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Archive for March 4th, 2010
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County officials prepare for axe
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsVirginia’s state budget crisis is filtering down to the local level, posing threats to Rappahannock County in diverse ways ranging from school funding to plans for a new regional jail and the potential loss of popular 4H youth programs. All that became clear Monday during... -
Budget cuts threaten Cooperative Extension
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe county’s Virginia Cooperative Extension office and associated 4H programs may have to leave town — though they won’t if the county and Rappahannock’s state delegate have their way in the coming weeks of Richmond-based budget wrangling and the local wangling that follows. The closure... -
May 4: the Washington town slate
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsBased on filings at Rappahannock County’s Board of Elections office this week, the slate for the Town of Washington’s May 4 election looks like this: Mayor John Sullivan, currently a member of the Town Council, is running unopposed. “I plan to get out and speak... -
At Food Pantry and throughout a full life, he is the Mann
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsPerhaps the struggle to survive helped shape the character of John Mann Sr., who was born in 1930 – at a time when survival was a day-to-day goal for many working-class Americans. Or it could’ve been the nine-mile round-trip hike he and his sister made... -
Rapp ranks high in Va. health
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsRappahannock residents are healthier than the statewide average, according to a new study called County Health Rankings, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Among Virginia’s 132 counties and cities studied, Rappahannock County ranked 20th... -
Washington: Miller does it again at Salem tournament
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsCongratulations to Washington’s own Connor Miller, son of Hodge and Kay Miller and a senior at Fauquier High School, for winning his second state championship in a distinguished wrestling career — his first championship coming in 2007 for Rappahannock High School. Miller, who transferred from... -
Letter: What about our ‘Standards of Educating’ score?
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No Comments“Don’t let a good crisis go to waste,” as a few entrepreneurs and politicians are fond of saying. It seems that here in Rappahannock County, we may have done just that for a few years running with respect to an ever-shrinking annual school budget. In... -
Column: What’s conserved, and what’s not guaranteed, by easements
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThere is an unfortunate downside to conservation easement donations that is not much talked about. My purpose here is not to discourage landowners from donating easements, but rather to inform them of possible negative consequences. When landowners donate a conservation easement, they give away some... -
Editorial: Healthy Place
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsWhere we live matters. That’s certainly the case when it comes to health, as reported elsewhere in the newspaper this week. But more than health, there’s soliphilia. Soliphilia? No, it’s not a typo, misprint or some other kind of spelling mistake. It’s a neologism, formed... -
Sperryville: F.T. Valley Store welcomes old and new
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe official celebration of Beverly Samuels’ return to running the F.T. Valley Grocery store was held on Saturday with a special “welcome back to the old timers.” Great stories were shared about the times that National Public Radio broadcast from the store, TV crews filming... -
Down Memory Lane
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No Comments50 years ago March 3, 1960 After forty-three years as treasurer of Forest Grove Baptist Church at Viewtown. Mr. William A. Corbin retired on January 1, 1960. Although Mr. Corbin moved to Culpeper in 1920 where he has been associated with Yowell Hardware Co., he... -
Puccini is part of 2010 Castleton Festival
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsArtistic Directors Lorin Maazel and Dietlinde Turban-Maazel announced last week that the second Castleton Festival will include a new production of Puccini’s “Il Trittico” that Maestro Maazel will conduct, his first performances of staged Puccini in the U.S. The festival will take place over four... -
Hazel River deemed generally healthy
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe Hazel River has been identified as one of about 30 streams in Virginia that are “exceptionally healthy.” As reported in Virginia Wildlife, the Hazel is considered “ecologically and biologically robust.” Said Greg Garman, director of the Center for Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University... -
Universities’ dean’s list updates
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsVirginia Tech named the following students to the dean’s list for the fall 2009 semester: Kyle D. Dingus, Amissville, a sophomore majoring in forestry; Joshua M. Galvin, Amissville, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering; Jaclyn E. Dixon of Castleton, a freshman majoring in university studies,... -
RAWL Dogs: Daisy aka Callie
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThere you have it: I go by either name, Daisy or Callie. The point is I am one year old, a German Shepherd mix, about 55 pounds. There is no dog, repeat no dog, you can find who is better with kids. That said, I... -
If there’s training, it must be spring
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe calendar dictates that winter is still a reality, but the truth is that spring has begun in Rappahannock County. Baseball, harbinger of the season, is starting up at the high school. The newest face on the RCHS men’s baseball team is its coach, Donald... -
RCHS March home games
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsVarsity Baseball March 18 7 p.m.,- E. Hardy HS March 19 7 p.m., Fredericksburg Christian School March 24 5 p.m., Highland Varsity Soccer Girls March 12 6 p.m., Eastern View March 18 5:45 p.m., WCDS March 24 5 p.m., Highland March 25 4:30 p.m., RMA... -
Wakefield Sports Roundup
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsAll-Delaney Athletic Conference Athletes Boys Basketball All-DAC Division 2: Andrew Smith, First Team and Co-Most Valuable Player; Brian Shafran, First Team Girls Basketball All-DAC Division 2: Isabelle Eastham, First Team; Sarah Wells, First Team Swimming: Madison Mulvey, 100 Yard Breaststroke and 100 Yard Freestyle WCDS... -
Cub Scouts race in Derby
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsCub Scouts from Rappahannock Pack 123 gathered Feb. 21 at the Washington Volunteer Fire Hall for their annual Pinewood Derby. Nearly 40 youngsters, ages 6 to 10, raced their homemade cars for fun and glory. First-, second-, and third-place winners were determined for each den,... -
RappCats: Squirt
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsMy name is Squirt, but I would be much obliged if you’d come up with a new, more appropriate name for such a lovable charming lady. Lost and starving, rescued by my current foster parents, I so love it there and they love me, but... -
Calendar: Rapp Happenings
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe Rapp Happenings section lists events, generally in Rappahannock County, on a space-available basis. (The rappnews.com web site always lists all calendar items we receive.) If you your event absolutely must appear in the paper, on a certain date, please call Rappahannock News advertising consultant... -
Meetings and Notices
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsOn Thursday, March 4, the Rappahannock County Water and Sewer Authority meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock County courthouse on Gay Street. On Monday, March 8, the Town of Washington’s Town Council will hold its regularly scheduled Town Council Meeting at Town Hall at... -
More growers may qualify for hoop house help
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsRequirements for producers interested in signing up for seasonal high tunnels (hoop houses) have been changed to allow more applicants to qualify for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service help. With the change announced last week, applicants are no longer required to install hoop houses on...