May 12, 2023

Front Royal police to set up speed cameras in school zones

By ALEX BRIDGES

For the Warren Sentinel

The Front Royal Police Department plants to set up speed cameras in some school zones.

Chief Kahle Magalis presented information to the Town Council and mayor at their work session Monday regarding his department’s plans to set up the traffic calming e uipment in certain school zones.

“Obviously, speeding’s been a big

topic around town, heard a lot about it the past several months,” Magalis said.

Mayor Lori A. Cockrell, Vice Mayor R. Wayne Sealock and council members Melissa DeDomenico-Payne, Joshua L. Ingram, Amber F. Morris, H. Bruce Rappaport and Duane R. “Skip” Rogers attended the work session.

Jurisdictions around the state are starting to install speed cameras in school zones, Magalis said.

“When you see somebody speeding and kids standing on the side of the road, it’s obviously cause for a little more concern,” Magalis said. “So one of the ways we can kind of find a force multiplier, you know, I’ve only got five cops on the street at a time that are out patrolling and we have more school zones than that ...” The chief went on to explain that even if he assigned an officer to each school zone from 7-8 a.m, it takes 15 minutes to conduct a traffic stop.

An officer could write three or four speeding tickets while vehicles “keep zipping by.” The citations for speeding issued from the camera information are civil, not criminal violations, Magalis said.

The police department would like to install speed cameras on Luray Avenue for the Skyline Middle School zone, Criser Road for Ressie Jeffries Elementary School, Leach Run Parkway for Warren County Middle School and Strasburg Road

for A.S. Rhodes Elementary School. Rogers urged Magalis to consider putting a camera on Chester Street, which he said can be a “hellacious road”

“And they all are,” Magalis said.

Cockrell asked if pupils walk on Strasburg Road to A.S. Rhodes. Magalis said pupils walk from the nearby mobile home park. The chief added

Warren County deputies charged with wounding man surrender to authorities

By ALEX BRIDGES

For the Warren Sentinel

The Warren County deputies charged with wounding a man during an April 2022 traffic stop have surrendered to authorities.

Former deputy Zachary A. Fadely, charged with malicious wounding on Monday, surrendered to authorities at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center in Winchester, according to information from Virginia State Police Sgt. Brent Coffey, public information officer for the Culpeper Division.

A magistrate ordered Fadely, 30, of Maurertown, held without bond, according to Coffey and jail records. A judge in Warren County Circuit Court scheduled Fadely’s bond hearing for Friday.

4-H Center not just for camp

By LAURA RUBY

For the Warren Sentinel

Katie Tennant brings an extensive background in outdoor experience and education to her role as executive director of the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational and Conference Center, located south of Front Royal on U.S. 522.

A transplant from outside of Columbus, Ohio, Tennant started as program director with the 4-H Center in June 2020. Last summer, she was promoted to her new position where she has her sights set on promoting the many uses of the center, and making the facility more accessible

for those with special needs.

“Two of my big focuses — one is letting the community know we’re here and what we have to offer. And then, because I was a special education teacher, my passion is inclusivity. So how can we get some programming for everyone out here?” said Tennant, noting that she believes the facility is woefully underutilized.

Tennant seems to be a natural fit for the center. She worked for 10 years at an outdoor center in Ohio, putting to use her bachelor’s degree in recreation and sport management. After marrying her husband, Mark, and gaining a “bonus” daughter, KayLynn, Tennant sought a ca-

reer that was more friendly to her family’s schedule. She earned a master’s degree in special education and spent a decade in the classroom, teaching high school science and math.

A few years ago, after getting her daughter off to college, Tennant was ready for a change and the couple made the move to Front Royal for the opportunity at the 4-H Center.

“We love it here. I will say the first 18 months was rough because of COVID. Nothing was open and no one went anywhere

Current Deputy Sheriff Tyler S. Poe, 26, of Warren County, who was indicted on the lesser charge of unlawful wounding, surrendered to authorities Monday at the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center. A magistrate granted Poe’s release on an unsecured bond.

The indictments handed up by the grand jury on Monday charge Fadely and Poe with wounding Ralph C. Ennis on April 2, 2022. Ennis, 77, of Gainesville, sustained a head injury after he was tackled during a traffic stop conducted by deputies in Warren County, according to state police information and court documents. The traffic stop was captured on video and shared with the public by another law enforcement agency.

Ennis died in hospice care 13 days after the incident. The Office of the State Medical xaminer determined that Ennis died of “natural causes.” Neither Fadely nor Poe are accused of causing Ennis’ death.

Fadley faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted of his charge, a class 3 felony. Poe faces

Henry G. Grigsby, 90, Front Royal

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Katie Tennant, executive director of the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational and Conference Center in Front Royal, stands on the balcony outside Congressman Lodge overlooking the conference center and Molden Hall. Tennant is planning for the upcoming summer season and is looking for other creative ways to market the center.

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a maximum of five years if convicted of his charge, a class 6 felony.

Warren County Circuit Court records show that Fadely was sworn as a deputy sheriff for a two-year term that started Sept. 25, 2020, and expires Dec. 31, 2023. However, Sheriff Mark A. utler re uested in a letter dated July 2 , 2022, and filed in the circuit court, that Clerk Angela “Angie” Moore, remove Fadely from his appointment as deputy sheriff effective as of that date. Records show Fadely previously served as a sworn ail officer at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail before oining the Sheriff’s Office.

Poe’s most recent term as deputy sheriff started Jan. 11, 2021, and expires Dec. 31, 2023.

Amy Ashworth, the commonwealth’s attorney for Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, serves as special prosecutor in the case and sought the indictments against Fadely and Poe. Warren County Commonwealth Attorney John ell recused himself from the matter shortly after the incident and Ashworth took over as the special prosecutor. The irginia State Police ureau of Criminal Investigation’s Culpeper Field Office is investigating the case.

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so I felt very isolated when I first came here,” she said, adding that since restrictions have been lifted she has become involved in the community. “I oined the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Group and I joined the Rotary and some of those things to help meet people and get known and that helped a ton.”

Tennant said that she was shocked by the number of local people she met who were unfamiliar with the 4-H Center, which is located about five miles outside of Front Royal.

“It kind of blew my mind when I moved to town and would tell people I work at the 4-H Center and people were like, What Where is that Or what is that ’”

Tennant said, adding that the campus, with its lodging, swimming pool, fire pit, pond, hiking trails, outdoor pavilions, and conference space has a lot to offer the community.

The center hosts eight weeks of 4-H camp in the

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The charges stem from an April 2, 2022, traffic stop when Warren County deputies stopped a vehicle, driven by nnis, on Winchester Road U.S. 340-522 at approximately 1 20a.m. for traveling 63 mph in a 55 mph zone. Authorities accuse Fadely and Poe of assaulting nnis after he emerged from his vehicle, according to the state police news release. mergency workers took nnis to the Winchester Medical Center for treatment of his in uries sustained in the stop.

ideo footage recorded by law enforcement officers’ body-worn cameras show two Warren County deputies in a verbal then physical confrontation with Ralph nnis, who suffered from dementia. mergency workers took nnis to a hospital for treatment for a head in ury. nnis died in the care of lue Ridge Hospice on April 15, 2022.

nnis’ son, Ian nnis, filed a $6 million lawsuit against Fadely and Poe on Aug. 8 accusing them of using excessive force on his father and of violating the man’s constitutional right against unreasonable search and seizure. The defendants have denied wrongdoing. U.S. District Judge lizabeth K. Dillon scheduled the case for a five-day ury trial to start March 18, 2024.

summer, serving 1 counties, Tennant said, noting that there is still space available in most of the camps this summer. With four lodges, the center can accommodate 320 campers, she said.

In addition to 4-H camp, the facility is also home to a few specialty camps each summer. As a former teacher, her favorite is Fauuier County’s Camp SMIL Summer of Memories, Inspiration, Learning, and nrichment . Nominated by their teachers, rising fifth graders spend a week at camp improving their skills through hands-on learning science at the creek and social studies at the horse barn, for instance. Alongside social and emotional learning, students participate in typical camp activities, Tennant said. “It’s my favorite camp. I wish more counties did this,” Tennant said. And while the facility is put to good use in the summer, Tennant said there are still many opportunities for

that drivers also need to watch out for vehicles entering and exiting the school on Strasburg Road.

The cameras would take photographs of vehicles that violate the speed limits in the school zones. A department office would review the citations. The department then would issue the citations for civil penalties by mail.

The department is considering a vendor for the cameras that sends engineers to inspect and make sure school zones are properly marked, Magalis said. The vendor holds a public-information campaign before they start installing cameras, that includes providing materials for the department’s website and social media accounts. There’s a 30-day grace period once the cameras are online during which violators receive a warning. nforcement begins after the grace period, Magalis said.

Also at the work session, officials talked about other items they plan to consider at the May 22 meeting.

Council members scheduled a oint public hearing with the Planning Commission for May 22 on a re uest by Dynamic Life Ministries LLC for a special-use

the community to experience the facility.

“It’s not ust 4-H. We can do user groups. We can do retreats and conference space,” she said, adding that aside from the outdoor pavilions that are winterized, the facility is open year round. The center can be reserved for team-building, birthday parties, reunions, and all sorts of events. “We have some groups that come in the winter because they want the uiet and they want to get out of the city and get away.”

Tennant is also focused on making the 4-H Center more accessible for more people.

“How can we start to build some programs where we’re working with people who might have limited mobility or even cognitively have some limitations ” she said.

In Ohio, Tennant worked with Adaptive Sports Connection, a program that provides outdoor and therapeutic recreation and education for children, veterans, and

permit to allow a single grave site cemetery in the organization’s churchyard at 1600 John Marshall Highway. Church leaders have asked that they be allowed to inter their founder and pastor, the late Walter Carlton Rogers, on the property.

Council members have fasttracked the permitting process.

Members held a special meeting on May 1 and voted to approve a change to the town zoning ordinance to allow cemeteries by special-use permit in the R-3

Residential District. The property is zoned residential and the church needed the change in order to seek the permit. Council members acknowledged at the meeting that they needed to act on the permit fast. Also at the work session, council members discussed a reuest to make a change to the current budget ending June 30. Finance Director .J. Wilson told council that the town received $480,000 more in revenue than budgeted for the fiscal year. The amendment would reflect the additional revenue. Council also would be asked to approve a transfer of $248,000

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adults with disabilities.

“We went kayaking with Wounded Warriors. We went hiking, skiing, ” Tennant said, adding that she’s on the hunt for a irginia agency that offers a similar program. “How can we make some programs to get those people outdoors and build the self efficacy again and build the confidence again ”

Though the topography of the 4-H facility makes accessibility a bit challenging, Tennant is working on landing some grants to help address the issue.

“One of my goals is to find some grant funding to build a new ropes course that could be adaptable, where we could have someone in a wheelchair out on the course,” she said, noting that she’s looking to collaborate with community partners to expand accessibility.

For more information on summer camps or other uses for the 4-H Center, visit www.nova4h.com.

from the budget’s general fund to the street fund. The action would allocate the additional funds so the town can move forward with creating a transportation plan, for paving and the Criser Road Sidewalk pro ects.

The $480,000 is comprised of $205,000 in additional meals-tax revenue $50,000 in sales tax, $63,000 from Warren County payment in lieu of taxes PILOT fees $30,000 from business occupational professional licensing fees and $132,000 from the street construction and maintenance.

The Front Royal Police Department has re uested that it be allowed to use $36,000 in asset-forfeiture funds to replace its standard-issue firearm. The weapons are now 10 years old, and the department has used the .45-caliber Glock 21 for 20 years. The department intends to stay with Glock but would move to the mm-caliber ammunition as well as the enhanced optics of an RMR sighting system along with its standard sights. The department would need to buy and train on additional e uipment such as holsters and weapon-lighting systems.

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On Cue on the move

New Main Street location is double the size of former space

By LAURA RUBY For the Warren Sentinel

On Cue Sports Bar & Grill is bringing new energy, food and fun to Front Royal’s Main Street.

After months of extensive renovations, On Cue opened Friday with plans for a grand opening on Thursday, said Danielle Haase, general manager and owner with her husband, Cole.

The new location at 206 E. Main St. features a restaurant and sports bar on the main floor and a billiard hall upstairs, said Danielle Haase, adding that the new space is more than double the size of their former spot on Commerce Avenue.

Business has been booming — especially since COVID restrictions were lifted — and when it became clear that expansion in their former location was not possible, the couple sought other locations for the venture they’ve been growing since October 2017, said Danielle Haase.

“We just came to the conclusion that we had to find somewhere else to go or stay the same and where On Cue was headed, it just made sense for us to expand,” she said.

The huge new space includes 10,600 square feet divided over the two floors, dwarfing the 4,000-s uarefoot space On Cue occupied on Commerce Avenue, said Danielle Haase. The couple, along with their contractor Cody Warren of Warren-Lee Construction of Strasburg

have brought a fresh new country western chic look to the building.

Warren constructed a stunning 36-foot ash top bar with a faux stone base that will expand bar seating from 10 at the former location to 23 in the new space, Danielle Haase said.

“This bar really is a focal point. [Cody Warren] built it all. They went and picked up a piece of ash tree that they cut down at a friend’s house and he sliced it and pieced it together and sanded it down and made it what it is. And it’s just absolutely gorgeous,” she said.

Reupholstered church pews from a Warren County property the couple bought and renovated as a sports center line the walls, providing seating for tables that will be served by the restaurant. One front window is home to a large new stage for music while the other offers a cozy seating area for playing games. On Cue also has Virginia lottery tickets and Keno, she said.

“We always have something for people to do,” she said, noting that she has live music booked for the rest of the year with bands on Friday and Saturday evenings and acoustic music on weeknights. There are also 15 television in the place, and each will be tuned to sports, Danielle Haase said.

An exposed, blackpainted ceiling adds an industrial feel and warms up the space, having been fortified to carry the weight of pool tables on the floor

above.

The couple has created space in the back of the main fl oor for dart throwing, a coin-operated pool table, and hosting parties. A small patio in the back is accessible for smokers. And, of course, there is the expansive new kitchen.

“The restaurant is what helped us survive through COVID. We were only two years into our business. We had the regulars who would come in to play pool and it was always just a pool hall, for over 20 years,” said Danielle Haase, who noted that she and her husband played pool there during their courtship before the former owner approached them about taking over the business.

Unable to operate that part of the business due to the pandemic, Danielle Haase saw the opportunity to focus on food. After the birth of their youngest child in February 2020, she poured herself into the effort, with help from her oldest daughter Arianna.

“When we shut down [for COVID], it gave me a chance to be with the baby and to recover, but then we looked at each other and were like, ‘We have to give our food a try. We really need to get it out to the public.’ So we decided to open back up and it flew through the roof,” she said, adding that a Facebook page called ‘Front Royal To Go’ proved vital in helping On Cue connect with a broader audience of hungry residents during

COVID. “That Facebook page saved On Cue. My crab tots became famous during COVID. That’s what people ask about when they come into On Cue.”

Danielle Haase said that food sales have dramatically increased since the pandemic. “It’s been awesome to see because the food is my baby and that’s my menu and people love to come here to eat,” she said, adding that On Cue has been voted best ribs in town and was named runner up for best burgers, behind Spelunker’s, in reader surveys in The Northern Virginia Daily.

“I was so happy about that,” she laughed, sharing her love for the popular local eatery.

With no formal culinary training, Danielle Haase has been cooking since she was a kid and is proud of her fresh dips, salads, and homemade soups.

“If you talk to our customers, they’ll say there’s not a bad thing on the menu. I have a good taste for food. I love simple, home-cooked food,” she said. “When you think of bar food, you think of processed, frozen, easy-tomake food. But everything I do here, from our deli meats — that I buy whole and we shave ourselves — and all of our salads are fresh. Every-

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thing is made every day — our crab dip, our buffalo dip. I even do a jalapeno cream cheese that we make here for some sandwiches. We do a lot of fresh stuff here.”

While family time and food are on the menu downstairs, billiards are the main attraction upstairs.

“It’s kind of like two separate spaces. It’s really cool that we can separate the two,” said Danielle Haase, adding that ABC restrictions require patrons to consume drinks where they are purchased, either upstairs or down.

Conveniently, a second smaller bar is located amongst the nine billiard tables upstairs, as is plenty of seating around the tables. The couple plans to offer more pool tournaments,

which are a big draw for players from all over, Danielle Haase said, noting that On Cue currently hosts American Pool Association (APA) league play two nights a week.

“People like to play APA because it’s handicapped.

So you don’t have to be really good at it. If you play somebody that’s better than you, you have less balls you have to make than them and so forth so it makes it fun,” she said. “We have a definite following for the pool tables.”

There are plans to add a virtual golf game to a private room upstairs and enthusiasts will be able to book a tee time, likely in the fall, she said. “The one we’re getting, you can play Pebble Beach. You can play anywhere in the country. We’re excited for that,” she said.

And the couple has carved out office space for both On Cue and Cole Haase’s work as a financial auditor with the Government Accountability Office on that floor.

Along with all of the extra space for activities, the new On Cue has doubled its staff, adding about 15 new servers, bartenders and kitchen employees to serve customers seven days a week.

“Everyone in this town is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, especially restaurants. I capitalize on that because we’re open. We have karaoke on Monday nights. Tuesday was the only day I could consider being closed, but so is everyone else so I couldn’t do that to the community,” Danielle Haase said.

As they put the finishing touches on the new space, the couple is eager to show it off, Danielle Haase said, adding that the move is bittersweet for long-time customers.

“Some of the customers loved being tucked away back there [on Commerce Avenue]. They’re going to miss it. That was their bar even before we took over,” she said. “The pressure is on, I feel like, being on Main Street. There’s a lot of talk about us moving in here, but Cole and I love a challenge. We don’t like to fail. If something doesn’t work right, then we fix it right away. We’re excited to get everybody in here.”

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grand opening on Thursday will feature The Sidemen Band performing from 7-10 p.m.

Photos by Rich Cooley/For the Sentinel

Danielle Haase stands behind the ash wood bar top that is the centerpiece of On Cue Sports Bar & Grill’s new location on Main Street in Front Royal. Danielle and her husband Cole, owners of the business, moved from their previous Commerce Avenue location into the 10,600-square-foot building that features two floors, 11 pool tables and 10 TVs. The couple have more than doubled the space from their previous location.

Cole Haase stands in the upstairs area that features nine Diamond pool tables. Two more tables are due to arrive soon.

Warren County supervisors delay action on development fees increase

By ALEX BRIDGES For the Warren Sentinel

Builders raised concerns Tuesday about proposed increases in fees they pay to do business in Warren County.

The Building Inspections Department and the Planning Department are requesting that the Board of Supervisors approve revised fee schedules each agency charges to review plans, process permits and to provide other services.

County uilding Official David Beahm did not attend the meeting. County Administrator Edwin Daley suggested the board hold the public hearing on the Building Inspections Department fees then table the matter for more discussion at a future work session.

Chairwoman Vicky L. Cook, Vice Chairwoman Cheryl L. Cullers and supervisors Jerome K. “Jay” Butler, Walter J. “Walt” Mabe and Delores R. Oates voted in favor of tabling the proposed Building Inspections Department fee schedule.

The county first set up a fee schedule on July 1, 1997. The Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code allows the county to set fees to defray the cost of enforcing the code. The county revised the schedule three times since then, the last full revision in 2009 and made minor changes in 2013. Planning Director Matt Wendling

said his department’s fees have not changed since last amended on April 6, 2004.

Supervisors voted 5-0 in favor of a motion to authorize the Planning Department to modify its fee schedule for planning, zoning and geographic information systems services.

George Cline, representing the Warren County Builders Association, spoke at the first hearing and said the organization supports charging higher fees, within reason.

“We can’t operate where we’re at but when I sit and run the numbers today, we’re at a 200% increase,” Cline said. “To me that just seems a little excessive.”

The county would charge the highest fees in the area with the increase, Cline said. He asked what the county gets out of the increase — more employees, reduced time for plan reviews. Cline said he’s receiving calls and text messages asking about delays in the plan reviews.

“I understand we’re down and we need to get somebody in there as soon as possible,” Cline said. “I think we kinda just like to know, at some given time, what are we gonna get out of it if we seriously gotta pay these kinda numbers.”

“I really don’t wanna put it this way but, if indeed we gotta pay these top-dollar fees, I think we would all expect a top-dollar service,

and right now I don’t see that coming out of the current office we’ve got, ust to be honest with you,” Cline added. “It got a little bit better but it didn’t sustain.”

Ryan Oaks, owner and operator of Ryan Oaks Construction Inc., said at the public hearing he agreed with Cline that the county should increase the fees but not as much as proposed. Oaks voiced particular concern with one fee increase from $5 to $200. Oaks asked if the fee increase would reduce the 37-40 days it takes for some plan reviews.

“Also, from a resident’s side, being that I’m a resident here in Warren County, I feel like I’m getting punished if I want to improve my property because not only will I have to pay a higher building permit fee than all the other counties, I will also get taxed and my assessed value will go up, which will make me pay more taxes at the end of the day every year,” Oaks said.

Hugh Henry, a local contractor who also serves on the Planning Commission, said he understands that the county needs to increase its fees because of rising inflation. The $200 permit fee as proposed would be fine if surrounding counties also charged the same amount, he said. The county needs to remain competitive, he said. Henry also spoke at the hearing on the Planning Depart-

ment request and called its fees “ridiculously low.” The $500 fee for a conditional-use permit doesn’t cover the processing cost, he said.

Cullers asked if the higher fees would allow the county to hire more staff in the Building Inspections Department or just cover the increased cost of services. The department has two vacant positions, Daley said. The budget includes money for the two positions. The additional money from the fees was intended to reduce the cost to the general public, Daley said.

“I think given the new information we should table (the ordinance) but I also think that the builders bring up a good point that performance has to be examined,” Oates said. “If you’re going to give anybody an increase, then performance needs to be evaluated as value, if you’re not getting value for the increase.

“So whether or not the county hasn’t raised the price for 20 years is our problem,” Oates said. “But performance is their problem — is our problem as well — and reflects to the consumer. And I was told today that our county takes the longest time to issue a building permit of any of the surrounding counties.”

Also at the meeting, supervisors voted to:

• Extend the due date to pay without penalty taxes on

Warren County GOP selects candidates for delegate, supervisor races

By ALEX BRIDGES

For the Warren Sentinel

Warren County Republican committees have picked their candidates for local and state races.

Delores Oates, of Warren County, won the party’s nomination in a firehouse primary held on Friday to run for the 31st District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in the Nov. 7 election. Oates defeated Michelle Lane-Smithwick. The Warren County GOP committee held the primary in conjunction with the 31st Legislative District Republican Committee.

Oates represents the North River Magisterial District on the Warren County Board of Supervisors.

Oates received 914 votes, or 87.8% of the total 1,041 ballots cast in the district primary, according to the results provided by Warren County Republican Committee Secretary Thomas McFadden Jr. Lane-Smithwick received 117, or 11.2% of the votes cast.

Robert Hupman, chairman of the Warren County Republican Committee, commented by phone Monday on the outcome.

“We’re really excited for Ms. Oates to take that next step and we’re very confident that she’ll be heading to Richmond come November,” Hupman said. “She’s very enthusiastic and ... very excited, very motivated, so I think she’s locked in.”

Lane-Smithwick filed on April 14 to run in the primary, McFadden said in an email Monday. She had filed at the

11th hour to qualify to run in the primary, Hupman said. Lane-Smithwick changed her mailing address to Clarke County to qualify and vote in the 31st Senate District.

Stephen Kurtz, the Sixth Congressional District State Central Committee representative to the Republican Party of Virginia, commented by phone Monday on the results.

“I kind of predicted it,” Kurtz said. “We were surprised that we got a competitor, like the last day, 45 minutes before the filing deadline, (Lane-Smithwick) came and submitted her paperwork to run and no hard feelings here at all.

“The more people we can run for office, the better, in my opinion,” Kurtz said.

Primary voters in Warren County’s Shenandoah Magisterial District also elected John Stanmeyer to run as the party candidate for the district seat on the Board of Supervisors. Stanmeyer defeated Shenandoah District School Board member Ralph A. Rinaldi.

Stanmeyer received 220 votes, or 65% of the 338 total. Rinaldi received 117 votes, or 35%. One ballot was left blank for the supervisors’ election.

Rinaldi, 76, of the Shenandoah Farms subdivision, won election to the School Board seat in November 2019. Rinaldi announced earlier this year he would run for the Board of Supervisors seat rather than seek a second term on the School Board.

McFadden states in a Friday email that Rinaldi told him in writing after the primary that he would not run as an independent but, instead, would

real estate, personal property and machinery and tools to June 22. No one spoke during the public hearing on the ordinance. The extension gives the Treasurer’s Office more time to prepare and send tax bills. The extension also gives individuals and businesses more time to pay their bills without penalty, interest and collection activities. Front Royal extended its due date for taxes to June 20. The ordinance applies only to taxes on real estate, personal property and machinery and tools first due on June 5. Per the ordinance, the county shall not impose the penalty of 10% or $10, whichever is greater, on unpaid taxes until June 22. The county shall impose no interest on late payments through June 22, after which interest shall accrue at 10% per year.

• Approve an amendment to the county code pertaining to real estate tax relief for the elderly and totally disabled at the following rates according to net income: 100% relief for income of $0-$30,000; 75% for $30,001-$40,000; 50% for $40,001-$50,000; 25% for $50,001-$60,000. Relief becomes effective Jan. 1, 2024, and does not apply to the current tax year. No one spoke at the public hearing on the tax relief.

• Approve a resolution to set the percentage of personal property tax relief at

25% for calendar year 2023.

No one spoke at the public hearing on the matter.

• Adopt the following tax rates per $100 of assessed value: $4, increased from $3.80, on tangible personal property; $4 on business furniture and equipment; $2, increased from $1.80, on personal vehicles owned by volunteer fire and rescue squads; 75 cents on aircraft; 49 cents, a decrease from 65.5 cents, on real estate and manufactured homes; $2.05 on machinery and tools; and $2.05 for contract carriers. No one spoke at the public hearing on the tax rates. Supervisors reduced the levy on real estate to a level by which the county expects would generate approximately the same amount of revenue as the previous, higher rate. Supervisors lowered the tax rate in response to the increase in real estate assessments. Daley told supervisors the county now has the lowest tax rate in the region.

• Adopt sanitary district tax rates and fees for 2023.

No one spoke at the public hearing on the matter. Supervisors approve the rates and fees set by each of the county’s 14 sanitary districts. The county assesses the sanitary district taxes in addition to the real estate levy. Some districts set lower rates in response to the higher real estate reassessments.

Strasburg extends tax deadline

Strasburg property owners have more time to pay their tax bills.

support Stanmeyer for the seat in the general election. Rinaldi ran for the Board of Supervisors seat in 2015 as an independent after he lost the Republican committee nomination to former Front Royal Town Councilman Thomas H. Sayre. Rinaldi and independent candidate Dee Schools lost the election to Sayre. Sayre ran for a second term in 2019 and lost to independent candidate Walter J. “Walt” Mabe.

The Warren County Republican Committee met April 27 and endorsed three candidates for the upcoming School Board election. The committee can endorse, but not nominate, School Board candidates to run in the nonpartisan election. The committee held a forum prior to its monthly meeting where four people sought the party endorsement to run for three seats Nov. 7. The committee endorsed McFadden for the Shenandoah district, Melanie Salins for North River and Leslie Mathews for South River.

Salins is seeking reelection to the seat she won in a special election against Angela C. Robinson in November 2021.

Mathews defeated current School Board Chairwoman Kristen J. Pence for the party’s endorsement last month.

The Warren County Republican Committee has nominated the following candidates for local constitutional offices Crystal Cline for Warren County Sheriff; Sherry Sours for Commissioner of the Revenue; Angela “Angie” Moore for Clerk of the Circuit Court; and Janice Shanks for Treasurer.

The Warren County Republican Committee has not endorsed any candidates to run for either of two seats on the Front Royal Town Council in the nonpartisan election in November.

The Warren County Democrats have not nominated or endorsed any candidates to run for local offices.

Laurel Ridge 52nd commencement exercises held

The Laurel Ridge Community College Class of 2023 will graduate over two days this week. The college will be holding a commencement ceremony for students graduating from a health professions program at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. All other graduates will receive their diplomas during a 2 p.m. ceremony on Friday, May 12.

This year marks the college’s 52nd commencement exercises. Both ceremonies will be held outside behind Cornerstone Hall on the Middletown Campus.

It is anticipated that 895 students make up the class of 2023. Here is a breakdown by locality:

Clarke County – 32 Fauquier County – 126 Frederick County – 229

Page County – 37

Rappahannock County – 14

Shenandoah County – 121

Warren County – 91 Winchester – 123

all others – 122

Among the hard-working graduates who will walk across the stage on Friday is Sheila Webster. When she receives her associate degree in early childhood development, it will mark the culmination of a 24-year journey. She began her studies in 1999, but the obligations of being a single mother of four were too much. Web-

ster later tackled a serious health challenge faced by her daughter, a car crash and being faced with raising her three very young grandchildren. With the support of her husband, family and the staff at Laurel Ridge, Webster overcame all of these hurdles to graduate.

“All the professors have been so amazing, they taught me a lot,” she said. “I feel a connection with Laurel Ridge that will never go away. This school has been like my family. The joy that I feel brings me to tears. I did it for my kids.”

For more information about commencement, visit laurelridge.edu/ commencement.

The Town Council voted at its Tuesday meeting to approve extending the tax deadline by three weeks, from June 5 to June 26. The Department of Finance requested the extension to allow more time to process the tax bills.

Finance Director Angela Fletcher said the department received tax files from Shenandoah County on Friday, which does not give staff enough time to process and send out bills. She said this was the latest the town has received the county files to staff’s knowledge. It takes 20 days to process tax bills, Fletcher said.

Vice Mayor Emily Reynolds and council members A.D. Car-

ter IV, Dane Hooser, Ashleigh Kimmons, Andrew Lowder, Christie Monahan, Doreen Ricard and Brad Stover voted in favor of the motion to grant the extension. Mayor Brandy Hawkins Boies attended the meeting but votes only in the event of a tie.

Department staff need to prepare the files to print and mail. They also work with the software vendor to complete part of the process. Staff could have mailed tax bills by mid- to late May, which might have allowed enough time provided by the state code to meet the June 5 deadline, two weeks from the postmarked date, Fletcher said. However, that deadline cuts approximately in half the time the town allows taxpayers to pay, Fletcher said.

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In1957hemarriedthelove ofhislife,Elizabeth(Betty) Partlow.Theyhadbeen marriedforover45years whenBettypassedaway.

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Inadditiontohisparents andwife,Henryisalso predeceasedbyhissister, DorothyM.Grigsby;his brother,ThomasH.Grigsby; sister-in-law,Bernice Grigsby;andbrother-in-law, StarlisMellott.

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Christendom president retiring at the end of coming school year

After more than 30 years at the helm of Christendom College, the school’s President Dr. Timothy O’Donnell announced plans to retire after the 2023-24 academic year.

“I am filled with deep gratitude for each one of you who make up our Christendom College community,” O’Donnell said. “I have often said that after marrying my dear wife, Cathy, the best decision that I have ever made was coming here to serve at Christendom College. The college was much smaller back then, but the same love of learning and, most importantly, the love for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ could be felt when you came on campus.”

The campus of the private Catholic college on Shenandoah Shores Road in Warren County has changed dramatically during O’Donnell’s tenure, with the completion of several major construction projects. Additionally, the college has seen significant growth in enrollment and its endowment fund under O’Donnell, said Zachary Smith, associate director of marketing and communications for the school.

In April, Christendom opened its new Christ the King Chapel, a multiyear, $30 million project that features a 116-foot-tall crossing tower, 114 stained-glass windows, bells, statues, and hardwood floors and seats 540 people. In addition to the chapel, the school has added several

new campus buildings under O’Donnell’s leadership, including St. John the Evangelist Library, St. Louis the Crusader Gymnasium, St. Lawrence Commons, and several residence halls, said Smith.

“What we see around us today is the fruit of so much hard work and generosity from our students, faculty, staff, benefactors, and alumni and from our founder, Dr. Warren Carroll. In many ways, the work of Christendom College has just started,” O’Donnell said.

Undergraduate student enrollment has increased more than three times from 144 to nearly 550 in the last 30 years, Smith said, adding that Christendom’s alumni base has grown to almost 4,000 with 166 alumni priests and religious among their ranks. The college will graduate 111 students on May 12.

“This target student body size is optimal for Christendom’s unique liberal arts program focused on forming men and women into mature, faith-filled individuals who ‘restore all things in Christ’,” said Smith, noting that, under O’Donnell’s leadership, the college merged with the Notre Dame Institute to form the Christendom College Graduate School of Theology, expanding its offerings to graduate-level theological and catechetical programs

Added O’Donnell, “The world needs men and women of Christendom now more than ever. With great confidence, I can say we are poised

and ready for the future — ready to continue our mission ‘to restore all things in Christ,’ by forming men and women to contribute to the Christian renovation of the temporal order.” Christendom has also increased its endowment from $200,000 to over $28 million, all of which is privately funded, Smith said.

“We have been so blessed over the past 30 years with Dr. O’Donnell’s faithful and dedicated leadership,” said Stephen O’Keefe, chairman of the board of directors. “Not

only did I enjoy learning from Dr. O’Donnell as a student, but also working alongside him as a member of the college’s Board. On behalf of the Board of Directors and our entire Christendom family, I want to express our gratitude. He brings to mind the famous words of our founder, Dr. Warren Carroll: ‘One man can make a difference.’ Words cannot describe the impact that Dr. O’Donnell’s work has had on leading so many lives to the Truth Incarnate.”

Upon retirement, O’Donnell will

be named “President Emeritus” and, after a sabbatical, will serve as a member of the board of directors and as a professor of history and theology, Smith said.

“We are grateful that his many talents, experience, and good judgment will grace and guide our community for many years to come,” said O’Keefe.

A search committee created by the school’s board of directors is working with Hand & Associates to find a replacement for O’Donnell, Smith said.

Jury finds Front Royal business owner not guilty of sexual battery

By ALEX BRIDGES

For the Warren Sentinel

A jury has found a Front Royal business owner not guilty of misdemeanor sexual battery.

William J. Huck, 51, won his case on appeal on Wednesday in the Culpeper Circuit Court. Judge Dale B. Durrer presided over the trial. Culpeper Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jessica Clay prosecuted the case. Manassas attorneys Nicole H. Naum and Lili R. O’Connell represented Huck.

Huck, who owns C&C Frozen Treats on East Main Street in downtown Front Royal and on John Marshall Highway in Linden, spoke by phone on Friday about the outcome.

“The comment on the outcome of that case is a jury of my peers listened to the accusations that were brought against me and deemed that they were false in 18 minutes,” Huck said. “I’m ecstatic with the outcome, and I would like to thank my attorneys that helped me along the way and the community, the

ones that supported me through all of this.”

A judge in the Culpeper County General District Court had found Huck guilty of sexual battery at a July 27 hearing and sentenced him to six months in jail. Front Royal attorney David A. Downes represented Huck in the district court. Huck appealed the case to the Circuit Court within the 10-day filing window. Downes said on Friday in a voicemail to the Daily that he and Huck decided the defendant should find legal counsel closer to Culpeper

for the appeal.

Huck pleaded not guilty in the Circuit Court at his Sept. 13 arraignment hearing. The jury found him not guilty on the first day of the two-day trial.

Police charged Huck with sexual battery based on claims that he inappropriately touched a woman’s body several times, without her consent or permission, while attending a Culpeper carnival with a group of people on Feb. 26, 2022, according to a Culpeper Police Department news release. The alleged sexual

battery occurred over the course of the afternoon and into the evening, and stopped when other adults intervened, the release states. Police alleged that alcohol played a factor in the reported incident.

A third party reported the alleged incident to the police department five days later on the morning of March 3, 2022, the release states. The alleged victim confirmed the alleged battery took place. Court records show authorities arrested Huck on April 1, 2022. Huck was granted release on bond.

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Dr. Timothy O’Donnell will retire from his post as president of Christendom College after the 2023-24 school year.

Humane Society of Warren County seeks help to care for massive intake of animals

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The Humane Society of Warren County (HSWC) accepted 30 animals from one home on May 2 after the pet owner was evicted, said HSWC executive director Meghan Bowers. Within

three days, all of the animals had been spayed and neutered and vaccinated, said Bowers.

After accepting the animals, the organization requested the community’s help with funding the cost of their care, which was estimated to be about $2,680 for

spaying, neutering, vaccination, combo testing and microchipping. By Friday, the shelter had raised $3,785 for the animals, according to its Facebook page.

“The pet owner contacted several rescue groups in the area, but none could accommodate him urgently,” Bowers wrote

in a press release last week. “We had to say yes because no one else would. No one else could. Please help us get this lovely group of animals back on their feet,” Bowers said.

Donations can be made to https://humanesocietywarrencounty.com/donate/.

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ABOVE: On Tuesday, the Humane Society of Warren County accepted 30 animals — four dogs and 26 cats — from one home due to an eviction. RIGHT: A couple of the cats brought into the Humane Society of Warren County after a tenant had been evicted.

Derby Downer

By KIP RITENOUR

The Warren Sentinel

I was all excited and ready to watch the Kentucky Derby last Saturday – then the news came.

Forte, the 3-1 betting favorite to win the Derby, was scratched just hours before post time.

Forte, who was born in nearby Clarke County, was an easy choice to root for. A local horse to cheer on.

For those who forget, perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time was Virginia’s own Secretariat. Maybe I was hoping Forte could be the next Secretariat.

Forte was scratched during a morning soundness check because of concerns about a bruised right foot.

No triple crown shot for the three-year colt, who came into the race undefeated at 6-0.

To make matters worse, Forte may not be able to run in the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness in Baltimore.

Kentucky racing ofcials placed Forte on a mandatory 14-day veterinary list that may require the colt to pass a soundness test in Maryland in order to race.

The bottom line is that Maryland veterinarians must be convinced that Forte is able to race, maybe just hours before.

Hopefully Forte will be able to prove how good of a horse he is in a couple of weeks and possibly dash the Triple Crown hopes of Derby winner Mage – the horse who overtook Two Phil’s down the stretch.

Of course Forte, the trainers and the veterinarians will be under even more scrutiny in the coming days because of the cloud that hangs over the horse racing industry, particulary at Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby.

During Derby Week, seven horses have died or were euthanized.

Chloe’s Dream, a 3-year-old gelding, and Freezing Point, a 3-yearold colt, were injured in their races on the Derby undercard and had to be put down.

Two of the horses that died earlier in the week were trained by Saf e Joseph Jr., who was suspended inde nitely by the track. An investigation has yet to determine the causes of the deaths of his horses.

It was the rst time since 1936 that more than ve horses were scratched before the Derby.

The deaths at Churchill Downs brings back some unpleasant memories from 2019, when 42 horses died at Santa Anita Park in California.

Reforms have been institued since then to make sure the horse racing industry follows stricter guidelines for equine health, but can more be done?

It will be interesting to see what takes place in Baltimore on race day.

I’m hoping the biggest news of the week is of the race, the competitiors and race fans celebrating the health and the triumphs of the horses.

Hawks sweep NW District Class 3 meet

By KIP RITENOUR

The Warren Sentinel

FRONT ROYAL – A week before the Northwestern District Class 3 Track and Field Championship, Skyline coach Richard Allanson believed both his boys and girls teams could win the title.

The veteran coach was spot on as the Hawks boys team won with 151 points to easily outdistance rival Warren County by 38 points and the Skyline girls tied with Brentsville with 109 points to share the team title. Warren County nished fourth with 92 points. “We had a good meet,” Allanson said. “Especially with Ahsan (Abul-Qasim) at best, half speed.”

Qasim, the Skyline boys top point producer for much of the season, returned from a sickness for the district meet, and despite not being quite 100 percent, managed to pile up enough points to help push the Hawks to the boys

Lady Hawks win streak reaches ve

Skyline has won eight of nine during run

By KIP RITENOUR The Warren Sentinel

FRONT ROYAL – The Skyline

Hawks softball team remained red-hot, winning their fth consecutive game on Monday, 7-1 over Meridian in Falls Church.

Skyline broke open a scoreless contest in the fourth by scoring ve runs.

That was more than enough for senior pitcher Peyton Kaufman, who allowed just one Mustang hit and struck out 13.

Senior Jamie Kelly provided the big blow with a two-run homer. Taylor Reel added a double and a single, as did teammate Madison Jenkins. Makenna Amos also doubled and singled for the Hawks. The win on Monday over

Skyline rallies past Warren County

By TOMMY KEELER JR.

For the Sentinel

FRONT ROYAL — After falling behind to crosstown rival Warren County, Skyline’s baseball team didn’t inch last week at Bing Crosby Stadium.

The Hawks responded with a big inning, took the lead and held on for an 11-5 Class 3 Northwestern District win.

“When we were down in the rst couple innings everybody’s energy started going up,” Skyline sophomore Izaiah Matthews said. “When someone else got (their energy) up, everybody else got (their energy) up and that’s how our mentality goes.”

The Hawks (10-4, 3-1 Class 3 Northwestern) grabbed an early lead with a run in the top of the rst. Sam Barber and Ian Talbott led off the game with

The Skyline Hawks baseball team lost a heartbreaker on Monday, 5-4, on the road to Meridian. The Hawks took a 4-2 lead in the top of the eighth, but Skyline reliever Cayden Morris ran into trouble in the bottom of the inning by walking back-to-back batters to load the bases with two outs.

The Mustangs Zander Greene then doubled in

back-to-back hits, and Ryan Curl’s sacri ce y RBI gave the Hawks a 1-0 lead.

Skyline added another run in the third inning on an RBI single by Cameron Morris for a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third the Wildcats responded. Warren County’s Landon Shell and Gavin Dodson drew back-to-back walks to start the inning off Skyline freshman starting pitcher Cameron Kerns. Warren County’s Adam Andlinger singled to load the bases with no outs.

Skyline baseball coach Tyler Settle then brought in Matthews to try to get out of the jam.

Matthews hit Warren County’s Matthew Lynch with a pitch to score a run. Seb France hit a ground

a pair of runs to tie the game. Moments later a wild pitch plated the winning run for Meridian. Morris led the Hawks at the plate with a pair of singles and two runs scored. Kaiden Brown, Ryan Curl and Sam Barber also added hits for Skyline.

Last Friday the Hawks fell once again to NW District leading Brentsville 12-1 in ve innings. Barber doubled in the

rst inning and came around to score on Curl’s RBI single for the Hawks only run of the game.

Izaiah Matthews and Cameron Kerns each

added a hit for the Hawks in the loss.

Skyline (10-6, 3-3 NWD) will host Manassas Park on Friday.

The Warren County softball team (6-12_ lost another close game on Monday, this time 5-4 to William Monroe in extra innings.

Warren seized the lead in the top of the eighth as Cloee Wrye doubled and then scored on an in eld

error.

However, the Dragons responded in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs to win the game, fueled by Kara BakerJones RBI triple and Kiersten Jenkinss walk-off single.

Olivia Kelly tripled an singled for the Wildats and Sara Waller added a pair of singles.

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Skyline’s Anisha Carter stretches for a little more distance in the girls long jump. Carter finished third overall.

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Warren County’s DJ Rizzon finished second in the shot and won the discus for the Wildcats.

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Skyline senior Peyton Kaufman (left) is greeted by her teammates at home plate after slugging a home run during the Hawks win over rival Warren County last week.

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Skyline’s Kaden Rutledge and Sam Barber are all smiles after scoring during the Hawks 11-5 comeback win over rival Warren County last Wednesday.

title. Qasim was part of the Hawks 1,600 relay team that nished second, and the 400 relay team that claimed third. Qasim also nished second in the long jump (19-08.50) and rst in the 400 (52:88).

Other top performers for the Hawks was Marcellis Diamond (high jump, rst, 5-10, long jump, third, 19-01, triple jump, third, 38-05, 110 hurdles, rst, 16.28, 300 hurdles, rst, 42.36), Isaiah Maxwell (high jump, second, 5-04, triple jump, fth, 35-07), Alijah James (long jump, fourth, 19-00), Kaipha Brown (triple jump, second, 39-01, 110 hurdles, third, 17.89, 300 hurdles, third, 43.26), Marcus Lambert (discus, second, 119-03, 100, fth, 12.12), Marques Lockhart (shot put, fth, 37-02), Ben Arp (400, third, 55.30), Reese Sperry (800, rst, 2:03.10).

Skyline’s boys won the 3,200 relay (Louden Schucker, Arp, Sebastian Bieker, Sperry, 8:54.08),

nished second in the 1,600 relay (Abul-Qasim, Arp, Brown, Schucker, 3:42.39) and nished third in the 400 relay (AbulQasim, Diamond, James, Lambert, 45.94). Skyline’s girls team was led by Anisha Carter (long jump, third, 14-09.50, triple jump, fourth, 3003, 100 hurdles, second, 17.84, 300 hurdles, rst, 50.91), Kayla Haislop (discus, rst, 104-01, shot put, rst, 33-07), Jenaeh Maldonaldo (100 hurdles, fth, 19.81), Ava Bordner (1,600, second, 5:13.65, 800, rst, 2:22.95), Scarlett Flores (400, rst, 1:03.24), Kaya Bieker (300 hurdles, third, 54.38) and Ashley Gambill (3,200, fourth, 13:08.98). Skyline’s girls won the 1,600 relay (Kaitlyn Antonelli, Bieker, Bordner, Carter, 4:26.99) and nished second in the 3,200 relay (Antonelli, Megan Arp, Allison Sears, Flores, 11:00.68).

Warren County coach

Mike Tanner said he was pleased overall with the

Wildcats runnerup nish in the boys meet and the Lady Wildcats fourth place nish.

“Two respectable showings,” Tanner said. “The girls team is small, we could’ve used a few more atletes in a couple of critical areas.”

Tanner said he was

pleased that Shea Henson’s second and teammate Shelton Morris’ fourth in the 400 was a highlight as the duo also teammed up with Blaise and Simon Skube to win the boys 4x400 relay.

“It was a good way to cap off the meet,” Tanner said. “Skyline was just too

strong in too many areas for us to make up the difference, but a team runnerup is something to be proud of, and most importantly, build off of heading into regionals.”

Warren County’s boys were led by Noah Charland (triple jump, fourth, 37-00), D.J. Rizzo (discus, rst, 143-07, shot put, second, 42-08), Dagan Wayland (discus, third, 113-09, shot put, fourth, 39-09), Malachi Vinson-Proctor (discus, fth, 97-10, shot put, rst, 44-10), Tyberius Carter (shot put, third, 41-01), Blaise Skube (110 hurdles, fourth, 17.99, 300 hurdles, second, 42.91), Raymond Dingess (110 hurdles, fth, 19.13), Clayton Rankin (1,600, third, 4:48.87, 3,200, second, 10:25.41), Shea Henson (400, second, 53.56), Shelton Morris (400, fourth, 55.58) and Simon Skube (300 hurdles, fourth, 45.19). Warren County’s boys won the 1,600 relay (3:41.64) and nished second in the 3,200 relay

(9:09.11).

Warren County’s girls were led by Faith Schultz (high jump, rst, 4-10, long jump, rst, 15-08, 100 hurdles, rst, 17.27), Tegan Mellish (discus, fourth, 84-02), Lily Kashner (shot put, fourth, 25-03), Isabella Eriksson (1,600, fth, 5:45.70, 3,200, third, 12:28.27), Amber Riley (400, second, 1:04.59), Nicole Ranney (800, fourth, 2:35.86) and Kaley Tanner (3,200 rst, 11:41.23).

Warren County’s girls won the 3,200 relay (10:24.28), nished second in the 1,600 relay (4:31.32) and nished fourth in the 400 relay (56.99).

The Region 3B meet will be on May 24, at Warren County High School. “Regionals will be very tough,” Allanson said. “Maggie Walker, Culpepper, and Caroline all have very good teams. The boys should be very close. Ava Bordner, Marcellis Diamond and Ashan should be favorites in several events.”

Meridan was the Hawks eighth in their last nine games and improved wtheir record to 11-5 overall and 6-0 in Class 3 Northestern District play.

“They are coming together now,” Skyline coach John Ritter said. “The hitting part gets contagious and everyone starts to step up.”

Skyline has outscored their opponents 59-15 during its ve-game winning streak.

“It took them a little while to get going and they are a lot more comfortable now,” Ritter noted. “Also getting to play more games helps too.”

Last Friday the Hawks came up with a huge 13-10 comeback win on the road over the Brentsville Tigers.

Skyline trailed 9-4 after ve innings before scoring six runs in the top of sixth to grab a one run lead.

The Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the sixth at 10-10, but the Hawks bats remained hot as they scored three more runs in the top of the seventh.

4-for-4.

In all, Skyline pounded out 20 hits in the win.

Last Wednesday the Hawks took care of cross-town rival Warren County 6-1 in a make-up game.

The Hawks were led by Kaufman, who clubbed her fth homer of the season and red a complete game ve-hitter with seven strikeouts.

“Peyton has pitched pretty well for most of the year and she is swinging the bat well too,” Ritter said. “She has ve homeruns so that’s pretty good. She is playing very well on both ends.”

Reel added a double and a single and Kelly a RBI double.

Haley Robinson was responsible for the Wildcats lone run with a home run. Madelyn Ramsey added two hits to the Warren attack.

The Hawks appear to hitting on all cylinders as the postseason looms in the coming weeks.

Olivia Lacombe had a big day at the plate for the Lady Hawks, slugging two homers and knocking in ve runs. Kelly added a homer and three doubles and Jenkins went

like every kid was coming up there hitting barrels, and it was a matter of if it was going to nd a hole or not — obviously a few of those we did.”

“This is where you want to be at this time of year,” Ritter said. “We are pitching well, hitting well and playing good deffense.You hope you are peaking at the right time.” ball, which resulted in a elder’s choice and scored another run to tie the game at 2-2. With two outs, another run scored on an error to give Warren County a 3-2 lead. Matthews then got out of the inning on a groundout by Dillon Lord.

“Coming in with the bases loaded, no outs, is very rough,” Matthews said. “But I knew I could battle out of it. I’ve done it before. And I know coach Settle believes in me, he has con dence in me. I have con dence in myself, and I knew I could get out of that. I know I did give up a couple runs, but still being able to get out of it and only giving up three was still pretty good.”

Settle said even though his team was down on the scoreboard, he knew they would be OK after seeing them come back into the dugout.

“Obviously, we responded really well when they took the lead,” Settle said. “The guys were very condent coming back in the dugout. And we had already been hitting the ball really well. Throughout the whole game we hit a lot of barrels (of the bat). I felt

Skyline’s Cayden Morris and Kaden Rutledge led off the top of the fourth with back-to-back singles off Warren County relief pitcher Seb France. With one out, Sam Barber reached on an in eld single to lead the bases.

With two outs, Curl was hit by a pitch to tie the game at 3-3. Warren County baseball coach Mike Detweiler then brought in Adam Andlinger to pitch.

Matthews took the rst pitch and drilled a deep y ball to left eld, which resulted in a two-base error and scored all three runners for a 6-3 Skyline lead.

“I felt like I got a lot of it,” Matthews said. “It was straight down the middle. He threw it to me right in my sweet spot, and I felt like I got a good bit of the ball.”

Once the Hawks had the momentum they didn’t let go. They added three more runs in the top of the fth and two more in the top of the sixth.

The two teams combined for 11 errors, including six by the Wildcats.

“I think we competed for

the most part throughout the game,” Detweiler said. “Honestly one or two plays goes a different way, and

it’s a different ball game. We catch that y ball out in left eld and that inning doesn’t happen. ...Our pitchers only had one walk — that’s what you ask them to do — and we ended up having six errors.”

Warren County (4-10, 0-4 Class 3 Northwestern) was led at the plate by France with a double, a single, an RBI and a run scored. Andlinger and Hunter Winters each had a single and a run scored for Warren County.

The game between the two rivals was supposed to be played on Tuesday but was postponed due to wet eld conditions. The postponement put both teams in a bind.

Warren County will be playing three games in three days, as the Wildcats take on Manassas Park and Meridian on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

“We got to get our mindset right moving forward,” Detweiler said. “We’ve asked the guys with seven games left to play (going into Wednesday’s game) we’ve got to take four of them. Now we’re down to six games to win four games. In my mind that’s what we got to do to make

the playoffs. We’ll see what we’re going to do.”

The Hawks had 12 hits, the fourth straight game in which they have reached double digits in hits. Curl had a double, a single, two RBIs and two runs scored; Barber had two singles, an RBI and two runs scored for Skyline. Cameron Morris had a single, two RBIs and a run scored, and Kaiden Brown had a double, a single and two runs scored for Skyline.

The Hawks also have a tough schedule with three games against the top half of the Class 3 Northwestern District in ve days. They start the tough stretch playing at rstplace Brentsville.

“We know we’re going to get their best on the mound, and they’re going to get our best on the mound,” Settle said. “Last time we went up big early, and then kind of fell apart. They had the bats going. But us getting up big early off their number one (pitcher) let us know we’re right there. As long as they don’t have 15, 16 hits again then we give ourselves a chance to win that game. And we’re hot right now, so we’ll try to keep the train rolling.”

— From Staff Reports

PAUL RANNEY PHOTO /FOR THE SENTINEL Rivals and friends. Skyline’s Scarlett Flores (left) and Ava Bordner (right) plants a kiss on Warren County’s Kaley Tanner after the Northwestern District Class 3 Track and Field Championship.

RENEE ROBINSON PHOTO /FOR THE SENTINEL Skyline’s Taylor Reel is caught in a rundown between third and home as Warren’s Atori Lane (left) and Madelyn Ramsey close in for the putout.

RICH COOLEY PHOTO /FOR THE SENTINEL Warren County’s Matthew Lynch tracks down a Skyline flyball during the crosstown rival game last week. Skyine won 11-5.

Last Friday the Wildcats dropped a 7-3 decision at home to Meridian. Madelyn Ramsey led the Lady Wildcats with

a double and RBI and Haley Robinson added a single. The Warren County baseball team fell to 5-11

on the season last Friday, losing 2-0 to Meridian. The Mustangs scored the only runs they would need in the top of the

rst. The Wildcats managed just three hits in the game, a double by Landon Pond and singles from Matthew Lynch

and Gavin Dodson. The Warren County girls soccer team improved to 5-6 overall with a 9-1 romp over Manassas Park last Thursday.

Bridget Hay had a hat trick for the Wildcats and Kaitlin Camerson added two goals.

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1. Is the book of 2 Revelation (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?

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The Weekly Pulpit

Loving God on a Human Scale

By Rev. Ingrid Chenoweth, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Do you ever think about just how vast God is? Lately I’ve been wondering — it’s one thing to know in my mind that God loves me and everyone else — but it’s another to imagine God needing or even rejoicing in my tiny human efforts at loving God back. God created everything! In Psalm 50 God says, “Every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the eld is mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that is in it is mine.” How do we love something as vast as God?

It might have been a little easier to love God, I think, when Jesus walked the earth. Then we could have loved him when he was a bright-eyed child, or a gangly teenager learning the right techniques for cutting wood or stone, working next to Joseph as they built furniture and plows and houses. We can easily imagine how we might have traveled with the disciples from village to village, listening to him talk. We women imagine making food and clothes for Jesus and the male disciples. We can even imagine ourselves watching Jesus carry his

cross — holding it on our own shoulders for a while like Simon did after Jesus fell, or helping Jesus wipe the blood and sweat out of his eyes with our headscarf, as tradition says Veronica did.

But how do we love him now that he reigns from heaven? How do we show Jesus love, now that he is risen in glory and power and doesn’t have any human needs we can help with? What could we possibly do for God?

I think Jesus clues us in on just how we might love him better — especially after he’s raised and taken up into heaven — with the second part of this greatest commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself. Maybe we can reword it just a bit: Love your neighbor as Jesus himself.

We love God by seeing Jesus clearly in the faces of the people around us. We love him when we remind ourselves that when we give love to those around us, we love him as well. When we wipe a child’s face and love them, we are loving Jesus. When we hand a meal to an unhoused person with love, we are feeding and loving Jesus. Mother Teresa reminded us that to love

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• Bethel Assembly of God, 111 Totten Lane, worship service and kids’ church, 10:30 a.m. Visit www. bethellife.org or call (540) 635-1826.

• Browntown Baptist Church, 12 Browntown Rd, worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday school at 10 a.m. (540) 635-5924.

• Buckton Presbyterian Church, 2315 Strasburg Rd., Front Royal, Sunday School 10 a.m., worship service 11 a.m. Call (540) 635-5393, or visit Facebook page.

• Calvary Community Chapel of Front Royal, 431 West 14th St., Front Royal, has Sunday Worship Service @ 11 a.m. Website: www.3cfr.org.

• Calvary Episcopal Church, 132 N. Royal Ave., worship services 8 and 10:30 a.m. Bible study 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, midweek worship with communion 12-12:45 p.m. (540) 6352763.

• The Church at Skyline, Assembly of God, 7655 Stonewall Jackson Hwy., Sunday school 9:30 a.m. and worship service 10:30 a.m. (540) 635-9003.

• Cool Spring Church of God, 3705 Gooney Manor Loop, Browntown, has worship at 11 a.m. Sunday school at 10 a.m. All are welcome. (540) 636-6742.

• Discipleship Community Church, 922 John Marshall Hwy., has worship service at 11:15 a.m. Bible-study groups meet at 10 a.m.

• Dynamic Life Praise and Worship Center, 1600 John Marshall Hwy., worship service and children’s classes 10:30 a.m. Prayer and healing school 9:30. All-ages Bible study 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

• Fishnet Ministries Church, non-denominational, 391 Fishnet Blvd., Front Royal, has a weekly

Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. Come as you are. (540) 363-2961, www. fishnetministries.org.

• First Baptist Church, 14 W. First St., has Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. Wednesday service at 6 p.m. Call (540) 635-2122 or visit firstbaptistfr.org.

• Freedom Baptist Church, 1200 N. Shenandoah Ave., Front Royal, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., morning worship 10:45, and Sunday evening Worship 6 p.m. Bible Study Wednesdays 7 p.m. (540) 692-4353 or visit freedombchurch.com.

• Front Royal Baptist Temple, 25 W. 18th Street, Front Royal VA, 22630. 540-635-8370. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 11 a.m., Evening Service 6 p.m., Wednesday Evening 7 p.m., Wednesday Kids Bible Club 7 p.m., Wednesday Teens 7 p.m.

• Front Royal Church of the Brethren, 106 W. 13th Street, holds Sunday School at 10 a.m., and a worship service at 11 a.m. Bible study is on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at 7 p.m., and also Fridays at 10 a.m. (540) 635-2378.

• Front Royal Presbyterian Church, 115 Luray Ave, worship service 11 a.m. Call (540) 635-3894 or visit frontroyalpres.org.

• Front Royal United Methodist Church, 1 W. Main St., has worship at 10 a.m., with church school for all ages from 11:15 a.m. (540) 6352935.

• Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church, 18 W. 6th St., has worship at 9:30 a.m. Refreshments and fellowship follow. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Visit goodshepherdfrontroyal. org.

• Grace Bible Fellowship, 15 Faith

God we: “[Seek] the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening…Seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus, especially in the lowly appearance of bread, and in the distressing disguise of the poor” [goodreads.com] God choose to be incarnate, not just once but over and over again. Not just once that rst Christmas, but in every hungry and hurting human being. That’s where we can love Jesus in tangible ways. In ways that feel real.

So when I think about how I might be able to love God better, and feel God’s love more powerfully in my life, I think about the people God has given me to love, and I want to try to see Jesus more clearly in them.

On one level God doesn’t need us to love him; God is utterly complete as the three Persons of the Trinity. But incarnate in our world, Jesus does need us, as he shows up in our lonely neighbor and in all the world around us that needs our care. Be blessed as you love him, and may the love and grace of God ow ever more fully into your hearts.

Amen.

Way, Sunday school 9:30 a.m., worship 10:45 a.m. All-ages Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Visit gracebibleva.com.

• Hope Free Will Baptist Church, 75 Cedar Park Court, Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., worship at 11. All-ages Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Call (540) 636-1081. Van service for pick up. Call Dawn at (540) 622-2236.

• Living Waters Christian Church, 72 N. Lake Ave., has Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship service at 11 a.m. Call (540) 622-6320.

• Linden United Methodist Church, 13460 John Marshall Hwy., in Linden, offers Sunday morning worship service at 9:30 a.m., under Reverend Terry Hendricks. (540) 636-9497.

• Marlow Heights Baptist Church, 517 Braxton Rd., Front Royal, offers holds Sunday worship services in the sanctuary at 11 a.m. For those who cannot attend, watch the sermons on both the MHBC YouTube Channel and Facebook page on Sunday mornings. Call (540) 635-2339.

• Mount Olive Baptist Church, 7893 Senseney Ave., Middletown, has Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. Thursday night prayer is held at 7 p.m. Call (540) 667-7081.

• Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 240 Church St., has Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 11. a.m. Noon Day Prayer on Wednesdays. Call (540) 635-5612 for details.

• New Hope Bible Church, 80 North Lake Ave., Front Royal. Morning worship at 9:30 a.m., Sunday school at 11 a.m. (540) 636-8838.

• Rivermont Baptist Church, 575 Catlett Mountain Rd., has Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Wednesday service at 7 p.m. Visit rivermontchurch.com for more

details.

• Riverton United Methodist Church, 55 E. Strasburg Rd., 10:30 am. Family Worship with Children’s Church. Visit us on Facebook or at RivertonUMC.org.

• Rockland Community Church, 2921 Rockland Rd., Front Royal, has Sunday school at 10 a.m., followed by worship service and children’s church at 11 a.m. Bible Study is offered Sunday evening at 6 p.m., and again Wednesday at 11 a.m. Visit www.rocklandcommunitychurch. org or call (540) 635-8312 for further details.

• Royal Oak Community Church, 461 South St., has worship service at 11 a.m. at 461 South St. Visit royaloakchurch.com.

• Second Guildfield Baptist Church, 230 W. Duck Street, has services at 11 a.m. with Sunday School at 10 a.m. Bible school and Bible study every Monday, from 6-7 p.m. 837-2044.

• St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, 120 West Main St., has Saturday Vigil Masses at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Spanish) and Sunday Masses at 7 and 8:30 a.m. Novus Ordo Mass at 10:30 a.m. and Tridentine Mass at 12:30 p.m. visit sjtb.org.

• Shenandoah Farms Baptist Church, 5852 Howellsville Road, has Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. Bible study at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Call 837-2295 for further details.

• Skyline Baptist Church, 1200 John Marshall Hwy., has services at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Call (540) 635-4212 or visit skylinebaptist.us. Church

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Community Events & Announcements

Ask a Master Gardener

Master Gardeners are now in the Warren County Extension Office in the Warren County Government Center every Monday, except for holidays, through September to answer your gardening questions and problems. Hours are from 10:00 - 1:00. Come in or call (540) 635-4549. You can also send questions togreenhelpline.warrenco@gmail.com.

Donations Needed

Thermal Shelter, a Front Royal shelter that provides housing to homeless adult men and women through the winter months, is need of the following items: Boxer briefs (all sizes); Women’s underwear (all sizes); women’s deodorant; hair brushes; gently used/new boots; slippers; sweat pants/shirts. Thermal Shelter is located in the back parking lot of the Front Royal Presbyterian Church (115 Luray Ave). Donations may be dropped off any day after 6 p.m. For more information, follow them on Facebook at @thermalshelterfrontroyal or call (540) 892-6108.

Tax Help

Free federal, state and local tax preparation is available at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 18 W. 6th St., Front Royal. For appointments call (540) 6355859.

FREE STI Testing

Samuels Public Library, 330 East Criser Road, Front Royal, has partnered up with the AIDS Response Effort, Inc. (ARE) in Winchester to provide free testing for many STI’s, including Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Hepatitis B and C. Testing is available every first Wednesday of the month from 1pm to 4pm. Walk-ins are welcome and encouraged! For more information, call the library at (540) 635-3153 or visit them on Facebook at @samuelspubliclibrary.

Shenandoah National Park Status Alerts

Subscribers to SHENALERTS will get emergency notifications and s ignificant event texts. These alerts will include hazardous situations, road closures on Skyline Drive, wildland fires, and other significant incidents that may affect visitors’ time in Shenandoah National Park. To subscribe, text SHENALERTS to 888777. Subscribers may opt in and out at any time. No subscriber information is retained and text content will be specific to the chan nel they choose. Skyline Drive status can also be tracked via the park Facebook and Twitter feeds, or by calling (540) 999-3500, option 1, option 1.

Front Royal Town Council Meetings

Regular Town Council Meetings are held at the Warren County Government Center (220 N. Commerce Avenue) at 7 p.m. on the 4th Monday of every month.

Dates and location are subject to change due to holidays and unforeseen circumstances. Citizens are encouraged to attend the Town Council meetings to experience firsthand the operation of Town government and learn about issues confronting their elected officials.For more information, contac t (540) 635-8007 or visit www.frontroyalva.com.

Shenandoah National Park Camping Alerts

A separate information channel has been established that allows subscribers to track campground avail-ability. To subscribe, text SHEN-CAMP to 888777. On weekends, subscribers will receive an early af-ternoon text about the number of available campsites at each camp-ground. An additional text will be sent when each campground fills. Subscribers may opt in and out at any time. No subscriber information is retained and text content will be specific to the channel they choose.

AA, NA & AL-ANON Meetings, Luray

AA, NA AND AL ANON MEETINGS Al Anon, AA and NA meetings are conducted Mondays through Sundays at 23 W. Main Street in Luray. The schedule is as follows: Mondays, noon and 8 p.m. for AA; Tuesdays, noon AA and 7:30 p.m. NA; Wednesdays, noon AA and 6:30 p.m. Al Anon; Thursdays, noon AA and 8 p.m. NA; Fridays, 9 a.m. AA meeting for women, noon and 8 p.m. AA; Saturdays, noon NA and 7 p.m AA; and on Sundays, 10 a.m. AA

Front Royal Text Alerts

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AA Meetings in Page County

AA MEETINGS Alcoholics Anonymous meets from 8-9 p.m. every Wednesday at the Kibler Library, 140 E Main St, in Stanley. Those attending are asked to use the back entrance.

Warren County BOS Meetings

Board of Supervisors meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. and the Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. with the following exceptions: July – No Regular Meeting held o n first Tuesday; November – First Meeting held on the Wednesday following Election Day (if applicable); December – The only Meeting will be held on the second Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., EST. For more information, contact (540) 636-4600 or visit warrencountyva.gov.

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PANTHER was born and raised in our own back yard. There has been a feral colony nearby our shelter for the last decade. Panther is 10+ years old, very shy but incredibly gentle, and loves spending time with shelter mascot Larry in the play room.

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Luke has the cutest underbite we’ve ever seen! Just look! This handsome big boy is looking for his furever family! He is a 5 year old bulldog mix who just wants love. He’s a big goofy boy with a heart of gold. He loves to play, go on long walks and give big hugs.

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Cookie

Cookie is a spayed fox hound mix who turns 7 in May. She is extremely sweet, friendly and playful. She loves everyone! As her name suggests, she loves her dog cookies! She absolutely LOVES squeaky toys and going on long walks. Cookie has lived with children and another female dog who was said to be her best pal.

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