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Developed on a shoestring budget that will rely on the voluntary support of private donors — and the fees it will charge for tourism-related businesses who wish to place information there — the Rappahannock County Visitors Center is starting to look amazingly lifelike. A renovation crew is working most days at the Visitors Center...
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When Janet Jenkins stepped up to receive her Rappahannock County Retired Teachers’ Association Scholarship on May 13, loud applause in the Rappahannock High School auditorium greeted her accomplishment.
She plans to pursue a career in teaching at Lord Fairfax Community College where she will join students less than half her age.
Jenkins' education was...
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Early last Saturday, some 30 volunteers showed up at the lower end of Cliff Miller’s Mount Vernon Farm in Sperryville for a brief trek to a stretch of the Thornton River where 230 native trees and shrubs were to be planted.
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Spring and summer mean carnage on Rappahannock roads. Mechanized, so-called civilization in the form of gasoline-powered cars and trucks collides with the very life-force that awakens and propels our still-wild co-inhabitants to get to the other side of the roads that carry the cars and trucks. Roughly 80 percent of this roadkill, according to...
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This Saturday (May 22), Rappahannock County seventh graders hold a final fundraiser for their annual Williamsburg trip. The combination car wash, yard sale and bake sale runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of Rappahannock County High School. Seventh-grade students have been making the trip to the restored Colonial community since 1970....
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The inspiration and influence of executive chef-consultant Gerard Pangaud guides the delectable French-inspired menu at the Blue Rock Inn while the execution by chef Rachel Rowland is sumptuous and elegant. At Sunday brunch Chef Roger’s Baked Eggs in Tomato Concasse with Focaccia Crostini were firm but not dry, served piping hot and accompanied by...
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By the time he was 30 years old, Samuel Langhorne Clemens used his nom de plume of “Mark Twain” every time he went out his front door into the public life. That way, he said, Mr. Clemens could blame all of his incendiary rhetoric on his look-alike, Mr. Twain. That scheme mostly worked, and...
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Greetings! I am Boon and I am just 10 weeks old. I’m just a small ball of hair, kind of like a four-footed mop. You could roll me around the living room and, with a little tickling, I’d laugh all night long. You could have friends over and spend time guessing what heritage I...
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In a rain-soaked week filled with cancellations, the Lady Panther softball team fell 7-6 to George Mason during a Friday night travel game. Mason opened with a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but Rapp battled back to take a 6-4 lead going into the sixth. Rain and lightning brought a thirty-minute delay. “When...
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A meeting has been scheduled for 2 p.m. June 6 at the Chester Gap Volunteer Fire Department’s banquet hall to discuss plans and considerations for the proposed new firehouse to be constructed. Department Vice President Mike Wolnevich will be on hand with different sets of plans as well as a large rendering of what...
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Attending Claybert Smoot’s funeral and reading Ben Jones’ letter in last week’s Rappahannock News brought a strong reminder to me that old Rappahannock is passing, especially in the Town of Washington. As I sat in the Baptist Church, I was surrounded by friends who had been in the county for years. Ben Jones is...
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The entire family of Ester Settle would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for the outpouring of love and support. Thank you for joining us to pay a special tribute and to celebrate the life of a beautiful lady who touched so many. Our special thanks to the Settle’s employees for their...
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Sheriff Connie Smith deserves great accolades for her recent decision to have the inmates put in a garden at the Rappahannock County Jail in Washington. Not only will the garden provide fresh produce for the inmates, but it will save taxpayer money. The garden will be an opportunity for trusted inmates to do something...
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This photo was taken at Rae’s Restaurant — circa 1982 — in Washington. You’re looking at the space today occupied by the Country Cafe, though Rae’s also included what is now the Post Office next door. It was sent in by Sandra Cartwright-Brown, who is seated at the table in front with Dan Lewis;...
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50 years ago May 19, 1960 Dorothy Reeve was crowned May Queen at the annual May Day-Health Day program held May 12 at Sperryville Elementary School. Health King was Bobby Deal and Shirley Atkins was the Maid of Honor. Prince of Health was Roger Hawkins and attendants were Jo Ann Fox, Ruth Ann Clark,...
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Amissville’s Barbara Lohre does her part to protect the Gulf Coast by saving dog hair. The proprietor of Southpaw Pet Salon on Indian Run Road grooms and boards dogs and here grooms Tillie, a Hungarian Puli. While chatting on the Web with other groomers, she learned they were saving dog hair, ...
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Chris and Emily Roop received degrees from Liberty University in Lynchburg on May 15. Emily Taylor Roop, a 1999 graduate of Rappahannock County High School, received an Ed. S Degree (education specialist-education leadership). Her husband Chris, a 2000 graduate of Bassett High School, received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, and was recognized by...
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Reigning Miss Virginia USA and Jeffersonton resident Samantha Casey was among the final three contestants vying for the Miss USA title Sunday evening.
Finishing in third place, or second runner up, the 21-year-old senior at the College of William and Mary and Highland School graduate, graced the stage at the Planet Hollywood Resort and...
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These Rappahannock County home and land transfers were recorded in the Rappahannock County Circuit Court Clerk’s office from May 7 to May 13. Hawthorne James Hasse and wife to Jonathan James Hasse and wife, 73 1/2 acres, same N except, deed gift, tax map 53-12c Jackson Myrna L. Harrison to Donald L. Jones, 17.085...
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There being no business to come before it, and after consultation with the chairman, the regular May meeting of the Rappahannock County Planning Commission has been canceled. There being no business to come before it, and after consultation with the chairman, the regular May meeting of the Rappahannock County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA)...
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Dr. T. Allan Comp spends weekends and vacations at his Sperryville farm, but the rest of the time he is often traveling to Colorado, New Mexico, eight Appalachian states and Washington, D.C., working with groups to restore mining-damaged watersheds.
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