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Friday, December 7, 2012
All day Forecast 55° | 45°
11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. TIME FOR BABY: What do
books, scarves, puppets, music and babies
have in common? They are all part
of “Time for Baby” Join in as your senses
are used to explore the world around us.
Meet with your baby up to two years of
age. Siblings welcome
1:30pm - 2:30pm Education Committee.
Chamber Office.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
All day Forecast 68° | 45°
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.
11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. KOOKY CHEFS COOK THE
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
(540) 636-6487 no later than December
1. $25.00/person.
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
one Council Meeting in December. That
meeting is tonight.
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Tuesday, December 11, 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.
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
Library, Front Royal. Today is TODDLER
STORY TIME - What is black and white
and yells MOO! all over? Cows, of course!
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11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is PRESCHOOL STORY
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.
3:30pm - 5pm Chamber Board Meeting.
Chamber Office.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public
Library, Front Royal. Today is TODDLER
STORY TIME -What is black and white and
yells MOO! all over? Cows, of course! Join
in for simple silly songs, stories, and a
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11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library,
Front Royal. Today is PRESCHOOL STORY
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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.
2:30pm - 3:30pm Samuels Public Library,
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
Warren County Report
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