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Frederick County
Report
Seving all o Fedeick County and Wincheste City
May 11 – 17, 2011Volume I, Issue 1
Formerly The Sherando Times
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Belle Grove
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40th Anniversary forlocal business
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MiddletownCouncil meets
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Fred. Co/Winc. re,rescuedepts. jointogether orresearch’ssake
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Fred. Co:Calling alloutdatedelectronicequipment...
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Tousands joined the un at Belle Grove on Saturday, May 7 or the 16th annual ‘Ale & History’.wo bands played music that was heard or miles as ans enjoyed tasting the diferent ales avail-able. Food vendors were on hand to eed the masses with tasty treats rom around the globe.
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Quick Hits
By Samantha Mazzotta
Furniture Repair
Q:
Do you have any tips onmaking affordable repairs towood furniture around the house?
— A Reader, via e-mail
A:
There are so many different problems that can occur withfurniture, and so many fixes, that itwould be tough to list them all. Hereare a few common issues with furni-ture finishes:• Stains — White stains on shellacor lacquer finishes are usually caused by water. Black spots under the fin-ish can be caused by water damageor ink. Other staining material likecrayon, grease or lipstick can mar anywood finish.• Discoloration — A white haze over lacquer or shellac finish also is caused by moisture.• Marks — Gouges, scratches and burns that cause physical damage toeither the finish or the wood, or both.So, how does one fix any or all of these common furniture ailments?There are a number of different waysto repair damage to the finish or thewood surface. I would recommend picking up a book on furniture repair and restoration to get a general idea of the best ways to fix different types of wood and different types of finishes.Meantime, you can prepare yourself to tackle minor finish issues by keep-ing the following items in your toolkitor workshop: —Sandpaper in several fine andsuper-fine grades —Steel wool —Buffing material (lint-free clothor a buffing attachment) —Liquid furniture polish —Mineral oil and/or linseed oil —Denatured alcohol —Wood stain (a small can only,matching the color of your furniture) —Finish (a small container match-ing the type of finish on your furni-ture) —Wax furniture sticksThese basic items will allow youto tackle small stains on the finish,under the finish. You’ll also be able toquickly touch up scratches and dings.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell May 4,signed House Bill 1500, the ap-propriation bill amending the010-01 biennial budget. Tegovernor made one line-item veto, eliminating Budget Item 13.Te veto reduces state unding o public television and public radiostations by $44,001 in scal year01.Speaking about his veto o publictelevision and radio unding, Gov-ernor McDonnell commented, “Iwant to commend the Virginialegislature or the great work they did during the 011 General As-sembly Session to pass the appro-priation bill on time, with strongbipartisan support, and with anoverwhelming majority o my budget recommendations. Teserecommendations were madeto encourage economic growth,streamline government, and en-sure we are adequately undingessential government serviceslike public saety and education.When I took oce, I pledged toreocus state government on itscore unctions by inding waysto make government more e-cient and eective, and to wisely spend the hard earned money o Virginia taxpayers. Tat is why, inreturning the signed appropria-tion bill, I have decided to reducethe appropriation made to publictelevision and radio stations. Intoday’s reemarket, with hundredso radio and television programs,government should not be sub-sidizing one particular group o stations. We must get seriousabout government spending. Tatmeans unding our core unctionswell, and eliminating spending onprograms and services that shouldbe let to the private sector. Tis isa smart, practical budgeting deci-sion to make Virginia governmentsmaller and more ecient and savetaxpayer dollars.”
Paranormal Radio Show available online
May 5, BBC’s (British Broadcasting Company)Michael Brooker, prinicipal psychic joined orceswith John Rossi, chie investigator and oundero Shenandoah Shadows paranormal investiga-tive team or a paranormal radio show broadcastrom Historic Jordan Springs.“I have been a medium or around 30 yearsnow, and this could be the biggest thing thatwill ever happen. Imagine how big Lourdes isnow as a ground o spiritual healing; well, thisis going to be [amazingly] bigger than that,”Brooker said.he show is available online at blogradiotalk.com/universeotheunknown.
Riverton United Methodist Church welcomes community members to enjoy a pancake breakast at their ellowship hall.Breakast enthusiasts can enjoy some hot cakes Saturday, May 14, rom 8 a.m. until 11 a.m.Adults eat or $6 and children 10and under eat or $3. On the menuwill be pancakes, sausage, scrambledeggs, sausage gra-vy, juice and coee.Proceeds rom this event will beneitthe United Meth-odist men GeorgeFarley Scholarship Fund and the Divine Dining Kitchen Fund.
Giant Semi-Annual book sale
Te Friends o Samuels Public Library in Front Royal wish to inviteeveryone to their Giant Semi-Annual book sale May 13-14 rom10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. A special preview will be avaialble or ‘Friends’ membersMay 1 rom 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.Please help the library prepare or thesale by donating gently used or un-wanted books be-tween now and April30. DVDs and vid-eos are also accepteddonations. extbooks, or Reader’s Digest condensed books will notbe accepted.
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Lethal injection
Detecting Alzheimer’sin Earliest Stage
Researchers are moving aheadin their quest or a treatment orAlzheimer’s disease. For the rsttime since 1984, they’ve come outwith a new set o guidelines.It used to be that there was nodiagnosis o Alzheimer’s untilthe patient experienced completedementia. wo years ago, research-ers rom around the world cametogether to pool all their inorma-tion and to rethink how they’veapproached the care o those withAlzheimer’s, as well as learn new ways to diagnose it sooner.From those eorts, researchershave been able to identiy threespecic stages o the disease: pre-clinical (brain changes that canshow up as much as 10 years inadvance), mild cognitive impair-ment (some mental declines thatthe patient and others can notice)and Alzheimer’s dementia. Mildcognitive impairment doesn’t al-ways become Alzheimer’s.he new guidelines allow ora diagnosis much earlier, beorethere are even symptoms, whentreatment might still be eective.Te earlier diagnoses can makeuse o physical changes (biomark-ers) seen in brain scans, spinalfuids and blood proteins.Tis doesn’t mean they’ve ounda cure or Alzheimer’s, but it doesmean that researchers can usethe new inormation to help nda cure, or at least a treatment. Atthis point, researchers will ocus, inclinical trials, on the “preclinical”biomarkers to try to determinewhich are specic to the develop-ment o Alzheimer’s and how they change.By learning just how early therst steps o Alzheimer’s show up,researchers can develop drugs thatwill slow the progress o the diseaseat a much earlier point.For more inormation on Al-zheimer’s disease and a close lookat the new guidelines, go to theAlzheimer’s Association websiteat www.alz.org or call them at 800-7-3900.Matilda Charles regrets that shecannot personally answer readerquestions, but will incorporatethem into her column wheneverpossible. Write to her in care o King Features Weekly Service, P.O.Box 536475, Orlando, FL 3853-6475, or send e-mail to columnre-ply@gmail.com.
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Changes made in drug o choice or executions
By Alissa SmithVirginia Statehouse NewsDeath row inmates Ricky Grey and Jerry Jackson may acedeath with a new lethal drugcocktail when their executiondays come.A recent shortage o the anes-thetic used in lethal injections,sodium thiopental, has causedmany states, including Virginia,to rethink its protocol. heVirginia Department o Cor-rections said it would use thealternative drug pentobarbital.Virginia now has 10 inmates ondeath row. Inmates may choseelectrocution or lethal injec-tion; however, the state has de-aulted to lethal injectionsinceit was introduced Virginia in1995, according to the Depart-ment o Corrections.he Department o Correc-tions would not comment onwhy the decision to change topentobarbital was made now.Brian Gottstein, communica-tions director or Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, said noexecutions are scheduled.Sodium thiopental is the irsto a three-drug cocktail used inmost states or lethal injections.It acts as a general anesthetic toprevent the body rom eelingthe pain o the third drug thatultimately causes a atal heartattack.he Department o Correc-tions said in a news releasethat the courts have approvedpentobarbital, which has beenused in executions in severalother states.Gottstein said that ederalcourts throughout Virginiahave approved the three-drugprotocol.“We are conident that thechange to allow the drug pen-tobarbital to be substituted orsodium thiopental in the proto-col will be ound to be consti-tutionally acceptable, as well,”Gottstein said in an email.However, Steve Northup, ex-ecutive director o Virginiansor Alternatives to the DeathPenalty, said, “he very shortand very uninormative pressrelease raises a whole host o questions.”Virginians or Alternatives tothe Death Penalty is statewideorganization opposed to thedeath penalty and educates Vir-ginia residents on alternativesto the death penalty.He said no state-level courthas approved pentobarbital oruse in executions, though he isaware that Ohio and Washing-ton state use it as a one-drugprotocol, while Oklahoma usesit as an alternative to sodiumthiopental.“What research has the De-partment o Corrections done,i any, concerning the use o this drug? From what I can tell,it has been used, but only in asmall amount o executions. It’sexperimental in executions,”Northup said.Richard Dieter, executive di-rector o the Death Penalty Inormation Center, said severalstates seem to be switching thedrug combinations used in le-thal injections.he Death Penalty Inorma-tion Center is a nonproit or-ganization that researches andcollects data about the deathpenalty.“I think that changing to pen-tobarbital is a step o neces-sity,” Dieter said. “But it wouldbe better to look at the wholeprocess.”Dieter said the shortage o sodium thiopental would haveprovided an opportunity orthe state to look into how lethalinjections are handled.“he problem is that they willprobably be continuing withthe three drug protocol,” Dietersaid.Northup said he expects thestate to announce an executiondate or Ricky Gray this weekand shortly ater set a date orJerry errell Jackson.Gray was convicted o twocounts o capital murder o Ruby and Stella Harvey in Rich-mond in 007. Gray and an ac-complice were charged with iveother murders including Ruby and Stella’s parents, thoughGray was convicted o just twocounts o capital murder.Jerry Jackson was convictedo the 003 murder, rape androbbery o Ruth Phillips in Wil-liamsburg.“hey’re getting ready to doexecutions later this year,” Nor-thup said.
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