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his is our back to school issue, and again I reached out to the community for input for the article, and again, many people replied. Many thanks to all who did - you make Warrenton Lifestyle so much more than just a regular local magazine.

I asked what people's hopes are for the new school year.

Of course, almost everyone wants things back to normal for the kids, both for academic and social reasons. Things like support from teachers and coaches, interaction with peers, both as friends and dating, school dances, sports, both as athletes and as spectators, theatre and other extracurricular activities were some of the things so sorely missed last year at all ages. People also expressed thanks and appreciation for the teachers and staff for trying so hard to give what they could to the kids during the virtual and hybrid year.

Our second main feature is Lola the miniature therapy horse, a local mini who visits schools and nursing homes with her handler Valerie Amster.

This is horse country, and back in the day I used to raise and train horses for eventing and foxhunting. I have had no experience with minis, but I do have with ponies. With exceptions, of course, I found ponies to be difficult creatures, mostly because they are too small for an experienced adult to ride and train, and they develop bad habits taking advantage of smaller, younger riders. I was the smallest back then, so I always got to train the ponies. Some of them were downright...difficult.

So a mini horse who was quiet and gentle enough to use as a therapy animal intrigued me. Valerie says that horses bring so much more depth to pet therapy than dogs do.

Having experienced the soothing effect of the nature of horses, I can see this. There’s nothing like a talented horse you have a bond with. And, this being horse country, Lola encounters seniors with horse experience, and giving them the experience of interacting with a horse again is so incredibly valuable.

Wishing all our students and teachers a happy back to school!

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Shores emphasizes that while the Blu Room is not a medical device, many people do experience healing effects thanks to the deep relaxation it facilitates. A “Frequently Asked Questions” document from Shores’s center explains, “Since the mind is the greatest healer and the mind is inextricably intertwined with DNA, the Blu Room can augment a person’s natural healing abilities.” However, the results vary by individual. “People get out of it what they put into it,” says Shores. “It’s been wonderful to see what kinds of people walk through the door, [including] people like me for whom conventional medicine wasn’t working.” Shores asserts that while the Blu Room is not a replacement for conventional medicine, it is a great supplement to add to any treatment routine.

For others who may not be experiencing physical pain, the Blu Room can be beneficial to mental health, providing an experience similar to meditation. “One of the things I hope people take away is the importance of their thoughts,” says Shores. “Our self-talk has an effect [on our overall health].”

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individual bottle. Education can be found in every corner of Jill’s store, from diagrams on the wall to every well-trained employee equipped to educate and support people who are new to CBD oil.

“I saw the way this stuff helped my parents and dogs, and I believe in it,” Jill says of why she opened the store. Jill followed her gut into pursuing the store and was quickly met with the overwhelming magnitude of what is involved in opening a retail store. After waiting months from when they signed their contract, the day they got the keys to their store was the day Jill found out that she had thyroid cancer. While the cancer metastasized to her lymph nodes and stole her voice for months, Jill didn’t give up because she knew her pursuit was worth the benefits it could bring. Jill says it was “God’s way of saying, ‘take any chances you get’.” The hemp plant is an accumulator —

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am thirty minutes into my first conversation with Jill Blocker, owner of Your CBD Store in Warrenton, over the phone when she gives me an open invitation into her home. “Please come over,” Jill says, and she is just as inviting with every space she can open to people—both figurative and literal. A mother of three to Brayden, Garion, and Tyler (four if you count her golden retriever, Phoenix), small business owner, and someone who may have paid for your coffee in line at Starbucks, Jill vibrates with the energy that has the power to revitalize anyone who gets a moment of her time.

From visiting Florida to support her parents around their skin cancer surgeries to decorating her agenda with people she wants to connect with, Jill’s CBD store is just one of the many ways she is intent on reaching out and lending a helping hand. It all started with her first business in pet care, Happy Paws, when she encountered a dog that had been severely abused and was not receptive to any of the interventions they tried. A longtime friend, Beth, who also owns multiple Your CBD Stores, suggested Jill explore CBD for the agitated dog. “It was like night and day,” Jill said of the dog’s behavioral change. Blocker continued to explore the benefits of CBD with her loved ones, learned all she could about it, and followed her intuition, which led her to open her store in Warrenton Village Center.

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soaking up its surroundings — and the same can be said of us in our lives as Jill demonstrates by crediting overcoming her challenges to her loved ones and the connections that fuel her.

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sounds and smells that calm the senses—a sanctuary for those who wander in. Jill says that “CBD is not what you feel, it’s what you don’t feel,” and employees are focused on “a weight [being] lifted off you” when you enter. This idea goes beyond Jill’s business and into how she lives her life. Given the chance to get to know Jill, I didn’t feel her struggles or toil. That’s not to say that she is without them, but instead is a testament to how she leads with light. “I don’t want to tell someone ‘life’s not that hard’ because, for most people, we don’t know what their challenges are or what they’re going through, but at the end of the day just love with everything that you have and be a good person,” Jill encourages.

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• Colin Elliot, originally a native of Scotland moved to Fauquier County 1990s to pursue his physical therapy career with Fauquier Health system and spent 10 of 13 years as the Director of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Mr. Elliot then went on to further his professional career as the chief administrative officer of LivinRite Home Health.

• Elliot holds degrees in Sports Education, Physical Therapy and completed WELCOME OUR NEW his doctoral studies in Physical 2015. Therapist to Piedmont Family Practice • He now joins Piedmont Family Practice as the chief operations officer for Colin Elliot their newly developed therapy division.

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• Elliot holds degrees in Sports Education, Physical Therapy and completed his doctoral studies in 2015.

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The Beginning Valerie, who lives in Warrenton, met Lola in June of 2018 after her foal was weaned, and she brought Lola to the Fauquier County farm where she kept her riding horse. Already a volunteer with the local organization A Little Magic Mini Therapy Horse Team, Valerie began evaluating Lola to see if she would be a good fit for the work right away. “The minis have to have many specific qualities to be certified as a therapy animal,” says Valerie. “They have to be extremely quiet and gentle, and they have to have an affinity for the work.”

Valerie started working with Lola on basics, giving her lots of attention and handling, lots of grooming, and as many new experiences as she could find.

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e live in horse country where you can find a horse around every corner. But they’re generally of the larger sort for riding, and they generally don’t ride in minivans. Meet a local horse with a different purpose: Lola the Miniature Therapy Horse.

There are a lot of differences between Lola and her larger equine counterparts. First of all, she only weighs 250 pounds and stands 29 inches tall. With no need for a horse trailer, she just hops — by herself — into her owner’s minivan, which is set up just like a stall with rubber mats and wood shavings. And she has a very different sort of job.

As a miniature therapy horse, Lola visits schools, nursing homes, retirement facilities, and hospitals with her owner and handler Valerie Amster to engage with the students and residents.

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Left and above: Valerie Amster checks in with Lola during a visit with the children at Mountainside Montessori School in Marshall.

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Valerie explains, “We’d set up right outside, and the students would come out to us. The kids would groom Lola, which helps with their fine motor skills.

They’d put butterfly clips in her mane, which gives them pincer-grasp practice. We’d set up an obstacle course for Lola and give the kids a second lead line so they could help guide her through it, weaving through cones and maybe even a little jump. They just loved it.”

Expanding Lola’s Horizons

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Right: Valerie found that Lola’s true love is seniors, as here at the Fauquier Senior Center Below: On the road. Lola rides in a 2005 Honda minivan with 359,000 miles on it, eating hay from a bag on the console between the front seats and looking out the windshield.

since they have other types of livestock and animals, including two ponies, a warmblood horse, two ducks, two rabbits, and chickens for her to interact with.

Her biggest training challenge?

“Potty training, definitely,” says Valerie, “ since horses do not generally learn that.”

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On the Road Lola and Valerie’s first official therapy gigs were at schools.

Outfitted in her “Therapy Horse in Training” tag, they visited elementary schools in Culpeper and Prince William with A Little Magic, working with kids with both mental and physical special needs and developmental issues.

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But even that was accomplished, and after tagging along with other therapy minis a few times, Lola was certified by Pet Partners in October of 2019 and classified as “predictable”.

They are now working towards the “complex” rating, which will allow them to visit patients in their rooms in hospitals instead of just in the common areas.

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Lola was great with the kids, but then Valerie discovered Lola’s real calling. “I took her in December of 2019 to Fauquier Senior Center for their holiday party. She lit up like I’ve never seen her before. She loved those seniors. She had her head in their laps, standing stock still for them to pet and interact with her. She was just in her element.

I realized that she really loves seniors. We do the school visits still and she’s great, but seniors are definitely her thing. I find people in assisted living facilities that have had horses before.

They get teary-eyed. They just light up and start telling you about their experiences as kids with horses and ponies. You can just see in the way they touch her, stroking her mane or holding on to her halter, they‘re right back with it again. It’s so beautiful to be able to give them that experience.”

Valerie says, “What’s wonderful about Lola and getting the word out about her is that horses offer so much as therapy animals. They’re often overlooked because they’re not as common as dogs in pet therapy. But horses are just such great channelers of earth energy. They just bring that.

And they bring it in a minivan.

It’s so convenient. So they make that pet therapy energy that we already know is so beneficial but magnified. The depth of interaction I see people have with Lola compared to the dogs

I’ve observed is just remarkable.

It’s just a beautiful moment.”

Horse Tales Valerie and Lola travel within a radius of about an hour to be at locations in person, but Valerie wanted to extend Lola’s reach beyond and connect with people everywhere. It was important to Valerie to share her because “Lola makes people happy when they see her. You can’t look at her and not feel something.”

And I am Lola came to be.

Music She started with music, which Valerie considers another form of healing energy. Three years ago, Valerie picked up her guitar for the first time in 35 years and started playing again. She took a songwriting workshop where she wrote a dozen songs for practice.

Four of these, her favorites, were about Lola. “I took those four songs and spent the next eight months working with them, polishing up demo versions.

Then, in November, I hired a producer and voice professionals.

On the album, I play the guitar and the piano, but I consider myself a very beginner singer, and in my opinion, my voice is not ready to do the vocals myself.” A Spanish teacher by profession, Valerie decided to make the album bilingual. She found two Latina vocalists with beautiful voices to record the Spanish tracks. “So now people can see her and learn about her and enjoy her music wherever they are,” she says.

But there’s more “Once I got that moving along, I realized that Lola’s stories should be in writing as well. My longtime friend Lori Blakewell, a Warrenton children’s book author, wrote a preface and a chapter to go with each song. The text in the book is more than the lyrics in the songs. The stories go along with the song and those experiences. Lori does a great

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Our community’s hopes for the new school year The plan in Fauquier County is for students to return to school in person and full-time in August. After such a difficult learning experience last year, we asked community members to write in and tell us what their hopes are for this coming year. So many people responded with, most of all, wishes for a return to normalcy while remaining safe.

While academic success is undoubtedly in everyone’s minds, what also came through here were hopes to end social isolation and have the kids get back to sports and social activities that are so much a valuable part of their school experience. Also mentioned were feelings of gratitude for our teachers and school administrators for all they did last year to make education as successful as possible. Thank you to all who participated and made this a great feature.

“What I’m looking forward to most for Lucas, who was a kindergartener last year at St. Michael’s in Vint Hill, is that he will get to meet brand new friends and teachers with no mask. These little ones that were new to the school have never seen their teachers or admin staff without masks!

The thought of him completing that mental picture of people he’s been around for a year now really excites me.”

ERIN MANN, WARRENTON

“My son will be a first-grader at P.B. Smith. I hope he gets to experience what a normal school year would be like. I hope that parents will be allowed back in the schools to take part in some activities we missed out on this past year.”

GRACE CARLSON, WARRENTON

RYKER CARLSON

“Our children are homeschooled. Looking forward to another wonderful year and hopefully getting back to some of our favorite activities and co-op experiences.”

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“I have three in the county schools which include P.B. Smith, M.M. Pierce and Taylor. My hopes are that my children will not be forced to wear masks in school and that parents talk to their children about leaving politics and vaccination talk at home and not in the schools.”

TERESA HOGAN, BEALETON

TERESA, MICHAEL, BRENNAN, AVERY, REID AND WADE

“I have two in Kettle Run High School, and I hope that they will be able to be free from masks, but not have issues with "mask shaming." I hope that the bus drivers and teachers get the support they need from the administration. My wish is that our kids will go back to learning critical thinking, and being educated, not having extra things that do not apply to school. My kids both have learning issues, and I hope that they feel supported in their learning. And for sure get back to all the fun activities that they will remember for the rest of their lives.“

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“My son Dallas will be a Senior at Liberty High School. Praying for a “normal” school year for him. May he get to enjoy a homecoming and prom along with a regular football season for his last year on the Varsity team. I hope something positive can come from our COVID-19 experiences. Appreciate your teachers, administration, and coaches and all that we have been blessed with!”

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“Emma will be a senior at Fauquier High School this coming year (YIKES!), and I am just hoping that it's a normal last year for her since last year was not normal. But I am thankful for her teachers who tried their best to make this past year as normal as possible. They all went above and beyond what was required.”

JACKI DYRHOLM, WARRENTON

“I’m hoping we’re back to normal.”

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“My hope is that my senior will have the most amazing year and be able to interact with her teachers and peers in person.”

FAWNTELLA JACKSON, WARRENTON

“I’m hoping that my daughters have the most amazing year with in-person learning, sports, interaction with their peers and teachers, and school activities.”

CINDY PAYNE HARDY, WARRENTON

SAMANTHA (VT), ALYSON (FHS), KATIE (FHS)

DENISE, BILL, JOSIE, AND ADDIE OORBEEK

“ We are so excited to return to school in the Fall—Covenant Christian Academy in Vint Hill. Our school did such an amazing job last year despite all the challenges Covid presented.

Now that COVID is under control, we look forward to returning to the many activities we had to forgo.“

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AMELIA STANSELL, WARRENTON TAILYN (RISING SENIOR AT FHS), ADDIE (RISING FRESHMAN AT FHS), MEGAN, BRIAN, AND EMMA GORG (FHS ’19 AND RISING SENIOR AT JMU) AND MISSY THE DOG

“My hopes for my seven-year-old daughter Ellie are that the mask-wearing is no more, and kids get back to a glimpse of the normal school days of 2019, but better. My hopes for the teachers and kids, that politics are left out of the classrooms and let kids enjoy being kids. I look forward to an even better year at H.M Pearson; the staff there is phenomenal, the principal and vice principal along with the staff truly love what they do and it truly shows. Thank you for all you have done to make the previous school year bearable and for loving the kids through it.”

KATIE KELLY, MIDLAND

“My daughters attended VAVA, a K-12 virtual public school last year, but we are so hopeful that school will return to almost normal in August that we have re-enrolled them in FHS as a freshman and senior, and we are excited for a great year for them with their peers. So thankful for the teachers and principals and admins in the school for doing everything they could for the kids in our community this last year, and we can't wait to get back to that community!”

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From the principals: FCPS TEACHER KIMBERLY

“My hopes for the upcoming school year are that we continue to nurture and develop the deeper relationships that were created this past year. We know relationships and trust are at the core of student success, and we will continue to build these bonds.”

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JOY SEWARD, PRINCIPAL, COLEMAN ELEMENTARY “I will start with the words from two LHS rising seniors (Justin Kim, Samara Brooks) “Instead of seeking normality, we can seek positive change. Let’s go back with successful attitudes and clearer minds.” Students are directly and indirectly communicating to us they need consistency, balance, leniency, leverage, and time.

Let’s build back better!”

“Face-to-face instruction, hands-on activities, social events, and personal interactions with teachers are all essential elements to a complete education and social and emotional wellness which our students missed last year. I am hoping that we will resume these activities to provide our students with a complete and rounded educational experience.”

KRAIG KELICAN, PRINCIPAL, FAUQUIER HIGH SCHOOL

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From a teacher: KIMBERLY ODOM GATEWAYS TEACHER AT GRACE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

What did you see last year during the virtual and hybrid school year?

In my experience, in the beginning, when we first went virtual my students did pretty well. But when we became hybrid, the in-person students really grew and virtual students really struggled. It was just so much easier when they were in the room with me.

What were some good things about virtual schooling?

“My hope is that we can be less fearful as we move toward Fall. Fear has been driving so much and will ultimately squash hope, happiness and joy if it becomes our focus for too long. Of course, there is reason for concern with COVID-19 transmission, but students get a lot of support outside the family at school, from teachers, coaches, and other students, and this fall they can have that again.”

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What are your hopes for this year?

My hopes are that things will be much more normal. A big part of my teaching before COVID-19 was to have kids work together as partners because they really learned a lot from each other.

I do want to keep everybody safe, but I am hopeful that the ability to do that will return at some point.

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BROWN-BAGGING IT Send them Back to School with Healthy Lunches They’ll Really Want to Eat!

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After a year of homeschooling because of the pandemic, schools will be reopening and that means a return to packing lunches. But what to make?

Sure, there are the old stand-bys like deli meat, tuna salad, or peanut butter and jelly, but even those kid-friendly favorites get boring eaten day after day.

Freshen up those predictable bag lunches. Make them nutritious, but also make them something to look forward to!

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Homemade Hot Pockets

Ham & Apple Roll-Ups

Roll out bread dough into 6-inch rounds about ¼ inch thick. Place half the rounds on a parchmentlined cookie sheet 2 inches apart.

Generously top with your child’s favorite filling, leaving about a 1/2 inch border around each circle.

Top with a second 6-inch dough round. Tuck the edges under to seal forming a roll or bun sort of shape. Bake at 350 degrees until dough is nicely browned. Both baked and unbaked pockets freeze well. Filling ideas: Pizza sauce & cheese, corned beef, turkey & Swiss, steamed veggies with stir fry sauce, mushrooms sauteed in butter, well-drained frozen spinach & ricotta.

Spread apple pie filling over a flour burrito wrap. Top with deli ham and roll up, tucking in the ends like an egg roll to contain the filling.

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Stuffed Pita Pile chilled, lightly steamed broccoli (or your child’s favorite vegetable), cheese, and crispy bacon into a pita. Pack some Italian ranch or thousand island dressing on the side for dipping.

Fruit Salad and Cheese Slice a mix of your child’s favorite fruits. (If using apples, toss with 1 teaspoon lemon juice per cup of fruit to keep apples from turning brown.) Fold in about ½ teaspoon strawberry jam per cup of fruit to sweeten slightly. Add cheese cubes.

Shredded Carrot Salad Shred a few carrots. Fold in crushed pineapple with the juice, shredded cheese, a few raisins and walnuts, pecans or sunflower seeds to taste.

Tuna Mac Salad Cook whole-wheat pasta according to package directions.

Rinse with cool tap water and drain well. Add shredded carrot, drained canned tuna and thawed frozen peas. Moisten with mayo or any other salad dressing. Good with canned chicken, salmon, tofu, or hard-boiled eggs, too!

Veggies & Dip Pack one container with nut or sunflower seed butter, hummus, yogurt or salad dressing.Pack another container with cutup veggies, whole cherry tomatoes and/or apple slices dipped in lemon juice (1 teaspoon lemon juice per 1 cup apple slices). Pack whole-grain crackers or pretzels.

Corn Bread Sandwich Cut a large square of cornbread. Split in half.

Toast and butter, if desired. Spread generously with plain cream cheese or cream cheese filling and sandwich both halves together. Pack additional lettuce, tomato and/or sliced pickle separately.

Cream Cheese Filling ideas: Blend one or more of the following into whipped cream cheese to taste: crispy bacon; drained, crushed pineapple; sliced green or black olives; cheddar or parmesan cheese; ham; oilpacked, drained sun-dried tomatoes; pesto; mashed black beans and jalapenos.

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Brownie Cupcakes

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These brownies are the perfect special treat. Easy to pack because no cutting is required!

Take-Along Vegetable Chili Dog This veggie chili is best served at room temperature. For lunch to go, pack it separately from the bun to avoid sogginess.

At lunchtime, the chili gets spooned into the bun and topped with cheese. Yum!

frozen cut into thin rings – about 1/8 to ¼ inch thick) Optional - 1 small green pepper (seeded and chopped - about 1/3 cup) Hot dog buns or pita Shredded cheese

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DIRECTIONS

3 Tablespoons olive oil 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1 large onion – chopped 1 (1.25 oz.) package chili spice mix 1 (14 to 16 oz.) can dark red kidney beans (undrained) 1 (14 to 16 oz.) can corn (undrained) 1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes (undrained) 1 small sweet potato (peeled and cut into bite-size cubes – about 1 cup) Salt to taste Optional - 2 cups okra (fresh or

Heat oil and pepper in a large pot. Add onion, on low heat, stirring occasionally till golden – about 4 minutes. Add the spice mix. Cook for 2 minutes.

Add remaining ingredients.

Simmer (uncovered), stirring occasionally to reduce sauce to desired consistency – about 10 minutes. Add salt to taste. Cool.

Pack into serving-size portions.

Freezes well. Pack the hot dog buns and the chili separately to avoid sogginess. Spoon the chili into the bun at lunchtime and top with shredded cheese.

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3/4 cups all-purpose flour Divide batter between the lined DIRECTIONS muffin cups. Bake until just set - 25 Position oven rack so brownies minutes. Do not overbake. (A cake will bake in the center. Preheat tester will not come out clean.) the oven to 325 degrees. Line the Cool in pan for 5 minutes then pan with cupcake papers. Melt remove cupcakes to rack to cool chocolate and butter together in completely. These freeze well.

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August. Its dog days mark summer’s end and the school year’s beginning. Fauquier Public Library, with education-focused resources, can help all ages be successful in the classroom and beyond.

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What can I do to keep my child healthy?

While there are COVID-19-specific things to look out for, of course, getting back on a regular schedule with healthy habits — as recommended before the pandemic — will boost your child’s immune system and help his physical and mental health during the school year.

What else can I do for my kids as they go back to school?

One of the best ways to keep your kids strong and resilient from illness in general is to follow your doctor’s recommendations for healthy habits. They are not new to COVID-19, but they are more important than ever now.

SLEEP: Reestablish a regular bedtime and eliminate electronics for 2 hours before.

DIET: Feed your kids a healthy diet: lots of protein, fiber, and whole grains. Encourage healthy snacks and limit sweets, sodas, and junk food.

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As always, make sure you’re keeping up with your child’s well visits to your primary care physician and vaccines (including the flu vaccine yearly, and the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available for your child’s age group), which may have slipped during the pandemic.

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What about the psychological effects of social isolation?

OVID-19 questions parents may have as kids head back to school in person For the first time in over a year, kids are going back to school in person and full time this fall. While this is certainly excellent news, parents may be wondering about the safety of the school environment. Warrenton Lifestyle spoke to Erica Coleman, Nurse Practitioner, Piedmont Internal Medicine, who answered our questions.

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Speech is muffled, leading to abandoning social distancing to be able to hear someone speak.

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The ‘whimsy state’ of Outer Baldonia

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headline on the front page of The Fauquier Democrat published on Jan. 29, 1953 read, “Russians Rise to Defend Poor Islanders from Fauquier Ruler.”

It was a tense time when the United States and its allies were pitted against the Communist Bloc during the Cold War. How did this situation come about, and how serious was it?

The “Fauquier Ruler” at the center of the story was Russell M. Arundel (1902-1978), then publisher of the Fauquier Democrat, businessman, and lobbyist who came to Fauquier County in 1940 and lived at Wildcat Mountain Farm west of Warrenton. A sportsman, he was a Master of Foxhounds of the Warrenton Hunt and an avid angler. A favorite fishing ground was off the coast of Nova Scotia, where he and his friends would go to cast their lines for the large tuna found there.

During a trip to the region in the late 1940s, Arundel discovered Outer Bald Tusket Island, a treeless, windswept islet off the southern coast of Nova Scotia. To provide a stopover between the fishing grounds and the mainland, in 1948 he purchased the four-acre islet from its local owners for $750. He had a small stone cottage built where he and other fishermen could take meals, drink and enjoy each other’s company.

CLOCKWISE: 1. Russell M. Arundel.

2. Outer Bald Tusket Island, seen from the air. The only notable feature is the remains of the cottage at left center. 3. Currency issued by the Principality included ‘Tunar’ coins bearing the image of Russell Arundel.

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Shortly after Russell Arundel bought the island, he had this stone cottage built there.

“Legend has it that while Arundel and his friends were relaxing in the cottage with a few bottles of rum, they conceived, wrote, approved and published a tongue-incheek Declaration of Independence,” wrote Andrew Robinson of the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, current owners of the island. “Arundel declared himself Prince of Princes, and the Principality of Outer Baldonia was born.”

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The Declaration of Independence of the “new nation” read in part: Let these facts be submitted to a candid world.

Fishermen are a race alone… endowed with the following inalienable rights: The right of freedom from question, nagging, shaving, interruption, women, taxes, politics, war and inhibitions. The right to applause, vanity, flattery, praise, and selfinflation. The right to swear, lie, drink and gamble.

The right to be noisy, boisterous, quiet, pensive, expansive, and hilarious. The right to sleep all day and stay up all night. Now, therefore, we bond ourselves to a new nation, forever independent of all other nations… which shall forever be respected and recognized as the Principality of Outer Baldonia.”

Arundel bestowed the title of “Prince” on all who caught a bluefin tuna and paid a $50 fee. He actively sought additional citizenry among his “acquaintances of caliber,” which included industrialist Kenneth J. Edwards of Fenton Farm, among others.

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the deed in my pocket and a drink in my hand, the Principality of Outer Baldonia began to take shape.” It was reported that one of these new citizens was Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the U.S. in the Truman Administration. Barkley asked to be the Secretary of the Treasury (with no money, assets or debits.)

Other “cabinet officials” included Chancellor Elson Boudreau (1915-2009) and Ambassador Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary Ron Wallace (1916-2008), a Canadian. Arundel’s tax attorney, Prew Savoy (1899-1956), served as Minister of State and Ambassador to the United States Without Portfolio or Credentials. Although women were denied citizenship, an exception was made for Florence McGinniss, Arundel’s secretary in his Washington, D.C. office. She was honored, but never came to the island.

Arundel created the Outer Baldonian Navy, which consisted of the mainland Wedgeport Tuna Guides Association.

Currency for the principality was produced in the form of “Tunar”' gold coins bearing Arundel’s image, and $25,000 paper bills.

To add to its legitimacy, a telephone number for the “Consulate of Outer Baldonia” appeared in the Washington, D.C. telephone directory, which rang in Arundel’s D.C. office. The National Geographic Society called seeking information on latitude, longitude and export information for Outer Baldonia.

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“The whimsy state of Outer Baldonia was recognized only by the government of Nova Scotia,” wrote Robinson. “Its existence did briefly ignite a minor incident when a Russian propaganda newspaper published an article apparently taking issue with Arundel and his Principality.”

The article appeared in 1952 in the Literatumaya Gazeta, and said in part, “Arundel established this dominion over the island… he set himself the aim of turning his ‘subjects’ into savages… he grants his subjects the ‘unrestricted right’ to tell lies, to be rude….In a word, the ‘right’ not to adhere to the ethical and moral laws which have been established by civilized mankind.”

The Russian response was a typical propaganda attack on “capitalist society decadence,” and the author was apparently unaware that the uninhabited island had no “subjects.”

The story was picked up by the international press, briefly increasing recognition of Outer Baldonia. Typical was the tongue-in-cheek coverage by the Ottawa Citizen, which noted that the playful, outrageous wording of the Baldonian Declaration should have been obvious to the Russians as a “spoof.”

In response, Outer Baldonia declared war on the Soviet Union on March 9, 1953. This resulted in a series of condemnations in the Soviet press, finally revealing the principality as a humorous non-issue. The conflict was soon over, and according to the Democrat, “Mr. Arundel has remained undisturbed by the whole affair.”

During the following years, Arundel made fewer trips to Outer Baldonia, and in 1973 transferred ownership of the island to the Nova Scotia Bird Society as a wildlife refuge for $1 Canadian. “Russell Arundel was a truly conservation minded man, a conservation pioneer,” said David Currie, then-president of the NSBS. Arundel practiced the same commitment to conservation back home in Fauquier, which remains his legacy.

In 2015, stewardship of the island was transferred to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, which hosted members of the Arundel family on a visit to the former principality in 2019.

“A link to the past and new friendships forged, my sister Sally and I are still full from our adventure, still absorbing the spirit of the day, and pondering the immortal nature of our grandfather’s island folly,” recalled granddaughter Wendy Arundel in an article on the MaineBoats.com website.

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