Rappahannock News, February 17, 1999

* ***** n-rr.r.~ 122st Year ... No. 7 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1999 50 cents Phone (540)675-3338 Cut to the chase The Rappahannock News special section on steeplechasing previews the spring season. Schedules, a map, profiles on top riders and some historical perspective highlight the section. See inside. Make un days announced The Rappahannock County Public Schools will use March 29 and 30 as regular school days to make up for two days missed in January. Teachers speak to First Thursday Teachers from Rappahannock High School will discuss the successes and challenges they are facing in teaching the children, including the new SOL tests and their effects on instruction, and the impacts of block scheduling. The February meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock Library. If you would like more information, or to add an item to the agenda, contact Ellen Neill-Dore at 6751461. Science fair awards Students at Rappahannock Elementary School and Rappahannock High School recently participated in the annual. Young Writers’ Coffee House Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Carl Eborn Rappahannock County High School students are planning their third annual Young Writers’ Coffee House at Ki Theater. They will be reading and performing original poetry and prose in a coffee house atmosphere complete with candlelight and refreshments. Mark Williams and Ryan Ralston will provide original music. The performances on Feb. 19 and 20 will benefit the RCHS drama department. Participating students include: back row, left to right Claire Schadler, Ryan Ralston, Mark Williams, Robyn Kaye, Sarah Thomas and Summer Alexander; front row, left to right Amanda Brown, Mandy Welch, Cara Levick, CC Falk and Joaimee Williams; not pictured but participating, Katie Pricer and Allison Baker. Call RCHS for ticket information, 987-8575. eake named animal officer BY MARY BETH MARTIN Rappahannock News Staff Writer The new county animal control officer will be Sheriff’s Deputy James Leake. The announcement was made by County Administrator John McCarthy announced on the steps of the town hali after the joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors and the Town Council on Feb. 10. Leake worked from 1995 to 1997 as animal warden — at that time a 30-hour-a-week job without benefits — and quit when he was hired by the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office as the jailer, a full-time position with benefits. '*-> Unlike hiring procedures followed in the past, the position was filled without interviewing a single candidate. McCarthy also changed the job title from “animal warden” to “animal control officer,” the title used by Culpeper and Fauquier counties. McCarthy said he was sure it was legal to hire Leake without advertising the job. In a letter issued by John McCarthy, he stated: “Allowing Mr. See ANIMAL, Page A6 Council prepares for Y2K glitches BY MARY BETH MARTIN Rappahannock News Staff Writer At their monthly meeting Feb. 10, the Washington Town Council discussed preparing for inconveniences that might arise from Year 2000 (Y2K) computer glitches, and in other action scrapped its water billing policy, which made landlords responsible for their tenants’ water bills. Town treasurer Elaine Viguerie announced she attended a satellite broadcast in Culpeper expecting to hear that everything was ready for Y2K. However, in the broadcast Gov. James Gilmore said to “Present the facts to the public, hope for the best and prepare for the worst” she reported. “With 30 billion computer chips in the state and only 90 percent compliant, it was hard to foresee all that could happen,” said Viguerie. “Computer chips embedded in clocks made in the 1970s will not be able to make the leap into the next century.” Town residents Teri Sullivan and John Byam, along with Viguerie, r comprise the Y2K committee. They believe that the town might lose electricity for 48 hours. 66 Virginia takes a narrower view than many other states. John Bennett Town Attorney The committee further suggested a plan to check on the elderly daily, and have contacted the Red Cross and Emergency Services Coordinator. Loss of public water Councilman Charles Tompkins suggested filling the reservoir with a three-day water supply by Dec. 31. 1 Just to be prepared, the committee asked the council for suggestions on how to deal wjth a water loss for up to six weeks. Councilman Steve Critzer said he would research 50-kilowatt generators to run the pump if an extended power failure occurred, and Viguerie suggested hooking the town’s lines to a Spring that previously gravity-fed the town with water. Water Billing Policy Addressing the water billing policy, town attorney John Bennett said be found a case that showed a ruling against a municipality holding property owners responsible for their tenants’ bills. He advised the town against the proposed new policy, which charged landlords for their tenants’ unpaid water bills. “Virginia takes a narrower view than many states,” Bennett said. However, the council could require deposits for the water bills from tenants, he said. The council voted to rescind the proposed policy and Mayor Willis said he would draft another. Cemeteries Bennett reported on research about four cemeteries on Fodderstack Road, and ways to acquire them. If the town were interested in acquiring title to the two Masonic cemeteries, administrative, court and survey costs would be between $2,000 and $7,000, he estimated. He added that if the town attempted to acquire the adjoining Oddfellows and Pauper cemeteries, it would be more expensive, since the titles could not clearly established. Mayor Willis said there was no money allotted in the budget for acquiring the cemeteries, and the council did not take any action. Kiosk Town resident Byam reported that the 4-foot-6-inch square town kiosk might not fit in front of the post See BOARD, Page A6 This Week 1 Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m., the Rappahannock County Planning Commission meets at the courthouse. 1 Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m., the Washington Town Planning Commission meets at the town lall. Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m., the Rappahannock County Board of toning Appeals meets at the :ourthouse. New business: Special Use, Anthony efficiency ipartment. Old Business: minutes >f Dec. 17 meeting. Other natters: FY 2000 Draft budget. Rappahannock News P.O. Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747 (540) 675-3338 (540) 675-3088 (fax) Spring is coming.... Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Carl Ebom Spring has been making an early appearance in the county as evident by these beautiful forsythia blooms. Outdoor fires unlawful Burning law in effect until April 30 Virginia’s 4 p.m. burning law is now in effect. The law comes into effect each spring and is different from the burning bans which are invoked only during periods of extreme fire danger. In brief the 4 p.m. burning law states: No burning before 4 through April 30 of each year, if the fire is in, or within 300 feet of woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other flammable material. The leading cause of forest fires in Virginia continues to be debris burning. Because forest fuels have cured during the winter months, the fire danger is higher in early spring than in summer when the forest and grasses are green with new growth. The 4 p.m. burning law is one of the most effective tools used in the prevention of forest fires. “Please help the Virginia Department of Forestry prevent forest fires by obeying the forest fire laws, and by remembering that the 4 p.m. burning law is in effect from now through April 30,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Barry E. DuVal. 4 For more information and complete copies of the law, please contact your local office of the Virginia Department of Forestry.

No folly in mixing up male, female holly Why is so distinctly a<i* American tree always referred^ to in books as the American i Holly? I suppose it is because hollies are worldwide in distribution and occur on every continent except Australia. Plantings around homes and businesses contain English, Japanese and Chinese hollies. '■'1 All Things Wild And Wonderful John Trott holly trees boxed with earth. He set these out in the South Semicircle at Mount Vernon. In 1948, several of these were still alive. I haven’t been to Mount Vernon in many years. Are the original holly trees still there? For informative and stylish writing on trees, I recommend a book entitled “The Natural mere are wu species in an. in tne u.s>. alone there are 14 different hollies. Some of these are deciduous, without the glossy evergreen leaves we all associate with Ilex opaca, also known as the Christmas Holly. What would Christmas be without redberried sprigs of holly? At one time collecting holly for sale a‘ Christmas became a problem. It was a common practice to poach holly on private land and sell it in cities. I know of none of this today. The holly continues to be a dominant tree in the Virginia woods and is a common understory tree; a tree like dogwoods and viburnums that thrives in the shade of oaks and maples. All hollies are dioecious, (pronounced Dl-eeshus). It is a pleasure to learn a few botanical terms and toss them out to impress friends. Dioecious means that male and female flowers, small and greenish white, are borne on separate trees. Only the tree with female flowers produces bright red berries. These female flowers have pistils, the female part of a bloom; they also have stamens, male parts of a flower, but they are sterile. That is interesting, I think. What is evolution up to? Male flowers have functioning stamens, of course, and these produce pollen that in all probability is carried to the females by wind since the flowers lack nectar and bright, showy flowers to attract insect pollinators. This may be open to question. What do we know of what attracts insects to flowers? It is likely that female holly flowers are pollinated by both wind and insects. Certainly the frequency of Ilex opaca in the woods would indicate that some efficient pollinators are at work. The American holly is notoriously difficult to transplant from the woods; it is also hard to grow from seeds. The diaries of George Washington reveal that this was one of his favorite trees and he worked hard to transplant them from the woods to Mount Vernon. Rarely was he successful until he received — on March 28, 1786 from Colonel “Lighthorse Harry” Lee, father of Robert E. Lee — a number of small r History of Trees” by Donald Culross Peattie. It was from this publication that I learned ol George Washington’s love of the American Holly. It is now available in paperback and is a valued part of my nature library. About George Washington’s love of Ilex opaca, Peattie wrote: “It seems that the master of Mount Vernon was devoted to this tree. For Holly has exactly that formal elegance which we should expect to please the taste of George Washington.” Many years ago a great valley was flooded when the Fontana Dam was built in the mountains of North Carolina. Since a number oi great holly trees would be destroyed in this flooding, an enterprising gentlemen obtained permission to fell and remove the trees. He paneled a room in his house with the wood. The house is now a museum; I saw this room and it was indeed beautiful. The wood of holly is white. For that reason it is in demand for inlays where contrasts in wood color are wanted. The American Holly, Ilex opaca, has solved a number of ecological problems. Its thick, evergreen leaves resist insect tunneling, chomping and nibbling; they are too tough. At the same time, the spiny leaves discourage mammals that would browse on it. Deer leave holly leaves alone. At the same time, it is realistic to understand that the redness of holly berries, so delightful to us when we are starved for natural color at Christmas, are designed to attract birds who swallow them whole. The nutrients are extracted through the bird’s digestive system and five hard black seeds are ejected by the bird. Some of these, made more viable by the passage through the bird, sprout and produce seedlings. Nature is full of surprises when we are patient and stop long enough to take a careful look. Next May, look for the tiny flowers on holly trees. Are they male or female? John Trott, the Virginia naturalist, can be reached at: P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747. l SUBSCRIBE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS. Call 675-3338. 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Washington, VA 22747 J The Rappahannock News (ISSN #’s 1050-7655 & 188280) is published every Wednesday at 39 Culpeper Street, V/arrcnton, Virginia 20186 by Rappahannock News, a division of Arundel Communications, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at Warrenton, Virginia and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions $21.00 a year in Rappahannock; $27.00 elsewhere in U.S. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rappahannock News, P.O, Box 59, Washington, Virginia 22747. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADJUST BOUNDARY BETWEEN TOWN OF WASHINGTON & COUNTY OF RAPPAHANNOCK Notice is hereby given in accordance with §15.2-3107 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 (as amended) that the Town Council of Washington, Virginia, and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Rappahannock shall hold a joint Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 1, 1999 at the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia, to consider adoption of an Agreement to adjust the boundary between the two jurisdictions. The proposed Agreement was the subject of a resolution adopted by both bodies at a joint public hearing held on Wednesday, February 10, 1999. The agreement proposes the adjustment of the Town-County boundary as It applies to three separate parcels, Tax Map 20A-1, Parcels 5, 6 & 6A, located on the north end of the Town of Washington, and owned by Smoot, Goebel & Sullivan, and Batchelder, respectively. Each parcel, by the proposed Agreement, would be brought wholly within the new boundaries of the Town of Washington. The total area affected is approximately one and one-half acres, or less. Any Agreement adopted by both jurisdictions must be submitted to the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County for final approval. Both public bodies will also consider for submission to the Circuit Court the boundary adjustment previously approved by them at their joint meeting on August 5, 1991, at which, time they approved a boundary adjustment which would bring entirely within the Town the land known as Tax Map 20A-1, Parcels 21D and 21E, these being Lots 3 and 4 of the LOMP Subdivision as shown at Plat Cabinet A, page 76. See also Deed Book 179, page 83. A complete description of each property is available for inspection, along with the text of the proposed Agreement, during normal business hours at the County Administration Office, 290 Gay Street, the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Rappahannock County, Gay Street, Washington, VA, and at the Town Hall, Gay Street, Washington, VA. CJ I I _® CrossLink —.... Quality & Reliability Full-Service Internet Access Serving the Mid-Atlantic With extended local dial access in VA, MD, Wash DC, W VA, DEL, NC, and PA Local Calls ... 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Winners in 1999 science fair Students at Rappahannock Elementary School and Rappahannock High School recently participated in the annual Science Fair held Feb. 3-5. Winners were announced on Friday, Feb 5 and following is a list of winners in various divisions and categories. In the Junior Division: Chemistry Honorable Mention: Chris Ehrhart Matthew Williams Brittney Smith 4th Place: Jane Slater 3rd Place: Brandy Early 2nd Place: Nikki Calistro 1st Place: Amanda Smith Physics Honorable Mention: Stuart Hensley Cadee Starr Marc Deal Raymond Furr Lauren Krucynski Rudy Levick Sandy Swain Melanie Torrance Robin Barron Morgan Blubaugh 4th Place: Ben Hahn Lauren Powell 3rd Place: John Critzer 2nd Place: Megan Payne 1st Place: Ashley Williams Physical Properties Honorable Mention: Mattie Nowrocki Lauren Herbert 4th Place: Bobbie Jo Brown 3rd Place: Jeff Payne 2nd Place: Jacob Stilley 1st Place: Bruce Flinchum Biology Honorable Mention: Mark Jenkins Leslie Taubenberger Julie Meredith Nicole Hess B J Proctor Leslie Williams Chad Frazier Dustin White Ben Verrill Sarah Mills Ginnie Caldwell Bruce Brown Brian Brown 4th Place: Eddie Barron Molly Burke Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Carl Ebom GOOD JOB: Eston Davis receives his award for winning “Best in the Junior Division” in this year’s science fair. 3rd Place: Jenny Waters Kyle Robinson 2nd Place: Lindsay NeilDore Hans Shankle 1st Place: Jonathan Bankston Patrick Lawry Earth Science Honorable Mention: Glen Swain Kendra Hitt Danielle North Daniel Pierson Erica Hilsher Lara Kreyling Ashleigh Burke 4th Place: Jeremy Graves 3rd Place: Rachel Gall 2nd Place: Jenny Ferdetta 1st Place: Eston Davis Best in the Junior Division: Eston Davis Best in the Senior Division: 4th Place: John Ferdetta 3rd Place: Jenny Waters 2nd Place: (Team) Summer Alexander Lainie Morgan Kyla Andreoni 1st Place: (Team) Colin Treanor Chris Beck Chris Payne “Babe” to be shown at The Theatre BY ROSIE DAY Rappahannock News Contributing Writer Australia has done it again with this sequel that surpasses the original. 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The Dignified, Affordable Alternative • Elegant Assisted Living • Specialized Alzheimer's Care • Skilled Rehabilitation Service • Respite Care Marshall Manor 4248 Manor Drive • Post Office Box 749 Marshall, Virginia 20116 1-800-296-2273 (540) 364-1200 Board considers adjustments BY MARY BETH MARTIN Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Board of Supervisors met with the Washington Town Council in a joint meeting on Feb. 10, and made a resolution to consider annexing into the town portions of three properties that are bisected by the town line. The council table was packed with seven council members, four supervisors, two attorneys and the county administrator. Only Supervisor Roger Welch was absent. After advertising the resolution as required by law, the council and board will continue the process by holding a second joint meeting at the regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting at on March 1 at 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Court House. Both the council and the board unanimously voted to pay equally the costs incurred by the adjustments. Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke said the surveys, advertising and court costs would probably total less than $1,000. Roger Batchelder, Clabert Smoot and Jerome Geobel filed applications for the properties being considered. The properties are contiguous, and front on either Fodderstack or Harris Hollow roads. Clabert Smoot, owner of one of the properties, said later that he had been waiting since 1992 to build a house on his property, and was relieved that the process was almost finished. McCarthy said three properties owned by Rayner Snead were rejected because all three properties were located completely outside the town line. Snead assumed the properties to be partly within the town, but they were inaccurately surveyed in the 1980s when Fairlea Farm was subdivided. If approved by the board and council at the March 1 public meeting, the final determination of the boundary adjustment would be made in Circuit Court. ARB suggest other alternatives BY MARY BETH MARTIN Rappahannock News Staff Writer The only application on the Architectural Review Board’s agenda this month was Trinity Episcopal Church’s exterior renovation to the recently purchased house at 370 Gay St., Washington. At their Feb. 11 meeting, board members Donna Kevis, Tanya Richey and Patrick O’Connell approved two of the church’s renovations. Ed Barton was absent, and Jay Monroe was present but abstained from voting. Monroe, the architect for the church, answered the board’s questions about the building code and plans. The first alteration proposed was removal of the present. wooden deck at the rear of the building, which is to be to be expanded and extended; the second was demolition of a sunroom, which would be replaced with a permanent structure compatible with the building and occupy the same footprint. The third alteration — construction of a 42-foot-long handicap ramp at the front and side of the building — was denied. “It’s not a pretty sight. It just seems extreme and overwhelming, ” said Chairwoman Kevis. In trying to find alterna tives to the elevated ramp next to the building, Kevis requested that the church try to find handicap parking and access at the Rappahannock Medical Center. She also suggested leaving the vacant lot on the other side of the building unchanged, to maintain the present “Quiet Place.” Kevis, Tanya Richey and Patrick O’Connell voted unanimously for a motion that the applicant reconsider the application to find other alternatives. “We will get together to meet your schedule if no other alternatives are available,” said Kevis. Still time to enter Bland Music contest BY BOB SCOTT Rappahannock News. Contributing Writer There is still time for student vocalists and instrumentalists to participate in the concert program at The Theatre in Washington scheduled for Sunday,'Feb. 28 at 2:30 p.m. The Rappahannock Lions Club has sponsored annual Bland Music Contests for many years as part of a state-wide program dedicated to encouraging young musicians to develop their personal skills and to show-case their talents. Student musicians are eligible to participate if they reside in Rappahannock or are attending school in he county. 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-Bappaljannocfe J^etos— Established 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Wednesday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Barbara C. Wayland, Executive Editor and General Manager Mary Beth Martin, Staff Writer Carl Eborn, Staff Photographer Peter W. Arundel, President John T. Toler Executive Vice President To Subscribe Phone (540) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $21 a year in Rappahannock County $27 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 e-mail: RappNews@timespapers.com Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations ft WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1999 Our View Towers? Joint public hearing proposed for residents input. Is another fight to preserve the Rappahannock County skyline in the offing? After enduring the controversy and suffering the results of the Great Powerline Towers that affected the eastern part of the county in the early 1970s, it appears that a new type of tower — this time for cell phone users and others — are being offered for the central and western mountaintops. Representatives of the telecommunications companies who have contacted landowners in the areas the; want to build the towers have so far met with little success. While no one would suggest that county residents be deprived of any of the services available elsewhere who would want to look at one of these towers, or inflict such an eyesore on their neighbors? It’s not likely that county leaders would be easily convinced to sacrifice the skyline and issue permits for such structures without determining the needs and clear benefits for those who live here. That’s jusl the way it’s got to be. But another concern has been brought up. If it’s not possible to lease private property for tower sites, telecommunications company could locate their towers on state highway or utility company rights-ofway, without the county — or close-by neighbors — having much to say about it. County Administrator John McCarthy has suggest ed that the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission hold a joint public hearing with the telecommunications companies. This is a good idea, and it will show the custodians of public-managed lands just how serious we are about protecting our environment. Rappahannock Today y Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Carl Eborn Last Wednesday night was DARE night at Rappahannock County Elementary School. Caroline Levans, 6th grade, reads her winning essay on “What DARE means to me?” Three other sixth grade essay contest winners, Sarah Mills, Danielle North and David Miller, also read their essays and are shown seated next to Sheriff Larry Sherertz and Captain Jeff Brown. Letters Call to citizenship Surely all will agree that Rappahannock County is beautiful beyond words. Perhaps the three most important resources we hold are our natural beauty, our historic sites and landmarks, t and our caring people and communities. Many marvel in noting that, as Americans, all of this belongs to each of us as residents. Precious possessions indeed, for which we should God and those citizens who, for centuries before us, have labored to leave us what we now can enjoy. ’ But in receiving these great gifts comes a solemn responsibility for each of us to be good stewards and good citizens. Inasmuch as “citizenship” is defined as “the quality of an individual’s response to membership in a community,” we are each one called to actively take part in preserving and bettering the good around us. For days beginning on March 1 there is a special call to all citizens to take part in picking up trash around the county. Picking up trash that others have left? Yes ! Consider it a spring cleaning of the county in preparation for the next century. There has never been a better time to participate. While all of us are called to do our part to keep Rappahannock clean every day of the year, a small group of resident sponsors will pay $3 for each bag of trash collected during the organized trash drive running March 1 through April 15- up to $10,000, of which at least 66 percent will be turned over to the county non-profit group of the citizen’s choice! Citizens may keep $1 per bag or donate it too - the choice is theirs. Sure, we Americans don’t need to be paid to be good citizens, but here is an opportunity to not only preserve our beauty, but also to help any county nonprofit group of our choice (churches, fire companies, rescue squads, scout troops, civic groups, you name it)! What a wonderful idea! The program was started last year and some 1,500 bags of unsightly garbage were picked up, resulting in $4,500 being contributed to the good causes of those who did the work. This year the goal is to have at least 3,333 bags of trash removed and see at least $6,666 contributed to county non-profit causes. There’s even a grand prize of $1000 for the most bags filled. All county residents live in one of our five districts, each of which has a trash problem. Citizens and communities of Hawthorne/ Stonewall; Piedmont; Jackson; Hampton; and Wakefield; rise and take advantage of this special opportunity to clean up and claim the rewards. Let us enter the next century knowing we’ve all done our part. Let us set examples for our children and for neighboring counties. Let us rally our neighbors and mark our calendars now for the date( s) between March 1 and April 15 that we will commit to participate. For more information visit your local grocery, library, or call Hunt Harris at 987-3366. Jeff Light Woodville Outreach program seeks donations While at a Men’s Brotherhood meeting at the Washington Baptist Church last Sunday we talked about the people of Guatemala who lost their homes and belongings in the flood this past fall. We also talked about a Christian out reach program to help those homeless people. We were told that the price for materials to replace a house was just $2,000 and the labor will be donated by work groups (not much of a price for a home). Our brotherhood pledged to help those people as much as we could, so right then we reached for our wallets and; came up with $200. So now I am asking you to help us and send your donation to: Washington Baptist Church, Men’s Brotherhood P.O. Box 209, Washington, Va. 22747 Bobby Brown' Washington. Down Memory Lane From Back Issues of the Rappahannock News 30 Years Ago Thursday, Feb. 20, 1969 W.H. Lyne, Extension Agent, Agriculture, in Rappahannock County will retire from his position effective Feb. 29. He has served in this capacity in Rappahannock for almost 23 years. Lyne has been eligible for retirement for three years, and says he finds it to his advantage in several ways to do so now. He lives in Gid Brown Hollow with his wife, Frances who is a first grade teacher at Rappahannock County Elementary School. They have two children. Beth O’Bannon was named Sweetheart of Rappahannock County High School and received a crystal tiara during coronation ceremonies at the annual sweetheart dance held Saturday evening at the school. Beth is a senior and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Maurice O’Bannon of Woodville. Parents of elementary school students are reminded of the PTA meeting combined with parent-teacher conference night to be held at Rappahannock County Elementary School Feb. 20. Teachers will be in the classrooms following the PTA meeting to discuss students progress with parents. The presentation of a check for $1,500 to the Amis8ville Fire Company from the ladies auxiliary of that community highlighted the annual banquet held Friday evening in the fire hall. Mrs. A.C. Latham, treasurer of the auxiliary, presented the contribution to Fire Chief Braxton James. Seven horse races and Rappahannock’s unique hound race promise a full afternoon of sport, March 1 at the Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point races. The course entrance is one south of Sperryville on Route 522. 25 Years Ago Thursday, Feb. 14, 1974 The Rappahannock Ski Area reported the “largest weekend in its 10 year history” last week, and expecta tions for an even bigger weekend of skiing coming up. Russ Albert, Ski Area manager, said that more than 1,650 skiers were on the slopes last Saturday and Sunday. He said snow conditions remain “excellent,” and the area is expecting maybe even more skiers this week. The second in a series of exciting basketball games featuring Rappahannock Jaycee cagers is scheduled for Feb. 16 at the local high school. The Rappahannock Jaycees will meet the Culpeper All Stars which means there will be a lively contest. Franks in Front Royal was advertising a 50 percent and more off of win ter merchandise. A grand piano has been given the Washington Baptist Church by Karl Burke in memory of his father, the late James Lester Burke. Miss Brenda Printz will be vocalist at the service on Sunday, accompanied by Karl, the church organist. 10 Years Ago Thursday, Feb. 16, 1989 Though the -turnout at last Wednesday’s town council meeting was sparse, the resident who spoke agreed that improvements to Washington’s water system are needed. Most of the comments included questions about specific parts of the project, like the doubling of the reservoir’s capacity from 100,000 to 200,000 gallons. This past Saturday, Trapezoid performed for an overflow crowd at the Barns of Wolf Trap. Area residents will have a chance to see the group, which is based in Rappahannock County on March 3 and 4 at the Town Hall in vvdsmugtun. People of all ages are invited to celebrate the “Magic in all of Us” on Feb 19 at the Child Care and Learning Center. There will be a circle of creative sharing with “open mike.” L J Drawing from Rappahannock News file OUT-OF-THE-ATTIC: Washington’s first courthouse: Before the stately brick building was constructed on Gay Street in 1835, court in the fledgling county of Rappahannock was held for two years in the frame building that stood where the Rappahannock Health Department is now located. Workmen A.J. Slaughter, Sam Bruce and Sam Hetrick stood on the steps for this old photo taken before the structure was torn down to make way for William Stuart’s’ General Merchandise Store. The county rented the building in 1833-1834 for the sum of $25 per year. The Middle Street Gallery is hosting a slide presentation by Barbara Stinson of “The Art of the Western”” on Feb. 17 at the Gay Street Theater. Following the slide presentation, a reception and open ing of her show which will run through Feb. 26 will be held at the Middle Street Gallery. —COMPILED BY BARBARA C. WAYLAND *

Girls Varsty Soccer March 23 March 30 April 1 April 6 April 9 April 13 April 20 April 21 April 23 April 27 April 29 May 4 May 6 May 7 May 11 May 13 May 14 Clarke Clarke Madison Manassas Madison Cental open open Brentville Clarke Central Brentville open open Manassas open Clarke home away home Park away away home away home away home Park home away 4 pm 7 pm 4 pm 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm 7 pm 5 pm 7 pm 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm r Boys Varsty Soccer March 22 March 30 April 5 Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr 6 I 9 13 16 I 20 I 23 27 29 May 4 May 7 May 11 Mt Jackson Clarke Mt Jackson Manassas Park George Mason Central Strasburg Strasburg Brentsville Clarke Central Brentsville George Mason Manassas Park away home home home home away away home home home home away away away 4 pm TBA 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm 7 pm 5 pm 5 pm 7 pm 5 pm 5 pm 7 pm 5 pm 7 pm Girls and Boys track March 11 March 18 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 17 April 21 April 26 May 5 May 20 Page(SCR) Page(SCR) Brentsville Page Page RMA Brentsville Luray Page Wrangler invit. Page Brentsville away away away awSy away away away away away away away 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm TBA 5 pm 4:30 pm 4 pm TBA Junior Varsity Baseball March 12 Page(SCR) away March 19 Page(SCR) home March 23 Strasburg home March 25 Luray away March 29 Madison home March 31 Mt. Jackson away April 5 Luray home April 7 Strasburg away April 10 Clarke home April 23 Brentsville home April 26 Mt Jackson home April 27 Manassas Park away April 29 George Mason home April 30 Madison away May 4 Brentsville away May 7 Manassas Park home May 11 George Mason away 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 5 pm 5 pm 7 pm 12 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm 7 pm 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm Correction In last weeks article on the school board meeting, the salary step increase was shown as 1—9, but should have been 1 1/2 percent. The Rappahannock News regrets the error. SINK OR SWIM? It’s never too late to learn how to swim. Just call us and sign up for a Red Cross swimming class. American Red Cross Athletic Association to hold registration The Rappahannock Athletic Association (RAA) invites you to play Babe Ruth Baseball or Girl’s Softball and this Saturday, Feb. 20 is the last scheduled chance for registration. Registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Library. Divisions offered include: 16-18 years and 13-15 years for Babe Ruth Baseball; 10-12 years for Major League Baseball; 7-9 years for Minor League Baseball and 5-6 years for T-ball. [ Girl’s Softball categories include 16-1» years; 13-15 years and 7-l^years. According to a RAA spokesperson this past year there were over 380 players, of all ages, participating on 28 teams. They play ball both in the spring and fall and encourage all children, regardless of experience, to participate and gain confidence while learning new skills in a sportsmanship like manner. All games are played in Amissville. Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Carl Ebom SPIKE ‘EM HIGH: Meghan Fairbrother, Number 10, goes up for a spike in the Panther’s recent win against Brentsville. Registration cost is $60 for Babe Ruth in the 16-18 category; $40 for Babe Ruth, 13-15; $35 for Major 10-12; Minor 79; T-Ball 5-6 and Softball 7-12 and $40 for Softball 13-15. A $5 discount is applied for each additional family member. A late fee of $15 per child will be applied after Feb. 20 and a $30 fee applied after March 20. Remember, all new players signing up must bring a copy of their birth certificate to registration. For additional information call Fred Naramore at 9375367 or Mauri Payne at 6753729 or 937-4142. Business & Service Directory Only $4.60per week for a 1 inch space (540) 675-3338 Next Deadline February 23 BUILDING SUPPLIES CHERRY STREET BUILDING SUPPLY CORP. 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Funding increase for Agriculture BMPs BY DEREK AMOS Conservation Specialist Have you ever noticed that the price for oysters and crabs continues to climb year after year? For the past thirty-one years, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has been studying the health of the Bay. The foundation uses three main categories; pollution, habitat, and fish to compare the Bay as it is now to its status in pre-colonial times. The Bay reached an all time low in 1983 but is on the rebound today due to the conservation efforts of many people and organizations. There is still more work to be done however. For example, the current oyster population represents only one percent of the total oyster population in pre-colonial times and the blue crab population is half of what it could be. Only the high inherent resilience of the Bay’s blue crab population prevents their numbers from being even lower. Nutrient and sediment increases in the waters of the Bay are to blame for the decline in its overall health. The excess nutrients and sediment come from a variety of sources, including point source and nonpoint source pollution. A point source is pollution that flows from pipes or comes from specific points, such as industrial plants, sewage treatment plants, and storm water drains. Nonpoint source pollution does not result from a discharge at a specific location, but generally results from land runoff, drainage, or seepage after a rain event. The Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District works to reduce nonpoint source pollution through the installation of Best Management Practices (BMPs). Governor Gilmore has recently proposed amendments to the 1999-2000 budget that will increase funding for the installation of these BMP’s. His proposal includes an additional $45.2 million from the budget surplus to go toward water quality improvement. From this $45.2 million, $2.75 million will be set aside for the Agriculture Best Management Practice Cost Share Program in the Rappahannock, York, and James River watersheds. In the 1998 program year the Culpeper District was able to allocate approximately $435,000 in cost share funds on 74 best management practices for water quality improvement. Governor Gilmore’s proposed budget should allow us to install even more practices in 1999. The goal of the increased funding is to reach nutrient and sediment reduction goals for the Chesapeake Bay. The United States Congress has mandated a 40 percent reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus in the Bay by the year 2000. In order to coordinate the local efforts toward reaching these goals, a Rappahannock Tributary Strategy is being developed. The goal of the Tributary Strategy will be to help people who live in the river basin improve local water quality and restore living resources in their river. This is a voluntary cooperative effort based on water quality monitoring, computer models, and public involve ment. When the strategy is published, it will identify costeffective practices that will help us reach our nutrient and sediment reduction goals. The Culpeper District has a wide range of BMP’s available for cost share. These encompass a variety of area including forestry, wildlife, livestock, and pasture land. Most practices are cost shared on a percentage basis up to 75 percent of the estimated cost. Others are paid for on a per acre flat rate. With increased emphasis on accelerated installation of BMP’s most of the flat rates have been increased for the upcoming program year and some have been doubled. In addition to cost share, tax credit is available on a number of practices. Twenty five percent of the portion of the BMP that is covered by cost share can be eligible for a tax credit on Virginia state taxes. If you would like more information about BMP’s, contact the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District at 825-8591 or 672-1523. Soil & Water Conservation District begins strategic planning process The Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District is revising their Strategic Plan and is seeking assistance from interested individuals within it’s five county boundary (Culpeper, Greene, Orange, Madison, and Rappahannock). The Strategic Plan guides the Board of Directors in selecting ways $o implement the District’s long term goals, taking into consideration the current situations and anticipating influences that will affect the operation and management of the District, in the future. The Strategic Planning meeting will be held on Friday, Feb. 26 at the Our Lady of the Blue Ridge Catholic Church at the junc tion of Route 29 and Route 629 just north of Madison. Attendees at this meeting will assist in developing a District plan for the next five years. As stated in the Soil and Water Conservation District Law of Virginia, a Soil and Water Conservation District is a political subdivision of state government and is mandated to develop comprehensive programs and plan for the conservation of soil and water resources within its boundaries. A full day beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. is planned. Registration will be from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and a lunch will be provided to participants. Tiffany Keys selected to Dean’s List Tiffany Dawn Keys of Sperryville has been named to the Dean’s List at Longwood College in Farmville for the fall semester. Longwood College selected 415 students to the Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester. Students must earn an academic average of at least 3.5 (B+). Tiffany is the daughter of Chris and Jay Keys. SUBSCRIBE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS. Call 675-3338. CASH FOR TRASH Support Your lavorito Cause TRASH FREE RAPPAHANNOCK (TFR) announces its second annual drive to keep Rappahannock beautiful and help the community... by exchanging roadside trash for money. 1998 saw $4,500 contributed to the TFR clean up fund, that helped a Church, Rescue Squad, Scout Troop, 4H, School Project, Animal Welfare Organization, Recreational activity and other good causes... of mho choosing. Trash Attack Campaign Begins March 1 thru April 15. THIS YEAR’S GOAL — fill 3,333 orange bags worth $10,000. LAST YEAR.filled 1,500 bags worth $4,500. ru_ * ItMkJtkMi. $3 per bag. $2 for your favorite non-profit organization, $1 for you (optional.). * ikllBJBKl Get registration cards and bags at: Mountainside Market. Flint Hill. Baldwins. Dennis Store. Laurel Mills. Burkes. The Corner Store. Williams Store. Rappahannock County Library. RappahannockScht>ol Administration Building. Then... a) leave bags on roadside, b) contact Hunt Harris (987-3366) who will verify your bag count and report location to VDOT for removal, c) give registration cards to Hunt Harris. Content of bags will be checked (no house garbage, dead animals, or manure). * HjiMOi Doug Baumgardner's office will tally registration cards and send checks. Who can enter? Any individual or group. What cause can I help? Any Rappahannock non-profit group. Is there a limit to what an organization can earn? The size of the pot. Are there prizes? Yes—$1,000 Grand Prize for the most bags filled over minimum of 300. This year ’s sponsors: Doug Baumgardner Law Offices, Eileen Day Realty, Cliff Miller, The Conyers House Inn, the Appetite Repair Shop, Barney O’Meara, Linda and Bill Dietel, the Bittingers, Rick Kohler, and Martin and Cheri Woodard, the Jamiesons, the von Eichels, Beverly Jones, ... and many others. ...for further information contact Hunt Harris at 987-3366. i Does your diet promote or protect cancer? BY CHRISTINE KASTAN Extension Agent Certain things in the food you eat can cause a normal cell in your body to change or “mutate”. In • other words, some foods can damage a cell. If a damaged cell becomes cancerous, it will divide and begin growing out of control. This is how a tumor develops. Dietary factors that are known to promote cancer or changes in cells are excess fat in foods, chemicals used to cure meats such as bacon and ham, chemicals formed from char grilling meats, chemicals used to pickle foods and excess alcohol. Even though some foods damage our cells, other foods can protect them or even reverse the damage before a tumor has a chance to develop. Foods that are known to protect us have fiber, vitamins, antioxidant, and phytochemicals, which are found in plant foods such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Virginia. One in two men and one in three women will develop some form of cancer in his or her lifetime. In 1997, the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research published a comprehensive report, “Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective,” which reviewed 4,500 research studies on diet related to different forms of cancers. It is estimated that as many as one^third of all cancers may be prevented by what you eat! Virginia Cooperative Extension has developed a learn-at-home educational newsletter series called “C/O Your Health.” It focuses on encouraging good eating practices to decrease the risk of cancer. Six issues highlight information related to promoters and protectors of cancer. Some topics include fiber protectors in fruits, vegetables and grains; antioxidant; phytochemicals and good lifetime eating practices. Each issue features articles on nutrition research facts, health check-ups, family focused activities, and cooking using the food guide pyramid. This nutrition education program will help you select, cook and eat foods to lower your risk of cancer. The newsletters are provided free of charge. You will receive a pre-survey to evaluate your current nutritional habits before receiving the first newsletter. The newsletter will be mailed to your home every other week during March, April and May, 1999. A post survey will also be sent. If you are interest in this newsletter, have questions or are interested ip other nutrition and health resources, contact your local Virginia Cooperative Extension Office in Rappahannock at 675-3619. Sign up for the newsletter will be taken until Feb. 22. Payne on Dean s Amy Jo Payne has been named to the Dean’s List at James Madison University in Harrisonburg for the fall semester. Miss Payne is majoring in nursing at JMU. She is a 1995 graduate of Rappahannock County High School and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Payne of Sperryville. She is the granddaugher of Mr. and Mrs. Turner F. Foster of Culpeper. Board From Page A1 office as planned, without blocking handicap or fire department access. He would work on it further, buUmight have to find an alternative site. He projected to cost to be $2500 for construction and $300 for the aluminum frame and plastic inserts. Other Business • Critzer reported that the planning commission would meet on Jan. 25, to review of the combined comprehensive plan and Milton Herd’s report. • Tompkins suggested advertising public notices on the town’s web page. • Council member Alice King said she did not discover anything about the lost plaque on the time capsule located in front of the town hall. She reported that neither Ruby Jenkins nor the Rappahannock Historical Society had any information. She said her search would continue with past issues of the Rappahannock News. • The council approved $3500 for the fireworks for the Fourth of July. • Tompkins said, “It is time to wake up and start a second well.” Critzer suggested they look for a location for a second well after the council acquired property for a second reservoir. According to Tomkins, the original design of the town water system called for a second well and reservoir. • In executive session, the council discussed acquisition of' real estate, but reported that but no action was taken. Animal From Page A1 Leake to resume his previous position will minimize disruption in services to county residents and eliminate the time and expense necessary to train a new employee.” “Mr. Leake is a fully certified animal control officer, with experience in the field gained through his prior employment by the county, bolstered by his law enforcement experience gained during his tenure with the sheriff’s office.” He added, “There are a lot of good reasons to advertise for a vacancy, but when you have someone within a larger organization who has performed the job exceptionally well (as animal warden) and wishes to return to it-that seems like the most efficient way to fill the position.” The animal warden’s job became full-time with benefits in the beginning of 1998, and now pays $21,500 annually with health and retirement benefits. Last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found the county probably guilty of sex discrimination in its hiring of Carl Menefee of Sperryville in 1997 for the position of animal warden over a “more qualified woman.” The complainant, Lisa Marie Reid, said she received permission on Feb. 3 from the EEOC to continue her case independently in court. She was in the process of seeking an attorney, she said. Leake said he will probably start his new job April 1, and not before, because the Sheriff’s Office is short-handed with five deputies currently at the police academy. Leake said he inquired about the job as animal control officer because he is an “outside person.” He added that he liked the job when he had it previously. The Board of Supervisors accepted Menefee’s resignation at its February meeting. “He resigned for personal reasons,” said McCarthy. “We didn’t have any problems.” Menefee would not comment on why he resigned and said only that the board advised him not to discuss his resignation. Other actions • The board approved Richie Burke as the StonewallHawthome representative to the Fire and Rescue Advisory Board, and approved payment of Fire and Rescue bills totalling $81,284-80. • Approved payments to the Ami88ville United Methodist Church, Five Forks Baptist Church and Gid Brown Bible Church for $216 each, as well as $153 to the Woodville Baptist Church, for reimbursement of illegally collected utility bill taxes for the past three years.

• Neighbors/B2 • Obituaries/B5 • Classifieds/B4, B5 • Real Estate/B6 February 17, 1999 Naturopathy: Is it healing with love or quack medicine? by Gerald Ochs Rappahannock News Special Writer na • tu • rop • a • thy: a system of treatment of disease that avoids drugs and surgery and emphasizes the use of natural agents (as air, water, and sunshine) and physical means (as manipulation and electrical treatment) (WWWebster Dictionary). I had been under the impression that this naturopathy, this wholistic business, was some sort of new wave quackery, reliant upon pyramids and archaic diagnostic techniques and cauldrons and moonbeams and ginseng and other forest herbs to treat various sorts of malaise or maybe even a headache or two. Was this true? What, I wondered, did Kathy Edwards’ naturopathy practice at the Healing Center in Sperryville involve? Her business card called her practice “Healing with Love”, and included a series of acronyms following her name: N.D., CNC, CNHP. More babble, quackery—what was this all about? - As Webster’s definition implies, naturopathy is a means of maintaining health and treatment of disease through the use of noninvasive, natural methods. Kathy Edwards’ practice does just that. She focuses upon promoting the body’s ability to heal itself—to ensure that it is provided with proper nutrition, exercise, and has the ability to cope with stress. Kathy does this, not by diagnosing ailments, but by teaching clients how to maintain their physical, emotional and mental states in optimum condition to make certain that the body can use its innate healing ability to full advantage. The Greek roots of the word doctor mean teacher. Kathy says that that is just what a naturopath is—not a healer so much as one who teaches others to learn to let their bodies heal. She and her colleagues are perhaps the modern embodiment of Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health, whose wisdom said that “health is the natural order of things and the most important function of medicine is to discover and teach the natural laws which will ensure a man a healthy mind in a healthy body.” Researchers have identified some of the mechanisms that organisms use for healing. We see those mechanisms at work when a cut scabs over, when a broken bone knits, when a salamander regenerates its tail. The naturopath says that these natural processes can be impaired by toxins (in the environment, in foods, or in drugs), by lack of proper nutrition, and by imbalances in the mind/body/spirit system. The naturopath is welltrained to instruct patients in the restoration or maintenance of these human systems. The acronyms tailing Kathy’s name on her business card are evidence of that training. The N.D. stands for Doctor of Naturopathy-a degree granted as the result of four years of intensive educa ill I III Photo by Gerald Ochs NATURAL HEALING: Kathy Edwards at her “Healing with Love” naturopathy practice in Sperryville at the Rappahannock Healing Arts Center on Lee Highway. tion and training. The CNC and CNHP reflect her success in passing examinations that prove her abilities to apply this training: CNC stands for certified nutritional counselor, and CNHP means certified natural health practitioner. The practice of naturopathy appears to make common sense, and it follows the ancient admonitions of Hippocrates: “First, Do No Harm” (Primum non nocere), and “Honor the Healing Power of Nature” (vis medicatrix naturae). Surely there is need for the medical practitioner, and he is trained to diagnose and treat diseases and traumas— something that the naturopath is neither permitted nor trained to do. But the skills of the naturopath and the medical practitioner are complementary; the naturopath ensures that the body’s systems are %tuned to defend against disease and to restore function in the event of trauma, and the medical practitioner assists the body in performing these functions by, for example, reducing bacteria by applying antibiotics so that the body’s inherent capabilities are not overwhelmed. Medical quackery? Voodoo? Sorcery? I don’t think so. Naturopathy, as is reflected in Kathy Edwards and her practice, is anything but. Sensible? Straightforward? Natural? Healing with love? That’s what it looks like to me. Kathy Edwards’ “Healing with Love” naturopathy practice can be reached at 9877204. A journey to the “Land of the Thunder Dragon” Many people have called it Shangri-la, a magic land removed from time and space, and, indeed, Bhutan is another world — unlike any other third world country they have ever experienced. Friday night, March 5 at the Rappahannock Library in Washington at 8 p.m., Lois Manookian, Bill and Linda Dietel will try to share with words and slides and a variety of Bhutanese arts and crafts some of the magic they discovered in their two-week journey to the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, as Bhutan is often called. Bhutan, tucked between Tibet and India, is the last surviving independent Buddhist monarchy. It is the size of Switzerland with less than one million people, 90 percent of whom exist by agriculture. With 75 percent of the country covered in forests and over 25 percent in national parkland, the natural riches of flora and fauna are breathtaking. Within a distance of 100 miles are snow-topped Himalayan peaks over 24,000 feet high, home of blue sheep and snow leopard, and lush tropical jungle inhabited by elephants, tiger and rhinos. Until the 1960’s, Bhutan was closed to foreigners and tourism is still restricted to under 5000 visitors annually- lyThe young king and his government have inherited and sustained an environmentally protected kingdom that is an example to all of the third world as well as to developed countries. The gentle spirit of devout Buddhism coupled with the practice of ancient traditions from a rich cultural heritage, the incredible natural beauty of immensely diverse countryside and the use of color, grace and art in • every aspect of life from architecture to the traditional dress makes a journey to Bhutan a total aesthetic time warp for westerners. Bill and Linda Dietel whose travels have taken them to many ancient lands including Egypt, Iran, China, Bali, and Africa rate Bhutan as a unique experience. Lois Manookian, known locally for her watercolors, was captured by the inspiration of her artistic eye at every turn. They welcome arm chair travelers to join them on their magic carpet to Bhutan, “Land of the Thunder Dragon”. Jazz at Theatre this weekend Charlie Byrd and Chuck Redd return to The Theatre at Washington on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. Legendary guitarist Charlie Byrd will be joined on vibes by Chuck Redd. Besides performing together, Byrd is expected to play some classical and Brazilian solos for guitar. Both musicians have performed at The Theatre in the past to enthusiastic crowds and r tickets for the upcoming concert are almost sold out. Tickets for the performance on Sunday, Feb. 21 are $14 with reservation, $15 at the door (if available). Students 18 and under pay half price. To make reservations, or to obtain a copy of The Theatre’s full schedule, phone 675-1253 or send e-mail to TheatreVA@aol.com. 1 Historic May tour to England The Lord Fairfax Community College Foundation is offering last chances to join a trip to England this spring, May 1729. Reservations will close March 1, but there are still several openings. The historic trip will be a rare opportunity to discover the highlights and haunts of the Sixth Lord Fairfax who owned the property in Middletown, Va. on which Lord Fairfax Community College is located. The trip which costs $3600 includes air fare, four-star hotels, all meals for the first eight days and breakfast the last three mornings in London, transportation by chartered bus, entrance to museums and gardens, guest speakers and a full time guide. The itinerary will include two nights in Tunbridge Wells with a private visit to Leeds Castle and the gardens at Sissinghurst, two nights in Hampshire in the ancient city of Winchester with a visit to Petworth House en route, two nights in Newbury with visits to Oxford University and Britain’s oldest Botanic Gardens on the banks of the River Cherwell, then north to the city of York and visits to the ancestral homes of the Fairfax family for two nights. Days 11 and 12 will be for open sightseeing in London. A minimum deposit of $1000 is due March 1, 1999. Contact Diane Dovell at 540868-7161 to make reservations or obtain further information. Stop Pacing, Fretting, Wishing, And Waiting... Enroll in the Premium Office Pickup Service As a POPS participant: • Pay only once a year and save 20% off newstand prices! • Receive one of the first issues of the Rappahannock News hot off the press! • Convenient, no hassle purchasing; no store lines, no searching for coins. • Available for pick-up every Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Rappahanock News office Main Street, Washington. This exciting service is just a phone call away 540-675-3338

Church Flint Hill Pentecostal Pastor: Rev. Jack Campbell Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 6:30 a.m. Wednesday: Worship Service 7:30 p.m. County Methodist services County Methodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, Feb. 21 as follows: Flint Hill at 8:45 a.m.; Sperryville at 11:15 a.m. and Willis Chapel at 10 a.m. The Rev. Merlin Shorb is pastor and invites the public. Woodville Baptist Pastor: Rev. Alpheus Atkins Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Choir Practice 7:45 p.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. Special service at Bethel Baptist The Pastor’s Aide Club of Bethel Baptist Church in Amissville invites the community to a special service on Saturday, Feb 20 at 3 p.m. The guests will be the Singing Angels and the Men’s Chorus from Bealeton. Rev. Forrest Freeman is pastor of Bethel Baptist and Mildred Martin is president. Slate Mills Baptist Pastor: Rev. J. Harold Eaton Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday: Children’s Choir 6:45 p.m. Youth & Adult Choirs 7:30 p.m. Thursday: W.M.U. Meeting Reynolds Memorial Baptist Pastor: Jon Heddleston Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday: Community Youth 6-8 p.m. Thursday: Choir Practice 7 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. Robert A. Lange, Rector Masses: Saturday Vigil, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. Holy Days of Obligation call 675-3432 Weekdays Tuesday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Confessions: 4-5 p.m., Saturday Amissville United Methodist Pastor: Rev. Richard S. Gordon Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 p.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Youth 4 p.m. Thursday: Adult Choir 7:30 p.m. Washington Baptist Pastor: Rev. Phillip Bailey Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Services 11 a.m. Tuesday: Children’s Choir 7 p.m. Adult Choir 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Rector: Rev. Jennings W. Hobson III Sunday: Holy Eucharist 8 a.m. Womens Corp. Communion breakfast 8 a.m. Morning Prayer II 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist 10 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Study, Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Thornton Gap Primitive Baptist Sunday: Every first and third Sunday 10:30 a.m. Lenten Services All services are at the Trinity Episcopal Church. Fellowship begins with a pot-luck supper at 6:15 p.m. Feb. 24 is being set-up by Trinity Episcopal Church, with Philip Bailey speaking on the lent topic of silver-temple. The music is by St. Peter’s. March 3 will be set up by Reynolds and Robert Lange will be speaking about sweat-garden. Music will be by Washington Baptist. March 10 will be set up by Washington Baptist and will have Merlin Shorb speaking about angels-garden. Music will be by Trinity Episcopal. March 17 will be set-up by St. Peter’s Church and will have Jon Heddleston speaking about rooster-courtyard. Music will be by Methodists. The Methodists will set-up on March 24 and the topic will be garment-calvary by speaker Jennings Hobson. Music by Reynolds Baptist. Washington residents enjoy weekend Sunday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown, Amanda and Bobbie Jo were Rusty Smoot, Ginger Estes and Jessica Estes. The deacons of the Washington Baptist Church will meet on Thursday at 7 p.m. Best wishes to Richard and Ann Simmons who have a wedding anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 20. On Sunday Doug and Ravprlv F.vlino anH Anrlrow Wednesday until Friday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Carroll of Powhatan. On Thursday night Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark and their house guests, the Carrolls accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Pinkorrl Qimmnno Mrs. Alice Racer and Mrs. Anna Clatterbuck shopped in Culpeper and had dinner at Country Buffet in Fredericksburg. The youth of the Washington Baptist Church served a Valentine dinner in the fellowship hall on Sunday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated and each person took with them a special treat. It was a very enjoyable evening. had dinner at Country Cookin in Warrenton. Happy belated birthday wishes to John Schultz, who had his day on Friday, Feb. 12. Weekend guests of Mrs. Alice Butler were Judy Carvell and Phil Butler of Falls Church. On Friday Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz joined Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sengstack and sons, Eric and Jason of Centreville and celebrated Mr. Schultz’s birthday with dinner at the Olive Garden Restaurant in Fair Lakes. Happy birthday to Mrs. Ruth Preston, who will celebrate on Monday, Feb. 22 and to Mrs. Merle Scoggin on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Mrs. June Clark of Woodville returned home last Wednesday after being a patient at Culpeper Memorial Hospital. We wish her a nice recovery. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Donald Keyser and daughter, Michelle of Alexandria visited his mother, Mrs. Addie Keyser and they had dinner at Country Cookin in Culpeper. Valentine’s Day visitors of Mrs. Addie Keyser were Mrs. Marie Rutherford of Front Royal, Mrs. Jeanetta Pullen of Flint Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keyser of Sperryville and Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Fincham. Have a great week and call 675-3608 when you have news for this column. Sperryville Squad plans benefit dinner The Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary is having its annual Valentine’s dinner on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Elementary School. The half-barbecued chicken dinner served with wild rice, mashed potatoes, peas, rolls, garden salad, homemade desserts and beverages will be $8.50 for adults, couples $15 and children under eight will be $3. The dinner will be prepared by Pat Jenkins and Company. Carry-out service will be available. For tickets or information call Harriet at 987-8085 or Nancy at 987-8495. The Sperryville United Methodist Church will have worship service at 11:15 a.m. on Feb. 21. Rev. Merlin Shorb invites the community. The community was saddened by the death of Mrs. Mildred Many of our area on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Graveside services were conducted Feb. 13 at Sperryville Cemetery. Our sympathy to her three daughters and other relatives. Sympathy is also extended to Sam and Wanda Snead upon the passing of Wanda’s mother, Mrs. Billie Joe By CATHY PULLEN 987-8740 Strickler of Broadway on Thursday, Feb. 11. Services were held on Feb. 14 at Mt. Valley Methodist Church in Broadway. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kwon of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hanna and Jordan of Ashbum were Saturday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayland and Tiffany. Reynolds Memorial Baptist and Sperryville Methodist will be participating in the annual Lent services beginning Wednesday, Feb. 24 and continuing each Wednesday through March 25. A fellowship pot-luck dinner at 6:15 p.m. starts each gathering; the Lenten service begins at 7 and ends at approximately 8 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Boston community welcomes Owen family We welcome to our community the Owen family who purchased land and have moved into their recently built home on Turkey Ridge Road. Their three daughters have entered Rappahannock Elementary School. News has been received from a spokesperson stating there will not be a ‘Singing and Pickin’ party at the Salem fire hall for the month of February. The next one is scheduled for March 5. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cubbage entertained on Saturday in honor of their son, Clinton on his 30th birthday. Mrs. Montrue Frazier attended the funeral of her uncle, Roy Clatterbuck at the Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton on Saturday. Sympathy is extended to the family of Junior Ellis r>u* ion By MARIE F. ATKINS . 987-8802 I i "miM' "i J Corbin who passed away at a Richmond Hospital on Tuesday Adding to our honor roll student list and extending congratulations we have Miss Amanda Sims and Joseph Peregory, both students at the Rappahannock High School. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier and Christopher accompanied by Mrs. Alvin Atkins of Sperryville dined at Country Cookin on Sunday in observance of Mrs. Frazier’s birthday. Mrs. Rosie Wharton of Culpeper spent the weekend with Miss Mary Tharp on Aaron Mountain Road. Salem way residents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Dodson had as luncheon guests on Valentine’s Day Elder and Mrs. Wayne Richards and daughter, Terry of Luray. Happy birthday wishes go out to my nephew, James Holtzman Frazier, who celebrates his day Saturday. Rev. Leonard Adkins of North Carolina was guest speaker at Nethers Mill Church on Saturday and Sunday evenings and quite a number from our area were in attendance. Items sought for donation The Washington Baptist Church is having a Spring Event Donation Drive and welcomes any donations or help from the public. A silent auction, yard sale, bake sale and hamburger/hot dog sale will be held in con junction with the Fodderstack Classic 10K race on Saturday, April 24. . Proceeds from this event will go toward the church building fund. For more information call the church office at 675-3336. TiMnirT Brookslde Restaurant & Gift Shop U.S. 211 E. Luray Foothills of Blue Ridge Mountains Sun. to Thurs. 7 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. (540) 743-5698 ROBERT J. CLATTERBUCK Plumbing and Heating Flint Hilly VA 675-3378 W.C. THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME 503-7 NORTH MAIN ST. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA (540) 825-6700 “See Us For All Your * Building Supply Needs" 1418 Orange Road Culpeper (S40)82S-0937 Sperryville Emporium “The Shop that has EVERYTHING" U. S. 211, West Sperryvflle, VA (540) 987-8235 Sunday Matthew 8:1-17 Monday Matthew 9:1-13 Tuesday Matthew 9:14-26 Wednesday Matthew 9:27-38 Thursday Matthew 10:1-15 Friday Matthew 15:29-39 Saturday Psalm 136 —Pi At February draws to a close, we begin to tire ot winter...the cold weather, stalled cars, lingering patches of snow. We anticipate rebirth. We dream of tiny green buds, with their translucent skin, springing from bare limbs. We picture tulip bulbs planted In the fall magically pushing through the thawing earth to form a kaleidoscope of color. On rare unseasonably warm days in February, the sun teaeee us, glistening on ice which has yet to surrender. But spring is on the horizon. We can survive just a few more weeks of winter. As we anticipate spring, consider God and the warmth of His love. Learn to know Him. Visit Him In His house of worship this week. You can anticipate spring in your life aN year round. 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Activities at the Healing Arts Center BY CAROL LUCKING, MS Rappahannock News Contributing Writer The following activities will be held at Rappahannock Healing Arts Center at 11945 Lee Highway in Sperryville or more information may be obtained by calling 987-7204. • Christine Marie Saul, RN will be presenting a dynamic workshop focusing on a new healing modality using a vibroacoustic mat, which delivers both music/tone and vibration to the body. By spending a short amount of time on the mat, this has been found to promote a process in the body that facilitates a healing, natural flow of energy. The “Dream Weaver system,” as she has coined it, is a technique used in the fascinating world of Music and Sound Therapy. Due to documented effectiveness in using Music and Sound Therapy in a wide variety of medical situations, it is receiving worldwide attention in the medical community. Call Beth Levick at 987-7204 to register. Limited to 10 participants. The fee is $10. • A three day workshop entitled “Full Spectrum Healing and Reikii II” will be offered on Feb. 26, 27 and 28 by Bertha Scholten, MEd, LPC at the Rappahannock Healing Arts. To register call 987-7204. • A free meditation class is being offered weekly for beginners and experienced meditators. Joe Johnson, a graduate of the Sevenoaks Pathwork Center, facilitates on Thursdays from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Rappahannock Healing Arts Center. For more information call Joe at only, Stella will modern medicine with alternative methods to treat this common ailment. Using mental exercises to create new ^ meanings to “the dark days of winter,” Carol Lucking will guide participants to understand how many options are available. Call Rappahannock Healing Arts to register, 987-7204. The fee is $25. • Sally Rogers and Karen Loving, certified Alexander Technique Teachers, will offer a one day workshop, Saturday. • A series of four “Beginner Astrology Classes” will be offered each Sunday beginning March 7-28 from 1 to 3 p.m. by Stella Richards, who has studied with noted astrologer and Jungian analyst, Dr. Liz Greene. Her years of experience and her near completion of her PhD in Psychology lends distinction to her work. For those interested in receiving chart readings available for individual appointments. For more information, call Rappahannock Healing Arts at 987-7204. • “Combating the Winter Blues” will be offered on March 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. to explore an array of options available when combining V March 20 from 9:30 to 3 p.m. Using their skilled hands and your awareness and thinking about the ways you move in everyday activities such as gardening, driving, writing, sitting, etc., this method teaches the body to move with the least amount of effort, thereby creating grace, fluidity, and poise that supports a healthier body. Call Karen at 987-7204. Space in limited. $65 includes lunch. Birthday highlights Amissville news Happy birthday wishes to Ashton Kesner who will be 12 years old on Thursday, Feb. 18. Another teenager in the making. Hope your day is special, Ashton! Out sympathy is extended to the family of Elmer Cooke who passed away last week. Mr. Cooke and his family have lived in the Amissville area for many years where he attended the Amissville Baptist Church with his wife, Hazel. A graveside service was held on Monday, Feb. 15 at the Amissville Baptist Church Cemetery. In case you missed the marque in front of the Amissville Fire Department, no open fires are permitted before 4p.m. effective immediately. Special thanks to the youth group and their leaders for the Valentine’s Day Banquet held at Amissville Baptist Church. The food was delicious and the Dating Game was a lot of fun. Newlyweds Darryl and Julie Klopp won, outsmarting all those “old married couples” who thought they knew one another. The “Love Excursion” hosted by Jeffersonton Baptist Church at the Jeffersonton Community Center was also a huge success. It was a wonderful evening of fellowship led by Donna Meade with help from the lovely hostesses and the charming tour guide, I think everyone learned a little more than they needed to know about each other and enjoyed every minute of it! Please make sure you sign up for the directory pictures for Amissville Baptist Church which will be taken on Friday, Viewtown social notes Mrs. Brown Compton is 1 home and doing better after ; being a patient at Fauquier • Hospital in Warrenton. Mr. Roy Whorton is a patient in Washington, D.C. hospital. He is doing better. Sympathy goes out to the Cooke family on the passing of Elmer Cooke last week. Sympathy also goes out for the Corbin family for the passing of Junior Corbin Susan Weaver spent the weekend with grandparents, ^lr. and Mrs. Charles Dodson and father, Charles Dodson Jr. Anyone with Viewtown news is encouraged to give me a call to have it included in this colijmn. By GLENDA GUM March 19 and Saturday, March 20. Contact Kendra Bailey at 937-3755 for more information. The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is scheduled for Friday, May 21 at 4 p.m. and will continue through Saturday, May 22 until 10 a.m. For information on being a participant for the Rappahannock Relay for Life, contact Ester Settle at 6753252. The last day for registration for the Rappahannock Athletic Association will be Saturday, Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.at the Rappahannock County Library. Birth certificates are needed for all new players. For more information or for rates, please call Fred Naramore at 937-5367 or Mauri Payne at 675-3729. All games are played in Amissville. Plan now to attend the second annual St. Patrick’s Day Fun Fair at Emerald Hill Elementary School scheduled for Friday, March 12. There will be fun and games for all ages. Donations are needed for the silent auction. If you are able to contribute, please call Janet Bennett at 825-5484. Val Jessup at 937-3732, or you may leave a message at the school at 937-7361. Congratulations to my predicted NASCAR winner Jeff Gordon for taking the checkered flag at Daytona. Two million dollars for less than four hours of work isn’t bad. The box is still in place for your news at Hackley’s Store. Hospital plans fund raiser The Warren Memorial Hospital Foundation is planning a special evening of fun and fundraising to benefit the hospital on Saturday, March 13 at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club. The sixth annual Casino Royale, which will run from 8 to 11 p.m., will give guests the opportunity to play casino games such as roulette, craps and blackjack just for fun, using play money. Tickets are $30 per person, which includes admission to the event, play money for the games, complimentary prize tickets, hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Patron tickets are $50 per person and include a pre-event reception at 6:45 p.m. Tickets will not be available for purchase at the door the night of the event. For more information or to reserve tickets call 665-5388. SUBSCRIBE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS. Call 675-3338. Peebles Great Fashions. Great Prices. Every Day! ROYAL PLAZA • FRONT ROYAL, VA • (540) 635-3101 • HOURS: MON.-SAT. 10-9; SUN. 12-5 LURAY SHOPPING CENTER • LURAY, VA • (540) 743-1110 • HOURS: MON.-FRI. 10-8; SAT. 9-8; SUN 12:30-5 30 „WARRENTON CENTER • WARRENTON, VA • (540) 347-1820 • HOURS: MON.-SAT. 10-9; SUN. . -6 Upcoming Evertts Girl Scouts to sell cookies Rappahannock Girl Scouts will have cookie sales on the following dates at these locations: Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Washington Post Office and Rappahannock Coop from 9 a.m. until 12; Sunday, Feb. 21 at Mayhugh’s in Amissville from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Washington Post Office from 9 a.m. to 12. Anyone wishing additional information or wanting to purchase cookies call Michele Herbert at 937-5901. Education Advisory Council to meet The Special Education Advisory Council of Rappahannock County Public Schools will meet in the school library at the elementary school at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 25. The school psychologist will make a presentation on ability testing. All interested persons are welcome. The Advisory Council consists of parents, teachers and interested community members, and is instrumental in advising the school board about the county’s needs and concerns in the area of special education. Band Boosters activities The Rappahannock Band Boosters will meet on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock High School auditorium. The public is invited. The Band Boosters are also selling oranges and grapefruit. To place an order call Sally Havstad at 987-9342. ‘Babe ” to be shown “Babe” will be shown at The Theatre in Washington on Friday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. (PG, 91 minutes). Young Writers ’ Coffee House event set Rappahannock County High School creative writing students will present the third annual Young Writers’ Coffee House at Ki Theater on Feb. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Tickets available at the RCHS front office or at the door. (<True Love Waits ” sports rally slated All area teens are invited to a “True Love Waits” sports rally on Sunday, Feb. 21 at the Washington fire hall from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The event is hosted by Rappahannock’s Friends 2-Mom program and will include music, games, speakers, free food and soft drinks. The evening promises to be fun and entertaining while providing teens with the message that “True Love Waits.” All teens are encouraged to come wearing their favorite sports t-shirt, jersey or cap. For more information contact April Heddleston at 9878137 or Joan Beattie at 987-8315. Membership dinner, meeting set Rappahannock Farmers Association will hold their annual meeting and membership dinner on March 6 at 6 p.m. at the Flint Hill fire hall. Membership may be obtained the night of the dinner for only $35. There will be a brief business meeting followed by a guest speaker, Chris Miller from Piedmont Environmental Council. His presentation will be on purchasing development rights. For more information call Jane Naramore at 937-5367. Beekeepers to meet The Northern Piedmont Beekeepers Association will hold its February meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Culpeper Cooperative Extension Service building at the comer of Davis Street and South West Street, Culpeper. The program will feature Wyatt Mangum giving a slide presentation on “Queen Cells.” This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to assess what is happening in your colony of bees. For information contact Kevin Lunsford at 439-0743. Annual 1 ransition tair set Do you know someone with special needs? Could they benefit from information on financial planning, employment assistance, housing, college support, assistive technology, adult education, counseling, and parent support? If so, they should plan to attend the Transition Fair at Fauquier High School on Wednesday, March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. For additional information contact Lisa Crane at 3476100, extension 239. Runners, joggers sought On Saturday, Feb. 27 the Shenandoah Valley Runners Club will host the Jim Barnett Park 3 Miler in Winchester. Runners and joggers from Rappahannock County are welcome to attend. The race will start at 9:30 a m.; registration begins one hour earlier. Entry fees are $3 for SVR member, $4 for non-members and $1 for students. Call Tom Sullivan at 667-1098 for more information. Clover bud camp scheduled There will be a 4-H Winter Cloverbud camp March 2728 at the Northern Virginia Educational Center in Front Royal. Interested children ages 5-8 years may pi k up a registration form at the Rappahannock Extension Office or Rappahannock County Elementary School. For additional information call 675-3619. Valentine’s dinner planned The Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxil rv : having its annual Valentine’s dinner on Saturday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Rappahanr i; Elementary School. The meal will consist oi nu. cued chicken with wild rice, mashed potatoes, pea? garden salad, homemade desserts and beverages. Pru.s are $8.50 for adults, couples $15 and children under eight will be $3. The meal will be prepared by Pat Jenkins and Company. Carry-out service will be available. For advanced tickets or information call Harriet at 987-8085 or Nancy at 987-8495. April Kite Fly slated The annual Ben Venue Kite Fly has been scheduled fi April 17. Volunteers are needed and any interested organizations wishing to set up or participate should contact Heidi Eastham at 675-3444. Health Dept, to hold special hour The Rappahannock Health Department will be oper. the second Monday of each month for WIC and WIC check pick-up from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Should you have questions call 675-3516. Play group at Trinity The Friday morning play group will be moving indoors at Trinity Episcopal Church from 10 :30 a.n 12:30 p.m. For more information call Kathy at 987-b * i

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Additionally, the Commonwealth of Virginia forbids discrimination based on elderliness, parenthood, or handicap. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an egual opportunity basis. Alter An Ad is Ordered it cannot be changed or cancelled after the posted deadline for that issue. At the time of placing your ad, it will be read or faxed back to you for any corrections to be made. Read your ad carefully the first time it appears in the paper. If it contains an error, or if you wish to make changes, call at once. No adjustments will be made on errors that do not materially affect the value of the advertisement. All errors must be reported by 3:00 p.m Monday following the date of publication. The Times will not accept liability for its failure, tor any cause, to insert an advertisement and reserves the right to reject any advertisement deemed objectionable in subject matter, phraseology or setup The Times Newspapers are riot liable for the quality of advertised products or services. We Accept I* "! K . J 1 1 Rentals ' Apartments V •. WASHINGTON, VA: Lg 1 BR apt., AC, porches, garage, suburb views, storage barn. $510/mo. Call 804-823-1520. 22 Rauntaif Houses ; 3BR, 1BA house tor rent. $650/mo + utils. Avail April 1. Call 540-6367344 FLINT HILL, 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA split foyer. $700/mo. 675-7171. WASHINGTON VA beaut stone house on horse facility, 2BR, 1BA, elec, heat, W/D, 2 porches, $850. 540-675-3228 i PC > * Opportunity v_j HISTORIC MADISONS BARBERSHOP Main Street, Warrenton, for rent. Only licensed Barbers need apply. Call 540-347-1942. 208 Auctions V..■ ■ General Public Auction Fri., February 19, 1999 Starting at 6:00 p.m. Used furniture, glassware, china, household items, collectibles, numerous small household appliances, like new Frigidaire electric stove, plus tables of mise. & general merchandise. Something for everyone!! Culpeper Auction Center (VAF#255) 12282 Sperryville Pike (Rt 522N), Culpeper.VA No buyer's premium. For info (540) 825-9045 CulAuction@aol.com; www.culpeperauction.com WANTED TO BUY used farm tractors in running cond. or not running cond. 540-657-9910. Furniture / TEAL ITALIAN leather sola, chair and ottoman. exc. cond. $800. 540-937-5175. HAY, 650 lb bales, $10/ea; you load. Viewtown area. 703573-8346 eves; 9374502 weekends. M BLACK ANGUS BULLS $800 & up. Delivery avail. El Rancho Grande Farm 540-9374900 d BARN HOMES NEEDED lor shy unadoptable cr.ts, all medical prov., S|>ayed/neut. 703-2950678. EARLY'S CARPET, INC. Rt. 211,1 mile west of Post Office Amissville.VA 540-937-5500 or 1-800-870-9098 STORAGE BUILDINGSPre-Season Sale! Call now and Save. 1-800504-9273. Sale ends 2/20/99 ---^ 60S AutomoMIfts V___J BMW 1978 530I- Fair condition, needs new cooling system. Fun Drive! $1000/ obo. 540-351-6046. Sonny’s Auto Parts Used parts for cars & trucks Some new parts Motets, tansrrisscns&parts Installed (if purchased here) Over 2,000 cars and trucks at all times. We Buy & Sell running cars andtrucks CpenMcn-Sa95-CtoeedSLn Located Rt 229.5 mbs past Cufceper H£h School 895-2571 FORD '93 F250 4WD ext cab, loaded, good condition, $10,500/ obo. 540-687-3701. Instruction C N A CLASS BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1999 “EARN WHILE YOU LEARN" ARE YOU ONE WHO CAN MAKE A DFFERENCE? QUALIFICATIONS: CARING, COMPASSIONATE, DEPENDABLE, TEAM-PLAYER APPLICATION DEADLINE-FEBRUARY 17,1999 INTERVIEWS WILL BE SCHEDULED CULPEPER HEALTH CARE CENTER 602 MADISON ROAD CULPEPER, VA 2701 (540) 825-2884 WE PROMOTE A DRUG FREE WORK ZONE EOE CHECK US OUT AT BELMONT \S\ k 2 3e&o«m V'HmliotwKtT induces in rem Beeuty Shop y/' Ehsofgeccy puii-cordl \f SxtrzitttQttae/Cnfi ro«n I Activities y/ And VfcicsMeve /Van Transportation Senior Apartment Community with Active Senior in Mind/ ASK ABOUT OUR MOVE-IN SPECIAL 540-371-8212 TDD: 1-800-828-1120 Office Hours: Mon-Fri. 8am-5pm; Sat 8am-4pm 2600 Cowan Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA 'See Leasing consultant for details & WANT YOUR PHONE TO RING? v J V ADVERTISE IN TODAY’S CLASSIFIED Tell it all — tell it well, through an ad in the classifieds! You’ll hear the results immediately! 1 r hi > Legal Notices BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA PURSUANT to Section 170-129 of the Rappahannock County Code and Section 15.2-2204 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors for Rappahannock County, Virginia, will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 1, 1999 at 7:00 pm in the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia, in order to consider the following application: AMENDED #99-01-02 & AMENDED #99-01-03 Susan Hoffman and Michael J. Biniek, owners of Belle Meade Farm, 353 F T. Valley Road, Sperryville, VA 22740, desire to modify Special Exception permits #97-06-02 and #97-06-03 by asking to change the facility for operating a Country Inn and a Day Camp/School from the previously approved octagon to the existing former Belle Meade Elementary School, the existing carriage (red) house, and four (4) new cabins. Note: the octagon will not be built as a result of these amendments. Property is known as Tax Map 54, Parcel 25 and is zoned Agricultural. Use allowed under Section 170-36(B) & (D); additional standards in Sections 170-63(B), (C) and (E) and 170-65(E) of the Rappahannock County Code. A COPY of the foregoing application is on file at the Zoning Office in Washington, Virginia, and is available for public inspection, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Said application will be presented to the Rappahannock County Planning Commission at their regular meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999 at seven-thirty in the evening at the Rappahannock County Courthouse for such recommendation as the Commission may wish to make pursuant to Section 170-55, if any. The above-named applicant, adjacent property owners, and any other parties desiring to be heard should be present at said meeting or should address their written comments to the Board of Supervisors, c/o P O. Box 519, Washington, Virginia 22747, in advance thereof. BY: John W. McCarthy Zoning Administrator 2/3, 2/10 & 2/17/99 #239260 Attention: Effective February 17, 1999 We No Longer Run The Too Late To Classify Section In The Times Community Newspapers Employment m Futt Tim* V J Automotive MECHANIC Warrenton Midas needs exp. mechanic. Good salary & benefits. Call John or Bob: 540-341-0033 BARBERS Historic Madison’s Barbershop, Main Street, Warrenton, for rent. Only licensed Barbers need apply. Call 540-347-1942. Experienced tractor trailer driver needed. Home every day. Call between 6 & 8pm. (540) 825-6329 DRIVER Home And Garden Party Brand New to the Area! Designers Wanted! No Inventory! No Delivery! Unbeatable Commissions! Call: (540) 785-4637 or (540)891-6289 Today! PAINTERS NEEDED i Retirement plan . available. 540-439-2300 HOUSEKEEPER Middleton Inn Washington, VA Needed for award winning Bed & Breakfast. Experience preferred. Weekend work necessary. 540-675-2020 Brand New Apartments 2 Bedrooms From $465 3 Bedrooms From $545 CULPEPER COMMONS • 2 & 3 bedroom apartment homes • Fully equipped kitchens • Gas heating and hot water Wall-to-wall carpeting • Walk-in closets with linen shelving • Pool, clubhouse and fitness center • Private balconies/patios Directions: From Main Street, proceed to a right on James Madison Hwy, Left on Belle Ave. to a right on Spring Meadow Lane. Leasing office is on left. Located across from Wal-Mart 1 2 3 4 5 6 918,750 $21,400 $24,100 $26,750 $28,900 $31.050 tn tha apartment 1301 Spring Meadow Lane • Culpeper, VA 22701 KSI Tel(540)829-8595 Fax (540)829-8596 Professionally Managed by KSI Management Corp. SECRETARY (Part-Time) Small office near Warrenton needs secretary approximately 15-20 hours per week. Filing, answering phones, scheduling, light typing (40 wpm) required. Strong organizational skills a must. Send or fax resume to: Stopper & Associates 6200 Evergreen Mountain Road Broad Run, VA 20137 Fax: (540) 347-0763 RN 3-11 Supervisor ♦ Team Oriented-Dependable ♦ Excellent Assessment Skills Required ♦ MDS Knowledgeable ♦ Long Term Care Experience Preferred Contact: Alice K Skupnick, RN DON 602 Madison Road Culpeper Healthcare Center Culpeper, VA 22701 540-825-2884 EOE Drug Free Workplace RAPPAHANNOCK FARMERS’ CO-OP Sperryville, Virginia NOW HIRING Truck Driver Full-time position with benefits. Must have good driving record; CDL preferred. Heavy lifting required. Agriculture background helpful. Apply in person: Culpeper Farmers’ Co-op 15172 Brandy Road ( Next to Wal-Mart) in Culpeper HEALTHCARE Culpeper Healthcare Center Employment Opportunities RN 11-7 Part-time CNA 3-11/11-7 Full-time If you are interested in joining a progressive nursing team Contact: Alice Skupnick, RN, DON Culpeper Health Care Center 602 Madison Road Culpeper, VA 22701 (540) 825-2884 EOE Drug Free Workplace

Sappahannocb News Employment Equipment Operators Are You Tired Of Commuting? WORK LOCALLY Fauquier, Rappahannock, & Loudoun Counties. Monomoy Services, Inc. is now interviewing for Loader, Dozer & Hack hoe Operators Benefits offered include retirement plan, medical insurance and vacation. Please call 540-253-5500 EOE rc«r\-1 imt i cLLcn Northern Neck State Bank has an opening for the above position. Minimum requirements include previous cash handling and customer service experience, an ability to excel in a retail sales environment that is goal-driven, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and a high school degree. Previous banking experience preferred. Northern Neck State Bank offers an attractive benefits package, tuition reimbursement, and salary commensurate with experience. Applications can be obtained at any branch location of Northern Neck State Bank. All completed applications should be sent to: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT P.O. BOX 446 BOWLING GREEN, CA 22427 EOE REPORTER AND MANAGING EDITOR POSITIONS AVAILABLE Rappahannock News * Part-time/Full time • Flexible hours/schedules * Experience necessary, must be able to cover local county government news; general news assignments and/or features Send resume and clips to: Barbara Wayland Rappahannock News P.O. Box 59 Washington. Va. 22747 DEPUTY SHERIFF/JAILER AND DISPATCHER/MATRON The Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for the following positions to he considered for future vacancies. Deputy SheriffJJaUer and the poaition of DiapatcherlMntron. Applications may be obtained in person from the Sheriff s Office Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Rappahannock County Sheriffs Office P.O. Box 487 Washington, VA 22747 (540) 675-3331 An Equal Opportunity Employer HEALTHCARE & Fkiquier Hospital COMPANION CARE AIDE Private Duty Nursing/Home Health Department Fauquier Hospital is an 86 bed general, acute care hospital located approximately 40 miles from Washington. D C. Immediate openings are available for positions in our FTivate Duty service. Experience is preferred but we are willing to train qualified applicants. Certified Nursing Assistants should also apply. Care givers start out on a part-time basis but there is opportunity to advance to full-time status. Competitive salary commensurate with experience, excellent benefits. Send resume and salary reauirements to: Director-Human Resources The Fauquier Hospital 500 Hospital Drive Warrenton, VA 20186 540-347-2550 540/341-0823 (fax#) bennettr@fauquierhospital.org (e-mail) EOE Beautiful Wedding Stationery INVITATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS NAPKINS • BRIDAL BOOKS ACCESSORIES Stop by our office on Main Street, Washington, VA and we can help you plan your entire wedding. Eappafjannocfe J^etost 675-3338 Obituaries Mildred Many Homemaker Mrs. Mildred Wood Many, 93, of Sperryville died Wednesday, Feb. 10 at the home of her daughter in Wheaton, Md. She was born March 22, 1905 in Sperryville, a daughter of Thohias Wood and Daisy Sealock Wood. Mrs. Many was a homemaker. Survivors include three daughters, Rachael M. RowleS of Alexandria, Mildred M. Mautz of Wheaton, Md. and Sue M. Deal of Culpeper; three grandchildren, four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Also surviving are three sisters, Kitty Huff of Chantilly, Rebecca Baker of Silver Spring, Md. and Rachael Piehler of Danville. Graveside services were conducted Feb. 13 at Sperryville Cemetery by the Rev. Sandy Martin. Pallbearers were Jim McHarg, Jesse Jessup, Bill Pullen, John M. Clark, William Mautz, Gerald Frazier and Victor Jones. Clore-Geest Funeral Home in Culpeper was in charge of the arrangements.. Bessie Corder Manassas resident Bessie Virginia Burke Corder, 77, of Manassas, died Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Prince William Hospital in Manassas. She was a member of Manassas Assembly of God. Survivors include two sons, Edward W. Chadwell Jr. and Ronald W. Chadwell, both of Front Royal; one step-son, Charles “Bud” Corder of Washington; two sisters, Marie Clatterbuck of Manassas and Mary Burke of Falls Church and one brother, Charles Edward Burke of Richmond. Also surviving is one granddaughter, Dana Chadwell of Front Royal. Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 13 at Price Funeral Home in Manassas with Rev. Charles B. Nestor and Rev. John K. Burke officiating. Burial was at Washington Masonic Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Manassas Assembly of God Building Fund, 8515 Plantation Lane, Manassas, Va. 20110. Roy Clatterbuck Farmer Roy Gordon Clatterbuck, 85, of Bealeton died Unipczuig by Randy Minter FACING CHALLENGES When facing challenges to our well-being, it is important to rise to the occasion and meet them head on. These are the moments when our mettle is tested, and we either overcome our afflictions to become stronger or we fall victim to them. These challenges should be considered as opportunities for growth. Consider the fact that broken bones heal to be stronger than they ever were. As Thomas Guthrie observed, "As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their lustre. The more the diamond is cut, the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect his people." Rising to the challenge of loss is easier when you have professionals to handle the logistical details. We can be counted on, and we would like to be of service to you in any way possible when you are facing the loss of a loved one. At the MOSER FUNERAL HOME, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, we are longtime members of this community and so we enjoy serving you. We urge you to come in for a tour if you wish. For answers to your questions, call 347-3431. "Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy." ~ Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans Wednesday, Feb. 10 at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. Mr. Clatterbuck was born Aug. 29, 1913 in Sperryville, a son of the late Ashby and Maggie Jane Frazier Clatterbuck. As a young man, Mr. Clatterbuck worked with the Civil Conservation Corps. He was a farmer and worked on Byrnely Farm at The Plains for over 40 years. Survivors include his wife, Fannie Yates Clatterbuck of Bealeton; a son, Rodney D. Clatterbuck of Bealeton; one daughter, Doris C. Wade of Ashburn; a sister, Lucille Gray of Culpeper and one brother, David Clatterbuck, also of Culpeper; several grandchildren and great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a son, Sidney A. Clatterbuck. Funeral services were conducted Feb. 13 at Moser Funeral Home Chapel in Warrenton. Burial was private. Memorial contributions may be made to Warrenton Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 3370, Warrenton, Va. 20188. Junior Corbin Born in Amissville Junior Ellis Corbin, 61, of Chester, Va. died Feb. 9 at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He was born June 16, 1937 in Amissville to the late Raymond Ellis arid Sadie Mae Settle Corbin. Mr. Corbin is survived by his wife of 42 years, Frances Louise Finks Corbin of Chester; one son, Anthony Ellis Corbin and his wife Vanessa, both of Charlotte, N.C. and two daughters, Dietra Anne Hanshaw and her husband Matthew and Janet Leigh Corbin, all of Chester and three grandchildren. A graveside service was held Feb. 12 at Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Milton J. Switzer Sr. officiating. Found and Sons Funeral Home in Culpeper was in charge of the arrangements. Elmer Cooke Born in county Elmer James Cooke, 84, of Amissville died Thursday, Feb. 11 at his residence. He was born Dec. 19, 1914 in Rappahannock County to the late Clarence Clifford and Bertha Corbin Cooke. Mr. Cooke was a member of Amissville Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mrs. Hazel Ardelle Putnam Cooke; one son, James Randolph Cooke of Amissville and two daughters, Peggy C. Menefee of Bealeton and Doris Jenkins of Rixeyville. Additional survivors include one brother, Harry Cooke of Viewtown; a sister, Virginia Bihl of Lancaster, Pa.; two grandsons; three granddaughters and six great grandchildren. Graveside services wefe conducted Feb. 15 "fit Amissville Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Vernon H. DeLong officiating. Found and Sons Funeral Home in Culpeper was jn charge of the arrangements.' Billie J. Strickler Homemaker Billie Joe Strickler, 65, of Broadway died Thursday, Feb. 11 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, Feb. 14 at Mt. Valley United Methodist Church by the Rev. Glen Turner and Pastor Bruce Creswell. Burial was at the Mt. Valley Cemetery. She was born Aug. 23, 1933 in Rockingham County and was a daughter of the late John Lewis Sr. and Maggie Eaton Vincie. Mrs. Strickler was a homemaker. Surviving are seven daughters, Carolyn Simmons and Joyce Carr Leviness, both of Broadway, Wanda Snead of Washington, Bernice Martinez of El Paso, Texas, Dorina Miller Baker of Luray, Connie Blair of Capon Bridge, W.Va. and Barbara Joe Thomas of Fulks Run; three sons, Carl E. Strickler Jr. and Garland Strickler, both of Broadway and Charles Strickler of New Market; 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Anna Bare of Harrisonburg and Ethel Riggleman of Broadway and one brother, Peter Vincie of Redland, Calif. Grandle Funeral Home in Broadway was in charge of the arrangements. Martha Gay Salem resident Martha C. “Cat’’ Orange Gay, 84, of Salem, formerly of Portsmouth died Saturday, Feb. 6 at Richfield Nursing Center. She was born on Jan. 6, 1915 in Eagle Rock, Va. She was predeceased by her husband, James Reginald Gay; her parents, James and Effie Clappsaddle Orange; three brothers and one sister. Mrs. Gay was a long time member of Court Street Baptist Church in Portsmouth. She is survived by many nieces and nephews including two very special nieces, Sandy Goins and Betty Jenkins and a very special nephew, Jim Orange of Woodville. Also surviving are six sisters-in-law. Graveside services were conducted Feb. 10 at Forest Grove Church Cemetery in Eagle Rock. Lotz Funeral Home in Roanoke was in charge of the arrangements. Painting workshop slated Paint a memorable portrait that will last for generations! Learn to distinguish and paint skin tones, facial planes, placement of features on the face, and what constitutes an exciting pose and flattering lighting suitable for different effects and subjects. Ned Bittinger, award winning portrait painter, book illustrator, instructor, and fine arts painter, will conduct a portrait painting workshop on March 19-22, designed to take a student step by step through the portrait painting process. Through the use of demonstrations and individual instruction Bittinger will instruct in the mixing and application of skin tones, identification of the planes of the face, the handling of different types of clothing fabrics, and how to .approach painting the subjects hair. Bittinger will also instruct in the various ways to pose and light the subject for different effects. Shimmering Meadows Farm Studio located near Sperryville will host this workshop which will be totally devoted to the subject of painting the portrait in oil or pastel medium. The workshop will begin Friday, March 19 at 10 a.m. with a portrait painting demonstration. Spaces are limited to allow for maximun individual attention. Following the demonstration students will begin to paint from the live model for the next 3 1/2 days. Cost for the four day workshop is $ 260 (model fees are additional). For further information or to enroll contact Carol Vogel at 547-4385 or e-mail to: promise4@erols.com. CLORE-GEEST FUNERAL HOME i 11190James Monroe Highway (Rt. 29 South) Culpeper, VA 540-825-2361 • 540-825-0395 1-800-924-1266 A. Wayne English, John Noon Western, Kyle Morgan Gibbs - Funeral Directors Christopher C. Geest, Consultant

WoodviUe residents entertain, travel Mrs. Pearl Hawkins of Alexandria was a visitor of Mrs. Vallie Butler and Norma Holt during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cline and Dorothy Grizzle of Fredericksburg were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Conners. Merle Daczewitz visited with Cladys Dulaney in Luray Thursday evening and had dinner at Brookside. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Vest and grandson, Logan were shoppers in West Virginia and Winchester on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Die Burke attended the Suche-LeMay wedding in Fredericksburg on Saturday. Steve Hopkins of Richmond was a visitor of Mrs. Louise O’Bannon on Friday. Jason O’Bannon of Culpeper was a caller on Wednesday. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey Wharton were Mr. and Mrs. K.M. Wharton, Cindy Wharton, Mrs. Calvin Atkins and Kelli Atkins. Edie Falls, Robert Falls, Christopher Lee, and Samantha Falls went bowling in Front Royal on Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Norman, Ken Norman and By JUNE CLARK 987-8827 sons Will, Wade and Wyatt had Sunday lunch at The Country Cafe. Mr. and Mrs. Norman have been enjoying their grandsons’ youth basketball games in Culpeper on Saturdays. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Die Burke were visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. N.T. Utz of Brightwood. I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your prayers, cards, flowers, visits, phone calls, and kindness you have extended during my illness. Also thanks to the ladies that have sat with me. During my recuperation, Rena Burke will be collecting the news. Her phone number is 987-8330. Feel free to give her a call to have your news included in this column. February garden tips BY KENNER P. LOVE Extension agent, ANR Crop & Soil Sciences • Shrubs for spring planting should be ordered now. Bare root, deciduous types should be planted while still dormant, about one month before the average date of the last frost in your area. Hardy, container-grown and balled and burlapped shrubs may be planted anytime, except during severe, cold weather. • Check valuable trees and shrubs for tent caterpillar egg masses am’ oag worms. Remove the..* to reduce the number of destructive pests this spring. Tent caterpillar egg masses are gray and varnished looking and form a collar around twigs. Bagworms look somewhat like a pine cone hanging at the end of branches. • Prune most shrubs and trees on warm days this month after the coldest weather is past in your area. Wait until after bloom to prune your spring-flowering shrubs in order to get maximum blossoms. • Trees with large cavities in their trunks should be evaluated yearly as to whether or not they should he removed for safety reasons. When a cavity takes up over 75 percent of a limb or trunk, the wood could highlights The Flint Hill United Methodist Church has worship service each Sunday at 8:45 a.m. The pastor, the Rev. Merlin Shorb invites the public. By POLLY AYLOR 987-8136 The Rappahannock Farmers Association will hold their annual membership dinner meeting at the Flint Hill fire hall on March 6 at 6 p.m. For more information call Jane Naramore at 937-5367. Guest speaker for the evening will be Chris Miller from the Piedmont Environmental Council. give way anytime. Deciduous trees with narrow crotch angles (such as Bradford pear) are more susceptive to snow damage than are trees with wide-branching angles as they have poor structure across the angle. • To make old hay and manure weed-free, spread them on the soil in late winter, water well, and cover with black plastic. Weed seeds will sprout after a few days of warm weather, then will be killed by frost and lack of light. FURNITURE Name-Brand Manufacturers Buy direct • Save up to 50%, tower than local stores. Before your next furniture purchase,call for price quotes or location nearest you. Shaping avafefcfe t>all50saes Canada and 25 different cowries mJKlri UAKLWLUNA FURNITURE CX>NNECTK>N Call 1-800/919-2555 for the location nearest you. Real Estate Directory Real estate transactions The following real estate transactions were recorded during the past week at the Rappahannock Clerk’s Office on Gay Street in Washington. Greenwood Cattle LLC to Kevin C. Weisgerber and wife, 120.31 acres, Piedmont District. $220,000. Robert B. Metcalfe trustee to Russell J. Collins and wife, 7.4573 acres, lot 16, Hampton District. $65,000. Bettina Freifrau Von SINK OR SWIM? It’s never too late to leant how to swim. Just call us and sign up for a Red Cross swimming class. HH American Red Cross Feilitzsch to Henselstone Estates LLC, 222.9400 acres, Jackson District. Helen G. Benton to Bobby D. Gehringer and wife, lot four, 0.8191 acre, Wakefield District. $100,000. Jean Francois LePelch and wife to Daphne Hutchinson, 5.668 acres, more or less, Hampton District. $150,000. RECYbLE Sperryville Realty James W. Leake, Broker 540-987-8088/office Main Street, Sperryville. 2 BR home, eat-in kit., bath, central heat. $65,000 Nice View from these 7.26 open acres. High building sites, road frontage. $45,000 James W. Leake 987-8236 Bud Corder • John Eubank 675-3291 (=* 987-8146 Views of the mountains and farmland are part of this 25-acre parcel with a year-round stream running through the center. Mixtures of hardwoods and old apple orchard make up the flora. Raw land with no site improvements. State road frontage. $90,000 Eii.kkn M. D.a'i , Rkaitors (540) 675-3033 Washington, Virginia I -until i nuln\ ■ i.alim smu “The Real Estate Store” STONE HOUSE in private 25 acre location. Sunken living room w/FP, formal dining, first floor master suite w/FP plus 3 more BRs, 2.5 BAs, rec room w/FP & g$age w/plenty of work space. $375,000 FARMHOUSE in Town of Washington. 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Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Competition on Virginia’s spring point-to-point circuit will thrill from February through May. Get a leg up on the ’99 Virginia circuit Steeped in the steeplechase tradition The penetrating jackhammer thud of hooves on grassy turf beats in rhythm to the rush of air in and out of the flaring nostrils of the horses. There is a faint sound of squeaking leather and a jingle of metal as stirrups and buckles click.... You are enclosed within a wall of these sounds by the force of your concentration, sensitive to every vibration of your horse’s stride and each slight variation of pressure on the reins. There is a sensation of wind as the speed pushes air into your face and ears. Now a barrier looms, dark and menacing, in your path. You feel an almost imperceptible change in your horse’s momentum as he adjusts his stride to meet the takeoff point. ... Your body picks up the horse’s emphatic rhythm, and you feel the great hindquarters gather under you. Suddenly, you are in the air, feeling the clean, exhilarating sensation of flight. You are on a ’chaser. — From Raymond Woolfe Jr.’s “Steeplechasing” The most beguiling aspect of steeplechasing is that the racehorse is the one athlete who can carry his jockey, the hopes of his owner, trainer, and the emotional tangle of an entire spectating crowd on his narrow back, all at once. Everybody can come along for the ride this point-to-point season. Like narcotics and rabid dogs, there is no stopping jump race addiction once it takes hold. The rush-at-you world of racing has plenty to go around — and this annual guide to Virginia’s spring See CIRCUIT, Page 3 You Give Up Things When You Buy An MD Bam... ...things like chewed wood, broken boards and shabby workmanshin. An Amazing Fact Even the oldest MD Bams in existence look almost like new! Their owners have liad up to 25 years of low maintenance, along with the safest environment ever created to house a horse. Lifetime Wall Warranty It's certainty: some fiorses will kick a wood stall to splinters. The MD wall lias a lifetime "no kickthru" warranty. Yet unlike concrete or block, the MD wall flexes when kic ked. Superb Engineering MD Bams are routinely fxjilt to snow loads of up to 120 pounds Land wind factors of up to 120 mph. MD GUARANTEES that your building will be built to meet or exceed your local specifications. iwffnffwfmff No Exposed Wood Bored horses have been aiown to beitave like large I leavers, chewing their way through wood walls. The MD galvanized wall eliminates this destructive beliavior! Unsurpassed Fire Safety TVvo independent engineering ffinvvTvwivv gave ttie Ml) Barn a flame spread of o%. Because of fire MD «the choice for many racetracks and show faciliitSii^liJc l as Co|onial Downs y , Satisfaction Md Bam owners are our test reference. We encourage you to talk to our customers! No Rotting Wood "Pole" and postframe building originated as a temporary form of tern construction, sit tee wood posts sunk in dirt or concrete will rot in time. MD uses galvanized steel columns bolted to sturdy concrete piers. MD's technology makes pole bams oltsoletc, yet MD is often less costly! &BARNS of the Mid-Atlantic 1 '800-995-BARN (2276) wsvw.mdbarns.ctfm

Please let us know of your requirements — country and town properties, sales or rentals Douglas & Harcourt Lees D.H. LEES REAL ESTATE, INC. Brokers of Distinctiue Properties since 1930 3 Hotel Street • P.O. Box 1036, Warrenton, VA 20188 (540) 347-3100, 3507, 9145 • Fax (540) 347-9713 Have You Ever hod an Arborist help you with your Trees & Shrubs'? We would like to meet with you and your trees. THE BLACK HORSE INN A 19th Century Inn in the heart of Virginia's finest vineyards and hunt country. Weddings ♦ Garden Receptions ♦ Gazebo Formal Gardens ♦ Corporate Retreats Canopy Beds# Fireplaces# Whirlpool Baths 8393 Meetze Rd, • Warrenton, VA 20187 (540) 349-4020 Only 45 minutes from Washington, DC and 35 minutes from Dulles Airport http://www.blackhorseiim.com Circuit From Page 2 steeplechasing aspires to give the reader a leg up onto Raymond Woolfe Jr.’s ’chasing description. Virginia’s point-to-point racing schedule is in a field of its own, literally. Of 61 jump race meets nationwide in “99, 27 are in Virginia. Twelve of the spring races are hunt club-sponsored point-to-points, sanctioned by the Virginia Steeplechase Association, the other five are National Steeplechase Association sanctioned. As to the differences between point-to-points and sanctioned races, the former rarely offer monetary purses, but otherwise fans will see identical sport at either This supplement is designed to take the steeplechasing fan — maiden, novice or stakes caliber — from start to finish of the spring season. Feature articles tell a little bit about the history of the centuries-old sport, reveal some of Times Community Newspapers PhotcVBetsy Pi Confident chasers head out. Staff Parker i the personalities on the circuit, delve into some old wives’ tales, and report on the state of the national sport. Photo essays take look at different aspects of the game — the good, the bad and the ugly receive equal billing. And, most importantly to many, a pull-out spring calendar and map will guide fans to the action all season. So, weather or not, its steeplechasing time in Virginia. Riders’ up. , — By Betsy Parker Table of contents ■ Mapping your way around the circuit Page 4 ■ The sporting calendar Page 5 ■ Roots of ’chasing’s history Page 7 ■ Apprentice rider photo essay Page 10 ■ Cockburn finds his way back Page 12 ■ Great losses to ’chase community Page 17 ■ They’re the leaders of the pack Page 18 ■ A real dark horse was one of a different color altogether Page 19 ■ Hunters find their stride Page 20 ■ Old-fashioned circuit ‘takes you back’ Page 21 ■ Pint-sized racers come of age Page 25 ■ Closing with a little laugh Page 27 Junes NORTHERN VIRGINIA Executive Editor/General Manager: John Toler Assistant General Manager: Barbara Norris Managing Editor: Robin Earl Special Section Editor: Betsy Parker Writers: Betsy Parker, Shannon Sollinger Advertising Manager: Kathleen Keller Advertising Representatives: Pat Gardiner, Kathy Mills, Dawn Martin, Cathy Carlton Production: Kim Gross, Denise Tate, Cindy Goff, Candy Howland Call: (540) 347-4222 E-mail: ftdeditor® timespapers.com Write: Fauquier Times-Democrat, P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, Va. 20188 Issue Date: February 17, 1998 Cover Photo: Betsy Parker Cover Design: Kim Gross t PETER J. WILLIAMS 159 Byrd Street Orange, VA 22960 O (540) 672-0603 or 1-800-320-0603 H (540) 672-5174 or 1-888-609-5174 Fax: (0)672-4669 or (H) 672-0109 P.J. Williams Co., Inc. General Conractor Post-Frame Agricultural Buildings Residential & Commercial

Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Competition will be hot through the spring steeplechase season, in good weather or bad. Finding your way around on the 1999 Virginia spring steeplechasing circuit I Spring Meet Locations

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-*-^-:-----:-----:Birth of a sport Steeplechasing tradition steeped in hunt field roots, mortal desire By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer Racing over fences has obscure beginnings veiled in centuries of shadowy lore. The nod, however, goes to the sporting Irish for getting the jump on steeplechasing through the foxhunting field. Perhaps the portrayal of the fox as an agricultural liability in Ireland of old was exaggerated in the agrarian 18th century, but Celtic horsemen nevertheless jumped (literally) at the chance to turn routine pest control into a dandy diversion of running and jumping. Through the natural act of crossing fox territory to chase down and eliminate the lambthieving red devil, horses required fleetness of foot, athleticism and an innate ability to jump obstacles at speed. Hence, an incipient birth for a thoroughly modem sport. When fellow foxhunters Denis O’Callaghan and Reginald Blake matched their hunters across field and fence from and to the only markers visible (church steeples — hence the name) in 1752, history did not record the contest winner, but it did take note of the thrilling competition. It took another 55 years until the term “steeplechase” was applied to the sport (previously it was called “steeple-hunting” and “steeplerace.”) But once the game got a foothold in Ireland, the natural sporting tendencies of horses made horsemen embrace the new competition. Jump to the New World From the first official U.S. point-to-point meeting in 1859 at the old Rose Tree, a Pennsylvania hunt club, racing over fences was embraced See TRADITION, Page 8 Photo courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society The old Fauquier White Sulphur Springs Club near Warrenton was a booming resort from the early 1830s to the Civil War. Hurdle races were held at the resort’s nearby Victoria Race Course. The club later became the Fauquier Springs Country Club, still in existence. Steeplechase racing was popular in the 19th century among farmers, military men and the betting public. Her Tomorrow On Where You Put Your Money Today.® Since 1902, The Fauquier Bank has been providing Virginia families and businesses a level of service second to none. You may look forward to many services designed to make your financial life easier. Some of them include: Investments and Trust, Loans, Commercial Banking, and Personal Banking. With our convenient home PC Banking and our personal Customer Service Call Center, you are able to contact us 7 days a week. Whether you bank with us in the county, online or down the road, you will find our competitive rates and personal service give you the added comfort of getting the most for your money. Visit our Manassas location. Brand neu/for 1999! • W "Wm W1 ^ 1 The Fauquier Bank Making your financial life easier. Old Town Warrenton • View Tree-Warrenton • The Plains • New Baltimore • Catlett • Manassas (1999) 540-347-2700 www.fauquierbank.com 1-800-638-3798 . teJ BMtKtM hlULj Shop (540) 347-0488 Home (540) 347-9620 Edward (Skeeter) Hembry 5077 Telephone Rd. Warrenton,VA 22187 Hours: M-F, 10 to 12 & 1 to 6 Sat., 10-2 Montgomery Shade & Awning Award winning awnings, blinds, shades and shutters of every available type! ">40- {47-1041 800- {00-104 1 Quality Specializing in the design and construction of Light Commercial, Suburban, Horse and Farm buildings. (Ahitcruil /vjc/wK/t's tU\uLihlc) Lumber • Hardware Roof Trusses Metal Roofing & Siding Treated Posts Solid & Glu-lam 130 N. 21st St„ Purcellville, VA 540"338*3338

Tradition From Page 7 by fans and horsemen alike in the new world. Flat tracks in New York, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Tennessee offer hurdle racing on their main dirt courses starting in 1864, with the first official, “real,” cross-country steeplechase being held in Paterson, N.J. in 1865. Virginia, too, was part of the American steeplechasing tradition. At the old White Sulphur Springs club near Warrenton (now home to the Fauquier Springs Country Club), a mile-long track was laid out in nearby fields across the Rappahannock River. In a 1940s booklet by the late Alexander Mackay-Smith, the writer noted that at the first Sulphur Springs race meeting “a mare named Victoria collapsed ... after running in a race at that meeting and was buried near the judge’s stand. The course was named Victoria Race Course in her honor.” Though records are sketchy, Mackay-Smith felt that racing over hurdles commenced at the Victoria course in the early 1840s and continued until the Civil War. In his forthcoming book “The History of American Steeplechasing,” author Peter Winants writes that “Both armies alternately occupied the buildings at the resort during the war. In 1862 the Federal troops lobbed a shell into [the main club building] manned at the time by Confederates. The hotel burned to the ground. It was rebuilt on a smaller scale with 100 rooms in 1878, but it never regained the popularity of earlier days. In 1895, the hotel was made into a military academy.” The Civil War closed down most foxhunting and horse racing venues, but steeplechasing continued to provide diversion even in the face of battle. In his book, Winants writes of the 1862 Federal defeat at Fredericksburg and the somber winter camp at Falmouth. 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Tradition From Page 8 immigrants, decided the camp needed a lift on St. Patrick’s Day, 1863. Gen. Meagher ordered a day of horse racing, athletic contests and dancing. Ten thousand spectators, including then-commander in chief of the Army of the Potomac, Gen. Hooker, congregated along the steeplechase course to watch the six-horse main event for commissioned officers. The course included, in the best two of three 2 1/2-mile heats “four hurdles 4 1/2 feet high, five ditch fences, including two artificial rivers 15feet wide and six deep. Hurdles to be made of forest pine, and braced with hoops.” In Capt. D.P. Conyngham’s book, “The Irish Brigade and Its Campaign,” Conyngham describes the first hurdle: “They came to it; three clear it beautifully; two saddles are emptied. The bay mare bolts, but is spiritedly and scientifically brought to it, and flies over magnificently.” Gen. Meagher’s gray horse Jack Hinton won in two straight heats. Camp life returned to quiet monotony until mid-April, when the Irish Brigade moved off to engage the Confederates at Chancellorsville (a big mistake, in hindsight) and, later, Gettysburg (a good move.) Still going strong The oldest active American steeplechase race, the Maryland Hunt Cup, was first run in 1894. The National Steeplechase Association formed the following year in New York City. August Belmont was its first president. “They finally realized that steeplechasing on its own was a For the 1896 ‘Cigar and Umbrella Race/ the ‘cigar’ part was understandable, but the ‘umbrella’ significance has been forever debated. big enough sport to have its own governing body,” explained Joe Clancy, Jr., publisher and co-editor of the Steeplechase Times. “Steeplechasing was subordinate to the prosperous flat racing game,” in the 19th century, wrote Raymond Woolfe Jr. in his “Steeplechasing.” “[But] the jumping sport enriched the other by introducing some of the most important names in American racing — Whitney, Belmont, Clark and Widener, to name but a few. The prize money in steeplechasing was small ... but sportsmen kept it going.” Richmond by this time had rebounded from the devastation of the Civil War, so time had arrived to consider sporting matters. In “The History of American Steeplechasing,” Winants tells of an Irish immigrant named Blacker who teamed with a Brit and several Virginians in 1887 to form what became the Deep Run Hunt. The club’s first steeplechase meet was held in 1895 at Blacker’s Chantilly estate. The Richmond NewsLeader reported that “the crowd went out [to Chantilly] in private turn-outs of all patterns, on the railroad train and by trolley cars. The grand stand was a mass of beauty, grace and gallantry.” At the fall Deep Run meet in 1896, a half-mile flat race called the Cigar and Umbrella Race was carded: a box of cigars went to the winner. In his book, “The Deep Run Hunt Club,” writer Oliver Sands Jr. wrote that “the cigars are understandable. But just what the ‘umbrella’ part was — unless the riders were required to carry one — remains See TRADITION, Page 26 Hunting history, At A Glance Hunt histories establish part of the timeline for point-to-point sport in Virginia: • 1840 — Piedmont Foxhounds established • 1887 — Deep Run Hunt, Warrenton Hunt • 1888 — Blue Ridge Hunt • 1894 — Loudoun Hunt • 1896 — Keswick Hunt • 1900 — Orange County Hunt • 1906 — Middleburg Hunt • 1909 — Casanova Hunt • 1924 — Old Dominion Hounds • 1926 — Rappahannock Hunt • 1927 — Fairfax Hunt • 1929 — Farmington Hunt • 1930 — Glenmore Hunt • 1937 — Bull Run Hunt • 1941 — Bedford County Hunt • 1947 — Rockbridge Hunt • 1982 — Commonwealth Foxhounds • 1992 — Fort Valley Hunt • 1993 — Oak Ridge Foxhunt Club [Note: bolded clubs currently offer VSA sanctioned race meetings] Choose a Shinning and Secure Morton Equestrian Facility... Ask to see one of Morton's local bams or arenas. (MORTON BUILDINGS 18478 Industrial Road • Culpeper, Virginia 22701 • (540) 825-3633 The Power To Tackle The Toughest Jobs. Model 72go M Compact irercmr SPECIAL PRICE s12,50tfx,j Good Thru 3-31-99 • 26 HP 3-Cyl. Diesel Engine • Gear drive fully synchronized w/3 speed ranges, 9 forward/3 reverse. • Selectable 2 or 4 wheel drive • Live independent 540 rpm rear PTO • Foldable 3 position ROPS CULPEPER MOTOR CORP. ”Doujntoujn” Culpeper l mile south of Wal-Mart on Rt. 2S 540-825-8381 (Oub CuoucL&Xl\lf wm—mmSSErnUL

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Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/ Betsy Parker Bay Cockbum takes the his favorite racing position, on the lead, in this race from Old Dominion last year. Two weeks later, the English native was wheelchair-bound, paralyzed from the chest down. Cockbum ‘not one to mope’ Paralyzed jockey not wasting time getting back to work By Shannon Sollinger Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer Bay Cockbum, near-legendary huntsman at Loudoun West Hunt, really only has one direction. Forward. That has not changed since a 1998 riding accident catapulted him from the saddle to a high-tech wheelchair. He had triumphed on Ironfist April 12 in the Eustis Cup at Loudoun Hunt Point-to-Point. A week later at the farm: a moment’s distraction, a zig, a zag, a fall from Classy Ivor last April 17 left Cockbum paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Classy Ivor went on to win the race he was being schooled for as Cockbum laid in a hospital bed with three displaced cervical vertebrae. “If I’d had my fingers through the neck strap, I wouldn’t have a broken neck,” Cockbum surmised. But wishes aren’t horses, and Cockbum today, less than a year after the accident and only five months after returning to his Olney, Md., home from the National Rehabilitation Center in Washington, D.C., is focused on the future. He has a lot to do. “If they can go and find a cure, it’d be great if I can walk again,” Cockbum said. “I’d be the first to jump for joy, but you can’t just lay around and mope...You’ve got to.get on with life.” A cure for spinal cord injuries would be just fine, in Cockbum’s view, but it is not what he calls “the big hope.” • His plans are realistic: get to be functional, help the Loudoun Hunt — for which he is joint master of foxhounds, keep up hunt territory landowner relations, and train a couple of racehorses (not Classy Ivor, though.) “Just get on with life.” A long road home When he came home from the Washington Rehabilitation Center in September, he started right in with three visits a week to hounds at Loudoun Hunt joint-master James Gable’s Valley View Farm in Hamilton. Cockbum realized very quickly that three visits a week took too much time away from the therapy. He now dedicates five days a week to therapy, and travels to the kennels on weekends. No sensation has returned to his hands since the injury, but he can use his arms to control the wheelchair, brush his teeth, scratch an itchy nose. He goes to therapy, which he describes as grueling, five days a week. “They work the muscles and they get my range,” he said with a grimace. “They just crank on me until I’m fuming at them and blimey-ing at them and they’re just laughing.” His recalcitrant right hand bends back at an alarming 90 degree angle to the forearm. “They were very nice people at the National Rehabilitation Center,” he points out. “But the therapy I got there was pathetic. If I’d had therapy for this arm, it wouldn’t be bent.” Every Saturday he and a friend travel to the kennels, eat out, and join ‘the meet on Sunday morning. He follows hounds in a fourwheel drive vehicle, and he talks to Dee Maki, See COCKBURN, Page 13 ftftmtfiiK' y*ifwm'* Battletown Inn ^ Gray Ghost Tavern Hi,’I \iU \V .y, ,n . 102 \\O'! M.iin Si., Berm ilk-, \ A 22(i 11 (540) c)55-4100 ^_ Join 'M& <After \ tiie ‘traces 'Elegant Dining or Casual 'fare? The Battletown Inn has the style and atmosphere you are looking for! Lunch & Dinner, Tuesday - Friday Sunday Brunch, 12-3 p.m., Dinner 3-7 ym/f STORAGE SHEVS Custom BlUIZ ¥on you On Voua SaA<l 8x8x8 BaAn s799 INSTALLED Reg. ’916 role BaAru Run-lru Tack Rooms OtheA ilzeA S itylez, available. sxiuko uao-te $94 9 INSTALLED Reg. '1,0*1 Ojjt\ LXfuAtA 3/6/99 and may not be combined uuXh otktA discount*. Backyard Fun S Lcisuie, Inc. | Sta^QAd, VA SeAving WigCiUa 6 Maryland 540-720-5283 800-504-9273 V 11 ikkmnM \ I (I i c. \ \ We Specialize in... Custom Built Bams & Riding Arenas. Also: Run-In Sheds 1-703-327-4545 Fax: 1-703-327-2300

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Pace yourself. You may win big hunter prizes By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer ‘Chasing without racing is what pacing is all about. The competitive spirit is alive and well throughout Virginia’s hunt country; bold steeplechase jockeys don’t have a lock on riding rivalry. The sport of hunter pacing — organized by area hunt clubs as a fund- and fun-raiser usually in conjunction with their point-to-point races in the spring — began locally with the Feb. 14 Bull Run Hunt hunter pace, and continues through the April 17 Loudoun Hunt event. Paces are timed events over natural hunting territory that give riders a chance to experience the “best of the rest,” a ridden course over eight different hunt countries while attempting to match the pre-set “optimum” time. Hunter paces are ridden in pairs. - Some hunts also offer a fast time division for competi tors wishing to virtually race over the course. (Many prospective timber racehorses are tuned up in this manner.) , The so-called optimum time is not revealed to riders until after the event, so half of the mystique is in the educated guesswork it takes to determine how fast or slow the host hunt’s pacesetters took a particular course on a given day. The course is usually ridden early on the day of competition by a pair of host hunt members, to best equate a proper hunting pace over the exact footing and weather conditions found on pace day. Year-end points are accrued for the seasonal competition. Prizes are given in adult optimum time, junior optimum time and adult fast time. Several hunts also offer unsanctioned “hilltoppers” divisions for non-jumping riders. This division is often utilized by horsemen to train newcomers to the hunt field (equine and human.) Attire for pacing is formal hunt livery. Team members Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker ‘Many hands make light work’ is an adage hunt club’s ascribe to for their benefit hunter pace event organization. Here, Old Dominion subscribers ‘work’ on timing and judging. wear numbers for identification to timers. For more details on the Virginia Point-to-Point Association hunter pace circuit in general, call the Virginia "Steeplechase Association at (703) 777-2575. Calendar Feb. 21 — Casanova Hunt, Mt. Sterling Farm, Warrenton, noon. (540) 788-4806 Feb. 28 — Rappahannock Hunt, Thornton Hill Farm, Sperryville, noon. (540) 371-5349 March 7 — Blue Ridge Hunt, Locust Hill Farm, Millwood, 1 p.m. (540) 837-2262 March 14 — Warrenton Hunt, Grove, Warrenton, 1 p.m. (540) 937-3057 March 20 — Piedmont Foxhounds, Salem, Upperville, 10 a.m. (540) 592-3032 March 27 — Orange County Hunt, Locust Hill, Middleburg, 10 a.m. (540) 364-2595 April 4 — Old Dominion Hounds, Ben Venue Farm, Ben Venue, 2 p.m. (540) 364-4573 April 10 — Middleburg Hunt, Sterling Woods, Middleburg, 11 a.m. (703) 327-3770 April 17 — Loudoun Hunt, Morven Park, Leesburg, 9 a.m. (703) 777-1005 Results From Page 18 Virginia Steeplechase Association Owner. 1. Mrs Henry Stem; 2. Claytonville Stable; 3. W. Gary Baker. Trainer. 1. Jimmy Day; 2. Mrs. D.M. Smithwick; 3. Randy Rouse. Rider. 1. Colvin Ryan; 2. Patrick Cooney; 3. Simon Hobson. Hurdle horse. 1. Temperence Night, o/Susan Mills Stone; 2. (tie) Joli’s Summer, o/Claytonville Stable and Avanico, o/Mrs. Stephen C. Clark Jr. Timber horse. 1. Saluter, o/Mrs. Henry Stem; 2. 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Times Community Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker CATCH ’EM GOING. AND COMING ... The two most closely scrutinized portions of a horse race are the beginning, pictured above at Foxfield, and the end, shown below at Great Meadow. When horses race out ‘into the country,’ you may need binoculars to stay with the action. Both of these particular courses, however, feature oval routes and plenty of up-close viewing. Timeline From Page 21 hosting meets at Belmont Terminal and Piping Rock. The ban is lifted and on-track racing resumes in 1913. • 1938 — Marion duPont Scott’s Battleship, a son of Man O’War, becomes the first American-bred and -owned horse to win England’s Grand National. • 1943 — Judy Johnson is the first woman to ride a race over jumps, partnering at least two mounts at Pimlico in Maryland. World War II had drawn away many male jockeys. In this year only three of 30 scheduled meets are held because of the war — two are the Middleburg Races and Montpelier Races. • 1946 — At the completion of WWII, 14 hunt meetings host steeplechase races, with the sport showing new activity, too, at the pari-mutuel tracks. • 1947 — Elizabeth Taylor’s movie “National Velvet” draws national attention to the sport of steeplechasing. H B — The first live television broadcast pf steeplechas ing takes place at Radnor, Pa. • 1965 — Mary Stephenson’s Jay Trump, with Virginian Tommy Smith up, becomes the first U.S.-owned and -ridden winner of the English Grand National. • 1965 — Racing’s Hall of Fame votes in its first two steeplechasers, Good and Plenty and Jolly Roger. • 1965 — Virginia’s Marion duPont Scott is named the first recipient of the F. Ambrose Clark award. • 1869 — Kathy Kusner, based in Virginia, is the first licensed female jockey since WWII. • 1973 — Fairfax master of hounds Randy Rouse is instrumental in introducing the new plastic, and portable, “national fence” to the sport. This invention enables major tracks to resume steeplechasing and allows new, start-up meets around the mid-Atlantic and Midwest. • 1975 — Barbara Kraeling McWade becomes the first woman to win a sanctioned steeplechase, at Radnor, Pa. with her horse Fuzz Ears. • 1990 — NSA purses exceed $4 million for the first time. • 1999 — NSA purses will exceed a record $4.5 million Discover horses on the ’Net Steeplechasing, horse racing and general horse health Internet sites run the gamut from very general (www.jockeyclub.com for general entry into American horse racing) to very, very specific (www.iaep.com/pages/nutrition/poisonousplant.html for finding out all about performance horses and the effect of poisonous plants on the diet.) The following is a short list of interesting sites of note. Most include virtually unlimited links throughout the cyber-horse kingdom: * National Steeplechase Association — www.horsesjump.com * Virginia Steeplechase Association — www.vasteeplechase.com • Virginia Horse Industry Board — www.vhib.org • Virginia Thoroughbred Association — www.vabred.org What’s next? Spoilers? Racehorses now have a new kind of blinkers designed specially to “reduce drag,” according to its inventor. Race Tee Blinkers, creator John Ketchem said, have a 3.5-inch slit in the back of the blinker cup - thus taking away some of the wind resistance. Keeping a horse as aerodynamic as possible could mean the difference between second and first place. The body-forming Lycra silks that jockeys now wear instead of billowy satin came into popular use just a decade ago; they are now de rigeur in all flat races. Many steeplechase owners buy into the idea, too. Ketchem said that a horse racing without any type of blinkers is the most aerodynamic; however, if a horse must wear the focus-sharpening device, the slit provides an advantage. Then again, Ketchem is pretty much in tune to aerodynamics: he suggests shaving the mane and tail.

Bull Run races set new course The annual Bull Run Hunt Point-to-Point May 2 will be contested over a brand new course near Culpeper. Set in the hunt club’s main territory near the kennels in Rapidan, Brandywine Park is said to be a “rolling, scenic” right-handed oval, with good footing and terrific viewing expected. The club’s race program is mostly unchanged from their event, in year’s past held at Middleburg’s Glenwood Park. Races are scheduled for ponies, novice riders on the flat, over hurdles and timber. A hunter relay, draft horse race and mule race round out the card. For more details on parking options or ticket sales, call Bull Run Hunt racing secretary at (703) 503-8286. Times Community Photo/Roselie Malone The new Brandywine Park will host the May 2 Bull Run races. The course is in Rapidan south of Culpeper just off of U.S. 15. I'W9 Steeplechase results-see Fauquier Times-Demuerat weekly. Cornerstone Landscaping • Landscape Design Installation and Maintenance • Patios • Walkways • Stone/Timber Walls Water Gardens "Sometimes the best rooms (ton 7 have walls. " 703-754-2K43 540-341-4799 Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Crowds are always swelling at Great Meadow in The Plains. This year, Virginia-bred Saluter is expected to go for a sixth, in a row, Virginia Gold Cup timber classic. He will be odds-on. SMILIN SINGIN SAM 7 Year Old, 16.2H, Gray_ His first foals are yearlings of 1998 * _ Son of millionaire SMILE, winner of tfie Arlington Classic G1 and Breeders' Cup Spring G1. Total earnings: $1,664,837. His dam, EARTH SONG, is by THE MINSTREL, who was HORSE OF THE YEAR in England, winning FIVE Gr.) stakes, including the Epsom Derby and King George II and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes. Second dam won the Grade 1 Sorority Stakes at two. SMIUN SINGIN SAM at two won the Jim Bowie Stakes and at 3 he equaled the track record winning the $300,000 Remington Park Derby at 1 & 1/16 miles. SMIUN SINGIN SAM won or placed in 5 Stakes, including the Gr.2 Ohio Derby. Total earnings $271,005. 1999 Stud Fee: $1,200 live foal, (due Sept. 1 of year bred.) Nominated to the Breeders' Cup. Book before March 15th for special discount. Property of a partnership Dogwood Stables/River House Farm For additional information please contact: Richard H. Hall RIVER HOUSE FARM 2474 Old Natchez Trace Rd., Franklin, TN 37069 (615)373-8197 • Fax: (615)370-5066 I ft Photo by Douglas Lees Raymond Woolfe Jr. literally wrote the book’ on the sport of steeplechasing. His coffee table classic ‘Steeplechasing' is an extensive history. H. VOTE

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Tradition From Page 9 a mystery. If they were carried, were they furled or unfurled? The memory of man recalleth not!” Going national In the first running of the American Grand National at Morris Park in New York City on May 20, 1899, William C. Hayes, an amateur rider from Virginia, partnered Trillion, a “stoutly built chestnut” who won the $8,000 race. In his book “Between The Flags,” Harry Page described Trillion as unmanageable as a young horse, however, “an operation was performed that made him amenable to discipline.” Trillion prepped for the National by winning two races the same day at the 1899 Deep Run Races in Richmond. Page stated that at the National, the race starter had problems dispatching the eager nine-horse field. Hayes and another jockey tried to break before the flag dropped. This resulted in the following conversation: Starter: “Fine you $50, Mr. Hayes. ” Hayes: “What’s that you say?” Starter: “Fine you $100.” Hayes: “You said $50.” Hayes nonetheless kept his cool and drove Trillion to a “comfortable victory.” That race is now run as che nation’s richest hurdle race — the $250,000 Breeders’ Cup Grand National — at Far Hills, N.J. Virginia has since produced many other top horses and riders. A few with international connections include Middleburg native Ibmmy Smith who partnered Charles Tbwn Races’s reject Jay Trump when that gelding won the 1963, ’64 and ’66 Maryland Hunt Cups, as well as the 1965 English Grand National. Jay Trump became the first American-owned, American-ridden English national winner. Of late, Virginia-bred and -owned Saluter took his legendary status as the nation’s timber champion on the road when shipping to race in England’s Marlboro Cup for the World Timber Championship title in 1997. The bay gelding trounced a strong field of Britain’s best to capture the crown before returning for a fifth straight Virginia Gold Cup victory the following spring at Great Meadow. He is currently in training for a sixth try at the four-mile American classic and possibly another try in England. “The History of American Steeple chasing” takes readers from the inception of the jump racing sport all the way through 1999. Winants said that his research is complete, and that the final parts of his book would be finished with reports of active horses through this season. “I’m sure some horses will still be active even when I’m done with the book,” said Winants, 72. “History is so important. We can’t enjoy what is going on in the present if we can’t recall and understand the past. All too often we don’t study history, really learn it. We’ve got to know history to Times Community Newspapers File Photo This shot from the Piedmont Foxhounds’ point-to-point in the 1950s shows a pair of old-fashioned foxhunting men contesting the prestigious Rokeby Bowl, formerly open only to ‘gentlemen riders.’ appreciate the present and to be ready for the future.” Former publisher of the “Chronicle of the Horse” magazine and recently retired curator of the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Winants said that his book is the realization of a dream. “The early history of the sport would be so easy to lose, to forget,” he said. “That is why this book is needed. History would fall through the cracks otherwise. I have the time and the resources, here at the library, to do the research. It’s been like piecing together a puzzle.” “The History of American Steeple chasing” will be completed at the end of the year and released early in 2000. Peace of Mind... ...in Classic Style. The Dignified, Affordable Alternative • Elegant Assisted Living • Specialized Alzheimer's Care • Skilled Rehabilitation Service • Respite Care Marshall Manor 4248 Manor Drive • Post Office Box 749 Marshall, Virginia 20116 1-800-296-2273 (540) 364-1200 FAST TOJHE FINISH Horsemans Edge Track! HIGH PALATABILITY - A high fat sweet feed with processed molasses. CONTAINS ATHLETE - A Purina feed additive to provide energy reserves... Better overall stamina, fitness, as well as hair coat, skin, and hoof condition. WITH BEET PULP - A good source of highly digestible fiber. HIGHLY FORTIFIED - High vitamin and mineral levels with added iron, Thiamine, and vitamin E. Get it delivered along with hay, bedding, other Purina Horse Chows, PMI Pet Foods, stable hardware and thousands of other horse related items. I MID-COUNTY f FARM SUPPLY Falmouth St. (Rt. 15 Business) Warrenton, Virginia 347-1742 or 800-282-3087

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Can anybody catch No. 24? ■MIIUHIIMl.iM—^ .—T.L., .. . _ Photos by Doug Graham WINNING FORM: For the Winston Cup drivers who trade paint on Sundays, Jeff Gordon (above) is the driver to beat. He came into this season with 42 career victories, and opened the 1999 campaign with a win in the Daytona 500. GOODYEAR 1 #ss$$ m & rmil® • Good Tires • Good Service • Good People L Call now for 1 availability n on the tire R and size for ^ your vehicle. Rosson-Troilo MOTOR COMPANY OF FAUQUIER 19 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 349-0900 just Say Charge It! m — i good/year =?P Winston Cup hopefuls still chasing Jeff Gordon By John Lewis Pitts Times Newspapers Special Writer NASCAR racing celebrated its 50th anniversary last season, with fans reveling in its status as the nation’s fastest-growing major sport. And as the second half-century of stock car racing action begins in 1999, all eyes are on the No. 24 car of defending Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon. Gordon claimed a staggering $9,306,584 in prize money last season, winning 13 races and grabbing his third Winston Cup overall championship. He opened this season with a stirring victory at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 14. “We’ve got something really special,” Gordon says of his car and his Hendrick Motorsports racing crew. “He’s the top dog,” says Winston Cup rookie Tbny Stewart, who started on the Daytona 500 front row beside Gordon. “He’s the guy everybody has to beat.” The next race of the season is the Las Vegas 400 on March 7. The season ends with the Nov. 21 NAPA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Martinsville Speedway, the oldest sanctioned NASCAR track, hosts two Winston Cup races this season: the April 18 Goody’s 500 and the Oct. 3 NAPA Autocare 500. Richmond International Speedway hosts the May 15 Pontiac Excitement 400 and the Sept. 11 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400. All of the Winston Cup races will be seen live on television with all three major networks involved, along with ESPN and TNN on cable. While his successes have made Gordon a popular figure for many fans, he is intensely disliked by many others. “He has the rare distinction of being a driver who’s booed almost as much as he’s cheered,” CBS broadcaster Mike Joy said during Daytona 500 qualifying. “The question for many fans is, ‘does he win too much?’ ” Gordon finished 16th in Daytona last year, giving no'indication of the fabulous road of succeee**that was ahead for the 27-year-old driver. By season’s end, Gordon had won under all kinds of conditions, on all sorts of tracks from the “world’s fastest half-mile in Bristol to the Pocono tri-oval, from the brickyards of Indianapolis to the road courses at Watkins Glen and Sears Point. During one remarkable stretch, Gordon won four consecutive races, See NASCAR, Page 8

Ones to watch Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon (No. 24): Drives the Dupont Finishes Chevrolet. ... Won last season’s Winston Cup with 13 victories, tying Richard Petty’s “modern era” record for wins in a season. ... Had 26 top 5 finishes last season. ... Has 42 victories in 139 career starts, with 100 top 5 finishes. .. Has won more than $26 million in seven Winston Cup seasons. Mark Martin Mark Martin (No. 6): Drives the Valvoline/Cummins Ford: Second behind Gordon in the Winston Cup standings last season, he has 10 consecutive top 6 finishes in the standings dating back to 1983.... Seven victories last season, 20 for his career. ... $18.8 million in career winnings. Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett (No. 88): Drives the Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford. ... Has three top 3 finishes in the Winston Cup standings over the past three years, with 14 of his 18 career victories during than span. ... Has $15.3 million in career earnings. J . Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt (No. 3): Drives the GM Goodrich Service Chevrolet. ... Won the first Daytona 500 of his 24-year career last season. That placed him sixth on the career Winston Cup victory list with 71 wins. ... Has 261 top 5 finishes in 607 career starts, with more than $33 million in winnings. Jeff Burton Jeff Burton (No. 99): Drives the Exide Batteries Ford. ... Fourth in the Winston Cup standinas in 1997, fifth last year. Had 18 top 5 finishes in 33 races last year, with two victories. Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace (No. 2): Drives the Miller Lite Ford.... Fourth in the Winston Cup standings last year, he won me crown in i»o». ... nas career victories, just two since 1996. "1 /ttK&uca 4 Sfuznt &A*Uce Super Pack * (I t-<4. s f<S< )l ✓ Value Prep ™ ✓ Supreme “ ✓ Integrated Clear Coat ™ ✓ Ultraviolet Sunscreen “ •Limited time offer. See store for details 9093 Mathis Ave • Manassas, VA (703) 368-2221 J MS ILSON A UTOMOTIVE INC. Automotive Mechanical & Body Repair State Inspections * Tune Ups • Alignments •Oil & A/C Service Brakes & Exhaust • Engines • Transmissions We install Jasper engines and transmissionsForeign and Domestic. 331 Broadview Ave., Warrenton (Next to McDonalds) • 347-7071 Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00-5:00; Saturday 8:00-12:00 Body Shop Now Open... at 290 Broadview Avenue (next to NAPA) FOREIQN & DOMESTIC QUALITY AUTO BODY REPAIRS & PAINTINQ • General Auto Repairs • Guaranteed Color Match • Towing Available Insurance Repairs Welcome! FREE ESTIMATES.' (540) 341-1857 Monday through Friday

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Werner balances life, racing By Chuck Schilken Times Newspapers Staff Writer Dennis Werner is coming off one of the best years he has experienced as a stock car driver. Now the start of a new Winston Racing Series season at'the Old Dominion Speedway is just a few weeks away — and the 35-year-old Warrenton resident isn’t what you’d call ready for it. For one thing, the 1999 Monte Carlo fhat Werner and his brother David — the two namesake members of the Werner Racing team — are building for the upcoming campaign isn’t in driving condition yet. As of last week, the machine sat in pieces while the brothers and their crew worked to bring it up to NASCAR regulations. And then there’s the numerous phone calls that still need to be placed by Werner, who not only drives the car but handles most of the public relations duties for the team. But Werner isn’t worrifed about it either. He’s done it all before and knows it will all get done again. Besides, he’s got other things on his mind on this afternoon in midFebruary — he’s less than 24 hours away from his annual voyage down to Florida to experience the Daytona 500 as a spectator. See WERNER, Page 7 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/R.B. Gassie puts an emphasis on having fun. ON TRACK: Warrenton’s Dennis Werner has found success as a stock car driver, but still Cancelled? Rejected? Accidents? Tickets? New Driver? STOPPED? Has your driving record brought you to a screeching halt? Call Us First For A Quote! * Low down payment * Low monthly payments * Immediate SR-22 filings * Preferred - AND high-risk ’ The single-source solution for ALL your insurance needs: • Auto • Home • Life • Business • Financial Products LESLIE K. HARTSHORN 5439 Old Alexandria Turnpike Warrenton, VA 20187 540-341-1920 Underwritten by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Nationwide Lite Insurance Company and Affiliated Companies Home Office One Nationwide Plaza. Columbus OH 43215 Nationwide' is a registered federal service mark of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company NASCAR Racing shown at „ The Copper Bit Food & Beverage Specials every Sunday during the Races Live Entertainment every Friday & Saturday • Casual Atmosphere • • Pool Tables • opper 540-347-5757 573 Frost Avenue • Warrenton.VA NHRA Division II jWorld Champions for 1998!! Grudge Races Start First Thursday Night In Aprils 1st, 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Fun 6f Grudge Test 6? on Sundays only! Come in! Only $5 To Race! i at 12:30 p.m., close at 4:30 p.nt.l! - Saturdays - | ET Bracket Racing begins Apr. 3rd. | Gates open at 4p.m. | Time runs: 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Eliminations begin at 7:30 p.m. - Sundays - £7'Bracket Racing begins Apr. 4th s open at 11 a-m. £ Gates open Time runs: 12 noon - 2:50 p.m« Kliminations begin at 2:30 p.m. n under 12 always free • Student discounts with ioreJnformation call -

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Sure, there are races to take part in pretty much every Saturday night from March through October, but that doesn’t mean Werner has to take part in them. And sure, he’s looking forward to another successful season in the Winston Racing Series at Old Dominion, but that doesn’t mean Werner has to judge his success by the same standards other drivers might. For Werner, his happiness at home, at work and at the track comes down to one simple concept. “I just like keeping it at a balance,” Werner said. “Right now for my brother and I, our balance has been just race to enjoy, not race for the drive. Right now our balance is to race every couple of weeks. We really don’t want to sacrifice much else in our lives.” Just the right mix Werner seems to have the balancing act down perfectly these days. Racing just seems to fit in with about every aspect of his life. It is something he does that his wife, Syndey, enjoys and supports, that his children (daughter Jordan, 6, and son Griffin, 3) can talk about for hours nonstop, that his neighbors and clients with Snap-On Tbols can ask him about on Monday mornings. It is also something Werner can do away from the neighborhood and away from the office. It is something special he shares with his brother and the close-knit group of friends that make up their team. If his life appears to be an effortless flow from racing to some other dimension and back, that’s only because Werner and his brother have worked so hard for so long to make it that way. They grew up immersed in racing, thanks to their father, Tteddy Werner, a stock-car driver in the Long Island New Jersey area during the early days of NASCAR. During their 20s, the brothers decided to buy a car of their own, rebuild it and become involved in the sport. So in 1988, they did just that, with David as chief crew and chassis engineer and Dennis as driver and public relations manager, roles they still hold today. .. During the decade or so that has passed, Werner estimates he has taken part in more than 100 races on tracks up and down the east coast. As a driver, he has won twice (most recently at Old Dominion in 1996), placed in the top five some 20 times and landed in the top 10 another 30 times. Werner acknowledges that he certainly could have raced a lot — and if he had done so, there probably would have been a lot more successes to talk about. “We have the talent to go further — we just don’t have the whole package right now. That could change, you never know,” he said. “If we walk away having a bad night, it’s disappointing, but we don’t gauge our whole lives on it. It takes a tremendous amount of time and work. It’s a huge commitment.” Werner also admits that the temptation to give in and totally commit to chasing a championship can be toug to resist once one starts experiencing small amounts of success. wui gums nave always ueen lu show up with a quality racecar, always be competitive and always have fun,” he said. “Two years ago, we had kind of a rude awakening. We did race more and more and had less and less success on all those major points. “We were putting pressure on ourselves — the more you do, the harder it is to stop. We had to take a step back and say, ‘Whoa, what are we doing?’ ” That acknowledgement led to a new attitude in 1998, a seasoi. hat Werner ranks among his favorites in the sport. They only raced eight times and did not win one of them, but th< y never finished out of the top seven and found a spot within the top five a majority of the time. And even more importantly, they rediscovered the aspects of the sport that had been slipping away. “Anybody who watched us race last year saw that we were not only competitive, but we had a lot more fun than some of the people out there," Werner said. “Right now at the level we’re at, we feel that’s more important.” Executive Editor/General Manager: John Toler Assistant General Manager/Barbara Norris Managing Editor: Robin Earl Writers: Chuck Schilken, Craig Murto, John Lewis Pitts, Val VanMeter Advertising Manager: Kathleen Keller Advertising Representatives: Pat Gardiner, Dawn Martin, Cathy Carlton, Kathy Mills Production: Kim Gross, Denise Tate, Cindy Goff, Candy Howland Call: (540) 347-4222 E-mail: ftdeditor@timespapers.com Write: Fauquier Times-Democrat, P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, Va. 20188 Issue Date: April 15, 1998 Cover Photos/ R.B. Gassie and Doug Graham Cover Design/Kim Gross dimes Community Newspapers! NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Nascar From Page 3 finished fifth at the Goody’s 500 in Bristol and then won two more. That was part of a stretch of nine races in which he won seven times. Then, at season’s end, he won three of four races to easily put the Winston Cup title on ice. “Everybody asks me, what are you going to do next?” Gordon says. “Well, there is plenty left to do.” Can anybody catch No. 24 this season? The list of Winston Cup contenders would have to include Mark Martin, who won seven races last year and finished second in the season standings behind Gordon. He’s finished in the top six of the Winston Cup standings every year since 1989, winning 29 races over that span. Other contenders should include Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace and seventime Winston Cup champ Dale Earnhardt. And don’t count out Terry Labonte, who finished ninth in the Winston Cup standings last season, but won the championship in 1996 in a tight competition with Gordon. As the season began, there were whispers that this might be the final season for Earnhardt, who turns 48 in April. His son, Dale Jr., is defending champion in the Busch Grand National series and plans to enter his first Winston Cup event in May, the Coca Cola 600. Other experts suspect that Earnhardt and some other notable veterans may wait until after next season — the first year of a new millennium — to ponder retirement. “As long as they don’t put ‘Dale Sr.’ on the side of my car,” the elder Earnhardt says. Don’t let the focus on individual drivers and their successes distract you from the big picture — NASCAR is big, big business. And the reason for that success is the support of a wildly loyal fan base. Troubled “major league” sports such as baseball and basketball could take some lessons from NASCAR in the care and feeding of its followers. “NASCAR has the most passionate and knowledgeable fans in all of sports,” says Brian France, NASCAR senior vice president. “They do more than cheer for teams, they closely follow the teams and support them by purchasing team merchandise and sponsors’ products. NASCAR fans are a uniquely integral part of the sport.” According to research, NASCAR fans have a 72 percent rate of brand loyalty, compared to paltry rates of loyalty for supporters of professional baseball (38 percent) or football (36 percent). That helps explain the love that commercial sponsors have for NASCAR and why the cars are filled with commercial logos for mainstream companies — ranging from Cheerios and McDonald’s to Budweiser and John Deere. The passion for commercial involvement in NASCAR racing has even extended to the tracks where the fans flock to see their heroes. Charlotte Motor Speedway, long known for its innovations in racing, has become the first track on the Winston Cup circuit to sell its naming rights. The track will be renamed Lowe’s Motor Speedway in a deal worth $35 million over 10 years. Look for other Winston Cup tracks to quickly follow suit. This commercial success has turned the NASCAR drivers into highly paid superstars, as well. Compare the $588,926 Dale Earnhardt won during the entire 1980 season when he was Winston Cup champion with five victories to the $1 million he won for a single victory last season in the Daytona 500. The $2.9 million Earnhardt won last season exceeded all the money he won in his first 10 years in the sport. 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But those cars at the show intrigued him and, when the Winchester Speedway, opened for the season, he went ... and was hooked. “By June, I’d bought my own car and, six years later, here I am.” From March to October, you will find him at one of the nearby speedways, Winchester’s 3/8-mile oval, or Hagerstown’s half-mile, pushing 41 Racing’s late model car 85 to 115 miles an hour down the track. While many of today’s dirt track racers come from racing families, Tomblin has learned and earned his own honors in the past seven years. “I sold a dirt bike and bought my first car,” says the chunky, bearded auto mechanic, whose family owns Tomblin’s Service Center in Berryville. “I’m just a regular guy. I work five days a week and race Saturday nights. If I had to buy my own way, I’d have to quit.” Costs do mount up, he notes. There is not only the car body and the engine and tires and more tires, there is the spare motor and the truck and trailer to haul that racing machine and its backup parts to the track. “It’s not unusual to put on a tire a week,” he notes, and many rigs pull into the track with 25 mounted tires on the trailer. See TOMBLIN, Page 12

Tomblin From Page 11 Saving money involves being willing to work. “We do our own bodies, here in the shop,” said Tomblin, standing in his two-bay, cinder block garage. “We can fix the motor, the transmission, it’s quite a savings.” In fact, the motor in his 1999 edition is the first one he hasn’t created himself. It came from the Hershey Auto Machine company. While the “Late Model” division sounds like something you would find in your local auto dealer’s showroom, it’s not. “Nothing on this car is for everyday, up and down the highway driving,” Tomblin said. The bodies and engines are made of sheet metal and aluminum, to save weight, and the machines are fueled with alcohol, which runs cooler, Tomblin said. The weight limit is met by adding lead at strategic points on the car, where the builders hope it will interfere the least with speed and lend traction. But having the fastest car does not mean that you will win a race. “It is a real finesse sport. You have to use the throttle, not just slam it to the floor. You can’t use all the power you’ve got. You have to drive these cars. Going forward is better than sliding sideways.” Tbmblin hopes to put what he has learned in the past two years about the late model division to good use in 1999. “The past year was a lesson in consistency. We were hot or cold, nothing in between. I think we had that sophomore jinx thing.” Having started over from scratch in July, 1996, Ibmblin says he’s proud of what his team has accomplished in that time. His father and brother helped him purchase the #41 and other friends and businesses in Clarke County have chipped in to sponsor him. Sponsors include the family business, Triple J Convenience Store, H.B. Lloyd Realtor, Poe’s Home Improvement and Body Art Tatoo Parlor. Tomblin says the number for his race car was chosen for him. Drivers get to pick their own numbers. In late 1992, Tomblin compiled a list of Winston Cup car numbers, “just the guys I liked,” and began asking friends to look down the list and tell him which number they liked best for his car. “Six out of eight said Number 41.” Shortly after that, Tomblin was working on a friend’s car one Sunday and, when they got hungry, he decided „ to order a pizza. He called Mario’s Restaurant in Berryville and placed the order, and the young man who took it told him his pick up number was, you guessed it, 41. “When he said that, I about fell over!” And the Tomblin crew has been “41 Racing” ever since. Winchester Schedule js Memorial for Pure stocks plus late model, s< Nbw and Children’s bike race ptUate models plus semi-late, pure stocJKf ®|j ter championship plus late model, semi-late 3wqKi3,demolition derby . / ^^^^^^^t^Models p,us^^ Mar. 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 June 5 Regular Show Regular Show Regular Show plus VSS sprints Regular Show 44 lap Al Hampton Memorial for Semi-late plus late model, pure stock & 4 cyl 4 Cyl Spring Championship plus late model, semi-late and pure stock Late Model Spring Championship plus semi-late, pure stock & 4 cyl by CB’s Regular Show Regular Show Leo Nii Regular June 12 Regular June 19 Twin June 2< July 3 July 10 Aug. Aug. Sept. 4 Regular! Sept. 11 Open Date Sept. 18 Regular Show — Q102 Night Sept. 24-25 Winchester 200 Oct. 15-16 Pure Stock and 4 Cyl Nationals Gates open: 5 p.m. Racing begins: warm ups 6:30; racing 7:00 if late and 4 cyl pyre stock ALL INVENTORY DRASTICALLY REDUCED Sport Utilities From Under $350* Per Month 5,9% x 60 Months * • 7.9% x 72 Months*** For qualified buyers AVAILABLE ON '97, '98 & '99 EXPLORERS, | EXPEDITIONS 1 & MOUNTAINEERS " 15 Available for _ Immediate Delivery L^ord Visit Us on the Web! www. Battlefield Ford. com Used Cars & Trucks Where You're Always No. 1 Special Financing ► Now Through Feb. 27th r ► (703) 368-2854 8907 Mathis Ave. Manassas, VA lax, tags A $ MU processing fee mwiiJmmLdJSUZt add l. Example 5.irk x GO months on 920,000 purchase » $385 73! month. i iwhiuit i AWtti mati (\umummuUM1 ;s7 M SSj fZEOTZZl SSt ‘nten*t. *jU3 a0. Uu2?!iW,%r*‘nU • tl93ltlOO financ'd —Minimum $20,000 financ'd I .Mi lm MUmiiil m*i In iU ------_——————A

Nascar From Page 8 While the drivers compete for individual glory, the major automobile manufacturers — Chevrolet and Ford, mainly — are engaged in a high-stakes battle of their own. Chevrolet, led by Gordon, won the manufacturer’s championship for the 13th time in 16 years. Ford won the title in 1997, but last season began with teams making the transition from Thunderbirds to the new Taurus. This season began with Ford teams confident they’ll be highly competitive throughout the season. An added twist for ‘99: Chevrolet teams should have a new model of the Monte Carlo available at midseason. NASCAR’s Winston Cup competition is the most visible segment of its operation, but the organization sponsors a dozen other divisions of racing. A quick overview: • The Busch Series, Grand National Division uses a lighter version of the Winston Cup cars and has earned a reputation as a training ground for future stars. The 32-race series offers top drivers a $1.5 million points fund this season, a dramatic increase over the $650,000 offered last season. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the sport’s first third-generation champion, returns to defend his series crown. Remarkably, the fourth generation of racing Pettys plans to run the entire 1999 series. Adam Petty, the 18-yearold son of Kyle Petty and grandson of all-time champion Richard Petty and great-grandson of NASCAR pioneer Lee Petty began his professional career a year ago. It appears that he’s the first fourth-generation professional athlete in any sport. The Busch Series runs twice in Richmond this season (May 14, Sept. 10) and also makes a June 12 stop at the South Boston (Va.) Speedway in Radford. • This will be the fifth season for the NASCAR Craftsman Trudk Series, with full-sized American-made pickups that are race-prepared similar to the Winston Cup machines. ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast 21 of the 25 series races, while CBS will show three races in July. Two Craftsman series races will be run in Virginia: the April 17 NAPA 250 at Martinsville and the Sept. 9 Virginia is for Lovers 200 in Richmond. • There are nine regional racing circuits sanctioned by NASCAR. These touring divisions include such circuits as the NASCAR Winston West Series and the Busch North Series. • The NASCAR Winston Racing Series offers a $1.3 million championship point fund for short-track racers at almost 100 tracks across the country. Virginia tracks involved with the program include Old Dominion Speedway in Manassas, along with tracks in Richmond, Radford and Hampton. NASCAR Schedule Feb. 21 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 April 11 Dura-Lube/Big K 400, North Carolina Speedway, Rockingham, NC Las Vegas 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Cracker Barrel 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA TranSouth Financial 400, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC PRIMESTAR.500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN April 18 Goody's 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA April 25 DieHard 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL May 2 California 500, California Speedway, Fontana, CA Pontiac Excitement 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA The Wilton, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, MBNA Platinum 400, Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE June 13 Michigan 400, Michigan Speedway, Brooklyn, Ml June 20 Pocon<M|£N& Ppcono Raceway, Long Pond, PA May 15 May 22 May 30 June 6 June 27 Save Mart/Kragon 350K, Sears Point Raceway, SOpomiPcA July 3 Pepai 40§ ~ ^.. “ Pe July 11 July 25 Aug. 7 Aug. 1| Aug. 22 .I6 & Daytona International Speedway, Daytc w Hampshire International Sp Pocono Raceway, Long Porv,, O.lndianadplis Motor Speedway, fndi£ Frontier at the Glen, Watkins Glen International *" Pepsi 4Q0, Michigan Speedway, Brooklyn, Ml Powder 500, Bristol Motor _ _ In boo, Darlington Raceway, Darlington^ sept, n txioe NASCAR Select Batteries 400, Richmond InL Raceway, Richmond. Sept. 19 New Hampshire 300, New Hampshire Int. Speedway, LouqP^fi Sept. 26 MBNA Gold 400, Dovei Downs International Speedway. Dover, DE NAPA Autocar* 500,' Martinsville Speedway, Martipiville, VA UAW-GM Quality 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC Winston 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL Rockingham 400, North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC Dura Lube 500K, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ Nov. 14 Jiffy Lube Miami 400, Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL Nov. 21 NAPA 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Nov. 7 Certified **New Car Finance and Lease Terms **Toyota Factory 6 Year, 100,000 Mile Warranty **Toyota Certified Value **Largest Selection Of Certified Inventor **Total Commitment To Your Satisfaction Lower Payments A Real Toyota Dealer Does The Warranty Repairs Inspected By A Real Toyota Trained Technician Over 100 Certified To Select From (not i or 2) We Offer A 72 Hour Exchange Policy** 4

Fans rally to their passion By Craig Murto Times Newspapers Staff Writer For 41 years the Metropolitan Auto Racing Fans Club has promoted the sport in the Washington, D.C., area, and it continues to grow. One of the oldest organizations of its kind, MARF recently held its awards banquet. More than 300 people attended as champions and newsmakers from Maryland’s Potomac Speedway and Old Dominion Speedway in Manassas were recognized for their 1998 achievements. Melvin Hardisty first got involved with the club when he was a teen-ager. The 44-year-old electrician from Beltsville, Md., serves as the club’s president, a position he has held for three years. “We have a monthly meeting where people can come and sit down and talk about racing, discuss what’s happening in the area,” said Hardisty, a former racer who has worked as the race director at Potomac Speedway for about five years. “We see what we can do to better the sport. We offer a nice awards banquet at the end of the year where we have people honored who deserve awards for what they’ve accomplished during the year. The speedways themselves give out awards, but they need to be recognized oy otners. The club honors many who have made the sport what it is today. Legendary names from the world of stock car racing such as Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons, Richard Petty, the late Ray Hendrick, the late Elmo Langley, David Pearson, and Lennie Pond are honorary members. But so too are legendary road racer and Indy car standout Rodger Ward and road racing legend Bob Tulius. “It’s a good family atmosphere most of the time,” Hardisty said of the club. “Everybody just kind of lays back and has a good time.” Annual dues are $15, for which a member gets a MARF decal, a monthly newsletter, and the opportunity to attend club events. Special events dot the MARF calendar. The annual car show, usually held before the start of the racing season, features competitive vehicles of all types. Nostalgia night features retired veterans on hand to tell tales of races past, and photos and scrapbooks from eras gone by. The annual softball game pits dirt racers against asphalt racers. “Asphalt’s really kicking the dirt’s butt most of the time,” Hardisty said, “but dirt did jump up and get them this year. You can never tell about next year.” Local tracks hold MARF nights, on which club members are admitted free of charge to enjoy a A*OP 01/7. DC A IlgUl, of racing. MARF ni^its alone make up for the club’s annual dues. Bob Simon doesn’t mind dishing out his annual dues. He’s been a club member for 10 years, and now serves as the club’s treasurer. “The friends in the club, that’s the best thing,” Simon said, “the people I’ve met in the club.” Jim Carpenter can be seen.on race days working on the crew for Late Model Stock Car competitor Dion Ciccarelli at Old Dominion Speedway. But the first Wednesday of each month he can be found at MARF’s monthly meeting at Lasick’s Beef House in College Park, Md. “I’ve been involved with the club since 1984,” Carpenter said. “When I first started going to the meetings the club was small and struggling,” Carpenter said. “It seems to get better as time goes on. I just like being around other people who are interested in the same thing I am. I like the camaraderie and being able to stay on top of what’s going on. It’s just something good to do and I just like being a part of it.” Carpenter and Simon enjoy the fact that the club celebrates the sport of auto racing, but Hardisty explains that it offers support for “the racing family” when that support is needed. “We do have an injured drivers’ fund that we work hard to raise money for all year,” Hardisty said. “Most of the time we don’t have to use that, but we did have to dip into it three times this past year.” One driver was injured while racing at Potomac, Hardisty explained. Another driver fell seriously ill and a third was injured in a traffic accident. The club doesn’t profess to act as insurance, but pitches in to help offset expenses in a driver’s time of crisis. “We had some guys that heeded some help and we helped them a little bit,” Hardisty said. “It’s good to know that we can offer a little bit of support to drivers if they get injured ' in any way.” The club expects to have a banner year in 1999. “We’re trying to do a little more this year,” Hardisty said. “This year we’re going to have a real nice nostalgia night, let the old-timers know that we haven’t forgotten about them.” Besides a more elaborate than usual nostalgia night, the club hopes to have a holiday party in 1999, complete with a visit from Santa Claus for members’ children. Area race ians interested in joining the club can pick up an application at Old Dominion or Potomac Speedways once the 1999 racing season gets under way. Or, to join or get information about the club, fans can call Hardisty at (301) 937-7037. “We’ve got a lot of new members coming in and a lot of support from (promoters) Dick Gore at Old Dominion Speedway and Pete Cameron at Potomac Speedway,” Hardisty said. “Without all of the support we wouldn’t have a club.” But there’s no lack of support for the organization. Dave Menefee, who handles public relations for Old Dominion, said, “It’s a good organization to be a part of. It supports the drivers and the crews, the wives, and Potomac and Old Dominion Speedways and other tracks. It’s a good place to hang out with other people and discuss racing.” DeLozier From Page 10 DeLozier has obtained the services of Donnie Miller in 1999. A crew chief with experience in NASCAR’s Busch and Winston Cup Series, Miller will maintain DeLozier’s car, and will keep it in shop space rented from former Old Dominion competitor Mark McFarland in Winchester. “I’m all excited now,” DeLozier said. “All I need to win is a little bit and he’s my little bit. He’s proven himself before, maybe I can do it with him. Donnie will do the weekly maintenance on the car, which will free up my nights. But it won’t free up my worrying, I worry about it all the time.” Maryanne Kirtley, who races in the Speedway Sportsman division, said, “He’s the best. If you thought of the words ‘good guy,’ you’d have to think of Dale,” she said. Kirtley said that she “loves to watch Dale drive,” and admires his work ethic both on and off the track. “He drives consistent, unless he gets into something out of his control,” Kirtley said. One of the things she has learned from DeLozier’s driving style is to let faster cars pass. As DeLozier says, “If a car is much faster, why hold them up? You only get into trouble if you do.” There will be at least 10 cars that can win a race on any given night during the 1999 Old Dominion season, DeLozier said. But he’s determined to win races. And in 1999 he is considered a contender. “I think I’m going to do well,” he said. “Now it’s my turn.” NASCAR Timeline Some notable dates in NASCAR history: Dec. 1947: Racing promoter Bill France Sr. organizes a meeting in Daytona Beach, Fla., that results in the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Feb. 15,1948: The first NASCAR-sanctioned race was held on Daytona Beach, won by Red Byron of Atlanta. 1950: The nation’s first asphalt “superspeedway,” Darlington (S.C.) Raceway opens. June 16,1951: The first NASCAR premier division race is run under the lights, in Columbia, S.C. 1959: Daytona International Speedway opens. 1961: Highlights of the Firecracker 250 from Daytona Beach is televised on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. 1970: Buddy Baker becomes the first driver to clock an official lap in excess of 200 mph. Restrictor plates to limit top speeds are introduced that same year as a safety measure. 1972: The Winston Cup schedule is fixed at 31 championship events, all of 250 miles or more in length. This begins the “modem era” of NASCAR racing. 1976: Attendance at the NASCAR Winston Cup Series tops 1.4 million — making it the best-attended motorsports series in the world. 1979: The Daytona 500 became the first 500-mile race in history to be telecast live in its entirety. Richard Petty wins on the final lap — and CBS gets an Emmy for its efforts. 1989: Every race on the Winston Cup schedule is televised, nearly all of them live. 1994: The Brickyard 400, first stock car race in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, draws an estimated 315,000 fans. There were almost a million ticket requests. Jeff Gordon wins. 1994: Dale Earnhardt ties Richard Petty by winning his seventh Winston Cup overall championship. 1995: Winston Cup attendance tops 5 million for the first time. 1995: The NASCAR Online web site, www.nascar.com, is launched on Feb 14. Within three years, the site is averaging more than 550,000 individual users each week.

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