Rappahannock News, April 10, 1996

RN100694 i.(>< «***«•** ** **••*<*•*••» x h* LTBRARY O VIRGINIA SERIAL SEi-C i i IH S CAPITOL iioo cap I vo* ST RICHMOND, Vn ' :.32*. * ^rf^fcrt^ToieTiwiirS: 48th Year, No. 15 12 Pages aJZTcM*. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1996 Washington, Virginia Phone 675-3338 50 Cents 1\ Rappahannock News Staff Photo by Cindy Mahan Gerry Cooney on Your America placed sixth on in the second division of the Charles Graham Memorial. Latinist Encourages Owner's Smile Warrenton Orthodontist Griffin Thrilled With Victory By BETSY BRANSCOME - Tlmn Nimpapm Stiff Writer Warrenton Hunt Master of p Foxhounds Alfred. C. Griffin Jr. lost his second string field hunter on Saturday. The curious thing is — he’s not sorry. Not one bit. Dr. Griffin’s “former” foxhunter Latinist proved his worth on the * steeplechase racecourse at the April 6 Old Dominion Hounds Point-toPoint, making his days in die hunt field a thing of the past, according to his-owner. The novice timber ham created an unblemished record over the sticks, and solidified a reputation that will undoubtedly precede him in future starts. “I bought him as my ‘second hunter,’” explained Dr. Griffin after the near black 7-year-old won the Leeds Don open timber feature at the Ben Venue Farm course Saturday afternoon. -might not get him back as a field hunter any time soon. He’s too good as a racehorse.” the leggy son of Robellino faced a tough field of challengers in the Leeds Don, and with just one timber start — a tough win at ...-.-."".... Warrenton three weeks age — on paper Latinist appeared to have a lot to answer in the featured ‘chase. started/* -'and -pre-race favorite Word of Honour made the pace for the first of three miles. Stopped Silence, Neil Morris up, and Summit Point, Greg Ryan, took up See Races, Page A-5 Plan for Athletic Facilities Shown Public Invited To Review Suggested Reading Texts By SHARON KILPATRICK Rappihaoaock News Staff Writer The School Board looked at a master plan for athletic facilities Tuesday night. The only part of the plan the board is considering implementing in the near future is lights for the back parking lot at the high school. Rosa Crocker and Jay Monroe showed the board drawings of how the field could be expanded to create a standard sized track that could also be used for field events, with the inside used for football and soccer. Bleachers would be cut into the bank, and additional lights could be installed. First they recommended the school system put funds into providing better drainage on the field. Under the master plan the baseball field would be converted for softball and moved closer to the highway. A new baseball field would be built in a more standard size at the rear of the School Board Office on elementary school property. The proposal took into account the plan to develop a vocational center on the current softball field. They suggested providing four light stands for the parking lot would cost between $9,000 and $11,000. The board had intended to use funds left over from the bonds for the elementary school addition for the lights and See Schools, Page A-$ Schools Improved In State's Report By SHARON KILPATRICK Rappahannock News Staff Writer Results from the state’s Outcome Accountability Project for Virginia public schools are in for the 1994-95 school year, and there is more good news than "bad news from Rappahannock public schools. Results improved on 22 indicators, were worse on 16 and were the same on three when compared to the 1993-94 school year. Results are collected in seven categories “Preparing Students for College,” “Preparing Students for Work,” “Increasing the Graduation Rate," “Increasing Special Education Students’ Living Skills and Opportunities,” “Educating Elementary School Students,” “Educating Middle School Students” (and “Educating Secondary School Students.” There are four to eight indicators used in each of these categories, and in some cases an indicator is used in more than one category. For example, the percentage of sixth-grade students who passed all three of the Literacy Passport tests is used in “Increasing the Graduation Rate” ahd See OAP, Page A-6 Old Rag Bulletins Wolf's Rep To Visit Karen Bowling Foster from Congressman Wolfs office will visit Rappahannock County from 1:30 to‘2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. She will be at the Rappahannock Extension Office. Mrs. Foster will be available to talk to constituents who need assistance or have (problems of a Federal nature, such as with Social Security, Internal Revenue Service, Immigration and Naturalization. Burning Law Between March 1 and May 15 it is illegal to have open fires within 300 feet of woodland, brushland or a field containing dry grass or other flammable materials from midnight to 4 p.m. Vehicle Decals ♦ Automobile decals are on sale in Treasurer Frances Foster’s office and must be displayed by April 15. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Government At A Glance • Water and Sewer Authority, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 11, Courthouse. • Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, Courthouse. • Board of Supervisors, public hearing on school budget, Monday, April 29, RCHS auditorium. Abused, Neglected Children Are All Around By CINDY MAHAN Rappahannock News Staff Writer In Virginia, every 51 minutes a child is abused or neglected. April is Child Abuse Prevention Mpnth and this article and accompanying first-person account of child abuse written by a county resident (who wishes to remaih anonymous) are designed to bring attention to a widespread problem. In 1995 in Virginia, 10,237 children were involved in complaints made to child protective service agencies that were supported by investigations. Over half of these cases involved physical neglect. Physical abuse comes next with 21.5 percent; sexual abuse 12.9 percent; mental abuse/neglect at 4.9 percent and other types of abuse accounted for 3.8 percent. According to the Virginia Coalition for Child Abuse, child abuse and neglect can be characterized as a cycle. This cycle, where parents tend to act toward their children as they were treated as children, can be broken with education and intervention programs aimed at parents. Beverly Leathers, the director of the Department of Social Services in Rappahannock County estimates that between 25 to 30 cases of child abuse or neglect are reported to her office annually. Approximately four or five of those each year would be sexual abuse cases. A lot of help is available for people who need it, she said. FAPT, which stands for the Family Assessment Planning Team, is a group comprised of staff from the Department of Social Services, the Health Department, the public schools and juvenile probation (court services). The group was begun three years ago, said Mrs. Leathers, and it uses a team approach to handling problems of abused children and their families. The group meets regularly, and she believes that FAPT has been very successful in offering help See Abuse, Page A-6 Haunted by Memories Years Later\ Scars of Abuse Remain When I was 10, my parents divorced and I never saw my mother again. My father, brother and 1 moved in with my father’s parents, and my grandmother became our primary caretaker. My brother and I had lived for the previous five years in a house of terror where our parents fought and screamed every night, and our mom was passed out on the floor from drinking when we got home from school every day. But even that didn’t compare with the abuse which came from our grandmother. From day one she resented us living in her home, probably bepause she was 60 years old and had raised only one child, our father. She abused both my brother and me but 1 seemed to be the one she really hated. She turned us both into her little slaves. I was constantly expected to clean house. No matter how hard we tried, we could never do anything to please her. My brother told me last week, “Even today I sometimes wonder if I’m doing things right all day. She seemed to instill in me and you a terrific guilt complex.” Every day she told me I was an idiot, a lazy good-for-nothing, and that I would never amount to anything. To try and prove her wrong, I worked extra hard in school, making all A’s. Being in school was the only time 1 was away from her, and the only place I could feel safe. During summer vacation from school, I was banished to the backyard as a matter of course, where I spent all day every day. She would scream at me, “Get out of my sight!” I’d be lucky to get a glass of water for lunch. Things were so tense in the house with her that I would just not go in at all if I could avoid it. All I was allowed to do in the yard was read or pull weeds. No friends could visit and I was not allowed to go to their houses. The only escape from this would come when my father or grandfather would get home from work and neither had a clue what was going on between my brother, grandmother and me. On weekends dad would take my brother and me to the beach and we had two wonderful days together, but or Monday it would be back to the same old thing. My brother and 1 were constantly on pins and needles when we were in the house with only our grandmother. We never knew when she was going to explode into a rage and take it out on us. She would pull my hair, even pulling it out in clumps, beat on me with her fists, rip my clothes. One time she scratched my face with her fingernails and drew blood; she made me tell the kids at school that my dog had done it. After years of abuse, even though my grandmother had told me things would only get worse if I told anyone about if, 1 finally got brave and told my dad. He talked with her, and things did get worse. She screamed at me even more, and hit harder. I felt utterly and totally alone in my misery, and felt there was no adult that 1 could speak to. Sec Child, Page A-6 —————1111 —i Hi * - , 1 Rappahannock News Staff Photo by Sharon Kilpatrick David Langelle hopes to have the Recreation Plantation open in this building some time in May. Arcade To Open in May David Langelle is busy preparing to open the Recreation Plantation in the old Hampton Inn building. Having won approval for his special use permit from the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals, Mr. Langelle planned Tuesday to try for entrance approval from VDOT. He was also working on lining up video arcade machines and planning to purchase computers. He is planning to provide a variety of entertainment in the part of the building that housed the dining room. Included will be video games, computers, pool tables and Foosball or air hockey tables. He also is planning to provide computers for instruction and for Internet searches. He is a single father living in Castleton with his two children who attend Rappahannock County Elementary School.

The following cases were heard in the General District Court on Tuesday, April 9. Teresa L. Walker, bad check, dismissed. Mark Anthony Cameron, deface public property, $25 restitution, 60 days, suspended, $49 cost. Randy B. Cook, illegal dumping, $200/29. 15. Sterling Jackson Williams, driving under influence, continued to May 14; John T. Diley, no county tag, $25/34. Thomas Andrew Elliott, operate uninsured vehicle, $100/34, defective equipment, $30/2. Anne Carol Faulk, 54/45, $27/29. James T. Harmon, 73/55, $54/29. George David Hedrick, 54/35, $57/29. Jason Lloyd Hertenstein, 68/55, $39/29. Conway Landsdowne Hunt, driving under influence, $200/100 suspended, operator’s license suspended one year, sent to ASAP, 10 days, suspended, continued to May 7. John M. Huston, drive after being declared a habitual offender, improper registration, no valid inspection, continued to June 4. Michael Laurence Kvamme, Permit Process Eased By PAUL WHELAN Capital Ntwi Service RICHMOND — After a General Assembly session marked by few partisan flare-ups, Gov. George Allen and his administration are claiming victory on many legislative initiatives including one that streamlines general permits issued by the state air and water pollution control boards. General permits, which regulate air and water pollutants, fall under the umbrella of the Administrative Process Act. Current APA guidelines mandate that requests for general permits follow a rigorous 10-step process to safeguard the community and the environment. The Department of Environmental Quality handles the process. Del. John S. Reid, R-Henrico, said the proposed legislation not only expedites issuing permits by reducing it to three steps, but he thinks it also provides sufficient safeguards for everyone. For the past several years, businesses have complained that the process, which sometimes takes longer than 12 months, is too slow and cumbersome. Mike McKenna, DEQ’s director of policy and external affairs, said the DEQ approached Del. Reid after the business community complained to his department. Del. Reid then took the matter to the House of Delegates during its recent session, proposing tjiat lawmakers eliminate steps in the process. The House Committee on General Laws considered the proposal, and several environmentalist groups, including the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Lower James River Association, voiced opposition to it. Patty Jackson, spokesperson for the Lower James River Association, said she feared that a streamlined procedure would cause a rubber-stamping of general permits. “We just wanted to make sure these permits are done right,” Ms. Jackson said. Meanwhile, Del. Reid, Ms. Jackson, DEQ personnel and Kay Slaughter, staff attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, developed a compromise to satisfy all parties involved. Afterward, Del. Reid said it was smooth sailing. “This substitute was what was agreed to by all involved,” he said. “Usually when you get DEQ, the business community and environmental groups working together that usually puts it in a situation where everyone agrees.” Everyone agreed with the compromise proposal, which passed the House of Delegates and the Senate. As a result, Mr. McKenna said the turnaround on the permits will be reduced to about six months after July 1 if the governor signs the legislation. When a business or organizatior applies for a general permit the proposed legislation stipulates that a notice of the intended action be published in local newspapers and with the Virginia Registry of Regulatory Intent. Next, the business or organizatior must accept public comment for 60 days. This includes forming an advisory committee consisting of some community members involved plus representatives for the applicant a: well as receiving letters from concerned citizens. Finally, a public hearing is conducted in that community or at the DEQ headquarters in Richmond if the permit affects a large area of the state. NOTICE 1996 Rappahannock County motor vehicle decals are now on sale and must be displayed by April 15,1996. All personal property taxes in name of applicant must be paid before decals can be issued. A copy of registration card before decal can be purchased. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm. If you have any further questions, please contact the Treasurer’s Office at 675-3334. Frances A. Foster, Treasurer 15= Yes! Please enter my new subscription to ftappafyannocfa Jletos Subscription rates bp mail: Rappahannock. .$19.00/yr. Elsewhere in the U.S. .$24.00/yr. NAMEADDRESS. CITY. .STATE_ZIP. Mail subscriptions are payable in advance. Make check or money order payable to RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS, P.O. BOX 59, WASHINGTON, VA. 2274: This form may also be used for CHANGE OF ADDRESS Old Address: New Address: The Rappahannock News (ISSN # s 1050-7655 & 180200) is published every Wednesday at 39 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, VA 22186 by Rappahannock News, a division of ArOndel Communications, Inc. Second class postage paid at Warrenton, Va. and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions $19.00 a year in Rappahannock; $24.00 elsewhere in U.S. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS, P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747. 54/35, $57/29. Jeffrey Fisher Sanborn, no county tag, $25/29. Charles Edward Schoenduby, 43/25, continued to May 7. Michael Kevin Smith, 44/25, $57/32, radar detector, $40/2. Manuel Philip Souza, 40/25, reduced to 34/25, $27/29. Jeffrey Kenneth MacNelly, 70/55, continued to May 14. Deanna Dawn Wilson, 72/55, $51/34. Karie Ann Wratchford, 70/55, continued to May 7. Marianna Donalea Adams, 67/55, $36/34, expired registration, $25/2. Carl Graham Anderson Jr., overwidth, $30/29. Marilyn Sells Armor, reckless driving, dismissed. Deborah Ann Arnold, 69/55, $42/29. Hughes C. Beaulieu, reckless driving, accident, dismissed. Kenneth L. Beebe, illegal radar detector, $40/29. Dennis Farrell Branner, 74/55, $57/29. Cunthia Ann Broyles, no child restraint, $50. Jennifer Ann Cable, no operator’s license, complied with law, $29. Ronald D. Carter, no Virginia inspection, $25/34. James Leigh Ceglie, no seat belt, $25/2. Joseph McKinley Compton, seat belt violation, $25. Kathleen Ann Conner, 68/55, $39/29. Rex Vemel Corder, no operator’s license, complied with law, 68/55, $29/29. David Francis Culen, 68/55, $39/34. Richard A. Davis, 65/55, continued to May 7. Linda Jean DeardofT, illegal window tint, dismissed. Isabelle C. Doura, 80/55 $100/29. Tory W. Elliott, 68/55, $39/29. Leah S. Epting, 69/55, $42/29. Marsha L. Freeman, expiret inspection, $25/29. Robert A. Ganteaume, no sea belt, $25/29. Daniel A. Garbers, 70/55, $45/29. George S. Gennin, 70/55, $45/29. Sherry Kirkland Gilkey, 72/55 $51/29. Thomas Louis Golden Jr., defec tive exhaust, $30/29, no registratior in possession, complied with law. Robert Joseph Guerra, 39/25 $42/29. Muhammed Hatmi, drive sus pended/revoked, $ 100/34, defectivi equipment, $30/2. Michael S. Heller, defectivi equipment, headlight, $30/34. James Shelton Henson, no opera tor’s license, continued to May 7. Melissa Ann Hickman, expire< registration, $25/29, no operator’: license in possession, complied witl law. Harold Himmelman, 69/55, sen to driver’s improvement class, $29. Betty Jean Jacobs, no operator’ license in possession, complied witl law. Irfan Khalil, 71/55, $48/29. Robert Ford Kube, 68/55, $39/29. Bryan Mitchell Smith, possession of marijuana, continued to April 15, operator’s license suspended six months, $199. David Lakin, 69/55, $42/29. Dale A. Leeson, 68/55, $39/29. Brenda E. Lindsey, 69/55, $42/29. William Jefferson Loth IV, expired Virginia inspection, $25/29. Kenneth W. Manning Jr., 73/55, defective equipment, windshield, continued to May 7. Lisa Jo Marshall, 79/55, $100/29. Kevin Bernard McCarthy, 69/55, sent to driver’s improvement class, $29. Kevin M. McCobb, 70/55, $45/29. John W. Mcpherson, 64/55, $27/34. Charles A. Mella, expired Virginia registration, $25/29. David B. Merryman, drive suspended/revoked, continued to May 7. Dwayne Scott Miller, no operator’s license, complied with law. Jimmy Lee Myers, defective equipment, $30/29. Scott D. Newell, 69/55, $42/29. Nellie Kay Sisk, no operator’s license in possession, $10/2. Alan Brewster Smith, 70/55, $45/29. Bobby Lee Nicholson, defective equipment, dismissed, no insurance, dismissed, $29. Vincent V. Nottage, 80/55, $125/34. Erica L. Owen, no operator’s license in possession, $10/34. Thomas D. Peeling, 70/55, $45/29. Aurice C. Plummer, 68/55, $39/34. Christopher J. Preli, defective windshield, $30/34. Ricky Edward Ray, defective windshield, $30/34, no operator’s license, $30/2. Eugenia H. Redfield, 68/55, sent to driver’s improvement class, $29. Michael P. Rickels, 74/55, $57/29. Clarence R. Sanders Jr., 69/55, sent to driver’s improvement class, $29. John A. Scott, 66/55, sent to driver’s improvement class, $29. Nellie Kay Sisk, defective tires, $30/34. Bryan Mitchell Smith, 68/55, i $39/29. Maurice A. Storck Jr., radar , detector, $40/29. Charles E. Turner Jr., illegal window tint, $30/29. ; Stuart Anderson Turner, 72/55, $51/34. Sharon Mae Walker, no inspection, dismissed, $29, defective equipment, dismissed. Lisa Rae Wiley, 69/55, continued I to May 7. i Dawn M. Wilson, no operator’s i license in possession, complied with law. t Kimberly Kae Wolf, defective speedometer, $30/29. > Mark Wayne Woods, seat belt i violation, $25, improper display of plate, $25/29. WEEKLY GARBAGE COLLECTION "Our Business Is Picking Up" Discounts to subdivisions, communities & multi-family accounts Residential • Commercial Recycling Prices from &> also offered $16 and up per month p Serving Rappahannock County (or over three years B*f Call Wise at 340-847-3980 S»p*r*i»n*G FEEDER CATTLE SALES State Graded at MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. Madison Mills, VA 22953 540-672-2811 THURSDAY April 18 Sale starts 6:00 P.M. p Buy Virginia Feeder Cattle I j HEIFERS & STEERS 300 lbs. & Up Cattle will be weighed the Day of Sale 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Virginia Cattlemans Assoc. Reggie B. Reynolds P.O. Bo* 176 Daleville, VA 24083 Office: 540-992-1009. Home: 540-992 2852 Madteon Livestock Market, Inc. Garland B. Smith 804-746-4693 Hunter Weaver 540-94&6059 J Pet of the Week: The featured dog at the Shelter in Amissville this week is a Shepherd/cross. Rachel is a (s) female with all her shots. • Sonny: three year old (n) male Husky/Shepherd. All shots. Very friendly. • Daisey Mae: two and 1/2 year old Sharpie/Shelttie. Tan (s) female with all shots. • Kelly: three year old (s) female, Hound. Black and tan. • Honey: two to three year old (s) female, Lab/cross. White/tan color. Needs a fenced yard. • Bailey: two year old, Boxer/Beagle, (s) female. With all shots. Playful! To reach the Shelter call 9373283. Shelter hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. The lost animal registry can be found in the classified section of the Rappahannock News. County Emergency Log The following fire and rescue calls were routed through the dispatch center during the past week: April 1: 2:10 a.m., sickcall, Route 606, Flint Hili, Amissville VFD; 3:38 p.m., public service, Route 1001, Sperryville, Sperryville VRS; 4:06 p.m., sickcall, Route 606, Flint Hill, Flint Hill VFD and Washington VFD; 6:17 p.m., sickcall, Route 671, Sperryville, Sperryville VRS and Washington VFD; 10:26 p.m., sickcall, U.S. 211, Lee Highway, Sperryville VRS and Washington VFD; 10:56 p.m., difficulty breathing, U.S. 211, Sperryville, Sperryville VRS, Washington VFD and Flint Hill VFD. April 2: 7:31 p.m., chimney fire, Route 622, Castleton, Castleton VFD and Amissville VFD. April 3: 10:17 a^m., possible broken ribs, Route 640, Amissville, ^ Amissville VFD and Castleton VFD; 4:47 p.m., auto accident, Route 618, Woodville, Sperryville VFD, Sperryville VRS and Castleton VFD; 7:07 p.m., field fire, Route 729/622, Castleton, Castleton VFD and Amissville VFD. April 4: 6:46 a.m., difficulty breathing, Route 642, Viewtown, Amissville VFD. April 5: 12:50 p.m., auto accident, U.S. 211/688, Fauquier, Amissville VFD; 10:35 p.m., chimney fire, U.S. 522, Huntly, Flint Hill VFD, Chester Gap VFD and Washington VFD. April 6: 4:41 a.m., sickcall. Route 729, Amissville, Castleton VFD and Amissville VFD; 11:43 a.m., public service, Route 669, Amissville, Amissville VFD; 8:44 p.m., chest pain&, Route 621, Woodville, Sperryville VRS and Washington VFD; 9:29 p.m., field fire, Route 653/612, Sperryville, Sperryville VRS and Sperryville VFD. April 7: 1:23 a.m., heart attack, Route 642, Viewtown, Amissville VFD. • The following calls came through the Rappahannock Sheriffs Office this past week: April 1: suspicious person/vehicle/incident, U.S. 522/231, Sperryville. April 2: larceny, U.S. 211, Sperryville; stray dog, U.S. 522, Woodville; public service, Route 622, Washington; stray dog, U.b. zii, Amissville; traffic accident, U.S. 522, Boston; residence* Route 633, Washington; information-general, U.S. 522, Huntly; information-general, U.S. 211, Amissville; abandoned vehicle, U.S. 211, Sperryville. April 3: suspicious person/vehicle/incident, U.S. 211, Amissville; stray livestock/horses, U.S. 522, Boston; conservation, Route 628, Washington; noise disturbance, Route 663, Flint Hill; information-general, Route 640, Amissville; larceny, Route 707, Sperryville; traffic accident, Route 618, Woodville; civil problem, Route 622, Washington; repossession of vehicle, U.S. 211, Amissville; bad checks, U.S. 211, Ben Venue. April 4: citizen requested assistance, U.S. 211, Sperryville stray dog, Route 640, Amissville; selling weapon, U.S. 211, Washington; public service, U.S. 522 Flint Hill; public service, U.S. 211, Washington; criminal trespass, Route 634, Huntly; reckless driving, Route 1001, Sperryville; information-general, Town of Washington; stray dog, Route 729/638, Flint Hill; harassing communication, Route 618, Castleton; simple assault, U.S. 522, Huntly; suspicious person/vehicle/incident, U.S. 211, Washington. April 5: larceny, Route 645, Amissville; citizen requested assistance, U.S. 211, Sperryville; information-general, U.S. 211, Sperryville; stray dog* Route 621, Woodville; suspicious person/vehicle/incident, Route 621, Woodville; stray dog, Town of Washington; public service, Route 1103, Washington. April 6: damage property, U.S. 211, Amissville; citizen requested assistance, U.S. 522, Huntly; public service, Route 231, Sperryville; public service, Route 626, Washington; traffic accident, Route 707/601, Sperryville; family fights, U.S. 211, Sperryville. April 7: traffic accident, Route 626, Castleton; damage property, Route 626, Washington; illegal dumping, Route 626, Scrabble; citizen requested assistance, Route 622, Castleton; public service, Route 642* Amissville; stray dog, U.S. 211; Washington; stray livestock/horses, U.S. 211, Amissville; fraud, Route 628, Washington. Two Charged With Trespass Two surveyors from Maryland were cited for trespassing Thursday on the property of James McGrail on Route 634 in Huntly. Kirby D. Zellers, 49, of Frederick, Maryland, and Rollin W. Trigg, 48, of Smithsburg, Maryland, were released on summonses after they were found to be trespassing. They had been surveying on adjoining property. Jacob Butler, 18, of Woodville, totalled a 1984 Datsun coupe he was driving on Route 618 last Wednesday. According to Capt. Jeff Brown of the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office, Mr. Butler failed to negotiate a turn on Route 618 and overturned. He was charged by Deputy Connie Compton with reckless driving, failure to maintain control of a vehicle and failure to wear a safety belt. Mr. Butler had minor scrapes and contusions. The Sheri fFs Office is investigating a report that some homemade alcohol was being made in the jail on Easter Sunday. Also being investigat ed is a broken window in the jail. Don Corbin of Slate Mills reported last Wednesday that a tool box had been stolen from his truck. The value of the tools and box is unknown. Norwood Promoted Darrell W. Norwood, a 1991 graduate of RCHS, has received his second promotion to Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. His permanent duty station is with “C” Company in Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. He is currently on a sixmonth tour in Okinawa, Japan, with a two-month deployment to Mount Fuji in Tokyo. He has been nominated as “Marin? of the Quarter” and won an award for NBC Warfare Training. y/ed/tse^ WEDDING INVITATIONS SOCIAL STATIONERY ftappafcmnocfe jgeto* 675-3338

Squad Hopes Pageant Brings Ambulance Evening Offers Many Awards The Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad is counting on the Miss Rappahannock Pageant a week from Saturday to bring it substantially closer to purchasing a new ambulance. • Tlie squad has two ambulances, a 1963 model and a 1985 model. Both have high mileage on them, and the older one, particularly, is spending more time having mechanical work done on it than it is spending running calls. Member Debbie Fantaci said the group particularly wants a model that has seats around the area where a stretcher is bolted down so squadsmen can perform CPR. “We’re getting a lot of CPR calls this year,” she said. Lacking such seats means three people work on a patient seated side by side on a bench. That is awkward, Mrs. Fantaci said. Entrants in the pageant must be signed up by rehearsal time 6:30 p.m. Tuesday April 16 at RCES. There are several categories. Tiny Tot Miss Rappahannock is for girls % ages 2 to 4; Wee Miss Rappahannock is for girls' S to 7; Little Miss Rappahannock is for ages 8 to 11; Junior Miss Rappahannock is for girls ages 12 to 14, and Miss Rappahannock is for girls ages IS to 19. There is also a Little Mister Rappahannock category for boys ages 2 to 6, Sisters Rappahannock for ages 2 to 19, and Mother/Daughter Rappahannock for any age. Entry fees are $20. There are prizes in each category for the first three places. The highlight of the Pageant is the crowning of Miss Rappahannock. The prize is $100 cash and dinner for two at a well-known restaurant. The prize for Junior Miss Rappahannock is $50 cash and dinner for two at a local restaurant. The pageant at RCES begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children. There will be several door prizes. The rescue squad is also selling $1 raffle tickets with the drawing to Photo courtesy of the Spenyvitle Rescue Squad The Sperryville Rescue Squad hopes to acquire this $75,000 ambulance to assist in running calls. be held at the pageant. The top prize of the raffle is $250 cash donated by B & B Service Center, but there are seven other prizes donated by the Sperryville Emporium, the Faith Mountain Company, Country Manor, Aire Serv Heating & AC, Fabric Decor and More, Sheppherd’s Lawn Maintenance and the Aberdeen Bam. Former Miss Rappahannocks will be honored guests at the pageant. For more information call Debbie Fantaci at 987-3354 or Chris Foreman at 9873127. Week Long County Cleanup Planned County citizens are being encouraged to participate in a week-long effort emphasizing the cleaning up of our primary and secondary roads, the county park, and historically troublesome spots in area steams. With the current interest in the dumpster issue, the Chester Gap cleanup response being so positive, April 22 being Earth Day and April 27 being the Fodderstack 10K, County Administrator John McCarthy and cleanup coordinator Hunt Harris thought the week of April 20-27 would be the perfect time to focus citizen energy on a large scale county wide cleanup effort. The cleanup will be coordinated through the Ragged Mountain Resource Center with the assistance of the Washington area VDOT headquarters. Local VDOT supervisor Ron Marshall assured Mr. Harris that VDOT will provide bags and vests, and will provide trucks to pick up the bags along the roads following the pickup effort. He does suggest clustering of bags in more heavily trafficked areas to assure safety and efficiency when VDOT comes along to gather the refuse. Mr. Harris will distribute bags to any individual, family or group that wishes to participate, and will mark on a county map where the pickup efforts will be taking place. He encourages hollows and neighborhoods to join together during the week or on a particular day to make the effort a fun, community pride approach to an otherwise unsightly, unfortunate and sometimes nasty situation. Participants in the “TV Turnoff’ program, which also take s place during the same week (April 24-30), will be having a contest to see who fills the most bags, with a $100 cash prize awarded to the winner. On Saturday, April 27th, the final phase of the cleanup will take place, following the Fodderstack 10K, at the County Park. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. participants will clean the area from the playground to the river, which was severely disturbed during the floods last summer and winter. A bring-your-own pot-luck picnic supper at the pavilion will follow from 6 p.m. ‘til dusk. Participants in any of the cleanup efforts should call Hunt Harris at 6751879 or 987-9061 to get their orange bags and help coordinate their location with the overall plan. TV-Turnoff Week Raises Angst in County By BONNIE PRICE LOFTON Rappahannock News Contributing Writer National TV-Tumoff Week is still two Weeks away, but the bargaining has already begun. “Can I ju$t watch the Orioles?” pleads Donn Hackney, the baseball coach at RCHS. Diana Corbin of Slate Mills doesn’t want to give up Good Morning America, but she says she’ll do it if her husband Don will give up David Letterman. Wanda Wooten of Sperryville is trying to talk daughters Heather and Jasmine, students at RCES, into trying only 24 hours off the tube. And John and Maggie Evans ol Washington say they hardly watch TV, but there’s one TV show they hate to give up, even for a week: Masterpiece Theater. Can Rappahannock residents live a week without the Orioles, Good Morning America, Letterman, Married with Children and Masterpiece Theater? Dr. Werner Krebser, who treats many residents at his clinic ir Washington, says emphatically “yes,’ TOY SOLDIER SHOW Commonwealth HaO Williamsburg, Virginia (follow the Visitor's Outer signs) April 20th -10 a.m. - 7 pan. April 21st -10 aan. - 3 pan. Worldwide Manufacturers . Represented by the Leading Dealers from Across the U5. Spend a weekend in ColonialWUfiamabuig Shopping. Busch Gardena, The Pageantry of‘CW’and A TOY SOLDIER SHOW! VIRGINIA TOY SOLDIER SHOWS Tom Armentrout 1-804-776-7367 Admission $3.00 and we’ll be better for it. Dr. Krebser says that TV’s impact on physical health isn’t his main concern, it is TVs impact on the mind. He thinks America is turning into a nation of mental zombies. Cynthia Cummins, an RCHS teacher, says she has seen a rise in violent conflicts among students over the last 15 years and thinks the violence may be linked to the increasingly violent content of TV shows and movies. According to TV-Free America, the organization behind the Turnoff Week, the average child will watch 8,000 murders on TV before finishing elementary school. Some of these issues will be BREEDEN’S PLANT HOUSE Cabbage, Broccoli,^B3SHm£ Cauliflower, Lettuce, Violas M<? 6-Pack Pansies 4-Pack rSk Perennials • Hanging Baskets • Herbs • Azaleas • Rhododendrons Evergreen Shrubs • House Plants • Geraniums • Miniature Roses DIRECTIONS: From Sperryville, take Rt. 231< south 12 miles, turn left on 642, go 114 miles 540-923-4381 URANCE MART? farm Bureau Insurance offers broad coverage for Auto, Home,' or Life. Plus, well sit down with you and conduct a no-obligation review of your total insurance needs. Please give us a call. * Advisors: Pat Vest Whorton Rodney A. Vest 17 Butler Barn Lane Woodville, VA 22749 540-987-8225 HELPING YOU is what we do best. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE Mrgma Firm Bureau Mutual Infer arc* Co Mrginia Farm Bureau Tom and County Inauranca Co Wgmia Farm Bureau Fa* and Caaurity Infer anon Co. Southarn Farm Bureau Ida Inauranca Co explored in a workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. this Saturday in the RCHS auditorium. All the high school teachers will be there, but school authorities hope that parents and other members of the public will also drop by. The workshop leader, Ramona Raines Pence, sister of RCHS principal Jack Raines, will be showing video clips, an exemption to TV Turnoff Week, to illustrate her views. “As a result of TV, the language of our children has changed and there has been a deterioration in their respect for each other, not to mention for teachers and adults,” she says. She stresses, however, that she likes XV and watches it. “I’m not one of those types who says, ‘Get rid of it.’ It’s a wonderful medium. I believe we just must be more aware of what it’s doing to us.” GREENHOUSE BOOKS A World-Class Book Store Steeped in I radition <,mph<Lsixin()...Jhe War Between the States < — Wonderful Children's Books /at r"\ vciDi vyv;iicvyiiui i v;i vjniui,' m uww come bq for special savintjs... SPRING SALE /zyy^y. 8393 Wesl Main Slrivl ' Marshall ■ 364 1959 Monday trvough Saturday 10 to S. Su'-uay Oy Appo nlrreMt \ I I I THANK YOU TO ARTS FEST CONTRIBUTORS The faculty and staff of R.C.E.S. would like to thank those whq donated money for the Arts Fest, the parents who worked with the artists, and the artists who donated their time to work with the students. The funding of materials for the Arts Fest was donated by the R.C.E.S. P.T.O., the Curriculum Enrichment Committee, gifted and talented funds, and RA.A.C. The following artists donated their valuable time and energy to work with the students In the elementary school during the Arts Fest. Libet Pierson Laurie Marshall Sharon Wyrrick June Jordan Diana Bird Jane Bowling-WUson Beth Levick Maggie Pearcy Eric Kvaraes Lyt Wood Hazel Zinn-Day Lois Manookian Joy Luke Becky Parrish Margaret Gottlieb Ned Bittenger Maggie Rogers H.S. Spanish Students ABERDEEN BARN Located in the Holiday Inn, Rt. 29 South, Culpeper 825-1037 L ABEBDEEH BARHS Wednesday Night Prime Rib * Thursday Night Dinner Steak New York Strip, Salad, Potato & Onion Rings Special $10.95 4. ^ml Community Calendar Friday, April 12 • Jon Purnell talks at the Library on “U.S. — Russian Relations on the Eve of Two Elections” - 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13 • Workshop with Ramona Pence on controlling TV viewing, at RCHS - 9 a.m. • Rappahannock Democratic Party’s annual community-wide spring picnic, at CCLC - 1-4 p.m. (987-8410) • Jad Azkoul: Classical Guitar Recital, at The Theatre - pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m., concert - 8 p.m. Friday, April 19 • RAAC movie “White,” at The Theatre - 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20 • Earth Day Kite Fly, at Ben Venue - noon to 5 p.m. • Miss Rappahannock Pageant, at RCES - 7 p.m. (987-3354) • Open Theatre at Ki Theatre - 8 p.m. (675-1616) • “Sleep, Dreams and Awakenings: Songs of Love and Spring,” at The Theatre - 8 p.m. (675-1253) Saturday^ April 27 • Fodderstack 10K Road Race - 10 a.m. • Annual Spring Event, at the Washington Baptist Church - 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May 3 • Full Moon Hike up Old Rag Mountain (675-1879) AirMobile Coming The Science Museum of Virginia’s AirMobile arrives on Thursday, April 25 for a one day visit at RCES. The AirMobile, part of the science museum’s educational outreach program, brings a story of aviation history and aeronautical technology to communities throughout the Commonwealth. The “Forces of Flight” exhibit features information about the natural forces that make flight possible. Other displays include a working wind tunnel, a computer-based flight simulator, a readout of current weather conditions, and a satellite navigation system. Included in the exhibit are pictures of aircraft at the Virginia Aviation Museum arid selected individuals from the Virginia Aviatior Hall of Famtf? The working wind tunnel display demonstrates how wind tunnels ar used to test and improve aircraf designs. Since the days of the Wrigh brothers, wind tunnels have been ar important tool for testing new aircraft. A computer flight simulator is also available. Participants are able to experience some of the sensations of flying a real aircraft. In “Virginia’s Gateways to the World,” an airways map shows the location of more than 70 airports in Virginia. By pushing one of three buttons, colorful lights show visitors the locations of different types of airports from Accomack County the Blue Ridge. A Global Positioning System satellite receiver shows the precise location of the AirMobile wherever it may travel. Each RCES class in grades 2-7 will either tour the AirMobile or have representatives from the museum come to their room for a workshop. The AirMobile’s visit is spon' sored locally^ by Curriculum : Enrichment and Rappahannock t County Elementary School. For more [ information on the AirMobile, call i Amy Gubler at 987-8259. AUCTION/AUCTION ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES & GUNS: LOCATION: 1314 E Main St., Luray, VA/TTME: Sat April 13th -10 am ' Due to owners relocating, the following will be' sold to the highest bidder! 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-ftappafjatmocfe jfictosi_ , Established 1877 n Independent Newspaper Published Every Wednesday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, Publisher Barbara C. Wayland Sharon Kilpatrick General Manager Editor Ann Brown Cindy Mahan Account Executive Staff Writer and Photographer Peter W. Arundel, President John T. Toler David Smith Executive Vice President Senior Vice President To Subscribe Phone (540) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $19 a year in Rappahannock County $24 a year elsewhere in the United States Back Copies: Recent 2 months, 50 cents Older copies to 1960, $5 (as available) Office: Rappahannock News Building, Washington, Va. 22747-0059 Telephone (540) 675-3338 Fax: (540) 675-3088 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1996 School Results The new political truism in education seems to be that spending more money has produced poorer results. Like all truisms it should be greeted with skepticism. It is interesting to compare results from the state’s Outcome Accountability Project with spending on teacher salaries. A story in the March 27 Rappahannock News reported that Rappahannock teacher salaries generally lag behind state averages but exceed slightly the average of the five surrounding counties. To a large extent standardized test scores show that same pattern. Rappahannock scores generally lag behind the state average but exceed the average of surrounding counties. More specifically Rappahannock teacher salaries trail those in Fauquier County and so do standardized test scores. The likely explanation for this is not that spending more money on teacher salaries produces higher standardized test scores but that a school system drawing from a population interested in education and likely to score high on standardized tests will also benefit from those patrons’ insistance on adequate funding for education. The most often quoted statistic used in support of the truism that spending more money has produced poorer results is the drop in SAT scores. Over the past several years a higher and higher percentage of students have decided to take the tests. In the face of this switch from a test of the elite to a test for average students the scores have declined. But that result is far less surprising than the fact that they have not dropped as precipitously as might have been expected. Certainly concluding that if spending, more produces poorer results, spending less will produce better results is extremely risky. The result of a sharp cut in the school budget will be less money for teacher salaries, poor teacher morale, the decision by many teachers to seek employment elsewhere, parents with the means seeking an alternative to county public schools and a drop in standardized test scores. Far too much energy is being wasted in seeking to escape the real truism in education — you generally get what you pay for. Fire Tax When the Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a fire levy, several expressed concern that supporters of the fire and rescue squads would decrease their support claiming they were supporting the departments by paying taxes. There are widespread indications that that is indeed happening. The idea of the fire levy was to reduce the need for fundraising to support ongoing operating expenses. The fire levy does nothing to get rid of the need to raise funds for upgrading equipment. The constant demand on squad members to raise funds for operations left most departments with a backlog of unmet capital | needs. - These departments need the continued support of their patrons in addition to the fire levy. |c«AA*A/fcL jTo-K. E| [tv news! Goodevenint). Tonight's local forecast: There is an earthquake watch followed with a flood advisory. Tidal waves ore expected ... Our Rappahannock Heritage —£—.— ---— ..ary,? r_s_t_ ».■•'»■■■■« ' Rappahannock News Staff Photo by Cindy Mahalf Colvin Ryan oh Nimble Nim won the Volanee, a maiden hurdle race, at Ben Venue Saturday. * JL Letters to the Editor Healthy Balance Needed To the Editor: This is in response to last week’s Letter to the Editor entitled “Winning Not All” by Mark Wallace. Although 1 respect Mr. Wallace and his. opinion, I am compelled to reject his premise that an emphasis on winning in sports is inappropriate or unhealthy. As both an RAA Tee-ball coach and head baseball coach at RCHS, 1 believe it imperative that we teach our children, no matter how young they are introduced to sports, the basic fundamentals of the game. I know of no organized sport in which the fundamental concept of win and lose is not the ultimate objective. Please do not misunderstand me. I support and appreciate all of the values to playing sports referenced by Mr. Wallace. Teamwork, exercising, skills development, confidence and a genuine love for the game are all critical components to effective coaching. However, I believe Mr. Wallace underestimates an effective coach as well as our child/student athletes who certainly have the ability, regardless of how young, to win or lose with dignity. We should not deny our young children an understanding of winning and losing in organized athletics. However, we must take seriously our responsibility not to over emphasize winning at the risk of compromising the many values that go into a healthy American ball game. We do not need to eliminate keeping score or the declaration of a winner and a loser in order to shelter our young athletes from this reality. Introducing and reinforcing the concept of winning and losing does not compromise the fun, learning experience- all players should receive in playing sports. I have enough confidence in our coaches and players to believe that a healthy balance of both can be achieved. DONN HACKNEY Washington The Lovin' Of the Game To the Editor: A line in a 70’s tune about gambling by Rosallie Sorrels goes “. . . the pleasure’s not in the takin’ but in the lovin’ of the game.” As debate arisen about the merits of a cosmic scorekeeper, 1 think of Joe NovelJo, a 44 year old kid living in Santa Cruz, California. Novello, who incidently has an entirely responsible real life, recently underwent an ACL knee reconstruction to enable him to continue playing pick-up soccer on the UCSC Campus with players less than half his age. “1 was given the choice by the doctor who did Joe Montana’s knee of being able to walk normal or playing... Man, I had to do it, 1 wasn’t ready to give it up, and besides, Mark, I was getting picked early when we made up sides.” Although he was a High School All League Player in Philadelphia in the early 70’s and has been playing soccer for over thirty years now, he has never spoken of his need of a trophy case. Instead he talks about a trip to watch the last California state high school championship game, how he marvels at the skill of today’s high school players, and some new moves he learned watching them. Joe’s been my friend of 28 years. 1 haven’t seen him in the last ten of those years. He says he doesn’t have much hair left, but 1 can remember the sharpness of his glare and the abrupt crinkle of his nose when he decides what it is he’s going to do and sees what’s in the way of doing it. At 44, I doubt Joe has yet learned to dismiss a loss with ease? We as parents, coaches, teammates or just friends have responsibilities to our players. We must teach them to play within the laws of the game. We must share the knowledge and skills to allow each other to play to our aspirations. We have to learn as individuals to win with dignity and lose with honor. The players determine the rest. . . To love a game you must learn that game. You must learn how to achieve in that game, what it is that you need, and then respect the results of that game. M.A. PACE Slate Mills Sponsors Thanked C. • To the Editor: The Rappahannock Athletic Association is a non-profit, community-oriented corporation. The mission of the RAA is the teaching of baseball skills, leadership skills and sportsmanship to the youth of our area. The RAA serves families in the Amissville and Rappahannock County community. This community includes portions of Fauquier and Culpeper counties. Each year, the RAA seeks sponsors for its baseball teams. The purpose of this letter is to acknowledge the financial support we have received to date from the citizens of Rappahannock, Culpeper and Fauquier counties. We are still in need of additional sponsors. I look forward to reporting on our progress in this regard prior to opening day on April 27. To date, we have the following Gold Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. David M. Snyder; J and E Gought Inc; Rappahannock National Bank; Rappahannock Lions’ Club; Ray T. Cannon; Memory Makers; Douglas K. Baumgardner and Margaret DeJamett Baumgardner; Earley’s Carpet, and L.G. Zindel, Inc. The RAA has received a donation from the following Silver Sponsor: J. Darrow Kirkpatrick. The RAA has received contributions from the following Bronze Sponsors: Rappahannock Medical Center; Riverside Auto Service, C.B. Johnson; Rappahannock Chiropractic Services, Ltd., Dr. Dale Schusterman; Pediatric Medical Associates, Dr. Walter B. Kilby and Thistle Hill B&B Inn, Charles and Marianne Wilson. The RAA has also received donations from the following Community Sponsors: Blue Ridge Orthopedic Association, P.C., Christopher J. Brown, M.D.; John L, Marocchi; William H. Young and Annette J. Young; Settle’s Grocery and Garage; Richard Viguerie and Marlys L. Bromberg. A very special contribution was received from L.G. Zindel, Inc. Mr. Zindel’s contribution was in memory of the late Boosie Dodson. Mr. Zindel notes that Boosie Dodson was the first baseball coach for his son, Luke. He further notes that Boosie Dodson taught Luke “to have fun and enjoy the game of baseball” and that through his guidance Luke “became an award winning player not just in the Babe Ruth league but in high school as well.” Boosie Dodson, says Butch, “taught sportsmanship which Luke and many others carried through their high school years and continue to do so.” On behalf of the Rappahannock Athletic Association and the participating families and youth of this community, I thank our sponsors for their generosity. Rappahannock County is an appropriately rural and fiscally conservative county. A by-product of these desirable characteristics is that we lack some of the sports facilities that are available to the youth of the larger counties to our east. Our sponsors’ financial support gives us an opportunity to level the playing field. As is noted above, we still have a number of sponsor slots available and we therefore welcome additional financial support. Opening day is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at Stuart Field in Amissville. We invite our sponsors and the community at large to be present on opening day for the beginning of the 1996 RAA baseball season. DOUGLAS K. BAUMGARDNER Sponsor Coordinator Cuts May Help To the Editor If one continues to do as he has always done, he will get the results he has always gotten. I am firmly committed to the theory that our young people are the only crop we raise. Therefore I have always been for the things I considered most important in the raising of this crop. Education and law enforcement are two things I have championed in life. Like most people, when there seemed to be a problem in either of these categories, I went along with as well as pushed “Throw the money at It.” Looking back at 40 years of this, I see SAT scores lower than they were I started. Crime, compared to today we had none at all back then. I can remember back in the 50s when the Sheriff and his deputy spent a week watching the filling in of the old town well, in front of the courthouse in Warrenton. You can see we weife a' lawless bunch. That’s what is called well supervised. I don’t know what the answer will be, but 1 well know that its not lacjc of money. Look at what has been spent tw get worse results Supervisor Frazier’s (no kin to me 1 don’t think) proposed cuts in the school budget at first look like a no-no. But look back a ways and see that money has not cured inthe” past. Maybe something looks outjpr,, us. Perhaps harder economic tipies.,, will force us to do things differently in spite of ourselves. Perhaps we will • be forced not to make the mistakes we, made in the past, when we lock The,, means to make them. „ , Education cuts close to the corp in parents, 1 know only too well. My pld- 6 est 1 had in “Gifted and Talented” pro-o grams wherever they existed. He also had his daughter in “Gifted and Talented.” My wife asked how gifted she was, my reply was “about as much - as the average kid, exactly as,lier , father was.” They got no wiser, Jbut , Grandpa did. ,r , The proposed cuts in school budget endangers nothing that much and, might even help. Wonder how big the* cut would be if you raised my kids and I raised yours? Frazier’s cut wouldiget lost, kids would be better off, and you, and 1 might even amount to something- thingF.G. FRAZJJER. Flint Hill Officers Resigned i To the Editor: As of Jan. 1, I resigned" as* President of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Washington Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, and Sarah Brown resigned her position as secretary of the auxiliary. RUTH CLARK Washington ; / Editor 's note: Frances Foster,u treasurer of the auxiliary, said the group will meet soon to elect new officers. Work in the group's thrift shop > continues, and new members are always welcome. - Letters Policy: I The Rappahannock News welcomes contribu-. tions from our readers. '. “Letters to the Editor” i£; your forum, the place where* you can express your opinioiC on matters of interest andC concern to the community. Letters should be briefc* and MUST be signed an<£include the address and tele**-' phone number of the writer. £; Mail should be addressecTto “Letters to the Editor?" Rappahannock News, P.O£; Box 59, Washington, Va. J ??-mr %v. ; miil

kCHS Baseball Team, Ready To Bloom Photo courtesy of Bonnie Price Lofton Baseball Coach Donn Hackney and assistant Gary Settle are preparing to coach winning teams. ► Races ' *1 » i. V-l. , ; From Page A-l the running as the field straightened Up dcftvn the long backstretch. Trainer- . rider Cus Brown kept Latinist covered up mW-field until they began the final circuit, with three-quarters of a mile to run, Summit point led but Brown was moving steadily on the outside. “We were just flying,” Mr. Brown said of the pace. “My horse had a lot of run, btit I saw how easy Summit Point was going, and I thought ‘that horse is just going to run away from me.’” 1 That is not how it happened, though. After getting good fences oyer the third and second last, Latinist accelerated to quarter Summit Point to rise to the final flight together. Latinist got the better of that one, and even'though he was on the outside, Mr. Brown booted him home to a four-length victory. “It’s just his second start over timber,” Mr. Brown said. “Roy Lariman bred him, and he broke his maiden on the turf at Saratoga, then ran twice over hurdles.” ut bought him privately as my second hunter,” after the horse got tipie off from his very short hurdle Soccer Clinic Scheduled The John Ellis Soccer Academy, a welNknown-group from Fairfax, is offering a soccer clinic in Rappahannock County on Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for all age and skill levels. The cost is $5 per participant, and there is no advance registration. If you Waive a soccer ball, bring it (with your name on it). Bring your lunch too. Phone your soccer coach or Richard Price at 987- 9428 for more information. FAUQUIER - LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE INCORPORATED Regular Sales Every Tuesday HORSE SALE 2nd Sat., 10 a.m., Every Month STATE GRADE FAT CATTLE 1r Tues., 1 30 p m. Every Month In addition to our regular sales on the 2'° Tuesday of each month, we will have a State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Consignments Welcome. For Further information call 364-1566 1 mile east of Marshall on Rt 55 career, said Dr. Griffin, a Warrenton orthodontist. “After I got him, I found that he had some form on the grass, and he’s a terrific jumper. A few years ago, 1 had a horse in training with Denny Brown [Gus’s late father], and it seemed right to send Latinist to Gus to see what sort of racehorse he might make.” A good one, the gelding has proven, winner over timber at his first two askings. Upperville’s Jill Waterman also tallied a pair of victories, partnering her Ky. Mint Julep to a well-timed win the the ladies’ timber, and booting home Nationality to take the ownerrider timber. William Russell’s Coman Tan continued his dominance of the owner-rider hurdle series, chalking another score in the two-mile event. By BONNIE PRICE LOFTON Rappdunnck Ntwi Conlribnttnf Witter If you’ve felt pleasure noticing the buds trying to burst from lilies at this time of year, you’ll understand the pleasure Donn Hackney feels these days 3s the new baseball coach at Rappahannock County High School. Where others may see only closed petals — a team that has consistently lost over the last three years — Coach Hackney sees the bud. He sees a team that will blossom given the right gardener. And he intends to be the right gardener. This week, a third of the way through Rappahannock’s 18-game schedule, the Panthers have moved from a couple of horrible early losses, 12-1 and 9-0, to a 7-7 tie against Luray on Monday and a 3-1 win against George Mason on Tuesday. “Every game represents a huge leap forward in our playing ability,” says Coach Hackney. “Look at our errors on Monday. We had two, the fewest we’ve had this year. Luray had six. We had 10 hits, our highest this season. It’s the direction that counts.” Coach Hackney takes his baseball seriously. Some high school coaches are teachers who happen to coach. Coach Hackney is a former semi-pro baseball player who happens to also have the patience and devotion necessary to be a special education teacher. Coach Hackney turned down a contract with the Orioles after high school because he wanted to attend college. He attended Howard University on a baseball scholarship, where he played shortstop and was team captain. In his senior year, he was offered a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he again passed up the offer to finish his college degree. Late that year, he had an arm injury that knocked him out of the running for the pros. After graduation in 1981 with a degree in therapeutic recreation, he played in-the Maryland Industrial League for 10 years, the equivalent of playing at the Single A level. “When my son (Ben, now 7) reached 2-years-old, I hung it up. I had been playing four nights a week and on weekends. I had been traveling all over the state and even further for tournaments. I didn’t want to miss him growing up.” , Befort coming to RCHS, Coach Hackney directed a 12-bed facility for troubled teens in Fairfax County, which included an alternative school. On the baseball field, Coach Hackney’s counseling skills show. He Warrenton Farmers Co-op will be offering the following FREE SATURDAY SEMINARS: APRIL Vi i (10 am) Landscaping With Trees & Shrubs Speakers: Betty Juncal & Mary Ann Rankin of Harmony Cardens APRIL 20 (10 am) Herbs Speaker: Maureen Messick of la dama maya herb & flower farm ! MAY 1 (10 am) Basic Vegetable Gardening Speaker: Joyce Wake Warrenton Co-op Carden Center Manager MAY 18 (10 am) Container Gardening With Annuals, Perennials & Bulbs Speakers: Betty Juncal & Mary Ann Rankin , of Harmony Cardens _ Warrenton Farmers Co-op GARDEN CENTER 143 Washington Street • 347-7100 Hours; Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Sat 8:30 am - 3 pm never explodes. He never humiliates a player. He never swears at an umpire. For the first two weeks of the season, Coach Hackney held practice twice a day — once at 6:30 a.m. and again after school, plus Saturdays. He dropped back to afternoon practices when some of his players started falling asleep in their classes. By then, a few less committed players had dropped out, which was OK with him. Coach Hackney recruited Sheriff Gary Settle to be his assistant coach after they got acquainted on the softball field. “When I was playing shortstop for Howard, Gary was playing second base for George Mason University,” says Coach Hackney. “Both of us are very disciplined. Both of us believe in conditioning and in going back to the fundamentals when we have to. We’re both fair with the kids. We expect them to improve but we’re not unrealistic about it. Everything takes time. We’re looking to the future.” The’biggest problem with the Panthers, says Coach Hackney, is that “some of the fundamentals of the game haven’t been ingrained in them.” Such as? “Not knowing which base to throw the ball to, not knowing where you’re supposed to be in a cutoff situation. Not being able to catch a ground ball and then not being able to throw it over to first base. We need a feeder program to develop these fundamentals before the varsity level.” Which is why he’s pleased that RCHS is planning for a JV baseball and girls’ softball team next year. After Monday’s game, anyone walking into the Country Cafe could have overheard Coach Hackney and Mr. Settle analyzing the game, play by play, error by error. “We killed ourselves in the bottom of the fourth with two errors and four pass balls/’ Coach Hackney explained to another person trying to understand the conversation. “It changed the dynamics of the game. It put pressure on the pitcher. Each pass ball put a guy in scoring position on second or third base.” Minus the errors, said Coach Hackney, “we would have won.” At the high school level, “you just have to put the ball on the ground and avoid errors and you’ll win.” One more thing: “There’s this thing called pride. I believe in pride. We need more of it at Rappahannock. 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Mon.,Tue. & Fri. 10 am to 5 pm Wed. 10 am to 7:30 pm• Sat. 10 am to S pm 810 |ohn Marshall HwyFront Royal S40-636-3306 FY 97 SCHOOL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING The Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock County will hold a public hearing at the Rappahannock County High School Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 29, 1996, in accordance with §15.1-162 and §22.1-93 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, concerning the following public schools’ budget submitted by the Rappahannock County School Board for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1996. MAJOR CLASSIFICATION OR SOURCE CONTEMPLATED EXPENDITURES FY ENDING 6/30 FY 1996 FY1997 Instruction......$4,147,191.$4,317,797 Admin., Attend., 8c Health.442,858.500,174 Pupil Transport Services. 515,623.530,674 Operation 8c Main Services.499,136.502,941 School Food Services.75,987.....83,062 Facilities...... 5,000. 0 Debt Services.,.329,911.320,470 School Construction...•.0....0 TOTAL CONTEMPLATED EXPENDITURES.6,015,706.6,255,118 ESTIMATED REVENUES From the Commonwealth. 1,986,378.1,968,688 From the Federal Government..!...248,480.231,346 Other Local Sources. 99,659. 150,159 Transfers from General Fund... 3,681,189.3,904,925 TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUES. 6,015,706.6,255,118 Softball Gets Win By SHARON KILPATRICK RappahaaMck N«w» Staff Writer The RCHS girls’ softball team garnered its first win Monday evening defeating Luray 20 to 12. Katy Paratore was the winning pitcher. She gave up three hits and walked 17 batters while getting 16 strike outs. Only five of the Luray runs were earned. “We’re giving up too many unearned runs,” Coach Carl Payne said. The Panther squad got 7 hits. Cari Kerr went two for two with a home run, a single and three walks. Other hits were earned by Kiersten Kerr, Margo Haynes, Katy Paratore, Tiffany Keys and Stacey Payne. Luray pitchers gave up 18 walks. Everyone on the roster got into the game. It was a non-district game, and Coach Payne took advantage of a large lead to allow everybody some playing time. “Katy is improving every game,” Coach Payne said of his pitcher. Last Thursday the Panthers went down 23 to 3 in an away game at Clarke County. Katy Paratore was hurt in the top of the first inning when she came up to bat and was unable to play after that. Two other regular starters were also unable to play, and Coach Payne said most of his ball club members were playing out of position to make up for the missing starters. Kylene Wolfe pitched. She gave up 16 walks and 10 hits in five innings, but Coach Payne said, M1 was pleased with Kylene’s pitching per* formance. She was around the plate most of the time. Considering where she started at the beginning of the year, she did a good job. Clarke is probably the second best team in the district.” He also has high praise for catcher Angie Atkins. "She’s handling the pitchers better and has gained confidence. She is one of the best catchers in the district. Her defense has helped keep us in games,” he said. The Panther squad got four hits against Clarice County. Tiffany Keys, Margo Haynes, Emily Taylor and Courtney Welch hit safely. . ' I Soccer Teams Compete By BONNIE PRICE LOFTON Rappahannock News Coatribnting Writer Rappahannock’s soccer teams had no victories this week, but no opposing teams had a “cake walk,” to borrow words from Mark Pace, the JV soccer coach. Lorinda Bosch’s U-10 team fought a Fauquier team to a 1-1 tie, with Elliot Nichols scoring the goal for Rappahannock. The high school varsity team held Culpeper to a one-point tie until midway in the second half when the fastest player on the Culpeper’s varsity, Randy Jackson, got a breakaway and scored a goal. Coach Kenny Rogers said he had made a calculated risk before Randy’s breakaway to try to break the tie by shifting more energy to the offense. “When you do that, you have to give up some strength in the backfield, and that’s where they hurt us.” “Both teams played really fast,” Coach Rogers said. “It was very exciting, very entertaining — for the fans, at least. But I wish we hat played slower, with more control. A controlled game takes some time ti develop, though. The players nee< time to get some style, to get to knov their teammates.” Coach Rogers said the three exchange students from Latir America who played in Thursday’s game — Rodrigo Huidobro, Tanc Gomez, and Santiago Jaramillo — are more accustomed to a controlled game. “They help us a lot.” Compared to the exchange students, Coach Rogers has observed that his.American players tend to play as if they are thinking: “We’ve got'the ball, and we’ve got to get it down the field as fast as we can.” Actually, he says, “Sometimes it’s better to have three or four guys work the ball down the field with short, controlled passes. Otherwise, you can get down the field too fast and you don’t have enough players with you to do anything with the ball.” The one goal made by varsity was a penalty kick by senior Eddie Sause. The JV soccer team, which also played Culpeper, lost 3-1. As before when JV lost a scrimmage against Culpeper, Coach Mark Pace was anything but discouraged. “They (Culpeper) were not expecting too much of a game, but we played them a good game. They didn’t have a cake walk.” The fourth Rappahannock game > played this week was by the U-14 I team, coached by Howard Coon. > They went down to Fauquier, 4-1, with Lain Carney scoring the only goal. The high school varsity team faces Warren County at home Thursday.

► OAP From Page A-l ---- “Educating Middle School Students.” Of the indicators in “Preparing Students for College,” more students earned the Advanced Studies Diploma (47 percent compared to 36 percent), more took a foreign language before 9th grade (17 percent compared to 15 percent), more took algebra before 9th grade (25 percent compared to 17 percent), more of the students who took advanced placement tests scored 3 Or higher (36 percent compared to 30 percent), and more juniors scored in the top 25 percent on the composite score for the standardized tests (37 percent compared to 27 percent). On the other hand fewer students took advanced placement or college level courses (10 percent compared to 16 percent) and fewer 8th graders scored in the top 25 percent on the composite score (23 percent compared to 25 percent). Of the indicators on “Preparing Students for Work” more students who do not plan to continue their education completed a vocational program (100 percent compared to 64 percent), more 11th graders scored above the bottom 25 percent in standardized tests of reading (83 percent compared to 82 percent) and more graduates completed a keyboarding class (74 percent compared to 73 percent). On the other hand fewer 11 th graders scored above the bottom 25 percent in math on standardized tests (83 percent compared to 85 percent). On “Increasing the Graduation Rate”, more students missed 10 of fewer days of school (65 percent compared to 58 percent), more 8th graders were above the bottom 25 percent on the standardized test composite score (82 percent compared to 78 percent) and a smaller percentage of 4th graders were 11 or older (3 percent compared to 7 percent). On the other- hand fewer 6thgrade students passed all three tests on the Literacy Passport (62 percent compared to 74 percent) and more 8th graders were 15 or older (14 percent compared to 8 percent). The overall drop-out rate for grades 7 through 12 remained the same at 3 percent; the minority dropout rate remained the same at 0 percent, and again 78 percent of 4th graders were above the bottom 25 percent in the composite score on standardized tests. In “Increasing Special Education Students’ Living Skills and Opportunities” more special education students took part in “school sponsored co-curricular activities with non-disabled peers” (13 percent compared to 6 percent), but fewer special education students missed 10 or fewer days of school (26 percent compared to 41 percent) and fewer participated in paid or nonpaid work experience (20 percent compared to 39 percent). The special education student drop-, out rate remained the same at 5 percent. In “Educating Elementary School Students” three indicators showed improvement while three Were worse. More 4th graders scored in the top half on the composite score on standardized tests (49 percent compared to 39 percent), fewer 4th graders were overage in grade (3 percent compared to 7 percent) and more 4th and 5th graders passed the physical fitness tests (14 percent compared to 9 percent). But fewer kindergarten through 5th graders missed 10 days of school or less (65 percent compared to 75 percent), fewer 6th graders passed all three parts of the Literacy Passport (62 percent compared to 74 percent) and fewer took the physical fitness tests (93 percent compared to 98 percent). In “Educating Middle School Students” three measures improved while four were worse. More took a foreign language before ninth grade, and more studied Algebra I. More 6th, 7th and 8th graders passed physical fitness tests (30 percent compared to 26 percent). But fewer missed 10 or fewer days of school (60 percent compared to 65 percent), fewer 8th graders scored in the top 25 percent on the composite score on standardized tests (23 percent compared to 25 percent), fewer scored in the top half (52 percent compared to 54 percent) and fewer middle school students took the physical fitness tests (90 percent compared to 95 percent). In “Educating Secondary School Students” four measures showed improvement while two were worse and one stayed the same. More juniors scored in the top 25 percent (37 percent compared to 27 percent), more scored in the top 50 percent (57. percent compared to 56 percent), more-missed 10 or fewer days of school (60 percent compared to 32 percent) and fewer 9th through 12th graders dropped out (3 percent compared to 4 percent). But fewer 9th and 10th graders passed the physical fitness tests (30 percent compared to 34 percent) even though fewer took the physical fitness tests (91 percent compared to 94 percent). The minority drop-out rate in 9th through 12th grades remained at 0 percent. The Outcome Accountability Project provides data for the past five years for all the state’s school systems and for the state as a whole. Thus it is possible to do comparisons not dnly with last year’s data but with the state and surrounding counties and to look for trends. Standardized Tests In a small school system like Rappahannock’s comparing county scores with those in surrounding counties and concluding anything about changes in scores from year to year is problematical. Some classes are just naturally stronger than others. For last year’s junior class all 11th grade scores were above the average of surrounding counties and all but the percentage in the top half were above the state. That was not necessarily true in former years when several counties had a higher percentage in the top 50 or 25 percent nationally. Eighth-grade standardized test scores are the most variable. Last year the percentage of 8th graders in the top 25 percent was the lowest in the five year period, lower than the state and lower than Fauquier, Warren and Madison counties. The percentage above the bottom 25 percent was high, as it has generally been over the five-year period. Fourth-grade standardized test scores are below the state and the average of surrounding counties and also show a steady trend down over the five-year period, from 92 percent who were above the lowest 25 percent in 1992 to 78 percent last year and the year before and from 70 percent in the top half of the national test in 1992 and 74 percent in 1993 to 49 percent last year, although that was a significant improvement from the 39 percent in 1994. Attendance Since the Richmond Times Dispatch reported on Rappahannock’s attendance rates earlier in this school year, attendance statistics are worth looking at. According to the OAP overall the percentage of students who missed 10 of fewer days of school increased from 58 to 65 percent from 1994 to 1995. The percentage in 9th through 12th grades increased from 32 to 60 percent, while the percentage in kindergarten through fifth grades dropped from 75 to 65 percent, and the percentage in sixth through eighth grade dropped from 65 to 60 percent. However, it is hard to give much credence to these statistics. If 65 percent missed 10 or fewer days of school in the lower six grades while the upper seven grades report that 60 percent had that level of attendance, how can the overall 13-grade figure be 65 percent? Drumbeats i Rappahannock News Staff Photo by Cindy Mahan The U.S. Army’s Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps played at RCES last week. ► Abuse From Page A-l and solutions to familyproblems. It is all geared to keep the kids in the home and get the families out of crisis, she said. It is an approach which tries to get the families to work together, to keep families from breaking up. A free parenting class is available through the Department of Social Services, and a new one should begin in a couple of months, said Mrs. Leathers. Mrs. Leathers said, “If you have a reason to suspect that someone is abused we will check it out.” According to a pamphlet distributed by the department, Virginia law states that an abused or neglected child is any child under 18 years of age whose parents or any person responsible for his or her care: “causes or threatens to cause a non-accidental physical or mental injury; neglects or refuses to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, emotional nurturing, or health A orthern Isle sportswear, in bloom for spring Full Bloom" floral >rri Portrait By Northern Isle gently mixes cream and thyme green. Embroidered platter collar blouse in misses' 6-14, 49.00. short sleeve cardigan sweater in S-M-L-XL, 79.00. I twill skirt in misses' 8-16, 56.00. —-——.I _L %jidn*u■ FranRopl\*-(M4G&-3W1 ■HanMgd-Sa 144; Sm 12-4 - Iwqr Stappng C«M ■ liny. Vh • f$40| 70-1110 • HanMen-fii 104; S* M ; Sun Vh ■ (MO) 347-1020 ■ Horn Mon.-SO 104, Sun 124 care; abandons the child; neglects or refuses to provide adequate supervision in relation to a child’s age and level of development; or commits or allows to be committed any illegal sexual act upon a child, including incest, rape, indecent exposure, prostitution, or allowing a child to be used in any sexually explicit visual material.” The same pamphlet, which is available in the DSS office, also gives some signs of child abuse or neglect: a child who has repeated injuries such as bruises, welts, or burns; a child who is withdrawn, angry, depressed, aggressive, or afraid to go home; a child who is inadequately dressed for the weather, malnourished, physically dirty, tired, left alone frequently or not receiving necessary medical treatment; or a child who is 12 years old or younger and has venereal disease. Children who are abused or people who suspect a child is being abused are encouraged to call the Department of Social Services at 675-3313 and ask for Child Protective Services. People reporting suspected child abuse may remain anonymous. A 24-hour Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline may be reached by calling (800) 552-7096, All reports are investigated immediately by local child protective services workers. ► Child From Page A-l My grandmother sewed, and she made me clothes out of old living room drapes. One Christmas she gave me an outfit which I loved, but I never got to wear it because she returned it to the store when she realized that it was something that made me happy. Sometimes when I was in the backyard I would sneak off and go down to the bay or the library. She caught me one time and screamed at me to go down to the bay and drown myself, warning me never to come home again. I came home that night, after I was sure my father and grandfather were home. I was made to hand wash my own clothes in a bucket on the back porch instead of having them washed with the rest of the family’s clothes in the washing machine. How could someone hate a little girl so much? Once in a while my mother, who then lived in a different part of the country, would call, and my grandmother would make me tell her lies in order to hurt her. She made me tell my mother that she had once sent my brother and me outside in the snow with hardly any clothes on, which was snot true. Of course that would upset my mother deeply. To this day 1 feel guilty about having done that. When I was 15, my father, brother « and I moved away, far away, from my * grandparents’ home, and I was never abused again. I used to say “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” That saying is a long way from the truth. Though it all happened many years ago, I am still haunted by the memories, and have to constantly fight to feel I have any self worth at all. And the only person I trust in the whole world is my brother, because he went through it too. ► Schools From Page A-l putting a new roof over the gym and cafeteria at the elementary school. The board also approved having School Superintendent Davjd Gangel advertise for bids for the new roof, asking for bids for three types 1) replacing the roof with another flat roof, 2) replacing the roof with a similar roof with a drop of 1/8 inch per foot produced by sloped insulation, and 3) replacing the roof with a low sloped metal roof with 1/4 inch per foot drop. Dr. Gangel’said he estimated the second roof would cost $5,000 more than the first and the third roof would cost another $7,000. He said there might not be enough money to do the third type of roof and the lights at the high school, and several board members said they thought getting rid of flat roofs was more important. The board heard recommendations from teachers on textbooks to be adopted for the next six years. Carol Johnson said the teachers recommended the school system adopt the Harcourt Brace series for reading. Theresa Rudolph'gave the recommendation on elementary school science books, and Brion Patterson g?ve the recommendation on high school science texts. The board voted to adopt the science books. At the suggestion of Jackson District representative Ron Makela the board agreed to let the public review the reading textbooks and leave any written comments. The recommended books will be available at the elementary school for review. Call the school office at 987-8259. The board wants to receive any written comments by Monday, April 22, and the board will schedule an extra meeting in April to adopt the reading textbooks so they can be ordered with funds from the current fiscal year’s budget. With March enrollment figures in Dr. Gangel was able to say that the county’s basic school aid for the current school year will be based on an average daily membership of 1,037 students. The budget was based on 1,010 students. If all other funds come in as expected that will mean an additional $40,000 to $50,000 from the state for the current school year. However, the board cannot spend that money because it was not part of the budget appropriation, so it will be turned over to the county’s general fund at the end of the fiscal year. The board adopted a school calendar for next year that includes 185 days and a spring vacation from March 28 through April 6. School is scheduled to start Monday, Aug. 26, and Saturday, June 14 is scheduled for graduation. Five days missed during the current school year will not be made up. The board voted to take advantage of “banked time” instead. Teachers will be expected to work on five Saturdays, however. McNear Makes Honor Roll Laura E. McNear a senior at Mercerbsurg Academy made the honor roll for the winter term. Mercersburg Academy is an independent co-educational boarding school in south-central Pennsylvania. Laura is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. McNear of Washington.

• Community News •Obituaries Rappahannock News • Real Estate • Classifieds WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10,1996 Hunt Races at Ben Venue Louise and Heidi Eastham present Jill Waterman with the Albert Pope Hinckley Trophy. Flowers and gleaming silver decorate the trophy table at the Old Dominion Hunt Races Saturday. Rappahannock News Staff Photos by Cindy Mahan Heather Beargie on Empress Invader comes in second in the third race, the Big Cobbler. Ken Pankow Is Well-Traveled Horse Dentist By CINDY MAHAN Rappahannock News Staff Writer It may surprise some people, but horses need dentists too. Flint Hill resident Ken Pankow has been an equine dental technician for 19 years, and he is so busy that his calendar is full for several months in advance. He covers a wide area, from Tidewater and Charlottesville north throughout Virginia and over to Baltimore and the Annapolis area, putting 45,000 miles on his truck annually. Two farms in Germany fly him over twice a year to take care of their show horses. Most of Mr. Pankow’s time with a horse is spent doing something called floating, which is filing away rough edges of the horse’s molars. Mr. Pankow first files the outside of the molars and then attaches an equine Laid out on a truck tailgate are some of the tools Mr. Pankow uses for floating and extractions. Concert of Love Songs Set A seasonal concert of love songs comes to The Theatre at Washington at 8 p.m., on Saturday, April 20. The four musicians known collectively as “La Rondinella” have titled their program “Sleep, Dreams, and Awakenings: Renaissance and Traditional Music of Love and Spring from England, Scotland, and America.” Elizabethan love songs, ballads, sprightly country and morris dance tunes, and virtuoso instrumental pieces are performed on Renaissance instruments, including the lute, recorder, and viola da gamba. Sleep and dreams were major topics for composers of the English Renaissance, who were fascinated by the association of fantasies, unrequited love, and the subconscious. The reawakening of the earth and arrival of spring have always been a time of singing and dancing. The program draws on the rich repertoire of Renaissance and traditional music of tlje season. In addition to works by the everpopular “Anonymous,” several illustrious Elizabethan composers, includ ing John Dowland, Robert Johnson, and Thomas Morley provide the music, along with country dances from the 17th-century John Playford collections. Contemporary music in a traditional style rounds out the program. Four musicians in the Washington, D.C., area with a common interest in Renaissance and traditional music established “La Rondinella” in 1987. The group performs regularly in the greater Washington area and in May 1994 made its European debut at the early music festival in Regensburg, Germany. They have been featured on National Public Radio’s “Millenium of Music.” Both concerts and recordings have been rewarded with fine critical acclaim. Performing at the concert in Washington are mezzo-soprano Barbara Hollinshead; Paul Bensel, recorder; Carolyn Anderson Surrick, viola da gamba; and Howard Bass, lute. Tickets for “Sleep, Dreams, and Awakenings” are $13.50 with reservation and $15 at the door. Children's tickets are half price. For reservations phone 675-1253. speculum to hold the mouth open. With that in place, he can work on the lower.teeth, and the speculufn makes it easier to work with his tools (and it looks safer). A horse’s teeth keep growing throughout its life. When rough edges develop, they can cause pain and ulcerations on the inside of the cheek, causing problems when the horse is ridden. Some dressage and jumper horses are so active that they may develop sharp edges on their teeth more often than others, said Mr. Pankow. At Cindy Williams’s farm in Huntly last Friday, Mr. Pankow worked first on floating Mystery’s teeth, and then on Agatha, who was not as receptive to the work on her teeth as Mystery had been. She kept backing up so that she ended up leaning against the back part of the stall as Mr. Pankow checked her teeth. He discovered that she was more sensitive on her right side and that she had a blind (under the gum) wolf tooth. Mrs. Williams confirmed his diagnosis, saying that she has had a tougher time making Agatha go to the right while riding her. Because Agatha would need to be sedated before pulling the tooth, Mr. Pankow decided to take care of the wolf tooth l^ter on, once Agatha was sedated by a veterinarian. Sotaietimes extractions can be done without sedation, though. A horse has a mature set of teeth usually by the age of five, and floating needs to be done on most mature horses once a year, said Mr. Pankow. Rappahannock News Staff Photos by Cindy Mahan Ken Pankow has the equine speculum on Mystery so he can reach more teeth to file. Under the age of five, they need it every six months. Horses start off with a set of 24 baby teeth and change over to adult teeth from the age of 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 years old. A mature male horse will have up to 44 teeth; females .will have up to 40. Typically, said Mr. Pankow, a mature horse will have between 36 and 40 teeth. Foreign Service Officer Rappahannock News StalT Pholo by Cindy Mahan At the library Friday, Jon Purnell will speak on U.S.Russian relations as elections near in both countries. J Horses can have from zero to four wolf teeth which are in the area of the mouth where the bit fits. They develop in a foal from six to eight months old. They are extracted in a young horse’s mouth, and the average tooth size is small, about as big around as a pencil. Dental work on a horse is mostly preventative, said Mr. Pankow. However, like people, problems may develop and turn into bigger problems if not taken care of early. He had a relatively easy day in Rappahannock last Friday, compared to visiting some large farms where he may see as many as 25 horses in a day. Just two horses needed floating in Abigail Gilley’s bam at the Kummli farm in Huntly. One was Excalibur, who is one of the horses who was burned, but doing very well now, at a bam fire on another farm in Huntly last year. Ms. Gilley said she is thrilled to have a dentist, vet and farrier all within eight miles. She also said she believes that filing teeth and shoeing horses are two of the hardest jobs in the horse business. He had to knock off some calculus, which is a build-up of bacteria, off the teeth of another horse there, which he also did floating on. During the afternoon, he made four more stops around the county doing routine filing. Mr. Pankow studied animal science and graduated from the University of Maine. He learned most of his trade on the job, and his wife Ann, who now keeps busy with her store Horse n’ Hound in Flint Hill, worked with him for six years. He is a member of the Equine Dental Technicians’ Association, is on their board, and heads up its certification program. The association holds annual conferences for continuing education. Mr. Pankow lives in Flint Hill with his wife and their two daughters (the youngest one was. bom just last Saturday). / Open Theatre Scheduled It’s that time of year when community members have the opportunity to strut their stuff on the Ki Theatre stage. The Third Annual Open Theatre is. coming on Saturday, April 20 at 8 p.m. and this year will feature allRappahannockians. Open Theatre was initiated in 1994 by Julie Portman to give people of all ages and from all walks of life the chance to perform in short acts of their own choosing in theatre, music, dance, storytelling or some other unique blend of creativity. Joyce Abell, director and producer of Open Theatre says, “This should be a really exciting program this year,” Jean Falk, who recently appeared at Ki \ Theatre in “The Neighbors,” will be performing the funny and touching monologue, “Twirler,” about an exbaton twirler who found God. When “Twirler” was first performed at the Fifth Annual Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky, it was hailed as the crown jewel of that event. At long last Mike Garcia, who has been keeping people in stitches for years at parties, will make his debut on stage as a stand-up comic. Who knows? This may be the beginning of a new career for Mike and we’ll be able to say we saw him first when he started on his way to fame and fortune. Twenty-two homeschooled children have been practicing their new play, “The Wishing Stream,” for weeks. The Two Old Geezers, Sid Gottlieb and Richard Abell, will vie with each other to tell their worst anecdotes about life down on the farm. Carla Theadore will lead the audience, through the amusing tale of “A Senior Citizen Surfs the Internet” and the lively Broom Dance scene from Laurie Marshall’s “Dust in the Comer” will be shown as well. To round the program off, two musical groups will be performing: The Eclectics have promised some of their funniest songs, both new and old. And the newly-formed Carney Boys Band will give us their unique rock ‘n roll, performing some original songs with Jennings Carney as lead singer. Tickets for Open Theatre at Ki Theatre are available at Cabin Fever Books in Washington, at Mountainside Market in Sperryville or at the door on the night of the performance. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for ages 12 and under.

Gospel Program Planned The Odd Fellow cemetery committee will have a gospel program at 6 p.m, on Sunday, April 13 at the First Baptist Church. David Clanagan, Free Spirit, Robert Glasker from Promise Land Men’s Chrous, Promise Land Young Adult, C.E.D. Chrous will be the guest. The public is invited. Thornton Gap Primitive Baptist t Moderator: Elder Rodger Frazier Spnday: Every Third Sunday 10:30 a.m. Five Forks Regular Baptist Pastor: Rev. Wilfred Deppen Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Promise Land Baptist Pastor: John R. Pendleton Sunday: <■ Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Slate Mills Baptist Sunday: Wednesday: Thursday: Pastor: Rev. J. Harold Eaton Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Children’s Choir 6:45 p.m. Youth & Adult Choirs 7:30 p.m. W.M.U. Meeting Reynolds Memorial Baptist Intermin Pastor: Jon Heddleston Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Tuesday: Choir Practice 7 p.m. Wednesday: Community Youth 6-8 p.m. Mt. Lebanon Baptist Pastor: Tom Wiles Sunday: Adult Bible School/Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study 7 p.m. Wednesday: Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. St. Peter's Catholic Mission Rev. Albert Verbeke, Rector Masses: On Sundays 10 a.m. . On Weekdays (Mon.-Sat.) 8:30 a.m. On Holy Days of Obligation 7:30 p.m. % Campmeeting Planned The New Hope Bible Church in Sperryville will be having an old fashion campmeeting now through April 19. Service times are 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. and also at 6 p.m. on Sundays. Monday thru Friday times are at 7 p.m. Saturday night is ladies only with special guest speakers Mrs. Mickey Brewer and Mrs. Jerry Monday. Special speakers will include Dr. Floyd Brewer, Dr. Farrell Osborne, Dr. Jerry Monday, and many others. Special singers will include The Mondays, The Dove Family, The Osbornes, The New Hope Singer, The Menefee’s, and many others. An invitation is extended. For more information call 937-6034. Carl Menefee is pastor of New Hope Bible Church. t Sunday: Sunday: Tuesday: Sunday: Sunday: Wednesday: Saturday: Sunday: , Wednesday: Sunday: Tuesday: Macedonia Baptist Pastor: Rev. James A. Price Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Washington Baptist Pastor: Rev. Phillip Bailey Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Community Youth Group 4:30 p,m. Children’s Choir 7 p.m. Adult Choir 7:30 p.m. F.T. Baptist Pastor: Rev. Douglas Farmer Sunday School 10 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Rector: Rev. Jennings W. Hobson III Holy Eucharist I 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist II 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Prayer II 11 a.m. Midweek Bible Study and Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Small Church Conference — Trinity hosts for Diocese 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cid Brown Bible Pastor: John K. Burke Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Youth and Evening Service 6 p.m. Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Massanova Pentecostal Pastor: Rev. L.D. Savage Sunday School 10 a^m. Youth 5:45 p.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. Worship 7 p.m. County Methodist Services The United Mlethodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, April 14 as follows: Flint Hill at 8:45; Sperryville at 11:15 a.m., with communion and Willis Chapel at 10 a.m., with communion. The Rev. Merlin Shorb is pastor and invites the public. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Helen Smith The 4-H Cooking and Crafts Club working on decorating cupcakes. Left to right, Molly Burke, Ashleigh Burke, Bobbie Jo Brown, Julie Payne, Mrs. Pat Jenkins and Nicole Baldwin. 4-H Cooking, Crafts Club Learns Cake Decorating By HELEN SMITH Eitcnskm Agent, Home Economics At their February meeting the 4-H Cooking and Crafts Club had a lesson on Cake Decorating taught by Pat Jenkins, Cafeteria Manager, Rappahannock County Elementary School. Mrs. Jenkins is also a local caterer and does lots of wedding cakes. She taught the girls the basics of cake decorating and let them practice by decorating several cupcakes with holiday themes. The 4-H Cooking and Crafts Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month, 3:30-5 p.m., at the Extension Office. They are studying food and nutrition and home furnishings projects. This is for children ages 9-13. For information, call their 4-H leader, Judi Burke at 635-3,473, or the Extension Office at 675-3619. Woodville Welcomes Visitors Mrs. Pearl Hawkins was a Friday dinner guest of Mrs. Vallie Butler and Norma Holt. Katherine Crawford of Flint Hill spent from Friday until Sunday with her grandmother, Mrs. Audra Crawford. Mrs. Shirley Settle and grandson, George Compton of Amissville were Saturday visitors of Mrs. June Clark and Misty Hitt. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Crawford and Katherine of Flint Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Crawford, Charles and Elizabeth of Sperryville and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sykes of Culpeper were Easter Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Audra Crawford. Michael and Thomas Crawford of Culpeper visited their grandmother, Mrs. Audra Crawford on Saturday. Mrs. Janice Johnson, Raymond Johnson, Raymond K. Johnson and friend Chris of Harrisonburg enjoyed dinner at County Cookin’ in Culpeper on Saturday evening. Easter Sunday evening dinner guests of Charles and Pat Wharton were Grey and Teresa Wayland, Zack and Seth of Sperryville, Ray Wharton, Lisa Green and daughter Ashley of Castleton and Ashley Vest. Mrs. June Clark was a Wednesday guest of Misses Elsie and Margaret Dodson at Flint Hill. Derek Dulaney of Virginia Tech spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Daczewitz. Mrs. Gladys Dulaney of Luray was a Saturday overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Daczewitz Easter dinner guest of The Daczewitzs were Derek Daczewitz of Virginia Tech, Mrs. Gladys Dulaney of Luray, Mrs. Katherine Weakley of Washington and Mr. John Dodson of Mt. Pony. Easter Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brown were Mr. and Mrs. Tim Brown, Jason and Sam of Washington, Ms. Bonnie Brown of Germantown, Md. and Mrs. Chloe Brown. Having a Place an ad in the classifieds for better results Dodsons Celebrate Daughter's Arrival Congratulations go out to Ronnie and Lisa Dodson upon the birth of their daughter, Amber Christina. Amber was born on April 3 at Fauquier Hospital. Proud grandparents are Mrs. Lee Anna Wharton and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dodson. Visitors in the Dodson home this past week to welcome Amber home were Mrs. Lee Anna Wharton, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wharton, Gary and Mark, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Jenkins and Timmy, Ruth Atkins* Ann Pullen, Mrs. Thelma Jenkins and Angie, Amy Wharton, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Sumner, Ms. Pat Davis and Kirk Jr., Marshall Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Huff and Zachary, Chuck Moore and Carol Wilson. Easter Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ranny Aylor were Miss Heather Aylor and Lee Ayres of Culpeper. Heather and Polly visited Mrs. Dorothy Lewis in Huntly later on in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baldwin and David were” Saturday night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Baldwin at Slate Mills. The Sperryville United Methodist Church will have worship service at 11:15 a.m. with communion on Sunday, April 14. Sunday school will be at 10 a.m. Rev. Merlin Shorb invites the public. Birthday wishes go out to my niece, Amanda Jenkins in Culpeper who will celebrate her third birthday on April 15. Ms. Phyllis Savoy of Arlington was a Friday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Jenkins and Angie. Friday evening guests in the Jenkins home were Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Pullen and Ashleigh of Washington. Mrs. Barbara Wayland and Tiffany attended a bridal shower for Miss Christie Estep on Saturday. Miss Estep will wed Michael Fox in May. Good Friday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall Clark in celebration of his birthday were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard LeSueur and Joseph of Culpeper, Rhonda Clark and Nathan Almarode of Front Royal, Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Jr., Stacey and Amanda, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pullen, Mrs. Debbie Krtick and Sean Michael, all of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayland and Tiffany. Before the dinner the children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt. The Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad will sponsor their annual Miss Rappahannock pageant at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at Rappahannock Elementary School. Rehearsal for the pageant will be at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16. Female residents of Rappahannock County between the ages of 2-19 are eligible to participate in the pageant. Male residents of Rappahannock County between the ages of 2-6 are eligible to participate in Little Mr. Rappahannock. Special events include the sisters category and the Mother-Daughter category. Raffle tickets for various prizes are currently available from the members or may be purchased on the evening of the pageant. For more information call Debbie at 987-3354 or Chris at 987-3127. Have a great week. Garden Club Members Enjoy Master Gardener The Rappahannock Garden Club met March 20 at the firehall for their first 1996 meeting. Hostesses were Frances Russell, Dotty Hooff, and Marian White. Jennifer Alexander, Master Gardner, was presented as speaker by Kenner Love from the Rappahannock Extension Office in Washington. She explained to members how to send soil samples for analysis of nutrients for growing productive gardens. Also, how information can be gained from using the internet and how and where to take courses for master gardening. Ribbon winners in the “Flying High” floral arrangements were: Beth Debergh, blue; Betty Wood, red and Mary Revercomb, yellow; with two honorable mentions, Helen Fairfax and Virginia Scott. The next meeting will be spring cleanup of the Courthouse grounds and roadways. -f Licenses Issued The following marriage licenses were issued at the Rappahannock Clerk’s Office recently. Donald Richard Brown, Amissville and Mary Josephine Hutchinson, Arlington. Milton Lee Russell, Flint Hill and Tammy Christine Compton, Flint Hill. Brookside Restaurant & Gift Shop U.S. 211 E. Luray Foothills of Blue Ridge Mtns. F«i. & Sat. 7a.m. - 9:00 Sun. to Thurs. 7a.m.-8:30 d. 540-743-5698 .m. m. ROBERT J. CLATTERBUCK Plumbing and Heating Flint Hill, VA 675-3378 W.C. THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME 503-7 NORTH MAIN ST.. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA 540/825-6700 CHERRY STREET Building Supply Corp. "See Us For All Your Building Supply Needs" 1418 Orange Road Culpeper 540-825-0937 Sperryville Emporium "The Shop that has EVERYTHING" Rts.211 &522 Sperryville, VA 540-987-8239 Someone has observed that “the opposite of trust is not mistrust but fear." This holds water in all areas of life where trust is called for, but especially within the family circle. We don't trust children because WE FEAR what they will do with freedom. Certainly, sometimes they blow it. Yet, most of the time, they handle it with responsibility, given the long range of things and enough time. Often we do not trust our offsprings because we fear our parenting was short, inadequate. Yet, most of us are better parents than we dare imagine. But if we don’t trust our children, what choice have we? Lock them Trust Your Child! in cages of imprisoning rules? Forfeit real security for immediate safety? Jesus’ story about the Prodigal Son comes into clear focus for us. All the loving father could do was trust - trust that His son would make it home. And he did. Sunday Isaiah 25:1-12 Monday Isaiah 65:17-25 Tuesday 1 John 5:1-21 Wednesday Revelation 1:1-8 Thursday Revelation 21:1-27 Friday Revelation 22:1-21 Saturday Matthew 20:1-16 J SW.-e*M£f . 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Dresses Mbdeled By Granddaughter - Recently Mrs. Stacey Bailey and hef 19 month old daughter, Peyton of Front Royal were models for a fashion show at Peach Tree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Peyton modeled Merridale Frocks, a line of dresses made by her grandmother, Mrs. Marilyn Bailey. Miss Alicia Butler of Vienna and Phil Butler of Falls Church spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butler. Dinner guests on Easter Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butler were Mrs. Alicia Butler of Vienna, Phil Butler of Falls Church, Mrs. Erma Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bulter and Rachel Berta. . >Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hitt of McLean were recent visitors.of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butler. Mrs. Virginia Pennington in recuperating at Overlook Health and Rehab Center, Room 305, Warrenton. Mrs. Frances Eubank returned home on Wednesday from Warren Memorial Hospital. Weekend visitors of Mrs. Frances Eubank were Mrs. Virginia Corder of Washington, Mrs. Kim Vest of Flint Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Sandra Hitt of Boston, Ms., Betty Menefee of Manassas, Mrs. Mary Smoot and daughters, Crystal and Megan, Karen Smith of Winchester and Herndon Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Keyser and daughter, Michelle and son, Leroy and his girlfriend Amy Pullen of Alexandria and Mrs. Addie Keyser had Easter dinner Sunday at the Western Sizzler in Warrenton. On Friday evening, April 5 Mrs. Linda McArthur of Oaksville, Tenn. and Craig Messner of Salt Lake City, Utah hosted a 50th wedding anniversary party for their parents, Walden and Hazel Messner, at the Riverboat Restaurant in Salt Lake City. Hazel is a former resident of Rappahannock County. Mrs. Loretta Lee had surgery at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton on Sunday. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Carroll of Powhatan were Saturday luncheon guests of Mr; and Mrs. Edward M. Clark. Tim Falls had the misfortune to get kicked by a bull in which two bones were broken in his right hand. Our condolences to Mrs. Edna Vaught and the family in Front Royal on the passing of their sister Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell. Mrs. Mitchell is also a cousin of Ruth Clark. If you would like to volunteer to help with Vacation Bible School, June 17-21, please contact Sue Sabatini at 987-9143 or Bill Welch 675-3097 of the Washington Baptist Church. _ Mrs. Jean B. Moffett spent Easter weekend with her son and daughterin-law, Mr. and Mrs. Page Moffett and family in Leesburg. Tuesday Mrs. D.C. Welling of Fairfax Station spent the day with her mother, Mrs. Jean B. Moffett. Happy birthday to Mrs. Patsy Baker who will have her day on Friday, April 12th. Best wishes to Troy and Patsy Baker who will celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary on Sunday, April 14. Those enjoying Easter dinner on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark were Richie Eastham of Warrenton, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Falls, Samantha and Robert of Woodville, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown, Amanda and Bobbie Jo. The Spring meeting or the Shiloh Association will be held on Thursday April 11th in Good Hope Baptist Church with speaker Mrs. Earlene Jesse of Women’s Missionary Union of Virginia. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. with a covered dish dinner at 6, p.m. and the evening session begins at 7 p.m. For more information contact Miss Mary Miller Wood or Rev. Phil Bailey. Guests Easter Sunday of Mrs. Annie Hawkins were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawkins of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Gera, Stephanie and Lindsey of Springfield, Mrs. Mabel Burke, Richie Burke and daughters, Molly and Katie of Woodville, Mr. and Mrs. John Deal, Jamie and Johnathan of Hume, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Burke of Annandale, Mrs. Sandra McClellan and sons Brandon and Matthew of Manassas, George Bennette of Front Royal, Roger Hawkins and Kim Hawkins of Warrenton, Mrs. Leslie Copplen and daughter, Kaylan and Chris Hawkins of Culpeper. . Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz visited Mrs. Alyson Sengstack and sons, Eric and Jason in Centreville. They all shopped and had lunch at Potomac Mills. Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz were Easter Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sengstack, Eric and Jason in Centreville. Friday Miss Lizzie Eastham of Amissville and Mrs. Linda Clark and daughter, Amanda shopped in Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Jr., Amanda and Stacy were Friday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark in Sperryville. Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Dorothy Ralls were Mr. and Mrs. Ike I. Ralls and children, Melinda, Waylon and Candy of Linden and Mrs. Linda Clark and daughter, Amanda. Have a great week. Ruritan Activities Highlights Area News The Amissville Ruritan Club at its monthly meeting March 21 voted to donate $175 to Rappahannock High School for Girls State and 450 to Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) After-Prom Party. Ruritan members are reminded litter pick up along U.S. 211 is set for April 20. Reception for the Ruritan National President will be held May 3, 8 p.m. at the Round Hill Club. The April 18 meeting of the Amissville Ruritan Club will be held at Western Sizzlin’ in Warrenton at 7 p.m. Other actions at the Ruritan’s March 21 meeting included the following: An auction is planned for May and June with Fred Naramore chairman; will man a booth at the July 4 celebration in Washington, with Jerome Mallory chairman; Family Fun Day is Saturday, Oct. 19, to include BBQ dinner, with Ginny Pierson chairperson. The Rappahannock and Rapidan District Ruritan Fellowship Banquet will be held April 20 at Bowling Green South in Front Royal. The Sifetl'l I # J| BR. By CATHY LOU SMITH 937-5024 activities include a golf tournament at 10 a.m. Cost $35 per person. Social hour at 5 p.m. and dinner-dance cost is $17 per person; dinner begins at 6 p.m. and dance at 7:30 p.m. For more details call Buddy Samuels at 937-5972 or Bill Segrest at 937-4604. $1,000 in prizes; cost $50 per person; $200 per team. The Rappahannock District Ruritan Golf Tournament to benefit the Ruritan National Education Foundation will be held May 10 at Meadow Farms Golf Course, near Lake of the Woods, east of Culpeper. For entry form call 662-3793. Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue appreciates everyone’s support at their recent chicken dinner. Contest is currently underway for the Honorary Fire Chief, Queen, Princess, and Little Princess. For details, call Sandi Carter, 937-4218. The next dance at the fire house is set for April 20. Amissville Health and Fitness Support Group will host a presentation by Hartland Wellness Center at the April 20 meeting. Subject is “Weight Management.” Meeting begins at 11 a.m. at Amissvill£ United Methodist Church. For details call Cathy, 937-5024. ' Youth, agfcs 10 to 17, desiring to enjoy a camping trip to Canada this summer free, may enter a contest by writing why they would like to go, in 100 words of more, and mail to Jefferson Ruritan Club, Jeffersonton, Va. 22724. the trip has been donated by TASC for TEENS. For details call director Paul Oesstreicher at 9378272. Also call for other camping trips available. Special thanks to Paul for providing these activities. This is the third year he has donated this free trip, worth approximately $2,000. Youth directors, leam how you may attend a trip free. Rappahannock . Athletic Association is still in need of sponsors. Mail your donations to Mr. Douglas Baumgardner, P.O. Box 270, Washington, Va. 22747. Gold sponsors of a team is $350 (recognized at all athletic events a functions during the 1996 baseball season); Silver sponsor $200; Bronze $100; Community Sponsor $50. For more details call president Denny O’Neil 937-5989 or Mr. Baumgardner at 675-3617. Mark you calendar now to attend RAA Opening Day ceremonies on April 27. AmisSville United Methodist Church is having their “Golden Years” luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13 to honor those members and regular attenders who are 60 and over. Thanks for leaving news at Hackley’s Store. Reminder, Jan Makela coordinates community activities. Check out the calendar of events posted inside front door at Hackley’s. Residents Enjoy Holiday Visitors Ken and Cathy Cieslak and children of Ruther Glen spent the Easter Weekend with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crane. Joining them on Saturday were Mike and Tina Crane and Laura of Maryland. Jim Curtis of Linden was a guest on Easter Sunday of his parents, Jack and Mary Curtis. Chucky and Jenny Presgraves of Shenandoah Farms was a Sunday dinner guests of her mother, Mrs. Ethel Lillard. Also visiting on Easter were Ronnie Lillard of Warrenton, Crystal Lillard and friend, Patrick of Front Royal. Guests on Easter Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lillard were Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hawkins of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gera, Stephanie and Lindsey of Springfield, Leon Lillard, Allison and Amy Lillard, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Duncan of Broad Run and Thomas Williams of Front Royal Bryant and Holly Welch spent last weekend in Virginia Beach. During their absence Katie and Emily spent the weekend with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welch. Gale Gencarelli of Lynchburg spent the holiday weekend in the Klise-Cummings home. Mrs. Barbara Mandell of Portsmouth has been a house-guest. Easter Sunday guests of Mrs. Mabel Lillard were Diane and Joshua Dellinger, Debra and Clark Moats and family, Tommy and Linda Lillard, Jimmy and Betty Lillard, David Lillard, Christine Keller and children and Jean Lillard. Denise Bullett and Tyler of Middletown, Connecticut and Joyce Amanda Shorb of Maryland were recent guests of Joy and Merlin Shorb. Barry Hudson and Roxanne Campbell of Front Royal and David Dodsons Welcome Baby Girl Mr. and Mrs. James Ronald Dodson of Sperryville are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Amber Christina, bom at 9:43 a.m. on April 3 at Fauquier Hospital, WaiTenton. Amber weighed eight pounds, eight ounces and was 20 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mrs. Lee Ann Wharton of Sperryville and the late Henry Wharton. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Dodson of Sperryville. Paternal great-grandparents is Mrs. Eva Dodson of Sperryville. Check Ufa I&appatjannocfe iletos to find out who’s getting married or who has tied the knot in your neighborhood. Huff .were Easter Sunday guests in the Bunny Hudson home. The Flint Hill United Methodist Church will have worship service at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, April 14. The pastor the Rev. Merlin Shorb invites the public. Mrs. Alice Pullen with Gloria Monroe motored to Arlington last Thursday to visit Annie Putman. East%r Sunday dinner guests of the Bryant Welch family were Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welch. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Butler and family in Front Royal were Mrs. Alice Pullen, Jennifer Bywaters, Mary Frances Bywaters, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Sanders and Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Dougie Bywaters and children and Mr. and Mrs. David By waters. Visiting with Mrs. Alice Pullen on Saturday were Mary Frances Bywaters, Angie, Matthew and Joshua Bywaters. Have a great week. *XX7 Mew 1995 factory Leftover Models Huge 3I'«I9'«4'Deep Gomes Complete with Lorn Deck, Fenoe, Ladders, Liner, Miter, Pumpt Motor. Inslollofton & Mnendng Available. 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All members and those interested in joining are encouraged to attend. Donations Sought Free coffee and muffins will be offered at Thistle Hill Bed and Breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. April 15-19 to anyone making a donation to the Windmore Foundation. For additional information call the Wilsons at 987-9122. Spring Picnic Planned The annual community-wide spring picnic, featuring the music of Mark Caraway and Rappahannock County’s Eclectics will be held from 1-4 p:m. on Saturday, April 13 at the Child Care Learning Center. Please bring a potluck dish. Drinks and desert provided. Activities will include children’s games, a pettin pony and pot-bellied pig! Fund for all ages! The event is sponsored by the Rappahannock Democratic Committee. All are welcome. Call 987-8410 for more information. Breakfast Planned The Chester Gap Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor an all-youcan eat breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. on April 14 at the Chester Gap Fire House. The cost is $5 for persons 10 and over. Soccer Clinic To Start Rappahannock County Soccer League is holding a soccer clinic on Saturday, April 13 at RCES. Groups will be based on age and will run an hour and a half. Information is available from your soccer coach or Cabin Fever books at 675-1300. The clinic is open to everyone. It is being sponsored by the Soccer Academy. Kindergarten Registration All children who will be five years of age by Sept. 30, 1996, may begin kindergarten this fall. Registration for children who are entering kindergarten this fall will be held at RCES from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, Wednesday, April 17, and Thursday, April 18 by appointment. All children must be accompanied by an adult. So that the school may plan adequately for new students, it is very important that all incoming kindergartners be registered. Parents are requested to bring birth certificates and social security numbers to registration. Call Raye Tupper or Martha Kidwell at 987-8259 to arrange an appointment for registration. Video-Discussion Series Set The IRIS Centre for Shamanic Studies will present its Spring VideoDiscussion series every third Tuesday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Centre at 325-B Middle Street in Washington. On Tuesday, April 16 “Goddess Remembered”, Part One of the important trilogy of films on women and spirituality, directed by Donna Reed, examines pre-Christian goddess-worshipping religions. Traveling from the caves of paleolithic France to the temples of Malta and Create, this film documents the architectural and artistic remnants of ancient societies which held female images of the Divine at the center of their spiritual practice. Other Series will be held on may 21 and June 18. The fee for each evening is $5. Please call Denise Horton, Ph.D., Director, to register and for further information, 675-3003. Spring Bazaar Scheduled The annual Spring Bazaar at Wakefield Country Day School, Inc., Rt. 522, Huntly will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 in the school gym. Free admission. Refreshments will be sold, plants, clothing, appliances, and an upright piano are among the many items. For more information call the school at 635-8555 or Jule Konick at 675-3313 (work) or 937-5067, home. Book Fair Planned Rappahannock County Elementary School Library is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair from 8; 15 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 18-25, and until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23. This reading event features the newest titles over 100 publishers and presents students, parents and teachers a golden opportunity to see the latest works by popular authors and illustrators of books for young readers. Don’t miss the Scholastic Book Fair coming to RCES on April 1825. Admission is free! Call 987-8259 for more information. May Day Celebration Set The public is invited to the traditional May Day Celebration at Spring Mountain School from 12 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Along with the May Pole Dance; there will be rides, games, food, entertainment and crafts. Artists and craftsmen interested in selling their wares can call the school at 675-1458. Spring Event Scheduled The Washington Baptist Church Spring Event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. Events will include a silent auction, plant sale, bake goods, Grandma’s Attic, and lots of good food and drinks. Auction To Be Held The Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company will sponsor an auction on Saturday, May 4. To donate items or to have items picked up call the fire hall at 937-5125 or Paul Poling at 937-5205; Jack Atkins at 937-5282 or Sheila Scott at 937-4357. Dance Scheduled The Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company will sponsor a dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, April 20. The group will be River Bottom. You must be 21 years of age or older to attend. A dress code is required. For more information call Sheila Scott at 927-4357. Survivors Group To Meet The Lone and Laughter Cancer Survivors Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 at Rappahannock Realty in Flint Hill. For additional information call Esther at 675-3252. Miss Rappahannock Pageant Set Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad will spbnsfir their annual Miss Rappahannock pageant at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Rappahannock Elementary School. Rehearsal for the pageant is at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16. Female residents of Rappahannock County between the ages of 2-19 are eligible to participate in the pageant. Male residents of Rappahannock County between the ages of 2-6 are eligible to participate in Little Mr. Rappahannock. Special events include the Sisters category and the Mother/Daughter category. Raffle tickets are available from F.T.Valley Grocery, Sperryville Exxon or by calling Debbie at 987-3354. For more information or to register call Debbie at the above number or Chris at 987-3127.

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Box 359 Leesburg, VA. 22075 1.__ 2._ 3._4 _ 5._ 6_ 7._ 8_ 9._10._ 11.__12 _ 13. __14._ 15._' 16._ 17.__ 18._ 19._20_ ADDITIONAL WORDS 21.__22._ 23._24_ 25._26 _ 27._28 __ 29._j__30. __' Which Paper(s):___ Category #:_ Name:__;_ ■ Address_1_ City:_State:_Zip_ Phone: ( )____,_ 1 Antiques ft Collectibles N-Guage Train layout - Add it to your RR Empire or start your own. Must see to appreciate. $600/ best offer. 301-229-9280 leave message. Announcements ATTENTION READERS: We have inserted "FUN ADS' in our papers to ease your every day tensions. If you find one of them, simply , clip this coupon & the "FUN AD" and attach them to your ad (noncommercial), and you will receive a 5% discount on your ad. The ad must be mailed in. This special offer is good far one ad at • time, and only for noncommercial ada. Good dKoitgb June 13,1996. Announcements Attention Married Women Contestants wanted for Mrs. Virginia America ® Pageant. For Free information, call 1 -800-6888413. You must ask for Judy: REMiaroERi SOME OF YOUR ADS WILL CONTAIN TOE NEW 540 AREA CODE Share America with Scandinavian, European, South American, Asian, Russian. High school exchange students arriving August. Become a host family/ aise. Call 1-800Sibling. 5 Business Opportunities $$Avon$$ - Potential $200-82000 per month. Sell where and when you like, it's not just door to door anymore. Medical/ other insurance available. 1 -800-288-6311 Ind. rep. Be Your Own Boss. Possible $2500 part-time - $8,000 full-time monthly processing insurance claims for healthcare providers. Software purchase required plus computer. Financing available. 1-800-722-7267. Auctions AUCTION Personal Properly & Farm Equipment of Flo & the late Earl Duvall, 100 Deanng Road, rant Hin, VA. Sat, April 13,1996, at 10 AM Mr. & Mrs. Duvall have long been respected members of the Flint Hill community. Selling the contents of their pristine home, plus Mr. Duvall's farming equipment. Everything is in wwkrlil condition! Beginning promptly at 10 AM with lawn/farm equipment From Rt. 522 in Flint Hill to Fodderstack Road approx. 2 miles to Dealing Road. Watch for signs. LAWN. GARDEN. SHOP: ID 170 lawn tractor, Troybih Horse tiller Lawn Boy self-prop, lawn mower, Homelite weed trimmer Redmax gas hedge trimmer Stihl 0009 & 028 chainsaws; drill press; aluminum stepladders; hand tools; etc., etc, FARM EQUIPMENT MF35 tractor w/loader, MF135 diesel tractor, NH 848 round baler, Case 8320 haybine, Danhuser posthole digger, NH 256 hay rake, HR 301 hay tedder, MF 41 sickle bar mower, Ford 501 sickle bar mower, cultipacker, Bushhog Squealer, 3-pt hitch York rake, 3-pt hitch disc, 7 scraper blade, Besler hydraulic hay lift, zbottom plow, David Bradley ground-driven manure spreader, hay wgn. w/new floor. FURNTTURE: Henkel Harris black cherry dbL dresser w/mirror/nightstand/twin beds; Henkel Harris comer cupboard; Henkel Harris server, Henkel Harris Q A-style dining table w/leaves + 8 chairs; Viet waL server w/burl + marble top; Clore wal. fancy chairs; oak chifforobe; early Empire sofa; mah. secretary gooseneck rocker, Eastiake parlor stand w/rose marble top; sm. waL spinet desk; mah. dropleaf table w/paw feet; mah. tall cabinet; tufted sofa & loveseat; nesting tables; dumb waiter lacq. Japanese table; Lane cedar chest lots maple bedroom furniture; French Prov.-style dresser w/mirror/lingerie chest/3-drawer chest rose-motif gold-ptd. iron chair, parlor stands; fem stands; iron porch furniture; iron sewing machine bases, 1 w/turde marble top; plus lots, lots more! Wallace STRADIVARI Sterling Eight 6oc. place settings + 10 serving pieces. PORCH LAIN/FINE GLASSWARE Dresden cherub lamps; Belleek 4-strand basketweave plate, Syracuse “Governor Clinton” dinnerware w/many serving pcs.; CAND1EW1CK; Basket s/p, snack sets, sherbets, ftd. juices, 12" handled tray, 5+ lots CARNIVAL GLASS; 49 pcs. Johnson Bros. “Old English Castles" dinnerware; cut glass, inc. oval fruit bowl PLUS Nippon, Bavaria, Limoges, Shelley, RS Germ., ETC. HUMMEIS: Umbrella Boy 152/QA; Umbrella Girl 152/0B; Star Gazer 132; Chimney Sweep 12/1; Accordion Boy 185; Boy With Toothache 217; Chick Girl 57/0; Merry Wanderer 112/0; Chimney Sweep 12 2/0; Singing Lesson 34. SEVERAL&1GNEP OIL PAIMINGS PLUS, elec. Gone With The Wind lamp + other nice elec oil lamps; old/not-soold quilts; floor lamps; Oneida pewter tea service; old flamed prints; coins; Seth Thomas mantle dock; flatirons; Karastan area rugs; Belgian Kirman rug, and MUCH more! HOI KEHOIJF Viking 6460 sewing machine: Gihann ft Sears upright freezers; picnic table; linens; canners/roasters/pots/pans; metal cabinets; flatware, bakeware/glassware/dishes; more! TERMS: Cash or good check w/ID - No Buyer’s Premium Food served by the Ladies at the Flint Hill Methodist Church. /BILL PAYNE AUCTIONS, INC (540) 937-4142 • 675-3729 VAAF #330 5 Business Opportunities 8scorns a Medical Transcriptionist. Opportunity to work at home or in office typing for doctors. Home Study. Free Literature. P.C.D.I., Atlanta, Georgia. 800-362-7070, Dept. YYE738. _ Start Your own telephone company! Major Telecom company needs independent distributors. Earn high residual commissions. No selling. $495 investment. Call Paul at 5-800-671-4357. 14 Perm Equip/ Supplies Farm machinery. Hay baler- NH, super nayliner 68. Good condition. $500. Side delivery rakeNH, Good Condition. $1,000. Post driver- hvdrolic- shaver, 3 pt hitch, new, never used. $1,500, JO sick! bar mower, old, good condition. $100.(703)-754-4019 Ford Tractor model 2600, gasoline, only 560 hours, used for grass cutting only, garage kept, 5' bushhog used very little. Ford 6 scrapper blade. All for $9,000. 540-9879510. 16 Garage/Yard Sales Furniture, riding equipment, household, clothes, toys, misc. Meadowbrook Farm. Rte. 522 Huntley. 2-1/2 miles north of Flint HiH. Saturday, April 13th. 9am-2pm. Rain or shine. 17 Garden Equip/ Produce Homelite String Trimmers. Great value. Trimmers start $89.69 Rappahannock Farmers Co-op. 987-8555 2 cool farm dogs looking for a cod home. 1 Beagle, 1 mixed mutt. They are great at keeping unwanted animals out of your yard. (540)9373992, leave message or call Tony between 9:00am-6:00, 540-3412100 Free: Couch in good condition. Ready for immediate pickup. 540-6753771. (Eves). Rabbit: Sweet, 8month Dutch Lop. Brown and White cutie, large cage worth $90 included. Needs attention and love. 703-893-8972. 42 Misc. for Sale/ Rent Air Compressor, I0hp, gasoline, 60 gallon, tank, pressure lube pump, approx. 25 hours. Cost $2500, will sell for $1650. 540-987-9510. HUBS MIRRORS: (Unused) 48’xlOO’ (7) $109 each; flawless, 72Mx10O’(8) $149 each; will deliver, can install. 1-800-473-0819 Privacy Hedge- Liquidation sale cedar, Arborvitae. 3 1/2 -4 foot tree reg. $29.95- Now $8.95. Free delivery- guaranteed 12 tree minimum. Also available: Birch & Lilac. 1800-889-8238. Tanning Units: Tan at home tor less: wit not be undersold! Starting as low as $49.95/ month for 36 months. Cal Triangle Sun today. 800-679 9678. TV Dish. New. never used, in carton Cost $2,200, sell $750. 703 754-4019 42 MiSc. for Sale/ Rent Woitt Tanning Beds - T an at Home. Buy Direct and Savel Commercial/ Home units from $199 Low Monthly Payment Free Color Catalog. Call Today 1-800-842-1305. Wolff Tanning Beds. Order direct from factory distribution center. Solid steel, full body tanning beds, financing available. Free Catalog. 1-800-5379113 (Callers inside 804 area code) 1-800-4470040 (Callers inside 540/703 area code). 43 Misc. Wanted Got a campground membership or timeshare? Well take it. America's largest resale clearinghouse. Call Resort Sales Int. Toll Free Hotline. 1800-423-5967 (24 hours). Japanese Swords Any Size, Any Condition. I am a collector, not a dealer.. Top Cash Price. Free evaluation. Call Howard. 301-340-3330. WANTED Horses, Ponies Cattle & Trailers All types. Cosh terms. Will pick up at farm (410) 987-5642 44 Mobile HomesSale/Rent 1996 Champion 28x52 Sectional home, 3 bedrooms, lots of great features, now on display at Carl Frye's Mobile Home Sales, Winchester, VA. Also, a good selection of used homes. 540665-0501. Nice Mobile home park. 22 rental units + lots + 1800 sq.ft. 4BR house on lake. 100K income. 500K sell. 804-821-3439 Lynchburg, Va. 47 Personals Able To help you and your baby. Loving, childless couple of 10 yrs. would like to share our hearts and home with children. Call collect anytime. Jim & Linda 703830-8873. ADOPTION Caring couple wishing to give your baby loving home w/fulltime mom. Med/legal paid. PI. call Kathy A Peter 1-800*671-6566 Childless Couple seeks to adopt infant. Much love/ happiness to share. Big family gatherings, lots of cousins. Medical/ legal paid. Bill/ Wendy at home 1-800-304-3556. I will not be responsible for any debts or demands except those incurred by myself effective immediately, Ellis H. Smith Australian shepherds, 3 males, 1 female from 10 months to 4 years, males $50. each, female $100. Registered 540-9375636 Giveaways: 2 dogs. (1) border collie. (1) black lab, owner is deceased, needs a good home Call 540-439-1533 evenings. 52 Services Business Gardens Tilled: with troy horse tiller. Perennial garden work also, call Nina Moore 540-9878953. J.W.Buckholtz Excavating Clearing Road Work Gravel. Culverts 540-635-9005 EARLY’S CARPET, INC. Rt.211, 1 mile west of Post Office Amissville, VA. 540-937-5500 or 1-800-870-9098 Spring Cleaning special: residential/ commercial 15 years professional service and experience in Rappahannock County. No job too small. Call 540-675-3649. Stump removal. Machine ground, no mess, makes good mulch 540364-2977 55 Services Misc $10K to $25 K in 7 days. Homeowners. No equity or appraisal required. United Southern Mortgage Co. 1-800-2901st and 2nd Mortgages Fast. Any Credit rating. No upfront fees. Easy payment plans. Great rates. Call Charles Toney at 804-282-0588 or 1800-82758909. Crosstate Mortgage. Any credit rating. Cash for Homeowners. No Equity Programs. Lowest Rates. No Up Front Fees. Local Co. United Southern Mortgage. Call Nelson 1-800-254-9506. Debt Consolidation $491 Cut monthly payments to 50%. Reduce or eliminate interest. 24 hour approval. Non-profit, licensed & bonded. 1-800522-4483 NACCS. Diabetics: Did you know medicare covers diabetic supplies?' Take advantage of your medicare benefits supplies. Call Liberty- Medical Supply. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1-800-762-8026, mention #2036. Do It Yourself Kit. Convert U.S. Army surplus tanks into bird cages and lawn decorations. Kit includes plans, screwdriver, two canaries, and one 60-ton Mark IV tank with motor removed. Shipped FOB. Write Box AW. Free Debt Consolidation, immediate relief. Honesty is our best policy. Don’t be fooled. Reduce monthly payments 30%50%. Eliminate interest, stop collection calls. NCCS (non-profit) 800955-0412. Need Caeh? Receiving' Payments? We’ll turn your annuity, mortgage, trust deed, lottery into immediate usuable Cash. Call for Free Info/ Best prices Now I 1-800-6592274 ext. 36. Services Personal Assisted Living. 24/hr. Licensed supervision for the elderly, from $900 monthly, all inclusive Eleven VA locations Since 1968. American Retirement Homes. 1800-999-6637. 56 Services Personal Are You Diabetic? You can receive supplies No Cost to You. You must have insurance or Medicare with supplemental. (Medicare - insulin treated). Call MediCenter 1800-583-4747. 57 Tributes Ths Family ot Clarence “Boosie” Dodson would like to thank everyone for the flowers, food, cards, donations, calls and visits during the loss of our loved one. We would like to thank everyone for all their prayers and support. Dixie, Wayne & Bill Dodson and the Dodson Family Rentals House 2 bedroom 1 bath cottage on farm. All appliances, charming, great views, $610 a month/ rent reduction for wo rtf. Must know animals. Write P.O. Box 44, Washington, Va. 2*2747. Give daytime phone. 2BR, 1.SBA Farm House tucked back on private farm. $975 montfft* Call Alera 1-540-687-6683, Armfield/ Miller & Ripley Real Estate. Rappahannock County, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Secluded, sundeck over-, looking Thornton River. Central air/ heat, appliances, washer & dryer. No pets. $650/ month* security deposit/ references. 540-937-5147. Secluded Cottage for single or couple. Overlooks, quiet, wooded valley. Small, cozy 1 bedroom with decks, all appliances, carpeting. Immaculate. Private farm West of Warrenton. Pet welcome. Mby 1. $600 plus electric, references. £40-675-3761 Rentals Office OFFICE SPACE. 180 80. FT.. WASHINGTON, Va. private entrance, available now. $250/mo incL utils One year lease, one month security deposit. 540-675-3316 Rental Space in town Washington, VA. Could be living space or offices 540675-1750; 675-3087, ans. Laura. Professional with excellent local references looking for cabin (small house with charm to buy/ rent) Must have-oood light, privacy, wood heat option, ana view. 2 bedroom or 1 bedroom plus loft. Write PO Box 198, Washington, Va. or call 540-6753771,eves. Real Estate For Sale Almost Heaven. Swiss Chalet 35 AC/ Stream$98,777. Own this private mtn. chalet w/50 mile views. Nestled amid rolling meadows, majestic hardwoods, stream A pond. A once in a lifetime opportunity. Low financing. Call owner now. 540 662-9216. Real Estate For Sale Government Foreclosed Homes for pennies on $1. Delinquent Tax, Repo’s, REO’s. Your area. Toll free 1-800 8989778 ext. H-5139 for current listings. Fee. Horse Lover’s Dream) 23+ acre Riverfront $59,900. Beautiful rolling meadows, bordered by hardwoord & 1646’ pristine mountain river frontage. Financing. Call Owner 304-492-5429. Lake Gaston: VA/NC 350 miles shoreline. Over 49 waterfront lots. Free Lake Map, call/wrife Tanglewood Realty, 1-800338-8816, Box 116 Bracey, VA 23919. Real Estate/ Owner Attention Homeowners. 1st & 2nd Mortgages. Lowest refinance rates. Debt Consolidation & home improvement loans. No equity Loans available. Call 1-800-4207617 United Southern Mortgage. Hampshire County WV: 20 acres, stream, road . frnt, private, 30 miles Winchester, Va, gorgeous lakesite. Hurry $32,900. Cameo 304788-0613. Proposals Ths Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors is soliciting bids in a two-stage Invitation for Bids to provide landfill operations services at the Rappahannock County landfill facility for July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997 (with renewal options). Tne terms and conditions. prequalification requirements, bid submission and evaluation standards, and other pertinent information, are explained more fully in the text of the 1FB, available from the County Administration Office, 290 Gay Street, Washington, VA 22747 (540) 675-3342. The deadline for bid submission is 2:00 PM April 29. 1996. BY Order Of: John W. McCarthy County Administrator 4-10 & 4-17-96 #124371 The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors is soliciting proposals in a Request for Proposals to provide solid waste engineering services to Rappahannock County. The terms and conditions,' prequalification requirements, proposal submission and evaluation standards, and other pertinent information, are explained more fully in the full text of the RFP, available from the County Administration Office, 290 Gay Street, Washington. VA 22747 (540)675-3342. The deadline for bid submission is 2:00 PM April 26. 1996. BY Order Of: John W. McCarthy County Administrator 4-10,4-17-96 #124370 80 ’ TRUSTEE’S SALEbF 85 SHURGEN LANS, AMISSVILLE, VA 22002 ., In execution of a Deed of > Trust in the original grin- > cipal amount of j $130,000.00, with an^ar*-., nual interest rate... of ■ 9.875% from RICHARD • BECKLEY AND BONA- f DELE ELLIS d#ed \ MARCH 6. 1991, record- . ed among the land < records of the Cirfcuit • Court for the COUNTY OF RAPPAHANNOCK in . Deed Book 185, PAGE > 164, the undersigned's?-"'' pointed Substitute ’tyutee will offer for sale af public auction at the front of the Circuit Courthduse Building for the COUNTY OF RAPPAHANNOCK, located GAY STREET, FRONT STEPS "OF" COURTHOUSE on’ APRIL 18. 1996 AT 9:15A.M., the property with improvements to wit: » >' ALL THAT CERTAIN, TRACT OF LAND SITUATE OFF VIRGINIA ROUTE 637, CONTAINING 7.3153 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY VH&D, INC., C.L.S., DATED DECEMBER 23. RECORDED IN CLERKS OFFICE THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY. VIRGINIA.’' 1988 ■El and described in -the above Deed of Trust. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of $13,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be reputed in cash, certified or cashier's check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trusses may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: CONV. Trustee's File No. 95-25210V. PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees. <2/0 SHAPIRO & BURSQN, 760 Lynnhaven Parkway, Suite 201, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 (804) 431-8881. " • Publication Dates: APRIL 10 AND 17,1996 #123307 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS COUNTY COURTHOUSE WASHINGTON, VIRGF NIA APPLICATION FQft VARIANCE - PURSUANT TO Section 170-136 of the Raepahannock County Code and Section 15.1-431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is herety given that the Board of Zoning Appeals for Rappahannock Cbunty, Virginia, will hotel a public hearing on Wednesday, April 24,1996 at seven thirty in the evening in the Courthouse on Gay Street in Washington. Virginia, in order to consider the fo!lowing.applications: VARIANCE# 96-03-03 Thomas and Betty Walter, P.O. Box 351. Sperry ville, VA 22740 wrsh to obtain a Variance to the side setbacks of fifty (50') feet in order to construct an addition to their emtsting dwelling. Property is located on/near RT. 826, Tiger Valley, Hampton District Tax Map 29, arcel 70E, consisting of approximately 2.4455 acres. Purpose of additional family member. 4-10.4-17-96 #124382 (Lvssinu) ...Can Sell It!

Automobiles OMC 1984 Full-tiz* pickup. 1/2 ion, 12 bolt rear, 350 yith new carburetor intake, header*, new alarm system. 700 RU auto' transmission, 6' suspension and 3 body lift, 3B.5‘ Super Swampers on 15x10 aluminum wheels, new inspection, all receipts available. $6,800. 703-779-7661. Chevrolet 1988 IROC Convertible, 305 V8, auto^ loaded. Brand new top, • black on black. $8995. 540-347-4997 after 6pm Mitsubishi 1992 Eclipse: White, manual trans 4cyl, ’ A/C, $9,500 neg Call Qhristina at 540-347 4222i(days) or 540-42393i8»(evemnfls). Seized Cars from $175. Porsdhes, Cadillacs, Che^s. BMW's, Corvette*. Also Jeeps, 4WOis. Your area. Toll tree 1-800-898-9778 ext. A-51$9 lor current listings. Foe. Ford; 1988 Bronco IIminor body damage, runs great. One owner $4,000.00/ obo call after 6pm 540-347-4749 ask for Adam. For# 1989 Bronco $.T. Excellent condition. Loaded. Call Kevin, 777424Aleave message. SONNY’S AUTO PARTS Upwpsns tor cars and trucks Some new parts tansraiadens and parts cars and trucks at all times. Wpjuy and Sell running -.cars and truck*. Open 7 days, Uon-Sal 6-6 •Til Sunday 9-5 Leased Rt 229,3 m«M pas Cutpepw Ugh School C5g71 80 Itecreatlonal - Vehicles Spring Cleaning RV Sale. America's Best new & used Motorhomes, travel trailers, 5th Wheels. Carolina’s Lar?est volume RV dealer om Johnson Camping, Hwyj 70 West, Marion, NC;°1-800-225-7802. 00 Employment Services govtF*OSTAL JOBS Clerk-Carriers-Data Entry-' Computer Trainees-Sorters $11 45 to $16.62 hourly For ^ application and into. 1-& 8-506-5354 Ext.8245. $40,000/ YR. INCOME POTENTIAL Hofhe Typists/PC users., Toll Free (1) 800898*-9778. Ext. T4600 for listings. z* COOK * BARTENDER Part Time. Experience neceseary. Must be flexible. Bleu Rock Inn Washington, VA. 540-987-3190 Avon. 1-800-329-A VON. Earn $200-11200/ month Commission. Work your own hours 11 (Independent Representative). Free Training A Support! Call Direct lor detailed information. 24-Hour Hot Lin* 1-800-329-AVON. 'H Caring & responsible person needed to live-in and care for elderly man star': of independent means. Room 5 board along with a salary provided. Assistance with light' housework and simple^ cooking necessary. The Plains. VA. Please calf 540-439-8576. If no answer, please leave a message. .IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Washington, VA Company seeks full/part time people for light warehouse work packing outgoing and cleaning incoming hodsewares plus limited delivery assistance as ^well. No experience necessary, non smoking environment. Own care required. Full time includes hoerty wages & benefits'? art time is hourly w^ges only. CaN DenIS«C *t 540-967-9043 between 10 a m and 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Job update ■ Mid-Week Edition Attn: SPRING IS HERE! Middle burg Horse Farm looking for FT/PT bam help, property maintenance and riding instructor. All interested, please phone: 540-687-5255 or 540-687-5853 COOK #6067-01 Part-time (22.5 hrs/ wk) position available for meals preparation in agency kitchen in Warrenton. Exp. in commercial cooking. Hiring range: $6.20$6.97/hr. Apply with RRCSB application by 1200 Noon, 4/19/96 to Human Resources, Rappahannock-Rapidan CSB, 401 S. Main St., Culpeper, VA 22701. 540-825-3100. EEO/AA. Do You Love Horses? Do You Love Working With People? It so, Dominion Saddlery in Chantilly would like to talk with you I Please stop by tor an application. Any - questions, ask for Alicia. 703-327-4423 ELECTRICIANS HELPERS Wanted for residential work with a large No. Va. contractor. No experience necessary. On the job training. Must have a good driving record. Excellent benefits including medical, dental and paid vacations. Call: (703) 450-2125 GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CREW Looking for reliable people. Full time. College students welcome. Health insurance available. Paid holidays. Must have valid driver's license. EOE. 703/347-5042 LANDSCAPE SPRAY TECH to service commercial accounts for Ruppert Landscape's fast growing Chantilly, VA branch. Great opportunity for the right person, be your own boss. Excellent pay and benefits. Contact Dave: 703-260-3400 Nwd experienced MBO and Baum folder operators. 1st and 2nd shifts available. Please mail resume to: CCA, Attn: David Mobley, 13195 Freedom Way, Boston, VA 22713. No phone calls please.__ HUMAN ( RESOURCES ; GENERALIST #60684)1 i Part-time generalist position. Duties in- | dude recruitment, i benefits administra- I bon, writing reports A 1 correspondence; orientation and training. Comprehensive knowledge of public human resources management, recordkeeping and computers. Education A experience in human resources admin, required. Hiring Range: $11.95-$13.42/hr. Apply with RRCSB application by 1200 Noon, 4/19/96 to Human Resources, ' Rappahannock-Rapidan CSB, 401 S. Main Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701. 540-825-3100. EEQ/AA. Minorities are encouraged to apply Person to work om beef cattle farm, part or full time. 540-675-369. PART TIME HELP Part time person to work flexible hours near Washington, Va. on grounds and light handy-man warehouse projects $6.50/hr. Call Denise at 540-9043 and leave name and phone number for call back. Postal Jobs- Start $12.08/hr. plus benefits. For exam and application info call 219-794-0010, ext. VA160, 9am to 11 pm, 7 days. Seamstress / ' % Tailor needed for custom sewing shop In Warrenton. (540) 347-5913 TEACHERS Small, private day school in Virginia's Blue Ridge foothills seeking dedicated Teachers. Serious academics w/ emphasis on a classical curriculum. Friendly, nurturing environment. Combination of qualifications A experience considered. Position available for prep, school Spanish, English A History for prep school students who speak English as a 2nd language, and Athletic Coaches for the prep school. Resume A cover letter to: Teacher Search Committee PO Box 739 Flint Hill. VA. 22627 in* opening for ■ t*mpoary int*rmin*nt office polition. Application can w obtained from die tappV office located at he comer of Gw and lett Streets, Theatre )idg. Application filing leadline- April 15. FSA is m equal employment oplortunity employer. 540175-3616. Wanted • Person with iwn equipment to cut I re wood by the hour or m shares from trees steady down. 540-067 WEEKENDS 11am-6pm for sales, tours and tastings. Must have genuine interest in wine and food. Beginning wage $6.50/hour. Serious inquiries only please. 540-364-1997 Linden Vineyards RESERVATIONIST Our phones are busy and we are expanding our staff. Immediate FT work available for experienced individuals with administrative and customer service skills. Weekend and evening work required. The Inn At Little Washington 1-800-272-4466 PRESS OPERATOR 8 UNIT URBANITE • 4 Day Work Week • Full Benefits Package • Goss Community or Uii>anite Experience Preferred • Competitive Salary Based on Experience Send resume to: Loudoun Times-Mirror do Allen Key 9 East Market Street Leesburg, Virginia 22075 777-1111 Equal Opportunity Employer HELP WANTED WAREHOUSE WORKER/SUPERVISOR Small Washington, Va. Arm seeking that right individual for FT position who can be a worker-team leader/supervisor or warehouse operation. Duties include packing and unpacking housewares rental orders, inventory control, order control, cleaning housewares for rerental, warehouse staff supervision, and quality control. Non-smoking work environment. Must have own car. willingness to help out with deliveries to Metropolitan Washington area in setting up housewares packages in apartments with delivery staff on occasion when workload is heavy. Prior supervisory and/or warehouse experience preferred. We want someone who will work alongside rest of staff in warehouse operation but also can assume supervisory responsibilities at same time. Salary is commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits package Included. Call Denise between 9:00am • 2:00pm, Monday - Friday at 540-9879043 for interview appt. Artrrrrnrrr. iWilderness A Civil War Reenactment Hay 18 G 18,1888 9am-6pm (Rain or shine) Ik May 18 and 19 at The Wilderness Civil War Reenactment -- the largest living history event on the east coast in 1990. Experience the sights and sounds of one of the most devastating battles of the Civil War that marked the first meeting oi legendary generals _. n *_j n.i_• r Ulysess S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. • More than 4,000 reenactors recreating spectacular battles — Sa under’s Field D Widow Tapp’s Farm • Authentic military and civilian camps • Cavalry skirmishes • Period artisans • Live folk, country and Civil War period music. • Children's activities In Easy to Reach Orange County, VA The Wilderness is being held at a breathtaking private farm located 5 miles north of the Town of Orange. Order tickets Tickets: $8 in ad Children 8 - 5 WGMS. CQwfls eArK was / Virc««M i L-swO* W ■ iUK'N zs£ Pita Bread Popular for Lunch By HELEN SMITH Eittmtoa Aftat, Dm Trimalii One of our 4-H Cloverbud Clubs will be selling lunch at the Earth Day Kite Fly on Saturday, April 20 at Ben Venue Farm. They will be serving pita pocket sandwiches as a fund raiser for their club. Proceeds from the fund-raiser will provide scholarships to 4-H Cloverbud Camp this summer and to support other club projects. When they told me about their menu, it gave me an idea for may nutrition column this week. Pita bread is nutritious because it’s usually made with whole-grain flour. And it’s a popular alternative to regular sandwich bread when you want to try something different. Definition Pita bread is a flat, round bread also known as Syrian bread, Armenian bread or Middle Eastern flat bread. Unlike tortillas, pita bread is yeast-leavened and baked in a very hot oven. Its two layers are almost separated during baking. A hollow center forms that can be split very easily, making a pocket. It can be opened at one end and filled for a sandwich or cut in half for two smaller sandwiches. History Pita bread originated in Egypt and the Middle East centuries ago. Some say this variety of chewy flat bread is Syrian, others Arabian or Israeli. It was introduced to the United States by restaurants here that served Middle Eastern cuisine and has since become a fairly mainstream product. Availability Pita bread is readily available in grocery or other convenience stores HOME ECONOMICS and some bakeries. Pita bread can also be made at home, and is easier to make than most loaf-type breads. Storage Pita bread has no added preservatives and should be frozen for maximum freshness. Pita bread will stay fresh for 6 months if frozen. Nutritional Value Pita bread is a low-fat and lowsugar bread. Like other grain-based foods, it is very nutritious, contributing the three main B-vitamins (thiamine, niacin and riboflavin), protein, and iron. The carbohydrate in wheat, and therefore pita bread, is a primary source of energy. One 2-ounce pita bread pocket, 6 1/2 inches in diameter, provides 165 calories plus the calories in the filling. Preparation If making your own, pita bread can be made with all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour. The rolling and baking instructions for pita bread should be carefully followed to be sure the bread bakes with a pocket. When it comes to filling the pita Louise Mitchell Louise Elizabeth Mitchell, 78, of Front Royal, died Thursday, April 4 at the home of her sister in Front Royal. Funeral services were held Monday, April 8 at the Maddox Funeral Home with Rev. Danny Clegg. Interment followed at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell was bom June 12, 1917, in Rappahannock County daughter of the late Walter H. and Carrie Frazier Settle. She was married to the late Robert Charles Mitchell. Surviving are two sisters, Edna Settle Vaught of Front Royal and Camilla Settle Ogint of Meriden, Connecticut and six brothers, Carroll Settle, Luther Settle, Wilton Settle, Arthur Settle, all of Front Royal, Cecil Settle of Fairfax and Allen Settle of Cloverdaie. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Carroll Settle, Luther Settle, Cecil Settle, Allen Settle, Arthur Settle and Wilton Settle. Memorial contributions in honor of Mrs. Louise Elizabeth Mitchell may be made to the Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Winchester, Va. 22601. Maddox Funeral Home in Front Royal was in charge of the arrangements. ' JL The Final Tribute CLORE FUNERAL HOME "The Home ofThoughtful Service" 825-2361 *1-800-924-126< CEMETERY MEMORIALS ISi Geest Funeral Home, Inc. 405 Sperryville Pike Culpeper, Virginia 540-825-0395 A. Wayne English & John Noon Western, Funeral Directors Christopher C. Geest, Consultant DID YOU KNOW ... that you can buy one of the finest modular homes on the market DIRECT from the manufacturer? NO, we do not build all the modular homes, just the best ones. Foremost is a full-service company, selling, manufacturing, erecting and servicing their product. THIRTY YEARS in the building business assures you of a quality manufactured home. 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Whole Wheat Pita 5-6 cups whole wheat or all-pur* pose flour (or a combination of berth) • 1 package yeast 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt 1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar 2 1/2 cups warm water 2 tablespoons oil In a large mixer bowl, combine 3 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt; mix well. Add warm (120-130 degree F) water and oil. Blend at low speed until moistened; beat 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand, gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a firm dough. Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Let rest 20 minutes. Punch down and divide into 4 pieces. Divide each quarter into 6 pieces. Shape each piece into a smooth ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll each ball into a S-inch circle. Cover, let rise 30 minutes. Place 6 circles on a large cooling rack, then place the cooling rack on oven rack. Bake at 500 degree F for 5 minutes until puffed and tops just begin to brown. Remove from rack; cool. Cut circles in half and All. Make 24 pitas. Nutrient Analysis. One pita provides 114 calories, 4 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, 1.7 g fat, 21 meg folacin, 1.8 mg vitamin E, 1.2 g iron, 135 mg sodium, Calories from carbohydrates, 73 percent; fat, 13 percent; and protein, 14 percent. Veggie Pita Melt 3 whole wheat (6-inch) pita pocket breads 1 cup sliced, fresh mushrooms 1 medium zucchini, shredded (about 1 1/2 cups) 2 green onions, sliced 1/2 cup sweet red pepper strips 3/4 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella or Monterey Jack cheese Cut each pita bread in half; open each half to form a pocket Combine mushrooms, zucchini, onions and red pepper. Microwave on high, uncovered, 3 minutes or until just tender, stirring once. Drain. Stir in cheese. Divide filling among breads. Place on paper towel-lined platter; cover with paper toweling. Microwave on high 2 to 3 minutes or until filling is heated and cheese starts to melt; rotating dish once. Makes 6 sandwiches. Nutrient Analysis. One sandwich provides 130 calories, 7 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 1.4 g dietary fiber, 3 g fat, 127 mg calcium, 1.3 mg iron and 237 mg sodium. Calories from carbohydrates, 58 percent; fat, 21 percent; protein 22 percent. Viewtown Highlights Holiday guests over the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Acrey Dodson were Mrs. Shirley Dodson and granddaughter, Susan Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Frazier, Tommy Jr., Bobbie Jo, Nicole and Whitney, Mr. Charles Dodson, Jr., Mr. Joey Reid, Lisa Corbin, Britney Reid and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reid, Bobby and Melissa. Mr. Bobby Hitt of Kentucky visited a few days last week with his brother and family Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hitt. Welding Class Set The Continuing Education Office at Lord Fairfax Community College has scheduled an 11 -week, 66 hour Welding 101 course for the summer semester. The class is designed for beginning welders. The class will begin on May 6 and run through July 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Dowell J. Howard, Tuition is $360 per student To register call 868-7021.

Boston Residents Enjoy Easter All the churches in our area including Ml Lebanon Baptist, Hope Hill Baptist, Slate Mills Baptist and New Salem Baptist held their Easter Sunrise services on Sunday. Congratulations to Amanda Sims, Christopher Frazier and Joseph Peregory all of them made the honor roll for the past grading period and all students in Rappahannock. Belated birthday wishes go out to Miss Katrina Tharp, who celebrated her day on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peregory dined at Chasins Restaurant in Winchester on Easter Monday. Misses Mary Tharp and Margie Williams entertained members of their family on Easter Sunday. Mr., and Mrs. Ray Frazier and family were Easter Sunday luncheon guests of Mrs. Frazier’s, Mother, Mrs. Eunice Meade in Culpeper and were joined there by Mrs. Linda Weakley and friend Gary of Standardsville, Jackie Rutherford of Culpeper and Mrs. Alvin Atkins of Sperryville. Mrs. Atkins had been a Friday overnight of her niece, Miss Brenda Frazier and mother in Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Bragg, Kellie, Karla, Matthew and Mark, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peregory, Joseph and Jennifer and Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Grigsby, Kevin and Jason were Easter Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Findley in Middletown. Family members of Mr. Owen Cubbage visited with him on Easter Sunday. The public is invited to the Salem Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, April 13 for their ham and chicken dinner. Cost for adults is $7 and children, 6-12 for $5 under 6 free. The menu includes baked ham, fried chicken, with green beans, com, potatoes, mixed salad, hot rolls, tea and coffee and all sorts of homemade desserts. This is an “all you can eat event” and take-out dinners will also be available. Condolences are extended to members of the Yates’ family upon the passing, march 27 of Mrs. Elizabeth Jasper Yates, Widow of Bruce Yates. Mrs. Yates was a native her in Boston having been bom and reared here. Down Salem Way, we have Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Dodson, son Marc and Leslie and Matthew Dabscon having Easter lunch with Elder and Mrs. Wayne Richards in Luray. In our Friends and Neighbors column the spotlight falls on Mrs. Tish Smyth, down GrifTinsburg way who with her husband, Sterling and three sons live there. The Smyths enjoy hosting foreign exchange students and at the time have two from Sweden and one from Japan living with them. Former residents, Mr. and Mrs. George Whorton were guests last week of her mother, Mrs. Thomas Frazier at Jeffersonton. Mr. and Mrs. Shelvy Frazier and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Pulled dined at Golden Corral in Culpeper on Easter Sunday. Have a great week and feel free to call with any news! Spring Workshop Series At IRIS The IRIS Centre for Shamanic Studies is pleased to present its Spring workshop series, “In the Spirit. • . “, at the Centre, 325-B Middle Street in Washington. “Sacred Circles: A Ritual Artmaking Workshop for Women” with Kathleen Oettinger, ritual artist and Denise Horton, Ph.D. 7-9 p.m. Friday, May 17 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. Throughout history the circle has been a primary symbol for both psyche and cosmos. In this intensive workshop, participants will form a sacred community of artists and artisans, and will create a collective artwork to celebrate following the circle into the experience of the light, the emergence of Spring, the journey .of Demeter and Persephone. Slides, music, and meditation will be used to attune participants to their inner vision. Bring sacred images, stories, fabrics/yams, personal icons, feathers, crystals, etc. “Introduction to Shamanism: Healing and Power” with Denise Horton, Ph.D. and Inka Rusche, drummer from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, June 1. In this half-day workshop, participants will be introduced to the ancient healing art of shamanism and, with the aid of trance-inducing drumming, will actually journey into nonordinary reality for their own healing or personal guidance. The goal of entering the magical world of shamanism is to create a deeper connection with one’s animal allies, spirit guides, and inner knowledge. “Ways of the Goddess: Balancing on the Spiral Path” with Toni White (Maya) and Lindanne Bethel (Skye), movement artist 7-9 p.m. on Friday, June 14 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oratorio Society Presents Concert Area music lovers should not miss the Front Royal Oratorio Society, under the direction of George T. Amos, as they present Johannes Brahms’ Requiem in concert at the Front Royal Presbyterian Church at 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. A nursery will be provided. This second concert of the society’s thirty-sixth season follows Amos’ acclaimed debut as Musical Director at this winter’s double Christmas performances at RandolphMacon Academy and the Presbyterian Church. The Brahms, Amos explains, is “not your standard requiem text,” but rather ‘a collection of seven anthems put together for the purpose of a requiem.” Amos considers the Requiem the best of Brahms’ choral works, noting that his style of writing is rich in harmony and feeling.” The success of the Requiem, first performed on Good Friday, 1868, marked the beginning of Brahms’ intemation fame as a composer of great significance. The text, sung at this concert in English, is characterized by an emphasis on the comfort, joy, and praise of a loving God. The very talented Judy Connelly is again on board as organ accompanist. Soloists for the concert, both members of the chorus, are soprano Kathy Moschel and baritone Terry Lively. The Oratorio Society is comprised of singer from Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, and Warren counties who meet weekly, fall through mid-spring, to rehearse for two concerts, Christmas and spring. For more information, write the Front Royal Oratorio Society at P.O. Box 1768, Front Royal, Va. 22630. Saturday, June 15. In our lifetime there has been a tremendous resurgence of the Divine Feminine into human consciousness as a powerful force for healing and empowerment. Drawing from unique collections of goddess images and altar icons, Friday evening’s lecture “Incorporating Goddessways into Daily Life” will be followed by a joyful and celebratory workshop exploring cycles and ceremonies of the Goddess spiritual tradition. Music, movement, and meditation, ancient goddness circle dances preserved by the Suri tradition, storytelling and ritual... a Summer Solstice festival! The fee for full-day workshops is $95; half-day workshops are $45. Friday evening slide-lectures are $5. Limited scholarship aid is available. To register and for further information, call Denise Horton, Ph.D., Director, 675-3003. County Real Estate Transactions The following real estate transactions were recorded during the past week at the Rappahannock Clerk’s Office. Household Realty Corporation to Kenneth Hix and wife, 8.3671 acres, Hampton District. $201,000. Lelia Ann Wayland to Rebecca S. Wayland and others, 6.6533 percent undivided interest each in 44.22 acres, Stonewall District. Deed of Gift. Thomas Atkins and wife to Michael T. Leake, 1.1965 acres, Jackson District. Deed of Gift. Edward • C. Estes to Mida Sperryville Realty SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM James W. Leake, Broker 540-987-8088 /office UNFINISHED 3500 sq. ft. 2- story log home, attached 3- car garage, On 51.5 acres with stream and outstanding view. $275,000. THREE 25-plus acre wooded tracts, stream, elevated building sites, convenient to Rt. 211. Your choice at $99,900 each. BATTLE MTN - 51 acres of woods, stream, view. $159,000. James W. Leake 987-8236 Bud Corder John Eubank 675-3291 987-8146 RAPPAHANNOCK Business & Service Directory 540-675-3338 Only $4.60 per week for a 1 inch space BUILDING SUPPLIES CHERRY STREET BUILDING SUPPLY CORP. See Us For All Your Building Supply Needs 540/825-0937 1418 Orange Rd. . Culpeper Brandy Station Rt. 762 825-9690 M-F 7;30-6:00 Sat. 7:30-4:00 Closed Sunday CLEANING MAID SERVICE ResidentialCommercial Reasonable Price* Free Eatimate* 540-937-4247 or 540-937-5576 CARPET EARLY’S Tin One-Stop Shop lor oompteo Horn* Dwowlng Servwe Floor Coverings • Window Treatnert i Covan 4 Uptninary Residential A Commercial RI211 Am.ssvHo.VA 937-5500 PIEDMONT PRESS & GRAPHICS • Graphics Design & FIN Color • Full Service Printing & Binding • Brochures. Business Forms, Books, etc. Delivery to your home or business Orders taken at JUppafcannocfe Jfceta& 540/675-3338 CONSTRUCTION TG. TAYLOR CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Custom Homebuilder Class A License 540-987-8043 KREYLING CONSTRUCTION Top Quality Custom Homes Since 1975 540-987-3145 BILL CATO & CO. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION • Carpentry • Timber Framing • Cabinetmaking 540-937-3039 VA Class A Building. Plumbing, Electrical JENKINS FAMILY CONSTRUCTION Specializing in roofing, remodeling & additions Robert W. Jenkins, Jr. 540-987-9073 DENTIST W.N. Mayberry DDS Family Dentist Washington Office 540/675-3550 Thursdays ilf Saturdays by Appointment EXCAVATING LICENSED INSURED EXCAVATI NG AmissvilU, Va. 800-379-9567 (540) 937-3619 Ponds Stone Riding Rings Clearing Roads/Drives Grading Site Work Hauling FENCING FENCING Installer of Safe Fence High Tensile, Barb Wire, American Wire, Chain Link, Board and Electric, Split Rail Curtis Crawford Home: 540-675-3943 Pager: 540-399-2688 Flint Hill, VA FLOWERS FRAMING Mill End Craft & Frame Shoppe CUSTOM FRAMING 424 E.Main Street Luray, Va. 743-5653 LAWN SERVICE CHAPMAN LAWN SERVICE foe ill your mowing end mulching needs Residential & Commercial Call for your FREE ESTIMATE today (540) 635-8082 PAINTING ALMIGHTY & CO. Professional Painting Interior/Exterior Local References Call Carl Letsen 540-937-4520 PLUMBING ELECTRICAL PULLEN'S Pumps & Watertieaters In-Stock Installation ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING Class A Certified New & Old Work Free Estimates on New Work 540-675-3249 PUMP INSTALLATION EXPERT PUMP INSTALLATION AND REPAIR SERVICE Available at RAPPAHANNOCK FARMERS CO-OP Sperryville, VA 987-8555 TAX PREPARATION ■H & B-BLPCK The Washington office will not be open this year. Prior clients files nave been transferred to our Warrenton office. 159 Moflett Ave. Warrenton, VA (540) 347-7517 TRASH TALKIN'TRASH Weekly Trash pick up far any Rappahannock Co. resident. Recycling & one-time pick u ps also available. 937-5040 TV SALES & REPAIR GREYSTONE TV & APPLIANCE Sales A Service GE & RCAVkho Products Channel Master Antennas, Gl i RCA SateWe Systems, Kitchen Aid, Whirlpool a Ropor Appliances 312 Mortn Main Street Madison 540-948-2200 WOODSTOVES WOODSTOVES The largest selection it VA. Sierra, Jotul, Waterford. Hearthstone & Pellet Stoves ACME STOVE CO. 1329 E. High Sreet CHARLOTTESVILLE 804/971-6777 ftappafjannocfe J2£U)S NEXT DEADLINE April 23 Kathlene Cannon and husband, boundary adjustment, 4.2755 acres, Jackson District. Deed of Gift. Edward C. Estes to Mida Kathlene Cannoln, 3.2235 acres, Jackson District. Deed of Gift. n Wesley C. Smedley to Sammy B. Payton and wife, Hampton District $3,875. James Carroll Racer, Jr. and wife to Kenneth L. Eline and wife, 2.6804 acres, Hampton District. Deed of Gift. Segar Jones Kite and husband to Susan Crary Babcock, 28.9056 acres, Hampton District. $130,000. 1 New Listings FRAME HOUSE with Guest or Tenant House on nearly 11 acres with a lovely view. An excellent small farm with several charming & functional outbuildings. Great location for commuter who wants to escape and “recharge the ole batteries”. Charming setting in a small valley with pasture, woods, stone walls and a genuine artesian well! 3.2 ACRES surrounded by 25+ acre parcels. This parcel has it all; great views, woods, pasture, a large creek on one border and terrific privacy on a convenient but dead end road. The size of this parcel is very unique for Rappahannock County! RealEstate III (540) 675-1373 ANNOUNCING 1996 Map of the Greater Piedmont • four-color, two-sided 17" x 22" map of the Greater Piedmont of Virginia • complete with grid overlay and map coordinates • contains an index of major subdivisions • $5.50 ea. ($4.50 for GPAAR members) • available at the GPAAR Member Service Center, 47 Garrett Street Warrenton, VA 22186 (540) 347-4866 Imagine 4 bedrooms, 4 fireplaces, 7+ acres, large great room, sunfilled living room all for $145,000. Looking for that older farmhouse? This is it! Large front porch, heart pine floors and trim. Custom-made cherry cabinets. 4.9 acres and bam. $178,000. Just minutes front Washington, VA. Large brick home on 10 acres. In-law suite, family room, Florida room, 2-car garage. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths. $229,900. One bedroom, one bath cabin, very private, on 4+ acres. $69,900. Eileen M. Day, Realtors I |J The Country Property People Washington, Virginia 22747 • 540-675-3033 Cindy Robinson 540-675-3567 Russell Lee 540-636-3783 Kevin Day 540-937-3185 M-F y-5. Sat. 9:30-4:30, Sun 1-4 AT END OF THE ROAD: An exciting older house with walnut walls, stone fireplace, porches overlooking beaver dam, barnf great horse riding trails, a creek runs thru it, open and woods, ...known as the olde "Joe Johnson Place”, fine naybors, five acres, $155,000. Listed exclusively with: ROGER BATCHELDER, The Real at L.ittie wasnington... 540-675-1776 540-937-1776 (Rea.) Since 1927 ROY WHEELER REALTY COMPANY Offering Piedmont Virginia’s Finest Real Estate For Over Half a Century. WASHINGTON AREA - Charming older frame farmhouse w/ 2-sided porch (bring your swing)!! 25 acres-pasture & woods, barn, 2 Ige outbuildings, wonderful mountain views & a motivated seller!! $168,000. FLINT HILL - Enjoy quiet country living in this 2BR/2BA farmhouse on .66 acres. Loads of charm, numerous amenities, excellent condition!! Lease/ purchase possibility!! $134,900. WASHINGTON • Come and explore the possibilities in this 6000SF building!! One rm. approx. 2500SF w/ FP & Ige. windows, dramatic Blue Ridge Mt. views, stocked pond, 26 mostly wooded acres & an anxious seller. $179,900.* ACREAGE • ACREAGE • Flint Hill Area - 50 prime acres of pasture, woods, ridina trails, views & poss. owner financing. $249,500. Amlssvllle • 66 acres of excel, farmland • ponds, fencing, barn, rental cottage & numerous outbuildings. $285,000. Viewtown -12.6 acres - open & woods, stream, building site w/ views • only $69,900. Castleton - 78 wooded acres w/ streams, access to the Thornton River & poss. owner financing. Only $3,000/ac Hint Hill Office 540-675-7171 Jean Lilian! 540-675-3670