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Volume 11 Issue 1
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Foxcroft School’s Centennial Celebration U.S. Army Old Guard Drum and Fife Corps to play, four-star general will review military drill demonstration by “Foxcroft Corps” alumnae
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t began with a simple question: Do you have music? Next thing you knew, the United States Army Old Guard Drum and Fife Corps – which has performed at every Presidential Inaugural Parade since 1961 – was coming to Foxcroft School to accompany a military drill demonstration by a group of women who graduated from the girls’ school about that time. What better way to celebrate 100 years of educating young women? The unique opportunity to see the “Foxcroft Drill Corps” with the famed U.S. Army unit that dresses in
Revolutionary War garb and frequently welcomes heads of state to the White House is one of the highlights of Foxcroft’s Centennial Celebration April 25-27 and the headliner for a daylong program on Saturday, April 26 to which the public is invited. Called “Foxcroft: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” the program starts with an 8am, two-mile Fun Run through the School’s beautiful Middleburg, VA, campus. From 9am until 3:30 pm, an action-packed lineup of musical performances, art shows, campus tours, riding demonstrations, special exhibits, athletic events, and more. Admission is Continued page 15
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his year the Eccentric asked each of the candidates for office in Middleburg to give us a short statement on why they’re running. They are printed below, in alphabetical order,edited only for typographical errors. If you’re a citizen of the Town of Middleburg, be sure to go to Town Hall, 10 West Marshall Street, some time between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM to vote. If you can’t, the last day to request an absentee ballot to be mailed is Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 5:00 pm. The last day to vote an absentee ballot in person is Saturday, May 3, 2014. Candidates for Mayor Betsy Davis I have been a member of the Middleburg Town Council since 1998, I served for 4 years as Vice-Mayor and 8 years as Mayor. Simply put…. I love Middleburg and want to do whatever I can to help maintain it’s charm and character, while still allowing it to move into the 21st century. We are working very hard to replace our old infrastructure, which we had to put “on hold” several years ago. We are also working with VDOT to replace all of our crosswalks with attractive brick crosswalks (I have been trying to get this done for MANY years ). While the roads are being worked in, we will replace the water lines, which will save us a large amount of money! We will be adding new crosswalks at The Plains Rd and Rt. 50 and a new one between the Post Office and Middleburg Bank… finally! We have been trying to get this since I started on Council! We will also have 2 new crosswalks on the East end of town. Our budget is healthy and we are in the process of finalizing our 2015
budget. We have a new contract with Inboden Environmental Sevices to run our Water and Waste-Water treatment plants and are very pleased with the work they are doing. Salamander Resort is very busy and helping infuse our general fund and utilities fund! We have also implemented a new phone call system that we can use when there is important information we need to get you our residents and/ or businesses…. I have been working on getting this done for many years. The “state of our town” is very good! We are blessed to have a great staff working for us, which is headed by our extremely capable Town Administrator Martha Mason Semmes…. their knowledge and dedication to our town continues to make us run smoothly. We also have a great Police Dept. headed by our wonderful Chief “AJ” and we now have 24 hour police coverage… this has been in the process for several years. I am so proud of what we have accomplished over the years that I have served on Council and I would love the opportunity to continue this momentum! Candidates for Town Council Tom Dionne (write-in candidate) When several people approached me about running as a write-in candidate for the Middleburg Town Council, I thought of something my father once said: “If ever asked to serve, always say yes.” It’s an easy ‘yes’ to say Continued page 17
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