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Members, friends, family and guests gathered at the Middleburg Tennis Club for the Memorial Day Compass Draw Tournament
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n June 30, Bea Ramsey will celebrate her 100th birthday. Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Cleveland and attended Ohio State, majoring in Fine Arts with an eye on fashion design. She and her sisters later opened one of the first airport gift and telegraph shops at the Columbus, Ohio airport. She found her dream spot 25 years ago when she purchased the 25-acre Shadow Gate Farm near Upperville, where she owned and bred racehorses. She reads The Washington Post each morning, loves the Washington Redskins, horses, dogs, sunbathing, her tomato garden and the Upperville Horse Show. Her friend, Sheila Keenan, calls her funny, upbeat and oh so wise. “I call her Bea Ramsay celebrates her 100th for advice birthday and she’s always right on. A remarkable, one of a kind lady.” Actress Bo Derek quietly slipped in and out of Middleburg recently for a stop over at the Goodstone Inn, one of her favorite spots. She was here to once again meet private equity specialist William Hasselberger of Middleburg for meetings in Richmond with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and other state film,
Hasselberger, who is providing seed money for the project, said he strongly believes he can negotiate with the state to film “Capitol Crimes” in Virginia, “especially as it’s in the best interests of Virginia for us to do so.” He indicated that if a deal can be reached, Derek likely would make several public service announcements promoting the state that would air during commercial breaks and be featured on the show’s DVDs. “She’d be the perfect spokesperson for Virginia tourism,” he added.
has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. She also purchased the Unison Store and donated it to the Unison Preservation Society for use as a community center. Accepting her award at Judy Kozacik and Ron Rust’s Thomas Birkby House garden in Leesburg, Parker said she considers history to be entwined with land conservation. The restoration at Huntlands has been a labor of love and she’s not finished yet. “We tried to preserve as much as we could,” said Parker, who
Bo Derek stayed at the Goodstone Inn recently
commerce and tourism officials. Their talks focused on providing future tax credits for television and film production companies as an incentive to use the Commonwealth as the location for their new television series, “Capitol Crimes.” It likely will feature Derek as a producer and playing a starring role in a series that probably will be filmed in Richmond and Northern Virginia. “It’s clear that the governor and his senior staff are enthusiastic,” Hasselberger said. “He’s already said he wants Bo to do a film or TV series in Virginia, and politicians don’t usually do that unless they really want it to happen.”
Photo by Janet Hitchen
Joanne Turley, Rose Uran. Faith Fort, Greg Lough, Betsee Parker, Steven Putnam, Gerry Coxey, Denise Pierce and Keri Fisher
Meanwhile….Middleburg’s Betsee Parker recently received the 2014 Loudoun Preservation Society’s Preservationist of the Year award. Parker has restored the historic Huntlands house, gardens and slave quarters, which
credited her team, headed by farm manager Jerry Coxey. “I am the most blessed landowner in Loudoun to have such a manager.” Mark Betts, owner of the Goodstone Inn, also honored at the same event, was one
Mosby Heritage Trail Ride
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oe Dempsey led the Mosby Heritage Trail ride with 40-plus riders for “Exploring Historic Rectortown.” Rich Gillespie,
MHAA Education Director, spoke at the Rectortown building on the historic significance of the Mosby Rangers at Rectortown.”
Photo by Douglas Lees