Rappahannock County High School Friday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. – Varsity Football home opener vs. St. John’s Front Royal Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. – Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball at East Hardy Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 7:15 p.m. – Girls Varsity Volleyball at East Hardy Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. –...
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Daily Archives: Sep. 9, 2010
County school sports schedule this week
The Rapp for Sept. 9
Saturday, Sept. 11 is a big day: Reynolds Baptist Church honors Rappahannock's first-responders, Thornton Hill's point-to-point races start the fall steeplechase season and "The Tempest" comes to the Theatre at Washington.
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Signs of life — and some strife
The real estate market continues to struggle nationally, and while Rappahannock County isn’t immune from the forces that have kept that sector of the economy from bouncing back, there are some differences here. “Real estate is local and Rappahannock County is a very special place,” says Denise Chandler, owner of Country Places Realty in...
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Sports: Lady Panthers rally in Culpeper
“Like a car in 10-degree weather, we had a slow warming process tonight,” explained coach Jackie Tederick after the Lady Panthers’ 3-1 win on Tuesday night at Culpeper High School. In set one of the match, Rappahannock had difficulty returning the Blue Devils’ serve. With a sudden awareness they were facing a much-improved team,...
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Swing your partner, and be an RLEP partner, on Sept. 25
Traditional Appalachian music, an apple theme and plenty of dancing and fun are on tap at the second annual barn dance benefiting the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP).
This year's event on Sept. 25 kicks off at 7 p.m. and concludes at 10. It 'll be held at Rappahannock Central, 3 River Lane, Sperryville....
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Regional jail site is purchased
The eventual construction of a regional jail to house inmates from Rappahannock County and two other counties moved a step closer with the purchase last week of two parcels of land in Warren County. The Rappahannock Shenandoah Warren (RSW) Regional Jail Authority has purchased 13.7597 acres at 6573 Winchester Road in Front Royal for...
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Setting summer
Summer winds down and the skies, as always, get more interesting — and, last week, Huntly resident Nol Putnam was there with his camera to witness a particularly memorable end-of-the-day light show over the Blue Ridge.
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Washington column by Jan Clatterbuck
Learning to cook local foods, locally; plus birthday, anniversary and other wishes of the day.
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Editorial: All the news that fits (on-screen)
One of the most gratifying experiences in the eight months since assuming responsibility of publishing the Rappahannock News has been the creation of the newspaper’s Web site: www.rappnews.com. The creator is the paper’s editor, Roger Piantadosi, together with Jan Clatterbuck, editorial assistant and office manager. The community’s reaction has been almost unanimously positive. Especially...
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Food Pantry Update: The Pantry can keep its home
The Pantry isn’t moving! We’ll remain in our cozy room at 603 Mt. Salem Avenue in Washington. Early this summer our landlord told Pantry director Mimi Forbes that he’d need the Pantry space for an office. We were disappointed, but went into high gear looking for a suitable new location. Members of the Food...
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Washington ‘tourist home’ request to be withdrawn
The sale of a house on Mount Salem Avenue in Washington that was the focus of a request by its owners to rent it out as a tourist home has been negotiated. The tourist home special use application before town council will be withdrawn. Denise Chandler of Country Places Realty reported the home at...
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Sports: RCHS runners beat the clock, if not the heat, at Skyline
The first official meet of Rappahannock County High School’s cross country season found the Panthers traveling last Wednesday to Skyline High School in Front Royal. Coach James Sharpe complimented his team, many of whose members were running in their very first competition. Newcomers and veterans alike contended with the same obstacle, he said, but...
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Sports: Mistakes keep Panthers out of end zone
Take away the second quarter, and the visiting Rappahannock County High School football team all but played Hancock, Md., evenly. Hancock scored 27 unanswered points in the second quarter to defeat the Panthers, 34-0, Saturday night. “ positives are that we beat ourselves. If we eliminate their big plays as well as our mistakes,...
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Sperryville column by Gail Swift
Looking into Labor Day, gratitude for VDOT's lowering speed limits on the way into Sperryville, fiber fun for a good cause, and how to volunteer for Farm Tour duty.
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Letter: The magic of Camp Fantastic
There is something magical about Camp Fantastic. It is a weeklong event that volunteers from Rappahannock County participate in once a year, as they have since 1983. The volunteers are led by Beverly Atkins, Linda Baldwin, Sandra Jenkins, Marie Davis, Jan Makela and the Rappahannock Lions Club. For one night out of that week,...
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Letter: ‘I am respectfully declining your invitation’
First I would like to thank the many citizens from all districts of Rappahannock County who took the time and effort to sign the petition required for me to be placed on the Nov. 2 ballot for the office of Rappahannock County Clerk of Circuit Court. I would also like to thank Nancy Newlin,...
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Down Memory Lane
50 years ago September 15, 1960 Open house at Rappahannock County High School will be held Sunday, Sept. 18 from 2 until 6 p.m. Everyone interested in bring shown through the building is invited to come. Teachers and some pupils will conduct visitors through the school. Refreshments will be served, with Mrs. Glenna Bennett,...
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Meetings and notices
On Thursday, Sept. 9 the Washington Architectural Review Board (ARB) will meet at 7:30 p.m., in the Town Hall on Gay Street. Highlights from the agenda include: County of Rappahannock, by John McCarthy, replace previously approved temporary pre-fab structure with permanent brick radio equipment structure to match new jail addition. Structure to be built...
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Sheriff’s Report: Search leads to Sperryville drug arrest
The Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Friday, Sept. 3 at 3756 Sperryville Pike and then arrested Tessa Rose Adams, 29. Adams was charged with possession of a controlled substance and distribution of marijuana. Additional warrants are being sought by Lt. J.C. Welch. Robert Grancille Ross, 55, a resident of South Riding...
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Belle Meade offers ‘compassionate communication’ session
The Rappahannock community is invited to attend an introduction to compassionate communication at Belle Meade School in Sperryville on Sunday, Sept. 19 from 3 to 6 p.m.
Lorinda Bosch and Terri Zweig will lead the session, which offers participants a chance to develop communication skills based on conscious recognition of needs and values. The...
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Best books at Library’s big sale Sept. 22
Targeting book dealers for its first big sale of donated used books, the Friends of the Rappahannock Library (FOL) also are offering county residents a chance to purchase an array of more than 500 valuable books at wholesale prices later this month. Sale notices were mailed to some 60 book dealers in the region...
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RAWL Dogs: Chip
The news just came in, and it’s terribly exciting! I’m growing a heart! That’s what they’re doing for me here in Amissville. I’m only two years old, and arrived here frightened of my shadow. But there is new life for this two-year-old Yellow Lab mix: assertiveness, boldness shall be mine. Come on over and...
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