The Early January, 2013 edition of Warren County Report

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A word rom our publisher

Dear Readers:

On a busy New Years Eve ater-noon, our managing editor Roger Bi-

anchini collapsed at his home ocecomputer ater suering a massiveheart attack.

His better hal Paula heard a noiseand rushed in. Tat saved his lie.

Paula and her daughter called 911and started CPR. Roger s heart wasntbeating and he wasnt breathing orseveral minutes.

Warren County Fire & Rescue ar-rived quickly (about a minute or twoat the most) and got his heart beatingagain. He was transerred to War-ren Memorial Hospital and was thenfown to Winchester Medical Cen-ters nationally-known cardiac unit.

Roger is awake and recoveringand is already telling bad jokes! Wecouldnt be happier.

Tanks so much to the wonder-ul rst responders we are blessedto have here in Front Royal and tothe incredibly talented personnel atWarren Memorial and WinchesterMedical Center. And to the top-notchteam that fies the AVI helicopters.

A special thanks to all o thereaders and riends o Rogers whoreached out to try and comort ushere at the paper. I know it will meana lot to Roger and Paula when theyget to read them all.

I also want to thank the local olkswho stepped up to help us get thepaper out. I cant write 0 pages ostories in two days. I really appreci-ate the great work o Jennier Avery,Carol Ballard, Malcom Barr, Sr., Bug-sy Cline, Patrick Farris, Craig Laird,Shae Parker, Ken Turman and theever-prolic Beth Medved Wallerwho all contributed some great localstu without hesitation.

And dont worry, the crankiest andbest writer in the Shenandoah Valleywill be back with us beore too long!

Dan McDermottPublisherWarren County Report

P.S. Te next letter contains somelanguage I wouldnt ordinarily printin one o my newspapers but it wasderived rom a wonderul acebookpost and given the subject matter

and the excellent writingand espe-cially the Hunter S. Tompson reer-encewe thought it would be appro-priate. Heres to a better 013.

Roger Bianchini

Editor:

On Jan. 1 I learned rom Dan Mc-Dermott that my riend, mentor andintellectual stimuli suered what ap-pears to be a heart attack and was inan induced coma at Winchester Med-

ical Center. Roger Sergio Bianchiniaka Slow, mean, old, Jack Ass is awriter and the managing editor orthe Warren County Report.

With a writing style that pays hom-age to Hunter S. Tompson, he adds

a modern fair that just isnt seenmuch anymore rom the nationalnewspapers or any major news orga-nizations. A blunt yet painully hon-est and dry humor rages rom everysentence he types. A true relic roma time when journalists had integrityand the news was ... well... NEWS(not just sensationalized headlines).

Roger introduced me to my nowwie o 18 years. He was my best manat our humble yet emotional wed-ding. When I rst met Roger I wasa naive youngster with stars in hiseyes. I was a Go with the Flow typeperson who never spoke out aboutcontroversial topics or voiced myopinion. I ancied mysel as a musi-cian at the time. I had a very Paint by

the numbers blues band. I thoughtwe were Hot S--- and were thegreatest thing under the sun. Tat isuntil one day Roger pulled me asideand said... You need to come over tomy house and Ill play you some blueslike youve never heard beore Tatnight I listened to old records at hisunky house in Shenandoah Estates.I remember being blown away bymany great guitarists and musicians.Tus began an every day ritual o mygoing over to his house and pickingout records rom his collection to lis-ten to.

It was Roger who rst played meRay Charles early Atlantic record-ings.

It was Roger who said You aint

never heard James Brown till youveheard him live at the Apollo.

It was Roger who expanded mymind and my creativity to heightsthat went beyond just Music, Video,Pen or Paper. Sitting there in hishouse listening to Sun Ra, or MilesDavis Bitches Brew, Te Last Po-ets, Telonious Monk, Giant Stepsby John Coltrane. It was Roger whorst showed me Bo Diddleys Ed Sul-livan perormance (on a crummyVHS tape.)

One day Roger revealed to me thatthe old dusty Drumset sitting in thecorner o his house was more than

just an artiact rom the 60s. He in-vited me over and said Br ing your

guitar and amp Tis would be thehumble beginnings o a group calledWhite Noise (trying to rememberthe year - 1996?)

Let me just start o by saying thatRoger did not play drums like mostdrummers do. He did not play simplelittle 4/4 (our on the foor beats) hedid not do anything by the books... Heplayed... Music. not a parody o mu-sic like so many bands do. Tere wasno rying to sound like this band, ortrying to sound like this drummerit was just pure improvisation. No

recognizable songs were ever played.Our sound was Like a mix o Hendrixmeets Jackson Pollock while havingtea at the Grimm Reapers house asSalvidore Dali leads the orchestraeaturing Keith Moon.

We named our group rom a quoteon the back o an Archie Shepp re-cord which talked about Te BlackNoise coming rom the lots oNew York during the 70s. We re-corded hundreds o hours o these

jams which were mostly duos, drumsand guitar or drums and bass. Tese

jam sessions opened up a creativityin me that shaped my lie and mindever since. Te idea o playing musicor the sake o playing music was analien idea to me prior to hooking upwith Roger. Not Perorming in ronto a drunken crowd changed theperspective on things and allowedme the reedom to express mysel inways I could not have imagined pos-sible.

I still have a giant tupperware con-tainer lled with these cassettes othose jam sessions. We always talkedo writing screen plays or these mu-sical and artistic rampages. While lis-tening back to the tapes, we conjuredup many such as Te Puppy Slaugh-ter, Te Classless Society, NuclearWinter and even one called SlowMean old Jackass (conceived o dur-ing a time Roger was being incrediblyimpatient with my setting up o re-cording gear).

Roger Bianchini showed me thatollowing the book and Painting bynumbers is only good or WannaBes and Artistic Whores makinga buck. Being original, Honest andgenuine is where Art lies. Tings like

this cant be taught in the ancy mu-sic or art schools o Boston or NewYork. You have to gure them out or

yoursel. I wa s lucky enough to havesome one shine a light or me to seeit in a world surrounded by the dark-ness o shameul imitation art. Rogerbroke the chains o artistic medioc-rity that enslaved me. For which Iam orever in his debt. And should

you pass on you mean old bastard, Ipromise you there will be no spookycatholic styled nightmare uneral or

you (just like you made me promiseto you years ago).

Bugsy Cline

Tanks or a great year

Editor:

Once again, I nd mysel thankulat the start o a new year to c all War-ren County my hometown. I did notchoose Front Royal, I was born intothis community, but with each pass-ing year, Im more thankul than thelast that it is my hometown. When Igraduated rom Warren County Pub-lic Schools in 1994 and let the com-munity, I had no idea that I would be

back and nearly 0 yethankul to be raisingin this wonderul tow

Especially since 0came campaign chairRoyal/Warren Count

I have been amazed at the generosity o oTis years campaigntion and thanks to ouunteers, corporate, scommunity and indi013 is poised to beor the FR/WC Uniteagencies we serve. Tmade surpassing our gpossible. Tanks to agencies who touch every year. And thanand present commwho have made this cbreeds generations ocall this great place hoSincerely,

Beth Waller

Bob Tob

[Te late Bob Tobu

ther of Warren County

Toburn Fusaro and f

Dennis Fusaro.]

Editor:

On Sunday, I lost otors, Bob Toburn. knows Bob knows thin heaven laughing anGod right now.

Bob ounded the FaSchool in 1961. Its stiest Christian educatioin America.

I met Bob in the 1was helping organizeservatives into a coh

voice. Beore anyonwords Christian Rihelping organize ChrChristian conservatknow it, but they owor helping organize into a political orcethe Virginia House othe late 1970s, runninticket with Larry Pratams. He supported mBoard o Supervisors never orget that.

I also wont orget w

ning or Fairax CouParty Chairman in 19a bit o advice and comer Delegate Toburber most when Bob,Toburns came to that Lake Braddock to shelp me win.

In 009, there were supporting me in RichChair too!

Bob was a ghter.years now, Fairax CoBob and his amily

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rights on Hunter Mill Road becauseBob Toburn was willing to take astand and remind the County thatProperty Rights were covered by theUnited States Constitution, whetherthey liked that part o the Constitu-tion or not.

Bobs legacy is helping organizehundreds o thousands o religiousconservatives through his oresightand his book, Te Christian andPolitics, educating tens o thousands

o children at FCS to enter college asmoral and upstanding young adults,but most importantly as a parento 8, grandparent o 46, and great-grandparent o 19. Bob always puthis amily rst and we are all bettero because o his wit, humour andgenerosity.

Tere was nothing better thansitting around with Bob Toburnlaughing and telling old war storiesabout busing in convention delegates

rom the churches, land use plannersin Fairax County turning as white asghosts when he walked into a room,the PA ticket, Republican Prima-ry battles, and building the FairaxChristian School into one o the topChristian education schools in theentire country.

Im sure that Christmas Eve andChristmas Day were hard on all theToburns who were missing theirather, and grandather, and great

grandather. But please take solacethat Bob is up in heaven now, laugh-ing and telling stories about all thework he did or the Lord while he washere or his 83 years on Earth.

In the meantime, oer a prayer orthe Toburn amily. His wie Rose-mary, the children, and all o theirchildren and grandchildren. Overthe years, Ive been blessed by Godto work with John, and Lloyd, andDavid, daughter in law Jo, son in law

Dennis, and several oas well. Bob has been ence on all o them awill continue throughToburn amily or thand beyond.

Ill miss you Bob!

Pat MullinsBumpass, Va.

Te author is Chairpublican Party of Virg

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OpinIt is evident rom the original terms o the agreement that the own andCounty never intended or this to be a permanent x. Rather, it was intendedor the County to get a head start. Front Royal Vice Mayor Shae Parker

By N. Shae Parker

It is a rare occasion that I climb upon the soapbox. Generally I like tokeep quiet and let others shape theconversation. On occasion I nd my-

sel unable to keep silent. Perhaps it isa passion or the topic, the directiono the conversation or a need to inter-

ject my interpretation o a commonsense solution. A combination othese is why I eel the time has cometo publicly address the Route 5/340North Corridor Agreement betweenthe own o Front Royal and WarrenCounty.

For those who may be unamiliarwith this agreement, in 1998 the ownagreed to urther extend water andsewer services outside o its bound-aries along the 5/340 corridor. Tetwo governments paid or the inra-structure with the help o the EDA.

Additionally the County would takeover management and unding o theParks and Recreation Department,

the unding or the towns re depart-ment and the County would also beresponsible or animal control withinthe own. As or the owns part, be-

yond providing water and sewer, thetown handed over the property anddeeds to over 100 acres o land, withmillions o dollars o improvementsand agreed not to seek annexation ora term o 7 years. Te own was alsoallowed via state legislation to collectrom those connected to sewer andwater the equivalent in taxes thosebusinesses would pay i they were intown.

Te impetus behind this agreementwas to allow or growth and devel-opment within the corridor, allow-ing or increased tax revenue or the

County. At the time the County wasin dire need o new schools and otherimprovements to various County a-cilities but did not have the revenuesneeded and suered rom poor bondratings.

As the years passed the agreementseemed to work. Te County becamenancially stable, increased servicesand unding and began countlessconstruction projects. Ten a ewnew merchants in the corridor legallychallenged the wording o their watercontract and were able to convincethe court that they should not haveto pay a meals tax to the own. Tetown chose not to appeal the decision

and instead looked to the County tohelp it make up the approximately$700,000 per year (or about $000

per day) it would no longer receive inrevenue rom the corridor.Tis brings us to the present situ-

ation. While I am grateul to theCounty leaders or recently agreeingto assume the owns unding o theLibrary and operational costs o theEDA, some would argue those shouldhave already been ully unded bythe County. Te County recently ap-proached Senator Mark Obenshainand Delegates Beverly Sherwood,Michael Webert and odd Gilbertto sponsor legislation which wouldallow Warren County to increase itsmeals and lodging taxes in the Coun-ty and share that additional revenuewith the own. Te three delegatespromptly rejected the legislation or

various reasons. In an inormal meet-ing between the three Delegates, amember o the Senators sta andmembers o the own and County aproposal was suggested allowing theown through a Charter amendmentto redirect utility unds to the ownsGeneral Fund. While this allows orthe own to have greater fexibil-ity in how it spends monies receivedrom the corridor it does not addressthe inherent problems with the 1998agreement.

Just as our Delegates would notsupport the County having a specialtaxing authority not entitled to othercounties; Why would Front Royal re-

quest the authority to redirect utilityunds to its general taxing und whenthat authority is not granted to other

utilities or municipalities?Te 1998 agreement was reached toallow or much needed growth withinthe Community and or the Countyto get back on its eet. By allowing theutility service area to be outside theowns limits the County would geta larger slice o the tax pie. Howeverthe own was also allowed to collectthe equivalent in taxes as i the busi-nesses were in town. In essence thedeal was great or the County, okayor the own and unortunate or anybusiness that located there.

Te own is not in the businesso providing utility services to makemoney, so at best the town is breakingeven on its water and sewer contracts.Furthermore the own has not been

reimbursed or the millions o dollarsin property it gave to the County. Teown has repeatedly made it clearit does not have a desire to provideutilities outside o its corporate lim-its, which is why the agreement con-tained a nite term o seven years ora moratorium on annexation.

Tis is where I interject my inter-pretation o a common sense solu-tion. It is evident rom the originalterms o the agreement that the ownand County never intended or this tobe a permanent x. Rather, it was in-tended or the County to get a headstart.

Te County has gotten a veryhealthy head start. Te solution is notto amend the agreement, nor is it to

get the State Legislature to grant theown or County special authority.Te obvious solution is or the ownand County to sit down and beginnegotiations on boundary adjusting

those properties outslimits served by sewerthe own limits.

How does this solvyou may ask? Simpcontroversy. Te Cousome o the taxes it cu(BPOL, meals & lodgtion o the sales tax) bceiving more taxes thwater and sewer sertended. Te own woup or the lost meals twould put that right ing services it did noarea. So i the own anlose, how is it a viablbusinesses that are boed will be the rst to with the total amounby each being reducedity to collect certain t

localities is reduced. eciary would be the undeveloped propertadjusted area, as the (tap ee) or water and cut in hal. UltimatelyCounty would each seending controversies ridor allowing or utudevelopment and incrbase.

In conclusion, a phto boundary adjustmethe least scal impagovernments and the or success. While tha loose interpretationit is an option that hadressed and unless e

included and discussesure we have reachedtion. While the ownright (and has had sinca boundary adjustmenexation, a riendly boment is in the bettercommunity. Tat is seek any additional athe owns Charter inCorridor agreement nthe Countys interesttaxing authority, evenwere to be shared witcure to any corridor d

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By Carol BallardWarren County Report

At the rst meeting o the New

Year, Warren Countys Board o Su-pervisors voted on VDOs proposalto make some changes in a road atthe heart o the Morgan Ford Bridgereplacement project and discoveredthat the General Assembly wouldlikely not support a request to raisemeals and hotel taxes by percent.

VDO Assistant Residency Ad-ministrator Ed Carter showed thesupervisors a map outlining severalways the latest road design aectingMorgan Ford Farm Road-Rte. 64could take.

Shenandoah Supervisor Richard H.raczyk, in whose district the bridgelies, also pointed out how one o hisconstituents property would be a-ected by the change that VDO says

is necessary or saety.Te map showed the curve and how

it could take .39-.49 acres o Christo-pher Manions property whereby hewould retain ownership and VDO

would have an easement or mainte-nance and to drain water.

Carter explained that the old roadcant stay within its old boundar-

ies because it doesnt meet VDOsstandards. Te curve needs to besmoothed out so vehicles can passsaely and so there can be a 30 mphspeed limit.

Te amount taken can be reducedwith a dierent design. Its a movingtarget and is still in the design stagebut the water must be ditched. We

cant just elevate and dump waterinto Manassas Run, Carter said.

Tis project replaces an existing

low-water and substandard narrowbridge over the Shenandoah River.Te new two-lane bridge will beseveral eet higher than the existingstructure and will provide a saerpassage or trac. Water overtop-ping situations on the new bridge willbe less than overtopping occurrenceson the existing bridge, an excerptrom VDOs website states.

raczyk said that he has alwaysbeen in support o the bridge beingreplaced.

Its a wreck, he said.But Manion, who owns on both

sides o the bridge, is concernedabout VDO taking some o hisproperty.

Te concern o the supervisors is

that right now there is unding romthe State o Virginia and the ederalgovernment to make the necessarychanges. Eventually they will haveto be changed anyway, and at thatpoint, the county will have to oot thebill. Te package being proposed alsoincludes improving an intersection

with Howellsville Road. Construc-tion would begin in 013.

ake the package. Howellsville

Road needs an intersection, saidSouth River District Supervisor Lin-da Glavis.

Supervisors voted 4-1 in avor othe proposal, with raczyk votingno.

I can only support the bridge re-placement and not take the mansproperty. I have to support my con-stituents, he said.

Tere will be a public hearing onthe issue in August, but no xed datehas been set.

In a work session, County Attorney

Blair Mitchell said thcials and Front Royal MDarr met in Decemb

Delegates Beverly Schael Webert and C.as well as a legislativSen. Mark Obenshaincountys wishlist or tsemblys 013 session

He told the supervthe General Assembnot support a requestand hotel taxes by p

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that and said that no county in thecommonwealth has a meals tax ohigher than 4 percent, he said.

A suggestion rom them to con-sider changes in their charter to al-low them to add that amount omoney as part o the service unds ontheir water bill was being looked at.Mitchell said that an amendment tothe language in Gilberts planned billor the towns charter changes couldbe made once it is in the General As-sembly.

But Mitchell stressed that itwouldnt aect the citizens waterbills.

In other business, Warrens super-visors listened to reports rom othertown, school and nancial represen-tatives and re-elected their chair-man and vice-chairman, Archie A.Fox and Linda P. Glavis, respectively.Tey were appreciative and wished

all a Happy New Year.Ater listening to progress re-

ports rom Front Royal own Man-ager Steven Burke on related townand county issues and a presenta-tion rom Doris Smedley o plaquescommemorating her late husbandJohn H. Smedley, Sr., who served asCommissioner o Revenue o WarrenCounty or 4 years, they heard romWarrens Superintendent o Schools,Pam McInnis.

She said that there had been somenervousness related to the tragicschool shooting in Sandy Hook, Con-

necticut two weeks beore Christ-mas.

It was a trying week beore thewinter break. Not only did we nishsome o the SOL tests early, someparents were hesitant to send theirkids to school. We were on top o it,though. Were thankul to the Sher-i (Daniel McEathron) who we metwith and we handled the situation

very well. she said.She was positive about the New

Year and talked about plans to meetwith architects to discuss the processor building a new middle school inthe county.

Matthew McLearen o Charlottes-ville Accountants Robinson, Farmerand Cox who perormed the countys

scal audit reported that no dicul-ties were encountered and any ad-

justments that had to be made wereinsignicant. When Chairman Ar-chie Fox asked i the county was instable condition, he said that it is.

In a closed session, Supervisorsvoted to replace Shenandoah AreaAgency on Agings George Kline whoresigned and appointed Tomas B.Trockmorton to serve out his our-

year-term which ends September 30,014. In the same closed session theyalso discussed consideration or ac-quisition o real property or a publicpurpose where discussion in an openmeeting would adversely aect thebargaining position or negotiatingstrategy o the public body.

Blair Mitchell also gave an updateon David Vazzanas Front Royal Lim-ited Partnership boundary adjust-ment request that will require townand county to meet and discuss ur-ther.

Tey also heard a report romWarrens Zoning Administrator Er-ich Moore on the countys dog ken-nel ordinances and some suggestedrevisions.

Present at the January meet-ing were: Chairman Archie A. Fox;

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At Weichert Realtors end oyear holiday gathering, ManagingBroker Rita Rutledge presentedBeth Waller with a citation romWeichert or an outstanding per-ormance earning a ranking o #1in company-wide sales, resales

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is or the month, I expect Beth toearn top rankings or all o 01,just as she did in 4 categoriesduring our 01 awards programrecognizing her 011 sales levels,Rutledge said.

Waller had a record year withover 60 closings and more than13 million in closed business.Awards she received in 01 in-clude top real estate honors lo-cally, regionally and nation-widein addition to recognition or hervolunteer work as recipient oCommunity Service Winner othe Year or the Weichert Capi-tal Region and Blue Ridge Asso-

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CommuFor more inormation, or to request a presentation at your oce, workplace,community club or civic group, please call the United Way oce at: 540-635-3636.

Te United Way o Front Roy-al is excited and very proud toannounce that again, thanks tothe caring olks o Front Royaland Warren County, they havereached their 013 campaigngoal o $115,000!!!!

Tis is now the HIRD consec-utive success or your local UnitedWay. Te goal has now been metor three consecutive years here.But even more impressive and

satisying to us is that this is therst time in at least 5 years thatthis goal has been met BEFOREthe ocial end o the campaign,which was December 31, 01.While our goal increase this year

was a modest one, the responserom the public has been trulyastonishing. President Jackie

Bourque put it this way:Tanks to all o you who re-ally worked hard to make thishappen. Every one o you hasdone your part and that makesthe victory all the sweeter.

Campaign Chairman BethWaller expressed her joy thisway:

Christmas came early thisyearGOD BLESS ALL OF OURDONORS!!!!

While this success is truly ex-citing, the reality is that MUCHmore unding is needed to assistthe twelve agencies that dependon the United Way to help them

survive the dicult economy andkeep our local saety net repairedand in place.

Tere are still two weeks let inour ocial campaign, remindsLee Smith-Osina, the groups Ex-

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ESSARILY one that is sucientto und all our agencies. So i youhave NO yet given to our 013campaign, please do not hesitate.We are asking all the citizens oFront Royal and Warren Countyto step up to the plate and give aminimum o $1 per week to helpyour neighbors.

$5 is a huge git to yourUnited Way, and one with whichwe can do so much continuedSmith-Osina. Please dont stopnowi you have not yet madea 013 pledge or donation, joinyour neighbors and make onenow. It is OUR communitywe

CAN help those in needi youdo YOUR part, she concluded.

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Keep in mind that unless youas the donor request that yourdonation be sent to another loca-tion, ALL unds raised in War-ren County SAY in WarrenCountyto help our riends andneighbors when need arises.

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Communityo nd out more about how you can help or donate to the weekpack program or one o the weekly meal programs contact the FrPresbyterian Church at: (540) 635-3894 or admin@rontroyalpre

Ken TurmanWarren County Report

I cannot help but be touched bythe many people who give o them-selves year round to help others,especially our children. One suchindividual is Deirdre Sparger whooversees the Front Royal Presbyte-rian Church Backpack Buddies pro-gram along with a dedicated groupo volunteers.

Weekend backpack programsoriginated in the 1990s as teacherstook note o the number o childrencoming to school hungry and cameto Front Royal in 010 ater a biblestudy on hunger that Deirdre par-ticipated in at Front Royal Presbyte-rian Church. Locally, there are nowve weekend backpack programsserving our community: Te FrontRoyal Presbyterian Church serves

E. Wilson Elementary, Cavalry Epis-copal Church serves Ressie JeeriesElementary, Rockland CommunityChurch in serves AS Rhodes Ele-mentary, Warren Change (UnitedMethodist Churches) serves Hilda J.Barbour Elementary and the Parenteacher Organization (PO) servesWarren County Middle School.

Front Royal Presbyterian startedhelping 36 children and today theour programs together help over00 children with weekend mealsthat are distributed anonymously bythe schools. Unlike many programsthese local backpack programs re-quire no income testing to quali-y. Te School teachers, guidancecounselors, and nurses identiy whoneeds help. ypically, nine to twelveitems are distributed, consisting othings like instant oatmeal, cereal,ruit or ruit cups, and entrees a child

can prepare by themselves withoutaccess to a kitchen. Volunteers packthe items on Tursdays and deliverto the schools or Friday take home.

Tree o our local churches alsoprovide weekly evening meals toamilies and individuals uesday Tursday. Calvary EpiscopalChurch hosts uesdays able everyuesday, St John the Baptist RomanCatholic Church hosts St JohnsKitchen every Wednesday, andFront Royal Presbyterian Churchhosts Te Community able everyTursday. Tey also deliver meals toarea shut-ins.

Funding or the weekend back-pack programs is provided by in-dividual sponsorship, grants romthe churches, the church budgets,school sta, the Front Royal Fra-ternal Order o Police, the KiwanisClub, and individuals in the com-

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CommuRockland Community Church was built around 1895, about the same timethe one-room red school house was opened at the corner o Rockland andFairground Roads.

By Malcolm Barr, Sr.Warren County Report

Christo Anders Weber, knownas Pastor Chris, conducted hislast service at Rockland Communi-

ty Church Sunday, Dec. 30, resign-ing the position he has held since007.

In an emotional arewell, We-ber emphasized the importance o

unity within the historic churchand community outside its wallsas he conducted an abbreviatedChristmas Eve liturgy, cancelleddue to weather, beore a retrospec-tive on his tenure as a rst-time

preacher in Rockland.Among tributes paid beore a

holiday celebration luncheon wasthe presentation o a handsomeinscribed crystal by church deacon

Gary Good.Unmentioned at the service was

a alling membership and resultantlack o unding to carry a ulltimepastor that led to Webers resigna-

tion eective Dec. 31.With a amily to support at his

Middletown-area home his wieand three children and other amilymembers were in the congregation Weber said he would be seekingemployment in the Valley or as aras (West Virginia) or Washingtoni I have to. Much o his work as apastor was among the communitywhere he had become well known

and respected or his riendshipand compassion.

Ive three kids in school here,and this is my home, he said.

Meanwhile, the church will

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vice, Te Rockland Singers, direct-ed by Barbara Garst o Rocklandperormed a concert. Te groupwas composed o 0 choristersrom Front Royal Baptist and FrontRoyal Methodist churches; Brad-dock Street Methodist Church; St.John the Baptist Catholic Church;

First Baptist ChurcBethel Assembly oship Bible Church; tist Church; Grace BFront Royal Baptist

Hope Bible ChurchApostles, Fairax; aCommunity Church

Rockland Commwas built around 18same time the one-rohouse was opened aRockland and FairgOriginally a Baptist situated across the Methodist church. Incongregations agreeone community chRockland Communichartered in Novemb

Weber, beore his tland Community Cpastoral assistant a

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Rockland Community Church pastor resigns; bids emotional ar

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by Malcolm Barr, Sr.Warren County Report

Dr. Byron Brill, a retired Ste-phens City dentist, assumed theposition o president o Way-side Teatres board o direc-tors on Jan. 1. He succeeds JohnWestervelt o White Post.

Brill has or many years been asupporter and beneactor o thehistoric Middletown theater andwas last years vice president othe board. Wayside Teatre is theCommonwealths second oldestproessional theater (the oldestis in Abingdon) and was oundedby the late Leo M. Bernstein whoalso owned the Wayside Inn, nowup or sale by its current owners

or $1.5 million.Meanwhile, Wayside Teatre

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51st season on Jan. 6 ollow-ing another successul holidayeature, the locally-written and

produced musical, Glory Bea! AShenandoah Christmas Story bySkyline High School teacher RichFollett and ormer local actorLarry Dahlke. Tat show closedon Christmas Eve.

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tain: Homecoming in which thenow well-known Pastor Ogletho-rpe moves to exas and the Sand-ers amily sends him o with hi-larious and touching stories and5 bluegrass gospel avorites.

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CommuTere are two upcoming blood drives in Warren County. Te next monthlydrive is Jan. at Riverton United Methodist Church rom pm to 7 pm. OnJan. 8 you can donate blood at Lowes rom 10 am to 3 pm.

[Tere are two upcoming blood drives

in Warren County. Te next monthlydrive is Jan. 22 at Riverton United

Methodist Church from 2 pm to 7 pm.

On Jan. 28 you can donate blood at

Lowes from 10 am to 3 pm.]

Te fow o healthy, oxygenatedblood through the body is essentialor lie. It is also required in largesupply when people undergo surger-ies and other therapies. With the de-

mand or blood so high, reserves are

in short supply. Adding to the short-age is lower turnout among donors,and the public has been urged todonate blood to increase units avail-able.

Blood shortages abound

Te Red Cross and Americas BloodCenters, which collectively representall o the blood banks in the United

States, continued to report shortages

throughout 01. According to RedCross President Dr. Bernadine Healy,there is a critical shortage o blood,and the shortage in 01 was one othe worst her organization had seen.As such, the shortage has orced thecancellation o many elective surger-ies across the United States. ABCnotes there also are severe shortagesthroughout the Northeast.

Increased demand, meaning che-

motherapy treatments, organ trans-

plants, heart surgeries and electiveoptions, have let blood banks de-pleted. Plus, the demand or bloodexceeds the rate o blood donations.Te Red Cross has stated it typicallyneeds 80,000 units o blood availabledaily, but now has roughly 35,000units.

How do I donate blood?

Many people want to donate bloodbut are either o-put by the idea o

needles and drawing

unaware o the procinormed can shed lidone and make the much less intimidatin

Blood drives occur tions. You also may beblood directly at a Reor hospital. Simply loredcrossblood.org anzip code or address toand when a blood driv

Just about anyone adonate blood. Provid

Learn the basics o donating blo

Blood type is broken down intoour main types: A, B, AB and O.

Genetics are the primary deter-mining actor in a persons bloodtype. A child receives genetic coderom both parents at conception,and this inormation will help de-termine blood type. Just like eyecolor, height and hair color, domi-nant genes will be the deciding ac-tor in blood type. A and B are bothdominant over O. A and B are con-sidered to be codominant, whichexplains the AB blood type. I achild receives two recessive genesrom both parents, then he or shewill have O blood.

Another thing that plays intoblood type is the Rhesus actor,commonly shortened to the Rhactor. Tis reers to an antigen thatexists on the surace o red bloodcells. I this antigen is present, itmeans the person has a Rh positive(+) actor. I there is an absence othis antigen, then the blood is clas-sied as Rh negative (-). Tereore,people can have an A, B, AB, or Oblood type that is either (+) or (-).Tese antigens are proteins that,when introduced into a body thatdoes not have the same type, cancause the persons immune systemto respond by producing antibod-

ies that attack the proa person who is Rh- b

Rh+ blood during a trallergic reaction could

Another time whecomes into play is wwoman becomes pregher blood and the bloomix -- and i the etuactor -- the motherght o the antigens produce antibodies. wont hurt the womanthe etus and cause poproblems. Women witor are generally givemunoglobulin about sinto the pregnancy desensitize her immrom triggering i the blood. Ater the babyor her blood will be tthe Rh actor match this well. I not, the moceive another injectiodesensitize her immuprevent a reaction wiquent pregnancies.

A person with O- bsidered a universal dshe can transuse to there will be no instagic reaction. Howeverblood can only receive

What determines blood

Warren County residents donate blood at Front Royal United Methodist Church. From let are Pat and Alan Wimer, American Red Cross volunteegiving a much needed hug to The River 95.3s Mario Retrosi and Warren County Administrator Doug Stanley, who looks like he is about to eat som

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Communityo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] 540-551-0or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] 540-683

least 110 pounds and do not have anyacute symptoms o the fu, colds orinections or have had close contactwith someone with hepatitis in thelast year. Tose who have hepatitis, aheart condition that is more seriousthan a murmur or HIV/AIDS or haveengaged in any activities that mayhave put them at risk or HIV/AIDS,will not be able to donate.

At the donation you will be askedto ll out a questionnaire and be giv-en a screening interview to qualiy asa donor. You also will need to providedocumentation that proves your age,so bring along identication. I youpass the screening, your vital signswill be checked and you will be pre-pared or the blood draw.

As with a routine blood test, theinjection site will be sterilized andthen a needle will be inserted to drawthe blood. Te volume o blood col-lected or a donation will be largerthan or a blood test. One pint, or

450 milliliters o blood, will be taken.Tis is only between 8 to 10 percento all the blood in your body.

How will I eel?

Most people come through a blooddonation unscathed. Tere may be aminor pinch when the needle is in-serted. Ater blood has been drawn,many people eel ne and are en-couraged to drink extra liquids orthe next two days to help the bodywith the regeneration o blood. Yourbody will replace the fuid portion o

your blood within 4 hours. It willtake a ew weeks to replace the redblood cells. Individuals who eel a lit-tle woozy can sit ater the blood do-nation until they eel rested enoughto move on.

How long does it take?

It takes around 10 minutes or atraditional blood donation. I you aredonating something specic, suchas red cells, plasma or platelets, theprocess can take up to hours. Many

blood drives provide rereshmentsater donating and ask that you re-main 10 to 15 minutes to ensure you

are ne to exit.

What should I expect ater the do-

nation?

Aterward you should be able to goon with your regular daily activities.It is adviseable to take it easy or therest o the day and not engage in anyheavy liting or exercise. Also, avoidfying in airplanes or going scubadiving or a couple o days aterward.Moderate daily activities should bene. Continue to stay hydrated.

What are other things I should

know?

You can prepare or donating bloodby adhering to a healthy, low-at diet

and getting a good nights sleep theday beore. Avoid alcoholic bever-ages and tobacco prior to the dona-tion. Make sure you do not skip anymeals.

Bring along a list o the medica-tions you take to share with the vol-unteers at the blood drive. Certainmedications will exclude you romdonating.

It is possible or a healthy personto give whole blood every 56 days.Donations o platelets or other com-

ponents o blood maycur more requently. Ihave the universal bloO-) may want to signdonors because theirused or anyone.

Donating a pint o several dierent peotreme shortages in thin eect, now could bto make a blood dona

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CommuLynne Lewis, 65, works with ormulaic questions that draw out the personbeing interviewed who is encouraged to recall moments in time, placesremembered and wisdom o the heart.

by Malcolm Barr, Sr.Warren County Report

Lynne Lewis o Rockland is aprize-winning photographer anda sel-described volunteer his-torian working with the elderlyat Warren Memorial HospitalsLynn Care Center.

For the area, she provides aunique service or the seniorsand their amilies by interview-ing and recording amily histo-ries or any o those at the carecenter who wish to take advan-

tage o the ree program.And she isnt short o those

wanting to talk to her about theirlives, people rom their sixtiesthrough their nineties, most othem in rehab. She does hervolunteer work at the center vedays a week.

Called the Living Memoriesprogram, Lynne has completed15 oral histories since last Au-gust. Encouraged by Melissa

Boies, i/c the volunteer servicesprogram, and Megan Smith, di-rector o activities at Lynn Care,she describes what she is doing asproviding a valuable historicalresource or the amilies and thecommunity. She emphasizes thatthe histories are private or theamilies and are enthusiasticallyreceived by those that receive thecompact disc she provides.

Lynne, 65, works with ormu-laic questions that draw out theperson being interviewed who isencouraged to recall moments

in time, places rememberedand wisdom o the heart.

Questions include those aboutschool days; amily traditions;classic amily stories; and themore general what was it likewhen you grew up (in the Val-ley) or rst moved here; militaryservice;jobs held and ambitionsrealized.

Recollections o world eventsare drawn out by the interview-

er; even typical amily meals oa hal-century ago; amily heir-loomes, photographs, sacredbooks, and other memorabiliaare discussed -- all help tell thestory o a personal lie journey.

Sometimes, shes surprised atwhat she learns. For example,she recently discovered one manin his 70s who revealed his pen-chant or deep sea diving andholding a cold-water deep div-ing record. She said she was en-thralled with his tales o diving inArctic waters.

A local amily, whose matri-arch passed, was surprised uponreceiving a CD in which theirmother provided an oral his-

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Travel

By Malcolm Barr Sr.Warren County Report

For a couple in their late seven-ties, Front Royals Pat and onyInderbitzen sure do get around!

A year ago, it was Vietnam.Last month, it was India. Where

next?Probably Panama/Columbia, a

trip a ew hours shorter than theatiguing 15-hour journey to and

rom India.Was the India trip worth the

time and travel? Yep! Would theydo it again? Nope!

While there were high pointsduring their 17 days on the sub-continent with 1. billion in-habitants, India is the worldssecond most-populous country(ater China) it occurred to thiswriter that this part o South Asiawould not necessarily be a coun-

try o choice or a board membero the Humane Society o WarrenCounty (HSWC) .

ony Inderbitzen was electedto the local animal shelter boardlast year and he and his wie, Pat,are avid animal welare activists.Tey said it was dicult adjust-ing to a culture that, apart romsacred cows wandering thestreets, allowed goats, pigs, mon-keys, and undernourished dogs to

roam at large in their thousands.It was (particularly) sad to see

the dogs, skinny, starving, dy-ing ony said, whereas themonkeys, well, they took care othemselves. He described howthese animals would break and

enter homes to stealiterally rom reside

Te streets o cDelhi, Jaipur and Puwith people and anand dirt seemed to bin the cities and tow

On her return, Pat Inderbitzen vowed to order the 011 movie Best ExotiHotel. Te story eatures a group o retirees who decides to fy to India. I sawbut now that weve visited India, I want to see it again, she said.

Retired Front Royal couple chooses India as vacation destin

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History

By Patrick FarrisExecutive DirectorWarren Heritage Society

Te year 1788 was a ascinating,

transitional and downright diceyyear in the history o the UnitedStates o America; the guns hadhardly allen silent rom the Rev-olutionary War, Virginia wouldormally become a state when itratied the Constitution in June,the Federal government began theyear still consisting o only a sin-gle branch Congress and theyoung nation was surrounded onall sides by hostile colonial pow-ers. Within the population o theUnited States, however, the senseo promise and independencewhich had drawn immigrantsacross the Atlantic or generations

had arguably never been greater,and an enormous surge westward

o Americans and recently ar-rived settlers was in now in ull

orce. It is within this social andhistorical context that the owno Front Royal was ocially es-tablished by the Commonwealtho Virginia. Te orces that hadled to this moment in the lie oa community o 50 souls nestlednear the confuence o the Forkso the Shenandoah River wouldcontinue to propel its growth andcement its importance as a cen-ter or commerce and industry intimes o peace, and a crossroadso armies in times o war.

During 013 this column willexamine the history o the owno Front Royal, the communities

predating its ormal establish-ment, and the role it played in thehistory o the Shenandoah Valley,Virginia and the nation. We be-gin this week with a transcription(please see below) o the act es-tablishing the town on November15th 1788 by the Virginia Assem-bly.

Te Warren Heritage Societyplans a series of events to mark the225th anniversary of the foundingof the own of Front Royal. Learnmore by visiting them on ChesterSt. in Front Royal or by calling

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