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By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
Warren County has a new cham-
pion – 11-year-old Gabrielle
“Gabby” Beville of Linden won
the 011 Soap Box Derby World
Championship (stock models) in
Akron, Ohio the weekend of July
0-1.
Gabrielle carries on a tradition
of Soap Box Derby excellence
from her father, James, who won
the Washington D.C. local in
1975.
But it was a title that almost
didn’t happen.
It seems in this age of computer
and Internet video reality and
games, Soap Box Derby and its
proud tradition established in
1934 of encouraging hands-on
work by kids and their families
making their own gravity-pro-
pelled vehicles for competition
has fallen out of vogue.
Gabrielle’s mom Trina ex-
plained.
“Te AASBD (All American
Soap Box Derby) almost went
under last year. People lost in-
terest in it and they were almost
broke. Corbin Bernsen heard
about it and has made it his goal
to try and breathe new life into
it. He wrote and directed a flm
called ‘5 Hill’. I feel we need to
get the word out and try and get
kids back into racing. I am sure
there are lots of kids out there
that don’t even know about it,”
Trina Beville says.
What better way – at least on
the local front – than to have
your kid win it all?
Te champ agrees.
“I want to help Soap Box Derby.
It is a great sport and it is good
for families. You are together and
you meet the neatest people. Less
and less people are doing it and
I hope it doesn’t go away. I want
to tell everyone how wonderful
it is and that they should try it,”
Gabrielle says.
We asked about the impact of
her father’s past experience with
Soap Box Derby on her interest.
“It was weird, but he never re-
ally talked too much to me about
it. One day last year we were in
Winchester and they were having
a race there. My dad got all excit-
ed and we watched it. He asked if
I would be interested and I said
yes, that it seemed really cool. He
found my car on Craig’s List and
we started building it.
“My daddy is really smart. When
he raced, it would take 9 months
to build a car. He is really good
at making things. We asked a
lot of questions at the races and
two people there, Chris and Jim
Hagan, really helped me. Tey
helped us get my car in perfect
balance and shape and gave me
lots of pointers,” Gabrielle said
with a nod to other mentors.
So how did this sudden interest
develop in sudden success, we
asked.
“People tell me I am a very good
driver. I get down really low in
my car and I make a straight line
all the way down,” she says of her
gravity-driven driving style. “I
have been racing for a little over
a year. My very frst race I was
amazed that I got third place in
the Winchester local. I had only
a couple hours practice on a hill
over by the Rock Harbor golf
course.
“Ten I started doing rallies and
did pretty good. I got a couple
Sports
Both Gabrielle and her parents hope that other youngsters will get involved and up the ante on region-
al Soap Box Derby competition … Te Culpeper Regional Soap Box Derby may be contacted, attention
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Proud mom Trina listens as Gabrielle is honored by
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seconds and lots of fnishes in
the middle. We started going to
Culpeper for their rallies and the
very frst one, I got frst place all
4 races. Ten the next Culpeper
Rally, I got 3 frst places. – I really
like Culpeper – my nick-name is
‘Te Gabinator’ – and with all the
frst places I had earned enough
points to qualify for Te All-
American Soap Box Derby.”
Dad Jim explains the efort be-
gan virtually by accident.
“Two years ago Gabrielle, Trina
and I stumbled upon the Win-
chester City race on Cameron
Street. Six months later we found
a car on Craig’s List and decided
to try racing just for fun and nos-
talgia. Te car, no longer scratch
built, are kits that are very simple
to assemble.
“Gabrielle and I built the car
and found a rally organization in
Maryland to race with. We found
that now racers can race year
round in the rally system and
even qualify for the nationals as a
rally champion.”
After his daughter qualifed with
her string of wins in Culpeper,
Jim admits to the addition of one
part to his daughter’s car that
may have helped in Akron.
“When we were working on
Gabrielle’s car preparing it for
the nationals, we taped a small
fberglass sliver from my brother
Steve’s old race car in the body of
Gabrielle’s car so Steve could ride
along with Gabrielle at Akron.
You see, Steve was struck down
by brain cancer 10 years ago and
couldn’t be with us to watch Gab-
by race. Well as you know, Gabri-
elle did race, like a true champion
– a world champion. I think may-
be Steve was there after all.”
Phew – talk about a family en-
deavor!
Mom says the thrill of victory
– and just racing – isn’t limited to
her young driver.
“I never get tired of watching
my girl come down the hill. It is
poetry in motion. I love that she
and her dad work on it and are a
team. I love watching them work
together and talk,” mom says.
For her part, Gabrielle was both
excited and amazed at what she
accomplished.
“Tis was my very frst trip to
Akron. It was fun and I never
thought I would win. I was just so
Like father, like daughter - Gabby’s dad with the 1975
Soap Box Derby racer he won DC locals with.
The champ with car, trophy and an All-American
backdrop
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happy to have made it there that I
would have been happy with any-
thing. So yes, I surprised me, my
parents and everyone! It is amaz-
ing to only be racing for a year
and go out and win the world
championship. I am still stunned
– I love racing!”
So what’s next for Warren
County and Linden’s own World
Champion?
“Now that I won the stock car
world championship, I can’t go
back unless I race a diferent car.
Te day we came home from Ak-
ron, my dad started working on
my new Super Stock. I guess we
will be living in the garage for
awhile. I really want to race Ulti-
mate speed cars. I like to go fast!
“And I am lucky to have my par-
ents to help me. Tey told me we
would keep racing as long as I
have fun.”
Sounds to us like Gabrielle’s go-
ing to be racing for quite awhile –
so roll your sleeves up, daughter
and dad pit crew – Super Stock
is next.
Both Gabrielle and her parents
hope that other youngsters will-
get involved and up the ante on
regional Soap Box Derby compe-
tition.
Gabrielle is ready for the chal-
lenge.
How about you?
Te Culpeper regional Soap Box
Derby may be contacted, atten-
tion Frankie Gilmore, by phone
at 540-85-8799 or e-mail at
– info@culpepersoapboxderby.
com
[email protected]
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Black & White
Public safety
Linamen accused the ofcer of “treason” and “not upholding his oath”. Lina-
men’s 1986 Ford van sported a bumper sticker reading “Oath Keepers”.
Driver’s license from ‘Heaven’ nets arms charge
Convicted felon arrested here with loaded pistol, militia bumper sticker
By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
Randy R. Linamen of 874 Round
Lane, Manassas, was arrested on
arms and unlicensed driving charg-
es following a bizarre encounter
with Front Royal Police at a DUI
checkpoint the evening of July 30.
According to a July 31 FRPD press
release, Linamen was stopped at
the DUI checkpoint shortly after
10 p.m. Saturday night. Te 59-
year-old Linamen frst produced
a Driver’s License issued from the
“Kingdom of Heaven”.
Questioned further about his li-
cense by FRPD Detective Jason
Winner, Linamen accused the of-
cer of “treason” and “not upholding
his oath”. Linamen’s 1986 Ford van
sported a bumper sticker reading
“Oath Keepers” (see ‘Background’
and ‘Militia’ subheaders below).
As his conversation with Lina-
men progressed – perhaps Win-
ner was inquiring how Linamen
got his heavenly credentials, which
in a Dillon Rule state like Virginia
hold no weight without enabling
state legislation – another ofcer at
the scene, Detective Jason Lethcoe,
noticed two revolver speed loaders
on the center console of the van.
As this troubling variable entered
the already bizarre equation, Win-
ner asked Linamen to exit his ve-
hicle. Linamen then began to drive
away from the checkpoint before
being convinced by the ofcers,
who had unholstered their side-
arms, that leaving was not an ad-
visable course of action.
With both the vehicle and Lina-
men secured at the scene, a loaded
Dan Wesson .357 caliber handgun
was discovered in the driver’s door
pocket of the van.
A sweep of the vehicle also pro-
duced what appeared to be three
pipe bombs under the front driver’s
seat of the vehicle. A State Police
Bomb Technician was requested
to the scene. He cleared the vehicle
and declared the “pipe bomb” ob-
jects safe since they contained no
explosive materials.
Linamen was transported to the
Warren County Jail and charged
with illegal possession of a frearm
by a convicted felon and operat-
ing a motor vehicle after being de-
clared a habitual ofender. Winner
informed us Linamen’s previous
felony convictions were all trafc
related.
Linamen is being held without
bond at the Warren County Jail
and has a General District Court
date of August 16 at 10 a.m. During
an Aug. bond hearing a Shenan-
doah County public defender was
named to represent Linamen. At
press time he remained incarcer-
ated at the Warren County Jail
without bond.
Background search
An online search of Linamen indi-
cated he had a March 003 appeal
rejected by the U.S. Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals. Te federal ap-
peals court dismissal stated Lina-
men had not met the necessary
criteria to prove his lower court
conviction did not meet procedural
standards or violated his Constitu-
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Public safety
Black & White
Oath Keepers was founded in March 009 by Stewart Rhodes, a former US paratrooper,
Yale Law School graduate, and stafer for sometime Republican presidential candidate
Ron Paul.
Freedom Fighter Register” states in
part:
“YOUR SITE SURGES WITH
THE FRESH AIR OF TRUTH!!! I
recently spent 56 months in a Vir-
ginia prison. I’ve been DENIED
“fndings of fact and conclusions
of law” required by BOTH state
and federal statutes … For over 5
years! Our government’s relying
on unconstitutional IMMUNITY.
Which is EXACTLY what our
Nation’s founders attempted to
PROHIBIT in our Constitution’s
“Nobility” provisions … U.S. Su-
preme Court Clerks (attorneys)
are now attempting to protect their
own self-presumed Nobility along
with that of the brotherhood (self-
monitoring bar associations). Tis
case is about Sixth Amendment
“Assistance of Counsel” and court
procedure. Anyone telling you dif-
ferently is attempting to mislead. If
you’d like EVERY citizen held re-
sponsible for their actions. As you
and I certainly will be. Ten our
founder’s intent concerning “No-
bility” NEEDS DETERMINATION
IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
Whether they WANT to deal with
the issue or not! … STAND WITH
ME AMERICA! WE’RE LOS-
ING THE RIGHTS THIS FINE
WEBSITE SUPPORTS. FAST …”
(punctuation & capitalization in
context)
As for the bumper sticker on
Linamen’s van, an online search of
“Oath Keepers” turned up a web-
site with the introductory slogan
– “Oath Keepers: Guardian of the
Republic – Honor Your Oath – Join
us.” A list of state chapters was not
accessible without frst becoming a
dues-paying member.
According to Wikipedia and other
online sources, Oath Keepers was
founded in March 009 by Stewart
Rhodes, a former US paratrooper,
Yale Law School graduate, and
stafer for sometime Republican
presidential candidate Ron Paul.
Te Oath Keeper “Home Page”
explains, “Oath Keepers is a non-
partisan association of currently
serving military, reserves, National
Guard, peace ofcers, and veterans
who swore an oath to support and
defend the Constitution against all
enemies, foreign and domestic …
and meant it.
“Our oath is to the Constitution,
not to the politicians, and that oath
will be kept. We won’t ‘just follow
orders.’ … Te fate of unborn mil-
lions will now depend, under God,
on the Courage and Conduct of
this Army - and this Marine Corps,
Tis Air Force, Tis Navy and the
National Guard units of these sov-
ereign states.”
Te Southern Poverty Law Center
has accused the Oath Keepers of
racism and point to its emergence
in the wake of the election of the
frst black President of the United
States. According to Wikipedia,
founder Rhodes has dismissed ac-
cusations of racism against the
Oath Keepers, stating that he is
both part Mexican and Native
American.
Be that as it may, one might won-
der where Rhodes’ commitment to
preservation of the U.S. Constitu-
tion was during the eight years pri-
or to the election of Barack Obama
when the so-called Patriot Act was
assailing Constitutional protec-
tions for all U.S. citizens.
Militia in our midst?
In an extensive March-April 010
Mother Jones’ exploration of the
group, Justine Sharrock wrote,
“Glenn Beck loves them. Tea Par-
tiers court them. Congressmen lis-
ten to them. Meet the fast-growing
‘patriot’ group that’s recruiting sol-
diers to resist the Obama adminis-
tration.”
Of her time with one active-
duty military member of the Oath
Keepers, Sharrock wrote (“Pray”
is the pseudonym he used), “In
Pray’s estimate, it might not be
long (months, perhaps a year) be-
fore President Obama fnds some
pretext – a pandemic, a natural
disaster, a terror attack – to im-
pose martial law, ban interstate
travel, and begin detaining citizens
en masse. One of his fellow Oath
Keepers, a former infantryman, ad-
vised me to prepare a ‘bug out’ bag
with 39 items including gas masks,
ammo, and water purifcation tab-
lets, so that I’d be ready to go ‘when
the sh*t hits the fan.’
“When it does, Pray and his bud-
dies plan to go AWOL and make
their way to their ‘fortifed bunker’
– the home of one comrade’s par-
ents in rural Idaho – where they’ve
stocked survival gear, generators,
food, and weapons. If it becomes
necessary, they say, they will turn
those guns against their fellow sol-
diers,” Sharrock wrote.
In a 009 report “Te Second
Wave: Return of the Militias” the
Southern Poverty Law Center
(SPLC) stated the Oath Keepers
“may be a particularly worrisome
example of the Patriot revival.” Te
author of that report, Larry Keller,
described Oath Keeper Richard
Mack as a “longtime militia hero”
and quoted him as having said,
“Te greatest threat we face today
is not terrorists; it is our federal
government …”
Keller wrote that Mack, himself
a former sherif, called for depen-
dence on local authorities, most
prominently sherifs “to stand
against federal intervention and
federal criminality.”
Mack publicly denounced the
SPLC claims about him and the or-
ganization.
So, is Manassas resident Randy
Richard Linamen just a fan; or
perhaps a member of an armed,
right-wing militia whose slogans
he references and whose paranoid
vision of directed persecution from
a federal Big Brother, he seems to
share?
Te answer may or may not ex-
plain his armed presence in Front
Royal the evening of July 30 – and
whether the Oath Keepers have
followed the settling of others of a
similar “heaven-sent”, right-wing,
anti-government ideological bent
here into Front Royal and Warren
County.
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Open letter to
Frank Wolf
Dear Congressman Wolf:
Stop this bickering over the
compromise to a defcit reduc-
tion plan and raising the debt ceil-
ing. Tell your fellow Republicans
that any savings that you intend
to receive through your stub-
bornness will all be eliminated
when this country goes into de-
fault and billions, if not trillions
of dollars will be lost due to the
economic damage that it causes
in this country. Te “just say no”,
and “my way or the highway”
partisan philosophy has got to
stop if this country is to continue
to be the leader of the free world.
Te wealthy are not immune to
sharing the burden of the social
contract, regardless of how many
jobs they create. Tey received
the beneft of “lower taxes” for
many years under previous ad-
ministrations and we just can’t
subsidize them anymore.
Enough is enough. If the Re-
publicans do not fnd a solution
to compromise, I and many like
myself will surely fnd retribution
at the polling booths in 01.

Respectfully,
Jerry Scholder
Front Royal, VA.
(Managing Editor’s note: After
this letter was written a “compro-
mise” was passed by the House
and Senate and signed by the
President coupling raising the
debt ceiling with massive future
budget cuts and no moves to add
to the federal revenue stream.
Congress had previously raised
the US debt ceiling 17 times dur-
ing the Reagan years, 5 times
under George H.W. Bush, 4 times
under Bill Clinton, and 7 times
under George W. Bush – total in
history, 102 times without such a
fuss. At issue now is whether the
American economic recovery and
average citizens were “thrown un-
der the bus” of the bipartisan, cor-
porate-billionaire-friendly agree-
ment. Tat agreement, among
other things, launches studies of
cuts to Medicare, Social Security
and other government programs
without allowing the raising of
taxes on the rich that continue at
all-time modern lows to be on the
table of the coming “Gang of 12”
committee discussion.)
Town road work closes south Criser on Aug. 9
Te Front Royal Department of Environmental Services will have
a 100-foot section of the westbound lane of Criser Rd (by Joe’s
Steakhouse) closed on Tuesday, August 9, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for
water and sewer line maintenance. Please expect some delays and
plan your travel accordingly and watch for fagmen directing traf-
fc.
Due to the work, water will be of periodically throughout the day
in the area of W. Criser Rd from Royal Ave to Parkview Dr. Te wa-
ter outage could cause some temporary discoloration of the drink-
ing water; however the water is safe to drink. To clear the water, a
cold tap should be turned on and allowed to run until it clears. Te
water should also be checked for discoloration before running it
into the washing machine.
If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Envi-
ronmental Services at 540-636-6338.
Warren Democrats prepare for November
Caucus at Samuels Library Saturday, Aug. 6
Tree Democratic candidates fled a certifcate of candidacy with
the Chair of the Warren County Democratic Committee by the fl-
ing deadline of 5:00 on August 3, 011.
Wanda Bryant was the only candidate fling with the Chair of the
Warren County Democratic Committee for the ofce of County
Treasurer. She will be the Democratic nominee for that seat.
Two candidates, Glenn White (incumbent North River Super-
visor) and Chris Holloway (!??!) (Front Royal Town Councilman),
are seeking the Democratic nomination for the ofce of Warren
County Supervisor in the North River District. Both names will be
on the ballot at the Warren County Democratic Committee’s Cau-
cus to be held at 3 p.m., Saturday August 6 in the White Meeting
Room of the Samuels Public Library, 330 E. Criser Road in Front
Royal.
Doors will open thirty minutes prior to the caucus. Only those
arriving by 3 p.m. may participate.
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Te Warren Coalition is sponsoring an education and support
seminar featuring a recognized expert on Cyberbullying, Dr. Jus-
tin Patchin. Patchin, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research
Center, will be addressing this problem on August 5 at 6:30pm
at Warren County High School.
Patchin is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He received his Ph.D. in Crimi-
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years he has been exploring the intersection of teens and technol-
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D.R. Horton not liable for future $4k ‘tap fees’
Court yet to rule on reimbursement of an already paid $208,000
By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
After nearly two days of testimo-
ny, Warren County lost round one
of its disputed profer battle with
residential developer D.R. Horton.
Horton bought residential devel-
opment rights from Blue Ridge
Shadows (BRS) LLC, in 004.
After about a half hour of deliber-
ation following closing arguments
the afternoon of July 8, Circuit
Court Judge Designate William H.
Ledbetter Jr. ruled for the plaintif,
who contended there was no con-
tractual obligation to pay a $4,000
portion of the per-unit profer
package to the county.
Horton purchased its residential
development rights during a peri-
od of negotiations on whether the
original developer would build its
own central water-sewer system or
connect to the Town of Front Roy-
al’s central water-sewer that was
already extended to commercial
development in the county’s 5
North Corridor.
Testimony from witnesses for
both sides acknowledged a variety
of proposals involving the town,
the developer and the county. Te
town rejected any three-party
agreement and opted for a two-
party agreement with the devel-
oper, excluding the county.
When that agreement between
the town and developer was made
the county sought to institute an
additional $4,000 per unit profer,
sometimes referred to in those dis-
cussions as a “hook up fee” to the
$8,000 per unit BRS had initially
agreed to for other impacts on
county services.
After complimenting attorneys
on both sides for “a well-tried case”
despite the amount of paperwork
involved, Judge Ledbetter prefaced
his decision by explaining his per-
spective on the evidence.
“Tere are two things this case is
not about – it’s not about a profer
… and there is no agreement be-
tween the county and Horton – no
one says there is.”
Rather, the judge said the case re-
volved around the supposed verbal
agreement between the county and
BRS over fnancial compensation
involving elimination of a privately
constructed water-sewer treatment
system from the proposal.
Te originally-negotiated per
unit compensation to the coun-
ty by BRS was $8,000. However,
when the developer requested be-
ing allowed to tie into an existing
central water-sewer system (the
town’s) rather than build its own,
the county asked for the additional
$4,000 per unit upon realization of
such an agreement for existing wa-
ter-sewer service.
“Warren County says ‘we have
an agreement with Blue Ridge
Shadows that if we delete profer E
(construction of the central water-
sewer package plant) we are com-
pensated in this amount … You
can’t call it a hook-up fee, there’s
nothing to hook up to [because the
county has no central water-sewer
system].”
Testimony of County Administra-
tor Doug Stanley indicated interest
by the county in eventually taking
over and expanding a potential pri-
vately built, northside water-sewer
Developer D.R. Horton will not have to pay $4,000 por-
tion of per-unit fees on 173 future units. At issue re-
mains whether the county must reimburse company
for $208,000 in already-paid fees for 52 units already
built or with permits pulled.
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system during a period of confict
with the Town of Front Royal. Tat
confict centered on potential ex-
pansion of the town’s central wa-
ter-sewer system in the 5 North
Corridor to accommodate residen-
tial growth patterns outlined in the
county’s Comprehensive Develop-
ment Plan. However based on con-
sultant study and associated costs
of developing its own water-sewer
system the county eventually aban-
doned that idea.
County Attorney Mitchell argued
that while there was no written
agreement, a verbal agreement did
exist between the county and BRS
that the $4,000 – whatever it was
called – would be added to the per-
unit profer package in lieu of con-
struction of a central water-sewer
system by the developer.
Mitchell said that alleged verbal
agreement for “other monetary
compensations” to the county
transferred to Horton when he
bought the development rights
from BRS.
Judge Ledbetter said that while
state law allows verbal agreements
to be binding that was the case
only if there “was a meeting of the
minds” on what was being dis-
cussed verbally.
“It can be binding if the parties
intend it to be binding – I want to
emphasize that last part,” the judge
said.
It was about here I saw the writing
on the wall that things were not go-
ing to go well for the county. One
glaring fact in the case was that
throughout county discussions
with BRS and a subsequent June
15, 004 vote of approval of the
full $1,000 per unit profer pack-
age was the absence of any written
contract to that efect produced by
the county and its attorney at the
time, Douglas Napier.
“To delete the requirement of the
water-sewer system in exchange
for the $4,000 fee was subject to
the execution of a written agree-
ment between Blue Ridge Shadows
and the county. So it is not logical
… for the earlier series of letters
[discussing inclusion of the $4,000
fee] to be considered a contract,”
the judge stated.
While stating he was sympathetic
to the county plight, Judge Led-
better added pointedly that “Te
county’s own witnesses undercut
it” by admitting there always was
an intent to move toward a written
contract.
“I don’t know why it wasn’t writ-
ten … But even if it was, and I have
ruled it wasn’t, there are no legal
theories Horton would be bound
by it. No one at the county said
they had conversations with Hor-
ton about this – they were very
straightforward about that.”
Te judge pointed out that the
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basis of the county’s case revolved
around a belief Horton should have
been aware of the earlier negotia-
tions between the county and BRS
and that, that awareness based on
due diligence bound it to the verbal
agreement the county argued did
exist with the original developer.
However ruling that verbal agree-
ment did not exist, Judge Ledbetter
concluded, “Horton is not obligat-
ed to pay the $4,000 fee.”
He then added that he was not
prepared to rule on Horton’s re-
quest that it be compensated for
$08,000 it had already paid the
county in the disputed fee in order
to construct the frst 5 units of its
residential development at Blue
Ridge Shadows.
Accommodating Plaintif attorney
John Mains scheduling conficts,
Judge Ledbetter gave him 1 days
to prepare a brief on why Horton
should not be liable for the pay-
ments already made under Virginia
law on voluntary payments and
County Attorney Mitchell 10 days
to respond to that argument.
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Tree county residents honored by Wayside
Wayside Foundation for the
Arts in Middletown ducked out-
side its own Frederick County to
recognize three Warren County
residents for their outstanding
records of support for Wayside
Teatre over the past several
years.
Coincident with Wayside Te-
atre’s 50th anniversary year, the
trio Sunday received “Leo” award
medals prior to the second show
of Wayside’s “golden” season – Te
Nerd. Te Leo Award, named for
the founder of Wayside Teatre,
the late Leo M. Bernstein, was es-
tablished in 001 by the Board of
Directors of the Wayside Foun-
dation for the Arts. It recognizes
“persons who have a passion for
the theatre and its programs, and
who have demonstrated those at-
tributes over an extended period
of time.”
Foundation president John
Westervelt of White Post and Ar-
tistic Director Warner Crocker
presented the 011 Leo awards
to:
· Dewayne Coats, multi-media
consultant, Front Royal;
· Malcolm Barr, Sr., retired jour-
nalist and U.S. government pub-
lic afairs manager, Rockland;
· Craig Laird, owner of Royal
Oak Computers, Main Street,
Front Royal.
Coats has been a volunteer
usher at Wayside for 17 years.
He is also a tireless volunteer for
the Blue Ridge Arts Council. He
is recognized as a key volunteer
and consultant for the theatre’s
production team. He advises
on purchasing, installation, and
consultation on multi-media
equipment, including sound and
projection equipment. During
the temporary location at Royal
Phoenix, he set up the theatre’s
control booth, then did the same
on the return home to Middle-
town. According to his citation,
Dewayne Coats personifes the
volunteer spirit, without which
the Wayside Teatre could not
operate.
Barr, also a member of the Blue
Ridge Arts Council, served on
the Wayside Foundation board
of directors from 003 to 009,
the last year as secretary of the
board. Barr was consistently ac-
tive in a number of projects while
on the board, including assisting
Wayside Teatre with its tem-
porary re-location to the Royal
Phoenix in Front Royal for the
007-008 season while renova-
tions to the Middletown building
were achieved. His emphasis at
Wayside was on the intern pro-
gram and support for the theatre’s
educational outreach. Married to
Carol Barr, the couple has a son,
Staf Sgt. Malcolm Barr, Jr., USAF.
Te couple is active in Rockland
community events.
Laird, an active business advo-
cate in the Town of Front Royal,
has regularly sponsored Wayside
shows. More importantly, his ex-
pertise and knowledge of com-
puters and computer network-
ing were credited as valuable
resources to Wayside Teatre
for the past fve years. Married
to Robin Laird, Craig also is a
member of Wayside Fellows and
is cited as “an invaluable resource
for marketing and operations ad-
vice” to the theatre. “Simply put,
without him we couldn’t operate
with today’s technology,” the cita-
tion read.
(Info from a release - Wayside
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Patrons can obtain single tickets,
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located in Middletown, Virginia
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left, Malcolm Barr, Wayside Artistic Director Warner
Crocker, Craig Laird and DeWayne Coats.
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By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
As the Front Royal Town Council
prepared to vote on what initially
seemed a routine salary adjustment
for Acting Town Attorney George
Sonnett, “acting-like mayor” Tom
Sayre interrupted.
“I’d like to ofer a ‘friendly amend-
ment’ ” Sayre said following Vice-
Mayor Chris Holloway’s initial
motion to approve an unspecifed
salary adjustment to Sonnett’s as-
sistant town attorney’s salary of
about $68,000.
Tat amendment was to limit
Sonnett’s salary adjustment to a
maximum of $1,000 per month.
With the preface that he did sup-
port Sonnett’s appointment, efec-
tive July 0th, to serve in both his
existing position and as replace-
ment for Tom Robinett, whose res-
ignation took efect July 19, Sayre
addressed council’s “precious” trust
of being steward’s of the town’s tax
revenues that fund the municipal
government.
Apparently in Sayre’s opinion
that trust does not include raising
Sonnett’s double-duty salary to a
level comparable to what Robinett
was making as town attorney at the
time of his departure. According
to Robinett and the town’s human
resources department, the town
attorney was making a base salary
$96,98 with a benefts package
adding another $4,000 to the mix
when he left for a manager-attor-
ney position with the Eastern Shore
Town of Oonacock, population
1500, at a base salary of $90,000 per
year plus benefts.
Sayre’s “friendly” amendment
failed by a 5-1 vote with only Sayre
voting yes.
Undaunted in his vision of munic-
ipal fscal responsibility (this guy
should be in the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives – uh oh, don’t plant
such notions in that fertile imagi-
nation), Sayre revisited his theme
to ofer a second amendment, this
time limiting Sonnett’s increase to
$,000 per month.
Tis time his logic on municipal
fnancial responsibility drew more
response.
“I think what we give Mr. Sonnett,
he’ll earn,” the vice mayor said in
defense of his original motion.
Councilmen Conkey and Lauder
agreed. Conkey pointed out coun-
cil had discussed the increase in
closed session and had tentatively
agreed on an amount.
Hollis Tarpe noted the increase
would last only until council se-
lected a permanent replacement
for Robinett.
Shae Parker said he believed the
agreed-upon increase in the $3,000
per month range included benefts
– and that either way he consid-
ered it a “bargain” when compared
against Robinett and Sonnett’s
combined base salaries of about
$165,000. Even at up to $3,000 per
month in cash, Sonnett’s base sal-
ary would be increased to $104,000
if in efect a full year.
Vice-Mayor Holloway then coun-
tered Sayre’s fscal responsibility
“precious” trust by noting Sayre
had broached the idea of doubling
council salaries – about $8,000 be-
fore taxes. Holloway suggested in-
house savings might better be real-
ized by council biting the bullet on
a Sayre-broached increase equal to
about $48,000 in council salaries -
$58,000 if you include the mayor’s.
Sayre’s second amendment then
failed by the same 5-1 vote as his
frst.
Holloway’s original amendment
to approve the increase of as much
as $3,000 per month then passed
by the same 5-1 margin, you-know-
who dissenting.
As council broke to a closed ses-
sion to discuss hiring a permanent
town manager after 10 months
we asked Sonnett if he consid-
ered Sayre’s failed amendments
“friendly” or not. He just smiled in
response … see, this guy is catching
on quick to the political nuances of
life as a department head here in
River City.
What are friends for?
Sayre greets acting town attorney with calls for cheaper labor















Having served as Acting Town Manager for nearly 10 months
Steve Burke, right, will fnd out if he is in or out on a permanent
basis at the Aug. 8 Town Council meeting. Te agenda’s fnal two
items are a closed session to discuss “Prospective Candidates for
the Town Manager Position” and “Council Appointment – Town
Manager”. At left, Acting Town Attorney George Sonnett may be
wondering what friends are for after Councilman Tom Sayre’s failed
attempts at “Friendly Amendments” to have Sonnett’s temporary
pay raise for his additional duties reduced.
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Warren County Report
A year after frst taking a pro-
posal on adding Vermistabliza-
tion – essentially worm digestion
– to its sludge disposal process,
the Town of Front Royal decided
to continue to proceed carefully
before opening that particular
can of worms.
At issue for town staf is the po-
tential of creating a precedent by
allowing the town’s state permit
on sludge disposal and its land
to be used by a private, for-proft
subcontractor.
At an Aug. 1 work session, Ver-
mistabilization proponent and
practitioner Jerry Scholder reit-
erated in more detail his conten-
tion that the use of worm pro-
cessing of its raw sludge could
save a minimum of $50,000 per
year over the frst fve years of op-
eration and as much as $750,000
over that same period of time if
the town elected to become more
directly involved in the process.
Te downside of that higher end
saving is the town would assume
more risk for direct investment
and involvement in the process.
Scholder asserted the town could
save as much as $4 million de-
pending on its level of involve-
ment and length of contract
terms.
However Acting Town Manager
Steve Burke pointed to initial
pilot study expenses estimated
at $5,000 to $10,000; the use of
town land in seeking state per-
mitting for a private company
seeking a for-proft contract with
the town; as well as various other
uncertainties revolving around
dynamics of the process, includ-
ing weather, the health of the
worms and manpower associated
with the process in recommend-
ing not proceeding with the pro-
posal.
However the carrot of potential
high-dollar savings associated
with a natural, some might say
sustainable process kept the town
aboard – cautiously.
Te town currently pays
$5,000 to dispose of its approx-
imately 340 tons of “dewatered
sludge” annually.
Scholder said initial costs of his
system would be $180,000 per
year based on $600 per ton ver-
sus the $766 per ton it currently
pays.
At the root of Scholder’s pro-
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liquid sludge into more usable
dry forms, suitable for both mu-
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dening uses.
When he frst approached them
at an August 010 work session,
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tems, but also would reduce costs
by 50 percent, and will work in
conjunction with other existing
systems. Money could be saved
on everything from energy con-
sumption to equipment and la-
bor costs as well as capital expen-
ditures, Scholder contends.
However the worm entrepre-
neur may have opened his own
can of worms when he pointed
out that Harrisonburg and Stras-
burg have sludge disposal rates
from $5 to $65 per ton – “I don’t
know why your rates are so much
higher,” Scholder told council.
However unless we missed some-
thing those rates are also consid-
erably lower than his proposed
rate of $600 per ton.
Grandfathered tap fees
Retired county Victim-Witness
Protection Coordinator Rick
Steele appeared before council
asking that a grandfathered agree-
ment for people in his 1970’s an-
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nexed neighborhood on Locust
Street be honored for central wa-
ter-sewer connections.
Steele, who said he bought his
home in 1986, asked that what
he said was a promised tap fee
of $800 be honored now. Te
neighborhood was annexed into
town in the 1970’s. At the time
town central water-sewer lines
were laid down Locust Street,
Steele said homeowners were giv-
en the option of hooking in then
or at a later date at the “grandfa-
thered” rate.
Apparently some with perfectly
functioning septic systems chose
the deferred option with a locked
in price.
Steele noted the town’s tap fee
had risen to $7500 when his
niece inquired on a hook up for
his home. While he commended
staf for researching the mat-
ter and discovering that he had
been grandfathered, complica-
tions arose when he discovered
the town no longer performed
hook-up work and that a private
contractor would be required by
the applicant.
Te 78-year-old Steele called
the town’s current policy of mak-
ing existing homeowners pay pri-
vate contractors for connection
work on both their own property
and the town’s “blatantly unfair”.
Tat cost could reach $5,000 to
$35,000 he stated. Te change was
aimed more at new construction,
not existing homeowners, Steele
said.
Once it was established Steele
had been promised a grandfa-
thered rate it seemed council was
open to honoring that guaranteed
price despite its new policies.
“Why are we here talking about
it?” Vice-Mayor Chris Holloway
twice asked in the wake of veri-
fcation of the promised future
price of $800.
When we left Steele’s flibuster
of paying the private-contractor
rate, it seemed that particular
strategy was perhaps unnecessary
since a council majority (Tom
Sayre was absent) seemed ready
to honor an old promise despite
changing times.
Peyton St. parking
Council also agreed to give a
staf-recommended change to
regulations in the town’s Peyton
Street parking lot a six-month
try.
It appeared the elimination of
a fve-hour time restriction and
a prohibition on trucks weigh-
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a 1-month try. However Coun-
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By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
A crucial point in a sometimes
frustrating -year project to re-
develop a key portion of former
commercial land in the Town of
Front Royal has been reached.
Te Front Royal-Warren County
Economic Development Author-
ity (EDA) announced on Aug.
3rd that FMC Corporation has
completed its clean-up initiative
of a portion of the Avtex Fibers
Superfund Site. Tat portion is
the 160-acres comprising the
former Plant Area slated for de-
velopment as a business and light
industrial park.
FMC will prepare and deliver
its fnal report for the old Plant
Area to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency by the end of
this year.
“Tis is a momentous day,” EDA
Executive Director Jennifer Mc-
Donald said in an Aug. 3rd press
release. “It has been 1 long years
of assessment, community stake-
holders’ meetings, public-private
partnerships, design, demolition,
removal, recycling, containment,
testing, cleaning and reporting.
We are almost at the fnish line.”
At its previous day’s meeting
McDonald informed the Warren
County Board of Supervisors of
the news, calling it “exciting”.
What’s the excitement about we
asked – hadn’t she been report-
ing on this same progress for two
months?
Rather than being close to it,
FMC has actually completed the
cleanup work, setting in motion
the necessary paperwork to the
EPA that is expected to release
the property for long-sought re-
development next year.
When FMC’s fnal report has
been delivered, EPA, which has
direct oversight of the process,
will begin evaluating the work,
and will complete its assessment
and deliver a ‘letter of no further
interest’ if the work described in
the report is deemed satisfactory,
McDonald explained. Once the
EPA signs of – the timeline is es-
timated at mid-01 – EDA will
be able to throw marketing into
high gear to get the redevelop-
ment process underway.
“It has been a long road,” EDA
Chair Patty Wines said. “Tere
were times when the community
lost patience with the process.
But, we are nearly done now, and
we think this is a great accom-
plishment for our citizens.”
What was done
Te remediation work at the
Avtex Fibers Superfund Site in-
volved decontamination and
demolition of buildings; sewer
plugging and removal; sulfate/fy
ash basin closures; landfll im-
provement; viscose basin closure;
soil and groundwater remedia-
tion; and wastewater treatment
plant operations.
Since 001, numerous non-
time-critical removal actions
have been completed. Te Army
Corps of Engineers removed 65
acres of manufacturing buildings.
FMC engineered the closure of
4 fy ash basins, 5 sulfate basins
and 11 viscose basins. Eighteen
thousand gallons of fuel oil were
recycled; 5,000 tons of steel
and thousands of tons of copper,
brass and bronze were recycled;
and 15,000 tons of recovered coal
were recycled.
FMC also engineered on-site re-
use of materials. Approximately
one million cubic yards of non-
hazardous fy ash was used for
basin attic fll and grading; hun-
dreds of thousands of tons of
concrete and brick rubble were
reused for onsite drainage and
Avtex/Royal Phoenix
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This June 15, 2011 courtesy photo from FMC shows the entire site. The business
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fll; and excavated soils were re-
used for basin cover soil.
Today, the 14,000 square foot
Administration building is home
to the EDA ofces, Amerisist, the
Shenandoah Center for Heritage
and the Environment (SCHE) and
the Northern Shenandoah Valley
Regional Planning Commission.
Te EDA is currently pursuing
grants to equip and open the
SCHE museum that will describe
the history of Avtex, remediation
initiatives and future sustainable
practices.
History
Te rayon manufacturing plant
was opened in 1940 as American
Viscose, the U.S. subsidiary of a
British company, as World War
II began in Europe. Te location
was viewed a safe plant site to
produce materials for the devel-
oping Allied war efort. During
its fnal years the plant was sole
producer of materials for one
part of the U.S. space shuttle.
During its lifetime the plant was
a major pillar of the economic life
of this community.
Te plant operated under three
owners, American Viscose (1940-
63), FMC (1963-76) and Avtex Fi-
bers (1976-89) before being shut
down by the Virginia attorney
general’s ofce and Department
of Environmental Quality for
repeated water emissions viola-
tions.
After the shutdown Avtex soon
went bankrupt and the property
came under the initial control
of bankruptcy Trustee Anthony
Murray. As the sole surviving
owner, FMC eventually became
a federally-mandated cleanup
partner.
Also in 1986 the 467-acre site
was listed on the EPA Superfund
Program’s National Priorities List
and identifed as a site requiring
long-term remedial action under
Superfund. Momentum toward a
cleanup process began in 1989.
Between 1999 and 004, $3 mil-
lion dollars in federal, intergov-
ernmental funding was appropri-
ated for abatement, demolition
and rehabilitation at the site.
As recounted in our “Late Feb-
ruary” edition, former Town
Councilman and downtown
businessman Fred Foster was in-
strumental in pushing for not just
cleanup, but remediation to bring
the site back onto the town’s com-
mercial tax roll.
While Fred didn’t live to see it,
his vision seems ready to be re-
alized after a long, expensive and
arduous journey. Even with all
the bumps in the road, the project
was often lauded as a landmark
efort of federal-state-and-local
cooperation toward Superfund
redevelopment.
Te ongoing redevelopment
plan includes commercial/indus-
trial use of 160 acres east of the
railroad tracks; 31 acres of ac-
tive recreational use for soccer
felds (and the skatepark); and
40 acres of passive recreation
and wildlife conservancy on the
remaining acreage west of the
railroad tracks to the bank of the
Shenandoah River, which suf-
fered mightily during the plant’s
lifetime.
(Some material from a release)
Avtex/Royal Phoenix
Engle’s Angle: One Flower, Two Tomato
Plants and a Freezer Full of Meat
By Kevin S. Engle
Warren County Report
15 Days Ago
My wi fe’s bi g metal fl ower
pot i s ful l of bl oomi ng fl owers.
Pi nk, purpl e, yel l ow, whi te and
orange. They’ re beauti ful .
14 Days Ago
My wi fe’s bi g metal fl ower pot
has one l onel y whi te bl oom i n
i t. Upon cl oser i nspecti on, I
see why. She’s not goi ng to be
happy.
When she sees the damage,
I cover my ears and head for
safety.
@#$$$^*&*##@!!! Damn
deer! I’ m gonna shoot’ em!”
“They’ l l grow back,” I tel l her.
“They di d l ast year.”
“We’ re gonna be eati ng deer
steaks!”
“Now, now Judy. Cal m
down.”
Last Sunday
“Look,” my wi fe whi spers as
we si t on our back porch eati ng
di nner. “She has three fawns
agai n thi s year.”
“That’s three ti mes i n fi ve
years.”
We si l entl y watch as mom
l i cks the sal t bl ock and her
three l i ttl e ones pl ay.
Last Monday
I get home from work and
wal k around the house. When I
pass by the garden, somethi ng
catches my eye. When your
enti re garden consi sts of two
tomato pl ants, that’s easy to
do.
What I noti ce i s that one
smal l green tomato l ay on the
ground.
I l ook cl oser.
One of the pl ants l ooks di ffer-
ent than i t di d the day before.
A l ot di fferent. Where there
had been oodl es of green to-
matoes yesterday, today there
are none.
I cover my ears and scream.
““@#$$$^*&*##@!!! Damn
deer! Judy’s gonna shoot ya!”
Yesterday
I move the fl ower pots and to-
mato pl ants cl oser to the house,
out of our furry foe’s reach.
“They won’ t get them now,” I
tel l her. “They won’ t wal k on
the concrete.”
Today
“What the?”
Yup.
The pretty red begoni as are
no more.
“That’s i t!” my wi fe yel l s.
She menti ons the name Phi l
and then storms off to the ga-
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i ng si mi l ar probl ems. Phi l ’s a
smart guy. A sci enti st. Li ke
any good sci enti st wi th a prob-
l em, he studi ed the si tuati on.
He consi dered vari ous courses
of acti on and then chose the
one he thought was best.
One morni ng, after steppi ng
out of the shower, and before
he’ d had a chance to put on
any cl othes, he eyed a hungry
deer di ni ng i n hi s yard.
He opened hi s ki tchen wi n-
dow.
“Bam!”
Probl em sol ved.
We obvi ousl y have a prob-
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a smart l ady. She’s a busi ness-
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I thi nk you know where thi s i s
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Tony Lee Baird
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that:
COUNT ONE: On or about May
4, 011, in the County of Warren,
Tony Lee Baird, 45, of 6659 Kelly
Rd., Warrenton, VA 0187, did un-
lawfully, feloniously, willfully, de-
liberately and with premeditation
attempt to kill and murder Deputy
Joshua D. Noland, of the Warren
County Sherif’s Ofce, a law en-
forcement ofcer, for ther purpose
of interfering with the performance
of the ofcer’s ofcial duties.
COUNT TWO: On or about May
4, 011, in the County of Warren,
Tony Lee Baird did unlawfully, fe-
loniously, willfully, deliberately
and with premeditation attempt
to kill and murder Deputy Robert
Mumaw, of the Warren County
Sherif’s Ofce, a law enforcement
ofcer, for the purpose of interfer-
ing with the performance of the
ofcer’s ofcial duties.
COUNT THREE: On or about May
4, 011, in the County of Warren,
Tony Lee Baird did unlawfully, felo-
niously, and maliciously attempt to
cause bodily injury to one Deputy
Joshua D. Noland, with the intent to
maim, disable, disfgure or kill said
Deputy Joshua D. Noland, know-
ing or having reason to know that
Deputy Joshua D. Noland was a law
enforcement ofcer engaged in the
performance of his public duties as
a law enforcement ofcer.
COUNT FOUR: On or about May
4, 011, in the County of Warren,
Tony Lee Baird did unlawfully, felo-
niously and maliciously attempt to
cause bodily injury to one Deputy
Robert Mumaw, with the intent to
maim, disable, disfgure, or kill said
Deputy Robert Mumaw, know-
ing or having reason to know that
Deputy Robert Mumaw was a law
enforcement ofcer engaged in the
performance of his public duties as
a law enforcement ofcer.
COUNT FIVE: On or about May
4, 011, in the County of Warren,
Tony Lee Baird did unlawfully and
feloniously, intentionally destroy,
deface or damage the real or per-
sonal property of Warren County
Sherif’s Department, the value of
or damage to such property being
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or
more.
COUNT SIX: On or about May
4, 011, in the County of Warren,
Tony Lee Baird did unlawfully and
feloniously, after having received
a visible or audible signal from a
law enforcement ofcer to bring
his motor vehicle to a stop, drive
such motor vehicle in a willful and
wanton disregard of such signal so
as to interfere with or endanger the
operation of the law enforcement
vehicle or endanger a person.
Rebecca Jane Bibb
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that on
or about December 30, 008, in
the County of Warren, Rebecca
Jane Bibb, 55, of 7990 Coach Crest
Ct., Manassas, VA 0109, did un-
lawfully and feloniously, with the
intent to defraud, make, draw, ut-
ter, or deliver to Woodforest Bank,
a certain check in the amount of
one thousand fve hundred dollars
($1,500.00,) drawn on Woodforest
Bank, while knowing at the time
of said making, drawing, uttering,
or delivering that she did not have
sufcient funds in, or credit with,
such bank for the payment of said
check.
Manish Desai
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that on
or about June 14 to June 17, 011,
in the County of Warren, Manish
Desai, 45, of 5335 Diligence Ct.,
Aldie, VA 0105, did unlawfully
and feloniously knowingly and in-
tentionally use in a manner likely to
cause consumer confusion, mistake,
or deception as to the source or ori-
gin of goods, without the consent
of the registrant, counterfeit imita-
tion of a register mark in connec-
tion with the sale or ofering for sale
such goods. Te accused possessed
one hundred (100) or more coun-
terfeit items valued at two hundred
dollars ($00.00) or more.
Heather Terese Byrd
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that
By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
A 51-year-old Front Royal man
was pronounced dead at the
scene of a July two-vehicle ac-
cident on Morgan’s Ford Road,
four-tenths of a mile north of
the intersection with Dismal
Hollow Road.
According to Virginia State
Police Spokesperson Sgt. F.L.
Tyler, Glenn Ray Berry was
northbound on Morgan’s Ford
Road at 7:39 a.m. when his 1997
Ford Explorer SUV crossed the
centerline and hit a southbound
Kenworth dump-truck. After
the impact Berry’s Ford SUV
overturned.
Te driver of the dump-truck,
Raymond Lee Henry, 48, of
Middletown, was not injured in
the collision, according to Tyler.
A detour was set up at the
scene as the crash was investi-
gated by VSP and the vehicles
were removed from the scene.
Morgan’s Ford Road was closed
at the scene of about two hours,
Tyler said.
Trooper J.A. Wade is heading
the investigation of the fatal col-
lision.
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In the late evening hours of
July 4, Front Royal Police
units responded to a report of
a stabbing in the 800 block of
E. Stonewall Drive. On arrival,
police units found a 0-year-old
male with a severe stab wound
to the upper torso. Te suspect
had fed the scene.
Te victim was quickly trans-
ported to the hospital. Patrol,
K-9, and Criminal Detectives,
assisted by patrol units with the
Warren County Sherif’s Ofce,
began an immediate search for
the suspect.
Approximately four hours
later, Michael Joseph Guiliani
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into custody in a heavily wood-
ed area near the Royal Plaza
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on or about May 6, 011, in the
County of Warren, Heather Terese
Byrd, 39, of 67 Highview St., Front
Royal, VA 630, did unlawfully
and feloniously obtain or attempt
to obtain any drug or procure or
attempt to procure the administra-
tion of any controlled substance as
defned in the Drug Control Act
through fraud, deceit, misrepresen-
tation, embezzlement, or subter-
fuge, or by forgery or alteration of
a prescription or written order for
the dispensing of a controlled sub-
stance.
Tomas Roy Abrell
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that on
or about March 13, 011, in the
County of Warren, Tomas Roy
Abrell, 34 of 1473 Anderson St.,
Front Royal, VA 630, did unlaw-
fully, feloniously, knowingly and in-
tentionally possess a frearm, after
having previously been convicted
of a felony.
Gary Carson Shank Jr.
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that:
COUNT ONE: On or about June
0, 011, in the County of Warren,
Gary Carson Shank Jr., 38, of 154
James St., Front Royal, VA 630,
did unlawfully drive on a public
highway a motor vehicle or self-
propelled machinery while his li-
cense, permit, or privilege to drive
had been suspended or revoked,
such ofense being a third or sub-
sequent ofense committed within
a ten year period.
COUNT TWO: On or about June
0, 011, in the County of War-
ren, Gary Carson Shank Jr., having
received a visible or audible signal
from any law enforcement ofcer
to bring his motor vehicle to as
stop, did unlawfully and feloniously
drive such motor vehicle in a willful
or wanton disregard of such signal
as to interfere with or endanger the
operation of the law-enforcement
vehicle or endanger a person.
Earl Aubrey Sisk
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that:
COUNT ONE: On or about August
1, 010 through August 3, 010, in
the County of Warren, Earl Aubrey
Sisk, 50, of 1777 Catlett Mountain
Rd. Front Royal, VA 630, did
unlawfully and feloniously take,
steal, and carry away the goods and
chattels of Olivia Logan Meadows,
with a value of two hundred dollars
($00.00) or more.
COUNT TWO: On or about April
1, 011 through May , 011, in the
County of Warren, Earl Aubrey Sisk
did unlawfully and feloniously take,
steal, and carry away the goods and
chattels of Olivia Logan Meadows,
with a value of two hundred dollars
($00.00) or more.
COUNT THREE: On or about Feb-
ruary 1, 011 through May 13, 011,
in the County of Warren, Early Au-
brey Sisk did unlawfully and feloni-
ously take, steal, and carry away the
goods and chattels of Olivia Logan
Meadows, with a value of two hun-
dred dollars ($00.00) or more.
COUNT FOUR: On or about Feb-
ruary 1, 010 through March 31,
011, in the County of Warren, Earl
Aubrey Sisk did unlawfully and fe-
loniously take, steal, and carry away
the goods and chattels of Olivia Lo-
gan Meadows, with a value of two
hundred dollars ($00.00) or more.
COUNT FIVE: On or about Febru-
ary 1, 011 through May 13, 011,
in the County of Warren, Earl Au-
brey Sisk did unlawfully and feloni-
ously take, steal, and carry away the
goods and chattels of Linda Logan,
with a value of two hundred dollars
($00.00) or more.
COUNT SIX: On or about Febru-
ary 1, 010 through March 31, 011,
in the County of Warren, Earl Au-
brey Sisk did unlawfully and feloni-
ously take, steal, and carry away the
goods and chattels of Linda Logan,
with a value of two hundred dollars
($00.00) or more.
COUNT SEVEN: On or about
February 1, 010 through May 13,
011, in the County of Warren,
Earl Aubrey Sisk, did unlawfully
and feloniously break and enter the
dwelling house belonging to Olivia
Logan Meadows, with the intent to
commit larceny therein.
COUNT EIGHT: On or about May
16, 011, in the County of Warren,
Earl Aubrey Sisk did unlawfully, fe-
loniously, knowingly and intention-
ally possess a frearm, after hav-
ing previously been convicted of a
felony.
Michael Shane Kidwell
Te Warren County, VA Circuit
Court Grand Jury charges that:
COUNT ONE: On or about May
9, 011, in the County of Warren,
Michael Shane Kidwell, 35, of 1186
Poorhouse Rd., Front Royal, VA
630, did unlawfully and feloni-
ously break and enter the dwelling
of Tamara Walton, with the intent
to commit larceny, assault and bat-
tery or any felony other than mur-
der, rape, robbery, or arson.
COUNT TWO: On or about May
9, 011, in the County of Warren,
Michael Shane Kidwell did mali-
ciously cause bodily injury to Ta-
mara Walton, by means of any acid,
lye, or other caustic substance or
agent.
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Foghat headlined pre-opening night
with that old rock-boogie sound
Aerosmith cover band Draw the Line stirred the crowd up
- Steven Tyler wishes he still looked that good.
Locals Shotgun Shiver opened the Foghat show
Lone remaining Foghat
founder, drummer Roger Earl, propelled
his mates forward like he’d been doing it
for 40 years - oh wait, he has!
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WC Day fghts, if not exactly beats the heat
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WC Day’s “Best in Show” car, a ‘57 Chevy - owner
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Amazing Grace fought of good “D” by Stevie Foster
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Riverside section of Carson Walking Trail opens
By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
Well the temperatures weren’t quite
as hot as the previous week’s 105
degrees during 175th Anniversary
Warren County Day events in the
shade-less county Soccerplex and
Skateboard complex, but it was still
hovering in the mid-90s when of-
fcials gathered to cut the ribbon on
a riverside portion of the William E.
Carson Walking Trail at 5:30 p.m. on
July 8.
County Administrator Doug Stan-
ley lauded the infuence of Carson
on development of the region’s park
system, including sections running
through Warren County. Carson
and his wife donated the land upon
which the county’s municipal golf
course lies. Stanley also singled out
Carson’s work as frst director of the
Virginia Conservation and Develop-
ment Commission and called him a
“key fgure” in development of both
Shenandoah National Park and the
state park system.
“In the last years of the Depression,
Carson saw a need for recreational
facilities for the young people of
Front Royal and Warren County, and
sought help through federal work
programs,” Stanley pointed out.
Carson, who owned the Riverton
Lime and Stone Company’s adjoin-
ing quarry land, was able to arrange
for the federal Civilian Conservation
Corps to build the Front Royal Rec-
reational Park. On June , 1938, he
and his wife Agnes transferred own-
ership of the 63-acre property, where
the golf course and boat ramp now
are, to the Front Royal Recreational
Center Corporation. Te county as-
sumed ownership several years ago
as the private entity overseeing it ex-
perienced fnancial difculties.
Shenandoah District Supervisor
Richard Traczyk, in whose district
the trail and the county properties,
including the county’s municipal
Front Royal Golf Course and Fishnet
property slated for current and future
parks development lies, singled out
groups that worked to make the trail
a reality. Tey included the county’s
parks and rec department, Golf Ad-
visory Committee and maintenance
staf and other individual stafers.
“If you have lived in Warren County
for more than eight years you have
witnessed a truly dramatic transi-
tion, with more shopping opportu-
nities, dining, a new library, baseball
stadium, skatepark and soccer felds,”
Traczyk said. “Te county is chang-
ing and today we dedicate and of-
cially open our frst county walking
trial – the William E. Carson Walk-
ing Trail.”
But with the heat blazing at around
95 degrees, ofcials and guests were
wisked up the trail along the bank of
the Shenandoah River in golf carts –
the frst of which promptly got hung
up on a post brace designed to keep
such motorized vehicles of the trail
– after the opening ofcial tour of
course. Wheelchairs will be the only
motorized mode of transportation
allowed from now on.
A crowd of county offcials cuts the ribbon opening
a riverside portion of the William E. Carson Walking
Trail. The trail will eventually wind about 3 miles from
behind the Riverton Commons Lowe’s through the
county’s municipal FR Golf Course hooking up with
planned park facilities at the old Fishnet property.
County Parks & Rec Director addresses guests as
nearby citizens enjoy the river to cool of from upper
and mid-90 temperatures.
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1st Annual Warren County
Speed and Conditioning Camp
Tis camp will provide strength,
conditioning and exercise skills
to help kids that participate in
any sporting activity.
Where: 15th Street School
Football Field
Ages: 7-14 years of age
When: August 8th through
11th
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $5.00 per participant in-
cludes t-Shirt
For more information, contact
Warren Clatterbuck, (540) 95-
416 or the Warren County Com-
munity Center, Monday through
Saturday, 8:00am – 10:00pm and
Sunday, 1:00pm – 9pm, (540)
635-101 or visit us on the web at
www.warrencountyva.net.

Warren county parks and
recreation department
Te Warren County Parks and
Recreation Department will be
accepting registrations for their
Gymnastics classes beginning
AUGUST 1st , for those ages 4
years and older. Beginner through
Advance classes will be available,
class times vary. Classes will be
held at the 15th Street School (old
Warren County Middle School)
gym on Saturdays, September
10th through October 9th. Cost
is $75.00 per child (includes uni-
form), with a 0 participant limit
per class. For more information
contact the Parks and Recreation
ofce, Monday through Friday,
8am - 5pm at (540) 635-7750 or
the Warren County Community
Center, Monday through Satur-
day, 8am -10pm and Sundays,
1pm - 9pm at (540) 635-101.
Registration will be taken till Au-
gust 6th or until classes are full.
Tot Tumbling Class
Te Warren County Parks and
Recreation Department will be
accepting registrations for their
Tot Tumbling Program begin-
ning August 1st, for those ages 4
years and younger. Tis program
is geared to provide a safe envi-
ronment for children to become
confdent as they develop funda-
mental movement skills and to
encourage participation in physi-
cal ftness. Classes will be held
at the Former 15th Street School
Facilities Cafe on Tuesdays, Sep-
tember 13th through October
18th, 1pm-1:40pm or 6pm-
6:40pm. Cost is $60.00 per child
for the 6 week session with a 10
participant limit per class. Parent
must accompany child. For more
information contact the Parks
and Recreation ofce, Monday
through Friday, 8:00am -5:00pm
at (540) 635-7750 or the War-
ren County Community Center,
Monday through Saturday, 8am-
10pm and Sundays, 1pm-9pm at
(540) 635-101.
Dog Obedience Classes
Te Warren County Parks and
Recreation Department is now
accepting registrations for their
Dog Obedience class for dogs 3
months old and up. Class is held
on Tuesday nights, August nd
through September 6th at the
RES Youth Center Botanical Gar-
dens, 5:00 PM -6:00 PM or 6:00
PM to 7:00 PM. Cost is $85.00
per dog for the six week session.
Owners must bring proof of ra-
bies and distemper combo vac-
cinations when registering. Class
size is limited to 6 dogs per time
frame. For more information,
contact Warren County Parks
and Recreation Department at
(540) 635-7750, Monday through
Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Car Show
Te 4th annual Shawquon Ruri-
tan Car, Truck and Tractor show
will be held Saturday, August 6th
from 9am to pm at the Stephens
City Newtown Commons. Regis-
tration is from 9am to 11am and
entry fee is free will donation.
Awards for Best in Class, Best in
Show & Top 0 Participants Pick.
Music by Te Valley Cruisers.
Tere will be a Kids Model Car
Contest for ages 6 - 10. All pro-
ceeds go to college scholarships.
Door prizes, 50/50 drawing,
breakfast & lunch available.
For more info call: 540-66-
7349 or email pamshiley@em-
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Karts Against Cancer
August 18, Summit Point Motor
Sports Park.
Relay For Life beneft - Karts
Against Cancer race event.
Racers will drive 13 horsepower,
55 miles per hour go karts. Te
karts provide PURE ADRENA-
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Race Schedule:
6PM – Optional practice begins
6:30 PM – Mandatory drivers
meeting
7 PM – Race begin
9 PM – Race Ends, Winners an-
nounced, awards presented
Register early to reserve your
team’s spot!!! Cost: $300 per team
for the hour race (maximum of
6 recommended). $5 per racer
for optional practice time
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Guns, ammunition, accessories and shooting supplies
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Full service gunsmith and custom shop on
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• Aircraft Rentals
• Flight Training
• Photo Flights
• Glider Club
• Tie Down Avail.
• Charter Flights
• Gift Certifcates
• New Hangers
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Submit race team name, racers
and payment to - American Can-
cer Society 654 Valley Avenue
Suite B Winchester, VA 601.
Please make checks payable to:
Summit Point Karts
To pay by credit card – call
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Must be a licensed driver 18 or
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Cardio Kickboxing Class
Te Warren County Parks and
Recreation Department will be
sponsoring a Cardio Kickboxing
Class. Tis program is geared to
promote physical ftness in a fun
high-caloric burn hour for those
16years of age and older. Te
class will be non-contact and the
basic kicking and striking tech-
niques will be included every
week. Abdominal strength train-
ing is essential and a strong part
of the course and cardiovascular
conditioning will be based on the
individual ability of each partici-
pant. Classes will be held at the
Former 15th Street School Café
on Tuesdays at 7pm, September
13th through October 18th. Cost
is $60.00 per participant for the 6
week session with a 1 partici-
pant limit per class. For more in-
formation contact the WC Com-
munity Center, Monday through
Saturday, 8:00am -10:00pm and
Sunday, 1:00pm – 9:00pm at
(540) 635-101. Also visit us on
the web at www.warrencountyva.
net
Volunteers Needed
Te Blue Ridge Center for Ter-
apeutic Horsemanship (BRCTH)
is seeking interested persons to
assist with the 8-week Fall Rid-
ing Session to begin the week of
September 5th at Horse Patch
Farm in Boyce, VA. Lessons are
scheduled weekday afternoons
and Saturdays. We are inviting
enthusiastic and caring individu-
als to join our team. Lesson vol-
unteers must be at least 14 years
of age. Equine experience is re-
quired for the position of leader,
and is preferred, but not required
for the side-walker position. Two
training sessions are required
of all lesson volunteers: an of-
site training is scheduled for
Wednesday, August 4th at 6:00
pm at the Millwood Community
Center. Informational materials
will be distributed and refresh-
ments will be served. Trainees
must attend ONE of the on-site
trainings which are scheduled
for 10:00 on Sat, Aug 7 or at
5:00 pm on Monday, August 9
and Wednesday, August 31 at the
farm. Te on-site training will
be very hands-on and cannot be
attended without frst attending
the of-site training. Please con-
tact Margie Youngs at (540) 533-
777 or e-mail at brcthinc@hot-
mail.com to register or for more
information.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You
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Mars is in the picture as well. So don’t
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they’ll soon smooth over.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Gem-
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being wrong about someone rather
than be left with no one. But this is
one time when it’s wiser to be wary of
where your heart takes you.
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Town’s energy portfolio - a strategy of diversifcation
By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
During discussion of the July 11
vote on a 10-year block purchase
of up to 3 megawatts (MW) of
power through Exelon Corpora-
tion Front Royal Town Council-
man Tom Conkey lauded the
town electric department’s ef-
forts on behalf of the town and
its citizens.
Conkey called town electrical
utility rates really low, adding that
with coming hikes to local private
suppliers they would soon be “in-
credibly low” by comparison. Te
councilman noted the part such
favorable utility rates can play
in attracting new business into
town.
Conkey pointed out that town
electric rates were now 9-1/ per-
cent lower than county supplier
Rappahannock Electric Coopera-
tive. And with the State Corpora-
tion Commission allowing tiered
increases in the private energy
sector in coming years that favor-
able gap to town utility custom-
ers is likely to expand.
Town customers currently pay
8.5 cents per kilowatt hour of
electricity used.
Tat price compares to a rate
about a cent higher per KW
hour at Rappahannock Electric
Cooperative, the primary pri-
vate provider in the county. All
the private energy providers are
forecasting increases of as much
as 30 percent over the next four
years. Te town hopes to stay far
below that.
“How are we doing this?” Con-
key asked rhetorically of the
town’s relative position of power
on power.
We began answering that ques-
tion in our last issue by review-
ing the circumstance and ratio-
nale between both such open
market purchases as Exelon and
the town’s recent addition of 5.6
megawatts of power over a 36-
and-a-half year contract with the
gas-fred Fremont Energy plant.
Tat contract adds to the town’s
portfolio of long-term coal, hy-
dro and gas power purchased
through its AMP-Ohio munici-
pal power cooperative.
Tis week we pick up where
we left of last issue when Town
Director of Energy Services Joe
Waltz explained the impact of
one specifc market variable
– Hurricane Katrina – on the
town’s open market purchasing
prices and strategies to avoid or
minimize such negative variables
in the future.
New strategy
Waltz explained that when he
came to his position with the
town he found a post-Hurricane
Katrina situation that had a dev-
astating impact on the way the
Front Royal Director of Environmental Services Joe
Waltz has helped town adjust from obsolete and risky
single-contract, open market purchase strategy.
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town had previously done busi-
ness.
“Like I said, when I came here in
December 005 the town was out
for a power contract for all their
needs – one lump sum for a 3 to
5-year term. And of course when
Katrina hit and destroyed a lot of
gas refneries and infrastructure
on the Gulf Coast it upset the
wholesale market and it just shot
up really high.
“So once we did settle on a con-
tract with AEP in the spring it was
$76 dollars a megawatt, which
was 70-percent higher than what
it was ($44 per MW). We real-
ized at that point we could not do
business as we always had by go-
ing out on the open market. And
that’s when we decided to go with
this portfolio approach, to go out
on the market every year, buy a
certain amount so that when-
ever we go out on the market, if
it’s upset it’s not going to impact
the rates to the customers that
much. And also we decided we
wanted to get into some genera-
tion assets – and that is when we
got involved with AMP (Ameri-
can Municipal Power). I think the
count is now 133 municipalities
just like the Town of Front Royal.
And our main goal is to provide
reliable power and to pool all
these resources together to have
power generation assets.
“And so we did have to raise
rates in 006 but council decided
to soften the blow by taking some
of the cost out of our reserves for
that one year. And we were able
to go back a year later in 007
and renegotiate with AEP be-
cause the wholesale market had
settled down. And we were able
to drop $10 of a megawatt (to $66
per MW) and we extended the
contract two more years to 010
and that allowed us time to get
this diverse portfolio approach
together.”
Tat change – Time or Price
Portfolio Striking (TOPPS) strat-
egy – meant the town would di-
versify its energy portfolio with
the intent of stabilizing power
acquisition prices against volatile
jumps in the energy market such
as the one created by Katrina, as
well as against a general upward
trend in market pricing.
“We would always have 100 per-
cent of our energy needs secured
two years out,” Waltz explained.
Te town strategy would also
have a goal of 50 percent of its
energy needs secured three years
out and 5 percent secured four
years out.”
Power usage
Waltz explained that the town
historically has had a base load
maximum usage of 44 mega-
watts. Tat is equivalent to about
79 percent of the town’s total an-
nual power usage.
“Base load power use is 4/7 all
year. Intermediate use is addi-
tional power used about 16 hours
a day, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
when people are up, awake and
working, using their electrically-
powered appliances, computers,
TVs and what have you. Peak
hour power is everything above
the frst two, generally additional
power needed at the hottest and
coldest times of the year when
heating and air conditioning add
to the mix.
“AMP gives us fexibility to cover
all these needs. We can purchase
at the time of the need of market
and secure as much as 85 percent
of our total need because you
don’t know what you’re going to
need in peak times until they hit,”
Waltz says.
Contracted power
Te town has currently con-
tracted for long-term purchases
of 6 MW of base load power
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through AMP’s Prairie State coal-
fred plant that was already under
construction and is slated to go
online within the next year.
Te town is also contracted for
another 4.4 MW of base load
power through fve AMP hydro-
electric plants under construc-
tion on the Ohio River. Tose 30
to 50-year contracts are forecast
to begin in 014.
Te Exelon open-market con-
tract entered into with two other
AMP municipalities will provide
another .5 MW of base-load
power for a decade, leaving the
town with just 3 MW (of the 40
MW average) of base-load pow-
er to secure in the near future.
– “Tat is outstanding to accom-
plish.
“And that’s what we’ve been
working on since then – buying
blocks of power and getting into
generation aspects, spreading
our risks across the board so if
anything does go wrong or if an-
other hurricane comes through
it’s going to be minimal impact
that you’ll see, if any.
“So it’s a little bit more complex
than just going out and signing
a deal for three years and you
don’t have to worry about it for
three years. But we are staggering
[purchases] and looking at all dif-
ferent opportunities. We’ve only
been buying about three years of
block power, but this time with
the market the way it is we de-
cided to go with a 10-year block,
secure it from 015 to 04 be-
cause we’ve already secured most
of our base power needs anyway,
so we want to lock in more. Our
whole idea is that base power ac-
counts for 79 percent of the en-
ergy we use – and if we can keep
that stable, whatever else happens
there will be minimal impact for
the citizens,” Waltz said.
A fnal variable
Waltz admits that due to the on-
going national economic down-
turn (everywhere but Wall Street
and corporate Nirvana) energy
market prices are down right
now. But the diversifed portfolio
allows the town to take advantage
of such market opportunities, as
refected in the Exelon contract
purchasing .5 megawatts of base
power load for a decade at a cur-
rently favorable market price of
$67.50 MW.
“We’ve seen the wholesale
market continue to drop over
the past two years. Te power I
bought two years ago, I can buy
cheaper today,” Waltz points out.
“You just don’t know that. What
we’re looking at right now is if
the economy’s infrastructure
picks back up again, the whole-
sale market’s going to follow that
and the market’s going to shoot
up. And that’s why we’re trying to
do what we can right now to se-
cure what we can so if the market
does shoot up we’re not going to
have that many [energy purchase]
pockets to fll and the pockets we
do have to fll won’t have a big im-
pact on our customers.”
It seems a sound and fexible
strategy that could only be un-
dermined by a long-term con-
tinuation of the U.S. economic
downturn we have seen predicted
to end each year since 008 that
brought energy market prices
down and halted “healthy” capi-
talism’s inexorable march toward
higher prices.
But with all the fnancial genius-
es currently on the job on D.C.’s
Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania
Avenue what’s the likelihood of
that?
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On July 1, 011 at the meet-
ing of the Rotary Club of Front
Royal, VA, Betsy W. Blauvelt was
installed as the 86th President of
the Rotary Club of Front Royal.
Blauvelt will serve as President
from July 1, 011 through June
30, 01. She was installed by
outgoing president Pamela Mc-
Innis.
Betsy frst jointed the Rotary
Club of Front Royal in 000. She
has served on many Club Com-
mittees in the past, including:
Chair of Club Service I and II;
International/Vocational Service;
Ways & Means; and Community
Service. Te frst committee she
served on was the Golf Tourna-
ment – even though she didn’t
know a thing about that game!
She has in the ensuing years man-
aged to participate on most every
activity or program that the Club
has held.
Betsy and her husband David
live in Front Royal and have two
children: Michael Blauvelt and
Meredith Miller. Betsy is cur-
rently the Program Services Di-
rector of the Southerlands Re-
tirement Community, located in
Front Royal, VA.
Te Rotary Club of Front Royal
was founded in 196 and cur-
rently has 105 members. District
7570 covers Western Virginia and
Northeastern Tennessee, running
north and south from Greeneville,
TN to Winchester, VA a distance
of about 435 miles, lying mostly
west of the Blue Ridge Mountains
the Shenandoah, James, Roanoke
and Holston River valleys. Cur-
rently there are 85 Rotary Clubs
with over 3,900 members in this
Rotary District.
According to Betsy, “ ‘Every Ro-
tarian, Every Opportunity’ will
be the working theme for this Ro-
tary year. Tat every person can
make a diference to someone
else, to a program, to an event…
but they have to get out and make
it happen. Te Board of Directors
of the Rotary Club of Front Royal
are hard working, community-
oriented, and ‘people’ persons,
and through their leadership and
skills, the Rotary Club of Front
Royal will experience a bountiful
year of community and regional
Rotary service.”
(From a release)
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By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
St. Luke’s Community Clinic named Dr. Glenn S. Burdick as its
Executive Director, efective July 1. Glenn replaces Joan Richard-
son, who retired efective June 30 after two and a half years in the
position.
Te clinic had over 30 applicants for the position, of which fve
were interviewed, SLCC board member and interviewer Staige
Miller told us.
“Everyone at the clinic was extremely pleased and happy to
have someone of Burdick’s experience available to lead the clinic
during the implementation of the federal health care reform law.
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All kinds of cars and all kinds of
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Te shiny entries were carefully
and expensively restored in every
color imaginable and in all shapes
and sizes – one even had its own
resident leopard mascot.
Excited car fans walked around
the lot eating hot dogs, listen-
ing to rock music from Eye Soar,
which included guest guitarist
Ian Evans for a little while, and
generally enjoying the cars.
Along with restored Chevys
and other models – the show is
an equal opportunity displayer
– there was a small-block Chevy
alcohol-fueled dragster called
Ol’ Buzzard, owned and driven
by 67-year-old Joe Kaiser from
Middletown. He said he races at
tracks all over Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and Maryland during the
April to October racing season.
It’s 60 feet long and can reach
8 mph – rev that bad boy up,
Joe!!!
“It’s Virginia’s quickest small-
block Chevy,” he said.
And dealership owner John Ev-
ans IV proudly showed of his
1957 Turquoise Chevy Bel Air.
In the trunk a photo album de-
tailing the handiwork of the South
Carolina restoring team was dis-
played. It included pictures of
how it originally looked when
restoration began in September
of 009, and several phases of its
rejuvenation – a total of 1,835
hours of work, he said.
Since the restoration was com-
plete in January of this year, he
has taken it to three shows across
the country, winning frst place
in Orlando, Florida; and Pigeon
Ford, Tennessee where he got a
frst with a perfect score.
“It’s kind of unique. It was the
second hard top built in the At-
lanta, Georgia plant and was
originally built for a dealer. Te
power windows and brakes were
rare back then,” he said.
Winners
Awards for the car show were:
People’s Choice – Billy Perry
and his 1968 Camaro; third place
went to Earl Menefee Jr., with a
197 Chevy 4 x 4; in second place
was Steve Lockhart, with a 1968
Camaro; and fnally, frst place
went to Doug Dellinger, with a
beautifully-restored silver 1934
Chevrolet.
Te hot day didn’t deter enthu-
siastic car fans from enjoying an
afternoon of hanging out with
Doug Dellinger’s frst-place 1934 Chevy. Photo/Tina Tolliver.
John Evans IV with his ‘57 Chevy - it looks simply “mahvelous”. Photo/Tina Toll-
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friends, getting to sit in the drag-
ster and just having fun.
“It seems like the turnout is get-
ting better every year, we’re glad
to see everyone out. It’s a good
show,” said Evans.
Jack Evans Chevrolet will also
be sponsoring the upcoming
0th Annual D.A.R.E. golf tour-
nament to be held in September
at the Bowling Green Country
Club. Call (540) 635-153 or visit
www.jechevy.com for info.
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By Nan Turner
Capital News Service
RICHMOND – Bumper-to-
bumper trafc, pedestrians food-
ing the streets, quick-changing
signals, and the race to fnd a
parking space. Tose are things
Richmond-area residents en-
counter when they commute to
work or school.
Driving can be unpredictable
and even nerve-racking. And
there could be an added surprise
involving your automobile when
it’s of the roadways: a property
tax on cars.
Permanent Richmond residents
must pay such a personal proper-
ty tax. But what many college stu-
dents from out of town may not
know is that they are expected to
pay it as well.
Te city of Richmond’s website
cites the general rule under Vir-
ginia law – §58.1-3511 of the Vir-
ginia Code. It says a car is taxed
where the vehicle is normally ga-
raged or parked.
Tere is an exception if the
vehicle is owned by a full-time
student attending an institution
of higher learning. In that case,
the vehicle is taxed in the locality
of the student’s permanent resi-
dence. Students don’t have to pay
Richmond’s property tax if they
have paid the tax at their home
locality and have documentation
to prove it.
Te exception does not apply
if the student’s parents own the
car. In that case, the car is eligible
for taxation by the city of Rich-
mond.
Obeying the rules governing
personal property taxes is more
than just a civic duty. Students at
Virginia Commonwealth Univer-
sity and other urban schools have
an extra incentive: Tey must pay
property taxes in order to obtain
a Residential Restricted Park-
ing Permit – a decal required for
parking in such Richmond neigh-
borhoods as the Fan and the
Carver area.
VCU sophomore Emily Hess
said she did not know about the
law. She drives a car, from a dif-
ferent permanent residence,
registered under her parents’
names.
“I feel like that’s one of those
weird laws no one pays attention
to,” Hess said. “It doesn’t make
any sense; you’d think it would
be the other way around. I don’t
know how I feel about that.”
Hess said that at some point,
she may need a Fan parking pass,
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the street without a permit.
Fellow VCU sophomore Kelly
Culbertson is from Norfolk. Like
Hess, she was unaware of the
property tax rules.
“I think that’s whack because
most second-year students live
in apartments and have cars,”
Culbertson said. “Most of these
cars were a gift of some sort, and
they’re not the ones paying them
of.”
While Culbertson has a vehicle
with her in Richmond, she parks
in one of the university’s decks
during the school day and in a
private lot at her apartment. Next
year, though, street parking may
become the norm for her. Culb-
ertson said VCU should take the
helm and educate students who
may not understand why they
owe the city.
“Tey could do service an-
nouncements,” Culbertson said,
“or partner with VCU and put in-
formation out in the TelegRAM”
– the university’s daily email.
Unlike Hess and Culbertson,
VCU junior Nicole Little thinks
the tax is a fair way for students
to pay for city services they use.
Her car is in her name, and she
received a bill in the mail to pay
property taxes and complied.
“Personally, I think it is neces-
sary,” Little said. “I don’t know
what it takes to maintain the
streets and roadways here. VCU
is annoying to Richmonders and
invites an excess of car and pe-
destrian trafc. I live here in the
summer, too; I should have to pay
what a normal person has to pay.
I’m OK with it.”
Te city’s personal property tax
rate is $3.70 per $100 of assessed
value for passenger vehicles. Tat
means that the annual tax on a
car worth $10,000 would be $370.
However, the state has a tax relief
program that exempts most of
the tax. So the actual tax bill on a
$10,000 vehicle would be $148.
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the appropriate locality, contact
a tax representative of the city of
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Forecast for 22630 (86° | 69°)
11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. “Time for Baby” Enjoy a 30-
minute nursery rhyme program for babies
and their parents. It is designed to develop
pre-reading skills, socialization skills,
speech and motor coordination.
1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee.
Chamber Offce.
2pm - 5pm Vino E Formaggio Wine Tasting.
124 E. Main Street. Always Free, Always
Fun! www.vinoeformaggio.com (540) 635-
2812.
4pm - 10pm Warren County Fair. Warren
County Fair Grounds, Front Royal. Enjoy
the 54th Annual Warren County Fair to-
night. Gates open at 4:00pm. Admission:
Adults - $10.00, 7-12 is $5.00, 6 & under
FREE!! Armbands tonight are $18.00. Last
Armband sold at 9:00pm. Tonight - ATV Dirt
Drag Races at 7:00pm. Recording Artist
Neal McCoy at 8:30pm. More Information:
(540) 635-5827, [email protected] or
www.warrencountyfair.com.
7pm - 9pm Gazebo Gathering. Main Street,
Front Royal. Enjoy Friday evening with a
Summer Concert Series that includes a va-
riety of music at the Gazebo located Down-
town at Main/Chester Streets. This a FREE
event!! Hosted by: Blue Ridge Arts Council.
Tonight: “Johnny and the Vault Cats” - Au-
thentic 1960’s rockability, the early days of
rock and roll.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Forecast for 22630 (85° | 72°)
9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Main Street,
Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market
in Downtown Front Royal behind the Ga-
zebo Area located at Main/Chester Streets.
For more information visit www.frontroy-
alfarmersmarket.com.
11am - 12pm Library Event. Samuels
Public Library, Front Royal. “That’s Amore!”
Preparing Italian Classics: Cool Cannoli &
Tempting Tiramisu. An Italian cooking class
for children ages 8 and up. Please register
at the Library.
4pm - 10pm Warren County Fair. Warren
County Fair Grounds, Front Royal. Enjoy
the 54th Annual Warren County Fair tonight.
Gates open at 4:00pm. Admission: Adults
- $10.00, 7-12 is $5.00, 6 & under FREE!!
Armbands tonight are $18.00. Last Arm-
band sold at 9:00pm. Tonight - ITTPA Truck
&Tractor Pull at 4:00pm. Bill Pinkney’s
Original Drifters at 8:30pm. More Informa-
tion: (540) 635-5827, wcfair@comcast.
net or www.warrencountyfair.com.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Forecast for 22630 (89° | 71°)
4pm - 10pm Warren County Fair. Warren
County Fair Grounds, Front Royal. Enjoy
the 54th Annual Warren County Fair tonight.
Gates open at 4:00pm. Admission: Adults
- $10.00, 7-12 is $5.00, 6 & under FREE!!
Armbands tonight are $18.00. Last Arm-
band sold at 9:00pm. Tonight - Twin Rivers
WC 4-H Club is holding a hog Raffe. Tickets
are $1 or 6 for $5. Winner will receive ei-
ther the hog or $100. Contact Gail at (540)
635- 9150 with any questions. More Infor-
mation: (540) 635-5827, wcfair@comcast.
net or www.warrencountyfair.com.
Monday, August 8, 2011
7pm - 8pm Council Meeting. County of
Warren Government Center.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3
- the River radio station. Hear the latest
tourism related news and events every
Tuesday at 12:30! If you can’t listen live
check out the podcasts at http://www.
theriver953online.com.
1pm - 2pm Library Event. Samuels Public
Library, Front Royal. “Ty-Rone the Ventrilo-
quist” Ty-Rone will entertain, educate and
inspire children and their parents with his
ventriloquism and musical comedy show.
7pm - 7pm BAR Meeting. County of War-
ren Government Center Front Royal.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Li-
brary, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story
Time. Theme: Are We There Yet?
11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time.
Theme: Pirates.
3:30pm - 5pm Chamber Board Meeting.
Chamber Offce.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Li-
brary, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story
Time. Theme: Are We There Yet?
11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time.
Theme: Pirates.
3pm - 7pm Farmers Market. Main Street,
Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market
in Downtown Front Royal behind the Ga-
zebo Area located at Main/Chester Streets.
For more information visit www.frontroy-
alfarmersmarket.com.
3:30pm - 4:30pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is Big Kids Story Time
for ages 6 and up. Theme: Rocks, Crystals
& Minerals.
5pm - 8pm Support C-CAP of Front Royal
at Roy Rogers. 25% of proft will be donat-
ed to Warren County C-CAP this evening.
Make sure to tell cashier that you are sup-
porting C-CAP with your purchase.
Friday, August 12, 2011
2pm - 3pm Library Event. Samuels Pub-
lic Library, Front Royal. “Writer’s Block”
for ages 12 and up. Please register at the
Library.
7pm - 9pm Gazebo Gathering. Main Street,
Front Royal. Enjoy Friday evening with a
Summer Concert Series that includes a va-
riety of music at the Gazebo located Down-
town at Main/Chester Streets. This a FREE
event!! Hosted by: Blue Ridge Arts Council.
Tonight: “Sweet T” - Eclectic, acoustic duo,
refreshingly different.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
8am - 8pm Shenandoah Riverfest & Ro-
deo. VFW in Front Royal, VA
Enjoy the Shenandoah Riverfest and Rodeo
in celebration of the Shenandoah Valley’s
best resource, the river. Over 40 artists,
students, individuals and organizations
participated in a Paddle Art Contest held the
frst hear of the event and festival organiz-
ers are again seeking participation in this
contest. Canoe paddles are provided at no
charge and the donation of your paddle (for
future festival funding) is requested for the
Canoe Paddle Art Sale that will be held for
this event. Please contact Tourism Director
Jennifer Keck at [email protected]
to pick up your canoe paddle, and for more
information on the Riverfest and Rodeo.
9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Main Street,
Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market
in Downtown Front Royal behind the Ga-
zebo Area located at Main/Chester Streets.
For more information visit www.frontroy-
alfarmersmarket.com.
10am - 11am Library Event. Samuels
Public Library, Front Royal. “Books and
Barks” Relax and read to the Books and
Barks therapy dogs. Please register at the
Library.
12pm - 9pm. Gravel Springs Picnic &
Yard Party. Rt.600, Star Tannery. Join us
for ham, chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers,
ham sandwiches, ice cream, and drinks.
Jimbo’s BBQ starts at 4:30. Bluegrass
music by Five of a Kind, who perform from
2 - 5pm & 6:30 until 9. No Alcohol, Bring
Lawn chairs.
Monday, August 15, 2011
7pm - 8pm BZA Meeting. County of War-
ren Government Center.
7pm - 8pm Work Session. Town Hall, 16
N. Royal Avenue, Front Royal. Tonight is
the Town Council’s Informal Work Session.
It is held in the 2nd foor Town Hall Con-
ference Room. For a copy of the agenda
please contact the Clerk of Council at (540)
635-8007 or check the Town of Front Royal
Website at www.frontroyalva.com. Public
is invited.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3
- the River radio station. Hear the latest
tourism related news and events every
Tuesday at 12:30! If you can’t listen live
check out the podcasts at http://www.
theriver953online.com.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Li-
brary, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story
Time. Theme: Are We There Yet?
11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time.
Theme: Exploring the Ocean.
7pm - 8pm Planning Commission Meeting.
County of Warren Government Center.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Li-
brary, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story
Time. Theme: Are We There Yet?
11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time.
Theme: Exploring the Ocean.
3pm - 7pm Farmers Market. Main Street,
Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market
in Downtown Front Royal behind the Ga-
zebo Area
located at Main/Chester Streets. For more
information visit www.frontroyalfarmers-
market.com.
3:30pm - 4:30pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is Big Kids Story Time
for ages 6 and up. Theme: Things that Fly.
5pm - 8pm Third Thursday Downtown
Main Street, Front Royal. Today is Third
Thursday Downtown! Come out and enjoy
music at the Gazebo from “Vintage Coun-
try” and explore artists who will be dem-
onstrating their craft in participating busi-
nesses along Main Street. Hosted by: Blue
Ridge Arts Council.
6pm - 10pm Relay For Life Beneft.
Summit Point Motor Sports Park. Karts
Against Cancer race event. Race Sched-
ule: 6PM – Optional practice begins, 6:30
PM – Mandatory drivers’ meeting, 7 PM
– Race begins, 9 PM – Race Ends, Winners
announced, awards presented. Register
early to reserve your team’s spot!!! Cost:
$300 per team for the 2 hour race (maxi-
mum of 6 recommended), $25 per racer for
optional practice time. For more informa-
tion, call Summit Point Karts at (304) 725-
5270. Closed toe shoes required. All other
equipment provided. Must be a licensed
driver 18 or older to participate. Specta-
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Friday, August 19, 2011
1pm - 4pm Business Basics Workshop.
150 South Main Street, Woodstock VA.
Join us in this interactive workshop where
we will identify and discuss the key ele-
ments in building a successful business,
including: the importance of a business
plan, fnancing, insuring, customer service,
promoting and social media, and resources.
Contact Stephanie Lillard (540) 459-9096
or register online at www.peopleinc.event-
brite.com. Workshops are FREE. Advanced
registration is required.
7pm - 9pm Gazebo Gathering. Main
Street, Front Royal. Enjoy Friday evening
with a Summer Concert Series that in-
cludes a variety of music at the Gazebo lo-
cated Downtown at Main/Chester Streets.
This a FREE event!! Hosted by: Blue Ridge
Arts Council. Tonight: “The Moonlighters”
- traditional American music - swing, jazz,
blues and oldies
Saturday, August 20, 2011
8am - 1pm Community Yard Sale. Crooked
Run Plaza, Front Royal. Today is a Commu-
nity Yard Sale to beneft the Warren County
Dog Park. The event will be at Petco. More
information: Joe at (540) 660-5276.
8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Mar-
ket. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more
information: (540) 635-5827 http://www.
warrencountyfair.com/15.html.
9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Main Street,
Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market
in Downtown Front Royal behind the Ga-
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For more information visit www.frontroy-
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1pm - 4pm Wedding. Main Street, Front
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Ask Stewart
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Ask
Stewart
Dear Stewart,

One of my trees has a big pile of saw-
dust next to it and I see big black ants
crawling around. Are they going to kill
my tree?

Nervous
Dear Nervous,

What you are seeing are carpenter ants
and believe it or not, they will not kill
your tree.
Stewart believes that every creature in
nature has a purpose or job (well, except
cockroaches...). Te job of carpenter ants
is to help break down stumps and logs
that are on the ground. All the tunnels
and holes they create accelerate the de-
composition process. Te sawdust you
see is all the material they’ve taken out of
their tunnels and broken down.
When you see these ants in trees, they’re
simply making their home. Generally, an
opening has occurred, through mechani-
cal damage at the trunk or rotted area
from a dead limb that has fallen of. Tey
will then take advantage of the decay
that has already started due to moisture
getting into the wood. If you remember
biology from high school, the only liv-
ing tissue in a tree trunk is the layer just
underneath the bark. Since the ants are
tunneling into the older already dead
wood in the center of the tree, their ac-
tivities will not kill your tree. However,
if the colony gets very large or has been
there for a while, the center of your tree
can actually become hollow, causing a
potential safety issue.
Tere are some sprays available at local
hardware stores or garden centers that
you can apply to the exposed area where
the ants are coming and going. However,
it is near to impossible to fully eradicate
the entire colony and you might have to
repeat treatments each year. If you are
concerned about safety, you can call in
a certifed arborist to evaluate the struc-
tural integrity of the tree and to provide
you recommendations on the tree. Just
to be sure, you might want to get a few
opinions. To help ease your mind, a hol-
low tree is not necessarily an immediate
candidate for removal. Try an experi-
ment sometime - take a piece of inch
diameter PVC pipe and try to snap it in
two with your hands. Even though it is
hollow, it’s tough to break it, isn’t it? It’s
the same case with many hollow trees,
but again since every tree is diferent, a
professional evaluation should put your
mind at rest.
Very rarely will these ants invade your
home. If window or door sills have start-
ed rotting due to weather, they might take
advantage of the situation and move in.
Since the winged phase of carpenter ants
and termites can sometimes be confused
with each other, I would suggest calling a
professional exterminator just in case.

Stewart
Te Front Royal/Warren County
Tree Steward program began in
1997 with volunteers dedicated to
improving the health of trees by
providing educational programs,
tree planting and care demon-
strations, and tree maintenance
throughout the community. Te
group now consists of over 30
active members with several in-
terns working toward becoming
certifed tree stewards from our
annual “All About Trees Class”.
Each month Stewart will answer a
question from our readers. Please
forward it to “Stewart” in care of
[email protected]
and we may publish it in a future
issue. Please visit our website at
www.treesfrontroyal.org.
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Cooper is a 1 year old male
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Valerie is a 1 year old
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If you are interested in adopting one of our dogs, the adoption fee is $145 and includes the spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip, flea/tick treatment and deworming. Thank you for your support of the
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Front Royal
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Andy Panda is an 8 year old Border
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is growing back, and he’s ready for
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Clara is a 3 year old spayed
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cats.
Humane Society of Warren County
Monday thru Sunday 10 am to 4 pm- Closed Wednesdays • 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA • 540-635-4734 • [email protected]
540-635-4734
If you are interested in adopting one of our dogs, the adoption fee is $145 and includes the spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip, flea/tick treatment and deworming. Thank you for your support of the
Humane Society. With your help we have been able to place thousands of animals in good homes. Contact Alison @ 540-551-2072 if you would like to become a pet sponsor too!
Please ask about our low cost spay and neuter program. Please be sure your pets at home are spayed/neutered and up to date on vaccinations.
Dog adoption available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Petco • Cat adoption available on Sat. 10 -2 at Southern States • Dogs and Cats available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Helmuth Builders
Andy Panda’s ad sponsored by:
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409 South St.
Front Royal
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Check out our other adoptable pets on www.warrenco.petfnder.com
COME ONE! COME ALL! The Humane Society of Warren County Presents: A SUMMER CARNIVAL Saturday, August 13th, 10 AM - 9 PM at the Front Royal
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Clara’s ad sponsored by:
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Boarding Kennels
& Grooming
125 Spicewood Lane
Front Royal
540-635-8979
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