Warrenton Lifestyle Magazine September 2009

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From the Publisher Last month marked the beginning of our fifth year of publishing The Warrenton Lifestyle Magazine and Holly and I want to thank all of you, readers and advertisers, for making it a successful component of our community.

Warrenton Lifestyle has continued to grow straight through this recession and we believe it is because of the variety of local content from our own area experts and the results that our advertisers receive.

We believe their results are great because we do not promote the competition from Gainesville, Manassas or Culpeper against our beloved Warrenton and Fauquier County merchants.

Often, our offices become a hub of excitement because of the variety of projects that we get to help our clients bring to fruition.

Extreme Makeover Home Edition chose Burch Builders of Warrenton to lead two charitable builds for their television show. Burch asked us to participate by providing building plans for the project and we did, after getting through the legal contracts that go with a television network. Hundreds of volunteers from Fauquier County are leading thousands of others in the upcoming episode. Look for it on ABC television this September.

Congratulations to contributing writer, Jennifer Heyns, for her honorable mention in the Best of Warrenton Awards last month as Best Local Journalist. She is deserving of every vote and more. Jen has written many wonderful pieces for this publication and continues this month with Fighting Back Against Domestic Violence, a story that we took considerable care to bring to light. Jennifer’s story will bring you up to date on the people and organizations that are leading the way is supporting victims.

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The Best of Warrenton Awards contest winner was Marsha Grant, owner of Cleansing Water, a private home care for the elderly and disabled located in Warrenton. Marsha and her husband, Bob, are ministers and, as I write this column, she is in Africa ministering to various groups and furthering the work of Jesus as she helps bring water to the people. She said her prize money would go directly to help fund a storage container for fresh water.

“Dok Klaus” brings us his adventures in Facebook. Also, we have the scoop on the Warrenton-Fauquier Heritage Day (September 26th), everything from the tours, events, and some history. Fauquier Health features answers to many questions regarding the H1N1 virus. Amy Gable tells of the action in Old Town and the upcoming Evening Under the Stars. Of course, Dr. Iadeluca brings us another invaluable life lesson, this time on learning.

This month we are beginning a new series on area schools. The articles are not written by journalists, but by educators from within each program. The idea is to highlight the diversity of choices that parents have here in Fauquier County while hearing directly from the leaders of each unique school program. We begin this month with Directress of Boxwood School, Elizabeth Coffin, explaining Montessori school philosophy.

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“My fear is that many immigrants are not repor ting instances of domestic violence or sexual abuse out of fear and lack of understanding that state, federal and immigration laws were enacted to protect them,” said Donna L. Lipinski, immigration attorney.

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t’s a problem that’s only getting worse and it is happening right here in our county, and in Warrenton too. Domestic violence grew a disappointing 6 percent from 2005 to 2006 and an astounding 20 percent from 2007 to 2008 in Fauquier County, according to Lorene Head, one of the founding members of Fauquier Faith Partners (FFP). In just Warrenton alone there were 32 cases of domestic violence in 2007 and 33 in 2008, reported Warrenton Police Chief Connie Novak.

Fauquier County Sheriff’s Department Domestic Violence Specialist Michele Arft states there were 503 primary victims in 2007, and 612 for 2008.

It’s difficult to say exactly what is causing this painful situation to escalate, but surely the struggling economy and our growing population have something to do with the rise in domestic violence incidences.

“Domestic violence is always an issue of control,” explained Head. “A batterer’s behavior may be induced out of frustration over things such as the economy, or exacerbated by alcohol and drug use. But, if the stresses, alcohol and drugs are removed, the batterer will continue their abusive behavior because the root of this issue is based in their need for power and control over others.”

Women are reported to be the victim of about 85 percent of domestic violence cases, many of them immigrants.

According to the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance (VSDVAA) “several studies have found

that in 60 to 75 percent of families in which a woman is battered, the children are also battered.” Unfortunately, there are far too many cases of domestic violence that go unreported every year.

Fear is the majority factor in this case. Victims are often fearful of what their abuser will do if confronted or abandoned; they don’t know where to go or what to do. In short, a lack of community awareness and visible domestic assistance programs, sadly, may be keeping some victims in their abusive homes.

Additional factors are contributing to the lack of resolution in many domestic violence situations occurring in the homes of immigrants, regardless of their residency status.

“My fear is that many immigrants are not reporting instances of domestic violence or sexual abuse out of fear and lack of understanding that state, federal and immigration laws were enacted to protect them,” said Donna L. Lipinski, an immigration attorney for the Blue Ridge Immigration Law Center in Warrenton.

For victims in our area the weight of abuse, fear and lack of knowing who to turn to for help is exacerbated by the fact that Fauquier County has no shelter to house and protect them. The Haven in Warrenton, a family shelter that combats homelessness in our county, cannot take in victims of domestic violence because of the potential danger Domestic Violence Continued on page 10 Warrenton Lifestyle

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to its family residents. Only a shelter that is designed to treat and protect domestic violence victims can safely house them and currently the only housing resources available to residents of Fauquier County are the domestic violence shelters in neighboring counties.

We are not without other resources for dealing with domestic violence though, and it became apparent to key organizations within Fauquier County that something needed to be done to bring the issue to the forefront, raising awareness of not only the growing problem but also the local resources for dealing with it. The idea for a public seminar on domestic violence and sexual assault came from a meeting between Fauquier County Democratic Committee Outreach Committee member Julie Turner and Head. Together with Lipinski, the three ladies proceeded to plan out the seminar so that it would cover the personal and legal aspects of domestic violence.

The seminar was held on May 30 at the Warrenton United Methodist Church and included three hours of vital information in a two-panel format.

According to Turner, there were about 33 local residents in attendance.

“The May 30 event was an effort to bring awareness to members of the community of the services available to victims of abuse in our county,” explained Head. “Service providers from within the County and those whose services are available to victims from Fauquier but are actually located outside of the County were present to describe the services they provide.”

The first panel, which was moderated

by VDSVAA Director Kristi Van Audenhove, explained the resources available to Fauquier County residents to help them deal with and recover from incidences of domestic violence and sexual assault while the second panel was designed to explore the legal issues stemming from those crimes. According to Turner the seminar was filled 10

with professional and caring people from within our county and nearby communities who deftly explained their services as well as the funding needed to keep their programs running and the legal ramifications of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The first panel began with opening remarks by Head and continued with August McCarthy, Esq. who provides pro bono legal services to certain victims referred to him by FFP. Melissa German, M.Ed., a board member of FFP, explained the services offered to battered women

by FFP. Elizabeth Bevens, Executive Director of Services to Abused Families, Inc. (SAFE), offered statistics regarding domestic violence and sexual assault in our area and explained the services offered by SAFE, followed by Rita Biggs, Executive Director of Harmony Place, a United Way agency and shelter in Warren County.

“Rita offered funding suggestions: her shelter, transitional, and support services budget is around $750,000 per year,” noted Turner. “She discussed overflow issues and how the shelters, statewide, work in collaboration with the Action Alliance. Both SAFE and Harmony Place use intensive training models offered by the Action Alliance and encourage professionally trained staff to participate in accredited family violence and sexual assault continuing education.”

The second panel, moderated by Lipinski, included speakers from Rappahannock Legal Services (RLS), the Fauquier County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Department, SAFE and Harmony Place.

“The panel’s mission, as I understood it at the time, was to provide an overall picture of what the process is from the time a person is assaulted, to explain what that process is from start to finish; and to let them know what services are available to them during the process; and to share what kinds of protections

Governmental/Enforcement Representatives: Fauquier County Commonwealth Attorney 40 Culpeper Street, Warrenton 540-347-8684 Jonathan.Lynn@FauquierCounty.gov Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office 78 West Lee Street, Warrenton 540-347-6850 Sheriff.Fox@FauquierCounty.gov Fauquier County Supervisors: For a complete list go to www.fauquiercounty.gov/government/ departments/BOS/ Jill Holtzman Vogel, Virginia State Senate 27th District.

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Sources: Blue Ridge Immigration Law Center 9 N 3rd Street, Warrenton 540-878-5740 www.BlueRidgeImmigration.com Donna@BlueRidgeImmigration.com Fauquier Faith Partners, Inc. P.O. Box 3526, Warrenton, VA 20188 540.219.4367 www.FauquierFaithPartners.org ffpmoreinfo@yahoo.com Harmony Place Hotline 540-635-9062 Office 540-635-9194 www.HarmonyPlace.org Info@HarmonyPlace.org Rappahannock Legal Services 314 N. West Street, Culpeper, .Virginia 22701 540-825-3131 www.RappLegal.com rlsculp@erols.com Services to Abused Families, Inc. 70 Main Street, 4th Floor, Warrenton Hotline: 800-825-8876 Office: 540-349-7720 www.SafeJourneys.org Info@SafeJourneys.org Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance 804-377-0335/800-838-8238 www.VSDVAlliance.org

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are available to make them feel safe,” said Lipinski. “I spent hours talking to members on my panel prior to the May 30 event and was inspired by their compassion and their diligence in trying to serve victims of both domestic violence and sexual assault.”

Deborah Reed, Managing Attorney for RLS, explained to the seminar attendees the process by which domestic violence and sexual assault victims may obtain legal services and the assistance that is available to them.

“Deborah realizes that Fauquier is huge and rural,” said Turner. “She will come to Warrenton to meet with women when they do not have transportation to Culpeper and is attempting to secure more comprehensive legal service delivery to Fauquier.”

Information was also given in the second half of the seminar explaining the role of law enforcement and government in domestic violence and sexual assault cases, including the significance in obtaining protective orders.

Adrienne Blackwell, Sexual Assault Advocate for SAFE and Valerie Johnson, Sexual Assault Advocate from Harmony Place explained the role of social workers and advocates like themselves, stressing the importance of assistance programs and organizations and the need to have them staffed with well-educated and trained professionals in order to be able to do the most good in an effective and successful way.

According to Head, the average domestic violence victim will return to their abuser about seven times before successfully getting out of the abusive relationship. Reasons for a victim’s return vary, she said, but mostly stem from obstacles to the victim’s ability to survive independently.

“Economics, children, fear, hope for the relationship, and shame are also factors in the victim’s ability to leave,” said Head. “In some cases, she stays because that’s what her support system tells her to do based on values and beliefs

that keep her in a subservient, passive role, isolated and unable to reconcile leaving her marriage with her religion.

“The key to a victim’s success is based on availability of support, either family or community and then the ancillary victim advocacy services that include assistance with things such as transportation, training, counseling, job search, child care, and long term housing,” said Head.

Overall, the seminar was deemed a success based on the vast amount of information and resources provided to the community members present as well as the initiatives that came about as a result.

“A result of the Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Seminar was the resurrection of the Fauquier County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council,” exclaimed Turner. “The Coordinating Council will include members of all persons working with battered women and their children in Fauquier or for Fauquier.”

Additionally, Turner was able to secure a personal conference with Commonwealth Senator Jill Vogel to discuss the need for additional funding and programs earmarked for the county’s crusade against domestic violence and sexual assault.

Of course the true mark of success would be to see the instances of domestic violence and sexual assault in Fauquier County decline, but it’s something that we all have to band together to work on. Raising awareness is a good start but community involvement and wellfunded programs, organizations and safe havens for victims is a must.

If you or anyone you know is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault, I encourage you to contact any of the people or organizations mentioned in this article. If you are willing to get involved in the crusade against domestic violence and sexual assault by volunteering or donating, I also encourage you to step forward and contact the organizations sited in this article.

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A few weeks ago, my wife told me I should get a Facebook account. First, I googled a bit to learn more about what I was getting in to. According to the Wikipedia entry, Facebook is a freeaccess social network that the founder, Mark Zuckerberg, and his Harvard chums, set up to help people find and keep up with their friends. What started as college fun has gone from a global teen and tween must-do to a mainstream marketing tool. Check out how many Facebook friends Barack Obama has! Or pick your favorite celebrity.

Is it hard to get started?” I asked.

“No sweat!” First things first, I needed a crazy profile photo. Within minutes, my oldest daughter got my page up and going. It was nice to get blurbs, comments and messages from family members, as well as nieces and nephews

in Ohio and California. And I especially liked viewing hundreds of photos from friends. It was surprising to see how many take the time to update their walls daily, some even hourly! Nice.

Via highlights listed on the right, I found out about a recipe for fruit salad from a journalist and a new initiative from a friendly wanna-be politician. Cool.

After I entered my German high school info, Facebook helped me find old schoolmates. I contacted one of them, and found out what happened at a 30-year reunion in Berlin that I couldn’t attend. Super.

As a total novice, I was astonished by how many people asked to become my friend. They spread details such as, “going swimming at the WARF ...packing for trip...cant wait till 2 am saturday!!!!” “would rather be running,” and “thinking about mushrooms, trees and butterfly boats.” But I also found stuff like, “spent the entire day doodling muscular men” I don’t know the exact meaning of “doodling,” but it sounds like I don’t want to know. Weird.

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But things starting becoming uncomfortable when, out of curiosity, I clicked on some quizzes. The first one was from and about one of my nieces.

I passed as well as her sister with some guesswork. But it gave me cause for concern, because the questions and answers revealed personal information.

Such information could be used in malicious ways. Have young users been warned about how many people can read their questions and answers? And what might employers think? Stupid.

Just a few days ago I saw a quiz that reminded me a bit of “Eliza,” an old program that uses artificial intelligence to ask questions that look like they could be from a psychologist. The questions one Facebook quiz generated were even more personal, requesting details about things like “Are you pregnant?” “Would you pass a drug test?” “Can you stay in a relationship more than 3 months?”

“Are you sharing the bed with someone tonight?” or “What is your mother’s maiden name?” Would you want this private and secure information spread around the web? You’d be surprised at the number of people who fall for this.

They do publish a warning before you take the quiz; you have to allow this program access to “Profile information, photos, your friends’ photos and other content that it requires to work.” Some of those answers could be used to crack “security questions” for bank accounts or other secure sites. Hackers can even exploit profile data such as birthday, emails and locations. Scary.

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Recently, I read an article about a Facebook account that had been compromised to post “I had an accident.” This resulted immediately in a lot of concerned phone calls. The person couldn’t update his profile information, because his password had been changed. And some friends fell for the scam and sent money to a false address. Photos can be deceptive. A “friend”

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might say he is 15 years old, but is really 35 and posting a wrong or old photo to hook a young friend. Dangerous.

Being on Facebook for one month leads me to the conclusion that the overall idea and concept is great. In a perfect world with perfect people it’s the perfect way to keep in touch. But the world is not perfect. Great risks are involved in making information available to people that shouldn’t or don’t need to know.

My advice is to choose passwords very carefully and never share. Make sure you limit your privacy and security settings on your homepage. If a quiz asks you to sign up for stuff, don’t.

If it asks you for further information, stop. The best is to resist the temptation to sign up for stuff. I’ve had clients cry out, “Help, my computer is infected! But the only thing I did lately was download Facebook…” Downloading Facebook will not infect your computer, but the quizzes, applications, loss of privacy and security breaches can lead to a mess that might impact your life for years to come. I think I prefer Face to Face.

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n Saturday, September 26, 2009 for a day of celebration and remembrance commemorating 250 years of our extraordinary Warrenton and Fauquier heritage and to honor our national designation as a “Preserve America Community.” The Old Town festivities will begin at 10:00 AM and end at 3:00 PM. Delegate Scott Lingamfelter will be the Grand Marshall for the Living History Parade and Grand Review along Main Street beginning at 11:00 AM. Admission is free to the public and young and old alike are encouraged to come out to learn from and enjoy a special day of living history displays, town tours, hands-on demonstrations, period music, dance and other entertainment, lectures at the John Barton Payne Building and Warren Green Building, and an afternoon bus tour to Chapman’s Mill and Buckland Farm.

The Black Horse Cavalry, commanded by Captain Terry Treat, has organized “A Ride with Mosby’s Men,” featuring 100 rangers who will make a special appearance in the parade during their weekend ride through the heart of Mosby’s Confederacy. The historic ride will go across the entire county and will be the second in a series of historic rides arranged by Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry, “The Black Horse Troop,” where they will make a special departure from the trail to recall for the public the gallant Virginians who defended Fauquier during the War Between the States.

The public is also encouraged to participate in the following Heritage Day events:

Group. Located at 123 Main Street, the landmark church was established in 1849 and housed wounded soldiers during the War Between the States.

Culpeper and Hotel Streets An educational and fun Children’s Corner containing period games and toys will be supervised by teachers and Sky Meadows staff. “Hats from History” will be available for parent photo opportunities. Sky Meadows will provide and demonstrate period toys and games from the 19th Century for the children. Period dressed living historians, a period wartime Field Hospital tent, and an outdoor entertainment center will be available to witness 19 th Century dancing and entertainment.

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“Tracing the Gray Ghost Walking Tour” in Old Town Warrenton, will be presented by Mr. Dave Goetz, owner of Mosby’s Confederacy Tours. The approximate 45-minute tour will begin and end at the John Marshall statue in front of the Domestic Relations Court Building on Main Street next to the Old Court House. The tour is free, but limited to the first 25 persons for each tour. The tours will begin at 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.

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Courthouse Square and the Warren Green Building Courthouse Square will be the site for local, regional and national heritage preservation groups and historical information tables, period dressed living historians, 1860s music by Evergreen Shade, a visit by Queen Elizabeth and her Court, hands on demonstrations, author book signings, displays, entertainment, and other special activities to be announced.

Fauquier County Library – A Historical Adventure Fauquier County Public Library – Warrenton Branch will sponsor a “Passport to Fauquier Heritage,” a history scavenger hunt for children and families. Participants will Heritage Day Continued on page 20 Warrenton Lifestyle

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travel back in time as they walk the streets of Warrenton. Be sure to stop by the Fauquier Library’s kiosk to get your “Passport to Fauquier Heritage” complete with clues to historical sites right in our own town!

Speaker’s Program In Courthouse Square, an interesting and informative Speaker’s Program will be presented at the John Barton Payne and Warren Green Buildings. A series of historic lectures relating to Fauquier County and Virginia will be given by noted local historians and authors.

Historic Site Road Trip Rarely open to the public and exclusively open for Warrenton-Fauquier Heritage Day, two of the oldest and most significant county historic sites will be open for tours. On the National Register of Historic Places, both Chapman’s Mill and Buckland Farm may be reached by car or scheduled buses for those who wish to tour these interesting sites.

Chapman’s Mill Straddling the Prince William and Fauquier County line, Chapman’s Mill has stood watch over Thoroughfare Gap for more than 250 years. In 1742, Jonathan Chapman and his son Nathaniel built a 2 ½ story mill to process and distribute corn and wheat grown in the Shenandoah Valley. In the early 1800’s, the Mill was enlarged to 4 ½ stories in height and by midcentury, the newly built Manassas Gap Railroad transported the Mill’s products to the port of Alexandria from where they were exported around the globe.

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early republic affected the development of Fauquier and Prince William Counties. This time treasure historical site will allow the visitor to celebrate America inclusively.

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Buckland Farm Buckland Farm will provide tour participants with a unique opportunity to see and experience 18th and 19th Century early America, significantly aiding participants’ understanding of the development of the Old Dominion.

Visited by Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Lafayette and Lee, this historic site provides a portal back in time to understand the development of numerous technological and entrepreneurial innovations in many dimensions including thoroughbred breeding, road engineering, banking, farming, law, and politics. This cultural landscape site was once a Native American village called Buck Land and was significant to them spiritually and ecumenically. Just above Buck Land are the remains of a step mound and a town council site. The architecture and archeological record provide a picture and understanding of how the earliest Native American occupation and the

One of the twelve battlefields in Fauquier County, Buckland is also known as the site of the Battle of Buckland Mills and was part of the Bristoe Campaign.

On October 19, 1863, the battle was fought between Union cavalry forces led by Brig. Generals Judson Kilpatrick and George Armstrong Custer and they fell into an ambush. Confederate Major Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Fitzhugh

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What are the symptoms of the novel H1N1 virus?

Symptoms are similar to those of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people also have reported diarrhea and vomiting.

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• Get the novel H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available.

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Those in high-risk groups should get vaccinated for their own safety and the safety of their families. The vaccine, which can be administered as an injection or nasal mist, will provide the best level of protection available.

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The novel H1N1 vaccine will be administered in two doses, given approximately three to four weeks apart. Although the first dose will provide a level of protection, your best protection will be two weeks after the second dose. Details about how the vaccine will be given are not finalized. If you have questions, contact your family physician.

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The Fauquier County Balanced Growth Alliance Releases Survey of Businesses of Fauquier County The Balanced Growth Alliance (BGA), in cooperation with Fauquier County, is pleased to announce the release of its Survey of Businesses of Fauquier County.

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Montessori Schools Allow Freedom to Move as Key to Exercising Brain

BY ELIZABETH G. COFFIN

Warrenton Lifestyle is featuring a guest column from a local educator each of the next several months. The purpose is to expose the public to what makes their school distinctive. We asked each author not to compare their school to another but present their curriculum, philosophy and atmosphere. We believe that parents know what system will work best for each individual child. Future columns will discuss Christian, Classical, Public, Private, Catholic, etc.

We begin with Elizabeth Coffin, Directress of the Boxwood School on Winchester Street here in Warrenton. Our experiences with Boxwood go back almost 20 years and it is remarkable to see almost all the same instructors there today as were present in 1990.

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The benign influence of Dr. Maria Montessori’s well-established revelations about young children’s capacity to manage subjects previously thought to be beyond them was clearly on display in Boxwood School’s thirty-seventh Garden Party at the end of May. They were the alert gardeners who knew the names and shapes of the dozen or so plants they had identified as each new blossom arrived in early Spring. These well-trained children, from three to six, living and learning basic life skills together, through what she called the ‘Education of the hand’, enabled them to guide their parents and visitors gracefully through the wide lawns and numerous gardens where they had worked. In addition to the pleasure of enjoying a large family-school gathering on a lovely Spring day in the gardens the children had managed, we were eager to demonstrate the value, once again, of her seminal philosophy of education.

Those of us in the field of Early Childhood Education have read the story of this first woman to receive a medical degree in Italy. Born in 1870 into a rigid society of demanding school standards, she studied the special needs of the ‘learning disabled’, devising

simple, appealing teaching ‘tools’ by which the education of the hand could begin. By giving even the youngest child all the time he needed to explore and repeat the lessons of these smooth, wooden tools, she introduced the touch and feel of his world. She opened her first “Children’s House” in 1907 in Rome to prove to an astonished world that very young children have a passion for learning and for real work. They are also far more ready for responsibility than we expect. Respect they need and opportunities to help in the world into which they have arrived.

She devoted her life to the education of children, and hopefully, their parents in order to provide a more humane approach to learning that would result in peaceful, rather than agitated, students.

Her profound insights suggested that by recognizing a young child’s strong drive to learn and satisfying it with appropriate opportunities to practice, independently without interruption what had been taught, an inner sense of self-worth would grow naturally. Both student and teacher, child and parent, would live in understated harmony as skills progressed. Her lectures brought Boxwood Continued on page 28 Warrenton Lifestyle

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oring his eagerness to be a participant, rather than a passive observer. Better ways can be found to develop a caring, alert child than tedious, limited conventional, unchallenged approaches common everywhere. Happily, her influence is still evident in schools where education centers on compassionate courtesy and respect for the fledgling student’s capacity to understand the variety of learning experiences available.

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Ultimately, her vision extended to a hope that by creating more purposeful schools where all children were respected for what they could contribute positively, the warring instincts might be tamed. If moral education through useful work were an integral part of a school day, the spirit of cooperation would benefit the community and the world. We start with refining the very young individual child’s five senses and by hon-

Freedom to move is key to exercising the brain, she first told us, so moving from activity to activity is the hallmark of a Montessori classroom. If, as she recommended, schools would be set in a house where children could connect with nature directly, using real tools and real dirt, in a garden of their own devising, her philosophy of training the hand would be the basis of the Practical Life. Children would become confident as their knowledge and skills grew. Independence would grow as the need for alert and responsible caretakers to keep watch on the growing plants grew. Observational skills and a sense of spiritual awakening could begin to grow, too. Teamwork with good- natured adult guides helping with projects, like mulching, would give a child a growing understanding of what Boxwood Continued on page 30 Warrenton Lifestyle

Warrenton - Fauquier Heritage Day Saturday, September 26, 2009 10:00 - 3:00 In Old Town Warrenton and Courthouse Square Rain or Shine - Free Admission!

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Courthouse Square will be the site for heritage preservation groups and historical information tables, period dressed living historians, 1860’s music by Evergreen Shade, a visit by living historian Queen Elizabeth and her Court, hands on demonstrations, Authors Area, Children’s Corner, displays, wartime Field Hospital tent, Regency Dancers, Fauquier Community Band, Antique Gun Display, and an outdoor entertainment center. i 11:00 Living History Parade including 100 rangers in “A Ride with Mosby’s Men” organized by the Black Horse Cavalry” • Parade Marshall - Delegate Scott Lingamfelter i Historic Site Road Trip • Rarely open to the public • Chapman’s Mill - built in 1742 Tours - 1:30 - 5:30 • Buckland Farm - 1863 battlefield site of the “Buckland Races” - Tours - 2:00 - 6:00 i Town Tours • Richard Deardoff - Walking Tour of Historic Warrenton • Dave Goetz - Tracing the Gray Ghost Walking Tour in Old Town Warrenton • Old Courthouse open for tours - 12:00 - 2:00

i Fauquier County Library – A Historical Adventure - “Passport to Fauquier Heritage” i Speakers Program • Mr. Todd Benson - Pres. Theodore Roosevelt • Mr. Clark Hall - The Beginning of the End of the War: Fauquier County, Virginia, June 9, 1863 • Mr. Chuck Mauro - The Life of Laura Ratcliffe • Mr. Dennis Loba - Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier • Mr. Robert Trout - Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart i Warrenton Baptist Church to host performance by Mosby Players and Gray Ghost Interpretive Group

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is meant by cooperation. Appreciation for the work accomplished and respect for the workers would filter into the absorbent mind of the child involved.

Generosity would be demonstrated when flowers or food from their gardens were given to others less fortunate. Rainy day cooking lessons would compete with writing lessons describing the progress of work everywhere that children have initiated. This wide and wholesome learning experience will mold the child’s wholesome character and focus for life, preparing him or her to contribute intelligently and with integrity in an anxious society. The early start has made the difference! Remember the fun interwoven in all that freedom.

Ideally, we make our children partners in the business of living. Academic skills of writing, reading, and calculating all follow in logical progression once children discover they can concentrate.

Responsibility is taught right along with the fun. My own well-read Mother had been fascinated by the logic of Dr. Montessori’s books and gave me my most cherished gift at Christmas, when I was almost five. As the youngest in a family of five children, I was to be the Artist in the family, responsible for keeping order and beauty in our house, beginning with sweeping. A shiny dustpan and new brush were my tools. They’ve never left my hands, although the spaces have changed.

The sense of responsibility I felt was so strong, it developed into a marketable skill that gave me opportunities for expanding, interesting jobs all through adolescence, and beyond. I still have a penetrating eye for beauty, and dust!

LIFE, in all its twists and turns, unexpected challenges, surprises and disappointments are experienced in the Montessori community as the learning opportunities necessary for emerging maturity surround us all. The freedom of movement assures a child that adults trust him to act fairly and safely without being treated like a dependent in need of

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constant care or advice. The timid child will have chances to practice becoming brave, the vigorous child will find outlets for his or her energy in plenty of big muscle apparatus, and leadership roles. The Montessori “Prepared Environment” anticipates the needs of each new class, helping children cope with failure as well as well as success.

Adults encourage them always to think for themselves, to ‘figure it out’ without depending upon someone older to do it for them. Self-reliance is gradually fostered.

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If moral education through useful work were an integral part of a school day, the spirit of cooperation would benefit the community and the world.

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Help a child begin connecting with a simple smile, a friendly “Hello” and, if possible, something to laugh about. As ethical guides to the young, we are vital to their start in developing the man or woman the child will become. Enjoy your time spent together. All too soon the child will spread his wings and be the independent, peripatetic adult you helped create. The broken world needs you both.

Elizabeth G. Coffin is the Directress of The Boxwood School, Warrenton, Virginia, 20186 • 540 347-1679

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he baby boom generation is fast becoming the elder tsunami. Living longer can be good if we have planned for it financially, taken care of our physical and mental health, and avoided dementia.

Planning is the key.

Long term legal, medical and financial planning for our later years, possible physical or mental disability, and ultimately our own death are subjects no one really wants to deal with. But failing to do so, and to do so properly, can have disastrous consequences. If you don’t have an estate plan, you need to do some serious thinking and take action now. Likewise, if you haven’t carefully reviewed your plan in the last five years, or you have had a recent change of circumstance, such as disability or death of a spouse or child, divorce, remarriage, medical diagnosis, or financial losses (or windfalls), you may want to rethink your plan.

ESTATE PLANNING Estate planning allows you to organize your property so that it passes to your choice of beneficiaries at your death with the minimum of taxes, costs and paperwork.

It lets you plan for possible disability and lets you determine what steps you want taken to ensure as full a life as possible. It lets you determine what kind of end-of-life care you want when you are in a terminal condition. “Estate Planning is a process that allows your wishes to be heard, when you do not have a voice, either by disability, infirmity or death,” is how Patricia Woodward, local Warrenton attorney refers to it. To do these things you will need a will, possibly a trust, possibly one or more powers of attorney, and an advance medical directive.

WILLS A properly executed and proven Last Will and Testament gives your directions for distribution of your probate estate, generally consisting of real estate, cash, bank and other accounts, furniture, stocks and bonds, and so forth, which are held in your name alone or jointly without survivorship rights. You name an executor who administers the estate in accordance with your wishes.

The executor gathers assets, pays debts, expenses and taxes, and distributes the remaining estate. If you have minor children, you may name a guardian. You may direct the establishment of trusts to minimize taxes, to protect minor children, or to provide for disabled family members. Consult an attorney to avoid costly mistakes in will preparation. “A Will is a particularly important document when there is a second or subsequent marriage. If there are children from a prior marriage or relationship, without a Will your surviving spouse will not receive 100% of your probate estate”, Ms. Woodward indicated. “It is quite distressing for your spouse to find out that a step-child who has had no contact with the deceased parent may receive 2/3 of the deceased spouse’s probate estate.”

Some property is not covered by your will and is considered a non-probate asset. Life insurance, pensions, retirement accounts (such as IRAs), bank or other accounts, can all be non-probate assets if they designate a named beneficiary. Jointly held real estate, if properly titled with survivorship rights, can pass outside of probate. Financial advisors, bankers, and insurance agents can be helpful; an attorney can assist you in coordinating it all.

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Generally, the larger the estate or the more complicated your personal situation, the more elaborate the financial estate plan. A more modest plan need not involve huge costs and will almost certainly pay for itself in the long run.

POWERS OF ATTORNEY A Power of Attorney is an extremely powerful legal document by which you give another person certain rights to handle your money, real estate and personal property. The scope of authority may be general or quite specific, temporary or long-term, depending on your needs. Your agent should be

someone you trust completely to follow your wishes. Your Power of Attorney can have a set expiration date or not, but it ceases upon your incapacity, disability, or death. You may revoke this document at any time.

A Durable Power of Attorney is an even more powerful legal document. It is a general power of attorney that continues in effect even if you are incapacitated or disabled. It may, also, be a document that is effective only upon your incapacity or disability. Such a Durable Power of Attorney is often referred to as a Springing Power of Attorney. You may revoke a Durable Power of Attorney before you become incapacitated or disabled, but not after. It can be useful to avoid public and expensive court 36

proceedings for the appointment of a guardian or conservator in the event you become incapacitated, because the incapacity determination is made by a physician. But you lose certain rights and protections that a guardianship/ conservatorship hearing provides, such as notice of the proceeding, legal representation, right to protest the alleged incapacity, judicial determination of the alleged incapacity, and right to appeal an unfavorable ruling. Only you can select an appropriate agent to carry out your wishes. An elderly spouse exhausted from the primary care giving responsibility or a child who is a beneficiary and has money problems

may not be the best choice to look after your interests. Select your agent carefully with an eye toward preserving as many of your legal rights as possible.

These important documents should be prepared by an attorney, so that they do no more and no less than you intend.

Ms. Woodward indicated, “A Power of Attorney can be tailored to each person’s situation.”

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES Advance directives are your written instructions to health care providers and others about the medical care and treatment you want in the event you become incapacitated or terminally ill.

These directives may include a power of attorney for health care, your wishes about specific treatments or procedures,

your wishes regarding life support when you are in a condition from which you are not expected to recover (such as coma or permanent and severe brain damage), your wishes regarding end of life care, and your wishes regarding organ donation.

Advance directive forms are widely available and encouraged by federal law and health care providers. There is the suggested form in the Virginia

Health Care Decisions Act as well as forms available from medical and bar associations, AARP, and the Five Wishes document available from Aging with Dignity. Virginia has recently amended its advance directive laws, but any existing one you have remains valid. All forms provide you with the opportunity to add or delete provisions for your specific situation. If standard forms do not suit your circumstances, your attorney can draft a document that does. Even using a standard form, personalized advice from your attorney Seniors Continued on page 38 Warrenton Lifestyle

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and physician can be invaluable.

A Health Care Power of Attorney can be one part of the advance directive.

It is possibly the most powerful legal document of all, because it conveys the power of life and death over you to another person. Again, select your agent with great care, being mindful of any conflicts between your agent’s potential interests and your own. Your agent conveys your wishes to medical personnel when you are incapacitated, where incapacity is determined privately by your attending or treating doctor and a second health care professional. Here, again, you do give up some rights and protections for the benefits of ease and privacy. You may limit your agent’s authority and the conditions under which you may be declared incapacitated. Your attorney can draft a document tailored to your needs and desires.

Your Living Will can be an important part of the advance directive, because your specific wishes for care can be spelled out. You may specify: conditions under which you would or would not want life-sustaining treatment; types of life-sustaining treatment you do and do not want; use of artificially administered hydration and nutrition; use of a respirator or cardiopulmonary

resuscitation; your organ donation wishes; your preferences regarding pain control and comfort care; your preferences regarding all aspects of endof-life care, including place of care (home or hospital) and environmental wishes (music, visitors, pets, etc.). Here again, your attorney can draft a document tailored for you.

org/site/publications/ : “Health Care Decision Making -What You Need to Know” and “Wills in Virginia”. They also offer a Senior Citizens Handbook covering these and other topics on line at www.vsb.org/docs/conference/seniorlawyers/SCHandbook09.pdf or order by phone at the Virginia State Bar, 804775-0500.

FINDING AN ATTORNEY To find an attorney, consult with friends and relatives, or check with the local Area Agency on Aging at 540-8253100, the local bar association, AARP or the Alzheimer’s Association. Qualified low income individuals may be eligible to use Rappahannock Legal Services for a will and an advance directive; call 866-534-5243 to see if you qualify. The Virginia Lawyer Referral Service has a list of attorneys who do an initial consult for a nominal fee; contact them at 800552-7977. It can be penny-wise-poundfoolish to attempt any of these legal documents without sound legal advice.

Sometimes families focus on wealth preservation at the expense of what you may want for yourself. Your attorney represents you and will do everything possible to accomplish your goals.

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“Let your voice be heard, even when you can no longer say a word.”

Anne Burhans is a founding member of Civil Rights for the Elderly, a member of the Virginia Elder Rights Coalition, and serves on the Virginia Mental Health Planning Council. You may contact her at AnneCRE@earthlink.net .

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ITEMS FOR AFGHANISTAN MARINES

requested items from Marines currently deployed to Afghanistan

Lisa Weber’s son, Lance Corporal Daniel Weber, is currently serving with the Marine Corps in Southern Afghanistan. Daniel is a 2007 Fauquier High School graduate. The Marines are living in extremely austere conditions, receiving all supplies by airdrop. They have to burn their socks and underwear and replace them, as there is limited or no ability to wash clothes where they are.

Maildrops are by parachute approximately once a month. Many Marines and Navy Corpsmen aren’t receiving mail- either letters or packages. Some get letters but their families are unable to send needed items like socks, underwear, jerky, hand sanitizer, etc. because of their own financial situation (it gets expensive). They all share everything they get.

Her goal is to send packages through the Platoon Sergeants to Marines that aren’t getting anything from home. They will make sure the Marines and Sailors that need things, get them. Post-9/11, it is no longer possible to send packages “To a Soldier or Marine”.

They must be sent to a specific person which makes it difficult for many that want to help. Cards and letters are also being solicited and will be included in all packages.

The following is a list of the most requested items and packages are being mailed non-stop until the supply runs out. Gold’s Gym and Giant in Warrenton has agreed to be a drop-off location until September 15th. Chik-Fil-A and Fauquier High School (office and weight room) will be collecting items the entire month of September.

• Baby wipes –non-scented preferable.

These are used to clean themselves, as well as their gear.

• Hand Sanitizer in small bottles – they are unable to bathe and water is reserved for drinking- they use a lot of hand sanitizer • Powder drink mix- individual packs to mix with bottled water. Propel or other vitamin drink is preferred, but they can also use sugar-free (artificially sweetened) individual drink powder packets. Water is the only beverage available for most Marines.

• Artificial tears eye drops (other types will burn their eyes in this environment) for chronic irritation from sand storms.

• A A Batteries- they use these for some of their gear, and there has been a serious shortage, requiring the Marines to supply their own. The batteries also melt in their equipment due to extreme temperatures (120+ degrees) Other sizes are welcome and can be used in some of their issued equipment.

• Protein bars or granola bars- any flavor • Beef jerky- can’t have pork contentthis is their most requested food itemhigh protein and easy to take on patrol • Stick deodorant-solid only- clear will melt • Long white socks (Cool/Dry by Hanes seem to work well in the heat, but other brands are acceptable) They aren’t able

to wash clothes and are having to burn socks and underwear and replace them as needed.

• Medicated foot powder- foot care is a real challenge in the environment they are in and this is always needed • Small and Medium cotton boxers- need to be replaced for reasons listed above • Letters or cards- anything telling them their service is appreciated back home is fantastic!! Please address to a “Marine or Sailor” (Corpsman) and they will be included in packages sent The Marines are not asking for games or anything for entertainment- they are not able to use anything like this, at this time. In the future, they may be able to use books/magazines.

*POSTAGE TO MAIL A 12X12X5 FLAT RATE BOX TO AFGHANISTAN IS $11.95.

I WELCOME ANY DONATION FOR POSTAGE - Please make check directly payable to U.S.P.S Postage donations can be mailed to: Lisa Weber 6976 Great Oak Way Warrenton, VA 20187.

Thank you for making it possible to send packages to our brave Marines.

THESE MARINES ARE LIVING IN EXTREMELY AUSTERE CONDITIONS- THEY CANNOT KEEP ANYTHING THAT THEY CANNOT CARRY, WEAR, OR EAT IMMEDIATELY. Thank you for any support you may be able to provide to my son, LCpl Daniel Weber, and his fellow Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, currently serving our country in Southern Afghanistan.

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Old Town Happenings

The Partnership for Warrenton and Evening Under the Stars are celebrating their 20th (yes, 20th) anniversary on Saturday, September 19 at 8pm. They will both be celebrating in grand style and all of the events are a true not to miss.

The Partnership was started by local merchants and bank officials in Warrenton to promote the preservation of Main Street. The Warrenton lamps (street lights) are reminiscent of days gone by, the brick sidewalks, the signage and color schemes of may local business are the results of the hard work over the last twenty years of the Partnership.

The Partnership does only one fund raiser a year, “Evening Under the Stars,” that insures the funds necessary for GumDrop Square, our Christmas extravaganza, the 4th of July Children and Pets Parade, the Annual Father’s Day Car Chow, First Fridays, the streetlamps, promotion of Old Town and more.

If you have never enjoyed the amazing transformation of Main Street Warrenton into a wonderland of decadence, then this is your chance to do so. Evening Under the Stars brings out all of the local restaurants, inns, and caterers to showcase their signature dishes, a great band offers dancing on Main Street until midnight. There will be the annual auction, which 42

astounds bidders with the quality of the merchandise available through kind donations to the Partnership. Iron Bridge Wine Company has been kind enough to specially select the wines for the evening.

Tickets, a mere $35 per person for the entire evening, are available at: The Partnership for Warrenton’s website at www. partnershipforwarrenton.org or by calling 540.349.8606. Tables for your entire party are still available.

Be sure to mark your calendar for the First Friday on September 4th. It will host a wine tasting and Buy Fresh Buy Local farm vendors from 6-9pm. Guests are invited to taste the wines of local vineyards and the delicious offerings of local agricultural growers.

It will be a good evening to stroll along Main Street, shop at the stores and enjoy dinner at one of the local food establishments.

The music will be provided by The Electeds a great band led by, Ross D’Urso, aka the Commissioner of Revenue. So join us for a fun filled evening.

The upcoming October First Friday will feature “All Things Celtic,” another not to miss event in Old Town Warrenton.

The Partnership for Warrenton is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the economic and aesthetic development of Old Town Warrenton through a comprehensive process of economic revitalization that seeks to protect, enhance and promote its architectural and historical heritage.

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Reflections On Life

Learning to the End

by Dr. Robert Bancker Iadeluca

“Come – grow old with me The best is yet to be; The last of life for which the first is made.”

— Robert Browning

But when is the “last of life?” When does it begin? When does the “first of life” end?” When do we start to go “over the hill?” Is it exactly half of one’s destined days? What signals the approach of this momentous point beyond which we believe ourselves too old to learn?

We are all born with brains of great potentiality. At what age does this potentiality decline or disappear? At what age do our magnificent brain cells stop doing their jobs? At what age do we stop learning?

Does a high school student stop learning one day after his graduation?

If he does go on to college, does he stop learning the moment he obtains his degree? If he goes directly from high school to a job, does he suddenly lose all his senses? Does he hold down this and other jobs for forty or fifty years and not learn another thing upon retirement?

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bosses, our co-workers, and, above all, from our own experiences. Everyone with whom we come in contact is a teacher of some sort; so we learn from everyone. We cannot help it. It might not be the topic we want to learn, and the information gained may not be pleasurable, but learn we do – every moment of our lives.

And what about that word “retirement?” Retirement from what? Does retiring from a particular occupation mean one retires from continuing to learn? Or do the brain cells and the sense receptors continue doing their job even when the body is located in a different place?

True, a sensory organ such as an eye or an ear can lose some of its efficiency, but this can happen when we are young adults or even children. At any time in life we can find ourselves having trouble concentrating, misunderstanding meanings and forgetting things. Such problems

are not necessarily related to age.

We all know of individuals like Grandma Moses, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Picasso. We hear about numerous statesmen, scientists, artists, many of whom learn and accomplish far beyond the so-called “retirement age” of 65. Is it possible that there are many more of us who are elderly and just as alert, but who are not so well known? Is it also possible that an even greater number of so-called “senior citizens” could continue learning new Learning Continued on page 46

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subjects and play an important part in our society, but are just not making the effort? Could it be that the real problem is not one of learning, but one of attitude?

We are often conditioned to look at something in only one way. That education takes place only in school – that only registered pupils learn – that only certified teachers instruct — that learning does not begin until a child is five years old.

Are we perhaps guilty of looking at education for the elderly in the same way? Have we as a society figured that those who are no longer holding down a daily salaried job are incapable of further learning? Do some of these retirees tend to look at themselves the same way?

Familiar proverbs are often relevant to the subject of education. Some of these sayings, however, show prejudice, the prejudice that society has had in denying older people the application of their knowledge for the betterment of mankind.

“There’s no fool like an old fool.”

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

The word “school” comes from the Greek word “schole” which means leisure. What better time to learn than when life is handing a person more

moments of leisure. What a benefit to mankind if these new thoughts are used, not just for occupying one’s time, but for improving our daily lives.

The 1990 census showed the over-65 population to be 31 million, increasing to 35 million in just ten years. The 2006 estimate is 37 million with a 2010 census just ahead. This is a powerful group in numbers alone.

Are we bored with life? Would it be different if we were learning something worthwhile? Are we lonely? Do we feel bewildered? Would it help to learn a new skill for which people would pay us, thereby helping us to cover the daily food bill and make the home more comfortable?

Those of us who have been on this planet six, seven, eight or more decades have a precious resource which was given to us free and which no one can remove from us – time. With time comes experience. With experience comes wisdom. With this wisdom we realize we are capable of learning and becoming more proficient in choosing what we want to learn. This wisdom also helps us to comprehend the needs of our society.

What are we doing with this wisdom?

Are we offering our services to the younger or less experienced individuals and organizations in our community?

Perhaps we are willing to offer our services or learn new skills, but don’t know how to make the contacts. The

The first part of life was given over to gaining information. Let us dedicate the “last of life” to the joy of communicating this to others.

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opportunities are endless.

Local senior citizens groups can be located through schools, libraries, and the internet. The schools or libraries themselves would appreciate such services. How about the village boards?

The town boards? The school boards?

What about the many service groups such as Red Cross, Fish, Boy and Girl Scouts, heart, diabetes and cancer societies? Have you considered writing for a local newspaper or periodical? Do you realize that local historical societies might give anything for the memories locked in your brain? Are you aware that many children these days are miles away from their grandparents and that your companionship is valuable?

As people who have given birth to children and, through them, to grandchildren, do we now have the right to withhold the assets of our experience from them? With the average life span becoming longer each day, and with the prospect of many more years left to each of us, do we have any reason for not pushing our mental ability to the utmost? Shouldn’t what we learn be used, not only for our personal pleasure, but for helping our neighbor? Of whatever age?

The process of learning continues until death. The elderly can teach the world many things, using their alreadygained wisdom, plus the knowledge they are still in the process of learning.

We are not all Mozarts, Lincolns, Hemingways or Einsteins. How sad, nevertheless, that we might leave this world without imparting to our fellow humans some of what we ourselves have learned over the. The first part of life was spent gaining information.

Let us dedicate the “last of life” to the joy of communicating this to others.

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If you could be the most famous person in the world, what would you be famous for? Your awesome apple pie? The ability to run the mile in a minute? Or maybe something really lofty, like discovering the cure for cancer or ending world hunger.

Of course having a name everyone knows does have its downside. And no one knows that better than Natasha, the intelligent, tart-tongued teen in Rhiannon Thorpe’s terrific short story, The Most Famous Girl in the World.

Written at the Fresh Ink Summer Writing Camp in June, Rhiannon’s piece is the second to be published by Warrenton Lifestyle. Look for more from Fauquier County’s best young writers right here in the coming months!

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by Rhiannon N. Thorpe 10th grade, Fauquier High School Hello, my name is Natasha Van Dawson. But you already knew that. Introducing yourself is one of those luxuries you only get if –unlike me-- you’re not the most famous fifteenyear-old on the planet. Yeah, lucky you. Unlike me, you get to meet people, and make whatever kind of first impression you want.

I, however, am not so lucky. Everyone already has their impression of me. My private tutors, my hairstylists, random strangers on the street, even people I’ve never seen before.

They all know me: Natasha Van Dawson, the fifteen-year-old girl who can predict the future.

And that’s all they see. Natasha the psychic. What about Natasha the artist? The bookworm. The girl who’s deathly afraid of cats. The pessimist. The klutz. The number one fan of the Gym Class Heroes. They don’t see any of that. And even if they did, they’d probably think I’m afraid of cats because of some crazy psychic vision where cats take over the world in the future or something.

They’ll never know that I accidentally put my grandma’s crazy old cat, Mr. Muffins, in the washing machine when I was six. My grandma came in and rescued Mr. Muffins after about fifteen seconds, but he still maniacally attacked me. And let me tell you, having a shrieking soapy ball of fur with claws engulf your face is not something you soon forget. …Maybe it’s better that the world doesn’t know that.

But that’s beside the point. The point is, I don’t get to choose who I am, how I dress, what I’ll be when I grow up, or even what I’ll do this weekend. It’s all laid out for me. It’s on the face of every person staring at me on the street.

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who chooses what TV event I’ll wear it to this weekend.

When I grow up, I’ll be doing the same thing I’m doing now: getting paid for my visions. I always am, and always will be, just “the psychic.”

Why does everyone want my visions anyway? They think it’d be “so awesome” to see the future. As if. Try never having a surprise party. Never giggling with your friends about whether or not that boy you like will ask you to the dance, because you already know he won’t be going; He’ll be sick with chicken pox that night. And always knowing who Simon Cowell’s next victim will be on American Idol isn’t as great as you’d think.

No one wants to talk to me, Natasha. They only want Natasha the psychic to tell them if they’ll meet a handsome stranger, and all that other psychic mumbo-jumbo. Let me clear something up right now: My visions never include someone meeting a handsome stranger. They usually tell me something more like my geometry tutor will eat a left over tuna sandwich for breakfast tomorrow. And I’m pretty sure everyone will know that when they get within three feet of her and are assaulted by her tuna-breath. Real mystical visions, huh?

Nonetheless, a vision is a vision. No matter how insignificant it may be, it means I can see the future. And apparently, that makes me the most important person in the world to any talk show host or reporter. This, as I’m sure you can guess, means I have a very busy schedule. Tomorrow morning I’m scheduled to appear on CNN for a mass broadcast of my newest vision, and let me tell you, I’m not exactly looking forward to it.

See, my latest vision wasn’t very pleasant. In fact, it was kind of disastrous. I was walking home from the library when it started, just like all my visions do. Everything in my line of sight starts to fade to gray, until my eyes are clouded over and Famous Continued on page 50 Warrenton Lifestyle

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I’m basically blind. That’s where the seeing-the-future thing comes in, and the vision starts. The cloud goes away, and it plays like a television in my head. Well this time, what I saw was scary.

First I just saw a weatherman on TV, predicting storms later in the afternoon on September 9th. Then the TV went black and there was rain; more rain than I’ve ever seen in my life. It came in a downpour over the ocean, until violent waves started ravaging the beaches. The waves got bigger and stronger, exploring land further than just the sandy coast.

Houses were flooded, cars and buildings destroyed. It went on and on, showing no end to the damage. Finally the vision faded away and I could see the sidewalk again where I was walking, and the library not far behind me. But I couldn’t get over what I’d seen. September 9th was tomorrow. I had to tell someone, I had to prepare them. But how could everyone be prepared when I had no idea where the flood would take place?

Well, tomorrow I’ll have to talk about it on national TV. And people who live on the coasts will probably flee their homes, all because of what I’ve seen. That’s not an easy burden to bear. It’s hard, knowing I have so much responsibility. I’m only fifteen. I’m not ready to be on TV, where 8 billion people will watch me announce that I’m predicting a natural disaster that I hardly know anything about. But if I don’t, thousands of people could die because I didn’t warn them about the flood.

So I have to do it. As always, I just have to pretend that I’m

4/1/09 5:09:32 PM mature enough and that I can handle it, and just do it. Because I’m the psychic. ***Two days later*** Today, I have no plans. Well, that’s not entirely true. I plan to eat Coco Crispies for breakfast and watch Saturday morning cartoons like I used to. I might even ride my bike to the mall; I’m pretty sure they’re having a sale. But what I meant was, I have no plans that were made for me, by agents or publicists or people of that variety. I am free. Because I am no longer “Natasha the Psychic”.

I know, I thought it was impossible too. But I was wrong.

I mean literally, I was wrong. That whole prediction about the flood and everything? Wrong. There was no flood.

Yesterday morning I was live on National TV, warning everyone about what I’d seen. All the houses destroyed, people killed. I described it all. So, about every beach town on the in America was evacuated. As turns out, it was all for nothing.

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Does this mean I’m not psychic anymore? Who knows?

But it certainly means I won’t be on TV anymore. America won’t be risking that again. To them, I’m just another teenage girl now.

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School has started and hopefully the weather will soon cool and give way to a wonderful Indian summer.

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