Late May 2014 Warren and Frederick County Report

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Food: great eats at a good price Two new Frederick County restaurants are sure to please

By Sue Golden

Frederick County has two new restaurants that are sure to please your palate. Okinawa Hibachi Sushi & Sake Lounge at 571 Adams Drive in Winchester (in front of the Target shopping center) has an extensive menu of Asian and traditional fare.

Have a craving? Okinawa has an assortment of sushi, hibachi, and Thai.

If someone in your party is more traditional in their tastes, there are chicken, Angus steak and seafood selections.

There are lunch specials available from 11 am until 3 pm, Monday through Saturday. Dinner is 4:30

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pm until 10 pm on Monday through Thursday. Okinawa stays open until 11 pm on Friday and Saturday nights.

On Sunday, the restaurant is open from 12 pm until 9:30 pm.

On a recent afternoon, Steve Vaugn of Winchester helped himself to the sushi lunch special. “This is a great price. I fly for United Airlines and eat sushi a lot. Next time I am going to try some more exotic choices of sushi. The eel is really good.�

The restaurant is large and clean.

The wait staff is very nice. There is a full bar and bar specials. A private room is available for special occasions.

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enjoying his coffee at Sean’s

The restaurant had an extensive makeover, including new booths and a counter. The space is large and inviting.

Sean’s is open from 5:30 am to 11 pm on Mondays through Thursdays.

The restaurant stays open until 12 am on Saturday morning. Saturday you can eat from 6 am until 12 am on Sunday morning. Sundays Sean’s is open from 7 am to 9 pm.

You can call Sean’s Restaurant at (540) 508-0546 or at (540) 508-0571.

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How wide is the selection? Pretty wide. “I eat here every day, sometimes twice a day. It is very convenient to Trenum’s Auto. I just walk across the street� said Brian Trenum.

Others in Sean’s agreed. There was friendly banter between the tables.

The waitress knew everyone’s name.

Man about town Ed Ellis, who with his wife takes care of all of the veterans memorials in Stephens City, stops in regularly for coffee.

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Winchester/Frederick Winchester City’s Memorial Day Schedule In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, the City’s schedule on Monday, May 26th is as follows: All City administrative offices – CLOSED WinTran – CLOSED Refuse & Recycling Collection – Monday’s recycling collection is RESCHEDULED for Wednesday, May 28 (NO yard waste collection on Wednesday, May 28) Jim Barnett Park: War Memorial Building – CLOSED Outdoor Pool - OPEN for the season beginning Saturday, May 24-26, noon to 6:00 pm. Check the Park’s website or summer Program Guide for the complete schedule. The Guide can be found online at www. winchesterva.gov/parks.

Joint Judicial Center – CLOSED Metered parking in Old Town Winchester – FREE on Memorial Day Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center – OPEN, 9 am-5 pm Millbrook High School Student Places Third in VSBA Regional Art Competition Millbrook High School junior Gabriel Membreno won third place in the Virginia School Boards Association Regional Art Show held on April 24 in Staunton. Membreno’s project was entitled “Great Horned Owl”.

Membreno’s work, along with all of the winning student artwork from the VSBA Regional Art Competition, will be framed and rotated for display in the offices of the Virginia Secretary of Education, the Virginia Department of Education and the VSBA. Sherando High School Student Premieres Documentary about Stephens City’s Civil War History at the Stephens City United Methodist Church Sherando High School student Meagan Arnold has been working with the Newtown Heritage Festival Committee and the Newtown History Center to produce a documentary about Stephens City’s history during the Civil War. The premiere of the documentary will follow presentations by two historians about civilian life in Stephens City during the Civil War. The documentary will become a permanent part of the Newtown History Center. Meagan handled all aspects of the production including the script, casting, shooting the video and editing.

Winchester City’s water treatment plant recognized On April 23, 2014 the Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) Office of Drinking Water recognized the City’s Percy D. Miller Water Treatment Plant employees for achieving Virginia’s optimization program

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This is the fifth award for the Percy D. Miller water treatment plant since 2007 and according to Farrell Owens, Facility Manager, “this award goes to the employees operating this plant on a daily basis; they work diligently and strive to produce the highest quality drinking water at all times.”

In 2013 the water plant employees were responsible for the production of 2.24 billion gallons of water without a single violation of water quality standards both on the State and Federal levels.

Residents Report Damage from a Bear The Winchester Police Department’s Animal Control Unit is receiving calls from residents regarding a bear in the area. Officers have received reports of bird feeders that have been destroyed. On Thursday the police department received a call from the 1900 block of Harvest Drive where a resident reported that several trees and bird feeders were damaged. Officers determined the damage was caused by a bear.

The bear is looking for food sources and in an effort to eliminate those sources Animal Control Officers ask residents to do the following: Remove your bird feeders Secure your garbage by storing it indoors, or in a bear-proof container.

Don’t leave any cat or dog food outside Residents are reminded that if you see a bear, do not approach it. Animal Control Officers say bears are more afraid of people than the people are of them.

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says “residential bear problems may occur at any time of year, but are more common when natural food supplies are limited, usually in the spring or in years when natural nut and berry production is low.” The department says after a few failed attempts to find food around homes, bears will usually leave the area. For more information visit dgif. virginia.gov.

Rabies Clinic at the Esther Boyd Animal Shelter Date: 05/17/2014 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Location: Esther Boyd Animal Shelter, 161 Fort Collier Road, Winchester The Frederick County Esther Boyd Animal Shelter is sponsoring a Rabies Clinic Saturday, May 17th, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Engle’s Angle: The Big Bad Bin and the Yellow DVD

By Kevin S. Engle Warren County Report My wife and I were in Walmart the other day. And believe me, it wasn’t my idea.

We’d been in the car six hours and were almost home.

But no, we had to make a detour.

Right now.

My wife was having coworkers to the house in a few days for an all day meeting. She wanted to get a DVD as a gift.

“I could do it tomorrow,” I told her.

“You already have enough to do,” she said.

I did, but at this very moment, shopping at Walmart tomorrow sounded a lot better than shopping at Walmart today. And besides, we were just at another Walmart two days ago getting stuff for this meeting. Why couldn’t we have thought of it then?

But here we were. Fifteen minutes from home, but oh so far away.

Have you seen those large circular bins in Walmart? The ones that hold 10,000 movies, all for five bucks?

That’s where we were.

I’d come across the yellow DVD in one of these bins a few months back. I was just looking to see what was there when I found it. We had seen the movie and liked it. It was worth five bucks.

But today was different.

Today, we weren’t just looking to see what was in the bin. We were looking for the yellow DVD. The needle in the haystack.

Maybe we’d get lucky and find it right away.

Yeah, and maybe I like cuddling up with grizzly bears.

“Ok,” I said as we exited off the Interstate. “If we’re going to do this, we’re using a shopping cart to make it easier.”

I underestimated. We could’ve used four shopping carts, although we settled for one.

I grabbed and tossed, barely reading the titles. All I cared about were yellow DVDs. And I found them, just not the one we were after.

“Look,” my wife said somewhat enthusiastically as she dug up other movies we liked.

“That’s nice,” I said as I kept grabbing and tossing, getting more impatient with each handful.

And then I had a brainstorm.

“Ask an employee if they even have it in stock. They can check their inventory system.”

I’d hate to think we were doing this for nothing.

She asked, but didn’t get a definitive answer. I tried a few minutes later and didn’t fare any better.

We kept looking, even after we’d filled up the cart. Now, we were looking and throwing back all at the same time, no doubt seeing the same movies the other had already checked out thirty seconds before.

I wanted to quit. I wanted to return the 879 DVDs piled high in our shopping cart and go home.

But not so fast. After all, we had another bin to go through.

Yeah, a second bin.

“Excuse me,” said a guy in broken English, “can you tell me where” some department was.

I knew that was going to happen.

“I’m sorry,” I told him as I kept tossing DVDs, “I don’t work here.”

This was like playing slots in Vegas. You just knew if you quit now, the jackpot would be the next one, the one you didn’t play.

After forty minutes of this, I didn’t really care.

And no, we didn’t find the yellow DVD in bin #2 either.

But we did spend 20 bucks on four other movies.

The Manager told us we could order it on line for $4.50. Screw it!

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Please bring dogs on leashes and cats in carriers.

The shelter is located at 161 Fort Collier Road next to the Regional Jail.

Call the shelter for more information at (540) 667-9192.

Frederick County “eCycling” Electronics Recycling Electronics are accepted for recycling at the Landfill citizens’ center.

Electronics such as computer monitors, lap tops, cell phones, adapters, dry cell batteries, processors, keyboards, mice, cables, televisions, VCRs, fax machines, copiers, scanners, calculators, electric typewriters, telephones, answering machines, tape recorders, camcorders, cameras, stereos and speakers are all accepted during special collection events.

Monitors and television screens are not land-filled. All materials are trucked out of the area and dismantled for recycling. All working microwave ovens should be donated to a local charity.

Businesses and residents are encouraged to participate in eCycle! Company checks should be made payable

to: Treasurer, Frederick County.

Debit/credit cards are not accepted.

Schedule: Second Saturday of each month from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fourth Wednesday of each month from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. (except November and December) Fees: Televisions $12.00, Televisions with wooden consoles $20.00, Monitors (crt &flat screens) $8.00, Battery backups (UPS) $5.00, All other electronics are free.

Volunteers Needed for Special Riding Camp Blue Ridge Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship (BRCTH) seeks volunteers to help with Fun with Horses, an Adaptive, Recreational Day Camp being offered mornings, June 23 -27 and again July 7 – 11 at 420 Russell Rd in Berryville, VA. Activities will include daily small group instruction in therapeutic riding, basic horse care skills and knowledge, and also an art component. Volunteers must be at least 14 years of age.

Equine experience is preferred, but not necessary. Please contact Esther Forcey at volunteerbrcth@gmail.com or at (301) 873-6728 to volunteer or to seek further information.

“Season of Celebration and Success” Begins for FCPS Students, Parents and Staff Encouraged to Share Success Stories from

2013-14 For the third consecutive year, Frederick County Public Schools is inviting students, parents, teachers, staff and members of the community to share their celebrations and successes from the 2013-14 school year as part of the “Season of Celebration and Success”. The initiative will run from May 9 through June 13.

Schools Superintendent David Sovine says, “As we prepare to enter the final month of the school year, it’s important that we take time to reflect on the many successes enjoyed by our students, schools and staff members. The Season of Celebration and Success provides members of our school communities and the community at-large with an opportunity to share their stories about the many good things happening in our schools. It also provides students and their families with a chance to thank those teachers and school staff members who have made a difference during the current school year.”

Anyone is welcome to submit their success story or to thank a teacher or other staff member as part of the Season of Celebration and Success.

Submissions can be made online by visiting the Frederick County Public Schools’ homepage (www.frederick. k12.va.us) and clicking on the “Season of Celebration and Success” link.

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Winchester/Frederick tion on the effort and a link to the submission form is also available on the Frederick County Public Schools’ Facebook page (www.facebook. com/frederickcountypublicschools).

Throughout the Season of Celebration and Success, some of the success stories and thank you messages that are submitted will be shared via the school division’s website, Facebook page, Frederick County Public Schools’ e-newsletter FCPS Focus.

Sovine says, “In the two years that we’ve been conducting the Season of Celebration and Success program, I’ve been moved by the success stories and thank you messages that have been shared. The public education system plays a critical role in our nation and this initiative helps reaffirm the value of quality schools for both students and our community.” He adds, “There’s no limit to what someone may choose to share.

The success stories could range from a kindergarten student learning to read to a high school student earning national recognition. Success stories are written each day in our schools and the Season of Celebration and Success provides a forum for them to be shared and celebrated. It’s also a chance to express appreciation to teachers and staff members who have made a difference for students. ”

The celebrations and success stories that are shared may be used in publications and other communications to celebrate the value of public education and the positive impact Frederick County Public Schools has on students and the community. All of the submissions that recognize specific teachers or staff members will be shared with those individuals so they can gain a better understanding of the value of their work and the difference they make in the lives of students.

Affordable Care Act, Individual and Small Business/Non-Profit Options Andrew Bolt , Certified Navigator with Enroll Virginia, will provide a special presentation on ACA options and Small Business/Non-Profit programs for health care coverage, on Thursday May 29, at 5:30 pm, at the United Way/Our Health Building, 329 N. Cameron St., Winchester.

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This presentation will also discuss the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace.

Some small businesses may be eligible for a special tax credit if they offer a SHOP plan to their employees.

There is no closed enrollment period for the SHOP Marketplace, so small businesses may sign up at any time of the year. This presentation will cover the basics of the SHOP Marketplace and give small businesses the information they need to get started.

Persons and organization representatives interested in attending this free presentation should contact United Way at 540-536-1619 or uway@visuallink.com to reserve their seat.

Highlands Bankshares, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2014 Results Highlands Bankshares, Inc. (OTCBB: HBSI) announces its results of operations for the first quarter of 2014.

Highlands Bankshares, Inc., the parent company of The Grant County Bank and Capon Valley Bank, posted first quarter 2014 earnings of $594,000 or $0.44 per share of common stock outstanding (EPS), compared to $522,000 or $0.39 EPS for the same period of 2013.

Net interest income, on a fully taxable equivalent basis, decreased 1.2% for the first three months of 2014, as compared to the same period in 2013.

The decrease in net interest income was driven mostly by a drop in loan rates and volume somewhat offset by decreased interest expenses.

The company’s total provision for loan loss during the first three months of 2014 decreased $421,000 or 72.6% to $159,000 compared to the same period of 2013. The reduction is the result of a decrease in non-performing loans as well as a gradually improving economy. When determining the provision for loan losses, the Company considers a number of factors some of which include periodic credit reviews, non-performing assets, local and national economic trends, and loan portfolio mix.

Total non-performing loans and foreclosed properties remained unchanged at 3.49% of total assets at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. Those same non-performing

assets decreased to 29.09% of capital at March 31, 2014 from 29.25% at December 31, 2013. These numbers also represent significant improvement over the year ago period with non-performing assets and foreclosed properties representing 6.16% of assets and 54.91% of capital as of March 31, 2013.

Return on average assets (ROAA) increased during the first three months of 2014 to 0.62%, as compared to 0.53% in the same period of 2013. Likewise, the return on average equity (ROAE) increased to 5.29% during 2014, as compared to 4.87% in the same period of 2013.

Total assets, as of March 31, 2014, increased 0.7% or $2,541,000 to $385,349,000 compared to December 31, 2013 driven by an increase in deposits.

Shareholders’ Equity at March 31, 2014 was $46,189,000 or $34.55 per outstanding share, compared to December 31, 2013 of $45,727,000 or $34.20 per outstanding share.

John Van Meter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the holding company, stated “Our performance in the first quarter of 2014 has positioned us well for a successful year. Capital levels are strong, and our lending demand is becoming more robust. We are sensitive to the pressures on our net interest margin caused by the continued low interest rate environment, and we understand the need for continued expense control.

“We continue to strengthen and improve our asset quality. Year over

year our loan portfolio has improved dramatically. Management acknowledges that challenges continue to exist, but we are proud of our accomplishments and optimistic about the future.

“Our team is excited to build profitable relationships with prospective customers and continue serving our existing customers with the banking services and products they have grown to expect.”

Highlands Bankshares, Inc. operates twelve banking locations in West Virginia and Virginia through its two wholly-owned subsidiary banks, The Grant County Bank and Capon Valley Bank, and offers insurance services through its wholly-owned subsidiary HBI Life Insurance Company Nick Arakaky Graduates from Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney student, Nick Arakaky, graduated on Sunday, May 11th. He was one of 222 men to participate in commencement exercises.

This graduating class marks the end of the 239th academic year at Hampden-Sydney College.

Nick graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in religion and Spanish.

He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Wolford (Winchester, VA).

A private college for men, Hampden-Sydney is ranked nationally in the top 100 of liberal arts colleges

by U.S. News & World Report. The College is known for its liberal arts curriculum, the Honor Code which stresses individual and collective re-

sponsibility, and a focus on the education of young men.

Local Residents Inducted Into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: David Chavez of Winchester (22601) initiated at George Mason University Jonathan Wine of Winchester (22601) initiated at George Mason University Robert Baccary of Winchester (22602) initiated at George Mason University These residents are among approximately 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.

Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff, and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine and headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society. The Society has chapters on more than 300

college and university campuses in North America and the Philippines.

Its mission is “To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”

Chainsaws and Accessories Added to Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday The upcoming Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday is a great time to stock up on items you may need if an emergency strikes Virginia bringing strong winds and rain, power outages, and possibly limited access to food and water.

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Editor: On Tuesday, May 20, the Warren County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to grant a Warren County homeowner’s request for a permit to rent out his home, situated on a 5-acre lot accessible only via a dirt road on top of a nearby mountain. Two miles away from the neighbor down the hill, and half a mile away from multiple foreclosures in this rural subdivision, the homeowner has incurred his neighbors’ wrath by renting out his property.

The homeowner in question is me. I built/purchased the house in 2006 during happier times, when the economy was robust and my family’s agri-tourism business was prosperous; since then, the 2008 financial crisis happened, and later I divorced.

As a result, I am the sole proprietor responsible for the mortgage, which must be paid monthly regardless of the state of the economy or my marital status. As a single man living in a four-bedroom house, mulling my options, it simply made sense to apply for a short term rental permit the county generously offers others.

A couple of my neighbors realized I was renting out my house and – rather than address me directly or attempt to resolve the issue amicably

– reported me to Warren County, demanding I apply for a rental permit (one of which I was unaware a property owner needed a permit to rent their private property out and which I’m sure they believed the Board of Supervisors would deny me); thus far, there have been two hearings on the matter, one being the Planning Commission which was approved unanimous, a second being an attempt by my neighbor to place a injunction on me by the circuit court to stop my rentals and evict my tenants, which was denied, with the third and final hearing occurring Tuesday evening, May 20th) I am relying on the Warren County Board of Supervisors to protect not only my rights, but also the rights of other property owners who might find themselves in similar circumstances, hoping to rent out their homes for whatever reasons. Frankly, allowing for these types of rentals benefits everyone: income for the homeowner, reasonably-priced lodging for out-of-town visitors and a boost to regional tourism which provides funding for first responders, school teachers, improved roads and other infrastructure benefits to Warren County.

Most importantly, allowing homeowners to rent out their houses reaffirms the principles upon which this country was founded, including

the very concepts of both liberty and property ownership.

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark. ~Walter Lippmann Tareq Salahi Linden, Va. Defense of Marriage Act Editor: In regards to your recent article

by Roger Bianchini questioning the appropriateness of a group which favors the Defense of Marriage Act meeting in a room at a public school: Mr. Bianchini’s sub-title used the word “intolerance,” implying that people who believe in marriage, as it has been understood by virtually all cultures throughout recorded time, are actually just “intolerant.” Really?

It doesn’t occur to Mr. Bianchini that there are actual reasons—foremost among them relating to the fact that heterosexual unions, and they alone, are capable of conceiving children— that people are unable to give their intellectual assent to the proposition that we should start applying the word “marriage” to whatever domestic/sexual arrangement—and if gender doesn’t matter, why should number?-- that individuals care to practice?

The label of “intolerant,” like its semantic cousin “judgmental,” is a popular cudgel that gets wielded against people who dare express opinions defending “traditional” morality by people who wish to introduce novelty into the mores—usually sexual—of society. It is indeed an intimidating weapon: who wants to be accused of “intolerance?”

Yet, to be “intolerant” in its true pejorative sense, is to be unable to accept other views, customs, manners, etc. precisely and only because they are different from one’s own. One cannot justly be called “intolerant,” therefore, when one’s refusal to ac-

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cept an opposing view is grounded in actual reasons. And reasons to object to according homosexual relationships the same legal and social status as heterosexual marriages abound.

Here I will focus on the most obvious, and at the same time seemingly ignored, unavoidable fact that children are conceived by no other type of sexual relations than heterosexual relations. Homosexuals can adopt children conceived by heterosexual couples, but it takes the complementarity of opposite sexes to make a baby—even in a test tube. Therefore a child inescapably has a female parent and a male parent. (Are you with me so far?) In all of human experience, from the dawn of time right through today, children have been begotten, and normally cared for, loved with natural parental affection and raised to maturity by the man and woman whose genes commingled to form their own. (This fact is not affected by exceptions like adoption or step-parenting; though individuals are certainly capable of forming loving parental bonds with non-genetic children, no one would advocate shuffling babies in the hospital nursery because “it doesn’t really matter who your biological parents are.” In fact, the current trend of open adoption shows that it does matter very much who one’s biological parents are.)

Some questions must be asked, therefore: Shouldn’t people whose unions are capable of conceiving children—including all the years of sacrifice and hard work that are involved in raising them to maturity and citizenship—have those unions recognized, protected and nurtured in a special way by both law and social custom? And shouldn’t children have the right to the best shot at being raised by both a mother and a father that society can give them?

If you answer these two questions in the affirmative, you will probably have a good idea why marriage as an institution exists in the first place, and why it is thoughtful reasoning about human nature, sex and society at large—and not just “intolerance”— that compels people to reject efforts to redefine the word “marriage.”

Christina Deardurff Front Royal, Va.

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Full Moon Tours on the Kernstown Battlefield

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It turned out to be a beautiful night for a full moon tour on the Kernstown Battlefield. It was threatening to be dark and stormy, but the weather held off and the night was balmy. The storm clouds added a little edge to tours of the Pritchard/Burton/Grimm house.

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It is hard to look over the serene tranquility of the farm on a sunny day and try to envision the horrors that occurred on the very spot where you are standing. Many died in the house and on the grounds. The night of the tour, the ghosts were still.

Kyle Kest, a student at Orchard View Elementary School, sporting his new Kernstown Battlefield hat The Kernstown Battlefield Association will be having tours every month on the night of the full moon. The Battlefield is open to the public from the second weekend in May through the end of October; the Battlefield is open on Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm and on Sundays from 12 pm until 4 pm. The 150th Anniversary of the Second Battle of Kernstown will be commemorated

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Memorial ‘Dog Day’ event at Front Royal’s Gazebo May 25

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report

The Memorial Day weekend “Salute to the Dogs of War,” begun three years ago in a Front Royal restaurant, has evolved into a memorial for fallen veterans of all wars, including the ‘dog soldiers’. This year’s event will begin at 12:45 p.m., Sunday, May 25, at the Town Gazebo on East Main Street in Front Royal on.

The Air Force Association (AFA) and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) are represented at this year’s event which also features a guest speaker, retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Norman Smith, and a local 24-voice choir, the Rockland Singers.

Front Royal Mayor Tim Darr and Gen. Smith will lay a wreath (donated

by Fussell Florist) at the Gazebo as part of the ceremony. The “Salute” is the only sanctioned event recognizing veterans on this Memorial Day in Warren County.

Our own contributing writer, Malcolm Barr Sr., launched an event recognizing the service of war dogs three years ago during a local Humane Society Animal Shelter fundraiser known as “Yappy Hour” at Vino124 a few blocks west of the Town Gazebo and Village

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The first official military training site for dogs supporting U.S. troops in World War II was opened in 1943 at the old Remount Depot on Front Royal’s south side. An arm of the Northern Virginia 4-H Club will provide an information table at the May 25 event explaining this piece of Warren County history.

Also on hand will be dogs for adoption from the Wagner Animal Shelter; police and sheriff ’s department K-9s; dogs from German Shepherd Rescue; and trainee Golden Retrievers from “Veterans Moving Forward”, an organization that provides dogs for wounded veterans nationwide.

Michael Williams, Director of Student Life at Randolph-Macon Academy, will again play Taps on his father’s trumpet. The older Williams served with the USAF in World War II and was a war dog handler.

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War dogs and handlers at Front Royal’s Remount Station during WW II mander, will represent the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The AFA is represented by its local chapter chairman, Chief Master Sgt. Norman Brander (USAF ret.) and Thomas Shepherd, vice president for the Northern Region of the Vir-

ginia State AFA. A group of Young Marines” also will attend this year. And long-time area musical stalwart, guitarist extraordinaire Ralph Fortune is also slated to provide pre-event entertainment.

‘Waggin for Dragons’ fundraiser announced Amy Thurman takes helm of Humane Society board

By Malcolm Barr Sr. Warren County Report

In the wake of its successful “Barks for Bags” - $11,500 gross for Front Royal’s animal shelter - the Humane Society of Warren County (HSWC) has begun touting “Waggin’ for Dragons”, an inaugural dragon boat race on the Shenandoah River Aug. 23.

This new fundraiser was announced by the HSWC’s new president, Amy Thurman, elected at a recent meeting of the new board of directors, and shelter executive director Lavenda Denny. It promises to be a summer highlight in the Town of Front Royal and Warren County.

Teams of 20 paddlers already are

practicing in their boats. The finish line will be at the Front Royal Golf Course boat landing with hundreds of spectators lining the North Fork river banks.

The idea is for community and corporate teams to sign up, each one responsible for raising a minimum of $2,000 prior to race day ($100 per paddler) in order to participate. Shenandoah Ford is the event sponsor and details are available at Waggin For Dragons Meanwhile, in a separate letter to HSWC members, Thurman and Denney are also promoting the “Save the PAWS” alliance which began last year with $1,000 minimum contributions to the animal shelter by individuals and corporate entities. Members of the alliance are

asked to establish a pattern of annual giving.

The animal shelter leaders credit the campaign with substantially reducing euthanasias at the shelter; facilitating shelter dog play groups, socializing otherwise un-saveable cats; and continuing with offsite adoption events.

“We could not have achieved these record-breaking standards without your assistance and for this we are grateful beyond words,” Thurman and Denney wrote.

However, a new and improved “Shelter Tales” newsletter reports a continuing bottom line loss (of $11,183 1st Quarter) that reflects almost exactly the continued amount the shelter is operating in the red, about $45,000 annually.

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Salahi wins Round 1 of battle with neighbors over rentals From Hot Tub Heaven to a glass of wine - what defines residential use?

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report On May 2, Warren County Circuit Court Judge Dennis L. Hupp ruled against a temporary injunction filed by the Mosby Overlook Estates Homeowners Association to immediately halt Tareq Salahi’s home rental operation.

In rendering his decision in favor of Salahi’s right to continue his rental operation pending a final decision, Hupp cited relative hardships from the pro-

posed short-term halting of the business Salahi testified he was financially dependent on.

“There is little hardship or burden placed on the POA (Property Owners Association) in allowing Salahi to continue renting out his house pending final resolution of this matter, whereas there is potentially substantial hardship or adverse consequences to the latter if these rentals are brought to a halt.”

A notation by the judge on his legal perspective in the wake of the April 28

hearing also hinted he may be leaning toward the defense contention short-term rentals can be considered “residential uses” permitted by neighborhood covenants as the primary acceptable use of homes in the Mosby Overlook Estates subdivision.

“While I thought at first blush that the POA would be likely to prevail at final hearing, I am not as confident of that at this time,” Hupp wrote. The judge cited vagueness in the wording of the HOA/POA covenants as they relate to county codes, as well as Salahi

attorney David Silek’s April 28 argument that his client’s short-term rental operation fit the definition of “residential uses” based on an earlier Virginia Supreme Court decision.

“Moreover, short-term rentals may satisfy the requirement that the property be used for residential purposes only. See Scott v. Walker, 274 Va. 209 (2007),” Judge Hupp wrote, adding a reference to his own earlier decision in Martin v. Warren County Board of Zoning Appeals from July 11, 2011.

“I think he got it exactly right, absolutely,” Silek said in reaction to the court’s initial ruling in the case.

Silek cited Scott v. Walker as the primary legal reference to his client’s situation during the April 28 hearing on the temporary injunction. During the Scott v. Walker discussion on April 28, Hupp noted similarities to a case in his own court that Silek expressed knowledge of as “the Hot Tub Heaven” case (Martin v. WC BZA cited above).

In that ruling Judge Hupp cited the influence of the Virginia Supreme Court decision in Scott v. Walker on his decision, noting “that absent that opinion, I would have held for the petitioners” (the county and its BZA).

But in light of the state Supreme Court coming down on the side of the broadest definition of property owner rights in the absence of very specific codes or covenants to the contrary, the judge wrote in Martin v. WC BZA, “… we focused on the definition of ‘residential’, and this is where Scott v.

Walker offers instruction. The structure at 403 Bragg Drive is a single-family house. The uses made by renters are quite similar to those that would be made by long-term residents, to wit: cooking, eating, sleeping, relaxing and recreation, I rather suspect, and the evidence bears this out, that the last two mentioned uses (relaxing and recreation) probably take center stage for these short-term renters. Still, all these activities are of a ‘residential’ nature.

Indeed, persons who own vacation homes would very likely make similar uses of the property, and no one argues that the owner of the subject property would be prohibited from making such short-term uses of the property …

Moreover, if short-term rental of the property is a commercial use because it creates income for the owner, then is not a long-term lease commercial as well? I do not believe anyone argues that the owner of the subject property cannot enter into a long-term lease.”

However, all may not be lost for disgruntled Salahi neighbors and HOA members seeking to eliminate such short-term rentals as a legal use in the subdivision.

“I am not ignoring the evidence that Salahi is also renting the property for special events such as weddings and other large gatherings. In my view, neither of the cited opinions would countenance such use, but I choose to wait to see what action the Warren County Board of Supervisors takes on Salahi’s Conditional Use Permit before deciding this case,” the judge wrote before adding another warning sign for the plaintiffs – “Having said this, however, it should be understood that any such action is not necessarily conclusive with respect to the issues presented here but may be instructive to some extent in view of the reference to Warren County in the restrictive covenants.”

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Blue Wing Frog-Picnic Market and Brew restaurant rallies Local community banded together to keep take-out and picnic gourmet lunches available

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By Carol Ballard Warren County Report Good news for all good food lovers‌ Blue Wing Frog - Picnic Market and Brew has reopened.

Foodies, vegans, vegetarians and all others who like good food can satisfy their appetites in the restaurant located at 219 Chester St. at the Sign of the Blue-Winged Frog.

Two blue-winged creatures, which Proprietor Robert Hall claims are only to be found in Front Royal, peek out of the foliage at the entrance of the restaurant, and beckon visitors to enter and taste the unique and wonderful fare.

Proprietors Kelly Sprague and Robert Hall say they love to cook and love to feed people. This was proven when, during the interview for this story, a man came to the restaurant a little after the three o’clock closing time, announced that he was hungry and asked if they were still serving. “Don’t worry, we’ll feed you,� Kelly said and Robert hurried over to make him some food. He left well-fed and contented The name, Kelly explained, came out of a session to find a good name and involved looking through books with many kinds of creatures, some with blue wings and other interesting details. The idea of combining frogs with blue wings was born. “They appeal to a sense of whimsy which fits in with our philosophy, in that we don’t have a lot of rules. Just enjoy your food and have fun,� Robert said gleefully.

The community recognized that good food was being served here right from the beginning of their successful opening in December of 2013, but they had to close for two weeks in March this year because some financing had been held up. They took some time to decide whether to reopen and to figure out what to do next. “When local businesspeople heard

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Their menu has something for pretty much anyone. Kelly was a vegetarian for ten years and knows relates to what it’s like to search for non-meat dishes in restaurants. So there are dishes created especially for

vegetarians and vegans. “We’ll always have vegetarian or vegan food, but carnivores will not be unhappy here either,� she said.

All their food is made from scratch, and the bread is made on the premises and Kelly said that a lot of time and care goes into getting absolutely fresh food. They use the community’s beef and vegetable sources to help support of local suppliers.

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“He passed that on to Robert, who often says while cooking, ‘I think I’ll just add a little of this or that’,� said Kelly.

Robert renovated the building which was originally the Royal Baking Company, a commercial bakery opened in 1947. He built the counter tops and most of the woodwork from recycled pallet wood. The small standard-sized doorways were widened to create an open feeling. The big picnic table in the back room contributes to the take-along food theme.

The portable menu for boxed and bagged lunches includes sandwiches with names like “Death By Pork�, RK’s Famous Skrimp Po’ Boy and a

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The lunches were developed to be appetizing after being carried around for a while, and won’t contain soggy sandwiches. They also have picnic gear to rent or buy.

Future plans include having tables outside and are working on getting a local coffee roaster to make a special blend for them, and will be offering

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Sandy Hook Elementary wooden ‘gun’ case dismissed 2012, to make a point about what he perceived to be insufficient security at the Shenandoah County Public School where his mother worked raised eyebrows, coming as it did five days after the mass murder of 27 people, including 20 children aged 6 and 7 years old at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The site of Johnson’s demonstration against lax school security was Strasburg’s own Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Despite dismissal of the charge against his client without having to present a defense, we asked defense co-counsel David Silek if the timing and method of the then 33-year-old Johnson’s protest wasn’t pretty stupid.

“He agrees,” Silek replied, adding, “but sometimes you have to demonstrate absurdity with absurdity. He had already asked officials to improve security – he wanted his mother to be safe – and he’d been ignored.”

Despite the controversial method and timing of Johnson’s demonstration of his point of security lapses at Strasburg’s Sandy Hook Elementary and other schools, it was effective in moving county officials to improve security, his attorney said. Silek said that within a week of Johnson’s wooden “gun” visit, additional sheriff ’s office school resource officers had been assigned and new locks in-

Christopher Johnson at time of Dec. 19, 2012 arrest

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report A man who created a stir by walking into a Shenandoah County elementary school with a 2 x 4 piece of wood inscribed with the words “high-powered rifle” had a disorderly conduct charge dismissed after the court heard the prosecution case on May 6.

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“That’s all he wanted to accomplish,” Silek said.

Silek said that despite calling seven witnesses and presenting several hours of evidence against his client, the prosecution failed to demonstrate that Johnson had been disorderly or that anyone he encountered at the school had felt threatened by his visit. In fact, Silek illustrated his latter point by stating that school officials had not called 911 in response to Johnson’s visit.

Silek said his client had gone to the school office, initially encountering a clerk and asking when the next PTA meeting was and putting his wooden “gun” down on the counter. “He was told they didn’t have a PTA, it is called PTO now, and the clerk called the principal to talk with him. I’m not even sure the principal ever saw the words on the board or that he ever touched it again after the principal arrived.”

Silek noted that the initial disorderly charge against his client had been nolle prossed at the General District Court level before being re-filed on Nov. 13, 2013, directly with Circuit Court indictments and scheduled for a jury trial.

Silek said he asked the school resource officer summoned to the scene why he had decided to arrest and charge his client, handcuffing him at the scene. “He said Mr. Johnson had exhibited a significant change in behavior while being questioned. I asked what kind of change and he said he had gotten sweaty,

began wiping his hands and shifting in his seat. I said, ‘Like you’re doing now?’

“I think the court agreed with us that it was a case of the expression of First Amendment rights (of free speech) that did not, in fact, threaten public safety or involve any disorderly conduct by Mr. Johnson. And I think the county’s schools are safer today, at least in part because of what Mr. Johnson did that day.” Silek concluded.

The day after the incident, Shenandoah County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Keith Rowland disputed any positive impact from Johnson’s

visit to Strasburg’s Sandy Hook Elementary. – “If his point was school security, he did not help his cause by acting in such a manner so soon after the Connecticut tragedy, with so many people in mourning. We already had put plans in place to conduct school safety forums after the first of the year. We don’t need someone telling us to do it – we know!”

But for Johnson and his attorneys such assurances sound hollow, as they note “safety forums” are a far cry from actual physical improvements like adding additional sheriff ’s office resource officers and locking systems to school security.

Kiwanis Club of Front Royal donates Money for playground equipment

The Kiwanis Club of Front Royal has donated another $3,000 to E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School for new playground equipment at the local school. The club made the check presentation to E. Wilson Morrison Principal Margaret Holmes on May 7.

A total of $6,000 has been donated to the playground fund in 2 years. This is a community project that the Linden Rotary Club is also involved in. Principal Holmes spoke to the Front Royal Kiwanis Club May 7 about success of the Kiwanis Club’s Bringing up Grades or “BUGS” program at the school.

The Kiwanis-sponsored program provides students with recognition for improving their grades or making certain other agreed-upon goals, like learning new words. Kiwanis also sponsors the K-Kids Club which is a student leadership program backed by Kiwanis International.

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County approves proffer adjustment on Cedarville LLC land

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report While after six years the local, regional and national economies may not have recovered enough from “The Great Recession of 2008� to develop a third north-side shopping center, on May 6 the Warren County Board of Supervisors fielded a request to allow a 12-acre parcel of the 41-acre Cedarville LLC-owned property to be developed independently.

The request was necessitated by the 2005 county rezoning approval of the entire parcel from Residential-1 and Industrial to Commercial. That approval entailed proffers including road improvements to facilitate traf-

fic flow in and out of Route 522/340 North from what was envisioned as a third north-side commercial shopping center during the boom times prior to the housing-building-economic bust of 2007-08.

Specifically proffered were a turn lane and third thru-lane on Winchester Road (Rt. 522/340) once 400,000 square feet of commercial retail floor space had been developed. On May 6, Cedarville LLC asked the county to waive its obligations for road improvements related to any buildings constructed on the 12 acres under consideration for sale to an industrial developer.The proffers approved as part of the rezoning in 2005 would then apply only to

development on the remaining 28.9 acres retained by Cedarville LLC. County staff recommended approval of the request. “Traffic from the 12-acre portion will not be an additional burden to that portion of Winchester Road, because it will access the property from Kelley Drive, not directly from Winchester Road, and is expected to generate less traffic than the retail users on the remaining 28 acres,� county staff explained in the agenda summary. “Staff feels this is a reasonable request that will allow an industrial user to improve and use the 12 acres in the near future, while the 28 acre remainder will still be subject to the proffers, and will be available for re-

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“I just don’t feel it’s proper to be spending more money than necessary ‌ on a study that’s over and above what’s needed ‌â€? – Tom Sayre

Council rejects cutting off 522 Corridor study funding

Part of the council contingent that believes up to $100,000 is money well spent when millions in annual corridor revenue are at issue, from left Hrbek, Tewalt and Parker.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report On May 12 an initiative by Councilman Tom Sayre to cut off funds to a legal firm contracted to explore the town’s position in relation to its investment in and revenue realized from the 522 North Corridor was defeated by a 4-2 vote. Only Hollis Tharpe sided with Sayre in opposing the continued funding.

Sayre initially attempted to make a motion to cut the funding at the $53,075.30 amount staff cited as thus far billed ($21,275.30) or authorized for payment but not yet invoiced ($31,800) by the law firm of Troutman Sanders, whose attorney Carter Glass is conducting the study. Council approved authorizing up to $100,000 on the study by a 4-2 vote on July 22, 2013, with Sayre and Daryl Funk dissenting.

However, Mayor Tim Darr noted that as one of the two dissenting votes on the July 22, 2013 motion of approval, he could not be the one to make a motion to revisit the topic. So, Hollis Tharpe then made a motion setting the cap for the study at $60,000, which Sayre then seconded.

Funk, who with Sayre opposed the initial funding appropriation authorized on July 22, 2013, sought to have the matter delayed till more information on the status and projected total cost of the study could be ascertained.

However, his motion to delay a vote died without a second.

In stating his ongoing opposition to the expenditure, Sayre, who many believe is poising himself for an eventual run for the Shenandoah District

seat on the county board, stated that the county had spent just $18,850 on its corridor study prepared by Springsted. That study released on March 18 concluded that despite the fact the county has been on the bottom end of financial benefit from corridor commercial development, maintenance of the status quo established by the 1998/99 Corridor Agreement between the town and county is the best case scenario for all involved.

Several councilmen, the mayor and town manager have questioned the Springsted methodology and conclusions, further emphasizing the need for a completed consultant analysis from a third party observer contracted by the town. And unlike the county’s study, the town’s is being done by an attorney with some expertise on legal variables, including the option of annexation were the town and county unable to come up with another compromise on revenue disbursement. “I think it’s important for us to come up with what believe is the truth and the facts ‌ so I am opposed to this because I think it is important for us to be able to determine what the real costs of extending water and sewer into the corridor are to us regardless of politics, regardless of the consequences to the political fallout if the argument is that it should be brought into the town limits, or whatever is best for the corporate nature of our water and sewer funds,â€? Bret Hrbek began in stating opposition to the motion. He also said that to abandon its own independent corridor analysis midstream would not be performing due diligence to the town and its citizens. “If we end it now ‌ we’ve wasted all

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this money ‌ and all we have to go on is the Springsted Study, which I think most of us up here believe was bogus anyway,� Hrbek said pointedly.

Sayre replied by stating he believed there were only two councilmen who actually favored annexation of the corridor by the town, “so I just don’t feel it’s proper to be spending more money than necessary ‌ on a study that’s over and above what’s needed ‌â€?

Both Hrbek and Vice-Mayor Shae Parker disputed Sayre’s contention the study was about annexation or that council should start Monday-morning quarterbacking its potential $100,000 expenditure on an issue in which millions of dollars in annual tax revenue benefits were at stake.

But before they could make that point, Mayor Tim Darr broke in to clarify that council has never voted to pursue annexation as an option on the north corridor. “Mr. Mayor, this has nothing to do with annexation,� Hrbek quickly jumped in. “It has to do with looking at the true costs of the 1998 agreement to our water and sewer fund. If we were to go down the road of annexation we’d have to have this information anyway and so would the county, which is why they did their own study.�

Hrbek said Sayre’s initiative was analogous to “building a house half way – and it’s useless,� adding, “If we spend a little more we’ll have the product that we need.�

Gene Tewalt commented that he was against both the town and county corridor studies, essentially because he’s seen enough consultant studies on

a variety of topics paid for to no useful end. However, he added that after having spent $53,000 “it behooves us to complete this study since we’ve already approved the amount of money we’ve spent.�

Funk explained that while he had opposed the expenditure initially and continued to oppose it on principal, he agreed that to abandon the study midstream created a situation in which he would not want to abdicate “a fiduciary obligation� council had undertaken as a whole. So, he would not support the motion to cut the funding at this point.

Then it was Parker’s turn. “I can’t understand for the life of me why this motion would be brought forward to end the study. We made a commitment to the county that they would do their study, we would do ours and we would come back and talk,� he began.

Parker then concurred with Hrbek on both the flaws of the Springsted study and that the purpose of the town study was to see that council was performing due diligence for its citizens in seeing that the town’s economic interests were continuing to be realized.

And in this case, due diligence entailed determining whether the town’s past commitment to a mutually beneficial end of northside commercial development was still being realized from the town’s perspective.

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Parker concluded by calling the funding cut proposal “frivolous� and political grandstanding to which Sayre replied by calling Parker “disingenuous� for claiming he wasn’t for annexation.

Members of council and the county board may not have long to wait for that initial rational, or not, back and forth on the corridor to begin. In addition to the typical “522 Corridor� item on the town-county liaison agenda, the May 15 liaison agenda includes “Consolidation� of the town and county into one municipal entity.

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Both Town Attorney Doug Napier and County Attorney Blair Mitchell believe a three-party agreement including FRLP is legal, despite the contrary opinion of the state Commission on Local Government.

The CLG recommends approval or denial of the friendly annexation proposal to a three-judge state panel that makes the final decision. Both the town and county staffs proposed forwarding both a two and threeparty agreement which would allow the state court panel to determine which version can be approved legally. Both Napier and Mitchell have pointed out the CLG is made up of planning officials, not attorneys. The two municipal attorneys believe the CLG reading of state codes on a such a friendly annexation is not taking into account the fact such a boundary adjustment proposal can be brought forward by a third party, in this case FRLP principal David Vazzana.

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During the subsequent year and a half of negotiations development has been capped at 818 residential units, with between $5 million and $10 million in road proffers impacted by associated transportation credits impacting town and county roads with the potential of doubling from VDOT matching funds; as well as per-unit proffers to the county totaling $10,225,000 ($12,500 per unit). Town proffers were discussed at length, but are likely to be determined in detail during the rezoning process after the boundary adjustment is approved.

So (drum roll, please), after 20 months of negotiations that included numerous state deadline extensions granted to the town and county, it is on to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-judge panel for a decision on the Voluntary Settlement Agreement, its form, content and associated legal guarantees.

Imagine how long it might have taken if it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been viewed as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;win-winâ&#x20AC;? for both the town and county from the start.

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Happy Creek Supervisor Tony Carter asked. County Attorney Mitchell replied that the tax debt was a mere $59.

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Burke explained that despite the small amount, the town could not legally â&#x20AC;&#x153;forgiveâ&#x20AC;? a tax debt, hence the delay. Burke said he would have expected the tax debt to have been dealt with at closing. The EDA purchased the property in October 2011, McDonald later told us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was disappointing to find out at the last minute that a delinquent tax bill of $59.29 would hold up the demolition permit,â&#x20AC;? McDonald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;According to our closing documents the taxes were paid at closing, so somewhere along the way the ball got dropped. Fortunately, Mr. Burke stepped up to the plate and paid the tax bill. This same thing did happen with another (or possibly the same) property with the county and it was all handled and resolved through Mr. Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office.â&#x20AC;?

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Victims identified in fiery balloon festival crash U of R women’s basketball staffers die with pilot in Caroline County Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Some of you know I lived in Richmond for nearly 20 years before I moved out here to the “provinces” in 1986. I maintain contacts in Richmond, which is why it was with some distress I read the following story and its link to the University of Richmond unfold in state police press releases the second week of May. For while a VCU alumni, our in-town rivalry with UR, unlike with Norfolk’s ODU, was a generally friendly one.

On Tuesday, May 13, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia confirmed the identities of the three victims of the May 9 hot-air balloon crash in Caroline County, about 25 miles south of Richmond. The pilot of the hot air balloon was Daniel T. Kirk, 65, of Hartley, Delaware; the two passengers were Natalie M. Lewis, 24, of Richmond, Va., and Virginia “Ginny” T. Doyle, 44, of Glen Allen, Va. Lewis was director of basketball operations and Doyle associate head coach of the women’s basketball team at the University of Richmond.

Kirk had 20 years of experience piloting balloons and was affectionately known as “Captain Kirk”, a reference to the original captain of “the starship Enterprise” in the 1960s-70s TV show “Star Trek”. VSP spokesperson Corrine Geller confirmed that witness accounts indicated Kirk “did everything he could to save the passengers’ lives.”

Colleagues described Kirk as a “safety first” pilot.

One of the series of VSP press releases on the incident described what happened after the balloon struck power lines approaching a prescribed landing area the evening of May 9, as the MidAtlantic Balloon Festival began weekend activities.

“Based on witness accounts, the pilot attempted to regain control of the balloon and manage the fire. At one point, the balloon’s two passengers exited the basket/gondola. Then witnesses recall hearing an explosion and the fire con-

tinued to spread. The gondola and the balloon then separated.”

The balloon went down in a heavily-wooded area. Geller said there were no reports of inclement weather at the time. But with the series of 13 balloon launchings coming around 8 p.m., one must wonder if declining visibility as dusk approached were a factor. A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board is expected within the week. It will focus on environmental, human and mechanical aspects of the incident.

Passengers recalled Graduation ceremonies at UR on Sunday, May 11, the day the final victim’s remains were located, featured a moment of silence for Lewis and Doyle.

Lewis was a recent college graduate remembered for her good natured helpfulness in her role coordinating Spider team road trips.

According to university sources, Doyle was a beloved campus figure, dating from her time as a player for the Spiders in the early 1990s. After being lauded nationally for hitting an at the time NCAA record 66 straight free throws, then CBS hoops analyst and former Wake Forest player Billy Packer derided her accomplishment, citing a “smaller ball” used in the women’s game.

When the university learned Packer would be in Richmond on other business not long after his remarks, he was invited to a friendly shootout, which he good-naturedly accepted. As reported locally at the time and on Richmond’s ABC affiliate in the wake of the balloon accident, 1,200 people came to UR’s Robins Center on Feb. 2, 1992 to watch the “Battle of the Sexes” free-throw showdown.

The home crowd jovially watched Doyle, using a men’s game ball in response to Packer’s comment, hit 20 of 20 (only two even drew iron, ABC noted). Packer could manage only 12 of 20 in response (maybe he should have

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The final VSP press release on the incident issued May 13 included this

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“Our condolences, thoughts and prayers go to the Lewis Family and her fiancé on the loss of Natalie, Ginny’s colleague and best friend.”

Crash and search A series of VSP press releases described the accident and its aftermath: “BAGDAD, Va. - Shortly before 8 p.m. Friday (May 9, 2014), 13 hot air balloons took flight from Meadow Event Park as part of an ongoing hot air balloon festival. The balloons headed north of the park to a pilot-chosen landing site in a field off Ruther Glen

Road. Two of the balloons landed there safely. During its descent, the third balloon came in contact with a live utility line. The contact sparked an immediate fire …

“Virginia State Police, Caroline County Sheriff ’s Office, Caroline County Fire and Rescue, and Henrico County Police spent the evening and overnight hours searching the immediate area for the balloon’s three occupants and the wreckage of the balloon and basket. The FAA also responded to the scene Friday evening to conduct its investigation. Searches have been conducted by air and on the ground of the rural, heavily-wooded terrain.

“Shortly before midnight Friday, crews recovered the remains of one of the occupants near the vicinity of the landing site. At approximately 11 a.m.

Saturday, a second body was discovered by search crews. At about 11 a.m.,

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Sunday, the remains of the third occupant were discovered. This discovery was approximately 100 yards north of where the second occupant was found Saturday.”

The remains were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond for positive identification.

After recovery of the remains Virginia State Police and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators pared back the number involved in the recovery operation. The NTSB arrived on scene Saturday to conduct its inves-

tigation into the accident and its cause.

Search parties grew to over 100 over the weekend and in addition to units cited above, included units from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and Civil Air Patrol. As the search focused on locating the occupants, canine units were utilized. On Saturday and Sunday searchers fanned out across the area near Caroline Pines Subdivision and the vicinity of Ruther Glen Road.

We sought comment from county officials on potential impacts on prepara-

tions for our own annual Virginia Air Show coming in September. County Administrator Doug Stanley deferred to Airport Commission Chairman Ken Thurman, who had not replied to our inquiry by press time. Thurman has covered previous county air shows for us and emotionally acknowledged the impact of the tragic deaths of two aviators with ties to the local aviation community during a wing-walking flight during an air show in Ohio several years ago.

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Court ponders plea agreement in work release assault Ricky Henry faces up to 20 years for August 2012 knife attack on wife

Ricky Henry at time of his arrest on Aug. 14, 2012

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report After 21 months of delays and negotiations amidst a changing legal landscape, a potential resolution has been proposed in the case of a county man who attacked his wife in August 2012 while on work release from the Warren County Jail. That resolution is a plea agreement that would net Ricky Henry, now 34, up to 18 years in prison on guilty pleas to aggravated malicious wounding and the use of a knife in the commission of that felony attack, as well as two years on a previous drug conviction he was on work release for at the time of the attack. A charge of attempted murder for the attack in which Henry repeatedly stabbed his wife in the throat would be dropped as part of the agreement.

Prosecutors explained that the attempted murder aspect of the case is incorporated in the aggravated mali-

Layton also told the court that the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story had changed about whether her husband brought the knife with him into her car or it had already been there, an important point in establishing premeditation.

Layton told the court that Lakisha Henry had specifically requested that a plea agreement be reached if possible.

Neither Lakisha Henry or the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children or any other relatives were in court during the May 6 hearing. Following Laytonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s description of the events of August 14, 2012, that he would present as evidence were the case to go to trial, defense attorney Ghislaine Storr-Burks accepted that description as the prosecutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case against her client.

Ricky Henry was the only witness called to testify during the May 6 hearing. The court queried the defendant about his age (34), education (GED), ability to read and write (yes), time incarcerated (since Aug. 14, 2012), and understanding of the proposed plea

cious wounding conviction, the latter of which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $100,000 fine, compared to the 10-year maximum sentence an attempted murder conviction carries (go figure). If convicted at trial on all three counts, Henry could get up to life plus 15 years.

In explaining the prosecutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rationale for seeking the agreement and limit on sentencing during a May 6 hearing before Warren County Circuit Court Judge Dennis L. Hupp, Assistant Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney Bryan Layton explained that in the intervening 19 months since the attack, the victim, Lakisha Henry, had dissolved protective orders issued against her husband for both her and the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, two of whom witnessed the attack.

Since dissolving the protective orders, Lakisha Henry has taken her children to visit their father in jail. Layton told the court that Lakisha Henry had explained she thought visiting their father â&#x20AC;&#x153;would be good for the children.â&#x20AC;?

agreement and willingness to enter into it (yes). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guilty,â&#x20AC;? Ricky Henry quietly pled to each of the charges brought as part of the agreement. During the hearing the defendant wore orange and white striped jail garb sporting the logo â&#x20AC;&#x153;MRRJâ&#x20AC;? (Middle River Regional Jail, which we were informed is in the Staunton-Waynesboro area).

Hupp scheduled a pre-sentencing report and said he would wait until he had a chance to review that report before accepting the plea agreement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not rejecting the agreement. I

have a right to defer a determination on acceptance of the agreement until I get the pre-sentencing report and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m exercising that right,â&#x20AC;? Hupp explained.

He then set a date of July 29, at 2 p.m., to issue his ruling and to hear sentencing arguments if he accepts the agreement.

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Aug. 14, 2012 In addition to the pre-sentencing report to be prepared by Nina Thayer of the District 11 Probation and Parole Office of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Judge Hupp will have time to think about the circumstance of Henry’s attack on his wife in front of two of the couple’s young children described to him during the May 6 hearing. That the case has been an emotionally draining one, not only on those directly involved in the attack, was illustrated by prosecutor Layton’s having to pause and gather himself several times as he read the circumstance of the attack and its immediate aftermath to the court.

“Am I going to die? I don’t want to die in front of my children,” Layton reported Lakisha Henry asking passersby assisting her after three male witnesses disarmed and subdued her husband in the Apple Mountain Road park and ride where the attack occurred.

One of the children, who were then aged 4 and 6 and were described by witnesses as “screaming” during the attack, also asked, “Is my mom going to die?” at the scene.

According to the prosecution, Lakisha and Ricky Henry were meeting at the park and ride not far from their Rambo Court home in the Apple Mountain subdivision for an “exchange of physical custody of the children as agreed by the parties.”

While we heard Lakisha was leaving her husband at the time of the attack, it appears from the prosecution evidence that separation had already occurred.

After Lakisha arrived with the children in a gray Subaru wagon, Ricky Henry was the second to arrive, pulling up next to his wife’s vehicle in a Chevy pickup truck. Ricky Henry entered the Subaru on the front passenger side, after which his wife saw him holding a knife down at his leg.

She asked what it was for, to which her husband replied he wanted her to go to the house with him.

Layton described the couple’s relationship as “tumultuous” and characterized by “previous verbal and physical incidents.” He also described Lakisha Henry as wearing a walking boot cast on one leg at the time of the custody exchange meeting, though he did not indicate whether Lakisha’s leg injury was a result of a previous physical confrontation with her husband.

“Are you kidding,” she asked, leading her husband to repeat the request

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at which point she left the vehicle and began to run. She fell and was set upon by her husband, who, “caught her and began to stab her in the throat. Lakisha tried to fight the defendant off as he was stabbing her,” Layton told the court.

“Lakisha could hear the children screaming and remembers the defendant repeatedly stabbing her. Her memory from that point is patchy but she recalls men fighting with the defendant, voices, and a man holding her head and putting pressure on her throat to address the bleeding.”

Witnesses at the scene who intervened in the attack and would testify for the prosecution were identified

by Layton as Rev. James Jones, Garrett Miller, Roger Ray, Andrew Ball and Howard Pruett. Other witness or involved parties after the fact of the attack were identified as Gregory Voght and Barton Garihan.

It was Garihan, who had military medical training and was driving by and saw the others struggling with Ricky Henry, who took over Lakisha Henry’s care from Ball until emergency medical units arrived at the scene.

And while the other six men provided eyewitness accounts of Lakisha fleeing her car and her husband’s attack on her, it was Garihan who provided the best narrative of the aftermath of the

attack as summarized by the prosecution: • “Lakisha was having difficulty breathing and asked him if she was going to die. She stated that she did not want to die in front of her kids.

• “Mr. Garihan observed two children standing about 10 feet away, one of whom asked, ‘Is my mom going to die?

Mr. Garihan replied that she would not.

• “Mr. Garihan maintained pressure and watched the defendant struggle with the men. He head the defendant complain about not being able to breathe.

• “Mr. Garihan told him that if [he] could scream and yell then he was breathing. The defendant yelled ‘I’ll kill you (MFers), get off me!

• “Mr. Garihan told the defendant to ‘shut his mouth and lay there or those guys are going to have to break your arms and legs.’ The defendant complied shortly thereafter.”

Of the initial intervention of those present, the prosecution summarized: • “Each helped restrain the defendant.

• “Each saw the defendant stabbing Lakisha while on top of her.

• “Each indicated that the defendant continued to struggle for some time.

• “Jones initially struggled with the

defendant.

• “Miller helped end the stabbing by kicking the defendant in the face and then getting knife away.

• “Pruett kicked the knife away from the defendant.”

As for Henry’s initial statements to authorities after being taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries suffered while being subdued, after being Mirandized: • “The defendant stated he did not remember the physical aspects of the stabbing.

• “The defendant stated that the victim had told him thins earlier in the day that bothered him. He stated that he tried to talk to her but that she ‘snapped at him.’ He stated that after talking to her the next thing he remembers is being choked on the ground.”

And so, barring a rejection of the plea agreement requested by the victim, it appears what remains will be how much of the mandatory total of 20 years requested by the prosecution the court will sentence Ricky Henry to after hearing arguments and psychiatric testimony on the afternoon of July 29.

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In the eye of the beholder - ‘threats’ to society Christian fundamentalists, students at odds over religion vs. rights

Student protesters express support of love for all

On his way in to rally, retired Pastor Cody Pelham and protesters debated marital rights. ‘I don’t think you can speak for all students and faculty,’ Pelham told protesters. ‘Can you speak for all Americans,” he was asked. ‘Yes, I think I can,’ came the reply. How do you argue with people like that?

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report I found it oddly appropriate that as I left the scene of the May 3 Shenandoah Christian Alliances “Family Values Rally” rally and protest of that rally at Skyline High School, I flipped my car stereo on to hear The Beatles song “It’s Only Love”. The second verse seemed particularly appropriate in the wake of what I’d just seen and heard: “It’s only love and that is all Why should I feel the way I do?

It’s only love, and that is all But it’s so hard loving you” What I’d seen had been two expressions of deep commitment about what is best for our society from diametrically-opposed sides. The primary issue at stake is the extension

or prohibition of legal rights of marriage to same-sex couples.

For organizers of the “Family Values Rally” held in the Skyline High gym that day, such an extension of marital and even sexual rights means we are headed into a cultural abyss of a historical magnitude, comparable perhaps to the Biblical account of the destruction of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

However, for the approximately 30 students and parents gathered outside Skyline High School in support of sexual choice and marital diversity, it is the imposition of just such religious authority on American society that poses the greater threat.

The debate centers on differing interpretations of the role of “God” in American society and law. It is true “In God We Trust” is a national motto appearing on what is perhaps our real cultural deity – money. But the late

Visiting Student Section: Excuse me while I kiss the sky – or perhaps it was ‘Excuse me while I kiss this guy,’ Jimi Hendrix once sang.

1600s examples of brutal theocratic excesses of Puritan legal authority in New England colonies were a recent memory for our Founding Fathers.

So, they were clear in their intent that U.S. society be based on the laws of man, not anyone’s personal expression of knowledge of a “Divine” authority to be imposed on others.

Hence, the separation of church and state was also made a cornerstone in the establishment of government and law in an independent America.

And maybe the Founding Fathers were pretty astute to place their trust in God, but NOT in humans purporting to represent special knowledge of, not only the nature of the creative force of the universe, but also the intent of that force/entity/being/thing.

But such distinctions between the will of God and man appeared to be of little concern to those attending the “Family Values Rally” in the Skyline High School gymnasium on May 3. There, about 150 people heard state Delegate Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, among others, explain that not only same sex marriage, but also “non-traditional” sexual acts themselves (often defined in state sodomy laws) are primary threats to civilization, with no historical basis for legal defense in the eyes of God or man.

Defense of Marriage?

The rally organizers appeared largely connected the Mountain View Church of Christ in Frederick County (Winchester, Stephens City) and the New Hope Bible Church in Front Royal under the banner of the “Shenandoah Christian Alliance.” It was staged in support of the recently

struck down 2006 Marshall-Newman “Defense of Marriage Amendment” (DOMA) to Virginia’s Constitution.

“Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions,” the Marshall-Newman amendment begins, adding, “Nor shall this Commonwealth or its political subdivisions create or recognize another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.”

And it is both the basic ban on

same sex marriage, as well as the additional stripping of any legal assurances approximating marital rights to any non-married person that have brought things to a head legally across, not only Virginia, but the nation over the past year. DOMA statutes have been struck down as violations of 14th Amendment guarantees of equal protection under the law in the U.S. Constitution. Seven states have repealed DOMA statutes this year and legal challenges have been filed in 31 of the 33 states that had them since a landmark June 26, 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down sections of California’s DOMA law.

“The court is compelled to conclude that Virginia’s marriage laws unconstitutionally deny Virginia’s gay and lesbian citizens the fundamental freedom to choose to marry,” said U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen in a Feb 13, 2014 ruling declaring Virginia’s DOMA unconstitutional. “Government interests in perpetuating traditions, shielding state matters from federal interference, and favoring one model of parenting over others must yield to this country’s cherished protections that ensure the exercise of the private choices of the individual citizen regarding love and family.

“Tradition is revered in the commonwealth, and often rightly so,” Allen continued, “However, tradition alone cannot justify denying same-

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Allen said of the argument extension of marital rights harms children.

However, she added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples fails to

further this interest. Instead, needlessly stigmatizing and humiliating children who are being raised by the loving couples targeted by Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marriage Laws betrays that interest.â&#x20AC;?

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mental philosophical divide on marital rights, perhaps most surprising to this observer was that there was little personal animosity, and even a certain amount of friendly playfulness expressed between the two sides at the entrance to the May 3 Shenandoah Christian Alliance â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Values Rallyâ&#x20AC;? at Skyline High School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have a good day,â&#x20AC;? young protesters would tell those entering or exiting the rally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You too,â&#x20AC;? the response sometimes came, even as wary glances were cast at some of the protestersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; appearance and style of dress.

Two participants in the rally even came out to circulate candy among the protesters (hmm), leading one high school aged girl to comment, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You eat one first and then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have one.â&#x20AC;?

It was a comment that drew laughter from all sides, not any visible anger.

And while that â&#x20AC;&#x153;you try it firstâ&#x20AC;? comment may have illustrated an underlying distrust between the two sides, again, from what I saw of actual interaction, other than some heated philosophical back and forth between a parent protester and a non-organizer with a pastoral background headed inside, the overriding mood of protesters seemed to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we all just get along,â&#x20AC;? as the late Rodney King once asked.

Having witnessed the type of playful interaction described above, perhaps I should add the first two lines of the third verse of John Lennonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Only Loveâ&#x20AC;? to the discussion: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it right that you and I should fight Every night?â&#x20AC;?

But ultimately it may be hostility, rather than playful disagreement that defines this debate about exactly what â&#x20AC;&#x153;a familyâ&#x20AC;? and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;loveâ&#x20AC;? at its root can be. For inside the rally the mood was less playful â&#x20AC;&#x201C; well, for the most part. There was one exchange prior to the start of the rally as this reporter was recruited by Front Royal Town Councilman Tom Sayre for a photo op with keynote speaker Bob Marshall. After snapped, Sayre commented to Marshall as he patted my shoulder, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really love Roger.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Careful, Tom â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this rally is about that kind of thing,â&#x20AC;? I warned my new â&#x20AC;&#x153;bestestâ&#x20AC;? friend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, he knows what I mean,â&#x20AC;? Sayre laughed, indicating Marshall, who appeared to be maneuvering toward a tactical retreat with a somewhat bemused grin on his face.

Who knows how this exchange may have played on Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind as he began his keynote address, though a somewhat laborious 50-minute musical prelude may have thankfully erased the whole incident from his mind.

Politics and law

Watch those hands â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tom Sayre with Del. Bob Marshall prior to the rally. Marshall was keynote speaker in support of state â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DOMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; amendments struck down as unconstitutional over past year Once introduced to the podium, Marshall quickly built momentum reiterating his belief that not only same sex marriage, but also certain sexual acts, not exclusive to but most often associated with homosexuals, are abominations of both Divine and U.S. law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868, all but one state made sodomy a felony,â&#x20AC;? Marshall told supporters of restoring his state constitutional amendment against samesex marriage, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where did they get that sodomy between male homosexuals is a basis for marriage?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bizarre.â&#x20AC;?

Sodomy has been defined as specifically as â&#x20AC;&#x153;back doorâ&#x20AC;? sex between males and as broadly as positional variations or sexual act of a non-procreative nature, whether engaged in between same sex or heterosexual couples. As noted by Wikipedia, citing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unnatural Lawâ&#x20AC;? in the New Republic (2003), â&#x20AC;&#x153;In many nations â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sodomy lawsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; have been used to criminalize any socially disfavored sexual activity.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unnatural Lawâ&#x20AC;? notes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Western world, however, many of these laws have been overturned or are not routinely enforced â&#x20AC;Ś [and] Since the laws had rarely been enforced against heterosexuals, there was no sense of urgency about their repeal.â&#x20AC;?

During his remarks here, Marshall also repeated the public bashing Judge Allen has gotten from the political right over a misstatement in her decision overturning his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defense of Marriageâ&#x20AC;? Amendment. Allen initially cited the U.S. Constitution as the source of the notion â&#x20AC;&#x153;All men are created equal,â&#x20AC;? though she later amended her written decision to indicate the correct source, The Declaration of Independence.

Background Judicial misstatements and conflicting opinions aside, what is it

we are actually arguing about here? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ultimately, it is sexual activity as an expression of physical love by consenting adults and the legal rights surrounding the intention to legally bind oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and assets to another person in an intimate physical and emotional relationship recognized by the state.

Virginia voters approved the Marshall-Newman â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defense of Marriage Amendmentâ&#x20AC;? to Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Constitution restricting marriage to heterosexual couples by a 57-43 percent margin in 2006. However, Judge Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feb. 13, 2014 ruling declared it unconstitutional for the 14th Amendment reasons cited above, as the expansion of marital rights and challenges of DOMA snowball across the nation.

Virginia neighbors Maryland and the District of Columbia are among 19 governments (18 states and the District) that have extended marital rights to same-sex couples. On Jan. 31, 2014, a federal judge in Harrisonburg certified a second lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union and others have filed on behalf of two lesbian couples from the Shenandoah Valley who are seeking marriage rights in a class action case. On Feb. 10, 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Justice Department will now recognize samesex marriages in civil and criminal cases and extend full benefits to gay spouses of police officers and other public safety personnel. This federal directive impacts Virginia and the 31 other states that have not extended marital rights to same-sex couples.

Judge Allen has stayed her ruling on Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DOMA pending the outcome of an appeal. But as that likely lengthy appeals process continues, battle lines continue to be drawn between the political left and right, as illustrated by the activities in and around Skyline High School in Warren County, Virginia on Saturday, May 3, 2014.

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What’s love got to do with it?

Why are some people obsessed with other people’s sex lives? morrah. In his 1987 book “AIDS, The Cause, The Curse, The Cure” Doughty writes: “… the homosexual community must own up to their responsibility.

They came out in the sixties in California ranting and raving about how good this life style (sic) really is. They wanted attention and they got it.

They wanted acceptance and they got it. They wanted ‘rights’ and they took them, and now they are taking ours!

Now that they have spread their vile disease to the general public let them come out and face the public. Certain militant homosexuals are trying to spread the disease more rapidly so that the political structure will be forced to appropriate more funds for AIDS research. This is primarily done through seducing the young, an obsession a homosexual simply cannot resist.” p. 162-163

Now that’s a very interesting shaped flame over the capitol.

Just saying...

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report One question that came to mind after listening to much of the May 3 “Family Values” rally at Skyline High School, was exactly why is the sexual activity of consenting adults not otherwise engaged in criminal behavior of such overriding concern to some people? I mean REALLY – what are we to think about people who spend so much time obsessing about other people’s sex lives?!!?

And by and large it appears a lot of the conservative Christian anti-gay rhetoric is largely that – FANTASY. The overriding generalizations are about the most visibly outrageous expressions of a gay counterculture, more reminiscent of a Mardi Gras parade than anyone’s personal commitment to another human being on a level deep enough to involve a desire to marry.

Illustrations of this type of profiling are rampant in the anti-gay rights movement. In fact, our attention was drawn to the Shenandoah

Christian Alliance’s “Family Values Rally” in Warren County by readers concerned an outside “hate group” was being allowed to utilize public property here. That concern was generated by a letter to the editor of The Winchester Star announcing the rally and its theme by one organizer, Charles W. Doughty.

In that late April letter Doughty wrote, “We are hearing from scores of grassroots persons who believe in marriage and are happily married and have justified fears that their children are being thrown like the residue of butchered carcasses into the boiling cauldron of legally sanctioned immorality.” Of the rally’s purpose, Doughty added, “Its intent is to bring like-minded people together for heartwarming singing and instructions on what is being done and what can be done to prevent this wholesale plunge into spiritual infamy.”

A little research revealed Doughty as the author of several books on the topics of AIDS, the Jonestown Massacre, and more recently the Biblical fall of the cities of Sodom and Go-

And there you have it – an assumption that same-sex relationships are based strictly on carnal desire and predatory behavior; not to mention paranoia that if someone else has rights, somehow your own rights are diminished. Is it any wonder that some feared the rally Doughty publicly announced in his letter to the Winchester Star was being sponsored by a “hate group”?

As for Doughty and others’ stereotyping of homosexual behavior as an ongoing Mardi Gras of rape, seduction and child abuse, it is as if one were to assume that all heterosexuals were philandering rapists and procurers of underage prostitutes because some act that way. It is a pathological fixation on a negative stereotype based more on what’s going on inside one’s own head, than on the general reality of the group one has decided to target for discriminatory behavior. I mean, if all homosexuals were as sexually deranged as Doughty and others fantasize them to be, would they really be concerned about getting married?

There are historical precedents for such negative stereotyping on a broad scale. Such behavior rears its ugly head on a regular basis based on race, ethnicity, religion and political beliefs. You don’t have to look far, as illustrated by the recent uproar over National Basketball Association owner Donald Sterling’s racially-volatile and demeaning public comments, comments that ironically eventually worked their way to AIDS and sexually promiscuous behavior – though

on that latter generalization aimed at former NBA player and current part owner of the LA Dodgers “Magic” Johnson, it was certainly the pot calling the kettle black.

In his 1987 book on AIDS, Doughty even calls for the marking and segregation into camps of AIDS-infected homosexuals: “Make known to him that you favor legislation on AIDS quarantine. Tell him that you would like some type of practical legislation that marks or brands AIDS carriers.” p. 183 (from a suggestion for letters to public officials) and, “… let the AIDS carrying homosexual submit to isolation. Then he can have other homosexuals as his companions but not lovers. Let him die with prayer and fasting. Let the society at large provide food and shelter. … I do not care it if it is my son or daughter, let them be isolated.” p. 106

I don’t know about you, but to me this kind of obsessive preoccupation with social branding and stereotyping recalls rallies of another politically-active group composed largely of Christians that stressed suppression of the legal rights of others, as well as their “marking” back in 1930s and 1940s Germany. You may remember them as the “National Social Democratic Party (aka NAZI). Most prominent among those “marked” for social segregation then were Jews, though others targeted for isolation and eventually outright extermination were gypsies, the mentally handicapped, socialists, communists and other political dissidents (I’m sure liberals were in there somewhere).

As we observe in our lead story on the rally and protest of it, we were struck by the lack of outright hostility expressed in direct encounters between protesters and rally attendees outside Skyline High School on May 3. And while the tone inside appeared to consciously avoid citing hatred as a theme, the continuation of

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Is this what Charles Doughty counts at night instead of sheep? a stripping of legal rights from samesex couples was the rally’s purpose.

Rather than hate, a self-proclaimed knowledge of the mind of God and “His” preferences concerning sexual behavior and morality in general was the meeting’s rallying cry.

But the God of Charles W. Doughty and like-minded “missionaries” is a different God than I learned about in a “mixed marriage” (CatholicPresbyterian) from kinder, gentler Christian parents and grandparents in the 1950s and 1960s.

So before one ties his or her philosophical and legislative agenda to any group or person whose focus is the stripping of other people’s rights based on the type of negative profiling so prevalent in the anti-gay movement, I would suggest exploring the mindset that produces that agenda.

Other excerpts from Shenandoah Christian Alliance “Family Values Rally” organizer Charles W. Doughty’s book “AIDS, The Cause, The Curse, The Cure” includes such gems as:

Homosexuality “It only takes ONE friendly gesture or body fluids exchange with a Homosexual and you are dead.” p. 100 “A homosexual is at war WITH GOD’S TEACHINGS! He may be destroyed by God and the AIDS virus is God’s weapon…” p. 80 “The enemy is the AIDS carrying homosexual … I am going to find out if the cook who prepares my food is a homosexual. I am going to inquire if the waiter who delivers my food is a homosexual, and I want to know if homosexuals use the same restroom facilities or share the same kitchen utensils … But someone will say, we must remember that heterosexuals have the disease also. To that I must adamantly reply that it is a gay plague.” p. 47-48 “I have to respect the two homosexuals who jumped out of the build-

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“Hospitals ought to be sued for harboring murderous carriers of disease … Let the bleeding heart humanists who do not believe in Jesus Christ take care of them! … A Christian nurse should not expose her body to the disease.” p. 139 “… I read the ‘raw sex pornography’ being passed off as ‘sex education’ myself and I also counciled (sic) with hundreds of morally broken young men and women who traced the decline of their purity and virginity to the class room (sic) and halls of the public school.” p. 92 An all-knowing God? “The disease carrier was to go through the streets crying to those in advance, ‘LEPER, LEPER, I AM A LEPER, STAY AWAY FROM ME!’ That is not the advice of some mad man; that is the advice of the all-wise God.” p. 103 (writer’s note: despite the all-encompassing wisdom of Doughty’s Deity in seeking isolation of lepers, it was discovered late in the 20th Century that while a bacterial infection, leprosy is actually not very contagious and that approximately 95 percent of the people on earth carry a natural genetic immunity to the disease.)

Duck & Cover It is perhaps ironic with Doughty’s passing nod toward heterosexual marriage and monogamy as the end game for sexuality in society – “old fashioned self control and monogamy is the ONLY answer,” he states on page 93 of his AIDS book – that another Doughty book I picked up at the “Family Values Rally” of May 3, “Crucified in Sodom” was affectionately dedicated to Phil Robertson, a star of the TV show “Duck Dynasty.”

You may recall Robertson being suspended by the show’s network for stating that homosexuals were all going to hell during a 2013 interview with GQ magazine. The suspension was lifted after nine days following an outpouring of support for Robertson from viewers of the show.

The first result of a quick online search of “Phil Robertson” was entitled “Miss Kay reveals why she didn’t leave Phil Robertson after he cheat-

Opinion ed”.

A second online hit was “Phil Robertson tells men to marry underage girls in newly unearthed video”. The source of the video was a 2009 “Georgia Sportsman’s Ministry” event.

“Marry these girls when they’re 15, 16 – check with mom and dad about that,” Robertson says with a perfunctory nod toward statutory laws in many states that don’t allow girls under 18 to marry, without, and in some cases even with, parental consent. “Women at 20 and over will only pick your pocket – which is a joke with a lot of truth in it,” Robertson further theorizes in the 2009 ministry appearance.

Those two stories must have gotten

by Doughty in his research for “Crucified in Sodom”, where in a Preface entitled “Why I Am Led to Defend the Integrity of Phil Robertson” Doughty writes, “‘Wisdom is justified by her children’ and since much of what Phil Robertson believes and stands for is pretty much public record, I am led to believe that he is a very wise man.”

Wise indeed, since Miss Kay is described as Robertson’s 64-year-old wife, who married Phil when she was 15 and he was 16 – though all sources we checked currently put Phil’s age at 67.

Other than its glorification of Duck Dynasty’s Robertson, “Crucified in Sodom” focuses on “Sodomite Behavior” Doughty describes as rooted in “their deep resentment toward God because of their love-hate attitude toward their homosexual bondage.”

Onward Christian Soldiers?

But as illustrated in Bob Marshall’s explanation of why Virginia needs his “Defense of Marriage” Amendment restored; or in political campaigns as recent as last year’s Virginia governor’s race, Doughty’s perspective is not just some isolated aberration.

It seems to be a more recent rule of thumb among politically active conservatives who would have us believe their words and political agendas are Divinely inspired.

Some eyebrows were raised during last year’s Virginia governor’s race when then state Attorney General

and Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli expressed support of reinstituting and enforcing a strict interpretation of state “crimes against nature” sodomy laws as they existed before being struck down by a federal judge in March 2013. Of course, like Marshall during his May 3, 2014 remarks at Skyline High School, Cuccinelli focused on homosexual and criminal activity related to sodomy laws.

However, though rarely enforced against heterosexuals, Virginia sodomy laws did apply to them as well.

This reporter knows that to be a fact because I knew a heterosexual couple in the 1970s in Richmond busted on those sodomy statutes based on a positional variation of heterosexual intercourse when police burst into their apartment in the middle of the night looking for something other than what they found transpiring before them.

As with Doughty’s writings cited above, during his 2013 campaign trail sodomy initiative Cuccinelli relied on negative stereotyping. He attempted to align sodomy with predatory sexual acts against children, citing specific cases to support that contention.

But I’m left to wonder if by Cuccinelli and Doughty logic, if conviction of a homosexual for sodomizing a child is justification for legal prohibitions against all acts of sodomy; if a heterosexual is convicted of having “traditional intercourse” with a child (and we all know they have been), should all acts of traditional heterosexual intercourse also be declared “a crime against nature” by state statute as well?

So, the problem of relying on assumptions based on negative stereotypes justified by isolated instances of already illegal behavior is, where do the generalizations and the legal prohibitions stop?

Unfortunately for the fanatic, the rules and legal prohibitions never stop until the world is re-made into the image found in their too-often deranged, delusional brains that seem obsessively mired in visions of “other people’s” deviant sexuality.

And I for one do not want to live in a world according to the mind of Charles W. Doughty, Ken Cuccinelli, Donald Sterling, Phil Robertson and their ilk – do you?

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Indictments April 2014 Indictments April Term Eric Lamont Garris The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Eric Lamont Garris, 29, of 450 Hill St. # 2, Front Royal, VA 22630, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Eric Lamont Garris did unlawfully and feloniously, maliciously cut and wound one Cassandra Porter, with the intent to maim, disable, disfigure or kill said Cassandra Porter. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously, in the commission of a felony, stab or wound Cassandra Porter. Date of the offenses was on or about February 16, 2014,

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The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about January 3, 2014, in the County of Warren, Brian Thomas Martin, 26, of 67 Royal Lane, Apt. 2, Front Royal, VA 22630, did un-lawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about March 30, 2014, in the County of Warren, Christopher Ray Roemer, 24 address unavailable, did unlawfully and feloniously, cause bodily injury to one Christina Keener, with the intent to maim, disable, disfigure or kill said Christina Keener.

Alan Duane Newlin The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about January 8, 2014, in the County of Warren, Alan Duane Newlin, age and address unavailable, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, towit: Heroin.

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lawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, towit: Heroin.

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The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: during the period of November 22, 2013 to December 7, 2013, in the County of Warren, Kyle Hakim Davis, 37, address unavailable, did unlawfully and feloniously conspire to deliver to a prisoner, a drug which is a controlled substance.

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about February 25, 2014, in the County of Warren, William Franklin Meeks, age and address unavailable, did unlawfully and fe-loniously, knowingly and intentionally possess a firearm, after having previously been convicted of a felony.

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Anthony Lynn Jenkins The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Anthony Lynn Jenkins, 39, of 88 Stuart Ct., Strasburg, VA 22657, with three counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Anthony Lynn Jenkins did unlawfully and feloniously with fraudulent intent, make a false statement on an application for a certificate of title issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. COUNT

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Lauren E. Kosonen The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Lauren E. Kosonen, 25, of 563 Berme Rd., High Fall, NY 12440, with two counts.

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Consolidation talks put on hold pending corridor results

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After a somewhat testy start before they’d even gotten to the topic of consolidation at Thursday night’s Front Royal-Warren County Liaison Meeting, things simmered down to polite wariness by the end of the May 15 discussion.

“We’re not closing the door – I want to make that clear,” Front Royal Mayor Tim Darr said in explaining the town’s position. “We’re open to discussion but we’d like to complete our [corridor] study first. And then if you want, we can incorporate all of that into one discussion. Is that okay?”

“Sure,” County Board Chairman Dan Murray replied.

And that was “all of that” – more or less.

The “all of that” Darr referenced is the status of the 1998/99 Corridor Agreement and the relative positions of the two municipalities related to costs and benefits from the commercial development that has occurred since the town agreed to expand its central water-sewer utility service in the 522/340 North Corridor on county land just north of Front Royal.

While the county has received the study it commissioned from consultant Springsted at a cost of under $20,000, the town is still awaiting conclusion of the corridor study it has contracted from the law firm of Troutman Sanders at a cost of up to $100,000.

“Are we talking years?” Supervisor Richard Traczyk asked Darr.

“No, months,” Darr replied. The mayor noted some delays he indicated had been caused, at least in part, by internal council initiatives to cut funding to the study as occurred on May 12.

Darr elaborated that since Murray initially, at the March 20 liaison meeting, had broached consolidation as a possible alternative to town annexation of the north corridor, council felt it best to have all the information it is paying for at its disposal before

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Darr reiterated what he has noted repeatedly at recent meetings – that council has never officially broached or voted on any annexation-related issue to this point in time. Rather, the discussion has been personally driven; more often it would seem by opponents of the idea, as occurred at the May 12 council meeting covered elsewhere in this issue.

And if somewhat obliquely, it seemed that is what happened again at the May 15 liaison meeting. As the always present “340/522 Corridor” liaison agenda item was reached, Shenandoah District Supervisor Richard Traczyk took the lead.

“Personally, I think the only way this is going to get settled is in the courts – and I think I have the support of my full board in saying that (only two, Glavis and Fox weren’t present) – we’re done with conversation around that,” Traczyk said, drawing a conversational line in the sand on corridor issues.

Mayor Darr then pulled out an Aug. 7, 2013, letter from County Administrator Doug Stanley, speaking for the county board, which indicated the supervisors did not want to discuss the corridor further until both their and the town’s corridor studies had been received.

“So, this letter is not valid anymore?” Darr asked.

“Oh, I think we’re always open – if something of substance is brought forward,” Traczyk replied, appearing to kick some sand over that initial conversational line of no return he had drawn, if not in the sand, maybe on a hastily discarded notepad page.

“The Board requested that I respond to let you know that they are not interested in meeting until the findings of both the Town and County studies on the corridor have been completed,” Stanley’s letter referenced by the mayor stated.

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As stated at the May 12 council meeting, the town has authorized payment of about $53,000 toward its agreed-upon cap of $100,000 on its corridor study. That study is being

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Front Royal man among eight indicted on federal racketeering charges Allegations Include the Kidnapping and Murder of Officer Kevin Quick CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Federal Grand Jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville has returned an indictment charging eight individuals with federal racketeering, narcotics, robbery, kidnapping and murder charges related to a string of violent episodes across Central Virginia that included the alleged kidnapping and murder of Waynesboro Reserve Police Captain Kevin Quick. A ninth defendant

Kweli Uhuru, aka Travis Leon Bell has been charged federally with obstruction of justice.

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Mathis, Shantai Shelton, Mersadies Shelton, Travis Bell, Anthony White and Devante Bell are charged with conducting several armed robberies of both commercial businesses and individuals in Louisa, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Fluvanna County and Gordonsville. It is alleged that this series of robberies were conducted using firearms and were conducted to financially benefit the collective group.

Anthony Stokes, Gert Wright and Leslie Casterlow are charged with obstructing justice by assisting other members of the conspiracy destroy evidence and elude apprehension following the kidnapping and murder of Kevin Quick.

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Front Royal/Warren BRIEFS, from 33 Front Royal Kiwanis Club donates money for playground equipment The Kiwanis Club of Front Royal has donated another $3,000 to E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School for new playground equipment at the local school. The club made the check presentation to E. Wilson Morrison Principal Margaret Holmes on May 7. This makes a total of $6,000 that the Front Royal Kiwanis has donated to the playground fund over two years. The playground fund is a community project that also involves the Linden Rotary Club.

Holmes spoke to the Front Royal Kiwanis Club May 7 about success of the Kiwanis Club’s Bringing up Grades or “BUGS” program at the school. The Kiwanis-sponsored program provides students with recognition for improving their grades or making certain other agreed-upon goals, like learning new words.

Front Royal Kiwanis also sponsors the K-Kids Club at E. Wilson Morrison Elementary. K-Kids is a student leadership program backed by Kiwanis International. The Front Royal School is also the location for Front Royal Kiwanis Club’s Pancake Day every December.

Front Royal Kiwanis meets most Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at Front Royal Diner in Front Royal. For meeting or membership information, contact Club President Wayne Barber at (540) 252-2137.

Local teachers awarded for excellence At the May 16th meeting of the Front Royal Rotary Club, eight Warren County teachers were awarded “The Rotarian Award for Excellence in Educating Youth”. The awards were presented by Doug Rosen, Chairman of the club’s Career Information & Educational Excellence Committee and Pam McInnis, Superintendent of

the Warren County School System.

Criteria for selection of the teachers included setting high expectations for student achievement and supporting students in positive and esteem-building ways. Current Rotary President Debra Morfit congratulated the teachers and thanked them for their hard work and dedication to the Warren County School System.

The teachers who received the awards are: Alexandra Taylor, E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School Jodette Jones, Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School Maria Kisner, Hilda J. Barbour Elementary School Lori Abbott, A. S. Rhodes Elementary School Jaime Marion-West, Ressie Jeffries Elementary School Ashley Haines, Warren County Middle School Christy Meadows, Warren County High School Heidi Trude, Skyline High School Mark Robinson, Warren County Special Schools Congratulations to the winners and keep up the good work!

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To advertise in Warren & Frederick County Report, Contact: Alison at alisond@warrencountyreport.com • 540-551-2072 or Angie Buterakos at fcrwcr@gmail.com • 540-683-1847 Public Hearings The Front Royal Town Council will hold the following Public Hearings on TUESDAY, May 27, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Warren County Government Center’s Board Room: • Adoption of the Town’s Annual

Appropriation Ordinance for FY 2014-2015 Proposed Budget. Appropriations would be effective July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015.

• An Ordinance to amend and reenact Town Code Sections 134-22.1; 134-22.4; 134-30; 134-31.1 and 13431.2 to increase rates and large meter fees for both sanitary sewer service and water service. The Town’s legal

authority to impose such fees and rates for water and sewer service is found in Virginia Code Section 15.22111; 15.2-2119; 15.2-2122 and 5.22143. Utility rate increases would be incorporated on bills after July 1, 2014. Water rates are proposed to increase 6.5% and sewer rates are proSee BRIEFS, 35

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Our fitness center located in the Warren Memorial Hospital Outpatient Center is starting a new monthly series of exercise classes. The cost for each four-week class is $35. A drop-in fee of $5 per class session is also available – please call ahead (minimum number of participants required, and spot not guaranteed if class is full). Classes begin June 1 (Please sign up by May 28).

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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Mourns Loss of Onager

Men Only – Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, 10-10:45 a.m.

Cyrus, a male Persian onager at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, died yesterday. He was 8 years old. After examination, it appears the onager was spooked by routine pasture maintenance which caused him to run into a fence and break his neck. Onagers may live to be 30 years old. Keepers described Cyrus as an especially skittish onager. He arrived at SCBI in 2008. Native to Iran, the Persian onager, a subspecies of Asiatic wild ass, is more closely related to the domestic donkey than to the domestic horse. Classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, an estimated 500 animals remain in the wild.

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Front Royal/Warren Diversions BRIEFS, from 34 posed to increase 10%.

• An Ordinance to amend and reenact Town Code Section 12-1 ENERGY SERVICES FEES to increase the fee for the second and additional electric meter inspections from $25.00 to $40.00; and establish a temporary electric service fee for less than 100 ampere service at $65.00.

Increases in fees would be effective July 1, 2014.

• An Ordinance to enact Town Code Section 70-23.F ELECTRIC CHARGES to establish a temporary electric service fee for residential greater than 100 ampere service and for commercial service to incurred cost.

Detailed information for town budget, utility rates, and fees can be found at www.FrontRoyalVa.Com or contacting the clerk of council at (540)635-8007 – 102 E Main Street.

R-MA Students Earn Honors Students from Randolph-Macon Academy attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2014 National German Examinations. Randolph-Macon students earned seven Gold medals, three Silver medals, three Bronze medals, and thirteen Honorable Mentions.

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tion of Teachers of German, which sponsors the exam, over 20,000 students participated in the German National Exams this year.

Students from R-MA have a long history of high achievement on these exams. Stephen Latham is the German instructor at Randolph-Macon.

Those who earned Gold were (German level listed in parentheses): eighth grader Katia Berger (Level 1); sophomores Ashley Grossman (Level 1), XinYu Hou (Level 1), Albert Chandler Lee (Level 1), and Meghan Melberg (Level 3); and juniors Natalie Pendie (Level 2) and Paige Hollis (Level 3).

Silver winners were sophomore Jake Branham (Level 3), and juniors Rebel Hafner (Level 3) and Shelby Sebring (Level 3). Khanh Pham (Level 1), freshman Dennis Ponn (Level 3), and junior Jonathan Pederson (Level 4) earned Bronze.

Honorable Mention went to eighth graders Sarah Vaughan (Level 1) and Dylan Glascock (Level 1); freshmen Sean Bell (Level 1) and Evan Kelly (Level 1); sophomores Elias Lisle (Level 1), Joseph Monastero (Level 1), and George David Pitts (Level 1); juniors Douglas Brennand (Level 2) and Jacob Dodson (Level 3); and seniors Sabrina Ford (Level 2), Siqi Xie (Level 3), Ryan Zech (Level 3), and Savannah Rhodes (Level 4).

CRIME OF THE WEEK

Winchester Crime of the Week - May 12, 2014 The Winchester Police Department is investigating a burglary that occurred on May 3, 2014, between 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sometime during that time frame, an unknown suspect broke into Aroma Deli, located in the 200 block of East Boscawen Street, and stole an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register. If you have any information regarding a suspect or suspects involved in this crime, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at 540-665-TIPS. Information leading to the arrest of a suspect may result in a reward of up to $1,000. Case #14017690 Corporal A.J. Cave

Frederick County Crime of the Week - May 5, 2014 This week’s Crime of the Week involves a burglary and larceny from Greenwood Grocery at 1893 Senseny Road. On April 25, 2014, the owner reported that unknown suspect(s) had forcibly entered the business and removed ten (10) packs of Marlboro 100’s cigarettes. Although nothing else appeared to have been taken, several other items were located outside near the point of entry.

If you have any information regarding a suspect or suspect vehicle in this incident, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at (540) 665 TIPS (8477). Information leading to the arrest of a suspect may result in a reward of up to $1,000.

Incident #14002241 Investigator Darrin Bursey

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Calendar Friday, May 16 Forecast 68° | 48° Saturday, May 17 Forecast 66° | 46° 8am - 1pm Benefit Yard Sale. First Baptist Church, West 1st Street, Front Royal. The First Baptist Church will have their annual yard sale today on their property/lot located near the church. Proceeds benefit the church.

9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Downtown Front Royal, East Main Street, Front Royal. The Front Royal Farmers Market will run through October 25.

9am - 10am Kiwanis 5K. Warren County Health & Human Services Complex, 15th Street, Front Royal.

The Kiwanis Club of Front Royal will hold its annual 5K Race today at the Warren County Health & Human Services Complex, the former public school location, on 15th Street. Half of the proceeds from this event will go to the local Special Olympics Program. The entry fee is $13.00 if postmarked by May 15, or $15.00 race day.

The race features a measured 5K (3.1 mile) route on paved roads through the northwestern part of Front Royal and the grounds of RMA. Make checks payable to Front Royal Kiwanis Club and mail with entry form to: Front Royal Kiwanis 5K, 197 Foxfire Court, Front Royal, VA 22630-5628.

Awards will be give to overall male and female finishers as well in various age categories including 60 and over.

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9am - 2pm Annual Flea Market.

Stephens City United Methodist Church. Spaces are available for $10 each. There are a limited number of spaces so call today! Contact Kathy Lewis at (540) 662-4905 or kathyndenny@comcast.net. This event will be held rain or shine!

10am - 6pm Wine & Craft Festival.

Downtown Front Royal, East Main Street, Front Royal. 28th ANNUAL WINE & CRAFT FESTIVAL - Enjoy a day full of fun, crafts, wine tasting, vendors, music and much more.

Sponsored by the Front Royal-Warren County Chamber of Commerce at (540) 635-3185.

10:10am - 11:10am Books and Barks. Samuels Public Library, East Criser Road, Front Royal. Come to this extremely popular monthly pro-

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11am - 5pm Kidzfest. Old Town Winchester, Winchester.

Gather your kids and join us downtown for a day full of fun and education for the first ever Kidzfest presented by Winchester Academy! Free interactive activities, sports, music, art, entertainment and more. Visit www. oldtownwinchesterva.com/kidz-fest for more details!

1pm - 5pm Historic Church Tours.

Tour Schedule: 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Old Stone Church and Lutheran Wall, East Piccadilly St./East Lane intersection; 2:00 – 2:45p.m. Centenary Reformed UCC, 202 S. Cameron St.; 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Loudoun St.; 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 26 W. Boscawen St. The tours are free, family friendly, and open to the general public. RSVPs of planned attendance are appreciated; contact PHW at (540) 667-3577 or phwi@verizon.net.

Arrive for the tour of each location at the top of the hour. Travel between sites is up to you.

4:00-7:00pm Community BBQ Chicken/Country Ham Dinner. First Baptist Church, 14 West First St, Front Royal. Adults: $10.00 Children under 10: $5.00. Take out available. Silent auction includes 2013 autographed Redskins football.

Sunday, May 18 Forecast 66° | 46° 12pm - 4pm Longaberger Basket Bingo. Round Hill Community Fire and Rescue Company, Inc, 769 Round Hill Road-- off Route 50 West of Winchester. There will be a Basket Bingo for Longaberger Products to benefit the Round Hill Community Fire and Rescue Company, Inc. Doors will open at Noon and games begin at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person in advance and $25 per person at the door. All prepaid admissions will go into a special drawing. There will be 20 games for all Longaberger products. Baskets will be filled. Raffles ~Door Prizes ~ Non-smoking ~ Food will also be available for purchase. For tickets or more information, call Karl Littman at (540) 327-6820 or Victor Riggleman at (540) 877-1402.

Monday, May 19 5pm - 8pm Fundraiser. Ledo Pizza of Winchester 419 Gateway Drive, Winchester. Give Back Night Fundraiser To Support the Blue Ridge Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship. Please come out and support this worthy cause. BRCTH will receive 20% of your purchase price!

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Mercury outboards; 20 hp $800.00, 10 hp $500.00, Prentice vise “old 108” 6” jaws $1000.00, Helen Jean Smith 1987 framed Edinburg print $400.00, John J Pershing 1927 signed photo to General Passaga $1600.00, Antique Oak Ice box, 3 door org wheels $1200.00

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Death notices

Esther Lee Peffer Armel, 87, of Stephenson, Virginia, died Monday, May 12, 2014, in Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia, 22601 or SPCA – Winchester, 115 Feather Bed Lane, Winchester, Virginia, 22601.

On May 8, 2014, Nancy Schlack Yost, 88, passed on precisely as she lived, with grace and good friends. In lieu of flowers, Nancy asked that a donation be sent to the Henry and William Evans Home for Children, 330 Leicester St., Winchester, VA 22601.

Phyllis Ann Whitlock Heaven became even a much better place on May 5, 2014, when God called yet another angel home. Memorial contributions may be made to Millwood Station Fire and Rescue, 250 Costello Drive, Winchester, Virginia 22602.

Paul Ryan Flanders Sr., 73, of Frederick County, died May 10, 2014 at the Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient facility, Winchester, VAIn lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork St. Winchester, VA 22601 or to St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Winchester, VA 22603.

Goldie M. Loy, 87 of Winchester, VA died Friday May 9, 2014 at her home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork St., Winchester, VA 22601.

Jack Dempsey Bailey, 86, of Winchester died Sunday, April 27, 2014 at his daughter’s home in Gainesboro, Virginia. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601.

Charlotte “Sue” Dean, 65, of Winchester, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 in Winchester Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Winchester, VA 22601.

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Tuesday, May 20 Fundraiser for Boy Scout Troop 62. Five Guys Burgers & Fries, Winchester. The Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant at 579 Adams Drive (next to Walmart and Lowes) in Winchester and on Berryville Avenue in Winchester have been gracious enough to hold a fundraiser for BSA Troop 62. The boys are raising money for a once in a lifetime trip to Seabase, a high adventure Boy Scout camp in the Florida keys. Five Guys will be donating 15% of all sales every Tuesday in the month of May to Troop 62.

They will have a box on the counter for customers to drop receipts in.

12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays.

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4:30pm - 5:30pm Big Kids Story Time. Samuels Public Library, East Criser Road, Front Royal. For Kindergarten and up. Come join in for a cool story, activity and craft all about

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7pm - 8pm BZA Meeting. Front Royal Administration Building, 102 E Main Street, Front Royal. Today is the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting to be held in the upstairs Conference Room of the Front Royal Administration Building. Agendas are available in the Planning/Zoning Office located at 102 E Main Street (540)635-4236.

Wednesday, May 21 10:15am - 11:15am Toddler Story Time. Samuels Public Library, East Criser Road, Front Royal. What is the Buzz about Bees? Lets learn about these fascinating creatures through a potpourri of story, song and craft.

11am - 12pm Preschool Story Time.

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7pm - 8pm Planning Commission Meeting. County of Warren Government Center.

7pm - 9:30pm The Gift of Pets.

Handley Library, West Piccadilly St., Winchester. This free event features Woodstock-based veterinarian and author, Dr. Bruce R. Coston. Dr. Coston will share heartfelt stories about his animal patients, their humans and the many joys that make his practice so fulfilling. “Stories Only a Vet

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Diversions Calendar Could Tell” was a featured title at The Virginia Festival of the Book last year. He’ll sign and sell books at the reception following his talk. Event is on the lower level of Handley Library.

Sponsored by the Friends of HRL. Contact Barbara Dickinson, friends@ handleyregional.org, or call (540) 662-9041 ext. 31 for details.

Thursday, May 22 10am - 9pm Newtown Heritage Festival. The Commons, Main Street, Stephens City. Different events each day! Check out http://www.stephenscity.vi.virginia.gov/NHF/index.shtml for the schedule of events.

10:15am - 11:15am Toddler Story Time. See description from Wednesday, May 21.

11am - 12pm Preschool Story Time. See description from Wednesday, May 21.

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

Friday, May 23 10am - 7pm Salvation Army Food Drive. Walmart, Route 50 West, Winchester. Hunger Never Takes A Vacation! Please share as you shop.

The annual Salvation Army Food Drive will be held on Friday, May 23rd from 10 a.m. till 7 p.m. at the Route 50 Walmart in Winchester. The Salvation Army needs your help to restock the food pantry for the summer. Canned items such as: beans, fruits, vegetables, tuna, stews, soups, chili. Dry items such as: cereals, rice, boxed potatoes, macaroni & cheese, pasta, peanut butter, canned or dried milk, spaghetti & spaghetti sauce, ravioli, Food gift cards, check, cash.

10am - 9pm Newtown Heritage Festival. The Commons, Main Street, Stephens City. Different events each day! Check out http://www.stephenscity.vi.virginia.gov/NHF/index.shtml for the schedule of events.

12pm - 4pm Heritage Society

Julie’s Cleaning Service 15+ years exp, quality, value & service in Warren County & surrounding areas.

Julie Shenk, owner/operator.

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Event. Warren Heritage Society, 101 Chester Street, Front Royal. Battle of Front Royal Historical Overview and Tour - Program will be led by Warren County Heritage Society’s Executive Director Patrick Farris. Tickets: $10.00/tour and may be purchased between 11:00a and 12:00p the day of the event. There is NO LIMIT on number of participants. Tour is by car caravan and carpooling is recommended. Driving maps will be made available.

5:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo for Relay for Life Team. Gore Volunteer Fire & Rescue, Gore. Gore’s Body of Hope Relay for Life Team will host Bingo.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. They will have Longaberger, Vera Bradley, and Thirty-One Gifts.

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

Saturday, May 24 9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Downtown Front Royal, East Main Street, Front Royal. The Front Royal Farmers Market will run through October 25.

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Calendar CALENDAR, from 37 10am - 9pm Newtown Heritage Festival. The Commons, Main Street, Stephens City. Different events each day! Check out http://www.stephenscity.vi.virginia.gov/NHF/index.shtml for the schedule of events.

10am - 12pm Alice in Wonderland Tea. Jim Barnett Park, Winchester.

Ages 5 to 12.

12pm - 3pm Bring your pet to Long Branch Day. Long Branch Plantation, Millwood. Celebrate National Pet Month by bringing your pet to Long Branch. Local pet and animal organizations that will be present at Long branch will include: Clarke County Animal Shelter, Blue Ridge Wildlife Center, Virginia German Shepherd Rescue, Homemade Animal Treats from Front Royal’s Scout’s Buffet, Local Pet Vendors, Bow Wow Designs, and Pet Artists. Special activities include: Pet photographs with an historical interpreter, paw prints and ornament activities. At 2 pm join Executive Director, Nicholas Redding, for a lecture about pets during the Civil War. Learn more about these courageous pets & the soldiers who cared for them. Admission fee: $5.00 per adult. For More Information: (540) 837-1856, cward@visitlongbranch.org, www.visitlongbranch. org.

2pm - 3pm Chess Challenge.

Samuels Public Library, East Criser Road, Front Royal. Meet other kids and teens who enjoy the challenge of a good Chess game. Ages 8 and up.

Please register.

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Sunday, May 25 12pm - 4pm Heritage Society Event.

Warren Heritage Society, Chester Street, Front Royal. Battle of Winchester - Historical Overview/Tour - Overview begins at12:00p. The tour begins at 1:00p. This event is sponsored by the Warren Heritage Society but begins in Winchester. Please call for more Information: (540) 6361446.

12pm - 2pm Saluting “The Dogs of War”. Main Street & Chester Street, Front Royal. The U.S.A.F Association (Northern Shenandoah Valley Chapter 435) is hosting a memorial service to salute the dogs of war today. There will be a choir, blessing of veterans and dogs of war.

Monday, May 26 Memorial Day. All Town Offices will be CLOSED. Trash/Recycling has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 26. No Yard Waste Collection this week. The Council Meeting will be held Tuesday, May 27 @ 7:00pm in the Warren County Government Center.

8am - 12pm 27th Annual Loudoun Street Mile. Old Town Winchester.

The 27th Annual Loudoun Street Mile, beginning at 8am, proceeds to benefit The Laurel Center. Registration: Sign up early or on race day at Runners’ Retreat, 135 N. Loudoun Street. You can register during normal store business hours beginning May 16th OR from 6:30 a.m. till 8:15 a.m. on race morning. For more information, call Mark Stickley at (540) 665-8394 or email runnersretreat@ verizon.net.

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Wednesday, May 28 10:15am - 11:15am Toddler Story Time. Samuels Public Library, East Criser Road, Front Royal. Join in a silly celebration of all things relating to Geese in our Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose story time. Siblings welcome!

11am - 12pm Library Story Time.

See above.

Thursday, May 29 10:15am - 11:15am Toddler Story Time. See description from Wednesday, May 28.

11am - 12pm Preschool Story Time. See description from Wednesday, May 28.

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Time. Samuels Public Library, East Criser Road, Front Royal. For Kindergarten and up. Learn about Time while enjoying a cool craft, story and activity in the STEM Program - Time of your Life!

7pm - 8pm Council Meeting.

County of Warren Government Center.

Tuesday, May 27 12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays.

See description from Tuesday, May 20.

4:30pm - 5:30pm Big Kids Story

Spring Loan Special

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To advertise in Warren & Frederick County Report, Contact: Angie Buterakos at fcrwcr@gmail.com • 540-683-1847 or Alison at alisond@warrencountyreport.com • 540-551-2072 Saturday, May 31 8am - 12pm United Way Rubbermaid Sale. Belk Parking lot, Apple Blossom Mall, Winchester.

This month’s sale benefits the Free Medical Clinic of NSV. The monthly sale is made possible by a special partner-

ship between United Way NSV, Rubbermaid Commercial Products and The Salvation Army. Product sales help the United Way and its partner agencies generate additional funds to meet local needs. The products available are returned goods, discontin-

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ued products and slightly damaged items. For additional information contact the United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley at (540) 536-1610 or uway@visuallink.com.

9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Downtown Front Royal, East Main Street,

More people begin and end their day with us

Front Royal. The Front Royal Farmers Market will run through October 25.

4pm - 7pm James Wood Chapter of Health Occupation Students of America Barbecue Dinner. Frederick County Fairgrounds, Ruritan Bldg.

Winchester. Join the James Wood Chapter of Health Occupations Students of America for a delicious Barbecue Dinner complete with all the trimmings, homemade desserts, and door prizes. Please contact Cindy

Forse at (540) 667-5226 or Jeanette Kluckowski at (540) 869-0060 to buy your tickets before the event. Ticket sales available at James Wood and Sherando High Schools. Your support will help provide funds for the students to attend their National Conference. Ticket prices are $8 for adults. Children over 2 years old to 12 years old $ 5. They look forward to serving you!

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Piglet Domestic Short Hair - brown & Tabby Adult / Female / Large. House trained • Spayed/Neutered - Shots Current Pet ID: 60992 Ad sponsored by:

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Humane Society of Warren County

540-635-4734

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

HSWC is hosting our Spring Pet Wellness Clinic on Sunday, June 8th from 10am-2pm • We will be offering 1 and 3 year Rabies vaccines, distemper vaccinations, de-worming and micro chipping • Vaccines $12 each • Home Again Microchips $25 • Flea treatment, de-worming, nail trim and ear cleaning $10 each • $10 off Spay/Neuter registrations thanks to our Spay/Neuter Sponsor SONABANK!

Lucy - 2 year old spayed female shar pei/pit mix. Lucy is house and crate trained and adores children! She also gets along with cats and most dogs.

Grumbles - 2 year old male chihuahua. Meet the very charming Grumbles.

Grumbles is a male Chihuahua. He was brought to the shelter as a stray and was not reclaimed…we can’t believe it either! Grumbles is a very sweet boy who loves to sit in your lap!

Bandit - 3 year old male pit bull. Looking for a handsome, lovable, playful, and talented pittie? Bandit is your guy! He is a dream to walk on the leash, house trained, knows sit and loves to play fetch.

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Bandit’s ad sponsored by:

Spud’s ad sponsored by:

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Spud - 4 year old male chocolate lab.

Spud is a very active boy and loves to play fetch! He is house and crate trained and would make a great hiking partner.

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Sam Snead Realty • 540-635-9753

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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