Rappahannock News, February 14, 2008

V 130th Yeah Rttppahannwk Cottnly s Family Newspaper Since 1877 . No, 7 Phone (540)675^3338 THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 2008 www.rappnews, com 50 CENTS Happy Valentine s Day Valentine Story Winner Peter Momboste! See Me etory on AIT “Dream Girls” Friday. Fab. 15 , Tha Theatra 8 p.m. 8aa Pag# A18 Brilliance of the Baroque Smithsonian Chamber Players Saturday. Feb 16 The Theatre 8 p.m. Special to Th# Rappahannock Nowa/Mlko Getssingw Rappahannock News Staff Piioto/John ArunPei Democfat Baraek Obama, pictured here campaigning on Sunday in Alexandria at TC Williams High School, and Republican John McCain won their parties' presidential primaries in Virginia on Tuesday, and Rappahannock County voters favored both men as well. Rappahannock chooses Obama, McCain By Kkvin Ai.lkn Rappahannock News Stuff Writer Barack Obama and John McCain were the overall winners in Virginia’s presidential primaries and in Rappahannock County on Tuesday. Obama garnered nearly 60 percent of the 1,300 votes cast in Rappahannock in the Democratic Primary. The U.S. Senator from Illinois won all six precincts in the county. Hillary Clinton finished second in the county with about 40 percent of the Democrats Juhn Edwards. Dennis J. Kucinich and doe Biden each received less than 1 percent of the votes. Obama’s best results in Rappahannock were in Washington, where he took 66 percent of the votes. His closest contest in the county was in Amissville, where he won less than 53 percent of the votes. Obama also won the Virginia Democratic primary on Tuesday with 64 percent of the statewide votes, easily defeating Hillary Clinton, who took 35 percent. Obama also won primaries in Maryland and the District of Columbia to overtake Clinton in the candidates' total number of delegates won toward earning the party’s nomination. According to Associated Press estimates. Obama has 1,210 delegates to Clinton's 1,188. The winning Democratic ► 8m Page A3 for the full results of how Rappahannock County voted In Tuesday's presidential primaries? nomine* will need 2,025 delegates. McCain, a U.S. Senator from Arizona, won nearly 53 percent of the 710 votes in the county in the Republican primary. He also won each of Rappahannock's six voting precincts. --•j- Taking second for the Republicans in Rappahannock was Mike Huckabee. who received 36 percent of the votes. Following Huckabee in the county were Ron Paul with 6.7 percent of the votes and Mitt Romney with 2.9 percent. Fred D. Thompson and Rudy Giuliani each received less than 1 percent of the votes. McCain's best results in the county were in Sperryville, where nearly 60 percent of the voters chose him. His closest contest was in Flint Hill, where he took 47 percent of the votes, while Huckabee took 36 percent and Paul took 13 percent. the Texas congressman’s best showing in Rappahannock. McCain won the Virginia Republican primary with 51 percent of the votes. Huckabee finished second statewide with about 40 percent. McCain also won primaries in Maryland and D C. to pad his lead over Hucknbee in the race for the Republican presidential nominee. McCain has 789 delegates compared to 241 for Huckabee. according to the Associated Press. The winning Republican nominee will need 1,191 delegates. Voter turnout Some 38 percent of Rappahannock's active voters went to the polls Tuesday. Of the 2.010 people that voted, 1,300 participated in the Democratic primary and 710 in the Republican contest. The busiest voting precinct in the county was Amissville. where 417 people voted. Amissville was also the most evenly split between turnout for the two parties' primaries, with about 53 percent voting in the Democratic contest and 47 percent voting in the Republican. Chester Gap was the only precinct where a majority of voters participated in the Republican primary. More than 58 percent of the precinct's 135 voters cast ballots in the GOP contest. Sperryville was the precinct with the heaviest partisan participation. Some 75 percent of the precinct’s 381 voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary. * E-mail the reporter at kallent&'ttmeiipapers.com. School funding bills clear Senate and House floors By Matt I’m kky Kfl|ipnluiitinK k Ni Stull'Writer The two hills intended to provide Rappahannock County with more state funding far education passed their respective houses in the Virginia (ieneral Assembly this past Tuesday Senate Hill fifiM passed the Senate with a vote of 2d to 1 fi. House Hill 9,‘MJ passed the House 70 to 29 Each of the hills was sent to the opposite chamber of the Assembly — now the Senate bill has to make it through the House and the House bill needs to make it through the Senate. Rappahannock will be able to pursue greater state f unding if only one of the two nearly identical bills passes both chambers and is signed into law. "It’s i big step." said John McCarthy, Kappahannock County administrator. McCarthy, along with other county and school officials, lobbied for the bills. “I’d say we re over the biggest hurdle, but we have some small ones to climb," he said. The two bills passed in a whirlwind this past Tuesday, the last day that legislation could have l»een voted through the individual chambers If they had not been taken up and voted on. they would have lieen put aside for the rest of the legislative session. Del. Todd Hilbert argued in support of House Hill 93H, which he is sponsoring. See FUNDING, Pag* A2 The Road through Richmond the two bills intended to mease state funding for Rappahannock public schools this week passed their respective chambers In the Virginia General Assembly Now they have crossed over — SB 559 will have to pass the House and H R 936 will have to pass the Senate. S B. 559 Patron Sen Mark Obensham Sonata Committaa on Education and Maafth Sonata Flnanca Committaa Full sonata H.B. 936 Patron Del Todd Gilbert House Committee on Education House Appropriations Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education House Committee on Appropriations Futl House of Delegates Mouse Committee . on Appropriations1 k Senate Finance r CommlttM Full House of Delegates Governor's approval Full Senate Governor's approval PappahannocH Naws Staff Photo/Mart Pa»*ay The county administrator’s office in Washington nearly took a hit Sunday when winds tumbled a nearby tree. See full story. Page A5 Young musicians honored By Richakp Lykk.s to tb** Kit pimhetn nock Now** Students from both public and pn vnte schools m Rappahannock County com potent on Sunday afternoon at tlie* Ijons Club’s annual Bland Music (’ontest at The Theatre1 in Ijttle Wash ington for a chance to win cash awards and the opportunity to win large1 scholarships at the regional level 'rhe judge's awartied its top overall honors to Nicole Marie Kspmola <instrumental* for a concert ready performance1 of Chopin’s ewer popular “Fantaisie Impromptu " Kelsa Mae Settle won the1 top overall vocal award for her lilting a cappella rendition of the old spiritual. "I Am Bound for the1 Promised Isind" Other winners included Evan Thomas Kspmoln. Ryan Benyo, Heidi Mane Kechin. Shenae Mane Topeland, Michelle White, nnd (trace Alexander The schools represented incInch'd the Kappnhnnncxk County Elenientarv School, the Rappahannock County High School, and Wakefield Country Day School The rontc'st was c>stahlislied by the Lions m BUS to honor tin- memory of .lame's A. Bland, an African American minstrel musician who composed hundreds of well known songs. including the fanner state song of Virginia. “Carry Me Back to Of Virginnv' Rappahannock New s I’O Hox so Washington. Va 22147 ( 540) (.75 l (540) (>7S M)HH (f ix) Obama captures / big win in Virginia Read what Rappahannock News political writer Jeremy Jacobs has to say Find it online under Opinion

Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen Tony Sisk started Monday as the new chief investigator for the Rappahannock County Sheriff's Office. Employee of the Month Ron Harver "I love my tub. I luve Riut)uier Hospital. I wouldn't travel 122 mile, one way, if t didn'tl“ - Ran Harver Talk about dedication! For over seven years, Ron Harver, a registered respiratory therapist, lus commuted from Warren. Ohio, just to work at Fauquier Hospital! Each cycle, he drives six hours to Virginia, works six straight 11 hour night shifts, and then drives hack home tor a week oil "My family thinks I'm cra/y, but they 've adapted," Ron says. "I'm treated so well at Fauquier Hospital, it's worth every mile that I have to travel to work at a job l really enjoy," Ron recently took a job closer to home, but soon realized he belonged bat k at Fauquier Hospital "I've made some great friends here," he says. "And t like the community hospital (eel. Everyone cares more." In his span* time. Ron is a professional down. He visits children's hospitals and parades with a local Masonic Order in Ohio. "I just like to make people smile." he says. "That really makes my day." For mure information about Fauquier Hospital go to ww w tauqvuerhospital org nr sail the Physician Referral St Community link at S40, 11 ft. 1SHR or reierral(Uilauqtnedu>s|iital org 9 FAUQUIER HOSPITAL Be Yourself. Sheriff hires new chief investigator By Kevin Allen Rappahannock Now* Staff Writer Sheriff Connie Smith has found a successor for her former position as chief investigator in the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Office. Tony Sisk was chosen from among eight applicants for the posttion and begun his new job Monday. The 36-year-old Boston resident has 14 years of law enforcement and investigative experience in Culpeper County. “I thought it would be a good opportunity for training and experience,” Sisk said of his decision to take the Rappahannock job. “I like the small-town atmosphere.” Sisk started his career in 1994 at the Culpeper County Sheriffs Office, where he worked at the county jail, patrolled, was a supervisor At a Glance • Name: James Anthony “Tony" Sisk • Job: Chief investigator, Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office •Age: 36 • Hometown: Boston, Culpeper County • Family: Wife, Eileen; daughters, Sarah, 12, and Hallie, 8 and was also a member of the sheriffs special-response team. In 2004, Sisk accepted an officer position with the Culpeper Town Police Department. Scott Jenkins also worked for the Culpeper Town Police before Smith hired him to be her chief deputy in January. Sisk has known Smith for several years, and has worked with her on several cases in the past and in instances where the two counties' sheriffs offices provided mutual aid to each other. "He’s personable. I think he’ll take the time to meet people and just get to know people,! Smith said. “That’s important for an investigator. Outlhere, most of your information comes from people who feel they can trust you.” With the recent hiring of Sisk and two dispatchers. Smith has a full staff at the sheriffs office for the first time since she took office Jan. 1. Smith has been performing the double duties of sheriff and investigator. Now she will be turning her cases over to Sisk. “He’ll soon find that we may be in a small town, but with the amount of cases we have, this can feel like a big town,” Smith said. “It’s the same everywhere,” Sisk added. “I know we’re going to be very busy.” Smith said Sisk also has a great deal of training and is qualified to train other officers in the sheriff”s office. That will save taxpayers’ money, she said, because officers will not have to travel out of Rappahannock for training courses. “Tony has a lot of years of experience,” she said. “It’s good to have a veteran officer with all those years under his belt.” E-mail the reporter at kallen@timenpapers.com. Windy Sunday fans brush fires By Kevin Allen Rappahannock Nows Staff Writer High winds helped spread three brush fires on Sunday in Rappuhonnock County, according to reports at the county sheriff's office. The fires were located on Crest Hill Road near Flint Hill, Gay Street in the Town of Washington and Castleton View Road in Castleton. The fire on Crest Hill Road encompassed three acres. Sheriff Connie Smith said. It was extinguished by the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department. The blaze on Gay Street was caused by a transformer that was on fire. Smith said. It was handled by the Washington Volunteer Fire Department. Several fire companies reported to the scene of the brush fire in Castleton. Volunteer fire departments from Amissville, Sperryville and Castleton, as well as the Virginia Department of Forestry, helped put out the blaze. Dear Homeowner, Of course you wouldn't! No responsible owner would drive a car for a year or more without proper maintenance it's a matter of safety, efficiency and reliability. 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And remember, at Ona Hour Hoatlng and Air Conditioning wo n "Always on Tima...Or you Don't Pay a Dima!"* Warmly, < Jared Dean ., -...—w -. • ' — ws.-f-.T- —■- . -• ' ‘.w —-. -...,• Cal Now 540.349.8030 or 888.333.88881 www.onehourair.com Smith said there were 27 large brush fires reported across the commonwealth on Sunday. Gov. Tim Kaine declared a state of emergency in Virginia, directing state agencies to aid in response to multiple wildfires that had broken out in numerous areas across commonwealth. E-mail the reporter at kallen@t1mespaper3.com. Funding From Page A1 before the full House of Delegates. “The debate on the floor was centered around the fact that this is a zero-sum game when we're talking about school funding — there’s a finite umount of money in the commonwealth to take care of people’s needs,” he said in a phone interview. Gilbert said Rappahannock is in a unique predicament in which the responsibility to pay for education falls disproportionately on local taxpayers. He said that he and County Administrator John McCarthy made that point in testimony before House committees, which passed forward the legislation to the House floor for a vote. “Personally I’ve invested a lot of political capital in making sure that it got to the floor and got a vote,” Gilbert said. Gilbert, a Republican, represents Rappahannock County. “I think we’re doing pretty well, but at any given time, if folks start putting their heads together to start derailing this thing, they probably can do it,” he said. “We’ve had those hurdles all along the way and we’ve been able to overcome them, but you never know.” The House bill will come before the Senate Finance Committee in the coming weeks. “The biggest obstacle remains the fact that when you carve out an exception for one county, other counties start saying, ‘Hey, what about me?”’ Gilbert said. And for both the House and Senate bills, much of the opposition came mainly from Northern Virginia jurisdictions also hoping to secure greater education monies. Senators representing Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Culpeper, Madison, Orange and Alexandria opposed Senate Bill 559. Sen. Chap Ptetersen, who represents parts of Fairfax, tried to attach an amendment A brush fire near Castteton View Road brought out several fire companies on Sunday afternoon* Photo* by Marilyrm Woodward • The following offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 18. in observance of George Washington Day: The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles offices and customer service centers. All Rappahannock County government offices. Rappahannock National Bank BB&T in Flint Hill • On Tuesday, Feb. 19, the Rappahannock County School Board will meet in the band room. Public meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. (this meeting was postponed from Feb. 12) Under the authority of Va. Code Section 15.2-1416, Mayor Leggett announced that the weather is such that it is hazardous for members to attend the Council Meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Feb. 13. 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall and the meeting has been canceled and continued to Wednesday. Feb. 20. 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall. • On Wednesday. Feb. 20 Rappahannock County Planning Commission will meet at 7:30 p. m. at the county courthouse on Gay Street. Agenda New BUSINESS -SU#08-01-01* Gaines Family Apartment to the Senate bill that would allow larger schools to secure greater state funding. The Senate rejected the amendment. Finances has been a large part of the debate over the bills. As originally drafted they would have applied to 18 school districts and potentially cost the state more than $8 million annually. Expecting that the heavy price tag would kill the bills in the finance and appropriations committees, both were rewritten to apply only to Rappahannock County. Still, Senate Bill 559 narrowly cleared the Finance Committee last week. Senator Obenshain, who represents Rappahannock and is sponsoring the bill, addressed fiscal concerns about the Senate bill before the full Senate on Tuesday. “There’s nothing to be paid unless a specific appropriations fund in the appropriations act is made," he said on the floor of the Senate. Because a fund would have to bo created to provide more money to Rappahannock, the Senate would have a second chance to review the fiscal implications of the bills before committing to an expenditure. County Administrator John McCarthy said the most Rappahannock could receive under the legislation is $250,000. The bills would make Rappahannock eligible to enter a cost-sharing agreement with an adjacent county. As part of the agreement, Rappahnnock would be able to P‘KI?y-hack on the partner county’s “local composite index" (LCI), a factor used in determining how much money a jurisdiction will receive from the state. Rappahannock has the highest LCI in the area, and would stand to gain money if it partnered with an adjacent jurisdiction. County officials say partnering plans are on the back burner until the legislation makes it through the General Assembly. E-mail the reporter at mpelkeyi&tt mespapera. com. Wete expanding our PK program! • Devdopmentalty sound and enriched program mm • Introduction to Ibuch Math • Intro to pee-writing skilb using Handwriting without Ifevs • Musk: and library once a week • Computers in the classroom | \ OPEN HOUSE m hFeb.20m 9:30 am (PK3&4) RSVPto Office 5408782741 Jf r / ACADEMICS I ARTS I ATHLETICS 540.878.27001 Wamenton,VA i highlandschooI.org I Apply Today OUR MISSION TO PHOVtOI A Of MANOING ACAOIMIC PROGRAM TO OlVI tOf* TMI NKIItS AMO ('MARAG HR ISSfNTIAl fOR STUOINTS TOMIFT TMf CHAUfNGfS Of CCHlfGf All AIM RSMIP (N TMf TWf MTV MRS! 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Primary Results The following numbers are the Rappahannock County results from Tuesday 's presidential primaries. Democratic Primary Overall Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards Dennis J. Kucinich Joe Biden Precinct Amissville Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Dennis J. Kucinich Chaster Gap Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards t Rint Hill Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards Scrabble Barack Obama Votes Percent 774 59.53 515 39.61' 5 0.38 5 0,38 1 0.07 Votes Percent 116 52.72 1Q3 46.81 1 0.45 Votes Percent 33 58.92 22 39.28 1.78 Votes Percent 115 63.18 66 36.26 1 0.54 Votes Percent .151 58.07 i Hillary Clinton Dennis J. Kucinich John Edwards Sperryville Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards Dennis J. Kucinich Washington Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Joe Bidalt J ut 104 40 3 1.15 2 0.76 Votes Psrcsnt 167 58.18 118 41.11 1 0.34 1 0.34 Votes Psrcsnt 192 65.08 102 34.57 1 0.33 Republican Primary Overall John McCain Mike Huckabee Ron Paul Mitt Romney Fred D. Thompson Rudy Giuliani Precinct Amissville John McCain .Mike Huckabee Votes Percent 375 52.81 258 36.33 48 6.76 21 2.95 5 0.70 3 0.42 Votes Percent 103 52.28 70 35.53 f. Fletcher delays application until May By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Ruppuhannock County Board of Supervisors will not be making a decision at its March meeting about a controversial application to use a farm in the F.T. Valley as a conference center and events venue. Miller Farm owner James W. “Bill” Fletcher has requested that his application for a specialexception permit be continued until the supervisors meet Mav 5. Tm looking to other avenues and also trying to fulfill all the requirements the planning commission was asking tor.” Fletcher told the RuppahanruKk News on Tuesday. “My deal is I want to make the property economical for my children. And I’m not gonna sell it or put it in easement. which l don't believe is the way togu." , Fletcher has said agriculture on the 800-acre property no longer produces enough revenue to pay for maintenance, taxes and renovations on the farm. He wants to lease the farm and its 8,000-square- foot manor house to an events-booking firm to make the property sustainable and keep it in the family for his children and future generations. In January, the County Running Commission voted 4-2 to recommend that the supervisors upprove Fletcher’s application. The planners attached to the recommendation a long list of restrictions on the size and number of events, hours of operation and other conditions in an attempt to appease neighbors' concerns about the conference center. Shortn-Ryu OKINAWAN KARATE IIBpg « The Link l» ■ Junior CImms Wed. - 4 5: JO P.M. 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Editorial & Opinion -Rappahannock iJetosfEstablished 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL. PUBLISHER Anita L Sherman, Editor Peter W. Arundel, President Bill Walsh, Executive Editor Jan Ciatterbuck, Office Manager 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 Mam Street. Washington, Va. Mailing address: P.O Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747-0059 Telephone (540) 675-3338 Fax: (540) 675-3088 e-mail: aaherman@timeapapers.com Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Monday-Fnday Member. Audit Bureau of Circulations www.rappnaws.com Richmond relief? •V If you noted our graphic on the front page, you’ll be pleased to see that the School Funding Bill is moving closer to sitting on Governor Tim Kaine’s desk for approval. If the powers that be ultimately pass either of these bills, it will mean that Rappahannock County will get a considerable boost from the State coffers when it comes to paying for education in this county. It will mean that Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Chappell might escape some community criticism when his budget comes round. It will also mean that our Board of Supervisors may have an easier time when it comes to preparing their budget - the price for education may be lower. With a presidential primary just completed in Virginia and the General Assembly still at in in Richmond, it seems a fitting time to pay come kudos to Rappahannock’s elected officials Sen. Mark Obenshain and Del. Todd Gilbert. Aside from any party affiliation or political platform, what we’ve seen in the last weeks is a strong partnering between our local officials • both on the county and the school side • and our elected representatives in Richmond - Sen. Mark Obenshain and Del. Todd Gilbert - to make a real difference in this county. So far, it seems to be working. With Gilbert on the House side and Obenshain on the Senate side and McCarthy and Chappell lobbying hard from Rappahannock County, these forces have come -together to work with the system and bring some much needed relief to taxpayers in this county. And to bring a fair share of the State’s education money to our students in this county. W'hat’s made their efforts even more praise worthy is that the citizens of the county have added their support by sending letters, emails and faxes to the various committees that these bills have had to pass through. Without the backing of Rappahannock residents, McCarthy and Chappell would be on the front lines with no troops. As County Administrator John McCarthy has pointed out relief won’t ultimately be felt by the county until 2009 if either of these bills is passed. But. if it happens, it will be a significant and landmark change and well worth the wait. Most neighboring school districts receive up to 70 percent to fund education compared with Rappahannock’s current 20 percent. With the passage of these bills, that could change in Rappahannock’s favor. Obenshain and Gilbert represent several counties in their jurisdictions. Some residents have complained from time to time that Rappahannock County doesn’t have a voice because its voter numbers are so small. W'ho cares about Rappahannock? Elected officials are seen as remote and uninvolved. They’re too busy dealing with heavy traffic problems, drugs, illegal immigration, developers and violent offenders. They may come through and sample the wine but that’s about it. Not so. When it comes to dollars for education, all forces have coalesced. As McCarthy has noted, when the two boards are on the same page about anything, it is significant. And when county government bodies and the citizenry are on the same page, it’s a win-win. Adding politicians to the mix doesn’t hurt at all particularly in this case where Obenshain’s sponsored S.B. 559 and Gilbert’s sponsored H.B. 936 have added a double-barreled shot at success. The road through Richmond isn’t always easy but when you have a large group traveling with the same mission in mind, their combined voices feel a lot more powerful and can be a lot more effective. At the end of the day, the system just could work in Rappahannock’s favor. Samantha Landrum. Lauren Light and Austin Burnett received cash prizes courtesy of Rappahannock National Bank for their award-winning science fair projects. Landrum and Light also received a monetary award from the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, which recognized the top environmental project at the fair. Rappahannock County High School science students competed in the fair’s senior division, and sixth through eight grade students at Rappahannock County Elementary School enteited projects in the junior division. Science Fair Stars Senior Division Overall winner: Austin Burnett, The Effects of Fluids on Kidney Excretion During Exercise 1st place: Zack Herbert. Regeneration in Planaria 2nd place: Danika Kritter. What Turns Blond Hair Green in Pools 3rd place: Brittani Dodson, The Effects of Types of Soil and Watering Fluids on Plant Growth Junior Division Overall winner: Samantha Landrum and Lauren Light. Biogas Generator 1st place: Adam Carter, Does Color Affect Birds Feeding? 2nd place: Emily Pearcy, Bacteria Levels on Grapes 3rd place: Shelby Burnett; Germs, Germs Everywhere Honorable Mention Ribbons Mimi White, Brit Hippie, Case Kramer, Kyndle Turley, Jenny Dellinger, Carolyn Vickers and Jessica Shaw. Letters Beaming with gratitude Over the past year and a half I have had some serious medical problems that have left me unable to drive and have required countless doctor's visits, treatments, and physical therapy sessions in Warrenton, Charlottesville and Winchester. It has been a difficult time, but 1 have had so much help from so many people and I want to hike this opportunity to say thank you. First, I would like to thank all of the many friends who have visited me, pickl'd up medicine for me and helped drive me to appointments. I would also like to say a special thank you to the staff and volun teers of the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board /Area Agency on Aging and the Rappahannock County Department of Social Services for the many ways you have helped. Darcy Canton, manager of the RRCSB’s Senior Center and Sharon Pyne from Social Services have made many home visits to me, brought me Ensure, arranged for home delivered meals through the RRCSB, carried me to the doctor, invited me to the Senior Center for a wonderful Christmas party and set up volunteers to take me to many, many appointments. Darcy, Sharon and these caring volunteers have made everything I’ve had to go through so much easier. When I went for treatments, I didn’t know what to expect, but talking to the volunteers took my mind off what was coming and helped me ' forget about my pain. Many times volunteers have stayed with me all day if need be for treatments. But best of all, each one of these volunteers has become a friend. Thanks to each and every one of you for your kindness. All of you will always be in my prayers, and I love you all. Alice Beahm Gid Brown Hollow Washington Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. On behalf of the Julia E. Boddie Scholarship Committee, thank you to the community and the Rappahannock News for your support regarding the observance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday celebration in Rapphannock on January 20 at the Theatre in Washington. It was close to a packed house including many local officials from the School Board, Board of Supervisors, and Washington Town Council. Since this is the nnyor fund raiser for the scholarship, your financial support is critical during this observance. Each year, we aim to bring an informative, uplifting celebration of Dr. King’s life and legacy. To present Dr. Ed. Jackson, Executive Architect, as the keynote speaker currently working on the King memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. was certainly thrilling for all of us involved in the planning; and from the compliments received overall; his work will be appreciated for years to come in our town too. Congratulations also to Mrs. Dorothy Butler on receiving the ‘Dream Keeper’ Award in 2008. In her acceptance speech, she mentioned that she will need to ‘live up to’ the award received. Believe it, she received the award for what she has already done for her community and beyond. Much appreciation to Mrs. Wendy Weinberg for providing the Theatre each year in such a gracious and welcoming way. Lastly, we couldn’t agree more with the Rapphannock News that the Scrabble School project is worthy of all donations to provide a permanent home for the senior citizens of the community and as a way of preserving African American history in the county. Certainly, a win-win opportunity. We look forward to seeing all of you in 2009. Lillian F. Aylor, President, Julia E. Boddie Scholarship Committee Nan Butler Roberts, MLK Observance Director Notes from Sen. Mark Obenshain We are now at the midway point of the 2008 legislative session -- Crossover. Senate bills now move to the House and House bills to the Senate. The last few days before crossover are among the busiest during session and it provides an opportunity to take stock. This column is my effort to report on the status of several of my bills. One bill that has attracted broad interest is a bill that would require VDOT to return to the General Assembly before tolling car and truck traffic on Interstate 81. This measure is important to families, business and to the agricultural character of the Valley. Without this legislation, the Commonwealth Transportation Board and VDOT are able to enter into agreements with road builders involving elements of tolls without the consent of the Virginia General Assembly. My bill will require any toll proposals to come before the General Assembly1* for approval. It passed 37 to 1 last week and 1 am optimistic about its chances in the House. Another bill is one that protects families by helping to ensure compliance with protective orders. Presently, the law simply provides that protective orders be entered into the Virginia Criminal Information Network tVCINi only when the court clerks have time. As a result, many such orders are never entered into the system. This bill protects families by actually requiring clerks to enter such orders in VC IN by the end of the business day on which the order was filed. (Senate Bill 5401 This common-sense measure will help victims of abuse who take out protective orders gain earlier protection from any person intending them ha mi. One bill that failed last week was a piece of legislation which would prevent Planned Parenthood from undermining Virginia’s Abstinence based Family Life curriculum. While Virginia law already requires an abstinence-based approach to Family Life instruction, some school divisions are contracting with Planned Parenthood to teach their Family Life programs, The irony is that Letters to the Editor We welcome your opinions and comments. ix*tters must lx* exclusive to the Kapfxihcinrux'k News, must !>c sigm*d and include the writer’s telephone number and home address which can be verified (not for publication). Due to space limitations, published letters are subject to abridgment for length, accuracy and clarity. For the best chance of publication, letters should be 250 words or less. Longer letters from those with special exjierience on a current issue may l>e published as a guest column (with your photo). While unable to acknowledge letters, w e appreciate your views towards the newspaper's editorial values letters should Is* addressed to letters to the Editor, Rapfxiluimux h .Vries. I’O Box 50. Washington, Va 22747 and submitted via US. Mail, Fax (675-30881 or by e-mailtiasherman(olimespa|H*rs.com > Mark Obenshain nationally, Planned Parenthood is one of the most vocal critics and opponents of abstinence based family life instruction. I have argued that it makes no sense to allow school divisions to pay Planned Parenthood to teach a program it opposes. The factual backdrop against which this issue arises is the Governor’s decision to cut to abstinence-based Family Life Curriculum funding. The bill predictably failed on a 10-5 party line vote. Another bill I sponsored this year would increase the amount of state funding for Rappahannock County Public Schools. The bill would allow Rappahannock County to enter into a cost-sharing agreement with the school board of a neighboring county in order to reduce the amount that the County must pay for schools. Currently, Rappahannock County gets the minimum state contribution of 20 percent of the cost of educating its students. Neighboring localities get more than 00 percent of their education dollars from the state. This is a huge dispari ty that should be corrected. This bill now has passed the Senate on a 23-15 vote. It represents a first step toward securing more state aid for public education in Rappahannock County, thereby reducing the burden on its taxpayers. Before the bill takes effect, the General Assembly will need to approve these funds during next year’s legislative session. Finally, the Triggerman Bill -- my bill that would allow the capital murder prosecution of co-conspirators who had the willful, deliberate and premeditated intent to commit capital murder -- passed the Senate last week 24-14. This bill, which 1 have carried in previous Sessions, would eliminate the rule that prevents prosecution for capital murder of anyone other than the person physicnlly committing the murder. The vast majority of the 38 states with the death penalty permit co-conspirators in capital cases to be eligible for the death penalty. Under current Virginia law, even the convicted Charles Munson of the fumed California TateLaBianca murders in the 1960s could not lx* prosecuted for capital murder, despite the fact that he orchestrated and ordered the homicides. As always, please let me know if 1 may in* of assistance to you. You may reach me by email at mnrkCo'markobenshain.com or phone at <804> 698-7526.

Strong winds leave residents without power By Matt Pelkey Rappahannock Nows Staff Writer Strong winds tore through Rappahannock this past Sunday, taking down tree branches and leaving hundreds of homes without power. About 500 customers throughout the county with Rappahannock Electric Cooperative lost power, said Jeannette Toscano, a communications specialist for the company. u was pretty widespread..., that the wind was knocking the tree branches on the lines., and knocking out the power,” she said. Toscano said that power was .restored to all of the customers the same day, with most people getting back up by 6 p.m. Though a few customers did not have power until late in the evening, she said. About 2,200 customers with Allegheny Power lost electricity in a service area covering Rappahannock and four other counties, said company spokesman David Neurohr. “It was multiple small events that caused clusters of a dozen or two customers to go out in very different areas,” he said. Most of the outages were caused by downed branches, Neurohr said, which are more likely to snap in cold, dry winter weather. “They’re a little less supple, a little more brittle,” he said. More than 215,000 customers with Dominion lost electricity because of the winds, according to a company press release. Dominion reported gusts of over 70 mph. Over 7,000 of the company’s customers in Virginia were still without power Monday afternoon. Sperryville resident Sandra Cartwright-Brown said she returned to her home Sunday afternoon to discover the power was out. She and her husband made do with a back-up generator until it was back on the next morning, she said. Cartwright, who gets her power from Allegheny, said there was no sign of what had caused the outage. In Washington, a windblown tree nearly crushed the county administrator’s office. Candy Wroth, an assistant to the administrator, discovered Monday morning when she showed up for work that the big tree next to the office had taken a tumble. “Missed our office, thank goodness,” she said. E-mail the reporter at mpelkey@timespapers.com. Fletcher From Page A3 “The planning commission approved it in a way that is much more restrictive than the Scrutons’, and there’s no rational or logical basis.” In November, the Board of Supervisors approved a special-exception permit for Roger and Sophie Scruton to operate a conference center at their historic mansion Montpelier, located across F.T. Valley Road from the Miller Farm. “The Scrutons have 176 acres; I’m trying to protect a lot more land than that,” Fletcher said. “But I can go other ways, it’s nothing personal to me. If they don’t want it down there, I think the next best thing would be affordable housing, which would be a benefit to the whole. The county says they need it. “It may be I give the county an option of which way they want me to go,” he added. “I’m trying to fulfill the needs of the community.” Fletcher said his decision to continue the application is not related to litigation that his sister, Louise Fletcher Tayloe, has threatened to file against him. He said he has not received any litigation from Tayloe’s attorney, Ralph Main. Tayloe owns 15.5 percent interest in George K. Miller Inc., which is the corporation that owns 157 acres of the Miller Farm. Fletcher owns 50.5 percent interest in the corporation. Main told the planning commission in January that his client intends to file suit in Rappahannock County Circuit Court to dissolve the corporation and prevent Fletcher from using the land for a conference center. Email the reporter at kallen@1imespapers.com. Ki Notes The New Ye;ii has got off to a busy start 'here at Ki. January’s Soup and Soul saw Patty Hardee directing a staged reading of Peter Hombostel’s “The Shirt" at the lovely home of Bev Jones and Andy Alexander. Hilarious and touching, the script was beautifully brought to life by a talented cast, including youngsters Marc Cugnon and Maddie Kopjanski. Many thanks to all those who gave their time and energy to ensure the evening's success. A few tickets remain for Soup and Soul on March 15. A truly exciting community-wide effort. The Rappahannock Story Project is in the planning stages of a three-year effort here in the County. Ki Arts, the Piedmont Environmental Council and The Rappahannock Public Library with the support of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors will engage a broad cross-section of people in Rappahannock County in story circles, dialogues and inter views asking the questions: “Who are we the people of Rappahannock? What does community mean to us? What are the challenges our community faces? What are the stories that help us envision our future of the County?” One of the primary goals of the Story Project is the diversity of participation in the public process of developing the next Comprehensive Plan. Story circles and interviews will be documented on video from which a DVT) will be created to accompany the 2010 Rappahannock County Comprehensive Plan. An interactive Rappahannock Story Project website will be created for anyone to contribute their stories as well as view documentation. A youth participation component is being developed. At the end of the Story Project, the DVT) and other written materials will be available so that other communities can use and adapt the model. Keep your eyes open for more information about the Rappahannock Story Project in the near future. We are pleased to announce the spring schedule for Life Stories Workshops with Julie Portman. Over the course of the last 12 years, more than 300 people in our county have participated. Out of town participants have come from Canada and from over 26 states in the LIS to learn how to transform ordinary every day events into stories. The dates for this year’s Introductory Workshop are scheduled for June 13-15. Training the Trainer to teach Life Stories will be held June 27-29 and a special One Day workshop with Alaina Love and Julie Port man: Create Purpose in Your Life and Work is slated for April 12th. To register, or for additional information, call the Ki Arts office at 540-987-3164, or email Julie@kitheatre.com. Continuing Education Units are available for all workshops and discounts are offered with advance registration. Finally, we’re looking forward to Kid Pan Alleys upcoming residency at Rappahannock Elementary school on March 10-14, when Paul Reisler and Terri Allard will write songs with local students. These songs will later be showcased with a free concert at the School House in Sperryville on April 15. 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School News from Around the County Chappell’s Comer Rappahannock champs qualify for state competition Six Rappahannock County High School (RCHS) students qualified for the state SkillsUSA conference in Hampton, Va., to be held at the end of April. The students will compete in career and technical contests. Team works - Cody Dodson, Nathan Grant, Tyler Shoemaker and Taylor Yowell. Job interview - Kelly Herrell. Commercial baking - Katie Long. School calendar Feb. 14-8 a.m., curbside recycling at RCES. Feb. 16 - 10 ajn., Bull Run District wrestling tournament at Strasburg. Feb. 18 - Make-up day; bus safety week at RCES; magazine drive - fourth through seventh grades all week; 6 p.m., Rappahannock County School Sports Association (RCSSA) meeting at the RCHS libraiy. Feb. 19 - 7:30 p.m., make-up school board meeting at RCHS band room. Feb. 20 - 6:45 p.m., RCES parent-teacher organization meeting. NOTE: District basketball tournaments start week of Feb. 18, dates and times to be announced. 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Wakefield Country Day School Key Club donates funds to the Blue Ridge Food Bank Back in December, members of the Key Club hosted a “soup for supper” event to raise funds for the Blue Ridge Food Bank, and this week they presented a check for $650 to representatives from that Organization. Second grader receives chess trophy On Saturday, Feb. 2, seven Wakefield Country Day School (WCDS) students traveled to Fredericksburg to compete in the Scholastic Grade Chess Tournament sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation. Students representing schools throughout Northern Virginia competed against other children at the same grade level, and Wakefield second grader Bernie Cieplak of Spenyville came home with a fifth place trophy-out of a field of 17. Thv'chess'•otub,T>coaohed by Wakefield science and math teacher Alexander Fopkin, is a new addition to WCDS extracurricular activities. Back in the fall, the team won third place in a competition among other schools throughout Northern Virginia. 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Obituaries Homer E. East Flint Hill resident Homer Eugene East, 85, of Flint Hill, VA passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, at Royal Haven Assisted Living Home in Front Royal. Mr. East was bom August 11,1922 in Capital Heights, MD son of Swepson A. and Maggie Wester East. He spent his childhood there and later was employed by Pnnce Georges County, MD where he retired in 1984. After retirement he and his wife moved to Flint Hill from Forestville, MD. He was a member of Flint Hill United Methodist Church and served as a trustee and choir member for a number of years. Mr. East is survived by his wife Ardis Dawson East, whom he married July 11, 1943; two sons Wm. R. East of Waldorf MD and Thomas M. East of Flint Hill; five grandchildren three great-grandchildren, one brother SA. East, Jr. and his wife Mary of Dubaiy, FL; and one sister Louise Harris of Leesburg, VA He was preceded in death by his parents and two children, Jack East and Sherry East Weaver, two brothers; and three sisters. A memorial service will be held (m Friday, Feb. 15, at 11:00 a.m. at Flint Hill United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Leah DeLong and Rev. Merlin Shorb. Inurnment will follow in Flint Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork St., Winchester, VA, Flint Hill United Church, P.O. Boor 363, Flint Hill, VA 22627, or to the Flint Hill Fire and Rescue Company, P.O. Box 150, Flint Hill, VA 22627. Henry P. Paterno Viewtown resident Henry P. Patemo, 83, of Henry P. Paterno Viewtown, VA died Feb. 2, at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church,VA. He was born Sept. 17, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY. Mr. Paterno grew up in New York City. He served in the U.S. Army in WWII and was honorably discharged with the rank of First Lieutenant. He met his future bride, Genevieve Religious Notes Word Of Life Worship Center invites everyone to their Hymn Sing on Feb. 16 at ' 7 p.m. at the Washington Fire Hall off Route 211 on Fire House Road. If you want to sing, bring your voice. For more information call Roger at 540987-8170. Fellowship Assembly of God, located at 15 Many Lane, Washington, will be hosting a Gospel Concert featuring Roy Pbole of Henderson, Tennessee this Sunday, Feb. 17 at 6 pm. Perhaps you have heard him sing at Wal-Mart or have seen him perform on television. In any case, you are welcome to join us for this free concert. For more information, you may call the church at (540) 987-8230. Sperryville United Methodist Church will have their regular bluegrass and gospel music on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Duane Siler at (703) 3952053. Come join Macedonia Baptist Church in Flint Hill for their Annual Black History Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. The guest singers will be the Thessalonians Male Chorus and the TBC Praise Ministry of Thessalonian Baptist Church, Fort Union, Virginia. Refreshments will be served in the dining hall following the program. Sponsored by Macedonia Gospel Chorus. Please join the Women’s Auxiliary of the Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Association, Inc. for its 31st Annual Black History Program on Sunday, Feb. 24,4 p.m., at the Wayland Blue Ridge Center, 15044 Ryland Chapel Road (Rt. 640), Rixeyville. Ibis year’s program features an original play entitled, ‘A Journey5, written by Miss Crevia Pullen, a young, local playwright from Fauquier County. Miss Pullen is a member of the International Thespian Society Troupe # 4595 (Theatre Honor Society) and involved in the theatre department at Fauquier County High School where she is a senior. She has acted in plays and has won several awards. Proceeds from this event benefit the scholarship fund. Tickets are $5/adults in advance and $l/students at the door. For more information contact 6724173 or 399-9815. Women’s Day will be celebrated at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Amissville, on Sunday, March 2. Rev. Ruth Webb of the Faith Christian Church and Outreach Center in Warrenton will be the speaker at the 11 a.m. service. Ihe Mount Zion Baptist Church, Warrenton will be the afternoon guests with Sister Sandra Foddrell, the guest speaker. Dinner will be served after the 11 a. m. service. For more information contact Linda Mallory at 927-9878. ESTATE IN RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY In the Hunt Country “HIGH THICKET’ at Five Forks Situated in the center of the Thornton Hill Hounds hunt territory. High Thicket combines all that one could want in a country estate. Enjoy the lush meadows and stunning views from the protected grounds. The main home, built in the late 60’s has been fully upgraded. Other amenities include an indoor pool, 5 stall barn and sheds. Riding trails run throughout the land. Several fields are fenced for horses and the remaining are fenced for cattle. Wildlife abounds in the 60+ acres of open woodland. You will agree that High Thicket is one of the best values on the market at this time! $2,200,000 For information on this and other fine properties Call Alex Sharp at 540-219-4425 (cell) Thomas and Talbot Real Estate 2 South Madison St, Middleburg, Va 20117 “Way and Means Anniversary Celebration” will be held at the Macedonia Baptist Church on Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. The guest singers will be The Spiritual Edition Gospel Singers from Chesapeake, Va. Dinner will be served following the morning service. Rev. Donald Simpkin invites everyone. Join us March 15, at 6 p.m. at the Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Center, 15044 Ryland Chapel Rd, Rixeyville, for the Easter Cantata sponsored by the Young Adult Ministry The choir, featuring voices from Second Ketoctin, Northern Virginia and Wayland Blue Ridge church Associations (more than 21 churches represented last year) is under the direction of gospel recording artists, Sis. Missy ‘OCTAVIA’ Yates, Rev. Lemuel Montgomery and Sis. Everetta Lewis. A free will offering will be lifted. All voices welcome. Rehearsals are March 7 and 14 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Culpeper and March 8 (Workshop - must attend!, lunch provided, $8/partidpant's fee) and 15 at the; Center. For more information, phone 540-399-1539 or wayland_blueridge@usa.com McAsey, an army nurse, while both were serving on Leyte, the Philippines, just prior to the end of the war. They were married in 1946, began their married life in Detroit, Michigan and had five daughters and a son. His highly successful career in the finance industry encompassed every phase of the business from branch manager to president of one of the largest finance companies in the United States and Canada. He was vice president of operations at Fruehauf Finance Company before joining the group that organized Delta Acceptance Corporation in Canada in 1956. During this time, he and his family lived in ip .11 . - London, Ontario. He served as chief operations officer with Avco Delta from 1961 to 1969 and was president from 1965 to 1969. In a magazine interview in the late sixties, he predicted the coming of a "cash" card - which we know today as the debit card. Mr. Patemo is survived by his wife of 61 years, Genevieve; daughter Janet Rachel Thomas of Memphis, TN; son Robert of Tampa, FL; daughter Kay and husband Greg Robertson of Viewtown, VA; daughter Mary of Novato, CA; daughter Nina and husband Walter Boehner of Langley Park, MD; daughter Rita and husband Scott Karath of Hyannis, MA; CONTRACT CONTRACT '7 ^'[sZ*W '•in i s mn mT 3n?g iEsnr Additional survivors include five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services were held on Thursday, Feb. 7, at St. Peter Catholic Church, Washington, Va. Interment was in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions can be sent to the Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad. P.O. Box 147, Amissville, VA 20106 Umpiring Ttwag fits, by Randy Minter IN THEIR OWN WORDS It a recent Canadian survey is any indication. increasing numbers of individuals are choosing to use their own "last words." Instead of resorting to traditional epitaphs such as "Rest in Peace" and "Eternally Beloved." many people are selecting non-traditional phrases. Such personalized epitaphs include "I told you I was sick' and "To be continued..." Romantics have been known to evoke such notions as "We'll dance in the moonlight." and some sport enthusiasts have decided upon "Gone Fishing” for their epitaphs. It seems that, as views on death and dying undergo significant change, the phrases we use to relate to death and dying are changing as well. This is one more thing to consider as you pre-plan your funeral. Regardless of how you choose to be remembered, at MOSER FUNERAL HOME, we are here to respectfully fulfill your requests. You may know exactly how you would like to arrange a service, or you may prefer to have some assistance when choosing options. In either case, we are here for you. Call us 24 hours a day, whenever you need us at (540) 347-3431. You are invited to tour our facility at 233 Broadview Avenue. Warrenton. We are here for you. "Here lies W C. Fields. I would rather he living in Philiulelphia." (epitaph Fields proposed for himself in a 1925 article in Vanity Fair)

Horses & People Pack your picnic: Casanova races Feb. 23 The Casanova Hunt Point-to-Point opens the spring steeplechase season in Virginia Saturday, Feb. 23, with 12:30 p.m. post time at the Buckland Farm course north of Warrenton. Eight races are carded on the varied program, with flat, hurdle and timber races slated. There is also a tailgate competition, with categories for the best overall tailgate, most original, best “redneck” and a prize for the “best bribe." Entry fees, which are $20, benefit historic Weston, home to the Casanova Hunt kennels. Ticket information is at (540) 788-4806. Entry information is online at www.centralentryoffice.com. Reference renewed for ’08 The 13th edition of the Northern Virginia Horseman’s Reference will be released this month. The comprehensive directory of ' business listings includes services, products andjarms all around the region. Business listings are free. Display ads are also available. E-mail nvhr@erols.com or call (703) 737-0126 with questions, listings or ads or to order a copy of the directory. They will also be available at area tack and feed stores. Harman to conduct saddle fit clinic Dr. Joyce Harman of Flint Hill will conduct a saddle fitting clinic March 20-23 at Toad Hollow Farm in Charlottesville. Harman, a holistic veterinarian, authored the book “The Horse’s Pain-Free Back and Saddle Fitting." The cost of the clinic includes a computer saddle fitting session with Harman. Call (866) 200-9312 or email wendy@wendymurdoch.com to sign up. Series worth $15k Elmington Farm near Berryville is offering more than $15,000 in prize money during its 2008 schooling show series. Special prizes include a $25 drawing in every division, jackpot classes with no entry fee, high-point awards at each show and for the series. Details are online at www.elmington.com. Obstacle clinic upcoming The Tri-State Riding Club will host a judged pleasure ride obstacle clinic March 29 on Limestone School Road north of Leesburg. Details are online at www.tristaterc.org. Tack swap set March 1 The annual tack swap and sale will be held March 1 at the Manassas Southern States Cooperative. The event runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To sign up for a table or more details, log onto www. Nokesvil leHorseSociety. Horse blog continues amazing run The Hoofbeats blog written by Horse and Field Sports editor Betsy Parker continues to top the list of hits from all Times Community Newspapers. Log onto www.fauquier.com and scroll down to “blogs” then find “Hoofbeats” to read about the recently concluded South Carolina foxhunting trip of four Virginia riders. National Steeplechase purses rise to new high The National Steeplechase Association released its yearend statistics for 2007, with total purses hitting a record $5,357,645, up 10.5 percent from last season. The average race purse of $26,655 also set a record, up $4,112 per race from 2006. “This was a very successful year,” said Bill Gallo, NSA director of racing. “Our typical barometer is total purses, and they were at an all-tune high. We hope to continue that trend in 2008 and reward our horseman. There’s a strong feeling by the NSA to increase purses again, so we are looking forward to 2008.” Though the number of NSA owners, trainers, riders and horses all dipped in 2007, Gallo mentioned the framework of a plan that would boost purses, and, therefore, bring in new connections to the sport. “It’s getting more expensive to train and care for horses, so the purses must increase accordingly” Gallo said. “We are working very hard at getting a greater influx of purses and a five-year plan would be to have purses over $10 million. 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Dan Yowell Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Rector: Rev. Jennings W. Hobson III Thursday: Contemplative Prayer 7 a.m. Sunday: Holy Eucharist I 8 a.m. Morning Prayer II 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist II 11:00 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Community Lenten Program at Washington Baptist Potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Promise Land Baptist Pastor: Herbert Johnson Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. First Baptist Pastor: Rev. Dr. Wendell R. Grant Services: First and third Sundays 11 a.m. Church School: First and third Sundays 9:45 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday 7-8 p.m. April through August St. Peter's Catholic Parish Pastor: Fr. 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 Area Churches Forest Grove Baptist Pastor: Mark DeAngelis Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m.. Worship Service 11 a.m. Contemporary service the last Sunday of each month Macedonia Baptist Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Rappahannock United Methodist Charge Pastor: Rev. Leah DeLong Flint Hill UMC -Sunday Worship at 8:45 a.m..Children’s Church during the worship service. Adult Sunday School at 10 a.m., call for Bible Study Schedule(675-3370) Willis Chapel UMC - Sunday Worship at 9:55 a.m., Sunday School at 8:45 a.m., Bible Study on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Sperryville UMC - Sunday Worship at 11:30 a.m..Sunday School 10:15 a.m., Bible Study on Sunday at 2 p.m. Washington Baptist Pastor: Rev. Philip Bailey Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Monday: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 p.m. Wednesday: Men’s Discipleship Class 7 p.m. Thursday: Adult Choir 7 p.m. Chester Gap Baptist Pastor: Rev. David Johnson Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 7 p.m. Massanova Pentecostal Pastor; Rev. L. D. Savage Sunday: Sunday School 10 a.m. Youth 5:45 p.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. Tuesday: Worship 7 p.m. Hopewell Baptist Church Pastor-Elect: Rev. Garry Brown Associate pastor: Rev. Anna L. Allsberry Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday: Bible study 7 p.m. New Harvest Christian Fellowship Pastors: Kent and Duane Willoughby Sunday: Praise/Worship service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday: Praise/Worship, Prayer, Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Saturday: Youth Alive Group 7 p.m. Services at Viewtown General Store Hint Hill Baptist Church Pastor: Rev. James L. Payne Sunday: Worship service 11 a.m. Gid Brown Hollow Pentecostal Sunday: Sunday SchoolH a.m. Second and Fourth Sundays only Battle Run Primitive Baptist Church Pastor, Elder Forest Atwood Meets second Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Praise Fellowship, Amlssville Pastor: Gene Nicholson Meeting at 14876 Lee Highway Sunday morning 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. Bethlehem Ministries Pastor: Mark Jarvis Teacher: Mackie Jenkins Meeting at 17094 Lee Highway Amissville Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Evening worship 6 p.m. Wednesday Prayer 7 p.m. Now teaching the Book of Revelation at 6 p.m. service. Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker JUMP RIGHT IN: Steeplechasing around the nation will see an increase of prize money at several meets. endar lost the Brookhill Steeplechase in Raleigh, N.C., there could be several new editions to the 2008 landscape, as well as improvements to several successful stops on the circuit. “We have a lot of different venues that have shown interest and several new race meets are possible. Palm Beach in Florida is looking to have a meet [March 16] and that would change the dynamic of the early part of 2008,” Gallo said. “Kentucky Downs has expressed interest for next fall, and although nothing is set we’re hoping to have a few races there on Opening Day in September. Penn National has shown interest, and we would like to have a few more races over the summer at Philadelphia Park, in addition to what we currently have there.” The increase in purses weren’t the only highs during the year. McDynamo won his fifth consecutive Breeders’ Cup and retired after a run in the Colonial Cup as one of the greatest of all-time and the sport’s leading career earner. Good Night Shirt took the torch from McDynamo in the Colonial Cup and set a single-season earnings record with $314,163. "There were several successful events, but, to me, the highlight of the year was seeing Footlights win the Turf Writers at Saratoga,” Gallo said. “We have worked very hard to promote the filly/mare series over the past few years, so for that mare to win the Turf Writers was just great, and it gives the series more exposure.” Saratoga is often a key spoke in the wheel that determines the overall success of the season, and 2007 was no different. The sport was well received during the Spa season and Belmont Park got involved during its Fall Championship Meet, hosting the inaugural Grade I $150,000 Lonesome Glory Stakes, won by Good Night Shirt. “Our goal is to promote the sport as a whole and put forward the best product possible. We are always looking to expand our race-meet schedule. The best thing we can do is have a race meet like Saratoga this past year where there was some very good racing and very few falls,” Gallo said. “We have a very good relationship with NYRA management and assuming they have the same team next year we are looking forward to business as usual. The Belmont race this fall was successful and we already have been told it will be placed more toward the middle of the card next year, with the other Grade I races.” Gallo is also excited to expand on the popular Saratoga Open House that gets the Spa season underway the Sunday before the traditional Wednesday opener. “We’ve created ‘Saratoga Jump Start’ during the Saratoga Open House next season. This is an actual race meet modeled after Strawberry Hill at Colonial Downs,” Gallo said. “We pitched the idea to NYRA management and they liked it a lot. We will have four hurdle races with $100,000 in purses, as well as two training flat races. It’s a race meet at a race track and that’s very exciting.” Crystal Crown winners Hartman, Allard swept judged trail ride series Winners of Virginia’s unique Crystal Crown Series connecting five area judged pleasure rides were honored at last week’s Battlefield Equestrian Society awards brunch held in Haymarket. The series is hosted by five area riding clubs which each organize a 10-mile, 10-obstacle trail ride at various venues throughout Northern and central Virginia. Participants include local enthusiasts, and others who travel from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maiyland and New Jersey. Susan Hartman was named overall grand champion of the 2007 series, with Pat Allard winning reserve. Rounding out the top 10 were Amy Grimm, Leslie Gottesman, Erika Andrews, Emley Buikstra-Ditamore, Jane Palmer, Beth Giorgiani, Laurie Hale and Elaine Reed. Battlefield Equestrian Society, Clifton Horse Society, UJS. Trail Ride, Shenandoah Trail Riders & Horseman’s Association and the Nokesville Horse Society are the sponsoring dubs. For more information on the 2008 series schedule, visit www.battlefieldequestriansociety.org or call (571) 220-9234. Sporting Calendar FEBRUARY 16 Oak Hill Equestrian Center horse show series, White Post, (540) 837-3000, www.oakhillthorough breds.com 16 Morven Park schooling jumpers, Leesburg, (703) 777-2890 16 Dressage show, Cedar Run Equestrian Center, Woodbridge, (703) 987-5639 17 Hunter show, Morven Contact Betsy Parker Horse & Field Sports Editor Fauquier TimesDemocrat P.0. Box 631 Warrenton, Va. 20188 (540) 347-4222 Home office: (540) 364-2929 Pax: (540) 349-8676 E-mail: BParKer@timespapers.com Park, Leesburg, (571-4268033, www.ahsajudge.com 19 Tuesday Talks, free lecture series, Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, Leesburg, 7 p.m.. Dr. Jennifer Barrett on stem cell therapy, (703) 771-6843 21- 24 Horse World Expo, Harrisburg, Pa., www.horse worldexpo.com 22- 24 Trail horse sale, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, (888) 828-7653 Want more? More complete Horse and Field Sports coverage can, be found weekly in the Fauquier Times-Democrat. Also see Friday’s Fauquier Weekend for breaking horse news. Stories are also online at www.fauquier.com.

All submissions in Upcoming Events must be received by 3 p.m. on Mondays in order to be included in the next edition of the paper. Send email to ■Jan Clatterbuck at jclatterbuck@timespapers.com Please be sure to include a name and telephone number for information. Upcoming Events lists individual and/or group community items sponsored by non-profits or for charitable purposes. If you are an individual and/or business and your event is for profit-making purposes, there is a fee charged. Please email Stephanie Heflin at sheflin@timespapers.com or phone her at (540) 347-4222. Rower arranging classes offered The Rappahannock County Garden Club is again offering classes in basic flower arranging to any interested resident. Classes will be offered on Wednesday mornings from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall. Participants - beginners or experienced arrangers -- will supply their own flowers and containers and will learn the principles of design by making individual arrangements each week under the direction of Linda Taylor. Classes will run through mid-March, and the fee for the series of classes is $40. For questions and registration, please call Susan Jones, 675-3152. Girls Softball Open Gym Held in the RCES Aux. Gym, Sundays, Feb. 17, 24. Ages: Grades 6-8 - 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Ages: Grades 9-12 - 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Open to all interested girls in grades 6-12. RCHS Coaching Staff Piedmont Softball Association’s register Area girls are invited to register now for Piedmont Softball Association's 2008 spring fastpitch softball season' All players are welcome, regardless of level of experience and skills - from beginners to advanced. Besides lots of regular season games (both on PSA's home field located on Rt. 211 in Amissvilf& and away), other activities will include pitching clinics, tournaments (PSA is proud to have produced a number of district and state championship softball teams in recent years), home run and RBI hitting awards, and so much more. Offered for parents, as well, wilt be score keeping, umpire, and coaching clinics. Accepted will be ANY girls born from 1989 through 2002. Registration fees are $40.00 for girls playing on any teams 12 years old or younger, and $45.00 for older players; $5.00 discount for second and additional registrants from the same household. Scholarships are also available. Formal registration will be held Saturday, Feb. 16. from 9 am - noon (with additional dates to follow) at B'li Payne Auction Gallery, Rt. 211 and Maddox Lane. Amissville. For further information. please cal! Mauri Payne (937-4142 or 675-3729) or David and Donna Sheffield (9375595). Performance Art Class Series A Performance Art Class Series will be given at Hearthstone School to enable students to explore creativity using sound, movement and story. Dance, music and drama techniques will be taught in a holistic manner. Students will create a performance piece to share with family and friends at the end of the school year. Wednesdays 3.30-4:15 p.m. for 4-6-year olds and 4:30 -5:30 p.m. for 11-12-year-olds and teens Thursdays 4-5 p.m. for 7-10-year-olds. Classes being Jan. 30 and 31. New students may join the following week. Cost: $10 per class Instructors: Kitty Keyser. Frances Miller and Linda Orfiia For more information, please call 540-6751940 or 540-987-9212 French classes Traveling this summer? Need to refresh your grasp of another language? Always wanted to learn a new language9 Beginning conversational French will be offered at Germanna Community College. Locust Grove. March 6 - April 17 (Thurs. eves) 7 - 9 pm. Feb. 14 and 16: Romance your Valentine at the Blue Rock Inn Valentine's Day 5-course dinner on Thursday, Feb. 14 Cost is $65 per person. On Sunday, Feo 16. Jirn will have a very special 8-course dinner partnered with wnes from The Rappahannock Cellars Cost is $95 per person. Please RSVP to t540i 987-3190. Feb 14: RAWL “Valentine" One of the most loving gifts you can bestow on your cat or dog is spaying or neutering. A special orogram of the Rappahannock Animal Welfare League allows you to do this at a cost much lower than usual. For fees of no more than $65 00 - some lower - your animal can be “fixed”. The procedure is done in Harrisonburg, but all you have to do is drive to the RAWL shelter in Amissville, at the landfill, to register and pay in advance. The next van load of pets goes on Wednesday, March 5. Act now before the van fills up. Call the shelter at 540-937-3283. Someone is there seven days, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Feb. 14: “The Foreigner” opens at Luray’s BB&T Center Director Claire Comer and the PAL Players (formerly the Page County Community Theater, present the side-splitting comedy The Foreigner, by Larry Shue throughout the month of February. Betty Meeks’s fishing lodge in rural Georgia is a sleepy little place - until Charlie Baker (played by Bob Borgie) shows up, speaking a strange language and claiming to understand no English. Charlie suddenly becomes privy to all the town's secrets, with unexpected and hilarious results. J.D. Cave plays Charlie’s friend and confidante, exuberant Staff Sergeant “Froggy" LeSueur. Dinner performances are February 14, 16, 19, 28 and 29 at 6 pm. The Dessert Matinee is at 2:30 February 17. Advance tickets are $35 for dinner theatre and $15 for the dessert matinee and are available at Luray-Page County Chamber of Commerce, Luray Copy Service and through lnstantSeats.com. Tickets for dinner/dessert theatre are not available at the door. The Box Office at the BB&T Center for the Performing Artsopens 45 minutes before the start of the event. “The Vault,” PAL’s cash bar, will be open. For more information, call the center at 540-743-3311 or visit the website at www.PerformingArtsLuray.org. Feb. 15: Valentine/love-themed Open Mic Night On Friday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. there will be a Valentine/love-themed Open Mic Night in the Hearthstone School Community Room. Come out and share your talents! We welcome performers of all ages. This is the third in a series featuring music, poetry and comedy. Food and drinks will be available. If you would like to perform, please call the school office at 540-9879212, or come and sign up that night. Admission:$5 for adults, 18 and under: free! This is an alcohol-free, smoke-free event. Hearthstone School is located on Rt. 211,2 miles west of Sperryville. Feb. 15: “Dreamgirls” RAAC Friday Night at the Movies presents “Dreamgirls” on Feb. 15 at 8:00 p.m. at The Theatre in Washington. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy; Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers goes from just a group with talent to being a crossover hit on the pop charts in the early 60s. The friendship of the three girls from Chicago is put to the test when they are ,rfqped with,the,pressure of.fa^yjgnT^and adulation. Features the Grammy winning song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going." Rated PG13; 131 minutes. Feb. 16: Smithsonian at Little Washington On Saturday, Feb. 16, at 8 p. m. at the The Theatre in Washington, The Smithsonian Chamber Players, Brilliance of the Baroque. Music of Johanna Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Philipp Heinrich Erlebach. Marilyn McDonald, violin. Kenneth Slowik, viola da gamba, and James Weaver, harpsichord. Phone: (540) 675-1253 Feb. 16,17: “Music to Love By” Join us at Middle Street Gallery in Little Washington for a Week-end of Wonderful Music. Forrest Marquisee, a young, creative Rappahannock musician will be providing Art for the Ears’ with guitar & mandolin Saturday, Feb. 16 & Sunday, Feb 17. from 2 - 5 p.m. Come in and enjoy the Art! Visit our website at www.middlestreetgallery.org Feb. 16,17: Valentine’s Weekend “Stile Italiano” at Gadino Cellars February 16 & 17 - Experience the romance of Italy with Italian Wedding Soup and a glass of our memorable Moonrise or our vibrant Viogmer. Fee. The big and bold 2006 Antiche Viti Reserva Cabernet Franc will also be released to the public this weekend so come on in for a taste. Gadino Cellars is located at 92 School House Road in Washington, Virginia. Tasting Room open Fri-Sun from 11:30 am til 5:00pm (Sat til 6 p.m.). See www.gadinocellars.com for more info. Feb. 16,17: Irresistible Chocolates and Cabernet Saturday & Sunday, February 16 & 17 Event entry: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, winery open until 5:00 p.m. Treat your Valentine to a vast array of decadent chocolate desserts and Cabernet at the premier Valentine winery event in Virginia! $15 per person includes unlimited desserts, tastings of gold-medal winning red wines and an all new Valentine glass! Gray Ghost is located at 14706 Lee Highway in Amissville and can be contacted at 540-937-4869. Feb. 19: RCCA Board Meeting Community members are invited to attend the February Board Meeting of the Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance (RCCA). RCCA holds its monthly Board of Directors’ meeting on the third Tuesday of each month from 5:30 -7:00 p. m., at the Schoolhouse in Sperryville (at the corner of Routes 522 & 211.) For more information, call the RCCA office at 987-9118. Feb. 19: Concerned Taxpayers meeting Another Concerned Taxpayers Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Chester Gap Fire Hall at 7 p. m. All interested persons please attend. For further information, contact Tom Junk at 540 987-8617 or send an email to d2jtfj@msn.com. Feb. 20: Free Clinic Open Rappahannock Free clinic will be open on Feb. 20, March 5, March 19 at the County Health Department on Main Street in Washington. For more information call the Fauquier Free Clinic at 540-5147-0394. Feb. 21: Monthly RappFLOW meeting Please come join us at RappFLOW’s monthly meeting on Feb. 21 from 6:30 to 8:00 p. m., at the Sperryville Schoolhouse. We will be woriting on upcoming activities for Clean Streams Days, so please come and lend a hand. Volunteers are most welcome! Feb. 23: Bluegrass and gospel music Sperryville United Methodist Church will have their regular bluegrass and gospel music on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Special guests will be Frank Riley on the guitar along with Frank Necessary on the Banjo and Donnie Lutz on the fiddle, Dae Scott, vocal. Everyone is welcome. Call Duane Siler at 703-395-2053. Feb. 23: Chester Gap Spaghetti Dinner Chester Gap Vol. Fire Dept, invites everyone to an all you can eat Spaghetti Dinner Feb. 23 from 5-7p.m. Cost is $5.00, 6 & under are free. Will will be serving Spaghetti, Bread, Salad, Rolls, Drinks and Dessert. Please come out and support your local fire department. Any questions please contact Samantha Williams @ 540**635-8255 Feb. 25: WIN a Box of Chocolates at the Closing Party for "Lover's Leap” The Middle Street Gallery in Washington says goodbye to a heart-filled February with a Closing Party on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 -6 p.m. Come join us for refreshments, art and the chance to Win a Box of Chocolates! Gallery Hours are 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday - Sunday Visit our website at www.middlestreetgallery.org Feb. 25: Silent Auction for "The Unbound Heart” Closes The Middle Street Gallery in Washington, VA. closes the month-long Silent Auction for a unique Art Book on Sunday, Feb. 24r at 6 p.m. This book represents an exciting collaboration by the Middle Street Artists . Join us to place your final bid. And the Winner is... ??! Gallery Hours are 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday - Sunday Visit our website at www.middlestreetgallery.org Feb. 28: Conservation Roundtable County and regional conservation groups will meet at The Link (a.k.a. the Sperryville Schoolhouse) on Feb. 28 to exchange information and discuss ways they can collaborate. Bring a bag lunch and something to drink. We will assemble around 11:30. The meeting begins at noon. The public is invited. Questions? Phone Hal Hunter at (540) 937-4744. Feb. 28: "Empty Bowls” Dinner / Art Show to Benefit World Hunger The annual "Empty Bowls” Dinner, together with an Art Show of High School and Middle School student exhibits, will be held at Rappahannock County High School on Thursday Feb. 28 from 5 -7 p. m. All who attend will be served a bowl of soup in a handmade ceramic bowl in exchange for a cash donation ($10 minimum) to fight hunger. Surrounding the tables will be a student Art Show with work in paint, pencil, mixed media, and 3-D. Local artists Steven Kenny, Not Putnam, Bonita Gowan and Corey Caulfield will judge the show. Participants may keep the bowl as a reminder of the meal’s purpose. Proceeds will be donated to Project Concern International. Mar. 8: Pancake fund raiser breakfast Pack 123 will have their 5th Annual Pancake fund raiser Breakfast on March 8 at the Washington V.F.D. firehall. It will be an all-youcan eat breakfast starting at 7:00 a.m. and running until 10 a.m. Adults are still $6 and children 4-12 are $4.00 and under 3 is free. (No inflation for 5 years, where can you beat this?) We are serving pancakes, eggs, biscuits, gravy, ■sausage, coffee, juice, and milk. All proceeds help support our pack. Questions? Phone (571) 436-6786. Mar. 10: Local Human Rights Committee The Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board and Area Agency on Aging is seeking individuals who are interested in serving as a volunteer on the Local Human Rights Committee (LHRC). Individuals who are receiving mental health services are encouraged to apply. This Committee meets quarterly (January, April, July, and October) at 1:30 p.m. in Culpeper and is responsible for ensuring that individuals receiving mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse services are being treated with dignity, are free from abuse or neglect, and that their basic rights are being protected. Please call 540-825-3100, ext. 3146, email rrcsb@rrcsb.org or send your letter of interest to Alisa Decatur, at RRCSB-AAA, P.O. Box 1568, Culpeper, VA 22701 no later than March 10, 2008. March 15: Chili Bowl Tournament All are invited to join Piedmont Softball Association’s Sixth Annual Chili Bowl Cook-off on Saturday, March 15 from 3-7 p.m., at the Bill Payne Auction Gallery, on Route 211, Amissville. Enter your chili recipe or sample a variety of local recipes! Admission is $6 per person/kids under six free—all you can eat! (Hot dogs and drinks will be available for purchase) There will be 50/50 raffles, bake sale and our favorite, cake walks! This event is PSA’s jump start on the Spring Softball season and all proceeds benefit the girls of Piedmont Softball Association. For more information and to enter, please call Donna Sheffield at 987-5595 or Mauri Payne at 937-4142. Hope to see you there! March 18: RCCA Board Meeting Community members are invited to attend the March Board Meeting of the Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance (RCCA). RCCA holds its monthly Board of Directors' meeting on the third Tuesday of each month from 5:30 -7:00 at the Schoolhouse in Sperryville (at the corner of Routes 522 & 211.) For more information, call the RCCA office at 987-9118. Apr. 12: Second Annual RAWL Hoedown Get Ready for the 2nd Annual RAWL Hound Dawg Hoedown Square Dance, Dinner and Silent Auction to benefit the Rappahannock Animal Welfare League. Save the date for the evening of April 12 at The Schoolhouse in Sperryville. $75 per person. Featuring: Morrison Brothers Band. Brad Sayler will teach and call dances to Morrison Brothers Band. Reserve your table in advance for a group discount! Eight person dinner table $400 or 10 person dinner table $500. Call Sally Cunningham at 540-3646939 to purchase tickets in advance. Visa, Master Card and Discover cards accepted. For more information and to donate items for the silent auction please call the shelter at 540-9373336 or visit www.rawldogs.org. Apr. 12: Come to the Coffee House Please reserve the date of April 12 on your calendars for the annual Coffee House, given by the Rappahannock County Band Boosters in the RCES cafeteria. This much anticipated event will begin at 5 p.m. and will feature gaily decorated tables, candlelight, a homemade spaghetti dinner, door prizes, and a variety of entertainment by local talent from the county. The band students will serve as wait staff, and delicious desserts baked by band parents will be available along with coffee. Watch the Rappahannock News between now and the event for announcements revealing featured performers and door prizes. All community members and friends are invited. Questions? Contact Krista Hale at (540) 987-8989. Amissville resident needs help Brian Breeden of Amissville, the son of David and Pat and grandson of Harold and Erva Stover, was involved in a car accident on New Year’s Day. He was flown by helicopter to Fairfax Trauma Center with multiple head fractures. Brian attended Culpeper County Schools and worked at Grandpa Groovey’s in Warrenton up until the accident. He is slowly recovering but has had a set back. He had to have more surgery this week on his brain due to complications but is doing okay. Brian has a very long recovery ahead of him. When he is able he will be moved to a rehabilitation center and the doctors say he will be there for at least 6 to 9 months, possibly longer. Brian has no medical insurance and the cost of his care is overwhelming. He and bis family are in need of your kindness and compassion. A fund has been set up at The Fauquier Bank in Warrenton to help them. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Please and most importantly keep all of them. Brian and his family, in your thoughts and prayers. Tax deductible contributions can be made payable to: The Brian Breeden Family Fund and mailed to: The Fauquier Bank 10 Courthouse Square Warrenton. Virginia 20186 Thank you and may God Bless! Becky Colvin Putnam Setting Up Your Business Books Business Seminar The Lord Fairfax Small Business Development Center has announced the third seminar in the spring schedule of seminars for starting a small business. The Center is a joint effort of the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Virginia Small Business Development Center, Lord Fairfax Community College and the counties of the service area. The third seminar in the schedule will be Taxes and Licenses for Small Businesses. This seminar will be held on Wednesday. Feb. 27 from 6:30 to 0:00 p.m. at Lord Fairfax Community CollegeFauquier campus. The fee for this class is $30 if paid 3 days prior to the class or $40 after Business Briefs the 5 day cut-ofT. Preregistration is required. Mary Leigh McDaniel, CPA of Updegrove, Combs, McDaniel & Wilson, PLC will be the presenter at this seminar. This seminar will help the owner navigate the sometimes confusing maze of regulations and/or taxes at each level of government: local, state, and Federal. The presenter will also give you some contacts and resources to help answer specific questions. Registration and/or information on this or any of their other seminars can be obtained bv contacting the Lord Fairfax Small Business Development Center at 540351-1595 from 8 a m. to 4:30 p.mm or e-mail to rcope@lfsbdc.org. For information on the seminars visit their web site at www.lfsbdc.org. Virginia Berry Production Conference at VSU Virginia Cooperative Extension will hold a Berry Conference to teach new and experienced growers about the production and marketing of raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. The conference will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the L. Douglas Wilder Building on VSU’s campus. Participants will learn about berry production in high tunnels (unheated greenhouses), advances in production technology, and about the first-hand experiences of veteran growers. “Berries are among the most profitable crops grown in the Mid-Atlantic Region. During the off-season, when demand for berries exceeds the supply, growers can command even higher market prices,” said Dr. Reza Rafie, VSU horticulture extension specialist. “This conference will be conducted annually to teach and update producers on the most efficient production and marketing techniques to help ensure their success." A conference registration fee of $7 per participant covers lunch, refreshments and educational materials. To register, call VSU’s Agriculture Extension Office at (80-0 5245960 or e-mail agsuite@ vsu.edu. For more information, contact Rafie at (804) 524-5840 or e-mail arafieCn\ su edu. Anyone needing special services or accommodations should call in advance to discuss arrangements.

Sperryville.. .Washingtonian’s “Great Small Town” Sperryville Barbara Adotfi adolfibarbara@ verizon.net (540) 987-8682 The February issue of the Washingtonian Magazine has a feature on “Great Small Towns.” Spenyville is one of five small towns in Virginia and Maryland that are featured with two pages of text and photos. The breakfast bunch at Pellegatta’s Eatery thought the author had fairly represented our amiable country village. Be sure to get a copy and enjoy the positive coverage of our very special village. Clean Streams Days 2008 launched *.Hats off once again to the China Inn LkA family restaurant Good quantity and good quality... a pleasurable experience. 15309 Montanus Drive, Culpeper Located in Culpeper Colonnade Shopping Center (By Target) 540-727-9618* 540-727-9626 S3®****. Large Dining Area/Free Delivery (min. of $15.00 with limited area over 3 miles...$1.00 delivery charge) Catering Available We offer Gift Certificates Beer and Wine Available/Open 7 Days a Week! No MSG - We only use vegetable oil Order $20 and get a FREE Egg Roll or Crab Rangoon order Good for Dine-ln or Carry Out Only.. Not available for lunch specials, delivery or with any other offers. I Expires 2/20/08 1 Order $30 and over and ! get FREE ; Chicken Fried Rice ' or Chicken Lo Mein Good for Dine-ln or Carry Out Only...Not available for lunch Specials, delivery or with any other oners. Expires 2/20/08 Special Offer! for the week of 2/14/08 to 2/20/08 Buy 1 Entree & Receive 2nd Entree at 1 /2 Price (Equal or Lesser Value) Good for Dine In Only...Not available for lunch specials, delivery or with any other offers. Expires 2/20/08 Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection for coordinating 15 organizations to present information on just about everything we need to know to restore/keep every field, forest and stream in Rappahannock in pristine condition. If the. full parking lot at The SchoolHouse and nonstop flow of attendees is a barometer of interest and motivation, Rappahannock certainly has a population devoted to learning more about preservation and improvement of our county. The format of poster sessions and workshops for adults and children made this a lively and interactive day. The event also launched the Clean Streams Initiative of 2008, jointly sponsored by Rappahannock County, the Culpeper Soil and Conservation District, the Virginia Department of Health and RappFLOW. This outreach effort will sponsor a variety of activities. Pen in the following dates on your calendar: March 29 (Home*A*Syst workshop), April 12 (many activities for Clean Streams Day at The SchoolHouse) and April 26 (make a rain barrel). Go to for more details and information. “Gourmet Sperryville” Valentine Treats: Angela Minder has increasingly taken over the role of pastry chef at Pellegatta’s Eatery. This talented young chef will delight you with her stemberries (large, organically grown strawberries) dipped in chocolate and sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day. Stop in to take these treats home to your family! mrysrmMmmgmmpmm North Pots Road, Fijnt Hiij. The perfect countrs j>ntjx‘rl\ in Rappahannock's premier equestrian aa-u! 55 acres u ith mountain \ iew s, pasture, forest and river frisntagc. Includes a three hcdmnm cottage. 25 acres on the river - $425,000, M acres plus cottage - $695,000, Both parcels • $1,100,000 Dkkk La», Boston This charming, almost new colonial in Seven Springs. Culpeper is a gem. Numerous upgrades and amenities including hardwood floors on the main level, crown molding, gits fireplace, and an enormous deck. 3 acre wooded lot. $339,000 CiiKKKiKs o\ Top, Flint Hill ll would tv hard to imagine a more spectacular pro|vti> than this *t acre parcel encompassing the Miminit ol l utlc Mulhev Maintain ne;tr Hint Hill. It lias kJ) degree views. a well engineered road and a rustle little log cabin. $9*15.000 Roi.i.in<, Road, Spkrryviij.e I he ule.il enunirx retreat’ 4 acres adjacent to the I’ark and the Ha/el Riser. The home lias 2 hdrs. 2.5 hths. a labulons screened porch, fieldstone fireplace. and main artisan crafted features. S.VJ9.000 Alv> as ailable on 21 acres. $595,1100 Wn.SH Hol l ow, SPKRRYVni.K lust «vsi i >1 S|x-m \ ilk . this 2 acre parcel u whines complete pro ;u \ .11 id convenience It lias a strong stream, a tine building site under mature harduoxls and a 4 bedroom pere $ I .W.000 Srnooi.noi sK Road, Washington This immaculate property has excellent commercial potential for professional offices. It has an outstanding location on 2 acres in the designated commercial district. Perfect for a professional w ho wants a residence ofticc. $769,000 Eti.an Farm, Kiian Spectacular one-ot -a-kind ottering with bivath taking views of Old Rag and the Shenandoah National l*ark. 1X7 acres. pnfcvtcd try a scenic casement, null pasture, forest ;tnd streams. St) acres $ 1 J150.U00, 107 acres $1.415,000.1X7 acres $2,650,000 Ltlan Road, Kn.\.\ It you are lixiking tor stunning mountain views, sou must see this 14 acre parcel on the scenic hack road from t.thin to Syria. I he property is wooded aixl \ cry pnv ate w ith sc\ eral outstanding building sites and a 4 bedroom |x-rc $279,000 Blossom Lake Lane - Castleton 1 he ideal writer's retreat or artist’s studio! This clean contemporary is perfect for those w ho want their pnvacy interrupted only by the sights and sounds of nature. The 25 aea* property includes a lovely woodland pond. $550,000 UN.D'hR COM RAC I Rivkk Mountain Lank, Aviissvh.uk Sensational 30 acre parcel between Amissville and Hint Hill. The property is very pnvate with an excellent location adjacent to conserved land. The property is mostly open and ideal for horses or specially agriculture dither lots available. $579,000 North Mkadow, Etlan lOloveh aca-s on a Ix-autitul hacknMd The property is rolling ami mostly open affording stunning m*xinlain views. A large stix-ked pond and a strong mountain sta-im a sitn Kite to tlx- ideal axintry ambience. ( ompklc w nh a dramatic lxxi.se site. $3254)00 Photo by Barbara Adolfi BREATHING EASIER: Six Rappahannock County residents completed CPR training on Sunday at the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad. Pictured from left to right: Ray Boc, Philip Rosemond, Katherine Vaughn (recertification), instructor Chris Payne, Andrew Segarra, Wanda Beard, and Bonnie Beachamp-Compton. ture a Thai feast. There limited seating for there will be pleht out for youdiners who enjojar|S«n\»enef s cooking lagjjam. will surely want for this mid-winter ^parainner. No reservations required, but do give a call to help them estimate quantity. 987-9870 A lovely pairing On Sunday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m, only 40 lucky people will be seated at this special gourmet event in Sperryville when the Thornton River Grille partners with Linden Vinyards for a special sixcourse wine dinner. Chef Tom Nash will go above and beyond his usual excellent fare and each course will be paired with a specially selected wine. For example, the appetizer will be savory truffled cheesecake made with Shitake mushrooms and mascarpone cheese, paired with Linden’s Hardscrabble Chardonnay. The rest of the menu is equally intriguing! Make your reservations now. Call 987-8790 Welcome to Kyle and Liz You will often find one of our newest residents walking her chocolate and black fullsized poodles on Water Street. We welcome Liz Lucente and her husband, * Kyle Schwarting to Sperryville. Liz is a recent Vermont law school graduate, specializing in environmental law, and Kyle a . graduate of the French Pastry School in Chicago, is now employed at the Inn at Little Washington. We welcome this young couple to Sperryville and Rappahannock County! “I just don't want to leave the county” One thing we do have in Rappahannock County is contented people. I have had so many conversations with people lately that somehow seem to end up with statements of sheer contentment. We can get just about every need met here, and we prefer to stay put! Statistically we are an aging population. Many of us talk of going to visit or take care of grandchildren on a regular basis...our main reason for making a foray into the land of beltways, traffic and speed. Otherwise, our cultural activities (pickin’ parties, The Theatre and Ki Theatre), time with friends and sheer delight in our beautiful countryside keep us home. I realize that there are many hardworking folks who leave here at 4 a.m. to get to work in Northern Virginia and I don’t in any way mean to minimize the sacrifice that many families make to earn a living. However, those of us who have reached a certain age prefer to nail our shoes to the floor and stay home in Sperryville and Rappahannock. I, for one, am delighted to have two buslnessee in Sperryville and can walk just 1.5 miles to work. Remember those ads that used to talk about “contented cows?” Well, around here we have both contented cows and contented people! Brian Breeden needs our help By the time you read it the latest Virginia political contest will be over. Primaries are my favorite political contests because the rancor is so much less. We never seem to direct the same level of scorn at those in our own political party. (Conservatives and John McCain may be an exception to this rule!) Whatever your political persuasion, I hope you made time to participate in the political process. One of the things I cherish about Rappahannock County is our high level of political participation. Bad things do sometimes happen to good people. Brian Breeden is an Amissville resident who was badly injured in a car crash on New Year’s Day. Brian and his family are known to many locally. He attended Culpeper schools and worked at Grandpa Grooveys up until his accident. His parents, David and Pat Breeden, and grandparents, Harold and Erva Stover also still live here. While Brian survived the accident, thanks to being flown by helicopter to Fairfax Trauma Center, he has a long, slow recovery ahead of him. His next stop will be a rehabilitation center where he’s expected to stay for six to nine months. Due to a recent set back Brian’s going back in for additional brain surgery this week. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Brian, like so many Americans, doesn’t have any health insurance. And the financial burden of this will be truly overwhelming. Anything any of us can do to help will mean a lot to Brian and his family. A fund has been set up at The Fauquier Bank in Warrenton for donations to help defray medical expenses. Checks can be mailed to: The Brian Breeden Family Fund, The Fauquier Bank, 10 Courthouse Square, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 Please be generous with your money and your prayers! Amissville Julie Emery 937-2315 Juliet JulieEmefy.com Welcome Shenandoah! Don and Valerie Jones of Amissville were happy to welcome a new addition into the family, even if she showed up a little early! Shenandoah Marie Corn is their new granddaughter. She was born to Camela and John Corn in Chula Vista, California this past week. Shenandoah apparently couldn’t wait for her due date, a month out. And, so she weighed in at a tiny 4 lbs. 4 oz. and was 17 inches long. She was put into ICU because of her size but she’s already off of oxygen and doing well. She stays in ICU until she’s over 5 lbs. The family expects that shell be coming home very soon. Don and Valerie are hoping for a visit to Amissville before too long! Chocolate and Cabernet Valentine’s Day, if done right has the possibility of combining two of life’s great pleasures, chocolate and fine wine! Gray Ghost is helping us do it right with their Annual Irresistible Chocolates and Cabernet. This Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. bring your sweetie or just a good friend to enjoy the decadent desserts and Cabernet. For your $15 ticket youll get a souvenir glass, an array of chocolate desserts including passion truffles, magic cookie bars and chocolatedipped apricots and, of course, wine tastings of their goldmedal winning red wines. You’ll also enjoy a sneak preview of the 2007 Merlot.

What I’ve learned living off the grid By Cory Koral Special to the Rappahannock News Fve had my off-grid house up and running for just over a year and have been living there full time for over six months and it's time to take stock. What worked? What didn’t? What would I do differentiy? My original goals were to get off the electric grid and ultimately become energy independent. I built a 1,000square-foot cottage on a concrete slab with eight 175-watt solar electric panels on the roof and six eight-volt industrial batteries for storage. I over-sized the system in the hopes of never having to use a back-up generator to charge the batteries, and calculated the size of the batteries that would be needed to see me through three days of total darkness. I built the house on a south-facing slope and used eves that would effectively shade the interior in the summer and let in the full sun in winter to reduce my heating bill. I had tubing installed in the concrete slab for radiant floor heat, and used a propane water heater and electric pump to circulate hot water to heat the slab. So how did it go? > System size The sizing of the solar electric panels and batteries appears to be correct so far. Deep cycle industrial batteries of this type can be discharged as low as 50 percent without damage. We had three days of overcast skies last summer and the battery charge only dropped to 75 percent of capacity. However, just recently, we had a string of mostly cloudy days lasting nearly a week and the capacity dropped to 50 percent. For a few days, I had to be more conservative of my electrical use until the battery bank charged back up. But conversely, there were several incidents in the past year Flint Hill Leah DeLong and Ester Settle (540) 675-3252 flinthillnews@comcast.net East funeral on Friday The Flint Hill community lost a fine man late last week. Please extend sympathy to Ardis East and her family on the death of her husband Homer. Homer was a long time member of the Flint Hill UMC and sang in the choir. He loved classical music, studying history and collecting guns. The funeral will be at the church Friday at 11 a.m. The Griffin Tavern wants to remind you that the first Monday of every month is Sushi Night and every Monday is Seafood Night. Make your Valentine’s Day reservations. You can have a cozy dinner with your sweet heart and enjoy Trivia Night. Parties of two may have the opportunity to be seated upstairs for privacy. The Rappahannock UM Churches would like to thank those who made donations of warm clothing, work boots and food for the homeless on the streets in Washington, D.C. The children of the Flint Hill UMC Sunday school made double-thick fleece blankets under the direction of their teacher, Lisa Palmer. These blankets and the other items were happily received by the homeless men and women when five people from the charge made this mission trip on Feb. 2. Future trips will be announced and community participation is welcome. Upcoming birthdays are all on Feb. 23 - Jamie Costello, Joe North and Ashleigh Burke. Please call or send us your birthday and anniversary announcements and other news! when grid power was down and I was unaffected. Generator use Can I get by without a generator? Yes, but several times a year it’s beneficial to “equalize” or overcharge the batteries and this would require several days of totally sunny skies to do without a generator, which doesn’t happen very often, especially in winter when the days are shortest. Would increasing the number of panels or batteries solve the problem? Yes, but considering that each panel and each battery costs $1,000, renting a generator for those few occasions is the most cost-effective way for me to go. Solar shading How effective is the solar shading? Too effective! The sun is hot! Even when the sun’s out on the coldest days, I have to open windows to keep the temperature below 75 degrees. How many windows is too many for the south side of a well-insulated house? I’m sure there are formulas, but in my situation, if you look at the picture, that’s too many. Unless I’m planning on growing vegetables indoors, I would have reduced my window area at least 30 percent. Radiant floor heat This system of heating the floor to heat a house has been Photo by Cory Koral Cory Koral's “sunhouse” at Jordan River Farm in Huntly is not connected to the electric grid. in use for decades in Europe, but is just now catching on here. I love it. The heating is very even and the floor never gets hot. But the concrete slab takes too long to heat up and cool down, making it too cold at night and too hot during the day, a huge energy waster! I would have used a regular floor joist system with just the heat tubes under the floor, not a concrete slab. Solar panel location and orientation Although putting the pan els on the roof looks better and doesn’t take up yard space, I can't get to them to scrape them off during icing conditions. We haven’t had any prolonged periods of ice or snow, so it’s not a problem so far, but the lesson is: Keep everything where it can be easily maintained. I used to tilt the panels twice a year to keep them as perpendicular as possible to the sun, but I’m finding the panels work just fine over a very broad range of sun angles, with no significant increase in energy production by tilting them, at this latitude anyway. Understanding ‘expert’ opinion Various books, experts and the company that sold me the radiant floor tubes said the concrete slab was the way to go. If I were living in Alaska, I would agree. Now I’ve got this concrete slab that I spent all that money on that I can hardly use. The lesson? Many experts simply parrot what they hear from other experts without actually trying the technology themselves. And the dealer isn’t going to emphasize the shortcomings of a product. Because no one around had this configuration for me to see before I built, I gambled and lost. Energy independence The only fuel I have to buy right now is propane for cooking, domestic hot water and heating the house in cold weather. I’m considering putting solar water tubes on the roof and getting a wood cook stove that also heats water and installing baseboard radiators. I have access to firewood, so this could work, but I’m still going to need gas for the chainsaw. And the solar water tubes are expensive and may not fully heat the house in winter. Stay tuned. Considering that I had \ never built a house before and had to take a number of gambles, I would give myself a “B” overall. I’m living with all the conveniences I had on the grid: refrigerator, washing machine, computers, CD and DVD player, etc. And I only have to do about an hour of maintenance a month. I’m planning oh eventually getting the main house at Jordan River Farm off the grid, although it will be a much larger challenge. The experiment continues.... Cory Koral is the owner of Jordan River Farm in Huntly. PERT Lantern Lane, Amissville, VA Wonderful home on 1<» open acres. Presently ;\ riding vacation heel and breakfast, first floor master suite, 3 bedrooms upstairs each with bath, la rye bright kitchen ik separate office, ( enter aisle barn has 1 1 stalls, hav stor aye, heated tackroom & laundry center (dose promixim ir\ to to a variety of hunts, blue Ridyc Views. S'Mb.tMlO. Lynn Wiley 540-253-7441 Leeds Manor Road, Markham, Va l.ovch home w ith 2+ hcilrooms, 2 !>.iths, sunroom .ifuI tiiwitlttL' fireplace. Artist Minim, i l>n u.tr.iitc .nltl various outbuildings nrt Af> acres in > |'nra is ti>r SI l~S,tXHi. \|so available are 22' acres with \ ponds, boat house .mi! spin l.K'iil.ir inns tin suAimmhi or the house on Ht / acres tor SfolMilM). Lynn Wiley S40-253-7441 Hungry Run Farm, Amissvili Beautiful IH~ aere farm with over I .3 miles on flu Rappahannock River plus limner Ramev Run both triiersmg the propern R hankvnoils. pines, natural rm k ouU n ippim> ot the Blue Rnli;c. V',MI st| It hmiu with se to lHstl’s. 2 ulilitton.il charming resiliences. .k, VA ot frontage \ Ron .uni i ilhni; tu Ids, s am I \u w s iHot i , l.itm-H s.r./'i »i i i mmi Anita Sisncv 703-97 A- 1987 Royal Avenue, Front Royal, VA liowlv, 1 929 well-built stone borne with 5 bedrooms anti 2.3 baths on nearly one-third of an acre. Great in-town location. Zoned for residential or commercial use. Superb investment potential. S44,),(XHi. Howie Swaim 540-675-9999 W(X)dwtnd, Funt Hill, VA 1 .\| v ri rim >\ .it* >n i >t this 3 Ixiln * >m, 3 (xitli f-.irmhi him. < lutsuk Hint I hll. (»i .mmct kitilx.ii, k>rs of mtununnu; space, front [mivl> i>\irl< »>k:iii> urtlianls ,»xl mountains. Scp.tr.itc iittkx Mitt Ik i liuiklinti IV.iuiitulh I;iixIm;i|XiI I .u re p.trikn lot iVrfixt weekend rcm-.it nr nnivmnit b<*nn m4I(3,iMl Alan Znsi'hlag 540-937-6124 Garni; m;’s Mtn, Culpeper Co, VA Vhcdroom. J.x hath, i \c.ir old Cape ( mi in excellent condition 111acres. full wooded A: halt cleared Ntid on .1 lull with spectacular view- ol < Md Rac Mountain ( )pen lli )i >r plan. Main lex e! Master hedn >< mi, attached 2 ear uatai/.c \ ditaelied 2 car caraut workshop 'stonce luiildttu', 1" mtnuUs to the town ot ( ulpipcr. S(>4S,ihhi Carol Enchrman S40- 272-13 U Tucker’s Retreat, Sperrvviixe, VA ."75 acre lot dose t< > Shenandoah \.u. Park with 2 HR 1.5 BA bungalow with dlntne room, living room and office. Completely paint' d, new heat sestem and central air plus a new hath \eat a stream and hiking trails. Cast to maintain. Quiet location on a state crave! road. $2 50,1 K hi. Rent SH<hi pi t month Amy Sloanc Timbers 540-987-8668 Mot NTAiNsmi Cum i.i, W amiington, VA i Ix'ilri >( itM, 2 1.1 iil i v-lun’.iii" <L- v111L i .-itU-iA srunnine \ sew * ’k rt!*ic • • ii'i- >i i. n'.-r'.i li'ii; ;i.: : ■ i. l.uuKiapme. ami 2 car i;ar:n;« l*r:\ au .*< r* wimhIci) parcel with meadow - hr.itntn. h :tti ■■ ■• ■ »•>>•$» f' m'uhitii >:i t h.irmirv cl .tit. i;*- ’ti i h< ii.i'-' l.ti ,ii ><.-vkiinl utreat S')1!') Mill Alan Ziischlag >40-937-6124 Harris Hoi .low, Washington, VA Hiker* p.tr.ulm at !!u i i.ul <•' ’ • Ii.irrs I I<m,.w h,: \(mi>vplit rtt t'.th'n \v ■ *! "i''1 i n-, vtj( i) ijmi'ini tin nil umiam' >f• .n n ■ v. • J >a.i -mi!*. Hu' !: Rru r. anil mort. ' i'niri n»m. ' i*.«tl-.. 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Wedding set for March 1 Audrey Henry of Bentonville, Virginia and Lynn and Mary Williams of Chester Gap are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Kristi Lynn Williams to Michael Brian North. Michael is the son of Mike and Dolores North of Chester Gap. Kristi is a 2000 graduate of Warren County High School and a 2007 graduate of Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown. She is a registered nurse at Winchester Medical Center. Brian is a 2002 graduate of Rappahannock County High School and is currently selfemployed. 1 A March 1 wedding is planned. The couple will reside in Chester Gap. Kristi Lynn Williams to wed Michael Brian North I for 2008 We are collecting information for our w upcoming summer camp insert. If you have a summer camp that you would like included, please provide us with the following information. • Name of Camp Sponsor • Camp Activities • Camp Physical Address • Camp mailing address • Camp administrator • Contact number • Email • Web address • Registration deadline • Target age • Fee Fauquier ©mes-Democrat call or send your camp information to Kathy Godfrey or Mary Ann Stewart 540-347-4222 kgodfrey@timespapers.com or mstewart@timespapers. com Windy Sunday I hope that everyone survived the gusty winds that blew through Rappahannock County on Sunday snapping tree branches which downed power lines. Some people were out of power until Monday. Always remember to keep extra flashlight batteries and plenty of candles on hand for an emergency. We can truly say that we were blessed not having wildland fires burning acres and acres here. Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is a holiday set aside on Feb. 14 to celebrate our fondest affections for our loved ones. Traditionally, that includes cards, candy and flowers. Valentine’s isn’t just the day of “love.” It’s also the day for couples to recapture their relationship, for the time that they’ve been together. There are many theories and myths surrounding the origin of the modern Valentine’s Day celebrations. Some adore Valentine’s Day, while others dread it. However, whatever your inclinations are, I hope everyone has a nice Valentine’s Day and that the ladies receive their red roses - for the rose has become the traditional Valentine flower. I hope you 14 Community Newspapers Serving Over 650,000Readers in Northern Virginia & The Greater Piedmont Times Community Ttvr ax* find a way to enjoy the day. Remember love doesn’t make the world go round - love is what makes the ride worthwhile for everyone. Birthday wishes Birthday wishes go out to Bryant Lee of Washington who will celebrate his day on Sunday, Feb. 17 and to Mrs. Washington Jan Clattertxick 675-3338 jclatterbuck@ timespapers.com Harold Scoggin of Harris Hollow, who will celebrate her day on Saturday, Feb. 23. Belated birthday wishes go out to Tamara Estes of Washington. She celebrated her day on Monday, Feb. 11. The Rappahannock News and the Rappahannock Animal Welfare Leajjue (RAWL) present Your Next Best Friend: Bobby Photo by Lili Duvall That's my name, and I am 3-years-old. And whatever one says about Beagles you can say about me: friendly, eager, yada yada. Thing is, while I am not one to drop names, there is a family tree and you can find Snoopy on a branch not far from my name. Yes, we are distant cousins, but I am far too modest to be throwing the connection all over the society pages. This past week 1 dog was joined with new owners. The Rappahannock Animal Welfare League is located in Amissville at 164 Weaver Road. They can be reached 7 days a week between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. at (540) 937-3283. "" Check our their website at www.rawldogs.org ACCOUNTING & TAX SERV. % I *• Heflin CPA, LLC Tft (MO) 3«M»M Ftt (540) 34M(M« Its Tax Season!! Make your appointment Today t! Butincst t Individual Tax Preparation Financial Statement Preparation BooMiaepatg fc PayroC Service* I VIrywto Stci<% 9fCtrtPdMk Ac—MWtam ' FmqiAcr C—» Owlir cV Ciwrci BUr Bui*bhi AUTOMOTIVE JACK EVANS 2^S LIBERTY r« PURSUIT 800 532-4389 125 St. Royal Aue., Front Royal VA BUILDING Gap pa I ui n noc k Tirn bo r Fra mo ; Company , y ff*.. l*>lnk l<'f •* •■■At- •'*. "> u) 3f>» ' f*. -■ **>*l»»> " - i'*» ■■■■'■ iX*-+ CO'1'' ♦« R >> ;oi . 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■&< CLagi. in • 540-351-1664 ‘Ufa. 888-351-1660 ^mm mm m yviait.. Fauquier Times-Democrat j Classified Dept. 39 Culpeper St Warrenton, Va 20186 540-351-0121 Ssnail"' fauquierclasstfied® amespapers.com '3s* 3?5®gaaBKa; i.m. nCAnHMCC BUSINESS DIRECTORYThurs. 12 noon DEADLINES ALL other classified ads due. Mon. 4 p.m. (Fri. 3 p.m. proof deadline) After an ad is ordered... it cannot be changed of canceled after the posted deadline for that issue. At the time of placing your ad, it will be read or faxed back to you for any corrections to be made. Read your ad carefully the first time it appears in the papers, if it m juuMHiuiw m contains an error or, or you wish to make changes, call at once. No adjustments will be made on errors that do not materially affect the value of the advertisement. AM errors must be reported by 3:00 pm Monday following the date of publication. Times Community Newspapers win not accept liabili mm v m ty for its failure, for any cause, to insert an advertisement and reserves the right to reject any advertisement deemed objectionable in subject matter, phraseology or setup. Times Community Newspapers are not liable for the quality of advertised products or services. PUBLIC NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HANDICAPPED REGULATIONS This notice is published pursuant to the requirements of 24 CFR Part 8. Nondiscrimination Based on Handicap in Federally Assisted Programs and Activities of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as published in the Federal Register on June 2,1988. 24 CFR Part 8 prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals because of their handicapped status. Rappahannock County advises the public, employees and job applicants that it does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities. Rappahannock County has designated the following as the contact to coordinate efforts to comply with this requirement. Such inquiries should be addressed to: John McCarthy, County Administrator PO. Box 519, Washington, VA 22747 (540) 675-5330 TDD: 711 (540) 675-5331 (fax) 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p m. TrilCtM C Cala Resettlement Road, Huntly, VA 22627 (Tax Map ID No. 13-14C) Default having been made in the terms of a certain Deed of Trust dated April 3, 1987, in the original pnncipal amount of $52,000.00 and recorded in the Clerk s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Rappahannock. Virginia in Deed Book 162. at page 39, and corrected and re-recorded in Deed Book 162. at page 616 and amended by a Modification Agreement recorded as Instrument No. 070000704. the undersigned Substitute Trustees, will sell at public auction on March 7. 2008. at 10:00 a m., in front of the building housing the Rappahannock County Circuit Court. 238 Gay Street, Washington. VA. the property designated as certain tract or parcel of land with improvements thereon, containing 0.98 acres, as shown on plat of survey by Brian Throsseli, C.L.S., dated March 18, 1987, recorded in Deed Book 162, page 36. Sale is subject to all prior liens, easements, restrictions, covenants, and conditions, if any. of record, or other matters which would be dtadosed by m accurate survey or inspection of the premises. TERMS: CASH. A deposit of $ 5,000 00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, (in certified funds or cash of not more than $10,000.00) will be required of the successful bidder at tune of sale. Settlement is to be made within 15 days. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Memorandum of Trustee s Sale, available for review on the Foreclosure Sales page of www glasserlaw.com. outlining additional terms of sale and settlement This is a communication from a debt collector Glasser and Gtasser, P.L.C., and/or Avenue Projects, LLC, Substitute Trustees, Crown Center Building, Suite 600,580 East Main Street. Norfolk. VA 23510, File No., 62056 Tel: (757) 321-6465, Between 10:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon only. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Washington has applied for funding from the Virginia Revolving Loan Fund to construct a waste water treatment plant and collection system to serve the Town of Washington. The loan request is for $4,000,000 00. A description of the project and an Environmental Assessment of the project are included in the Preliminary Engineering Report prepared tor the Town of Washington The Preliminary Engineering Report and the Environmental Assessment are on file at the Town Hall, Town of Washington. 485 Gay Street, Washington. Virginia 22747 and available tor public review during normal business hours. You may schedule an appointment with the Town Clerk to review the documents by calling 540-675-3128 A public hearing for the purpose of receiving comments on the project, the alternatives considered, their environmental impact, the estimated cost, and the associated user charge impact will be held at the above stated Town Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. on March 12. 2008 Any written comments should be addressed to the Town of Washington, do Town Clerk. P O Box 7. Washington. Virginia 22747 and post marked no later than March 10. 2008 All are invited to attend the public hearing at the time and place aforesaid and present their views The hearing is being held in a public facility believed to be accessible to persons with disabilities. Any person with questions on the accessibility to the facility should contact the Town Clerk by telephone at 540-675-3128. TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF WASHINGTON. VIRGINIA John C Bennett Town Attorney Local Business and Employment Notice The County of Rappahannock is preparing to carry out the Scrabble School Senior Center Project through the use of Virginia Community Improvement Grant Funds In the implementation ot this project the following job types may be available. Carpenter Electrician Plumber Laborer Rooter Excavator In carrying out this project. Rappahannock County, its contractors and subcontractors, will, to the greatest extent feasible, utilize qualified persons who permanently reside within Rappahannock County for employment and training positions. All job openings will be listed with the local office of the Virginia Employment Commission Persons qualified tor the jobs listed should register at Virginia Employment Commission, 529 Meadow brook Shopping Center Culpeper. VA 22701 Additionally, the following contracts and procurements will/may be made ajGeneral Contractor b/Subcontracts may include excavation, sub-surface work, well septic, general carpentry, mechanical systems, electrical, plumbing, landscaping HVAC, carpentry & miltwork Rappahannock County will to the greatest extent feasible, utilize businesses located in or owned by persons residing in Rappahan nock. County Any person residing or firm located in Rappahannock County may request to participate in procurement opportunities associated with this project by contacting the following person within ten (10) days of this notice John McCarthy. County Administrator County of Rappahannock. PO Box 519. Washington. VA 22747 (540) 675 5330 (540) 675 5331 (fax) TDD 711 Written requests should include the name, address, product or service and phone number Ail above referenced procurements shall be made on a competitive oasis Equal Opportunity Employer FLETCHER RENTAL PROPERTIES 2f*2 Broadview Ave 540-347-7055 * 1 BR efficiency apt. Town of Warrenton @ $600/mo. Utils Incl d Owner/Agent ill homes owned A managed by us FLETCHER RENTAL PROPERTIES 2f2 Broadview Ave 540-347-7055 A 1 BR efficiency apt. Town of Warrenton @ $600/mo. Utils incl d. Owner/Agent All homes owned A managed by us MARKHAM. 1br, new. horse board extra, W/D. D/W. utils mcl. No pets $ 9 5 0 / m o 540-364-6261 Marshall. Attached TH. easy access to I-66.. LRw/FP, 1.5 BR. 1BA, screened porch. Ig yard tor vegetable or flower garden. $950/ mo plus $250 for utilities. 540-364-0364 Near Middleburg: 1BR garage apt private, w/d & AC Suitable for 1 person. $850/mo incl utils except for gas/ phone. AvI 2/15. Refs req d. No pets. Call 540-687-6683. Vary large 2BR. 2BA. private & secluded mtn top apt $i200/mo. Orlean area Great views 540-229-9328 *1/2 OFF 1st month's rant on 3BR opts. $99.00 security deposit Also availaole •Spacious 1 apts & 2BR Town homes* Leasing from $720 - $925 • W/D avail, in Apts* • Pet Friendly* • Storage Units «l Bus Service, Q»6it»sab. m jzf • Ceiling Fans • Beautiful Park-Like Setting FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS APTS 540-825-5050 CALL NOW, SPECIAL WON T LAST! 500 Concord Place, Culpeper, VA 22701 email: fnendshipheightsapts@yahoo.com !‘some restrictions appfy) Warranted, 3br, t .Sba, ( walk in closet. Assigned parking. $1200/ mo. + sec & ret s. 703-798-8712 H==~) 2BR. 1BA. W/D, elect / woodstove. very low utils.$950/mo. Near Washington. 540-675-3228 2 be house tor rent. ' Washington. VA. Call 540-937-4944 Aahbura Farm: 4br sfh 3000sf, W/D, walk to elem school, imm avl, I300sf bsmt. $2475/ obo. 703-729-1813. A warm A inviting newly remodeled home with spacious living area and light filled rooms. 3BR, (master BR suite), 3BA, W/D, on large lot in Marshall. Minutes from 166 t schools. $1500/ mo. 571-277-6323, 540-364-2361 Broad Run, 3br SFH. 1 5ba. new carpet/ ^.part New Kit.. 1 + acs, iue86 $t*oermo * utils. 540-347-9333. Fauquier Times-Democrat: Where the Readers Are! Call Today 540-347-4222 s* :larke county. Berryville. Beautiful, quiet country setting with magnificent views. Off Rt. 340. Single family brick home 3BRs, 2BAs. all appt's. gas & elec heat combination. hrdwd floors. $1500/mo. Pasture & bam avail, for an additional rent. Sec. dep.. Credit application. 540-955-1384 Culpeper: 3 BR. 2 BA Single Pam. $950/ mo. warrenton: 38R. 2BA $1500. Credit Ck. Olafsen Realty 540347-1505, www. olelaan.com Culpeper, Immediately, no rent payment till 3/3. 3BR. 2BA rambler $95’ Credit ck/Sec. dep. Olafsen Realty 540-347-1505 www. olatsen.com :arm Houaa 2 miles west of Marshall. 3 BR. LR.DR, large kitchen. 2 BA. 2 porches. Quiet settmgon large farm. $ 1 . 2 5 0 / m o . 540-364-0364 FLETCHER RENTAL PROPERTIES 242 Broadview Ait 540-347-7*55 *3 BR home with lg yard near Warrenton $950/mo. Owner/Agent AU komet owned A managed hy us Vbur Ad Could be HERE Call Today 347-4222 f V > Public Notices __; TRUSTEE S SALE OF 2942 HOWERTON ROAD, Dunnsville. VA 22454 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $222,000.00. with an annual interest rate of 6.7500% from GEORGE E. CLARKE SR. dated June 28. 2007, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF ESSEX as Deed Book/Instrument # 070001507, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF ESSEX, at the front of the Circuit Court building for the County of Essex located at 305 Prince Street, Tappahannock, Virginia on February 27. 2008 at 11:00 A.M., the property with improvements to wit: LOT 4. PRILLAMAN FARM SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SUBDIVISION A COPY OF WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN THE CLERK S OFFICE, CIRCUIT COURT, ESSEX COUNTY. VIRGINIA. IN PLAT BOOK 31, PAGE 42. and described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 50-3-4) THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of $15,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be reguired in cash, certified or cashier's check Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: Conventional. Trustee s File No 07-117381D PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O Shapiro & Burson, LLP, 236 CLEARFIELD AVENUE, #215 VIRGINIA BEACH. VA 23462 (757-687-8822) Publication Dates. FEBRUARY 13 AND 20, 2008 2/13/08,2/20 08 2063850 TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 852 S POES ROAD, Amissville. VA 20106 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $444,000 00 with an annual interest rate of 7.2500% from DOMINIQUE M. BARBIER dated August 23, 2006, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF RAPPAHANNOCK as Deed Book/Instrument # 060001670, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF RAPPAHANNOCK, on the front steps of the Circuit Court building for the County of Rappahannock located at 238 Gay Street, Washington Virginia on February 21,2008 at 10:30 AM, the property with improvements to wit: PARCEL 1. AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SURVEY OF VH & D. INC. DATED OCTOBER 30. 1989 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY. VIRGINIA. IN DEED BOOK 172, PAGE 531. and described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No 23-B-i-Q) THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder s deposit of $15.000 00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashier s check Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit Additional terms to be announced at sale Loan type Conventional Trustee s File No 08 118510V PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees. C O SHAPIRO & BURSON. LLP. 236 Clearfield Avenue. Suite 215, Virginia Beach. VA 23462 (757) 687-8822. Publication Dates FEBRUARY 6 AND 13. 2008 2 6 08, 2 13 08 2056140 FLETCHER RENTAL PROPERTIES Broadview \ve 540-347-7055 *3 BR bnck home in subdivision near Warrenton @ $875/mo. Small pets allowed. Ownor/Agent AU httmen owned & managed by us Little Washington Office Space ground fir & upper fir, various size spaces avail. Located across street from local government services. Rappahannock Real Estate Resources, 540-675-1190. butch@ rapprealestate. com Lovettsville: Farmhouse w water view1 3BR. 1BA. 3 porches Lg LR. laundry rm & hdwd tlrs. Peaceful & private , W D mcl $1400/mo. No pets, no smkg, References + deposit required Call 703-727-5485(0); 540822-9345(E) Marshall • tor rent large stone house in town with garage Flagstone walks. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room. den. dining room, custom kitchen, full basement, large front and back porches Large attic 540-364 0364 Near Waterford farm house, totally restored 2BR. 3FBA, Fieldstone wet bar. mtn & lake views $1400 mo 540-882 3686 Rapp k Co.: 3BR 2BA home w unfin bsmt sm storage bldg No pets $1200 mo Jean Lillard 540-675-3670 Sperryville. $1000mo Remodeled 3 BR Appliances included 5406753249. 540-675-1576 Sperryville: Newly renovated 2BR 1BA with central heat & air (301)808 9761 Stephen City, VA 2BR 1 5BA bsmt Nice area, $875. mo - Deo Call 540 535 8143 Leave message 022 Walk to Oid Town War renton, 2BR. 1BA. W D, new tndge. hdwd tlrs. $1100 mo * dep 703-898-1710 Warrantor). 4br. 2 5ba new home, irg kit. 2 Car garg $l800 mo. + sec dep 703 989-4272 703-509-5744. "N J (OSS V Free room & board in exchange tor HH chores. In Warrantor VA. 703 790-5323 Marshall furnished room in country home tor quiet person No smkg pets, refs $125/wk (540)364-3348 Culpopor, 3br, iba. end unit, storage shed, no pets. $900/mo * sec d e p & rets: 703-868 8712 f"g-) Winchester. Va. 10 000 s.J„. offiqe ' s,t ra/ warehouse space Tor lease/purchase Close to 181. 166. Rt 50. Rt 7 & Winchester Reg Airport ample pkng 703 932 4331 6000 - $20SF NNN Class A office blog Lmeweaver Bus Pk. Warrenton T1 ready fully networked upgrades Photos www rosegrouplic com I80Q439 7127__ Haymarket: Construction lots of ftce space garage & storage space avail to' rent 1540 >316 8085 Manassas. Office or re tad near Centreville Rd & Matnis Ave Hgn Traffic area Avail now 703 989-4272 Office shop spaces avai1 soon Flint MUI Va i540.6’5 3508 (540'63 f 4170 ADS WORK Call 540 347 4222 r Open Houses / W McW W DnPa f :c*. •llEYA Mew r x*r re -aw $HC 300 3ofg»ous «)»*>oni? 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All new appliances, new furniture included. Pocono Model Call John 703-378-8992 (— Late A Aom^ Lancaster, VA. Light commencal & residential near County courthouse, golt & sailing Approx 2.5 hrs S. ot DC 5 acres, subdividable $150,000. Call Kenny at Bay Realty 804-436-1150. qulty Loan tor sale. S250K note. 40% LTV. 3 yr balloon, 10-12% variable interest rate - Secured by 1 com lot & 1 res lot ott Rt 29 in local area Call 703 842-7670 PauguiaarfCirtpsp— #. Comm A Ineistment properties: some w/ income Hotel, shop potentials Olafsen Realty www oiatsen com (540) 222-4125 Great Opportunity Ot tice or Retail space m Warrenton. 2 yr old bnck commer, ISOOsf 703-989-4272 Looking tor partners or investors to open auto garage already have space Call tor into 540)316-8085 . Firewood Virginia Department 0? Agncutture and Con Sumer Services tVDACS> s responsible tor the 'egu»utt6n of fuel wood sales According to the*r standards all CMk peiiv toes of firewood tor home heating must be measured in cords or tractions Or multiples Ot a cord Sect'On t5 2 Ot VD ACS Regulation t r s 04 04 species that wood for use as fuel m tXok form shall Oe ad vedtsnd ottered for sate irx5 sold only py mea *ure us-ng the term ,ord and fractions parts o* a co»o. or th# cuto*c m,**ef Virginia law prontp ts me uSe 0? !ems SuCh as face cord facs or p«»e #V Ktved'S-r'g otter ng 'or sa-e or veiling wood *or as fuel it the buye; »’Sua*i> aspects a •'ucMoad of wood ana igrees *o a selling price •or *'V oad me term ■■ v voaC may tv used A v rnta'd pics up truck ^Suany ’'iMl-s about two m.rds o’ a cor0 Th* Regulation defines‘a cord JN t^e l^’Ount Of wood 'hk! m a space of 1 .’tt o-Dk *eef with the •Ouc^i'x} a-»d oara'fei to ” K.n other stacked con* P.k'tiy A standard CO«0 measures 6 ’net 'ong by 4 'eet h*gh. and 4 fee' w de T t*e Regulation jo ’HQotfes prese'ia t o o' a delivery ticket or •its hvO'Ce statmg. 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Call 202-244-2866 or Toltfree t-877-225-7935. FOR FREE Excavating Service & Free Fill Dirt. Call 571-233-4980. Free to good home Wolf I Shephard mix. Black / white, up to date on shots, good with kids. 1 yr old Male 540-439-1285 Licensed Family daycare. Amissville. inFirst Aid Certified (540)937-6097 Equipment School 3wk training program Backhoes. Bulldozers. Trackhoes Local |0b placement asst Start digging dirt now 866 362-6497 or 888-707 6886 ) Lowing childless couple wishing to adopt a newborn Willing to pay legal and medical ex penses Call toll tree 1-866 544 8980 WOOOtIA MANOR CALL TM HAL 1ST AT* tXCHANOt AT 703-4304073 4 BR. 4 FI LL t ; BATH. CUSTOM HOME WITH TWO STORY FOYER. LIBRARY. SCNROOM. HARDWOOD FLOORS ON MAIN LEVEL GOURMET KITCHEN WITH CENTER ISLAND CUSTOM DECK WITH GAZEBO AND FENCE REAR YARD PRICE TO SELL AT $<>4*0*50. FAUQUIER SPCA LOST & FOUND PETS ADOPTIONS TOO! 540-788-9000 Visit our homepage at www.Fauquierspca.com e-mail tspca@netzero.com tor a complete up to date listing f--\ Ijigal Nottc— N._\J I—-—— TRUSTEE SALE OF 251 Old Hollow Road Sperryville, VA 22740 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $357,500.00 from James Allen Jenkins and Crystal Lynn Fincham Jenkins Grantor(s). dated July 26, 2007, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the County of Rappahannock on August 30, 2007 as Instruments #070001448, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front steps of the Courthouse for the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, 238 Gay St., Washington, VA on 3/05/08 at 1:00 P.M. the property with the improvements thereon, if any, to wit: All that certain tract or parcel of land, together with buildings and improvements thereon and privileges and appurtenances therewith connected, situate, lying and being in Piedmont Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia. and bounded and described, according to a plat and survey mad by J.i. Cove!I, C.L.S. As containing 9.633 acres. And more fully described in the above Deed of Trust. Commonly known as 251 Old Hollow Road, Sperryville. VA 22740. Tax ID:27-18F TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidders deposit of $13,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashiers check. Settlement within twenty (20) days of sale, otherwise Trustee may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. This notice is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used tor that purpose. Loan Type: CONV/CONV (Trustee #L212511 VIR) Substitute Trustee: Draper & Goldberg, PLLC, 803 Sycolin Road. Leesburg. VA 20175. 703-777-2448. website: http://www.drapgold.com 213/08, 220/08 (103249) 2063720 TRUSTEE S SALE VALUABLE REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 247 THORNTON GAP CHURCH ROAD, SPERRYVILLE, RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA 22740 By virtue of that certain Deed of Trust dated November 8, 2006. recorded on November 14, 2006 at 2:11 p m., and executed by Marcia L Fincham. Grantor, to Lawson & Silek, PI C , which said deed of trust is of record in the Clerk s Office in the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia as Instrument No 060002091, default having been made in the payment of the debt therein secured. Lawson & Silek, PL C. Trustee, at the request of the holder of said obligation, will on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 2008 AT 10:00 O CLOCK A.M. in front of the RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY COURTHOUSE located at 250 GAY STREET, WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, offer for sale at public auction, the following described real estate: Tax ID No. 27-18C All that certain lot or parcel of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and privileges thereunto belonging, situated, nand being on the west side of Virginia Route 600 in the mont Magisterial District of Rappahannock County, Virginia, shown as Lot A contammq 6 977 acres, more or less, as the same is more particularly described according to a plat of survey by J I Coveii. C.L.S., dated May 15. 1981. and recorded in Deed Book 139, page 634 in the Clerk s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County. Virginia The aforementioned parcel of land originally containing 11 980 acres, less and except there from a parcel of land containing 0 37 acres, more or less, as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 144, Page 630 in the aforesaid Circuit Court Clerk s Office AND excepting and reserving all that land conveyed to the Common wealth of Virginia tor improvements to Route 600. recorded in Deed Book 149, Page 260 among the aforesaid land records Leaving a total of 6 977 acres, more or less TERMS OF SALE Cash Ten Per Cent (I0%) of purchase price to be paid on date of sale by certified or approved check with the balance to be paid within fifteen (I5) days of the sale upon the delivery of the deed Purchaser shall pay for all recording charges, revenue tax. settle ment fees, and all costs of conveyance At settlement, the balance of the purchase price, over and above the retained deposit, will be due in cash or equivalent immediately available funds, otherwise, the trustee reserves the right to forfeit the deposit and apply the same first, to the expenses of sale, and the balance, if any, on the note secured by the aforesaid deed of trust, and re advertise and sell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser; or without forfeiting the deposit, the Trustee may avail himself of any legal or equity rights against the defaulting purchaser Lawton & Sllek, P.L.C. Trustee 43 Chester Street Front Royal. VA 22630 For furthor Information, phono (540) 635-9415. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA Pursuant to Section t70-t29 of the Rappahannock County Code and Section 15.2-2204 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals for Rappahannock County, Virginia, will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at seven-thirty in the evening in the Courthouse in Washington. Virginia, in order to consider the following application: SU 08*01-01 Charlotte Gain**, owner of 7.31 acraa In StonewaM-Hawtftome District (Tax Map 54, Parcel 41A, zoned A-Agrlcultural and C-Conservation), located at 3243 Slate Mills Road, Sperryville, desires a Special Use permit to construct a family apartment above a garage tor her son and his family. Use silo wed pursuant to Coda Section 170-36A of the Rappahannock County Code with additional standards under Code Section 170-62G. No applicant or other party in interest, and no attorney for an applicant or party in interest, shall initiate a contact with a member or the BZA for the purpose of conducting a private discussion, in person or by telephone, concerning the merits of any application, appeal, or other matter pending before the BZA. No member of the BZA shall participate in any such private discussion. Site visits or similar contacts initiated by BZA members shall not constitute such ex parte contacts. A copy of the foregoing application is on file at the Zoning Office in Washington, Virginia, and is available for public inspection, Monday through Fnday. 8:30AM to 4:30PM. Said application will be presented to the Rappahannock County Planning Commission at their regular meeting on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at seven-thirty in the evening at the Rappahannock County Courthouse for such recommendation as the Commission may wish to make pursuant to Section 170-55. if any. The above-named applicant, adjacent property owners, and any other parties desiring to be heard should be present at said meeting or should address their written comments to the Board of Zoning Appeals, c/o P.O.* Box 519. Washington, Virginia 22747. in advance thereof. By: John W. McCarthy Zoning Administrator VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUfT COURT FOR RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY VERNON JOHN LYLE. Plaintiff, v. Case No.CLOS-7 THE ESTATE OF HUBBARD ELKINS. THE ESTATE OF HENRY WILLIAMS. SR. THE ESTATE OF JEMINA ELKINS THE ESTATE OF HARRY PHILLIPS, SYLVANUS ELKINS LURETTA ELKINS ANN FIELD ELKINS LORENZO ELKINS NANCY ELKINS LUCY ELKINS BUTLER BAYLESS BUTLER BENJAMIN JAMES ELKINS ANDREW W. ELKINS LOUISA ELKINS ELIZABETH ELKINS JUNE ELKINS BENJAMIN ELKINSJR. ' ' -- LUCY ELKINS , — - * * ~ * - * ANN ELKINS THOMAS HAND MARY E. HAND FANNIE C. HAND GLORIA E. HAND ROBERT HAND OLIVIA HAND FISHER VIGIIS. aka FISHER VIGIS ROBERT FISHER PHILIP EFFERSON LUCY EFFERSON LUCY M. FISHER WILLIAM E. FISHER ROBERT G. FISHER MARGUERITE FISHER MAUPIN COLUMBUS PINKARD SUSAN WILKINS GEORGE C. ELKINS PC. ELKINS ARIZONA ELKINS PRESTON ELKINS AND THE HEIRS OR DEVISEES OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING INDIVIDUALS AND ALVIN F. HENRY. JR. AND EMILY HENRY AND THE VIRGINIA PROPERTY GROUP. LLC AND ROBERT O HARA AND PATRICIA O HARA AND PARTIES UNKNOWN. ORDER FOR PUBLICATION In this suit. Plaintiff. V. John Lyl«. is asking the court to order that he has acquired title to the property described below by adverse possession. In addition. Plaintiff is asking the court to establish the boundaries of the subject property. The subject real property is located in Rappahannock County. Virginia, and is more particularly described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land located in the Hampton Magisterial District. Rappahannock County. Virginia, containing 8.7 acres, more or less. And being the land that was the subject of a chancery suit entitled Svivanus Elkina, at. a/, v. Lucy Suffer, at at. case no. 1845-246. which was filed around 1844 seeking partition of the real property A decree was entered in 1844 which divided the property among the following heirs: Sylvanus Elkins. Luretta Elkins. Ann Field Elkins, Jemma Elkins, Lorenzo Elkins. Nancy Elkins. Lucy Elkms Butler, and the children of Benjamin James Elkins as follows: Andrew W. Elkins, Louisa Elkins. Elizabeth Elkins. June Elkins. Benjamin Elkins, Jr. Lucy Elkins and Ann Elkins And being the parcels currently on the tax rolls as (1) Harry Phillips, do V. John Lyle: 5.5 acres. T.M. # 30-25A; (2) Henry Williams. Sr. Estate, do V. John Lyle; 2 acres. T.M. #30-26; and (3) Jemma Elkins, do V. John Lyle; 1.25 acres. T.M. #30-21B Plaintiff is asking this Court to order that legal title to the property be transferred to V. John Lyle. Plaintiff by virtue of Plaintiff s adverse possession of the subject property tor the requisite fifteen years, and to order that the plat of survey attached to this Complaint correctly sets forth the boundaries of the subject property as shown in blue on Exhibit R attached to the Complaint. It appearing that an affidavit has been made stating that there are or may be persons interested in the subject matter of this suit whose names are unknown, namely the widows, widowers, heirs, devisees and successors m title of Hubbard Elkins or Hubert Elkins and making said persons defendants by the general description of "parties unknown and an affidavit being made and filed stating that they are unknown; It is. therefore. ORDERED. ADJUDGED and DECREED that the said ,Defen dants. namely, the persons made defendants by the general description "parlies unknown' do appear on or before March 17, 2008. and do what is necessary to protect their interests; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this order be published once a week for four successive weeks in the Rappahannock News, a newspaper published in Rappahannock County. Virginia. ORDERED this 24 day of January. 2008. Jeffery W. Parker. Judge I ASK FOR THIS: r Ann M Callaway. Counsel for V John Lvle ANN M CALLAWAY, PC. 15 Garrett Street Warrenton, Virginia 20186 (540) 349 4100 (540) 347-1086 fax VSB 29014 I LEGAL SECRETARY Salary DOQ. Mail statement & qualifications/ employment history to: Downey ft Mayhugh, P.C., 82 Main St, Warrenton, VA 20186 Wanted: 29 Serious People To Work from Home using a computer. Up to $1,500-$5,0Q0 PT/FT www.Gtfgtobat.com RN MDS Coordinator Leading the industry in long-term care. We nave an opportunity for you. . Excellent Clinical Skills. Expenence with Care Plans. Understand MDA/PRIS Processes, Team Player with Initiative, Excellent Communication Skills Culpeper Health ft Rehab Center 602 Madison Road Culpeper, VA 22701 540-825*2884 Fax 540-829-0238 EOE/V/D/M/F Exclusive Golf Club in Gainesville, VA is now hiring for March 1st employment: * Golf Course Maintenance * Wait Stair * Valet * Golf Stair * Locker Room * Handyman * Snack Bar Please schedule interview with receptionist at: 703-754-4050 APPRENTICE LINEMAN OR LINEMAN Progressive electric utility company in Culpeper. VA has a job opening tor the position of Apprentice Lineman or Lineman. Must live within 30 minutes of the reporting location. High School diploma or GED (General Equivalency Diploma) required. Additional electrical courses desirable Ability to learn to interpret system maps, staking sheets and other work order procedures required of the job. Must have working knowledge with personal computers. Must be willing and able to learn to climb effectively, valid Virginia Driver $ license required. CDL preferred or able to obtain a valid Virginia CDL within 6 months. Submit resume by 2/20/08 to: Job Code* 05CU-020508-Human Resources, P.O. Box 7388. Fredericksburg. VA 22404 or e-mail to rechr@myrec.coop or tax to 540-891-5900. EOE Estimator Smith-Midland Corp. a precast concrete producer, seeks an estimator. Position requires the review of construction documents, execute take-offs and calculating the cost of materials, labor and overheads in the manufacturing and installation of the product.. Ability to read and interpret architectural drawings required. Please send resume along with a cover letter to: Smith-Midland Corporation P.a Box 300, Midland, VA 22728 Pax: 540-439-1627 careers@smlthmldland.com AUTOMOTIVE TtRED OF WORKING WEEKENDS? MANCON is looking tor an Assistant Store Supervisor and a Dnver/Counterperson for our Culpeper, VA location. Experience in automotive and/or heavy equipment parts sales and/or warehousing is required. Candidates will be required to successfully pass a background and credit check & a clean OMV record is also required. MANCON offers competitive wages, free health insurance for employees, paid leave/ holidays and a 40tK salary savings plan. Please send resume to: r«suin«s@manconinc.co(n or fax to: (540) 727-8973. SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Mindwrap seeks a talented software developer for product development on our Optix document management software. Primary responsibilities include Windows GUI design and development using VC++ and MFC. Related areas: imaging, client-server development, InstallShield, CVS. COM OLE. SQL all a plus. Join a great team solving interesting problems for commercial customers in a diverse environment that includes multiple languages, databases, and operating systems. Qualified applicants should have demonstrated professional experience or BS / MS CS. Email your resume to: Jobs72@mlndwrap.com or mail mindwrap, Inc. Attn: Job Code W072 PO Box 430 Flint Hill, VA 22627 Fax (540) 675*3130. Great Meadow Foundation Executive Director Established Foundation seeks entrepreneurial. dynamic Chief Operating Officer to lead its growth as a horse & field events center committed to open space preservation near Washington, DC. Home of the Virginia Gold Cup. Requires 5 yrs organizational leadership exp with excellent skills in relationship building, fundraising. project/financiai management, and staff development. Full salary & benefits package commensurate with experience. Please tend resume Including salary history to: Great Meadow Foundation, ATTN: H. Tiffany, 5089 Old Tavern Road. The Plains, VA 20198-2552. tax- (540) 253-5005, email- tnfo@greatmeadow.org. RAPPAHANNOCK RAPIDAN ffl COMMUMTV SERVICES BOARD EEO/AA. Phystml Therapist #205 Seeking P/T, lb.75/hrs./wrk. Physical Therapist tu provide sve lo infants A toddlers, birth to ' yrs. old. as part of dans disciplinary team. Provide sve. at client s home ut C ulpeper, Rappahannock. Fauquier. Madison, and/or Orange counties in VA Completion ol accredited physical therapy ed. program (Bachelors or Masters) A licensed by Dept ol Health Professionals of VA req. Professional cap with developmental^ disabled/dclaved infants A their families preferred. Open until tilled. $20.40-$27 15/hr. Speech Pathologist #2M Seeking P/T. Ib.75/hr*./wk, Speech Pathologist to provide sve lo inlants A toddlers, birth to ' yes. old, as part of trans-ihsciphnary team Provide sve. at client's home in Culpeper. Rappahannock. Fauquier. Madison. amPor Orangecounties in VA. MS degree from accredited speech therapy program A licensed to practice in VA req Open until filled. $20 W $27.15/hr Apartment Living Residential Counselor #347 F/T position under the supervision of Supported Living Program Mgr Support adults with mental illness A mental retardation A provide assessment, living skills, training A support in new residential group home and/or independent living in apartment settings Knowledge of community, housing A financial resources tor chronically mentally unpaired, skill in assessment of consumer's function capacity A demonstrated ability to deal effectively with consumers Bachelors in human sve or 5 yrs. cep Open until filled. $14 57/hi Substance Abuse '(khaictaa »II5 On vail position ai residential substance abuse treatment laciluy to monitor activities ot consumers A ensure their safety A welfare Implement A monitor education A recreational avtivitics ot consumers, A maintain vluuval records MS diploma with exp in human s«v field Uxp in residential substance abuse setting and/or detox setting prcl Ability to meet public, monitor/supervise groups A work independently fcllcctive communication skills req Open until filled. SllWhr Residential Coumelof II #217 Provide sve in support of day today activities ul Agency's residential group home program lor developmeiilally disabled adults kvaluaie consumer skills A needs, leach living skilKA provide assistance to consumers emphasizing community mlegiation Document sve provided A client progress, assure salety. upkeep ot lacililies A interact with various sve on behalf ol consumers Work shills may include days, evening'. A weekends Associates in human sve or equivalent exp Open until Idled. 127.1M6 MVannually t ook #382 On call p»sitH>n available in Culpeper under superv ision of the Chief Cook Prepare A verve meals while maintaining safe, sanitary kitchen A orderly pantry in compliance with health dept standards Some record keeping in)., knowledge id portion control, food sve salutation. A commercial cooking skills Interact effectively with pubis A work independently Weekend hrs included Open until filled. Sd .W fu Caac Manager/NIH #48 - MK/t84 Under supervision ol Sense Case Mgl. provide cave mgt sve. lie MH or MR consumers A theti lamdies m Culpeper, lauquiet. Madison. Orange A Rappahannock Counties Provide assessment advocacy, case mgt. cunsultatsei A naming lot consumers A then families in oul patient/inpalienl. emergency A day program vettings Knowledge ol sve delivery systems A types of mental health programs A sve Ihtmonsttalcd ability to deal sensitively with consumers A lanultes A commuMcale effectively Conduct assessments, provide case mgt. A counsel consumers on options Bachelors in human sve A two yn relevant exp rev) Open until filled. $.<4.515 OtVannually Supported Using Prog nun Manager #152 Under supervision of Coordinator of Residential Sve. supervise MH A MR supported living residential program A 'tall in 3 county area A"ufc program meets all RRCSB. Stale, local A funding source req while providing qualilv support to consumer Develop housing options for consumers, recruit sponsored placement providers A coordinate activities with inter A rntra agency providers inc luding landlords, lamilies. institutions A community tcsoutccs Provide direct consumci support A crisis intervention as needed Bachelor s in human sve of equivalent exp req Interviews iiud/lale heb with start date mid March. ('Minty Rrsourrt Specialist #7| I PH 10 hrv, /week position supporting Aging Together activities in Madison County Collect A disseminate info about sve available to older adults A their families Assist Madison County Aging Together learn ui adducing local priorities lor expanding A enhancing sve A revotuves, including building sinmg volunlcci network Any combo ot education A exp equivalent to Associate s degree in televant field, exp in volunteer lecruitmenlAourd of community otgam/alioa teq Open until filled. TI4 57/hii Aduit Day Cart Aid* #2V0 l ruler the supervision ol Adult Day ( are Mgt Assist clients with day today activities A provide personal cate to vcniofv A vo'l»ith fund raising A special events PCA/CNA A b month's human sve exp indirect salt required Closes %mvtu Apply with KRC'SB/AAA application to HR, P.O. Box 1508. Culpeper, VA 22701 (540) 825-5100 TDD: (540) 825-7301 KKO/AA Kxantreaseiitrn.vh.orji v ©

RECEPTIONIST for daytime hours in a busy salon. (540)349-3241 Executive Administrative Assistant / Office Manager toi ‘Smith VtkUanU t'orp that will irfx»it rtwelly u> the l kO Ulcal candidate must he proficient in Microsoft Office A have uummum 5 vrx exp working directlv with ;i scmoi company official. Duties in v lmk transcribing dictation using Dictaphone. attend mg senior sum mugs, preparing minutes, maintaining ( Hi > thirty calendar A schedule uppt.v arranging uavvl. ptepatmg os|h*tisc reports. preparing ami sc ml mg out promo pkgs, supervising office. main taming office files A ivsowvc Itbrarv, A managing the licensee ami potential investor lists. We offer competitive sularv A comprehensive benefit pkg mu. 1 d meU/tieii ms. 40hk) vw match, holidays A vac. A ttutioti ivmibursemem Qillllfltd applicants may s*od resume* Including salary hlatory to. Smith-Midland Corporation. P.O. Boa 300. Midland. VA 22728. fa*: 540-439-1827. Email: caraars@amlthmldiand.com * * BECKSTR0M f *' E l I C t"r I c Established Northern Virginia Electrical Construction Company taking application, for Senior Construction Accountant. Electricians, Apprentices and Helpers (two yrs commercial electrical exper required) Offering health, dental, 40 IK. vacation and holidays. Drug Free. Interviews by appointment oniv. call 540*118-2 144. 37277 E. Richardson Lane PnrctllvtUe, KA 20132 MARKETING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Incentives Magazine, the premier direct savings magazine, is currently seeking Marketing Account Executives to fill var ious territorial positions. Detail-oriented person with initiative wanted. Qualified candidates will be efficient, organized, and have strong sales experience. Job description includes selling direct advertising to local business owners. Experienced business to business sales a strong plus. We re looking for professionals, who want to work and grow both professionally and financially This is an independentcontractor position with unlimited income potential. Must be available to work at least 30 hours* a week Must have outside sales experience Must be professional in appearance and possess entrepreneurial spirit Must be self-starter and highly motivated Must be able to work independently and unsupervised It interested please e-mail your resume to: tara#incentivesmag.com COURT SERVICES OFFICER ACS010 Fauquier County Office of Adult Court Services is recruiting for a Court Services Officer Responsibilities include monitoring offenders compliance with court-ordered conditions and court ordered community service, reporting compliance or violations to the court through sworn testimony and written correspondence, performing criminal background checks and substance abuse screenings and making referrals to remedial resources Qualified applicants must nave any combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor s degree in criminal justice, psychology, so oology or a related field and must possess or obtain Basic Cnmmal Justice Officer Certification Internship or extensive experience working with cnmmal offenders is preferred A criminal history background check is required if hired Minimum starling salary is $38,083 with excellent benefits Interested applicants must submit a Fauquier County Online Application at tauquiercounty.gov EEO/AA/MF'D Dlspatch*r/Custom*r S«rvlc« Animal Car* A Control Position l<v alcd a! the Animal Shelter near VVatcrloid. VA Requite' outstanding customct service 'kill' lor high volume of phone call' walk in customers Answer phones, take animal iclalet! eomplamts. prove accurate m loimation pcitaming to state/loeal animal laws tovili/ens. accurately dispatch/monitor Animal Control (hikers m held Oversee all front counter opci alums to include answering phones, assisting public with adoption and surrvmtci ot ammais. prrvcs.sing dog licenses, taking lost A found reports Strong verbal communication, computer yinl odnumstralive skills, knowledge ot radio dispatching puree iliues. ability'to perform multiple tasks si multaneouslv with an attentton to detail. Shift vanes with some evenings, weekends Prcl erenee to he given to individuals with pnoi dispatching and customer service experience High School diploma ami 2 yfs related H>h experience Contingent on successful complc Iron ot background check ami successlul dem oiistraiion ot various telecommunication skills assiviated with dispatching and call taking (Hiring Range $W.044» MM-PI.H210 ( loses 02/IK/0H Visit our on line employment center at w w w.louduun.gov for additional inhumation and to apply ItOIt ADULT DAYCARE ASSISTANT MANAGER Leesburg Perksfffocreetkm S Community Servicem Day to day management A operational supervision of suite licensed program. Conduct client assessments tor program, develop individual care plana: oversee medication management program A ensure complete/updated participant documentation. Responsible for purchas mg, txllmg, some outreach A marketing, other administrative duties. Assure clients' needs are met, assist clients with ADI s and activities as needed Must possess strong organizational, customer service, supervisory, and communication skills to function in strong team environment. Able to work flexible hours Bachelor s degree in nursing, geiontology. social work, or related field and 2 years related work experience or demonstrated ability to work with seniors, including previous supervisory exp Masters degree preferred. Experience with software applications for client info mgmt desired Must receive certifications m CPR. First Aid. and Medications Management within 3 months of hire. (Hiring Range $37,314 $50,374) •OA-3299213 Closes 02/22/08 Visit our on-line employment center at www.foudoun.gov for additional information and to apply EOE * _ Electric*) Foreman/TraftU- SigiMb Dunes iael. Icading/dtrccting crew, schcd. work, material s/et|iup.. compicing projects on Umc A within budget. Min. 2 yrs toicman exper. installing foundations, poles, arms. A cable recj. Dnver s license req. (CDL pref.i. Salary based on exp. Excel, benefits. Fax resume to Jim Smith at 703-742-3SU2. EOE Drug-Free Now accepting application tor. COOKS $14.98/HR ♦ BENEFITS SERVICE ATTENDANTS $13.25/HR ♦ BENEFITS Applicants must be able to pass a security clearance. It you are firendiy. reliable, and love to work in a team environment. Please call: 540-347-8322 for a n apBlcatlon or send your resume to: Julie slllet. 3055 Prosperity Ave.. Fairfax. VA 22031 GUBT St RV ICt.V Warrenton, VA EOE EOE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, Washington, VA. 20 hours per week. Visit www.RLEPorg for details. To apply, e-mail cover letter, resume and reference by 3 March to: mail@RLEP.org General Excavation, Inc. has an immediate openings tor a HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC who must be familiar with engines, transmissions, power train and hydraulics and a TRUCK MECHANIC tor light and medium duty trucks, Great benefits package including 401K. group health insurance, and paid holidays. Apply at 9757 Rldar Rd., Warrenton, or call (540)439-2202 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. G.E.I. is an EOE and supports a drug-free workplace. Program fc Facility Supervisor Parks, Recreation <ft Community Servian Provide support to After School program and facility supervision. Provide supervision of After School and/or Camp participants at various locations in accordance with department policy/procedure. Assist with planning/implementing age appropriate programs, activities for school age after school and summer [nograms. Assist with field trips. Assure state child care licensing standards met. Provide evening and weekend oversight of drop-m users, renters, participants according to program, facility and department policies/procedures. Enforce facility use rules/regulations as posted. Ensure •til participants have vacated facility and facility is secured before leaving. Assist with facility maintenance tasks, room set-up/take down to assure facility is consistently clean &b ready tor users. Able to work flexible schedule, to include afternoons, evenings, weekends. Summer hours will vary according to camp schedule. Requires High School Diploma. VA state licensing requires 6 months experience supervising children during recreational or educational activities. Prefer previous exp. working with public. Able to perform light maintenance tasks, such as set up of facility tables and chairs, mop floors, etc. Able to lift 50 pounds. Must have certification in First Aid. CPR for adult, infant & child, and TB test prior to beginning work. Criminal background and CPS check. Valid driver's license. DMV check required for successful candidate. (Hiring Range: $23.423-531.621) MI8-G319-214 Closes: 02/22/08. Visit our on-line employment center nt www.loudmin.eov fur additional information and to apply. EOE. I ■naHmes community Win Loujt 'wvxs Times Community Newspapers an award winning community newspaper with offices in Fairfax, Loudoun, Fauquier. Clarke and Rappahannock counties, has immediate openings for the following positions: Display Advertising Consultant FT - Leesburg, VA, Reston, VA and Warrenton, VA County/News Editor FT - Reston, VA Ad Layout Coordinator K/PT - Leesburg, VA life: • I ?•{'. www.TimesCommunity.com interested applicants should send a resume f and salary requirements tot Hannan Resources* 13873 Perk Center Itoad Suite 301, Herndon, Virginia 20171 Email to: Humanite3ource$timespupers.com Fax to: 703.435*9754 No phone calls please. j? All resumes will be entered into nur resume data base. # times Community Newnpupcrt is an Equal Opportunity EmiAnyr..^ . "iir* ■V £ •:< ffom © |Tim«Community " ' DENTAL ASSISTANT Exp. preferred or willing to train. Haymarket VA office Must have excellent clincial, communication and customer service skills. Generous benefits. Call: (703)753-7077 or fax resume to: 703-753-6973 RN/LPN/MA Busy, multispec ialty medical practice is seeking for Wurrenton office RN/LPN/MA full time/part time position for urgent care. Some evenings required. No weekends Send resume to hr b ox nur d gnHip.com or fax 7tt£554-III5 REHAB MANAGER Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility is seeking an experience, professional therapist to manage the daily operations of our therapy department in a post acute environment. This position is responsible for coordinating treatments, scheduling and promoting results with patient care and performs clinical duties as necessary. Supervisory experience required. Contact: HR Manager Culpeper Health A Rehab Center 602 Madison Road Culpeper, VA 22701 540-825-2884 Fax: 540-829-0238 FAUQUIER HEALTH SYSTEM .DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Fauquier Health System is an innovative non profit health care sy stem located in the Virginia country side, within an hour's drive from Washington DC and its suburbs We currently have a unique opportunity for a Director of Development to join our team. You will report to the VP of Strategic Services and play an integral role in developing and managing the annual operating plan, identifying, cultivating and soliciting prospective major donors, and establishing a comprehensive major and planned giving program. Requirements: The ideal candidate with have a BA/BS in a related field. Masters degree preferred, and at least five years of fundraising experience with demonstrated experience in raising major gifts and working know ledge of planned gift vehicles, Health care experience is highly desirable. Employer Information: Located in Warrenton. Virginia, about forty miles southwest of Washington. IX’, Fauquier Health System consists of Fauquier Hospital, an 8b bed acute care hospital serving a rural/suburban community, a long term care and rehabilitation facility, a Home Health div ision and other joint ventures. Established in 1054 by a group of community volunteers, Fauquier Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital and remains independently operated and governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees In October, 2007 Fauquier Hospital received Planetree designation status, a model of health can.* that is patient-centered and provides a holistic approach to patient care As the only hospital in the county. Fauquier Hospital is the central hub of medical care in the area The present facility was built in 1057 and has grown with several expansion projects, including the current expansion of the Emergency Department. In 2003 to continue to meet the growing needs of the community, Fauquier Hospital embarked on a $50 million, hospital-wide renovation project. Fauquier Hospital ATTN: Human Resources 500 Hospital Drive. Warrrnton. VA20IS6 U()/.UIOS2Mhi\) nn An Orthopaedic Physical Therapy practice has an Immediate opening for a »T or Mf l»h Therapist. Physical Therapist Assistant in our busy Physical Therapy department. Ideal candidates must have experience m Orthopaedics and are sell motivated. We offer a competitive salary. HIRING BONUS, excellent benefits, continuing education, and an exciting work environment. To Apply: Attn: J. Smith Cm '1X40) 347.0409 Mail: 52 W. Shirley Ave.. Warrenton, VA 20186 E-Mail: ismith@broava.com P.\TIE!VF SERVICE COORDINATOR An eight physician Orthopaedic practice has immediate F/T position available Applicant will be responsible to process medical history, disability forms, patient check irvcheck out. verification of insurance eligibility, appointment scheduling as well as maintain prescription line 1-2 years experience in busy primary care atmosphere with some EHR experience preferred Knowledge of pharmacology is a must Certificate to Practice as a Certified Nurse Aide is a plus We offer excellent benefits, and an exciting professional environment Salary commensurate with experience To Jipply. forward resume to Attn: J. Smith Fax: (540) 347-0492 Mail: 52 West Shirley Ave., Warrenton. VA 20186 E-Mali: ismlth@broava.com M \ A i f M < A R * INSPIRED 8Y THOSE AROUND ME We ere a team of health advocates, located on preventive medicme and treating our patients proactively. 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/ J Lube Technician Gainesville contractor is seeking an super lenced neavy equipment lube tech, must have tools and clean dnvmg record Call HR at 703-591 -840*. ext. 1125 EOEAA employer MOLLY S IRISH PUR m-MOW HIRING m I Apply in person: . 36C Mala Street Old Town Warrenton OFFICE MANAGER Expenenced Ottice Manage' for Roy .Wheeler Realty m Spenyviiuii Part time position (approx 20 hrs week' Candidates must have excellent communication skills, proficiency with Wofd and Excel and Oe highly Organized Real estate license a plus. Email resume to cheri@cherivyoodard.com. ..iiii.i i . ■ ii .»—■ i in HELP NEEDED <=> < For a new physical therapy clinic in Rappahannock County LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT Dr PHYSICAL THERAPIST Fax resume to 540-854-0369 Or call 540-854-0367 Engineering Assistant ' General services Assist stormwater engineers m performing easement and deed ■esearch; conduct property records searches; perform quality control review of all stormwater easements; assemble stormwater restructure location and attnbute data; prepare vanous maps jsmg WEB LOGIS and the GIS stormwater layer; perform field inspections of stormwater infrastructures, and acquire stormwater ■is built and construction plans May be required to provide for extended manning of the Department s Response Center during emergency operations. Associate s degree with major course worS m civil engineenng. land surveying, construction management. or related field and 2 years directly related expenence in civil engineenng. land surveying, land records recording and •esearch. stormwater management. GIS applications, or related •ieids Must possess a valid non commercial dnver s license; ability to lift :Q lbs . subiect to call 24/7; must be available dunng County emergencies Driver s license check. (Hiring Range; $3t.390-$53.362) #08-T279-215 Closes 02 22 08 Visit our on-Hne employment center at WWW. Ioudoun.gov tor additional information and to apply EOE. FRESH AIR Don't get stuck in some stale otfice. Join Clark Assoc. Invisible Fence Team. We Provide The Tools The Truck The Training The Vacation The Health The Dental The Retirement YOU PROVIDE The Driving Record The Great Attitude The Hurd Work Call fur Details 70J-%*-A500 SalM/Offlce Assist Sales exp. a plus. 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The Shirt By Peter Hornbostel Special to the Rappahannock News I came across the shirt again the other day, in the back of the summer closet. It’s a wreck, roughly 60-years-old by now, and showing every day of it. I haven’t worn it for 50 years. The outside is a sort of dirty grey with what used to be a few narrow cross-hatched stripes. On the inside, you can tell they were once blue and green and red. The material is heavy cotton that looks like an irate tiger has tried to tear it to shreds, God knows why. There are ragged holes everywhere; one of the pockets has been completely torn off. Sewn inside what’s left of the collar is a “name tag” reading “PETER HORNBOSTEL.” Summer camp required those. I have tried to throw out that shirt at least a dozen times, but I never succeed. 20 or 30 years ago, when it still fit me, more or less, I thought I might still use it for gardening. Then, when it started to become really ratty, I would periodically decide to throw it out, and then “forget" and hang it back in the rear of the closet. When I moved to Brazil in the 90s, I was sure I had thrown it out, only to discover it in the attic in a box of old clothes when I returned. A year ago, it actually made it into the trash can outside the house. The day the garbage truck was scheduled to come by, I woke up early, dashed outside in my pajamas, and fished it out of the trash can a few minutes before the truck came down the street. That shirt and I go back a long way, back to when I was 11, or maybe 12. I was one of those kids who got sent away to summer camp every year, so their parents could have some time by themselves. I think my mother felt just a little guilty about that; anyway, she bought me this shirt as a sort of a consolation prize for not going with them to Maine. She got it a few sizes too big so it would last a few years. I wore it everywhere. Like I told you, the shirt was cotton, and it wasn’t really warm. But 1 wore it anyway over just a tee shirt, even in the cool August evenings in upstate New York. It was warm enough. I didn’t know anything about love back then, but there was a girl at camp maybe a year or two older than I who left me breathless every time I saw her. I can’t really remember for sure whether she was beautiful, but I like to think she was. She was a tomboy, with dirty blonde hair and a suntan and freckles, just Editor’s Choice Vkhntirm Low Story Winner goes to Peter Hombostel ot SperryviUe Enjoy your chocolates! like a tomboy was supposed to have. Her breasts were just beginning to push up under her shirt. Far ahead of her time, she wore jeans which were just tight enough to get her in trouble with the head counselor. I think she had a wonderful little pushed up nose, but that could be my imagination. Her name was “Vergine," but everybody called her Ginny. She never spoke to me until the night of the campfire, nor, as far as I could tell, ever looked at me either. Every week or so, unless it was too cold, there was a campfire after dark. Murray Phillips, the swimming counselor, played his guitar and sang songs lik» those the Mammas and the Pappas made popular many years later. A few of the older boys, 14 or 15, sat on blankets with their girlfriends under the watchful eyes of the counselors. It was the last campfire of the year, and I was sitting on the other side of the fire freezing in my shirt. Murray was singing; “Roll on, Columbia, Roll on* when I saw Ginny crawling up to the fire, not 15 feet away from me. My heart stopped. She paused, and sat on the ground - no blanket - for a minute or maybe two. Then, still on her hands and knees, she came crawling over to my blanket. She brought her head over to my left ear (I’ve kept that, too) and whispered, “Pm cold.” I thought I was going to die. “Here," I gasped. “Take my shirt.” She put it on and gave me a sort of funny look. Then she leaned her gorgeous body, breasts and all, against me. As I remember, I did nothing at all...except die. Like I said, what did I know about love back then? The last week of camp that year was one of the happiest weeks of my life. Ginny held onto the shirt, and every time I saw her in it, my heart gave a little jump. She wore it all the time. We went everywhere together - walks, the waterfront, the craft house. The camp director, God bless him, even put us at the same table in the dining hall. Of course, I never touched her, other than to hold her hand whenever we walked anywhere together, she in my shirt, and me walking on air. And then it was all over. The camp hired two buses to take us Shillelaghs THE TRAVEL CLUB AZALEA FESTIVAL IN NORFOLK. VA. 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Countryside Celebrating Black History Month FacesofRappahannock Dorothy E. Warner • Age: I'm old” • Birthplace: South Carolina • Family: Dorothy had a twin who died after just a few days. “I'm living for both of us.” She has a daughter and two grandsons. • Job: Retired from the Department of Defense. Currently works part-time at the Washington Baptist Church. • Favorite movie: Enjoys movies with Judy Garland. Particularly likes television programs Gray’s Anatomy and Brothers and Sisters and following CNN. • Favorite book: “To Kill a Mockingbird” • Favorite food: Chinese • Hobbies: Cooking and traveling • Personal hero: My father - Irving Davenport • Worst habit: Procrastination • First waking thought: “What day is this?" and “What do I have to do today?” • What brings a smile to your face: “Thinking about the old times.” Dorothy didn't intend to fall in love with Rappahannock County but that is exactly what has happened. It was the early 1990s. Her husband. Frank Warner, had retired a few years before she did and was spending his time traveling back and forth between Rappahannock County and Alexandria where they had moved into a townhouse. “He had inherited land in his family that they had owned since 1892,” said Dorothy. The move to Rappahannock came sooner than she had expected. “I cried all the way down I-66," recalled Dorothy who was fond of visiting the Kennedy Center and the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. “I didn’t know what I was going to do there.” But. just as quickly, the look of sadness on her face changed to whimsy as Dorothy smiled broadly, “and I love it here now, I wouldn’t want to be any place else.” Dorothy is so busy now that when she wakes each morning, she has to remind herself what day it is and what’s on the schedule for that day. involved in countless volunteer organizations, she is a member of the Culpeper Presbyterian Church and helps out each week feeding a large and hungry crowd. “It's called the Manna Kitchen,” said Warner, "and each Wednesday we prepare a large meal to feed as many as 80 people who need or want a good home-cooked meal in the church social hall." On another two days during the week, Dorothy works at the Washington Baptist Church. Between the office and the kitchen, she’s busy helping with ongoing activities at the church. If there's a function at the Senior Center, you’ll likely see her there. Dorothy is also on the Elder Care Board. Last year, she and Judy Tole were given awards by the Washington Masonic Lodge No. 78 for their continuing “good works" and for contributing to making Rappahannock County a better place to live and work. . This past Tuesday, Dorothy was ready to take her place at a local polling station as Virginians came out to vote in the presidential primary. Undoubtedly the highlight of Dorothy’s volunteer efforts has been with the Scrabble School Preservation Foundation, an effort that her husband Frank had started many years ago. “He used to cry when he went by the old school.” said Dorothy. Started by Frank Warner and subsequently picked up by Helen Williams and now president Bob Lander after his death in 2003. the old Scrabble School is on its way to becoming a new Senior Center that will include an exhibit on AfricanAmerican history in Rappahannock. After securing a sizable grant, coupled with successful fund raisers, and getting the nod from the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors, the completion of this long awaited project is firmly underway. Dorothy remembers sadly the day that her husband Frank died. He had asked her to buy tomato plants. “He didn’t want cheap ones," chuckled Dorothy, “we always had a garden." While Frank never got to see a garden that year, Dorothy looks forward to the restoration of Scrabble School. In the meantime, all of her activities keep her going. “I’m very happy and very involved." Rappahannock News Staff Photo Anita L. Sherman Rude Rock rocks on second album By Matt Pelkey Rappahannock News Staff Writer The new album had becufeut only a week, but when local favorites Rude Rock Family played at Rae’s in Sperryville last month, the crowd was ready and waiting for the chorus to explode on “SuhAtomic Man” When it hit — at about a minute into the song and then again a minute and a half later — feet left the floor and hands pumped in the air. “No No No... Yeah ” the longawaited second album from Rappahannock’s Rude Rock Family, is a chance for the band’s true blue fans to take home all the songs that they have broken a sweat to at shows. It is also a chance for the uninitiated to taste a home-grown mix of rock, ska, reggae and a genuine love for music. Cooked up over the span of three years at Rude Rock’s practice space and studio in Castleton, the album somehow carries the impression of late night jokes and song-writing sessions for the tight-knit band. The songs hint at an array of influences, with variety that reveals a disregard for the aimfort of a unifying genre. The first song, “Shovel Head," opens with westerntinged guitar intertwined with subtle trumpet notes, evoking Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Matt Pelkey THE FAMILY: Rude Rock Family's new album, "No No No... Yeah," serves up a home-grown mix of rock, ska and reggae. deserted Mexican towns or lonely saloons. The theme is sewn hauntingly into later tracks “Best Western,” “Drained" and “Santos,” and serves to beg Rude Rock’s trademark explosions of cymbals, distortion and raucous vocals. Reggae and ska are infused into a number of the songs. A ragged bass line and rim shots set the rhythm for “Muddy River,” while guitar chucks and u dark trumpet line reminiscent of the Specials create the mood in “SubAtomic Man.” Much of “No No No... Yeah” feels like you’re at a pot luck with the members of Rude Rock and they’ve ladled dish after dish onto your plate, with all of the food mixing and overlapping deliciously. But a number of the album’s songs embrace boundaries. “New Wop” is an unabashed doo wop tune, with “doo-wop” actually sung in the backup vocals. There is also a cover of Dick Dale’s surf version of “Misilou,” made famous by the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. “Me Gustas” is a straightforward drum-andbass fueled dub track, and “In Your Head” could easily have come from a Clash album. Granted, you won’t often find four songs spunning those genres on a single album. Upcoming Shows • Feb. 15 — Valentine's Day masquerade ball Where: Rae's, 20 Main Street, Sperryville, Virginia 22740 Cost: $7 or $5 with costume. • March 12 Where: In-Motion Sports. 615 Falmouth St., Warrenton, Virginia 20186 • “No No No... Yeah" will be on sale for $10 at both of the shows. It can also be purchased at CDBaby.com. Rude Rock’s punk and ska influence is easy to pin on Noah Waggener and Mark Reiter, who played in the well-known punk bond the Daycare Swindlers. But that would be too simple. Each of the bund’s five members brings his or her personal tastes, and all of them stress collaboration. “There’s a little more variety to the songs when everyone can give their input,” said Waggener, the lead vocalist. He and guitarist Chris Moyles started the band modestly, playing their first show to the accompaniment programmed drum beats on a laptop computer. “It wasn’t even supposed to be a band," Waggener said. By 2003 the duo were playing out with a full line-up. Rude Rock has kept busy lately, playing five weekends in a row starting in December. They have two shows lined up for February and March, one of which, a Valentine’s Day bash, will be at Rae’s this Friday. And live performances are really where Rude Rock’s energy comes through. “People come up to me and say: 'You guys look like you’re having so much fun',” said Tristo Scheuerlein, who plays trumpet for the band. She readily admitted that they do have so much fun. As did bassist John Whissel. “When there’s a big crowd and a lot of energy, we feed off that," he said. Live performances allow the band to stretch out the grooves that get cut short on the studio versions of the songs. They will read the audience, and play as long as there are feet moving on the dance floor. “We just like having fun,” Whissel said. Email the reporter at mpelkeyGiii hwspapers.com. You won’t be napping during “DreamGirls” Come early for special short subject film By Claudia Mitthkll Special to the Rappahannock Newn Last year the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community couldn’t get DreamGirls because it was nominated for so many Golden Globes and later Academy Awards. They withheld it from the small art theatres like ours and went for the big multiplex houses. Big audiences and big grosses ... but that’s Hollywood. This month to continue our celebration of Black History Month, we are showing this 3 Golden Globe and 2 Academy Award winning film The Broadway play opened to great acclaim in 1981.This musical screen version has the added benefits of big production numbers, sound studios .location shots and really Dreamy Girl singers. 1 didn’t think these Motown Singers really captured the true Motown sounds that rocked the country in the 60s (is anything ever as good as we remember?) but then again this was originally a Broadway musical. You can’t help but love Eddie Murphy - he won a Golden Globe for this role. This is the best I have ever seen him. Fabulous. How did they do his hair? Jaime Foxx • Academy Award for “Hay") equally good in an easy to despise him role, goes from car salesman to talent agent and just goes down hill from there. Whoa! The Dreams are based on the Supremes and in my Ixiok Beyonce really gives us the Diana Koss glamour and dazzle. When .she becomes a star her fabulous Afro gets as big as her fame. And the clothes from that period ...who can deny they were beyond description? Even the X generation doesn’t go there. Wonderful! .Jennifer Hudson won a Golden Globe and took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. I know we are supposed to think she is a great talent but to my baby boomer ears she doesn’t sing but reully just shouts the songs. Regardless, it is incredible to see someone come to the screen with such force. There is so much this film gives in background about what it took for black recording artists to cross over from Motown to Top 40 in the 60s and 70s. If, like me, you had the luxury of just listening to and enjoying that great sound, I think you will come away with another perspective. But you will definitely have a really enjoyable Friday Night at the Movies. The film is rated I’U-13 and runs for 113 minutes. Adults $6, students $4. Showing this Friday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. at the Theatre in Little Washington. Special short subject film Come 10 minutes early to see a DVD prepared by our non-profit partner Headwaters. The Starfish Mentoring volunteers and other Headwater’s volunteers are highlighted in this great little documentary which I have taken the liberty to award the first and maybe only Friday Night ut the Movies BEST EVER pre-show documentary Award. WOW! At NO extra charge! See you there.

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Racing to deliver the latest coverage Or, they’ve got the sport of steeplechasing all wrapped up By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Yes, Virginia, steepkchasing is alive and well in the 21st century commonwealth. Check your local listings far proof: The trade paper, the Steeplechase Times, burgeons with advertising and editorial coverage. Color photos make headline news even in big national dailies — The Washington Post featured jump racing from Great Meadow last fall in a full-color, above-the-fokl A-l shot. And the local paper features horses weekly. Sporting prints — oils, pastels, pencil drawings — cover wall space in private homes as well as business establishments. Really, to live in Virginia's horse country is a little like being part of a 19th-century Snaffles racing print. A virtual army of connected professionals brings the sport to the public — writers, photographers, artists, journalists, sculptors, videographers, historians. Steeplechasing is big business in the mid-Atlantic region, and coverage of the circuit is, as well. In this special Spring Steeplechase 2008 issue, we take a hard look inside the sport, from an allnew angle. We wanted to know who, and how, they get the news. We looked high and low for the story — Eclipse Award-winning photographer Douglas Lees tells all in a profile piece, while two other circuit shooters — Tod Marks and Sarah Greenhalgh — give their best tips for the amateur photographer. In their own words, sporting artist Sandra Forbush and steeplechase historian Peter Winants talk about their life in the business, while the voice of Virginia ‘chasing. Will O'Keefe, shares some exciting new features of the CentralEntryOffice.com Web site. All the usual suspects are contained within, as well: Map the action with a handy, pullout guide to the spring season; track the points leaders — local, statewide and national — and learn more about Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The racing action, shown here last April at the Orange County Hunt Point-to-Point in Middleburg, runs Feb. 23-May 10. junior racing and hunter pacing. What’s new at Colonial Downs is included, as is a quick glance at a few changes to the spring condition book. We delve into the video world of Fred and Paula Myers as well. As always, award-winning steeplechasing coverage is provided weekly in the Fauauter TlmesDemocrat. Keep up with the action online, as well, with expanded coverage, and more photos, many weeks at www.fauquier.com. (At press time, space limitations cut several stones from this section, but they may all be read online at www.fauquier.com.) Resnick Group I RONRCSNICKGROUP.COM I 703-777-6777 • 800-618-0116 Long& ItistiT, Middloburg, Ut‘shurj», PnnvlKilk» MLS listings On RonResnkkC.roup.com Bring your horses and make one of these properties your new home! I WATERFORD Over 11 Acres in a Horse Friendly Community of Custom Homes, near I quine Center. Land with or without Builder Home. Black Board Fencing Mountain Views. ( all for more information. ROUND HILL 10 Acres in an Area of Horse Friendly Properties. in the Foothills of the Blue Kid«e. Ready to Build your Dream Home. $415,000 NEAR WATERFORD ( filar Contemporary l lome on 12.69 (>j>en & Wooded Acres. Beautiful V'iews. Pool. Guest House. Horse Friendly Community. $1,100,000 | LEESBURGLEE’S CROSSING lust North of Town in the Slots Rolling Hills, a Commuiuiy of Custom Homes. 10 Acres, 4BR Drainfiekl Site. Black. Board Fencing. $395,000 n u: bust in buyfragflnoy for i:\tryavaiiabij: ijsting! Brandy Station $899,000 86 Acres, 7 Bedrooms, 5.5 Bath Home Suzanne Simpson I 540-937-7191 SAM SNEAD Meet lorn fay tt the tyw! 12x 'YHctBridg* ■ Full-featured compact 8 0 Megapixel digital camera with a 12k Optical Zoom m Canon Optical Image Stabilizer Technology and ISO 1600 tor steady shooting ■ DSCtC III Image Processor with improved Face Detection Technology and Red eye Correction tor sharper images and improved functionality ■ High-resolution 2 5-mch van-angle LCD tor easy shooting at any angle ■ Hoi shoe adapter for the Speedhte EX Senes external flashes ■ Shoot easy movies with movies capable of 30 fps VGA oi 60 tps QVGA Also a convenient to use Movie Button never having to switch to a shooting mode ■ Includes Canon USA. Inc. 1-year Limited Warranty/Registration Card Wanaift ***,10* tot jt MtrtutamJ Csnpti daw**'* Canon DIGITAL C A M i It A v% w %*. me c a me ra. eo m 306 Le* Highway Warrtnlon, \ A • 540-347-2533 ARl HIVM [)U.ll\i PRIMIM. • ORIVI 1I1RI VUMxm I ia-jU-lI ji the mlerwlimi *»t Kt I’Ni Ri 'v Hus Open Vtomiat - Frida\ 9 a m. 6 p m • Saturday 9 a m. - 5 p.m. MORE STORIES ONLINE... Timest x) mmunity.com

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Douglas Lees: ’Chasing’s top shot Photo pro takes a new angle By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer He has the physique of a long-distance runner and the eye of an eagle. Add in a bit of intuition and a lifelong understanding of the sport: Photographer Douglas Lees has found a winning combination. The Warrenton native recently won the media Eclipse Award, a national prize given for the best racing photograph published in 2007. His shot from the International Gold Cup in October at Great Meadow bowled over the judging panel with its technical correctness, rich color, taut angle and highspeed action. It was the second Eclipse for Lees, 57. “It feels phenomenal. I’m just blown away to win again," said Lees, a freelance photographer and insurance agent. Lees’ photos regularly appear in the Times newspapers, as well as trade publications around the nation, and are featured in several books. “I’ve been trying for many years to get another award, so this is a great thrill," Lees said. “The most important thing about this photo is that both the horse and the rider were alright after the spill." The photo, entitled “Down Photo by Douglas Lees The classic 'under the fence shot’ was perfected by 'chase photojournalist Peter Winants, who introduced the technique to a young Douglas Lees, who, in turn, made into an Eclipse Awardwinning image. This photo was part of his honorable mention package in 1981. to Earth,” shows jockey Will Haynes and his mount, Navesink View, tumbling over a fence in the featured International Gold Cup Oct. 20. The photograph appeared in the Horse and Field sports section of the Fauquier TimesDemocrat on Oct. 24. Lees won his first bronze statue in 1978 for another steeplechase photo — also a fall of horse and rider, and also published in the Fauquier Democrat. Lees won honorable mention in 1980, 1981 and 1994 — all photos were published in the Times-Democrat. “We are, I believe, the only newspaper in the country with a section dedicated to horse and field sports," said current Times-Democrat Executive Editor Bill Walsh. “Douglas Lees has, over the years, played a huge role in its success. He always seems to be in the right place at the right time when it comes to capturing the essence of the events he shoots, and, like this year’s Eclipse Award-winning photo, is often alongside the unique moments, as well. In either See LEES, Page 17 w From Grilled to ttoumnet Exceptional Service t Unrivaled Cuisine \ Earn Marriott Reward Points for all catered events with Marriott Ranch GOLD CUP • STEEPLECHASE Off-Site Catering • Private Dinner Parties • Picnics Themed Events • Custom Menus Available Weddings • Rehearsals • Wine Dinners • BBQs 540.364.2627 www.marriottronch.(omc 5305 Marriott Lana • Hume, YA 22639 Custom hoi Designs ’ Construction • Water Features I mraruuion • nawr reaiur | . isatgiSanM** Renovation 1 Enclosures* Decks •Pergotas , % Gazebos • BuOd-Outs I ■ '* nTtpliXF1! * Grilling Stations 1. ■ . •, Patios • Walkways ' aS** Landscaping | Design • Installation • Fencing - s-***"-' - _ 39472 John Mosby Hwy Aldie, VA 20105 703.530.1S70 www.pootsbyyoun9Kd.com FREE SPECIAL REPORT Critical Guide to Purchasing Equestrian Property: Vital Reading for anyone looking to buy or sell country property! Realtor Joy Thompson is offering this free special report to help you avoid common costly mistakes Buying vs boarding, acreage, soils, forage, well, septic, to name a few As a trusted real estate advisor, equine professional and because Joy loves what she does, she believes it is critical you be informed, educated, and advised on all the facets of properties with acreage This information could save you tens of thousands of dollars Call for your free report today To get your free copy of this report, call 888818-6120 ext 2233. 24 hours for a recorded message There is no obligation. Experimct Country Ijfr unth Joy! Joy Thompson loves her eountry living lifestyle. For Jw, raising her family arul working with her animals in a rural anti spacious place is the definition of the igooci life. Because Joy has such an appreciation anti understanding; of this way of life, there is no real estate professional better suited to handle your purchase or sale of these unique properties. I Ter eve for detail, determination that is unwavering and passion for helping her clients fulfill their goals makes it easy to Experieru? Country Lift with Joy! e> IB O// 540 729 3428 • 540-751 1005 24-hour toff-free information: 888-818 <»1 20 I\-mail: Ji>y.'Tliomp»<>n£^l .<tngu ncl Ft>stt*r.i t*m IVeh site: wwwjoy lht>nH<mies.com MORE DINING J&mr% c8EStfSy ONLINE... TirnesCommunity.com

Did You Know? Ancient Chinese secret How old is your horse? The method of checking a horse’s teeth to determine its age is ancient. Chinese drawings from as early as 700 BC show men looking into horses’ mouths to, presumably, determine their ages. Common parlance still makes reference to the custom — everyone knows it is impolite to ‘look a gift horse in the mouth.’ The practice dates back to a 19th-century Australian horse trainer and trader, a master of self-promotion, Sydney Galvayne, a man whose name is still associated with a telltale groove that appears on older horses’ teeth at standard intervals. New Web reach The Times Community Newspapers have an allnew look on their Web sites: interactive, updated stories and photo galleries are included at www.fauquier.com. Expanded coverage of steeplechasing each weekend spring, summer and fall is available online, and updated results are also included. Art imitates life: Meet Sandra Forbush Maiden name: Sandra Meats Age: 68 Family: Husband Otd Dominion Hounds jointmaster Gus Forbush, daughter Nancy Massie Wiley, one grandson and two granddaughters. ExhMbons: The American Academy of Equine Art, the Dog Museum, the Beresford Gallery in Saratoga * rings, N.Y., the i of Hounds and Hunting, and one-person shows in Houston, Texas, Middleburg, Va., at the National Trust’s Montpelier, and the Farmington Hunt Club. bv ifiRtnprffi'vt We Make Loans For: ■ Homes & Estates ■ Farms & Fannettes ■ Land & Construction ■ Livestock & Equipment ■ Bams & Facilities ■ Recreation Properties Call or stop by today V'oui Warrenhm lending famity l< here to assist you with all your financial neeils. ■ k : ? =.1-' ; i; a Sandra Forbnsh paints from the heart, soul By Archer Gilliam Special to the Time* Newspapers Sandra Massie Forbush’s career as a portrait painter brings together diverse elements of her life onto a single pallet. Forbush grew up in Maryland and studied at the Maryland Art Institute. She was an avid rider and professional model, but gave up both when a bad car accident kept her bed-ridden for months. She had always sketched to pass time while waiting to compete at horse shows, and as she lay recuperating from serious injuries, she felt drawn to once again study art, signing up for classes at the Corcoran School of Art and Northern Virginia Community College. Forbush is now one of Virginia hunt country’s bestknown artists. Her oil commissions include a long list of private clients, as well as numerous horse shows and steeplechases which use her equestrian scenes both for their posters and program covers. Photo oy Archer Uiiuam Artist Sandra Forbush works primarily with oil paints at her Flint Hill farm studio. Forbush feels that her background with horses gives her an edge in understanding animal anatomy, observing individual traits and adhering to correct details, just as her modeling career helps her hone in on and emphasize her human subject’s most appealing features. She also teaches art to an active group of amateurs at her home studio at Foxhall Farm. Recently, freelance writer Archer Gilliam caught up to the busy artist at her Flint Hill studio. Archer Gilliam: How, See ARTIST, Page 15 /'•'•67th RUNNING OF THE Warrenton Hunt POLNT'TOPOINT RACES Saturday, March 15,2008 Airlie Race Course Warrenton, Virginia Post Time: 12:30 pm *8 rates GENERAL ADMISSION One car and two people $20.00 Each additional person. $10.00 PATRON I (Upper Hill) .$150.00 PATRON II (Middle Hill).$120.00 (540) 219-1400

Film tells the tale Fred, left, and Paula Myer of Video Graphic Services in Berryville provide films of steeplechase meets for sale to owners and jockeys, as well as for use by patrol judges and race stewards. Photos by Sarah Greenhalgh Myers provide video record By Sarah L. Greenhalgh Special to the Times Newspapers They can be found at most of the race meets, up on their towers or down in their trucks, but for the most part they go virtually unseen. Until something goes wrong. Then the judges cry for them. Fred and Paula Myer of Video Graphic Services based in Berryville are the eyes and ears video record of steeplechase. Not only do they film for owners, trainers and jockeys, but they also are there to help present the video evidence for claims of foul or steward’s inquiries into the running of any of the races. “Our primary style for all camera operators is to tape the whole race from each position,” Fred Myer said. “One camera always tapes the post parade to document every horse that ran. We like to give two or three views of each race, and we may need every angle for replay of an infraction during the race.” Myer’8 work is frequently used to back up a patrol judges own eyes or if the official can’t see where something allegedly went awry. This is very important as the purses get larger and horse and jockey records are being sought. “Officials always have their idea of what they may want to see,” he added. “I always pick the highest ground for the best views. As for the ideal location for camera placement, Morven Park is the best, Glenwood Park is second and Potomac Hunt Races is third. These are my favorites. Besides, they have a stand for the main cam and a place for the replay. All the rest nave large degrees of difficulty for shooting, some more than others.” Bom in Massachusetts, Myer and his family have lived all over the eastern seaboard, including Long Island and See VIDEOS, Page 14 Residential Commercial FREE ESTIMATES AND INSPECTIONS COMPLETE INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS SURGE PROTECTION JOHN HAMILTON Licensed Insured UL Installer LIGHTNING ROD SYSTEMS (703) 335-9501 • (703) 568-7223 (540) 439-6350 www.hamlltonlightningrodsystems.com RAPPAHANNOCK HUNT POINT-TO-POINT RACES Saturday, March 1, 2008 - IKK) pm Blue Rock Inn, Washington, VA For Reserve Parking &. Ticket Info, contact: Janet O’Keefe. MFH 540-547-2993 For Information, contact: Oliver L Brown. MFH 540-547-2810 Ashley Brown, At the gate~$IO. Advance--$7, or Book of 10--S50 May be purchased at: Waterloo Mini Mart. Warrenton. Payne Pools. Culpeper 50/50 Raffle 540-937-5813 Local Lenders Interest rates are at an all time low. 4 Experienced agents and lenders know how to get you In a home. Prices have hit rock bottom, take advantage of the winter market' If you are considering a purchase, contact your RE/MAX Regency Agent because Spring pricing could change. 403 Holiday Court 1 Warrenton, Va 20186 (540)341-1000 www.TeamRegency.com 1-4*1) KI.'MA\ otfHf indcpctHlcnilv «n*nrd .ind >ifirrairi!

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Central Entry data base records the sport’s history j By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Long the official entry-taker for Virginia point-to-point meets, and, more recently, races in Maryland and Pennsylvania, Central Entry this spring has launched an expanded history section, with complete results from as far back as 1970 from all Virginia, Midwest and MidAtlantic pomt-to-points, as well as some archived National Steeplechase Association results. Central Entry creator Will O’Keefe, who also acts as the “voice of steeplechasing" as announcer for all Virginia race meets, said that chronicling the sport’s history has long been his plan. “Once we got the data in the system, it made it really quite simple,” O’Keefe said of the innovative Central Entry <iatabase. “You can search the entire history of a jockey, for instance, from the 1970s,” or a single horse that made a single start, for example, in 1992. Complete horse reports are available for all horses that raced on the circuits dating back to 1970. Click to the horse reports page, enter a horses name and find his full steeplechasing record. Same goes for owners, trainers and riders. O’Keefe explained another new feature: “In addition to keeping yearly, and overall, standings for Virginia sanctioned and non-sanctioned winners, the system can keep standings overall, for the entire circuit, including Maryland and Pennsylvania point-to-points, and the national circuit.” Another new button on Central Entry’s home page is “Steeplechase in Review.” O’Keefe said that race reports from the Chronicle of the Horse magazine from 1977-1984 have been placed in the system, as well as races from fall. 2007. “More will be available as I get to it,” O'Keefe said. Other pages on Central Entry’s site include a notices page (for late changes, updated See ENTRY, Page 12 Old Dominion Hounds Point-to-Point Saturday. April 5th • Noon post time Ben Venue Farm. Ben Venue 16 miles west of Warrehton on U S. 211 Seven races featuring Leeds Don Open Timber honoring that Old Dominion specialist and three-time Virginia Gold Cup winner, pictured above. 540-364-4573 or 540-636-1507 -_—r sp • :< f?:fi:- ......._.. GreatForHorses* Afar Your Skin DEHMATOUOGY Smooth ftd Laser freak • Facial Chemical tab . SfcfrdDennai Abrasion vSdarthenpy • U»i LegVNnLjnar f': UaerHaaand from S^Rmovai* Skin Care Pntiicts i# Lawrence J. Finkel mu BCKRD CEKUFIEL) DERMAT0U5G1ST r«FREEunrHome>Estimateh| |t\|yndows^Siding «JK(k>mnu,\v.» utters? & Doors WrEGEXC Y&BFjRICH£A XDERSEX XORAXDFXgHEARTLASD •ALCOA I Mon-Fri 7: (540) 829-4890 <£(540)439-9788 Financing Available • MqjorCredit (fords Accepted j {Visit our Showroom atiZ i'iv-4 . ^12 Duke Streeta Sultp IOlU VA 22701 \ % ’( ’ " ■ • j nfc NMMM23

Photo 101: (And everything in between) he very nature of steeplechasing - outdoor sports action, glossy sleek horses, colorfully clad jockey-athI letes and a fast pace start to finish - lends itself to award-winning photography. What makes it to print are a photographer’s best shots: we wanted to know more about what differentiates a winner from an also-ran. What makes one photo of a horse race better than another. Is it action? Drama? Color? Image size? Take a look here at the winners, and losers, from a quartet of the sport’s best-known photographers. Eclipse Award winner Douglas Lees, American Horse Publications winners Sarah Greenhalgh and Betsy Parker, and National Steeplechase Association’s Tbd Marks submitted their best for these pages, plus a couple of dogs for comparison purposes. See if you can tell why a particular shot works, or not. The shot below, from the Potomac races in Maryland, is ‘classic’ Sarah Greenhalgh: action that races nearly off the page. At right, Betsy Parker is fond of the diagonal lines in this image from Montpelier. ‘It draws the viewer’s eye from left to right,’ like they teach in journalism class. Still, she says, the action is a bit far away for real impact. Photo betow by Sarah Greenhalgh at ngtit Times Newspapers Staff Photo Betsy Parker Photos above, and top. by Tod Marks New York-based Tod Marks loves the color in the shot at top of Tom Foley from the Colonial Cup. ‘It was this instant where everything clicked with the light,' Marks said. One that didn't work so well, from the same meet above, was when Marks was trained on the lead horse at left, but another shot up the inside rail to steal victory. 'I nearly got run down. Plus I missed the shot.' Maryland photographer Sarah Greenhalgh likes this shot from Great Meadow, but Ihe image is too far away. Nice, but not enough in-yourface action.’ Photo by Sarah Greenhalgh

from Ok to incredible Times Newspapers Staff Photos, above and below left. '* by Betsy Parker, photo below right by Sarah Greenhalgh Taking her cues from master craftsman Douglas Lees, the Times Newspapers’ own Betsy Parker grabbed the image above from the Piedmont point-to-point. ‘I nearly missed it’ using a long lens, she said, ‘but that’s the risk you take.’ When shots like this one work, she added, they work powerfully. But below, right and left, sometimes the timing, or the framing, can take a cool shot and make it destined for the cutting room floor. The idea below left, photographer Betsy Parker said, was to frame the handsome Montpelier mansion between the horse’s legs. An untimely car crossing, and unfortunate framing mistake makes it into a disaster. Same with the shot at right, said Sarah Greenhalgh. ‘What was I thinking. How bout a little lower.’ Greenhalgh was trying to widen for a winner’s circle shot from the Breeder’s Cup at Far Hills. N.J., but ended up with a throwaway. Greenhalgh, who teaches photography at a college in Maryland, said that this type of shot is as good for learning as the great ones: ‘You have to find out what works. And what doesn’t.’ Sometimes being close to the action works, sometimes it doesn’t. Warrenton shooter Douglas Lees prefers to use his 300 mm Nikon lens to get in tight and personal with steeplechasing but, as the headless horse at right from Morven Park shows, it can nip off important portions of the photo. Below, his 2007 Eclipse Award winner from Great Meadow has all the ingredients of a champion - color, action, diagonal lines, tautness, and a feeling of ‘what happened next’ that marked this one a winner. Photos right and below by Douglas Lees

Field masters chase series popular By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Pony racing for junior riders has long been part of Virginia’s spring steeplechase circuit, with many of the sport’s national champions graduating from the ranks of short sprints cm tiny ponies. A creative solutkm to felling entries replaced the classic pony races in 2006, and the new “field masters chase” series has been rewarded with expanded entries and burgeoning interest in the controlled introduction to horse racing. “We’re trying to create horsemen for the fiiture” explained Graham Alcock, a former ‘chase rider who officiates at many Virginia meets. The junior field masters chase series attracts more entries than the old pony races because, according to Alcock, young riders were able to compete with their regular foxhunting mounts rather than needing what he called a “one-trick pony.” The problem we had is that for a lot of the ponies, [raring on the flat] fried their brains,” he explained. “Sometimes, you can't use the pony to do anything other than race. The pony field masters chases —also open to junior riders mounted on suitable horses, in their own division — are for junior riders mounted on fairly hunted ponies. That means they hunted at least half the current hunt season. In the chases, entrants follow a mounted leader, a “field master,” just like in the hunt field, over a course of jumps (about two miles, approximately 10 fences.) The group then stops, or slows, at a given point before being released by the master for a dash to die finish line. The final “race” is usually less than a quarter mile. “It’s a requirement that the kid must have hunted, on that pony,” Alcock said. "They don't have to own it, but they do have to have hunted it. Safety is our number-one issue.” If a rider passes the leader any time during the chase, other than the final dash to the wire, he or she is eliminated from the race. Trophies are awarded in three divisions: small ponies (under 13.0 hands), large ponies (13.0 to 14.2 hands) and horses. Series races are slated at Rappahannock, Blue Ridge, Old Dominion, Loudoun and a final championship is set at the May 3 Virginia Gold Cup. There will be several unmounted events for juniors hoping to compete in the series. Watch the Fauquier TimesDemocrat weekly for details. Complete entry details on any Virginia steeplechase event can be found online at www.centralentryoffice.com. Home Barm. Anna (iaragta, IJghl Commercial Workshop* and Hobby Bams £\rajjAnttrBuUd, Inc. P.O. Box 237 PurceUville, VA 20134 Website: wwwJiorsebarnsccntralxoai 540-338-2306 800-432-3864 Fax: 540-338-3015 est.1981 Serving Our Customers over 27 years. HORtt KM FOR UAIXRS Unforgettable • Powerful • Inspiring P VJ6 M A unique professional development program focusing on... | • Communicating effectively “ I • Establishing a shared understanding of goals & expectation! ' ;■ Gaining commitment and motivation Building trust and gaining respect^ _ Developing meaningful relationships with others % ‘ -rnv h, ; ;::5 |§ vV; | Discover what you can learn from a cowboy! •A. lO^ Enrolling for Spring 2008! All programs held at the Jnn (?) Kelly's Ford In Remington, VA Contactiohn Lord & 434-962-0219 • johnlord@ntelos.net Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The popular, innovative field masters' chases have joined the spring point-to-point circuit. Most are carded for junior riders, but Blue Ridge Hunt, shown here, offers a senior event. Entry From Page 9 regularly), race calendar, entries and overnights (published soon after entry time closes each week during the season, usually by noon on Tuesdays), results (for the current season, by early Monday after race weekends, and dating all the way back to 1970), the condition book, standings (updated weekly), a steeplechase map (to find the meets), and various interesting links. Central Entry also offers a weekly entry service that faxes results and overnights ($50 for the year) and another that sends the same via e-mail ($25.) As always, horsemen entering horses at a given meet receive overnights and passes by mail. Visit Central Entry online at www.centralentryoffice.com. 1x10 SS5 10x1^95 kv month ptrrrMrMft lOxtS Si20 10x20 $145 nr month par mamft fe S% Mscoamt Hjghwny | Washington, Virginia 2274? J4M»7*»JH* www.rappttoragt.coM 1840 2008 67th Annual Pfecfenont Fox Hounds Pokit-Tb4H*it Races March 22,2008 Rost Time 1:00pm • Hunter Pairs 9:30am Featuring T he Prestigious Rokeby Bowl Reserved Parking and Tickets: 540-592-7100 Advertising: 540-364-3833 General Parking $20/per car

Much the same, still some changes to Virginia point-to-point By Betsy Parker Timea Newspaper** Staff Writer Predictable and stable, the 2008 spring steeplechase season opens Feb. 23 with the Casanova Hunt Point-to-Point, extending through mid-May with the May 10 Bedford County Hunt Pointto-Point south of Charlottesville. But a few changes affect the schedule, and several race series have been “tweaked,” according to Virginia Point-to-Point Association spokesman Will O’Keefe. The Bull Run Hunt h^jpter pace, which has for the past 15 years preceded the Casanova meet by a week, has been moved to mid-season this year, April 12, to avoid cancellation due to inclement weather conditions often found here in midFebruary. Other hunter pace series changes include the cancellation of the Middleburg Hunt event (usually held mid-April) and the new date for the Rappahannock Hunt hunter pace (now April 19, a change from early March, also Middleburg's Glenwood Park hosts four days of ’chasing each year, two in the spring, two in the fall. Times Newspapers Start Photo/Betsy Parker Diamonds • Fink 14K Com & Sterling Silver Jewelry • Watches Jewelry and Watch Repair • Engravincs • Custom Work Felton |ft)Jewelers 1 FORMERLY HINCHEYS E»L 1967 Darlene Felton, Owner 251W. Lee Highway Warrenton | VA 20186 1 540347.7702 109 W. Washington St. Middleburg | VA 201181540*687-5481 The Fairfax Hunt Point-to-Point Races Sunday, April 20, 2008 Morven Park, Leesburg, Virginia “The best for weather-related reasons.) The race schedule remains largely unchanged, with all area hunt clubs hosting point-topoints (12 total) plus four Virginia National Steeplechase Association-sanctioned race meets sprinkled in, in April and May. The Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association is sponsoring a series of flat races for registered Virgina-breds, with a $2,000 purse to be paid through the first five finishers for each of the series races. A minor adjustment has been made to the foxhunters’ and owner-rider timber series. O’Keefe explained that at each (of six) meets that offer the events, two divisions of the three-mile timber races will be carded. If enough entries are made in both, each race will run as a separate division; if entries are light in one or the other, the groups will be combined, with separate trophies, and points, awarded in each. A new “limited maiden” hurdle race condition has been added at several member meets, O’Keefe added, saying that “young horses, and those making their first few starts over hurdles,” will get their own division (races are limited to “first-season” jumpers! to ensure that the newbies should have slightly less pace and slightly fewer entries with which to contend. Though neither the full Virginia condition book, nor the NSA condition book, were available at press time for this special supplement, they should be available online at www.centralentryoffice.com and at www.nationalsteeplechase.com. ASK ABOUT OUR: START SAVING MONEY NOW!! » * • • . f, Asn#w HVAC system can save L you Up to 70% on your heating f, : i ‘and cooingcosts. t ConMtanons are free and y tjnandng is available to help start saving now with no Interest for 6 months. TRANE COMPLETE $lonn instant TIZUU REBATE “TRANE® SYSTEMS tth Hant Th SttJfi A Thine OFFER EXPIRES 2/29/08 Available only through Trane's Comfort Specialist Dealers. MsSr.RSA.L_ ■hr)-* Dedicated to providing out customers with the best heating/cw conditioning products and outstanding service ) We call that... “The McCrea Way" 800.788.6216 • Warrenton, VA • McCreaWay.com

M.L. STRAIGHT PAINTING Residential Division »» "»™ Videos From Page 7 Florida. After Myer was drafted, he served in the Korean War, in the Phillipines, from 1952-54; he later attended Cornell University. An avid horseman who was breaking yearlings at 12, Myer moved to Maryland while working for the Smith wick stable. There he met his wife and now co-worker Paula at the Elkridge-Harford Hunt winter quarters when she was working at St. Timothy’s School. They were married in 1969. Paula Myer says they sort of fell into the field of videography out of necessity when their son Philip was competing in 4-H. “In 1981, my son Philip (now the director of Emergency Services in Fauauier County 1 was having a problem in his 4-H showmanship classes. We bought our first video rig,” she said. It was a Beta and weighed about 48 The Myers first started video taping steeplechase races in 1984. Fred Myer says sales were slim, because hardly anyone had VCRs. He remembers his first sale fondly; it was to Harry White (Andy Kandyi. In 1985, they started providing the very important finish line camera and a place to review the tapes. What the tape buyers and viewers don’t see are the hours and hours of footage Myer must shoot to get an entire race meet. So much more than a feed store — please visit us soon! Myer and his crew are at the events long before most of the tailgaters break out the deviled eggs and champagne. They are also there long after, breaking down their equipment and rolling up cables m any weather. ‘'Video production is hard work, very time consuming,” Fred Myer said. “It demands a continual study of different systems and is very technical.” The race tapes are made available by Tuesdays or Wednesdays following the races, but Myer is also very accommodating. “Sometimes they have come by the studio to see their races, Myer said. “This service has been open to all ever since we started, at no charge.” Jockeys and trainers arc some of the best buyers Myer said. “Especially the amateur riders; that want to study their form and/or their horse's performance,” Myer said. "Video is tne best teaching tool we have. 1 saw a great need for the young riders to be able to see their races so that could improve their race-riding skills.” One of his all-time favorite horse-and-rider combinations was Michelle House and Cinzano. Owned by Randolph House, the horse had 21 point-to-point firsts out of 30 starts. Other great jockeys Fred Myer has eiyoyed capturing on video include Paddy Smitnwick, Joe Aitcheson and Mikey Smith wick. There are some other races that were so exciting while I was filming them they made chills run up and down my spine,” he said, when you edit those races, you get the same excitement. I love to film the ‘great’ horses — they almost always have that special presence of the champion. The best races for us to tape are the ones when they are hotly contented with at leant tour clone together and running hard.” Myer says that home and rider safety has always been a special goal of his and if his videos can help make courses safer for both, he feels like he is doing his 10b. In addition, Myer would like to see some changes on the point-to-point circuit that he thinks would benefit the trainers and the spectators. The point-to-points need to trim the race card to no more than seven races,” Myer said. ‘There are far too many flat races. I have filmed more two-horse races than any one in the work! and announcer Will O'Keefe has called more two-horse races " He added, “If you have more than seven races — and the weather is rttrt always good in the early spring — it turns into a grueling day lor everyone. After all, the point-to-points are supposed to fie a gfxxl show, not a marathon. If there are more than six or seven races, all the spectators have left Indore the last race, especially if the weather is bad.”

Artist From Page 6 and when, did you become interesUxt in painting? Sandra Forbuah: I was always interested in art. 1 wanted to be a fashion designer and illustrator I went to art school at Maryland Institute of Art. My parents didn't let me finish, as my grades weren’t good — at first we weren't painting, we just studied the history of art. After I left art school, I started modeling, but even then, I was always drawing, sketching everywhere I went I modeled until I was 26 or 27, until I married Wade Massie, from Massies Comer (in Rappahannock County.) At that point, I started ruling, foxhunting and raising my daughter Nancy. I had a different lifestyle, but 1 still modeled, going into Washington and doing shows and television. Even then, 1 spent all my spare time drawing — kids, dogs, whatever. Then, in 19801 broke my back in an automobile accident At the time, 1 was raising yearlings for the Saratoga sales, and had two fulltime people working for me, a kit of broodmares, and stood a stallion. After I broke my back, I couldn’t keep up my horse operation, because I physically couldn't manage it, so 1 sold the marcs and didn't have a horse operation anymore. This room (her studio| was a guest bedroom, very dark, with carpeting and a low ceiling. We put in the skylights, and lightened the room up, and I began drawing up here, at first with colored pencils. 1 dKlnt know anything atioul painting. I tried to leani about painting by going to da*** at the (oncuran, which 1 only attended about half of a semester, because of the commute, and then I went to the Northern Virginia Community College, and all they did there wan draw from live nvxlels, which didn’t help me at all. I decided that if I stayed at home, instead of driving back and forth to a class, I could learn as much by just doing it. So 1 got a set of oil paints, and 1 had them in the house for a year before 1 started using them. I didn't know what to do with them, I was so intimidated by them. 1 finally got them out, and started painting At the time I was using pastel, and that was still drawing, I was still holding a pencil in my hand But to mix colors, that was really different 1 got the oils out, and I started learning about them, and at that time I started getting commission* AI3t In then mwneone who influenced you ui your painting Flint Hill's Sandra Forbush follows her love of racing through her art career? 8F: Difficult question, because I’m still being influenced. I’m influenced by my students, Sir Alfred Munnings, by John Singer Sargent, by Laszlo. My daughter gave me a Laszlo book for Christmas, and it just blew me away, I just love his portraits. 1 have tons of Munnings, which I’m always going back to when I’m stuck on a painting. AG: What medium do you prefer and why t 8F: Oil, because of the richness, the colors, the depth, because you can cover up a mistake ami go back over it, you can change it. You can still use it like watereolor, too, if you thin it well with turpentine. ACe. How do you, an a painter, capture thi- movement of a racing Htceplechanerf SF: I work with phrAographs. I have the fastest, camera you can buy, a Nikon digital, and I can capture so many fnum* a second. It's really important that you have the accuracy. You cant fool anybody when you (sunt horses, you have to get tlieir conformation right. I also look for movement, ami light 1 love seeing light and shadows If I get the afternoon glow in a photo, it makes the painting much more interesting. I take a lot of pictures, and go back through them and Im>k for a rhythm in a picture Even if the home isn’t really moving, there’s a kind of energy, a movement, in the painting. That’s what I try to find. AG: How important in the drawing (a nketch Forbunh Marti< with) before beginning the painting ? 8F: It is important, particularly on something you’re doing for someone else. If I can get the drawing right away, then I don't have as much trouble having to correct it later. But if I’m not doing a commission, I don’t have to be quite as correct. The eye, especially, is voy important Tm a red eye person. Having been a model, I know that the essence of the subject is in the eye. If I can get the eye right, then the planting ainws alhv. It's a little difficult, ibr instance, if the owner of a deceased pet has sent a picture; that is too tiny to see the eye, then I have to go to books to get the eye right AG: Do you have any advice for aapinng hone artuttH? 8F: Tb know the sulijcct matter, to study horse conformation, take as many pictures as you can, to be around horses as much as you can, and to start drawing horses. It’s not difficult to draw horses. Draw and draw and chaw. Carry your little pod around, and eveiywhere you go, just do quick sketches. 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Photo by Douglas Lees Raymie Woolfe, above, is a steeplechasing photojournalist who learned the sport from within: He rode races as an amateur on the circuit. His book 'Steeplechasing' is an Industry standard. Capturing the action Steeplechase photography corps makes most of timing, precision, when recording the excitement Jim Carr, left, is a regular on the course as he shoots action, candid and winner's circle portraits. Leslie and David Howers, below, double-team the circuit. Photos tefl and below by Sarah Greenhalgh Photos above and nghl by Douglas Lees Above left, photographers Brant Gamma and Tod Marks set up at Far Hills, while Virginia shooter Jordan Koepke, above, works at the Warrenton races. Photos by Douglas Lees Award-winning photojournalist Sarah Qreenhalgh, above, and Times Newspapers' Betsy Parker, above left, work the national circuit, as does photo pro Jim Graham, left. Photos by Douglas l a«S Douglas Lees also took this vintage shot of photojournalist Peter Wmants. left, in the 1960s, and, more recently, of Virginia pro Janet Hitchen

Photo by Douglas Lees This 1978 shot from Foxfield netted Warrenton photographer Douglas Lees his first Eclipse Award. He now owns two. Lees From Page 6 case, it happens too often to be coincidence." In the Gold Cup, a $50,000 timber stakes at 3 Mi miles, Lees captured 8-year-old gelding Navesink View pitched forward on his forelegs over the four-foot fence in front of the steward’s stand, while jockey Haynes is upside down, still holding the horse’s reins before landing on the ground. Lees took the photo at approximately 75 feet from the fence with a 70-200 telephoto zoom lens on his Nikon digital D-200 camera. “After (I won the 1978 Eclipse) 1 thought, oh, winning is easy,” Lees said. “But 29 years later, I realized that wasn’t true." In 1980, Lees actually did win honorable mention — second to New York shooter Bob Coglianese’s famous shot “The Savage," of a horse viciously biting at another in a stretch drive, “so, at least I was in the game," Lees said. Lees also won honorable mention in 1981 for a trio of steeplechasing photos, and again in 1994 with a shot nearly identical to the 2007 photo. The 1994 honorable men: tion was for a fall at Great Meadow — Political Angel and David Bourke are nearly vertical as they tumble over the same fence where Lees captured Navesink View going down. Lees shot solely in black and white until 2005. at which time he took up digital. “I’ve never looked back," he said. “I wanted control over my product," something black-andwhite photography — in particular the developing process — gave him. “But the digital camera gives you the same control. Size, cropping, shading, color. It eliminates the ‘luck’ factor." Lifelong passion Lees was born in Warrenton in 1950. Father, Harcourt, and mother, the late Scottie Lees, were both avid foxhuntcrs. The junior Lees rode as a child with the local Warrenton Hunt from 19681981. He attended Blue Ridge Prep School and earned a degree in journalism from the University of Richmond. “My dad and mom were my first editors,” he recalled, saying his mother had a vintage Zeiss camera, his father a Minolta. "I broke them both,' he said, pure deadpan. It was hard to tell if he was kidding. He wasn't. Fortunately, he added, “they tolerated my obsession, and supported me fully." Perhaps they saw the raw talent in their teenaged son. Lees shot photos of local hunts, venturing to cover his first steeplechase in 1966. It was clambering in and out of photographer Marshall Hawkins' Jeep that broke one of the cameras, he recalled. “Stupid kid. But I was hooked." Hawkins, whose hand-colored hunting and racing shots still hang in many area homes — and whose photo of Jackie Kennedy falling over a Piedmont hunt coop made him famous worldwide — was generous with his time and knowledge, Lees said. He Helped me get my nrei Fauquier Democrat front-page shot. It was 1967, Warrenton Hunt Point-to-Point at Broadview. He really was my first hero." Because of what Hawkins had showed him about action photography, Lees was in the right place at the right time to capture an alarming scene as a loose horse — without rider due to a fall — turned and raced back into the oncoming field of horses. “It was a helluva shot,” Lees said. See Lees, Page 10 , IT ATI UCnMD • MUM» MT.tfTI UHim, TA»MATWOIAIWWW. cmnm a hapianamom cowmi* •*« «w wmwAmmicEU! WELLERANDASSOClArES insurance Insurance Programs for Virginia's Horsemen • Broad Property Coverage including bams, stables, fences, corrals, and pens • General Liability limits for bodily injury and property damage • Stable Liability for owners’operations • Care, Custody and Control Coverage • Equine Mortality Coverage • Equine Major Medical • Farm Automobile • Excess Liability limits available (804)514-9915 Toll Free: (877) 867-9291 www.wellerins.com PAHANNOC

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