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Sayre online post about VML tabs unleashes ‘Tab-gate’ Complaint lodged over Sayre’s $438 bill for conference he didn’t attend

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report A November 10 work session exchange between Councilmen Bret Hrbek and Tom Sayre has opened a veritable Pandora’s Box about individual bills incurred at the Virginia Municipal League Conference held October 6-8 in Roanoke.

Hrbek commented that Sayre had seen fit to raise the issue of a $10 bar tab included in one councilman’s bill that was initially charged to the town.

Hrbek acknowledged ownership of the tab, which he said he incurred watching a Monday Night Football game in the hotel lounge, and noted that the town had been compensated for the charge. Following the work session he explained to the media that he had charged the bill to his room expecting to pay it at checkout.

However, by the time he checked out all room bills had been billed directly to the town. So, Hrbek simply reimbursed the town for the tab after returning to Front Royal.

“I didn’t really say anything,” Sayre replied quietly of his NVD newspaper website post.

However, Hrbek added that Sayre’s public raising of VML tab issues opened the door for public discussion of other such issues. A conversation between several reporters, Hrbek and Vice-Mayor Shae Parker following the November 10 council work session revealed that an official complaint had been lodged with the mayor over a $400-plus bill run up by Sayre at the VML Conference. Parker later confirmed he had filed that complaint on October 8, the final day of the conference (see related story).

At issue according to a series of documents obtained through a November 12, Freedom Of Information Act request to the town, was an expense report of $438.36 run up by Sayre for accommodations, travel and related expenses for a conference he publicly stated on September 22 he would not be attending and had withdrawn his registration for.

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However, a series of e-mails included in our town FOIA response indicate that while Sayre cancelled

“his FULL VML REGISTRATION” he did keep a hotel reservation at the conference in Roanoke for the evening of Saturday, October 5, and did seek reimbursement from the town for a total of $245.75 in out-of-pocket travel expenses. So with the onenight hotel room cost of $170, plus $22.61 in room taxes, Sayre ran up a total bill of $438.36 of town taxpayer money at a conference he publicly stated he would not be attending and for which he requested his registra-

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During council comments during council’s September 22 meeting, Sayre raised the issue of his attendance at the coming VML Conference. He said he would not be able to attend, explaining, “I have a conflict on, Monday, I think that would be October 6, I’ve got to be in Fairfax.

So, I’ve let Jennifer Berry, our clerk, know I’m not going to be able to attend; I’m not going to sign up for the VML Conference. I think that’ll be the first time since I’ve been on coun-

cil that I haven’t gone to the VML,” Sayre said, adding a note of fiscal responsibility. – “Just to let people know, that more than enough pays for my iPad because I won’t be staying for all the hotels and everything.

So, my iPad’s been paid for through that way … So that’s it, thank you,” Sayre concluded.

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Front Royal SAYRE, from tion be withdrawn.

Total reimbursements for outof-pocket expenses related to the VML Conference were: • Councilman Hrbek - $229.50; • Councilman Tewalt - $0 (cancelled registration); • Councilman Sayre - $245.75 (cancelled registration); • Councilman Tharpe - $190.30; • Councilman Funk - $294.15; • Vice-Mayor Parker - $187; • Mayor Darr - $190.50.

• Depending on the number of days spent at the three-day conference, participating councilmen also had $170 per-night room tabs, plus taxes for a total of $192.61 per night accommodations which were paid directly by the town, along with related hotel expenses. Personal charges, like Hrbek’s Monday Night Football bar tab and several days of valet parking the mayor incurred were either paid directly by the councilman or mayor or reimbursed to the town if charged to a room tab automatically directed to the town for payment.

In response to a September 19 email from Council Clerk Jennifer Berry concerning changes to several councilmen’s reservations, including Sayre’s, a VML official asked for clarification on the hotel date being maintained by Sayre. Berry replies, “He only needs a room for Saturday night now. He would be checking in on Saturday, October 4th, checking out, Sunday, October 5th.” … sort of “Jennifer, Are you sure about those dates. The conference starts Monday morning, Oct. 6. There is the Exhibitor’s Reception Sunday evening,” VML registration staff queries about the Sayre changes.

“Yes – he’s certain. That’s the night he would like,” Berry replies.

For those curious about Sayre’s $438.36 room and travel expense charge to the town for a conference he publicly stated he would not be attending, there is a second, related question – why did the councilman book a hotel room in Roanoke two nights before the VML Conference

Mayor Darr is flanked by the ‘complainee’, Tom Sayre to his left, and complainer, Shae Parker as issue of Sayre’s VML tab is brought before council on Nov. 24.

Tom Sayre turns away as Bret Hrbek asks why his colleague made a public show of skipping the VML Conference to save the town money, and then billed the town for $438 in travel and accommodation expenses for one pre-conference event. even began and a day before pre-conference displays were set up 25 miles north of Blacksburg and 173 miles south of Front Royal?

Official complaint An October 31, 2014, e-mail from Mayor Tim Darr to the town attorney, council clerk, five councilmen (Gene Tewalt who did not attend and did not have a VML Conference bill appeared to have been initially excluded), acknowledges “an official complaint filed by a council member (on Oct. 8) in reference to Councilman Sayre’s visit to the annual VML Conference”.

The mayor summarized the complaint’s points that Sayre: • Was not formally registered for VML in any capacity; • Did not even attend the opening session; • Merely gathered the free items from vendor tables; • Left without gaining any substance from the [conference].

Attached to the Mayor’s Report are all the councilmen and mayor’s expense reports for the conference, as well as a letter to Sayre about the complaint, and Sayre’s reply.

That reply was a sworn affidavit from a Pennoni Engineering employee, Thomas Davis Rust, who described a “15 to 20 minute” conversation with Sayre at an Exhibitor’s booth on Sunday, October 5, the day

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prior to the conference’s official start and the day Sayre checked out of his hotel room. Rust is also a Republican state delegate representing the 86th District. Pennoni is an engineeringdesign contractor that has done a number of projects for the town and county, including design work on Leach’s Run Parkway.

In fact, as we reported in September 2013, Sayre ordered a Pennoni crew doing survey work for that project off his home property. According to a Pennoni report on the incident, “Mr. Sayre believes that our field crew was trespassing and he was considering filing suit for damages.” But hey, I guess time heals all wounds.

Mayor’s Darr’s summary of his review of the complaint about Sayre’s VML bill states, “Due to the sensitivity of this issue I would like to resolve it at the lowest possible level and not create any issues that will embarrass the town or any council member.”

That was before Sayre felt compelled to make a public issue of a $10 bar tab initially put on a room tab billed directly to the town, but later reimbursed by Councilman Hrbek as a non-conference related, personal expense.

And so go the mysterious workings of politics, economics and jaunts around the commonwealth by public officials right here in River City, aka Front Royal, aka Helltown.

Postscript I wonder if Councilman Sayre made his online post about Councilman Hrbek’s $10 Monday Night Football bar tab from that iPad his absence from the VML Conference was supposed to have paid for. An online search of iPads indicated sales prices for new, top of the line models between $450 and $650, right in the neighborhood of Sayre’s total VML hotel and travel bill of $438.

So much for those savings Sayre publicly stated he would help the

town achieve by NOT attending the VML Conference. Well, he was half right – he didn’t attend the conference, only a pre-conference vendor exhibition at which he schmoozed a Republican state delegate and engineering contract employee; but the savings on that iPad? In the wake of his September 22 pronouncement of fiscal savings to the town from his planned absence from the conference, at least one col-

league believes Councilman Sayre owes the town’s taxpayers an explanation; and perhaps a $438 reimbursement prior to his December 31 departure from town government.

Did that explanation, apology or reimbursement come at a November 24 council meeting and work session at which Vice-Mayor Parker asked the full council to explore the issue?

See related story for the answer.

Rockland resident celebrates 100th birthday - it’s in the genes!

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By Malcolm Barr, Sr. Warren County Report Marvin Reifsnyder, 100 years old on Dec. 10, was born the year World War I broke out in Europe, and was aboard a destroyer anchored off the Pacific island of Iwo Jima the day World War II in the Pacific ended.

Marvin lives on Rockland Road in Warrren County.

A native of Pennsylvania, Marvin Reifsnyder has lived in the Front Royal area since 1986 and is well known through his multi-club memberships including Shenandoah Valley Golf Club, the Moose, Elks, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He’s also a former championship bowler on a team headed by General of the Army George Dekker (Marvin was a petty officer in the U.S. Navy), an “avid” golfer (he quit golfing at

age 94) and continues to play pool most days of the week at the Elks Club, despite failing eyesight.

Marvin, a graduate of Pottstown (Pa.) Business College, launched an accounting career with the Department of the Army at the Pentagon that lasted more than half a century, interrupted early by his Navy enlistment in 1943. He spent two and a half years of World War II aboard the destroyer “USS Downes” steaming an estimated 200,000 miles in the Pacific hunting Japanese submarines and guarding U.S. ships. He recalls “chasing and sinking” at least one submarine while climbing from the lowest enlisted rank to the highest (yeoman to chief p.o.) before returning to his desk job at the Department of Defense in 1945.

Married to his wife, Libby, in 1937, the couple had a son, Alan, a Methodist minister who will be at the Front Royal Elks Club party for Marvin on Dec. 6. Libby died in 2006. The pair had been wed for 69 years.

The inevitable question: to what do you credit your longevity? Marvin says he has been relatively free of any ailments throughout his life, and is active to this day. He also mentioned that his dad died at 103 and his mother passed at 99, a few days short of her 100th birthday.

Have a great birthday, Marvin, and let’s give some credit to good genes!

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Council ponders oversight of potential ethics violations Lack of policy leaves call for investigation in the hands of the public

political issue – “It’s disgusting, I’m done,” Sayre said in concluding his opening statement for the defense.

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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The controversy swirling around a $438 bill run up by Front Royal Town Councilman Tom Sayre for travel and accommodations at an early October Virginia Municipal League Conference he did not attend and had officially withdrawn his registration for, came before council for consideration on November 24.

Vice-Mayor Shae Parker asked for the matter to be added to that evening’s work session agenda as a follow up to his October 8 official complaint about Sayre’s $438 tab incurred on October 4-5 for the VML Conference held October 6-8 in Roanoke. But Parker said he planned to raise the matter during the regular meeting to assure his concerns were made part of council’s official public record.

resume his business forum project.

“After that he left to go to Roanoke and I didn’t see him for the rest of the weekend, nor had I seen him before that. So, I hope that clarifies some of

In the back row, Town Police Chief Norman Shiflett and Captains Jason Ryman and Kevin Nicewarner listen attentively to discussion of who might “police” future council expense reports. the rumors that have been floating around,” the dutiful son concluded.

Shortly after his son’s comments, Sayre launched into a recitation of expenses run up by other councilmen and the mayor at the VML Confer-

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For the defense But before the vice mayor could broach the subject, Councilman Sayre’s son, Phillip, rose to clarify his father’s whereabouts the weekend of Oct. 3-4. – “I am Phillip Sayre, I’m a freshman at Virginia Tech and I would like to clarify to the council the whereabouts of Councilman Thomas Sayre, my dad, on Saturday, October 4th,” he began during the Public Presentations portion of the meeting.

Sayre the younger explained that he was part of a business forum the weekend of October 3-5 on campus.

He said while he was very busy with the project, he met his dad on campus around 1 p.m., had lunch and his father drove him to Wal-mart for dorm supplies before being dropped off between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to

ence – all of whom were, unlike him, registered to attend. He also asserted he had gained valuable information from among the 82 exhibits set up at a pre-conference vendor’s hall on Sunday, October 5.

With Sayre and his son still having been the only ones to publicly address his travel to the Roanoke-Blacksburg area that weekend, the elder Sayre then launched into a pre-emptive attack on Vice-Mayor Parker and certain segments of the media (guess who?) for making his “parenting” a

However, rather than parenting skills, the question at hand was whether Councilman Sayre was conducting personal business on the town taxpayer’s dime.

Parker responded by explaining the impetus for his complaint and request for council consideration of it – “I contested the reimbursement request of a fellow councilman due to a collective concern by myself and fellow council members at the time that that member unofficially attended the 2014 VML Conference in Roanoke for less than one day and had the Town Citizens pay for his Hotel Room the night prior. A few days later the Councilman then turned in a reimbursement form to the clerk of the Council for his mileage and parking.

“If it is deemed that this member was in attendance in a formal capacity, then no harm no foul; however if he utilized the Town in whole or in part for his own personal advantage, ethically and otherwise that is unacceptable … If there is impropriety or intent and I and my fellow councilman say or do nothing we … at the

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I am very disappointed in the Warren County Chamber of Commerce.

Each year our 4H club has participated in the annual Christmas parade, normally hosted by the Down Town Business Association.

Sadly our 4H club will not be participating this year in our own home town parade.

Recently, I emailed the Chamber and did not receive a response.

I asked for consideration to have a “round trip” parade route, or to use the same parade route the July Fireman’s parade uses.

The current Christmas parade route creates a hardship for horse riders and other livestock participating in the parade. The parade route ends at the Government center, which means having to move horse trailers from the staging parking lot, to the Government center.

Horse riders and other livestock participants are inconvenienced to move trailers to the Government center, then they must figure out a way to get back to the beginning of the parade route, while leaving horses and possibly youth to wait. Or having to ride back in the dark crossing busy roads.

The request for consideration was not considered and the fee for a parade entry was raised this year.

Our 4H club along with many other horse riders will be participating in the Middletown Christmas parade on December 7th at 2:00 p.m. this year.

We sincerely hope the Chamber will consider other alternatives with the parade route and return the entry fee to $25 per entry.

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cents or $500,000 if there is a question of impropriety with taxpayer’s dollars it should be investigated, and at this juncture we start with Council. If they feel there is no wrongdoing perceived or otherwise, I will honor that decision … However, I will request that council add an agenda item for all future council reimbursements so that they may be reviewed and approved by a majority of council.”

And it was with this summary and Sayre’s aggressive defense ringing in their ears that a council work session consensus, with stated opposition only from Hollis Tharpe, appeared to agree that council should move in the direction of codified future selfpolicing of potential abuses of the public trust by those at the top of the town government hierarchy.

Hash it out, fellows Of the vice-mayor’s complaint about his colleague’s expense report, Mayor Darr said, “I think it’s a legitimate question.” However, the mayor added that without a clear-cut policy on self-policing of elected officials spending of public funds for town business “there is nothing we can do … other than send it to the commonwealth attorney’s office. – Hash it out, fellows,” Darr concluded in

Fish story - Gene Tewalt may be wondering why a colleague who also cancelled his VML registration had a tab so much bigger than his. Tewalt’s tab was $0. handing off the discussion to council.

Parker began by saying he wasn’t interested in a criminal investigation, just ascertaining whether Sayre was acting in an official capacity on October 4-5 that justified the town

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registration and you must be registered to enter the exhibitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hall. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plays. He also asserted he had the nice that she gave you permission, permission of Mary Jo Fields, a VML but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the legislative research asofficial whose name he raised several sistant.â&#x20AC;? times, to attend the conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the head of the conference,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What official business did you Sayre insisted. have in Roanoke to warrant an over Hrbek wondered at Sayreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public night stay?â&#x20AC;? Parker asked Sayre dipronouncement of September 22 rectly. Sayre replied attendance at the that he would skip the conference vendorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; event on October 5. to save taxpayer money, particularly Parker questioned Sayreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim he the cost of the iPads purchased for was authorized to attend by a VML councilmen at a cost of $530 each, official, asserting that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;in [VMLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] and had then shown up and run up a guidelines they say there is no partial $438 tab.

Sayre responded that rather than costing the town $438, he had realized $786 in savings by not attending the three-day conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you have driven down Sunday morning and saved the town another $192?â&#x20AC;? Parker retorted.

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Funk added that if any citizen â&#x20AC;&#x153;believed a criminal act occurredâ&#x20AC;? by Sayreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s submission of his travel and accommodation expenses, that citizen could initiate the call for a special prosecutor and grand jury investigation. tend by VML official Mary Jo Fields.

Mayor Darr asked Sayre when Fields gave him permission to attend without registration. Sayre replied Saturday (Oct. 4), stating his attendance had been approved earlier through Council Clerk Jennifer Berry. As Berry began to respond, the mayor interrupted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to say,â&#x20AC;? he acknowledged Berry, continuing to say of town employees, â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I want to make this point, not just to Tom but to everybody. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not their responsibility to give you permission to do anything. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; And that goes back to my earlier comments about self policing.

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Henry gets 17 years in 2012 knife attack on wife Lakisha Henry forgives husband, asks for treatment, leniency act. After a sentencing hearing of just over three hours and another 45 minutes of consideration of the evidence presented for and against leniency, Warren County Circuit Court Judge Dennis L. Hupp imposed a total of 40 years of prison time, with 25 of those years suspended.

So, the now 34-year-old Henry will serve a total of 17 years as part of a plea agreement originally submitted to the court on May 6. Had he gone to trial on the three original charges against him, attempted murder, aggravated malicious wounding and the use of a knife in the commission of a felony, Henry could have received a life-plus-15-year prison sentence.

Henry will serve 15 years of a

possible 18 the plea agreement suggested on two charges related to the August 14, 2012 attack on his wife, Lakisha, as well as a previous twoyear sentence on drug convictions he was on home incarceration for at the time of the attack. On July 17, 2012, Henry pled guilty to a charge of possession with intent to distribute between a half pound and five pounds of marijuana. He was released to home arrest on August 7, just seven days prior to the attack on his wife.

Testimony at a November 18 sentencing hearing indicated Henry was working for his parent’s car dealership on work release after his plea on the drug charges.

Hupp sentenced Henry to 40

Ricky Brian Henry at time of Aug. 14, 2012 arrest.

years on the Aggravated Malicious Wounding charge, which carries a maximum life sentence; and 5 years on the use of a knife in the commission of a felony, with that latter sentence to run concurrently with the 15 year balance of the 40 year sentence.

However, the judge ordered the twoyear probation violation drug sen-

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The attempted murder charge, which carries a maximum sentence of just 10 years, was dropped as part of the plea agreement.

After his release, Henry will be on supervised probation for 5 years and

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Why a plea?

Despite the preponderance of eyewitness evidence against Henry, including by citizens who pulled Henry off his wife and subdued him at the scene, the prosecution told the court in May it had agreed to the suggested plea agreement due to the wishes of the victim.

During the sentencing hearing Lakisha Henry testified that she had forgiven her husband and did

not believe he â&#x20AC;&#x153;was himself â&#x20AC;? when he attacked her. She also said she had withdrawn a protective order against her husband and allowed the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two children, 4 and 6 at the time of the attack they witnessed, to visit Henry in jail â&#x20AC;&#x153;because they need their father.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he is released do you worry for your safety?â&#x20AC;? Storr Burks asked Lakisha Henry near the end of direct examination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolutely not,â&#x20AC;? Lakisha Henry replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he is out do your worry about the safety of your children?â&#x20AC;? defense counsel continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolutely not,â&#x20AC;? Lakisha Henry again replied.

Asked if she thought there could be a relationship re-established between her and her husband if he

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was released, Lakisha Henry replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will always be a relationship there.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you want him punished for what he did to you?â&#x20AC;? Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney asked her clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sure,â&#x20AC;? she replied.

Asked if she wanted him to get the maximum 20 years that could have been imposed by the plea agreement, Lakisha Henry said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolutely not.

I want him to get proper treatment and evaluation. I want him to get the help he needs.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Lakisha and mother Winona, defense attorney Ghislaine Storr-Burks called psychiatrist Eileen Ryan, who evaluated Henry in March 2013, in seeking leniency for her client.

During often emotional testimony from his mother and wife, Henry sat

at the side of the defense table, staring silently across the courtroom, occasionally bowing his head with what appeared to be watery eyes. The bulk of the defense case for leniency revolved around Dr. Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion that Ricky Henry has suffered from a borderline, mixed bipolar disorder since childhood, that impacted his behavior as his marriage deteriorated and his wife left him for another man in the weeks leading up to the attack.

She also testified a drug prescribed for Henry to treat depression could have accentuated his bipolar syndrome.

Prior to his sentencing Henry read an emotional statement apologizing to his wife and children, wishing those who had prevented him from killing his wife well in their lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I apologize to my wifeâ&#x20AC;Ś I am

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Sentencing â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I heard today from Mr. Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother and Dr. Ryan clearly suggests he does suffer from mental health problems that affected his behavior at the time of the incident.

That said,â&#x20AC;? Judge Hupp continued to say he believed leniency had been considered in the upper end suggestion of the plea deal, pointing out conviction on the Aggravated Malicious Wounding charge alone carried a potential life sentence.

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breaking. But his act created this separation. It is not just an offense against her, but against society itself.â&#x20AC;?

The judge called the attack â&#x20AC;&#x153;planned, really violent and vicious,â&#x20AC;? and cited the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence during the attack. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are watching their mother being attacked, so there is only so much weight I can give to the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion. And while Mr. Henry wants to be involved in his childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t justify it during their growing up years.â&#x20AC;?

Both Lakisha and Winona Henry said the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two children, now 9 and 6, had adjusted remarkably after what they had experienced. Asked why she agreed to have her children live with her in-laws, Lakisha Henry said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is their security; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy there.â&#x20AC;?

Suicidal or homicidal?

The lingering question of why Henry was on home incarceration/

work release after being busted, not only for drugs, but also harboring two federal fugitives, one described as a domestic terrorist, may have been alluded to during Assistant Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney Bryan Layton during cross examination of Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Were you not aware your son was a major drug dealer in this area?â&#x20AC;?

Layton queried Winona Henry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still not aware,â&#x20AC;? Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Were you not aware your son was cooperating with the local drug task force?â&#x20AC;? Layton continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No,â&#x20AC;? Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother responded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, he was able to keep things from you,â&#x20AC;? Layton suggested of her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotions surrounding his wife of four years leaving him in 2012.

During direct examination of Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, defense attorney Storr Burks attempted to portray her client as suicidal, rather than homicidal over his marital problems. Winona Henry testified she and her husband found a noose hanging from their sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apple

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Winona Henry said of any jealously her son may have been feeling as his marriage deteriorated.

Lakisha Henry testified she was bringing the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two children back to spend time with their father as the couple had agreed to after she left her husband. In fact she testified she was talking to her husband about the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school clothes as they all sat in her car prior to the attack. She said her husband asked her to come to the house with him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree to go,â&#x20AC;? Lakisha Henry testified of her final memories prior to the attack.â&#x20AC;?

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Affidavits in the court file describe Ricky Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial statements to authorities after being taken to the hospital to treat minor injuries incurred while being subdued at the scene: â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The defendant stated he did not remember the physical aspects of the stabbing. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The defendant stated that the victim had told him things earlier in the day that bothered him. He stated that he tried to talk to her but that she â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;snapped at him.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He stated that after talking to her the next thing he remembers is being choked on the ground.â&#x20AC;?

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Indictments October 2014 Indictments – October Term Jessie Lee Chapman The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about October 11, 2013, in the County of Warren, Jessie Lee Chapman, age and address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

Sol William Vandenbergh The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about July 10, 2014, in the County of Warren, Sol William Vandenbergh, 28, address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Oxycodone.

Brandon Scott Gibbs-Brown The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about June 26, 2014, in the County of Warren, Brandon Scott GibbsBrown, 21, of 3113 Graydon St., Falls Church VA 22042, did unlawfully and feloniously possess, with the intent to distribute, a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

Cody James Gibbs-Brown The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Cody James Gibbs-Brown, 20, of 326 Karley’s Way, Middletown, VA 22645, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Cody James Gibbs-Brown did unlawfully and feloniously possess, with the intent to distribute, a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin. Date of the offenses was on or about June 26, 2014.

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sub-stance, to-wit: Heroin. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully drive a motor vehicle on a highway while her driver’s license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle had been suspended or revoked, this being a second or subsequent offense within ten years.

Date of the offenses was on or about July 26, 2014.

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about May 20, 2014, in the County of Warren, Nekia Danielle Martin, 24, of 421 E. Criser Rd. #102, Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously possess with the intent to distribute more than one-half ounce but not more than five pounds of marijuana.

or other self-administered intoxicant or drug, or a combination of drugs, to a degree which impaired his ability to drive or operate his motor vehicle safely. COUNT THREE: having been arrested for driving under the influence of any narcotic drug or any other self-administered intoxicant or drug, or a similar ordinance of any county, city or town, did unreason-ably refuse to permit a sample of blood or breath to be taken to determine the alcohol or drug or both drug and alcohol content of the blood. COUNT FOUR: did unlawfully drive a motor vehicle on a highway after his driver’s license, learner’s permit, or privilege to drive a motor vehicle had been suspended or revoked, after he had been directed not to drive by any court. Date of the offenses was on or about October 2, 2014.

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The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about July 20, 2014, in the County of Warren, Bonnie Mae Watson, 31, of 115 Water St., Milesburg, PA 16853, did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Kanesia Jaell Chapman, age and address unknown, with three counts. COUNTS ONE, TWO and THREE: In the County of Warren, Kanesia Jaell Chapman did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

Dates of the offenses were on or about October 11, 18 and 25, 2013.

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William Russell Clatterbuck The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges William Russell Clatterbuck, 34, of 1315 Baron Place., Front Royal, VA 22630, with four counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, William Russell Clatterbuck did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

COUNT TWO: did unlawfully drive or operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or while under the influence of a narcotic drug

David Edward Bain The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges David Edward Bain, 22, of 1521 Blue Mountain Rd., Front Royal, VA 22630, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, David Edward Bain did unlawfully drive on any highway a vehicle which was not under proper control, or which had inadequate or improperly adjusted brakes. COUNT

TWO: did knowingly, intentionally and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled sub-stance, to-wit: Heroin. Dates of the offenses were on or about July 5 and 16, 2014.

Joshua Delaney Debolt The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about July 23, 2014, in the County of Warren, Joshua Delaney Debolt, 29, of 9215 Devonshire Lane, Marshall, VA 20115, did unlawfully take steal, and carry away the goods and chattels of Walmart with a value of $200.00 or more.

Tavon O’Neill Andrade The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 8, 2014 in the County of Warren, Tavon O’Neill Andrade, 18, address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously steal a motor vehicle belonging to Ruth Cook, valued at $200.00 or more.

Michael Lee Johnson The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about August 2, 2014 in the County of Warren, Michael Lee Johnson, 20, of 2023 Strasburg Rd., Front Roy-al, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously steal property, valued at $200.00 or more belonging to Gerolama Casile.

James Lynn Bowles The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about September 6, 2014 in the County of Warren, James Lynn Bowles, 33, of 490/258 Louwil Lane, Bentonville, VA 22610, did unlawfully, feloniously, knowingly and in-

Mary Elizabeth Jordan The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about November 18, 2013, in the County of Warren, Mary Elizabeth Jordan, 47, of 2741 Stonewall Jackson Hwy. #3, did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Oxyodone.

Casey Jane Tobin The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Casey Jane Tobin, 27, of 185 James St., Front Royal, VA 22630, with two counts.

COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Casey Jane Tobin did unlawfully and feloniously conspire to sell or distribute, a Schedule I controlled

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Dirrick Delont Lucas The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about July 19, 2014 in the County of Warren, Dirrick Delont Lucas, 47, of 2840 Langston Place, S.E., Washington D.C. 20020, did unlawfully, feloniously, knowingly and intentionally possess or transport any firearm, after having previously been convicted of a violent felony defined in Section 17.1-805.

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Barren Lee Long The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Barren Lee Long, 54, of 7 E. James St., Winchester VA 22601, with three counts.

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Traci Jo Stinson The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about February 13, 2013, in the County of Warren, Traci Jo Stinson, 51, of 343 Cherrydale Ave. #1, Front Royal, VA 22630, did un-lawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Oxycodone and Acetaminophen.

Kaylin Rose Weiss The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Kaylin Rose Weiss, age and address unavailable with two counts. COUNTS

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On Nov. 16, John LaBarca was recognized for long-time “contributions that improved the quality of life of citizens of Warren County” with FR Rotary’s Robert ‘Bob’ Miller Community Service Award.

The Front Royal Rotary Club presented the sixth Annual Robert E. “Bob” Miller Community Service Award to Mr. John C. LaBarca at its Nov. 16 meeting. The award is named after Robert E. “Bob” Miller in recognition of his 75 years of membership in the Rotary Club of Front Royal, and his service to the Front Royal-Warren County Community.

“Recipients shall have demonstrated a commitment of service and dedication to the community through their vocation, public service, philanthropy or civic service to the community to make a lasting impression on

the community,” a press release stated.

LaBarca is a well-known figure in the Front RoyalWarren County community, having originally been involved in leading the team that selected the site and constructed the DuPont manufacturing facility in the 1970’s. After plant start-up, he was assigned as Assistant Plant Manager through 1985, at which time he became the Plant Manager at the Moberly, Missouri DuPont plant. He returned to Front Royal in 1990 as plant manager and remained in that position until his retirement in 2004.

John has been involved in a number of community organizations including: and Chairman of Warren County Educational Endowment (WCEE); Advisory Board member Project Lead the Way for engineering directed students; FR-WC Economic Development Authority bard member 1995-2009, chairman 2004-07; member of the FR-WC Chamber of Commerce, chairman 1994-95; member of both the Valley Health Systems and Warren Memorial Hospital boards; and FR Rotary members since 1990. LaBarca was also acknowledged for playing a key role in acquiring the 2-acre site of the North Warren Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station from DuPont According to founding member of the WCEE and long-time Board member John Marlow, “John has truly been the heart and soul of our organization. Much of the success of the Warren County Educational Endowment can be credited to the vision and efforts of John LaBarca. I do not believe that the highly successful ‘Project Lead the Way’ would even exist in Warren County without his leadership.”

Warren County Public Schools Superintendent Pam McInnis stated, “John LaBarca has always been a champion of education.”

Dr. Robert E. “Bob” Miller served the Front RoyalWarren County Community as a dentist for 67 years during which his dedication to “patients, clubs and community were always at the forefront of what he did,” past Rotary Club President Doug Stanley said in acknowledging LaBarca’s selection.

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Teenya Bennett-Tauzin The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Teenya Bennett-Tauzin, 34, address unavailable, with two counts. COUNTS ONE and TWO: In the County of Warren, Teenya Bennett-Tauzin did unlawfully, feloniously and willfully swear falsely as to a material matter while under a law-fully administered oath. Dates of the offenses were on or about July 7 and August 15, 2014.

William Joseph McLaughlin The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges William Joseph McLaughlin, age and address unavailable, with two counts.

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A ‘Second Chance’ for three key downtown commercial properties

Stokes Mart will stay open in familiar format A second chance for Second Chance as trio of locals buy building

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Two sales of major downtown business properties in the past week could be a hopeful sign for the Town

of Front Royal. A trio of local businessmen, John Marlow, Michael Silek and Donnie Poe bought the vacant Second Chance building at auction from Wells Fargo Bank on November 13; and on November 19 the Front

Elks donate $3,000 to wounded vets, the hungry and library

Lodge 2382 Exalted Ruler Dennis Henline and past Ruler Wanda Fritts flank ‘Loaves & Fishes’ Jeremy Cook and $1,000 check presented by FR Elks Lodge to help feed the needy. Photo Elks Front Royal Elks Club on Nov. 2 presented wounded veteran Sgt. Arthur “Bunky” Woods of Bentonville with a check for $1,000.

The money was raised by the lodge at an automobile show to benefit wounded warriors.

The same day, a second check for $1,000 went to Jeremy Cook, food pantry administrator for “Loaves

and Fishes” that provides food for needy families in the area.

And on Nov. 5, Elks Lodge official Dennis Henline visited Samuels Public Library in Front Royal where he presented a $1,000 check to Youth Services Supervisor Michael Ashby for the purchase of picture books for young children.

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Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority announced the purchase of Stokes Mart as part of a deal to bring an outside retailer, B&G Goods, into a rent to buy deal that will keep the downtown market open in a similar retail context to the one

locals have been used to for years.

Couple those purchases, one that will keep an existing business open and one that will hopefully resurrect a huge empty space, with anticipated movement on the EDA-overseen property swap hoped to redevelop

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E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School Alumni A.J. Sullivan, Carolyn Laourdakis and “Mr. Happy” Alan Williams pose with their former E. Wilson Morrison PE teachers, Roy Hattenback and Ms. Kelse today after being inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on November 21, at Bogg’s Chapel on the campus of Randolph-Macon Academy.

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Thank you, E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School for loving, educating and nurturing these young men and women into who they are today, and what they will be tomorrow.

the long-dormant and boarded-up Afton Inn at the other side of Front Royal’s East Main Street commercial strip and maybe there is economic light at the end of the recessionary tunnel.

Marlow, a former Front Royal mayor and county supervisor, told us a plan for the huge Second Chance building across East Main Street from the town Gazebo and Village Commons is in the early stages of development, adding that he could not comment further at this time.

Second Chance has been empty since the closing of The Harmony House Domestic Violence Shelter last year. Mike Silek’s involvement completes a circle of sorts with the building which used to house “Frank’s” clothing store owned by his father, Abe. “Frank’s” was named for Mike’s grandfather.

State aid to Handley Regional Library cut by $10,879 Director John Huddy announced today he has received notice from the state of a reduction in aid to localities in the amount of $10,879 for Handley Regional Library.

“This has a significant impact on our collection funding,” Huddy noted, as the effects of the cut were being assessed.

The amount of support from the state budgeted for Handley Regional Library for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 was $357,518. With the cut, the library will be receiving $346,639.

State funds are restricted and are largely used by Handley Regional Library to provide books and related materials, as well as Internet access and contractual services for the library’s website.

Libraries across Virginia will likely see similar reductions in funding.

Handley Regional Library operates three branches in the region: Handley Library in Winchester, Bowman Library in Stephens City, and Clarke County in Berryville.

The projected shortfall in the FY15 budget will be compensated for through spending cuts and additional fundraising efforts.

Questions about this information can be directed to John Huddy, jhuddy@handleyregional.org or by calling 540 662-9041 x14.

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Front Royal 1920-30s housed the local fire house and was deeded to the town for redevelopment and use as a government facility.

Of course these positives, and a few more yet to be verified, are somewhat balanced by information that three East Main Street businesses are poised to close their doors, move or consolidate.

As the Buffalo Springfield (Stephen Stills, Neil Young et al) sang circa 1967, it seems â&#x20AC;&#x153;somethingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening here, what it is ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly clearâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the availability of real estate at rock bottom â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or not â&#x20AC;&#x201C; prices â&#x20AC;Ś But has anyone read Thom Hartmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Crash of 2016â&#x20AC;??

Maybe not to the level of its heyday, here circa 1920s, but the Afton Inn too may be on the verge of a re-birth.

According to a November 18, 2014 EDA press release on the Stokes Mart purchase, â&#x20AC;&#x153;EDA will purchase the property and lease back to B&G Goods with an option to purchase in about three years. B&G Goods will provide similar market items as Stokes Mart currently provides.

They will complete light renovations, stock the facility and provide a section for seasonal items. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The EDA is very comfortable with this deal,â&#x20AC;? said McDonald. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The partners in the B&G enterprise have been in the retail business for 30-plus years and have very stable financials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Stokes property has been on the market for sale for about one year and will go to closing within about 30 days, McDonald added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The concept of the EDA purchasing a site and leasing back with an

option to buy is not unique,â&#x20AC;? said McDonald. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We designed a similar contract for Dulles Industries/Schnabel which has located on Strasburg Road at the old North American Housing facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the tools available to us to assist in mobilizing the economy.

EDA chose to move forward on this deal because we had an experienced and stable end user at the table,â&#x20AC;? McDonald said.

According to McDonald the purchase price for Stokes Mart, long owned and operated by former County Supervisor Bernie Stokes, was $510,000. Sources indicate the Second Chance auction purchase was achieved at a price of $500,000.

While some have questioned the purchase price of Stokes Mart as exorbitantly high, which one might as-

Celebration of Lights tree-lighting to herald the holidays

The Warren Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will help Front Royal and Warren County usher in the 2014 holiday season with a ceremony to light the lights on the Celebration of Lights tree on Monday, December 1, 7 p.m., at the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main south entrance.

Proceeds from the 32st annual celebration will help Warren Memorial Hospital enhance its services. Over the last 30 years, proceeds from the Celebration of Lights events, combined with funds from other Auxiliary projects, have helped to support many projects including purchasing a warmer for infants in the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Care Center, wheelchairs for transporting patients, an upgrade for the security surveillance system, a new mammography machine and furniture for the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lobby areas.

The community is invited to attend the December 1 ceremony, which will take place regardless of the weather. The program will

include holiday music by the Warren County High School Chorus.

Refreshments will be served in the main lobby after the ceremony.

By making a donation of $5 or more to the Celebration of Lights, you can honor or memorialize loved ones and friends with a symbolic light on the tree in front of the hospital. Red lights symbolize those being honored, while white lights shine brightly for those being memorialized. A single donation of $50 or more for an individual will be recognized as a Star Giver and will also have a symbolic light.

The Auxiliaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual fundraising drive will continue throughout the holidays.

Donations for the 2014 Celebration of Lights may be mailed to the Warren Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, 1000 North Shenandoah Avenue, Front Royal, VA 22630. For more information, call Melissa Boies, Volunteer Services Director, at 636-0398.

certain if compared to the sale price of a Second Chance building about four times the size Stokes Mart, McDonald cited numbers she said justified the price. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The tax assessment is a total of $590,800 and the appraisal came back at $585,000,â&#x20AC;? she said of Stokes Mart.

Of the necessity of an EDA role in facilitating a potential B&G purchase, McDonald added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem with the bank financing was that the bank wanted at least two years of business financials at this location and since they would be new owners they did not qualify. We even tried using the existing financials of the current facility and that was not acceptable.â&#x20AC;?

Collateral on the EDA purchase of Stokes Mart is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the property, a van, a delivery truck, any inventory in the store, and all rental income from the apartments and storage units,â&#x20AC;? McDonald told us.

Asked about the relative prices of Second Chance and Stokes Mart, McDonald pointed out that while

a larger facility with more potential uses, Second Chance was bought in a foreclosure auction conducted by a bank, an event that might not bring full market value.

As for positive signs from the purchase of two, and pending purchase of a third, major downtown commercial property in Front Royal, McDonald said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It could be crucial to the revitalization efforts and we hope that some other activity that is about to occur on Main Street will help enhance the downtown district. There are many positive things happening right now and we hope to be able to continue with those efforts.â&#x20AC;?

About to occur â&#x20AC;&#x201C; could that be a clue about pending action on the Afton Inn?!!?

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Stopping by downtown Front Royalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lucky Star Lounge for lunch as we like to do several times a week, we struck up a conversation with owners Trevor and Lorena Lipton about the seasonal menu changes taking effect this November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, you need to talk to Jo Anne about that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done an amazing job since she took over in the kitchen, she really deserves all the credit for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on with our menu now,â&#x20AC;? Trevor replied.

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One special was so popular it has been added to the new menu, she points out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been having â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Crab Cake Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for a standard special for a while. I was receiving phone calls and visits from customers begging for them. I was even stopped at gas stations and asked why they are not on the menu, so by popular demand crab cakes are now a staple on the menu.â&#x20AC;?

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A family affair  We asked Jo Anne about the Star kitchen and personnel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Richard Martin (aka â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunshineâ&#x20AC;?) has been with the Lucky Star for almost three years. He is my righthand man, and does everything in his power to keep things running smoothly,â&#x20AC;? she began. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He began as a porter and worked his way up. We balance each other out. His willingness to learn and positive attitude is a blessing. Richard has an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye for foods and treats each plate as a canvas to appeal to the customers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lucas Reiser is our newest member. He came from a kitchen management job in South Carolina.

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“We believe that giving the wait staff a proper description and a sample plate will give them the tools to let our customer know all of the great options that are available. Feedback from the customers is essential, the wait staff work closely with the customers to give us their constructive views.

“Here at the Lucky Star Lounge we strive to bring quality food at a reasonable price. I would describe it as comfort food with a gourmet twist.

Everything is made from scratch from the dressings to the desserts.

One of the best compliments I can receive is that it reminds people of home.”

And that “reminds me of home” attitude fits right in to the Lucky Star’s ambience as a family operation. Not only are Trevor and wife Lorena co-owners, Trevor’s brother Gideon works the bar several days a week. Jo Anne’s husband, Jim, is also a bartender in the front of the house. And day manager Dewey Vaughan claims several family connections, both real and imagined, in house or on the Lucky Star’s musical stage which hosts music six nights a week.

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Tianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Natalie Ramos, reported that although 800 families registered, only 409 families came, but nearly 70 volunteers showed up to hand out the food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;The Day of Unityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a coming together of a community to help facilitate the needs of the people living within the community. This effort being put forth not only helps provide food for those in need but also shows that there are people that sympathize with othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; current situation. It allows for those whom it helps to find a glimmer of hope in what is a difficult time in their lives,â&#x20AC;? said Jeremy Cook, director of the non-profit Loaves and Fishes food pantry, which is also dedicated to feeding people in the community who are struggling financially and need assistance.

His pantry received 200 family meals through their efforts and he expressed his gratitude to Tiana.

Other meals provided during the giveaway were: 200 family meals provided through Presbyterian Church; 100 family meals given randomly throughout the neighborhood; 50 family meals given to City National Bank and disbursed to the elderly who bank with them; and 200 family meals disbursed randomly through the donut shop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was done by families telling families, radio advertising, and Facebook posts. Meals were also delivered to people who could not pick them up,â&#x20AC;? Natalie said.

Each family received a box containing a choice of turkey or ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, dinner rolls, cake mix and donuts.

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County approves changes to Short-Term Rentals By-right use removed, increased restrictions on CUP applications

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The controversy over short-term rentals of private homes that blew up over neighbor’s complaints about Tareq Salahi’s so-called “Air B&B” rentals of his Mosby Overlook Estates home in Linden was resolved, probably to nobody’s satisfaction, with unanimous approval of a series of code changes by the Warren County Board of Supervisors on November 18.

Upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the supervisors removed “Short-Term Tourist Rentals” as a by-right use on properties both over and under five acres in Agriculturally-zoned districts; replaced that previous by-right use with permitted by Conditional Use Permit; and finally added a list of supplementary regulations to shortterm rental CUP applications. Those latter conditions will impose stricter rules on such rentals.

None of those previously arguing for the continued by-right use of their privately-owned homes as short-term rentals appeared to speak at the public hearing on the matter.

However, four of the seven speakers supporting restricting such uses in essentially residential neighborhoods asked the supervisors for more restrictive ordinances than were proposed. The bulk of those speakers were from rural neighborhoods, including High Knob, Skyland Estates and Thunderbird Farms.

However, citing a balance between neighborhood expectations that a certain residential lifestyle be maintained and individual property owner’s rights to use their property as they see fit to generate income, for the most part the supervisors held to the changes recommended by the planning commission.

One change implemented prior to the vote, recommended by Fork District Supervisor Archie Fox, was reducing the maximum number of people allowed to occupy a short-

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term rental. That reduction was from 12 to 10. Questioned about the 12 occupancy maximum forwarded by the Planning Commission, Warren County Planning Director Taryn Logan noted that there was one existing Short-Term Rental permit in place with a 12-person occupancy. Logan pointed out that, that permit involved a six-bedroom house and the general standard applied by health departments was two people per bedroom.

While Fox’s motion, seconded by Happy Creek Supervisor Tony Carter, to reduce the new CUP maximum occupancy to 10 passed unanimously, Logan later explained that the existing Short-Term Rental permit for the six-bedroom house on some 10 acres would be grandfathered in at its current maximum occupancy rate.

Shenandoah District Supervisor Richard Traczyk, who had urged caution at the start of the debate earlier this year, noted that this issue is one being dealt with across the country.

“Property rights versus community standards is a national issue. I’m still not happy with some of this – it could be stronger on some regulations.

I give a lot of weight to neighbor’s opinions … but with the Conditional Use Permit process we get to look at the whole picture in each application. I will support this. I’m aware of property rights and I am aware of the annoyance factor on neighbors,” Traczyk said in prefacing his vote.

Included in the eight new conditions approved for Short-Term Rental applications were: • Submission of a property management plan that will illustrate minimizing impacts on neighbors; • County consideration of a recommendation of approval or denial of the CUP by a POA or HOA when the applicant property is in a subdivision governed by such;

• The applicant property must have an active landline telephone making the rental home accessible by phone, and the number of that phone will be included in the property management plan; • Owners of Short-Term Rental properties must provide an evacuation plan for, not only the rental property, but the entire neighborhood; • A minimum distance of 100 feet between the rental home and all neighboring homes; • Posting of county codes on noise in the rental; • Posting of county codes on outdoor burning in the rental; • Failure to comply with all the CUP conditions and new code supplemental regulations will allow revocation of any permit issued.

In prefacing his vote, Supervisor Carter, in who’s Happy Creek District the bulk of the neighborhoods complaining about Short-Term Rental operations lie, said, “Mr. Traczyk has said such regulations may be arbitrary and capricious – but some localities don’t allow this at all. There is a difference for me if someone is helping make their mortgage payment by doing this (Tareq Salahi said he was doing just that during an earlier hearing); but more of these seem to be properties bought at auction that are turned into a revenue generator by people from outside the neighborhood. I guess a question is would we want to live next to one?

This gives us more control over these operations. I guess I’ll support it and we can review the applications on

a case by case basis,” Carter said in prefacing his vote.

However, Carter added a cautionary note, pointing out, “Sometimes there are more problems with longterm rentals … but people are worried it will start looking like a college strip – but you can always pull a permit if it gets out of hand. I will support this reluctantly.”

Elderly tax exemptions Also on November 18, the board unanimously approved changes recommended by legal staff to the county’s Tax Exemption for the Elderly program. While county Commissioner of the Revenue Sherry Sours had recommended a change, raising the minimum amount of net

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“Sometimes there are more problems with long-term rentals … but people are worried it will start looking like a college strip – but you can always pull a permit if it gets out of hand. I will support this reluctantly.” – Happy Creek District Supervisor Tony Carter worth and income to qualify for the real estate tax exemption championed by her predecessor, the late John Smedley, the county’s legal staff took the notion of changes and ran a bit further after reviewing how other jurisdictions handle such programs.

At an earlier discussion, Sours con-

cerns about putting undue burden on those already in the program were addressed by grandfathering in under the old standards anyone qualifying for the Tax Relief for the Elderly Program previously, up to January 1, 2014.

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relatives or others living at property owned by qualifying elderly is designed to prevent abuse of the system designed to help, elderly, fixedincome home owners. Situations of children or other relatives living in property owned by a qualifying older person were cited in forwarding the recommended changes.

Changes implemented include: • Increasing the combined eligible gross income from $26,500 (65-69) and $30,000 (70 and over) to a flat $35,000 for everyone over 65; • Creation of a sliding scale - $0$20,000 = 100% exemption; $20,001$25,000 = 75% exemption; $25,001$30,000 = 50% exemption; and $30,001-$35,000 = 25% exemption.

• Increasing from $3,000 to $5,000 the exempt amount of income other relatives (spouse exempt) living in

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Warren County the house may earn annually before those incomes are applied to the gross earned income sliding scale; • Increases the net combined worth eligible from $100,000 to $150,000.

Staff noted that the net worth and income figures had not been adjusted since 2006.

First-time applicants for the Tax Relief for the Elderly Program and

applicants suffering hardships to file through December 31 of the taxable year; all other applicants must file by April 1.

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Winchester/Frederick Christmas at the Visitors Center: Santa’s Letters A special mailbox in the Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center is delivering letters to the North Pole! Boys and girls who write a letter (with a return address) can drop it off here and receive a letter back from Santa himself! Make sure to drop off your letter by Dec. 10.

First Find Scavenger Hunt What: To showcase Winchester’s hidden treasures both old and new, we are hosting a Scavenger Hunt throughout Old Town Winchester. So, gather your friends and family to form a team and prepare for a fun day around Winchester.

When: The First Find Scavenger Hunt will take place on Saturday, December 27, 2014 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. This is NOT a race. All teams that participate receive a gift bag of valuable discounts/coupons to local businesses.

Where: Teams will travel to various locations around Winchester to locate and photograph clues.

To register for the First Find Scavenger Hunt, go to the Museum of Shenandoah Valley between December 1st and December 26th. You will choose a team name and purchase buttons at a reduced rate of $8.00. Children under 12 are free. These buttons are good for BOTH First Find and First Night.

Teams may consist of 2 or more people – no max.

The hunt will be staggered so that everyone will NOT be at the sites at the same time. This is NOT a race. The purpose of the Scavenger Hunt is FUN. Safety is of utmost importance, please be careful as you participate in First Find. Teams are encouraged to have a cell phone and to take pictures of each item that has been found. You are asked to post the photos to the First Night Winchester Facebook page so that they can be printed for a collage to be displayed on First Night. If a team does not have a cell phone, they can add to the collage at the end of the Hunt with items they have collected at the sites like a flyer or brochure. If teams are “stumped” by a clue, they can post a question on Facebook.

Each team that participates will receive a gift bag full of valuable discounts/coupons for local businesses.

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By Carol Ballard Middletown’s Mayor Charlie Harbaugh is pretty excited about the first ever Christmas Parade to be held in Middletown on Main Street this December 7.

He and his committee worked on the idea to make history by staging the event which will feature floats, 50 horses, and more than 30 entries, which will be judged by three judges and winners presented with plaques after the parade.

Santa will be there as well as 29th district State Delegate Mark Berg.

The hero Kota of the Winchester Police K-9 corps will also make an appearance Mayor Harbaugh, Founder of

the parade idea, and his committee consisting of Tina Clem, Debbie Garrett, Jeffrey Albright and Katie Garrett, have been working on this for about two months and are proud that it is finally a success.

“It will fall on a good day, Sunday, and no other towns will be having their parades that day. We’re really looking forward to it. We’re hoping for at least 1,000 people.

They’re also looking forward to the third annual tree-lighting ceremony set for Black Friday at dusk at the Town Tree. There will be a bonfire, apple cider, presents for the children and Christmas Carol singing. The tree will be lit by Mayor Harbaugh and musician Robbie Limon.

Engle’s Angle: “What’s A Guy To Do?”

By Kevin S. Engle Warren County Report Saturday evening.

My wife and I are visiting good friends at their house.

They’ve recently had a baby. Their first.

We’re talking, laughing, being goofy, just like always.

And then, without warning, I see it.

I look over at mom and she’s breast feeding. Right in front of us.

She’s covered up. Sort of.

But not totally.

My face gets hot.

I start to sweat.

I’m not supposed to be seeing this.

I pull a muscle in my neck as I quickly look away.

I don’t glance over again until I’m sure the coast is clear.

“Oh my,” I say to my wife on the ride home.

“Yup.” “I wasn’t expecting that.”

“Nope.”

That incident occurred more than 20 years ago.

It happened again last month. Same situation, different people.

Now we’re spending the weekend with my family, including a new addition.

It’s a gorgeous Saturday and we’re tailgating before a college football game. Between bites of my sausage sandwich, I look at my wife, and on the ground, in front of her, is my nephew’s wife, breast feeding her baby boy.

She too is covered up. But not totally.

I almost jumped up out of my chair.

And just like the last time, I snapped my neck to the right, again pulling that same muscle.

“Move away from the area!” my inner voice screamed.

“Get more chips!”

“Go to the porta potty!”

“Just go somewhere else!”

“Oh my,” I said to Judy later that night.

“Yup.” “I wasn’t expecting that.”

“Nope.”

Hey, I’m open-minded.

For the most part.

Ok, maybe not that much.

I know that breast feeding is natural, it’s beautiful, it’s a bond between mother and child, blah blah blah.

But I’m also old-fashioned.

When mom is doing it right in front of me, I’m uncomfortable.

I squirm.

What’s a guy to do in that situation?

You can’t look at mom because she might think you’re looking at, you know.

Should I take off my shirt and toss it her way, hoping she’ll use it to cover up?

Or should I shut my eyes and take a two hour nap?

Or should I just take off running and screaming?

I should’ve said something. Made a joke about it.

But I didn’t.

And I don’t want to upset anyone, but geez.

If it ever happens again, I know one thing for sure.

I’m gonna have a sore neck.

Again.

Any suggestions?

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Daylight tickets: $20 Advance, $25 At the door, $6 children 6-12 years.

Preview Party: $40 PHW members, $50 non-members, RSVP required.

Single admission to one house: $5 at the door of the house.

Winchester Towers public input form now online On Wednesday, November 19th, the city held its first of two public input open-houses to solicit feedback about the proposed events center concept at the Winchester Towers property.

The City’s consultant (SAG), presented the events center feasibility findings as well as their recommendations for Winchester.

Following the presentation, those in attendance voiced opinions and asked questions. Everyone was provided five stickers to select what they thought was the best use for the facility. Below are the results: Events/Conference Center (35) Mixed-Use - Apartments + Retail (26) Apartments/Condos (7) General Office Space (1) Other (1) Higher Education Classrooms/ Housing (0) The presentation and public in-

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Winchester/Frederick put form is available on the City’s website. Like to hear more about the project in person and have the opportunity to ask the consultant and City staff questions? Come to the second public input open house on December 3 at 6:30 pm on the fourth floor of Rouss City Hall.

Old Town Winchester Holly Jolly Celebration The Christmas Parade will be held on December 1, 7 pm. The route will be Piccadilly St. from Cameron to Braddock, Braddock to Cork, Cork to Cameron. Tree Lighting Ceremony with Santa will follow the Christmas Parade at 1840 Courthouse area, Loudoun Street Mall. Convenient parade parking can be found at any of the four downtown garages for only $5. NOTE: If you park at the Braddock St. garage, you will not be allowed to exit until the parade is over.

Santa’s Headquarters will take place on December 5 from 5-7 pm and December 6 from 11 am1 pm at the Godfrey Miller Center.

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Winchester’s Holly Jolly Celebration will be December 13, noon-5 pm. There will be caroling, special deals and holiday activities in Old Town including FREE holiday wagon rides from 1-3 pm.

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Exposure possible cause of death at Morgan’s Ford Bridge 29-year-old male may have been homeless, sleeping outdoors

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Dr. Jeffrey Alban and tenor soloist Dominic Vieira receive audience applause at the Blue Ridge Singers’ spring concert.

The Blue Ridge Singers invite local families to A “Frozen” Choral Spectacular on Friday, December 12, 7:30 p.m. at Front Royal Presbyterian Church, 115 Luray Ave. and Sunday, December 14, 4 p.m. at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Old Town Winchester, 26 W. Boscawen St. Admission is free, but good-will donations are welcome.

“Every choir needs to step out of the box now and then,” quips the chamber choir’s artistic director and conductor, Dr. Jeff Alban.

“When I first saw the movie, I was pleasantly surprised by the use of ‘real’ choral music. We always have young people at our Christmas

concerts and I thought it would be fun for them to hear some familiar music, which is why I programmed the ‘Frozen’ medley. The choir will sing a variety of quality choral music, including two exciting Christmas spirituals.”

Performing a wide range of challenging choral music, the Blue Ridge Singers welcome audience and singers interested in joyous, adventurous and sophisticated music. Musical leadership is provided

by Dr. Jeffrey Alban and accompanist Daniel Miller. The choir’s members are a mix of semi-professional musicians and experienced amateurs, united by the desire to create beautiful music.

The unseasonable mid-November 2014 cold spell that saw evening temperatures in Warren County dip into the mid and low teens on November 17 and 18 may have claimed a victim. The body of a man identified by the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office as 29-yearold Jason Andrew Roach, of no fixed address, was discovered by a male walking in a wooded area near the Morgan’s Ford low-water Bridge on November 18.

According to a November 19 press release from the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office its Communication Center received the report leading patrol deputies to respond to the area around 12:30 p.m., on Tuesday, November 18.

“Warren County EMS personnel responded and subsequently pronounced the male individual de-

ceased on the scene,” the sheriff ’s office release stated. The release also observed that a preliminary investigation did not suggest foul play.

There is some indication Roach was a familiar figure in the vicinity of the Morgan’s Ford Bridge; that he may have been homeless and slept in the area. Exposure is being looked at as a potential cause of death.

Conversation at the November 20 meeting of the RSW Regional Jail Authority indicated that the man who discovered Roach’s body reported it at the front desk of the RSW Jail.

“He said it was the first law enforcement building he came to. Jail personnel reported the man was fairly shaken by his discovery of the body – “he was as white as that shirt,” one Authority board member commented.

Anyone with information regarding Jason Andrew Roach is urged to contact Investigator Brandon Darr at the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office at (540) 635-7100.

with VDOTs On Tuesday, November 18th, the City of Winchester implemented a new system that synchronized the City’s traffic signals on Jubal Early/ Pleasant Valley/Millwood/ Apple Blossom with VDOT’s signals near Interstate-81 (including the signal at Mall Boulevard). The purpose of this project is to improve traffic flow in the area.

As a part of this process, the new traffic signal at Millwood/University Drive was also activated.

“The new system is traffic responsive meaning that the traffic signal timings are adjusted automatically based on real time changes in traffic volumes,” explained Perry Eisenach, the City’s Public Services Director. “Once the system is activated, it usually takes a few days to make adjustments in the field so that the synchronization is operating at optimal levels.”

The cost of the project is $500,000 which will be shared equally (50/50) between the City (FY15 general fund) and VDOT (Revenue Sharing funds).

Please expect minor delays in the beginning as the system is learning the traffic pattern and counts.

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Model UN program teaches kids how other cultures see the world Mountain Laurel Montessori students will travel to NYC to aid World Peace

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By Carol Ballard During an evening surrounded by family, friends and fellow students, eight sixth graders of Front Royal’s Mountain Laurel Montessori School

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They had wonderful stage presence, clearly had taken the time to research their subjects and most didn’t have to look very often at their notes.

This has given them a taste of what it will be like to present their research and ideas to the larger audience in New York City among Montessori students from all over the world.

Misty said that an undertaking for a school their size is a pretty big thing.

The students will spend four days there and after arriving will break into groups with kids from other schools. On the final day, they’ll get to vote on resolutions with their Kenya group.

The eight sixth graders are researching problems facing the Kenyan people like: famine; the education of girls; how to provide good drinking water; health care; malaria prevention and treatment; transportation; poaching; deforestation; life expectancy and the lives of children in armed conflict.

“It’s exciting watching the students caucus - they really discuss the issues, in order to present the perspective of Kenya. They’ll go to meetings and caucus there and follow the same procedure the UN delegates do. They’ll also stand up in front of

Model UN and present their papers,” said Monica Nixon, who heads the school.

The eight students needed to choose a country with a smaller number of delegates, and they had to decide between Kenya and the Ukraine, who both have only two delegates.

Last year the country chosen was North Korea, and Meghan Sutter, who attended the session said her group had to deal with the issue of capital punishment.

“We were in favor of it, but we lost.

It was a fun and cool learning experience. Before we did that, I thought Korea was all one country,” she said.

“Every continent was represented last year. Some of the most interesting experiences were with the students from other countries. For example, some kids didn’t know what braces for teeth were,” said Andrea McKay, staff liaison and chaperone for two of the UN trips.

Each of the students will have a topic they have studied and will be as informed as possible as to how know how a Kenyan would respond, and have to step into the role to embody what the actual Kenyan representatives would say.

“Trying to get a position from another culture is a huge step toward

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world peace, to learn to understand things from other people’s point of view. It’s hard for kids, and it’s tough for adults as well,” said Andrea.

They will have to know the background of the issues in Kenya-its history, record of voting.

“This is a step closer to a generation who will think about peace and collaboate to make a change,” she noted.

The students have been able to speak to people who have traveled and worked in Kenya, and may be able to speak with Kenya’s Ambassador. They are also scheduled to contact representatives to give them a chance to speak directly to people with experience in the issues.

The students also will get much more from the experience besides the UN activity. They will have to plan their days, research where to go, how much to give people in gratuities, and figure out subway schedules.

“Some have never been on a subway. This is a real opportunity to safely try out their independence and self-sufficiency in different environments. It brings all to bear, and is what Montessori is about. For these sixth graders, it’s a big deal, and a nice culmination to their year. Montessori helps create future global citizens

with an eye toward actual plausible ways to create peace—what they do at the UN will be a first step towards that,” Andrea said.

Also, later on, the UN will post their actual resolutions on their website and the kids can go back and see what happened and how they voted.

Emma Schmidt went to the UN in 2012 as a representative of Pakistan.

She talked about what the students will be doing.

“Each committee came up with two different resolutions and those were presented to the entire student Model UN group. Each country had a plaque with their name on it. When two resolutions were presented, we voted on one we liked. It went through every committee and we voted on all,” she explained What’s unique about the Montessori Model UN is that the resolutions the students vote on will go to the actual UN and are taken into consideration when voting. She was on the Children’s Rights committee for Pakistan… They each wrote a oneminute speech during the time they were there and then read them.

“It’s so much more meaningful to do that for a real audience,” said Andrea.

Maria Montessori was very active

in creating The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) a specialized agency of the United Nations, whose purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the United Nations Charter.

Her position on the role of education and children was clear, “Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.”

And, “Within the child lies the fate of the future. Of all things, love is the most potent.”

To donate to the Montessori Model UN program, contact Misty Brown at Mountain Laurel’s school line. (540) 636-4257. The school is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization.

Mountain Laurel Montessori School is located at 155 Biggs Drive in Front Royal. Call (540) 636-4257, email info@mlm-school.org, or visit www.mountainlaurelmontessori.org

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Mom was known as the prettiest girl in the country. She started her career at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantgul. Soon after, she met my father and they were married. They had 3 little girls. Our father, an Air Force Staff Sergeant was transferred many places, and we finally settled in Falls Church, VA. As a child, I thought my mother was the prettiest and greatest person in the world. Mary Lou became a single parent and worked at the National Institute of Health until she remarried and my brother was born. She was a stay at home mom for the next seven years. In 1969, Mary Lou went to work for congress. Until her retirement she worked for congress, the Senate, Presidential Commission, and finally an Assistant to the Comptroller of the Currency of the U.S. I am grateful to my mother for teaching us her stellar work ethics, her perseverance, and by her example of how life should be lived. She made sure we were well mannered, well educated, strong and resilient people. Mary Lou is loved by most and admired by many. She has always been a friendly, vivacious person with a strong will and great determination. In 1995 I was diagnosed with toxic shock syndrome and spent 10 months in a hospital in Richmond, VA. I am convinced I would not be here today had it not been for my mother. She balanced a high stress job in Washington and was with me constantly in Richmond. She refused, although I was on life support and not expected to live, to believe I would die. She worked closely with my doctors and nurses and would not take no for an answer. I would like to thank my mother for passing on to us her outgoing personality, the confidence to take on the world, her strength, will to survive, and her genes. She has been unstoppable and so are we.

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Loaves and Fishes provides needed food to 230 people weekly

Jeremy Cook and Amber Carper are happy to see the fresh fruit donated by a local orchard filling the Loaves and Fishes food pantry bins.

By Carol Ballard On September third this year, the food pantry known as Loaves and Fishes, moved into Front Royal to 613 N. Royal Ave. and has been providing a record number of families and individuals with food.

It was formerly housed in a basement connected with Loving Arms Assisted Living near Rte. 619, and was the labor of love begun by Shelly Cook, owner and administrator of the facility. Her son Jeremy Cook has been the pantryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administrator for three years and continues at the new location in town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we started, we fed 40 to 50

people a week for the first six months, now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to 220 to 230 a week,â&#x20AC;? Jeremy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loving Arms provided the space and we provided food, but we never expected it to explode like it did, and we needed to find a bigger space,â&#x20AC;? said Director of Emergency Services for Catholic Charities, Sherri Longhill.

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Arlington, provides the bulk of the food that comes into the pantry.

There are no requirements to receive the food, but recipients have to fill out a form, with the number of people in their family, and present a photo ID, this gives the pantry man-

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Everyone can sign up to see if they qualify for the USDA provisions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the circumstances of people, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do a background check. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just here to serve - thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hereâ&#x20AC;? Jeremy declared.

He said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an increased need for food at this time of year, because

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Although they mostly see families coming in, single people are also eligible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been welcomed by the community and the number of volunteers has increased. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re grateful for their support and Father Fasano

of Front Royalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church has been very helpful in this,â&#x20AC;? said Jeremy.

There are six volunteers who come in every day to sweep, clean and stock shelves, take deliveries, do reports and deal with all the details related to supplying the pantry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 40 hour job to be open 10 hours. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always some little thing to be done,â&#x20AC;? Jeremy noted.

But so far everything is running smoothly. Jeremy studied business in college and he said that has been an asset during his years with the food pantry, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learned a lot from the experience.

The pantry stocks a variety of food. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always some kind of fresh produce, meat and canned and packaged food. Last week there was a big bin of slightly bruised or fallen apples donated by one of the local orchards.

There is always some type of protein, usually chicken, and sometimes theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky to get deer meat from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hunters for the Hungryâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This week itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chicken salad and last week we had steak and fresh Tilapia. Protein is the most essential

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They make sure they have at least one serving for each person, which can also be in the form of canned meat like tuna and spam. They also try to get special food for diabetics.

The food given out at one visit could last for three-to-four days for a family of five with careful planning.

We get food from Target (the local branch of Target Corporation) every day except Thursday, but we’d like to get food from gleaners and the grocery stores in town,” Jeremy said.

For the Holidays, we try to provide a packaged meal for all families, and 530 people have already registered for Thanksgiving. The pantry received

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help from several organizations to pay for the extra holiday meals.

“We’d like to do the same for Christmas, but we’ll need more help, we need $800 a week to feed these families, but it would be great to have twice that much, and even $1 a week from each local family would make it. People can also bring food to the

pantry,” he said.

Donations can be made directly to the pantry or by contacting Catholic Charities and asking that the donation be especially earmarked for Loaves and Fishes in Front Royal.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot continue to compete for scarce resources â&#x20AC;Ś we need to work together to problem solve community issues and make sure that the resources we do have are maximized, effectively meeting the needs of people in need and resulting in real outcomes of permanent housing.â&#x20AC;? - John Nagley

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Feds award $1.02 million for regional homeless assistance The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will release $1,024,225 over two years beginning in 2014 to address the needs of the homeless in the Shenandoah Valley. A partnership among nine organizations representing the Western Virginia Continuum of Care (CoC) and serving the Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and the Cities of Harrisonburg and Winchester resulted in the award.

They are: Mercy House, First Step, Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter, The Laurel Center, Response, Choices, AIDS Response Effort, Harrisonburg Redevelopment Housing Authority and Valley AIDS Network.

Specific activities are eligible for funding through this consolidated funding award, known as Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Homeless Solutions Program, ranging from organizational operations, direct assistance to individuals and families and support activities to improve the communitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; collective crisis response system. The funding will be available on a reimbursement basis to agencies during fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (July 1, 2014- June 30, 2016).

Virginia is comprised of sixteen CoCs that represent communities and regions across the Commonwealth. The partnership approach is part of a newly-launched effort DHCD is promoting to encourage communities to coordinate efforts to address the needs of the homeless. While cooperation is not unknown on this front, 2014 marks the first year DHCD required applicants to work collaboratively to submit a single grant application on the CoC

level. The shift in the funding process is in part a result of new federal legislation adopted in 2009 and currently in the initial rule making and implementation stages.

Michael Wong, Executive Director of the Harrisonburg Redevelopment Housing Authority and lead applicant for the grant says this process â&#x20AC;&#x153;really promotes cooperation at the highest level. Our organizations are working together to provide the best resources possible in the community rather than individually competing for grants and donations.â&#x20AC;?

John Nagley, Executive Director of AIDS Response Effort, believes that â&#x20AC;&#x153;this new approach to service delivery and funding is the way of the future.â&#x20AC;?

Nagley explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot continue to compete for scarce resources among us, we need to work together to problem solve community issues

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take this the wrong way ManPack in the Shark Tank

On station overseas, R-MA grad recognizes (?) FR classmate on TV

By Malcolm Barr Sr. Warren County Report

We all should know by now that the appearance of Aaron Tweedie on the popular television show, ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shark Tankâ&#x20AC;? last summer netted the Front Royal entrepreneur â&#x20AC;&#x153;zilchâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no cash â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharks,â&#x20AC;? but the inevitable national exposure cemented Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business which is producing a selfinvented product called a ManPack. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d asked the Sharks for a $200,000 investment in his company. They said no. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharks,â&#x20AC;? a panel of selfmade millionaires or billionaires, sent Aaron packing, so to speak, on their Veterans Day program.

This was duly noted by our son, Staff Sgt. Malcolm Barr Jr., on active duty with the U.S. Air Force in Germany, who chanced to tune in to Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ultimate rejection. As it happens, my wife Carol purchased one of the ManPacks for our son when we visited Stuttgart last Christmas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but forgot to take it with her. While he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get his Christmas gift (maybe this year?) Sgt. Barr earned his first claim to fame as a resident of Front Royal - he thinks he went to school with Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tweedieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister.Â

R-MA alumnus and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Shark Tankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; observer (from Germany) Malcolm Barr Jr. His email reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watching the Veterans Day episode of Shark Tank and there is a guy on here named Aaron Tweedie from Front Royal. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pretty sure thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amanda Tweedieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother who I went to school with (Randolph-Macon Academy (2002)). He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a deal but had a good presentation.â&#x20AC;?

Amanda, if you are out there, give us a call and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll provide your classmateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s email.

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However, new Festival President Jim Douglas is pleased to announce that it is official: country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer and composer, Ricky Skaggs, will travel to Winchester, Virginia, to bring the 2015 Festival to a foot-stomping close! Just how good is Ricky Skaggs?

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The Compromise Subterfuge

Mitch McConnell and John Boehner’s Republicans may control Congress now, but it’s an open question as to whether McConnell and Boehner control their own party caucuses.

That’s an important consideration, because as they try to work out their deals with the White House, at some point they’ll have to convince President Barack Obama and the Democrats that they can deliver enough of their members.

There are all sorts of indications that they will not be able to guarantee the votes needed after the give-and-take is done. You have Ted Cruz in the Senate, as well as his disciples in the House, saying upfront that they’re not bending, and when it comes to giving up some of what they demand, they’re not interested.

Meanwhile, for the Democrats, Barack Obama is at the tag end of his presidency and suddenly has decided on a “No more Mr. Nice Guy” approach. Even after his party got “shellacked” in the midterms, he’s taking it to the Republicans like he never has before. And they’re foaming at the mouth.

McConnell and Boehner are spending all their energy to prevent their troops from doing something precipitous and stupid. There is a lot of noise from their people that they should retaliate by forcing a government shutdown, or something equally confrontational. Of course, they’d be playing right into the Democrats’ hands, at

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• It was noted Major League Baseball player and manager Yogi Berra who made the following sage observation: “You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”

• The Surinam toad method of reproduction is unique in the animal world.

The female releases eggs, and the eggs are fertilized by the male, who then rolls them into holes on the mother’s back. Skin soon grows over the holes, offering protection to the eggs as they develop through the tadpole stage.

Once the young ones have become toadlets, they literally punch through their mother’s skin to emerge on their own into the world.

• Those who study such things say that one-quarter of all trips made in the United States are less than 1 mile, but three-quarters of those trips still are made by car.

• You may be surprised to learn that rats and mice are ticklish — they even laugh!

• Popcorn may be indelibly associated with movie theaters these days, but that wasn’t always the case; in the early days of the movies, when the films were still silent, popcorn was actually banned in theaters. The first movie theaters were swanky affairs trying to compete with traditional theaters.

The owners didn’t want to have popcorn spilled on the fine upholstery and ground into the carpets.

• Mount Wingen, Australia, is home to the world’s longest-burning fire.

The coal deposits there have been aflame for 6,000 years.

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least the ones who are thinking ahead to 2016’s presidential race, but principle is principle, and they’re not about to let some lame duck quack the whip.

On the face of it, talk of cooperation from both sides sounds like sanctimonious platitude. That’s because it is. The reality is that both sides have decided that the best tactic for the campaign wars is to litter the enemy’s road with land mines.

There is, however, another Pollyannaish way to look at all the bombast bombshells. They may be little more than opening positions — ways of establishing harsh starting points at the edges before cooler heads tediously move close to middle ground. By this reckoning, unreasonable inflexibility really signals a willingness to ultimately resort to reasonable flexibility.

McConnell and Boehner are not rookies in this game. They’ve been playing it for years. At the White House, POTUS has the advantage of counsel from VPOTUS Joe Biden, who spent decades wheeling and dealing in the Senate, with, among others, Mitch McConnell.

So far, so good. But there are players on both sides who view any accommodation as total surrender. They’re usually the new guys in town, sent by the voters in Hooterville to stand up for their harsh views. Otherwise, they won’t get re-elected. Of course, they’re going to claim that they want to work for bipartisan solutions, but what’s left unsaid is their definition of compromise, which is that the other side caves in to all of their demands.

That mindset makes statesmanship improbable.

But sure, they may as well try. They need to do something in the next couple of years, in addition to shooting artillery. Besides, the nation has some serious problems that need addressing immediately. Not negotiating for real would be ruinously insane. Unfortunately that pretty much describes the situation up till now.

event center: the Sprint Tent, on the grounds of the Winchester Medical Center, at 1775 North Sector Court.

As should be obvious to all, a superstar like Ricky Skaggs works in a different price range than most bluegrass acts; and, the Festival has had to adjust its ticketing accordingly.

Please note these changes for 2015: · For the first time ever, all seating will be reserved, not general admission. All seats will be numbered and tickets will correspond to numbered seats. · The first increase in the base price of the event in at least six years raises that price from $25 to $30. · For the first time, the Shenandoah Ford Bluegrass Festival is going to offer “tiered seating.” At the front will be an “A” Section of $50 seats. Behind that will be a “B” Section of $40 seats.

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Boys. Skaggs later joined The Country Gentlemen in Washington, DC, and J. D. Crowe’s New South. For a few years, Skaggs was a member of Emmylou Harris’s Hot Band. He wrote the arrangements for Harris’s 1980 bluegrass-roots album, “Roses in the Snow.” In addition to arranging for Harris, Skaggs sang harmony and played mandolin and fiddle in the Hot Band. In the 1990s and 2000s, Skaggs went back to his bluegrass roots, and also experimented with new sounds.

With his band, Kentucky Thunder, he is a perennial winner of Grammy Awards and International Bluegrass Music Association awards for best bluegrass album. In his personal life, Skaggs has been married to Sharon White of The Whites since August 1981.

The Shenandoah Ford Bluegrass Festival annually closes out the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival®’s crowded ten-day schedule; and, it will be held this year on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015, at the Festival’s

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These numbers simply don’t lie: 14 Grammy Awards [1983-2009]; 8 CMA Awards [1982-1991]; 12 IMBA Awards [1998-2008]; 8 TNN/Music City Awards [1982-1996]; and, many more, including Billboard Magazine’s “Artist of the Year.”

Skaggs was born in Cordell, Kentucky. He started playing music at age 5 after he was given a mandolin by his father, Hobert. At age 6, he played mandolin and sang on stage with the legendary Bill Monroe. At age 7, he appeared on Martha White’s country music variety show, playing with the equally legendary Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. He wanted to audition for the Grand Ole Opry at that time, but was told he was too young. In his mid-teens, Skaggs met a fellow teen guitarist, Keith Whitley, and the two started playing together on radio shows. By 1970, they had earned a spot opening for the equally legendary Ralph Stanley; Skaggs and Keith Whitley were then invited to join Stanley’s band, the Clinch Mountain

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Why Jonathan Gruber Deserves Our Thanks The epic search of the Greek philosopher Diogenes for an honest man is finally over. His name is Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist once known as an intellectual architect of Obamacare, although his status is being rapidly downgraded by the law’s supporters with every one of his uncomfortably frank utterances about President Barack Obama’s signature initiative.

Video surfaced of Gruber saying at a panel discussion at the University of Pennsylvania last year that the law was written in a deceptive, nontransparent way to exploit “the stupidity of the American voter.” Gruber swiftly went on MSNBC to explain that his comments should be discounted because he was speaking “off the cuff.” Then two other videos surfaced of him saying much the same thing at different venues.

Gruber has done us all a favor by affording us an unvarnished look into the progressive mind, which values complexity over simplicity, favors indirect taxes and impositions on the American public so their costs can be hidden, and has a dim view of the average American.

Complexity is a staple of liberal policymaking. It is a product of its scale and reach, but also of the imperative to hide the ball. Taxing and spending and redistributive schemes tend to be unpopular, so clever ways have to be found to deny that they are happening.

This is what Gruber was getting at.

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This wasn’t a one-off deception. This kind of sleight of hand is crucial to the progressive project, which always involves imposing taxes, regulations and mandates at one remove from the average person so he or she won’t realize that the costs are passed down regardless.

The debate between conservatives and liberals on health-care policy and much else comes down to how much average Americans can be trusted to make decisions on their own without the guiding, correcting hand of government. An assumption that Americans are incompetent is woven into the left’s worldview. It is reluctant to entrust individuals with free choice for fear they will exercise it poorly and irresponsibly.

So Gruber deserves to be listened to, even if he ultimately got it wrong.

The public is smarter than he and other Obamacare supporters give it credit for. It has never believed the magical, deliberately deceptive promises about Obamacare, or supported the law that continues to be a drag on the Democratic Party.

Rather than congratulating themselves on their cleverness, the law’s architects might better reflect on how, even with crushing majorities in the House and the Senate, they had to lie and obfuscate to get Obamacare passed. That is damning commentary, not on the American public, but their misbegotten handiwork.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. © 2014 by King Features Synd., Inc.

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Briefs nity Center, Saturday December 20, 2014, 6pm -8pm. For more information, call the WC Community Center, Monday through Saturday, 8am –10pm and Sunday, 1pm-9pm at (540) 635-1021.

Learn to Play Mah Jongg Mah Jongg is a four person table game played with Chinese tiles. 13 tiles are dealt and are used to create hands with runs and set similar to rummy. In this class players will learn the names of the tiles, procedures of the game and creation of winning hands as determined by the National Mah Jongg League. Session, which consist of 4 classes, runs Tuesdays, November 25 through December 16, 2014. Times are 10:00am – 12:00pm or 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Cost for session is $15.00 which includes a player’s card. Classes will be held at the Warren County Community Center. For more information about the game of Mah Jongg, please contact instructor at (540) 252-4252. For more information or to register, call the WC Community Center, Monday through Saturday, 8am –10pm and Sunday, 1pm-9pm at (540) 635-1021.

Warren County Community Center Closings The Warren County Community Center will close at 12pm on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 and be closed through Sunday, November 30, 2014 in observation of the Thanksgiving holiday. They will reopen, Monday, December 1, 2014 at 8:00am.

Local Conservation Efforts Recognized The Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District held its Annual Awards Luncheon on Thursday, November 13, 2014. The awards luncheon honored individuals and groups in the community who have worked diligently to help improve water quality and soil health. The luncheon was held at the Lee-Jackson Inn and Conference Center in Winchester.

This year’s honorees included three Conservation Farm Award winners : · David Hardesty, owner of Harvue Farm in Clarke County was recognized for the conservation practices he had implemented on his dairy operation. Some of the steps he has taken toward cleaner water and protection of the soil include increased manure handling capabilities, a special barn for cattle health and comfort that keeps them out of the field during muddy periods, and an extensive cover-cropping plan to prevent soil erosion. · Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Messick, op-

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erating Long Creek Farm in Frederick County were honored for their significant accomplishment in over two miles of fencing they installed along the part Opequon Creek that runs through their farm. The fence excludes livestock from the water, and the riparian buffer that is growing within the fence helps improve water quality and increase native habitat. Over 12 acres were set aside in the project for the riparian buffer. · Alan and Briana Hawkins of Tomahawk Farm in Shenandoah County were honored for their extensive and innovative conservation practices.

In addition to fencing livestock out of creeks, runs, and ponds, the Hawkins installed a solar-powered and gravity flow irrigation system, making fresh water available to their animals in an energy efficient manner. It is one of the first of its kind in the area. In addition, they practice a managed grazing system which keeps the soil healthy, the water clean, and the animals productive.

Also recognized were two Outstanding Urban Forestry Awardees: · The Town of Woodstock was honored for its work in increasing the urban tree canopy in Woodstock by 8% over the next number of years.

An increase in urban tree canopy helps to regulate urban temperature, improve air and water quality, and manage storm-water impacts. Reid Wodicka, Angela K. Clem, and Michael George received the award on behalf of the Town of Woodstock. · Front Royal/Warren County Tree Stewards were recognized for their significant contribution to the Royal Shenandoah Greeway, the Happy Creek Arboretum, public education, and their dedication to increasing the urban tree canopy in Front Royal. · Shenandoah University was presented with the award for Urban Conservation. Over the past several years, Shenandoah University has worked diligently at managing storm water and runoff on its campus. They have converted some impervious surfaces to permeable ones, installed a streambank naturalization project, and numerous other projects, making the campus a model for urban stormwater management. · Special recognition was given to Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel and Delegate Randall Minchew for their outstanding support for conservation in the Virginia legislature. Senator Vogel and Delegate Minchew have proven over the course of their tenure as elected officials that conservation is an absolute priority. Both have been leaders and strong advocates for the preservation of open spaces and the rural landscapes they represent, and they have supported the securing of funding for farmers to implement best management practices to

protect our vital resources.

Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District thanks each of these individuals and groups for their continued commitment to improving water quality. For more information about Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District, contact the district at (540) 465-2424 ext. 3.

The Randolph-Macon Academy fall sports awards winners Congratulations to: Varsity Boys’ Cross-Country: Most Valuable Player: Erik Koontz ’15; Coaches’ Award: Jake Branham ’16.

Varsity Girls’ Cross-Country: Most Valuable Player: Ixel Ochoa ’15; Most Improved Player: Sarah Vaughan ’18; Coaches’ Award: Emma Bunker ’16.

Varsity Football: Most Valuable Player: Malik Cochran ’15; Most Improved Player: Peter Blair ’16;Coaches’ Award: Austin Lee ’15; Coaches’ Award: FaFa Eke-Spiff ’15.

Varsity Volleyball: Most Valuable Player: Mackenzie Norton ’18; Coaches’ Award: Ashley Grossman ’17; Coaches’ Award: Taylor Jones ’17.

Varsity Soccer: Most Valuable Player: Doug Brennand ’15; Most Improved Player: Mirvalino Baba ’16; Coaches’ Award: Seonwoo Chung ’17.

Varsity Tennis: Most Valuable Player: Siqin Xie ’16; Coaches’ Award: Victoria Voellm ’18; Coaches’ Award: Ziyun Wang ’17.

JV Soccer: Most Valuable Player: Zhixi Song ’17; Most Improved Player: Seungwon Chuong ’18.

JV Football: Coaches’ Award: Miles Gilmore ’18; Coaches’ Award : SoSo Eke-Spiff ’17.

Middle School Girls’ Cross Country: Most Valuable Runner: Jessalyn Brooks ’21.

Middle School Boys’ Cross Country: Most Valuable Runner: A.J. Sullivan ’20; Most Improved Runner: Josiah Herring ’19; Coaches’ Award: Jacob Gehly ’19.

Middle School Girls’ Volleyball: Most Improved Player: Citlaly Sosa ’19; Coaches’ Award: Arielle Alexis ’18.

Middle School Golf: Most Valuable Player: Jacob Karen ’19; Most Improved Player: Ian Mounts ’19; Coaches’ Award: Carolyn Laourdakis ’19.

Middle School Soccer: Most Valuable Player: Kota Ikemoto ’19; Coaches’ Award: Ishmael Bobbitt ’19; Coaches’ Award: Griffin Loper ’19.

Local Program Brightens the Holidays for Northern Shenandoah Valley Seniors This

season,

many

Northern

Shenandoah Valley seniors who are alone or impoverished will receive some holiday cheer thanks to the Be a Santa to a Senior® program. Sponsored by the local Home Instead Senior Care® office, the program brings together area nonprofits, retailers, numerous volunteers and members of the community to provide gifts and companionship for lonely and isolated seniors.

“It is heartbreaking to think of the senior members of our community spending the holidays all by themselves, without any gifts or any way to celebrate the season,” says Aaron Blight, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Northern Shenandoah Valley. “But all too often, that’s what happens when seniors live alone. It can be a really tough time of year for them.”

Home Instead Senior Care has partnered with Area Agency on Aging, Walgreens, Diane’s Diner, Kernstown United Methodist Church, Kmart and Clarke County Parks & Recreation to help with the gift collection and distribution. Program officials hope to collect 200 to 300 gifts in order to help hundreds of area seniors this holiday season.

Participating retail locations will display Be a Santa to a Senior Christmas trees from November 15th to December 13th that feature ornaments with seniors’ first names and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick ornaments from the trees, buy the items listed and return them unwrapped (and with the ornament attached) to the store.

Be a Santa to a Senior trees will be at the following locations: · Walgreens: 645 E Jubal Early Drive Winchester, VA 22601 · Diane’s Diner: 2235 Valor Drive Winchester, VA 22601 · Kernstown United Methodist Church: 3239 Valley Pike Kernstown, VA 22602 · Kmart: 465 South St. Front Royal, VA 22630

· Clarke County Parks & Recreation: 225 Al Smith Circle Berryville, VA 22611 Program partners and volunteers will wrap and distribute the gifts to local seniors who might otherwise spend the holiday alone.

“During this season of giving, we encourage shoppers to buy a little extra for a local senior,” said Blight.

“Your gift - and more importantly the visit that comes with the delivery – could make their holiday season.”

For more information about the program, visit BeaSantatoaSenior. com or call (540) 722-8750.

Shenandoah University to Host Ebola Panel Discussion on December 2 Shenandoah University will present an Ebola Panel Discussion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, in HalpinHarrison Hall, Stimpson Auditorium, on the campus of Shenandoah University. The event is free and open to the public.

Panel members will include Health Director of the Lord Fairfax Health District Charles J. Devine, III, M.D.; Dean of the Shenandoah University School of Health Professions Tim Ford, Ph.D.; Dean of the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing Kathryn Ganske, Ph.D., RN; Shenandoah University Director of Health Services Ron Stickley, M.S., NRP; and Assistant Professor of Nursing and Nursing Lab Co-coordinator Gilda Gilbert, M.S.N., RN, CNOR. The panel discussion will address basic disease symptoms and transmission of Ebola and the local response to Ebola by the health department.

It will detail the health department’s protocol for dealing with those who travel to Ebola affected countries, as well as travelers who become ill with the disease.

The panel discussion will also outline the process of identifying, quarantining, and transporting infected

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Frederick County Crime of the Week - November 24, 2014 The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the report of a grand larceny that occurred in the 100 block of Nightingale Avenue. The victim reported that when he came back to his residence on November 8th, he discovered his Playstation 4 was missing from his residence.

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 #14006306 Investigator Holmes D. Smoke

Frederick County, Virginia, Fire and Rescue Department 3401 Back Mountain Road, Winchester, VA – Residential Fire At approximately 9:30p.m., November 23, 2014, Frederick County Fire and Rescue responded to a residential structure fire located at 3401 Back Mountain Road in Frederick County. When crews arrived they saw smoke and fire coming from the eaves of the residence and an attached garage fully involved.

In approximately one hour the fire crews had the bulk of the fire extinguished.

Extinguishment operations were hindered by limited water resources in the area until a sustained water supply was established by utilizing a neighbor’s pond. This sustained water supply had a significant impact on the outcome of this incident by ensuring the safety of all fire department personnel working to extinguish the fire and reducing the extent of damage to the structure. Fire department personnel remained on scene approximately six hours for salvage and overhaul.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. At the time of the fire no one was in the home. No civilian or firefighter injuries reported. Red Cross was not needed.

Fire and Rescue units from North Mountain, Gore, Star Tannery, Gainesboro, Round Hill, the Fire Marshal’s office and assistance from Hampshire County Company 8 and Strasburg Fire Department responded to the incident.

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Briefs BRIEFS, from 34 patients, as well as the decontamination and cleanup process. Contact monitoring by the health department will also be addressed.

Shenandoah University’s preparedness planning and training will be outlined, as well as the university’s position as a resource to the community.

Dr. Charles Devine serves as the Health Director of the Lord Fairfax Health District, a part of the Virginia Department of Health. This health district serves the counties of Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, and Page, as well as the City of Winchester. In this capacity he leads the county’s health departments in their efforts to assure the health and safety of the region’s citizens. He also serves as Interim Health Director for the Thomas Jefferson Health District, which serves the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson and the City of Charlottesville.

Prior to his work with the Virginia Department of Health, Devine com-

pleted a 23-year career in emergency medicine. He has served as medical director of the City of Norfolk Fire and Paramedic Department, and of the Nightingale helicopter ambulance flying from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He received the 2003 Governor’s Award as Virginia’s Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Physician.

Devine holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in technical theatre and lighting design for ballet from the North Carolina School of the Arts. He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1979 and went on to complete training in emergency medicine.

Between medical school and postgraduate training, Devine undertook externship training at Harvard Medical School and the Cleveland Clinic. His postgraduate training was at Duke University and the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine. He was certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and was named a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Tim Ford has served as Shenandoah University’s dean of the School of Health Professions since July 2014.

In this newly created position, Ford oversees athletic training, occupational therapy, physician assistant studies and physical therapy.

Ford previously served as interim dean of the Westbrook College of Health Professions (WCHP), dean of graduate studies and public health, and vice president for research and

dean of graduate studies at the University of New England (UNE). He held prior positions at Montana State University and at the Harvard School of Public Health.

At Harvard, he both founded and directed the program in water and health, and at Montana State University, he served as principal investigator on the Montana IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence program -- designed to build research and training infrastructure throughout the state in environmental health and infectious disease.

Ford earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Sussex University (U.K.) and a doctorate in aquatic microbiology from the University of Wales, Bangor (U.K.). He completed his postdoctoral training in environmental microbiology at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Dr. Kathryn Ganske was named dean of the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 2012. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing from Indiana University; a Master of Nursing from George Mason University; and a Master of Arts in bioethics and a Doctor of Philosophy in nursing from the University of Virginia.

Her research interests include bioethics, family caregiving and moral reasoning in nurses. Ganske has been awarded more than $1.5 million in federal and private grants. In 2010 she was named to the American Nursing Association (ANA) Ethics and Human Rights Advisory Board,

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Contact dan@AreaGuides.com Looking for Nail Tech Instructor/ Nail Tech willing to teach. For more info.. visit Star Beauty School Tuesday-Friday 10 am to 6 pm at 2263 Valor Dr. Winchester, VA. Current Job Openings. Contact the VEC for additional information at 540-722-3420 or 540-535-2875 or Winchester@vec.virginia.gov.

Please enter “Employer Services” in the subject line and job number and title when you inquire about the position: Job Number / Title 505264 / Traffic Coordinator 505105 / Continuous Improvement Manager 504996 / Case Manager II-Winchester 504927 / Account Specialist 504785 / ISD Intern 505067 / Maintenance-Bldg & Grounds 1 504886 / Office Clerk 504887 / Warehouse Delivery Driver 504806 / Deisel Mechanic 504552 / Food Demonstrator 504697 / Strasburg Supervisor 504605 / P7 Line Tech 504454 / Pipe Winder (Composites) 504421 / Print Production Acct Specialist 3 504376 / Warehouser 504455 / Cleaner, Industrial

Woodcarver tools/supply sale: supply of wood, design and project books, sharpening stones, glove, misc. knives and other items (many new and unused). Total of $850+ original cost; sell 4 $400. Contact: 540-868-2623 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; Aluminum Light Poles 12’ tall x 4” od, square anchor, call 540-6602913 R22 tank with about 25 to 27lbs of freon left. Only used to charge one heat pump. Will sell remaining for $500, Price is negotiable.Call 540-683-1847. Located in Front Royal.

Cookie Jars, Aunt Jamima and others, assorted prices. Old wicker baby stroller, $100. Big ceramic owl, $50.00. Canning jars $4 each.

Old Schwinn girls bicycle, $50 and need tires.

Long Time Collections for sale: Carnival Glass, Pottery; E. Texas, Roseville, Depression glass (green and pink), Jewelry from the 50’s and forward. Call 540-635-1612

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Death notices

Helen “Hankie” V. Corrigan. 93, of Winchester, VA died Friday, November 21, 2014. Hankie passed peacefully surrounded by her daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter, and her loving family of caregivers at Spring Arbor Assisted Living.

Hankie was a great advocate of abused women and children and a cancer survivor. Therefore she would be eternally grateful in lieu of flowers that memorial contributions be made in her memory to The Laurel Center, P.O. Box 14, Winchester, VA 22604 or Winchester Medical Center Foundation, c/o The Cancer Center, 220 Campus Blvd, Suite 402A, Winchester, VA 22601 or Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork St. Suite 405 Winchester, VA 22601.

Richard C. Murphy, Sr., 76, of Winchester, VA, died Friday, November 21, 2014 at his residence surrounded by family. Memorial contributions may be made to Cure Alzheimer’s Foundation, 34 Washington Street, Suite 200, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.

Jimmie Dale Grew, 78, of Winchester, Virginia died Monday, November 17, 2014 at his home. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, VA 22601 or Greenwood Methodist Church, 726 Greenwood Road, Winchester, VA 22602.

Ruby Marie Williams Broadt, 89, of Boonsboro, Maryland, formerly of Stephens City, Virginia, died Sunday, November 16, 2014 in Boonsboro James “Jake” Webster, 73, of Winchester, Virginia, died Thursday, November 13, 2014, at Winchester Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Winchester, VA 22601, Faithworks, 126 W. Boscawen Street, Suite A-201, Winchester, VA 22601 or St. Jude’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1893, Memphis, TN 38105.

Helen Pearl Snyder Felton, 82, died, Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 at Lynn Care Center in Front Royal, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Winchester, VA SPCA, Esther Boyd Animal Shelter or Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, VA 22601.

Katocha Lynn “Tocha” Sampson, 42, of Lexington Park, MD, formerly of Winchester, VA passed away, Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Winchester Medical Center. The family will receive friends Saturday, November 29, 2014 from 10:0011:00 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Winchester. A funeral service will follow at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Israel Brooks officiating. Burial will be in Buster Jackson Cemetery, White Post, VA after the service.

William D. Harter, Jr. 37, of Winchester, died Thursday, November 20, 2014 in Charlottesville, VA, In Lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the William D. Harter, Jr. Memorial Fund, c/o Jones Funeral Home, 228 S. Pleasant Valley Rd., Winchester, VA 22601.

Royetta Jean Benson McFarland, 72, of Winchester, VA, died Monday, November 17, 2014 at her residence. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Winchester, VA 22601 or Round Hill Community Fire and Rescue Company, P.O. Box 1368, Winchester, VA 22604.

in 2013 named a Valley Health System Corporate Member, and in 2014 named Commissioner of Education for the Virginia Nurses Association.

Her publications include articles on moral reasoning, moral distress and ethical implications in caregiving. As an immediate past member of the ANA Ethics and Human Rights Board, she participated in the revision of the ANA Code of Ethics.

In 2014, Ganske was named one of 100 Alumni Legacy Leaders at In-

diana University on the occasion of the School of Nursing’s 100 year anniversary.

Mr. Ron Stickley has served as Shenandoah University’s director of Health Services for more than seven years. He is responsible for the oversight of the university’s Wilkins Wellness Center and is the incident commander for any communicable or infectious disease outbreak on any Shenandoah University campus. Stickley has 30 years of medical and pre-hospital experience. He is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite and Shenandoah University.

Ms. Gilda Gilbert is an assistant professor of nursing in the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing at Shenandoah University and serves as co-coordinator of the Nursing Skills Simulation (SIM) Lab. For nearly 30 years, Gilbert served in the perioperative nursing practice in small, medium, and large non-profit hospital settings as well as private plastic surgery practice. She has served in various roles at both Winchester Medical Center and Page Memorial Hospital and is a long-time nurse educator through various organizations.

UVA Researchers Find Declining Enrollment in Most Virginia School Divisions While Virginia’s overall population is growing, public school enrollment increased in fewer than one-third of school divisions in the commonwealth between 2008 and 2013, according to University of Virginia researchers in the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service’s Demo-

Diversions Briefs graphics Research Group.

This finding and others related to school enrollment trends are detailed in a Census Brief released today, the fifth in a series of short publications depicting trends in census and other data pertinent to contemporary debate.

Public school enrollment growth is a result of the in-migration of families with children and increasing births – the latter being the primary factor driving public school enrollment increases in Northern Virginia, according to the researchers. “Annual births in Northern Virginia have increased substantially since the 1990s,” said Hamilton Lombard, who prepared the brief. “In the rest of Virginia, on the other hand, most places experienced a slight decline during that same time period.”

While some communities with declining birth rates maintained their school-age population as a result of families with children moving in to the area, family migration has been significantly lower since the recession began in 2008, making this a less reliable source of school-age chil-

dren.

Projections for school enrollment over the next five years were also prepared by the researchers and forecast a continuation of the same pattern: a steady overall increase in school enrollment in which Northern Virginia provides an increasing share, and a majority of localities continuing to experience declines.

“Fast growth in some areas and continuing decline in others present challenges to local school boards and public school leaders,” said Qian Cai, director of the Demographics Workforce Group. “Declining-enrollment divisions face closing or consolidating schools, while those with increasing enrollment must generate the resources to build new facilities and hire personnel to provide public education to the children of the community. Keeping an eye on these trends is essential to effective planning.”

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Calendar Wednesday, November 26 Forecast 36° | 30° 12pm - 1pm Brown Bag Wellness Series. R-Studio, 16 S. Braddock St., Winchester. Join us for an informative hour of essential oil education including how to incorporate them into your daily routine for maintaining an optimal state of wellness! Topics include: Breaking Food Addictions, Stress & Anxiety, Weight Loss, Detox, ADD & ADHD, Smoothies & Cooking, Pet Care, Headaches, Colds & Flu, and MUCH more! FREE & open to the public. Door Prizes!

Thursday, November 27 Forecast 37° | 25° Thanksgiving - All Town Business Offices will be CLOSED. Trash/Recycling Collection will be collected Wednesday, November 26. There will be no yard waste picked up this week.

Friday, November 28 Forecast 36° | 23° Thanksgiving - All Town Business Offices will be CLOSED. Trash/Recycling Collection will be Tuesday, November 25. There will be no yard waste pickup collection.

8pm - 9pm Holiday Market & Homebrew Contest.

Backroom Brewery, 150 Ridgemont Rd. Middletown. Our greenhouses will be filled with artisans and crafts to help you start your Christmas shopping.

The air will be filled with great music and the aromas of delicious food.

There will be homebrew demonstrations and the results of our first annual Backroom Brewery Home brew competition. This competition is a sanctioned event and will be judged

by AHA/BJCP certified judges. 7pm 10pm Front Porch Style Pickin’ Party.

Warren County Senior Center, 1217 Commonwealth Ave. All levels of talent are welcome. Acoustic instruments only.

Saturday, November 29 8am - 12pm United Way Rubbermaid Sale. Belk Parking Lot, Apple Blossom Mall, Winchester. This month’s sale benefits United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley. The monthly sale is made possible by a special partnership 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, discontinued products and slightly damaged items. For additional information contact the United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley at (540) 536-1610 or uway@ visuallink.com.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30pm, early bird games begin at

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6:30pm. Food and drinks are available at the North Fork Resort Cafe.

Progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River 8pm - 9pm Holiday Market & Homebrew Contest.

Backroom Brewery, 150 Ridgemont Rd. Middletown. Our greenhouses will be filled with artisans and crafts to help you start your Christmas shopping.

The air will be filled with great music and the aromas of delicious food.

There will be homebrew demonstrations and the results of our first annual Backroom Brewery Home brew competition. This competition is a sanctioned event and will be judged

by AHA/BJCP certified judges.

Monday, December 1 5pm - 6pm UFAC Meeting. Front Royal Administration Building, 102 E Main Street, Front Royal. The Urban Forestry Advisory Commission (UFAC) meets tonight.

7pm – 9pm Celebration of Lights Tree Lighting. Warren Memorial Hospital Main Entrance. Refreshments and Entertainment Provided.

Celebration of Lights provides an opportunity to honor or remember loved ones. Make a donation in a loved one’s name and a card will be sent out to acknowledge the gift and the names will be records in Memorial & Honor Books displayed in the hospital lobby throughout the holiday season. For more information on how to donate contact (540) 6360398 or mboies@valleyhealthlink. com.

Tuesday, December 2 11am – 11:30am Time for Baby.

What do books, scarves, puppets, music, and babies have in common?

They are all part of Time for Baby.

Join us as we use all of our senses to explore the world around us. Meet with your baby up to two years of age. Siblings welcome 12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays.

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

2pm - 3pm Ambassador’s Club.

Chamber Office.

2pm – 5pm The Laurel Center and Phoenix Project’s Open House.

437-E S. Royal Avenue, Front Royal.

Light Refreshments will be served.

Come meet the staff and see our office space. Drop in and stay as long as you would like. Bring your business card to be entered into a drawing to win prizes. Questions? Please call Paula Johnson, The Laurel Center at (540) 305-1083 or Tammy or Trish with the Phoenix Project, (540) 635-2302.

4:30pm – 5pm Big Kids Story time.

Kindergarten and up. Ready to snug-

gle? Join us for stories and a craft celebrating Cozy Comforts.

Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation.

Wednesday, December 3 8:30am - 9:30am Small Business Committee. Chamber Office.

10:15am – 10:45am Toddler Story time. Learn what children around the world are doing as we celebrate Christmas for Everyone.

11:00am – 11:45am Preschool Story time. Learn what children around the world are doing as we celebrate Christmas for Everyone.

12pm - 1pm Brown Bag Wellness Series. R-Studio, 16 S. Braddock St., Winchester. Join us for an informative hour of essential oil education including how to incorporate them into your daily routine for maintaining an optimal state of wellness! Topics include: Breaking Food Addictions, Stress & Anxiety, Weight Loss, Detox, ADD & ADHD, Smoothies & Cooking, Pet Care, Headaches, Colds & Flu, and MUCH more! FREE & open to the public. Door Prizes!

12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Business On The River 95.3

Friday, December 5 1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee. Chamber Office.

Thursday, December 4 9am - 10am Tourism Committee.

Chamber Office.

10:15am – 10:45am Toddler Story time. Learn what children around the world are doing as we celebrate Christmas for Everyone.

11:00am – 11:45am Preschool Story time. Learn what children around the world are doing as we celebrate Christmas for Everyone.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30pm, early bird games begin at 6:30pm. Food and drinks are available at the North Fork Resort Cafe.

Progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts. Benefits the North Fork

Saturday, December 6 10am - 3:30pm DECA Shop till you Drop. John Handley High School, Handley Boulevard, Winchester.

Nearly 24 different businesses will be on hand to help you find the perfect thing for everyone on your holiday gift list – including yourself! We will have fabulous hand-made creations, as well as your favorite brand-name products by Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Silpada, Scentsy, Thirty-One Gifts, Origami Owl, and many more.

Additionally, Handley’s DECA team will sponsor two raffles – one for an iPad mini and another for dozens of vendor door prizes!! We also ask you to bring an unwrapped gift for a boy or girl that can be donated to our local schools to help give every child a wonderful holiday season. If you are a vendor and would like more information on how you can be part of this event, contact Shane Barfield.

11am – 12pm Author visit. Meet local author Gretchen Smith Klainer, author of Cricket and the Northern Lights, as she introduces this juvenile

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fiction novel and describes some of the adventures she experienced while living in Alaska.

1pm - 2:15pm Paws for Reading.

Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Join us for Paws for Reading to read a favorite book to a reading tutor. These listeners are great and are certified therapy dogs.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30pm, early bird games begin at 6:30pm. Food and drinks are available at the North Fork Resort Cafe.

Progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation.

Sunday, December 7 2pm - 5pm Middletown Christmas Parade. Lord Fairfax Community College, Skirmisher Lane, Middletown. Parade lineup will be at LFCC and continue along Main Street Horses, Floats, Bands and More Awards & Trophies for top entries! To register please contact the Town Office (540) 869-2226 ext 1, Mayor Charles Harbaugh IV (540) 877-4594 or visit the Town Office for a registration form.

4:30pm - 7:30pm “Museum Hours” Screening. Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Amherst Street, Win-

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More people begin and end their day with us

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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 chester. The Magic Lantern Theater will screen the 2013 film drama, “Museum Hours” (NR). A Canadian visitor and a guard in Vienna’s grand art museum explore together some of the world’s greatest art works as well as the beautiful, haunted city outside. In German with s/t and in English. Doors open thirty minutes early at both locations with refreshments available. Admission is $8 (MLT/MSV/Barns Members: $5).For further info, link to www.magiclanterntheater.org.

for some great stories, activities, and a craft!

7pm - 8pm BAR Meeting. Town Administration Building, Front Royal.

Wednesday, December 10 10:15am – 10:45am Toddler Story time. Our stories, songs, and craft will celebrate The Animals’ Christmas.

11am – 11:30am Preschool Story time. Our stories, songs, and craft will celebrate The Animals’ Christmas.

12pm - 1pm Brown Bag Wellness Series. R-Studio, 16 S. Braddock St., Winchester. Join us for an informative hour of essential oil education including how to incorporate them into your daily routine for maintaining an optimal state of wellness! Topics include: Breaking Food Addictions, Stress & Anxiety, Weight Loss, Detox, ADD & ADHD, Smoothies & Cooking, Pet Care, Headaches, Colds & Flu, and MUCH more! FREE & open to the public. Door Prizes!

3:30pm - 5pm Chamber Board Meeting. Chamber Office.

Monday, December 8 7pm - 8pm Council Meeting.

County of Warren Government Center.

7pm - 8pm Council Work Session.

Town Administration Building, 102 E. Main St. Tuesday, December 9 12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays.

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

4:30pm – 5pm Big Kids Story time.

Our STEM program this month is all about having a Healthy Body. Join us

540-635-4734

Thursday, December 11 10:15am – 10:45am Toddler Story time. Our stories, songs, and craft

Pets Page

will celebrate The Animals’ Christmas.

11am – 11:30am Preschool Story time. Our stories, songs, and craft will celebrate The Animals’ Christmas.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30pm, early bird games begin at 6:30pm. Food and drinks are available at the North Fork Resort Cafe.

Progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation.

Friday, December 12 7:30pm – 9:30pm. A “Frozen” Choral Spectacular. Front Royal Presbyterian Church, 115 Luray Ave. Front Royal. The Blue Ridge Singers present a holiday choral ensemble featuring both classic and modern favorites.

9am – 4pm Christmas Sale. Warren Memorial Hospital-3rd floor conference room. Final Sale of the year! Jewelry, handbags and more.

Tell your neighbors, friends family.

Great last minute gifts. Sponsored by the Warren Memorial Auxiliary.

Saturday, December 13 10am – 11am Books and Barks.

Come to our extremely popular monthly program that gives developing readers the chance to read and relax with a trained therapy dog. For beginning readers and up.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30pm, early bird games begin at 6:30pm. Food and drinks are available at the North Fork Resort Cafe.

Progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation.

Sunday, December 14 4pm – 6pm A “Frozen” Choral Spectacular. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. 26 W. Boscawen St., Winchester. . The Blue Ridge Singers present a holiday choral ensemble featuring both classic and modern favorites.

Rex Labrador Retriever & Shepherd Mix

Senior - Male - Large Pet ID: 61582 Primary Color(s): Brindle • Coat Length: Medium Ad sponsored by:

7726 Main St. Middletown

SPCA of Winchester, Frederick & Clarke Co. 115 Featherbed Lane Winchester, VA 540-662-8616 To sponsor a pet contact Angie at fcrwcr@gmail.com or 540-683-1847

540-508-0678

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 Read A Thon for Olive’s Fund. By participating in the HSWC Read A Thon, Students have the potential to earn money for Olive’s Fund and help the animal shelter save more lives. Students interested in participating in the Read A Thon to be held November 23 - December 7, should contact Virginia McKinnon at 540-660-1145 or 3mckinnons@comast.net. All students are invited to participate.

Roscoe - 3 year old neutered male pit bull.

Roscoe is a very sweet and friendly boy. He is house trained, very playful, and loves to give kisses!

Roscoe’s ad sponsored by:

The Front Royal Moose Lodge #829

Angel - 3 year old female chow mix. This sweet girl has the most gorgeous brindle coat, mostly brown with some black swirls. Angel knows sit and also plays a little fetch.

Boo Boo - 4 year old female pit mix. Boo Boo may be a little on the heavier side but don’t let that fool you! She’s as energetic as any skinny dog!

And she adores people of all ages!

Angel’s ad sponsored by:

Boo Boo’s ad sponsored by:

Hillbilly’s Junkyard

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Hillbilly has what you NEED! 4381 Stonewall Jackson Hwy Bentonville, VA • 636-2671 hillbillysjunkyard.com

Dog Friendly!

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Rusty - 5 year old neutered male boxer mix. Rusty has recently earned his Bachelors degree in our My Dog Has CLASS (Canine Life and Social Skills) program at the shelter. He is house trained and good with cats and most dogs.

Rusty’s ad sponsored by:

Wanda Snead

Property Management

Serving the area for 20 years!

Sam Snead Realty • 540-635-9753

SamSneadRealty.com

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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Farmers Market Christmas Festival & Bazaar When: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 7am - 3pm Where: E. Wilson Morrison School 40 Crescent Street Front Royal, VA 22630 Cost: FREE ADMISSION

Have Yourself a Merry Christmas FEATURING

Locally grown farm-fresh produce (in-season), home-canned items, dairy, meats, plants, home-baked goods, handmade arts & crafts, FREE entertainment every hour, music & more!

PLUS

The Kiwanis Pancake Day (6am - 3pm) - Pancake Day tickets $6.00

Lions Club Broom Sale Town Christmas Parade (4pm)

- Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce

AUDITORIUM PLAYBILL

9am Judy & Becky Lee 10am Annie & Mac 11am E L V I S 12pm The Shenandoah Valley Chorus 1pm The “Silent Monks” 2pm Jig ‘n’ Jive Dance Studio’s IRISH & SWING Dancers

OUR SPONSORS

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