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By Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

On Feb. 1�, California law en-forcement authorities killed a for-mer Los Angeles Police Department officer who had declared “asym-metrical warfare” on his former de-partment over alleged personal and professional injustices and Presi-

dent Barack Obama featured an emotional plea to address U.S. gun violence with at least a congressio-nal vote on background check leg-islation and other firearms control proposals in his �013 State of the Union Address. One day later between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. the Front Royal Police were dispatched to a potential neighbor-

hood shooting incident on the 700 block of West 15th Street. Fortu-nately, police discovered no one was shot or killed in this local incident. A Feb. 13 FRPD press release described the incident and its out-come: “Deputy Chief Mark Werner has announced the arrest of John Ed-ward Robinson, a 59-year-old white male, who resides at 735 West 15th St. in Front Royal. Robinson has been charged with Discharge of a firearm in Town Limits, Reckless Handling of a Firearm and Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling. “The Front Royal Police Depart-ment received a call of shots fired in the area of 700 block of West 15th

Street patrol units responded and determined that the shots were fired from the residence of 735 w 15th Street. Corporal Steve Mauck and several other patrol officers were able to establish a perimeter around the address. “Once the perimeter was set and West 15th Street was blocked off to traffic, Detective Sergeant Jason Ryman coordinated with Detec-tive Corporal Kevin Foltz, who is a hostage negotiator. They attempted to make contact with the resident at 735 West 15th Street and Corporal Foltz was able to contact John Rob-inson by phone. Corporal Foltz was able to persuade Robinson to come out of the residence with his hands

up. As Robinson came out of the front door of 735 West 15th Street [he] was arrested without incident by officers of the Front Royal Police Department. After Robinson was arrested a sweep of 735 West 15th Street re-vealed that no one else was in the residence. Detectives of the FRPD Criminal Investigation Division applied for and executed a Search Warrant for 735 West 15th Street in relation to these offenses. Police said Robinson is believed to have fired at two addresses, 740 and 744 West 16th Street. “Numerous firearms and ammu-nition were seized. Robinson’s court date is pending. “Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detec-tive Sergeant Jason Ryman of the Front Royal Police Department at (540) 635-�111.”

Town Police arrest 59-year-old man in W. 15th St. shooting

735 W. 15th St. address listed for shooting suspect John Ed-ward Robinson appears to be fairly new to the neighborhood. It is believed Robinson is accused of firing, apparently from the rear of his house or property, toward homes on 16th Street.

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Public safetyAt issue for many, particularly friends and relatives of the victim, will be how someone with Henry’s extensive rap sheet was able to get house arrest/work release on his most recent convic-tion stemming from a March 8, �011, U.S. Marshall-led bust involving federal fugitives …


A man who stabbed his wife re-peatedly at a pull-off area at the en-trance to the Apple Mountain Sub-division on Apple Mountain Road while on inmate work release by the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office was officially charged with 1st De-gree Attempted Murder on Feb. 4 term day in Warren County Circuit Court. Thirty-two-year-old Ricky Brian Henry, formerly and perhaps ironically of 90 Rambo Court, was also indicted on an Aggravated Ma-licious Wounding charge. The victim was Lakisha Henry, 33, the wife of her assailant, also with an address of 90 Rambo Court. A WCSO press release issued the day after the attack and arrest state, “On August 14, �01� at 5:47 p.m. the Warren County Sheriff ’s Of-fice received a 911 call advising of

a stabbing in progress at the school bus stop, pull-off area at the en-trance to the Apple Mountain Sub-division on Apple Mountain Road. When deputies arrived on scene they found bystanders treating a white female who had multiple stab wounds.” Initial information received by this reporter at the time of the at-tack indicated the victim was put-ting children into a van at the Apple Mountain Road bus stop/pull over at the time she was attacked by her husband; and that Ricky Henry was disarmed and subdued at the scene by three males present at the time of the attack. One person said a wit-ness told her the assailant “came out of the woods” on foot. Unverified information indicated Mrs. Henry may have been attempting to leave her husband at the time of the at-tack. The complaint presented to the

grand jury states Mrs. Henry was “seen running from the accused, screaming for help. The accused pursued her until he caught her, and then stabbed her repeatedly.” The victim suffered numerous stab wounds to her entire body, the Aug. 15 WCSO press release re-ported. Ricky Henry was taken into custody by the deputies “without incident,” the press release report-ed. Lakisha Henry was treated at the scene by medical personnel and transferred by helicopter to INOVA Hospital in Fairfax where she was initially treated in the Intensive Care Unit while listed in critical condition. Ricky Henry was transported from the scene to Warren Memo-rial Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries suffered while being subdued. Henry was released from the hospital and transported to the Warren County Jail where he was initially served with two ar-rest warrants on the felony charges brought back by a Warren County Grand Jury on Feb. 4. According to Sheriff Daniel McEathron, Henry was serving a sentence on drug related charges and was in the Warren County Jail’s Work Release Home Electronic Monitoring Program at the time of the attack.

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Research into our archives re-vealed this online post of a press release from Sheriff McEathron, dated March 9, �011: “On March 8, �011 at approxi-mately 9:15 p.m. Warren County Sheriff ’s deputies assisted U.S.

Marshals with the execution of fu-gitive arrest warrants. The deputies and U.S. Marshals arrested Stephen Damon Ferguson, age 31, of Rambo Court, Linden, VA on a probation violation extradition warrant from the State of Georgia. Also arrested was Robert Joe Farmer, age 35, of 90 Rambo Court, Linden, VA on a failure to appear on assault and bat-tery, cruelty to children, terroristic threats extradition warrant from the State of Georgia. “During the execution of the ar-rests at 90 Rambo Court, illegal narcotics were observed, which re-sulted in the felony arrest of Ricky Brian Henry, age 30, of 90 Rambo Court, Linden, VA for possession with intent to sell or distribute more than five pounds of marijuana. The narcotics case was turned over to the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force. “Stephen Damon Ferguson and Robert Joe Farmer are currently be-ing held without bond at the War-ren County Jail. Ricky Brian Henry

was released on a $10,000 secured bond.” This is the charge Henry is be-lieved to have been under home incarceration on at the time of the attack on his wife. Warren County Circuit Court Clerk’s office records indicate Henry has a local rap sheet including 1� counts of Grand Lar-ceny, Statutory Burglary and Petit Larceny occurring on either Jan. 9, �009 or June 13, �000; as well as multiple related Probation Viola-tion and Revocation hearings. At issue for many, particularly friends and relatives of the victim, will be how someone with Henry’s extensive rap sheet was able to get house arrest/work release on his most recent conviction stemming from the March 8, �011, U.S. Mar-shall-led bust and Henry’s asso-ciation with out-of-state fugitives wanted by the federal government? Judge Dennis L. Hupp scheduled an April 1st hearing date for Henry at 9 a.m..

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By Dave Zirin

This week, the most famous NBA player yet to play in the NBA finally took the court. Royce White, rookie forward for the Houston Rockets, suited up for their D-League team, the esteemed Rio Grande Valley Vi-pers. In 18 minutes, he had seven points, eight rebounds and four assists. But the bigger story was that White played at all. For months, the �1-year-old has been sitting out the season in protest: a rebel with a cause. White has been bat-tling the Rockets over how they would deal with issues surround-ing his mental health. The first-round-draft-pick has an anxiety disorder that affects how he handles everything from flying to practices. He has made it clear amidst an avalanche of criticism that his mental health is more important that his con-tract or career. Throughout this difficult fall, White has become a crusader for change, calling out not just the NBA for disregard-ing mental illness and treating him like “a commodity”, but also the fans that have sent him “hun-dreds” of violent and especially homophobic threats. White isn’t gay but apparently for some, car-ing about your mental health is the equivalent.

Until a recent interview how-ever, it wasn’t clear just how po-litically thoughtful, serious, and even revolutionary an athlete we have in Royce White. For White, this isn’t just about his struggle or changing how NBA teams treat mental illness. It’s about something far greater. In his in-terview on the ESPN spin-off site Grantland with journalist Chuck Klosterman, White said that the question we are scared to ask in the United States is, “How many people don’t have a mental ill-ness?” Klosterman responded, “Why wouldn’t we want to talk about that?” White’s reply is one for the ages: “Because that would mean the majority is mentally ill, and that we should base all our policies around the idea of supporting the mentally ill because they’re the majority of people. But if we keep thinking of them as a minority, we can say, ‘You stay over there and deal with your problems over there’ … [T]he problem is grow-ing, and it’s growing because there’s a subtle war — in Ameri-ca, and in the world — between business and health. It’s no se-cret that � percent of the human population controls all the wealth and the resources, and the other 98 percent struggle their whole life to try and attain it. Right? And what ends up happening is

that the � percent leave the 98 percent to struggle and struggle and struggle, and they eventually build up these stresses and condi-tions.”* As if this wasn’t enough for one interview, White also said that he wants to use basketball as a plat-form to fight for universal mental health coverage with clinics in ev-ery community. He claimed that he is willing to “die for this.” When athletes use their hyper-exalted position to fight for some-thing greater than themselves they are, consciously or not, lay-ing claim to a powerful tradition. It’s a tradition marked by people like Billie Jean King, Bill Russell, and of course Muhammad Ali. In listening to White, I was re-minded of something Ali once said: “All of my boxing, all of my running around, all of my public-ity, was just the start of my life. Now my life is starting – fighting injustice, fighting racism, fighting crime, fighting indecency, fight-ing poverty. Using this face that the world knows through fame and going out and representing truth.” White as well is that rare per-son who wants to use his fame to represent truth. There is of course an ocean of difference between Royce White and Muhammad Ali in terms of athletic accomplish-ment and cultural capital. But there’s a subtler difference as well. Ali at his political apex was part of a massive anti-war wave. Even though the boxing establishment and much of the media despised him, he had an army of support-

ers. Contrast that to today. There is no wave of people standing up for the rights of the mentally ill. There is no one in mainstream politics talking about the mental health crisis that pulses beneath daily life in this country. There is no one on Capitol Hill point-ing out what’s in plain sight every day. Think about all the massive at-tention we are paying to gun vio-lence and the absence of attention to what makes people crack and become violent in the first place. Think about the tragic shoot-ings in Chicago and the absence of discussion about the poverty and racism that define the parts of that city where the murders are taking place. Think about the mental stress that precedes so much of the violence in commu-

nities around the country. This is the discussion Royce White wants us to have and the �1-year-old seems like the only person in public life who wants to have it. In other words, if Ali, like no one else, brilliantly rode the rapids of a tumultuous era, Royce White is attempting something far for daunting. He’s trying to change the direction of the whole damn river.

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ALONG THESE LINESWhen is a Foot-long not a Foot Long?By Nick Thomas

The answer, apparently, is when it’s a Subway sandwich. It seems these tasty, elongated snacks haven’t been measuring up to vigilant customers’ expectations lately. Armed with their trusty yardsticks, pernickety patrons around the country have resolutely sunk the Sub’s promotional promise of being one foot long (or exactly 1� inches for the dimensionally challenged). Many of the $5 Subway sandwiches have been “weighing in” at a stunted 11 inches. Turning to social media, some disgruntled cus-tomers have been content to merely voice their outrage, while others hope to extract compen-sation through litigation. A class-action lawsuit against Subway seeks fast-food justice for the re-ceding rolls. For me, however, the incident poses more evocative questions about the advertising claims of other fast food favorites. For instance, does this mean for the past three decades Ronald McDonald has been peddling a Quarter Pounder that doesn’t contain exactly 0.�5 lbs of hamburger meat? And should we now have doubts about the Ken-tucky Fried Chicken franchise? Perhaps Colonel

Sanders’ Original Recipe of 11 herbs and spices has been covertly trimmed to a meager ten. In fact, I’ve long been suspicious of KFC advertising ever since I learned that founder Harland Sand-ers wasn’t even a real military colonel. (It was an honorary title given by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.) Don’t think Hardees can escape unscathed from this shameless parade of consumer swindle, either. Their Memphis BBQ Six Dollar Thick-burger actually costs (depending on the state taxes) around $6.30. That’s fraud Hardees, pure fraud. Better lawyer-up if you plan to visit an In-N-Out Burger, and have a hankering for their Dou-ble-Double cheeseburgers. Because here, two times two does not equal four meat patties. One “double” refers to the meat, while the other “dou-ble” refers to the cheese slices. That’s just plain wrong. And what recourse does the consumer have if it turns out that the Dirty Rice side dish sold by the Bojangles’ chain is actually clean? Along these lines, here’s a shocking revelation about the Denny’s breakfast menu: their Senior Omelette doesn’t contain any real seniors at all! Will the culinary cops ever investigate these apparent breaches of fast food marketing? While we’re at it, can we send the irony police to raid Dunkin’ Donuts for having a nutrition sec-tion on their web site? And perhaps SWAT teams should probe a po-tential hazard at Burger King – specifically, the

Whopper Jr. Sandwich Meal. Theoretically, the opposing terms “Whopper” and “Jr” could func-tion dangerously like matter combining with an-timatter, generating primal culinary forces that could cancel each other out violently, and deto-nate during digestion. But returning to the mischief afoot at Subway. The company has now publically addressed the Footlong fraud and expressed regret for “any instance where we did not fully deliver on our promise to our customers.” Despite their contrite tone, Subway’s corporate penitence hasn’t quelled the wrath of customers accusing the company of selling them short. In fact, when my last sandwich turned out to be a runt, I first considered tossing my Sub into the street in front of the store and publically protest-ing by smashing it with a two-by-four (which, by the way, are actually1½ by 3½ by inches – watch out Lowes, I’m looking for a lumber lawyer). Fortunately, a cooler head prevailed. I resolved the shriveled sandwich issue without destroying a perfectly good lunch while still expressing my displeasure to Subway. Anticipating my $5 Foot-long would only be 11 inches, I simply handed the salesperson $4, and left. (Nick Thomas’ features and columns have ap-peared in more than 270 magazines and newspa-pers, including the Washington Post, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Christian Science Monitor. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com)

Dirty politics Although elections are over, lo-cal G.O.P. politicians won’t accept they lost and get over it. Trouble is, they want all their constituents to suffer from their tantrums. Del. Todd Gilbert’s recent state-ments regarding Front Royal’s Charter Bill were … miss-repre-sentations and straight out dirty political maneuvering to deny the will of the people of Front Royal in order that the Republican Party be protected. Gilbert’s statements implying that he didn’t know the nature of the bill’s intent and how it came about is evidence of the

worst kind of political betrayal an elected official can demonstrate; failure to carry out the wishes of your constituents. The people of the Town of Front Royal, Democrat and Republi-can, voted to change its’ elections to November on even years in a non-partisan fashion. Del. Michael Webert, who was given the bill to deliver to the General Assembly, decided, without the knowledge or consent of Front Royal Town Council to oversee the deletion, distortion, and materially changes to the original language to suit his Republican colleagues’ interest. When this wrong was discov-ered, none of our so called Re-

publican representatives would right the wrong. Delegates Bev-erly Sherwood, Todd Gilbert, and Michael Webert were all missing in action. Calls to Jill Vogel were unreturned, even though her ar-ticles always tell you to call. Sen. Mark Obenshain and Sen. Jill Vo-gel could have fought to amend the bill as originally stated, but instead they chose to allow it die a political death – orchestrated by all Repub-licans; why no Democratic involve-ment? Mr. Gilbert’s shameless justifica-tions of the fabrication of this bill was intended to suit a few town councilman and politicians. Such action was an insult to people like

me who spent many hours to get all the people of Front Royal to vote on the matter. His statements imply he or his colleagues alone should de-cide whether the Town’s requests should be granted. What happened here should be considered criminal in its’ intent and an investigation of how the public’s will could be changed and discounted should be demanded by those who voted for the original changes. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice – well it won’t happen.

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It is with great pleasure, gratitude, and amazement that I introduce you to the latest addition to the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) program, the teachers and the students in-volved and what this dynamic pro-gram means to our county, our youth and the future. I was able to corner teacher Jennifer Anderson as she was finishing her class in principles of biomedical science. This enthusi-astic young lady, a graduate of Suni Fredonia New York in recombinant gene technology, was a cancer/tuber-culosis researcher at Cornell Univer-sity before coming to Warren County to teach nine years ago. I asked this mother of two (Riley 6 and Kaden 4) and wife to Mark (a computer pro-gram quality assurance analyst) what motivated her to give up her research position and come to Warren County as a High School teacher. She told me that the undergraduates she worked with at Cornell encouraged her to become a teacher and that teaching

became a calling. Jennifer received her teaching certificate from Shenan-doah University and will finish her Curriculum Instruction and Assess-ment masters’ degree in April. The Biomedical program, which started last year, is a four year pro-gram available to all Skyline and Warren County High School stu-dents. The activities and projects introduce students to human physi-ology, medicine, research processes and bioinformatics. Students ex-plore such concepts as mapping and analyzing DNA while looking at the role of biomedical professionals in solving the human mystery (CSI does ER). Like the engineering program, students utilize a hands-on approach and progress to a project oriented se-nior year. One fourth of 9th graders are enrolled in either the Biomedical or Engineering programs. Oh, by the way, Warren County is only one of two counties in Virginia (Stafford be-ing the other) that offer the Biomedi-cal program.

• 9th Grade (Year One): Principles

of Biomedical Sciences using ad-vanced computer tools (like Inspi-ration) to plot, generate graphical representations, and gain a working understanding of the bodies systems and their relationship to each other. Systems like: circulatory, respira-tory, endocrine, nervous, immune, urinary, and digestive are studied.

• 10th Grade (Year Two): Students dissect a kidney, eye ball, knee, and elbow while continuing to learn more about the bodies systems. Students are introduced to tools like Logger Pro from Vernier that monitors body

systems, temperature, blood pres-sure, and EKG. Student will also work with a clay mannequin and map the brain

• 11th Grade (Year Three): Students learn about medical innovations like genetics.

• 1�th Grade (Year Four): Students learn about biomedical innovations, develop a project, and present it.

Throughout the program students are faced with challenges like how and why a mythical person died re-

viewing blood work, body contents, and autopsy results. Jennifer told me that this is not a lecture course and there is no textbook, rather, students are treated to a multimedia, multi-sensory experience where they see, touch, smell, and hear what they are learning. The program is designed to propel students forward and gives them a leg up for college and some phenomenally challenging and re-warding career paths. Think careers like: EKG Technician, Cardiologist, Registered Nurse, Biomedical En-gineer, Pharmacist, Epidemiologist, Toxicologist, and many more. Jenni-fer indicated that much of what they learn in the course she didn’t even see until her senior year in college. Why do students flock to these courses? Because, they want to pursue something in the medical field and because they think it’s cool (sounds cool to me too). To find out more about the exciting programs available at the Blue Ridge Technical Center contact Melody Sheppard by phone at (540) 635-71�3 or email her at [email protected]�.va.us. Once again we at the Warren County Report can feel a sense of pride and admiration for the teach-ers who sacrifice their time and pro-vide their talents and to the students who reach out for a better future. We would also like to thank the Warren Memorial Foundation for the $�1,000 they have donated to the program.

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A team of five Warren High School and Skyline High School students comprised of Kyle Brew-ster, Dale Meek, Nathan Christ-man, Maria Haas, and Michael Flanagan showed well again in the Real World Design Challenge (RWDC). The RWDC for �01�-�013 was to design an autono-mous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system for search and res-cue. The UAV must meet all FAA requirements and search a des-ignated area in New Mexico for an injured Scout. In addition to designing a small aircraft with sensors, the challenge includes calculating time to detect and

capturing all system costs for ground control and support. The judging criteria are time to de-tect based on onboard sensors combined with overall program cost to fly 50 missions. The chal-lenge required an exhaustive use of multiple computer programs including 3D modeling, simula-tion, and computational model-ing. Two years in a row Warren

County has placed �nd in this state wide competition. January 30th marked the sec-ond annual Project Lead The Way Engineering Showcase designed to let students show the projects they have been working on this year. Students were required to prepare and maintain an en-gineering notebook, prepare a technical paper, a PowerPoint

presentation, and trade show style materials plus give an oral presentation to a panel of judges. I personally left the auditorium as Warren County High School with a sense that our country’s future is a bright one if we con-tinue to foster young minds like the ones I saw. The idea that the Warren Coun-ty school system can promote students to perform at this level and unleash their creativity en-abling them to beat counties and schools with much larger popula-tions and budgets should inspire us all. Well done teachers, stu-dents, and administrators. To find out more about the ex-

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There’s a show before a show now at the Wayside Theatre! Ticketholders for the current mu-sical, “Smoke on the Mountain,”-and all members of the public for that matter-may view Valley artwork in the Curtain Call Cafe adjacent to the Middletown audi-torium. Responding to Wayside’s finan-cial “plight” - she read about it in the newspaper - Stephens City artist Loretta Bailey is donating art works for display and sale

(benefitting the Wayside) and has encouraged several fellow artists to do likewise.• “Unless people take action, it won’t mean much,” Bailey said, “[but] I hope this idea takes off and is of some significant help.”• The art show began Feb. 14 and will continue indefinitely.

Dogs at animal shelter now let out for play

Instead of being cooped up in their cages �4/7, the dogs at the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter in Front Royal now are allowed out for off-leash exercise and games on the shelter property. We thought at first Lavenda Denney, shelter executive direc-

tor, had taken a cue from the ac-tivities at the new Dog Park where owners exercise their dogs. May-be, but she also sent four staff to Roanoke recently for “Dog Play Group” training. This resulted in getting our shelter dogs out into the fresh air and, said Denney, “we have al-ready seen how these play groups can help make shelter dogs more adoptable.” She called the new program “group therapy” which also helps staff and volunteers “get to know the dogs as individ-uals.” As life gets better at the animal shelter, can it be that some of the dogs, when the time comes, won’t want to leave for their “forever” homes?!

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Director Nicki Lynch of Samu-els Public Library said the first shindig at the library last year-”A Taste for Books”-was so success-ful financially that she’s hosting another one-”A Taste for Books, �nd Edition,”-on Saturday, April

�0, 6-8:30 p.m. And, get this! For $1,000 you can get your name on the library wall! Seriously, Nicki has listed vari-ous sponsorship levels of giving, and the “Nobel” sponsorship is the highest. To go eat, drink, and listen to music, you can at-tend the event for a mere $30 at the door or, if you want to plan ahead, just hand over your check or credit card at the circulation desk the next time you check out a book.

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If you’re a freshman or a sopho-more at an area high school with a good academic record, there’s a youth leadership conference scheduled at the Northern Vir-ginia 4-H Center, Front Royal, that might just be a fit for you. Your guidance counselor will tell you if you qualify, and in War-ren County the two Rotary clubs in Linden and Front Royal will pick up the $�5 tab.

Students from Clarke County, Frederick County, and Win-chester also will participate. According to a Rotary pam-phlet, the goal of the conference is for participants to learn more about leadership skills by learn-ing more about themselves, in-cluding what they like and what causes them stress and frustra-tion. Now there’s a great goal for anyone! Warren County kids, see your guidance counselor now. The conference is on March 1, 9 a.m.-�:30 p.m.

Front Royal Rotary Club helps 54,000 people in Ghana

In a note and a check for $5,745.35, Front Royal Rotary and its district (7570) tells in its “Skyliner” newsletter how this amount of money will have af-fected the lives of about 54,�55 people on Ghana. Through this relatively small amount of money (added to by Rotary International)people in the dirt-poor African nation are now able to obtain fresh water from new and repaired wells, medicine, and treatment for tropical diseases. Also, at a recent meeting, Front Royal Rotary president Daniel Pond III noted that India is now polio-free due to a years-long Ro-tary initiative to eradicate polio world-wide. The Front Royal and Linden clubs help in this, too.

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17 staff that provide daily care for 45 dogs and 150 cats is substan-tial. To operate a facility where homeless pets have a safe, loving, warm environment to live until their ‘forever’ family is found, costs over $40,000 per month. National organizations such as

the Humane Society of the Unit-ed States (HSUS) and the Society for the Prevention of Animals (SPCA) provide local shelters

with guidelines for operating but provide no financial support. The Humane Society of Warren County is independent and relies on donations, fundraising events, and grants to save the lives of the animals we love so much. Membership is vital to the op-

erating budget if we want to be more than a ‘county pound’. An-nual dues collected from mem-bers allow us to provide vacci-nations, medications, veterinary care, rescue collaboration, canine and feline enrichment, housing and transportation to animals that would otherwise be eutha-nized. Membership is very im-portant to us and, in addition to saving lives, it shows that you support the Humane Society of Warren County and believe that homeless animals deserve a sec-ond chance. In addition, your tax deductible membership supports your local community. The Humane Society of War-

ren County is hosting a Winter Membership Drive and we invite you to become a member. With membership you receive a mem-bership card and our quarterly newsletter “Shelter Tales” con-taining the latest information, news and events. Members are also entitled to a vote at our An-nual Report Meeting which is held in April of each year. A vote is an important benefit as you can help to ensure that appropri-ate leadership is always in place at HSWC. Members names are featured on the “Big Picture” bul-letin board at the main entrance to the shelter and (while supplies last) new members will get a cou-pon for a free Martingale collar.

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Town – state“It is top-down, cram-it-down your throat, big centralized government for the benefit of a few rather than for the many, all too reminiscent of what one sees in the Middle East or other despotic governments.” – Town Attorney Doug Napier’s appraisal of town’s charter experience in state House


In early February a Front Royal Town Council majority, including the mayor, and staff have thrown down the gauntlet in what may still be a battle to the political death with one of Warren County’s three new state delegates, first-term 18th Dis-trict Republican Del. Mike Webert. At issue are proposed changes to

the Town Charter approved by a 5-1 council majority (Funk dissenting) and forwarded to state representa-tives to be presented to the Virginia General Assembly for consideration this session. Chief among the town-proposed changes were moving town elections from May to November, in even, presidential election years when county voter turnout is by far at its highest – 60 to 70 percent com-pared to an average 15 to �0 percent

turnout during stand-alone May town elections or 30 to 40 percent in odd-year November elections; and codifying the long-held tradition that town election nominations be non-

partisan. However, while under the sponsor-ship of Del. Webert the changes sent by the town were altered to codify both odd-year November elections, and more egregiously, to codify al-lowing partisan political nomina-tions. At the behest of a council majority, Town Attorney Doug Napier wrote 98 members of the Virginia House

of Delegates on Feb. 3 regarding the town’s displeasure with the altered wording and intent that occurred under Webert’s sponsorship – Del-egates Webert (R-18th) and Todd Gilbert (R-15th) were excluded since they had been confronted by town of-ficials face to face on Legislative Day in Richmond the previous Friday.

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Napier’s scathing appraisal con-cluded, “In short, HB �051, as gra-tuitously and unwelcomely changed [as it was] once it got to Richmond … violates notions of fair play and all notions of local government being bottom-up government. It is top-down, cram-it-down your throat, big centralized government for the ben-efit of a few rather than for the many, all too reminiscent of what one sees in the Middle East or other despot-ic governments, not at all keeping in the traditions of democratically elected representative state govern-ment, and sturdy local government, as envisioned by Messrs. Jefferson and Madison and other great Virgin-ians.” Napier also noted that the wording changes altering the election cycle in which town elections would be held (odd rather than even years); and en-abling, rather than eliminating, the possibility of partisan nominations “is directly violative of the will of the people of Front Royal and of the Town Council of Front Royal ...” In fact, so scathing was the word-ing of the letter that some local of-

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Of the town’s battle with its Repub-lican delegation over the wording of

proposed Town Charter changes, Mayor Tim Darr wrote members of the Virginia House of Delegates, “In closing I would also like to point out that in my opinion the actions taken by Delegate Webert on this ac-tion concerns me deeply and leaves me with the impression that he has clearly taken his own personal in-terest in this matter over that of the citizens he represents. I’m not sure some ethics training may be in order for him in the near future.” We asked Virginia Democratic House Caucus leader David Toscano if Webert might be subject to any sanctions or discipline on ethics vio-lations due to his apparent unilateral altering of the Charter changes sent to him by the town. “No, delegates can offer any bill they want,” Toscano told us, adding, “All I can tell you is how I do it. I don’t change what’s sent to me – that’s how I work and how most of us do it.” Toscano said the town’s only re-course would be “to deal with Dele-gates Webert and Gilbert directly on why they did what they did.”

Gilbert’s role

The proposed Front Royal Charter changes were initially sent to 15th District Delegate Gilbert (R-Shenan-

doah) for sponsorship. However, ac-cording to Councilman Bret Hrbek Gilbert “said he wouldn’t take the legislation for us because he had a ‘conflict of interest’, not because he didn’t support it. If he had told us that (a lack of delegate support) we might have been better prepared [for what transpired].” On Feb. 5, within two days of Na-pier and Darr’s letters to House del-egates, Gilbert made a motion to send the altered Front Royal Charter changes back to committee. The lack of action leaves the possibility of par-tisan nominations in the next town election open. In a prepared statement Gilbert said of the impasse and his decision to send the proposal in whatever form back to committee, “Due to the dissatisfaction expressed by some members of the Front Royal Town Council, the charter bill was re-re-ferred this morning (Feb. 5) to the Committee on Privileges and Elec-tions upon my motion. This effec-tively defeats the legislation for the year (because Feb. 5 was “pass-over day” for house bills to the senate).” But rather than acknowledge any fault by his Republican colleague Webert, Gilbert was critical of the town opposition to what was finally presented to the General Assembly

under Webert’s sponsorship: “I am disappointed that some members of the council publicly ex-pressed their desire to see the bill de-feated in its current form. Moving the town council elections to November would have saved taxpayer money and made elections more convenient

for all residents. “When this process started, we were led to believe that the Novem-ber election component was the most important part of this proposal precisely because of the cost and convenience. However, the unfortu-

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Town – state“ … he (Del. Webert, R-18th) has clearly taken his own personal interest in this matter over that of the citizens he represents. I’m not sure some ethics training may be in order for him in the near future.” – Front Royal Mayor Tim Darr

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Town – state“It seems that FR has representation without representation. I do not have a problem with our delegates not willing to move our charter changes forward. What I do have an issue with is that they agreed to move them forward and then changed them and misrepresented those changes.” - Bret Hrbek

nate rhetoric that emerged after the bill was altered proved that there was another agenda at work.” For Gilbert that “other agenda” included exclusion of local political committee members from the town electoral process. “My job, and that of my colleagues, is to protect the liberties of all the

people we represent in the conduct of public elections, not just the self-interest of a few select politicians. While I appreciate that there are a number of reasons why some town officials may want to protect them-selves from the possibility of a future election challenge, I cannot in good conscience vote to disenfranchise

thousands of Democrats and Repub-licans who live in the town by sup-porting the changes requested by a majority of the council.”

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However, it may be noted that candidates for town office are not re-

quired to give up their local political committee memberships to run for town office – they just can’t flaunt that membership next to their names on the town ballot. And in a county with a population of about 40,000, between 14,000 and 15,000 of whom live in Front Royal, according to our information current active membership in the county po-litical committees (Republican and Democratic) totals about 110, with an estimated 45 to 50 living in town. Front Royal Vice-Mayor Shae

Parker, maker of the Feb. 4 motion to District Senators Obenshain and Vo-gel asking the bill be returned to its original form or killed as presented by Webert and House committee, said of Gilbert’s statement, “There’s no sense in responding to a nonsen-sical quote.” Mayor Darr, who would be elimi-nated like all federal employees, from eligibility to run for re-election were partisan political nominations made in future town elections, was more detailed in his response.


Town Attorney Doug Napier’s Feb. 3 letter to state delegates points out, “Unfortunately, after the Charter was in the hands of this Delegate (Webert) and in the General Assembly, without the advance knowledge of and against the wishes of the Town Council of Front Royal, the pro-posed Charter was materially altered, ostensibly at the wish of one or more constituents of the Delegate who decided to sponsor amendments to the Charter. The amendments this Delegate decided to sponsor materially altered Front Royal’s Charter, to the great conster-nation of Front Royal’s Town Council and Mayor. The altera-tions the Delegate sponsored, which Front Royal strenuously objects to, are stricken through (sections deleted by Webert) or underlined and in bold (sec-tions added by Webert), as fol-lows:

A. The Mayor and Town Coun-cil shall be elected on the Tues-day following the first Monday in November in odd- num-bered years in the manner pro-vided by Virginia general elec-tion laws, except insofar as they are otherwise herein provided

by this Charter. The Mayor and members of Town Council in office at the effective date of this Charter amendment shall have their terms extended and shall continue in office until Decem-ber 31 of the year in which their respective terms were to expire until their successors have been elected at the November gen-eral election in the odd-num-bered year following the year in which their terms would have ended, and said successors have been qualified to serve..

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“When I first heard word that the bill had been sent back to commit-tee I thought that Delegate Gilbert had decided to do so on behalf of the town. But after I read his (above) comments I was a little surprised. It appears his intention was to stop the bill from moving to the senate where the town may have had the opportu-nity to pick up another sponsor who would make the corrections and pos-sibly address the issue, its changes and how they got there. “As I see it by the bill being held in committee it will not proceed and the elections will remain as they have in the past. As a result of this our elec-tions will remain silent in the char-ter which will allow local parties to run a candidate. The real question is whether they will or not and I guess

time will tell but they never have in the past.” Darr then echoed comments he made at council’s Feb. 4 special meet-ing: “If they do [make partisan nomi-nations] then it will eliminate me, as well as any other Federal employee who wanted to run based on the terms of the Hatch Act. Please keep in mind that this issue is not about me personally although it does af-fect me, it is about what is fair for all citizens who wish to be a part of their local government.”

Republican disagreement

Councilman Bret Hrbek, a past member of the county Republican Committee and a strong ideologi-

cal conservative Republican by phi-losophy, was also critical of what happened to the proposed Charter changes in Richmond. “It seems that Front Royal has rep-resentation without representation. I do not have a problem with our dele-gates not willing to move our charter changes forward. What I do have an issue with is that they agreed to move them forward and then changed them and misrepresented those changes.” Hrbek noted that while he had not supported all of the proposed chang-es, they did reflect the will of major-ity of town citizens speaking up on the issues. “It is on public record that I sup-ported odd-year November elec-tions, however, I was defeated in this initiative. And through the normal,

open, public hearing process the Town decided to request a change to even-year November elections. Our delegates agreed to move that for-ward to the General Assembly and then Delegate Webert changed it unilaterally. “I had stated that I would have vot-ed against the entire charter change if it did not specifically say that our elections would be non-partisan. I think this is vital. While the politi-cal parties play an important role on the state and national level, there isn’t need for too much partisanship when you are dealing with planning, zoning, and filling pot holes. You find different coalitions of Republicans and Democrats on each of these is-sues. “I’m not suggesting that govern-mental philosophy doesn’t play a role but I would consider myself more libertarian/Constitutionalist on the federal level, conservative at the state level and communitarian at the lo-cal level. The fact that our delegates are trying to inject partisan politics at the local level on a community that has specifically stated it doesn’t want them is a major problem. Not to mention how this disenfranchises many of our government employees who may want to help mold and de-velop the community in which they live. “My third main problem is that Delegate Webert then went to the floor of the House of Delegates and argued that these charter changes request reflect the request and will of the people of the Town of Front Royal. This is absolute nonsense! We held multiple meetings and public hearings on the subject; petitions where circulated; debates were held. The charter changes requested may not have been supported by all the people of the town but certainly a

majority of the town.” While Gilbert responded directly to some inquiries to his office, nei-ther Webert nor anyone from his staff responded over a 10-day period to our request for information on the first-term delegate’s role in the parti-san political brouhaha with the Town of Front Royal.

Partisan impetus

Codifying the tradition of non-par-tisan nominations came under con-sideration following a February �01� initiative by Warren County Republi-can Committee Secretary Mary Kay Clark to nominate two candidates for the �01� town election. While Clark alluded to two potential Republican candidates for town office in �01�, she named only one, now first-term Councilman Daryl Funk. However, Councilman Tom Sayre is a long-time protégé of Clark’s and was believed by many to be eyeing a run for mayor last year against in-cumbent Tim Darr, who as stated above would have been disquali-fied from running for re-election by partisan nominations due to fed-eral Hatch Act restrictions. A Sayre mayoral run never materialized in the wake of negative publicity about a Feb. 1 e-mail Clark circulated to county Republicans about moving forward with local committee nomi-nations for the May �01� town elec-tion. And Clark’s partisan initiative was derailed by then Warren County Re-publican Committee Chairman Dave Henderson, who called such a late move after the mayor had already filed to run for re-election “unfair”. Funk was the only councilman to vote against the proposed Charter changes and against the motion pre-sented at a Feb. 4 Special Meeting by Vice-Mayor Shae Parker asking the town’s �6th District State Senator Mark Obenshain and Winchester-based State Senator Jill Holtzman-Vogel to return the Charter wording to its original content prior to a vote at the Senate level, or at least quash the altered version. In prefacing his no vote to Parker’s Feb. 4 motion imploring action on the town’s behalf at the Senate level, Funk pointed out the town is not a sovereign entity, adding, “You have to work with other entities. If you think you don’t, you’re wrong.”

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Town“As for your question about communication with Delegate Webert, the subject of any communication that I’ve had with Delegate Webert and anyone else on this issue has been the same information that I’ve put forward in my public comments [as put forward in this response].” – Daryl Funk


Daryl Funk replied in detail to a number of questions about his stance, votes and perspective on the General Assembly impasse regarding the Town Charter changes sent to Richmond under the sponsorship of first-term 18th District Del. Michael Webert (R-Warrenton):

Q 1: We asked Councilman Funk if his “the town is not sovereign and must work with other enti-ties” comment might not have been more applicable to the re-gional jail utility situation, rather than that with the charter?

“Here was my analysis of the situation as it stood at that point and why I believe my comments apply to both the charter and re-gional jail water issue. I was and

am still concerned that the Town of Front Royal is over extending itself in moving into open con-flict in both the press and at its meetings with our representa-tives in the state legislature, the regional jail board and the Board of Supervisors. In recent months, we have had a very public dispute with the Department of Trans-portation, as well, over the design of the South Fork Bridge over the Shenandoah River. “Rather than just working with these entities in a manner most beneficial to all parties, our coun-cil takes the situation to the press (no offence intended—none tak-en, Daryl). If anyone thinks that attempting to shame these enti-ties into taking a desired action will ultimately benefit our com-munity, I cannot help but dis-agree. We need to have a healthy relationship with these entities to safeguard the interests of our cit-

izens.” (Managing editor’s note: Vice-Mayor Parker indicated a lack of responsiveness or accu-rate indications of future actions by Del. Webert led to his and oth-er public comments on the situa-tion) Regarding the RSW Jail central utility situation, the councilman added, “I seem to be the only per-son concerned over how much money we will lose by refusing to supply water to the regional jail and what impact that decision will have on our water and sewer

rates. In all of these situations, we seem to be too concerned with cutting off our nose to spite our face rather than working to pro-tect our interests.”

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much outrage over this issue: politics. “There are those individu-als who believe that the charter amendments will protect their political power and they are com-mitted to modifying the charter to protect this political advan-tage. “Finally, as to tradition of non-partisan elections, I recall that we had a tradition that elections were held in May once upon a time.”

Q 3: And finally we asked Coun-cilman Funk if he had discussed the Charter change situation with Del. Webert or anyone else in leg-islature prior to the alterations under Webert’s sponsorship?

“As for your question about communication with Delegate Webert, the subject of any com-munication that I’ve had with Delegate Webert and anyone else on this issue has been the same

information that I’ve put forward in my public comments [as put forward in this response]. “As for why I thought the char-ter would have a ‘hard time’ in the legislature, I’m not sure I can give you a better answer than: It was just a gut reaction on my part based on my own experience and study of the Virginia democratic process. I think when you con-sider last year’s hotly contested redistricting legislation and given the fact that the issue is back be-

fore the General Assembly this year, I assumed that a conflict over political nominations and the timing of elections might at-tract attention from legislators. I think the presence of this is-sue in the press has not aided in the resolution of the matter, and, unfortunately, the end result is what I said was my concern in the beginning – that we are back at square one with no results to show for it.”

Sayre mum on future run

While Funk replied in de-tail to our queries, Councilman Tom Sayre failed to reply to our question about his abstention

from voting on the Feb. 4 Shae Parker Special Meeting motion to have the Charter amendments changed back to their original form or killed in the State Sen-ate. Neither did Sayre reply to our inquiry about what non-town of-fice he was pondering his next po-litical run for, as he stated was the case at the Feb. 4 Special Meeting discussion on the proposed Char-ter changes. We even thought we made it easier by presenting it as a multiple choice question. Are you pondering a run for: · Shenandoah District Supervi-sor?· Circuit Court Clerk?· Commissioner of the Revenue?

On February 1, the Front Roy-al-Warren County Anti-Litter Council announced a contribu-tion of $3,000 to the Town of Front Royal to purchase recycle stations for the new administra-tive offices and Town Council chambers located at their new site on Main Street. These sta-tions will help Town Hall per-sonnel to further contribute toward recycling initiatives and litter control. The Warren County Parks and Recreation Department was also awarded $�,500 for the purchase of outdoor litter receptacles constructed with re-cycled composite wood. These litter containers are designed to be durable, esthetically pleasing and uniform in look to other re-ceptacles throughout the Town and County Park and greenway systems. These donations were made

possible through a grant from the Office of Environmental Educa-tion of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality which promotes educational opportu-nities for recycling, reusing, and the reduction of litter and waste products in our everyday lives. DEQ provides funds for litter prevention and recycling grants to localities under a non-com-petitive grant program based on population and road miles. These grants have been award-ed annually since 1980 to locali-ties for local litter prevention and recycling program imple-mentation, continuation, and/or expansion. In �01�, $�,164,659 was disbursed among 187 ap-plicants (representing 307 local government programs). Since 1981 Virginia businesses, who pay into a trust fund, have con-tributed $5�,1�5,651 to the fund to support local government

litter control and recycling pro-grams. Front Royal and Warren County have received in ex-cess of $50,000 in the past 5 years. These funds have been distributed to educational and community groups, Town and County public facilities and local Anti-Litter Council programs such as: the “Cover-Your-Load” initiative, cigarette butt recep-tacles for local businesses, trash pick-up devices and educational materials promoting recycling and litter control. The Front Royal/Warren County Anti-Litter Council’s Mission is: “To educate, moti-vate and participate in the pre-vention of litter and to help the citizens of Front Royal and War-ren County become better stew-ards of our environment.”

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By Malcolm Barr Sr. Warren County Report A Main Street business not yet four years old that credits its suc-cessful beginnings to the Front Royal animal shelter (read on!) changed its name and celebrated a re-opening with a formal ribbon cutting on Friday, Feb.8. When Christian Failmezger ar-rived on the scene from Europe in �009 to manage part of his parents’ downtown property, the family de-cided to open a wine and cheese store appropriately called “Vino E Formaggio.” Appropriate because this is the Italian for wine and cheese!

Shortly after opening its doors, Vino E Formaggio’s manager accept-ed an invitation to join the board of directors of the Humane Society of Warren County (HSWC). Not too long after that, he left the board but promised to continue working for the animals. He did so by running a two-years-long fundraising effort that sent approximately $9,000 to the animal shelter. A few months in, he married Ra-chel, and the two of them ratcheted up the charity enterprise, featuring wine tastings, raffles, special event dinners, and so on. It was my job (as the then president of the HSWC) to ensure that people came to what became known as “Yappy Hour”

every Friday evening 5-7 p.m. Christian’s dad, and now Rachel’s father-in-law, credited “Yappy Hour” with “putting our Main Street business on the map.” It did indeed become a “go to” place for scores of local residents, and more than a few tourists, and has remained popular since “Yappy Hour” was discontin-ued last June. Meanwhile, the younger Fail-mezgers, who vowed to “bring the world to the people of Front Royal one glass at a time,” quietly and gradually moved away from the wine and cheese retail business first envisioned and by this year had graduated to a new level of entre-preneurial endeavor-a restaurant and bar which, on Feb. 8, became “Vino1�4” at 1�4 Main Street. Appropriately, the unveiling of the outside signage by Christian and Rachel was on a bitterly cold Friday evening. Joyce Marlow, a “day one” supporter of “Yappy Hour”, was invited to cut the tra-

ditional red ribbon crossing the Vino1�4 entrance. She did so with aplomb and a shivering right hand. Joyce’s husband, former mayor John Marlow, looked on (bemusedly). Others among the eventual pass-ing crowd of 100 or so included Pat-ty Graham and husband, Michael, the former town manager; Sandy and Steve Schwalb of the German Shepherd rescue organization; Tony Inderbitzen, board member of HSWC, and wife Pat; neighbor business operators John and Gina Sweat of Ridgeline Design; and Ken Thurman of the tourist bureau. Also on hand were a group of “regulars” who’d attended most of the 50 “Yappy Hours” of the past two years. Rachel unveiled a new and some-what upscale menu featuring roast-ed beet and cheese bruschetta, Meyer lemon & ginger risotto with pickled fennel-lemon grass salad, lox and latkas, and key lime-choc-olate layered French pastry cake.

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Want to go back in time and breathe the air of the 1950s, see Elvis smiling down from his place of honor on the wall, and order from a menu showing food that tastes like home cooking, only better? Try the South Street Grille, a family-friendly diner-type res-taurant with red walls, black and white décor, theme signs like Route 66, Harley-Davidson, and motorcycle license plates and Happy Valentine’s Day greetings in the windows. It’s located just across the street from Martin’s and is in the same parking lot as the B&L Custard stand. Debbie Clatterbuck, who be-came the restaurant’s manager this year, took a few minutes from her busy schedule to sit down in one of the comfortable booths, complete with a Coca Cola lamp hanging over the table and music from the 1950s and 60s playing in the background. Along with praising the res-taurant, she shared a little of her background. She said that she started cook-ing here a year ago in January and described how Brenda Morris, the restaurant’s owner, a friend since high school and former softball teammate, approached her with the idea of becoming manager. “It was a big challenge for me, but I’m always looking for ways to improve the restaurant,” she said modestly, even though she

had experience as manager of the Knotty Pine for five years a while back. Some of the improved items on the menu are heart-healthy, and served daily, and are appropri-ate for February since it is heart month. These include salads, grilled Ti-lapia, chicken tenders, steamed vegetables and fresh fruit. A brand new for this menu is grilled black pepper chicken, which has become a favorite of customers. Several “Regulars” were at the next table and were very willing to praise the place, its food and at-mosphere. Nina Beran (who calls the table by the front door where she was sitting “her office”) loves the steak and eggs and grilled pork chops. “The veggies and soup are al-ways good,” she said.

Others added that they love the homey atmosphere, its family-friendly feeling and food and say that a lot of the people who come in are already acquainted and have a good time eating and talking. People who love desserts should take note of the fact that they make their own fresh desserts, (with coconut cake their best sell-er), and have ice-cream cones and milk shakes. “It is the best fried chicken in town,” said Nina’s friend who was enjoying a meal with her at the table. Debbie noted that it takes �0 minutes to cook it because it’s fresh-cooked there with their special seasoning. She also men-tioned that one of their most popular menu items is the Bopper burger. She has a lot of imaginative ideas which could be happening as early as the first of April.

“With better weather, we’ll have Cruise-ins for both motorcycles and cars, and Poker Runs,” she said. Poker runs--for those unfamil-iar with them--involve motor-cycle riders starting at South St. Grille, and catching a meal there, then moving on to other selected restaurants, and collecting a play-ing card from each one. At the end, whoever has the best hand wins. All proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of Debbie’s mom. In keeping with the 50s diner feeling of the restaurant, she imag-ines hosting sock hops outside in the parking lot. “We already have an Elvis cos-tume for a future Elvis,” she said with a laugh. And a very recent added attrac-tion-not in keeping with the 50s

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Town/county – state“On January �4, �013, Doug Stanley notified the Town in an emailed letter that the RSW Regional Jail had elected to renege on the agreement for water and sewer service, [and] would not connect to the Town’s sewer system … – town statement prepared by Town Manager Steve Burke


Following a closed session at a Special Meeting prior to a Feb. 4 work session, the Front Royal Town Council voted 5-1 (Funk dissenting) to adopt the language of a notice to the chairman of the RSW Regional Jail Authority, Doug Stanley, who is also War-ren County Administrator, that was drafted by Town Manager Steve Burke. The notice, released to the public on Feb. 5, presents the town’s perspective regarding the RSW Regional Jail’s attempt to bypass use of the town’s sewer system, while retaining access to the town’s central water. The issue has escalated to a potentially nasty legal battle in-volving various perspectives on central utility obligations tied to the 1998-99, 5�� Corridor Agree-ment after the town denied a re-gional jail authority request in early �01� to collect rainwater in a cistern system for use in the jail laundry that would then be dumped into the town’s 5�� Cor-ridor sewer system. The RSW Authority pointed to potential savings of $6,000 to $8,000 per year from that initial cistern/rainwater-laundry-dump in town sewer plan, as well as a better rating when being consid-ered for certification as a LEEDS “green facility” by the U.S. Green Building Council. However town concerns in-cluded setting a precedent al-lowing numerous other entities to bypass portions of the town’s water-sewer system as they saw fit, potentially costing the town significant revenue; as well (pun intended) as problems associated with judging how large to con-struct the federally-mandated up-graded wastewater treatment fa-cility. Estimates on costs of those upgrades related to protecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed, of which the Shenandoah River is a part, are currently around $40 million. Former Councilman Tom Con-key addressed those myriad is-sues at a Feb. �1, �01� council work session: “My issues are by adding foreign water it is difficult or impossible to size the waste-

water treatment plant. The ordi-nance does not address the real issue, which is that as soon as we open this door there will be a line at our door from businesses and industry that will want to intro-duce foreign water into our sys-tem – all this to save the county $6,000 a year. I know there will be a line at the door. This is a Pando-ra’s Box you are asking us to open to get a “silver certification” and save $6,000 to $8,000 a year and it just doesn’t add up,” Conkey con-cluded. Warren County Sheriff and Regional Jail Building Commit-tee Chairman Daniel McEath-ron suggested the Pandora’s Box could be closed simply by ac-knowledging that as a regional jail the request was from a pub-lic facility and beneficial to state and local taxpayers, not a private business or industry simply seek-ing to increase profit margins. However, town officials also worried at contamination issues. When RSW Jail contractor Moseley Architects rep Tony Bell informed the RSW Committee of the town’s official vote against the request several weeks later, he added that it wasn’t a total sur-prise considering existing town codes prohibiting outside water being introduced into its sewage system. Consequently the regional jail authority approved design as-pects that would allow the dump-ing of wastewater into either the

town’s system or an independent, on-site treatment system. Now the RSW Authority has received permission from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to dump on-site treated wastewater into what the town calls “a typically dry tribu-tary of Crooked Run.” For the

town, Burke expresses concerns that such dumping could threat-en the nearby McKay Springs groundwater shed.

Work session comments

In explaining his dissent-ing stance against sending out

Burke’s statement for the town, Councilman Daryl Funk said he felt the town might be rushing into an “unnecessary conflict” that could be a “$400-million mistake.” Funk said he felt Burke’s statement confused “issues with the county.” Councilman Bret Hrbek, who

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Town/county – state“For the Authority Board members the decision makes good business sense and will allow us to keep the per diem costs of the jail down.” RSW Jail Authority Chairman Doug Stanley

offered the motion to accept the wording of Burke’s notice, said he believed following conversa-tions with the town manager and Town Attorney Doug Napier that allowing the regional jail to use town water and bypass the sewer system without a challenge would have town water-sewer custom-ers “subsidizing” the regional jail’s water use. “Town taxpayers get double screwed on that point,” Hrbek observed, adding “There is no need to call it a war or a battle.” Rather, Hrbek offered hope the situation could be resolved by ac-commodating the jail authority’s initial request to dump a small amount of cistern-collected rain-water for laundry use into the sewer system, with guarantees the water would be adequately

treated first. Councilman Tom Sayre agreed a solution could be reached by revisiting and approving the original request allowing the jail’s cistern-collected rainwater for laundry use dumped into the sewer system.

Town statement

Included in that language from a Public Notice released by the town manager on Feb. 5, is the following summary: “On January �4, �013, Doug Stanley notified the Town in an emailed letter that the RSW Re-gional Jail had elected to renege on the agreement for water and sewer service, as it would not connect to the Town’s sewer sys-tem, rather they would discharge

all sewage to their onsite facility. “Upon discussion with DEQ, the comment period has expired days before the letter was trans-mitted. “Based upon review of docu-ments provided by the jail and DEQ, the jail plans to discharge its wastewater to a typically dry tributary of Crooked Run. The discharge from the jail will run through the DuPont property and across Rt 5�� to the McK-ay Spring location. The Town has communicated our con-cerns about possible impact to the spring to DEQ. The Town has been working with Warren County for a number of years to secure the property necessary to develop the spring in the future to provide water to the corridor. “The jail also states that they conducted a fiscal study to es-tablish the benefit of their onsite treatment facility. However, the Town has continued to com-municate to our Warren County officials that the connection fees used in the study are biased to-wards the onsite facility due to the fact that the water meter is oversized for the site. The site is currently proposing a 6” water meter to serve the site to provide less than �0,000 gallons of water per day. A similar 6” water me-ter is proposed for the Dominion Power facility that will supply 600,000 gallons of water per day. Reduction to even a 4” water me-ter will reduce connection fees

for sewer by $400,000. “The Town looks forward to continuing to work with the RSW Regional Jail, the Department of Environmental Quality, and War-ren County to resolve these is-sues.” Burke also expressed concern the county and jail authorities had been somewhat non-com-municative with the town before moving forward with the on-site treatment and dumping plan: “Unfortunately, our Warren County representatives did not provide any additional commu-nication (from late �01�) to the Town regarding this study during the numerous Liaison Meetings, nor did they provide any open discussion at any other opportu-nity.”

RSW statement

County Administrator and Re-gional Jail Authority Chairman Doug Stanley offered the RSW Authority perspective at the Feb. 5 morning meeting of the War-ren County Board of Supervisors. Stanley called both the town’s original rejection of the cistern-collected laundry water into the town sewer system and the sub-sequent regional jail decision to totally bypass the town sewer system by building on on-site wastewater system “business de-cisions.” “While it (RSW Authority) did not agree with the town’s

concerns about the use of rain-water, respected the town’s deci-sion,” Stanley said. “Based on this [town] decision, the jail authority, in May �01�, accepted a proposal to evaluate the potential and fea-sibility to treat the laundry water from the facility and all of the wastewater as an option.” That study indicated potential savings of $1 million over �0 years by treating just the laundry water on site; and savings of $3 million over �0 years by treating all the jail’s wastewater on site for dis-posal out of the town’s system. “Of this $3 million savings, $1.5 million will belong to the residents of Warren County, approximately 40 percent of who live within the Town of Front Royal (Warren County is projected to house 40 percent of the tri-county inmate population at the regional jail). “For the Authority Board mem-bers the decision makes good business sense and will allow us to keep the per diem costs of the jail down,” Stanley stated. Quite pointedly Stanley then concluded, “What started out as an opportunity to do the correct thing environmentally has ended up potentially saving the taxpay-ers of three jurisdictions signifi-cantly.”

Impasse?

The question at this point ap-pears two fold: 1/ can the town and regional jail authority revisit the original request as a compromise solu-tion;and �/ is it worth the gamble of a protracted legal fight to either party – and the county – to find out how a court will interpret the wording of the 1998 county/town-drafted 5�� Corridor Agreement regarding the provision of town central utilities to commercial and industrial development on county land there? The latter is an especially trou-bling question for the town, which lost a �009 lawsuit involving a private-sector (chain restaurant) challenge of corridor agreement PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Tax-es) fees concerning water use. However, one might also note the town won a legal challenge in-volving water/sewer rates with a corridor private-sector commer-cial laundry operation, FDR Inc., around the same time frame.

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Town – county“I don’t know if we can go any further tonight. We met with the county and thought we were there … it was as close to singing ‘Cumbaya’ as we can get. I think we are good with the FBA or the VSA (with conditions proposed that night). I don’t know what else we can say.” – Mayor Darr


February 11 Front Royal Town Council meeting and work ses-sion discussions involving the future of the boundaries be-tween the Town of Front Royal and Warren County illustrated the complications and seeming inability of the two sides to find common ground – even when initial discussion indicated a pos-itive, “win-win” view from both sides. That latter “win-win” situation involves a citizen-initiated re-quest for a “Friendly Boundary Adjustment” filed by David Vaz-zana, principal of Front Royal Limited Partnership (FRLP), re-garding 604 acres of undeveloped county land on the town’s east side bordered by I-66 and Happy

Creek Road. Vazzana’s family has owned the property for about �5 years, he noted at the work ses-sion. Around �004-06, before the U.S. economy and Housing Market tanked, the property was targeted for future residential-commercial neighborhood de-velopment by contracted North-ern Virginia developer Centex Corporation. That Centex-driven plan initially projected �,400 homes, several acres of commer-cial and park space. With Centex and its eventual 1,86�-unit housing development proposal long gone, Vazzana as-sembled a team of local planning, real estate and legal advisors to develop the property indepen-dently. Vazzana has been at it so long that during the Feb. 11 work session he kept referring to Coun-cilman Eugene Tewalt as “mayor”

– which Tewalt was when Vaz-zana began presenting his devel-opment plans to the town. And it was Tewalt who had the most concern about the now pared back, multi-phased, 818-unit plan Vazzana presented to council on Feb. 11, �013. The for-mer mayor and again councilman objected to finalizing any plan detailing the amount of per-unit proffers and time frames due to the still fragile condition of the economy and housing market. However, Vazzana and his team of planner Joe Duggan, real estate developer Bill Barnett and attor-ney Joe Silek Jr., concurred with Tewalt’s request the town be al-lowed more time – six months Tewalt suggested – to review the detail regarding number of units and financial proffers than the current boundary adjustment re-

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“Haven’t we already asked for two extensions (from the state)?” Vice-Mayor Shae Parker asked of an approaching March 9 dead-

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Town – countyWith an apparent consensus that any joint meeting between the full municipal bodies and FRLP be open, we asked the mayor to try and make it closed – “If I have to listen to all this again, I might have another heart attack,” I reasoned.

achievable at a �01� liaison meet-ing. As a Vazzana power-point pre-sentation noted the town now fa-vors proceeding with the FRLP-suggested friendly “Boundary Line Adjustment (BLA), while the county favors a “Voluntary Settlement Agreement” (VSA) that would included FINAL as-surances on the development and proffer details. Vazzana also noted that both the town and county have been “very consistent” from the outset in their stances during discus-sions with him. The problem is since the initial liaison meeting there have been no discussions involving all three parties. Bar-nett told council the FRLP team felt more like messengers be-

tween the two municipal boards, rather than negotiators with ei-ther.

Per-unit projections

FRLP listed potential per-unit proffers at $15,000 ($1�.�7 mil-lion) for 818 units, minus credits applied to other aspects of capital improvements associated with the project. Those include adding two lanes to the E-W connector to make it a 4-lane road; refores-tation; biking, hiking lanes and trails. Another $9 million in prof-fers are also projected in water-sewer tap fees for town central utilities ($11,000 per 818 units), minus credits for design and con-struction of a water tower for the area and ROW acquisition for a

Town Water-Sewer Looping Sys-tem. Mayor Darr and Bret Hrbek agreed that it seemed optimum that things proceed the with friendly boundary adjustment and when proffer details are hashed out the town will pass on what would go to the county based on their Economic Impact Model. But as discussion progressed, the issues all involved might have with verbal agreements on as yet-finalized details was raised by FRLP’s Duggan: “You could approve the project for 400 units and our plan is 800.” Barnett added that both municipalities held the developer over a barrel because “you can tag any amount on top of [what is presented] and

then we can’t afford to build.” However, Tewalt noted that was a double-edged sword, with the town unsure of how many dollars in credits would be ap-plied against developer-projected per-unit proffers.

Transpo money crucial

As for what is on the table, Vaz-zana pointed out that while ques-tions remain about the final form of the per-unit proffers for ser-vices provided by both the town and county, the financial com-mitment to transportation im-provements, an East-West Con-nector Road with the possibility of applying part of the total trans-portation budget (listed at about $8.6 million for Phases 1 through

4) to Leach’s Run Parkway was the most crucial financial aspect of proffers to both the town and county. “It makes a lot more sense for us to give that money to you and have you build those roads be-cause you will get matching funds from VDOT – you can build it a lot cheaper than we can,” Vazzana told council. The developer estimated trans-portation credits of $� million to $6.7 million. The “remaining Town Transportation dollars ($5-10 million) could be doubled using V-DOT matching funds” a developer summary handed out at the meeting stated.

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Following over an hour of dis-cussion, Mayor Darr blew the referee’s whistle – “I don’t know if we can go any further tonight. We met with the county and thought we were there … it was as close to singing ‘Cumbaya’ as we can get. I think we are good with the FBA or the VSA (with conditions pro-posed that night). I don’t know

How long have we been at this guys? David Vazzana makes power point presentation on most recent FRLP development proposal on 604-acre, 818 residential unit plan - hey, its down from the 2400 or 1862 units Northern Virginia Developer Cen-tex had in the works around 2005-06.

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what else we can say.” A consensus was reached to schedule a joint meeting with the full town and county boards and the developer in order to try and meet the March 9 CLG deadline – that meeting has been sched-uled for Thursday, Feb. �1 at 7 p.m. in the Community Meet-ing Room at the Warren County Government Center. Vazzana observed that all three parties could come to an agreement or end up before the

three-judge panel arguing differ-ent sides “and all spend a lot of money.” With an apparent consensus that any joint meeting between the full municipal bodies and FRLP be open, we asked the may-or to try and make it closed – “If I have to listen to all this again, I might have another heart attack,” I reasoned (however, it still ap-pears the meeting will be open – hmmm, am I getting a message here???).

Oh, about the 522 Corridor

Our coda to the above labori-ous discussion centering around TRUST was the final item on the Feb. 11 regular meeting agenda. A motion to authorize Mayor Darr to meet with Board of Su-pervisors Chairman Archie Fox to “negotiate a resolution of lost revenue in the Route 5�� Cor-ridor (estimated $600,000 annu-ally due to restaurant-PILOT fee lawsuit), with negotiations to be completed in 90 days” was hit with two amendments, one of which passed. That passed amendment add-ed negotiations on a “friendly boundary adjustment” of com-mercial corridor property to the table of the discussion between Mayor Darr and Chairman Fox. Councilman Sayre’s motion to add that amendment, seconded

by Tewalt, passed by a 4-� mar-gin, with Funk and Tharpe dis-senting. An additional motion by Hrbek, Parker seconding, that would have really made a point – to drop the discussion of the lost revenue – failed by a 4-� margin with only Hrbek and Parker vot-ing in favor. In prefacing the vote on focus-ing town-county discussion on a boundary adjustment, brought to council by former Town Manager and Councilman Walter Duncan about a year ago, Parker said dis-cussion of the future of revenue in the corridor was NOT about the $600,000 or so the town lost in annual revenue due to the Cracker Barrel et al lawsuit. That suit challenged the town’s abil-ity to collect previously-agree-upon PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) fees surrounding water use by three chain restaurants in the corridor (also TGIFriday’s and

Applebee’s). Rather, Parker said the issue at hand is how much of a finan-cial burden town residents of the county had shouldered for construction of the water-sewer system the town extended onto county land in the corridor that enabled all the commercial and industrial development there, versus how much county resi-dents outside of town had shoul-dered. Parker noted the 1998-99 5�� Corridor Agreement approved by a state three-judge panel had tabled discussion of annexation of the corridor by the town for 10 years – “It’s been 15 years,” Parker pointed out. He added that other nearby jurisdictions, including Culpeper, facing similar growth, expenditure, revenue and utility issues met on a very regular basis to discuss potential boundary ad-justments.

Town – countyParker noted the 1998-99 5�� Corridor Agreement approved by a state three-judge panel had tabled discussion of annexation of the corridor by the town for 10 years – “It’s been 15 years,” Parker pointed out.

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After several years of innuen-do, finger pointing, requests for apologies as an alternative to liti-gation that fell on deaf ears and the eventual filing of a $30-mil-lion-plus slander and defamation lawsuit against the Town of Front Royal and three of its then sitting councilmen it is OVER. On Feb. 1 Town Attorney Doug Napier notified the town council and staff that the second filing of an amended lawsuit by two local businessmen had been dismissed, apparently once and for all. Na-pier noted the plaintiffs could

file an appeal of the lower court decision to the Virginia Supreme Court. However one of the plain-tiffs, Greg Horton, indicated the suit would be abandoned with the Feb. 1 ruling. The plaintiffs were represented by attorney Da-vid Silek. Since the first ruling against the initial filing of the suit, Silek has criticized the court stance that not only governmental entities, but also individual public officials are protected to some degree by sovereign immunity statutes for statements made in the conduct of their office. Included in statements the plaintiffs had hoped to prove at

trial had been made by at least one defendant early in the solar negotiating process were “my sources tell me anyone involved in solar energy is a crook”, “global warming is a liberal conspiracy” and “the earth is 6000 years old”. “I believe it gives an elected person the right to impugn some-one’s character and make up false, libelous and slanderous things about a person and hide behind the skirt of the town,” Silek told us early in the filing process. In an e-mail to town staff and representatives forwarded to us on Feb. 1 by one of the defen-

dants, Tom Sayre, Napier first noted the plaintiffs had not re-filed against the town. He then added that the ruling that day had exonerated the three coun-cilmen-defendants, Chris Hol-loway, Carson Lauder and Sayre, regarding the defamation and in-terference in a business contract allegations at the base of the law-suit. Essentially, the second presid-ing judge from outside the area (�6th District judges had recused themselves due to the presence of a practicing attorney before them – Sayre – as a defendant in the suit), retired Judge Alfred Swersky, upheld the earlier rul-ing by Judge Paul M. Peatross, Jr. that the cited questions and pub-lic statements initially published in the Northern Virginia Daily

based on the leak of a confidential memo from the town attorney to council and the mayor insinuat-ing potential illegal behavior, in-cluding bribes to the then town manager, could be construed as those public officials/defendants doing due diligence in the per-formance of their elected offices to assure such behavior had not occurred. “Judge Swersky … ruled that, as a matter of law, there were no defamatory statements made. The statements were an inquiry as to whether anyone may have been offered bribes, and as such, these inquiries were made while the Council members were per-forming their duties as Council members and were exercising their discretion to perform their legislative duties and thus had sovereign immunity from being sued. In essence, the Judge ruled that Town Council was simply doing its legislative job by ask-ing for an inquiry, and therefore, they had legal privilege to inquire into what may or may not have happened to determine whether or not any irregularities had oc-curred,” Napier wrote town offi-cials. Napier pointed out the judge ruled in favor of the three indi-vidual councilmen defendants regarding interference in a busi-ness contract “because the Plain-tiffs did not sufficiently allege any such relationships existed that were interfered with.” The court also ruled that the defendants had failed to prove

Town“Judge Swersky ruled that … there were no defamatory statements made. The statements were an inquiry as to whether anyone may have been offered bribes, and as such, these inquiries were made while the Council members were performing their duties as Council members …” – from town attorney summary of ruling








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Second judge dismisses solar ‘bribery’ lawsuitUnanswered questions remain about confidential memo leak and intent

You need a scorecard to name the players: Two of three for-mer defendants, Tom Sayre and Chris Holloway ponder solar presentation in March 2010 about the time things got really interesting.

Town Manager Michael Graham makes August 2009 presenta-tion to the EDA board early in the solar proposal process.


that their professional reputa-tions or mental health had been damaged by the public question-ing and insinuations they may have attempted to bribe then Town Manager Michael Graham or engaged in other illegal activi-ties that bore a state police inves-tigation.

Unanswered questions

Unfortunately the ruling leaves unanswered questions about statements alleged to the defen-dants, either in private meetings or publicly and to the press; and perhaps most importantly who leaked an attorney-client privi-leged communication to council

and the mayor from then Town Attorney Tom Robinett to the Northern Virginia Daily. That e-mailed communication clearly marked “Confidential”, “strictly confidential” and “expressly ex-empt from the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act” appeared in its entirety on the NVD website and was refer-enced in a cover story written by Ben Orcutt. The memo was re-moved from the website as con-troversy over the leak of an attor-ney-client privileged memo grew. Orcutt later resigned from the Daily and returned to his home-town of Richmond, Virginia, af-ter the lawsuit was filed and he was targeted as a potential wit-

ness – not that we know one had anything to do with the other. Horton told us that his attorney failed to get a deposition from Orcutt, whom he said was repre-sented by an attorney hired by his former employer. Orcutt’s refusal to respond to a request for a de-position was apparently based on professional claims of confiden-tiality regarding the source who provided him with the confiden-tial Robinett memo addressed to the “Mayor and All Members of Town Council.” That memo was in response to March 30, �010, independent inquires from then Councilmen Holloway and Lauder to Robi-nett about whether economic incentives to the community raised publicly at a work session the previous day, and discussed in detail in a subsequent closed meeting, could be considered bribes offered by the plaintiffs in their negotiations with the town manager. Initially SolAVerde and a later a hybrid solar-financial al-liance known as Standard Energy were engaged in highly public ne-gotiations with the town to add a solar power aspect to the town’s municipal electric utility. It turned out the so-called “bribes” were projected economic benefit to the town and commu-nity regarding utility revenues,

jobs and a public educational component that could have been created in conjunction with the solar energy project had it pro-ceeded. At council meetings following publicity over the leaked Robinett memo local activist Linda Allen cited multiple dates at which the town manager had publicly pre-sented information on the nego-tiations, including the economic benefits that were referenced as “potential bribes” by the defen-dants. The leaked Robinett memo and consequent front page publicity often quoting one or more of the defendants, included calls for a state police investigation of the plaintiffs’ interactions with the town manager; and led directly to ongoing speculation about po-tential illegal activities involving Horton, Poe and the town man-ager.

Political dominoes …

Consequently, two of council’s biggest supporters of Graham and the solar proposal, Mayor Eu-gene Tewalt and Vice-Mayor Bret Hrbek, were turned out of office in the May �010 election after a month of front page “bribe” pub-licity. Graham, a popular town manager hired from the private

sector to make the town’s busi-ness operations more efficient and cost-effective, was fired by a realigned council sub-majority in a 3-� vote (Holloway-Laud-er-Tharpe for; Parker-Conkey against; Sayre absent) in Septem-ber �010, two months after the new council (Tharpe replacing Hrbek) and mayor (Darr replac-ing Tewalt) were seated. Hrbek and Tewalt won back council seats in �01�, while both Holloway and Lauder were oust-ed. The lone remaining involved defendant on council is Sayre.

Town“I believe it gives an elected person the right to impugn someone’s character and make up false, libelous and slanderous things about a person and hide behind the skirt of the town.” – plaintiff attorney David Silek on sovereign immunity aspect of court ruling

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Don’t let yourself be cowed into think-ing you’re not up to the challenge you’ve taken on. Keep reinforcing your self-confidence, and no one and nothing can stop you.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Posi-tive responses to a recent workplace move should give you added assur-ance that you’re on the right track. Celebrate the good news with family and/or friends.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) There’s still a little emotional fuzzi-ness you have to work through before you can feel really certain about your recent decisions. But you’re on the right track. Stay with it.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) You’re tempted by an offer that seems close to what you’ve been looking for. But before you pounce on it, see if you can coax out some added perks to sweeten the deal.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your efforts to settle a volatile situ-ation should prove successful. Now could be a good time to analyze what might have created the problem in the

first place.LIBRA (September 23 to October

22) A once-close associate re-emerg-es with news that could cause you to reconsider a recent decision. But don’t make a move before consulting a trust-ed adviser.

SCORPIO (October 23 to Novem-ber 21) You might feel pressured to reveal a colleague’s secret. But you can rely on your strong Scorpion sense of rectitude to help you continue to do the right thing.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) That pesky situation is still creating problems. But you are moving ahead with it, and soon it should be successfully resolved in your favor.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A spate of indecision leaves you susceptible to doubt. But you’ll soon regain your emotional sure-footedness and be back leading the way, as usual.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to Febru-ary 18) Love rules the week with new romances favored for single Aquar-ians looking for partners. Cupid also targets renewed commitment for wed-ded Water Bearers.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A surge of creativity keeps you hap-pily busy through the week. But leave some quiet time to share with loved ones. Some long-awaited news finally comes through.

BORN THIS WEEK: People rely on you whenever they need someone they can trust to be caring, considerate and also discreet.

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• On March 1, 1692, in Salem Vil-lage in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, three women are charged with the illegal practice of witchcraft after two young girls experienced fits and other mysterious maladies. During the next few months, area residents incriminat-ed more than 150 women and men.

• On Feb. 27, 1864, the first Union inmates begin arriving at Anderson-ville prison in Georgia. Anderson-ville became synonymous with death as nearly a quarter of its inmates died in captivity. Confederate camp com-mander Henry Wirz was executed after the war for brutality and mistreatment under his command.

• On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signs the Jones-Shafroth Act, under which Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans were granted statutory citizenship. As citizens, Puerto Ricans could now join the U.S. Army, but few chose to do so. After Wilson signed a compulsory military service act two months later, however, 20,000 Puerto Ricans were drafted to serve during World War I.

• On Feb. 26, 1928, R&B legend Antoine “Fats” Domino is born in New Orleans. His most memorable hit was “Blueberry Hill” in 1956. After Hurricane Katrina, he was reported missing from his home in the Lower Ninth Ward, but luckily had been res-cued early in the storm.

• On March 3, 1952, in a 6-3 deci-sion, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state statute (the Fein-berg Law) that prohibits communists from teaching in public schools. The law remained in force until another Supreme Court decision in 1967 declared most of its provisions uncon-stitutional.

• On Feb. 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cas-sius Clay dethrones heavyweight box-ing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. Clay had predicted he would “float like a butter-fly, sting like a bee” to defeat Liston, the 8-1 favorite.

• On Feb. 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom “M*A*S*H” bows out after 11 seasons. Its title came from the initials for the “Mobile Army Surgical Hos-pital,” an isolated forward compound that received wounded soldiers and was staffed by the show’s cast of doc-tors and nurses.


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Former plaintiff Donnie Poe, cowboy hat, Standard Energy rep from Maryland (blue shirt) and Willi Lauterbach (hands out imploring), initially with SolAVerde and then Standard Energy during November 2009 council meeting.


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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Con-gratulations, Lamb. The end of the month brings good news in the work-place, thanks to all the efforts you’ve made to get your projects off the ground and running.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Don’t let yourself be cowed into think-ing you’re not up to the challenge you’ve taken on. Keep reinforcing your self-confidence, and no one and nothing can stop you.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Posi-tive responses to a recent workplace move should give you added assur-ance that you’re on the right track. Celebrate the good news with family and/or friends.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) There’s still a little emotional fuzzi-ness you have to work through before you can feel really certain about your recent decisions. But you’re on the right track. Stay with it.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) You’re tempted by an offer that seems close to what you’ve been looking for. But before you pounce on it, see if you can coax out some added perks to sweeten the deal.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your efforts to settle a volatile situ-ation should prove successful. Now could be a good time to analyze what might have created the problem in the

first place.LIBRA (September 23 to October

22) A once-close associate re-emerg-es with news that could cause you to reconsider a recent decision. But don’t make a move before consulting a trust-ed adviser.

SCORPIO (October 23 to Novem-ber 21) You might feel pressured to reveal a colleague’s secret. But you can rely on your strong Scorpion sense of rectitude to help you continue to do the right thing.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) That pesky situation is still creating problems. But you are moving ahead with it, and soon it should be successfully resolved in your favor.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A spate of indecision leaves you susceptible to doubt. But you’ll soon regain your emotional sure-footedness and be back leading the way, as usual.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to Febru-ary 18) Love rules the week with new romances favored for single Aquar-ians looking for partners. Cupid also targets renewed commitment for wed-ded Water Bearers.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A surge of creativity keeps you hap-pily busy through the week. But leave some quiet time to share with loved ones. Some long-awaited news finally comes through.

BORN THIS WEEK: People rely on you whenever they need someone they can trust to be caring, considerate and also discreet.


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• On March 1, 1692, in Salem Vil-lage in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, three women are charged with the illegal practice of witchcraft after two young girls experienced fits and other mysterious maladies. During the next few months, area residents incriminat-ed more than 150 women and men.

• On Feb. 27, 1864, the first Union inmates begin arriving at Anderson-ville prison in Georgia. Anderson-ville became synonymous with death as nearly a quarter of its inmates died in captivity. Confederate camp com-mander Henry Wirz was executed after the war for brutality and mistreatment under his command.

• On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signs the Jones-Shafroth Act, under which Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans were granted statutory citizenship. As citizens, Puerto Ricans could now join the U.S. Army, but few chose to do so. After Wilson signed a compulsory military service act two months later, however, 20,000 Puerto Ricans were drafted to serve during World War I.

• On Feb. 26, 1928, R&B legend Antoine “Fats” Domino is born in New Orleans. His most memorable hit was “Blueberry Hill” in 1956. After Hurricane Katrina, he was reported missing from his home in the Lower Ninth Ward, but luckily had been res-cued early in the storm.

• On March 3, 1952, in a 6-3 deci-sion, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state statute (the Fein-berg Law) that prohibits communists from teaching in public schools. The law remained in force until another Supreme Court decision in 1967 declared most of its provisions uncon-stitutional.

• On Feb. 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cas-sius Clay dethrones heavyweight box-ing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. Clay had predicted he would “float like a butter-fly, sting like a bee” to defeat Liston, the 8-1 favorite.

• On Feb. 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom “M*A*S*H” bows out after 11 seasons. Its title came from the initials for the “Mobile Army Surgical Hos-pital,” an isolated forward compound that received wounded soldiers and was staffed by the show’s cast of doc-tors and nurses.


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“That would certainly be one of the options that could be reviewed by the Authority.” – RSW Jail Authority Chairman Doug Stanley on feasibility of digging on-site wells for drinking water, if the town doesn’t provide it

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Warren County’s Supervisors met several burning issues head-on at their Feb. 5th meeting. The supervisors heard com-plaints from two Shenandoah farms residents about whether their sanitary district’s issues were not being addressed. They also heard County Admin-istrator Doug Stanley and chair-man of the RSW Regional Jail Authority explain how and why events led up to the decision to go forward with building an on-site wastewater treatment facility that would bypass the Town of Front Royal’s water and sewer system (see related story). Reacting to a letter from the town saying they were surprised about hearing of the RSW’s plans, Stanley referred to an article by Dan McDermott in this paper which recorded the decision made by the town council in March of �01� “to not consider a request from the upcoming regional jail to use recycled rainwater for laundry and then return the used water to the town’s municipal wastewater treatment plant”. As a result of that, Stanley said,

“In May �01� the Authority agreed to go ahead with the design of a wastewater system. The cost of phase 1 was $�6,000 and included several designs.” They authorized him as chair to proceed with the design of a facility which would handle all the waste-water, saying that it would result in a savings of about $3 million over a �0-year period with 50 per cent of that going to Warren county residents because Warren County inmates will comprise about half of the jail population. When approached after the meeting, Stanley commented in an email on the Town’s Feb. 5th let-ter. “I am in receipt of the letter … regarding the provision of water to the RSW Jail site. I have forwarded the letter to our legal counsel and I am sure that we will be discussing it and the options available to the Authority at an upcoming Jail Au-thority Meeting (next scheduled meeting is on February �8th). He also responded to a question on the feasibility of digging wells for drinking water, if the town doesn’t provide it. “That would certainly be one of the options that could be reviewed by the Authority,” he said.

Farms roads, access

The board also heard from two Shenandoah Farms women, Lynda McDonough and Dee Schools who are concerned about the state of the roads in their sanitary district. They both said the roads were in much better condition when they had been maintained by the former full-time manager. Since resigning he hasn’t yet been replaced and residents wanted to know what was being done to fill the position. Assistant County Administrator Robert Childress, who is currently handling the road maintenance, responded after the meeting that efforts to replace former Farms Manager Chris Fisher had not re-sulted in a new hire. They’ve decid-ed to advertise for a foreman, who Childress would supervise until a district manager can be found to replace Fisher. McDonough also was concerned that an emergency exit for resi-dents might be locked. “The rumor mill has been incred-ible. Switchback Road is our only way to get out in emergencies,” she said. Childress said after the meeting that there had been negotiations with Ray Pennington, who owns

the road, to gain emergency ac-cess.

‘Fair funding’

The supervisors also heard from Joye Wood, president of the War-ren County Fair Association and other fair representatives, that the association is in need of a dona-tion of $1�,000 from the board to cover expenses until June of this year when funds for the fair start to come in. “We’ve never asked for anything before. We need to dig ourselves out of this and we don’t like being in this position,” she said. In a letter submitted to the board, they listed expenses and income. Total expenses are $3,500 and income is around $1,500. Re-pairs and upgrades over the last few years have contributed to the cash flow problem, it stated. Water and sewer hookups totaled over $1�,000 and repairs to the stage, Bingo pavilion, and building, office and grounds maintenance have added up to $14,000. Also,

when a new turn lane was installed from Route 5�� North, they in-curred the cost of a new road from Fairgrounds Rd. onto the property, which cost them $30,000. The letter also mentioned all of the uses that county residents gain from the fairgrounds besides enjoyment of the annual fair and ways they hope to cut spending and reduce committee budgets. County Administrator Douglas Stanley responded to their request by suggesting that they consider selling five feet of road right-of-way on Fairground Rd. to give the county an easement in lieu of a donation. He said the right-of-way shouldn’t cause a problem for the smooth running of the fair. Wood said she would call a special meet-ing of the fair association board to discuss it. Present at the January � meet-ing were: Chairman Archie A. Fox; Vice-Chairman Linda Glavis; Tony F. Carter; Richard H. Traczyk; Daniel J. Murray Jr.; County Ad-ministrator Douglas P. Stanley and County Attorney Blair Mitchell.

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By Malcom Barr, Sr.Warren County Report

An “edge of the cliff” meeting at the Wayside Theatre has been called by theater board president Byron Brill and artistic director Warner Crocker to discuss the future, or otherwise, of the financially troubled historic icon in Middletown. The meeting is set for Wednesday, Feb. �0, at 7 p.m. in the theater. The event will begin informally at 6:30 p.m. in the Curtain Call Café. Lo-cal elected leaders, members of the

public, and specifically the Wayside’s “golden super heroes” - the 700 do-nors who contributed to last year’s fund-raising drive that kept the the-ater operating through its 50th gold-en anniversary year-have been asked to attend. A year later, the theater, mired in bank and other debt, is again asking the community for help. The theater may be shuttered next month at the end of the current show, “Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming”, if the current emergency drive fizzles. To date, according to Crocker, $38,000

toward a $90,000 goal has been real-ized. A new board of directors under new leadership (Brill) previously an-nounced that the theater requires a $�50,000 annual infusion, beyond ticket sales, to continue in business. The new board comprises: Mary Ruth Follett, vice president; Tara Shostek, secretary; Adele M. Skolitis, treasurer; James Laster, member at large; and members Leslie Bowery, Patrick Carper, Kym Crump, Pam Dyke, Dick Helm, Julie Spaid Hock-man, Stephanie Pendleton, Jennifer Pope, Barbara Scarlett, William Sir-baugh, Jr., Dr. Connie Stadler, Brad Snowden and Jim Wink. The officers and board members have been asked to attend the “town meeting” to help answer questions from the floor, along with Crocker and Brill. Malcolm Barr, Sr., of Front Royal, a former secretary and board mem-ber of the Wayside Theatre, has been invited to act as mediator for the Feb. �0 meeting. Barr, a recent “Leo” award win-ner for contributions to the Wayside Theatre, said he hopes that “among the golden super heroes will be those who may be able to show us the way forward so the theater may survive for future generations.” “The Wayside has been on the edge of the cliff for some years, and it needs much more community involvement

to save it from going over,” Barr said. “I hope that this ‘town meeting’ will help to that end and that meanwhile, we will have sufficient money con-tributed to satisfy current obliga-tions.” Crocker said: “The current cam-paign to keep Wayside alive is going well.” He added the reality “is that many

of those who care about Wayside have questions about whether or not the theater’s mission is sustainable, where support comes from, and how we manage operations. It is our hope to provide an open forum for these issues to be discussed with this meet-ing.”

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By Roger Bianchini& Malcolm Barr Sr.Warren County Report

According to Virginia State Po-lice Aaron William Disque, ��, of Stephen’s City was killed in a one vehicle accident in the late evening of Friday Feb. 1, between 10:30 p.m. and midnight. The accident oc-curred on Rt. 658 (Rockland Rd.), 800 feet south of Rt. 6�9 (Ashby Station Rd.) and was discovered around 7 a.m. the following morn-ing by an area resident driving by the scene. Police and emergency responders were dispatched at that time. Disque was driving a 1997 Hon-

da 4-door that was northbound on Rockland Road when it ran off the road to the left, struck an embank-ment, then trees, then a utility pole. The driver died at scene. There were no passengers. A VSP spokes-person said alcohol appeared to have been a factor, though he did not elaborate on why. Disque was an employee at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club. Richard Runyon, golf course general manager, expressed sor-row at Aaron’s death. Runyon said he hired him as a teen-ager seven years ago. “We watched him grow and be-come an inspiration to all of us,” Runyon said. “He was a young man who enjoyed the game of golf – he was just a good person.” Runyon added that he believed forensic testing has or will clear Disque of

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1788-2013: The Oldest House on the Oldest Street in Front Royal Turns 225 This Year

Sometimes I will be asked my opinion as to which house in the Town of Front Royal can hold title to “Oldest House in Town.” To arrive at that answer is a diffi-cult exercise, requiring qualifica-tions and historical context. The town limits have moved repeat-edly over the past ��5 years, and prior to Front Royal’s official sta-tus being conferred, the commu-nity of LeHewtown had been in existence for over three decades. Do we consider structures dat-ing from the LeHewtown period? Are we considering structures within the town limits now which were not built within those limits

at the time of construction? And then there are other contingen-cies; houses which have been moved from their original loca-tions, houses which have been altered, and so on. Mr. William Simpson’s house, located on Lu-ray Avenue at the foot of the hill upon which the Warren County Middle School (new Warren County High School) sits, is an excellent example of this conun-drum. The original portion of the home was built in 1775, but was located near the intersection of what is now North Royal Avenue and 6th Street. Mr. Simpson’s beautiful home received addi-tions in the 1800s, the 1900s and

the first decade of the �000s, making it an architectural work representative of four different centuries! (Thanks to Bill Simp-son’s love of history, this infor-mation has been shared over the years with many summer History Campers visiting from the War-ren Heritage Society). Of this I can be sure, however:

Chester Street is the oldest named street in the Town of Front Royal, and the Balthis House is the old-est surviving structure on that street. Balthis House has an even more interesting role to play in the interpretation of Front Royal’s history, it is the original develop-ment property in town, the first

to be “flipped” by its developer, and likely the first rental home built intentionally as a rental. As readers of this column may recall, the Town of Front Royal’s charter, composed in 1788, reads:“…As soon as the said fifty Acres

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subject to the condition of build-ing on each a Dwelling house containing sixteen feet square at least with a brick or stone chim-ney to be finished fit for habita-tion within two years from the day of sale, and to convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee subject to the condition aforesaid and pay the Money arising from the sale thereof…”The Balthis house is the home

described in the Town Charter’s language, almost to the square footage stipulated in the charter, and was the first house completed according to the charter’s guide-lines. The original frame section of house was possibly even com-pleted as early as 1787, showing that the local population was aware that the town’s chartering was imminent, and so took ad-vantage by beginning some con-struction jobs early. The house was built on property owned by two of the Trustees named in the 1788 charter incorporating the town of Front Royal. The early

history of the property includes ownership by founding fathers of the town of Front Royal. Ac-cording to Laura Virginia Hale’s research on the home, published in her 1987 book “On Chester Street” (for sale in the Warren Heritage Society’s Ivy Lodge Gift Shop!), George Cheek, one of the original lot owners at the time of the Town’s charter, sold a ¼ acre lot to James Moore – also one of the original eleven lot owners mentioned in Front Royal’s char-ter – in March of 1787 for ₤10, after having purchased ½ acre and more on Chester Street for 5 shillings only the year prior. This would indicate some improve-ment – likely a structure – on the lot to justify the rise in cost, unless it was merely the case that land values were increasing rap-idly. Cheek, his wife Leanna and their eleven children left Front Royal for the Indiana territory in 1801. Moore sold the property to James Reid, a merchant from Dumfries, Prince William County, for ₤�,000, and the deed records a two-story wood house with stone chimney and cellar wall, kitchen, stable, and smokehouse. If Moore was not the person who constructed the house, at least he completed the construction and finished the outbuildings. Bishop Asbury stayed with Moore dur-ing his two forays to Front Roy-al, and Moore obviously knew wealthy Moore sold the property to a Tidewater merchant named Reid, who was the first owner to rent the property out, renting it

to Richard Pomeroy during the fifteen years (1787-180�) that he owned it. Pomeroy was an Irish tailor who had immigrated the year before to Alexandria, Virgin-ia in “free America” as the fam-ily called it. In 179� he married Mary LeHew, a granddaughter of the town’s founder Peter LeHew, and had five of their nine children while in residence. In 180� Reid sold the property for only ₤100 to Thomas Buck, builder and resi-dent of “Bel Air” (1800), one of the first town trustees, Captain of “Buck’s Minute Men” during the Revolution, and a Justice of the Peace. Buck owned and rented out the property for �7 years, one resident during that time being Peter Edwards, a son-in-law of Peter LeHew.From 18�9-1838 the home was

owned by Samuel Simpson, the schoolmaster and educator whose school was originally located on West Main Street on the present site of the Catholic Church, and an ancestor of William Simpson mentioned earlier in this column. Simpson had also been County Surveyor and Sheriff. Samuel Simpson’s wife was Mary Wil-liams Simpson, whose father was a representative of Shenandoah and Frederick Counties in the Virginia Assembly and then in the US Congress (1819-18�5); his portrait hangs in the Corco-ran Art Gallery. Her mother’s fa-ther was Simon Carson who had owned thousands of acres along the South Fork of the Shenan-doah River south of Front Royal,

and after whom Carson’s Ford is known. Her mother’s brother, a State Senator, had unsuccess-fully wooed a Richmond belle by the name of Maria Mayo – who eventually married Winfield Scott – and remained a bachelor, living out a very social life in Warren County. Winfield Scott’s piano, ironically, was donated to the Balthis House in �006, where it is still on display. Two of the Simp-

son’s children, Robert and Mary, taught school on Crescent Street in 1860. Robert was killed at the Battle of Drewry’s Bluff in the Civil War, and Mary moved on to teach in the Ivy Lodge on Ches-ter Street near the Balthis House. Samuel’s son John was killed at the Second Battle of Manassas, but his third son Samuel – who also served in the Confederate military – survived the war.

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In 1838 Simpson sold the house to William Balthis, a blacksmith, whose shop was located on the site of the Warren Rifles Confed-erate Memorial Museum. Balthis added the brick addition by 1840 and the north addition around

1855. William’s wife Margaret Grim Balthis died in 1855, hav-ing had nine children with Wil-liam. William’s son John worked as a blacksmith alongside his fa-ther. During the War son William Henry Balthis served in the Con-

federate Army, and later became editor of a Missouri newspaper. When the War broke out Wil-liam and daughter Louisa Balthis helped their neighbor’s son-in-law Green Berry Samuels escape capture on an occasion when he was home on leave and the town was suddenly occupied by Federal troops. Disguised as a woman to get him next door, Green was then hidden in a secret compartment for over a week located between two sections of the Balthis House attic. Louisa Balthis married John Taylor, an Augusta County carpenter who had come back to Virginia from Indiana, where his family had relocated before the War and where his brother joined the Union Army, the mar-riage taking place in March of 1867 in the Balthis House. Son Edward Clinton Balthis bought the house and blacksmith busi-ness from his father in 1877 when William had to declare bankrupt-cy, and remained a blacksmith on the property until 1906, at which point he bought the small house at the corner of Chester and �nd Streets to retire.William Gilkey and son and Os-

car Gilkey, Sr. bought the Balthis House in 1906 and constructed a wing on the north side, creating a U-shaped house. William, his wife, and their grandson Oscar Gilkey , Jr. (Oscar Gilkey, Sr.’s son by his first marriage) lived in the south half of the house, and Oscar Gilkey, Sr. – with his second wife – lived with their three children in the house’s north half. Plumbers, roofers and tinners, they carried

on the smithy trade at the Balthis House and shop starting in 1906. The Gilkeys added plumbing and electricity to the house.In the 1950s Dr. Bernard Samu-

els, owning the property of his ancestors next door, bought the Balthis House with the intention of it becoming a museum. Restor-ing the house to its Civil War-era appearance, he built a smoke-house (to replace the one that had been removed) from logs coming from the Petty House on Chester Street (razed in 195� to enlarge the elementary school grounds), using as a pattern the smokehouse on the Spurmont property near Strasburg. Also from the Petty House, Samuels brought over the front door stepping stone, now situated in front of the entrance to the outdoor kitchen. Samuels also tore off the 1906 Gilkey ad-dition, adorned the interior with doors, locks, and mantels from the Petty House, the Jones House and the Boone House – all former Chester Street homes – and kept meticulous records of his resto-ration activities. He restored the 1865 Playhouse built by Thomas Santmyers, Gus Byers and Henry Eckardt, which had been part of the Wanzer house in the late 1800s. John and Julia Wanzer were an African American cou-ple who likely had been owned as slaves by the Balthis family prior to emancipation, and continued to live and worke on Chester Street. Consequently the south side of the Balthis House prop-erty was an access alley to their house known as Wanzer Lane.

Dr. Samuels willed the house to the Association for the Preser-vation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) with the understanding that should that organization not desire ownership the house that its furnishings were to be sold, the money received to go to Bow-doin College.APVA turned down ownership

and sold the house, which was purchased in 1967 by Miss Edna Balthis, who further furnished it with the intention of giving it as a gift to the Confederate Museum next door. But upon her death in 198�, her will having been al-tered, the house was sold to Eric Adamson, who had renovated other Chester Street properties, and he in turn sold it to Kemper Miller, general manager at the time of WFTR. The Warren Her-itage Society acquired the house in �001, bringing to fruition Dr. B. Samuels’s and Miss E. Balthis’s dreams dating back half a century that the home and property be-come a museum.Balthis House was opened for

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Ricky Brian Henry

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges thatCOUNT ONE: on or about Au-gust 14, �01�, in the County of Warren, Ricky Brian Henry, 3�, of 90 Rambo Ct., Linden, VA ��64� did unlawfully and feloniously maliciously stab, cut, wound or by any means cause bodily injury to Lakisha Henry, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, and thereby caused the said vic-tim to be severely injured and to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment.COUNT TWO: on or about Au-gust 14, �01�, in the County of Warren, Ricky Brian Henry did unlawfully and feloniously at-tempt to kill and murder Lakisha Henry. COUNT THREE: on or about August 14, �01�, in the County of Warren, Ricky Brian Henry did unlawfully and feloniously, in the commission of a felony, stab or wound Lakisha Henry.

Davonte Laquan Starks

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that:

COUNT ONE: On or about June �3, �011, in the County of War-ren, Davonte Laquan Starks, ��, of 386 Loop Rd., Front Royal, VA ��630, with the intent to defraud, did unlawfully and feloniously obtain by false pretenses or token, United States Currency, having a value of $�00.00 or more, belong-ing to Main Street Pawn.COUNTS TWO AND THREE: On or about June �3, �011 in the County of Warren, Davonte Laquan Starks did unlawfully and feloniously steal and commit lar-ceny of property, having a value of $�00.00 or more, and belong-ing to Donna Barnhart with the intent to sell such property.

Kandi Michelle Amaya

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about August �4, �01�, in the County of Warren, Kandi Mi-chelle Amaya, age and address unknown, did unlawfully and feloniously obtain or attempt to obtain a drug by the use of fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or sub-terfuge.

Travis Wayne Baugher

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on

or about August �5, �01�, in the County of Warren, Travis Wayne Baugher, �9, of �9� W. Criser Rd., Front Royal, VA ��630, did un-lawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled substance, to-wit: Heroin.

Toby Eugene Baugher

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about August �4, �01�, in the County of Warren, Toby Eu-gene Baugher, 45, of �11 Farm View Rd., Front Royal, VA ��630, did unlawfully and feloniously possess a Schedule I controlled

substance, to-wit: Heroin.

Joshua Lynn Ferris

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that:COUNTS ONE AND THREE: On or about November �3, �011, in the County of Warren, Joshua Lynn Ferris, �1, of 5�1 N. Lou-doun St., #3, Winchester, VA ��601, did unlawfully and felo-

niously steal property having a value of $�00.00 or more, and belonging to Michael Sirna and Steven EvanCOUNT TWO: On or about No-vember �3, �011, in the County of Warren, Joshua Lynn Ferris did unlawfully and feloniously con-spire, confederate, or combine with another to commit Grand Larceny, a felony.

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COUNT TWO: On or about No-vember 11, �011, in the County of Warren, Codey William Romans did unlawfully and feloniously steal property, having a value of $�00.00 or more, belonging to Charles Kassell.

David Eugene Andrews III

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that:COUNT ONE: On or about No-vember 11, �011, in the County of Warren, David Eugene Andrews

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Brandy Lynn Knight

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about November 1, �01�, in the County of Warren, Brandy Lynn Knight

�9, of 136 Sealock Dr., Front Roy-al, VA ��630, did unlawfully and feloniously commit an assault or an assault and battery against Deputy A.R. Nakai, knowing or having reason to know that such person was a law enforcement of-ficer engaged in the performance of her public duties.

Zachary Taylor Valentine

The Warren County Va. Circuit Court Grand Jury charges that: on or about January 30, �013, in the County of Warren, Zach-ary Taylor Valentine, �1, of 607 Tomahawk Trail, Winchester, VA ��60�, did unlawfully and feloniously steal property having a value of $�00.00 or more, and belonging to Walmart.

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I recently wrote about an un-pleasant shopping experience that went something like this. Store visit #1 – I wanted a sound system for our TV. The salesman I’d been talking to for ten minutes acted as if I’d disappeared the second another customer walked in the door. I left. Store visit #2 – I reappeared a week later. Why? To get the 10% off. Only trouble is, now they say it doesn’t apply to me. I left. Again. Two weeks later, I saw one of their ads. The sound system is on sale. Even for me. I still want it, but not from there. “Why not buy it directly from the manufacturer?” my wife asks. That’s a great question, and I would, but I don’t want to pay for shipping. We’re all about saving money around here. So what do I do? How about getting it from their next closest store? That way, I don’t have to go back to where I was, I’m getting what I want and I’m not paying for shipping. “Let me call them,” I tell my wife, just to be sure they have it. “I’d hate to drive forty-five minutes for nothing.” “Is it in stock?”

“Yes sir. My name is Al. If you stop in, I can help you.” An hour later, I’m talking to Al. “We spoke on the phone about the sound system. I’d like to get it.” “Great!” he said, thinking what an easy commission that was. “Would you like it delivered? Odd question I thought, since I’m standing right in front of him. “No, I’ll take it now.” “I can have it here for you to-morrow.” “Tomorrow? You told me it was in stock.” “It is in stock. In our warehouse. Would you like to pay for it all to-day?” “Ah, noooooooooooooo!” I in-formed him. And then I did what I do. I left. Forty-five minutes later, we’re home and I’m on line, ordering it directly from the manufacturer, just like my wife wanted me to. Twenty-five bucks for shipping ain’t too bad.

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Today is President’s Day. All Town business offices will be CLOSED. Trash/Recycling pick up for this day is Wednesday, February 20, 2012.

Tuesday, February 19, 201312:30pm - 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.therive-r953online.com.7pm - 8pm Council Work Session. Town Hall, Front Royal. Tonight the Town Council will have a Work Ses-sion in the Town Hall Conference Room located on the 3rd floor.

Wednesday, February 20, 201310am - 11am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. BOOKS AND BEYOND - The Library Book Club will discuss “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell. New members are welcome.10:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Join in for simple stories, songs and a craft all about Teddy Bears.11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Join in for simple stories, songs and a craft all about Teddy Bears.1pm - 3pm Belle Boyd Cottage Tea. Ivy Lodge, Front Royal. Today is the

Warren Heritage Society’s Belle Boyd Cottage Tea. Talk and tour of Belle Boyd Cottage from Patrick Farris. The Warren Heritage Society is embarked on a membership drive during the year 2013 and would be honored by your membership in the Belle Boyd Cottage Donor Circle. Recommended Donation: $10.00. RSVP to (540) 636-1446 by February 18.3pm - 4pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. “Job Searching Tips and Interview Tricks” - Learn about library resources that can help you find a job, tips for interviewing and much more with Estelle Sanzenbacher, an adult career coach with LFCC Workforce Solutions.6pm - 7pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. “Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms” - Learn about actions to take and steps to survival from Ra-sheva Sperry of Valley Health.7pm - 8pm Planning Commission Meeting. County of Warren Govern-ment Center.

Thursday, February 21, 201310:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Toddler Story Time. Join in for simple stories, songs and a craft all about Teddy Bears.11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. Today is Preschool Story Time. Join in for simple stories, songs and a craft all about Teddy Bears.4:30pm - 5:30pm Samuels Public Li-brary, Front Royal. Today is Big Kids Story Time for Kindergarten and up. Do you enjoy stories, games and real-ly cool crafts? If so, join in for a story time about presidents.5pm - 8pm Third Thursday ArtWalk. Downtown Front Royal.6:30pm - 7:30pm Samuels Public Li-brary, Front Royal. BASIC COMPUTER CLASS - This month’s topic is Micro-soft PowerPoint7pm - 8pm Samuels Public Library,

Front Royal. BEDTIME BALLET - The Ol’ Soft Shore Junior Ballet Company will present “Little Red Riding Hood”.

Friday, February 22, 20137pm - 10pm Front Porch Style Pickin’ Party. Warren County Senior Center, 1217 Commonwealth Ave. All levels of talent are welcome. Acoustic in-struments only.

Saturday February 23, 201311am - 12pm Samuels Public Li-brary, Front Royal. Saturday Family Story Time - Bring the whole family to the cozy jellybean green room for an assortment of exciting stories with Miss Tamara. A perfect way to spend an enjoyable Saturday morning.2pm - 3pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. MANGA MEET UP - Do you like Japanese-style comics and Anime? If so, meet up with fellow fans and discuss your favorite series, movies and more. Ages 12 and up. Please register.4pm - 7pm Spaghetti dinner to ben-efit S. Warren Vol. Fire Dept. in Ben-tonville, VA. Homemade baked goods, auction items and cakewalk. Servants Hearts and Hands in concert. $8.00 donation

Monday, February 25, 20135pm - 6pm UFAC Meeting. Town Hall, Front Royal. The Urban Forestry Advisory Commission (UFAC) meets tonight at 5:00p in the Town Hall Con-ference Room. The public is invited.7pm - 8pm Council Meeting. County of Warren Government Center.

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Thursday, February 28, 20134pm - 5pm Anti-Litter Council Mtg. Warren County Government Center.6pm - 7pm Town Business Forum. Front Royal Administration Building, Front Royal. Tonight is the Town Busi-ness Forum. It will be held on the 2nd Floor Conference Room of the new

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Hey Stewart. I find myself battling through cold and flu season and notice that eucalyp-tus is listed as an ingredient in some of my medicines. Does my cough medi-cine get its ingredients from a tree?

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Now that’s a good question. It’s true, the eucalyptus tree has medici-nal properties. As a matter of fact, the medicinal properties of the eucalyptus tree go way back in history. Eucalyp-tus trees were first identified for their medicinal properties by the Aboriginal people of Australia. The Aborigines used eucalyptus to heal wounds and fungal infections. Although the eu-calyptus tree is native to Australia, a German botanist by the name of Bar-ron Ferdinand von Mueller introduced the eucalyptus tree to other countries of the world.Soon the news spread of

their valuable medical uses and were soon incorporated into traditional Chi-nese, Indian/Ayurveda, Greek, and Eu-ropean medicine systems. Today the eucalyptus tree is cultivated all over the world and many are taking advan-tage of its varied medicinal uses. Un-fortunately Eucalyptus trees can’t be grown in our area as they generally are not frost-tolerant. The leaves of the eucalyptus tree are the portion of the tree that contribute to its medicinal properties. Eucalyptus can be found in many forms including, pills, inhalers, ointments, teas, tinc-tures, and liquids. One of the most common medicinal uses of eucalyptus is as an expectorant. It effectively de-creases mucous production and loos-ens phlegm and that is why it is found in many cough medicines. As an im-mune system stimulator it helps fight infection. As an anti-inflammatory it helps relieve muscle pain and joint pain, including rheumatism. As an

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FREEUp to 5 Quarts, synthetic oil. Some models slightly higher. Excludes Diesels

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up.Offer ends FEBRUARY 28, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or

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

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends FEBRUARY 28, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials.

Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends FEBRUARY 28, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good

only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.



$5000

RE-INVENTINGCUSTOMER SERVICE!

Protect Your Vehicle’s Finish this Winter!

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.

$5000

Savings!

GET THE NEXT 3 OIL CHANGESBuy 1 Oil Change at $5995

Buy 4 Tires & Receive4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT

$89.95$AVINGS!FREE

OFF30k -60k - 90k Mile Service

ANY

plusget

1 Day Complimentary Rental Car

($40 Value)

FREE PIT STOP!23 POINT TRAVEL INSPECTION

~ No Appointment Needed - Just bring it in!

Plus 15% OFF Any Repairs Noted During InspectionAdditional charge for synthetic motor oil and diesel engine.

WE WILL

MEET BEATORANY

COMPETITOR’S COUPON PRICINGBY 10%

Must be within a 20 mile radius. Coupon must be presented prior to write-up. Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends FEBRUARY 28,

2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

FREEWiper Blades

WITH ANYScheduled Mileage Service Interval

Plus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to service write-up. Offer ends FEBRUARY 28, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or

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

• Family owned - so we treat you like family.• Our Technicians have combined over 80 years of technical experience.• Serving The Shenandoah Valley for over 65 Years.• New extended hours to serve you better.• Our Own Exclusive Service Rewards Plan.• Complimentary car wash on most services.• Rental car available on site • Shuttle service available.

CUSTOMERSATISFACTION is #1 $2500 OFF

Fluid System Service FlushANY

Transmission • Brake • Power Steering • Coolant • Differential



$3000 OFFBrake Service

ANY

Front or Rear Pad Replacement & Machining Rotors



FREEBattery & Charging System Check

with Diagnostic PrintoutPlus any applicable tax, shop supplies and environmental fees. One coupon per visit. Coupon must be presented prior to

service write-up. Offer ends FEBRUARY 28, 2013. Not valid in conjunction with any other coupons or in-store specials. Good only at MARLOW MOTOR COMPANY.

COMPLETE Vehicle Detailing• Hand wax • Hand wash• Clean interior• Clean engine compartment & trunk

$9995Reg.$149.95Some vehicles slightly higher.



2011 Jeep WranglerUnlimited 70th Anniversary Edition. 4dr, Auto.20K milesStock #13DU149A $32,777

2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited4 dr., 3.6L V-6, Manual6K MilesStock #U145B $28,997

2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited4 dr., 3.8L V-6, Auto14K MilesStock #13DI152A $29,777

2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon2 dr, 4.0L I-6, Auto.77K milesStock #U161A $14,997

Warren County Report 2/14/2013

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