Rappahannock News, September 5, 2002

; If'"' • v... : ^ . .«• r Rappahannock County’s Family Newspaper Since 1877 124th Year... No. 36 Phone (540)675-3338 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2002 www.timescommunity.com 50 cents 2S:» g°lS f ! sl«* win ST kt i X M X X X X X X X X vxNiaarn Service of remembrance slated for Sept 11 at Trinity Church Washington Baptist and Trinity Episcopal churches invite the community to a service of prayer and remembrance with special music on this first anniversary. The service will be at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Church in Washington. A reception will precede the service at 7 p.m. “Please join us for this important moment in our common life. We especially invite all public safety workers to join us,” said organizers. PC Chairman at public forum Chairman Tom Junk will discuss the County Comprehensive Ran review process on Sept 16 from 7:30 to 8 p.m. at the Rappahannock Library. The Planning Commission initiated the review at its August meeting and intends to conduct public meetings in each District beginning in October. The public is invited to attend, take part in the discussion and receive information about how they can be a participant in the review process during the next several months. RLEP is sponsoring this public forum as a community service. For information, contact Bob Lander at 987-8504. Headwaters Board to meet The September board of directors meeting for Headwaters, the Rappahannock County Public Education Foundation, will take place Monday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Extension Office. The meeting is open to the public. Representative to visit the Town Mrs. Donna Crowley, a representative of Congressman Frank Wolf, will visit the town of Washington on Thursday, Sept. 19. She will be at the Rappahannock County Extension Office from 2 to 3 p.m. Mrs. Crowley will be available to talk with constituents who need assistance or have problems of a Federal nature, such as with the Social Security Administration, Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, etc. Happenings • Wednesday, Sept. 4 the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors will meet at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock Courthouse. • Friday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m., RAAC presents the film “Monsoon Wedding” at The Theatre on Gay Street in Washington. • Tuesday, Sept. 10 the Rappahannock School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Band Room at RCHS. • Wednesday, Sept. 11 the Washington Town Council will 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) Football 2002 Photo courtesy of David Clanagan The first RCHS freshman team at practice. See additional photos and story on A-5 and make sure to attend the first home football game on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. The growing deficit and its impact on Rappahannock By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer “Everyone is worried.” Bob Anderson, member of the Board of Supervisors representing StonewallHawthorne, could have been speaking for all of the supervisors and all members of the school board and all of the state agencies which serve Rappahannock. Helen Williams,- interim Superintendent of Schools, said, “of course we’re worried.” She said it didn’t sound like there would be cuts in this year’s school budget, which is set. The cutting would be next year’s problems — the 2003- 2004 bienniem. “Local governments, local citizenry are certainly going to feel the pain,” stated Senate Finance Committee Chairman John H. Chichester (R-Stafford). The growing deficit in Virginia has Governor Mark Warner and leaders of both political parties in the General Assembly talking about very visible cuts in services. Seven months ago in January the new Governor and the General Assembly began working to close the $3.8 billion budget shortfall (insufficient revenue to pay for spending commitments). They were able to balance the budget with cuts of seven and eight percent on state agencies and programs, the elimination of 3,000 state employees, tuition increases on students attending our state colleges and universities — just to name three of the hundreds of areas. The revenues have continued to decline. Three weeks ago Governor Warner announced an additional $1.5 billion shortfall in revenues. That amounts to “a budget problem equal to $750 for each and every resident of Virginia — a total Of $5.3 billion dollars.” More cuts have been announced. Across the board reductions in spending will be required — even in programs traditionally considered off the table. By Sept. 20 all state agencies will submit plans for reducing their budgets further by seven percent, 11 percent and 15 percent. The Governor acknowledged that these reductions will have “clear impacts and consequences on citizens, local governments, agencies and employees.” How is Rappahannock affected? There are many people in Rappahannock who are employed by the state or who work in offices which are funded in part by the state. These offices and people provide services to citizens of Rappahannock; those services will certainty be cut unless other sources of revenue are found. All five of our elected constitutional officers and their offices will “Taste of Rappahannock” prints aid public schools By Richard Bull Special to the Rappahannock News Headwaters, The Rappahannock County Public Education Foundation, has obtained a limited edition of eight prints of this cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winner Jeff MacNelly and is selling them in conjunction with its annual fund raiser. Headwaters’ mission is to foster educational excellence by cultivating the cooperative spirit and resources of the whole community to benefit all students. Proceeds from the sale of the prints (and from the sold-out “Taste of Rappahannock” evening on Sept. 14 ) will support Headwaters’ many projects directly enhancing the education of our county children. This year these projects include: • Investigating the state formula for funding public schools • Employing a fund raiser/grant writer to raise private and institutional funds for the schools • Adding capacity to the High School Guidance Department • Providing staff for the Starfish Mentoring Program • Awarding grants to teachers for classroom projects • Educating citizens about issues affecting the schools Prints of the MacNelly cartoon are on display and sale at the Long View Gallery in Sperryville and at the Taste Of Rappahannock on the night of the event. They can also be ordered through Headwaters by telephone, 675-1819 or e-mail headwtrs@shentel.net. The framed print (19” x 25”) is $500, unframed (13” x 19”) $350, with additional shipping charges if mailed of $30 and $15, respectively. be affected: Diane Bruce, Clerk of the Court, Beverly Atkins, Commissioner of the Revenue, Peter Luke, Commonwealth Attorney, Frances Foster, Treasurer, and Larry Sherertz, Sheriff. They are all state employees. The Health Department and the Department of Social Services are state agencies. The Probation Officer, and Clerk of the General District and Juvenile Domestic Relations District Court are state employees. The Registrar of Voters and that office is a state agency. The Community Services Board provides critical assistance in some of the neediest areas: mental health, mental retardation, substance abuse, area on aging, group homes for the mentally retarded and for the seriously mentally ill, the Senior Citizen Site, home-delivered meals for the homebound. It has already been hit by two cuts and the Board is preparing plans as required for five, seven, 11 and 15 percent budget cuts. The Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) with an office and See DEFICIT, Page A8 Remembering the Civil War Photo courtesy of Don Audette Re-enactors will be back in Sperryville on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21 and 22 for the fourth annual Sperryville Civil War Days. The 17th Virginia regiment’s “Old Dominion Rifles," shown here at last year's event, will return to camp in the village and engage in drills and a skirmish, along with Union re-enactors and an artillery battery. The weekend also features Civil War music, authors and a street fair along historic Main Street. For more information or to set up a booth call The Old Sperryville Bookshop at 987-8444. Global climate forecast and ns By Gerald Ochs Rappahannock News Writer It’s no joke. At the rates of temperature change forecast for the coming centuries, Rappahannock County could find itself with the climate of southern Florida. Scientists expect that average global surface temperatures will rise 1 to 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the next fifty years, 2.2 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit in the next century and, unless greenhouse gas levels are reduced, the rate of temperature increase will continue to accelerate to the point at which our climate will become unrecognizable. That 10 degree increase will give us the present day climate of places like Augusta, Georgia, Los Angeles, California, or Columbia, South Carolina and, with the increases likely by 2150, we could have balmy Miami nights here in downtown Sperryville. The increasing global temperatures will also cause increases in evaporation, which in turn will lead to reduced soil moisture levels and increased precipitation. Unfortunately, precipitation increases may not prove beneficial because it is likely that precipitation will occur in fewer higher energy storms, leading to more runoff, greater likelihood of flooding, and poorer opportunities for long-term soil moisture level improvements. While it is true that scientists do not fully understand what the geographic distribution of such changes will be, few dispute the fact that these changes are not only coming, but they have begun. The bottom line for Rappahannock County—and all other agricultural regions on Earth—is that climatic change is in the wind and must be accommodated. It might not be all bad, especially if local water resources hold, because U. S. agriculture does have the wherewithal to adapt. We have the technology and capital to change—unlike the developing countries—and the agricultural base in this country is efficient enough to sustain our own See CLIMATE, Page A8

Johanna Day at Arena Stage By Gerald Ochs Rappahannock News Writer ■ Tony-nominee and Rappahannock-grown actress Johanna Day is back in the limelight, this time in a play at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Working with the comedy-performance troupe Culture Clash (Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza) in Anthems: Culture Clash in the District, Johanna Day and the other ensemble members provide a glimpse of the extraordinary stories of ordinary people after the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon. Written by Culture Clash’s Richard Montoya and directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, the play has been called “screamingly funny, emotionally stirring, utterly unforgettable.” The play’s first act opens on a golf course in Arlington on Sept. 11, 2001, where a group of Federal bureaucrats witness the crash of an airplane into the Pentagon, and then follows the search for the anthems of the nation’s capitol. Using adaptations of actual interviews conducted after the events of that day, the dialogue reveals the thoughts and perspectives of the City's “rear people, and uncovers multiple anthems that define Washington, D.C. and its residents. Anthems: Culture Clash in the District is scheduled to run from Aug. 30 to Oct. 3 at Arena Stage's Kreeger Theater, and tickets range in price from $35 to $53. For reservations or additional information, call Arena Stage at 202488-3300. DAMAGE? Call Blue Ridge Roofing for free estimates 540-631-0666 u L L Y I N S u R E D vV. 05 — “V_ '-;S N Excavating • Landscaping d Home Improvements • d Tree Service Quality Work SATISFACTION GUARANTEE TO ALL CUSTOMERS 540-987-9048 L I C E N S E D Virginia Auto Group Our Guaranteed Financing No Credit Check No Co-Signer No Credit • No Problem Pay by Credit Card MasterCard • Visa ‘Discover • Am Express We Rent Cars, Trucks & Vans, Reasonable Rates, No Credit Card needed Down Pay merits st|trt $400 Warrenton By-Pass 540-347-7446 Under New Management ■Yes! □ Please enter my new I I subscription to: J Happahannock NeuS | Subscription Rates By ■ Rappahannock....$21.w>/yeaf''*^ j Elsewhere in the U.S.$27.°°/year Name Address Citv_ State Zip, I I I Mail subscriptions arc payable in advance. Make check or money order payable to: | Rappahannock Ntuts, P.O. Box 59, Washington, VA 22747 | This form may also be used for -;ST I CHANGE OF ADDRESS | Old Address: New Address: 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, RO. Box 59, Washington, Virginia 22747. Water quality at Clevenger’s (Part 4) By Don Audette Special to the'Rappahannock News Development raises havoc with trees, soil, and surface water, the three natural cleansing agents of water pollution. Trees are cut down and their mitigating effect on acid rain and low-level ozone is lost. Earth is moved around and reshaped. Topsoil needed to process pollutants and nutrients is disturbed, and replacement sod or seeding requires lawn chemicals. Other soil is covered over by buildings, roads, and parking lots, resulting in polluted runoff when it rains. Streams become burdened with this polluted mixture. As the natural lines of defense on water quality go by the board, they are replaced by man-made constraints designed to handle water pollution. For government and businesses, this takes the form of laws and regulations. For individuals in a residential subdivision, self-interest and adherence to the rules of a property owners association may be the solution. For others, it boils down to a combination of self-interest and a sense of responsibility. Varied monitoring, detection, containment, and correction methods or devices can handle almost all pollutants. The ultimate enforcer is the threat of monetary penalties or the denial of use, e.g., foul your well, you lose your water. Water protection How is water protected in the 80 percent of the land within the Clevenger’s Corner Village Center Plan lying south of US 211? Currently, there is only one business, the South Wales Golf Course, and one development, South Wales. The golf course has been around for over 40 years; South Wales for a dozen years and it will complete its complement of 343 homes next spring. The golf course replaced its buried gasoline and diesel fuel underground storage tanks (UST) some years ago and they are in conformance with Virginia UST regulations. Fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides used on the course tees and greens are the same as used by homeowners: they have EPA approval. Runoff is captured by a large retention pond and is used for irrigation on the golf course. The parking area has a pervious surface, grass and gravel, so its runoff is minimized. The public golf course is open space, with many trees about. Streams are buffered by vegetation. A well near the golf course is said to be over 240 feet deep and have a yield of between 60-80 gallons per minute. The water meets federal and state requirements. The South Wales residential development, originally part farm, pasture, and forest, was designed to retain much vegetative cover, including buffer zones along streams. In preparing building lots, for the most part just the construction site itself was cleared, the status of the remaining vegetation being left to the new homeowner’s discretion. The South Wales Community Association has comprehensive rules on air and water pollution and landscaping standards for grass, trees, shrubs, or other ground cover. These include the state NOTICE KINDLY TAKE NOTICE that the Town council of the Town of Washington will hold on the 11th day of September, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall in Washington, Virginia a public hearing on the issuance of general obligation bonds or other bonds of the Town of Washington for the purpose of construction of a new water reservoir tank, demolition of the existing water reservoir tank, relocation of water lines and the cqnstruction of other improvements to the Town of Washington water system. The estimated maximum amount of such general obligation bonds or other bonds proposed to be issued shall not exceed $250,000.00. You are invited to attend and express your views. TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA i By John C. Bennett Town Attorney POLICY FOR PROVIDING FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS (DIRECT CERTIFICATION & APPLICATIONS) August 27, 2002 The Rappahannock County Schools today announced its policy for providing free or reduced price meals for children served under the National School Lunch, and/or Breakfast Programs. Each school and/or central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party. The household size and income criteria identified below will be used to determine eligibility for free or reduced price meal benefits. Children from households whose income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free or reduced price meals. Children who are members of food stamp households or receive Virginia Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF); formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children - (AFDC) are automatically eligible for free meals. Foster children who are the legal responsibility of a welfare agency or court also may be eligible for benefits regardless of the income of the household with whom they reside. Eligibility for the foster child is based on the child’s income. Maximum Household Income For Free Meals $11.518 ..$15,522 $19.526 $23.530 $27.534 131.538 $35.542 mm + $4,004 Household Income For Reduced Price Meals 511.518.01- S16.391 $15.522.01-S22.089 519.526.01- S27.787 523.530.01- S33.485 527.534.01- S30.183 $31.538.01-$44.881 535.542.01- S50.579 S39.546.Q1 -S56.277 +5,598 Application forms are being distnbuted to all households with a letter informing households of the availability of free or reduced price meals tor their children. Applications also are available at the pnncipals office in each school To apply tor free or reduced pnce meals, households must fill out the application and return it to the school. Applications may be submitted at any tome dunng the school year. The information households provide on the application will be used tor determining eligibility and verification of data. Applications may be verified at any time dunng the school year by school or other program officials. Fa school officials to determine eligibility tor free or reduced pnce benefits, households receiving tood stamps a Virginia Temporary Assistant tor Needy Families (TANF) only have to list their child's name, and food stamp a TANF case number, and an adult household member must sign the application Households who do not list a tood stamp aTANF case number must list the names of all household members.m the amount and source of the income received by each household member, and the social security number of the adult household member who signs the application. If the household member does not have a social security number, the household member must indicate that a social security number is not available. The application must be signed by an adult household member. Under the provisions of the free and reduced pnce meal policy. Judith N. Burke, Director, will review applications and determine eligibility. Application tor free a reduced pnce benefits cannot be approved unless it contains complete documentation. Parents a guardians dissatisfied with the ruF ing of the official may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis. Parents wishing to make a formal appeal tor a heanng on the decision may make a request either orally or in writing to: Helen M Williams, Supt.. Households that list a tood stamp or TANF case number on the application must report when the household no longer receives these benefits. Other households approved tor benefits based on income information must report increases in household income of over $50 per month or $600 per year and decreases in household size. Also, if a household member becomes unemployed a if the household size increases, the household should contact the school. Such changes may moire the children of the household eligible tor benefits if the household’s income falls at a below the levels shewn above. Households that receive tood stamps a Virginia Assistance tor Needy Families (TANF) do not have to complete an application tor free a reduced pnce student meals. School officials will determine eligibility tor free meals based on documentation obtained directly from the VA Department of Social Services office that a child is a member of a household currently receiving tood stamps a is receiving TANF School officials will notify households of their elibibkty . The household must notify the school when they no longer receive tood stamps aTANF. Households who are notified of their eligibility, but who do rot want their children to receive free meals, must contact the school. Food stamp and TANF households should complete an application, it they are not notified of their eligibility within the first 10 days of the new school year. In accordance with Federal law and U S Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discrimination on the basis of race, color sex age or disability To tile a complaint of discrimination write USDA Director Office of Civil Rights. Room 326 W Whitten Building 1400 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20250 941D or call (202) 720 5964 (voice and TDD) USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer ment that “No chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides other than those approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (or its successor) shall be used on any of the Property.” Some homeowners, though, may ignore the product instructions on how to apply chemicals. They put too much on their lawns and when it rains, the chemicals join runoff and damage streams. EPA itself is currently re-examining certain lawn chemicals, and is phasing out a few. What of the 1,000-gallon buried propane tanks, one per house? The tanks are constructed of heavy steel with special coatings to prevent corrosion. Propane itself is a non-toxic, nonpoisonous fuel. It cannot contaminate the soil, wells, or aquifers. The latest (2001) Annual Drinking Water Quality Report on the South Wales Public Water Supply notes the quality of the drinking water meets all state and federal requirements. South Wales makes use of three wells, one being 305 feet deep with a yield of about 70 gallons per minute (gpm), a second 547 feet deep with a yield of 41 gpm, and a third 268 feet deep with a yield of 275 gpm. Iron and manganese in the water is treated for aesthetic purposes, e.g., to correct for taste and discoloration of clothing or staining of water fixtures. Trees are key elements A drive about South Wales reveals that most residents prefer clusters of original trees with good canopy about their homes. These provide privacy, coolness in the hot summer months, serve as a windbreak, and prevent soil erosion. Large trees are one of the key elements in cleansing acid rain and other potential water pollutants. Some homes with large expanses of lawn show major erosion problems, probably due to the current drought condition. A 25-acre community park, a proffer by the South Wales developer in 1989, lies along Route 621, Colvin Road. Spilman Park has a pervious gravel parking lot, thus no runoff, and a picnic pavilion. A hiking trail and amphitheater are contemplated for the park, which is a dedicated open space. Other subdivisions At the southwest intersection of US 211 and Route 229 lies another planned subdivision. This is the Epstein property with a planned use of 10-acres for commercial development, possibly office and retail buildings and a daycare center, and 115 acres for 157 homes. As with the residential developmerit on the north side of US 211, the Epstein property awaits the availability of water and sewer facilities. This brings us to the piv otal subdivision in the Clevenger’s Corner Village Center Plan: the residential, commercial, and light industrial development at the southeast intersection of US 211 and Route 229, and running two miles down Route 229 toward the town of Culpeper. Culpeper County’s Village Center Plan for this southeast area calls for 750 homes and 60 acres of commercial/office development. In contrast, a revised concept plan, submitted on Aug. 6, 2002, by Centex Homes, New Wales LC, and Kenneth M. Thompson properties, requests a rezoning for 1,095 homes along with the 60 acres of commercial space. The acreage runs beyond the boundary of the Village Center Plan to a transitional area. Culpeper County will be working on the application this fall-winter. The future How will vegetation and soil fare once development begins here? The 35 acres of retail shops, services, restaurants, conference center, health club, and other similar uses, covering 350,000 square feet, will probably be mostly clear-cut and the soil leveled. The same with the 25 acres for 250,000 square feet of professional office, flex-industrial, and high tech manufacturing use. Parking lots for these facilities will be handled in a similar manner. It is likely the 50 condominium units, 78 townhouses, and related parking will entail clear-cutting. Single-family homes and villas will undoubtedly retain much vegetation as upscale clients expect trees, etc. Whether parking areas will make use of new, pervious surfaces is unknown. The width of the asphalt on interior streets, a major source of runoff, is determined by daily traffic counts. VDOT’s rule of thumb is ten trips per day per home. Traffic generated by 1,095 homes would thus amount to 10,950 trips per day and may require asphalt 24-feet wide and turn lanes in certain areas, with a minimum of 18feet in low traffic sections. Soil will also be covered by governmental facilities: schools, library, health care center, satellite sheriff’s office, fire and rescue, county services office, etc., all of which will have their own parking lot requirements. Much will be learned as Rappahannock County observes a three-square mile village of 4,000 people coming into being over the next 10-to-15 years. It is only three miles away from our county border. By way of comparison, Little Washington, also a village, covers three-tenths of a square mile, has 200 people, and took 250 years to arrive at its present state. This is one of a series about Clevenger’s Corner and its potential impact on Rappahannock County. FREE INSPECTION Protect your home. Permanently. Protect your home, family and pets against termites, fleas, ticks and other pests. 540-829-0000 www.PdrmaTreat.com risTAM) lKRMrit: CONTROL September 7th & 8th, 2002 Dulles Expo & Conference Center Chantilly, VA Sat 9:30 - 5:30 Sun. 9:30 - 4:00 Admission: $8 Adults $5 Seniors/ Children $24/Family of 4 Information: 703-378-0910 Unlimited Free Parking V The Friskies Cats will perform several times each day T More than 400 pedigreed cats in competition both days IP Jewelry, cat clothes, cat supplies, cat furniture, craft items t Shelter cats for adoption t Household pet show on Saturday t Bring this ad for $1 off 1 admission http://www.nationalcaphalcatshow.com Location: Corner of Rt. 28 and Willard road. Take 1-66 to Rt. 28 N. Go 3 miles and turn right on Willard Rd. From 495/Capital beltway, take 267 W (Dulles Toll Road). Go about 11 miles to Rt. 28 S. Go 6 miles and turn left on Willard Road.

Seaway House is home in a safe port By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer Polly and Russ Scoville of Flint Hill will celebrate their first anniversary this September — the first anniversary of living in a house that was designed for them with the promise that it would express their soul. Everything about the house suits them and daily as they and the house live together, more “delights” are found. Their two-story threelevel house is perched on a rise with what looks like a dogwood forest dropping away from the house on two sides. Initially the most arresting aspect of the house is the inverted V-shaped roof lines, somehow reminiscent of sails on a ship or two seagulls in flight. The house is made up of three wings. The main house and the most spectacular is a 16 by 32 open truss timber frame structure which rises to 26 feet at the peak. This space is the “great room” containing the living room and kitchen. Off the back of the kitchen is a large screened-in porch which looks over the forest. The middle wing houses the entryway (not even remotely a “mud room”) where shoes are removed and jackets hung. Also in this wing is a bath and laundry. The corner of the basement in this wing holds the circulation center containing the heat pump, and all the necessary electric, plumbing, air conditioning, and ductwork for the whole house. The smallest wing, jutting out from the middle is a lovely guest room with family furniture going back 200 years. Polly and Russ Scoville named their home Seaway House after the timbers which form the structure of their house. These old Douglas fir timbers came from the St Lawrence seaway where they had been used as a floating “cribbage” to keep logs from going into the shipping channel. They had been floating in the water for 130 years. Large 30-foot long, two and a half foot square pieces of timber linked together with chains formed rafts which loggers stood on and polled the logs out of jams and off to the mills. Timbers-Scovilles connection Twenty-five years ago when Miriam Harris was the president of VABF (Virginia Association of Biologic Farmers) Russ Scoville served on the Board with Lyt Wood, Diana Bird and Richard Abell. The Scovilles at the time had a two-acre farm in Alexandria where they raised goats, ducks and chickens. (Their daughter still lives on that farm.) A friend, Jim Yates, bought land from Ms. Harris and the Scovilles bought 20 acres from him. That was ten years ago. The land sat. Finally, two years ago, the time was right. The Scovilles had been looking and thinking and had made the decision about the kind of house they wanted. It would be a Blue Ridge Timberwrights house. Blue Ridge Timberwrights (BRT) are out of Christiansburg near Blacksburg. They had seen their houses and designs in magazines, talked to them and had visited several houses. They also learned that BRT had bought those “timber rafts,” and stored them in Christiansburg. Those rafts would be cleaned, the outer skins planed away, leaving beautifully aged douglas fir beams eight by ten inches wide. The Scovilles had found the kind of house they wanted and the material. The next step was perhaps the most interesting and unexpected for the Scovilles: choosing the architect. Mr. Scoville had heard about the first architectural firm they visited but -no longer remembers how. This company, Reader and Swartz, a husband and wife team, had its office in Winchester. The architects were very direct. They told the Scovilles, “If we’re selected, we’ll interview you, give you homework assignments and continue interviews and homework until we understand your core values. And then we’ll design a home which will have soul for you.” The Scovilles signed on then and there. They knew they had found their architects. So far the building of this house was proceeding as though by magic. The whole project from that first meeting with Beth Reader and Chuck Swartz to moving into the house took two years. The interview and homework took two and a half months. Then the Scovilles waited. Finally they got a phone call to come to Winchester. The model they looked at that day is exactly the finished look. Its lines shape, size, everything was exactly right for the Scovilles. The building itself took only one year. Building begins The Scovilles watched and photographed each stage of the building. Under the watchful eye of (BRT) the basement hole was excavated and leveled with a laser site. A bed of gravel was poured and again leveled with the laser site. The hole was ready for the walls. The ten-foot tall precast concrete walls with their precast windows and nailing strips for the drywall were lowered into place. That step took two and Shorin-Ryu OKimma Adult Classes - Mon. PM Arthur Drago Betsy Toth 5th Dan, Sensei 3rd Dan, Asst. 540-635-7554 540-349-0632 Classes Underway KAKAT6 Wednesday at Kj The® 0 ^ PANTING Sf/fy, y ^ ,c' AND HOME IMPROVEMENT Interior • Exterior Over 17 years in business • Wood Replacement • Wall Coverings • Custom Carpentry • Pressure Washing/ Deck Sealing • Wall Paper/Stripping • Drywall/Finishing 540-439-0136 703-830-4128 FREE Estimates Quality Comes First This 9-11 Give to your LOCAL Volunteer Fire or Rescue Photo courtesy of Amce Hoachlander SEAWAY HOUSE: The home of Polly and Russ Scoville at Flint Hill. half hours. The crew locked and sealed the seams with caulk and later poured the floor which tied in the bottom of the panels and locked them in place. The third set of magicians on this project began their work. Local builder LG “Butch” Zindel, Inc and his crew, Luke Zindel, Fred Naramore, Sam Mawyer, Willie Shanks, and Mike Montague, (all Rappahannock residents) framed the floor which provided the framework for the most exciting part of the project (and the most photographed.) Raising of the timbers All of the timber frame pieces of the structure were fabricated elsewhere. Each piece was designed by a computer engineer (based on the design and plans by the architects, Reader and Swartz), and numbered. All of the pieces had been delivered. The four members of the BRT crew had put the pieces together and created four “bents.” Each bent was 16-feet across and 26-feet to the peak. Each was built flat on the platform with all the ties and bracing it would have when finally standing in place. They used the platform as a “table” for three of the four bents. They were built one on top of the other with the most forward bent at the bottom of the pile and therefore the last to go up. The fourth bent and the last to be raised was built on the ground near the back of the house. The day came for the timber raising and all were ready, but the crane was late. By the time they finally got started, it was two p.m. By dark when they finished for the day, only two of the four bents were up. As the crane swung each bent up, the crew settled them and drove the pegs in place. They finished off the next day and completed their timber raising by placing a pine bough on the last bent — part of the traditional topping off ceremony. More magic Mr. Scoville shared a story for the superstitious. His son was at the peak of the final bent sharing in the topping off ceremony along with the rest of the crew. As soon as they came down off the ladders, a huge whirlwind suddenly blew up sending tarps, plans, drawings and anything not nailed down, flying. Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Scoville returned to the timber house. It was pitch dark. The brightest meteorite he had ever seen streaked across the skies. It moved from NE to SW and Mr. Scoville said it seemed as though he could hear it. The traditional pine bough ceremony earlier in the day and these “natural christenings” combined to add to the magic of this home building. Finishing starts When the subcontractor for BRT finished installing the four-inch prefabricated walls and eight-inch ceiling, and Seaway House was under cover, the Zindel crew took over. “We just love the work," Mrs. Scoville said. Everything down to the handcrafted knobs were done “just perfectly." The BRT may have built the structure, but Zindel and crew made it a house. The Scovilles were especially impressed with the quality of the craftsmanship Sam Wayland fabricated on the job the curved railing on the loft overlooking the living room. The railing spans the living room and was made from six pieces of w ood laminated together. Two other pieces of craftsmanship w'hich the Scovilles were especially pleased with were the custom built barn doors which framed Mr Scovilles most precious cabinet, and the hand hewn heart of pine entryway coat rack built by Sam Wayland. The barn doors are upstairs in the loft. Built byFred Naramore they are made from rough cut barn wood and they slide on a track (as a barn door would). When open they live on either side of Mr. Scovilles grandfather’s cabinet which was used in his broom company business back in Utah. When closed they become the doors closing off the master bedroom. Almost a year ago the work was finished and the Scovilles began to settle in. Each day there are discoveries and they and the house get more and more comfortable with each other. There is much of this house that is reminiscent of the sea; it very much appears to be safely at port. The Country Cafe will be closing at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept 6 for a private function We regret the inconvenience ,^/aith (3^ountain Company Faith Mountain's Final Liquidation Sale Great Prices On: • Faith Mountain Merchandise • Display Fixtures • Office Furniture • Warehouse and Office Supplies Open 10am-5pm Daily The Old Sperryville School House, 12018 Lee Highway Sperryville, VA 22740 540-987-8521 ext.14 JENKINS ORCHARDS Quality Fruit i You are cordially invited to join us on Friday, September 20, 2002, from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM for our centennial celebration. Prizes • Antique Car Display • Giveaways • Food • Musical Entertainment Rappahannock National Bank You can bank on us for another 100 years. 257 Gay Street • Washington, VA (540) 675-3519 wwn.rappahannockbank.com

A passing traveler rests for a while in County By Meredith Gorfein Rappahannock News Writer Some people are more sensitive than others — some cry more easily. Some of us hear more acutely. Some of us have 20/20 vision. Some of us even have terrific sniffers which can detect subtle aromas in wine or can identify different varieties of basil or thyme just by the aroma. Some of us bruise easily. Some of us, even as children, were more susceptible to colds or broken bones than our siblings. This is a story about someone who is more sensitive to her surroundings than most of the rest of us. She believes she is a harbinger of what could come. Inka Rusche has been a visitor in Rappahannock for a while. She’s 33 years old, attractive and strong. She’s a hiker, chops her own wood, and was a bicycle courier in Washington, DC for five years. She has worked as a house painter, a carpenter, for a landscaping company and even as a laborer in the boat building business. She is articulate and seems to be both well-educated and well-read. She was bom and raised in West Berlin and West Germany and has settled for varying amounts of time in California, Oregon, and in the desert states. She may travel soon to British Columbia and may spend the winter for the first time in the Baja area of Mexico. She’s a nomad, but not by choice. Ms. Rusche is sensitive to chemicals. She is convinced that over the course of her 33 years, she has been slowly poisoned — by the chemicals that surround all of us and chemicals we have come to depend on for survival in our civilized world. Hers is an environmental illness with a name, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) syndrome. It is a controversial illness with advocates and detractors. MCS is “a condition in which persons become ill following exposure to certain chemicals encountered in everyday life. Such chemicals The great surgical hospital... ...that's a great baby hospital... .that's a great emergency hospital... ...that’s a great local hospital. What makes a hospital great? It provides the latest in medical care, to be sure. But it would also have talented physicians, a skilled staff, and a warm and caring environment If you were to find all this close to your home, you'd consider yourself a very fortunate person. Well, you are very fortunate indeed. Because there is a great hospital near you. Take a fresh look - at Culpeper Regional Hospital. Culpeper Regional Hospital S3 Promoting beatth. Preserving community. 501 Sunset Lane • Culpeper, Virginia 22701 • 829-4100 www culpeperhospital com include smoke, pesticides, plastics, synthetic fabrics, perfumes, scented products, petroleum products, fumes and paints.” It was recognized by the Social Security Administration in 1988 and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a potentially disabling illness. Other government agencies have followed suit. A few other general statements about MCS taken from research follow: MCS seems to be more prevalent in women than men and “often appears between the ages of 30 and 50 and strikes without regard to race or economic background;” the 1999 National Institutes of Health Atlanta Conference on the Health Impact of Chemical Exposure During the Gulf War found a relation between the multiple chemical exposures within the Gulf War population and MCS within the civilian population; and finally, in support of that conference point of view, a group of researchers and clinicians stated, “...we already know that MCS is one of the most commonly diagnosed chronic disorders in civilians and the most common — but still largely undiagnosed — disorder of any kind in Gulf War veterans of the United States.” Ms. Rusche keeps up with all of the research and controversy; she also spends her life trying to avoid the triggers which she knows are real and disabling. It was about seven years ago when she was working for a landscaping company in Washington, D.C. that a “trigger” turned her life around. Up until then she knew there was something different about her, but she coped. Even as a child she had an aversion to being inside; for some reason she always felt ill after being indoors for any length of time: severe headaches, difficulty breathing, pains, flu-like symptoms, and weariness. Seven years ago she spent two days doing landscaping in a cul-de-sac in Washington. Eight ginko trees in that area Imported cars aren’t foreign to us. 30 REASONS TO BRING YOUR CAR TO US Our business is Import Car Service All work approved by you in advance Locally owned and operated Service by appjmtmenr, emergency when necessary Same day service on most repairs Loaner cars available Free ride home/to work 12 months/12,000 miles limited warranty Comfortable smoke-free waiting room 10. All mechanics are A.S.L and Bosch certified 11. State-of-the-art computerized equipment 12. One stop for all import mechanical and body shop repairs 13. Credit cards accepted 14. Virginias first BOSCH Authorized Service Center 15. Authorized BOSCH Warranty 16. $ 100,000 parts inventory on hand 17.24 hour/7 days a week towing 18. Night drop off and after hours pickup 19. We never object to a second opinion 20. VA Safety Inspection Station 21. Employee Honesty commitment 22. We advise each customer using our three step service approach 23. We never high-pressurtf you, just explain your options 24. Servicing import cars for 35 years 25. New car warranty service approved 26. Service advisors not paid on commission 27. Lifetime warranty on many parts 28. Active in the community we serve _ 29. We use O.E.M. replacement parts 30. Thousands of satisfied customers Waterloo Motors Imported Car Service 317 E. Shirley Ave., Warrenton, VA Across from Taylor Middle School 540-347-1334 • 800-895-3232 24 hour towing: 540-347-1427 See us at www.waterloomotors.com Introducing arden beauty Part reality. Part illusion. All woman, ardenbeauty. The new fragrance from Elizabeth Arden. A fresh, crystalline floral with an inviting presence. As multifaceted as the woman who wears it. Eau de parfum, 1.7 A. oz„ 46.00 A FREE GIFT FOR YOU A 77.00 value. Yours with any 21.00 Elizabeth Arden purchase. It's time for Fall Style, 9 absolute must-haves including a stylish faux leather makeup bag. Plus a preview of Elizabeth Arden's fabulous new fragrance, ardenbeauty. • Ceramide Defining Skin Brightener • Ceramide Advanced Time Complex Capsules Intensive Treatment for Face and Throat, 7 day supply • Visible Difference Refining Moisture Cream Complex • Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Honey , Drops Btxfy Cream • Deluxe Eyeshadow Duo in Silversmoke/Cool Canyon * Exceptional Lipstick in Breathless • Exceptional Lipstick in Starlight • ardenbeauty Eau de Parfum vial on card • Red Door Mirror On* to a customer, while supplies last. Peebles Great Fashion* Great Price* Ever/ Da/I WARRENTON CENTER • WARRENTON, VA • (540) 347-1820 • HOURS: MON.-SAT. 10-9; SUN. 12-6 had just been sprayed with a herbicide by the city. Those two days and the fact that she was living in the city in a basement apartment which had a new carpet and a leaking gas stove, put her over the edge. She thought at the time she had a “bad case of full-blown Lyme’s Disease.” It was instead the beginning of her severe problems and the beginning of her attempts to change her life and still survive. Survival means avoidance Ms. Rusche tries to avoid civilization. She travels and lives in her van which is equipped with an oxygen tank and stays on the back roads. Her clothing is simple and contains only natural fibers. Her food, soap, and surroundings are as “organic” and as non chemical as she can find. She’s not been able to find a tent which is not “treated” so in decent weather she sleeps under the stars. When it’s not so decent, she sleeps in the van with the side doors open to the air. As she travels, staying at a motel is out of the question. She has friends, but can’t stay with them. Their houses with painted walls, foam cushions, synthetic curtains, treated carpets and cleaned with normal household cleaning products (like Pine Sol or ammonia) are not good for her. If she chooses to watch a movie at a friend’s home (which she does occasionally), she knows in advance that she’ll pay for it later. She’s not allergic to dust or animals, but her body is no longer able to “handle” most man-made materials. Ms. Rusche experiences chronic fatigue and chronic pain all the time. “I feel like I have the flu and a low grade fever.” All the time. “Some days are better than other days.” On those good days she can hike Old Rag. On the bad days it’s a splitting headache, sharp knife-like liver pains, difficulty breathing, dizziness, “head rushes,” loss of coordination and overwhelming fatigue. Grocery shopping, filling her van with gas, using the pay phone, even going into a post office are events which she will take precautions with but which will still take their toll later in the day or the next day. Grocery shopping, unless she can find what she needs in a small country organic store like Ecow, exposes her to perfumes on people and in products on the shelves, to packing materials, to chemicals for cleaning. When she gets gasoline, she wears a thick charcoal activated mask and holds her breath. And why is a pay phone difficult? Pay phones are not as common in rural “undisturbed” places. Most of them are now at gas stations where there are concentrated exhaust fumes and asphalt and spilled gasoline. And often whoever used the phone before Ms. Rusche wore after shave or perfume. Going into a post office means walking past cars idling as the air conditioner runs, again emitting fumes which for her are toxic. For several years her closest companion and protector was her dog, Ayla. They went everywhere together. He was a card-carrying licensed seizure alert dog and was able to “warn” her when chemical levels in their surroundings were getting to the danger levels. Ms. Rusche said that animals are naturally more sensitive to chemicals. He was also able to assist her when the bad times came and coordination was difficult. He stood tall enough so her hand could rest on his back and she could steady herself that way. Ms. Rusche companion died this past January. “Ayla is still with me in spirit,” she said, but she is now as isolated as she’s ever been. This summer is a return trip to Rappahannock for Ms. Rusche. She spent time here after her “escape” from DC seven years ago and taught German for a semester at the Hearthstone school. The heat and humidity drove her off to Northern California and Oregon for summer stays. She has spent a lot of time in the Arizona/New Mexico area moving about as the seasons changed. The friends she has here have meant a lot, but she knows Rappahannock is not a good place for her. Ms. Rusche thinks the air in British Columbia will help. For the winter she’s hoping that the warmer climate and the simpler building methods and materials in Mexico might provide the shelter she needs from October until the spring and summer seasons come. Ms. Rusche survives, bare-, ly. Her car needs to be fixed before she leaves, but somehow that will happen. Shell travel about a half a day to get to a spring she knows about and there she can get 15 gallons of water which will supply all her water needs for a week. And as long as she can stay to the back roads out of traffic and can get access to organic foods, shell make it to British Columbia. She believes that unless everyone begins making some changes, even small ones, “eventually more and more people will get sick.” Those who have MCS are referred to as “canaries in the mine.” For more information about MCS and the kinds of products which could be harmful there are several organizations: Human Ecology Action League (HEAL) 404-248-1898; MCS Referral & Resources, 410-362-6400 or www.mcsrr.org. To connect with Inka Rusche, contact Rob Sherwood at 987-8596. T. Siccardi named to honor list Tatiana E. Siccardi, daughter of Mrs. Maria C. Siccardi of Castleton was recently named to the faculty’s list of honorable mention for the spring term of the 2001-02 academic year at ^Roanoke College. In order to be named, students must be enrolled in at least four units during the term and earn a grade point average between 3 and 3.49 in those courses, with no grade lower than a “C”. Roanoke College is a coeducational liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,700. It was founded in 1842 and is the second oldest Lutheran related college in the nation.

SPORTS Rappahannock Foootball 2002 Well it’s finally here. As the leaves change this fall, athletics at RCHS will include football as an interscholastic sport. For the first time in the history of the county, Rappahannock County High School will field a football team — just like the other 300 high schools in Virginia. The first year, the 2002 season, we will only field a freshman team made up of 8th and 9th grade boys. Over 30 of those boys came out the first Monday in August, eagerly desiring to play the game with the pointed brown ball and get a chance to experience something new. With the first contest an away game at Madison County on Sept. 4, the roster of boys that will represent their school and community is as follows: 8th Grade Boys Austin Howard Corey Hitt Irving Smith Simon Berry Evan Shankle Steven Butler Mathew Bywaters Shane Tucker Issac Raney Ben Clark Kevin Stickle At a Glance 9th Grade Boys Luke Wilson Alex Sharp Blair Atkins Justin Gheen Anthony Clinedinst Corey Voorhies Will Norman Tim Clanagan B.J. Estes Karl Thornhill 9th Grade Boys Nick Compton Dylan Corbin Devin Perry Justin Robinson Kyle O’Harrow Robbie Swan Vincent Rice Howard Clark Head Coach Kemp Pullin has been pleasantly surprised by what he’s seen. After a 14 to 7 defeat in a scrimmage at Luray high school last week he made the following remarks. “We’re got some boys that can play football. It’s a new sport for the school so we have a lot of learning and growing to do before we get to be a good football team. Being the first year at the high school level, a freshmen team should not be too far behind even some of the more successful programs like Madison and Strasburg. But there is still a lot of work to do. However, the boys are excited and working hard. I hope the community can get behind them and give them their full support. We haven’t seen the Bull Rim District competition yet so I'm not sure what to expect. But we’re looking forr- r to the season and hope to win some games.” The first game is at Madison County High School on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m. The first home game is behind the high schpol on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. Former Athletic Director, Jon Smythe commented, “I can’t tell you how exciting it is for me to look out behind the high school and see the boys practicing and those yellow goal posts erected on the field that will be home for Rappahannock County football. There are 30 boys out there this year and next year, with two teams there will be twice that number. To me it represents athletic opportunity — a chance for over 60 boys to participate in athletics and learn about competition, practice and teamwork. An opportunity that has not been there for 60 boys every fall since the school began. It’s the beginning of an new eta in RCHS athletics.” Starting with a freshmen team only this season was a conscious decision made last year. This will allow us to get our “feet wet” and ensure our boys have a chance to grow and develop in a very competitive athletic endeavor. The second year, the fall of 2003, will see the fielding of two teams, a freshmen and junior varsity team. This will include boys from the 8th to the 11th year of high school. And the third season in 2004 will find Rappahannock County fielding a freshman and varsity team that will offer a fall sport for all high school boys in the 8th to 12th grades. This year’s schedule is as follows: At a Glance Date Wednesday, Sept. 4 Wednesday, Sept. 11 Wednesday, Sept. 18 Wednesday, Sept. 25 Wednesday, Oct. 2 Monday, Oct. 7 Location Away Home Away Home Home Away Opponent Madison County Strasburg Manassas Park George Mason Clarke County Page County Time 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. - »' PWBH ■j|p p pf p| Qp<n»d Snot 1907 DOERS Fleet Service, Inc. The Trusted Name fat Vehicle Repair*” i (540) 829 16306 BraggsCornerRoadCulpeperVfl22701 IN STOCK HEAVY DUTY TRUCK PARTS INCLUDl L , Brakes , Exhaust Air Valves .Motor Oil Lights Batteries niters Clutches Truck Tarns Social Security Disability Claims ► Disabled? Turned Down? ' Over 31 Years Experience • No Recovery - NO FEE Atinouncmg our new location in Culpeper*,* 400 South Main Street, 3rd Floor (Upstairs from the Social Security Office) :-*>r^rvx’ r-ir.’i',;- iv, >! Earl J. Oberbauer, Jr. Attorney At Law 540-829-6900 • 1-800-434-3059 FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION PJ Photos courtesy of David Ganaga1 FRESHMAN TEAM: The 2002 teams are 8th and 9th grade boys only. EIGHTH grade Offensive Guard Steven Butler rests between drills. LEFT: PRACTICE, practice and more practice. Panther sports teams begin seasonal play By Richard Armstrong Athletic Director The Rappahannock County sports teams have kicked off their fall sports seasons with every team except the 8th/9th grade football and Junior Panther Girls' Basketball teams in action. Varsity girls’ The varsity girls' basketball team opened their regular season dropping an 80-30 decision to Central of Woodstock. The Lady Panthers held tough through the first quarter but the Lady Falcons took charge for the win. Rachel Sharp had 15 points for the Panthers. Junior varsity The junior varsity Lady Panthers played the Falcons very tough but came up on the short end of a 48-27 score. Courtney Hutcheson and Sherri Woodward paced the junior varsity Lady Panthers. Cross Country The cross country team finished third out of four teams in the Page County Invitational. Page County had 15 points, Broadway High School 49, Rappahannock 87 and Strasburg 92. Ethan Berry led the Panther team with a 16th place finish running a time of 19:57. John Letsen was 17th with a 20:03 time. Kevin Martin ran a time of 20:48 good for 21st place and Jonathan Robinson ran 21:00 for 22nd place. Golf The golf team was rained out with Manassas Park. The match has been rescheduled for Sept. 10. Just the thing to drive half a million readers to see what’s new and exciting in cars for 2003! It’s a full color 10.5”x15”, quarter-folded tab. Inserted into 16 of our 18 Times Community Newspapers just in time to feature all the new, and redesigned models for 2003. Half-page profiles will include description, stats and photo of each new car in addition to the] auto dealer’s logo and relevant! sales info. Plus dealers can enjoy exclusivity in each of our 3 zoned markets. Zooming n. Ev*y Direction... New Cars Being Offered In our Market Featuring: • Modularly sized and formatted ads to secure a consistent and reader-friendly environment. •Year-Long Web Presence on the Internet • Zone Exclusivity • Full Color (every page) • Targeted Market towcasft Hurry and reserve your space today! Contact Darryl Grant, Classified Automoti\ Advertising Manager at 703-969-0558 or your Consultant at NORTHERN VIRGINIA Times Community Newspapers Classifie 703-777-1110 • 800-852-4797 Loudoun County Office 703-777-1111 Fauquier County Office 540-347-4222 Classified Fax: 703-771-0036 E-maii-.classifieds@timespapers.com

Eappafjannotfe J^etos Established 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Wednesday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Barbara C. Way land, 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, SEPTEMBER 5, 2002 Our View Trash Clean-up Day All residents should participate In Rappahannock County, 18 groups and/or individuals have agreed to clean-up over 49 miles of roadway and all groups are requested to do their part on Saturday, Sept. 14. On that day, volunteers across Virginia will join an international effort to rid roads of trash when Adopta-Highway holds its Great State Trash-Off in conjunction with the first International Adopt-a-Highway Clean-up Day. It appears that every road in Rappahannock could use a cleaning and all citizens are encouraged to participate in this day. Perhaps you are not a part of any group that has an Adopt-a-Highway sign; however, you could certainly participate by cleaning up that stretch directly in front of your property. Virginia has one of the largest Adopt-a-Highway programs in the United States with over 6,700 volunteer groups. Those participating in such endeavors show pride in their communities by volunteering to pick up litter along a two-mile stretch of roadway four times each year for two years. In return these groups are provided with safety vests, orange bags and road signs recognizing their efforts either by group name or by an individual. According to the Virginia Department of Transportation the program is going global. They encourage motorist to watch for orange-vested volunteers on Sept. 14. According to VDOT over one million volunteers participate in this program. We encourage Rappahannock residents to participate on this day so our roads can be clean before the fall tourist season reaches the county. Local VDOT authorities will provide bags and vests, just give Superintendent Ennis Jenkins a call at 675-3612. Also let Superintendent Jenkins know the location of your trash cleanup efforts between 7:30 and 8 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 16 for bag removal that day. Rappahannock Today Rappahannock News Photo/Barbara C. Wayland Children are getting adjusted to another school year and it always puts the younger children to a test. However, Mrs. Marti Cannon’s kindergarten class is doing great. Mrs. Cannon remarked, “Not a tear on the first morning of school.” Of course, children of all ages love the attention they get when around Mrs. Cannon. Letters ECOW thanked In last week’s letter from the Camp Fantastic committee, Epicurious Cow was omitted. ECOW donated spaghetti and sauce for our dinner and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Jan Besecker Co-coordinator 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). Letters should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, Rappahannock News, P.0. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747 and submitted via U.S. Mail, Fax (675-3088) or by e-mail (bwayland@timespapers.com). Special thanks to Sperryville Rescue Squad On the late afternoon of July 7 after experiencing excruciating pain and discomfort I was compelled to call the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad for help. The response was I must say, instantaneous. My departure from the house was without shoes, shirt or even glasses or hat as the pain was that intense. The attendants were Thomas Kendall, Mrs. Harriet Kendall, Mrs. Stacy Scott, Andrew Clinedinst and another young man. The Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad members were truly professional and courteous with the patient’s interest at heart. After a short duration of diagnosis, and evaluation, the medical problem was resolved. Kidney stones are very, very painful. Sometime later at Culpeper Memorial Hospital, when the stones were no longer a problem, I was told it would not be necessary to remain overnight. Now for the most benevolent and nicest thing beyond duty, Mrs. Stacy Scott returned to the hospital at 1:30 a.m., Monday morning and transported me to Sperryville, “Home Sweet Home.” I will always be thankful and grateful for the professionalism and above all, the service beyond duty from the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad. 0 James D. Russell Sperryville Architectural review formation suggested At a time when the threat of development has never been stronger in this county, we need to stop talking about who was here first and who “saved the county.” It is a divisive and counterproductive avenue of discussion. I believe that the encouragement of that kind of thinking is a divide-andconquer tactic on the part of those who would choose unchecked development. The vast majority of Rappahannock Citizens want to retain the untouched quality of the See REVIEW, Page A7 From Back Issues of the Rappahannock News Down Memory Lane 42 YEARS AGO Sept. 8, 1960 Patrons of the school and all interested people are invited to an open house which will be held at the new Rappahannock County High School on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 2 to 6 p.m. Teachers and some of the students will be there to show visitors through the building. Refreshments will be served. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Washington Fire Company will open the rummage sale Friday, Sept. 9 in the fire house. The Olson oriental rug which will be given away in the late fall will be on display throughout the series of sales. The News reported a series of petty thefts around the county; one in Sperryville where $5.63 in gas was taken and the other in Flint Hill, where about $30 in cash, a carton and a half of cigarettes and a white fireman’s shirt were taken. The annual ASC County election will be held by mail in Rappahannock this year. The County election Board made up of W.H. Lyne, Chairman, L.B. Henretty, Soil Conservation Service, General Daniel Noce, Farm Bureau President and Raymond M. Johnson, FHA Representative, selected three farmers and two alternates from each of the five communities to act as Community Election Board. 25 YEARS AGO Sept. 8,1977 A large barn owned by Charlie Compton at Amissville burned furiously after being struck by lightning last Wednesday. The electric charge ignited the entire structure and in 15 minutes the building caved in. Efforts of firemen saved nearby structures. Severe electrical storms have occurred in the area almost daily for the past ten days. In a photo, Bill Lyne was cutting the grass at the Recreation Center outside Washington as he donates his time to community service. So far, his volunteer efforts have resulted in a $200 repair bill on his lawn mower incurred from running over bottles, trash and rocks. Vincent “Pops” Aylor of Washington was fishing with his grandfather on Saturday in the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and caught a seven and one-half pound catfish which measured 27 inches in length. It was the week of the “melons”, Eddie and Mike Wayland grew giant melons in the family garden. Mike’s cantaloupe weighed 20 pounds, 13 ounces and Eddie’s watermelon weighed 34 pounds. The children were pictured with their prize possessions. The Circus Kirk, sponsored by the Washington Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, will hold a one night stand at the Washington carnival grounds on Sept. 16. The circus is operated entirely by high school and college students, who are also the performers and many of these young people develop permanent careers in circus performances. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 10, 1992 School enrollment on the first day of school this week outstripped by 10 the estimate used in arriving at the district’s budget. There were 1,020 students in the two public schools on Tuesday, 629 at the elementary school and 391 at the high school. The Aileen plant in Flint Hill is going through a slow period now but manager Charles Currence expects work to pick up by mid-September. The plant has been cut to eight hours a day and four days a week compared to a norm of nine hours a day and five days a week. Pictured sorting through canned goods and supplies at the Amissville Fire Hall recently included Fred, Frances and Alicia Overton, Jan Makela, Matthew, Laura and Peter Weems. The group was preparing to ship the goods to victims of Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Walt Longyear, elected to the board of directors of Wakefield Country Day School Inc. in Huntly this summer, has been named vice-chairman of the board for 1992-93. COMPILED BY BARBARA C. WAYLAND OUT-OF-THE-ATTIC: This postcard was mailed Sept. 3,1907 to Miss Russie Payne at Cresthill. It is in Mrs. Ellen M. Welch's collection and the postcard was an advertisement for property for sale in Coleman Park, Washington D. C., where villa sites were going for ten cents, 12 cents and 15 cents a square foot.

Ki Theatre to host Poetry Coffeehouse on Sept 21 Join Ki Theatre for another special evening, the third annual celebration of contemporary and ancient poetry, performed in a relaxed, intimate coffeehouse setting on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. Ki Theatre welcomes everyone to take poetry out of the pocket and enjoy the pleasure of live performances and community. Featured artists will include another special performance by Dr Barry Sultanoff, M.D., a renowned, holistic doctor, artist, author and troubadour; Karen Morrow, a chaplain at N.I.H; Rabbi Carla Theadore, Janet Davis a landscape designer, actress and environmental activist, and Roger Klinger, a holistic counselor, professor, author and artist. There will be an open mike period where members of the community can bring a poem to the stage. Poetry has been called the language of the soul arid Rappahannock residents are welcome to join the group for an evening, celebrating the nruiu ^uuutjby oi noger r\unger SPECIAL EVENING: Ki Theatre will sponsor a Poetry Coffeehouse evening on Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. works of Mary Oliver, Rumi, as well as personal poems from the lives of the performers. Light refreshments and snacks will be served at the theatre. Open auditions scheduled for the Shepherds' Play The Ki Community Theatre will be holding open auditions for this season's performances oi ine onepherds Play on Sunday, Sept. 22. The open auditions will held at the Ki Theatre on Gay street from 2 to 4 p.m. Everyone interested in participating in the play is encouraged to attend. Actors, singers, musicians, and stage hands are all needed. There are openings for everyone from nine to 90 and experience in theatre "vx is not required. The play will be performed during the RAAC t- sponsored "A Christmas in w Little Washington" on Dec. 6, 7 and 8. For more information leave a message at the Ki Theatre office, 675-1616. MO125784 Reva i Volunteer Fire & Rescue is holding a Raffle. 1st Prize-7 night, Holland American Alaska Cruise For Two includes cruise, air, transfers Sc an outside cabin. 2nd Piuze-4 nights to the Bahama's for two, includes air, hotel & transfers. Srd Prize-3 nights to MGM Grand Las Vegas includes air, hotel, & transfers. $5.00 a chance. For more information or raffle purchase contact 540-547-2687. Raffle Seating is limited, reservations should be made as early as possible. For reservations, call Ki Theatre/Roger Klinger at 6751616. Tickets may also be purchased at the Ki Theatre door on a space available basis. Tickets are $10 each. Review From Page A6 landscape. As photographers and writers, we travel all over the U.S. and see communities that, until just a few years ago, were not unlike ours and then, after the first incursion of a commercial development, more immediately followed, like dominoes, and there went the neighborhood. Because we all pay taxes here, our voices are equal. We should stop shooting the messengers and listen to the message. All of us, those locally born and newcomers, are united in our desire to protect what we all love. We need to join together, stick to our guns and force our elected officials to pay more than lip service to our concerns. They are supposed to represent our wishes. Those who are hired and those who are elected can be replaced. Contrary to the mantra, “growth is inevitable,” we do not need commercial strips lining 211 to provide services to the county. Let’s not let negative segues deter us from maintaining the beauty and peace of all of our lifestyles. c/faxwd Qttnnuy _ Fall Farm Tour Free & Fun for the entire family Self Guided Tour 10am-5pm Spend a magical day . in the country with: r • Horses & Ponies • Dairy Cows & Calves • Beef Cattle • Animal Exhibits • Llamas & Alpacas • Sheep • Fresh Flowers & Produce • Hayrides • Corn Mazes...<tW motel Old-Fashioned Dinner & Barn Dance Saturday Evening 5pm Fox Hunting Demonstrations l Saturday 10am Old Weston Farmstead by Casanova Hunt Tour Map & Brochure available at www.FauquierAg.com 540-349-5314 The Farm Tour is free of charge however fees are charged for some activities and products at some locations. Head to Toe Rehabilitation Services Rehabilitation for brain injuries, stroke, joint replacements, day treatment, diabetic foot, women's health and low vision clinics...who else but Winchester Rehabilitation Center cares for all of you? With a therapy pool, state-of-the-art equipment, driving program, outpatient services and a variety of specialists on staff, Winchester Rehabilitation Center can handle all your needs. Our rehabilitation services can help you live a fuller life through exercise, injury prevention, physical and occupational therapy and a variety of other programs. Call Winchester Rehabilitation Center for more information on how we can help you, 1-800-382-0772. Expert Rehabilitation Close to w Winchester Rehabilitation Center VklkyHaaKliSystem Home Instead, we should make some positive decisions about what we do want as well as what we do not. To that end, the formation of some kind of architectural review would be one positive step. We can move into the future without destroying the county we all love. Esther G. Schmidt Woodville FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION ■ 50% OFF CUSTOM DRAPERIES & TOP TREATMENTS FROM OUR GALAXY COLLECTION ORDER NOW FOR INSTALLATION BY THANKSGIVING* 50% Off Galaxy Collection verticals by Levolor/Kirsch* plus bonus upgrade to DesignLine* valance or Zirlon* Plus headrail CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION 1-800-543-5436 » pin Wate Uric. tak|, Mar M taMUta. Verte*. MM. Mkn at Mb tow ■ nUtaton dap. * ipnM atop n npto prim Dm Ml to* Ewj Dpi* Pta ton Sato My v nr M tow ton into a npto |M. MMpwctow Ma n*M« CoMiDicntoimilittlimit topi JOtoM* tom StoMtaMMwInM a W Mate tapm a* I* Mink. MMMa * nwtopto) Ml dm a Mato at HawL custom decorating itsall inside: www.jcpenney.com/customdecorating w/irbu A powerful, lightweight saw for occasional use around the home that has many of the same design features as our professional models. w/16* bar Designed for firewood cutting and around the home tasks. Easy to start and operate. SnHLrumH** w-16“ bar When you need a real workhorse, this saw will handle the tough jobs & then some. J.A. SWAN, JR. & CO LLC 16033 Ira Hoffman Lane Rt. 29N (Across from Co-op) Culpeper, Virginia ) 540-825-8371 ** onc«« art l6fl-AJmr:ic Stiml Suyaw»\; Rbuu Pnc« MA: • n^p ot*-v lS$pl)!g f* , MV ST/HL NVMtrt one womowioc 'Vbur favorite community weekly goes daily. Fauquier, com

Deficit From Page A1 employees here in Washington is a state agency. The list goes on. As it is now, the county picks up some of the tab on some of the office expenses of a few of these agencies and pays part of some salaries (Commissioner of Revenue and Treasurer) and is reimbursed by the state for some others like Nancy Newlin, the Registrar of Voters. All of these people and departments are expecting further cuts. They don’t know how much or where. They had already felt the effect of the earlier seven percent cuts. No raises, no cost of living increases. The state reduced its share of office expenses and in some cases the county had to pick up the tab. All hiring was frozen and still is. Even so, the first round of cuts were not that painful for most here in Rappahannock. Pat Davis, Clerk for the Combined General and Juvenile Domestic Courts is an exception. She worked a bare bones department with one deputy clerk. With the first round of cuts, she had to do without the deputy clerk except when court was in session. She fears that additional cuts will seriously diminish the level of service her department takes pride in. The biggest worry for John McCarthy, County Administrator, is state funding for K through 12. The magnitude of the revenue shortfall was of tremendous concern, but when Mr. McCarthy read the words “we will therefore be forced — out of necessity — to reconsider what is typically considered exempt,” he knew that meant our schools. Primary and secondary education was exempt from the first round of cuts. The schools were among the four core priorities the limited resources were reserved for. The declining revenues has changed that. The school budget is Rappahannock’s largest expense, made larger because of the way the state determines what to give each locality: the state’s funding formula works to Rappahannock’s disadvantage. Mr. McCarthy thought that a 15 percent across the board cut for the constitutional officers and their offices would hurt, “but we’re not talking about a lot of money. . . Even a five percent cut in the schools would be a huge cut.” It would have a huge impact on Rappahannock’s taxpayers. Further on the education front though not as potentially devastating as a cut in state funding to our public schools, are the guaranteed cuts to our state colleges, universities, and community colleges. Higher education had already seen $300 million in spending cuts which were made up in tuition increases. Even before Governor Warner’s official announcement, George Mason University was already preparing for an additional ten percent budget cut. There are over 93 Rappahannock residents enrolled in Lord Fairfax Community College alone. The expected cuts will likely result in tuition increases for those students or elimination of courses. Reporting from the Extension Office, Kenner Love received a directive on Aug. 26 from the Director of Virginia Cooperative Extension. As they were preparing their seven, 11, and 15 percent reduction plans, they were focussing on avoiding layoffs and office closings, but said that at the 15 percent level, layoffs and office closings would be unavoidable. Many in Rappahannock benefit from the work and services of our Extension office. The picture will be clearer by Sept. 20 when the state agencies and departments submit their plans for reducing their budgets, but certainly not rosier. ? '. j l ;] '.W a ill-) 6m wgjtM | - ffiS 1 1 lor 6 Months' a# ® iw& -r. ., * „ , „.. __ - ’ 9 -1%*vf** #•->: T-';■- ;•.... -•t" >• a ... ' ’ a ' * a,t :t, _ ' A*$*r "..-''.-a 4« es * ‘ >i -_ i •it.'-.} ■•••.. •• •;••», jL ■■ sf'-ft •. ' tav5? % IkCKmAw ■ ,• -.,, ••■■ -•■ ■ ■ " ; Vi'S* ' V- .. '/ This Offer Ends ' • % Saturday, September 7th *1909* Vaughart Cherry 4-Piece Bedroom f.y - $99995 Now *0. Per Month for 6 Months* V^vjiyv-V v: •'4 >• '"t 4 Pieces Include ' r Dresses Mirror Queen Bed with Rails and Nightstand [veneers a»i used completed by a natural tone low luster finish. The bed is a sleigh style, but With unusual open slats. AU drawees an spacious and finished smoothly on the inaide to protect delicate garments. •799. Queen Sleigh Bed with Rails - Now *399" . ‘1049. King Sleigh Bed with Rails -Now W* ’539* 5-Drawer Chest - Now "359* ? i ■■ - ^ '.. . : • ■ ^ V. i; , ... 900)45 - '■ X waRs ijkfa •Minimum purchase *W». Special orders requite a deposit Hnunemg provided by CitiFinanciol Retail Services Dtvtsioo of Ttavelen Rank & Trust and is subject to their credit approval. Finance Charges will accrue from the date of purchase but no minimum monthly payments trill be due prior to die promotion expiration date, which is 180 days from the date of purchase. No finance charge win be due if your full puynumt til the entire purchase amount is received by CitiFina octal by the promotion expiration date, as indicated on your periodic statement. Any Finance Charges, other than the fcSO per month minimum, are determined by applying a H.99% Annual Percentage Rate to your avenge daily balance See Cardholder Agreement and Disclosure Statement lor details. ••An amount equal to the sales lax will be deducted from your purchase price. Based on the remaining amount sales tax will be added in accordance with state law. *669. Chaise Rocker Recliner Now burgundy and beige. t). Per Month for 6 Months* *949'* Klaussner Oak Entertainment Center n.ks499,s H). Per Month for 6 Months* OVER $30,000. IN PRIZES Grand Prize: Your Choice 2003 Ford Ranger Pick-Up Qft 2003 Peril Pome Sedan Purchased from Battlefield FORD in Culpeper Plus over 20 furniture prizes. No purchase necessary Vnu do ran nerd to be presentto trin. Vinners will he notified by phone or maM. Mm be 18 or older to enter Odds of Sammy depend on the total number of entries receded. Official Grand entry blanks must be used No mechanically reproduced entry blanks llknted Prims cannot be redeemed for cask or store credH. employees of Grand Home Kirntshin*s and members of their family me not dfoihfc to enter. Doming held Saturday. October Kith in Culpeper r 11099" KJaussner Sofa n„$599,s "0. Per Month for 6 Month** 170162 This sofa style is always'up-to-date. The fabric is a berry color 100‘S cotton with a floral design. Small check accent pillows, welt trim and knife pleated skirt. *1079“ Love Seat - Now *S79“ Wr Chair - Now '47V' '499“ Ottoman - Now *299* '1.W Full Sleep Sofa - Now ’799“ '1305. Berkline Recliner Sofa Ntiw '699® *0 Per Month for 6 Months* This is big seating comfort and practical good looks. The chenille upholstery is soft yet durable enough for everyday use. *1245. Recliner Love Seat - Now *67y* *885. Rocker ReclineT - Now *549" Home Furnishings www.grandhonrwfurnlshings.com You can apply on-line for a Grand Home Furnishings Charge Card before you visit our store. CULPEPER 584 Towne Square Next to Food Lion Phone: 727-7788 Open: Mon.-Thur. 10-6, Fri. 10-8, Sat. 10-6 & Sun. 12-5 WE WELCOME IX* Id our large volume buying, purchase marry items below regulor wholesale cost The suggested retail prices shown ore not necessarily the pnce charged by us or aA o! our competitors, but it r s effarl to provide a guide far comparing the coet of farmlure of smwlar quality I Climate From Page A1 population and to export farm products beyond our borders. Here at home in Rappahannock County we will face challenges, but we too can adapt. Our growing season will lengthen, our frost dates will start later and end sooner, and we will have the potential to increase production to regional markets—if water resources remain available. State of Emergency declared in the Commonwealth The question of water resources was punctuated on Aug. 30 when Governor Warner declared a drought emergency for the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. In Executive Order 33, the Governor named David K. Paylor, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources, as drought coordinator for the executive branch and instructed all State agencies to reduce water consumption by 15 percent. The order also: prohibits any person or household who utilizes surface waters or ground water in localities that include Rappahannock County from watering lawns, washing vehicles, filling swimming pools, and irrigating golf courses with the exception of commercial car washes, pools used by health care facilities for patient care and rehabilitation, and watering of golf course tees and greens between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.; directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to work with local school divisions to encourage water conservation and educate school children about the importance of water conservation; authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to allocate ground water and surface water resources and to restrict any withdrawals based upon the adequacy of the resource to meet the necessary beneficial uses as set forth in 62.1-44.36 of the Code of Virginia; urges all citizens of the Commonwealth and visitors to the Commonwealth to refrain from any open burning in the forests, parks, natural areas, and other wildfire susceptible areas of the Commonwealth, in order to minimize the risk of wild fires; delegates to the State Forester the authority to declare an open burning ban in wild fire susceptible areas of the Commonwealth; directs the State Forester to initiate crew and helicopter training of the Virginia National Guard for fighting wildfires; and authorizes the Departments of State Police, Transportation and Motor Vehicles to grant temporary exemptions to carriers transporting essential emergency relief supplies into and through the Commonwealth in order to support the disaster response and recovery. The Executive Order was effective Aug. 30, 2002, and will remain in full force and effect until June 30, 2003, unless sooner amended or rescinded by further executive order. In Brief Polarity Therapy clinic scheduled A Polarity 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. Tb sign up for the clinic, drop by the RHAC in Sperryville and pick a time either Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning. For more information, call Virginie Audrain at 987-7269. Oratorio Society seeking singers The Front Royal Oratorio Society is seeking singers to join with its members from six surrounding counties for two performances in early December of G.F. Handel’s “Messiah”. Oratorio Society rehearsals are Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 beginning Sept. 9 in the Fulton Fine Aits Building at Randolph-Macon Academy. No auditions required. It is the hope of the Society that many singers will accept this opportunity to participate in a grand, area-wide celebration of this beloved choral masterpiece. Credit at Lord Fairfax Community College is available. Inquire at LFCC or the first rehearsal. For information call 6358709 or 622-6974.

• Neighbors/B2 • Obituaries/B5 • Classifieds/B6, B7 • Real Estate/B8 September 5, 2002 www.tlmescommunity.com Choral Society to begin season Culpeper-Piedmont Choral Society will begin rehearsals for its Christmas concerts on Monday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m., in the Parish Hall of Precious Blood Catholic Church. The concert will feature selections from “The Messiah” by Handel. There are openings in all four voice parts for those with a love for and some experience in reading choral music. Music director Art Palmer does not hold formal auditions, however, newcomers are asked to arrive early to meet with him. Former members are warmly encouraged to rejoin the group. Members will be accepted through Sept. 23. Concerts for this season are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 at The Lake of the Woods Church and for Monday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. at Precious Blood Church. For more information call 8259570 in Culpeper, 349-9693 in Warrenton or 972-7101 in Lake of the Woods. RAWL 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. County farmers invited to tour On Saturday, Sept. 7 the Culpeper Soil & Water Conservation District is conducting a conservation tour highlighting conservation projects on local farms, both completed and in-progress and Rappahannock farmers are invited. Participants will visit farms in Greene, Madison and Orange Counties, traveling by airconditioned bus. Join the free tour and learn about opportunities and advantages of cost share programs, waste management systems, water development, forested stream buffers, and rotational grazing. The tour leaves at 8:30 a.m. from the south parking lot of the Madison War Memorial Building. A free lunch at Sal’s is included. Call the Culpeper Soil & Water Conservation District at 825-8591 for details. Annual RoughRide planned for Sept 21 The sixth annual Rappahannock RoughRide to benefit the Fauquier County Free Clinic and the Rappahannock County Free Clinic in Washington will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21. The RoughRide is a fun bicycling event with rides for cyclists of all levels—a route for the beginner (12 miles), a couple longer choices for the intermediate (30 and 35 miles), and even longer and more challenging courses for the advanced (60 miles). To pre-register, send $20 ($18 before Sept. 14, $15 for children under 12) to: Rappahannock RoughRide, c/o Fauquier Free Clinic, Inc., P.O. Box 3138, Warrenton, Va. 20188. For more information call 347-0394. CRH Foundation to host golf tournament Culpeper Regional Hospital Foundation will be hosting a charity golf tournament on Thursday, Sept. 12 at The Country Club of Culpeper. Proceeds from this year’s tournament will help support the Hospital’s “Here to your Health” campaign. For a registration form or further information call 829-8812 or visit www.CRHFoundation.com. Contributions may be made by sending a check to CRH Foundation, 219 East Davis Street, Suite 330, Culpeper, Va. 22701. “Lights and Darks” Paintings by Steven Kenny at the gallery The Middle Street Gallery in Little Washington announces the opening of an exhibition of oil paintings by area artist Steven Kenny. The show runs from Sept. 6 through Sept. 29. A reception for the artist will occur on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 2 to 6 p.m. A recent recipient of both an artist’s fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the top 2002 visual arts prize fropi the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation, Mr. Kenny’s paintings have been exhibited in states from New York to San Francisco and internationally. Locally he has had solo exhibitions at both Gallery K and the Fraser Gallery in Washington, DC. Anyone familiar with Mr. Kenny’s previous work knows of his use of rich color and intricate detail in rendering highly imaginative, representational compositions. His paintings most often include the human figure surrealistically combined with natural elements. In this group of paintings the viewer will notice a shift in tone: a more subdued palette and greater use of contrast. “When focusing on the natural world as a source of subject matter one encounters every aspect of life’s processes. Humans distinguish between ‘good’ and “bad’ but these words don’t enter nature’s vocabulary. Birth, death, and everything in between are all aspects of Earth’s enormous and beautifully creative process. Day and night — light and dark — are all equal. Hence, this show’s title.” The Middle Street Gallery is located in Washington, Va. and is open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information call 675-3440, 6752355, or visit their website at www. middlestreetgallery.org. “The Wish” 2002, Size, 24 by 18 inches, mediumoil on canvas. Write your “Life Stories” workshop set for this fall at Ki Theatre in Washington Ki Theatre announces a series of Life Stories Workshops scheduled for September, October and November in Washington. Julie Portman, who leads the workshops, is an Obie award winning writer and theatre artist who lives in Rappahannock County. She has been teaching Life Stories Workshops for the past seven year. Ms. Portman, who directed Theatre Workshop in Boston and was the director of the play RIOT in New York, has focused on writing, performing and community work over the past 15 years. She has written a series of plays inspired by personal stories including “Katie Malone”,”How Dad Created The World”, and “My Sister’s Sister”. The plays have received hundreds of productions nationally and internationally. Her most recent play, Three Roses, will be broadcast again the fall on Public Television. Ms. Portman is offering six Life Stories workshops this fall: the Three-Day Advanced Workshop is Sept. 13-15; Introductory Three Day Workshops are scheduled for Oct. 46, Oct. 18-20 and Nov. 15-17. There are two One Day Workshops: Oct. 27 “Writing with Images” and Nov. 24 “Interviewing and Finding the Story”. Participation for workshops is limited to 12 people. People in all walks of life have taken Ms. Portman’s Life Stories Workshops — therapists,teachers, artists, farmers, retirees, government employees; people who write a lot and people who have never written before. The workshops are a mix of women and men, of people who live in Rappahannock, Culpeper, Madison, Fauquier and Warren Counties. Lots of people from the greater DC area attend as well as people who travel to Washington, Va. from communities across the country. The workshop is for anyone who wants to begin writing their life stories or get some fresh inspiration to continue their writing. The atmosphere for working is supportive and creative. The workshops are also a unique experience of how sharing stories can support diversity of expression and build a community. Many workshop participants continue meeting after the entire workshop is over. Participation in this fall’s workshop is limited to 12 people. The three-day workshops run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday; and the cost for the three days is $325. The One Day Workshops are scheduled for Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the cost is $125. Tb register, call 987-3164 or email julie@kitheatre.com. For further information v^sit the Ki Theatre web site: www.kitheatre.com. Julie Portman “Monsoon Wedding,” an Indian comedy to show By Joanne Hilty Special to the Rappahannock News “Monsoon Wedding” is an ensemble family comedy about the notentirely-happy chaos in the days leading up to the wedding of the only daughter of an upper-middleclass Delhi family. Filmed in New Delhi, India, on a tight 30-day schedule and directed by Mira Nair, the movie shows at the Theatre on Gay Street in Washington on Friday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. Set in Punjabi culture, ancient tradition and dot-com modernity combine in unique and perfect harmony. As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. “Monsoon Wedding” traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality. The film celebrates a contemporary India never before seen on screen. The father of the bride, Lalit Verma, and his wife, Pimmi, have endured the ups and downs of a fairly traditional marriage for years. As their daughter prepares to marry and leave home, they reach out to each other once again, finding deep comfort in the history they have shared. The bride, Aditi, on the rebound from an aborted love affair with her former boss, Vikram, agrees to marry Hemant, an engineer from Houston. Meanwhile, a tent is going up in the garden, cousins are arriving from all over, and as the cleansing monsoon approaches, love and sex are in the air. Cousin Ayesha has her eye on an Australian cousin. Ria, Lalit’s unmarried, orphaned niece starts to display a strange hostility to Lalit’s best friend and benefactor. And the rascally, upwardly mobile contractor PK Dubey is smitten by a shy housemaid. This film is a love song to the city of Delhi and a portrait of modern, cosmopolitan India. Two-thirds of “Monsoon Wedding” was shot in an affluent farm-house on the city’s outskirts, the rest in locations in both the old and new cities: the exteriors of old Mughal Delhi and the gaudy charm of the wedding sari-shops of Karol Bagh juxtaposed with the chic ateliers of the city’s established designed culture and its post corporate world. The cast is made up of acclaimed Indian movie stars, highly trained theatre actors from The National School of Drama and lesser known television actors and first-timers. It is filled with music, including ghazals (traditional love songs), modern Indian pop, jazz and bhangra (Punjabi folk/pop) music, all of which help to capture the varied and joyful sounds of a Punjabi wedding. The music and dance of old and new-style Bollywood is a constant presence in Indian life. This exuberant drama is both funny and touching. It is rated R and contains sexual situations and obscenity. In English with some Hindi and Punjabi (with subtitles). Run time is 116 minutes. Hardie Newton to speak at Library Series program By Sallie Morgan Special to the Rappahannock News The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) opens its 2002-2003 Second Friday at the Library Series on Friday Sept. 13 at 8 p.m., welcoming Hardie Newton for a presentation/demonstration titled “The Harvest as Art Form.” Ms. Newton is owner of Hardie Blossoms, a floral design consulting business in Madison, and author of Hardie Newton’s Celebration of Flowers. She is also designer for the Airlie Conference in Warrenton, member of the Altar Guild for the National Cathedral, and a national lecturer on floral and landscape design. Ms. Newton has created her own paradise in Madison, designing and building a house of 29 glass doors, surrounded by 36 acres of trees, hayfields and flowers, where she lives with Issac Newton (her dog) and Fig Newton (her cat). Ms. Newton’s specialty is find ing seasonal materials for design in the natural environment, and her library program will focus on a live creation of such an arrangement, while she talks about the creative process itself. Please join us Friday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m., at the Rappahannock County Library, to share in this act of creation. Wine festival at Great Meadow on Saturday, Sept. 8 The Blue Ridge Wine Way 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 Hummer Classic horse show jumping competition on Sept. 8. Eight member wineries of the Blue Ridge WineWay Association, will participate in the wine festival including Bleu Rock Vineyard, Farfelu Vineyards, Gray Ghost Vineyards, Oasis Winery, Pearmund Cellars, Piedmont Vineyards & Winery, Rappahannock Cellars and Unicorn Winery. Guests to the wine festival pavilion tent will be able to taste and purchase the latest vintages while enjoying the show jumping action. "We re pleased to be a part of the Great Meadow Grand Prix," stated Blue Ridge WineWay Association Founder & President Tareq Salahi. "Virginia is known for its wines and horses, the Festival and Grand Prix allow people to enjoy the beauty of both at Great Meadow." In cooperation with Cadillac/Hummer, Oasis Wine Country Tours will display its new Hummer stretch Limousine at the wine pavilion tent. Competition show jumping challenges horses and riders to jump a course of 15 to 20 specially designed fences. Competitors accrue "faults" (i.e. penalty points) if the horse refuses, brings down a fence or time allowed is exceeded. The ultimate goal is a "clean" or no fault round. Gates open at 10 a m. for preevent 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 in 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 under five free. Tents, boxes and wine and cheese tables are also available. Call 540253-5001 for more information on passes, tents, boxes and tables or visit www.GreatMeadow.org. In Rappahannock, tickets may be purchased at the Rappahannock News office on Main Street in Washington,

Church Activities Special service at Woodville A special hymn and gospel singing service will be held at Woodville Baptist Church on Saturday, Sept. 7 beginning at 7 p.m., followed by refreshments. Pastor Trey Hensley and the congregation at Woodville Baptist invites the public to attend. F.T. 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 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist and Baptism 11 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Study, Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. 1st anniversary Memorial Service 7:30 p.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. 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. New Hope Baptist Bible Pastor: Carl R. Menefee Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Evening Service 6p.m. Wednesday: Evening Prayer, Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Bible conference at Beech Spring A Bible conference will be held at Beech Spring Regular Baptist Church, located on US 211, west of Sperryville Sept. 913 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Missionary Evangelist Dr. E. Wayne Thompson and the theme will be “Lessons for Today from Daniel.” The public is invited. Reynolds Memorial Baptist Pastor: Jon Heddleston Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday: Community Youth 6-8 p.m. Thursday: Choir Practice 7 p.m. 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 Forest Grove Baptist Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Bethel Baptist Church Pastor: Rev. Forrest Freeman Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 11 a.m. Wednesday: Midweek Prayer and Bible Study 7:30 p.m. County Methodist services Rappahannock County Methodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, Sept. 8 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. 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. New Harvest Christian Fellowship Sunday: Worship service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and Friday: Home group 7 p.m. Services at Viewtown General Store Schools underway for another year School is now back in session and certainly everyone in our area has noticed the big yellow buses as they make their way down br up the roads. Some of our young people enter schools in Rappahannock while others travel to Culpeper, because of the county line running through our village. For those middle school children in Culpeper; well they have a new school this year, the recently renovated Floyd T. Binns Middle School, which had over 700 students on the first day. For our students entering or returning to Rappahannock County Schools, while they did not have a new school they did have a host of new teachers at both the high school and elementary. Mr. Lebanon Baptist Church has Sunday School at 10 a.m., morning worship at 11 a.m. and prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Dallas Smith and his congregation invite the public. The Fiber Artists of Windmore Foundation held their regular meeting Sunday at the Old Lerner Building in Culpeper and discussions centered on programs and workshops for the future. Boston By MARIE F. ATKINS Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Grigsby and sons, Kevin and Jason and Mrs. Keith Robinson and son, Keith were all in Dunn, N.C. last weekend due to the illness and death of Mrs. Grigsby’s father, Mr. Edward Deane. Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Savage joined the family for funeral services on Wednesday. Mrs. Janet Peregory and daughter, Jennifer were shoppers in Harrisonburg last Saturday. Folk in our area and surrounding are invited to attend the Bible Conference at Beech Spring Regular Baptist Church, beginning Monday, Sept. 9 through Sept. 13, each evening at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Wayne Thompson, missionary evangelist of Rochelle, will be guest speaker. Garner Smythe, the salutatorian at Rappahannock High School this past June is back in school, this time at Villanova in Philadelphia. Condolences are extended to the family of Mrs. Thurman Wilson, a former native of the Castleton-Rock Mills area, who passed away at the Orange County Nursing Home on Sunday at the age of 81. Services were conducted at Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper on Wednesday. Recipients of birthday wishes for the week include Ruth Peregory on Sunday; Amy Hamm and Clinton Cubbage Jr. on Thursday; Susan Smith on Friday and Saturday two close friends, Dr. Wayne Thompson and Elder Nelson Pettit each add another year. What a blessing when our Lord sent those “down pours” of rain; we should all be very thankful and keep asking Him for much more. The Clore-English Funeral Home of Culpeper has invited the public to join them in memorializing the victims of Sept. 11. On their memorial wall will be the names of all the 3,044 persons who perished from the tragic event. Anyone who wishes may bring flowers to leave at the wall. There will be an open meditation and candle light service on Sept. 11 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. On our prayer list for the week we have Mrs. Lucille Baylor, Mrs. Anna Dodson, Mrs. Dell Dodson, Mrs. Lucy Bailey, Mrs. Shirley Brown, Mrs. Rosie Wharton, Mrs. Elizabeth Deane, Mrs. Millie Jenkins, Mrs. Janet Peregory, Mrs. Missy Bragg, Mr. Bernard Jenkins, and many more; all of whom are known by our Lord. Nazareth Baptist Church on Route 707 has Sunday School at 10 a.m. each second and fourth Sunday and worship services each fourth and second Sunday at 11 a.m. and Pastor Howard Frye and his congregation extend an invitation. Heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family of Mrs. Rosie Jenkins, who having been a resident of Culpeper Health Care Center for a number of years, passed away there on Aug. 24 at the age of 86. On Saturday, Sept. 7 there will be a conservation tour highlighting projects on local farms. This is a free tour. For more information call the Culpeper Soil and Water District Office at 825-8591. We hope and trust that each of our readers had a safe and happy Labor Day. Give me a call with your news. Banking online — time saving method Using computer software to perform your financial tasks can be a timesaving and valuable method to manage your household accounts. With the touch of a button you can check your account balance, view a posted check, pay a recurring bill, or even apply for a mortgage. Trips to the bank for every little transaction are now a thing of the past. If you have already enrolled in an online banking service provided by your bank, or use a money management software program of your own, then you are well aware of the conveiiiences offered. If you haven’t considered any of the above, then perhaps you can compare the two most common methods of electronic banking available, and choose a program that would work best for you. Several software companies sell specialized computer programs that you install on your computer to help you carry out a variety of personal finance activities. These programs enable you to keep an electronic ledger of your accounts. You can even print checks from your computer or reconcile your statements by Sperryvllie By USA RAMEY y I ..I.... .Mil m.ihi .......a....ill II, mu electronically comparing your ledger with that of the bank. These programs typically allow customers to do much of their work off-line, and then dial in to the Internet to complete their bank transactions. Customers have the advantage of integrating all their banking information with other personal finance data using a single program. The second method of electronic banking is one provided by your financial institution. Banks use an assortment of names for online banking services, such as PC banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Regardless of the name, these services offer certain advantages over traditional banking methods. Customers can use their computers and a telephone modem to dial in from home or any site where they have access to a computer. The services are available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Transactions are executed and confirmed quickly. Processing time is comparable to that of an ATM transaction. There is a fairly broad range of banking transactions available via these services. Just as with any new way of doing something, there are significant disadvantages as well. The most obvious would be a huge learning curve for someone who is not comfortable using a computer. Also, there is a substantial amount of time invested initially to setup online banking. The data entry is necessary to build your financial portfolio so that it may be managed on the fly. Online bill payment is an example of an effort that requires a significant preparation time. Also, if you decide to switch banks you will need to re-enter your data, based on the requirements of your new bank. The online banking ser vices available vary from bank to bank. Virtually all of the banks that offer electronic services allow customers to check the balances in their accounts, transfer funds among accounts, and order electronic bill payments. More sophisticated systems allow customers to apply for loans, download information about accounts into their own computers, trade stocks or mutual funds, and look at images of their checks and deposit slips. A few large banks that have set up Internet-based systems charge no monthly fee for online banking services and electronic bill payment. Some banks, however, do apply service charges. Shop around for a bank that offers affordable, convenient and secure online services. It may be well worth your effort to save money on postage, save personal time writing checks for recurring monthly bills, and free yourself from having to do your banking during traditional banking hours. Have a wonderful week, and please call me with your news, or send news via e-mail to lramey@earthlink.net. 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 SINtVtf MONDAY 1M4$ iiuday ID** M-22 WtXWEHMY Jftte *119 THURSDAY l Deter UM ntJDAT ■* **..»■— »IW u*a WYMtOff JD*» m\ We bad to watch our ilrpt «■ the rough and uneven board* and brash the tree* from our eyes occasionally, but at the tod of (he loos and Burrow path wu> the freedom and the grandeur that can only come from the spectacle that i* the sea. It is a funny thing, the way the sea almost saeahs up oa you...hidden behind tree* or tall dune* until you are right on top of lu but It is always there...waiting. Oar Creator is always watting, earn when we are Used and discouraged, wondering If Re really jg there after alL He I* walling, for “by paths they have not known I will guide them. I wUJ turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places Into level ground.” (Isaiah 42; 16) Learn more of Cod's path for yoa at your local home of worship this week. Your Heavenly Father can lend you to a life of beauty ami pence. He will help you find your “way to the sea". **mm ***** rwmmm mm Smm ABERDEEN BARN Steaks • Seafood • Prime Rib Banquet* • Luncheon* in the Holiday Inn of Culpeper 15401 825-1037 Jimmie’s Auto Parts Complete line of foreign & domestic parts 161 Saunders St. • Culpeper (540) 825-8030 The Color Shoppe Paint • Carpet • Wallcovering Blinds Rt 29 South • 2 miles from Culpeper Old Hudson Ham Building 547-9743 Find your new home With the Rappahannock News 540-675-3349 Neui$ Church Activities are brought to you courtesy of these advertisers and the Rappahannock News

Pat Giles receives Mary Kay career car Mary Kay independent Beauty Consultant Pat Giles of Washington is on the road to success. This month Mrs. Giles earned the use of a new Pontiac Grand Am. In keeping with the company’s quest to maintain its preeminence as a leader in providing* women with an unparalleled business opportunity and desirable business incentives, Mary Kay continues to elevate its image by continually upgrading the options available to its star performers. In addition to the Grand Am, Mary Kay also offers the pearlized pink Cadillac and the Pontiac Grand Prix as part of its notable career car fleet. “The career car program provides our sales force the opportunity to earn a visible symbol of success,” said Tbm Whatley, president, global sales and marketing. “Each car in this exciting program reflects the hard work, determination and professionalism of our sales force.” Mrs. Giles took possession of her new Grand Am car at Shenandoah Motors in Front Royal on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Independent Beauty Consultants earn the use of Mary Kay career cars through outstanding sales and team building. The U.S. Mary Kay fleet, one of the largest commercial fleets of GM passenger cars in the world, includes more than 10,000 career cars valued at more than $150 million. The Mary Kay product line includes more than 200 premium products in eight categories: facial skin care, color cosmetics, nail care, body care, sun protection, fragrances, men’s skin care and men’s and women’s dietary supplements. Today there are more than 850,000 Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants serving customers in 33 markets worldwide. THE KEYS PLEASE: Pat Giles proudly holds the keys to her new Pontiac Grand Am. Mrs. Giles earned the car due to determination and professionalism in the Mary Kay product line sales. Football season here, fall is looming Football season is here and fall is in the air. The Rappahannock Panthers take the field in a history-setting event on Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. This will be the first ever-home game at RCHS. Lets get out there and support our team on this special day of remembrance. Amissville Baptist Church along with the Amissville United Methodist Church will be having a special service on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at Amissville Baptist Church. Amissville resident and firefighter Darryl Klopp, who helped in the rescue effort at the Amissville _ By AMY HITT *37-3401 Sgi stePentagon will be speaking at this service. All are invited to attend. For more information call the church office at 9376159. There will be a pickin’ party Butlers have daughter Paul F. and Anna T. Butler of Chesapeake are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kaela Gabrielle, on Monday, June 10 at Chesapeake General Hospital. Kaela weighed six pounds and nine ounces and was 19 inches long. Delighted grandparents are Melvyn D. and Marjorie S. Hutt of Hampton and Paul F. and Linda Butler of Boston. Great-grandparents include Joyce Hudnall of East Bank, W.Va. and Curtis and Margie Cooper of Leon. at Hackley's Store on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 11 a m. to 2 p.m.. Bring your lawn chair, voices and instruments; plan to have a good time. For more information call 937-5373. The Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this fall. They will be publishing an anniversary book to be available Oct. 19. For more information contact Paul Poling at 937-5205. 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 plan to 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 call Randy Johnson at 347-5624. Happy birthday wishes to the following people: Lewis HII1fH*»UlTmwdi«nnilMlli«nniiiiiiiiir»immnrnimMMTnMniTi-imniirri Judd, Mandy Frazier, Johnny Hitt Sr., Kay Crookshanks, Vergie Clatterbuck, Charlie Priest, Nora Seacrest, MaryLee Poe, Ronnie Poe, Pearl Clark, Candy Lawrence, Roger Poe, Cory Davis, Patty Atkins, Stephanie Hitt, Sam Finney, Autumn Hernandez, Julie Gough, Kim Whitam, Chad Carroll, and Jim Wiles will be 60 this month. Happy anniversary to the following: B. and Virginia Settle, Paul and Gertie Poling, Ruby and Mitchell Green, Kari and Mike Wharton, Roger and Anita Rowland, Roger and Bonnie Cordani, Melissa and Roger Brackenridge and Darryl and Julie Klopp. Mary and Charlie Priest celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this' month. Congratulations to them both and we wish them many more years together. Happy belated birthday to Adolph Estes, who I believe turned 70 this year! Have nice week and call me or e-mail me with your news at amyrappnews® aol.com. J. Massie receives highest honor By Hazel Z. Day 4-H Program Support Technician, Senior The Rappahannock County 4-H Program is pleased to announce that 4-H Volunteer Leader Jim Massie was tapped in as a Virginia 4-H All Star this summer. Becoming a 4-H All Star is the highest honor that can be bestowed on 4-H members, and many adults are recommended to become Honorary All Stars because of their work with 4-H. Mr. Massie has given years . of 4-H volunteer leadership to the Rappahannock County 4-H Livestock Club, the CulpeperMadison-Rappahannock Farm Fair and regional 4-H - Livestocks Shows such as Glenwood. Mr. Massie was tapped in by his son, David, who became an All Star two years ago. The Rappahannock County 4-H program is blessed to have such wonderful 4-H volunteers who give so much to the youth in our community. Hospice volunteer training set FamilyCare Home Health and Hospice Care has scheduled volunteer training for Sept. 9 and 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The training is open to anyone in the community who is 18 and older and will be held in the Birthing Center at Culpeper Regional Hospital. Training will focus on how to interface with patients and/or family members when death has occurred or is imminent. FamilyCare serves residents of Rappahannock, Culpeper, Orange an<J> Madison Counties. For information or to register call Nancy Wells at 829-5764 no later than Friday, Sept. 6. The Perfect Gift ...Anytime “On The Morning Side Of The Blue Ridge” tells the story of Rappahannock County and its people The soft-bound book includes old photographs and special articles which appeared each month of the 1983 sesquicentennial year in the Rappahannock News plus stories of historical interest from past years. Featuring chapters on education, soldiers, doctors, slavery, freemen and integration, mountain people and the park, The Depression, old mills and settlements, travel, entertainment, natural disasters, mountain justice and farming. The collection of articles was written by the Rappahannock News staff with the help and cooperation of hundreds of Rappahannock people. Stop by the Rappahannock News office or call 540-675-3338 for your copy “On The Morning Side Of The Blue Ridge” $11.95 plus tax and $2.00 for postage Upcoming Events Old Hollow reunion slated The annual Old Hollow reunion will be held on Sunday, Sept. 8 at Thornton's Gap Regular Baptist Church. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. and those attending should bring a covered dish and beverage to share. Home school event planned A home school “show and tell" will be held the second Tuesday of each month beginning on Tuesday. Sept. 10 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Library. All home schoolers are invited to come; bring your projects, reports, etc. and join in the showing. For more information call Martha at 636-8315. Services Board to meet The Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board and Area Agency on Aging will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. at 15361 Bradford Road. Individuals with disabilities who require special assistance to attend and participate in this meeting should contact Paula Benenson at 825-3100, extension 3146 or 825-7391 (TDD). Hunting licenses available Hunting licenses will be available for purchase at the Flint Hill Store on Saturday. Sept. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and on Sunday. Sept. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. For additional information call Jean Lillard at 675-7171. Picki n ’ party pla n ned Hackley's Country Store located on US 211 in Amissville will sponsor a pickin' party on Saturday. Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Bring your lawn chairs, voices and instruments and plan to have a good time," said a spokesperson. For more information call 937-5373. Rappahannock County 4-H members will be selling tickets for a 50/50 raffle to raise money for the 4-H General Fund to use for 4-H programs. Keating to perform at Blue Moon Singer songwriter Vyktoria Keating will perform at the Blue Moon Cafe on Friday. Sept. 6 at 9 p.m. Ms. Keating lived in Sperryville for eight years writing songs and perfecting her art and recently returned from Arizona. She is an award winning guitarist and vocalist and is currently working on the upcoming release of her fourth CD. Ms. Keating is the recipient of three Washington area music awards, has sold 10,000 CDs of her music and has played in 46 states. Mark your calendar for Friday, Sept. 6 to see Ms. Keating in person and hear her perform at Blue Moon. Travel team accepting applications The Fauquier Cardinals are accepting applications for the AAU travel baseball team and Rappahannock residents are encouraged to participate. For more information contact Clark Fries at 364-2869 or e-mail at CLF94@aol.com. Apple Butter Festival set The third annual Apple Butter Festival has been scheduled for Sept. 11-14 at Skyland's Conference Hall in the Shenandoah National Park. Clyde Gray sets up his copper kettle and stokes up the fire for demonstrations in the age-old tradition of apple butter boiling and all are invited. At the festival guests can purchase apple related gifts, crafts and food at the special Country Store. Food items include apple cobbler, apple turnovers, apple cinnamon bars, country ham sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers and more. Fresh apple butter will be available to purchase (two jar limit) on Sept. 12 and 14. There will be live entertainment and fun for the entire family- lyCub Scouting to begin new year Cub Scout Pack 123 will be registering boys interested in the 2002-03 scouting season on Thursday, Sept. 5 starting at 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Elementary School. For more information or to get an application call Cub Master Opie Crawford at 987y2D8495 or Committee Woman Libet Pierson at 937y2D5605. Jenkins' plan reunion The family of the late Aubrey R. and Ellen Baker Jenkins will hold their reunion on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 1:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock Park on US 211 near Washington. All family members and friends are invited and reminded to wear something patriotic. “Please bring a covered dish and come out for a day of good food, fun, games and prizes," said an organizer. Paper supplies, beverages and desserts will be provided. For more information call Linda Dwyer at 987-9225 or Tammy D. Atkins at 675-9953. Senior fund raiser set Jean Lillard will be participating in the annual Rappahannock RoughRide on Saturday, Sept. 21 and area residents are encouraged to support Ms. Lillard with a donation or a pledge as she rides the 12-mile course. All proceeds will benefit the Rappahannock Senior Citizens. To pledge or donate call Libby Benentt at 675-3685 or Darcey Canton at 675-2615. Al Anon meeting scheduled Al Anon meetings are currently scheduled for every Thursday evening at 8:30 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church. For additional information call Gary at 987-7278. 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. Wharton family reu nion 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. Clinic will be open Sej)t. IS 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. 18 and not again until Oct. 2. Patient registration is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock Public Health Department Building. For information call 347-0394. Civil War walking tour set The Civil War walking tour, sponsored by the Museum of Culpeper History, will begin at the Culpeper Visitors Center. 109 South Commerce Street on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 10:30 a m. Join tour guide, Virginia Morton, as she leads a fascinating tour with intriguing stories of the Civil War era, through Historic Downtown Culpeper. A fee of $8 is charged for 18 and older. For more information call 829-1749 or 829-6434. 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.

The Healthy Garden On fertile ground By Donna LaPre Special to the Rappahannock News A friable, rich, humusladen soil is every gardener's dream. With such a soil, plants grow lush and green, defy most pests and diseases, and water, that precious element, is encouraged to linger in the microbially dense, crumbly tilth. A fantasy? Only if this type of soil remains a dream, instead of the reality that is possible in every garden. Sometime in the spring I wrote an article about soil structure, humus, soil organisms and so forth. Also mentioned were the necessary practices of zero or minimal tilling and deep mulching to assist nature’s processes in creating healthy soil. One more aspect still needs discussion: fertilizer use. The first step is to get your soil tested. The information you’ll need pertains to ph, nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium (NPK), organic matter and trace mineral status. There are a bunch of different options here. One way is get the above tests done through our local extension office. Kenner Love informed me that, based on test results, extension agents can recommend amounts of lime and animal manure needed to raise fertility and adjust the ph balance. (However, they are not equipped to give conversion for non-synthetic fertilizers.) Simple kits for ph i Rapitest is a good one) can be easily purchased for home tests. I prefer a ph meter, which also measures fertility, as it’s less messy, easier to use We’re Expanding Our Sales Force. Position Available for... Junior Advertising Consultant Senior Advertising Consultant Opportunity. '1 "This is a newspaper where you can truly make a difference. Come join our community!” - Anne Whitley Fairfax Money. Success. Recognition. Flexibility. Competitive Compensation, Benefit Program Opportunities in the following counties: Fairfax, Loudoun. Prince William For consideration of application pleas*' submit resume, cover letter and salary history via Fax or E-mail to: (Times musBi NORTHERN VIRGINIA David C. Tomasini, V.P. Advertising & Sales 703437-6019 Fax dtomasini@timespapers.com and much more accurate. A reasonably priced meter can 2 be found in 0 Mellinger’s cata- / log (800-3217444), while more elaborate and expensive versions can be had from Peaceful \ Valley Farm Supply \. catalog (888-784-1722). X, Tb home-test biological matter content, the Solvita kit is great. Simple and easy to use, this kit gives tests for both garden soil and compost. Seeds of Change (888-7627333) and Johnny’s Selected Seeds (207-437-4301) sell this product. Tests for NPK ratio are also available (LaMotte’s is the most reliable) from many catalogs and garden centers, but they aren’t as accurate as professional tests. The most comprehensive tests I know of, for the most detail conscious gardeners, can be done through Dr. Elaine Ingham’s labs (see: www.soilfoodweb.com). With all of these tests, follow the instructions for preparing soil samples precisely to obtain the best results. Next, having gathered the information on your soil’s specific excesses or deficiencies, youll need further information on what might be added to your soil to correct any problems. If you don’t know the square footage of your garden, measure it and keep that handy for gauging amounts of amendments. Of course, I’m not a proponent of chemical fertilizers. Yet, organic and mineral fertilizers are much overused and shouldn’t be thought of merely as substitutions for synthetics. It is best for the soil (and the checking account!) to derive Did You Know... Clarke Hardware Has Apple Peeler Parer & Core, Pressure Cookers & Colanders? 201 E. Davis Street, Culpeper 540-825-9178 Open: 7:30 am • 5:30 pm Mon-Sat www.culpeperva.com_ soil fertility from your property, via animals and plant wastes. ) However, not everyone has these materials available in abundance. «/ Compost crops (grown specifically for composting to boost fertility) can be grown easily, and in this county, even if you don’t raise chickens, cattle, horses, etc., there is plenty of manure around, often free for the hauling. Anyone can make compost, even indoors with a vermiculture bin. Compost is the single most important and effective fertilizing material you could ever add to your soil. Properly made compost, rich in micro and macro- nutrients, will add organic matter, build humus, feed soil animals and adjust ph balance. It contains carbon, which is what plants are made of. There are many ways to make compost, and Let It Rot!/ Stu Campbell is a very thoroughbook on the subject. Other helpful information can be found in most any organic gardening book. Basically, there are two types of compost aerobic (turned) and anaerobic (unturned). Anaerobic compost takes longer to decompose, but has a higher carbon content, good for all round soil building, slow feeding of crops. Aerobic compost is better for heavy feeders that need a quick boost of nitrogen in their early stages, such as broccoli, corn, and lettuces. Ideally, it would be best to have each type of compost to work with. I’ve had the best results making anaerobic compost with the biodynamic method. More on that later. Compost and manure teas and liquid plant “manures” are wonderful homemade fertilizers. To find out about compost teas, go to the soil foodweb site mentioned above. Manure tea is made by steeping a plop of fresh cow or horse manure, tied in a cheesecloth bundle then placed in a lidded bucket of water for several weeks. It is then sprayed as a foliar feed or watered around What are you doing to improve your health? r Wellness Outreach Register/information: (540) 829-4190 Classes listed are FREE unless indicated. BY APPOINTMENT Thinkin' About Quittin' We can help you create your own cessation plan, utilizing up-to-date, practical methods that suit your situation and needs. Daytime and early evening hours are available to schedule free appointments. Just call 829-4190. SEPTEMBER 9, 11, 16, 23, 25 Tai Chi Chih Attend all five classes to learn 20 simple movements that are slow, gentle - and very effective. T'ai Chi Chih (translates as "joy through movement") can be done by almost anyone, regardless of age or physical condition These free classes will be held at Lake of the Woods Clubhouse, lower level, in Locust Grove. To reserve your space, call 829-4190 2:30-3:30 pm Support Groups SEPTEMBER 16 Help for those grieving: Bereavement Support Group Our FamilyCare FJome Health & Hospice program is launching a free Bereavement Support Group. Guided by a trained bereavement therapist, the group will meet or, Mondays beginning September 16. After toe first meeting, the group will be closed to newcomers to allow everyone to work through grief. The group will meet in the community room at Culpeper County Library. To register or get more information, call 829-5764. 11:30 am -1 pm 501 Sunset Lane Special Events SEPTEMBER 12 CRH Foundation Golf Classic Tournament Chairman Dan Peacock invites all those who golf or can sponsor golfers to join in Captain's Choice with special prizes for things like Hole-m-One (new car). This tournament raises funds for Culpeper Regional Hospital, this time for the Here's to Your Health campaign! To register or get more info, call 829-8812 or visit the Foundation's website at www.CRHFoundation.com Breast Cancer Awareness Month To encourage you to get annual mammograms, Culpeper Regional Hospital will once again offer a 20 percent discount on screening mammograms during the month of October. Spate is limited, so call NOW to schedule an appointment at either the hospital's Medical Imaging Department or the downtown Culpeper location - Culpeper Outpatient I Center: 829-8855. Tell your friends you care | about their health and well-being by I encouraging them to get a mammogram, too! | Remember: ACS estimates that 203,500 new t cases of invasive breast cancer will be I diagnosed in the U.S. this year. I Culpeper Regional Hospital S8 Promoting health. Preserving community. Family Birth Center Register/information: (540) 829-4114 Classes listed are FREE unless indicated Conducted on-site at the Family Birth Center. SEPTEMBER 4 Siblings! Being a good big brother or sister to a new baby is a very important job! You are invited to bring your child or children (over age 3) to this free class to receive guidance and great advice as you transition a new child into the family. To reserve space or get info, call 829-4114. 7-8 pm SEPTEMBER 9 - OCTOBER 14 Prepared Childbirth Six Monday evening classes will provide accurate, up-to-date information to parents about labor and delivery, pain management, baby care, and so much more - as you prepare to have a child, whether it's your first or next child. Classes are informal and taught by certified instructor. $50 for all six classes. To resen/e space, call 829-4114. 7-9 pm SEPTEMBER 18 Infant CPR An important skill for parents, grandparents, siblings and babysitters - this free class will provide opportunity to learn and practice lifesaving CPR for infants. This is not a certification course. To reserve space or get more info, call 829-4114. 7-9 pm Culpeper, Virginia 22701 www.culpeperhospital.com the base of plants. This very whiffy method is best for flowers and shrubs. Equally revolting in odor, but efficacious and more suitable for edibles, the liquid plant feed is recommended. The leaves of comfrey, borage and nettles (wear gloves!) are gathered and placed into a bucket of water, covered and steeped for several weeks, then applied the same as manure tea. Pick comfrey and borage after flowering, nettles before. As a . prophylactic treatment for fungal diseases, I add chamomile and horsetail as well. This treatment adds calcium to the soil, much needed for healthy plant tissue. I find liquid manure so helpful, despite its wretched smell, that I have set aside large spaces for growing the plants involved with its making. Additionally, these same herbs make superior compost when added to the pile. Of course, it is not always possible to have sufficient amounts of compost at hand, especially in the beginning of a new garden. Bought-in fertilizers should be considered, then, with agricultural or high calcium lime being at the top of the list. Usually, if ph is low, indicating acid soils, calcium will be deficient, too. Wood ash is another source of calcium, yet using too much or too often will cause potassium buildup and soil salinity. Dolomite lime, high in magnesium, should only be used if magnesium levels are unusually low. Phosphorous can be supplied with colloidal or rock phosphate (avoid the chemical triple phosphate) and potassium and trace minerals are well supplied with kelp meal or seaweed. Nitrogen is made a huge deal of, but is only needed in quantity in the early uptake cycle of leafy greens, corn and cucumbers. It can be added with alfalfa meal, or better yet, green manures and wellplanned rotations of legumes (preceding plantings with peas or beans). The only hitch with using organic fertilizers is in figuring out how much. Read the information on the bags and use your best intuition and educated guess: go slowly and underestimate rather than overestimate. Mineral and organic soil amendments are different in nature than their chemical counterparts: the former feed the soil and micro-organisms which in turn feed plants, all in a time—release manner. It is a long-term approach and if done well, only minimal, if any, applications will be needed down the road. The latter group of fertilizers are quick fixes for plants, bombarding them with nutrients but depleting the soil. Excess nutrients run off into groundwater and the soil will need another round of chemicals to sustain successive crops. Being derived from chemicals used in warfare, with an addictive, pocket-emptying nature similar to drugs, I think synthetic fertilizers should be avoided in a healthy garden. Cover crops are the frugal and soil-conscious gardeners’ best fertilizing allies, next to compost. Even if only used to cover bare soil in winter, cover crops will add organic matter and nutrients. The best covers are mixes, a legume and grass combination: fava beans or alfalfa and oats, annual rye and hairy vetch or field peas, winter wheat and mustard or fenugreek. Peaceful Valley’s catalog has great pre-mixed cover seed and Seeds of Change sells organic green manure seed. All of these plants, plus barley make great compost builders, too. For more in depth information on cover crops, read the The Soul of the Soil/Grace Gershuny & Joseph Smillie. If you are interested in learning about biodynamic compost making and soil treatments, I’d suggest reading Hugh Lovel’s A Biodynamic Farm; Handbook on Composting and the BD Preps/George Corrin and Biodynamic Gardening & Farming/Pfeiffer, all available through the Josephine Porter Institute For Applied Biodynamics, in Woolwine, Va. ■(540-930-2463). Donna LaPre welcomes questions and comments and may be reached at dopray® earthlink.net or in care of the Rappahannock News, P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747. Introducing our 1st annual... Distributed to... • Participating Advertiser Locations • Giant Food Stores • Times Community Newspapers Offices Features... • Article Exclusive • Informative Editorial Content • User Friendly Layout • Targeted Market • Just In Time For The Holidays • Glossy Cover • All Ads FULL PageFULL Color •FREE Web link • Entire Publication On-line • Promoted in all 18 Enter to Win tOanliKe in Atlantic City Times Community Newspapers Advertising Deadlines: Early Bird: Wed. Sept 18 Ask about Early Bird Discount. Regular: Wed. Oct. 9 dimes Community Newspapers northern Virginia Fairfax County Office 703437-5400 • Fax 702437-6019 Loudoun County Office 703-777-1111 • Fax 703771-0036 Fauquier County Office 540-3474222 • Fax 540-349-8676 Prince William County Office 703396-7777 • Fax 7035308430 Rappahannock County Office 540675-3338 • 540675-3088 Clarke County Office 540955-1111 • Fax 540955-1334 TimesCommunity.cow ^ Win a Trip to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City! Call for details.

Marshall Boarman Rescuer of the Legal Services Corporation Marshall I. Boarman, a career civil service officer with oversight responsibilities for the Legal Services Corporation from the Nixon through the Reagan administrations died Aug. 26 in Warrenton, of complications of diabetes. He was 79. In Richard Nixon’s second term, Mr. Boarman was assigned the task of dismantling the Legal Services Corporation—a division of the Office of Economic Opportunity concerned with legal aid to the poor—then held in low repute by the White House as a holdover from Lydon Johnson’s “Great Society.” However, Mr. Boarman sought to save the LSC by reforming it. To that end, he prepared a series of controversial memoranda known as the “Boarman Papers”, which subsequently surfaced in leading media. In them, he argued that legal aid lawyers should refrain from helping the poor as a class through changes in judicial interpretations of the law. Instead, he contended, the lawyers should focus on the relatively narrow legal problems of their individual clients. “One of the most objectionable features of the Legal Services Corporation as it has operated in the past”, he declared, “was its penchant for putting causes ahead of cases, for using clients as mere vehicles to promote sweeping social and political change”. Mr. Boarman proposed that the LSC not be dismantled, but that its “backup centers” — federally financed advisory groups affiliated with universities and their law schools—should be transferred to an “in house” Washington office. This idea was widely criticized by legal aid lawyers as tantamount to gutting the LSC, since the backup centers had provided much of the inspiration and guidance for test cases and classaction litigation of the 2,500 lawyers then employed by the Office of Legal Services in 900 neighborhood units throughout the country. Senator George McGovern bitterly attacked the Boarman proposals in a speech to the Senate, declaring that “under the curious rationale of making the program less political, (the proposals) would make (the LSC) more so, destroy its independence, and let political appointees decide when and how the rights of the poor may be asserted.” Mr. Boarman rebutted these criticisms as both “unfair and demagogic.” The purpose of the new approach,” he wrote, “is, in fact, quite the opposite: to expand the volume and improve the quality of services to individual clients and thus t4p render the Legal Services Program as a whole less vulnerable to outside political pressures.” A compromise solution— along the lines Boarman had outlined—was ultimately adopted as the sacrifice required to overcome conservative opposition in Congress to the LSC, which had hardened in acrimonious debate over the years. In 1966, new limitations were placed upon LSC activities, which in any case had been restricted to civil legal cases. More recently, Mr. Boarman had taken some satisfaction in President George W. Bush’s budget message to Congress for fiscal year 2002 in which the President asked for full funding of LSC, declaring that “I believe the LSC can play a valuable role in ensuring that poor families are not treated unfairly and illegally by landlords, creditors and others merely because they cannot afford legal representation.” Mr. Boarman said that President Bush’s support has for all practical purposes ended the annual warfare in Congress over the future of the LSC. Beyond his many years in the civil service in Washington D.C, Mr. Boarman was a professional philosopher, with special interests in medieval philos Marshall I. Boarman in the late 1960s Wiesbaden, Germany ophy and in the concepts of human dignity in western thought. Mr. Boarman held degrees in philosophy from Fordham College, the University of Toronto, and the University of Louvain, Belgium, where his graduate thesis was defended “avec grande distinction.” He also studied and taught in the philosophy department of the University of Pennsylvania From 1958 to 1966, Mr. Boarman served as an educational consultant to the U. S. Air Force. As Deputy Director of the Air Forces education services program in Europe, he oversaw undergraduate and graduate degree programs at over 50 Air Force installations. In .World War II, he served as a forward observer for the artillery with the Seventh U. S. Army in Germany and France. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Reserve in 1948. A lc^igtime resident of Washington, Va., Mr. Boarman was a genealogist and authority on colonial families in Maryland and Virginia. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the St. Andrews Society, the Society of the Lees of Virginia, and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (descendants of Union officers who served in the Civil War). His survivors include a brother, Patrick M. Boarman, of San Diego, Calif.; three sisters, Sheila Ryan of Amissville, Barbara Kennedy of Alexandria and ring by Randy Minter ATTAINING HAPPINESS While census data show that many measures of quality of life have risen over the past five decades, studies show that the number of people who consider themselves to be happy remains flat. This has led researchers to look for those things that will make people happy. One thing they found was that, once income provides basic needs, it does not correlate to happiness. So, what does? Strong marriages, family ties, and friendships predict happiness, as do spirituality and selfesteem. Hope is crucial, as is the feeling that life has meaning. Moreover, helping people to be happy helps the giver experience stronger relationships, renewed hope, and a general upward spiraling of happiness. Oftentimes the death of a loved one can infuse us with a sense of the sacred gift that is life. We can become more attuned to all that we are grateful for and we see clearly how short and precious our time here is. At the MOSER FUNERAL HOME, we are experienced in providing compassionate professional funeral planning, whether you need preneed counseling or are dealing with an immediate loss. Call 347-3431 (233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton) 24-hours a day. “Happiness is a delicate balance between what one is and what one has.” ~ J.H. Denison Mary Ellen Young of Corinth, Texas; 20 nieces and nephews, and 17 grandnieces and grandnephews. A vigil will be held for family and friends at Moser Funeral Home at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24. A mass will be held on Sept. 25 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter's in Washington. Burial will be at 12:15 on Sept. 26 at Arlington National Cemetery. Mary Miller Wood Teacher Mary Miller Wood, 85, of Washington died on Saturday, Aug. 31 at her residence. Miss Wood was born March 25, 1917, a daughter of the late Ida Neville Keyser and Frank Downing Wood Sr. Surviving are five nieces, Neville Hall of Camilla, Ga., Nancy Reeve and Mary Bailey, both of Washington, Alice Wood of Wiley, Ga., and Frances Conover of Rochelle; 19 great-nieces and nephews; 16 great-greatnieces and nephews and one great-great-great nephew and a host of extended family and friends. Miss Wood taught for over 42 years in Rappahannock Public Schools and one year in British Columbia. She was a life long mem ber of Washington Baptist Church, serving as teacher, deacon, leader of Women on Missions and church clerk for many years. She served in the Shiloh Association and was an active member of the Retired Teachers Association of Rappahannock County. Graveside memorial services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Washington Masonic Cemetery with Rev. Phil Bailey officiating. Miss Wood requested in lieu of flowers donations be made to Washington Baptist Church, P.O. Box 209, Washington, Va. 22747 or to Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, Va. 22701. Virginia Woodard Born in county Virginia Carolyn Woodard, 88, formerly of Woodville, died on Sunday, Sept. 1 at Whispering Pines in Luray. She was born Aug. 24, 1914 in Rappahannock County, a daughter of the late Ellis H. and Savilla C. Jenkins. Her husband was the late Harry Jennings Woodard Jr. She was a homemaker. In addition to her husband and parents, she was also predeceased by two brothers, Mitchell Jenkins and George Jenkins. She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews through marriage and cousins. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Sperryville Cemetery at 11 a.m. with the Rev. John Burke officiating. Clore-English Funeral Home in Culpeper was in charge of the arrangements. James Hendricks Building contractor James Roy Hendricks, 83, of Sperryville died Saturday, Aug. 31 at Culpeper Health and Rehab Center. He was born Oct. 29, 1918 in Greenville, S.C., a son of the late Joseph R. Hendricks and Ola Hendricks. Mr. Hendricks was a building contractor in the Flea Marketers needed NOW for Rava’s Val. Fire 8 Rescue’s Annual Fall Festival October 5th 540-547-2687 Virginia and Maryland region for many years. He was a Sergeant in the 51st Fighter Squadron of the United States Army during World War II. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by a brother, William Hendricks. Survivors include his wife. Peggy L Hendricks of Sperryville; a son, Collin C. Hendricks of Warrenton; one daughter. Candice J. St. Onge of Warrenton: a brother, Joseph Hendricks of Romney, W’.Va.; one sister. Josalee Cudd of Greenville, S.C.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday. Sept. 4 at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton by the Rev. J. Richard Winter. Burial was in Beahms Chapel Cemetery in Luray. Crafters needed NOW for Hava’s Vol. Fin 8 Rescue’s Annual Fall Festival October 5th 540-547-2687 ALTERATIONS Natasha's Clothing Boutique o' Alterations Attire for every occasion: Proms • Bridal Gowns Pageant Wear Tuxedo Rentals tk Sales Shoes, Shoe Dying Also lewelry and Alterations 124 East Main Street Front Royal 540-636-2356 Brandy Station Rt. 762 825-9690 M-F 7:30-6:00 Sat. 7;30-4:00 Closed Sunday CHERRY STREET BUILDING SUPPLY CORP. See Us for All Your Building Supply Needs 540/825-0397 1418 Orange Rd , Culpeper CABINETS LURAY WOODWORKS Kitchen m4 Beth Cabinet*, Countertops Custom Woodwork 540-743-1800 CARPET EARLY’S CARPET, INC. The One-Stop Shop lor complete dome Decorating Service Floor Coverings • Window Treatments Wallpaper • Slip Covers & Upholstery Residential A Commercial Rt. 211 Amlssville, VA 937-5500 , MacRae Associates, p.c. Tax Prejwjnun & Planning Accounting Service Financial Planning wuw.macrae-cpaxom (540) 675-2043 aaa iki Joseph Keyser Construction, Inc. Quality Renovations & Custom Homes VA Class A Confr.it tor 540-675-2395 T.G. TAYLOR CONSTRUCTION, L.L.C. Custom Homebuilder Class A License 540-987-8043 KREYLING CONSTRUCTION Top Quality Custom Homes Since 1975 540-987-3145 CARPENTRY Expert craftsmanship in all phases of woodworking and construction. Cabinetry, tnm, doors, decks, home repairs' 23 years experience 540-937-2051 Contracting • Sunrooms • Baths •Garages ’Kitchens • Decks • Additions (540) 347-4740 (703) 409-3448 Ellis & Sanborn, iu Building Contractors • Custom Homes • Additions •Bams James G. Sanborn 500 Pine Circle Amissville. VA 20106 540-937-5431 Fax: 540 0.17-7763 EXCAVATING Keys Excavating, LLC ponds’driveways daring • landscaping snow removal •busmog^ng We offer quality work with years of experience. 540-987-9259 _ Vest's Excavating Specialized Backhoe. Dump Truck Haulng, Ditch Diggng, Culverts, Mowing, Bushhoggng & Driveway Grading, Fence Painting 675-1117 Farm Services Fencing: Board. Split Rail. Privacy. American wire. Barbed Wire High Tensile. Electric Fence Painting Agricultural Services & Consulting Piedmont Land & C attle (ompnay Hodge Miller (5401 272-4967 More of what you’re looking for. (irt InIt' 540-675-3349 fiappahatmock 5ieu» FENCING FENCING High Tensile, Barb Wire, Amencan Wire, Chain Link, Board and Electric, Split Rail Privacy Fencing Available Also Curtis Crawford Home: 540-229-7575 Furniture Restoration HEALTH HEALING WITH LOVE Kathy Edwards, N.D., C.N.C. Doctor of Naturopathy Board Certified & Licensed Nutritional Counseling & Reiki Rappahannock Healing Arts Center 540-987-7204 Ext. 7_ Ronnie Dodson D & D Services 540-987-9350 Landscaping, Lawn Service, Bushhogging, Driveway Grading, Hauling & Mulch, etc. INTERIORS - FINE ART jt m' K *dilac r?an*H, ‘TKutU -> Distinctive Interiors 25 Years Experience ' -*. > ?<- / Creating Beautiful Homes . / > ' 23 Gaschs Lane Castleton, VA 22716 540-937-2067 PET GROOMING • Pet Grooming • Pet Supplies • Precise Dog Food (ieorjean’s Grooming 167 West Shirley Avenue, Warrenton (540) 341-7699 « 540-675-3338 Only $4.60 per week for a 1 inch space CONSTRUCTION TREBOR CRANE SERVICE Call us r for all your lifting needs 36 Ton Crane 127'Main Boom 40 Ton Crane . . 95' Main Boom OOffice: 540-338-1924 Purcellville. VA PAINTING D&J’S Painting Interior - Exterior Free Estimates Neat & Dependable 540-778-1209 PEST CONTROL (CONOHY MJ7 CONTROL Termite & Pest Control Flint Hill. VA Bill Harris. Owner 540-675-3389 540-675-3880 Fax Licensed locally Owned A Operated RESTAURANT THE COUNTRY CAFE Mon - Thure. 8 am to 8 pm Fri.-Set8am«o9pjn Sunday: Closed Day of Rest 675-1066 Take out Available ROOFING Specializing In Residential Homes Blue Ridge Roofing 540-631-0666 STOHAGt KPEKK1V1I.LE STORAGE CO. Sale Haauh Storage Rc%i«kmtial (oaaiirlal Reasonable Kales 540/987-8507 Kt. KHI.1. off I'.S. til MM KKlTILIi:. VA TV & APPLIANCE GREYSTONETV& APPLIANCE Sates & Service RCA Video Products. Antennas & Satellite Systems Radio Shack Dealer Kitchen Aic WhirlDOO! & Roper ApO'iances U S. Route 29. Madison (540) 948-2200 Firewood. Tr'mrrung Take Downs Cabling. Stump Removal, Mulching Landscaping. Fertilizing. Feeding. Spraying. Mowing Weed Eating. Caretaker Free Estimates' John Jenkins 540-987-9440 WATER TREATMENT WATER RIGHT Water Problems? Have your water tested in your home for PH (green stains), Hardness, Iron, Rust, Stains, etc. Correct any of these problems with WATER RIGHT Treatment System Call for more information Pullen's Electric & Plumbing Also: Pumps & Waterheattrs, in stock installation Class ACertified 540-675-3249 STORAGE South Wales Business & Mini Storag Located 5 miles west of Warrenton at intersection of Route 211 and Route 229 All Sizes Available Monthly and yearly rates, all ground-level units, tractor & trailer access, individual wide roll-up doors, restroom, business and dr’m'“”(540|341.7000 RICK S CUSTOM WELDING (540) 675-1888 Commercial - Residential Construction - Fann General Wrought Iron gales \ railings ALSO SANDBLASTING Henselstone Window and Door Systems Inc. (540) 937-5796 «rww henselstone.com *j'xear Widows anc Coe's Seauttu-' WwaM 5fhc*em 'oft! Mane^arce Tre*. with Jmcje Safety anc Secjm> -eatores 'nese jropjcts exceec me 4*’ens‘ar comoe’itio'' etcept r once vx 3ese<ve a sene' cnoce’ \ew cm Replacement Residential Commercial industrial Find your new home With the kappahannock Sews 540-675-3349 Rappahannock Nous

Classified Keai estate Rentals 001 Rentals - Apartments 011 Rentals - Condos 022 Rentals - Houses 033. Rentals - Lots & Acreage 034. Rentals - Farms 044. Rentals - Mobile Homes 055 Rentals - Rooms 066. Rentals - Shared Housing Roommates 077. Rentals - Townbouses 080. Rentals - Offices 085. Property Management 088. Rentals - Wanted 089. Hunting Properties Vacation Places 090. Vacation - Rent 195. Vacation • Houses 099. Vacation - Wanted Residential Sales 100. For Sale By Owner 101. Open Houses 111. Sales - Condos 102. Sales - Houses 133 Sales - Lots & Acreage 135 Heal Estate For Sale 144 Sales - Manufactured Custom Housing 155 Sales - Mobile Homes 166 Sales - Townhouses 177 Sales - Wanted Merchandise 200 Antiques & Collectibles 204 Arts & Crafts 208 Auctions 212 Cemetery Lots 216 Computers Electronics 220 Farm Equipment 222 Farm Supplies 224 Firewood ni <~i aiiiiii11 ii WllliBwiliMrilWlBiiii BliMWI Mwl WiifllHMWi I ilHBilii1 'tfUfi fifliiTWffl iBBii' r li rtrfniiwTTnwlTi wi H iwT WaBiywr TITirnilffia iHiiyHI mm&mamSi Please refer to the category you wish to use 228 Furniture Appliances 232 Garage Yard Moving Sales 233 Estate Sales 236. Hay Straw & Feed 240. Horses 244. Jewelry 248 Lawn Garden Equipment 252 Livestock 254 Building Materials 256 Miscellaneous For Sale 260. Miscellaneous For Rent 261. Miscellaneous Wanted 262 Musical Instruments & Equipment 266 Office Furniture & Equipment 223 Pets 274 Pet Supplies Services 2'8 Droduce 282 Recreational Equipment Health 284 Firearms 266 Seasonal Sales Free Merchandise 290 hound 294 Giveaways 2 98. Los? Services 350. Business Services 355. Child Care Services Offered 356. Child Care Services Wanted 360. Commuters' Corner 365 Domestic Services 370 FmanciaL Mortgages 375 Home Health Care 376 Home Improvement 380. Instruction 381 Career Education 383. Health & Beauty 385. Lawn Garden 390 Personal Services 391 Miscellaneous Services 395. Services Wanted Announcements 400 Adoption 410. Announcements 420 Birthdays-Happy Ads 430. Coming Events 440. Entertainment 450 Personals 460 Seasonal Specials 470. Tributes Vie Accept Legal Notices 480 ABC License 485 Bids & Proposals 490 Legal Notices 492. Public Notices Employment 500. Domestic Help Wanted 515. Employment Services 545. Full Time Employment 560. Part Time Employment 590. Wanted Jobs / Transportation R#pgSS / 600. Antiques & Classics 605. Automobiles 610. Jeeps 620. Aviation 625. Boats & Accessories 630. Campers/RVs 635. Construction/Heavy Equipment y' 640. Motorcycles S . j 645. Off-Road/Unlicensed ,' Jy 650. Parts Accessories f . vf 655, Rentals / 660. Repair/Services 665. Sport Utility Vehicles 670. Trailers 675. TrucksPickups 680. Vans/Buses 685. Vehicles Wanted Use... The Source for Business, Services and Professionals. (limes Community Newspapers NORTHERN VIRGINIA 18 newspapers % reaching over half a million readers in Northern Virginia! After An Ad Is Ordered a carrot be changed or cancelled after the posted deadline for that issue. AJ the time of placing your ad, it wilt be read or faxed back to you for any corrections to be made. Read your ad carefuSy the first time it appears in the papers. If # contains an error, or if you wish to make changes, cal at once. No adjustments wi be made on errors that do not materialy affect toe value erf the advertise merit. AS errors must be reported by 30) p.m. Monday fotfcwing the date of publication. Times Community Newspapers wii not accept lability for its failure, tor any cause, to insert an advertisement ana reserves the right to reject any advertisement deemed objectionable in subject matter, phraseology or setup. Times Community Newspapers are not latte tor the quaity of advertised products or services. It'S Easy To Ptfce An Ad! Business Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Call 703-777-1110 Fauquier 540-347-4222 Toll Flee 1-800-852-4797/7~> Fax 703-689-1278 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. H -, Please include your name, address, contact person and phone number tor verification. On Line 1; Goto... TimesCommumty.com In Person atop by our offices during business hours. Our offices are conveniently located at: Loudoun Times-Mirror 9 East Market St., Leesburg, Virginia t Fairfax County Office 11760 Reston Parkway, Suita 411 Ife, Reston, Virginia mm:’ ®^>fswquier Times-Democrat 39 Culpeper St., I; Warrenton, Virginia a- Clarke Times-Courier ! 16 West Main St., | Barryvilte, Virginia : ' Prince William Times f 9416 Oide Town Court, Manassas, Virginia j| f - Rappahannock News Rappahannock News Bldg. | Washington, Virginia By Mail If Times Community Newspapers Classified Department, P.O. Box 33% Leesburg, VA 20176-3013 Ad Deadlines I Employment Classified If _ 4 piivii Monday • >5 General 6 p.m. Your C^m mun i^yJDirectory Wi _ Horse & Farm Directory 1 Cv 1 p.m. Monday v.: m M real estate advertising herein is subject to 1h« Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes i illegal to advertise m/ preference, (imitation or discrimination based on raoe. Color. religion, sex. handicap, familial status or nation# origin, or intention to make any such references, limitations or ' dtscrimination. ,, if AdditionaJly, the Commonwealth ot Virginia tert*Sf; dtecfimmatfon based on elderlmess, parenthood, «r | .handicap. is We will not knowingly accept any advertising lor real estate which is in violation ot the law. A* persons art hereby informed that at dwellings advertised are avatobte . on an equal opportunity basis Rentals Apartment* MIDDLEBURG AREA: 1 BR. turn apart in country home Very private. Ig BA. LR. kit., laundry. $675 mo No pets. N/S hshld. 540-253-5545. SMALL LOG CABIN on farm near Marshall. 1 person only, no pets. $450+ utils Call 540364-1913 for appt WASHINGTON: LR & BR, kitchenette, priv. ent., ground fir., no pets, no smoking. $475 incl util.. Sec. Dep.. Ref.. Req Call 540-6753410. between 3-7pm. 22 RtftUI* Houses COUNTRY SETTING: 'V mile from Purcellville. 3 BR. 1 BA. no pets. $1800 mo. +' util & dep. Call 540-454-2272. DC SIDE OF Warr.. brk ranch. 5ac. fenced. X fenced, ponds, creek, 2 stall barn 3BR, 2BA. FP $1600 540-4391900 after 7 25 SPERRYVILLE, 2BR, Newly remodeled. HW fls. ac. WD view of Old Rag on 16 ac property $?00/mo. 540-987-8597 SMALL FURNISHED room next to Bathroom. All util, incl + kit. priv. Bus stop @ front door. $75 wk 703-777-1861. CENTREVILLE: Room for rent in 3 level luxury townhouse. Convenient to 66. Metro park-nride. George Mason Untv., shopping. Very nice, quiet neighborhood. (703) 449-1460. PROF. FEMALE TO share SFH on farm. Full bsmnt. or room. $600. Linda. 571-261-1372. 80 Rsatsls Offlc* FLINT HILL. Renov store bldg avail immed. 738 sf + 2 slor rms. office, kit . heat AC Possibilities 540-675-7171. Executive Home Needed To Lease w Option To Purchase 703-971-7556 100 For Sals By Ownor 25 AC FARM BEALETON.VA Fenced, ■pond, streams Great for horses/cows 3BR, 2 5BA ranch. Full bsmt. 2 car gar. more. $349,900 540-439-8786 122 Salas Houses RANCH w/ GARAGE New! Stick-Built $129,900 Beautiful new ranch home Wr attached oversize 2 car garage. 3 bed. 2 bath, over 1200 sqft! Enjoy covered deck, central air, all appliances, landscaped yard w/ paved drive. Near 1-81. We put in a lot of extras that other builders charge for1 Must see! Call Summerhill 1-800-319-3967. TO 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 tor Linda. owner agent. Helm Real Estate. 133 Lets* Acreage 24+ ACRES Unique mtn property w / natural wildlife pond, spectacular views of G.W. Nat l Forest & gorgeous mix of hardwoods & rhododendron Must see1 $139,900. Call owner 304-262-2770 LAND WANTED tor re tirement 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 WARRENTON BUILDING Lot DC side, ’a acre Ivy Hill Subdivision, $125,000 540-341-0032. CLARKE COUNTY: 1892 Farmhouse on 70 acres overlooking the Shenandoah Valley. Located on the Loudoun & Clarke County line Mount Weather 4 BR, 1 '. BA. barn, various outbuildings. stone fences $960,000. Call for appt Jeff Surdyk 703-528 6635 RMR. Inc Realtor. 188 Commercial Sales Buildings for Lease: Warehouse: • 6,000, 6,600 or 9,987 sf Office: • 1700, 3,600sf Office Warehouse:* 72,701 d Buildings for Sale: • 7,739 sf 1-story, 2 ac, $385,000 • 18,615 sf office, 2 bldgs $1,500,000 VINT HILL BUSINESS PARK 540-347-6965 888-448-4332 188 ^ Commercial 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 /-— .-'IN 224 nmnMl y _ J 100 CORDS OF Hardwood dried & stacked, undercover. Best offers. Call John Kiser 540987-8445 after 6pm 228 Fumltura / BO RM 6 pc king/ sleigh 100% solid wood all dove tail drawers. Never used. Can deliver other match pcs avail. 703-455-4600. BDRM SET - 5pc cherry: bed. dresser, mirror, chest, night stand. New in boxes. $1,395 Can deliver 703-263-3363. BED. Cherry Sleigh Bed: Solid wood w/ mattress & box set. $595. Brand new still in boxes. Can deliver 703-263-3363. BED 2PC Full size set with mattress & box. New in plastic Incls warranty Can deliver. $179 703-898-8768. BED 3PC KING Pillowtop mattress set $285. Brand new in plastic w; warranty Can deliver. 703-378-2848 BED $189* 2pc. QUEEN Pillow Top. New in plastic with warranty. Can deliver 703-9618383 DINING RM SET. Queen Ann w< dbl pedestal tbl, 8 chrs. 2-pc china cabinet all dove tails & server Val $8900 Sell $2895 703-455-4600. Hay Straw* ft 236 F**d l _/ TRI COUNTY FEEDS, Marshall, area's exclusive supplier for Pennfield Horse Feeds. Complete line of stable 4 horse supplies. Dengie & ABC Stallmats, delivery wkly.Alfata hay, timothy & mixed hay. Bag shavings 888-8233337, 540-364-1891 tricountyfeeds com Ybur Ad Could be HERE Call Today 347-4222 (240 honii SAWDUST & SHAVINGS Delivered. Chris 540-854-6967 . or Agusta Lumber 540347-4199' CHESTNUT BOARDS, flooring logs, beams, hardware, lights, doors, tubs, sinks. Architectural Old House Parts, Inc. 540-631-8906. BOOTS: WESTERN & . work boots from Justin, Double-H. Nocona, Texas, Dan Post, Sage, Abilene, Dingo. Happy Trails Western Wear, Bealeton, 540-4391395 WESTERN WEAR: Head-to-toe for entire family. Bailey, Resistol, Stetson, Wrangler. Rockies. RoughRider. Happy Trails Western Wear, Bealeton, 540439-1395 WRANGLER JEANS, 13MWZ, 0936 DEN.' Popular sizes in stock. Special orders invited. Happy Trails Western Wear, Bealeton. 540-4391395 ' 11 " ^ 273 i*ts i.'--. : /<■ ' | J AWESOME AUSSIES, Australian Shepherd puppies, blue merles & solid red NSDR. Wormed/ shots Ready to go Sept 19. $400. 540-554-9009. LAB PUPPY: Yellow male. 8 wks old, AKC'OFA cert., champion field hunter breeding lines, wormed/ shots, great personality. 540-987-8443. /-N 294 ohwnmfi l:."... O'-'* '\^J FREE MULCH- For gardens- U Haul. 4mi. oft Rte 29 on Rte 651 #6860 Sumerduck Rd, Remington, V A 540439-2607 MANURE SPREADER GROUND driven Uhaul. 540-349-1673 EARLY’S CARPET, INC. The one-slop shift tor cciinpteUr Home Decorating Service Fkxx Coverings • Window Treatments Wallpaper- Slip Covers & Uptaktery Residential <t ( ommerical Rt.211 %miwvilir.VA 937-5500 370 Financial / NEED MONEY??? Loans from $100 to $500 Online at .calluslorcash.com. 1866-819-8162 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" REWARD- FARM Bureau is Offering $1,000 for Information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who stole an Antique Portable blacksmith Forge from the Farm of Ray T. Cannon. (Date Unknown) Call (540) 937-4900 or Sheriff (540) 675-3331 /------\ 605 AutomobilM V- _J DURANGO 2000- 4wd, 32k, fully loaded, rear ac.lthr. interior,3rd seat, Ig. engine for towing $23,500,540-364-3038 605 Automobiles l J 00 FORD CROWN Vic all pwr. great cond, many colors. From $11,000 Drive a littlesave a lot1 Marshall Ford 1-800-289-2810 99 FORD TAURUS SE all pwr. great cond. many colors. From $7500. Drive a littlesave a lot1 Marshall Ford 1-800-289-2810 MAZDA 626 ES 94 -5 spd.. V6. all power, At, sunroof. CD stacker, leather, 1 owner, all receipts, ex cond Going overseas $4500/OBO. 703-771-0280 NISSAN '96 SENTRA GXE, auto, AC, AM.FM cass. PW. PL. just turned 100K miles, asking $3700 Call Wayne or Chris evenings at 540-822-9345 SATURN SC2 COUPE '92 156 k mi., new alternator'brakes, tires good, sunroot. CC. 5 spd. manual. $2500; OBO 703-779-2024, call after 6pm --N 640 MotoroyeiM V-_ J HARLEY DAVIDSON ’96. 1200, black, hwy pegs. Buckhorn handle bars. Screaming Eagle Pipes. $7250. 540-937, 5454 Fauquier Times-Democrat ADS WORK Call 347-4222 Pals THE FAUQUIER SPCA STRAY ANIMALS 540-788-9000 Visit our homepage at www.fauauierspca.com e-mail spca@erois.com for a complete and up to _ date listing Rappahannock Animal Welfare League Landfill, Kt. Hast of Amissville Daily 8:00 a m. - 12:tH) \oon, except closed Wed & Sun. These wonderful dogs need a good home! Topper Rufus "lopper" a 1 - 2 yt. old neutered Sharpei/Chocolate Lab mix, and "Rufus" a 2 - 3 yr. old neutered husky mix, are friendly, easy going, well mannered dogs who like children and other animals. Come see them! 540-937-3336 or 540-937-3283 (voice mail) \ RED LOBSTER IN C'ville 8/26 sing happy bday to your son, Tyler. I loved that you put daughter up to asking me. Would love to ask you out to finally have fun. (434) 242-7199. Legal Notices TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 22 SHEFFIELD LANE Viewtown Virginia Pursuant to the terms of a deed of trust dated December 28th, 2000 in the original principal amount of $149,350.00, recorded in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia as Instrument Number 001736 at page 1, the property briefly described below will be offered for sale at public auction: All that certain tract or parcel of land lying in Jackson Magisterial District, containing 2.56015 acres, more or less, as shown on plat entitled “Plat Showing Property Line Adjustment to Nancy S. Walker", as the same is duly dedicated platted and recorded as Instrument Number 00-1594, among the land records of Rappahannock County, Virginia, as more particularly described in the referenced Deed of Trust, (the “Property") The sale will take place on September 26, 2002 at 11:00 a m. at the main entrance to the building housing the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia. Terms: A deposit in the form of certified funds in the amount of $10,000.00 or 10% of the successful bid, whichever is lower, is required of any bidder at the time of sale. Closing within fifteen (15) days of sale. Time is of the essence. Additional terms may be announced at sale. Purchaser to pay all closing costs. Stephen B. Wood and Sandra L. Ulloa and F & M Services, L.C., Substitute Trustees FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen B. Wood, Friedman & Macfayden, P.A., 1601 Rolling Hills Drive, Ste. 125, Richmond, Virginia 23229, Telephone: (804)-288-0088 Ref:# 201573 8-29,9-05-02 #450474 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 t(ie Board of Supervisors for Rappahannock County, Virginia, will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 7, 2002 at 7:00 PM in the Courthouse in Washington, Virginia, in order to consider the following application: CONDITIONAL REZONING #02-08-02 Mr. and Mrs. E. Thornton Lam desire to rezone 27 acres from “A"-Agricultural to “RR”-Rural Residential, in a conditioned (proffered) rezoning limiting subdivision to two (2) parcels. Property is Tax Map 32, Parcel 14A in Jackson District. Use allowed under Section 170-134B(1) of the Rappahannock County Code. Standards in Section 170-134J of the Code. A COPY of the foregoing application is on file at the Zoning Office in Washington, Virginia, and is available for public inspection. Monday through Friday, 8130 AM to 4:30 PM said application will be presented to the Rap pahannock County Planning Commission at their regular meeting on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at 7:30 PM at the Rappa hannock 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 Superyjsors, c/o P.O. Box 519, Washington, Virginia 22747, in advance thereof. BY: John W. McCarthy Zoning Administrator 9-04,9-11,9-18-02 #451360

Rappahannock News ’99 FORD EXPLORER. 4dr, 4x4, great cond, many colors. From $12,000 Marshall Ford Drive a little - save a lot. 1-800-289-2810 LAND ROVER 96 54K mis. fully loaded, new inspection, clean, excel cond. white w/ taupe Ither. mt $13,900 540439-1995 675 Trmkmf CHEVY S10 83 rebuilt engine, runs great. 5sp $1000. 540349-5954 Auto Mechanic Experienced or will train Come grow with us Mike Ryan Marshall Ford 540-364-1548 For Your Employment Needs call Times Community Newspapers Call 347-4222 V___/ Automorve Body Shop Tech Expenence a must. Waterloo Motors, Inc. Imported Car Service 540-347-1334 1-800-895-3232 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 waking environment and benefits. Call Hospice of the Rapidan, 540-825-4840, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM weekdays. Classified Ads Work Call 347-4222 ^SURVEYORS® We’re Closer to Home Carson/Harris is a full-service land-use consulting firm located in the thriving Warrenton, Virginia market. We have an Immediate opening in our Surveying Department for a Survey Computer To perform general surveying computing services including plat preparation & construction Stakeout. AUTOCAD EXPERIENCE REQ.'D Carson/Harris offers Salary competitive with Northern Virginia as well as an excellent array of benefits in a dynamic work environment. Please send your resume or inquiry to: Carson/Harris & Associates, LLC 39 Garrett Street e Warrenton, VA 20186 Phone: 540-347-9191 Fax: 540-349-1905 Jobs@carsonharris.com GREAT JOB!! GREAT PAY!! COOK WAIT STAFF Experienced for up-scale restaurant in Culpeper. Call for details: 540-829-8400 Country Cafe Positions available Waitstaff Tuesday - Saturday 4p - 9p Dishwashers PT Kitchen Asst. PT Apply within: Country Cate 389A Main Street Washington, VA 540-675-1066 r GOVERNMENT POSTAL JOBS $18.35/he. Wildlife Jobs $21.60/hr. Paid Training, Full Benefits. No Experience necessary. Application and exam information. Toll free 1-888-778-4266 ext. 151 *Gov't Postal/ Wildlife Jobs* To $21.50/hr. Now Hiring/ Free Call 1-877-282-4091 Ext. 1801 Fauquier Times-Democrat ADS WORK Call 347-4222 FUND-RAISER/ GRANT WRITER Part-time salaried position. 3-5 vrs. successful fund raising & grant writing experience required. For more information contact Headwaters at 540-675-1819 or email resume to: headwtrs@shentel.net HEADWATERS The Rappahannock Co. Public Education Foundation The George Washington University, Virginia Campus Library, located in Ashbum. Loudoun County, has A Full-time position available for a Document Delivery Specialist. Responsibilities include: conducting computer searches in numerous databases, creating and maintaining Access databases and generating Access statistical reports. communicating with vendors, maintaining files, contacting patrons, and preparing packages for shipment. In addition, this position is expected to share circulation duties, assist library users, and perform light data entry . Knowledge of basic library functions and activities is desirable. Scheduled hours include rotating Saturdays. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor degree, experience and working knowledge of computers, Windows, Access databases, w ord processing and Excel. Position open until filled. You may apply online at: http://gw eg gw u edu/modA acancies/ lisling.cfm ,id=R000011079 • Refer to Position #R 11079 Paper Applications and/or Resumes should be sent to: Enok Dancil 2033 K Street. N.W., Suite 220 Washington D.C. 20052 Or Fax to: (202) 994-9609 George Washington University Is an equal opportunity employer. CLASSIFIED (800) 852-4797 HERDSMAN for large stocker cattle operation in Northern Virginia. Benefits include housing, health insurance. 401K paid vacation. Virginia Beef Corporation 703-754-8873 between 8-5 Ask for Mary LIVE-IN CARE GIVER/ AIDE for elderly , lady. Room & board plus salary. Good references required. Amissville area. 540-937-4108 540-439-3366 / Loader / Dozer /Excavator Operators Needed Health. Dental, 401K avail. 540-347-6628 Ricky L. Brown & Sons, Inc. Ads Work Call a Rep Today Call 347-4222 PAINTERS Drywall finishing experience preferred. Must have driver's license FT, local work, year round. 540-636-3165 571-233-5000 PATIENT CARE COORDINATOR Provide hearth care to needy individuals. The Fauquier Free Clinic is seeking an RN or LPN to manage volunteer nurses, direct clinical team, and provide patient care. 20 hours/week. Negotiable pay rate, flexible hours. (Must be available Thursday evenings.) Call Rob Marino 540-347-0394 Possible profits of $60,000 per year. Seeking: TATTOO APPRENTICE Only serious need apply. Must have clean artistic ability, and willing to work in exchange for training. Must be 18 yrs. Contact Mike at Devine Line 540-341-1828 PARTS PERSON STOP COMMUTING and join Theros Equipment in Gainesville, VA, one of the area’s fastest growing construction equipment rental & sales dealership needs an experienced hard working parts person with a great attitude. Great pay, benefits, 401K, health, etc. Call Joel at 703-969-9465 or Fax resume to 540-347-3963 GOLF COURSE FAUQUIER SPRINGS COUNTRY CLUB Is currently hiring Full and Part-Time EQUIPMENT OPERATORS GARDENER GROUNDS KEEPERS Good pay & benefits. Call Scott at: 540-347-5147 Pressman Single & multi color shop needs opera tor for Hamada 234. 248 & 9850 Stopping & Bindery also Flexible hours. 540-379-0421 Warrenton SECRETARY PT Small office near Warrenton needs organized typist with strong computer skills. 10 -14 hrs per week. Strong client skills and the ability to work independently. non-smoking office. Fax resume <£ hourly wage requirements to: 540-347-0763 Fauquier Times-Democrat ADS WORK Call TODAY 540-347-4222 Security Officers Needed! Midnight Shift Mon. - Fit Certification preferred but not required. Call or stop bt today for Immediate Consideration Abacus Staffing Services 415 S. Main Street #203 Culpeper. VA 22701 (540) 825-8677 TECHNICIANS Ford/Dodge. exp. pref. but not nec.. FT. benefits, pd. vac. Rick Hunt Ford/Dodge George Proffitt 540-347-1234 800-868-4660 WAREHOUSE e folders e laborers for screen printing co FT/PT, flexible hours, no exp. necessary Team atmosphere. 540-347-5751 Fauquier Times-Democrat ADS WORK Call 347-4222 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. Experience required. Free home provided. Top salary and benefits. Fax to: (703) 478-6691 Or email telnarson@timespapers.com REPORTER Award-winning weekly newspaper in Loudoun County is seeking a talented reporter candidate. Minimum three years experience preferred. Please send a copy of your resume with cover letter, references and three clips to: Pam Lettie at: plettie@tlmespapers.com Or fax them to: 703-771-0036 (Times [^Community Newspapers]! northern Virginia $3,200 WEEKLY! Mailing 800 brochures1 Guaranteed1 Free supplies postage1 Mart LSASE Celebrity Mailers 16625 Redmond Way ♦M233-C-6. Redmond. WA 98052 www celebritymailers.com SWWWEEKLY! Stay-at-home. Processing HUD'FHA Mortgage Refunds No Exp. Req. FREE Information Call 1-800-449-4625 ext. 7507 Your AD Could BE HERE Call 347-4222 WORK LOCALLY LOADER OPERATOR MONOMOY SERVICES, INC. is now bring an experienced loader operator. Benefits include: retirement, medical ins., vacation & overtime. Call 540-364-0441 EOE Class A Contractors License *2705-021585A Classified Ads Work Cali 347-4222 Buying? Selling? Times Community Newspapers' Classified Has It! Thousands of advertised items. Half a million readers. Outstanding results. 540-347-4222 Fax 689-1278 n 1 11 ' *: “V' * As a longtime advocate^* for a more livable community, Jf'' can appreciate the role of a-v4Vi i iiM m local newspaper in building a strong community fabric. and play a vital role throughout Northern Virginia in building better com munities. As an example, when the Reston YMCA opened its doors recently, The Times was there, front and center, to png mote the positive attributes of this wonderful facility, which is supported in part by private donations. While I’ll always pfe Instance to disagree w } Times on aspects of its coverage, I will never doubt ilk corrffiitmeht to serving area, idbalittaSLwith the very,best in community journalism^ jsa am * Bob Simon m : (Times -—. Community Newspapers NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Washington social notes We have received word that Mrs. Esther Racer Leonard, formerly of Rappahannock, is in Woodbine Nursing Center in Alexandria. Mrs. Leonard would love to hear from relatives and friends. Her address is: Woodbine Nursing Center, Room 252, 2729 Kings Street, Alexandria, Va. 22302. Happy birthday to Mrs. Tansy Frazier of Castleton, who has her day on Saturday, Sept. 7. Charles Clark of Manassas was a Tuesday visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark. Happy birthday to Mrs. Lennie Cummings of Chesapeake, who will celebrate her day on Friday, Sept. 6. Mrs. Cummings was Community breakfast canceled for month The community breakfast which is normally held on the third Saturday of each month will not be held for the month of September due to other activities. The Flint Hill United Methodist Church will have homecoming services on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8:45 a.m. The Rev. Claude Cook, formerly of Flint Hill, will deliver the message. The public is cordially invited. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hawkins of Fredericksburg were visitors on Wednesday of the latter’s mother, Mrs. Edna Lillard. The Administrative Board of the Flint Hill United Methodist Church will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19 at the church at 7:30 p.m. The Flint Hill Baptist Church has worship service on the second, fourth and fifth Sunday of each month at 11 a.m. The pastor, the Rev. John Farrar will deliver the message and invites the public. Belated anniversary wishes are extended to Rev. and Mrs. Merlin Shorb on their special day last week. In Brief Junior Cotillion announces first dance of season The National League of Junior Cotillions is pleased to announce the opening of the 2002-03 season of dances and balls with the first Emerald Hill dance scheduled to be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 7 in Rixeyville. Chapter Director, Mrs. Richard Turnbull of Viewtown says, “We are excited about the new Emerald Hill Dances for this Cotillion Season which will contain six instructional dances, two formal balls and two social events evenings with area theatrical organizations.” The dance will be chaperoned by Advisory Board Member, Mrs. Robert Lucking of Sperryville and Cotillion parents, Mrs. Michael DiGiacomo and Mrs. James Massie, both of Amissville. Enrollment spaces for sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys are still available for the season. For more information regarding the Cotillions contact Mrs. Turnbull at 937-8959. Exhibit at Long View Gallery Long View Gallery in Sperryville is exhibiting the work of artists, William H. Whiting and Don Black now through Sept. 18. 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- tyDon 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 acrylics. The gallery is located on Historic Main Street in Sperryville and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information call 540-987-3121 or visit www.longviewgallery. com. Washington 3- By RUTH CLARK ' a former resident of Flint Hill and she and daughter, Mrs. Betty Klise moved to Chesapeake some time ago. They still visit Rappahannock from time and time and have many acquaintances in the County. The youth of the Washington Baptist Church will have a “Back to School* social and birthday party in Flint Hill By POLLY AYLOR 987-8136 . 'V; Our prayers continue with all those on the sick list and with other special needs. Flint Hill residents are reminded that Ms. Jean Lillard will be riding in the annual Rappahannock RoughRide on Sept. 21 and pledges or donations would be welcomed. All proceeds will benefit the Rappahannock Senior Citizens. Tb make your pledge or donation call Libby Bennett at 675-3685. Should you have news of interest for the Flint Hill column give me a call and have a wonderful week. the fellowship hall at 5 p.m. Area youth interested in the fellowship should plan to attend the gathering. A service of remembrance sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church and Washington Baptist Church will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church. This meditative service will offer people of our town and county an opportunity to prayerfully reflect upon the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001 and to pray for healing and guidance for the future. Everyone is welcome to attend. Happy belated birthday wishes to Loring Anderson Jr., who celebrated his birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The community was sorry to hear of the death of Dr. Gisela Dengel, a pediatrician, who lived and practiced on Browntown Road in Warren County. She was a very dedicated doctor. Two of my grandchildren were patients of hers. Sincere sympathy is extended to her family, she will be greatly missed by her patients. Have a great week and give me call with any news you may have for the Washington column. T-> ii §gg Real Estate Directoryf L Real estate transactions The following real estate transactions were recorded recently at the Rappahannock Clerk’s Office on Gay Street in Washington. Allen C. Byers and wife to John W. Clark and others, lot 12, section F, Blue Ridge Mountain Estates, Wakefield District. $1,000. Tiffany A. Butler to Jesse J. Rortine, 2.0161 acres, Jackson District. $195,000. Nercer Garnett McCoy to Brenton E. Farmer, 1.1146 acres, Hampton District. $20,000. Country Living in Virginia Rappahannock County r Fans, e. 17SS- Stucco over stone manor fexae i^edy oc !50 acres in westeni Fauquier (Hume area). ' k»* acreage. Price upon request •’v-^; • > on Fogg Mtft70milesftomD.C wHU Somb and West All modern conveniences, few* barn, guest cottage and green home, N ofV«gi»i«’r* Hunt country. $1,490,00$. Jfeitan k Mortem tik, ettensive wood motdinga, hardwood floored Gid Brown He : rooms pteraents tfewfeww In the 1 Contact Jestia H. Wiley (434) *174*3$ irww.farrosiidestnte.com FARM AND ESTATE BROKERS -I ' WloorecRA^D pkjx September 8, 2002 Gates Open at 10 am Advance Admission $30 per car (up to 6) • $40 at the gate Wine Fest Advance Admission $ 10 $15 at the gate, ID required. 7 Wineries from Blue Ridge WineWay Box tents VIP tables available, ffimes [Community Newspapers Northern Virginia IjL _.JM RANCH „•*} citigroupj private bank motion & tickets coil 540-; Www.GreatMeadow. org RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY CIRCA 1900 CLASSIC VICTORIAN with large rooms & tall ceilings take you back to the comfort & quality of yesteryear. On 1.5 acres in “Little” Washington, VA. Offered @ $595,000 Rappahannock Real Estate Resources, Inc (540)-675-1190 www.RappahannockRealEstateResources.com Butch Zindel __ M butch@rapprealestate.com yJl ROY WHEELER REALTY COMPANY Offering Piedmont Virginia’s Finest Real Estate For Over Half a Century. Rappahannock County Castleton: Relax and enjoy the peaceful surroundings at Creekwood, a 22.6 acre property offering two custom built homes in a private setting. Both homes offer delightful amenities. The 2 bedroom, 2 bath Cottage ideal for caretaker, extended family or rental. $749,900 Amissville: Locust Grove is a tastefully renovated 4 bedroom farmhouse (c. 1820) overlooking a large stocked pond on 15 rolling acres. Special features: random width pine floors, 5 fireplaces, new heating/cooling systems, in-ground pool, pool house and outbuildings. $659,990 Flint Hill Office 540-675-7171 Jean Lillard 540-675-3670 www.roywheeler.com • jeanlillard@mris.com Newest Listing: Amissville, spacious 3,200 sq. ft. 3 BR quality-built Lincoln Log home. Remodeled kitchen with granite counters. Comfortable open floor plan with high ceilings. 11.6 very private acres, 3 stall stable & fenced pasture for your horses. Great mountain views too! $475,000 Manor House: Gracious and capdvating home of approximately 5,600 sq. ft. in a delightful 15 acre settng of mature trees and landscaping. Area of many fine country estates. Exquisite detail, stone entry hall, enchanting LR & DR, comfortable kitchen w/stone fpl, large family room, bright studio/ suite, herringbone brick screen porch & patios. Ideal for entertaining or relaxing. $995,000 Rose Bud Cottage: Very charming home on Main St. in Sperryville. Beautifully decorated and landscaped. Attractive outbuilding may be used in many fashions including a business. Offered for $189,500. May also be acquired with extra building lot for $239,500 for a splendid investment. Hill Top Cabin north of Flint Hill on 133 a£ges. Spectacular sunrise and sunset views. Useful equipment building with shop and storage. Private shooting range pavilion. Perfect for private retreat. About 1/2 open land, pond, creek frontage. $695,000 May be sold on 80 acres for $495,000 re3@crosslink.net fit 540-675-1373 ffl visit our web site at www.RealEstateIII.com *Atro"' Mitzie Young Betsy Hille Rick Kohler 540-675-3555 540-937-7902 540-937-6146 Washington Charlottesville Staunton Waynesboro