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FROM THE EDITOR Conservation Easements Are About Sharing The Love Visit some nearby counties and it’s easy to see that Clarke is different, special. There are farms and forests and open spaces, along with intact small towns that anchor surrounding adjacent newer neighborhoods. One reason Clarke retains its rural character is through its forwardlooking zoning and planning. A big tool that enables Clarke to stay rural, though, is voluntary. It’s called the conservation easement. And now, thanks to the Clarke County Conservation Easement Authority and others, more than 20 percent of the county is under easement. What’s an easement? Rather than look back at other editions of Clarke (and the Observer) we’ll tell you again. A conservation easement is a voluntary contract between a landowner and a land trust, government agency, or qualified organization in which the owner places permanent restrictions on the future uses of some or all of their property to protect scenic, wildlife, historic, water, or agricultural resources. Easements are tailored to meet the needs of each landowner. The landowner still owns the property and can use it, sell it, or leave it to heirs, but the restrictions of the easement stay with the land forever. Clarke’s Conservation Easement Authority has purchased easements and accepted donated
easements. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy also holds easements. Other “land trusts” in our region include the Land Trust of Virginia and the Piedmont Environmental Council. Why would a landowner give up development rights to their land, sometimes through outright donation of those rights? Lawyer Stephen Small, who wrote the book to help landowners through the process, says there are three reasons landowners do easements: they love their land, they love their land, and they love their land. There also can be tax benefits. A donated easement is recognized by the IRS as a charitable contribution. When an easement is sold at below market value, the difference between the sales price and the value is also considered a donation. And in Virginia, those donations might qualify for a tax credit that can be sold — making it possible for a landowner who donates an easement to get cash for part of the value. On January 17, the Conservation Easement Authority honored White Post residents Joe and Denise Sipe as the recipients of the 2019 Wingate Mackay-Smith Clarke County Land Conservation award. You can read about it on page 15. We thank the Sipes for sharing their love for their land with the rest of us. It’s protected forever. And that’s a long time.
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John James Audubon was a French immigrant who adopted nineteenth century America as his home. Early on, he resolved to roam the country hunting and drawing birds. “Audubon” has become synonymous with birds and conservation, but few today appreciate his indefatigable genius. Handsome, charismatic and multi-talented, Audubon always preferred to be out in the woods hunting. A crack shot, he learned taxidermy and taught himself to draw and paint while living a life of leisure on his father’s plantation in Pennsylvania. Audubon married young and took his bride down the Ohio River to open up a trading post in Kentucky, following his passion of shooting and painting birds. It was never easy. As he roamed the wilderness seeking new birds to shoot and paint, portfolios of finished drawings he left behind were destroyed by fire and ruined by rodents. Even after the store he owned went bankrupt, Audubon left his wife and children behind and traveled on his own by riverboat down the Mississippi. By day he earned his passage by hunting game to feed the crew and passengers. At night, by candlelight in the boat’s cabin, he drew the birds he had shot that day. His art improved and he persevered undaunted. Audubon sent his family any extra money he earned making portraits of wealthy patrons while tutoring their children in music, art and dancing. His devoted wife and sons often spent months fending for themselves
while he persevered, and his bird paintings improved. After years of collecting rare and new birds to draw, Audubon finally presented his work to the scientific community in Philadelphia. But they dismissed it as too sensational and unconventional. Convention in bird illustration meant working from a dried museum specimen. Birds were always drawn in profile, standing or on a bare perch. Audubon’s birds spread their wings. His waterfowl swam and dived. Prehensile toes grasped leafy boughs bearing fruit or blossoms. He depicted birds capturing prey, defending their nest, feeding young or fleeing a predator. Audubon wanted his art reproduced as fine engravings he would sell by subscription. No American printer would touch the job. Undaunted, Audubon got financial backing from wealthy sponsors and took his paintings to Europe, where people were crazy about anything American. Capitalizing on his role of American Outdoorsman, he exhibited his art in royal venues, found a
fine printer and achieved rockstar fame. Then, after returning to America, Audubon achieved even greater fame as a bird artist and naturalist. The work he left behind is incomparable. On Sunday, March 10, 2019 from 9–11am, I will conduct a workshop at Cool Spring in Charles Town, in the upstairs classroom of the headquarters of the Potomac Valley Audubon Society. I‘ll demonstrate the method Audubon developed for drawing his birds. But instead of using a real bird, I’ve created a movable facsimile of a lifesized bird to be pinned to a grid and arranged in life-like poses. Workshop participants will have a chance to try Audubon’s technique for themselves, drawing the posed artificial bird on their own grid in a lifelike pose. No artistic skill is required, the point being to experience first-hand the challenges Audubon faced while accurately portraying North American birds. For information and to register for the workshop, visit www.potomacaudubon.org.
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Peter Brown, Making Music In The Streets By Michael Lorenzo “You don’t get old because you play music, You get old because you stop playing it.” —John Prine Berryville, Virginia, is always full of surprises in one form or another. The diverse population of the town has folks from many places and with various skills and talents. There is something which everyone can relate here, especially where the music scene is involved. It matters not which genre of music one prefers, because it’s all here in Berryville and Clarke County, everything from rock to hip hop, folk, old time fiddlin’ and bluegrass — it’s all right here at our fingertips. Meet 63-year-old Peter Brown, a kindly gentleman and guitarist who is frequently seen and heard in front of Reed’s Pharmacy on Crow Street across from Camino Real Mexican Restaurant, and has been showing up since early fall of 2018, weather permitting, of course. Mr. Brown has been playing and entertaining since the age of 9, and is still going strong today because music is his passion and his world. Peter was raised in nearby Winchester, and began playing Gospel music in church where is father was a minister. He has said his father was an important mentor in helping to develop the talent he possesses today. His mother worked hard cleaning for a very prominent lady in Winchester on the property where Apple Blossom Mall stands today. Throughout his life, he has played in several bands in the area and has played up and down the east coast, including New Jersey, New York, and Boston. His resume includes bands of the past like the Shadow of
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around just fine on his own to walk across Rose Hill Park to come entertain us on a daily basis to play for tips from the kindness of strangers, and to feed his passion for music. I look forward to warmer weather, so that I can bring my instrument and play along with him on a few tunes. So if you are on Crow Street on any given day, and you see him out there with his guitar, don’t be shy. Talk to Peter Brown, ask him to play a tune for you. He would be happy to oblige. And if you can afford to, drop a buck or two in his guitar case; he would appreciate it, I’m sure.
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Around Clarke County Promote your event in Clarke. Send notices by the 1st of the preceding month to jennifer@clarkeva.com. Keep event descriptions to 125 words, following the format of these pages. One or two CMYK photos, saved as tiff or jpg at 200 dpi, are always welcome.
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Practical Tai Chi Series
Sanctuary Wellness Center. 208 N. Buckmarsh St. Berryville. For those who want the health benefits of Tai Chi without having to spend months learning one of the classic forms. $10 with registration ahead, $15 at the door. To register, email taichiavk@ gmail.com. www.sanctuaryberryville.com. 10:30–11:30am. 540-931-6507.
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Elvis Quilt Opening Reception
Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Fiber artists honor Elvis Presley with a unique collection. Elvis devo-
tees are challenged to test their knowledge in a “name this song” visual guessing game. 2–4pm. Free. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
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“The King” Film
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“Heart Beets” Cooking Demonstration
Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Road trip documentary features celebrities, discussions and musical performances. 4pm. Members $5, nonmembers $8. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
Four Forces Wellness, Inc. 424 Madden St. Berryville. Nutritionist Christine Kestner teaches how to prepare and enjoy beets. Participants take home samples
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Piano Concert
Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Marika Bournaki, world class
pianist, brings distinctive interpretations to favorite standards. 8pm. $20 in advance, $25 at door. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
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Father Daughter Dance
Johnson-Williams Middle School. Berryville. Dancing, desserts and picture taking for daughters and dads of all ages. Space is limited and must be reserved ahead, but event is free and open to the community. 6pm. Send names and number of attendees to emmausofclarke@gmail.com.
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Chocolate and Wine Health Benefits Lecture Long Branch Historic House and Farm. 830 Long Branch Lane. Boyce. Geo Giordano of the Sanctuary Wellness Center explains the health benefits of chocolate and wine. Healthy snacks included. $10. 4–6pm. 540-837-1856.
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Resilient Meditation Workshop Series
Sanctuary Wellness Center. 208 N. Buckmarsh St. Berryville. Spiritual Pastor Sunday Coté will lead a 90 minute meditation/discussion the third Monday of each month, based on Rick Hansen’s book, “Resilience.” Join our meditation community in expanding our mindfulness practice and peace building mission. 7–8:30pm. To register, call 540-227-0564 or email info@ sanctuaryberryville.com. www.sanctuaryberryville.com.
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TMJ Workshop
Berryville Physical Therapy and Wellness. 322-A N. Buckmarsh St. Berryville. Free workshop on “How Can Physical Therapy Help Your Temporomandibular Joint Disorder?” 6:30pm. Register ahead. 540-955-1837. www.berryvillept.com/ registration-for-tmd-tmj-workshop.
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Choir Concert and Cake-off
Clarke County High School.
627 Mosby Blvd. Berryville. Sample cakes baked by students and vote for your favorites while enjoying the student concert. Silent auction to benefit Clarke County Choir Boosters Association. 6:30–8:30pm. 703-946-0191. tiffany@dwellwellgroup.com.
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CCEF Cornhole Tournament
Grandview Farm. 291 Grand View Lane. Berryville. Annual event will raise funds for Clarke County Educational Foundation. Teams must pre-register and the rules will be reviewed at the beginning of the tournament. $50 per person or $100 for teams of two. Check in at 1pm. Email ccefinc.berryville@ gmail.com for additional information and registration form, or call 540-955-6103. www.ccefinc.org/events.
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Indoor/Outdoor Art Experience
Blandy Experimental Farm Learning Center and Grounds. 400 Blandy Farm Lane. Boyce. Create art using natural materials and found objects, to take home and to contribute to large outdoor pieces. For children of all ages with an adult. Dress for the weather. FOSA members and UVA families $20, nonmember families $25. Reservations required. 10am–12pm. 540-837-1758, extension 287. www.blandy.virginia.edu.
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Soul-Full Community Meal
Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church. 210 E. Main St. Berryville. 13 local churches get together to provide a meal open to all in the community the fourth Thursday of each month. Free. 5:15–6:30pm. 540-955-1264.
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Irish Concert
Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Worldrenowned Irish musicians Téada perform, with barbecue
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Publishing Industry Panel
Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Sean Murphy, Founding Director of the Virginia Center for Literary Arts (VCLA) will moderate a panel, “The Publishing Industry in the 21st Century.” 8–9:30pm. Free, $5 suggested donation. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
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Ham and Turkey Dinner
Boyce Volunteer Fire Company. 7 S. Greenway Ave. Live country and gospel music provided by Passage Creek Rising. Freewill offering to benefit White Post United Methodist Church. 4–7pm. 540-837-1228.
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Vera Bradley/Premier Designs/Thirty-One Bingo John H. Enders Fire Hall. 9 S. Buckmarsh St. Berryville. 14 prize-filled games, raffles for grand prize, 50/50 and themed baskets. Chili, hot dogs, snacks and beverages available. Proceeds benefit Blue Ridge Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship. Doors open at 1pm, Bingo starts at 2pm. $20 in advance, $25 at door. 540-533-2777. brcthinc@ hotmail.com. Purchase tickets online at www.march2019bingo.bpt.me.
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Blind Boy Paxton Concert
Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Jerron Paxton transports audiences back to the 1920s and makes them wish they could stay there for good. Barbecue from Jordan Springs for purchase. 8–10pm. $15 in advance, $20 at door. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
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Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. The Clarke County Historical Association and the Clarke County Library team up once again to bring live team trivia. Categories include History, Movies, Literature, Science and more. Prizes are donated by local area businesses. Barn doors open at 6:30 p.m., trivia begins at 7pm. Free. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Himy performs piano with a rare magical combination of music with meaning, yet alive with visceral energy and passion. 8–10pm. $20 in advance, $25 at door. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
208 N. Buckmarsh St. Berryville. Registered medical herbalist Geo Giordano presents issues of the brain relating to stress, and solutions will be discussed. 2–4pm. 410-707-4486. info@sanctuaryberryville.com. www.sanctuaryberryville.com. Community Conversations
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Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. Clarke County Historical Association’s Nathan Stalvey will lead the conversation, in partnership with the Clarke County Branch of the Handley Regional Library and Barns of Rose Hill. Community residents are invited to share their experiences and learn from their neighbors. All
Therapeutic Riding Volunteer Training will be held March 20. viewpoints are welcome. Light refreshments will be available. 4pm. Free. 540-955-2004. www.barnsofrosehill.org.
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Therapeutic Riding Volunteer Training
Blue Ridge Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship. 644 Lime Marl Lane. Millwood. Enthusiastic and caring individuals are invited to an orientation for new lesson volunteers. Must be at least 14 with equine experience required for horse leaders and preferred but not required for side walkers. 6pm. Register ahead. 540-533-2777. brcthinc@hotmail.com.
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Organ Recital
Trinity Episcopal Church. John Mosby Highway. Upperville. American Guild of Organists, Winchester Chapter (with many Clarke members) presents award winning organist Clara Gerdes in concert. Suggested donation of $10. 540-592-3343.
Ongoing Janly Jaggard Art Show
Historic Long Branch. 830 Long Branch Lane. Boyce. Now through February 22, view work by English artist who produces intriguing and originally organic abstract paintings. Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm, other times by appointment. 540-837-1856.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8:15–9:15pm. Grace Episcopal Church. N. Church St. Berryville. AAVirginia.org. 540-955-1610.
FISH Clothing Bank and Food Pantry
Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9am–12pm. 36 E. Main Street. Berryville. 540-955-1823.
Bingo
Boyce Fire Hall. 7 S. Greenway Ave. Thursdays at 7pm, Sundays at 1:30pm. Proceeds benefit the volunteer fire department. 540-837-2317.
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The Berryville Beat Dispatches from the Berryville Town Council
As 2019 dawns, there is a lot going on in the Town of Berryville. The Town Council is hard at work on several initiatives as we draw closer to the annual budget season. In addition to our monthly Town Council meeting, the council also has five council committees. The committees serve as a time for members to review initiatives, programs and more, and provide a recommendation to the full council at a future meeting. As always, all Town Council business and committee meetings are open to the public, and we always welcome your input. Personnel, Appointments & Policy is chaired by Recorder Jay Arnold, and includes Mayor Patricia Dickinson and Council Member Erecka Gibson. Streets & Utilities is chaired by Council Member Diane Harrison, and includes Mayor Dickinson. Public Safety is chaired by Council Member Donna McDonald, and includes Council Member Harrison and Mayor Dickinson. Budget & Finance is chaired by Council Member Gibson, and includes Council Member Kara Rodriguez and Mayor Dickinson. Community Development is chaired by Council Member Rodriguez, and includes Council Members Harrison and McDonald. The Personnel Committee is looking to allow an additional line of communication for Facebook followers, as the Town Council will be reviewing a social media policy that could establish Facebook pages for the Town of Berryville and the Berryville Police Department. This policy would also outline social media guidelines for town employees and elected town officials. Policies will be adopted to meet the legal requirements of archiving all content. At January’s Streets &
Utilities Committee, members discussed the results of the surveys submitted by citizens as it related to stormwater issues, or non issues, they were having at their property. We found a number of situations that were new due to 2018’s wet weather, but also a number who have had a history of issues in basements and yards. These homes have experienced an increase in the water this past year. We looked at three areas to have the town manager look into having engineered: the Jackson Pond, the Town Run, and homes abutting the Battlefield Estates development and including impact to Walnut Street if changes were made. This will be presented to council in February to release funding from the monies already in the stormwater fund. The Public Safety Committee is in the process of reviewing Chapter 20 of the town code, which focuses on special event regulations on town property and public spaces. The objective of the review is to first formulate a policy that incorporates the interests and safety of the event sponsors, as well as members of the public in the use of public space. The regulations and processes within the policy, once reviewed by legal counsel, will then be incorporated into the town code. The committee is simultaneously reviewing Chapter 8 of the town code in the same fashion. Chapter 8 concerns regulations associated with garbage and recycling. Further, we anticipate changes to the town trash collection program, particu-
larly in regards to recycling. At our next council meeting, February 12, the council will be considering whether to eliminate glass collection from our recycling program. The Budget & Finance Committee, like the rest of the council, is anticipating the arrival of budget season, as we prepare to review the fiscal year 2020 budget, which will take effect July 1. The committee’s next meeting, Thursday, February 28, at 10:30am, will be the first work session on the town manager’s proposed budget. The full council will have its first budget work session Tuesday, March 12, ahead of our regularly scheduled monthly meeting. In January, the committee also continued its review of online payment options for water and sewer bills, something we hope to implement in the future. Finally, the Community Development Committee went over potential changes to the berryvilleva.gov website, as the council has previously indicated a desire to revamp the website. We received a briefing on the logistics, pricing and timeline for such an update, and took a look at website updates that have worked for other municipalities. This monthly column is authored by the members of the Berryville Town Council. For more information on town government, including meetings, agendas, and contact information for the Town Council and town staff, visit www.berryvilleva.gov.
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It’s Lunch Time How meals are made in Clarke County schools By Claire Stuart
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Some of us can no doubt recall a time when most school lunches were simply something we had to eat. This was so universal that comedy shows often featured menacing, grim-faced “cafeteria ladies” slopping “mystery food” onto children’s trays. School lunches have come a long way since then, with the realization that food has to be more than just nourishment. Children have to want to eat it! We decided to see what’s
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cooking in our local schools, so Nickole Kinsey, general manager of Clarke County food service department, took us on a lunchtime tour. Food service for Clarke County Schools is managed by Sodexo, a nationwide company serving schools in several counties in Virginia and surrounding states. Virginia has no statewide system in charge of school food service; counties may choose their own systems as long as they meet U.S. gov-
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ernment standards for nutrition. Required is a main dish with protein, bread or grain, fruit, vegetable and low-fat or fat-free milk. Three components make a “meal,” and one must be a vegetable or fruit. Kinsey is employed by Sodexo to supervise the local program, but all of the food service employees work for the county. There are three cooks at Boyce Elementary, four each at Cooley and Johnson-Williams and six at Clarke County High School. “And everyone is cross-trained to do every job,” she noted, “in case someone has to be absent.” Sodexo manages food supplies and plans menus, and locally-sourced food is used
whenever possible. Today’s school lunches emphasize fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, and reduced fats. Kinsey explained that much fresh produce comes from a government program called USDA DoD Fresh. It supplies a bi-weekly list of U.S. grown produce that will be available, and highlights what is locally grown. Kinsey explained that school menus change to stay in tune with the times. “We look at the foods that are popular, latest trends in restaurants, and everyday favorites. And we try to get the kids to try new things.” Monthly and weekly themes feature flavors from around the world, incorporated into every-
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thing from entrees to pizza. February’s menus include some international offerings such as nachos, sweet Thai chili wraps, carnitas, and Korean barbecue rolls. Everything is freshly made on site. “March will be ‘Heat Around the World,’” Kinsey announced, and it will highlight spices and sauces. Asked whether students have input, Kinsey said, “We survey them yearly and get their opinions. Kids are happy with the variety of the menus, and we do ‘favorites weeks’ that serve their favorite foods.” About 60 to 70 per cent of Clarke County students eat school lunches. Students with allergies or special dietary needs are accommodated upon documentation by a doctor. Peanut-free tables are reserved for students with peanut allergies. The most impressive thing about the local lunches is the choice available. At Cooley Elementary, the day’s main dish was a warm soft pretzel with a yogurt cup and cheese stick, apparently a perennial favorite because the day was captioned
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Salads. as a “Foods You Love” day. Alternatively, the kids could choose a garden cheese salad or a turkey-and-cheese sandwich,
but most of the kids seemed to be attacking pretzels and yogurt with great gusto. Glazed carrots were the featured
veggie, and other veggies and fruit and were available. The Johnson-Williams Middle School lunchroom is designed like a food court, with sections featuring various foods. The main dish that day was baked ziti pasta (delicious!) with garlic breadstick and steamed broccoli. Upper Crust offers cheese or pepperoni pizzas daily, along with a weekly special pizza (bacon ranch). Explore offers large salads, and Stacks Deli has subs or wraps. Burgers and chicken patties are available daily at Honor Roll, with a generous “fixins” bar. Clarke County High School’s lunchroom is a still-bigger food court, with even more choices. This Week in Adventure provides a daily hot entre, with something different each day, based on a weekly theme. This week’s theme was “Tater Temptations,” with baked potatoes and a choice of toppings—broccoli & cheese, turkey & gravy, southwest taco, veggie chili & cheese, or customer’s choice. Fast Takes offers prepared salads, sandwiches and wraps. The Deli prepares custom subs with a variety of fresh baked breads and premium sauces. The Grill serves classic cheeseburgers and chicken sandwiches every day and a special daily sandwich—this day it was RibB-Que. At the Pizza window, cheese pizza and pepperoni pizza (delicious, with excellent crust) is available daily, along with a daily pasta option (Alfredo Mac) and a special weekly pizza (Asian chicken, jalapenos, cilantro and Asian ginger sauce). A huge garden bar holds fresh fruit and vegetables, and there is a cooler full of healthy drinks. Clarke County students are fortunate to have such high quality, tasty lunches and so many choices, in such attractive lunchrooms. And no menacing cafeteria ladies were in evidence!
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child’s backyard. We played there, ate apples straight from the tree, worked summer jobs there, and when in high school, we developed the art of kissing between the rows of hundreds of thousands of apple trees, if we were lucky! But, as they say, “Nothing lasts forever.” By the mid 1990s, orchards began to noticeably decline as a result of cut-throat competition from within our country and beyond, along with weather events that hampered maximum production. Today, half of the apples we consume in one fashion or the other are grown in China. But my purpose is not to provide a history and statistics, just a memory of a time that has since passed us by. Apple orchards were so plentiful in Clarke County that they were a virtual extension of our play. The two largest orchard owners were the H.F. Byrd Orchard and the Moore and Dorsey Orchard. For those of
us who lived in the Berryville area, there wasn’t a single child that didn’t find hours of play time in these orchards. So, you might ask, “What in the world could an orchard have that could ever possibly be such an attraction to children?” I cannot speak for all, but I can say what it was that attracted my two neighbors, Bill and Larry Tavenner, and myself. We lived one mile south of Berryville along Route 340, and across the road from us was the Harry F. Byrd orchard. Come spring, workers would begin stacking long wooden poles. These poles were anything from cut sapling trees to long narrow branches from larger trees, and were then stacked in a tepee style arrangement. The orchards would later use them to prop up the limbs of apple trees that were laden with fruit and threatening to break the tree branch from the sheer weight of these quickly
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growing apples. But, we saw the “tepee” as, well, a tepee. But they had no door in which we could enter, and so to work we would go, removing the poles in one area and then placing them on either side of our future entrance. Eventually, we would make it to the center where there was enough space for us to gather. Our tepee club house was then complete, but being active boys, standing around in our wooden tepee quickly became boring. It was time now to explore the miles of orchard land and any structures that might be found in the middle of it all. Small water towers and abandoned homes would rise up out of the orchard’s heart like phantoms of man’s past creations. Most structures we found were old wooden water towers with a long spout that swung out from these stilted wooden planked tanks where the spray trucks would refill their own tanks with water and the additive chemical DDT. So far, Larry, Bill and I are still alive, but I would not recommend playing in DDT to anyone! Back then, no one knew the dangers of DDT like we do today. Once the trees began to
bear apples, the spray trucks would slowly crawl within aisles left between each row of trees, sending up a white cloud of pesticide to protect their crops. Both trucks and drivers were covered with a thin white coating, making them seem like ghosts riding upon their great mechanical beasts spewing their poisonous load. Little did we know, the DDT killed not only the mice, but killed chipmunks (I never saw a chipmunk here in Clarke County until maybe 20 years ago), played havoc with the deer population who ate the apples on the trees, produced side effects to the eggs of hawks and eagles who ate the smaller DDT infected creatures, which in time eliminated nearly all in this area. Although we had great fun playing in these orchards, I would be remiss not to mention a few of the downsides of apple production, but I will not dwell on this issue. I would also be remiss not to mention that the apple industry provided hundreds of permanent jobs both within the orchard and in Byrd’s apple production facility, along with close to a thousand part-time apple thinning and picking jobs. The orchards
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including the town of Berryville, was scented with this rare, sweet, one-of-a-kind, fragrance. If you have never walked among apple trees in bloom, do so before you die! Nothing, in my opinion, can compare. By June, the trees were showing their small round fruit, and once they became the size of a walnut, the apple battles would begin! We would first break off a small branch about the width of a pencil (the branch had to be flexible) and having a length of approximately three feet. Once we had chosen the perfect branch, we would take out our penknives and sharpen one end of it. Next, we would take our positions some 40–50 feet away from one another and stick a small apple on the end of our handmade weapons. Like some miniature hand held catapult, we would then fling the apples at one another. Rest assured, even though the apple flew off the sticks at a great speed, it also was one of the most inaccurate weapons ever devised by 10-year-old boys. Of the thousands of apples we hurled at one another, I can not remember anyone ever hitting their target. Eventually realizing that our battle would end in a draw, we moved on to testing our sadly inaccurate “weapons” in a competition to see who could fling their apple the greatest distance. I would like to say that I always won this contest, but since Bill and Larry are still alive, I am forced to be honest and defer to their apple flinging superiority . . . for now! Last man standing wins. Ha! By July, the apples became too big to fling with our altered sticks of war, but bicycles, ponies and mopeds became regular sights in the orchards. Ponies, especially the Shetland pony, seemed to delight in try-
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ing to dismount us by running under the limbs of the apple trees where learning to quickly duck was a much needed skill. If there was no deviously evil pony available, a bicycle (a far more gentle mode of transportation) certainly was — and, for the lucky few, a moped. Mounds of dirt were built to create jumps that at the time appeared daunting to us as we approached our jump for the first time, but looking back, one was actually lucky if you could obtain separation between both of your tires and the ground. Oh, sure. There were those few who did defy gravity and later bought a motorcycle with their hard earned after-school money. I am happy to say that those early Evel Knievils such as Robert Tomblin, Sleepy Smallwood, and Flea Ladd, to name a few, have lived a full and primarily injury-free life. By August, the apple crates were being stacked neatly and strategically throughout the orchards. They became our forts with minor alterations. Climbing to the top of these apple-crated structures we would then begin removing the center crates and stacking them up along the sides where eventually we could stand in the middle of our “forts” with little more than our heads visible. And why would we build these forts? For an apple battle, of course! These strategically placed apple crate depots were perfectly distanced from one another, where one could easily lob an apple from one makeshift fortification to the other. Dodging each others’ apples was fairly easy from this distance and, once again, casualties were a rarity. They only occurred when someone was hunkered down in their apple crate fort and unexpectedly got bobbed on top of their
head by a slowly lobbed apple. Our orchard adventures were not measured in minutes or in hours. They were measured in the seasons of the year, with winter as our only interruption. There were no video games, no internet, and only three channels of black and white TV. Only the Saturday morning cartoons were of any interest to us at all. We had to make our own fun, but we never really consciously thought about having to do so. It was as natural as breathing. Although our fun might seem slightly dangerous by today’s standards, I can assure you, we never lost a single kid, and the worst injuries were typically nothing more than scratches and a few bruises. And we wore those bumps and bruises proudly. By September apples were beginning to ripen for eating. We all knew the different types of apples, and when each variety began to ripen. We also knew where the best eating apple groves were, and we took great advantage of this knowledge. Back then, the most popular apples to eat were the Red Delicious and the Golden Delicious. When we would get our fill of eating apples in the orchard, we would fill our tee shirts with these succulent treats, and graciously share them with our families like the little thieving Robin Hoods we were. Although my old orchard haunts have long been gone, I can to this day show you where those Red and Golden Delicious apple rows were once planted. So, I would like to take this time to thank the Byrd family for these wonderful memories. These memories are as sweet as the scent of thousands of apple blossoms. As for the apples we helped ourselves to . . . the check is in the mail.
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Community Briefs By Rebecca Maynard
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Coming to Berryville
VMFA on the Road: An Artmobile for the 21st Century The Barns of Rose Hill, a community partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is hosting a three-day residency of the VMFA On the Road traveling exhibit March 14 – 16, with defined schedules for students and the general public to visit this unique and inspiring art show. This state-of-the-art traveling museum launched in October 2018 in Fredericksburg. The Berryville visit at the Barns of Rose Hill will be the second stop in the exhibit’s many planned journeys around the Commonwealth. The climate-controlled 53-foot Volvo trailer includes Wi-Fi to connect visitors with VMFA educators and interactive components to meet their 21st-century expectations. The main attraction of VMFA on the Road, however, is the opportunity for residents of the Commonwealth to see and experience works of art from the VMFA collection up close. Many people in the area will remember the original Artmobile. In 1953, VMFA was among the first museums in the world to create a touring exhibition. During its lifetime, the Artmobile program circulated 59 exhibitions and served more than 2.5 million people. Due to conservation concerns related to transporting fragile works of art, the program was abandoned in the early 1990s and replaced with a strategy to develop stronger partnerships with schools, community centers, and museums around the state. Now VMFA is reintroducing the Artmobile, offering a 21st-century version of the famed traveling exhibition vehicle. Working with a network of more than 1,000 statewide partner organizations, VMFA on the Road is poised to equal and surpass the impact of its predecessor.
Both a mobile museum and art studio, the VMFA on the Road vehicle will display original works of art created by VMFA Fellowship winners alongside digital interactives featuring selections from VMFA’s permanent collection. Indepth interviews with artists, VMFA curators, and educators will also be offered, and visitors will have an opportunity to experiment with hands-on activities in the exhibition studio. Schools will bus students grades 4-6 in to tour the exhibit on Thursday, March 14, and Friday, March 15. Those students waiting their turn to tour it will be enjoying arts activities in the Barns, including a planned instrument petting zoo and other educational activities, made possible by a grant from the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative. The “Artmobile for the 21st Century” will be open as follows: • Thursday, March 14: 8:45am–2:15pm for school students only; 3–3:45pm and 5–7pm for the general public. • Friday, March 15: 8:45am– 2:15pm for school students only; 3–3:45pm for the general public. • Saturday March 16: 10:00am–3pm for the general public.
Joe and Denise Sipe Honored with 2019 Wingate Mackay-Smith Clarke County Land Conservation Award
White Post residents Joe and Denise Sipe received the 2019 Wingate Mackay-Smith Clarke County Land Conservation Award January 17 at the Millwood Country Club. The Conservation Easement Authority established the award in 2015 to honor individuals, groups,
and organizations for their significant contributions to preserve and protect open spaces in Clarke County. The annual award also draws attention to the need for land conservation and the role easements play in preserving the natural and historic resources in the county.
Mackay-Smith was the first recipient of the award, as she was instrumental in establishing the Clarke County Conservation Easement Authority and negotiating the authority’s first easement purchase, historic Greenway Court, the colonial era home of Thomas Lord Fairfax.
The 2019 recipients, Joe and Denise Sipe, bought a large piece of land in White Post in 1976 and began planting thousands of White Pine saplings. By 1983, the couple opened Sipe Christmas Tree Farm and sold their first harvest. Their sprawling homestead quickly
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unit rights (DURs). In 2018, the authority added 635 acres to the count and retired 16 DURs. Today, 23 percent of Clarke County’s 113,920 acres is protected by conservation easements. For information about conservation easements, contact natural resource planner Alison Teetor at 540-955-5134 or ateetor@clarkecounty.gov, or visit clarkelandconservation.org.
50th Annual Bluemont Fair Seeks Poster Design
Organizers of the 50thAnnual Bluemont Fair, to be held September 21 and 22, 2019 in historic Western Loudoun County, invite artists of all ages and abilities to submit designs for consideration for this year’s unique poster. The
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theme is “celebrating the 50th anniversary of this beloved oldtimey fair.” When the first fair occurred in 1969, Nixon was President and the U.S. was still actively involved in the Vietnam War. Neil Armstrong and Ed Aldrin walked on the moon, the Manson murders and the Stonewall riots shocked us; The Who released their rock opera “Tommy” and the Beatles released their Abbey Road album. And who could forget Woodstock? Meanwhile, in the little mountain village of Bluemont, residents banded together to figure out how to pay for their village’s streetlights. Someone suggested that they put on a small country fair and the rest, as they say, is history. 50 years later, Bluemont is still a small country village with a thriving historic district
where not much has changed in appearance from its early years. Bluemont still hosts a country fair, although it has expanded through the years, with each generation of neighbors putting its own special stamp on it. This year’s fair marks a significant milestone in the village’s history, and yes, part of the proceeds still go toward paying for streetlights! Designs should be rendered simply and with minimal color to facilitate replication on Bluemont Fair’s distinctive poster. Artists should include their contact information and a brief biography for inclusion in publicity. The selected artist’s name will be printed on the poster and his/her work acknowledged in Fair publicity. Multiple entries from individual artists are permitted.
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Needles & Pins Fiber Art Moves to New Location
Needles & Pins Fiber Art, which opened last year in Berryville, has moved its location to 10 W. Main Street. “We are so excited to now be a gathering place within our community, said owner Pam Hummel.” Needles & Pins is being joined by Brazen Sheep and Needle Lady, both of which bring beautiful hand-made clothing, blankets, home decor and oneof-a-kind items. Needles & Pins has expanded its selection of yarns, locally made items and much more. Classes in knitting, crocheting, spinning, sewing, needlework, multi-media fiber arts and needle felting will resume in February. Watch their website for further details, needlesandpinsfiberart.com. Weekly drop-in sessions are also forming as well as kids’ activities, book readings and more. Social Stitching Groups are held on Wednesdays from 10am to 12pm and 6 to 8pm; and Thursdays from 10am to 12pm. Open Stitching is available to anyone during regular business hours. The grand re-opening will take place on Saturday, January 19 at 10am. Store Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10am– 5pm; Wednesday: 10am–8pm; Saturday: 10am–3pm. Phone: 703-499-1502