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By Jean Lillard The weather was cool and a little windy on Saturday but the 280 runners, walkers, and baby carriage pushers who crossed the finish line of the 32nd running of the Fodderstack 10K Classic didn’t seem to mind the “coolerness.” Chuck Love of Madison, Va., overall winner in 2009, won again this...
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An opportunity to learn from Farm-to-Table students, a prestigious volunteer award for a Sperryville man, Miss Rappahannock and more.
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For close to 60 years the annual Miss Rappahannock Pageant has provided an evening of community support and camaraderie. On Saturday, friends, family and fans of the participants, who ranged in age from seven days old in the baby category to the seven women participating in this year’s new over-20 category, once again helped...
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The five-year-long project to build a regional jail that Rappahannock County would share with Warren and Shenandoah counties, all but killed by General Assembly budget cuts last month, got a boost last week from Gov. Bob McDonnell. McDonnell’s amendments to the proposed budget — amendments state legislators were scheduled to vote on this week...
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Everything’s like it used to be at Scrabble School, even the round Roman numeral clock hanging from a wall brace and the white-globed lights suspended from the ceiling. The pot-bellied stoves stationed at each end of the building are gone, however. And the toilets are inside instead of outside. A divider separated first through...
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Ben Mason hears voices. The lifelong musician came to Rappahannock County a decade ago in part because . . . well, if you’ve been here for any amount of time you already know this, really: They’re louder here. Though the Castleton singer-songwriter is the first to admit to being a little crazy — in...
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Headwaters Foundation’s Farm-to-Table program at Rappahannock County Public Schools receives a $12,000 donation from the Rappahannock Farm Bureau. Farm-to-Table instructor Trista Scheurlein (center) and Headwaters executive director Toni Egger (left) accept the check presented by Farm Bureau president Chris Parrish. The pictured check has been modified to show the increase from two years ago...
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Tucker Hill’s work lives on after his death. On two consecutive weekends in May, the Etlan-based artist, well known in the Rappahannock County arts community, will be honored. The Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle’s Mother’s Day show is, in the words of its founder Trish Crowe, “dedicated to the light and creative spirit of Tucker...
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Saturday marked the graduation ceremony for Joy Virginia Alther of Washington. Proud parents, grandparents and friends gathered to celebrate the special occasion at Gid Brown Bible Baptist Church in Washington. Pastor John K. Burke introduced and offered the opening invocation. He thanked the Lord for the blessing of Joy Alther. It was a heartfelt...
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Restoration of property and business expansion continues in Sperryville and environs. Investment in our village conveys the belief by individual entrepreneurs that our charming village will not only survive recent economic distress but will, in fact, thrive. At 23 Main Street, owner Bill Pumphrey was delighted when his crew removed the hand-split lathe and...
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This week marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. It was thought up by Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson when he, along with many Americans, became outraged by a 1969 oil spill off the California coast killing untold marine life and migratory birds. Santa Barbara, where the spill occurred, is in profound respects not unlike...
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The Rappahannock Hunt's Hunter Pace Races took place under bright sunny skies Saturday. The McNears of Gid Brown Hollow hosted the event.
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The ancient Irish festival of Beltane, or May Day, signals the end of winter and the coming of summer. It will be celebrated at the Theatre at Washington with a concert beginning at 8 p.m. on May 1, when Washington, D.C’s award-winning Celtic ensemble, the Ocean Quartet, joins forces with members of the Washington...
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Local beauty pageant legacy Alexandra Phillips has competed in her first pageant in the Miss Rappahannock Friends category and secured her first win as well. Allie, as she is known to friends and family, is the daughter of multiple pageant winner, most notably as the former Mrs. Virginia, Janie Phillips, and local volunteer fireman...
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In the April 8 edition of the Rappahannock News, Robert Alcott of Washington wrote a most appropriate letter to the editor regarding the trash along Rappahannock roads. Kudos are in order for his thoughts. Praise also goes to Nick Riedel, a 13-year-old student, who wrote an article on March 18...
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The recent exchange between Ron Maxwell and Christopher Moyles caught my eye for a couple of reasons. First, in my view, Mr. Maxwell’s analysis of the impact of illegal alien labor on wages is sound, and so is his view of the humanitarian rhetoric that camouflages so much government waste. Second, the “response” to...
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From the Rappsody yearbook of 1961, Rappahannock High School’s first year in operation, this photo was captioned: “Now if you ask me . . .” Said the text beside it: “Behind the production of our annual are hours of work that stretch into months of writing and typing copy, taking pictures, selling . ....
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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 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 by...
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The Rappahannock County Republican Committee will be holding its 2010 Ronald Reagan Dinner on Saturday (April 24) at 6:30 p.m. at the Washington Volunteer Fire & Rescue fire hall. The event is an annual tradition and guests from Rappahannock and elsewhere are invited. The dinner acknowledges President Reagan’s service to the nation and celebrates...
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The Town of Washington’s Planning Commission meeting for April 26 has been canceled.
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The Rappahannock County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association’s annual awards banquet, postponed from February due to the severe snowstorms, was held on April 10 at the social hall of the Chester Gap Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. Some 90 members of the county’s fire and rescue companies and their guests, family members and friends...
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After a long bus trip to East Hardy, West Virginia, on April 14, the Lady Panthers fell to the Cougars, 7-4. The team followed that disappointment with a 10-0 loss to Strasburg on the Panthers’ home field April 16 and ended the play week with a huge, 21-5 victory over Manassas Park. At East...
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50 years ago April 21, 1960 The Virginia Division of Forestry announced this week that the last orders for tree seedlings have delivered to the landowners. Nearly 40 million tree seedlings have been planted in Virginia during the past four months. The following people planted forest tree seedlings for reforestation in Rappahannock: Wade H....
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Summer is a time for doing things you love. That's certainly true for Rappahannock students who have used their summer for educational enrichment while having fun.
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Austin “A.J.” Collins, valedictorian of Rappahannock County High School's class of 2009, earns honors at University of Alabama, and six RCHS students excel at Latin in first-time examinations.
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The Rappahannock County Nonprofit Center, which offers support activities to nonprofit groups such as churches and fire departments throughout seven Blue Ridge counties, is bringing back “partner” dancing on Saturday, May 1. The Spring Dance will be held at the center’s building in Sperryville, the old schoolhouse which is now The Link. Dancers will...
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You may know that rabbits reproduce quickly, but I am here to tell you that there aren’t enough of them. There never will be enough for me — never. Lemme at ‘em! Why do you think I was put on this Earth? I am a year old and I love kids and there will...
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Amissville’s Narmada Winery has a fetching exhibit up through June 1 in the tasting room of photos by John A. Bechtold, an advertising photographer based in New York City for 30 years. An Amissville resident the last 15 years, Bechtold worked for such magazines as Gourmet, Food and Wine and Cuisine, and his clients...
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Warrenton Rugby Football Club (shown in red) has a playoff match this Saturday (April 24) at the Laurel Mills Polo Grounds against Roanoke. Kick-off is 1 p.m. — and is preceded by an under-19 Warrenton Wolfpack youth club match against Western Loudoun at 11 a.m. More at warrentonrugby.com.
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