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Family works together to keep their pet chickens They will petition to allow folks to keep backyard chickens in Warren County Residential Districts 1 and 2

By Carol Ballard Warren & Frederick County Report

The Morton family loves their chickens. They gathered to show support for keeping them in the family at their home. Shown here: left to right, are Buddy 9, Jonas 7, Julie with a striped Plymouth Barred Rock chicken and Brian. “It has cheeks,” Jonas said, with a twinkle in his eyes.

The Morton family has grown attached to their unique flock of chickens. They have Plymouth Barred Rocks, Austrolorpes, Araucanas and Leghorns, to name a few.

Julie, Brian and their three boys; Buddy, Jonas and Isaac keep them, not only for their high–protein eggs, but also love them as pets and don’t want to lose them because of their sanitary district’s policy.

“When people lose their chickens, it’s like losing a dog,” Brian and Julie said.

And some of their neighbors have already lost them.

Their friend Wendy was given a deadline to remove her chickens after officials saw them in her yard.

She was told to remove the coop, or face a $1,000 fine, they said, and she told them she wasn’t even aware they were illegal, because so many people in her neighborhood had them. The Mortons said they know of four other families who have chickens and coops already, and want to keep

them legally.

They will be taking their proposal and a petition, which already has 380 signatures, to Warren County’s planning commission meeting on September 9, and will propose changes for Residential 1 and 2 Districts in the county.

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On the positive side, he told them that he’s heard from more people wanting chickens than from those complaining about them.

They’re hoping to have a large support group attend the meeting, and already have 10-15 people who have said they will be there.

To avoid causing trouble to neighbors, they propose to limit the flock to six hens or less, with no roosters, so no one is disturbed by their crowing, along with a few other neighborfriendly restrictions, such as: chickens being kept in a single building and having a single fenced outside run; the building and attached outside run set back a minimum of 25 feet from all property lines, and that all areas associated with the keeping of chickens be cleaned and made free of waste on a regular basis.

They already have a large coop and run and their yard is fenced.

The chickens seem to like having the boundary and don’t stray outside it, they said.

The fence has other benefits as well.

“The bears haven’t bothered us since we built a fence around the yard. They seem too lazy to bother

“Chickens instinctively head for trees to roost in,” said Julie and Brian Morton., but they have to keep them inside their home-built coop because gray foxes can climb trees and come over for chicken snacks when they please. with it, but they used to come into the yard, and up on the deck,” said Brian.

Brian and Julie found a small coop online for $270, when they first got chickens. After assembling it, Brian built a bigger one with his own materials when they realized the chickens needed more space and protection at night. His cost was $300 for a much

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Their friends, Wendy and Diane, originally talked Julie into getting chickens because they thought she would like them and they were right.

There are so many things they like about having chickens and she, Brian, Buddy and Jonas talked enthusiastically about their experiences.

They told the story of how Isaac was waiting for his father one day, and picked up one of the chickens and put it on the children’s slide. It slid down and just stood at the bottom waiting for him to do it again.

“We figured if it didn’t run away, it liked it,” Brian said, with a laugh.

And Buddy said, “I like having chickens because they lay eggs for us to eat and we don’t have to go to the store. It’s healthier for us.”

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The first week they have to be kept at 95 degrees, and then the temperature is reduced five degrees every week, they said.

And if they use a light in the coop, they can get eggs all winter long.

“They like almost any kind of food and eat everything we don’t recycle or compost. It helps reduce the amount of stinky trash, so we don’t attract bears,” Julie said. It has helped them use about100 percent of their food waste.

It also helps the children learn about responsibility and the connection between food and where it comes from. They feed and water the chickens and collect the eggs.

Recently they had an attack by foxes, so they only have two laying hens right now.

Last summer they let the chickens roost in the trees, but don’t anymore because of the foxes.

“Chickens instinctively head for trees to roost in, but they have to keep them inside their home-built coop because the gray foxes climbed into the trees and got the chickens, then attacked two others on the ground,” they said, adding, “over a period of one and a half months, foxes got seven chickens. We tried to watch for them, but then they started coming during the day. Since we made the run, we haven’t lost any.”

But foxes are smart. When they shut the coop at 8 p.m., foxes showed up at 8:10, they said.

When they got serious about keeping the chickens legally, they went to a Facebook page created by Blue Mountain Homesteaders to find people sympathetic to vegetable gardens and keeping chickens. They found out that others were already moving on it. In June of this year, Front Royal Planning and Zoning Director Jeremy Camp said officials were reviewing a draft of an urban agriculture ordinance that they hoped would clarify the regulations on backyard poultry operations.

In a hopeful vein, as backyard poultry operations grow more popular, some localities might revisit their rules on keeping chickens with most counties and towns allowing it. But many homeowners’ associations don’t allow them.

Their sanitary district will also have to be approached for approval.

“That’s what makes it a multilevel process,” said Brian.

They are hopeful that their particular sanitary district will be okay with it.

“Buddy and I made the petition/ proposal our summer project,” said Julie. He came over to the computer when she was working on the document, hung out with her and helped with ideas.

She began her proposal by pointing out that there are many other Virginia counties that have recently changed their restriction on keeping chickens. She researched it, found their names, one of which is the City

of Richmond, and put them on the petition, along with a link to it online which can be found at the end of this story.

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a time gone and applying sustainable ideas of the past to current zoning laws. Backyard chickens used to be a common American household accessory. And for those families that are willing to put in the time and effort to maintain a small flock of hens, it still makes a lot of sense. Chickens eat food scraps, reducing the stinky kind of waste that draw bears to our trashcans, while also cutting down the amount of trash that heads to Warren County waste transfer stations.

“Chicken excrement can be composted and used as a natural fertilizer for gardens and lawns, minimizing chemical runoff from artificial fertilizers. The eggs of backyard chickens are more nutritionally dense than those purchased at the grocery store, thanks to the backyard chickens’ varied diet of grain, food scraps, weeds, grass, and bugs. They are an excellent and cheap source of protein for low income families. Chickens reduce tick, stink bug and other in-

sect populations, reducing the risk of contracting Lyme disease in one’s own yard.”

“We hope to legalize chickens,” said Brian, with a grin.

Julie has put this request for support in her petition. “The Planning Commission will have a public meeting on September 9, at 7 p.m. at the Warren County Government Center board room. The meeting will primarily be a discussion between county employees, but they allow for community input at the beginning of the meeting. This will be their second meeting discussing whether to/ how to change the zoning ordinances regarding chickens in residential districts.

Please attend if you are able and add your viewpoint regarding backyard chickens to the public record.

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It’s Harvest Time! Why Can? Because You Can!

By Teresa Brumback Warren & Frederick County Report

Summer’s bounty includes canned green beans ready to be shelved for a treat this winter.

I’m all beaned out. It’s been a long summer and green beans have been my constant companion.

Long beans, fat beans, short beans and skinny green beans, I know them all quite well. I’ve picked and plucked them all, strung them and cut them up for home canning purposes and feeding myself, my family and friends.

Bean there, done that, so to speak.

Engulfed by the big green plants on both sides of the rows, I sit on a tiny aluminum camp chair as I troll for beans, trying not to inhale the sweat that pours off my face, trying not to pant like a dog. There’s a good reason for that. It’s best I keep my mouth shut so I don’t accidentally swallow any of the gnats that are swarming, obviously enjoying the hot, sticky, steamy Louisiana-like weather. Gnats are high in protein; I’m sure, but I have been known to choke on them.

So that I can get an early start and get a bolt of energy, I always swig down a couple cups of coffee and munch on some garden veggies I picked the day before. Why, there’s no time to cook bacon or my farmfresh chicken eggs. A nice tomato and cucumber salad fits the bill for a nice refreshing breakfast.

I head out to the garden but it’s not long before the sun is searing. In a few hours I have to call it a day so I can shower off, get dressed and go to my regular job.

At night I get some bean-picking in but it’s never enough. No matter how much I want the beans to just go away, they won’t. Stubborn things, they just keep multiplying. They’re a greenish monster and I’m surprised I don’t have nightmares about them.

But sometimes I do have other reactions.

The other night I got home from work, swigged down some strawberry jello with pineapple chunks and was about to dash out to the garden.

I was behind in my bean picking and my heart started pounding thinking about the job ahead of me. Suddenly I realized I couldn’t breathe. I just couldn’t breathe, not even a little bit. I couldn’t cough; I couldn’t gasp; I couldn’t even wheeze.

I grabbed the phone, ran out on the porch for some reason, sat on the chair and finally called 911. By that time I could breathe and speak a little so I told them not to bother. It was very scary. My friend who is a nurse practitioner said it was probably a stress attack of some kind.

Everything else in my life is coming up roses, not beans, but here is solid proof the stress from the beans was over the top.

So if you decide to take on the innocent looking green bean, be wary.

Why must I have a garden? Why must I pick all of them no matter what? I just can’t let them go to waste. I’d feel guilty if I did. It’s how I was raised.

Meantime, elsewhere in the gar-

den, the tomatoes, squash, peppers and now the corn are begging to be picked. They too, must be picked and canned or frozen--or if there’s time, just eaten raw or steamed. I must do garden triage, and you got it, the beans are top priority.

But beans don’t taste as good frozen as they do home-canned--just my opinion, mind you.

I’ve lifted up the heavy plants of “tenderette” bush crop beans in my garden and picked away, tossing them into a big empty bucket. That’s just the beginning. There are many more beans to pick before I sleep.

Even then I know that my work won’t be done because I’ll be lucky if I finish just one of the four and a half long rows I planted.

Normally I stagger the planting.

This year I didn’t and I’m paying the price.

If those rows are ever picked clean, then it won’t be long before they bear again. And again. They will bear beans a total of three times before the season--not me--calls it quits.

From there they are cleaned and packed into jars which go into an old aluminum pressure cooker my buddy Bob gave me. Not sure how safe it is, but it hasn’t let me down yet and we’ve been using it for years. Hissing and spitting around its temperature gauge it cooks away, a boiling tempest in a pot. When it becomes quiet and has time to cool off from its hissy fit, the jars are plucked carefully and put to rest on the counter, blanketed

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All of this is not a labor of love, mind you. It’s just plain icky, exhausting hard work. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

My co-worker has already canned

94 cans of beans and he’s already planted his batch of “October beans,” whatever those are. It sounds like they might be the kidney or pinto beans you have to let dry on the vine and then shuck. Aw shucks, I don’t have time for that. I can’t even pick the beans that I have.

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But I am determined to out-can him plus break my 100-plus record from last year.

As in the past I’ve invited all my friends and family to share in my bounty. Pick what you want and enjoy it for free. What could be better than that? Hardly anyone takes me up on it anymore. I can’t say I blame them.

Even Erika, my friend since college who likes to camp in the Front Royal area, normally shows up at harvest time. She always tells the story of the “Little Red Hen” and laughs that like the hen, I must have hollered out earlier in the season, “Who will help me PLANT the garden?”

She loved picking so much that one year I had to stand guard at the garden and be a human “checkpoint” so that she wouldn’t leave my garden barren. We laughed at the memory again this morning.

After all, it is so much easier to just go to the store and pick up a few cans of beans on sale, or shop at the Farmer’s Market for fresh beans, like the one in downtown Front Royal every Saturday.

So why do I and others like me endure this annual summer torture?

I’m not sure. I can because I can.

It’s a ritual, a tradition. It’s just in the blood. My parents, grandparents and those before them all had gardens

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There’s nothing like green beans growing on the vine, and waiting to be canned. and canned all they could. That’s how they survived through the Depression, the Civil War and everything before it going back to when they wound up here after fleeing Germany.

Home-canned green beans also taste good. The salt can be controlled and there are no preservatives. In the middle of a freezing winter when it’s too far and dangerous to go to the store, a jar of beans or tomatoes or pickles you can yourself are a gourmet treat.

Tammy and Don Williams of Front Royal are among the few and the brave who keep a summertime vegetable garden. She says she enjoys cooking green beans the way her late mother used to, with fatback, ham hocks or even bacon grease. The key was to cook them long and slow. Her mother cooked them outdoors in a giant pot over a big open fire.

“It was so good,” she recalls, “SO

good with new potatoes or corn” that her mother added to the beans.

But when she and her husband get home from busy professional jobs, she explains they are worn out and there often just isn’t enough time to make the beans any way but fast.

She hopes to learn to can, too, even if it’s just a few jars to keep up the family tradition.

“I’ll feel guilty if I can’t can a few cans of beans. It’s not like the old days. The pressure cookers make it easier.”

Our conversation is interrupted by nothing short of a miracle. I’m informed that something has gotten into my garden. Our investigation of paw prints and droppings will reveal whether it’s a groundhog, rabbits, deer or bear, but I’m betting on the groundhog. Hopefully he’s left the tomatoes alone and has left me beanless and bean-free.

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O.J. Rudacille Country Store: In its final days?

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By Teresa Brumback Warren & Frederick County Report At the base of the Blue Ridge, Gooney Creek worms its way through a tiny picturesque village in southeastern Warren County.

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RUDACILLE, from ten request for a donation to the Browntown Community Center. He also sells notecards, calendars, sillsitters of the store, CDs, sweatshirts and more with proceeds going to the Community Center.

In a poignant editorial in the June issue of the Browntown Community Center Newsletter, Lacombe said the following: “Every day folks ask me how the store is doing, and I’ll have to admit, not so good. The lottery is the main thing that keeps my head above water. After 30 years it seems Browntown no longer needs a little store for many of the basics. This has led to all but one of my suppliers to stop making deliveries.�

Ticking off a list of a half dozen or more suppliers, he writes that they have no time to drive the distance of several miles along a winding country road, off US 340, to get to the store. “I love Browntown and love running the store, but at my age, I’m not interested in the long hours I used to keep,� he says in the editorial. Lacombe is a 68-year-old who was an infantryman in Vietnam and later a clerk for Giant Food in Maryland and an assistant manager for Ramsey’s Hardware in Front Royal.

His average sale at the country store is $3. When times were good, he did 70 sales a day. Now it’s down to just 20 or 30 sales per day.

Along with news and sodas, coffee, and ice cream, Lacombe serves up a refreshing slice of Americana. If it weren’t a store, the store could pass for a museum of a country store.

Lacombe proudly shows some original furnishings like its O.J. Rudacille sign and Royal Crown Cola sign out front, and inside: the old pine and oak counter, fading wallpaper, an intricate-carved metal cash register, a wooden till box, its double screen doors, and even an empty wooden spool of thread that he pointed out was used as a drawer pull handle.

Elsewhere, an empty cheese box on display kept old bills.

He seems to feel a huge responsibility for preserving the past. “I love history,� he says. “I love the people around here.�

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What isn’t original is still old, and Rudacille has put together all the makings of a country store including copies of an early issue of “Life� magazine, and candy that while it’s not a penny, is individual Tootsie rolls or Tootsie pops. In memory of Vietnam War he has soldiers’ gear on display.

His customers are mostly devoted regulars but a few like Jesse Fox, are recent newcomers to the area. “I like the homey feeling,� says Fox, who stopped in during a break at work for Century Link. “There’s more customer interaction like in the older days.�

Lawyer and former prosecutor John Bell of Browntown has always enjoyed the store. “He has managed to keep that oldtime vibe,� Bell said, and agreed with other customers that Lacombe is the village’s unofficial mayor.

Lacombe doesn’t seem to mind the title. “When the floods and blizzards came, they called me,� Lacombe recalls. “The store is like a central office in an emergency� with police and fire rescue personnel using it as a sort of command post, and stopping in to

find out where help is needed.

Lacombe is happy to relate the following history of the store as found on one of the sill sitters of the store, available for purchase: The store was built at its present location in 1884

by George Baublitz of Carroll County, Md. Around 1910 the store was added onto and still looks much the same today as it did 100 years ago.

Rene Cooper, a relative of Lacombe’s late wife, operated the store until the time of the Depression at which time Oris Jackson Rudacille-also a relatives of Jean Lacombe on her mother’s side--along with his wife Annice, bought the store. They rented it to Keene Updike until 1935.

Once the Rudacilles took over the running of the store they kept it open for the rest of their lives. O.J. or “Buck� Rudacille as he was known to the locals, died in 1966 and Annice died in 1974.

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She then addressed Councilman Daryl Funk’s comments from the last meeting by saying, “I wish I had responded to Mr. Funk’s suggestion two weeks ago, if the county decides to stop paying us after we provide them with water that the council could charge the customer double water and sewer rates. This is, as they say a “lame sauce” excuse and I am sure that Mr. Funk knows this. Double water rates can in no way make up for the revenue we are losing every day in uncollected meals and lodging taxes.”

She went on to point out that the taxes go to the town’s general fund while double water rates will go to our water enterprise fund and that the council is not able to just willynilly move money around from the enterprise funds.

“As I understand it, we would only be able to utilize 25 percent of the money we would collect from double water rates in our General Fund. I would also like to question Mr. Funk

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She continued, “We have also failed to realize the burden that we are continuing to place on town restaurants and hotels which are in direct competition with restaurants and hotels in the corridor. Our meals and lodging taxes are higher than the county.

So are we prepared to lower our taxes so that we create a fair playing field for our town businesses? Or are we going to continue to approve MOA with the county doing anything and everything they ask by creating a failing business environment here in our town?”

Regarding the failed motion to hold a public hearing regarding the MOA in the Corridor she said, “I still feel that we should’ve involved the public along the way with a public hearing before we approved anything with the county. It’s true that we have been discussing possible deals with the county for a long time. Certainly the entire time since I have been on council. For the past six months that we have been volleying offers back and forth we have never advertised a public hearing on the matter and if the majority of us felt we were getting close to accepting a deal with the county we should have at least had a public hearing before doing so. Anything less is lazy and disrespectful to our constituents at best and underhanded and malicious at worst.”

She closed with something that she had brought up and questioned at the last meeting, and said, “A final sticking point I see for me is our blatant violation with our own water code. I read the code as very clear and straight forward. But since I am not a lawyer and, that our own town attorney is quoted as saying that our water code is ambiguous and could be read more than one way, and that council is clearly not going to come to consensus on this, I plan to move that we add number eleven to the agenda tonight, with council authorization to ask the Attorney General’s opinion on whether or not we are in violation of our own water code. As councilman John Connolly stated at our last meeting, ‘We should not do anything that could potentially open us up for any possible lawsuits’, I would say that violating our own code would be doing that.”

Mayor Timothy Darr responded, “In reference to Ms. Egger’s statement, I honor and respect everything you said. I do have an issue with comparing the corridor agreement

to domestic violence. That is just my opinion. Domestic violence is something to take seriously. I don’t think it should be taken lightly or in jest in those types of forms. But that is just my opinion. I do respect your comments other than that.”

Egger moved to add an item to the agenda to authorize the council to ask the Attorney General to investigate whether or not the town was violating its own water code. Hrbek seconded the motion.

Councilman Daryl Funk added his opinion by saying, “Mr. Mayor, I appreciate Councilman Egger’s comments earlier for the most part with her concerns on the impact of the proposed agreement with the county. But the more I listen to both her and Mr. Hrbek’s comments the more I felt that I needed to say something. While I’ve been on council I have been on the side of many losing votes. Certainly there have been things that I didn’t like, things I still don’t like. But when I’ve been on the losing side of those issues I’ve always tried to find the best way that I could to help to bring us to a positive solution going forward. Certainly I understand the frustration that one might have when you don’t prevail on a particular issue. I would strongly encourage that going forward to at

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Egger moved again to add an item to the agenda to authorize the council to ask the Attorney General to investigate whether or not the town was violating its own water code.

This time, Hrbek seconded the motion.

A few days after the council meeting I was able to speak with Egger over the phone and she gave me a statement in response to the mayor’s statement regarding her comparison of the deal with the county and domestic violence. “When I made the analogy at the meeting I didn’t do it out of jest or try to make light of the situation. I feel that both situations are very serious. I do feel that we have been abused by the county, and when you make an analogy not every part is going to match up exactly and that is why it is an analogy and not the exact same thing. I wasn’t trying to make light of either situation,” she said.

At that same telephone interview

with Egger, I was also able to get her comments about Funk’s statement.

“I felt maybe a little bit from Councilman Funk comments that he felt that I was personally upset with certain people or attacking the county or people on the Board of Supervisors. But this is just me looking out for Front Royal. It has nothing to do with me being upset that my vote lost, it’s not a personal situation. I was elected to protect the town of Front Royal and that is what I am trying to do. It doesn’t have anything to

do with any personalities. I think that one of the big problems we run into in a small town is that our personalities are so wrapped up in everything we do. That is not what is driving me on this,” she said.

The motion to authorize the council to seek an opinion from the Attorney General on whether the town is violating its own water code failed on a 2-4 vote with Hrbek and Egger voting in favor of the motion.

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By Timothy Ratigan Warren & Frederick County Report

One of the first actions the Board of Supervisors (BOS) took at their meeting on August 18, was to remove two agenda items involving the special use permit to allow an agricultural events center at the historic Mint House.

The application was pulled by the applicants.

Other items on the agenda included the presentation of the Distinguished Audit Award from Tanye Burrell with the Government Finance Officer Association (GFOA). This was the first such award for Warren County for excellence in financial reporting. This certificate program was established to encourage and assist state and local governments to go beyond minimum financial reporting requirements, and is the highest form of recognition in gov-

ernment accounting in the following areas. Transparency, full disclosure to include the annual report from the independent auditors, management discussion and analysis, government wide financial statements, a summary of significant financial reporting policies.

Burrell reported, “The obtainment of this achievement represents a significant accomplishment of a government and its management. Currently there are only 37 counties of the 95 in Virginia who have achieved this.

And only a total of 4.110 awards were awarded nationally by the GFOA. In addition to this award the county’s budget has received the distinguished budget presentation award for the past five years. This award is for the county’s comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, recognizing the efforts of the county’s financial management team.�

Carolyn Stimmel (retired financial director), Andre Fletcher (deputy finance director), and Doug Stanley (county administrator) were present to receive the award.

Chairman Dick Traczyk had this to say, “On behalf of the board we are very proud of our staff and they do an excellent job as usual. We have a great group of people.�

Next on the agenda was public presentation. There was one speaker signed up to speak. Sonya Carlborn, representative of the Appalachian Trail Community Steering Committee. She brought attention to the movie titled “A Walk in the Woods� that is scheduled to come out over the Labor Day weekend. She has hopes that the movie will be shown at the Royal Cinemas on Main Street.

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During reports by board members, South River Supervisor Linda Glavis moved to have the permit for the short term rental for the Historic Mint House put on the agenda for the first meeting in September. She stated that the hearing was already held for the permit. With no objection from the rest of the board, Traczyk asked the county administrator to add the application for the short term rental for the historic Mint house to the agenda for the first meeting in September.

Traczyk commented that he had attended the meeting for the first day of school. He mentioned that one of the first things he noticed was the age of the teachers. “They looked like high school students. A total of 60 teachers had left Warren County Public Schools explaining the presence of the new teachers. We talked a lot about teachers’ wages. When you look what we have been doing with putting our money in school infrastructure and we have not really paid a whole lot of attention to salaries. We are going to have to look at that again down the road as we begin to lose more teachers,� he said.

North River Supervisor Dan Murray reported that the Warren County Regional Airport met every Wednesday to get ready for the annual airshow titled “Wings and Wheels� scheduled for the second Saturday in September. He put out a call for volunteers and vendors for the show.

The meetings take place on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. every week. He also talked about the blood donor day scheduled for the 12th of August and he stressed the importance of donating blood.

In the County’s Administrator’s report Doug Stanley reported that the Toray Plan (Toray Plastics (America), Inc., is located just north of Front Royal) calls for an additional manufacturing space that should bring about 18 new jobs to the area. Lantz Construction will be renovating the Treasurers and Commissioner’s Office to revise security measures and will include the installation of sound panels in the board room. That project will start around the first of

September. The county continues to work with the town and Economic Development Authority staff and the project engineer to reduce the scope and cost to more closely fit the available funding. The county has awarded a $32,223,000 contract to Shockey and Sons Construction and they are ready to start as soon as permits are obtained.

Public hearings were held next.

The first one was a public hearing for a conditional use permit for private use camping with was passed.

The second was for a private school for Yoga Instruction and that was passed as well. The third was for a conditional use permit for Private School to increase the maximum number of occupants from 24 to 49.

That was passed as well with the understanding that the number of occupants be decreased to 45.

One of the final items to be discussed and voted on was the change in polling places to vote and the request for a public hearing. Stanley reported that building inspector had determined that it was unsafe to use the second floor of the Rivermont Volunteer Fire Department and that there should be certain restrictions on the use of the first floor. The site is currently listed as one of the polling places for the Fork Election District. For the past month the Warren County Electoral Board has been looking for a safe replacement polling place. On August 17th the Electoral Board met at the Warren County Airport and voted to move the Otterburn Polling Station to the Airport Terminal. A motion was made to make the emergency move with the understanding that a public hearing be held on the September 15th. The motion passed. With no other business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned. – tim@areaguides.com

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Hrbek weighs in on controversial corridor agreement Timothy Ratigan Warren & Frederick County Report

Thursday morning August 27th, this reporter met with Councilman Bret Hrbek at his John Marshall Highway office to get his take on the recent vote for the 340/522 Corridor agreement with the county. Since Council member Bébhinn Egger and Hrbek stood alone against the compromise between the town and county on revenue sharing with the 340/522 Corridor businesses regarding the meals and lodging taxes, there is a clear divide in the council regarding the deal with the county.

The town stands to get thirty percent from the meals tax raised in-corridor and five percent of the lodging taxes from the corridor. Egger voted against the motion and Hrbek voted for it with the understanding and with the statement that he wanted to be able to bring it back to council if he wanted to in the future.

I was able to ask Hrbek about his past dealings with the 340/522 Corridor agreement. Hrbek was first elected to the council in 2006 He explained, “The collection of meals and lodging taxes didn’t become an issue until Cracker Barrel and Applebee’s and TGI Fridays filed the lawsuit against the town on that. It was going along fine even with the meals tax imposed by the county.”

Bret also clarified that when the original agreement was put in place there was not a meals tax charged by the county. At that time there was just the town’s meals and lodging tax. He also stated that the county’s reason for establishing a meals and lodging tax out in the corridor was to raise money for building and renovating of the schools in Warren County. And, something that the citizens of Warren County and Front Royal may have forgotten, the County’s desire to establish a meals and

Motorcycle accident On August 23, 2015 at approximately 6:20 p.m., the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office responded to the 2300 block of Browntown Road for a motor vehicle accident. A 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 26 year old Jason Hill of Ellen Drive, Front Royal and a 2001 GMC SUV operated by 26 year old Landon Jenkins of Gooney Manor Loop, Browntown collided in the roadway.

Hill was ejected from the motorcycle and was subsequently flown to Winchester Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. At approximately 3:10 a.m.

Hill died from injuries sustained from the accident. An autopsy will be performed by the Medical Examiner in Richmond. Jenkins and his two passengers were uninjured.

A member of the Virginia State Police Accident Reconstruction Team assisted at the scene of the accident. Anyone with additional information about this accident is asked to contact Deputy Josh Kopp of the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office at 540-635-4128.

lodging tax in the corridor went to a voters’ referendum.

He added, “Tony Carter (Happy Creek supervisor) told me that whether it’s legally binding or politically binding, that the argument for the meals and lodging tax was to fund the new constructions for the schools and to be an income source for public education.”

I then asked him when things really started to become contentious between the town and county.

He replied, “In 2008 or so when we knew the lawsuit was coming, with Cracker Barrel being the lead, we went to the county and asked for minimum support – some kind of resolution saying that [the county] would support the contract, support us.

The county gave us words of support but didn’t put any action behind it. We even went so far as to say to them, ‘if we settled or if we lost this case what kind of revenue sharing could we get because we were going to get hit hard?’ They gave a lot of lip service to helping us, but when it came down to it and we decided to not pursue an appeal on the judge’s ruling that the

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He went on to explain it was at that point the discussion with the county moved to some kind of revenue sharing or compensation to make the up loss.

“We had formal negotiations in the sense that the county would make a resolution and send offers back and forth through liaisons. We had informal negotiations with the mayor and the chairman, Gene Tewalt and Archie Fox. They were

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Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com meeting on a regular basis because the county had ended the liaison meetings. It has been a back and forth since the lawsuit ended and we decided not to appeal. At the time we just felt like the trust has deteriorated,� he explained.

He went on to take some of the responsibility of the breakdown between the town and county by saying, “I have to say that I probably contributed to that to some extent when I was a freshman member of the council and pushed forth the stopping of the county collection of the BPOL (Business Professional Occupancy License). I still stand behind it, we did the right thing for our businesses and tax payers in Front Royal. I definitely contributed to that animosity and I stand with what I

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did. I would’ve redone it if I was a little more mature in this position. I wouldn’t have been so rash and some of my language would have been tempered a little bit. There is a lot of mistrust between us and supervisors. I’m not sure why but it is there.�

Regarding his colleagues’ actions on the council and board of supervisors regarding the agreement he said, “I don’t question the motives of my fellow councilmen regarding their vote on the agreement.

But I do tend to question the motives of some of the supervisors.�

I then asked why it was so important to push for a public hearing and give the public chance to weigh in on this agreement.

He replied, “At the end of the day this is going to change the playing field. I believe it is going to have a ripple affect over generations in this town. This is not just a throw away contract or a memorandum with the county about a trail system or something that is not going to have a huge impact on the tax payers. This agreement will. Every time someone chooses to stay at the Marriot or another hotel built out there it is going to cost the taxpayers in town money. We are subsidizing competition to our own in town business. And as BĂŠbhinn pointed out, the county can walk away from this after we give water to Crooked Run and there is no recourse.

And as Daryl pointed out, we could do double water and sewer but that goes to

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the water/sewer fund. It does not go to the general fund. We would not be collecting anything in our general fund and our water fund would be healthy which is good but that was not the intent of the agreement. At the end of the day I think everyone can agree that the intent of the agreement was to make sure that anything that grew out there would be treated as if it was in town.�

When I asked if that was in the original 1998 corridor agreement he replied, “I don’t know if the language was in there but certainly the intent was there. Why would the town agree to that? The reason was to make sure that there was a level playing field. And everybody understood that. In 1998 I was living in Northern Virginia and coming back on weekends and even I understood that.�

We then touched on the Carter/Glass Cost Analysis report. I asked if the entire report could be a game changer, causing the county or the town to back away from the compromise.

He replied, “No, people have made up their minds. The only person that may change his mind about anything would be Gene and he could bring back this contract. I could bring back the contract because of the way I voted. The advice they have given to us is not tilting one way or the other. It is pretty objective information they have given us. It’s not a game changer because we have seen that my colleagues have pretty much ignored the facts. They are trying to put in facts to match what their goal is. BĂŠbhinn laid out all the facts, the background, all the information and it was ignored as if it had never existed.â€?

I asked why he thinks his colleagues are so determined to see this compromise pass and why, in his opinion, they have ignored the facts and voted for this compromise. “Because they believe this is best thing for the town of Front Royal. I don’t question that. I question their decision, I don’t question their motives. I do believe that they believe that this is the best. They’ve bought into the argument that making the town and county cooperate and get along is going to send a signal to the business community that we are ready to do business. I just think that they are wrong on this and it is going to mean higher taxes on everyone,� he responded.

He went on to explain that the county will not be able to shift the meals tax they collect to pay the town. It is going to have to come from the General Fund because of the way it is structured politically or legally within the referendum. The meals tax goes to education and the schools.

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He also said, “I’m not saying that they are running a bad shop over in the county.

They run a tight budget just like we do.

For them to come up with another quarter milling dollars they are going to have cut someplace else or they’re going to have to raise taxes a half a cent. And that is just the beginning. We also have an unleveled playing field when it comes to the lodging taxes. We charge a six cent lodging tax and the county charges a two cent tax. We are going to be forced to cut our lodging taxes and that will mean an equivalent to about $200,000. And that is almost the same amount that the county is giving us.

We are going to be forced to lower our tax to make it fair. We are putting our own town hotels at a disadvantage.�

I took the time with Hrbek to quickly do the math on what the town would get after the town lowered the lodging tax in order to compete with the out of town hotels.

The figure came to about $50,000.

Hrbek continued, “The consequence of this is going to be more people are going to stay out in the corridor for lodging than they will in town because it is cheaper.

So we are going to be forced to lower our lodging taxes and it is going to drain the revenue we will get from the county. We got the revenue coming in from the corridor but if that spigot is turned off or if it slows down, now we’ve lost that revenue.

We don’t run major surpluses so we are going to have to potentially raise taxes and the county is going to have to raise taxes in order to come up with the money they promised us. So this is not a good deal for anybody.�

He closed by saying, “The good thing we can say about this deal is that it is done. So it is a short term fix. It’s a short term political fix because now they can go around in their campaign and say that they ended the conflict with the county. I don’t know if that is the reason they did it. I hope to God I am wrong. If I am right then this is not a good thing.�

I asked if, worst case scenario, in twenty years would this still be a town where his children would want to live.

He replied, “I don’t know if there will be a Front Royal at that time. I hope that the River Phoenix site will become an economic engine that there will be quality jobs, good salary jobs. I’m not worried about the area. I don’t know if the town of Front Royal, the charter and the political boundaries of the town will exist.� – tim@areaguides.com

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Gate Sponsors: State Farm Insurance – Ellen Aders, David Downes, and Shenandoah Buick GMC. Designated Driver Tent Sponsor: Wells Fargo/George Karnes.

For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce at (540) 6353185 or www.brewandblues.com.

The Brew & Blues Festival can also be found at facebook.com/frontroyalbrewblues.

2015 Downtown Tailgate kicks off with additional activities on Loudoun Street Mall Once again, Old Town Winchester will host a two-day craft beer and wine festival with a game day atmosphere on September 11th (5-11 pm) and September 12th (Noon-8 pm) in the heart of the Loudoun Street Pedestrian Mall. The Downtown Tailgate event (ticket required), located between City Hall and the Loudoun

Street Mall, is different than most beer and wine festivals because of the variety of activities offered. There will also be FREE family-friendly activities happening on both ends of the Loudoun Street Mall and at the Taylor Pavilion.

“While the Downtown Tailgate event will feature some great, limited-edition craft beers and wines, we’re really excited about all the other activities the event has to offer,” said Special Event Promoter Dario Savarese. “Whether you want to watch your favorite college football team play, listen to great live music or try to win some prizes, we have something for everyone.”

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Social Games - Shenandoah University business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, will be hosting a $10 per team corn hole tournament on both

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Winchester Crime of the Week - August 31, 2015 The Winchester Police Department is investigating a burglary at Planet Fitness, located in the 1600 block of South Pleasant Valley Road. The burglary occurred sometime between 7 p.m. August 25 and 7 p.m. August 26. The suspect broke in and stole several flat screen TV’s.

If you have any information regarding a suspect, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at (540) 665TIPS (8477). Information leading to the arrest of a suspect may result in a reward of up to $1,000. Incident #15033172, Detective J.D. Dixon Frederick County Crime of the Week - August 24, 2015 The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a grand larceny from Shenandoah Memorial Park on July 31, 2015. An employee at the Park reported that several family members advised him seven bronze vases purchased by the individual family members were missing from the Park. These larcenies were believed to have occurred in the two weeks prior to the report.

If you have any information regarding a suspect or a suspect vehicle, please contact the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office at (540) 662-6162, Investigator Jared Nail at (540) 504-6540, OR the Crime Solvers Hotline at (540) 665TIPS (8477). Information leading to the arrest of a suspect may result in a reward of up to $1,000.

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Blue Ridge Motel robbery Just after midnight on August 21, 2015, the Front Royal Police Department responded to the Blue Ridge Motel for an assault and robbery that had just occurred. Upon police arrival, Peter Stauffer, a 54 year old resident of New Market, was transported to Warren Memorial Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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This is an ongoing investigation and anyone with any further information on this case or the whereabouts of the aforementioned individual can contact Detective Landin Waller at (540)636-2208 or lwaller@ frontroyalva.com Winchester Drought Watch The City has issued a drought watch due to the extended period of dry weather over the past month. The following are voluntary activities the City recommends residents consider while a Drought Watch is in effect: • Mow lawns to 2 inches or more and leave clippings (higher cut encourages grass roots to grow deeper to hold soil moisture better than closely clipped lawn.)

• Use mulch around plants to reduce evaporation.

• Aerate lawn to reduce evaporation.

• Avoid over fertilizing your lawn.

Fertilizer applications increase the need for water. Apply fertilizers that contain slow-release, water-insoluble forms of nitrogen.

• Place rain barrels under gutter downspouts to collect water for plants, car washing, or general cleaning projects.

• Plant native or dry-loving (xeric) plants in landscaping.

• Do not use the garbage disposal.

• Use automatic dishwasher only when load is full.

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temp, keep a pitcher of cold water in fridge.

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Belle Grove Plantation to Host Annual Wine Fest on Saturday, September 12 The event will run from 11am until 6pm and will feature tastings from eight Virginia wineries: North Mountain Vineyard & Winery (Maurertown), Mountain View Vineyard (Strasburg), Desert Rose Ranch and Winery (Hume), Quievremont Wine (Washington), Hunt’s Vineyard (Stuarts Draft), Wicked Oak Farms and Vineyard (Star Tannery), Winding Road Cellars (Markham), and Valerie Hill Vineyard & Winery (Stephens City). Winchester Ciderworks will also participate. Visitors with tasting tickets will receive a souvenir tasting glass and be able to sample from all these participants and purchase wine or cider by the glass, bottle, or case.

Live music will be performed throughout the day. From 11:30-2:30, singer and acoustic guitarist Billy Caldwell will play classic rock, blues, and country favorites. At 3:00 p.m., The Duskwhales will take the stage.

The Manassas-based indie rock trio regularly plays at Washington, D.C. venues such as the 9:30 Club and Rock and Roll Hotel and describes their music having “a retro 60s feel with a modern twist of intricate rhythms and upbeat melodies.”

Belle Grove’s 2015 Wine Fest will also feature local food. In the big, red barn there will be cooking and wine pairing demonstrations by Chef Sam Saliba from Hotel Strasburg (at 12:30), Chefs Blair and Susan Do-

linar of Nibblins cooking school and kitchen shop in Winchester (at 2:30), and Chef Christa Nahhas from La Nourriture Catering in California (at 4:30).

Advanced tasting tickets are on sale now for $20 at www.bellegrove. org or in the Belle Grove Museum Shop. Tasting tickets may be purchased for $25 at the gate. Admission includes a commemorative wine tasting glass, tastings, access to all vendors, performances, cooking demonstrations, and tours of the historic Manor House and landscape.

General admission is $10 for visitors who do not wish to do wine tastings or who are under age 21.

Manassas Avenue extended dropoff site closed The Town of Front Royal’s DropOff Site located on Manassas Avenue Extended will be CLOSED on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. It will also be CLOSED on Tuesday, September 8 for road maintenance.

Department of Environmental Services (540)635-7819 Winchester Police Department Receives Grant The Winchester Police Department is pleased to announce the receipt of $117,414 in grant funding from the Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia. This money will be used to purchase less than lethal weapons for the department, purchase training weapons that will allow officers to simulate live fire scenarios, and most importantly, fund interactions between our officers and young people in the

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These funds have been allocated to provide transportation to the Youth Development Center for officers and kids so they may recreate together to support the WPD community outreach efforts.

The funds for this grant were made available by the 2012 plea agreement entered into between Abbott Laboratories and the United States relative to the interstate commerce of mislabeled drugs. The Department submitted a proposal to the OAG in November of 2014, and the request was recently authorized.

The Winchester Police Department sends heartfelt thanks to Retired Senator Russ Potts for his assistance in pursuing this funding.

LFCC Launches CompetencyBased Education Programs Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) is launching competencybased education this fall with a grant called Knowledge to Work. The Col-

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National Park Service Announces Special Programs in September Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park will offer a series of special National Park Service ranger programs this September which will highlight various stories related to the history of the Shenandoah Valley. “These programs in September will give visitors a chance to explore and learn about some of special sites in the Lower Shenandoah Valley,” said Eric Campbell, the park’s chief of interpretation. “From

traditional battlefield tours, to an evening ‘Star Gazing Party,’ to special programs related to the 151st Anniversary of the Battle of Third Winchester, the public can experience these special places in a variety of ways.”

These special presentations include both the popular “History at Sunset” programs and the new “Battlefield Series” programs, among other special events. All of these programs are free.

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

Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Sunday, September 6 4pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9pm Bluegrass Mini Fest featuring Seldom Scene. The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival, Orkney Springs. A fantastic lineup of five bluegrass bands: Seldom Scene, The Barefoot Movement, Springfield Exit, Grand Oleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ditch and Shenandoah Alley. Gates open at 4pm and the show starts at 5pm. Reserved pavilion: $39.00; Lawn: $34.00; Under 18 Lawn: $10. Tickets on sale now!

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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.

2:30pm - 5pm Tapestry Project.

Benham Room, Handley Library.

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

Wednesday, September 9 10:30am - 12pm Resume Writing Workshop. Handley Library St. Learn to write a resume and cover letter, tailor your resume to specific job openings and highlight your skills. Bring your resume, cover letter, and questions! For more information call (540) 536-1648.

1:30pm - 3:30pm Archives - Oral History Interview. Benham Room, Handley Library. Jerry Holsworth will interview a Korean War Veteran.

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

6pm - 7:30pm Shenandoah Poetry Alliance Share. Handley Library. Poetry Share for anyone in the Benham Gallery. Sponsored by Friends of HRL. 6:30pm - 8pm Research your Revolutionary War Soldiers. Archives Handley Library. Daughters of the American Revolution will assist in your research of Revolutionary War Soldiers.

7pm - 8pm One Book One Community program HL Auditorium.

Handley Library. One Book Program, Handley Library auditorium and Lower Gallery (lobby). The City Dark Documentary. Is darkness becoming extinct? When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves from rural Maine to New York City and discovers streets

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awash in light and skies devoid of stars, he embarks on a journey to America’s brightest and darkest corners, asking astronomers, cancer re-

searchers and ecologists what is lost in the glare of city lights. Blending a humorous, searching narrative with poetic footage of the night sky, The

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Tuesday, Sept. 15 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Bowman Library, Conference Room 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City, VA

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST The George Mason University, Office of the Provost, Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation located at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Va., seeks a full-time Academic and Administrative Specialist.

Responsibilities: The incumbent is responsible for providing high-quality administrative support and customer service for the academic activities of this innovative partnership, ensuring that program activities are successfully implemented and comply with policies and procedures. Responsible for all aspects of undergraduate and graduate program coordination and administration. Interacts on a daily basis with prospective and current students, faculty, and other departments of both SCBI and the university on issues pertaining to admissions, enrollment, financial aid, registration, human resources, auxiliary enterprises, records, purchasing, scheduling and travel.

Qualifications: Thorough knowledge of office practices and procedures; proficiency with Microsoft Office; excellent interpersonal skills with an emphasis on tact and cordiality; outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail; punctuality; demonstrated ability to communicate effectively; demonstrated ability to exercise initiative and discretion; and commitment to providing exemplary customer service. An understanding of the commonwealth of Virginia and/or university policies and procedures is a plus. This position requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Experience in a higher education environment is preferred.

Schedule will include occasional evenings and weekends in support of program academic activities and special events. Position requires successful completion of standard and special agency federal background check.

For full consideration, applicants must apply for position number 02504z at http://jobs.gmu.edu by September 18, 2015; complete and submit the online application; and upload a cover letter, resume, and a list of three professional references with contact information. EO/AA/Vet/Disabled Employer

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City Dark provides a fascinating introduction to the science of the dark and an exploration of our relationship to the stars. Winner, Best Score/ Music Award, 2011 SXSW Film Festival. Produced in association with American Documentary Refreshments after provided by the Friends of Handley Regional Library in the Lower Gallery.

Thursday, September 10 10:30am - 11:30am Preschool

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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:

1994 Chevrolet Van, 3/4 ton high top conversion. 350 V8. Runs Great $1000 Call 540459-1748 1981 C30 1 ton Dually 350ci 4sp 75220 org miles, mechanics bed & top, runs needs some work--540-660-2913 EMPLOYMENT Executive Director, St. Luke Community Clinic, The St. Luke Community Clinic, a non-profit healthcare clinic for the medically uninsured, located in Front Royal, is seeking an EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR to lead the operations of the clinic by maintaining high quality health care service to the medically indigent of Front Royal and Warren County. With 20 years of service, St. Luke is a well-run organization with a strong, stable Board of Directors. Primary duties and responsibilities include medical program administration, fund-raising and resource development, public relations, personnel management, and other duties as the Board of Directors may direct. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in a health care or human-service related field is preferred. Previous experience in non-profit administration, health care, human services and/or fund raising highly recommended.

Salary range $35-50K, DOQ, benefits negotiable. Successful candidate will be required to submit to and pass a pre-employment, post-offer physical examination and drug screening. SLCC will also conduct a nationwide criminal background check and credit check. Resumes with references accepted through August 28, 2015 by letter to Search Committee, 115 Luray Avenue, Front Royal, VA 22630 or email to pastor@frontroyalpres. org. SLCC is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all qualified persons to apply.

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Story time. Clarke County Library’s Children’s Room. A lively 30-minute combination of stories, finger plays, songs and rhymes for preschool children and their families.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on

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 Job Fair Staff Management Group at the Virginia Employment Commission Winchester office. 100 Premier Place, 540 535-2875 Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 from 10-4pm

Job Number / Title 645286 / CareGiver 644962 / Class A CDL Driver Dedicated Local 644332/ Equipment Operator 644524 / Material handler 643562 / Part Time Teller 643743 / Medical LPN 642908 / Waiters/Waitresses 642953 / Pool Technician (will train) 642958 / Laborer Swimming Pool Installation 643131 / Resident Care Manager 642384 / Warehouse Assistant-Winchester 642428 / Museum learning Specialist 641512 / Skilled Laborer 641800/ Part Time Jockey MISCELLANEOUS 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 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 RENTALS 110 N. Massanutten Street, Strasburg, Va. Commerical space. $750 per side. Call 202302-9129

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Death notices

Louise Ellis Bowman, 82, of Middletown, Virginia, died peacefully at her home on August 31, 2015. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia, 22601 Mary Lou Gruber Smallwood, 68, of Stephenson, Virginia, died Sunday, August 30, 2015, in Winchester Medical Center. Memorial contributions may be made to The ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 6051, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 56007 Kristen Dawn “Kizzy” Frey, 33, of Winchester, Virginia, died Monday, August 31, 2015, at Blue Ridge Hospice Residential Care Facility. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in memory of Kristen may be made to The FreyFoundation, 6500 Bridge Water Way, Unit 103, Panama City Beach, Florida, 32407 or FARA, P.O. Box 1537 Springfield, Virginia, 22151 or to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia. 22601 Gladys Mae (Smith) Fink, 92, of Stephens City, VA died Thursday, August 27, 2015 at her home. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork St., Suite 405, Winchester, VA 22601 Elizabeth Belle Ridenour Ritter, 90, of White Post, Virginia, died Thursday, August 27, 2015, at Winchester Medical Center. Memorial contributions may be made to Macedonia United Methodist Church, 1941 Macedonia Church Road, White Post, Virginia 22663.

Robert “Bob” Gregory Coy, 60, of Frederick County, Virginia, died Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at his home. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to International Shiloh Shepard Dog Club, Rescue (ISSDC), c/o Avril Williams, Treasurer, 325 Maple Spring Hwy., Horse Shoe Run, WV 26716.

Joyce Anne Miller, 62, of Winchester, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork St., Winchester, VA 22601.

Lena Mae Godfrey Yates, 92, of Winchester, VA formerly of Front Royal, VA, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at a local nursing home facility. n lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P. O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058.

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Friday, September 11 11am - 11:30am Dance Party Fridays! Handley Library. Toddlers, Preschoolers, & their grown-ups are welcome to come boogie down! Now offered EVERY Friday!

11:30am - 12:30pm Downtown Tailgate. Old Town, Winchester.

What do you get when you combine the high-energy atmosphere of a football game with the sophistication of a traditional beer and wine festival? A one-of-a-kind event known as the Downtown Tailgate. This fall the City of Winchester and Full Circle

Marketing will be hosting this twoday beer and wine festival in the heart of Winchester, along Old Town Winchester’s walking mall.

Saturday, September 12 9am - 1pm Old Town Farmers Market. Taylor Pavilion, 119 N. Loudoun St., Winchester. The market will run through October 31. All items were grown or produced within a 60mile radius of Winchester. Contact Jennifer Bell, Downtown Manager, or Sarah Acuff Chapman with any questions. (540) 535-3660 or OTW@ winchesterva.gov.

9am – 1pm Front Royal Farmers Market. Gazebo area in Historic

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Downtown Front Royal. Locally grown farm fresh produce, dairy, meats, plants, home-baked goods including gluten free and sugar free items, handmade crafts, music and MORE! Market Director & Coordinator Becky Lee Weagle; mightyoakfarms.com www.FrontRoyalFM.com 10am – 6pm German Fest. Shenandoah Germanic Heritage Museum, 11523 Back Road, Toms Brook. German Fest celebrates the Germanic history of the Shenandoah Valley and features both historical and contemporary educational events and observances. Festivities include a beer and wine garden; German and American food; live music including a German band; period skill demonstrations; historical military encampments; educational presentations; art and craft fair; children’s activities; and more! $5 per person admission/children under 12 free. For more information visit www.GermanFestVA.org.

11am - 12pm 1,000 Books b4 K Graduation. Bowman Library. It’s Graduation time for those who have completed the challenge of reading 1,000 books before Kindergarten.

Everyone is invited to the celebration! Contact Donna at (540) 8699000x215.

11am - 6pm Wine Festival. Belle Grove Plantation, Belle Grove Road, Middletown. Belle Grove will feature tastings from regional vineyards and fine wine purveyors and highlight local food with wine pairings and vendors. Live music will add to the festivities.

11:30am - 12:30pm Author Jay Foreman Book Signing. Bowman Library. Author Jay Foreman will sell and sign his books in the lobby.

Sponsored by Friends of HRL. 1pm - 2:15pm Paws 4 Reading.

Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Read a favorite book to a reading tutor. It is Paws for Read-

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ing! These canine listeners are patient and love to hear kids read books.

Come meet our certified therapy dogs. Every other Saturday, 1:00-2:15 p.m. Bowman Library, Children’s Room Contact: Donna Hughes at (540) 869-9000x215.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Sunday, September 13 1pm - 3:30pm Sunday Concert Series. Taylor Pavilion, Old Town Winchester. Come out and enjoy a nice Sunday afternoon in Old Town Winchester. Join us for a free concert that will entertain the whole family. This year’s concerts will feature an array of genres from jazz to bluegrass. The Sunday concert gives families the opportunity to stop for lunch at one of Old Town’s fine restaurants and enjoy an afternoon full of music! This afternoon’s music: Tribute to Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk, “Great Gatsby Style.” Classic Jazz Standards www.oldtownwinchesterva.com.

1pm – 4pm Turbo the Flying Dog. Randolph-Macon Academy Middle School. Randolph-Macon Academy invites children and their families to come meet “Turbo, the Flying Dog.” Author Victoria Zajko will have story See CALENDAR, 30

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The Humane Society will be on-hand as well. This event will be held at. It is free and open to the public! For more information, email admission@rma. edu or call (540) 636-5484.

Monday, September 14 11am - 11:30am Toddler Story Time. Bowman Library. Story time for children three and under. A lively story time program of stories, songs, finger plays, flannel boards and movement. Contact: Jane Smith, (540) 869-9000.

4:30pm - 5:30pm LEGO Club.

Bowman Library. Calling all elementary and middle school Lego builders!

Design and construct a tower with other young builders. Could your tower survive an earthquake? Free!

No registration required! Contact Sara Gustafson at (540) 869-9000.

6pm - 7:30pm Bull and Bear Club.

Handley Library. Investment club meets in Benham Gallery at Handley Library. Free and open to the public.

6pm - 7pm Teen Advisory Board.

Bowman Library. A planning group for library programs and events.

Middle school and high school students are welcome. To join, please call Donna Hughes at (540) 8699000x215.

7pm - 8pm Council Meeting.

County of Warren Government Center.

7pm - 8pm Council Work Session.

Town Administration Building, 102 E. Main St. Tuesday, September 15 10:30am - 11am Baby & Me Story time. Handley Library. Bring Infants (Birth to 15 months) for stories, finger plays, and songs!

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.

1pm - 4pm Archives - Oral History Interview. Benham Room, Handley Library. Jerry Holsworth will interview a Korean War Veteran.

6pm - 6:30pm Twilight Tales. Bowman Library. A story time event for families at Bowman Library. Stories, music, finger plays, movement and a craft. Contact Jane Smith at (540) 869-9000x201.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Berryville Writers Group. Clarke County Library.

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

Wednesday, September 16 11am - 12pm Preschool Time.

Bowman Library. Story time for ages 2-5. A lively 30-minute program of

stories, puppets, dancing and songs.

Contact: Donna Hughes at (540) 8699000x215.

4:15pm - 4:45pm Learn Spanish.

Bowman Library. Learn Spanish with Angela. Using games, songs, puppets and picture books children and their parents will learn the Spanish language. Contact: Donna Hughes at (540) 869-9000x215.

6pm - 7:45pm National Songwriters. Handley Library Auditorium.

The National Songwriters Association International, Shenandoah Valley chapter, will meet in Handley Library Auditorium. This is not a library program.

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

Thursday, September 17 1am - 12pm Archives-Oral History. Benham Room, Handley Library.

10:30am - 11:30am Preschool Story time. Clarke County Library. A lively 30-minute combination of stories, finger plays, songs and rhymes for preschool children and their families.

11am - 11:30am Baby Time. Bowman Library. Story time for Infants (birth to 15 months). A program of songs, stories, clapping and tapping.

Bowman Library Children’s Room.

Contact: Jane Smith (540) 869-9000.

5pm - 8pm Third Thursday Art Walk. Downtown Front Royal 6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North

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7pm - 8pm One Book One Community program. Blandy Farm. Free and open to the public.

Friday, September 18 7am – 11am Pancake Breakfast.

North Warren Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company #10. 89 Rockland Road, Front Royal. Pancakes, biscuits, sausages & bacon, sausage & chip beef gravy, scrambled eggs, baked apples, coffee, juice, and hot tea. Adults $8.00; 4 to 12 years old $4.00; under 3 free.

Saturday, September 19 Shenandoah Valley Apple Harvest Festival. Frederick County Fair Association, 155 Fairground Rd, Winchester. Local and regional artisans come together to celebrate the harvest along with hard ciders, antique car show, live entertainment, children’s area, apple pie eating contest, apple pie baking contest and other exciting family-friendly activities for all ages! Unlimited outdoor vendor space and now INDOOR VENDOR SPACE! Indoor booth space is limited so sign up soon. Email Darla Mc-

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9am - 1pm Old Town Farmers Market. Taylor Pavilion, 119 N. Loudoun St., Winchester. The market will run through October 31. All items were grown or produced within a 60mile radius of Winchester. Contact Jennifer Bell, Downtown Manager, or Sarah Acuff Chapman with any questions. (540) 535-3660 or OTW@ winchesterva.gov.

9am – 1pm Front Royal Farmers Market. Gazebo area in Historic Downtown Front Royal. Locally grown farm fresh produce, dairy, meats, plants, home-baked goods including gluten free and sugar free items, handmade crafts, music and MORE! Market Director & Coordinator Becky Lee Weagle; mightyoakfarms.com www.FrontRoyalFM. com.

10am - 11am Chess Champs.

Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Be a chess champ!

Develop another winning move!

Learn and play! Lead by members of Shenandoah Valley Chess for all ages and all skill levels. Contact: Donna Hughes, (540) 869-9000x215.

10am - 4pm Winchester’s Main Street Agriculture Day. Loudoun Street Mall, Winchester. Support local agriculture, and learn about its importance to our community at Frederick County Farm Bureau’s “Winchester’s Main Street Agriculture”! The purpose of this event is to promote the importance of agriculture to area residents and support the building of community relationships that produce quality community life and local prosperity for farmers, businesses, and residents. Frederick County agriculture will be highlighted with farmers and vendors providing local foods, educational displays,

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11:30am – 1:30pm Girl Grant Luncheon. Front Royal United Methodist Church. The Front Royal Women’s Resource Center will hold its annual Girl Grant Luncheon in recognition of two Warren County Middle School girls and in support of the activities they represent. Reservations and advanced ticket purchase of $35 each are needed by Sept. 15.

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and activities for kids. Downtown restaurants will offer meals featuring fresh, local produce, meats, and dairy. There will be cooking demonstrations and advice for gardeners.

Come see some of the animals living in Frederick County. More Information: (540) 869-2182 or on Facebook.

11am - 12pm Story Time! Bowman Library. For children ages 2-6 and their families. A lively program of stories, finger plays, songs, books, movement, music and puppets.

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1pm - 2:30pm Family Film & Picnic. Bowman Library. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch and a blanket to sit on the floor. Our teens will be serving popcorn and lemonade. Snoopy’s Reunion/ He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown. The movie showing is free and sponsored by the Friends of Handley Regional Library and the Bowman Library Teen Advisory Board.

2pm - 4pm Author Ryan Gilpin.

Bowman Library. Ryan Gilpin, teacher and author of “Teaching Students to Conduct Short Research Projects” will conduct a workshop for teachers.

The book offers mini-lessons to help students write successful research reports. The author drew on her own experience over her 12+ year career as a teacher. Sponsored by Friends of HRL. 2pm - 4pm Presidential Scandals.

Handley Library, 100 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester. Lecture on Presidential Scandals given by Dr. Charles P. Lickson. The allegations against presidents have included financial wrongdoing and sexual offenses.

Many of the claims of misguided conduct by presidents or candidates

for the office have been real. The seminar will also focus on the consequences of the scandals and how they affect the President, his family, the office of the Presidency and the entire nation. A discussion will follow the presentation. Sponsored by Friends of HRL 6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

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Become a member of HSWC and help us save lives! Funds collected through membership dues help HSWC provide compassionate care to abandoned, abused, homeless and neglected animals in our community. To become a member or renew your membership, please call the shelter at (540) 635-4734 ext. 225 Champ is a 9 yr old senior boxer/shar pei mix.

Champ is a nice mellow fellow here at the shelter.

He loves to play with his toys and will greet you at his kennel door ready to play. Champ would prefer a home without children-the noise and fast motion makes him nervous. He is housebroken and crate trained. This sweet senior deserves a second chance.

Apollo is a beautiful 1 year old mixed breed. He is a happy, playful guy.

He loves to play but has an easy going personality.

Apollo was found as a stray so we are getting to know him better everyday. He does a great job at keeping his kennel clean so we think he may be house trained.

Boomhauer is a 2 year old Hound mix. He was found as a stray but we are learning more about him every day.

He is very social and friendly, and has done well in play groups with other dogs. Boomhauer knows sit and paw. If you want to meet this big lovable goof please stop by the shelter and ask a kennel attendant to get him out for you.

Haley is a 5 year old female beagle mix in search of a lap to sit on. She is a quiet gal who would love nothing more than to snuggle with you. Haley loves to go for car rides and stick her nose out in the wind. She walks great on a leash.

Haley is house trained and up to date on her vaccinations. Haley does well with most dogs but we would recommend a meet and greet if you have other dogs in the household.

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