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‘Tis the season 

By Carol Ballard 

& Roger Bianchini 

Warren County Report 

After a ribbon cutting and Proclamation 

of positive cultural and economic 

impact on the town read by 

Front Royal Mayor Tim Darr on the 

final evening of November, on Saturday, 

Dec. 1, the 9th Annual Christkindlmarkt 

Festival was held from 

6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Village Commons 

next to the Gazebo at the junction 

of Chester and Main Streets. 

The annual event, increasingly 

now a landmark of our local holiday 

season, reminds us that Christ 

is still an integral part of the Christmas 

season, along with the type of 

small, independent business and 

craftsmanship that surely provided 

a manger for the baby Jesus (we are 

pretty sure the Holy Family did not 

shop at Walmart). It is a wholesome, 

family-friendly, free event extend- 

ing an opportunity for local crafters 

and artisans to display and sell their 

wares. 

The “Winter Wonderland” included 

18-inch snowflakes and ornaments 

in the trees, giant Nutcrackers, 

sing-along caroling, a Christmas 

concert and craft and food vendors 

set up in the market area. 

Returning by popular demand was 

world-famous “Hilby, the Skinny 

German Juggle-Boy” again encouraging 

audience participation and 

playing to lots of laughs and applause. 

Other events and performances 

included: easy viewing of 

Front Royal’s Downtown Holiday Parade 

on Dec. 1 as Christkindlmarkt 

provided day-long shopping options 

along the parade route down East 

Main and up Chester; a Challenge of 

the Choirs; the Silent Monks of the 

Shenandoah’s “silent” interpretation 

of Beethoven’s musically immortal 

“Hallelujah Chorus”; horse carriage 

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Christkindlmarkt’s 9th Annual seasonal shopping bonanza 

Ribbon cut - where’d it go? Tree lights on - and the sky is ... 

not falling. Mayor Darr, and organizers Maggie and Steve Sill 

officially open Christkindlmarkt 2012. 

Mr. & Mrs. Claus join elves and live Gingerbread people to 

celebrate opening of Christkindlemarkt. 

Does anyone really know what time it is? - Skater cutouts circle 

the town sundial at Christkindlmarkt the evening of Nov. 

30. 

and wagon rides; Paws ‘n’ Claus 

Pictures with Santa, the proceeds 

of which will benefit the Humane 

Society of Warren County; special 

(nearly resurrection) performances 

by Elvis (our own Richard Parker); 

Storybook Cottage with a caricature 

artist, story readings and games; 

musical interlude by Abby Lopez; 

Karin & Tyson Herman’s PALS for 

Christ Ministry; a moustache and 

beard competition; Amanda Simons 

opening ceremony “National An- 

them”; coffee & cookies provided by 

the Salvation Army; holiday crafts, 

food an products provided by Arlene 

Narron Antiques, Dave & Carol 

Feiring, Tony T’s Apple Farm & 

Kitchen, Vino e Formaggio (thanks 

for the parade pass of my missing 

scarf, Christian), Gingerbread men 

and houses and cookies, Front Royal 

Church of the Brethren, Jo & Tom 

Dickinson’s Computer Medical Center, 

Beach Bun tanning & Airbrush 

Salon, The Gift Basket Boutique, 

Offering Something Different 

in Senior Living 

The Wood Carver (Steve’s Carved 

Signs), and even the town-county 

Economic Development Authority 

(whose continuing gift to the community 

is the ongoing cleanup and 

pending redevelopment of the former 

American Viscose-FMC-Avtex 

property). 

Christkindlmarkt and its driving 

force, Steve and Maggie Sill of The 

Heaven Sent Shoppe also thanks 

sponsors State Farm, Edward Jones 

Investments, Americana Signs & 

Engraving, Rappahannock Electric 

Cooperative, Jean’s Jewelers and 

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Front Royal’s own Blue Ridge 

Singers will again bring the magic 

of Christmas through music 

to audiences on Dec. 14 at the 

Front Royal Presbyterian Church 

and Dec. 16 in Winchester at the 

Opequon Presbyterian Church 

(see details below). 

The new community chamber 

choir is under the direction of 

Artistic Director Dr. Jeffrey M. 

Albans, who is also the music 

director at St. John the Baptist 

Roman Catholic Church in Front 

Royal. 

“I like to see people having a 

good time and making music together. 

There’s no better way than 

in a choir,” he said. 

The group grew out of a desire 

of some of the members of 

St. John’s Church to have a community 

choir. Two years ago they 

approached him to take over the 

fledgling group and it has grown 

to 30 members. 

The group is made up of a mixture 

of trained and untrained 

singers-some from the Front 




Blue Ridge Singers bring in the holidays this December 

Dr. Jeffrey M. Albans leads Front Royal’s community chamber choir The Blue Ridge Singers in 

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“Most read music and some 

have sung before in church 

choirs,” Dr. Albans said, and continued, 

“I just love working with 

the group. They have improved 

unbelievably in the last two yearsit’s 

a pleasure to watch them.” 

And he wants everyone in the 

room to feel included in the concert 

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choir to have great facial expressions 

and draw audiences into active 

listening,” he said. 

This year’s concert is called 

“The Promise of Light” and is 

taken from the title of one of its 

pieces written by Georgia Stittespecially 

to be performed by a 

Chamber Choir. The 90-minute 

concert will showcase shorter 

works especially suited to 50 

singers or less. They are accompanied 

by pianist Daniel J. Miller, 

harpist Emily Mason and Martha 

Peck who will play the oboe. 

Listeners will be treated to 

familiar pieces like: Away in 

a Manger- which comes with 

a little twist as well as several 

world pieces like the Austrian 

carol, Kling, Glockchen, Kling; a 

Spanish carol Riu, Riu Chiu; and 

the old French carol “What Is 

This Lovely Fragrance?” 

Music from the 1st Century 

will be represented by: Stephen 

Paulus’ Three Nativity Carols 

with harp soloist Emily Mason; 

John Rutter’s Christmas Lullaby; 

and the women’s chorus tone 

poem Tundra by Ola Gjeilo. 

“I hope people will come and 

enjoy the concert,” concluded Dr. 

Albans. 

In addition to directing the Blue 

Ridge Singers, Dr. Alban makes 

his career as a choral conductor, 

organist, and music educa- 

tor. As director of music at Saint 

John the Baptist Roman Catholic 

Church he oversees a choral 

program comprised of two adult 

mixed choirs, a Gregorian chant 

schola and two children’s choirs 

in addition to playing the organ. 

Daniel J. Miller is a collaborative 

pianist, organist, harpsichordist, 

church musician, and teacher 

and is currently an accompanist 

at Shenandoah University where 

he serves as pianist for the Conservatory 

Choir. 

Admission is free for the concerts, 

but free-will donations are 

welcome. Donations are used to 

hire instrumentalists to accompany 

the singers as well as purchase 

sheet music. 

New singers are welcome to 

audition for the spring concerts. 

Auditions are being held now 

by appointment and they can be 

contacted through the website 

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Concert dates and times: 

Friday, Dec. 14--7:30 p.m. 

Front Royal Presbyterian Church 

115 Luray Ave., Front Royal 

Sunday, Dec. 16-- 7:00 p.m. 

Opequon Presbyterian Church 

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ALONG THESE LINES 

‘Twas the Night Before Fiscal Cliff 

By Nick Thomas 

‘Twas the night before Fiscal Cliff, and throughout 

the land, 

Democrats, Republicans were taking a stand. 

Their positions unwavering, intractably firm, 

With donkey-like stubbornness or entrenched 

pachyderm. 

But the public were hopeful all snug in their 

beds, 

With visions of compromise alive in their heads. 

“Come on!” said the people in frustrated dismay. 

“Abandon this meaningless partisan fray.” 

When Obama and Boehner finally met, 

Their first thoughts were not of a country in 

debt. 

And Obama, the chief, said to Boehner “Oh 

crap! 

I’d rather depart for a nice winter’s nap.” 

“I know,” sighed Boehner “I’ve plenty to do, 

Was planning to take a vacation or two.” 

“Never mind,” said the Prez, “we’ll just keep delaying, 

Who cares what the grumbling public are saying.” 

But out in the blogosphere there arose such a 

clatter, 

The people revolted, resolving this matter: 

“There’s only one way to deal with such fools 

Obama and Boehner must settle by duel.” 

“No way!” said Obama, “I’m renowned for my 

peace, 

“With a medal of proof on my lounge mantle 

piece.” 

“I agree” cried Boehner, not eager to battle, 

And caught the first plane heading out to Seattle. 

“Come back,” yelled the people, “we demand this 

by right, 

You’ve had chances to talk, now you settle this 

fight.” 

But the pair, reunited, were far from impressed, 

As the thought of a duel made them rather depressed. 

As he pondered alternative White House residents, 

Obama now saw why we have the vice presidents. 

Quick thinking, as always, to Biden he beckoned, 

“Get over here Joe, and I’ll make you my second.” 

“Now Joe I expect you’ll appear around dawn, 

To face off with Boehner on the White House’s 

lawn.” 


Opinion 

Meet the lockout lawyers destroying sports 

By Dave Zirin 

Currently the sports world is suffering 

its fourth lockout in the past 

fourteen months. On four occasions 

since August 011, pro sports owners 

have locked their publicly-subsidized 

stadium doors, sent stadium workers 

home and stopped play as usual. This 

is not coincidence or happenstance. 

It’s a coordinated management offensive 

that has reverberations far 

beyond the playing field. 

Let’s look at the facts. 

Last fall it was NFL and NBA players 

locked out of their jobs. This offseason, 

we first had the NFL referees, 

who make a pittance relative to the 

league’s revenue, watching scab refs 

stumble for three weeks. Now we 

have the ongoing lockout of National 

Hockey League players. NHL owners 

are coming off a year in which they 

made a record $3.3 billion in revenue. 

League owners have responded 

to this success by locking out the 

players, demanding massive concessions, 

canceling eighty-two games 

and squandering reservoirs of good 

will among fans (a settlement was reportedly 

brewing as this column was 

written). 

I’m sure this must seem like a 

wild coincidence: four lockouts in 

fourteen months, affecting three of 

the four major professional sports 

leagues of this country. 

What are the odds? Actually, 

they’re very good. 

This is not merely a case of four 

sets of labor negotiations that have 

tragically broken down. This is a conscious, 

industry-wide strategy. A law 

firm called Proskauer Rose is now 

representing management in all four 

major men’s sports leagues, the first 

time in history one firm has been 

hired to play such a unified role. 

In practice, this has meant that in 

four sets of negotiations with four 

very different economic issues at play, 

we get the same results: lockouts and 

a stack of union complaints with the 

National Labor Relations Board. It’s 

been great for owners and awful for 

players, fans, stadium workers and 

tax payers. 

Proskauer Rose partner Howard 

Ganz represents the NBA and Major 

League Baseball, and fellow-partner 

Bob Batterman has led negotiations 

for the NFL and the NHL. As Sports 

Business Daily reported, “Batterman 

and Ganz provide advice on strategy, 

as well as on issues that can emerge 

during talks, such as the legality of 

using replacement players.” 

In other words, they are the people 

who scuttle collective bargaining 

and give word when to bring on the 

scabs. 

It was the now-infamous Batterman 

who was lead negotiator when 

NHL owners locked out the players 

in 005 and canceled the entire season. 

Ian Pulver, counsel for the NHL 

Players Association in 005, said of 

the lawyer, “Bob Batterman is a hard- 

nosed, smart management attorney 

who leaves no stone unturned. He 

will do his best to attempt to execute 

the orders of his clients including, 

but not limited to, breaking unions if 

necessary.” 

When Batterman was told of 

Pulver’s words he said, “I would be 

proud to have that on my epitaph.” 

Proskaur Rose’s love affair with 

corporate power is not confined to 

representing professional sports 

owners. They boast on their website 

of having “one of the world’s pre-eminent 

private equity practices.” They 

are Bain, if Bain was smart enough 

to remain in the shadows. The firm’s 

other prize clients are a Murderer’s 

Row of Big Oil titans including BP 

America, Chevron, and ExxonMobil. 

Incidentally, this culture of representing 

polluters and union busters 

with pride and without societal 

concern seems reflected in the firm’s 

internal culture. Proskauer Rose is 

now being sued by their former Chief 

Financial Officer Elly Rosenthal, who 

accused the law firm of firing her 

following sixteen years as CFO after 

she took leave for breast cancer 

See ZIRIN, p. 

“Yeah right!” smiled old Joe, “Would love to assist, 

I ain’t packing no pistol – what if I missed?” 

And then, in a twinkling, Obama’s next step, 

Was to call up more buddies, to be his next rep. 

“Now Pelosi! Now Clinton! Now Durbin and 

Reid! 

But all vanished from Washington with notable 

speed. 

“Oh dear,” mused Obama, “now what shall I do?” 

So he phoned up Boehner for a quick rendezvous. 

“My friend, we are beaten, let’s abandon aggression.” 

“Agreed,” said the Speaker, “it’s time for concession.” 

So they sprang into action, both recommending, 

Adding some taxes and cutting some spending. 

Then I heard them exclaim, “We’ve reached a 

consensus! 

Good-bye Fiscal Cliff, we’ve come to our senses.” 

(Nick Thomas’ features and columns have appeared 

in more than 250 magazines and newspapers, 

including the Washington Post, LA Times, 

Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, San Francisco 

Chronicle, and Christian Science Monitor. He can 

be reached at alongtheselines@yahoo.com)


Public Safety 

David Anthony Boles, 47, of 71 

Wooded Lane, Front Royal was arrested 

for Hit & Run November 1, 

01 in relation to a road-rage incident 

that occurred in the area of 

Randolph Avenue and Happy Creek 

Road. It is alleged that Boles attempted 

to strike another male with his vehicle 

only to miss him and strike the 

vehicle the male was riding in. Front 

Royal Police Officers Aaron Mariano 

and Kevin Orndorff noticed items in 

Boles’s vehicle at his arrest requiring 

further investigation. Boles was initially 

released on a secured bond. 

Upon further investigation, an additional 

arrest warrant was issued for 




Arms, ammo & drug stash found after road rage incident 

30 weapons, 30,000 rounds discovered at convicted felon’s residence 

Town announces 

‘Home Utility 

Gift Program’ 

Light up the Life of friends and 

family this holiday season. The 

Town of Front Royal is offering a 

great way for you to help others 

pay their utility bill by applying a 

monetary gift to their utility account. 

If you are interested please 

stop by the Front Royal Business 

Office located at 15 N. Royal Avenue 

and fill out a special holiday 

card that will be mailed to the 

recipient once completed. If you 

have questions about this program 

please contact the Town 

Manager’s Office at (540)635- 

8007 or the Finance Department 

at (540) 635-7799. 

(From a release) 

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Boles for possession of ammunition 

by a convicted felon. A search warrant 

for Boles’ residence was applied 

for and granted. Warren County 

Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Mumaw executed 

the arrest and search warrant 

at Boles’ residence on November , 

01 . Upon execution of the search 

warrant, Deputy Mumaw and Officer 

Mariano encountered items appearing 

to be military grade explosive devices. 

At this time, criminal investigation 

units from Front Royal Police and 

Warren County Sheriff’s Office were 

called to the scene. After reviewing 

the scene, a bomb technician with 

the Virginia State Police was called 

to evaluate the items. The technician 

concurred with the findings of detectives 

and investigators and called an 

Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit 

with the United States Army. During 

the morning hours of November 3, 

01 , the Army EOD unit rendered 

all the items to be safe and non-hazardous 

and cleared the scene for final 

Missing child found after automated-alert 

A nine-year-old boy that was earlier reported missing after he walked 

away from his residence in the Marlow Heights Subdivision in Front Royal 

on Monday, Dec. 3, was located unharmed later that day. 

The police department received a report from the boy’s mother at about 

8:30 a.m. that her son was missing. Officers from the Front Royal Police 

Department responded and began a search of the area. A police K-9 

dog and Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the scene 

to assist the police department in searching for the missing child. Police 

personnel utilized “A Child is Missing,” an automated phone notification 

system that places emergency message calls to phone numbers within specific 

designated areas. 

The 9-year-old boy was located about a half mile from his home within 

minutes after a resident received the automated emergency message and 

called the Police Department. The resident reported that he observed the 

missing child walking on Prospect Street. The child was located and identified 

as he walked by police officers that were responding to information 

provided by the resident. The child walked away from his home because 

he did want to attend school. Chief Norman Shiflett wishes to thank the 

public for their assistance in locating the missing child. 


execution of the search warrant. 

Detectives and Investigators 

searched the scene for 1 -14 hours 

finding 30 firearms, approximately 

5,000-30,000 rounds of ammunition 

as well as over 100 marijuana 

plants in various stages of growth, all 

of which were seized. 

The Bureau of Alcohol-Tobacco- 

Firearms and Explosives are involved 

as well and the incident is being reviewed 

for potential prosecution at 

the federal level. Agencies involved 

in this joint investigation include 

the Front Royal Police Department, 

Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Vir- 

ZIRIN, from p. 5 

treatment. (Remember Elly Rosenthal 

the next time you see the NFL 

festooning its players in pink for 

Breast Cancer Awareness Month.) 

Perhaps it’s time we start viewing 

sports leagues less like family fun 

and more along the lines of highly 

scrutinized institutions such as BP, 

Chevron, and ExxonMobil. They 

have more in common than just 

their lawyers. Like big oil bosses, 

pro sports owners love corporate 

welfare, right-wing politicians and 

are deeply hostile to union workplaces 

and collective bargaining. 

Just as what’s good for ExxonMobil’s 

stock value — price gouging 

at the pump, lax environmental 

enforcement, war in the Middle 

East — is bad for America; what’s 

good for pro sports owners is bad 

for fans, stadium workers and especially 

taxpayers. 

Given the context, today’s news 

that the NHL has hired Republican 

guru of sophistry Frank “let’s call 

global warming climate change” 

Luntz to help with their messaging, 

makes perfect sense. This is a Frank 

Luntz crowd and its agenda reaches 

far beyond the world of sports. The 

number of lockouts, once the third 

rail of collective bargaining, has 

doubled since 010. But you need 

more than cash reserves to make 

this the new norm. For management 

to win a lockout they need to 

ginia State Police, Bureau of Alcohol- 

Tobacco-Firearms and Explosives, 

Warren County Fire and Rescue and 

the United States Army Explosive 

Ordinance Disposal units. 

Boles is currently being held without 

bond at the Warren County 

Adult Detention Center and additional 

charges are pending. Anyone 

with additional information is asked 

to contact Sgt. Jason Ryman (FRPD) 

at (540) 636- 08 or Lt. Gordon Foster 

(WCSO) at 635-7100. 

(From a joint press release of WCSO 

& FRPD) 

convince the public — and transform 

the culture — into thinking 

that lockouts (starving out your 

workers) is an acceptable practice. 

No NHL players are starving, of 

course, but this is about exploiting 

sports to enforce a new national labor 

paradigm. 

Some might think that a good idea 

would be to pressure the NBA, NFL 

and NBA to actually fire the lockout 

lawyers. They might suggest that we 

start a campaign to insist that the 

leagues hire negotiators who put 

the interests of fans and taxpayers 

at the center of these negotiations. 

But even if we could successfully 

disengage Proskauer Rose from our 

pro sports leagues, NBA and NHL 

Commissioners David Stern and 

Gary Bettman have more in common 

than just the combined five 

lockouts they’ve overseen in the 

past thirteen years. They’re also 

lawyers who used to be partners at a 

firm called Proskauer Rose. We are 

confronting our worst nightmare as 

sports fans: a vampire squid with a 

law degree attached to every tentacle. 

[Reprinted by permission of the 

author. Dave Zirin is the author of 

“The John Carlos Story” (Haymarket). 

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Community 

Kiwanis Pancake fundraiser lining them up for 56 years 

Dr. Craig Zunka of Kiwanis, far left checks in hand, presents two for $400 to representatives 

of Calvary Episcopal Church and Front Royal Presbyterian Church for their respective “Backpack 

Buddies” weekend school breakfast programs at E. Wilson Morrison and Ressie Jeffries 

Elementary Schools . A.S. Rhodes will soon be added to the program. From left after Zunka are 

Larry Elliott, Addie Elliott, Barbara Tringale, Carolyn Blacklock, Walter Blacklock, Marty Hayes, 

Cathy Pinch and Deidre Sparger. 

It was standing room only mid-morning around 10:30 a.m. 

Correction 

The wildlife photos of deer in the 

Late November 01 issue were 

miss-credited to writer and recipe 

presenter Leslie Fiddler. Leslie 

informs us the deer photos were 

actually taken by Jackie Hodgkiss 

and are also available in the 

013 Browntown Community 

Association calendar and in their 

note card collection, all available 

at the O. J. Rudacille Store in 

Browntown. 

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The Kiwanis pancake assembly line manned by Alan Sealock 

at the controls under the watchful eye of Edward Greco to 

left. 

Jerry Scholder dishes out the sausage – don’t skimp, Jerry! 

The long, hungry line …


Town – County 

By Malcolm Barr Sr. 

& Roger Bianchini 


We learned on Dec. 3 that former 

Town Manager and Councilman 

Walter Duncan was hospitalized in 

Front Royal’s Warren Memorial Hospital 

for complications from pneumonia. 

We visited Duncan that day. 

He was alert and appreciative of our 

concern for his condition. The 9 - 

year-old continues to be active on the 

local political scene. Most recently, as 

illustrated by a detailed letter to the 

editor on page 14 of our “Late Oc- 

tober” edition, he has continued to 

push the current town council to correct 

what he feels is a long-ongoing 

imbalance in town citizen’s financial 

burden to facilitate Route 5 North 

Corridor commercial and industrial 

development versus the economic 

return to the town and the benefit of 

its citizens. We spoke to Duncan ’s 

daughter, who informed us on Dec. 

6 that Walter was back home with 

family members. We wish Walter a 

full and speedy recovery and hope to 

soon hear from him calling current 

local officials to task when he feels 

they are losing sight of the big picture 




Town & County Roundup 

Walter Duncan hospitalized; Davita Dialysis under national scrutiny 

In 2010 file photo, Walter M. Duncan addresses town council. 

He has continued to appear before council on issues of 

importance, most recently the revenue-expenditure split between 

town and county residents for 522 North commercial 

development. 

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Davita accused of fraud 

Watching CNN International the 

evening of Nov. 8 caused us to sit 

up in our chairs. The network’s investigative 

piece on Davita Dialysis 

alleging the company indulged in 

up to $800 million in overbilling the 

federal government over an unspecified 

period. One of the 1,800 Davita 

clinics across the country is located 

at 1360 N. Shenandoah Avenue. The 

network reported two “whistleblowers”, 

a medical doctor and a nurse, 

had, well, blown the whistle on Davita 

regarding the disposal of “hundreds 

of millions” of doses of the 

dialectic, “Venofer,” charging them 

off to Medicaid and Medicare. In 

the original report a company attorney 

denied the allegations. Our Nov. 

30 call to a corporate spokesperson 

number provided by the Front Royal 

Davita office went to a second number 

answering machine and our call 

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Crackdown on RV ‘eyesore’? 

We guess beauty is in the eye of the 

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of time appears to be too much 

for some neighbors. But several 

councilmen expressed reservations 

about including harsher penalties or 

even special restrictions on parking 

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when it’s tax time,” Vice-Mayor Shae 

Parker commented. 

However, Councilman Tewalt 

agreed the RVs should be restricted, 

saying they “tear down the street and 

property values” of town neighborhoods. 

Mayor Darr agreed a prohibition 

on front yard or street parking 

was acceptable. He even noted 

a neighbor who had constructed a 

privacy fence around his side-yard 

parked RV to head off neighborhood 

complaints. 

Limon Wayside benefit Dec. 9 

Popular local entertainer Robbie 

Limon is doing a benefit concert for 

Wayside Theatre at the Middletown 

venue Sunday, Dec. 9. Call the Wayside 

box office at (540) 869-1766 to 

see if there are still tickets available. 

Wayside is in the midst of its annual 

fund-raising drive. 

No (truck) Parking? 

On Nov. 1 Judge Dennis L. Hupp 

ruled in Warren County Circuit 

Court that a county No Trespassing 

ordinance being utilized to enforce a 

parking prohibition on commercial 

trucks in the Riverton Commons 

Walmart parking lot violated Virginia’s 

Dillon Rule. Following Nov. 9 

oral arguments, including those forwarded 

by the defense team of Todd 

Gilbert and David Downes, Hupp 

ruled County Code 168-3 and 168-4 

“create a new criminal offense that 

the County of Warren is not authorized 

to enact.” However, Hupp ruled 

that County Code 168-6 was “a valid 

exercise of the authority granted by 

Virginia Code 18. -119. 

However, according to Assistant 

County Attorney Dan Whitten the 

county is not likely to utilize 168-6 

to enforce the Walmart parking ban 

since it elevates the severity of the 

offense from a parking citation level 



Class III misdemeanor to a Class I 

Misdemeanor equivalent to a DUI. 

The county legal staff continues to 

discuss its options with the WCSO, 

though no discussion with Walmart 

officials had yet occurred by Dec. 5 

in the wake of the court ruling. The 

county became involved with the 

parking ban at Walmart’s request. 

Honduran initiative 

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from a volunteer stint bringing medical 

help to the poor in Honduras. He 

says the long-term health project 

called HOMBRES is doddering on 

its financial legs. Seems that while 

our Valley residencies - Ball’s own 

and the Shenandoah Valley Family 

Practice Residency in Winchester, 

joined by a health center on Rhode 

Island and the VCU/MCV Department 

of Family Medicine - have 

provided volunteer health professionals 

to help a small clinic they 

established on the impoverished island 

in 001, financial contributions 

have backslid. Doctors, dentists and 

other health professionals locally 

will be asked to bump up their donations 

to keep the Honduras clinic 

in business. Also, Ball is looking for 

more health professionals to join the 

“brigade” of volunteers who help out 

at the clinic - typically, about two 

weeks each year. 

A Vino Thanksgiving 

Warren County cops, the army, the 

feds, and a state police bomb squad, 

called out unexpectedly on Thanksgiving 

Day, did not miss their turkey 

dinners, thanks to Rachel and Chris- 

tian Failmezger, managers of Vino 

E Formaggio on Main Street. The 

Failmezgers had already invited the 

needy and the lonely to free dinners 

at the restaurant. When the multilaw 

enforcement task force had finished 

a gun, ammunition and drug 

(marijuana) bust resulting in the arrest 

of David Anthony Boles of Front 

Royal (see related press release), they 

received their dinners courtesy of 

Vino E Formaggio. The restaurant 

says they served up to 60 people, including 

the law enforcement folks, 

free dinners between 1 and 6 p.m. 

Thanksgiving Day. 

As a postscript to this story, we 

had occasion to visit the local animal 

shelter to buy tree ornaments ($10 

apiece) and heard that Boles was well 

known to staffers, one of whom remarked 

on his kindness to animals, 

particularly cats – it must not have 

been them he didn’t trust while allegedly 

arming himself to the teeth. 

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County. The public park will boast a 

trail system, part of which borders a 

scenic area adjacent to the Shenandoah 

River, also children’s play and 

sports facilities. 

Morgan’s Ford Bridge #s 

We received a reply to a query to 

VDOT about costs of the 004 repairs 

cited in our Morgan’s Ford 

Bridge story last issue after that issue 

went to press. Consequently, VDOT 

official Ed Carter informed us those 

repairs “cost about cost $90,000 

or approximately $350 per square 

foot.” Carter added that he believed 

that number is where current bridge 

preservation supporters were getting 

their $1.5 million estimate on repairs 

to the existing bridge as an alterna- 

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“That is misleading,” Carter said of 

the $1.5-million estimate. “That 004 

work was an emergency repair of one 

span on the shallow side of the river. 

It was not a rehab as the existing concrete 

is too deteriorated to utilize.” 

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A group of 50 intrepid college football 

fans followed Front Royal Rotarian 

Doug Stanley (Warren County 

executive director) to Blacksburg on 

what turned out to be the coldest day 

of the year – Saturday, Nov. 4. After 

sitting atop freezing metal bleachers 

in 8 degree, windy weather (in fairness, 

Stanley had warned the group 

of a forecast drop to 36 degrees from 

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fans whose team beat UVA 17-14 in 

the final seconds. A guest who braved 

the elements was Staff Sgt. Malcolm 

Barr, Jr. The USAF sergeant traveled 

from Stuttgart, Germany, to see his 

team win the all-local matchup. Rotarian 

Cal Coolidge shivered as he 

announced his attendance at his “last 

football game”, as did fellow Rotarian 

Malcolm Barr, Sr. The group was 

greeted by Rocklander Jeff Lehew 

and his wife who provided hot food 

and drinks and a roaring log fire at 

their tailgate party near the bus parking 

lot before and after the game. 


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The final installations of 

the nearly a quarter of a million 

lights and over 70 trees are up 

and decorated as part of Historic 

Jordan Springs’ Charity Christmas 

Events and Tours. This year’s 

theme is “Christmas in the Park” 

and promises to be the most enchanting 

display yet in the 37 years 

that Jordan Springs’ owners Greig 

Aitken and Tonie Wallace-Aitken 

have been funding the displays. 

“Each year, the rooms’ décor 

changes and we develop new 

themes as well as bring back the 

most popular favorites of yesteryear,” 

says Executive Director Colt 

Nutter. This year, the main foyer 

features the Jordan Springs signature 

life-size horse and sleigh, 

showcasing the “Central Park” 

feel. The ,500 square foot Grand 

Ballroom is completely draped in 

over 4,000 square feet of satin fabric 

as a backdrop for the Crystal 

Forest , a guest favorite that was 

introduced three years ago on a 

much smaller scale. “This will be 

the biggest Crystal Forest yet, featuring 

over 1,000 dangling crystals 

and ‘snow’ lights,” says Nutter. 

Each event is designated to a local 

charity, and all tour proceeds 

will go to them. This year, Wallace-Aitken 

plans to focus on the 

families of our service men and 

women like the Children of Marines 

as well as others. Guests are 

asked to bring new, unwrapped 

toys and non-perishable food 

items that will go to local families 

in need. 


Guests are also invited to vote 

on their favorite room. The cost 

is $5 per vote and the winners- 

those that voted on the winning 

room- will be invited back to Jordan 

Springs in 013 for a special 

“winners event.” 

Last year, over 1,000 visitors 

came to see the decorations at 

Historic Jordan Springs. Since its 

inception, the charity tours have 

generated nearly $100,000 in food, 

toy, and monetary donations. The 

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Obituary 

Ruth Farrall 

Ruth Farrall, 60, passed away 

peacefully on Thursday, November 

, 01 in her hometown of 

Richmond. A talented artist herself, 

Ruth spent years teaching 

art at the Charterhouse School, 

an affiliate of UMFS, where she 

enriched the lives of countless 

children through her selfless 

dedication. She was preceded 

in death by her father, Richard 

Farrall. She is survived by her 

mother, Joan Farrall; her sisters, 

Linda Farrall Kolb and Laura 

Farrall; brother-in-law, Dennis 

Kolb; nieces, Meghan Parrish 

and Kimberly Dascher; nephew, 

Ian Weager; grandniece, Alexia 

Parrish; and grandnephew, Tre 

Parrish; her two cats, Caesar 

and Maurice; and many loving, 

devoted friends and colleagues. 

A celebration of her life will be 

held on Saturday, December 8, 

01 at p.m. at the Unity Christ 

Church of Bon Air, 9 3 Buford 

Road. In lieu of flowers, the family 

requests that donations be 

made in Ruth’s honor to Hospice 

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UMFS, or the American Cancer 

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At a Dec. 4 meeting, the Warren 

County Board of Supervisors mirrored 

town council discussion on a 

citizen-driven annexation request 

involving 604 acres of undeveloped 

agricultural pasture land north of 

Happy Creek Road near Mary’s 

Shady Lane and the I-66 overpass. 

That discussion indicated tentative 

support for a friendly, three-way 

boundary adjustment agreement 

between the town, county and the 

owner of the property. 

However county official, led by 

board Chairman Archie Fox, indicated 

the need for more concrete 

assurances from the property owner 

that adequate measures be put in 

place to protect both the town and 

county regarding developer contributions 

to support infrastructure 

and service requirements necessary 

to support future development. 

In fact, after it was observed the 

general consensus with both town 

and county planning commissions 

and elected board was positive, Fox 

said, “I don’t know if we are all supportive 

of this.” Fox said he wanted 

more detail on potential impacts on 

traffic, school populations, as well 

as other county service and infrastructure 

– “That’s where I’m at,” the 

board chairman said with a Dec. 0 

deadline for an initial county and 

town response to the annexation 

proposal. 

However Tony Carter noted that 

such an undecided stance just 16 

days before the state expected an 

initial thumbs up or down from the 

involved municipalities might be 

counterproductive to the entire review 

process. 

“Are we being asked if we’ll con- 

“I think we all agree it makes sense to put future growth there in town … But it makes sense we get adequate 

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this could be put off 10, 1 , 15 years down the road.” – Supervisor Tony Carter 

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the board decide to fight the proposed 

loss of 604 acres of county 

land, “there are probably things we 

could do to block this annexation 

all together.” Mitchell noted that 

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To be or not to be - part of the Town of Front Royal? The question at hand appears to be 

whether to concentrate most of the next 2000 or so residential units to be built in the county 

on this vacant pasture land in the foreground, or let that development just stretch into the 

distant mountains on slightly bigger lots. 

ing an indication that the town and 

county would not fight his boundary 

adjustment proposal. 

“I understand that is costly to put 

together,” Richard Traczyk said of 

providing a detailed developmental 

plan, “and is why he is reluctant to 

do it without some positive commitment 

[from the town and county].” 

“I think we all agree it makes 

sense to put future growth there in 

town – I have no problem with that. 

But it makes sense we get adequate 

proffers. But I think the developer 

doesn’t know exactly what he wants 

to do yet. Due to the economy this 

could be put off 10, 1 , 15 years 

down the road,” Carter observed. 

Mitchell observed it was unlikely 

either the town or county would oppose 

the request as long as guarantees 

were put in place to see service 

and infrastructure impacts would 

be part of the developer’s proffers 

when he did seek re-zoning for development. 

County Administrator Doug Stanley 

noted that such proffers should 

address cost impacts to the county 

or town at the time development 

was brought forward, rather than 

what is in place currently. 

Traczyk suggested reaching a 

Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOA) to assure those concerns 

and other issues brought up by the 

town and county planning commissions 

be addressed at the appropriate 

time. Attorney Mitchell noted 

MOU’s were not legally binding but 

could be a step, with further assurances, 

in the right direction. 

International conspiracy? 

The boundary adjustment initiative 

forwarded by Front Royal Limited 

Partnership principal David 

Vazzana would encourage and enable 

future residential and commercial 

development along Urban Development 

Area (UDA) guidelines 

that were passed into law by the Virginia 

General Assembly, with support 

from former 18th District Del. 

Clay Athey, before being rescinded 

last year. Those guidelines support 

development adjacent to existing 

development and utility infrastructure. 

The goal is to preserve more 

remote county agricultural lands 

from developmental sprawl that 

threatens the character of Virginia’s 

undeveloped rural land. 

However, the UDA initiative has 

run afoul of some conservative 

property owners and politicians, 

most likely with a stake in some of 

those more remote rural lands, as 

a threat to the damn-the-environmental-consequences-full-speedahead 

property rights of Americans. 

Some have even referenced UDAs 

as part of an international conspiracy 

centered on UN Resolution 1 

to strip Americans of their property 

rights. 

UN Resolution 1 is a planning 

initiative designed to encourage 

clustered and more centralized development 

and utility infrastructure 

that will and help reduce costs and 

preserve natural resources worldwide. 

It is a plan supported by the 

great bulk of the professional planning 

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Facing a Dec. 5 deadline for submission 

of changes to the Town 

Charter to the Virginia General Assembly 

for consideration, an uneasy 

consensus approved those recommended 

changes by a 5-1 vote on 

Nov. 6. 

The vote was delayed from one anticipated 

on Nov. 13 following a contentious 

40 minute debate after the 

offering of last-minute amendments 

either designed to speed up the transition 

process from May to November 

elections or revisit a preference 

for odd versus even years for town 

elections being moved from standalones 

in May, to November when 

ballots would be shared with either 

county elections (odd) or state and 

federal (even). 

While not the only councilman 

with questions about the final form 

the recommendations took, the lone 

dissenting vote came from first-term 

councilman Daryl Funk. Prefacing 

his opposition, Funk noted his preferences 

had been well-documented 

previously. Most notable among 

those preferences were that if elections 

were to be moved to November 

– and that was a BIG if for him 

– they be moved to even-years for all 

six councilmen and the mayor every 

four years during presidential election 

cycles; and that council reject 

inclusion of a Charter amendment 

that would assure town elections remain 

non-partisan. 

Council quickly rejected the allin 

every four-year elections, citing 

the potential danger of losing an entire 

council and mayor with all their 

combined institutional knowledge of 

town processes. 

“I thought about asking staff to tell 

me how many hours it’s spent over 

this November versus May issue over 

the past couple years. But I thought 

that would kind of stockpile on the 

problem. And it does concern me 

how much time we have wasted on 

this issue with a very simple fix in 

front of us when we could have set 

it by statute, rather than making it 

a part of fixing our [Charter],” Funk 

began in stating his case one last time 

prior to a vote. 

However as others supporting inclusion 

of the November and nonpartisan 

Charter changes, most 

prominently Vice-Mayor Shae Parker 

and Councilmen Gene Tewalt and 

Bret Hrbek, pointed out during work 

session discussion, an overwhelming 

majority of respondents to a town 

poll favored the change to November. 

They also noted that limiting the 

partisan issue to a simple ordinance 

change would allow each new council 

majority to change the statute 

back and forth creating a political 

ping-pong ball. 

Funk also noted that non-partisan 

elections weren’t currently a subject 

of any town ordinance or code but 

simply continued in a non-partisan 

manner without being codified or 

forced into law. 

But in countering Funk’s suggestion 

the partisan issue simply be left 

as it is, it has been observed that 

while the councilman himself has 

said he would oppose partisan nominations 

as long as a mayor who would 

be disqualified by them was in office 

(Pentagon security officer and Mayor 

Tim Darr faces federal Hatch Act restrictions 

on federal employees running 

in partisan elections) that would 

not eliminate anyone else from forwarding 

partisan nominations. In 

fact, such a move was suggested on 

Funk’s behalf this spring by Warren 

County Republican Committee Secretary 

Mary Kay Clark. Mayor Darr 

has also pointed to the elimination 

of not only him, but all local federal 

“… my biggest concern as we try to make our election non-partisan forcibly, we’re injecting partisan 

presidential elections into our town elections. And that concerns me very deeply.” – Councilman 

Daryl Funk on codifying non-partisan, November, even-year town elections 

Council forwards Charter Amendments to Assembly 

Funk’s last stand on eliminating partisan and date election changes fails 

Vice-Mayor Parker and Mayor Darr, at left, and Councilman Funk, at right, were not seeing eye to eye on proposed Town Charter changes pertaining to elections. 

employees from future runs for town 

office should partisanship be allowed 

into the town electoral process. 

Asked about that partisan issue 

during a subsequent phone conversation, 

Funk questioned whether partisan 

nominations for town elections 

were even possible since no town 

political committees exist. Well, the 

town is part of the county and there 

certainly are county political committees, 

at least one of which has 

expressed an interest in nominating 

town candidates, we countered. 

Moving on, Funk revisited concerns 

that councilmen elected in 

even, presidential election years 

would see a much higher voter turnout 

– 60 to 70 percent locally – than 

those in off-presidential years (35 

percent) – “that’s a whole lot closer 

to what we were getting in May (15 

to 0 percent in all but one election 

since 000), Funk observed on Nov. 

6. (That one voter turnout exception 

was the volatile 004 “Walmart 

on the river” election that saw a 35 

percent turnout oust all four incumbent 

candidates, three councilmen 

and a mayor who favored allowing 

the retail giant to build on the bank 

of the South Fork of the Shenandoah 

River off Strasburg Road.) 

While Funk noted the proposed 

move would extend his term six 

months, he referenced comments by 

the only public hearing speaker on 

the Charter proposal, W. 5th Street 

resident Robert Crouch in forwarding 

another concern. 

“Before we did have elections that 

were focused on town issues and I 

think Mr. Crouch says it better than 

most – [and that] is my biggest concern 

– as we try to make our election 

non-partisan forcibly, we’re injecting 

partisan presidential elections into 

our town elections. And that concerns 

me very deeply,” Funk said. 

His final shot was questioning 

whether inclusion of the non-partisan 

issue could sink the rest of the 

proposed changes. Funk said it was 

possible the General Assembly (divided 

along increasingly partisan 

lines in proposing social agenda legislation 

in the past year) would approve 

any of the proposed changes 

if the nomination by non-partisan 

petition only were included. 

“I’m very concerned it will not pass 

the General Assembly, and then we’ll 

be right back where we are now and 

many of those important reforms 

that we’ve put in there and that Mr. 

Parker has put in there, aren’t going 

to be implemented in time,” Funk 

said of the “housekeeping” aspects of 

the proposed changes. 

However, Vice-Mayor Parker has 

told us while fond of “housekeeping” 

changes bringing the Town Charter 

into the 1st Century, his primary 

concern as stated at the Nov. 13 meeting, 

is to head off any single political 

party or voting block from dictating 

the political life of this or any other 

community. And he noted, moving 

town elections to November when 

general elections occur will save the 

town about $8,000 of taxpayer money 

per election. 

Parker has also countered Funk’s 

argument that the Assembly might 

reject all the proposed Charter 

changes over the inclusion of the 

non-partisan issue. Parker says his 

research shows that other towns have 

similar safeguards written into their 

Charters, so whatever the personal 

preference of a majority of state representatives 

as to partisan elections, 

they would be hard pressed to legally 

reject such a change. 

“I’ve heard that but I haven’t seen 

it myself,” Funk told us of other town 

Charters including a non-partisan 

section. 

But in the end and with little additional 

discussion (maybe the rest 

of council was still reeling from the 

lengthy Nov. 13 debate) Funk stood 

alone with his arguments to leave 

well enough alone on dates and partisanship 

in town elections. 


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“I feel bad for these three deputies. It’s a shame that they would have to ruin their career and resign 

over this … It’s hard for me, personally, to be upset with them for hunting in the town limits.” 

– Town Councilman Tom Sayre on deputy resignations 



We were somewhat taken aback to 

see Front Royal Town Councilman 

Tom Sayre tell TV 3 of Winchester 

in an interview initially broadcast 

on Nov. 13, that he essentially has 

no issue with people, including law 

enforcement officials, hunting and 

firing guns illegally within the limits 

of the town he was elected to serve. 

Our understanding of such service 

includes legislating town codes and 

overseeing law enforcement, among 

other services, for the general public 

safety and good. 

However, in a broadcast entitled 

“Front Royal Reacts to Hunting 

Charge Against Deputies”, Sayre said 

of three WCSO deputies who resigned 

on Nov. 5 due to an investigation 

into illegal hunting activities (see 

our last issue), “I feel bad for these 

three deputies. It’s a shame that they 

would have to ruin their career and 

resign over this … It’s hard for me, 

personally, to be upset with them for 

hunting in the town limits.” 

Sayre, a criminal and domestic law 

attorney in private practice, prefaced 

the above remarks by noting, “Where 

I live in the town limits of Front Royal 

we have so many deer. I have friends 

that have been complaining to me 

about the number of deer in Front 

Royal.” 

So, is the councilman okay with illegal 

hunting in town only if done so 

by law officers trained in the use of 

firearms – if not so well in obeying 


the laws they were hired to enforce 

– or should we take his remarks as 

a carte blanche for all of us to take 

guns and the law into our own hands 

as we see fit to eliminate what we may 

consider a nuisance we didn’t anticipate 

when we moved into this rural 

community? (Uh oh!!! – That could 

really open up a can of worms if one 

were to substitute any number of potentially 

annoying figures, say “cats” 

or “barking dogs” or “neighbors” or 

“overgrown yards” or “politicians” or 

Public safety 

Those darn deer, part 2: Heck with the law? 

Sayre: ‘It’s hard for me to be upset with them for hunting in the town limits’ 

As Ray Charles once sang, ‘What’d I say?’ 

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– God forbid – “reporters” for the 

“deer” or “bear” that may be raining 

on anyone’s particular parade of “lifeas-we-envisioned-it 

in our little corner 

of small-town, rural American 

paradise” when we relocated here 

from the city or suburbs.) 

A wildlife problem 

Over the past two years Sayre has 

several times sponsored complaints 

from constituents brought to council 

concerning the presence of wildlife 

interloping on residential neighborhoods. 

As has been repeatedly 

explained by both town and state 

game officials in response to such 

complaints, in the case of bears their 

presence is explained by a keen sense 

of smell generated by food sources 

usually left outside that will attract 

them over distances of miles. Those 

sources in residential neighborhoods 

are generally unsecured trash with 

food wastes, pet food kept outdoors 

and even bird feeders. 

But rather than simply inform 

constituents of available methods 

of eliminating the problem by the 

securing of trash in bear-proof containers 

provided by the town Refuse 

Department; or forward Game & Inland 

Fisheries instructions on eliminating 

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Public safety 

attract bears, the councilman seems 

to favor sponsoring continued public 

complaining and ongoing oblivion 

to these well-publicized preventive 

measures. As for trap-and-relocate 

programs suggested at one point, 

state game officials have explained 

that due to large bear population 

statewide there is no trap and release 

program, only a trap and destroy option. 

Short-term memory loss? 

Regarding the county’s large deer 

population increasing intrusions 

into town neighborhoods, last year 

a deer-culling program was initiated 

with council approval. However, 

rather than set up a hunting free-forall 

that could jeopardize the safety of 

all town residents, their children and 

pets, the approved program, which 

as we recall Sayre voted to implement, 

is run under strict supervision 

of the Virginia Department of Game 

& Inland Fisheries with operational 

oversight by the Suburban Whitetail 

Management Program of Northern 

Virginia. 

As people involved with the program 

since its inception in the commonwealth 

in 1997 told the Front 

Royal Town Council during a Sept. 

19, 011 presentation, the program 

does not enable public hunting or the 

use of firearms within town limits. 

Rather, it initiates a strictly supervised 

bow hunting program manned 

by archery club members, locally 

the Massanutten Archery Club, authorized 

to participate. And that 

program must first gain the permission 

of site-specific and surrounding 

property owners to be implemented 

in any neighborhood, even more remote 

and rural ones. 

Revisionist History? 

On Monday, Dec. 3 at 6:53 p.m. 

we e-mailed a query asking Sayre to 

elaborate on the attitude reflected in 

his televised remarks. His reply, emailed 

about 33 hours later at 4: 4 

a.m. Dec. 5, forwarded us a link to 

a transcript of the TV 3 video interview 

with a note he had elaborated 

in a comment posted to that link. In 

that posted comment Sayre says, “The 

TV3 reporter only quoted me on a 

very small part of my interview with 

her. As I explained to Hattie Cheek in 

the November 13 interview, there are 

serious consequences to illegal hunting 

in the town limits of Front Royal. 

The three deputies paid a just price 

for their wrong actions. 

“I also explained to Hattie that I 

proposed an urban deer archery program 

within the town limits of Front 

Royal. The archery hunter must be a 

member of the organization Suburban 

Whitetail of Northern Virginia 

which is the town’s designated agent 

with Game & Inland Fisheries. They 

are required to go through strict 

safety training and marksmanship. 

“While helping stem the deer 

population in our town these measures 

help insure the safety of our 

citizens. Although the urban deer archery 

program was initially met with 

strong resistance, it has now been 

embraced.” 

Timing is everything 

Sayre’s was one of two comments 

posted in response to the video interview 

and transcript. The first posted 

by Emma Thompson (does the great 

British actress keep up with Front 

Royal politics?!!?), asks, “Really? Isn’t 

that man an elected official for the 

Town of Front Royal???” 

At 8:50 a.m. on Dec. 5 when we 

“Really? Isn’t that man an elected official for the Town of Front Royal???” – comment on video 

link posted by Emma Thompson 

viewed the link forwarded to us by 

Sayre, Thompson’s comment was 

listed as being posted “ 1 days ago”, 

which would have been Nov. 14, the 

day after Sayre’s interview initially 

appeared. 

Sayre’s comment was listed as appearing 

“1 hours ago” indicating it 

had been posted at some point between 

8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Dec. 4, a lit- 

tle over a day after we sent our e-mail 

inquiry to him. 

rogerb@warrencountyreport.com





By Malcolm Barr, Sr. 


Set in the Shenandoah Valley, 

the locally written, reprise presentation 

at Wayside Theatre couldn’t 

be more appropriate or magical for 

the holidays 

Many saw and thrilled to the 

world premiere of “Glory Bea! A 

Shenandoah Christmas Story” 

last year. They are calling this edition 

a world premiere also, and it’s 

worth the grandiosity even though 

it is only slightly changed (for the 

better) from the earlier show. It’s 

smoother, sometimes funnier, 

and it is grandly acted from the 

10-year-old in the title role to the 

two veteran professionals in the 

cast, Thomasin Savaiano (Annie 

Thorne) and Steve Przybylski 

(Mike) who literally makes an ass 

of himself in an otherwise poignant 

story. 

Each of the players is double 

cast so we will describe those on 

stage at the opening night Nov. 5 

and mention the others as we go 

along. 

For example, we saw Hannah 

Marteeny, 10, sing and act her little 

heart out in her Wayside debut a 

week ago Sunday; you may see last 

year’s Gloriana Beatrice Thorne, 

Audrey Nakagawa, 1 , in her third 

Christmas show at Wayside. Either 

way, both kids are both endearing 

and entertaining. 

Hats off to a trio of country music 

virtuosos – Przybylski, also music 

director and composer; Jody Lee, 

who doubles as Gabe and the Rev. 

Hite; and Jason Labrador (Zeke). 

The musicians carry the show 

along briskly, complementing the 

story teller, bass fiddler Lee. 

Richard Follett was there on 

opening night to see his new and 

improved masterpiece which he 

collaborated on with former Wayside 

favorite Larry Dahlke, now relocated 

to Chicago. Przbylski, who 

last year alternated with the popular 

local vocalist and musician 

Robbie Limon, scored the music 

and this year shares the part of a 

guitar-playing donkey with Darrell 

Johnston. Limon was in the 

audience this time and liked the 

changes made in the current show. 

Incidentally, Limon performs in 

a benefit show at the Wayside 

December 9. Tickets may still be 

available. 

“Glory Bea” is about a family 

living somewhere north of Harrisonburg 

finding it hard to make 

ends meet in the depression of the 

1930s. We all know what a recession 

is today; try a depression. Dad 

( Benjamin Reed as John Thorne) 

has to leave home to work for 

the Civilian Conservation Corps 

(CCC) creating what is now known 

as Skyline Drive. He leaves his wife, 

Annie, at home and pregnant, with 

daughter Glory Bea, to tend the 

farm. It’s a tough life as a hurricane 

blows through (the 1930s version 

of Sandy?) and winter arrives. 

Thorne has promised to return 

by Christmas. We saw Reed do a 

credible job with the dad role; you 

may see Bob Payne in the cameo. 

Leslie Putnam plays school 

teacher Sarah Perkins convincingly, 

whipping her rowdy class into 

relatively good order in time for 

the nativity play. Theresa McGuirk 

will be a familiar face to many as 

she takes her turn as teacher Sarah. 

She first appeared at Wayside nine 

years ago in “A Christmas Carol.” 

Kimberly Braun joins Wayside 

this holiday season to alternate 

with Savaiano as Annie. 

The kids who are pivotal to this 

cast vary in age, the youngest, 


Thomas Bauserman, 8. The others 

include Patrick Bauserman, 

13; John Carter in the 3rd grade at 

Middletown Elementary; Cherith 

Pilong, 8th grader who likes to sing 

and (tap) dance; Tyler Plazio, 11, of 

Warren County; Jessica Shostek, 

also a Middletown Elementary 

third grader; Jackson Sirbaugh, 11, 

class president at Daniel Morgan 

Middle School; Brady Spaid, also 

Wayside Theater 

‘Glory Bea! A Shenandoah Christmas Story’ ushers in holiday 

from Daniel Morgan; Amanda 

Willis, a performer for the Young 

Artists of America in Washington, 

D.C.; and Natalie Youngblood, a 

straight A 5th grader. 

Most of the above are members 

or graduates of Wayside’s Young 

Performers’ Workshop or the 

Young Ambassadors’ Guild. 

Wes Calkin and J. Clinedinst 

collaborated on a splendidly scenic 

backdrop; costumes were in the 

capable hands of Caleb Blackwell. 

Warner Crocker directed. 

“Glory Bea!” Runs through December 

4; Weekend matinees at 

:30 p.m.; Sunday performances at 

6:30; Wednesday-Saturday evening 

performances at 7:30; Christmas 

Eve matinee at 1:30 p.m. Several 

performances have already sold 

out. Call (540) 869-1776 for tickets 

and further information. 

(Malcolm Barr, Sr. is a retired journalist, 

federal government public 

relations director; and a past executive 

member (secretary) of Wayside’s 

board of directors.)


Town 



The owner of a residential property 

across the street from a vacant and 

overgrown residential property on 

the 100 block of West 5th Street has 

asked the town to take more aggressive 

action to clear it. Town crews 

were seen clearing some overgrowth 

on the property earlier this year. 

Robert Crouch told council he understood 

the property he is seeking 

action against belonged to Forrest 

Ann Duncan or possibly another 

member of the Duncan family acting 

in her interest. Forrest Ann Duncan 

is the widow of Howard, the late 

brother of former Town Manager 

and Councilman Walter Duncan. 

Howard was a driving force behind 

the forming of the IDA (Industrial 

Development Authority), a forerunner 

of the modern Front Royal-Warren 

County Economic Development 

Authority (EDA). 

Forrest Ann Duncan brings a distinctive 

perspective, some might say 

eccentric, to bear on some of her areas 

of interest. She once described 

the yard surrounding the now-vacant 

house on West 5th Street as a preserve 

of native Virginia flora, some of 

it apparently planted by her late husband. 

However, at least one neighbor has 

a less favorable view of the property. 

“I’m here to ask council to investigate 

1 5 West 5th Street as a public 

nuisance … The property is a public 

health hazard. The yard has been allowed 

to grow up in weeds and various 

under-brush,” Crouch told council 

on Nov. 6. 

Crouch said he believed he wasn’t 

the first area resident to complain 

about the property, adding, “It is 

systematically destroying the property 

values of the neighborhood just 

by its existence. I filed a number of 

complaints with the zoning administrator. 

I think some action was taken 

but I don’t think adequate action was 

taken.” 

Crouch said he was told he would 

have to appear before council to seek 

“proper legal action” against the issues 

he sees remaining with the property. 

He called the lot “a fire hazard in 

the summertime” and “a health hazard” 

attracting a number of “pests.” 

“This has been going on a long 

time and these people have basically 

thumbed their nose to the town and 

to the citizens of the town and I really 

think it’s time for it to come to an 

end,” Crouch said. 

However Crouch indicated a perhaps 

extra-legal move that ended, if 

not the overgrown flora, at least one 

“I asked the town to please exterminate the cats. The town didn’t do anything – they said I was free to take 

whatever action I wanted to. And I did, and some of my neighbors did, and the cats disappeared.” – Forrest 

Ann Duncan W. 5th St. property neighbor Robert Crouch 

Neighbor asks for more action on overgrown Duncan yard 

Those darn cats – but they do weed out other pests like mice, rats & … 

of the pests he believes inhabited the 

lot. 

“When I first acquired the property 

at 1 6 West 5th Street there 

were over a dozen feral cats living 

on the property (perhaps they were 

attempting to control the other pest 

populations Crouch cited on the 

property). I asked the town to please 

exterminate the cats. The town didn’t 

do anything – they said I was free to 

take whatever action I wanted to (a 

call to WCSO animal control or the 

Humane Society might have been 

good choices). And I did, and some 

of my neighbors did, and the cats disappeared.” 

As for the town’s official position 

on feral cats, Town Manager Steve 

Burke later told us, “The town, working 

with Warren County and the 

Humane Society, is currently investigating 

how to address the feral cat 

problem. We are currently seeking 

advice from the Attorney General as 

to the legality of humane trapping of 

feral cats. Until such time as an opinion 

is issued, the town can advise 

residents to attempt to remove any 

food sources for feral animals from 

their property to reduce the likelihood 

of attracting animals to their 

property. We hope to receive the 

Attorney General’s opinion soon so 

that we can develop a program to ad- 

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to request that our citizens contact 

the Town with any issues.” 

Initial work session discussions 

indicate the program being explored 

locally would mirror trap-neuterrelease 

programs being utilized to 

reduce feral cat populations in localities 

to our east, including Loudoun 

County. 

Following Crouch’s comments, 

Mayor Tim Darr asked the town manager 

to look into the issues raised by 

Crouch, noting, “I have spoken with 

you before about this. This has been a 

nuisance problem for a long time and 

I do think we owe those neighbors 

some answers.” 

The mayor suggested the town 

planning and zoning department 

look into the situation and bring a report 

to council at a future work session. 

“We do need to bring some closure 

to that, I agree 100 percent it is an issue,” 

the mayor concluded, asking for 

a council consensus – which he got 

– to proceed as suggested. 

However, one councilman, Eugene 

Tewalt, suggested staff action prior 

to council being informed by staff of 

any zoning, legal or other parameters 

that may be impacting town action 

on the property. 

“Bob spoke with me about this as 

well,” Councilman Tom Sayre added. 

“That you have been numerous times 

to the town, to the town manager 

and different people. So, I am glad 

you came here this evening to speak 

on the camera and hopefully something 

will get done.” 

Most recently Mrs. Duncan has 

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2012 

Early December, 01 • Warren County Report • Page 3


International relations 

Jordanian journalists who are preparing 

for coverage of their own elections 

in the Middle East recently observed 

the Presidential election in the 

United States as guests of the State 

Department in a program developed 

and conducted by Jerome Aumente, 

Distinguished Professor Emeritus 

in the Rutgers University School of 

Communication and Information. 

Seven journalists from newspapers, 

television, news agencies and 

online news sites met with American 

news media counterparts in Washington, 

DC, Boston, Chicago and 

Winchester, Virginia before, during 

and after the election. The program 

was organized by Meridian International 

Center, Washington, D.C. 

On Election Day, they observed 

voting at several polling sites and 

conducted exit interviews with voters 

and poll watchers in nearby 

Cambridge, Massachusetts. They 

attended an election night watch at 

the main Democratic gala in Boston 

and monitored the returns as they 

showed President Barack Obama being 

re-elected and Elizabeth Warren 

winning a closely watched US Senate 

race. 

The journalists filed photos, videos 

and stories via the Internet as they 

traveled and also planned followup 

reports when they returned to 

Jordan. The timing of their visit was 

particularly important as Jordan prepares 

for key parliamentary elections 

in January and watches the Arab 

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“Especially valuable was the opportunity to talk in-depth with faculty and students at the university, and to 

hear their ideas and the results of their mass communication research into the election. There was a true 

exchange – culturally, professionally and personally.” – Jerry Aumente 

Middle East journalists observe U.S. election 

Retired Browntown journalist and professor Aumente leads Jordanian visit 

On the set of TV3 ABC affiliate in Winchester, left to right, 

Ms Ayat Al-Alawneeh, economics editor, Al Arab Al Yawm daily 

newspaper, Amman, Jordan; Jerome Aumente, Professor 

Emeritus, Rutgers University, of Bentonville, VA; and Dr. Karen 

Kennedy Schultz, Director of the Center for Public Service 

and Scholarship, Shenandoah University, who organized Winchester 

visit of Jordanian Journalists. 

Journalists interviewing a poll watcher on Election Day in 

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For a grass roots look at the elections, 

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the Republican and Democratic regional 

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“The visit to Shenandoah University, 

the local print and broadcast 

media and to the Republican and 

Democratic campaign offices provid- 

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to observe attitudes toward the presidential 

election in a key swing state, 

Virginia, and outside the Washington 

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valuable was the opportunity to talk 

in-depth with faculty and students at 

the university, and to hear their ideas 

and the results of their mass communication 

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There was a true exchange – culturally, 

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its students and faculty who made 

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Dr. Karen Kennedy Schultz for making 

this all happen.” 

Ms. Alia Toukan, Editor, Reporter 

and News Anchor for Jordan Television 

and Radio Corporation added, 

“What was interesting in the discussions 

with students of journalism at 

Shenandoah University was that every 

student had a story to tell, that 

determined which candidate they 

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“… Students expressed their mistrust in the electoral system, talked about fraud, corruption and there were 

even those who were not going to participate in the elections simply because they didn’t believe their voice 

made a difference. So I guess the U.S. is not that much different than other countries.” – Jordanian journalist 

Alia Toukan 

were voting for. [Some] Students expressed 

their mistrust in the electoral 

system, talked about fraud, corruption 

and there were even those who 

were not going to participate in the 

elections simply because they didn’t 

believe their voice made a difference. 

So I guess the United States is not 

that much different than other countries.” 

Heba Kahler, who acted as interpreter 

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Ms. Ayat Al-Alawneeh, Economics 

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In Washington, they met with 

Middle East specialists at the State 

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When the journalists found themselves 

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Opinion: 

By Malcolm Barr Sr. 


(Managing editor’s note: We had 

hoped to have Malcolm Barr, our 

contributing writer and a resident 

of Rockland, provide a counterpoint 

to this writer’s piece on the 

pros and cons of a new Morgan 

Ford Bridge in our last edition. But 

alas, family holiday timing was 

bad. While Barr attended both 

VDOT informational meetings 

on the future of the river crossing 

north of town at Morgan’s Ford, he 

says brought no preconceived opinion 

with him. But subsequently 

his opinion solidified (we think he 

has been brainwashed by devious 

mind-controlling neighbors) to that 

of opponents of the VDOT plan 

and says in the wake of my story 

in the Late November edition, he 

purposely “wrote from the heart 

because anyone can skew statistics 

any way they want to prove an 

argument” (well, that was also my 

point last issue, Mal). So here is Mr. 

Barr’s counterpoint to my point, 

explaining his position, a position 

he points out disagrees entirely 

from his wife Carol’s – “Our family 

is riven,” he laughs.) 

I read the other day of Virginia 

Gov. Bob McDonnell’s tourism 

promotion awards to various 

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Why VDOT’s Morgan’s Ford Bridge plan stinks 

Worth preserving, more or less? 

tions. Nothing there for Front 

Royal or Warren County, however. 

And why would there be when 

both are bent on allowing the 

state’s Department of Transportation 

(VDOT) to destroy two of the 

area’s “beauty spots” (as we Brits 

refer to them) i.e. the proposal to 

place a “park and ride” lot at the 

very entrance to the Town that 

citizens saved from Walmart, and 

one of the county’s most beauteous 

areas now occupied by the 

old, admittedly decrepit, “low water 

bridge” that has served the local 

population gracefully and adequately 

for 85 years. 

VDOT would have you believe 

that federal and state funds are 

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jeopardized unless you take “our 

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Hrbek, has decided to call VDOT’s 

bluff in connection with the parkand-ride. 

He and others (and me, 

for that matter) prefer a small 

park setting at the end of the new 

bridge, a span according to VDOT 

we may not get unless the Town 

removes its objections to a square 

of Tarmac. 

It’s pretty much the same deck 

of cards they are dealing from in 

connection with their proposed 

new bridge that will spoil the tranquility 

of one of two of the prettiest 

areas of the Shenandoah River, 

increasing traffic flow through 

inadequate roads between Happy 

Creek and Route 5 . VDOT is 

consistent in its plea that the low- 

water (Morgan Ford) bridge is beyond 

further repair and most of us 

who live in the area would agree. I 

also suggest that REPLACING the 

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maybe a few feet wider and slightly 

higher, so that tourists can still enjoy 

their destination, fishermen 

may still fish, children may still 

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our 1st Century lives on idle for 

a minute or so while waiting our 

turn in order that oncoming cars 

(yes, cars, not trucks) may cross to 

the opposite side. 

VDOT will give you a dozen 

reasons for spreading the bridge 

over two lanes and lengthening 

it by several hundred feet, one of 

them, to accommodate increased 

traffic flow, building it 10 to 15 feet 

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higher, citing the flooding that interrupts 

our travels maybe 0 days 

out of 365. VDOT tells us they will 

build us a bridge that will last another 

75 years or whatever. And 

they will ban trucks. Hah! Listen to 

that, Sheriff McEathron. Increase 

your budget to pay for round-theclock 

traffic duties at the bridge to 

enforce VDOT’s new law. 

By the way, getting back to the 

Town’s entrance bridges, one of 

which will shortly be renovated 

or replaced – can anyone see, 

from their autos, the beautiful 

river vistas both east and west 

given the “safety walls” that VDOT 

engineers erected? There is a better 

way to do it. I drove across the 

14th Street bridge in Washington 

a week or so ago where they built 

adequate safety barricades without 

spoiling the view up or down the 

Potomac. 

Back to the “low water” bridge, 

VDOT will tell you (and so will 

certain members of the Board of 

Supervisors) that a larger version 

of the present span is needed to 

accommodate increased traffic 

flow. First, many of us who live 

around here don’t want to encourage 

increased traffic flow through 

our inadequate country lanes and 

byways. Sticking with a (semi)low 

water bridge, single lane, a bit 

higher, will DISCOURAGE traffic 

and be about $5 million, give or 

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three cars? Fire trucks? True, the 

local volunteer department cannot 

quickly get to the other side of 

the bridge (though its ambulances 

can) but there are responders on 

the other side. Faster and increased 

volume of traffic and trucks on the 

Happy Creek side will most certainly 

endanger young children. 

Their parents, ignored, have been 

telling us so for months. 

Much has been made of the 

dangers of the low water bridge 

during high water and we grieved 

recently over the drowning 

death of a young woman who, 

by happenstance, shared my last 

name. In its wisdom (oh! that 


Morgan’s Ford Bridge 

someone in authority would have 

thought of it before) the board 

of supervisors erected two stout 

gates and a warning system before 

the bridge approaches. And that 

solved the problem of the deadly 

mix of flood waters and a 1st 

Century GPS system of navigation. 

So, throw that one over the side, 

VDOT. 

Back to my first observation 

of the governor leaving Warren 

County out in the cold insofar as 

additional funds for tourism were 

concerned and the inconsistencies 

of our county government. On Nov. 

30, I heard our county executive 

extolling the virtues of the Shenandoah 

River and the plans that were 

in hand for riverfront property development 

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The irony of the thing! 

Tree replacements 

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In 013 the Beautification of 

Front Royal committee will continue 

Phase of the Pear Replacement 

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“They are in the wrong place,” 

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• It was the third president of the 

United States, Thomas Jefferson, 

who made the following observation: 

“The man who reads nothing at all 

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reads nothing but newspapers.” 

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the optical phenomena are visible 

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afternoon. 

• In 1982, a radio station in Allentown, 

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contest: Three contestants, selected 

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In that month, one of the contestants 

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The Rappahannock Shenandoah 

Warren Regional Jail Authority 

board met on Nov. 9 to hear progress 

reports on the construction of 

the $8 million jail which will serve 

to incarcerate inmates from the 

three counties. 

At the end of the meeting, Brandon 

Hefty of Hefty and Wiley Law 

offices, lawyers for the Authority, 

asked that the board go into a 

closed session regarding the lawsuit 

brought by Mark A. Prince of 

Shenandoah County against the 

Authority. Prince’s contention was 

that bond obligations for construction 

of the jail could not be authorized 

without a voter referendum 

of the three counties involved. 

On September 8, 01 , 6th Judicial 

District Circuit Court Judge 

Dennis L. Hupp ruled in favor of 

RSW as the defense, and dismissed 

the lawsuit. 

After the closed session on Thursday, 

Hefty said the plaintiffs filed an 

appeal to go to a three-judge panel 

of the Virginia Supreme Court. 

He said a decision on whether the 

Supreme Court judicial panel will 

hear the appeal is expected in February 

013. 

In other business, Warren County’s 

North River District Supervisor 

Dan Murray praised jail construction 

contractor Howard Shockey 

& Sons for keeping the site clean 

and debris-free and putting gravel 

down so grounds aren’t muddy. 

“I drive by there every day, they’re 

doing an excellent job,” he said. 

The board heard a financial update 

from Shenandoah County 

Budget Manager Garland Miller Jr. 

He said there’s been a $ .4 million 

payout so far, with $ . million going 

for construction. He also stated 

that the interest on the SunTrust 

portion of the loan has been paid. 

The authority’s owner representative, 

James Marstin, reported on 

aspects of the roof construction 

and said cells will have roof slabs in 

next week. 

“We hope to have roughly onequarter 

of it under roof by Christmas 

– if the weather cooperates 

– so work can continue there during 

the winter,” he said. 

The project is on schedule for 

the projected April 7, 014 completion 

date and Marstin praised 

Shockey for staying on track. He 

noted that the arrival of the precast 

70-sq. ft. -cell jail units has 

been accelerated. 

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of a majority of the building’s 

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wall panels and of cells in the 

female medium and maximum security 

areas; widening of shoulder 

and turning lanes at Rte. 5 N; and 

completion of underground utility 

work. 

A report and photo presentation 

of this progress was given by Project 

Manager Carrie Henaghan of 

Moseley Architects. 

Marstin, who is also a certified 

building inspector, proposed that 

he be responsible and on-site to 

inspect the roof construction as it 

occurs. He explained that it is usual 

to hire former roofers to come and 

watch progress on that aspect of 

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going on when they get 

there at 8 a.m., but they still have to 

be paid for a full day. 

“Even though there are a lot of 

advantages to hiring them, it’s expensive,” 

he said, adding, “The testing 

budget doesn’t have enough 

money left to have the other roofers 

there full time.” 

The board approved his request. 

Warren County Administrator 

Douglas P. Stanley who is also the 

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The board approved the Nutrient 

Offset Agreement, required by 

the Virginia Dept. of Environmental 

Quality before they would issue 

the Virginia pollutant discharge 

elimination system permit which is 

necessary before the sanitary sewer 

system can be installed. The system 

will collect and convey wastewater 

to a new RSW municipal water 

treatment plant. 

Warren County’s Grants Coordinator 

Brandy Rosser presented 

samples of logo designs for the new 

website to be created by Emedia 

Associates of Bristow and Shenandoah 

Valley Productions. 

There was a lively discussion on 

the merits of the 16 designs she 

presented. The board agreed to include 

elements of each county in 

the logo but didn’t come to a final 

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it will provide an online face 

for the project. 

“This logo will be on everything, 

badges, etc.,” observed Warren 

County Sheriff Daniel McEathron. 

The next RSW Authority meetings 

are scheduled for Jan. 4 and 

Feb. 8. 

Present at the November Authority 

meeting were: Rappahannock 

County Administrator John 

McCarthy; Roger Welch of the 

Rappahannock County Board of 

Supervisors; Shenandoah County 

Administrator Doug Walker; Con- 

rad Helsley of the Shenandoah 

County Board of Supervisors; 

Shenandoah County Budget Manager 

Garland Miller Jr.; Warren 

County Administrator Douglas P. 

Stanley; Dan Murray of Warren 

County Board of Supervisors; Warren 

County Sheriff Daniel McEathron; 

Shenandoah County Sheriff 

Tim Carter; Rappahannock County 

Sheriff Connie Smith; Brendan 

Hefty of Hefty and Wiley Law offices; 

Owner‘s representative James 

Marstin of JRM Consultants; Correctional 

Consultant Chris Webb 

County Fire & Rescue sponsors needy families 

It’s that time of year again! The Department of Fire and Rescue 

Services will once again be sponsoring families this Christmas Season. 

This is our 5th year being able to take on this task thanks to the 

generous donations we receive from local businesses, citizens, and 

employees. 

The Department will be placing donation boxes in the Public 

Safety Building, Government Center, and in local businesses 

throughout the Town and County. We are in need of non-perishable 

food items, clothing, toys, monetary and/or gift card donations; 

all donations will be used strictly for our Christmas Families. 

If you are interested in helping out in any way, please call Fire Administration 

at 636-3830. 

As in the previous years, we are having our boot drive on Saturday, 

December 8th. We will be setting up at the Riverton Commons 

Shopping Center and the K-Mart Shopping Center. Our volunteers 

will be standing by the road with their boots ready to take 

your donations, so come on by and let’s make this the best year to 

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It is very encouraging to know that we have a great working relationship 

within our community and can depend on you in a time of 

need to help those less fortunate than us. We thank you in advance 

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Interested landowners may receive up to $100 per acre to help 

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During the holiday season, 

people will bring pets into their 

home for holiday gifts. The Humane 

Society of Warren County 

encourages potential pet parents 

to consider a shelter pet. We are 

hopeful that families will consider 

adopting a cat or dog from the 

animal shelter before turning to a 

pet store. We have highly adoptable 

animals waiting patiently 

for a new home for the holidays. 

Our animals have had a medical 

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vaccinations and many are already 

spayed or neutered. Prior 

to being placed for adoption they 

are screened for behavior and we 

can help match the right pet with 

the right family. 

Hannah (pictured) is one of the 

many adoptable pets available 

at the Humane Society of Warren 

County. However, Hannah’s 

story is unique; she has been in 

emergency shelter since February 

of this year. That’s 10 long 

months, waiting patiently for her 

forever home. Hannah came to 

the shelter as a stray but her family 

never came to find her. Due to 

her extended stay, Hannah has 

become part of our shelter family. 

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that she hasn’t found her perfect 

match. Hannah is a big girl 

with a bubbly personality; she’s 

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each year. 

In this joyous holiday season, 

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Through your gift, you become 

part of a conviction that each 

one of us will make a meaningful 

difference in the life of a homeless 

pet. Because of you, a life 

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Publisher’s note: In the 2008 and 

2012 Presidential elections, Virginia’s 

results more closely matched 

the nation’s than any other state. 

With New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie 

enjoying record approval ratings 

and expected to coast to reelection 

in the country’s only other 

2013 gubernatorial contest, the 

nation will look to Virginia as a 

harbinger of whether President 

Obama’s re-election was a result of 

a better campaign or a sign of the 

nation becoming more accepting of 

the Democratic agenda. This year, 

our gubernatorial election will be 

national news for a bigger reason 

than the fact that it is easy for the 

national media to cover since it is 

right next door to D.C. 

It seems as if the frenzy of the 

01 election has yet to die down, 

and the political environment is 

already fully charged here in Virginia 

for next year’s gubernatorial 

battle, shaping up to be the marquee 

political event in the entire 

country in an otherwise dull off 

year. While both sides in Washington 

are grappling and positioning 

over the looming budget crisis, 

and concerned citizens here in 

Virginia rightly worry about the 

fiscal cliff and its consequences, 

events are already moving at a fast 

pace for our statewide elections 

next fall. 

Considering how closely Virginia 

mirrored the national popular 

vote and our now likely place as a 

perennial battleground state, next 

years gubernatorial election was 

bound to be exciting and closely 

watched. But that was before it 

became clear just who the two 

nominees were likely to be. Now 

that we know their identities, it is 

clear that the 013 matchup will 

be bitter, bruising, and viewed as 

a microcosm for the nation moving 

into the 014 midterms. 

On the Republican side, Lieutenant 

Governor Bolling decided 

against waging a fight for the 

nomination after the Republican 

Party decided to switch from a 

primary election to a party convention. 

It is widely believed that 

a party convention tilts dramatically 

toward the most conserva- 

tive elements in the party, who 

are largely supporters of Attorney 

General Ken Cuccinelli. Seeing 

no plausible path to the nomination, 

Bolling dropped out of the 

race this week and made it clear 

he was disappointed in the change 

and make it even clearer that he 

doubts Cuccinelli’s electability 

in November. For the moment, 

the Republican party is rallying 

around the controversial Attorney 

General and he appears to be the 

presumptive nominee. 

On the Democratic side, it has 

been no secret that former Democratic 

National Committee Chairman 

Terry McAuliffe was planning 

on making another run at 

the nomination that was denied to 

him in 009. The real question for 

the Democrats was, What Would 

Marker Warner Do? Senator 

Warner, already a former popular 

governor, could likely have gained 

both the nomination and the general 

election win had he decided 

to run. However, after apparently 

giving it serious consideration 

and prompting some speculation, 

Warner decided against it and 

seems ready to run for reelection 

to the Senate in 014. Either the 

Senate or the Governor’s Mansion 

could serve as a fitting platform 

for a possible 016 Presidential 

run for Warner. 

With the matchup between 

McAuliffe and Cuccinelli, the 

bases of both parties get what 

they want and political junkies 

get what they love, a knock-down 

drag-out brawl between two seasoned 

talents. However, Virginia’s 

growth in political importance 

has come about largely because of 

neither political base but the presence 

of a large moderate swath of 

voters open to both parties and 

scared by extremes. While the 

race will certainly be entertaining, 

it is hard to believe either candidate 

will endear themselves to the 

swing voters in Northern Virginia 

and Richmond suburbs that will 

decide the election. McAuliffe’s 

identification with the national 

Democratic Party over so many 

years won’t necessarily play in 

his favor in a state only recently 

purple. Certainly, Mr. Cuccinelli’s 

outspokenly conservative positions 

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11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, 

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have in common? They are all part 

of “Time for Baby” Join in as your senses 

are used to explore the world around us. 

Meet with your baby up to two years of 

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1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee. 

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Saturday, December 8, 2012 

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8am - 9am Operation Blue Christmas. K- 

Mart, Front Royal. The Front Royal Police 

Department is hosting “Operation Blue 

Christmas” today. Officers and Police 

Department personnel take Front Royal/ 

Warren County children shopping whose 

families are experiencing a difficult time 

due to illness, death or loss of employment. 

The children’s shopping is funded 

solely through the generosity of the community. 

Donations are needed. Check can 

be made out to the Front Royal Police Department 

Foundation, 24 W. Main Street, 

F.R., 22630 Attn: Shelley Mauck. 


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HOLIDAY - Join in the travel to Germany. 

Learn about interesting folk tales and customs 

and how they relate to time honored 

recipes. Try the most delicious of all German 

Christmas cookies. The Lebkuchen! 

Ages 8 and up. Please register. 

6pm - 7pm Annual Mosby Dinner. Blue 

Ridge Shadows Country Club, Front Royal. 

The John S. Mosby Camp of the Sons of 

Confederate Veterans announces their 

Annual Mosby Commemoration Dinner 

to be held tonight. Happy Hour at 6:00p 

(Cash Bar); Dinner served at 7:00p (Italian 

Buffet). Special Guest Speaker: Erick 

Buckland, nationally known Mosby historian 

and author. RSVP Dwayne Mauck at 

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Sunday, December 9, 2012 

7:30pm - 8:30pm Christmas Concert. 

Front Royal Presbyterian Church, Front 

Royal. The Front Royal Oratorio Society 

presents “REJOICE AND BE MERRY” tonight. 

A FREE Christmas Concert featuring 

traditional carols, hymns and the Halleluiah 

Chorus. 

Monday, December 10, 2012 

7pm - 8pm Council Meeting. County of 

Warren Government Center. There is only 

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7:30pm - 8:30pm Christmas Concert. 

Randolph Macon Academy Boggs Chapel, 

Front Royal. The American Legion Bank 

of Front Royal will present a Christmas 

Concert tonight. The concert is FREE and 

everyone is welcome. 

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 

10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public 

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craft all about these wonderful creatures. 



TIME - What is black and white and yells 

MOO! all over? Cows of course! Join in for 

simple silly songs, stories, and a craft all 

about these wonderful creatures. 

4:30pm - 5:30pm Samuels Public Library, 

Front Royal. Today is BIG KIDS STORY 

TIME - Celebrate National Chocolate Covered 

Everything Day a few days early with 

a sweet story and an edible food craft 

during our “Who Has a Sweet Tooth”? 

Story Time. For Kindergarten and up 

Saturday, December 15, 2012 

10:10am - 11:10am Samuels Public Li- 

brary, Front Royal. BOOKS AND BARKS 

- Come to this extremely popular monthly 

program that gives developing readers the 

chance to read and relax with a trained 

therapy dog. For beginning readers and 

up. Please register. 


Front Royal. PEN AND INK! - Do you enjoy 

being creative? Do you often write, draw, 

or make crafts in your spare time? Come 

and join “Pen and Ink!” an exciting new 

club for young adults. Club emphasis will 

be entirely flexible, offering help to those 

who wish to learn more, and providing 

a forum for anyone who wants to share 

ideas. If you’ve got an imagination, this 

might just be the club for you! Ages 12 

Engle’s Angle: Home Repairs - Not If I Can Help It 

By Kevin S. Engle 


My wife noticed it first. That’s 

typical. She always spots these 

things before I do. It’s like she has 

a special sense. 

The dryer vent hose had come 

apart up near the ceiling. Instead 

of dryer lint blowing outside like 

it was supposed to, it had been 

blowing around our furnace room. 

After some moaning and groaning 

on my part, we reattached it. 

That’s also typical. I’m not a fan 

of home repairs. Nor am I good at 

them. 

The other day, she saw it again. 

I wish she’d quit doing that. 

Yeah, it’s important to spot 

problems and fix them, but 99% 

of the time, I don’t know how. And 

that’s why 99% of the time, I’d 

rather pay someone who does. 

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like 

paying for home repairs either, 

but the charge, whatever it is, is 

almost always less than my frustration 

level when we try to do it 

ourselves. Plus, it takes me ten 

times as long. And that’s on a 

good day. 

That’s where my wife and I disagree. 

She’d rather we give it a go 

first. 

And so we did. 

On Saturday afternoon, she 

made a trip to Lowe’s to get parts. 

She came home carrying a box of 

stuff. 

“Do we need all that?” I asked, 

wondering what that had cost. 

But I do the same thing. If 

you’re not quite sure what you 

need, and I never am, buy ten different 

things. Surely one of them 

will work. You can always take the 

other nine back. 

Sunday afternoon, after I’d had 

time to mentally prepare myself 

for what lay ahead, we tackled the 

job. Of course, when I say we, I 

mean she. 

Because of the tight working 

quarters, only one of us could do 

it. And since her likelihood of success 

was much better than mine, 

she worked and I watched. If I 

had pom poms, I would’ve been a 

cheerleader. 

“Go Judy, go Judy! You rock! 

You can do it!” 

She wasn’t motivated by my 

support. 

“Will you zip it so I can concentrate?” 

“Yes dear.” 

“It’s soooo close,” she said on 

more than one occasion. 

But despite my support, and her 

effort, success was not to be. 

An hour and fifteen minutes later, 

she threw in the towel. It was 

time to call the professionals. 

Monday afternoon, that’s who 

showed up. And even he had a 

hard time, a fact that made my 

wife feel a bit better. Only after removing 

a section of furnace duct 

work was he able to get the job 

done. 

And when he was done, I did 

what I do best. I reached into my 

wallet and handed him a credit 

card. 

Now if I can only convince my 

wife to quit finding these things. 

I’m 100% certain that ain’t happening. 

••• 

Laundry tip. Don’t wash something 

unless you can dry it. Wet 

towels stiffen up like concrete. 

kevinengle456@comcast.net





and up. Please register. 

Monday, December 17, 2012 

7pm - 8pm Town Council Work Session. 

Town Hall, Front Royal. Tonight the Town 

Council will have a Work Session in the 

Town Hall Conference Room located on 

the 3rd floor. 

Tuesday, December 18, 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 can’t listen live 

check out the podcasts at http://www. 

theriver953online.com. 

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 



STORY TIME - It’s that wonderful time of 

year again! Join in for festive songs, stories 

and a craft all about the favorite time 


of year: Christmas! 



TIME - It’s that wonderful time of year 

again! Join in for festive songs, stories 

and a craft all about the favorite time of 

the year! Christmas! 

7pm - 8pm Planning Commission Meeting. 

County of Warren Government Cen- 



Alison Duvall 

Advertising Sales 

Cell: (540) 551-2072 

alisond@warrencountyreport.com 



Angie Buterakos 

Advertising Sales 

Cell: (540) 683-9197 

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Thursday, December 20, 2012 



STORY TIME - It’s that wonderful time of 

year again! Join in for festive songs, stories 

and a craft all about the favorite time 

of year: Christmas! 



TIME - Its that wonderful time of year 

again! Join in for festive songs, stories 

and a craft all about the favorite time of 

the year! Christmas! 


Front Royal. Today is BIG KIDS STORY 

TIME - Come and join in for a cozy story, 

activity and craft all about Christmas. For 

kindergarten and up. 

5pm - 8pm Third Thursday ArtWalk. 

Downtown Front Royal. 

Call Ms. Young 540-635-3059 

Marketplace 

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Deductible. Guaranteed Cash Flow 

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EDUCATION 

Medical Billing Trainees Needed! 

Train to become a Medical Office 

Assistant. No Experience Needed! 

Training & Job Placement available 

at CTI! HS Diploma/GED & computer 

needed. 1-888-424-9419. 

ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. TRAINEES 

NEEDED! Online training by CTI gets 

you job ready! No Experience Needed! 

Job placement assistance after 

program completed. HS Diploma/ 

GED and computer needed. 1-888- 

424-9419. 

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in Roanoke 540-857-6188 or Spotsylvania 

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Weeks or 10 Weekends. Guaranteed 

Financing and Job Placement Assistance 

Available. 1-800-646-2374. 

Company Drivers: $2500 Sign-On 

Bonus! Super Service is hiring solo 

and team drivers. Excellent hometime 

options. CDL-A required. Students 

with CDL-A welcome. Call 

888-691-4472 or apply online at 

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LOTS AND ACREAGE 

LAND DEAL: 17 acres in Buckingham 

County. OK for mobile home. 

$69,900 and I’ll finance—nothing 

down. 434-444-5088. 

11 ACRES in Rockbridge Co, beautiful 

meadow gently sloping to small 

stream. Some woods. Nice view. 

Lots of wildlife. Covenants. $89,900. 

Owner-financing. 540-294-2007. 

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wooded homesite near Boones 

Mill in Franklin County. No Money 

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FRANKLIN COUNTY – 10 open acres, 

stream along edge, beautiful homesite 

on knoll with great view of Cahas 

Mtn. $89,900 w/financing. 434- 

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MISCELLANEOUS / CAREER 

TRAINING 

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a secure government career at FAA 

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in Chesapeake, VA. Median 

salary tops $100,000 (US BLS) with 

experience and full certification. Call 

toll free (877) 560-1001 for information. 

Hampton University/Aviation Institute 

of Maintenance 

MEDICAL CAREERS begin here 

– Train ONLINE for Allied Health and 

Medical Management. Job placement 

assistance. Computer available. 

Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV 

certified. Call 888-354-9917 www. 

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AIRLINE CAREERS begin here – Become 

an Aviation Maintenance Tech. 

FAA approved training. Financial aid 

if qualified – Housing available. Job 

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CALL AIM 888-245-9553. 

LUXURY APARTMENT 

FOR RENT 

Available now for the working 

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Diversions


Pets Page 

Ask 

Stewart 

Karma - 7 year old spayed 

female Pit. Karma is house 

trained and wonderful with 

children and other dogs! 

Dear Stewart, 

I decided to buy a live Christmas 

tree this year. How am I 

supposed to care for it? 

Dear Mr. Reese, 

T. Reese 

Congratulations on deciding to 

go live this year. This tree will be 

there to enjoy year after year and 

you might see me or one of my 

friends living in it some day. 

Yes, there is special care involved 

in live trees, but it is not 

all that difficult. The most important 

thing is to gradually introduce 

it to the warmer conditions 

of the house. Start three or four 

Buttercup - 1 year old 

spayed female Lab/Greyhound 

mix. Buttercup’s a 

real sweetie-pie and good 

with other dogs. 




days before and put it in the cool 

garage or an enclosed porch. 

Remember this tree is dormant 

and immediate heat will start it 

growing again. Before it gets inside 

the house you’ll also want to 

check it for bugs and other critters. 

Some people like to spray 

on an antidessicant like Wiltpruf 

to help the needles contain the 

moisture before they bring the 

tree in the house. 

When it’s ready to come inside, 

place it inside a large galvanized 

tub to help stabilize it and help 

collect any fallen needles or debris. 

Try to locate the tree in a 

cool part of the room and definitely 

away from heat sources. 

Keep the root ball watered as 

often as necessary but try not to 

Humane Society of Warren County 

get it too soggy by over watering. 

Try not to leave the tree inside 

any more than 4 to 7 days and 

never add nutrients or fertilizers 

while inside the house. For reintroducing 

the tree to the outdoors, 

just reverse the procedure 

of bringing it inside so that it can 

slowly adapt to the colder temperatures 

outside. Once ready, 

the tree can be planted just like 

any other tree. Of course, you 

had planned ahead and already 

dug and prepared the hole so this 

part should be easy. 

I hope you enjoy your live Christmas 

tree for many years! 

Cha-Cha - 7 year old spayed 

female Lab. Cha-Cha is a 

wonderful and loving dog 

who just needs a second 

chance. 

- Stewart 

Fire Department Check on Commerce out Avenue. our Games, other Dunking adoptable Tank, Giant Castle pets Bounce, at Cake www.warrenco.petfinder.com 

Walk and Prizes, Carnival Treats, Cotton Candy, Hot Dogs, Popcorn 

540- 35-4734 and Drinks, BBQ Dinner @ 4 PM. To Volunteer/Donate/Sponsor Call:540-635-4734 540- 35-4734 

Check out our other adoptable pets on www.warrenco.petfinder.com 

Boarding Kennels 

& Grooming 

125 Spicewood Lane 


540-635-8979 

spicewoodflats.com 

Humane Society of Warren County 540-635-4734 

Zorra Buttercup’s is a 1 ad year sponsored old Border by: 

Hillbilly’s Junkyard 

Collie/Beagle mix. She is 

Hillbilly housetrained has what and you good NEED! with 

4381 

other 

Stonewall 

animals and 

Jackson 

children. 

Hwy 

Bentonville, VA 

636-2671 

Martins Foods 

409 South St. 


540-635-2249 

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. 

540- 35-4734 540- 35-4734 

Monday thru Sunday 10 am to 4 pm- Closed Wednesdays • 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA • 540-635-4734 • humanesocietywc@gmail.com 

Please ask about our low cost spay and neuter program. Please be sure your pets at home are spayed/neutered and up to date on vaccinations. 

Dog adoption available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Petco • Cat adoption available on Sat. 10 -2 at Southern States • Dogs and Cats available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Helmuth Builders 

WC Chamber Business After Hours on Wednesday, December 12th from 5:30pm - 7pm, and Christmas ornaments will be available to purchase for $10 to help support the animals!! They will be happy to see You!! 

COME ONE! COME ALL! The Humane Society of Warren County Presents: A SUMMER CARNIVAL Saturday, August 13th, 10 AM - 9 PM at the Front Royal 

Clara is a 3 year old spayed 

Karma’s ad sponsored by: 

Beagle/Heeler mix. She’s 

Spicewood Flats 

very friendly and good with 

cats. 

Clara’s ad sponsored by: 

Spicewood Flats 

Boarding Kennels 

& Grooming 

125 Spicewood Lane 

Zorra’s ad sponsored by: 

Parkers 

Automotive 

hillbillysjunkyard.com 

& 

Towing 

Damien is a 1 year old Beagle/ 

Cha-Cha’s ad sponsored by: 

Heeler mix. He is very well behaved 

and good with animals 

and children. 

Damien’s ad sponsored by: 

Wanda Snead 

Property Management 

Bella - 3 year old female 

Hound mix. Bella is very 

energetic and loves to run. 

She’d make a great jogging 

companion. 

Andy Panda is an 8 year old Border 

Collie. Bella’s He had ad a sponsored bad case of by: mange 

when he was found and lost a lot of 

fur. The mange is gone now, his fur 

is growing Wanda back, and Snead he’s ready for 

a new home. 

Property Management 

Andy Serving Panda’s the area ad for sponsored 16 years by: 

Sam Snead Realty 

540-635-9753 

SamSneadRealty.com 

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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