Rappahannock News, August 28, 2003

125th Year... No. 35 Phone (540) 675-3338 THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2003 www.timescommunity.com 50 cents m « n * I * o r* Z tDO) < D * « 1 ocn o 1 c * on H M IflM I V) 0 01 O' * 0 4 M H wxNtsKin School starts New year, new faces By Naomi Smoot-Kimble Rappahannock News Staff Writer Everything looked brand new, from shiny new shoes to boxes of well-sharpened pencils in backpacks on Monday when some 1,025 students from Rappahannock County public schools officially started the first day of the 2003-2004 school year. There were new teachers to greet them too. The high school has three additions to its faculty and the elementary school has five. A new volunteer coordinator was also hired this year to service both schools. Of these new faces, two graduated from Rappahannock County High School, two are beginning new careers, two recently moved to the county from out of state, one is from England and two are University of Virginia alumnae. Patti Hartsog will be teaching Spanish I this year at the high school. Hartsog has 30 years teaching experience and recently retired from a high school in her native state of West Virginia. She said the school was similar to Rappahannock’s in both size and atmosphere. Hartsog said one of her reasons for relocating to this area was her daughter and friends who live in the Northern Virginia area. But this is not her only reason. “I always wanted to live closer to Washington D.C. and be able to visit the monuments,” she said. Her goal for this year is to provide her students with knowledge of the Spanish language and an introduction to the Hispanic world. Tb do this, she intends to draw on the experiences she had while traveling through Spain and Mexico. * Also new at the high school this year is Lindsey Burger, a 1999 RCHS alumnae and recent Virginia Tech graduate. Burger said she has worked with children at the Child Care and Learning Center in Washington, as well as through volunteer work with the local 4-H program and assisting with an after school reading program See SCHOOL, Page A5 Closings and Meetings • The Rappahannock County Courthouse and other county offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 1 in observance of Labor Day. • The Rappahannock National Bank will be closed on Monday, Sept. 1 and will reopen with regular hours on Tuesday, Sept. 2. • Rapidtran transportation services will not operate on Monday, Sept. 1 in observance of Labor Day. Rapidtran is a program of the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board & Area Agency on Aging. • On Wednesday, Sept 3, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors will meet at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Courthouse on Gay Street. The regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 1 was postponed because of the Labor Day holiday. • On Thursday, Sept. 4 the Rappahannock County Water and Sewer Authority will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Courthouse on Gay Street. 23050 03700 Rappahannock News P.O. Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747 (540) 675-3338 (540) 675-3088 (fax) Camp Fantastic Rappahannock News Photos/Richard Lykes Chucky Jenkins, MCI computer specialist left, Mike Leake, CEO of Rappahannock National Bank and Sgt. Gary Settle of the Virginia State Police were among the many Rappahannock County volunteers serving food to the children. County puts on special event for 88 children with cancer By Richard Lykes Special to the Rappahannock News A young boy, about six or seven, was sitting alone with his back against a tree, looking forlorn. He stood out among the 88 other children at Camp Fantastic who were having a good time. The toy bunny rabbit in his arms wasn’t cheering him up. One could see that he had lost much of his hair and his head was covered with a pair of Hanes’ briefs and a colorful Santa Claus night sock. “What’s your name?” this reporter asked. Keeping the same forlorn look, he responded, “Logan.” He spelled his last name “W-AI-D-E” and said he was from Virginia Beach. “Would you like me to take your picture?” Then Logan flashed a big smile and posed for his picture. Memories like this and many more at Camp Fantastic—a sum mer camp for children with cancer—are unforgettable. Since 1983, volunteers from Rappahannock County have organized a special event for these children which features food, music and fun for what is popularly known as “Rappahannock Night.” Logan Waide, one of the 88 children attending Camp Fantastic, smiles for his picture. With this tradition, children from all over Virginia look forward to this one very special evening. Each year about this time, Special Love—an organization started in 1983 in Winchester by parents to honor their daughter who they lost to this disease—holds a week-long can',, of summer fun for children with cancer. Camp Fantastic, held Aug. 19 on the spacious grounds of the 4-H Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Front Royal, provides these young patients with an opportunity to “step back from the seriousness of their disease and enjoy the bonds of friendship with other children who share similar experiences,” according to Special Love’s literature. At Camp Fantastic there are classes, various kinds of recreation (including swimming and hiking), campfires and other exciting activities for these seven to 17-year-old See CAMP, Page A6 Z u Crash kills biker By Mary Ann Kuhn Rappahannock News Staff Writer Two motorcyclists out for a Sunday afternoon ride crashed virtually head on less than two miles from the entrance to the Shenandoah National Park on Route 211 West, ejecting both drivers and killing one of them. The area where the crash occurred, one and three-fourths miles from Thornton Gap on the Rappahannock side, has become a popular one for motorcyclists who read about its twists and curves on web sites that lure them there from across the country on weekends. Killed in the crash was John William Aoskosztolnik, 33, of Fairfax Station, who was driving a 2001 Honda motorcycle. He was pronounced dead at Fauquier Hospital. State police said Aoskosztolnik was heading west on Route 211 uj. the mountain in the far right lane As he approached a curve, another motorcycle heading down • the mountain crossed the double line and struck Aoskosztolnik "almost head on. Both front tires were looking. at each other," said Sgt. Gar' Settle of the Virginia State Police The 2002 Yamaha motorcycle that crossed the double line w;idrivdh by Jason Weems, 32, Philadelphia, '.state police said Weems, who suffered sevt’ injuries, was flown by helicopter : NOVA Hospital in Fairfax. "Both drivers were ejected . number of feet," Settle sail Aoskosztolnik's brother was dim t ly behind him on a motorcycle and saw Aoskosztolnik get killed. 1; was a difficult situation for his brother," Settle said. Traffic was stopped for about an hour in both directions, said Settle. There were 150 to 200 people who came out of their cars as. onlookers and also to help. Tin accident occurred a little after 12 noon this past Sunday at 4.6 miles west of Route 667, which is the last state road before the entrance to the park. Total estimated damages for both motorcycles is $20,000, said See COLLISION, Page A8 Planners delay decision on Foster’s Packing Shed By Naomi Smoot-Kimble Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County Planning Commission tabled a request at its meeting last Wednesday evening for an adaptive re-use permit for Foster’s Packing Shed next to Wakefield Country Day School in Flint Hill. Owner Daniel Clark sought to create three to four office spaces in the building which could then be rented to low impact businesses. Some board members questioned the legitimacy of granting this however since the building is already in use as a woodworking shop, under another re-use permit for the building granted to prior owner James Yates. Clark, who purchased the building in July in hopes of finding a location for his surveying business which would allow him to remain in Rappahannock County, said that while the building is currently being used as a woodworking shop the proprietor will be vacating the premises at the end of the month, returning it to its vacant state unless his offices are approved. The commission decided to withhold its decision pending further information regarding traffic concerns and additional discussion on the intent of the re-use ordinance. Commission member Tom Tepper was especially concerned by the reuse permit since the building is in an agricultural zone. He pointed out that the second criteria for granting such a permit is that the current use of the building has become impractical due to the building’s structure, size or location. This building, he pointed out, is still in use. Furthermore, he said, if this was granted what would stop others from building a barn or other structure ir, an agricultural zone in the future and then deciding several months later that the use was impractical and thus seek to use it as a commercial building instead. County Zoning Administrator John McCarthy said this could not happen. However Tepper was not alone in his concerns regarding the agricultural See SHED, Page A8 Newsmakers Big bargains The second annual Democratic Yard Sale will be held Saturday with treasures and bargains galore. See Page A2. Fields of flowers Trinity Episcopal churchwomen gather flowers to dry for their October Dried Flower Sale and House Tour. See Page B1. On a roll The RCHS golf team, led by Brian Taylor, recorded three victories in one week. See Page A7. New children's book Leland Waldrip of Amissville and his four Jack Russell Terriers take readers on a romp through the woods. See Page B1.

People Bob and Virginia Scott Bob and Virginia Scott: a ‘hit’ for 65 years Bob and Virginia Scott celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at the Greenbrier in W. Va. on Aug. 17. On that date in 1938 they “eloped” from California to Yuma, Ariz., avoiding the three day waiting period. Virginia was on a short vacation from Chicago were she was an NBC radio artist singing with her sisters and brother on network shows. Bob was rehearsing for a juvenile lead role in a west coast tryout for a Broadway play. Fortunately, it became a hit with a two year run. Their marriage is still running. Happenings Services board to meet The Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board and Area Agency on Aging will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 9 beginning at 1 p.m. at 15361 Bradford Rd. in Culpeper. Individuals with disabilities who require special assistance to attend and participate in this meeting should contact Paula Benenson at (540) 825-3100, extension 3146 or (540) 825-7391. Farfelu wine festival Farfelu Vineyards will host a preharvest/grape tasting festival and tour on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30 and 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the winery on Route 647 in Flint Hill. Cost is $3 per person, including wine tasting and souvenir glass. Farfelu Vineyards Pre-Harvest Open House & Grape Tasting August 30-31 • Noon to 5 pm See How Wine Is Made Taste Wine Grapes • Buy Local Crafts Kids Activities S3 fee includes wine lasting. Farfelu Vineyards 13058 Crest HiH Road (Route 647) • Flint Hill, VA www.farfeluwine.com • (540) 364-2930 □ Please enter my new subscription to: Sappahannock Subscription Rates By Maifr^. Rappahannock...... *21. Elsewhere in the U.S.*27.“ Name Address City___State Zip_ Mail subscriptions ait payable in advance. Make check or money aider payable toe Rappahannock Nnm, P.O. Box 59, Washington, VA 22747 ginia 22747. this form may abo be used far •. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Old Address: New Address: The Rappahannock News (USPS #455580) is published every Thursday at 249 Main Street, Washington,Virginia 22747by Rappahannock News, a division of Arundel Communications, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at Warrenton, Virginia and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions are $22.00 a year in Rappahannock; $29.95 elsewhere in U.S. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rappahannock News, PO. Box 59, Washington, Virginia 22747 Sherri Woodward crowned Miss Rappahannock 2003 Sherri Woodward V Sherri Woodward, 16 of Washington, daughter of Wayne and Sharon Woodward, was crowned Miss Rappahannock 2003 on March 29 at the Miss Rappahannock Pageant. Sherri also placed in the area’s parades. She won the chairman’s award for the Flint Hill parade and won the Best Overall Beauty Queen Award for the Amissville parade. A juggling act Photo courtesy/C. L. Arbelbide With a little help from her friend Gus Norris, juggler and magician “Lula” (a.k.a. Jeanne Wall of Boston’s Good Life Theatre) entertained youngsters during the final Summer Reading program at Rappahannock County Library Saturday, Aug. 16. Summer Reading wraps up this Saturday, Aug. 30, when all reading logs are due. Democratic Yard Sale to be held on Aug. 30 at fire hall Treasures and bargains will be on sale at the Washington Fire Hall on Saturday, Aug. 30 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Second Annual Rappahannock Democratic Yard Sale promises to be even bigger and better than last year. Such items as costwhe jewelry, sports equipment, linens, tools, children’s toys, china, kitchen utensils, memorabilia and collectibles are just a few of the choice items available. Bring sale items to the Washington Fire Hall on Friday, Aug. 29 between 12 noon and 7 p.m. Anyone needing sale items picked up should call Maggie Francis at 9878291. Doors open at 8 a.m. and homemade refreshments will be available. Amy Kretz and her daughter, Marcella, view some of the treasures to be sold at the second annual Democratic Yard Sale on Aug. 30 at the Washington Fire Hall. Photo courtesy/ Linda Oietel t -Jkm‘ * I 'M •v*c< L* “Mismatch” '.■» $ 179 . I Rut Sak- BmI < lwm.J_a.Kt_ $ 149 3 119 % 99 I | Fun.Ka.IK'. * »99 % 159 % 139 I rwnt v* % s i s 'i*aG*mx3t**~ wmimmwamm \\ l _“Visotech” , I NASA Memory Foam j j,SL$_949_ ’r ! | MSRP Sale Fiiut ‘ Twin, fa PC 4 1695 * 939 * 729 imi l^LKC % 1995 > 1179 % 899 * 12995 S 1999 11369 j “Imperial” Firm MSRP $ 599 $ 269 QlKiH Scl MSRP Sak Fuil I»ih.LlK(.. Pull. Ka. R< i Ki.iR Vi * 399 % 199 *449_ $25? t 699 $ 549 “Natural Rest 100% Pure Natural Latex (Firm) MSRP $ 2495 MSRP Sal* Filial $1695 * 939 t 1995 % 1179 «.*> *2995 »«i Fa TC ML La. PC. : 1999 .* 729 % 889 » 1369 “Southern Nights” Luxury Firm i “ $ 359 Qutxn Set MSRP 100% Pure Natural Latex (Plush PIBowtop) $1319 MSRP < 2995 Qwui Set MSRP SoWFinal T»m PC lull.lji.Kl_ KJrw. Set 4 1995 *2495 »i425_ 4 1299 4 979 4 1699 % 1229 *2499 » 1789 mo-341 TThus - Sat 10-7>3>un 12-6 Only Closed Man-Wed' ? mm We accept: flaMNi DEBIT CARDS 90 days same

Middleburg resident recalls ride on Seabiscuit By Deborah Fitts Rappahannock News Staff Writer Sure, we’ve read the book and now we’ve seen the movie. But how many people are still around who can say they once kissed Seabiscuit gn the nose? Tbrrance Watkins can. The 84-year-old Middleburg resident not only kissed the famous racehorse. She even rode him once. “He was a perfect gentleman all the time I was on him,” says Watkins. A petite 5-foot-1, she grasps a visitor’s hand with a bonecrushing welcome. Watkins’ daughter and namesake, Torrance Watkins, is a widely known three-day eventer and an Olympic gold medalist. But the elder Watkins had a successful career of her own with horses, competing at home and abroad. And by the time Seabiscuit rose to fame, Watkins had four racehorses of her own. Bom in 1919 to an affluent family, she overcame crippling childhood polio and as a precocious teenager cut a swath through society. Left at school in Washington, D.C., by her globe-trotting parents, she became a regular fixture at the White House, where Eleanor Roosevelt took her under her wing. She worked in the Washington office of Florida Sen. Claude Pepper, getting dubbed “the youngest girl on the Hill.” With a boost from Pepper she talked Pan American, the now-defunct airline, into hiring her as its first female in a significant post - passenger service representative. So in the late 1930s, when Watkins and her trainer, Charlie Plumb, stabled her racehorses at Belmont Park in New York, she wasn’t going to let a little thing like the track’s prohibition against women riders stop her. “I was short of money,” Watkins explains, “and I thought if I could do my own galloping, I could save $55 a gallop.” It took a year for her to become the first woman to ride at Belmont. And so came the day that Seabiscuit’s rider had to miss a workout. His legendary trainer, the dour Tom Smith, approached Watkins. “He said, ‘If you’re not busy, would you gallop Seabiscuit tomorrow morning?’ I said, Wes, I’d be glad to.’ “Nobody called him anything but ‘Mr. Smith,’” Watkins adds. “I liked him, but he was a horse’s man. I felt that he read Seabiscuit’s mind.” Weighing 100 pounds, Watkins might well have had misgivings. “No stable boy wanted to clean Seabiscuit’s stall. He was famous as a horse you didn’t want to be around.” Watkins surmises that in Seabiscuit’s rough-and-tumble early years he suffered the fate of many horses of the day, who found themselves at the wrong end of a pitchfork wielded by a nervous stable hand. “He was never well treated until Mr. Smith got him,” she explains. “I had the feeling, though I never said anything to Mr. Smith, that he didn’t like men.” Smith, of course, was an exception, Watkins notes, along with Seabiscuit’s two jockeys, Red Pollard and George Woolf. At 5 a.m. Watkins arrived at Seabiscuit’s stable area, which was heavily guarded. “I walked up to his stall and said, ‘Hi, Bub.’ I thought he was going to come storming across with his ears back, but he didn’t. He put his head over the gate, and I kissed him on the nose.” Smith spoke in his laconic fashion. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Watkins mounted and rode the mile and sixteenth as ordered. “I didn’t have to hold him too tightly,” she recalls. Rappahannock News Staff Photo Andrew Farewell MEMORABLE RIDE: Middleburg resident Torrance Watkins, with her dog Pooh, recalls her one ride on legendary Seabiscuit. Watkins, an accomplished horsewoman, exercised the champion in the 1930s, when asked to do so by his trainer, Tom Smith. * “He didn’t try to take off with me. He was gentle and sweet.” Soon Seabiscuit passed into legend, beating War Admiral in their celebrated match race at Belmont in November 1938, one of the most widely followed sporting events of the century. Lately the legend has been burnished anew. But for Torrance Watkins, exercise boy, he remains forever a living. breathing, galloping memory. State police urge motorists to buckle up this Labor Day As Labor Day approaches signaling the traditional end of summer activities, Virginia State Police urge all motorists to exercise extra caution and drive safely and buckle up. The holiday period will begin Friday, Aug. 29 and end midnight on Sept. 1. Last year, the number of people killed in motor vehicle crashes nationwide rose 1.5 percent, and most vehicle occupants who died were not buckled up, according to updated statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Labor Day weekend is one of the peak travel times in the Commonwealth and we want everyone to get to and from the beach, the mountains and family gatherings safely” said Col. W. Gerald Massengill, Superintendent. “The statistics of unbuckled drivers who have died on our roadways nationwide is startling and we want to do everything possible to bring attention to the lifesaving benefits of wearing safety belts.” Under Virginia law, the driver and any front-seat passengers must be wearing a safety Washington Town Council approves zoning ordinance By Naomi Smoot-Kimble Rappahannock News Staff Writer A joint meeting was held by the Washington Tbwn Council and Tbwn Planning Commission Monday evening to address alterations to the town’s zoning ordinances. Mayor Gene Leggett and members of the Tbwn Council told residents that the purpose of the evening’s meeting wets to address alterations to the document and adopt it in a “cleaner” format. Prior to the acceptance of the new document commission member Barbara Stockton addressed concerns about the town’s lack of a tree ordinance. Both the council and commission determined that the document could be adopted and such an ordinance added at a later date. Prior to the adjournment of the joint portion of the meeting, council member Claudia Mitchell suggested that the commission draft a tree ordinance and send it to the council for approval. The Town Council, having approved the zoning alterations, then adjourned, as did the Planning Commission shortly thereafter. The council’s next meeting will take place Wednesday, Sept 10 at 7:30 p.m. belt. However, since the safety belt regulation is a secondary law, law enforcement officers must have first stopped and cited the driver for another violation before issuing a second ticket for failure to wear a safety belt. While Labor Day weekend means a holiday for many Virginians, all available troopers will be at work patrolling the Commonwealth’s highways and promoting safe driving. The Virginia State Police will also participate in several programs emphasizing highway traffic safety as follows: • On Aug. 28, troopers will participate in Border to Border Traffic Safety Checkpoints, a cooperative enforcement effort emphasizing how safety belts and child safety seats save lives. The Border-to-Border checkpoints will involve officers from law enforcement agencies in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West THERE IS A NEW RESIDENTIAL LENDER AT RAPPAHANNOCK NATIONAL BANK, BUT YOU’LL RECOGNIZE THE FAMILIAR FACE. Kim I aive is a new face at Rappahannock National Bank. She serves as the bank’s new Vice President and 1 .ending Officer, but Kim has been a familiar face in the community for years. For thirteen years Kim has been a farm and residential loan officer serving customers in Rappahannock, Fauquier, Prince William and Stafford Counties. Kim has been a resident of Rappahannock County since 1991. It you arc looking tor a person who can otter years of lending experience, a commitment to community banking and to the people in the community, stop by and visit Kim at Rappahannock National Hank, call her at (340) or e-mail her at klove^ubsh.com. Let Kim assist you with all your residential lending needs. Rappahannock National Bank P.O. Box 179 ♦ Washington, VA 22747 Phone: (540) 675-3519 ♦ Toll Free: (877) 562-1122 ♦ Telephone Banking (888) 265-4RNB (4762) mm 'MtmWr t DIC Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. • State Police also will participate in Operation C.A.R.E., a state-sponsored national program that emphasizes safe driving. An acronym for Combined Accident Reduction Effort, C.A.R.E. operates in all 50 states and Canada. The 96-hour statistical counting period for Labor Day will extend from Aug. 29 through Sept. 1. “With all of these special programs in operation, troopers will be highly visible over the holiday weekend,” Col. Massengill said. “Their presence on the highways is two-fold: a reminder to drive safely and to enforce highway traffic laws. I urge everyone who gets into a car to buckJe-up, to refrain from drinking and driving, and to allow enough time to reach a destination without exceeding posted speed limits,” Col. Massengill said. During the 2002 Labor Day holiday, troopers patrolled 218,422 miles, assisted 2,793 motorists and issued 9,080 summonses. The total summonses and/or arrests included 4,623 for speeding, 1,801 for reckless driving, 136 for drinking and driving, 683 for not wearing safety belts, 147 for not using child restraints and 1,690 for other hazardous violations. Last year, 15 traffic fatalities were recorded in Virginia during the Labor Day holiday. 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-&appaf)annocfe JJetosEstablished 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Mary Ann Kuhn, Editor 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: 249 Main Street, Washington, Va. Mailing address: P.O. Box 59'Washington, Va. 22747-0059 Telephone (540) 675-3338 Fax: (540) 675-3088 e-mail: makuhn@timespapers.com Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Monday-Friday Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations www.TimesCommunity.com THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2003 Our View School days Children around the country have started back to school but nowhere will they have quite the same experience as the students who returned to the Rappahannock public schools on Monday. In the elementary school and high school, students were greeted with smiling faces as both new and returning faculty eagerly began the coming year. This eclectic body of educators will bring together their diverse experiences from living in England to traveling through Mexico and use this knowledge to better educate their students. More important though, is what they have already done, even in the first week of school. They have found a way of educating students with a uniquely Rappahannock flavor, where even the principals work to make education as personal as possible. Roger Mello, high school principal, could be seen Monday afternoon standing in the commons talking with one of his students about how much fun one of her classes was going to be this year. At the elementary school new principal David Covington ended the first day of school by telling everyone within earshot how impressed he was with his students and their smooth transition back into learning. And we have the School Board to thank for ensuring that children at RCES and RCHS can attend school free from fear. Rappahannock's new tough policy on weapons, which Superintendent Bob Chappell has referred to as a "no nonsense stance," bans weapons on school property. Students here are starting off a year full of educational possibilities thanks to a caring administration, eclectic group of teachers and safe schools. Rappahannock Today Egg mmamsm gum n-sssbis*’ Rappahannock News Photo/Naomi Smoot-Kimble Ken Pullen is one of the numerous volunteers who works with Rappahannock County's emergency services. Pullen is a volunteer firefighter and paramedic with Flint Hill’s Company Four. He and other members of his company just finished washing the fire truck. Letters The ‘monetization’ of Rappahannock County The following perspective may be worth thinking about in light of the ongoing, avid monetization of Rappahannock County, of which the latest “real estate” struggle cum lawsuit is but the most recent example: “Nearly everything about real estate estranges buildings from their users and interrupts any form of sus tained continuity. A triumph of abstraction, real estate operates distant from the daily life of building use, distant from the real. The “real” in real estate” derives from re-al—"royal”—rather than from res—"thing”— which is the root of “reality.” Realty is in many ways the opposite of reality. All that is solid melts into cash. Real estate turns buildings into money, into fungible units devoid of history and therefore of learning. A room would gradually embody its history, but a dollar gains its time-andspace binding power from having no history, and the dollar wins. The room becomes not what happened in it, but what its squarefootage is worth. Monetization frees from his tory by destroying history. Almost nothing can stand against this universal liquidity.” From “How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built” by Stewart Brand, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog. Denise Horton Charlottesville & Washington Down Memory Lane From Back Issues of the Rappahannock News 53 YEARS AGO August 31,1950 The consolidated county high school this year will affect the pupils of former Sperryville High School and former Washington High School only. All other schools in the county are as they were last session. Rappahannock County High School at Washington will have all the high school classes, and the first four grades for the town. Too much license Bad news. Yesterday, I bought my hunting licenses and stamps for the upcoming season. The young man filling out my licenses said, “You won’t have to go through this next year. It will all be online. They want to get more information so they have told us that licenses will no longer be sold by clerks.” It was bad enough that this eliminated one more reason to tell my wife I had to go to the sporting goods store. It was even worse contemplating all the problems that arise from computer transactions — from stolen credit card numbers to w orms and viruses, and just plain ineptitude on the part of us pre-World War II babies. The worst thing was that the licensing process was going from a cut-and-dried process to information-gathering by bureaucrats with Lord only knows what kind of agendas. How much of state licensing “requirements” could be simplified and turned over to clerks, to minimize citizen inconvenience? A whole lot, I’d guess. But that would involve fewer bureaucrats, smaller budgets and ultimately less governmental control. There is an even greater concern about bureaucrats controlling licensing processes: they have their own agendas, regardless of law Case in point: Last month my concealed weapons permit expired. I started^ the renewal process two months early. Let me digress for a moment. About seven years ago when Sen. (then Governor) George Allen successfully obtained passage of a right to carry law for Virginians, Northern Virginia went bonkers. This rich urban area in which I live predicted mayhem and fought being forced to issue permits. In My Sights Jim Beers In addition to restaurants, courthouses, schools and churches, parks and recreation centers were closed to citizens carrying lawful guns. Tb this day Fauquier County opposes this law and treats permit applicants like inmates leaving a prison. Anyway,•! was told to go online to renew my concealed weapons permit. The application process was complex but I deduced that I needed two notarized copies of a multipaged application, a $50 money order, and a copy of my current permit. So I filled out the application, copied it, went to the bank for a notary, paid $5 for a $50 money order, bought a large envelope and mailed it to the county courthouse for 96 cents. Then I relaxed. There was plenty of time. All they had to do was confirm that I have no felony convictions and no outstanding warrants. This is the same thing a police officer can do in two minutes with a Social Security number. Boy, was I naive! Two weeks later I got in the mail my application papers ( in a jumble) with instructions that took 25 minutes just to read. The best I could figure, they needed an original and two copies of the application, and euopy of my voter registration card. So I made another copy of the application and went back to the bank for a notary. I searched high and low for my voter registration card — which is issued by the county and is not required to vote. I returned it all to the post office, which now charged me $1.29 for postage. Anyway, I thought, there is still plenty of time. A month went by and my permit expired. My wife said to call, but I was reluctant to antagonize “them.” Five days after the permit expired I got my own selfaddressed envelope in the mail. There was a yellow piece of paper attached to an official document. The yellow sheet told me that my permit had been issued but I could not pick it up before the date on the attached document. The date was five days previous. I saw on the attached document that a police officer checked two boxes the day before my permit expired. One said “No pending charges,” the other “No convictions.” The judge granted the permit on the day my old one expired (five days previous.) The Clerk of Court notarized the document on the day after my old permit expired (four days previous.) _ikr my wife and I went 20 miles round-trip, left my pocket knife in the car and entered our county courthouse to get my concealed weapons permit. We went through the magnetometer up to the third floor and stood quietly before the counter as two clerks talked. One finally looked at me and 1 asked if she could “help” me. I gave her my paperwork and she went off. Five minutes later another lady returned and brusquely told me they had made a mistake. I could not pick up the permit until 45 days from its being received, which would be up in two more weeks. She said she had changed the date on my form. Boy, did I want to say something to her and her boss. But then they would come up with a dozen reasons why such an aggressive person was “unfit” for a permit. So I left. Three weeks later when I returned from a trip, I picked up my permit. For $50 and all the worry, it doesn’t even have a photo on it. The real point here is that this sort of non-responsive government at the county level is almost insurmountable. You can bet I will try to affect county politicians who allow this to happen. Were these anti-gun licensers at the state level they would be even more remote. Were they at the federal level, they might as well be headquartered on the moon. Remember this as federal licensing of dog breeders or state licensing of exotic animals is proposed “to get more information” or to “keep track” of something. Licensing and permitting should be simplified and government requirements kept at the lowest levels, to minimize taxes and government control of our daily lives, and permit the free flow of a free society. Too often, licensing and permits only build bureaucracies, increase taxes and government control to no good purpose, and much too often implement the hidden agendas of bureaucrats and organizations. So I can hardly wait foru^ online hunting licenses next year. I’m sure all the antihunters in the state and federal agencies will dream up information “needs” that will ultimately discourage hunting, just as my county government hopes to discourage second / amendment rights in our county- ty of the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades will assemble at the school and ride the school bus to Sperryville Elementary School. The feminine power takes over in the erstwhile quiet town of Washington on the fateful day}) tomorrow. The era of male domination terminates amid some jokes, some misgivings and some well wishes. Capt Montague Williams begins his duties Friday, Sept. 1, as head of the 2nd Division of Virginia State Police, comprising the counties of the northwestern section of the state, with headquarters at Culpeper. 25 YEARS AGO August 31,1978 1 Tammy Fritts is queen of the Washington Firemens Carnival and received her tiara from retiring queen Janet Alther. Dee Dee Grant was also a contestant. Tammy will act as Honorary Fire Chief for the WVFD for the next year representing the company in parades and other events. Women's Libbers could have a field day in Malaysia, according to Mary Elizabeth Snead who is a Peace Corp volunteer assigned there. In tapes and letters received from Lib, her parents, Judge and Mrs. R. V.Snead of Washington, have shared some of the information with us. Womens rights are few in Malaysia. Men always eat first and women usually eat in the kitchen. In view of the increasing interest in planning in the county, the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection will devote the first part of its annual meeting to a talk on planning by Rosser E Payne. Since Rappahannock County now faces the necessity of developing a comprehensive plan under state mandate, many of the citizens who are apprehensive about the prospect may find Mr. Payne's presentation of special interest. 10 YEARS AGO September 1,1993 Friday's play was devoted to singles with Jonathan Maeyer capturing the 16 and Under title from Willie Eastham after an exciting playoff match ending in a tie breaker from Willie Eastham. Employment at the Aileen plant in Flint Hill has taken a sharp turn toward better days. About half of the 30 laid-off workers have been called back to work, and the reduced work week, which affected 50 additional workers, is approaching 40 hours. The plant will call back even more workers next week, said plant manager Charles 'Charlie" Currence, "and I hope we can keep it up." On Thursday, Sept. 16 the Rappahannock Unit of the American Cancer Society is hosting its second annual luncheon and faahinn show at the Bleu Rock Inn. 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K. Adams Volunteer coordinator Patti Hartsog Spanish teacher Natalie Hathaway Seventh grade civics teacher Missi Magalis Seventh grade english teacher Sharon Humbles First grade teacher Linda Brogol Fourth grade social studies/science teacher mmammeoBsm mm tWi/ irSandy Fletcher First grade teacher L J Lindsey Burger Eighth grade math teacher School From Page A1 while attending college. She will be teaching eighth grade math this year and said she had considered substituting and that this opportunity to teach full time “fell into my lap.” She is excited about the coming year. “I’m looking forward to working with the kids and the other eighth grade teachers. It’s a really good group of teachers and from what I’ve heard it’s a good group of students as well,” she said. While recognizing the importance of the Standards of Learning Burger feels learning must go beyond its parameters, and hopes that her students will be able to “gain knowledge above and beyond what’s required.” A third addition to the RCHS faculty is Haf Davies. She will be teaching eighth grade English and will arrive from England in time for the first day of school. Among those new to the elementary school this year is first grade teacher Sandy Fletcher. Fletcher taught for eight years, followed by an eleven year break to raise her children. She was by no means idle during this time however, and said she spent many hours volunteering, substituting and tutoring children. Now, she is looking forward to having her ninth grade daughter and fourth grade son in Rappahannock’s schools. “I always wanted my children in the school system here because I’ve heard such wonderful things about it,” she said. Fletcher, a Culpeper native, said she also loves the rural character of the area and is looking forward to working in the schools. She hopes to pass her love for reading and learning on to her students and instill in them the value of making these interests ongoing activities. Also joining the faculty at RCES is fourth grade science and social studies teacher Linda Brogol. Brogol has a masters in elementary and special education from the University of Virginia as well as 30 years experience as a registered nurse. Originally from New York, Brogol spent the past two years substituting in the Charlottesville school system. “I’m really excited to be here and can’t wait to finally have my own class,” she said. Now living in Huntly, Brogol said she looks forward to learning the history and geography of Virginia along with her students this year. Natalie Hathaway will also be joining the faculty as a seventh grade government teacher. 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I just realized, hey, I want to be a part of this.” Hathaway is excited aboutthe coming year. For starters, she said she will be teaching next door to her brother, a sixth grade history teacher. She is also eager to go on this year’s seventh grade field trip to Williamsburg. She said when she attended seventh grade at RCES, in the very class she is now teaching, her class did not get to go on the field trip due to exorbitant gas prices. “I finally get to go this year,” she smiled. RCES’s fourth addition this year is first grade teacher Sharon Humbles. Humbles and her family moved to the area in 1999 to be closer to her husband’s job as an airline pilot. Since moving here she has fallen in love with the area. “I think Rappahannock is a wonderful place to live,” she said. During her time in the county she has volunteered in the schools. She also filled in last year as a long-term kindergarten substitute. Humbles, who has a masters degree in education from the University of Virginia, has 19 years experience teaching kindergarten and second grade. She feels this will enable her to better prepare her students. She said that having taught second grade she knows what teachers at this level expect their students to have mastered, thus enabling her to know what skills her class should attain while in first grade. Also new to the faculty this year is Front Royal native Missi Magalis who will be teaching seventh grade English. Magalis returned to college after getting married and having three daughters. A recent graduate of Shenandoah University, she completed her student teaching in Warren County. Magalis decided to work in the area because of the positive experience she had during her interview process. “They called me for an interview and were very kind and welcoming,” she said. Now that she has accepted the position she has high hopes for her students. “I hope they walk away from my class at the end of the year Rappahannock News Photos/' Naomi Smoot-Kimbl€ FIRST DAY OPENS: Martha Cannon's kindergarten class is busy enjoying its first day of school. Her 20 students are: Gavin Carter, Matthew Fewell, Austin Huff, Jake Jenkins, Evan Marcus, Brandon Rutherford, Hunter Settle, Keith Walker, Dawson Wiley, Andrew Williams, Laylin Brown, Kendall Carroll, Parker Critzer, LidiaAnn Edwards, Kathleen Forrest, Hannah Kleppinger, Megan Neibert, Hannah O'Neal, Kelsey Parker and Dezire Trickey. with the ability to write well and understand what they are writing,” she said. Magalis also hopes to provide her students with a strong background in grammar as well as early preparation for their eighth grade Standards of Learning Test. Also new to Rappahannock’s schools this year is volunteer coordinator K. Adams, who uses her initial only. Adams has been a resident of the county for nearly four years. During this time she was a pastor at Amissville United Methodist Church, a part of the Starfish Mentor Program, a substitute teacher and school volunteer. Adams resigned from the ministry last year after having been a full-time pastor in Virginia for the past 11 years. Prior to coming to the state she was director of a senior volunteer program in Waco, Texas, and worked in several nursing homes. Her goal this year is to help the school move towards its mission statement of becoming second to none and producing lifelong learners. Adams has a passion for volunteering and hopes she will be able to find individuals who wall set good examples for the students. “Civilization is built on kindness and knowledge and volunteers embody that,” she said. 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When they came through the line afterwards they were rewarded with overflowing trays of delicious food, including pizza, lasagna, fried chicken, corn on the cob and various salads. Entertainment for the evening was provided by the rock music of the popular Northern Virginia band called “Blues Fuze,” known for its talent in “fusing” rock, blues and jazz into a very enjoyable sound for all ages. With great gusto, “Blues Fuze” entertained the crowd. The children knew the words of the rockabilly songs being played and all chimed in at appropriate moments with stanzas sung loud and clear. Children and camp staff sang and danced and clowned around throughout the evening. Captain Jeff Brown, the School Resource Officer at Rappahannock County High School, brought his “Snow Kone” machine while Howard Massey came with his cotton candy machine. In addition to those who helped serve the food and clean up afterwards, other volunteers decorated the festive party center with flags, banners and flower arrangements. Charlotte Tummeyer and Karla Miller did facepainting for the children. Many area businesses and civic clubs donated food and other goods to make “Rappahannock Night” the rousing success it is each year. This year’s contributors include the Bleu Rock Inn, FT Valley Grocery, Griffin Tavern, Diana’s Country Diner, The Public House, Pizza Hut and Melting Pot of Front Royal, Mountainside Market, Muskrat Haven, Rae’s Place, Settles’ Grocery, The Country Caf^) and The Inn at Little Washington. The Women on Mission of Washington Baptist Church provided dessert. More than a dozen members of the Rappahannock Lions Club helped with the festivities. Monetary donations to help defray costs of the event were made by BB&T Bank, Rappahannock National Bank, Sen. 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IRCHS golf team collects three victories to finish week By Allen Comer Special to the Rappahannock News The Rappahannock County High School golf team earned wins over Clarke County High School (CCHS), Luray High School (LHS) and George Mason High School (GMHS) to finish the week With a win-loss record of 3-1. The win over GMHS avenged a defeat suffered earlier in the week to the Mustangs. Rappahannock News Photos/Ann Spiecker Brian Taylor, senior captain, with a putting form that has him the lead golfer for Rappahannock County High School. Brian was first in a tri match against Luray and George Mason. On Monday, Aug. 18 the Panthers traveled to Clarke County to face the Eagles and the GMHS Mustangs in a trimatch. The Panthers shot 369 in the 18-hole match to soundly defeat CCHS (400) but were edged by GMHS (366). •Brian Taylor shot an 82 to lead the RCHS squad. Jacob Dodson and Ben Hahn contributed to the Panther score with rounds of 94. Tyler Hartman added a 99 to complete the Panther tally. The Panthers hosted LHS and saw GMHS for the second time in four days on Thursday, Aug. 21 in a nine-hole trimatch. The Panthers, showing considerable improvement and receiving solid contributions from all team mehibers, defeated both teams. The Panthers reversed the week’s earlier decision with GMHS, changing a threestroke deficit to a five-stroke margin of victory. Brian Taylor shot an impressive 37 to lead all scorers. Tyler Hartman, tying for the second-lowest score in the match, added a 45. Jacob Dodson (48) and Josh Creel (49) rounded out the Panther scoring. Complete results for both matches are shown below. The Panthers travel to LHS on Thursday, Aug. 28 for a non-district match. Annual athletic meeting Sept 9 The Rappahannock Athletic Association will be holding its annual meeting on Sept. 9 at 6:45 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to elect board members for the upcoming year. 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Experts from the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Shenandoah National Park’s Wilderness Education Program and backcountry specialists will share their knowledge of the Wilderness Act and the significance of wilderness designation in the park. Participants will experience first-hand the challenges of preserving wilderness and wilderness values for future generations. Advanced registration is required and space is limited. Contact Shenandoah National Park’s Education Office at 540999-3489 or go on-line at http://www.nps.gov/shen/2h5.ht m to register or for more information. The cost for Wilderness Challenge is $30. Registration includes the entrance fee to Shenandoah National Park, course instruction, and educational materials. Shenandoah National Park Association members receive a 20 percent discount. Shenandoah National Park Field Seminars will continue through the fall with the following program, The Art of Wilderness, on Oct. 18. 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Contention existed over the property’s re-use due to traffic concerns and the nature of its zoning. Citizens were also concerned by the dumpster which is still present on the property despite prior rulings in favor of its removal. Shed From Page A1 status of the property. County resident Newbill Miller referred to the proposed use of the building as “ludicrous.” “I don’A think the people in the county are going to like it,” he said. “I know you want to do a favor for this gentleman, but it would be a disfavor to the rest of the county to permit this.” Flint Hill resident Phil Irwin also questioned how a commercial building could be placed on a property zoned for agricultural use. McCarthy responded, “Because the ordinance says you can. How can you have a bed and breakfast in an agricultural zone? Because the ordinance says you can.” In his comments to the applicant, a resident of his district, commission member Charles Strittmatter recognized the problems the agricultural nature of the building would present. He said he had been told by others the building would make a good location for boutiques or a shopping area but added that these uses, and even the one proposed, were difficult to pass due to the zoning of the property. “It’s agricultural. You’ve heard the public tonight,” he said. But there were other issues with the property’s usage aside from zoning. Also in question was the affect the more intensive nature of the proposed use would have on traffic conditions at the intersection of Route 630 and Route 522, an intersection Irwin felt was already among the most dangerous in the county. Confusion existed about where a deceleration lane for the property would be placed, and what result this would have for the intersection, the property and Wakefield Country Day School. Also concerning the commission was the number of occupants Clark proposed for the building. He said the current septic system would sustain between seven and 12 workers. Members felt more comfortable allowing the four person limit which had been approved for the woodworking shop though. They were further concerned after discovering the volume of Clark’s work force. He said he alone employed four people including himself, and wished to add two more employees in the future. After learning this some board members felt that perhaps Clark should lessen the number of rental units he had proposed, and perhaps even consider using the premises solely for his company. Lighting ordinance In other discussion, the public addressed concern over the seemingly dead lighting ordinance which Bob Lander, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection said was sent before the Board of Supervisors nearly two years ago. Irwin referred to the supervisors’ lack of action on the matter as an insult to the commission. Commission member A1 Henry disagreed with this. “In terms of the lighting ordinance, we did our job,” Henry said. He added that if residents are concerned about the issue they should talk with their supervisors and urge them to address the issue, and even “stand on their front porches,” if need be. In other discussion representative Jennifer Matthews updated the commission on a committee which had been created to investigate the formation of rural and village historic districts. She said the committee had worked to gather data and that one of the next steps was to inform the involved communities. “We need to follow through with this,” she said. In other action the commission discussed the next step in revisions to the County’s Comprehensive Plan. Chairman Tom Junk said next month’s meeting will include a round table discussion and asked that members come prepared with a list of concerns from their districts. McCarthy added that residents who are preparing documents for consideration for the new plan should have them completed by next month. Collision From Page A1 Settle. "Both vehicles were totaled," he said. No charges have been placed. "The accident is still under investigation," he said. This is the first fatality in that area in the past five or six years, said Settle. There have been serious accidents though in which " people have been maimed for life," he said. "The Thornton Gap crossing is advertised in motorcycle magazines and on the Internet as being one of the top five sites in Virginia. It is an attraction to motorcyclists because of its curving, winding roads," said ' Settle. "Every weekend it is not uncommon for us to work three or four motorcycle accidents especially when the weather is cooperating," said Settle. "They saturate the mountain with their motorcycles and they like the challenge of going in and out of the curves. On weekends it is the biggest time they come out," he said. State police have beefed up their enforcement efforts because of the accidents. Page County sends troopers from the other side of the mountain to assist. "We concentrate our enforcement efforts on the mountain," said Settle. He said when a trooper spots a reckless motorcyclist speeding it is difficult for a trooper to turn around on the curves to chase him. "It is not as easy as on a motorcycle," Settle said. When a trooper clocks a speeding motorcyclist from down at the bottom of the mountain on Route 211 and radios up to a trooper near the top giving a description of the bike so that it can be stopped, that trooper has to be able to pick out the motorcyclist from a group of them and sometimes it is difficult, said Settle. Times Community Newspapers. Call 540-675-3349 with news tips.

Rappahannock News • Neighbors/B4 • Classifieds/B5, B6, B7 • Obituaries/B8 Section B August 28, 2003 www.timescommunity.com Four Jack Russells take readers on romp through the woods RUSSELLS IN THE LEAVES BY R. IELANP WALDRIP By Naomi Smoot-Kimble Rappahannock News Staff Writer Lelapd Waldrip’s muse is nature. It has been present in his work since his first novel “The Last Grizzly” and appeared again in its sequel “Griz Nightmare.” Now, in his newly released children’s book “Russells in the Leaves,” readers join his four Jack Russell Terriers as they journey through the woods on his property in Amissville near the Rappahannock River. This book is written through the eyes of Waldrip’s 10-year-old dog Lizzie and follows her, her brother Spunkie and their parents Jessie and Jack as they chase sticks, trail scents and enjoy the everyday shenanigans of being a dog. Waldrip described this book as “a color picture story that takes the Jack Russell family through their antics.” The idea for the book came to him after photographing the dogs on their daily walks through the woods. After seeing these pictures he decided to create a story to go with them and after six months of work the book was complete and ready to become his first color publication. Such a book came naturally for Waldrip who has been around dogs all his life. He said his youth in Mississippi was spent with hounds that he used for hunting. He has owned Irish Setters as well, but no dog has pleased him as much as the Jack Russell’s which he now owns. Waldrip told the story of how he acquired these dogs with the love of a father in his voice. He said his neighbor had owned a dog which he and his wife Linda fell JACK RUSSELLS: Leland Waldrip’s dogs Spunkie, Lizzie and Jack go airborne in an attempt to be the first to fetch a stick. Rappahannock News Photo/Naomi Smoot-Kimble in love with. After discovering that the dog had a half sister they set out to purchase her. After adopting her, now named Jessie, they found their second dog Jack. Two more additions to the Waldrip’s family followed, as ' Spunkie and Lizzie arrived soon after. “They’re not just animals,” he said of the dogs. “There’s truth to that man’s best friend thing. They’re not as aloof as cats. They tend to want to please. They can be hard-headed but they really aim to please. They’re little friends. They are just so neat to have.” While Waldrip loves all dogs he especially enjoys Jack Russells. He said their energetic, friendly and fearless nature brings him joy. “I have really enjoyed these dogs. They have been great little friends. They’re just like part of the family,” he said. And he hopes that readers will be able to enjoy them as well, thanks to his book. “Russells in the Leaves,” he said, is aimed at children ages seven and up, but can be enjoyed by adults as well who are interested in small dogs. “Children seem taken with it,” he said. “People who own Jack Russell Terriers or any little dog will be interested in reading the book.” To join in Lizzie’s frolics through the water and trees a copy of the book can be purchased at xlibris.com, bookmanmarketing.com or rappahannockbooks. com. Churchwomen gather flowers for annual tour By Helen Williams Special to the Rappahannock News If, when you look at an uncut field on any one of the beautiful roads in Rappahannock County you think of treasures; if the mere sight of the bright orange of butterfly weed in the median strip makes you pull the car over and grab for your gardening gear; or if your garage or attic is now full of hanging flowers drying in the August heat, then you must be getting ready for the Oct. 18 and 19 Dried Flower Sale and House Tbur sponsored by the Episcopal Churchwomen. It has been a fixture on the fall calendar of the county for the past 47 years. Drying flowers seems like a very old-fashioned thing to do, what with the abundance of silk flowers available nowadays and the florist sections of supermarkets always available. But finding and preserving nature’s bounty has it own rewards, which add immeasurably to the final display. Since spring, men and women in the county have been hard at work on their dried specialties or trying to learn new techniques that will keep the beauty of one more weed or cultivated flower alive for a long time. Soon, they will gather all their materials in the parish hall beside Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington and begin the task of fashioning the perfect arrangement for each and every donated and collected container. The dried flower arrangements also will decorate the three houses chosen for the House Tour this year: Bunree, owned by Aileen Laing, granddaughter of the original owners and builders; The Dickey House, built in the 1970s by Gary and Marlene Dickey and The See TOUR, Page B2 Packing Shed Gallery hosts brother and sister art exhibit By June Jordan Special to the Rappahannock News The Packing Shed Gallery in Washington will exhibit paintings by Thomas DePre and ceramics by Carin DePre from Sept. 5 through Sept. 29. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. This is the first joint show of these brother and sister artists, both of whose art has been noticeably influenced by the years they spent growing up in West Africa. Though their art styles are very dif ferent, Carin notes that they are “surprisingly compatible, perhaps because we share the same sense of awe and wonder about this world of ours.” Thomas has a BA in art from Hope College in Holland, Mich., and a Masters in Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. He currently resides in Holland, Mich., where he has his studio. His work has been shown extensively throughout the midwest, where he has won numerous awards. See EXHIBIT, Page B2 Photo courtesy/Packing Shed Gallery EXHIBIT: Thomas DePre's painting (left) and his sister, Carin DePre’s ceramics will be on exhibit next month at Packing Shed Gallery in Little Washington. Photo courtesy/Judy Tole FIELDS OF FLOWERS: Trinity Episcopal Churchwomen gather flowers to dry for the church’s 47th annual Dried Flower Sale and House Tour on Oct. 18 and 19. Walking the gardens of Bruce and Susan Jones on Long Mountain Road are from left to right, Charlotte Laing, Helen Williams and Lois Snead. r 1 ‘Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier’ By Wendy Weinberg Special to the Rappahannock News Alan Jabbour plays fiddle music of Appalachia and beyond and talks about the folk music and traditions of the old frontier when he opens the fall season at the Theatre at Washington on Gay Street on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. While a graduate student at Duke University in the 1960s, Jabbour became interested in folk music and folklore and he made extensive trips throughout North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia to record instrumental folk music, folksong, and folklore on tape. The collection Jabbour amassed at that time is now in the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress. The materials he collected were particularly rich in traditional fiddle tunes from the Upper South. Jabbour had begun his studies of the violin at the age of seven, but his growing interest in folk music prompted him to enter an informal process of apprenticeship as a young adult, playing the fiddle under the influence of new masters. In particular, he learned the style and repertory of Henry Reed, a mas ter fiddler who lived along the New' River in Glen Lyn, Va.. and was then in his eighties. Jabbour was a founding member of “The Hollow Rock String Band,” whose 1968 recording of traditional dance tunes has recently been reissued as a compact disc. He taught the band a repertory of old-time fiddle tunes, and the Hollow' Rock String Band formed an important link in the instrumental folk music revival of the 1960s. In 1969 Jabbour became head of the Archive of Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture) at the Library of Congress and, in 1976, he was appointed director of the American Folklife Center at the library, continuing in that position for 23 years. The Center’s Archive of Folk Culture is the principal repository for field documentation of American folklore and folklife and contains important holdings from all the major regions of the world. Since his retirement in 1999 from federal service, Jabbour has resumed playing the fiddle at frequent public appearances, and often combines these performances with talks on topics related to folklore and folklife, folk music and cultural Photo courtesy/Wendy Weinberg Alan Jabbour: Sept. 6 at Theatre policy. It is this combination of music and discussion which forms the basis of the unusual program to be presented at the Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students 18 and under. For reservations, or to obtain a copy of the Theatre’s fall schedule, phone (540) 675-1253 or send email to Theatre VA@aol. com.

Church fi Activities ■i ■ J Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church Pastor: John Heddleston Sunday: Contemporary Services 8:45 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday Traditional Services 11 a.m. Sunday Youth Night 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bible Study 7 p.m. Nero Hope Baptist Bible Pastor: Carl R. Menefee Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study Monday-Friday 7 p.m. Amissville Baptist Pastor: Dr. Norman Edward Taylor . Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Ftejoicers Choir and worship 7 p.m. Wednesday: Adult Choir 6 p.m. Bible Study, Missions 7 p.m. Thursday: Bell Choir 6:30 p.m. Flint Hill Pentecostal Pastor: Rev. Jack Campbell Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 6:30 a.m. Wednesday: Worship Service 7:30 p.m. Woodville Baptist Pastor: Trey Hensley Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Choir Practice 6:30 p.m. Bible Study 7 p.m. Amissville Full Gospel Pastor: Rev. Jim Pittman II Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. Wednesday: Evening Worship 7:30 p.m. County Methodist services Rappahannock County Methodist churches will have worship services 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. Amissville United Methodist Pastor: Rev. John B. Haynes Sr. Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 p.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Thursday: Adult Choir 7:30 p.m. St. Peter's Catholic Mission Pastor: Rev. Robert J. DeMartino 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 First Baptist Pastor: Dr. Wendell Grant Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Rector: Rev. Jennings W. Hobson III Sunday: Holy Eucharist 8 a.m. Morning Prayer 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist 10 a.m. Congregational picnic at Charlotte and Noel Laing’s 3 p.m. Washington Baptist Pastor: Rev. Phillip Bailey Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Services 11 a.m. Tuesday: Adult Choir 7:30 p.m. Thornton ys Gap Regular Baptist Rev. Kirby Shenk Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Gid Brown Bible Pastor: John K. Burke Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Youth and Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday: Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Five Forks Regular Baptist Sunday: Wednesday: Pastor: Elder Roger L. Smith Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Prayer, Bible study 7 p.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. Thornton Gap Primitive Baptist Church Pastor, Elder Richard Cox Meets first Sundays at 2 p.m. and third Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Church News Gospel sing on Aug. 31 There will be an old fashion gospel sing on Sunday, Aug. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Flint Hill United Methodist Church. Featuring Roger Rutherford, and Ronald Dodson with the King's Travelers, and Jack, Wanda and Ashley Rutherford. Everyone is welcome. Gid Brown church service Gid Brown Bible Baptist Church in Washington will hold a special service on Aug. 31 with Brady Rochester and family from Blackburg, S. C. For the 10 a.m service there will be singing, and for the 11 a.m. service, singing and preaching. Churches to hold concert Join us for a Glory to God Concert from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Sept. 13 at the Warrenton Horse Show Grounds in Warrenton. Come together with several area churches for a day of praising and celebrating the Lord. Free to all. Bring your family, friends, lawn chairs and a picnic lunch or visit the concession stand. For more information, call Thom Shotwell at (540) 9377755, or Corinna Ovington at (540)349-1423. Gospel Jubilee on Sept. 13 The 12th Annual Gospel Jubilee will be held on Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. at the Leeds Run Park in Hume. It features The Traveling Pilgrims, The Gospel Jubilee Band, Kenny Johnson and sons and “All 4 Hym.” Food and beverages will be available. Free admission. Playground and pony rides for children. Bring a lawn chair and a friend.For more information contact Scott and Becky Weagle at (540) 635-7898. Annual church bulb sale Trinity Episcopal Church Garden Guild is once again holding its annual bulb sale with gorgeous tulips, daffodils, crocuses and many other spring bulbs to beautify home and business. Orders will be taken through Sunday, Sept. 14. Delivery will be at the proper planting time. Plan now to plant later for a beautiful and colorful spring. For further information, call Katherine Bull at (540) 6753716. State board to consider 22 properties for historic register The Virginia Board of Historic Resources and the State Review Board will hold their next quarterly joint board meeting Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the Valentine-Richmond History Center at 10 a.m. The Board of Historic Resources will consider 22 properties for addition to the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR). Established in 1966, the VLR is the state's official list of properties important to Virginia's history. The scheduled new nominations include, from the capital region: Fine Creek Mills Historic District, Powhatan County; Mason-Tillet House, Brunswick County; and Recoleta, City of Charlottesville. Nominations from the Portsmouth Region are: Cessford, Northampton County; Monumental Methodist Church, City of Portsmouth; St. Matthews Church, Essex County; St. Peters Episcopal Church, Westmoreland County; Vincent House, Southampton County; West End Historic District, City of Suffolk. Properties to be considered from the Roanoke region include: Derby Historic District, Wise County; North Danville Historic District, City of Danville; and Stonega Historic District, Wise County. Properties from the Winchester region include: African American Resources of Alexandria, Virginia Multiple Property Document consisting of Beulah Baptist Church, Dr. Albert Johnson House, Alfred Baptist Church, Moses Hepbum Row houses, Odd Fellows Hall, Roberts Memorial United Methodist Church and George Lewis Seaton House; Fairmount, City of Winchester; Millboro School, Bath County; and Silverbrook Methodist Church, Fairfax County. Property nominations are subject to change or postponement. For further details and images of each property visit the Virginia Department of Historic Resources' website at: www.dhr. state. va.us/homepage_features/board_acti vities.htm The Historic Resources Board also will consider seven new highway markers and seven TEA-21-funded replacement markers. The 14 markers represent nearly every region of the Commonwealth. In a separate action, the State Review Board of the Department of Historic Resources will consider recommending to the agency director that the 22 properties considered for the Virginia Landmarks Register also be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. All nominations to both the Virginia and national registers are made either at the request, or with the willing consent, of the property owners. While formal historical designation does not impose any restrictions or mandates on the owners of historic properties, the two registers officially recognize some of Virginia's most treasured and significant resources. The historic designation may qualify properties for a State Rehabilitation Tax Credit, and in some cases listed properties may also qualify for a Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit. The tax credit has become as important tool for preserving Virginia s past and encouraging private and public investment in Virginia's historic cities and rural areas. The National Register of Historic Places, managed by the National Park Service, is the official list of structures, sites, objects, and districts that embody the historical and cultural foundations of the nation. More than 60,000 historic resources of all kinds (including 700,000 contributing buildings in historic districts) are listed. The National Register of Historic Places includes more than 2,300 properties in Virginia to date: For more information on both register programs, visit: DHR Web site at www.dhr. state, va.us/registers/register.ht m, or call 804-367-2323. Tour From Page B1 Deep Woods, home of Bud and Doris Rowzie. All of the homes will provide wonderful spaces for the flower arrangements, but will require different styles and effects. Admission for the House Tour is $15 which includes tea at the Middleton Inn in Washington. Individual homes may be viewed at a cost of $5 per home. Proceeds from the fund-raising event are used for charitable work both inside and outside the county. Some of the arrangers have been working for all, or most, of the 47 years, that the event has taken place. But experts Lois Snead, Charlotte Nichols, Judy Ible, Louise Ellis, Charlotte Laing and others are always ready with advice and lessons. Many flowers have unique needs for drying—wildflowers are not always as tough as they seem. Foliage such as beech, magnolia and boxwood requires special treatment. Teasel can be bleached and cattails can be dipped in shellac to stabilize their looks. The secrets of drying with sand, silica gel or microwave are happily shared. Not everyone plants flowers for drying in garden rows. Many brave snakes, wasps, yellow jackets and other of nature’s varmints to gamer from roadside and meadow. But all are enriched by participating in the natural beauty of the physical world by assisting in the preparation for the flower arrangements or the House Tbur and by being part of the seasons, one way or the other, in Rappahannock County. Exhibit From Page B1 He has a current exhibit at the Mars Gallery in Chicago and at the Third Stone Gallery in Saugatuck, Mich. Thomas characterizes his work as “personal images which are much indebted to folk art, the work of children, and to primitive art,” he said. “I strive,” he adds, “for a spontaneous and expressive approach in conveying my ideas.” Carin studied painting and print-making at Grinnell College in Iowa and at the Academy of Art in Stockholm, Sweden. After pursuing other interests for 15 years, she started taking courses in ceramics at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. about six years ago. “This spring it all came together again for me,” she said, reflecting upon her recent award from the Corcoran for qeramic excellence, her stone*"' sculpture exhibit at Brookside Gardens Spring Sculpture Show in Wheaton, Md., and “having this show with my brother.” She observed that “these days it’s three dimensional tiles with the magic of our natural world—chameleons, sea horses, beetles ... all the wonder, that motivates me.” Showing together for the first time has stirred an excitement they are anxious to share with the viewers. The gallery is on the comer of Gay and Porter Streets. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. For additional information, contact the gallery at 540-675-3410. Brookside Restaurant & Gift Shop . U S. 211 E. 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The musically inclined particularly enjoy praise through music and song. There is something for everyone in Cod's House. Then there is a time for prayer and meditation. Certainly we each have a request of our Heavenly Father or maybe we need to give thanks for a blessing from the previous week. Whatever your need, Cod is there for you. In Exodus 25:8, God said, "Let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." Cod is waiting to serve your needs. Won't you meet Him there this week? SliNDAY lothia 24.1-13 MONDAY fafhui 24:14-28 IVCSDAY ISimuel 7:1-17 WEDNESDAY 2 Sjmiel 7:18-29 1HLKSDAY /aim 89:1-37 HtlUAY IKingf 2:1-9 SAWKDAY i Kings ft 1-9 Scriptures Selected ty The American Bit to Society Copyright 2003. Keizer Williams Newspaper Services, P 0 B- * 8005, Charlottesville. VA 22906 www kwoews com .H=H. 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Quality Renovations & Custom Homes VA Class, A Contractor 540-675-2395 EXCAVATING Keys Excavating, LLC ponds ♦driveways* clearing* landscaping snow removal • bushhogging We offer quality work with years of experience. 540-987-9259 EXCAVATING Vest's Excavating • Backhoe Work • Bobcat Work • DumpTruck • Dozer • Bush Hogging • Loader • Ditching • Culverts • Driveway Grading & Graveling • Clearing • Landscaping 540-675-1117 v__ j NK Excavating & Landscaping uenerai Landscaping Erosion Control Demolition Custom Ponds Grading Land Clearing Driveways Bobcat Work 540-428-1894 540-683-9583 Comm • Resid • Lies • Insured FENCING Maderia Cattle & Fence Company All Types of Fencing Carl James (540)937-3048 Cell: (540)718-3004 Furniture Restoration Rappahannock Furniture Restoration <lu4 540-937-6211 Fax: 540-937-7230 HANDYMAN Pullen’s Handyman Chainsaw work • Trimming Clearing • Mowing Weedeating • Fence Repair Flower Beds • Painting Some Rock Laying 987-9205 LAWN CARE ] I Ronnie Dodson I D&D Services 540-987-9350 Landscaping, Lawn Service, Bushhogging, Driveway Grading, Hauling & Mulch,Backhoe Services & Snow Removal, etc. PEST CONTROL tvs ECONOMY PEST CONTROL Termite & Pest Control Flint Hill, VA Bill Harris, Owner 540-675-3389 540-675-3880 Fax Licensed Locally Owned & Operated QUILT SERVICES Quilts By Marie . New. Quilts Quilt Repair. . Finishing Your Quilt Projects 25 Years Experience 92 Little Way • Huntly, VA 22640* 11540-636-3865 _ RESTAURANT THE COUNTRY CAFE Mon. - Sat. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday: Closed Day of Rest 675-1066 Take out Available ' ROOFING ^ Specializing In Residential Homes Blue Ridge Roofing 540-631-0666 STORAGE SPERRYVILLE STORAGE CO. Safe Handy Storage Residential Commercial Reasonable Rates 540/987-8507 Rt. 1003. off r.S. til SPERRTVHAE, VA South Wales Business & Mini Storage Located 5 miles west w w a > ol Warrenton at intersection of Route 211 and Route 229 New' s» Units to oose„ All Sizes Available Monthly and yearly rates, all ground-level units, tractor & trailer access, individual wide roll-up doors, restroom, business and vendors welcome. (540) 341-7000 TV & APPLIANCE GREYSTONE TV & APPLIANCE Sales & Service RCA Video Products Antennas & Satellite Systems Radio Shack Dealer, Kitchen Aid, Whirlpool & Roper Appliances U.S. Route 29, Madison (540) 948-2200 WELDING RICK’S CUSTOM WELDING (540) 675-1888 Commercial - Residential Construction - Farm - General Wrought Iron gates & railings ALSO SANDBLASTING WINDOWS & DOORS • Can you feel the wind gust while sitting on your sofa? ^ • Need a screw driver to open your windows? • Need wooden spoons to keep them open? If so. our custom made European tilt-turn, windows. & doors offer energy efficiency, and security. We install and service. Henselstone Window & Door Systems 540-937-57% More of what you’re looking for. Get Into It! , Call Jeanne Cobert { 540-347-4222 Upcoming Events FL\i\C presentation - The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) will kick off its 2003-2004 Second Friday at the Library series on Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. with a presentation by David Hoadley. who has been a Great Plains storm photographer for the past 47 years. Hoadley. son-in-law of former Rappahannock News editor Sarah Latham, will talk about his experience as a tornado chaser, and will include slides and video of tornadoes, along with a discussion of storm dynamics, structure and safety measures. Weaving class Misty Mountain Farm will host an introduction to weaving class on Saturday. Sept. 6 from 10 a m. to 4 p.m. Students will warp a loom and weave a scarf in their favorite colors. Class fee is $50 and includes materials and lunch. To register, call Linda Witt at 937-4707. Celebrate new wine releases Celebrate Labor Day Weekend and the new release of our long-awaited dessert style 2002 Vidal Blanc and 2002 Cabernet Franc, both Silver Medal winners. Plan a picnic and meet with friends while sampling new wines. Taste these and other award winning wines while listening to the Miller Sisters Saturday Aug. 30 from 2-5 p.m., and Award winning singer/songwriter Ben Mason Sunday. Aug. 31 from 1-4 p.m. Enjoy catered barbecued food by J&M Catering on Aug. 30 and 31. Family reunion Aug.30 The family and friends of Thomas Franklin and Louise Vashtie Jenkins will hold their annual family reunion on Aug. 30 at 12 noon. The gathering will be held at the Rappahannock Recreation Center in Washington. All are asked to bring food to share. Flint Hill fire and rescue Want to learn more about fire and rescue work, or how to help out behind the scenes? Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company invites you to a cook-out on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks will be provided, Please bring a covered dish or dessert. Call 675-3286 for more information. Democrats to meet Sept. 2 The Rappahannock County Democratic Committee will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the county library. Tom Lewis, Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates will make his third visit and discuss updates on the Delegate race. Brad Blanton from Page County will introduce himself as a candidate for the House of Representatives for the 2004 election. The meeting is open to all. For more information, call Meredith Gorfein, 675-3515. Conservation meeting The Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its Board of Directors' meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 2 at the Pig N Steak Restaurant in Madison. Meetings rotate alphabetically on a county basis by the five counties served by the District: Culpeper. Greene. Madison, Orange and Rappahannock. For further information call Jo Ann Neal at (540) 825-8591. Quilting group to begin A quilting group will start Sept. 9 at 8:30 a.m. at the Rappahannock County Library in Washington. Fun with yoyo and cathedral windows patterns. For more information, call Charlotte Laing at (540) 937-3511. Girl Scouts to sign up Girl Scout sign up night will be held at Rappahannock County Elementary School cafeteria on Sept. 11 at 6:30 p.m. For more information call Sally Havstad at (540) 987-9342. Taste of Rappaha n nock The fifth annual Taste of Rappahannock fundraising dinner for Headwaters will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13 at The Belle Meade Schoolhouse in Sperryville with a live auction between 6 and 7 p.m. during the pre-dinner reception. Tickets are $125 per person. For reservations call Headwaters at (540) 675-1819. Seating is limited, attire is country casual. Wharton family reunion The annual family reunion of the late Henry T. Wharton and Lillie Cloud Wharton will be held Sept. 6 at the Rappahannock Park, starting at 10:30 a.m. Family and friends are welcome. Bring a picnic basket and enjoy the day. Thornton Hill Hounds Everyone is invited to the inaugural running of the Thornton Hill Hounds Point-to-Point races on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Thornton Hill Racecourse, Route 522, two miles south of Sperryville. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. First race is 12:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.thorntonhillhounds.com. nappahannock skies The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection will sponsor “An Astronomical Event” on Sunday, Aug. 31 at the Washington Fire Hall at 8:30 p.m. Mars is only 145 times the distance to the moon from earth and you may want to get a good look at it. The next time this planet will be as close is 284 years from now. This is a family event. Light refreshments will be served. Binoculars and telescopes will be available. You may bring your own viewing equipment. For more information, contact Francois-Marie Patorni at 937-3718. Norman family reu nion The annual Norman reunion will be held on Sunday, Aug. 31 at the Rappahannock Park on Route 211 in Washington. All relatives and friends are invited to attend. Please bring a covered dish and a beverage. Plates, cups and plastic utensils will be provided. A picnia4unch will be served around 1 p m. at the Pavilion “rain or shinte.” Bring a chair in case you may need it. Jenkins family reunion The family of the late Aubrey R. and Ellen Baker Jenkins will hold its reunion at the Rappahannock Recreation Park m Washington on Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. All family members and friends are invited for a day of good food, games, prizes and lots of fun. Bring a covered dish. All paper supplies and refreshments will be provided. For more information call Linda Dwyer at (540) 987-9225 or Tammy Atkins at (540) 675-9953. Free Clinic open The Rappahannock Free Clinic, a local branch of the Fauquier Free Clinic operates on the first, third and fifth Wednesday evenings of each month in the Rappahannock County Health Department in Washington. Patient registrator is from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For further information, call 6’52525 or 347-0394. Civil War trip on Sept. 20 The Blue Ridge Civil War Round Table is sponsonng a bos trip to Pamplin Historical Park on Saturday. Sept 20 It will be leaving the parking lot of the Amissville Baptist Church at 8 a.m. and returning by 5:30 p.m. The cost is $35 per person (lunch not included). Please make checks to BRCWRT arc mail to P. O. Box 362, Amissville. Va.. 20106. For further nfc*; mation, contact Mary Hoffherr at 937-3859

Neighbors The Edward Clark family visits Michigan’s attractions and daughter, Ann Foster Kenny Miller of Stafford, Sarah Brown and Edward and Ruth Clark of Fodderstack Road returned home Saturday evening after visiting for a week with Charlie and Ann Foster in Chesterfield, Mich. While there they toured and shopped at Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland the world’s largest Christmas store which is open 361 days a year. The motto at Bronner's is: “Enjoy Christmas, it’s His birthday. Enjoy life it’s His way.” They had dinner at Zehnders Restaurant which is world famous for its chicken, steaks and seafood. They toured and shopped at Morley Candy Factory in Clinton and the Gibraltar Washington By RUTH CLARK , h 675-3608 Trade Center in Mt. Clemens. They also celebrated Ann’s birthday on Aug. 21. She is recuperating nicely at home after her recent surgery and wishes to thank all that sent her cards. She will be in therapy for six to eight weeks. Sunday evening Sarah Brown visited Wayne and Ann Brown in Woodville. Wayne is ill at this time and we pray for a recovery. Sunday evening Charles and Wendy Clark of Manassas and Edward and Ruth Clark were among those attending a lawn party at Richard Simmons’ place on Fodderstack Road. Happy belated birthday wishes to Gary Jenkins of Fodderstack Road who had his day on Sunday, Aug. 24. Bill Covell of McLean was a recent week-end guest of Mrs. Alice Butler and son Phil and granddaughter, Kayla. Loretta Lee was Sunday visitor of Mrs. Addie Keyser and Virginia Cloud. Have a safe week. 3820 Prince William Pkwy. Woodbridge, VA 22192 Toll Free 1-866-583-9600 www.motorcyclefactoryinc.com HUGE SAVINGS ON Honda ATV’S ;i: FOREMAN 450S @ $4,699 FourTrax® Rancher™ Roconwnynoefl only to ndasl6yians'jrc*Jer. 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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 Ketocton Association of Baptist churches Members and friends of all Regular Baptist churches in our area are reminded of the Ketocton Association of Regular Baptist churches which meets Friday, Aug. 29 at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday, Aug. 30 at 10 a.m. for its 237th annual session at the Rapidan Baptist Camp in Rochelle, Madison County. Dr. Wayne Thompson is moderator with Rev. Iferry Overstreet as assistant moderator and Mrs. Marie Atkins as clerk. Make plans now to come and enjoy this time of fellowship together. Our prayers for comfort go out to Dennis Ralls and family of Sperryville upon the passing of his wife, Mabel. Rebecca and Mary Mills, Kellie and Karla Bragg, Jennifer1 Peregory and Ester and Debra Whorton spent the week of Aug. 11 through Aug. 15 attending youth camp in Keyser, W. Va. Boston By MARIE F. ATKINS 987.8803 We covet your prayers for our friend in Sperryville, Bea Sheppard who enters Fauquier Hospital today in preparation for knee surgery. Last Sunday when Mr. and Mrs. Bill Peregory emerged from church services at Massanova Pentecostal what did they find waiting but a limousine with the red carpet laid out and their son, Joe, at the wheel. They boarded the limousine along with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mills, Daniel Peregory, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Bragg, Jennifer Peregory and Joel Peregory. Following in vans were Mrs. Janet Peregory, Joseph Peregory, Rebecca and Mary Mills, Heidi, and Kenny Peregory, and Kellie, Karla, Matthew and Mark Bragg. The group enjoyed a special luncheon at Olive Garden in Manassas. A huge cake was served and Mrs. Peregory was presented with a dozen yellow roses. This event was a gift from the Peregory children for their parents 42nd wedding anniversary. Melissa Gray and Charde Ferguson left last Tuesday for their freshman year at Longwood College. Birthday greetings go out to Rosie Wharton on Wednesday, Leanna Wharton on Thursday and Barbara Gore Friday. Sympathy is extended to the family of Bobby Johannis of Reva Way, who passed away last week in University of Virginia Hospital. September brings Sunday School graduation September is happening at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church (MLBC) with its Sept. 7 Sunday School graduation for youth who are going to the next grade and those who are graduating. MLBC’s IGd’s For Christ sessions will be held at the evening service. Rebecca Schwier will lead a youth choir session as well as a short drama and Bible memorization time. On Monday, Sept. 8, MLBC’s Nutritional Diet Program will start up at 7 p.m. “The Master’s Hands” puppets, performed by Culpeper Baptist Church members, will be held on Friday, Sept. 12. There will be a fellowship dinner at the beginning of the service at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited. The “Heaven’s Harmony” Castleton By ROSE REED 987-8005 a> m*m 1 I unfa’ii c::>. j Gospel Concert will be performing at MLBC on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. If you like good wholesome music, you won’t want to miss this. If you don’t have a church to attend or are looking for one with a “country-like” atmosphere, come worship with MLBC. They may not be the biggest church around, but are said to be the friendliest. Contact the church at 987-8354. Ayman and Katherine Hanson, friends of Linda Fors, secretary of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, opened a new restaurant on May 20. “Mama Mai” family restaurant is at 200 James Madison Highway in Culpeper. The food is very good and reasonably priced. Ayman prepares the homemade dough for their pizzas. They offer free delivery with a minimum order of $10 within five miles of the restaurant. However, I have arranged delivery for county residents. The restaurant is willing to meet you, with your order, between the Salem Fire Hall and church on the side of Route 522. Tb place an order, call 829-9200. Gospel Sing planned for Methodist church The Flint Hill United Methodist Church will have an old-fashioned Gospel Sing on Sunday, Aug. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the church. It will feature Roger Rutherford and Ronald Dodson with The King’s Travelers and Jack, Wanda and Ashley Rutherford. Everyone is welcome so plan to come and bring a friend. The Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad will have a cook-out on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks will be provided. Bring a covered dish or dessert. Call 675-3286 for more information. Flint Hill 9*7-8136 Uur prayers to ail those on the sick list or other special needs. The Flint Hill Ladies Auxiliary will meet at the fire hall on Monday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Robert, Virgie and Edward Wince were given a surprise luncheon at the Flint Hill Public House on Tuesday, Aug. 22 by Mark and Patricia Layer of Tfexas and their sons, Ian and Sean Layer. Mary Curtis attended the wedding of Bill Collins and Andrea Morgan at the Methodist Church in Venton, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 23. 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Place your classified ad now! y Early Closing Friday August 29,2003 for September 3,2003 Publications Times Community Newpapers will be dosed on Labor Day, Monday September 1,2003 Tel: 703.777.1110 Fauquier: 540.347.4222 Fax: 703.689.1278 E-mail: classified@timespapers.com (Times Community Newspapers Northern Virginia

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Only $299,900. Excellent financing. Be 1st to see! Call now 1-877777-4837. CATLETT - 7 acre building lot Be In your new house for Christmas! $189,900 OBO Owner/ agent 540-788-9218 Sandi/Crossroads Realtors Ads Work Call a Rep Today Call 347-4222 135 LOOKING FOR LAND. views. & privacy7 You found it! 3800 sq ft home o,n 10 acs. Located in Warrenton, with mountain & pastoral views. Peace & tranquility abound. Call Sandi at Crossroads Realtors. 540-788-9218 www SandiOlsen.com RIXEYVILLE, 9 ac farm 3' paddocks, ring, ban, 3BR. 3BA. brick home. $409K Will Farley. Long & Foster 540219-6617 SUMERDUCK. 3BR. 2BA. on 3 acres with barn $209,900. Will Farley, Long & Foster. 540-219-6617 28X80 COMMODORE - double wide 3BR, 3BA. great for retirees or just plain working folks. 540-722-8046 Farm KUBOTA L35 BACKHOELoader Ex'c. cond. Under 400 hrs. $25,800. 540-675-3548 or 540-675-3611. A BED - CHERRY SLEIGH w mattress set $450 Brand new, 703-898-9247. A BED- $139 FULL SIZE mattress set New in plastic. Can Deliver. 703-898-8768 A BED $249 KING Pillowtop. New m plastic w/ manufact warranty Can deliver 703 8988768 A BED - $1195 • 5PC Cherry set Bed. drssr. mirr. chest, nt stnd New in box. Can deliver. 703-898-9247 A BED $149 QUEEN Pillow Top. New in plastic with warranty. Can deliver. 703-8988768 ALL ITALIAN LEATHER sofa & loveseat. New in original rapper. $1,100. Can deliver. 703-8989247. . Classified Ads Work Call 347-4222 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Smith-Midland Corp. is seeking an Administrative Assistant to the CKO. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years exix'rience working directly with a CKO. Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office is required. Duties include transcribing correspondence, taking meeting minutes, proofing. sujxTvising other office personnel and other duties such as planning meetings, certiorate functions and comiiany events, making travel arrangements and directing inquires from stockholders. We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit iiackuge. including medical/dental insurance, 401K plan and educational reimbursement. Qualified applicants may send resumes including salary history to. Human Resources Dept. Smith-Midland Corp. P.O. Box 300 Midland, VA 22728 Fax: 540-439-1232 E-mail: wtaylor@smithmidland.com KOK M/F/D/V Electrical Inspector Building and Development This position conducts all requested electrical inspections and must have a general knowledge of materials, methods and practices involved in installing and maintaining all electrical components of building and structures. Musi have the ability to maintain effective working relationships with owners, architects and contractors and be able to read and interpret construction plans and documents This positions requires the ability to conduct visual and physical inspections; ability to climb ladders and stairs; ability to maneuver in crawl spaces; ability to maneuver through construction debris. Requires any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from a Technical School or an Associates Degree and two years of experience in related field must become certified by State Board of Housing as a Klectrical Inspector within one year of employ ment and must maintain a valid drivers permit (Hiring Range; $31,358$40.766/yr) Ref #03-366. For additional information and to receive a required application contact Wch Site www.loudoun.gov or call 24-hr job line: (703) 777-0536. Human Resources: (7031 777-0213. EOF. Project Technician Department of General Services Leesburg, VA Two full-time positions to assist with the administration of Capital Improvement Projects, Capital Asset Replacement Projects and major maintenance projects Responsibilities include coordinating and collecting information needeofOr project support, site inspection (to include photographing of projects during v arious stages of construction). and providing project support at planning, design, pre construction, construction and outfitting stages Requires general knowledge of methods, principles, practices, and techniques of project and construction management, use of computer applications including word processing and spreadsheet applications, funds and data management, and the ability to perform routine statistical analysis and monitoring complex financial records. Requires combination of education and experience equivalent to a High School diploma, supplemented by course work in construction management with strong preference in architecture, engineering or business/administrative relating to project management. or course work from a technical school in cbnstruction management and at least 2 years of related job experience (Hiring Range: $24,625$40.138/yr) Closes: 09/05/2003 Ref #04-029 For additional information and to receive a required application contact: www.loudoun.gov Human Resources Voice: (703j 777-0213 TDD USERS ONLY: (703) 777-0107. EOE_ ANTIQUE CHERRY DININGROOM table (no chairs), $200. White Wicker Coffee Table, $50: Tread Mill from Sears (excel, cond). $300 703-777-7174 after 5pm weekdays, anytime on the weekends. DINING RM SET Cherry Queen Anne, dbl pedestal table, 8 chairs Sideboard, China Cab. $2950. 703-691-2600 DINING ROOM SET - Cherry; Chairs, table, hutch & buffet. Brand new in box. $950 Can deliver. 703-898-9247. KENMORE • White 20 6 cu lt. Top Freezer Refrig w/ factory installed icemaker Not quite a year ol, $500/obo. Call 540-829-9608 AMISS VILLE, MULTI FAM, 530, 9a-3, Toys. HH, art, child/adlt clths, furn, holiday. Rain/ shine. 114753 Lee Hwy. YARD SALE - Aug 29th & 30th. 8 aiji-4pm. 71 Honeysuckle Ln. Sperryville. VA. V_/ STRAW, FOR sale. $3 00 per bale Call 540-8253722 ask for Frankie. TRI COUNTY FEEDS. Marshall, VA; Pennfield Horse Feeds. Stallmat SALE, $3650. HAY Alt, Tim, Mixed, Straw, Shavings. 888-8233337 NOVA & Montgomery Co MD. 240 Hftea BOARDING IN CASANOVA hunt country. 6 mis out of Warrenton, $350/mo Call Beth 540347-0412 CREST HILL FARM- Orlean area. Head of Old Dominion Hunt, Full & field board avail. 540364-2963 Need mulch delivered? DOUBLE SHREDDED QUALITY hard wood mulch. Under $20. per yard plus delivery. 540364-6452 TANNING BED, Sunquest Pro 16S. 110 volt. $950 OBO. 540-3471866 WRANGLER JEANS, 13MWZ, 0936 DEN. Popular sizes in stock. Special orders invited. Happy T rails Western Wear, Bealeton. 540-439 1395 GUITAR LESSONS, private. group, beginner, intermediate, personalized instruction. Leam to perform & develop you individual style. 540-439-0171, 540219-9403, legmtg pertormOaol.com (-N 273M* k. - ^ LAB PUPS, AKC/OFA/ CERF, yellow, M/F, mild tempers, raised w/kids, champ field trial/ hunt lines, dew claws removed, wormed/ shots. 540-825-4688 PUPPIES. JACK Russell $350. JR/Fox Terrier $225. Terrier $200 Gordon Setter mix $200 Shots. 540-955-1841. YELLOW LAB PUPS! 1F, 2M. AKC/OFC & canine eye reg. Loving raised in home environment a/ family & other animal 8 wks old, ready for new family. Field bred from championship lines. Dew claws, wormed & vet checked. 540-98478443 Fauquier Times-Democrat ADS WORK Call 347-4222 . "BERK" Lab mix, in Harpers Ferry, 18 mos., neutered male, shots current, loves water, needs 2 & 4 legged playmates. ' 540-4541612. _ CAT, NEUTERED male, adult, declawed & current on shots. Free to good home, owner has asthma. 540-788-4631 DEHUMIDIFIER FREE. 540-364-3348 FREE TO GOOD home, Chesapeake Bay Retneeds room to run Male, 7 yrs old, neutered. Good dog. good with kids. 540-825-6373 40 FT. RAIN tight storage trailer w/ wheels & good tires. 703-777-3130 RABBIT TO GOOD, loving family only Cage and food incl. 540-3470483 LOST JACK RUSSELL black & white neut. male. Remington area. REWARD. 540-4392019 CAUDLE’S FURNITURE REPAIR • Repair • Restoration • Refinishing Jim Caudle Rixeyville, VA 540-937-2105 Free pick-up & delivery D & J’s PAINTING Interior • Exterior Custom Painting! FREE Estimates. Satisfaction Guaranteed 540-778-1209 Licensed & Bonded GUITAR LESSONS, private, group, beginner, intermediate, personalized instruction. Learn to perform & develop you individual style. 540-439-0171, 540219-9403, learnto DerformOaol.com EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Solid Waste Management Loader Operator Disposal Area Maintains operation of disposal area. Grades and compacts refuse with 60-ton compactor. Operates articulated truck, track loader, and sheep’s foot compactor. Screens waste for materials to be removed from disposal area. Performs daily maintenance on heavy equipment. Rotating schedule of Moo-Fri and Tue-Sat 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM. High School diploma and 2 yrs experience as a heavy equipment operator. Bilingual English/Spanish desirable. (Hiring Range: $24,625 - $32,012/yr). Ref #04-044. Loader Operator Recycle Area ' Field support activities for recycling programs. Operates articulated truck, track loader, and wheeled loader. Performs daily maintenance on heavy equipment. Rotating schedule Mon-Fri and TuesSat 7:30AM - 5:00PM. Requires High School Diploma and 2 years related experience. CDL Class A with tank vehicle endorsement (N). Must have the physical ability to routinely lift 70 lbs. (Hiring Range: $24,625 - $32,012/yr) Ref #04-045. Senior Loader Operator Heavy Equipment Provides expert-level heavy equipment operation. Maintains working face, borrow pit, closure areas, and other facility sites according to approved grading plans. Must be experienced in reading grading plans and use of builders level. Operates track/wheel loader, articulated truck, roll-off/tanker truck and straw blower. Performs daily maintenance on heavy equipment. Rotating schedule of Mon-Fri and Tue-Sat from 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Associate's Degree or Technical School Diploma and 2 years related experience. CDL required. Bilingual English/Spanish desirable. (Hiring Range: $28,508 $37,060/yr) Ref 04-047. • Scalehouse Operator Provides customer service in-person, phone or through email. Operates truck scales. Records transactions in automated accounts receivable system. Conducts daily cash receipts; and cash drawer closeouts; prepares financial and operational reports; manages contracts. Microsoft office, e-mail and some database experience preferred. Rotating schedule Mon-Fri and Tue-Sat from 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Requires Associate’s Degree or Technical School Diploma and 2 years related experience. Bilingual English/Spanish desirable. (Hiring Range: $28,508 - $37,060/yr) Ref #04-046. Swing Scalehouse Site Maintenance Operator Combination of field support and indoor scalehouse duties. Provides customer service in-person, phone or through email; operates truck scales; maintains scalehouse and truck scales; records transactions in computer based accounts receivable system; daily cash receipts; and cash drawer closeouts; prepares financial and operational reports; manages contracts. Knowledge of Microsoft Office, e-mail, database experience, and construction/farm equipment experience preferred. Requires Associate’s Degree or Technical School Diploma and 2 yrs related experience. Bilingual English/Spanish desirable. (Hiring Range: $28,508 - $37,060/yr) Ref #04-048. Loudoun County Government 1 Harrison Street, SE, Leesburg, VA 20177-7000 For additional information and to receive a required application contact Website: www.loudoun.gov or call 24-hr. job line: (703) 777-0536. Human Resources: (703) 777-0213. It Is the policy of the County of Loudoun to provide fair end equal employment opportunity regardleaa of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability. & Bids 9k Proposals • ,.. ‘V* fV?' r. ’’ INVITATION TO BID Rappahannock National Bank is seeking qualified candidates to bid on the following services at their new 7 Bank Road location beginning September 22, 2003: Janitorial Grounds Maintenance & Snow Removal Candidates should be licensed and bonded with proven success in their industry. A letter of intent should be faxed, along with references and qualifications to 540-675-1225, attention Georgia Gilpin or emailed to ggilpin@ubsh.com. EOE Rappahannock National Bank 8-27-03 ■15279? GUITAR LESSONS, private, group, beginner, intermediate, personalized instruction. Learn to perform & develop you individual style. 540-439-0171. 540219-9403, leamto performOaol.com A LOVING FAMILY wishes to adopt an infant. Strictly legal & confidential House full of love and laughter. Let's help each other. Call 1-866-214-6091: PIN# 6027. ACCOUNTING POSITION Firmly established No. VA. Company seeks team player to join our accounting staff. The qualified candidate must be experienced in A/R, AT3,. G/L, collections and job costing. We offer an excellent salary and benefit package. Please mail resume with salary requirements to Human Resources PO Box 287, Sterling, VA 20167 AUTO ★TOW TRUCK DRIVER Experienced Must have clean driving record!! Good pay! 540-347-9687 With 18 Newspapers In Our Times Community Newspapers Group, We’ve Got Northern Virginia Wrapped up! Call 347-4222 mmm ft* Time ^ ^ CARPENTER Established contractor seeking experienced carpenter in all phases of general construction. Ground floor opportunity for honest hardworking carpenter with tools & own transp. 10 yrs. exp. required. Must have good driving record. Call Frank for interview 703-378-8900 or fax resume 703-631-3057 Clean for #1! • Earn between $300 & $400/wk • Paid vacation, holidays & mileage • Daytime, Mon-Fri • $100 monthly attendance bonus • • Must Have Car Merry Maids 540-347-0199 578 Waterloo Rd Warrenton, VA 20186 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS John Simpson Inc. of New Baltimore, VA an established general contractor is now hiring. Must have valid drivers license and transportation to & from work. 1-540-347-2030 Country Caf6 Positions available eWaitstaff e Dishwasher Evenings, Tues - Sat. FT/PT Apply within: Country Cato 389A Main Street Washington, VA 540-675-1066 I a/ DRAFTSPERSON ■ ustom design/ build tirtn specialtred in equestrian facilities and stables. Small casual office with professional work environment m Fairfax. Exp. w7 Autov AD and derail oriented. Produce Arch. Plans & Construction derails from sketches and client input. Hands on building construction or knowledge a plus. FT flex hrs. 703-830-9500 DRIVER CDF. Class B. 'P* en dorsement. full time, operate 20 passenger small bus in l.oudoun County, taking per sons with disabilities to/ from day pro grams M F. Com petitive pay & good benefits. Reply: CEO, ECHO, Inc. P O Box 2277 L eesburg. VA 20177 Ph:703 779 2100 HOE DRIVERS Limousine company seeks drivers/ chauffeurs with custom serv. exp. CDL & non-CDL drivers needed for HUM-V Limos & other limos. Must have great comm, skills, flawless driving record and be willing to work flex hours. Pay depends on exp. Apply In person with DMV record at Oasis Winery, Hume, VA 10am5pm. Ask for Dawn 540-635-7627 Now Hiring... ✓ MAINTENANCE Full-Time ✓ GROUNDSKEEPER Full-Time Great Benefits - Good Wages Friendly Work Environment COMFORT INN 540-349-8900 $42K PLUS PER YEAR! NEED ROUTE SALES ASSOCIATES IMMEDIATELY! Crystal Springs is seeking self-motivated individuals with strong entrepreneurial spirit to join our team to work out of our Alexandria, VA , Sales Centers. The following position is now available; Route Sales Associate ($12.50hr to start). Train to become a Route Sales Representative. RSRs earn an average of $42K PLUS per year! - Managing an existing customer base, supplying home & office customers with their choice of water products &. delivering 5-gallon bottles of spring water, coffee and related products. The successful candidate needs to be customer focused, have a clean driving record, the ability to handle physically challenging work, and be able to obtain a COL class B within 30 days. Competitive Benefits package including 401K with company match. Preemployment physical and dnig test required. EOE Interested candidates may respond by mailing or taxing your resume' to the sale center below. Crystal Springs Alexandria Sales Ctr. (phone: 703-924-5503) Fax: 703-719-9899 Attn: SCM 6630 Fleet Dr, Alexandria, VA 22310 DRIVERS Limousine company seeks drivers/chauffeurs with custom sen/, exp. CDL & non-CDL drivers needed for HUM-V Limos & other limos. Must have great comrri. skills, flawless driving record and be willing to work flex hours. Pay depends on exp. Apply In person with DUV record at Oasis Winery, Hume, VA 10am5pm. Ask for Dawn 540-635-7627 Electrical contracting company is seeking: Experienced, Sen Motivated MECHANICS Must be able to manage crew and run jobs from start to finish -Valid Virginia Driver’s License. Must have Tools. Competitive Pay and Benefits. Call 540-349-9541 between 8a & 5p tor mtr mew ELECTRICIAN Established No VA film, with new electrical division seeking qualified electrician for ground floor opportunity. Must be experienced in residential & light commercial. service & installation. Have good driving record. Honest, dependable. Pay/ benefits commensurate with exp. Call Frank at 703 378 8900 or fax ivsume 703 631 3057 BUYING? SELLING? Fauquier TimesDemocrat Classified s Have It! Call TODAY. 540-347-4222 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT This is a multitask position providing support to the Operations and HR Department. Applicants must be proficient in Microsoft Word and have advance knowledge in excel. Beginning pay range is in the mid to upper 20's. We offer Health and Dental Insurance, 401K retirement and savings plan, paid vacation and educational reimbursement. Qualified applicants may send resumes to: Smith Midland Corp. P.O. Box 300 Midland, VA 22728 Fax: 540-439-1232 Email: wtaylor@smlthmldland.com BILLING MANAGER Part-time Reston-based newspaper company seeks billing manager. Duties include: Billing, A/P, A/R, data entry, & filing. Quickbooks & MS Office software knowledge required. Need highly dependable, detail-oriented person with excellent organizational skills. Initial position - 30 hours, but opportunity for growth. Fax or E-mail resume to: 703-904-1009 moshornefa wspnet.com “I enjoy the ongoing relationships I have with my clients and the teamwork that exists among my colleagues." ~ Bruce Donaldson “Do you fit into our equation? Award-Winning Newspapers + The Best Sales Teams = An Exciting Career!.' Kathy Mills Money. Success. ^Recognition Flexibility. Need more incentive? How about.. • Established, well-respected local newspapers • Company that promotes & invests in growth & employees • Seasoned management • Ongoing training & professional sales tools • Sales assistance & award-winning ad designers Competitive Compensation, Benefit Program and Initial Guarantee “Our papers are a stand out product with true value that I can offer to my clients with prideVP^^ -Jack Crank f m We’re Expanding Our Sales Force. Positions Available for... • Advertising Consultants • Retail & Classified Sales • Real Estate Specialists • Automotive Specialists All Northern Virginia Markets in Fairfax, Loudoun, Fauquier, Prince William, Clarke and Rappahannock Counties • bales Management Opportunities All applications for consideration must be submitted by Sept 12,2003. * Fax or E-mail resume, cover letter and salary history to: (urnes Community Newspapers northern Virginia Leigh Schilling, Vice President of Personnel & training 703-478-6691 fax lschillinq@timespapers.com Loudoun Times-Mirror • Reston Tunes • Herndon Tunes • Great Falls Tunes * McLean Tunes ‘Vienna Tunes • CentreviUe Tunis Chantilly Tunes • Fairfax Tunes • Fairfax Station Tunes • Burke Tunes • Springfield Times • Fauquier Tunes-Democrat Eastern Loudoun Tunes • Gainesville Tunes • Rappahannock News • Clarke Tunes Courier

545 V. ELECTRICIANSANECO Electrical Construction, Inc. is seeking Journeymen Electricians, Leadmen, and apprentices r local commercial Al for local commercial projects. Top Pay & great benefits including paid vacation & Holidays. For consideration, please call 703-435-6775 or fax resume to 703-435-7633, or email your resume to IIIHuc«s@anecolnc. com. EOE/M/F/D/V/DFWP Electricians w/Residendal Exp. New Construction Residential up to $20.00 per hour Health Ins.. Pd Vacation. Holidays, and. 40IK. Certified Training Program. Must have transportation and Dnvers License. Call Today 703-968-5545 EL. Kellogg Corporation Rower Shop Position for cleaning, stocking, & delivery. Must be 18 or over. Good driving record. FT/& PT position. APPLY IN PERSON ONLY Design By Teresa 7 Main St. Warrenton, VA HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR needed for residential excavation, must be able to read site plans, set grade, and be experienced on loaders, dozers and excavators. Company truck & health insurance provided. 703-594-3505 HIRING Full/Part -Time Drivers FOR DEDICATED ROUTES Purdy Bros. Tracking Co., Inc. of Winchester *$1000 Sign on Bonus *No Touch Freight *2001 Model Century Class Freightliner Trucks *Up to 32 cents/ mile including 9 cents per diem (untaxed) *40 IK * Medical. Dental, Vision, Life Ins. Requirements: •Class A CDL License * 1 -Year Verifiable OTR ‘Good MVR Interested drivers should call Jerry at: (888) 444-9943 or (5401 868-2021 Hospitality ARAMARK CORRECTIONS Seeks qualified cook supervisor's w/ certified food service license to work in corrections. Full benefit package included. Fax resumes to: 703-246-3956 IRON WORKERS Experienced rail mechanic, & installer, good pay, excellent benefits. 703-631-9400 Fauquier Times-Democrat ADS WORK Call 347-4222 ssp WaartloranlmB steel erection. Permanent posiUon EXCELLENT PAY! 551 703-365-8900 UVCCAFIE SUPERVISCWS We re looking (or friendly individuals who want to make a difference as Landcare Maintenance Supervisors in our Gainesville Branch. Great advantages of joining the TruGreen LandCare team include excel, benefits.. Commercial Landscape expenence preferred but not required. If you're looking for a career with long term potential . . .this is it1 For consideration, cal Sandy Eddinger in Gainesville at: 703-968-0668 or fax resume to: 703-968-9549 EOE/M/M/F/O/V MECHANIC Class A contractor seeking mechanic with light to heavy truck experience in gas. diesel and propane equipment Fabrication & welding exp. preferred. State inspection license and CDL permit required Full benefits & company vehicle. Fax resume to: 540-439-9285 or call: 540-439-8513 EOE , OPERATOR LOADER & BACKHOE for work in Loudoun & Fauquier Co. Must have transpo. Gullck Excavating, 703-327-4868 ^ECEPfiONIST PT. Interested in holistic veterinary medicine? We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic PT receptionist with horse knowledge to work in our holistic equine vet office in Washington, VA. Vet/Med office exp. valuable but will consider others. Great environment/ benefits. Please fax resume: 540-675-1447 Call 540-675-1855 Early Childhood Special Educator Loudoun County Government LT position witti Department of Mental Health/ Mental Retardation/ Substance Abuse Services. Marly Intervention Program Responsibilities include assessment. Il'SP development and providing special instruc tion for infants and toddlers 0 3 years. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team. Appli cant must have thorough knowledge of rules and regulations pertaining to Part C of IDKA. Requires a Master's degree in Early Child hood Special Education/ Infant Develop merit. Also must hold or bo eligible for VA Department of Education Teacher's l icense in Early Childhood Social Education (Hiring Range: $38,301 $62.267/yr) Closes: 09/05/2003. Ref #04 052. l or additional-ftT formation and to receive a required applic a tion contact Website: www loudoun.gov or c all 24 hr job line: (703) 777 0536. Human Resources: (703) 777 0213 EOT. Senior Center Specialist Loudoun County Government Position available with the Senior Center at Cascades in Sterling, VA, to assist in the daily operations. Plans, research, coordinate and implement trips for active seniors. Develops trip information for quarterly brochure and monthly newsletter. Provides work supervision for trip assistants and volunteers. Weekly schedule varies and includes weekday, evening, and weekend hours. Education and experience equivalent to BS in Therapeutic Recreation, Social Work or related field and at least six months related work experience. Previous activity/programming experience with senior population preferred. Ref 04-023 (Hiring Range: $28,508 - $37,060/yr) Closes: 09/05/2003. For additional information and to receive a required application contact Web site: www.loudoun.gov or call 24-hr. job line: (703) 777-0536. Human Resources: (703) 777-0213. EOE SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Dunbar Armored, the nation’s largest independent armored car co„ is seeking an Account Exec, in our Springfield, VA office to solicit new business within the financial and commercial industry. If you are a sales professional and can manage your own sales campaign, we want to talk with you. BA/BS preferred or equivalent. We offer base salary, car allowance, commission & complete benefit package. Email resume & salary requirements to: 4231@Junbararm.com Or Fax to: (703) 467-5928 DUNBAR ARMORED EOE M/F/D/V DCJS# 11-1174 SHEET METAL ROOFERS & APPRENTICES tor residential projects Call Tom after 5pm 703-335-5339 ee/t ***** Tim* v_;_ Handyman Painting, landscaping, light repairs. 1530 hours per week. 703-447-0813 ADS WORK Call 540-347-4222 BUICK LE SABRE 92 LTD, excel cond. all pwr, AM/FM cass, keyless, AC $3800 OBO. 540-364-1419 97 CHEVY MALIBU LS Gm, 6 cyl New brakes. 97k mi PW. PL, Auto., AC, CD/cass. player. $4900 703-626-9832. CHEVY 1992 SUBURBAN. 2WD, runs good. $1,000/OBO Must sell' 540-349-8246 Eves 540-349-4628. CHRY., 1999, 300MRed/black, 51K, Sport Susp., Loaded. 330W Infinity/CD. $13,400 obo. 703-754-0085 FORD CONVERSION VAN '83: V8, auto, cold AC, runs good, ri6wly VA Inspected. $1500/ OBO. Must Sell. 703771-0280. FORD TAURUS '92 sedan, new tires, nice cond, 130K, $1250. OBO 540-341-7892 GRAND MARQUIS LS ’97, loaded, 4DR, includes remote starter. Blue w/ white Ithr. New Michelin tires. 10 CD changer. Approx 75K mls.Garaged.Dream car $7200. 540-788-9568 HONDA ACCORD EX '90: Runs Great! New VA State Insp., New CD player/ speakers, Pwr. sunroof, PS,5 spd., PW, CC, New CV Joints, Timing Belt, Exhaust, Tires,- Mechanically sound, Completely Dependable Transportation. Excel, maint. history,139 K mi„ $2899/ OBO. 703-777-9423. Fauquier Times-Democrat: Where the Readers Are! Call Today 540-347-4222 CRANE OPERATOR Smith-Midland Corp. a precast concrete producer, has immediate opening for an experienced operator familiar with a 35 ton crane. We offer medical and dental insurance, 401K savings plan, paid vacation and holidays. This is a full-time and year round position. Qualified persons may apply at Smith-Midland Corp. 5119 Catlett Rd. Midland, VA CARPENTER FORM CARPENTER Smith-Midland Corporation, a precast concrete producer, is seeking a form carpenter experienced in reading and interpreting blueprints. This is year round work. We offer a competitive wages with reviews at 6 months and 1 year. Excellent benefits include 401K retirement & savings plan, health & dental insurance, paid vacation, and education reimbursement. Pay range $10.95 - $13.60 per hour. Qualified persons may contact: Personnel Dept. P.O. Box 300 Midland, VA 22728 Phone: 540-439-3266 Fax: 540-439-1232 Email: wtaylor@smithmidland.com EOE M/F/D/V Operations Manager AmeriGas, the nation's largest propane gas provider is searching for a full time Operations Manager for its propane grill cylinder processing facility in Bealeton, VA. The ideal candidate will have supervisory experience in a production setting. A college degree is preferred, but not required. This position will manage"!) to 10 full time employees and contract labor as needed to meet specified goals while responsibly managing resources. Key skills are discipline, leading by example, whatever it takes attitude, basic mechanical aptitude, computer literacy and the ability to motivate people to fulfill a common objective. This is not just a desk job! Compensation package includes attractive salary, bonus incentive, health and benefits plan, and 401K. Interviews will be conducted at the Bealeton facility. Send cover letter/resume and salary history to: AmeriGas PPX Region Manager, 1313 Kingscross Road, Midlothian, VA 23114 or johnsonan@amerigas.com. Only those meeting this criteria will be considered. Drug and background screen required. EOE. _> HONDA S2000 02 Suzuka Blue, only 8900 miles! Excel. / like new cond. This year’s model w/ the upgraded stereo & glass top! Driven by mature female. Asking $29K. 703-777-7174 after 5pm weekdays, anytime on weekends MAZDA Ml AT A 1995. an black, exc. cond., 48K, runs like new. below NADA at $7200. Paul at 540-364-0346. 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Mabel M. Ralls Sperryville resident ~ Mabe,l Mae Ralls, 75, of Sperryville died Aug. 20 at the university of Virginia Medical uenter in Charlottesville. She was born Oct. 29,1927 2 Rappahannock County to wje late Berl Atha Atkins and Alice Baker Atkins. , Mrs. Ralls was a member o* Thornton Gap Regular Baptist Church in Sperryville. She was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Atkins and a sister, Anna Marie Atkins. Mrs. Ralls is survived by her husband, Dennis Ralls Sr., two sons, Dennis Ralls Jr., of Sperryville and Jimmie Hitt .from Lanexa, Va. Additional survivors include two sisters, Josephine Alther and Janie Atkins both RoughRide bicycling event takes place on Sept. 20 It’s time to begin gearing up for the Seventh Annual Rappahannock RoughRide to be held on Saturday, Sept. 20. This event will benefit the Fauquier County Free Clinic and the Rappahannock County Free Clinic, in Washington which opened its doors on Jan. 17, 2001. 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 (30-35 miles), and even longer and more challenging courses for the advanced (35-50+ miles). lb pre-register, send $20 ($18 before Sept. 14, $15 for children under 12) to: Rappahannock RoughRide, do Fauquier Free Clinic, Inc., P.O. Box 3138, Warrenton, VA 20188. Registration includes a Tshirt (guaranteed to the first 350 registered riders) as well as a chance to win dinner for two at the Inn at Little Washington and Four & ' Twenty Blackbirds. Show support for helping provide free health care to families not able to afford medical services on their own. For more information or questions call: (540) 347-0394 or email: robmarino@starpower.net. ImpiringX Tfiaugfit^ by Randy Minter IN THE JEWISH TRADITION The Jewish tradition provides a structure within which death is addressed. Called the customs of shiva, these rituals even provide rules that guide the conduct of visitors to the grieving household. A shiva call is considered to be its own good deed. ^ Callers arrive unannounced any time of day or evening to support the mourners by offering them the opportunity to speak about the loss and by sharing memories. Shiva callers are not permitted to greet the mourner, but, instead, wait to be noticed and greeted. Conservation must be initiated by the mourner. The caller does not attempt to distract the mourner unless such a need is indicated. Hence, the caller may, at times, simply sit silently with the mourner. Different faiths honor death in ways that reflect the values of a culture and of a family. At the MOSER FUNERAL HOME, we are happy to design services that appropriately reflect your values, beliefs, and selfexpression. We’re at 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, Call 347-3431. "He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.” - Isaiah 25:8 from Sperryville, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, four nieces and two nephews. A funeral service was held Aug. 23 at Found and Sons Chapel with Rev. John K. Burke and Rev. Kirby Shenk officiating. Interment followed in Sperryville Cemetery. Frances L. Semones Formerly of Amissville Frances L. Semones, 82, of Kearneysville, W. Va. died Aug. 19 at Heartland of Martinsburg, W. Va. She was born May 20, 1921. Mrs. Semones was a member of Amissville United Methodist Church and a member of the United Methodist RECYCLE Women. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thorton D. Semones. Mrs. Semones is survived by two daughters, Barbara Lee Bradley of Keameysville, W. Va. and Vivian Ruth Cramer of Evergreen, Colo. Real Estate Wanted Rappahannock County Investor looking to buy property in Rappahannock County. Will pay FULLASSESSMENT VALUE and can close in 30 days. All property types considered. Please call Investor/Broker. (540) 347-0736 I Mountain MajestyI I Only *495.000 Situated on 5 hilltop acres in Sperryville, Virginia, 3,500 sf. of living, 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, hardwood floors, fully furnished, accessorized, 3 stone fireplaces, Gazebo, intercom, upgraded appliances, the list goes on and on. | Excellent Corporate or Family Retreat! I Adams-Nelson & Associates, Inc. Gall Mike Silek or Jim McLaurin to see this property 540-667-2424 Eastern Rappahannock County About 16 minutes west of Warrenton, VA Handsome, modified Cape with wraparound porch situated on 11 acres. Enjoy the countryside from the porch or down by the 3/4 acre pond. Approximately 3,2000 square feet of attractive living space plus an unfinished walk-out basement for your recreation room, extra bedrrom & bath and more. Formal living and dining rooms in addition to a delightful great room, kitchen and fireplace. Four spacious bedrooms and three baths, dream laundry, guest room and attached garage AND a 40x80 workshop building for everyone’s needs. $595,000 540-675-1373 www.RealEstateIII.com J 171 acres located between Flint Hill and Washington. Frontage on Jordan River with numerous streams running through the property. Mixture of gentle slope and elevated building sites. All hardwoods with new roads through property. $990,000 Fox Flight - Located on the edge of the village of Orlean in Fauquier County, this charming restored 1840 house is truly one of a kind. Situated well off the road with mountain views and an extensive garden, this property is ideal for a weekend home or a hunt box in the heart of the Old Dominion Hounds Hunt. Property includes restored 2200 s. f. home, stable, pasture, and a garage. $639,000 Cornerstone, c. 1870 - 85+/- acres farm located in Rappahannock County with incredible mountain views. The 4200sf home has 5 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths and has been completely restored with all modem conveniences. Other improvements include 18 stall stable, bam, riding ring, 5 fenced-paddocks and in-ground swimming pool. $1,500,000. Finally - Located just outside the village of Flint Hill, on 40+/open elevated acres, 4400 sf custom home built by well known builder. Incredible mountain views in every direction. Property also has bam suitable for stable conversion. Pond with great flow $869,000. Montpelier c. 1745. Under Contract - Early 18th century manor house on 400+/- acres in the Francis Thornton Valley, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rappahannock County. Grand eightcolumned portico, beautiful carved mantels and graceful main stairway. Dependencies include tenant house, ice house, bam, smoke house, 2 additional tenant cottages, and a 2500 ft. grass landing strip with three hangars. $2,600,000 SnmmerhUI, Under Contract^^O^autifill 200 acre estate located in the Shenandoal^alltHsH at an elevation of 1200 ft, the 7,000sf homj0f^c»>truBd^ 2000 and is built to the highest starufjg^ flli material. Breathtaking mountain vAgadB^^re from almost every room. Amenities include tenaa^^user 10-stall stable, equipment shed, board fencing ana numerous other improvements. Also numerous streams and a pond. $1,750,000. IS* Contact Justin H. Wiley (540) 672-5603 01 Frank Hardy. I.y< .. Keaijors Additional survivors include four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A graveside service was held at Hillcrest Memory Gardens in Jeffersonton. Memorial contributions may be made to the Frances Semones Memorial Fund, Heartland of Martinsburg, 209 Clover St., Martinsburg, Va. 25401. Browntown 66/ Gooney Manor - circa 1870’ A beauty she is, inside and out. This home offers the most spectacular views of the Shenandoah National Park and the hills leading to it. Gooney Manor Creek just outside your front door a joy to listen to and a pleasure to watch. Another great feature is the charming guest house with stone fireplace. The flower gardens are super and an inground pool to enjoy this summer. $575,000 Bethel Need a place to spread out You found it here with this home on almost 13 acres. Not far from 1-66 or 1-81 in Warren County, VA. There is a one car garage with electric and 220V for - ^ those which are the handyman type, another 24’x24’ shed with electric. $229,000 - 1 - * Chester Gap “New home to be built” Act now to choose your carpet and countertop colors. , 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with rough-in in basement and 2 car garage. MLS#RP4534941 $162,500 Washington. VA Lovely contemporary home on 198 acres with pond and bam. $1,190,000 Sold by “Skippy Giles” Re/Max Regency Washington. VA “A rare find in this area at this price!” Mews come with this 2 bedroom, living room, kitchen, den, shed, wet weather stream and approximately 3/4 acre. MLS#RP4531458 $115,000 C©i**raCC RELINK “SKIPPY GILES - MAKING IT HAPPEN!” Toll Free: 1-866-341-3607 E-mail: cegiles@realtor.com www.SkippyGiles.com \ccredited Buyer Representative • Graduate, REALTOR® Institute • Certified Finance Specialist Member GPAAR Million Dollar Sales Club • Member Re/Max President’s Club List your Property with Armfield, Miller & Ripley, Inc. & Sotheby ’s International Realty Armfield, Miller, & Ripley, Inc. is the sole and exclusive listing agency for Sotheby’s International Realty in Rappahannock County. Alan Zuschlag, of Armfield, Miller & Ripley, is accepting listings of properties for sale in Rappahannock County. As a local farmer and landowner, Alan understands the special needs and concerns of Rappahannock residents in finding the right buyers for their farms and homes. Let him work for you to market your property to global audience of qualified buyers. Please contact Alan at 540-937-6124 or alan@farms-estates.com for more information or to distuss listing your property with him and its potential to be listed in the Sotheby’s program. You can also visit his website at: www.farms-estates.com. Armfield, Miller, and Ripley, Inc. Incorporated, Real Estate Sotheby’s International Realty Exclusive Member of the Estates Oub (si P.O. Box 1500, Middleburg, VA 20118 Telephone (540) 687-6395 Web: www.armfleldmillerriplev.com .r