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In Memoriam On Sunday July 13, 2014 the music world lost a giant
Maestro Lorin Maazel This brilliant musician and symphony conductor dedicated the last years of his life to developing a foundation at his farm in Rappahannock County to mentor and support talented young musicians, singers, actors and conductors from around the globe. Many of us have witnessed the wonderful array of musicals and operas with the Castleton Festivals. May his wonderful legacy to the performing arts be with us through many more Festival years. C. Fred Kohler
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t’s never too early to mark the calendar for Oct. 1, when Middleburg’s food pantry, Seven Loaves, will be the beneficiary of a fundraising dinner—“Seven Loaves and a Baguette”--at Julians on Washington St. The restaurant is donating all proceeds from the $100 per person event to Seven Loaves. It starts at 6
J. Lynn Cornwell Jr. J. Lynn Cornwell Jr., best known as Lynn, 89, of Middleburg, VA, died July 9, 2014 of longstanding health issues. Lynn was born November 2, 1924 in Purcellville, VA the son of Jacob Lynnwood Cornwell and Nan Brewster. He attended Lincoln High School, and graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1944. He served his country in Nürnberg, Germany during WWII in the US Army Battery A 3rd armored field artillery battalion and was discharged in 1946. He married the love of his life, Jean Humphrey, Jan. 21, 1950. He and his late brother, Brewster, continued the operation of the family abattoir in Purcellville, VA from 1959 to 1977. After the close of the family business he continued his business venture in real estate development. He was a very active member in the Loudoun County community; serving as Middleburg Bank Director (1984 – 2008), and Board Member of Leesburg Hospital, and Loudoun County Sanitation Authority. His personal passions ranged from his love of tennis and his involvement as a founding member of the Middleburg Tennis Club, golfing and while at home, his love of family and mowing grass. He is survived by his loving daughters, Linda Cornwell Wright, of Middleburg, VA and Susan Cornwell, of Parker, CO; grandchildren Emily Holland Warner, (Travis), Ann Thornton Dyer (Kris); and great-grandchild Isabelle Blackburn Warner. Friends and community members are welcome to attend the grave-side service, to be held on Sunday July 13th at 3:30 p.m. at Sharon Cemetery, behind the Baptist Church on Federal Drive, Middleburg, VA. Immediately following will be a celebration of life reception, location to be announced at service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Middleburg Humane Society: P.O. Box 1238, Middleburg, VA 20118.
p.m. and reservations can be made at 540-687-3123. Don’t forget to check out the next Art@ thePinkBoxPark outdoor art show from 1-6 p.m. on August 16. Yes, it’s at the Pink Box at 12 N. Madison St. in Middleburg and is free and open to the public. Shows also are scheduled on Sept. 20 and Oct. 18. For more information, go to middleburgarts.org. If aquatics float your boat, don’t miss the Middleburg Community Center’s showing of the movie “Finding Nemo” on Friday, August 15. They’re combining the film with a chance to dip in the pool, as well, otherwise known as a Dive In Movie, ba da boom!!!! The Mt. Defiance Cidery & Distillery opens this month in the formerly vacant Middleburg building that once housed the old BP service station. The plan is to make up to 2,000 gallons of cider a month, for sipping on site or in bottles to take away. For more information, contact Marc Chretien at marc-chretien@msn.com. The Middleburg Business & Profesional Association will host two workshops at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church Parish House on August 19. The first, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., is called the “TEAM Eventacular about towns, events and merchants partnering for profits.” The second session, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will be “Grow your business with your marketing tool kit.” Both sessions are free. For a sixth straight year, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is partnering with the West Virginia affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation to present the Race for the Ribbon on Saturday, Sept. 20 to benefit breast cancer research. The Race for the Ribbon along with a showcase of 12 other races will total $850,000 in stakes purses for the day. The night is headlined by the track’s second ever graded race, the $500,000 Charles Town Oaks (G3) for three-year-old fillies. The Charles Town Oaks stands even with the Grade 1 Test at Saratoga on the list of the richest sprints for three-year-old fillies in the country. And don’t forget the Middleburg Farmers Market ever Saturday starting at 9 a.m. in the parking lot across the road from behind the Community Center. n
R. Moses Thompson May 24, 1948 – July 23, 2014
R. Moses Thompson, a vibrant and much admired member of the Middleburg community for the last 23 years, a loving father and husband and the founder and president of the consulting firm, Maizemoor International, Inc., died on July 23, 2014 after an accidental fall in his home in Marshall. Mr. Thompson had lived in New York City, Reston, and Washington before moving to the Middleburg area in 1991. He was an avid rider with the Orange County Hounds, was an expert skier and an accomplished mountain-climber who reached the summits of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. McKinley as well as the final base camp on Mt. Everest. Over the years he ran marathons, taught sailing and enjoyed whitewater rafting and fly-fishing. He played five musical instruments--the guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano and violin--and was fluent in French, Portuguese and German. He was a skilled vintner and a prolific writer whose articles appeared in Covertside, a magazine specializing in foxhunting. Professionally, Mr. Thompson had over three decades of international management experience working with the governments of developing nations. He was most known for his work on program development and strategy in the areas of agriculture, education, water quality, environment, health, infrastructure and legal and judicial reform. Much of Mr. Thompson’s work was through the World Bank and USAID, with his most recent assignments for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Islamic Development Bank and the Government of Ghana. Mr. Thompson was born on May 24, 1948 in Trenton, N.J. His parents, Thomas Marshall
Thompson and Ruth Elizabeth Thompson, were both Baptist ministers. Mr. Thompson grew up in Gardner, MA where he was an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1970, studied literature and history at University College in Nairobi, Kenya, and earned a Masters degree from the Harvard Divinity School in 1974. After Harvard, Mr. Thompson traveled extensively in Africa and Europe and lived in Alaska, France and Portugal. In 1978, he began international development work with Crossroads Africa, which led him to found Team Technologies Inc., a development and technology company. Mr. Thompson was a director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) -Namibia, the Smithsonian Centers for Research Conservation Fund (CRCF) and The President’s Committee for the Arts and the Humanities. He also served on the vestry of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC. Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of twenty years, Holli Perone Thompson, a son, Nathanael Ormsby Nikolai Thompson (14), of Marshall, a daughter, Tara Amira Lynne Thompson (29) of Potomac Falls, VA; a sister, Karen Elizabeth Higgens of Ellington, CT, and a brother, Donald Webster Thompson, Sr. of Indian Trail, NC. Donations in memory of Moses Thompson for his love of music and education may be made to: Washington Performing Arts, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 510 Washington, DC 20036 (202-533-1888), Eaglebrook School Alumni and Development Office, PO Box 7, Deerfield, MA 01342 and Trinity Church of Upperville, VA, 9108 John S Mosby Hwy, Upperville, VA 20184.