Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
From a release:
Virginia high school students can compete for a place on teams that will chart a mission to Mars this summer.
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Lord Fairfax Community College's Middletown campus played host to Virginia Senator Jim Webb on Jan. 11. Webb lauded the contribution of community colleges before ripping into the Bush Administration and Congressional Republican filibuster tactics. Photo by Roger Bianchini. Copyright 2008 by Warren County Report.
Democrat ties economic decline to Middle East war at LFCC
By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
(UPDATED 1/24/2008) While U.S. Senator Jim Webb began by playing nice during a Jan. 11 appearance at Lord Fairfax Community College’s Middletown campus – lauding the opportunities provided by Virginia and other state community colleges – Virginia’s soon-to-be-senior senator quickly turned his sights on both the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans for their respective roles in what he called a historical crisis in American government.
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A. S. Rhodes Elementary School, Front Royal, VA 22630
School board recommends A. S. Rhodes remain elementary school
By ROGER BIANCHINI
Warren County Report
Growth and how it is expected to impact the county’s public school student population in coming years is a current topic of discussion between the Warren County School Board and Board of Supervisors.
Courtesy of A. S. Rhodes Elementary School.
Abraham S. Rhodes was born on January 14, 1858, in Middletown, Virginia. He moved to Warren County in the latter part of the nineteenth century and settled in the Rockland area. During the time that Mr. Rhodes lived in Warren County, he was very interested in the community. He was a justice in the Warren County court system, a member of the Warren County Electoral Boards, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Warren.
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Warren County Junior High School - Photo by Roger Bianchini - Courtesy of Reginald Cassagnol / CassAviation - Copyright 2006 Warren County Report
By ROGER BIANCHINI
Warren County Report
School years come and school years go, but in Warren County this is a landmark season of, if not change, change on the horizon.
Those pending changes are more readily apparent at Warren County Junior High School, where students will be housed in some newly constructed wings, as well as trailers while the school’s seven-year-old, original wings are refurbished for reopening in the 2007-08 school year as the new Warren County High School.
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WCHS junior Megan Ritenour, left, and senior Melissa Fisher expressed overlapping perspectives on what it means to a part of their respective classes in the 2006-07 school year. WCR Photo by Roger Bianchini.
By MEGAN RITENOUR
WCHS junior, anticipated Skyline High senior
“Skyline High School has been long coming for Front Royal, it should have been done many years ago. Some of the advantages of being the first senior class at the new schools will be having all spanking new facilities. Everything will be gorgeous. The disadvantage is the split, obviously from classmates and staff.
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