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The Rappahannock County school board signed up a new superintendent Tuesday. He’ll have plenty to do when he starts July 1, but it looks as if his predecessor, through June 30, will be just as busy. At the start of the board’s monthly meeting Tuesday night at the high school, former Appomattox County superintendent...
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Go, Gavin, Go Gavin Jenkins, an 11-year- old Rappahannock County Elementary School fifth-grader, has a dream of becoming a professional automobile race driver, and this year he is on his way to accomplishing his dream. As a dirt track go-kart driver, Gavin won the Capital City Speedway Championship for his class at this, his...
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At Local Flavor’s first-ever “Meet Your Farmer” open house Saturday at the farm buyer’s club’s Amissville storehouse, some 250 local farmers, customers and others showed up to meet, greet and otherwise connect. Among the suppliers, farmers and friends (who brought quiches, cheeses, chutney, fresh-picked spinach and asparagus, fried chicken, brats, burgers, herbal teas, coffees,...
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It’s almost online, it’s mostly underground — and now it’s also under budget. As Washington Town Council members heard at their regular monthly meeting Monday night at Town Hall, the town’s $4 million sewer system will likely cost more like $3.7 million, according to current construction estimates as the project winds down. Council member...
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By Steve Campbell and staff The hospital of choice and necessity for many Rappahannock residents, Warrenton’s Fauquier Hospital, last week laid off 32 employees — citing economic uncertainty and the impact of unemployment on patients. The bad economy caused many area residents to delay health care decisions. Also, many of those who’ve lost jobs...
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By John W. McCarthy The Fodderstack 10K Race is at 9 a.m. Oh, and we’re moving the starting line. Last year, for the first time, the Fodderstack 10K Race began at precisely 9 a.m. The race started fine with no pile-up of over-eager type A runners, no children pushed aside by the overly aggressive,...
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The Rapp Happenings section lists events, generally in Rappahannock County, on a space-available basis. (The rappnews.com web site will always list 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 Patti Engle at 540-878-2417. Listings must be received...
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Tucked up in a small corner of Oventop Mountain is a spring-fed pond filled with water life and two ingenious floating structures created to give frogs a place to breed and thrive. Water Cradle and Frog Habitat are the creations of Sperryville home designer Nan Reddick. Koi had flourished in this pond, but the...
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Washington Baptist Church has the contemporary Christian music group Immersed singing at its 11 a.m. worship service on Sunday. The group consists of Lee Catherine Clayton and Cameron “Cammie” Shelatz from Madison, Va. They most recently sang for the church’s annual Variety Show. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information, call the church...
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Rappahannock high-schoolers are likely looking at a tougher time getting into state colleges than their predecessors faced — plus higher tuition and fewer classes if they do get in. That’s because of Virginia’s ever-shrinking higher-education budget. The budget that state legislators approved last month calls for reductions of $243.5 million in the 2011-12 fiscal...
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50 years ago April 14, 1960 The County Board of Supervisors at its last meeting empowered Judge Rayner Snead to set up a board of trustees to conduct the business of the new Rappahannock Library to be located in the old Presbyterian Church on Gay Street in Washington. Judge Snead this week announced the...
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On behalf of the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, we would like to thank all of the businesses who donated food items for our fried chicken dinner. Also a big thank you to Gayle Phillips Turner for frying all of the chicken and fixing all of the food. Great job, Gayle. Thank...
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A high five from senior Dane Wellemeyer. A shout of enthusiasm from varsity soccer star Austin Burnett. Then the rest of the Advanced Placement English class — and most of the school — mobbed seniors Justin Fitzmorris and Gary White, prompted by the exciting announcement surging through Rappahannock High School’s public-address system: The fourth...
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We want to thank Mike Cannon, manager of the Rappahannock Co-op, and Cucie Baldwin, owner of 211Quicke Mart, for letting us sell raffle tickets to support the Miss Rappahannock Pageant – and especially all the people who gave generous donations. Harold Beebout, Stephani and Dollie Atkins Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad
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On Saturday, friends of Scrabble School volunteered their time and talent to complete the pathway around the perimeter at the school property: Adam Kerr (Rappahannock Landscapes) with his tractor, Marc Malik of Sperryville (retired Shenandoah National Park landscape engineer), master gardener Ed Stetson, James Raehn with Boy Scout son Austin, and Scoutmaster Roger Pierson...
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Judging from the reaction in the major media to Gov. Bob McDonnell's reinstatement of Confederate History month, the starry cross of the Confederacy remains America's most controversial icon.
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Rappahannock Varsity Baseball brought its season record to 3-3 with a discouraging 11-1 loss at Eastern View High School on April 9 and changed that record to 3-4 with a 12-1 loss to Madison on April 13. At Eastern View High School, “we lost in six innings,” Coach Donald O’Meara said. “We faced a...
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On April 6, the RCHS softball team opened their Bull Run District play with a power-hitting, base-stealing, fire-pitching exposition. George Mason’s Mustangs succumbed to the Lady Panthers 16-6. Senior Natalie Tupper picked up her fourth win of the season with nine strikeouts and the solid play of the Rapp defense behind her. Coach Jamie...
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By Ray Holland Special to the Rappahannock News Everyone needs an escape now and then. Whether from the rigors of spring cleaning, garden planting or the daily drudgeries that tie us down, we all need a diversion. The RAAC Community Theatre is ready to help by providing highly talented actors to facilitate a getaway....
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I have to chuckle to myself because of my name: Ike. I mean, all of you who are named for kings and queens you don’t even remember, and I am named for a great president. I am just one of the kindergarten over here — seven months old and all puppy. I’m a yellow...
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Occasionally John Hagerty, who works at Rappahannock Cellars in Huntly and writes The Tasting Room column for Times Community Newspapers, will catch up with owners of Piedmont-area wineries and get their take on the world of Virginia wine. His first chat is with Chris Pearmund, managing partner of the eponymous Pearmund Cellars located in...
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The Rappahannock County Planning Commission meets 7:30 p. m. April 21 at the county courthouse on Gay Street. Agenda highlights include: Williams Contractors office/Shop/Yard; presentation on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (former Conservation Research Center) in Warren County — Marshall Jones; Regional Sustainability Plan Grant Opportunity — Rappahannock Rapidan Regional Commission.
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These Rappahannock County home and land transfers were recorded in the Rappahannock County Circuit Court Clerk’s office from April 2 to 8. Hampton Jeffrey Lewis Butler to Jeffrey Lewis Butler and wife, 7.2157 acres, deed bargain sale husband and wife, tax map 20-29. Jackson Ethel Ellen Clatterbuck executrix and others to Kent Marshall Switzer,...
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Varsity soccer The Owls started off with a good win coming off of break defeating Notre Dame Academy 4-1 at home April 6. The girls scored two goals in the first half, one by Abby Whitaker and the other by Alex Cancio-Bello. Early in the second half Makenzie Magaro netted a goal. Abby Whitaker...
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Second Lieutenant James Nilan, USMC of Flint Hill, recently graduated from The Basic School at Quantico, Va. The 26-week program consists of seven basic officer courses and is the equivalent of two and a half years of college. He was selected to serve in the field artillery and will report to the 2nd Marine...
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