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Our View
Celebrating one
of our own
Rappahannock voters of both parties are invited to
the Tbwn Hall in Washington, Va., from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m. to pay tribute to a very special Rappahannock couple.
Jim and Liz Blubaugh devoted much of their lives during this past year to make sui e that democracy remains alive and healthy in these parts. It was Jim Blubaugh who carried the Rappahannock colors into the fray in the recent contest for the 15th District seat in the House of Delegates.
Never mind that Jim finished second, even after carrying Rappahannock County by a substantial margin. The Blubaugh effort - and there was a lot of it from the whole family - was to make a race of it; to not leave the -field wide open. “Democracy shouldn’t be too easy for one side or the other,” Jim observed often during the race, adding “the people must be given a choice in every contest, on every issue.”
Jim and Liz devoted virtually an entire year to the planning, the meetings, phone calls, fund-raising, kibitzers, and the long rides over the mountains to the far reaches of the 15th legislative district, which includes not only Rappahannock County but Shenandoah, Page, and part of Rockingham County.
So, whatever your choice was on election day, come and join the crowd at the Tbwn Hall this Sunday afternoon to celebrate the energetic and wholesome campaign conducted by Jim Blubaugh - one of our own.
Panther cheers
When you see the RCHS cheerleaders on the
sideline in winter and spring sports this season,
you shouldn’t just cheer the way they want you to. They’re going to try to get you to cheer for the Panthers playing basketball. But take a moment from screaming for RCHS point guard Noelle Johns and scream for those cheerleaders instead. They took second in the state championships, throwing their teammates and their hopes up against schools three times their size and coming out only four points away from the very top. For much of the fall season, many of those cheerleaders, including MVP Cory Voorhies, were playing through a full football practice before cheerleading practice. They spent hours getting hit by linemen and footballs before staggering in to get hit by the high flying body of another MVP, Jaime Jacobs. She’s probably the only person who knows the elementary school roof as well as Superintendent Bob Chappell. Those kids worked hard, and now they’ll work hard on the sidelines for the other athletes. But don’t listen to them, cheer for everybody who deserves it.
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