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plied to help Wounded Warriors and disabled veterans from other conflicts find work Wounded Warriors are defined as the most severely wounded, injured, or ill soldiers from the Global War on Terrorism which includes operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Others are called disabled vets if they were wounded before 9/11. There was nothing in the law that said you had to be low-cognitive. We started Able Forces because we felt we could become one of the companies with high-cognitive personnel, who were simply beat up from the war, said Skip. Joe and I knew business. We knew if we tweaked AbilityOne, we could have some answers to the employment problems facing the ex-military. In the last few months, their efforts have really started to pay off, and so far this year theyve been able to place 16 persons from the 400 in their database. We project to have 50 employed by the end of the year. Its a very conservative estimate, given the momentum so far. I cant tell you how excited we are, Skip said. All of the 16 people that they have placed so far are in high-cognitive jobs with titles such as Network
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and think, Will he go Postal? Its a misconception, he said. But theyre also on a mission to be able to help all vets looking for work. Able Forces reputation is putting us in a place to help us less disabled or able vets, said Skip. The profits from the 9/11Ride a Mile 4 Able Forces motorcycle rally, a Nashville, Tenn. Golf Tournament on Sept.11, and a Fort Campbell, Ky. golf tournament on Sept. 15 will be funneled into another Able Forces Center in the works. This facility, located in Georgetown, is called the HSC Foundation National Veterans Center, and is being prepared as a training location. It will be fully equipped for instruction with 10 workstations. Veterans will be doing the instructing and at least two Wounded Warriors will be on board. Dedication takes place next month when construction is completed. Other plans include establishing training centers over the course of the next several months in Front Royal, Washington D.C., Quantico Marine Base, and at the Martinsburg VA Hospital. Many of the classes will be designed to teach inexperienced job-seekers the basics of computer office skills and prepare them for job interviewing. A lot of the young people are under 5 years old, with only a high school education, often married and with a family to support, some as young as 18 or 19 years old, said Kathy. They dont know how to use a computer or office equipment, like Fax or copy machines. We want them to get a competitive edge. She added that others will be able to get apprenticeships in fields like heat-
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Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Page and Warren counties, as well as in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. But, again, descended from Henry or not, all are welcome to join the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy in honoring the brave sacrifices of these young men and heroes, and in recalling our rich American heritage. Sincerely, Richard W. Hoover Adjutant, Col. John S. Mosby Camp # 137 Plunder the rich? This letter is in response to the Open letter to Frank Wolf by Jerry Scholder. While I am certainly not trying to defend Congressman Wolf, I must say that Mr. Scholders letter is full of nothing but liberal absurdities. He scolds Rep. Wolf for his stubbornness and his partisan philosophy in his attempt to block the raising of the federal governments debt ceiling (which has since been raised). Since our current $14.3 trillion debt is obviously not large enough, I have to ask: At what point, Mr. Scholder, does the federal debt become too ridiculous? Is it $0 trillion? Is it $50 trillion? Or what about $100 trillion? At what point, sir, are you willing to say enough is enough? But this recent compromise (i.e. betrayal) that was passed by Congress and signed into law by Obama is meaningless and really nothing more than a small speed bump in the road to bankruptcy. This government will go bankrupt either by piling on more debt and failing to make the subsequent obligatory payments or it will go bankrupt by completely debasing the currency through the inflationary policies of the Federal Reserve. What we need to do to avoid our pending bankruptcy is to have massive cuts in spending all across the board. This wont happen of course. The Republicans will cry over any cuts to defense spending and any attempts to reduce the size of our global military empire and the Democrats will cry over cuts to any of their precious entitlement programs. Mr. Scholder then goes on to say, The wealthy are not immune to sharing the burden of the social contract, regardless of how many jobs they create. This statement, like most everything else said by liberals, is devoid of even the smallest semblance of common sense or economic understanding. First, Id like to know what this social contract is and where it can be found. Ive never seen, signed, or been asked to sign any such document. Maybe this social contract is the imaginary document by which the rich are plundered for the benefit of wasteful governments and welfare recipients. Second, does Mr. Scholder not realize that an increase in the tax burden of wealthy job creators will lead to the creation of less jobs and, thus, increasing in the unemployment rate? I guess those pesky things like facts and economic laws dont really matter in Washington D.C. Mr. Scholder then says, [the wealthy] received the benefit of lower taxes for many years under previous administrations and we just cant subsidize them anymore. Wow, and I thought his last statement was ludicrous! He now equates the right of people to keep the fruits of their own labor with being subsidized. When did lower income tax rates become synonymous with subsidization? What kind of Orwellian nightmare is this? In a free society ALL people should have a right to keep what they rightfully earn. As if this werent bad enough, the managing editors note below the letter seems to concur with the thoughts of Mr. Scholder. The managing editor laments that the debt compromise was passed without allowing the raising of taxes on the rich that continue at all-time modern lows. This leads me to ask my next question: When did it become so trendy in Warren County to advocate Marxist ideology? Instead of constantly bashing the rich and trying to tax them to death this government needs to simply get out of the way and allow the capitalists to do what they do, which is to create wealth and to further increase our standard of living. Economist Tom DiLorenzo once said, The person who invented the can opener has done more for the advancement of humanity than all of the politicians and bureaucrats throughout the history of the world put together. A study of the principles and merits of capitalism and free markets would obviously serve Mr. Scholder well. Sincerely, Jason Hartsell
Support for Failmezger Editor, Regarding your last issue and its article Playing Politics: I am a lifelong Republican and a Glenn White Democrat who has covered political dumps in three corners of Africa, the Mediterranean, and on both sides of the Iron Curtain. I thought I had seen everything until retirement in Warren County proved me wrong. And just when, after almost 15 years, I thought I had seen all that Warren County could dish out, Republican Town Councilman Chris Holloways conversion to the Democrat Party, with his subsequent packing of that partys nominating caucus with friends and family, proved me wrong again! I mean, what political party convert, right out of the box, snuffs the partys standard-bearer, an elected one to boot begins by mugging the Warren County Democratic Party at its own nominating caucus? Even the scoundrels from my old Foreign Service days, in order to appear credible, would have smothered such a maneuver in warm public embraces of their new partys hallowed principles, while blushing at the deception! Not here! So, where does Democrat Holloway stand on core Democrat Party values, say, on Affordable Health Care, affirmative action, gay marriage, the Dream Act, reduced defense spending, environmental protection, increased tax levies on the rich and on spreading the wealth? Is there a Republican mole in the Democratic Party works? Of course, the Republican luminaries quoted in your article claimed total disassociation from Holloways stratagem. But this is not credible, given that most of them are in accord with the North River nominees radical development agenda of Fairfaxing Warren County: to get as much industry and business as quick as we can for our tax base, he proclaims. Further, I bet all these Republicans were in agreement that the one official who stood in their way was the environmentally troublesome Glenn White; he had to be removed from the ballot and from the Board of Supervisors and by any means. Even better: with White out of the way, a Republican was sure to be elected, whether Democrat Holloway or Mr. Murray, the latter being their partys formal nominee. Most Republicans quoted in your article, including Holloway himself, do not seem to hold traditional philosophical principles. Rather, their core value is hyper-Growth, and the devil with its impact upon Warren Countys rural character. The devil too, with concerns over the conges-
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tion, pollution, depletion of water resources, social problems, higher taxes and Front Royal blight that radical growth brings. All the while, they dangle in front of the rubes they address the vision of shopping opportunities, i.e. what we get in return for selling out our scenic views, natural resources and heritage. What shallow values they ascribe to us voters! These people are not conservatives, for they conserve nothing. They are Republicans in name only. Small wonder, therefore, that citizens from the broadest spectrum of Warren County political life-- Republicans, Democrats and Independents to include Glenn White, himself, joined to support the North River District candidacy of Tory Failmezger. Over the long August 0- weekend, these bi-partisans worked side-by-side to meet the August 3rd deadline, to see that Failmezger would be on the ballot. They circulated petitions, met the voters, and collected over two-hundred signatures in North River District. Glenn Whites substantial victory four years ago was a thumping repudiation of the radical development agenda. This November, the voters of North River District, despite the countervailing efforts of Mr. Holloway and his supporters, will have a second chance to declare themselves, by electing Tory Failmezger supervisor. Sincerely, Richard W. Hoover Front Royal Editor, This is a cordial invitation to the general public. Every September 3rd, to mark the 1899 dedication of the Mosby Monument at Front Royals Prospect Hill Cemetery, the Col. John S. Mosby Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, leads a memorial service. It honors Mosbys men and, most specifically, the seven martyred Rangers whose names appear upon the lofty granite shaft, who were executed on or near that date in 1864. This years ceremony, to be held at 6 PM, will focus on Private Henry C. Rhodes of Middletown, who was put to death without a trial, under the cruelest circumstances, near the present-day Bing Crosby Stadium and before the citizens of Front Royal. Because Rhodes rests at Soldiers Circle (together with two of his fellow Ranger victims David Jones and Lucien Love), our ceremony will be held at the Circle itself, a short walk up Prospect Hill from the Mosby Monument in the cemetery. A special invitation is issued to Henrys collateral descendants, likely from the Rhodes, Wilkinson/Wilkison and Osborne families, possibly living in or around Clarke, Fauquier,
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Say it aint so, Wayside cast may have been thinking during rehearsal of current offering of Steel Magnolias at the financially-troubled Middletown theater. Photography by Westervelt
By Malcolm Barr Sr. & Roger Bianchini Warren County Report While the hyped storm of the century battered the east coast, the talk of our town over last weekend was of the probable closing of the Wayside Theatre perhaps even before Christmas. The iconic Wayside Theatre in Middletown, according to a letter to patrons and supporters by Artistic Director Warner Crocker, has piled up debts to the extent that without an infusion of at least $90,000 before the end of October, the Wayside stage will go dark forever. Unbelievable, said Warren Memorial Hospital Administrator Patrick Nolan outside Fridays Rotary Club meeting at the Holiday Inn. The word was echoed up and down Main Street, home of the Blue Ridge Arts Council, later in the day. Inconceivable that Wayside would be closing, particularly during its 50th anniversary season, they all seemed to be saying. Since it opened its doors in 1961, Wayside has indeed been on slim financial underpinnings, a situation not uncommon in the industry, but nothing quite so bad as now. For the past decade, the artistic director and the board of directors have wrung their hands over the theaters constant need for money. Some of the
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was a major call for funds then, and most of that money went to LFCC. When the deal fell through, LFCC defended a claim for a share from Wayside Theatre based on the fact that Wayside patrons and sponsors were among the many contributors. At the time, the theater was forced to shrug off up to about $360,000 they felt justly was theirs, according to their website. Nevertheless, accumulated debts were paid off in 000 and Wayside Theatre stoically moved on. From then, and through the mid 000s, frustrating negotiations continued with Wayside founder Leo M. Bernstein, owner of the Wayside Inn. Meanwhile, the quaint and charming home of Wayside Theatre deteriorated. When donors had committed up to $800,000 to pay for renovations to the property, by then deeded by Bernstein to the Wayside Foundation for the Arts, much-needed demolition and reconstruction work began in 007. Wayside meanwhile opened a temporary home at the Avtex/Royal Phoenix site in Front Royal. Great political hoopla involving the mayor, members of the town council, the Warren County Board of Supervisors and the Economic Development Authority (EDA) welcomed Wayside to town. While the intent was always to re-occupy the theaters traditional
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home in Middletown, there were serious talks of using this Front Royal location as a second and possibly profitable venue for Wayside Theatre in the future. Unfortunately, as with the LFCC situation 10 years earlier, these talks were met with contentious divisions within Wayside Theatres board of directors and the community. At the end of a successful year in Front Royal, however, a deal was reached in principle that would have yielded a dual-venue operation. This was abruptly and unexpectedly upended by political and bureaucratic interference. As construction in Middletown continued, Wayside Theatre re-opened its doors while learning its bid to continue at the Royal Phoenix during future tourist seasons had fallen through. The timing was bad for all concerned. The year 008 proved to be the beginning of the continuing real estate crisis. At the same time, the current recession began. Sale of tickets fell alarmingly. Bernstein declined to follow through with a
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promised $100,000 to support the renovation efforts, money already spent. Shortly after, Bernstein died. An approach to his heirs was to no avail. The severe winter of 009-10 closed the theater for days at a time for a loss of $40,000. The bad luck continued as staff began belt tightening, including reducing personnel from 18 to 10. Actors were stuffing envelopes, selling advertisements for programs, and presumably sweeping floors. Crocker took on both general manager and artistic director roles. The theater budget was reduced from $900,000 to $680,000. The show went on. What can be done? What to do to avert this immediate crisis (think 45 days) during the theaters Golden Jubilee year? Theres short and long term debt that stands at $1.1 million. Lets forget, for now, the long-term debt. Doing the math, itll take donations of $50 apiece (as suggested in Crock-
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ers letter) by 1,800 people to produce the $90,000 required to pay current and past due bills. He said more than $0,000 was received within the first five days of the mailings, a cause for optimism the campaign goal can be realized. Given an estimated population of 100,000-plus in the theaters regional support base, can that be The Impossible Dream? Maybe, maybe not. Given that thousands have visited Wayside Theatre at least once in their lives, however, and have been impressed by the quality of its plays and musicals, the 1,800 financial outreach number is just a small bit of the overall support-base population. Crocker has made a start by going directly to 800 of that magical 1,800 he needs to reach the patron support base of the theater with his $50 per head bid. Hes also sent another 4,00 e-mail or snail mail appeals to the full mailing list. Included are parents who have enlisted hundreds of their kids in the highly successful Young Players Workshops nudge, nudge perhaps $50 from next months household budget for each of the many children who have benefited from this spectacularly successful program over the past eight years Mathematically, that leaves us with a remaining 600 individuals to reach who are willing to pay a little bit for culture, to help save Wayside Theatre from virtual extinction. This newspaper has up to 0,000 readers. Can there be 600 of you among that estimated 0,000 willing and able
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Crocker, equally optimistic, notes that the theater has overcome many obstacles in the past, and with support at this time is confident it will do so in the future. (Malcolm Barr, Sr., is a former member of the board of directors of Wayside Theatre and a recent recipient of the LEO award for contributions to the arts)
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By Malcolm Barr Sr. Warren County Report The curtain opened as usual for Wayside Theatres third presentation in its 50th anniversary season before a packed house Sunday night. Steel Magnolias runs through Sept. 4. Those familiar with the Oscar-nominated movie version
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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Retired Winchester Superintendent of Schools Glenn Burdick has come to Front Royal as the result of a professional change of direction. After a 31-year career in public education Burdick retired in 001. A decade later he finds himself as Executive Director of St. Lukes Community Clinic in Front Royal. Burdick succeeds Joan Richardson, who retired at the end of June. I saw a classified ad in the paper and was impressed with the skills required and what they were looking for in this job in mixing administrative and medical requirements, he says. Now 6, Burdick put himself in a position to fulfill both of those requirements following his exit from public education in 001. I was 5, retired and not ready to hang it up, he says as he pondered what was next. After stints in public education as a teacher and program director at Shenandoah University and managing Winchesters Cambridge Corporation, Burdick took a break to
On Wednesday, August 17, the Warren County Sheriff s Office arrested Christopher Lee Enevoldsen, 33, of 608 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA. Enevoldsen was wanted by King George County Sheriff s Office for one count of breaking and entering and two counts of robbery. The suspect and the suspect vehicle were listed on a lookout alert from King George County Sheriff s Office sent to this jurisdiction based on information they had received indicating that the suspect was possibly in the Front Royal area. Deputy Junior Darr spotted the vehicle on South Street and coordinated with other deputies to make the arrest at the Royal Plaza Shopping Center. Front Royal Police Department K-9 and Virginia State Police assisted with the follow-up at the scene of the arrest. Three individuals were with Enevoldsen. Stormy Elizabeth Fitzjohn, 31, of 908 Dewberry Drive, Fredericksburg, VA was wanted on an unrelated charge of larceny by Prince William County Police Department. Fitzjohn was served and released on bail. The other two subjects were released without charge. Enevoldsen is currently being held without bail at the Warren County Jail. (From a release)
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they will end up in ER and that is cost efficient for anyone at any end of the situation. Burdick told us he was able to transition with Joan Richardson during her last month in June. He officially took over on July 1. This is a good place to work. We have a small but very dedicated staff and a great staff of volunteers, he said of St. Lukes, whose offices are now at 316 N. Royal Ave, in midtown Front Royal. Burdick explained that of St. Lukes 011 budget of $96,556, only 7.8 percent goes to management, staff and general expenses. Another one percent goes to fundraising expenses, leaving 91. percent for program expenses providing direct service to the clinics client base. As for revenue sources to meet that budget, a full 31 percent is provided by gifts, donations and fundraising. State funding accounts for 7 percent, Health Care Grants, 30 percent and fees, rentals and interest the final 1 percent of the economic puzzle. With fundraising and donations so crucial to meeting expenses, Burdick emphasized inclusion of St. Lukes major annual fundraising event coming up on Saturday, Sept. 4. It will be held at Front Royal Fire Company Ones Social Hall at 1 Commerce Ave., across the street from the WCGC. The 6 PM to 10 PM event includes a menu catered by the Apple House; a live auction conducted by auctioneer par excellance Tom Eschelman (many one of a kind items are promised); a silent auction; music and dancing; and door prizes. Beer and wine will also be served and the event is handicap accessible. Tickets are $50 per person for more information call (540) 636-435. So circle that date, call in your reservations and get ready for a BIG time for a GREAT cause and welcome aboard, Glenn; and thanks for your dedication to this great part of our and the regions health care community
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had first warned of in 1944; and for which Republican President Dwight David Eisenhower coined a distinctly American phrase military-industrial-(congressional) complex for. We have referenced both mens observations on more than one occasion in the past. However, it seems their words need to constantly be repeated as a counterbalance to the flow of partisan propaganda currently being forwarded in defense of what those two great Americans warned us against the rise of a distinctly American form of corporate neo-fascism. Seventeen years before Eisenhower coined the phrase military-industrial complex (Congressional was edited out to make the phrase not appear to be a partisan political attack on a Democratic Congress by the Republican President), Vice-President Wallace eerily predicted the style of corporate neo-fascism that would threaten America following World War II: The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power. They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Con-
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all of those empires are built. However having studied history, sociology and psychology in college, I believe the concept of a social contract and shared responsibility was not born with Marxist ideology, but is implicit in every post-feudal society that does not subscribe to the notion of a privileged, ruling class that the lower classes live to support. Last time I looked, on paper at least, America fit into that post-feudal model. the Right economics It is not surprising the economist Mr. Hartsell cites in justifying unregulated capitalism and a minimally, if taxed-at-all rich, Tom DiLorenzo, is cited for past ties to pro-secessionist movements he says he was never a member, simply spoke at their meetings. DiLorenzo is also the author of books critical of FDR and his New Deal efforts to provide a financial cushion for all Americans during the Great Depression a decade-long Depression that perhaps coincidentally also occurred after eight years of Wall Street excesses during Republican presidencies. DiLorenzo is also highly critical of Abraham Lincolns presidency and the suppression of states rights, including the right to continue the economic tradition of slavery as they saw fit WAIT a minute slavery and a modern American working/middle class with no wage or benefit guarantees and no negotiating rights hmm, is there a method to this madness? Mr. Hartsell comments, Instead of constantly bashing the rich and trying to tax them to death this government needs to simply get out of the way and allow the capitalists to do what they do, which is to create wealth and to further increase our standard of living. Whose standard of living, Mr. Hartsell? When exactly does our the middle classs standard of living begin to show that increase in the wake of de-regulated capitalism? A trickle-up economy If the trickle-down theory of economics Mr. Hartsell and his economics advisor Tom DiLorenzo believe in is valid, why is the separation between the richest percent of society and the rest of America greater now than at any point in modern American history? And why has the so-called U.S. economic recovery thus far been limited to Wall Street and corporate board
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rooms? When is that recovery, enabled as it was by trillions of dollars of middleclass American tax money, going to trickle back down to Main Street and Middle Class America? Oh, I remember next year always next year Rather than trickle-down economics, it seems modern American capitalism has created a trickle-up economy utilizing the tax money of the middle and working-class to subsidize corporate wealth and profits. A beacon or a shadow? Americas Founding Fathers did not pretend to create a perfect country nor did they attempt to create a Utopian system of capitalistic anarchy. Rather, they created a governmentally-overseen framework within which the new nation could move toward, if not attain perfection in the relationship of its people toward each other and their Republic. And that framework reflected a new meshing of political and social philosophies that created a beacon of hope around the world that some day all men really could be, if not created, at least created with the opportunity to be treated equally. If there were slaves in America, some day there would not be; If there was social and class inequity in America, the opportunity to reduce that inequity would be offered to all Americans; And if some, by personal limitations, were destined to remain at the lower end of the social spectrum, those people would not be punished with an untenable and abjectly miserable lifestyle for those God-given limitations. I believe that and Mr. Hartsell, if that to your or anyone elses mind makes me a Marxist, so be it. Call me a cynic, but I dont buy into any Utopian vision of life on earth Marxist, Capitalist, Libertarian or anything else. And I certainly dont buy into the notion that the better angels of human nature will always prevail and that consequently an unregulated economic system lorded over by corporate people will create an American Utopia to the benefit of all. History, including the past 30 years of Americas, clearly shows that to be at best wishful thinking, and at worst a self-serving lie. The bottom line The most effective presentation of the contradictions and relative merits of a society based on an inclusive social contract versus one of totally unregulated, every-man-for-himself laissez-faire capitalism was made to me like this: If your infant child, nephew, niece or grandchild fell into the deep end of a swimming pool, who would you rather have be the only person present communist ideologue and champion of the cooperative state Karl Marx
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centered around the acquisition and preservation of great wealth and power and that the United States does not exist outside the flow of that history. So, I look for patterns of behavior, whether they be human or environmental, political, social or cultural and seek enough substantiated data repeat, SUBSTANTIATED data to allow myself or anyone else to draw conclusions. What are some patterns found in the earths climate over recent decades that might lead us to draw conclusions? The earths atmosphere has 4 percent more moisture in it than 40 years ago; Recently the earths global temperature has risen a collective degree and is threatening to rise another under existing patterns of human industrialization; Hurricanes are gaining intensity and/or the amounts of moisture they dump in their paths. As noted above, Gov. McDonnell cited over 16 inches of rain being dumped on some southern Virginia counties as Irene passed. One pattern contributing to increased rainfall associated with such storms is sea surface temperatures climbing toward or at all time highs, as they were off the northeast coast as Irene arrived, allowing the hurricane to pick up more moisture from the ocean to dump inland; Despite Gov. Rick Perrys prayer meetings asking for relief, Texas continues to experience the worst drought in its history and a record-setting, triple-digit heat wave that is threatening to turn much of the state into a desert; As for Irene, as the death toll rose along with northeastern river levels, Irenes impacts included over 4 million without power; bridges, homes, resort piers gone along with much of recently refortified beaches and sand barrier walls a severe storm with devastating and sometimes fatal consequences but certainly not
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while trying to withstand her own political hurricane Texas Governor Rick Perrys surge to the front of the Republican presidential pact Michele Bachman claimed both the Virginia earthquake and Irenes passing through the nations capital were Gods endorsement of her political ideology. As for Bachmans self-proclaimed connection to the political will of God or Rick Perry and his neo-Christian Right support bases would-be solution of praying for Divine intervention to solve our social, economic and political problems you cant pray for deliverance and salvation while acting and legislating to achieve damnation. Not that I subscribe to such theories from any direction, but if as some like Bachman and others in the extremist neo-Christian political Right would have us believe, God shook Virginia and points beyond with both an earthquake and hurricane as a warning to their political opponents, what might they ascertain from record setting triple-digit temperatures and drought transforming Texas and the U.S. southwest into a virtual hell on earth this summer??? Nothing of course God is their buddy and chief political advisor. Those who walk this self-serving political and social path are liars, or worse delusional, suicidal and homicidal lemmings hell bent on seeing humanity follow them off the cliff of a history they, not God, would author. Given the psychological definition that psychosis (severe mental disorder) is a detachment from reality, they are quite literally insane as they say in the courtroom. But corporate America and their media outlets love and pander to them dare I say create them in their own image of self-centered greed and social apathy? Why? Because they do not call for spending corporate profits to fix things to save ourselves and our planet from the lack of balance we, not God, have created. And so while we may get 4/7 coverage of the bad weather blues as they come our way, well never
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Like Melvilles The Lightning Rod Man in the 19th century this salesman was deemed the most corrupt individual one could encounter in the day. Today that honor is held by politicians. Now when I say politician that is a term to imply one associated with a political party. Though elected officials are collectively identified as politicians, as in they help to set policy, some are representatives of the electorate and some are politicians. So taking the pentagram that represents the five precincts of Warren County or Board of Supervisors and the seven deadly sins of the Town Council, one could discern that the lightning rod salesmen are much like the early settlers still bickering over philosophies, politics and religion in the center of Hell. Today they battle for their souls at the crossroads. Fighting for the right to control the river, which after all is the gateway to Hell (it does lead to DC via the Potomac). The question becomes where or who is the devil in all of this. Who has the forked serpent-like tongue, mimicking the confluence in the river? Does the Beast really reside at exit 6 off I-66? Have we already sold our soul at the crossroads? While this entire analogy seems a bit perplexing, it is only one take on the overview of the community. The devil may have tempted me to undertake this thought process and take up my pen, but it does not mean that his battle is won. Front Royal and Warren County are actually quite heavenly and I for one endeavor to battle the demon and drive it far from my home. Whos with me? I wonder if V-DOT would consider changing our exits to 7 and 14? Id even be fine with exits 5 and 1, but as they say the devil is in the details Jeff Thomas Helltown (Managing Editors note: we find the authors analysis intriguing, however, disagree with one cited number to our understanding town council has 6 members (that troubling number again) and a presiding mayor, which added to the number 6 does conveniently lead to the writers 7 Deadly Sins analogy).
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By Roger Bianchini Warren County Report Perhaps ironically we received a notice from Governor Robert McDonnells office on Tuesday, Aug. 3 that he would be making an Important Virginia Disaster Relief Funding Announcement the following day in Richmond. The notice came at 1:14 PM, exactly 37 minutes before the most powerful earthquake to strike the commonwealth in 13 years struck with a strength estimated at between 5.8 and 5.9 on the Richter Scale. Four days later a large and powerful hurricane called Irene created chaos up the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts and beyond with 85 mph winds, heavy rains and oceanic storm surges. While earthquake damage around the commonwealth was not severe and Dominion Power reported only a disruption of North Anna nuclear service due to an emergency and precautionary shutdown of the North Anna nuclear reactors, the potential for disaster of much greater magni-
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people suffocating in that? Could you breathe in there? Again try Stuart and Annie. Nothing The tears I had been holding came and I sobbed with worry for my friends and for my old neighborhood; for 50,000 or 5,000 people I didnt know; for two buildings that had stood like a magical, surrealistic backdrop to an already magical skyline for a quarter of a century or more; for the firemen and the cops who went in there trying to get trapped people out Its just enormously, monumentally tragic and screwed up and I dont feel bad about crying That it has come to this is tragic in more than the obvious ways. Things will never be the same. A dark thought flashes a disturbing distraction is that what it is really all about? As the day progresses I follow the pending collapse of adjacent buildings, watch ghost-like, dust-covered people stumble, walk calmly with their briefcases or run from the rubble and spreading, spewing cloud that covers lower Manhattan. As the skies over America clear of all air traffic for the first time in the age of air travel, an age that has existed all of my life, I wonder how the next attack will come, who will bring it and why As the day progressed into night, lower Manhattan took on an eerie look as powerful spotlights bracketed debris and the continually rising cloud of smoke from fires burning deep within the rubble of 0 stories, estimated at 1. million tons of debris that will take a year to clear Who knows how long it will take my mind or anyones to assimilate what has happened. By Roger Bianchini (Authors note: this commentary was written on Sept. 11 and 12, 2001, as events transpired. We reprint an edited version to commemorate this months 10th anniversary of that horrific day in memory of those who died and those they left behind; and in the hope that the memory of those events and lives can be used to further meaningful communications that will lead to a less violent future, rather than simply as an excuse to perpetuate a violent status quo.)
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An Information Session is being held today at the Library in Conference Room B. You will be able to pick up application, ask questions and receive help in filling out applications. Deadline to submit completed applications is October 1,2011. Sunday, September 4, 2011 Forecast for 22630 90 | 67 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15. html. Monday, September 5, 2011 Labor Day 7pm - 8pm Work Session. Town Hall, 16 N. Royal Avenue, Front Royal. Tonight is the Town Councils Informal Work Session. It is held in the 2nd floor Town Hall Conference Room. For a copy of the agenda please contact the Clerk of Council at (540)635-8007 or check the Town of Front Royal Website at www. frontroyalva.com. Public is invited. Tuesday, September 6, 2011 12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3 - the River radio station. Hear the latest tourism related news and events every Tuesday at 12:30! If you cant listen live check out the podcasts at http://www.theriver953online.com. 2pm - 3pm Ambassadors Club. Chamber Office. 4pm - 5pm Air Show Story Time. Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Air Show Story Time for ages 4 and up. Hear some great stories about flight. Take home an airplane! Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:30am - 9:30am Small Business Committee. Chamber Office. 10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Theme: In the Night Sky. 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Theme: In the Night Sky. 12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Business On The River 95.3 Thursday, September 8, 2011 10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Theme: In the Night Sky. 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Theme: Lets Go! 3pm - 7pm Farmers Market. Main Street, Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market in Downtown Front Royal behind the Gazebo Area located at Main/Chester Streets. For more information visit www.frontroyalfarmersmarket.com. 4:30pm - 5:30pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Big Kids Story Time for Kindergarten and up. Theme: Robots. Friday, September 9, 2011 3pm - 4pm Dancin Downtown. Main Street, Front Royal. Tonight is Dancin Downtown at the intersection of Main/ Chester Streets in Downtown Front Royal. There will be live music, food and drinks. ID is required for the purchase of alcohol. Admission is $5.00/person and children under 12 admitted FREE. Saturday, September 10, 2011 7am - 7pm Virginia Air Show. Warren County Airport, Front Royal. The 4th Annual Virginia Air Show is today at the Warren County Airport. More information: www.virginiaairshow.com. 5pm - 7pm Fundraiser for the National Chapter of the American Red Cross. Given the path of destruction that Hurricane Irene left along the VA coastline, Bill Powers, Brenda Parsons, and Ellen Aders will offer hot air balloon rides in the State Farm hot air balloon at Front Royal WC during the Virginia Air Show (weather permitting!). The rides will be $10 and ALL proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross. 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15. html. 9am-10am Market Outlook Seminar. Holiday Inn in Front Royal. George Karnes, Edward Jones Financial Advisor will be giving a seminar on the future of the market. Free Breakfast included. Reservations required. Call April at (540) 635-6798. 9am - 10am George Karnes, Edward Jones Financial Advisor Market Outlook Seminar held at the Holiday Inn. Free Breakfast included. Reservations required. Call April at 635-6798 10:10am - 11:10am Library Event. Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is BOOKS AND BARKS. Relax and read to the Books and Barks therapy dogs. Please register. 2pm - 3pm Library Event. Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. GEEK CLUB. A new club for those interested in Science and Technology. Sunday, September 11, 2011 Patriot Day 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15. html. Monday, September 12, 2011 7pm - 8pm Council Meeting. County of Warren Government Center. Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3 - the River radio station. Hear the latest tourism related news and events every Tuesday at 12:30! If you cant listen live check out the podcasts at http://www.theriver953online.com. 7pm - 7pm BAR Meeting. County of Warren Government Center Front Royal. Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Theme: Lets Go! 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Theme: Lets Go! 11am - 7pm Tradefest 2011. Holiday Inn & Suites, Front Royal. Today is Tradefest 2011. New this year is a Home & Garden Section with an outdoor exhibit area. For more information please contact the Front Royal-Warren County Chamber of Commerce at (540) 635-3185 or e-mail at info@frontroyalchamber.com. 3:30pm - 5pm Chamber Board Meeting. Chamber Office. Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Theme: Lets Go! 11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Theme: In the Night Sky. 3pm - 7pm Farmers Market. Main Street, Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market in Downtown Front Royal behind the Gazebo Area located at Main/Chester Streets. For more information visit www.frontroyalfarmersmarket.com. 4:30pm - 5:30pm Library Story Time. Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Big Kids Story Time for Kindergarten and up. Theme: Fairy Tales. 5pm - 8pm Third Thursday Downtown. Main Street. Today is Third Thursday Downtown! Come out and enjoy music at the Gazebo from Vintage Country and explore artists who will be demonstrating their craft in participating businesses along Main Street. Hosted by: Blue Ridge Arts Council. Friday, September 16, 2011 11am - 12pm Library Event. Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Signing Time Academy presents Eating a Rainbow. This is a new sign language program for children ages 0 - 3. This months theme is colors.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011 Camp Hope Sleepover! Northern Virginia 4-H Education & Conference Center, Front Royal. Blue Ridge Hospice will be providing its 6th Annual Camp Hope for grieving children, ages 7 to 16. Camp Hope is offered FREE to the public due in part to the generous support of local community organizations, companies and individuals. More Info: (540) 5365210. 8am - 9am Poker Run. Front Royal American Legion Post #53, Front Royal. Sons of the American Legion is hosting a POKER RUN today. All proceeds go to Blue Ridge Opportunities, a non-profit organization supporting adults with disabilities. Drive your motorcycle, car, truck, or RV -cost is $25.00 per hand and includes Breakfast Buffet and Lunch at the last stop. Registration begins at 8:00am at Front Royal American Legion Post #53. Cards will be dealt at American Legion Posts in Winchester, Strasburg, Woodstock and end back at Front Royal Post #53. This is a fun way to give back to a really good cause. Rain Date is September 24. More Information: Kathleen Pantano at (540) 636-4960. 8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15. html. 9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Main Street, Front Royal. Today is the Farmers Market in Downtown Front Royal behind the Gazebo Area located at Main/Chester Streets. For more information visit www.frontroyalfarmersmarket.com. 10am - 2pm Town Open House. Bing Crosby Stadium, Front Royal. Today is the Town of Front Royals Open House. The public is invited to learn about how the Towns Departments are run. Special Activities include: Law Enforcement displays, barrel train rides, childrens fingerprinting, child safety seat checks, and much more. Demonstrations include: air care helicopter and K-9 demonstrations. Departments participating: Environmental Services, Energy Resources, Police Department, Public Works and Visitors Center. There will be food, games, rides and much more!!!
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call All About Trees. This class teaches about the proper care of trees, from choosing the right tree to all the things you need to do for it, such as pruning and fertilizing. If you are interested in learning more about trees, the All About Trees class will begin this year on Tuesday, September 13th at the Government Center on Commerce Avenue. There will be seven Tuesday evening sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. and six Saturday morning sessions for mostly hands-on experience. The class is taught by Tree Stewards and ISA Certified Arborists. Light refreshments will be provided. There is a $50 charge which covers the course manual and other study materials ($75 for a couple taking the course together and sharing the materials). If you are unable to attend the entire class, you are welcome to attend individual Tuesday evening classes or Saturday morning classes for a cost of $7.00 each. Upon completion of the course, graduates are invited, but not obligated, to become Tree Steward Interns and, after completing 5 hours of volunteer service, are welcomed as fully Certified Tree Stewards. For additional information and to fill out a registration form, you can go to their website at www. treesfrontroyal.org or call Mary at (540) 66-1473 x15. See you in class! Stewart The Front Royal/Warren County Tree Steward program began in 1997 with volunteers dedicated to improving the health of trees by providing educational programs, tree planting and care demonstrations, and tree maintenance throughout the community. The group now consists of over 30 active members with several interns working toward becoming certified tree stewards from our annual All About Trees Class. Each month Stewart will answer a question from our readers. Please forward it to Stewart in care of frwctreestewards@comcast.net and we may publish it in a future issue. Please visit our website at www.treesfrontroyal.org.
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Well, some of my friends think Im nuts but I hang out with a group in town called the Tree Stewards. Not only do they help take care of the towns trees, but they have many opportunities for learning also. The best chance for anybody, young or old, to learn from them is in a class they
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