Mid April 2015 Warren and Frederick County Report

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An inside look at Virginia’s new state ‘pop’ song

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Drescher to take helm of WC schools 6

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Community

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Ken Thurman Warren-Frederick County Report I spoke with an excited Mary “Nicki�

Lynch (Library Director) about the upcoming fourth annual “A Taste for Books� about their now recurring and oh so tasty event coming up April 11th from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Samuels Public Library. This year’s tasting appears to be the best yet with 22 featured books as the library is

transformed into an unbelievable variety of food and drink coupled with entertainment and just plain fun Imagine the “Grapes of Wrath� and foods made with grapes or “Chocolat� and foods with chocolate. Backroom Brewery is bringing four craft brews to try and the Library’s trustees are preparing Sam’s Spirits Stand with drinks like Bearded Lady Lemonade and Sword Swallower Sangria. Oh, and this year’s theme is a “State Fair�.

In addition to colorfully decorated booths and costumed booth staff the night features multiple silent auction items from monthly pies to car washes, golf packages, nights out, and many more. There’s also a live auction including lunch for two in the Member’s Dining Room of the Capitol followed by a tour of the Capitol lead by Congressman Bob Goodlatte and a two hour private guided tour of the National Zoo’s SCBI Research Facility

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Tickets are only $35 but they are going fast for this limited seating event.

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There’s a long list of sponsors including major sponsors like Target, Valley Health, and Front Royal Dental Care to name a few. Funds raised go toward enhancing the resources Samuels Library offers to the community.

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Regional

Rev3Adventure brings an ‘Epic Race’ to the Valley Hiking, biking, canoeing and more from Bentonville to Berryville

By Malcolm Barr, Sr. Warren County Report Somehow, a couple of years back, athletic entrepreneurs Mark Harris and Mike Spiller came into Front Royal, sort of under the radar, and established a business here that downtown locals particularly bars, restaurants, and hotels/motels, could only have dreamed about. It’s called Revolutions3Adventure and involves bringing people to the Shenandoah Valley - and to other equally attractive outdoor places across the country - for major outdoorsy events.

Not that Mark and Mike have tried to hide. It’s probably just me that never heard of Rev3 until Mark turned up as guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Front Royal March 27. Mark’s presentation intrigued me and others, including a former mayor, and I hope this report will similarly hold you in its thrall, so to speak.

Mark’s chat with Rotarians - a chat rather than the usual Friday lunchtime formula speech - was, first, casual and off the cuff (no prepared text although plenty of colorful and informational slides), and second, he appeared dressed for a mountain hike, creased shirt and pants and all.

He joked to the mostly nattily attired businessmen and women that his outdoorsy apparel was required by one of Rev3’s sponsors! Several stayed afterwards to ask questions.

His talk (there’s the word I was See REV3,

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Regional REV3, from looking for) was timely. There is scheduled on April 18-19 weekend the Shenandoah Epic Adventure Race. The events last 26 hours, cover a100-mile course starting in Bentonville, proceed via George Washington National Forest, along the Shenandoah River, and into Shenandoah River State Park, taking in Front Royal en route to the Berryville area where it concludes. The race, that includes canoeing, hiking, biking, walking and so on, is for beginners and “experienced adventure racers alike,” according to Mark.

Of interest to those local businesses mentioned above is the fact that Mark and Mike will bring into the area for this April weekend hundreds of individual athletes and just plain families with kids 5 to 16 who want to “just get off the beaten path” and do a scaled down version of the two-day intermediate and advanced courses. That’s on Sunday.

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Mark (race director) and Mike (operations director), and most participants train year-round. Again, hundreds of competitors are expected from miles around. In future years, Mark and Mike plan to expand their Shenandoah venture.

They say Rev3 caters to everyone, from world-class athletes to “weekend warriors” to first-timers. The pair hand-pick every venue; and now, in addition to Wyoming, Georgia and Colorado, they are adding Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley to their itineraries.

This involves heavy marketing strategies in and around Washington, D.C., and its metropolitan area, that will seriously boost tourism in Front Royal, Warren County, and its contiguous areas.

“We have an intense, logistical enterprise,” Mark told his audience, emphasizing the importance of “getting the kids to outdoor events” such as those organized by Rev3 of Front Royal.

“What we offer is life enriching ... we push people outdoors with a focus on families,” said Mark Harris.

For further information, and there appears to be a lot of it, email Mike at mike@rev3adventure.com or phone (202) 438-9084. Businesses may sponsor events from $1,000 to $50,000 values may be a combination of cash, prizes, and in-kind sponsor-

Mark Harris preps for the Valley’s Epic Race ship. Mark noted that the governor of Wyoming has invited Rev3 to stage outdoor events in that state.

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Jeffrey Alban, accompanied by Mr. Dan Miller. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10.

“This is my favorite program yet,” says Alban, now in his fourth season as BRS artistic director. “The music is passionate, exciting and a profound display of American musical composition.” The concert showcases the talents of American composers over the last century. “We will explore original music and unique text settings, including Morten Lauridsen’s Dirait-on and Howard Hanson’s A Prayer of the Middle Ages plus arrangements of familiar tunes such as Peter Wilhousky’s Battle Hymn of the Republic and Shawn Kirchner’s setting of An Unclouded Day.” An Unclouded Day is an Ameri-

Mr. Dan Miller, accompanist, Blue Ridge Singers can hymn written by Josiah Kelly Alwood (1828-1909) popularized

by Willy Nelson in a 1987 Farm Aid broadcast. Composer, songwriter and singer Shawn Kirchner (b.1970) is closely associated with the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Mandated to perform challenging choral music, the Blue Ridge Singers is a twenty seven voice choir composed of amateur and semi-professional musicians, all united by a love of beautiful music. Currently based in Front Royal, the BRS welcomes audience and singers interested in joyous, adventurous and sophisticated music.

Artistic Director Dr. Jeffrey Alban In addition to his duties with the Blue Ridge Singers, Dr. Alban is the director of music and organist at Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Front Royal, VA and adjunct professor of music at Chris-

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tendom College. He has studied at the University of Miami, the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, and Duquesne University.

Dr. Alban is a strong advocate for new choral compositions. Through his involvement with the Duquesne University Chamber Singers, the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, and the University of Miami Frost Chorale, he has performed numerous commissioned works and recorded them for online music publisher catalogues.

Accompanist Daniel J. Miller Mr. Miller enjoys a varied career as a collaborative pianist, organist, harpsichordist, church musician, and teacher. Having performed throughout the eastern United States and Europe, he currently serves as pianist for Shenandoah University’s Conservatory Choir; as coach/accompanist for the Washington National Opera Institute; as Organist and Choirmaster at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Ashburn, VA.; and is active as a vocal coach. Mr. Miller holds Master of Music degrees in Collaborative Piano and in Church Music from Shenandoah Conservatory. He is an active member of the Winchester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, where he met Dr. Alban.

More about selected Composers and Works Morten Lauridsen: Lauridsen’s vocal cycles, instrumental works, art songs and series of motets are performed throughout the world and have been recorded on over two hundred CDs, including several that received Grammy nominations.

In 2007 Lauridsen received the National Medal of Arts for “works combining musical beauty, power and

spiritual depth.” A former firefighter in the Pacific Northwest, Lauridsen summers on an island off the Pacific Coast, where he finds inspiration and peace.

Howard Hanson: “was among the first 20th century American composers to achieve widespread prominence” (Michael Rodman). Appointed head of the Eastman School of Music when he was 28, he was a key figure in growing the American choral music scene. A Romantic composer influenced by his Nordic roots.

Won a Pulitzer Prize in 1943.

Peter J. Wilhousky was a preeminent Ukrainian American choral director, educator, composer and arranger who applied his rigorous Russian choral training to developing the American choral arts. His arrangement of The Battle Hymn of the Republic has been popularized by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Writes Lawrence Chvany “few have contributed as much to the popularity which serious choral music enjoys in the United States today.”

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“I work with the finest teachers, administrators and support staff around and I look forward to continuing the good work that is underway as we help all of our students meet success in school and be ready for what follows after their k-12 education.” – next WCPS Superintendent Greg Drescher

Drescher tabbed to take over as WCPS Superintendent School Board goes in house to replace retiring Superintendent McInnis

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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report After what it collectively said was a diligent and far-reaching search to replace retiring Warren County Public Schools Superintendent Pamela McInnis, the Warren County School Board went in-house to name Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Greg Drescher to take over for McInnis as of July 1, 2015.

The announcement came at a Special Meeting in front of a packed house in the Warren County Government Center Meeting Room shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 26.

The School Board had played the search very close to the vest throughout a process, begun after McInnis announced her intention to retire in August 2014, at the outset of the cur-

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Drescher also serves as a member of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors. Queried during a reception marking his selection immediately after the brief special meeting, Drescher said he did not believe his new position would mandate his resigning from his appointed EDA post.

Drescher’s wife Debra is an Instructional Specialist for English, History, & Foreign Language, in the school system. She, along with Drescher’s parents and sister, were present to see the announcement.

Drescher was emotional in accepting the appointment – and a salary of $154,000 per year, an increase of $38,398 over his current salary of $115,602 per year as an assistant superintendent. As he began his remarks he paused, seeming to gather himself emotionally, before continuing.

“I am deeply honored to serve the children and families of Warren County as the next superintendent

Ingoing and outgoing – Pam McInnis, right-hand cast and all, congratulates her successor Greg Drescher. of schools. I work with the finest teachers, administrators and support staff around and I look forward to continuing the good work that is underway as we help all of our students meet success in school and be ready for what follows after their k-12 education,” Drescher said.

And that effort to adequately prepare this community’s children for their futures in an increasingly challenging educational, environmental, social and political environment, not only locally, but statewide and nationally, may be Drescher and his colleagues’ greatest challenge. For Drescher comes to his position in the age of excessive testing for memorization and a corresponding de-emphasis on

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Despite the educational minefield he may be walking into, on March 26, Drescher was grateful and hopeful in preparing for the challenges ahead.

“I want to thank Pam McInnis for her model of leadership. I have learned much working with her.

I also thank the Warren County School Board for giving me this opportunity. The leadership of Pam and the school board has created many partnerships in our community that I hope will continue to grow and be strengthened as we all work together helping our students achieve to the highest levels they are able.

“A strong and vibrant community has high-performing schools,” Dre-

Public education

School Board Chair Cathy Bower welcomes, following ViceChair Roy Boyles announcement of, the new superintendent. scher observed. “My personal goal is to continue to strengthen the opportunities for students in our schools.

This, in turn, strengthens the community. Our community’s collective vision of being a great place to live, work and play is why Debbie and I moved here 32 years ago, why we raised our family here and why we continue to want to serve our community’s children and families as educators.”

In addressing the process of select-

ing the new superintendent, Search Committee Chair Joanne Cherefko said her colleagues on the committee and school board tried to make the selection a community-wide process with no preconceived notions of who the successor to McInnis would be.

Cherefko said there was a consensus among her colleagues that the selection of a new superintendent after McInnis’s 14-year tenure “would be the most important decision all of us would make during our tenure on the School Board.”

A ‘millennium’ change McInnis is the only superintendent the county public school system has known this century, in fact this millennium. After a decade with the system, she was appointed Interim Superintendent on January 1, 2001. Six months later on July 1, the “interim” was removed from her title.

McInnis oversaw public school administration through nearly 15 years of improving relations with the Warren County Board of Supervisors that holds the purse strings for coun-

All Gold and Silver Coins

Schools Director of Personnel Buck Smith, to Drescher’s left, offers a congratulatory hand as wife Debra joins crowd in applauding her husband’s selection as the new school superintendent. ty public education. Those improved relations saw approval of funding for two new high schools, a renovated state of the art middle school out of the former Warren County High School opened in 1941, and approval of construction of a second middle school scheduled to open for the 2017 school year.

Cherefko said the search committee narrowed an initial applicant field of 15 to seven. Those seven were invited back for a more stringent and demanding second round that included interviews, Q & As, hourlong writing prompts and perhaps most challenging, a sit-down dinner with the committee that included the candidates’ spouses (with his wife already an instructional specialist in the system, perhaps it was this one that put Drescher over the top).

Cherefko said as this second phase concluded a consensus developed

among the committee as to who would be recommended for the job.

She then handed the announcement of that selection over to outgoing School Board Vice-Chairman Roy Boyles. The date of the announcement of the new superintendent was actually moved up to facilitate Boyles’ participation in what will be, if not his final activity, his last meeting as a board member. Boyles is resigning to deal with health issues.

“That candidate is Greg Drescher,” Boyles said in making the motion to appoint Drescher as Warren County Public Schools next superintendent, effective July 1, 2015.

The announcement drew a standing ovation from the packed WCGC Meeting Room and the unanimous approval of the school board.

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State song

Thompson and Bassett give wing to a ‘Sweet Virginia Breeze’ Richmond musical duo penned state’s new ‘Official Popular’ song in 1977

DAMN, I wish I’d written that!!! Photo from Thompson’s Facebook page with the caption “the short-lived Supergroup Thompson-Stills-Nash”

Robbin on stage on a more recent “day”

Robbin Thompson, left, and Steve Bassett from “the day” circa 1978, in Richmond’s Fan District.

Thompson welcomed back on stage by “the Boss” – Springsteen hijacked Thompson from the Richmond band Mercy Flight to front his band Steel Mill for about a year in 1974 after having throat nodule surgery.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report I was somewhat taken aback to get the following March 27 brief from our state news affiliate, Capital News Service, based out of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Journalism Department. Under the headline “Virginia Now Has 2 State Songs”, we learned that: After almost twenty years without a state song, the commonwealth of Virginia now officially has two. Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed into law SB 1362 and HB 1472. They designate:

• “Our Great Virginia,” with lyrics by Mike Greenly and as arranged by Jim Papoulis, as the official “traditional” state song.

• And “Sweet Virginia Breeze,” by Robbin Thompson and Steve Bassett, as the official “popular” state song.

The former state song, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,” was retired in 1997 because it glorified Virginia’s history of slavery with specific references to “massa” and “darkey.”

Now I’ve always been a backer of “Shenandoah” as a “traditional” re-

placement song, so I was a tad disappointed on that one. However, I was enthused that Thompson and Bassett’s song had finally gotten an “official” nod as the state’s “popular” song, a designation it has been flirting with for – GEEZ, has it really been THAT long?!!? – 38 years.

“Sweet Virginia Breeze’s” writers, Robbin Thompson and Steve Bassett, were at the VCU campus in Richmond at the same time I was, dating back to – sorry guys, I’m giving up way too much information on our ages – the early 1970s or so.

So, following receipt of the above CNS state song notice, I put my Rich-

mond music connections cultivated over about 18 years in and around that city’s rock and underground music scenes to work. Soon I was in touch with first Thompson and then Bassett, to get a little updated background on “Sweet Virginia Breeze’s” most recent, and finally successful flirtation with state song immortality.

I asked Robbin to refresh my occasionally failing memory on the history of the song, its composition and long-time circling of that official designation as Virginia’s replacement state song.

“The song was written in 1977, performed for the first time on March 26th 1977, which coincidentally was the date (in 2015) it was officially made the state song. It was written on the steps of my house at 2208 Floyd

Avenue,” Thompson replied. “I was writing it and Steve came over for a rehearsal and helped me finish it.

Two days later we played it in Shaffer Court,” Thompson recalled of a longtime student commons area on the VCU campus.

Bassett remembers walking up to Thompson’s old Floyd Avenue home as they were rehearsing for a rare, at the time, performance together – the aforementioned Shaffer Court show of March 26, 1977. “It was the first show there in awhile. They’d stopped allowing shows there after the campus cops had some trouble – some things got turned over after a show or something. So, we were getting ready for this March 26 show on campus and I stopped by his house. And Robbin had a verse and chorus for this

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State song Thompson told us. “In 1978, 1987, then the song contest thing which was in 1999, I think. This time Senator Walter Stosch put it out there,” he told us of the lead up to Senate Bill 1362.

“There was a petition to get it put in there in 1978; then around ’86’87 John Watkins brought it up in the legislature but it never got out of committee that time,” Bassett added.

“Then in 1999 they decided to go look for a new state song and had the song contest. There were eight finalists and we were in there but one guy who was not selected decided to sue and it all fell apart.”

There is actually a Jimmy Dean – remember Knotty Pine History 101 in our last edition – connection to this story too. It seems that along with “Sweet Virginia Breeze” a Jimmy Dean-penned song was one of the eight finalists in the aborted 1999 state song contest – REALLY, I’m not making this up, ask Steve and Robbin.

So, other than now being co-composers of an official state song in the good ole US of A, how has the music business been treating them all these years?

“I’m still playing and recording. I tour in Europe for three weeks out of the year – Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Norway,

Switzerland – and have been for the last eight years,” Thompson said. “I’ve done 14 albums over the last 40 years, written some stuff for movies and done hundreds of commercials.”

Bassett, who just moved back to Richmond from Cumberland County and found himself once again neighbors with Thompson – “our wives are good buddies and so they ended up on our street,” Thompson explained – also keeps busy, if not as much as he once did.

“I spent a decade, back in the ’80s and ’90s, flying everywhere – New York City, Nashville, all over,” Bassett said, “But I still stay busy, performing live, writing, producing for myself and other people, playing festivals and private parties. The past three or four years Robbin and me have been doing three or so shows a year. I’ve got a group called ‘The Mystic Soul Bubbas’ – we do play soul music. In fact, I’m headed to Muscle Shoals next week to do some recording,” Bassett said.

We forgot to ask if he was flying again – or taking the time to smell the spring flowers on the road between Richmond and the legendary Alabama recording studio …

Anyway, congratulations Robbin and Steve – like “they” say, perseverance pays off.

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As for VDOT’s second attempt to begin final movement toward a two-lane, above flood level replacement bridge, Warren County Board Chairman Richard Traczyk, in whose Shenandoah District the bridge lies, was buoyant.

“I am ecstatic about moving forward with the bridge construction.

The will of the vast majority of the people will soon be realized in Warren County. The opposition will no doubt continue to write letters to the editor spouting their righteous views.

But at the end of the day a commonsense, safe bridge will be constructed and I truly hope nobody else has to perish on that bridge,” Traczyk said.

Three people have died in two separate incidents on the bridge since 2012. Both incidents occurred as vehicles approached the bridge at night from the north on a winding section of road during rain and/or flooding conditions.

“It may still flood on occasion but not nearly as often as in the past. It will still allow fishing and boating as in the past. You will still be able to baptize Christians in its waters as in the past. And just maybe the dippers can resume the fishing activities during flood stages. It’s a good project, it’s right for Warren County its citizens and it will be around for another 100 years, long after we are gone.”

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“I’m curious about how we go about collecting those past due taxes. If we don’t do it, we’re all obviously carrying that burden while a lot of people are allowed to coast in that regard.” – Councilman Bret Hrbek

Front Royal

Town Real Estate Tax Rate adjustment passed after delay Hrbek opens a Pandora’s Box on Delinquent Tax collection issues

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report

On March 23, the scheduled second vote that would have finalized approval of the Town of Front Royal real estate tax rate at a quarter-penny increase was delayed to a Special Meeting tied to March 30 work session. The motion by Gene Tewalt, seconded by Vice-Mayor Hollis Tharpe, to postpone the vote was approved by a 5-0 voice vote.

On March 23, Tewalt explained that the delay was due to the absence of John Connolly to a conflicting schedule on March 23. On March 9, Connolly voted with the majority in a 4-2 first vote approving setting the town Real Estate Tax rate at 13 cents.

The delay to facilitate approval of the quarter-cent tax hike producing $20,000 of additional revenue to the town met no opposition from the two councilmen who voted against the adjustment, Daryl Funk and Bébhinn Egger.

On March 30, that second-reading vote passed by the same 4-2 margin as the first reading, with Funk and Egger again casting the dissenting votes.

A four-vote “super majority” is necessary for approval of the equalization adjustment that will allow the town to keep an estimated $20,000 increase in real estate tax revenue following a slight rise in town real estate values during the recent county-wide reassessment process. Were a council majority to decline to accept the

slight revenue increase from the reassessment, the town would have to adjust its Real Estate Tax Rate down a quarter penny to keep that revenue flat from pre-reassessment levels.

The remaining town tax rates will remain exactly flat, including Personal Property at 64 cents; Machinery and Tools at 64 cents; and Mobile Home at 13 cents. No one spoke at the March 9 Public Hearing on the town tax rate.

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fice, Front Royal billed $1,053,573 in Real Estate taxes in 2014. And Finance Director Kim Gilkey-Breeden said the town has a track record of collecting about 95 percent of its Real Estate Taxes due.

Bad debt collections And the issue of uncollected Real Estate Taxes was raised by Councilman Bret Hrbek earlier in the March 23 meeting. Hrbek estimated “about

$240,000 in uncollected town real estate taxes, penalties and interest.

“I’m curious about how we go about collecting those past due taxes.

If we don’t do it, we’re all obviously carrying that burden while a lot of people are allowed to coast in that regard,” Hrbek observed. He noted that as a leading supporter of establishment of an independent town building inspector’s department, that nearly quarter million dollars in delinquent tax revenue could go a long

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“It is a lot of money … that is outstanding and the rest of the taxpayers are obviously picking up that slack. And there are certain individuals on that list who are holding 30 to 40 percent of that quarter million dollars – and they are people we deal with on a regular basis …” – Bret Hrbek way to funding that department. In a related development, at the March 30, Special Meeting, Hrbek’s motion to delay a vote on establishment of a town building inspections department from April 13 to May 26, passed unanimously. The delay will allow staff additional time to provide detail on costs and other variables, as it also deals with development of the FY 2016 town budget.

Responding initially, Town Manager Steve Burke said he believed that in working with the state, licensing for individuals could be withheld on delinquent tax accounts. Town Finance Director Kim Gilkey-Breeden elaborated that the state could assist with delinquent Personal Property Tax and Utility bills each year, but not on the real estate side.

“On the Personal Property side we

can send to the (state) Department of Taxation for Tax Settle. I think to date we have collected already about $50,000,” the finance director estimated. She added that the presence of Social Security numbers on Personal Property records made that process easier and facilitated state involvement.

However, the process is less clear or timely with Real Estate Taxes.

Liens can be placed and collections enforced at the time of the sale of a property with delinquent taxes owed, Gilkey-Breeden observed. The absence of a Social Security number on Real Estate records prevents the assistance of the state Department of Taxation on those collections, Gilkey-Breeden said.

She told council that by law municipalities hold delinquent taxes

on their books for 20 years, and that with the current year a total of 21 years of Delinquent Taxes are held on the town’s books.

“Is it possible to go to a forced tax sale?” Hrbek asked, adding, “Can we be more aggressive in going after this money?”

“In order do that we would have to get with legal [department] to see if we are going to bankruptcy or that we are going to foreclose on that.

That becomes a legal aspect of that.

We have never done that in the past because it is a very costly process when we are looking at a 13-cent tax rate,” she said.

Gilkey-Breeden added that if council wanted to go that route, it could instruct staff to explore the process, including relative costs versus benefit to the town. “Then it would be up

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Hrbek suggested staff explore a more aggressive approach and the cost versus benefit variables and come back to council with a recommendation.

“It is a lot of money, almost a quarter million dollars that is outstanding and the rest of the taxpayers are obviously picking up that slack,” Hrbek concluded, adding, “And there are certain individuals on that [delinquent] list who are holding 30 to 40 percent of that quarter million dollars – and they are people we deal with on a regular basis and who are coming to us for help.”

In fact, an initial search of that delinquent tax list showed significant amounts – in some cases between $8,000 and $15,000 on first glance – owed by a number of prominent local builders and real estate developers.

“Are the banks holding up the taxes until that land is foreclosed?” Councilman Tewalt asked Gilkey-Breeden following Hrbek’s comments.

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sure, nothing is paid until the home is sold,” Gilkey-Breeden replied.

Gilkey-Breeden later told us the base amount of Delinquent Town Real Estate Taxes is $217,327. That is a cumulative amount that municipalities are required to carry on their books for 20 years. Gilkey-Breeden said the town doesn’t normally calculate penalty and interest amounts until the back taxes are paid.

And as she told council on March 23, after 20 years that delinquent tax debt is lost forever.

Town of Front Royal: Population 14k; Delinquent Real Estate Tax – $217,327 Penalty – calculated when bill paid Interest – calculated when bill paid Total – estimated at $240,000 Assessed Land Value - $1,157,159,800 ($1.15 Billion) minus exempt properties = $810,441,434 ($810.44 million) x 13-cent tax rate = $1,053,573 2014 Real Estate Taxes billed in 2014. The town finance director noted that based on last year’s revenue projects vs. actual collections, the Town collected 95% of taxes due (leaving 5% uncollected in 2014).

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“If we had this amount of money in the bank it would take care of one year of tax increases. It’s not fair to place the burden on those citizens who do pay their taxes.” – Fork District Supervisor Archie Fox

Questions about delinquent real estate tax rolls As FY 2016 budgets pondered, Hrbek and Fox seek back revenue answers

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report On successive days the issue of uncollected delinquent real estate taxes was raised during discussion of both the Town of Front Royal and Warren County budgets.

At the Monday, March 23 town council meeting, Bret Hrbek wondered at what he cited as “almost a quarter million dollars” of uncollected real estate tax revenue owed to the town. At a Special Meeting the following morning to authorize advertisement of the public hearing on the county’s tax rate, Fork District Supervisor Archie Fox struck a similar tone – but for a considerably larger amount of money.

Fox cited delinquent real estate taxes totaling over $3.9 million, with penalty and interest charges raising the total real estate debt owed to the county to $5.7 million.

“If we had this amount of money in the bank it would take care of one year of tax increases. It’s not fair to place the burden on those citizens who do pay their taxes,” Fox observed of the proposed tax hike.

Responding to a work session question, County Administrator Doug Stanley noted that each penny of real estate tax provides about $405,000 of revenue ($404,386 to be precise) to the county. The total of $1.2-million of additional revenue proposed by the three-cent equalization hike will be used primarily to cover staff salary costs to public school system and county staff costs (see related story).

We asked Warren County Treasurer Wanda Bryant to verify the numbers Fox cited on March 24. After a day of research she explained that the numbers given to Fox by her staff were incorrect, that they included outstanding Sanitary District fees, which she said are categorized and used differently than county real estate tax revenue.

The base figure of Delinquent County Real Estate Tax, excluding Sanitary District land, is $2,312,208.26 (we’ll round that out to $2.31 million), with a penalty and interest total of $1,187,878, ($1.18 million) giving the county a total Delinquent Real Estate Tax Bill of $3,500,086.30 ($3.5 million).

That appears to leave the county with an additional $2.3 million in Delinquent Sanitary District fees, including $1.6 million base fees and $700,000 in penalties, interest and administrative fees.

Bryant explained that Sanitary District fees, as opposed to taxes, are not

put into the county’s General Fund to support county operations, but rather are kept separately for Sanitary District uses, including road maintenance and other needs specific to those districts.

So, while the numbers Fox cited aren’t exclusively Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and related charges, it is accurate as to the delinquent money owed to the county on two fronts – real estate taxes and sanitary district land and associated fees.

Then according to the treasurer there is an additional $2,101,576 in Delinquent Personal Property Taxes, with another $659,683 in Penalties and Interest totaling $2.76 million.

So, it seems Fox’s essential point is accurate – there is A LOT of delinquent money owed to the county based on land and property – $8.47million total in Real Estate, Personal Property Taxes and Sanitary District fees.

Of that delinquent number: • $4.32 million is in base delinquent taxes (Real Estate-$2.31 million & Personal Property $2.01 million) that should be available for county operational funding; • Sanitary District Fees ($1.6 million) for Sanitary District uses; • For a total of $5.92 million in base delinquent money; On top of those numbers are penalty, interest and administrative fees of: • $1.187 million Real Estate; • $660,000 in Personal Property; • And $700,000 in Sanitary District; • Totaling an additional $2.54 million.

On the town side, Finance Director Kim Gilkey-Breeden said the town’s

Delinquent Real Estate Tax total is $217,327, but noted that Penalty and Interest are not calculated until payments are made, perhaps accounting for Hrbek’s $240,000 to $250,000 estimate (see related story detailing Hrbek’s comments and town numbers).

Collection ‘TAC’-tics Unlike the county, which turns collection efforts on its Delinquent Taxes over to the private sector after two to three years, the town maintains an internal effort over the life its Delinquent Tax rolls. Municipalities are required by state law to carry delinquent tax debts for 20 years. GilkeyBreeden told council on March 23, that at a 13-cent Real Estate Tax Rate, some aggressive tax collection methods are not cost-effective.

On the county side that privatesector collector is the Pond-PondWilliams, formerly Pond-Athey, law firm. Bryant explained that the Pond law firm is not on a paid retainer from the county, but is only compensated when a delinquent collection is made. In fact, on March 26, Bryant said she has asked for more aggressive action from the county’s contracted collector on some of the larger and older tax debts, which can go well over $50,000 into six-figures in some cases*.

Bryant said she has suggested the county engage the services of a firm called TACS, whose only function is the collection of delinquent taxes for municipalities. Thus far it appears her suggestion has fallen on deaf ears in the Warren County Government Center.

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In discussing the town’s delinquent tax rolls, Front Royal Councilman Hrbek observed that it appeared a hefty portion of the town’s delinquent real estate taxes – he estimated 30 to 40 percent – are held by “familiar faces,” prominent people in the community who regularly do business with the town.

One county official we spoke to elsewhere in the commonwealth pointed to the use of “Treasurer’s Liens” after two to three years of non-payment of taxes. Those liens have been a useful tool – “After two or three years if you involve bank and salary liens – then they want to talk; then you can play hardball.”

As for continuing to do business with or issue licenses to people or their companies who have run up a considerable tax debt to a municipality, the official who asked to speak anonymously, added, “In my opinion they have no right to get anything until they come to the table and begin to make good-faith arrangements.”

Like Supervisor Fox said, “It’s not fair to place the burden on those citizens who do pay their taxes.”

We began comparing the Warren County Delinquent Tax debt to some other counties. Time has allowed the comparison to focus on Real Estate alone and did not allow taxable land values to be gathered in all cases: Warren County: Population, 39k; Delinquent Real Estate Taxes Tax – $2.3 million ($2,312,208.26) ($1.6 million in delinquent Sanitary District fees) Penalty & Interest - $1,187,878) Total - $3,500,086.30 (There is also a total of $1.6 million in Delinquent Sanitary District fees, plus $700,000 in associated fees totaling $2.3 million; and $2,101,576 in Delinquent Personal Property Taxes, plus $659,683 in Penalties and Interest totaling $2.76 million.

Assessed County Land Value - $3.82 Billion ($2.69 Billion out of FR; $1.13 Billion in FR); Warren County has a total of $1.25 Billion in tax exempt land and buildings, with an estimate

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Footnote: perhaps coincidentally…on April 1, the county through the Pond-Pond-Williams law firm published an 18-name short list “Notice of Intent to Sell Real Property for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes” from what we believe to be over 700 pages of its Delinquent Real Estate Tax list.

Engle’s Angle: “Survey Says!”

By Kevin S. Engle Warren County Report Monday morning. I take my car to the shop to get the oil changed.

Tuesday afternoon. They send me an email.

“We’d love your feedback,” they tell me. “Please click this link to take a short survey.”

My wife goes out of town on a business trip.

When she gets back, she receives a message from the airline and one from the hotel.

Two more surveys.

I call my credit card company to ask them a simple question about our account.

A few days later, you guessed it, another email.

Another customer satisfaction survey.

I log on to my bank’s website to get my monthly statement.

Before I can, a message pops up on my screen.

“Would I rate my online experience?”

I call AAA to ask them something and before I can speak to an agent, this is what I hear.

“Press 1 to stay on the line after the call to answer a few questions. Press 2 for no.”

Enough with the dang surveys!

You know what would really make me a satisfied customer?

Don’t ask me to take one.

Not unless you give me something for it. And hey, I’m easy. It doesn’t have to be much. I’ll take anything.

Sure, a $1000 Walmart or Lowe’s gift card sounds great, but they only give you a chance to win one. And what’s the chance of that happening?

I think we all know the answer to that question.

If you want me to take your survey, I want something in return. A guarantee.

I always complete the one for Panda Express. Why? A free entrée on my next visit.

And at Subway, who wouldn’t want a free cookie?

Are you getting the hint?

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My wife loves those rocking chairs from Cracker Barrel.

And she’ll have one, as soon as I pay for it with my credit card. Not because I told them my eggs were runny, the bacon was too crisp, but the waitress was great.

The Service Manager at the garage even tells me how to answer the questions.

“We’d appreciate all 5’s,” he says. “Anything less and we get a failing grade.”

Really?

You should’ve thought about that when you were 45 minutes late starting the work on my car.

If I get take out from a fast food restaurant and you give me what I ordered, it tastes good and I didn’t have to pay too much for it, I’m satisfied.

“Is there a reason you weren’t highly satisfied?”

I don’t know!

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of $4.5 million in lost Real Estate Tax Revenue from those exemptions, which include federal and state parks and properties.

2014 Real Estate Taxes Billed (tax rate – 61 cents per $100 of assessed value) - $23.29 million ($16.4 million out of FR; $6.89 million in FR) Augusta County: Population 72k; Delinquent Real Estate Tax $2,898,000 Penalty-Interest combined $143,391 Total Delinquent charges $3,041,391 Assessed Land Value – $6.67 Billion ($6,677,404,860) 2014 Real Estate Tax Billed $37,393,467.20 ($37.39 million) with Land Use Reductions

Warren Co-Front Royal Frederick County: Population 82k; Delinquent Real Estate Tax $2,725,000 Penalty + Interest (don’t have running total) Rockingham County: Population 78k; Delinquent Real Estate Tax – $1.8 million Penalty - $400,000 Interest - $182,000 Total - $2,401,000 Shenandoah County: Population 42k; Delinquent Real Estate Tax $1,826,307 Penalty - $182,631 Interest – (don’t have calculated running total) Total - $2,008,938 plus Interest

York County: Population 66k; Delinquent Real Estate Tax $1,075,667 Penalty - $110,634 Interest - $225,518 Total - $1,411,819

* Footnote: perhaps coincidentally after a flurry of media interest in the issue, on Wednesday, April 1, the county, through the Pond-Pond-Williams law firm, published a short list “Notice of Intent to Sell Real Property for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes”.

That list contained 18 individual or company names, likely the tip of the iceberg from what we believe to be over 700 pages of the county’s Delinquent Real Estate Tax rolls.

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2016 budget

Warren County ponders 3-cent real estate tax increase Salary adjustments, state variables require $1.2-million revenue hike

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The Warren County Board of Supervisors got a hard dose of fiscal reality at a March 24 Special Meeting discussion of the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. That reality included an approximate $400,000 reduction in state revenues to the public school system and proposed STEP increases for county employees to compensate for several years of delays in implementing recommended cost of living and other adjustments.

Following 45 minutes of discussion, the supervisors unanimously approved advertisement of an FY 2016 budget with a 3-cent real estate tax increase. Due to the recent reassessment process, that increase will keep the county Real Estate Tax Rate at 61 cents per $100 of assessed value. A county-wide property value

increase would require the tax rate to be reduced by 3 cents to 58 cents, to equalize the county’s real estate tax revenue if a tax increase is not approved.

The public hearing on the FY 2016 budget is scheduled for a special meeting at 7 p.m., April 14.

With adjustments discussed on March 24, the proposed FY 2016 Warren County Budget is $68.57 million ($68,578,715). Of that total, $46,694,666 is non-school departments; $21,884,049 public school funding. The March 24 proposed county budget number is $3.5 million ($3,511,612) above the FY2015 budget total of $65.06 million ($65,067,103).

Schools budget On March 24, public school officials explained a budget proposal requir-

ing a $779,456 (3.7 percent) increase in local funding. While the total proposed school budget of $52,128,932 is just $594,024 over last year’s budget, the nearly $780,000 in local funding is necessary due to a loss of state funding based on a reduction in the school system’s projected student population. That projected 80 to 100 loss in student population translates into an approximate $400,000 loss of Composite Index state funds.

On the bright side, school Finance Director Rob Ballentine began discussion of the school budget by pointing to an employee Health Insurance rate that will not increase versus past annual hikes of 20 to 21-percent. – “We feel pretty good about that – that’s the good news,” Ballentine told the supervisors.

Another positive is a $237,112 state incentive earmarked for a 1.5-percent full-time employee salary increase.

Task Force’s joint operation leads to arrests The North West Virginia Regional Drug Task Force is working jointly with the United States Postal Services Inspectors Office to crack down on drugs coming into our area by mail.

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However, if the county cannot find the revenue to support the remaining portion of the total $536,514 necessary, a $299,402 local share, the state incentive funds will be lost.

While the school system is facing the loss of about $400,000 in state money due to the lower anticipated enrollment number, at least the federal money is going up, if minimally, to the tune of about $21,000.

The school board is also asking for $57,639 to fund one new teaching position, a Project Lead the Way Biomedical teacher.

Despite the increases, Ballentine called the proposed public school budget “bare boned” with money to replace obsolete materials like white boards excluded. He also noted that while surrounding counties had implemented staff salary increases in recent years, Warren had again fallen behind as the county has been reluctant to implement staff salary hikes in the wake of the 2008 national economic downturn.

Other than the state-supported 1.5 percent increase, Ballentine said the school system was putting off a request for funds to make its staff salaries more competitive with sur-

rounding jurisdictions until a Comprehensive Pay Study conducted by an outside, third party consultant could be implemented.

Schools Superintendent Pamela McInnis said funding of that study would come out of a surplus from last year’s budget. “We’ve certainly tried to keep our costs down and in line … but our neighbors have implemented increases we will need to compete with eventually,” McInnis said of the specter of future losses of experienced teaching staff to higherpaying public school systems in the region. “We’ll do what we always do – present a budget that reflects our true needs at this point.”

Discussion also noted the coming school operational budget increase of approximately $1.5 million for staffing of the planned second county middle school in Leach’s Run on the town’s east side. That school construction was pushed back a year by the supervisors – to a planned 2017 opening – in order to allow the county to put off that annual operational cost increase for a year.

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“I’d rather it snowed.”– Supervisor Archie Fox on budget revenue shortfall “Don’t say that!” – consensus response to Fox’s wintery budget outlook that allowed funding of an elaborate, and according to most, long overdue Capital Improvement Plan over the past decade, McInnis concluded hopefully, “There are very few onetime costs in an operational budget – none actually. We appreciate everything the board of supervisors can do for us.”

Following the school officials’ summary of their budget, Board Chairman Richard Traczyk observed, “Well, that’s not good news.”

“That’s quite a way to start the day,” Fork District Supervisor Archie Fox added.

“We don’t have a tree to grab the money off of,” North River Supervisor Dan Murray quipped of the harsh reality of the county budget.

So it appears the supervisors are facing the reality of what many would

call their most important function – funding of public education. That reality is that it is not simply new facilities that make a successful educational system, but what must be put inside those buildings – competent, experienced staff and up-to-date materials, educational and extracurricular programs. And as McInnis observed, those are not one-time costs, but will last for the life of the county and its public school system.

County departments On that cheerful note the board moved into its own administrative and non-educational departmental budgets. Human Resources Manager Jodi Spittler and Finance Director Carolyn Stimmel summarized the county’s own effort to catch up

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on employee pay scales. That effort includes an attempt to bring longerterm employees pay rates into line with their length of service to the county.

While staff noted the county was able to begin implementation of the county’s pay and classification consultant Springsted’s compensation plan recommendations in January 2013, that implementation has not been balanced due to the relationship of various salaries to Springsted’s minimum pay grade recommendations.

“One of the recommendations of the compensation study was to implement different steps based on different years of service. However, at and since that time, we have been unable to do so,” the staff summary states, adding, “For example, this means that some employees with 10 years of service are just one step ahead of an employee with four years of service … Staff has made this recommendation to finally address the service disparity in as equitable a manner as possible, within the funding that we have to work with.”

The staff recommendation includes on one-step (2.5 percent) increase effective July 1, 2015, for both full and part-time employees hired

prior to July 1, 2012, including the Department of Social Services; and an additional 2.5-percent step for full and part-time employees hired prior to July 1, 2005, again including DSS employees.

The funding implications cited in the staff summary are a total of $283,556, including $181,363 for the one-step for employees hired prior to July 1, 2012; an additional $23,282 for those same timeframe DSS employees; and another $17,697 for parttime employees hired before July 1, 2012; $54,149 for the extras step of employees hired prior to July 1, 2005; $4,700 for DSS employees hired prior to July 1, 2005; and $2,366 for the part timers hired before July 1, 2005.

“I think it’s important to acknowledge the people who have stuck with us through this [economic] downturn,” Finance Director Stimmel told the supervisors.

“We’re talking about a living wage, $30,000 salaries, not high-end positions,” Chairman Traczyk observed.

Additional increases related to Compensation Board funding for the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office ($18,746 over budgeted amount); the Sheriff ’s Office ($153,796 over budget); Commissioner of Revenue Office ($2,894 under budget); Treasur-

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RSW Jail shortfall Another county funding variable includes an $898,797 deficit for the county’s share of the RSW Regional Jail operating budget ($4.398-million estimate versus $3.5-million included in original county budget proposal).

That deficit is based on a three-year rolling average of the county’s percentage of the inmate population at the jail. County Administrator and RSW Authority Board Chairman Doug Stanley pointed out that while the current Warren County inmate population average for 2015 has actually gone down to 194 from 214 last year and 210 in 2013, the three year average has bumped the county number up.

“There’s really no good news,” Traczyk concluded.

“I’d rather it snowed,” Fox joked, drawing an immediate, “Don’t say that!” response from his colleagues, tired like this reporter and I’ll bet most of you reading this, of this lengthy winter of 2014-15, its precipitation and months of frigid, Arcticlike temperatures.

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The new projections indicate Page trailing Shenandoah County slightly for second place in number of inmates it would house in the RSW Jail (Warren is securely in first place and Rappahannock in last in actual and projected inmate numbers). But rather than those projected numbers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; between 118 inmates in 2015 and 168 in 2029, compared to Shenandoahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 120 and 188 inmate projections in that 14-year span â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it is the implication on the timeframe of new construction and potential costs associated with additional staffing that will weigh heavily on the authority members as they ponder Pageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s re-

quest to now be allowed back into the regional jail.

What the authority heard in late March 2015 is that the addition of Pageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inmate population would see the facility reach its double bunking capacity of 637 in 2025 as opposed to 2034, nearly 10 years earlier, with the inclusion of Page.

Carrying those projections out further, a second capacity facilitated by an initial expansion adding 237 beds bringing the total inmate capacity to 1,009, would be reached 13 years earlier, 2042 as opposed to 2055, with the addition of Pageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projected inmate population. A final projection showed the jail reaching a later capacity of 1,133 in 2048 with Page and 2063 without the fourth county member.

RSWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s average inmate population has fluctuated between 334 and 366 over its first eight months of operation. The most recent total in a staff summary was 340 in February 2015.

That number is up 6 from January, but is seven under its July 2014 opening and 26 below the facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high of 366 in August 2014.

Of the dynamics of adding a fourth county in after the fact of construction, Authority Chairman Doug Stanley told us in late January, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Using Davenport and Moseley (financial and engineering contractors on the jail project) we will look at the financial and operational impacts that their membership would have on the facility. Obviously bringing them would add inmates and revenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a Warren County representa-

tive I am intrigued by the short-term benefit of getting additional financial support to pay for operational costs and debt service but worried about what it does for the long-term capacity of the facility. The RSW was designed to meet the long-term correctional needs of RappahannockShenandoah-Warren counties. It is sized to handle up to 525 inmates (with double bunking) and can be expanded to go up to 918 inmates. One of the things that we will have to look at is how Page Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projected in-

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The question Authority members now face is how that additional operational revenue will balance against updated capacity numbers and earlier facility expansion costs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At least we have good numbers to work with now,â&#x20AC;? Stanley told his colleagues near the conclusion of the Authority meeting of March 26.

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ah Counties. Page currently pays the Middle River Regional Jail a $38 per day, per diem on each of its inmates housed there. Page is in the process of negotiating a six-month extension of its contract with the Middle River facility.

Responding to a question from RSW Superintendent Bill Wilson,

Stanley noted that there was currently not a great market on localities seeking to farm inmates out to empty bed space in larger facilities like RSW. “It’s a buyer’s market, not a seller’s,” Stanley said of what had been anticipated as one revenue source in the jail’s early years of operation.

RSW Regional Jail That Page might try to opt back in may have been hinted at back in 2007 when they exited the project.

When Page County Administrator Mark Belton notified the regional jail committee on May 16, 2007 that his county was dropping out of the project, he observed, “The board of supervisors want very much to continue to try and resolve common problems regionally where it makes sense to do so. They recognize our Page County jail over-crowding is a problem that cannot be long ignored and are starting to look at potential local solutions to the issue. If, at some point in the future, the regional jail contemplates expansion, please consider Page County as a possible partner at that time and as a potential client for any excess capacity the regional group may have available in the meantime. Our county’s efforts to establish debt service in a tiered structure may allow us to participate more affordably at a later time.”

Other business Superintendent Wilson told the authority that the jail is now within five officers of reaching its optimum number of guards on staff, down from 12 at the last meeting. Two of those vacancies are tentatively filled pending drug test results, Wilson reported. RSW also has seven officers in the regional academy, scheduled for its next graduation April 9.

The Authority heard a report from Director of Nursing Penny Holt. She

reviewed issues on medication and chronic care, the latter often involving heart condition or diabetic needs.

When she reported a three-day turnaround on initial medical screenings upon inmate intake, Warren Sheriff Daniel McEathron asked, “It’s not three days if it’s an immediate issue?”

“No, they get it right away,” Holt replied.

In her summary report, Holt cited 637 Clinic visits year-to-date.

Monthly numbers for March spiked considerably above the previous four months, particularly in “Nursing Visits” (145 versus between 24 and 59 in the previous months) likely due to the filling of several nursing positions.

Of 1,222 treatments cited for March, 359 were Diabetic related. As for infectious disease screenings, one case of HIV was the only one reported.

During discussion of the Financial Report, Wilson noted a $12,000 Banking Services charge, up from a projected cost of $2,000. He said the jail’s banker, Wells Fargo, was “charging us $7 to cash our own checks – which sounds pretty crazy to me.”

Warren Sheriff McEathron wondered if the excessive banking costs could be passed back to inmates where applicable. Authority Chairman Stanley suggested pulling the Jail’s banking Request for Proposal to see if there was any other recourse to the jail than simply passing excessive costs down.

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Front Royal’s House of Fabrics is among the last of its kind The 48-year old business will mark the end of a way of life when it closes

By Carol Ballard Front Royal and Warren County are witnessing, as is the rest of the country and the world, fast changing, and sometimes too fast, changing times.

Tom Wimer, 80, owner of the House of Fabrics on Main St. has seen his share of them in all his years with the business, but he has adapted and is committed to stay in it as long as he can.

His parents, Mary and Murrill, opened up at 207 E. Main St. in 1966 and he joined them when he was 31 years old.

“I like it. It’s the one job I really like to get up and come to. From the day we opened this up, I don’t think there’s ever been a morning I didn’t want to come down here. I won’t retire, I’ll just ride it out,” he said with a grin.

“But when we fold up, there will be no more fabric shops around here,” he said regretfully.

He recalled the busy days when

Main Street had three fabric stores; two theaters; two five-and-dime stores, McCrory’s and Newberry’s; a bakery; a toy store, and cars could be parked on both sides of the street.

When he moved here, he was nine years old, and the American Viscose plant, later called Avtex, was still in the process of growth, and the town line was on the other side of where the Knotty Pine Restaurant is now (at Eighth Street).

“There have been lots of changes, some good, and some I could have done without. It all just came and went, but there’s never been any other place I’d rather be,” said Tom. “This is a dying business. When we started, there were always trucks at the back door. Each one was trying to sell fabrics from mills, and each mill did its own thing. Some made antique satin for casket linings, some made cloth for draperies, and others made woolens or parachute material.

These days, the mills are shutting down and fabric comes from overseas,” Tom observed.

Tom gets fabric wherever he can.

“When the little mills or fabric stores close, if it’s the right price, we pick up their goods. That way we keep going” he said.

He said that fabric mainly imported from countries like China and India is, ‘good fabric, but not as high thread count as American-made’.

He believes that when the older generation dies out, the new one won’t have as much need for custom work, and would rather go to

Walmart, and even though Walmart has goods that look the same, his will last 20 years, and theirs maybe oneand-a-half.

“A few years back, most women sewed a little bit, but now if a button falls off something, they just throw it away,” he observed.

During the busier past, his mother Mary, who he called ‘a great seamstress’, was the backbone of the business for 25 years.

“But we also used to farm out work

to home seamstresses. At one time, there was a lot of sewing going on here,” he remembered.

He also noted that 20 or 30 years ago, most women couldn’t pass a fabric shop without going inside, and although not as many still sew, some still like to come in and look around.

Much of the business they rely now on comes from the U.S. government contracts, and private installations of window treatments and draperies.

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He said they work as a team to provide window treatments for the many windows of government buildings in the Washington D.C. area, as well as a number of other places. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I depend on her right much, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting some age on me, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still running,â&#x20AC;? he said proudly.

He reminisced that, in the past, almost every home had heavy drapes, not made from cheap fabric. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We made fancy stuff, swags with satiny tassels and silky fabric. Barbara is a good seamstress, and she can still make all of that,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Tom and Barbara are always glad to see people drop by. He calls it an old style businesses, a friendly place for people to come and visit the owner, and to talk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends when they come in here. People come in to shoot the bull, and we meet people from everywhere. Tourists even come in here in the summer, and enjoy it,â&#x20AC;? he said.

And kids like to come in with their parents and visit the shopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resident male cat â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cottonâ&#x20AC;?.

Cotton, House of Fabricâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resident guard cat, happily plays near the cozy fireplace, which is lit at Christmas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They love him-come in and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cotton,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Tom said.

He explained that Cotton was a feral cat who found them five years ago. He watched them from under a car in the parking lot for a while, they fed him and then he decided to come in the back door one day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He found a place to sleep and never left,â&#x20AC;? Tom said, and joked that if the cat had been a female, they would have named her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Polyesterâ&#x20AC;?.

Even though he and Barbara spend

time on the road doing installations, the store is still a fully functional retail outlet where people can come in and choose their own fabric for slipcovers, furniture, cushion covers, and light upholstery.

The store also has any kind of drapery hardware; notions like ribbons and trims, and they will custom-cut foam rubber and specialized fabric like vinyl and leather.

Tom also emphasized that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only store in the area that has fabric for window treatments like shades, and blinds, which they will also cut and repair.

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Outdoor burn get away from two teens on Overlook Drive Fire officials warn of dangers of mixing youth and fire play or activities On Monday, March 30th at 1846 hours (6:46 P.M.), the Department of Fire and Rescue Services were dispatched to 437 Overlook Drive in Front Royal for a reported residential structure fire with occupants trapped and an additional occupant who sustained burn injuries.

Upon arriving on the scene, fire and rescue crews determined that the fire was on the outside of the residence and had spread underneath and alongside of the home. A 12-year-old female was found with superficial burns (first degree) to the hands, feet and legs and was treated on the scene and transported to the local hospital center for further medical treatment.

The Fire Marshal’s Office deter-

mined that the fire was caused by two juveniles engaging in fire-play behaviors. Upon the fire spreading to ground surface fuels and spreading out of control, the female juvenile attempted to extinguish the fire when she received her burn injuries. The fire was contained to the ground and no damage to the home occurred.

With the recent change in weather and the spring and summer seasons upon us; juveniles will start to play outside without the supervision of adults. Now is a vital time for parents and/or guardians to discuss the importance of fire safety and not playing with lighters, matches or fire with our children. “Each year our department responds to fires set by juveniles, while these fire are often small,

every fire starts small” stated Fire Chief Richard Mabie. “Fire typically doubles in size every minute and that why it is important to extinguish fires before they start!”

The juveniles involved in the Overlook Drive incident will participate in the Departments Juvenile Fire-setter Program. Fire Marshal Gerry Maiatico explained that “this program is an educational tool to curb to risk of a reoccurring fire incident involving juveniles with a history of fire play behaviors or juvenile arson which is offered free of charge to anyone in the community.”

“Juvenile fire play behaviors that lead to large uncontrolled fires are a serious problem in our community stated Fire Chief Mabie.” The most

concerning part of this is that 85% of children who play with fire will continue to engage in fire setting activities unless stopped. Some additional facts on juvenile fire setters: Who are the fire setters?

• Children set 50% of all fires.

• Over 40% of juvenile fire-setters are under age 5, and 70% are under age 10.

• Fires set by children account for approximately 250,000 fires per year.

What are the juvenile arson statistics?

• 55% of all U.S. arson arrests are children under the age of 18.

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• Almost half of these arrests are children 15 and under.

• As many as 6.8% of juveniles arrested for arson are under the age of 10.

• The crime of arson has the highest rate of juvenile involvement.

What is the result of fires set by juveniles?

• It is the 2nd leading cause of all fatal home accidents.

• Fire-setting is the largest cause of home deaths among children.

• Almost 34% of the victims of childset fires are the children themselves.

If you feel that your child or a juvenile in your custody has a potential habit of fire play or setting behaviors, please contact the Office of the Fire Marshal at (540) 636-3830 for additional information and information on how we can help.

– From a release

April 6, 2015

By Samantha Weaver

Career Captain Wayne Dodson and Firefighter Willie Kryssing check over patient cot and heart monitor during morning apparatus and equipment checks.

Effective January 1, 2015, Warren County, through its Fire and Rescue Department, completed twenty four hour/seven day a week staffing at Station 4, Linden. Previously, Station 4 had been staffed on some twenty four hour shifts, but did not staff their third shift due to funding and personnel shortages. The Board of Supervisors approved the hiring of two additional firefighters to complete the staffing effective January 1. Part-time firefighters filled those vacant shifts while the Department conducted a hiring process.

Warren County’s Fire and Rescue Department is suffering the same volunteer recruiting and retention shortfalls as their neighboring jurisdictions. This absence of volunteer responders has made it necessary

to supplement volunteer responders with career staff throughout the County.

This staffing plan will include two additional firefighter/EMTs, one of which will be a medic. Completing this overall staffing plan, the Department now has career staff in six of the County’s nine stations; three are twenty four stations, two are daytime, 5 days a week stations and one is a night station. The three twenty four hour stations are all Advance Life Support staffed, while the remaining three are Basic Life Support.

Station 4, Linden, is located on John Marshal Highway and serves first due to Linden and Blue Mountain area of Warren County. They also respond to assist into Shenan-

Captain Dodson checks over his pump panel of Engine 4 doah Farms, into the Town of Front Royal and into western Fauquier County.

Additionally, Warren County’s Department of Fire and Rescue is always recruiting new volunteers.

The training is free, as is the personal protective clothing. You don’t

have to be trained, as we provide your training free as well. If you’re interested, call the Fire Administration at (540) 636-6830 or go by your neighborhood fire station.

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• It was 19th-century French historian Edgar Quinet who made the following sage observation: “Time is the fairest and toughest judge.”

• The Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland, has a 9,000-year lease on the property — and the rent is a mere 45 Irish pounds per year.

• Researchers at Yale University have determined that the most recognizable scent to American adults is coffee, followed by peanut butter in the No. 2 spot.

• In 1941, the British entered World War II, much to the relief of the USSR. One Soviet admiral was so grateful for the help that when a British naval captain on the submarine HMS Trident commented that his wife had a hard time pushing the baby carriage through the snow in Britain, the admiral declared, “You need a reindeer!”

— and presented the sub’s crew with one. Dubbed Pollyanna, the reindeer spent six weeks aboard the sub, where it reportedly liked to sleep under the captain’s bed. Pollyanna eventually ended up at the Regents Park Zoo. • The state of Mississippi takes its name (unsurprisingly) from the river.

But how did the river get its name?

Etymologists say that the modern pronunciation is from a French variant of “meshi-ziibi,” which in Algonquian Ojibwa means “big river.”

• Those who study such things say that 20 percent of modern relationships that end in marriage begin online.

• The red panda is a vulnerable mammal species found in parts of Asia. It’s about the size of a house cat, but its tail can grow up to 19 inches long.

• When the Crayola company was approaching a production milestone, executives asked Mister Rogers to come to the factory to pour the wax for the one billionth crayon. *** Thought for the Day: “Imitation is the sincerest form of television.” — Fred Allen © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Natasha Bure Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® President, Jim Douglas, is pleased to announce that Natasha Bure, 16year-old daughter of Russian-born NHL hockey star, Valeri Bure, and well-known Hollywood actress, Candace Cameron Bure, well reign over the Land of Pink and Green in 2015 as Queen Shenandoah LXXXVIII. The Festival has grown justifiably proud of its Hollywood connections; and, in certain well-known circles, Hollywood is justifiably proud of its Bloom connections! The Festival’s relationship with the families of Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Jose Ferrer, Pat Boone, Michael Landon, Patty Duke, Sean Astin, Dan Aykroyd, Martin Short, and many others, have become legendary.

Over the years, these families have left the stark beauty and the frantic glitz of Southern California, and have been touched and charmed by the soft, green, blossoming landscape and the old-fashioned, laid-back values that still exist in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. The Festival is now proud to say that the Cameron Family will join that notable list. Brother Kirk was here as the Featured Speaker at the Prayer Brunch in 2004; and, now his famous sister and his lovely niece are set for a visit to the Bloom Nation.

Natasha Bure: The 16-year-old daughter of actress Candace Cameron Bure (Full House) & Valeri Bure (former NHL player) is a budding singer/songwriter and YouTuber. Growing up in South Florida, Natasha’s love for being in front of the camera started when she began modeling and acting in commercials. She continued to pursue musical theater in school, knowing she aspired to be in the entertainment industry. Natasha also began playing tennis at an early age and is now a varsity player for her high school. On weekends, she loves hanging out with her family at hockey games and leads worship at her church. With over 115,000 followers on Instagram and 22,000 subscribers on YouTube, Natasha is beginning to make her own name for herself. She currently lives in Los Angeles, with her parents, two brothers Lev and Maks, and their puppy, Boris.

Candace Cameron Bure: Actress, producer, New York Times’ bestselling author and inspirational speaker, Candace Cameron Bure is both outspoken and passionate about her family and her faith. Known to millions worldwide for her role as D.J. Tanner on the iconic family sitcom “Full House,” Candace continues to flourish in the entertainment industry as a role

model for women of all ages. With an acting career that started at the age of five, Candace grew up in show business alongside her brother, Kirk Cameron, and has appeared in countless national television commercials, prime-time hits, made for TV movies and feature films. Candace has starred in multiple made-for-television movies for Hallmark Channel and Up TV including: “Puppy Love,” “Moonlight & Mistletoe,” “Finding Normal”, Emmy-nominated “The Heart of Christmas,” and “Let It Snow.” “Let It Snow” ranks as the #2 all-time, most-viewed original release for the Hallmark Network. Her most recent movie “Christmas Under Wraps” broke historic records becoming Hallmark’s most-watched telecast ever and cable’s second most-watched original movie of 2014.

Candace added New York Times’ best-selling author to her titles with her book “Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness,” that inspires women to embrace a healthier lifestyle by moving faith to the forefront of their relationship with food. Her second book, “Balancing It All,” was released January 1, 2014, and highlights Candace’s personal philosophy as she shares her stories of juggling priorities and purpose. Book number three entitled, “Dancing Through Life: Steps of Courage and Conviction,” will make its debut this summer and features Candace reflecting on the life lessons she learned while dancing her way to the finals, and finishing in third place on season 18 of “Dancing with the Stars.”

Valeri Bure: Born in Moscow, Russia, Valeri Bure came to North America with his brother, Pavel, to play professional hockey in 1994. He was an outstanding right-winger for 13 years in the National Hockey League, playing for the Montreal Canadians, the Calgary Flames, the Florida Panthers, the St. Louis Blues and the Dallas Stars.

Bure’s offensive ability shone particularly in Calgary, where he became one of the team’s leading scorers. His totals of 26 goals and 53 points in 19981999 were both third best on the team; and, at one point in the season, Bure scored the game-winning goal in four consecutive victories. The departure of Flames’ star, Theoren Fleury, added pressure on Bure to be an offensive leader in 1999-2000, and he responded by using his speed and skating ability to good effect and was eighth in the league in scoring by mid-December.

Internationally, he represented Russia on numerous occasions. He was a member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 1994 World Junior Championship and was a two-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. Bure and the Russian team won the silver medal in 1998 and the bronze medal in 2002.

Back and hip injuries led to Bure’s retirement from the intense physicality of professional hockey in 2005; but, he paired with Ekaterina Gordeeva in 2010 to win the second season of the

figure skating reality show “Battle of the Blades.” Since retiring from professional hockey, Val has turned his passion for food and wine into more than a long-time dream. Now a vintner, Val spends most of his time tending to Bure Family Wines, a boutique wine label from California’s famed Napa Valley.

Festival Officials have announced that Candace Cameron Bure will accompany her daughter, Natasha; but, Papa Valeri will have to remain in California to take care of her two younger brothers. Natasha’s reign will follow the traditional whirlwind schedule that all Queens Shenandoah follow; highlighted by her Coronation before 1,000 “witnesses” in the Patsy Cline Theatre at Winchester’s famously imposing Handley High School; and, her ride on the iconic Gold Apple Throne on the Queen’s Float in the 2015 Grand Feature Parade.

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News Governor Criticized for Allowing More Surveillance

By Lyndsey Raynor Capital News Service RICHMOND – A Democratic senator, a prominent Republican and civil libertarians are blasting Gov. Terry McAuliffe for amending a bill that would protect Virginia citizens from high-tech government surveillance.

Senate Bill 965, introduced by Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, aimed to protect citizens’ right to privacy. The bill would limit the ability of government agencies and their use of technology to collect and maintain personal information on individuals and organizations.

“Unless a criminal or administrative warrant has been issued, lawenforcement and regulatory agencies shall not use any surveillance technology to collect or maintain personal information where such data is of unknown relevance and is not intended for prompt evaluation and potential use respecting suspected criminal activity or terrorism by any individual or organization,” the bill stated.

The legislation also said agencies could keep personal information such as license plate numbers for a maximum of seven days, unless it’s part of an ongoing investigation.

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The legislation was motivated by the use of license plate readers – devices that capture the license plate numbers of every passing vehicle.

But it also covered other technologies used to collect cell phone records, email records, Internet search records and other personal data.

McAuliffe last week proposed two amendments to SB 965: The first would eliminate restrictions on the use of mass surveillance technologies by law enforcement and allow law enforcement to maintain data collected by license plate readers for 60 days or more, depending on whether it is related to a criminal investigation.

The second amendment would eliminate the inclusion of all surveillance technologies and make the bill apply only to license plate readers.

After hearing about the amendments, Petersen said McAuliffe’s recommendations would defeat the purpose of the bill.

“SB 965 was a major step forward for personal freedom and civil liberty,” Petersen said on his website. “It was supported by a truly novel alliance of supporters and led by civil liberty advocates. This amendment leaves it in tatters …

“These surveillance technologies are Big Government infringing on the rights of Virginians to live their lives in peace without government scrutiny. Given the nature of these

amendments, which defeat that right, I would have rather had the Governor veto the bill.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia also issued a statement opposing the governor’s amendments.

“It’s difficult to understand why the Governor would propose amendments to pro-privacy legislation that would authorize unrestricted mass surveillance of Virginians by police and government agencies,” said Clair Guthrie Gastañaga, the group’s executive director.

The ACLU urged McAuliffe to rethink his proposed amendments and join the General Assembly in supporting stricter privacy legislation.

On Monday, Gastañaga and Ken Cuccinelli, a former state attorney general and the Republicans’ 2013 gubernatorial nominee, published a guest editorial in the Richmond Times-Dispatch criticizing the governor’s actions on privacy-related legislation.

“There are two principles on which people from across the political spectrum can agree,” Cuccinelli and Gastañaga wrote. “First, in a democracy like America’s, we should know more about government than it knows about us. Second, privacy from government is an element of liberty.”

SB 965 was endorsed by the General Assembly’s Ben Franklin Lib-

erty Caucus, which was founded by Petersen and Del. Rich Anderson, R-Prince William. The caucus is a bipartisan group of legislators committed to protecting personal privacy in the commonwealth.

Petersen noted that the bill passed the Senate unanimously and received only a few “no” votes in the House. “I believe the final vote on the conference report, which utilized the broad ‘surveillance technology’ language, was unanimous.”

During legislative hearings, the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association, the State Police, the Prince William County Police Department and other law enforcement groups opposed SB 965.

License plate readers help law enforcement agencies track down stolen motor vehicles and people connected to criminal investigations, including

theft and kidnapping. Some agencies store their LPR data for up to a year.

The General Assembly will reconvene on April 15 to decide whether to uphold or reject McAuliffe’s amendments and vetoes.

Warren County High School Band Captures High Honor The Warren County High School Band begins every year by setting new goals, but one goal remains the same year to year… Superior Ratings at Marching and Concert Assessment. This year, the band was able to achieve their goal of an overall rating of Superior for the Marching and Concert Assessments.

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Police and fire honor guards recognize community donors

Doug Stanley knows his numbers From left are Lt. Mark Lahman, Sgt. Wayne Monse, Cpl. Glenn Macher, Master Patrol Officer Paul McFarland, Sgt. Frank Mytle, Lt. Gerald Bohus, Officer Trey Rounds and Commander Stephanie Arnold

Warren County Administrator Doug Stanley visited Hidden Springs Senior Living in Bentonville to call Bingo on a recent Friday afternoon

The Winchester Police and Fire and Rescue Honor Guards recognized community donors during a press conference held Tuesday morning. The groups displayed their new equipment they purchased from donations made by businesses in the community. The donations made it possible for the Winchester Police Department’s Honor Guard to add two new members, Sgt. Frank Myrtle and Master Patrol Officer Paul McFarland. The Winchester Fire and Rescue Department added the following four new members to its team: Firefighter and EMT Jeff Hartman, Firefighter and EMT Ryan Steele, Firefighter and EMT Jeremy Greenbacker, and Firefighter Technician David Kushnir. The Honor Guards were able to purchase uniforms, new flags, flag poles, flag pole holders, flag pole toppers, tas-

sels, and gloves.

The Winchester Police Department Honor Guard received donations from Woodmen of the World, Jones Funeral Home, Miller Honda, Jim Stutzman Chevrolet-Cadillac, Malloy Ford, Omps Funeral Home and the Winchester/Frederick County Law Enforcement Foundation The Winchester Fire and Rescue Department Honor Guard Received donations from: Jones Funeral Home and Woodmen of the World. Other private donations received through the Red Basket Website.

The honor guards are available for high profile special events, such as ceremonial events, funerals for an officer who is killed in the line of duty, memorial services, parades, and more.

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In order to achieve the goals we set, we must put in a lot of work in and outside of class in both marching and concert bands.

In the fall, the band received a Superior Rating in State Marching Assessment held at Patriot High School, previously known as Festival. This was the first time Mr. Dingess had achieved this as a band director and the first time Warren County High School had achieved this in many years.

On March 25th, the Warren County Symphonic Band was also able to achieve a Superior Rating for District Concert Assessment held at James Wood Middle School. While War-

ren County has achieved the mark of Superior during Concert Assessment before, it had never received a Superior Rating for Concert and Marching Assessment in the same year.

Since the band was successful at both concert and marching assessments this year, they were able to capture the honor of being designated a Virginia Honor Band.

Virginia Honor Band “Bands achieving superior ratings at the state marching festival and district concert festival were to be recognized with the highest honor that can be bestowed upon bands by the VBODA.” (Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association) The band competes in many competitions during the fall marching season. They spend much of their summer as well as evening rehearsals preparing for their competitions and

assessment. In the spring, their focus turns to concert music and preparing the students for Concert Assessment and their spring concert.

David Dingess is the Director of Bands at Warren County High School and is in his 14th year of teaching; 13th at Warren County High School.

He has his Bachelor of Music from Virginia Commonwealth University and his Master of Science in Music from Radford University.

Divine Dance & Workshop Offered in Indian Classical Dance Solo at Castleton in Performance “Bhatki Maargam - A Path of Devotion” Originating in Hindu temples over 2000 years ago, Bharatha Natyam is a dance style that still enraptures audiences around the world. One of

News the foremost practitioners and instructors, Padmarani Rasiah Cantu of Richmond, comes to Castleton to perform her solo “Bhakti Maargam: A Path of Devotion” on Sunday, April 26 at 4pm in the Theatre House. Ms. Cantu, a selected artist with the Virginia Commission for the Arts, will also offer a workshop to members of the community on Saturday, April 25 from 4-5:30pm. Ticket prices for the Sunday April 26 performance range from $20-$40; the workshop is $15 per person and open to participants 14 years old and up. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.castletonfestival.org or call (866) 974-0767.

Bharatha Natyam is an ancient form of Indian temple dance. Bright costumes, sculptural poses, and stylized facial expressions are all defining features of this dance style. Unique,

Front Royal’s PaveMint restaurant launches soft opening

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Co-owner Christian Failmezger serves up PaveMint’s first lunches on April 1.

By Malcolm Barr Sr. Warren County Report Front Royal’s newest restaurant, the PaveMint on Commerce Avenue, held what owners Rachel and Christian Failmezger described as a “soft” opening on April 1 – no fooling!!!

PaveMint will continue to offer lunches while its ABC license to serve alcoholic drinks is pending.

Opening day attracted a capacity, eclectic crowd that included Warren County Administrator Doug Stanley to former customers of the Failmezgers’ Vino E Formaggio days on East Main Street, to several kindergarteners, who enjoyed hamburgers and fries between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The menu will change daily as the kitchen and wait staff become familiar with the menu and routine.

PaveMint is on the site of a former Jack Evans satellite Chevrolet usedcar and truck lot at 9 Commerce Avenue between Jackson Street and East Main Street.

Appropriately, two classic 1950s Chevy’s are parked out front on opening day – where are the roller-girl waitresses?

eternal and universal, it is one of the most subtle and graceful styles of dance art in the world. Bharatha Natyam uses the rich repertoire of Indian mythology as a fine medium of expression. Cantu said, “This highly developed, stylized and sophisticated art form gives aesthetic delight to art lovers around the world.”

Ms. Cantu’s Saturday workshop will include: an overview of Indian history and cultural heritage, basic dance movements, mime through facial expressions, hand gestures or “mudras”, and concludes with a choreographed group dance to music. Participants should be dressed in comfortable loose clothing (pants & top) and will be dancing in bare feet. Call (866) 974-0767 to reserve a space. The class will be capped at 30 participants total.

Ms. Cantu has received rave reviews for her dance artistry. The foremost web site devoted to Indian dance, narthaki.com wrote, “[Cantu’s] every mudra, every jathi, every eye movement was delivered immaculately, something that comes from rigorous practice and unwillingness to compromise.” Emory and Henry College characterized Cantu’s performance as “a true work of art--expressive, beautiful, and breathtaking. Her gracious stage presence as she converses with the audience about the dances is also very lovely to see and hear. Her gentle manner readily captivates the audience.”

Ms. Cantu lives in Richmond, VA, but was born in Sri Lanka, where she began dancing at the early age of 5. Since 1984, Cantu has served as the Artistic Director and Dance Instructor at The Fine Arts Society of Yogaville, Satchidananda Ashram — the renowned Integral Yoga community in Buckingham, Virginia. She has earned an international reputation as a Bharatha Natyam dancer and performed most recently at the prestigious Natyanjali Dance Festival in Chidambaram, India.

A list of overnight accommodations in the area can be found on the Castleton website. However, during the off season, there are also rooms available on the grounds. Cottage and home rates range from $100 to $650/ night, and include access to worldclass amenities, such as the spa (large heated lap pool, Turkish steam room, Finnish sauna), bowling alley, petting zoo, six miles of hiking trails and tennis courts. To inquire about booking, please contact Connie Payne at (540) 577-8820 or castletonfarmretreat@ gmail.com.

In its seventh season, July 2-August 2, 2015, the Castleton Festival will again present 5 weeks of operas, concerts, and more, including two weekends of jazz concerts programmed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Summer Jazz Academy (special guest See BRIEFS, 30

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“The Grandest Ladies in the Easter Parade” found at Hidden Springs Ladies and gentlemen decorated bonnets and hats to celebrate the Easter season

Anna Lou Smith won in the “Best in Show” category for her Easter Bonnet, created for the Easter Parade and festivities at Hidden Springs Senior Living.

“Most Creative” bonnet winner Ellen Hoskins, is center front in the dining room of Hidden Springs Senior Living

By Carol Ballard With the Bing Crosby favorite “I could write a sonnet about your Easter Bonnet, you’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade” playing in the background, residents of Hidden Springs Senior Living, an assisted and independent living facility in Limeton, celebrated the Easter Season and spring with a parade and self-made bonnets and hats.

The event, held on April 2, featured a visit by the Easter Bunny, Warren County’s Sheriff Daniel T. McEathron and Administrative Assistant for Investigation Casey Burgey, who came along to help them in their assessment of the ladies and gentlemen and their festive headgear.

“We were looking for bonnets that were the most wonderful, colorful and had the best concept,” said Vicki Davison, owner and marketing director of the facility.

Since the staff and residents enjoyed the Christmas door decorating event, arranged by Activities Director Susan Bell so much, everyone agreed to make something fun for Easter. Each participant had someone from the staff to help them, and all the supplies were put in the craft room and people could come in and glue them together.

She was partnered with the winner of best hat wearer, Elaine Thomas, and when she asked her what she liked, Elaine said, “I like pink, bird houses, and something wild” “So we did the pinkest, wildest, and with the most bird houses hat we could do. You could put her in a sack and she’d have fun,” said Susan of Elaine Thomas.

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Winner in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most Creativeâ&#x20AC;? category Ellie Hoskins, who mentioned that she was born near the Shenandoah River in 1917, said it took them about two days to make the bonnets.

Vicki said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d collect and hang up the hats for the Easter Season, because â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hidden Springs is the best place to hang your hatâ&#x20AC;?

Erik Robinson, part-time DARE officer for the Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department, played the part of the Easter Bunny, and he and Sheriff McEathron are winding up a three- day tour, having visited daycare centers, other assisted living homes and the Warren County Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newborn babies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We give each newborn their first Easter Bunny,â&#x20AC;? the sheriff said.

He said he got the idea from another sheriff and really liked it so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing this for the last six or eight years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We go to the little ones and see that the joy and smiles are the same as the 91 to 97 year olds. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the exact same thing. Just the bodies in which we live are different. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fun and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a joy to see the joy in their faces,â&#x20AC;? he noted.

Susan and Vicki said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first and hopefully annual Easter parade, because it went so well.

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News BRIEFS, from 27 appearances by legendary Wynton Marsalis). Visit www.castletonfestival.org for a complete schedule and visitor information.

Founded in 2009 by Maestro Lorin and Dietlinde Maazel, the Castleton Festival offers classical music, jazz, bluegrass, theater and opera performed by the stars of today and tomorrow, to the rolling hills of Rappahannock County, Virginia. The Castleton Festival is distinct among other festivals because of its combined roles as a producing entity, a modern performance venue and, most importantly, a mentoring program for young artists and theater professionals.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy joins the National Find Your Park Movement The Appalachian Trail Conservancy joins parks, programs, and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark. com.

Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.

Find Your Park invites the public to see that a national park can be more than a place—it can be a feeling, a state of mind, or a sense of American pride. Beyond vast landscapes, the campaign highlights historical, urban, and cultural parks, as well as the National Park Service programs that protect, preserve and share nature,

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“Find Your Park” is also the theme for this year’s National Park Week, April 18–26. The Appalachian Trail, a unit of the National Park System, is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, ranging more than 2,185 miles from Maine to Georgia. The Trail has hundreds of access points and is within a few hours’ drive of millions of Americans, making it a popular destination for day hikers.

“The Appalachian Trail Conservancy would like to invite everyone to celebrate National Park Week by venturing out and exploring our National treasures, including the Appalachian Trail,” said Ron Tipton, executive director/CEO of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

Visit www.NationalParkWeek . org to learn more about how you can join parks, programs, and partners in celebrating National Park Week across the country.

FCPS Asks All Parents to Complete a 2015-16 Transportation Form The Frederick County Public Schools Transportation Department is asking the parents/guardians of all current students to complete a 2015-16 Transportation Form and return it to their child’s school. The information provided on the forms will be used to assure that the most effective and efficient bus routes are planned for the 2015-16 school year.

Individualized copies of the form will be provided to each student by their school on Tuesday, March 31, which is the day report cards for the third nine weeks are scheduled to be distributed. The Transportation Form will be pre-populated with information such as the student’s address.

Parents will have to verify the accuracy of the information included on the form, make any necessary corrections and return it to their child’s school no later than Friday, April 24.

Forms need to be completed for all students, even those who do not plan to ride a school bus during the 201516 school year.

Frederick County Public Schools Director of Transportation John Grubbs says, “The transportation forms have been used over the past several years and have assisted staff in planning bus routes that are both effective and efficient. The information gathered through the forms enables us to make the best use of our resources and keep transportation costs to a minimum. The information needed from incoming kindergarten students and those who will be new to Frederick County Public Schools next year will be collected at the time the student registers for school.”

Bus schedules for the 2015-16 school year will be mailed to students prior to the first day of classes in August. The schedules will include the student’s name, the school they attend, the location of their morning and afternoon bus stops, the number of the bus they will ride, estimated stop times and whether the student is a walker or non-bus rider. Information on individual bus routes will also be available on the Frederick County Public Schools website. Frederick County Public Schools will open for the 2015-16 school year on Monday, August 17.

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Front Royal, Woodstock vineyard owners tabbed to state posts

RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe announced additional appointments to his administration. The appointees will join McAuliffe’s administration focused on finding common ground with members of both parties on issues that will build a new Virginia economy and create more jobs across the Commonwealth.

Secretariat of the Commonwealth Board Appointments

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• Jeff White of Front Royal, Owner/Wine Grower, Glen Manor Vineyards

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• Steven C. Brown of Woodstock, President, Indian Springs Farm & Vineyard, Ltd. Commission on Local Government

• Diane M. Linderman, PE of Midlothian, Managing Director, VHB, Inc.

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• John M. Hopper of Richmond, Richmond Market Executive, Senior Vice President, First Tennessee Bank

Secretariat of Agriculture and Forestry

Cassidy Rasnick, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Cassidy Rasnick most recently served as Director of Member Services for the Virginia Manufacturers Association and the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild. Prior to that, Cassidy spent more than five years working for U.S. Senator Mark Warner in number of posts, including serving as the Senator’s statewide scheduler. A native of Botetourt County, Cassidy is a graduate of James Madison University, where she received a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Political Science, and the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership Political Leaders Program at the University of Virginia.

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Bring your lunch and enjoy the sounds of the Shenandoah Cats as they play music from the 1950s, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s. â&#x20AC;˘ Planters with Nail Polish Marbling | Saturday, April 18th @ 2:30 p.m. Want to get ready for spring?

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Supplies will be provided. [registration required] â&#x20AC;˘ Interesting Birds of Virginia | Wednesday, April 22nd @ 6:30 p.m.

Join Charlie Hagan, Retired Physician, for a program dedicated to the interesting birds of Virginia. Patrons will not only learn about the birds but also what they can tell us about our environment. â&#x20AC;˘ Vibes at the Libes | Friday, April 24th @ 12:30 p.m. Join us for a free lunchtime music series at the library!

Bring your lunch and enjoy the folk and contemporary spiritual music of Roger Tomhave. â&#x20AC;˘ Presidential Scandals: Theodore Roosevelt through Franklin D. Roosevelt | Thursday, April 23rd @ 6:30 p.m. The second in a three-part series, author and guest speaker Charles P. Lickson will discuss the

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Sponsored by: Skyline Riders Horse and Pet 4H Club Many things planned for the day, including Miniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Carriage Driving and much, much more!!! Plan to eat, shop and be entertained. Some seating provided, but bring your own chair and spend the day with us. *Rain Date April 19 If you would like to participate or would like to set up as a Vendor, please call us or visit our website at: www.wcequineextravaganza.com Debbi Garrett: 540-422-1625 Kelly Smith: 540-305-7466

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Good food and conversation! [ages 12 and up | registration required] â&#x20AC;˘ Kooky Chefs Cook the Caribbean | Saturday, April 25th @ 11 a.m. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taste and discover the warm spicy flavors of Caribbean cooking! [ages 7 and up | registration required] STORY TIMES â&#x20AC;˘ Toddlers & Preschoolers. Story Time for Toddlers and Preschoolers features simple silly songs, stories, and a different craft each week on Wednesday and Thursday. Toddlers (birth to 3 years) meet @ 10:15 a.m. and Preschoolers (3 ½ to 5 years) @

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Students Selected to Participate in Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders Millbrook High School sophomore Logan Apple and Sherando High School junior Garrett Allegra have been selected to represent their schools and Virginia at the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders being held in Boston in June. The Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders is a highly selective national program honoring academically superior high school students dedicated to careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

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News Student Creates The Sherando Sharing Shelf Food Pantry Sherando High School student Amelia Powers started a food pantry called The Sherando Sharing Shelf last August and set a goal of collecting 150 pounds of non-perishable food items to give to needy families in the Stephens City and Winchester community. The Sherando FCCLA or Family, Career and Community Leaders of America collected food for the pantry. Powers idea surpassed her goal and collected 350 lbs. of food which was distributed to three selected people, some needy students at Sherando, the Highland Presbyterian food pantry and C-CAP. The Laurel Center upcoming activities and events Sexual Assault Awareness Month Activities â&#x20AC;˘ April 9 Vagina Monologues will be playing on April 9 at the Goodson Chapel/Recital Hall, Shenandoah University Campus 8:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10:00 pm; April 10 at the Halpin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Harrison Hall, Shenandoah University Campus 8:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10:00 pm; and April 11 at the Dharma Yoga Studio, Downtown Walking Mall, Loudoun Street

8:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10:00 pm. Call 540-542-6534 for more information on the Vagina Monologues events. Ticket price for each Vagina Monologue performance is $10. Tickets are available at the Student Center (Monday - Friday, 9:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:00). Interested persons can also reserve a ticket to be picked up and paid for at the door by calling Leslie at the Laurel Center (6676160). â&#x20AC;˘ April 29 (Wednesday) FREE Community Viewing of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Perks of Being a Wallflowerâ&#x20AC;? at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema from 6:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8:00 pm (theatre opens at 5:30). Regular theatre food service is available. The event is FREE but Reservations for seating are required. Call Sarah at (540) 667-6160 to reserve your seat! â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Refresh and Reviveâ&#x20AC;? Workshop for Women on Thursday, May 21 from 5:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8:00 pm Active Living Center Social Hall in Jim Barnett Park.

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lasts about an hour and is accompanied by visiting guest artists and a chamber orchestra. The concert is free and open to the public. Children are welcome. For further details visit our website frontroyaloratoriosociety.org or call us at (540) 6354842.

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damental skills of all sports – running, jumping, and throwing. This program culminates with a noncompetitive track meet where kids can apply new skills and celebrate their achievements.

The camp will run Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm; June 22 through July 31, at the Warren County Health and Human Services Complex Main Track.

Doors will open at 8:45 am. Wear comfortable clothes, running shoes and bring a packed lunch and water bottle. This program costs $95.00 per participant with a minimum of eight children and a maximum of 32.

This program is sponsored by the Warren County Parks and Recreation and is endorsed by Run, Jump, and Throw; Hershey and United States of America Track and Field programs.

For more information or to register, please contact Tiffany Walker, Recreation and Aquatics Coordinator at (540) 635-1021 or via email at twalker@warrencountyva.net.

News cost is $70.00 per reservation, limit 6 tickets per household, and 36 reservations are available. Tickets are located in Section 135.

For more information contact the WC Community Center at (540) 635-1021, Monday through Saturday, 8am -10pm and Sunday, 1pm -10pm.

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals Warren County Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a bus trip to see the Washington Nationals take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. The bus will leave from the Warren County Community Center, 538 Villa Ave Front Royal, VA at 1:00pm; game time is 4:05pm. The cost is $70.00 per reservation, limit 6 tickets per household, and 36 reservations are available. Tickets are located in Section 110.

For more information contact the WC Community Center at (540) 635-1021, Monday through Saturday, 8am -10pm and Sunday, 1pm -10pm.

Couponing Class for beginners Couponing for beginners is a course to teach valuable ways to use coupons and decrease everyday costs of groceries, health and beauty, and cleaning products. You will also learn how to stock pile these items. This class will cover store policies, store rewards, reward programs, where to find coupons, how to compile a coupon binder, how to sort coupons, and how to receive freebies.

This course is being held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 9:00am -12:00pm at the Warren County Community Center. Cost is $25.00 per participant (cash only, non-refundable). Pre-registration is reSee BRIEFS, 34

Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals Warren County Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a bus trip to see the Washington Nationals take on the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. The bus will leave from the Warren County Community Center at 1:00pm; game time is 4:05pm. The

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Mah Jongg “Players’ Club” In this club players will play several hands of Mah Jongg against skilled opponents. Club runs Tuesdays, April 7 through April 28 from 10:00am – 12:00pm. The cost for club is $6.00; players are to bring their own cards. Class will be held at the Warren County Community Center.

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Discount Tickets for Kings Dominion Warren County Parks and Recreation Department are offering “GOOD-ANY-DAY” discount tickets for Paramount’s Kings Dominion.

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The ladies of the Alpha Omega Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha are all about helping local and national charities while having a good time.

The ladies meet the first Saturday of every month at 9:30 am at the Courtyard Marriot on Route 50W. They have programs and speakers and plan their next events. They do volunteer work. They have fun socials. And they decide which local charities to help. There have been a lot of them.

Some of the most recent donations made by the Chapter have gone to the SPCA of Winchester, Frederick and Clarke Counties, the Frederick County Esther Boyd Animal Shelter, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, the Free Medical Clinic, the Hurst House at Winchester Medical Center, the Laurel Center, the Thermal Shelter and the Henry and William Evans Home for Children.

They also have a “disaster fund” for members and sponsor the Jane Ray Memorial Nursing Scholarship at Shenandoah University.

One of the biggest fundraisers for the group is its country ham sandwiches sales. The first Friday of February and October, the ladies take orders in advance for country ham sandwiches. They prepare the sandwiches and then personally deliver them.

The ladies will have a very different fundraiser on April 11th.

The Chapter will host its third annual “Fashions in Bloom” fashion show. The fashion show will highlight spring fashions from Christopher and Banks, CJ Banks and Chico’s, and provide accessorizing tips. There will be a catered buffet lunch, door prizes and a raffle table. Randy Woodward from the River, 95.3 will moderate. Daniel Hanniman will play the piano during lunch. Charlee Allman will sing. The models, of all ages, live locally. Best yet, all of the proceeds will go to the Laurel Center and the WATTS Foundation.

To donate or to find out more about the Alpha Omega Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, please call (540) 662-8441 or (540) 869-7571.

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operating day in 2015; park opened March 28, 2015. Tickets cost $42.00 for ages 3 and older Warren County Parks and Recreation Department are also offering “Parks and Recreation Days” discount tickets for Paramount’s Kings Dominion. Tickets are good any operating day between June 26 and August 2, 2015. Tickets cost $36.00 for ages 3 and older.

Tickets are available for sale at the Warren County Community Center, Monday through Saturday, 8am10pm and Sunday, 1pm-9pm. For more information call (540) 6351021.

Spring Show at LFCC Lord Fairfax Community College will hold its Spring Show with performances on Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19 at the College’s Middletown Campus. There are two performances in the McCoy Theatre on both days: 4/18 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., and 4/19 at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The show includes music, dance, and skits by performers of all ages. Russell Rinker of Blue Man Group is Musical Director and Barry Lee from WINC Radio serves as emcee.

Ticket prices are $2 each, and include a pre-performance event in the Corron Community Development Building. The pre-performance event offers free ice cream, a cake/ candy walk, face painting, live music and food for purchase. This annual variety show is sponsored by LFCC Student Activities and the Fine and Performing Arts Club. To reserve tickets, visit lfcc.edu/springshow or contact the Student Activities Office at (540) 868-7216.

vention & Visitors Bureau, and four and a half years as the Executive Director, Sally Coates is retiring from her career in tourism. Ms. Coates has had many accomplishments working for the CVB. When asked what she is most proud of, Ms. Coates responded, “I am very pleased that I was afforded the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be here at the CVB during the six-year commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. It was an honor to work with all the partners planning and promoting 150th activities.”

The staff of the Visitors Center wishes Sally a fond farewell, and best wishes for her retirement.

The Interim Director for the CVB will be City of Winchester employee, Amy Simmons.

Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Unveils Its New Smartphone App Despite a history that stretches back to the pre-television, pre-computer days of the Model-T Ford and the static-filled sound of early radio, in its 88th year, the Shenandoah Ap-

ple Blossom Festival® always seeks to keep itself as current as its fans hope it can be. The Festival established its signature web site, thebloom.com, many years ago; has become Facebook, Twitter and YouTube friendly in recent years; and, has added a very active system of e-news blasts for its network of email subscribers.

Now, in the Age of the Smartphone, it logically followed that it was time for an Official Festival App (available for iPhone/iPad and Android).

Developed by Brad Veach of Mobile Marketing and Entertainment Solutions, the following is the description given for the new Festival App at the App Store: “Celebrate the arrival of spring at the 88th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival®. The Festival is held in Winchester – Frederick County, Virginia, in the beautiful and historic Northern Shenandoah Valley from April 24 – May 3, 2015. A small city with a rural atmosphere, Winchester is within easy driving time from Washington, DC; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA; Baltimore, MD; See BRIEFS, 36

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need fertilizer? Pruning? Or do I need to plant new trees? This is the time to look for the best location and the right “native” tree to plant. Don’t plant wide trees near the house or tall trees under the overhead lines. Trees that you see being “topped” each year should be removed and replaced by an appropriate size and shape to enhance the beauty of your property.

One of the first rules to remember is “do no harm” when looking to provide care for your existing trees, whether pruning, planting or fertilizing. Another rule is to select the right tree for the right location. And finally, it is important to remember

that newly planted trees require at least one inch of water every one or two weeks applied slowly over the entire root area. Selecting the right tree for the right location will reduce the amount of “topping” which is neither healthy for our trees nor beautiful for our property. If you currently have large trees, now is the time to look at them and decide if anything needs to be done.

NEVER TOP YOUR TREES! Call a certified arborist to have pruning done correctly. Happy Spring.

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The Front Royal/Warren County Tree Steward program began in 1997 with volunteers dedicated to improving the health of trees by providing educational programs, tree planting and care demonstrations, and tree maintenance throughout the community.

The group now consists of over 30 active members with several interns working toward becoming certified tree stewards from our annual “All About Trees Class”. Each month Stewart will answer a question from our readers. Please forward it to “Stewart” in care of: frwctreestewards@comcast.net and we may publish it in a future issue. Please visit our website at:

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If you have any information regarding a suspect or suspects in this case, 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. You can remain anonymous. Officer Wyatt, Incident # 15010949 Frederick County Crime of the Week - March 23, 2015 The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating numerous incidents of vandalism to vehicles, businesses and homes in the area during the time frame of March 4 to March 14th, 2015. These incidents occurred at various locations all over the county, and in each instance, windows in either the business, residence or vehicle have been damaged with what appears to be a BB or pellet gun.

If you have any information regarding a suspect or suspect vehicle in these incidents, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at(540) 665TIPS (847 7). Information leading to the arrest of a suspect may result in a reward of up to $1,000. You can remain anonymous.

Winchester Crime of the Week - March 16, 2015 The Winchester Police Department is investigating a burglary in the 600 block of South Cameron Street. The incident occurred on March 8, 2015, between 11:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. The front door to the residence had been opened, and some drawers inside had been rummaged through. A cell phone and an undisclosed amount of cash were reported missing.

If you have any information regarding a suspect or suspects in this case, 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. You can remain anonymous. Officer Edwards, Incident # 15008234 Bank robbery suspect sought

The Winchester Police Department is investigating an armed bank robbery that happened at BB&T at 2082 South Pleasant Valley Road. Around 11 a.m. a white male entered the bank, displayed a gun, and demanded money. The suspect is described as being in his late 40s to early 50s, wearing a black V-neck t-shirt, blue jeans, a green jacket, a black ski mask, and an orange glove on his left hand. It appears from surveillance pictures that the male has a beard. The male left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was last seen heading south in the parking lot on foot.

A Winchester Police Department K-9 Unit responded to the scene and attempted to track the suspect, but was unable to locate him.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Crime Solvers HOTLINE at 540-665-TIPS. Individuals who are able to provide information that leads to an arrest in this case could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

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News BRIEFS, from 34 and Richmond, VA. Crowds in excess of 250,000 attend the Festival each year. Enjoy over forty events including: band competitions, dances, parades, carnival, wine festival, breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, a 10K and Kid’s Race, the Coronation of Queen Shenandoah, Firefighters’ events, celebrity appearances, and much more!

The Festival is an event the whole family can enjoy. Have the Festival in the palm of your hand with the Official 2015 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® App. Great for advance planning and for use in real time, too.”

Official Festival App Features include: • Events Calendar – Browse more than forty events, celebrity appearances, and much more! Enjoy the convenience of GPS turn-by-turn directions to each event site and see

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the time, description, and other details for each. Select your favorites and make a personal schedule.

• Festival Push Notifications – Stay informed of important announcements including celebrity guests, traffic, event news and more with real time notifications directly to your mobile device.

• Image Gallery and Photo Sharing – View the collection of images

of both the present and past festivals and share your favorite event images with the Festival.

• Social Connect – Stay connected with the Festival through our in-app social media pages including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

• Find My Car – Pin the parked location of a vehicle and easily retrieve it with GPS directions.

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Lynchburg Centenary United Methodist Church Court Street United Methodist Church First Presbyterian Church Holy Cross Catholic Church Liberty University Lynchburg College Lynchburg Museum Old City Cemetery Chapel Randolph College Virginia Episcopal School Middletown St. Thomas Chapel

er to commemorate this historic moment across the nation.

Participating sites in Virginia are listed below - we hope that you will join in this profound way to mark the end of the Civil War and the beginning of freedom and reconciliation. Follow at #BellsAcrossTheLand For information or to add a participating site to the list, email info@VirginiaCivilWar.org or call Cheryl Jackson, Executive Director, at (804) 786-3591, ext. 276 Appomattox Appomattox National Historical Park Isle of Wight Isle of Wight County Court House Bell Tower

New Market Lee-Jackson Building (Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation Headquarters) Richmond Virginia State Capitol – Historic Bell Tower Smithfield Christ Episcopal Church Suffolk Freemason Street Baptist Church Suffolk Christian Church Warren Warren County Courthouse Winchester Old Court House Civil War Museum Woodstock Shenandoah Courthouse

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Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox

On April 9 the nation will observe the 150th anniversary of the surrender meeting between Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, which effectively marked the end of the Civil War. As part of this observance, the National Park Service is spearheading a national initiative, “Bells across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox.” The Virginia State Capitol will participate by in this initiative by ringing bells at the historic Bell Tower for four minutes at 3:15 p.m. on April 9.

“Bells across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox” begins with bells ringing at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, coinciding with the end of the historic meeting between Grant and Lee in the McLean House.

After the ringing at Appomattox, bells will reverberate at churches, historic sites, and public buildings across the nation, beginning at 3:15 p.m. and lasting four minutes (each minute symbolizing a year of war).

Sites that have agreed to participate include the Virginia State Capitol, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and communities from Texas through Connecticut.

The Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission is encouraging all localities and sesquicentennial partners across the Commonwealth to participate in this initiative as we come togeth-

Classifieds

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 549437 Physical Therapy Assistant 549544 Lift Truck Operator 549374 FOIA Declassification/Legal Admin Specialist 548434 Upscale Security Officer 548748 Strasburg Apprentice Technician 548764 Store Display Installer 547568 Kitchen Utility Worker 547774 Class B CDL Driver 548008 Custodian 546667 Call Center Agent 546699 Process Lead 547033 Digital Video Technician 547057 Delivery Driver 547368 Production Shipping Supervisor Sales representatives needed for Winchester/Frederick County area. 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.

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Masonic ring with two .4 caret diamonds, ruby with mason emblem. 14k gold. Appraises at over $7,000. Asking $4000.00.

Call 540-662-9023 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 Honeywell R22 tank with about 25 to 27 lbs of freon left. Only used to charge one heat pump. Will sell remaining for $325, price is negotiable. Call 540-671-8707. 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

Gary “Pop” Charles DeOms (72) is at peace in the loving arms of our amazing God on March 27, 2014. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Special Love, Inc. or Kernstown United Methodist Church.

Betty Jean (Guess) Corbin, 84, resident of the Hilltop House Assisted Living, Winchester, VA died Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Winchester Medical Center. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 1833 Plaza Drive, Winchester, VA 22601, or to your local Eagle’s Ladies Auxiliary #824, PO Box 1697, Winchester, VA 22604.

Seth Coen Snawder, infant son of MAJ Jared W. and Amy B. Snawder, was born and passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 1700, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202.

John Stanley Morris, Jr., 66, of Winchester, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Winchester Medical Center. Memorial Contributions can be made to the Angel Trust Fund, c/o Shenandoah Oncology, 1870 Amherst St. Suite F, Winchester, VA 22601 or Kernstown United Methodist Church, 3239 Valley Pike, Winchester, VA 22602.

Sandra E. Thompson, 67, of Cross Junction, Virginia, died, Sunday, March 29, 2015, at the Winchester Medical Center. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the donors local S.P.C.A. Animal Shelter.

Winfred Leroy “Junior” Hess, Jr., 81, of Frederick County, Virginia, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Market Street United Methodist Church, Budget Fund, 131 South Cameron Street, Winchester, Virginia, 22601 or Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia 22601.

• Share Our App – Tell your friends about the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® app through email, social media or text.

• PDF Maps – View Festival-themed PDF maps through your mobile device.

• Website Tab – Visit the Official Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® mobile website through the App. • Souvenir Store – Order swag, gifts and everything Apple Blossom from the Official Souvenir Store.

• News Feed – Up-to-the minute RSS feeds from the Festival website and social media pages.

In addition, the Festival intends to use the new Official Festival App to create an additional interface between the Festival and the various jurisdictional “situation management departments” that the Festival works with to keep the public and the Festival Staff and Volunteers safer and better informed as the Festival progresses.

Town of Front Royal to Begin Using Online Employment Applications

Beginning April 15, 2015, the Town of Front Royal will transition to an online employment application for those interested in joining the dedicated workforce that serves the citizens of Front Royal. The Town has developed the website frontroyalva. com/jobs as the portal for individuals interested in seeking a position with the Town. This website will display available positions by job description, along with application deadlines and the required and preferred job skills.

If an applicant does not have access to the internet, an employment application kiosk will be available outside the Human Resources Department on the second floor of the Administration Building located at 102 East Main Street.

Prior to applying for a position,

Diversions News an applicant will need to create an account on the site. To register, the applicant will need to provide their name, email address, mailing address, and phone number. The applicant will also need to establish a username and password. Once registered, an applicant can apply for any position for which they feel qualified.

To apply for a position, view the job description and requirements, and then select the “Apply for this Position” link at the bottom of the job description. The applicant will be prompted to provide a response to “My Job Qualifications,” describing in their own words work experience, education and other qualifications that directly apply to the job description and the desired job skills outlined in the job advertisement. This is the only information that our staff will view in conducting the initial screening of applicants. The applicant may also submit a PDF version of their résumé and other documentation pertinent to the position; however, this information will only be reviewed by staff after the initial screening of an applicant’s response provided in the “My Job Qualifications” submission.

To assist applicants in pursuit of a position with the Town, the Town has provided an explanation of the online application process and developed an education video that can be viewed at frontroyalva.com/jobs/ content/ town-front-royal-employment-selection-process.

The online employment application website will simplify the application process, provide a secure means to seek a position with the Town, and

accelerate our process to evaluate applications. Please contact the Town at (540) 635-8007 if the applicant has any questions about this issue.

Bike Raffle Rolling Thunder Inc. will have the 2015 raffle bike at Groves Harley Davidson on April 27th, 28th and 30th and May 1st. Visit us on Sunday May 3rd for Sunday in the Park at Jim Barnett Park. More information call (540) 533-6223.

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Calendar Friday, April 3 Forecast 72° | 49° 1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee. Chamber Office.

Saturday, April 4 Forecast 54° | 36° 8am – 10:30am 3rd Annual Winning with Wellness 5k Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run. Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle School, Rosa Lane, Winchester. To benefit the Frederick County Educational Foundation The Third Annual Winning with Wellness 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run. Proceeds will benefit the Frederick County Educational Foundation.

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.

2 progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts, progressive tab game, door prizes. Saturday night has 2 jackpots at $400 each. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation. Payouts based on attendance.

Must be 12 to play. More information call (540) 636-7152.

Sunday, April 5 Easter Sunday Forecast 66° | 44° Monday, April 6 5pm - 6pm UFAC Meeting. Front Royal Administration Building, 102 E Main Street, Front Royal. The Urban Forestry Advisory Commission (UFAC) meets tonight in the 2nd Floor Conference Room.

8:30pm - 9:30pm Books and Blocks.

Bowman Library, Tasker Road, Stephens City. Books and Blocks is a STEM* inspired after-school program that encourages reading and imagination, coupled with fine motor skills through the use of Lego™ building blocks. Each week leaders will introduce a new topic based on library book displays and challenge youth to build something new. Contact Donna Hughes at (540) 869-9000 x215or email dhughes@handleyregional.org for more information.

Tuesday, April 7 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.

Wednesday, April 8 3:30pm - 5pm Chamber Board Meeting. Chamber Office.

Thursday, April 9, 2015 5:30pm – 7:30pm Talent Show and Spaghetti Dinner. Front Royal Fire

Department. Sponsored by the students of Tap Etc. $5 in advance/ $6 at the door. Kids 4 and under eat free. $10 to participate in the show (includes dinner). Prizes will be awarded. Tickets can be purchased at Tap Etc 131 E. Main Street. For more information contact Kristin (540) 4548078.

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.

2 progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts, progressive tab game, door prizes. Saturday night has 2 jackpots at $400 each. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation. Payouts based on attendance.

Must be 12 to play. More information call (540) 636-7152.

6:30pm – 9:30pm Peter Pan. Warren County High School. Wendy is portrayed by Lindsay Bronston and Peter Pan by Nathaniel Hess. Mr. Whitney is directing this play, which he double casted.

generously donated by our sponsors, including a Silent and Live Auction, and our special Duck Pond Draw.

Not only is this event fun, it’s for a good cause - all funds raised go toward enhancing the collections and resources Samuels Library offers to the community. For more information call (540) 635-3153.

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.

2 progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts, progressive tab game, door prizes. Saturday night has 2 jackpots at $400 each. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation. Payouts based on attendance.

Must be 12 to play. More information call (540) 636-7152.

6:30pm – 9:30pm Peter Pan. Warren County High School. Wendy is portrayed by Lindsay Bronston and Peter Pan by Nathaniel Hess. Mr. Whitney is directing this play, which he double casted.

Friday, April 10 6:30pm – 9:30pm Peter Pan. Warren County High School. Wendy is portrayed by Lindsay Bronston and Peter Pan by Nathaniel Hess. Mr. Whitney is directing this play, which he double casted.

Sunday, April 12 3pm - 6pm Peter Pan. Warren County High School. Wendy is portrayed by Lindsay Bronston and Peter Pan by Nathaniel Hess. Mr. Whitney is directing this play, which he double casted.

Saturday, April 11 6pm – 8:30pm. A Taste for Books.

Samuels Public Library. A Taste for Books is a celebration of books and food! The event offers a fun and relaxed evening in which volunteers donate their time, talents and culinary expertise to showcase book themed edible offerings to attendees.

In addition to this literary buffet, this year drinks will be served at Sam’s Spirits Stand, a State Fair-themed bar, as well as beer tastings from Backroom Brewery. Accordionist Bill McElroy will entertain throughout the evening. Attendees will have several ways to win fabulous prizes

Monday, April 13 Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday 7pm - 8pm Council Work Session.

Town Administration Building, 102 E. Main St. 8:30pm - 9:30pm Books and Blocks.

Bowman Library, Tasker Road, Stephens City. Books and Blocks is a STEM* inspired after-school program that encourages reading and imagination, coupled with fine motor skills through the use of Lego™ building blocks. Each week leaders will introduce a new topic based on library book displays and challenge youth to build something new. Contact Donna Hughes at (540) 869-9000 x215or

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Tuesday, April 14 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.

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

Wednesday, April 15 7pm - 8pm Planning Commission Meeting. County of Warren Government Center.

Thursday, April 16 8am – 5pm Jewelry is Fun Sale.

Warren Memorial Hospital 3rd Floor Conference Room #1. Jewelry for $5.99! Sponsored by the Warren Memorial Hospital Aux. Come on by – we’d love to see you, family, and friends.

5pm - 8pm Third Thursday Art Walk. Downtown Front Royal.

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.

2 progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts, progressive tab game, door prizes. Saturday night has 2 jackpots at $400 each. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation. Payouts based on attendance.

Must be 12 to play. More information call (540) 636-7152.

7pm - 9pm JWHS Veterans’ Salute Baseball game. James Wood High School, Apple Pie Ridge Road, Winchester. Members of the James Wood High School baseball team will be honoring veterans at their game against Sherando at James Wood High School. A number of events will occur during the event to recognize veterans and thank them for their service. The entire event is being organized by members of the

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Memorial Hospital Aux. Come on by – we’d love to see you, family, and friends.

Friday, April 17 8am – 3pm Jewelry is Fun Sale.

Warren Memorial Hospital 3rd Floor Conference Room #1. Jewelry for $5.99! Sponsored by the Warren

Saturday, April 18 4pm - 5pm Ham or Oyster Dinner. Star Tannery Volunteer Fire De-

partment, Brill Road, Star Tannery.

Adults $13; children $6. Take out is available. For more information call (540) 465-9759. Sponsored by the Ladies’ Auxiliary.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North

Pets Page 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.

2 progressive games, raffles, queen of hearts, progressive tab game, door prizes. Saturday night has 2 jackpots at $400 each. Benefits the North Fork Shenandoah River Restoration Foundation. Payouts based on attendance.

Must be 12 to play. More information call (540) 636-7152.

7pm - 10pm Miss-Ter Middletown.

Middletown. MANY WO(MEN) WILL ENTER ONLY ONE WILL BE CROWNED Join us as the Men in our area compete as Wo(men) in a Fun Filled Beauty Pageant to raise money for the 2015 Middletown Christmas Parade Tickets are $5 per person, sold at the door. Cash only event with 50/50 raffle and silent auction. For more information contact (540) 869-2226.

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HSWC Kitten Shower • April 19th, 2015, 1-3pm

Kitten Season is coming and HSWC needs your help to care for all the teeny kittens headed our way. Join us at the Kitten Shower and help us gather the items needed to care for all the kittens. Bring a donation and spend an afternoon decorating cupcakes and visiting with Hello Kitty. Learn how you can be a lifesaver by joining our foster program.

Bella - 2 year old female pit bull.

This sweet and loving girl enjoys stretching her legs in the play yard and sitting pretty for bits of hot dogs.

Copper - 4 year old neutered male Puggle. Copper is house and crate trained. He is also good with children and other dogs and loves the tennis ball!

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Blackie - 10 year old neutered male JRT/Mn Pin mix. He is house trained, spunky and gets along with most dogs and some cats. A true terrier-type, he has plenty of energy and loves to cuddle. He loves long walks ,rides well in cars, and is good on the leash. Blackie is currently in foster care, so please call before coming to visit.

Chrissie - 4 year old spayed plott hound mix.

Chrissie is a lovable pooch with a huge personality.

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