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Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com Full information and an online questionnaire are available at:www.fcva. us/stonewallBOS Applications may be mailed to: Jay Tibbs, Deputy County Administrator, County of Frederick, 107 N. Kent Street, Winchester, VA 22602 or emailed to:Â jtibbs@fcva.us.

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Applications Now Being Taken for the Stonewall District Seat on the Board of Supervisors

Interim Supervisor. This position is being vacated by Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. as he assumes the role of Chairman of the Board.

This appointment will run until a special election is held in March of 2016 to fill the remainder of the term which ends in December 2017. Interested candidates must live in the Stonewall District of Frederick County and should fill out an application and submit a resume and/or outline of pertinent experience no later than Friday, November 20, 2015.

The Frederick County Board of Supervisors is seeking candidates in the Stonewall District for the position of Interim Supervisor.

Applications Now Being Taken for the Stonewall District Seat on the Board of Supervisors The Frederick County Board of Supervisors is seeking candidates in the Stonewall District for the position of

The members and officers of the Middletown Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company and Auxiliary wish to thank our community for their support in all of our recent events. We are truly grateful that you come to support our Pancake Breakfasts, Turkey-Oyster Suppers, Bingo, and our mail-in fund drive. Look for another breakfast in February and TurkeyOyster Supper in April.

Happy Holidays! Bingo - every Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. in the Social Hall. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and

concessions are sold by the Company Auxiliary.

Honorary Fire Chief – Applications are available for the 2016 Miss Middletown Honorary Fire Chief. For information on requirements and the application, please go to: www.middletownfire.com/hfc/ Adopt-A-Hydrant – We need your help. Snow will be here before we know it and fire hydrants may need to be cleared in your neighborhood after a snowfall. The snow accumulations combined with the after-effects of plowing roads may result in many fire hydrants partially or completely buried in snow. By keeping fire hydrants clear of snow, you can help our firefighters easily locate hydrants and access water quickly, preserving valuable time to potentially save lives and structures while the snow is still on the ground. Take note of hydrant locations in your neighborhood and help keep them clear! Co. 12 thanks you.

Responding to Critical Incidents Last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and recent active shooters incidents across the country have many concerned about their safety and the possibility of future incidents. With local law enforcement playing a key role in prevention and response efforts the Winchester Police Department wants the public to know how officers have been preparing for responding to critical incidents such as these.

Most recently the police department participated in two active shooter training exercises which provided scenario-based training to law enforcement personnel in a simulated critical incident environment. These drills took place in a local school and at a hospital. In addition, there are plans in place for a full scale drill in 2016.

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Page • Warren & Frederick County Report • Late November, 2015 FREDERICK, from schools and monitor and critique school lockdown drills. Since 2013 the Winchester Police Department has trained all Winchester Public Schools staff on active shooter response and now complete training for all new school staff during orientation. That training includes how to respond to an active shooter incident and what the schools can expect from the police department’s response.

We have partnered with the school system to review emergency plans and made recommendations to align

those plans with the police department’s response.

The Winchester Police Department’s SWAT Team attended a weeklong Department of Homeland Security First Responder Training, and members became instructors for Prevention of and Response to Suicide Bomber Incidents.

The police department has been working over the past few years to better equip officers with the tools needed to respond to critical incidents. Officers have received life-saving trauma kits which include tourniquets and other medical tools

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The police department hopes that preventive measures such as these help to ease public fears.

“We are constantly monitoring incidents both foreign and domestic to better prepare ourselves should an event occur here at home. We believe that we have made great strides in preparation over the past few years, however we feel we can always do

more,” says Captain Doug Watson.

In preparing the general public, Captain Watson has presented a class on active shooter response to more than 1,000 local residents including a number of businesses in an effort to prepare residents if an event were to happen where they are. Captain Watson is offering this class to the public on Wednesday, December 9th from 6 – 9 p.m. at Shenandoah University’s Byrd School of Business in Stimpson Auditorium. To register please contact Amy Stotlemyer at amy.stotlemyer@winchesterva.gov or call (540) 545-4722.

Protect your dog from a deadly disease Animal Control Officers are warning pet owners about the signs of a deadly disease found in dogs. In the last month the Winchester SPCA has seen eight cases of parvovirus in dogs. Half of those animals had to be put down because their condition was too severe and they didn’t respond to

treatment. Animal Control Officers want pet owners to know that the number one defense against the disease is vaccinations.

Parvovirus is a highly infectious disease that includes the following symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea (may be bloody), lethargy, loss of appetite, and fever.

The virus is spread through contact with vomit and feces, and it can be carried on anything that comes in contact with these substances, including a person’s shoes, pet carriers, and a dog’s feet. Dog owners should also be aware that parvo can live in ground soil for up to a year.

Parvovirus can affect dogs of all ages, but most cases occur in puppies, so it’s important to isolate young dogs from other dogs until they’ve completed the parvo vaccination series.

Animal Control Officers recommend getting your dog vaccinated as a puppy and ensure it receives a booster a year after the initial vaccine series and revaccination every one to

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three years, as your veterinarian recommends.

Pet owners who can’t afford medical treatment for their dogs are surrendering them to the SPCA which is putting other dogs at risk. The Winchester SPCA is taking every precaution to prevent the disease from spreading.

For additional information, please contact Cheryl Green at (540) 6624777, ext. 19. Everyone at the Salvation Army would like to thank you in advance for your support and wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season.

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The Little Helpers Toy Drive needs NEW toys (non electronic) for all ages! The collection will be through the month of November and toys will be donated to CCAP’s Annual Christmas Giveaway. Drop Box Locations are at: Ritter’s Auto Repair at 1951 Abrams Creek Drive in Winchester; Twice Is Nice II at 640 Warrior Drive, Suite 103 in Stephens City; and MINGLE Salon at 35 West Boscawen Street in Winchester.

In early 2014 at the young age of 8, Sarah wanted to do her own Community Projects! She held yearly Book Drives and collected over 220 books + other learning materials and donated them to deserving preschools in Winchester. Sarah wanted to do more! She held her 1st Sock Drive (Socktober) in October. Now, Sarah is holding a NEW Toy Drive (non electronic) for CCAP. She hopes you will find it in your heart to donate and help spread the word. She wants to make as many kids smile on Christmas morning as possible. Check out the Little Helpers Toy Drive on Facebook.

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Start the holiday season in Old Town! Join us on November 30 at 7pm for the annual holiday parade and tree lighting. The parade will follow Piccadilly Street to Braddock Street to Cork Street. A very special guest will conclude the parade and join us all on the Loudoun Street Walking Mall in front of the Old Court House Civil War Museum for the lighting of the Old Town tree! It is sure to be a special evening!

Christmas with the Salvation Army Just a few ways you can help: adopting Angels from our local angel trees for gifts and toys; bell ringing in our community; stuffing stockings for needy children; assisting with our food/gift distribution; giving to or organizing a food drive; and kitchen/ Meal service. Contact the Salvation Army at 540-662-4777, ext 18 for more detailed information The Salvation Army, Winchester Corps is pleased to announce that they are partnering with their friends at Sheetz, Inc. this year to sponsor a turkey drive, in an effort to ensure that everyone in our community has a wonderful holiday meal. Please help with this worthwhile event by bringing a frozen turkey (or more!) to the Salvation Army, located on 300 Fort Collier Road, Winchester, Virginia.

In exchange for your gift, you will receive a $5 gift card from Sheetz. They need 60 turkeys no later than November 20th and an additional 400 turkeys for Christmas by December 11th.

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland A spectacular walking tour of Clearbrook Park from November 27 – January 3, from 5:30-9:30 p.m. daily.

You’ll be delighted by this light show that lets you see fantastic displays and music along the paved path at Clearbrook Park. Take your time enjoying the sights and sounds of the season along the magical stroll through a winter wonderland. Warm up with some hot-chocolate and cookies, or in the cabin where Santa and Mrs. Claus welcome kids of all ages.

Clearbrook Park’s annual light show is a tradition sure to create lasting memories! Ages 12 and over: $5; ages 2-11: $3; ages 0-1: free. Group Rate: for groups of 10 or more, take $1 off the above prices Monday - Thursday. No need to purchase tickets, just arrive with your group at the gate! Group rates will not be available on 12/22 or 12/23.

Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Eve. Lights out at 10 p.m. so please plan your visit accordingly.

Middletown holiday events Our annual holiday tree lighting ceremony will be this year on November 27, 2015 at dusk across from the Liberty gas station. Please join us along with special guest Robbie Limon as we sing Christmas carols, enjoy hot cider and stay warm next to the bonfire.

On Sunday December 6, 2015 at 2 o’clock please join us for our 2nd Annual Christmas Parade on Historic Main Street in Middletown. We’ve added quite a few new events this year that you are sure to love. For one, we will have a DJ playing in Town before and during the parade, we also have more parade entries and band entries.

LFCC Collecting Non-Perishable Food for Holiday Season Please consider donating to LFCC’s Food Drive this holiday season. Our goal is to fill at least 45 totes in honor of LFCC’s 45th Anniversary!

Non-perishable items will be collected at all College locations until November 23rd, 2015 and will benefit the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.

Donation locations include the Middletown Campus: Student Union Building & Fairfax Hall-Sekel Atrium; Fauquier Campus: Rose Loeb Center & the Lobby; Luray-Page Center: Welcome Atrium; Vint Hill Site: Cyber Café.

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Stephens City Woman Sentenced for Role in Fatal Overdose A Stephens City, Virginia woman, who previously admitted to selling heroin that led to a fatal overdose in March 2014, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg.

Brandy Dawn Kelly, 37, of Stephens City, Va., previously pled guilty to one count of distribution of heroin to victim R.F.L. Today in District Court, Kelly was sentenced to nine years of federal incarceration and four years of supervised release thereafter.

“This case is another example of the trail of pain and sorrow that the heroin epidemic has cut across Virginia and the nation,” United States Attorney Anthony P. Giorno said today. “The only way this epidemic can be curbed is through a combination of prevention, treatment and prosecution. It is only through a comprehensive approach that we can achieve real change.”

According to evidence presented at pervious hearings by Assistant United States Attorney Elizabeth G. Wright, Kelly admitted to buying heroin from Scott Pierce, who previously traveled to Baltimore, Maryland and purchased that heroin from Christopher Giles. Kelly set the price, arranged the transaction and met with the victim, R.F.L. on March 19-20, 2014. R.F.L. used the heroin purchased from Kelly, overdosed and died as a result. Pierce and Giles have both been charged federally for their roles in the overdose death.

The investigation of these cases was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force.

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Local Program Delivers Holiday Spirit to Northern Shenandoah Valley Area Seniors Everyone deserves to enjoy the warmth of the holiday season, and this year, area seniors who are alone or impoverished will be able to do just that.

Sponsored by the Home Instead Senior Care® office serving the Northern Shenandoah Valley, the Be a Santa to a Senior® program provides gifts and companionship for lonely and isolated seniors. The program is made possible by the generous support of area nonprofit organizations, retailers, numerous volunteers and members of the community.

“There are so many seniors, right here in the Northern Shenandoah Valley area that have nothing and no one,” said Aaron Blight, owner of the local Home Instead Senior Care office. “Through this program, we are able to show them that they are valuable members of our community and that people still care.”

Home Instead Senior Care has partnered with Clarke County Senior Service, Winchester County Senior Services, Warren, Frederick and Shenandoah County Senior Services, and the SAAA-Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging to help with the gift collection and distribution.

Participating retail locations will display Be a Santa to a Senior Christmas trees from November 11 to December 11 that feature ornaments with seniors’ first names and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick ornaments from the trees, buy the items listed and return them unwrapped (and with the ornament attached) to the store.

Program partners and volunteers will take care of wrapping and dis-

tributing the gifts to local seniors who might otherwise spend the holiday alone.

“We have seen, firsthand, how much this program means to local seniors,” said Blight. “Without it, there would be seniors for whom the holidays would pass without even a visit.” You can find a Be A Santa To a Senior tree at the following locations: Diane’s Diner – 2235 Valor Drive, Winchester ,VA 22601 Kernstown United Methodist Church- 3239 Valley Pike, Kernstown , VA 22602 Clarke County Parks and Recreation- 225 Al Smith Circle, Berryville, VA 22611 The Total Image & Workingman’s Store- 325 W. Boscawen St., Winchester, VA 22601 Liberty Baptist Church- 29110 Old Valley Pike, Strasburg, VA 22657 Stonehouse Beauty Salon, 18981 Senedo Rd, Edinburg, VA 22824 Pat’s Cakes, 136 E King St, Strasburg, VA 22657 For more information about the program, visit BeaSantatoaSenior. com or call (540) 722-8750.

2016 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® Theme: “Unforgettable!”

The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® has used the concept of Official Themes going back nearly to the first Festival in 1924; although, that use was generally sporadic in the 20th century. The Festival celebrated the 350th Anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown in 1957. After that, the Festival celebrated the entries of Alaska and then Hawaii into the Union. Big anniversaries tended to be “themed” over the years, like the Festival’s Golden 50th Anniversary in 1977. But, as stated, theming was sporadic until the late 1990s when Festival Organizers began to try to integrate images into a cohesive visual concept. In 1998, the Souvenir Program Book cover featured an orchard scene with stacks of bee-boxes, placed there to pollinate the trees.

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Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com age of a bee-box. In 1999, the Festival celebrated the area’s connections to George Washington with images on the cover of the Souvenir Program Book, the Souvenir Pin design, the 1999 Christmas ornament, and even carried this through with an appearance by a costumed actor that portrayed General Washington at that spring’s Festival. The following year celebrated the millennial year of 2000 in the same manner; and, in 2001, a Patsy Cline theme helped to create our first really famous catchphrase: “Crazy for the Bloom!” By the 21st century, an opportunity had been created, the momentum was there; and, now, the announcement of each Festival’s unique Theme, and the unveiling of the accompanying artwork, has become an event unto itself; and, it is seen as the “Official Kickoff ” for each new Festival!

Recent Festival Themes have tried to stress the elegant, artistic, romantic, fanciful and bombastic sides of the Festival: elegance by 2011’s “Timeless…” with its symbolic gold pocket watch with no hands; artistry by 2012’s “Rhapsody in Bloom” with its grand piano on a Piccadilly Street cityscape; romance by 2013’s “Love to Bloom” and its pink and green heart; fanciful by 2014’s “The Land of Pink and Green” and its 1960s Beatleesque landscape; and, bombastic by 2015’s “Get Your Bloom On!” with its attendant explosion of colors and blossoms. Festival Organizers were thinking that, this year, they might want to go back to the single-word, descriptive-adjective-type Theme, as embodied some years back with: “Timeless…” It was even thought that, perhaps, every few years, a similar single-word, descriptive-adjective-type Theme might be chosen, leading up to the fabulous and greatly

anticipated 100th Anniversary Festival to be held in 2027. At that time, all of the adjectives could be strung together like charms on a bracelet to complete a picture of the Shenandoah Valley’s greatest and most enduring public event. With all of that in mind, the Theme for the 2016 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® is “Unforgettable!” As most of us know, quite simply, no one has ever forgotten the Bloom!

The artwork accompanying the 2016 Theme is not at all sentimental.

The background is dark and is apparently a nighttime sky with fireworks bursting in the middle. Scattered in an arc across the top and the bottom of the image are two great galleries of signature Festival images: celebrities, floats, events, candid crowd shots, bands, children playing, all scattered in broad array. The photos have been “washed” with a sepia tone to age them slightly, as if they were borrowed from a family album. Scattered across the photos are a great handful of apple blossoms, appearing to have been tossed there quite casually. In the center, between the two arcs of photos, there is a representation of the 2016 Festival Logo. It should be noted, that the Logo does not say “Unforgettable,” calmly and quietly, in an archaic font. It shouts, “Unforgettable!” in a happy, disjointed font followed by a big exclamation point with a blossom for a dot. We are sure that the Bloom Nation will study those images one by one as we did, look up, smile, and announce boldly along with us: “Unforgettable!” $2.25 Million in Virginia Land Conservation Grants Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced 14 Virginia Land Conser-

vation Foundation (VLCF) grants totaling $2.25 million. The grants will help add 2,000 acres to Virginia’s conserved lands.

VLCF grants are used by private land trusts, local governments, and state agencies to protect and acquire special lands in the following categories: farmlands and forestry, historic areas, natural areas, and open spaces and parks. The grants require a minimum of a 50 percent match and many grant awardees provide more than that. The projects approved represent more than $13 million in public and private money going to land conservation across the state. As a result, the VLCF program leverages approximately four times the amount of funding than it awards in grants.

“The VLCF board has selected a great mix of grant awardees with projects that will protect wildlife habitat, green space, public recreation opportunities and more. Ensuring the Commonwealth’s natural beauty is crucial to building the new Virginia economy,” Governor McAuliffe said.

“I’m extremely proud that the Commonwealth can assist with the funding of these critical projects.”

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation requested a grant for the West Woods project in Frederick County. VLCF granted them $123,000. This grant will help SVBF purchase 31 additional acres for Third Winchester Battlefield Park, a 572-acre block of contiguous protected land that is open to the public.

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Oratorio Society Christmas Concert set for December 6 in Front Royal Society rings in 53 years of musical heritage for the Northern Shenandoah Valley

George Amos addresses the audience at the Oratorio Society Christmas concert

By Teresa Brumback Warren & Frederick County Report Some holiday traditions are a bit tricky, like balancing on a stepstool to hang ornery ornaments, or trying to hang tinsel so it doesn’t get tangled.

Still other traditions are about as easy as downing a moist turkey and

pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

Enjoying high-quality chorale music is one of them.

For the 40-member Front Royal Oratorio Society, now in its 53rd year, its free Christmas concerts in Front Royal and Winchester are its treasured, time-honored gift to area residents each year.

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And for many of the 200 or so in the audience every year, the concerts are part of each family’s Valley holiday tradition as much as picking out the perfect gifts for the munchkins or hunting down the perfect big-antlered buck or glossy green fir tree.

The chorale under the direction of conductor George Amos will perform 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Front Royal Presbyterian Church, at 115 Luray St., Front Royal.

The day before, on Saturday Dec. 5, it will perform at 7 p.m. at Braddock Street United Methodist Church, 115 Wolfe St., Winchester.

The group also has been invited to perform at Front Royal’s first-ever “First Night” on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. Performance time and place will be announced as more details are available.

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Amos, in his 20th season with the group, is excited about the program, saying it offers a little bit for everyone.

“We want as many people to come.

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He is confident the performance will be a huge success.

“One of the biggest things is to have the voices blended. Every year the group has a different sound. Trying to get 30-40 people together as one is the biggest challenge,” he says.

It’s a no-audition choir that is open to anyone who wants to join, and he enjoys getting people to sing when at first think they can’t do it. While the performance will be high-quality, these concerts are not just for the high-brow crowd as some mistakenly believe. The attire, he says, is “anything that people feel comfortable in”.

Volunteer publicist and Treasurer David Freese, a retired finance director from the World Bank in Washington, DC, is an energetic promoter and is clearly enthusiastic about the group’s mission in bringing a rich cultural experience to the Shenando-

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ah Valley. He is now in his sixth year as a tenor, chuckling, “I haven’t lost those high notes quite yet.”

“I love singing and I wish more people would dive in and join us to see what they are capable of. I was worried because we lost five sopranos over the summer, all over happy things like moving and marriages.

We have six to seven new people this year,” he said.

Last year the church was packed.

For more than half a century the group has made the Presbyterian Church its performance place.

“The acoustics there are wonderful and it’s such a cozy church,” says Freese. “We always encourage people-don’t get a babysitter; bring the kids, the family.

We feel like we are a big part of Front Royal’s Christmas tradition here,” he added.

“We have grandparents who come to hear us who came as a child. It’s part of the family thing.”

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And he loves it when non-musical people attend and are pleasantly surprised. “Last spring we did Mozart and had punk rock chicks—pink hair, boots and sat through an hour of the Mozart Requiem. They said they just loved it. Some farmer came out on his tractor…He said he was going to be thinking about the concert all day tomorrow when he’s out on his tractor and the sun comes up.

“We had two high school football players who said, ‘We thought this was going to be really boring but it wasn’t.’”

Adds Freese, “Clearly the girlfriends dragged them to it.” But still he loves it when non-concert goers show up and are overjoyed with the music.

The group’s president, Buffy Cooper, was a music major in college and enjoys keeping up her craft. A singer in the choir since 2009, she says it’s “very low key, with very few trained musicians” although most can read music. “The whole point is to be exposed to good music,” she says.

She hopes for a good crowd, saying “It’s something besides what you hear on the radio all the time.”

The Oratorio Society is a nonprofit organization which runs on an annual budget of $12,000 which covers the cost of music, printing, publicity, salaries of the conductor and accompanist. Each concert costs about $5,000 to $6,000 to produce, Freese says.

Volunteers are always welcomed.

Front Royal Oratorio Society’s chorale is under the direction of conductor George Amos “If there are people who want to be a part who do not sing we’re happy to have them put up posters to stuff envelopes,” he said.

Performances are always free and audience members can make a freewill offering during the performance to help offset costs. The group receives donations and some funding from the Town of Front Royal, the Marion Park Lewis Foundation in Winchester, the Virginia Commission on the Arts, the Mustard Seed Foundation in Little Washington, and businesses including Maddox Funeral Home in Front Royal and Front Royal Dental Care and Shenandoah Valley Orthodontics of Winchester.

Amos is recognized as one of the

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This year’s accompanist, Daniel J. Miller, is a pianist, organist and harpsichordist throughout the area.

He frequently performs as a recital accompanist for vocalists and instrumentalists, and is active as a choral accompanist and vocal coach. He is on the faculty of the Washington National Opera Institute at American University, serves as accompanist for the Shenandoah Conservatory Choir under the direction of Robert Shafer, is harpsichordist with the Winchester Baroque Ensemble.

For more information contact the Oratorio Society at 635-4842 or email FrontRoyalSings@yahoo.com. It also is on Facebook.

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Smitty’s Tree Service: still here after 25 years

Tall, heavy trees will topple with wet ground. Tony Smith of Smitty’s Tree Service advises to get trees thinned, cut dead wood, take excess weight off and stabilize them to grow strong, deep roots.

By Carol Ballard Warren & Frederick County Report What would we do without trees?

And what would we and the trees do without experienced people to take care of them?

Tony Smith of Smitty’s Tree Service is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced tree contractors in our area who cares about trees.

“I like doing tree work. It’s all I’ve ever done,” he said.

He and his wife Susan say they have the oldest, most reputable, professional tree service in Warren County and other surrounding counties, but aren’t thrilled about some of the rumors going around town about them.

“There is one company claiming we are going out of business and that we’ve asked them to take care of our customers. One man even said he is related to us and that he was running

the estimate for Tony because the customer was an old client of ours,” Susan said.

“It’s been a rough year; a year of loss

Tony Smith, of Smitty’s Tree Service works to remove trees in downtown Front Royal for us. A brother, aunt and uncle have all died, and our kids graduated and left home. Last year Tony couldn’t get to a few estimates because of illness, but we’re putting it behind us, we’ll move past and go forward. We

treasure work, we’ve been here for 25 years, are still here and plan on growing,” she said.

Tony has been involved with tree work since he was 18 and worked for a commercial tree company in Northern Virginia. After doing that

for someone else for 13 years, he and Susan, who had business experience, decided to go into business for themselves.

“As a family owned and operated business, we have proven through the years that honesty and integrity are the best form of advertisement, and we’ve been trusted with the tree care of historical plantations, Five Star restaurants and Inns, the State of Virginia and countless homes and buildings,” they say.

He and his crews still do all phases of tree work for the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia, and Washington D.C. for individuals as well as commercial properties. The City of Winchester calls them 3 to 4 times a year to take care of projects.

But Tony, who would rather conserve trees, still sometimes has to cut them or remove them altogether.

Recently, he had to take down 10 Bradford pear trees on Main Street at the request of the town.

“They were too overpowering; the root systems were breaking up the sidewalks,” he explained.

Other trees around town have had

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“The county calls me if they have a tree to look at when redoing roads. If they can’t handle it, I take it down,” Tony said.

Another thing they do is provide free estimates with no obligation.

“The reason we provide free estimates is because there are far too many variables to quote over the phone or online,” said Susan.

It’s possible that the tree could simply be cut and dropped, but many things have to be taken into consideration.

Some examples are: Placement of the tree, how close it is to a building, fence, or anything

else nearby How small the cuts have to be to lower it carefully to avoid harming things in the area Ease of access Whether the tree needs to be climbed or can be reached with the bucket truck The danger of the tree itself “If it’s nearly dead, it has a good chance of crumbling and/or falling before it’s safely down,” she said, and added, “customers are paying for the time it will take and the equipment it will take, but mostly for the experience of knowing how to safely remove the tree.”

They look at a tree, see what needs to be done, make a plan, and prioritize the work accordingly.

“Ninety percent of people don’t know what the trees need. If I can save it, and make it safe, I will. I don’t take them down just for the money. I especially don’t want to remove trees that would cause a mudslide.

“Some of these old trees are major old Oaks. Why cut them down, if they’re still safe? I’ll err on the side of preservation. Sometimes I can talk someone out of it. If it’s just dead wood, I can take that out, cable it, and do microinjections. This is done by drilling 1/8 inches into the tree, using pressurized capsules to inject fertilizers or insecticide which will flow through the tree and save it,” said Tony.

He added that they’ve been using the technique for many years and doesn’t think anyone else in this area uses it, because they haven’t been taught how. He learned it while working in Northern Virginia, where “they’re tree huggers,” he said with a chuckle.

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“Some contractors will take caution, some won’t” said Tony.

They can also provide maintenance, such as trimming, thinning, shaping and feeding vitamins, and will cut up the downed trees and limbs to be used as firewood for the homeowner.

Over the years, some unusual and interesting tree-related jobs have come their way.

“Our claim to fame is that we saved the largest known colony of honeybees found on the East Coast.

It was in a tree across from the current middle school in Front Royal.

We were hired to take down a huge, huge tree. The colony had never been bothered.

“We called in a beekeeper and saved the queen. There were hundreds of pounds of honey in there.

I felt bad for our guys getting stung in the lips and arms, though,” Susan said.

And they get quite a few calls to take cats and parrots down from trees.

They use a truck with a 70 ft. high bucket and rely on crews of men that they’ve known for years and trust.

“They’re absolutely the best; they know what they’re doing,” she said.

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Susan has some advice for homeowners having trouble with neighboring trees.

She explained that property lines and responsibilities run a vertical border. So if your neighbor’s tree is hanging over your property, that part of the tree is yours.

“One of the things Tony is so good at is being a middle man for resolving neighboring issues on who’s paying for what,” she said.

“If a neighbor has a dying tree leaning toward my home and none of it is on my property, I will need to send them a certified letter and copy my insurance agent to say that I have informed them of the danger. If that dangerous tree hits my home, I will be responsible and my insurance has to pay out. These are recent changes on the legal stance of ‘who’s responsible’. During the recession, homeowners were more likely to let a tree hit their home if they couldn’t afford to remove it - now, insurance companies are stricter and if you have a dead tree on your property you are running a risk of not being covered because insurance is solely for unexpected incidences,” she said.

Tony also informs people about power line laws because most residents don’t realize that the power company is responsible for trimming

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He warns that unless a private company has the contract to trim power lines, they are not allowed near them.

Susan gave this example, “For instance, even though Tony trimmed power lines for Asplundh for 13 years, by law, we cannot trim around them now unless we win the contract. In a

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Susan said they offer their clients a certificate of insurance-verification that their policy is currently in good standing.

She warned that some tree companies have been known to put a down payment on an insurance policy and secure a “dec. page” (declarations

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If the company does not continue to make payments the insurance policy will cancel - therefore customers need to not only see the dec page, they need to contact the insurance agent or request a certificate of insurance.

“Because we work for the town, county, and state of Virginia, we carry twice the amount of required insurance. Homeowners should feel very comfortable asking for proof of insurance, otherwise, they are likely dealing with a very shady company,” she explained.

Susan warns readers about other kinds of scams.

She said no reputable business will scare you into believing your tree is such a danger that you must sign a contract with them on the spot. Estimates should be free, without obligation, and the price should remain the same for a lengthy amount of time, unless a factor like spiraling gas prices changes it. When an agreement is reached, the work agreed on should be done. People should make sure they know exactly what they are paying for.

Some examples are: a tree to be cut down; brush to be removed or chipped; remaining wood to be cut up/split for firewood/removed, etc.; and/or the remaining stump to be ground out or left.

All options should be priced differently and explained thoroughly so you don’t pay to have a tree cut down and have the contractor drop it and leave.

Smitty’s doesn’t accept payment until the job is complete, it has been looked over, and the client is satisfied.

“Unless we have to purchase something for the job like cables or vitamins, for example, we don’t accept deposits. If the job is five days long we might ask for half of the fee up front and half after the work is complete.

“A reputable company will never accept payment before work is done.

Sooooo very many people get ripped off regularly due to paying up front,” she said.

Another thing the homeowner has to watch out for is someone offering a very low estimate compared to the others. She warned that they are likely scam artists, and gave an example.

“A man called us yesterday asking if we could replant a 10’ spruce tree. I told him, probably not, that the root ball would be too large to dig and replant successfully, but we could hire a large spade and it would be very expensive, He told me someone gave him a price to do the job for $300, and I explained that there was no way they could correctly replant the tree for that price; that they would dig it up, replant it, and the tree would die anyway. People want to believe anything if it saves money, not realizing it will cost a fortune later,” she explained.

Susan said they’re not trying to put any other tree companies down, but want residents given examples of what to watch out for.

She said the town has seen a co-

lossal growth in “tree services” since the recession began. They’ve realized that some contractors who lost their jobs and had a chainsaw in their garage started tree services, and said there are cut-throat estimators who tell customers to get an estimate from them (Smitty’s), then they will beat it by 10 percent.

“The bottom line is if a company has to use a scam to get work, then they don’t know what they are doing and will scam the customer also,” she said.

“But it has been good to be in a small town; everybody knows us and knows Tony,” Susan said.

And Tony added, “I’m a good guy,” “He really is. People fall in love with him. If you have a problem with Tony, you have a problem,” she said, and laughed.

Their work ethic is summed up this way.

“Our personal values are the same as our business values - honesty always and the best job possible. We answer to a much higher power than our bank account. Our name and reputation mean we care about our work, from the time you call our office to the time we leave your site, you’re treated as our priority. Being self-employed means we can’t afford to lose the excellent reputation we’ve worked so hard for. By the grace of God, our overhead is far less than larger or less developed companies so our prices are fair and, usually, the lowest you’ll find. No company is perfect, but we try harder than any contractor you’ll find,” they state.

Future plans include having three crews to serve subdivisions and take care of all the areas of commercial, mountain sand regular town customers.

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Chickens and rabbits and bee hives, OH, MY! Council debates the merits of allowing farm animals in town back yards

But why?

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Timothy Ratigan Warren & Frederick County Report With all the debates and shots fired back and forth from the left and right of the mayor over the U.S. 340/522 Corridor Agreement with the County, I never thought that the day would come when this same council would debate so passionately against or for citizen’s right to have up to six chickens, six rabbits and six beehives in their back yards.

But as I sat there observing one town citizen after another get up and speak in favor of this, and two town citizens speak against, I realized that I had just about seen everything.

From battling with “evil tarot card readers” and then the 340/522 Corridor Agreement, now Chickens and Rabbits and Beehives, OH, MY! On the evening of November 9, the Front Royal Town Council held their first meeting of the month. During that meeting the first reading on a public hearing was held to gather public input on whether the town should establish an ordinance on whether or not town citizens should be able to have a limited amount of traditional farm animals such chick-

ens, rabbits and beehives.

This is a fairly new trend sweeping the Commonwealth as well as the country and is termed Urban Agriculture.

If this ordinance is successfully voted in, town citizens could be granted special permits to allow them to have up to six chickens, six rabbits or up to six honey beehives. The permits would be issued for a period of one year at a time.

The first speaker was town resident Susan Anderson.

“Nine months ago we went to Southern States and got some chicks and thought it would be a fun family adventure, and it has been a good experience for the entire family. The kids (ranging from ages 8 to 10) have really enjoyed this. At the time we didn’t know that the town didn’t allow this. We converted the play area in the back yard to a coop with an enclosed run. It has been a lot of fun and we really enjoy the fresh eggs that we get. The children take turns in the morning running out to collect the eggs. One benefit of having this is that our children now spend more time outside playing and getting fresh air,” she said.

She also explained that the family has a good relationship with the neighbors and has kept in contact with the neighbors to see if there have been any problems associated with chickens and have gotten positive reports from her neighbors.

She also reported that many of the neighborhood children join in the fun of playing with and raising the back yard chickens. One of the next speakers was her husband, Eric Anderson, who echoed the sentiments and statements his wife made.

On the flip side there were two people who spoke against the measure. Mike McCool, town resident and local business owner, was one of the few who spoke out against the measure.

“I guess you can call me Scrooge.

I am not in favor of this measure.

Chickens are great, the problem is not just chickens. Its rabbits and bees and cows and sheep and horses all in our town limits. If you want a farm animal, you move to a farm. People who live in the town as a whole do not want to have farm animals in their back yards,” he said.

He noted that chickens put out the highest level of methane in their waste.

“In quantity, it is a problem with runoff and odor. Unlike the Andersons, not everybody is going to take the time to keep it clean. In the past we have talked about a building inspector and the cost of running it.

Think about the cost of keeping up with chickens in town. Who is going to monitor that? Are we going to have chicken police that go around checking on chicken coops and chickens?” he asked.

He mentioned the problem with

bears coming into town, and that the problem with bears, foxes and other predators will only get worse with the added attraction of beehives and chickens.

He closed by asking the council to

think about the cost associated with this.

The council got to comment on this after nine town citizens spoke in favor of, or against, the measure. The majority of the speakers were in favor

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Councilman Eugene Tewalt was the first to comment saying, “Several months ago when this came up at our work session I thought this was a joke. When I found out it was not a joke, it upset me very heavily when I found out somebody was really serious about this. The reason I am upset about this is because when many years ago our forefathers wrote our ordinances for Front Royal, I am sure they took all of this into consideration because they didn’t want a town that was made up of so-called

farm animals.

“We have 15,000 citizens in Front Royal. We are spending 54 million dollars on a secondary treatment plant that we’ve got to spend. It is mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency that we build this to take the phosphorus and Nitrogen out of our water. Where does it (the Nitrogen) come from? It comes from chickens, turkey, cattle, deer and bear, and you name it. On one side of the coin we want to do one thing and on the other side we want to create another problem.”

He said that having these animals will lower property values in the neighborhoods where the animals are.

“I just don’t understand why we are considering having an ordinance that has no bearing on life. If you want to live on a farm, go move to the country and get your chickens, rabbits and beehives. I cannot vote for something like this. If this is passed we are just opening a Pandora’s box,” he said.

Councilman Bret Hrbek spoke in favor of the measure, stressing that

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this would be a pilot program, with a one year limit on it, and added that if there are a huge number of problems, they can discontinue the program. He mentioned that when he was in Richmond a few weeks ago, he was jogging and noticed that the governor of Virginia had a chicken coop in his back yard, and remarked that this kind of thing was happening everywhere in Virginia and across the

country, including the larger cities.

The other councilmembers spoke in favor of the motion, mostly repeating what had been said by previous speakers.

When the discussion was over the measure was voted on and passed on a 5-1 vote with Tewalt voting against it. The measure will move on to a second reading and final vote.

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gredients, we had to dump it in the trash and start over. We played it My wife and I have a food fight safe and made a pie. every year. Not the kind where I My wife insists that just one deshave to take cover, like I did one day sert is not enough. in junior high school under a cafete- “I want everyone to have choicria table. Ours is more a difference es,” she says. of opinion. And the subject matter? That’s fair, but when my cousThe Thanksgiving day menu. ins are gone and it’s just us, we get My wife loves Thanksgiving. It’s stuck with finishing everything. her favorite meal of the year.

Sure I like desserts, but when And her favorite part of the you’re downing the same stuff day after day so it doesn’t go bad, you feast? get tired of it.

The turkey.

I typically make a blackberry But not just any turkey.

She insists our bird be either cobbler from our own blackberries. a Butterball® or a Honeysuckle I like it. My cousins like it. Guess who doesn’t? She doesn’t care for White®.

And that’s fine with me. As long the seeds.

She does like chocolate cake. as it tastes good, I’m happy.

I don’t get too excited about tur- Who doesn’t like chocolate cake? key. If we only ate it one day a year, I’d be fine with that.

But not my wife. She wants leftovers. Lots of leftovers.

When she sends me to the store to fight the crowds and come home with everything, I have my orders.

She wants a 15 pound bird, if not bigger. With only four of us around the table, that goes a long way. Especially since my cousins only take home enough for a couple sandwiches.

When it’s time to eat, I focus my attention, and the size of my helpings, on the side dishes.

I could easily fill my plate with only the extras. Mashed potatoes and gravy. Sweet potato casserole.

And the stuffing. Mmm mmm.

And this year, she mentioned My wife likes that stuff too, mi- making an Angel food cake too. nus the sweet potato casserole. She Seriously? won’t touch it.

I’m getting stuffed, and high cho “They’re too stringy,” she says lesterol, just thinking about all these of the sweet potatoes. She has this desserts. thing with food textures.

This year, maybe we should have The real trouble starts when we’re a real food fight? That’d be one planning dessert. way to get rid of some leftovers.

Of course you have to have pump- But then we’d have to clean it kin pie. And we do. Last year, for up. something different, we made a And if I start tossing the bird, my pumpkin roll instead but burned it. wife might flip me the bird.

That was a disaster. As much as And that would hurt. it pained me to do so, considering how much we’d spent on all the in– kevinengle456@comcast.net

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Several thoughts rage through your mind. Can I take off work? Will it hurt? And the singular most important thought overshadowing them all; how much will this cost and how will I ever pay for it? All important questions.

Most of us can fall back on dental insurance to ease the financial burden. Yes there is still the deductible you will have to come up with and the out of pocket expense that the insurance won’t cover, but it is some help. Probably enough to make it a little easier to make that all important call.

However, for a growing number of our neighbors, having dental insurance is a luxury that most simply do not have. They are living paycheck to paycheck and sometimes not even that. Where do they turn?

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Drs. Frederick W. Broadhead and Daisy Broadhead and their dental assistants are the first volunteers for the clinic and I had the opportunity to ask Dr. Frederick Broadhead some questions regarding his involvement in the project. I also wanted to get an idea of just how many resources and how much the cost of this type of service would be per patient.

“There are a lot of people who do not have insurance, so the cost of dentistry can be pretty expensive.

You’re looking at a couple hundred dollars for a full exam, x-rays and such even for an extraction (having your tooth pulled). We do have that need for this community. Obviously we have people who cannot afford that so they go around suffering with these issues,” he said.

An interior view of the new free dental clinic at St. Luke Community Clinic I then asked what the free dental clinic would be offering.

“At this point we are going to be trying to keep people out of pain.

There are different levels on how we can approach this and to take care of their needs. But to get our feet wet and get this started, the first thing is managing pain. Primarily extractions at this point. Eventually after

the extraction you have to replace the teeth. That would involve making dentures and partials. And it is also about education-about knowing what you need to do to maintain a healthy mouth and there is also the connection with Oral Health and Whole Body Health,” he responded.

He went on to stress that a lot of cardiovascular disease is associated

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Dr. Frederick Broadhead and Dr. C. Thomas Ryne cut the ribbon for the new free dental clinic at St. Luke Community Clinic with gum disease. He added that infections are a concern and that they will be dealing with those issues as well. At some point they will want to get into cleaning also. He also stressed that they will be trying to get other dentists in our community involved as well.

I also talked to Supervisors Linda

Glavis and Dan Murray, both fresh from their re-election victories.

They shared some comments about the new free dental clinic.

“I think it is a wonderful addition for the people of Warren County to have a free dental clinic. It is much needed. And I am grateful that we have been able to pull it together. I appreciate the Drs. Broadhead for contributing their time and talent to this endeavor,” said Glavis.

And Murray added, “The free dental clinic is a gift, a treasure for the town and the county. It is much needed. It is also a medical preventive issue. You take care of the gums, the teeth, you reduce other major issues. So the town and county are blessed to have this clinic and it is a great endeavor.”

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Veterans Day brings out local veterans, families and friends Warren County and Front Royal join the nation in honoring our vets at the Warren County Courthouse

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By Timothy Ratigan Warren & Frederick County Report I would like to start this article off with words that I said over 28 years ago; words that I still believe in, words that I still feel obligated to, and words that I will never forget.

I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, ac-

cording to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God. Millions of men and women across this nation and across history have stood and recited that oath with the full understanding that they were handing their nation a blank check.

That blank check was to be used for the defense of everything we hold dear. Each check had no expiration date on it. Most of us who handed over that blank check got to go home to our families and friends and to lives whole and healthy and have led or are currently leading rich and full lives.

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Some of our brothers and sisters haven’t been so lucky and are still struggling day to day with battle wounds, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and some gave the ultimate sacrifice, leaving family and friends behind to continue on without them. Such is the life of a military man or woman and yes, such is the life of a military family. All of us are touched by war in some way.

All of us must turn to and thank our veterans.

Each year on the 11th month, 11th day, and 11th hour, our nation pauses to honor our vets. Across the nation in towns just like Front Royal

the community leaders and high school bands and the local American legions and other fraternity lodges gather with the citizens and the vets to come together and thank and remember our vets with songs, prayers, speeches and 21-gun salutes.

And let us not forget the soulful haunting sounds of a lone bugler playing Taps.

Then we all go to the local American Legion, have a lunch, share war stories and remember our lost comrades…and then life goes on.

On the 11th of November, the town of Front Royal in Warren County gathered to do just that. The day

prior to Veterans Day was dark and dreary and rainy. The morning of November 11th dawned, the clouds had cleared away and sun was shining. The rainy November weather had taken a pause as if to help us celebrate and remember.

It started out as a showcase of our local schools playing one patriotic song after another. Warren County Marching Wildcats and Skyline Marching Hawks and Randolph Macon Academy Band all took turns playing songs. The music could be heard up and down Main Street and North and South Royal Avenue. Veterans of past wars and Veterans dur-

Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com ing peacetime milled around together shaking hands, patting shoulders and sometimes an embrace was shared.

Family members stood respectfully by and the town and county citizens waited patiently for the start of the ceremony. And we reporters/photographers walked around taking pictures and preparing our recording devices. At 11:00 a.m. sharp, the bell at the Warren County Court House tolled 11 times. It was time to start.

Every veteran and active duty person in the crowd popped to attention and rendered a hand salute or

placed their hand over their hearts as the uniformed students of Randolph Macon Academy paraded the colors (marched the American and Virginia Commonwealth’s flags) to the front of the podium. The three bands present participated in a joint playing of the national anthem.

Post 53 Commander of the American Legion, Larry Funk, led the assembled crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. After which the Chaplain of the American Legion recited the opening prayer.

After the opening prayer, Larry

Funk then recited a prayer for the missing prisoners of war (P.O.W.) who have yet to be returned, setting a chair in front of the podium with the traditional black P.O.W. flag draped over it. Next the E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School Choir directed by Miss Alex Taylor performed a moving song for the assembled crowd.

Funk then introduced Front Royal’s mayor Timothy Darr, who delivered the welcome address.

“Today is the sixth time that I have had the honor as your mayor to participate in this event. I assure you

Late November, 2015 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Page 19 that I am as humbled today as I was at the first. As I look out over this crowd today I am very proud to be an American,” he said.

He referred to veterans who have served in the past and those who are serving now with the quote, “From our Greatest Generation to the present generation.”

He said that our veterans are facing more obstacles than ever before, and listed problems with the VA (Veterans Administration) hospitals, and with veterans finding jobs.

He stressed that all of our veterans

should receive the proper care, and that issues with the VA health system need to be corrected and, referring to the job situation, said that, “Our veterans should receive preference if they are as qualified as any other individuals applying for that job.”

One of the strongest points he made was about active duty service members’ safety while at home, referencing the shootings at recruiting stations.

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Page 20 • Warren & Frederick County Report • Late November, 2015 VETERANS, from 19 it is not for the glory or the recognition, it is for their love of freedom and for this country,” he said.

He closed with thanking every veteran for their hard work and sacrifice and pointed out that moments like the Veterans Day ceremony are what really makes him enjoy his job as mayor of Front Royal.

Then Post 53 Commander Larry Funk delivered his opening remarks.

“Ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things, simply put, that is who veterans are. Young and old, rich and poor, black and white and nearly every category in between; we are men and women who have served or are still serving our beloved America. Some have suffered great hardships and drastically altered lifestyles, and some have experienced the absolute horrors of war. All sacrificed something so we can enjoy the cherished freedoms that we have to this very day,” he said, with pride.

“Fewer than 10 percent of Americans can claim the unique title of American Veteran. And what a tremendous list of accomplishments those 10 percent veterans can claim; from defeating communism, fascism and imperialism, from keeping peace during the Cold War, to battling terrorism today. The American people owe an awesome debt to our veterans that can never be repaid,” he continued.

Funk pointed out that part of the debt is also owed to the military families, and said, “We must honor all of those families, not just the Blue and Gold Star Banners.”

He also spoke about vets who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, traumatic brain injuries and what he termed as life-altering war wounds.

He reminded everyone that these don’t just affect our veterans but can take an enormous toll on the families as well.

“It is often the extraordinary family that has given us the extraordinary veteran and that it is the extraordinary veteran that has given us this extraordinary country,” he said in closing.

Miss Helen Seekford was the Gold Star Mother in attendance and she was presented with a yellow rose for her sacrifice of the loss of a child to combat.

The key note speaker was Brigadier General David Wesley, retired, of the U.S. Air Force, and the current president of Randolph Macon Academythe military school located in Front Royal.

“I am honored to speak today, this will be my second Veterans Day Ceremony. I am proud to be here in our beautiful town to represent the millions of people who have worn this uniform. Proud Americans- each one different but all united for a common purpose, all wearing the uniform to guard our way of life. I know that I stand here today in the company of warriors; men and women who have faced fire under the most dangerous and demanding circumstances history has ever seen.

“We served because we believed in the greatness of the American experiment. We served because we wanted to be something larger then ourselves. And many of us find great meaning and great satisfaction in what we have been able to do since we left the everyday wearing of the uniform. Think of the veterans you know, think of the dangers they have faced, and then look at what they do when they take the uniform off.

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The next part of the ceremony was the laying of the wreaths by different civic organizations at the war memorials in front of the Warren County Courthouse. This was followed by a

21-gun salute and Taps and then the closing prayer.

As the ceremony honoring our veterans closed, I stood there with my brother and sister vets and I realized that rank and length of service no longer mattered All that mattered was that I was among a sacred brother and sisterhood that had willingly turned a blank check over to the government. That blank check was to be used for the defense of everything we

Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com held dear; country, faith, community and family. I, along with many of my brothers and sisters got the check back and got to go back to our lives.

Some of us went back to our lives changed forever, facing new challenges and had to deal with grievous wartime wounds and PTSD. And

sadly, a lot of our brothers and sisters paid with the ultimate price-their final resting places scattered across this great nation and even across this great planet.

A simple thank you doesn’t seem to be enough but we say it anyway because we are a grateful nation.

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With a grateful heart, I too close this article by signing off with my name bearing record of my service to my country from 1/27/87-11/27/93, Timothy P. Ratigan USN, HM3 and a sincere thank you to all my brother and sister veterans.

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WARREN COUNTY INDICTMENTS 2015 October Indictments Bradley David Light The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Bradley David Light, 51, of 1400 N. Shenandoah Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Bradley David Light did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule III controlled substance, to-wit: Buprenorphine.

COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously possess with the intent to distribute, a Schedule III controlled substance, to-wit: Buprenorphine.

Date of the offenses was on or about June 25, 2015.

Kelly Nichole Mills The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about April 5, 2015, in the County of Warren, Kelly Nichole Mills, 26, of 648A 11th St., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously possess with the intent to dis-tribute more than one-half ounce but not more than five pounds of marijuana.

James Christopher Hicks The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about July 11, 2015, in the County of Warren, James Christopher Hicks, 31, of 706 Belair Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630, did unlawfully and feloniously, with the intention of converting goods and merchandise to his own use without having paid the full price thereof, willfully conceal or take possession of the goods or merchandise of CVS Pharmacy, having previously been convicted of larceny or an offense deemed as larceny two or more times.

Stacy Lynn Ash The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about August 9, 2015, in the County of Warren, Stacy Lynn Ash, 41, of 101 Buffalo Trail, Winchester, VA 22602, did unlawfully and feloniously, with the intention of converting goods and merchandise to her own use without having paid the full price thereof, willfully conceal the goods or merchandise of Walmart, with a value of $200.00 or more.

Festus Brian Foltz, Jr. The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Festus Brian Foltz, Jr., 21, of 23 W. King St., Strasburg, VA 22657 with two counts.

COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, James Christopher Hicks did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin. COUNT TWO: did un-lawfully drive or operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of a narcotic that impaired his ability to operate a motor vehicle. Date of the offenses was on or about June 5, 2015.

Carli Michelle Stillman The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Carli Michelle Stillman, age and address unknown, with two counts. COUNTS ONE and TWO: In the County of Warren, Carli Michelle Stillman did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin. Dates of the offenses were on or about June 11 and 16, 2015.

Karim Malik Strong The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about June 7, 2015, in the County of Warren Karim Malik Strong, 24, address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously possess, with the intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Cocaine, this being a second or subsequent offense, said prior conviction occurring prior to the date alleged in this indictment.

Shane Deal Dodson The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Shane Deal Dodson, 28, address unknown, with three counts. COUNTS ONE and THREE: In the County of Warren, Shane Deal Dodson did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule III controlled substance, to-wit: Buprenorphine. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule III controlled substance, to-wit: Buprenorphine, while on public property or any property open to public use within 1,000 ft. of public or private school property. Dates of the offenses were on or about May 8 and June 5, 2015.

Larry Jermaine Bradshaw The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Larry Jermaine Bradshaw, age and address unknown, with two counts. COUNT ONE: Larry Jermaine Bradshaw did

unlawfully and fe-loniously possess, with the intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: 3, 4 – methylenedioxyethcathinone (Ethylone). COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously possess with the intent to dis-tribute more than one-half ounce but not more than five pounds of marijuana. Date of the offenses was on or about March 20, 2015.

Kristin Ivy Supinger The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about May 8, 2015, in the County of Warren, Kristin Ivy Supinger, 46, address unknown , did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Hydromorphone.

Susan Lynn Yates The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Susan Lynn Yates, 51, of 1400 N. Shenandoah Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630, with two counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Susan Lynn Yates did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule II controlled substance, towit: Cocaine. COUNT TWO: did unlawfully possess controlled paraphernalia for the illegal administration of con-trolled substances. Date of the offenses was on or about February 6, 2015.

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James Dean Vass The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about July 19, 2015, in the County of Warren, James Dean Vass, 52, of 9506 Jamesons Mill Rd., Culpeper, VA 22701, did unlawfully and feloniously distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, to-wit: Amphetamine.

Kristy Elizabeth Harlow The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges Kristy Elizabeth Harlow, 24, of 942 Conicville Rd., Mt. Jackson, VA 22842 with three counts. COUNT ONE: In the County of Warren, Kristy Elizabeth Harlow did unlawfully and feloniously forge a public document, to-wit: A Virginia Uniform Summons #14-376677, signed Katey Harlow.

COUNT TWO: did unlawfully and feloniously, with the intention of converting goods and merchandise to her own use without having paid the full price thereof, willfully conceal or take possession of the goods or merchandise of Walmart, having previously been convicted of larceny or an offense deemed as larceny two or more times. COUNT THREE: did unlawfully use identification documents or identifying information of another or of a false or fictitious person to avoid summons, arrest, prosecution, or to impede a criminal investigation. Date of the offenses was on or about July 29, 2015.

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Tasha Nicole Tolbert The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about August 6, 2015, in the County of Warren, Tasha Nicole Tolbert, age and address unknown, did unlawfully take steal, and carry away the goods and chattels belonging to Walmart, having a value of less than $200.00, the accused having twice or more before been convicted of an offense deemed as larceny.

Anthony Gene Roberts The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about April 5, 2015, in the County of Warren, Anthony Gene Roberts, age and address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously possess with the intent to distribute more than one-half ounce but not more than five pounds of marijuana.

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Warren County Report The Blue Ridge Singers present “Sweet Singing in the Choir”

The Blue Ridge Singers present “Sweet Singing in the Choir” Friday, December 11, 7:30 at Front Royal Presbyterian Church, 115 Luray Ave. and Sunday, December 13, 4:00 at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 26 West Boscowen St. in Old Town Winchester. A $10 donation is requested.

The program features fun and unusual arrangements of popular and less familiar seasonal tunes. Says BRS artistic director Dr. Jeffrey Alban “Singing is a hallmark of the holiday season. This is what the BRS is all about. We enjoy sharing our choral pleasure.”

Many music lovers will recognize the concert’s title, “Sweet Singing in the Choir.” Explains Alban, ‘It’s text from the English carol “The Holly and the Ivy.”’ He continues “We are performing Ola Gjeilo’s 2012 arrangement of this popular song. Gjeilo’s fluid harmonies draw me to his music; its richness attracts the listener.”

The program also includes works by Winchester composer William Avert and John Rutter plus traditional carols arranged by Felix Mendelssohn, Joan Morris and William Bolcom (with lyrics from “The Wind in the Willows”) and Mormon Tabernacle Choir director Mack Wilberg.

Mandated to perform a wide range of choral works, the Blue Ridge Singers’ repertoire spans contemporary composers, the Renaissance, the 17th-20th centuries and Broadway musicals. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings in Stephens City; concerts are presented in December and April in Frederick, Warren and Prince William counties. Interested singers are invited to contact artistic director Dr. Jeffrey Alban via www.blueridgesingers.com to prepare for the upcoming spring season.

Christendom Players to Perform “Father of the Bride” The Christendom College Players will present their fall play, FATHER OF THE BRIDE, the weekend of November 20, 21, 22. There will be 8 pm performances each of these three evenings, plus a fourth performance (a Sunday matinee at 3 pm).

Father of the Bride, which is both hilarious and heartwarming, will be presented at Warren County Middle School, 240 Luray Ave., Front Royal. It is definitely appropriate as well as enjoyable entertainment for the whole family.

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THER OF THE BRIDE was turned into two classic and popular motion pictures-----the first in 1951 with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor, and a later version in the 1990’s with Steve Martin.

Directing the play will be a team consisting of Mary Harrington, Stephen Hyland, Andrew Clark, and Dr. Patrick Keats. For Dr. Keats, this will be his 37th production as producer/ director for the Players. Mary, Stephen, and Andrew are Christendom alumni who have had active roles as actors as well as in directing for the

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Tickets for the play are $8 for adults; $5 for students; $3 for children 12 and under. The auditorium can accommodate a very large crowd, but if you desire further information, or wish to reserve a ticket at the door, call the college at (540) 636-2900, ext.

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Samuels Public Library Events General Education Development - register and attend the General Education Development course. This course will be every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 A.M-12:30 P.M (except on school holidays or closings). The GED course is completely free. Let this course be the stepping stone to your success.

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Books and Beyond Book Club attend the Books and Beyond Book Club! On Wednesday, November 18th at 10:00 A.M., Pioneer Girl

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International Games Day - join us for a day filled with fun and games on Saturday, November 21st from 10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. The library will provide Loodie, Mancala, Mahjong and Catan. Feel free to bring in your own games and have fun!

Samuels Public Library December Youth Services Department Programs Tuesday, December 1 11:00 Time for Baby. What do books, scarves, puppets, music, and babies have in common? They are all part of Time for Baby. Join us as we

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4:30 Big Kids Story time for Kindergarten and up. Puppies are cuddly. Puppies are cute. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll enjoy stories and a craft about these special little guys!

Wednesday, December 2 10:15 Toddler Story time. Our stories will ask the question: Naughty or Nice? Enjoy finger plays, songs, and a craft, as well. Siblings welcome.

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Saturday, December 5 11:00 Kooky Chefs Cook from Literature: The Chronicles of Narnia.

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Saturday, December 12 10:10 Books and Barks. Come to our extremely popular monthly program that gives developing readers the chance to read and relax with a trained therapy dog. For beginning readers and up. Registration begins November 14.

2:00 Nutcracker with a Twist. Join us for a Christmas dance performance featuring the beloved Nutcracker story, told with updated

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Tuesday, December 15 4:30 Big Kids Story time for Kindergarten and up. Feeling festive?

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Wednesday, December 16 10:15 Toddler Story time. Please join us for a cozy story time all about Christmas Favorites. Siblings welcome.

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Saturday, December 19 2:00 Aspiring Artists. We will use paint to explore contrasting colors.

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Front Royal holiday closing for Thanksgiving The Town of Front Royal Business Offices will be CLOSED Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, 2015 in observance of Thanksgiving.

The Drive-Thru located at 102 E Main Street and the Town Collection Site located on Manassas Avenue Extended will be CLOSED Saturday, November 28, 2015.

Trash/Recycling for Thursday, November 26 will be collected Wednesday, November 25.

Trash/Recycling for Friday, November 27 will be collected Tuesday, November 24.

There will be no yard waste or leaf collection this week.

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All interested citizens are invited to attend this public hearing to express their views.

2016 AMP Scholarship Program deadline correction The deadline for applying for the AMP Scholarship is December 7, 2015, not December 6 as previously noted.

Urban Forestry Advisory Commission vacancies The Town Council is searching for citizens interested in assisting the community by serving on the Urban Forestry Advisory Commission (UFAC). UFAC is a 6-member panel appointed by Council and they are responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of an Urban Forestry Management Program, for the education of the general public about proper tree care practices, and to support the efforts of other groups interested in urban forestry in the Town. Those interested must be citizens living within Front Royal or Warren County.

If you are interested in serving on this Board, please complete an application form and/or resume with a cover letter by mail or in person to: Clerk of Council, P.O. Box 1560, 102 E. Main Street, Front Royal, Virginia 22630. Applications are available at www.frontroyalva.com. For more information, call the Clerk of Council at (540) 635-8007.

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Randolph-Macon Academy (R-MA) Chorus Director Michael DeMato took 19 students to Sherando High School in Stephens City, VA, to audition for District XIV Chorus. Four R-MA students were selected to the District Chorus: senior Jingwen “Alice” Gong, senior Yifei “Helen” Peng, freshman Wan Sun, and sophomore Gillian Rydholm. In addition, sophomore Jin Wang was selected a first alternate and junior Ayeba Sopreye Eke-Spiff was selected as a third alternate.

“This year’s audition piece was extremely difficult, and I am very proud of everyone who tried out,” DeMato

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He singled out Jingwen “Alice” Gong, a senior at R-MA, who scored first out of all soprano 1’s. “This is the highest and hardest voice part to audition for,” he observed.

The R-MA students will join other talented singers from Warren, Frederick, Clarke, Fauquier, Rappahannock, and Shenandoah counties to put on the District XIV Concert on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Millbrook High School in Winchester, VA. Send your short news items to: briefs@warrencountyreport.com

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Friday, November 20 Forecast 52° | 32° 10am - 12pm Preschool visit.

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11am - 11:30am Dance Party Fridays! Handley Library. Toddlers, Preschoolers, & their grown-ups are welcome to come boogie down! Now offered EVERY Friday!

Saturday, November 21 Forecast 51° | 33° 7am – 11am Country Breakfast.

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Pancakes, biscuits, sausage, bacon, apples, sausage and chip beef gravy, scrambled eggs, coffee, tea, and Juice.

Adults $8.00; 4 to 12 years old $4.00; children under 3 eat free.

8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. The Flea Market is open every weekend expect during the fair.

For more information, call (540) 6355827.

9am - 2pm Annual Veteran and Toy Item Drive. Walmart at 201 Maranto Manor Drive in Winchester (522 and Tasker Road). Rolling Thunder®, Inc., Chapter 1 VA is having a fundraising

event. All of the items donated and monetary donations go to Veterans and children. Last year, on Christmas Eve, they delivered gifts to 13 local nursing homes to over 100 Veterans in those homes and on Christmas morning Santa delivers gifts to the children that are in Winchester Medical Center. Suggested Items for Nursing Home Veterans: sweat shirts/sweat pants (M, L, XL, XXL); t-shirts (M, L, XL, XXL); socks; zipup sweat jackets/hoodies (M, L, XL, XXL); blankets; books (word search, crossword puzzle, etc.); chocolates, candy, cookies and popcorn (regular and sugar-free candy and cook-

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Suggested Items for Hospitalized Children for Infants to Teens: playing cards (UNO, Go Fish, Match, etc.); checkers; hand held games; dolls; DVDs; Tonka trucks and such; coloring books and crayons; and Match Box cars. All ideas are welcome, and monetary donations are accepted.

10am - 11am Chess Champs.

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Learn and play! Lead by members of Shenandoah Valley Chess for all ages and all skill levels.

10am - 12:30pm Coming to the Table. Handley Library. The co-

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10am – 4pm Christmas in November. Front Royal Fire Station, 221 N. Commerce Avenue (upstairs banquet hall). Shop all in one spot! Start your Christmas shopping by supporting local small businesses. Crafters, Vendors, and Food! A unique shop-

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1pm - 2:30pm Paws for Reading.

Bowman Library. Read a favorite book to a reading tutor. It is Paws for Reading! These canine listeners are patient and love to hear kids read books. Come meet our certified therapy dogs.

1pm - 2pm Tour Handley Library.

Staff members and volunteers will give tours, concentrating on the architecture and history of the library.

The tours will take you behind the scenes to all floors of the library, including the famous glass floors and the well under the stage. The tours are free, but making reservations is helpful.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open

at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Sunday, November 22 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. The Flea Market is open every weekend expect during the fair.

For more information, call (540) 6355827.

Monday, November 23 10:30am - 11am Preschool Time.

Handley Library. Programs are free and open to the public. No registration is required. Most appropriate for Preschoolers, age 3 and up.

11am - 11:30am Toddler Story Time. Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. For children three and under. A lively story time program of stories, songs, finger plays, flannel boards and movement.

4:30pm - 7:30pm Chess. Handley

Read full issues FREE on www.WarrenCountyVA.com & www.FrederickCounty.com Library. Open chess games. 1-on-1 instruction for new players. At 5:30 PM a lecture is available on chess basics and strategy. Families, adults, kids -- all ages and skill levels – are welcome to come and play. Bring your board or just yourself. This event is FREE and open to the public.

For more information, visit Shenandoah Valley Chess Club 4:30pm - 5:30pm LEGO Club.

Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Celebrate the first colonial settlers by reconstructing Jamestown. Free! No registration required!

6pm - 7:30pm NaNoWriMo - Young Writer’s Program. Handley Library.

Calling all Writers--Middle School and High School Write a novel in one month with the Young Writer’s Program of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Register on line at http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ Handley Library. Join us each Monday night for writing tips, encouragement from other young writers, word wars, writing frenzies and more 6:30pm - 8pm Growing Tomorrow

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Warehouse (Kohl’s Distribution-Starting Now) $10.75ph Register on the Virginia Workforce Connection (www.vawc.virginia. gov) and apply for the listed position prior to the job fair with job order numbers 676679 and/or 656140 (www.vawc.virginia.gov).

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Job Fair Staff Management Group at the Virginia Employment Commission Winchester office. 100 Premier Place, 540 535-2875 Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 from 10-4pm

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Tuesday, November 24 10:30am - 11am Baby & Me Story Time. Handley Library. For Infants birth to 15 months. Enjoy stories, finger plays, and songs!

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Big ceramic owl, $50.00. Canning jars $4 each. Old Schwinn girls bicycle, $50 and need tires.

Long Time Collections for sale: Carnival Glass, Pottery; E. Texas, Roseville, Depression glass (green and pink), Jewelry from the 50’s and forward. Call 540-635-1612 RENTALS Rental, Temporary housing. Mountain Lodge, high atop High Knob. 2-BR,2-BA full furnished, Winter rate $2,200 mthly incl.all util. maidservice + snow removal. Avail.Dec.5 call 703-860-2711 110 N. Massanutten Street, Strasburg, Va. Commerical space. $750 per side. Call 202302-9129

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Barbara Jane Pritchard, 83, of Frederick County, VA, died Saturday, November 14, 2015 at her residence. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in memory of Barbara may be made to The Westminster Canterbury Fellowship Fund, 300 Westminster Canterbury Drive, Winchester, Virginia 22603. - See more at: Kenneth Maurice Griffin, age 25, of Inwood, West Virginia, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2015, at Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick, Maryland.

Dola Schild Tylor, 100, of Winchester, Virginia, died Tuesday, November 10, in Shenandoah Valley Westminster Canterbury. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Dola’s memory to Handley Regional Library Archives Room, 100 W. Piccadilly Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601 or to the Shenandoah Valley Westminster Canterbury Fellowship Fund, 300 Westminster Canterbury Drive, Winchester, Virginia 22603.

- See more at: Dorothy Lamp Clark, 83, of Winchester, Virginia, died Sunday, November 8, 2015, at a local nursing facility. In lieu of Flowers memorial contribution may be made to the Winchester Medical Center Foundation for the New Cancer Center, 220 Campus Blvd, Suite 402A, Winchester, Virginia, 22601 Alice Marie Kilgore Robertshaw, of Front Royal, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 12, 2015. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Front Royal United Methodist Church, 1 West Main St., Front Royal, VA 22630; or The Cerebral Palsy Group, 15520 Bald Eagle School Rd., Brandywine, MD 20613 Juanita Louise Wilson, of Stephens City, VA passed away on November 13 13, 2015 at Winchester Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Southside Church of Christ at 3136 Papermill Rd. Winchester, VA 22601.

Charles Allen “Charlie” Dick, Sr., age 81, passed away on November 8, 2015 in Nashville, TN. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to R.O.P.E., P.O. Box 2048, Madison, TN 37116.

Time. Clarke County Library. Hear great stories and have fun with Mary!

12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3 - the River radio station.

Hear the latest tourism-related news and events every Tuesday at 12:30!

If you can’t listen live, check out the podcasts at http://www.theriver953online.com.

6pm - 7:15pm NaNoWriMo WriteIns. Bowman Library. Write your novel in a month during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) at Bowman Library. These Young Writers’ Program Write-Ins feature inspiring times with other writers, hearing great stories and are made complete with Word Wars and Writ-

ing Tips. For middle and high school students.

6pm - 6:30pm Twilight Tales. Bowman Library. A story time event for families. Stories, music, finger plays, movement and a craft.

Wednesday, November 25 11am - 12pm Preschool Story Time. Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. Best for ages 2-5. A lively 30-minute program of stories, puppets, dancing and songs.

4:15pm - 4:45pm Learn Spanish.

Bowman Library. Learn Spanish with Angela. Using games, songs, puppets and picture books, children and their parents will learn the Spanish language. Contact Donna

New Beginnings Community Greetings “Introducing Your Business to New Homeowners in our Community”

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P.O. Box 1025 Front Royal, VA 22630 540 635-8660

Hughes at (540) 869-9000 x215 for more information.

4:30 - 6:30 Thanksgiving Dinner.

Salvation Army Front Royal Corps.

357 Cloud Street. Please join us.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Thursday, November 26 Thanksgiving Day 11:30am - 2pm Community Thanksgiving Dinner. First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 116 S. Loudoun St. Winchester. (Delivery service 11am to 2pm. Delivery orders please call (540) 664-5132. Reservations for delivery orders will be accepted through Wednesday, November 25th). To sign up to serve at the dinner or donate food items, go to www.signupgenius.com/go Friday, November 27 7pm - 10pm Front Porch Style Pickin’ Party. Warren County Senior Center, 1217 Commonwealth Ave. All levels of talent are welcome.

Acoustic instruments only.

Saturday, November 28 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. The Flea Market is open every weekend expect during the fair.

For more information, call (540) 6355827.

11am - 12pm Story Time. Bowman Library. For children, ages 2-6, and their families. A lively program of stories, finger plays, songs, books, movement, music and puppets.

1pm - 2:30pm Family Film & Pic-

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20 Minute Scenic Flights - $65 Per Person GIFT CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE, Intro Flight Training $99,

See Gliders every weekend!

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nic. Bowman Library. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch and a blanket to sit on the floor. Our teens will be serving popcorn and lemonade. November 28: Pocahontas. The movie showing is free and sponsored by the Friends of Handley Regional Library and the Bowman Library Teen Advisory Board.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

Sunday, November 29 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. The Flea Market is open every weekend expect during the fair.

For more information, call (540) 6355827.

Monday, November 30 10:30am - 11am Preschool Time.

Handley Library. Programs are free and open to the public. No registration is required. Most appropriate for Preschoolers, age 3 and up. Call (540) 662-9041 ext.16 for more information.

11am - 11:30am Toddler Story Time. Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, Stephens City. For children three and under. A lively story time program of stories, songs, finger plays, flannel boards and movement.

Contact: Jane Smith, (540) 869-9000.

4:30pm - 5:30pm LEGO Club.

Bowman Library. Use LEGOs and your imagination to bring a scene from your favorite book to life! Free!

No registration required!

6pm - 7:30pm NaNoWriMo - Young Writer’s Program. Handley Library.

Calling all Writers--Middle School and High School Write a novel in one month with the Young Writer’s Program of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Register on line at http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ Handley Library. Join us each Monday night for writing tips, encouragement from other young writers, word wars, writing frenzies and more Tuesday, December 1 10:30am - 11am Baby & Me Story Time. Handley Library. For Infants birth to 15 months. Enjoy stories, finger plays, and songs!

10:30am - 11am Preschool Story See CALENDAR, 30

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Contact Spay Today, our area’s non-profit, reduced-price spay and neuter program. At the time of surgery, initial shots and tests can also be obtained at lower rates.

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NEW vets added!

Contact Spay Today: www.baacs.org or call 304-728-8330

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Time. Clarke County Library. Hear great stories and have fun with Mary!

12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3 - the River radio station.

Hear the latest tourism-related news and events every Tuesday at 12:30!

If you can’t listen live, check out the podcasts at http://www.theriver953online.com.

6pm - 7:15pm NaNoWriMo WriteIns. Bowman Library. Write your novel in a month during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) at Bowman Library. These Young Writers’ Program Write-Ins feature inspiring times with other writers, hearing great stories and are made complete with Word Wars and Writing Tips. For middle and high school students.

6pm - 6:30pm Twilight Tales. Bowman Library. A story time event for families. Stories, music, finger plays,

movement and a craft.

2pm - 3pm Ambassador’s Club.

Chamber Office.

Wednesday, December 2 8:30am - 9:30am Small Business Committee. Chamber Office.

11am - 12pm Preschool Time.

Bowman Library. Best for ages 2-5.

A lively 30-minute program of stories, puppets, dancing and songs.

Contact: Donna Hughes at (540) 869-9000 x215.

12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Business On The River 95.3 3:30pm - 4:30pm Stories with a Sheriff. Handley Library, 100 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester. Come by the Handley Library every First Wednesday of the month to hear stories read by our very own Winchester Sheriffs! All ages are welcome!

4:15pm - 4:45pm Learn Spanish.

Bowman Library. Learn Spanish with Angela. Using games, songs,

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puppets and picture books, children and their parents will learn the Spanish language. Contact Donna Hughes at (540) 869-9000 x215 for more information.

6pm - 7:30pm Bull and Bear Club.

Handley Library, 100 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester. Investment club meetings are free and open to the public.

6pm - 6:30pm Pajama Story Time!

Handley Library. It’s PAJAMA TIME!!

Can’t make it during the day? Put on your pajamas and join us for bedtime stories at the Handley Library!

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Tour Handley Library. Handley Library. Staff members and volunteers will give tours, concentrating on the architecture and history of the library. The tours will take you behind the scenes to all floors of the library, including the famous glass floors and the well under the stage. The tours are free, but making reservations is helpful. To make reservations or for more information, call (540) 662-9041, ext. 11.

7pm - 8pm Author Mark Tooley – 1861. Handley Library, 100 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester. Author talk about new book on the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, which was the last effort to avert Civil War: It’s the first book on this topic in over 50 years.

Thursday, December 3 9am - 10am Tourism Committee.

Chamber Office.

10:30am - 11:30am Preschool Story Time. Clarke County Library. A lively 30-minute combination of stories, finger plays, songs, and rhymes for preschool children and their families.

10:30am - 11am Toddler Story Time. Bowman Library. Story time for children three and under. A lively story time program of stories, songs, finger plays, flannel boards and movement. Contact: Jane Smith, (540) 869-9000.

11am - 11:30am Baby Story Time.

Bowman Library. For Infants, birth to 15 months. A program of songs, stories, clapping and tapping.

12pm - 1pm Books & Brown Bag

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Friday, December 4 11am - 11:30am Dance Party Fridays! Handley Library. Toddlers, Preschoolers, & their grown-ups are welcome to come boogie down! Now

540-635-4734

offered EVERY Friday!

1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee. Chamber Office.

Saturday, December 5 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. The Flea Market is open every weekend expect during the fair.

For more information, call (540) 6355827.

9am - 12pm Book Drop-Off Morning. Bowman Library. Drive to Bow-

man Library and make your donations of used books, DVDs and CDs. Your donations help your libraries.

11am - 12pm Jingle Bell Rock party. Bowman Library. Join us for a holiday celebration for all of your family! Make jingle bell bracelets and elf headbands. Sing along with our puppets. Hear stories like the Polar Express and the Night Before Christmas. Decorate bells and candy canes.

Enjoy a snack of Christmas cookies and Jingle Bell juice.

1pm - 2:30pm Paws for Reading.

Bowman Library. Read a favorite book to a reading tutor. It is Paws for Reading! These canine listeners are patient and love to hear kids read books. Come meet our certified therapy dogs.

2pm - 4pm 46th Annual Evans Home Doll Auction. Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Amherst Street, Winchester. Mark your calendar for the 46th Annual Doll Auction benefiting the Evans Home for Children.

This year for the first time the event will be hosted at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.

6:30pm - 9:30pm Bingo. North Fork Resort Associates, 301 North Fork Road, Front Royal. Doors open

at 4:30. Early birds at 6:30. Food available for purchase. Door prizes, progressive games, queen of hearts, progressive pull tab. Also, brand new Electronic pull tab games. Find us on Facebook. (540) 636-7152. Must be 12 to play. No smoking.

8pm - 12pm Christmas Dance.

Front Royal Volunteer Fire Dept.

Brandy Stills Band. Singles $15, couples $20, kitchen open – BYOB. Sun Dec 6, 2015 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. The Flea Market is open every weekend expect during the fair.

For more information, call (540) 6355827.

Humane Society of Warren County

540-635-4734

Monday thru Sunday 10 am to 4 pm - Closed Wednesday • 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA • 540-635-4734 • humanesocietywc@gmail.com

Love is Ageless! This November adopt a senior pet from a Best Friends Network partner like HSWC. We will be offering waived adoption fees for senior dogs (7 and up) and cats (5 and up) throughout the month of November.

Boogey - 2 year old neutered male lab mix. Boogey is a little shy when meeting new people, but just give him a little time to warm up to you and he’s as lovable as can be.

He loves to give hugs and kisses, and he LOVES to play and go on walks. Boogey needs a home with people who can give him the time and attention he needs, and someone who can be patient with him while he warms up to his new family and new surroundings. He also needs a home with older children or adults only, and a home without cats.

Owen - 2 year old male hound mix. Owen came to us as a stray and we are learning more about him every day.

He keeps him kennel clean, so we suspect he may be housetrained.

He walks very well on leash and he knows the command sit. Stop by the shelter today to visit with Owen!

Owen’s ad sponsored by:

Sabrina - 5 year old female pit bull. Sabrina is a very mild mannered, calm girl who likes to go for walks and relax in the play yard.

She is housetrained, and she lived with many other dogs in her previous home, but we would suggest a dog test with any new potential furry siblings. She would do better in a home without small children where it is quite and she can snuggle up with her humans and relax.

Jasper - senior neutered male JRT mix. Jasper wants everyone to know that he will make a SUPER new addition to his new furever family!

Jasper does need a home with older children only, and he is housetrained and crate trained. Stop by the shelter today to visit with him!

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