Mary Beth

Named 607 times. These are the 400 blocks the name was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.

Aug 20, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Times-Democrat Staff Writer Alfred Kummli By Mary Beth Martin Times-Democrat Staff Writer Alfred Kummli of Huntly was elected chairman of the board of Lord Fairfax Community College’s Education Foundation in 1996. He has served on the foundation board, which is responsible for fund raising activities,...
Aug 27, 1997 Counties must Counties must decide on land use decisions By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The front line of responsibility for land use lies with local government, said state Senator W. Tayloe Murphy Jr. at the first conference and summit...
Aug 27, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Everything Band is busy composing and recording music in a new recording studio that is as different from most recording studios as this band is unique from other bands. When an...
Sep 10, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin • Rappahannock News Staff Writer By Mary Beth Martin • Rappahannock News Staff Writer Dale Welch has a serious problem — bears in the com. While this may sound amusing the reality is anything but. Mr. Welch owns a 55-acre com patch in Huntly. “Usually...
Sep 10, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Chris By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Chris Sause and Megan Fairbrothers both broke records at Page County High School’s cross country course. Chris broke the 3.0 mile course with a time of 18:38 and Megan broke the girls’...
Sep 10, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer They By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer They act just like big horses says owner, Marilyn Hoffman, of her miniature horses, but are safer and easier to handle. Mrs. Hoffman’s Hilltop Stud Farm in Woodville breeds, trains, shows and...
Sep 17, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Dr. By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Dr. David Gangel, superintendent of schools, asked the Rappahannock County School Board, at their meeting last week, for approval to give Trigon stock, currently valued at $196,225.72, to the county supervisors. He...
Sep 17, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin / Rappahannock Newi Staff Writer By Mary Beth Martin / Rappahannock Newi Staff Writer The rain came down and into the auditorium of Rappahannock County High School last week. The new roof was only partially in place leaving much exposed to the rain with only...
Sep 17, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Rappahannock By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Rappahannock County Schools received 9,001 shares of Trigon Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield) stock currently valued at $23.87 per share, it was reported at the School Board meeting. The proceeds from the sale...
Sep 17, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer A By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer A gala event attended by 450 guests was hosted at Huntley Hall by Jane and John Tilghman “Til” Hazel Jr. on Saturday. The evening celebrated the end of the design time and...
Sep 17, 1997 “children” of every age swaying and dancing. It seemed ...once again joined us for this annual event and spoke about the late Mary Beth Williams’ involvement with Camp Fantastic as a counselor. Tommy and Bonnie Williams also joined us for the evening. Butch Foster, President of the Lions’ Club,...
Sep 24, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer For By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer For five exchange students, from three different continents, Rappahannock County High School is a different atmosphere but they say they are learning to cope. People speak too quickly, they all say, except...
Sep 24, 1997 ' By Mary Beth Martin By Mary Beth Martin 1 Rappahannock News Staff Writer * “I didn’t move to Rappahannock to be a gentleman farmer,” Bob Anderson &aid. He was responding to a query as to why he didn’t use just the cost-share program to...
Oct 1, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Headwaters By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Headwaters Education Foundation hosted its debut forum on Friday, Sept. 26, which drew over 80 participants from the community. The evening brought together Rappahannock County teachers, students and administrators, parents and concerned...
Oct 1, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer Those By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer Those interested in water issues in the county should be aware of the Ragged Mountain Resource Center’s plan to host a Water Festival from 2 p.m. until dark on Sunday, Oct. 12,...
Oct 1, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Taking By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Taking on a challenge, Brady Wolfe, 16, began work on his Eagle Scout Service Project at the Rappahannock Senior Center in Washington. His project was an ambitious one that included building two...
Oct 1, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer The Rappahannock High School Cross Country team is iefeating other schools in the irea with excellent scores. On Sept. 10 the boys team soundly defeated Loudoun Valley and Warren County, x)th rated...
Oct 1, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The U-14 soccer team started this year with two losses, but turned it around on Sept. 27 with a win. The game played at the Warrenton Middle School on Sept. 13 against...
Oct 8, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer “Big By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, nationally known drag-car racer, drove into Sperryville in his rebuilt 1936 Ford hot rod on Sept. 23. His wife, Patricia, accompanied him on this trip to visit their...
Oct 15, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Immersed By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Immersed up to their ankles, smiles intact, students from Rappahannock County High School studied “critters” in the Rush River. Ten students enrolled in the Environmental Science class at RCHS met with Jay...
Oct 15, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin , Rappahannock News Staff Writer By Mary Beth Martin , Rappahannock News Staff Writer One of those rare individuals who possesses the determiriation, self-confidence and intelligence to do almost anything, Bob Metcalfe’s latest accomplishment is a book. “House Contracting & Building, A Painless Checklist &...
Oct 15, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer On By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer On Oct. 5 Scout Van Carney dedicated his Eagle Scout Project, a fire danger sign located at the entrance of the Rappahannock Park, to the late Boy Scout leader and Rappahannock Lions’...
Oct 15, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer Barbara Jean Harlan is an artist with warmth, Southern charm and who displays a tremendous sense of humor in her work and life. Her enormous ability to paint and sculpt is combined...
Oct 22, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Dr. John Tble, chairman of the Rappahannock County School Board, said the board plans on abbreviating the monthly meetings by having more subcommittes meetings. The board met on Oct. 14, and reports...
Oct 22, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer Do By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer Do you ever wonder what cats do when no one is watching them? Some local children took part in a film to educate people about that very thing. Argo Films, a Washington,...
Oct 29, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The “cell from hell” and “killer-dinoflagette,"otherwise known as Pfiesteria piscicida, which caused fish-kills and health alarms in Maryland in August, was the topic of a talk and slide show given on Friday,...
Oct 29, 1997 By Hazel Zinn-Day 4-H Extension Agent The Rappahannock County ...by the Corbin family for the “Most Enthusiastic Camp Counselor” in memory of Mary Beth Williams, who passed away earlier this year, went to Zack Corbin and Robyn Kaye. A special tribute for Paul Nichols was written by Lamma and...
Nov 5, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin • Rappahannock News Staff Writer By Mary Beth Martin • Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County ftigh School Girls’ Varsity Basketball team never gave tip throughout the season, said Coach Luther Stanley, despite losing the 18 games they played this season. The George Mason...
Nov 5, 1997 • By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Eastwoods’ Nurseries grows over 250 varieties of incredibly beautiful and expensive Japanese maples at the foot of Rappahannock’s Long Mountain. Henry Eastwood said he tried to raise, ground cover and pigs (they...
Nov 12, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer Citizens of the 10th District may not realize that Frank Wolf, their U.S. Congressman, is recognized as an international leader in human rights and religious freedom. Wolf has made 31 trips to...
Nov 19, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County School Board met on Nov. 11 and the meeting was remarkably different from previous meetings in that discussion was limited prior to the board’s voting (unanimously) throughout the evening....
Nov 19, 1997 4 By Mary Beth Martin J Rappahannock News Staff 4 By Mary Beth Martin J Rappahannock News Staff Writer ' Jennifer Greene recently ppened the Odyssey Collection along “Artists’ Row” in Washington and she is struggling to maintain its pristine image as a gallery rather than a shop. Museum...
Nov 26, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer What By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer What is big,' green, costs $180,000 and is not the Rappahannock County High School roof? You would be correct if you guessed the new stove designed by Chef Patrick O’Connell for The...
Nov 26, 1997 Courtney ...20 state finalists for Wendy’s Heisman Award; She wrote an essay about how Mary Beth Williams inspired her to live her life; she was a volunteer candy-stripper at the Fauquier Hospital last summer in the Emergency Room and in surgery;...
Nov 26, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County Boys’ Varsity Basketball team is a young team, said Coach Eugene Baltimore, and he expects them to improve, not that they did badly last year when they made it...
Nov 26, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The aromas of baking bread and muffins from Chris Hogan’s Blue Ridge Bakery and Delicatessan are a delicious addition to the Town of Washington. Since the beginning of October his bakery has...
Dec 3, 1997 Who exactly ...indeed, I had not realized this. But who, exactly, aside from your reporter Mary Beth Martin, says so? I read the entire story and unhappily I did not find anyone, aside from her, saying Mr. Wolf has such stature. Aren’t...
Dec 3, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County High School girls’ volleyball team is working hard getting ready for a busy schedule with its first game on Dec. 3 at Page County High School. On Dec. 4...
Dec 3, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer “When By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock News Staff Writer “When you find your passion, you can find a way to do it,” said Tanya Richey, and she admits painting is an obsession for her. She delivered her $24,000 painting of Washington,...
Dec 3, 1997 By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer The By Mary Beth Martin Rappahannock New Staff Writer The Red Nose Sale is an incredibly large and diverse show at the Middle Street Gallery that has drawn not only the regular artists, but also a number of new exhibitors, many...