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H E A LT H Summer fun in the age of COVID-19 By Susan Tulino Novant Health UVA Health System Warmer weather has set in, and with COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions eased, people have started to venture outside to pools, beaches, trails and parks. It’s important to follow local and state guidance that determines when and how recreational facilities may operate. We asked Nael Hasan, MD, emergency department medical director at Culpeper Medical Center, a Novant Health UVA Health System facility, for his advice about participating in common summer activities. What precautions should I take at a swimming pool? No evidence shows the coronavirus can be spread through

water in pools, hot tubs, spas or water play areas. Proper operation and maintenance of these facilities (including disinfection with chlorine and bromine) should inactivate the virus in the water. However, while there is ongoing community spread of COVID-19, it is important for patrons, owners and operators of these facilities to take steps to ensure health and safety: n Public pools may implement limits on the number of patrons allowed on the pool deck at one time and take measures to space out chairs and tables. n Individuals should continue to protect themselves and others, both in and out of the water, by practicing social distancing, wearing face masks when not in the pool and practicing good hand hygiene.

What precautions should I follow at the beach? Going to the beach should be treated like going to any other social setting. Practice proper social distancing, keep group sizes as small as possible and wear protective facial masks when you’re not in the water. Bring hand sanitizer with you to clean your hands frequently. Is hiking OK, and what steps should I take to be safe? Hiking along a public nature trail will have a similar exposure risk and require the same precautions as going to the beach. “Going off the grid" and hiking where you’ll encounter fewer people can decrease your risk of transmission during your trek. When traveling to and from the hiking site, make sure to bring a mask and hand sanitizer and

follow recommendations for social distancing and group sizes. What steps should I take if I attend a party or barbeque at someone else’s home? When attending an event at another’s home, make sure it is being held outside. It should also follow current recommendations by limiting the number of individuals and providing room for everyone to social distance. Use single-use utensils to serve food, bring your own beverages to drink and chairs to sit on and use a protective face mask when you’re not eating. If you have to use the restroom while visiting, make sure you have hand sanitizer and gloves to wear when touching surfaces in the home. ➤ See Health, Page 9

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Teachers' union wants safe classes ➤ Culpeper Education Assoc. weighs in on backto-school debate By Pat Fitzgerald For the Culpeper Times While Culpeper County Public Schools quiz parents on whether they want their children to return to classes either virtually, inperson or with some hybrid next month, the local teachers’ union is weighing in as well. “We keep saying our top priority is the health and safety of our teachers, our education support professionals, or ESPs like our bus drivers, cafeteria workers; the health and safety of them, our students, their families and our community as a whole,” said Allie Cline, a fourth-grade teacher at Emerald Hill Elementary School and president of the Culpeper County Education Association. The seven-member Culpeper County School Board could not reach a consensus on July 13 after being presented with several options by a 75-member task force for returning to classes next month. Instead, the School Board told Superintendent Anthony Brads and his staff to get a formal notice of intent from parents as to whether they want their children in class four days a week, two days a week or all-virtual. After it gets the results on Monday, July 27, the School Board will make its decision. The board

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Culpeper County Education Association President Allie Cline and Vice President A.J. Beck. will meet at 6 p.m. at Floyd T. Binns Middle School. Any decision has to go to the State Board of Education by Aug. 3 for approval. Teachers are supposed to begin returning to their classrooms on Aug. 10 and classes are scheduled to resume Aug. 24. The reopening task force’s presentation on July 13 stated that 591 staff members responded, and 27.1% said they were very

comfortable returning to work with safety precautions in place (on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being very comfortable), with another 23.5% giving a yes to No. 2, and another 26.4% percent saying yes to No. 3. Other than obvious safety concerns, planning and preparation time was identified as a major need for teachers, according to the task force, with staff noting that delivery of online learning takes a

great deal of preparation. “I was invited to the task force meeting and I attended that,” Cline noted. “I did not stand up and speak from the floor. Most of our member concerns were brought up anyway without me having to stand up.” Kline said the CCEA did not ask its 450 members if they thought it was safe to return to in-class ➤ See CCEA, Page 6

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Heald calls for accountability, broadband By Pat Fitzgerald For the Culpeper Times Seth Heald, candidate for Region IV director on the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative board of directors, said he wants to reform the member-owned utility. “I’m running because I think the board has a closed culture,” he said. “It’s very insular and it’s designed to make it hard for anybody to win an election, unless they are an incumbent. The result has been, over many years, board members who stay on for many decades pay themselves more than they should for what’s a part-time position on a board of directors.” Heald is running against incumbent Sanford Reaves Jr. (His profile appears on the following page.) Region IV covers Culpeper and Orange counties. “Ultimately, [directors] have been resistant to programs that could help reduce consumers’ bills. I just found there’s a culture there, ‘we know what’s best and you should just defer to us,’” he said.

As co-founder of the Repower REC campaign to reform the electric cooperative, according to his profile on the REC candidates’ webpage, Heald is a pro-consumer advocate who has worked to get REC to disclose its board members’ compensation, post its audited financial Heald statements online, post board members’ contact information for co-op members to see, and implement energy efficiency programs such as Pay As You Save that can reduce electric bills for co-op members. “Each board member gets a $2,000 per month stipend just for being on the board,” he told the Culpeper Times. “But in addition, each board member gets paid $500 for every day for which they attend meetings that are co-op business. That explains why some board members are paid more than others; some board members go to more meetings. “Those meetings could include

a board meeting itself, but they also could include going to other meetings of regional associations or if they go down to Richmond to lobby our legislators, they get paid $500 a day,” Heald said. “It’s a funny thing, because it gives people an incentive to go to lots of meetings.” Another issue that Heald said he is “very interested” in is providing broadband Internet services to co-op members. “There are co-ops all over the country, electric co-ops, that are setting up fiber-optic broadband to the members’ homes,” he said. “Many of them have already done it; some of them, the construction is not quite completed. He noted that Central Virginia Electric Cooperative provides its members in Louisa County with broadband service. “The funny thing about Louisa is, half the county is served by that co-op and half is served by REC,” he said. “People in the same county can kind of see what one co-op is doing and the other is saying, ‘ah, it can’t be done or shouldn’t be done.’” Heald said that broadband

services are needed, especially now that the COVID-19 crisis has people working from home, students learning solely online and even patients being through telemedicine. “That has become a huge issue here. Because the REC board members tend to kind of not really interact with the public, I think they’re out of touch on that issue,” he said, adding: “I think just my winning at all would send a very strong message. “[The directors] don’t really have any vision for what our co-op can and should be doing at time when there are a lot of changes going on in the industry,” Heald said. “I would be one of only nine board members, so I can’t promise everything will change overnight. I hope that if I win, that would send a strong message that the fact that I won to the management and the board that they need to listen more carefully to consumers.” REC members can cast their vote now by mail or online, or live during the virtual meeting on Aug. 19. For more information on the vote for directors, visit www.myrec.coop.

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Reaves says boardband cannot offer ROI Sanford Reaves Jr., incumbent candidate for Region IV director on the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative board of directors, said it would cost the member-owned utility too much money to provided broadband service and it wouldn’t offer a return on investment by the time the technology is antiquated. He said it would cost the co-op $500 million and be 10 years down the line before REC would see a return on its investment. By then, Reaves said, it would likely have outdated technology that would be replaced by satellite or 5G or greater cell service by then. “Everybody says it’s important, but nobody wants to put up the money,” he said. “What’s going to happen when I OK a $500 million investment, knowing we’re not going to get a return on investment for at least 10 years? ... I’m not going to sit the cooperative in that situation.” Sanford, who has& served Licensed Insured on the AND COMMERCIAL REC RESIDENTIAL board for the past three years,

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He said REC has had two studies on providing broadband, and they showed that it’s not economically feasible to provide that service across the co-op’s 22-county territory. “What we want our member/ owners to understand is this, we consistently work on broadband,” Reaves said. “We know our customers. Our members have asked for it. … We are consistently trying to find ways but we can’t have it all put on the backs of our members/ owners.” “My opponent and those who oppose some of those things … they will say, ‘well, you know Rappahannock Electric has all this money and they have the access to be able to put broadband in everybody’s house. It’s their wish list. They’re not telling our member/owners the whole story.” Startup costs. They act like it’s free.” Reaves also questioned by his opponent, Culpeper resident Seth Heald would say that the REC board isn’t transparent. “Rappahannock Electric has [www.myrec.coop], and you can go on that. We stress transparency,”

Reaves said. “It’s a nonprofit; people don’t realize that. Rappahannock Electric is a nonprofit, so at the end of the year … the profits that we have, we scatter those the member/owners in what we call capital credits. … A lot of times that pays for your bill.” He said that REC distributed those capital credits early this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, to help people pay their bills. Reaves also justified the $2,000-a-month stipend plus other expenses that REC’s directors are paid. “We are one of the biggest cooperatives on the East Coast and we have to go to a lot of training sessions. … We have to go through these extensive training sessions,” he said. “We have to get so many hours within the first two years you’re there to get your certification. And then once you get your certification, there’s another level, an advanced level you have to go through, and there’s so many credits required.” REC members can cast their vote now by mail or online, or live during the virtual meeting on Aug. 19. For more information on the vote for directors, visit www.myrec.coop.

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School Board tells staff to get parents' decisions on record By Pat Fitzgerald For the Culpeper Times With the clock ticking until the first day of school, the Culpeper County School Board on July 13 could not come with up a firm decision on what learning in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis will look like — either in-class, online or hybrid — when classes resume. With classes scheduled to begin Aug. 24 — and any plan having to be submitted to the Virginia Department of Education by Aug. 3 — the School Board was still debating late into the night whether classes should go to school on a hybrid Monday-Tuesday or Thursday-Friday schedule, completely online or completely to have students in school four days a week. After several failed motions, the board finally voted unanimously on Stevensburg School Board member Marshall Keene's motion to have parents and teachers to provide an intent form — not just a survey — as to whether they want four days of traditional learning each week, a blend of Monday-Tuesday or Thursday-Friday inschool instruction, or have their children learn virtually. The board will then come back July 27 to finalize a plan. That passed 7-0 after several back-and-forth motions. Central office staff did not say on Monday when the intent form would be released or how long families and staff would have to complete it. After nearly four hours of updates and debates, Keene made a motion to have staff formulate a plan to have students return four ➤ CCEA, from Page 3 learning. “We did not ask our members that,” she said. “We did send out a survey and asked about concerns and that’s how we know health and safety is a top concern. Again, it goes to safety, having enough PPEs in place. “We’re not sending out another survey right now; we know the school board is creating [one],” Cline added. Of the task force’s survey of 2,899 parents, 42% were uncomfortable or very uncomfortable with traditional face-to-face instruction with some social-distancing in place; and 45.6 were either comfortable or very comfortable. As for remote learning, with students staying home, 38% of parents told the task force they were uncomfortable or very uncomfortable and 46.3% were comfortable or very comfortable. “I think as teachers, we all want to get back to the classroom and teach our students,” said A.J. Beck, a special education teacher at Eastern View High School and vice president of the CCEA. “Yes, we’d like to get back into that classroom but we need to make sure that all safety precautions are taken.

days a week, with an option allowing parents to let their students attend virtually only. The plan would also allow teachers the option of providing online learning only. However, any plan would be based “if the numbers support it” after a task force presents a required questionnaire to parents and staff. The board voted that down 4-3. Catalpa District Rep. Barbara Brown made a motion that would allow parents to decide whether to have their kids in school two days a week — with some going Monday-Tuesday and others Thursday-Friday or having their children learn online only. Teachers would have to work five days a week, whether they’re teaching in-class or virtually. That motioned failed 6-1. School Superintendent Anthony Brads, showing obvious frustration that the board had not considered any of the task force’s recommendations, said the board needs to be specific in what to ask of parents and teachers. “This needs to be a board decision to direct staff in a specific way,” Brads said. Keene came back with another motion offering three options to parents, with the board coming back on July 27 to make its final decision after getting more numbers from parents and staff. That motion failed due to a lack of a second for discussion. School Board members said they received emails from parents as well as teachers concerned about returning to class as COVID-19 infections continue to rise. Then again, School Board members said they’ve also heard from plenty of parents who want their children to return physically to class. “Our members are also concerned with having enough planning time to implement whatever decision the School Board makes,” he said. “Waiting until July 27 to hold the next meeting and come up with a plan, and teachers expected to start back Aug. 10, the membership is worried about do we have enough time to plan and execute effective instruction, given we don’t know what direction we are going. They’re concerned about that.” However, Beck said that he appreciates the School Board asking administration to survey all parents and get them on record on their intent to have their students learn in-class or virtually. “I will say I am appreciative of them looking at every option,” he said. “They listed several options at the meeting on [July 13], and I am grateful that they took some time to look at the data from the surveys and try to come up with whole different options to meet the needs of this community.” Asked if she’s prepared to go back to faceto-face teaching as long as things are safe and the administration has a plan, Cline said “Without putting my own personal feelings into that, I’m not sure I can answer that without talking as an individual, and I want to be here representing the members.”

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A welcome return of baseball To say that this year has been an epic Dumpster fire would be an Marshall Conner understatement. The range of emotions have been Shakespearean. In ourselves almost despising … happily, we can once again gaze upon baselines, pitchers’ mounds and green outfields … and our collective sad state, like the Lark at break of day arises. Optimism, my sports-yearning friends returns with a crack of the bat. Give me a half-full beer and peanuts. This week offers hope for better days (at least for me) barring some type of unforeseen disaster. Why the optimism? Well, you see there might be a trip to the Outer Banks — and it looks like there may be televised professional sports to watch. According to Major League

Baseball, I will get to watch my beloved Nationals after a nasty summer of negotiations and uncertainty. The last time I saw the Nats they were spraying cerveza and having a grand time celebrating a World Series victory over the evil Houston Astros. I was drinking Dominican rum, smiling and dancing to Calma and Baby Shark. I miss those joyous days. However, just when you thought it was safe to watch baseball in a ballpark without fans — the Nationals inform us who is throwing out the first pitch. This Thursday’s opener will feature the star of infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci! Haven’t we seen enough of this guy? I must smile, Dr. Fauci reminds me of one of the two-fedora topped old-timers in the vintage Family Furniture commercials. He also reminds me of the late Yankee Hall of Famer and broadcaster Phil Rizzuto, the spokesman for the Money Store commercials back in the 1980s. Strange associations aside, the doctor will throw out

the ceremonial first pitch on opening day for the Washington Nationals. The important part is we can watch baseball (albeit in its oddest form yet). A strange silence will haunt huge stadiums. The roar of the crowd, so foundational to live professional sports will be absent. The shared experience of cheering on your favorite team will be missed — the noise, smells and unfiltered tribalism. Will these games still possess the same magic for fans? In some ways I have moved on from caring about professional sports as fervently as I have throughout my life. I have found a deeper love for fly-fishing, music, and family this year. Major League Soccer has had a rocky start with players testing positive for COVID-19 and postponements, but it is forging ahead with its “MLS is Back Tournament” being held at Walt Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. I liked D.C. United better when they played at RFK. The NBA is getting closer to

restarting its 2019-20 season on July 30, also at Walt Disney’s resort. All the league’s teams have started training camp ahead of seeded games to determine the final standings, a potential playoff play-in series and the standard four-round postseason, according to league officials. Next up is hockey. The National Hockey League, my favorite father-daughter bonding sport is scheduled to begin play on Aug. 3. The Capitals have what it takes to win another Stanley Cup and my daughter wants to see Tom Wilson dealing out a little five-knuckle medicine — that will help cure this land. Plans for college football remain elusive as of this week with many programs opting for canceled or abbreviated seasons. High school sports appear to be either canceled, postponed, moved or in question. These sports need to do their best to ensure the safety of its young athletes. My heart sinks ➤ See Marshall Plan, Page 9

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➤ Marshall Plan, from Page 8 when I think of all the hard work invested by young athletes for a chance at collegiate glory or a senior’s emotional last season. NFL? Who knows? Not even sure I care anymore. My team is currently being renamed while embroiled in a sex scandal. Maybe this is a chance to find a new team? I mean it is till death do we part with home teams,

right? Maybe Dan Synder needs a breakup letter. Who am I kidding? I will probably still cheer for the Washington Whatevers — I am a terminally loyal homer. I will tune in to the Nats broadcast on opening day from my luxurious kayak. I will be floating in Pamlico Sound. I will hum Baby Shark and hope for lots of homeruns as I cast. Good luck, Nationals!

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If you've been paying attention to many other news outlets in the past few weeks, you've undoubtedly seen an increasingly alarming number of reports on the security and privacy surrounding

TikTok. For the uninitiated, TikTok is the fastest-growing social network in the world. It features 15- to 60-second video clips that are set to libraries of popular music. TikTok started as Musical.ly (lip-syncing app) that Chinese company ByteDance bought in 2018, re-branded and re-launched. TikTok is estimated to have 800 million active monthly users worldwide, approximately 70 million in the U.S. alone, and more than 2

billion worldwide downloads of the phone app. At various times it is the No. 1 downloaded app in both Google Play and Apple iTunes. TikTok has for months been facing increasing scrutiny of how the application works, what does it track, and is the Chinese government involved. This is amplified even more with COVID-19 origins in Wuhan, China, and blocking of other tech products from Chinese company Huawei. Trouble in TikTok Land During my research, I immediately came across a security engineer on Reddit that goes by the name bangorlol. He was able to reverse engineer the app successfully and his findings have blown up on the internet and various other blog posts. He indicated that the TikTok app is a significant data collection service under the guise of

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a social media network. Items tracked: n Every detail regarding your phone’s hardware n Other apps that are installed (including data on things you’ve deleted) n Anything related to the network you are connected to (IP addresses, router mac, WiFi info) n Persistent GPS pinging, roughly once every 30 seconds n TikTok logging in the app is remotely configurable n The Android version allowed for downloading of remote zip files and execution (a violation of Google Plays terms of service) n For a long period of time, they were not using secure protocols such as HTTPS (data was leaked) n The app is also designed to be extremely hard to reverse engineer and they spent more time trying to actively hide the types and amounts of data they were collecting. n Read the full thread at https:// bit.ly/39fBFiU In the past couple of weeks, it was discovered that TikTok was accessing the clipboard content (think copy-and-paste functions) every few keystrokes even when it was just running in the background. They are supposed to be patching this “flaw” in an upcoming release TikTok is BANNED! The studies performed on TikTok have already led to the Navy, the Army, Transportation Security Administration, State Department and Homeland Security from banning the app on governmentissued devices. Wells Fargo has banned it from their corporate devices. India has banned TikTok and Australia is starting to take a hard look.

TikTok Responds TikTok’s response to this point has been they have an American CEO, the data centers are not in China and the Chinese government has yet to ask for data. But can you take their word for it? My Take You can go down a deep dark hole with the amount of data that is collected on us every time we click a button. At best case, TikTok seems to be a haphazardously designed piece of software slapped together by people that didn’t know what they were doing. This doesn’t fly with me because TikTok’s owner ByteDance made $3 billion in profit last year on $17 billion in revenue. They’ve got the resources to know better. At worst case, they have created a data-collection ocean that has not yet been utilized for nefarious purposes. Cybersecurity is one of the many hats I wear. There is absolutely no way I kept this installed on my devices, and I would urge each of you to uninstall as well. I already have significant issues with U.S.-based privacy policies from the government and private corporations now; I am not adding this to the mix. And make sure you have a complete understanding of what your kids are doing on these platforms. The old adage is “if you're not paying for the product, you are the product” rings very true with TikTok and pretty much any other social media platform that exists. If you would like a detail report from a mobile security firm check out ZIMPERIUM: https://get. zimperium.com/z3a-report_tik-tokapp/.

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July 1820: “A town laid off by me in a flat on the River between Pass Mill and Thornton Gap on the Turnpike.”

A SPECIAL SECTION IN THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS, CULPEPER TIMES & INSIDENOVA.COM A Rappahannock County village in the shadow of the Blue Ridge turned 200 on July 17.

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wo centuries ago, that mention by Francis Thornton, Jr. marks the beginning of Rappahannock’s gateway village to the Blue Ridge. This Presbyterian minister sent from Fredericksburg to establish a church in the town of Washington was a grandson of the Francis Thornton who gave the F.T. Valley its name, and he inherited the land around what would become Sperryville from the brother of his first wife, Jane Washington Thornton. Growth came quickly. Lots were sold, a license was granted for an ordinary, and a saloon served stagecoach travelers stopping at the tavern and stage office on the route between the Culpeper Court House and New Market. Just a year after Francis envisioned a settlement on paper, an 1821 map of Culpeper included “the village of Sperryville.” As to the name, there’s no definitive tale of origin. In his “Rappahannock History: Fact, Fiction, Foolishness and Fairfax Story,” Ned Johnson writes that maybe a man named Sperry built the first house there, although he notes that the Sperry name doesn’t show up in land or tax records. An alternate theory is that a Mr. Sperry ran the stage house located where Routes 600 and 1001 (today’s Main Street Sperryville) intersect, or maybe he was a friend of Francis Thornton’s and lived in one of his houses. And there’s yet another possibility. Johnson also writes that the 1820 census lists Nichs. Spirry, likely the same Nicholas Spiry who was the first postmaster

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r. W.H. Amiss, who practiced in Sperryville during the Civil War, is credited with the following saying: “A turkey is a very inconvenient sized bird — too big for one and two small for two.” (By all accounts, Dr. Amiss was an enormous man with a hearty appetite.) He carried a small black case full of glass vials — two for strychnine (powdered and tablet forms), and one each for calomel, digitalin, anodyne and podophyllin. In a larger case, the doctor packed pills and powders sorted by ailment: headache, bowels, liver, kidney, stomach, constipation, gas, malaria and indigestion. According to local lore, Rappahannock’s two doctors during the Civil War years, William Amiss and D.D. Miller, drew lots to determine who would go to war to care for soldiers and who would stay behind to care for the home folks. Dr. Amiss won; he became Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s physician. It’s said that during the Civil War, a fatally wounded Yankee was brought to Dr. Amiss while he was home on furlough. He and his wife buried the dead soldier in their backyard (across the street from what is now the post office) and sent his watch and papers to his family in the north. Years later, the dead soldier’s relatives reportedly came to Sperryville to search for the grave but they never found the burial site. —Daphne Hutchinson

Old Sperryville’s evaporating plants (on the lot that’s now the Rescue Squad) sent barrels of apples across the country and the Atlantic. The plants were part of a village apple center that expanded to include packing, cider and cold storage and helped Rappahannock rank third among Virginia counties in apple production. Dried apples, canned tomatoes, apple juice and apple sauce carried the Sperryville label. (The fellow balanced on the roof peak on the right is Harry Woodard, the uncle of former Sperryville postmaster Aline Johnson, who lives on Thornton Gap Church Road.)

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at Thornton’s Gap. The town may have been named for him, albeit with a misspelling, since that post office served the area until 1840. The post office could

ON THE FRONT PAGE From top to bottom: • The house at 31 Main in the late 1800s, next door to today’s Before & After cafe. The shed in the backyard is still standing today. • Mrs. Pauline Bruce, likely in the late 1930s, on the steps of Sperryville School, where she taught English and Latin. A 1930 Sperryville graduate, she first taught at a one-room school in neighboring Warren County. Before returning to teach high school at Sperryville, she spent two years at the three-grade Amissville School, earning an extra $5 a month for the principal’s duties, which included sweeping floors and lighting morning fires. • Aline Brown, ready for the 1947 May Court. This was Sperryville School’s signature annual event. (More on this on page S4 and next week.)

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have been in his home and maybe he was exempted from local taxes as a result, which would explain why his name doesn’t appear on the tax rolls, Johnson speculated. RAIDS BUT NO BATTLES

he 1860s brought war. No battles were fought in Rappahannock but Union and Confederate forces crisscrossed the county on marches, wounded soldiers in both blue and gray recovered or died in make-shift hospital beds in local homes, and troops from both sides plundered horses, livestock, food and supplies from farms. Sperryville mustered the 49th Virginia Volunteers Infantry, Company K, dubbed The Sperryville Sharpshooters. The names of the enlistees are the same familiar family names of today’s Sperryville: Atkins, Brown, Bruce, Dodson, Dwyer, Eastham, Fincham, Frazier, Jenkins, Leake, Menefee, Sisk,

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Spicer, Weakley and Woodward. Aylette H. Buckner, Jr., who lived in the F.T.Valley and served 32 years on the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors (1936-1967), grew up listening to his father’s tales about Yankee soldiers raiding the farms around Sperryville. The son wrote down the elder Buckner’s words as he spoke, and in 1977 he shared those stories and more tales from the county’s past with Laurie Marshall, an artist and teacher, who recorded and transcribed Buckner’s stories for “Voices of Rappahannock.” The senior Buckner was just 14 when Union troops rode through Sperryville and into the F.T. Valley in early December of 1863. For months, folks had been yelling “The Yankees are coming, the Yankees are coming!” just to scare people into hiding valuables and rushing horses into the woods. And as with the boy who called wolf, the warnings soon drew

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The boys who worked for Harry Smoot at the Sperryville Locust Pin and Cooperage Company. Top row, left to right: Luther Compton, Gilbert Compton, Blue Brown, C.F. Johnson, Mr. Smoot, Will Hyde, Roscoe Bruce, Will Johnson, Charlie Brown. Second row, left to right: Harry Woodard, Gilbert Heaton, Stockton Bywaters, Aubrey Johnson, Henry Squinch Brown, Leo (Kitty) Brown, Tom Hilton, Clifton Menefee. Front row seated, left to right: Allie Kendall, Joe B. Johnson, Cleveland Jefferson, Ashby (Scott) Johnson, Pete Hilton, Worsy Jefferson. boy dismounted, quietly let the fence down, remounted and with kicks from his booted feet and nips from the horse, drove the livestock into the woods and a mile and a half up the mountain. By morning, the snow had obliterated all tracks and the Union troops pulled out without searching for the herd. The news of 44 liberated cows

spread fast, and farmers whose stock had been looted by passing Yankees made their way to the F.T. Valley to claim their animals. Young Buckner drove the 10 unclaimed cattle 50 miles to Charlottesville for safe keeping, finding feed and shelter on the journey by fooling farmers into believing they were “government cattle.”

uring the Depression, Civilian Conservation Corps Camp #27 was home and livelihood for single men unable to find work. Today, Beech Spring is the site of Hearthstone School, but almost a century ago, it was barracks, mess tents and equipment sheds — the base for about a hundred young men, mostly Virginians with a sprinkling from Rappahannock County. They were paid $30 a month, but the government wanted to ensure that the public works money wasn’t squandered on weekend fun in “out town” — local lingo for downtown Sperryville — or the more cosmopolitan Luray over the mountain, so $25 of that was sent back home to the corpsmen’s families. The typical term of service was six months, and during that time, the men from Beech Spring built a road across the Hazel River and roads and trails in Mack Hollow, Jenkins Hollow and Piney Hill. For decades, until it was blown over in a storm, the giant beech tree that gave Beech Spring its name bore hundreds of initials carved by the men who passed through that camp. —Daphne Hutchinson

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Those 10 cattle and 100 pounds of tobacco — disguised as a bed and hidden in plain sight in the corner of a room — were all the Buckners had left at conflict’s end.

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espite the trials of war, the village of Sperryville continued to thrive and grow. In the 1860s, the Smoot family laid out more lots and built C.C. Smoot & Sons Tannery between the two branches of the Thornton River, now known as the River District. By 1880, the village boasted four churches, seven distillers, two hotels, a woolen mill, four general stores, one saloon, a doctor’s office, a wheelwright and, within a short wagon ride, 10 flour and corn mills. By 1890, Sperryville’s population topped 350. With the turn of the century came a Mason Hall. The lodge meetings were held upstairs, and downstairs the community gathered for traveling shows, local entertainment and, later, movies. Seventy-seven-year-old Manly Bruce, who went to elementary school in Sperryville, remembers his father Jack, Rappahannock’s legendary master of hounds, recalling with admiration the keyboard artistry of Cathryn Trescott Cooper, who played the piano for silent movies as well as for the Episcopal Church. “The screen was on the stage, and she had to look up so she could see the action and know what kind of

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Sperryville High School’s senior class of 1928. Left to right boys: Alfred Armstrong, Robert Estes, Stanley Golden, Charles Morse Sours and Thomas Williams. Left to right girls: Edna Bennett, Beulah Brown, Pauline Compton (class president), Kathryn Cornette (secretary-treasurer), Annie May Dodson. music to play,” Manley recalled from his dad’s stories. By 1911, business was booming in Sperryville. There was a jeweler and watchmaker, blacksmiths and wheelwrights, a doctor, a dentist, a furniture maker, five general stores, five flour and corn mills, a saw mill, three music teachers and a barber. But that same year, the tannery closed and between 40 and 50 folks lost their jobs. Some followed that business to North Carolina, others simply moved on to look for work elsewhere. Then in 1918, the Rappahannock

Evaporating Plant brought employment opportunities back to Sperryville and gave orchardists an outlet for crops, sending barrels of dried apples as far off as England, when it began operations on the lot where the Rescue Squad building now sits. A tomato canning plant also operated for a few years near the old tannery site. Aline Johnson, a lifelong Sperryville resident, remembers tagging along with her mother, who worked at the plant. Born in 1929, Aline was the youngest of 12 children – eight girls (two died as babies from whooping cough) and four boys. “The rest were in school, so I went to work with my mother,” recalled the spritely and active nonagenarian, who still has a twinkle in her eye and only abandoned her bike two years ago because it needed new tires. “I thought it best for me to give up riding,” she added. But back in the day at the Sperryville tomato plant, the energetic preschooler sat quietly on a stool for hours behind her mom as she peeled, peeled, peeled tomatoes . . . and she still has the ancient tomato knife her mom used on the job. NEW DEAL PROGRAM BRINGS HELP TO SPERRYVILLE

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n the aftermath of the Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp at Beech Spring also gave Sperryville a boost by providing farmers with a nearby market for produce, meat, milk and eggs to feed the 100 or so corpsmen housed in barracks there. Unmarried men between the ages of 18 and 25, most from Virginia and a few from Rappahannock, the CCC crew was paid in “real money,” and on their free weekends, the cash was a welcome injection into a local economy that had become heavily dependent on barter. A second evaporating plant and a pin factory opened where the electrical plant is now. The pin factory was definitely a niche business, manufacturing the threaded wooden pins that glass insulators screwed into at the tops of power line poles. Neither pin maker nor evaporator stayed in business for long. Then in 1936, local orchardists got serious, combined their efforts and built the Sperryville packing house, cold storage and juice plant at the site. At about the same time, highway improvements and the opening of Shenandoah National Park brought

roadside attractions to Sperryville — lunch rooms, motels, restaurants and stands selling fruit, produce and trinkets. Homemade ice cream on Sundays at the Lee Highway Hotel and fried chicken at the Cab Inn were big draws for locals and visitors alike. Carolyn Thornton’s family owned Piedmont Farm in the F.T. Valley. Her father, Klaus Tholand, had his business office in New York City until 1960 and was gone during the work week. “When he returned home, the first thing he wanted was fried chicken from the Cab Inn!” she recalled. Another less talked about draw was moonshine. Back in the hollows, mountain folk grew “corn ears as long as your arm,” according to Charles Estes, who with his wife Dot operated the Cab Inn of fried chicken fame. Some of that corn was diverted to stills, and many families were moonshiner, making whiskey for medicinal use, drinking and sale. The best came from Hazel and Nicholson Hollow, according to Estes. On weekends, moonshiners and their families would come down from the mountain with their jugs and sit along the highway, the illegal booze tucked under the skirts of the mothers and daughters, waiting for customers to drive out from the city. The combination of the new park’s wild beauty, the Skyline Drive, fresh-picked apples, moonshine and old fashioned hospitality worked to revitalize Sperryville. As Charlie Estes remembered: “One day folks just looked out and saw cars bumper to bumper going to the drive.” Today, Sperryville has a new take on rural charm. B&Bs have replaced tourist homes. Breweries, wineries and a distillery sell legal spirits. Roadside stands have given way to family farm and community-supported agriculture markets. The village is reinventing itself as an arts and antiques center and a mecca for foodies. But the sounds of happy children playing, neighbor greeting neighbor and locals welcoming visitors to this little gateway to the Blue Ridge still echo through the streets of Sperryville. Even after 200 years, some things never change. Daphne Hutchinson is a former editor of the Rappahannock News and author of “On the Morning Side of the Blue Ridge: A Glimpse of Rappahannock County’s Past,” published in 1983, when the county turned 150.

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Pair ready to launch leaders After graduation, a lot of students will realize high school did not cover some seemingly basic adult tasks — things like changing a tire or doing taxes, and even basic interview skills. Students can end up spending years of their lives studying courses like calculus, which, for virtually everyone except a calculus teacher, never gets put to use. What about practical professional skills? Concepts like introducing yourself, shaking someone’s hand, writing a cover letter, assembling a resume and getting real world feedback from professionals that are familiar with selecting candidates based on these skills is not an experience every high schooler gets. There is also the important job of “horizon stretcher,” as I like to call it. This is the person who tells you what is available to you, in your community or elsewhere. They boil down your interests and allow you to mentally try on different colleges or careers. Gearing high school students toward professionalism is so

important and, as Brittany and I discovered, largely lacking in our Culpeper. After reaching out to a number of community leaders, Brittany and I shaped Leader Launch such that it would fill a niche within the mentoring community without interfering with any existing programming. When Brittany and I get together from the perspectives of a business owner and an attorney, there are few topics that remain untouched. It was somewhat recently that someone posed the question of things that we wished that we had known before beginning our professional journeys. In addition to winning lotto numbers and answers to some standardized test questions, we listed a number of important professional skills that high schools never seem to teach. Suddenly, Brittany jumped with excitement. “We should create a mentor program!” And, after many meetings, hours spent designing a website, and countless conversations about a mentorship “curriculum,” Leader

Launch was born. Brittany likes to say that she has the more “up by the bootstraps” approach while my resume has a strong collegiate background. Even with the differences in our professional lives, we have both seen the immense potential from the youth in Culpeper. It is important to us both to foster their drive and ambition. At first, we toyed with the idea of opening Leader Launch only for women, but quickly decided that it should be made available for all high school students—and it should cost nothing. If you know any high school students who are interested in applying, or if you are interested in becoming a partner, please check out our website: www. candmventures.org. You will find ways to contact us there. We are so excited to launch with our first group in August. Maggie Cleary Brittany Mabrey Leader Launch

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES: BRISTERS-CHANCELLOR LINE #552 AND CHANCELLOR-LADYSMITH LINE #581 500 kV TRANSMISSION LINE REBUILD AND RELATED PROjECTS CASE NO. PUR-2020-00080 On May 15, 2020, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an application for approval and certificates of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate electric transmission facilities in Fauquier, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Caroline Counties, Virginia (“Application”). Dominion filed the Application pursuant to § 56-46.1 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and the Utility Facilities Act, Code § 56-265.1 et seq. Dominion seeks to rebuild, entirely within existing right of way, approximately 36.7 miles of existing 500 kilovolt (“kV”) transmission Lines #552 and #581 (collectively, “Rebuild Project”). Specifically, the Company proposes: (1) to rebuild, entirely within existing right of way, approximately 21.5 miles of existing 500 kV Bristers-Chancellor Line #552, which runs from Dominion’s existing Bristers Switching Station in Fauquier County, Virginia, to its existing Chancellor Substation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia (“Line #552 Segment”); (2) to rebuild, entirely with existing right of way, approximately 15.2 miles of existing 500 kV Chancellor-Ladysmith Line #581, which runs from Dominion’s existing Chancellor Substation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to its existing Ladysmith Switching Station in Caroline County, Virginia, and which includes the rebuild of approximately 1.2 miles of 115 kV transmission Chancellor-Spotsylvania Line #198, which is co-located with Line #581 on Structures #581/2 to #581/7 (“Line #581 Segment”); and (3) to perform minor substation work at the existing Bristers Switching Station, Chancellor Substation, and Ladysmith Switching Station. Dominion states that the Rebuild Project is necessary to maintain the structural integrity and reliability of its transmission system in compliance with mandatory North American Electric Reliability Corporation Reliability Standards. The Company further states that the Rebuild Project will replace aging infrastructure that is at the end of its service life. The Company states that the desired in-service date for this project is December 31, 2023. The Company represents that the estimated conceptual cost of the Rebuild Project (in 2020 dollars) is approximately $107.8 million, which includes approximately $98.6 million for transmission-related work and approximately $9.2 million for substation-related work. The proposed Rebuild Project is located entirely within existing right-of-way or on Company-owned property in Fauquier, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Caroline Counties. The proposed route for the proposed Rebuild Project is approximately 36.7 miles of existing transmission line corridor currently occupied by the existing 500 kV transmission Lines #552 and #581. From the Bristers Switching Station property, the route heads generally south for approximately 4.5 miles in Fauquier County and continues south into Stafford County. The line generally continues in a south-southeast direction for approximately 9.4 miles through Stafford County before entering Spotsylvania County. The line then continues in a southerly direction for approximately 7.7 miles in Spotsylvania County before terminating at the Chancellor Substation. The line continues generally south for another 13.2 miles in Spotsylvania County. The line continues south for 1.9 miles in Caroline County before terminating at the Ladysmith Switching Station. The Rebuild Project crosses the following roads (North to South) in Fauquier County: Aquia Road (Route 610) and Beaver Dam Road. The Rebuild Project crosses the following roads (North to South) in Stafford County: Bristersburg Road/Poplar Road (Route 616), Skyline Drive (Route 615), Spotted Tavern Road (Route 614), Stonehouse Road (Route 612), Storck Road (Route 691), Cascade Lane, Richland Road (Route 649), Warrenton Road (Route 17), kestral Court, Avocet Way, Gold Mine Road, and Richards Ferry Road (Route 752). The Rebuild Project crosses the following roads (North to South) in Spotsylvania County: Riverview Drive, Gold Mine Court, Spotswood Furnace Road (Route 620), US Ford Road (Route 616), Twelfth Corps Drive, River Road (Route 618), Trench Court, Ashley Farms Drive, Hermitage Drive, Plank Road (Route 3), Stonehenge Drive, Sterling Drive, Heathrow Drive, Old Plank Road (Route 610), McGinty Road, Chancellor Road (Route 674), North River Landing, Gordon Road (Route 627), Courthouse Road (Route 208), Godwin Drive, Gunnery Hill Road, Massaponax Church Road (608), Hickory Ridge Road (Route 632), Eastridge Way, Mohawk Court, Morris Road (Route 606), kleineidam Way, Sunset Road (Route 645), Martins Ridge Road, Adamson Lane, Marye Road (Route 605), Ni River Landing, Gordon Road (Route 627), Ni S Lane, Courthouse Road (Route 208), Gunnery Hill Road, Massaponax Church Road (Route 608), Hickory Ridge Road (Route 632), Berkshire Lane, Eastridge Way, Wampanoas Lane, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Tonto Drive, Altamaha Lane, Winniwah Lane, Mohawk Circle, Morris Road (Route 606), kleineidam Way, Sunset Road (Route 645), Grace Hill, Adamson Lane, Marye Road (Route 605), and Riley Lane. The Rebuild Project crosses the following roads (North to South) in Caroline County: Countyline Church Road (Route 603) and Cedon Road (Route 661). The Line #552 Segment includes replacement of 108 structures, currently ranging in height from 72 feet to 150 feet, with an average height of 103 feet. As proposed, the new structures for the Line #552 Segment would range in height from 103 feet to 159 feet, with a proposed average height of 131 feet. The Line #581 Segment includes replacement of 72 structures, currently ranging in height from 75 feet to 150 feet, with an average height of 107 feet. As proposed, the new structures for the Line#581 Segment would range in height from 100 feet to 159 feet, with an average proposed height of 135 feet. All distances, heights, and directions are approximate. A sketch map of the proposal accompanies this notice. A more detailed map may be viewed on the Commission’s website: https://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Transmission-Line-Projects. The Commission may consider a route not significantly different from the routes described in this notice without additional notice to the public. A more complete description of the Rebuild Project may be found in the Company’s Application. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding that, among other things, scheduled public hearings on Dominion’s Application. On November 18, 2020, at 10 a.m., the Commission will hold a telephonic hearing, with no witness present in the Commission’s courtroom, for the purpose of receiving the testimony of public witnesses. On November 16, 2020, any person desiring to offer testimony as a public witness shall provide to the Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that you wish the Commission to call during the hearing to receive your testimony. This information may be provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Commission’s website at http://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF version of this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or (iii) by calling 804-371-9141. This public witness hearing will be webcast at http://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting. On November 19, 2020, at 10 a.m., either in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or by electronic means, the Commission will convene a hearing to receive testimony and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Further details on this hearing will be provided by subsequent Commission Order or Hearing Examiner’s Ruling. Electronic copies of the Application and other supporting materials, including a video depiction of the route, may be inspected at: http://www.dominionenergy.com/bristers. An electronic copy of the Company’s Application also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, David j. DePippo, Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or david.j.depippo@dominionenergy.com. Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing, on or before August 24, 2020, a notice of participation. Notices of participation shall include the email addresses of the party or its counsel. The respondent simultaneously shall serve a copy of the notice of participation on counsel to the Company. Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00080. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing. On or before November 12, 2020, any interested person may file comments on the Application by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: https://scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00080. Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. The Company’s Application, the Commission’s Rules of Practice, the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, and other documents filed in the case may be viewed at: https://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

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canned chili, canned meats (Treet, Spam, chicken NS tuna). The Food Closet provides food and personal care items for Culpeper families and individuals in need, and continues to care for and serve our community during this time of social distancing. For assistance, please contact Sam’s Place 540-7271055, before coming to the Food Closet. In an effort to keep both clients and volunteers safe, the waiting room is closed. Clients will drop off their voucher and wait in a designated area in the parking lot. The Food Closet is in need of food and monetary donations to keep up with demand. Visit www. ststephensculpeper/foodcloset.net or Facebook for more details on how to help.

AIR CONDITIONERS FOR SENIORS AVAILABLE • Rappahannock Rapidan

Community Services has partnered with Dominion Energy and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to provide singleroom air conditioners or fans to seniors that need additional help cooling their homes. Eligible seniors must be 60 years or older and live in Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Fauquier and Rappahannock counties with income limits at or below $1,595 monthly for a single person or $2,155 monthly for a married couple. The Senior Cool Care Program is open June through September. For more information, call Hannna Boticario at (540) 825-3100, ext. 3427.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION • Empowering Culpeper, a

program of People Inc., will be holding drive-thru food distributions on Aug. 1 and Aug. 15, starting at 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Empowering Culpeper, an all-volunteer food distribution program of People Incorporated, will now require households to register at upcoming distributions. Each household must register for ongoing eligibility per USDA guidelines. Registration will be provided on site at each distribution. “We want to make sure individuals and families have plenty of opportunity to register on July 18 and to pre-register for upcoming distributions” said Cherry Vanneman, a program executive. Households must meet USDA income eligibility criteria in order to receive food on an ongoing basis beginning Aug. 1.

Warbird and Vintage Car Showcase Aug. 15 at Culpeper Airport. The next Empowering Culpeper food distributions are planned for Aug. 1 and Aug. 15 in the Culpeper County High School parking lot. Cars are asked to enter the high school parking lot from Achievement Drive via U.S. 229, N. Main Street for all upcoming distributions. For more information, contact Empowering Culpeper at empoweringculpeper@peopleinc.net.

ST. STEPHEN'S OFFERING CENTERING AND NOONDAY PRAYERS ON ZOOM •

Join St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on Zoom each Wednesday, beginning at 11 a.m. for Centering Prayer Group, followed by Noonday Prayer at noon. Participants will find Zoom links on our website and Facebook. Contact the church office to sign up to receive Zoom invitations for other activities. For more information, visit www. ststephensculpeper.net, 540-8258786, ssec@ststephensculpeper.net or on Facebook.

REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH WEEKLY PRAYER HOUR • If you or a loved one,

friend, neighbor, co-worker have a need for prayer, please send your request to: officeasst@ culpeperlutherans.org. Each Wednesday the members of Reformation's Prayer Ministry will be praying for each need submitted. Or you may call the church office at 540-825-1376 and leave a voicemail request.

CULPEPER FOOD CLOSET NEED OF THE WEEK • The

Food Closet provides food and personal care items for Culpeper families and individuals in need, and continues to serve our community during socialdistancing. It is in need of food and monetary donations to keep up with demand. This week the Culpeper Food Closet needs canned lima beans, greens, black-eyes peas,

FARMERS MARKET NOW OFFERS DRIVE-THRU AND WALK-THRU • The Culpeper

Downtown Farmers Market is open every Saturday, running continuously through October, from 7:30 a.m. until noon for the 2020 Season. The Culpeper Downtown Farmers Market will be graciously hosted in the parking lot at the Culpeper Baptist Church located at 318 South West Street. In an effort to minimize contact points, offer contactless pick up opportunities, and ensure the safety of both vendors and accommodate all of our wonderful supportive community of customers at the market; the market will now offer BOTH DRIVE-THRU and WALKTHRU availability. DRIVE-THRU will be available from 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. for those that are at high-risk or if this is the preferred shopping method. WALK-THRU will be available from 9:15 a.m. – noon with current social-distancing rules. ➤ See What's Happening, Page 14

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JULY 25 CRUISIN FOR HEROES AT BRUSTER'S • Cruisin For

Heroes will have its monthly cruise-in Saturday, July 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Bruster's in Culpeper. The owner of Bruster’s will also be donating a percentage of the event day sales to the Fisher House Foundation. The Fisher House Foundation provides a "home away from home" for families of patients receiving medical care at

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the flowers we will donate them a Franc Reserve - Gold Medal 90to Points localtheir nursing home resident. and 2017 Yash-Vir - Gold 91 Points. DOGWOOD VILLAGE would like to recognize Jim Beavers for his has EXIT CORNERSTONE REALTY contributionstheir to the facility. Jim was announced 2nd Quarter winner born in Roanoke, Virginia for production. They are as follows. and came to faith in#2 Christ #1 Danny Butters-$1,685,900, a young man John Fischeras $1,244,800, #3and Michael subsequently in lay Buters Jr, $1,156,450 and served the Stuart leadership roles for over Team # 4 at $1,037,200. 30 years. Later he earned Jim his Butters Master of Divinity and Beavers Mike and Ellen just celebrated was ordained anThe Anglican their 10th Anniversary with EXIT priest in 2009. Previously Jim served in Franchise, EXIT CORNERSTONE primary and education, REALTY andsecondary Danny Butters just both as a teacher and head of school celebrated his First Anniversaryfor two Christiancompany schools. He haswe also with the and areworked excited for non-profit organizations including to Welcome a new agent to our office Doors with Brother Andrew ,Open James Smith from Madison, Va . and the C. S. Lewis Institute. In May 2011 he was called to Christ Anglican ELEVATE offers NEW Discounted Fellowship in Orange, Virginia where Memberships for Students and he continues to serve. Jim met his Teachers! ELEVATE invites students wife, Anne, while at William and Mary 16+, and teachers, to join our cowhere he received Bachelor of Science working community with an exclusive and Master of Arts degree, and they membership that allows access to have been married for 42 years. They the space at any time (day or night have three grown children and seven — weekends, too!) at a very budgetgrandchildren. He enjoys photography, friendly price. Awesome internet, graphic design, nature study and lawn plus tech and gadgets to help you and garden care. connect, in a comfortable space where you can focus and knock out FRIENDS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN your work. BATTLEFIELD welcomes volunteers to support preservation and clean-up NEW Private Office and Reserved projects at the battlefield on April 4, Desk Options! ELEVATE is now the American Battlefield Trust’s annual partnering with other Downtown Park Day. Volunteers are invited to help spaces to provide private offices and with spreading mulch on trails, picking reserved desks. We are managing up litter and more, and will receive a these agreements through the commemorative t-shirt for their efforts. Info at friendsofcedarmountain.org TAMMY LAGRAFFE has joined the Culpeper Wellness Foundation team as director of the Culpeper Free Clinic. A registered nurse, she most recently has worked with the Virginia Department of Health as a Public Health Nurse Supervisor. Tammy also brings experience with women’s health, behavioral health and communitybased wellness programs to her new role as clinic director. THE LIVING THE DREAM FOUNDATION has begun planning for their 5th Annual 5k run and ‘Walk for Home.’ All funds raised are used locally to raise awareness and educate the community on depression, substance abuse and suicide. They give two scholarships each year to both Culpeper High schools, Orange, Madison, and Rappahannock High Schools for students who respond with

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affordable way to secure an office DAVID Manager at Full space! MARTIN, Let us know what you're Circle Thrift, is pleased to announce looking for: info@elevateculpeper. the promotion of Justine Lawson and com Tracy Corbin to Supervisors. Justine’s warm smileBlack and friendly hello has been ELEVATE Artists Community greeting customers for almostvisual 13 years. Art Show. We are accepting Tracy has been with theMonday, store forJuly 5 art submissions until years energy and enthusiasm 27th,and for aher special exhibit that will be isshared contagious. Full Circle and Thriftvirtually! is both in person beginning its 18th year in business Drawing inspiration from the themes and our motto is “Culpeper Helping of Equality, Hope, Peace, Progress Culpeper." and Love, Black artists of any age are invited to submit a piece, in any CENTURY 21the NEW MILLENNIUM medium, for show. Pieces can TEAM Receives Coveted 2019 be dropped off at Elevate Mon-Fri President’s Team Award for from 8am to 6pm. Full details and Commitment Quality Service and guidelines atto www.ElevateCulpeper. Productivity. com CAITLIN TROILO-WADDELL from ENDLESS CREATIONS FLOWERS KK’s Printing and Stationery received & GIFTS is having a Christmas in the award for 2019 Public Servant July sale. All Items in store are 25% of the year by the Culpeper County off except plants, fresh flowers and Republican Party. delivery. LAUREL VAN HORN has been named COMMUNITY BANK OF THE stage manager for StageWorks' CHESAPEAKE is pleased to welcome upcoming show called The Emerald Sam Kessler as Vice President, Heist. Laurel retired from teaching Commercial Loan Officer. In this role, English at Rappahannock County High he will focus on generating business School in 2010, and was fortunate lending opportunities while building to find StageWorks and follow one banking relationships. Sam will serve of her dreams which was working in Orange, VA and the surrounding the theater. She has happily worked markets, including Spotsylvania, behind the scenes for two of their Culpeper, Charlottesville and more. most recent productions, Salt & Pepper and Southern Fried Funeral. Through StageWorks, she has met and worked with a group of incredibly knowledgeable directors and actors. Laurel is looking forward to two performances of a unique and funny play that will engage and delight their audiences. FAYE’S OFFICE SUPPLY Wishes Happy Birthday to Rachel Rouleau. APPLETON CAMPBELL, a leading provider of residential HVAC, plumbing and electrical now in its 44th year of top-rated service to Fauquier and surrounding counties, is looking forward in 2020 to opening a new facility in Warrenton. THE AGING TOGETHER TEAM hosts “Dementia Friends” session at monthly meeting. JIM LAGRAFFE, Executive Director of

welcomenew new welcome members members Robinson Plumbing Community Bank of the Chesapeake Chris RobinsonSam Kessler Owner 9048 White Shop Road 10 Chatham Heights Road Culpeper, VA 22701 Suite 104 Robinsonplumbing25@gmail.com Fredericksburg, VA 22405 www.Robinsonplumbinginc.com kesslers@cbtc.com Plumbing www.cbtc.com Bank the Dream Foundation Living Ed & Gloria Long – Founders Vent Vikings PO Box 4 Anthony Barnhill Culpeper, VA 22701 19507 Bootsie Lane livingthedreamculpeper@gmail.com Non-profit Brandy Station, VA 22714 ventvikings@gmail.com Blesseddreams, LLC www.ventvikings.com Ana Lyon – Photographer/Owner Home Improvement 14614 Manorwood Drive Culpeper, VA 22701 Sweet Roux ana_lyon@blesseddreams.com Ariel Davati de Campos www.blesseddreams.com 201 South East Street Photography Culpeper, VA 22701 adavati@outlook.com The Real Estate Store, Inc. www.sweetrouxofculpeper.com Ashley Rinehart Restaurants/Food 101 Duke Street Suite 215 Culpeper, VA 22701 info@therealestatestoreva.com www.therealestatestoreva.com Real Estates

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Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services and a Board Member of Piedmont CRUSH were invited to the White House for the launch of the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) new Rural Community Resource Guide, on January 31st, 2020. The ONDCP works to reduce drug use and its consequences by leading and coordinating the development, implementation, and assessment of U.S. drug policy. The action guide is one of several tools that was created specifically for rural leaders who are facing drug addiction in their communities. In attendance were: Jim LaGraffe, Piedmont CRUSH Board Members Sean Polster, Town of Warrenton, and Crystal Hale, Orange County Director of Social Services.

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Ginny brings to us years of experience and training in wealth accumulation and estate planning. She is well-known in the community and is currently serving as Chair of the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors, is a VA TECH grad, is very active at her church - Reformation Lutheran. She also enjoys signing in local chorales and, if she weren’t busy enough, enjoys a growing photography hobby. Call Ginny at 540/825-4611.

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SEEK LAVENDER FARM STORE is open each Saturday from 9-1pm, weather permitting? We have all of our handmade (by us on our farm) products; personal care, home care, culinary, and ornamental on display and available for purchase. Seek Lavender distills. Each product is lovingly made with Seek Lavender's essential oil, hydrosol and/or flowers. Seek Lavender is located at 15528 Bradford Rd, Culpeper.

DOGWOOD VILLAGE OF ORANGE COUNTY would like to recognize Luke for his contributions to the facility. Luke, a beautiful golden retriever, has been visiting the facility with his owner, Len Koczur for nearly 9 years on a weekly basis. The residents have thoroughly enjoyed the gentle nature of the animal and looked forward to his weekly visits. Sadly, Luke recently passed away and will be deeply missed by all that knew and loved him. A special thanks to Len and Pat Koczur for sharing their amazing dog with our residents and staff.

THE CULPEPER COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION would like to announce that despite a drop in fundraising capabilities due to COVID-19, the LITTLE FORK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE COMPANY in Rixeyville is planning to move forward on an expansion that has been planned and desperately needed for some time. Little Fork has been functioning for the last 26 years without a kitchen, bunk rooms, showers, training room or even air conditioning. In addition to Fire and Rescue Operations, Little Fork is also home to the only Technical Large Animal Rescue (TLAR) Team in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Their fundraising campaign for this project began in October 2014, with their first boot drive. Since then they have been able to raise $650,000.00 towards the costs of their building needs. The 80’ x 40’ garage with two tiny bathrooms will be expanded by 10,000 square feet and will include all the amenities that are greatly needed. They currently have 3 Ambulances, 2 Engines, 1 Tanker, 1 Heavy Rescue, 1 Brush Truck and multiple Command/Utility Vehicles all located at this 4-bay garage! To find out more about Little Fork you can call them at 540-937-7717 or find them on Facebook. To find out more on our other volunteer

fire and rescue companies or ways you can help, you can call 540229-4463 or visit the Culpeper County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Associations Facebook page. Sanford Reaves, Jr., Culpeper native, REC member for over 30 years, former Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and active member of the Culpeper Community is up for re-election on the RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Board of Directors. XPRESS COPY & GRAPHICS is excited to announce the acquisition of Creative Press in Ruckersville. Now called Creative Press by Xpress. If you are in the area, please stop by. Both Dallas and John are staying on as part of the team. You will even see Lindsay, one of our beloved team members from Culpeper. We are excited to add a lot of new services shortly at Creative including architectural prints, screen printing, embroidery and promotional items. We will also be updating some of the printing equipment, offering online ordering and free delivery. Deborah Koller, RAYMOND JAMES, 604 S. Main St is pleased to welcome Ginny Koontz to Freedom Street Partners, Raymond James. As a Certified Financial Planner,

AGING TOGETHER is celebrating our region's "5 Over 50" at a virtual event on September 24, 2020 at 7:00pm. For more information go to www.agingtogether.org. The honorees are: Culpeper: David "Doc" Snyder; Fauquier: Felicia & Tyronne Champion; Madison: Jerry & Judy Butler; Orange: Larry Eiben; Rappahannock: Sally Morgan.

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