Rappahannock News, September 13, 1990

VIRGINI A- ST ATE LIB RAB.Y PAID CIRCULATION NOW ^ 3,077 m Old Rag Bulletins Parents a part of learning All interested parents and teachers are invited to attend a meeting of "Parents as Partners in Learning" on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Child Care and Learning Center. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways that parents can become positively involved in their children's education and to think about current curriculum issues. Excerpts from the recent PBS and CBS specials on education in America will be shown and discussed. Call Laurie Marshall (675-3267) for more information. Soccer clinic held Rappahannock County soccer coachesa and players got some top-notch instruction last weekend when Roger Creed, executive director of Euro Soccer Camps Inc. held a clinic at the high school last Saturday. Under the sponsorship of the Rappahannock County Soccer League, the damp attracted about 40 players and v interested adults. Mr. Creed is a former high school, college and club coach, and played professional soccer in England. Hunter safety course There will be a hunter education course in Warrenton at the Shadow Lawn Center on Friday, Sept. 21 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. The course is sponsored by the Fauquier Department of Parks and Recreation, and is required of all first-time hunters and all hunters between 13 and 15 years of age. Hunters must attend the entire TWlhtjrWtrftrfbYecerve- certrfi Cation: A * registration fee of $1 will be collected at the door, and pre-registration is required. Call (703) 788-4867 for more information. Voter registration drive For the convenience of county residents not registered to vote, General Registrar Nancy Leake announced that her office will hold a voter registration drive during the next several weeks. In addition to her regular office hours, Mrs. Leake will be at the Rappahannock National Bank on Friday, Sept. 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in Woodville at Burke's Grocery on Friday, Sept. 21 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and at the Castleton VFD fire hall on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. until noon. Her office in the county courthouse is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6, and the last day to register to vote in this year's election is Oct. 6, Mrs. Leake added. 4 Land use applications due The Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue is now accepting applications from landowners who wish to place their acreage in the county's land use program for the 1990 tax year, according to Commissioner Beverly Atkins. Those already participating in the program should have received renewal forms by mail, which must be signed and returned to the commissiner's office. Anyone who has not received a renewal form, or who wants more information about the program, should contact Ms. Atkins at her office (675-3513). The office is open 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Government at a glance • County Planning Commission: Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., courthouse. Regular monthly meeting. • Architectural Review Board: Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m., courthouse. Regular monthly meeting. Weekend weather According to the extended forecast from the National Weather Service, the county can look forward to a pleasant, "autumn-like" weekend, with sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s. Nighttime lows will drop into the high 50s. 7 / Tea-time at The Inn THE WORLD-FAMOUS Inn at Little Washington will open its guest rooms for a tour next Tuesday, Sept. 18 to benefit the Episcopal Churchwomen of Bromfield Parish. Tickets for the event, which includes tea in The Inn’s garden following the tour, are $10 per person and will be available at the door, as well as by mail by writing, The Inn at Little Washington Tour, c/o Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 299, Washington, Va. 22747. Pressures on farmland continue to increase By SHARON KILPATRICK Rappahannock News Staff Writer For its annual meeting this past Sunday the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection featured four county residents talking about farming and taxes. Alex Sharp, who is working part time as a researcher for RLEP and the Piedmont Environmental Council, will be duplicating a study done in 1985 that showed that taxes on farmland more than pay the cost of services for the land while taxes on residences do not pay for the services they demand. The 1985 study, which was based on the 1982-83 budget, showed that farmland demands 17 cents of services for every dollar in taxes paid, while residential parcels demand $1.20 in SeeRLEP, p. 15 Reassessments will take effect with '92 tax bills By SHARON KILPATRICK Rappahannock New« SUIT Writer The Board of Supervisors authorized County Administrator John McCarthy to negotiate with Blue Ridge Appraisal Company to conduct a reassessment of real estate in Rappahannock County. The reassessment process will be spread out over two budget years, and tax bills based on the new assessments will be first mailed in the fall of 1992 for the 199293 budget year. Blue Ridge conducted the most recent assessment in the county in 1987 and already has a computer program listing all the parcels of land in the county at that time, but theirs was not the low bid. R. L. Hansbrough, Inc. submitted a bid of $40,000. Blue Ridge’s bid was $43,000. However, the request for proposals, a legal advertisement the county ran to solicit bids, allowed the supervisors to consider experience in other jurisdictions and professional qualifications as well as bid price in accepting or rejecting bids. The supervisors discussed the bids an executive session during last Wednesday’s meeting. Following that meeting, Stonewall-Hawthom District representative Robert Anderson made a motion to rank Blue Ridge number one and Hansbrough number two and authorize Mr. McCarthy to negotiate with the first firm. The motion was approved unanimously. The current budget includes $25,000 for the reassessment. The rest of the needed funds will be included in the next budget. During the executive session the supervisors also discussed the problem of loitering in the Town of Washington, but they took no action on that when they resumed their open session. Earlier they had agreed to have Hampton District representative Mike Massie and Piedmont District representative Charles K. “Pete” Estes along with Mr. McCarthy meet with town council members to discuss the issue if the town requests a meeting with the county. Jackson District representative Ellis Bingham asked if the problem has lessened since school started. “The ones on that comer aren’t school kids anyway,” Sheriff John Henry Woodward said. “It’s a summer problem,” Mr. McCarSee REASSESS, p. 16 County splits the middle of tax rate comparision By SHARON KILPATRICK Rappahannock News Staff Writer The tax bills which Rappahannock’s residents received last week are fairly typical for the area. They are based on rates that are higher than some of our surrounding counties but lower than others. Rappahannock’s real estate tax rate of 77 cents per $100 assessed value based on a 1987 reassessment is third highest among the group. Fauquier’s rate of 83 cents per hundred based on a 1989 reassessment is higher. Culpeper’s rate of 89 cents per hundred based on a 1987 reassessment is also higher. Three of our surrounding counties have lower real estate rates. Warren County’s rate is 64 cents per hundred based on a 1985 reassessment. Madison’s rate is 71 cents per hundred based on a 1987 reassessment, and Page County has a rate of 53 cents based on a 1988 reassessment. The date of the most recent reassessment is useful in comparing tax rates, since the more recent the reassessment the higher the tax base. Generally, when the tax base is increased as a result of a reassessment the tax rate can be lower. Comparing Rappahannock’s personal property tax rate of $2.90 per hundred with rates in other counties is more complicated. Commissioners of Revenue have leeway in how this tax is figured. Rappahannock’s rate is based on 100 percent of the average loan rate listed in the National Automobile Dealers Association book of values. The book also lists rates for retail values and average trade in values. The retail value is highest and the loan value is lowest. The trade-in value is in between. Fauquier County’s rate of $4 based on loan value is definitely higher than Rappahannock’s. Page County’s rate of $1.50 based on loan value is definitely lower. Warren County’s rate is $2.80, but it is based on trade in value. Culpeper’s rate is $6.25, but it is based on 40 percent of tradein value. Madison County’s rate is $7.50, and it is based on 20 percent of retail value. The surroundings counties also have taxes that Rappahannock doesn’t have. Warren County has a tax of $2 per $100 assessed value on machinery and tools. Fauquier also has such a tax, but the rate there is $4. In Page County this tax is $1.50. Culpeper has a tax rate of $5 on machinery and tools, but this is assessed on 40 percent of wholesale value, and Madison has a rate of $5.50 assessed on 20 percent of ratail value. Several of the counties also have merchants’ capital taxes. In Culpeper the rate is $2.50. In Madison is is $4.30, and in Madison it is $1.50. Temperatures rising in Seventh District race Smith takes on no-show Slaughter’s broadcast ‘persona ’ By BURKE DAVIS III Arundel Newspapers Staff Writer The Seventh District Congressional race is heating up. Democratic challenger David M. Smith, unable to draw incumbent Republican D. French Slaughter Jr. into a debate, is carrying around a tape recording of a Slaughter radio interview and debating with that. “They’re saying that’s sleazy politics, that I’m mudslinging,” Mr. Smith said in an interview on Tuesday. But the mudslinging, he claims, comes from the other side. Rep. Slaughter’s campaign has charged that for three years Smith did not pay real estate taxes on rental property he owns in Winchester. Furthermore, according to a press release issued Tuesday by Slaughter campaign manager Tony Likins, Mr. Smith erroneously accused Rep. Slaughter of accepting $1,000 from a bank in upstate New York: the money really went to a liberal Democratic congreswoman named Louise Slaughter. Mr. Smith turns up his palms in a gesture of quiet certainty. “It’s a matter of public record,” he said on Tuesday. “It’s in Slaughter’s own Federal Election Commission filing. ” Mr. Smith and his campaign manager, Ellis Woodward, both concede that they were wrong about the bank that gave the money. Mr. Woodward had told a Winchester Star reporter that a Rochester, N. Y., savings and loan in trouble had given the money. “It was the Rochester Savings Bank,” Mr. Woodward said by telephone Tuesday. “It’s not a savings and loan, it’s a bank, a solvent one.” But, Mr. Woodward said, “We did not make a mistake on Louise Slaughter. It was French Slaugh ter who took two $500 payments from the bank.” Both Mr. Likins and Rep. Slaughter’s press secretary John Goolrick were in meetings on Tuesday and did not return phone calls. On the issue of real estate taxes, Mr. Woodward said that David Smith missed partial payments for two years and that “the total involved here is a few hundred dollars. It’s not one of those things you want to happen but it did.” Mr. Smith explained that the City of See SEVENTH, p. 15 Businesses face higher sewer bills By SHARON KILPATRICK? Rappahannock News Staff Writer Members of the Water and Sewer Authority raised the rates for some busineses in Sperryville and learned that they will probably not be able to get by without an engineering study for installing a dechlorinator at the treatment plant. At last Thursday’s regular monthly meeting they also learned that Daniel Keyser of Sperryville is interested in getting the training and license to become a backup operator at the plant. WSA member Carson Johnson did a count of the number of chairs at Horseshoe Hills Restaurant and the Woodsmoke Cafe and informed the owners that their charges based on “equivalent dwelling units” EDUs would have to increase. Horseshoe Hills will be charged for four EDUs and the Woodsmoke Cafe for three. Also the Faith Mountain Com party will be charged for four EDUs rather than two. The company had been paying for several EDUs, but the charge was reduced to two when the mail order portion of the business was moved to the new building onU.S. 211. However, the building in back, which had been part of the mail order business, has been rented to another business. Mr. Johnson said that owner Martin Woodward, who is the treasurer of the WSA, agreed that the charge should be four EDUs. WSA secretary Jimmy Swindler said he had tried to get information from the State Water Control Board about another notice the authority has received that they remain in violation because there has been no progress on installing a dechlorinator. Last year, when the WSA received a notice of violation telling them that they needed to have an engineering study done, they looked into the issue and were informed that an engineering study would cost between $4,000 and $6,000 and that a dechlorinator would cost about $1,500. They wrote to the SWCB enclosing specifications for the dechlorinator and asked if they could skip the process of having the engineering study done and simply install the dechlorinator. They received no further notices of violation, but they did not get permission to proceed either. When the new notice of violation came in this summer, Mr. Swindler placed a call to Jan Pickerell of the SWCB, but he reported he has not heard from her. Mr. Swindler reported that he had also talked with Joe Burner of the Culpeper District office of the Virginia Department of Health, who See WSA, p. 15 Fall brings threat of hurricanes By LISA G. CURRIE Rappahannock New* Staff Writer Nearly one year ago. Hurricane Hugo threatened the eastern coast of the United States, sweeping ashore in South Carolina and leaving disaster in its wake. Hurricane season is upon us again. From June through October, with the most powerful storms developing during August, hurricanes and tropical storms, a product of massive amounts of condensation from oceanic moisture, crash about in the Atlantic Ocean often developing enough strength at sea to hit land and become a threat. ‘This year we’ve seen a particularly fair number of storms,” said State Climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels, from his office at the University of VirSee STORMS, p.15

Emergency! Fire & rescue The following calls were routed through the dispatch center during the past week: Sept. 4: 2:16 p.m., auto accident, Rt. 211, Sperryville Fire Department and Amissville Fire Department; 5:07 p.m., possible broken ankle, Rt. 615, Castleton Fire Department. Sept. 5: 9:32 p.m., illness, Rt. 522, Castleton Fire Department. Sept. 6: 7:13 p.m., unconscious person, Rt. 612, Sperryville Rescue Squad and Washington Fire Department. Sept. 8: 9:06 a.m., choking, Rt. 730, Washington Fire Department and Amissville Fire Department; 10:37 a.m., chest pains, Rt. 645, Fauquier County, Amissville Fire Department; 5:18 p.m., injury, Rt. 668 off 626, Washington Fire Department; 3:28 p.m., illness, Rt. 626, Flint Hill Fire Department; 9:29 p.m., numbness, Rt. 522, Washington Fire Department and Sperryville Rescue Squad. Sept. 10: 12:38 a.m., illness, Rt. 522, Washington Fire Department; 1:20 p.m., poisoning, Rt. 522, Castleton Fire Department and Washington Fire Department; 3:51 p.m., OB call, Rt. 626, Piedmont Ave., Washington Fire Department and Flint Hill Fire Department. Sheriff's log Sept. 4: vandalism, Rt. 622, Woodville; theft, Rt. 628, Washington; auto accident, Rt. 211, Sperryville; larceny, Rt. 231, Sperryville; unauthorized use, Rt. 640, Amissville; livestock in road, Rt. 618, Castleton. Sept. 5: public servcie, Rt. 211, Sperryville; shooting into an occupied vehicle, Rt. 640, Amissville; suspicious vehicle, Rt. 628, Flint Hill; civil, Rt. 522, Woodville; public service, Rt. 612, Sperryville; disturbance, Town of Washington. Sept. 6: drunk driver, Rt. 211, Amissville; auto accident, Rt. 626, Castleton; public service, Rt. 612, Sperryville; public service, Rt. 617, Castleton; reckless driving, Gay St., Washington; drunk driver, Rt. 211, Amissville. Sept. 7: drunk pedestrian, Rt. 640, Amissville. Sept. 8: drunk pedestrian, Rt. 642, Amissville; public service, Rt. 211, Washington. Sept. 9: suspicious vehicle, Rt. 640, Amissville; vandalism, Rt. 626, Rock Mills; public service, Rt. 211, Washington; cow out, Rt. 522, Huntly. Sept. 10: alarm, Rt. 637, Amissville; cow out, Rt. 211. i KIRSTEN DANIELLE BAILEY finished ninth in the Tiny Miss Virginia, Senior Division, Beauty Pageant competition last month. She is the daughter of Gordon and Carolyn Bailey of Manassas and the grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell of Washington, Va. She is a junior at Osbourn High School, and has been competing in pageants for three years. Real estate transactions The following real estate transfers were recorded during the past week: Mildred J. Utley to Mark Bailey and others, 19.8963 acres, Jackson District. $79,585.20 Emerson B. Bennett and others to Eric M. Van Nostrand, 1.20582 acre, Stonewall District. $80,000. Russell Meade Fincham and others to Thomas L. Bullock, 21.0 acres and 1 acre. $145,000. Michael Mullan and others to Mi chael Mullan and wife, 4.38 acres, Hampton District. Gift. William B. Bolt and wife to C. Douglas Avery and others, 68.28 sq. ft., Wafefield District. $2,000. Segar Jones Kite and others to Patrick J. O’Connell and others, .384 acre, Town of Washington. $172,000. Donald M. Davies and wife to Charles Howard and others, 26.407 acres, Hawthorne District. $195,000. General District Court The following cases were heard in Rappahannock County General District Court on Tuesday, Sept. 11: Ernest Randolph Fletcher, carry a concealed weapon, no prosecution. Kenny Haun, trespass, continued one year. Archie Ronald Dodson, fail to make payment, paid fines, costs and restitution, show cause dismissed. Alan Rene Margreither, illegal voting, 40 hours community service, 30 days in jail suspended, $500/44. Eugene R. Pendleton, drunk in public, $25/24. Carrol Anthony Frazier, drunk in public, $25/29. Kent Robinson Jenkins, no county sticker, $25/29. Thomas Edward McHale, no state inspection, $15/24. Walter Carlton Rogers, drive suspended/revoked, reduced to no operators license in possession, $25/24. Christine Marie Brown, 67/55, $36/29. Stephen Allen Dodson, 66/55, $33/24. Kimberly Kaye Hall, 64/55, $27/24. A.C. Miller, 73/55, $54/20. Irvin Lewis Jenkins, driving under the influence, continued to Oct. 12. Francia Anthony Balsmmo, 72/55, $51/20. David B. Barnhart, no operators license in possession, $25/29; defective equipment, $25/29. William E. Benner, 64/55, $27/24. Kevin Fohn Blair, reckless driving (accident), $50/29. Joseph Lee Bowers, reckless driving, $100/24. Doran Wayne Bower, no operators license in possession, $25/29. Lionel Westlow Bradford, 74/55, $57/24. Lawrence J. Brailsford, 68/55, $39/29. William Nevin Breeden, reckless driving (81/55), continued to Oct. 9. Laura Lee Burchett, 74/55, $57/20. Martha Bass Calabrese, 74/55, $57/24. Kevin Arthur Callahan, 70/55, $45/20. Genger Gayle Carroll, 68/55, $39/24. Domingo Ceballos, 68/55, $39/22. Mark Robert Chaudoir, reckless driving (96/55), continued to Nov. 6. Victor John Cirrincione, 64/55, $27/29. Martin Eugene Collison, 70/55, $45/24. Jeffrey Allen Conley, 70/55, $45/20. Steven Lewis Crane, 70/55, $45/24. KUdLIU NUIlUt: INTENT TO PUBLISH LISTING OF DELINQUENT TAXES Those real and personal property owners of Rappahannock County who have failed in making payment for their tax obligations for the Tax Year 1989 are hereby notified that the Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock County intends to publish the names in the Rappahannock News. Said notice is proposed to be published in accordance with statute 58.1-3924 of the code of Virginia, in November, 1990. Those whose property tax obligations are in arrears are encouraged to arrange payment with the Treasurer of Rappahannock County immediately. By Order of: John W. 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Brent Andred Evers, defective equipment, $20/20; no operators license, complied with law. Elizabeth Frances Fannon, 68/55, reduced to 64/55, $39/24. Hisham M. Vawzie, 73/55, $54/29. Randall Stewart Finney, 70/55, $45/29. Ernest Randolph Fletcher, driving while intoxicated (3rd offense), operators license revoked three years, six months in jail, 30 days to serve, $500/40, $250 suspended. Deborah Lynn Gabriel, 67/55, $36/29. Charles Duane Gautier, 74/55, $57/24. Christopher Locke Geyser, 70/55, $45/20. Vernon Ray Goyne, 70/55, $45/24. Toni Grover, 68/55, $39/24. Cheryl Ann Gustitus, 67/55, continued to Oct. 9; no valid operators license (expired), continued to Oct. 9. William Russell Hawkins, driving while intoxicated (2nd offense), operators license suspended three years, 12 months in jail, 10 days to serve, $500/44, $250 suspended. C. Mark Hayes, 73/55, $54/24. Paul Derek Hememway, reckless driving (79/55), reduced to 70/55, $45/24. William John Hennessy, 70/55, $45/29. 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Dwight Avery Morrisey, reckless driving (93/55), operators license suspended 60 days, $100/29. Lamont Nelson, reckless driving (accident), ^ysmissed. Carole Ann Nicholson, fail to drive right-of-way (accident), $25/24. Troy Robert Nix, 74/55, continued to Oct. 9. John Raymond O’Connor, defective equipment, $20/20; defective equipment, $20. Paula Faye O’Aeam, 71/55, $48/20. Martha K. Pagonis, defective equipment, $20/22. Douglas Bryce Patrick, no valid state inspection, $15/22. Robert M. Pendleton Jr., 70/55, $45/24. Michael Kelly Puckett, drive suspended/revoked, continued to Oct. 9; 72/55, capias issued; driving while intoxicated (2nd offense in 5 years), capias issued. Robert Eugene Rector, 69/55, $42/29. Gary L. Risch, 68/55, $39/22. Stephanie S. Robinson, defective equipment, $25/29. Stephen Samuel Roszel, no valid state inspection, $15; 70/55, $45/24. Dennis W. Weaver, 70/55, $57/20. Wade Edward Wetherell, 70/55, $45/29. Victor Alan White, no valid state inspection, $15/20. Herman Kenneth Williams, defective equipment, $20/24. Gregg John Wright, 71/55, $48/29. John Hosei Yim, 73/55, $54/29. Thomas Allen Zirkle, allow unclicensed to drive, $25/24. Christopher C. Sarver, 69/55, $42/22. Gregory Cartwright Sell, 74/55, $57/24. Anna Marie Simmons, 68/55, $39/29. June Elizabeth Skiles, 70/55, $45/24. Carl M. Smith, 73/55, $54/24. Darlene H. Soffiantino, 74/55, $57/20. Donald Ray Southard, defective equipment, $25/29. Shawn M. Spitzer, reckless driving (81/55), $81/29; drive suspended/revoked, capias. Stuart Michael Staffer, reckless driving (77/55), continued to Oct. 9. Tammy Sue Sudduth, defective equipment, $20/24. J. David Sulser, defective equipment, $20/24. Real Estate CgJ Eileen M. Day REALTOR LOAN POINTS DEDUCTIBLE Loan discount points that buyers pay to secure mortgage financing count as tax deduct ible items. The IRS has reserved this tax advantage of home ownership mainly for buyers of primary and second homes. 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Panel discussion proves crisis not in debate By LOU HATTER Rappahannock Newg Staff Writer When the Middle Street Gallery planned a panel discussion to accompany the opening of its “Sacred Cows” exhibition, the organizers said they hoped the public would attend, “loaded for bear.” Both the public and the “bear” came to the Town Hall last Saturday night. Though the panel featured three artists, and the audience was primarily made up of artists also, there proved to be plenty of divergence of views between the artists and also with others in the audience. Attorney Douglas Baumgardner, the sole non-artist on the panel, drew some heated comments after he suggested that “anti-obscenity” content restrictions seemed, to him, to be a reasonable response to criticism from conservatives. From a legal point of view, he said, the idea of the government providing money to pay for something judged legally obscene — thus in effect abetting a crime — is wrong. But, he noted, “there are onerous Constitutional nightmares that confront the drafters of such laws.” And, Mr. Baumgardner added, “I’m not sure I agree that what we have is real crisis.” He said he sees the debate over public funding as one of “cultural conflict” and a difference of values. “We have a lot of latitude in our freedom. We are fortunate to frame this debate in terms of public funding — rather than in terms of content restrictions on art in general.” Alice Sims, a painter whose children were placed into protective custody after nude photos she took of them were sent to a drug store for processing, told the group that the changes against her were quickly dismissed largely due to the support she received from the community. “We received hundreds of letters and petitions ... it is important for artists to support each other — and for non-artists to support us as well.” Richard Viguerie, a conservative political activist, told the panel that the current controversy is “a microcosm of what is happening across the country. This debate is not about censorship or first amendment rights.” It is, he suggested, about whether artists “have a right t use taxpayers’ money to show pictures that attack our religious beliefs . . . our values . . . our very moral fiber?” Mr. Viguerie called the controversy “a cultural war,” and vowed, “it ain’t gonna go away. I am angry, I am outraged, that you want to use my tax dollars to put a crucifix in urine, to show one man using another man's mouth as a toilet, to show Christ shooting up heroin . . . Produce anything you want — just don’t ask me to pay for it.” Panelist Meredith Rode, a painter and teacher at the University of the District of Columbia, replied that "If you are for freedom, then you have to be consistent. It becomes difficult, she said, to pick which expressions should be allowed and which should be censored because they offend some group. "If you come down on the side of free JORDAN RIVER FARM A certified organic farm is now taking orders for their fall crop of BEEF ready in October. Our cattle arc humanely raised principally on their mother's milk and organically grown grass. Some organic grain is fed towards the end to improve the flavor. No antibiotics or hormones arc fed or used. If you want to cat beef that is healthful and delicious and help improve the environment at the same time try our beef. We arc try ing to be your local sustainable farm. For further information 703-636-9388 t Rappahannock News photo/Cindy Mahan TEACHER AND PAINTER Meredith Rode (center) replies to a question during Saturday evening’s panel discussion on art as Alice Sims and Doug Baumgardner listen. dom of expression then you've got to live with the consequences.” Several members of the audience responded with the question, “Who would decide?" what is acceptable or unacceptable. Citing the defense budget, Charlie Thompkins said, “1 pay for any number of things that I don’t think I should pay for.” Lynn Schmidt, the panel’s fourth member, suggested that the issue “is no less than whether or not our country has the tolerance to allow and even support divergent points of view?’ An artist’s work, she said, “is an act of faith — to make images. An artist reflects their own life, their community, in whatever way they choose.” Potter Dorothy Hassfeld perhaps summed up the prevailing view when she said, “We must be able to discuss divergent views — and if we cannot do that (then) as American society we have nothing to say to the world ...” To the artists in the audience, she added, “We have to accept criticism if we accept freedom of creativity.” And to the entire audience, she suggested, “If an artist was angry . . . and challenged you to think about that — then his art has succeeded.” Substance abuse seminar offered by Pinebrooke American businesses lose an estimated $60-100 billion annually due to drug and alcohol use by employees. Concerned with this issue in today’s environment, Pinebrooke Psychiatric Center is sponsoring a seminar, “Substance Abuse in the Workplace.” This program will describe the impact of alcohol and other drug dependencies in the workplace and will explore strategies for helping afffected employees. 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Deputies patrolled the area for the rest of the afternoon. “It was a minor thing, but pretty dangerous,” said Magill. “The senator’s feeling is that they have the right to pass out literature but not to stop cars at a dangerous intersection and to mislead people,” said Magill. She said the disturbance was “a very minor part of a very successful afternoon.” In the midst of his 1990 re-election campaign, Warner served as the key speaker and host of the event sponsored by the Virginia Federation of Republican Women (VFRW). Warner, who faces no Democratic opposition this election year, urged state party members to actively support him and other members of the Congressional delegation, U.S. Reps. D. French Slaughter Jr. (7th District), Frank R. Wolf (10th District) and Stanford E. Parris (8th District), who must confront Democratic challengers this fall. Over the years the Atoka supper has become a part of the GOP campaign tradition. Last year, thousands of Republicans endured the drenching rain to rally for the then gubernatorial candidate and former Virginia Attorney General Marshall Coleman, who was present again this year. Republicans who have stepped up to the three hay bales, which serve as a podium, over the past deSee ATOKA, p. 15 JOHN’S BARBERSHOP New Hours Flint Hill: Monday 1-7 Sperryville: Tuesday-Thursday 8-6 Friday 8-7 Saturday 8-4 Two barbers to serve you! John—off on Wednesday Marian Palmeroff on Saturday 703-987-8146 The Rappahannock Animal Welfare League is in need of donations and members. For the first time the county will have its own shelter and there are many expenditures in the near future that we must make in order to assist the county in the health and welfare of all domestic animals. Please at your earliest convenience clip the coupon and mail with your $10 check and/or donation to: Rappahannock Animal Welfare League P.O. 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An Independent Newspaper Established 1877 Published Every Thursday LOU HATTER Managing Editor ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL Publisher JOHN T. TOLER Executive Vice President BARBARA C. BURKE General Manager Account Executive ANN BROWN To Subscribe Phone (703) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $16.00 a year in Rappahannock and adjoining counties $20.00 a year ejsewhere 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 Telephone: 703-675-3338 FAX: 703-675-3088 HOURS: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Published by the Rappahannock News, a division of Arundel Newspapers, Inc. Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Audit Bureau Editorial Voters deserve debates After the traditional Labor Day start of the fall campaign season in Virginia, charges and counter-charges are flying in the Seventh District Congressional race, which pits Republican incumbent D. French Slaughter Jr. against challenger David M. Smith, a Democrat from Winchester. So far, however, the campaign has largely been a battle of the fax machines — with press releases issued daily to the district’s newspapers. That is convenient for those news reporters and editors who are covering the campaign, but it leaves the candidates increasingly isolated from the voters of the district — their constituents — the people to whom they are ultimately responsible. Both candidates have been on the campaign trail, but so far their appearances have been limited to rallies and scheduled events. Mr. Smith has invited Rep. Slaughter to join him in a series of debates throughout the district — but so far the incumbent has declined the invitation. One of Mr. Slaughter’s aides did stand in for him during an appearance last month in Winchester, but the congressman was absent. We urge Mr. Slaughter to reconsider. The voters of the Seventh District, a sprawling, 23county area ranging from Frederick County in the north to the western suburbs of Richmond, deserve to hear the two candidates discuss the issues. They deserve to see the candidates side-by-side; to hear them talk about their positions outside the carefully orchestrated campaign rallies and press-the-flesh appearances. Sending a proxy as a stand-in is not an acceptable substitute for hearing the candidate in person, addressing issues of importance to the voters. Incumbency has its privileges, but a refusal to engage in meaningful debate is not one of them. Commentary Rappahannock Heritage Rappahannock News photo/Cindy Mahan ON A BRILLIANT LATE summer afternoon, a field of tickweed blooms in the sun. Letters to the editor Frivolous spending continues To the editor: It is difficult to take the federal budget matter seriously when the President of the United States is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a new Boeing 747 jet. It has been reported that there will actually be two of these monsters, (as in jumbo jet that carries over 400 passengers), in case one of the jets is dirty. Although when one considers a trillion dollar deficit I am sure that an entire fleet of 747 jets would be a drop in the bucket, but obviously, enough drops fill a bucket, and sink a ship, etc. If the President can not restrain his spending to necessities, who in the world can we hope to look toward for budget reform. 1 am sure that most citizens GROUNDED V. 0 STATES agree that there is no room in our personal budgets to support an extravagant government. It is now more important then ever that through letters and votes we make this point very clear to our elected officials, especially when they have the audacity to even mention the words “tax increase.” On the subject of budget deficits and aircraft, I wonder why the Governor of Virginia needs a $4 million Citation jet as well as a $3 million Beechcraft King Air? Our company travels quite comfortably in a $500,000 King Air. Just wondering. JOHN LEKANDER Sperryville Judgement To the editor: An old song ran: “You can tell a man who boozes, by the company he chooses, and the pig got up and slowly walked away.” Another old song that holds true even today is one that says you can judge a man by his opposition. The person running against our incumbent Congressman has as a loud endorser an organization of extreme liberals. In my mind when this organization opposes D. French Slaughter Jr. it stiffens my resolve to vote again for the man who best represents our District as one of us. JESSE POND Sperryville Letters policy The Rappahannock News is your newspaper. We encourage our readers to express their feelings on matters of public concern. “Letters to the editor” provides a forum for your opinion. Letters should be concise and not exceed 250 words. Letters that are too long may be edited due to space limitations. Whenever possible, letters should be typed and doublespaced. To be considered for publication, they must bear the writer’s signature, address and daytime telephone number. Unsigned or anonymous letters will not be published. Letters which in the opinion of the editor are libelous or in poor taste will not be published. Topics addressed should be of general interest to the community. Letters must reach the editor by noon Tuesday to be considered for publication that week. Letters may be mailed to the Rappahannock News, P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747. More power to them To the editor: I am surprised that none of your readers responded to Rill Fitzsimons’ letter about religion and morality (Aug. 2'\). 1, as apparently is Mr. Fitzsimons, am an apostate of long standing but, if none of the faithful want to answer him, I will. To put it as gently as 1 ean, Mr. Fitzsimons has both his facts' and his arguments wrong. He says that the founding fathers, “steeped" in religion", favored slavery. Well, steeped they may have been, but some were not at all religious in the conventional sense of the term. More importantly, some and perhaps the majority did not favor slavery. They did, however, need southern votes to secure the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and so they compromised. Mr. Fitzsimons believes that children need to be taught to question authority. Perhaps he doesn’t know children as well as I do. They do indeed question authority, and often with a well developed moral sensibility. I can't quite tell whether he really believes the kids are all being led astray by Wall Street scandals and the likes of Jim Bakker. If so, he should visit the -1-H clubs, the Scout troops, the church teen clubs, and so on. There are a lot of good kids out there. Mr. Fitzsimons believes that some of the cheats and charlatans that we read about might have been started down the wrong path by their early religious training. He, however, had the same kind of childhood religious training as he apparently thinks the cheats and charlatans had. I don’t suppose he wants us to think that he, too, is a cheat and charlatan. Finally, he seems to think that every child in Sunday school is being taught the religious lessons he was taught: hell fire and damnation on one hand, and “all the best people go to church” on the other. Well, I am sure that the churches still teach the importance of faith. I am also sure that they teach about hope and charity. And I know that my churchgoing friends go, not to be seen, but because they find it a rewarding experience. Faith is a fragile thing, as Mr. Fitzsimons should know. If my friends find support for their faith in the church, I say, more power to them, and to it. W. MICHAEL MAHONEY Washington J Gov't is the problem To the editor: For a wonderful moment, I thought the war was over, the good guys had won, and we could all go home. Why not, Mr. Putnam asks, get the government out of farming, out of industry, out of social security, out ‘of banking, out of regulation and out of all the other places that it subsidizes or protects? Glory hallelujah! I was ready to dance all the way home, doing a handstand from time to time, and then he rained all over my parade. "And of course," he added, “we don’t want that.” We don’t? Be it known that there are great numbers of people out here who want exactly that, who realize that almost all of the trouble this country is having tod4V is the direct result of government subsidizing or protection — read “intervention.” As to the particular situation of the arts, it is my belief that an essential ingredient of any work of art is integrity. The existence of government grants endangers that integrity, and indeed, a recent meeting of artists here in Rappahannock County left me feeling that artists are beginning to be quite capable of protesting loss of subsidy a good deal more strongly than they protect genuine, and even violent, censorship. Oh well. The battle goes on, but I still have my parade route laid out, and someday, please God, it’s going to stop raining all over the American taxpayer. EDITH POND Sperryville Faith by experience lomeeunor: In response to the excellent letter on modern morality and the church, it should be pointed out that the kind of faith that is needed in real religion is similiar to that of a scientist deciding to go ahead and attempt an experiment, and also being willing to accept, as well as act upon, whatever results Psalm 84 says, “O taste and see that the Lord is good.” Questioning will not replace the faith it takes to take a bite of a new and untasted candy bar. But only the first step ought to be blind. The results of that faithstep should open one’s eyes so that one acts more and more in accordance with teachings of Jesus the church overlooks: “Be as wise as serSee LETTERS, p. 5

A day in the country By GERALD S. HAWKINS Rappahannock News Contributing Writer A day in the country is sometimes quite an adventure for someone who has grown up in the city. The zoos and parks can hardly equal the pureness of the countryside. It is natural to want to escape, to drive the scenic routes, to hike or camp, or stay overnight in a country house. Rappahannock is one of the last rural counties in Virginia, with the wild forests of the Shenandoah National Park making up its western edge. In Rappahannock there are more cattle than people, more pastures than lawns, and the only highrises are the hills and mountain peaks. A country friend of mine runs a Bed and Breakfast establishment. He told me how one city guest had mistaken the roar of a bull for the trumpeting of an elephant. Actually the bull had been separated from the young heifers, and was only making a natural protest. Next morning at the breakfast table the guest said, “Listen! There’s that elephant again!” The host didn’t know what to say at first, but then he decided to add to the safari excitement. “I think it’s getting nearer,” he said. I grew up on a smallholding farm with cattle and crops and wildlife. I soon got to recognize the roar of the bull, and to know what it was roaring about. Because of the war (World War II), most of us children in England were evacuated from towns and cities, and placed in foster homes in the countryside. We were known as “evacuees.” My town, Great Yarmouth, was on the dangerous North Sea coast, and along with all the other children I was put on a steam-train, and was spirited away to what was described officially as “an unknown place in Central England.” The puffing locomotive was like the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading the children to a far-away land. I remember how one East London evacuee was caught by surprise at the noises he heard in the country. “What was that?” he asked the farmer, as they walked through the darkened woods. “That was an owl.” “’Course it was an ’owl,” said the boy with a perfect Cockney accent, “but ’oo made it?” Another time I saw 22 young fellows playing soccer, kicking the football between two piles of manure which they had set up for a makeshift goal. It was a pleasant spring day, and they would have done just this, with ashcans as goalposts back Perspective in the city. The angry farmer strode across the field and ordered them off his land. The centre-forward of one of the teams, a rough chap from Birmingham, spoke up: “God’s green grass was made for everyone.” “Maybe,” said the farmer, “but this here field happens to be winter wheat!” Fifty years later, the countryside still hold surprises. My wife, Julia, and I invite our city friends out to the farm, and they come not quite knowing what to expect. For some, they don’t expect to see us living where we live. Our farmhouse is set way back from the road. There is no familiar suburban sidewalk with houses showing through peekaboo shrubery. Time and again, even though we have told them with maps and written instructions exactly where we live, our visitors will go to the nearest house that happens to be visible from the road, whereupon our good neighbors will politely point out our house which is (fortunately) visible from their house. v Part of the problem is, I suppose, our approach. The entrance is a regular five-barred gate, and the driveway is poor-man’s hardtop — gravel chips held in place with a coating of grass. To a city eye it looks unused, except for the occasional tractor, and certainly unsuitable for latemodel automobiles. Once we were taken aback to see a group of guests walking down the hill toward the house, keeping carefully to the central ribbon of grass in the driveway. They were a little late in arriving for their day in the country, and Julia and I wondered if they had experienced car trouble. I jumped into the station wagon and drove out to meet them, and to offer help if necessary. But the only trouble was our driveway. They had parked their car at the entrance for safety. To them the grassy gravel had looked too risky to be driven on. But at least these guests had found the farm, and had trusted our instructions. Other visitors have at times failed to show up. Later they explained they couldn’t find us. All they could see at the end of the map route was a five-barred gate, and an empty field. To their city eyes there was nothing but grass and sky, and grass and sky are nothing. They did not see the fox trail marked by a tuft of red hair where it went through the wire fence. They did not see the country eyes looking at them — the woodchuck snuggled in the entrance to his hole, the black Rappahannock hawks floating in the air currents and looking down from above. Even delivery vans have turned around with their load, the driver telling the foreman back in town that “Nobody could live down there!” Now, if it is an important delivery, I ask them to phone ahead, and then I go up and sit on the gatepost and wait for them. On the otherhand our country friends don’t have any of these difficulties. For them, the approach to the house is very much like their own, and the driveway, some of them allow, is considerably better. Actually our grade is no more than 7 or 8 percent, which seems to us to be less than some parts of the carefully cut state highway. Any city person planning a trip to the country should be careful to choose the right day. Does that “empty” field contain egg-laying box turtles, bobwhite quail on the nest, or giant sun-bathing snakes? Days like the climax of fall colors on Skyline Drive are well advertised, and are enjoyed by throngs of city folk who make a habit of seeing the foliage. We have come to know that time of year as “Leaf-watchers Week-end.” But if they came to our farm on March 24 they would hit “Woodchuck Visiting Day,” something relatively unknown and unadvertised. On or about that day the male woodchucks roam the fields looking down burrows for receptive females. They don’t stay long —15 minutes or so — woodchucks are ornery even with each other. Some ’chucks hardly get their nose down the hole before they are chased away. Then again, someone dropping by on April 10 would see the arrival Letters Continued from page 4 pents,” “Beware of wolves wearing the clothing of sheep,” and “Don’t cast your pearls before swine”. Morality — the process of living the sublime truth that each one of us on earth is a member in a supernal family and the child of Divine Parentage — is not the responsibility of the church. That is entirely in the realm of spirit teaching and guidance. The church at best can only hold out an ethic, such as the golden rule, such as the Ten Commandments. Its responsibility is to preach the gospel to all the world. In this it has failed by substituting the glorified “Christ” for the teachings of the man, himself. It has replaced the spirit the risen and departed Jesus sent to be mankind’s guide and comfort with doctrine, dogma and even brainwashing (having lost sight of the meaning behind Jesus’ parable on the camel and the gnat). It has turned the universality of God’s Family or “Kingdom” into an exclusive club consisting only of those who pass its particular denominational shibboleth. But it has also been like a farmer carrying a bag of grain home across the millenia, the contents of which are dribbling out from a tear unbeknownst to the farmer. Here and there they do take root and sprout. But if the war on drugs is mighty, the attempt of the church to eradicate the fields of spiritual wheat Players bring back golden age of radio Remember the Lone Ranger? Burns & Allen? Glen Miller? Ever want to be on the radio too? Here is your golden opportunity to be “on the air.” The Rappahannock Players are looking for people interested in participating in an original production this Fall. “On the Air” recreates the day in the broadcast studio during the heyday of radio. If you can imitate a famous personality of the day, wish to be an announcer, sound effects man, act in a dramatic or comedy segment, be a musician in a Big Band Orchestra, a musical talent on the Ted Mack Show, a dancer in the rooftop ballroom, or wish to work back stage please plan to attend open auditions at the Washington Fire Hall on Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Bring your instrument if you have a musical act. “On the Air” will be broadcasting “live” from the Gay Street Theatre in Washington on Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27. Please call for further information or if audition dates cannot be made: Mitch Hostetter (703) 9375675 (evenings). Fall film series at Gay St. The Gay Street Theater, an intimate theater located at historic Washington, VA., is offering a rich and diverse assortment of films again this fall. The series has something for everyone — from Tom Cruise to Nii\ja Turtle fans to connoisseurs of Italian subtitles and history buffs. Filins run Saturday and Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m. with a monthly 2 p.m. matinee for children on Saturdays. And prices are still $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for children, with boxes of popcorn for 50 cents. For information on current movie showings call the Arts Hotline at (703) 675-3073. ✓ which has sprung up in its tracks has been even greater! The church is presently admitting its failure in the spiritual realm by seeking to enforce its idea of morality through political efforts to outlaw such things as abortion, the teaching of evolution, pornography, etc. Historically it has always turned to the power of the state rather than the power of God in times of moral crisis, with the attendant inquisitions, crusades against its competition, and other abominations in the field of human rights. I agree that questioning it is important, but experimentation is even more so. For ultimately religion is an individual’s personal relationship with God, and that can be attained only through experience. PETER B. HOLLEY Boston of the blue grossbeaks, and on Nov. 12 the nuthatches return to the feeder from wherever they have been all summer. The last cricket chirps sometime between Nov. 15 and 20. High summer is the liveliest time of all. In late July the ‘empty’ field contains more than a million insects per acre, mostly harmless to humans, living a short busy life in the sun. Dirtdaubers dig in the dry soil, grasshoppers feed on the tall grass, and praying mantises feed on the grasshoppers. Lots of these insects are quite new and frightening to city folk. I tell them they won’t sting if your don’t go near them, but somehow guests don’t quite believe me. The idea of living amongst so much activity is disturbing to them, and they would like to reach for the can of allpurpose bug spray. Our grasshoppers like to jump on the bodywork of vehicles. They are probably no different from anybody elses’ grasshoppers. As we drive through the field they cling to the hood despite the airstream, and they will travel for miles before letting go. The record-breaker was a brown grasshopper that clung to the car antenna and traveled with us for 24 miles before jumping off. I remember how on one of these high-summer insect days a polite city couple visited us for lunch, a walk in the garden, and then afternoon tea. We sat on the verandah and listened to the buzzing and chirping in the hayfield. It was too hot for the birds to be flying, and if there were any snakes around, they were hidden in the grass. The whole visit had been very pleasant, and our guests returned in the late afternoon to the city. It was the next day when we heard the true ending to the story. When they arrived home, the wife went upstairs to the bedroon, and the husband was in the kitchen. There was a terrible scream, unlike anything the husband had ever heard before. He rushed upstairs, two at a time. There was his wife, standing by the bed. She had started to undress, and there between her skirt and nylon slip was a green, 2inch long, grasshopper. The sight of that ugly thing, plus the realization that it must have crawled in back at the farm, and have ridden with her, unseen, all the way back to her bedroom was too much to take. I don’t look on it that way though. I think that green, bug-eyed grasshopper only wanted its day in the city. Gerald Hawkins is a world-reknowned astronomer and author, whose books include “Stonehenge Decoded” and “Beyond Stonehenge. ” Now a resident ofWoodville, he will speak on England's mysterious crop circles at Blackwater Homestead on Sept. 29. .---.,-.1., , 20 YEARS AGO September 17,1970 J. Kenneth Robinson, Republican candidate for the Seventh Congressional District, will spend Monday, September 21, in Rappahannock County. He will tour the various places of business and industry here and meet as many people as possible. Mr. Robinson will officially open the Republican Headquarters at 11:30 a.m. in the old post office building in Flint Hill. Shooting Matches sponsored by the Washington Fire Company and the Rappahannock Rescue Squad are scheduled to start Friday, October 2 and will continue each Friday night beginning at 7:30 p.m. The matches are held at the Washington carnival grounds and 12, 16 and 20 gauge guns may be used. 15 YEARSAGO September 18, 1975 All day, Saturday, September 20, The Country Store of Washington, Va. will have a demonstration of the ancient crafts of spinning, dyeing and weaving. Annie Kelley is renowned for her natural dyed wool. She uses some common plants — such as goldenrod, walnut hulls and orchard grass — to make her dyes. She will demonstrate just how to utilize these plants in the dyeing process. Stickers announcing the new telephone number for the Washington and Flint Hill fire and rescue units may be picked up at the post office at Washington. This sticker should be placed on or near telephones and area residents are encouraged to use it. 10 YEARS AGO September 11, 1980 After forty-one years of dedicated service to the citizens of Rappahannock County, Miss Ruby Jenkins has retired, effective August 31, as Satellite TV. Over 200 channels of entertainment. Ml GENERAL INSTRUMENT • Call for free site survey • Full General Instrument warranty • Sale, Service, Installation. WILDERNESS SATELLITE AND VIDEO 1550-B N. Main Street Culpeper. VA 22701 Monika Butler 703/825-8453 Sales Representative ROPER WASHING MACHINE -« MODEL AX6245V • Extra-Large Capacity • 2 Wash/Spin Speeds • 6 Automatic Cycles • Permanent Press Cool-Down Care • 4 Water Temperature Combinations • Infinite Water Level Selections • Bleach Dispenser • Self-Cleaning Lint Filter • Multi-Action Agitator RAPPAHANNOCK FARMERS CO-OP Sperryville, Virginia 703-987-8555 Extension secretary. A covered dish dinner is planned for Friday, September 26 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Rappahannock Recreation Center in honor of Miss Jenkins, and the people of Rappahannock are invited to attend. A special College Orientation Program for parents of juniors and seniors will be held at the Rappahannock County High School Library at 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 17. The guidance counselors will discuss t. the up-coming College Night program, college boards, financial aid, and college application procedures. 5 YEARS AGO September 12, 1985 If it feels hotter this September than normal, that’s because it is hotter than normal for this time of the year. In fact, local weather observer Dennis Wingfield says temperatures for the first eight days of this month are running 12 degrees higher than the same period last year. Rappahannock County Elementary School is holding a “back to school” night tonight at the school from 7:30 to 8:45. i_urM motor Sa\e onJ5® rucks Car nrices ner®' TW^^ragf^L-cM§\lx auto, air P* ' priced at clea'a^9?|_-Hifegr °--SgCL•r t)ltZ^i»se,t-»P aod a0t0 "^Priced at C"j5*!?9S_— TRUCKS SS-S*"""* $10j«S__va. 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Hope Hill Baptist Pastor: Rev. Milton Switzer Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Service 11 a.m. Evening Service 7 p.m. First Baptist Pastor: Dr. Wendell Grant Sunday: Sunday School 10 a. m. Worship Service 11 a.m. County Methodist Services The United Methodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, Sept. 16 as follows: Flint Hill United Methodist at 9:00 a.m.; Sperryville at 11:15 a.m. and Willis Chapel at 10:00 a.m. The Rev. Merlin Shorb is pastor and invites the public. Sperryville Assembly of God Pastor: Rev. Ray Campbell Sr. Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Young People 6 to 7 p.m. Slate Mills Baptist Pastor: Rev. J. Harold Eaton Sunday : Sunday School 10 a. m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday: Children’s Choir 6:45 p.m. Youth and Adult Choirs 7:30 p.m. Thursday: W.M.U. Meeting Community bible study The Rappahannock community bible study led by Rev. Bill Taylor will be held every Thursday at the Washington fire hall from 7 to 8 p.m. The public is invited. For more information call 987-8014. Washington Baptist Pastor: Rev. Darrell Bare Sunday: Wednesday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Choir Practice 6:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Pastor: Rev. Jennings Hobson III Sunday: Holy Eucharist 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist 11 a.m. Wednesday: Midweek Bible Study & Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Sperryville Methodist revival Revival services will be held at Sperryville United Methodist Church beginning Sunday, Sept. 16 and continuing through Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Buddy Devers of Front Royal will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend. Five Forks Regular Baptist Pastor: Rev. Wilfred Deppen Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a. m. Evening Service 7 p.m. Wednesday: Prayer Meeting and Bible Study 7:00 p. m. St. Peter's Catholic Mission Rev. Albert Verbeke, Chaplain Masses: On Sundays at 9 and 11a.m. On Weekdays (Mon.-Sat.) at 8:30 a.m. On Holy Days at 7:30 p.m. Beech Spring services Services will be held at Beech Spring Baptist Church on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 3 p.m. Rev. David Thompson of Rapidan Baptist Camp in Rochelle will be guest speaker. The public is invited. Woodville Baptist Pastor: Rev. L. Starke Jones Sunday: Wednesday: Sunday: Wednesday: Saturday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. Gid Brown Bible Pastor: John K. Burke Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Youth & Evening Service 6 p.m. Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Men’s Prayer Service 6 p.m. Gospel sing at Flint Hill The Flint Hill Pentecostal Church will be holding a gospel sing on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited. Forest Grove Baptist Pastor: Rev. Sidney Rodriguez Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a. m. Hopewell choir anniversary The Hopewell Baptist Church senior choir will celebrate its anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 3 p.m. Rev. U.S. Brokenburr is pastor and the public is invited. F.T. Baptist Church dedicates new building After 200 years plus of ministry in the beautiful F.T. Valley, this unique rural church will dedicate its first education/fellowship building this Sunday, Sept. 16. The day’s events begin with Bible Study at 10 a.m., Worship at 11 a.m. led by the host pastor, Rev. Doug Fanner and the church choir, dinner on the grounds following the morning service. The building dedication is set for 2 p.m. Former pastors Rev. Paul Thompson and Rev. Bill Harrison anchor the days program. Special music guests doing a medly at the dedication and concert to follow are Jim & Leslie Lindsey & Company accomplished singers with guitar and banjo. Key speaker for the dedication is the Rev. Lanny Horton, Director of Missions for the Shiloh Baptist Association. The pastor, Rev. Doug Farmer and the church family extend a cordial welcome to the community to share in this special day. Rev. Farmer is expressing his elation over the event states: “All praise to our gracious Lord who used the men and women of the church to bring us to this day, mission accomplished and debt free. Except for a few select contractors outside the church, most of the building and landscaping was done by members of the church. ” For more information on church directions call Rev. Farmer at 9234300. Baptist churches plan mission conference The Shiloh Baptist Association’s churches in this area are to engage in a World Mission Conference Sept. 16-19. Churches in the other areas of the Association will participate in similar programs Sept. 20-23. Services will be held both Sundays at 11 a.m. and in the evenings at 7:30 p.m. Participating churches are Amissville, Gourdvine, Jeffersonton, Mt. Lebanon, Slate Mills, Woodville and Washington. The missionaries who will be speaking are Bruce Bass, Director of Good Neighbor Center, Wichita, Kansas; Jack Conner, Canada’s first Associational missionary, serving as Missions Director, Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists; Jack Frost, Director of Theological Education, Jii\ja, Uganda; Michael Glenn, Church Planter/Developer, Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela; Marvin Gold, Director, Department of Pastoral Care, Virginia Baptist Hospital, and Clinical Director, Pastoral Counseling Services of Central Virginia, Lynchburg; Peter Golinski, National Ethnic Missionary Associate, Home Mission Board Language Missions Division, Atlanta, Georgia; Kenneth Goode, Director, Baptist Neighborhood Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Steven Manuel, General Evangelist, Guanajuato, Mexico; and Crea Ridenour, Professor, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Cali, Colombia. Churches in this area who are not participating are invited to attend services in the participating churches and friends in the community are welcome to attend these services. World Missions conference set Washington Baptist Church in cooperation with other churches in the Shiloh Baptist Association is participating in a World Missions Conference. Special services featuring missionary speakers will be held beginning with the 11 a.m. service on Sunday, Sept. 16. Other services will be held in the evening Sunday through Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. nightly. There will be a different speaker for each service, representing foreign, home and state mission fields. The conference begins with a rally on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Culpeper Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. Services will be held at various participating churches between Sept. 16 and 23. Washington Baptist Church welcome their special guest, Rev. G. Michael Glenn, missonary to Venezuala. The church will be host to Rev. Glenn the first half of the week. He will speak at the Sunday morning service and will be the guest at a covered dish luncheon afterward. Washington Baptist Pastor Darrell Bare and congregation extends an invitation to the public. THE SERVANTS OF MERCY gospel band will appear at the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department’s Festival and Craft Show on Sept. 29 and 30. Reeve speaks to 4-H ers The Amissville 4-H Club will meet Thursday, September 20th at 7 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church. Program will be given by Alice Reeve, a Rappahannock County 4-H’er, on her 4-H International Exchange Trip to Germany during the summer. This is the first meeting for the new 1990-91 year. All youth in the Amissville community ages 9-19 are welcome to come and join 4-H. It’s a hard-working and fun group. . . you’ll like it! For information, call Jennifer Gray, 4-H Leader at 9375092. Ruritan montly meeting is set for Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Amissville Baptist. It will be Senior Citizen night and there will be a presentation on social security. Entertainment will be provided by the Switzer Family. A bike-a-thon to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Rt. 621 west, between Rt’s. 229 and U.S. 211. Anyone interested in riding or assisting with the fundraiser may call Sandy Carter at 347-2497 or Brad Rosenberger at 937-4928. Amissville Homemakers Club will conduct a workshop on Friday, September 21, at 7 p.m. at Amissville Baptist to make padded picture frames. President Mary Priest announced that the October 1st meeting guest will be Peggy Weaver, an equine specialist. She will report on her trip to Russia. Amissville Volunteer Fire Departm&ht has announced a special bingo on October 13; doors open at 5; early bird starts at 6. All tickets must be sold in advance. Call Carroll Settle at 937-4781 after 6 p.m. The Department’s fall auction will be held on October 26 at 6:30. Call Mr. Poling at 937-5205 or Mr. Settle at 937-4781 to donate. Amiss ville United Methodist Women will hold their craft day on Wednesday, Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. followed by a light lunch. Ruritans appreciate everyone who worked so hard during their auction held last Saturday night. Mitchell Green was the successful bidder on the Yamaha 650 donated by Scott Miller . Our prayers continue with Mr. Landem Luttrell who is showing no improvement in his condition. Also, Jean Burner and Gilbert Dennis are having back problems. Mrs. Anna Fincham and Mrs. Charlie Compton enjoyed a visit by Mr. Tommy Rosenberger and his wife Patsy recently. Also, Mrs. Fincham received recognition for selling the most cookbooks and tickets for the Rappahannock Seniors Nutrition Site. Mrs. Fincham and Mrs. Compton enjoyed a visit on Monday by Roger Batchelder and his granddaughter Lisa Batchelder. June and Chuck Lewis enjoyed a visit recently by Claire and Gil King of Wilmington, Delaware. RAYMOND B. 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GospeLsiDgers THE SWITZER FAMILY will sing at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. Milton Jr. will play the hand-saw. The public is invited. EMS Week recognizes volunteer lifesavers The 1990 Emergency Medical Services Week is scheduled for Sept. 16-22. Locally, members of the EMS team range from first responders at the scene, dispatchers, trained EMS technicians, medical transportation, EMS Council, as well as emergency doctors and nurses in hospitals. According to the American College of Emergency Physicians, accidents are the fourth leading cause of death overall and the number one cause of trauma and death in those under age 38. This year 90 million emergencies will be treated in hospital emergency rooms. Someone dies every five minutes or is injured every three seconds. In rural areas, the risks of accidents increase from farm machinery especially during harvest time. Although an accident or sudden illness can happen to anyone at any time, most people think that they happen only to other people. Emergency Medicine is a specialty. Emergency doctors never know what case will enter the hospital emergency room. They may be treating a heart attack one moment and a sprained ankle the next. The cases commonly appearing are toxicology, advanced cardiac life support, trauma resuscitation and environmental emergencies. Some emergency doctors also serve as state-certified EMS directors and provide medical direction for prehospital care providers. The Rappahannock-Rapidan EMS Council is establishing uniform prehospital care tor everyone in Planning District 9, which includes the counties of Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison and Orange. The EMS Council also participates in community events, disaster drills with mass casualties, search and rescue drills, water safety demonstrations and others. It schedules classes and maintains training resources for instructors. The EMS Council owns and operates a radio communication site to provide vital communications between rescue squad members in the field and the doctors in the Emergency Room at the hospital. Every minute counts. Limited space funds for EMS equipment are helpful but do not meet the operational needs of local rescue squads. Maintaining EMS equipment, buying fuel and medical supplies are daily costs. Financial support for rescue squads and the EMS Council depends primarily on PD9 county and town governments as well as corporate and individual donations. Rescue squad members in PD9 are highly trained volunteers who give their time and skills to saving lives. In some way, everyone can help save a life. For more intormation about how to get involved in the rescue squad serving a particular community, contact one of its members or call the EMS Council office (825-6849) for the name of a contact person. Nature programs continue lilt; reuuies oi ruiiu» pieerciiuui nature program series, for ages three to five, continues with “Leaf & Limb” at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Crockett Park’s Friendship Shelter. Interacting with the park naturalist, preschoolers will compare leaf shapes, identify trees during a woods walk, and make a craft. “Endangered Species: Wild & ivcuc, Luutiuuca uic ^mmicua Hour Series on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 10:30 a.m. in the Friendship Shelter. This program for children six to 10 discusses some of the wonderful creatures facing possible extinction Both programs are $2 per child, and will be cancelled in the event of rain. Advanced registration is not required. Please call (703) 788-4867 for more details. SIXTEENTH ANNUAL appLe haRvest ARtS & CRaftS festival WINCHESTER RECREATION PARK WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY September 15 & 16,1990 SAT 10 A.M. jfei| TO 6 P.M. *S?gi SUN. 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. APPLES ★ ARTS* CRAFTS Exhibits - Demonstrations - Sales - Music Square Dancing - Food - Soft Drinks - Picnic Tables - Free Parking - Shuttle Bus United Way Yard Sale ADMISSION: 14 through 64, $2; 65 and older, $1 6 through 13, $1 (free with parent) Under6yrs., free SPONSORED BY THE WINCHESTER ROTARY CLUB Proceeds to Organizations Working for Community Betterment 1 Covered dish dinner honored Mrs. Shorb The members of the Sperryville United Methodist church hosted a covered dish birthday party for Mrs. Joy Shorb on Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carson Johnson. Others enjoying the occasion were Rev. Merlin Shorb, Mr. Hugh Chrisman and daughter Allyson, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keyser, Mrs. Ruby Dwyer, Mrs. Emma Swindler, Mrs. Margaret Devers, Mrs. Polly Aylor, Mr. Clyde “Mutt” Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Klatko and Sara, Kerri Beth Von Fange, Mrs. Geraldine Payne, Dean and Matthew, Mrs. Margaret Ann Wayland, Mrs. Catherine Brown, Mrs. Brenda Anderson and Sonya and June Jenkins. The Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department will have a fall carnival Oct. 4-7. Rides will be. provided by West Virginia Amusement Company. The department plans to host a Saturday and Sunday matinee. A band has been scheduled for Thursday night and other activities will be announced at a later date. Saturday overnight guests of Mrs. T.M. Johnston were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Reams, Brad and Morgan of Longview Acres in Winchester. The community wishes to express its sympathy to the family of Newton Walters. Revival services will be held at ; % CATHY ft**®* IWeY*74W«*' Sperryville United Methodist Church beginning Sunday, Sept. 16 and continuing through Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Buddy Devere of Front Royal will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend^ Elder and Mrs. Elmer Skeens of Plmyra were Sunday guests of Mrs. Ethel Tyner and Miss Nellie Atkins. Tony Deal and Nettie Compton hosted a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Hazel Deal at his home on Saturday. Others enjoying the occasion were Lester Deal, Mr. and Mrs. Don Deal and Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gray, Pam Deal, Joe Deal, Pamela Mozingo, Joey Mozingo and Joe Southerland, all of Culpeper, Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Taylor, John and Karen of Stanley, Tammy Shefery of Luray, Mrs. Chester Wayland and Lester Wayland. The Plains plans 80th birthday celebration The Plains Business and Professional Association is coordinating a birthday party celebrating the 80th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of The Plains on Saturday, Sept. 22, beginning at 7 a.m. and lasting throughout the afternoon. This event is being sponsored by The Plains Town Council, the Business and Professional Association and The Plains Community League. The celebration will begin with a Pancake Breakfast at The Plains Volunteer Fire Company from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. The Orange County Hunt will assemble in The Plains and depart for a day of foxhunting at approximately 7:30 a.m. The public ceremonies recognizing the Town’s anniversary and dedication of a new flagpole and plaque will begin at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m., a parade will be held in the Town. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.. The Plains Post Office will sponsor a special commemorative cancellation. Following the parade and throughout the afternoon there will be activities and displays of interest. Photographs, Civil War maps and historical memorabilia will be displayed at the firehouse. A hot dog and lemonade stand sponsored by the Masonic Lodge and old fashioned ice cream at The Plains Pharmacy will foster memories of the early nineties (for some). A book sale will be held at The Plains Library, and works by local authors will be available. The Farm at Mt. Walden, a smokehouse, store and farm market, will host a Smokehouse Buffet Luncheon to benefit the Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. There will also be a crafts festival, health fair, bake sale, open houses, a barbershop quartet, dancing, face painting, balloons and tshirts emblazoned with the town logo. Viewtown area news Mr. Thomas Wilson and Mr. Russell Wilson, both of Orange visited their brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Acrey Dodson on Tuesday. Mrs. Ethel Compton and Miss Debbie Compton, both of Culpeper were Monday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Settle. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Acrey Dodson who celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary on Sept. 7. Happy birthday to Robert Dodson of Bealeton who celebrated his on Sept. 9. ■stwimriiMsirTraiTXTmm jtTTii l>p By MRS. GLADYS DODSON Mr. Paul Dodson of Manassas was a Sunday visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Acrey Dodson. 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HAYLOFT DINNER THEATRE 10501 Balls Ford Road Manassas, VA 22110 Call for reservations and ticket information: Metro: 818-7058 Local: 368-3666 Upcoming events 'Red Sorghum' The movie Red Sorghum will be playing at the Gay Street Theater on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Red Sorghum is a sweeping modern-day fable that parallels the life story of an intrepid young woman with the history of China in the turbulent period of the 1930s and 40s. The movie is unrated. RAA community meeting The Rappahannock Athletic Association Little League has set the general community meeting for 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Rappahannock County High School. A1 Kellert, president of the RAA, said that although the focus of the meeting is the election of the 1991 officers, there also will be brief reports on the status of the League’s financial position as well as the structure of the 1991 board. All coaches and board members should attend as well as those interested in coaching next year. All other interested persons are cordially invited to attend. Band students to meet There will be an information meeting for beginner band students on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Rappahannock Elementary School gym. Representatives from G & M Music and Shenandoah Music of Winchester will be present for the rental of instruments. Anyone interested in the band program or having questions concerning instrumental music in Rappahannock are welcome to attend. Karate classes A 12-week series of junior karate classes will begin on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 5:15 to 6 p.m. at Child Care and Learning Center and will be taught by Artie Drago. Classes are for ages 6 to 15. Fee is $65. Beginners are welcome. Advance students classes will continue through until 6:30 p.m. Call Artie Drago at 635-7554 for more information. Coppage reunion The family of the late George and Florence Coppage will hold their reunion on Sunday, Sept. 23 on Rt. 211 at the Rappahannock Park near Washington. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. All relatives and friends are welcome. “Come and join us with love,” said a family spokesperson. Animal League to meet The Rappahannock Animal Welfare League will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington fire hall. All members and interested persons are urged to attend. For more information call 987-8617. School calendars available The 1990-91 Rappahannock School calendars will be available beginning Sept. 26 at Cabin Fever Bookstore and Mountainside Market in Washington, A.L. Goff Woodworking at Ben Venue and also at the Rappahannock Elementary School. The project is sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association and the cost is $5. For more information call 675-3188 or 987-9402. Woman's Club to meet The Rappahannock Woman’s Club will meet on Monday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Maybelle Gilkey at Chester Gap. Members are reminded of the day change due to conflicting schedules. Parent-teacher meeting The first parent-teacher organization meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Elementary School. The school calendar will be available and other topics of general interest to parents will be discussed. Block party in Washington The Washington Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad will sponsor a community block party on Saturday, Sept. 29. The dance, featuring the New Riders, will be held in front of the courthouse on Gay St. from 8 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $3, and food, wine and beer will be available. All proceeds will benefit the Washington VFD. Queen contestants needed Queen contestants are needed for the upcoming fall festival carnival sponsored by the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department. The event is scheduled for Oct. 4-7. For more information concerning the queen contest please call Margaret Ann Wayland at 987-8260. RCES t-shirts The Rappahannock Elementary School PTO will sell t-shirts throughout September. All of the proceeds will go toward obtaining educational activities and materials for the children at the elementary school. A copy of the t-shirt may be seen in the office at the elementary school and this year a variety of colors are offered: coral, cool green, turquoise and peach. The cost of the t-shirt is $7 and order forms are in the office at the elementary school or by calling Linda Mallory at (703) 937-5039. School curriculum meeting All interested parents and teachers are invited to attend a meeting of “Parents as Partners in Learning” on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. at the Child Care and Learning Center. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways that parents can become positively involved in their children’s education and to think about current curriculum issues. Excerpts from the recent PBS and CBS specials on education in America will be shown and discussed. Call Laurie Marshall (675-3267) for further information. Extension open house The Rappahannock Extension staff and Extension Homemaker Clubs will host an Open House on Thursday, Sept. 27, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the new Rappahannock Extension Office, located in the Washington Arts Building on the corner of Gay and Jett steets. “The purpose of the Open House is two-fold,” stated Extension Agent Tommy Williams. “First, we want to thank the county for the new office especially the meeting room for conducting educational programs.” “And secondly,” added Helen Smith, Home Economist, “we hope the public will take the opportunity to learn more about the educational programs in agriculture, home economics, and 4-H Youth conducted by the Rappahannock Extension Office.” The public is invited to participate. Circus Day at Flint Hill Thursday, Sept. 20, will be “Circus Day” in Flint Hill with special arrangements being handled by Robert Brothers Circus. Proceeds from the advance ticket sales will be used for the ongoing expenses of the fire department. The event will include clowns, animals, live music, and fun for everyone. A community wide sale will be sponsored prior to “Circus Day. ” Sperryville plans fall carnival The Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department will have a fall carnival Oct. 4-7. Rides will be provided by West Virginia Amusement Company. The department plans to host a Saturday and Sunday matinee. A band has been scheduled for Thursday night and other activities will be announced at a later date.

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Sun 12-5p.m Horse & Gift Supplies Flint Hill Square 703/675-3838 TREE PLANTING TREE SPADE Transplanting of Trees & Shrubs M.W. Johnston, Inc. 703/987-9013 TREE SERVICE iT» ~rr rr.t. ■ Landscaping, tree work, mulching. Free estimates Fill work guaranteed 703/987-8796 VACUUM REPAIRS ELECTROLUX •Sales ^Service I •Supplies Call Perry Smiley 703/547 2823 W00DST0VES WOODSTOVES The largest selecion in Va. Sierra. Jotul, Walerlord, Rileway, Weso S many more. Fireplace accessories also available Acme Stow Co. 1329 E. High St Charlottesville 804.971-6777 1 Bappafjannocfe JJetoa 703/675-3338 NEXT DEADLINE Sept. 26th — -4. Golden anniversary surprise party Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairfax were given a surprise 50th wedding anniversary by their son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairfax Jr. of San Diego, California and son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conova of Roanoke at Christ Church Parrish Hall in Alexandria on Sunday, Sept. 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairfax were married in Christ Church on Sept. 5,1940. Guests included family and friends from San Diego, California, Dallas, Texas, Eastern Shore ol Maryland, Willamsport, Md., Potomac, Md., Chevy Chase, Md. and Silver Spring, Md. Also Roanoke, Alexandria, Arlington, McLean, Vienna and Middleburg. The Rev. Raymond Davis of Princeton, New Jersey was also a guest for the happy occasion. Mrs. Frances Eubank is feeling some better after falling in Luray last week. We wish her a speedy recovery. Guests and visitors during the week of Mrs. Frances Eubank were Ms. Betty Menefee of Warrenton, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hudson and Victoria of Chester Gap, Mrs. Mary Carter Smoot and Crystal of Lake Front Royal, Mrs. Sarah Latham ol Amissville and Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Hitt of Woodville. Mrs. Rosie Pullen and Ellen and Mrs. Kim Dwyer and Jamie were Saturday guests of Mrs. Hope Campbell and family in Luray. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Greg Pullen had lunch at Country Cookin in Culpeper. On Monday Mrs. Alice Beahm, Mrs. Rosie Pullen and Ellen enjoyed atrwmattK J a picnic on Skyline Drive at the Pinnacles picnic area. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smedley and Earl Jr. and Mr. Vergil Armel and Mrs. Charlotte Miller. Friday guests of Mrs. Annie Hawkins were Billy Hawkins of Stephens City, Mrs. Mabel Burke and granddaughter Molly Burke of Woodville and Roger Hawkins of Amissville. Mrs. Judy Deal and Jamie of Hume were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Annie Hawkins. Mrs. Annie Hawkins spent Sunday night with her son Roger Hawkins in Amissville. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell were among the 75 family members attending the Robert and Anges Campbell family reunion at the Rappahannock Park on Sunday. Familes attended from Michigan, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia. Guests Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell were Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lockhart of Front Royal. Sunday guests of Mrs. Mattie Ball Fletcher were Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Trope of Richmond and Mrs. Bucky Slater of Upperville. Guests several days this past week of Mrs. Alice R. Wood at Sunnyside were Mrs. Alice Smith of Albany, Georgia and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown of Newton, Georgia. Happy birthday to Mrs. Chloe Brown in Woodville who celebrated a birthday on Saturday, Sept. 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown, Amanda and Bobbie Jo visited his grandmother Mrs. Chloe Brown in Woodville on Sunday afternoon. Birthday wishes also to Mrs. Barbara Slack in Baltimore, Md. who will be celebrating a birthday on Thursday, Sept. 13th. Friday until Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Slack of Baltimore, Md. and Mr. and Mrs. Richie Eastham of Rileyville. Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Slack, Mr. and Mrs. Richie Eastham, Robert L. Frazier and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown, Amanda and Bobbie Jo attended the 14th annual Old Fashion Days in Mt. Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown, Amanda and Bobbie Jo and Mr. and Mrs. Richie Eastham also attended the Staunton Frontier Festival at the Museum of American Frontier Culture in Staunton. Mrs. Ruth Clark and Mrs. Barbara Slack were Saturday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Falls and Samantha in Woodville. Have a good week and please call when you have news for the social column. MS chapter plans 'Bid for Bachelors' CULPEPER — The second annual “Bid for Bachelors” will light up the night on Friday, Oct. 5, at the ballroom in the Aberdeen Barn Restaurant. The proceeds of this auction of date packages provided by area bachelors will benefit the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for research and patient service programs. The local chapter assists some 950 people with MS, the most prevalent neurological disease of young adults. Last year, the auction was a zany, fun-filled evening, and the 1990 “Bid for Bachelors” is expected to be everything that evening was, and much more, according to the organizers. A 6:30 p.m. social hour will give the bachelors and the ladies a chance to socialize. The actual Auction, featuring auctioneer Jeff Marsh, will begin promptly at 8 p.m. The ages of the bachelors are 21 and up. “Ladies, don’t pass up this chance to choose from the ‘cream of the crop’ in Culpeper,” says event coordinator Donna Rector. “I have a list of 100 eligible bachelors, but those bachelors who have volunteered their services for this most worthy cause are the best there are because they are willing to participate in the event! They are civicminded individuals.” Payment will be accepted in cash, check or credit card! Ms. Rector encourages single women age 21 and over to be creative, “Bachelorettes can maximize their bidding potential by obtaining donations in advance from friends, co-workers and businesses.” Advance tickets will be on sale in mid-September for $8. For more information, contact Donna Rector at (703) 825-6543. Adult literacy program premieres on public TV “Learn to Read,” a series designed especially for adults who cannot read, premieres on WVPT Public Television Saturday, Sept. 15, at 7 a.m. nninn v. Regular Sales Every Tuesday HORSE SALE STATE GRADE FAT CATTLE 1st. Tues., 1 p.m. Every Month In addition to our regular sales on the 2T" Tuesday of each month, we will have a State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Consignments Welcome. For further information call 364-1566 1 mile east ol Marshall on Rt ss_ ADVERTISING DEADLINES LOCAL DISPLAY ADVERTISING Rappahannock News Ads Tuesday, 12 Noon Combo Ads (One or more papers) Monday, 3 p.m. Real Estate Combo Ads Friday, 4 p.m. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Rappahannock News Tuesday, 12 Noon Horse & Farm Monday, 12 Noon Combo Word Ads and Classified Display Monday, 3 p.m. Adults who cannot read and are hesitant to. seek help can now learn reading skills at home by watching WVPT Public Television and completing worksheets, according to a Virginia Public Television spokesman. Two programs are scheduled each weekend (one on Saturday morning at 7 a.m., and one on Sunday morning at 7 a.m.) beginning Sept. 15 and 16. These programs will r i QTfye ftappafjannocfe i)etos offers FAX MACHINE SERVICES . To send information: Any U.S. destination $5.OO-first sheet $2.00-each additional sheet To receive fax information: $4.00-first sheet $1.00 each additional sheet je ftappafjannotfe iietos Main St. Washington, VA. 703/675-3338 Fax: 675-3088 repeat Mondays and Thursdays at 11 p.m. (Saturday’s program repeats on Monday and Sunday’s program repeats on Thursday.) The series runs from Sept. 15 through Dec. 27. Anyone who is intersted should obtain the tabloid-size workbook that accompanies the lessons by calling, toll-free, (800) 336-6012. The workbook will be mailed to the caller. For more information on the series and how to obtain the workbook supplement, call the “Learn to Read” toll-free hotline at the Massanutten Technical Center, (800) 3366012. Marriage license The following marriage licenses were issued at the Clerk’s office during the past week: Vernon Brooks Otero, Flint Hill and Julie Gay Kuykendall, Flint Hill. 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Amber Welch celebrates birthday Amber Welch celebrated her seventh birthday on Sunday, Sept. 9 it the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Steve Welch with a birthday party. Her guests included her brother Nathan Welch, John and Frances Dennis of Madison, Ronnie and Ada Dennis, Tonya and Jamie of Culpeper, Brenda Hitt of Amissville, Rose Smith, Jason and Matthew of Warrenton, Steve and Linda Dennis, Chris, Candy and Anthony, Holly and Bryant Welch, Katie and Emily, Larry and Shelby Welch, Vickie Miller and Ericka and Brenda Sutphin. The Flint Hill United Methodist Church will have Homecoming Services on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 11:15 a.m. The guest speaker for the worship service will be Rev. James Grimmer, former pastor of the Rappahannock Charge. The service will be followed with a covered dish dinner at the fire hall. The Administrative Board of the Flint Hill United Methodist Church met Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCulloch. Others present were Rev. Merlin Shorb, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Moe Walker, Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Brady, Mrs. Doug Bywaters and Mr. Jack Curtis. Nikki Calisto was a flower girl for her uncle Rodney Calisto’s wedding to Sharon Gough at St. Michael’s Catholic Church at Takoma Park, Maryland on Friday. Nikki with her parents David and Renee Calisto spent Wednesday to Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Tony %POLLY N. AYLOK PUoe *74136 I Calisto at Takoma Park. Mr. and Mrs. Dougie Bywaters, Angela and Matthew, Jennifer Bywaters and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Bywaters spent the weekend at Kings Dominion. Bob Cook of Rockland was a Friday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Moe Walker. The Walkers visited Rev. and Mrs. Claude Cook at Culpeper on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lillard, Mrs. Martha Jenkins and Bud at Etlan on Wednesday. * Recent guests of the Hickersons were Etta Estes of Washington and Ronnie Lillard of Warrenton. Leon and Barbara Lillard and girls of Broad Run, George and Ada Grimsley and Clyde Lillard were guests on Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lillard. Plan now to attend Circus Day at the Flint Hill Carnival grounds on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. The Roberts Brothers Three Ring Circus will have one performance only. A clown contest will be held dur Woodvilie social notes Miss Bonnie Brown of Germantown, Maryland was a weekend guest of her mother Mrs. Chloe Brown. On Saturday Mrs. Chloe Brown and her daughter Miss Bonnie Brown were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown. Sunday evening visitors of Mrs. Chloe Brown were Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown and daughters Amanda and Bobbie Jo of Washington. On Sunday Bobby Jenkins and son Jeff and Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jenkins of Washington were guests of Mrs. Claudia Jenkins and Otis Hawkins. Rodney Vest, Wallace Russell of Luray and Lynn Atkins of Flint Hill were in Richmond several days last week and on Sunday attended the NASCAR Car Races. Joe Beard of Culpeper was a Saturday guest of Mrs. Vallie Butler and Norma Holt. On Saturday Mrs. Edna Woodward, John and Jeffrey Woodward of Castleton were guests of their mother and grandmother Mrs. Ada Equine center open house The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center at Morven Park in Leesburg will hold an open house and tour of the equine hospital on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon. Following the open house the Morven Park Steeplechase Races will begin at 1:30 p.m. The Equine Medical Center functions as the northern Virginia campus of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. It is a 67,000 square foot advanced care referral hospital, which provides state of the art clinical care, teaching, research and patient service programs. For additional information about the open house contact Tom Walker, Director of Development at (703) 771-6800. Apple-butter contest in Winchester The Virginia Championship Apple Butter-Making Contest will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15, in the Winchester Recreation Park. The annual event is held in conjunction with the Rotary Club’s Apple Harvest Festival and affords the participants an opportunity to win more than $700 in prize money. The contest is sponosored by the Frederick County Extension Service and the Winchester/Frederick County Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the area apple producers and support businesses. The apple butter must be made in the park on the day of the contest and can be sold on both Saturday and Sunday during the festival. If you are interested in trying to unseat the 1989 Virginia Apple Butter Making Champion, The Frederick County 4-H Leaders Association of Frederick County, contact the Frederick County Extension Service by writing to: Second Floor, Frederick County Courthouse; 20 North Loudoun Street; Winchester, VA 22601; or phoning (703) 665-5699 for rules and an entry form. ' \ Burke. Mary McGee of Amissville and Girtha Grigsby of Castleton were Sunday guests of Mrs. Ada Burke. The Northern Virginia Foxhunters Association, Inc. held their Twenty-Sixth Annual Bench Show and Field Trial Sept. 5-8 at Hawfield Grange in Orange County. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clark and Misty Hitt attended the bench show which was held on Wednesday night and the presentation of awards for Derby and all-age held on Saturday evening. Tommy Luck of Montpelier was the winner of the all-age and William Bowler of Culpeper was the Derby winner. Clyde Futrell of Beaverdam was Master of Hounds. ing the performance with first, second and third prizes. Just come with your face painted or dressed as a clown and enter the contest. Sunday visitors of Mrs. Wade Pullen were Mrs. Mary Frances Bywaters, Angela and Matthew Bywaters and David Bywaters. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson attended the Hickerson family reunion at the 4-H Center in Harmony Hollow near Front Royal on Sunday. The Flint Hill United Methodist Church will have worship service on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. The pastor, the Rev. Merlin Shorb invites the public. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Vest were entertained on Sunday for Grandparents Day by their grandchildren Joshua Werner and Nikki Calisto, at the home of Mark and Crystal Werner. Renee Calisto was also present. Miss Sallie Lillard spent the weekend with Mrs. Geneva Cubbage at Stanley. They attended a dance and dinner at Stanley Hall on Saturday night. She returned at her home here on Sunday. E.O. and Dorothy Cummings of Suffolk spent a few days- this weekend with his mother Mrs. Linnie Cummings. Mrs. Irene Hamilton of High Point, N.C. has been spending some time with her mother Mrs. Moffett Brady. Steve Lillard and friend Judy of Hume visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bunny Hudson and Kathy. Mr. and Mrs. Odie Herndon and boys of Manassas visited recently with her parents. Thelma and Ernest Crane of Lanham, Md. moved into their home here last week. They own the former home of Mrs. Crane’s grandfather Mr. Jim Lillard. Mrs. Joy Shorb was entertained on Sunday evening at a birthday party given by her children at Silver Spring, Md. The Flint Hill United Methodist Church has had a new steeple installed. Claude Foster has returned to his home from Warren Memorial Hospital. RED AND GOLDEN DELICIOUS STAYMANS AND CIDER Selling 7 Days a Week Directions: 22 milss west of Warrsnton, to Rt. 522, North at Massies Comar, '/« mil# on left. 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Jr. ft ( o. 201 S Kast St ( ulprpn » 703-825-8371 OR 800-873 8189 u 8 12 Sal Obituaries James A. Starks Sr. James Arthur Starks Sr., 69, of Front Royal died Sept. 5 at his home. The funeral was held Sept. 8 at Tumer-Robertshaw Funeral Home in Front Royal with the Rev. George 0. Dean officiating. Burial was in the Starks family cemetery in Sperryville. Mr. Starks was bom May 27, 1921, in Rappahannock County, the son of the late Clarence Arthur and Pheba Ann Burrell Starks. He was a farmer and retired from Riverton Lime Corp. Surviving are his wife, Anna Mae Glenn Starks; eight sons, Ray Starks, Kenneth Starks, Eric Starks, Derek Starks, Wayne Starks, Timothy Starks, James A. Starks Jr., all at home and Anthony Starks of Richmond; four daughters, Lavon Starks, Casena Starks, Lahoma Starks and Rosa Cadet, all at home; two brothers, Robert Starks and Haywood Starks, both of Brooklyn, N.Y.; one sister, Mildred Siders of Brooklyn; and 13 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Charles Baltimore, Manuel Stribling, Elmer Fletcher, John Mathews, Thomas Ashby and MacArthur Fletcher. Honorary pallbearers will be sons. Dorothy Settle Funeral services for Dorothy Jean Settle of Amissville were Aug. 24 at the Amissville Baptist Church. Interment was in the Hillcrest Memory Gardens in Jeffersonton. Mrs. Settle, 65, died Aug. 21 in Fauquier Hospital. Bom Jan. 8,1925 in Cumberland, Md., she was a secretary for the U.S. Government for most of her life. Most recently she worked at Vint Hill Farms Station. Mrs. Settle was a member of the Amissville Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Robert B. Settle; two daughters, Pamela Jean Fincham of Amissville and Sharon K. Thomasson of Hampton; a brother, Walter J. Settle of Annandale, and five grandchildren. Services were conducted by the Rev. Thomas Everett, the Rev. Paul Franklin and the Rev. James Floyd. Newton A. Walters Newton A. Walters, 75, of Sperryville died Sept. 6 at his residence. Mr. Walters was born Nov. 19, 1914 in Martin County, North Carolina, the son of the late Luther T. and Ida Virginia Taylor Walters. He was a retired self-employed cabinet maker. Survivors include his wife, Mary Thomas Walters; five daughters, Ann Mulqueen of Alexandria, Ida Watson of Detroit, Mich., Margaret Orsinger of North Potomac, Md., Pat Anderson of Great Falls and Viki Gustavson of Shelter Island, N.Y.; two brothers, Leon Walters and Tom Walters, both of Wake Forest, N.C.; 16 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sept. 9 at Rolesville Baptist Church with the Rev. Marshall Neathery officiating. Interment was in Rolesville Cemetery, Rolesville, North Carolina. Bright Funeral Home in Wake Forest, N.C. was in charge of the arrangements. Leila B. Smoot Mrs. Leila Burke Smoot, 93, of FOUND'S CULPEPER FUNERAL HOME 800 JAMES MADISON HWY • COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICES/CREMATIONS •AFFORDABLY PRICED ADVANCED FUNERAL PLANNINC ■ FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED SAM & KATIE FOUND Licensed Funeral Directors FOR INFORMATION CALL 825-3530 Culpeper died Sept. 7 at her residence. Mrs. Smoot was bom June 3, 1897 in Rappahannock County. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Mrs. Smoot is the widow of the late Lemuel J. Smoot. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Leila M. Brooks and seven sons, Isiah Smoot, Robert J. Smoot, William F. Smoot, Charles H. Smoot, Keith E. Smoot, David O. Smoot and Asa B. Smoot. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nellie E. Jenkins and Mrs. Bes Butler Hilton, both of Culpeper; one brother, Willie Burke of Ellicott City, Md.; fifty-two grandchildren, ninety-two great-grandchildren; and thirteen great-greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were held at Bethel Baptist Church on Sept. 11 with the Rev. Kenneth Huneycutt officiating. Interment was in Hillcrest Memory Gardens in Jeffersonton. Pallbearers were grandsons, Charles Edward Smoot, Curtis Lee Smoot, William F. Smoot, Ray Smoot, Larry Smoot and Dale Brooks. Found’s Culpeper Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. “To believe your oum thought, to believe tha what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius.” The Final Tribute CLORE FUNERAL HOME “The Home of Thoughtful Service” Phone 825-2361 Culpeper CEMETERY MEMORIALS PVC DWV o O (/> O > OL GRAND OPENING Saturday, Sept. 15 BOWEN* SUPPLY Register for Redskin/Dallas Ticket Package to be Givin Away Fox 99.3 "Live" Remote 11 AM - 2 PM A r PRIZES SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ^ L ALL WEEK a Stop by and see our all New Showroom featuring bathroom cabinets, faucets and fixtures. An experienced staff to help plan your remodeling See our New Display Room with Omega Cabinet and wiunpuoi oains. A- Delta 400 Single Lever List - Kitchen faucet with sprayer. 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An apple a day is the healthy way By HELEN W. SMITH Extension Agent As you ride through Rappahannock County, you can see the signs being posted at the orchards and fruit stands announcing local apples for sale. Even though the apple crop is not as large this year as it usually is, there are apples to buy locally. Six popular apple varieties make up 90 percent of all apple trees grown in Virginia. These include: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome, Stayman, Winesap and York. The Red and Golden Delicious varieties have traditionally been popular for eating. Many of the va HOME ECONOMICS rieties more commonly known for their baking qualities are excellent for snacking, too. Late fall varieties such as Rome, York and Stayman have a firm flesh and tangy flavor just right for fresh eating and cooking. The perfectly round shape of the Rome variety makes it the darling of still-life painters, and its characteristic red veins easily identify this variety when cut. The Rome Beauty dates to 1816 when it was produced near the Rome township in Ohio. A firm apple with a medium-tart to sweet taste, the Rome holds its shape well for baking and cooking due to its thick skin. An apple a day The lopsided shape of the York distinguishes this slightly tart and firm variety that was first discovered near York, Pennsylvania about 1830. The York is known for its excellent texture and keeping qualities, making it popular for commercial processing such as applesauce. A true multi-purpose apple for snacking and cooking, the Stayman has a mildly tart, rich flavor with a crimson hue. This variety, which was discovered in 1866 in Leavenworth, Kansas, originated as a seedling from the Winesap variety. Its firm shape makes it perfect for fresh eating, salads, and cooking. I’m sure you’ve all heard the ex pression “an apple a day will kee] the doctor away” referring to the nu tritional benefits of eating apples. An apple a day is the health; way: A medium-sized apple contain only 81 calories, no cholesterol, an* is high in dietary fiber which help reduce cancer risk. Apples are higl in pectin which may help reduce cho lesterol. Apples are high in boroi which may help retain calcium. The; are low in sodium for people wh< have high blood pressure and nee* to limit their salt intake. The lov acid content of apples is an aid to in fant digestion. And the mild fibroui texture of apples acts as nature’! toothbrush, so when you can’t brusl f FOOD LION Chicken Breast FILLETS & TENDERS Prices in this ad are good Monday, Sept. 10 thru Sunday, Sept. 16, 1990. Thompson Seedless GRAPES 0 Lb. Jumbo 12 Size Western CANTALOUPES U.S. No. 1 - 20 Lb. 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Mix together 1 c. sour cream, 2 1 T. flour, 3/4 c. sugar, 1/4 t. salt, 11. vanilla and 1 egg. Stir in 3 c. diced tart apples. Mix well and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Combine 1/2 c. brown sugar, 1/3 c. flour and 1/4 c. butter. Sprinkle on top of pie and bake additional 20 minutes. (Contributed by Liz Tole). Ginger cheese apple 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened 1 Tbsp. honey 1/2 tap. ground ginger 1/4 cup wheat germ Cinnamon stick 1 c. (4 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese 1 can (8 1/4 oz.) crushed pineapple, well drained Bay leaf Fresh apple slices Combine cream cheese, Cheddar cheese and honey in large mixing bowl; beat until blended. Stir in pineapple and ginger. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; chill several hours or overnight. Shape mixture into a ball; roll in wheat germ. On a sheet of plastic wrap press and mold ball into an apple shape. Coat with additional wheat germ, if necessary. Insert a bay leaf and cinnamon stick in top. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate until serving. Serve with fresh apple slices. Makes 1 cheese ball. For gift giving: Place 5 or 6 apples in a wicker basket with the Ginger Cheese Apple. Overwrap basket with plastic wrap. Tie with ribbon. Apple muffins 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons baking powder 2 1/2 cups apples, peeled and grated 2 teaspoons sugar (for topping) Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Sift dry ingredients and add to eggs alternately with milk. Beat until smooth. Add apples, mixing by hand. Pour into greased muffin tins and top each with sugar. Bake 25 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees. Yield: 12 to 16 muffins. Gingerbread apple cobbler 4 medium apples, peeled and sliced (4 cups) 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon cornstarch 2 tablepoons water 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Gingerbread topping 1 egg 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk 1/4 cup molasses 2 tablespoons cooking oil 1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1) Combine apples, brown sugar, cornstarch, water, lemon juice and cinnamon in 8-inch round glass cake dish. 2) Microwave, covered, 4 to 5 minutes or until apples are tendercrisp, stirring once. 3) Beat together egg, buttermilk, molasses and oil in mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients; beat until smooth. Pour over apples. 4) Microwave, uncovered, 6 to 7 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, rotating dish once or twice. Serve warm or cold, plain or with whipped cream. Makes 6 to 8 servings. Tip: With combination oven, microwave in step 2 to 7 to 8 minutes. In step 4, bake at 350 degrees F. for 10 minutes and then microwavebake 3 to 4 minutes. _ . Hot cheese dip with apple slices 6 slices bacon 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 6 tablespoons cream 11. Worchestershire sauce 1/41. dry mustard 1/41. onion salt 6-8 dashes Tabasco Apple slices Lemon juice Cut bacon in 1/4 inch slices; saute until crisp and drain on absorbent paper. In the top of a double boiler, combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese, cream and seasonings. Heat over simmering water, stirring occasionally, until cheese melts and mixture is hot. Add bacon pieces. Use See RECIPES, d. 12

. .. ......——mmm „ .. .. t ..wmMBSi aMM MiSSm M IBBMM Panthers stumble in season's early days By LOU HATTER Rappahannock News Staff Writer Despite several weeks of dedicated pre-season practices, the Lady Panthers varsity basketball team lost its first three games, including two blowouts against George Mason and Central. The season got off to a rocky start in the home opener against George Mason, with the Panthers committing 39 turnovers as they lost to the Mustangs, 45-30. The team’s pre-season camaraderie and teamwork fell apart on the court, while an offensive drought allowed George Mason to hit 28 points against only two for the Panthers during the second and third quarters. Sherron Boddie led the Panthers offensive and defensive efforts, with eight offensive points and 20 rebounds. Freshman Leah Marlett contributed six points, the outstanding effort for the night, according to Coach Renee Leake. The Panther JV also dropped their opening game to the Mustangs, 32-19. Lisa Sisk led the Rappahannock offense with six points. After Coach Leake’s disappointment with the team’s performance in the openihg game, the Panthers rallied during their second outing of the season against Clarke County last Thursday night at RCHS. Coach Leake said she found the team’s effort much more on a par with its potential against Clarke County, where the Eagles scrambled to hold off a Panther rally in the second half to win, 48-42. Though the Panthers trailed through the first half against an aggressive Eagles defense, Rappahannock came back on the court following the half-time break with a new fire, rallying to pull within one point, 28-27. Tasha Roy and Leah Marlett combined for eight points to bring the Panthers back into the game. Rappahannock News photo/Cindy Mahan DRIVING‘TO THE BASKET, junior Tasha Roy presses the offense for the Panthers against Clarke County last week. However, the Eagles regained their composure at the third quarter buzzer and bumped their lead to 32 27, and Rappahannock was unable to pull back closer than four points on an outside basket by Emma Swat Schools offer special ed. services Public Law 94-142, the Education for all Handicapped Children Act passed by Congress in 1975, provides for a free, appropriate public education for all handicapped children and youth, according to Margarita Piper, the county schools’ special education coordinator. The Code of Virginia provides that all handicapped persons, ages two through 21, residing in the Commonwealth of Virginia be identified and evaluated and have available of a free and appropriate public education. It is the responsibility of the Rappahannock County Public Schools and the Virginia Department of Education to ensure that the provisions in state law and regulations are met, Mrs. Piper said. Special education services are an integral part of the total educational offerings of the Rappahannock County Public Schools. A variety of programs service identified handicapped students. A local special education advisory committee (LAC) meets during the year to advise the school division on the unmet needs in the education of handicapped children. The LAC is composed of parents and community members who assist others with questions about special education programs and procedures. The members of this committee are: Douglas Baumgardner, Edith Clark, Marian Facchina, James Fountain, Jennings W. Hobson III, Leslie Nichols receives music scholarship Leslie Nichols of Flint Hill has been selected to receive a Blanch Russell Sabetty Orchestra Scholarship for the 1990-91 academic year at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. Miss Nichols is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nichols of Flint Hill. A 1988 graduate of Rappahannock County High School, Miss Nichols is a junior at Mary Washington College. She is majoring in music, with a concentration in piano performance, and is seeking certification in the elementary education program. The Blanch Russell Sabetty Scholarships, in the amount of $500 each, are presented annually to outstanding student musicians through the generosity of the Friends of the Mary Washington College-Community Symphony Orchestra. Miss Nichols is principal clarinetist in the orchestra and has studied piano performance under the direction of Dr. Martha Fickett, professor of music at the college. Miss Nichol’s other activities at the college include being a member of the women’s varsity lacrosse team, a member of the MWC Wind Quintet, and a resident assistant in her residence hall. Scholastic sports With the beginning of the school year, Rappahannock County High School has also begun its fall sports season. Following are the games scheduled for the next two weeks. Girls basketball Thursday, Sept. 13: Page County at RCHS Saturday, Sept. 15: Warren County at RCHS Monday, Sept. 17: Luray at RCHS Tuesday, Sept. 18: Brentsville District at Brentsville; bus leaves RCHS at 4:05 p.m. \ Thursday, Sept. 20: Manas® sas Park at RCHS Varsity coach: Renee Leake J. V. coach: Amy Wolfe Junior varsity games Ibegin at 6 p.m., varsity contest follows at 7:30 p.m. Soccer Friday, Sept. 14, 4 p.m.: George Mason at Fairfax; bus leaves RCHS at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 4 p.m.: Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal; bus leaves RCHS at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, 5 p.m.: Madison at Madison; bus leaves RCHS^t4p.m. Coach: Mike Tupper Cross-country Friday, Sept. 14: George Mason and Manassas Park at RCHS Wednesday, Sept. 19: Page and Central at RCHS Friday, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m.: Randolph-Macaon Academy at Front Royal; bus leaves RCHS at 3:30 p.m. Coach: Tim Corder Meets begin at 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted. For more information about sports activities at RCHS, call the school office (987-8575). Daphne Hutchinson, Linda Mock, Ellen Mustoe, Nancy Reeve, Ester Settle, Corinne Smith, Marsha Thompson and Rose Ann Sharp, Chairman. Margarita Piper serves as consultant. Interested parties' may express their views to the committee through any of its members. Children and youth suspected of having a handicapping condition may be referred by contacting the principals of the schools or the Director of Pupil Personnel/Special Education at the Rappahannock County School Board Office. Referrals can be made by parents, state and local agency professionals, school principals, teachers, doctors, social workers and students themselves. For a copy of “Rappahannock County Special Education Programs and Services” or for more information about special education, contact Margarita Piper at the Rappahannock County School Board Office, P.O. Box 273, Sperryvillle, VA 22740 or telephone 987-8773. ® STIHL NUMBER ONE WORLDWIDE Save Now on STIHL Quality!\ 026 Super with 16" SALE $349.95 Regular $389“ SAVE £ * ft The Stihl 026AVSEQ fits the way you work with its special flush-cut design Ideal for limbing operations or cutting firewood. Features electronic ignition, Quickstep™ Inertia Chain Brake, anti-vibration system and a 3.0 cubic-inch engine. In-Store Financing Available EVERYTHING YOU HEAR ABOUT THEM IS TRUE Check out specials on other Stihl products ... Chain • Bar • Bar Oil • Etc. % SWAN’S //_ . J.A. Swan, Jr, & Co. 201 S. Earl St., Culorprr M-F 0 00-S.-30 Sat. 8.00-12:00 703-825-8371 OR 8C0-873-8189 man. Coach Leake has praise for the Eagle team, as well as for her young Panthers. She noted that in her three years as Rappahannock’s coach, this is the closest the Panthers have come to beating Clarke. Tasha Roy once again led the Panthers’ scoring effort with 19 points, followed by Emma Swatman with seven. The Eagles also beat Rappahannock in the junior varsity contest, 36-12. Coach Leake predicted Central would be one of the teams to beat in the Bull Run District this year, and Tuesday night proved her estimate correct. The Falcons drubbed the Panthers, 84-36, in front of a home crowd in Woodstock. The win left Central atop the district standings at 3-0, and 5-0 on the season, and the Panthers still winless in three attempts. The young Panthers were shellshocked by an aggressive Falcon offense, dropping into an insurmountable 28-2 hole in the first quarter. The game remained out of reach for the balance of the contest, with turnovers again hurting Rappahannock’s effort. As with the opener against George Mason, the Panthers gave up the ball a lot, committing 46 against Central. For the third straight game, Tasha Roy led the Panther scoring effort with 12 points. On a bright point, Rappahannock did outrebound the Falcons, 34-29. The Panther JV also fell to Central by a lop-sided margin, 54-9. Coach Leake, although disappointed with the team’s record, remained optimistic. She pointed out that the team is young, “and we’re learning as we gc along.” Drawing class in Culpeper Windmore Foundation is pleased to offer a class in Pen and Ink Drawing on Sept. 18, 20, 25 and 27 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. For additional information regarding materials and location, call (703) 825-3102. Checks are payable to Windmore Foundation, PO Box 38, Culpeper, VA 22701. *-n ; r Photo courtesy Roberts Bros. Circus THE BIGGEST STAR of Roberts Bros. Circus is Lisa, a 6,500 pound Asian elephant. The circus is coming to Flint Hill next Thursday, Sept. 20, sponsored by the Flint Hill Vol. Fire Department. Advance tickets are available at the county’s general stores and from members of the fire department. Wakefield assembly begins 19th year Wakefield School in Huntly opened its doors this week to begin its 19th year. Dr. Alan Saunders, the new president of the school, presided over the traditional first day of school assembly. In his remarks to the students and faculty he commented, “I am as excited as you are” and went on to say that he was gratified to hear several veteran teachers express the same sentiments. Members of the faculty, which numbers 34, introduced themselves to the students. Included were three new faculty members. Timothy Buchanan, a native of Northern Virginia, received his BA in History and Education and his MA in secondary social studies education from Vriginia Polytechnic Institute. tPrivate Care in the Comfort of^Your tfCome with a house full of Services ir IT i Licensed Practical Nurse Bed & Bath Service Companion v^eniiieu Nursing Assistants New Mom Care Professionals Jt Julie Garst Duggan received both her BA and MA in English from the University of Virginia. Most recently, Ms. Duggan was an Adjunct Professor of English at Lord Fairfax Community College and Northern Virginia Community College in Manassas. Ruth Munro brings to Wakefield a total of 31 years’ teaching experience. She is a native of Northhampton, Massachusetts and was graduated from Smith College with a BA in education and child study. The students reserved the greatest applause for President Saunder’s announcement that the school had purchased five new school buses. Our 2nd Anniversary Celebration zoilL be //sunny ••• Sept.; 20 %V) / off All fall clothing essoncs not included in sale) PUBLIC NOTICE AS A RESULT OF REPOSSESSED MERCHANDISE AUCTION HIGH QUALITY KNOTTED PERSIAN AND ORIENTAL RUGS • PACKED IN BALES TO BE OPENED 9/15 • SEPARATED UNITARILY FOR AUCTION 9/15 • EACH CARPET TO BE AUCTIONED - LIQUIDATED SINGLY • INDIVIDUAL BIDS FOR CASH OR BANK CHEQUES. • INSPECTION ON SITE 9/15 • FURTHER DETAILS ON SITE SAME DAY. • In accordance with U.S.A. 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sacred Cows' exhibition is subtle, but suggests controversy tty LUll MA I I KK Kappahannork N>w» Staff Writer Those who attend the “Sacred Cows” exhibition at the Middle Street Gallery in Washington expecting to be shocked, horrified or perhaps titillated will probably be disappointed. Despite the disclaimer on the gallery’s front door that “Your ideas may be challenged,” the show in total is relatively tame — at least in comparison with the recent controversies over Robert Mapplethorpe’s homoerotic photographs and Andre Serrano’s “P*** Christ” photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass of urine. That does not, however, mean that controversial themes are absent from the show. Jo Dye’s “For Which It Stands,” for example, with its obvious suggestion of a charred flag dripping with blood, is a strong visual statement — and a compelling one. “Man’s Doll,” by Tygre Morgan Brown, and “The Royal ****,’’ by Cheryl Bolden, express the artists' strong feelings about the status of women and minorities in our culture. But 1 found "Man’s Doll” offensive. not because of the content, but because of the stereotyped assumption that the figure of a doll dressed in lingerie, “physically perfect, with silent lips and closed eyes,” is “every man’s vision of a perfect woman,” as Ms. Brown describes the work. There are funny images here, too. “Everything 1 Make.Is Art,” by Megan McCaskey, is a colored pencil cartoon series about being an artist. Its style reminded me of the “Washingtoon” strip from the Village Voice. It left me smiling, and thinking. “Pope Theresa I, Upward Mobil ity,” by Teresa E. Garcia-Condon, pictures a photograph of the Pope with Mother Theresa’s head superimposed on the image. It is an effective and interesting jab at one of the sacredest of cows — the Catholic religion. Another photograph, “Confronting the Barbed Wire,” by Mary Beth Camp, was taken during a civil disobedience action in Seneca, N.Y., in 1983. The black-and-white image of a woman’s hands, wrapped in gauze and duct tape as she prepares to scale the barbed wire surrounding the Seneca Army Depot, is beautiful and disturbing at the same time. You can’t see her face, but you don’t have to. Her feelings can be read in her hands. As a non-artist, I enjoyed Middle Street Gallery’s “Sacred Cows” show. I admit that I expected the works to be perhaps more offensive — the invitation to artists to debunk sacred cows seemed to me to be like waving a red flag in front of a bull. But the controversial content is there; it is just more subtle than the works of Mapplethorpe and Serrano. There is probably justification for the warning at the door that “Paren ONE DAY ONLY—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990-9 AM to 9 PM Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement • Advertisement extra] home FURNISHINGS NEWS [extra WEATHER Ideal Climate Cor Buying Furniture ★ ★ ★ THREE STAR FINAL ★ ★ ★ WEATHER Ideal Climate For Buying Appliances Schewels Management Team Declares v'Vtt f. FURNITURE CARPET APPLIANCES EVERY ITEM IN SCHEWELS $11,000,000 INVENTORY WILL BE REDUCED TO OUR OPERATING COST ONLY ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. SPECIAL CREDIT TERMS FRIDAY ONLY. Mr. John Godwin, Vice-President of Credit Operations for the 35 Schewel Furniture Company chain stores, has instructed all credit managers to offer special credit terms to customers on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. Schewels will be offering LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS on everything in stock and customers can take months to pay on any purchase. Schewels has always been a store where payments are arranged to suit your budget, and on Friday, Schewels will make a special effort to once again give you THE BEST TERMS IN TOWN. LA-Z-BOY RECL1NERS OVERSTOCKED Schewel Furniture Company is now sitting on a substantial quantity of LAZ-BOY Recliners. In fact, our entire recliner inventory is almost double what it should be. On SATURDAY, Schewels guarantees the LOWEST PRICES EVER on our full line of LA-Z-BOY, LANE and CATNAPPER Recliners in order to sharply reduce inventories. The selection is fantastic and the prices will amaze you. SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTIONS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS EVENT ALL MERCHANDISE PURCHASED ON FRIDAY MUST BE PICKED UP OR DELIVERED BY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH. J MAJOR APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS REDUCED DRAMATICALLY ON FRIDAY. Schewels has always been your headquarters for quality; name-brand Appliances and Electronics such as G.E., SHARP, SANYO, PIONEER, FRIG1DAIRE and others. On FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. EVERY ITEM in our $2.5 million appliance and electronics inventory will be SHARPLY REDUCED and many cut to the lowest prices ever. You’ll find incredible savings on TVs, Stereos, VCRs, Refrigerators, Laundry Products, Microwave Ovens and more. Schewels’ net profit will be nonexistent on any of these items, and you’ll SAVE LIKE NEVER BEFORE. SAVE UP TO 60% ON OUR ENTIRE $11,000,000 CHAINWIDE INVENTORY I The owners and management ofSchewel Furniture Company headquartered in Lynchburg, Va. have declared Friday, September 14th a No Profit Holiday to be observed in all 36 Schewei Furniture Co. stores in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia. This is only the third time in Schewels’ 93 year history when it has been necessary to have this event... a No Profit Holiday. Due to less than desirable business conditions and over buying by our merchandise department, The Sctjewel Furniture Company inventory is 25% over •auxptabte.ii;vels. Schewei must immediately liquidate all excess inventory at a fraction of the retail' Unusually high interest ! ments. and our excess in Schewels' cash reserves and reduced our b dramatically Schewels must t inventory into cash or accounts r September 14th, Schewels will reduce i item in our SI 1,000,000 inventory toc only. Our net profits are non-ej With these company-wide redu disc, the customer benefits from t Schewels benefits f tnuuit l-KUm mt l-UUUWINO l-AMUUd NAMt BKANU ITEM5... • BROYHILl • BASSETT • LANE • LA Z BOY • VAUGHAN •BERKLINE • SINGER • DIXIE • SUMTER ; CLAYTON MARCUS • SPRING AIR AND MANY MORE AT FANTASTIC SAVINGS •SHARP • SANYO • QUASAR • FRIGIDAIRE • G.E. SCHEWELS WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY, SEPT. 13TH TO MARK DOWN EVERY ITEM IN STOCK TO OPERATING COST ONLY. UPHOLSTERY BUYER OVER BOUGHT BY 50% Rhonda Overstreet, upholstery and occasional buyer for Schewel Furniture is determined to bring her inventory in line bv offering SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNTS to any customer who purchases on FRIDAY All Living Room Groups, SleepSolas, Recliners. Tables, Curios, Wall l nits and the rest of our COMPLERE LINE of upholstery and occasional furniture will be sold at up to 60% OEF. All famous brands like BROYHIEL, CRAFTSMAS1 ER, BI RKL1NE, and others, will be CLIT DRASTICALLY for this one day event This will truly be THE OPPORTUNITY' OE 1990 to purchase quality living room and occasional furniture for vour home.’ ALL USED AND DISCONTINUED MERCHANDISE TO BE LIQUIDATED ON FRIDAY Over the past 9 months, Schewi cumulated a SUBSTANTIAL “ RY OF USED AND DISCONTINUED MERCHANDISE These items take up valuable floor space and are counterproductive to the operation of a profitable furniture company. To make more room and to help us increase depleted cash reserves, SCHEWELS MUST LIQUIDATE ITS ENTIRE STOCK OF DISCONTINUED AND PRE-OWNED FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRONICS. YOU’LL LITERALLY FIND MERCHANDISE REDUCED FROM 60% 75% OFF. Many items are scratch and dent or one-of-a-kind, but with savngs like these, we know you won’t mind. It will be a BARGAIN HUNTER’S PARADISE this FRIDAY AT SCHEWELS. FAMOUS BROYHILL FURNITURE REDUCED ONE DAY ONLY For over 50 years Schewel Furniture Company has been one of the largest Broyhill Dealers in the Southeast. Schewels carries a full line of Living Room. Bedroom, Dining Room, and occasional furniture from BROYHIIX, a name associated with high quality and value. On FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, from 9 AM 9 PM, Schewels will offer ACROSS THE ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALES FOR THIS MONEY SAVING EVENT BOARD REDUCTIONS on every piece of BROYHILL furniture in stock. You’ll save 304-40% off on Sofas, Tables, Bedroom groups, complete Living Rooms, Dining Room Suites, and more. With discounts like these, you cannot afford to miss this fantastic BROYHII1 SALE. * Except Pennsylvania House Gallery Merchandise. FABRIC TREATMENT AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES EXCLUDED THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SALE IN OUR HISTORY • NO DEALERS PLEASE, t ALL SALES FINAL. • SPECIAL CREDIT TERMS AVAILABLE. Culpeper, VA - Outlet Store, Rt. 29N. (703)825-6224 Culpeper, VA-137 S. Main St. (703)825-1059 Front Royal, VA - 35 E. Jackson St. (703)635-2765 luray, VA -14 W. Main St. (703)743-5154 tal discretion is advised in the viewing of this exhibit,” although the average movie contains more obscenity and violent content than this entire exhibit. And the average movie these days contains far less artistic merit. “Sacred Cows” runs through the end of September at Middle Street Gallery in Washington, Va. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Videos included in the show will be shown at U p.m. each Saturday, Sept. 15, 22 and 29. There will be one showing of performance art and ritual produced for the show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Town Hall on Gay Street. For more information, call (703) 675-3U0. Herbal remedies topic of talk Seasonal changes usually bring on bothersome head colds, and Autumn is a good time to explore alternative methods for dealing with them. One method is the centuriesold remedy that uses garden herbs. A “Workshop of Traditional Cold Remedies” will examine the pharmacological and ethnobotancial roots of various herbs that have long been used for colds, coughs, and congestion. Participants will learn how to use the herbs in making these “triedand-true” preparations and, at workshop end, have their own personal cold kits to take home. Offered at Blandy Experimental Farm on Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the workshop leader will be well-known herablist Deborah Lee. The fee, which includes herbs, is $12 for members of the Friends of the State Arboretum and $15 for nonmembers. Ms. Lee is the author of “Exploring Nature’s Uncultivated Garden” and regular colums for “Soltice Magazine.” She presents herbal education programs throughout this region. The workshop is sponsored by the Friends of the State Arboretum, which is located on the grounds of Blandy Experimental Farm in Clarke County on US-50 just west of the Shenandoah River. Continued from page 10 this as a dip for apple slices which have been dipped in lemon juice. The dip may be served in a chafing dish and will hold for several hours if stirred occasionally. If mixture becomes too thick, more cream may be added. Red delicious apples are very good with this dip. Yield: about 2 cups. Sweet and sour apples 8 large tart apples (preferably Staymans) 1/4 C. butter 2-3 large yellow onions, sliced thin i 3 C. country cider 4 T. light brown sugar 11/21. cinnamon 1/21. salt 2 T. cornstarch 1 C. raisins Peel, core, and slice apples. Melt butter and add onion. Saute until golden. Stir in 2 3/4 C. cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Meanwhile, combine the remaining 1/4 C. cider and cornstarch, mixing thoroughly with a wire whisk. Add to onion mixture, stirring until thickened. Mix in raisins and apples. Pour into oblong baking dish, cover with foil, and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until apples are tender. Note: The flavor is even better if you let the cider get hard before using it. Serves 8. Apple walnut bars 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1 1/2 cups rolled oats (quick or old-fashioned uncooked) 2 cups thinly sliced peeled apples 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup shortening, melted 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts Mix and sift flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Add remaining ingredients except nuts and apples. Mix until smooth. Press half the dough in bottom of greased 9-inch square baking pan. Sprinkle walnuts over dough. Arrange apples slices over walnuts. Roll remaining dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper to form a 9-inch square. Remove top sheet of waxed paper. Place dough over filling. Remove other sheet of waxed paper. Press dough lightly around edges. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. When cool, sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Cut in bars. Makes 18 bars.

anannoc Big things arrive in small packages at Cabin Fever By LOU HATTER Rappahannock News Staff Writer When Vinnie Carney, Susan Parrish and Sharon Pierce decided to open a bookstore, they requested information from the national trade association about how to start. The package they received from the American Booksellers Association, Mrs. Pierce said, “told us not to even open a store without at least 50,000 potential customers.” But what the ABA’s figures did not include was a factor for the inter- ! est of the Rappahannock community, a county of barely 6,500 residents. “We’ve been surprised how much of the business is local,” Mrs. Parrish said. “We thought that we’d be more dependent on tourists — but thankfully it hasn’t turned out that way.” The three women are ardent readers, and their interests span the bookstore’s shelves from history to mystery. “That’s our strongest point,” Mrs. Carney said. “You have to be knowledgeable about books, > and we’re all knowledgeable about j different types.” “We’re all kind of balanced in different directions,” Mrs. Pierce I added. The tiny size of the Cabin Fever Store, located on Main Street in Washington just past the Washington House of Reproductions, makes buying decisions “a challenge,” according to Mrs. Pierce. But packed into the small, twostory building (one of the three remaining log cabins in Little Washington) are hundreds of books, including a special section just for children — conveniently placed at just the right height to allow them to browse on their own. Having nine children between the three partners, Mrs. Pierce' said, “has made a big difference in the selection for children. We picked their brains.” And for adults, the section classifications aren’t what you’d find in the average chain bookstore, perhaps — “Psycho-babble” is the title on the psychology and self-help shelf — but that’s part of the charm of this independent bookstore. When the three first contacted their wholesaler about ordering stock for the store, they were sent a list of 200 categories and asked how much they planned to spend on the inventory. The company returned a computer printout of the top books in each category “about this thick,” Mrs. Carney said, holding her hands about six inches apart. “We went through the list book Art grant deadline approaches The Virginia Commission for the Arts announces an Oct. 1 deadline for General Operating Support for Arts Organizations and Project Grants for Organizations. Awards made during this grant round will fund activities that occur during the 1992 fiscal year which begins July 1. General Operating Support provides funds for operating expenses, special projects, construction/renovation, and reserve funds for Virginia organizations which have the arts as a primary purpose. Project Grants support projects taking place between July 1 and Aug. 31, 1991, including performances, readings, exhibitions, workshops, guest artists, conferences, and a variety of other activities which increase access to and opportunity for high quality art. Not-for-profit arts, education and government applicants must meet the Commission’s basic eligibility requirements. Applications and the “Guidelines for Funding, 199092” are available from the Commission office. All applicants must read the “Guidelines” before applying. All application materials must be received in the office of the Commission for the Arts by 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1. For further information contact the Virginia Commission for the Arts, James Monroe Bldg., 17th Floor, 101 N. 14th St., Richmond, VA 23219-3683; (804) 225-3132 (Voice/TDD). The Virginia Commission for the Arts is the state agency that supports the arts through funding from the Virginia General Assembly. The Commission distributes grants to individual artists, arts and other notfor-profit organizations and educational institutions, and provides technical assistance in arts management. “The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one." it t Emerson -- — Rappahannock News photo/Lou Hatter DEFYING THE ODDS, Cabin Fever Books’ partners, from left, Susan Parrish, Vinnie Carney and Sharon Pierce have found Rappahannock County residents to be eager patrons. by book,” she continued. “It took us about two months — it was a hideous, arduous process. “The arguments we had,” she laughed, “should have been on tape.” But they finally whittled down the initial order to a manageable size, stocked the shelves and opened the door. The response, Mrs. Parrish said, “was amazing. You wouldn’t believe how much people read around here.” “We get a lot of people commenting on the selection,” Mrs. Carney said. “It’s very gratifying,” Mrs. Pierce added. “We can turn any nonreader into a reader.” One section they are particularly proud of is the selection of classics — most also in stock in hard-to-find hardback. “That was interesting,” Mrs. Carney said, locating the hardback copies. “They are difficult to find; people don’t buy them anymore.” High school students and others interested in exploring the foundations of Western literature will find in entire wall in the upstairs room ievoted to those works. ‘We carry a complete line of classics: If they’re lead, we’ve got them,” Mrs. Carney aughed. And, for those looking for a particular book not stocked by the store, special orders are just part of the service for Cabin Fever Books. “It’s not just good customer relations — it’s part of our orientation,” Mrs. Parrish explained. “In a shop this size we can’t carry everything people want, but we can get the books quickly,” often in a couple of days. And, she added, “we get a lot of good ideas from special orders. Customers make suggestions, and we end up stocking the title.” For those residents used to trips to surrounding counties to buy lastminute cards or wrapping paper, the store is a one-stop shopper’s dream come true. Cabin Fever carries cards and wrapping paper for all occasions, as well as decorative bags perfect for a gift bottle of wine or other present. The newest service offered by the store is a discount club for regular customers, which earns a discount after a number of purchases. Cabin Fever Books is located on Main Street in Washington, Va. The shop is open 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and “from after church until 6 p.m. on Sunday,” according to Mrs. Carney. The telephone number is (703)675-1800. 1 Now your advertising can be more in tune. If you want more people to see your message, the key is to remember this: the next Centel First Source Phone Book will be Centel’s only official directory. It will be distributed to every business and residence in your area. And thanks to a joint effort with Donnelley Directory, the leader in directory publishing, its all-new design and innovative features will help better serve your business. So remember to turn to the source even more people will turn to. The official source. First Source from Centel. More of what you’re looking for. ^ i PublMhad Jointly By: Donnelley Directory •rid i

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Admission $2.00 Fri-Sat. 10am-8pm Sun. 10am-5pm Auctions 2 Antique Steinway Piano and Oriental articles collected over a 50 year career in the Orient. Estate Auction. Saturday, September 15, 9am. 201 S. Church Street, Berryville, Virginia (20 minutes West of Leesburg). William B. Watkins, Auctioneer, VA.A.R.346 Business 3 Opportunities Be independent: No selling/ no overhead. 10 year company has fruit drink and soda route. 6-8 hours per week. Must have $15,000 secured 100% by inventory. $50,000+ very possible Company financed expansion First time offer Serious inquiries only Call 9am to 9pm 1-800-741-1117 Business 3 Opportunities Amazing Profits Is what you could earn in your own vending business. Parttime Investment of $6,000 to $18,000. No selling required. Call 1 -800-7538363 Ext 109 Farm Equipment 10 and Supplies Locust posts: Taking orders now. After 5pm, 703-635-1921 tl IMSafe Yard Sale Saturday 9/15, from 9am til ? 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YELLOW DELICIOUS - In abundant supply McIntosh - Still picking STAYMAN & YORK Beginning 9-24, all apples 24c/lb PYO Pumpkins 6oz-200 lb priced according to size. Fresh Apple Cider, Indian Com, Gourds and Honey. Bnng containers and pick now while supplies are best Free Offers Pick 5 bu apples pay for only 4 bu and 10 lb PYO pumkin with 3 bu PYO apples. Moormont Orchards. Rapidan, VA; Open Daily 7 a.m.-Sundown. 1-800-572-2262 I Garden Equip. 14 and Produce Environmental Improvements Plant Trees J&L Tree Spade Service Buy, Sell or Relocate Call 703-364-1972 Giveaways 15 Cat: Long haired grey and white, spayed 2 year old female. Litter trained. 703349-1619 Giveaway Moving. Two female pedigree house cats to an excellent home One silver shaded Persian tabby, 4 years old One Calico, 7 years old. Both spayed and front deciawed Shots are up-todate. Must go together, no other pets preferred. Call 703-338-2242. Entertain. 18 Baseball Card ShowSeptember 15th, 10am-4pm, Purcellville Skating Rink. Admission $1 50,7 years & under - Free Information, call Rick 703-338-5025 Happy Ads 20 Happiness is shopping Babyland, Weems Lane, Pineville Plaza, Winchester, VA 22601 703-6651899 Specializing in baby furniture and accessories Household 24 Items for Sale Modern rustic 6 piece sectional couch for family/ recreational room. Dark green, excellent condition $350/ or best offer; Matching pine and glass table. $100/ or best offer. 703987-8150. Washer and gas dryer, Hotpoint, excellent condition, $125 each. Toaster Oven, Black Decker, almost new, extra large, continuous cleaning, $40 703987-3105. CLASSIFIED ORDER BLANK Name__ Address_ City. .State. ClassificationCopy_ .Zip. To run:. .weeks. $2 charge per week Ior mailing box number replies. MAIL TO: The Rappahannock News P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747 Attn: Classified Adv. 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Call 703364-1496 Lost 41 And Found Found August 29th outside of Flint Hill: small female silver' black poodle mix and male red and white English Setter. 703364-1191 Misc. for 42 Sale/Rent Estate Sale: 18th & 19th century antique furniture, 3 chests, (Hep, Sher & Empire), hunt board, signed stepback cupboard. Regency settee, Coachman cupboard, large painted virtrine, Butternut extension table, 20 other pieces: 17th-20th century china; set French Sterling ca. 1780; 400 Art Reference books; Herez Orientals and 10 other; 100 prints and paintings 19th-20th century; large collection of photo equipment; 9amSpm, September 14, 15, 16, Echo Hill Farm, Rt.211, west of Warrenton, 20 miles, many signs. 703B75-3860. For Sale: Beige & brown sofa loveseat and swivel chair in excellent condition $250. Call 703-788-1059 For Sale 14 Pella clad fixed glass units 3'5 x 311. Half price. Call Peter, 703987-3145. Spas, spas, spas: Factory direct. Save 100's $$ DuPont Acrylic and Jacuzzi Jets Quality guaranteed Delivered Call 205-4867919 Southland Spa. P O Box 638, Haleyville, AL 35565 It pays to read the classifieds! The first twelve people to come to The Rappahannock «tNews office on Monday, September 17, beginning at 3:30 p.m will receive a complimentary circus ticket to Flint Hill on Thursday, September 20. Tickets are complements of Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department. Misc.for 42 Sale/Rent Wolff Tanning Beds - Commercial - Home Units From $199. Lamps - Lotions - Accessories. Monthly payments low as $18-. Call today Free Color Catalog 1-800-228-6292 BUY & CONSIGN Furniture, Antiques, Tools, Guns, Household Goods Culpeper Auction House (703)825-9081 FREE ESTIMATES Auction Every Saturday Niqht Starting At 6:30 PM Consignments Welcome VA.A.F.255 Cold war relics Chinese SKS rifle 7.62x39. $199.95. Available at AL Goff Woodworking in Ben Venue. 703-675-1196 Hunting Club Membership includes use of 6,000 acres in Northern Virginia. Call 703-643-2608 Miscellaneous 43 Wanted Old Oriental Rugs wanted Call loll free 1-800-343-3843 or 703-548-0000 Wanted: Diamond ring, bracelet, necklace, earrings, Rolex watch. Will pay cash. Also, have 2 carat diamond for sale 703-6919020 Musical 45 Instruments LOHR’S PIANOS “Quality Piano’s Priced Low" Wurlitzer Walter & Weber Radiant, Va. 703-672-5388 Sales & Service Violin 1 4 Almost new Please call for information or leave messaqe 703777-3681 Personals 47 Adoption: Happy couple wishes to adopt baby Can help with medical legal expenses. Call collect anytime: Mary & David, 703548-6778. Miac. for Sale/Rent Canning Sale Jelly jar.*3.99 Pint jar.*3.49 Wide mouth Pint jar.*4.29 Quart jar.*3.99 Wide mouth quarts.*4.69 stokes fc Mart g Front Royal » New Market 'C' KITCHEN AND BATH CABINETS WHOLESALE PINE, OAK, CHERRY BY RIVIERA 55% OFF KABINART CABINETS 60% OFF OTHER CABINETS 65% OFF FORMICA AND CULTURED MARBLE TOPS FOR FREE ESTIMATES CALL: TRI-COUNTY DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 1-800-352-3147 Personals 47 Adoption: Loving couple wish to adopt infant. Will give warmth, love, security Legal/ confidential all expenses paid Please call Debbie or Alton collect 301-890-3274 Adoption Loving, childless couple wishing to adopt infant Willing to pay legal and medical expenses. Call collect for Tea or Susie. 202-244-4775. Adoption Loving couple wishes to adopt baby. Legal and medical expenses paid. Please call Ginny and Bill collect at 7031241-8165. Adoption. Loving childless couple wishes to adopt an infant. Willing to pay medical/ legal expenses. Call BJ and Stan, collect 703-5199684 Convalescent Aids Walkers, hospital beds, commodes, etc. Loaned free of charge for as long as needed by anyone in Rapp. County. 703/987-8248, 703/675-3765, 703/937-5686, 703/675-3602 Pets 50 AKC German Shepherd Puppies. Excellent show quality and temperaments Outstanding lines, rich colors. 703-955-3882. Beagle, female, 4 months old, $25. Call 439-2576. Boykin Spaniel Pups 4 males, 4 females, ready to go 9/16, OFA Certified Parents, Great Hunters/ Retnevers, Companions. 703327-6232. Coonhound Puppies with papers. Spring Creek Rock and Kansas Rock Bred Champion Bloodline. Wormed and shots. $50. 703-465-5878 German Shepherds One male, 2 females. AKC, shots and wormed Call 703-439-8371 Whats So Different about the happy |ack 3-x flea collar? It works! Now available for cats! At Southern States and better feed stores. Call 1-800-326-5225 for catalogue Rentals - 60 Apartments Sperryvllle Area Two apartments for rent. One 2 bedroom available mid October, one 1 bedroom available approximately September 20. References and security deposit. Call 703-987-8789. Fauquier County' Bealeton Modern 1 bedroom apartment available immediately, $450 month. All utilities included. Also availbale in Remington, 1 bedroom apartment, $425/ month plus electric. For information 703-439-2269 evenings. Flint Hill: 1 bedroom, $310/ month. Available immediately. References, security deposit, lease required 703-347-7171, 703-675-3670 Large one bedroom apartment in Little Washington, porches, beautiful views, storage, storage barn. $375/ month. Call 804-823-1515, evenings Rentals - House 62 Charming two bedroom/ bath house on farm overlooking Village of Historic Washington, Va. Living room, fireplace, Franklin stove in large country kitchen. Screened porch, brick terrace, air-conditioning Security deposit, references $900 Available October. 703-675-3672 after 5pm. At Great Meadow, The Plains - 3 bedrooms, 1 Vs baths, country kitchen, fireplace, screened porch and great location $1000 Call Alera at Mt. Vernon/ Armfield Real Estate, 703-6876395. Available immediately Warrenton (Oak Springs) townhome, 3 levels, 3 bedrooms, 3'/2 baths, (full bath/ walk-out basement), fireplace, deck, economical gasheat air-conditioning/ stove Washer/ dryer included $825/ montn. 3494541 or 703-790-9279. Huntly, VA: 6 miles from Front Royal Large comfortable 3 bedroom, 2 bath Ranch style house Beautiful setting on 10 acres Wall-to-wall carpeting, washer/ dryer, screen porch. $700/ month. Available now Call Sky 202546-7335. Rentals - 62 House Rappahannock County Located in beautiful rural setting in mountains near Shenandoah Nat’l Pajk and "Little Washington”. Brand new 2400 sq.ft, custom home on 7Vi wooded acres. 4 BR, 3 baths, living room, dining room, large kitchen, screened porch, firepl., central air, 2-car garage, full basement. #1150/ mo. References, security deposit. 703-675-3694 House Rental (Duplex), Warrenton 1st floor, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, kitchen, washer/ dryer, $625 plus utilities. 703349-2330 Flint Hill 2-3 bedroom with washer/ dryer available. $600/ month plus security deposit. Available immediately. Call 703-675-3252. Flint Hill 3 bedroom, 1 bath, fireplace, den, carport, large yard 1-804340-4475. Ernni Dnual* Q hoHmnm Q full bath, one year old, new subdivision, near 1-66. $700/ month. Contact Jerry, 703-743-4970. House for rent in Historic District of Warrenton. 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, washer/ dryer, large deck - very private. References please. $675.00 347-4484 One bedroom cottage, Sperryville. $360/ month. 703-987-8617. Very Special 2 bedroom, bath, approximately 3 miles from charming Washington, Va; large airy greatroom, huge fireplace, all new kitchen, washer/ dryer, dishwasher and central air. Deck on 3 sides, 1/4 mile river frontage with spectacular mountain view. Quiet and private. No pets. $725/ month. 703-391 -5661,391 - 5619 leave message or 364-3226 Rentals - 63 Rooms Large bedroom, Available nowf With sitting area, and large walk/in closet. Kitchen and laundry privileges Private entrance $325 per month includes utilities. 703-937-5704 Services- 71 Business Back to school specialbeautifully cleaned home at very affordable rates, usually starting at $35 weekly. Free estimates in your home. Call Carol's Care Cleaning, 703987-9334 Bushhogging Mowing 6 foot mower, have trailer, will travel Call 703/7549643 PIANO TUNING: Work guaranteed 30 years full time Warren Emerson Dennis Call collect, Amlssvtlle, Va. (703) 937-5857 PULLEN’S ELECTRICAL « PLUMBING State Licensed New 81 Old Work Pump Installation f rf,<’ Eslimales on New Work 703-675-3249 Will Do Your laundry and ironing, call for more information 703-675-1173. T.G.Taylor Construction CUSTOM built homes LOG homes and RENOVATIONS Class A License 703-987-8043 NEW & USED EQUIPMENT & TRACTORS for sale Mowing, Bushhogging & Hauling Call Rappahannock Tractor & Equipment 703-675-3148 Services - 72 Farm Equine behavior evaluation and modification specializing in problem horses. One day service. Lasting results. Nervous, vicious, stubborn, rearing, kicking, buckers, bad loaders. Red Revelle, 703/672-0724. Services - 73 Home Improvement GOLDEN BOUGH BUILDERS Home Improvements Additions • Kitchens Decks • Bathrooms •Garages Custom Finish Work Bonded & Insured Call 703-937-4102 Sanding & refinishing hardwood floors Reasonable rates Call Roqer 703/635-2558. NEED ROOF TRUSSES OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING? BUY DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY AND SAVE FIRST COLONY HOMES Calverton, VA 1-703/788-4222 Services - 74 Personal American Retirement Homes - $800 - $2,400 includes room, board, utilities, 24 hour nurse assisted ambulatory/ non-ambulatory care Charlottesville, Lexington, Norfolk, Clifton Forge, Emporia, Danville, South Hill, Tappahannock, Portsmouth, Gloucester, Pensacola, Florida. 1-800999-6637 Experienced Reliable nurse assistant/ companion will care for elderly Bathing, cooking, errands, light cleaning. Very reasonable 703-349-9587 Paying too much for health insurance? The National Business Association has low group rates for everyone. Call (24 hrs.) for free recorded message. 1800-869-4944 Services - 75 Miscellaneous Homes of quality built on your lot. Brick, cedar or vinyl ranchers, 2 stories & Capes starting as low as $38,700. No down payment required, excellent financing, free color brochures. Call toll free Richmond- 1 -800-4687310; Fredericksburg1 -800-468-7320 Legal 80 Notices ABC LICENSE Charles & Marianne Wilson trading as Thistle Hill B&B at Route 1, Box 291, Boston, Virginia 22713, Rappahannock County will apply to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (P.O. Box 27491, Richmond, Virginia 23261) for a Wine ano Beer license at the above location. Charles & Marianne Wilson Owners 01167699 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PURSUANT to Section 12.1-10 of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance and Section 15.1-1431 of ,the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals for Rappahannock County, Virginia, will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 26, 1990 at 9:00 a m., at the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia to consider the following applications: * SPECIAL USE #90-07-01 RE-ADVERTISEMENT GEORGE W AND MARLINA J. LEE, Box 4002, Legal 80 Notices Washington, VA. 22747, desire to construct a family apartment of less than 800 square feet above a garage that is to be placed upon the property; tax Map 41, Parcel 26C, zoned “A” Agricultural. Said property is located in Jackson District on Route 619 in the Castleton area and contains approximately five (5) acres Use allowed under Section 3, Article 3.3-1 (L); Additional Standards Section 5.27, Page 56 of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance. A COPY of the foregoing applications is on file at the Zoning Office and available for public inspection, Monday through Friday, 6:30 a m. to 4:30 p.m. Said applications will be presented to the Rappahannock County Planning Commission at their regular meeting on Wednesday, September 19, 1990, at 7:30 p.m. at the Courthouse for such recommendation as the Commission may wish to make pursuant to Section 5.1-9, if any. The above named applicant, adjacent property owners, and any other parties wishing to be heard should be present at said meeting or should address their written comments to the Board of Zoning Appeals, P.O. Box 222, Washington, Virginia, 22747-022, in advance thereof. _ VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY RENEE APRIL MENTZER KIDD, Complainant v. RALPH ANDREW KIDD Salem, Oregon Defendant CHANCERY NO. 3554 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of having lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period in excess of one (1) year. It appearing from an affidavit that defendant Ralph Andrew Kidd, is not a resident of this state and that diligence has been used by or on behalf of plaintiff to ascertain the whereabouts of the defendant, without effect, it is ORDERED that the defendant appear before this Court within ten days after the due publication of this notice, and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein An Extract-Teste: Douglas K.Baumgardner, Esquire P.O. Box 270 Washington, Virginia 22747 703-675-3617 Diane Bruce Clerk 01167768 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Pursuant to Section 12.1-10 of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance and Section 15 1431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals for Rappanannock County Virginia, will hold a public hearing on Wednesday September 26, 1990, at 9:00 a.m., at the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia to consider the following applications: SU# 90-09-02 Application by Philip am Elizabeth Johnson to con struct a family apartmen on about forty-seven (47 acre property. Tax Map 20 Parcel 35. Use allowed un der Section 3.3-1 (L) Rap pahannock County Zonint Ordinance. Additions Standards, Section 5.2-7. A COPY of the foregoint applications is on file at thi Zoning Office and availablt for public inspection, Mon day through Friday, 8:3( a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Said ap plications will be presenter to the Rappahannocl County Planning Commis sion at their regular meet ing on Wednesday September 19, 1990 a 7:30 p.m. at the Court house for such recommen dation as the Commissior may wish to make pursuant to Section 5.1 -9, if any. The above named applicant, adjacent property owners, and any other parties wishing to be heard should be present at said meeting or should address their written comments to the Board of Zoning Appeals, P.O. Box 222, Washington, Virginia, 22747-022, in advance thereof. By: John W. McCarthy Zoning Administrator Board of Zoning Appeals 01166460 Legal 80 Notices RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PURSUANT to Section 12.1-10 of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance and Section 15.1431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors for Rappahannock County, Virginia will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 1, at 7:00 p m. at the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia to consider the following application(s):. SPECIAL EXCEPTION # 90-08-01 Application by Joseph Santullo, 1456 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, to subdivide an approxiamtely ten (10) acre parcel into two (2) separate parcels, one of which shall be less than five (5) acres. Property is zoned “RR", Rural Residential; located on Ftt. 637 in Jackson District; Tax Map 32 2, Parcel 7. Parcel to be divided consists of approximately 10.23 acres. Division allowed under Article 3, Section 3.4-2 (B) of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance. A COPY of the foregoing application is on file at the Zoning Office and available for public inspection, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a m. to 4:30 p.m. Said applications will be presented to the Rappahannock County Planning Commisson at their regular meeting on Wednesday, September 19, 1990, at 7:30 p.m., at the Courthouse for such recommendation as the Commission may wish to make pursuant to Section 15.1-9, if any. The above named applicant, adjacent property owners, and any other parties wishing to be heard should be present at said meeting or should address their written comments to the Board of Supervisors, address, P.O. Box 222, Washington, Virginia 22747-022 in advance thereof BY: John W. McCarthy Zoning Administrator Rappahannock County 01165750 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PURSUANT to Section 12.1-10 of the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance and Section 15.1431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors for Rappahannock County, Virginia will hold a public hearing on October 1, 1990, at 7:00 p m at the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia to consider the following application(s): RZ # 90-09-01 Carson B and Aline Johnson, owners of Tax Map 38, Parcel 1D, desire to rezone that portion of the propertynot currently zoned “VR", from “RR", Rural Residential to “VR", Village Residential. Approximately eight (8) acres; allowed under Section 12.2, matters to be considered. Section 12.210; Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance A COPY of the foregoing applications is on file at the Zoning Office and available for public inspection, Monday through Friday, 8'30 a m to 4:30 p.m. Said applications will be presented to the Rappahannock County Planning Commission at their regular meeting on Wednesday September 19, 1990, at 7:30 p.m., at the Courthouse for such recommendation as the Commission may wish to make pursuant to Section ,15.1-9, if any The above named applicant, adjacent property owners, and any other parties wishing to be heard should be present at said meeting or should address their written comments to the Board of Supervisors, address, P.O. Box 222 Washington, Virginia 22747-022 in advance thereof By:John W. McCarthy Zoning Administrator Rappahannock County 01166474 Real Estate - Wanted 81 Wanted 10 acres in Rappahannock County, preferably open land. Principals only. Reply To Fauquier Times-Democrat, Box B, 39 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Virginia 22186

Real Estate - 82 Owner Frederick CO., Va.- 8 acres of rolling pasture hayfields and woodland located in a beautiful mountain valley. A high picturesque building site at woods edge with scenic views. Long road frontage with Sleepy Creek winding through the property West of Winchester. Price $29,500. Less for cash. Bring $1,000 deposit. Owners: Wayne Long 703-8969064, Allan Long 703-7408202. Why Pay Rent? 100 + year old Colonial in historic downtown Culpeper 3 bedrooms, 1 bath with claw-footed tub, beautiful staircase with handcarved bannister and hardwood floors throughout. For Sale by owner $80,000. 703825-5968 Real Estate - 83 For Sale Charming 40 acres: Rappahannock County Mostly wooded. Excellent 2-bedroom farmhouse, air-conditioning/ heat, new well, building sites, stream, excellent location. Washington/ Berrville. $279,000. R.O. Bridges, owner/broker. 703-987-8781. Greene County Quinque, Virginia (23 miles North of Chartottsville): 32 wooded acres with 1,340 feet frontage on dead end road, hfice building lots with beautiful views. 703-7916515,804-985-7591. Lake Gaston - Over 75 Lakefront lots. Free lake Map and Buyers Guide. Call or write Tanglewood Realty 804-636-2204, 1800-338-8816, P.O. Box 116, Bracey, VA23919 Nationwide Modular Homes Wholesale. Immediate delivery. Norwood Construction Inc. Call 703/788-4570. Sacrifice! Clean, cozy townhouse unit. $144,500. Call Bill Wellborn 703-3852010,0.L.R.E.B. Vehicles 84 For Sale AMC Eagle 1981, 4x4, automatic, power steering/ brakes, air-conditioning, tilt wheel/ seats, new inspection/ belts/ tune-ups/ frontend alignment, 67,000 miles, $2000/ best offer. 635-1706 days, 635-7986 evenings. Chrysler Newport 1966 383 engine, new front tires, 78,000 miles, $250 Will part out. Also: 1964 Chrysler New Yorker, all original garage kept, 72,000 miles. $2,300. Call Joe 703-8360627 Chevy Z-28 1985 Blue & gold, T-top, new tires, all options $4500 Call 703829-6779. Lincoln Town Car 1985, cream colored, 76,000 miles, good condition, $8,800. Call after 5pm, 347-9367. Mustang Coupe 1968 Six cylinder/ 3 speed. Body great, engine strong, many new parts. $1,000 or best Offer. 703-636-3301. Pontiac Tempest convertible 1966. Perfect, all original, red with new white top, a very sharp car. Robert Pierce, Winchester, 703662-9328 after 5:00pm. Toyota 4x4 1988 5-speed, 20,000 miles, $7,800 Call 703-937-5087 76 BMW 2002. Owned and maintained since new $3,500. 703-636-2220. Parts and 87 Accessories Car Parts For Sale: 56 Pontiac parts - 2 door's passenger side, no rust. Hear bumper - fits station wagon. Tinted glass for rear - fits station wagon. Tail light lens & backup lens. Complete timing chain & gear set, never used still in box. Grille shell, hub caps and radiator. Call for detailsl 703-338-6204. 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Excellent wordprocessing skills required (speed, accuracy); salary negotiable; please call 703-253-5208 Person To Work On Farm Must have experience operating equipment, selfpropelled chopper, roundbailer, and so forth. Housing available. Salary and benefits negotiable. Bud Trenis, Rt. 1 Box 66, Catlett, VA22019, 788-4456 SECRETARY II Full-time position. $6.65/hour. Duties include typing, billing and filing. Word processing helpful. Good interpersonal skills necessary. Apply by September 20, 1990 to Personnel Office, RR-CSB, 401 South Main Street, Culpeper, VA 22701. EEO/AA. Truck Drivers — Tandem dump truck experience, $10.00 per hour. Must be DOT certified. Bring current driving record to: JB. Shotwell & Son, Inc., 1106 Sterling Road, Sterling, VA. (703)450-2340 It pays to read the classifieds f The first twelve people to come to The Rappahannock News office on Monday, September 17, beginning at 3:30 p.m. will receive a complimentary circus ticket to Rint Hifl on Thursday, September 20. Tickets are complements of Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department. • DISHWASHERS • PREP COOKS • EXPERIENCED LINE COOKS • BREAKFAST & PATISSERIE COOK Call after 2:OOp.m. 703/987-3190 Ask for Eric Friendly Home Parties - Has openings for dealers No cash investment. No service charge. Highest commission and hostess awards. Three catalogs Over 800 items. Call 1 -800227-1510. Help Wanted - 92 Domestic Housecleaner Wanted 1 afternoon a week, 4-5 hours, Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday. Will consider reliable student. 703937-5612. Housekeeper Superior pay level with experience. Family home near The Plains. Own transportation Early farm mornings and some weekend time included. Confidential inquiries acepted. Phone Mrs. Help Wanted - 93 Farm Working Horseman - Nice farm in Front Royal. Yearling breaking, sales preparation, etc. References required. Housing after trial. 703-636-2220. DENTAL ASSISTANT Temporary, Part-time Position In busy Warrenton medical office, to cover for reservist called up to active duty. Some previous experience essential due to short term nature of the job. Send resume' to: FTD /Box C P.O. BOX 631 Warrenton, VA. 22186 SERVICE! We know that when, for whatever reason, you call or meet with us, you're set on receiving results. That's why we're set on providing you with the best service possible. Whether you have a job to fill or want to ask about your bill, whether you have a room for rent or want to sell your tent, whether you've got a truck to trade or need your driveway paved— whatever the interaction—our goal is your satisfaction! Seventh Continued from page 1 Winchester bills for real estate taxes twice a year. In 1988 he made the first payment, he says, and then in 1989 he made another payment that he assumed was the second 1988 payment. When the same thing happened a year later, Mr. Smith says, he realized he was behind two payments and rushed to make good on his taxes. He also claimed that city officials told him they usually applied payments to past due bills and could not explain why that had not happened in his case. “I hope it gets by us quickly,” Mr. Woodward said. “At this point, I would like to see the Slaughter campaign get more involved in the issues.” One of those issues is the savings and loan crisis, and particularly Rep. Slaughter’s votes on bills aimed at punishing the miscreants in the scandal. Mr. Smith’s charge that Rep. Slaughter has voted against strong penalties for the wrong-doers eventually precipitated the flap over the Rochester Bank donation. It has also drawn intense fire from the Slaughter campaign. “Today we will get further inaccuracies and distortions of Congressman Slaughter’s record from a man who does not pay his own property taxes,” Monday’s press release from the Slaughter campaign reads. “Smith’s continued blatant misrepresentations of French Slaughter’s record on the savings and loan issue and other issues show that his totally negative and bankrupt campaign is descending even further into the gutter.” The release says that Rep. Slaughter voted for “the highest possible civil and criminal penalties tha could be given the savings and loan crooks,” and that Mr. Smith is aware of that. The release concludes that the challenger “has now lost any credibility as a candidate that he might have had.” “I think it’s a sign of how desperate they are to find something,” Mr. Smith said. “I think probably they are finding what we found, that they are on the wrong side of a lot of questions. They are finding the abortion issue and the savings and loan issue are very salient. I am giving them that much credit.” But Rep. Slaughter so far has not agreed to publicly engage in debate on those or other issues. Thus the tape recording. A Winchester radio station interviewed Rep. Slaughter and began with questions about the charges Mr. Smith has made. Rep. Slaughter’s answers ramble. They do not directly answer the questions and the congressman sometimes sounds confused. Heaving a sigh that belies the pleased smile on his face, Mr. Smith says that if he can’t debate, “This is the best that we can do. I am going to play this tape for anybody who will listen.” Mr. Smith’s campaign has also made the tape available by telephone to any broadcasters who want it. So far the campaign has only released a brief portion of the Slaughter radio interview that covers the savings and loan issue. More taped responses are forthcoming on the deficit, abortion and limiting the terms of congressmen, according to Mr. Smith. Storms Continued from page 1 ginia. He said so far this season nine tropical storms have been recorded, though several have been small. “If it were not for weather satellites, some of these probally would have gone unnoticed.” Dr. Michaels said the storms seen have been far into the ocean, none coming within 400 miles of the east coast. While tropical storms and hurricanes brew annually in the Atlantic and have done so since the Ice Age, “by in large, they are a beneficial weather event for this area,” Dr. Michaels said. He explained the tropical cyclones that hit the area usually bring “periods of fairly heavy rainfall” which are necessary for late crops and soybeans along the east em shore. “By the time they are this far north they have lost most of their wind,” he said. Dr. Michaels said tropical storms gain strength from warmer water, are usually stronger when near the Gulf Stream, and leave water in their wake that is cooler, both from the wind and the upheaval of colder subsurface water currents. When a higher number of tropcial storms make their appearance at sea, waters tend to be kept cooler and the chance for a larger storm developing lessens as waters stay cool and energy sources remain low. “Right now,” Dr. Michaels said, “the water is warm and if a storm would develop, it could develop great strength.” Nearly one year ago, Hurrican Hugo developed just such strength. Dr. Michaels said days before it was predicted to strike the eastern coast of the United States, forecasters were sure of its strength. “It was sort of a given,” the climatologist said, adding the response by the state and other areas was not undue, as hurricanes can cause unprecedented disaster. “It was a pretty well-behaved storm until it hit land,” he said, explaining the storm was predicted to take a course similar to the Interstate 95 corridor, wreaking havoc from Danville to Washington D.C. However, the storm moved faster than predicted after landfall and travelled farther west than predicted before veering north, spreading most of its destruction through northern and western North Carolina before losing its strength over the Shenandoah Valley. “If it would have followed the 95 corridor it would have maintained substantial strength” because it remained near a water source, he explained. As bad as it was, Dr. Michaels said, Hurricane Hugo could have been much worse. RLEP Continued from page 1 services for every dollar in taxes paid. Commercial and industrial properties demanded 53 cents in services for every dollar in taxes paid. “The farmland is carrying the residential property,” Mr. Sharp said. He said that the reason for redoing the study now is that the numbers have changed, in particular the cost of services funded by the county has increased dramatically. Property taxes have gone up 175 percent, Mr. Sharp said, and personal property taxes have increased 322 percent. During the years since 1983 costs of public education have increased 59 percent, the cost of public safety, contributions to the fire end rescue association and expenses of building inspection have increased 270 percent, health and welfare costs have increased 85 percent, and the cost of public works, particularly trash collection and disposal, has increased 329 percent, Mr. Sharp said. “All of these are expenses related to people.” Also in the years from 1983 to 1989, there has been an increase in the percentage of land in land use taxation. In 1983 less than half the land was in land use taxation, and now more than half is, he said. Also in 1983 buildings accounted for 49 percent of the tax base, he said, while in 1989 they accounted for 58 percent. Mr. Sharp speculated that these changes will result in different findings for the study. “There have been dramatic increases in the last six years.” Pat Saltonstall said, “We are required by law to do these things, the landfill and school mandates. It doesn’t reflect numbers of people moving in.” Peter White talked about the work of the Agricultural Advisory Committee which he heads. The committee was established to make recommendations to the Planning Commission on how the county can help agriculture in the county, he said. The planners were concerned with the “loss of farmland that is so apparent in the suburbs. Where farmland was, now sprout houses, shopping malls and highways. They bring crime, drugs, congestion and air pollution.” Mr. White said Rappahannock" “has not been overwhelmed as neighboring counties have, but it is on the threshold.” His committee is planning an extensive report on agriculture in the county. It will include a survey of farmers including information on income from crops and recommendations for those new crops which seem most promising. The committee also hopes to find a “truer” basis for computing the value of agriculture to the county, Mr. White said. The revenues from agriculture to the county amount to $6 million per year, but agriculture contributes indirectly to revenues counted elsewhere, he said. Money counted as derived from real estate should be partly attributed to farming, he said, because many people move here because it is a farming community. Also money attributed to tourism should be partly credited to agriculture, since it is the drive through the country that attracts the tourists. Mr. White said that when the committee contacted farmers their main concern was that land use taxation be continued. As a result a Rappahannock Farmers Association was being formed. This .organization would be primarily educational, he said. It would try to educate the public about the value of fanning to the community and to educate farmers about such matters as inheritance law. Bryant Lee, a young farmer in the county and a member of the School Board, talked about the value of land use taxation in helping the farmer stay in farming. All of the farmer’s expenses have gone up without an increase in the price he can get for his crops, he said. He talked of going to a sale of farm equipment in Fauquier County, where the farmer had sold out because he could no longer afford to farm his land. “Every time you do away with a farm, you do away with that much food,” he said. “Than ground will never be farmed again.” Even if the law tax rate goes to an owner who does not farm, he will be able to rent his land to a farmer for less, he said. “Farming is becoming big business. It is real high tech. We need everything we can get to help on expenses.” Finally County Administrator John McCarthy talked about land use taxation from the point of view of the county government. He told those in attendance that decisions on continuing or modifying land use taxation would be made as a part of the reassessment process that is just beginning. “It is fundamentally a political problem,” he said. In the past those in a political positions had farming backgrounds, he said. That is not necessarily so now. “More and more people who don’t qualify for land use taxation are moving into Rappahannock County.” Mr. McCarthy predicted they will tend to vote for representatives “who will not be bent to do everything they can for farming. The decision with this general reassessment is vital,” he said. WSA Continued from page 1 torn nun LiidL Lite uecmormaior would not be satisfactory because its maximum capicity is 50,000 gallons per day and the Sperryville plant has a planned capacity of 55,000 gallons per day. Currently the plant is operating at approximately 20,000 gallons per day. Mr. Burner said the plant would need two such dechlorinators or some larger unit, Mr. Swindler reported. Mr. Swindler said that Mr. Burner said the engineering study would be needed to design how the unit or units would be attached to the current plant, but he thought the cost would be less than members had anticipated. WSA members decided to wait for word from the SWCB before taking any further action. Member Charles K. “Pete” Estes reported that plant operator Tim Falls is recovering from back surgery. During his absence from the plant operators from Front Royal and Culpeper have been performing the needed daily tests on a contract basis, he reported. Mr. Johnson said he had been approached by Mr. Keyser who was interested in working with Mr. Falls, when he returns to the plant, to learn the procedures for operating the plant and studying from any books that are available to take the test and become licensed to operate the plant on a backup basis. “That’s great,” Mr. Swindler said. “It’s something that’s really needed,” Mr. Estes agreed. Park announces summer job rules Each summer a number of temporary employees are hired by Shenandoah National Park and other National Park Service areas to work in jobs such as collecting fees at entrance stations, road and campground patrols, and interpretation of area resources. “It should be noted,” said Superintendent J.W. Wade of Shenandoah National Park, “that applications for all of these positions must be received between Sept. 1, and Jan. 15, 1991.” To apply, interested candidates should contact the Personnel Office at Shenandoah National Park, Route 4, Box 348, Luray, VA 22835. Completed application forms mailed to Shenandoah National Park must be postmarked no later than Jan. 15, 1991. *

Reassess Continued from page 1 thy said. “We don’t want to see the county take an action that will affect other parts of the county that are not having the problem as they are here,” Supervisor Chairman Hubert Gilkey cautioned. On Wednesday evening the supervisors approved a special exception for a six-unit subdivision of land formerly owned by Philip Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell applied last spring to have a seven lot subdivision on land that was the former Cooksey farm near Ben Venue. Mr. Mitchell wanted to keep one lot for himself and give six of his children lots. At that time he was asked to submit a slope analysis of the land. Under the terms of the zoning ordinance, only 30 percent of land in slopes of 25 percent or greater could count to determine the number of lots that could be created on the land. Once the slope analysis was done, Mr. Mitchell was only entitled to six lots. Mr. Mitchell said he wanted to delay accepting a six-lot subdivision until he could explore the possibility of acquiring enough land to qualify for seven lots. Mr. Mitchell has since died and his son Chris Mitchell submitted a revised plat of a six-lot subdivision. Each lot would have at least 30 acres, and the lot including the house Mr. Mitchell was building would be owned by one of his sisters and her husband. Mr. Mitchell agreed to work with representatives of the county to site fiiture houses where they would not adversely impact the view of others. In granting the special exception the supervisors made approval con 159 ACRE FARM One of the loveliest , properties in Rappahannock with pastoral views of gently rolling land surrounded by other large farms, wildlife everywhere. Extremely private yet only 15 minutes from Warrenton. Old barn and house. $3,725 per acre. Call Phillip Strange Owner/Agent 703-937-5858 Mount Vernon Realty 703-347-2000 ftappatjannocfe iietos now has direct lines for CLASSIFIED AND EMPLOYMENT ADVERTISING 1-800-852-4797 Arundel Newspapers Advertise locally & surrounding counties! tingent on final approval by the Virginia Department of Transportation, Health Department and the Soil and Water Conservation Service. They also agreed that the representative from Wakefield District, which contains the subdivision, and the County Administrator would work with lot owners in finding appropriate sites for future houses. Earlier the supervisors had explored rumors about reduced funds from the state. School Superintendent David Gangel said he anticipates a loss of about one and a half percent in state aid to the schools. He said he has heard “firmed up ru mors that the state would claim there was no cut, because the county might get a refund on contributions to the retirement system. However, he said this refund would come in May or June or possibly in the next 'fiscal year when it could not be used for operating the schools this year. He said he would recommend to the School Board that it save $9,052 by not replacing a teachers’ aide who has resigned. Another $9,104 could be saved because more Federal funds are expected than had been included in the budget. Some programs could become part of the budget covered by Federal funds. Dr. Gangel said when the school budget was prepared last spring, it was based on the state’s estimate of an average daily membership of 904, and the enrollment Wednesday was 917. (By the end of the week it had increased to 933.) Usually the school system continues to gain enrollment throughout the month of September, he said. Dr. Gangel said that he was guessing that the ADM in March, which is used to determine basic state aid, would be 920 to 925. The increased enrollment could also result in increased state aid, but that money also would not be available until very late in the school year. PINE SPRING FARM: 104.28 wonderfully private acres. Large pond, abundance of wildlife. 60 percent open. A 200 year old cabin with two stone fireplaces. Several useful outbuildings. $550,000. A nicely constructed brick and frame home on 1.9 acres with outstanding views. 3 bedrooms, one bath, full basement. Out buildings in good condition. $175,000. 25 wooded acres in Huntly. Great building site with views. The bargain of 1990 at $87,500. FLINT HILL PROPERTIES A fine old two story Victorian home in the village. 10 rooms, 3 baths, partial basement, five fireplaces. It could be a two family home or possibly professional offices. $250,000. 10.319 acres with 65 percent in lush pasture. A small one room, 1 bath cabin with deck. Approved for a permanent home then the cabin becomes the guest house. Take another look at this. Private with great views. $105,000. Excellent construction is one of the features of this small 3 bedroom home just north of Flint Hill Hardwood floors, full basement, easy upkeep. $105,000. Peggy Clark 635-7516 Gregory Clark 635-7516 Uli Maeyer 987-8736 703-675-3414 ABSOLUTE "ArcnoF "TAVISTOCK ESTATES" (17) Prime Residential Homesites Ranging From 5 to 18 Acres WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA Saturday, September 29 -11:00 AM Sale to be helc^r^remises TERMS: 10% down, balance at settlement within 30 days Excellent location West ol Wir^jester in neighborhood of scenic larms, orchards, and fine homes Homesitesoner excellent views, good elevations and an attractive balance of wooded and open land DIRECTIONS: From Rt 37 Bypass take Rt 622 (Winchester/Opequon Exit) West 2.1 miles to Rt 620, go 6 mile North to property For Color Brochure With Plat Contact: CASH LAND & AUCTION CO. 306 East Market Street Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801 (800)882-8464 (703)434-8464 LLOYD CASH Va.uc.#9&o GORDON CASH On the impact of lower state revenues on the rest of the county’s budget, Mr. McCarthy said there was a 30-day freeze on hiring replacements for personnel on the staffs of the constitutional officers who resigned. He said that if the employee who resigned had accumulated leave time, it might be 60 days before a replacement could be hired. Clerk Diane Bruce pointed out that the freeze could be extended beyond 30 days. Mr. McCarthy said there was the possibility of getting a waiver if “public safety” is involved. “If a sheriffs deputy quits, we would not have 24-hour coverage,” he said. He said he felt this would qualify for the waiver but didn’t know how long it might take to get a waiver. Mr. McCarthy said the county had also counted on getting reimbursement from the state for its share of the cost of the jail addition on July 1 of next year. If there is a six-months’ delay until Jan. 1, 1992, the county might have to borrow money to get through the start of the next fiscal year, he said. In other action, the Board of Supervisors: • agreed to move $1,180 from improvements to the landfill to the county’s contribution to Lord Fairfax Community College. The increase is due to more Rappahannock students taking classes at LFCC. The board also asked Dr. Gangel to look into why Rappahannock students have had trouble getting the state’s four-year colleges to accept credits earned at Lord Fairfax. • postponed until next month making an appointment to the Welfare Board to replace Julia Boddie, whose term expires this month. • agreed to hold a public hearing on changes to the motor vehicle laws needed to keep local ordinances in line with changes adopted by the General Assembly. • voted to grant a right of way to the C & P Telephone Company to run a line for phone service to the dog pound and office at the landfill. Fairfax Land Grant group plans meeting The Society of the Fairfax Stone will hold its second meeting of its charter year, 1990, at the Blackwater Falls Lodge, in Blackwater Falls State Park, Davis, West Virginia on Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. Oct. 13 and 14. For more information, contact Edward Miller, P.O. Box 2349, Hagerstown, MD 21741. NEW CEDAR SIDED COUNTRY HOME On 5 wooded, private, quiet acres. 15 minutes west of Warrenton (less than 1 gallon of gas) Wrap-around porch and decks, four bedroom, 2V2 baths, hardwood floors, ceramic tile baths $259,000 703-937-5703 or 703-675-3548 -Owner/Broker Since 1927 Roy Wheeler Realty Co. CASTLETON-FIRST TIME OFFER1NG-A private retreat offering 65 acres of mature woodlands, 9000 white pines, meadows, bold streams and wonderful mountain views. 3 BR/2 BA contemporary home situated on a rise overlooking well-stocked 3-acre lake. Owner financing. A rare find in Rappahannock County at $275,000. VANTAGE POINT-On a knoll above Sperryville: This custombuilt stone/brick bungalow with lovely views of the Blue Ridge Mountains offers nice landscaping and pasture for your horses. Color brochure available. Affordably priced at $199,900. 703-347-7171 Diane Welty^703-675-3241 Jean Lillard - 703-675-3670 MADISON COUNTY-293 AC at end of state road. Privacy & seclusion. Well kept pasture, good streams & pond potential. Managed forest land plus very old log & frame dwelling. Priced to sell. $500,000.00 The “Purple House" is for sale! 3 + bedrooms. 1 '/2 baths. Ig. living room & dining room and decks beyond belief. Overlooks river fronts on road. Solitude on 8>/2 wood acres.$199,500.00 Cottage by the river and entrance to National Park. 3 bedrooms, large screen porch, secluded acre.$134,500.00 EILEENM. DAY, REALTORS The Clopton House Box 126 Washington, Va 22747 675 3033 The Country Property People Mitizie Young 675-3555 John Burns 675-3982 Alex Sharp 675-3887 Hazel Zinn-Day Rental Agent 937-3185 Kevin Day 937-3185 Joy Benedict 937-5234 SATURDAY • SEPTEMBER 15 at 11am 29 + ACRE ~ PRIVATE HUNT COUNTRY FARM To be offered In two tracts and can be sold separate or combined Tract # 1; 19.4 + - acres with Two Homes» pool, barn with 2 stalls and tack room, shed • countryside views, stream Tract #2:10.8 + - acres of beautiful Loudoun County countryside, stream LEGAL NOTICE: By order of the owners, the real property known as Tax Map Numbers 56/65, 56/65A and 56/65B of the land records of Loudoun County Virginia will be offered for sale by Public Auction. Both homes are in need of work, the opportunity to create a showplace is yours. ---- ." '"im Auction will take place on the front ateps of the Loudoun County Courthouse, Leesburg, VA —.——-—.. .... . . Don't miss this opportunity to bid your price on these properties for brochure or information call: ^ “800“274"6020 Greg DeLoach uctioneer VA.A.R. 316 • Certified Virginia Auctioneer • Licensed in WV • Associates in O.C A MD Specializing in Real Estate Auctions • Antiques • Estate Liquidation A Household Contents PO Box 265 Stephens City. VA 22655 • (703) (69-6020 or (100) 274-6000 Atoka Continued from page 3 cade include former President Ronald Reagan, Gov. John Dalton, former U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, and then-Vice President George Bush: Guests were entertained Saturday by the toe-tapping, knee-slapping country sounds of The Statler Brothers of Staunton. The country quartet is known for their number Apple guides available A listing of the orchards, where consumers may pick apples directly from the tree or select apples already picked, is included in the 1990 Virginia Apple Guide. Also available from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is the guide to pickyour-own grapes. Virginia vineyards offer a variety of grapes, excellent for eating and for making juices or wines. To obtain a copy of either guide, write the Virginia Department oi Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Domestic Marketing, P.O. Box 1163, Suite 1004, Richmond, VA 23209. Mini Fami - 15 acres, beautiful open pasture, 10 stall horse barn, comfortable 3 bedroom house, hard surface road frontage. $175,000. 29 Acres - very secluded, lovely stream through property, hard surface road frontage, building sites, stone walls. A very special property priced • 9165,000. 32 Acres • Page County • near National Park, superb hunting - beautiful getaway. Great elevated building sites. $80,000. Call Sam Snead of Sam Snead Realty 635-9808 or 987-9338 437-A S. Royal Ave, Front Reyal, Virginia Offering ESTATES end FARMS in Rappahannock County and throughout Virginia Frank IIardy. Inc. Realtors FARM .AND ESTATE BROKERS INTERNATIONAL Middleburg, Virginia (703) 687-3333 one hits, “Flowers on the Wall,” “Do You Know You are My Sunshine” and “Elizabeth.” Festivities also included a country auction, raffles and classic automobile exhibit. Items auctioned off ranged from a signed candid photo of President George Bush and Warner to a weekend getaway at The Homestead to Redskins tickets. Antique automobiles were displayed by Winchester members of the Antique Automobile Club of America. Tradition also weaved through the country spread prepared by George Shaffer of Shaffer’s Barbecue Service of Woodstock. Shaffer prepared a total 1,500 chickens, 75 gallons of coleslaw, 90 gallons of baked beans, 90 gallons of apple sauce and 100 orange sheet cakes to serve the guests. Attending were members of Loudoun’s state GOP delegation, Del. Linda M. Rollins (Loudoun/Fairfax), Del. Robert Andrews (Loudoun/) as well as Del. Raymond R. “Andy” Guest Jr, Virginia House Minority leader and Sen. Kevin G. Miller who represent parts of Fauquier County. 4.3 ACRE WOODED TRACT Hard to find in Rappahannock Cty. but available now. A wooded hilltop with frontage on Rt. 211, just 15 mins, from Warrenton. Minimum clearing provides ideal building site with panoramic mountain views. Owner/agent. Must sell. Reduced to $79,500. Call 347-2062 (N) or 349-0077 (D). Sperryville Realty SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM James W. Leake, Broker (703)987-8088 SLATE MILLS - Frame and stone rambler, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, family room with stone fireplace, separate dining room, large living room, kitchen with appliances. Central heat and air. Carport. 16x24 outbuilding and 2 acres with terrific mountain views. $150,000. SPERRYVILLE, on RJ. 211, Fruit Stand and gift shop on 1.5 acres. $59,000. Owner Financing. FLINT HILL 2 bedroom home, full bath, spacious living room, eat-in kitchen, over an acre lot. $89,500. HARRIS HOLLOW 2.5 acre building lot, septic approved, road and river frontage. $28,000. Owner will finance with $8,000 down. LISTINGS NEEDED James Leake Michael Leake 987-6236 8200911 Julian Brown Martha O’Bannon 987-8758 987-3102 Barbara Sisk Carson Johnson 967-9015 987-8720 John Eubank 987-8146 ANNEFURTICK m OF RE/MAX DYNAMIC REALTY These Fall days make one wish you had a trout pond and/or stream in your own backyard. You're in luck for this custom home or one of your own design can be built on almost 6 acres for $141,000! Walk the land with me near Shenandoah National Park and you can well see how you can have both! LOTS OF ACTIVITY and DECISIONS are in the making, SO if you are looking for a 4 bedroom with a great country kitchen with a magnificent stone fireplace, private but near little Washington on 6+ acres, get a move on! $239,000! Your heart will say "these people | love this house" as you enter! Come | inside and see how you can make it ? your own. 2 bedrooms, but easy to \ do 3. A hillside site with a pond & . bam. So much you can do & just $139,000. ! Had a contract on this new cedar sided custom home with deck & porch & ever so much privacy in Rappahannock. Impeccable inside & out & ever so much room. Again, lots of activity and only $115,000 for a Cape Cod, 3 BR & FP! Yes, the MARKET is going back up! Two sold this week while others waited to decide! Decisions are being made on the $5,000 down, 1 BR Hide-a-Way for $67,000 in Rappahannock! A walk into another world awaits you! Magnificent new homes available in Warrenton & Culpeper from $185,000 up. A stupendous one-of-a-kind estate with 5 bedrooms, five baths, pond, bam, entertainment areas, library, etc. available-no renovation needed! 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