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FCCLA - Not your mother’s home economics class‘Family, Career, and Community Leaders’ learn to run a 21st Century household

By Ken ThurmanWarren County Report

I had the opportunity to talk with Christina Tharp, the Warren County Middle School (WCMS) Teacher for the Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) class and FCCLA advisor. This is not your mother’s home eco-nomics class. They still teach sew-ing and cooking but there is so much more to it now. Programs like: Ex-ploring Family Relationships, Health and Nutrition, Fruit and Vegetable Projects, Setting Goals, Kitchen Safety, Leadership Skills – 7 Habits

of a Highly Effective Teen, Roles of a Caregiver – Infant Simulator Project, Character Traits, Workplace Readi-ness skills such as personal qualities and technology, sewing a Button on Material, and Budget Project with calculating sales tax. There 414 stu-dents enrolled in 6th and 7th grade FACS. FCCLA is a dynamic national stu-dent organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through FACS education. FCCLA has nearly �00,000 members and over 6,500

chapters from 50 state associations, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The organization has in-volved more than ten million youth since it was founded in 1945. FC-

CLA is the ultimate leadership ex-perience and is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by members. It is the only career and technical in-

school student organization with the family as its central focus. Twenty-two of the FACS students at WCMS are active members of FCCLA. WCMS was selected to receive the �01� National STOP the Violence – Students Taking On Prevention Middle School Award. STOP the Violence is a peer-to-peer outreach initiative that empowers young peo-ple to recognize, report, and reduce the potential for youth violence. Warren County Middle School FC-CLA chapter chose to address bully-ing concerns through their “Check it at the Door” project to bring aware-ness to name calling. Starting last December chapter members inter-viewed students, teachers, and ad-ministrators about their experiences with name calling. They researched the effects of name calling, created

Students take a lighter approach to newspaper photo op. Front Row, left to right, Michael Mercado (get those horns higher), Stephen Leach, Austin Binnix, Kima Robinson, Shaylee Santmyers, Christina Tharp (adviser), Tommy Olinger, and Selei Buracker at far right; back row, left to right, Samantha Perea and Jourdain Henry suppressing a giggle.

Why so serious? (’cause teach said so). Front Row, left to right, Kaitlyn Barbee and Selei Buracker; back row, left to right, Austin Binnix, Jacob Payne, Nathan Thomspen, Sa-mantha Perea, Savannah Long, and Ally Satterfield.

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and handed out brochures show-ing the facts about name calling, and even held a poem contest with name calling as the theme. The win-ning poem was laminated on 1,000 bookmarks and handed out to every student in the school. Over 589 stu-dents signed a “No Name Calling” pledge. Our local FCCLA chapter did not “stop” there. They sent over $800 in supplies and cards throughout the year to soldier’s stationed overseas, donated items to community bake sales, bought groceries for a needy family, attended and competed at the Virginia State Fair, and visited retired veterans and gave them gifts. Five members went to the state lead-ership conference to present proj-ects they had worked on individually and as a team. Each one received an award. Ninety-five members will be re-ceiving a “Power of One” award this year. The “Power of One” is an indi-vidual activity you create to reach a personal goal. It consists of five units

– A Better You, Family Ties, Work-ing on Working, Take the Lead, and Speak out for FCCLA. Each project has to be approved by Christina as their advisor and once completed is submitted to the state and national FCCLA organization. Each suc-cessful applicant receives an award certificate and medal (pictured). 95 member students will receive the award this year (over 60 last year). Warren County Middle School FC-CLA has had more students receive this award in each of the last two

years than any other school in Vir-ginia. Christina told me that she waited eight years (teaching �th grade at E. Wilson Morrison for two years and

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and calls her teaching a reward-ing experience. We at the Warren County Report feel blessed that we have such teachers and students in our community. For more information on FACS and the FCCLA program contact Christina ([email protected]) or visit www.virginiafccla.org.

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By Nick Thomas

Fans of professional tennis will be glued to their TV sets from May 27 to June 10 to watch the French Open. But if you plan on viewing some of women’s matches, just go ahead and plunge a screwdriver through your eardrums right now. You’ll thank me later.That’s because nowadays, some of these matches are almost unbear-able to watch – or at least listen to – since many of the top female ten-nis players can’t hit a ball without screeching and squawking their way through every ear-shattering point.Their relentless auditory assault on tennis fans makes the wails of mid-night neighborhood cat fights seem positively melodic by comparison. The worst offenders include top players Maria Sharapova and cur-rent world number one, Victoria Azarenka.In fact, Sharapova holds the cur-rent noise record and has been measured at 10� decibels. A pneu-matic drill is 130. It makes you wonder about her vocal outburst in other pursuits. I mean, could any-one ever play chess with this wom-an? You’d probably keel over from a heart attack if she ever castled.As for the Azarenka yelp, her “aye-whooo-aye-whooo-aye-whooo” has to be heard to be believed. She claims it’s “a natural part of her breathing system,” but it sounds more like a struggling, asthmatic dolphin trapped in a fish net.Serena Williams is another tennis scream queen. She was runner-up in the 2011 US Open, but was re-markably quiet compared to her

past on-court trilling. However, she upped her annoyance factor by throwing a massive temper tan-trum last year (not the first) when a call didn’t go her way (and was later fined $2,000 for verbal um-pire abuse). I suspect even many Americans were glad that classy (and quiet) Aussie Samantha Sto-sur nailed Williams in last year’s US Open.Of course, some of the men grunt and groan with each shot too, but it is rarely the loud, ear-piercing, an-noying shrill that the women force upon us. But not all the women have earplug-worthy battle cries. Former world number one player Caroline Wozniacki has a rather subdued grunt, like a high pitched hiccup, although she can crank up the decibels when a match gets tough.Along these lines, let’s not forget charismatic Italian player Franc-esca Schiavone. While not neces-sarily shrill, her tennis shriek is incredibly annoying and sounds like someone is performing the Heimlich Maneuver on her every few seconds.I live in hope that the US Tennis Association will one day do some-thing about this situation. But I’m not holding my breath. They make a living off these tennis players, and aren’t likely to rile them any time soon. In the meantime, I still plan on watching the televised French Open matches with my finger poised on the remote mute button.Perhaps former Grand Slam cham-pion Martina Navratilova said it best: “They are making sounds like they are lifting 300 pounds…. the ball is not that heavy.”

ALONG THESE LINESCreating a Racket on the Tennis Court

Perhaps in response to the letter to the editor from Toby Keller in our mid-May edition, we received the following note and draft in-structional signs to both golfers and hikers of the riverside walking path along the county’s Front Roy-al Golf Club from Warren County Parks & Recreation Director Dan Lenz: “I have attached a sign that will

the installed at 3 strategic locations along the Carson Phase 2 Walking Trail at the Front Royal Golf Club (1 at the start of the trail, 1 at the bend near hole #16 and 1 at the wood entrance). The FRGC Advi-sory committee discussed the safe-ty of all walkers at their last com-mittee meeting in May. The signs will be installed in the near future.”

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Secretary of Air Force marks 2012 R-MA graduation ceremoniesNine county students graduate among class of 80; one gets license to fly!

By Malcolm Barr Sr.Warren County Report

Amid a mixture of pomp, circum-stance, and excitement among the 80 graduates, the first appearance - at least in recent memory - of a Sec-retary of the Air Force was saluted in grand style by the Randolph-Macon Academy band and chorus render-ing “Land of Hope and Glory” at commencement ceremonies. Also attending for the first time,

and perhaps signaling a new and stronger bond with the U.S. Air Force Academy, were two former R-MA students in their first year at the USAF Academy at Colorado Springs. Cadet 4th Class Kalie Plasi-er of Iowa led the call to worship at her alma mater; Cadet 4th Class Al-lyson Doran of Front Royal led the prayer to St. Francis. Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley, in an inspirational address urging R-MA graduates to consider

careers in public service, includ-ing the military and particularly the air force, had earlier on Saturday watched the dedication of an F-35 Lightning II fighter by Lockheed Martin in the lobby of Stan Fulton Hall. Parents and friends of the 2012 graduates jammed the bleachers at Riddick Field the previous afternoon for the colorful military parade and adjunct ceremonies. The Corps of Cadets was led by Corps command-er Sean Knick II of Washington, VA. Knick was one of three cadets - the others, Ryan Ocha and John Chris-toph of Front Roya, and Richard Sanders of Cuddy, PA - who received their pilot’s licenses last weekend. Donley, introduced by Maj.Gen. Henry M. Hobgood, commented on R-MA’s new and significant relation-ship with the Air Force Academy through its recent designation as a USAF Academy Falcon Foundation prep school, which he called “a tre-mendous achievement.” Just eight high schools or academies in the country now have the designation

which will impact R-MA students applying for places in Colorado Springs and also help successful ap-plicants with scholarship money. Commending those graduates who plan to “continue on (from Ju-nior ROTC) to military service,” the Air Force secretary said: “Our coun-try needs members of your genera-tion who are willing eager to answer the nation’s call. It is a noble profes-sion. “But for those of you who choose a different path, I remind you that wearing the nation’s cloth is not the only way to contribute to America’s strength...the options are endless, he said, “and you get to pick,”suggesting careers in government, teaching, and joining volunteer organizations among others. “The important thing is to use

your talents to the fullest and try to give something back for the public good.” Among the academy’s accomplish-ments over the past year, Donley mentioned the Cadet Corps’ win-ning the Distinguished Unit Award for the fourth consecutive year, and the donation by all students of more than 8,200 hours community service. The class of 2012 received in excess of $3.5 million in scholarships. Dean of Academics Jonathan Ezell presented the candidates for gradu-ation, eight of them from Front Roy-al: Michael Brooks, John Christoph (salutorian), Christopher Connor, Joseph Hall, Christopher Munden (valedictorian), Ryan Ochoa, Joyslin Sullivan, and Jessica Vaughan. Also, Samuel Cassone of Browntown.

Randolph-Macon Academy Corps Commander Sean Knick, who recently earned his pilot’s license at R-MA, flanked by USAF Maj. Gen. Henry Hobgood (ret) and Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley who addressed R-MA’s 2012 graduating class on June 2. Photo by Cindy Rodney.

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Guidance Counselor Mary Kay Moose retires after 38-year career in public education

Mary Kay Moose, popular senior student counselor at Warren County High School and a 38-year veteran of Warren County ‘s education system, let the WC Report into what she called “an open secret” recently. Mary Kay plans to retire from her post at WCHS at the end of the 2013 school year. Barr photo.

Summer Feeding Program

Warren County Public Schools, E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School, will be participating in the Summer Food Service Pro-gram. Meals will be provided to all children ages 18 and under without charge. Acceptance and participation requirements for the Program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School at 40 Cres-cent St. Front Royal, VA from 11:00am until 1:00pm Monday through Thursday. The program will run from June 18 through August 2, 2012.

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I’m Tryingby Kevin S. Engle

Saturday afternoon.

It’s raining.

I’m standing in the basement looking out the window.

An unfamiliar gray van slowly makes its way up our drive.

It stops.

It turns around.

It’s headed back down the driveway.

It stops again.

I’m suspicious.

The driver gets out and runs in to the weeds.

What’s he doing?

Relieving himself?

I doubt it.

There’s no place to hide.

Ten seconds later, he’s back in the van.

I step outside hoping someone will see me.

He pulls onto the road and drives away.

That was strange.

If he wasn’t going to the bathroom, what was he doing?

I’m guessing he was after a wildflower.

They grow on our property.

Flower stealer!

Fast forward to the following Friday.

I’m walking down the driveway to the mailbox.

Before I get there, something catches my eye.

I can barely see it, but it’s there, underneath an overturned tree stump.

I investigate.

The colors are pastel.

And then it hits me.

“Oh my God!” I say in total disgust.

My mind flashes back to Saturday.

I now know what the mystery visitor was doing.

He wasn’t after one of our wildflowers.

In fact, he wasn’t taking anything.

He was leaving something.

Two actually.

Two ……… dirty ……….diapers!

I couldn’t believe it.

I still can’t.

It made me mad.

It still does.

Why in the world would someone do that?

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You can look back on a lot of things in life and laugh about them later.

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County“Mr. Traczyk asked ‘What’s in it for Warren County?’ ” Fox recalled. The response – an initially estimated $1.9 million in annual real estate tax revenue – led Fox to comment, “I thought Santa Claus was coming to town.”

Two months into construction, Dominion makes it officialLocal and state officials gather to mark billion dollar construction project

By Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

Santa Claus came to Warren County out of season – May 31 – in the form of Dominion Power ceremonially launch-ing a two-year $1.1-billion power plant construction project forecast to add about $4-million annually to the coun-ty’s commercial tax revenue kitty. Dur-ing construction the site is estimated to generate $1 to $1.5 million in real es-

tate tax revenue, following completion the projected $5.6 million of annual tax revenue will be offset by about a $1.7-million Composite Index (ability to pay) deduction to state contributions to the county’s public school system. The “official” groundbreaking cer-emony drew the attention of state of-ficials, represented by Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, as Virginia, Warren County and the Town of Front Royal acknowl-edged the coming of a major east coast

energy provider. Dominion officials noted that construction actually began on March 5. Dominion Vice-President of Gov-ernmental Affairs Daniel Weekley said when operational as of late 2014, early 2015, the plant would be “the largest and most efficient Dominion power plant in Virginia. Three combustion turbines made by Mitsubishi Power at a location in Georgia will produce enough electrical energy (1,300 mega-watts) to power 325,000 homes, Week-ley observed. When completed in late 2014, the

state-of the-art and comparatively clean gas-fired electrical generating fa-cility will send power east to the D.C. and other nearby eastern corridor met-ropolitan areas. But what will stay in Warren County is an estimated $1.5 to 3.9 million in annual real estate and property tax revenues – a commercial tax revenue windfall referenced by Warren County Board of Supervisors Chairman Archie Fox during his remarks. Fox referenced the genesis of the proposal to build a gas-fired power plant brought for-ward by a Competitive Power Ventures

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However if not protests, some skep-ticism about the advisability of the town adding the plant as a customer of its central water-sewer utility system was addressed by Front Royal Mayor Tim Darr. The plant is estimated to use 250,000 to 300,000 gallons per day on average, with peak uses as high as 600,000 gallons per day. In the wake of the town having ex-panded its per-day capacity from 2.1 million to around 4-million gallons per day, Darr called extension of town central water and sewer to the plant a good business decision. The mayor said he believed in the end, the town and Dominion had worked out a “good business partnership.” While some criticized the town’s 10-year deferment of the full out-of-town double water rate, Dominion agreed to pay for significant off-site improve-ments to the town’s water system in return for five years at the flat in-town rate and five years at one-and-a-half times the flat rate. Dominion will begin paying the full out-of-town double rate in its 11th year of operations. The plant is projected to have at least a 50-year lifespan. In return for a decade of lower rates, Dominion agreed to pay up to $3.5-million, or 75 percent of the cost of a new water looping system into the 522 North Commercial Corridor, as well as a total of $490,000 for a new pump house and other improvements to the water system in the Guard Hill area. In exchange for that maximum $3.99-million contribution to off-site improvements, by our calculation at the submitted average daily water use of 253,000 gallons per day ($603,000 per year), Dominion will save about $300,000 per year on its water bill for five years, $150,000 for the next five for

a total of $2.25 million on its water bill, with comparable savings on sewer ser-vice.

Environmentally conscious …

Warren County Administrator Doug Stanley noted that the county did not sell out the environment in exchange for this visit from a revenue-generating corporate “Santa Claus”. “The Warren County Power Station project is extremely important to War-ren County. It is important because it … will be a tremendous economic ben-efit to the County. But believe me, the leadership, both staff and elected offi-cials; have not sacrificed the protection of the environment for tax dollars. We appreciate Dominion’s approach to the project which has been to stay on the cutting edge of technology in providing as clean a plant as financially practical,” Stanley said, pointing out, “The station will use only natural gas as a fuel and have emissions controls to reduce ni-trogen oxides and carbon monoxide. As part of the approval, Dominion agreed to close a coal station in West Virginia (as part of its state permitting process Dominion gained clean energy “credits” by closing a coal-fired Bayard, WV plant, a move Virginia’s DEQ proj-ects to both improve the air quality

and reduce the incident of acid rain blowing our and Shenandoah National Park’s way). As a result, the overall air quality in Shenandoah National Park will improve while the electricity avail-able to power our homes increases. “Thank you Dominion for the stew-ardship you have shown to the envi-ronment and our community. The seeds that we have sown over the past year in bringing this project to fruition will bear fruit for many, many years to come and will help us grow as a com-munity in a fiscally and environmen-tally responsive manner,” Stanley con-cluded.

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But if helping reduce environmen-tally-damaging coal-fired energy pro-duction as part of the process of having this plant approved seemed like a good idea to some, Lt. Governor Bill Bolling indicated ALL energy options – even ones scientifically-proven to be envi-ronmentally destructive; or potentially catastrophically deadly and expensive – are all on the table for Virginia’s cur-rent administration. Lauding the commonwealth’s repu-tation as one of the most business-friendly states in the nation, Bolling echoed Governor Bob McDonnell in calling both coal and nuclear integral parts of Virginia’s energy future.

Bolling even called Virginia “the Saudi Arabia of coal” in pushing for ad-ditional coal-fired energy production in the state. Despite the continually unfolding warnings of the March 2011 Fukishima nuclear plant disaster in Japan – possi-bly including as many as 14,000 other-wise unexplainable deaths, primarily of infants under the age of one year in the U.S. alone, according to one medical journal report – and an unexpectedly powerful 5.9 earthquake epicentered 11 miles from Dominion’s North Anna nuclear power plant in central Virginia last August, not to mention the April 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Bolling then added nuclear and off-shore drilling to Virginia’s wish list for future energy production and econom-ic development.

However Bolling then acknowledged sustainable as another, if seemingly secondary future energy option in the commonwealth. “But, we also want to be a leader in alternative forms of energy,” Bolling said after his homage to coal, nuclear and off-shore drilling. “Here, we have a natural gas project, a very good project from an energy production standpoint and from an environmental preserva-tion standpoint. It’s a win for Warren County and for Front Royal.” But what about the rest of the com-monwealth, we were left to wonder of the energy future Bolling described.

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sion is that not just since the 1998 Corridor Agreement facilitating town utility expansion to enable county corridor development, but over half a century since 1960, town citizens have born an undue tax burden – most re-cently cited in March as 93 percent to 7 percent ($49.6 million to $3.7 million) – to pay for water and sewer infrastructure expansion and county land purchases; as well as 60 percent or $427 per town resident versus 40 percent or $177 per out-of-town county residents, for town-county Economic Development Authority expenses.

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tion. As a reference point for readers, the 1998 Corridor Agreement between the town and county that set the whole corridor commercial expan-sion in motion was seen as an alterna-tive to what would have been a highly contentious annexation fight at the time with the town moving on county

land it was preparing to extend cen-tral utilities to. That annexation likely would have extended to the DuPont plant where the town first extended central water-sewer to in the late 1970s to facilitate DuPont bringing its massive manufacturing and research facility here. The town perspective on the agree-

ment began to turn south after a 2009 legal challenge of one aspect of it – the collection a meals tax-based corridor PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) fee – was decided in favor of the three corridor chain restaurants who brought the lawsuit. That deci-sion cut a projected annual revenue stream of $600,000 to $700,000 at the

time out of the town’s pocket. A number of town officials, includ-ing two councilmen who reacted at least somewhat negatively to Stanley’s May 29 remarks (Conkey and Parker, see below) felt the county drug its feet in re-negotiating the corridor agree-ment to compensate the town for the loss of what was the major portion of



its PILOT fee revenue tied to corridor utility bills. However in the past year, the coun-ty has agreed to a two-year phase in of full funding of the library and opera-tions funding of the EDA as a means of addressing those issues. In the sec-ond year that totals county assump-tion of about $125,500 of previous town funding - $95,000 Library and $30,500 EDA ops. And Stanley points out the county continues to explore other revenue options for the town, including state approval of an additional 2-cents to the county meals tax, the revenue from which would be given directly to

the town. Stanley estimates by current numbers that could be a $250,000-plus revenue stream to the town. And he points out, the county’s current 4-cent meals tax goes directly to sup-port public schools, which is also a benefit for town citizens.

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According to Stanley, other vari-ables include taxes and fees that only out-of-town residents pay that sub-sidize services for both county and town residents; the county’s respon-sibility to fund services that benefit all county residents such as the public

school system, parks & rec, fire & res-cue, library, courts and sheriff ’s office; and the amount of revenue the town receives from county customers of its central utilities, especially double monthly rates and higher tap and connection fees. As for the county taxpayer subsidiz-ing services for town residents, Stan-ley cited numbers form the 2006-07 Fiscal Year. Of $4.9 million the county collected from revenue sources in-cluding sales, corporation, meals and lodging taxes; vehicle stickers, cable franchise fee; and zoning and subdivi-sion fees he said town citizens do not contribute to, Stanley calculated $2.8 million of that revenue supported ser-vices to town residents. Stanley also cited increased town revenues from BPOL ($289,967, 89-

percent), sales ($200,831, 54-percent) and meals ($554,467, 177-percent) taxes between 1990 and 2005, a pe-riod in which the town’s population increased by only 22 percent, he not-ed. Stanley said the disproportionate increases could be attributed to an indirect economic benefit from cor-ridor development on town business. The county administrator noted that if corridor businesses were brought into town through boundary adjustment, the town would lose the out-of-town double rates and tap fees it is currently or will eventually collect from impacted customers. Council opponents of a boundary adjustment or annexation of the cor-ridor have also pointed to the added expense of service provisions, includ-ing law enforcement, road mainte-

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Stanley concluded with a hope for a mutually beneficial solution to cor-ridor revenue issues. “The Board of Supervisors histori-cally worked in partnership with the Town of Front Royal as our water and sewer utility provider. For a commu-nity our size it only makes sense,” he told council. He also addressed past efforts to ad-dress double taxation issues on town residents, citing the county’s assump-tion of full funding of parks & rec, the Front Royal Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, animal control and he might have added the Front Royal Airport.

Not so fast

Even though Stanley prefaced his remarks with an acknowledgment of “utmost respect” for the 91-year-old Duncan and his commitment to the interests of the town, the public shot at Duncan’s report didn’t sit well with some councilmen. “I feel I have to speak to this,” Coun-

cilman Tom Conkey began. He criti-cized Stanley’s public presentation aimed at what he called a report done in “a private forum” by a private citi-zen. He also observed that some of the revenue sources cited as county ben-efit to the town were relatively mod-est revenue sources, specifying the vehicle decal tag, calling that revenue “miniscule”. On the county side, several people observed that while Duncan may have prepared his report privately, it has been far from a private issue for some time. Duncan has made several work session presentations on his report that have been addressed publicly by town officials and candidates in the 2012 spring election. Former Town Manager Michael Graham even addressed council about Duncan’s report, stating this spring that while he didn’t know if Duncan’s numbers and conclusions were right or not, they bore scrutiny from an ob-jective third-party source. Shae Parker said he felt either the existing town-county 522 Corridor Committee or even the liaison com-mittee meeting held a week earlier would have been a more appropriate venue to broach the county’s response to the Duncan report. “I think it is inappropriate your board asked you to come to us to speak to this … it is a bit of politics by your board … I think it is poor judg-ment by your board,” Parker told Stan-ley, aiming his criticism at Stanley’s bosses who authorized that Stanley’s monthly report focus on this issue. Carson Lauder took a different tack.

“I feel differently than Mr. Conkey. It is not an attack on Mr. Duncan,” Lauder said. Rather, Lauder said it was important council hear the coun-ty’s side of such an important issue that has led to discussion of potential boundary readjustments that could have major revenue-expenditure im-pacts on both the town and county.

Background

As the community faced its own

economic recession from the late 1980’s demise of the Avtex Fibers plant as a primary private-sector em-ployer, the town agreed to expand its central water-sewer service into the county’s northside in order to facili-tate the recruitment of industrial and eventually commercial business there. That development expanded an exist-ing water-sewer extension the town had built in the late 1970s to allow DuPont to build its manufacturing plant there.

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Hank Williams Sr. resurrected on Wayside stageWith Limon as troubled singer, an ensemble and musical tour d’ force


Wayside Theater’s resurrection of “Hank Williams: Lonesome Highway” is a Godsend to this reviewer who missed the original presentation in 2005 – but who did see Robbie Limon and his band perform an in-character set during a

fundraiser at the Strasburg Theater not too long after the original run’s closing. That set left me curious about what I had missed on Wayside’s Middletown stage during the 2005 “Lonesome High-way” run. On opening night, June 2, 2012, I found out – and I suggest you don’t make the same mistake I did seven years

ago and catch at least one performance by the June 30 closing night show. Limon, who has fronted his own band in the region for years and per-formed as not only Hank Williams Sr. but also Buddy Holly among other roles on Wayside’s stage since 2005, gives a tour d’ force performance. Perhaps an additional seven years fronting his own band and his familiarity with not only the role, but also the Wayside stage has helped the angular Limon – did he lose weight for this role of the legendary country & Western “string bean” whose songwriting and musical genius could not head off a lost battle with drugs, alcohol and whatever demons fueled those addictions at age 29? Williams died on his way to a show in Oak Hill, West Virginia, official cause of death heart failure. If his life lacked it, Wil-liams passed peacefully in the back of a car traveling between gigs – “I thought he was asleep back there,” his driver later told authorities. As the play begins with accounts of the 20,000 people gathered for Wil-liams’ funeral in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, I was stunned that the man whose musical catalogue is such an extensive and profound piece of Americana died so young. I knew his demons had gotten the best of him young, but I figured mid or late-30s. And that is the focus of the appropri-ately titled “Lost Highway” – the climb of an American musical demi-god and his fall from grace due – to what? There are hints of frustrated and lost love, the aforementioned addictions, but for me a scene of Williams and his band mates at a remote fishing hole

holds the key. “I think there’s only two places I ever saw him comfortable – out here in the middle of nowhere and up there in the middle of everywhere,” one of his musi-cians tells the crowd. And there is the burden of genius – isolation, alienation, deep feeling and deeper despair at the inability to be comfortable, to be satisfied in the day-to-day moments that define all our lives. For me if one song defines Williams legacy it is the plaintive ballad “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”. Delivered in the second set, it frames the tragedy unfolding between the soaring songs delivered to perfection by a band that captures the spirit, mood and timeless-ness of the music of Hank Williams. The breadth of influence of Hank Williams is reflected in the number and

variety of artists who have covered “So Lonesome I Could Cry”, which Wikipe-dia notes, “Rolling Stone ranked #111 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is the second oldest song on the list, and one of only two from the 1940s.” Among names you might recognize who have covered “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” are Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Al Green, Dottie West, Freddie Fender, Dean Martin, and the Cowboy Junkies. Of the song written in 1949, Wikipe-dia reports, “The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Shep-pard. With evocative lyrics, such as the opening lines ‘Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will – He sounds too blue to fly,’ the song has been covered by a wide

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I’ve never seen a night so longWhen time goes crawling by. The moon just went behind a cloudTo hide its face and cry.

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weep when leaves begin to die Like me he’s lost the will to live, I’m so lonesome I could cry.

Man, and so could I … “When you have to swallow what I have to – you have no choice but to sing,” musical mentor Tee Tot tells the young Hank at one point in Act One. Thank God Limon and the Driftin’

Cowboys band hit the up side of much of Williams’ material, including “Honky Tonk Blues,” “Move It on Over,” “Hey Good Lookin,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “Jambalaya,” among others that keep the mood upbeat despite Williams de-scent. In all Limon and band perform 24 songs, 12 per act. This review would be incomplete without a nod to the “Driftin’ Cowboys” that accompany Williams through the bulk of his rise and fall. David Artz, peddle steel guitar; Jason Labrador, vio-lin; Jody Lee, bass; and Steve Przybyl-ski, guitar (I hope I got all those right) provide the musical accompaniment worthy of the Louisiana Hayride or the Grand Ole Opry stage. Director Warner Crocker has done a masterful job in balancing both the play’s mood, as well as musical perfor-mances and telling personal vignettes. Of the challenges presented by the play’s theme, Crocker says, “The story of Hank Williams is an amazing one: full of promise … and full of tragedy. In a way it is a quintessential American sto-ry, but it is also quite universal. History is filled with stories of great performers and artists and their battles with many assorted demons and the darker side of life … We stand in awe, amazement and astonishment at what they are able to create or present. And as they fall from grace or meet an untimely end, we stand equally awed by the destruc-tion and loss. We mourn and grieve and then we find a way to prop them back on a pedestal and worship them again. We hold their gifts forever etched in the good times, somehow made richer by the tragic dimension of their fall.” If the play hints of epochal Greek tragedy, it is appropriate that “Lost Highway” has its own “Greek Chorus.” As Tee Tot, Elliot Dash brings a pow-erful physical and vocal presence to his role as a blues singer who influenced Williams early in his life. Tee Tot, like Leslie Putnam as a Diner waitress-fan, flank the stage throughout as observers who inject musical background or com-mentary at crucial points. If Dash provides the musical side of

the “chorus”, Putnam’s hero-worship-ping commentary and face-to-face en-counter with Williams near the end of his life accentuate the conflict between fascination and loss Crocker speaks of above. Jennie Malone does a stellar job por-traying the aforementioned wife Audrey

as a talentless and leeching presence in Williams’ life that he inexplicably seems unable to shake emotionally – (ain’t love grand, as THEY say). Dennis Donald as Williams’ manager “Pap Rose” and Pam Pendleton as Wil-liams; “Momma Lilly” round out the stellar cast.

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Linamen tells court officials their day is comingLinamen: ‘I hope I’m alive long enough to see you both hung for treason’


During trials on April 3 and May 8, defendant Randy R. Linamen had for the most part kept his emotions under control. Representing himself on felo-ny gun and habitual driving offender charges stemming from a July 30, 2011 “safety checkpoint” stop on Commerce Avenue, the worst emotion Linamen had displayed was occasional frustra-tion at trying to explain to jurors he was in a courtroom whose authority he did not recognize, defending him-self for actions he saw as either God or Constitutionally-given rights not sub-ject to the authority of the state. But after being sentenced on May 29 to the full 9-1/2 years recommended by two juries in separate trials, the hostility seething beneath the surface for legal authority he does not accept steamed over. “I hope I’m alive long enough to see you both hung for treason,” Linamen told Judge Dennis L. Hupp and Assis-tant Commonwealth’s Attorney Nick Manthos (“That’s the way I saw it,” Manthos said of whose necks the de-fendant had earmarked for the noose). Earlier Linamen had warned the court

reporter she would be guilty of perjury if the court record of his case was al-tered in any way to distort or defuse his legal arguments. A calm Hupp told Linamen his gal-lows reference came close to adding verbal threats to his legal problems but let the situation lie before asking Lina-men to sign court papers acknowledg-ing the end of the trial, a probation of-ficers report and his 30-day timeframe within which to file an appeal. “I don’t need to sign anything,” Lina-men replied harshly. “I’ll mark refused,” Hupp said as Linamen continued his attack on the court and its authority. “If I didn’t make it clear – I don’t ac-cept your judicial authority,” Linamen told Hupp. “Oh, I think you made it very clear,” Hupp replied as sheriff ’s office bailiff ’s hustled the orange jail jumpsuit-clad Linamen from the courtroom.

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That verbal confrontation ended a long and strange encounter between the 60-year-old Manassas man and town law enforcement and county court officials. It began around 10 p.m. on July 30, 2011, when Linamen and a passenger in his 1986 Ford van were stopped at a DUI-traffic safety check-point on the 200 block of Commerce Avenue in front of the Front Royal Fire Company # 1 station. Asked for his license, Linamen pro-duced one issued by “The Kingdom of Heaven” (see more on the Kingdom of Heaven and other reference points of Linamen’s defense in our next edition). During his conversation with the ini-tial officer he was engaged with, Front Royal Police Detective Jason Winner, another officer, Jason Lethcoe noticed two revolver speed loaders on the cen-ter console of Linamen’s van. Court-room testimony indicated that Winner asked Linamen where his gun was, to which Linamen replied “at home” dur-ing a conversation in which the Manas-sas man accused Winner of “treason” and failing to uphold “his oath.”

Asked to exit the vehicle Linamen began to slowly drive away before of-ficers drew their sidearms and ordered him to stop at gunpoint. After being taken into custody at the scene, a loaded Dan Wesson .357 caliber handgun was discovered in the driver’s door pocket of the van. A sweep of the vehicle also produced what appeared to be three pipe bombs under the front driver’s seat of the ve-hicle. A State Police Bomb Technician was dispatched to the scene. He dis-covered the “pipe bombs” were not, in fact, since they contained no explosive materials.

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Following testimony at his May 8 habitual driving offender trial, Lina-men mentioned an Oregon church he termed the Kingdom of Heaven and a Pastor Paul Revere. We went online. Wikipedia reports that “Kingdom of Heaven” identity documents are is-sued by a Christian based organization known as the “Embassy of Heaven” based in Stayton, Oregon. Its mem-

bers profess themselves to be literal citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven and reject any ties to what they refer to as “worldly governments” That all court and law enforcement officers, like himself as a soldier in 1971, take an oath to support the U.S. Constitution, or at least an extreme, right-wing anti-government hybrid-Christian interpretation of it, was a theme Linamen returned to often in the courtroom over the past two months. In fact, such an exchange with the court on May 29 culminated with Linamen’s “I hope I’m alive long enough to see you both hung for trea-son” speech. Asked to stand for his sentencing, Judge Hupp asked Linamen if he had anything to say. Despite the circum-stance, the defendant returned to a topic he had unsuccessfully argued at both trials leading to this moment – that neither a state court nor its law enforcement arm had any authority to limit either his individual right to bear arms or drive a car. “Just that you swore an oath to serve the blessings of liberty, only with such

restraints as are necessary for the com-mon good,” Linamen told Judge Hupp, revisiting the theme he had argued just 15 minutes earlier before Hupp retired to chambers to decide his sentencing. “I’m upholding my oath – you all are not! You reap what you sow,” Linamen told the court during arguments on sentencing. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attor-ney Nick Manthos argued for a sen-tence near the jury-recommended maximums based on the defendant’s courtroom expression of his legal and political world view. “Mr. Linamen does not believe he is legitimately in front of this court … he does not believe the charges are legitimate. It’s not so much a lack of remorse – he just rejects the laws of the commonwealth,” Manthos told the court. The prosecutor also pointed to Linamen’s own statement during his second trial on the habitual offender charge, that had he not disobeyed the law and left the state during an earlier probation in order to see his fatally-injured son, he might have become a murderer then.

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“If I didn’t make it clear – I don’t accept your judicial authority,” Linamen told Judge Hupp. “Oh, I think you made it very clear.” – Judge Hupp’s reply Public safety

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combined and heard by a single jury, it might have recommended a lesser sentence. He also said he considered whether he had any information inad-missible at trial that might have led to a lighter sentencing recommendation in either case. But in the end, the judge said no, he did not believe any combination of fac-tors available to the court justified soft-ening the two jury recommendations – 4-1/2 years in the illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon con-viction; and 5 years on the defendant’s second habitual driving offender con-viction. “Though they rise out of the same incident these are two distinct offenses and each reflects disregard for lawful authority – and you have told me your-

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The defendant then interjected that he would have recognized the court’s authority if it had granted him the le-gal authority he believes the Constitu-tion grants him. “What don’t you understand about taking an oath to provide the blessings of liberty, only under such restraint as is necessary for the public welfare?” Linamen asked a judge holding a 9-

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On June 2, the 6th Congressional District Republican Committee voted 32-5 that Mike McHugh is not chair-man of the Warren County Republi-can Committee. For some more traditional local Re-publicans that vote against the hard-line guns rights, pro-life activist and self-described “constitutional conser-vative” may come as a relief – but not so fast, sports fans. “I didn’t win but I didn’t lose either – they kicked it to the state central committee for a decision,” McHugh told us several hours after what he said was a grueling hour-and-a-half of debate over the status of the Execu-tive Committee of the Warren County Republican Committee. In explaining his “I didn’t lose ei-ther” observation, McHugh said the congressional district committee in-dicated, if did not vote, that Repici’s April 12 election as county chairman was not valid either. McHugh bases that claim on what he believes are party bylaws requiring an officer seat be vacant before a vote on a replace-ment. A vote on Dominic Repici’s status as chairman, according to McHugh, was headed off by Repici’s agreement to recuse himself from other votes as county chairman on 6th District offi-cer nominations at the June 2 meet-ing. “They think Dave Henderson is still chairman,” McHugh said, adding, “And they thought we should have an-other mass meeting to elect officers.” However McHugh added that the congressional district committee de-clined to order Warren County’s Re-publicans to hold another mass meet-ing due to what McHugh described as “bad blood” remaining from a similar

district order for Bath County Repub-licans to do so two years ago.

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However, as might be expected Re-pici’s read on the June 2 district meet-ing is quite different. As for McHugh’s assertion there was a district consensus that neither Warren County officer slate had been legally elected, Repici said, “That was the allegation of two of the five people who voted for Mr. McHugh. Nowhere was that decided and he certainly did not have the votes to carry that.” In fact, Repici estimated had a vote on the validity of his chairmanship been taken, it would have been approved by a similar margin to the committee’s rejection of McHugh’s chairmanship. “Mike’s spinning the meaning of what happened. Everyone knew what the vote was for – I am chairman and Mike McHugh is not,” Repici says. “In effect he’s putting his spin out and having me react to it. But let’s not lose sight of the fact he got his backside handed to him on the appeal. Wasn’t Mike quoted – in your paper I think – as stating that he would abide by the decision on the appeal? I hope he remembers that – he won’t win at the state committee either.” Repici said he abstained from vot-ing as a 6th District Committee mem-ber on subsequent officer elections simply to allow the meeting to move past what was becoming a lengthy and increasingly contentious debate over the Warren County officer dis-pute. He said that debate had taken a much larger chunk of the meeting than anticipated and he was just try-ing to accommodate the committee as a whole on its entire agenda. “I abstained so they could proceed. Perhaps in retrospect I shouldn’t have because that gives Mike the ammuni-

tion to say I was making some kind of concession to the arguments of his supporters,” Repici told us.

On to the RPV

McHugh said he is forwarding his appeal of the entire elective process of the Warren County Republican Com-mittee slate led by Repici and Steve Kurtz to the RPV (Republican Party of Virginia) and hopes it will be heard by a scheduled June 16 meeting.

McHugh says the chairmanship is-sue is not as clear cut as Repici states. He says his appeal is based on a rule that new officer elections cannot be held until vacancies are declared. Since there was no resolution on of-ficers at the March mass meeting, when outgoing Chairman Dave Hen-derson convened the April 12 com-mittee meeting and eventually called for officer elections, no vacancy of the chairmanship existed, McHugh con-tends. Be that as it may, Repici said he hopes the June meeting of the Warren County Republican Committee will be scheduled mid-month and that he plans to chair it. Past Chairman Dave Henderson agrees there was no vacancy of the chairmanship at the outset of the April 12 meeting but says McHugh is conveniently ignoring both county and state Republican bylaws on the transfer of the chairmanship. “The Warren County bylaws and the state plan of action, which are by-laws, state that the office of chairman is held for two years until the next mass meeting – OR until a succes-sor is elected,” Henderson says. “So, based on that ‘or’ clause, I stayed on as chairman until the new chairman was elected on April 12, when I handed the gavel over to Dom Repici.” In an e-mail summary of the June 2 district vote, Repici emphasized the decisive 32-5 vote against McHugh’s claim to the chairmanship, adding, “We all hope that this decision ends the bickering and discontent exhibited by some of our members and provides

the basis for reuniting the WCRC and getting on with the business of elect-ing a Republican President, Senator, and Congressman.” Told Repici is proceeding as chair-man, McHugh said, “Tell him he’s got the courthouse crowd behind him – why is he afraid to take a decision to the membership?”

Background

At issue are the validity of elections of dueling executive committee slates voted in at separate meetings on April 10 and April 12. Those elections were held due to the failure of the county Republicans to elect a chairman, vice chairman or secretary at a March 15 mass meeting. Then that mass meeting was adjourned, rather than continued to another date by Acting Chairman Dennis Fusaro. Elected at what was claimed to be the re-adjourned mass meeting on April 10 by the McHugh-led splinter group self described as a coalition of “Ron Paul people, constitutional conservatives and hard-core pro-life Catholics”, who held the March 15 mass meeting majority were Mike McHugh, chairman; Nick Bukowski, vice chair; and Jon Fidero, secretary. Election of that slate at the mass meet-ing was prevented by a pre-set rule by the chair that nominations from the floor could not be made that night. Elected at the regular monthly committee meeting on April 12 were Dominic Repici, chairman; Steve Kurtz, vice chair; and Mary Kay Clark, re-elected secretary.

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The Front Royal-Warren County Warren County Cham-ber’s Annual Dinner and Awards night will be held on Friday, June 8th at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club. The evening will kick off at 6 p.m. with a social hour; din-ner will begin promptly at 7 p.m. with the program and awards presentations following a short time later. If you are interested in donating an auction item or make reservations, contact the Chamber at (540) 635-3185 or [email protected]. RSVP by Friday, June 1st, 3 p.m. Thanks to our event spon-sors: Dominion Power, Warren Memorial Hospital, The River 95.3 FM, TV3 Winchester, Mela-nie Hamel – Weichert Realtors, Main Street Daily Grind, BB & T, Linking You, Aire Serv Heat-ing & Air Conditioning, United Bank, Lord Fairfax Community College, Green Clean With TLC, E. I. DuPont, Shenandoah Val-ley Golf Club, The Apple House, Holiday Inn & Suites @ Blue Ridge Shadows Resort, Shotton Designs and Economic Develop-ment Authority

6th District Republican Committee denies McHugh appealMcHugh claim to chair voted down 32-5 – still disputes Repici chairmanship

Still at odds - Mike McHugh, left, in file photo, and Dominic Repici chairing the May 31 WC Republican Committee meeting disagree on result of June 2, 6th District Repubican Committee vote and discussion of county Republican officer dispute. At least committee Treasurer Trish Anderson, standing to Repici’s right, is recognized by both factions of lo-cal Republicans.


Community“Mike’s spinning the meaning of what happened. Everyone knew what the vote was for – I am chairman and Mike McHugh is not.” – Dominic Repici

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The community has come to-gether to plan a fundraiser dinner for heart transplant patient Mar-tiez Bradshaw-Rowell, a local teen who had heart transplant surgery and is having complications.Local churches and civic organiza-tions have donated toward a dinner beginning at 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall on June 30, 2012. Tickets are $50 and are tax deductible. At this time, tickets will be avail-able at the parish office and the visitors center on Main Street in Front Royal. Checks may be writ-ten to Calvary Episcopal Church with “Martiez Fund” posted in memo line. So far, members of the Church of the Brethren, Front Royal Unit-ed Methodist Church, Rockland

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On May 31, the RSW Regional Jail Authority held its first meeting in the wake of state authorities de-ciding to separate financing of its project due to threats of litigation challenging the financing process among individual county govern-

ments. Authority members reiterated that financing and moving toward a construction contract were mov-ing forward as planned. As we re-ported previously, Jail Authority Chairman Doug Stanley explained that the state move to separate the RSW bond approval from other projects was done as a precaution-

ary measure should any legal action be filed. Despite public comments reiterat-ing questions from RSW opponents, largely based in Shenandoah Coun-ty, from four Shenandoah residents, Stanley explained what moves were made by the authority on May 31. “We approved the resolution for the short-term financing for the $32,840,000 in notes. The VRA will be selling bonds for the long-term financing with a closing on June 13th. Construction will begin on the site next week. Shockey has

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nents’ stance against the RSW Jail. According to draft meeting min-utes, Bailey questioned the actual cost of the project and the varying amounts each participating county board had approved for project financing. She cited approvals of $65,000,000 in long-term debt and $32,000,000 in short-term loans by Rappahannock’s Board, a flat ap-proval of $89,000,000 by Shenan-doah’s board; and $45,000,000 long-term and $32,800,000 short-term by Warren County’s board. “[Bailey] indicated that they felt the ‘sky’ was the limit [on costs]. She stated when the Jail Agreement was signed the cost of the facility was $68 million and she felt it would go

up to $120 million. She stated that the county board members would be recalled and that the next board would not be obligated to make the bond payments,” draft meeting min-utes state. Shruntz stated she was part of the Shenandoah County-based op-position group and summarized the group’s opposition. She said the group believes, “that the RSW Re-gional Jail Authority Board is not in compliance with State code regard-ing maximum use of competitive negotiations” and asked Shenan-doah County members of the RSW Authority “to withdraw Shenandoah County from the RSW Regional Jail agreement.”

Prince and Pollock echoed the points made by Bailey and Shruntz. However as Stanley explained above, Shenandoah remains in-volved despite its sheriff ’s misgiv-ings, and the financing and con-struction processes were authorized and moved forward on May 31 with construction slated to begin mid-June. Stanley also responded to a point made to us by Warren County Re-publican activist and regional jail opponent Mike McHugh that War-ren County could meet its inmate overflow needs more cost-efficient-ly by utilizing available empty bed space in the Northwestern Region-al Jail operated by Frederick and Clarke Counties. “Last week we had 178 inmates incarcerated – 30 at the work re-lease center and 148 at the jail. We are rated for 79 total inmates. The Sheriff checked to see how much it would cost us to house 50 inmates

in the Northwestern Regional Jail Facility located in Winchester in rented bed space for the next two years until the RSW Regional Jail was constructed and opened. Their current inmate per diem is $76. This would cost the county and taxpayers almost $2.8 million over the next two years alone. With the state picking up 50 percent of eligible construc-tion costs it is far more cost effec-tive to build our own facility. That is why almost every other locality has already made the decision to partic-ipate in a regional jail,” Stanley said. Stanley added that to his knowl-edge, as of June 6 no litigation chal-lenging the project’s legality had been filed by opponents.

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tributions to the state retirement system to coincide with a com-parable one-percent pay increase to VRS eligible public employees passed 5-1, with only Vice-Mayor Chris Holloway voting against the wording change. “I don’t like it,” Holloway said of the figurative slap in the face of the state government. However, the strong majority consensus of council was that it did not like double-talk coming out of Richmond regarding what was described as a “budget relief ” to those mandated to pay it. That this state mandate of “bud-get relief ” to public sector em-ployees and their municipal em-ployers is double talk appeared to be solidified in the council major-

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(Managing editor’s note: By coincidence, we had begun hearing about signs of un-rest from various sources, high and low, within several Valley Health enterprises. Included was a restlessness among cer-tain longtime members of the medical staff who see themselves “losing touch” with patients as Valley Health expands was brought to our attention. Valley Health, some say, is getting too big. At

the opposite end of the pipeline, we are told of work rule changes that may ulti-mately result in lower take home pay for lower paid employees. Some senior phy-sicians, we are told, are quitting and new hires are subjected to less onerous pro-fessional requirements than were their predecessors. Then along came E. Dixon Whitworth, Jr, Chairman of the Valley Health Board of Trustees, who addressed Front Royal Rotary Club on June 1 to talk about Valley Health on the eve of his re-tirement from the board. So it was with

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“Who is Valley Health?” was the ques-tion posed by E. Dixon Whitworth, Jr. at a Rotary Club meeting in Front Royal. Not “what” but “who.” What it is, is a regional health care system of singular reputation that has grown exponentially in the past decade and is one of the ar-ea’s largest corporations, either profit or non-profit. Valley Health (VH) is non-profit serving 16 counties in two states. But who is it? At the outset Whitworth said there is a “great misunderstanding or, rather, a lack of knowledge of who” Valley Health is. First, he said, “our mission is not just serving the sick.” He explained: “We are

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has grown exponentially, particularly in recent years. How this growth has affected the psyche of VH veterans is a question that perhaps needs looking into and maybe answering. It’s not surprising, perhaps, that the gripe about more and more paperwork reducing patients to a number rather than a name is explainable considering these numbers:

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spin-off jobs that have benefited War-ren. Building by building, the group now consists of the flagship Winchester Medical Center; Warren Memorial Hos-pital; Shenandoah Memorial Hospital; Page Memorial Hospital; Hampshire Memorial Hospital and War Memorial Hospital in West Virginia. Whitworth is retired from BB&T and occupied various positions with the bank, including regional president, Blue Ridge Regional Bank, retiring in 2006. He is also on the board of trust-ees of Shenandoah University and a past president (1993-4) of Winchester Rotary Club. He was born in Front Royal in 1944, worked in banking in Richmond for 20 years, moving with his wife, Kay, to Win-chester in 1986.


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Sandra Lee Eddy, owner of Aunt Sandy’s Diner, wants everyone to know she and her staff have cre-ated exactly the kind of place where they’d like to eat when they go out. “Most of our regular customers say we have good country food and a very homey atmosphere. It’s a pleas-ant place to come and they like to sit back and watch the entertainment from the servers and kitchen staff, especially when it’s a full house. It’s a lot like cooking at home and can be comical at times,” she said. The diner is nestled among sev-eral businesses at 107 Water Street, right near the junction of Happy Creek Road and North Commerce Ave. Sandy said she’d thought a lot about opening a restaurant over the years, but it was nothing she thought she could do. One night after her husband ran into the for-mer owner and they had to have the answer the next day, there was no more thinking and they’ve been open since New Year’s Day, 2012. They were already familiar with the place when it was owned by Sandy Wharton and called Midway Restaurant, where Sandy Eddy’s un-cle Kenneth Priest had worked for 30 years. “We came down here and looked at it. We then took the money we could come up with and bought paint. We did a lot of elbow work, rearranged the tables and redeco-rated all with the help of family and friends,” she said, looking around the pleasant dining room. Front Royal born and raised, San-dy had a lot of experience in cook-ing for large groups. “I grew up cooking at home, and later did a lot of entertaining at my

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She also worked at the Heritage Hall nursing home in the kitchen where she gained a basic knowledge about safe food-handling practices, like cross-contamination, food tem-peratures and rotations. Along with cleanliness, she offers good-tasting food at affordable pric-es in an inviting social atmosphere. “We have people who come in every day, have breakfast, and hang out and talk,” she said. Sandy mentioned an ‘elderly gen-tleman’ who specifically asked to meet the cook who made the straw-berry pancakes. When Sandy brought her out to see him, he told her that he‘d been in the [military] service and had traveled to many different countries, but her pancakes were the best ones he’d ever had. “Our cook is creative,” she said. Another of the mouth-watering

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Saturday, June 9, 2012All day Forecast for 22630: 86° | 59°8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more informa-tion: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.9am - 1pm Farmers Market. War-ren County Government Center, Front Royal. Enjoy the Farmers Market today.12pm - 4pm Izaak Walton Fund-raiser. Izaak Walton Park, Brown-town. The Warren County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will hold their annual BBQ & Bluegrass Fundraiser today. Pork BBQ meal with sides and dessert - $10.00 for adults, children 6-12 $5.00. Hot dogs are $1.00. Music by “Five of a Kind”.2pm - 3pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. “Chess Challenge” - Meet other kids and teens who love the challenge of a good chess game. For ages 8 and up. Please register.

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64°8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more informa-tion: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.6:30pm - 7:30pm Corpus Christi Procession. Main Street, Front Royal. 13th Annual Corpus Chris-ti Procession begins at St. John’s Catholic Church, moves down Main Street to Gazebo Area and back.

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Tuesday, June 12, 201212:30pm - 1pm Tourism Tuesdays. 95.3 - the River radio station. Hear the latest tourism related news and events every Tuesday at 12:30! If you can’t listen live check out the podcasts at http://www.theriv-er953online.com.3pm - 6pm Farmers Market. Main Street, Front Royal. Enjoy the Farmers Market today near the Ga-zebo Parking lot.7pm - 7pm BAR Meeting. County of Warren Government Center Front Royal.

Wednesday, June 13, 201210:15am - 11:15am Samuels Pub-lic Library, Front Royal. Toddler Story Time: Bring your toddler to a potpourri of simple stories, fun songs and a cute craft. Theme: You can fly!11am - 12pm Samuels Public Li-brary, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time: Come in with your preschooler for an enjoyable hour filled with amazing tales, exciting sing-alongs, finger plays and a nifty craft. Theme: You can fly!3:30pm - 5pm Chamber Board Meeting. Chamber Office.

Thursday, June 14, 2012All day Flag Day10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Pub-lic Library, Front Royal. Toddler Story Time: Bring your toddler to a potpourri of simple stories, fun songs and a cute craft. Theme: You can fly!11am - 12pm Samuels Public Li-brary, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time: Come in with your preschooler for an enjoyable hour filled with amazing tales, exciting sing-alongs, finger plays and a nifty craft. Theme: You Can Fly!2pm - 3pm Samuels Public Library,

Front Royal. “The Wright Broth-ers” - Do you like airplanes? Cele-brate the beginning of the Summer Reading Club with “The Wright Brothers”, a musical puppet show that allows children to experience the thrill of man’s first powered flight. For the entire family.

Friday, June 15, 20122pm - 3pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. “Writer’s Block” - Join fellow writers for an afternoon of inspiration. Bring your latest cre-ation and share it with others. For ages 12 and up. Please register.7pm - 8pm Gazebo Gatherings. Main Street, Front Royal. Tonight is a FREE concert at the Gazebo located at Main/ Chester Street. Sponsored by the Blue Ridge Arts Council (BRAC) for your summer entertainment. Tonight is: Rich Follet - feel good folk

Saturday, June 16, 20128am - 2pm Corvette Show. Main Street, Front Royal. Enjoy the 2012 All Corvette Car Show sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley Corvette Club. Registration will be at Jack Evans Used Car Lot on Commerce Avenue from 8:00a-9:00a. All ve-hicles will then move to the Ga-zebo area at Main/ Chester Streets. There will be a face painter and a band. There will be a raffle for Blue Ridge Hospice.8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more informa-tion: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.9am - 1pm Farmers Market. War-ren County Government Center, Front Royal. Enjoy the Farmers Market today.10:10am - 11:10am Samuels Pub-lic Library, Front Royal. Books and Barks: Come to our extremely pop-ular monthly program that gives developing readers the chance to read and relax with a trained ther-apy dog. For beginning readers and up. Please register.5pm - 9pm Cruise Inn. Quality Inn, Front Royal. Enjoy a car show this weekend.

Sunday, June 17, 2012All day Father’s Day8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more informa-tion: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.

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7pm - 8pm BZA Meeting. County of Warren Government Center.7pm - 8pm Council Work Session. Town Hall, 16 N Royal Avenue, Front Royal. Council will have a Work Session tonight in the Town Hall Conference Room. Thepublic is invited.

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Local 19-year-old popped for booze, cocaine, pot possession

A Front Royal man is being held without bail in the Warren County Jail after his arrest early Thursday morning, June 7, by Warren County Sher-iff ’s Deputies. Cody Alan Clater, age 19, of 15 West 18th Street, Front Royal has been charged with a felony warrant for possession of cocaine, and four mis-demeanor warrants for possession of marijuana, public intoxication, un-derage possession of alcohol, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Warren County Deputies had been searching for a reported female ju-venile runaway who they had been told may be with Clater. Deputies lo-cated the runaway at 603 Remount Road. While doing a search of the property deputies noticed a white powdery substance in a parked vehicle, and found Clater hiding facedown under a van.When the male exited from under the van a straw with white powder residue was dropped. When questioned, Clater admitted to deputies that the white powder was cocaine. Front Royal Police Department’s narcotic K-9 was called in for a search, resulting in a positive alert. A small bag of green plant material was found in the vehicle along with an empty vodka bottle.Clater is scheduled to appear in Warren County General District Court on June 12.

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communityTo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] • 540-551-2072or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-9197

MARKETPLACE

Front Royal. “Felicity and Friends” - Felicity, Kit, Molly and their American Girlfriends invite you to share a cup of tea. Bring your doll and enjoy the food and fun activi-ties.7pm - 8pm Planning Commission Meeting. County of Warren Gov-ernment Center.

Thursday, June 21, 201210:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Toddler Story Time: Bring your toddler to a pot-

pourri of simple stories, fun songs and a cute craft. Theme: Summer.11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Preschool Story Time: Come in with your preschooler for an enjoyable hour filled with amazing tales, exciting sing-alongs, finger plays and a nifty craft. Theme: Summer3:30pm - 4:30pm Samuels Pub-lic Library, Front Royal. Big Kids Story Time: Do you enjoy stories, games and really cool crafts? Do the beauty and wonder of Unicorns

delight you. If so join in. For kin-dergarten and up.5pm - 8pm Third Thursday Art-Walk. Downtown Front Royal.

Friday, June 22, 20127pm - 10pm Front Porch Style Pickin’ Party. Warren County Se-nior Center, 1217 Commonwealth Ave. All levels of talent are wel-come. Acoustic instruments only.7pm - 8pm Gazebo Gatherings. Main Street, Front Royal. Tonight is a FREE concert at the Gazebo

located at Main/ Chester Street. Sponsored by the Blue Ridge Arts Council (BRAC) for your summer entertainment. Tonight is: Ameri-can Legion Community Bank - a mix of medleys - Marches to Mod-ern.

Saturday, June 23, 20128am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market . Warren County Fairgrounds. For more informa-tion: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.

9am - 1pm Farmers Market. War-ren County Government Center, Front Royal. Enjoy the Farmers Market today.

Sun Jun 24, 20128am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more informa-tion: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.



Front Royal’s

Fussell Florist

Commerce Ave. Across from the Front Royal Fire Dept.

www.frontroyalsfussellflorist.net www.fussellflorist.net

202 E. 2nd St. Front Royal, VA

635-1334 • 635-4193

Remember Dad for Father’s DaySunday June 17th

Order Early!• Fruit Baskets • Arrangements

• Gourmet Fruit & Sweet Baskets

20%

MASSAGE in your HOME or HOTEL

540-219-3150

Handyman ServiceCall Shawn 540-440-6173

Tree and brush removal•Plumbing•Small engine repair•Lawn service•Tile work•Junk removal•Some car repair•Painting•Roof repair•Fencing and fence repair•Driveway sealing•Tin roof sealing •

And paintingMetal fabrication•Low rates•


DiversionsTo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] • 540-551-2072or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-9197

WarrenCounty Report

Angie ButerakosAdvertising Sales



Ask StewartTo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] • 540-551-2072or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-9197

Ask Stewart

Dear Stewart:

Is there any way I can attract more birds to my yard?Bird Lover

Dear Bird Lover:Why would you rather attract birds rather than me and my cousins? We’re cute too with our bushy tails, perky ears, and bright eyes. But if you must know, in general to get more birds you must provide them with the necessities of life-- food, water, and shelter.

Birds like to eat three things, fruit, seeds, or insects. So first of all, plant trees and shrubs that produce fruit or seeds. Dogwoods, hackberries, vibur-nums, crabapples, cherries, service berries and hollies produce berries or fruit. Conifers, oaks, pecans, all are good choices to provide nuts or seeds.

But in addition to these, plant trees that attract insects as well. Some birds eat nothing but bugs, but all birds feed insects to their young. So they are more likely to nest in areas with lots of critters. Hackberries, willows, catalpas, cherries, pecans, and tulip poplars are some good trees that at-tract lots of insects. So planting many of these trees in your yards will bring lots of birds in. We squirrels are kind of partial to many of these too, just in case you change your mind.

Water is very important for all animals, even you humans. While birds will drink from those bowls or dishes that you folks put out, most prefer moving water. Most of us creatures know in-stinctively that still water may be stag-nant which could be poisonous. So we are far more likely to come to a splash

or drip. We can hear it a long way off and we know there is less chance of getting sick from water that moves.

Birds also need two kinds of shelter. They need places that will protect them in bad weather, and they need spots that are good to nest in. For this, plant trees with lots of stems and branches. Also different evergreens which are thick with good branch cover are great shelter spots. I prefer larger older trees with lots of holes. And many birds like those too. So if you have some older trees with a little bit of rot that are not a danger in their surroundings, you might consider leaving them in place. Some birds will excavate nest cavities which I get to use the next year for storing my acorns. What a great way to make everyone happy.

Stewart

The Front Royal/Warren Coun-ty Tree Steward program began in 1997 with volunteers dedicated to improving the health of trees by providing educational programs, tree planting and care demon-strations, and tree maintenance throughout the community. The group now consists of over 30 active members with several in-terns 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 [email protected] and we may publish it in a future issue. Please visit our website at www.treesfrontroyal.org.

Winnie’s ad sponsored by:

540-636-1640 marksonderproductions.com

(Yes! Mark has “Lucky” the dog from the WCHS.)

Tessie - 1 year old female Pit mix. Tessie is a beautiful and lov-ing dog. She is great with people, but needs a home without other animals.

Tank - 4 year old neutered male Shar Pei mix. Tank is very spunky and playful! He’s good with dogs and cats.

Diesel - 2 year old male Eng-lish Bulldog/Setter mix. This goofy boy is housetrained and good with other dogs.

With your help we have been able to place thousands of animals in good homes. Contact Alison @ 540-551-2072 if you would like to become a pet sponsor too!

Maggie’s ad sponsored by:

Martins Foods409 South St.Front Royal

540-635-2249

Humane Society of Warren CountyMonday thru Sunday 10 am to 4 pm- Closed Wednesdays • 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA • [email protected]

540-635-4734

Drako - 1 year old male Lab/Pit mix. Drako loves to play and is great with other dogs.

540-635-4734

Tank’s ad sponsored by:

Wanda SneadProperty Management

Serving the area for 16 yearsSam Snead Realty

540-635-9753SamSneadRealty.com

Please be sure your pets at home are spayed/neutered and up to date on vaccinations. Dog adoption available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Petco • Cat adoption available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Southern States

Check out our other adoptable pets on www.warrenco.petfinder.com. Please join the Humane Society of Warren County. Membership dues help HSWC provide compassionate care to abandoned, abused, homeless and neglected animals in our community. Membership Dues: Individual $30, Family $50, Student and Senior

Citizen $15, Business $200, Patron (life member) $1,500. Please stop by the shelter or call 540-635-4734 for info.Dogs: Adoption Fee $30 Spay/Neuter Fee $65-$100 Cats: Adoption Fee $15 Spay/Neuter Fee $45-$60540-635-4734 540-635-4734

Virginia Livestock, LLC

2796 Rivermont Dr. 540-635-5511


Local BusinessTo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] • 540-551-2072or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-9197

Offering Something DifferentIn Senior Living

We Offer:

Weekly outings

3 delicious meals daily24-hr monitored security system

Variety of entertainment Beautiful views from every windowPeaceful country settingsWeekly Christian worship services

Crafts with youth group for charities

Lawn mowing & maintenance

We are a state-of-the-art “green facility” GEO thermal heating, and backup generator too.

Caring staff/ 24hr/ nursing staff24-Hour monitored security system

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Transportation available for outings or Doctors visits in handicap bus

•••

Hidden Springs Senior Living prides itself on providing life’s comforts and amenities so you can relax.

10 minutes south of Front Royal

www.hiddenspringsseniorliving.com

“With our superior nursing care and affordable rates, Hidden Springs Senior Living offers the best senior living value in the valley”Call today to schedule your personal tour! • 636-2008 • Front Royal • 973 Buck Mt. Rd, Bentonville, Va

Member must provide documentation of current rate from other institution. Rate subject to change without notice. The floor rate set at 2.99%.

Membership required. Qualifications apply. Federally insured by NCUA.

Refinance your existing loan from another financial institution and we will lower the rate by 1%. NO REFINANCES within credit union. Subject to credit approval. This doesn’t apply to Home Equity,

overdraft line of protection loans, or credit cards.

540-635-7133230 N Royal Avenue, Front Royal

113 South Street, Front RoyalFederally insured by NCUA

For more information visit:www.frontroyalfcu.org

INCREDIBLE PRICES!540-635-4000 • 800-296-0044

Rt. 619 & Corner of Airport Rd • Front Royal

BUDGET SELF STORAGE

First Month FREE!with 1 Month Paid Rent & Security Deposit

With Coupon *Subject to availability

Now BookingEvents, Parties, Bars and Clubs

Rock, Punk, Thrash, Metal

EMAIL: [email protected]


Mon - Fri 7AM - 7PM • Sat 8AM - 5PM • Closed Sunday

FREE PIT STOP!• Check and top-off all vital fluid levels

• Check and adjust tire pressure to specs• Inspect light bulbs • Multi-Point vehicle inspection

Plus 10% OFF AnyRecommended Service or Repair

Additional charge for synthetic motor oil and diesel engines.Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon

must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends 6/30/12. Not valid with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

Our Normal LOW PriceOil & Filter Change

$500

Up to 5 quarts. Additional charge for synthetic motor oil and diesel enginesPlus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon

must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends 6/30/12. Not valid with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

VINTAGE CLUB SPECIAL

10% OFF

20% OFF

Up to 5 YEARS OLDTAKE

6 YEARS +TAKE

ANY SERVICE OR REPAIR (Max. discount $175)Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon

must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends 6/30/12 Not valid with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

$3995Some vehiclesslightly higher

NITROGEN TIRE FILL

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends 6/30/12. Not valid with any other

coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

Ask your Service Advisor about the Nitrogen-Fill Driver Protection Plan. Some of the benefits include 24 hour Emergency Towing Service, Lost Key or Lock Out Service, Tire Repair and Replacement Coverage

to name a few.

NITROGEN GAS FILLED TIRES aren’t affected by changing temperatures and they’re ideal for tire monitoring system equipment found in today’s vehicles. This service will: Improve fuel economy; Extend Tire Life.

$175 OFFANY PARTS & SERVICE



Based on retail price. Not to exceed 10% off total parts and labor. Excludes retail parts, tires, collision/body shop parts and service. See supervisor for details.











Brake Pad Replacement Special

$9995ONLY

$75 OFFGAS $AVER SPRING MAINTENANCE

ANY

30k - 60k - 90k Mile ServicePlus Get 1 Day Complimentary Rental Car

($40 Value)

MEET OR BEATWE WILL

CHRYSLER-JEEP-DODGEANY

Coupons by 10%

Your vehicle’s finish really took a beating this Winter!

COMPLETEVehicle Detailing

New Season, New Car Feeling!

• Hand wax • Hand wash• Clean interior• Clean engine compartment & trunk

Some vehicles slightly higher

$9995Reg.

$149.95

CompetitivePricing on Tires! Ask about Our Exclusive

Tires for a Lifetime Program!

RE-INVENTINGCUSTOMER SERVICE!

OFF

Jeep Accessory Special

10% OFFAccessories include parts & labor

installed only in our shop.

Pre-VacationSpecials!Be Road Ready!

TAX, TAGS & TITLE FEES NOT INCLUDED. $289 PROCESSING FEE not included.All vehicles subject to prior sale. 2.75% APR financing is subject to approved credit and limited to 2008 and newer model year vehicles. 2.75% APR for 72 months results in

monthly payment equal to $15.09 per thousand financed. Zero down on approved credit.

ONLY

2011 Honda Accord EX-LSunroof, Leather, Pwr./htd seats, AM/FM/CD, ABS breaksstk# 12GC137C

2007 Dodge Ram SLT4WD, Quad Cab, Tow pkg,R-sliding wndw, Bed liner, Pwr, CC/AC, AM/FM/CD stk #12WR28B $15,950 $23,790

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