Late May 2013 Warren County Report

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“You give us the brushes, the paint and the canvas, and we make the pictures. The mural is still being painted and everybody gives the energy.” – Barry Wake, one of Sensei Drago’s first dojo black belts, honored with an honorary eighth-degree black belt at April 7 anniversary class

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FR Karate Club’s 40th – a special moment in time An extended family molded through discipline, self & community

changed over the past 40 years, Drago observed. Front Royal has grown, made improvements, added the gazebo as a downtown focal point.

“The community has made it happen, with their interest and how they embraced the efforts I’ve put out,” he said.

Does he plan on being here 10 to 20 years from now?

“I take each day at a time,” he responded.

For info call (540) 635-7554; or visit www.FrontRoyalKarateClub.com Sensei Drago leads katas with brothers Mackinley and Mike Eckart, and Charmel Krueger

Art Drago with commemorative plaque

By Carol Ballard Warren County Report As the familiar Japanese “Ich, ni, san, shi …” was counted out by Sensei Arthur Drago and reverberated through the dojo, scenes of past days and years must have been flashing through the minds of karate students who have been with him over the past forty years.

On Sunday afternoon, April 7, just a few minutes before the 40th Anniversary class of the Front Royal Karate Club was about to begin, the 46 students who came to celebrate greeted each other, talked, laughed and got ready for the experience.

The turnout created the largest class in the school’s history.

“People beat each other up in this school, then hug. The psychological aspect is kind of strange if you think about it,” Sensei Drago observed as the anniversary class was about to begin.

At 70-plus years old, the New York native has spent the bulk of his adult life here, with his school and the some 60,000 students who have passed through it. Drago has attained eighth-degree black belt status. As he explained to this paper’s managing editor years ago, beyond seventh-degree transcends physical accomplishments within the art and acknowledges contributions to the discipline itself.

After stretching exercises to prepare for the exertion to come, Drago asked everyone to witness the presentation of an honorary eighth degree black belt to Barry Wake, one of the first Front Royal dojo student to attain black belt status.

His sensei then quoted Wake’s poetic description of his perception of the sensei’s relationship to his students in the karate learning process – “You give us the brushes, the

paint and the canvas, and we make the pictures. The mural is still being painted and everybody gives the energy.”

The first three people to be promoted to black belt in the dojo were Wake, Melanie Pomeroy and Joe Kalikow. All three were present at this landmark anniversary class. Kalikow traveled all the way from Michigan to attend.

Sensei Drago asked them to do katas - a Japanese word meaning “form”- together with him.

As he later recalled practicing with the school’s first three black belts, Drago enthused, “It was special, special, special.”

But it was the whole of this dojo’s history and all the students who are a part of that history that occupied Drago this day.

“Everybody has had a turn on this floor, during the 1970s, 80s, 90s and now into the 5th decade and a new century. Each decade has given me a chance to be honored, as well as to honor; each one has been special and each one has been different. Every 10-year anniversary people kept coming and each generation has given me a chance to continue,” he said.

When Drago talks about the practice of karate, his understanding and

love of that discipline and its role in personal development are evident.

“Don’t compare yourself to other people or you’ll lose your edge,” he advised. “It’s a reality that sets its own tone, like life. If you choose to stay with it and it works, it encompasses a part of you. If you are fortunate, you’ll reap rewards – and not just in Karate.”

An extremely important part of the school is the children’s program.

He estimated that at least 50,000 kids over the last 40 years have come through the dojo’s doors, and approximately 10,000 adults, but “It’s all about the kids,” he said.

On Saturdays the room is filled with children and teenagers, and he believes that parents bring their children because of the reputation he has developed over the years. He said more than self-defense is taught there, with paths toward cooperation among students and personal self-improvement being laid open before them.

Drago also reminisced a little about the history of the physical space he has rented and within which the school has existed all its 40 years. Over the years the building has been owned by three different people. The first 15 years, Ronnie Gilliam held the rental agreement

with nothing more than a handshake.

“He was amazing,” said Drago.

Front Royal Attorney Thomas Logie bought the building and was owner for the next 15 years. About eight years ago, Craig Laird of Royal Oak Computers took his place.

“I’ve had three good landlords,” Drago said, adding, “How many Mom and Pop businesses have been here for 40 years?”

The clean, somewhat homey-but with an Asian flavor-dojo has an indefinable atmosphere and over the 40 years has undergone a lot of changes. It was extensively renovated in the 1990s and expanded to include a much larger entry room.

“It’s been an overwhelming journey, beautiful,” Sensei Drago said with satisfaction.

But it is not only the dojo that has

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The statewide level of interest in a sure $100,000 winner being drawn on May 15 was illustrated by the day’s 50/50 take of $11,502 (showing $23,004 in 50/50 sales). Much of $216,652 in lodge revenue from the total $351,835 take will go to local charities, Lodge Administrator Ben Auterback pointed out.

Fredericksburg woman breaks local Hearts – Queen style Moose Lodge 829’s final card ‘play’ draws players from across the state drawing.

But there was much more money at stake as a sure winner was guaranteed by the elimination of every other card in the deck over the previous 53 weeks of this Queen of Hearts drawing that began in early May 2012.

Auterback said a total of $351,835 was taken in on the one-dollar ticket sales – limited to Moose members – in the seven days since the Queen failed to show a week earlier. By state and Fraternal Moose laws, $135,183 and 50 cents came off the top - $100k to the winner (minus the $28k in taxes) and a $35,183.50 payment to the Virginia Moose.

In addition to guidelines on winnings and tax payments, state law mandates use of remaining revenue to specific uses. So, Auterback points out Cole, the state and the Moose Lodge are not the only winners. After covering certain administrative costs, the bulk of the remaining revenue taken in by Lodge 829 will be distributed to various local charities selected by lodge administrators.

So for not only Lodge 829, but selected local community charities the take is $216,652. It is an amount determined by a proportional formula based on total revenue taken in. And Auterback said his preference is that

I’d be smiling too – Queen of Hearts $100k winner Kelly Cole of Fredericksburg.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Lucky, lucky, lucky --- while Fraternal Order of Moose members from across the commonwealth may have had that lucky feeling, it was one from Fredericksburg who hit the jackpot at Front Royal Lodge 829 on Wednesday, May 15.

Fifty-four weeks after it began (52 cards & 2 Jokers) Moose Lodge 829’s

Queen of Heart appeared to the delight of winning ticket holder Kelly Cole of Fredericksburg. Cole was among out-of-town Moose members who began gathering in the lodge cafeteria from its 11 a.m. opening the day of the drawing. Lodge Administrator Ben Auterback said Cole will return home with $72,000 after taxes are taken from the $100,000 she won by holding the winning ticket at the much-anticipated 7 p.m. May 15

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the bulk of the charitable revenues be used for purposes that actually help those in need of basic essentials in our community. “So that money stays in our community,� Auterback points out.

The lodge’s “chief cook and bottle washer� as Auterback describes himself, also eased any suspicious person’s mind (even mine) over the loooooong odds that the winning card would be the absolute last one selected. “We get a Queen of Hearts poster board with the card set up from a third party, LBC Inc. of Ohio. They don’t know and we don’t know the order the cards will come up in,�

Auterback explained. Lodge 829 also gets its Bingo set ups from LBC, he

noted.

Auterback estimated the previous highest Queen of Hearts payout after taxes at $18,000 since the game was established as a lodge fundraising source in 2009. The previous longest game duration was about 25 weeks of what he estimated as four previous Queen of Hearts games the lodge has held weekly since it was established over three years ago.

The statewide level of interest in a sure $100,000 winner being drawn on May 15 was illustrated by the day’s 50/50 take of $11,502 – showing $23,004 in 50/50 sales.

The next Queen of Hearts drawing began on May 22, the week following Cole’s historic win.

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“We aim to make golfing affordable for everyone and to make Shenandoah an automatic destination for weddings, community events, fundraisers, and so on.” – Mac Hinkel and Richard Runyon Jr.

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SVGC owners Mac Hinkel (left) and Richard Runyon Jr.

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Two guys who worked at Shenandoah Valley Golf Course when they were teenagers have bought the place! For a cool $2 million.

Richard Runyon Jr., already general manager of SVGC, and Mac Hinkel, Winchester businessman who spent most of his life since graduating North Carolina University with Hinkel Harris Furniture, bought the golf course from Mac’s dad, Bill Hinkel, quietly inking the deal May 16. Hinkel and Runyon both are 37 and “grew up together.”

The last time I talked with Richard was when he fulfilled a lifelong dream purchasing his own golf course, Jackson’s Chase Golf

Club near Middletown, for $1.25 million. Now he owns two, though the deals are not related.

Runyon said he relies on Jeff Foreman, pro at Jackson’s Chase, to run that club. Hinkel said his partner, Runyon, will continue as general manager at SVGC and he, Hinkel, will “shadow” him while learning the business. Hinkel graduated with two degrees, both business related.

Other key players – if that’s the word – at Shenandoah are club pro Mike Loughlin and his new assistant, Monty Goff, 51, of Winchester; banquet Manager Janet Mancione; and Superintendent of the 50-year-old greens, Peter Schmidt.

Looking to the future, the new partners at SVGC said they aim to “support the community and are looking for support from the

community” in return.

“We aim to make golfing affordable for everyone and to make Shenandoah an automatic destination for weddings, community events, fundraisers, and so on,” the partners said.

In fact, Runyon’s hand in ownership of the two courses will continue to benefit the Jackson Chase operation in that Mancione contracts for food and beverages for both clubs.

When I talked with Runyon a few weeks ago, he remarked on changes in the golf industry, both on and off the course that he hoped to address. One of these, being handled

by Mancione, is a 40 percent drop in wedding receptions. On the other hand, she is promoting an upsurge in events such as a recent Sock Hop, St. Patrick’s Day observance, Fourth of July, a Rockland organization’s community socials, dances and dinners, both private

or for business entities, and as fund raisers for non-profits.

While Jackson’s Chase isn’t yet back in the social whirl, Runyon and Foreman have paid special attention to improving the

greens at the Middletown course.

“We’re trying to take care of the infrastructure over there, but it’s a multi-year process … there have already been a melting pot of obstacles,” Runyon said.

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We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

Rep. Steve King: ‘Why won’t Obama call Tim Tebow?’

By Dave Zirin

Of the legions of unemployed in the United States, the most famous may be a person best described as, “Tim Tebow: Full Time Icon/Part-Time Quarterback.” After being released from the New York Jets last week, the man who was the toast of the NFL just one year ago cannot find a team willing to sign him. Even the Canadian Football League, long the refuge for quarterbacks cast out of Babylon, doesn’t want any part of “Tebowmania.”

We know that Tim Tebow isn’t very good at the whole throwing thing—always a drawback for a quarterback— but he has shown tremendous ability as an athlete and a divine flair for leading dramatic comebacks in the fourth quarter. He also would be an upgrade from several quarterbacks currently littering NFL rosters. There have simply never been so many bad quarterbacks leading NFL teams, yet Tebow’s phone isn’t ringing.

His inability to get signed, as Yahoo!

Sports columnist Mike Silver laid out very persuasively, owes less to his abilities under center than all the frenzy that surrounds him. Tim Tebow is a neon distraction in a league that prefers the equivalent of men in gray flannel suits. If Tom Brady is the Don Draper of quarterbacks, then Tim Tebow is Megan Draper, flashing some skin and singing French pop songs, equal parts transfixing and excruci-

ating. In other words, even if many an NFL owner shares Tim Tebow’s politics, they don’t share is his need for attention. Our pro football bosses like doing their political business in shadows, and Tim Tebow has become a living, breathing avatar for those fighting the Gary Bauer/Focus on the Family culture war like it’s still 1992.

Tebow is the only NFL player who can be described as having a base: a group of rabid fans who love him independently of his play and extol his greatness on the basis of his religiosity, his support for Focus on the Family or his wholesome whiteness.

His base extends the tentacles of the culture war into any locker room he inhabits, turning any team he’s on into catnip for media fiends to follow his every move, which only further alienates his teammates. The most powerful critique of Tebow, in my humble view, is that he has resisted any effort to disavow either his base or media attention, seemingly welcoming the distraction and even trying to leverage it to leapfrog toward more playing time. Your typical control-freak NFL head coach would rather have a player with a communicable plague than a player—especially a quarterback— who welcomed this kind of constant distraction.

That’s what made Monday’s speech by congressional Neanderthal Representative Steve King all the more tragic for the future career prospects of Mr. Tebow. In the well of the House of

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America’s Most Wanted – Bugs

By Nick Thomas Warren County Report Of all the animal species on the planet, which one kills the most people each year?

You might be thinking snakes. After all, cobras alone take out some 20,000 people annually in India. So, candidates with poison-laden fangs should logically be bumped to the top of the list, right? Nope.

How about wild carnivores sporting a prominent set of sharp teeth? Wrong again. You’re more likely to be savaged by a crazed Lady Gaga than by any shark, lion, or bear.

In fact, the answer may very well be sitting just a few feet away from you, right now, ready to strike.

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While the mortality numbers are staggering enough, diseases spread by mosquitoes have also

Representatives, where John Quincy Adams risked arrest and assassination by inveighing against slavery, King decided to talk about his favorite subject, “the gays.” (Dan Savage doesn’t dwell on the “LGBT lifestyle” as much as Steve King.) Normally whenever the Iowa congressman speaks, you roll your eyes, check your phone and, just in case, put the Southern Poverty Law Center on speed dial. But in this case, he invoked the name of Tim Tebow as a contrast to the athlete he sees is “undermining Western Civilization”: Jason Collins. Collins, of course, just became the first active, male, North American athlete to come out of the closet.

As King said, “We’ve got Tim Tebow who will kneel and pray to God on the football field. Meanwhile we have a professional athlete that decides he’s going to announce his sexuality and he gets a personal call from the President of the United States to highlight the sexuality of a professional ballplayer.

These are ways that the culture gets undermined, where it gets divided.

The people over on this side take their followership from that kind of leadership. One notch at a time, American civilization, American culture, western civilization, western Judeo-Christiandom are eroded.”

First of all, “followership” is not a word. Second, moments like this are precisely why Tim can’t find work, and it’s a shame. As long as he’s not on my team, I actually like Tim Tebow.

influenced human history. These winged microvampires reportedly may have contributed to the deaths of prominent figures including Jefferson Davis, Alexander the Great, and Oliver Cromwell.

It’s also been claimed that they helped thwart some of history’s great ancient armies by preventing the advancement of Roman legions, defeating the Spanish Armada, and spoiling an attempt to conquer the world by that lovable rogue, Genghis Khan.

Turns out that not all of the world’s 3,000 species of mosquitoes actually feast on humans. And rather than biting their victims, they actually stab their prey with a tiny, needle-like proboscis, sucking up as much as one and half times their body weight in blood.

During the “bite,” some of the insect’s saliva drains back into our blood. Most people are slightly allergic to the saliva from these little droolers, which results in the familiar puffy, itchy welt that appears on the skin. Only the females “bite,” and the blood provides protein for eggs.

Once topped up, they won’t eat again for several days. Bet you wish you could say the same thing about your fridge-raiding, teenage kids.

So what can you do to protect yourself from these flying hemoglobin addicts? Well, you could build a canal around your home and fill it with Gambusia affinis, a small fish that can put away some 500 mosquito larvae a day. However, if unreasonable city ordinances prohibit moat construction in your neighborhood, consider the fol-

In the “No Fun League,” the one thing you would never accuse Tim Tebow of being would be boring. But while NFL owners might financially support the Steve Kings of this world, people like him are seen as strangely gauche: the relative you keep locked in the attic when company arrives. Tim Tebow, if he so desired, could disavow Representative Steve King, the same way he cancelled a speaking engagement at a new $130 million Dallas mega church after finding out its pastor, Dr. Robert Jeffress, believed Jews, Muslims and gay people were going to hell (it’s worth noting that Tebow did not condemn these comments and according to Jeffress, has plans to reschedule).

But at this point, the former Heisman trophy winner may have better future prospects as a speaker on the evangelical gravy train than as a quarterback, and if there is one thing we know about Tebow Inc., it knows where their bread is buttered. I fear, however, it will soon learn that the true Sunday mega church in the USA is an NFL stadium. Without a team, Tim Tebow in time may find himself without a flock.

[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.]

lowing suggestions: • Bathe regularly (hopefully, you do this anyway).

Lactic acid, produced by muscles during exercise, finds its way through the skin and attracts the menacing monsters in droves. So when partying under the stars, go easy on the dancing. Your cool moves may attract more than a dance partner.

• Be careful what you drink, because alcohol dilates blood vessels increasing blood flow near the skin. So, the more pickled you become, the more attractive you are as a meal. Which leads to an interesting question: How much booze do you have to consume to get a mosquito drunk? Not sure any research has been done on that, but I’m willing to volunteer.

• Finally, you might want to hold off that breathing because mosquitos have a liking for carbon dioxide, a component of our exhaled air.

So there you have it – simple steps to enjoy your next venture into the great outdoors. And I know they work, too. Because at the last BBQ party I attended, I spent the entire evening holding my breath, lying on the ground, motionless and sober.

Okay, so I wasn’t exactly the life of the party. But at least there were no skeeters on me when the hosts threw me out.

Nick Thomas’ features and columns have appeared in more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, and San Francisco Chronicle. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt. blogspot.com

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R-MA’s ‘DP’ – Dean Craig Porter fondly remembered And a final class on Shakespeare from that ‘undiscovered country’

come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause … To grunt and sweat under a weary life; but that the dread of something after death - the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns - puzzles the will, and makes us rather bear those ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of.”

And in closing, Horatio bids the dead Hamlet farewell, as we do Dean J. Craig Porter: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!”

Roger Bianchini contributed to this story

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Dean Porter watching football game on campus in 2007

By Malcolm Barr Sr. Warren County Report

Former Randolph-Macon Academy Academic Dean J. Craig Porter, Jr., received the ultimate military accolade following a memorial service at the academy May 10 – a 21-gun salute.

His ashes were then placed on the school’s grounds.

Porter, formerly of San Angelo, TX, died April 19 of complications from diabetes. He was 65.

Major Gen. Henry M. Hobgood and the Rev. Lemuel Pearsall officiated at a military-style memorial service in the R-MA chapel where the current dean, Jonathan Ezell, eulogized his predecessor, along with 1987 alum-

nus Paul Lawrence. Colors were presented by the Corps of Cadets, herald trumpets sounded, and readings performed by Cadet Master Sgt. Caitlin Bunker. Taps were sounded by Cadet Staff Sgt. Ryan Seabright.

An English teacher for much of his professional life, Porter served as academic dean at the academy from 1995 until 1999. He joined the academy staff in 1983 and retired as head of the English department in 2011, following 29 years at R-MA. On a personal note, Porter, perhaps best known by students as “DP” for Dean Porter, was our son’s English teacher and dean when he was admitted to the school in 1997.

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We discussed his upcoming class on William Shakespeare. I pointed out to him that, even as a Brit, I was no fan of the bard.

“Come to my lecture series and maybe we can change that,” he smiled.

A final lesson In tribute to that offer and his memory, we offer in closing a portion of what my managing editor tells me are among the most famous of the bard’s written lines, from the tragic hero Hamlet, pondering that final destination we must all, in the end, face:

opposing, end them - to die - to sleep - no more.

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“Ay, there’s the rub! For in that sleep of death what dreams may

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Life as art

“Pat made the world around her prettier, tastier; she made it better … She loved music and often said at performances of Puccini’s ‘Madame Butterfly,’ “I want to have the ‘Humming Chorus’ played at my funeral.”

Well, this is not a funeral, but we are going to perform it anyway.” – Howard Klein remembering his wife

A light shining from afar – Windrow fondly recalled

Howard Klein entertains in the “Salon Windrow” during May 19 celebration of the life of his late wife, Patricia Windrow Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Family and friends from far and wide gathered to celebrate the life and work of American artist Patri-

cia Windrow on Sunday, May 19, at the Front Royal Company One fire hall. Much of Windrow’s art was on display, as were the musical talents of husband Howard Klein, her sons, and friends in the music business.

Among those introduced by Klein were Sue Riner Biggs, one of Pat’s best and longest Front Royal friends; Rita Forrester, daughter of Janette Carter and granddaughter of A. P. and Sara Carter, the original Carter Family; Moondi Klein and Jimmy Gaudreau, a well known duo who led a Bluegrass Musical interlude; Tami and Adam (missed the last names), who Howard explained provided Patricia the last live music she heard – “It was two days before she died. Tami and Adam visited her at the Blue Ridge Hospice and sang the Love Duet from Madame Butterfly without accompaniment.” On Sunday, Howard provided “the orchestra” on piano.

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Well, this is not a funeral, but we are going to perform it anyway,” Howard said in introducing one of the day’s performances.

At the outset of his remarks to the large gathering of others who also loved Patricia Windrow, Howard began, “The headline on one of Pat’s obituaries read, ‘With Windrow’s Passing, We Lose Another Giant.’

Actually, Pat was only a little over five feet tall. She didn’t take up much room. She said all she needed was a few square feet of ground on this planet and she was fine. Janette Carter, a long time friend took Pat out to dig potatoes in Janette’s garden one day and Janette, a big lady, looked back and said, “Why Pat, there’s not much to you. You’re no bigger than a soup bean.”

“But yes, there was much to her: Pat was a giant in many ways. She was a realist painter and a realistic woman.

She said there were two things she never knew: envy or boredom. She was frugal. She wasted not. She was generous, a giver, not a taker. When I met Pat 54 years ago, a sign hung in her gallery that said ‘Don’t think about it, do it.’ She didn’t need that reminder – but some of us do.”

Of his wife’s passions for life, family and the creative impulse, Howard added, “She improved everything she touched, including me … Not to mention bringing up three sons and preparing 75,000 meals. She went into the kitchen and 20 minutes later dinner was on. She said, ‘It should take longer to eat dinner than to prepare it.’ Did I mention that she was raised in Paris? Her kitchen flowed in butter and heavy cream.

“Pat loved making something out of nothing. Look what she did with Andy Stokes’ empty cheese boxes, decorating the lids with Hokusai prints. Or renovating old houses and building new ones – about 42 by last count.”

Farewell Pat – and on a final personal note I can only think, in the kindest of terms I assure you, Pearls Before Swine.

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“It seems appropriate in view of our history of training the first war dogs here in Front Royal that we salute these courageous animals and their handlers over the Memorial weekend.” – War Dog event organizer Malcolm Barr Sr.

Memorial Day

Dogs of War Memorial Day weekend reminder

Chips, a dog trained in 1943 at Front Royal’s Remount Station for duty in World War II

Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Don’t forget to bring your dog to the Memorial Day weekend ceremony honoring dogs who served and gave their lives in conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan on Sunday, May 26, at the Gazebo in downtown Front Royal. The brief ceremony begins at 1 p.m.

The Rev. Debbie Rutter of Calvary Episcopal Church will offer a blessing to war dogs past and those on duty around the world today. Dogs brought by members of the public attending will also be blessed and all are encouraged to participate with their pets.

Michael Williams of RandolphMacon Academy will sound “Taps” to conclude the brief ceremony. Williams’ father, the late Robert B. Williams, trained dogs in the U.S. Air Force. Mike said he considers his contribution “a way of saying thanks to my dad.”

Other expected participants include retired Marine Corps Colonel John Lesinski and one of his “Veterans Moving Forward” dogs trained to provide companionship to wounded vets; K-9 dogs and handlers from both FRPD and WCSO; and members of the local German Shepherd Rescue, who will be available for inquires on adoptable shepherds, including those present.

Ernest Watson of Front Royal whose father trained “Skipper” in 1943 for World War II duty has been

invited to attend.

Our own canine and veterans correspondent (among other assignments) Malcolm Barr Sr. is organizing the event and will serve as emcee.

“It seems appropriate in view of our history of training the first war dogs here in Front Royal that we salute these courageous animals and their handlers over the memorial weekend,” Barr said.

War Dog Footnote: Malcolm tells me all dogs now on duty in the U.S. military are trained at one location, Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. This generation’s war dogs are credited with saving countless lives and aiding injured soldiers in most recent U.S. conflicts. If you saw the excellent movie “War Horse” set in World War I, you get the idea – smaller, but just as faithful, true and persevering. Barr was inspired in his dedication to remembering war dogs in part due to a mid-1960s visit to the Pacific Island of Guam, where one of several war dog cemeteries is located.

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Read this issue FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com While recounting details of the 22,000-mile, 7-day trip crossing 17 time zones…Smith looked forward to upcoming Memorial Day weekend activities in Warren and Clark Counties, saying, “It is impressive to me the way local Virginia communities, such as Front Royal, have entrenched Memorial Day in their community calendars.

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Marine general leads expedition through time to Iwo Jima Memorial Day preface – Where once we met in war, we now meet in peace B y

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Marine Corps Lt. Gen. (ret) Norman Smith (right) of Linden posed with survivors of the WWII battle for Iwo Jima . Lt. Gen. (ret) Larry Snowden is at left.

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As Memorial Day 2013 approaches some American veterans have just returned from halfway around the world and the site of one of the most brutal battles of World War II. And they return with lessons for all of us.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. General Norman Smith of Linden and Winchester was kind enough to share his experience of a memorable journey to Iwo Jima with fellow marines who helped turn the tide of World War II in the Pacific. The American victory on that small Pacific atoll just 750 miles from Tokyo set the stage for the air war on Japan as land bases from which U.S. bombers could reach the Japanese mainland were established, ultimately bringing about the end of WWII. The island, Smith said, is “about four miles long and only about 800 me-

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Smith said the 18th annual visit to the island by U.S. veterans, family members, as well as families of Japanese soldiers who died there, “honored the dead of both sides.”

The trip represented a “Reunion of

Honor – where once we met in war, we now meet in peace,” Smith said.

This visit coincided with the 68th Anniversary of the battle for Iwo Jima. Black sand from its once bloodsoaked beaches was the memento the veterans returned with. Restoration of the island began in 1988. Smith last visited Iwo Jima, where the U.S. and Japan both continue to maintain a military presence, now as allies, in 1989. The US occupied Iwo Jima until 1968 when it was returned to Japan.

While recounting details of the 22,000-mile, 7-day trip crossing 17 time zones this March, Smith looked forward to upcoming Memorial Day weekend activities in Warren and Clark Counties, saying, “It is impressive to me the way local Virginia communities, such as Front Royal, have entrenched Memorial Day in their community calendars. What

they do sets the scene for our young people to ensure their understanding of what millions of veterans, and those serving now in our all-volunteer forces, have done, and are doing, for their country and, ultimately, for them.”

On this visit Lt. Gen. Smith rode to the top of the 500-foot extinct

volcano, Mount Suribashi, with the vets, ages 88 to 92, and his son Bret, who took the photos accompanying this article (daughter Lisa missed the trip). The raising of the flag on that peak is one of the best known and most memorable images of war in the U.S. consciousness.

Smith, 80, originally from Ohio, enlisted in the USMC in 1955 and completed a 36-year career in 1991 when be built a house for himself and his wife, now deceased, on Blue Mountain. He maintains this home, plus another in Winchester, where he lives with his present wife, Susan. His tours of duty include two stints in Vietnam in the 1960s; Puerto Rico; Italy; Norway; and Okinawa, where he was commanding general of the 3rd Marines Expeditionary Forces. He was deputy chief of staff for Manpower and Reserve Affairs in the Pentagon when he retired from the service.

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“She doesn’t want the tree removed – she loves the tree,” Councilman Tharpe told council as a tree-cutting mob mentality seemed to be taking hold of the work session discussion.

Is public safety a real issue this time around?

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“I do – they paid for that sidewalk,” Gene Tewalt began, citing a past town policy charging citizens fees to add curb and gutter on their street whether they wanted it or not.

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chop the tree down and replace the sidewalk at taxpayer cost without more scrutiny of the actual situation (maybe they’ve been watching video of the April 16 board of supervisors meeting).

Background Responding to questions, Burke told council the sidewalk was removed and replaced with a new across the street to address safety issues raised by the administration of Randolph-Macon Academy, while addressing cost variables and attempting to save the 75-year-old Black Walnut tree projected to still have a potentially lengthy lifespan by the town’s own Urban Forestry Advisory Commission.

It seems the tree’s massive root

system was responsible for large, uneven cracking in the sidewalk that R-MA felt was presenting a potentially dangerous obstacle to its cadets walking down the hill into town. Burke explained the cost of rebuilding the sidewalk around the tree would be prohibitive due to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines on widths to accommodate wheelchairs.

The solution – remove the southside sidewalk, save the tree, and install a sidewalk across the street on the north side of Academy Drive, appeared to be a viable solution – until after the fact, when Mrs. Payne took notice of what had taken place adjacent to her property.

Who knew what, and when?

While Payne complained the work had been done without her prior knowledge, Burke’s April 1 letter to council summarizing his conversation that day with Mrs. Payne notes the town “typically places (informational) door hangers adjacent to where work is performed,” adding, “I later confirmed that DES (the town Department of Environmental Services) did place a hanger on her property describing the sidewalk project.”

According to DES staff the south side of Academy Drive sidewalk was removed March 18-22, with the corresponding sidewalk addition across the street overlapping that work over a similar timeframe.

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mation might relate to the time, or lack thereof, she spends at her Front Royal home. She told Burke “she left her home to stay with her son due to the construction activity.” She also complained that access to her driveway had been restricted by the work.

Burke reported that town staff stated that while “the driveway was impacted during construction … access to the property was provided throughout construction.”

Neighbors weigh in However, this writer lives in the neighborhood in question and walks our family dog up that stretch of Academy Drive toward the “doggie message board” at the foot of the RMA hill on a regular basis. Neither I nor Luda (I asked him) ever saw Payne’s driveway blocked during the portions of the day we were there.

And access to the long front-door walkway off Virginia Avenue was never impacted by the work. But was it her past access or potential future access that is the property owners primary concern?

R-MA President, General Henry Hobgood verified the property is for sale. He said the academy had rejected an opportunity to purchase the lot and building not too long ago.

“We were contacted by the realtor about whether we might be interested in purchasing it. But we decided for a variety of reasons it was not a good option for us.”

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appropriate; they put in signs and a crosswalk. I think they really did a good job. We’re very happy with the solution,” Hobgood told us on May 22. His comments echoed those in a letter of April 8 to the town manager expressing “enthusiastic support” of the completed sidewalk work along Academy Drive.

“This will allow our cadets to go into town safely and reduce liability risks for both the town and the academy. If we can be of assistance regarding this project, please let me know,” General Hobgood wrote Burke.

Creative non-thinking But if R-MA is happy with the work – not to mention continuing to prepare teens for lives of increased discipline and perhaps even adult military service – apparently some do not believe it capable of preparing its cadets to cross the street successfully more than a limited number of times.

Vice-Mayor Shae Parker lamented that cadets must now cross at least one more street, possibly more, risking their lives to travel to Laundromats or other in-town destinations (maybe if they came down in formation there would be safety in numbers).

Parker also came up with a unique plan to raise funds to replace the stately tree he and some other councilmen now seem hell bent on chopping down after staff ’s efforts to save it. “We can cut the tree down, sell the wood to artisans and sell what they make to buy seeds to plant a new tree,” the vice mayor suggested (Fine Shae, but how long will it take that new tree to grow large enough to destroy the sidewalk you guys are determined to put back in and have to be, in its own turn, cut down? – at least we won’t be here to see that one).

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During our conversation General Hobgood made sure to note that he has high regard for his Academy Drive neighbor. “I would add that I think highly of the owner of that property. It’s just very unfortunate it has become an issue,” he concluded.

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Read this issue FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com But perhaps Mrs. Payne is not the culprit in this little “Tree City” drama.

For if Mrs. Payne’s initial reaction was that the tree, not the south-side sidewalk, should have been sacrificed for safety as indicated in Burke’s summary of his April 1 meeting with her, perhaps back on site, gazing out

her windows she has had a change of heart.

“She doesn’t want the tree removed – she loves the tree,” Tharpe told council as a tree-cutting mob mentality seemed to be taking hold of the work session discussion.

Nonplussed, Councilman Tewalt pressed on. “The town manager has

Late May, 2013 • Warren County Report • Page 13 the right to cut down any tree that’s in the way – to say a tree is more important than public safety is ridiculous – go ahead and remove it.”

At least the mayor was listening.

“Make sure she understands she will lose the tree if the sidewalk is put back in,” Mayor Darr told staff as the discussion wound down.

Public safety?

As for actual safety concerns, me and Luda – even in our relatively feeble conditions – continue to walk the south side of Academy along that stretch where newly-planted grass is starting to emerge. We find it an easier and more pleasant walk

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“I just came down to speak because you have one thing that’s coming on board, and that’s your Dominion Power Plant.

So, I’m a little surprised that you all are deciding, I’m going to use the words … nickel and dime the citizens because that power plant’s gonna be a cash cow.” – Tom Sayre

Councilman Sayre offers county some economic advice Dominion ‘golden goose’ theory of municipal revenue rejected - again

Chairman Fox explains support of modest BPOL licensing tax hikes (ave. $20 per $100,000 in receipts).

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Fresh back from the past weekend state Republican Nominating Convention, on Tuesday, May 21, Front Royal Town Councilman Tom Sayre decided to pay a visit to the Warren County Board of Supervisors to pass on some conservative economic advice. At issue were across-the-board 2-cent increases to the county’s BPOL (Business, Professional and Occupational License) taxes. Already approved by 4-0 votes (Murray absent) were small increases in dog and vehicle license taxes (see details below).

Relishing in the afterglow of a state Republican Nominating Convention some political observers believe has produced the most radically antigovernment, anti-regulatory (other than social agendas) state political ticket in living memory, Sayre advised the county supervisors to just say NO to what he called “nickel and dime” tax hikes on “citizens” (actually all the hikes being discussed were on businesses, not individuals).

However seldom slowed by detail, Sayre then blasted open his favorite revenue piñata – the Dominion Power Plant under construction in the county’s northside commercial corridor and scheduled for a 2016 opening.

“I just came down to speak because you have one thing that’s coming on board, and that’s your Dominion Power Plant. So, I’m a little surprised that you all are deciding, I’m going to use the words nickel and dime the citizens because that power plant’s gonna be a cash cow for the county; and its also nice for the town as well.

“So, as you’re seriously thinking about these things – and I just got back from Richmond where we had … the GOP Convention, and it was interesting … and we all tried to plan lower taxes and less government as much as we can …” Sayre observed, before concluding, “So I hope that at least those of you who consider yourselves conservatives consider this very carefully before you raise these taxes because I know that, that Dominion Power Plant is going to bring in not just a million, but millions of dollars for you guys. (the county is projected to eventually realize up to $5 million annually in tax revenue from the plant).”

Town Councilman Tom Sayre seems unimpressed with county board consensus Dominion Power Plant is not a “cash cow” budget cure-all.

View from ‘the ground’ Despite those numbers, the three Republicans (Fox, Traczyk and Carter) and one independent (Glavis) present, none of whom would ever be mistaken for a progressive or even liberal on the political spectrum, seemed less than impressed with Sayre’s political and economic insights. All four supervisors said that as past or present business people they thought the county BPOL tax was not oppressive and well worth the county services businesses receive in turn.

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“I certainly appreciate Mr. Sayre’s comments, but then again I’m not sure if he sees the full picture sometimes with what goes on, on this side of the aisle, as far as where the money goes and how it is spent,” Carter said.

Perhaps trying to lighten what has

seldom been a light mood in countytown relations in recent years, Carter said it was also hard for county officials to keep up with the dynamics of the town budget process from afar. Noting that governmental budgets were complicated (and perhaps not easily prone to ideological political solutions), Carter commended county staff for its work over the past decade in bringing forth substantive suggestions to the board to make informed budget and tax rate decisions.

“Regarding the Dominion money, we’re not sure exactly what we’re going to get but it will be a benefit to this community. But we’re also going to lose about $1.5 million in state funding of our schools [due to the new Dominion revenue],” Carter noted. That loss stems from how the state calculates the relative ability of communities to fund their public school systems by a Composite Index of relative community wealth.

As for the estimated $4 to $5 million in tax revenues that will come to the county from the Dominion plant, Carter noted some had already been earmarked for specific uses like capital improvements, including new school construction; or been borrowed against to facilitate current

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“I certainly appreciate Mr. Sayre’s comments, but then again I’m not sure if he sees the full picture sometimes with what goes on, on this side of the aisle, as far as where the money goes and how it is spent.” – Tony Carter expenditures, including keeping staff salaries competitive Carter noted the board had looked at the licensing tax hikes as a preferable alternative to property and real estate tax increases on all citizens. “I don’t think anybody up here wants to increase fees or taxes. But sometimes in order to provide the services you

have to have the money come from somewhere to pay for fire & rescue, the sheriff ’s department, the schools and ALL the services people expect.”

Carter pointed to improvements the county has been able to make to its services and physical plants for departments over the past decade through a mix of measured increases

in both commercial and personal tax revenue streams. Those small increases have maintained the necessary revenue to maintain a positive economic rating while improving its function without harsh increases in any single budget cycle, Carter observed.

His colleagues agreed.

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the businesses in Warren County.

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“I felt the BPOL taxes I paid were well worth the investment the county has put into the community over the years … this will help balance the budget and I don’t think it is anything

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County … that is going to hurt the businesses,” Traczyk added, observing the rate hadn’t been increased in a number of years.

“I’m still in business and to me it’s understandable. It’s either property taxes or something it has to come from,” Board Chairman Archie Fox pointed out. “I think this is a good direction to go.”

Glavis’s motion to approve, seconded by Traczyk then passed 4-0, with Murray absent.

And so Sayre may be finding out early in the game that even were he successful in an effort to replace Shenandoah District Supervisor Richard Traczyk upon the incumbent’s anticipated 2015 retirement, he might again find himself the odd man out on budget, among other municipal issues requiring a nuanced grasp of the function of government, rather than a simple ideological intransience designed to reduce or eliminate those functions.

License rate hikes Sayre’s arrival coincided with the board’s consideration of the final of three licensing tax increases proposed to help the county balance its FY 2014 budget. Already approved

by 4-0 votes, Murray absent, were: 1. $2 hikes to dog tags (from $8 to $10 on unneutered male and females over four months and from $5 to $7 on spayed and neutered dogs over four months, producing an estimated $11,600 of revenue); 2. $5 increases on motor vehicle tag taxes ($25 to $30 on cars, motor homes, buses and trucks; and $10 to $15 on motorcycles, scooters and un-motored vehicles other than motor homes, producing an estimated $133,600 revenue); The remaining vote was on 2-cent per $100 of gross receipts increases to the county’s BPOL tax. Those proposed increases ranged from 3-cents to 5-cents on wholesale merchants; 11-cents to 13-cents on contractors; 14-cents to 16-cents on retailers; 25-cents to 27-cents on personal services; and 39-cents to 41-cents on financial, real estate and professional services. Those increases are projected by staff to produce $136,200 of revenue to the county. The increases are seen as an alternative to real estate and personal property tax increase for Fiscal Year 2014. Several supervisors observed that even with the hikes, the county’s BPOL rate compared favorably to the town’s.

The three licensing tax hikes pro-

posed that night were forecast to produce a total of $282,000 in revenue and allow the county to balance its already-approved $90-million budget without tax hikes impacting tax rates on individuals.

Sayre followed the only other BPOL public hearing speaker, National Media Services owner Mike McCool to the podium. McCool, after noting that his business was in town and would not be impacted by the county vote, wondered if there might be other means to raise revenue without singling out business taxes. He pointed to the increasingly national competition businesses face in the Internet age, putting businesses that do pay local taxes at a disadvantage when competing with others not facing similar local or state taxing systems.

However, McCool concluded, “I know you’re going to pass this – I would.”

Following McCool, the only other public hearing speaker, Sayre, disagreed.

Radical economics Sayre has emerged as perhaps the most radically, anti-tax-to-producemunicipal-revenue sitting politician

in town or county government. As of his May 21 appearance before the county board, he had already been rebuffed by his own council for suggesting what was a revenue-reducing tax “holiday” in the form of a real estate rate cutback this year, also in anticipation of the coming ‘golden egg” of Dominion Power Plant revenue to the town.

His colleagues countered Sayre’s belief the Dominion plant was a coming financial cure-all for its financial needs by explaining, with the help of staff, that the town can only use its projected $1.2 million of annual utility revenue from the plant to support the water-sewer service utilities it will provide there. That revenue CANNOT be transferred out of the utility for other uses, other than as a town loan to itself that must be paid back on a strict schedule mandated by state law; as council found out several years ago when it did borrow from its Enterprise Funds to balance its budget.

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From Kilimanjaro to Denali to fight human trafficking

Melcher during training climb on Kahiltna Glacier at over 10,000 feet. Kahiltna straddes 17,000 and 14,000-foot mountains known in native languages as Denali’s wife and child. Nearby Denali, aka Mt. McKinley, is the largest base to peak summit in the world at 20,320 feet, 18,000 of that from the mountain’s base. more than me after you actually hit the mountain, I replied of his projected summer 2013 adventure with a purpose on the world’s highest base-to-peak mountain. And it is through the now 40-year-old, design architect and Warren County resident that I will not only know more about Denali itself, but the issue of human trafficking.

Melcher first brought the issue to my attention in 2010 as he prepared to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, focusing attention specifically on aspects of the problem existing in Uganda impacting children caught in the middle of a civil war (stories in Aug. 9, 2010 and Jan 21, 2011 editions). This new climb of a mountain in the U.S. will focus attention on the problem as it

exists much closer to home than we might suspect (see related story).

This climb will raise funds for The Polaris Project’s Transitional Housing and Access Training program for surviving victims. Links to help Melcher in his support of these Polaris Project programs are: http:// www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/ ryan-melcher/ryanmelchersfundraisingpage And the Freedom Climb on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ FreedomClimbs The teddy bear & the Grizzly

At 20,320 feet and much closer to the Arctic Circle than the equator, we asked Melcher about specific challenges climbing Denali will present (its 18,000 feet base to peak also considered the largest of any mountain situated entirely above sea level on the planet).

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Ryan Melcher as he prepared to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2010 to raise money and awareness of human trafficking issues in central Africa.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report When I heard from Ryan Melcher that he was off on another climb of a major world peak in an effort to raise public awareness of, and funds to help fight the problem of human trafficking, my interest was “peaked.”

And when he told me the new climb was of Denali (aka Mt. McKinley) in Alaska, my interest really “PEAKED” (sorry about those, if they piqued your ire).

That escalating interest stemmed from my own hikes near, if not up, Denali in 1998 and 1999. When the mountain broke out of its normal, encompassing summer cloud cover on my second trip, revealing my first glimpse of Denali, “the High One” or “Great One” in the language of the Native Americans who lived in its shadow, I understood the spirituality in which they held it – and a much better tag than McKinley, named by the first lower 48 U.S. climber after his then state governor William McKinley – I enthused to Melcher.

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nali than I do! I am happy to invoke some good memories,” Melcher replied to my e-mailed flood of recollections of my first encounter with the mountain now looming before him.

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Community bear, Denali is a Grizzly.”

At the time of his 2010 climb of 19,341-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro, Melcher told us, “It’s essentially a 19,000-foot staircase. What you need to be wary of is the altitude. Barometric pressure is at 49 percent up there. So basically for every breath you take at sea level, you have to take two breaths up there.

“Denali is much more dangerous than Kilimanjaro,” he continued.

“While it is only about 1,000 feet higher, its barometric pressure is about 43 percent at the top. This is due to the fact that as you get further toward the poles, air pressure de-

creases. This in turn makes altitude sickness a bigger problem. In addition to this you are only 200 miles from the Arctic Circle, so frostbite and hypothermia are a much bigger concern than on Kilimanjaro.

“Lastly you have to worry about crevasses in the glacier and avalanches and you are also pulling a much bigger load. Where Kilimanjaro had porters and you just had a light day pack, on Denali you have a 65 to 85pound pack plus a sled to pull almost the same weight. You also have to build your own camp in the glacier, which includes making rather large snow walls, a place for your own tent

and a cook tent.”

To prepare for this more rigorous physical challenge, Melcher trained on the Kahiltna Glacier last year (the accompanying photos in the snow are from that training climb). According to Wikipedia, Kahiltna is the longest glacier in the Alaska Range, running 44 miles beginning at one end on Denali’s southwest slope near Kahiltna Pass at 10,320 feet and running between “Denali’s foothills”, the 17,400-foot Mount Foraker or Menlale (Denali’s wife) and 13,965-foot Mount Hunter or Begguya (Denali’s child) to the east.

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“My wife is a hiker but not a climber. We go hiking together but she has not been trained in the technical skills required to tackle a climb like Denali. The easiest way to explain it is whereas most people can go hiking and have little to no need of certain technical skills, in taking that step to a climb like this I’ve been trained in teamed rope travel over a glacier, crevasse rescue, self arrest, and so on,” Melcher began.

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am passionate about helping end Human Trafficking.

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Closer than you think – human trafficking stats in Fairfax Does discovery of Cleveland’s domestic sex slave trio relate to this issue?

Melcher trains on Kahiltna, a 44-mile long glacier at over 10,000 feet in the shadow of 20,320-foot Denali, aka Mt. McKinley

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report In late April we heard from Ryan Melcher about his pending climb of 20,085-foot Denali to raise awareness and money in support of The Polaris Project’s Transitional Housing and Access Training Program for victims of human trafficking in the U.S. (see related story).

Coincidentally, within a week we got material on human trafficking from U.S. 10th District Congressman Frank Wolf ’s office, as well as a threestory package from our Capital News Service affiliate at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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One of our first questions for Melcher was “how much of a problem is human trafficking in America”? And while the official numbers cited – around 17,000 – aren’t great in a nation of 311 million, Congressman Wolf ’s material indicating such trafficking so close to our home is certainly an eye opener. And Melcher points out, if we can’t clean our own house of such problems, what kind of example are we setting for the rest of the world?

“If we do not address this issue here in the United States, arguably the most influential country in the world, and just let it go, we run the risk of Human Trafficking becoming a norm in our culture or at least more normalized. It would also send a message to other countries that do not value human rights that human trafficking is acceptable.

“We need to lead by example and show that the rest of the world that trafficking people is evil and needs to be stopped. Most importantly we need to stop human trafficking wherever we can, whether it is a small or large percentage in any country. If

there was just one little girl who is being used as a sex slave in the largest country in the world, just because she is the smallest minority does not make her irrelevant. All people are made in God’s image; they are not just random accidents in the Universe, and as a result they need to be treated with the dignity and respect that comes with that image.

“If any innocent party is trafficked, there is no way to justify the offense.

An innocent party deserves freedom and rehabilitation; the offending party deserves justice.”

Well said, Ryan.

We then asked if the recent story of three kidnapped women held as sex slaves for a decade in Cleveland, but apparently not put out for money; was an example of domestic human trafficking or something else distinctly weird and extreme?

It’s all weird & extreme “First it is important to note that all sex slavery is weird and extreme,” Melcher replied. “Legally speaking, there are three aspects to Human Trafficking: Acts, Means and Purposes. Two categories of purposes are commercial sex acts and slavery.

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“In the case in Cleveland there was no apparent commercial aspect about it, but it appears to be an example of slavery. Even if there was money involved, it would still be weird and extreme. Many women are coerced into prostitution for years and decades of their lives. And while they are pressed into this role, they are often constrained in rooms or closets with devices like handcuffs and chains – definitely weird and definitely extreme.

We also raised the report of another story of a number of mentallyhandicapped people being held in an abusive, isolated and virtual slave labor camp for an extended time before being discovered and freed. They recently received a record-setting court settlement. Was this forced labor another example of the domestic problem he is trying to raise awareness of, we asked.

“In regards to the two stories and how they relate to the Denali climb - the funds raised for the Denali Freedom Climb will be split into two programs at the Polaris Project, an aftercare program and an education program. Aftercare helps survivors become whole again after their ordeal.

“In the two cases you mentioned, it could help people like these survivors in the court case or Cleveland get their life back on track. In regards to education, it will help people recognize warning signs of potential traffickers trying to recruit victims.

Training and education will also help people identify victims that can lead to them getting help to escape the people trafficking them. In relation to the cases mentioned above it would help prevent such things from happening and help people already

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titute. Think of all the risks associated with prostitution: being beat up by Johns and Pimps, tattoo or fire branding to show a pimp considers a prostitute property; the risk of sexually transmitted diseases; a loss of freedom and an elevated risk of murder.

“People are becoming more informed of how traffickers deceive women, and men, and as a result are pushing for legislation that offers redemption for the victim and justice for the Traffickers, Pimps and Johns.”

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“I think it is not per say an evolution of going from point A to point B, but rather a specific way of how I am wired. Some people have a calling in one specific area of the world and they focus on it and that is great. I’m

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“In 2011, I was able to start the Shenandoah Valley Abolitionists at Grace Community Church in Winchester. About that time I also started researching what it would take to do a Freedom climb on Denali.�

Melcher raised $5,000 from his dance events; just over $7,000 from the Kilimanjaro climb; and hopes to generate $10,000 in funding for The Polaris Project from this latest effort.

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Indictments Richard Earl Layman Jr. The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: COUNTS ONE and TWO: On or about December 1, 2012, in the County of Warren, Richard Earl Layman Jr., 30, of 542 Lower Valley Rd., Strasburg, VA 22657, did unlawfully take, steal, and carry away the goods and chattels of Clay Jenkins, with a value of $200.00 or more, with intent to sell; did unlawfully and feloniously break and enter a dwelling house of Stephen Cowgill, with the intent to commit larceny therein.

Glenn Eugene Sovereign Jr. The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about November 27, 2012, in the County of Warren, Glenn Eugene Sovereign Jr., 35, of 57 Viewpoint Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630, did knowingly, intentionally and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Methadone.

Randy Allan Ruffner The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about February 23, 2012, in the County of Warren, Randy Allan Ruffner, 39, of 300 Fort Collins Rd., Winchester,

April Indictments – May term VA 22603, as the driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident in which the attended vehicle or other attended property belonging to another suffered damages totaling $1,000 or more, did unlawfully and feloniously fail to stop at the scene of the accident and render assistance or provide the information required by law.

Jeffrey Lee Labille The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about November 30, 2012, in the County of Warren, Jeffrey Lee Labille 28, of 39531 Golden Beach Rd., Mechanicsville, MD 20659, did knowingly, intentionally and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

Daron Allen Bradley The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about December 18, 2012, in the County of Warren, Daron Allen Bradley, 19, of 607 Massanutten Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, towit: Heroin.

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The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about October 19, 2012, in the County of Warren, Tammi Meschel Cooper, 45, of 240 Dillard Ct., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously, with the intention of converting goods or merchandise to her own use without having paid the full price thereof, willfully conceal the goods or merchandise of Walmart, having previously been convicted of larceny or an offense deemed as larceny two or more times.

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: COUNTS ONE and TWO: on or about November 15, 2012, in the County of Warren, Brittney Michelle Wines-Keen, 26, of 237 Short St., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

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The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about March13, 2013, in the County of Warren, Kenneth Edward Walker, 38, of 85 Jessica St., Crimora, VA 24431, did unlawfully take, steal, and carry away the goods and chattels of Walmart, with a value of $200.00 or more.

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about December 8, 2012, in the County of Warren, Joe Lee Smelser, 45, of 136 W. 17th St., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Hydromorphone.

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April Indictments – May term Tonia Annette Wathen The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: COUNTS ONE and TWO: On or about January 15, 2013, in the County of Warren, Tonia Annette Wathen, 51, of 1404 Jefferson Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630: did unlawfully and feloniously use for the purpose of obtaining goods, services, or anything else valued at $200.00 dollars or more, a credit card or credit card number obtained or retained; did unlawfully and feloniously take, obtain or withhold a credit card or credit card number from the person, possession, custody, or control of another without the cardholder’s consent.

Larry E. Dawson The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about May 1, 2012, in the County of Warren, Larry E. Dawson, 57, of 711 Warren Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630, did

knowingly, intentionally, and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Oxycodone.

Daniel Mathias Strickler The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: COUNTS ONE, TWO and THREE: On or about August 10, 2012, in the County of Warren, Daniel Mathias Strickler, 45, of 1113 E. Main St., Front Royal, VA 22630: did unlawfully and feloniously obtain by false pretense or token, United States Currency, having a value of $200.00 or more, belonging to James Michel; On or about September 13, 2012, did unlawfully and feloniously forge, with the intent to defraud, a draft or check, or any other writing; On or about September 13, 2012, did unlawfully and feloniously forge, with the intent to defraud, knowingly utter or attempt to employ as true, a forged draft or check.

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11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time: Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, the circus will be the theme today. Join in for stories, songs, finger plays and a craft.

Warren County

Parks and Recreation Department is currently accepting registration for their

Gymnastics Classes Classes are held on Saturdays

Monday - Wednesday

Saturday, June 1, 2013 8am - 1pm Farmers Market. Main St, Front Royal. The Downtown Front Royal, Inc. Farmers Market will be held every Saturday until October 26 on Main Street near the Visitors Center.

11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Saturday Family Story Time - Bring the whole family to the cozy jellybean green room for a assortment of exciting stories with Miss Tamara. A perfect way to spend an enjoyable Saturday morning.

2pm - 3pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. GAME ON - Do you enjoy playing video games? Think you are the best at one particular title?

Come find out at GAME ON! Play games with your friends and maybe even make some new ones. For ages 12 and up.

5pm - 10:30pm Dancin Downtown.

Gazebo Area, Front Royal. Tonight is Dancin’ at Main St/Chester St. DJ Mike Bailey will be the music for the evening. Alcohol will be available for sale, ID is required. Sponsored by Downtown Front Royal.

Monday, June 3, 2013 5pm - 6pm UFAC Meeting. Town Hall, Front Royal. The Urban Forestry Advisory Commission (UFAC) meets tonight at 5:00p in the Town Hall Conference Room. The public is invited.

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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Registrations are only being accepted at the Warren County Community Center, 538 Villa Ave. Front Royal, VA

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Have a safe & happy Memorial Day Weekend!

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FrVaToday.com Tuesday, June 4, 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.

2pm - 3pm Ambassador’s Club.

Chamber Office.

4:30pm - 5:30pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Big Kids Story Time - Enjoy a book all about reptiles and then make a craft. Kindergarten and up.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 All day TOWN TAXES DUE. Today Town Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes are due. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Finance Department at (540)6357799.

8:30am - 9:30am Small Business Committee. Chamber Office.

10:15am - 11:15am. Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Toddler Story Time - Moo! What is black and white

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and loves to chew grass? Join in a fun mix of stories, songs and a craft all about cows.

11am - 12pm Samuels Pubic Library, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time - Moo! what is black and white and loves to chew grass? Join in for a fun mix of stories, songs and a craft all about cows!

12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Business On The River 95.3 Thursday, June 6, 2013 9am - 10am Tourism Committee.

Chamber Office.

10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Toddler Story Time - Moo! What is black and white and loves to chew grass? Join in a fun mix of stories, songs and a craft all about cows!

11am - 12pm Samuels Pubic Library, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time - Moo! what is black and white and

loves to chew grass? Join in for a fun mix of stories, songs and a craft all about cows!

Friday, June 7, 2013 1pm - 2pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Reptiles Alive! Opening Program for Summer Reading Club.

Did you know that some reptiles burrow beneath the earth? Dig in and discover amazing reptiles from around the world such as the mighty python, lizards and sand boas.

1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee. Chamber Office.

7:30pm - 8:30pm FREE CONCERT. Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal. Tonight is the American Legion Community Band FREE CONCERT. It is being held in Boggs Chapel at R-MA. All are invited!! More Information: (540)635-6828 or visit www.alcband.org.

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Sat Jun 8, 2013 8am - 1pm Farmers Market. Main St, Front Royal. The Downtown Front Royal, Inc. Farmers Market will be held every Saturday until October 26 on Main Street near the Visitors Center.

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The Virginia Herb Festival at Sunflower Cottage The fifth annual Virginia Herb Festival will be held at Sunflower Cottage on Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9.

The event will highlight thousands of herb plants at half price. Explore the gardens amidst crafters and vendors and enjoy music, food, wine, beer and music. Chef and home brewing demonstrations are also highlighted.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, admission is $5 and children under 12 are free.

Driver Improvement Clinic - Licensed by DMV “Better Driving Through Better Training”

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Saturday June 8th, July 20th Cost of the 8 hr class is $6500

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Refinance your existing loan from another financial institution and we will lower the rate by 1%. NO REFINANCES within credit union.

Subject to credit approval. This doesn’t apply to Home Equity, overdraft line of protection loans, or credit cards.

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Schools

Randolph-Macon Academy Third Quarter Honor Rolls Several local residents have been named to the honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2012-13 academic year at Randolph-Macon Academy: Warren County The following Warren County residents have been named to the President’s List (All-A Honor Roll) at Randolph-Macon Academy Upper School: freshmen

Quinn Blankenship, Meghan Melberg, Johnny Wong, and William Wong; sophomores Gordon Anderson, Jacob Allen Dodson, Amy Gray, Ixel Ochoa, Jonathan Pederson, Shelby M. Sebring, and Tyler Benjamin Vaughan; junior C. Grace Alexander; and senior Daniel Nascimento.

The following Warren County residents have been named to the Principal’s List (A-B Honor Roll) at Randolph-Macon Academy

Middle School: seventh graders Sarah Helen Vaughan and Dylan Glascock; eighth graders Ceara Richards and Joseph Silek.

The following Warren County residents have been named to the Dean’s List (A-B Honor Roll) at Randolph-Macon Academy

Chester Lewis Aug. 6, 1946 – May 12, 2013

Frederick County

Engle’s Angle: Peanuts and Pretzels. And Popcorn?

By Kevin S. Engle Warren County Report It’s Monday night. My wife leaves in the morning on a business trip. Being the helpful husband I am (some times anyway), I’m on line, checking her in for the flight.

Does she want a seat upgrade?

It’s only 39 bucks.

How about extra leg room?

That’s only 29 more.

And double frequent flyer miles?

They’re only $49.

Geez!

What she does want is to get to her destination. Safely. On time.

And with her luggage. How much does that cost?

Obviously, airlines are trying to make money any way they can. I hear bathroom visits will soon set you back five bucks. And if you want to save some dough, bring your own toilet paper.

Plane tickets are expensive as it is. I don’t really want to fork over more money for more stuff.

On second thought, there are some things I would pay for.

Here’s my list of extras I think the airlines should offer.

Ever seen an old movie where the king or queen gets carried around from place to place? How about that? Can you carry me on to the plane? They can call it the “Royal Treatment”.

Would you like a team of trumpeters to announce your arrival?

That can be arranged.

How about your own restroom, one big enough to actually move around in without smacking into the walls?

Ever wonder what’s it like to sit up in the cockpit? Better yet, how would you like to help fly the

plane?

Why just one measly bag of pretzels or peanuts? How about an endless supply, and enough of your favorite soft drink to wash them down? And if I’m dreaming, I might as well dream big. How about hot buttered popcorn?

If you have popcorn, you need a movie. You know what Netflix is. How about AirFlix? You get to choose.

For those of us who get motion sickness, a turbulence-free zone would be fantastic.

Tired of your suitcases getting broken and banged up as soon as you buy them? How about a “Fragile – Handle with Care” guarantee they won’t get tossed around like bean bags?

And when the plane lands, and you’re ready to get off, do you get tired of fighting your fellow passengers? How would you like the option of being first, while everyone else has to sit their fanny down and wait for you?

With trumpets blaring of course.

Bundling is a fancy word businesses use to sell you more stuff.

Buy two services and save a dollar. Buy three and save more.

Airlines could do the same. Purchase the “Royal Treatment” and the Endless Pretzels and save a buck. Add Airflix and save two.

The next time my wife goes on a business trip, I’m going with her. I deserve the “Royal Treatment”.

I’d settle for the popcorn.

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The author would always sit in the turbulence-free zone. No matter what it cost. kevinengle456@comcast.net

Upper School: freshmen Taylor Jones and Gabriel George Williams; sophomore Rebel Hafner; juniors Victor Marshall, Faith Funderberg, and Benjamin Gillis; and seniors Thomas Abell, Tanner Blankenship, Benjamin Pederson, and Marcus Jacob Williams.

Friends and relatives of Chester Lewis, who died in his sleep at Myrtle Beach , SC , on May 12, remembered him fondly at family night and services on May 15 and 16, at Turner-Robertshaw Chapel. Chester ’s widow, Dorothy “Peanut” Lewis, thanked all for their kindness at this difficult time. She gave additional thanks to Robert and Elliott Bachelor and the entire extended Melting Pot family for their additional support and friendship.

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Congratulations on your recent engagement

Seventh grader Elise Cochran and eighth graders Remington Gillis and Katelyn A. Shea have been named to the President’s List (All-A Honor Roll) at Randolph-Macon Academy Middle School.

Freshmen Cody Borden and Thomas Powars have been named to the President’s List (All-A Honor Roll) at RandolphMacon Academy Upper School.

Sixth graders Jacob Karen and Hunter Gillis and seventh grader Molly Evans have been named to the Principal’s List (A-B Honor Roll) at Randolph-Macon Academy Middle School.

Freshman Thomas S. Shea, sophomore Ryan Owesney, juniors Catey Borden and Margot Cramer have been named to the Dean’s List (A-B Honor Roll) at Randolph-Macon Academy Upper School.

In addition seniors Allyson McManus and Ashley McManus of Middletown were named to the President’s List, as was seventh grader Evan Anderton of Stephens City

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Diversions

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Pets Page

Ask Stewart

Hey! You must be Stewart the Tree Steward Squirrel! I hear that you just had your 14th Birthday over at the Happy Creek Arboretum on Arbor Day! Congratulations!

Stewart: Why thank you, yes, I am Stewart the Tree Steward Squirrel, who are you?

I am Dave, the ISA Certified Arborist, and I am up in this tree taking care of the broken branches caused by last winter’s heavy snow and ice. Wearing my climbing saddle, I am attached to this climbing line,taking care of people’s trees.

Stewart: What and who is an ISA Certified Arborist? I’ve seen a lot of tree workers, but they don’t call themselves “ISA Certified.”

Well, Stewart,the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)can be researched at this website, http://www. isa-arbor.com/home.aspx.Certified Arborists are trained professionals that are knowledgeable and equipped to

provide proper tree care. ISA Certified Arborists have been approved by the International Society of Arboriculture for achieving certain standards in the art and science of tree care through at least three years of experience and a comprehensive examination. They are also required to earn continuing education credits each year in order to maintain their certification, ensuring they are updated on the latest arboriculture techniques.

Stewart: Wow, that is pretty impressive, but what do you have to know so much about?

That is a good question, Stewart.

There are ten focus areas that are taught and tested when becoming an ISA Certified Arborist. 1)Soil Management, 2)Identification and Selection, 3)Planting Installation and Establishment, 4)Safe Work Practices, 5)Tree Biology, 6)Pruning, 7)Diagnosis and Treatment, 8)Urban Forestry, 9)Tree Protection, 10)Tree Risk Management,

and other related information.

Stewart: Whew, that’s a lot of information for one little squirrel. How does a tree owner find an ISA Certified Arborist?

Stewart, checkout the website “Trees Are Good”, http://www.treesaregood.org/, where you can find Certified arborists near your town that are listed as “For Hire”. These Certified Arborists have Liability Insurance,follow the “Safety Standards” of (ANSI-Z133), and the “Standards for Tree Care Practices”(ANSI-A-300).ISA Certified Arborists never top treesnor round off trees.

Stewart: I have never realized there was so much to know, thanks for taking care of the trees. I definitely prefer my home in a healthy tree with nice leaves and branches.

I remember what you always say Stewart, the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is today.

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.

540-635-4734 Humane of Society of Warren 540-635-4734 Humane Society Warren County County

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Monday thru Sunday 10 am to 4 pm- Closed Wednesdays • 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA • 540-635-4734 • humanesocietywc@gmail.com

Please ask about our low cost spay and neuter program. Please be sure your pets at home are spayed/neutered and up to date on vaccinations.

Dog adoption available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Petco • Cat adoption available on Sat. 10 -2 at Southern States • Dogs and Cats available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Helmuth Builders StartingONE! April 1st, 2013 CruiseOne andHumane the HumaneSociety Society ofofWarren County offer you a chance toAwin a Fall New CARNIVAL England/CanadaSaturday, Cruise with August Royal Caribbean.

ThisAM fabulous vacation for two is an 8 COME COME ALL! The Warren County Presents: SUMMER 13th, 10 - 9 PM at the Front Royal night cruise departing from Baltimore, MD on October 3rd.

The cruise includes a $100 on board credit and pre paid gratuities.

Only 325 tickets will be sold.

Single tickets available for $25 or purchase a Fire Department on Commerce Avenue. Games, Dunking Tank, Giant Castle Bounce, Cake Walk and Prizes, Carnival Treats, Cotton Candy, Hot Dogs, Popcorn book of 5 for $100. The drawing will be held atand the Drinks, animal shelter located at 1245 Progress Drive Front Royal, VA on Wednesday, July 17th at 6PM at the “Cruise On In Open House”.

Winner need not be BBQ Dinner @ 4 PM. To Volunteer/Donate/Sponsor Call:540-635-4734 present to win. Proceeds benefit homeless animals in Warren County, VA. Visit us at humanesocietywarrencounty.org Check out our other adoptable pets on www.warrenco.petfinder.com

Hoops - 3 year old neutered male min pin mix.

Hoops is a very sweet and friendly boy.

We call him Hoops because he loves to jump for treats! ad sponsored by: Clara is Hoops’s a 3 year old spayed Beagle/Heeler She’s Hot Tubmix.

Heaven very friendly and good with Vacation Cabins cats.

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Miles - 23 year old male beagle. Miles was found as a stray he was a little shy at first, but is very friendly and playful now. sponsored by: Zorra Miles’s is a 1adyear old Border Collie/Beagle mix. She is housetrained and good with Hillbilly has what you NEED! other animals and children.

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4381 Stonewall Jackson Hwy Zorra’s ad sponsored by:

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Hans - 6 m o n t h old male shepherd/ beagle mix.

Hans is very energetic and loves to play!

Hans’s : Damien is aad1sponsored year oldbyBeagle/ Heeler mix. He is very well behaved and good with animals and children.

Martins Foods Damien’s ad sponsored by: 409 South St. Front Royal

Max - 1 1/2 year old male Cairn terrier/Chihuahua mix. Max is good with other small dogs and loves to play ball.

AndyMax’s Panda an 8 year ad is sponsored by:old 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 FREE ESTIM ATES 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

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#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 JUNE 6, 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 JUNE 6, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

4 dr., 2.5L I-4, Variable Trans.

93K miles Stock #13C282A

Battery & Charging System Check

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 JUNE 6, 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 JUNE 6, 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.

2007 Ford Expedition

$12,222

4 dr., 5.4L V-8, Auto.

96K Miles Stock #A142B

$

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 JUNE 6, 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 JUNE 6, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

4 dr., 3.7L V-6, Auto.

76K Miles Stock #12LI311A

89

95

FREE

COMPETITOR’S COUPON PRICING 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 JUNE 6, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

OR ANY

2004 Jeep Liberty Sport

$12,222

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

MEET BEAT

30k -60k - 90k Mile Service

2008 Nissan Altima

20% OFF

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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 JUNE 6, 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 JUNE 6, 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

$14,444

2007Subaru Forester

4 dr., 2.5L H-4, Auto., Prem. Package 81K miles Stock #u157B

$13,333

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