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Inaugural ‘Heidi’s Hope’ 5k propels Relay or WCMS, Knock Cancer Out o the Park teams unite in memory o Heidi Moo

By Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

On Saturday morning, May 1,about 130 participants along withsupporters gathered at the SkylineHigh School track and groundsor the rst “Heidi’s Hope” 5k race.Te inaugural event was co-pro-moted by two Relay or Lie teams– Warren County Middle Schooland Knock Cancer Out o the Ball

Park – as a undraiser in this year’sRelay or Lie activities.

WCMS team rep Pam Dyke toldus there had been about 100 pre-registrations with more showing

up beore race time on a brilliantSaturday morning.

Te race commemorates the lieand accomplishments o WarrenCounty High School alumni HeidiMoore Sonsino, who passed away ater a six-year battle with cancerlast year. Moore, a Sweeney Shi-ett Hall o Fame selection in herrst year o eligibility the same

year she passed away, set a highstandard o athletic excellence

during her our-year tenure, 1995-1999, as a member o the WCHStrack and eld team.

Members o Moore’s amily, in-cluding husband Eric Sonsino and

parents John and erry Moore,were present to both participateand encourage others participat-ing in Saturday’s event. Eric andJohn both addressed the eld atthe starting line just prior to the 9a.m. start.

While starting late ater video-taping the race’s start, John sooncaught up with and encouragedthe Skyline Girl’s soccer team andother amiliar aces throughoutthe race.

Prizes were awarded to the top

two male and emaleSkyline High andteam alumni Mattcame in rst in the 3a time o 17:46. Mcollowed across thother 0-year-old, M0:58; Jess Ferguson30-year-old banner

year-old yler Schaand Rebecca Websteo :6.

Deeating all our ting initiatives, WCAlan Fox actually in a classied time –Way to go, Alan!

Organizers reporraised and called theing success.

“It was a great turst event and wemake this an annualCancer Out o the member Maria Boltodidn’t know Heidi phearing all the storas an athlete and aa real inspiration anis a tting way to h

Despite her own illness, the late Heidi Moore focusedon helping others. Here she is with Camp Fantastickids.

Heidi’s dad, John Moore, greets Jennifer Reinhardtand one-year-old daughter Hannah to the inauguralHeidi’s Hope 5k.

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her and kicko our annual Relay or Lie undraising eorts.”

Legacy

By the time Heidi Moore had run

her last race in a Warren County High uniorm, she had brokenall three records her coach JohnSlepetz held up as a challenge andgoal to her three years earlier, aswell as our more – the long jump,the triple jump, the 4 x 800 meterrelay – and in her last race at theState Meet at Madison University her senior year, she would add the300 Intermediate Hurdles to thelist, an event she had run only three times beore.

“In the end there was no eventthat Heidi would not try, or couldnot excel in given enough time.– And or Heidi there was never

enough time,” her high schoolcoaches John Slepetz and StanBrooks told us.

Heidi Moore, WCHS, 1995-99Seven school records:

1. 100 meters, 1.7;. 00 meters, 6.1;

3. 400 meters, 59.;4. 300 meter hurdles, 46.4;5. Long Jump, 16-eet-10 ¼

inches;6. riple Jump, 36-t-8 ½

inches;

7. 4 x 800 meter relay,10:45

10 times All Northwestern Dis-trict7 times All Region II5 times All State Virginia times All NW District in CrossCountry

But or all her athletic excellence,it was as a human being that HeidiMoore-Sonsino let her greatestlegacy. As we reported upon herpassing, rather than let a cruelturn o ate dictate how she livedout her lie, Heidi Moore took

that ate by the horns and devotedmuch o her nal years not only to the ght against her own can-cer, but to that o others youngerthan her. Heidi also continued hereducation leading to a career inspeech pathology, as well as doingwhat people do, alling in love and

getting married.She graduated in 1999 then at-

tended James Madison University where she obtained her under-graduate degree in 003. It wasat JMU as reshman, where Heidi

met her husband, Eric. Shortly a-ter graduation, she was diagnosedwith Stage IV colon cancer. Whileshe was undergoing extensive che-motherapy treatments and multi-ple surgeries, she continued work-ing towards her Master’s Degree,which she achieved rom JMU in005 in the eld o Communica-tion Sciences and Disorders.

Heidi then began her employ-ment in the Warren County SchoolDistrict, where she was a Speech-Language Pathologist. A year latershe moved to Loudoun County and continued her Speech careerat Belmont Station Elementary in

Ashburn, Virginia. Not only didHeidi inspire the children that shehelped to speak, but she changedthe lives o their amilies as well.Troughout her years workingin the school districts, Heidi re-ceived numerous thank you cardsand letters rom the parents o her

students. Tis is one example, re-ceived recently:

“Heidi worked with [my son] orabout a year and a hal. He was al-most ½ when he started meetingwith her and had no words at all.Te beginning was difcult as hecried every day when I droppedhim o and I could hear him wail-

ing as I walked downdi was so patient anbuilt a great rapporthe soon ran down troom with a quick He made great prowith Heidi and she was I was every time word or had a brea

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was so enthusiastic and caring.She is the reason that he is talkingtoday.”

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Heidi also worked in the “SpecialLove” Camp Fantastic program.She explained what that experi-ence meant to her and those even

younger than her acing the ghto their lives

“Special Love hosts a weeklongcamp, Camp Fantastic, or chil-dren between the ages o 7 to 17who are undergoing cancer treat-ment. Children diagnosed withcancer are orced to grow up muchtoo ast. Camp Fantastic providesa place where they can ‘just bekids’ again. Immediate bonds areorged o similar experience andunspoken acceptance. It’s a place

where wigs come o and guardsare let down. No one pays atten-tion to the supercial; baldnessand scars don’t matter there. It’snot a surprise that most campers

reer to the experience as ‘the bestweek o their lives.’ ”

Later her amily told us, “As aSpecial Love counselor and am-bassador, Heidi hoped to inspireand encourage the campers o

Camp Fantastic. Year ater year,they did or her what she tried todo or them and year ater yearshe ell deeper and deeper in love.Being part o such a close SpecialLove amily osters hope, strength,and the drive to ght and NEVERgive up. In honor o Heidi, remem-ber to do as the campers at CampFantastic do: accentuate the posi-tive, celebrate lie, and o course– Believe!!”

On Saturday morning, May 1st,about 150 locals did just that insupport o another endeavor toght cancer, Te Relay or Lie.– Good work organizers, runners

and supporters.As an event logo on -shirts

worn by many participants stated– “I’m going to run orever”.

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Calling all FireghterCounty moves to coordinate new volunteer recruitment, traini

By Carol BallardWarren County Report

Dawn Greer and Nicole Reynoldshave been appointed volunteer co-ordinators in Warren County’s Fireand Rescue Department.

In an eort to support and im-prove the county’s outstanding redepartment, Warren’s Supervisors

hired Springsted ManagementConsultants to do an in-depthstudy on its ten stations. One o

the main recommendations was tond out how to recruit and retainquality re and rescue volunteersand to standardize methods o re-

cruiting among the stations.“It was worth every penny to

develop standardized orientation-type training,” said Fireghter/EM John Smith.

Te committee, made up o War-ren County Fire and Rescue Chie

Richard E. Mabie, Lena Meade, PatCross, and Smith, who is also theassistant chie o Company two,ound two qualied candidates.

“Tus the deed was done. We arehappy to take all the talent we can

get. Tey both have backgroundsin human resources and in the redepartment,” John said.

Dawn, a certied EM Basic andEnhanced provider holds a ull-time position with the U.S. Gov-ernment and is owner/operatoro Blue Mountain Escape Bed &

Breakast in Linden.Nicole is involved in the opera-

tions o South Warren re stationCompany Tree and her husband,Fred Reynolds, is a reghter

there.Te women want all personnel

in the individual stations to know

who they are and what they’re try-ing to achieve.

Nicole said, “We’ll go rom sta-tion to station and see what’sworking and gather inormationto nd out how to enhance theirprograms and then document the

progress.”Dawn added, “We’ve developed

a list o questions to ask and we’ll

give it to each station. We hope toget answers and come up with planon how to improve the process torecruit and retain people. Ten

we’ll write it all down and share itamong the stations.”

Tey also said they’d like to ndout i volunteers would sit downwith them one-on-one at the ad-ministration, operational and vol-unteer levels and gather their in-

ormation and history.Nicole said part o their job will

be to educate and support, to givea point o contact i anyone hasproblems, and to give back to the

volunteers with community ac-tion. It has been suggested to re-

ward them with movie tickets, or“re ghter bucks” which couldbe traded or services, like ree oilchanges.

Some o these rewards are al-ready in place in Loudoun andPrince William Counties. “We

have some like counties to draw rom,” she said.

John said, “We already have ca-reer proessionals at two o ourstations and at two others, mem-bers get help with personal prop-erty taxes and have their town

stickers paid. We’re looking to en-hance that with benet incentives.Tese could include a retirement

program and a consistent market-ing program.”John has heard a lot o conversa-

tion over the years about these is-

sues. “We have a long way to go.

Tis discussion has been goingon since the early 1980s. I’ve beenthere. I believe every station hasa dierent application or the vol-unteers. Tere’s no standard,” hesaid.

But there are increasingly im-

proved standards or certicationas a reghter. Just to ride on a retruck requires six months o train-ing. Requirements have changed,and more is required o volunteers,who don’t get paid and are doingtheir on-call service mostly as a

way to give back to the commu-nity.

And times have also changed,making it more difcult to get thetime or training even i a volun-teer is willing to give up the time.Te weak economy has sometimes

orced people to take several pay-ing jobs just to keep up with theiramilies’ needs. Ater long hours attheir day jobs, reghters going orcertication or basic Emergency Medical echnician have to de-

vote every Monday and Wednes-

day evening and our Saturdays orour months. Fireghter I and IItraining requires attendance a ew

nights a week or six months.Te rewards are oten great

though. Besides hesome o the traininto urther their careeeas.

Smith said, “Tescan come and train ato do their own caree

to be assistants in hhave aspirations or tion as a reghter, agone on to be careerin other counties.”

For example, DawBrittain, is a comba

U.S. Army and will Aghanistan soon. “work here and PrCounty helped himreer,” Dawn said.

However, it woulpeople showed mor

or what re and rescdeal with.

“It takes a lot o phto do this,” said Daw

you nd people, it’time and situationhaving their good da

“I you have the knto help people in timnot or accolades,” s

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No way!! – Anna celebrates her 80th birth


One o my avorite assignments –

the second week o May I receiveda tip o a pending surprise birthday party or school board receptionistAnna Cockrell – and my anticipa-tion went over the top when my avorite assignment bonus, “we’lleed you i you show up and take

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with no educational background,or at worst part o the “grand con-spiracy” to dumb down America;or I was just dropping in to seeFinance Director Rob Ballentine

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Anna had me pegged – and thosehoused deep in the bowels o theschool board administrative ofcescould maintain a level o certainty that they would receive due warn-ing o any media storm approach-

ing.But our “adversarial” relationship

really just developed as an excuseto trade stories and catch up on thepulse o the community at large.

Apparently I’m not the only one.Surprise party co-conspirator

and Assistant Superintendent o Schools Dr. Lou Justis ended uphustling to explain why he got tothe party at the banquet acility o Te Apple House in Linden aterAnna – a quick errand run gonewrong. He ended up circling the

WCGC parking lot ater Anna hadbeen wisked away by backup con-spirators to the party.

Dr. J, as Anna calls him, ad-dressed the surprise party coverstory – “Tis party was supposedto be in Fredericksburg,” he noted.

“Just Dr. J and me,” Anna added.“Anna is the gatekeeper as you

all know … around the ofce she’scalled the drill sergeant, and prob-ably a lot o other things,” Justis

said in recounting how Anna keepstabs not only on “intruders” such

as mysel, but sta as well.

“I I’m ve or 10 minutes late, Ihear about it,” Justis observed. “Ialmost beat her to work one time.We pulled into the parking lot atthe same time but at 80 she stillwalks aster than me.”

Justis, in his second go-round inthe county public school system,

noted that he was planning to re-tire (again) beore Anna, adding,

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ericksburg to check what time I getup.”

Don’t worry, Dr. J – I’ll keep herbusy back here in River City.

And by the way, Anna, I want tosee the birth certicate – the REAL

one!!! I’m not buying that 80 story.

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To“Tis ruling was expected … we had already begun work on redrating a complaint to name the individualactors … or their improper actions in leaking a privileged document to the press with the clear intent toharm my clients ...” – plainti attorney David Silek

Judge rules or town in dismissing solar law Plaintif attorney says individual suits planned to break ‘veil o immunit


A retired judge designate has ruledin avor o motions that a $30-millionlawsuit against the own o FrontRoyal and three sitting councilmenbe dismissed.

Te May 6th ruling o Judge PaulM. Peatross Jr. upheld argumentsmade on May 1 by Virginia Munici-pal League attorneys representingthe town. Tose arguments centeredon claims o sovereign immunity o the town and its elected ofcials anda lack o evidence upholding claims

o slander and intererence in a busi-ness contract by the deendants.

Tat’s the good news or the town.Te bad news, according to plainti

attorney David Silek, is that the May 6 ruling has not ended the case orthe individual deendants and may, inact, broaden the scope o litigation

concerning plaintis Donnie Poe andGreg Horton’s claims o slander andloss o business.

Tose claims are based on a serieso public statements by deendantsand publicity generated by a leak o condential material to council romthe town attorney by an unknown

recipient o that material leaked to Te NoDaily revolved arounlegal opinion generatown attorney’s ofcetwo councilmen’s qupossible bribes surrounegotiating process.

Tat routman-Sopinion was generatea phone conversatiorom own Attornenett about the questiHolloway and Carsoroutman-Sanders opthere were “potentialby SolAVerde ofciamanager. Tose “bribeed as jobs and econ

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However a number o citizen activ-ists, including ormer U.S. Depart-ment o Energy ofcial ina Hobson,questioned the whole “solar bribe”issue rom the start. In voicing sup-port o both Graham and the ideao adding a large, sustainable en-ergy production component to thetown electric department Hobsonrepeatedly asserted that the basis o the “solar bribe” inquiry were thingsthat had been publicly discussed by the ull council and key town sta

or nine months prior to the suddenquestions rom Vice-Mayor ChrisHolloway, Carson Lauder and thenRobinett as to whether such thingscould be construed as bribes “in thelegal sense” oered through the townmanager’s ofce.

Neither own Attorney Robinettnor Virginia Municipal League attor-ney Julia Judkins, who representedthe town in the case, returned ourphone calls prior to press time. Inaddition to a reaction to the ruling,we wanted to ask i the VML or townlegal department would represent in-dividual town ofcials who might becited in the uture litigation Silek has

promised.

Plaintif reaction

“Tis ruling was expected,” Silektold us within hours o receiving thedecision. “And we had already begunwork on redrating a complaint toname the individual actors which,rankly, still are unwilling to takeownership or to ‘man-up’ or theirimproper actions in leaking a privi-leged document to the press with the

clear intent to harm my clients. Weare also looking at other avenues topierce the own’s immunity.”

Te issue o not being able to iden-tiy the source o the leak o con-dential town attorney-client materialto Te Northern Virginia Daily wasone component o Judkins’ initial l-ing or dismissal o the lawsuit lastAugust. One essential point o Jud-kins’ motions to dismiss was how one can address the motive or leakand subsequent ront-page public-

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Te plaintis claim lars in lost solar-relo state due to the adgenerated by the leadential town documenIn subsequent stories porter Ben Orcutt reped a “councilman” athe leak.

“Let’s be rank – theacts or deenses, even tnow ruled legal,” Silekamazes me that the pRoyal have … electeact in such a mannerharm a local business

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age to say, ‘I did it’ and continue tohide behind legal deenses … We may now name the John Does that wereinitially named in the complaint,namely a certain publication in theShenandoah Valley and another indi-

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Failure to prove

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I have one.So do you.Every neighborhood does.

That one person who’s alwaysa step ahead of you. No matter what it is, he or she gets it donebefore you and better than you.Their grass is greener, their car cleaner and their tomatoestaller.

In most neighborhoods, youknow them as the Joneses,and no matter what you do, youcan’t keep up with them.

Where I live, it’s a woman and

I call her Rambo. She attackseverything with the precisionand skill of a highly trainedspecial forces military unit. For all I know, she probably helpedtake down that bin Laden guy.Wouldn’t surprise me.

Every spring, when I realizethe lawn doesn’t fertilize itself,Rambo’s already knocked thatone out several weeks ago.

And when I don’t see myriding tractor cutting the grasson its own, Rambo’s done hersthree times.

“I can’t cut it now,” I tell mywife. “It’s raining. I’ll get wet.”

And then I hear it. The unmis-

takable sound … of the Rambotractor!“Damn her!”

When it comes to washing thecar, she does it every weekend.Me, I take a more relaxed ap-proach. Once every 100,000miles.

In the fall, when I can’t see mylawn because of the two millionleaves covering it, Rambo’salready tackled her yard with agas-powered blower.

And when the snow

ing up on the drivewwife suggests, for ththat I might want to swell the snow bloweRambo’s putting herthe garage. I’ve eveout there in the middnight. Does that taknerve or what? Somto sleep at that hour

I wonder if she reaannoying she really der if she cares? I sher. Then again, I’ll wife do it.

Speaking of my wifdidn’t want me to wr

“What if she reads

“So what if she doereplied. “She doesnWhat’s she gonna dout like bin Laden?”

“Well,” my wife saias she glanced out ttoward Rambo’s recwashed house. “Youknow.”

After much soul seand cursing, I nally this was a no win sitnever gonna get theRambo. It just ain’t gpen.

To be honest, now said it, I feel better. feel like I have to com

her. In fact, I’m goinnext best thing.You know what theycan’t beat them, hire

•••The author couldn’t self. He recently chahis neighbor to a bakall, he makes a meabrownies. Let’s seegot Rambo!

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statement made by Deendants Hol-loway and Lauder, there is none …Te two Deendants, Holloway andLauder, asked a legal question o Robinette (sic), the own Attorney,about whether the ‘incentives’ werebribes within the meaning o the law.Such a statement is not a statemento act about the Plaintis and is notan opinion. It is a question. Tere-ore, there is no deamatory state-ment alleged to go orward againstDeendants Holloway and Lauder.”

“As to Deendant Sayre there is nostatement or statements made by him about the Plaintis,” the judgeadds. “He stated he wanted the mat-ter raised by Mr. Robinette in hisMemorandum o April 8, 010 in-

vestigated. Te wording o his re-quest was investigation ‘… relatedto the solar project the Request orProposal (RFP) and communicationsregarding the RFP between electedofcials and appointed ofcials, in-

cluding sta …’ Exhibit 11, page 11… noted: ‘Councilman Sayre askedChie Furr questions relating to thesolar/bribery issue.’ Tese words are

not alse statements o act about thePlaintis.”

Te judge also ruled the evidencebeore him did not support the claimo lost business due to the “solarbribe” inquires.

“In reading the Compliant, para-graph 68 is the only reerence to abusiness expectancy or relationshipo Plaintis. It states: ‘Due to tortiousstatements by Deendants, ofcialsand potential customers in ennes-see and Alabama have reused to dobusiness with Plaintis and have cit-ed statements attributable to deen-dants regarding bribes and unethicalbehavior as the reason or terminat-

ing the business relationship withplaintis.’

“Tis claim ails as elements () and(3) above have not been satised inthe pleadings. Tere are no such al-legations.”

Genesis

Te suit, served last July 19 duringa break in a town council work ses-sion, was brought on behal o two lo-cal businessmen, builder Donnie Poeand Arctic Air owner Greg Horton intheir roles as partners is a then newly ormed solar energy company. Tatcompany, SolAVerde, had developed

a proposal to add a solar energy com-ponent to the town’s electrical utility grid.

Tat mid-009 proposal grew outo initial proposals to install solarpanels on buildings owned by thetown and county and evolved out o discussion between SolAVerde prin-cipals and then own Manager Mi-chael Graham. County Administra-tor Doug Stanley later told us whenrst approached by S olAVerde aboutthe solar panel plan he sent them tothe town manager, noting the town“has an electric department.”

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Avalonia spiritual retreat gets pared-back apprSpiritual retreat’s neighbors claim oul as applicant deends, compromise


Te embattled Avalonia “PeaceVillage” retreat gained unani-mous approval o its Conditional

Use Permit application rom theWarren County Board o Super- visors on May 17.

In explaining their support ora voluntarily pared-back appli-cation that essentially adds the

county’s zoning blessing to thenon-prot, multi-denomina-tional “Peace Village’s” one-on-one spiritual counseling activitiesthat have been ongoing or nearly a decade under a state permit,the board’s message seemed to be“what’s the problem?”

But or a hard-core group o 10to 1 residents rom either the

win Run Estates neighborhoodo seven lots where the retreatis located o Kendall Court, orthe 33-lot Howellsville Heightsneighborhood who repeatedly appeared to show their opposi-tion to the CUP application, therewere many problems – even i most lay within their own imagi-nations.

Among those “prsuppositions that rmight be criminapedophiles, posingneed o spiritual caddition to the threbehavior, abductionchildren or wives wstated worries that would create road passing issues, as wmercial use that wonearby property valral Ag District residborhood o 10, 0lots.

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Rev. Ingrid Jolly responds to what she termed “acampaign of false accusations, innuendo and inam-matory and deragotory labeling” of her activities onher 29-acre property.

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neighboring opponents’ property rights that seemed to be at issue,but rather the right o the ap-plicants to use their property asthey saw t within existing coun-ty guidelines.

“We heard about more ears o the unknown … with no real evi-dence that Ms. Jolly’s neighborswill be harmed by this. She haslived there 13 years and there wasno problem until the question [o the permit] arose,” Glavis notedo Jolly’s past use, essentially Phase One o the permit applica-tion, over the course o much o her presence at her Kendall Courtproperty o almost 9 acres.

“I think the neighbors have noreason to ear this – and I wish you all well,” Glavis said prior tothe 5-0 vote o approval.

What was approved was up totwo visitors at a time coming tothe Avalonia property or whatis described as “natural healing,guidance and spiritual counsel-

ing emphasizing the precious-ness o visitors’ own lives and theuse o the natural environment asa source o healing.” Phase Oneactivities include aura imaging,spiritual and lie coaching, medi-

tation, nature walks and spiritualcourses ranging between 1 and1 hours.

Phases wo and Tree o theoriginal application were notapproved, but were voluntarily withdrawn by the applicant.

Phase wo would have allowedup to six visitors at a time andovernight accommodations inAmerican Indian-style teepeesand clay structures.

Phase Tree would have addedseveral “estival” type events o upto 30 visitors at a time, as well asconstruction o a central gazebo.

“Cumbaya”

While acknowledging that ev-eryone involved on either side

had been civil directly to him,Happy Creek Supervisor ony Carter observed, “Some o therhetoric has gotten out o hand.We’ve had less controversy aboutdogs and noise [issues],” he point-

ed out. He noted that other ac-tivities also allowed in Ag neigh-borhoods by permit, includingbaby-sitting and barber shopswould create more trafc thanthe retreat permit.

“I don’t want to say ‘Can’t weall get along,’ ” Carter said, reer-encing Rodney King in an ina-mous case o police brutality andcitizen rioting in L.A. some yearsago, “but I hope everyone can gettogether on both sides. I hope thisworks out – we’re all one, man …I better stop or I’m going to startsinging “Cumbaya.”

Enough is enough

Along with several supporters,Jolly or the rst time hersel ad-dressed the sometimes virulentcriticism o her activities andpermit application prior to theMay 17th vote.

“I would never have anticipat-

ed this matter to escalate to thislevel o controversy,” Jolly began.“Once again, I state or the recordthat that any attempt to commu-nicate the scope o this project ormy service, to my neighborhood

has proven utile. Teir campaigno alse and misleading inorma-tion has created a sensationalizedatmosphere o negativity, hostil-ity, and drawn media attentionto their disadvantage. Since thework session meeting o April 5thI have given this careul consider-ation, which resulted in my ask-ing [County Planning Director]Ms. Logan to withdraw steps and 3 rom the proposal. My rea-son or doing so stems primarily rom how I serve in my capacity as a minister to God and aboveall, the vows I made in dedicat-ing my service to peace, harmony and healing.”

However, Jolly added that ater viewing the county video o op-position spokesperson Lisa Pike-Buchanan’s April 19th commentsat a meeting Jolly could not at-tend due to mid-April oodingon her property, she had chosento reply.

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O her neighbors most vocal inopposing her permit application,

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“Tere are allegations againstus … we’ve been called rednecks… but we all have at least a highschool education,” she said.

A quick check along press row conrmed that this woman’s re-erence to rednecks was the rstpublic description o the Ava-lonia opponents as such duringthe two months o board meetingand work session debate on thepermit application.

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On May 17th a split Warren Coun-ty Board o Supervisors voted 3- toallow a Parks & Recreation Depart-ment supervised Summer CampProgram to continue with a limitedenrollment.

Richard raczyk’s motion, second-ed by ony Carter, was to approve thecounty’s “Summer With the ParksProgram” with certain concessionsto private daycare providers who ob- jected to what they believe is unaircompetition at prices undercuttingthem based on public tax money.Tose concessions are primarily anenrollment capped at 30 childrenand provisions to allow private day-cares access to county recreationalacilities at a reduced cost.

Glenn White joined raczyk andCarter in voting the program de-signed to oer children aged 5 to 1a range o day-long supervised rec-reational and other activities. Chair-man Archie Fox and Linda Glaviscast the dissenting votes. Glavis casther nal roll-call vote ater a longhesitation and the issue already de-cided by the three positive votes.

As objections to the program

brought orward by local daycareproviders, most prominently Rose-mary Comstock o Angel’s KornerDay Care and Learning Center, wereconsidered, the supervisors instruct-ed the parks department to reezeenrollment at the 15 children regis-tered as o a May 3rd work session.

Parks & Rec Director Dan Lenzreiterated to the board that the sum-mer camp program was being resur-rected to oer a variety o physicaland sporting style activities utilizingthe county’s park and athletic eldsto the community’s youth. A simi-lar program was dropped about adecade ago due to lack o indoor a-cilities to house children during badweather.

Tat problem has now been solvedby access to both the new WarrenCounty Community Center on VillaAvenue and the park system’s athlet-ic acilities, including the gym at theold WCMS on 15th Street.

Te program was designed as acompliment, rather than to competewith the private sector, Lenz said, re-iterating a point he made at a May 3rd work session. Te program oersan eight-week program to amilieswith younger, school-age childrenthrough the bulk o the summer

months when school is out. Te pro-gram is available or the entire eightweeks at a cost o $63 or on a week-ly basis at $97.75 per week.

Tat cost breakdown includes aone-time registration ee o $10, a$60 per week ee, per child or theull eight-week program or $80 perweek, per child on the weekly basis;and $17.75 ees or special events,eld trips and snacks. Te eld tripsand associated costs are optional.Children not participating in eldtrips may remain at the WarrenCounty Community Center or theday.

Day-to-day activities includekickball, ootball, dodgeball, volley-ball, basketball, sotball, soccer andtennis utilizing acilities at the oldmiddle school on 15th Street and theGertrude Miller park and elds andChimney Field tennis courts.

Lenz said parks & rec would makeits acilities available to the privatedaycares at a reduced rate on thedays the program was utilizing them.Also, the community pool would bemade available to daycares on Friday mornings beore and ater scheduledswim lessons.

In opposing the county programunder any circumstance, Comstock

told the board on May 3rd that shewas acing summer layos o mem-bers o her sta based on the poten-tial loss o 10 children rom sevenamilies who told her they wouldswitch to the county program orthe summer in order to save money,then return to her day care when thecounty program ended.

Comstock said it seemed unairto her that a county program couldundercut the private sector by about$40 per child, per week due to its

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With 15 children already registeredand a waiting list o at least 10 moreawaiting a resolution by the supervisors, raczyk initially suggested

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Chairman Fox called the parks &rec program “nice” and “great or thechildren.” However, he added thatsince he perceived a competitionwith the private sector he could notsupport it.

Carter countered that since theprogram was, indeed, unded by county citizens and their tax money

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Comstock reiterated her idea thatthe county oer the program to olderchildren, 1 and up, that would notcompete with her customer base o

younger children. However, as waspointed out on May 3, a previousattempt to target older children in acounty summer youth program hadailed because amilies were reluc-tant to pay or day-time supervision

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Te town’s FY 01 budget o $36.95 million budget reects anincrease o $555,065 rom last year’s $36,404,064 gure.

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Utility costs, rates

Burton & Associates SeniorVice President Andrew Burnhamexplained in a series o work ses-sions since November that hiscompany recommends a six-year,tiered increase in utility rates tocover utility department expens-es. Municipal utilities may notcharge or prot, only to cover

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own-County ‘loveest’ – but what’s getting doWhen the lights went out in Georgia – wait, that was right here in River City

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On May 4th the ull electedbodies o the own o Front Royal,Warren County met ace to ace orthe rst time since December 7.Also involved was the ull board o the town-county Economic Devel-opment Authority and key sta o all involved boards.

Te purpose was an update oneconomic and inrastructure ini-tiatives o mutual interest to thecounty and town in a ormat thatallows ace to ace discussion andquestions by all the community’s

elected ofcials.

Oten elusive cooperation wouldseem crucial to the county andthe town that is its major popula-tion center, especially since townresidents hold “dual citizenship” asboth county and town citizens. Soit seemed appropriate the ull towncouncil, board o supervisors andEDA board got these updates thateach have received separately in re-cent months as the groundwork ordirect communications betweenelected ofcials, rather than justtheir stas.

O primary interest was progresson right o way acquisition and de-

sign planning or a key north-south

connector road, Leach’s Run Park-way; and the designation o over600 acres as Urban DevelopmentAreas to direct uture growth ad-

jacent to existing development andcentral utilities.

It all sounded strangely amiliar –including a virtual “hippy love-est”on how much better things are now that the two boards and stas canactually stand to sit down and lookeach other in the eye – and evenspeak cordially on those issues cru-cial to the uture o both the townand county citizens.

“It’s not too many years ago notonly weren’t we getting along,we weren’t even talking,” County

Board Chairman Archie Fox said inkicking o the meeting at the new County Community Center on Vil-la Avenue o.

Tey may be talking – but what’sbeing accomplished?

· Tere continues to be actualmovement toward nal ROW ac-quisition and initial budgeting tocreate the long-discussed Leach’s

Run Parkway. Tat planned north-south road is already a much need-ed connector between John Mar-shall Highway and Happy Creekand Shenandoah Shores Roads,where the recommended UDAland is. Te new WCHS and HildaJ. Barbour Elementary School now lie landlocked rom Happy CreekRoad to the north. And WarrenMemorial Hospital plans to relo-cate its main campus nearby aswell. Te act the town now has

budgeted FY 01 unds or Leach’sRun Parkway engineering and de-sign work as o July 1 seems a plus;· as does the report already beoreboth the town and county that aso July, Avtex Superund cleanuppartner FMC will have completedremediation work begun in theearly 1990s. A report summariz-ing that work will be submittedto the Environmental Protection

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more measured determination o possible uses at the site;· the town and county continueto slouch toward a potentially grudging compliance with a statemandate that the county designate

approximately 670 acres as UrbanDevelopment Areas by July 1. Testate is requiring all communitieswith average growth rates over 15percent to approve UDA designa-tions by July 1.

But talk about déjà vu all overagain – ater hearing the dynamicso all the above items as I have with

little variation over the past ve orsix months beore both the townand county governments, I thoughtI might be in a time loop in an epi-sode o the old sci- V show “Tewilight Zone”.

Ten when Front Royal Mayorim Darr began talking about theSwan Farm developer withoutacknowledging that he was sit-ting directly to his right – recenttown EDA board appointee RonLlewellyn – my sudden bout o wilight Zone vertigo worsened …and worsened some more as oneo the owners – Councilman om

Sayre – o key un-acquired Leach’sRun Parkway right o way underdiscussion, also sat nearby and un-acknowledged.

When the new Villa AvenueCommunity Center meeting room

lights began to randomly ash o and on throughout County Plan-ning Director aryn Logan’s 10-minute review o the UDA plan Istarted to get really nervous. Andwhen the ull council and board o supervisors began humming theamiliar strains o Te wilightZone theme, turned toward pressrow, eyes rolled up, pointing andchanting “One o us” that was it – Iwas out o there!!!

Te bottom line o Logan’s o-speed strobe light presentation – Ididn’t really leave, I just made that

last part up, except or the lightshow, that really happened – wasthat county and town public hear-ings and potential votes o approvalo the UDA plan are scheduled orJune 1 and June 7, respectively.

Te state deadline or all Virginiamunicipalities to approve a UDAplan or ace the loss o virtually allVDO road unding is July 1.

Te state legislature has man-dated that all municipalities withgrowth rates over 15 percent be-tween the most recent two censusperiods designate UDAs to ocusanticipated growth near existingdevelopment and central utilities.Te rationale is to ease the com-monwealth’s road costs associatedwith new development, and helppreserve some o Virginia’s remain-

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Speaking of Sports

It was halftime on Monday NightFootball and the questions fromHoward Cosell were pointed, asshould expected from a guy withsuch a sharp — some would sayforked — tongue. On the other side of the screen was none other than Muhammad Ali, who had justdefeated George Foreman in one of the greatest fights in human history.

Cosell goaded Ali, asking directquestions and casting doubt on thegenuineness of Ali’s “rope-a-dope”strategy in the fight. Ali, though hedid fend off some questions, quicklycame clean and told his side of thestory.

Fast-forward to the mid-1980s. A“Bull Durham” mentality pervades.Stick to the cliches, to the tried andwell-trod-out lines every athlete canmutter without stretching a synapsein their million-dollar skulls. “I’mhappy for my team,” he says, adding“blah blah blah blah blah.”

Over time, this condition took over the sports world ... it’s almost asmysterious as the colony-collapsedisorder afflicting our honeybee

population. Nobody is quite surewhy athletes have stopped pollinat-ing the local press with story fodder (maybe cellphones and Twitter havesomething to do with it, but nobodycan say for sure).

The backlash is now on the writ-ers, however. In a recent article bymedia analyst Jim Romanesko, headvances the phrase “push-buttonmedia,” implying that beat reportersare failing to ask the hard questions.He quotes former Sacramento Beesports editor Bill Bradley in order to

bolster his argument. At issue is, intheir view, the increased propensity

of sportswriters to ask a player to“talk about” what happened in their most recent game.

“That’s not a question; that’s astatement you’re hoping someonecomments on,” Bradley said. “Iwould love to hear a coach respondwith, “What is your question? Ask me a question and I’ll be happy toanswer.” Nonsense. Of course there’s jour-

nalistic value in hearing the athlete’sunfettered and unprovoked take onhis or her actions.

Ironically, it’s an interview Cosellconducted during another MNFhalftime that underscores that

point. In the presence of another heavyweight personality — in thiscase, former Beatle John Lennon

— Cosell let somebody else “tell itlike it is.”

Cosell was the person to break thenews of Lennon’s assassination sixyears later, an incredible display of

professional journalism that sawhim fact check and gut check simul-taneously, knowing that the newshe was about to report would liter-ally stultify anyone in earshot of the

broadcast — millions of people.Still, during his first interview

with Beatle John, he found time to push the Bradley button.

“What’s been your view of thisAmerican professional footballscene?” Cosell asks.

“It’s an amazing event and sight,”Lennon replied. “It makes rock con-

certs look like tea parties.”There isn’t a writer on Earth who

could get Lennon to say that with a bunch of direct questions today, letalone in the days before cable TV,where everyone is a star. Sometimeswhat is best said comes from thoseyou ask to just “talk about” stuff as

best they can.

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A Fauquier County man aces at-tempted capital murder o a policeofcer ollowing a shooting May 4,

011, in Warren County. ony L.Baird, 45, o Warrenton, was re-leased rom UVA Hospital in Char-lottesville at approximately 5 p.m.Monday (May 16).

UVA Police took Baird into cus-tody and charged him with ourelony warrants stemming roma shooting incident involving theWarren County Sheri’s Ofce.Virginia State Police have chargedBaird with attempted capital mur-der o a police ofcer, assault andbattery o a police ofcer, destruc-tion o property and eluding police.Baird is now being held withoutbond at the Fairax County Jailpending extradition to WarrenCounty.

Shortly beore a.m. on May 4,the Warren County Sheri’s Ofce

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erating a blue GMC pickup truck.Warren County deputies locatedthe vehicle about an hour later inthe area o Highway 340 and Chap-man Farm Road.

As the deputies attempted tomake contact with Baird, he re-used to comply and put his pickuptruck in reverse and rammed intoone o the deputy’s patrol cars.Baird then put the pickup truck indrive and rapidly accelerated to-wards a second deputy’s patrol caras the deputy was standing next toit. Te deputy red on the pickuptruck in attempt to stop Baird romrunning him over. Baird narrowly missed the deputy and the patrolcar and ed the scene. Te pickuptruck ended up crashing into alarge rock ormation.

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On May 16, 011, a search warrant was executed by the War-ren County Sheri’s Ofce or Front Royal Police at 1777 CatlettMountain Road in urtherance o the investigation. Numerousitems seized during the search were also identied by the victims.In addition, a .38 caliber revolver was recovered. Mr. Sisk wassubsequently arrested at that time or being a elon in possessiono a rearm. Sisk was released rom jail later that evening on a$000.00 secured bond.

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Front Royal’s Warren RiesChapter #934 o the UnitedDaughters o the Conederacy held a memorial service onMonday, May 3rd at theirChester Street museum or theconederate soldiers who didn’tmake it back home rom theCivil War.

Te service was marked with

dignity and respect and openedwith the presentation o colorsby the John S. Mosby Camp#137 SCV Color Guard. Su-zanne W. Silek, treasurer o thelocal UDC called the service toorder and directed the activi-ties. William Myers presentedan Invocation and the agswere honored. Te Pledge o allegiance to the U.S. ag wasgiven rst and then Virginia’sag and the First NationalConederate Flag were saluted.

She introduced guests andspecial programs and readers.Te readers each told a par-ticular story about the soldierswho were being remembered.

Te soldiers o “Warren Ri-es” Company B, 17th VirginiaInantry were John W. Chris-man, Walter W. Chuning, Pey-ton Scroggins, Charles E. Sim-mons and Robert H. Simpson.A photo o Major Robert H.Simpson hangs on the wall in

back o the stage in the roomwhere the ceremony took place.He and his brother John areburied at the Soldiers’ Circlein Prospect Hill Cemetery inFront Royal. Robert Simpson’sbody was moved several timesbeore it nally came to restthere. A third brother, Samuel,a member o the 1th VirginiaCavalry, survived the war and

Bill Simpson, one o his de-scendents, was present at theceremony.

Members o “Warren Blues”Co. D, 49th Virginia Inantry

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Several o the Front Royalsoldiers enlisted on the sameday, May 3, 1861, the day thatVirginia ofcially seceded romthe Union and entered theCivil War. According to ColorGuard member Glenn Martin,Virginia was the tenth state tosecede but did so only aterthe North took military action

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served there.Suzanne Silek read parts o

a poem written by a womanmoved by a neglected CivilWar soldier’s grave.

She read:

Far up the lonely mountainsideMy wandering ootsteps led;Te moss lay thick beneath my eet,Te pine sighed overhead,Te trace o a dismantled ortLay in the orest wave,

And in the shadow near my pathI saw a soldier’s grave.I heard the Shenandoah rollAlong the vale below,I saw the Alleghenies riseowards the realms o snow,Te “Valley campaign” rose tomind—Its leader’s name—and then,I knew the sleeper had beenoneO Stonewall Jackson’s men.

At the top o the ProspectHill cemetery in Front Royal

is a circle o headstones whichmark the graves o the localConederate soldiers.

Te ceremony ended with aBenediction by William Myers,then the retiring o the Colorsand “aps” being played.

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Samuels Public Library is showcasing a travelingexhibit called “011 Virginia Women in History”.

Tis exhibit is on loan or a month rom the Library o Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. Tis display istraveling across the State, showcasing and honor-ing eight outstanding women o Virginia. Tis largeinormative historical display will be at SamuelsLibrary rom May 19th through June 15th, 011,

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cou (1891–1976), an Arlington Co. attorney; Emily White Fleming (1855–1941), a Fredericksburg pres-ervationist; Pearl Fu, Roanoke Civic leader; LillianLincoln Lambert, Mechanicsville entrepreneur andauthor; Bessie Niemeyer Marshall (1884–1960), Pe-tersburg botanical illustrator; Felicia Rogan, an Al-

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Friday, May 27, 2011Forecast or 22630 (83° | 64°)

12:30pm - 1:30pm Music at the Li-brary. Samuels Public Library, Front

Royal. Today is “VIBES AT THE LI-BRARY”. Join in a FREE lunchtime

music series at the library! Bring your

lunch and enjoy the perormances olocal musicians each month eatur-

ing Musical Duet Ralph Cable (har-

monica) and Fred Rutz (guitar) play-

ing semi-classical pop and country

music. They have more than 76 yearsexperience playing music between

the two o them.

2pm - 3pm Parks/Recreation Event.

Warren County Community Center,

Front Royal. COMPLETING FORMS, APPLICATIONS AND RESUME WRITING

- Don’t let the stress o completing a

college education or applying or a jobget to you. Instead, be guided through

the undamental points o complet-ing an application and composing

an eective resume. These acts will

be useul or lie. Cost: $25.00/2-hr.

class. More Ino: (540) 635-7750 or

(540) 636-7608.

2pm - 5pm Vino E Formaggio Wine

Tasting. 124 E. Main Street. Always

Free, Always Fun! www.vinoeormag-

gio.com (540) 635-2812.

3pm - 4pm Wedding Main Street,

Front Royal. There will be a wedding

at the Gazebo today.

7pm - 10pm Front Porch Style Pickin’Party. Warren County Senior Center,

1217 Commonwealth Ave. All levels

o talent are welcome. Acoustic in-

struments only.

Saturday, May 28, 2011Forecast or 22630 (84° | 64°)

8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea

Market. Warren County Fairgrounds.

For more inormation: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyair.

com/15.html.

2pm - 3pm Library Event. Samuels

Public Library, Front Royal. Manga

Meet Up. Come in to discuss Mangaavorites, showcase collectibles and

meet others with your interests. For

ages 10 and up. Please sign up.

Sunday, May 29, 2011Forecast or 22630 (86° | 65°)

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com/15.html.

1pm - 6pm Memorial Day at Rose

Winery. Hume. Join us as we honorthose men and women who have

bravely served our country and

whose dedication and sacrice havestrengthened and united us. Desert

Rose Winery will be oering a do-

nation o the daily proceeds to the

Wounded Warrior Project. Founded

in Roanoke, Virginia, the WWP is agroup o veterans and riends who

took action to help the injured service

men and women o this generation.

Memorial Day Weekend is also the

ocial start o outdoor activity and

the perect time or a amily picnic.Popular local artist, Danny Schneible,

returns or a special engagement.

Enjoy his music at 2:00 p.m. Comeor a tasting, a glass o wine, or a

bottle. . www.desertrosewinery.com;[email protected].

Monday, May 30, 2011MEMORIAL DAY.

All Town o Front Royal Business O-ces are CLOSED today. Reuse/Re-

cycling or today will be picked up

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 and there

will be no Yard Waste Pickup on

Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays.95.3 - the River radio station. Hearthe latest tourism related news and

events every Tuesday at 12:30! I

you can’t listen live check out the

podcasts at http://www.therive-

r953online.com.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

8am - 10pm Flag Football Registra-

tion. The Warren County Parks and

Recreation Department will be ac-cepting registrations or their Co-Ed

Flag Football League, or those ages 5

to 13 years o age, as o 8/20/11. This

league is sponsored and governed by

the National Football League. Reg-

istrations will be accepted June 1stthrough 24th and will only be accept-

ed at the Warren County Community

Center on Monday through Saturday,

8am-10pm and Sunday, 1pm-9pm.

Cost is $50.00 per child. For moreinormation contact the Warren

County Parks and Recreation oce,

Monday through Friday, 8am -5pm at

(540) 635-7750 or the Warren County

Community Center, Monday through

Saturday, 8am-10pm and Sundays,

1pm-9pm at (540) 635-1021.

8:30am - 9:30am Small BusinessCommittee. Front Royal- Warren

County Chamber o Commerce.10am - 11am Samuels Public Library,

Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story

Time. Theme: Turtles.

11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,

Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story


12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Busi-

ness On The River 95.3.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

9am - 10am Tourism Committee.Chamber Oce

10am - 11am Samuels Public Library,Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story



Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story


4:30pm - 5:30pm Samuels Public Li-brary, Front Royal. Today is Big Kids

Story Time or Kindergarten and up.

Theme: The Circus.

Friday, June 3, 2011


Front Royal. “Time or Baby” - This is

a 30-minute nursery rhyme programor babies and their parents. “Timeor Baby” is designed to develop

pre-reading skills, socialization skills,

speech and motor coordination.

1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Commit-

tee. Chamber Oce

2pm - 3pm Parks/Recreation Event.

Warren County Community Center,

Front Royal. COMPLETING FORMS,

APPLICATIONS AND RESUME WRITING- Don’t let the stress o completing a

college education or applying or a job

get to you. Instead, be guided through

the undamental points o complet-

ing an application and composing

an eective resume. These acts willbe useul or lie. Cost: $25.00/2-hr.

class. More Ino: (540) 635-7750 or

(540) 636-7608.

6:30pm - 10:30pm Humane SocietyDinner The Humane Society o War-

ren County presents “The Golden Age

o Radio” directed by Don Richards

tonight. Enjoy a buet dinner, silent

auction and cash bar. Net proceeds

support the Humane Society and their

residents. Tickets: $50.00. Please

purchase tickets by contacting Tam-

my Darr at (540) 635-3185 or by con-tacting Pam at the Humane Society at

(540) 635-4734.

7pm - 9pm Gazebo Gathering. Main

Street, Front Royal. Enjoy Friday eve-ning with a Summer Concert Series

that includes a variety o music at the

Gazebo located Downtown at Main/

Chester Streets. This a FREE event!!

Hosted by: Blue Ridge Arts Council.Tonight: American Legion Community

Band.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

8am - 4pm Warren County Fair FleaMarket. Warren County Fairgrounds.


5827 http://www.warrencountyair.com/15.html.

11am - 12pm Library Event. Samuels

Public Library, Front Royal. Knitting

Club or ages 9 and up. Please reg-

ister.

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Monday, June 6, 2011

7pm - 8pm Work Session. Town Hall,16 N. Royal Avenue, Front Royal. To-

night is the Town Council’s Inormal

Work Session. It is held in the 2nd

foor Town Hall Conerence Room.

For a copy o the agenda please

contact the Clerk o Council at (540)635-8007 or check the Town o Front

Royal Website at www.rontroyalva.

com. Public is invited.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays.

95.3 - the River radio station. Hear

the latest tourism related news and

events every Tuesday at 12:30! I

you can’t listen live check out thepodcasts at http://www.therive-

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2pm - 3pm Ambassador’s Club.

Chamber Oce.

7pm Virginia State Park Celebration.

Andy Guest/Shenandoah River State

Park, Bentonville. Park manager, Tony

Widmer, will talk about the 75th Anni-

versary o Virginia Stat

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ruit and vegetables too. Tey canreally do a number on your veg-etables and ruit. Tey leave marksthat look a lot like bruises. Or they deorm the plant so it’s really ugly.

But the trees, although they willreceive some damage, are usually

big and strong enough to withstandthem. Just make sure you treat thetrees kindly so they aren’t stressedby other actors. Check your soilto be sure it has plenty o nutrientsin it. Water deeply and regularly every two weeks during droughts.Remove the grass rom the rootzone o the tree and lightly mulchit instead. Tis way the tree stayshappy and it will have way ewerproblems.

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one on one and have their coins looked at with a specialist. With the help

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and pennies, Those that decide to sell their coins will be paid on the spot.

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coins and currency for their collections. If they are rare enough, one coin

could be worth over $100,000, according to Eric Helms, coin collector

and ICCA representative. One ultra rare dime, an 1894S Barber, sold for a

record $1.9 million to a collector in July of 2007. While that is an extreme

example, many rare and valuable coins are stashed away in dresser drawers

or lock boxes around the country. The ICCA and its collector members have

organized a travel ing event in search of all types of coins and currency. “Even

Washington quarters and Roosevelt dimes can be worth many times their face

value,” says Helms. Recent silver markets have driven the price up on even

common coins made of silver. Helms explains, “all half dollars, quarters and

dimes made before 1965 contain 90% silver and are sought after any time

silver prices rise. Right now it’s a sellers market.”

The rarest coins these collectors are looking for include $20, $10, $5

and $2 1/2 gold coins and any coin made before 1850. According to the

ICCA, these coins always bring big premiums. Silver dollars are also very

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