidan Community Services Center, 401 S. Main Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701. EEO/AA 703/825-4242. INDIVIDUAL TO OPERATE STRAPPING MACHINE WEDNESDAYS Only Great job for Retired, Healthy Individual Call (703) 347-4222 Ext. 140 AFTER WEDNESDAY! CONSTRUCTION BOOKEEPER Leesburg Construction Company has an opening for an experienced bookkeeper. Responsibilities to include: accounts payable, payroll and budget analysis. Excellent career opportunity. Country Developers Inc. 703-777-3700 BRICK PLANT WORKERS Glen-Gery is a leading brick manufacturer with a plant in Manassas, Virginia. We need conscientious, hard-wprking individuals to fill the following positions: ^Maintenance Electrician ★ Brick Setters ★ Brick Packagers ^Machine Operators ★ Shape Makers Majority of our production workers are on piece rated jobs and can average $8 - $9 per hour. Maintenance electrician rate is $8.90 per hour. Compensation includes paid holidays and vacation: health, dental, and life insurance: and pension plan. Apply in person to: Glen-Gery Brick 9905 Godwin Drive Manassas, Virginia 22110 Equal Opportunity Employer “The Personal Career Marketing Service.” Valley Marketing Consultants, Inc. is a personal career marketing service. We know the business of finding a job today and finding people to fill those jobs is a product of effective marketing and not one of filling out applications. Therefore, the next application you should have to fill out should be the one for your new position. We are not an employment agency, but a personal career counseling service. We help people who are out of work, who have been laid off, who are tired of reading want-ads without results, whose present employment is not using their talents and abilities, who want to begin a new career, or who wish to improve the old one. We market the individual in a comprehensive program. We compose and pnnt: resumes, letters, cover letters, follow-up letters, thank you letters, and correspondence. We counsel and coach individuals on: telephone techniques, interview techniques, and personal presentations. An individual may need and use all or part of the program and services. Our program is effective, creative, personal, and individualized. A professional adviser and marketing consultant is on staff - he knows and has experienced both sides of the employment scene. The skills and abilities that you learn while working with the professionals at VMC will stay with you to serve you in your future. Let VMC pave your path to a better and more rewarding career. Service Available Throughout the Country VALLEY MARKETING CONSULTANTS 9 S. Braddock St. Winchester, Va. PHONE 665-4450 DRIVERS NEEDED Wednesdays Only Must have own vehicle. CALL 347-4222 After Wednesday CUSTOMER SERVICE RENTAL SALES AGENT Avis Rent A Car at Dulles International Airport is looking for poised and pleasant people who enjoy working with the public, a fast paced airport environment, and working with state of the art data processing equipment. We offer competitive pay, provide uniforms, comprehensive health benefits and two week paid classroom training. Full time positions, night work. Apply in person from 9am. to 5pm., Monday through Friday. Avis, North Service Road, Dulles International Airport, 703-4717234. EOE/M/F. COMPUTER OPERATOR Full time evenings, duties to include billing, order entry, miscellaneous printing and back-ups. Full company benefits including major medical. Barber And Ross Company 110 Catoctin Circle Leesburg, Virginia 22075 703-478-1970, or 703-777-4200 OFFICE SALES TRAINEE Basic knowledge of construction helpful. Excellent opportunity for fast learner with basic math and typing skills in a progressive local Manassas office. Excellent working conditions and many company benefits. Apply in writing only to: ARLINGTON IRON WORKS, INC., P.O. Box 391, MANASSAS, VIRGINIA 22110. SENECA AUTO BODY Leesburg, Virginia has expanded and needs two auto body technicians and one experienced high volume painter. Properly motivated person can make $40,000 with vacation, life insurance and cdmpany benefits in the largest shop in Loudoun County. Call Mr. Moore 703-777-5288 or Metro 478-1863. • Design • Sheet & Web Press 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 pick up an application. Complete it here or complete it at home and mail it back to: Printing Dept. Potomac Press 9 E. Market Street Leesburg, VA 22075 • Lay-out • Typesetting • Stripping • Camera Excellent Opportunity for ADVERTISING MANAGER A local, Loudoun County newspaper has an immediate opening for industrious individual to manage its display advertising department. To qualify, applicants should have management experience, strong sales ability, and knowledge of layout and design. We offer excellent salary and incentive bonus and complete company benefits, including health and life insurance, sick leave, profit sharing and more. For immediate consideration, send your resume to: BoxR c/o 2Tf)c Zouboun (Etmcs-jflirror P.O. Box 359 Leesburg, Va. 22075 ( ioiH«lp Want#dHOUSECLEANING, possible sitting/ cooking for capable elderly lady, Flint Hill area. References required Call 703/448-9400 days, ask for Mrs. Holz; or 703/675-3095 evenings. MASONRY STONEWORK wanted, new and old work, restoration work. Excellent work, fair price. Call 703/778-5158 after 5p.m. NOTICE Advertising published in this newspaper is accepted with the understanding that it 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. POSITIVELY NO FISHING on our property without permission Dabney (Chink) Eastham THE BALDWIN OFFICE Will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to collect on accounts receivable for the estate of the late Clarence Baldwin. The Rappahannock County School Board will receive sealed bids on gasoline, fuel oil, and coal at 8:00p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 1986, at the School Board meeting in the Rappahannock County Elementary School Library. Specifications may be obtained beginning at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 22, 1986 at the School Board Office, P O. Box 273, Sperryville, Va. 22740. Proposers may also call or write to the Superintendent for specifications. 703/987-8773. VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT H. DWYER, DECEASED PROBATE NO. 602 SHOW CAUSE ORDER Pursuant to Section 64.1-179 It appearing that a report of the accounts of The Fauquier National Bank, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert H. Dwyer, deceased, and of the debts and demands against said Decedent's estate has been filed in the Clerk's Office and that six months have elapsed since the qualification, on motion of said Personal Representative, IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the estate do show cause, if any they can, on the 5th day of June, 1986, at 9:00 o'clock, AM, before this Court at its courtroom on Gay Street in Washington, Virginia 22747, against the payment and delivery of the estate of said Decedent to the beneficiaries of said Decedent's estate without requiring refunding bonds. It is further ordered that this Order be published once a,week for two successive weeks in the Rappahannock News, a newspaper published in Rappahannock County, Virginia. ENTER this 12th day of May, 1986. William Shore Robertson Judge I ASK FOR THIS: W.N. Tiffany, Jr„ Attorney for the Estate of Robert H. Dwyer, deceased 53 Culpeper Street Warrenton, Virginia 22186 A Copy Teste: Diane Bruce, Clerk CULPEPER MOTOR CORP.. PONTIAC-GMC-* HI "Your In-Town Full Service Dealer" 401 James Madison Hwy., Culpeper, Va. 22701 703-825-8381 CARS 1979 FAIRMONT WAGON Air condition, automatic, runs good. TRUCKS 1982 FORD 1/2 TON PICKUP AM/FM cassette, cap, 3 speed, 6 cylinder. 1975 FORD % TON PICKUP V-8, 4 speed, heavy duty set up. 1980 CHEVROLET 1/2 TON PICKUP 6 cylinder, 3 speed, warranty, very clean truck. 1979 FORD 1/2 TON PICKUP Automatic, 289 V-8, runs great Dealer #412 137. Logai Notices TRUSTEE’S SALE OFVALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE located off Route 619, approximately one-half mile west of the Village of Laurel Mills, Jackson Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia, adjoining Thornton’s River and containing 42 acres (less Vi acre within an old burial grounds, together with the right of way thereto and therefrom), and with a valuable dwelling house thereon ON FRIDAY, MAY 30,1986, at 10:00 A.M.(EDT) AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURT HOUSE WASHINGTON, RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA In execution of a deed of trust from Eart M. Berry to Tim E. Tarr and James W. Fletcher, Trustees, dated and recorded March 12, 1980, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahanncok County, Virginia, in Deed Book 134, at page 667, the undersigned, Sole Acting Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction 42 acres (less 'h acre within an old burial grounds together with the right of way thereto and therefrom), owned by Ean M. Berry and acquired by him by deed dated November 21,1977, and recorded January 4,1978, in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 126, at page 511, together with a right of way running from State Route 619 to said tract, said right of ving been acquired by deed dated December 1, 1977 'j»vV 3d January 4, 1978, in the aforesaid Clerk's Office 126, at page 521. The address o^^\perty is Route 619, Jackson Magisterial District, RappanM, lock County, Virginia, also known as tax pacel number 41-36. This sale is subject to the covenants, conditions, restrictions, rights of way and easements, if any, found in the deeds forming the chain of title or visible by an inspection of the premises. This sale is also subject to the right of the United States Internal Revenue Service to redeem said property within 120 days from the date of sale. The Trustee reserves the right: (i) to waive the deposit requirement; (ii) to extend the period of time within which the purchaser is to make full settlement; (iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to the termination of the bidding. TERMS OF SALE: CASH (with deposit of 10% by cash, Cashiers' or certified check at the time of sale). JAMES W. FLETCHER SOLE ACTING TRUSTEE For Information Contact: Tim E. Tarr The Federal Land Bank P.O. Box 381 Warrenton, Virginia 22186 (703) 347-3344 or i> James W. Fletcher P.O. Box 298 Sperryville, Virginia 22740 Auctioneer: John Walker Jenkins 1985 FORD PICKUP Heavy suspension, 4 speed, AM/FM stereo cassette, $8,000. 703/347-1016 1985 TOYOTA TRUCK, red, AM/FM cassette, bedliner Call 703/937-4311 or 703/675-3179. 1981 SUBARU, 4-wheel drive wagon, radio, air conditioning, yellow. Good condition. 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Deer Ticks Continued from page 1 house at the shore line of a beach. What makes it difficult is that the orchards were here first,” he said. The deer had disappeared from the mountain when Shenandoah National Park wras established 50 years ago. “They were reintroduced, brought here in the 1950s from Michigan and Minnesota,” Ranger Haskell said. Before the deer were imported, “that’s when we made a little money,” orchardist Herbert Foster recalled. “You can’t make money now, between the deer and the bears.” He insisted that the deer who devour the apple blossoms and the bears who tore up his 300 to 400 new peach trees were interlopers from Shenandoah. “They all came from the park. And the park wmn’t pay for their damage. I had to go out of the hog business completely because a bear killed my big sows. It was a bear from the park that did it.” Mr. Foster noted that he’d been given permits by game warden Jim Bankston to kill both deer and bear out of season. “But it hasn’t helped much. We’ve killed bear but not any deer,” he said, adding that the right to shoot the destructive wildlife extends just to the landowner, his employees and tenants, most of whom are too busy in the orchards to hunt. So without armed guards for protection, Mr. Foster hangs blood bags on young trees to keep the deer away. “That helps some. But what we need is a longer doe season in Rappahannock County to get rid of more deer. I don’t think they’ll ever allow hunting in the park.” “We’ve looked at alternatives to this problem,” said Ranger Haskell, agreeing that a longer hunting season and a higher bag limit in the bordering counties may alleviate the threat posed by deer. “But you have to cull a deer herd heavy, heavy, heavy before you get the results you want. You have to kill 60 to 70 percent of the deer in order to get a decrease in population. If you cull fewer than that — even 40 to 50 percent — the deer will have more for age and you’ll see more fawns per doe. You’ll get two fawns per doe instead of a half fawn per doe,” the resource specialist said. “So you have to be careful because you can actually increase the deer population considerably by thinning the herd.” He agreed with Mr. Foster that hunting probably would never be allowed in Shenandoah National Park. “I doubt if there are any circumstances that would lead to that. If I even suggested- it, we’d be sued by every environmental group, every conservation group in the country,” Ranger Haskell said. Besides, deer are already hunted in the park — albeit illegally, the ranger noted, pointing out that poachers frequently trespass along ^oly/biqle/. NUGGETS OF TRUTH By REV. ROBERT DUNPHY Pastor FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER, WASHINGTON, VA. “WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DID JESUS MINISTER TO” (Part 2) Last week we quoated Luke 4:18. We talked about the poor. I said, and scripture teaches that if you are not saved you are poor; money or not. I pray you saved that "Nugget" so you can put this whole lesson together. Notice, Jesus also said, the Holy Spirit hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captive and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Jesus ministered to the complete person; spirits, soul and body. Please read these scriptures carefully. They could mean life to you: Matthew 11:28 thru 30, Luke 14:15 thru 24, Matthew 5:13 thru 16. Your good work here is talking about you being hooked up with Jesus and following in his footsteps; excepting the full uncom promised word of God. (Romans 1:16). Look, with me at Mark 16:17 thru 20. Folks, it takes boldness and faith to move God, and it takes faith to believe this scripture. You read it. If you believe it in your heart, you can have it. You also need to be baptised in the Holy Ghost. Jesus teaches this in many places. Look at Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:8. This is the only way you can have all the gifts that God has made available to you. Jesus wants us. to use what he died to give us. Look for part 3 next week We at Family Worship Center invite you to join us on Sunday at 10:30 for Praise and Worship and «iso at 7 P.M. On Wednesday at 7 P.M., our associate Pastor Bill Taylor teaches from the Bible. You are welcome. Come hear what the Word of God can do in your life. If I can help you in any way, please call me at 987-8505. Rev. Bob Dunphy phone 987-8505 (mailing address: Rt. 1, Box 266 Sperryville, Va. 22740) the edges of park land. And why should park hunting even be considered when there is no overpopulation of deer in Shenandoah, he asked. “The posted property in Rappahannock County probably has a higher deer population than the park,” he said. Dense forests in the park present limited opportunities for forage, unlike the sparse underbrush in woods on private Rappahannock land, Ranger Haskell explained. Game Warden Jim Bankston acknowledged that, taken as a whole, the park may not be overrun with deer. "But in certain areas, there’s a definite overpopulation for the amount of food available up there ... The park is a sanctuary for deer.” And it’s this lack of adequate food supply that drives the opportunistic feeders down from their sanctuary to Rappahannock’s orchards, he said. “The park is part of the problem but it’s definitely not all the problem,” agreed orchardist Louis Moore Jr. whose family farm stretches along Fodderstack Road. “Deer are pretty sharp. They know they’re safe in the park . . . The park is a big sanctuary — the biggest sanctuary — but not the only sanctuary. We have an awful lot of deer who are born on the flat lands and stay on the flat lands,” said the orchardist, reporting that he continually plants new trees and loses upwards of 50 every year. “The closer you get to the park, the more deer you have. But the problem for orchardists is the same everywhere in the county,” said Tom Lee, who has 65 acres in apples and 30 acres in peaches on the hillsides near the town of Washington. “We’ve got nothing bordering the park but we still have a deer prob lem. “They eat the blossoms, then they eat the apples! Especially Delicious,” Mr. Lee continued, referring to the early red and golden variety so popular with consumers. “Delicious — deer are deadly on Delicious. They’re like a bunch of cows around Delicious apples.” In addition, he said, deer stunt young trees by eating new growth. “They just come along and nip and set them back a year or two . . . They rub up and down on the trees. I expect we lose an average of 20-25 trees a year to deer,” he said. “We have trees planted right at the house and still the deer come. They’re a disaster to orchards.” Over the past five years, the situation has steadily deteriorated, according to Mr. Lee. “There’s nothing to do but just kill them,” he said, calling for a longer doe season in Rappahannock County. “Course, I know that hunters cause problems, too. But soon, if something isn’t done about the deer, we won’t be able to grow anything here. Deer’ll eat a garden. They lay down on crops — they’re rough on wheat and FBOOOIER LIVESTOCK ESCHBH6E INCORPORATED Regular sales every Tues. HORSE SALE 2nd Sat., 1 p.m., Every Month STATE GRADE FAT CATTLE latTuoo., 1 pjn. Every Month 1 mile east of Marshall Rt. 55 364-1566 Sperryville Realty SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM Sperryville, Virginia 22740 - (703) 987-8088 - Office Castleton - 34.3 open acres, stream, pond, view, long state road frontage. $89,000. Very privately situated on 5.9 acres, five room home in heed of repair, well, outbuildings. $39,000. Prime area of county, modern 3 bedroom brick home, 3 baths, basement, den w/fireplace, 10 acres with stream and barn. Exceptional view. $139,000. Old Etlan School converted to a charming home with 3 bedrooms, den, dining & living room, modern kitchen, utility room, full bath. 1.06 acres, excellent view. $57,500. Laurel Mills on Rt. 618, 2 bedroom brick home on 5 acres. View, convenient location, $69,000. Ben Venue area, 25 wooded acres, stream, long frontage on private road $39,000. 31 acre wooded tract off 231, access by right of way. $30,000 with owner financing. James W. Leake • 987-8236 Julian Brown 987-8758 Carson Johnson 987-8720 BudCorder 675-3291 Joseph Nordone 987-8691 Barbara Martin 825-4639 John Eubank 967-8146 oats. They cross rows of com and knock stalks down. We lose at least a couple of thousand bushels of apples every year. It’s getting worse all the time.” Warden Bankston pointed to the figures on the annual kill during hunting season as proof of the county’s steadily increasing deer population. “When I came here 10 years ago, we had less than 400 deer taken. For the last three years, the legal kill has been around 1,100. And that doesn’t reflect the deer population accurately. We have no idea how many are killed illegally.” It isn’t just the park that offers sanctuary; deer are likewise protected on the growing number of posted acres in Rappahannock, according to the warden. This increase in posted land not only contributes to the problems orchardists face from an expanding deer herd but also to the problems with hunters referred to by Mr. Lee, the warden noted. “Road hunters know they can find deer on posted land. They just have to ride up and down the back roads until they see one they can take a shot at.” Mr. Bankston seconded the orchardists in calling for a liberalized deer season and bag limit in Rappahannock County. 1 hat would be a start, he said. “The only way to do it is to kill more doe deer. They’re the producers. They need to be reduced in numbers.” In addition, he said, the trend toward more posted land must be reversed. “Hunting needs to be allowed in more of Rappahannock County,” he said, agreeing with the park’s resource specialist that a significant percentage of the destructive animals came from private property. “It’s not just a park problem and it’s not just a problem with this park. It’s a problem in all the national parks in this country — the conflict between people and wildlife.” Orchardists shouldn’t look for things to get better, according to the park’s resource specialist. “I doubt seriously if the deer population will go down,” said Ranger Haskell, assessing the outlook for the future. “It could go up ... I see no hope for the orchardists,” he concluded. Continued from page 1 and deer have been allowed to proliferate. So far it has showed up in 24 states wdth 90 percent of the cases occuring in just seven: New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Clusters of cases have been reported as far south as Georgia and Texas and as far west as Oregon and California. Dr. Robert Einarson, health department director for the fivecounty area which includes Rappahannock, “can’t say for sure” if cases of Lyme disease have been confirmed in Virginia. “There were some that were thought to be Lyme disease,” he said, recalling one such preliminary diagnosis in the Front Royal area in 1984-85. “There was thinking then that perhaps it would get into this part of the state,” he said, adding that the disease has been found primarily in the New England states to date. “No cases have come to my attention in our five-county area, but McCarthy Continued from page 1 lowed to the position as Rappahannock’s zoning administrator. Through contact with U.Va. professors, he decided to attend graduate school in Charlottesville. “They were interested in advocacy planning and rural planning. I just sort of fell into it,” he said, of U.Va.’s master’s program in urban and environmental planning. He learned of Rappahannock and the position here from Rosser Payne and others who had worked in the county. Currently, he’s employed by the Albemarle County’s Department of Planning. Previously, he worked with Capitol Hill Associates, assisting in the planning and development of property in Arlington County’s METRO corridor and with Reston Party honors Angela Atkins Angela Atkins was given a party Sunday by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Atkins and her sister Kelly at their home in honor of her seventh birthday. Guests helping her to celebrate were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cummins of Jeffersonton, Mr. and Mrs. Building ? I • Paint • Lumber • Millwork • Hardware Complete One-Step BUILDING SUPPLY WARRENTON BUILDING MATERIAL CO., INC. on the By-pass, Warrenton 347-1400 Ronald Atkins of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey Wharton of Woodville, Mrs. Alvin Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gore, Keith and Heather Dawn, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Atkins, Tammy, Ray and Robin, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sacco, Miss Betty Atkins and Shelby Atkins, Mrs. Joyce Wharton, Gary and Mark, and Angela’s friend Selena, all of Sperryville, and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Tuel of Culpeper. PLUMBING a . & HEATING iSUPPLIESjijmSk- jmSk32 years experience in helping homeowners with their problems! STANDARD SUPPU & EQUIPMENT CO. 501 E. Main St., Front Royal, Va 703-635-4547 Eileen M. Day, REALTORS Clopton House, Box 120 MLS H Washington, Va. 22747 fll __ I I ^ Flint Hill area 25 acres near end of Hollow, old pasture, stone walls, mountain views and 7 room uniquely remodeled farm house. $125,000. 2-50 acre parcels, pine woods, stream, rolling land 50’ Deeded Right of Way. $1250 per acre WITH OWNER FINANCING. A real sleeper 25 acres wooded mountain land -views to north and south. 50’ unconstructed Deeded ROW near Huntly $22,000. Mitzie Young Kevin Day Lisa Day 675-3400 937-5196 675-3736 937-5144 We are urgently seeking On behalf of a financially qualified individual, a well located parcel of land in the northern Virginia Hunt Country, upon which to build a country home. This property should ideally consist of 75-200 acres, affording privacy, undisturbed mountain views and close proximity to properties of similar proportion. Alternately, a property with existing home of traditional design and gracious proportions would be considered. Please repond in confidence to: Frank Hardy, Inc.. Realtors L'AR.H AND ESTATE BROKERS INTERNATIONAL 207 li WASHINGTON STREET MDOITBERG. VIRGINIA 22117 70,3/087-3333 • lEliA/TWX 51(6875404 that doesn’t mean we haven’t had any,” said Dr. Einarson, noting that physicians in Virginia are not required to report the disease to public health offices. The ticks that carry Lyme’s disease grow through several stages, from larvae to nymphs to adults, needing one blood meal at each stage. The larvae tend to feed on white-footed mice, the nymphs on mice, birds or humans and the adult ticks on white-tailed deer or other warm-blooded animals, including humans. The adult females are about half the size of the ticks commonly found on dogs and have a fringe of scarlet around their hind parts. The adult males are all black and smaller. The immature ticks, the nymphs and larvae, are not much larger than the period at the end of this sentence. They are the primary transmitters of the disease, according to the Smithsonian article. A spot near rural Ipswich, Conn., is said to now have the highest concentration of deer ticks in the world. At the same time that its tick population exploded, so did Ips wich’s deer population, the animals protected on a 2,100 acre haven where hunting was prohibited. With the increase in numbers of ticks and tripling of the deer population to five times what the land could support came an increase in Lyme’s disease; on one rural road, 25 percent of the residents had Lyme’s disease at some point in recent years, according to the Smithsonian article. As in Ipswich, Rappahannock’s deer herd “is at a kind of crisis point and will soon become uncontrolable,” said orchardist George Sharp. “Extensive crop damage signals an oversize deer herd,” he said, adding that the recent outbreaks of the'disease put a “new twist” on the deer population issue. As for the contact between humans and the tick-harboring animals, Capt. Sharp noted that people in Washington report deer virtually feeding off their back porches. Other orchardists have also reported deer feeding regularly on apple orchards planted close to farm houses for protection. Information Systems, doing general maintenance and providing prospective home buyers, renters and area residents with information. He has also handled supplies and purchasing for an electronics warehouse and with Advanced Technology Inc. worked on logistics support and contract development with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. In addition, he we& a clerk, data processor and computer operator for Westinghouse Information Systems. Mr. McCarthy received the James Pate Memorial Scholarship and a Governor’s Fellowship for study in urban planning at U. Va. He graduated cum laude from Mary Washington. Mr. McCarthy and his wife, an author and illustrator of children’s books, are avid readers and gardeners. “And we have a dog, a German shepherd, who’s fond of running like mad through forests and fields, so we’ve learned to enjoy hiking along after the dog,” said Rappahannock’s new zoning administrator. He sees his role here as an implimentor, not an originator, of policy. “I have the professional training and expertise to advise the board on what is legal and what is not legal, on what the ramifications of a course of action might be. But the board was elected by the people of Rappahannock County to do certain things and I’m there to facilitate matters for both parties — the board and the people,” Mr. McCarthy concluded. — Daphne Hutchinson Wakefield to hold admissions testing Wakefield School in Huntly will hold admissions and placement testing on Saturday, May 24, beginning at 9 a. m. No pre-application is necessary for the testing, but interested parents are urged to call the school before the testing date in order to receive a catalog and application. Wakefield, a private school for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12, has daily bus service to 10 counties in Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, call the school at (703) 635-8111. SCENIC RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY!! THE FARM OF THREE HOUSES and three bams, carassed by the Rush River and blessed with inspiring valley and Mt VIEWS from the high meadow and chalet, 50 acres, Washington, Va area: $215,000. NEWISH LOG HOME, secluded porches with Mt. Views, custom cabinets by Tom Von Fange, spacious bedrooms and baths, Horse barn with fenced pasture and nice woods, streams and springs, 14.2 acres, $125,000. OLDE CENTER HALL HOME needs TLC, high ceilings, spacious rooms, hardwood floors, porches, nestled in the trees, five acres mostly open, $70,000. ACREAGE NEAR WASHINGTON, VA: Call DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE. Farm of 81 acres, $160,000. WELCOME TO OUR TOWN: Thee Cafe at Little Washington (aka Brambles II) Elaine gave up the spatula to Mel at ceremony attended by noted doctor. Good Luck!! i ROGER BATCHELDER Rappahannock Spoken Here. Gay St, Washington, Va 22747 675-3777 Res: 937-4388 PUBLIC AUCTION OF ANTIQUES Located on Route 522, off Route 211 - Town of Flint Hill, Virginia Right on Main Road, former location of B & E Antiques Auction to be held Saturday, May 24th at 10:00 a.m. Rain date - May 31st at 10:00 a.m. 1 Oak High Back Bed, Dresser, 1 Oak Princess Dresser, 1 Oak Dresser (No Mirror), 1 Oak Rocker with Cane Bottom, 1 Oak Walnut Blanket Chest Walnut Wall Sections with Shelves, Old Oak Server, Oak Table, Wash Stand, Lots of Old Round Split Baskets, 2 Round Glass China Cabinets, 1 Mahogany Book Case 2 Old Show Cases (5 ft. & 4 ft.), Oak Cane Bottom Chairs, 1 Round Drop Leaf Table 1 Small Cherry Table, 1 Nice Oak Buffet with beveled glass mirror — Also has a round mirror beveled at top, 1 China Cabinet with 2 drawers, Large Eight Day Wind Up Clock, 1 Roll Top Secretary Desk, 1 Acorn Post Settee, 1 Oak Dresser with all brass pulls, 1 Walnut Victorian Table, Old Mahogany Hutch, Old Oak Servers 2 Round Marble Tables, Large Oak Dresser with Large Beveled Mirror, Cherrv Droo Leaf Table & 4 Chairs, Clark’s Walnut Spool Cabinet, Large Clark's Oak SdooI Cabinet, Oak Library Table, Brass Hall Tree, Oak Rocker, Formica Top Drop Leaf Table, Daizy Glass Churn, Old Round Baskets, Curio Cabinet with curved alass front, Large Old Oak Rocker with slat back, 1 Set Old Snow Shoes, Old Trunk Old Oak Arm Chairs, 3 Ice Cream Parlor Chairs, Oak Childs Black Board Brass Lamps, Copper Pieces, Large Split Bottom Rocker & Split Back, 1 Old Wilson Kitchen Cabinet with Stain Glass over Doors, 1 Large Metal Ice Box, 1 SmSlI Metal ce Box, 1 Oak Library Table, Small Dresser, Vanity Dresser Table Oak Table W^utDropLeaf Table & 6 Walnut Chairs, 1 Walnut Pump Organ, Baby Bed 6 Nice Old Saddles, Old Quilts, Many Old Picture Frames & Pictures in nice condition, Oak Wash Stand, Oak Dresser, 1 Large Oak Ice Box 1 Small Oak Ice Box Child's Oak Desk, 1 Set of Oak Chairs, 1 Rocker & Straight ChaM Se?of Peerles Scales, 1 Set Fairbank s Scales, Glass & China includes 4 piece beautiful Noritake China, Rose Pattern, Nice Pieces of Greer Dep., Old Butter Dishes, Stain Glass Large Brass Candle Holders, Cut Glass Bowls & Cups, Carnival Glass Amber Wine Decantors, Lots of Lead Crystal, 5 gallon Stone Crocks 2 gaSon Stone Crock, Lots of Fine China Pieces. a 1 Colt 2 Moped - low mileage, Horse Collars, LOTS OUS TO MENTION!!! LOTS MORE TOO NUMERTerms of Sale - Cash or Approved Checks ID Required for Registration Auctioneer - C. W. ‘Duke’ Short State Registered No. 0023 & Bonded Auction Service Food will be served Not responsible for accidents Auctioneer’s Note: This is some of the finest Oak pieces and Antiques I have sold lately. Do not miss this Sale. For further information call: 778-3440 or 675-3509.