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Read this issue FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com “Both juveniles have been charged with four felonies and three misdemeanor petitions and currently being held at a juvenile detention facility.” – WCSO press release the afternoon of April 11

Teens face felony charges in E.W. Morrison fire Arrests made day following suspected elementary school arson

The rear section of school near gym where fire broke out.

County Fire Investigators responded to the scene to work jointly on the investigation,” the initial press release stated.

Parents of students and staff were informed by automated call at 6:38 a.m. Thursday morning that the school would be closed that day.

That recorded message described the fire as “small” and said the closure was “due to water damage”.

The message also stated the school’s sprinkler system had kicked in and contributed to limiting damage from the fire.

By 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, parents and staff received a second automated call stating the school would be open on Friday, April 12.

However the call added that three teachers, Cope, Walters and Man-

del, would have their classrooms relocated to either conference or art rooms elsewhere in the building.

Investigators are asking anyone

with further information regarding the case to contact Investigator Allen Smoot at (540) 635-7100.

Shenandoah Shores blaze destroys home

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report A house fire at 41 View Drive in Shenandoah Shores the evening of Thursday, April 11, appeared to have gutted the dwelling but resulted in no civilian injuries. Initial information indicated a male resident was home, perhaps alone, grilling on a side attached, outdoor porch when the blaze flared and ignited the home.

We had no reports of firefighter injuries at the scene. However, the blaze was very intense and drew units from as far away as South Warren.

The large, two-story single-family dwelling was at the intersection of View and Rollason Drives, a half mile east of Rollason’s intersection with Shenandoah Shores Road.

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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Within six hours of an initial April 11 press release announcing identification of two male, juvenile suspects in a believed arson at E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School the previous evening, the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office announced the arrests of those suspects.

“Both juveniles have been charged with four felonies and three misdemeanor petitions and currently being held at a juvenile detention facility,” a WCSO press release issued at a 3:45 p.m. the day following the fire stated. No further detail on the age or circumstances of the identification and arrest of the two teens was released at that time.

The initial sheriff ’s office release identifying two male, juvenile suspects came at 10:01 a.m., April 11, exactly 13 hours and 7 minutes after the call reporting problems at

the school was received the previous evening.

“On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 8:52 p.m. Warren County Sheriff ’s Office Communications received a call from a citizen who advised that lights in the E. Wilson Morrison School were flickering and a loud crackling noise could be heard,” the 10:01 a.m. press release stated.

“Warren County Fire and Rescue were dispatched and they arrived on scene 8:57 p.m. Warren County Fire determined that there was in fact a working fire at the school.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire.

“Warren County Communications advised deputies of the situation and they arrived at the school at 9:07 p.m. The school had sustained smoke and water damage. Deputies assessed the scene and determined the fire had been deliberately set.

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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report They say returning to the scene of the crime is a fatal mistake that often leads to the apprehension of criminals. But in the case of a March 29

robbery of the Front Royal Federal Credit Union at 113 South Street, the suspect’s problem was apparently never leaving the scene of the crime, or at least the vicinity of it.

In a press release the Front Royal Police Department announced the arrest of Daniel Ivan Jones, 30, of Front Royal, within minutes of the crime. FRPD units spotted a person matching the description of the suspect in the credit union robbery within three minutes of receiving the 911 call from the credit union reporting the robbery. That 911 call in which police received a description of the perpetrator was received at 11:16 a.m. A person matching the description was spotted at 11:19 a.m., just blocks away in the area of the South Towne Center on South Street.

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Jones was charged with Robbery, Communicating a Bomb Threat and Possession of Marijuana. Jones was transported to the Warren County Jail where he was held pending his first court appearance, April 9.

A female subject who was with Jones at the time of his arrest was detained and then subsequently released after further investigation revealed that she had no part in the robbery of the bank.

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Second officer attacked by Clyde Burrell, this time in jail Inmate awaiting trial on attempted capital murder of a police officer an incision.

Charges against Burrell in the new incident were pending as of receipt of the original press release on the incident.

In the wake of this incident, Burrell was transferred to the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center for confinement, the press release stated.

Mental state Burrell’s sister told us shortly after his arrest for the July 2012 assault on Officer Courtenay that as early as

February 1998, her brother had been diagnosed as schizophrenic/bipolar with multiple personalities. The condition has led to much of Burrell’s legal trouble, she said, and caused ongoing problems for the family in trying to both cope with Burrell themselves, and get him public assistance for his mental disorder. She was particularly critical of the local magistrate’s office for refusing to issue an emergency custody order for a mental evaluation on June 5, 2012, just seven weeks before the exposure incident and subsequent attack on FRPD Officer Courtenay (who we are

happy to report is back on full-time duty.)

“I’m not trying to make excuses for him. And my heart aches for that officer,” Burrell’s sister said in August 2012, as she described her brother falling through the cracks of the U.S. and Virginia health care systems.

A court-ordered state mental evaluation conducted at Central State Hospital over a two-week period, Nov. 29 to Dec. 13 2012, found Burrell competent to stand trial. See more on that state report in a future edition.

Clyde Burrell’s mug shot at time of his July 2012 arrest for attack on FRPD officer

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report According to a Warren County Sheriff ’s Office press release issued on April 1, a second law enforcement officer has been attacked by Clyde Burrell. Burrell is awaiting trial on charges of attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer, malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer, assault on law enforcement officers, and violation of probation. Those charges involved a July 28, 2012 attack of Front Royal Police Officer Brian Courtenay. Courtenay was attacked while responding to public reports of public exposure and generally questionable behavior near the intersection of North Shenandoah Avenue and West 15th Street..

Burrell was identified as the suspect in those calls.

The newest incident involving physical violence by Burrell directed at a law enforcement officer occurred at Warren County Jail where Burrell has been held without bond since his

July 28, 2012 arrest at the scene of the initial incident.

“On March 30, 2013 at approximately 12:55 A.M., Deputy Thomas Ratigan, an 11-year veteran of the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office observed inmate Clyde Burrell causing a disturbance inside the cellblock he was being housed in,” the press release begins. “Deputy Ratigan advised inmate Burrell he was being moved and called for other deputies to assist in Burrell’s movement. Deputy Ratigan instructed inmate Burrell to come out of the cellblock. Burrell came out of the cellblock carrying some of his property. Burrell placed his property down, and struck Deputy Ratigan in his face. Deputy Ratigan then sprayed Burrell with pepper spray. Burrell was then restrained and handcuffed with the assistance of Deputies Jimmy Tharpe and Ronald Buracker.

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Former rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice Jr.

By Dave Zirin The coach frenzy sports

firing of Rutgers basketball Mike Rice created a media that extended far beyond the page. Those who are now

choosing to rush to his defense are unintentionally telling an even more important story. This story is about power and powerlessness. It’s about bullies and the bullied. And, if we look hard enough, it’s about a cultural battle for the soul of sports.

As we witnessed on videotape, Coach Rice called his players “faggots”, “cunts,” “fairies,” and “pussies.”

He meted out physical abuse as well: kicking, pushing and throwing balls at the teenagers under his charge (Managing editor’s note: from video the groin area appeared to be the preferred target, with the head and chest coming in a distant second).

This glimpse behind the curtain of NCAA athletics caused everyone

from LeBron James to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to physically recoil.

Well, almost everyone.

For Fox News host Sean Hannity, Mike Rice’s firing constituted something of a national tragedy. “I kind of like old-fashioned discipline,” he said.

“Maybe we need a little more discipline in society and maybe we don’t have to be a bunch of wimps for the rest of our lives ... My father hit me with a belt and I turned out okay!”

Eric Bolling, the guy on Fox News who dresses like he’s on his way to a nightclub in 1996, was even more horrified. He described the firing as symbolic of “the wussification of America” as well as a symbol of “our

culture in freefall.”

Their defense of Rice is actually quite helpful. Often we use phrases like “jock culture” or “bullying culture” as if culture is like some kind of mysterious fog obstructing our collective vision. But “culture” is not like the weather (cloudy with a 10% chance of misogyny). It is directly tied to politics, organization, and powerful people with a vested interest in oppression.

For the mouthpieces at Fox News and those pulling their strings, they defend Coach Mike Rice because they’re in a panic that there is a culture war afoot and, at best, they reSee ZIRIN,

ALONG THESE LINES Dick Gautier: Would you believe – a man of many talents?

By Nick Thomas Of all those zany sitcoms produced in the 1960s, Get Smart remains a favorite of classic TV fans.

This show had it all: crazy characters (Max, “99,” Larabee, Hymie the humanoid robot), delightfully wicked villains (Siegfried, the Claw, Leadside), goofy spy gadgets (shoe phone, cone of silence), cool cars (Sunbeam Tiger), unforgettable catchphrases (missed it by that much!), a parade of stellar guests (Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Vincent Price), unbelievable save-the-world plots, and that omnipresent 60s canned laugh track.

Don Adams, who played Max, passed away in 2005. A few years earlier, during a 75th birthday roast in his honor, Don made a very simple request: “I don’t want a big funeral. I don’t want a lot of flowers; or eulogies,” he told the gathering. “I’d just like a few of my close friends to get together – and try and bring me back to life.”

Dick Gautier, who played Hymie the robot, wasn’t close friends with Don off the set, but says he enjoyed working with him. We talked a few days ago from his home in Los Angeles.

“He lived a very different kind of lifestyle to me,” said Dick. “He and his buddies were always at the racetrack, but I was never a gambler.”

Incredibly, Dick’s Hymie character (“his father’s name was Hymie”) only appeared in six episodes during the first four seasons of Get Smart. Yet he remains one of the show’s most popular and memorable characters.

Dick based Hymie partly on a childhood memory.

“As a kid in Canada, I saw this mannequin-like guy in a store window who moved in a very stiff manner. The deal was, if you made him smile, you could win a gift from the store. I almost got him to laugh! So I started imitating him and discovered I had a flair for entertaining. I told that story during my “Get Smart” audition, did those move-

‘Get Smart’ publicity shot, from left, Don Adams, Dick Gautier and Barbara Feldon

Dick’s caricature of comic genius W.C. Fields – Re-printed by permission of the artist ments, and got the role of Hymie.”

Not surprisingly, laughter was not uncommon on the “Get Smart” set.

Dick remembers shooting one scene where Max takes a rather drunk Hymie into a closet and scolds him because drinking and spying don’t mix.

“I had to reach over and kiss Don on the cheek,” recalled Dick. “But the two of us started giggling like high school girls during every take, and the crew grew impatient. I finally got through it by not looking at Don. When the scene was over, he looked at me and said ‘Are you going to say it or am I?’ So I told him to go ahead. He looked at the crew and said “Okay guys, we’re coming out of the closet!”

In addition to acting in hundreds of TV shows and movies, Dick has been a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, director, voice actor, and singer.

During lean times, he even demonstrated pogo sticks at Macys. Details can be read on his web

site bio, which Dick describes as “that once grotesquely inflated thing which deflates slightly with each passing day.”

Dick is also an artist specializing in caricatures and has written numerous books on drawing.

He’s captured the Burt Reynold’s forehead, the W.C. Fields’ nose, the John Travolta chin, and dozens of other celebrities perfectly (see www. dickgautier.com).

He also makes an interesting comparison between today’s stars to those of yesteryear with their more rugged features (think Bogie, Gable, Connery).

“Many of today’s actors look like fashion models. Take someone like Brad Pitt who has those stunning, boyish good looks. Some are so handsome they just don’t have any distinguishing features to hang your comic hat on, as an artist.”

In addition to drawing and painting, Dick has just finished writing a two-character play which he hopes to direct. And at 81, his career achievements just keep mounting.

“I’ve been around so long,” he says, “sometimes I feel like I was in the original Flintstones – the real ones the cartoon was based on!”

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“I don’t want a big funeral. I don’t want a lot of flowers; or eulogies. I’d just like a few of my close friends to get together – and try and bring me back to life.” – Dick Gautier recalls “Get Smart” sitcom icon Don Adams’ last wish

Opinion ZIRIN, from semble Custer. In this war, they see every cultural sphere – Hollywood, music, politics – as a battleground.

But perhaps none is either as important, or slipping through their grasp quite like sports.

The sports world - particularly

men’s sports - is the place where homophobia has historically found safe harbor. But in the last several years, there has been a decisive shift.

Jocks have been on the front lines building organizations like You Can Play and Athlete Ally aimed at making the locker room a safe space for their LGBT friends and teammates. Indi-

vidual pros like Kenneth Faried and Eric Winston have lent their names to activist campaigns. Brenden Ayanbadejo, recently of the Baltimore Ravens, announced this week that he was speaking to four NFL players who may come out of the closet simultaneously before the start of this season. Kobe Bryant - someone

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caught on camera several years ago dropping “the other f bomb” is now admonishing his twitter followers for anti-gay slurs.

The hysteria of Hannity and his ilk in defense of Coach Rice is quite simple: they’re losing and they know it.

Hostage mentality?

Less simple to grasp is the second group of Coach Rice’s defenders: some of his former players. Junior Rutgers forward Wally Judge said during a telephone interview to the AP, “I have grown from the moment I stepped in these doors, not only as a player, but also as a person because of how [Coach Rice] has treated me.”

Another player, sophomore forward Austin Johnson, said, “[Coach Rice] did a lot for us off the court, academically, socially ... I am not saying what he did wasn’t wrong, because I do believe it was wrong. But it is also tough because it was a highlight reel of his worst moments.”

University of Pittsburgh guard Travon Woodall also defended Rice, who worked at Pitt as an assistant, but in the process said he was “not the only coach to put his hands on a player, or talk the way he did.” In other words, what Coach Rice said and did wasn’t a big deal because this kind of abusive behavior is a normalized part of high-level youth sports.

I don’t doubt the sincerity of these players at all. I do think their synchronicity with the Hannity and Bolling crowd speaks volumes about how bullies and the bullied can define their lives by the same logic and come to same rationalization: it’s necessary.

We recognize this behavior in battered women that defend their husbands. We are loath to recognize it in youth sports although the similarities are glaring. These are young men raised in a highly lucrative prep-topros-pipeline where authority is never questioned, abuse is expected, and corruption is inevitable. The fact that

A way out It doesn’t have to be this way. There are transformational, teacher coaches out there that work wonders with young people. Many are loud and tough as hell without being abusive, anti-Gay, misogynistic bigots. These transformational coaches who don’t take advantage of structural inequities and are actually in it for the kids are heroes, but they need to do more.

They can no longer be silent.

They need to betray the so-called “coaching fraternity” and start reclaiming their profession.

They should see the dismissal of Mike Rice as a kind of validation. Yes, he doesn’t get fired if that video doesn’t get leaked but it says something very positive that the vast majority of people were repulsed by the “old school” coaching on display.

It’s time for the leaders of the new school to make themselves heard.

This is about a battle for the soul of sports and it’s one we cannot afford to lose.

[Reprinted by permission of the author. Dave Zirin is the author of the new book “Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the SportsWorld Upside Down” (The New Press) Receive his column every week by emailing dave@edgeofsports.com. Contact him at edgeofsports@gmail.com.]

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“It doesn’t matter to me if you pay or not – I won’t go broke over $260. But it’s a matter of principal, I didn’t invent this.” – WC Sheriff McEathron on inmate charges to the town dating at least to the term of his predecessor, Lynn Armentrout

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At an April 9 board of supervisors work session Sheriff Daniel McEathron proved he survived meeting with town officials unscathed - Supervisor Dan Murray is in foreground.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report At an April Fool’s Day Front Royal Town Council appearance, Warren County Sheriff Danny McEathron informed council that the timing of his department’s billing of the town for housing inmates on town charges was simply coincidental to any financial negotiations between the RSW Regional Jail Authority and the town.

In fact, McEathron, who as one of three involved county sheriffs also serves on the RSW Jail Authority board and acts as chairman of its Transition Committee, told council, “It doesn’t matter to me if you pay or not – I won’t go broke over $260.

But it’s a matter of principal, I didn’t invent this.”

The Warren County sheriff noted that the issue of town charges for the housing of inmates on town-generated offenses dates back to his pre-

decessor Lynn Armentrout, whom he noted charged the town $10 per day for town-charged inmates.

McEathron was first elected sheriff in 2004 following Armentrout’s retirement.

The town got the most recent bill for “26 inmate days” in January and February at the same $10 per day rate on March 12. The timing of that bill came after a 7-month gap, as McEathron noted. Some on council thought the gap indicated the charges were a dead issue following the citing of a 1982 Virginia Attorney General opinion by Town Attorney Doug Napier that states: “This section specifically exempts prisoners from ‘the city or county for which [he is] elected or appointed’. You are elected for all of Rockingham County, including the towns, and the City of Harrisonburg … It is, therefore, my opinion that you may not bill the incorporated towns within Rockingham County or the City of Harrisonburg for the per diem cost of maintaining prisoners in the Rockingham

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Gray charged with distribution of heroin, cocaine and firearm possession According to an April 8 press release from the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office, on Friday, April 5, Devon Renard Gray, 42 of 447 N. Water Street, Woodstock VA was arrested in Warren County. Gray had outstanding warrants in Roanoke, Woodstock and Middletown VA. The WCSO Special Operations Team, Front Royal Police Emergen-

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That operation culminated at approximately 5 p.m. on April 5.

According to the press release, Gray, who has a history of escape, eluding, and resisting arrest, was apprehended with an undisclosed non-lethal device which prevented his escape.

“Gray was subsequently charged with two counts of distributing heroin, one count of distributing cocaine, and one count of being in possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a violent felony.

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County Jail pursuant to § 53-182.”

Not so fast, sports fans.

Referring to the billing issue resurrected by his department and questioned by the town last year, McEathron told council, “This all happened in May of last year … I agreed not to charge the town until you got an Attorney General’s opinion to settle it – seven months is a long time, I’m not waiting anymore.”

The issue of varying opinions on legal precedents was revisited as Vice-Mayor Parker noted County Attorney Blair Mitchell had uncovered a court ruling dating to 1896 the county was using to counter the above-cited AG opinions. However, Parker insisted the 1896 ruling applied to cities, not towns and thus was not applicable.

Apparently while town officials thought previous AG’s opinions would suffice, McEathron was looking for one specifically addressing this particular situation. But with a county legal opinion on a prec-

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As Warren County Administrator and RSW Authority Chairman Doug Stanley had previously observed, McEathron noted the county-town inmate charge impasse might no longer be an issue once the regional jail opens its door as planned in mid-2014 (see related story).

Vice-Mayor Shae Parker and Councilman Eugene Tewalt reiterated their opinions the town is not legally required to pay the charge.

Mayor Darr suggested council put it on the next meeting agenda for a vote to settle the town’s perspective once and for all.

“Or we could just let it lie,” Councilman Daryl Funk added.

“Either way, it doesn’t matter to me,” the mayor replied as Sheriff McEathron left the conference room.

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The Blue Ridge Singers ‘Rejoice!’ April 19 and 21 FR Presbyterian Church show follows Winchester opener

Vocal soloists in Benjamin Britten’s “Rejoice”, from left, soprano Irma Powell, bass Sean Coffron, tenor Dominique Viera and alto Karen Schlosser. They will be accompanied by organist Dan Miller.

Organist Dan Miller

Artistic Director and Conductor Dr. Jeff Alban

By Leslie Fiddler Warren County Report

audience enjoyed his work at our December concert so I programmed Prelude for our spring concert. His compositions clearly show the emotions and images of the text he sets.”

Poetry fans will also enjoy the selections’ lyrics. The Rejoice in the Lamb text was written by Christopher Smart, a popular magazine contributor and contemporary of Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding in 1740 London. Due to his habit of continuous public prayer Smart was accused of religious mania by his father-in-law and imprisoned, eventually dying in debtors’ prison.

(PoemHunter.com). A century af-

ter his death the poets Browning and Yeats singled out Smart’s work “for its affirmation of spirituality in a materialistic world.” He was known too for being very fond of his cat. (The Academy of American Poets). The concert also features the lyricized poetry of Walt Whitman (dello Joio), Theodore Roethke (Conte), William Blake (Dickau) and an excerpt from the Song of Solomon (Clausen).

Blue Ridge Singers compact disc recordings will be available for purchase.

All audience members are invited to the reception following each concert.

The Blue Ridge Singers, Warren County’s newest chamber choir, will present Rejoice! in Winchester on Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, and at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 21, at Front Royal Presbyterian Church.

Artistic director and conductor Dr. Jeffrey Alban describes the concert as “a choral expression of joy - in God, nature, ourselves and those around us.” The Front Royal

concert will be presented as part of the Front Royal Presbyterian Church’s performing arts series.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth the BRS will perform Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Jubilate Deo in E-flat, featuring organist Daniel Miller. Quips Alban, “Our faithful accompanist Dan has worked tirelessly to prepare these very complicated piano and organ parts.” Both Miller and Alban are members of the American Guild of Organists. Alban is the director of music and organist at St. John the

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BRAC show winner Helga Hohn-Heiberg opening April 14

Portrait of the artist Helga Hohn-Heiberg

By Malcolm Barr, Sr. Warren County Report

Helga Hohn-Heiberg, winner of “best in show” at the Blue Ridge Arts Council (BRAC) annual contest for local artists last year, exhibits 50 of her art pieces, including oil and water colors, charcoals, sketches, sculpture, and fiber arts, at her gallery opening Sunday April 14. The time is 2-4 p.m., the place 305 East Main Street, Front Royal.

Helga, 62, who lives on Blue Mountain, is world-renowned. Her works are among those in cultural collections in Bonn and Stuttgart, Germany;

Argentina, Portugal, France, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Israel, Tunisia, Togo, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The daughter of an artist father, she began painting at age 7.She has lived and worked in America (teaching at the University of Maryland and, more lately, at Lord Fairfax Community College) since 1983 when she won the “Kultureller Foerderprize” for fine arts in her home country. For the past three months, locally she has shown parts of her work at the Kiln Doctor on 12th Street.

During the past two years, Helga entered the realm of animal portraiture almost by accident. Neville Barr, my brother, visiting from the UK, asked Helga if she would attempt a painting of a friend’s deceased dog. It was to be her first animal portrait. On display at the BRAC gallery along with her other exhibits will be her latest animal portraits including three dogs and a favorite horse she presented to me to mark my 80th birthday last month.

Helga’s exhibits will be on display courtesy the arts council from April 14 through May 24.

(The Barr family of Rockland, members of BRAC, are friends of Helga and Eric Heiberg who provide a home to several cats at their mountain residence. She has yet to formally paint a cat).

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• Gooney Creek Duck Race 12 noon Race Time! $5 per ticket. Available at: O.J. Rudacille General Store: 636-2149 and Buracker Construction: 636-1879 Also at the Browntown Community Center on the day of the festival!

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• Flower and Plant Sale • Silent Auction - ends at 3:30pm • Craft Sales—two locations!

- Browntown Community Center - Browntown Baptist Church Fellowship Hall • Craft Demonstrations • Home Tours 10am-3pm Tickets are $8 each or 2/$15 Buy tickets at Community Center only until 1:30pm!

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• Bake Sale • 4th Annual Car Show sponsored by Jack Evans Chevrolet • Full Kitchen Menu!

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Clutter & Chaos at home, office, disappears when Katie takes charge

Katie, on-the-job, clears ‘clutter and chaos.

By Malcolm Barr, Sr. Warren County Report

If you’d feel comfortable having a marine biologist organizing your office or closets, call Front Royal’s fulltime professional organizer who claims long-time success over clutter and chaos.

This 36-year-old newcomer to the area, arriving with her family – husband, Dave; her son, Jacob Bolls, 9; and stepson, Hunter Pierron, 15 – less than six months ago, has established an unusual start-up business - “Simple Organizing So-

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She promises to “transform the rooms of your house, home office, office, garage, hobby areas, and storage units into simple, functional spaces.”

To explain: seeing an aunt, Kathryn Youngquist, living in a small, cluttered D.C. apartment, fast running out of living and storage space, Katie rolled up her sleeves, cleared out and re-organized both areas, throwing away only those items her aunt personally consigned to the dumpster. The job took a matter of hours, leaving her relative wideeyed and grateful – and she became her niece’s cheerleader.

Katie did the same for an area resident who, like many of us, was inundated with memorabilia and, frankly, junk gathered over the years. Things she wanted to keep were organized and consigned to clear plastic bins, properly labeled and stacked.

She can be similarly valuable to small business operators. “I also organize computer files, bill-paying processes, and complex schedules into efficient systems,” she said.

It’s not that Katie didn’t enjoy her other stints, one with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) researching “bioaccumulation of toxins in aquatic wildlife,” or teach-

ing middle and elementary school.

Her bachelor’s degree was hardearned and took awhile but she isn’t far from her master’s in marine biology. Her aim for the present, however, is to be there when the kids come in from school, Hunter from Skyline and Jacob from Hilda J. Barbour Elementary.

Between times, she can and does volunteer work at the Salvation Army on Tuesdays. She says she’s available on an occasional basis to work for the likes of the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter, from

which she rescued a mutt named Honey, and, perhaps, the local Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Store.

What does this energetic young woman, she actually looks closer to 26 than 36, do in her spare moments?

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(Reviewer’s note: I had to throw the “American Buffalo” reference in out of left field, perhaps because I saw Al Pacino in it off-Broadway in NYC about 35 years ago and that legendary actor is on my mind because of his recent astonishing performance as Phil Spector in the made-for-HBO movie “Spector” – okay Al & HBO, you owe me!!!).

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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The definition – and spelling – of Wayside Theatre’s final offering of its 51st season is FUN. Okay, it might not have the psycho-drama of a David Mamet play like “American Buffalo” but Wayside’s new offering of “The Putnam County Spelling Bee” is both timely (the National Spelling Bee the “Putnam kids” are competing for a spot in has been in the news this month) and a great dose of family entertainment that kids of all ages should love – even a somewhat hard-to-please 13-yearold boy I know enjoyed it.

This Wayside musical, first-gaining a reputation off-Broadway, traces the trials and tribulations of six “pre-teen misfit” archetypes thrown into the highly competitive cultural phenomena of student Spelling Bees. The not-quite adolescent cast carries the show through a fast-paced opening act and a second act more revealing of the inner turmoil faced by the contestants and their adult overseers.

And we’d be remiss not to note that Bee contestants include several audience members who apply for a stage spot in the Spelling Bee each night (arrive about an hour prior to curtain to apply).

And if the second act is not quite as fast paced, being more psychologically revealing of the inner workings of the characters, I might note that act gave this reviewer his two offyour-seat belly laughs of the evening – NO, I’m not telling, you’ll have to see for yourself.

My laughs actually began before the play’s start as I perused the stage setting of the Putnam County High School gym and came across a banner noting the school teams nickname “The Battlin’ Walruses” with accompanying art.

But it’s not just pre-pubescents

and their internal motivations and demons on display here – there are some standout moments involving adult archetypes as well, those being Bee officials in the fields of education and “cultural and psychological rehabilitation”.

Those include Vice Principal Douglas Patch (Don Denton); Bee coordinator, past winner and spelling mom Rona Lisa Peretti (Thomasin Savaiano) and Bee “Comfort Counselor” and community-service designee Mitch Mahoney.

Also in play in the plot are absent parents either just running late or on retreats on the banks of the Ganges; analogies to Bee rules and Congressional sequesters; student pressures gleaned at Our Lady of Intermittent Sorrow; relief to such pressures provided from above – oh, and of course, SPELLING – words, both known and unknown to the English language.

Playing the contestants are Channing Frampton, Joshua Shelor, Katherine Yacko, Brandon Shockey, Karen O’Connell and Leslie Putnam (no Putnam County is not named for her, at least I don’t think so). All do excellent jobs with the idiosyncrasies

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And don’t worry too much about the PG-13 “mature content” designation – it covers a couple humorous references to awakening pre-pubescence awkwardness familiar to all who have survived adolescence (the young kids won’t pick up on them and the older ones will be remain respectfully silent).

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Front Royal/Warren County Roundup

By Roger Bianchini & Malcolm Barr, Sr.

Montessori School Fundraiser Mountain Laurel Montessori School presents its Annual Auction and Wine Tasting Fundraiser at Rappahannock Cellars, 14437 Hume Road, Huntly, Virginia, on April 13, from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Come for a complimentary wine tasting, wine glass, and the opportunity to bid on amazing trips and auction items; enjoy some wine, delicious food provided by the Public House in Flint Hill; music, live, silent and Lucky Draw auctions; door prizes and a 50/50 raffle drawing.

All proceeds to benefit the school.

Tickets are $40 in advance or $45 at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets please visit ww.mlmsauctionandwine.com or call (540) 631-4559 Double booking at WCHS The Warren County High School auditorium can accommodate hundreds, but a 20-piece jazz and swing ensemble practicing for a concert on stage at one end of the room and a 50-member Rotary Interact Club meeting at the other?

No contest!

On Tuesday, April 9, band director David Dingess won out, but guided by shouted instructions by senior counsellor Mary Kay Moose the public service-minded kids managed the pledge of allegiance (to strains of Brubeck, maybe?) followed by a record-breaking sign-up for the United Way’s “Day of Caring” on April 26.

Between riffs, Moose managed to announce an all-schools Interact club picnic, hosted by Randolph-Macon Academy May 19, where kids are asked to bring canned goods for the local food pantry. Soul Mountain on Main Street is catering.

Meanwhile, on inquiry at the high school reception desk, we learned that the band was in its countdown to a concert at the auditorium Sunday, April 14, at 3 p.m.

Believe me, they’re worth listening to. Everyone is invited, and it’s free!

Town & County Budgets The second week of April both the Town of Front Royal and Warren County presented power points, the latter along with a public hearing, on their proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budgets.

Votes and any late adjustments to those budgets will come later. The county is scheduled to vote final approval of its $90,770,169 budget at its regular meeting of April 16. The proposed FY 2014 budget is 2.82 percent, almost $2.5 million, above last year’s county budget of $88,282,532 The town will hold a public hearing and the first of two votes of approval on its $38,376,795 budget on May 13, with

a final vote of approval scheduled for May 28. The proposed 2013-14 town budget is $836,637 above last year’s budget By state law, municipal budgets must be finalized and approved by June 1 for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Highlights of the town budget include no tax increases and no employee raises, other than to compensate for a state Virginia Retirement System increase charged to employees.

Highlights of the county budget are increases in both local and state revenues; a 2.5-percent STEP increase effective Jan. 1, 2014, to follow a consultant recommendation on bringing county salaries into line; and coverage

of the state VRS increases on employees as the town is also proposing; and the expectation of maintaining a 15percent General Fund balance surplus despite contributions to capital improvements and other projects.

Fantasyland, 20 years on

The Warren County Parks and Recreation Department and the Fantasyland Playground Committee proudly announce the 20th Anniversary Celebration Ceremony for the Fantasyland Playground located on Commerce Avenue next to Free Wheeling Way Playground, on Sunday, April 21, at 4 p.m. All of the original volunteers and patrons are encouraged to attend this

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From April 21 to 25, 1993, the residents of Front Royal and Warren County came together in a community-wide event to build a wooden playground in Lions Park for local youth. All are invited to join the celebration. A family picnic will follow the commemorative ceremony.

For more information please contact the Warren County Parks and Recreation Department at (540) 635-7750 or Kym Crump at (540) 671-3482.

Library: A Taste for Books 2

Calling the promotion “A Taste for Books: The Second Edition,” Samuels Public Library is doing a reprise of last

year’s popular fundraiser on April 20.

Apart from a place to read and reflect, the library that evening, from 6 p.m. on, will be a rendezvous to wine and dine on food and beverage with literary themes. Tickets available at the counter or call 635-3153 for information.

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Medication Disposal Day Thursday, April 25, 4–7 p.m.

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John Martin Lang, who spent nine years from 1989 restoring the historic Killahevlin mansion at 1401 N. Royal Avenue (circa 1905;the former home of William E. Carson, the “Father of Skyline Drive”) has died. He was 75.

The house was opened as a bed and

breakfast inn in 1993. Lang, who lived in Florida, also co-owned and operated the 14th Street Bistro and helped design and build “Fantasyland Playground” on Commerce Avenue. He was a member of both Front Royal and Linden Rotary clubs. Memorial donations may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Winchester, VA 22601.

Buggin’ it again

The “instant summer” heat wave has brought out hordes of flies in parts of the county and stink bugs are again beginning to appear. And according to a

Community front page piece in the April 10 Washington Post, our biblical locust descendants, the cicadas, are beginning to dig out of their buried lairs after being dormant for 17 years. If you can remember back to 1996, when this particular

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Mock Disaster Training Emergency Vehicles & Chest Pain Simulation Animal habitat exhibits Texting While Driving & Distracted Driving Demos Yoga, Tai Chi & Zumba Demos (9:00, 9:45, 10:00 & 10:45 a.m.)

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Town moves toward November, non-partisan elections Council majority votes to counter delegate charter backstabbing tion to the

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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The battle lines were drawn along familiar lines when the Town of Front Royal approached a first reading to change or solidify the process of town elections. That process revolves around a move from May to November elections and codification of the long-held tradition of non-partisan town elections.

In one corner, Tom Sayre and Daryl Funk supported a last-second altera-

proposed ordinance that would change even year town elections to odd years. Despite Sayre’s assertion his amendment was “a small change” it would have required re-advertisement of the vote as a substantial change to what was advertised for public hearing, Town Attorney Doug Napier agreed in response to a question from Vice-Mayor Shae Parker.

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That longer extension is due to the fact the odd-year change could not be realized until after the next scheduled town election, while the evenyear change would be enacted from May to November 2014, council’s next scheduled election year, Parker clarified.

Failure to communicate Sayre expressed some confusion over these dynamics due to his perception of the content of a conversa-

Tim Ratigan tells council he is filing a FOIA request on one of them, Daryl Funk, seeking info on how the town’s charter changes did an about face in Richmond. tion with the town attorney earlier in the day.

“Not to put Mr. Napier on the spot, but I met with you today in your office and you said we could have a vote on odd-numbered years,” Sayre challenged the town attorney.

“You asked me if a motion to amend was germane, was the question you

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“This is a call for transparency, gentlemen and it is long overdue.” – Tim Ratigan to council on his FOIA request targeting communications by Councilman Daryl Funk on proposed Town Charter changes his motion would decrease council terms by six months, rather than extend them by 18 months.

The amendment was defeated 4-2, only Sayre and Funk supporting the change to odd years with the corresponding delays and term extensions.

Eventually it was only Funk who op-

posed Vice-Mayor Parker’s original motion, moving even-year May town elections to even-year November elections. That motion, approved by the 5-1 vote, also places a legal prohibition by ordinance on partisan political committee nominations to town office.

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Background & reactions The move to changes by ordinance was necessitated by a controversial effort by what is believed to have been two of the county/town’s three representatives to the Virginia House of Representatives, Gilbert, R-15th and Webert, R-18th, to totally alter the intent of the proposed charter changes – even-year November and non-partisan elections – sent to them by the town for consideration in the last session of the General Assembly.

After an explosion of protest by the council majority reflecting the result of a 2011 citizen survey on the issues, Gilbert eventually withdrew the Webert-sponsored and altered charter proposals from consideration in this past General Assembly session.

Local activist Tim Ratigan, an unsuccessful 2012 mayoral candidate, twice addressed council on April 8 concerning the election initiatives.

During the public hearing he was the first of four citizens expressing support of the changes as presented.

There were no speakers against or seeking alterations to the proposed changes.

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said of the political dance around the town’s charter regarding election rules.

Local activist and unsuccessful 2012 council candidate Linda Allen told council maintaining non-partisan elections was important to keep the pool of potential candidates as large as possible (partisan nominations would eliminate any federal employee, including the current mayor, from running for town office). She continued by contrasting recent national Republican statements indicating it would seek to make the Party more inclusive, with her perception some state and local Republicans were working toward exclusion locally.

Sonja Carlsberg (sp?) thanked the council majority for their efforts on the changes and concluded by wishing federal employee and Mayor Tim Darr “a happy Mayor’s Day”, which she pointed out was the following

day, April 9.

Public suspicions Earlier in the meeting Ratigan more pointedly addressed the issue of the “antics” referred to by Means on how council and its citizens had gotten to this point in its electoral drama. He informed council he was in the process of filing a Freedom of Information Act request targeting communications on the proposed Charter changes by Councilman Funk, who works in the same PondAthey-Pond law firm as Gilbert.

“This is a call for transparency, gentlemen and it is long overdue,” Ratigan concluded.

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On April 4, Samuels Public Library announced the receipt of a $1,000 grant from Elks Lodge 2382, which will be used to purchase new books for children and teens in the Youth Services department.

“The Elks Lodge is doing great things in our area,” stated Michal Ashby, Youth Services Supervisor, “and we are thrilled that they recognize the importance of Samuels Library to our community, and are willing to stand behind us with their

Always up for a good debate, we talked extensively by phone off the record. However, despite his stated intention to reply on the record by press time, Funk regretfully informed us on April 11 he did not have time to formulate that public response.

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implying a belief he was a player in the 180-degree turn that the town’s proposed Charter changes took while passing through Delegates Gilbert and Webert’s hands, as well as his belief about the advisability of altering the town election process.

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From left to right, WCDSS Program Manager Tammy Curl, Services Supervisors Jessica Hunter and Mandy Smulik and Director Beth Reavis at the Pinwheel Garden for Child Abuse awareness and prevention April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and in recognition of this month-long effort to focus community and national attention on the problem, the Warren County Department of Social Services planted a Pinwheel Garden April 4, in front of the Department.

Why pinwheels?

The pinwheel symbolizes happiness and hope, which every child deserves. The pinwheel serves as an symbol to reframe the topic of child abuse by focusing on ways to prevent children from suffering, including positive parenting.

But its not just pinwheels – bowling balls are also important to the local acknowledgment of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

And why bowling balls, you might ask; because on April 28, from 5-9 p.m., WCDSS and Royal Family Bowling Center will partner in a “strike out child abuse and neglect” event, with 50 percent of proceeds donated to county social services to help fund prevention services in Warren County. You must mention “strike out abuse and neglect” to participate in the event.

Pinwheels, bowling events – why should all this be important to us?

Thousands of Virginia children, including in our own community, suffer abuse and neglect every year. In FY 2012, there were 52,675 children reported as possible victims of abuse and/or neglect, with an unknown number actually suffering such treatment. The Virginia Department of Social Services

found that 6,365 children were maltreated and of those, 35 children died as a result of Abuse and Neglect.

In Warren County during the 2012 Fiscal Year, WCDSS received 743 referrals for child abuse and neglect; and of those, 277 reached the criteria for further investigation or family assessment.

Citizens across Virginia can send a message about their feelings about the value of children and the environment they need to flourish and reach their potential by displaying pinwheels at home, at work and elsewhere in the community.

Preventing child abuse and neglect is a community responsibility that depends on involvement throughout the community.

Child maltreatment often occurs when people find themselves in stressful situations, without community resources, and don’t know how to cope. The majority of child abuse cases stem from situations and conditions that are preventable in an engaged and supportive community.

The county department of social services encourages all citizens to become involved in supporting families in raising their children in a safe, nurturing environment. Effective child abuse prevention programs succeed because of partnerships created among families, social service agencies, schools, faith communities, civic organizations, law enforcement agencies and the business community.

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By Carol Ballard Warren County Report County Administrator Doug Stanley has been authorized to negotiate with the Town of Front Royal, and to accept their offer to treat the Rappahannock, Shenandoah, and Warren Regional Jail’s wastewater.

The announcement was made after a closed session at the RSW Authority’s March 28 meeting and hopefully will end the discussion which has bounced from the RSW board meetings to the Town meetings and back again (see related town story by Roger Bianchini).

After the meeting, Stanley, Warren County Sheriff Daniel McEathron and the authority’s lawyer William Hefty, all appeared relieved that a decision had been made and were glad

to go forward with the task of finishing the jail project.

“It isn’t our main function to run a waste-water plant,” remarked Hefty.

The issue concerned the town’s initial refusal to take rainwater that the facility will use to wash laundry, and introduce it into the town’s sewer system. After the authority explored the option to build its own plant, and more discussions with the town, they have unanimously agreed to accept the town’s terms-with a few more discussions about the details-and will pay 1.375 times what town customers pay for up to 540,000 gallons of water. Their connection fee will be twice what in-town customers pay.

“The Town Council will have it on their agenda on Monday evening.

[April 8] The Authority Attorney, Bill Hefty, has been working with

the Town Attorney, Doug Napier, to hammer out a final agreement,” Stanley communicated in an email after the meeting.

Warren County’s new regional jail facility is under construction on US 340/52, just north of Front Royal and will house inmates from three counties, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, and Warren.

According to owner representative James Marstin construction is on schedule with the first section of the roof completed.

“The jail is taking shape, you can see the rooms and what the jail looks like and now that it’s spring, things will get booming,” he said.

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Among other improvements are: ongoing work on the recreation area, the kitchen’s grease pit, the recreation yard and completion of the roof in the mechanical room.

“They’ve started the wall mock-up panel and the stone is beautiful. You will be able to see the colors next month,” she said.

The Jail’s Transition committee met before the regular meeting to discuss some of the fine points of salaries and details of the Informational Technology aspects of running the jail.

Captain Steve Barr of the Warren County Sheriff ’s department will represent the county on tours of other jail facilities to see what is working for them in the records management section of their Information Technology department.

Also discussed at the meeting was the hiring of the jail’s superintendent.

“We have about eight applicants and have interviews to schedule, but we’d like to have one narrowed down by this May,” said Sheriff McEathron, and added that the goal is to have a superintendent hired by at least a year, and preferably 13 months ahead of the jail’s opening.

The interview panel will consist of: Sheriff McEathron as sheriff ’s representative; Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy to represent the counties’ administrators and

Jr. representing the supervisors. The authority’s lawyer William Hefty will advise on whether legal counsel is needed and whether Human Resources representatives or attorneys will be needed to sit on the panel.

The date set to interview applicants for the superintendent position is April 15.

The board also discussed and passed a motion to adopt starting salaries for the jail’s personnel. Some of them are similar to staff salaries at Frederick County’s Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center.

“We’d like to adopt Northwest Regional Jail starting salaries and add some other positions. They’re our closest competition—our salaries are comparable or better so our personnel won’t suffer if they transfer,” said Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy, who initially outlined the preliminary salary schedule.

He noted that positions and salaries could be subject to change, but they’d like to have them to show the new superintendent.

“We may not have everything to the nth degree, and will look at them later on – this is not final,” said McCarthy.

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“Once we annex [the corridor] there would still be no ability to renegotiate the terms.”

– Vice-Mayor Shae Parker on reducing the length of a utility contract between the town and RSW Jail

Town-Regional Jail

Town okays water-sewer service to regional jail Double connection fees, 1.375 of in-town monthly rates approved terms.

“Once we annex [the corridor] there would still be no ability to renegotiate the terms,” Parker said dropping his favorite “A-bomb” – annexation – on any county officials in listening distance However, after lengthy discussion of this aspect of the contract the town attorney observed it could be re-negotiated at any time by mutual agreement of the involved parties – oh well, what else did I have to do with that 15 minutes or so of my life???

The “disturbingly big” grease pit. Photo Regional Jail Authority

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report After nearly two years of contention, threats, counter-threats, internal bickering and sidebars on April 8 the Town of Front Royal agreed to provide water and sewer service to the RSW Regional Jail.

However exactly what the terms were was initially a mystery to me as I perused my notes after a lengthy and laborious round of discussion, offered, defeated or occasionally approved amendments before a vote on the motion to provide the utilities (as amended) passed 4-2, with Hrbek and Parker dissenting.

But apparently I wasn’t the only one confused.

At one point Councilman Tom Sayre offered an amendment to his

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original motion to approve the service to include the condition the town would not be liable for costs of housing inmates incarcerated on town charges. But as pointed out by Town Manager Steve Burke and verified by Town Attorney Doug Napier, that condition was already included in the conditions presented to council for approval.

Two things I’m pretty sure of – the primary condition of double connection fees and 1.375 of the in-town rate in monthly usage fees remained in the final motion.

An amendment to alter the term of the contract from 60 years, the projected useful life of the facility, to 20 years failed by a 5-1 vote (I think), with only Parker voting for the change. Parker observed that changing circumstances might bear new

Rainwater in sewer In a related motion, council agreed by a 5-0 vote, with one abstention (Parker), to amend its codes to allow the introduction of rainwater into its sewer system. Many months ago a request by the regional jail authority to be allowed to dump cistern-collected rainwater for use in the jail laundry and cooling systems began this whole conflict. That led to the jail authority seeking and receiving state DEQ permission to build an on-site wastewater facility and dispose of that water locally in a usually dry creek bed.

However, the town responded to that initiative with complaints about threats to the McKay Springs watershed and a threat not to provide water service unless the jail also bought into the town sewer system.

The RSW Authority countered by threatening to also build its own onsite water system. With legal threats being thrown back and forth and de-

spite the feeling by some on council that the jail authority was bluffing and could not afford or provide the necessary water on site, negotiations moved toward the compromise agreement approved by the town on April 8.

Inmate $ waiver One perhaps troubling aspect for other towns in the three involved counties was the added condition by the jail authority that Front Royal would NOT be charged for inmates housed at the regional jail on town code violations.

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“What’s this going to be used for? – Cans, target shooting. Not to say if someone came in my home it wouldn’t be the last mistake they’d make. But this is not going to be my primary home defense weapon.” – AR-15 winner Larry Stewart

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Mike McHugh, left, presents AR-15 to Virginia Gun Owners Coalition membership drive winner Larry Stewart.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report As we were scurrying to get additional information on the suspected arson at E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School in Front Royal on

April 11, we got a message from local self-described constitutional conservative and guns rights activist Mike McHugh. McHugh said he would be presenting a semi-automatic AR-15 (with a retail value of $1500) to a new member of his Virginia Gun Owner’s

Coalition that day.

While assault rifles like the AR-15 have yet to be implicated in any arson cases we are aware of, we couldn’t help but find irony in the timing of that presentation by McHugh to the winner of a membership drive drawing for his gun rights group; and our exploration of the aftermath of what is believed to be a crime of violence, fortunately against property rather than people, in an elementary school in our community.

So, camera in hand we traveled to Main Street Pawn at 304 East Main Street just three blocks from the local elementary school closed due to water and other damage from the previous night’s suspected arson. As we awaited the arrival of the participants in the presentation, Main Street Pawn co-owner Michael Landon Waller told us his role in the presentation was as the shipping destination for the AR-15 prize from its source, an Apex, North Carolina gun shop.

Existing laws require the shipping of such weapons between licensed gun dealers, Waller explained.

The winner of the membership

drive drawing was Larry Stewart, a 62-year-old retired Roanoke County Sheriff ’s Office deputy (10 years on the force) and current security officer in a mental health facility. Larry was accompanied by his wife, Lynn, whom he pointed out he met on his current job. Larry gushed over his bride’s – they were just married in May of last year – role in his life.

“So, your intent for this gun is not to protect yourself from your wife?” we joked.

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“We’re trying to keep ‘gun-control Bob’ – that’s what we call them – from taking away our rights,” Stewart said of his new membership in the Virginia Gun Owner’s Coalition headed by McHugh.

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New AR-15 owner and Virginia Gun Owner’s Coalition member Stewart agreed.

“If there had been a teacher with a gun in that school in Newtown that wouldn’t have happened,” Stewart said of the mass murder of 23 Sandy Hook Elementary School students and three school employees by a man armed with multiple firearms, including semi-automatic weapons.

Counterpoint However, an April 11 press release from “Mayors Against Illegal Guns”, signed by 33 relatives of five of those killed in the Newtown CT shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School disagree about general efforts to limit firearms ownership and increase background check requirements.

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“I think if you look at it, Hitler was going down that road of disarming the public … Hitler and Mussolini both disarmed their citizens. The holocaust came about because of that, a disarmed public,” Stewart observed.

However, the AR-15 winner said he didn’t view his new semi-automatic rifle as his family’s first line of defense.

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Saturday, April 13, 2013 Forecast 63° | 41° 8am - 3pm Relay for Life Yard Sale. American Legion Parking Lot, Front Royal Today is the Relay for Life Yard/Bake Sale in the American Legion Parking Lot. 10:10am - 11:10am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. BOOKS AND BARKS - Come to this extremely popular monthly program that gives developing readers the chance to read and relax with a trained therapy dog. For be-

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Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:45pm - 2:45pm R-MA Open House. Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal. R-MA invites students and their families to the April Open House today. The Open House is for families interested in applying to the Academy or the Middle School Summer Camp for grades 6-8, Summer School for grades 9-12 or the 2013-2014 School Year for grades 6-12. Families will receive a tour of the campus, including classrooms, dorm rooms, the dining hall and the gymnasium. They will meet students admissions

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counselors and teachers and have plenty of opportunities to ask questions. For more information or to RSVP please call (540) 6355484 or visit www.rma.edu.

Monday, April 15, 2013 Tax Day 7pm - 8pm Council Work Session. Town Hall, Front Royal. Tonight the Town Council will have a Work Session in the Town Hall Conference Room located on the 3rd floor.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10am - 11am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. BOOKS AND BEYOND - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain.

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6pm - 7pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. FOREIGN AID AND THE PEACE CORPS - Several local former Peace Corps volunteers will talk about U.S. foreign aid, the Peace Corps and their own experiences.

7pm - 8pm Grand Opening of Exhibit. Ivy Lodge, 101 Chester Street, Front Royal. The fabric of Warren County’s history can be viewed through textiles, from home crafts in the 1700s to industrial mills in the modern era. Come enjoy learning about everything from quilting to the impact of AVTEX. Light Refreshments Served. FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by: Warren Heritage Society 7pm - 8pm Planning Commission Meeting.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013 5pm - 8pm Third Thursday ArtWalk. Downtown Front Royal 6:30pm - 7:30pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Description: BASIC COMPUTER CLASS - Topic: e-mail.

Friday, April 19, 2013 7pm - 8pm Civil War Roundtable. Ivy Lodge, Chester Street, Front Royal. Join the Warren Heritage Society in the first official event of the Lower Shenandoah Valley Civil War Roundtable for 2013. Professor Jonathan Noyales will be making a presentation on his recently published book; Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign, a excellent and fresh piece of scholarship on Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s famous Shenandoah Valley Campaign Books will be available for purchase and signing as part of the event. Light refreshments will be served.

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Saturday, April 20, 2013 5am - 1pm March for Babies. Valley Health

Community Youth Fellowship cares - & a job well done

Pictured here at the C-CAP offices are members of Community Youth Fellowship with George Rutter, President of C-CAP and Doug and Rozie Baker, also from CCAP. The churches involved in CYF are Asbury United Methodist, Calvary Episcopal, Front Royal Presbyterian, Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran and Linden United Methodist.

Thanks to the generosity of the churches of the Community Youth Fellowship, a check for $984.77, as well as 295 pounds of food were donated to C-CAP in March. The group collected donations during February as part of the “Souper Bowl of Caring”; a national program using the energy of the Super Bowl to mobilize youth in a united effort to care for people in their local communities who are hungry and those in need.

The program encourages young people of all backgrounds and beliefs to serve and lead their communities in helping others. Every dollar collected is donated directly to a charity selected by each partici-

pating group. The total collected is then reported to the national program. For 2013 so far, 7,848 participating groups have raised over $7.2 million nationally in cash and food items for charities in their area.

Since 1978, the Front Royal-Warren County Congregational Community Action Project (CCAP) has provided food, clothing and limited emergency financial aid for families in Warren County. CCAP has become a critical safety net for a steadily increasing number of area families when no other resources are available. For more information about the “Souper Bowl of Caring” program go to http:// www.souperbowl.org/

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FR Oratorio Spring Concerts announced Front Royal Oratorio Society will present two free, Annual Spring Concerts entitled “A Choral Kaleidoscope” on April 27 & 28. The concerts are free, open to the public and will include a variety of musical styles, including folk, American standard, sacred and Broadway tunes that the whole family will enjoy.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3 - the River radio station. Hear the latest tourism related news and events every Tuesday at 12:30! If you can’t listen live check out the podcasts at http://www. theriver953online.com.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Toddler Story Time: Join in for simple stories, songs and a craft all about our friends the trees.

11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time: Join in for simple stories, songs and a craft all about our friends the trees.

1pm - 3pm Senior Art ON THE GO. For residents 55yrs and up of Front Royal. Open to all Seniors in the community FREE of charge.

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3pm - 4pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. RESUME WORKSHOP - Estelle Sanzenbacher, Adult Career Coach for LFCC, will show you how you can make your resume better.

11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time: Join in for simple stories, songs and a craft all about our friends the trees.

4pm - 5pm Anti-Litter Council Mtg. Warren County Government Center.

4:30pm - 5:30pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Big Kids Story Time: Learn about strange weather such as ball lightening and other cool weather phenomena with a selection of stories, facts and a craft. For kindergarten and up.

6pm - 7pm Business Forum. Town Administration Building, Front Royal. Tonight is the Town’s Business Forum. Local business owners are invited to meet with Town Staff to discuss issues related to conducting business in Front Royal. Staff will be available to discuss ways that the Town can improve business permitting and relations. More info: (540)635-8007.

6:30pm - 7:30pm FREE Seminar. Warren County Community Center, Front Royal. Dr. Craig Zunka presents an informing seminar: WHAT’S THE STORY ABOUT MERCURY? Come spend an informative evening with Dr. Zunka as he discusses present day issues and questions about mercury; its history and where we are today with diagnosis and treatment. More Info: (540) 635-3610 or

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6:30pm - 7:30pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. WHAT IS THE ABUNDANT LIFE? Author Robert Colacurcio will talk about how a spiritual path gives meaning to one’s life, no matter their religious affiliation.

Friday, April 26, 2013 12:30pm - 1:30pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. VIBES AT THE LIBES - Phil Micciche, a classical guitarist who will play Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic music.

7pm - 10pm Front Porch Style Pickin’ Party/ Warren County Senior Center, 1217 Commonwealth Ave. Description: All levels of talent are welcome. Acoustic instruments only.

7pm - 10pm Concert. Tonight at Open Door Baptist Church the Blue Ridge Chorale will present their spring concert, A New York State of Mind, directed by Carole Tomhave.

The concert features Broadway music, songs about the City That Never Sleeps, and many others! Admission will be $10 for adults; $5 dollars for children, tickets can be paid at the door. Come join us for an evening of music, and fun for all ages. Café refreshments will be sold by the Culpeper Band Boosters.

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We all live downstream: tracking fracking out of Houston, proposed to store its polluted water in a flood plain for eventual disposal by land application or through the municipal system.

Republican supervisor Pablo Cuevas and staff did their due diligence, including a visit to Wetzel County in West Virginia where fracking is in process.

From the Feb. 5, 2012 Washington Post: “Cuevas learned what the Marcellus Shale Coalition of companies that support drilling says all the time. Drilling in shale has an upside, bringing in billions of dollars in tax revenue and jobs, along with lease payments and gas royalties from companies to property owners. But he also encountered a downside: Some residents complain of well water contamination and the strong stench of chemicals from fracking. Others say mechanical noise from the operation of the well persists through the

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By Leslie Fiddler Warren County Report (Managing editor’s note: with both answered and unanswered questions on the dangers and potential dangers of hydraulic fracture mining, aka fracking, including possible weakening of previously inactive fault lines such as the one running near the North Anna Nuclear Power Plant that was 8 miles from the epicenter of the 2011, 5.9 Richter Scale earthquake that shook Front Royal and Washington D.C., we feel the exploration of this path–of least–resistance corporate mining initiative timely – or as they would say in the recent Battlestar Galactica TV series, “What the frack?!!?)

Kate Wofford, executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Network, spoke about “Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Drilling: A Perspective from the Shenandoah Valley” at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s October 24 lecture. She kindly reprised her talk for the Warren County Report. From the introduction “Shale gas fracking is transforming the energy landscape in the United States and impacts local communities and natural resources in the places where drilling is booming.

Virginia’s first Marcellus shale gas well was proposed in the Shenandoah Valley, where thousands of acres have been eased for fracking. “ “Fracking” uses high pressure water, sand and a chemical cocktail to shatter and crack hard shale, thereby releasing natural gas. “The problem is that the large volumes of water that flow back to the surface along with the oil or gas are laced with everything from naturally radioactive minerals to proprietary chemicals ...

Simply dumping it improperly is not an option, because the high levels of salts and minerals will poison a river, stream or aquifer or it will render land incapable of supporting life for

generations ... Traditional wastewater treatment plants, designed to deal with sewage or storm water runoff, cannot cope with these kinds and

levels of contaminants.”(Scientific American, May 25, 2012 “How Can We Cope with the Dirty Water from Fracking?”)

Virginia’s Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Expenses approved Virginia’s first Marcellus Shale well near Bergton, in Rocking-

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that ten valley localities (Counties of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Rockbridge, Boutetourt, and Bath and the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lynchburg and Roanoke) have urged a ban or moratorium on fracking in the GW National Forest.

Says Wofford “There has never been a producing gas well in GW Forest.”

She said that the Forest Service’s park management plan is under review with release expected in March 2013.

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ment of the fracking process, but it is unclear if the final plan will allow fracking.

Meanwhile Eastern Mennonite University scientists have begun water testing around the Bergton site. Their goal is to have two years of baseline monitoring should the well be approved. According to the Southern Environmental Law Center there is natural gas in Warren County’s GWNF too.

Bloomberg News (Nov. 25, 2012) predicts that natural gas exports

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Wednesday • April 24, 2013 • 6:30pm - 7:30pm night. Motorists complain of massive truck convoys that ruin roads. Cuevas wanted no part of that. Virginia just spent $5 million building a new road into Bergton and trucks from a well operation would likely destroy it, he said. And if chemicals used by Carrizo somehow contaminated the groundwater that area farmers rely on, the law only required the company to put aside $25,000 to cover the damage, Cuevas said. In meetings, he peppered company representatives with questions and demanded far more money than the company was willing to pay to cover the cost of potential mishaps.” Rockingham County’s BOS tabled Carrizo’s permit.

The concern over water is well founded. A recent Stony Brook University study announced August. 6, 2012 found that “the disposal of contaminated wastewater from fracked natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region poses substantial potential risks of river and other water pollution ... and recommends consideration of additional regulations to protect drinking water and encourages future research efforts into disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing.”

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The family was made aware of his separation anxiety and escape issues. King was sent home with his Thundershirt in an effort to continue to reduce his stress level as he

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Obituary Nellie Mae Morrison, 84, of Front Royal, died suddenly Saturday, April 6, 2013 in her home.

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, April 14, at 2:00 p.m. at Riverton United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Buzz Moore. Interment will be private in the Rockland Community Cemetery.

Mrs. Morrison was born August 19, 1928 in Bentonville, daughter of Harry R. and Gladys Claig Hockman.

She was the owner of Bowling Green Country Club. Mrs. Morrison was married to the late Lynwood L. Morrison, Sr. and was preceded in death by a daughter Julie Lee Morrison.

Surviving are one daughter Ginger Winkler and husband W.C. of Charlottesville; one son Lynwood L. “Woody” Morrison and wife Cathi of Front Royal; two granddaughters Corrie Winkler of Atlanta, GA and Wendy Winkler of Charlottesville; one greatgrandson Dylan Cosgrove of Charlottesville; two brothers Eddie Hockman and wife Norann of Bentonville and her twin brother Buddy Hockman and wife Margie of Bentonville.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 5-8 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home.

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By Kevin S. Engle Warren County Report English is my native language.

In fact, it’s my only language. But more and more, I seem to understand it less and less.

The other day at work for instance, I read an email from my company’s CEO that made me laugh. I don’t think that’s what she was trying for, but she did a good job. And I don’t know her personally, but I’m fairly certain she’s a native English speaker like me, although that wasn’t clear from what I read. As far as I could tell, she wrote it in another language.

Corporate-speak.

She discussed “sunsetting” the corporate brand, the “value proposition” and the “overarching brand story”. Does that last one have something to do with McDonalds and the golden arches?

Do people really talk like this?

And are we supposed to understand them? I’ll bet their dinner conversations are fascinating.

She went on to mention “the breadth of our capabilities”. I think what she was saying is that we can do a lot of different things.

Here’s what else she said, and how I’d translate it into plain English.

“Cross-business collaboration” - We share stuff with our coworkers.

“Mission-critical” - Important.

“A leader in the space.”

- We’re #1.

“A solid collective value proposition.”

- Ok, I give up. I don’t have a clue about that one.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but even my wife is starting to sound like this. She throws around the

abbreviations as if I’m supposed to know what they mean.

She talks about BG&O’s, PMR’s, telcons and flowdown.

BG&O’s. Business goals and objectives. I thought the BG&O was one of the railroads in Monopoly?

PMRs. Program Management Reviews.

Telcon. To me, it sounds like a secret military operation. Not quite. How about teleconference?

And flowdown? You know what they say runs down hill? I get a lot of flowdown at work.

When people speak English, I’d like to understand their English.

Maybe I should invent a new device. I’ll call it the Mumbo Jumbo 5000. Whenever someone starts spouting corporate-speak, the Mumbo Jumbo 5000 will magically decode and decipher what they really mean in words that I can understand.

I do know one thing. There’s a high probability this written piece may have a detrimental impact on my future promotional possibilities within the organization that pays my wages. In addition, someone at a more senior level than me on the organizational chart, which is just about everyone, may tell me my current skill set and developmental path aren’t congruent with the mission and vision of the company and that I’d be best suited applying those skills in a different setting.

In plain English, I’m gonna get canned!

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Pets Page Dear Stewart, I notice increasing interest in native trees and other plants. What exactly is a native tree? Does it refer to a tree being “born” in the USA , or Virginia? Can a tree imported from another part of the world become a native--like people-through subsequent generations? Why is there concern for native trees and other plants?

Ed

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Dear Ed, That’s a great question! Trees or plants are considered “native” if they are naturalized to a given area in geological time. Geological time is a very long period, unlike “people time”. These plants have developed or occurred naturally in a particular area or region. A very interesting thing is that these native plants

work cooperatively, sometimes with other species, to form a very successful ecosystem or plant community. An example of this is where plants rely on wildlife to assist in the pollination process.

Examples of native Virginia trees include Virginia Pine, the Hickories and other various nut trees, several varieties of Oaks, and of course, the Flowering Dogwood. Note, I did not mention the Kousa Dogwood, which is an introduced tree.

Introduced trees are brought into this region, sometimes on purpose, such as a way to embellish one’s landscaping with a new type of tree from another area. Sometimes it is accidental, where seeds of a plant are carried in on a vehicle or boat from overseas. For the most part, these introduced trees adapt to the environment and coexist with the native plants. However, some become invasive, causing serious damage to lo-

cal ecosystems. These invasives do so well in their new environment that they end up crowding out the natives ant totally take over. Examples of well-known invasives in Virginia are the Ailanthus or Tree of Heaven, Mimosa, and Royal Paulownia. Actually, the Norway Maple is classified as an invasive, as well.

Some good examples of the above invasives can be seen along our own Happy Creek in Front Royal. There are so many Ailanthus trees that you cannot see some of the more natural trees along the stream bank.

There are many resources that list the recommended native species to help you in your landscaping plans, including the Virginia Dept of Forestry. You can also check with your local Tree Steward members for additional help.

Have a great Spring!

Stewart

The Front Royal/Warren County Tree Steward program began in 1997 with volunteers dedicated to improving the health of trees by providing educational programs, tree planting and care demonstrations, and tree maintenance throughout the community. The group now consists of over 30 active members with several interns working toward becoming certified tree stewards from our annual “All About Trees Class”. Each month Stewart will answer a question from our readers. Please forward it to “Stewart” in care of: frwctreestewards@comcast.net and we may publish it in a future issue. Please visit our website at: www.treesfrontroyal.org.

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Andy Pandaadissponsored an 8 yearbyold Genesis’ : Border Collie. He had a bad case of mange when he was found and lost a lot of fur. The mange is gone now, his fur is growing back, and he’s ready for a new home.

Wanda Snead

Property Management

Serving the area for 16 years!

Andy Panda’s ad sponsored by: Sam Snead Realty • 540-635-9753

Parkers Boarding Kennels With your help we have been able to place thousands of animals in good @ 540-551-2072 Automotive & homes. Contact Alison Wanda Snead if you would like to become a pet sponsor too! & Grooming http://www.hottubheavencabins.com

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If you are interested in adopting one of our dogs, the adoption fee is $145 and includes the spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip, flea/tick treatment and deworming. Thank you for your support of the 540-683-6410 Humane Society. With your help we have been able to place thousands of animals in good homes. Contact Alison @ 540-551-2072 if you would like to become a pet sponsor too!

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RE-INVENTING CUSTOMER SERVICE! CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

$

#1

is

ANY

• Family owned - so we treat you like family.

• Our Technicians have combined over 80 years of technical experience.

• Serving The Shenandoah Valley for over 65 Years.

• New extended hours to serve you better.

• Our Own Exclusive Service Rewards Plan.

• Complimentary car wash on most services.

• Rental car available on site • Shuttle service available.

Buy 1 Oil Change at $5995 GET THE NEXT 3 OIL CHANGES

FREE

$AVINGS!

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

50 OFF 00

($40 Value)

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

Unlimited Rubicon, 4 dr., 3.8L V-6 43K miles Stock #U179A

$25,937

• Visual inspection of components, compressor, lines, belt, condensor • Check for leaks and test pressure, perform performance test & replace cabin filter

Battery & Charging System Check

COMPETITOR’S COUPON PRICING

with Diagnostic Printout

10%

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

Must be within a 20 mile radius. Coupon must be presented prior to write-up. Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013.

Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

50

$

00 Protect Your Vehicle’s Finish this Spring!

COMPLETE Vehicle Detailing Savings!

“EXTENDED HOURS DISCOUNT”

15 OFF

$

00

• Hand wax • Hand wash • Clean interior • Clean engine compartment & trunk

ANY SCHEDULED SERVICE

MONDAY - FRIDAY BETWEEN 5-7PM!

Some vehicles slightly higher.

4 dr., Auto, 2.5L I-4 37K Miles Stock #U162A

$13,437

$

99

95

Reg. $149 .9

5

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

2011 Mazda Mazda6 i Sport

89

95

FREE

OR ANY

BY

$

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

MEET BEAT

30k -60k - 90k Mile Service

2009 Jeep Wrangler

20% OFF

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

ANY

plus 1 Day Complimentary get Rental Car

PRE-SEASON AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE

WE WILL

AND GET A 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENT PLUS NITROGEN TIRE FILL $129.95

$

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

ANY SERVICE OR REPAIR (Max. discount $175)

Buy 4 Tires FREE!

Transmission • Brake • Power Steering • Coolant • Differential

6 YEARS + TAKE

10% OFF

1994 vehicles and newer up to 5-quarts, Synthetic and some models slightly higher. Excludes Diesels Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up.Offer ends APRIL 30, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

Fluid System Service Flush

VINTAGE CLUB SPECIAL Up to 5 YEARS OLD TAKE

25 OFF 00

2010 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

2 dr. Coupe, Variable Trans., 2.5L I-4 81K Miles Stock #13Q458A

$15,937

2012 Ford Focus SEL 4 dr. Sedan, Auto., 2.0L I-4 33K miles Stock #U173A

$17,737

TAX, TAGS & TITLE FEES NOT INCLUDED. $289 PROCESSING FEE not included.

All vehicles subject to prior sale. 2.75% APR financing is subject to approved credit and limited to 2008 and newer model year vehicles. 2.75% APR for 72 months results in monthly payment equal to $15.09 per thousand financed. Zero down on approved credit.

Mon - Fri 7AM - 7PM • Sat 8AM - 5PM • Closed Sunday