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aul Aliloo can trace his life’s work—and passion—all the way back to a memorable experience in the third grade. He and his family were living in the small town of Sarab in Iran, and his class was taken on a field trip to a nearby factory where finely-crafted Persian rugs were being produced..

“I saw weavers working on the rugs,” Aliloo recalled.

“Those colors, those designs, they just came alive for me. It was fascinating to see. That’s when my love for rugs began.”

For the last 30 years, that love affair has played out in Aliloo’s shop on South Madison Street, where he began his business in the basement underneath a women’s clothing store. A year later, the Photo by Leonard Shapiro shop owner decided to close Paul Aliloo at his Middleburg shop down and Aliloo moved the operation upstairs. Ever since, his merchandise has been on a While Aliloo was on assignment at a magic carpet ride out the door Marriott in Raleigh, a Persian carpet show and into countless local homes and the residences of a national and international clientele. was being set up in a hotel ballroom. Aliloo Many of his loyal customers have been was intrigued enough to volunteer to help the buying his antique and semi-antique Per- merchant.

“I grew up with these rugs,” he said. “I sian rugs for years. They come back for more because they know they’re getting the real helped him with the show, helped him with the thing, at a fair price, and if ever they need clean- sales. He was with a company that worked out ing or repairing, Aliloo provides expert service, of the World Trade Center in Dallas, and they offered me a position.” as well.

Aliloo took the job, and in 1985 came east But not for much longer. to visit his brother, living at the time in ChanAfter almost 40 years in the business, tilly.

It was December, and one day they drove Aliloo is planning to retire and close his popuout Route 50 to Middleburg and stopped into lar shop, with all those rolled up carpets lining every wall, in the next few months. He’s now the annual church Christmas Shop. They also writing letters to long-time clients to let them looked around the town, and Aliloo not only know of his plans and also is preparing to sell liked what he saw, “I loved it,” he said. “And I

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“My wife (Parisa) is always saying to me ‘why are you buying all these rugs?’”

his remaining stock to the public at discounts of 40 to 60 percent off. The store and the downstairs basement are filled with hundreds of Persian rugs of all shapes and sizes, virtually every one hand-picked by Aliloo himself.

“My wife (Parisa) is always saying to me ‘why are you buying all these rugs?’” he said, smiling. “Sometimes, I can’t help myself.”

In Iran, Aliloo said, “rug shopping is a tradition between merchant and client. There are lot of factors—the age of the rug, the quality of the wool, the quality of the weave, the dye.

These are things you can’t see through a picture on the internet.”

Aliloo initially came to the U.S. from Iran in 1976 to further his education at the age of 27, three years before the Iranian Revolution that toppled the Shah and eventually led to a trade embargo with the U.S. He went to Oklahoma City University to earn his MBA degree, then began working for the Marriott Corporation based in Atlanta as part of a task force charged with opening new hotels around the country.

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decided to open a shop here.”

It was a decision he’s never regretted.

Though he’s always lived in Chantilly, his son, Arash, and daughter Arezu, both attended school at Wakefield in The Plains. Arash, a James Madison University graduate, is now a banker, and Arezu, a magna cum laude graduate of George Washington, has been in the Teach for America program in Hawaii. She’s also planning to come back for graduate school at GW. “After 30 years here, I still love this town,” Aliloo said. “I’ve gotten to know so many wonderful people. It’s not only in business, but socially, too. I see them at the races, hunt breakfasts, weddings. It’s not going to be easy to leave.

“Yes, we are going to have a retirement sale. You know, I never had a sale in this town before. Good merchandise at a fair price has always worked for me. I’ve known most of my clients for years and years, and they always come back.” n

For Page Allen, a Wild Ride at a Fun Shop

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“My original career was horses; the detour is here at The Fun Shop.”

Working side-by-side with her sister, Betsy Allen (mayor of Middleburg), Page Allen has managed The Fun Shop since 1992. The shop has been an institution in downtown Middleburg for nearly 60 years, founded by the Allen sisters’ parents, Nancy and Howard Allen.

Page Allen believes she may have inherited her horse genes from her father’s father, Dr. Lewis M. Allen, a physician by training whose true avocation was horses. “He stood some of the finest stallions in the country,” said Allen. “He won a Maryland hunt cup and many National Hunter Championships. Unfortunately, none of us knew him; he died before any of his grandchildren were born.”

From her earliest memories, Allen said she knew she wanted to ride. When she finally got a pony at age 10, she almost immediately “hit a huge growth spurt.” Within short order, she outgrew both the pony and the saddle. “But it didn’t matter,” she said. “I gave up the saddle and rode bareback, galloping across Sunnybank and all over the place like an Indian. I rode that wonderful pony for years.”

Allen was in a local pony club and often rode with another member, Caroline Kennedy, who was a few years younger. One day, Allen was assigned to be “buddy for the day” with Caroline. They were beagling when Kennedy fell off her horse and, as Allen recalled, “I helped her back on her pony and dried her tears. I guess she felt I was her hero.”

Betsy Allen recounted one of her sister’s “claims to fame” when Jackie Kennedy called the Allen household to invite Page to Glen Ora to ride

with Caroline.

“They vanned my pony over several different times for me to ride with Caroline and spend the day with her,” Page said. “I even ate dinner one evening with Maude Shaw, the famous ‘nanny,’ and the children. And I saw the president in his den by the fire.” (During the Kennedy family’s time in Middleburg, Howard Allen became the unofficial family photographer, publishing “Unforgotten Times/Jackie Kennedy’s Happy Days in the Virginia Hunt Country” in 2013.)

After the pony, Allen recalls finally getting a “horrible, horrible horse” named Funny Face. The late Alexander Mackay-Smith and his wife, Marilyn, were so impressed with all that Allen could make that “horrible horse” do that they became her life-long mentors and took Allen to buy “a beautiful little horse -- an Anglo Arab -- that wasn’t all that fond of jumping, but we made it work.”

The Mackay-Smiths later helped Allen find a position at Shawnee Farm, a show barn in Thomasville, Georgia.

“I learned all about breaking young horses, I got to go to the big “A” shows, help out with schooling and even show some of the young horses occasionally,” she said. The Mackay-Smiths then recommended her for entrance to the Morven Park Equestrian Center, where she graduated at the top of her class and subsequently was asked to remain for a year to teach.

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Above: Page Allen riding Cavu at the Potomac, Maryland, International ThreeDay Show. At left, Page Allen at The Fun Shop.

Allen said her biggest success in eventing occurred while at Morven Park. Major Lynch had given her a nice quarter horse, Cavu, to prepare for another instructor to ride at the Potomac, Maryland, International Three-Day Event.

“I thought someone else would be riding, but two days before, I was told it would be me,” she said. “I had to borrow half of the equipment I needed to compete against riders from around the world.” Nonetheless, she finished fifth against some of the top eventers of the day.

Allen moved to Richmond, was married soon after and then moved to Winchester with her husband, Mark, who had been hired by a local

brokerage firm.

“I didn’t know what I was going to do,” said Allen, “but my mother had an idea. We opened a branch of The Fun Shop in Winchester, called ‘More Fun.’” Allen managed the shop for five years before she had her daughter, Whitney, and continued breaking and training young horses.

But in 1992, her mother asked her to come back to Middleburg to manage The Fun Shop.

“My life has been a wild ride,” Allen said.

“The best, most fabulous thing in my life is my daughter, and I am so fortunate and so blessed by all the friends and family who have supported me along the way.” n

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Golden Moon Tea Is Simply a Natural

By Leonard Shapiro For Middleburg Life

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hen Marcus Stout decided to lose a few pounds by eliminating as much processed food as possible from his daily diet, he discovered that some of the tea his very own company—Golden Moon Tea based in Lansdowne—has produced over the last six years was not flavored quite as “naturally” as he’d always believed.

“I actually stopped drinking some of the teas I was making because they had these natural flavors in them,” said Stout, whose parents, John and Patricia, live in Middleburg. “Except they’re not really natural. I did some research into it, and it really opened up my eyes.”

He read, for example, what David Andrews, a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group, had to say on the subject. Added flavoring, both natural and artificial, could contain anywhere from 50 to 100 different ingredients, according to Andrews, and all of those extra ingredients in flavors often aren’t as innocent as users might hope they’d be.

“The mixture will often have some solvent or preservatives, and that makes up to 80 to 90 percent of the volume for flavoring,” Andrews said in a recent CNN.com article. “In the end product, it’s a small amount, but it still has artificial ingredients…Most often, as far as I could find, the actual chemicals themselves could be identical or extremely close in terms of natural vs. artificial…The goal is to make short, intense flavor that quickly dissipates so you come back for more.”

And so, Stout decided to do something about it.

“Basically, we just wanted to remove the flavorings,” he said. “And we had to do that in about 20 percent of our teas. We wanted to make them pure and remove a lot of the junk.”

For Golden Moon Tea, that meant the outright elimination of 15 of the 54 teas the company once produced. These days, they now make 26 different organic teas, all of them loose and none encased in a tea bag, another significant health issue not on the radar of many American tea drinkers.

Tea bags contain a thin layer of plastic, usually made from food grade nylon or polyethylene terephthalate (PET). There is evidence that when exposed to boiling water, the molecules that make up the plastic in the bags begin to break down into estrogen-mimicking pollutants. And some of those toxins have been linked to cancer.

And so, when you buy Golden Moon Tea, you make it the old fashioned way. Their tea comes loose in cannisters. No tea bag. The tea goes into a simple tea strainer, with boiling

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water from a kettle poured on top and healthy tea coming out in the cup.

“We do have flavorings, but we source them right down to the farm,” Stout said. “We know where the vanilla bean comes from. We know where the mint comes from. In December, we re-branded everything we make, and we’re like a brand new company now.”

Golden Moon Tea is currently available in a number of local restaurants and coffee shops, including Middleburg’s Common Grounds.

Stout will soon be making a presentation to Whole Foods in an effort to convince the company to carry his brand. Fresh Market and other similar chains focusing on truly natural products should also be in Golden Moon Tea’s future.

Stout is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in the SoHo section of Manhattan. He said he always knew he wanted to “do something in food, but I didn’t want to be a chef.”

He and his father owned Element H2O, a water company based in Chantilly, and had always talked about getting into the coffee or tea business. Golden Moon Tea, which had been around since 1994, came on the market in 1998 and Marcus Stout and his wife Ashley bought it and got out of the water business not long after.

They now get their tea supply from China, Japan, Sri Lanka, India and Taiwan, and have a warehouse facility in Stanley, Virginia. Some of the teas come pre-blended and some they blend themselves, always with truly natural ingredients. One of their new blends, the company’s Madagascar vanilla blend, recently won a prestigious award at the North American Tea Championships.

“We’re a small business right now in a particular niche market,” Stout said. “The more we get the message out, the bigger I think we can get. And it’s a decent-sized market.”

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“This is a lifestyle choice,” he said. “And we want to use nothing but real ingredients in our tea.” n

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or Mary Champion, art was the only constant in her adult life. Originally from Texas, she and her husband moved every few years before settling in Leesburg in 2009. The first task Champion completed after arriving in a new city was to find a local artist group to meet new friends.

“My community has always been the art groups when I move to a new town,” she said.

“After finding the Loudoun Academy of the Arts and the Loudoun Sketch Club, they became my friends very quickly. You instantly find people you have a connection with.”

Champion is now the membership chair of the Loudoun Sketch club, a group that visits local properties to sketch and take reference photographs for paintings. She also founded the website, Fine Art Professionals of Northern Virginia.

“Four of us invented it,” she said. “We wanted to help people that wanted to pur-chase with Ed Wright local art from local, full-time professional artists. It helps clients and artists find each other by having their art all in one place.”

The site has only 26 members, with a waiting list of artists ready to join if a current

member leaves the area. There is a list of criteria each artist must meet to qualify in addition to being a professional.

Champion herself is now primarily a landscape

by Mary Champion painter, though she Goose Creek does have a secret her skill more than all of her she said. “Once a piece of art is created like a side that paints in garden, I don’t think you need to paint it to schooling combined. contemporary real“He was the man to go to capture it again. I’d rather take something more ism. In the past learn about creating realistic insignificant and bring it to people’s attention. she’s painted still pieces with proper lighting,” There’s a lot of visual interest in just waste land.” lifes, post-cards mily ylEr Champion’s best critic is her husband, she said. “He taught me to and made collages look at area and how light Terry. Despite working in the non-creative with mixed materifalls on something. If you get field of finance, he has developed an eye for als. She previously composition and contrast through his love of worked in retail Photo by Sophie Schleps the right teacher you learn more than just how to paint photography.

Mary Champion manage-ment and Champion recently participated in the Art and draw. You learn how to marketing and always think and work past all the shortcuts we accu- of the Piedmont Auction to benefit the Middleused art in projects when she could. burg Montessori School and Miniature Mas“I didn’t think art would be a practical way mulate. It creates problem solvers.”

The rolling topography of Virginia is terpieces at Live an Artful Life in The Plains. to make a living,” she said, adding that in 1998 extremely inspiring for Champion. Growing up She is represented by the Berkeley Gallery in she quit her job to become a full time artist.

With no history of artists in her family, in the dry, mostly flat topography of Texas, she Warrenton.

She will be participating in the Western Champion attributed her passion to her consis- always felt like she belonged some-where else. tent art education throughout school, including Her favorite subjects to paint are unassuming Loudoun Artists Studio Tour, June 20-21 in Purcellville and the second annual South-Atlana liberal arts degree from Southern Methodist views.

“I have enjoyed being outside in the wild tic Juried Exhibition in Montpelier that runs University in Dallas . Later in life, one defining, retired professor helped Champion develop parts of the landscape ever since I was a child,” through June 29. n

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2015 I t takes many people behind the scenes to make a big event like the Middleburg Spring Races work smoothly. So this time, instead of more photos of spectators eating ham biscuits, we decided to go backstage a bit.

With a tip of the cap to the many who make it happen, from the stewards, to the placing judges, patrol judges, starter, outriders, vets, physicians and many more.

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Mrs. S.K. Johnson Jr.’s Mr. Hot Stuff, trained by Jack Fisher and ridden by Paddy Young won the $50,000Temple Gwathmey hurdle handicap for four-year-olds and up

And down the stretch they come, Decoy Daddy, going for his fourth win in the Temple Gwathmey, with Carol Ann Sloan on the left, was foiled by Mr. Hot Stuff with Paddy Young up. Photo by Middleburg Photo

Sheila Harrell and Gill Lucas worked long hours in the main offices on Reed Street

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Clerk of scales Bill Hair checks F. Kieran Norris who rode Pierrot Lunaire in The Temple Gwathmey

Brian Jarvis looks a horse in the mouth in his role as the identifier

On the front side, the international auction house Bonhams set up a lovely display and also sponsored The Paul R. Fout maiden hurdle race along with Betsee Parker and others Kevin Tobin and “L” Tinoco prepare Irv Naylor’s Decoy Daddy for fourth race

Doug Fout wears several hats as president of the Middleburg Spring Races, clerk of the course and trainer

Martin Harrell makes sure all are well and ready to ride in the jock’s cabin

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ocal community leaders joined the students of Middleburg Montessori School on April 25 to celebrate the ground-breaking for a major addition to the existing building on the school’s Atoka village campus. The new 4,000-squarefoot addition will allow the school to double its student capacity. The country schoolhouse design with a school bell cupola will fit into the rural countryside of the historic Atoka village.

“We’re bursting at the seams, and this beautiful new building will allow us to offer the Montessori learning experience to so many more students in a tailor-made environment,” said BethAnn Slater, the Head of School.

Slater loves children and being a part of their development. She has an AMI Montessori Certificate as well as a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Development and has taught for over 20 years in public and private schools.

After taking over as Head of School from Clare

Ferrell in 2003, she has increased the enrollment and added new programs serving children ranging in age from 16 months to 15 years old. The new addition will allow enrollment to increase further with an approved capacity of 84 students.

Pam Mickley Albers, AIA is the Director of the Middleburg office of Anderson Cooper Group Architects, and the designer for the new building addition.

“I was familiar with this gem of a school from my son Carter’s time as a preschooler here, and I wanted to design a building that captured the inspiring simplicity of this setting while providing all the spaces that the Montessori method uses to excite learning in Groundbreaking at The Middleburg Montessori Atoka Campus

Architect’s sketch of the new building

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the children,” Albers said.

The existing school building is a renovated one story retail building constructed in the mid-1980s. It’s located in the Cromwell’s Run Historic District which was included in the boundary increase of the historic district and registered in the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

The Cromwell Run District includes the village of Atoka and its association with the Civil War battle that took place in and around Atoka in June,1863. Both sides of Route 50 at Atoka, formerly the Ashby Gap Turnpike, were a strategic transportation route in the 19th century and during the Civil War. Middleburg Montessori School is cele-

brating its 35th year serving children in the Middleburg community. It was founded on and operates within the educational philosophy developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, who recognized and respected the natural interests and sensitive periods of learning present in children.

The Montessori approach is centered on this respect for the child, on the development of the intrinsic curiosity, and on fostering independence, concentration, coordination, selfconfidence and sense of order. The children work in various areas of the total curriculum, which includes practical life, sensorial, mathematics, language, geography, science, culture and movement. n

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Above, the horses graze near the hoop house at Over The Grass. At left, Dominic Ruibal inside the hoop house.

Over the Grass and Freshly Grown for Your Good Health

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Every day, the gardeners arrive on the property at 7 a.m. and begin harvesting to fill invoices. The vegetables are crisper this time of day and will hold up better to the washing process, which can wilt them. Their most popular product is their bagged salad mix.

When excess is grown or a crop isn’t suitable for harvesting, Over the Grass composts to avoid any waste. The chickens are also known to eat very well and are given vegetable scraps.

In addition to using methods that protect the vitality of the soil and prevent any waste, Over The Grass avoids the use of harsh chemicals on the produce.

“We try to avoid spraying for any sort of pests. There are a lot of organic options that we use,” Ruibal said. “We do have problems with groundhogs and rabbits some-times but our fencing helps. We recently lost 80 broccoli plants to a ground hog and it can be pretty upsetting to find in the morning. We trapped two raccoons in an attempt to catch him but I’m sure he’ll be back for the lettuce.”

Throughout winter and into early spring Over The Grass has salad mix, kale, spinach and arugula grown in their green houses.

“Asparagus is like a barometer for the spring season,” Ruibal said. “If you see it popping up outside you’re probably behind in your planting.”

Crops such as potatoes, garlic, and broccoli have all recently gone into the ground and soon will be available. Delicate warm weather produce like tomatoes are still just seedlings in the green house but will be planted after the last frost.

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eating.”

She decided to study the issue and it didn’t take her too long to realize that artificial fertilizer he had always used on their farm in Cincinnati may have been one of the culprits. And so she decided to do something about it at her Over The Grass Farm in The Plains, where she began to produce naturally-grown vegetables along with grass fed beef and lamb.

“The more you study this, you discover food grown with artificial fertilizers doesn’t have the same nutrients,” she said. “So I started this really only for my family. Then people would come over and have supper and say ‘Oh, this is so good, could I please have some.’

“Of course I said yes and there were more and more people who wanted some. I decided we would go into the business of raising good, organic food and grass-fed beef and lamb and all the other things we do. Quite honestly, not only for ourselves but for anyone that could come and get it. And that’s how it all started.”

Over The Grass Farm has been owned and operated by the Fleischmann family for 40 years. Originally dating back to 1876, the farm was created by consolidating smaller, bordering properties, and now totals over 400 acres accessed by Rock Hill Mill Road. The main house and stables were built in the 1920s.

The farm is committed to sustainable agriculture, producing high-quality beef, lamb,

eggs, honey and vegetables through a variety of eco-friendly practices. The farm also features a cow-share program that allows customers to purchase a stake in one of their dairy cows and receive fresh, raw milk every week.

Dominic Ruibal, Deborah Gardener and Miguel Flores are responsible for tending to all the vegetable and ornamental gardens on the farm. Each brings years of expertise from a variety of backgrounds. Depending on the season, Over The Grass will have open fields, cold frames and hoop houses all in production growing over 20 items.

“We try to keep everything sustainable and eco-friendly,” Ruibal said. “We try not to till the soil very often. We are turning our outdoor fields into the same raised beds we have inside with intensive planting to avoid tilling all together. This also prevents your top soil from washing away down the hill.”

Over The Grass sells its products to the IGA in Marshall, The Whole Ox and Girasole restaurant in The Plains and at three farmer’s markets, including the Middleburg Farmer’s Market on Saturdays.

Customers can also purchase directly from the farm. Crop lists are posted on the website and sent out through an email newsletter. Customers can then call the farm office to arrange an order. Vegetables are then cut, washed and bagged within 24 hours for pickup.

“When you get something so fresh it will last a lot longer than anything from the grocery store because those vegetables have already been traveling for days,” said Ruibal. “We have the honor system at the store front. Our customers can come take anything out of the cooler and place their money in the box even if nobody is here.”

We can all agree that after one has dutifully paid their taxes for a lifetime, their heirs should be the biggest beneficiaries of their life’s work—not the government.

With thoughtful planning, assets can be managed and protected for generations.

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Will Hahn, Wayne Chatfield-Taylor, winner of the Virginia-Bred Two Year Old Filly Award and presenter Debbie Easter

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or Skipper Darlington, there was no instant epiphany, no “Ah Ha!!! moment. Instead, after being told and then reading about the plight of the ever-dwindling African elephant population, slaughtered by the tens of thousands per year by ivory-hunting poachers, he knew he had to do something to help prevent the possible extinction of such a remarkable species.

Darlington grew up on a cattle farm near Rectortown, went to Hill School and then travelled the world both for his education and business career. He came back to the Middleburg area a few years ago to live on the same property as his childhood home. He’s always been a committed environmentalist, a past president of the former Ozone Society, and now he has a new cause and plenty of allies to help him make a significant difference.

About eight months ago, Darlington and several others founded an organization called Africa ASAP, which stands for Aerial Surveillance Against Poaching. A pilot himself, he fell in love with flying when he was taken up in a glider while still in boarding school in Switzerland. He’s also an expert balloonist and has become particularly enamored with lighter than air airships.

The new organization, just recently designated a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, is now in the beginning stages of raising funds to provide long-term, near-continuous airship surveillance of the African wildlife refuges where the endangered elephants live.

And sadly die.

“When you see something that is so

wrong,” Darlington said, “it is very hard not to do something about it.”

At the moment, Tanazania is the main focus because it’s Ground Zero, where one out of every three elephants are killed in Africa. As if that number is not disturbing enough, there are only 300,000 elephants remaining on the continent, and at the current rate of poaching, with 35,000 to 40,000 killed each year, the species could become extinct within the next five to ten years. An African elephant is killed every 15 minutes.

“This all came to my attention a year ago,” Darlington said. “A fellow writing a book about my mother’s trip to Antarctica (back in 1946, traveling there with his late father, Harry Darlington) was also on the board of the Lindbergh Foundation. He brought to my attention what was happening with the elephants. I started to do some research. And when you find out what’s going on, how can you not do something? I really felt as if the elephants were calling out to me.”

And it didn’t take long for Darlington to call out to others.

One of the first was Ken Beeks, a retired Navy jet pilot now living in Madison, Va., who also is an expert on airships and high-tech operations and is a founder and president of Africa ASAP. Another friend, Middleburg’s Mark Krogness, whose wife Susan, owns the Byrne Gallery, lived and worked for the U.S. government in Africa and also is playing a significant role. And Yukiko Amaya, a multitalented former TV producer and public television anchor in her native Japan and Darlington’s

Yukiko Amaya and Skipper Darlington

partner also is a founder and the organization’s director of operations and communications.

“I knew people were using drones to help find the poachers, but these parks are so vast and they can only stay up for about two hours,” Darlington said. “To protect these parks, you need as much persistent surveillance as possible, and that’s what the (un-manned) airships can provide. They can stay up for four days.

The poachers now come in at night, kill the elephants, go back to their villages, then come back the next day and get the ivory and bury them and no one will ever see any of it.”

Africa ASAP is also working closely with

two founders of the PAMS Foundation, which stands for Protective Area Management System.

Wayne Lotter and Krissie Clark, both South Africans, are now on the ground in Tanzania for PAMS. They train park rangers and are doing all they can to identify and eventually arrest the poachers as well as working with villages around the parks to raise community awareness. Darlington believes his own organization can provide the airships and other monitoring technology to partner with them and make a huge difference.

An airship or dirigible is a lighter than air aircraft that can be steered and propelled

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The poachers, most of whom live in local villages, are literally the tip of the elephantkilling sword. Because ivory is so highly valued in Asia, and particularly China, the locals are being used by well-organized gangs, some of them from the Chinese Triad gangs now operating in Africa, to kill the elephants and harvest the ivory. The poachers are paid about $150 for a day’s work, and that money goes a long way to feeding their families.

The gangs get far more money for the ivory once it makes its way towards Chinese carving factories that still make highly-priced and much sought-after decorative products.

On that end, a kilo of ivory is worth as much as $70,000. And there is well-documented evidence that millions of ivory-poaching dollars are also finding their way to Islamic terrorist groups as well.

“The killing of elephants has generally been treated as an environmental issue or as a military issue,” Darlington said. “In reality, it’s a policing issue. A lot of environmental organizations don’t want to get involved in directly catching the poachers. It puts their people at risk. And when it’s turned over to the military, in many cases they’ve gone overboard in terms of violence toward the poachers.

“Most of the poachers are doing it to feed their families. There was a ban on selling ivory by most countries 25 years ago. But in China, there are still state-run carving factories, and they’re training young kids to work in them.

There’s no real intent to close them down any

time soon. And in those 25 years, not a single (ivory) kingpin has ever been indicted.”

Africa ASAP is now organizing a fundraising campaign to finance the airships and the ground technology and personnel to make them effective. Beeks estimated it will take about $4.5 million the first year to fund airships, ground vehicles, equipment and a stipend for rangers and the rapid response team. He’d like to get it all started before Jan. 1.

“We’re already making progress on this,” Beeks said. “We want to stop the killing before it starts…When we do get going, the goal is a 50 percent reduction (in poaching) in the first six months and 75 percent in the first year…Right now, we just need the money to get going.”

Every Sunday at his Rectortown home for the last 3 1/2 months, Darlington has been hosting informal bring-your-own pot-luck dinners for those interested in the cause or trying to learn more about Africa ASAP. Last month, the organization launched its new website at www.

AfricaASAP.org and also has a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AfricaASAP. Darlington said he’s not yet been to Tanzania himself, but at some point, “I may even wind up there. You re-invent yourself…There was a movie called The Turtle Diaries with Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley. They saw these sea turtles in captivity and they got this whacky idea to set them free. It gave a real purpose and meaning to their lives. I guess you could say the elephants are doing that for me.” n

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to Africa ASAP’s introductory literature. “They have an impressive track record in ranger training as well as coordinating with various lawenforcement agencies within Tanzania to stop the poachers. With PAMS, we are developing a rapid response ranger team to act on our information from the air.”

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The airships that will be used in Tanzania, and perhaps other countries with a poaching problem, will be guided from the ground.

“Our surveillance system is highly effective, teamed with our on-the-ground partner in Tanazania, the PAMS Foundation,” according

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THEN&THERE Early Veterinary Literature

Legislative Update The Virginia Senate met the second week of April for our Veto Session, resolving most remaining controversies of the 2015 session. Between January and February, the House and Senate considered 2,776 bills and resolutions, sending a total of 800 bills to the Governor for action. He signed 733 into law, vetoed 17 and sent 50 back to the legislature with amendments for us to consider. I worked with the Governor on a number of amendments to my bills, including a horse industry bill that generated statewide attention. Days before the Governor was set to sign the bill, Colonial Downs acting as the sole racing licensee under the bill, decided in a surprise move to turn in their license effectively shutting down the deal that we struck during session. The historic tradition of the sport in Virginia is important to preserve, recognizing the enormous financial benefit to agriculture, tourism, veterinary medicine and higher education. A vote at veto session saved the bill by adding language to end Colonial Downs’ monopoly and allow a non-profit equine alliance to move forward with racing in Virginia.

Highlights of other legislation that passed this session include bills to: require health insurers to provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in children ages 2 to 10; add certain misdemeanor convictions to the list of crimes for which DNA must be taken providing a valuable tool for law enforcement; prohibit use of unmanned drones by law enforcement or other regulatory entities without a search warrant; permit use of marijuana oil for treatment of certain rare forms of epilepsy; reorganize the Virginia ABC; establish new ethics and disclosure rules for state and local elected officials; provide protection from prosecution for anyone who remains at the scene of a drug overdose to alert and assist law enforcement; create new felonies for sex trafficking; expand financing options for clean energy and water efficiency improvements for which loans may be offered; require licensing and background checks for day care centers and family day homes; allow person diagnosed with a terminal illness to be eligible for expanded access to investigational drugs; allow cultivation of industrial hemp as part of research; establish licensing process for transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Virginia; raise judicial retirement age from 70 to 73; and institute omnibus transportation package to make funding for statewide transportation projects less political, overhaul the system for choosing which road projects will be built and allocate more resources to maintain older roads and bridges.

Among the most significant accomplishments was agreement on changes to the budget. We pass a budget every two years and while this was our interim year, we made broad budget revisions responding to urgent needs and revenue shortages. Due to revenue collections that were lower than budget projections set in 2013, the total shortfall was projected at the beginning of session to be $2.4 billion. There was virtually unanimous consensus on the budget revisions and the Governor signed the budget without sending any changes back to the legislature for the Veto Session, making it the first time a Virginia Governor has done so since 1998.

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Despite the budget shortfalls, we managed to make improvements to the budget with no tax increases; no cuts to K-12 or higher education; pre-payment of $129.5 million for the 2017 rainy day fund to protect Virginians when we have serious economic downturns; new funding for public safety; and a raise for state employees and statesupported local government employees.

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I chair the Finance Subcommittee responsible for a significant part of the budget. In my presentation to the committee, I pushed for many of the changes, especially highlighting public safety compensation and other employee issues. For example, our entry-level public safety officers have qualified for food stamps. Our employee compensation has been lower than all other sectors since 2003, with no take home pay increase since 2007, putting us 49th in the nation, next to last, in terms of state average as a percentage of the private sector average. We are losing extraordinary people who protect our communities, run our criminal justice system, work in our crime labs, teach our children and perform vital services. Hence our efforts are an important investment in Virginia.

Additionally, we funded judicial vacancies and I consider it a great accomplishment to have secured money for two new Circuit Court judgeships in my Senate district. This is also long overdue as our judge shortage has placed significant burdens on our community.

We have recently transitioned back to our district offices. If you have a constituent service need or question about legislation, please do not hesitate to contact my office at 540-662-4551 or district27@senate.virginia.gov. I am always happy to hear from you.

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A wood engraving from 1544 showing the miracle of Saint Eligius shoeing a horse (thought to be possessed by the devil) by cutting off its leg, applying the shoe and re-attaching the leg with the sign of the cross. Photo courtesy of the National Sporting Library & Museum.

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lthough the first known European writing about horses can be traced as far back as 430 BC, it would be many years before an emphasis on veterinary care would wend its way into the literature.

The earliest writing was focused on the soundness and selection of horses. Some 80 years later, Xenophon wrote about the management, selection and training of horses and became part of a group writing on animal husbandry, a form of preventive medicine.

He advocated, for example, that a stable floor should be constructed of cobblestones about the width of a horse’s hoof, allowing air to circulate under the unshod hoof. In 350 BC, Aristotle contributed to early veterinary writing by describing such illnesses as glanders, anthrax, swine fever, rabies and something he called barley disease, which today is laminitis.

In both Greece and Rome, works on preventive medicine were more advanced than those on the treatment of maladies. In his book “Farm Management,” the Roman Marcus Cato (233-148 BC) wrote of the need for a clean water supply.

Yet he also advised that an afflicted cow should be fed a whole raw egg and made to drink wine into which an onion had been scraped – and that both the beast and the person administering the treatment must be fasting and standing upright.

Aulus Celsus, whose life spanned the transitional time period of BC to AD, wrote primarily about medicine for humans, but also touched on animals. His treatment for a person contracting rabies (hydrophobia) was to submerge their head in water until they drank, amputating the bitten limb and the laying on of a hair from the dog that made the bite.

There were, certainly, many bizarre and misguided treatments -- from bloodletting (a practice that would last for centuries as a treatment for both animals and humans) to liberal amounts of wine administered either externally or internally. But there were also many beneficial treatments and astute observations that would eventually lead to correct diagnoses and cures.

More than one early writer described a twisted intestine in horses, which could only have been discovered through dissection. Galen (130 – 200 AD) described the brain as being the control center for muscular movement, contradicting Aristotle’s belief that move-

ment and intelligence originated in the heart.

Galen, who obviously gained knowledge through dissections, believed in an overlay of human and animal anatomy and that inquiry in one could benefit the other.

There were at least a few specialized veterinarians, such as Pelagonius, living in the 4th century AD, whose practice centered on horses used in chariot races. Among his cures was the recommendation to use the ashes of swans burned alive in the treatment of what he called a pestilential fever.

As the Roman Church advanced in power, veterinary writing went into a great decline. Secular writing and scientific inquiry were quashed unless they conformed to the teachings of the church, which believed that diseases were punishments for sins and not from natural causes.

A class of practitioners would evolve that were known as horse and ox leeches, relying on magical cures, religious incantations and even stranger concoctions of medicine than that prescribed by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Fearing that all veterinary knowledge relating to horses would be lost, the 10th century Byzantine Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus commanded that the Greek and Latin writings on the subject be collected and transcribed into a work known as the “Hippiatrika.” Copies were written out by scribes throughout the next five centuries, and of the copies that survive, no two are alike. Some were richly illustrated; some were not.

With the advent of the printing press, “Hippiatrika” gained new life in 1530, when it was translated from Greek to Latin and published in Paris.

The translator, Jean Ruel (or Johannes Reel, the Latinized version that appears on the title-page of his translation) was physician to King Francis I of France. Francis was a man of letters and a patron of the arts. He brought the Mona Lisa as well as Leonardo da Vinci to France. Indeed, he brought the Renaissance to France.

Although many misguided ideas from early veterinary thought would be repeated for centuries, it was the beginning of a transition that would lead to the first school of veterinary medicine, founded by Claude Bougelat in Lyon, France, in 1761. n [Richard Hooper is an antiquarian book expert and dealer in Middleburg. He also specializes in art objects related to dogs, horses and equestrian sports. In addition, he does fine woodworking. He can be reached at rhooper451@aol.com]

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hen he dropped down from the sky on a frigid February day, the Common Loon spotted what he though was a perfect resting spot.

On a day when the temperatures in Virginia were well below freezing and area ponds were frozen solid, the dark, wet open area must have seemed inviting. Unfortunately, for the loon, his chosen “body of water” was a mirage of puddles on the asphalt parking lot of a storage unit.

Through his crash landing and subsequent efforts to take off, the loon shredded his webbed feet. His plight attracted the attention of a Winchester police officer, who called the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Millwood to come to the bird’s rescue. The loon spent more than a month healing at BRWC, where three times each day he soaked in the bathtub and ate fish.

Founder, director and veterinarian Belinda Burwell and her small army of wildlife caretakers and volunteers at BRWC receive such emergency calls on a regular basis, but this past winter they attended to many unusual species.

The Common Loon, for example, isn’t a frequent guest at BRWC because it’s a bird that most often flies over Virginia on its way back and forth from its breeding grounds in the North to its wintering territory in the Southern states.

In addition to the Common Loon, BRWC workers rescued and rehabilitated a Gadwall, Ruddy Duck, Northern Shoveler and Horned Grebe, releasing them all back to the wild this spring.

“It was unusual and so late to be having such cold weather in February to mid-March,” said Burwell. “And, honestly, I’m not sure if the ducks were actively migrating at that time or were over-wintering here. But, I think what happened is all of the water spaces they would normally hang out on had frozen over, and these different species were starving. They had no water sources and were found on land.”

In addition to starvation, the birds also faced peril from predators without the safety of open water to make their escapes. The shoveler, which was found in Manassas, also had been attacked before being rescued. The loon faced the additional problem of losing his ability to take off once he landed.

“Loons need a runway,” Burwell said.

“They’re a large-bodied bird with small wings, so they’re one of those birds that run across the

water and flaps to finally get airborne. It’s like an airplane trying to take off. They can’t do that on a parking lot. Because he was trying to do just that, he’d really caused deep abrasions on his feet.”

While the winter months are quieter than the spring and summer at BRWC, the facility still hosts native species year round, from the Canada goose that was hit by a car to the Great Blue Heron that became tangled in wire.

“In the winter, say the month of January, we might have 20 animals come in,” said Burwell. “A lot of our birds leave, and the mammals become very inactive in the winter, same with the reptiles and amphibians. Then, in May, we’ll have 400 to 500 animals come in. It’s very seasonal, with spring and fall the transition times.”

As part of their mission to rescue and rehabilitate injured, orphaned and sick native wildlife as well as educate the public, the BRWC celebrated groundbreaking ceremonies on March 22 for the new Blue Ridge Wildlife Center Hospital and Educa-tional Building. With 8,700 square feet, the building will be more than 10 times larger than their current farmhouse, where every nook and cranny holds a cage, terrarium or feeding station.

The new building will be constructed on land donated by the Burwell-van Lennep Foundation and is a stone’s throw from the BRWC’s current location off Tilthammer Mill Rd. Their capital campaign has raised more than $1 million of the $1.3 million earmarked for the project.

“It will take nine to 12 months to build, so it will be under construction most of this year,” said Burwell. “We’re still raising money for the building as well as our operating expenses—and, of course, the hungry mouths that we feed.”

The Blue Ridge Wildlife Center’s fifth annual Baby Shower is set for June 7 at Long Branch Plantation in Millwood. There, staff members will be accepting shower gifts and monetary donations for the many baby animals and birds they’ll be rescuing, with some on-hand to provide guests the opportunity to see how wildlife orphans are raised.

“If you come in here in May and June, you’ll hear all of the babies chirping and squeaking,” said Burwell, smiling. “The volunteers will be feeding them around the clock, and when they finish with the last one they’ll start over again with the first one. It’s non-stop.”

For more information about the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center, their capital campaign and Baby Shower, please visit www.blueridgewildlife.org or visit their Facebook page. n

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But yoga on horseback?

Salamander Resort & Spa is in the forefront of a new experience that aims to unite the practice of yoga and the art of horsemanship.

Beginning in May and going through the end of September, Yoga in the Stable and Yoga on Horseback will be offered as extensions of Salamander’s other equestrian programs.

Salamander’s program was developed by Carolyn Connell and Angela Nunez. They describe Yoga on Horseback as a great introduction to horses for non-riders -- and a special opportunity for experienced riders to do something different. After getting warmed up during Yoga in the Stable, participants can take their practice beyond the mat and experience yoga with one of Salamander’s horses.

Nunez said “the goal of yoga is to quiet the mind, and once you do so on the horse, you see a response in the horse right away, where he will take a deep breath and go into deeper relaxation, as well.”

“Replacing your yoga mat with a horse is a unique opportunity to practice yoga with live feedback from your ‘mat,’” said Connell.

“Horses can teach us how to be aware of ourselves, our surroundings, and others while remaining centered and calm.”

Practitioners believe that this communication is two-way, creating an entirely new level of mindfulness. At Salamander, participants do not need to know how to ride a horse in order to take the class, which can be tailored to each individual’s experience level. There also is no saddle on the horse during the class.

“Our first priority is the horse’s well-being and the participant’s safety,” Connell said. “We don’t do any poses that would make the horse uncomfortable.”

Both Connell and Nunez are certified 200hour RYT (registered yoga teachers). Connell has practiced yoga for over 14 years and completed her internship with the Princeton Men’s Lacrosse team. Nunez has practiced yoga for seven years and studied locally with Denise Moore. She described herself as a lifelong horsewoman, having trained many different breeds of horses and ponies and competed in numerous disciplines.

“Combining yoga with my love of horses has been quite a treat,” she said. “I wasn’t sure, at first, how my horse would respond to my doing yoga with him, but he really seems to enjoy it.”

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mindfulness and learning to connect with the horse on a deeper level,” Nunez said. “Yoga on Horseback gives participants a chance to really understand the horse as a sentient being. The goal of yoga is to quiet the mind, and once you do so on the horse, you see a response in the horse right away. Riders will be able to take the breathing and awareness techniques they learn during the class into their regular riding.”

Benefits of yoga, on or off a horse, are said to include improved balance and strength, relaxation, increased flexibility, a boost in confidence, centeredness, breath awareness and connection with nature.

“Practicing yoga on the horse can be somewhat intimidating,” said Connell, “but by the end of the class, you feel more confident because you’ve stepped out of your comfort zone and done something really brave.”

No matter the riding discipline, proponents

of yoga for equestrians believe that the practice will help all riders build a stronger mind-body connection for improved performance.

Currently, there are only a few other facilities around the world offering programs similar to Yoga on Horseback.

“There’s a movement in the horse world to connect with horses on a deeper level,” said Nunez. “There’s a growing realization that they are sentient beings (and) we can learn so much if we simply learn how to listen. Horses can give us much more than ribbons; they can give us the keys to unlocking our capacity for compassion, integrity, and authenticity. Yoga can give us those keys, as well, so combining the two can be quite a magical experience.”

Reservations are required for Yoga on Horseback. Although reservations are also recommended for Yoga in the Stable, walk-ins from the community are welcomed. n

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The indoor space was transformed by teams of energetic volunteers for festivities which included dinner, dancing, silent and live auctions, and an array of fair games and activities. The “County Fair” theme was creatively and colorfully expressed in the decor, cuisine, and atmosphere and inspired some hootin’ and a’hollerin’.

The attire was casual country and the mood was festive.

In addition to a fabulous list of getaways and experiences, the time honored Fund-a-Scholar item in the live auction, supporting Wakefield School’s financial aid program, set yet another record for donations. The guests were moved and motivated by a special item initiated by three middle school students who donated their winnings from the Fauquier County Science Fair to the auction as a challenge match in support of the Wakefield Science Program.

The room was filled with the special blue bid paddles that were collected in response and with their modest but generous $100 beginning, these boys raised $6,000 in support of their favorite subject. After the auctions were over, The Real Geniuses band kicked off and the dancing went on till midnight.

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Still, at Evergreen Country Club in Haymarket, located in the shadow of the east-ern slope of Bull Run Mountain, they’d like to think the worst of times have ended. There’s an enthusiastic new owner pouring in fresh capital, leading to a recent surge in members and an ambitious plan to renovate a stately 190-year-old manor house on the property and convert it into an 11-room bed and breakfast.

Chuck Leopold, a long-time resident of Prince William County, last year saved Evergreen from bankruptcy when he purchased the bank note and came in with a plan to revitalize a club that first opened in 1965. The golf course is the centerpiece, a challenging but eminently playable and beautifully-maintained par-72 venue with breathtaking mountain views on virtually every hole.

Leopold and his wife, Jackie, founded Minnieland in 1972, a string of more than 50 children’s day care centers. It’s not named for a mousey Disney character but after the street where they lived in Woodbridge. Their company, L&L Resorts, also owns the Ashby Inn in Paris.

Evergreen’s long-vacant manor house is scheduled to open in late fall or early 2016. The home’s original section was built in 1826 and two fieldstone wings were added in 1947. The property was initially owned by Col. Edmund Berkeley of the Confederate army’s 8th Infantry

Evergreen Guard during the Civil War. The property was a working farm until purchased by the late Prince William developer John Norman, who wanted a private golf club for local businessmen. He also developed some homes on the property, including his own.

“This is going to be a great location for a getaway,” said Bryan Dolieslager, Evergreen’s general manager the last 15 years who still remembers former Redskins kicker Mark Moseley’s home across the street from the club’s main entrance, complete with practice goal posts.

“We’ll have golf packages,” he said. “We do a lot of weddings in our main building and people will be able to stay right on the property. The manor house is going to have a historic feel, but with all the modern amenities. The plan is that people never have to leave the campus.”

A small pub will be located in the manor house, and Dolieslager said the facility should serve as a hub for local tourism, considering all the battlefields, other historic sights and wineries within easy driving distance. A van will be available to transport guests to those locations, including Middleburg. And of course, the manor house will have an elegantly appointed bridal

Above, the restored manor house will be a bed and breakfast. At left, a view of Evergreen’s 18th hole

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As for the golf club, both Dolieslager and Brooke Edwards, Evergreen’s director of marketing and events, are bullish on its future. Leopold has already poured in $3.5 million in improvements, including the manor house. There’s a newly finished, expansive patio just off the main dining room. It overlooks what soon will be a new short game area a short walk from the pro shop.

The course already has a fine practice area further away from the clubhouse and that won’t be changed. Nor will the golf course, save for some minor tweaks—a few new tees and bunkers—if only because the members like it just the way it is now.

Before Leopold rescued the club, Evergreen was member-owned and had as many

as 380 members as recently as 2007. But the recession took its toll, as did an unpopular $1,500 assessment a few years ago to pay for a much-needed sewage treatment system. A recent membership drive offering modest initiation fees—from $1,000 to $2,000 and a guarantee of no new assessments—has pushed the total to 335. Edwards said there’s been renewed interest both from prospective members as well as families interested in booking future weddings and other social events.

“The biggest thing for us right now is getting out the message that we’re revitalized,” Edwards said. “It’s so nice to know that there really are no worries and that we’re back on our feet.”

Added Dolieslager, “the best years of this club are definitely still ahead of us.” n

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course, designed and built by Eric Bull, was added to the property. The impressive course now features a water and bank complex, ditches and trakeners, along with various portable jumps, such as tables and logs.

This property offers the professional equestrian, or serious amateur, the unique opportunity to have the perfect set-up so close to the heart of Middleburg and within easy proximity to Dulles and D.C. All in all, it is a combination all but impossible to top.

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well as two wash racks with hot and cold water. Two wood paneled and stone tack rooms, a feed room, and a laundry room with oversized washer and dryer lie just off the grooming area.

A large office and full bath complete the barn complex.

A 100x200 indoor arena, built in 2005, and a 150x150 outdoor ring, completed in 2009, both have top-of-the-line footing.

There are six large paddocks, each with automatic water systems and run-in sheds, as well as four smaller paddocks. All paddocks are safely secured by four-board fencing.

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Our monthly featured property – Locochee Farm – features 95 acres of exceptional land just minutes from Middleburg.

A combination of open pasture and woods, along with two large ponds and extensive frontage on Beaverdam Creek, the estate is designed both for elegant living, and for those serious about their equestrian pursuits.

Extensively fenced, the property features many wooded riding trails that link to a larger network of trails for widespread ride-out.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $3,100,000 by Marci Welsh of Long & Foster Real Estate.

The four-bedroom, 4.5-bath stone main house was constructed to exacting standards, and has been meticulously updated.

The residence features a first-floor master suite, sunroom and state-of-the-art kitchen.

It also showcases a slate roof, beautiful woodwork and detailing rarely found in more recent construction.

The property includes an attached fourcar garage, along with a gorgeous two-bedroom-two-bath, 2,400-square-foot apartment, each constructed in 2005. There also is a farm manager’s cottage that lies just outside the gates.

And the stable? Built in 2005, provides every detail necessary to make it a true training facility, with enough luxurious touches to make it comfortable and inviting. Eighteen stalls line the center-aisle design, each with Comfort stall floors and Dutch doors to the outside.

The aisle is lined with rubber brick, and the stalls are constructed of fine wood paneling. There are two grooming stalls, as

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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

588+ 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

c.1823, with a stunning tree lined entrance, offers one of the grand manor homes in the famed horse country of Upperville. Recently renovated, the home offers wonderful indoor and outdoor living areas. Porches, gardens, barns, paddocks, riding arena, pond, pool and magnificent views from the Bull Run to Blue Ridge Mountains. $4,200,000

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 conservation easement. $3,600,000

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Surrounded by impressive properties protected by Conservation Easements, the historic 62 acre estate is prominently located in prime Orange County hunt territory. recently restored, some of the manor home’s special features include gracious sized rooms, a chef’s kitchen and four en-suite bedrooms. A converted barn with terrace is ideal for a studio or large gatherings. Spectacular views from the Bull run to the Blue ridge Mountains. $2,925,000

c. 1774, Sited high on a knoll, the 16 room Manor Home and “Garden Tea House” enjoy expansive views of mountains, rolling hills and the property’s wonderful Shenandoah River frontage. Once a thoroughbred breeding farm, it offers 20+ stalls and numerous paddocks. North Hill’s rich history provides potential for Historic Preservation Tax Credits. $2,790,000

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

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Stunning restoration and addition of c.1860’s Virginia Manor Home, yielding approximately 8,000 sq. ft. of beautiful living space on 52.+acres. 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. Land in Open Space Easement. $1,800,000

Private and charming 31 acre horse property is a combination of woodland and gently rolling open land. Beautifully remodeled in 2005, this three bedroom, three bath home offers one level living. 7 stalls, 4 paddocks and tremendous ride-out potential in Orange County Hunt Territory. Gently Now Farm is a superb property to be enjoyed. $1,690,000

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

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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

O’BANNON LAND - 50 elevated acres on a quiet road near The Plains overlooking Great Meadow with fantastic views to the west. Mostly open, some fencing, multiple house sites. OCH Territory. $975,000

MAIDSTONE ROAD - 54.21 Acres of land, half pasture, half wooded with Goose Creek frontage, Wonderful house sites and perfect location with easy access to I-66.

Piedmont Hunt territory $838,860

O’BANNON LAND - Very cute 3 BR 2 BA cottage on 50 acres in a great location with amazing views. OCH Territory. $1,100,000

MAIDSTONE ROAD - 50.14 Acres of Land, half pasture, half wooded with Goose Creek Frontage. Mountain and Pastural Views with pond and multiple house sites with elevation and perfect location with easy access to I-66. Piedmont Hunt Territory. $727,030

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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

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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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

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. $1,175,000

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Property is in Land Use and includes 2 parcels. $2,350,000

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100+ acres with large one level home, 3 miles west of Warrenton, 4 Car garage, 5 bedrooms 5 full and 2 half baths, elevator, 14 ft ceilings, 100+ acres with splendid western and southern views, this is a magnificent house, with too many features to mention, also frame farm managers house with 2 apartments, board fencing for the entire acreage, small stable, 2 large equipment sheds, long paved lighted driveway, hundreds of feet of stone fencing.

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lanting peas is a sure cure as well an inducement for raging spring fever.

Unlike heat lovers such as basil and tomatoes, peas thrive in cool spring temperatures so you can plant them just as soon as the soil can be worked. There is nothing like the first smell of rich spring soil or the feeling of the sun on your back as you listen to the birds serenading their mates. Whatever way you like to eat your peas~right off the vine, sautéed in butter, seared in a stir-fry or tossed in a salad~freshly picked, peas are one of those deliciously decadent pleasures that can only be experienced when you grow them yourself.

There are three types of garden peas and we love them all. Snow Peas have broad, flat pods that are eaten before dainty interior orbs have time to develop. Shelling Peas have long pods that contain 7 to 12 perfectly round and perfectly sweet little verdant pearls of goodness. Sugar Snap Peas combine the best of both worlds, with sweet and juicy pods that are filled with sweet and juicy peas. Garden Peas come in two sizes: short and tall. The short varieties grow 2’ to 3’ high and need little or no support from a trellis. The vines of tall varieties can reach 6’ high and need sturdy support. They take a little longer to start producing, but usually yield a bigger harvest over a longer season.

Peas can be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry enough to work. Though the seeds will tolerate 40-degree soil, it may take them 3 to 4 weeks to germinate. If you can stand waiting until the soil warms to 60 degrees, the seeds will germinate in just ten days.

Pea seeds may be soaked in water before planting (never more than 24 hours), though this isn’t necessary unless the soil is very dry.

Plant your peas in well-draining soil with a pH that’s neutral to slightly sweet. Peas appreciate good fertility, but once established, they produce their own nitrogen, so they only need enough fertilizer to get started. Sow the seeds thickly, 1” to 2” apart.

For tall peas that will be climbing netting or a trellis, plant double rows of seeds about 4” apart. Short peas should be planted in single rows, 24” apart, or in wide rows, 6” apart. Cover newly planted areas with floating row covers to protect young plants from hungry birds. Once your peas are a few inches tall, mulch around the base of the plants to keep the soil cool and moist. Water regularly. As the vines grow, tie them in as necessary so they don’t flop over or get inextricably tangled. n

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icking peas is easy, but it should be done at least every other day to keep the plants producing as long as possible.

Here are a few more tips: 1. Pea seeds can be dusted with an inoculant of beneficial bacteria before they are planted. This is intended to help stimulate the development of nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots. Not everyone finds that using an inoculant improves yields, but it is never detrimental.

2. Peas climb with twining tendrils that wrap themselves tightly around string, twiggy branches or netting with 4” openings. Have your trellis in place as soon as the plants emerge.

3. Snow Peas that are grown for their pods, such as Avalanche, should be picked while the pods are shiny and still flat, before the peas inside begin to form.

The pods may be picked while tiny, but have more flavor at a larger size.

4. Shelling Peas should be harvested when the pods have filled out, but before they begin to show the shape of the peas inside. The pods should be smooth and not wrinkled, and when squeezed they should feel solid but not hard.

5. Sugar Snap Peas may be harvested any time after the pods are formed, but are best once the peas have begun to fill out.

Harvest when the pods are still shiny and smooth. Once the pods have dulled, the flavor and texture are poor.

6. For pea vines that flop over but are too short to trellis flip them to one side and pick the ones exposed on top. The next day flip the whole row back again and pick the other side.

7. For a long harvest, pick often and thoroughly. If you miss a pod and it is allowed to mature, the plant will stop producing.

Hot weather also causes the somewhat stressed out plants to shut down production, so it’s important to get your peas planted early.

8. Peas may also be planted for a fall crop.

The plants don’t produce as prolifically as they do in the spring, but even a small crop of peas is a delightful treat. There is nothing like a comforting dinner of chicken, rice and peas to soothe your soul as fall nights darken and begin to chill the earth.

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enis Pachas and his wife Lindsay married at the Red Fox Inn on Washington Street in 2009. After celebrating one of life’s most special moments, both knew they would return to raise their family in Middleburg.

“We love the dog-friendly nature of the town and the small independent businesses,” Denis Pachas said. “Its funny, while driving through town I actually saw a woman come out of her front door wearing an apron carrying a pie and walk next door to her neighbors and left the pie on her doorstep. It was like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting.”

Denis, originally from Fairfax, and Lindsay, from the Potomac area, recently decided to make the move from Maryland with their horse-crazy 4-yearold daughter Luciana and brought their family business along with them.

Pachas has operated Georgetown Fine Pruning and Tree Care for over 15 years and has over 20 years of experience in the field. Previously serving the Washington D.C. area, He now also services Loudon and surrounding counties in northern Virginia.

After graduating from high school, he was looking for a flexible career to help him work his way through school.

“I’m the only one in my family in the business,” he said. “I managed to put my-self through Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University while climbing and working for about a dozen tree companies big and small. After graduating in 2001 I decided to keep climbing and became a licensed arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture and a Maryland Tree Expert.”

Georgetown Fine Pruning and Tree Care is a full-service, family-owned tree company providing licensed and insured services to residential and commercial clients. Along with his crew, Pachas offers a variety of services including trimming, stump grind-

ing, planting, disease control and even cat removal.

About once a month he is called out to help poor felines that have become stuck high in the air. He’s never lost one yet.

Pachas has cared for trees at several notable properties and gardens in the D.C. area including the Washington National Cathedral, Dunbarton Oaks, Oak Hill Cemetery, and Evermay.

Pruning is the most common task he’s asked to provide. While this can help neglected trees become healthy and safe again, what’s most important to his clients is appearance. He must work like a fine artist or hair stylist to achieve the desired look. He takes the wood from pruning and removals to make mulch and firewood to give away.

While the spring and summer are his busiest seasons, tree care is a year-round task.

“Tree care is different in the winter,” he said.

“It’s important to prune many species while they are dormant for their health. I often delay large removals for many of my clients because it’s easier and less expensive when the leaves are gone.”

Tree care also can be a challenging business.

Each day is different and there are few hard-fast rules. Research on pesticides, fertilizers and various practices changes regularly and it’s always recommended to get several opinions from certified arborists. Pachas said he also loves the adrenaline rush that comes from climbing.

“I tried surfing last year and when I finally stood up for that split second I got the same feeling I get when swinging around in a tree,” he said. “I’m glad that I’m able to have found work where I can get that feeling every day.”

His passion for trees and nature has been passed down to his daughter, Luciana. She loves the outdoors and would quickly give up preschool to come to work with him if given the choice.

Lindsay Pachas is a licensed psychologist and also will be opening up an office in Middleburg, the better to be closer to home. n

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23302 DOVER RD, MIDDLEBURG, VA - This Charming Cape boast over 4500 sq/ft of living space. Ideally situated on an a quiet culde-sac street just minutes from the village of Middleburg. Remodeled kitchen & baths. Hardwood and marble floors throughout the first floor. Four fireplaces, large great room and pool make this home ideal for entertaining. The grounds are mature with large oaks and extensive landscaping. A Must see. $639,900 Peter Pejacsevich Scott Buzzelli 540-270-3835 540-454-1399

3085 RECTORTOWN RD, MARSHALL, VA - NEW PRICE ON CUTEST COTTAGE IN THE COUNTRY! Charming cottage in Rectortown. 3BR/2.5BA works well as weekender or full-time living.

Amenities include Viking range, soapstone counters, exquisite hardwood floors, restful porches, fireplace, French doors. 1,800+/sq ft. Peaceful home within 10 minutes of Middleburg, Marshall, I-66. DC <60 minutes. CALL TODAY FOR AN APPT! $549,000 Walter Woodson 703-499-4961

26A LOUDOUN ST, ROUND HILL, VA - Don’t just drive by. You will be glad you took the time to come inside. Handicap Accessible Apt w/ separate level entrance (no stairs). Wide doorways, lower counter tops.

Loads of full sized windows let in the Natural Light. 900sf Workshop w/ its own 200amp electric service, heat & AC..Home has been impeccably cared for. Deck. Front Porch. Perfect location Xfinity internet…no HOA. $539,000 Marcy Cantatore 540-533-7453

19210 SILCOTT SPRINGS RD, PURCELLVILLE, VA - In the middle of HUNT COUNTRY-Bring the HORSES-you can use every inch of this 4.99+ acres. 3 STALL BARN w/tack room,washstall & hay storage. 140x75 RING w/ LIGHTS, RIDE OUT. BOARD FENCING w/3 fenced fields. VERY WELL CARED FOR UPDATED HOME w/hardwood floors. Brick FP. VIEWS from DECK & front STONE PATIO. FENCED BACKYARD. IN-LAW SUITE w/ own ENTRANCE. FIOS. Dogs Sage & Tyme. PLEASE LOCK GATES!! $539,000

ZULLA RD, MIDDLEBURG, VA - Desired Middleburg Location - Build your home on a 3 acre lot - Great commuter location - County approved a 4 bedroom septic field $399,000 $425,000

590 KENNEL RD, BOYCE, VA - 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 ceilings, 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. $375,000 Anne McIntosh 703-509-4499

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“Walnut Hall” Spectacular Manor Home on 134 acres.

Former thoroughbred breeding facility. Lovely country retreat with fenced paddocks, large run in sheds, rolling hills. Mt. Vernon style with huge formal rooms, game room w/ bar & marble BAs throughout. A chef’s kitchen, butler’s pantry, wine cellar. 4 tenant homes.

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“Crosswinds Farm” stunning 72 ac. equestrian property located in Piedmont Hunt country. Incredible views and ride out, PJ Williams 7 stall barn, office, tack room, 1/2 bath and lots more. 5 large paddocks w/ run-ins. 100x200 ring w/excellent footing. Great apt w/den; heart pine floors, top appliances, screened porch. Several potential home sites.

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A REGAL ESTATE nestled on 5+ ac. of privacy. The 9800+ sq ft residence comes complete with: Curved Staircase, Dual Staircase, 2-story Great Room, Formal Living Room, Sunroom, Library, Butler’s Pantry, Gourmet Kitchen, Breakfast/Morning Room, Au Pair/In-Law Suite, Mud Room, Slate Patio, 4-car Garage, Stone Fence. This home is IMMACULATE. 20 min to Leesburg, Middleburg - 30 min to Dulles airport.

$725,000 Purcellville

Spring is right around the corner! Enjoy outdoor entertaining in this beautiful renovated spacious 5BR home in the village of Middleburg! 3 patios with extensive hard scape and landscape. Master BR/BA on main, Large Family RM open to yard, 2 FPs and hardwood floors throughout. Quiet in town neighborhood. Home Warranty included!

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Bring your horses or just enjoy country living. Beautiful custom built home with all the upgrades including master suite with sitting room, second bedroom with private full bath, third and fourth bedrooms have connecting wash area and bathroom. Enjoy your palladium window views from the gourmet kitchen, breakfast room, or your large deck.

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4.58 Rolling Acres on hardtop road in Western Loudoun County. Great location between Purcellville and Middleburg. Bring your house plans and build the home of your dream. Beautiful country views and level property, everything you could want in a perfect lot. 4 Bedroom traditional drain field site approved.

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Charming Farmette located one block from the quaint village of Orlean on paved road features 3 BR, 2 BA, 3 stall barn w/ tack room, run-in sheds & 4 fenced paddocks. Beautiful Mountain Views! Walk-out lower level ready to finish as an office or apartment. Village zoning too! Dominion Hunt Territory. Great price!

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Wealth planning — that is, the integration of lifestyle planning, asset preservation and wealth transfer issues — can seem a daunting, almost overwhelming task. And the more assets we have, the more complex the task can seem.

This is why our family business, The CGE Group at Morgan Stanley, encourages families to discuss their specific wealth planning goals with us in a private setting. These conversations along with a comprehensive wealth plan become even more critical when families are faced with a transitional period, such as a significant life event. We can help you plan for these events.

rom Highland School, we’ve been told that a number of students, parents, and teachers volunteered on five different projects for Highland’s ninth annual Family Service Day on Saturday, April 18.

Off campus, volunteers assisted clients with food boxes at the Fauquier Food Distribution Coalition, helped Special Olympics athletes practice for their track and field meet, and offered basic supplies and friendly conversation to families living in low rent motels via The Dignity Project.

On campus, the Lower School entrance received some much needed beautification with volunteers sprucing up the front beds and planting annuals. Inside the Chilean Commons, the Enkijape Rummage Sale raised close to $6,000 for our sister school in Kenya.

Adult and student volunteer project coordinators and liaisons included Ann Martin (Enkijape Rummage Sale), Amudha Mahendiran (Lower School garden), Jessica Simpson (Special Olympics), Treuting family (Fauquier Food Distribution), and Savarna Pahari and Mallory Bryan (The Dignity Project.)

And news from Foxcroft School: The Board of Trustees recently bestowed its highest honor -- the Anne Kane McGuire ’52 Distinguished Service Award -- on the late Ruth Thomas Bedford, a member of the Class of 1932 whose love for her alma mater led to an historic $40 million gift to the girls boarding and day school. The first posthumous recipient, Bedford becomes the 29th recipient of the award.

The presentation took place on April 17 at a community-wide assembly of students, faculty, trustees and alumnae visiting for Reunion

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Weekend. Board Chair Reggie Groves made the presentation, along with Head of School Catherine S. McGehee and fellow trustee Trevania Dudley Henderson ’76.

The McGuire Award, named in honor of the late Board of Trustees chairwoman, was given to Bedford, Groves said, “for being a shining example of strength, independence, and service to Foxcroft students and women around the world, and for inspiring us all to be true to ourselves, to follow our passions, and to make a difference in the world.” Bedford died in June just short of her 100th birthday and left the $40 million gift in her will.

Born on August 8, 1914, Bedford was the third of four daughters born to Fred and Lucie Thomas Bedford. Her grandfather, Edward T. Bedford, was a director of Standard Oil and founder of the Corn Products Refining Company. An accomplished rider from an early age, at Foxcroft, Bedford honed her riding skills and played basketball for the school and for her beloved Hound team.

She later became a skilled sailor, golfer, and tennis player, and also carried on the family penchant for racing horses with success -- all years before women’s participation in sports was widely accepted, much less celebrated.

After Foxcroft, Bedford worked backstage on Broadway and became a licensed pilot who was often seen skimming her seaplane across Long Island Sound. Community service was important to her: She served with the Red Cross in Europe during World War II, offering to be stationed in England during the Blitz, and, along with her sister Lucie, volunteered at the Norwalk, Connecticut Hospital for over 50 years. n

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Rare offering – 2-charming cottages (stone & stucco) set on 13-acres in The Plains. Large, stocked pond with boat house, several outbuildings, lovely fruit trees and shrubs (apple, peach, cherries, black and blue berries). Wonderful setting.

$679,000

Old Dominion Hounds

Lovely mountain views, fish-filled pond, stable, 41 rolling, board fenced ac. Architect designed country house w/high ceilings, 1st floor master, 4 baths, Canary wood, Brazilian cherry, walnut & mahogany woodwork, stone fireplace, French doors to wraparound porch, Hardiplank construction. Ultimate charm & quality.

$1,100,000

Edgeworth

Fabulous Country Home

Situated high on a hill in Marshall. No expense was spared in this custom hardiplank and stone. Open floorplan with huge windows, massive beams, stone fireplace, main level master w/ sitting room and private balcony, screened porch, ultimate kitchen, finished lower level w/full bar and 2-full baths and so much more on 51-acres. Broadband available.

Summer Breeze Just listed in the Warrenton Hunt. 55+ acres of wooded parkland with trails and frontage on Great Run. Main floor master suite, hardwood and ceramic tile flooring, large country kitchen with huge island, 60’ front and back sitting porches, guest house, mineral springs pool with hot tub, garaging for 6, lovely gardens and landscaping.

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Tuck Lo

All-brick country house on 20-very private acres on popular Lee’s Ridge with mountain views, pond and guest house. High ceilings, 5-wood burning fireplaces, main floor master suite, ultimate kitchen, random width hardwood floors throughout, all 4 br with bath ensuite, wonderful spaces and much more.

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Manor House C. 1911

Extraordinary property just north of Warrenton on 50 private acres with stunning lake and distant views. Up to nine bedrooms, 7 fireplaces, center hall, 35 x 50 great room with beams and massive stone fireplace opening to terrace and lovely pool, cottage, stables. Many possibilities – explore potential for events, B&B etc.

$1,795,000

Harkaway

$1,800,000

Foxville

Quietly situated in a treed setting but comes with over 60 acres of lush rolling pasture. Spectacular mountain views from main level master suite, sunroom, family room and most of the property. All-brick English country house has high ceilings, slate entry, custom woodwork/built-ins, fireplaces, heart pine paneling… spacious yet warm. Near country club.

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$875,000

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CEDARWOOD

Custom contemporary with open floorplan is exceptionally light and bright. Glass room with skylights and brick wall, hardwood floors, updated kitchen, screened porch, 3-car garage on 63-acres of lush pasture and woodland with barn, streams, pond and fabulous sweeping views of pastureland. Warrenton Hunt location.

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condition. 7 FP, 1st and 2nd floor masters, high ceilings, garages for 8 cars, stone guest house, cottage with 3 BRs, 3 Fpls, heated pool, 6 stall stable, barns, stocked pond, wonderful gardens, clouds of boxwood, flowering trees and shrubs, 100 beautiful rolling acres with fenced pastures. A John Marshall family home.

Very convenient to Old Towne Warrenton. C. 1930 stone manor house has had recent substantial restoration including gourmet kitchen, baths, geothermal, elevator, 17’ bow window in great room offering unparalleled mountain views, numerous oversized fireplaces, curved English staircase, built-ins and more. Farm features 141 acres, stable, multiple cottages, pond.

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Beautifully sited on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Randleston Farm encompases 118 acres of lush pastures, flowering trees and English gardens. An exquisite 10,000 square foot stone manor is meticulously restored, enjoys incredible views and borders the Shenandoah River. 20 stall stone and stucco stable, 3 bedroom managers house, run-in sheds, all create a fabulous equestrain facility. $6,900,000

The extraordinary Birchwood Estate boasts 180 acres with the most beautiful private arboretum in Virginia! The English Country manor is a masterpiece of the finest quality & design, elegant & charming with incredible mountain views, brilliant gardens & a simply "magical setting". Exquisite stone, slate roofing, fieldstone terraces, a luxurious pool & spa, wine $5,975,000 cellar; plus 6 separate parcels!

Beautifully sited at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Grassland Farm is comprised of 100+ gorgeous acres, with two center aisle stables, two tenant houses, tennis court,& several storage buildings.The historic stone main residence was built in 1840 with several modern additions. High ceilings, gleaming wood floors, updated kitchen & baths. 3 beautifully finished levels.

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This extraordinary historic Inn (c. 1763)has been beautifully restored and updated offering accomodations for events, guests, dining and private parties. A gorgeous setting on over 46 acres encompasses 4 private cottages, 9 suites, a ballroom, pub amd several dining rooms - all absolutely charming. The manicured grounds are spectacular, with gazebo, bridges & brilliant gardens surrounding the elegant stone Inn, overlooking a spring fed pond. $3,300,000

Wonderful custom built 4 Bedroom residence on 15.7 acres beautifully landscaped acres.

Superior quality, pristine condition and elegant decor grace this charming home. Terraces and gardens surround the pool, media room, library, gourmet country kitchen. Guest house with 2 apartments, 5 stall stable, lush paddocks and board fencing and riding ring all in an idyllic setting in Middleburg. $2,500,000

Elegant English Manor House beautifully sited on approximately 100 acres of magnificent woodlands; Spectacular views and total privacy; Built with superior quality and craftsmanship, superbly detailed moldings; 5 Fireplaces; Gleaming Wood Floors; Mahogany paneled Library and French doors opening to the flagstone veranda; Wine Cellar; 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceilings; Great potential for tax credits. $2,500,000

An extraordinary historic farm on 24+ acres with two main residences and a tenant house/guest house, amidst towering trees, stone walls, brillant gardens and a spring fed pond. The two stables are stunning and include a total of 20 stalls with huge lofts, opening to paddocks and overlooking the pond. English gardens, picket fences, a paneled office, all in pristine condition and absolutely $2,350,000 charming.

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Gracious country estate with over 6800 sq. ft. of spectacular living space on 20 gorgeous acres. High ceilings, elegant rooms, beautiful decor, 5 fireplaces, pristine condition. Brilliant gardens surround a fabulous pool. Separate studio/aupair suite, mahogony paneled library. breathtaking views of pastures and ponds. New roof, Heating & A/C, generator & more. $2,250,000

Stunning 5 Bedroom Cape on 10 gorgeous acres. Wonderful floorplan, sun filled rooms, high ceilings & hardwood floors. Living & dining rooms open to fabulous gardens, pool & terrace.

Master suite with sitting room, gourmet country kitchen opens to breakfast & family rooms. 2nd level has 3 bedrooms and 2 Baths; Separate Office/Guest Suite over 3 car garage. $1,995,000

mount Harmony

$1,950,000

Exquiste all brick colonial on 23 gorgeous acres just minutes from Middleburg. High ceilings, hardwood floors, elegant rooms on 4 finished levels. Library, family room with vaulted ceilings, 4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths, 5 fireplaces and fabulous rear covered veranda, separate guest suite over garage, 3 bay garage. Spectacular gardens and manicured grounds in an idyllic setting. Orange County Hunt Territory. $1,650,000

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Charming 4 Bedroom 3.5 Bath, stone & stucco residence on 12+ acres, completely remodeled with the finest craftmanship, in a secluded storybook setting. Surrounded by hundreds of acres in easement, with towering trees and gorgeous landscaping, Dependencies include a beautiful guest house, a carriage house with studio apartment above, a green house, spa, and run in shed in lush paddocks

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Stunning 18 room brick colonial beautifully sited on 13+ acres overlooking a spring fed pond and rolling countryside, Over 9,000 square feet of spectacular living space with high ceilings, gleaming wood floors, and 3 Fireplaces, Home Theatre, Mirrored Fitness Room, Gorgeous Paneled Library, Gourmet Country Kitchen, Fabulous Master Suite, Recreation Room with bar, Absolutely every amenity in this exquisite residence! $1,550,000

Charming historic property, circa 1750, on approx. 7 acres with brilliant gardens, charming guest house, & fabulous 5 stall stable with office, kitchen, exercise room, crafts room & pine floored loft, ideal for Hunt Breakfasts & entertaining. Main residence was renovated with meticulous care & boasts a gourmet kitchen, premier appliances, 3 fireplaces, gracious rooms & an $1,550,000 idyllic setting.

Beautiful custom Colonial, built with handsome Flemish bond style brick, encompasses over 11.5 acres just 10 minutes from historic Miiddleburg. Ideally located in the Piedmont Hunt Territory, this home boasts over 4,500 sq.ft. of spectacular living space with hardwood floors, 4 fireplaces, 10 ft. ceilings, library with custom bookshelves. Attached 3 bay garage. Land is perfect for horses or pool. $1,295,000

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he spring clean-up time has nearly passed and many of our backcounty roads are still strewn with disposables, from soda bottles and beer cans to Styrofoam plates and cups. Yes, even dirty diapers. So let’s not play the blame game because we all know where this “garbage” is coming from.

Let’s just look for a solution, including one I’d like you to think about as we try to clear our roadways and byways.

Road clean-ups are about as old as roads.

At one time or another, we’ve probably all participated. So if we have the know-how, why not just get started rather than be aggravated every time we drive down a littered back road.

Here’s a plan. Pick a section of road that’s travelled frequently by you, your family and everyone that works on or near your place.

Plan a neighborhood road clean-up day and ”require” that everyone you know who uses the road to come home, to come to work, or just visit, shows up for the clean-up. Once they pick up the trash, perhaps they’ll take ownership of it. The next time they think about tossing something from the car window they’ll know it will be them picking it up in a few months at the annual neighborhood road clean up.

There are two goals. The first is to clean up the road because it’s so distressing to law abiding landowners to drive into their property with garbage strewn along the road. It may also bother others, and if it does, they may be the first to respond to your call for volunteers to clean it all up.

The second goal is to instill the comprehension of stewardship of our natural area into the hearts and minds of everyone who lives

here. It matters not where they used to live; if they live here now, it’s our obligation to teach them how we live here. This is our work ethic, this is our cleanliness ethic, and this is why our locality is one of the most beautiful in the modern world. We’re 40 miles from a major city and as pristine as a mountain brook except for the garbage thrown out from cars as they pass through our bucolic area.

By cleaning it up piece by piece all those who travel the roads will never look at them in the same way again. Pick it up once; notice it forever. Pick it up once, think again! If I throw this out the window will I be picking it up on a nice spring day when I would rather be golfing or watching a baseball game? The lesson is “For every right there is a corresponding responsibility.” If you throw it, you will be responsible to clean it up or be fined for littering. N o w let’s go back to the basics. Make everyone who works for you, every family member, regular guests, etc., come to the work party.

The party can be fun. Have a couple of cases of water or fruit drinks, preferably not in plastic, and use paper cups. Roast some hotdogs, bring a bag of chips. Make it a party, but remind everyone that this will be an annual affair. Every spring before the grass and weeds get too high, we’ll clean our roadways, and driveways. We’ll also remind each other that if we throw it, one of us is going to pick it up, and it better not be the brand of beer or soda that everyone know you drink.

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community outreach. Gala Committee co-chairs Jill Beach and Sally Travis led the preparation efforts for the evening which included dinner, dancing (woo woo our favorite Doc Scantlin and Chou Chou), a live and silent auction and much more.

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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

A pastoral 5 bedroom c. 1830 farmhouse and a grand stone pavilion • Elegant but unfussy • 103 acres of open farmland • The pavilion serves as a pool house, greenhouse, banquet room, and guest quarters • Great location

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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

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

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

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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

Classic 1880's Virginia farmhouse • Lovely setting • Private 1st floor master suite • 2 bedrooms on 2nd floor • 2 additional rental houses • Large stable & storage building • Fencing for horses & cattle • Property is protected by VOF conservation easement • Tear down the small cottage & build a new main house • Lots of options with 110 acres

Handsome house in sought-after area between Middleburg and The Plains • Main residence recently renovated • Large master suite & two additional generous sized bedrooms, each with their own full bath • Large gourmet kitchen • Lovely living & dining rooms • Wrap around porches • Western views from elevated site • Charming guest house • Beautiful gardens & stonework

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Circa 1860 Virginia Farmhouse • House updated & enlarged in 2004 • 3 to 4 bedrooms • 2 1/2 baths • Hardwood floors • 3 fireplaces • Exposed beams & gourmet kitchen • 10 acres • Fenced & cross fenced • 2 stall barn with tack & hay storage • Spring house & smoke house • Protected with mountain views • Piedmont Hunt Territory

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

Classic old Middleburg fixture • Zoned C-2 which allows retail, restaurant or personal services • Lovely large front porch and old stone walls - nice visibility one block south of the main street • Extensive plantings, room for expansion and full of charm • Approximately 2,300 sf building on .11 acre lot • Front portion dates from 1870's

Historic Civil War battle site • 2.01 acres • Improved by partially finished gate house which could be a home office or guest house • Potentially another building site on property • One large room with fireplace, corner cabinets, metal roof

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ome farm signs are historic, some are whimsical, some are old and others are new. Many are painted in the specific colors to match those of the stable, a long time tradition in racing and more recently in showing and eventing. Middleburg Life photographer Crowell Hadden set up to capture many examples and here we present Part One.

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rom the hard-hitting, probing questions of a Vietnam era television journalist to the Zen-like serenity of a grass-fed cattleman in rural western Fauquier County, David Schoumacher is a study in contrasts.

Dressed in a dark suit, crisp white shirt and neatly tied tie, Schoumacher, back then an ABC network correspondent, rattled off the data on the nightly news that 1973 evening. Reporting from Capitol Hill on the nation’s beef industry, Schoumacher never imagined he’d find himself on the other side of the camera some four decades later, speaking as a commercial cattle-

man when interviewed about the burgeoning grass-fed beef movement.

“I had no idea,” said the award-winning print and television journalist who seamlessly moved into a second career he loves as a livestock farmer and booster for the “Buy Local” campaign. Wearing dungarees, a checked shirt and a battered baseball cap, Schoumacher and wife Elizabeth “Wooz” Matthews shepherd a guest across a field at their Thistle Hill Farm near Hume. He laughs when asked if he’s an unlikely cattleman.

“It’s an interesting thing we’re doing,” Schoumacher began in the newscasters’ baritone, rich, deep, resonant. “Since 2010 we’ve protected English genetics through this herd. I went from growing up a city kid … to traveling the

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Schoumacher had first discovered Fauquier County in the 1990s, building a house in Hume and, with his then-wife, becoming friends with local landowner and cattle farmer Church Matthews and his wife, Wooz. Schoumacher and Wooz Matthews comforted one another as they nursed their respective spouses through terminal cancer. They married in 2001, and developing a herd of hormone and antibiotic-free pastured beef cattle seemed a natural extension of their fights with cancer. “(We) raise cattle in the most natural, healthful way possible,” said Wooz. “You (don’t really know) what causes cancer, but your diet is a huge part of it.”

They researched cattle breeds and settled on the Devon. From light red to ruby to rich dark chestnut, Devons are moderate-framed cattle, with mature bulls weighing 1,700 to 2,200 pounds and cows around 1,000. Devons are wellmuscled but not to the extremes of commercial breeds. They have thick hides, which helps with flies and pests. The haircoat grows dense and curly in winter, “slicking off” in summer.

The Schoumachers consider themselves stewards of the land as well as the breed. They eschew chemical fertilizer, relying instead on pasture rotation and “strip grazing,” and ban use of weed killer.

“Healthy soil, healthy grass, healthy animals result in healthy meat and healthy families,” Wooz said. “We use our cows as four-legged fertilizer spreaders, recycling 90 percent of the nutrients they consume right back into the soil.”

“We’re looking to maintain a low carbon footprint by staying in sync with what nature has given us and encouraging (forage) diversity,” Schoumacher explained. “When you purchase Thistle Hill Beef you’re giving your family pasture-perfect beef that is tender, flavorful and healthy, (and) you’re making a responsible choice for the environment.” n

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world … to working to hold onto cattle genetics.

Unbelievable.”

A third of Thistle Hill’s business is selling beef – low-fat, high-protein cuts sold by the whole, half or box off the farm. “You won’t find anything more delicious,” Schoumacher said.

“We’re taking meat production back to nature.”

The rest of Thistle Hill accounts are plumped by “seed stock” – young cows, calves and bulls—sold to other small Devon breeders around the nation. It’s a thriving business: Thistle Hill is part of a larger movement to protect the ancient, cherished bloodlines. “We sold one up to Canada last week,” Schoumacher said. “And we sent a bull to South Carolina. We’re obsessed with promoting the breed.”

Schoumacher wasn’t born or bred to be a livestock farmer in rural Virginia. A city boy from Chicago, he has dual journalism degrees from Northwestern. He served during the Korea years as a Strategic Air Command pilot, then wrote for a paper in Rockford, Ill. and went on-air for the paper’s news radio station. He moved into television in Sioux City then Oklahoma City before joining CBS’s Washington bureau.

His first day was Nov. 23, 1963. “It was hectic,” Schoumacher recalled handling the Kennedy assassination. “Trial by fire, day one.”

He embedded with the U.S. military in Vietnam, once describing himself as a “conservative SAC pilot from heartland America … (convinced) if we didn’t draw the line (against the spread of communism in Vietnam) we’d be fighting them in Honolulu.”

But after reporting from the frontlines, Schoumacher was disillusioned by command “lies” and “unmitigated disaster” of pacification. Returning stateside, Schoumacher followed McCarthy’s 1968 presidential campaign, later working for ABC and taking his final post at WJLA channel 7 in D.C., from 1976 to 1988.

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Serves 12 2 tablespoons canola oil 2 cups chopped onions 1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes in puree ½ cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons molasses 1 tablespoon smoked paprika – plus additional to sprinkle on the chicken thighs ½ teaspoons cayenne pepper (or to taste) 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 tablespoons chili powder 1 teaspoon cumin 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder 2 cups chicken broth 4 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs • Heat a large sauce pan to medium high heat and add the oil and the onions.

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and place the chicken thighs in a single layer and season with salt, pepper and a sprinkling of smoked paprika.

• Bake for about 40 minutes or until the juices run clear and the meat is cooked through.

• With two forks pull apart the meat into bite size pieces and reserve in a large bowl.

• Add enough sauce to coat the meat. There will be extra sauce which can be stored in the refrigerator.

• Serve the BBQ on buns topped with the Thai cabbage salad.

Serves 12 • In a bowl stir together the lemon juice, the sugar, and the salt until dissolved, then add the oil • Add the cabbage, carrot, mint, and cilantro, and toss the salad well.

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loane Coles, who graces our cover this month, comes from a distinguished family of equestrians. The 26-yearold’s father, John Coles, an agent with Thomas and Talbot Real Estate, is a master of the Orange County Hounds. Her mother, Julie Coles, is a successful competitor on the horse show circuit and continues in all aspects of riding and teaching.

The youngest of three Coles children, Sloane grew up in The Plains and rose to national prominence in her junior career winning titles in equitation, hunters and jumpers. Since turning professional and opening Spring Ledge, a training and sales business, she’s competed on the North American Grand Prix circuit with wins at The Hampton Classic, Hits and Blainville. On Memorial Day weekend, May 23rd and 24th, Sloane, a sociology and business graduate of Drew University, will be at the family farm, The Oaks exercising and training her horses as part of the Trinity Episcopal Church 56th Hunt Country Stable Tour.

Visitors on the Stable Tour will enter The Oaks past a white clapboard house built in the early 19th Century. George S. Howe of Philadelphia designed the main house in 1939 for Mr. and Mrs. Felix DuPont, Jr. Adjacent to the house is the original stable where the Coles family keeps their hunters.

Continuing down the drive is a larger barn for the show jumpers and an indoor arena.

Equestrian Sloane Coles will be competing at the Upperville Horse Show June 1-7 as well as exercising her horses during the Hunt Country Stable Tour on May 23 and 24.

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There are 14 stops on this year’s Stable Tour, including horse swimming demonstrations at Edie and Bruce Smart’s Trappe Hill Farm. They’ll take place at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Trappe Hill Farm’s 550 acres of field and forest borders the Blue Ridge Mountains and is home to a varied collection of horses. The owners raise Thoroughbreds for sale and racing and care for 11 retired Visitors at the MARE Center and Trappe Hill Farm will horses. There will be mares and foals on view and Edie Smart, a retired Master of see foals romping in the fields Foxhounds, will discuss fox hunting and its traditions.

Completed in 2001, the primary purpose Bruce Smart will discuss horse breeding was to house ponies and horses for daughter theories and his book, “A Community of the Nellie Foosaner, who competed for 14 years in Horse,” Horsean illustrated stable tour of NorthEurope and up and down the East Coast. The ern Virginia. The Smarts are ardent conservaflexible design of the barn is currently config- tionists and their land is in conservation easeured for eight stalls, but can easily be altered to ment to save the bears, bobcats and wild turkeys accommodate ten with an office and viewing living in its woods. A Piedmont Environmental level. Overlooking the barn and arena is the Council member will discuss the organization’s stone residence with a discrete outline to protect programs to preserve VIrginia’s beautiful counthe views. tryside. n

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he Trinity Episcopal Church’s 56th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour takes place on Memorial Day weekend, May 23 and 24 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. For information, call 540-592-3711 or order online at www.trinityupperville.org/hunt-country-stable-tour/. Proceeds benefit the Outreach Ministries of Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville.

The 162nd Upperville Colt and Horse Show takes place June 1-7. Details at 540- 687-5740, art uchs1853@gmail.com or www.upperville.com. The $100,000 Upperville Jumper Classic is Sunday, June 7 at 2 p.m. The show is held to promote Amateur Equine Activities and to benefit The Upperville Volunteer Fire Department and The Churches of Upperville Outreach Program.

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The Foosaner Family Farm, designed by renowned architect John Blackburn of Washington, D.C., will also be part of this year’s Stable Tour.

The barn and riding arena are situated purposely with a low profile to preserve bucolic views on the farm owned by Robert S. Foosaner. As with all Blackburn designs, the emphasis in the stable, besides structural beauty, is on the abundance The interior of the barn at Foosaner Family Farm provides plenty of of healthy ventilation for the light as well as ventilation horses.

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From June 1-7, Sloane will be among the riders competing at the 162nd edition of Upperville Horse Show. She’ll ride Esprit, the lovely 11-year-old Belgium Warm Blood on our cover, owned by Alan Wurtzel, Landon Buttler and John Coles. They’ll cap off their week of competition in the $100,000 Upperville Grand Prix Jumper Classic on Sunday, June 7. And, she’ll also ride WEC L’ami Noir owned by The Wind-

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Horse swimming demonstrations will take place at Edie and Bruce Smart’s Trappe Hill Farm on May 23 and 24 at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

The property is pristinely maintained with flowers numbering in the thousands during the summer months. On the opposite side of the stable are eight paddocks with run in sheds to provide shade and shelter for the horses.

John Blackburn will be on hand to provide details on the design as well as sign copies of his book, “Healthy Stables by Design: A Common Sense Approach to the Health and Safety of Horses.”

Blackburn Architects’ has another farm on the Stable Tour--the Middleburg Agriculture Research and Extension (MARE) Center, a 420-acre facility donated by the late Paul Mellon and run by Virginia Tech. The research there is aimed at improving pasture and animal productivity. For 40 years, the center was primarily used for beef cattle research, but then was re-dedicated to serve the equine industry in 1992. The MARE Center’s strong research tradition and unique education programs make it a national leader in the field of equine science.

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First, one of our favorite artists Jean Clagett (American, b. 1945), Darn That Itch, a 2014, bronze, a gift of Jacqueline B. Mars. This charming little filly, (bottom right of photo) is reaching to nibble at an itch. It is number two of five casts by Clagett. This piece was commissioned by donor Jacqueline B. Mars from the Virginia based artist, specifically for the NSLM. For any of you lucky enough to go to the Rolex 3-Day event at the Kentucky Horse Park this year, you would have seen another sculpture by Clagett--a life-size bronze of Olympian Bruce Davidson aboard his champion event horse, Eagle Lion.

The other sculptures recently installed include: J. Clayton Bright’s, Red Fox (Vulpes Fulva), bronze, a gift of an Anonymous Donor, 2013 and is located on the wall

in front of the old Vine Hill building.

Artist J. Clayton Bright is based in Pennsylvania. He is a sculptor and a painter best known for his animal subjects, like this life-size fox.

Rupert Till (English, b. 1969), After the Chase, 2005, is of steel wire and a gift of Reverend Elijah White, in memory

of Anita Graf White. Till has been working with wire for over 20 years.

He started out sculpting steel wire (chicken wire) and now also works with bronze and copper wire. The figures he creates out of this surprisingly versatile medium are full of character, movement and expression.

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Mosby’s Rangers in Marshall. The afternoon began at the Marshall Baptist Church with historian Bob Sinclair speaking on “Mosby’s Rangers in Salem and their Operations in Northern Fauquier.”

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The group later adjourned to the disbanding site off Frost Avenue in downtown Marshall to hear historian and author David Goetz, as Major Adolphus “Dolly” Richards, about the events of April 10-20, 1865. Col. John

Singleton Mosby also spoke on the disbanding of his rangers at this site just 150 years ago.

The historic event was co-sponsored by Van Metre Homes and the Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation.

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School. Next month, the Philadelphia resident will be honored by the Garden Club of America and he’s in the process of trying to finish up a book.

In his talk, he showed examples of his approach to landscapes for private and corporate sites from Connecticut to Virginia. He’s actively working on the restoration of the Dumbarton Oaks Conservancy land in Washington, D.C. and as

part of the volunteer outreach for that project, he recently lectured to the Landscape Design Masters program at George Washington University before working in the field the next day.

Weaner’s sensible utilization of the natural colonization of our native plants is foremost in creating designed natural areas that minimize maintenance and maximize natural

evolution. He emphasized that a plan that embraces the aggressive qualities of some plants and shades out others is the answer.

Ultimately, the goal is to create a wildlife friendly and naturalistic landscape that becomes easier to maintain over time and provides large sweeps of beautiful views that are sustainable for the owner, wildlife and the environment.

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Tommie is the granddaughter of the late Henry and Scottie Chapman, also of Middleburg, and the late Jim Herbert, Sr. of Delaplane and Betty Herbert, now of Winchester. Tommie, a graduate of Vanderbilt University Peabody College, earned her master’s at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and is currently a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Forest Service in Washington. Matt graduated from Harvard University where he was a two-year co-captain of the golf team. He attended American University Washington College of Law, and is General Counsel at Allied Associates International in Warrenton. An October wedding is planned.

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iviane Warren, Orange County Hounds, and Penny Denegre, MFH, are co-chairing “The Breakfast & Lunch Dynamic Role of Lady Masters” on Coffee, Tea, Saturday, May 23 at the National Served All Day Beer & Wine Sporting Library and Museum. There will be a round table discussion with Lady Masters of FoxMon. -Thurs. 6 am to 8 pm • Fri. 6 am to 10 pm hounds. The discussion focuses on experiences Sat. 8 am to 10 pm • Sun. 8 am to 6 pm from the field told by women with years of hunting leadership. Dr. John W. D. McDonald MFH 114 W. Washington Street • Middleburg • VA • 540.687.7065 London (Canada) Hunt and past president of the MFHA, will moderate the program which asks provocative questions that address the challenges of women in a traditionally male role.

William Hasselberger, who calls Middleburg home, now has his eyes on Monaco as a possible location for a potential television series he’s helping to finance along with Hollywood’s Sennet Entertainment production company.

Producer Mark Sennet recently had a royal encounter with Monaco’s Prince Albert at the Top Marques Monaco, the world’s most spectacular super-car show. Sennet Entertainment is producing “The Drivers,” a new television series based on the Grand Prix rivalry between Ford and Ferrari in the 1960s.

Prince Albert told Sennet that Monaco would welcome the shooting of the series. Hasselberger, who had business dealings in the past with Albert’s late father, Prince Rainier, said, “I’ve always found Monaco to be very friendly to foreign investors, and I think the Prince is right in that it would make sense to film some of “The Drivers” there, given Monaco’s historic connection with international racing.”

Kudos and much more to Elaine Boland of Fields of Athenry Farm near Philomont. She recently won The Golden Plow Award at the DonÕthink t thinkSOMEDAY SOMEDAY- -think thinkSUMMER!!!

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NEW SUMMERCLASSES CLASSESNOW NOWFORMING FORMINGAT AT NEW SUMMER The Golden Plow Award recognizes excellence in growing or producing from nature’s bounty and honoring a woman whose skill in farming or making artisanal products results in food that graces our plates while respecting the environment.

Boland remarked; “We feel incredibly blessed to be recognized at this level. The WCR group of women has re-opened our eye’s to see the importance of why it is we do what we do.

There truly is power in the solidarity of these women and we are proud and humbled to now be in the WCR family.”

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teeplechase racing returned to its traditional roots recently with the inaugural Esther Everhart Memorial Invitational Side Saddle Chase at Oatlands Plantation for the 49th annual Loudoun Hunt Point-to-Point Races.

The all female race on side saddle was organized by Maggie Johnston and was the first to be held in America since the 1930s.

“This groundbreaking event brings a new dimension to steeplechase racing because it speaks to the foundation of the sport,” said Donna Rogers, Master of Foxhounds of the Loudoun Fairfax Hunt.

Following the race-which was divided as jumping and flat-riders, sponsors and awards’ chair Elaine Boland met under the hunt breakfast tent for award presen- Bernadette Boland, Devon Zebrovious, Maureen tations with Oatlands’ board president Britell, Michael O’Connor, Anne Sittman and Tracey Michael O’Connor and gala co-chair Sally Covert Travis.

Winning riders Devon Zebrovious on Quest and Anne Sittmann on Moneytrain received a perpetual tray and matching frame sponsored by The Xerox Fund and Nancy J. Voytosh, ribbons and sashs sponsored by Greenhill Winery & Vineyard and bouquets from Fairchild Specialty Shop. The winners will also received an All Weather coat from Asmar Equestrian (jumpers) and Fields of Athenry (flat).

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Featuring $100,000 Upperville Jumper Classic on Sunday, June 7

Daily highlights: *Vendors & Shopping *Good Food *Hunter & Jumper classes starting at 8 a.m.

Saturday highlights: *Leadline, Walk Trot & Family Classes *Ladies Side Saddle Classes *Pony Hunter Classics *International Hunter Derby Other Sunday highlights: *Jack Russell Terrier Races *Hunter Breeding Classes *Jumper Stakes Classes *Antique Auto Show For Information (540) 687-5740 • uchs1853@gmail.com P.O. Box 239, Upperville, VA 20185 Go to www.upperville.com to view live webcast feed each day.

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56th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour 2015

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n afternoon polo exhibition match, Argentinian barbecue, tasty spirits, and lively conversation on a Clarke County farm will benefit Blue Ridge Hospice on Sunday, May 31 from 4-7 p.m. Teams will include experienced polo players from Argentina.

The benefit, an inaugural event for Blue Ridge Hospice, takes places at Stonefield Farm near Boyce. Each reservation of $20 includes an Argentinian barbecue meal, complete with side dishes, and a beverage ticket for a glass of wine or beer. Children age 10 and under are free.

Online reservations may be made at www.blueridgehospice.org.

The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership’s 10th anniversary annual conference is scheduled May 19-20 at The Old School in Waterford. Organic food pioneer Nora Pouillon will serve as a plenary speaker during the conference. Pouillon moved to the United States in the late 1960s and in 1979 opened Restaurant Nora in Washington, D.C., which became the first cer-

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tified organic restaurant in the country in 1999.

Her new memoir, My Organic Life, is the story of an unheralded culinary pioneer who made it her mission to bring delicious, wholesome foods to the table.

Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership is headquartered in Waterford.

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act. Waterford is the first town listed in its entirety on the National Register of Historic Places.

Stephanie Meeks, President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will serve as one of the keynote speakers.

The Middleburg Community Farmers Market has opened for the season and will be held Saturdays through Oct. 31 from 8 a.m. to noon. It’s located behind the Middleburg Community Center on Stonewall Avenue. Local vendors will offer a wide variety of products and new vendors include Zanya’s Delight and Shepherd’s Way Creamery. And dogs on a leash are always welcome!!!

The Community Center also will hold another concert on its front steps on May 8 at 7:30 p.m. featuring live Latin music. And the pool opens up for the summer season on Sunday, May 24 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Piedmont Regional Art Show and Sale celebrates its 68th anniversary showcasing the area’s remarkable artistic talent from May 15-17 at Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains. The opening gala will be held May 15 from 6-8:30 p.m.

The Piedmont Equine Practice will hold a seminar on nutrition and solutions on Tuesday, May 19 at 6 p.m. at the facility at 4122 Zulla Road in The Plains. Bridgett McIntosh, an equine extension specialist at the MARE Center in Middleburg, will conduct the seminar, and wine and snacks will be served. Call 540-3644950 for further information.

The Middleburg Library has two wonderful events for students from kindergarten through fifth grade. On May 6 at 3 p.m. it’s the Mythology Book Club: Feast on Mt. Olympus that will include nectar and ambrosia. On May 20 at 3 p.m. will be Library Lab: Optical Illusions. Get ready to explore and create amazing optical illusions.

And don’t forget the library’s annual used book sale on the field behind the Community Center on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On May 17 at 1 p.m., the Mosby Heritage Area Association will host the first tour of Fleetwood Hill at Brandy Station Battlefield since its restoration by the Civil War Trust. Bud Hall, an expert on the Battle of Brandy Station, will lead a walking tour. This is the site where Mosby’s Rangers attacked Federal wagons in November, 1863. Tickets are $50 for members and $60 for non-members. Call 540-687-6681 or go to www. mosbyheritagearea.org.

On Saturday, May 9, A Place to Be will use Hickory Tree Farm in Middleburg to host an art exhibit by Tom Neel at 1 p.m. and a music therapy recital starting at 2 p.m. Admission is free. On June 26 through June 28, a new musical, “Stink” will be presented at The Hill School. For more information on both events, call 540-6876740 or go toaplacetobeva.org.

Auditions for the Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra’s 2015-2016 season will take place May 16 and May 23. Candidates must have at least three years experience on their instruments, and all positions are open. Contact loudounsymphonyyouth.org.

The Byrne Gallery in Middleburg will continue its exhibition “The Signs of Spring” through May 31. Works by Mark Dassoulas, Barbara Borck Hart, Emily Pezzulich, Jeff Rechin and Drew Storm Graham are being shown.

Salamander Resort & Spa is now offering its zip line tours at night, the better to explore the nocturnal animal habitats from the treetops.

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ack in the 1940s all the way through the ‘60s, one of the most popular gathering places in Middleburg was a place called Hall Park. It was located not far from the current Mickey Gordon baseball complex, near the Middleburg recycling center off Route 50.

In those days, the local black community used Hall Park for a number of activities, including highly competitive baseball games against teams from all around the area, as well as horse races and even performances by local musicians.

The park was the creation of Will Hall and his brother Albert, who owned the land where the park was located. Will Hall was a builder, the man who built the first Middleburg Bank, the Marshall Bank and the old Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg.

My friend, Louis Haley, who is now 85 and grew up in Markham before moving to Middleburg, played on that Middleburg baseball team and has fond memories of so many good times at Hall Park. Mr. Haley is in the accompanying photograph, the second row second from the left, and when the photo was taken, he was listed as the

captain of the Middleburg team.

“When World War II ended they got a baseball team up with all the guys who came back from the service,” Mr. Haley recalled. “Jack Turner came Courtesy photo out of the service and he started a big Middleburg Baseball Team: Left to right, First row: Landon Harris, George Hall, team for the older guys and his brother Edward Peterson,Archie Kenney; Second row: Phillip Cook, Louis Haley, Peter George coached the junior team for Tibbs, Walter Smith, Dutch Harris; Third row: Theodore Haley, Bud Warner, the kids. We practiced at Hall Park and Charles Bolden, Albert Smith, Nathan Smith, James “Pop” Harris, Tom Brown we played our home games there on Sunday.”

Horse racing also was popular at Hall Park. said. “And we had Mr. Haley said he played second Hall Park poster from 1955 Many area steeplechase owners would send their good crowds.

Most base, right field and shortstop at varihorses over there with people who worked on people didn’t have TV ous times over the years. He came out of their farms.

Some of them were their trainers and back then, so they’ d come out on Sunday and of the military himself in 1951 and started playing regularly for the Middleburg team. His brother watch us play. Everybody went to church on they used those races to season their horses for the Theodore played, and so did his brother-in-law, Sunday and they got out at noon. People would sanctioned meets. Entry fees were usually $5 and drive right to the baseball field. The players took they paid from first to fourth place, sometimes as Walter “Buck” Smith.

The team practiced on Tuesdays and Thurs- care of the field, cleaned it up and got it ready to much as $75 to win.

Some days they’d have the horse races and days at Hall Park, and on Friday, their wives and play every week. An ice cream man came out in a baseball game on the same afternoon. I lived his truck from Washington.

We’ d charge 50 cents girlfriends would head for local markets to stock about a half mile from the park, and I also for adults for the games and kids got in free, and up on provisions for the picnics they had on remember big crowds going to Hall Park, and I all the money went back into taking care of the Sunday during the ball games. could tell they were having fun. n “Oh yes, we had a good team,” Mr. Haley park, uniforms, umpires.”

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commercial Middleburg~Old “Coach Stop”building plus a 2nd open parcel behind totaling .21 acres in the heart of town. Together the property spans from Main St. to Federal St. In two parcels, but being offered as one.

Building was fully renovated. Approximately 2,000 sq. ft.. Covered loading dock and parking in rear. Second parcel is open and fronts Federal St. Zoned C-2 Town Commercial with many possible uses. Subject to current lease. $2,250,000

commercial ~ in heart of historic Middleburg.

Stone-three level, detached, mixed-use building with over 7,000 sq. ft.

Main level use: retail/restaurant/business. Upper level: 3 one bedroom apartments. English basement-lower level being converted to office space. 4 parking spaces.

Wonderful opportunity! $1,700,000

cricket Bedford (540) 229-3201

Rebecca Poston (540) 771-7520

tURN-KeY BUsINess: Stunning upscale gift shoppe in the center of Middleburg's Commercial District! Sales price includes real estate, business & inventory. Approx. 1/2 of inventory is offsite & included in sale. Wonderful opportunity for a true "turn-key business" in the heart of Virginia's horse & wine country. With the opening of Salamander Resort & Spa, and The Annual Film Festival, this is a tremendous location! $1,400,000

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An outstanding, well built 2 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath cottage on over 50 tranquil acres in Markham, perfectly located minutes from Rt.66. This lovely home takes advantage of nature and privacy with views of Cobbler, Buck and Rattlesnake Mountains from the expansive rear porch with the rustling of Thumb Run Creek nearby. One level living with Stucco, Standing Seam Metal Roof and many exceptional details throughout ~ A must see! $1,200,000

Horsepen Ridge, protected by the Virginia Outdoors Foudation, this lovely land consists of rolling fields and hardwood forest and is surrounded by large properties. Two tax parcels with 3 DUR’s in Blue Ridge Hunt territory. Riding trails maintained by the Blue Ridge Hunt. A spring and a well are in place.

Very well priced at: $6,100/acre

Charming fully renovated property located in the Heart of Middleburg Historic District. Modern open floor plan with vintage styling throughout. New Kitchen, Bathrooms and gorgeous refinished hardwood floors are just a few of the many updates. Double French Doors access a spacious outdoor living space with Covered Porch and custom stonework. Superb location on a double parcel affording high visibility for retail/office use or as a unique turnkey residence. Enjoy all the amenities of walkable village living. $875,000

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Rein duPont (540) 454-3355

NeW MoUNtaIN Road - Excellent building site on this 4.72 acre lot in an area of attractive homes. Quiet road, wooded setting, yet very close to major commuter Rt. 50 and the village of Aldie. Well is installed, drainfield site approved. $295,000

Marshall~3 bedroom, 2 bath Rambler set on 5 private acres surrounded by large farms. Gourmet Kitchen with silestone counters, stainless appliances & breakfast nook with bay window. Separate Dining Room & Living Room. Spacious Family Room. Light filled Master with new Bath. Covered front porch, rear screened porch and open deck. Detached 2-story Equipment shed.

Sweeping lawn, mature trees & fire pit. $515,000

cricket Bedford (540) 229-3201

RIVeR Road-Beautiful open, rolling land with panoramic views of the Shenandoah River and Blue Ridge mountains with almost 700 feet of river frontage. A private retreat just 4 miles from the Route 7 bridge in Clarke County.

34.51 acres $570,000 deLaPLaNe - Beautifully sited in the heart of the Orange County Hunt, this 48+ acre parcel is surrounded by spectacular estates & offers total privacy & seclusion. Comprised of open meadows, lush woodlands and bordered by Goose Creek. The hilltop building sites offer incredible views. Easy access to Rte 17, Rte 50 and I-66. $950,000

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Marshall~Circa 1909 on 11+ acres with a 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath farmhouse with hardwood floors, separate Dining Room & Living Room. Kitchen features high-end appliances & new marble tile flooring. Open side terrace. Antique Peg-built barn, horse barn with 2 stalls & attached equipment shed, old cottage, potting shed & newly fenced paddocks.

Property is within Marshall Town Limits. 23 By-Right Subdivisions allowed. Being offered "AS IS." $375,000

cricket Bedford (540) 229-3201

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