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Her Fabulous Photographs Were Paintings, Never Pictures

By Leonard Shapiro For Middleburg Life

School of Art and then starting her own business. Over the last four decades, she was an omni-present figure at horse shows, point-topoints, steeplechases and fox hunting fixtures, producing memorable images eagerly sought after by many of her subjects, not to mention countless local and national publications.

She was a whiz at weddings, parties and other functions, and it didn’t take all that long for her to develop a reputation as one of the area’s finest photographers. Displays of her breath-taking work in local art and photography shows often led to commissions from admirers who simply had to have her make exquisite portraits of their children, their grandchildren, their dogs, their horses, and even of themselves.

She also loved to wander through pastures and woods in search of a shy fox, an elusive eagle, a dashing deer. Countless fox-hunters

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“Lenny, I’ve got a story for Middleburg Life,” Janet Hitchen would gush with great gusto.

And she never disappointed.

In the last year alone, Janet pointed me toward wonderful tales: a Berryville couple who raised camels, the modest German-born manager of one of Virginia’s finest Thoroughbred operations, located on the same historic property where George Washington’s adopted daughter once lived, or Janet’s long-time employee who cared for the animals on her small property and also played a half-dozen musical instruments and sang like a baritone angel.

Cameras jangling around her neck, Janet often accompanied me when I went to do the interviews. When I was done, she began taking photos, so many of which have graced the pages and countless covers of Middleburg Life since it started in 1982.

Some of those phenomenal photographs will most likely continue to be published, if only because they were such timeless works of art. But the “I’ve-got-a-story” phone calls won’t be coming any more. Sadly, our dear friend Janet passed away on March 24.

She was 71, a remarkable force of nature so passionate about her

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craft, her friends and all those animals she rescued and cared for at her Millwood home.

Janet Goldberg, daughter of Violet and Herbert Goldberg, grew up in the Spring Valley section of Washington, D.C. and moved with her family to Potomac in junior high school.

She went from Walter Johnson High to the University of Maryland, before initially focusing on horses—competing on the show circuit, dabbling in dressage and becoming a member of the Potomac Hunt. She also trained hunters and taught riding to many, including Maria Shriver and Jackie Kennedy’s sister, Nina Auchincloss.

She was married three times, to Jim Holloway, Ray Carter and Peter Hitchen. She had countless fiercely loyal pals.

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Janet’s cluttered home office was not particularly well-organized, and her beloved dogs dominated. For many years, her barns and fields were a haven for countless creatures—horses, ponies, cats, cows, chickens, pigs, donkeys, even an emu or two. Once she went off to photograph a llama and went back the next day to buy two of her own.

There were no camels, though the day she went out to photograph them in Berryville, she was tempted to add one to her menagerie.

I arrived a few days later to the camel farm for the interview and Janet told me to make certain to see the new baby. That memorable afternoon marked the first time I’d ever been kissed by a camel.

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utside the Red Fox Inn and Tavern at the main intersection of town, an iron jockey is always painted in the colors of the racing silks worn by the winning jockey of the Temple Gwathmey Hurdle Handicap. Once the richest steeplechase purse in America, the $50,000 featured race is run at Virginia’s oldest steeplechase, the Middleburg Spring Races.

Founded to commemorate the death of Temple Gwathmey in 1924, the race was originally run at Belmont in New York. A large silver Tiffany trophy was most likely commissioned by his friend and business partner, Edward Weld and is still presented in the winner’s circle today.

Gwathmey was a horse racing enthusiast and owner. Among his many accomplishments was having a horse finish second in the English Grand National in 1905. He eventually became president of the New York Cotton Exchange. His passion for horse racing passed on to his son, James Temple Gwathmey, who died in a tragic fall in 1932 at the Monmouth County Hunt Races in New Jersey. He was only 23.

The Temple Gwathmey race, scheduled this year on Saturday April

Paul Fout were great friends and that’s how it was brought down here,” said Turner Reuter, vice chairman of the races.

Grassi and his brother, Temple Gwathmey Grassi, present the trophy each year in the winner’s circle along with other Gwathmey descendants. “I actually have no middle name except on race day, where I introduce myself as Temple Gwathmey Grassi.” he said.

The Grassi family became involved with the Middleburg Spring Races a few years ago after they were asked to present the trophy. Ned Grassi lives in Maryland and had developed a horse racing interest there.

“When I grew up, we always heard about it but never participated,” he said.

“There was a previous time when I was invited down to the Middleburg Spring Races about 25 years ago and I had no idea the race was even here. It was very cool to see,” said Temple Grassi, who will present the trophy this year.

Photo by Sophie Scheps Despite only recently participatJames Temple Gwathmey ing in the Temple Gwathmey race, the “Paul Fout is the one who kept the Grassi family has strong connections flame alive,” said Ned Grassi, a Middle- with Middleburg. Several generations burg Spring Race Association board of women in their family have attended member and the great grandson of Foxcroft School.

The centennial running of the Temple Gwathmey.

“Alfred Hunt was head of the Roll- Middleburg Spring Races will be held ing Rock Racing Association. He and in 2020. To commemorate the 100th 18 at Glenwood Park, has been held at prestigious courses around the country, including Aqueduct in New York and Rolling Rock in Pennsylvania. It moved to Middleburg in 1988 thanks to the late Paul Fout, then the chairman of the Middleburg Spring Race Association and Tommy Beach who helped design the unique Alfred Hunt course.

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The Temple Gwathmey trophy

anniversary, the purse for the Temple Gwathmey Race will be raised to $100,000. A fundraising effort is now in the works, with a goal to maintain that purse level every year. Higher purses draw better horses and crowds to ensure the sport of steeplechasing continues to thrive.

“The Middleburg Spring Race Association, in honor of the 100th running of the races, wants to ensure there will be a Spring Races for another 100 years,” Reuter said. “We want to raise an endowment to produce and maintain the high purse structure that we have.” n

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isia Broadhead’s passion for art stems from her childhood spent in Rome. When she was four, she and her parents moved from Washington, D.C. across the world to follow her father’s career in architecture.

“Rome is such a visual place because there is so many wonderful fountains and statues and the architecture,” she said. “I was really inspired by all the beauty around me. It triggered my imagination from a young age.”

Broadhead’s father took time to expose his daughter to the rich art and history Rome had to offer. Many days were spent in museums or admiring architecture where they would not only look, but discuss and analyze what they saw.

“He was very influential on me as well because he would take me to museums to look at paintings and I really enjoyed that,” Broadhead said.

“Especially the old master paintings with beautiful landscapes with heroes and gods. He taught me how to observe.” with Ed Wright More than just having an appreciation for fine art, Broadhead has creativity in her blood. Her grandfather, Smithson Broadhead, was a celebrated sporting artist. At one time he had 12 paintings in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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After finishing high school, Broadhead traveled to London to study painting but left the program before finishing. She spent the next part of her life traveling between Rome and Middleburg to Photo by Sophie Scheps visit with her ailing Aritist Misia Broadhead grandmother, the whole time painting painter, and we decided to seamlessly. Her popular landscapes are seen in what inspired her at settle here.” many homes and businesses around the area. the time.

With a change in scenery, “I really want to try to create something that’s “When I first started Broadhead knew she needed pleasing to the eye,” she said. “The hardest thing I did a lot of Renais- mily a change in her art. Her to do is to try and capture the beauty of reality.” ylEr sance-inspired urban scenes with that heavy Broadhead prefers to work on several paintings art,” she said. “My Renaissance influence and at a time so that her eye is always fresh. She will paintings were very her complicated allegorical sometimes start a piece and put it away for a symbolical and alleimages weren’t as popular in month or longer in order to let a concept fully gorical. That’s how I this far more rural part of develop in her mind. Her judgment about when found I could really the world. to finally put down the brush came from her express my imagina“The painting that I was grandfather. He advised her that one of the most tion and tell stories.” important skills is knowing when to be done.

Photo by Sophie Scheps doing that was all inspired by When her grandclassic art really wasn’t some- Broadhead recently participated in the Art of Riders of the Wind by Misia Broadhead mother died, Broadthing that people were inter- the Piedmont Auction benefiting Middelburg head and her mother inherited her property ested in,” she said. “My husband suggested I start Montessori and she has several exhibitions in in The Plains. Despite having such strong con- painting landscapes. I had never painted them the coming months. nections to the Middleburg area, Broadhead before since I had lived in cities so much. Apart Her art will be on display for the month of April considered Rome her hometown and had every from horses and other animals, people want to in Middleburg Common Grounds coffee shop. intention of returning. see the pretty views. When you hang it on your She also plans to participate in the Piedmont “I wasn’t planning to stay here, I wanted to go wall it’s like looking out a window.”

Regional Art Show and Sale at the Grace Episback home to Italy,” she said. “But then I met Despite the change in subject matter, Broad- copal Church in The Plains and the Hill School my husband, Anthoby Barham, who is also a head’s strong technique allowed her to transition Auction in May. n www.middleburglife.net

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are unfashionably small, they are often hung in slightly out of the way places but they always catch, and then hold, your eye,” The Duke of Devonshire noted in June, 2006.

Such undersized paintings might include the artist’s collection of handmade needlepoint slippers embellished with fox heads or hounds.

Be sure to see the painting, Fox Head Facsimiles, 2007.

And then came the artichokes--a subject of immense interest to the artist. In 1970, the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, Long Island mounted a showing of his paintings titled “The Artichokes.”

“I could eat them twice a day and out of that came collecting them,” Koehler said. He has accumulated so many variations of the flower that an entire room in his Long Island home is devoted to the theme with everything from candles, silver pieces, enamel works of art, artichokes on boxes, paper and more.

In his second floor studio, Koehler has a pair of spurs hanging on the back of a door, or a golf club cover lying on a table. “I love equipment,” he noted. “Just as with the paintings of boots and saddles, I approach golf from another direction. It tells a story in miniature.” n Portions of this article are adapted from interviews at the artist’s Long Island home for Ms. Moon’s book, Golf Style: Homes and Collections Inspired by the Course and the Clubhouse, published by Clarkson Potter, 2010.

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In addition, the NSLM will be hosting a round table discussion “A Challenging Role: Lady Masters of Foxhounds” on Saturday, May 23. The discussion will focus on experiences of women from the field with years of hunting leadership.

The program also will explore the history of “Three Legends,” Charlotte Haxall Noland, Theodora Ayer Randolph and Nancy Penn Smith Hannum. The 1-3 p.m. program begins with refreshments and mingling with panelists, followed by a discussion and question and answer period.

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he vivid paintings of Henry Koehler (1927- ) portray an intricate view of the many morsels of sporting life, employing the backdrops of shooting, fishing and fox hunting.

Visitors to the National Sporting Library & Museum show of “Sporting Accoutrements: The Still Lifes of Henry Koehler” will see spurs, tweed caps, saddles, boots, sticks and rods.

Their placement on the canvas gives these pieces the aura of religious relics, a designation which enthusiasts would not disagree. A casual resting spot for a flask, horn and whip

is transformed and portrayed with sentiment.

Koehler executes his craft with exquisiteness and intimately knows the sport.

As a young boy growing up in Louisville, Koehler started drawing on cardboard he found when his father’s shirts came back from the laundry. While at Yale, he studied liberal arts and after graduation moved to New York with three classmates.

“My first job was as a commercial artist in New York,” Koehler recalled. “I wanted to be an art director.”

His illustrations appeared in Vogue, Fortune, and Harper’s magazines. He also did work for Sports Illustrated, “a lot of golf and racing. I could also see the writing on the

wall that hand-drawn illustrations in magazines were on the way out and photography was going to eclipse everything else.”

Gradually, Koehler switched to oil painting while still maintaining a workload of drawing for advertisements in the New Yorker magazine for Elizabeth Arden and the fabric company of Galey & Lord.

While stepping away from illustrations, Koehler moved to painting all things horse. His works such as Two Lady Foxhunters, Mares and Foals, Coolmore, and Three Steeplechase Jockeys vaulted him into the international arena with exhibitions in London, Dublin, Paris and Rome.

The vibrant reds of a hunting jacket and the luminous palette of racing silks, including those of H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth II, are dazzling. His patrons include Ambassador William Farish, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales as well as the late Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Paul Mellon and The Duchess of Windsor.

“Beyond the racetrack or the hunting field, Koehler’s eye for unusual compositions draws him to an assortment of other animals, golf, gardening, travel and even artichoke arrangements,” Lorian Perala-Ramos wrote in a Newhouse Galleries New York exhibition catalog, “Henry Koehler: Sport and Beyond.”

Koehler did small paintings of hunting and shooting equipment and an angler’s hands tying a fly. “Because most of Henry’s paintings

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n 1969, Gaylord Nelson, the late Wisconsin senator, attended a conference at Airlie Center in Warrenton and introduced his idea for Earth Day to a group of medical and law students. The annual The hoophouse at Airlie event, now celebrated every April 22, is held worldwide to support environmental come to volunteer. Last year, Airlie introduced protection and sustainability, with a tree on the its community garden which now has more Airlie property to commemorate the historic than 30 members participating in the planting. founding.

They also do the harvesting, taking home what “The Airlie Earth Day Tree was planted they grow, and also are encouraged to donate

by Sen. Nelson in 1993 to commemorate the excess crops. beginning of Earth Day,” said Kae Yowell, Air- “Last year between LFP and the commulie’s head gardener. “Through his ac-tions, we nity garden team we donated several hundred changed the world.” pounds to the local food bank,” Yowell said.

Each year, Airlie Center hosts an entire To celebrate the harvest season each Sepweek of activities for Earth Day with both the tember, Airlie’s culinary director, Jeff Witte, staff and public participating. From Monday along with Yowell, organize a harvest dinner April 20 through Friday April 24, each day held in the middle of the garden. Normally an will host two or three activities dedicated to exclusive event for celebrity farm-to-table chefs celebrating the environment and improving the and farmers, this year will be the first such garden at Airlie to continue producing sustain- event that will be open to the public. able fruit and vegetables used in the center’s The harvest dinner is not the only opporrestaurant. tunity to taste the fresh food prepared with the All week, Airlie will be collecting eye- vegetables grown on the property. The Garden glasses, cell phones and electronics for re- Bistro opened in April of 2014 and is Airlie’s cycling to benefit local charities. Events includ- new à la carte restaurant. Featuring both dinner ing “Green Trivia at the Whistling Swan Pub” and brunch menus, Witte described the setting or “Route 605 and Airlie grounds clean-up” and as upscale but relaxed. a special staff ceremony to plant and dedicate a “When people come to Airlie we want new fruit orchard in the garden will help pro- them to truly experience Virginia by eating mote the traditions started there 40 years ago. locally sourced foods and drinking local wines,” “We have different varieties of peaches, he said. plums, nectarines, crab apples and pear trees,” Upcoming events at Airlie include special Yowell said. “The chefs have picked out all the brunches for both Easter and Mother’s Day varieties represented and they are all vintage and a Signature Dinner Series featuring local and heirloom varieties. The Airlie staff will wineries. On April 11, this event will feature plant it during Earth Week. It will be about 50 a five-course menu paired with wines from trees total and have an official dedication to Early Mountain Vineyard, located in Madison, celebrate Earth Day properly.”

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The orchard will add to the already large Airlie opened its 1,200 acres to the public four-acre organic Local Food Project (LFP) in 2013 after being established in 1960 by the garden. It was founded in 1998 in partnership late Dr. Murdock Head as a private conference with the U.S. Humane Society as a demonstra- center and think tank for individu-als and orgation in sustainable agriculture. Now encom- nizations. The rural setting acted as a venue for passing a solar hoop house, bee apiary, laying dialogue on important issues such as public hens and hops for micro brewing, the LFP health, education, and environmental research. garden is a huge asset to the local community.

And thanks to Sen. Nelson, it also made Each week, local students from Fauquier history with Earth Day. n High School and P.B. Smith Elementary School

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In an unrelated but nonetheless intriguing connection, Highcliffe Castle is known as the “very British home of Mr. Selfridge,” the American credited with revolutionizing the British way of shopping and the founder of Britain’s popular Selfridges department stores.

Metzger describes Highcliffe Clothiers as an “old school haberdashery for men and women,” focusing on clothing made in the U.S. and Europe. The shop specializes in both custom clothing and men’s and women’s readyto-wear collections in styles that embody both eclectic and traditional style. Highcliffe’s custom clothing is made in workshops in the U.S.

Highcliffe Clothiers started out in the District of Columbia, where Metzger had a shop for many years on 20th Street NW. “Finally, it was just time to leave D.C.,” he said. “Things were beginning to change there. Men had stopped wearing suits for the most part and it just became more acceptable to be dressed casually.”

In 2007, Metzger was introduced to Middleburg by designer Wendy Pepper, who gained national attention as a finalist on Bravo cable channel’s “Project Runway.”

“Wendy was working for me in D.C.,” said Metzger, “and she kept saying, ‘You need to

talk with Punkin Lee at Journeyman Saddlers.’

And so I did. I had never even set foot in Middleburg up to that point, but when I came out here, I liked everything I saw.”

Metzger rented space in Journeyman for several years before moving into the current shop across the street from the Middleburg Bank in October, 2014.

“Each client has subtle irregularities that makes clothing fit them differently,” Metzger said. “We pride ourselves on attending to such areas as posture and other individual differences.”

As an award-winning fitter and designer with over 30 years of experience in custom clothing and tailoring, Metzger describes his clients as “knowledgeable. They have experience with world-class clothing.”

Highcliffe’s customers have access to more than 5,000 fabric swatches to choose from.

“Our custom shirts start off as bolts of cloth in the finest mills around the world,” said Metzger.

Highcliffe also specializes in alterations and offers a collection of hand-picked accessories.

In 2013, Highcliffe Clothiers was named the Best Men’s Clothing Store in Northern Virginia by Virginia Living Magazine, chosen over many fine department stores and specialty men’s stores in the Washington metropolitan area. The award acknowledged Metzger’s decades of experience in custom fitting and designing, as well as the high level of personal customer service.

Metzger is a two-term past president of The Custom Tailors and Designers Association, founded in 1880 and the oldest trade organization in the U.S. He previously taught classes in New York City on the subject of custom clothing and worked with the U.S. Marine Corps’ transitional assistance program, where he taught Marines about the importance

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of dressing for success. Prior to Highcliffe, Metzger served as senior vice president at the Custom Shop, with several locations around the country

“I have really come to love this community,” he said. “It is such an incredible mix of residents, along with all the visitors coming through Middleburg. I have certainly learned that you can never judge a book by its cover.”

When Metzger closed his Washington store, he was surprised to see some of his regular customers show up at his Middleburg shop.

“Some of them actually had homes out here,” he said, “and I never even realized it at the time.”

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for many years before it was purchased by Metzger’s father, who was past president of the Musical Box Society International and an expert in restoring early examples of mechanical music.

And only two months after Mark Metzger moved into his current location in Middleburg, a Sotheby’s auction featured a sale that included “property from the Automata and Mechanical Music Collection of Frank and Lore Metzger.”

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Ms. Thompson is Director of Special Projects at The George C. Marshall International Center in Leesburg. She created, developed, and for eleven years has implemented the Marshall Immersion Workshop for secondary level teachers from across the United States and Europe. Ms. Thompson co-wrote the biography, America’s Hero to the World: George C. Marshall. Ms. Thompson has written educational materials to accompany several PBS video productions, and has authored teacher’s guides, essays, journal articles, and lessons for the educational outreach programs of the National Council for the Social Studies, the White House Historical Association, USA Today, Time-Life, and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York. Before becoming an educational writer and Marshall historian, Ms. Thompson was, for thirty-one years, a U.S. History and American Government teacher in Fairfax County.

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few hours before his own wedding ceremony, Jason Reaves was still putting the finishing touches on the six-tier, 3 1/2-foot high cake he had designed, decorated and baked himself. A somewhat apoplectic party planner spotted him in the kitchen that afternoon, and firmly insisted he vacate the premises immediately and start to get ready.

In the end, there was more than enough chocolate-iced cake to feed 120 guests who gathered at the Salamander Resort & Spa to witness the ceremony that September, 2013 day. Asked how many his meticulously-crafted concoction could actually feed, Reaves guessed “about 300, maybe more.”

As usual, the cake was pure perfection for a man who considers himself both an artist as well as the head pastry chef at Salamander, the position he’s occupied since the day it opened and “the job I’ve dreamed of all my life.”

That dream started becoming reality in Purcellville, where Reaves, now 31, grew up. His mother, Nancy, and grandmother, Carol Johnson, both loved cooking and baking, and he also became comfortable in the kitchen. Homeschooled through tenth grade, he attended Monroe Tech in Leesburg, a county school where he could study culinary arts while also getting experience in local restaurants.

At Monroe, Reaves was taken on a tour of the world famous Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. “I fell in love with the campus,” he said. “Nothing else compared.”

His education included a five-month internship at the renowned Postrio restaurant in San Francisco, owned by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck. He was paid just enough to afford a tiny rented room, but the experience was invaluable and eventually led to an entry level job with Norwegian Cruise Lines. Reaves worked on board ship seven days a week, with 14-16 hour days, for five months. Then it was five weeks off, and another five months at sea.

That’s where he met his future wife, Nicole, the ship’s spa manager. Both later transferred to a bigger boat, “but it was not really a normal life,” he said. “You didn’t have a car, you don’t really own anything. We were living in tiny

rooms, no windows. After a while, it just wasn’t working for either one of us.”

Reaves and Nicole, a native of Reading, Pa., decided to come ashore on dry Virginia land and started looking for jobs. His mother had sent him clippings about the proposed new Salamander resort, and Reaves called chef Todd Gray of the Equinox restaurant in Washington, then also serving as Salamander’s culinary director. He was hired by Gray in 2004 as a line cook at Salamander Market, with a charge to create cookies, pastries and desserts for the operation. A pastry chef once more, he also began dabbling in cake decorating and before long, his reputation was rising like a puff pastry in the oven.

Eventually, he was able to add more staff, then moved the entire pastry operation to a larger kitchen at Buchanan Hall in Upperville.

Reaves produced cakes and other sweet things for local vineyards, manor houses and hotels as well as weddings and private parties.

When the resort was in its planning stages before opening in the fall of 2013, he designed his own state-of-the-art space in the kitchen.

These days, he’s responsible for deciding on all plated desserts, pastries and other baked goods on every resort menu, and also teaches classes several times a month.

Reaves has done some television work, as well. He’s appeared on three different Food Network competitions, winning two with madefrom-scratch complicated concoctions that included Lego and roller coaster themes.

His own favorite dessert?

“I love ice cream, and anything with chocolate,” he said, adding that he often makes his ice cream by combining traditional ingredients with fresh herbs picked right out in Salamander’s garden for a most unique and scrumptious taste.

And how does he maintain his rock-solid, 170-pound frame with so much sweet temptation all around?

“It’s all about moderation,” said Reaves, who also rides a bike and snowboards. “I’m on my feet all day, running up and down stairs. I usually stand at my desk. When you work with sugar as much as I do, you could have the desire to pig out. But I don’t do pastries because I want to eat them all day. I like creating new things, art out of sugar.”

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A Middleburg Outpost for a Passion Play

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He’s been swerving from place to place and passion to passion all of his life, a journey that eventually led him to Middleburg three years ago when he and his wife, Pam, first opened The Outpost, their popular antique shop specializing in British Campaign furniture and other one-of-a-kind items on South Madison St.

Campaign furniture, commonly associated with British army officers, is made to break down or fold for ease of travel, the better to pack up and carry it on the march.

With the rise and expansion of the British Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries, British officers of high social positions in the Georgian and Victorian periods often carried quality, portable furniture that was easily transported.

The Fosters recently returned from their annual two-month trip abroad— sometimes Europe, sometimes Africa and always England — to re-stock their unique shop for the coming year. They have reopened in early April for their 2015 season, and there’s every expectation that their business will continue on the same upward arc it’s already demonstrated. That’s good news for the Fosters, as well as several local charities, because they donate a substantial percentage of their profits to good causes like Seven Loaves, the PEC and other charitable organizations, both locally and nationally.

“The Outpost came to be after Pam and I saw so many cool and unique shops close,” Foster said. “I felt this wasn’t a local or regional occurrence but rather even nationally. Big stores, restaurants, resorts all offering variations of the same. I mentioned to Pam that I would like to create a truly unique and authentic shop that we both could work together on.”

Considering his professional background, it seems a bit odd that there are hardly any golfrelated items in The Outpost. Foster just happens to be one of the world’s most respected golf course

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designers. In addition to creating a number of visually stunning and challenging courses, he also specializes in the restoration of classic existing venues. He’s restored some of the game’s most revered courses—Southern Hills in Tulsa,

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Colonial in Ft. Worth, The Philadelphia Cricket Club, among many other projects that still occupy much of his time. He learned his craft literally from the ground up.

An all-around athlete as a teenager in South Florida, Foster became infatuated with golf in high school. He was a low handicapper, but after realizing that he simply wasn’t quite good enough to play professionally, he followed another path that took him to the highest levels of the game.

Still, when they first discussed opening The Outpost, Pam Foster told her husband that in order to do it, he’d have to learn how to just say no to some projects that came his way.

“Pam was spot on, of course,” Foster said.

“Her words resonated with me and I began the slow transition from five projects per year to four, three and now two. It allows me to spend the needed time on The Outpost while also sharpening me on the golf side. If I’m going to be part of two golf projects each year, then I must be part of only great work and I’ll commit myself to only doing notable work.”

Back in the early 1990s while working on a golf project near Boone, N.C., Foster spent his

down time visiting local antique establishments.

At one shop owned by a retired military officer, Foster asked if he could just hang out and learn more about the antique business, which instantly became another passion.

The Fosters spent a dozen years living on their farm in Paris, Kentucky before eventually deciding to move to Middleburg and open The Outpost. And ever since his brother took him on a mountain-climbing expedition to Mt. Ranier in 2006, that’s become a passion as well.

“My wife much prefers our Outpost venture to climbing,” he once told an interviewer from the website Golf Course Atlas. “The Outpost is another element of design….it just happens to be interiors. Anyone who visits our shop would say it looks like where Hemingway would hang out. I love it and we are very thankful to have this venture doing so well.”

These days, Foster has a simple philosophy.

“I only want to be part of cool, great things,” he said. “I strive to craft my life to only do things I’m passionate about.”

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School’s Outside

for Summer Children may be out of the classroom, but that doesn’t mean they have to stop learning. Each day offers a lesson in exploration, adventure, inclusion and self-confidence. Campers at The Hill School are exposed to a mix of arts, sciences, sports and the natural environment, all designed to strengthen their skills, interests and character.

You’ll be amazed when you see how much a child can grow over one summer.

Explore our CAMPus

137 Acres in beautiful Middleburg, VA | Outdoor amphitheater Library | Walking and running trails | Sports fields | Indoor Athletic center performing arts center | Playground | Science center | Ponds, wetlands, woods & more

Our Summer Program is a six-week day camp open to all rising 1st through 8 th graders.

To learn more, or to register your child for camp, visit TheHillSchool.org.

Horticulture Symposium Sets The Stage for a Budding Spring

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he Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club recently hosted an informative horticultural symposium, just as it has done every other year over the last 22 years, as an educational outreach for gardeners in the community and beyond.

More than 230 attended the event this year. The symposium has served as the club’s primary fundraiser and complements its mission to educate and inspire.

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by Polly Rowley and then Elaine Burden shepherded its continuation. This year the Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club celebrates its 100th anniversary, and the following is a sampling of remarks from speakers at the 2015 symposium.

JEFF LOWENFELS: NO MORE CHEMICALS IN THE YARD!

A garden writer and radio personality for almost 40 years, Lowenfels is a lawyer by training and an avid reformed organic gar-

JEFF JABCO: PAINTING THE GARDEN WITH VINES AND CLIMBERS

Audrey Andrist

Director of grounds and coordinator of horticulture at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College, he instructs at Longwood Gardens in the professional gardener program and writes for many magazines.

Jab offered an informative presentation on vines with an emphasis on Clematis for which he has done many trials. Most Clematis prefer full sun or part shade; regular water but not wet feet. There is often confusion over when to prune Clematis but you can usually assume if it flowers in June or later, it is blooming on new wood. Early blooming Clematis bloom on old wood and therefore prune after bloom so as not to lose the flowers that will form on last year’s growth.

For newcomers to gardening or those who have had trouble with Clematis, he recommended Clematis viticella “Venosa

Violacea”or “Polish Spirit.” These are vigorous and easy to grow. The first is purple with white stars and has a 4 - 5” bloom. “Polish Spirit” is a deep purple.

For vines needing a lot of support he recommends a stainless steel trellis system using wire that is installed one or two inches off the wall or column on which it is grown. Clematis will wrap around any diameter a pencil size or smaller, so string also works well.

“Audrey Andrist’s piano playing was riveting and radiant” -Washington Post Audiences around the world are impressed and thrilled by the acclaimed Canadian-born, Juilliardtrained pianist. Her recital features Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A Minor, D. 537; Alexander Scriabin’s Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2 No. 1; Frederick Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61; and Henri Dutilleux’s Sonata (1947-48).

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lar garden columnist.

She walked her audience through the seasons by sharing her personal gardening experiences. She projected beautiful images of diverse plant combinations and created individual slides of all the flowers blooming in a single month. To better understand the surprisingly small incremental changes from one month to the next, she showed the temperature and rainfall averages for each.

Rexrode has some long blooming favorites she recommends for any garden. Daffodil “Lemon Glow’’ is a big and sturdy flower with a beautiful yellow that is easy to mix with all colors. Calamintha “Montrose White” is her number one plant

GARY SMITH ART TO LANDSCAPE

An artist and and landscape architect with installations from Winterthur to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Smih has also written a book, “From Art Into Landscape, Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design.”

He’s been effective in updating public spaces around the country and, along with his own designs, he has challenged design students to look at nature’s patterns in new and bold ways. Artistic installations are one way he plays with the eyes and the visual experience i Temporary n a space.

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South Carolina native Jacob Johnson is a young, energetic performer who has shared stages with songwriting masters from Edwin McCain to David Wilcox, and he hangs out with guitar heroes like Tommy Emanuel and Phil Keaggy.

While it’s his flashy guitar pyrotechnics that might grab your attention, his songwriting, personality, and performance style are what set him apart from the rest of the pack of other young guitar-slingers.

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Excelsa Quartet’s Laura Colgate and Audrey Wright; violins; Valentina Shohdy, viola; and Kacy Clopton, cello, join Kenneth Slowik, piano, to play Haydn’s Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3; Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor, K478; and Beethoven’s Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1.

“They explode all the depressing clichés about the state of classical music. . .your heart will sing and you will be reminded what it is to be fully alive!” Benjamin Zander, Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

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LAurence Juber Acoustic Guitar Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Rexrode, a horticulturist and former owner of Windy Hill Plant Farm in Aldie, is a gardener at historic Oak Hill, a Merryfield Garden Center expert and a regu-

and you can see why when you see the clouds of delicate white flowers that are workhorses for hot summer days.

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Artist and landscape architect Gary Smith spoke on Art to Landscape.

“He gloriously articulates the melodies. . . the notes spin out of the songs with such finesse and musical agility, it’s hard to believe he has only 10 fingers and six strings . . . just short of sleight of hand and, like all magicians, he makes it seem effortless.” - San Francisco Chronicle

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KAREN REXRODE: GROWING THE SEASONS FROM THE GROUND UP

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dener. He spoke on the dependence of organisms in the soil that should encourage every gardener to go natural and to do less.

The soil is literally teaming with microbes and their work is invaluable. Plants grow to produce healthy root systems and fabulous foliage if we just let them do what comes naturally. By explaining the secret life of nematodes and exudates, bacteria and fungi to the gardening audience, we learned our job as gardeners is to feed the food web not the plants.

“Who fertilzes the redwoods or sprays them with icides?”

Lowenfels said. “No one does and yet they do just fine. It is because they are supported by the soil food web microbes which they attract to roots by dripping out carbon filled exudates. The microbes attracted feed the trees and help create soil structure. They produce metabolites that fight off or kill pathogens. It is only when gardeners kill off these microbes

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wine-tasting event in honor of the inaugural Esther Everhart Memorial Invitational Side Saddle race took place recently at Greenhill Winery and Vineyards east of the village. The selection of wines currently produced at Greenhill include a Bordeaux blend (Philosophy); a Vidal Blanc, a Syrah and a Blanc de Blancs sparkling wine of 100 per cent Chardonnay, all made with 100 per cent Virginia grapes. They were paired with appetizers from Salamander Resort & Spa. The side saddle race, co-sponsored by Greenhill and Salamander, is set to take place on Sunday, April 12 at the 49th running of the Loudoun point-to point at Oatlands. For details contact maggiejohnston@gmail.com or (703) 362-6255.

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f winter comes, can spring be far behind?”

If Shakespeare had been around for the last few months, he might have changed that line to “if winter comes, will it ever end?” Not only did this past winter start early, it stayed late and already has encroached on spring. Climate change should take millenniums, not less than ten years.

If you think it’s been tough on you, reflect for a moment on the wildlife. That crust of ice covering everything for two weeks during the spring equinox must have spelled doom or extreme discomfort for our feathered and furry friends.

I noticed the large bird feeder I’d been filling about every three or four days was suddenly empty each day by nightfall. Even though spring is just around the corner, keep that feeder filled until warm weather generates new buds on the trees and bushes. The seeds of fall are gone, either eaten or fallen to the earth for regeneration.

And what about the deer…..yes, those very same pesky deer we’d love to strangle when we see them munching in our garden or on the shrubbery. Still, on a frigid March day, don’t we all look out across the ice snow and long for the sight of them just to know they are not frozen, too.

Isn’t it wonderful that we’re equipped to change our self-centered being into compassion when we meet a common foe or problem? Who among us does not feel concern for the wildlife when ice and drifts dominate the landscape. We all know those wild things depend on the woods, trees, weeds and nature to provide for them, are they’re suddenly just as dismayed as we are.

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browse a few inches higher to reach more tender boughs than before.

Imagine how a fox feels looking for food on an frozen tundra landscape that provides no clue where his dinner is coming from. Meanwhile, dinner is under that curst of snow hoping for spring too.

The foxes, those whimsical, delightful creatures we chase with gay abandon, now become the source of our greatest concern. How can they ever find anything to eat in this late winter onslaught?

Remember, this is also the time for their young to arrive. They have to eat, as well, and we can easily feed them. Maybe it’s throwing a piece of leftover chicken out the door, or the greens from your refrigerator that look too wilted for human consumption. I recently opened my freezer and searched for things with freezer burn

or that I had for way too long. I thawed them and threw them out at dusk. They were gone in the morning, and I felt so good deep inside.

Some days, you might even be surprised at who you’re feeding. The other night I glanced out the kitchen window where a stream of light made the bird feeder visible, and what was underneath cleaning up the seeds the birds had scattered? A ravenous raccoon? Earlier in the winter, I observed the same thing, but this time it was three young voracious raccoons who were obviously siblings.

We’re so blessed to live in the country where we can share our lives with all the wonderful wildlife. We can all take advantage of that blessing by taking care of these hungry creatures during the hard months of late winter and early spring. n

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Classic Oakfield Estate an Elegant Standout

Mother Nature.

The heated pool will become a highlight of summer living, and entertaining is a snap on the terrace or other outside areas.

Improvements to the grounds include a tenant house, horse stable, barn and machine shed.

A classic addition to the local landscape when it arrived three decades ago, Oakfield has benefited from a stylish, careful renovation – and retains its position in a sought-after spot of the bucolic countryside.

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For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Middleburg Life real estate advertising department at (540) 687-6059.

Facts for buyers Address: 33024 Sunken Lane, Upperville (20184).

Listed at: $4,750,000 by Paul MacMahon, Sheridan-MacMahon Ltd. Real Estate (703) 609-1905.

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A paneled library is a wonderful spot for quiet reflection, but it also features a wet bar. There are built-in bookcases designed from old pine, and even a stone, wood-burning fireplace.

The main level is home to a large master retreat, with copious space that includes a large bedroom area, separate baths with built-in dressers and vanities, plus additional closets and storage space available in the dressing room/exercise room located just above the master suite.

Take the staircase or the home’s elevator, and we’ll meet on the second level, where additional amenities await.

Four very large bedrooms are found here, with any working well as a second master suite.

Two of the four bedrooms contain their own en-suite bathrooms, while the other two share a bath. As a bonus, one bedroom is equipped with a pullman service kitchen.

Full stairs lead us up to a floored attic, perfect for life’s accumulated treasures.

The basement level is home to a full laundry area, half bath and storage area that is accessed from the foyer or the three-car garage. And you will have the comfort of knowing there is a fullhouse generator ready to kick in should power go out due to an incident involving

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the classic elegance of Hunt Country estates from years past. The stone home presents a refined appearance to the outside world, with features galore exposed to those lucky enough to step inside and enjoy the ambiance.

With more than 6,200 square feet of living space to explore, we’ll duck inside and begin our tour.

The open foyer, with its natural-slate floor, draws our visual attention to the impressive circular staircase, the first of many expansive touches.

The formal living room is home to floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing natural sunlight to stream in and warm the ambiance, and through French doors we can access the gardens and a fieldstone patio.

A refined formal dining room features accents such as crown moulding, French doors, a built-in china cupboard and even a wood-burning fireplace.

The newly designed kitchen was created to provide aesthetic appeal while also serving serious chef’s with appropriate features, and it wins on both counts.

From the ample work and cabinet space to the Meile appliances, it can handle any gathering with ease. There is even a bay window, with western views and ample sunlight, that provides enough space for an eat-in space.

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Having had the privilege of previewing the Oakfield estate in Upperville some years back, it was a joy to be offered the opportunity to do so again.

Set on more than 86 acres, the main home was constructed in the early 1980s and has a timeless feel about it. And with a location just a mile from Upperville in the heart of Piedmont Hunt territory, the next owners will have the opportunity to enjoy a combination of bucolic surroundings with privacy and glorious views, yet also prosper from a location just 30 miles west of Washington Dulles International Airport.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $4,750,000 by Paul MacMahon of Sheridan-MacMahon Ltd. Real Estate.

To properly begin, we’ll note that the acreage of the estate is mostly open, fenced and cross-fenced, with two springfed ponds adding to the picturesque ambiance.

The home itself is bound by lovely perennial gardens, stone walkways, terraces and a custom pergola, along with a gas-heated saltwater pool with lights and fountain. There is a delightful array of trees found throughout.

The intent of the home’s designer was to create a welcoming space that combined extensive modern amenities with

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Features include a gracious 6 bedroom manor home, pool with house, 8 barns, large machine shop, 2 ponds, 9 tenant homes and at one of the entrances, the owner’s handsome office inclusive of conference and impressive trophy room. $7,500,000

Custom Built stone/stucco three-story home with 4 bedrooms plus large master in-law suite with separate parking and entrance. Slate roof,game room,custom theatre, workout room, study, office, dog room,custom kitchen, 4 stone fireplaces, approximately 8,000 SF. Extensive horse facilities include 18 stall barn,2 stall barn, 14 paddocks, lg. ring and much more. $6,500,000

The stately 128+ Acre Middleburg Virginia Country Estate offers a genteel lifestyle and majestic views.

Handsome stone and clapboard manor home, 3 additional homes, 2 apartments, farm office, 6 barns, 45 stalls, indoor arena, all beautifully maintained and surrounded by the meticulously groomed grounds.

Generator back up power. $5,500,000

Longwood Farm ~ 624 acres with an exceptional Broodmare Barn built in 2003 with 32 stalls, a lovely 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Tenant House, another 2 Bedroom Tenant House, 3 run-in sheds and hay barn. This is part of Spring Hill Farm. $5,029,543

Magnificent 155 Acre Atoka Road Estate with gated entry opening into the private drive lined with mature trees. The charming historic manor home, c. 1827 backs to expansive views of fields and ponds. 4 tenant homes, 3 barns, indoor and outdoor riding arenas. Gently rolling pasture land with fenced paddocks and fields. Property is in a VOF $3,600,000 conservation easement.

Magnificent country retreat on 41 acres with incredible privacy & beautiful views. The c. 1850 manor home has been graciously expanded into a 7 bedroom home with separate entertaining venue & two-story office with T-1 capability. Pool, tennis court, gardens, greenhouse, 5 car garage. $3,350,000

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A lovely 4 bedroom, 6 bath home on over 17 acres in a great location, minutes to Middleburg & The Plains. Gourmet kitchen with 60'' Vulcan Range, pizza oven, Star grill, beautiful cherry floors, high ceilings, flowing floor plan, attached 3 car garage and much more. Orange County Hunt territory. $2,500,000

Overlooking a serene pond, this magnificent European style manor home is on 115 acres surrounded by thousands of protected acres and the Bull Run Mountains.

Custom built in 2001 using Olde World craftsmanship and materials this stunning home offers five bedrooms, 6 baths, 10’ ceilings, wide plank flooring, pool and geo thermal heating and cooling. $2,395,000

Private 65 Acre Estate near historic Middleburg. 3 porches add to the charm of this restored Farm House, c.1830 w/ pool and shared pond. Other features include 4 stall barn w/ guest suite, 4 bay open equipment barn and 2 bay garage.

Beautiful land w/ views, creek, meadows and board fenced pastures w/ spring fed waterers. VOF and PEC Easements do allow for two additional dwellings. $2,395,000

18+ acres of mostly open and rolling land with the home sited perfectly with vast views from both front and back overlooking the pond, gardens and front fields. Cathedral ceilings, Master on the main floor, huge library/living room, private guest rooms, apartment on lower level w/own kitchen/entrance, sprawling deck w/awning. Perfect location ~ OCH territory ~ VOF conservation easement. $2,095,000

90 acres w/approx. 45 fenced acres and 45 acres in woods with trails. 3 bedroom manor home, Indoor and Outdoor Arenas, 2 barns open into the indoor arena, Main barn has 20 stalls, Show Barn- 5 oversized stalls, 3 tack rooms, office, 2 wash stalls, 2 bathrooms, laundry room, 14 paddocks. Manager’s cottage. 2 add’l DUR’s and is in land use. $1,900,000

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Located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the farm is beautifully sited so that the views are enjoyed from many of the spacious rooms and porches. Wonderful finishes, vaulted ceilings, stone fireplace, reclaimed flooring, first floor owner’s suite, finished lower level incl. second kitchen, pool. Fenced paddocks, 3 stall barn and, wonderful views! $1,650,000

Stunning restoration and addition of c.1860’s Virginia Manor Home, yielding approximately 8,000 sq. ft. of beautiful living space. Reclaimed heart pine flooring throughout the main and upper level of home, grand kitchen, 5 bedrooms. Numerous outbuildings including a spacious tasting room/party room.

Currently the 7 acres of vines are leased to another vineyard.

Land in Open Space Easement. $1,599,000

A stunning 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath stucco home on 13.77 acres in prime location on a quiet lane only minutes to Middleburg.

Exceptional quality and attention to detail throughout this lovely home. Mostly open with fencing, 3 stall barn, detached 1 car garage and more. Burrland Lane, Orange County Hunt Territory. $1,480,000

53+ acres of beautiful, open and gently rolling land with expansive views of the countryside and distant mountains. Located in the coveted Orange County Hunt Territory of Fauquier County, this land provides exceptional ride-out potential. A home-site has been studied including engineers report verifying a site for a 5 Bedroom septic, well and potential pond site. Open space easement, land $1,400,000 cannot be divided.

Beautiful 4 bedroom, 5 bath home on over 50 acres with incredible views in all directions. Perfect for horse enthusiasts or great for enjoying country living. Elegant living spaces perfect for parties. Fencing, convertible barn, water features, lush gardens, covered porches and decks for outdoor entertaining and much more. ODH Territory. $1,345,000

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Artisitic Rendering. Wonderfully restored farm house on 51+ acres in a desired location. Master on first floor, slate floors, wood floors, granite counters, newer appliances, older section built in 1930's, attached 1 car, separate detached 2 car garage, 2 zoned heating and cooling and much more. $1,275,000

18 acres in the heart of OCH Territory with a lovely 5.5 Bedroom Italianate Style home in a beautiful setting. Formal and informal spaces, high ceilings, wonderful kitchen, expansive rec room, full basement, private pool, extensive landscaping and more. Property is in a VOF Open-Space easement. $1,199,000

BLUEMONT LAND - 2 parcels in Piedmont Hunt Territory ~ Mostly open, rolling and fully fenced land and accessed from 3 roads. 1 home of clapboard enhance this beautiful property.

71+acres: $995,000

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RECTORTOWN: 107.76 acres Spectacular views from this highly desirable estate location within the Orange County Hunt Territory. Board fenced with frontage on Atoka Road and Rectortown Road. Stocked, approx. 4 acre, pond w/island, spring fed from tributary of Goose Creek. Open Space Easement allows for building of main dwelling, garage or barn with apt. and appropriate farm structures. Zoned RA. $1,250,000

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Markham - 76+/- ACRES 3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath, 1 Half Bath home could be main house or Guest House. Fencing, Privacy and more. Great Mountain Views, Pond. Please, No drive throughs. $699,000

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NAKED MOUNTAIN - Delaplane, 276 acres of land on Naked Mountain. A true hunter's paradise! Mostly wooded, very private. Nice elevation, from 670 to 1,400.

Kettle Run stream runs through, great opportunity for tax credits. $1,159,410

POTTS MILL - on 137+ acres with frontage on Little River, Open Space Easement, rolling fields with mature hardwood forest, Orange County Hunt Territory, great ride out, very private, within 5 miles of the village of Middleburg, views in all directions. $18,500/Acre

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Upperville, Virginia $4,750,000

Middleburg Area $3,350,000

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Bluemont, Virginia $2,650,000

Stone manor house in spectacular setting • 86.81 acres • Highly protected area in prime Piedmont Hunt • Gourmet kitchen • Wonderful detail throughout • 5 BR • 5 BA • 3 half BA • 3 fireplaces, classic pine paneled library • Tenant house • Stable • Riding ring • Heated saltwater pool • Pergola • Full house generator

Solid stone home with copper roof on 70 acres • Original portions dating from the 1700’s • First floor bedroom & 3 additional suites • Original floors • 8 fireplaces • Formal living room • Gourmet kitchen • 2 ponds • Mountain views • Stone walls • Mature gardens • Pool • Primitive log cabin • Piedmont Hunt

Family compound includes 8,800 sf main house built in 1789 • 3 BR guest house • 2 BR carriage house • Repurposed airplane hanger now a complete home gym • Exquisite $4M renovation completed in 2005 includes exposed beams, solid mahogany doors & windows, imported antique fireplaces & spectacular floors of re-claimed choice hardwoods • Stately limestone foyer • Stunning kitchen • Excellent Views

42 acre equestrian property in Piedmont Hunt • Lovely 5,000 sf home with 1st floor master suite • Horse facilities include indoor (150' x 75') and outdoor (200' x 100') arenas • 10 stall stable with large apartment • 8 more stalls in shed row • 6 paddocks • Cross country course & 9,800 sf heated Morton Building

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The Haven

Buck Run Farm

Liberty Hill

Pohick Farm

The Plains, Virginia $2,495,000

Hume, Virginia $1,925,000

Boyce, Virginia $1,900,000

Delaplane, Virginia $1,850,000

Fabulous equestrian property • High efficiency low maintenance home with state of the art geothermal and solar systems • Stone fireplaces, pool, cabana • Great kitchen and bathrooms • Huge front porch overlooking pond • 7 stall stable with apartment • Euro felt arena • 4 paddocks and prime ride out location

Stone & stucco cottage overlooking 2 ponds & amazing mountain views • 72 acres with minimal maintenance & maximum quality throughout shows in every detail • 4 BR • 2 1/2 BA • 3 fireplaces • Copper roof • Antique floors & beams • Charming library & multiple french doors open to massive stone terrace

Mountain top retreat with 60 mile panoramic views of the Shenandoah Valley • 215 acres • 1/3 pasture • Main house circa 1787 • 3 BR, 1 BA • 2 fireplaces • Random width pine floors • 2 BR, 1 BA guest cottage • Stone & frame barn circa 1787 • Remnants of formal garden • Old cemetery • Spring fed pond • Gazebo

78-acre farm in sought after Fauquier County • One-of-a-kind pastoral hill-top setting • Dramatic private postcard valley views of Cobbler Mountains • 4 bedroom home • Pool • Poolhouse • Guest/tenant cottage and pond • Ideal for horses, cattle, hay, row crops, vineyards • Additional land available

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Signal Mountain

Echo Hill

Blue Ridge Springs

Stonewood

The Plains, Virginia $1,675,000

The Plains, Virginia $1,500,000

Bluemont, Virginia $1,245,000

Middleburg, Virginia $970,000

160 acres terracing the Bull Run Mtns. • Stone walls through property • Views across the entire region • Stone & cedar carriage house with 3 bay garage and top of the line finishes • 1/2 acre pond • Gated entrance • Complete privacy • Rare find- great escape

Stone English country home in top location between Middleburg & The Plains on 13 acres • Large boxwoods & classically planted gardens • 4 BR home with new kitchen & main level master suite • Hardwood floors, built-in book cases, fireplaces & bright open family room • Bluestone terrace overlooks new pool & entertaining area • Separate guest cottage/pool house & garage • Whole-house generator

Pristine condition • Idyllic setting • Pond • 27 acres • 5BR, 4 BA, 2 HB, 2 FP • 6000+ sq ft • Newly built custom timber frame barn with state of the art dog kennel (6 runs) • 100 yard underground shooting range w/video monitors from LL • Security gates • Video security system • Whole house generator • Extensive decks and landscaping • Low Clarke County taxes • 1 mile to Loudoun County

Charming stucco, log and frame home • 10 acres • 34 bedrooms • 3 1/2 baths • 2 fireplaces (one in the kitchen with antique brick floor) • Beautiful reclaimed pine flooring • Bright and sunny family room opens to bluestone terrace • Master bedroom opens to private balcony • 2 car garage • 4 stall barn with tack room with 2 paddocks • 2 recorded lots

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Tom Cammack

Paul MacMahon

Helen MacMahon

(540) 454-1930

(540) 454-1930

(540) 247-5408

(703) 609-1905

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Upperville Church

Washington Street

Sunken Lane

Moreland Road

Upperville, Virginia $799,000

Middleburg, Virginia $785,000

Upperville, Virginia $649,000

Delaplane, Virginia $550,000

Live & work in the Old Upperville Baptist Church (circa 1825) & meeting hall • Church provides many options with Village Commercial zoning • Bring your creativity • Stunning renovation provides 2 buildings & many uses • Ample parking • Excellent views of the countryside from the large back yard • Church also for Lease

Classic Virginia colonial • Circa 1926 • Stone and frame construction • 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths • Hardwood floors • High ceilings • Screened side porch on .65 acre in town • 2-car garage with apartment • Beautiful gardens and rear terrace

Prime Upperville location on 11.43 acres • Piedmont Hunt Country • Surrounded by properties in easement • Contemporary home • Stucco exterior • 3 BR • 2 full & 2 1/2 BA, 2 fireplaces • Spiral staircase leads to 8 stall barn • Tack room & office • Property fenced & cross fenced

49.01 acres recorded in 3 tax parcels • 2 spring fed ponds • Mountain views • Log house w/additions, tenant house, several outbuildings all need work • Surrounded by large properties, sold in "AS IS" condition • Very private • Great project for the right buyer in excellent Fauquier County location

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Paul MacMahon

Helen MacMahon

Paul MacMahon

(540) 454-1930

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(703) 609-1905

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ong-time Middleburg resident Richard Danker has been around restaurants all his life. And now, his sports-themed establishments are all around Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, with more to come as he and two partners ponder places to expand their popular Glory Days brand.

With over 20 locations, the closest to Middleburg is located between Aldie and South Riding. There are now franchises in Richmond and Tampa, Florida, with future expansion contemplated for North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Several smaller versions on the same theme called “Fan Fare,” also have been opened.

The restaurants, at 6,000 square feet, include 30 televisions, most tuned to sports programming. One set always carries cartoons, the better to keep the little ones occupied, and every table has its own adjustable speaker to pick up the TV sound.

There’s an expansive bar area, but calling Glory Days just another sports bar would be a grievous mistake. These are restaurants where The Food is just as important as The Drink, and it’s all family-friendly. One of the most popular beverages is “The Shark Attack,” just for kids. It’s a mix of Sprite and grenadine that comes out of a plastic shark’s toothy mouth into a glass, turning the Sprite blood red. It always evokes squeals and giggles, and the shark goes home as a souvenir.

The extensive menu is loaded with burgers, sandwiches and salads, but there are more than enough mouth-watering appetizers and entrees for any gourmet or even vegetarian

palate, as well. Any sports bar you know that serves up fish tacos?

In the beginning, when the first Glory Days opened in Burke in 1996, it was mostly limited to typical bar food—lots of wings, and other nibbly things. About ten years ago, Danker and his partners—Jeff Newman of Fairfax and Bob Garner of Pasadena, Md.— brought in Tony Cochones as their food and beverage director. He’d been a widely-respected chef at the Capital Grill in Washington, and he immediately upgraded the menu.

“He’s really raised the bar,” Danker said.

“There is nothing Tony doesn’t know about food. He works with all the restaurants. He creates the menus. He does food tastings. Purchasing. He’s made a huge difference.”

Glory Days also has tried to make a huge difference in their local communities. Each restaurant sponsors youth teams and clubs, has fundraisers, offers discounts for charitable groups and donates food to other worthy causes. It’s also a perfect after-game gathering place, win or lose.

Glory Days annually sponsors a 144player charity golf event at the Piedmont Golf Club course in Haymarket, raising $50,000 per tournament, with 80 percent going to the Sunshine Foundation, an organization that grants wishes to terminally ill children.

Danker learned the restaurant business from his late older brother, George, who for years owned Danker’s in downtown Washington at 12th and E, NW, close to the National and Warner theaters. It was a classic steak and seafood operation popular with lunch and dinner crowds, as well as late night after-theater patrons.

“I started when I was 16,” Danker said.

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taught me how to cook. I knew how to cut meat, and I was the kitchen manager. It was in my blood.”

The restaurant closed when its lease ran out in 1994, and Richard Danker moved to Middleburg and opened Dank’s Deli. After the Glory Days start-up, he sold Dank’s to its cook, Pedro Fuentes, and his wife, Maria. Pedro had come to the U.S. from El Salvador as a teenager, and had worked at Danker’s in Washington, starting as a busboy.

“Hard-working people,” Danker said.

“They’ve done a great job with it.”

He’s also particularly proud to say that his own three now adult children, and the six other

kids of his two partners, have all worked at Glory Days at some point. The restaurants have provided hundreds of part-time or summer jobs for high school and college kids, as well as offering career opportunities as chefs, managers and other executive positions.

Has he ever considered putting a Glory Days smack in the middle of Middleburg?

Probably not, Danker said, “but in this business, you never say never. For us, it’s one day at a time, one store at a time. With Glory Days, we saw a niche. If you serve good food and make it attractive for everyone in the family, people will come.” n

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43616 BEAVER CREEK TERRACE, LEESBURG - Enjoy breakfast on your deck overlooking the golf course in River Creek Country Club.

Gorgeous, light filled 3 bedroom 2.5 bath townhome with beautiful hard wood floors throughout the main level. Large master bedroom with sitting area and two walk-in closets. Almost new a/c. Enjoy all the amenities River Creek has to offer, including pools, tennis, golf, fitness center, clubhouse and much more! $550,000 Dawn Poe Laura Farrell 571-291-5747 540-395-1680

36805 STONEMEADOW LN, PURCELLVILLE - Perfect country farmette, complete w/big porch overlooking private pond* Barn & paddocks, too, on a quiet lane of horse prop’s. Even a fenced dog yard!**Inside is bright and cheery, with shiny wood floors and granite.*Every room has a view onto scenery*Well maintained, with 2-car garage and large unfin LL for storage* Recent deck, windows, siding, appliances, HVAC, plus war$549,900 ranty. **So much value!

9060 JOHN S MOSBY HWY, UPPERVILLE - Charming 4 bedroom house in a prime Upperville location! Built in 1840, and tastefully updated with new hardwood floors throughout,great bathrooms and kitchen, and a working fire place! Everything is freshly painted, bright and clean. Turn-key! There is a huge, partly finished space with concrete floors that can be used as a workshop, or finished to fit the buyer’s needs. $425,000 Peter Pejacsevich Laura Farrell 540-270-3835 540-395-1680

KENNEL RD, BOYCE - Charming authentic log cabin, 5 acres in Clarke County south of rt 50. Potential for horses, huntbox, private lot, surrounded by land in easement. Beautiful wood flooring, beamed cellings, front porch. Constructed in 1997, recent new HVAC throughout. Perfect for wknd get away or couple wanting to downsize. Within 5 minutes of village of Millwood, 50 min to Dulles airport, 20 min to Winchester. $405,000 Anne McIntosh 703-509-4499

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RECTORTOWN RD, MARSHALL - Charming cottage in historic Rectortown. 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home works well as a weekend retreat or full-time living. Amenities include Viking range, soapstone countertops, exquisite hardwood floors, restful porches on first/ second levels, wood-burning fireplace, French doors on first/second levels. This peaceful home within 10 minutes of Middleburg, Marshall, I-66. DC <60 minutes. $595,000 Walter Woodson 703-499-4961

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15885 SHORT HILL RD, PURCELLVILLE - Charming renovated and expanded 3 Bedrm 2.5 Bath house on 3 acres. Too many additions & changes to this house to list- from reclaimed oak for lovely rustic floors, flagstone in dinning room, granite in kitchen...The setting is lovely, with landscaped grounds & views of neighboring pond.

Ideal location minutes from Purcellville, Round HIll and Rt 7. Adjoining 6+ acres w/pond for sale #LO8541709. $599,000 Mo Chatfield-Taylor 540-454-6500

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Eight Wakefield upper school students spent their spring break last month traveling in India, accompanied by history teacher Andrew Clubb, who kept a diary of their trip. It was eight days of visits to some of India’s most famous sights, including the Taj Mahal. On their last day, they visited a school funded by one of their neighbors in The Plains—The Robert Duvall Children’s Fund. This is the final entry in Mr. Clubb’s Wakefield students visit the Taj Mahal at sunrise during Spring break: Kate Vorder Bruegge, Kate Granruth, Mary Clubb, Nathan Hale, Caitlin Wagner, report from Friday, March 14. ow do I begin to describe today?

Wakefield School students represented our community with dignity and humility. We were visiting the Father and Daughter Alliance (FADA) at Deepalaya School.

This is an organization that receives funding from the Robert Duvall Children’s Fund (RDCF) as well as other national and international sources.

It’s the school that fifth grade teacher Joel Enoch had his students Skype with a couple of years ago. Reference was made of that occasion by the people of Deepalaya. It was evident from the tone that the event was a very important memory.

We arrived at around 2 p.m. The Deepalaya students were arriving from their regular schools.

FADA brings girls into a scholastic environment for the first time and from any age up to fifteen.

Once students are able to cope at their grade level they go to regular school in the mornings

and continue to come to Deepalaya for remedial lessons to help them stay on course.

In addition, Deepalaya offers educational opportunities to street children and those with both physical and mental disabilities. The facility offers a physiotherapy lab, a language lab as well as vocational training.

Deepalaya serves a slum community that is right next door. Our hosts danced and sang for us. They shook our hands and they smiled the broadest, most innocent smiles I have ever seen.

The students presented each of us with individual gifts that they had made for us. They called us up by name one at a time to receive our gifts. We presented gifts that we were bearing on behalf of RDCF. Our own gifts of books had not yet arrived.

However, the staff, teachers and volunteers at Deepalaya were aware of the gift we had made to them which we had given to RCDF. Through the efforts of those who were today representing the Wakefield School community, and through

the generosity of anonymous donors, the gift that Wakefield School was making to Deepalaya was worth $760.

We toured classrooms. The children stood as we entered each room. In one room they were already reading the books that we had brought with us from RDCF. We were told that in the slum that the school served, there were no toilet facilities. Everyone had to go into a nearby open space whenever they needed to relieve themselves. A new construction was pointed out to us.

It will be the new toilet block commissioned by the government. When opened, it will house 200 toilets; an inadequate number given the population of the slum, but certainly better that the present situation.

These were desperately poor people. The community from which they were drawn is also desperately poor. Yet the warmth of our reception was almost overwhelming. They were the generous ones. They treated us as royalty. They were happy to see us. They had practiced their skits

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and delighted in delivering them. The Two and half hours we spent at this extraordinary school simply flew by.

It was an honor and a privilege to be at Deepalaya today. Their generosity towards us was immense. For our part, we were gracious recipients of their gifts, but more importantly, of their love.

Neeraj, our tour guide, told me that he was very impressed with the work that was taking place at Deepalaya. He plans on bringing more tour groups to the facility. In this way, Neeraj hopes to introduce Deepalaya to a wider audience who, one hopes, will also begin to support all those who work to improve the lives of such deprived children.

My words are inadequate. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Please peruse the photos and see for yourselves the treasure that each of us now carry in our hearts, and which is called Deepalaya. n

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Available for the first time in 60 years. Former home of nationally known landscape architect Meade Palmer. 302 lovely acres with rolling meadows, large ponds/stream and gracious pastures. Main residence dates back to 1752 with recent upgrades and additions. Old stone and frame tenant house with 3 Bedrooms and 1Bath. 9 agricultural outbuildings. $2,400,000

Lovely country house individually designed and arranged over 3 floors. Superb location with privacy and tranquility.

Original farmhouse dates to 1910. Beautifully renovated with a sizable addition added in 2003. Graciously sized floor plan, perfect for entertaining with many built in features.

Two sun rooms overlooking 26 fenced acres ready for horses. Minutes from I-66. $1,230,000

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Wonderful views with numerous building sites. A mix of open meadows and mature trees. Adjacent to Whitney State Forest and set amidst land in conservation easement on 2 sides. Very private. Excellent location minutes from Warrenton. $655,200 THOMAS AND TALBOT REAL ESTATE

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Charming country retreat on prestigious country road.

Landscaped and immaculate property on 1.32 acres with large field and barn suitable for an office, guest house, party barn or garage. Open flow interior, beautifully maintained, refinished floors and freshly painted. Unique property located between Leesburg and Middleburg.

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All new windows, updated kitchen, in ground pool with new mechanicals. Two out buildings were the summer kitchen and smokehouse. 10 minutes to town. $419,000 Telephone (540) 687-6500 P. O. Box 500 Middleburg sVirginia 20117

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C. 1759 with formal additions in 1830 and 1850. Pristinely maintained, the main residence features old pine floors, 7-fireplaces, high ceilings, Jeffersonian windows, 1st & 2nd floor master suites. The farm is 100-acres of gorgeous rolling pasture and has 2-guest houses, stable, heated pool, garaging for 8, fabulous gardens and stocked pond. Located near the quaint Hamlet of Orlean.

C. 1850 Wonderful and rare country house built by a member of John Marshall’s family, several charming wood-stoves, old world doors, floors, trim and hardware. Sleeping porches, stable, bank barn, dairy house, lovely landscaping with shade and fruit trees, boxwood, espalier, flowering gardens and sweeping pastoral views. 4000 acre wildlife area across the street. 10-acres.

Traditional southern farmhouse setting amongst large shade trees and mature boxwood. 96-acres in 3-parcels in the Casanova Hunt includes horse stable, cattle barn, large machine building, smoke house, chicken coop, guest house w/2-units, 3-car garage, two spring-fed ponds and strong stream. Parts of main house believed to be pre-Civil War era.

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SUNSET HILLS

Breathtaking views across lake to Blue Ridge beyond. Complete horse property situated privately in Old Dominion Hounds territory features custom country house with spacious rooms and very nice in-law suite (great room, 2BR, 2 BA) high ceilings and more. 28-acres with centeraisle stable, board fenced pasture and approximately 750-ft of lake front and private island.

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HUNT VALLEY

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35-parklike acres with mature hardwoods and pond. Wonderful three bedroom country house on one level with two fireplaces, large great room with soaring ceiling, beams, brick fireplace and custom built-ins. Lovely patio overlooks pond. R-1 zoning provides excellent potential for conservation easement.

“October Hill” C. 1895 custom country house is privately situated on 90-acres very convenient to Warrenton. Acreage is mostly open and gently rolling in lush green, board-fenced pasture – complimented by woodland with lovely trails throughout. 4-stall stable and 120’x70 metal building.

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CEDARWOOD

A contemporary jewel in hunt country with light and bright open floorplan, skylights, hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen, exposed interior brick, decks, large screened porch, country kitchen with island and more. Very private setting on 63-acres of pasture and woodland with streams, pond, fencing, barn and views.

22- ACRES – STABLE – POND Charming landscaped setting with Circa 1905 country house, stone walls, flower arbors, flowering trees and shrubs, on 21+ acres, board fenced and cross fenced pastures, automatic water in 3 fields, 4 stall stable with heated tack room and wash stall with hot and cold running water, run-in sheds, riding ring and stocked pond.

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$2,900,000

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MONTREUX

Resort-style living in luxury. Montreux was professionally designed and decorated to include the finest of appointments such as woods, tile, wall coverings, gourmet personal kitchen, monastery-themed catering kitchen, ball-room, 1000-bottle tasting cellar, theater room, card room, whole home electronics and too much more to list. The property boasts a stable, incredible pool with waterfall, pool house, riverfront and tennis court. 41-acres.

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Formerly part of the North Wales Estate and across the street from multi-million dollar estate and country club, Hunt Valley is a sought after enclave in the Warrenton Hunt of 50+acre properties the landscape of which likely never to change. This is one of the last buildable lots…62-ac has lovely building site w/sweeping pastoral views, plenty of woodland w/ trails and stream bordering property.

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he artichoke, botanically known as Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus and closely related to the Cardoon, is a cultivated variety grown for its budding globe thistle.

Ancient Greeks and Romans appreciated artichokes as an aphrodisiacal delicacy.

They were introduced into French cuisine in the 1500s, and into America in the early 1800s. Global commercial cultivation is concentrated in North Africa, the Mediterranean and South America. In America, Castroville, California takes the name of “The Artichoke Center of the World,” where it stages the annual May Artichoke Festival.

(In 1947, Marilyn Monroe was presented there as the honorary Artichoke Queen.)

Said to have the highest level of antioxidants among all vegetables, Artichokes are high in Vitamins A, B6, C, E and K, magnesium, manganese, potassium and dietary fiber. They aid digestion and help reduce bad cholesterol, while helping raise good cholesterol levels.

The principal botanical in the herbal Italian digestive Cynar is cynarine, courtesy of the artichoke. If you’ve ever wondered why you experience a silky sweet taste while eating artichoke leaves, heart or stem, it’s because cynarine causes liquids or food to be perceived as sweet by inhibiting taste receptors.

Imperial Star is considered to be the most easily grown for the home gardener. Maturing in 90 to 100 days, it insures a quick harvest of four inches round, uniquely nutty, deep glossygreen artichokes on robust three-foot plants.

Unlike traditional types grown as perennials in hot, dry Mediterranean-type climates, Imperial Star is a practical choice for colder climates: it easily sets delicious chokes within three months of garden transplant.

The classic Italian heirloom from the northern province of Emilia-Romagna, Violetto di Romagna, yields scads of beautiful, tender and tasty deep violet and green artichokes that are about three inches wide with a pleasing oval shape. With little, if any, inedible choke when picked young and tight in 85 to 100 days, Violetto’s spineless, stately plants grow up to five feet tall with silvery foliage. It’s perfect for an edible back of the garden hedge.

Its purple color fades when cooked.

Artichoke seed should be started indoors eight weeks before your spring frost-free date so they can reliably set chokes in the fall. Use fresh, sterile, finely textured, soil-less seed-starting mix to promote good root development. Only slightly moisten the seed-starting mix before sowing seed. Sow three to four seeds per pot, or one seed per peat pot.

The baby seedlings prefer 60 to 65 degrees temperatures and good air circu-lation. Provide about 16 hours of daily bright light with grow lights: a sunny windowsill is insufficient. The grow lights should be just an inch or two above the seedlings for maximum rooting, growth and warmth. Once the seedlings are two to three inches tall, trans-

fer them to deep, individual four inch pots.

Strong, mature Artichoke plants require nutrition. Once germinated, fertilize one week with fish or seaweed emulsion, and the next week with a half strength solution of liquid all-purpose fertilizer.

Graduating from life indoors as toddlers, to life outside as adolescents can be traumatic.

A week to ten days before you transplant your seedlings, start bringing them outside for daily outings to get them used to light and temperatures (protected from wind and intense afternoon sunlight): this is the process of hardening off.

Artichokes need full, all-day sun; good drainage and neutral to slightly pH, fertile soil to which you’ve added compost, well-rotted manure and/or slow-release organic fertilizer.

Add fertilizer under each plant when transplanting to the garden. Space the seedlings 24 to 36 inches apart in rows that are 36 to 48 inches apart. Water moderately after planting, and apply a two-inch layer of straw mulch to help conserve moisture. Artichokes are heavy feeders, so fertilize regularly through the season.

Keep your eye on your artichoke plants: the chokes hide within the foliage. Artichokes are ready to harvest when the buds and petals are closed tightly and almost squeak when squeezed. Never wait for the buds to open, they’ll be way too tough to eat. Harvest while the petals are still closed, using a sharp blade.

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A Rare American Treasure. "An Artist's Paradise" Circa 1860 and exquisitely renovated Main House with 3 Bedrooms and log walls. Outside enjoy mountain and pastoral views, Flower gardens, Shade & Fruit Trees, Grape Arbor, Brick/ Stone Patio & Walkway, Greenhouse, Barn, Carport, AND separate 2 story cottage/office/studio.

Baileywcyk Farm Middleburg, VA $1,349,000 Beautiful Brick manor house w pool, covered outdoor kitchen, lovely interior finishes.

Expansive in-law suite in lower level, 5 stall barn, sand ring, 12+ acres w/lush pasture & 2 large climate controlled buildings. Attached 3car garage w/loft.

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15 North King St –Leesburg, $600 and $1000

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BOBBENNING: An Ace in the Hole Begat A Grand Life In Golf

By Leonard Shapiro For Middleburg Life

April 2015

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veryone has life-changing tipping points, and long-time teaching professional Bob Benning’s face still lights up when he describes one of his own that glorious day during his sophomore year at a Dayton, Ohio high school when he began to have an inkling that golf was definitely in his future.

His team was entered in the local district championship tournament, and Benning and most of his teenage teammates came into the event struggling with their games. For Benning, it got even worse when he came to a par 3 at the fifth hole. He slapped an ugly shot off the tee that soon turned out to be gorgeous in every way possible.

“I skulled a 5-iron,” Benning, now 81, recalled 65 years later, “and the ball dribbled down a hill, then ran all the way up to the green and rolled right into the cup for a hole-in-one.

Talk about a turnaround. I went on and won the individual title and we won the team title, too.

Quite a change. It really did make a difference in my life.”

Winning quickly begat winning. That summer, a pair of 75s earned him a district caddie title and a local junior championship, as well. As a senior, he was runner-up in the Ohio state high school championship in Columbus, and soon was packing his bags for Purdue University, where he won the Big Ten title as a senior in a tournament played at the University of Minnesota.

Golf was now definitely his life, and has been virtually ever since. Now living in Ashburn and teaching golf at Stoneleigh in Round Hill, he’s played on the PGA Tour, competed in U.S. Opens, worked for and with some of the greatest names in golf, been a head professional

at several big-time clubs and even worked in national radio and television as a broadcaster.

Still, one of his most gratifying accomplishments occurred after one of the lowest periods in his life. In 1979, his 14-year-old son Mike was diagnosed with cancer, ultimately resulting in the amputation of his left arm just below the elbow.

Mike had been a talented young skier and a promising golfer before the surgery, working at the practice range and as a caddie at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., where his father was the head pro at the time. One day, Mike noticed what seemed to be a cyst on his left palm. His doctor said he’d keep an eye on the little lump, and a few months later it had grown to the size of a pat of butter. A hand specialist then took one look and immediately sent Mike over to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda.

“They said it was epithelial sarcoma and was a very dangerous cancer,” Bob Benning recalled. “The bottom line was that radiation would make his left arm a totally useless limb.

Amputation was the only possibility, and even that was not a guarantee he would survive.”

But Mike Benning did. And thrived, as well. After he recovered from the surgery, he went to Colorado and began skiing again, eventually earning a place on the U.S. team for a major competition for disabled skiers in Innsbruck, Austria.

“He also stayed with his golf,” Bob Benning said. “He started with a prosthesis, but he said it got in his way…The first time he went out on the range after the surgery, neither one of us knew what to expect. He’d been swinging a club a little bit, hitting a few balls on his own. We were out there, and he took out a 7-iron. It went about 120 yards and he almost knocked the flag down. I said to him ‘I think you’re gonna’ do just fine.’

“I would work with him on the range, but

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too well. In the memorable 1964 U.S. Open at the Bethesda venue, won by Ken Venturi in a 36-hole near heat stroke Saturday marathon in 100-degree weather. After two rounds, Benning missed the cut. The temperature and humidity was so oppressive, he said he saw stars for the first time in his life and almost passed out himself.

Benning had an 11-year run at Congressional, a stretch that included overseeing the 1976 PGA Championship at the course. He also started doing some broadcasting work for both ABC television, helping fellow Purdue grad Chris Schenkel in the 18th tower, and the Mutual Radio network. He was an on-course reporter handling several major championships for Mutual along with lead announcer Al Wester, also the long-time radio voice of Notre Dame football.

In the mid-1980s, Benning said he had become somewhat burned out by the golf business and the constant demands that went with a job at a club with more than 600 members and two championship courses. When his contract ran out, he decided to go into the commercial real estate business in the Washington area. But after five years, he learned something else about himself.

“I had wanted to do something different,” he said. “But after a while I realized I was so much more comfortable and happy doing golf, and I decided to get back into it.”

In 1990, Benning was the first head pro at the plush Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, but the job lasted only a year because the company was having so many financial difficulties.

When Benning left, the night security man was assigned to run the golf shop.

He eventually ended up as director of golf at a challenging new course in Round Hill, Va., Stoneleigh Golf Club, a position he held until 1997. At that point, he decided to freelance on a contract that would simply allow him to teach at his own pace on the club’s practice facility. He’s been doing that ever since, and now focuses mainly on junior golfers, with a few adults who have used his services for years.

“I really enjoy working with the kids,” he said. “The club has a really good junior program and clinics. They’re hosting a big junior tournament there on July 10 and the head pro, Matthew Hess, was kind enough to call it the Bob Benning Junior Championship. It was a really nice thing to do.”

Several of Benning’s young pupils have had commendable success. He once made a phone call to the Naval Academy golf coach to tell him about a fine young player he’d met through his church and recommended that he take a look at Billy Hurley III. Hurley, a Leesburg, Va. native, went on to captain the Navy golf team, played in the Walker Cup and is now on the PGA Tour. Benning also helped him on the practice tee one day, suggesting he change his grip, with smashing results.

Another student, Ian Hildebrand of Purcellville, recently won the Virginia state high school tournament playing for Loudoun Valley High School and has verbally committed to play college golf at Virginia Tech. Jack Klinek of Round Hill, another pupil, will be captain of the golf team at Woodgrove High next year as a sophomore. And his little sister, 12-year-old Kelly, has told her teacher, Bob Benning, that her goal is to make the boys team in high school and beat ‘em all.

“At this point in my life, I’m as busy as I want to be and I still love what I’m doing,” Benning said. “No question this golf life has been good to me.”

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he did a lot of it on his own. I’d show him what to do, but he pretty much figured things out for himself.”

So much so, in fact, that Mike went on to win an international one-armed title in Torquay, England, then three years later traveled to Carnoustie and won a similar matchplay event. On that trip, he also went down the coast and visited St. Andrews, posting a sweet 79 on the Old Course.

“It was one of the great thrills of his life,” Bob Benning said. “I wasn’t even there and it was one of the great thrills in my life.”

Mike, now married and with two children, eventually became a 10-12 handicapper, worked in the golf apparel business and now has a job in the Boston area with Hangar Inc., the country’s largest maker of prosthetics and orthotics.

“I’m just so proud of what he’s done,” Bob Benning said. “He just went on with his life.”

Benning’s life also took a fabulous turn in 1982, and last year’s Ryder Cup matches at Gleneagles in Scotland have a special significance to him and his wife, Sue. They were married in Turnberry, Scotland that year during one of his trips to compete in the Gleneagles International Four Ball tournment.

Sue Benning became a loving influence in blending their two families. They now spend much of their time enjoying their six grandchildren, among the families of son Jon and Anne Lesage in Silver Spring; son Mike and Katie Benning, in Scituate, MA, daughter Stacey and Ty Loutzenheiser, in San Diego and daughter Joni and Bryan Orr, in Arlington.

Benning’s life in golf really started as a caddie in his hometown earning $1.15 per loop, $1.25 if you were really good, and always carried double. He played his first round at age 13 in 133 strokes, he still recalls. At 13 it was 108, the next year 98, and by 15 he was shooting in the mid-70s. In college, he was a scratch player and after Purdue spent three years in the Marines, winning an all-Marine golf championship along the way.

After the military, he took an assistant pro job back home in Dayton at WrightPatterson Air Force base, then played what was then known as the PGA’s winter tour without much success. Over the next few years he was an assistant at several courses, including the Thunderbird Country Club in Palm Springs, California, working for legendary pro Claude Harmon and with Harmon’s sons, Butch, Craig, Billy and Dicky.

“Working with Claude, I learned so much about teaching, playing the game and running a big operation,” Benning said. “And from there, he helped me get a head job at the Plainfield Country Club in New Jersey. I had always wanted to be in the New York area, and I was there for nine years.”

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All of this may sound like a terrible waste of a good dog. But Ginger did get compensation for her “career loss.” And I believe, given the chance, she would not have had it any other way.

Ginger had another passion besides quail.

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oday, I lost a friend.

I found her in a favorite spot, out of the wind, in a glow of sunshine where she could keep an eye on her homestead, observing the comings and goings of friends and strangers.

Friends were greeted with a smile, and an ambling flat-footed walk that was interrupted by a wagging tail that seemed to involve her whole body. It was a wag that originated somewhere deep within, and slowly worked its way to the surface. It was not the enthusiastic wag of the retriever, the “coffee-table sweeping” variety as I once heard it described.

It was a wag that was uniquely Ginger’s.

It was slow and deliberate, as though she didn’t want to be too obvious, that somehow it wouldn’t be dignified, and she didn’t want to embarrass you with too much of a display.

For a few, very special people in her life, Portrait of Ginger, color pencil on paper by Crowell Hadden myself, my husband Sam and his brother, she gave nearly every day, and challenge anyone to hugs. Her two front legs on your shoulders come up with a pointer who has spent more crossed paws behind your neck, and her head days afield and logged more miles than Ginger crushed into your ear. It was an embrace and I. meant to be taken seriously and I always

True, I ruined her for classic hunting, but wished she could have taught my husband to she was too happy to notice it. hug like that!

I will always carry in my “mind’s eye” the

Strangers were met with a cold eye, and sight of Ginger happily trotting down the field raised hackles, a square halt, raised up on her looking more like an English foxhound than toes in a stance that made her look four inches a pointer,with her too-curved tail poking at taller. Ginger rarely let out a bark; she was the sky as she pursued her interests as we went too well-bred a pointer for that. But I assure along. you, no strangers ever left their cars when she

The landing side of the stone walls I assumed her “stance.” jump going from field to field will seem so

It isn’t often a wife feels compelled to empty now, without her patiently waiting for write a tribute to her husband’s bird dog, but I me to follow her over. really owe Ginger one. For many reasons, but

I knew her days were coming to a close mainly love. when she started following my horse, instead

She never really had the chance to of bounding on ahead. Even the horse sensed become a true hunting dog. Ginger was the it, and seemed to keep a watchful eye on her, last in a line of outstanding English pointers especially when she would insist on trying to owned by Sam’s favorite uncle, over a 40-year resume her place at the head of the ride. period. She was a dead ringer for the original

The last three weeks, she did not come lemon and white dam, whose painting always riding at all. She would walk down to the barn hung over Uncle James’ favorite chair in the and curl up in the sun, and smile herself to study. sleep. No doubt she was dreaming of some old

She was a “once in a lifetime” bird dog adventures, perhaps the day she came upon a whose “career” was interrupted before it barely big covey of quail sunning themselves by the began, by my arrival on the scene. stone wall. Only this time her dream would

Sam’s carefree days were over. The new include Sam, and her tail would begin to wag, responsibilities to a wife, a demanding career, and everything would be pointer-perfect. two small children, keeping the pastures

Today I lost a friend; she had smiled hermowed—all consumed the free time he would self to sleep for the last time. I had the stranghave spent with his “favorite girl.” est sensation when I found her that somehow,

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Military Kids, a nonprofit based in Carter Eltzroth, Linda Davidson McLean, was among the beneficiaries. The co-founder of Our Military Kids, and Arline organization provides support in the form Eltzroth. of grants to cover fees for sports, fine arts and tutoring programs that help children cope with stress while a parent is absent during deployment or while recovering from the wounds of war.

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by Linda Davidson and Gail Kruzel after they became aware that many school-aged children of soldiers serving in the Reserves and National Guard lacked access to sup- The Honorable Samuel Jill Perla. port services that often were more readily Alito, Jr., Supreme available to the children of active duty ser- Court Justice. vice members. Since its founding in 2004, Our Military Kids has provided grants totaling almost $20 million to more than 48,000 children.

The program also included stirring comments by former Army Captain Jaspen Boothe, founder and president of Final Salute, Inc. While serving in the military, Boothe Jas Boothe, founder of Final Salute. lost everything to Hurricane Katrina. A Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns. month later, a cancer diagnosis led to an honorable discharge. She was a single parent of a nine-year-old son at the time and when she sought help at a Veterans Administration office, she was told to apply for food stamps.

“I was outraged that this could happen to women combat veterans,” Boothe said. Her experience also led to a realization that she needed to create an organization, Final Salute, that was designed to meet and understand the Admiral Tony Less and Larry Michael. unique needs of homeless women veterans and Photos by Richard Hooper their children.

“I was disheartened to learn that so many others had similar stories,” said Boothe, whose Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

Other notable guests included Congressown story has been featured in People Magawoman Barbara Comstock; Bruce Allen, presizine and on the Oprah Winfrey show. She dent of the Washington Redskins; Col. James was named a “CNN Hero of the Week” for her B. Hickey (U.S. Army, Ret), Senior Military efforts to help female vets.

Advisor to Senator John McCain; Tony Less “Don’t just shake our hands and thank us (U.S. Navy, Ret.), the first official squadron for our service,” Boothe said. “If you can help, commander of the legendary Blue Angels and that is what we need. We need your help.”

Virginia State Delegate Tom Rust.

The event was organized by Kirsten Larry Michael, the radio voice of the Fedewa and Associates and featured famed Washington Redskins and a team vice presitenor Anthony Kearns. A founding member of dent, served as master of ceremonies.

The Irish Tenors, he performed for an enthusi“This event is even bringing Redskins and astic crowd, accompanied on the piano by Jon Cowboys fans together,” Michael said. “We Laird of Manassas. need to bury the hatchet and bring support to Kearns has become a favorite among the these military organizations.”

U.S. military. He was a featured guest for last The event ended with a “meet the artist” year’s National Memorial Day Concert at the reception, Irish-inspired cocktails and desserts U.S. Capitol, seen live on PBS by over 10 milprepared by Salamander’s pastry chef, Jason lion viewers, and recently sang at the World Reaves.

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It’s been five years since I sat on the sloping lawn at Bluff Point with John Steinbeck and listened to his sage comments on life and literature, so the time seemed ripe for another visit. He hadn’t changed much. The eyes were just as blue and piercing as ever, his ideas just as challenging, the humor just as spontaneous.

The beard was new. His boat, the Lily Maid of Astolat, had been replaced by the Fair Elaine. A lovely English garden, Elaine Steinbeck’s creation, bordered the lawn where we sat. We began talking just where we had left off – about Sag Harbor, books, politics, dogs, ambition and flags.

When one has a great mind at hand, one wonders which tap to turn first. I asked about his book, The Winter of Our Discontent, the first draft of which he had just completed.

“It takes place on Long Island, but not Sag Harbor,” Steinbeck said. “No special place, just a composite of places and people I’ve known.

When I’m writing, the book becomes reality and my everyday life seems unreal.”

He showed me his workroom, which he designed himself and had constructed on the waterfront. It looked like a gazebo, is a sixsided, six-windowed, self-contained room with green walls and red shades at the windows.

When you sit at the drawing board desk which Steinbeck uses, you feel as though you were in the chart room of a ship.

All the tools of his trade are at hand, the yellow pad on which he writes, a box of pencils (he uses about 50 a day), a typewriter (which he seldom uses), an encyclopedia set, several dictionaries, Stevenson’s quotations, and a tape recorder. There is also a 24 hour clock that gives the time all over the world, a radio, an electric razor, a telescope, a T-square and an electric pencil sharpener to accommodate those 50 pencils a day. Flying atop this sanctuary is John Steinbeck’s own standard, a winged pig

on a background of red and blue, known as “Pigasus.”

In a recent issue of Coronet, Steinbeck and Adlai Stevenson discussed the immortality which is pervading American life today, describing man’s hunger for purity after periods of corruption. When I asked him about this aspect of American life, Steinbeck noted that it is abundance and security which tend to destroy people—individually and collectively.

The weakening process begins when security prevails.

“Underneath, though, the toughness is still there,” he added. “It will take some disaster to bring it out.”

What this disaster might be, he didn’t say.

He did say, however, that he thought Russia was afraid. “More afraid than we are. She’s afraid of China, too.”

It was a convention week and naturally talk turned to the elections.

“You know, it takes a burning ambition to want to be president,” he said. “There’s a look in a man’s eye when he feels it. I noticed it in Rockefeller last night as he was speaking.

It takes a certain amount of ruthlessness, too.

Kennedy has it, so has Nixon. Roosevelt had it.

Even Abraham Lincoln had it.”

What the American male is really like— and the female as well—Steinbeck will undertake to discover shortly after Labor Day when he will leave for a three-month tour of the U.S. His house-truck is ready, equipped with two beds, a stove, a nice chest, a toilet and a desk.

“I don’t know what the people are like any more,” he said. “Back in the Depression and during the war, I knew them, but I don’t now. I want to see their faces and hear them talk and know what they’re thinking.”

Will he find the same humanity in the modern counterparts from the truck drivers and waitresses he wrote about in The Grapes of Wrath? Steinbeck wants to find out. He will eat, sleep and work in his truck, do a little hunting and fishing along the way, take a lot of pictures, and listen. He’ll be glad to be back to Sag Harbor because it’s a town he loves.

“It’s a lot like the town I grew up in,” he said. “Monterey, California on the sea. The people are different from small town inland people. I like walking down the street and knowing the faces I meet.” n

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all six weeks, or as many weeks as their parents desire, the better to be family vacation-friendly.

The cost is $300 per week, per camper. The program is open to all rising first-graders through rising eighth-graders. Additional details and specific schedules can be found on Hill’s website at www.thehillschool.org.

Stribling is finalizing the staff of experienced counselors, including teachers from Hill and other area schools. Swimming, canoeing, zip-line rides at Salamander Resort and occasional field trips also will be on the schedule.

Stribling expects to have about 25 staff members, at least 14 of them counselors, and the goal is have 80 to 100 campers per week.

A native of nearby Markham, Stribling earned his BA from Mary Washington College and his Masters in U.S. history from George Mason University. From 2009 to 2013, he was director of counselors-in-training for camps at the Brown Academy in Alexandria, where he also taught 7th and 8th grade. Last summer, he was academic dean at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth at St. Stephens & St. Agnes School in Alexandria.

In September, 2013, he joined the Hill faculty. His wife, Nicole, is curator of permanent collections at the National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg, surely one of the field trip stops.

“I’m thrilled to be part of the Hill and greater Middleburg community,” Stribling said.

“Teaching fourth grade is very rewarding. It’s really an important transition year for students to build a solid foundation that will help them be successful for the rest of their academic careers.”

And attending summer camp at Hill certainly can’t hurt, either.

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There are a number of other area day camps, as well.

Wakefield School in The Plains has academic, recreational, computer and sports programs for children between the ages of 5 and 14 starting June 15 through July 24. The school also has after-camp extended-day programs. Visit www.wakefieldschool.org/camp for more information.

Highland School in Warenton has camps and classes for students from pre-k through high school, starting June 15 through Aug. 14. Go to http:// wwww.highlandschool.org or call 540-878-2750.

Foxcroft School has discontinued its long-time day camp program but will still host a dozen camps

this summer offering opportunities to hone sports and other skills. Most camps are residential and will use Foxcroft dormitories. Go to foxcroft.org or call 687-5555.

Middleburg Academy is still finalizing its sports and academic camp schedules. Go to middleburgacademy,org for information.

Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services will run camps at the Middleburg Community Center from June 22 through August 15 for children ages 3-5 and 6-12. Call 687-6375 or go to https://webtrac.loudoun.gov.

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n just a few months, school lets out for the summer. Is that a time for children to simply sit around, play video games and sleep until noon? Not according to all the latest research.

Studies have shown that youngsters need to stay engaged over the summer months in a variety of activities. They should read, do some math and participate in a variety of activities to keep their minds active, as well as their bodies.

It’s not recommended that summer programs follow the same patterns of a typical school day. Instead, it’s crucial to provide interesting activities that get children excited and motivated to learn. Whether it’s a photography course, a reading or robotics program, the purpose is to find something they love, to engage them, then watch their growth and development continue.

Hill School teacher William “Bee” Stribling recalled reading a N.Y. Times article “that said specifically some children can lose some of their progress if they don’t engage,” Stribling said.

“The benefits of summer activities are deeper and more important than a single academic lesson. It’s providing children the opportunity to learn and grow.”

Last spring, Stribling and Head of School Treavor Lord decided that the Middleburg Junior Kindergarten to eighth-grade school should explore expanding its camp offerings. They wanted to go beyond the week-long specialty camps Hill had featured for many years that included soccer, lacrosse, art, nature, and Civil War studies, among others.

The result of that conversation eventually led to exactly what Stribling, a fourth-grade homeroom teacher who teaches history, math, reading and coaches sports, always had in mind.

This summer, Hill will hold its first sixweek day camp from July 6 to August 14. Stribling will be the camp director, overseeing a program structured to keep children engaged with both recreational and sport opportunities, including a daily swimming session at the Middleburg Community Center, as well as more traditional offerings such as art, science, technology, creative writing and photography.

Before deciding to start the camp program, Hill surveyed parents in December to gauge interest, with a very positive response. The school’s administration and board also has been enthusiastic “and extremely supportive, every step of the way,” Stribling added.

“Hill’s 137-acre campus provides the perfect backdrop for camp,” Treavor Lord said. “We’re excited about the new format and it’s a great way to use our campus so that children can stay active and engaged over the summer months.”

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The funds support a long-planned project within the village to upgrade sidewalks, cross-walks and improve the public lighting to “dark sky” standards spanning from The Plains Road to Liberty Street. A small portion will provide lighting for both sides of streets where practical.

According to Town Manager Martha Semmes, the Community Foundation grant as well as other donated funds were leveraged to meet the 20 per cent matching requirements in order to assure state funds for community improvement projects for a $207,000 grant received for the $500,000 project.

“The Community Foundation grant is just a wonderful thing,” Semmes said. “It really did help us leverage the state funds.”

Amy Owen, executive director of the Community Foundation, said the funds were donated in 2013 by two local donors—Casey Crane and Chandler Van Voorhis—who wanted to invest in reduced light pollution and glare in the town of Middleburg.

“This is a lovely example of how the Community Foundation can serve as a flex-

ible conduit for charitable giving here at home,” Owen said.

The dark sky initiative will include replacing the current 25-foot high streetlight fixtures along Washington Street with 12 1/2foot poles and also will feature LED lighting that should save the town significant costs in its electric bills. The new lights will be installed from The Plains Road to just east of Liberty Street.

According to Semmes, the new fixtures will “send the light down instead of out and up. It reduces light pollution and makes the lighting more efficient. You want the light to shine where people are walking and crossing the street…Last year, we spent $14,000 on power for the street-lights, and we think over the long run, that will be significantly reduced. They will also be decorative fixtures and we’ll be able to accommodate our Christmas decorations and the flags we use throughout the year.”

Construction on the new streetlights is scheduled to begin in late summer, and will be a part of the town’s ongoing project to improve sidewalks and crosswalks, as well as adding a new and improved water line. The entire project likely will be completed in about 18 months, Semmes said.

“It’s a huge undertaking,” she added.

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Studies were conducted on cancer patients and they reported a better quality of life and less stress. Serotonin has been linked to such problems as depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar problems. The bacterium appears to be a natural antidepressant in soil and has no adverse health effects.

These antidepressant microbes in soil may be as easy to use as just playing In the dirt. Most avid gardeners will tell you that their landscape Is their “happy place” and the actual physical act of gardening is a stress reducer and mood lifter. The fact that there Is some science behind it adds additional credibility to these garden addicts’ claims.

The presence of a soil bacteria antidepressant is not a surprise to anyone who has experienced the phenomenon. It’s fascinating, but not shocking, to the happy gardener.

Mycrobacterium antidepressant microbes in soil are also being investigated for improving cognitive function, Crohn’s disease and even rheumatoid arthritis.

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Antidepressant microbes in soil cause cytokine levels to rise, which results in the production of higher levels of serotonin. The bacterium was tested both by injection and ingestion on rats and the results were increased cognitive ability, lower stress and better concentration to tasks than a control group.

Gardeners inhale the bacteria, have topical contact with it and get It into their bloodstreams when there is a cut or other pathway for infection. The natural effects of the soil bacteria antidepressant can be felt for up to three weeks if the experiments with rats are any indication. So get out and play in the dirt and improve your mood and your life. n

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hile Loudoun County is steeped in history, most businesses are relatively new. Some may go back to the first growth spurt in 1960, but more likely they’ve formed in the past quarter century. Few are heritage businesses that go back generations.

One of those celebrated a century of work late last year. Nichols Hardware in Purcellville made its first deposit in early December, 1914 and owner Ken Nichols celebrated.

The family-owned business and its employees—most longtime staffers at the iconic North 21st Street building—were honored with a float in Purcellville’s Christmas parade three months ago. The float was decorated with photographs of the store’s floor-toceiling wooden drawers behind a long counter that will be familiar to customers, as well as the desk where Yvonne Lickey makes out the business’ hand-written bills.

Business patriarch Ken Nichols rode in the parade separately with Mr. Print owner Nolan Barzee in his horse-drawn carriage.

After the parade, a cake-powered celebration was held in the Nichols parking lot, with former state senator Charles L. Waddell leading the crowd in singing Happy Birthday.

Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser was on hand, as was Supervisor Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge), along with Town Council members, Town Manager Robert W. Lohr Jr. and other town

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The ringleaders of the tribute group were photographer Sarah Huntington, ReLove It Consignment co-store owners Michael Oaks and Kim Patterson and Bar-zee, along with float designer Lori Connelly-DeFranco. They received widespread support for the project at a store that includes regulars like former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and former Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley.

“Nichols Hardware—to be in the same family and location for 100 years—that’s a rarity, and needs to be celebrated,” Oaks said before the parade.

The Nichols family has been a leading force in the town’s business community from the inception of the store. The business has survived fires, recession and personal tragedy in the Nichols family, but it has survived triumphantly.

Generations of Loudoun residents have shopped there, happily treading the wooden floors and wandering the crowded aisles. The late Ted Nichols, store co-owner and nephew of Ken Nichols, once claimed the inventory

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contained 20,000 items.

At Nichols, you won’t find items neatly sorted by department or classification as in a chain store. And that’s its charm. Instead, you may find the rat poison or weed killer close by the fertilizer. Or, one year this writer noted a feather duster next to the cans of paint. It’s like going on your own personal treasure hunt— and the rewards are just as exciting.

Children, now grown, recall their first trips to Nichols with their parents and as each generation succeeds the earlier one, new fans of Nichols and its particular style of shopping come forward.

Oaks said he routinely sends visitors to his consignment store over the street to the store, which is almost like a living museum to them. “They love it; they come back and tell me ‘I’ve never been in a hardware store like that,’” Oaks said.

A new visitor to the store, Fred Kerby, of Fredericksburg, thought he’d died and gone to heaven recently when he accompanied a friend to Nichols to pick up some supplies with which to make a table out of a large section of an old pecan tree.

Now retired, Kerby loves being a plumber, carpenter and electrician around the home.

Fredericksburg once had a hardware store similar to Nichols—so Kerby was delighted to find Nichols. Discovering its treasures, he apologetically left his friend in the car, while he spent 45 minutes with Ken Nichols looking for all the var-ious supplies he would need.

“That was wonderful, I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

The layout of the store has hardly changed in anyone’s memory—Ken still sits perched in his cubbyhole in the rear—the paint is still mixed in the same place at the back and shoppers can browse the inventory at leisure—snow shovels, tools, household supplies, fishing gear, sleds, gardening supplies, window screens, kitchen ware and cutlery, the list goes on.

For its many fans, Nichols Hardware is the perfect hardware store. Its contributions are well depicted in the movie made by Huntington, her husband—writer and editor Drew Babb—and videographer Peter Buck: “Nichols: The Last Hardware Store,” produced by The Lincoln Studios.

Huntington has photographed Nichols and its employees over a 20-year period, and “we felt we had to make the movie,” she said before the DVD debuted in 2011 to wide acclaim. Copies of the movie are still on sale at Nichols.

The closing segment of the film includes the comment by its makers back in 2011: “We do hope that Ken makes it to 100”—a wish that Huntington is happy to see realized.”

Many on the staff have worked at the store for decades. Along with Nichols himself—who has worked in the family business since he was a teenager—long-term staff members are headed by Yvonne Lickey, followed

by Hugh Edmonds and Jerry Lickey, all with 40 years or more; Rick Barton, Lee Jacobs and Frank Myers, 25 years, and Glen Harwood, 20 years.

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Virginia Gold Cup Offers Record Purse and Kentucky Derby Wagering

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he Virginia Gold Cup will celebrate its 90th anniversary on May 2, and another massive crowd expected to exceed 60,000 will converge on Great Meadow in The Plains for what has always been considered one of the premier events on the steeplechase schedule.

And now, more than ever.

This year, the purse structure will be $400,000—double from a year ago—for the eight races on the card, including $90,000 for the winner of the prestigious Virginia Gold Cup, an increase of $15,000 from the 2014 race.

Because of the additional purse money available for all eight races, the event is expected to attract the very best horses from up and down the east coast.

“We believe this will be the best Virginia Gold Cup ever,” said long-time president Will Allison, who then proceeded to click off a whole list of reasons why.

To start, for the first time at Great Meadow, patrons will be able to wager on the Kentucky Derby, scheduled to go off later on the first Saturday in May. The Gold Cup has had parimutuel wagering only on the Gold Cup card for the last two years, with a number of automated machines conveniently located all around the

gorgeous grounds.

But Kentucky Derby wagering has never been available until this year. And Derby bets can also be placed as early as Friday afternoon on the property. “It’s the only place in Virginia to bet the Derby, with the exception of on-line wagering,” Allison said.

The card will include five jump races and three flat races, and any Virginia-bred horse that wins a race also will earn an additional $10,000 bonus. The Virginia Gold Cup purse was set at $90,000 this year because it’s the 90th anniversary of an event that has always been held in Fauquier County.

The doubling of the purse structure is a direct result of legislative action combined with the closing of Colonial Downs racetrack in New Kent, Va. Last year, the Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association elected not to renew its contract with Colonial Downs, ending Thoroughbred racing at the only racetrack in the state.

“All of the increase in purses is because of the Virginia Equine Alliance that was created in January in response to Colonial Downs turning in their license,” Allison said. “Last year in Virginia, $100 million was bet on horse racing on line. Two bills were passed and now 11 per cent of that wagering will come back to the horse industry. Five per cent is for purses in Virginia, four percent to improve facilities and two per

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The increase in Gold Cup purses, Allison said, also “represents us trying to build up the Virginia horse industry, and the only way to do that is with more purse money. All the things we’re doing are steps to improve that and to give more money to the horsemen….Our $400,000 in purses at the Virginia Gold Cup now puts us on equal footing with the Iroquois Steeplechase in Nashville (run the following week). Now I think a lot of horsemen will say, should I stay here, or do I go to Tennessee?”

Also on the 2015 Virginia Gold Cup card will be a $75,000 stakes hurdle race that will now be run each year in honor of the late David Semmes, a former steeplechase rider and the past Master of the Old Dominion Hunt who served on the Great Meadows Foundation board for many years.

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• Add the last tablespoon of butter and sauté the shrimp for about 2-3 minutes or until they are just pink and cooked through. Remove them and add to the Tasso.

• Add the cherry tomatoes to the pan and sauté them until they are soft and the juices are released.

• Add the white wine and simmer for a minute.

• Add back the Tasso and shrimp mixture and the basil.

• Remove from the heat and toss to combine.

• Spoon the grits into 4 large shallow soup bowls and top with the shrimp and Tasso.

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rederick Turner Reuter, MD died February 28 at the age of 95. Dr. Reuter was born on March 25, 1920 in Washington, D.C. to Frederick August Reuter, MD and Martha Rousseau Turner.

Known to his family and friends affectionately as Tony, he graduated in 1939 from Landon School for Boys in Bethesda, Maryland and completed his pre med degree from the University of Virginia.

As a Captain in the U.S. Amy, he was stationed at Fort Meade near Washington, D.C. during World War II and he received his graduate degree in medicine from The George Washington University in 1944.

He continued his army service at Walter Reed Army Military Hospital under Colonel James Claude Kimbrough, until 1948 when he began his residency in urology at the University of Pennsylvania.

After completing the program at the Elmer Hess Clinic in Erie, Pennsylvania he returned to Washington, D.C. to join his father Dr. Frederick Reuter, in his urology practice, in 1951. They practiced at George Washington University Hospital, Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. and Loudoun Memorial Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia where they had established a clinic in the 1940s which was to become its urology department.

Among many life long interests for Tony was his passion for photography, which enabled his association with The National Geographic. A safari with his family to East Africa in 1967 resulted in the inclusion of many of his photographs in the Geographic’s book, The Animals of East Africa. His photograph of a cheetah hung for years in Explorers’ Hall. His macro photography of spiders, snakes and birds became his trademark.

Tony and his family divided their time between Washington, D.C and Aldie, Virginia where they permanently moved in 1973 to Glenstone Farm, where his mother was born in 1896.

A fifth generation resident of Loudoun County, Tony spent his weekends and summers as a young boy there with his first cousin Frederick (Fritz) Lyttleton Hutchison.

Tony oversaw the master planning of Glenstone’s horticulture which his parents began in the 1920’s when the bones of the formal gardens were grafted from cuttings from the “mother box”. He and his wife Nancy began their own perennial gardens within these bones in the early 1980’s. The topiaries of Foster hollies, cuttings of which were grown in his greenhouse, frame the entrance to the garden and are a testament to his acumen as a skilled horticulturalist. One of Tony’s many lasting legacies will be his rhododendron and azalea gardens on the eastern slope of the Bull Run Mountain.

In 1947 he and his father established a pure bred herd of angus cattle at Bull Run Farm, adjacent to Glenstone, which remained in continuous operation for fifty years. An annual joint auction with John Rucker of Hill Crest Farm, Delaplane, Virginia became an institution which provided an opportunity for farms to add foundation cattle to their herds.

He was a member of the American Medical Association, The American College of Surgeons , The American Urological Association, The Cosmos Club, The Third Monday Group, and The Catoctin Farmers’ Club.

Tony is survived by his wife of 67 years, Nancy Rogerson Brown Reuter, and his three children; Frederick Turner Reuter, Jr., Diana Reuter Twining, and John (Jock) Adams Reuter, his three grandchildren, Matilda Reuter Engle, Hannah Pascoe Reuter, and Frederick (Fritz) Turner Reuter III, and by his daughter in law Dana Casey Reuter, son in law Edmund S. Twining III and grand son in law Jonathan Aaron Engle.

A memorial service will be held in the spring in his beloved gardens at Glenstone. Memorial donations may be made to the National Audubon Society.

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1 cup stone ground corn grits 4 cups water 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup shredded Manchego cheese (about 2 ounces) 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided 1 large shallot, minced 8 ounces Tasso ham, diced into 1/2” pieces 1 pound raw shrimp, shelled and deveined (thawed if frozen) 1 ½ cups red or yellow cherry tomatoes, cut in half ¼ cup dry white wine 8-10 basil leaves rolled up together and cut into thin strips (chiffonade) Salt and pepper to taste • In a large sauce pan bring the water and salt to a boil and add the grits in a steady stream.

• Stir constantly until it becomes thickened.

• Reduce the heat to low and stir from time to time adding additional water a few tablespoons at a time to prevent sticking. About 25 minutes. The timing and water amount depends of the size of the grind and how fresh it is.

• When the grits are done, remove from the heat and add the cheese and butter. Keep warm on a very low burner.

• Heat a large non-stick sauté pan to medium high heat and add 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter, shallots and the Tasso. Sauté until the Tasso is golden brown and the shallots are soft. About 5 minutes.

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are two additional paintings: one of an assembled hunting party and another with a scene of the death of a stag with a gathering of hounds, carriages and well dressed ladies with their attendants. These are all depicted as engravings in the book.

Along with the engravings of the paintings in the Reggia di Diana, the book illustrates the gardens and courtyards, the facades and gateways and the stables and kennels (Cortile delle Scudarie e Chienili).

Another engraving includes a touch of humor. In a scene featuring a large courtyard, there is a small detail of a man

being helped to his feet after a fall from his horse, with others subduing his steed. Such is life.

For a short period Castellamonte was one of a series of architects for the building of the chapel that holds the Shroud of Turin.

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nown as the Reggia Venaria Reale, or the Royal Hunting Palace, this monument to hunting and tribute to the Roman goddess Diana is located on the

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(Duke of Savoy, King of Cyprus, etc.), his wife and friends. It is fully described in a wonderful book written by the architect and published in 1674.

A copy of the book, with its magnificent engravings of the palace and scenes of hunting, resides in the rare book room of the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg. When it was published, the palace was still under construction, but was being used for its intended purpose.

This was fortunate for the Duke as he, unfortunately, died the next year.

The Reggia Venaria was kept in use by the widowed Duchess of Savoy, Maria Giovanna Battista (Marie Jeanne) who was also known as Madama Reale, the Royal Madame. She, too, had a keen interest Photo courtesy of the National Sporting Library and Museum Photo courtesy of the National Sporting Library and Museum in architecture, initiating Hare hunting at the Reggia Venaria Reale.

The Duchess of Savoy as the goddess Diana. numerous projects and remodeling the primary royal residence, the Palazzo Madama, in Turin.

Madama Reale had something of a dual identity: her royal self along with that of Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt as well as the goddess of birthing and the moon. She is recognized by the well known crescent moon adornment in her hair. Indeed, in Castellamonte’s book, the frontispiece is of the Duchess as the goddess Diana.

The theme of Diana continues throughout the book and within the palace. Included in the book is a series of engravings illustrating incidents related to the life of Diana. They are from paintings that decorate the ceiling of the Reggia di Diana, an immense hall, or gallery, within the Reggia Venaria Reale.

Another series of engravings portrays pairs of riders hunting. They are mostly of women - countesses, duchesses, princesses and even a queen. The loose, flowing garments are reminiscent of the tunics worn in depictions of Diana (that is, when she was shown with clothing) and the enormous plumed head-dresses are the epitome of Baroque splendor.

This series copies a group of large paintings adorning the walls of the Reggia di Diana.

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This is also our biggest issue ever. During our work and at home and throughout each day, we often think of the most important two words we know….now hold that thought until we finish here.

First…Middleburg United Methodist Church has sent word they will ring their 1857 steeple bell at 3:15 p.m. on April 9 as part of Bells Across the Land, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. Bells will reverberate throughout the land as the country marks the symbolic end of the Civil War, and the pivotal beginning of freedom and civil rights. One local insider tells us that: “I’ve had to do some talking to convince some that this is not a Yankee thing and is to commemorate the end of a long and difficult war not necessarily to celebrate Lee’s surrender. They still like to think that Appomattox never happened.”

Kudos to our friends at Appleton Campbell in Warrenton. They earned the service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award in Heating & Air Conditioning for the fourth consecutive year. This award reflects Appleton Campbell’s exemplary service to a local and regional marketplace and members of Angie’s List. Mike Appleton, president of Appleton Campbell, tells Middleburg Life, “We’re honored to receive this award. Excep-

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tional service is the cornerstone of Appleton Campbell’s business and what the Appleton Campbell team strives for every day.”

This also just in from Warrenton. Attention all parents of little ones…Highland School is introducing a new pre-kindergarten program for two-year-olds this fall. Created by their early education experts, this program promotes creativity, exploration, decision-making, play and choice. Each child will be encouraged to express his or her individuality through a range of activities in a warm and supportive learning environment.

From Charles Town we have received word that champions Shared Belief and California Chrome as well as 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Bayern headline a list of 56 nominees for the $1,500,000 Charles Town Classic coming up on April 18 at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. While 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome recently ran second in the Dubai World Cup, Shared Belief – currently the top horse in the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings – remains a possibility for the 1 1/8 mile Classic.

Linda Roberts has sent word to Middleburg Life that Blue Ridge Hospice plans a spring luncheon program for the community on Wednesday, April 22, in the Parish Hall of Emmanuel Episcopal Church at 11:30 a.m.

Entitled “When Evening Comes,” the forum features noted author and longtime Blue Ridge Hospice supporter Christine Andreae. She will speak on her work as a hospice patient care volunteer and how the experience opened door-

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ways to life’s passages for her. For reservations call Blue Ridge Hospice, 540-313-9267 or email dmank@blueridgehospice.org. The not-forprofit hospice organization, opened a location in Middleburg several years ago in collaboration with Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

Kim Hurst, a licensed Virginia realtor since 2003, is now with Middleburg Real Estate in Middleburg and Atoka Properties in Purcellville and Leesburg. Born in California, Kim received a BA in pre-law from the University of Washington and her MA in Cross-Cultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary.

With her diverse and extensive education, she has worked in a variety fields including criminal investigation, publishing and court translation.

Despite sleet, snow and frigid temperatures, over 65 intrepid people attended the environmental film: “Plastic Paradise, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” at The Hill School Sheila C. Johnson Performing Arts Center on March 6.

A recent study shows that there are an estimated 270,000 tons of plastic floating in the world’s oceans, covering areas twice the size of Texas.

Goose Creek Association, Land Trust of Virginia and the Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund sponsored the free screening and donated the DVD of the movie to The Hill School’s library. Filmmaker Angela Sun’s investigation took her thousands of miles to record these alarming images, which verified that a creeping, toxic confetti is transforming the oceans and working its way up the food chain.

The Middleburg Tennis Club recently

completed its annual and oh-so-popular Winter Tournament. Ben Wegdam and Philip Dudley won the men’s division with a victory over Gary Pulino and Mark Wyatt. In the equally highly competitive women’s finals, Verna Flemming and her partner, Diana Bunting, defeated Kelly Johnson and Lisa White.

And finally…we circle back to our 32nd anniversary. First we received a typed letter from Catherine C. Larmore: Dulcy Hooper’s article on Delaplane Cellars was most interesting. However, the description of the vineyard as perched on Lost Mountain was misleading. Delaplane Cellars is situated on the east side of Route 17, the Winchester Road, between Route 710, Carr Lane and Route 712, the Delaplane Grade Road.

According to a 1985 Fauquier County map this is Ball Mountain. Lost Mountain extends south from Route 50, between Route 17 and approximately Snake Den Road, along a stretch of Carr Lane. Thank you for educating us all about Delaplane Cellars as well as correcting readers’ understanding of the area’s geography.”

Then we received this sweet handwritten note from Betsy and Jim Dolphin of Delaplane Cellars: “Wow! Thank you so much for the wonderful piece in the Middleburg Life. We could not be more pleased with it! Thank you again.

Warm regards.”

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The Middleburg Community Center will host a free “concert on the steps” featuring musician Gary Smallwood on Friday, April 10 from 5-8 p.m. The center also will hold an accessory sale to benefit the Middleburg Humane Foundation on Sunday, April 19 from noon to 5 p.m. Donated items will be accepted until April 11. Contact Linda.Baker@middleburghumane.org.

The Community Foundation of Loudoun and Northern Fauquier counties will be the beneficiary of a day-long golf clinic at Creighton Farms on May 1. Golf professionals E.J. Pfister, and Chris Tidland will take part in a shortgame clinic and skills challenge.

Two clinics will be offered, one at 9 a.m., the other at 1:30 p.m. Both groups will convene for lunch and a presentation with guest speaker Len Shapiro, former golf writer and sports editor at The Washington Post. The morning clinic also gives participants the opportunity for a full round golf after lunch. The clinic is $500 per session, with $300 tax deductible, and includes a tee gift, lunch and use of the practice facilities. With golf included, greens fee and cart fee for 18 holes is $675, with $300 tax deductible. Call 540-687-5223 or 703-779-3505.

A Place To Be will hold a dance party at APTB on Friday, April 17 from 6-8:30 p.m. for children 12 and older. It features light refreshments, great music and lots of dancing. On May 9, APTB will hold its spring recital at Hickory Tree Farm in Middleburg at 2 p.m.

On April 18, the Mosby Heritage Area Association will head to Marshall for a program iddleburg shops are parfocusing on Confederate Col. John Mosby. Histicipating in a stay-open-late torian Bob Sinclair will speak at the Marshall program and a free summer Baptist Church at 2 p.m. The audience will concert series performed then gather at 2:45 p.m. at the site on Frost St. on the fourth Friday of the where Mosby’s Rangers disbanded, with talks by month from April through September held in historians David Goetz and Eric Buckland. Call conjunction with the National Sporting Library 540-687-6681 or go to mosbyheritagearea.org. & Museum.

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Several members of the Middleburg Busiwill exhibit “Miniature Masterworks” from ness and Professional Association have stepped April 18 through May 3. The opening reception forward to help organize the concerts and The is April 18 from 5-7 p.m.

Town of Middleburg also has granted support,

The Warrenton Chorale will hold concerts enabling them to be offered free of charge. at the Warrenton United Methodist Church on April 25 at 8 p.m. and April 26 at 3 p.m.. A hand bell ensemble and a youth chorale also will perform.

Tickets are $12 at the door. For advance tickets, go to warrentonchorale.org.

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Spring Native Plant sale will be held Saturday, April 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Morven Park in Leesburg. Local vendors will have a wide variety of native plants to offer.

It’s meet your local author during April at the Middleburg Library, with authors reading Opera Lafayette, Washington’s internationally-acclaimed cham- from their work, signing books, pion of baroque and classical operas, will present the last concert and discussing their writing. of the Grace Church Concert Series’ 15th Anniversary season in Peggy Brown Bonsee, author of The Plains on Sunday,April 26 at 5 pm. Photo © 2013 Louis Forge Silver Linings: What Five NinetySomething Women Taught Me About Positive Aging, will speak Middleburg’s Boy Scout Troop 2950 will be Monday, April 13, at 7 p.m. at the Middleburg serving box dinners and other treats.

Library. Also scheduled on Saturday, April 25

Open Late features regional performers at 2 p.m. is Ellen Crosby, author of The Wine and a cash bar with Virginia craft beers and Country Mystery series set near Middleburg. local wines. Guests also can stroll through the

Oatlands in Leesburg will host its annual museum to enjoy changing exhibitions and per- Point-to-Point Brunch on April 12 from 10:30 manent collections or to picnic outside for the a.m. to 1 p.m. For the first time, the brunch and open-air concert. The museum will stay open Oatlands’ private rail space will be open to the until 8 p.m. and admission is free. public for the 49th Annual Loudoun Hunt Point

On April 16, at 6 p.m., the museum also to Point races. Tickets may be purchased by will host a lecture and book signing with archicalling 703-777-3174 or visiting www.oatlands. tect Paul Roberts, co-author of Racecourse org/events . n Architecture. The book is an illustrated history of Thoroughbred racecourses, including grand-

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Dakota Slew owned by Maggie Bryant, trained by Richard Valentine and ridden by Robert Walsh won the Rokeby Bowl

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he sound of music is what I remember most about the old Esso gas station in Middleburg.

That’s where two wonderful men, Welby Kenny and Herman Poston, often got together to play their respective instruments, often accompanied by other locals who wandered in to strum or sing along.

Mr. Kenny was on the banjo. He lived in Upperville, worked for some years at the old B&A grocery store and eventually became the postmaster in Upperville.

Mr. Poston was on the fiddle. He was in the fifth grade band at the Bluemont School when someone handed him one, and he was a selftaught natural who never had a lesson and played beautifully all his life.

He also was a businessman who bought the Esso business around 1950. It was on Washington Street, right where several shops—Three Crowns, Olio and Trace of Love—are currently located. The gas station building and property were owned back then by the Luck family, who lived down the street. For that reason, it was

always known as Luck’s Service Station.

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Mr. Poston owned the Esso franchise and banjo and Herman another building in town which housed the Poston on the fiddle long-gone but never-forgotten Hamburger Hut, often referred to as the “amburger ut” because the Hs were missing from the sign out front.

But music was definitely his passion, and the jam sessions both inside and outside the photographer, one of main service station building truly provided a the best around. But real sense of community and just plain old fun. the picture of the Esso Many people would gather around and listen, station accompanying and occasionally someone might even go solo. this story was actually

According to a story in a 2004 edition of Photos courtesy of Jim Poston taken by Mark Ewing.

Middleburg Life, their musical repertoire was A view of the old Esso gas station taken from the water tower One day, he climbed quite varied. up the Middleburg

“They’d start off with Comin’ ‘Round the moment of local fame.” water tower to get the Mountain, Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey, Mr. Poston was often asked to play at local shot. I don’t know if he ever got permission or not, Turkey in the Straw, a couple of Irish jigs and a whole bunch of songs everybody knew the words weddings and other social functions. For those but it’s a great picture of a wonderful Middleburg to,” the article said. “Sometimes everybody would occasions, he’d change into his signature white institution until the property was converted into sing along…or when things really got going, spill suit, quite a difference from his usual work-day its current configuration in 1982.

The music is gone, but for some of us oldout around the gas pumps, dancing under the checkered flannel shirt and overalls. stars. And occasionally, an enthusiastic (though Mr. Poston’s son, Jimmy, worked for many timers, the memory still lingers. n not necessarily talented) soloist would claim his years for Safeway and has always been a talented

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