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the family still has some specific needs that will require additional funds. If your church, organization or business would be willing to help please contact Carol Vorous, at (540) 636-684 ext.3107 or (540) 305-636 for additional information.
Martiez gets a permanent heart on March 27

Recovery going well but 14-year-olds battle just beginning
to receive an artificial heart transplant. But the artificial heart Martiez got in Philadelphia, Pa. in February was a stop-gap measure to keep the recipient going while a match for a permanent heart, a human heart, continued. On March 7 that heart was found and Martiez, who had just recently been moved out of Intensive Care following his first transplant into his own room, was headed back for his second major surgery in just over a month. On March 7 we were alerted by family friend and Ressie Jeffries librarian assistant Carol Vorous that at 6:30 a.m. Martiez was being prepped Young Martiez Rowell-Bradshaw has a new heart. By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report On Tuesday, March 7, 14-year-old Warren County Middle School student Martiez Rowell-Bradshaw got the heart he has been waiting for. In early March we reported that Martiez made history, becoming only the second youth in the nation for the surgery that could not only save his life, but give him a long and productive one. His family alerted Vorous that by 6:30 p.m. that evening the surgery was over and Martiez appeared to be recovering well. They finally got him back to the ICU around two this morning. Just got a text from Kentia around 6 ... she said everything went well the rest of the night. So far so good, Vorous texted friends and the media. Our last update before publication came on March 9. Vorous said Maritiezs mom, Kentia, contacted her the previous day to say her sons recovery continued to progress normally and that his breathing tube was expected to be removed on March 9. Vorous and other staffers at both Ressie, where Martiez went to elementary school, and WCMS staff where he is now a student, have been involved in fundraisers for the family. Martiez is the oldest of six children and the travel, time off from work and other hardships around being with their child as he has struggled to survive have put a financial strain on the family. Vorous said five fundraisers have thus far raised $4,000. The family is very appreciative of everything that has been done for them, Vorous told us. They thank you for the love, support and prayers through this very difficult time. However, the family still has some specific needs that will require additional funds. If you, your church, organization or business would be willing to help, contact Carol Vorous at (540) 636684 ext..3107 or (540) 305-636 for additional information.
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Front Royal doctor volunteers to help the poor in Honduras

ing more closely, it turns out that the medical profession as a whole does quite a bit, pro bono, to alleviate suffering throughout the Third World. Our own Dr. Thomas Ball, a veteran volunteer for the Winchester Medical Center Foundation, which sponsors medical teams for the Shoulder to Shoulder program in Honduras, Ecuador and Tanzania, recommended his new resident physician, a recent graduate of Yale medical school, to go in his place last year. She did so, knowing little about her surroundings at the 4,000-foot level of the Honduras/Salvador border but finding her knowledge of Spanish a pretty big help. Also, she was one of a group of 1 ranging from medical students to qualified physicians. It was a first for Dr. Salmon, a change not only in the weather but also in the makeup of her new patients, many of them malnourished children, some suffering maladies weve long since forgotten, such as worm infestation. Pregnant women walked three hours to the corrugated shack-like clinic for treatments. Many of the adult population suffer upper respiratory complications and seek medicine and treatment. Natives of the area pretty much live on what they grow. If they earn a wage,
it may amount to not more than two dollars a day. Anna said about 75% of her patients were children. Anna Salmon, a self-described military brat, was born in Ohio but has roots in Virginia. Her father, now retired from the U.S. Air Force, and mother live in Gainesville. Her mother once was a nurse in Haiti, and her sister is currently a nurse in Harrisonburg. Anna is a graduate of Nokesville High School, and completed her undergraduate work at the University of Virginia, so she claims Virginia as her home state and was attracted to the residency at Front Royal Family Practice.
Dr. Salmon is led back to the Honduran clinic by local children after making a house call.
By Malcolm Barr Warren County Report When Dr. JoAnna C. Salmon, M.D. (call me Anna), was nominated to leave town for awhile last fall to help adults and kids in Honduras with their health problems, she joined a long list of doctors in the Valley who participate in the national Shoulder to Shoulder program whose motto is: We exist to serve the poor. For Anna, one of the younger residents at Front Royal Family Prac-
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life fellow citizens (including Gov. McDonnell) who recognize that these innocent babies in the womb can not protect themselves and that the state must intervene to protect those who are vulnerable and defenseless. The few hundred ladies who staged a ruckus in Richmond - allegedly to protect their privacy rights - were annoyed that the new law would require full disclosure of the type of growth that they choose to carve out. After 8 weeks of gestation, that growth has a tiny head, flailing arms and legs, and a beating heart. Dont you think that the state has a right to insist that a pregnant woman be given full disclosure in seeing this tiny human being by means of non-invasive ultrasound imaging? The state insists on full disclosure in a great many transactions in order to protect the affected parties. Should a womans choice to terminate the life of her prospective child (and that childs right to life) be subject to less stringent disclosure requirements than that required for credit card cash advances? The real issue is not one of a womans privacy or of invasive practices. The issue is the termination of a living infant (regardless of whether or not that infant can survive independently) and the requirement that the woman be made aware of the impact that her choice would have on that growth within her body. Many - if not most of us - believe that that tiny person with head, arms, legs, and a beating heart is entitled to at least this very minimal degree of state intervention even if it may seem to be an annoying invasion of privacy. Sincerely, George Woloshyn Linden (Managing editors note: we are glad to hear from our old letter writing friend are you still rifling other peoples trash to read and get riled up by our paper, George kidding, kidding. However, more seriously we disagree that either we or the Capital News Service in Richmond have missed any point on these issues. Rather the CNS reporters have described relevant legislation and public reactions to it, as well as the stance of both sides of the political aisle on that legislation. Unfortunately, for advocates who are true believers with no inclination to discuss with an open mind such complex issues as what exactly defines human life and the legal rights tied to it, presenting more than the advocates side alone apparently indicates a journalistic failure of some kind. We also asked Mr. Woloshyn to provide links to support his contention that over half of the U.S. population supports the notion human life begins at conception and that an overwhelming body of scientific evidence supports that contention as well. He obliged and we discovered not surveys, but rather one Zogby phone survey of 1,099 people referenced on the pro-life Life News website to support the first claim concerning the supposed opinion of a majority of the U.S.s 314-million population. That survey was also made after its founder Zogby sold all interests in the company and retained no further con-nection to it or its methods. After reviewing the overwhelming body of scientific evidence provided by Mr. Woloshyn 16 phrases from a variety of scientific studies in one link we found that not one stated that human life begins at conception. Rather they all described conception as a key point in human development, that fertilization was a crucial landmark and other totally neutral statement on the issue of when human personhood begins. One link to The American College of Pediatricians did state support for Mr. Woloshyns stance. The groups website notes the organization was created in 00 with a specific agenda, stating, Of particular importance to the founders were (as it is today) the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death and the importance of the fundamental mother-father family (female-male) unit in the rearing of children. Attempting to access a third link provided, we were warned of possible virus contamination and declined to open it.)
The human life debate

Who is missing the point? Dear Editor: For two weeks in a row, your publication has missed the whole point of the Richmond tempest in a teapot that seems to have fixated your attention. You may or may not agree, but there are a great many people (more than half the US according to surveys) and an overwhelming body of scientific evidence that support the position that life begins at conception; that all
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life is precious; and that it should not be cavalierly snuffed for personal convenience. It is precisely such a cavalier attitude to human life that made it possible for Hitler and Stalin and Chou en lai to dispose of millions of their inconvenient subjects. Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry would like us to believe that fetuses are little more than tissue growths, and that it is entirely up to the woman and her right to privacy to determine what she does with these inconveniences. Fortunately, there are a goodly number of pro
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As a child, I couldnt understand why Easter never fell at the same time of the year like Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Squirrel Appreciation Day (Jan 1st, in case you want to store some nuts for next year). On top of that, there was all the hype about eggs and rabbits. Rabbits! Was that why Easter hopped all over the spring calendar from year to year? Theres an old story that also illustrates the mystery of Easter: A Sunday School teacher asked her class if they knew the origins of Easter. Its opening day for the Yankees and Giants, said one boy. No, said a girl, Its when we get nice new clothes and go find the eggs from the Easter Bunny. Added another boy, No, youre both wrong. After Jesus died on the cross, some of his friends buried him in a tomb they called a sepulcher. And three days later Jesus arose and opened the door of the tomb and stepped out. Yes, yes, said the teacher, Go on, go on! And if he sees his shadow, added the boy, well have six more weeks of bad weather. Had I heard that tale as a child, it would have only added to my Easter confusion because I probably would have believed it. I was quite gullible. I can still remember, one year, some kid telling me that during Lent the period leading up to Easter we were morally obliged to lend money to friends who asked for it. So when the kid asked, I lent. But as I later learned, if you neglected to ask for your money back before Easter Sunday, you lost it. I lost it. My parents didnt adequately answer all my Easter questions, either. They told me it fell on different days because it was the first
Sunday after the Paschal full moon following the northern hemispheres vernal equinox. To a 7year-old, I naturally thought they were pulling a fast one, in order to avoid buying any Easter goodies for me. As for the rabbits, their association with Easter was a mystery because I thought they had no religious significance. After all, the bible makes no mention of rabbits being used for burnt offerings; theres no reference to the Passover Bunny; and multitudes arent fed with five loaves and two hares. But Easter became more understandable as I grew older. I learned that the Easter bunny pre-dates Christian times and was part of spring festivals held by ancient civilizations to honor pagan gods. And since rabbits were known for their prodigious reproduction, they were natural symbols of rebirth and new life. The other bizarre Easter concept I wrestled with in my youth was the connection between rabbits and eggs. Rabbits dont lay eggs, no matter how much you encourage them. Reptiles (and birds) do, but my idea of an Easter gecko was never greeted enthusiastically whenever I suggested it. The rabbit-egg association is also an old one, dating back to Europe centuries ago. It seems German children believed that a magical, generous rabbit laid eggs in the grass, and that these were free for the taking. Along these lines, whats free for the taking today and how did it get there? (We welcome Nick Thomass humor column Along These Lines to WC Report. Thomas has written features for over 150 magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Christian Science Monitor. His syndicated column is found in over 70 papers across the country.)
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FOP donates $7k to school-church assistance programs

school supplies for their classes. To help our local organizations assist those that are in need, the members of the Fraternal Order of Police have decided to make $7,000 in financial contributions to the following: Skyline High School Indigent Fund $1,500 Warren County Middle School Weekend Fuel Program $1,500 Calvary Episcopal Church / Ressie Jeffries ES Backpack Buddies Program $1,500 Front Royal Presbyterian Church / E. W. Morrison ES Backpack Buddies Program $1,500 C-Cap of Front Royal / Warren County $1,000 These donations are possible only through the generous support of the community during Fraternal Order of Police fund-raisers like the upcoming Spring FOP Carnival, which will be held this year May 1 at the FRVFD Carnival Lot next to Bing Crosby Stadium in Front Royal, the FOP press release stated. Way to go FOP!
FOP Lodge 33 President Richard Furr presents $7,000 in donations to programs to aid school children and their families on March 22 at Skyline High School. From left, Melissa Hipple and Addie Jones of WCMS Weekend Fuel program, Skyline Principal Andrew Keller, Calvary Episcopals Nina Berran, FOP President and FRPD Chief Richard Furr, C-CAPs George Rutter and WCMS Weekend Fuels Patty Hite. By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report On March , Front Royal Police Chief and Lodge 33 Fraternal Order of Police President Richard Furr presented checks totaling $7,000 from the FOP to representatives of several schools and affiliated churches for programs aiding the families and children of this community. These donations illustrate our focus on community and law enforcement. It is about our core values its all about the kids and their families in these tough economic times, Furr said at the presentation. In a press release he added, The members of the Front Royal/Warren County Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 33 are keenly aware of the huge impact the current economy has had on our local families, and especially their children. Our members see firsthand in their day to day duties what our families and their children are doing to survive. Many children are going without food on days that schools are not in session and some are unable to purchase needed
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Two more dogs in need of home, medical care at Wagner Shelter

ties. Both will be available for adoption for the special someone who is willing to adopt them and ensure that they get the continued care that they will need. Both girls are looking at about 6 weeks of recovery time, Gallo told us. Warren County Vet Clinic is working with the Humane Society to get both Miley and Olive the care they need. Anyone that would like to donate can do so through our website at www.humanesocietywarrencounty.org, mail a check to the Humane Society of Warren County, 145 Progress Drive, Front Royal 630 or come by the Wagner Shelter at the above address in person and say Hi to Miley and Olive while youre there.
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Miley know our funds are very tight so we need to raise the funds to save both these girls. Initial estimates for their treatment is about $500 for each dog. Initially it was thought both dogs would need surgery requiring about $,000. However, additional exams led to the opinion Miley and Olive could be treated without surgery. Miley and Olive are exceptional cases because they are both very young and have wonderful personaliBy Kevin S. Engle Warren County Report
Olive By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report The Humane Society of Warren County is attempting to raise funds for emergency treatment and rehab to repair leg injuries to two dogs brought in recently and find these darlings homes. We are hoping to raise public support and funds to help fix both of them, HSWC Kennel Team Coordinator Marcy M. Gallo wrote us. One of the dogs, Miley, is a 4-1/ month old Chihuahua-pug mix who fell off a bed and fractured her front leg. Her owners could not afford the care she needed and so she was surrendered to the shelter. The fracture is so severe that she will need to have her leg amputated. Olive is our other poor girl who has a broken hip. She is a 5-monthold hound-pit mix who was hit by a car and brought to us by animal control. She was never reclaimed and is now waiting for a hip surgery. As you
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What do the following have in common? Income taxes, March Madness, Facebook, the NFL Bounty system and Welfare reform? How about Oreo cookies, the sinking of the Titanic, our mild winter and falling out of your chair? When people know you write a column, some are more than happy to tell you what your next one should be about. Taking the offensive, I polled some of my readers and asked them, If you were writing my next article, what would it be about? Heres what they said, minus all of the obscenities. MW was thinking about the time of year. Why dont you write about the taxman? Wasnt there a Beatles song with that word in it? What was the name of it? MW The Taxman. Oh. MW Or March Madness. Thats timely. CD was thinking the same thing. How about March Madness? Thats appropriate. I see a theme developing here. LS always has plenty of suggestions for me, whether I want them or not. Unfortunately, diarrhea is the one that comes up just about every time. I think LS has some issues, digestive and otherwise. LS Write about Facebook and how people are always lying about themselves. Like the guy with four kids that he forgot to tell you about, and the fifth that hes paying child support for. Oh yeah, and hes unemployed too. I was sensing some hostility. Hostility and digestive issues. Not a good combination. LS Or how about those football players who were getting paid to hurt guys on other teams. More hostility. You mean the bounty system? LS Yeah. Or Welfare Reform? I grimaced at that one, al-
though I played along. I didnt want any of LSs hostility directed toward me. MT also mentioned March Madness. And what about all the things that are 100 years old this year? The Oreo cookie, the Cherry Blossoms in D.C., LL Bean and the sinking of the Titanic. Or our mild winter, and how that means more stink bugs. My blood pressure shot up with that one. JG wanted me to write about what happened to his boss last week. It was funny, and I saw the whole thing. We were in a training class. Fifteen minutes in, the poor guys left arm rest broke, and then his right one. And then the seat gave way. Before he knew it, he was on the floor. And he didnt say a thing. I think he was sleeping. The chair was a total loss, but he escaped unscathed. I hear hes been talking to an attorney. Ok readers, you asked for it. Every year, when March rolls around, people start thinking about taxes. It drives them mad. Personally, it makes me sick. I get diarrhea. And one night last week, although it seems like about a hundred years ago, I was dunking my Oreo cookies in milk and ordering stuff from LL Bean. I was checking out a friends Facebook page and everybody was talking about a funny video they saw on line. Some guy was at work, sleeping. The next thing he knew he was on the floor after his chair broke. I hear hes suing. Rumor has it the company put out a hit on him. A bounty. For now, hes sittin at home collecting Disability and may have to go on welfare. They gotta fix that system. That should shut everybody up, I mean, make them happy. I doubt it. The author likes March Madness and Oreo cookies. He does not like income taxes and diarrhea.
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Vet proposes trap/neuter/release program to control cat population
facility repairs from the (shelter) ventilation systems to the flooring. The sponsorship program which emerged as adoption fees were lowered was partially responsible for the increased adoption rate. Denney said volunteers, staff and supporters came forward to sponsor an adoptable pet by paying (between $45 and $100) for a specific pets spaying or neutering. Anyone or any organization interested in sponsoring an individual animal should contact the shelter by calling (540) 635-4734. Adoptable pets may be seen on PetFinder.com. HSWC Supervisory Veterinarian Dr. Sue Hirsch advocated the start of a trap/neuter/release program in
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Warren County for cats. Every female trapped and spayed now will reduce the number of kittens to be handled by animal control this summer by at least two, she said, without expanding on plans for such a program. She added: As a society, we have the ability and the obligation to meet the moral challenge of reducing the number of needless cat deaths and each individual can make a difference. Feral cats have been a problem in the county for some years, with numbers increasing exponentially. According to statistics provided by Dr. Hirsch, over 1 years, one feral fe-male cat, with all her female off-
spring, can be expected to produce over 3,00 kittens! According to the newsletter, HSWC joined the Presidential Volunteer Awards program in January. Volunteers who achieve the national standards in volunteer service hours will be recognized at the HSWC 013 annual meeting. An HSWC clinic to provide rabies shots, nail trims and ear cleaning was announced for June 3. The societys 01 annual meeting is scheduled for April 10. (Malcolm Barr, Sr., a frequent contributor to the WC Report, is a former president of HSWC)
By Malcolm Barr Sr. Warren County Report Calling successes at the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter since last April a reincarnation, Humane Society of Warren County president Denise Eastham looks forward to reaching the next level during the coming year. Meanwhile, writing in Shelter Tails, the HSWC executive director Lavenda Denney re-ported a 54 percent increase in the adoption rate at the shelter, and a new sponsorship pro-gram that may lead to a less expensive and an easier adoption process.
Eastham included this, plus what she called stabilization of staff for both cat and dog teams and surviving our short term financial needs, among goals accomplished in 011. Apart from a $5,000 grant from the Warren County Board of Supervisors, a December public appeal netted $15,000. Due solely to the giving spirit of the community. the (HSWC) was able to end the year without an immediate deficit, Denney wrote. In 01, we will continue to move forward the development of new standard (operating) procedures, a new foster program, some exciting new fund raisers, and much needed
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Organizers called the Pixie yard sale in the Petco parking lot on March 17, a wonderful success, with $1,069 collected. Pixies first surgery to repair birth defects to her back leg sockets was on March 20. The second surgery will be scheduled after she heals from the first one GO PIXIE!!! Among those appearing for Pixie were Last Chance Road Dogs Layla, the German Shepherd, and Tessie, at rear in cage. Unsold at the sale was a 2-horse trailer - for info call Last Chance Road Dogs rescue at (540) 671-0053 - a portion of the sale price will go to Pixie, the Wagner Shelter and the Full Moon Wolf Dog Sanctuary.
McHugh described the makeup of the majority voting block brought to the March 15 mass meeting as a combination of constitutional conservatives, Ron Paul people and hard-core, pro-life Catholics.
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A new U.S. civil war - first the party, then the nation?
Hard-line ideologues battle for control of local Republican Committee
Republican Party that are frustrated with current leadership on both the national and state level in the Republican Party. I do believe the bigger issue is state and national conventions. But its unfortunate some take it so personal like Tim (Ratigan) saying hes going to leave the committee, another former committee chair and longtime Republican activist, Matt Tederick, said. Outgoing Warren County Republican Committee Chairman Dave Henderson agreed the impetus for the March 15 move on electing local committee officers might have had goals beyond county or even district politics. Basically this incident appears to be part of a national movement of
Mike McHugh and town council candidate Manuel Vicente, right, following March 23, HLI-organized demonstration against birth control portions of federal health care act. McHugh says Vicente helped assemble the majority block for March 15 Republican Committee meeting. Vicente isnt talking.
Mass meeting block organizer Mike McHugh tries to corner former county Republican Committee chair (08) and Romney and Goodlatte supporter Tony Elar into a change of heart toward 6th District Republican challenger Karen Kwiatkowski. As for McHughs Republican presidential race preference, he told us, Anybody but Romney.
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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Escalating rhetoric by local Republicans in the wake of a sometimes contentious March 15 Warren County Republican Committee Mass Meeting may be the tip of a much larger political iceberg. That iceberg in the minds of some current and past local Republican Committee members and officers is an attempt to pack not only the 6th Congressional District and state Republican Conventions, but ultimate-
ly the National Republican Convention with supporters of libertarian Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. I think this may have been part of a larger statewide, even national effort to control local committees so they can control the appointment of delegates to future conventions, Front Royal mayoral candidate Tim Ratigan said on March 19. Asked who they were, Ratigan replied, The Paul people. Despite his own past ties to the Tea Party, Ratigan initially reacted
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three of us put people in the room. It was that coalition of concern about Goodlatte, McHugh said of longtime Republican 6th U.S. Congressional District representative Bob
Goodlatte (Warren County is being redistricted out of Frank Wolf s 10th and into Goodlattes 6th District). Fusaro was elected acting chairman of the mass meeting. He was an un-
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Paul people to try and take over local committees across the state. Theyve got it in their brains if they take over local units they can affect who gets to the state convention, then the national convention. They have been successful in some local committees but not ours, Henderson said. Noting an ongoing controversy about nominating rules for the mass meeting and a consequent inability to elect either a chair or vice chair on March 15, Henderson added, My fear is, if they lose will they go away VERY angry and is that a danger to us.
Coalition of concerns One leader of the approximate 55person voting block (of 103 signed in) that tried to elect new local Republican officers on March 15 is Mike McHugh. McHugh, a Baptist pastor, is a long time pro-life and guns right activist. McHugh described the makeup of the majority voting block brought to the March 15 mass meeting as a combination of constitutional conservatives, Ron Paul people and hard-core, pro-life Catholics. The fact is that Dennis [Fusaro] and I and Manuel Vicente the
The fact is that Dennis [Fusaro] and I and Manuel Vicente the three of us put people in the room. It was that coalition of concern about (Republican 6th U.S. Congressional District representative Bob) Goodlatte. Mike McHugh on organization of mass meeting voting block
I think hes a good man, he told us. However, he added he hasnt worked directly with the Paul campaign in recent years, instead doing national field survey work. I spent almost a year in Iowa awhile back, he noted. Online we found a detailed survey Fusaro released in January 011 comparing the relative strengths, name recognition and potentials of all Republican presidential candidates initially in the field. Fusaro agreed with McHughs description of the makeup of the mass meeting majority block and his and Vicentes roles in assembling it. He said his involvement stemmed from awareness there were concerns about rules and policies being forwarded by the local committee. What happens locally impacts the structure and agenda of the party at the state level, Fusaro observed. He added he thought there were three tracks of concern of the majority block at the mass meeting: 1/ 6th District representation; / Ron Paul support; and 3/ issues at the local level. I came because of these concerns. Someone said, will you be acting chairman, and I said, fine, okay, Ill do it Ill be fair. I wanted to be a delegate at the 6th District convention. I wasnt mad at anybody. Fusaro acknowledged the rules dispute that prevented completion of the business of the meeting, leading to McHughs appeal of adjournment of the mass meeting (see related story). The third block organizer, Manuel Vicente, is employed in the admis-

sions department at Seton Home School, whose director Mary Kay Clark is the outgoing Republican Committee secretary. Vicente is also a first-time candidate for local office, on the ballot for the May Front Royal Town Council election. He did not respond to e-mail or phone messages about the mass meeting, his role or perceptions of it. Vicente has not previously been active in local politics. Neither McHugh nor Fusaro has been active locally in recent years. On March 15 that changed sort of. I mean Dom Repici, he and Steve Kurtz have done a fine job for the local stuff but thats peanuts, McHugh says of recent committee vice chair Repici and committee member Kurtz. The difference between constitutional conservative Republicans and country club Republicans is this country club Republicans view their committee membership as a property right; I view it as an act of service for all the Republicans that cant come to the meeting. The good fight Goodlatte After returning to the county McHugh served as the Warren County Republican Committee South River Magisterial District rep in 00, 004 and 006 and as committee vice chairman in 008. McHugh told us he was seeking the Warren County Republican executive committee chairmanship because of the influence a committee chair has in setting rules, agen-
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The Grand Old Party does not have a leader. They have had four years to get a leader to defeat Obama and they have done nothing. long-time county Republican Prudence Mathews
leased from obligation to candidates based on state party primary or caucus results. And then the fun begins for Paul or any Republican presidential candidate if their supporters have been placed in significant numbers on state delegations and are no longer committed to repeat their first ballot votes. But McHugh pooh-poohs the notion that the effort to gain control of the chairmanship of the county Republican executive committee was part of a larger effort to swing delegate selections that could eventually reach the August National Republican Convention in support of Paul. Who does he support for the Republican presidential nomination? Anybody but Romney, McHugh told us. However, he did admit to getting a call from a state Paul rep from Virginia Beach after the mass meeting and subsequent press or political reports about it. Pauls not going to win but Rand Paul in 016, keep your eye on that, McHugh said of Ron Pauls son and current first-term, U.S. senator from Kentucky. Vacuum at the top The Grand Old Party does not have a leader. They have had four years to get a leader to defeat Obama and they have done nothing, long-time county Republican Prudence Mathews said in response to a question about what the local mass-meeting events of March 15 might mean. She added that the vacuum at the top is likely seeping down, creating situations like the March 15 mass meeting here. I dont have a problem with people forwarding their own candidate to beat Obama but fighting among ourselves, and that is whats happening, does not help, outgoing committee Chairman Henderson said. After over six months of campaigning and the spending of record-setting amounts of money in advertising much of it negative for state delegates across the country, the Republican Party appears increasingly divided. Its 01 presidential primary process has left: an unpopular front runner with a serious case of foot-inmouth disease, Mitt Romney; a seemingly endless supply of flavor-of-the-day challengers, from Sarah Palin (who once again quit early as she did as governor of Alaska to avoid media scrutiny or to her mind, persecution); Michelle Bachman (an antifederal involvement candidate whose family farm is supported in part by federal subsidies); Newt Gingrich (dont do as I do, do as I say when it comes to personal morality); Rick Santorum (a religious, social agenda zealot who thinks blahhh people are a drain on society); and even a token blahhh, I mean black challenger, pizza-marketing guru Herman Caine, thrown into the mix (just to prove Republicans arent at all racially motivated in their fervent personal hatred of or devotion to unseating Barack Obama); and then there is Paul the elder, the ever-lurking libertarian presence who has failed to win anywhere but just wont go away. Buoyed by post-Citizens United unlimited (and often anonymous) financial support, Romneys remaining challengers Paul, Santorum and Gingrich have all refused to drop out, possibly continuing the personal and political bloodletting right up to the August National Republican Convention. In fact, the day before the March 3, HLI pro-life/anti-birth control mandate rally in Front Royal, the national news media widely reported Santorum saying he would rather have Obama re-elected, than Romney gaining the presidency. Then a week later Santorum was reported saying he would accept the vice presidency on a Romney ticket. And you thought following the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament was fun
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Will chair be selected by membership only or another mass-meeting block?
By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Whether it was motivated by state, federal or local politics or some combination thereof a dispute over rules, nominations and who will lead and influence agendas for the Warren County Republican Committee for the next two years remains unresolved. Despite allegations by some committee members that the end game for a majority block of apparent noncommittee members was the naming of delegates to the state and ultimately the national Republican Conventions, one organizer of that block, Mike McHugh, said the focus was on gaining the committee chairmanship with an eye toward the coming Republican U.S. 6th District convention and a challenge of long-time conservative incumbent Bob Goodlatte (see related story). The McHugh block brought an apparent 55-47 majority to the mass meeting. That was the margin of victory for Dennis Fusaro over committee member and county Commonwealths Attorney Brian Madden to assume the role of acting chairman to conduct the March 15 mass meeting. However the attempt to elect a chairman, as well as vice chair, and propel any future committee processes, agendas or rules stalled after that. While two executive committee members were elected Treasurer Trish Anderson was re-elected and former executive committee member Susan Conway was elected secretary (though she reportedly declined the position before the meetings conclusion) no chair, vice chair or magisterial district chairs were elected. Rules set forth in the call for the March 15 mass meeting by then Chairman Dave Henderson were that executive committee nominations had to be pre-filed. Only one candidate was pre-filed for nomination to the chairmanship being vacated recent Vice-Chairman Dom Repici. I wasnt aware of it in time, McHugh told us of the pre-filing qualification for the mass meeting. At issue for McHugh is that the nomination rules set by the chair for the mass meeting conflict with the committee bylaws, which allow nominations from the floor. We had to deal with the illegal call [to the mass meeting]. If youve been to the website the bylaws say nominations from the floor may not be barred. And the call said nominations from the floor will be barred. I didnt find out till it was too late, McHugh said of the altered rule for the mass meeting. As the dispute over call rules allowing only pre-filed nominations developed, Fusaro said, Some wanted to vote the only pre-filed chair nomination down and they realized they had the votes to do it. After it was apparent an impasse had been reached, the mass meeting was adjourned. Fusaro said at issue is whether a mass meeting that has failed to accomplish what is it was called to accomplish election of all executive committee members and magisterial district representatives can be adjourned. However, he agreed the initial decision on further nominations and officer elections will come from the existing executive committee. At this point that is the most recent past chairman, Dave Henderson and the only other elected officer, Treasurer Trish Anderson. But McHugh says he believes that even if his appeal is rejected, those with him can block the necessary /3s majority needed to elect officers at a regular meeting. We were told about 45 people registered and paid dues to become committee members on March 15. Though new members can be approved at any meeting, new members cannot vote until the meeting after they join the committee. All we need is one third to block it because the party plan requires two thirds but that is if the RPV rules in their favor. The RPV should rule in our favor because it was a clear violation in the call, McHugh said. And the key question I was asked was did you do anything to try to deal with the illegal call. And I said yea, we tried to suspend the rules. For McHugh it is the chairmans seat that is crucial. Committee chairmen traditionally wield significant influence, setting rules for specific Name of the game If some, like Ratigan, believe the March 15 mass meeting power play was out of line, others just see it as political business as usual. The GOP has a process various candidates try to get control its part of the process and not uncommon, former committee chairman and long-time Republican activist Matt Tederick said. I thought it was rather subdued compared to some Ive seen no one was shouted down. I thought it was professionally done granted when a majority takes over, the minority gets upset, Tederick said. meetings and bringing forward agendas for the committees membership to focus on, he told us.
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Supervisors move toward salary increases without a tax hike
By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Following a joint Special Meeting with the school board the morning of March 7 to discuss budget issues, the Warren County Board of Supervisors appeared to establish a consensus to accommodate two funding requests to enable the public school system to be included in a countywide employee pay upgrade. A -percent pay increase after several years of no cost-of-living or step increases is seen as necessary to keep not only county employee morale up, but to keep employees in the county, particularly in the public school system as other localities seem poised to improve pay scales that have been floundering in both a down economy and conservative funding environment at the state level. School Finance Director Rob Ballentine told the supervisors county public schools are seeing a $1,789,31 reduction in federal funding. However, he added that revenue loss is being offset somewhat by a downgrade in the countys Composite Index ranking that helps determine state funding levels for all public school systems ranking goes down, funding goes up I guess were not as collectively rich as we used to be. The proposed budget increases for the school system total $,783,631 but will be offset in part by returning a $38,47 surplus from public schools FY 011-1 budget. Of the request to increase last years local schools appropriation of $19,717,546 by $,558,571: $1,778,31 will cover state-implemented increases to Virginia Retirement System (VRS) rates. Of that amount, $30,63 will cover compensation to employees for a change requiring employees to pay a 5percent hike in employee benefit shares; $69,768 to cover the percent salary hike. Ballentine noted the county has the option of covering the 5-percent VRS increase in one year or spread it out by one-percent annually for five years. The first option, while costing more in the short-term, will actually save the county money over the long haul. In fact, doing some quick calculating North River Supervisor Dan Murray estimated an $18,000 annual loss in the first year of the year-by-year option. And Murray later told us, that figure would likely go higher annually in much the manner interest compounds as it was impacted by the higher salaries; and as County Finance Director Carolyn Stimmel pointed out, likely continuing increases in VRS rates. In later discussion after school officials left the meeting it appeared the board preferred to go with a first-year, one-percent hike with the possibility of doing the remaining four-percent next year in a better county revenue situation. However it is accomplished, the increased appropriation to schools, as well as to the countys own budget hike for staff increases will be accomplished without a discussed one or two-cent county tax hike (1 cent = about $350,000). Rather, the county will borrow around $ million from its General Fund, with the hope of paying itself back next year with the help of an anticipated revenue increase of $1.6 million from the Dominion-VEPCO gas-fired power plant planned to begin construction this year on the countys northside. Future revenues Tony Carter expressed reservations about depending on anticipated revenues before we get it. He noted that had north corridor revenues anticipated to fund the countys commitment to its capital improvement projects that included the two high schools, Bing Crosby and public library fallen through, a 17-cent tax hike would have been needed to cover the expense. However, the fact those corridor revenues did come through; coupled with the money already invested by Dominion, as well as the degree of pre-construction work already underway on Dominions power plant, seemed to ease Carter and the other supervisors minds. While borrowing the General Fund reserve under 15 percent of the total county budget risks a downgrade of the countys excellent bond rating impacting future interest rates, it appeared a one-
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year turnaround to replenish the fund to the necessary level should not result in any downgrade. Addressing the issue, County Administrator Doug Stanley said a worst case scenario taking percent out of the General Fund reserve to balance the FY 01-13 budget would leave $10,738,549 in the General Fund reserve, or 1.17 percent of the proposed annual budget. Stanley said those numbers could be impacted positively by additional revenues or reduced expenditures that may still be uncovered as the budget process progresses. State delays The county and school systems budget positions are complicated by the failure of the Virginia General Assembly to approve a budget on schedule. School Finance Director Rob Ballentine pointed out the senate and house budgets on the table do not match and neither matches the governors earlier state budget proposal. Ballentine said he was working with the most conservative state numbers from the house of representatives in projecting local funding needs. County and school officials anticipated a state budget would be passed by the re-adjourned General Assembly the first week of April. That will allow the county to meet an advertising, budget public hearing schedule to accommodate approval of the county budget by May 1, as required to accommodate state guidelines and the twice-yearly county tax billing process that sees initial sixmonth tax bills prepared and in your mailbox in June. County employees The supervisors also decided to go with a compromise scenario presented by Human Resources Director Jodi Spittler in giving non-school system county employees a salary increase. The county has been floundering during the recession in how to correct pay-scale inequities cited by a 009 consultant study by Springsted. That study showed the negative impact on employee morale of salary freezes that end up seeing first-year employees making the same amount of money as people working three and four years in the same positions. The board seemed to settle on a plan that would bring all employees up to minimum salary standards at their positions, and add a One-Step increase for employees with at least three years on the county payroll. Rejected was an option that would have only corrected the minimum salary situation, and plans that would have added two or three steps to salaries to compensate for more than one year of lost COLA increases.
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Budget summary So as of March 7: $87,93,066 is the total county budget proposal; $59,5,54 in local revenue will be required; $,76,117 in local revenue to public schools; $39,534,708 local revenue to remaining county departments. As our head spun with numbers and percentages following the morning meeting, Stanley summarized the proposed county method of balancing the FY 013 budget: borrow $1.1 million for capital programs; borrow $939,69 to accommodate both the school and other county department salary increases; of that total, $69,768 to school employees; $46,94 to other county employees. Number, more numbers
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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report On March 19 the Front Royal Town Council continued to ponder its place in ongoing disputes between property owners, businessmen and builders over what some perceive as too-harshly-applied regulations and too-lengthy timeframes in the county permitting process. Despite a work session appearance and explanation of procedures by County Building Official Dave Beahm and County Administrator Doug Stanley on March 5, the issue seems far from resolved. Good for them for trying to put out the fire, Shae Parker said of the countys explanation of its policy, but I dont theyre aware it is turning into an inferno. Were taking a beating on this, Mayor Tim Darr observed. And were not even in the process, Town Manager Steve Burke added. But were letting someone else represent our interests, Parker said of why that beating may be continuing. If we keep getting the same complaints Im willing to talk to each supervisor if thats whats necessary whatever it takes, the mayor said of resolving complaints generated by in-town businesses and property owners. Darr said since the March 5 work session discussion he had received four more phone calls and three other face-to-face complaints about the county process. If someone brings a business here and expects to get it going in one month and they get backed up two, three, four months maybe its their fault but we need to encourage the county to help correct this situation, Darr said. Tom Conkey complained that the county seemed more engaged in justifying its position and process than in correcting any issues that are leading to the complaints. That the bulk of those complaints in the past year appear to have been generated within the town limits is an ongoing sore point for town officials. At the top of that list on the business side have been two town restaurants, Joes Steakhouse and Element. As commented in the wake of the March 5 work session, Joes lost an entire season due to additional renovation requirements imposed that may have more than doubled their anticipated expenses. According to town officials, after over a year Element has yet to be able to open an outside deck due to county interpretation and enforcement of federal handicap access codes and state emergency egress issues. Conkey said he favored moving forward with establishing the towns own building inspection and permitting department within planning and zoning. However Hollis Tharpe questioned how council could know that its own department might not be worse or harsher in its interpretation of codes. Willing to take the chance that would not be the case, Parker suggested council seek a formal opinion from the Warren County Builders Association on the advisability of the town establishing its own permitting department. I have no problem with asking the question, Tom Sayre said. Sayre then lightened the mood by describing his amazement at the appearance of first holes on a residential property off Happy Creek Road on his drive into town, and then posts in those holes that he said went right up to the new sidewalk and town right of way Im wondering what is this?!!? Responding to Sayres amazement at the fence construction process so close to the town ROW, town Planning Director Jeremy Camp noted that in the wake of VDOT right-ofway acquisition from those properties for the recent expansion of Happy Creek Road, those homeowners property lines did go right up to the towns sidewalks and ROW. Thats why it took 14 years, the town manager said of the Happy
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Front Royal Police Chief Richard H. Furr has announced that his department has partnered with the Front Royal/Warren County Chamber of Commerce to help promote Distracted Driving Awareness Month during the month of April. Chief Furr states, Distracted Driving is a cause in approximately 80 percent of all crashes and 65 percent of all near-crashes in a recent study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. In todays society, drivers are more focused on doing other tasks within the vehicle other than watching the road. During the month of April, we want to remind motorists that driving is a task that requires 100% of their attention. The slightest distraction from that task can end tragically not only for the driver, but also for other motorists and pedestrians. Traffic Enforcement Officer Donald Orye adds Teenagers and young drivers are at risk the most. With the technology that is available today with cell phones, iPods, GPS devices, and other electronic devices, their attention is focused more on these items rather than driving. Drivers in this age group do not have the experience to try and multi-task while driving. By taking their eyes off the roadway to look at a cell phone for a brief moment, their attention has now been redirected. When they do bring their eyes back to the roadway, it will take almost seconds for their attention to become focused again on the task of driving, Orye adds Young drivers are already at risk when they start driving. One study shows that 3 out of 5 newly licensed drivers will be involved in an accident during their first 6 months of driving alone. If they use a cell phone while driving, that risk is increased 3 times. So the odds are already against our young drivers. Nikki Foster, President of the Front Royal/Warren County Chamber of Commerce, has pledged to be a part of this campaign and is encouraging all of the Chambers members to take part. We are asking our members to take the steps to drive without being distracted. We want everyone to be safe while on the roadway and to be totally focused on their driving behavior. Even though the campaign is during the month of April, I would like everyone to keep this issue in mind every time they get behind the wheel all year long. For more information, please visit www.drivesmartva.org and take the pledge to not drive distracted. (From a release)
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By Ryan Murphy Capital News Service RICHMOND, March 28 A legislative conference committee soon will begin deliberations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the state budget, which would take effect July 1. We are cautiously optimistic that a solid, fiscally prudent budget will emerge from conference and be voted into law within the next few weeks, House Speaker William J. Howell, RStafford, said Tuesday, March 7. A number of sticking points could delay any agreement. They include road tolls in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, different provisions on Medicaid eligibility and the shuffling of money between education and transportation. The Republicanheavy conference committee could mean that a budget looking more like the House version will come out of the deliberations. With various localities and agencies waiting for final adoption of the budget, I hope that the conferees will produce a balanced conference report for final passage in short order, Howell said. Senate Democrats were able to use the evenly divided chamber to their advantage for the first time. As lieutenant governor, Republican Bill Bolling has been able to cast tiebreaking votes on legislation, essentially giving Republicans an unofficial majority in the chamber. However, he cannot cast the deciding vote on matters pertaining to the budget. Democrats pushed the advantage to force a budget more to their liking. It kept more money in education and pushed back tolls in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, according to Delegate Mark Sickles, D-Franconia. What the Senate has done is exactly what House Democrats were fighting for during each round of the budget process, Sickles said. A sizable Republican majority in the House blocked passage of the Senate version of the budget, setting the stage for joint budget conference meetings. A panel of senators and delegates will compare the two budgets, see where they dont match up and try to hammer out a compromise. The result would go to both the House and Senate for final approval. The budget conference committee consists of six representatives from each chamber. The panel has eight Republicans, including House Majority Leader Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights; three Democrats; and one independent, Delegate Lacey Putney of Bedford. Putney chairs the House Appropriations Committee.
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The payroll tax reduction has been extended under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. Two percent of your deduction for Social Security (4.2 percent, down from 6.2 percent) has been picked up by the government again, and that amount will stay in your paycheck. If youre self-employed, your portion of self-employment tax drops from 12.4 percent to 10.4 percent, to account for that 2 percent. Workers who earn $50,000 would have seen $1,000 in their paychecks over the year the reduction has been in place. Divided by 24 (assuming twicemonthly pay periods) and that would have come to around $40 per paycheck. If your annual pay is $30,000, your savings from the reduction is $50 per month. Oddly enough, a poll by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling showed that 66 percent of workers didnt know their paychecks were larger, even though the extra amount had been in paychecks for a year. The poll shows what the rest of polled workers did with that money: Saved most of it: 3 percent Caught up on past-due bills: 8 per-
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Greg Pragel and Eddie Staver III as Greater Tunas OKKK radio tandem of Arles and Thurston. Greater Tuna runs from March 24 through April 28, at Middletowns Wayside Theater. Call (540) 869-1776 for reservations. Photography by Westervelt
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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report We (Mandy & me) jumped at an offer to replace our normal Wayside Theater reviewer Malcolm Barr Sr. at official opening night of Greater Tuna on Sunday, March 5. Greater Tuna is a comedy about life and personalities in Tuna, Texas, a place that dont say its any differ-
ent or any better than anyplace else. The show, first performed by its two playwrights Jaston Williams and Joe Sears in 1981, has grown into one of the most produced plays at regional, community and college theaters across the United States. It even got a showing at the White House in 1989 during the presidency of Texan George H.W. Bush. Bush and wife Barbara showed they
werent too thin-skinned about the made-for-laughs portrayal of rural Texans and their personal and cultural foibles when Greater Tuna was invited back for an encore performance with one of three eventual sequels, A Tuna Christmas, in 1990. Even famed TV producer Norman Lear once brought the play into Americans homes on HBO. Well admit to being somewhat skeptical about the ability of any local
theaters cast and staff to do justice to such an undertaking as Greater Tunas fast-paced, two-man show. Our gut reaction was well, how are two guys short of DeNiro and Pacino gonna hold our attention for nearly two hours? Just over two hours later, including one intermission, we joined the Opening Night crowd cheering Eddie Staver III and Greg Pragels tour d force performances flawlessly de-
livered at a pace a cast of 10 might not have matched at a lesser venue. Appropriately, Wayside vet Staver and newcomer Pragel brought out wardrobe and production staff for a bow, and a well-deserved one at that. One fellow theater goer said they timed the costume changes sending Staver and Pragel back on stage as ever changing characters at 30second intervals as the show flowed seamlessly from scene to scene. A tour d force by all and a show we highly recommend. Perhaps the secret of the popularity and longevity of Greater Tuna is held in that observation delivered early in the show by Tunas OKKK radio news team of Arles and Thurston that Tuna is, more or less, like every place else. Those words acknowledge a universal theme hidden under the regional accents, dress and local color. For me, the theme is that under the window dressing we all put up around ourselves, down deep were all subject to the same fears, desires and temptations no matter who we are or where we come from. And listening to lines written over 30 years ago I was also struck by the notion that while things change, they stay the same. News flash, Arles and Thurston break into one of Tunas OKKK radio broadcasts, nuclear accident imperils millions in seven states (pregnant
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One former Front Royal Town Manager, Michael Graham, right, brought a message to council from another former town manager, Walter Duncan, on March 26. The message is, do due diligence rather than just ignore the information Duncan has accumulated on what he believes are decades of town citizens shouldering too much of the financial burden of economic development in the community, most of it on county land.
By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Despite a fairly light agenda, the Front Royal Town Council heard one pretty pointed public hearing question and a public presentations request, both with pretty heavy implications during its meeting of March 6. Early in the meeting, speaking during the Public Presentations, former Town Manager Michael Graham urged council to do some substantive follow up on issues surrounding long-time revenue-expenditure inequities alleged in recent months by Walter Duncan. Actu-ally, Duncan, a 9-year-old former town manager and councilman, pointed out
in a March 3 memo to council that his initial presentation to them on what he perceives as the undue financial burden for economic development shouldered by town citizens, was given to them on May 3, 011, exactly 10 months earlier. Its been a long time since Ive been back here its almost a year and a half, Graham noted as he prefaced his remarks before the mayor and a council 3-, one-inthe-hole sub-majority that fired him. Graham noted the amount of research Duncan had done on water and corridor issues while he, Graham, was still in office. Its been a long time since Ive been back here its almost a year and a half, Graham noted
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Ratigans press release stated. And so the 01 campaign heats up. Not our kind of people? If that dust up wasnt enough, another member of the public questioned the advisability of a re-zoning matter back on the agenda after an earlier approval that was later found by the applicants attorney to be procedurally flawed. Revisited on March 6 was councils approval of a re-zoning of just over 98 acres for the HEPTAD subdivision planned as part of a Planned Neighborhood Development under Urban Development Area guidelines mandated by a bipartisan coalition of the Virginia General Assembly several years ago. While the current legislature removed the UDA mandate this session, inclusion of the HEPTAD development owned by current town EDA board rep Ron Llewellyn as part of then legally-required county development plan was negotiated last year after six years of off and on negotiations on proffers, including contributions to Leachs Run Parkway. The rezoning from Suburban Residential to a PND District (Planned Neighborhood Development) will increase the number of units and reduce the lot size into the type of clustered development with larger park areas of green space favored by current planning theory and environmental groups. The planning theory is to reduce stress on groundwater by eliminating development dependent on well and septic in more remote rural areas in favor of cluster subdivisions adjacent to existing development and central utilities. However during the public hearContinued on pg. 33
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March is nomination month for the Warren County High School Lawrence Sweeney Shiflett Athletic Hall of Fame. Nomination forms are available at www.warrencountysports.org under the Files & Links icon. Deadline for nominations is April 1. Any Alumni or friend of Warren County High School may submit the name of a nominee from the following categories: - Former Student Athletes of Warren County High School - Former Coaches of Warren County High School - Former Coaches of Warren County High School - Contributor to Warren County High School Athletics For additional information, please contact the Wildcat Athletic Office at (540) 635-1160.
HUME, VA The Desert Rose ranch & Winery in Hume is celebrating its first anniversary on April 1 no fooling. Sunday, April 1, come for the release of two new wines: our 011 Rose, affectionately referred to as Sparky, and our 010 Port-styled Dessert Wine, also known as Starboard. Also enjoy Bar-B-Q from Setter Mountain, the cutting of the Anniversary Cake, music with Joe King, and the artwork of resident artist, Christie Knoll. Special discounts for the weekend include a 10percent discount for any bottle purchases and Bonus Discounts to our loyal Vintage Piedmont Rewards Cards Members who will earn points AND a discount. As usual, our horses, Gigi, and a beautiful antique 57 Ford Fairlane will greet you, so help us celebrate with wine and good cheer. Desert Rose, at 1376 Hume Road, Hume, is open on Thursday through Monday, starting April 1, from 1 p.m. 6 p.m. For tasting or more event information, call (540) 635-300.
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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report At the March 19 Front Royal Town Council Work Session Shae Parker revisited the last 5 Corridor Committee meeting and subsequent public comments by county representatives that they had not only been outnumbered, but essentially came under attack by the larger town contingent. That perceived attack centered on a potential boundary adjustment that would bring some of the 5 North Corridors commercial tax base into the town limits. Parker suggested a four to six week timeframe for feedback from the town manager on an opinion from the town staff side. He also suggested Town Manager Steve Burke work with County Administrator Doug Stanley on review of annexation studies by both the town and county dating to the mid1990s prior to the decision to go with the alternative of the existing 5 Corridor Agreement signed in January of 1999; as well as review a neighboring communitys (Winchester-Frederick County) study of costs associated with an annexation looked at several years ago. Parker noted three aspects of the mid-90s study here that looked at: land closer to the town line; extension to the county fairgrounds; and finally an extension that would have gone all the way to the county line to the north. Parker said that if the suggested third-party study proved not feasible for the Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission (NSVRC) that any consultant that had done work for either the town or county in the last 0 years be disqualified. Questioned on the length of that timeframe, Parker pointed out the corridor agreement was signed 14 years ago and that both municipalities had consultants involved surrounding that period and since on related issues, including a 00 water study. At issue for some town officials like Parker and former councilman and town manager Walter Duncan are the towns provision of central water and sewer to facilitate commercial growth on county land to the benefit of community economic redevelopment, with what some perceive as an unequal return on that investment to the town and its citizens. Duncan has told council at recent work sessions that he believes town taxpayers have footed an unequal share of the financial burden from the start due to double taxation and their funding of the towns utilities. Also at issue are changes to the economic landscape since the corridor agreement was signed, particularly the 009-10 loss of the primary PILOT fee revenue source enabled by the corridor agreement, the meals-tax based payment in lieu of taxes fee tied to town utility bills. That revenue loss was the result of a legal challenge by the corridors three major chain restaurants, Cracker Barrel, Applebees and TGIFridays. The restaurants argued that the fee based on the towns four-percent meals tax created an undue financial burden, effectively taking their meals tax rate to 8 percent when coupled with the countys 4-percent meals tax. The county instituted its own meals tax in 00 as a means of providing revenue to pay the capital improvements bond issue that funded construction of Skyline High School, the expansion of then WCJHS into the new WCHS, as well as the renovation of Bing Crosby Stadium and new public library.
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Cash is changing hands as Dornie Groves makes a purchase at The Good Life. Street, Jacob said. He noted that after 11 years in Front Royal he was probably still not familiar with many businesses in town. He commutes to Alexandria and agreed that others who commute to work and live in the county likely have even less awareness of what downtown and other sections of Front Royal have to offer in products and small-town ambience. I wanted to bring awareness about independent, small stores where you probably can get things you can get at Wal-mart, Staples or other chains at the same price or maybe even a better price. These business owners have a vested interest in the community, unlike the big name chain stores. Jacob said he suggested participants commit about $0 to purchases and that cash is used to avoid the fees to merchants that credit card companies charge on all purchases using plastic. He said he does not profit from the event and hopes to contact more town merchants about participation in future events. He is open to ideas to get the Cash Mob ball rolling a little harder through town, he said. Front Royals Cash Mob is listed on Facebook at www.facebook/frorocashmobs and Twitter @cmfroro - Jacob said the next Cash Mob event is being planned for April 8 for more details as they develop go to the Facebook site.
Front Royal Cash Mob organizer Neal Jacob unwinds at the Daily Grind after a wet sojourn of East Main Street. With Jacob are cash-purchase coordinators, from left, Nathaniel (no more horns, Nate), Charis and Ariel. By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Front Royal Cash Mob organizer Neal Jacob is optimistic after his second effort, including a February 9 dry run, that like the March 4 official mob scene was not that dry. Rain has greeted both efforts, perhaps contributing to an adult turnout of five to 10 people with some eager to buy kids in tow. Jacob and his other cash mobsters braved intermittent light and heavy rain after meeting at 10:15 a.m. at the Village Commons Gazebo to learn of their destinations, which included the Second Chance Thrift Store, Sweet Times, Royal Oak Computers, The Good Life Bookstore and a wind-down stop at The Daily Grind to finish up. Jacob said that e-mail communications had led him to hope for a turnout of around 0 adults. Picking up a few stragglers at the first stop, Second Chance, we counted 10 cash mobbers at one time or another on the trek up and down East Main Street on what it turns out was International Cash Mob Day. Jacob said the idea of assembling a crowd to hit a few businesses with cash purchases has spread from the U.S. to Canada and Australia, hence the international designation. He got the idea to try and stimulate the local economys independently-owned small businesses after seeing a news report on MSNBC about the idea of Cash Mobs, a variation of Flash Mobs that assemble and perform at random locations. Then I read about it in February. The first one was last August in Buffalo and then a Cleveland group sort of became the focus. I wanted to give a boost to merchants on Main
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By Alex Morton Capital News Service RICHMOND, March 24 A Catholic lobbyist, a state legislator and other experts this week debated whether the federal law requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for birth control violates the religious freedoms of faith-based institutions. Jeffrey Caruso, executive director of the Virginia Catholic Conference, called the law an infringement on Catholic institutions religious freedoms. Forcing church-operated hospitals and schools to distribute free contraceptives to employees goes against church principles, Caruso said. This issue is intrusive. But state Delegate Jennifer McClellan said employees of such institutions have the right to contraceptives under the health insurance act approved by Congress and President Barack Obama. Without insurance, more than half of women age 18-34 struggle to afford contraceptives, McClellan said. If you cant access it because of financial barriers, do you really have a right to it? The two sides squared off at a panel discussion hosted by the Religious Studies Depart-ment at Virginia Commonwealth University. The event, held in VCUs Student Commons Theater, was called Costly Coverage: Religious Freedom and Reproductive Rights in the Birth Control Debate. Caruso, whose office represents the Catholic dioceses of Richmond and Arlington on matters of public policy, said schools, hospitals and other institutions formed under a specific religion should be able to operate within their beliefs. Catholic institutions are being forced to violate their teachings by providing contraception, he said. William Hurd, a partner at the Troutman Sanders law firm and adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law, agreed. Just because women are legally entitled to contraceptives doesnt mean contraceptives should be provided to women for free, he said. There is a big difference in saying that somebody has the right to do something, and saying that someone else must arrange to pay for it, Hurd said. But McClellan said birth control pills arent used only to prevent pregnancy. The Democratic lawmaker and attorney, who represents the 71st House District in Richmond, said she was prescribed the pill to help with ovarian cysts. If women do not have access to this medication, they are at risk for losing an ovary, McClellan said. She also said that when a religious institution takes on a public function, it loses its reli-gious purpose. Religious hospitals, for example, are performing public services and therefore should take public policy into consideration, McClellan said. Karen Raschke, a retired attorney
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and Planned Parenthood lobbyist, agreed with McClellan. She asked rhetorically how the law might apply to an Islamic hospital treating non-Muslims during the month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from sunup to sundown. If patients were treated in an Islamic hospital, would they be denied food during the daylight hours of Ramadan? Raschke asked. All of the panelists noted that there are diverse opinions about the health care law. The courts will make the final decision, Hurd and McClellan said. Panelists on both sides said they were pleased by how Tuesdays debate went. This issue is not just for men or just for women, Caruso said afterward. But the debate helped people on both sides of the issue become better informed. McClellan said, There was obviously a lot of passion in the room. Having people here who really care about the issue helps everyone be better educated.
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It was American humorist Evan Esar who defined a zoo as an excellent place to study the habits of human beings. The New York Times Best Seller list was first published on April 9, 1942. Since that time, only eight authors have managed to have books place No. 1 on both the fiction and nonfiction lists. Those who have accomplished that feat include Ernest Hemingway, Jimmy Buffett, William Styron, Dr. Seuss and John Steinbeck. If youre planning a trip to New Orleans, you might want to keep in mind the following law: Its illegal in that city to curse a firefighter while he or she is engaged in official duties. Americas first vending machines were found in New York City train stations; they dispensed gum. The European sturgeon (also known as the beluga sturgeon) is the source of the highly coveted beluga caviar, which is the worlds most expensive, bringing up to $5,000 per pound. This sturgeon can live more than 100 years and is the largest freshwater fish in the world; the record holder, caught in 1827, was 24 feet long and weighed 3,460 pounds. In a 1982 issue of the magazine American Film, a writer named Chuck Ross claimed that he retyped the screenplay to the 1942 film Casablanca, changing only the title and one of the characters names, and submitted it to 217 agencies. Of the 85 who responded, only eight recognized it as Casablanca, though it seemed familiar to another 25. Three of the agencies thought it might be commercially viable, while one thought it should be turned into a novel. The Oscar-wining screenplay was rejected outright by 38 of the agencies. *** Thought for the Day: The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. Erich Fromm
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Friday, March 30, 2012 All day Forecast for 22630 66 | 57 2pm - 5pm Vino E Formaggio Wine Tasting. 124 E. Main Street. Always Free, Always Fun! www.vinoeformaggio.com (540) 635-2812. Saturday, March 31, 2012 All day Forecast for 22630 59 | 41 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http:// www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html. 9am - 10am Ribbon Cutting & Ground Breaking. Luray Avenue, Front Royal. Today Warren County will hold a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the first phase of the Eastham Park Trail. Immediately following will be the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the adjacent Warren County Dog Park. Rain Date is Sunday, April 1 @ 3:00p. 2pm - 5pm Bowling Tournament. Royal Family Bowling Center, Front Royal. Join Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop for a Bowling Tournament Fundraiser this evening. There will be door prizes, a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle along with great food and lots of fun. 1st place prize is $400 CASH! For more information about becoming a Lane Sponsor, donating an item for the auction or door prize or signing up a team - contact Jeania Aylor at Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop on E. Main Street or (540) 635-2268. 2pm - 3pm Easter Egg Hunt. RES Youth Center, Front Royal. Today is the Warren County Parks and Recreation Easter Egg Hunt at the RES Youth Center. Children 10 years of age and under. $6.00/child that includes a picture. More Info: Warren County Community Center at(540) 635-1021. Sunday, April 1, 2012 All day April Fools Day All day Forecast for 22630 72 | 50 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http:// www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html. Monday, April 2, 2012 7pm - 8pm Council Work Session. Town Hall, 16 N Royal Avenue, Front Royal. Council will have a Work Session tonight in the Town Hall Conference Room. The public is invited. Tuesday, April 3, 2012 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 cant listen live check out the podcasts at http://www. theriver953online.com. 2pm - 3pm Ambassadors Club. Chamber Office 7pm - 8pm Candidates Forum. Warren County Government Center, Front Royal. May elections are just around the corner! The Front Royal-Warren County Chamber of Commerce will host tonights Candidates Forum for the Mayor and Town Council races. Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8:30am - 9:30am Small Business Committee. Chamber Office. 10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Bring your toddler to a potpourri of simple stories, fun songs and a cute craft. Theme: Easter. 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Come in with your preschooler for an enjoyable hour filled with amazing tales, exciting sing-alongs, finger plays and a nifty craft. Theme: Easter. 12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Business On The River 95.3 Thursday, April 5, 2012 9am - 10am Tourism Committee. Chamber Office. 10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Bring your toddler to a potpourri of simple stories, fun songs and a cute craft. Theme: Easter. 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Come in with your preschooler for an enjoyable hour filled with amazing tales, exciting sing-alongs, finger plays and a nifty craft. Theme: Easter. 4:30pm - 5:30pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Big Kids Story Time. Do you enjoy stories, games and really cool crafts? Then join in for a chance to celebrate April Fools Day. Friday, April 6, 2012 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. TIME FOR BABY. What do books, scarves, puppets, music and babies have in common? They are all part of Time for Baby. Join in as we use all of our senses to explore the world around us. Meet with your baby up to 2 years of age. Siblings welcome. 1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee. Chamber Office. Saturday, April 7, 2012 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http:// www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html. 9am - 5:30pm Boating Safety Course. Warren County Community Center, Front Royal. The Warren County Parks/Recreation Department in conjunction with the Department of Gaming and Inland Fisheries are holding a Boat VA Class for anyone 14 years of age and older. This class is a Boating Safety Education class that well be required for all boat operators by July 1, 2016. This class is available at no charge. Please bring a bag lunch. To register: (540)635-1021. 9am - 1pm Public Shredding Day. Royal Plaza Shopping Center, Front Royal. Today is a FREE Public Shredding Day at Royal Plaza Shopping Center. Bring your personal documents to be shredded. A shred truck will be located in the parking lot. You can witness the actual demonstration. Personnel from the shred company will be available to answer any questions. Volunteers available to assist in lifting and carrying boxes. Sponsored in part by the Front Royal Police Department. 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. SIT AND STITCH. Grab a hook, pick up your needles and join in knitting and crocheting an assortment of crafted fashions while chatting. For ages 9 and up. Please register. 2pm - 3pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. MANGA MEET UP. Do you like Japanese-style comics and Anime? If so, meet up with fellow fans and discuss your favorite series, movies and more. Ages 10 and up. Please register. 5pm - 9pm Cruise Inn. Quality Inn, Front Royal. Enjoy a car show this weekend. Sunday, April 8, 2012 All day Easter 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http:// www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html. Monday, April 9, 2012 11am - 12pm Golf Tournament. Shenandoah Valley Golf Club, Front Royal. Today is the 4th Annual Relay for Life Golf Tournament. The fee is $300 for a 4- man team which includes lunch/reception or individual golfer is $75 which includes lunch/reception. Registration begins at 11:00a, lunch is at noon and Shotgun begins at 1:00pm. There may be other sponsorship opportunities available, including a Hole Sponsorship for$100. More information: Maria Bolton at (540) 327-2680 Maria.Bolton08@gmail.com or Dave Senter at (757) 328-5088 fdsenter@yahoo.com. 7pm - 8pm Council Meeting. County of Warren Government Center. Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:30am - 12pm Housing Seminar. Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission, Front Royal. Housing Providers... 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Stephens City United Methodist Church, 5291 Main Street, Stephens City, would like to invite you to join us for Holy Week worship with the following activities: Palm Sunday Worship Services, April 1 at 8:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Rev. Jeff Butcher will preach from Mark 11:1-11 on One with God, One with Us. Holy Communion will be served. Palm branches will be distributed and there will be special music. Nursery services will be provided. Maundy Thursday Service, April 5 at 7:00 p.m. will be held in the Orrick Chapel Fellowship Hall. An Explanation of Seder Meal by Rabbi Scott Sperling of Beth El Congregation will be presented. Nursery services will be provided. Good Friday Tenebrae Service, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. with meditations by the Reverends Jeff Butcher and Waverly Reames on The Seven Last Words of Christ. Nursery services will be provided. Easter Sunrise Service, April 8 at 6:30 a.m. will be held at Lock Pavilion at Sherando Park. Rev. John Locke will be preaching. Bring lawn chairs and dress warmly. Easter Worship Services, April 8 Worship at 8:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Rev. Jeff Butcher will preach from John 20:1-18 on The Tomb is Empty, But My Heart is Not. Holy Communion will be served. There will be special music. Nursery services will be provided.
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Dear Stewart, I really enjoy seeing all of the beautiful trees blooming this spring. I especially like the bright pink flowers of the native redbud tree and the lovely white dogwoods. It made me wonder, will there be a Trees R Cool event for kids this year in Front Royal? My parents and I attended before and it was lots of fun. Can you tell me more about Trees R Cool Day? When and where will it be held? What activities do you have planned for this year? Dear Jayne, Jayne
Day at the Town Square parking lot near the Visitors Center and Gazebo. It will be part of Front Royals Appalachian Trail Community Designation Day festivities where both kids and adults can learn about nature, the Appalachian Trail, and planting, protecting and preserving the trees of historic downtown Front Royal. Trees R Cool is an annual day of fun where children find out lots of interesting facts about trees and their habitat. This years Trees R Cool activities will include a Questing Adventure. Kids and their parents can join my friends, the Tree Stewards, on an exploratory hunt solving clues to identify trees and shrubs at the nearby Happy Creek Arboretum -- one of my favorite places to hang out! In addition to questing, there will be fun games for kids of all ages and a chance to show off your artistic talents at the Tree Stewards arts and crafts table. If you like nature, fresh air, and participating in cool activities at the Gazebo on Main Street and by the babbling waters of Happy Creek, come join me and my Tree Steward friends for an exciting day of fun! I hear that the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have some great activities planned as well. Wear good walking shoes and bring a picnic lunch to enjoy all of the days happenings. Best of all its a free event planned especially for the children of Front Royal and Warren County. Hope to see you and all your friends at the Trees R Cool booth at the Gazebo Parking Lot at Town Square Appalachian Trail Designation Day celebration on Saturday, April 1, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm! Stewart
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Glad you asked about Trees R Cool Day! Youre right. On Saturday, April 1st, from 9:00 to 4:30, the Front Royal/Warren County Tree Stewards will hold their annual Trees R Cool
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The Humane Society of Warren County will be having the 1st Annual Kitten Shower on Saturday, March 31, at 11AM-2PM. Come to the Shelter for a day of fun and help us prepare for the coming kitten season. We will be collecting much needed donations to help us care for mama cats and kittens. There will be one day only adoption specials and a chance to learn about our foster program and low cost spay/neuter options. See our Facebook page for more info and our Kitten Wish List.
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The 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 demonstrations, and tree maintenance throughout the community. The group now consists of over 30 active members with several interns working toward becoming certified 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 frwctreestewards@comcast.net and we may publish it in a future issue. Please visit our website at www.treesfrontroyal.org.
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The Humane Society of Warren County invites you to our Annual Membership Meeting and Recognition Banquet to be held on Tues., April 10 at Joes Steakhouse (708 S. Royal Ave). Social hour begins at 5:30 PM with dinner to follow at 6 PM. Tickets are $20 per person and must be purchased by Monday, April 2. Tickets will be sold at the shelter (1245 Progress Drive).
Princess - 3 year old female Cocker Spaniel mix. Princess is a beautiful and sweet little girl. Shes good with children and other dogs.
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Barney - 1-2 year old male Pit mix. This goofy and happy fella was found as a stray. Hes good with dogs.
Barneys ad sponsored by:
Tabby - 6 year old female Chow mix. Tabby is very friendly and good with other dogs. She has already been spayed.
Tabbys ad sponsored by:
Maya - 2 year old female Husky/Sheltie mix. Maya is housetrained and great with children, dogs, and cats. Shes also very good on a leash.
Lisa Parker
Lisa Parker
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Martins Foods 409 South St. Front Royal 540-635-2249
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636-3456
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!
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The home of the award winning News at Noon and The Valley Today Programs, the best music, local news, up-to-date weather with local meteorologist Kemp Miller, Warren County and Skyline High School sports
Its all right here!!

Serving Front Royal and Warren County since 1948
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Additional charge for synthetic motor oil and diesel engines.
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Up to 5 YEARS OLD TAKE
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10% OFF
6 YEARS + TAKE
20% OFF
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$
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Volume VII, Issue 7 Early April, 2012

20,000 Readers #1 Newspaper in Front Royal & Warren County!

The rights debate

Church-related vs. state

Martiez Were back! gets a real 22 heart Republican dust up

what does it mean? 9, 13

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Martiez gets a permanent heart on March 27

Beth Medved Waller, Inc

Call us for ALL your excavation needs

824 John Marshall Hwy Front Royal, VA

Offering Something Different

Dont Stress About The Dress!

10 minutes south of Front Royal

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Front Royal doctor volunteers to help the poor in Honduras

HU, A Love Song to God

Free CD for those interested

Now Booking House Concerts:

Bass, Mandolin and Banjo Lessons also available

Limited Times Available, Bargain Rates

Call Bill Dykes 703-536-6929

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The human life debate

20,000 and growing Warren Countys leading newspaper

Easter Mysteries Revealed

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FOP donates $7k to school-church assistance programs

Front Royal Warren County Airport

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(540) 635-3570 WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT/FRONT ROYAL

Group Discount Flight Training Aircraft Rentals Photo Flights

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Summer Care Programs

Parks and Recreation

ages 5 11 years old

Cell: (540) 551-2072

Alison Duvall Advertising Sales

Cell: (540) 683-9197

Angie Buterakos Advertising Sales

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Two more dogs in need of home, medical care at Wagner Shelter

Engles Angle: Ask and you shall Receive. Sometimes.

Do You Need Assistance in Your Home?

when you sign up for one month of lessons

$20 OFF your first lesson!

Loving Arms In -Home Care

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Reincarnation at the Front Royal Animal Shelter

Pixie one down, one to go after yard sale fundraiser

NOW Located next to Daily Grind in The Good Life shop

Passages Travel - Main Street

We do everything but pack your bags!

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