Early June 2013 Warren County Report

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At this point, pepper spray was deployed and resistance subsided. Nice work, guys, waiting till he was outside to use the pepper spray. WAIT, what do I care, I wasn’t in the courthouse that day; and what’s a few teary-eyed attorneys crying around the courthouse for a change?

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It doesn’t pay to act like you do at home, in court Disturbance in domestic relations court nets pepper spray, 35 days in jail ued to resist leading to an escalation of hostilities. At this point pepper spray was deployed by the deputies and resistance subsided enough for the arrest to be concluded.

Nice work, guys, waiting till he was outside to use the pepper spray.

WAIT, what do I care? I wasn’t in the courthouse that day and what’s a few teary-eyed attorneys

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Taylor is currently being held in the Warren County Jail, serving a 35-day sentence on his contempt of court charge.

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Taylor continued his disruptive behavior, leading Judge Napier to advise Taylor that he was, in fact, in contempt of court. The judge then ordered bailiffs to take Taylor to jail.

Court security deputies advised Taylor he was under arrest. However, apparently gaining, rather than losing momentum at the news of his arrest, Taylor refused to obey all orders and proceeded to walk out of the courtroom.

Taylor continued toward the courthouse exit, refusing all instructions given to him by the court security deputies. As Taylor exited the courthouse he was once again advised he was under arrest, and again he refused to comply with orders to cease his flight.

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At approximately 9:45 p.m., Friday May 31, the Front Royal Police Department’s Emergency Services Team executed search warrants at the Quality Inn Motel on Commerce Avenue in town.

The service of the search warrants was in conjunction with an ongoing narcotics investigation by the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force.

Eight adults, four males and four females, were arrested and charged with various narcotics offenses. Two juveniles were also

detained during the service of the two search warrants. Heroin, Crack Cocaine and Marijuana and $7,000 in cash were seized during the service of the warrants.

All eight adults faced initial charges of manufacture, sale and possession of various controlled substances.

All adults arrested were held without bond pending June 3 hearings. The juveniles were released to their guardians.

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Read this issue FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com “I went down there and looked at that area. And I never gave it much thought till I did that but it is a big, beautiful tree and I would hate to cut that tree down. It is not damaging the retaining wall … I agree with Hollis (Tharpe), we should save the tree and put the sidewalk in.” - Eugene Tewalt

Council softens stance on Academy Drive tree removal Property owner says sidewalk/tree should not be an either/or proposition B y

Roger Bianchini

the southwest corner of the intersection of Academy Drive and

That’s right, STOP!!! The Black Walnut Tree in question, dead center of this photo, dominates Academy Drive even from several blocks away.

Warren County Report Nothing like a little time to reflect upon hasty life-and-death decisions, even involving trees, especially when you are apt to flaunt your “Tree City USA” designation at the drop of a cocked municipal hat.

Just two weeks after seeming to be hell bent on reversing staff efforts to accommodate both safety concerns and environmental preservation, in this case of a magnificent 75-year-old Black Walnut tree lording over the block of Academy Drive at the foot of the entrance to Randolph-Macon Academy, it appears that a council consensus to save the tree is at hand.

Site visits appeared to be a factor for several councilmen.

“I’d like to see the tree saved,” Hollis Tharpe, who brought the matter of the Academy Drive sidewalk reinstallation to council’s attention at the May 20 work session, said prior to Tewalt’s comments. Tharpe said he thought council should pursue sidewalk replacement in a manner that would allow the tree to remain.

“I went down there and looked at that area. And I never gave it much thought till I did that but it is a big, beautiful tree and I would hate to cut that tree down. It is not damaging the retaining wall … I agree with Hollis (Tharpe), we should save the tree and put the sidewalk in,” Eugene Tewalt said.

“I went out and viewed the area and it is a beautiful tree. I just want to make sure this is what the lady wants and what this council wants to do,” Tom Sayre said.

Just two weeks earlier Tewalt led the charge to remove the tree if that’s what it took to accommodate the after-the fact complaint of Mrs. Evelyn Payne. Payne is owner of a majestic Victorian home on a sprawling lot on

Virginia Avenue adjacent to the removed sidewalk.

But at the time it appeared to be an either or proposition.

However, it seemed council’s perspective had moved away from an either/or sidewalk versus tree stance, to one of “why can’t we have both?”

That appears to be the preference of Mrs. Payne as well.

“They can replace the sidewalk without taking that tree out,” Mrs. Payne told us later.

Costs to repair the existing sidewalk while saving the tree would be prohibitive due to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines on widths to accommodate wheelchairs, Burke told council on May 20. So, the old sidewalk was removed and a new one installed across Academy Drive

with a crosswalk and directional signage near the R-MA gate directing cadet foot traffic across the street.

So, with ADA standards through the crosswalk and north-side sidewalk in place, the necessity of duplicating those standards across the street may no longer be an issue.

On May 20, Town Manager Burke had explained the staff decision to remove the south-side sidewalk and install new sidewalk across the street had been a compromise between safety concerns expressed by the RMA administration due to broken and uneven pavement around the tree’s root system, and the town’s Urban Forestry Advisory Board’s input that the sprawling Black Walnut tree was healthy and had the potential of a lengthy lifetime on top of its current estimated three-quarters of a century age.

However, on April 1, after the work was completed in late March, Mrs. Payne visited the town manager to complain. On June 5 she elaborated on those complaints to us. She pointed out the door hangar alerting her of the pending work was placed on a front door she never uses, so she never saw it. With another complaint discussed by council being the fact she had been charged by the town at some point during her 30-year ownership of the property for the sidewalk installation, we asked if a refund of that cost might ease her insistence on the sidewalk re-installation?

“I’m not interested in that. I want that sidewalk back,” she insisted.

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not use her front door and the long walkway to Virginia Avenue at the front of her property, she did like to use the Academy Drive sidewalk by her property due to its access to her side, rear driveway and normal entry way into her house.

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She also complained about the huge rocks installed at both ends of the work to deter pedestrian traffic where the sidewalk was removed.

“Have you seen that – we can’t get in there to even mow the grass, it’s ridiculous,” she concluded of the rocks, and situation in general. One more thing, we promised Mrs. Payne that we would report the fact she disputes the town contention she had access to her house throughout the sidewalk work, at least from her normal Academy Drive side-driveway entrance – “I did have access from Virginia Avenue,” she pointed out (but Virginia Ave. is almost in another time zone from her front door).

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Of all the numbers before council, Means raised eyebrows when he presented an estimated value on the tree itself – $23,000. Questioned about that number, Means explained it was an estimate of the value the tree would add to a financial assessment of the total value of the town itself.

18-year-old girl held in Memorial Day stabbing

Justize Silver Justize Silver, an 18-year-old female and Front Royal resident, is in custody following a stabbing that ocurred on Monday, May 27, according to a press release from the Front Royal Police Department. Silver was initially being held in the Warren County Jail without bond on a criminal charge of Malicious Wounding.

FRPD officers responded to the 300 block of Osage Street on Memorial Day for a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, 18year-old Travon Richardson was located with multiple stab wounds. Richardson was subsequently airlifted to Winchester Medical Center for treatment where he was listed in stable condition the following day.

Further investigation indicated the incident was the result of the escalation of a domestic situation. Additional charges may be placed pending further investigation.

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“Tim (Darr), Thank you for your response and clearing up the issue of which local entity has lost its mind.” –Class of 2012 AT hiker and retired Marine “Sanhican”

AT hikers express outrage at hostel hostility Unfortunately the Town of Front Royal catches initial heat for county vote sequences could be lost tourist revenue previously provided by AT hikers stopping for a break for supplies, a warm meal and a place to sleep off the ground for a night or so.

“It has come to my attention that your town council recently voted not to allow a resident to open a hikers’ hostel in your city citing an increase in crime, access to children and vagrancy as the reasons. It is good to know that the city of Front Royal does not want hikers, as it eliminates the need for our community to continue investigating Front Royal as a possible site for a trail festival,” C. Renee Swicegood posted on May 10.

Swicegood’s message continued to note the loss of significant potential tax and tourist revenue from such AT Community festivals that can continue on well beyond such festivals themselves.

“Thousands of hikers come to town with their families and fill motels, restaurants and retail facilities with customers. The revenue does not end with the festival. My family has vacationed in three towns that hosted trail festivals because we learned of activities available in the areas while attending the festivals.”

Another message copied to offi-

The proposed hostel building in foreground, pre-Civil War-era main building permitted for use as a bed & breakfast on the 3.69-acre Mountain Home property.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The town is the county, is the town, is the … Oh, NEVER MIND …

Repercussions from the April 16 Warren County Board of Supervisors dismissal of the idea of a specific 5-bed hostel, or any hostel for that matter, as a desirable use on

Agriculturally-zoned county land anywhere continues to be felt.

Unfortunately an innocent municipal party, the Town of Front Royal, was the recipient of the bulk of those initial hostile reactions and threatened consequences expressed in a flurry of communications from the Appalachian Trail Community. If those messages posted on the town website are any indicator, those con-

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cials of the AT Community network expanded on that initial criticism by asking how the Town of Front Royal could have its AT Trail Community designation stripped.

Under the “Subject” field “Rescinding an Appalachian Trail Community Status?” AT trail hiker ID “Sanhican” wrote, “I’m an AT ThruHiker class of 2012 and a retired Marine. I stayed at the Quality Inn and had dinner at the Main Street Mill restaurant. My stay at Front Royal was pleasant and people were nice & helpful. But one of the town’s citizen’s has [taken] it upon herself (actually it was six public hearing speakers, 78 petition signers and four county supervisors) to create a “Boogie man” and tarnish the South & the town’s reputation for hospitality. I believe this will create a hostile environment towards Thru-Hikers this year and many years to come.”

Sanhican then concluded (BOLD type in context), “In light of the article and safety concerns of Thru-Hikers. What steps need to be taken to rescind an Appalachian Trail Community status?” signing off, “Happy Trails! Sanhican AT class of 2012” We didn’t do it!!!

Front Royal Mayor Tim Darr replied to these, and we imagine through Council Clerk Jennifer Berry, other messages of a similar tone, by explaining it was the county, not the town’ government that had rejected the hostel application based largely on the stereotyping of the trial community as undesirable, potentially murderous criminal elements or magnets for such. In response to Darr’s explanation, Sanhican wrote, “Tim, Thank you for your response and clearing up the issue of which local entity has lost its mind. I will also share your reply and letter to the AT Thru-Hiker community.”

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At the council meeting Vice-Mayor Shae Parker asked how the town could “reach out” to the trail community in an attempt to neutralize hostility and repercussions from the county action and the stated rationale for that action.

Town Manager Steve Burke replied that inclusion of an AT Community aspect to coming Founder’s Day events on Nov. 16, celebrating the town’s 225th Anniversary were being explored. Burke noted the town’s 2012 designation as an AT Trail Community mandated at least one event per year promoting the AT as an important part of any AT Community.

Well, err, it’s not that bad Two days later near the end of a fairly uneventfual liaison meeting, Mayor Darr broached the hostel topic. County Administrator Doug Stanley reacted by attempting to downplay the significance of the April 16 board vote (4-1, Traczyk dissenting) eliminating the potential of hostels being allowed on Agriculturally-zoned land by Conditional Use Permit anywhere in Warren County.

“I don’t think it’s a dead issue,” Stanley said of hostels, particularly the application of Mountain Home property owners Scott and Elizabeth Jenkins for a 5-bed hostel on their 3.69-acre parcel across the street from the entrance to Lake Front Royal. Stanley noted the property already has permitting for a bed & breakfast.

Darr noted the confusion in the AT Trail community over the main opposition to the Mountain Home hostel coming from a neighborhood called Lake Front Royal. He said his responses explaining the difference between the county and town governments and the location of Lake Front Royal outside the town limits appeared to be easing the hostility coming the town’s way.

“My biggest issue isn’t your decision (REALLY, Mr. Mayor?!!?), though I disagreed with it,” Darr told county representatives. Rather, the mayor continued that his main focus wasn’t seeking a reversal of county policy, but clarification in hikers’ minds as to which governmental entity in Warren County made that decision that has spread like wildfire up, down and beyond the 2,080-mile, Maine to Georgia Appalachian Trail.

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Tiny beasties set Front Royal vs. BIG government Is council confusing valid concerns with general environmental safeguards? linked to intestinal illness, and; 2. treat that same water to remove cancer-causing agents (DBPs – disinfectant by-products).

What are these DBPs by-products of? – you’ll love this part: They are byproduct of the very chemical-treatment process being mandated to target the little beasties in the water supply.

Fair trade off?

Life cycle of Cryptosporidium spp.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report When do federal and state mandates to improve the environmental quality of water in the Chesapeake Bay watershed stop making sense?

That appears to be at the root of a May 28 town council majority decision not to fund the initial $353,000 cost of what is forecast to be a $2.5 million total expenditure to meet new federal and state requirements on removal of a bacteria linked to intestinal illness from river water headed into the town’s central water supply. The 4-2 vote (Sayre and Funk dissenting) not to authorize a $352,900 amendment to the town’s FY 2014 budget came despite information received from consultants at a May 6 work session.

At that work session, council heard representatives of consultant CHA Design and Construction Solutions outline a proposal to help the town the federal and state-mandated upgrades to its water treatment plant.

That plan included a field study to determine the best and most economical treatment systems to add to its water plant. Some urgency was

cited by the consultant with an initial deadline of Oct. 1 of this year looming. However, a two-year extension to Oct. 1, 2015 is available if capital improvements are necessary and steps have been taken toward achieving those improvements.

The $2.5 million price tag includes research, engineering and capital improvements to meet the new standards on Cryptosporidium bacteria removal, CHA reps told council.

Despite this information on May 28, four members of the Front Royal Town Council just said NO! Was it environmental disregard or something more?

Oddly perhaps, in this case it appears to be both.

Although it is clear to whom the town said no – federal and state regulatory agencies – exactly what the 4-man council majority said no to remained less clear to many, including it seemed, some of those at the center of the discussion that evening.

The mandate at issue requires the town to: 1. chemically treat water from the Shenandoah River going into the town’s municipal water supply to remove Cryptosporidium bacteria

So, let’s see here – get rid of a potential stomach ache by creating an increased potential of getting cancer – of course UNTIL you add the ultraviolet radiation or whatever it takes to kill those agents post-bacteria sterilization (the initial treatment is designed to eliminate the bacteria’s ability to reproduce).

Now perhaps this is a process and expense worth questioning.

However, in explaining his opposition, Councilman Tewalt seemed to have a problem staying focused on the water treatment plant mandates on the table. Rather than stay on point with what appear to be a very questionable fed and state requirements, Tewalt aimed much of his financial and common sense angst toward all unfunded state or federal mandates on water cleanup efforts.

“I’m sick and tired of the water control board or the DEQ and the federal government mandating small communities to do all this extra work on water and sewer treatment plants just because of the Chesapeake Bay Act. And the problem I have with that is that no one looks at the economy or the small communities, they only look at the federal government and what they say and we’ve got to jump through hoops and hurdles to do,” Tewalt said, gaining steam.

“If we did have a problem 20 years ago, we’re doing a whole lot more in

water treatment than we did at that time (all mandated, perhaps?). And now all of a sudden we’ve got a major problem. And we have a problem, and it goes right back to all these people who force these regulations down our throats. And I shouldn’t say it, but I’ll call them educated idiots – and I hope that’s put in the paper (trust us, Gene, press row rarely misses juicy quotes like that one). Because that’s what we have some times when all these regulations come down from people who don’t know what they’re doing. They think they know because some book said it had to be done.”

Now the bulk of Chesapeake Bay Act directives we have previously encountered make much more sense in targeting pharmaceuticals and other chemical and waste products of human endeavors. Those mandates target our chemicals we all introduce into our water after we get through with it and send it back into the river.

Those wastewater upgrades are designed to eliminate agents believed responsible for the increasing tide of fish disease, kills and sexual mutations discovered throughout the bay watershed, including our own Shenandoah River.

In, not out

anticipates spending on federallymandated wastewater treatment upgrades to deal with these problems, this particular mandate involves treatment of water being taken out of the river on its way INTO the municipal water system, not out.

And the fact that river water and the targeted Cryptosporidium bacteria are flowing downstream to Front Royal from other counties where riverside farms, industrial poultry plants and their wastes (generally recognized sources of the targeted bacteria) are far more prevalent was one particular sore point to Tewalt in rallying opposition to this funding proposal.

Teamwork …

Tewalt suggested reaching out to the town’s state and federal congressional representatives for relief from this, and perhaps all unfunded mandates.

Mayor Tim Darr agreed with his old mayoral adversary, suggesting the town reach out not only to congressional representatives.

“I think we should draft a letter to other Chesapeake Bay tributary localities, the small towns, maybe the Virginia Municipal League, the Com-

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Save the Academy Drive Walnut tree Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article by Roger Bianchini in the late May addition of the paper about the possible destruction of the 75-year-old Walnut tree on Academy Drive. I could not agree with Mr. Bianchini more. If there is any way to reroute walking traffic to save the tree, it should be done.

The tree is a living part of our Front Royal history. It is elegant, beautiful, and adds to the ambiance of the Randolph-Macon area.

As for the cadets, I am sure they will be able to cross the street safely. The crosswalk and corresponding signs seems to be a reasonable option. After all, Academy Drive is not Royal Avenue.

As for Luda, if the worst occurs and the town council opts to cut down the tree, he is welcome to pee on any of the large trees on my property, even my favorite, a large old Black Walnut.

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Pleasant hikers Editor,  This afternoon (June 1) on my way back from the post office, I saw two hikers on Chester Street taking in the sights and appreciating the historic ambiance. I spoke to them, suggesting some folks to talk to on Main Street, and also suggested they visit Stonewall Jackson restaurant/bar if they wanted Civil War ambience.

They were cordial and pleasant and we had a nice conversation.

So what is the beef with the county denying a permit to the couple to convert a building into a hiker overnight? By doing this we are losing out on tourism in downtown and the economic development multiplier effect tourism creates.

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Fun with collective nouns

By Nick Thomas Naming collective nouns is a time-honored alliteration of bards dating back to medieval days.

Their linguistic talents have bequeathed to the English language some intriguing terms, especially for groups of animals.

While many are well-known and rather bland (pack of dogs, herd of elephants, swarm of bees), others delight with their pluralistic logic: crash of rhinoceroses, cloud of bats, float of crocodiles, army of ants, ambush of tigers, and cackle of hyenas.

Though archaic, and somewhat challenging to work into modern conversation, several excel in poetic grammatical beauty and are just plain fun to annunciate if only to elicit a listener’s curious smile: a muster of peacocks, a parliament of owls, and an exaltation of larks (the latter also being the title of James Lipton’s excellent 1968 book on the subject).

Then there are the real oddballs, such as a murder of crows. This term probably falls under the category of poetic plurals, although it is largely ignored by ornithologists and bird lovers today.

According to the American Society of Crows and Ravens’ web site, the term’s origin has a tenuous link to avian fact: “Occasionally crows will kill a dying crow [that] doesn’t belong in their territory or, much more commonly, feed on carcasses of dead crows.�

Names have even been ascribed to groups of imaginary creatures, such as a coven of witches and a blessing of unicorns (although an impalement of unicorns might be more to the point). For Dracula devotee’s, a kiss of vampires has been suggested for a group of the resurrected blood suckers. However, given their technique for securing nutrition, a litigation of vampires might be more fitting.

In addition to animals, there are also many familiar terms for groups of objects including fleet of ships, flight of stairs, belt of asteroids, and chain of islands.

Here, however, restraint should be exercised lest one succumb to the irrepressible creative urge which collective nouning inevitably arouses.

Indeed, many practitioners so inflicted have been inspired to create delightful terms such as a rash of dermatologists, a stack of librarians, a host of

parasites, and a range of ovens.

And from there, it is a quick descent into the dark world of grammatical absurdity: a fraid of ghosts, a nun of your business, and a charlotte of web sites.

So it didn’t take much convincing to draw me into the realm of silly collective nouns with the following contributions: A forest of pencils; a Raid of roaches; a scream of kidney stones; an annoyance of reality shows; a waffle of politicians; a condemnation of Elvis impersonators; a nag of spouses; an alimony of ex-wives; a void of urologists; a mess of cooks; a division of mathematicians; an excess of administrators; a concentration of air traffic controllers; a slew of assassins; a body of funeral directors; an intrusion of telemarketers; an extravagance of Democrats; an obstruction of Republicans; a Congress of asses; and a travesty of Jodi Arias excuses.

Along these lines, if you should find yourself at a naval dock greeting family or friends returning from a mission, expect to be surrounded by a-hoy of sailors.

(Nick Thomas’ features and columns have appeared in more than 300 magazines and newspapers, and he is the author of “Raised by the Stars,� published by McFarland. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com)

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The Humane Society of Warren County will host a series of life saving events in June in an effort to increase adoption rates and continue to decrease rates of unnecessary euthanasia. HSWC will participate in the global Pet Adoptathon sponsored by the North Shore Animal League.

HSWC will partner with Shenandoah Spay/Neuter Clinic to offer low cost spay and neuters to puppies and kittens under 6 months of age because we know that the decreasing the number of unwanted litters helps to save the lives of the animals we love so much. HSWC has also, once again, taken the national Just One Day Pledge, a vow to promote adoptions and eliminate the euthanasia of adoptable animals.

What is a Pet Adoptathon? The North Shore Animal League America’s Pet Adoptathon is a global pet adoption event. Since its inception in 1995, nearly 300,000 lives have been saved, by unifying shelters and rescue groups around the globe to find permanent homes for orphaned animals.

The Humane Society of Warren County is proud to join this global effort. HSWC will host a series of adoption specials and off site adoption events to promote the placement of homeless animals in forever homes. Local adoptathon specials will kick off on Saturday, June 8th and run throughout the month of June. Stop by the shelter to find your perfect match or look for our volunteers and adoptable pets at local business establishments throughout the county.

Did you know? Your puppy or kitten can become pregnant as early as 4 months old.

The Humane Society of Warren County will partner with the Shenandoah Valley Spay/Neuter Clinic to offer a spay/neuter special for puppies and kittens under 6 months old. This special is made possible by petsmartcharities.org. On Sunday, June 9th from 10am-3pm you will be able to register your puppy or kitten (under 6 months old) to be spayed or neutered for just $20. If your puppy

or kitten is over 12 weeks they will also need a rabies vaccination which can be administered at the time of the surgery for only $12. To take advantage of this spay/neuter special you must register on June 9th and your pet must go to be fixed on Tuesday, June 11th at 7:30 AM. HSWC will arrange the transportation to Harrisonburg.

What is Just One Day? To most people, June 11 is Just One Day. But, June 11 is a day that will change everything for about 10,000 companion animals in the United States. It is a day when animal shelters across the nation take a pledge not to kill any savable animals. Instead, shelters will photograph them and post them on the Internet, on Facebook, on twitter in an effort to increase adoptions.

On June 11th the Humane Society of Warren County will join this national Just One Day movement.

HSWC will make an extra effort to market our animals to the public, reach out to rescue groups, and host adoption events with discounted rates, we will stay open for extended hours, and ask our community to help us empty the shelter the good way. The animals will go out the front door in the loving arms of families.

At the end of the day, the shelter will be emptier than when the day started. And, no one will have had to die in order to make that happen. On average, if each animal shelter in the USA adopts out or transfers to rescue groups an extra three animals on June 11, the USA can become a no kill nation, even if it is for Just One Day. The Humane Society of Warren County has taken the national Just One Day Pledge for the second year in a row. We will remain open for adoptions until 7 PM and highlight our June adoption specials. We invite you to join us at the animal shelter located at 1245 Progress Drive for a luau themed Just One Day celebration. Tropical treats will be served from 4-6 PM. Lavenda Denney Executive Director

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“We’re at a point where the community needs it. It is not to bemoan a new company in town …

This is not to eliminate the competition. It’s about a level playing field.” – Yellow Cab owner Tony Elar in support of town taxicab regulations

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Council split on need for taxi company, driver licensing regulations

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The issue of additional town regulations on the operation of taxicab companies by the town government was brought to council’s table at a May 20 work session. Discussed were more detailed log entries of calls that would not only identify the source point of the fare, but also the individual identity of the person riding in the cab; enforcing aesthetic standards on the appearance of cabs; and background checks eliminating convicted felons from consideration as taxi drivers (what would Martin Scorcese and Robert DeNiro think?).

Town Manager Steve Burke also cited complaints about multiple-fare pickups.

Regarding the aesthetic standards,

Hollis Tharpe supported eliminating licensing of beat-up looking cabs, stating they might give tourists a bad impression of the town, observing, “I think this cleans up a lot of problems.”

Gene Tewalt asked how many cabs and cab companies there were in town. The town manager told council there were three companies and estimated about 25 total cabs on town roads.

“It seems a big hassle for the police,” Tewalt said of establishing and enforcing detailed regulations on cab company and driver licensing.

However, FRPD Chief Norman Shifflet said he only foresaw the necessity of periodic checks to assure continued compliance, which he said shouldn’t be a problem.

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Elar told council the nine pages of licensing requirements prepared by town staff on the table weren’t “verbose� and claimed similar standards by ordinance in Winchester, though he did not cite specifics.

The Yellow Cab owner also pointed to a voluntary agreement he has already entered into with the county public school system that imposes the convicted felon ban on his own drivers in return for school-generated business.

When pricing came up, Elar said that a recent fare reduction from $5 to $3 in town was not motivated by competition, but rather was and always has been dictated by the rise and fall in gasoline prices.

But Elar insisted his support for encompassing regulations was not motivated by competition, but rather by “the protection of citizens, children and the elderly.� “We’re at a point where the community needs it. It is not to bemoan a new company in town,� Elar stated,

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Not so fast However, some councilmen wondered if the town wasn’t being asked to take on an unnecessary and overregulatory function. “I think people are perfectly capable of deciding not to use a company if they don’t like the service,� Bret Hrbek said as the discussion began.

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However, the well-known Republican laissez-faire capitalist (I know, Bret, I’m a progressive-socialist) wondered why marketing strategies pointing out your business advantages over the competition wasn’t enough? “There are some things here I support, like insurance requirements to cover accidents,� Daryl Funk said.

However Republican Funk added, “I mirror Bret on us not getting into regulating an industry too much.�

Funk, a practicing attorney in the Pond-Athey-Pond law firm, also worried over the scope of a taxi driving prohibition on people previously convicted of a multitude of offenses. – “If we’re going to do it we need to get more detail. What type of convictions are we talking about ‌ will

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With other agenda items pressing for council’s time, Tewalt suggested further discussion – “I’d like to hear everybody’s reasons to not have this ‌ if Daryl has concerns I’d like to hear them; I might agree.â€? “I think the consensus is to take this back to another work session,â€? Mayor Tim Darr concluded. “My concern is that if there are four companies in the book and you pick ‘Joe’s’; you call and they come to your home – they are a reflection of our community. Are you safe when you get in? But also, I don’t want to over-regulate the industry.â€? “I think the marketplace can take care of itself. If you call a cab and they show up with duct tape on the side of the cab and you don’t want to get in, you can call another company,â€?

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“I looked into the ins and outs of this mass meeting thing … So, I figured I’d seek the best of both worlds and try to get everybody’s support, since I’m here for everybody.” – Commissioner of the Revenue Sherry Sours on withdrawal from WC Republican Committee

County

Election to fill late John Smedley’s term now a 3-way race Incumbent Sours joins Boyles as independent, McCool runs as Republican

Mike McCool in front of his National Media Services business on Commerce Ave.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report An anticipated battle May 31 mass meeting showdown between incumbent Sherry Sours and National Media Services owner Mike McCool for the Republican Committee nomination for Warren County Commissioner of the Revenue ended up being no contest.

The day prior to the annual committee mass meeting scheduled for May 31, Sours notified committee Chairman Dominic Repici she was withdrawing from the committee

Roy Boyles in his office just down the hall from Sours in the Revenue Office subtle tension, perhaps?

and would not seek its nomination to run for the office she has held for 10 months now.

So Sours, a 34-year employee in the revenue office, joins Roy Boyles, an 18-year revenue office employee as a real estate supervisor and assessor, as independents on the November Special Election ballot, along with Republican nominee McCool, long-time owner of National Media Services in Front Royal.

Several days prior to her decision Sours told us she had joined the committee shortly after her appointment to replace her late boss,

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John Smedley who died of a heart attack on Aug. 24, 2013. Smedley was in the first year of the most recent of six, or was it seven terms at the time of his death.

“This political stuff is new to me,” Sours, who was Smedley’s chief deputy for the last nine of her 34 years working in the Warren County Commissioner of the Revenue’s Office, told us on May 29.

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Had she lost the nomination fight, as a committee member she would have been asked to sign a pledge to support the committee’s nominee in the November election. Hard to run for office as an independent under those conditions, as she told us she would have, had she lost the partisan committee nomination prior to becoming aware of the pledge.

Following cancellation of the mass meeting, we asked Sours about her decision.

“I looked into the ins and outs of this mass meeting thing – and I talked to a commissioner (of the revenue) in southwest Virginia. He

told me cities in Virginia are going toward non-partisan elections for all constitutional offices. And I think towns are moving the same way. So, I figured I’d seek the best of both worlds and try to get everybody’s support, since I’m here for everybody,” she told us the afternoon of May 31.

Sours was appointed Warren County Commissioner of the Revenue by 26th District Circuit Court Judge Dennis L. Hupp on Sept. 4, 2012.

WC Republican Committee Chairman Repici told us the mass meeting was cancelled by bylaw after Sours withdrawal because other than the revenue commissioner nomination there was no committee business to conduct. This is an off-year for officer elections that occur every two years, and the only other committee members running for election in November were uncontested within the committee since no one else pre-filed for nominations as was required. Those other two committee office seekers are Fork and Happy Creek District Supervisors Archie Fox and Tony Carter.

So now it’s on to November for Sours, Boyles and McCool, as well as Carter and Fox. It is not clear whether the latter two will face opposition in the general election.

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What makes Virginia rich for commerce also makes it easier for traffickers to operate …” – Del. David Bulova, D-Fairfax

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(Managing editor’s note: last issue we explored local resident Ryan Melcher’s pending climb of 20,395foot Denali (Mt. McKinley) to raise money for and awareness of the problem of human trafficking in the U.S. As we stated then, with Northern Virginia being a focal point the problem is much closer to home than many of us realize.)

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“A lot of international traffic occurs here. We have Dulles, Hampton Roads and a major route on the Eastern corridor with 95,” Bulova said.

“What makes Virginia rich for commerce also makes it easier for traffickers to operate behind the scenes.”

Until recently, another reason has been the lack of strong laws and coordinated law enforcement against human trafficking, said Sara Pomeroy, founder of the Richmond Justice Initiative, another anti-trafficking group.

But that’s changing as the General Assembly spent the past three sessions strengthening these laws, Pomeroy said.

In 2012, for example, Bulova successfully sponsored legislation requiring strip clubs to put up posters with the national hotline’s number – (888) 373-7888.

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bridge the gap between victims and law enforcement.

“By providing a way for people to anonymously say they think they have seen human trafficking or a victim, it helps close that gap,” Bulova said.

Besides legislators, several groups in Virginia are working to raise awareness and fight human trafficking at the grassroots level.

“I can’t think of any field in criminal justice where there is more talk and less data,” said Jay Albanese, a criminologist and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.

“Without data, you don’t know the size of the problem. You don’t know whether you are making progress against the problem.”

But Albanese and other experts believe the problem is substantial.

“Human trafficking is in the top five of all crime problems,” he said.

That’s because the trade in human beings can be more lucrative than drug trafficking. “Drugs are trafficked, they are used, they’re gone.

If you are a human trafficking victim, you are trafficked over and over

again,” Albanese said. He said this has a “much higher human cost.”

Advocates like Pomeroy are standing up for those victims.

“It’s everyone’s job to look after those in need, and these are victims who can’t speak for themselves,” Pomeroy said.

Victims Most victims are women age 2039, according to the Report on the Human Trafficking Services Needs Assessment Survey by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Service. The survey said most victims came from the United States or Latin America (or were Hispanics living in the U.S.) Eighty percent of the victims are forced into prostitution or to be household workers. The other 20 percent are forced to do intensive labor. They work in fields, restaurants and in the food processing industry for no pay.

“It is slavery,” Pomeroy said. “The people have no rights, and they can’t leave.”

Pomeroy defines human trafficking as an exploitation of vulnerability. Traffickers prey on this characteristic. They usually target people who are undocumented migrants, homeless youth or people who are oppressed or poor.

Traffickers promise victims a better life, work and money. They gain the victims’ trust —and then use physical and psychological methods to control them.

Experts estimate that about 21 million people throughout the world currently are victims of human trafficking.

“What has touched me is seeing the resiliency. It’s amazing how people can survive in those circumstances and still have hope,” Velez says victims she has encountered.

On the Web The U.S. State Department’s 2012 report on human trafficking is at www.state.gov/documents/organization/192587.pdf

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by Malcolm Barr on Lt. General Norman Smith (Marines, retired) trip to the WWII Iwo Jima battle site.

This reprint with intro and summary graphs gives us an excuse to print several photos cut for space from that initial story explaining a little known portion of the history of war and that battle.) … Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. General Norman Smith of Linden and Winchester was kind enough to share his experience of a memorable journey to Iwo Jima with fellow marines who helped turn the tide of World War II in the Pacific …

The island, Smith said, is “about four miles long and only about 800 METERS WIDE.” COUNTLESS THOUSANDS of Japanese troops, ordered to fight to the death in defense of the first Japanese home island invaded during the war, remain entombed there …

The trip represented a “Reunion of Honor – where once we met in war, we now meet in peace,” Smith said …

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By Patrick Farris Executive Director Warren Heritage Society This past May 23rd, marked the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Front Royal. Few days are as significant in our county’s history than this, for on that day in May of 1862 the town of Front Royal witnessed and even became a part of a battle that scarred its buildings, forced its civilian population to seek cover – something many were loathe to do, either out of pure curiosity or to take part in impromptu, partisan celebration – and forever cemented Warren’s county seat as part of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s legendary Valley Campaign.

For the Warren Heritage Society, the actions of Confederate spy Belle Boyd during the war, and especially as they relate to the Battle of Front Royal, have been an integral part of our organization since the 1980s when the cottage in which she lived and conducted much of her local espionage was moved to our grounds on Chester Street. Today’s visitor can relive the drama of the Battle of Front Royal and the dramatic life of

Belle Boyd in the very house associated with the woman and the battle through a tour of Belle Boyd Cottage and by reading her autobiography.

The Battle of Front Royal Committee, created by the Town of Front Royal with a grant from the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Association, released a CD to accompany the driving tour of the battle as described in the Civil War Trails markers throughout the town and county. An invaluable tool in understanding the battle as it unfolded here in Front Royal.

Belle Boyd’s autobiography and the Battle of Front Royal CD are available at the Warren Heritage Society’s Ivy Lodge Gift Shop on Chester Street.

The New York Times covered the battle in a column devoted to the event, appearing in print on May 25th, 1862 – only two days after the battle. Reprinted here, it should be recalled that this piece was written from the Northern perspective.

Readers should note the changes in spelling from today’s standards, as is the case with the spelling of the town of Strasburg.

The New York Times: May 25, 1862

A Defeat in Gen. Bank’s Department Our Forces Driven from Front Roy-

Strasburgh, Va., Saturday, May 24 Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Col. Kenly’s command of infantry and cavalry had been driven from Front Royal, with considerable loss in killed and wounded and prisoners. The enemy’s force is estimated at from five to six thousand, and is reported as falling back on Front Royal.

He probably occupies this place this morning.

(Signed,) N.P. BANKS, MajorGeneral REPORTED DEATH OF COL. KENLY. Baltimore. Saturday, May 24.

The reported death of Col. Kenly produces intense feeling here, where he was widely known and highly esteemed, and where his regiment, The First Maryland, was raised. His numerous friends have been thronging the vicinity of the newspaper offices all the afternoon, evening the greatest anxiety to learn the particulars of the fate of the gallant Colonel and his men. The families of the soldiers are painfully alarmed by the numerous rumors flying about.

GENERAL BANKS FALLS BACK TO WINCHESTER Washington, Saturday, May 24 Dispatches were received at the War Department at 10 o’clock tonight, from Gen. Banks, at Winchester. He had moved from Strassburgh to Winchester for the purpose

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His advanced guard entered Winchester at 5 o’clock, with all his trains and stores, in safety. A strong attack was made upon the trains at Middletown by the rebel infantry, cavalry and artillery, but it was repulsed and a few wagons abandoned by teamsters were secured. Gen. Banks will return immediately to Strassburgh.

Col. Kenley, in command of the force at Front Royal, was not killed, but only wounded and taken prisoner. No particulars of the engagement at Front Royal yesterday have been received.

The enemies are in possession of Front Royal. Gen. Geary occupies a strong position on the Manassas Railroad, at White Plains. He was been reinforced. Gen. Banks has also been strongly reinforced.

the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is situated on the Happy Creek, one mile from the Shenandoah River, and is a village of 500 inhabitants. Col. Kenly’s force on it was from Strasburgh to Manassas Junction.

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$1000 Dayvon Haight Tomorrow’s Heroes Scholarship $500 Thomas Harrison Wells Fargo National Bank Scholarship $250 Adelina Tederick Warren County Farm Bureau $500 Cassandra Smith Warren County Sheriff’s Scholarship $500 Kyler Racey Virginia Sheriff’s Scholarship $1000 Kyler Racey

$1000 Charles Rutherford Warren County Youth Cheerleading Association Scholarship $250 Allison Funk Warren Memorial Foundation Scholarship $2500 Emily Crawford Warren County Retired Teachers Association Scholarship In memory of Irene Harper by her son, James Harper $1400 Kami Robinson Warren County Retired Teachers Association Scholarship in memory of Frances “Lou” Clark Powell

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Sarah Burroughs: Virginia Tech-$6000 freshman year.

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Joe Dawkins: Methodist University in NC-MU scholarship for $5000 per year - $20,000.

Stephen Fletcher: University of Kentucky 1st Generational Scholarship: $3000 per year $12,000.

Cassidy Ketchem: Warren Wilson College in NC total of $32,780.

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Alayana McEathron: Shenandoah University $5000 per year - $20,000.

Samantha Morrison: Christopher Newport University Presidential Leadership Program & Leadership Scholar $13,000.

Kendra Profit; Bridgewater College Eagle Award $9500 per year - $38,000.

Kyler Racey: Virginia Wesleyan Scholarship $8000 per year - $32,000.

Kami Robinson: Meredith College in NC academic award $14,000 per yr - $56,000. Impact Raleigh Award $2000 per year=$8000. Combined award - $64,000.

Presley Rutherford: University of Kentucky Legacy Tuition Award $3000 per year - $12,000 & UK Student Success Scholarship $6000 - total $18,000.

Rob Willard: Virginia Wesleyan College Academic Dean Scholarship $12,000 per year - $48,000.

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To advertise in Warren County Report: Contact Alison at alisond@warrencountyreport.com • 540-551-2072 or Angie Buterakos at angie@warrencountyreport.com • 540-683-9197 The Top Academic Male Student of Skyline High School is Thomas Scott Madden who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Madden. Thomas plans to attend the University of Virginia and study engineering.

The Top Academic Female Student of Skyline High School is Laura Aileen Moran who is the daughter of Dr. Robert Moran and Dr. Leah Papier. Laura also plans to attend the University of Virginia and study architecture.

Distinguished Honor Graduates (8), with a grade point average of 4.0 and above, alphabetically listed: Sarah Lynn Burroughs Mikayla Marie Caruso Emily Grace Crawford Thomas Scott Madden Laura Aileen Moran Carter Lee Robertson Mashayla Capri Roy Alexia Kirsten Zarzuela Honor Graduates (33), who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5-3.99, alphabetically listed: Brooke Madison Adams Sarah Lynn Beamer Megan Marie Couturiaux Alexis Sequoia Douglas Allison Noel Funk Christopher Franklin Grady Thomas Edward Harrison Dalante James Jackson Wyatt Ransom Karnes Brooke Ashley Knott James Donald Lang Victoria Anne Lurie Brian lane Mathias Jessica Elisabeth Cameron Mauck

Jacob Karl McConahy Emily Victoria Moraitis Samantha Faye Morrison Sarah Nicole Myers Kelsey Brianne Okland Shannon Leigh Peddle Katlyn Brooke Ramey Zhane Amie Ritchie Emily Lauren Ritter Tyler Michael Ritter Kami Leigh Robinson Allison Nicole Rudacille Presley Alexis Rutherford Ashleigh Morgan Salyers Holly Marie Sampson Nicholas Scott Schrecongost Brock Allen-Edward Sharpe Cristina Sevy Tederick Randall Moore Woodward The Hawk 4 Award given to the senior that has best exemplified the characteristics of the “Hawk 4” will be announced at graduation, Saturday, June 8, one day after our publication. This student is identified on the following criteria: Valuing Learning by going beyond the curriculum and challenging themselves to higher levels of achievement; Respecting Themselves and Others by upholding the ideals of the code of conduct and serve as a role model for all students; Thinking Positively about themselves and their school. The Hawk 4 mentality can often be seen through athletic participation and a student’s role on a team; and Being Here – Too often overlooked is the importance of student attendance, but in many cases it is a significant measure of a student’s character.

Skyline High School Class of 2013 Going to a 4-year college, 49 students (20.2%) Going to a 2-year college, 99 students (40.9%) Total going to college, 148 students (61.2%) Going to a Trade or Technical School, 21 students Going to the Military, 5 students Going to Work, 59 students Undecided, 9 students Financial Awards for the Class of 2013 Local Athletic Career & Technical Colleges/Universities Military

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Warren County High School Commencement Address

Carleigh Dillon

Britt Cupp

Jessica Platter

Amber Munger

The school will not have a Valedictorian or Salutatorian; rather the commencement address will be delivered by Class President Carleigh Dillon:

selves.

We started to find out who we really are. Changing our hairstyles or colors, to the music we listen to or the clothes we dressed ourselves in.

The majority of us have had the privilege of knowing each other since kindergarten. We’ve gotten the chance to see each other succeed and reach goals that we could only hope for. While growing up and finally making my way into this high school I had the chance of making many friends but being lucky enough to have a certain few that have been with me through everything that comes with high school. I’ve had the privilege of seeing people change and grow into the people that are going to go out into the world and make a change.

Before we take that step into adulthood we set our minds to overcoming obstacles that were set before us here. From the sports records, to the academic achievements, to the theatre awards and the musical successes, we are all a part of what is Warren County High School.

We made history.

This day is the last part in our history at Warren County High School.

After this we will probably never be all together again. No matter what happens though we’ve all made an impact not only on each other

but also everyone else sitting here with us. We’ve gone to tremendous lengths to get where we are right now but that wasn’t without the help of the very special people we have in our lives.

(Here, Dillon detailed the impor-

GOOD EVENING! – I would first like to thank all of you for joining us at our commencement ceremony.

As I was writing this I kept thinking what does commencement even mean? After looking it up I learned that it’s defined as a beginning. That’s what I want all of us to walk away from here today thinking. This isn’t the ending but the beginning of new chapters in each of our lives.

We’ve spent the past four years walking through these hallways, talking to our teachers, seeing our friends and learning new things.

This place has become a second home to us, even though we may not think of it as that. We started out here as 9th graders trying to make it through their freshman year of high school. As the years progressed we started not only to get comfortable with this building and the people in it, but also our-

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tance of family and faith in her life) The biggest players in the past 13 years have to be our teachers. They were there supporting us when we thought we couldn’t make it. They knew the potential we possessed and saw enough in us to help us to succeed in ways we couldn’t even think of.

Because of all these people, we’ve been molded into so many great people that are only bound to do great things with the coming years after we take our final steps here. As the late Dr. Seuss would say, “You’ve got brains in your head and feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”

Today is the beginning of the rest of our lives and we can do anything we set our minds to because “You’re off to great places.” Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!

WCHS – Scholarship Awards, Graduation Awards Warren County Educational Foundation Scholarship – $3,000 to the top academic male at Warren County High School who meets all the requirement of 4 years in the Warren County School System – Britt Robert Cupp. He will be attending Virginia Tech in the fall. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cupp.

Carl and Emily Thompson Charitable Trust Fund – $3,000 to the top academic female at Warren County High School who meets all the requirements of 4 years in the Warren County School System – Jessica Paige Platter. She will be attending the University of Virginia.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Platter.

Hugh D. Hite Award – $500 and Plaque – Amber Munger 2013 DISTINGUISHED HONORS STUDENTS, With a 4.0 GPA and above, in Alphabetical Order Britt Robert Cupp Emma Alyson Fox Kayla Ann Mason Gibbons Kaitlin Elizabeth Harriman Kasey Brynn Houser Kelly McGinnis Amber Lynn Munger Cassidy Anne Peregoy Andrew Tyler Peterson Jessica Paige Platter Alba Yamileth Rivera Emily Anna Rusnak Caroline Amanda Minuet West Nicholaus Robert Wheeler HONORS SENIORS, with a 3.5 – 3.99 GPA in Alphabetical Order Joseph Kyle Adams James Dunham Godfrey Anderson Ariel Nicole Asher Carol Ann Ashley Kyle Jacob Brewster David Wayne Cansler Jr.

Rachel Marie Cerretani Nathan Theodore Christman Carleigh Elizabeth Dillon Rachel Marie Dominguez Caitlin Faith Ellmore Pamala Marie Farley Jalissa Charmain Ford Jasmain Cherri Ford Christen Marie Fusto Kelsey Marie Gibbons Victoria Lynn Graham Timothy Preston Green Jr. Callie Ashlyn Green Maria Gabrielle Haas Anjelica Eugenia Hernandez Nicole Alyson Hutzell Heather Rose Johnson Christopher Robert Larsen Thomas Dewayne Leonard Jr. Allie Mingo Sarah Denise Most Shiv Ajay Patel Tyler Gerrard Post Courtney Leigh Pullen Maximilian Joseph Gerard Randolph Sayeddal Sayed Kierstan Paige Schwarz Sommer Love Stacks Andrew Nguyen Vo Victoria Corrinne White Lauren Nicole Wilkins 2013 WCHS Graduates Entering the Armed Services US Army US Navy

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Read this issue FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com “It will be an annual event in some form – not necessarily a basketball game every year because there might only be the same alumni who could be involved if we did that. So, we’re entertaining the thought of doing volleyball, softball, baseball – rotate sports ...” – Skyline coach/organizer Jacob Bates

Hawks get best of Wildcats in first alumni square off Youth has its day as Skyline boys and girls wear down cross-town rivals

No, I wasn’t driving the lane, Julyanna Anderson may be telling Tiffany Walker post game. Photos/Scott Turnmeyer.

By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Well, for at least one retired sportswriter it was a really FUN blast from the PAST when Warren County and Skyline High grads gathered at the Hawks gym the final evening of May for the first of what is hoped to be many annual cross-town alumni sporting confrontations. The May 31st girls and boys alumni basketball games coincide with the run up to local Relay for Life events and money raised from these games will go toward that effort in support of cancer research.

Event organizer and Skyline boys alumni coach Jacob Bates said he was gratified at the turnout of fans and the good-natured, if competitive intensity of the basketball matchups – and he explained the plan is to rotate sports, so that different alumni have their respective shots at participating.

“It will be an annual event in some form – not necessarily a basketball game every year because there might only be the same alumni who could be involved if we did that. So, we’re entertaining the thought of doing volleyball, softball, baseball – rotate sports every five years or so.

“I’m impressed the way the Warren community came out and supported us in an event for a great cause,” Bates noted, “And we raised over $3,500 according to the early announcement.

You never know how these things are going to turn out, it’s Friday night, the weather’s turning warm but it was great.

“And 95, no, I’d say 99 percent was good natured. These are people who knew each other and that actually

makes the game fun when you know your opponent and there’s a history there within the community. But it was definitely faster and more physical than I expected. There was more defense played out here tonight than I thought was gonna take place. It was competitive.”

Wildcat boys coach Jim Moose agreed with Bates’ assessment.

“It was fun. I was going to say our kids but they’re not kids, they’re young men – our young men all did really well and said they had a good time,” Moose began before flashing back to coaching details. “Rebounding hurt us but I thought we played good defense considering the height and age edge they had on us. They got so many second and third shots and some of those were threes.”

Okay, slow down coach.

“Actually, someone said after the game, ‘That wasn’t the Jim Moose I know.’ ” So, you’ve mellowed?

“Immensely,” Moose, who retired in 2001, replied.

Moose pointed out that he only coached 5 of the 17 players who made it from a roster sheet of 21 names.

“We were going to have three, fiveman rotations but then two more made it; so, it was a little hard to figure chemistry out.”

One of those who didn’t make it was older son, Robbi Moose, Class of ’95 (I remember him) – “He didn’t like the coach,” dad Jim deadpanned after the game, adding more seriously later, “Robbi thought he was going to make but called that afternoon and said he had some interviews and wouldn’t be able to come.”

Come from where, we asked. Jim replied that Robbi was principal at

Hawks Oshene Kelly harrasses Alysia Mason Hungry Creek Middle School in Richmond. So, he’s getting a dose from the other side of the table, I laughed.

Bates credited his team co-captain Ryan Dyke with helping come up with the idea of this inaugural event.

“He and I talked about this a couple years ago – but he said ‘Make sure you don’t do this until after I graduate.’ So, it’s one of those things that takes a lot of work. So Ryan, now that he’s graduated, brought it up to his mom, Pam Dyke. And Pam has just been a work horse.”

Pam is a long-time staffer at WCMS, and in addition to being Ryan’s mom, is wife of former WCHS hoops coach Sonny Dyke. In fact, Pam is the one who hooked this scuffling, out-of-retirement sportswriter up with a game photographer, Scott Turnmeyer, a professional whose photos accompany this article – way to go and thanks, Pam & Scott!!!

Lady Cat bench and fans wonder ‘What is going on out there??!!??’

History lesson, girls When I say this event was a blast from the past, let me elaborate that having moved entirely away from sportswriting by 1998, that blast was limited to Warren County athletes playing in or before 1997-98. As I circled the gym prior to the 6 p.m. girls’ tip-off, all the familiar faces were under the Wildcat basket, including Alysia Mason, ’91; Kellie Bowers, ’92; Denise Fox, ’94; Beth Medved, ’94; Wendy Bowers, ’95; Stacy Butler, ’95; Emily Marlow, ’95; Kimberly Mauck, ’95; Jamie Reel, ’95; and Bethany Magalis, ’97 (many with married names trailing the surnames I remember).

The Skyline roster, sporting names like Ashley Thomas, Casey and Tay-

Hawks Eli McEathron (2011) drives as Ryan Moose (2001) considers dropping his man lor Henry, Oshene Kelly, Julyanna Anderson, Kristina Salazar (captain), Shuana Manovich, Tootie Jackson, Melissa Thomasson and Marissa

Green was a complete mystery to me, as were the post-1997 grads on the Wildcat roster, including Heather Walters, Rasheva Fletcher, Berna-

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“It was fun. I was going to say our kids but they’re not kids, they’re young men – our young men all did really well and said they had a good time. Rebounding hurt us but I thought we played good defense considering the height and age edge they had on us.” – WC Coach Jim Moose

Warren’s “Old Guy” circa Class of 1988, Mike Bailey, says ‘get out of the way, young blood’ to Hawks Cameron Taylor (2011). allowing Warren to get a final shot off before the half.

A degree of separation (& a sportswriting flashback)

Japheth Chunn (2009) shoots over Hawks 23, another number not on my roster sheet. Photos/Scott Turnmeyer.

I wasn’t hallucinating - photographic evidence there was a number 5 on the floor for the Hawks. He was Eric King, who was hot down the stretch totaling 10 points. However, WC Class of ‘88 “Old Guy” Mike Bailey finds a way to slow him down on this play

The defense and physical play sequences. dette Melendez, Jessica and Tiffany Walker and Kelly Martin (the Class of ’12, not ’84 one).

Okay, prior to hooking up with photog Turnmeyer I realized my best shot of getting an in-focus picture

cat basket. “I came out of retirement for this, you know – any chance of a team shot before you hit the bench?”

I queried.

“Yea, for The Front Royal News, right?” Bowers offered, exhibiting an astute sense of memory and humor.

“Something like that – the Report is free too,” I parried to laughter from the pre-1995 grads.

Strategies, results – girls

Photo in hand, I offered – “There’s no shot clock, right? Get a lead and HOLD the ball; and practice a few more free throws QUICK!!!”

The Warren girls followed my advice – to a point. They got early leads at 2-0 and 4-2 … But hey, who can blame them for getting caught up in the moment and playing to the crowd? And a few physical plays under the basket and I could see it was on – and it wasn’t on hold!

Skyline took a 9-7 lead with five seconds left in the opening quarter.

The Hawks’ Taylor Henry then hit three straight baskets to open a 15-7 margin and a Warren timeout from coach Youlanda Fletcher. It is debatboth coaches spoke of had con- able whether the timeout slowed Henry or just allowed Skyline coach Jim Kenney to draw up some plays with my 7-year-old, on the criticalfor Marissa Green and Oshene Kelly list pocket digi was a posed team who propelled a 12-5 run over the fishot. If I was going to have any luck – nal six minutes of the half to lead the go to the familiar faces. As warm-ups homestanding Hawks to a 27-12 halfwound down Medved, Marlow and time lead. Despite Wildcat Rasheva Kelli Bowers were under the Wild- Fletcher’s three to open the second

half, Warren found itself down 41-23 after three as Skyline cruised to a 5033 win.

Kibitzing with a few Warren players post game and noting the number of “TO” notations, mostly under the basket; and the limited number of treys hit among the few shots they did get off in the second half (primarily by Fletcher(-Sperry), Melendez and Martin) I observed, “Your halfcourt offense seemed to abandon you early.”

I got no argument and a couple big smiles, even in defeat.

Boys’ turn With only two pre-1998 names present on the Warren boys roster, Chad Costello, ’93 and Mike Bailey, ’88, the latter # 10 “Old Guy” on your rosters and in your hearts, there was no use trying to pose any familiar faces prior to the boys’ tip off.

While only two Warren roster spots (Marquee Haley, ’10 and Japheth Chunn ’09) dated to or after the first Skyline graduating class of 2008, at least there were 14 of the 19 roster spots present who graduated in this century.

They’ve got a shot, I thought of these Wildcat alum.

And they did – it was 15 all after one and Skyline clung to a 31-30 halftime lead on Kyle Phillips one of two from the line at the 19-second mark.

The defense Hawk Coach Bates mentioned, re-emerged at that point, not

Cameron Taylor’s layup and Ryan Dyke’s mid-range jumper opened the Skyline lead to 35-30 before Richie Woodard’s bucket stemmed an early Hawk third-quarter surge.

But it was the Skyline defense that continued to dominate the game in the third quarter. Three turnovers and misses on the Wildcat only two shots from the floor over a four minute span propelled a 9-0 Hawk run.

Four missed free throws over that span didn’t help and Skyline built a 44-32 lead on a trey by Terrell Matthews, a Devon Morris layup on a break following a Wildcat turnover, an offensive rebound put back and another layup off a turnover (the latter two from numbers that didn’t exist on the Skyline roster as my game note-taking went south as Skyline’s offense picked up its pace).

From there Skyline had an answer every time the Wildcats made a move on the lead. The closest Warren got the rest of the way was seven (51-44) on a pretty assist by Asanti Wilson to Josh Widmer and a three by Chris Wigington to close the third quarter.

But Ryan Dyke and Joey Neidigh led a Hawk surge to 60-44 and the team’s traded baskets down the stretch as Skyline prevailed 79-68.

All in all, whatever the margins and whatever the book, the real winners were the Relay for Life and ALL the participants and fans from both sidelines.

We’ll let age – you’re holding it well, Jim – have the final word, “From what I heard they made a lot of money for the Relay for Life. And any time you’re involved in something like that that brings people together it makes you feel good.”

Amen.

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Graduation

Randolph-Macon Academy Class of 2013 breaks records

Valdedictorian Ashley McManus

Academic destinations known - now I know what those caps are for, sure you got your’s back? Photos/Cindy Rodney.

Salutatorian Allyson McManus

On May 25, 2013, RandolphMacon Academy’s graduating class of 71 seniors and two Falcon Foundation postgraduates celebrated more than simply receiving their high school diplomas. They celebrated that they collectively earned entrance into 166 different colleges and universities. They also celebrated that the 71 graduating seniors were offered over $7.3 million in college scholarships, including six ROTC scholarships, the largest amount

of scholarships ever earned by a graduating R-MA class. The two postgraduates both received Air Force Academy appointments, valued at an additional $900,000, for a total of more than $8.2 million in scholarship offers.

The Academy celebrated the fact that 100 percent of the class was accepted to attend a four-year college or university. In addition to the two postgraduate Air Force Academy appointments, Peter Jin of Utah received appointments to

both the Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy. The graduates will attend a wide range of institutions including Baylor University, Boston University, Fordham University, George Mason University, Indiana University, James Madison University, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Pittsburg, St. John’s University, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, and many others.

Commencement speakers The 2013 valedictorian and sa-

lutatorian were Ashley McManus and Allyson McManus, respectively. The two day students are twin sisters from Middletown, VA, and the daughters of 1980 Randolph-Macon graduate R.G. McManus and Karen McManus, who are both teachers at the school.

Ashley, who spoke during graduation and will attend Virginia Military Institute on an Air Force ROTC scholarship in the fall, recalled how difficult it had been to move from Texas to Virginia. “All of the teachers were very friendly

though, and all my classmates were a lot of fun to be around,” she said. “And before I knew it, this place was my second home and my friends had become my family.” She continued with the theme of family later in her speech, adding, “What truly made R-MA feel like home were the teachers and mentors that acted like parents to us.”

Allyson, who is headed to the College of William and Mary in the fall, had the opportunity to speak during Class Night on Thursday, May 23, and she used the platform to give credit to everyone who had helped a member of the Class of 2013 along the way. “Without you, none of this would be possible,” she pointed out, speaking to all those gathered to celebrate that evening. “You have made us who we are today.”

In concluding her speech she advised her classmates, “…as we approach graduation, remember to stop and appreciate everyone that has helped to get us this far. They have supported us through thick and thin and they have pushed us to be the best that we can be. And with their support we will be able to take on college and then eventually the rest of the world.”

Keynote Speaker The Randolph-Macon Class of 2013 welcomed as its graduation speaker retired U.S. Air Force

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R-MA Graduation

Retiring R-MA President, General Hobgood, presented by Joe Silek Jr.

Falcon Foundation Scholars George Beals and Carissa Vaccaro flank cadet friend. Photos/Cindy Rodney.

General Gregory S. Martin. A 1970 graduate of the Air Force Academy, Martin was a fighter pilot and was selected to be a fighter wing commander on three successive assignments. He served in several senior level staff assignments on the Joint Staff, the Air Staff, and the Secretariat of the Air Force before being selected as the Commander of United States Air Forces Europe and Commander of NATO’s Allied Air Forces Northern Europe, commanding nearly 80,000 military and civilian personnel.

While Martin’s service record is incredible, his presence was

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When explaining dignity, he stated, “How you handle it is very important. Don’t critique the individual, critique the performance.”

Martin went on to encourage the students to continuously learn throughout their lives, and shared

a story of an epiphany in his life, when he fully understood that he was responsible for training young men and women for war. “I asked myself, ‘Am I worthy of the charge given to me to train, protect, and when necessary, order these incredible professionals into harm’s way?’” he recalled. “Am I worthy?

It changed the way I looked at myself every morning.”

He then turned the question to the graduates. “So ask yourself, are you worthy of the investment

in your life? Are you worthy of this support and confidence and trust that your parents have? Every day you take yourself and ask what got you to this moment.”

Finally, Martin had one last piece of advice: “Take time to be friends with people. Take time to explore. Take time to enjoy this journey.”

Class of 2013 graduates from Front Royal, included, Thomas Abell, who will attend Elizabethtown College; Tanner Blankenship, who will attend the College of William and Mary; Elizabeth “Libby” Doran, who will attend the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg; Neil Dutton, who will attend Shenandoah University; Benjamin Pederson, who will attend Virginia Tech; and Marcus Williams, who will attend Hampden-Sydney College.

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Graduation

Wakefield Holds 34th Commencement Exercises

Wakefield Valedictorian Katie Brown Wakefield Country Day School in Huntly held its 34th Commencement exercise on Saturday, June 1, in the school’s Senior Garden in the early evening. Twenty seniors graduated and received their Wakefield diplomas.

Head of School Jessica Lindstrom presided over the ceremony. Reverend Mark Moretti delivered the Invocation. Deb Richard delivered the Address to Graduates. Student Government President Katie Brown was the Class Valedictorian.

“I think there are three things that really encompass this school: its traditions, its people, and its depth,” Brown told her classmates. “It’s tradition that fosters a sense of accord, of interconnection between every individual lucky enough to experience this place …You not only learn things, but you learn how to learn things. You understand how to appreciate the world, how to question, and how to be passionate.”

Class Salutatorian Marc Cugnon urged his classmates to strive for excellence, to be passionate in what they do and to make positive changes on society. “We’re in a perfect position to forge our own paths, to be the architects of our own dreams, and to make a mark on the world,” he said.

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Awards Awards and winners at the Wakefield Upper School were: Most Improved Student Award-Jessica Leskovec; Courtesy Award-Gage Landis; Citizenship Award-Katie Brown; Athletic Awards-Daniel Chadduck and Hannah Tufts; Art History Award-Will Scaring; Art Award-Emily Hennessy; Dramatics Award-Katie Brown; Writing Award-Shannon Weir; Yearbook Award- Emily Hennessy; Mathematics Award-Michael Chen; History Award-Tanner Perry; and Laura Virginia Hale U.S History Award-Anne Katherine Burns.

Othere prizes given were: Science Award-Katie Brown; Molly Fraser French Award-Anne Katherine Burns; Spanish Award-Rebecca Paulisch; Latin Award-Carolina Leonard; Music Award-Freya Rodriguez; All-Around Girl Award-Monica Marciano; All-Around Boy AwardHarrison Wells; Pamela Lynn New Student Awards-Fred Wang and Vitasta Vyas; Pamela Lynn Leadership Award-Guy Alexander Foster; Rachel Bechtold Dean of Students Award-Sam Lilburn; Head of School Award-Rachel Paulisch; William E. Lynn, Sr. Award for Academic Excellence-Marc Cugnon; William E.

Line those diplomas up Lynn, Jr. Awards-Sam Mullany and Anna Clark; and Catherine B. Warren Scholarship-Madison Romine.

Additionally, Wakefield grandparent Louise Eastham and past parent Mary Ann Cowherd presented Shannon Weir with the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award.

Members of the graduating Class, including Brown and Cugnon, were Grace Albert, Alexandra Cancio-Bello, Daniel Chadduck, Rachel DuMez, Mike He, Henry Johnson, Brittany Kwolek, Mary Leskovec, Sam Lilburn, Carl Liles, Makenzie Magaro, Caroline Murray, Conor O’Heir, Alejandro Rodriguez, Will Scaring, Dhruv Thummar, Hannah Tufts and Shannon Weir.

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Wakefield Cowherd Award winners Alexando Cancio-Bello and Hannah Tufts flank photo of the graduate the award is named for, Leonard Cowherd. Courtesy Photo/Wakefield Country Day School At the Spring Athletic Awards ceremony at Wakefield Country Day School last week, senior studentathletes Alexandra Cancio-Bello and Hannah Tufts were given the prestigious Leonard Cowherd Awards.

This annual award is named for an alumnus of the School who lost his life while serving in Iraq.

“Tonight our winners are recognized as they reflect Leonard’s commitment and dedication in and out of the classroom,” said Athletic Director Mike Costello. “It is fitting that the two recipients for the award named in his honor have given so much to

their school community, have been decorated student-athletes and have been successful leaders on and off the court and field.”

Both are multi-sport athletes, team captain Tufts and Cancio-Bello helped lead the Wakefield volleyball team to a four-peat sweep of the conference and tournament championships this season. Cancio-Bello earned Co-MVP honors and Tufts was recognized with the Coach’s Award and both made the All-Conference team.

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Soup for Supper, volunteer Spanish interpreter, Renew New Orleans and a service trip to Puerto Rico. Scholastically, Cancio-Bello is an AP Scholar and Virginia Aerospace Science Technology Scholar. This spring, she won a prestigious Virginia Tech Presidential Scholarship Initiative Award that is bestowed on only 50 Virginia residents. She has taken cultural immersion trips to Canada, France, Germany and Portugal.

Tufts had held a number of offices in the Key Club. She was a fixture at the VJCL State Latin Convention, was elected as State Second Vice President and won many awards in the competitions. She attended several NJCL National conventions.

Tufts’ other leadership conferences have taken her to Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University. She was involved in community service with the Key Club, several 5k and 10k fundraisers, Special Olympics, Relay for Life and Renew New Orleans. Scholastically, she won the Molly Fraser French Award, several certificates form the National Latin Exam and she placed in the Jostens and Wolfe National Photography Competition.

Cancio-Bello is also a three-time all-conference and team-MVP soccer player. She was named Athlete of the Month in April after she scored 16 goals in the month. She also played

basketball and spent one season on the swim team.

Tufts won Most Valuable Player Award in Girls’ Tennis twice and in Boys’ Tennis once (I’ve got to find more out about that). A multipleyear soccer player, she was named first team All-Conference this spring as a defender.

“These two student-athletes have

won many championships, led their teams as captains, were multi-year team award winners, and were AllDAC performers.” Costello said.

“This required them to prioritize their time, work hard and to sacrifice for their teams while serving others … in the same spirit of the man for which these awards are given.”

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WarrenCountyVA.com Friday, June 7, 2013 All day Forecast: 75° | 61° 1pm - 2pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Reptiles Alive! Opening Program for Summer Reading Club. Did you know that some reptiles burrow beneath the earth? Dig in and discover amazing reptiles from around the world such as the mighty python, lizards and sand boas.

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Saturday, June 8, 2013 All day Forecast: 86° | 63° 8am - 1pm Farmers Market. Main St, Front Royal. The Downtown Front Royal, Inc. Farmers Market will be held every Saturday until October 26 on Main Street near the Visitors Center.

10am A Worldwide Knitting In Public Day will be held in Sperryville, VA. A group of knitters will meet from 10:00-11:45 at Central Coffee Roasters; then from12:001:45, at the Thornton River Grille; then from 2:00-?, at Knit Wit Yarns. The public is encouraged to visit us or to join us for knitting/crocheting. Hope to see you then.

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Sunday, June 9, 2013 2pm - 3pm R-MA Open House. Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal. RMA invites you to the R-MA Open House today . Whether you are interested in applying to the Academy for the Middle School Summer Camp for grades 6 - 8, Summer School for grades 9 - 12 or the 2013-14 school year for grades 6 - 12, you are encouraged to attend with your family. There will be tours of the campus,

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WCHS Senior Student Counselor Mary Kay Moose of WCHS received FR Rotary’s “Teacher/Educator of the Year” Award presented by Rotary Career Information and Educational Excellence Committee Chairman Doug Rosen. It was one culmination of Moose’s 38-year career in public education here. Barr Photo

This trio of high school seniors shared the Rotary Club of Front Royal’s annual $7,500 scholarship award. Displaying their certificates are, left to right, Alyson Fox, WCHS, off to Virginia Tech; Laura Moran, Skyline High, off to the University of Virginia; and Jessica Platter, WCHS, who also will study at UVA – Barr Photo

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

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

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

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

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

That is a good question, Stewart.

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

and other related information.

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

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

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

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

The Front Royal/Warren County Tree Steward program began in 1997 with volunteers dedicated to improving the health of trees by providing educational programs, tree planting and care demonstrations, and tree maintenance throughout the community. The group now consists of over 30 active members with several interns working toward becoming certified tree stewards from our annual “All About Trees Class”. Each month Stewart will answer a question from our readers. Please forward it to “Stewart” in care of: frwctreestewards@comcast.net and we may publish it in a future issue. Please visit our website at: www.treesfrontroyal.org.

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

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

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