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Project Lead the Way team takes 2nd in state design compet

By Ken TurmanWarren County Report

Six Project Lead the Way engi-neering students accepted the RealWorld Design Challenge, an annualcompetition or grades 9-1 to ad-dress challenges that ace our na-tions industries today. Over 40 Vir-ginia High Schools entered but only0 were able to complete the chal-lenge. Tis was the rst time War-ren Countys engineering students

have competed in the challenge andthey came away with a second placenish.

Tis years challenge involved de-signing an ecient, low carbonemission and environmentallyriendly personal light sport aircratthat could accommodate two peopleand y 00 miles in less than twohours.

According to Eric McAchren,their project manager, they learnedhow to practically apply the math,

physics, and computer skills theylearned in school and how to pushthemselves to new levels. Teyworked on the project ater schoolor ve months averaging 4-7 hoursa day while completing a ull courseload. Te students and aculty advi-sor om Breed worked many lateevenings and countless hours romOctober through January to get thechallenge completed. Te nal doc-ument ended up being 70 pages. Tesix students who participated andtheir roles in the project are:

Eric McAchren 1th

grade Project Manager Michael Merchant 1th

grade- 3D Model Integration Kenneth Richards 1th

grade Mathematician Kyle Brewster 11th grade

Design Integrator Nathan Christman 11th

grade Physicist, Wing DesignAnalysis

Dale Meeks 11th grade 3D Modeler, Wing Design

According to the team, they gaineda deep appreciation o the team-work, exibility, adaptability, prob-

lem solving, divisiontime management, wavoid single point a

modeling, design, andsize. In addition, the tan oral presentation a 70 page technical ptheir methodology, dprocess, and their calthey learned a deep lthe process.

Faculty advisor oMelody Sheppard, tnology Center Directhe young men wereand the three that aregoing on to college ingineering and compuSpero, Mike South, aacted as mentors romthe Way representin

engineering. Dr. BDean o Engineering son University, statedgram has denitely gup in preparing or couture careers.

Our collective hat isren County School these ne young menthem continued succture.

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From left to right, Project Lead the Way engineering team

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Eric McAchren, Tom Breed (faculty advisor), Nathan Christ-

man and Kyle Brewster.

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Ressie Jeries principal leaves job unexpecte

By Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

Less than two years ater replacingLisa Rudacille as principal o RessieJefries Elementary School, Antoi-nette Funk let her position mid-morning, on Friday, March 9.

Warren County Public Schools Su-perintendent Pamela McInnis saidthat Funk let or personal reasonsand was still considered an employeeo the school system through theJune 30 end o the school year. As a

personnel matter, school ocials arelimited in their legal ability to pro-

vide detail on such matters.Funk did not respond to a call ofer-

ing her an opportunity to elaborateon the reason or her sudden depar-ture.

Funk served as assistant principal atRessie or six years prior to succeed-ing Rudacille, who let the school tobecome director o proessional de-

velopment in the WCPS central o-ce.

Assistant Principal Mike McCor-

mick assumed the role o interimprincipal. He will be assisted by cen-tral oce staf, including Rudacilledue to her amiliarity with the school,as necessary.

Funks departure came the day ol-lowing a school board meeting thatconcluded with a Closed Session todiscuss two separate Personnel Is-sues.

On March 15 the Ressie website did not yet reect theMarch 9 change at the top of the schools administration.

Fairground Road party leads to brawl, chargesOn March 10, at approximately :45 a.m. the Warren County Sher-

ifs Oce responded to a report o a stabbing complaint located at169 Fairground Road.Sherifs deputies arrived at the residence and encountered a large

party. Deputies discovered a victim with multiple stab wounds iden-tied as Larry Embry o Bealeton, VA, 1 years o age. Deputies alsodiscovered a second victim identied as Ronald Campbell Jr. o Ed-inburg, VA, 1 years o age, who had been struck in the head with awooden object. Both victims were transported to Winchester Medi-cal Center. Embry was treated and has been released. Campbell wasstill hospitalized at the time o a March 1 WCSO press release.Deputies identied two suspects, Gary Jenkins III, o Front Royal,

VA, 18 years o age, and Fares Ahmed Abdelhalim, 300 PimmitDrive, Falls Church, VA, 1 years o age.Jenkins was treated and released at Warren Memorial Hospital or

injuries sustained during the altercation. Sherifs deputies arrestedand charged Mr. Jenkins with aggravated malicious wounding. He isbeing held without bond at the Warren County Jail.Abdelhalim was also treated and released rom Warren Memorial

Hospital or injuries also sustain during the altercation. Sherifsdeputies arrested and charged Mr. Abdelhalim with aggravatedmalicious wounding. Abdelhalim is being held without bond at theWarren County Jail.Te investigation into this incident is continuing and urther charg-

es may be led.Anyone with urther inormation regarding this incident is asked to

call the Warren County Sherifs Oce at 635-418.(From a release)

Gary D. Jenkins III

Fares Ahmed Abdelhalim

Jack Evans Chevy steps to

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youth sports, Jack Evans Chevrolet is supporting Front

League through the Chevy Youth Baseball Program. Tis will include both monetary and equipment donations durin01 youth baseball season.

Chevy Youth Baseball is a grassroots initiative that establtive relationship between local dealers and the communitieJack Evans Chevrolet is sponsoring Front Royal Little Leago Chevrolets nation-wide commitment to support youthcommunity at a time. Over the course o the season, Jack rolet will donate equipment to the league which may includebags, baseballs, sotballs, catchers gear, batting helmets, bumpires equipment, coachs kits, break away bases, bat raaid kits.In addition, each sponsored league will take part in the CBaseball Double Play Giveaway which is a undraiser that cleague $10,000! Te Chevy Youth Baseball Double Play Gitures a Grand Prize o the All-New 013 Chevrolet Malibuother great prizes such as HD elevisions, courtesy o the lolet dealership.

Also, thanks to Jack Evans Chevrolet and other partic

Chevrolet dealers, youth baseball participants will have a ctend a youth clinic with a local proessional baseball team.

We are looking orward to a great season with Front League that will be lled with exciting games and an enhanence or the teams through the equipment and cash donatMurphy, o Jack Evans Chevrolet, said. Chevy Youth Basebexample o how committed our dealership is to supportinand amilies in our community.

Te 01 program will provide assistance to an impressivein the Northeastern region and Chevrolet dealers will con$600,000 in monetary and equipment donations.

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A pear-shaped tear

Editor,

I just wanted to say how sad it is tolose all the beautiul pear trees on

Main Street. Tey provided muchneeded shade in the summer.In the spring their blooms were so

snowy white it looked like it wassnowing when the wind blew.

Te all colors always added to ourautumn estivals.

When we would have a heavy snow,looking down Main Street made youthink o the town in Its a WonderulLie at night.

Te trees they are replacing themwith look like ugly little CharlieBrown trees. I looked at the ones inront o the Daily Grind and they areso small and skinny that generationsrom now may not even be able to ap-preciate a good shade tree on MainStreet.

I know all the reasons behind takingdown all the pear trees, but you arechanging the look o a very quaint-looking Front Royal to a very sterile-looking Anytown, USA.

I looked at the beautiul Pear treeson Saturday, Feb. 5th and said good-

bye to them.I will miss them.

Linda CookFront Royal

A shady deal rom FR

Editor,

One o the ew simple pleasures inFront Royal was the ability to sit ona park bench under a shade tree ona hot summers day. Tis was equallyimportant on Main Street wherethe heat island efect takes summerdays over 100 degrees. wice a yearwe were also treated to picture post-card panoramas white owers onthe trees in springtime and coloredleaves in the all.

All that was taken away rom us theweek own bureaucrats condemnedthe trees to death. ruckloads o men

with chainsaws arrived and stoodaround like a lynch mob as one wentup in the bucket o the maintenancetruck and lopped of a ew eet o thewinter bare tree at a time until only astump remained. A man who didntwant me to watch said they were only

ollowing orders.Te second stated reason or the

killing was that the pear trees weretoo old and too big and their rootsthreatened city brick sidewalks.Having lived on Main Street orve years, I disagree. I have lived inMichigan and Caliornia where I sawtrees actually push up the pavement.In Santa Monica, Caliornia, the lo-cal government pioneered the use oexible sidewalk pavers made romrecycled automobile tires to protectpedestrians rom tree roots. In thecase o Front Royal, a ew sidewalkbricks settled rom rainwater but Ididnt see any pushed up enough sosomeone might trip.

I did see town cherry picker truckstrim the canopy back each spring andheard a ew complaints when treesdropped owers and seeds on thesidewalks. But these things all underthe category o routine maintenance.

I wasnt notied in advance o the

impending doom o the trees; butater the act I went down to the

Visitors Center to vietowns plan to replaceenough, they missed tWe need SHADE tbenches to make dowant place to be or sists, workers and resit looks like all we wiing bushes or yuppieWarming.

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Relay or Lie scheduleMarch 19 Relay eam Meeting at 6 p.m. meeting will be held atthe Warren County Community Center. Please come out and join us andhear the latest on the Relay happenings. Wear your purple and show

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March 24 - Womanless Beauty Contest at 7 p.m. at Skyline HighSchool, admission is $5 and we are still looking or contestants. Pleasecontact Rita Werner at [email protected] i youd like to be a con-testant, you must be at least 18 years o age to participate. Food items willbe available or sale and more inormation about our upcoming Relay.

June 9 Te Relay event at 6 p.m . at the Skyline High School track -come join us or a night o walking in the ght against cancer. A night tohonor those who ght the ght daily and to remember those weve lost.For more inormation please contact Emily Dodson at [email protected] or more inormation or www.rwcrelay.com.

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Lawrence Sweeney Shiett Athletic Hall o Fame. Nomination orms areavailable at www.warrencountysports.org under the Files & Links icon.Deadline or nominations is April 1.

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On March 6 the Warren CountyBoard o Supervisors unanimouslyapproved a compromise parks & rec-reation department youth summercamp program or the coming year.

And while the program survived thedeath blow that had been anticipatedby some in the wake o earlier com-ments by a board majority reacting toprivate-sector daycare complaints ounair publicly-unded competition,

what did survive guts the programofered last year into a radically-di-erent shape a shape one parentsays just isnt easible or workingcounty parents.

Tat shape is two our-week ses-sions, split urther into our-hourmorning (8 a.m.-noon) and ater-noon (1 p.m.-5 p.m.) sessions. Nochild will be allowed to enroll inmore than one our-hour, our-weeksession. Enrollment will be capped at50 children aged 5-11 or each o theour sessions.

So while the board can say it did notkill the 01 program and that whathas survived is being ofered to morechildren potentially 00 i each ses-sion was ully enrolled compared tolast summers board-imposed enroll-ment cap o 30 children the optiono a more afordable, physically-ac-tive, day-long county camp or work-ing parents o younger school-agechildren has been eliminated.

Last year parents had the option oenrolling their children or the ull,10-hour per day, eight-week program

at a cost o $60 per week (total o $480or all eight weeks, plus a $10 regis-tration ee) or opting in on a weeklybasis at a cost o $80 per week.

Tis year there is a $15 registrationee and a weekly ee o $45 or the4-hour sessions (which would equalabout $100 per week or $800 or theeight week, 10-hour program o-e-red last year).

Despite those changes, the day-longcounty programs major opponent,sel-described private-sector daycaremomma bear, Sarah Palin an and

Angels Korner proprComstock, lauded th victory not just odaycare operators, butys youths.

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During comments toor to their vote, Comher political hero Pathe media or any netion the public has abodaycare operators s

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county program.Im not like that our story is not

getting out, Comstock said o whatshe called negative press about herstance on the county summer campprogram. Reading the articles and

seeing whats in the news stating somuch negative against the daycares were not getting our story out Its being told how horrible we areand the things we are causing andwe need to stick with our own busi-ness and such. Again I apologize; Imnot here or anyone right now otherthan the children o the community,Comstock asserted.

A our-person board majority Happy Creek Supervisor ony Carterwas the odd man out bought intoComstock and her group o ourother daycare providers stance thata taxpayer unded summer camp was

unair and a potentially-atal eco-nomic blow to private-sector provid-ers.

However, Comstocks own preparedstatement against re-implementationo the 011 program presented at a

Feb. 7 board work session repeatedlyreerenced the impact o the ongoingeconomic recession on businesseslike hers. However, she insisted theeight-week competition o thecounty program could be atal to herbusiness.

A county survey o impacts romthe 011 program showed that com-petition costing local private-sectordaycares rom one to three, and inone case Angels Korner six cli-ents over the eight-week lie o thecamp last summer. But rather thanthe summer layofs she predicted lastspring, Comstock recently told us the

result o last summers lost businessled to a ull and part-time member oher staf having to split hours duringthe span o the county program.

Best or the most?

During public presentations twowomen reiterated their requeststhe county keep the program in last

years orm that would do the mostcounty amilies the most good.

Leanne Lewis, a parks & rec advi-sory board member, cited the publicsupport or the county youth campreected in letters to the editor olocal papers and positive eedbackrom parents who utilized the countyprogram last year. I just wanted toask you to take that into consider-ation beore you make your decision,Lewis said.

Christa Peacock, who had threeboys, aged 5, 7 and 8 in the 011 pro-gram also asked that the program becontinued in the same ormat as last

year.My kids loved this program Im

kindly asking that you not cancel thesummer in the parks program ornot to change the options that wereset orth at the last meeting [mirror-ing last year] because [the new ones]simply are not viable options or myamily or any working amilies in thecommunity.

I you set a our-week program,youve got to nd daycare or the oth-er our weeks, youve got to try to lineup another camp our-week campsare really not easible, Peacock saido the new compromise proposal.Other counties have this exact sametype o program, you can pick out

week by week (like thegram) that tends towell. So, Im asking tthis program, keep it summer

Change o perspectiv

In explaining his chative rom last year whto be Carters major alreinstituting a countyprogram that ran rShenandoah DistricRichard raczyk echhe made to us in resmail inquiry on boardtitudes toward publicgrams designed to prto all taxpayers (raczone o the our superto the camps structu

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Engles Angle: Unwanted Dead or Alive!

By Kevin S. Engle

Warren County Report

(This article was not preapproved

by my wife. I might be in trouble.)

I glanced at my wife. We made

eye contact. She could see my

pain. She could feel my pain.

I mumbled the words grocery

store and headed for the door.

She knew why.

We had a problem. Unwanted

house guests. And they were in no

hurry to leave.

The solution? If they werent go-

ing, I was.

The first step in dealing with un-

wanted house guests, l ike so manyother things, is prevention. Dis-

courage them from coming in the

first place. Tell them about the rare

and contagious disease youve con-

tracted. The one with no cure.

You can sti l l visit, you say, but

youl l have to wear contamination

suits to protect yourself.

That one works well.

Or casually mention the night-

mares, and the blood curdling

screams at 3AM.

Just ignore it, you laugh. You

might not even hear me.

Or that you have to go out of town

for work. Even if you are unem-

ployed.

Wed been successful in holding

them off for several years, but in amoment of weakness, coupled with

guilt and stupidity, we gave in. Plus,

wed run out of good excuses.

Now what?

Phase 2. Make them feel as un-

comfortable and unwelcome as you

can, while trying to be pleasant

about it.

This is your room, you say and

then toss their stuff on to the floor.

There shouldnt be any more bed

bugs. But just in case, you might

want to use the special soap we

bought. The label says its 50% ef-

fective.

That usually shortens the stay.

Or, Weve had a l ittle problem

with rats, but I think we got the

last one this morning. Right under

your bed as a matter of fact. Sweet

dreams.

Theyl l be gone by morning, I

whispered.

I was wrong.

And now, when they were sup-

posed to leave, they were in no

hurry.

I was desperate. This had never

happened before. I didnt know

what to do. There was no Phase 3.

My survival instincts kicked in.

Choosing between fight or fl ight, Iflew. And so off to the grocery store

I went. An hour later, when I was

done, I headed for home. My gut

told me theyd sti l l be there.

I had two choices. Pull off some-

where and wait for the all clear

call from my wife. Or go back, and

tough it out. For some unknown

reason, probably the stress, I chose

to tough it out. I obviously wasnt

thinking clearly.

I can do this! I said aloud, trying

to pump myself up. I felt a surge

of adrenaline rushing through my

body. And with every left and right

turn I made, I could feel my heart

beating faster.

And then, I saw it. A sight that

brought a smile to my face.Their car, and it was coming to-

ward me.

They waved.

I waved.

I smiled.

I had survived.

What you have just read is purely

fiction, and thats what I l l say if

the persons referred to in this story

ever read this story. As for my wife,

Im in trouble, and thats a fact.

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to our e-mail).Te parks & rec department has

gotten itsel into a conundrum overthe summer pro-gram that it startedlast year. I have listened with interestto the pros and cons and nd myselreverting back to my basic beliesthat government should not competewith ree enterprise, raczyk said.

He stated he believed the core unc-tion o government is to providesaety in the orm o re protectionand law enorcement as well as edu-cation and other things as mandatedby either the state or ederal govern-ment.

Beyond that he said the county o-ers unding to what he termed lei-

sure activities including the library,parks, pools, ball elds and a skate-park, as the countys taxpayers indi-cated they supported.

Te private organizations have em-ployees who pay taxes, have amiliesto support and most reside in War-ren County, raczyk added. I amsure parks & rec and our board will

come to some resolution - whetherits short weekly camps or combiningeforts with daycare providers usingthe county acilities. It will be a com-promise and as in all compromises,some will be unhappy, others satis-ed. Tat is how it goes in our com-munity, raczyk said.

As indicated by comments at the

Feb. 1 public hearinsupporters o the bsummer program is wminority o taxpayeworking or, private-are dictating public majority o countys parents dealing with tmer break.

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As community preps or rail designation one local experiences the2,000 miles later Mac McIntyre says hed do it again in a heartbeat

By Malcolm Barr Sr.Warren County Report

Youd like to think that our yearsat Randolph-Macon Academy andanother our at ultra-tough Virgin-ia Military Institute would be quiteenough marching or a 3-year-oldWarren County man. But no, hetold his parents, Karen and GeorgeMcIntyre, ater graduating with abachelors degree in business andeconomics, Im going to hike the(,181 mile) Appalachian rail!Oh no, youre not! I imagined

Karen McIntyre telling her son.Actually, both my parents were

against it, grinned George MacMcIntyre III, an erudite young ell-er whose olks are now very, veryproud o their sons achievement.And, as I read him during a recentchat, so is he.A hike lasting 141 days? Yep.

Would he do it again? Yep in aheartbeat and probably next timewith his dog, Hercules.Ater all the tough schooling, Mac

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sion a bit apprehensive when hecame upon a bull moose, and wasnot overly impressed by riendly

porcupines who may have wantedto hook up with him on the way.While Mac let alone and, by

choice, wanted to be alone with histhoughts, he admits the best, andmost lasting, experience he hap-pened on along the way was meet-ing a 30-ish New Hampshire cou-ple-also southbounders - namedJustin and Patrice Lavigne. Of and

on, the Lavignes, also at loose ends,were with Mac most o the way, andended up taking a caretaker job on

the trail near Bluemont. Teyre just part o our amily now, Mactold me, describing the mansion-type hostel they now operate notonly or Appalachian rail hikersbut or church and youth groupsas well.Parenthetically, it turns out there

are two types o hikers who use thetrail - northbounders who start in

Georgia and southbounders, whostart where else but in Maine.Mac likely would join the north-

bounders next time around.An average days hike, whichever

way youre headed, is 10-15 miles.

At least, it was or Mac McIntyre.Te trio (he and the Lavignes, pro-nounced Leveens), didnt alwayswalk together but they would gen-erally end their days at the sameshelter, usually an open-rontedshack with a re pit and shelvesor sleeping. Tere are log books ateach shack and hikers tend to keepup with what those in ront o themhave experienced. Tose comingup rom behind also benet romthe logs.Not that Mac spent every night

on the trail. For example, when hedullled a personal target o walk-ing across Maryland in a day - at 40miles the shortest cross-state hike

o the 14 - he stepped into WestVirginia where parents Karen and

George, alerted by the GPS system,were there to pick him up at Harp-ers Ferry. Similarly, theyd met himat another stopping point where heassuaged his craving or barbecuerom their Apple House kitchen in

Linden.A major challenge was Virginia,

the longest walk to get out o astate that seemed to go on or-ever (100 miles or so) resulting inwhat he called the Virginia blues .A big help in this part o the trekwas Macs decision to visit his almamater near Lexington where hemet and caroused with many VMIriends and classmates, turning aplanned day stay in Buena Vistainto two days, the second day to re-cover rom the reunion, it seems.Te toughest parts o the our-

month journey were early on whereclouds o mosquitoes attack hikersnight and day. Despite head nets

and lots o repellent, when hikersleave the mosquito zone Mac

said they all look likbad case o chickenloneliness was also a diet o rice and noand high calorie chocame boring, hence t

Apple House barbecAnd what did this 6

adventurer gain roence, apart rom lopounds? Condensetting goals and them ... getting a bition o the small thinsaid; as well as his twJustin and Patrice.

(On November 9, 20 Intyre, o Milldale frst ull time job wSterling, VA, using hVMI to begin steppinrate ladder. It also hclose to a longtime a

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FRON ROYAL, VA - On April 1,Front Royal/Warren County will be-come the newest Appala-chian railCommunity designated by the Ap-palachian rail Conservancy. Fol-lowing a ull day o amily-orientedcelebratory activities, Front RoyalMayor im Darr, Chairman ArchieFox o the Warren County Board oSupervisors, National Park Servicesuperinten-dents Pam Underhilland Martha Bogle (AppalachianNational Scenic rail and Shenan-doah National Park respectively),and representatives rom the Appa-lachian rail Conservancy will par-

ticipate in a proclamation-signing at3:30 p.m. on the Village Commonsat Chester and East Main Streets inhistoric downtown Front Royal.

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designation is a program o the Ap-palachian rail Conservancy, thenonprot responsible or manage-ment and protection o the estimat-ed ,185-mile Appalachian NationalScenic rail.

Most people do not realize thatthe trails originator, Benton MacK-aye, never intended the Appalachianrail to be a mere ootpath, but alsoa way to build a long linear commu-nity where people could renew bodyand spirit through outdoor recre-ation, education, and volunteer ac-tivity, says Sonja Carlborg, steeringcommittee member and consulting

grant writer to the Conservancy.Te Appalachian rail Conservan-cy is proud to celebrate communitiesthat are helping to protect and pro-mote the Appalachian rail, states

Julie Judkins, Community ProgramManager or the Appalachian railConservancy. Tese new partner-ships will increase local stewardshipo public lands, support communityinitiatives or sustainable economicdevelopment and conservation

planning as well as support healthyliestyles or community citizens.Front Royal will join 3 other des-

ignated communities, includingHarrisonburg and Waynesboro.

Launched in 010, this programrecognizes communities or theirpart in promoting awareness o theAppalachian rail as an importantlocal and national asset. Front Roy-al/Warren Countys designation daywill include amily activities such asa 5.5-mile guided hike along the Ap-palachian rail by hike leaders romthe Potomac Appalachian rail

Club, outdoor skills-building gameson the Village Commons, and thelaunch o several Quests, communi-ty-based treasure hunts designed bygroups ranging rom the Girl Scoutsto the Front Royal/Warren Countyree Stewards and Warren HeritageSociety.

Te steering committee is devel-oping a website at http://www.ron-troyalatcommunity.blogspot.com/.In the meantime, updates can beobtained by calling the Front Royal/Warren County Visitor Center at1(800) 338-576.

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On or about March 1, SuburbanWhitetail Management o North-ern Virginia (SWMNV) began bowhunting within Cluster Number Onein the own o Front Royal. Actingas agents o the Front Royal PoliceDepartment, and operating undera Deer Population permit issued bythe Virginia Department o Gam-ing and Inland Fisheries, SWMNVmembers received signed permissionrom over 16 households to huntand/or track and retrieve allen deerbetween Jamestown Road and War-ren County School Board property.Tere are two other clusters underdevelopment in Front Royal.

Why is a suburban deer hunt nec-essary? Front Royal Police Lt. ClintKeller listed ongoing understory loss,landscaping damage, motor vehiclecrashes, danger to human health andthe health o the deer herd as con-cerns warranting more efective deermanagement. On March 1 he wroteSuburban Whitetail Management oNorthern Virginia had been broughtup by several sources. While teach-ing or the Rappahannock Regional

Criminal Justice raining Academyat the Frederick County Sherifs O-ce ring range I discussed the issuewith a riend and bowhunter, DeputyJohn Hoover. He told me that he wasa member and outlined how the or-ganization worked.

We are a group o people who loveto hunt and understand the needto control deer says SWMNV co-ounder Whit Wagner. SWMNV o-ers ree services to property ownersand developers. On March 13 Whit-man wrote that We are primarilyconcentrating our eforts in the owno Front Royal because o the seriousdeer management problem and theydo not allow public hunting. We aregetting a lot o requests and we willprocess them probably ater March

1. In Warren County outside theown limits we would rather havethe public hunters do the manage-ment. SWMNV always encouragespublic hunting rst and we only areused in sensitive areas. With thatsaid there are some HOAs that donot allow hunting and we do servicethose areas .

SWMNVs goal is to decrease thedeer density to normal with a saeand ethical hunt.

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cision. I mustve seen at least ortydeer today Wagner said on March11. en were within range; o thoseeight were antlerless. I drew ourtimes but there was only one ethicalbroadside shot.

Tree Front Royal archers have joined SWMNV or the local hunt.Te bowhunters shoot rom a heighto at least 1 with a maximum dis-tance o 0 yards, aiming to pierceboth lungs. Te animal expireswithin 10 seconds explains Wagner.Te deer usually go about 0 to 60

yards but sometimes more depend-ing on the shot. I it is a small prop-erty and there is a chance the deerwould expire on (a non-participat-ing) neighbors property we would

not hunt the property. He added Atleast 60 percent o the meat goes toHunters or the Hungry.

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Te battle o the ims incumbentDarr and challenger Ratigan willbe a head-to-head mayoral contest.

An anticipated third mayoral candi-date ling by you know who did notmaterialize. Despite rehearsing orthe role o mayor like a shadow be-

ing or over a year at Mayor Darrsside and telling a local elementaryschool teacher at a March , Dr.Seuss Birthday reading that he wasthere because he needed publicitydue to a pending run or oce, thatnon-candidate and sitting council-man who is not up or re-electionthis year did not le or the mayoralballot this year.

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Residents question Harmony Hollow utility reqSubdivision proposal leads to rehash o town-county Corridor issueBy Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

Te uture shape o water use, development and uid boundariesbetween the town and county wasraised on several ronts during aMarch 6 Warren County Board oSupervisors meeting and work ses-sion.

Te rst sign o potential troublecame during public comments atthe regular meeting. wo HarmonyHollow residents, Peter Wilson andDavid Silek, asked the county to pro-ceed careully with a request thattown central water and sewer be ex-tended to a 14-unit subdivision oncounty land in Harmony Hollow.

Tat request has been made in theearly stages o planning or the Glen-wood Homes LLC subdivision andits owner Betty West. Te land is onormer orchard land zoned Agricul-tural. However, the one-acre lot sub-division would not require a rezoningaccording to county ocials.

County staf noted that the exist-ing town water-sewer policy requiresthat a joint request or town utilitiesbe made by the property owner andthe county, including that the prop-erty be boundary adjusted into thetown, when rezonings are required.Te existing town policy states thatwhere rezoning is not an issue, thetown may consider the utility re-quest on a case-by-case basis as has

been done traditionally without aboundary adjustment.

Wilson and Silek both expressedreservations that any town cen-tral utility extension into HarmonyHollow would start an irreversibleprocess o development that wouldchange the nature o the rural com-munity orever. In act, Silek statedthat with development in recent

years the Harmony Hollow-drivenArco, Virginia area o the countyhad ranked either rst or second inproportional population increase inVirginia over the past decade.

Both Hollow residents expressedparticular alarm at the notion thearea would be boundary adjustedinto the town limits to acilitate cen-tral utility extension. Would suchan adjustment bring all county landbetween Harmony Hollow into thetown, they wondered; or would thehollow be gerrymandered in, giv-ing Front Royal a non-contiguousboundary?

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Te anking maneuver involvedongoing town dissatisaction abouthow north corridor commercial rev-enues are being split in the wake othe 009-10 court decision remov-ing a meals-tax based PILO eerom the towns corridor revenue.Following development o the two5 shopping centers and the arrival

o numerous restaurants, includinga trio o major national chains, themeals tax component o the PILO(Payment In Lieu O axes) had pro-

vided the great bulk o the townscompensation or lost commercialtax revenue. Tat lost revenue wasa direct result o the town agreeingto extend central water-sewer intothe corridor to acilitate commercialdevelopment in the county as parto the communitys post Avtex eco-nomic recovery.

But ater the town lost the legalchallenge o the meals tax PILO eeled by Cracker Barrel, GIFridaysand Applebees that revenue streampotential, estimated at $600,000 to$700,000 annually, vanished. Oneactor cited by Judge Dennis L. Huppin issuing his ruling was the changingeconomic landscape in the corridor

since the 1998-99 town-county Cor-ridor Agreement enabling the PILOees was signed. One major changewas the countys 00 imposition oits own 4 percent meals tax. Tat taxhas helped und annual bond pay-ments or county capital improve-ment projects, including new publichigh schools and the Bing CrosbyStadium renovation.

Carters work session commentsand the minutes o the March 1,

5 Corridor Committee meetingindicate the corridor restaurantshad backed of new negotiations ona voluntary restructuring o theircontracts or town water-sewer ser-

vice ater Cracker Barrel declined toparticipate not that that came as atotal surprise to town ocials.

Councilman Conkey stated that hewould not go orward with the ee setup as presented i he owned a res-taurant in the Corridor, the meeting

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Both Conkey and Shbeen the major coukeeping discussion oridor boundary adjustin recent months byManager and CounDuncan alive. At a ser

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sions Duncan has told council thata boundary adjustment that wouldbring some corridor businesses andtheir tax revenues into town couldsolve the revenue inequity problem.Part o the problem as viewed byDuncan is that town citizens haveshouldered a disproportionate -nancial burden or county corridordevelopment with too little return ontheir investment.

County ocials have pointed to achanging economic landscape thathas lessened those impacts on towncitizens, including county assump-tion o nancing past town serviceslike parks & rec, the airport, all reand rescue service, and soon the li-brary and EDA opera-tions.

But without rm statistics on all as-pects o town-county expendituresand revenues, the issue is not likelyto be resolved to everyones satisac-tion. o that end, Parker suggesteda third-party review, possibly by the

Northern Shenandoah Valley Re-gional Commission.

Carter countered by suggestingthe possible involvement o theVML (Virginia Municipal League)or VACO (Virginia Association oCounties), should the task be beyondthe means o the NSVRC.

Tarpe asked i the county mightraise its meals tax and give the rev-enue rom the increase to the town.

Both Carter and Parker cited a pos-sible increase to 6 cents in the countymeals tax, with the additional centsgoing to the town to replace hal othe lost PILO ee revenue.

When several corridor commit-tee members wondered at how ar

toward a solution such an approachwould take everyone, Tarpe sug-gested a boundary adjustment couldend that discussion.

Conkey said until the revenue splitissue was resolved, he as a council-man would not be predisposed to

have the town assist in acilitatinguture new business locating in thecounty, even though he stated ongo-ing concerns with mutual benets,including new jobs.

Carter noted the town still gets dou-ble hook up and utility revenues romproviding water service to the corri-dor and that mandated upgrades toits water and sewer plants were still

going to have to be pnot it continued to e

vice into the county.Conkey admitted th

rom a simple one, wit ewalt calling boment a bad idea, whilManager Mike Grahinitial support.

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Obituary

Edward Samuel Sonny Pearson, III

Edward Samuel Sonny Pearson, III, 5, o Linden Va., passed awayTursday, March 8, 01, in his athers home.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 17, 01, at :00 p. m.at the Linden United Methodist Church in Linden, VA.

Sonny was born August 3, 1959, in Front Royal.Surviving are his parents Sam and Sue Pearson o Linden; two sisters

Roxanna Schroll o PA and ina Frame o Front Royal; three sons Mat-thew Pearson o Fredericksburg, VA, Jason Copp and Jonathan Copp oRichmond; a daughter Mary Pearson o Fredericksburg; three grandchil-dren Alex Copp, Walter Copp, and Emily Copp; his ormer wie JennierPearson; 15 nieces and nephews; and our great- nieces and nephews;and a large number o other relatives. He was loved by all. He was pre-

ceded in death by his mother Avis Dottie Rowe.Memorial contributions can be made to Linden United Methodist

Church, 13466 John Marshall Hwy, Linden Va., 64.Arrangements are being handled by Maddox Funeral Home, in Front

Royal, VA.

By Dan McDermottWarren County Report

A beloved ather, grandather, husband, military ocer anto a generation o young students died March 1 at age 78re near his home in Amissville, Va.

Family members report that retired Air Force Col. Ivan Gdiscovered by his son-in-law ollowing a sweeping brush p.m. An autopsy was perormed in Manassas.

Col. Mieth was perhaps best known locally as the CommChie o Staf o Randolph-Macon Academy, a co-educatioschool with a strong Air Force JROC program which Mrom 1984 to 005.

Prior to moving to Virginia, Col. Mieth served in the Air years including a tour in Vietnam rom 1966 to 1967.

He is survived by his wie Brenda M. Mieth; his children a

Williams, Amissville, VA, Ivan G. Mieth, Jr. Del Rio, X, Deiga, San Antonio, X, Donna Blake, Spring, X and DeborHouston, X; his grandchildren aryn, aylor, Alycia, IvaStephen, Josh, David and Michael; one great grandchild Lan

Te amily will receive riends rom 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. MondBaptist Church, Warrenton, VA. Funeral services will be hday, March 0 at 1 p.m. at the Boggs Chapel at Randolph-Memy, Front Royal, VA by Dr. Vinton Williams. Interment wShenandoah Memorial Park, Winchester.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ivan G. MiethFund at Randolph-Macon Academy, 00 Academy Drive, VA 630.

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Bill also had the opportunity to preview the lines o more than 150 topmanuacturers and jewelry designers who exhibited their merchandise,some o which is exclusive to IJO Jewelry members and is not availablerom any other stores in this area. Bill and the Ro-mance Consultants

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nounces the extended Spring/Summer hours or the 15th Street Schooltrack acilities located at 500 West 15th Street, Front Royal, beginningon Monday, March 1th, 01. Te hours or the general public to usethe track will be Monday through Sunday, 7:00 a.m. dusk. Te trackmay close at the discretion o the county parks & rec department due to

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County moves toward ull EDA operational undBy Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

During discussion at a March 6work session, the Warren CountyBoard o Supervisors decided coun-ty assumption o the own o FrontRoyals share o operational undingo the Front Royal-Warren CountyEconomic Development Authoritydid not need to be returned to town-county liaison committee or urtherdiscussion.

A drat Memorandum o Under-standing shows the county assumingull EDA ops unding in the 013-14scal year ater upping its share inthe coming 01-13 scal year to 86percent rom its current split o 7percent.

Last year the county unded $79,000

o EDA operations, the town contrib-uted $30,000 based on a air-undingormula recommended by a past

third-party consultant study datingback to the 1990s. Te issue o chang-

ing economic circumstances led to aair-unding update rom Springsted& Associates last year. However, at aSeptember 011 liaison meeting thatupdate was reerred to as hard to un-derstand due the number o variablesinvolved in reaching a conclusionon relative benets to the town andcounty rom EDA involvement.

Minutes o the September 011 liai-son meeting noted that the air-und-ing update based on all commercialtaxes showed a 5 percent collectionrate by the town and 75 percent bythe county. Tat is very close to the

air-unding ormula split o 8 per-cent town, 7 percent county.

own and county staf and liaisonreps have since discussed developinga three-year, rolling average o com-mercial tax revenues to adjust theirEDA operational unding. While di-culties with that ormula have beenacknowledged due to the relative in-

volvement or lack thereo o the EDAin diferent commercial recruitmentprojects, it appears both municipali-ties are satised it is a workable solu-tion to avoid repeated consultant eeso about $0,000 every ew years.

Te town currently appoints twoo the seven-person EDA Board o

Directors. Te towns current ap-pointees, Ron Llewellyn and Jim

Eastham, will serve out their currentterms. Ater that the county will ap-point all seven EDA board membersbut included a town suggestion in thedrat MOU that two o those appoin-tees be town residents.

Te MOU put orward would re-main in place until June 30, 014, oruntil amended in writing by agree-ment o both the town and county.

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own approves county assumption o EDA, library unSayre alone in opposing cutting o one double tax on town citizensBy Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

At its March 1 meeting the FrontRoyal own Council approved toMemorandums o Understandingeliminating its portion o the undingsplit with the county on operations othe Front Royal-Warren County Eco-nomic Development Authority andSamuels Public Library. Te changewill occur in both cases over a two-

year period.Both matters were included as part

o the Consent Agenda, indicatinga council consensus that ollowingwork session, and in this case liaisoncommittee, discussion urther publicdebate was unnecessary.

But not so ast, sports ans omSayre requested that the EDA agree-ment be removed or additionaldiscussion. As reported in a relatedstory, the two unding changes havebeen part o ongoing discussionabout both town double taxation is-sues and as part o the conversationon how the town and county can

most equitably deal with changes inhow 5 Corridor revenues are split.

Under the agreement, which will gointo efect over two years, the current7-8 percent county-town undingsplit will change to 86-14 percentnext year, with the county assumingull operational unding in the ol-lowing scal year o 013-14. Last

year the county unded $79,000 andthe town $30,000 o EDA operationalunding.

Sayre said he objected to a conditiono the agreement removing the townsappointment o two o the EDAsseven-member Board o Directors.Te towns current appointments,Jim Eastham and Ron Llewellyn, willserve out their current terms. Ater

that the county has agreed to appointat least two members o the EDAboard who live in the within the townlimits.

But that was not good enough orworth $30,000-plus in annual savings or our intrepid watchdog council-man.

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meetings It doesnt matter who ap-points them as long as we still workwith them, Shae Parker said, adding,We dont have any appointments tothe county and we still work withthem.

Parker also observed it was alwayspossible the county might end upappointing more, even all, the EDAboard rom within the town limits ithey happened to be the best quali-ed applicants at any given time.

I think this is a no-brainer, Parkersaid, perhaps explaining the source othe council opposition to the agree-ment.

Te EDA agreement was passed bya 5-1 vote, with Sayre standing alonein opposition. Te new MOU willremain in efect until June 30, 014,unless amended in writing by agree-ment o the town and county.

Library

Te library agreement will see thetown reduce its unding in the com-ing scal year to up to 6 percent notto exceed $47,500, with the countyunding the remainder o the libraryoperations to the amount the countyand town mutually agree to und inFY 01-13. Te ollowing year thecounty will take over 100 percent othe municipal unding.

In both FY 011 and 01, thetown unded $95,000 or library op-erations, with the county unding$675,000 in FY 01 and $650,000 inFY 011.

From FY 008-010, the countyunded $430,000, $475,000 and$600,000 o library operations, withthe town unding $61,08, $68,94

and $8,000.Te MOU points out that its condi-

tions assure no specic uture munic-ipal unding amount to the library.

In FY 014, its rst year o its total

municipal unding, the county willofer library em-ployees health insur-ance coverage totally at the employ-ees expense through the countysinsurance carrier.

Other

In other business:

- council approved a long-soughtMixed-Campus Use Devel-

opment or the Royal Phoenix

Business Park on 160 acres o theormer American Viscose-FMC-Avtex rayon manuacturing plantsite. Since 1989 the entire 467-acresite has been a ederal Superundenvironmental disaster remedia-ti

Documents

The Mid March, 2012 edition of Warren County Report