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By Amanda IaconeVirginia Statehouse News

FOR LEE – Gov. Bob McDon-nell on Tursday gave his OK to

3 bills aimed at making Virginiaa more military- riendly state.

He signed the legislation intolaw be ore o a crowd o activeduty service members, veteransand supporters at Fort Lee, alogistics and training center orthe U.S. Army, just south o Rich-mond.

McDonnell, who served inthe U.S. Army and in the Army Reserves, said it was his goal toentice the thousands o soldiers

and sailors working in Virginia tostay here and to make Virginia themost military-compatible state inthe country.

Te military also deserved asmuch support as the state andcommunity could muster tothank them or their sacri icesand to ensure that uture gen-

erations would want to join theArmy or other service branches,he said.

“I we don’t take care o menand women in uni orm today, itwill be harder to recruit the bestand brightest in the uture to trainand serve in the military and ghtin the wars o tomorrow,” Mc-Donnell said. “I think it’s pretty obvious rom what we’ve seen inIraq, A ghanistan and Libya, andany number o hot spots aroundthe world, the need or the mili-tary to be engaged and protectour national interests and standup or the cause o reedom willendure or a very, very long time.

So what we do today is impor-tant.”Virginia is home to about

3 7,000 military members andtheir amilies — among the high-est in the nation — and it is hometo about 8 3,000 veterans, ac-cording to the governor’s o ce.

More than a third o all Army

members will go through Fort Leein the coming years, McDonnellsaid.

Te state is also home to thePentagon, a large Navy base inNor olk and the Quantico Marinebase.

“We want you to stay in Vir-ginia when you leave service,” saidDelegate Kirk Cox, R-ColonialHeights.

He said the state needs the tal-ent and skills that retired military sta o er.

Bills signed include makingmilitary members eligible orin-state college tuition. Te De-partment o Veterans Services

must now maintain one agent toevery 6,000 veterans living in thestate to help ensure a ast bene tsapplication process.

Military members also are eli-gible or one ree copy o a vitalrecord, such as a birth certi cate,which is o ten needed whenapplying or veterans’ bene ts.And several bills allow boards o health, medicine and nursing toconsider military experience orcertain licenses and certi cates.

Delegate Rich Anderson, R-Prince William, sponsored sev-eral o the bills, including onewaiving the one-year residency requirement so that the Marines,soldiers and sailors could pay in-state tuition.

He said his district is home tomany military amilies, and hemade it his goal to better servethem when he took o ce.

And, he said he believes Mc-Donnell’s campaign goal may have been met.

“Tis is the most veteran riend-ly state,” said Anderson, who livedin a dozen di erent states duringhis own 30-year military career.“(McDonnell’s) taken it beyondthat.”

Politics

By Samantha Mazzotta

Split Outdoor PipeDisables Spigot

Q: I’m not sure how, but whenchecking the outdoor spig-

ots this spring I noticed that the

steel pipe behind one of them hadswelled and split. I had turned off water to this pipe last fall so I’mnot sure how this happened, andI don’t see any water damage inthe basement. Why did this occur?What’s the cheapest fix so I can usethis spigot again soon? — Frank T.,Dover, N.H.

A: I’m not sure exactly why ithappened either. Perhaps if

the tap wasn’t fully drained after youturned off water at the nearest shut-off valve, perhaps some water pooledjust behind the spigot and, when ahard freeze occurred, the water froze,expanded and split the pipe.

I’m also not sure there’s a trulycheap fix for this. Du ct tape will keepwater from spraying all over the placebut won’t stop a leak and will quicklybreak down. You need to keep thewater turned off and the pipe drained,and contact a plumber as soon aspossible. The pipe will need to bereplaced, perhaps all the way back tothe shutoff valve.

Get a written estimate — two or more if you’re not sure how much thejob should cost — and decide fromthere when and how you’ll have thepipe replaced. Because it sounds likeyou’ve got galvanized steel pipe, theplumber will recommend a differentmaterial (galvanized steel isn’t used

anymore — period) anmay recommend replasteel pipes, though proat once.

Meantime, it would beto check all of the other outside for similar damfully, that’s the only onedeal with right now. AlNortheast is still at riskmore hard freezes occurroutside spigots turned offor a few more weeks.newer plumbing don’t h

as much about outside pand splitting in early sprpipe systems need to be watched.

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Citizens decry gerrymandering in redistricting By racy Kennedy Capital News Service

RICHMOND – Community leaders and concerned citizensturned out en masse Monday toprotest proposed redistrictingmaps at the General Assembly’s

nal public hearing.“Because o elections this year,

unlike in most state, the redistrict-ing timetable here is short,” Sen.Janet Howell, D-Reston, explainedas she led the Senate Committeeon Privileges and Elections’ public

orum. “It’s only been one monthsince Virginia received correctedcensus numbers.”

Howell; Sen. John Watkins, R-Midlothian; Delegate Chris Jones,R-Su olk; and Delegate Jim Mor-rissey, D-Highland Springs, all planon submitting their redistrictingmaps or consideration by theHouse and Senate over the next ew weeks.

Citizens rom Hanover County accused Howell’s map o beingpartisan and aulted her or split-ting the county into thirds.

“We have a speci ic commu-nity in Hanover, and or the littlecountry town o Ashland to bepaired with the urban centers o Richmond and Varina doesn’t seemright to anyone that I’ve talked to,”said Angela Kelly-Wiecek, head o the Hanover Republican Commit-tee.

“I believe this is an egregious

miscarriage o representation inevery sense. I urge you to go back tothe go back to the drawing board.”

“ o me, [gerrymandering] is romanother age,” said odd Vander Pol,a businessman rom Hanover. “Ireally didn’t expect to see it, butwhen I look at Northern Virginia,the idewater and Central Virginia,it seems silly and outrageous.”

Residents rom Virginia Beachalso voiced concerns, saying they would lose a Senate seat and mi-nority representation would bediluted.

“I want to remind you that thecommonwealth o Virginia stands

or the commonwealth o all o itscitizens,” Venus Marshall, a VirginiaBeach resident, said as she appealedto the committee to ensure thatminorities would receive repre-sentation. “ ake that commitmentto honor the people that entrustedyou to make these decisions.”

“You want a yardstick or gerry-mandering?” Carl Wright, anotherVirginia Beach resident asked thecommittee. “Come to our city! It’sbeen gerrymandered, gerryman-dered, re-gerrymandered, andgerrymandered again ...

“I’m asking you all today, whenyou look at the city o VirginiaBeach, please consider all o thecitizens with a air and true repre-sentation. Tat’s all I ask.”

he hearing was held by theHouse and Senate elections com-mittees as the General Assembly

convened or a special sessionon redistricting. Every 10 years,legislators must redraw political

boundaries to account or popu-lation changes re lected in new census numbers.

Minorities rom various partso Virginia spoke at the hearing,appealing to the committee to con-sider their growing numbers in thestate.

“I’m here to talk about the Latinocommunity in Virginia. We haveyet to elect a Latino to this distin-guished body,” said Andrew Rivera,an attorney rom Alexandria andpresident o the Democratic LatinoOrganization o Virginia. “I urgethat we concentrate and not dilutethe Latino community in your dis-tricts.”

“Tey don’t eel like there’s repre-sentation there,” said Alex Vargas,another redistricting critic. “Tey don’t eel like there’s a reason tovote because they’re not seeingchanges in their communities.”

hree students rom GeorgeMason University showed thecommittee their map, which wonthe Virginia Redistricting Competi-tion. Morrissey plans to introducethat map in the House. NicholasO’Boyle, one o the map’s designers,

said the students’ msplits o counties tothan 300 in Howell

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By Sue GoldenTe Sherando imes

As the Middletown own Coun-cil aces an up or down vote re-garding the Dollar General nalsite plan slated or 7965 MainStreet, Mayor Mark Brown beggedthe own Council to do their re-search, ask questions, and to votewith the best interests o Middle-town at heart.

rying to keep the “contentious”issue rom derailing Monday’scouncil work session, the Mayortried to keep lobbying to a mini-mum. Zoning Administrator Fred

Wharton reviewed the history o the Dollar General site plan: thesketch was delivered to the Plan-ning Commission on January 4,the site plan was delivered onFebruary 8, and a nal site planwas voted on by the PlanningCommission on March 8.

Dollar General apparently ap-pealed the ruling to the ownCouncil, via Mr. Wharton, onApril 4, although no written docu-ment has been produced.

Councilor John Blaisdell saidthat a general survey taken intown revealed that less than 1%o residents are opposed to the

proposal and that 1 businessesin town want the store, while only seven do not.

Even though a nal vote will betaken at the April 11 own Coun-cil meeting, the Councilors stillcould not agree upon the underly-ing acts.

Councilors could not agreewhether the Strasburg Dollar Gen-eral would close i the MiddletownDollar General opened, whetherthe Dollar General would own theland in Middletown, and whetherDollar General was closing all o its stores on leased land. As is,the vote is on the calendar or the

April 11 meeting, pending a writ-ten letter o appeal to the ownCouncil. Te agenda item will beremoved i no letter is received.In other business, the Councilorsare looking hard at the budget totry to close its de cit o approxi-mately $400,000. he Councilwill vote on a $.05 increase in thecigarette tax and a real estate taxincrease rom $.065 per hundredto $.10 per hundred.

Mayor Brown asked the Coun-cilors to come up with other costsavings.

One suggestion was a tieredbilling or water and sewage by

usage. Councilor John Owingssuggested cutting two part timepositions, the investigator, andthe administrative assistant romthe Police Department; not lling

a new position in Public Works;not xing the leaking water lines;and lowering the pay increase or

own employees rom 5% to 3%.Councilor Charles Harbaugh

suggested that the Public WorksDepartment orgo a new tractorand snow blade requested in thebudget.

Councilor Mark Davis sug-gested having own employeespay a portion o their medicalinsurance premiums, and to limitsalary increases to the Cost o Liv-ing Index.

Councilor Donna Gray wouldprohibit own vehicles rom

leaving own limits unless theoccupants are doing own busi-ness, in order to save on uel costs.Councilor Gray also questionedthe expense o dry cleaning policedepartment uni orms, and laun-dering maintenance uni orms.

Mayor Brown stressed thatthese are ideas or the Council tothink about, but that cost savingsneed to be ound.

In other Council news, the ownhas led a Writ o Election to llthe vacancy ollowing the resigna-tion o Councilor Owings, who ismoving out o the own limits.Te Council will appoint someone

to ll Councilor Owings seat at itsMay meeting. Tat individual willserve until the general election onNovember 8, 011, at the Middle-town Elementary School. Mayor

Brown noted that i the Councilwants to put orth criteria or ap-plicants, those criteria need to bemade public. Interested partiesshould contact own Hall.

Te Council also will be increas-ing the return check ee rom $30to $45, an increase Councilor Gray calls “nickel and diming the own’speople.” Te Council is discussingcharging “habitual abusers” $ 5 toturn o their water, and another$ 5 to turn the water back on.Councilor Gray argued that turn-ing on and o water was part o the job o the own, and that it wasnot air to keep “nickel and dim-

ing” people in own. Te Councilis pursuing its review o changingthe date o Middletown elections,so the own elections will takeplace in November at the Middle-town Elementary School. Councilbelieves it will save approximately $3,000 by voting in conjunctionwith other elections. CouncilorGray argued that the real reason

or the proposed change is that“certain people” are trying to getan extra six months on ownCouncil.

Frederick County delayed itsproposed public hearing on theLand Use Plan. Mayor Brown

noted that the Steering Com-mittee or the Land Use Plan willregroup to discuss the land use is-sues with Frederick County. Coun-cilor Davis asked that the Planning

Commission be allin on the land use iPlanning Commirecommendationare not being used.also noted that the is separate rom adjustment, and thaadjustment is a notas previously repo

On Saturday, Jutown will host a carcook-o , sponsoreMotors. Councilor Stingray Motors is pjockey and trophiHarbaugh expects

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School board to hold public meeting on superintendent searchTe Frederick County School

Board is inviting FrederickCounty residents and Frederick

County Public Schools’ employ-ees to attend a public meetingon April 6 regarding the search

or a new superintendent o schools. Representatives romHazard, Young, Attea & Associ-ates, a nationally renowned rmspecializing in superintendentsearches, will acilitate the meet-ing. Tose in attendance will beasked to provide in ormation onthe characteristics, traits andskills they would like to see inthe next superintendent. Temeeting will be held at AdmiralRichard E. Byrd Middle School

beginning at 7 p.m.School Board Chairman Stu-art Wolk says, “Te public meet-ing on April 6 is one o many meetings being held with vari-ous constituent groups as wework to develop a leadershippro ile or the next superin-tendent. Te pro le will help

board members understand thequalities the community valuesand expects in a superintendent

o schools. In addition, the pro-le will assist the search rm intheir recruitment e orts andhelp candidates or the posi-tion understand the leadershipqualities deemed to be the mostimportant or Frederick County Public Schools.”

Individuals may also sharetheir thoughts through an on-line survey which is accessiblethrough the Frederick County Public Schools website (www.

rederick.k1 .va.us). Te survey also can be accessed through alink on the homepage o each

o the county’s schools. Tereare separate surveys or variousconstituent groups includingFrederick County Public Schoolsadministrators, Frederick Coun-ty Public Schools teachers, Fred-erick County Public Schoolssupport sta , students enrolledin Frederick County Public

Schools and members o theFrederick County community.Te deadline to participate in

the online survey is April 8.Wolk says, “Te in ormationgathered at the various meetingsand through the online survey will be considered equally asthe Board works through theprocess o hiring the next super-intendent. Te search processhas gone smoothly so ar andwe anticipate introducing the

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Te school board began the

process o searching or a new superintendent a ter currentSuperintendent Patricia aylorannounced on February thatshe plans to retire e ectiveJune 30. aylor is in her 3rdyear with Frederick County Public Schools. She has servedas Superintendent since July 1,

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17 percent o eligible voters inrecent May town elections, andthe mid- 0 percent range datingback to the mid-1990s. urnoutsin November or a variety o elec-tions vary between lows around30 to 40 percent and highs o 70percent during presidential elec-tion years.

Low voter turnouts in townelections have been cited by theabove-named cross section o citi-zen activists as a means that allow small, special interest cliques tomaintain control o town hall andtown politics.

Pro May

On the pro-May election side,Councilman Hollis harpe andVice Mayor Chris Holloway havevoiced the opinion that since it’sbeen done in May or as long asanyone can remember why changenow? Councilman Carson Lauder,

siding with Tarpe and Holloway,stated that “elections should beabout issues not numbers.”

A ter the February work sessionat which that opinion was given,Lauder was asked by Sherp whatwere the issues he was elected onthat couldn’t bene t rom addedpublic input. Lauder replied thathe couldn’t remember.

Councilman om Sayre hasrepeatedly stated he is “50-50”on when to hold town elections.However, every comment he hasmade about the issue has ocusedon why November elections wouldbe bad – Sayre alleges becauseo other issues voters might bedistracted by and the potentialo added political partisanshipin November. Ironically perhaps,Sayre has based his “Novemberpartisan” stance largely on in-

ormation he cited coming romellow 10th District Republicans

he spoke with at a District Repub-

lican meeting a ter leaving a towncouncil work session early. Sayreeven pre aced his Feb. 14 councilmeeting “November partisanship”observations by stating, “I’m goingto get a little partisan here.”

Pro November

In a March press release issuedby the Coalition or Ethical Can-didates or Front Royal Now, imRatigan wrote, “In a time whenFront Royal needs to be lookingto the rising sun and the uture,we would be wise to close thedoor on the era where racism andelitism ruled the day. o even beassociated or continue a practicedesigned to prevent the poor andthe minorities rom voting wouldbe morally wrong.”

We asked Ratigan about thegenesis o his March 1 th pressrelease

Ratigan, also active in local “ eaParty” events and a staunch Re-publican, said, “A ter hearing aboutthe Harry Byrd Organization andthe ties it had to local elections, I

began investigating and was hor-ri ed to nd a dark reason behindthe political maneuver. In a timewhen southern states institutedpolices to discourage the poor andminorities rom voting, di erenttactics were used. Among thosewere poll taxes and literacy tests– and moving elections around tomake it more di cult or some tovote. Te apparent rationale wasthat i elections were held in thespring when the planting seasonhad begun keeping the seasonalhires - primarily poor and A ricanAmericans - on the arms workingthe crops they wouldn’t be able tomake it to the polls to cast theirvotes. hese tactics were com-monly used to control the out-come o the elections in localities,primarily towns and counties.”

Whatever one’s political a li-ation, Ratigan, like his new alliesin “Save Our own”, believes in-clusion rather than exclusion isthe answer to the political issues

acing not only individual mu-nicipalities, but the larger politicalspectrum as well.

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WASHING ON - Te Depart-ment o Justice today led a law-suit on behal o Jon Fultz, a U.S.Marine Corps reservist, againstthe city o Winchester, Va., alleg-ing that it violated the Uni ormedServices Employment and Reem-ployment Rights Act (USERRA)by ailing to properly reemploy

Fultz in September 009 whenhe returned rom military serviceduring which he sustained a kneeinjury.

Subject to certain conditions,USERRA requires employers topromptly reemploy returningservice members in the positionthey would have held had theiremployment been not interruptedby military service, or in a position

o like seniority, status and pay.According to the department’s

complaint, led in the U.S. DistrictCourt or the Western Districto Virginia in Harrisonburg, Va.,the city violated USERRA by notreemploying Fultz in his previouspre-service permanent positionas a community resource o cer

assigned to manage its police de-partment’s feet o motor vehicles.When Fultz returned to work inSeptember 009, a ter per ormingmilitary service where he injuredhis knee, the city assigned himfeet manager duties. However,the city placed Fultz in a lesser“light duty” status that he did notrequest, and which subjected himto removal rom his job. For the

next ve months, Fultz satis acto-rily per ormed his feet managerduties, which were the same ashis pre-service duties despite the“light duty” label. During thatperiod, Fultz did not have any workplace problems with his kneethat would have caused concernabout his job per ormance, sa ety or health.

In February 010, the city, with-out prior notice, removed Fultz

rom his position and stoppedpaying him wages. Although thecity told Fultz that its sudden ac-tion was due to supposed sa ety concerns, it did not explain the

nature o those concerns or giveany actual basis or them. Evenwhen Fultz provided medicalin ormation requested by thecity to permit his return to work,the city re used to reinstate him,or to identi y an alternate city position or which he quali iedor could become quali ed. Tecity ultimately terminated Fultz’semployment in October 010. Inits lawsuit, the Justice Departmentseeks the lost wages and bene tsthat he would have received i hehad been properly reemployedin his pre-service status as apermanent ull-duty community

resource o cer.“Employers have a legal obliga-tion to reemploy our uni ormedservice members in the correctposition and status a ter they return rom military duty,” saidTomas E. Perez, Assistant At-torney General or the Civil RightsDivision. “Te Civil Rights Divi-sion is committed to protectingthe rights o those who, through

their bravery and sacri ce, securethe rights o all Americans.”“When the men and women

who serve our country in thearmed orces return rom deploy-ments overseas, they deserve theirjobs back,” said imothy J. Heaphy,U.S. Attorney or the WesternDistrict o Virginia. “When em-ployers deprive our servicemen o this important right, the Depart-ment o Justice will intervene anden orce the USERRA statute.”

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RICHMOND – Flicking that ciga-rette butt out your car window ortossing it on the ground could costyou $100 i Delegate Joe Morrissey,D-Highland Springs, has his way.

His bill to impose such a inegot snu ed out during the GeneralAssembly’s recent session. But Mor-rissey plans to reintroduce the ideaduring the 01 legislative session.

He said he is optimistic the legisla-tion eventually will pass because o growing concern or the environ-ment.

“Every single cigarette butt is lledwith toxins, and there are 5. trillioncigarettes a year,” Morrissey said.“Te biggest single pollutant to theJames River is cigarette butts, andthe idea o the bill is to change their(smokers’) habits.”

Morrissey represents House Dis-trict 74, which includes Charles City County, parts o Henrico and PrinceGeorge counties, and parts o thecities o Hopewell and Richmond.

Te James River fows through hisdistrict.

House Bill 344 would have im-posed “a civil penalty o $100 or eachimproperly disposed o cigarettebutt.”

In February, the House Com-mittee on Agriculture, Chesapeakeand Natural Resources voted 11-7to table the measure. Opponentssaid the bill could result in nes o thousands o dollars. For example,i somebody dumped an ashtray with 50 cigarettes, the penalty wouldamount to $5,000.

Smokers’ rights advocates said thatthe bill was an attempt not to helpthe environment but to score politi-cal points by targeting smokers.

“I legislators were serious aboutclean air and pollution, we’d bechanging rom ossil uels to etha-nol more adamantly,” said KarynKimberling, president o the VirginiaSmokers Alliance.

“I legislators were serious aboutclean water, we would make surelarge chemical companies were notdumping toxic sewage into our water

supply. Even Styro oam cups releasetoxins when they decompose. So i legislators want to claim environ-mentalism as a reason to support thebill, then it’s hypocritical.”

he Cigarette Butt Advisory Group, a project based at San DiegoState University’s Graduate Schoolo Public Health, has been studyingthe environmental e ects o cigarettebutts. In a 009 study, the group saidthe chemicals in ltered cigarette

butts can kill sh.“ obacco product litter, particu-

larly cigarette butts, has been shownto be toxic, slow to decompose,costly to manage, and growing involume – a trend that appears to beexacerbated by the increased preva-lence o indoor smoking bans,” thegroup says on its website, Cigwaste.org.

Te group says cigarette butts are“the No. 1 littered item in the world”

and the most commup on beach cleanuUnited States.

But Kimberling sato address the litter pimposing a $100 nrette butt.

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Stephens City meetings

April 1Personnel Committee Meeting6:00pmApril 14Newtown Heritage Festival Com-mittee 7:00pmApril 19Historic Preservation Commis-sion 5:00pmApril 1Public Works Committee 5:30pmWater/ Sewer Committee6:00pm

Middletown meetings

Work Session First Monday 7pm. Regular Council SecondMonday 7pm. Committees Tird

uesday 7pm. Planning Commis-sion Fourth Monday 7pm. PublicHearings as scheduled and prop-erly advertised. All meetings areand always have been open to thepublic

Bingo

Every uesday at the Middle-town Volunteer Fire and Rescue.Doors open at 5pm. Bingo startsat 7pm. Located in the social hallrear o building. Concessions soldby Middletown Volunteer Fire andRescue auxiliary.

Fire and rescue dinner

urkey or Oyster Supper, April9, 4:30 til ?, Middletown Fire Hall,$13 or adults, $7 or childrenunder 1 . akeouts available. Pro-ceeds bene t Middletown Volun-teer Fire and Rescue Company.

Will work or pet ood

Apr 9, 011 By appointmentApr 10, 011 By appointmentStory ellers Photography LLCStudio. Will Work or Food. For weekends in April we will work orpet ood. Just bring in 5lbs o pet

ood and you will receive a com-plimentary 45 minute portrait ses-sion and a FREE 5x7 print. Tat’sa $175.00 value or 5lbs o pet

ood! Did you know that the SPCAo Winchester, Frederick & ClarkeCounties is unded completely by donations and adoption ees? Tey have no other unding source andthey need all the help we can givethem. Last time we raised almost300 pounds o pet ood or theSPCA o Winchester, Frederick

& Clarke Counties! Let’s see i wecan top that this time. Our goalthis time around is 600 poundso pet ood or the SPCA shelter.Remember, even though this eventis to bene t the SPCA shelter, thisisn’t just or pet portraits. We cando amily portraits , children’s por-traits - almost anything you wantin your 45 minutes. Greg Brown540-3 7-53

Prosperity patio showcaseopen to public

he event will be held romSaturday April 9th rom 10 am to4 pm on the Bowling Green South.(Rain date is April 10). Visit thehouses at 15 and 189 Karst Valley Road and 55 Bowling View Road.Te event will eature two dry-laidpaver patios with segmental blockseating walls. Also to be eaturedwill be a new paver driveway,porch and walkway. Te projectswill highlight such amenities as

re pits, columns with lights, seat-ing walls and curved, bull-nosedsteps. Prosperity Landscapingconstruction experts will be onhand to discuss project designsand construction methods. Tey will also have brochures availablethat picture and describe all sortso material options. Light re resh-ments will be served. For morein o call 540-869- 004.

Bass tournament

Apr 9, 011 and April 10, 011Call or details. Sponsored by Watermelon Park & Te NorthMountain Bass Anglers. eamscan pre-register or $75 (Entry eeincludes one night o camping, aticket to a BBQ dinner being pre-pared by Big Mike’s BBQ (winnero the 010 Watermelon ParkBlues n’ BBQ Festival) and a liveband will be per orming on stage.Please get pre-registered by goingto www.northmtnbassanglers.

com and you better hurry! hewinning eam will be awarded$1000 CASH. Please visit your lo-cal business starting February 1st.to pick up a registration orm. I you or your company would like tobecome a sponsor please contactMike Capanelli 571.4 0.0646 [email protected]

S.H.S.B. spaghetti dinnerand live auction

Sunday April 10, 011 Start-ing at 1 noon at Sherando HighSchool. o bene t the SherandoHigh School Band. Sit downspaghetti dinner rom 1 noonto 1:30pm. Dinner includes spa-ghetti, bread, salad, dessert andbeverages. Live music 1pm to1:30pm courtesy o Sherandoband students. Live auction withpro essional auctioneer LeonStrosnider at 1:30pm. Adults $7,children ages 4 to1 $5, children 3and under are FREE. For advancedtickets, contact any band member,call Amy at 540-664-8690 or mailyour check and sel -addressed &stamped envelope to: SherandoHS Band Booster Assn., 185 SouthWarrior Drive Stephens City, VA

655. Visit http://www.shsband-booster.org or and up to date listo pledges items and celebrity donars.

Lunch and silent auction

Sunday, April 10 at the ravel

Lodge on Front Royal Pike inWinchester. ickets are $15 eachand are available at the Adult CareCenter, 115 Wol e Street in Win-chester. Doors open at 11:30am;lunch is served rom 1-1:145pm,with live and silent auction to ol-low. Live auction items include:4 Redskin preseason home gametickets plus parking pass, JohnPaul Strain print rom King JamesGalleries, 88x90 handcra ted quilt,om Baker ramed original water-

color, A solid cherry Henkel-Har-ris nightstand, 3 nights and 4 daysat the Greenbrier, A gi t certi cateto two SU Summer Music Teatreper ormances, and a autographed

ootball.

Symposium

Te Valley Inter aith Councilpresents a two hour symposiumentitled “Old ime Religion MeetsNew Politics” on Sunday, April10, 011, 3:00 - 5:00pm at theBernard J. Dunn School o Phar-macy Shenandoah University.Guest speakers will be Dr. JamesA Davis, President Emeritus o Shenandoah University and MarkPelavin, Associate Director o TeReligious Action Center o Re ormJudaism. Dr. Davis will address:Civility: A Necessary Legacy orModern Society. Mr Pelavin’stopic is “ he Role o Faith in

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Club o Frederick County meetsuesday morning, April 1 , 011

at Shenandoah University in theClement Board Room - AllenDining Hall. Invited guests, clubmembers and visiting Rotariansare welcome.

Te Rotary Club o FrederickCounty will meet uesday morn-ing, April 19, 011 at 7:30 a.m.at Shenandoah University in theClement Board Room - AllenDining Hall. Rotarian Dr. Roy Schwartz will present his programabout China entitled, “Te DragonAwakes: Should We remble?”Invited guests, club members andvisiting Rotarians are welcome.

Te Rotary Club o FrederickCounty will meet uesday morn-ing, April 6, 011 at 7:30 a.m.at Shenandoah University in theClement Board Room - Allen Din-ing Hall. Club members, invitedguests and visiting Rotarians arewelcome. Te morning programwill eature student leaders withthe alented and Gi ted program

rom Frederick County HighSchools - Sherando, Millwoodand James Wood. Students willbe discussing their organization,accomplishments and goals.

Challenging cancer classes

Apr 13, 011Wednesday eveningsApr 0, 011Wednesday eveningsApr 7, 011Wednesday eveningsMay 4, 011Wednesday eveningsMay 11, 011Wednesday eveningsMay 18, 011Wednesday eveningsMay 5, 011Wednesday evenings

Jun 1, 011Wednesday evenings

Shenandoah Valley BaptistChurch, Stephens City, VA. Free8 week course held on Wednes-day evenings. opics: Learn 6skills every cancer patient needsto know. What to do when thedoctor says it’s cancer. What inthe world can I do or my lovedone. Tis is an 8 one hour groupsession held at Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church in Stephens City,Va. Ron Combs: 540.868.4030 or540.3 7.7898

S.H.S. 4th annualgol tournament

Apr 15, 011 1:00 pm, BowlingGreen North Gol Course. 18 hole

undraiser or our Choral scholar-ships. $75/gol er or $ 80/ our-some includes green ees, cart anddinner. You could win a new car atour Hole-in-one. Greg Dowling540-3 7-1411

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Apply or governmentjobs seminar

April 18, 011 rom 10:00 –1 :00 Cynthia F. Butler, SeniorHuman Capital Strategist romthe Assistant Secretary O iceo Management will answer themost requently asked questionsconcerning ederal employment.Ms. Butler brings almost 30 yearso ederal experience to includehuman resources, strategic plan-

ning, and pro essional coachingto this e ort. She has worked inthe Departments o Navy, Justice,Homeland Security and now Edu-cation. Te ederal governmentemploys millions o people acrossthe country in a wide range o po-sitions and pro essions. However,getting a job with the ederal gov-ernment brings some challenges.Knowing the pros and cons o working or the government, aswell as some tips regarding theapplication process, can help youdecide whether this is a careeryou wish to pursue and how togo about it. Be ore pursuing ajob with the ederal government,learn as much as you can aboutthe agency, the position, and theenvironment in which you’ll beworking. For more in ormationand to reserve a space contact: TeVirginia Employment Commis-sion at: 540-535- 874. 100 Pre-mier Place Winchester, Virginia

60 . Location o the seminar is:Handley Library Auditorium100W. Piccadilly St. Winchester, VA

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CongressmanFrank Wol visits

uesday, April 19, 011– Con-gressman Frank Wol Visits She-rando High School. CongressmanWol will be visiting Sherando tomeet the student who discovered apulsar in January as well as the twostudents who will be competingat the International Science andEngineering Fair in Los Angeles inApril. Te visit will include pre-sentations by the students as wellas in ormation on how FCPS isutilizing technology and inquiry-based labs to engage students inscience.

Earth day seedling giveaway

Friday, April , 011– In cel-ebration o Earth Day, FrogaleLumber Supply in Winchester is

donating seedlings which will begiven to every FCPS third gradestudent. he seedlings will bedistributed prior to Earth Day.eachers have been made aware o

the donation so they can includethe donation o the seedlings intoany Earth Day lesson plans.

Winchester areanewcomers club

Will be holding their monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 0at the Winchester Visitors Centeron Pleasant Valley Road. Nextmonths meeting will be held onWednesday, May 18th at theOpequon Presbyterian Church inKernstown or the last monthly co ee be ore summer, just so-cializing and snacking. Mostsmall groups will still be meetingthroughout the summer. For morein ormation and meeting timesplease call (540) 3 8-06 or e-mail; [email protected]

Volunteer training concern hotline

Do people tell you that you’re agood listener? Do you want to helppeople who have nowhere else toturn by listening and connectingthem to resource in their commu-nity? Do you have 4 hours a weekand a telephone? I you answeredyes, then you have what it takesto become a Concern Hotlinelistener! Concern Hotline is a 4/7crisis hotline sta ed by trainedvolunteers who help people inneed by listening. Te philosophy guiding Concern Hotline is thatin situations o con usion, uncer-tainty, stress, or crisis, people eelbetter and can think more clearly i they can talk to someone. Andwhile many people have peopleto turn to— amily, riends, neigh-bors, clergy, etc.—they may not

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1999 Dodge 1500 Ram con-version van. 7 passenger 4captains seats/ rear bench.Auto, V- 6. Nice Chromewheels. Green in color. 109,000miles, very sharp & well main-tained in good condition. New

inspection. In the Stephens Cityarea. $3350 OBO. 540-327-08114 black metal swival bar stools 24”high, like new. $100 for the set or $30 each. Call 540-465-3898

Pitbull Puppies part red nose andblue nose. $50.00 540-336-4435

Peavey DJ system for sale. Load-ed with 2600 watt amp, speak-ers with stands, lights with footcontrols, mic, headphones, &cables. Control panel enclosedin hard case. Great system to getstarted in your own DJ business.In excellent condition. All youneed are your own music cds andyou can immediately start your own business. Pictures avail-able. $3000.00.(540) 535-7315.

Pet Hair Sheep lambs, they donot have wool so there is no needto ever shear! This breed hashair like a dog ,they shed out to a

smooth coat in summer, just likedogs do. Females $200.00 Weth-ers $150.00 & Rams $300.00.Raised naturally with their mother’s,around human contactdaily, in Shenandoah County VA.We have even sold to children’spetting zoo. Please email for more information,photos or to beput on our wait list. [email protected] Mens plus size cloth-ing for sale. Sizes 4, 5 and 6X.Good Condition. Urban wear.Many jackets also. Please call540-631-4552

Handyman/repair/remodelingbusiness assets for sale. 200214 foot freightliner/sprinter vanfully loaded with tools. Ready torun business now. To much infor-mation to list so if you are inter-ested please email me $22,000for all or willing to split tools andvan. $18,000 for van and $4,000for tools. Call 703-930-3438 /[email protected].

Wedding Gown, size 10, never worn, white form tting lace &pearls at waist and thruout dress,sleeveless, chiffon full skirt, longchiffon train, 6” satin trim at bot-tom, scoop neckline, matchingshort chiffon veil with pearl head-band, preserved for storage -$350or $400 - 540-539-4872.

Sony 27” TV w/original remote.Excellent Condition $80. Com-plete golf club set w/bag, pull cartand accessories. Excellent Con-dition $100. Call (540) 622-2172

Piano- Wurlitzer, VGC Ivory/creamwith gold trim. Has gold cush-ion seat with storage. $550.00. .Slipcovers for high back diningroom chairs. Country look, blueand white. Only 5, $75.00 for all.Lots of kitchen items, dish-es, bowls, corning ware, sil-verware, take all $75.00.

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“To Walk In Faith”, is conducting adonation drive of aluminum cans,copper wire and recyclable metals.Pickup is available in immediate

Winchester and Frederick Co. areas.Call 540-550-9146Looking for female roommate toshare 3 bedroom trailer in StephensCity. $350 per month, includes utili-ties. Smoking ok. Must like cats. CallTonya at 540-868-0307Need a good tenant for huge base-ment apartment in my home. Walk-out/Private entrance/appliances. On3 country acres, near both StephensCity and Winchester. $ 795.00/month.Call Randy at 540 974 6460 or [email protected]

A bedroom (10X11) with a closet andhallway bathroom to share in a ranch3 bedroom home in Middletown nextInterstate 81 with two others and twoloveable dogs. Seeking professional,non smoking/drugs professional toshare a house with two other peoplein their early 30’s. $550.00 a month,all utilities included plus $550.00security deposit and 6 month termlease required. A credit and back-ground check will be done on appli-icant. Please contact Scott at 540-877-7083.or Melissa 812-341-8101.

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1. What was Gene Vincent’s firstnotable hit?

2. Name the artist who released“The Last Worthless Evening,” “TheHeart of the Matter” and “New York

Minute.”3. What was the last song John Len-non wrote and released before hisdeath?

4. Name the group that released “TheKids Are Alright,” “I Can’t Explain”and “My Generation.”

5. These songs appeared on whichBeatles album: “Lovely Rita,” “She’sLeaving Home” and “Being for theBenefit of Mr. Kite!”

6. Who co-wrote and released “Cra-zy Train”?

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1. “Be-Bop-A-Lula” in 1956 withhis Blue Caps band. The song madeit onto Rolling Stone magazine’s 500greatest songs of all time.

2. Don Henley, all on his “The Endof the Innocence” album in 1989.

3. “(Just Like) Starting Over” onOctober 1980. The song had been atNo. 3 on the U.S. charts and No. 21 inthe U.K. before his death sent the songto No. 1.

4. The Who, in 1965. While thesongs did well in the U.K., they barelymade it into the Top 100 in the U.S.

5. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely HeartsClub Band,” released in 1967.

6. Ozzy Osbourne, formerly of Black Sabbath, in 1980 on his “Bliz-zard of Ozz” debut album.

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By Samantha Weaver

Fans Are Straw TatStirs NASCAR

Deep down, some ansmust know they’re stark,raving mad.

It’s in a good way. In act,enthusiastic, outrageous,shirts-and-caps-collect-ing ans make the NAS-CAR world go around.Te drink they’re stirringis a margarita. Declaringthe Reggie Jackson clichŽobsolete on account o thestatute o limitations, the

ans, collectively, are thestraw.

When that green fagwaves, and Darrell Waltrip

commences to hollerin’,they are crazy as CharlieSheen. Sheen wants someo what those olks are on.

God love ‘em. But it’s un-reasonable to believethat either, a) NASCAR, orb) Rick Hendrick doesn’twant Dale Earnhardt Jr. towin. It’s no more reason-able to believe that NAS-CAR wants Jimmie John-son to win the Sprint Cupchampionship every year.

Even in Daytona Beach,Fla., most things are on thelevel.

Many olks seem to thinkthat the media has a bias.Tis is because it’s di cult

or a journalist to thinkin the head o a an, whothinks anyone whose opin-ion is di erent rom his isbiased. He or she is biasedagainst him or her, and it’s

true, simply because he orshe isn’t, in act, him orher.

He is on rst. She is onsecond. Him is at short.Her is at third. Who’s onthe hill? I Don’t Know.Likes to throw curves.

What has recently be-come apparent is that many

ans think it’s per ectly ap-propriate or members o the media to jump up anddown, stomp and cheerwildly a ter a driver wins arace, which begs the ques-tion: Do they want the me-dia to be biased, or don’tthey?

Alas, this pro ession hasits own set o rules, sameas a plumber, a pediatri-cian and a politician. OK,maybe politician is a poorexample.

Being stark, raving cra-

zy, it’s natural or ans tothink the media ought tobe stark, raving crazy, too.Which is true, but in a di -

erent way.Te best conclusion was

probably John Prine’s. “It’sa big, old goo y world.”

•••Monte Dutton covers motor-sports or Te Gaston (N.C.)Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].

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