Rappahannock News, August 22, 2002

■ y:: Rappahannock County's F&mily Newspaper Since 1877 124th Year... No. 34 Phone (540)675-3338 THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 www.timescomrnunity.com 50 cents Cfi£ ri ? 2 » «-i 4 « 2 3 o ¥ M C- O ftjr; Nn r.j Rapp Briefs Easements exceed 13,000 acres Last Wednesday, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation recorded a conservation easement gift from Sharon Luke that protects 112 acres “on the high ridgeline of Bessie Belle Mountain." One purpose of the easement is protection of “scenic ridgetops." Ms. Luke's gift brings the countywide easement total to \ 13,057 acres. “Back to school” day on Aug. 22 It’s that time of the year and “back to school” day is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 22 from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. School will begin on Monday, Aug. 26. Classes will begin this year at 8:10 a.m. and will end at 3:20 p.m. Representative to visit County Chaz Evans-Haywood, a regional representative for U.S. Senator George Allen, will be in Washington at the Rappahannock County Library from 12 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Senator Allen’s representative will be available to discuss issues facing the area with constituents and to help anyone having problems with a federal agency. For more information, constituents may call Chaz Evans-Haywood at 540-421: 1394. Board approves $98,000 contract for Sperryville The Commonwealth Transportation Board approved a $98,790 contract on Thursday, Aug. 15 to build a pedestrian footbridge over the Thornton River and for landscaping. The contract is part of the $200,000 Transportation Enhancement Act awarded in 1999. The program was created by Congress in 1991 to ensure that a small share of federal transportation funds is invested in projects that enhance communities, the natural environment and historic preservation. The Virginia Department of Transportation administers the program through an application and review process. Up to 80 percent of transportation project can be financed with federal funds, but a minimum of 20 percent must come from other public or private sources. The Sperryville contract, awarded to L.G. Zindel Inc. of Washington is part of a larger project that will ultimately include placing utility lines underground, streetscapes along Main Street and pedestrian pathways and crosswalks. Rappahannock Happenings • Monday, Aug. 26 Rappahannock Public Schools to begin 2002-03 session. • Monday, Aug. 26 Washington Town Planning Commission to meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Town Hall. Rappahannock News P.O. Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747 (540) 675-3338 (540) 675-3088 (fax) Yummy! Rappahannock News Photos/Barbara C Wayland Organically grown sugar baby watermelons are ripe and ready! They are sold in Rappahannock at various locations. Call Grower Jerry Ochs at 987-3311 for a store near you. Nothing more exciting than the start of another school year By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer • Excitement, anticipation, determined preparations, infectious enthusiasm, unbridled optimism! Combine that with an occasional glassed-over look during meetings, the race to take care of the ever mounting details, the fear that there just isn’t enough time to do everything that needs to be done, and the overwhelming desire to just get it started — and you have a teacher, especially a new teacher. The following sketches don’t even begin to do these “givers” justice. With the community’s support they could unleash such potential. New at RCES The Elementary School welcomes 12 new faces and some are very familiar. Joining the first grade team is Marilyn Gozzo who has been a teacher for 11 and-a-half years, nine years in the elementary grades and two and a half in preschool. Mrs. Gozzo received her B.S. from George Mason University. Her oldest daughter is in first grade this year and thinks it’s okay that she’ll have someone else for a teacher. Mrs. Gozzo spoke a gentle wish that “all my students will enjoy school.” John Glass is one of the familiar faces. Mr. Glass is Returning to RCES from the Loudoun County school system, and will be teaching third grade this year. He has taught both second grade and kindergarten at RCES. He holds a B.S. from Brigham Young University. His wish: “That I had never left. This is a great place to teach.” Jan Makela is a very familiar face with a new job: she is the new fourth grade teacher. In addition to the time she has spent shepherding the volunteer program in the Rappahannock schools, Mrs. Makela has 15 years in the Virginia Beach school system, teaching second and third grade. She holds a B.S. from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mrs. Makela’s wish is that the “children are successful arid we have a great year together.” Stephen Hynick, the new fifth grade teacher, has a bachelor of science degree from Bloomsburg State College Tiffany Keys, seventh grade English teacher, feels very much at home in her new room. She has fond memories of acting out Shakespeare when Mrs. Katz was teaching in that room back when Tiffany was a seventh-grader. Miss Keys received her bachelor of science degree from Longwood College in May. She wishes “a successful year for my students, parents and myself.” Three new Special Education teachers are looking forward to the school year beginning. Melissa Jenkins is a first year teacher who received her B.A. in phypchology from George Mason University and is working on her master’s degree in Special Education through Old Dominion University. She wishes a “productive and enjoyable year for all my students.” Rim McKinney is a graduate of the University of Virginia and now a candidate for a masters degree in See TEACHERS, Page A6 Global climate change and us By Gerald Ochs Rappahannock News Writer Ideologies notwithstanding, the data show that global temperatures have risen about one degree in the last century, and that the trend continues at an accelerating pace. The ten wannest years of the Twentieth Century, in fact, all occurred during its last fifteen years, and 1998 was the warmest year ever recorded. Many scientists attribute the temperature increases to the overall warming effect of manmade green house gases produced on Earth since the Industrial Revolution, while some are convinced that the fluctuations are but a natural and cyclical phenomenon. Regardless of one’s point of view, the fact remains that the Earth’s temperature is on the rise, and that rise has been and will continue to result in climatic changes that will have impact in most every geographic locale and on much of this world’s See DROUGHT, Page A10 West Nile visits Rappahannock By Gerald Ochs Rappahannock News Writer The recent identification of an infected crow in Tiger Valley (see “Positive crow found in Tiger Valley' area,* Rappahannock News, Aug. 14) amounts to the first hard evidence that the West Nile Virus (WNV) has come to roost in Rappahannock County. Rappahannock joins 26 other Virginia cities and counties with that hapless distinction but, fortunately, Jl_ no confirmed human cases have yet been reported in the Commonwealth. Other states have not been so fortunate, however. As of Aug. 16 of this year, eleven states plus the District of Columbia have reported a total of 251 human cases of confirmed or probable West Nile Virus and three of those states—Louisiana, Mississippi, and Illinois—have reported a total of See VIRUS, Page A10 ___y_ Tow closing on Avon Hall By Gerald Ochs Rappahannock News Writer Mayor Stew Willis reported that the Tbwn is exercising its $1 million purchase option on Avon Hall and is working on the closing with the Rappahannock National Bank (RNB). Though he did not provide further detail at the August meeting of the Washington Tbwn Council, he had presented financing options at the Council’s June meeting that included a loan offer from the Rappahannock National Bank at a rate of 4.15 percent and another from the Carrigan Estate trustees at a rate of 7 percent. See COUNCIL, Page AtO f 1 Publication day changes this issue As part of Community NewspapM’ new printing arrangement with Gannett Offset, our new printer, it is necessary.to change the publication day of the Rappahannock News from Wednesday to Thursday, effective with this issue. Outsourcing our printing to a commercial newspaper printing company offers several important benefits, including improved production quality, greater availability of color, and a more consistent delivery schedule. We look forward to providing our readers and advertisers with a more attractive and readable Rappahannock News starting this week. Please call us at 675-3338 if you have any questions or comments. #»« It’s all in a day! Photo courtesy of Fred Moulton Cubscout D’Angelo Robinson lands a big one from the fish tank at the water carnival held on Saturday at the Washington Fire Hail sponsored by Cub Scout Pack 123. There was a prize in the bottle and all the scouts had a fun-filled day at the annual event. See other photos B-7. _>

Summer days of Panther Pause It’s almost time! Tips from RCES School Nurse By Linda Torrance Special to the Rappahannock News Well, summer is just about aver and it is that time again. We are all very busy getting things ready for the first day of school on Aug. 26. New teachers started their new school year last week and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their students. We all want to welcome them to our schools and wish them much success this year. We would also like to welcome all new students that will be starting in our schools this year. I think that you will find all of our students and staff members to be very' friendlv and eager to make you feel right at home. If you have not registered yet for the school year as a new student, please visit the main office at the Rappahannock County Elementary School or the main office at the Rappahannock County High School to register. It will make the first day of school much easier for a new student if they are all ready and set to go. Some of the things that the student needs to enter school are a birth certificate, immunization record, social security number, and a Virginia state physical form filled out and signed by a doctor. Please have school records sent to our school from the school previously attended. We would also like to welcome all of our new Kindergarten students. Parents please make sure that all the necessary forms are in the main office by the first day of school. All immunization records with the required shots updated need to be turned in before the student can come to class. Each student needs a birth certificate, a social security number and a current, (during the last year) Virginia physical form completed and signed by a doctor. If you have any questions about any of these requirements, please call the elementary school at 9878259. Starting Kindergarten is a very exciting time for a child and the family. It can also be a little frightening for the child. Local Annual Meeting Notice SOUTHERN For members of SS Front Royal Cooperative STATES Friday, August 30, 2002, 6:00 p.m. Business meeting begins at 7:45 p.m. Bowling Green Country Club, North, 838 Bowling Green Road, Front Royal, Virginia Agenda includes annual elections and management reports. By order of the Board of Directors Marvin G. Pence, Chairman u L L Y I N S U R E D JENKINS Excavating • Landscaping Home Improvements • Tree Service Quality Work SATISFACTION GUARANTEE TO ALL CUSTOMERS 540-987-9048 AUCTION Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 5:00pm, at the Rappahannock County Public Scool Bus Shop 6 Schoolhouse Road •1985 Chevrolet • 1985 Chevrolet Bus • 1986 Chevrolet •1986 Saab •1987 Nissan •2-1988 Fords • 1988 Chevrolet Bus •1990 Chevrolet •1992 Ford 4D SDN Parts (In Running Condition) 4D SDN Parts 4D SDN Parts 2D SDN Parts 4D SDN Parts (In Running Condition) 4D SDN Parts SDN Parts Jill Payne AuctionsTfne. _VAAF#330_ lYes! □ Please enter my new I subscription to: Sappahannoch New* | Subscription Rates By MaifT^, ■ Rappahannock.*21.°“ ! Elsewhere in the U.S.$27.“’/year 1 Name J Address ■ Citv'_ State Zip. I I 1 Mail subscriptions are pas-able in advance. Make check or money order payable to: | fLappahaitnoch Nruts, P.O. Box 59, Washington, VA 22747 | J This team mav also be used for J I CHANGE OF ADDRESS I | Old Address: New Address: | I I I The Rappahannock News (USPS #455580) is published every Thursday at 39 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 by Rappahannock News, a division of Arundel Communications, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at Warrenton, Virginia and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions are $21.00 a year in Rappahannock; $27.00 elsewhere in U.S. POSTMASTER; Send address changes to Rappahannock News. PO. Box 59, Washington, Virginia 22747. too We recon mend that you help your child make the ^£11 adjustm e n t by talk- ^ ing about school and allowing the child to ask questions. If your child has not yet visited t h e Jk Is c h o o 1 , please feel free to come visit the school > and the classroom. There will be a special orientation program just for the Kindergarten children and their parents. The children will be able to meet their teacher, visit their classroom, take a ride on a school bus and then enjoy refreshments. Parents will be able to visit and meet the teacher, too. Mrs. Tupper will also be I available to answer questions and meet parents. Please try to attend this special night. It is also a good idea for your child to ride the school bus to school the first day so that the second day will be easi er. Have an older sibling or friend sit with your child to make the child feel more secure. ■ Teach* ers and staff members will be waiting for school to walk the child to their classroom. Each’ year parents are given a package of papers to read, sign, and fill out. There , are several papers that will be marked as papers that need to be returned to the teacher. Please fill these out and return them as soon as possible. If you would like, you can fill them out on book day and turn them in before you leave. The form titled, Emergency Care Form, is a very important form. It is especially important that this form be turned in promptly. The information on this form provides the schools with the information needed to contact a parent in case of an emergency. Please make sure that you also sign the form when you are finished filling it out. If any of the information changes during the school year, please inform the school immediately. The school clinic is available to any student that requires medication on a daily basis, is injured, becomes ill during the school day or requires any medical treatment during school. Parents are encouraged to bring in daily medications or supplies on book day. Permission forms must be signed by a parent before any medication can be given at school. Permission forms must also be signed before a student can be given any medical treatments. Permission forms to give your child “over the counter medications”, can be found in your packages. Please read the school handbook that is also found in the package given to your student. School policies are addressed in this booklet. We suggest that you read all of the information in this book so that you are aware of the rules and regulations that we follow to maintain a safe and healthy learning environment. I know that this year is going to be a wonderful year for the Rappahannock County Public Schools. We are excited and looking forward to the first ever football team at the High School. Much luck to them, and to all of the fall sports athletes as they get ready to begin their seasons. Come out and support all of these young men and women as they compete. We have always been fortunate to have the best volunteers in the state here in Rappahannock County. If you have some free time and enjoy working with some great children, we would love to hear from you. Call the school board office for information. The office staff at both of the schools is always ready to assist you if you need any information. Please do not hesitate to keep in touch with your child’s teacher and have a great school year. Also remember that the school day will begin at 8:10 a m. this year and will end at 3:20 p.m. to meet the addition of the fifteen extra minutes added to the school day this year. See you on book day! The Band Stand By Cecelia Dennis Special to the Rappahannock News The Rappahannock County Schools Band Program will begin next week in full swing to prepare for a very exciting band program scheduled this school year! Preparations have been ongoing throughout the summer for band director Mrs. Lynne Fournier and many dates for marching band, performances and competitions have already been set including the band performing at the State Fair on Oct. 5! On Friday, Aug. 23 there will be a mandatory band meeting (at the high school) for all upcoming 8th grade band students and new and returning high school students for uniform fittings as well as planning and preparing for the next day miniband camp for the elementary band students.This event will begin at 9 a.m. and last until 3 p.m. Bring your own bag lunch, however, drinks (with plenty of bottled water!) will be provided by the band boosters. Saturday, Aug. 24 promises to be a very event filled day for both elementary and high HAIL DAMAGE? Call Blue Ridge Roofing for free estimates 540-631-0666 ABSOLUTE Our home has been sold. We have bought a new truck and new camping trailer and we are going to travel! No need for furniture! Directions: Take Rt. 211 to Amissville, VA. Go past Amissville Fire Department, 8/10 mile to Rt. 645, which is also South Poes Road, 4/10 mile to Hackley's Mill Road, first house on right. 35" Sanyo color TV Entertainment center RCA surround stereo system, 120 watt, 5 speakers w/sub wolfer Emerson 3 CD stereo system Magnavox VCR w/rewinder Small table Several floor lamps Box office supplies 2-Pc. wicker sofa tables Set of 3 nesting tables Small wicker table (2) Extra nice 3 cushion cloth sofas Cloth rocker/recliner Black Barclay leather recliner Lot books Pepsi cola wall clock Nice L-shaped wooden computer table (2) Swivel office chairs (3) Table lamps 6-Drawer dresser 2- Drawer wooden filing cabinet Perma Craft 3-pc. solid maple bedroom suite (double bed, 6-drawer chest, side table) LIKE NEW Nice side chair Like new queen size bed w/ wrought iron head board 3- pc. wicker storage cabinets Nice lane cedar chest Nice 8-drawer dresser Nice TV record cabinet Mirrors & pictures Plank-bottom high back rocker Lot bed linens; towels, etc. 'Antique Lenoir dining room suite (table w/6 chairs; (2) servers) Nice propane gas grill Patio table w/4 chairs; (2) bar stools Regina steam cleaner Nice pine round dining table w/leaf Small work table Lot odd chairs Some stain glass equipment De-humidifier Skill saw; belt sander; other tools 6' Alum, step ladder Roll-away bed Pro-Form electric treadmill . 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Ie.1 Keith & Dorothy Lamm Terms: Cash Auctioneer: Col. Tom Reese Food Served school band students with the third annual mini band camp. The event will begin promptly at 9 a m. with registration and will run until 3 p.m. with an ice cream social and ending ceremony to show off to the parents their newly acquired/or in the case of returning elementary students improved marching, flags and drumming skills. Lunch will be provided for this day. Mr. Mello will cook hot dogs on the grill! Sign up for the mini band camp will be at the elementary school on Thursday, Aug. 22 in the cafeteria. Instruments are required for this day as well as the Aug. 23 event. Swap out on Book Day If you have any band tux, tshirts or polo shirts that are in good condition that your band student has outgrown then book day, Aug. 22, is the day for you. Band Boosters have proposed having a swap-out or even outright selling of used band shirts on this day. Anyone interested in this idea should contact or Cheryl Taylor (strm_rgr@hotmail.com) or bring in the item(s) on book day. Band students can also keep their band costs down by purchasing these used shirts Download our printable color calendar for Augusts with our featured photo of the month. found only on... * TimesCommunity. com i on this day only! However, band boosters will not be held responsible for these items without a tag with name and phone number on the shirt. Also, any parent who could help with this swap out event please contact Cheryl Taylor. DrumLine had successful session The Rappahannock County School Drum Line participated in an event held in Stephens City on July 20. Josh McArthur once more played the quads, Brian Taylor held the snare position, Anthony Clinedinst, Samantha Brown, and Brian Lee held base drum parts, and Phil Thomas played cymbals. The Banner Team consisted of Ginger Dennis and Jessica Estes. The drummers drew quite a response from the crowd with lots of applause and praise. A very special thank-you to our new Principal Roger Mello for showing his support of the band by attending this event. After their competition, they were asked to play cadences for the majorette competition. Then, as tired as they were, the crowd asked them to play during the impromptu parade held after the festivities. What an honor for our drumline! They placed first in their division for the competition and also received the “Appreciation” trophy, given to them by the majorettes for playing on such a short notice request for them. On Aug. 1 the drumline marched in the Brandy Station parade. This was the first year for Rappahannock County in this parade and this author wants to add one parent (not a Rappahannock County parent) made a very impressive comment about our drumline to her. It was a very tough competition with 6 drum lines present and one drum line hailing from a double A high school (turning triple A this year!). The drummers were able to chat about equipment, etc. with the other drumlines present, and even recognized one fellow drummer from this summer’s JMU Drum Camp! The Drum Line finished their summer competition /parade season with a total of seven trophies; four first place, two second place, and one special recognition trophy. Way to go drumline!! Report about JMU Band Camp By Brian Taylor JMU Band Camp was an amazing experience as always. This year was even better than last year. I was in the top drumline this year at JMU and the other drumline members (first time at JMU for them) made second highest drumline! The other four that went were Anthony Clinedinst, Samatha Brown, Ben Verrill, and last but certainly not least, Mathew Swain. I believe they all had a wonderful time too. This year the staff of JMU portrayed an amazing wealth of knowledge to everyone. We had four instructors; three of which actually have played and are still playing in the JMU drumline. The last instructor was John Pollard See BAND, Page A10

Rappahannock County School Bus Routes for 2002-03 These are the school bus routes for the upcoming school year. Students are urged to be at their “stops” at least 15 minutes early the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 26. Some bus numbers and route descriptions have been altered from last year so please be alert for these changes. Please address bus route questions to Jack Raines, Director of Transportation at 987-8773. Overcrowding or safety concerns may necessitate further route changes. It is suggested that parents of new or very young students have them ride the bus to school the first morning, rather than driving them to school, so that they will know which bus to get on in the afternoon. All students should be at the bus stop early the first day. Bus 1: Chris Keyser, driver. Tiger Valley / Peyton Farms/Washington Area. Start at approximately 7:25, on Route 674 (Grandview Avenue) 1/2 mile to turnaround, right on Route 621 Hunters Road, right on Route 626 Tiger Valley Road, 1 mile to turnaround, right on Route 668 Starks Road, 1 mile to turnaround, right on Route 626, right on US 211, left on Old Mill Road, left on Warren Avenue, right on US 211 West, right on Mount Salem Avenue, right on Gay Street to end, left on Main Street, right on Piedmont Avenue to turnaround; right on Main Street. PM. route — reverse a.m. Note: stop at Old Washington School daycare during p.m. route only. Bus 2: Charles Jenkins, driver. Gid Brown/Harris Hollow. Start from Washington at Health Department on Route 622 at approximately 7:20; right on 623; right on 614 to turnaround, pickup on 614 to right on 622; right on 211, no pickup to school. P.M. route — reverse. Bus 3: Carl Menefee, driver. Rappahannock Lakes/Flint Hill. Start at approximately 7:20 at Flint Hill Bank on 522. Pick up along Route. 647 east to Route 637. Right on 637 until Route 645; left on Route 645 to Rappahannock Lakes. After picking up there, left on Route 645 to US 211 West (no pickups on 211 West) to school. P.M. route — same as a.m. Bus 5: Barbara Gore, driver. Rock Mills Area. Start at approximately 7:20 at Rock Mills heading east on Route 622; right on Route 729; right on Route 618; right on Route 619; right on Route 626; left on Route 622 and pickup to US 211. P.M. route — same as a.m. Bus 7: Phyllis Poore, driver. Amissville area. Start at approximately 7:15 heading east on US 211 from Route 729 and pickup to Hackley’s Store at intersection of Route 642. Turnaround and proceed west on US 211, right on Route 643 about 2 miles to turnaround, right on US 211 and pickup to Route 522 at Massie’s Corner. P.M. route — same as a.m. Bus 8: Charlotte Tummeyer, driver. Flint Hill area. Start at approximately 7:15 from Route 522 on Route 637 about 1/2 mile to turnaround; left on Route 522 (no pickups); right on Route 630, right on 631 to turnaround; left on 630; right on Route 628; right on Route 663 about 1 mile to turnaround; right on Route 628; left on Route 659; right on Route 641; right on Route 522 to school (no pick-ups). P.M. route — reverse a.m. Bus 9: Eddie Gore, driver. Chester Gap. Start at approximately 7:15. Begins with one stop on Route 610 across from the intersection with Route 666; continue on Route 610 (but no pickups on 610 until after intersection with Route 670). After store, continue up mountain with no pickups to turnaround; pickup coming down mountain only. P.M. route — same as a.m. Bus 10: Bertha Jacobs, driver. Viewtown Area. Start at approximately 7:15. From intersection with Route 640 and 642 proceed east on Route 642 right on 646 ] 1/2 miles t< turnaround; right on 642 again until Route 611 i (south), right on Route 611 about 172 J mile to §■ t u r n - g around;^ left on 642 to 611 (north) on 611; and pickup to US 211. P.M. route — reverse a.m. Bus 11: James Jacobs, driver. Castleton/ Viewtown. Start at approximately 7:15 from Route 649 left on Route 618; from Castleton left on Route 617; left on Route 649 about 1/4 mile to turnaround; left on Route 615; left on Route 729 to 211. Left on 211 to school (no pickups.) P.M. route — reverse a.m. Bus 12: Mike Taubenberger, driver. Ben Venue/Fodder stack/Child Care Center (CCLC). Start at approximately 7:20 on Route 729 at intersection with US 211 heading towards Flint Hill ; right on Route 522 (no pickups on Route 522); left on Route 641 to right on Route 606; right on Route 628 1 mile to turnaround at intersection with Route 629, continues on Fodderstack Road to US 211/Route 522 through Washington and pickup up to US 211; right on US 211 and pickup on right up to Route 636 including CCLC. P.M. — reverse route, and stop at the Old Washington High School on Mt. Salem Avenue to deliver CCLC after school children. Bus 16: Robin Frye,driver. Laurel W Mills area. Start at approximately 7:20 on US 211 at Hillsdale Store and pickup up to Route 729; right on Route 729 (no pickups on Route 729 between US 211 and 640 South); left on 640 to turnaround; left on 640; right on 729; right on 640 North; left on US 211. Pickup on US 211 from Massies Comer to Washington. P.M. route — reverse a.m. Bus 17: Mary Bailey, driver. • Amissville. Start at approximately 7:15 on US 211 at Route 642. Head east on 211, pickups to Route 730. Right on 730 to turnaround. Return to 211, turn right and continue to left on Route 613; left on Route 669 about 1 1/2 mile to turnaround; right on Route 613, right on US 211 and pick up to Route 642; left on 642, pick up to Route 611. P.M. route — same as a.m. Bus 18: Tom Pendleton, driver. Scrabble/Woodville. Start at approximately 7:10 from Scrabble on Route 522 south and pickup up to county line; left on Route 650 (no pickups); right on Route 615 about 1/2 mile to k turnaround; left on Route 650 (no pickups); right on Route 522 and pickup on Route 522 from county line to Route 621; right on Route 621; right on Route 620 about 1 mile to urn around; pickup to Route 522. PickuD on Route 522 between Route 620 P.M. route — reverse a m. Bus 19: Charles Racer, driver. Slate Mills. Start at approximately 7:05 on Route 707 at intersection with Route 231 heading toward Slate Mills; 707 to turnaround at Grindstone Lane, right on 604 pickup to Route 522; left on Route 522 and pickup up from Woodville on the right to past Route 620. P.M. route — reverse a.m. Bus 20: Ginger Estes, driver. Chester Gap. Start at approximately 7:20 at the entrance to Chester Gap. Turn left on Route 610, first pickup at Headwaters Road; pickup to Store; turn on Route 670, go to fire hall parking lot: left on 600, pickup; continue on to end of 610. Turn right on 522 to school. P.M. route — same. Bus 21: Daniel Keyser, driver. Old Hollow/ Sperryville. Start at approximately 7:25 on Route 612 at intersection with Route 600 about 1/2 mile west of church; right on Route 653; right on Route 600; continue on Route 600 to Route 671 and pickup to US 211; right on US 211; right on Route 651 about 3/4 of mile to turnaround; left on US 211. P.M. route — reverse a.m. Bus 23: John Eubank, driver. Sperryville. Start at approximately 7:40 on US 211 heading west from Barber Shop about 3 miles to turnaround: right on Route 1001 at bridge; left at caution light: Right on US 211 and pickup to Elementary School P.M. route - reverse a.m., except no pick-up at Elementary School before blue and gold loads. Bus 25: Lois Ames, driver. Castleton. Starting at 7 a.m. at Route 616 heading east. First stop at 7:07 on right side of Route 616. At stop sign, left on Route 617 and then left on Route 618 (which becomes route 626.) Right on Route. 522 through Woodville (no pickups on Route 522. i Left on Route 621 to Route 231. Right on 231 (no pickups on 231) to school. P.M. — reverse a.m. Bus 26: Kathy Smoot, driver. Huntly/Flint Hill. Start at approximately 7:15 heading north on Route 522 with first pickup on right just at intersection with Route 641); pick up from there to Route 662 (Little Long Mountain Road); right on Route 664 (Huntly Road); right on Route 522 to Warren County Line; pick up on right side up to circle at top of mountain; then pick up down the mountain on Route 522 to right on Route 677 (Mountain View Road) about 1/2 mile to turnaround: right on Route 522 and pickup Massie’s Corner. P.M. route — same as a.m. Bus 27: Christine Timbers, driver. FT Valley/Jenkins Hollow Area. Start at approximately 7:05 Route 602 and pickup to County line and turnaround near Sharp Rock farm; left on Route 231; right on Route 618 about 2 1/2 miles to turnaround; right on Route 231; left on Route 681 about 2 1/2 miles to turnaround; left on Route 231 and pickup to Route 522; right on 522 pickup to Corner Store, right o* 522; right on 1003, right on 211, no pickups to school. P.M. route — reverse a.m. Bus 28: Driver Roberta Jenkins. Stops as necessary. In Brief Democrats to host benefit yard sale Dozens of Rappahannock families are checking their households for items to donate to the Democratic Committee yard sale which will be held at the Washington Fire Hall, rain or shine on Saturday of Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. A sterling silver creamer and sugar bowl, pairs of skis, tennis rackets, several bona fide works of art, baskets, lamps, picture frames, and musical instruments are among the items collected so far. There will be everything from an antique accordion to kitchen utensils: “collectibles”, costume jewelry, tools, holiday decorations, linens, car stuff, etc. Items to be donated should be brought to the Washington Fire Hall on Friday, Aug. 30, anytime from noon until 8 p.m. For more information, or if you need to have your donations picked-up, call Linda Dietel, 675-3826, Maggie Francis, 987-8291, or Hank Gorfein 675-3515. 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SPORTS 1 r 2002 Girls’ Junior Panther Basketball Schedule Date Aug. 30 Sept. 3 Sept. 5 Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 17 Oct. 22. Day Friday Tuesday Thursday Tuesday Thursday Wednesday Friday Thursday Friday Thursday Thursday Friday Thursday Tuesday Opponent Luray Page County Luray |v Northfork M.S.;% Page County Warrenton M.S. W.C. Taylor M.S. Warrenton Middle Cedar Lee M.S. North Fork M.S. Cedar Lee M.S. W.C. Taylor M.S. Marshall M.S. Marshall M.S. ,.^'v \ | . Location Away \ g?' -4 Home Home | Home Away Away Home Home Away Away Home Away Home Home 3§| Game time 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 2002 Boys and Girls Cross Country Schedule Date Aug. 21 Aug. 29 Sept 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Day Wednesday Thursday Monday Wednesday Wednesday Oct. 2 * Wednesday Oct; 9 Wednesday Oct. 16 Wednesday Oct. 23 Wednesday Oct. 30 Wednesday Nov: 9 Friday I ■' ; Opponent Stonewall Jackson Page County Invitational Luray * Madison County * Brentsville,* George Mason and * Strasburg ■f Manassas Park , 1 * Clarke County Page County Bull Run District Meet Region B Meet State Meet «r^ Location Time Away 5 p.m. Away 5 p.m. Away ~ 5 p.m. Home 5 p.m. Brentsville TBA Away p.m. Home 5 p.m. Away < 5 p.m. Rappahannock TBA TBA ..'J TBA TBA TBA S-if * Indicates a Bull Run District contest ■* V'^ RCHS golf teams scores major victory By Jim Oyster Special to the Rappahannock News The Panther golf team played a 3-way match on Wednesday, Aug. 1,4, at Bowling Green North golf course near Front Royal. Rappahannock recorded its largest margin of victory to date, beating Strasburg by 37 strokes and Clarke County by 49 strokes. The RCHS team featured two new players this week. The new golfers were freshman Jacob Dodson, who shot an excellent 92, and sophomore Ben Hahn who did very well in his first match, shooting 102. Mike Fairbrother led the way for the Panthers with an 81, followed by Brian Taylor who shot a 91. Tyler Hartman shot a 113 and Mike Canon had a 116. The team’s score is determined by adding the best four scores from each team. The total for Rappahannock was 366. The next match is Aug. 21 against Brentsville District at Country Club of Culpeper. Each week the team selects who will be playing the next week. The top four finishers automatically qualify. The final two slots are chosen by selecting the top scorers in the previous match or in practice rounds. Other participants on the team include Robyn Pivarnik, Erin Opseth, Evan Grant, Alex Sitorius, Sean Nugent and Ralph Pace. Ralph Pace, who was one of the top players from last year, Brian Taylor Briefs From Page A3 County beef producers to help with promotion Rappahannock County beef producers are helping to fund a summer grilling campaign to encourage consumers to grill more often and to choose beef when they grill. Responding to the large supplies of beef on the market, the extensive $2 million promotion, which began in May, recently got 40 percent bigger according to the Virginia Beef Industry Council. Mike Fairbrother Local beef producers, along with beef producers across America, are investing an additional $800,000 in beef checkoff dollars to help increase beef sales. The campaign is funded through the $1 per head beef checkoff program and is being coordinated for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the Virginia Beef Industry Council by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Blessing of the Vines celebration planned The 25th anniversary See BRIEFS, Page A6 has been out of town and unable to play. r 2002 Girls’ Basketball Schedule Date Day Aug. 22-24 Courtland JV and Varsity-JV plays Thursday Friday Saturday Aug. 27 Tuesday Aug. 30 Friday Sept. 3 t Tuesday Sept. 5 Thursday Sept. 10 Tuesday Sept. 12 Thursday Sept. 24 Tuesday Sept. 26 Thursday Oct. 1 Tuesday Oct. 3 ' Thursday Oct. 8 Tuesday Oct. 10 Thursday Oct. 17 Thursday Oct. 22 Tuesday Oct. 24 Thursday Oct. 29 Tuesday Oct. 31 Thursday Nov. 5 Tuesday Nov. 12 ‘ Thursday Nov. 14 Thursday Nov. 15 Friday Opponent Location Tournament Away at the same time the varsity plays but in Chancellor Away Courtland Away Orange Away Central-Woodstock Away Luray Away Page County Home Luray Home Central-Woodstock Home Page County Away * Manassas Park Away * George Mason Home * Strasburg Away * Brentsville District Home * Clarke County Away * Madison County Home * Manassas Park Home * George Mason Away * Strasburg Home * Brentsville District Away * Clarke County Home * Madison County Away Bull Run Quarterfinal TBA Bull Run Semifinal TBA Bull Run Championship TBA * Indicates a Bull Run District Contest ** Regular season games Jr. Varsity plays at 6 p.m. and Varsity at Game time 6 p.m. the auxiliary gym 6 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. > . 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m, 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. . 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Teachers From Page A1 Special Education. This will be her fourth year as a Special Ed teacher. Her wish is that were “not any disabilities — learning or otherwise ” Sunshine Keeney received her B.S. from Eastern Mennonite University and was two years in the Page County schools as the preschool family services worker. She said, “I wish that I had the wisdom of a retired teacher and the energy of a first grader.” The aides joining the team at the Elementary school this year are Maretta Verrill, Barbara Sisk and Kim Vest. Maretta Verrill has been a substitute teacher in the Rappahannock schools for several years. “I’m just really excited about the school year and wish success for all.” Barbara Sisk is the new library aide. She’s been a substitute teacher but most of her life,, she’s been in customer service. She said, “I'm looking forward to pleasing some new little customers,” and added that her goal was to help make the library such a pleasant experience that the children would look forward to coming back each week. Margo Caldwell will serve as Speech Pathologist for both the elementary school and the high school. She holds a B.A. from Allegheny College and a M.Ed from the University of Virginia. She’s been in the schools for 19 years and in private practice for three years. Her simple wish is for “each day to get a little better.” And at the High School Roger Mello, the new Principal for Rappahannock County High School, has been focussing hard on the immediate issues of getting the school year started and the newcomers (himself included) on board. He did share several wishes. He said he wished “to create an environment where some of these enthusiastic and excited people we have are able to take off.” An immediate goal of his is to get to know all 450 students by name, and as a more long term goal: “I want Rappahannock to be proud of us and our children to be proud of being from here.” Mr. Mello holds both a B.A. and M.Ed from the University of Virginia. Richard Armstrong is the new Athletic Director. He comes to Rappahannock with 17 years in the schools, ten of those years serving as athletic director. He holds a B.S. from Madison College and a M.Ed. from James Madison University. He hopes that the “student/athletes at Rappahannock County High School will have their best athletic year ever! Lorien Onderdonk, the new Business teacher with a BA. from James Madison University, is looking forward to her first year of teaching. Her hope is to “accomplish our objectives and get every student up to where he or she needs to be.” Bobette Swindler, School Nurse/Administrative aide went to Northern Virginia Community College, is Red Cross certified in adult, child and infant CPR and First Aid. She was a substitute last year in the high school and loved it. Her wish: “I really want to bring my dogs to work.” Her second wish: “Helen Williams stays on as Superintendent, forever.” Dave Gillis, Advanced Math (Calculus, PreCalculus and Geometry), comes to teaching from the Industrial Engineering world and he’s looking forward to teaching. He has a B.S.I.E from Northeastern University and advanced degrees in Computer Science from University of Maryland and the Executive Program from Columbia University. His wish is that “those who have the desire will grasp as much as they can ... that they 11 be able to weave reality and math together. Calculus is where that really starts to happen.” David Naser, Chemistry/ Physics, comes to Rappahannock with eight and a half years at the Community College level and two years teaching high school Chemistry and Physics in Strasburg under a similar 4x4 block system. He’ll also be teaching Environmental Science and Nutritional Science. Mr. Naser received his B.A. from Gettysburg College and an MBA from Duke University. He’s just “hoping for a good year.” Steve Burton will be teaching Math (Algebra/ Geometry) in the spring and 8th grade Science this fall. With a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D from the University of Michigan, Mr. Burton has taught at Indiana University, the University of Chicago and has done research at the National Institute of Health on bioethics. Escape from academia brought him to Rappahannock. His modest wish for himself and his students: “I want us to make each other's lives better instead of worse.” Allen Comer, eighth grade Mathematics teacher, holds a B.S.E.E. from University of Virginia and a M.S.E.E. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. With a background in electrical engineering Mr. Comer has been a technical writer then wrote software. He was last involved with the development of a sport specific training program for athletes; he’s hoping to develop a conditioning program for the athletes at RCHS. Expressing his respect for the learning process, he said, “I hope they learn as much from me as I expect to learn from them.” Natalie Hathaway is the long-term substitute for Mrs. Stanley’s eighth grade English classes until January. She’s a graduate of Rappahannock County High School and holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia. She offered what she considered two silly wishes: one is that “the students will stay in their seats when I ask them to,” and the other is that Diet Mountain Dew be carried in the soda machine in the faculty lounge. Darlene Gallo, ninth grade English, holds a bachelor of science degree in Communications from California University of Pennsylvania. Her wish: “Peace.” Charles Wright has been teaching for 17 years, mostly in Pennsylvania but some in North Carolina. He is looking forward to living in Virginia and teaching tenth grade English. He has a BA. from Edinboro University and M.A. in English from Slippery Rock University. Judy O’Harrow has been teaching French for 29 years in Milwaukee. She plans to retire in Virginia, but not for a long time. She said,"The children and teachers I’ve met so far have been wonderful.” Mrs.O’Harrow holds a B.A. from Oral Roberts University. Pamela Stewart, Spanish and Anthropology, taught in Arlington last year. She earned her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and an M.A. from the University of Miami. “I’m wishing for an exciting year for my students — speaking Spanish and learning about the many different cultures from around the world.” Tony Lambiasi will teach Rappahannock News Photo Meredith Gorfein NEW AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Maretta Verrill, Marilyn Gozzo, Barbara Sisk, Tiffany Keys, Kim Vest, Melissa Jenkins, Kim McKinney, Sunshine Keeney, John Glass, Jan Makela, Margo Caldwell. Missing: Steve Hynick. WELCOME TO THE HIGH SCHOOL: Roger Mello, Principal, Lorien Onderdonk, David Naser, Darlene Gallo, Richard Armstrong, Dave Gillis, Judy O’Harrow, Tony Lambiasi, Bobette Swindler, Natalie Hathaway, Steve Burton, Pamela Stewart, Randy Fields, Allen Comer. Missing: Charles Wright. US History and one section of World History II. With a B.S. from Mary Washington College, this will be Mr. Lambiasi’s second year of teaching. His wish: “to make Rappahannock County an even better place.” Randy, Fields, World History teacher and cross-country and track coach, has 18 years in teaching, five in broadcasting and several years of col lege coaching. He earned his B.A. from William & Mary, and he's hoping for “great participation by the Rappahannock students in cross-country and track and field events.” Clevenger’s Comer: Water quality (Part 3) By Don Audette Special to the Rappahannock News Reading a soil survey report for Culpeper County can leave you slumped over a computer keyboard, fast asleep. You grasp at any sentence that relates to real life, such as the description of someone back in 1941 walking around the Clevenger’s Corner area and, at every quarter-mile interval, boring into the ground with an auger or digging a hole with a spade to examine, classify, and map the soils found. You perk up slightly when reading, for example, that 650 million years ago certain cobblestones and boulders in the South Wales area were probably “tossed up and down in the throat of a volcano before they were finally ejected.” Otherwise, the soil survey is a real snoozer. Three lines of defense Then why read it? A previous article in this series told of nature’s three lines of defense against pollution: vegetation, the soil, and surface water. Each contributes to the cleansing of polluted water, whether such water originates as acid rain or gathers more pollutants as part of storm water runoff. The 1941 soil survey describes the nature of the vegetation that is available in the area: crops, forest, pasture. It details the extent and quality of.jtj^e soil and thus its ability to handle nutrients and nullify pollu tants. Erodibility is noted, with its sediment impact of streams, ponds, and wetlands. The three square mile area within the Clevenger’s Corner Village Center Plan is now covered mostly with vegetation, the first line of defense against pollution. But, the second line of defense, the soil, is not what the Culpeper County soil survey calls firstclass, second-class, or thirdclass soil. The soil is not excellent, good, or fair for crops. Instead, it is relatively thin, lacks much organic content, is mostly strongly acidic, does not retain much water due to a lack of soil depth, and, in places, drains too rapidly. Instead of having six to eight feet of soil for any polluted water to percolate through and cleanse itself, there is much less according to the 1941 soil survey. In fact, a considerable stretch north of US 211, between the Rappahannock River and Route 622, is a fifth-class soil called stony land (acidic rocks), so-named as it is not workable by farm equipment. The third line of defense is surface water. Within the Village Center Plan, there are streams, but only two or three ponds, and no significant wetlands to help in diluting pollutants. Overall, though, water quality in aquifers and wells is good. Facilities and possible pollution Residential and commercial development, and newly needed public facilities, brings about a change in the natural use of land. Trees and other vegetation disappear and soil is covered over by buildings, roads, driveways, parking lots. New or increased sources of possible pollution appear that could influence water quality. What development activity now exists within the Clevenger’s Corner Village Center Plan, north of US 211? One business is the South Wales Business & Mini Storage facility. How is potential pollution handled there? The 560-unit storage facility has a tightly written lease agreement that renters sign. It states the renters will not store flammable, explosive, dangerous, hazardous, or toxic materials; or items in violation of any Board of Health, Sanitary Department, Police Department of any other governmental agency requirements; or leave vehicles or fuel-driven equipment unless fuel tanks are empty (recreational vehicles are stored out back). If people violate these terms, they are in significant legal trouble. There is a lot of pavement about the storage facility (currently, about 1015 vehicles visit the storage facility a day), and thus when it rains there is runoff from this impervious surface. But the large depression at the corner of US 211 and Old Bridge Road (Route 622) has been designed to handle such storm water runoff and to cope with any future runoff from commercial development in front of the storage facility. The pipe at the bottom of the basin drains to the south side of US 211 and discharges there. Another business is the Quarles Food Store/Shell Service Station. A potential source of petroleum contaminants, it is regulated by Virginia’s underground storage facilities program. The three 8,000-gallon gasoline tanks and one 2,000gallon kerosene tank have overfill and spill containments, overfill alert devices, non-corrodible tanks and lines, leak detection devices, and there are a number of monitoring wells around the station. The parking lot, 41 parking slots and 32 more available for expansion, is subject to storm water runoff. Drippings from customer vehicles and any of their fuel island spills are carried under westbound US 211 to a grassy swale in the median strip, and then under eastbound US 211 to a discharge point. Another drainage system runs under Route 622 to the large depression in front of the mini-storage facility. Future developments What of future development? Along Route 622, flanking either side, the land is currently covered mainly with pines, cedar, and oaks. The Clevenger’s Ccyner Village Center Plan envisions 250 homes here, including those already in the Deer Park subdivision. With about 125 homes on each side, all of the potential sources of water contamination covered by the South Wales Mini-Storage lease agreement come to mind. In the homeowner’s case, each resident is left to his or her own sense of responsibility to take proper care of oil, gas, antifreeze; not pouring these onto the ground or into the street. These items, incidentally, are the top source of surface water quality problems in the United States. Old paint, pesticides, batteries, all manner of solvents, etc., should also be properly disposed of. Tradesmen and service personnel visiting the area will, in theory, take care of any pollutants generated as part of their work. Other concerns Any other pollutants in the area? What of Route 211 and Route 622 highway runoff? Vehicles generate a variety of pollutants along a roadway: particulate matter, cadmium, zinc, iron, copper, lead, petroleum leaks, chromium, etc. In dry weather, this material just sits there or is blown to the edge by other passing cars and trucks. Come a rainfall, maybe a few weeks worth of concentrated pollution moves off the roadway to join VDOT’s storm water drainage system. In winter, de-icing/antiicing at the Clevenger’s Corner intersection makes use of sand and road salt, the latter possibly mixed with liquid calcium or magnesium to help dissolve snow or ice. The; salt corrodes metal and scales concrete. The use of herbicides to control unwanted roadside vegetation also harbors pollutants. All of these materials move into the VDOT’s storm water drainage systems. What of development and water quality on the south side of US 211? Here, we are dealing with South Wales; the revised concept plan submitted by Centex, New Wales LC, and Kenneth M. Thompson properties dated Aug. 6, 2002; and Culpeper County’s planned public service facilities needed to support a new community of over 4,000 people. Next time. This is one of a series about Clevenger’s Corner and its potential impact on Rappahannock County. It's that time of the year again! I don't mean lights and trees Or Christmas bells that ring, I mean pencils, paper, pens, and books. Are you ready for that time of year? Sort of — well — I am Pretty clothes not jingle bells, I have school supplies from lunch boxes to book bags, to water bottles galore. I am, are you? By Tiffany Wayland Rising Fourth Grader at RCES Briefs From Page A5 honoring the Blessing of the Vines celebration will be held on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. at Oasis Winery in Hume. The processional and blessing are free. The wine dinner will be $85 per person. Oasis Winery will orchestrate its annual processional through the vineyards with a blessing of the vines with holy water by Knighted Padre Skeris of the Holy Catholic Church prior to the annual harvest. This portion is co-sponsored by the Knights of the Vine. For directions and information call 1-800-304-7656. Support group plans meeting A Multiple Sclerosis group meeting will be held on Aug, 24 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Culpeper Regional Hospital. The speaker will be Karen Smith-Gerndt. The group meets the fourth Saturday of each month rotating between Fauquier and1 Culpeper hospitals. For more information call Karen at 937-3808 or Nancy at 3470269.

Residents gather to meet Ben Jones Accidents and larcenies keep deputies busy By Barbara Stockton Special to the Rappahannock News The final in a series of Ben Jones meet and greets held throughout Rappahannock County took place on Tuesday evening, Aug. 13 in Washington at the home of Barbara Stockton. Ben “Cooter” Jones is a Rappahannock resident, former two-term Congressman from Georgia and candidate for the US House of Representatives for the seventh congressional district which includes Rappahannock. Most of the crowd of almost 50 were having their first opportunity to visit with Mr. Jones as a congressional candidate and discuss issues that mattered to them. He was accompanied by his wife Alma and two young people from his campaign office in Richmond, Nadine Ostranski and Joe Frisk. For about an hour everyone mingled, enjoyed the refreshments, got to know people in the county they hadn’t met before and learned more about Ben Jones as everyone seemed to want to share what they had talked about with Ben. When the time came for Ben Jones to speak briefly to the guests in a more formal way, everyone gathered in the living room. Ben Jones spoke with pride of the kind of principled campaign he’s committed to running. He’s taking no PAC money and he’s beholden to no special interests. He restated the theme of his campaign when he said, “111 fight for your interests—not special interests.” He also said, “I’m running this campaign the old fashioned way, hand shake by hand shake. I’m putting myself out there with the voters, going W. Webster awarded legal profession’s highest honor m IvUBERT Li. WEINBERG Special to the Rappahannock News At the annual meeting of the American Bar Association, held last week in “the other Washington”, the Association’s President Robert E. Hirshon conferred on Rappahannock resident William H. Webster the highest award of the legal profession of the United States. Known simply as “The ABA Medal”, the award recognizes exceptionally distinguished service in the legal profession. Mr. Webster is the sixtyfourth recipient of the Medal since the award was created in 1929. Mr. Webster has previously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, conferred by President George H. Bush in 1991, the Thomas Jefferson Award in Law conferred by the University of Virginia in 1986, and the First Annual Patrick V. Murphy Award conferred by the Police Foundation in 1985, among many other honors. Mr. Webster served as director of the FBI from 1978 to 1987, and thereafter as director of the CIA until 1991. Mr. Webster’s remarkable success in protecting the American people in those positions was shaped by his prior judicial experience in the federal courts. He served for fourteen years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, following three years service as a trial judge of the United States District court in St. Louis, Missouri. He had previously been engaged in private practice in St. Louis for some 20 years, and also served a stint as the Chief Federal Prosecutor in the St. Louis area. He is a graduate of Amherst College and of the Washington University (St. Louis) Law School. Against this backdrop of service, ABA President Hirshon declared: “Throughout a career stretching back to 1949, Bill Webster has demonstrated impeccable integrity, sound judgment, exceptional competence and unswerving national loyalty.” Mr. Webster’s selection for the award was especially appropriate in this post Sept. 11 year. “He is a leader for our time, and has raised the leadership standard for future generations,” President Hirshon observed, describing William H. Webster as : “the embodiment of legal leadership, a quality critical to our nation as we grapple with the tension between security and law enforcement and protection of civil liberties.” The American Bar Association, including over 400,000 members, is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the U.S. or abroad. The presentation of its “ABA Medal” to William Webster by President Hirshon was made before the association’s 500 plus House of Delegates’ members (including the author of this article). Who does small jobs for the homeowner? By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer Dripping faucets, a dimple in the drywall, a board on the deck needs replacing, the dimmer switch no longer dims the light. What do you do with these do-it-yourself jobs when you can’t do it yourself? The information which follows may be of some help in finding a handyman — also known as a home improvement contractor. The first step is to know something about regulations. If the job is larger than those sampled above, or grows larger, you may need a building permit. Contact Richie Burke at the Building Office at 6753598, and he’ll provide the information. Any job which could exceed $1,000 requires that the contractor doing or bidding the job has to have a Class C license issued by the State of Virginia. (A Class B license covers work from $7,500 to $70,000, and a Class A license is for any work over $70,000.) There are many tradesmen in the county who are skilled and willing to do small jobs for the homeowner. Some are licensed and insured. Some advertise. Some have regular customers and don’t want their names given out. Most are busy. “Swamped” is the word often used to describe how busy they are. As the search begins for a home improvement contractor, the first thing to do is ask the neighbors. Get several recommendations and ask neighbors. The local builders are excellent sources. Often a builder has used someone as a sub-contractor and can be confident in making the recommendation. Once some names have been collected as possibilities for that small job, get references. Get more than one or two references and call those references. And when you do find someone whose work pleases you, tell your neighbors. where they are, not ducking any questions and talking straight, and 111 always do that.” Ben Jones considers himself an “independent southern conservative democrat.” It was obvious from the responses of this gathering that Mr. Jones and his “would be employers” GATHERING: Betsy Hille and Bob Weinberg listen as Ben Jones explains his position during an. informal meet and greet in Washington. Photo courtesy of Miles Kondylas Major Christopher Williams from the Rappahannock Sheriff"s Office reported that this past week there were a number of traffic accidents. There were three accidents involving deer (no human injuries, but substantial injuries to the deer and automobiles) and a motorcycle accident going over the mountain to Luray required a wrecker but not an ambulance. State Troopers helped out with two traffic accidents. Trooper Don Corbin's investigation was the less serious of the two accidents. It occurred in Woodville on Aug. 13. There were no known injuries according to the report. Trooper Brad Morris was called to the scene of a two-car accident in Sperryville near Piney Rim Lane on Aug. 17 Two were transported to Fauquier Hospital. There were a number of reckless driving calls. One of them cited large trucks going at high rates of speed on Main Street in Sperryville. In addition there were two incidents of larceny reported to the Sheriff"s Office. On or about Aug. 2 during the daytime, a UPS package was taken from a house on Red Oak Mountain Road Deputy Robert Fincham is investigating. In a separate matter, a camera was reported missing and that investigation is ongoing. The Sheriff"s Office also received two reports of possible drunk driving. One was a car headed toward Rappahannock from Madison and the other was coming from Culpeper. Deputy >1 C Welch and Deputy Mark Currence answered the calls, but -were not able to locate the vehicles. Finally, the call by Doug Baumgardner to the Sheriff's Office of a dead black bird he passed by as he was doing his run was of interest. Because of the recent report of the West Nile Virus found in one bird in the Tiger Valley area, the Health Department is examining “recently” dead birds for the virus. In this case the Game Warden simply bagged in plastic and buried the dead bird. were very comfortable with each other. For more information on Ben Jones’ campaign for Congress, his website is www.benjonesforcongress.com His campaign office in Richmond is 804-740-6000 or write P.O. Box 339, Washington, Va. 22747. 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-&appat)annocfe JJetos— Established 1877. An Independent Newspaper Published Every Wednesday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Barbara C. Wayland, Executive Editor and General Manager 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 www.timescommunity.com THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 Our View It’s back-toschool time! On Monday, Aug. 26 children attending Rappahannock County Public Schools will once again board the buses for hopefully another successful school year. Nothing is more exciting than the first day of school for many of our children. They plan for the big day weeks in advance. • As parents, we need to encourage them every step of the way as they prepare for another year of learning and another year of challenges. As parents, we need to get involved in the school system. Learn more about your child’s teacher; volunteer an hour a week, an hour a month or whenever possible. Learn about the various programs available, what you can do to help and be willing to take responsibility should the need arise. As citizens of Rappahannock County, come Monday morning we need to allow a few extra minutes to get through the school zones at the recommended speed and allow buses the room they need to operate safely. Be on the lookout for children at bus stops and obey the loading and unloading rules for buses. We have all been delayed by a slow-moving bus at one time or another, but learn to practice patience. Teachers and administrators have worked hard to make sure the school year is off to a great start and we salute and applaud each of them for their efforts as we begin the 200203 school year. ^ Rappahannock Today Rappahannock News Photo Yayoi Ayukawa LET THE WORLD GO BY: The courthouse cat relaxing on the porch of the Rappahannock County Administrator's Office this past Sunday morning. Letters Continue to preserve County While there have been many well written and thoughtful letters to the editor in recent weeks regarding development in Rappahannock, none has addressed the subject from my perspective. My viewpoint is that of one who was raised in Rappahannock and attended the Rappahannock schools kindergarten through twelfth grade. After graduation, I went off to college and have not returned to the county as a permanent resident since that time. My thought is that you have to have had something and lost it in order to say you miss it. Well, I miss Rappahannock. Rappahannock is home to me ... I was raised there and my parents still live there; it’s home. There is no other place like it! The county is unique not only for the sincere people who live there, but for the rural, unspoiled environment in which they live. Far too often, places are just carbon copies of other places where the landscape is cluttered with cookie-cutter houses, strip malls and big national chain stores. A place does not become overcrowded with businesses and people overnight, but does start in that direction with one or two exceptions made to the conservative courses charted by previous generations. Please join together and plan a course of action that will ensure Rappahannock County continues to be a simple place like none other. There is nothing wrong with small-town, rural living! Your children and those whose families have been a part of the area for generations will certainly thank you. In closing, I’d like to call attention to what was written in the editorial from Aug. 7: “We should all be aware of that — that those of us who came here last year, or five years ago, or twenty years ago — we did not discover Rappahannock County and we w ere not sent here to save it. It had already been saved, and what we are here to do is to enjoy it as it had been preserved for us and, in turn, to help preserve it for our children." Tb that I say “Amen!” Bonnie L. Jewell Fredericksburg Facts speak for themselves There seems to be some confusion — likely created . deliberately — about the candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in seventh congressional district of Virginia. One of those candidates is Ben Jones who is attempting to portray himself as a friend of our gun rights and hunting heritage. This Ben Jones, who ran in three Georgia congression al districts in three elections and who represented two different Georgia districts, has refused to complete and return the 2002 NRA Federal Candidate Questionnaire indicating indifference, if not outright hostility, towards the NRA and the Second Amendment. Also, more importantly, this same Ben Jones — as a Georgia Congressman — had the opportunity to vote on six firearms and hunting related issues and he voted against the NRA position on these bills and amendments five out of six times: • AGAINST the Brewster amendment to H.R. 5503 (Interior appropriations) — Roll Call Vote 299 on July 22, 1992 — allowing supervised hunting at the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (in Fairfax County, Virginia) • AGAINST the Marlenee amendment to H.R. 2929 (California Desert Protection) — Roll Call Vote 429 on Nov. 26, 1991 — allowing hunting within the Mojave National Monument • FOR final passage of H.R. 7 — Roll Call Vote 83 on May 8, 1991 — imposing a See FACTS, P&ge A9 Down Memory Lane From Back Issues of the Rappahannock News 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1962 Charles B. Palmer of Washington was recently appointed to fill the rural mail carrier vacancy in the Washington post office. The vacancy occurred when Mr. Lester Yates retired last year and since that time has been filled by a substitute. Mr. Palmer has been the Vo-Ag teacher at Rappahannock High School for several years. The award banquet for parents and 4-H members enrolled in the Sears Sow Project in Rappahannock and Warren Counties was held last Friday night at the Hy-Wy Restaurant in Front Royal. Those from this county attending were Mr. and Mrs. John H. Powers and son, Clarence Jenkins, Mrs. Carson Lillard and Tommy, Mrs. Roland Welch and Bill, Mrs. Barbara Gentry, Volunteer 4-H Leader and Mr. W.H. Lyne, County Agent. Placing in the 1961-62 competition were: Tommy Lillard,first; Cecil Pullen, second; Clarence Jenkins, third; Bill Welch, fourth find David Smoot, fifth. Pvt. Donald B. Gore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gore of Sperryville, recently joined Headquarters of the XXI US Army Corps to complete the third and last phase of a six-month period of active-duty for training. A 1958 graduate of Rappahannock, he was employed as a highway construction inspector by the Virginia Department of Highways at Warrenton prior to entering the Army 25 YEARS AGO Aug. 25, 1977 C.N. Aldrich of Rock Mills has volunf teered his time and machinery to clear underbrush at the site of the future track at . RCHS. Once this clearing has been done, the area will be surveyed and bids for clearing and grading the area for the track will be accepted. Four thousand dollars has been raised for the track fund with approximately $1,000 additionally needed. Amy Neale was named queen of carnival festivities at Amissville last week and received her tiara from Rappahannock Sheriff W.A. Buntin in a coronation ceremony Friday evening. Runners up were Pam Kelly and Cindy Poe. Celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Atkins. Their children, Elmer Atkins and Florine Atkins were pictured with them. Mr. and Mrs. Atkins were married at her home on Aug. 22, 1917 by the Rev. Warren Corbin. Approximately 100 friends and relatives were present to offer congratulations wishes. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 27, 1992 Mike Massie of Massie’s Corner will sponsor a Virginia Cattlemen’s Association regional IV meeting at his home, Hampton Stock Farm on Sept. 3. The workshop marks the first time that an Association workshop has been held in Rappahannock County. The front page this week featured a large color photograph of Rob Langford helping Walt Vollnecke, Jane Coon and Klara Kummli get off on a balloon ride that Ms. Coon and Ms. Kummli won in a drawing this spring at a Ki Theatre fund raiser. Mr. Vollnecke, who owns the bal-■ ■' .../ 7 loon, gave Mitzie Yoang and Grace Sims, also winners of the drawing, a ride as well. The lift off was held at the home of Grace Sims in Tiger Valley near Washington on Saturday. A hunter safety course will be held Aug. 29 and 30 at Castleton fire hall. All persons ages 12-15 must have this course in order to purchase a license and also for first time license holders. Plans were underway for a luncheon and fashion show sponsored by the American Cancer Society at Bleu Rock Inn. The show will feature collections by Christine Fox, Any Angle, For Lucy’s Friends and jewelry from Personal Treasures. All proceeds will benefit the Rappahannock Unit of the American Cancer Society. COMPILED BY BARBARA C. WAYLAND k VIEW FROM PfER, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. rnuiu wuiicay lncii vvcilm OUT-OF-THE-ATTIC: This postcard is the view from Pier, Jamestown Exposition in 1907 and was mailed to Miss Bessie Payne at Crest Hill. Today, the postcard is in excellent condition and in the possession of Mrs. Ellen Welch at Flint Hill. t

i ia^pai iai n iVA^r\ Facts From Page A8 national 7-day “waiting period” for handgun purchases • AGAINST the Staggers amendment to H.R. 7 — Roll Call Vote 81 on May 8, 1991 — substituting an instant check for a national 7-day “waiting period” for handgun purchases • AGAINST the Unsoeld amendment to H R. 5269 (Crime Bill) — Roll Call Vote 416 on Oct. 4, 1990 — modifying proposed restrictions on semi-automatic firearms Finally, this same former Georgia congressman Ben Jones was rated a “C” in 1992 and a “?” in 1988 by the National Rifle Association. Hopefully these facts will speak for themselves and help reduce any confusion by voters about which candidate in the seventh congressional district of Virginia supports our gun rights and hunting heritage. Charles H. Cunningham Director of Federal Affairs National Rifle Association Questions on the bank project and for supervisors In talking with neighbors and. friends across the county, we have come across all kinds of opinions about the plans of the Rappahannock National Bank. The reactions range from indifference to anger, and from a fatalistic “they will get their way” to a determined “we will take our business elsewhere.” Ib our surprise, however, we have not come across a single person who supports the plans! This may be because we do not move in the right circles. Nevertheless, it makes us wonder who stands to benefit from the move and the planned commercial development, whether anyone in the county really wants it and for what reasons, and, most importantly, who persuaded the supervisors to approve it. Except for campaign time and a rare public hearing (apparently more for show than for feedback), when and how do the supervisors listen to the people? When a significant application comes to the Board, and before it is given any consideration, would it not be possible for each supervisor to poll his constituents — in this small and friendly county? ' Luke and D. Demaitre Washington Drought and Depression days — pray for rain I am 84 years old and I believe that this is the worst drought we have ever had in this area since the 30’s Depression. I have had about 12 different springs to go dry on my farm this year and last year. During the past week three springs have dried up which did not go dry in the 30’s drought. Also, wells are going dry in the area. I well remember those days when there was not much or no improved pasture. We relied on broom sedge pasture, which gave us some grazing in dry weather, and we cut down locust trees to help feed the cattle during summer. You could not buy hay as there was none for sale, but we were able to buy some cotton seed hulls that were shipped in from the south to feed the cattle during the drought until we could find a market for them. It was hard to sell livestock at that time and, if you could find a buyer, cattle would only bring three or four cents per pound. You could not find jobs at that time. People would beg for work. We hired farm help for $15 to $20 per month including board, as most all food was raised on the farm. We did not have Social Security at that time to fall back on for unemployment. As well as I can remember back then, the drought lasted for approximately seven years. If that pattern is followed again, we will be in serious trouble. Back in the 30’s people would get together in churches and pray for rain. Maybe we should do it again. Ray T. Cannon Castleton Alarmed by Supervisors’ opposition As a business owner m Rappahannock County, I feel alarmed by the failure of the Sunnyside Institute to be approved by the Board of Supervisors. I respect the Supervisors and I know they were under intense pressure from an orchestrated telephone campaign. I also know that these issues are nuanced in ways that are hard to get across on paper. Still, it knocked the wind out of my sails when I read the news. Question: Is not Sunnyside one of the aspects of our county that is unique and a source of pride? I certainly feel that it is. And isn’t Washington, Va. a better place since Sunnyside came here? Your own eyes can give you the answer to this one. You know, it’s a real challenge for anyone to try do business out here. Fedex doesn’t arrive until 2 p.m. And it picks up before 4 p.m. But businesses like Rappahannock National Bank, Sunnyside Farms, and The Inn at Little Washington take up the challenge every day. I fear they are a limited breed. There may be a limit to how much antagonism they can take and avoid bitterness. Only so many false portrayals of a local bank as being a huge pan-continental corporation (in reality, the holding company that keeps Rappahannock National Bank liquid to federal standards operates only in Virginia, specializes in small hometown banks and exerts no immediate control over the lending decisions of RNB, which boasts many local directors—in other words, your neighbors!). Only so many portrayals of an incomparable restaurant that contributes to the beauty (ref: Walter Day’s fine letter, 08/07/02) and tax base of the county as being only slightly up the goodness scale from Dr. Evil. Only so many public statements against something like the Sunnyside Institute. Without this limited entrepreneurial breed there are precious few stable, bene ht-rich opportunities tor local residents who don’t live on a pension (or a trust fund) and who want to have a job close to home and family. Without these entrepreneurs you’ll be awfully hard-pressed to find funding for a lot of services you probably take for granted; I won’t bore you with an exhaustive list, but if you value it, there's a good chance businesses in Rappahannock help pay for it! Does Rappahannock really want each of its residents to choose between being born rich or commuting 80 miles? Is Rappahannock really ready for what this kind of arrangement forebodes for our local institutions and sense of community? Entrepreneurs like David Cole are hard to come by: entrepreneurs who are involved in exactly the enterprises our county purports to value—agriculture and what could broadly be termed ecotourism. If David Cole leaves Rappahannock, you have to be the ultimate optimist to believe there’s another Mr. Cole waiting in the wings. Micah Solomon President and CEO Oasis CD Manufacturing Washington/Sperry ville Think — before lighting up During the past two decades great progress has been made in eliminating smoking from private and government places of work, shopping malls, theaters, airline terminals, restaurants, and other public facilities. The potent cancer-causing properties of second-hand smoke have long been recognized, and this year the Federal Government added second-hand smoke to its list of top ten health hazards for children. Yet many a loving, careful parent, who would never deliberately harm their, child, will unconsciously smoke around children. It is painful to see an adult driving, with an infant or child carefully strapped into its carseat (or not), filling the car with noxious, second-hand smoke. The poor child has no choice, no protection, nor any say in the matter. I once followed a “soccermom” type in a van full of children, bumper stickers saying “hugs, not drugs,” “my child is an honor student,” etc. As I passed, I saw with anger and disgust that she was smoking in the faces of some ten innocent children. Please folks, think of the health of your children before you light up anywhere. But particularly, please don’t smoke with your most precious children in the car. K. Wagner Washington Letters to the Editor We welcome your opinions and comments. Letters must be exclusive to the Rappahannock News, must be signed and include the writer’s telephone number and home address which can be verified (not for publication). Due to space limitations, published letters are subject to abridgment for length, accuracy and clarity. For the best chance of publication, letters should be 250 words or less. Longer letters from those with special experience on a current issue may be published as a guest column (with your photo). While unable to acknowledge letters, we appreciate your views towards the newspaper s editorial values. Letters should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, Rappahannock News, P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747 and submitted via U.S. Mail, Fax (675-3088) or by e-mail (bwayland@timespapers.com). Thursday. August 22, 2002 A9 Rappahannock grets reassessed By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock New? Writer Rappahannock is nearing the end of another reassessment cycle. The State of Virginia requires each county to reassess all of its properties every four years. There is some flexibility in this requirement for counties with low population counts. Rappahannock is among those counties and need only go through the reassessment process every five or six years. Each county bears the expense of its own reassessment. The job is put out for bid and appraisal companies bid it per parcel. According to the Commissioner of Revenue’s office, there were 6,200 parcels to be assessed this year compared to the 5,610 parcels in 1998 when the last assessment was done. Blue Ridge Appraisal Company won the contract last fall and must have the work completed (signed, sealed and delivered) by Dec. 31, 2002. The new assessments take effect in January, 2003. Two gentlemen from Blue Ridge Appraisal Company, Michael Didawick, Project Manager and appraiser, and Larry Callihan, appraiser, recently shared a preview of the process that they go through. The whole process takes about a year. By the second week of August, they had completed approximately 75 percent of phase four which is the “on foot” stage. What is the process? According to Mr. Didawick, once the bid is awarded, the first step is to do a market study. In this case his company reviewed all sales since the last county assessment, including land, its size and location and whether in agriculture or forest. The second step is to analyze all of the improved sales (homes). They look at size (square footage), number of stories, and whether the home is brick or frame. The third step is analyzing the market and developing the rates. Mr Didawick made it clear that only the Rappahannock market data is looked at in developing the rates for this county. The appraisers work closely with the local Board of Assessors in determining the rates at which the property is assessed. There are per acre rates for the land (whether in agriculture or in forest) and rates per square foot for the dwelling. The Board of Assessors is made up of five county residents who are also property owners. The Board is ultimately responsible for the final property values. Mr.Didawick said the Board has been working with them and reviewing their work since they began in the fall. Once all the studying and analysis is done and the rates are established in conjunction with the Board of Assessors, the appraisers go out and visit all of the properties and reevaluate those properties with the new rates. They don't walk all of the vacant or mountain properties, but they do have digital photos. The appraisers are in this fourth phase now' and nearing completion. When the homeowner is present, the appraiser will conduct a brief interview and fill out the appraisal form at the time. If the homeowner is not there, a yellow card will be left to be filled out and sent in. The appraisers have the notes on the previous assessment, including a sketch of the home, and they update the information. If there is a new deck or the home shows more wear and tear than expected. they will make the adjustment accordingly. When all of the properties have been looked at and evaluated bv Blue Ridge Appraisal Company, the Board of Assessors looks at the work, and approves the new values. And what is the result? The new assessment of the value of each property in the county will be mailed out to the property owner in the fall. That new value should be closer to the real market value of their property and it most likely will reflect a higher value than in the 1998 assessment. If owners have concerns or questions, there will be ample time with the people who did the appraising and the Board of Assessors. By sometime in December, the work of the appraisal company and the Board of Assessors will be completed and they will sign off on the 2002 property assessment book. The final job of the Blue Ridge Appraisal Company is to run the reassessment books and make new property cards for the Commissioner of Revenue’s Office. - - •% *; os, <0*% ■3 ■ —I Financial Problems? 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Virus From Page A1 in 2(H^^8 ^r0m disease The spread of the virus nas been rapid since first encountered in the United states. That first U.S. outbreak was in August and September of 1999 in Queens, New York, where 59 serious cases of the disease resulted in 7 deaths. Analyses of the data after that outbreak indicated that there is a strong correlation between WVW-positive mosquitoes, avian deaths, and human cases of the illness. Avian deaths were found to be a reliable indicator of possible human contraction of the disease, »nd precautions must be taken in infected areas to minimize those possibilities. t In the year 2000, following the first outbreak in the United States, eleven states reported evidence of the virus, but only 20 serious human cases, and two deaths, were reported to the Centers for Disease Control. Virginia reported its first '/evidence of the WNV in that year, with seven dead crows in seven jurisdictions test ing positive for the virus. By 2001 19 Virginia jurisdictions reported that 215 dead birds tested positive for WNV, and five (three of which reported no positive birds) reported a total of six horses that tested positive for the disease. In the United States in 2001, the outbreak touched 27 states plus the District of Columbia, and ten of those reported 66 human cases. The virus has spread from the East Coast as far west as the longitude demarking westernmost Texas and North Dakota, and it is unlikely that it will not spread throughout the continental U S. within a few years. The West Nile Virus is an encephalitis that shares features with the three other mosquito-borne encephalitides that can have been identified in Virginia. WNV, Eastern equir encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, and LaCross encephalitis all have: clinical features that range from febrile headaches to aseptic meningitis to encephalitis; laboratory and nervous system imaging results that are non-specific; diagnoses that are dependent upon serology, virus isolation, or antigen detection from cere brospinal fluid or brain tissue. There is yet no antiviral that can be used to prevent or cure the disease, and supportive care is the primary treatment. The Virginia Department of Health estimates that one of 300 people bitten by an infected mosquito will contract the disease and one out of 100150 of those will become seriously ill. Approximately 11 percent of those seriously ill will die of WNV, and most of the deaths have occurred in people greater than 50 years of age. The only viable approach to protection at the present time is to follow the advise of the Virginia Department of Health and the Centers for Disease control: control mosquitoes from breeding and protect yourself and family members by being well-covered, avoiding outdoors when mosquitoes are most likely to bite, and by using insect repellent when outdoors. Additional information is available from the local office of the Virginia Department of Health (6753516) and from the Centers for Disease Control on their website at www.cdc.gov. 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The question, at least for most of us, is not who or what is to blame for these climatic changes, but what will the resulting impacts be on our lives, and how can we accommodate the changes and respond to those impacts while maintaining or improving our quality of life. Indeed, will that even be possible—or are we all to expect -a near future in an inhospitable desert clime. A number of years of drought conditions, and this summer's markedly elevated temperatures, could lead one to believe that we are now experi Council From Page A1 The Mayor said, at that time, that he expected that the closing costs on the RNB loan would make it more costly than a Carrigan estate loan, but he was granted authority by the Council to negotiate most favorable terms from either and he must have succeeded in so doing with the Bank. Mayor Willis also noted that 1 the Council was “looking at the issue of subdividing the property into two nine-and-a-half acre < lots” and he received Council 1 okay for the administrative abandonment of a non-conforming structure on one of the two i proposed parcels. Recent “closed session” discussions on Avon < Hall by the Board of ' Supervisors would indicate that ( the County is the prospective i purchaser of the parcel on which 1 Avon Hall is situated. No plans have been publicly provided on such a purchase however, either by the Tbwn Council or by the Board of Supervisors, but it is < likely that a hearing would be 1 conducted in the near-term by 1 the Board of Supervisors if the i County is indeed considering t some involvement. “ Town committees 1 restaffed 1 The Tbwn Council reviewed s vacancies on the Architectural l Review Board (ARB) and on the Planning Commission, and took l action to fill those vacancies. i Mayor Willis said that he i wished to fill one of the two s vacancies on the ARB to make it £ Introducing our 1st annual... 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It is not clear that such i: the case however, and scien tists seem even less certaii what the impact of globa farming will be on local an< regional precipitation levels and trends. Scientists at th( National Oceanic anc Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Centei (CPC) call for improvement o the models' used to predict th< weather—esfpscially precipita tion—but it is not clear wher and how successfully sue! improvements will be made. Meanwhile, CPC is stil short of good news—it says thai the drought “is likely to persisi or intensify” through November of this year in tht region, and it shows an expan sion of contiguous droughl a five member Board and thus enhance the chances of meeting quorums. The two vacancies are due to the resignation of Tanya Richie on July 11 and to Claudia Mitchell’s election to the Tbwn Council. The Mayor nominated Charlie Kevis to fill Ms. Richie’s seat but, before the nomination was acted upon, Councilman Reinhardt Lynch asked for “input from the audience.” Patrick Corbett, the new host of the Foster-Harris House, said that he would “like to get involved,” and offered his services to the Tbwn as a member of the ARB. He was nominated by Mr. Lynch, but the Council voted 4-to-3 to seat Mr. Kevis. Mayor Willis then nominated former Council member Alice King to the Planning Commission to fill the seat vacated by Jeff Benson. Ray Gooch offered himself as a nominee for that position as well, but the Council voted 4-to-3 for Alice King. Public forum Mr. Lynch opened the public :omments session by asking hat the “Letter to the Editor” of he Rappahannock News,” subnitted by Paul Hagstrom for he paper’s July 31 issue, be read into or attached to the ninutes” of the Aug. 14 meetng. In his letter Mr. Hagstrom said that he was responding to Uice Butler’s request for thoughts and ideas from mem>ers of the community regardng permits, zoning, and growth n the town of Washington.” He said that The Inn was “not only i national treasure, it was an areas to our north and west i through the same period. As for the longer term view, i it is not positive either with I normal or above normal tem[ peratures and normal or below i normal precipitation indicated i at least through March and [ April of 2003. ; It will be more and more important for us in this agriculf tural area to understand the s climate trends and to be proactive in our response. In future i articles related to this subject, i the Rappahannock News will examine global warming, the drought, and their impacts upon agriculture and the rural way of life, and it will present possible means of responding to any climatic changes in order to preserve the Rappahannock that we all enjoy. international treasure,” and he chastised the Council for its “constant badgering of the Inn.” Ray Gooch asked that the Council help the Ladies’ Auxiliary find a permanent location—he noted that they were currently housed temporarily in the Fire Hall—and that their “remarkable service” to the community should be recognized by such an effort. Vice Mayor Steve Critzer said that the Fire Department was planning on building a new facility, and that they may put up another building for the permanent use of the Ladies’ Aiudliary. Diane Bruce asked that the community and Council come up with suggestions for the relocation of the Post Office. She said that she understood that their lease was coming to an end, and that she was concerned that they would leave Tbwn like the bank is planning on doing. The Mayor said that he shared the concern, and suggested some alternatives. The Council will look further into the status of the Post Office lease. Treasurer’s report Treasurer Jerry Goebel reported on the Tbwn’s finances, noting consolidated assets of $710,121.45, up some $35,000 from that noted in July, and water works assets of $19,165.60 through the close of the July reporting period. Other activities • The Mayor asked the Council for their opinions with regard to a letter to be sent to The Inn to encourage them to take certain steps to ameliorate the problems of congestion and parking in the vicinity of their facilities. Mayor Willis first asked Mr. Lynch for his thoughts, but he objected to the question for its inappropriateness and said that he does not represent The Inn while on the Council, but represents all of the residents of the 'Ibwn. After discussion by the Council and comments from members of the audience, the Council agreed with Council member Claudia Mitchell’s suggestion that no business be singled out and that a letter be sent out to all businesses encouraging the proper parking of delivery vehicles. • Mayor Willis reported that the new Zoriing Ordinance is still before the Planning Commission, and no action was taken on it by the Tbwn Council. • The Mayor received Council approval for the assignment of FY 2002 retained earnings to the general fund, less the cost of four repairs rolled over from last year. • The Council okayed the placement of Avon Hall property and contents on the Tbwn’s insurance policy. Band From Page A2 who is from Hurst, Tfexas and is an instructor at L.D. Bell High School. We had such a blast at the JMU band camp that we are going to get a lot more people to come next year! Band has a few special needs The band needs a couple of 15” or larger speakers for the band room. This would allow students to hear all the parts of their recorded practices, etc. without distortion. These could possibly be on a loan basis for about six months or an outright donation to the band. The band is also looking for a bagpipe player for a one time performance to play “Amazing Grace” at our Sept. 11 half-time performance at the football game. Anyone interested please contact Mrs. Fournier at 9878259 or 987-8575. Next meeting The next Band Boosters meeting will on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. in the RCHS Band Room. Anyone interested is invited to attend.

• Neighbors/B2 • Obituaries/B5 • Classifieds/B8, B9 • Real Estate/BlO August 22, 2002 www.timescommunity.com Sitting for peace, community invited There will be a gathering at the Washington Town Hall to sit in silence for peace on Thursday, Aug. 22 between 7 and 10 p.m. sponsored by the Rappahannock Peace Network. Anyone is welcome to join the group for anytime period you so desire. Bring a candle if you want to light it with the world peace flame and a pillow if you like to sit on the floor. For more information call Berni at 987-9158. Cub Scouting to begin new year With the start of school comes a new year for Cub Scouting. Oh Sept. 5 starting at 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Elementary School, Cub Scout Pack 123 will begin registration of returning and new scouts for its 2002-2003 season. All parents with boys in first through fifth grades are invited to learn more about the scouting program, meet the den leaders, see displays of projects and activities and imagine your son in uniform. For more information or to get an application in advance of school night, call Cub Master Opie Crawford at 987y2D8495 or Committee Woman Libet Pierson at 937y2D5605. Demonstration, workshop slated World renowned speaker and healer, Ken Page, will visit the community from California to present a “Heart and Soul Healing Demonstration” on Aug. 30 from 7 - 9 p.m. at the Rappahannock Healing Arts Center. The cost is $10. Mr. Page represents the leading edge of how we process and understand our past and future, our soul purpose on Earth, and how to unlock the potential we have. For a deeper experience, he will offer private sessions and an all day workshop on Aug. 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for $89. To register call 800-809-1290 or 987-7204, extension 4 for information. Also, view www.kenpage.com. August trail ride slated The Rappahannock Hunt will continue with its summer trail ride series on Sunday, Aug. 25. The ride will be held at the home of R.J. and Hope Inskeep, Culpeper at 10 a.m. followed by a picnic. Those attending should bring a side dish or dessert. The rides will be moderately paced with jumps optional. Cost is $15 per rider. For further information and directions contact Janet O’Keefe, MFH at 547-2993 or Barton Hitchcok at 825-6859. Animal Welfare League to host annual dinner A benefit dinner, dance and silent auction for the Rappahannock Animal Welfare League will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Windrush Farm, Flint Hill. For additional information or reservations call Sally Cunningham at 636-3308. Exhibit continues at Middle Street A group show entitled "The Wonders of Wood” will continue on display at Middle Street Gallery through Sept. 1. The gallery is open every Friday through Sunday between the hours of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. It is located on Middle Street in the town of Washington next to The Inn. Call the gallery at 675-3440 for more information. C. Roth to show at Packing Shed Carolyn Roth’s current work will be on display for the month of September at the Packing Shed Gallery in Washington. Ms. Roth lived and taught in Rappahannock County thirty years ago. Though now a Maryland resident, she and her husband own a second home in Huntly and hope one day to again make Rappahannock their primary residence. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., she graduated from the University of Michigan and earned a Masters degree at UVA. In the fifteen years of continuous work as an artist, she has experimented with different media including watercolor, acrylic, collage, cut and woven paper, photo transfers, mono prints, fabric, wood boxes, and whatever medium has attracted her curiosity. Her current work, which is primarily oil on canvas, explores the texture and temperature of color. The progression of this series can be seen from simple oil on canvas to three dimensional pieces that employ canvas sewed to canvas to work that is developed through multiple layers of paint and found ON DISPLAY: Carolyn Roth's current work will be shown at Packing Shed Gallery Sept. 1-30. An artist reception is planned for Sunday, Sept. 1 from 1:30 to 3:30. materials on the canvas base. Meet the artist and enjoy a glass of wine between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1 at the Packing Shed Gallery on the corner of Gay and Porter Streets. For further information, call the gallery at 540675-3410. Second annual DukesFest coming to Cooter’s Place DukesFest ‘02, the second annual “Dukes of Hazzard” extravaganza, will be held again at Cooter’s Place in Sperryville on Saturday, Aug. 24 and Sunday, Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The gala, a celebration of all things Hazzard, will feature Catherine Bach - the world famous “Daisy Duke.” Along with Rick Hurst “Cletus Hogg,” Don Pedro Colley “Sheriff Little,” plus “Dukes” stuntmen and over 50 General Lees. In addition there will be top country and bluegrass bands performing live on both Saturday and Sunday, vendors, a car show, and plenty of countiy cooking. “Last year over 20,000 folks came to DukesFest ‘01 from all over America. This year promises to be even bigger and better,” says Ben ‘Cooter’Jones who played the good ‘ole boy sidekick to the Duke Boys on the ever popular TV classic, which has been shown in over 60 countries. Cooter’s Place, the site of the gala, is in Virginia’s beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and borders the Shenandoah National Park. “The best part,” says ‘Cooter,’ “is that it’s free. Free parking, free admission, free music and you can even stick your feet in our mountain stream for free-” DUKESFEST THIS WEEKEND: Second annual festival coming to Sperryville this weekend, Aug. 24 and 25. Long View Gallery features hot art and cool jazz Long View Gallery in Sperryville is offering a great way to beat the August heat! The gallery is exhibiting the work of area artists, William H. Whiting and Don Black from Aug. 22 through Sept. 18. There will be a reception for the artists featuring live jazz by guitarist Rick Whitehead and refreshments on Saturday, Aug. 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. William H. Whiting paints the lyrical beauty, gentle colors and soft sunlight of the Blue Ridge Mountains with an impressionist’s use of color, light, and space to evoke moods of stillness and serenity. Whiting is a resident of Stephens City, owner of Jubilee Gallery in Winchester and an artist since he was a teenager over thirty years ago. Don Black’s focus is on abstract formal design, with a sensibility for mood and light, in a style that utilizes the flowing qualities of watercolors and acryhcs. Hints of landscape ori‘ gins often provide the viewer with an entry point into these fascinating paintings. Black is the former conductor of the Shenandoah University Symphony Orchestra where he still teaches music. He is also a professional jazz clarinetist. Rick Whithead is one of the regions finest jazz guitarists, often playing at openings at the Corcoran and other renowned galleries. He is also teaches music at Shenandoah University. Don Black will bring his clarinet and join Whitehead as time allows. Long View Gallery specializes in contemporary American art, sculpture and jewelry. The gallery is located on Historic Main Street in Sperryville. For more information call 540-9873121. i No easy solutions to cockpit security By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer The world of flying has changed quite a bit since Bob Anderson was flying at Eastern — in maqy ways. And so has the world — in many ways. The disaster at the World Trade Center changed it even more dramatically. This September when Congress takes up legislation that would allow pilots to arm themselves, flying could change again. Perhaps it is simply changing with the times. Perhaps the change is shortsighted. Views from past pilots Rappahannock has several retired and two current pilots who were willing to put forward some thoughts. The following pilots are retired. Bob Anderson, Woodville, has mixed emotions. “In one way it could help; in another way, it could make it worse.” He had been thinking a lot lately about a hijacking attempt on his airplane about 20 years ago. “A fella came up to the cockpit with his hand in his pocket, pushed past the girl and told me to take him to Cuba.” Well, Mr. Anderson told him there just wasn’t enough fuel to get there. The man waited by the door for a bit and then went back and sat down. Later Mr. Anderson learned from the FBI that the man had told them that he never would have gone through with it: there were too many women and children on board. Mr. Anderson guessed the man didn’t have a gun, but “you can never be sure.” He added, “What if I had a gun and shot him?” As it was, everything worked out Fine. Mr. Anderson is still “undecided.” During his time flying, pilots were trained to “cooperate” with the hijackers. Just get the plane where it had to go. No one couid have imagined the plane could be the weapon. Bob Metcalfe, Flint Hill, is an Air Force trained pilot who flew with TWA and Piedmont/USAir. He comes in at 50/50 on the guns in the cockpit ipue. When he was flying the training was different, echoing Bob Anderson that “cooperate” wa^ the key word. It was not worth endangering passengers just because someone was trying to get to Cuba or someplace else. Once the hijackers began thinking out of the box with the attack on Sept. 11, everything changed. “Crash action” maneuvers (sudden movements of the plane designed to throw the hijackers badly off balance) are still part of every pilot’s basic training for protecting the plane and its passengers. He worries about the guns. When he was flying, the majority of pilots had come from the military. Not so today, he said. They are lacking the training in proper judgment in the use of a weapon as well as the physical training necessary. He also allowed that pilots, yesterday’s and today’s, aren’t perfect. There are as many “quirks” in pilots as in the general population. Personally, Mr. Metcalfe wouldn’t hesitate to use a weapon. He just questions it. Roger Andrews of Washington, would be flying tomorrow if they’d ask him, and he’s definitely in fqvor of letting the pilots have weapons in the cockpit. “You’ve got very responsible people up there to begin with,” he said. He’s heard people argue that the pilot should be flying the plane and not having a shoot out. His response is that they’d be trained properly and would act as a deterrent. He said 100 percent of the current and retired pilots he’s spoken with about this are in favor of arming the pilots. Bob Lane from Huntly, a Navytrained pilot says no to guns in the cockpit. “Not a good idea.” A weapon in the cockpit just creates problems. Whose gun is it? Who’s responsible for it? Does it come and go with the pilot? Does that make pilot more of a target? How to get through security? Additional training would be needed. “I wouldn’t want the hassle and responsibility of being armed. There have to be better ways to protect the security of the airplane.” He felt they had to provide enough security in front of the airplane and not depend on the pilot to subdue the hijacker. Use of a gun requires a lot of training. As it is pilots go through a regular regime of training and schooling, and he wouldn’t want to add another whole level of training. He was also uneasy for another reason. “ Maybe ten percent of the guys flying — I wouldn’t want them to have guns.” He knew there would be no easy solutions for the whole airplane security issue. Sky marshals are on airplanes and are armed. That’s part of a solution. He wasn’t sure stun guns with flight attendants were a solution and he saw lots of problems there as well. Views of current pilots Several of the flight attendants and pilots living in Rappahannock and currently flying were not allowed to voice their opinion on this issue. These two pilots didn’t have this difficulty and were willing to share their thoughts. Jim Humbles of Washington, flies a United Airbus. He thinks guns are a great idea in the cockpit. The Government’s position, he said, is that pilots need to concentrate on getting the plane on the ground and not worry about defending the cockpit. Mr. Humbles feels that pilots are really good at multi-tasking. He said that because pilots are being tested all the time as it is, the new weapons training and testing could be incorporated into the nine-month training cycle they’re on now. As an economic reason he offered the possibility that pilots with weapons would reduce the number of sky marshals needed. He argued that it would be impossible to put a Marshall on every flight. “With over 40,000 flights every day, you'd need a force larger than the marine corps.” “It would be so easy to do,” he said. As it is now on United, people from the forestry service or treasury can carry a gun on board with them as long as United has a letter See PILOT, Page B10 S

Church Activities Musical concert at Bethel The men's chorus from Beulah Baptist Church in Eggbomsville will be in concert on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 3 p.m. at the Bethel Baptist Church in Amissville. The program will be in memory of Deacon Edward King and Deacon William K. Edwards. Rev. Forrest Freeman is pastor of Bethel Baptist and Deacon William Parker is the sponsor of this event. The proceeds will benefit the Cemetery Club. Lunch will be served following the morning service. Shiloh Baptist Pastor: Rev. Michael Tinsley Sr. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m. FT. Baptist Pastor: Dan Yowell Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Rector: Rev. Jennings W. Hobson III Sunday: Holy Eucharist 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist 9 a.m. Morning Prayer 10 a.m. Parish Picnic 11 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Study. Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Thornton's Gap Regular Baptist Rev. Kirby Shenk Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Flint Hill Baptist Church Speaker: Rev. John Farrar Second, Fourth & Fifth Sunday: Worship Service 11 a.m. Fellowship Assembly of God Pastor: Joel Cress Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 p.m. Worship/Children's Church 11 a.m. Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday: Adult Bible Study 7 p.m. Youth Prayer and Praise 7 p.m. Concert planned Several area churches will be joining together to provide a "Glory to God" concert on Saturday, Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wright Way Ranch in Rappahannock. This is a free, all day event for the entire family. For more details call Thom at 937-7755 or Corinna at 349-1423. Those attending should bring lawn chairs and a picnic lunch. A concession stand will also be provided Directions: Ben Venue, Route 729, Richmond Road to right on to Aaron’Mountain Road, left on to Blossom Lake Lane, watch for signs. Five Forks Regular Baptist Pastor: Elder Roger L. Smith Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Wednesday: Prayer, Bible study 7 p.m. Promise Land Baptist Pastor: Herbert Johnson Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. First Baptist Pastor: Dr. Wendell Grant Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Special program at Gid Brown The Rochesters from Blacksburg, S.C. will be singing at Gid Brown Bible Baptist Church near Washington on Sunday, Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. St. Peter's Catholic Mission Father Jerry Pokorsky Masses: Saturday Vigil, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 and 10 a.m. Holy Days of Obligation call 675-3432 Weekdays Tuesday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Confessions: 4:30-5 p.m., Saturday, after masses County Methodist services Rappahannock County Methodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, Aug. 25 as follows: Flint Hill at 8:45 a.m.; Willis Chapel at 10 a.m. and Sperryville at 11:15 a.m. The Rev. Merlin Shorb is pastor and invites the public. Forest Grove Baptist Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Washington Baptist Pastor: Rev. Phillip Bailey Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Services 11 a.m. Tuesday: Adult Choir 7:30 p.m. Gid Brown Hollow Pentecostal Sunday: Sunday School 11 a.m. Second and Fourth Sundays only Hymn sing, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. * ) Family reunions are a summertime tradition Reunions have become a summer tradition for families everywhere. Family members gather casually at a neutral location, under conditions far less stressful than the typical yearly events like weddings and funerals. Long lost cousins spend the day mixing, mingling, and laughing out loud at familiar stories. These occasions are refreshing and rejuvenating and can become an important family tradition for. all generations to enjoy. Whether you have a small get-together of your closest relatives. or a grand gathering of everyone you can find on your family tree, early planning and thoughtful organization will surely make your event a memorable occasion. As much as a year in advance, send out a letter to your relatives, asking for suggestions and the all-important volunteers. Decide how far up the family tree you will go with invitations. Pick a date and stick with it. Also decide on a budget. Once you have determined how many guests will be attending the reunion, get ere 5:1 Sperryville By LISA RAMEY 987-9109 ative with the location. An ideal reunion site is one where everyone can be comfortable and enjoy a variety of activities. Consider your family’s interests and budget. Will attendees include both elderly relatives and young children? Will your reunion be just one day or a weekend? How far will guests be willing to travel to get there? If you prefer to save money, a neighborhood park with ample amenities makes a nice retreat. If your family loves sports, pick a weekend when the local baseball team is playing and encourage everyone to attend the game. Or if you have a family full of history buffs, research your family roots and pick a landmark site linked to your family history. On the other hand, if your family members would like to relax and be pampered, choose a nice hotel and everyone can take advantage of the luxuries. The choices are endless, however, they all require advance planning. Start now! As with any family occasion, food for your event will be most important. If you are having a backyard reunion, consider making it a potluck event. These suppers always guarantee a variety of delicious home cooked dishes. There are very few rules for potluck dishes. The dish should be portable. It should taste delicious at room temperature. And it should not require any elaborate preparation or presentation. Potluck dinners also offer an opportunity for the famous family recipe swap. Ask guests to bring preprinted or handwritten recipe cards to the reunion. Guests can pick up the cards and take home these family mementos to cherish for years to come. During the reunion you will inevitably need to reintro duce some family members to each other. We all forget names of people we haven’t seen in a while. So be prepared for introductions by having a pretty table with markers, name tags, and a guest book for everyone to sign. To keep the children entertained, set up an inviting art table with baskets of paper, crayons, paints and brushes and encourage them to draw pictures of Grandma and Grandpa or any other favorite relative. Run a clothesline and hang each masterpiece for all to see. No matter the size or scale of your reunion, have fun with it and don’t forget to take lots of pictures. There is always one shutterbug in every family, so enlist his or her help to capture all of the spontaneous fun. After all, the best advertisement for next year’s reunion would be a nice newsletter to the family chock full of pictures and stories from your most recent gathering. Have a wonderful week, and please call me with your news, or send news via e-mail to lramey@earthlink.net. Chelsea Smoot to celebrate birthday Happy birthday to Chelsea Smoot who wall celebrate her seventh birthday on Thursday, Aug. 22. She is the daughter of Rock and Lynn Smoot. Chelsea’s grandparents are Charles and Mae Smoot, Harry and Mary Bailey Smoot and Steven Bailey of Strasburg. Her great-grandmother is Mrs. Marilyn Bailey. We all wish Chelsea a great year ahead! Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark and Sarah Brown of Fodderstack Road and Kenny Miller of Stafford returned home Friday night after visiting for five days in Chesterfield Township, Mich, with Charlie and Ann Foster. Ann is improving from her illness and recuperating at her home after her r Washington By RUTH CLARK 675-3608 stay in St. Joseph’s Hospital. Ann’s address is 28411 Iris Drive, Chesterfield Tbwnship, Mich. 48847. She would enjoy hearing from her friends in Rappahannock. Bonnie Brown of Germantown, Md. spent from Tuesday until Friday with Amanda Brown and son, Malik and Bobbie Jo Brown. On Thursday Bonnie Brown, Amanda Brown and Malik visited Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Brown in Woodville. Mrs. Alice Butler spent a recent weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Butler and daughter, Kayla in Falls Church. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wharton of New Jersey were recent visitors of Mrs. Addie Keyser and Mrs. Virginia Cloud. Frank Moffett left Aug. 6 to spend two weeks as a guest of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Platnic in Sandy, Utah. Mrs. Jean B. Moffett returned home on Sunday after a two day visit with Mr. and Mrs. Page Moffett and family in Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. John Norman and son, Eric and Mrs. Marilyn Bailey and her dog, Jill spent from Saturday until Thursday at Sandbridge Beach. Peyton Bailey of Huntly spent Monday with her grandmother, Mrs. Marilyn Bailey. Mrs. John Henry Aylor of Madison is visiting this week with Mrs. Marilyn Bailey. Rappahannock Public Schools will begin on Monday, Aug. 26 so please be extra careful and watch out for our children. When you have news for this column please call 675-3608. Have a safe and happy week. Jenkins’ have twin boys Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Jenkins of Sperryville are happy to announce the birth of twin sons, Roy Lee and Richard William on July 15 at Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Roy weighed six pounds, four ounces and was 19 inches long. Richard weighed six pounds, seven ounces and was 19 and 1/2 finches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Atkins of Sperryville. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jenkins of Washington. Paternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Menefee of Culpeper and the late Nelson Jenkins and Mrs. Lorene Dwyer of Sperryville and the late Thomas Dwyer. Paternal great-grandmother Mrs. Sadie Durham of Warrenton. The twins were welcomed home by their brother, Dale, who is five years old. Brookside Restaurant & Gift Shop U S. 211 E. Luray Foothills of Blue Ridge Mountains Sun. to Thurs. 7 a m. - 10 00 p.m. Friday & Saturday 7 to 8:30 p.m. (540) 743-5698 ROBERT J. CLATTERBUCK Plumbing and Heating Flint Hill, VA 675-3378 W.C. THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME 503-7 NORTH MAIN ST. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA (540) 825-6700 CHERRY STREET Building Supply Covp. “See Us For All Your Building Supply Needs" 1418 Orange Road Culpeper (540) 825-0937 Sperryville Emporium “The Shop that has EVERYTHING” U. S. 211, West Sperryville, VA (540) 987-8235 Cylose ;oor eyes tad IiutiH tou 'Iktwbmiiuadncil far days with nothing to drink. 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Community welcomes out-of-town visitors Rev. and Mrs. Michael Hager and Evangelist and Mrs. Roger Hatfield from the Indian Creek Association of Regular Baptists in West Virginia were here last weekend attending the Ketocton Associational Meeting held at Black Oak Regular Baptist Church. J.R. Hawkins celebrated his 13th birthday on Aug. 15 and was given a party on Saturday at the home of his parents, Billy and Teresa Hawkins with family and friends attending. The group enjoyed games, snacks, cake and ice cream. Joining in on the celebration were Shirley Hitt of Castleton, J.R.’s grandparents, Pastor and Mrs. Milton Switzer, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Riley, Bryan, Josh and David, all of Castleton, Mrs. Tracy Eisemman, Davis, Zach and Allen David of Rixeyville, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Burke of Culpeper, Michele Dodson and Kenny of Flint Hill, Andrea and Vallie Hawkins of Orange and J.R.’s grandmother, Mrs. Linda Stone. Condolences go out to Johnny Summers of Reva and all his family connection upon the loss of his mother, Mrs. Lena Summers, who passed away last Thursday at Culpeper Health Care Center. Belated wedding anniversary wishes go out to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Peregory, who celebrated another year on Monday. Griffinsburg Baptist Church has Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 each Sunday and Pastor Bob Rooper and his congregation extends a cordial welcome. Boston Boston By MARIE F. ATKINS 987-8802 We extend wedding anniversary wishes to Junior and Mary Jane Gray, who observed another year together on Wednesday and the same for Mr. and Mrs. William Buraker on Saturday. Our friends of the Five Forks Regular Baptist Church of Woodville, who attended the 236th session of Ketocton Association at Black Oak Regular Baptist Church during the weekend were Mrs. Mildred Hawkins, Mrs. Ertha Corbin, Mrs. Betty Smith, Mrs. Mary Shadwell, Miss Stacey Smith, Mrs. Mary Wiley, Dickie Burke, Roy Thomas and Richard Burke; a former Five Forks pastor, Rev. Hoover Heflin of Front Royal also attended. At the St. Stephen’s Church, parish hall on Friday, Aug 23 the Windmore Foundation.will hold auditions for the production of “Steel Magnolias” from 7 to 9 p.m. For any other information, call the office here in Griffinsburg at 547-2555. Belated birthday greetings go out to Alex Warner, who celebrated his day on Saturday. Several local fans gathered last Sunday for the “Studebaker Drivers Club” and greatly enjoyed meeting with other Studebaker owners to swap their stories of their favorite vehicles; some 1952, 1964 and 1965’s and one owner whose odometer read 275,000 miles. The first Studebaker brothers came to this country from Germany in 1763 and what a car they produced. Congratulations to Miss Danielle Wyckoff of Reva, who has been named a Marquis Scholar at Lafayette College where she attends. Students living in our area who attend Culpeper High School are advised to disregard the schedules they have received in the mail because many class selections are wrong. Miss Brenda Frazier of Culpeper attended a birthday party for her cousin, Michael Wayne Frazier, Thursday evening. Members and friends of Novum Baptist Church with pastor Jeff Light enjoyed a fun filled community day on Saturday afternoon, with games, prizes, the Master’s Hand Puppet Team and plenty of food. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mrs. Magdalene Dwyer of Sperryville in the passing of her sister, Mrs. Mabel McClanahan, 93 years of age, whose death occurred last Saturday, Aug 10 at the Culpeper Health Care Center. Mr. and Mrs. Shelvy Frazier returned home Friday after spending a week at Camp Richards. Monday was another of those special days, this time it was “National Buy Your CoWorker Lunch Day”. Those on our list this week to whom we send birthday greetings include: Heather Cubbage today, Wednesday; Terry Cubbage Sr. on Thursday; Mrs. Beverly Tharp on Friday; Mrs. Margaret Buraker on Sunday; Mrs. Joyce Hutchensen on Monday and Mrs. Rosie Wharton on Tuesday. May each of you have many more birthdays to celebrate. Mr. William Simms, our Salem School Board Member and Leanne Coladonato, from the Jeffersonston District were in Richmond on July 23 to attend the Governor's Conference on Education. Dr. Cox, Culpeper County School Superintendent also attended. Mrs. Beverly Burton of Reva, a 4-H Volunteer Leader nominated Roger Suder, for the outstanding volunteer for 2002; 4-H State Congress, and he received a plaque at the State Congress for being such a Fine role model’ This meeting was held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Members of the Weakley family, the late Charlie and Millie Weakley, living in our area are reminded of the reunion to be held this Saturday, Aug. 24, beginning at 11 a m. at the Brightwood Ruritan Club in Brightwood. Plan now to attend the “Taste of the Mountains" festival to be held on the Main Street in our neighboring town of Madison. The festival will begin with the ringing of the courthouse bells at 10 a.m. and continue all day until 5 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 31. For further information call 948y2D4455. Have a great week and give me a call with your Boston news. AmissviUe ladies attend conference The Women of Faith Conference in Washington D.C. this past weekend was an awesome experience. There were 15,000 women from all. over the east coast at the MCI Center; the 13 women that went from Amissville had a great time. I went and it was truly an excellent time. Next year the Conference will be June 27 and 28, start planning now to go and you will be enriched. The Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. They will be publishing an anniversary book to be available October 19. For more information or to have your business included, contact Paul Poling at 937-5205. If you have any items that you are considering getting rid of or about to clean out a basement or garage call the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department. They are accepting items for their fall auction and can use any items in good working order and you can use it as a tax donation. Call J.B. Carter at 937-4218 for more information. The Rappahannock Athletic Association Board of Directors open elections for the 2003 spring season are scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 10. If you are interested in serving on the board or would like to vote for the new board members please attend the open meeting at 7 p.m., at Stuart Field concession stand. All parents, coaches, umpires and sponsors are eligible to vote in the election. Your participation in the voting is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please call Randy Johnson at 347-5624. Have nice week and call me or e-mail me with your news at amyrappnews@aol.com. Wine festival at Great Meadow The Blue Ridge WineWay wineries will bring the best of their cellars to toast the competition at the Great Meadow Grand Prix Classic. A wine festival will be held during the $100,000 Moore Cadillac ummer Classic irse show mping compeion on Sept. 8. Eight memir wineries of le Blue Ridge r i n e W a y Association, will participate in the wine festival including kB 1 e u Rock Vineyard, Farfelu Vineyards, Gray Ghost Vineyards, Oasis Winery, Pearmund Cellars, Piedmont Vineyards & Winery, Rappahannock Cellars and Unicorn Winery. Gates open at 10 a.m. for pre-event entertainment, including a $10,000 Junior Amateur Jumper Stake. The $100,000 Moore Cadillac Hummer Grand Prix begins at 2 p.m. Tickets to the wine festival are $10 in advance i-n addition to the Grand Prix admission. General admission car passes are $30 in advance, $40 at the gate. Members Hill car passes are $60 in advance. Car passes admit up to six people; children unHpr fiv** TVanta Knvnc and wine and cheese tables are also available. Call 540253-5001 for more information on passes, 0 tents, boxes and tables or visit w w w GreatMeadow.org. i Call 540-675-3349 with news tips. Flint Hill highlights Kimberly Sealock of Amissville visited her friend, Elizabeth Welch on Sunday. On Sunday evening they attended the Washington Baptist Church annual picnic joined by Elizabeth’s mother, Joanne Welch. The Flint Hill Baptist Church will have worship service on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 11 a.m. The message will be delivered by the pastor, the Rev. John Farrar. The public is welcome. Mkki Calisto spent a week with Ashley Clinedinst of Sperryville at Ocean City, Md. Returning to their home in Clermont, Fla. on Sunday were Harlen and Ann Jones, who were houseguests of Mrs. Louise McCulloch for a week. They also visited among other relatives in Flint Hill By POLLY AYLOR 987-8136 .--—-..... the area. Our prayers continue with all those on the sick list. Worship services are held in the Flint Hill United Methodist Church each Sunday at 8:45 a.m. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. The public is welcomed by the pastor Rev. Merlin Shorb. Have a great week and give me a call with news for the Flint Hill column. A FREE, ALL DAY Event for the GLORY TO Sit down and relax on Clod's grassy krjoll with plenty erf trees and shade. Some concessions will be available, or you may want to bring your own food. Please no grills. We ask that you leave your pets at home so all may enjoy the concert Love Offerings Will Be Accepted. •Date: August 24, 2002 •Time: 10 am to 8 pm •Place: Rappahannock County Directions: Take Rt. 211 West to Ben Venue, turn left at Rt. 729, Richmond Road. Right at Aaron Mtn. Rd., left on Blossom Lake Lane •For more details call Thom at 540-937-7755 or email us at thomishere@Juno.com "If people, which are railed 1*v m% Hume, shall humhlt th< m>rlw?». and turn from ihrir winked wn\- then will I hear from brawn, ami will lonfiw then -on. and will heal then land.” II ('hronirh* 7.1 1 others. Gome at© see BOR YOURSEIVES! Enjoy Christ centered MUSIC, DRAMA GROUPS, AND solos along with "Straight Up" and ENTIRE FAMILY. GOD CONCERT 2002 Come Heal This Land UChronicles 7:14 t Upcoming Events Norman reunion scheduled The annual Norman reunion will be held on Aug. 25 at the Rappahannock Park on US 211 near Washington. All relatives and fnends are invited. Those attending should bnng a coverec dish and a beverage. Lunch be served around 1 p.m. at the pavilion. “Come and lets have a good time." said a family spokesperson. Classes now forming Pottery classes are now forming for children, teens and adults at Sperryville Pottery located at 42 Main Street in Sperryville. For additional information or to register call 987-1000. Drama classes to begin The Rainbow Bridge—Rappahannock Youth Theatre will sponsor after school drama classes beginning the week of Sept. 3 at Ki Theatre in Washington. Classes for children 5-11 will be held on Tuesdays from 4 to 5:15 p.m. and for children 12 and teenagers classes will be held on Friday from 4 to 5:15 p.m. School bus transportation will be available from Rappahannock Elementary and High School. Cost will be $85 or $60 for members of The Rainbow Bndge—Rappahannock Youth Theatre. Scholarships are available upon request. For additional information contact Jean Elizabeth at 987-9727. Polo activities at Bleu Rock The summer polo schedule is currently underway at Bleu Rock Farms and will run through Aug. 31. Each Saturday night the Bleu Rock Polo team will host a three-goal game. If you have a three-goal team and would like to challenge the Bleu Rock team, you’re invited. Other polo events include learn to play polo every Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. Horses will be provided: beginning riders are welcome, $75 covers the lesson, dinner and a beverage. Bring a friend to dinner for only $20. On Thursday, “Bring your own horse”: $20 gets you practice chukkers from 6 to 8 p.m. and includes dinner on the terrace and a beverage. Bring a friend to dinner for only $20. For more information about The Equestrian Center at Bleu Rock Farms or summer polo activities call Graham Knight at 987-9522. Beahms to host reunion The George Washington and Nancy Bolen Beahm will be held on Sunday, Sept. 1 at the Rappahannock Park near Washington. Bring along a covered dish to share and your favorite beverage. Paper goods will be provided. The gathering will begin at 11 a.m., with lunch being served at noon followed by a program. Yoga with Lilo Do you want to be more flexible and feel better physically as well as mentally? If so, join “Yoga with Lilo." Ongoing classes are held at the Trinity Episcopal Church parish hall in Washington on Mondays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and on Thursdays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. For more information call Lilo at 675-3584. Whorton family reunion set The annual family reunion of the late Henry T. Whorton and Lillie M. Cloud Whorton will be held at the Rappahannock Park near Washington on Saturday, Sept. 7. Family and friends are invited to come and bring along a picnic lunch. Karate classes to begin Shorin-Ryn Okinawan Karate classes will begin in September at Ki Theatre in Washington. Adult classes begin Sept. 16 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and junior classes on Sept. 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. Arthur Drago and Betsy Toth are instructors. For more information call 635-7554 or 349-0632. Families to gather The Atkins and Dodson family reunion will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Brooks Burrell Park. Shelter #12 on Criser Road in Front Royal. Family and fnends are encouraged to attend and bring a picnic lunch to share, which will be served at noon. Quilting group forming The Rappahannock Quilting group will start their new season on Sept. 10. The group meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. at the Rappahannock Library on US 211. The season is September through May. This season will begin by making a Log Cabin block and quilting it. Whether you have quilted before or would like to learn to quilt, all are welcome to join. For more information contact Charlotte Laing at 937-3511. Clinic will be open Sept. 4 The Rappahannock Free Clinic, a local operation of the Fauquier Free Clinic Inc., is currently open on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of each month. The clinic will be open Wednesday, Sept. 4 and not again until Sept. 18. Patient registration is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock Public Health Department Building. For information call 347-0394. Health programs available The Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board invites persons 60 years of age and older to participate in the following health promotion/screening programs to be held at the Rappahannock Senior Nutrition Center: On Aug. 29 at 11 a.m. there will be a blood pressure and blood sugar screening by Melinda Beach, Public Health Nurse. On Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. a Medicare Part B program will be given by Daivon Bruce. If interested in attending any of these programs participants should contact Anita Richards at 825-3100, extension #3321. The programs are supported in part by Piedmont United Way. CRH activities set The following workshops are scheduled through Culpeper Regional Hospital: Thinkin' about Quittin' by appointment, call 829-4190 for information; T'ai Chi Chih Aug. 22. 27 and 29. for information call 829-4190. Demolition Derby set Applications are now being accepted for the Demolition Derby to be held Saturday. Aug. 24 during the Page Fair in Luray and Rappahannock residents are encouraged to participate. Cars may include any American made stock, hardtop automobile or station wagon. Official entry blanks are available by calling 743-4949. The fair is currently underway and will continue through Aug. 24. Annual meeting scheduled Southern States Front Royal Cooperative will hold its annual membership meeting on Friday, Aug. 30 at Bowling Green Country Club — North, 838 Bowling Green Road. Front Royal beginning at 7:45 p.m. With the theme "Growing Solutions Since 1923," the meeting will include reports on both local and company-wide operations, as well as the election of local board members. Rappahannock farmers are encouraged to attend. Food sanitation course planned The 2002 Fall Food Sanitation Certification course has been scheduled. The course and ServSafe Essentials textbook utilize the new 2001 Model Food Code from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The course will be offered in Warrenton at the Fauquier Extension office. 24 Pelham Street, Sept. 9 and 16 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The pre-registered cost is $104 per person. To register, contact the Rappahannock Extension Office 675-3619 before the registration deadline of noon Sept. 6.

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Polarity Therapy clinic scheduled for September By Virginie Audrain Special to the Rappahannock News A Polanty Therapy clinic is scheduled Sept. 7 and 8 at the Rappahannock Healing Arts Center in Sperryville. It is organized by Charmaine Lee, Registered Polarity Practitioner and Director of SynergyDance. Charmaine Lee teaches the Associate Polarity Therapy training (APP) over a 12 month period as well as the Registered Polarity Practitioner training (RPP), which is the next level. This is the second clinic for this summer and it completes the APP training for a group of five students: Rose Sincevich, who has a healing practice in Frederick, Md., Dave Paxson, Clinical Social Worker on the staff of the halfway house in Rockville, Md. and Kristin Stobo of Warrenton, where she teaches yoga and recently opened a massage practice downtown. The two local students are Beth Levick, whose | musical talents and work with sound are well known in the county, and myself. I can say that with Polarity Therapy and SynergyDance, I have really found the answer to a long search for healing. Meeting Charmaine Lee a few years ago, shortly after Charmaine and her husband Roger Piantadosi moved to the county from Washington, D.C., was one of these moments that Julie Portman would qualify as “stepping stones”. Through an extraordinary itinerary, Ms. Lee has come up with a healing system that is an invaluable contribution to healing. It is an intelligent self-healing movement system based on the principles of Polarity Therapy, for which Ms. Lee is considered to be the finest expert by some of the most knowledgeable members of the American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA). As most significant contributions seem to come about, it was not an easy creative process. Charmaine Lee is a professional dancer, studied classical ballet and many other dance forms. Bom in South Africa, she got caught in the terrible web of abuse of power and through horrendous circumstances had a toxic chemical injected in her spine which left her very ill as a political refugee in London. Just like in a fairy tale, she found an old book on Polarity Therapy written by its founder, Doctor Randolph Stone. Lying flat on her bed, she started figuring out ways to apply to herself these healing contacts. As a dancer, she knew movements and her body well and that’s how SynergyDance was created. A SynergyDance class is divided in two parts. The goal of the first part is to resource the system and bring about healing through a series of movements done on the floor. Then the second part is danced across the floor and represents the outer expression of the energy. The foundation of this work is to recognize the innate intelligence of one’s system and to create the space/ether that allows it to do what it knows best. You can see how empowering this is for each individual. We have the opportunity to reconnect to Source and seek the balance of the ele Obituary Harold Breeden Sr. Etlan resident Harold Jackson Breeden Sr., 52, of Etlan died Thursday, Aug. 8 at his residence. He was bom March 12,1950 in Madison County, a son of Elizabeth Ruth Haynes Breeden of Madison and the late William Ross Breeden. He and his wife, Charlene Ann Breeden, owned and operated Breeden’s Plant House, which has many Rappahannock customers and acquaintances. In addition to his wife and ; mother, other survivors include ’• two sons, Harold Jackson $ Breeden Jr. and Tbny William :1 Breeden, both of Etlan; one brother, James William Breeden ( of Bridgewater; a sister, Betty ' Ann Aylor of Madison and five « grandchildren. Funeral services were con• ducted on Saturday, Aug. 10 at Shilo Free Will Baptist Church ' at Criglersville conducted by •| Walter Thylor and David Austin. Interment was in Etlan Cemetery. .I Preddy Funeral Home in ^ Madison was in charge of the arrangements. CLINIC PLANNED: A Polarity Therapy clinic organized by Charmaine Lee is scheduled for Sept. 7 and 8 at the Rappahannock Healing Arts Center in Sperryville. ments, air, water, fire and earth that make up our body. Polarity Therapy offers a model that works very well and helps understand much of life. Its main quality is to be based on principles that allow for growth and evolution instead of being a rigid model. In a Polarity session, the practitioner is above all respectful of where the person is at and knows that it is a vehicle for the energies to flow through. Polarity Therapy is a very eloquent system and a very precise system. For someone like me who could never choose between science and art, I have finally found a model that requires both approaches. Polarity recognizes that energy is behind matter, that in order to flow, energy needs two poles, hence the name “polarity therapy”. The first principle is that energy comes out of a source and expresses itself in two currents, which afterwards seek completion, wanting to return back to source. This principle can be applied in all areas from cosmology and the creation of the Universe to the flow of energy in our body and our way of life. In our modern society, we often stay stuck out there in our outer expression and don’t know how to come back in to resource ourselves. I know what I am talking about having dealt with chronic fatigue for seven years. Did You Know... Clarke Hardware has Fall Cabbage and • Broccoli Plants! 201 E. Davis Street, Culpeper 540-825-9178 Open: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm Mon-Sat www.culpeperva.com by Randy Minter FINAL THOUGHTS While people may think that it is inherently morbid to think about dying, it is essential if one is to die well. Dying well takes some planning and choices. Dying may represent the ultimate loss of control over our affairs, but that does not mean that we cannot manage many aspects of the dying process. To do so ensures that our goals and wishes are respected as we face the final days of our lives. Planning to die includes such matters as pre-planning our funeral arrangements and making an advance directive, which specifies one’s wishes for care in the event of an illness or injury that renders that person unable to speak for him or herself. We believe in prearrangement because they serve as an act of love for one's family. You remove their doubts about your desires and that offers comfort to all. At the Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton, we have all sort of plans and possibilities for you. Please contact us for more information. Call us at 347-3431 to set up an appointment. “We must ask where we are and whither we are tending. ” - Abraham Lincoln Polarity Therapy offers many ways to restore the flow of energy in the body. It works on the three parts of the nervous system, central, sympathetic and parasympathetic, on the digestive system, on the connective tissue and the muscles through the three levels of touch and the fluids, the fluid tide being the most healing factor of all. Cranial contacts are also used in a more etheric context. The effect of gravity on our muscular skeletal system is addressed by a series of structural balancing techniques. Polarity Therapy offers a deep and powerful way to educate and learn about oneself and to grow in which the innate intelligence of our system is acknowledged. The clinic is a wonderful way to experience this work if you’ve never had it. You would not believe the shift that occurs when one’s system realizes that it is seen, honored and recognized. The essence of the person starts to shine and it is truly one of the most moving and beautiful experience I have been fortunate to have many times in my training with Charmaine Lee. 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The “foam” was gone and she could see several pin pricks, perhaps pincher pricks. By that evening the white “spot” had turned into a black hole, a crusty black hole. Not dried blood or a scab but dead tissue. By Tuesday the itching had started, she had a bit of a fever, her joints ached, and the swelling extended up her arm. The doctor saw her on Wednesday, and wished he had brought his camera. He was looking at a classic brown recluse spider bite. Needless to say, Ms. Stockton has not gone back to weeding that yard, and she’s faithfully taking her prednisone and antibiotics for the infection. But according to Vi Vierling of Flint Hill and a victim of a brown recluse spider bite some years ago while she was mowing near her warehouse, it will perhaps be months before the black hole disappears. Mrs. Vierling still has a scar where her bite was and she has never gone back to that spot to mow. Both of these stories have “happy” endings. The bite of a brown recluse is seldom fatal, but as with most traumas, children, the elderly and those in poor physical condition are most at risk. The amount of venom injected and an individual’s sensitivity will determine the severity of the reaction. In some cases there will be no effect at all. In others, “the bite site can erupt into a ‘volcano lesion’ (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue.)” That open wound can range from the size of a thumbnail to the span of a hand. What does it look like? A brown recluse spider is yellowish-tan to dark brown, anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 inch long (leg span about the size of a half dollar), three pairs of eyes and eight long, delicate, slightly hairy, grayish to dark brown legs. Its most distinguishing feature is the shape of a violin just behind the eyes. The brown recluse spider is often referred to as the fiddleback spider. What to do to avoid a bite Knowing what the brown recluse looks like is useful, but you won’t see him until you’ve been bitten. The brown recluse does not like to be disturbed, it seeks and prefers seclusion. It hides — in shoes and clothing or folded bedding and towels not used for long periods of time, in an unused bed, in corners, and under furniture. Outdoors it again prefers undisturbed areas — an area in the garden that has not been weeded for some time, the woodpile left untouched since last winter, in mulch and wood chips or in the storage shed or comer of the garage. So shake out the clothing before dressing, remove unwanted items, get rid of cluttered areas, dust and vacuum often especially around windows, in comers, and under furniture. Wear gloves when handling firewood and use the same common sense precautions outdoors as you always should. 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Shall we dance? By Naomi & Herb* Special to the Rappahannock News Your intrepid video reviewers are back, though you may not have missed us. We ve finally been dragged into the computer age and this will be our first column filed via e-mail! As you’ve gathered by now, if you’ve ever read this column, we most always focus on esoteric, “arty”, or small films (cinema verite for the snooty). Video reviews of bigname, first-run movies seldom appear here, and that trend continues. This time, we’ve chosen a few favorite dance films. • Strictly Ballroom: 1991, PG, 94 minutes. Australia’s Baz Luhrman (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge) directs this fond but satiric look at the colorful and quixotic life of championship ballroom dancing. There are several subplots threaded throughout (mousy girl and yummy boy meet, dance and find love, aging former ballroom champions face the truth of their long-ago humiliation at the Pan Pacific Grand Prix competition, etc.). But we love it simply for the flowing feathers, tight trousers, daring decolletage, enormous hair and outrageous makeup. Plus there’s a dancer in it called “Tina Sparkle,” who could well be champion of the fake, plastered-on smile. And every fellow in the least bit balding sports a horrible, ratty wig. How could you resist a movie with this many pompadours? There is actually some terrific dancing and music (listen for one ' of Cindy Lauper’s big hits). So watch this amusing, comedic romp into the world of professional ballroom dancing for the story lines if you like, but they are secondary to the rest of the flash and dash we enjoyed so much. Herb has watched this film about three times, and never fallen asleep! • Dirty Dancing: 1987, PG-13, 105 Minutes. Remember 15 years ago when Patrick Swayze was a dreamboat, and before Jennifer Grey had her nose restructured'’ Their chemistry together in Dirty Dancing is splendid, and watching them dance together a joy. She plays Baby, the wellto-do daughter of a family vacationing for a month at Kellerman’s, a sprawling, land mostly Jewish) family resort in the NY mountains, and he plays Johnny, the hunky lead dance instructor (together with a troupe of his cohorts) hired for summer entertainment. Set in 1963, the film has some of the classic dance music of the century: Micky & Sylvia's Love is Strange, Do You Love Me0, Big Girls Don't Cry, and other great hits by the Ronettes, Franki Valli. Otis Redding, the Drifters, and the Shirelles. Herb thinks only women want to watch this film to see Patrick Swavze’s buff body in his tight, black outfits, and, frankly, he does look pretty hot, but the music and dancing is the main reason to see this terrific film. After seeing it again, he said he “enjoyed it a lot more” than he thought he would! Anyway, rich kids at the resort, poor kids working, and lots of intrigue between the two groups. The dancers feel the guests think of them as lowclass. The older, rich women (whose husbands only come on weekends) are forever trying to get the sexy Johnny in the sack, while the collegeattending waiters are always trying to score with the daughters of the wealthy patrons. An unfortunate event throws Baby and Johnny together and he teaches her the new “dirty dancing” for a performance he must do, and they ultimately fall in love. And the dancing is very sexy and suggestive. The closing scene is wonderful, really rocks, and the feel-good ending is wholly appropriate. • Shall We Dance: 1996, PG, 119 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles. In this sweetly comic LABOR DAY SALES ISlMi Ui!v\ \;S" ■%• <■ Vs:r' ' ' \ , X it's the BIGGEST SINGLE SALES EVENT In our I History! We're throwing sticker prices out the urindovn-and we’re piling HUGE discounts on top olfactory Incentives— to save you money! JU/lDonm Payment on EVERY Toyota in stock! MJ/Jfh Payments VI October MWm °n EVERY Toyota in stock! IHI *02 CHEV. 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VEHICLE PHOTOS ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY OFFER ENDS 8/27/02 film, an overworked accountant spies a lovely dancer from his daily subway commute, and signs up for dance lessons to meet her. Herb loved the introduction, with couples dancing in silhouette accompanied by wry and amusing comments, very evocative of Japanese culture. Mr. Sugiyama is placed in a beginner’s course with an odd cast of characters, and is assigned a middle-aged, slightly plump, but wholly irritable teacher named Tokoyo — not the sweetfaced Mai espied from the train. Unexpectedly, Mr. Sugiyama enjoys the classes, progresses, and after a year is talked into entering a competition as partner to his illtempered teacher. Meanwhile, his long-suffering wife, who thinks he is having an affair, hires a private detective, only to discover his affair is with dance, and not another woman. She and their daughter secretly attend his first competition. When the daughter yells something like “Go, Dad,” he is so startled the couple are side-swiped by other dancers. In the melee, our quiet protagonist steps on Tokoyo’s skirt, ripping it completely off, and she is left in her underclothes on the dance floor. In his humiliation, he decides to quit dancing. The lovely Mai, who is troubled herself, makes a confession which helps bring about the tidy cinematic culmination. The film is populated with vivid, quirky characters, and they are all tremendously enjoyable. Oh, and yes, there are frothy, outrageous costumes, make-up, engineered hair and enlarged egos! Not to mention some good dancing, as well. Anyway, it’s a rambunctious romp, and in the end, everyone is where he or she should be. Ahh, sweet symmetry. We loved it. Our friendly, in-village video store has about 20 dance films, including alltime classics like The Red Shoes, All that Jazz, The Turning Point (with Mikhael Bariznikov’s film debut), Isadora, the disco favorite Saturday Night Fever, and Flashdance, with the famous wet t-shirt dancing of the luscious Jennifer Beals. These and other fine videos and DVDs are available at Cinema Paradiso Video Rental, Packing Shed Corner, Porter & Gay Streets, Washington, 6753410. Open Tuesday Sunday, hours vary seasonally. * Naomi and Herb, aging but Hip movie buffs, live in Rappahannock County, and prefer to remain anonymous. Virginia Auto Group Our Guaranteed Financing We Rent Cars, Trucks & Vans. 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PUE-2002-00419 On December 29, 2000, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative ("Rappahannock" or the "Cooperative"), filed an application for State Corporation Commission ("Commission") approval of the Cooperative's plan for functional separation of its electric generation, retail transmission, and distribution assets as required by § 56-590 of the Virginia Electric Utility Restructuring Act (the "Act"), chapter 23 (§ 56-576 et seq.) of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia, and the Commission's Regulations Governing the Functional Separation of Incumbent Electric Utilities Under the Virginia Electric Utility Restructuring Act (the "Functional Separation Rules"), 20 VAC 5-20210 et seq., adopted in Case No. PUA-2000-00029. On December 18, 2001, the Commission issued its Final Order approving Rappahannock's application. Ordering paragraph number three (3) of the abovementioned Final Order directed Rappahannock to "provide tariffs and terms and conditions of service to the Division of Energy Regulation that conform to this Order and all applicable Commission Rules and Regulations one hundred and fifty (150) days prior to its implementation of retail choice." I On August 2, 2002, pursuant to ordering paragraph number three (3) of the Commission's Final Order, Rappahannock filed tariffs and terms and conditions of service with the Division of Energy Regulation in anticipation of commencing retail access in its retail service territory on January 1,2003. Rappahannock's filings include: (1) Rappahannock Electric Cooperative - Unbundled Tariffs and Rate Schedules for All Customer Classes, (2) Rappahannock Electric Cooperative - Terms and Conditions for Providing Electric Service, and (3) Rappahannock Electric Cooperative - Competitive Service Provider Coordination Tariff, including: Competitive Service Provider Agreement, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Trading Partner Agreement, Transmission Customer Designation Form, CSP Dispute Resolution Procedure and Aggregator Agreement. Also, pursuant to the Commission's Final Order in Case No. PUE-2001 -00306, Rappahannock also submitted its Adjusted Market Rate and Competitive Transition Charges Calculation. A copy of the above-referenced application is available for inspection during regular business hours at the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, First Floor, Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the application by making a written request to counsel for Rappahannock, John A. Pirko, Esquire, LeClair Ryan, 4201 Dominion Boulevard, Suite 200, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060. Comments on the application must be submitted in writing to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218, on or before September 3, 2002. Requests for hearing also must be submitted in writing to the Clerk on or before September 3, 2002* Requests for a hearing shall state why a hearing is necessary and why such issues cannot be adequately addressed in written comments.AII correspondence shall refer to Case No. PUE-2002-00419. A copy of any comments or requests for hearing shall also be sent to counsel for Rappahannock, at the address set forth above. 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I color. religion, sex. handicap, familial status or national oft: gn, or intention to make any such references, (imitations Of j§flfeortmlna*on. i 5 Additionally, the Commonwealth of Virginia forbids diecrtmmatton based on eldertmess, parenthood, or itWmdicep. | we wii not knowingly accept any advertising tor real 1 estate which is In violation of the law Alt persons are hereby Informed that aU dwellings advertised are available ran equal opportunity basis. *y% Rontol* ( Houses l V ' CASTLETON AREA- 3br ( house. $850/mo. Call Wanda 540-635-9753 COUNTRY SETTING: Vi mile from Purcellville. 3 BR. 1 BA, no pets. $1500/mo. + util. & dep. Call 540-454-2272. GORE/ VA -4 BR, 3 BA. like new on 5 acres. 12 mi West of Winchester S1200/mo. Sec. & lease 540-877-2988. HAYMKT.4 BR. Colonial. 3 Vs BA. 2 car grg. DR, LR.1 acre. CAC, fin, bsmnt, scr.prch $1950/ mo. 540-554-2514. HOUSE FOR RENT Rappahannock County, near Sperryville. 3 BR, 2 BA. living room, eat-in kit., family room, lg.. basement.2 fpls, central AC. separate workshop, very small barn, on 2 acres w/beautiful views. $900/mo. Sec dep. & refs 540-547-3993. RAPPAHANNOCK Just outside Little Washington. sitting high on a hill overlooking the Rush River Cute 2 BR, 2BA farmhouse with pine floors, gas FP, CAC. Avail immed. 4WD recommended. Pets considered Owner/ Broker. 540-675-4901 or sherry snyder @ starband,net. ! SMALL REMODELED, 2 . BR. grain house, farm i in Rappahannock Co., 15 mm from Warrenton. $800/mo 540-937-5160 i SPERRYVILLE (NEAR): 4 rm tenant house, i nice views, river, secluded. $750 mo Ref. | req. 540-987-8445, aff ter 6pm. I WATERFORD AREA: 3 ; BR. 2 BA house w/ | bsmnt on quiet road in country $1300. 1 horse I stall avail. 540-882-3231. | WATERFORD: ENTIRE l ground fir, country home, 2 BR, 1 BA, I appl. $950/mo. Call 540-882-3686 ee Rental* ! Rooms v-/ s MIDDLEBURG, NO pets/ ■ smkrs, furn/unfurn, new home, 2 rms priv bath. > W/D. $900/mo 703628-4822 Classified Ads Work Call 347-4222 ENTREVILLE: Room for rent in 3 level luxury townhouse Convenient to 66, Metro park-nride. George Mason Univ., shopping. Very nice, quiet neighborhood. (703)449-1460. 80 s_ Rentals ;LINT HILL. Renov. store bldg avail immed 738 sf + 2 stor. rms, office, kit.,' heat/AC. Possibilities. 540-675-7171. r -v m Vacation - W Rant :LINT HILL: Newly rest historic cottage, 2BR, 2BA, fully equip, beaut mtn views on 100 acre farm. 540-675-9921 or 703-698-0740. ro BE BUILT! Beautiful 4BR. 2 5 BA, 2 car attached garage, full unfinished basement, on lovely 3+ acre lot, Rixeyville area. $275,000. Call 1-800-342-4226 or 540-439-3808 ask for Linda, owner/agent, Helm Real Estate. 133 Lota * Acreage LAND WANTED for retirement home. 25+ wooded ac., bonus for stream. Referrals rewarded. 703-631-2040. LAND WANTED IN Rappahannock County for home, 3+ acres east of Flint Hill. 540-937-3309. V/ Buildings for Lease: Warehouse: a 6,000,6,600 a 9,987 sf Office: #600. 1700, 3,600sf Office Warehouse: a 72.701 sf Buildings for Sale: a 7,739 sf 1-story, 2 ac, $385,000 a 18,615 sf office, 2 bldgs $1,500,000 VINT HILL business Park 540-347-6965 888-448-4332 Your Ad Could be HERE Call Today 347-4222 Pets THE FAUQUIER SPCA STRAY ANIMALS 540-788-9000 Visit our homepage at www.fauquierspca.com e-mail spca@erols.com for a complete and up to date listing 188 Vint Hill Business Park ■ Finished commercial building sites for sale • Infrastructure in place. • Lots accommodate buildings from 13,000 to 200,000 sq. ft •Tech Park community includes recreational amenities & residential • Avail. Spring 2002 Millennium Realty Advisers LLC Doug Eliot 703-960-9063 t——208 Auctions ^ --- AUCTION Thursday, August 22,2002, 5:00 PM Rappahannock County Public School Bus Shop 6 School house Road Bill Payne, auctioneer AUTOMOBILES: • 1985 Chevrolet, 4DR, SDN: parts • 1985 Chevrolet, Bus (in running condition' • 1986 Chevrolet, 4DR, SDN: parts • 1986 SAAB, 4DR, SDN: parts • 1987 Nissan, 2DR, SDN: parts • 2- 1985 Fords, 4DR, SDN: parts • 1988 Chevrolet, Bus, (in running condition • 1990 Chevrolet, 4DR, SDN: parts • 1992 Ford, 4DR, SDN: parts Ftefridger Ammana Terr A Sure: blk. side t side, indoor water & ici like new. $850 70: 748-2179 Fauquier Times-Democrat ADS WORK Call 347-4222 AMISSVILLE S/24. 8-2. Rt 211.9 mis W of Warr to Wildwood Forest subd. follow signs. 15155 Aiken Ct. Huge Barn Sale Frl., Sat & Sun 8-23, 24, & 25 9-4 Slate Mills Road, (707) near Rt 231 Sperryvllle, VA Antiques! Old Stuff! HORSES BOARDEDRapp. Co. Trails, xcountry course, jumping ring, retired horses & lay-ups. 540-987-9203 BOOTS: WESTERN & work boots from Justir Double-H, Nocona, Texas, Dan Po6t, Sage, Abilene, Dingo. Happy Trails Western Wear, Bealeton, 540-4391395 DIRECTV MINI-SATELLITE DISH 1 RECEIVERS $1.00 or 2 RECEIVERS $9.99 ml FREE WSTALL Local channels nowavaiatte! We beat all advertised prices. New subscribers only. Call for details 1-800-459-7357 F-11 WESTERN WEAR: Head-to-toe for entire family. Bailey. Resistol, Stetson, Wrangler, Rockies, RoughRider. \ Happy Trails Western I Wear, Bealeton. 540j 439-1395 WRANGLER JEANS, P 13MWZ, 0936 DEN. y Popular sizes in stock. *■ Special orders invited. Happy Trails Western Wear, Bealeton. 540-4391395 Classified Ads Work Call 347-4222 n,i 1 Rappahannock Animal Welfare League Landfill, Rt 639, East of Amissville Daily 8 00 a m. - 12:00 Noon, except dosed Wed. A Sun These wonderful dogs need a good home! dowm ; uizmo "Bowie" is a fun loving, blue eyed, 3-4 yr old neutered bassett mix. He loves children "Gizmo" is a happy, good netured 5-6 yr old neutered plott hound. He does tricks, i.e, catches his treats in the air and gets along well with other dogs. 540-937-3336 or 540-937-3283 (voice mail) —--— r~-v 273M. v ■ -L J DACHSHUNDS, AKC. standard, wire haired pups, champion pedigree, $500. Plus several retired show dogs avail. 540-373-2269 PUPPIES- Husky mix, $250; Australian Shep. mix, 200, PkaPoo, $400; Cain Terr; Jack Russel mix, $300,540-956-1841. /T—....1.T\ 294 Giveaways V FREE MULCH- For gardens- U Haul, 4mi. off Rte 29 on Rte 651 16860 Sumerduck Rd, Remington, VA. 540439-2607 350 RutiMil • VINYL SIDING •SEEMLESS GUTTERS • FINISH BASEMENTS • CUSTOM DECKS 540-825-4181 NEED MONEY??? Loans from $100 to $500 Online www.callusforcash.com. 1-866-819-8162 Loans by County Bank, Rehoboth Beach, DE Member FDIC. Equal Opportunity Lender STOP FORECLOSURE!! Behind on your mortgage? Don't File Bankruptcy We can help you save your home. Guaranteed Service. 800-915-9704 Ext. 225 “U.S. Mortgage Assistance^ (375 Mom* I Hoalthcar* HOME MEDICAL EQUIP: 3-1 toilet, 2 shower chairs, walker, bed w/trapeeze, lift chair. 540-937-7707. (-------\ Legal Notices .i_i___ 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 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 7:00 PM in the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia, in order to consider the following application: SE #02-08-01 James E. Yates, III, owner of .9192 acre in Wakefield District, known as the old Foster’s Packing Shed (Tax Map 13, Parcel 89, zoned ‘A’ - Agricultural) desires a Special Exception permit for an adaptive use of an existing structure - to use the old packing shed as a woodworking shop by his tenant, Ed Steshoski. Use allowed under Section 170-36H of the Rappahannock County Code; additional standards in Section 17069B. 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 August 21, 2002 at 7:30 PM 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 S-07, 8-14, 8-21-02_#445978 385 * TOTAL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE • lawn mowing • trimming • mulching • landscape design • planting • pruning CURRIN LAWN CARE 540-547-9788 391 MUc. Sarvicaa SEWING & ALTERATIONS Call Karyl Bailey at 540-675-2950 Ads Work Call a Rep Today Call 347-4222 (---^ 400 Adaption i v_ J LOVING, DEVOTED, yet childless mixed-Asian/ Caucasian couple seeks to adopt a baby. Can pay legal/ medical expenses. Call toll-tree 866-213-4971. CADILLAC CATERA 98: 33 k mi., sunroof, leather int., CD, elec, windows/seats. $16000/ OBO. 703-433-2696. FORD E150 CONVERSION Van '88. fully loaded, tow pkg. excel cond. 130K, $3500 OBO. 540-788-9767 JEEP CHEROKEE, 98, 4x4, white, at, ac, PW, PL, CD, cruise, new tires. 74K, $7500, 540825-5118 Labor Day Deadlines Deadline: Friday, August 30th for September 4th issue OFFICE CLOSED: Monday September 2, 2002 To place a Classified ad Tel: 703-777-1110 1-800-852-4797 Fax: 703-689-1278 TimesCommunity.com

napfjqi igi n nit >---> 60S WwwIHm _ > NISSAN 96 SENTRA GXE. auto. AC. AM FM cass. PW. PL. jusl turned 100K miles asking $3995 Call Wayne or Chris evenings at 540-822-9345 SATURN SC1 94 Pwr sunroof. PL. PW. 2 dr., plum. 5 spd . 78 K mi.. AM'FMCass $3,100 703-625-8438 2001 PROWLER LYNX Ultralite. 829S. 29 trailer. AC, micro. CD. sips 7-8, like new $13,700 540-341-7045 Construction Heavy Equip. SKY TRAC 6036, 1996. Forklift. 2700 hrs, foam filled tires, excel cond $32,000 540-788-4185 703-898-3939 r~—--> 640 Motorcycles V_ J HARLEY DAVIDSON '96. 1200. black hwy pegs, Buckhorn handle bars. Screaming Eagle Pipes. $7250. 540-9375454 LAND ROVER '96 54K mis, fully loaded, new inspection, clean, excel cond. white w taupe Ither. int. $13,900 540439-1995 675 Trucks/ Pickups CHEVY SILVERADO '99 PS, PB. AT, Z71 pkg, 124K mis, $13,500 Excel cond. 540-439-2716 or 540-829-0332 ask for Phil CHEVY S10 '83 rebuilt engine, runs great, 5sp $1000. 540349-5954 DODGE CARAVAN '95. runs great, new transmission, $3750/OBO. 703-727-2481 or 540687-3879 Auto Mechanic Must have license. • LINE MECHANIC Salary & commission, excellent benefits. Come grow with us Mike Ryan Marshall Ford 540-364-1548 AUTO ★TOW TRUCK DRIVER Experienced Good pay! 540-347-9687 Barn Position Part-time, feeding mucking, & general care of field hunters. References required. 540-788-3988 Certified Nursing Assistant Join the team that cares!! Reliable, experienced (home care experience preferred but not required), flexible, CNA needed. Local travel required. PRN positions available immediately. Competitive pay, excellent working environment and benefits. Call Hospice of i the Rapldan, 540-825-4840, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM weekdays. Counter I Clerk FT, Amissville location, customer service, light accounting, fetirees welcome. < 540-937-2300 * ask for Rob ! It took 6 YEARS ; to graduate. Find ' a job in about > 6 MINUTES. ;• Times Classified 347-4222 ;wb c*g ^MWThw ' f mil mi-■ V- V Country Cate Positions available Waitstaff Tuesday - Saturday _. *p - 9P Dishwashers PT Kitchen Asst. PT Apply within: Country Cate 389A Main Street Washington, VA 540-675-1066 Dry cleaners counter & floor staff for am & pm shifts 540-347-5400 ELECTRICIAN Established No. Va Contr. seeks Journeyman for comm'! work in Warrenton. Must have 5 yrs. exp., own tools and transportation. Top pay. 401K plan, vacation/holiday pay. and benefits. Call Mon. — Fri. 703-242-5454 LiUVtHNMtNT POSTAL JOBS $18.35/hr. Wildlife Jobs $21.60/hr. Paid Training, Full Benefits. No Experience necessary. Application and exam information. Toll free 1-888-778-4266 ext. 151 GROOMER NEEDED for new Warrenton shop must have own equipment, be able to scissor and work on common breeds. Prefer local groomer. Must be reliable. Contact IIIH@starband.net or 540-349-8719 LABORERS I 12/Hour No experience necessary. Opportunity for energetic, motivated people to work outdoors. Please Call: 1-866-952-1757 Pis Iv area code when calling. LIVE-IN CARE GIVER/ AIDE for elderly lady. Room & board plus salary. Good references required. Amissville area. 540-937-3837 540-349-3366 MANAGERS We're looking for friendly ' individuals who want to make a difference as Area Managers & Maintenance Supervisors in our Gainesville Branch. Great advantages of joining the TruGreen LandCare team include excel, benefits. • Area Manager - 4yr. horticultural exper. req. • Mantenance StpervBors expenence preferred, but wit train. If you’re lookrg for a career w/ krotern potential, this is l For consideration, call Sandy Eddinger in Gainesville at: 703-968-9549 EOE/M/M/F/D/V OFFICE CLERICAL Position available working with public in busy offiqe. Ability to operate computer, wait counter and general clerical skills. Send resume to: Position Opening P.O, Box 37 Washington, VA 22747 by 8/29/02 - WEMMU Aquarium Dept person needed. F/T & long-term. Eventually responsible for all aspects of fish room including great customer service. Also have FT & PT retail positions available for quality applicants. Pets, etc. Leesburg 703-771-7347 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE! CALL TODAY TO PLACE YOUR AD! 540-347-4222 OR FAX 540-349-8676 RECEPT10MST/ ADMMSTRATTVE ASSISTANT Moseley Architects office in Warrenton is seeking Admin. Assistant Duties to include strong writing, verbal, and computer skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks with minimum supervision. Qualified candidates reply to: mferri@ moselev architects.com or fax: 540-351-0031 SALES ASSISTANT ADVERTISING SALES Excellent ground floor opportunity1 Premiere Northern Virginia newspaper group seeks bright, articulate, selfstarter with excellent communications skills to join the classified advertising department of 18 award-winning publications Your work will be centered on supporting the sales team located in our Leesburg office General office skills and computer knowledge necessary $11 per hour + commission Benefits include medical; dental. 401K Please contact and or send resume to Celina McPhail. Ass t Classified Mgr Fax: 703 689 1278 or CMcphail@timespapers com SALES PERSON HondaYamaha MotorcycleA TV Dealership seeks motivated FT salesperson. Base salary + commission comp, to previous exp. Health ins. avail. Great earnings potential. 540-379-5852 Fauquier Times-Democrat: Where the Readers Are! Call Today 540-347-4222 SHOP manager; TECHNICIAN wanted to run truck accessory and trailer repair shop. Must have mechanical and managerial experience. Gainesville, VA 703-754-4202 VET TECHS The Emergency Vet Clinic in Vienna has several openings for LVT's and experienced assistants to staff our 24 hour facility. Fax resume to: 703^281-0149 WAITSTAFF DISHWASHER COOK All Shifts Call 540-347-3047 or stop by The Frost Diner 55 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA $3,200 WEEKLY! Mailing 800 brochures' Guaranteed1 Free supplies postage1 Mail LSASE Celebrity Mailers. 16625 Redmond Way #M233-C-6. Redmond. WA 98052. www celebritymailers.com BUYING? SELLING? Fauquier TimesDemocrat Classified s Have It! Call TODAY. 540-347-4222 ■UKiffjiSCTllM Northern Virginia Drilling has •GROUTER VIRGINIA STABLE & FARM COUPLE Opening for a couple to manage family stable, personal office and assist Farm Manager on large farm near Middleburg, VA. Proficient in Windows, Microsoft Office and Internet applications. Expenence required. Free home provided. Top salary and benefits. Fax to: (703) 478-6691 Or email teinarson@timespapers.com RELATIONSHIP BANKERS BB&T is currently seeking a Relationship Banker to proactively initiate, develop and manage long term relationships with an assigned client base in the Flint Hill, Warrenton and Front Royal areas. Responsibilities include daily client contact, primary contact for client problem resolution and service inquiries and internal referrals. Must have a Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. We offer an excellent benefits package and salary. Qualified candidates can call Kari Dorsey for an interview at (540) 535-4048, fax resume to (540) 535-4067 or e-mail resume to kdorsey@bbandt.com BB&T _ EOE M/F/D/V REIMBURSEMENT SPECIALIST #3-19-01 FT in Fauquier. Knowledge of insurance billing, office procedures, computer operation/word processing, some evening hours included. Ability to handle stressful environment. $19,744. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TECHNICIAN #122-13 On-call and hourly positions available to monitor client activities, conduct drug screens & perform related tasks. Exp in human services. $9.64p/hr TRANSIT OPERATOR #3-3-01 On-call positions available to transport consumers & deliver meals. Good driving record. $7 65 p/hr RAPPAHANNOCK RAPIDAN iJlii COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD Please apply with RRCSB application by 8:30 am, Monday, September 9, 2002 to: Human Resources, P.O. Box 1568, Culpeper, VA 22701 540-825-3100. TDD: 540-825-7391 EEO/AA YARD PERSON Position available. STOP COMMUTING and join Theros Equipment in Gainesville, VA, one of the area’s fastest growing construction equipment rental suppliers is seeking selfmotivated, hard working employee with a good attitude. Good pay, benefits, 401K, health, etc. Call John or Brian at 540-347-3291 BANQUET STAFF FT/PT (6:00 AM TO 2;3<) PM) Airlie Conference Center offers competitive wages and excellent benefits including health and dental insurance, paid vacation, 401K plan and tuition reimbursement for full-time employees. Airlie Center is an equal opportunity employer Please apply in person to: Airlie Center 6809 Airlie Rd. Warrenton, VA 20187 540-347-1300 4 c*MTwm CULINARY OR PASTRY DINING ROOM DISHWASHER HOUSKEEPER RESERVATIONS RETAIL The Inn at Little Washington Work at a double five-star, double five-diamond Inn with one of the best chefs and most professional staffs in the restaurant world today. Located 70 miles west of Washington DC. Fax resume to: 540.6753100 or e-mail apelot@theinnatlittlewashington.com The Inn At Little Washington POB 300, Washington, VA 22747 Whether you are selling or buying, browsing or creating, looking or booking*classified has it all!

Children right at home in world of robotics By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer Jaclyn Dixon, age 11, is a newcomer to Rappahannock and a newcomer to robotics. Although new to the world of robotics she has recently worked with one of its most well-known scientists. On Aug. 12 she and the members of the First Lego League (FLL) team from Culpeper participated in an urban search and rescue workshop which w-as part of the Annual Naval-Industry Research and Development Partnership Conference. The workshop and conference took place at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, DC. FLL is an international robotics program for nine to 14 year-old students. A team uses Lego pieces to design, construct and program a robot. The goal is to “captivate kids’ interest in science and technology as they master the dynamics of teamwork and problem solving.” This handful of children along with a First Lego League team from Quantico was sitting with and surrounded by over 100 business, industry and military leaders. At the beginning, they felt ever so slightly out of place. They started feeling more comfortable as Dr. Robin Murphy, the lead roboticist at the World Trade Center disaster and Director of the Center for Robot Assisted Search & Rescue <CRASAR), spoke to the audience about her use of small portable robots which could seek out heat, light, motion and flesh colors. She had begun focussing her work on the kind of robot which could go where humans and dogs could not after the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Within a few hours of the WTC attack, Dr. Murphy, three graduate students and their six search-and-rescue robots drove non-stop from the University of South Florida to Ground Zero. It would be the first application of search-andrescue robots in a real disas Photo courtesy of Mary Dixon STARS: Jaclyn Dixon (on the far right) poses with her friends Jake Maloy, Tom Flaherty, Dr. Robin Murphy and Katharine Flaherty after the successful Search and Rescue Robotics workshop on Aug. 12 in Washington, D.C. ter. Jaclyn and her friends in the First Lego League would get a cht nee to meet and work with Dr. Murphy. They would also get to “play” with the robots brought by several graduate students from MIT and Carnegie Mellon. As soon as Dr. Murphy finished her presentation, the young robotosists broke away from the adults and were given the challenge. Using the seven shoebox-sized robots equipped with camera “eyes” and a cardboard environment brought by the graduate students, they were to rescue the “victims” of an urban disaster. The environment was a maze of buildings with infrared “bodies” buried under the rubble. To do this they had to assess the terrain, make decisions about how to proceed, select the appropriate robots for the tasks and then program and reprogram the robots. And they had to work together. At the end of the two or three hour “preparation” the children’s robots were put to the test. The disaster environment was in one room. The children were safely away in another room, at the computer, guiding their programmed robots through buildings, around dangerous areas and toward the victims. Essentially the children went through the same process with these robots as Dr. Murphy had with her experimental robots at the WTC. According to Dr. Murphy, the purpose of the three-day conference was to get government, industry and academia working together. Dr Murphy put it very simply in a telephone interview on the day of the event: “With this industry/research partnership, we’re trying to get this stuff out of the labs so that it can be useful.” As important to her was the workshop with the children. “They are the future,” she said and she felt it was terribly important to get them interested in science. “How do you use things that you’ve never thought about before? It’s all about creativity.” In keeping with that, she pointed out that the children were able to come up with several better solutions to the problem than the graduate students had. The children were able to “see” the better solution. She also spoke about Jaclyn and the number of girls Low-cost health insurance available By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer The start of the school year marks a major outreach effort on the part of Governor Mark Warner and his administration to increase enrollment in the Virginia Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) program. FAMIS is funded by both the state and federal government and it provides low-cost health insurance for children of working families. Currently in Rappahannock there are 45 children enrolled in the program. It is the goal of the Warner administration to increase that number by reaching all of the children who qualify. Governor Warner brought attention to the enrollment problems at the end of the school year last year during the ceremonial bill signing of the two house bills (HB 1062 and HB 790) designed to fix the problem. He said that the “tangle of red tape and paperwork” was getting in the way of getting the children of low income families signed up. “According to a recent state report, Virginia has had to return approximately $56 million in unspent child insurance funds to the federal government since 2000. That is fiscally wrong, and it is morally wrong.” The first of these bills (HB 1062) requires that the Department of Medical Services (DMAS) start using the school lunch program and the Women, Infant, Children (WIC) program to help determine additional children who might be eligible for FAMIS. In Rappahannock part of that outreach program will begin at the elementary school on the first day of school when a yellow flyer with information about FAMIS will be included in the back-to-school packets. There is currently information on FAMIS as well as application forms at the Department of Social Services on Gay Street in Washington. For additional information visit www.famis.org or contact the Department of Social Services at 675-3313. Pilot From Page B1 on file. The pilot is told who has weapons on board and the flight attendant is supposed to know. He also figured that it would be years out before the cockpit could incorporate everything inside so that the pilot would not ever need to come out. , ' The cockpit cant ever be secure if the pilot needs to open the door and come out during a flight. He feels that the vast majority of pilots want the option of being armed. Chris Wheatley from Amissville, flies with United and acknowledged that his union is in favor of the legisla tion reported out by the House to allow pilots the option of arming themselves. (In answer to a question he clarified that individual members didn’t vote; their representatives did.) For him personally it would be a hassle and one more thing to get harassed over — another piece of the puzzle to deal with and remember to pack. He figured that 50 percent of the pilots were probably gung ho and the other 50 percent were like him. He thought the tasers (like stem guns) were okay. United pilots have all been trained on them, they’re nonlethal and they would stay in the plane. “Those are a nice last ditch effort, especially with the reinforced doors.” t He just felt that guns were a security nightmare. -----... . ; . .. I" . . , , . ' im ?<■■■' . , r V. , v;<7,-> ' .. • ■ ' ■■ ' 4: x-] f-: ■ :/V ; - N >■** :* Real Estate Directory E • r*r; Real estate transactions The following real estate transactions were recorded recently at the Rappahannock Clerk's Office on Gay Street in Washington. Steven C. Ellis to Joseph A. Miller and wife, lots 19 and 20, section 3, Rappahannock Park, Jackson District. $22,000. Marie A. Brown and others to Hieronymus M. Niessen and wife, 147 acres, Hampton District. $650,000. present at the workshop. (Dr. Murphy estimated that of the 20 to 30 participating, over half were girls.) In her opinion “girls will be more drawn to science (and robots) when they can see the societal good that can come from it.” Jaclyn was glad her team got to work on the search and rescue mission and not on the police action maze that the Quantico team wanted. This “competition” was new for Jaclyn but not for the other members of the Ice Fragments, the name of the FLL team that she had just joined. They had placed tenth at the second annual FLL National Invitational Event in April and they’re gearing up for a new season. For more information about FLL go to www.usfirst.org. lb find more information about the Culpeper team (which is looking for a sponsor) e-mail pgflaherty@adelphia.net. For more information about Dr. Robin Murphy and CRASAR visit www.crasar.org. 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