Warren County Report

By Dan McDermott
Warren County Report

July 4th, 2008 will be a very special day for Margot J. Glavis. It’s her birthday. That would not normally warrant a story here but for the fact that Mrs. Glavis will turn 102 years old.

We learned about Mrs. Glavis in a phone call with Vicki Davison, who owns the beautiful and cozy Hidden Springs Senior Living home in Bentonville, VA with her husband Daryl.

Immediately I rushed over.

Mrs. Glavis was finishing her 5 p.m. dinner at Hidden Springs and was brought over to a living room area where I sat with the Davisons for what would be an incredible two and one-half hour journey through time.

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Remains of old North Fork Bridge brought down explosively

By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report

And with a boom, not a whimper it ended – 66 years of service to the community helping ferry gasoline-fueled vehicular traffic in and out of Front Royal. I guess 66 years is a good functioning lifespan – at least when it came down, it came down intentionally, unlike some old or ill-designed bridges we have read about in other sections of the country.

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Eka Kapiotis bonds with one of her subjects. Courtesy photo.

From a release:

The Front Royal Women's Resource Center presents Eka Kapiotis sharing her experience of the dolphin-human connection on Thursday, February 21st,6:30 at Samuels Public Library, 538 Villa Avenue in Front Royal. Admission is free.

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From a release:

LURAY, VA, January 29, 2008, – The second season of Page County’s Top Model competition begins with open auditions on Saturday, February 2 and 9 at 10:00 AM in the Board of Supervisors Room at the Page County Court House in Luray. The final audition date is scheduled for Saturday, February 16 at 10:00 AM at the Shenandoah Community Center in Shenandoah. This competition is open to Page County residents ages 14 and above, both male and female. All auditions will be without make-up and potential contestants are asked to wear solid black attire and will be required to pose and walk.

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Energy costs savings help through the winter and tight economic times 

By Leslie Fiddler
Warren County Report

We finally replaced our aged dishwasher and freezer. One of those legendary Maytags, the dishwasher should’ve quit years ago and the freezer started spitting at us last summer. However we couldn’t rationalize replacing them until our realtor told us that “Americans like pretty, not functional” and persuaded us that the appliances were obsolete energy hogs.

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Anderson Street photos courtesy of the Warren County Fire and Rescue Department.

Warren County Fire and Rescue units responded to 1523 Anderson Street Tuesday night, Jan. 22, for a reported house on fire. The lone occupant/owner, Ms. Janet Gray, phoned 911 as fire was visible around her furnace. She escaped unharmed. She had no working smoke alarms in the residence.

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One of the last known images of Robert E. Lee, post-Civil War. 

U.S. military historian describes a fascinating historical record 

By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report

The memory of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was commemorated 201 years to the day after his birth at a Dinner Program jointly hosted by the Warren Rifles Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Col. John S. Mosby Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans on Jan. 19 at Dean’s Steakhouse.

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The art of the dance a perfect backdrop to a creative learning environment

By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report

Spirits were high and the entertainment grand – not to mention internationally healing – at a Jan. 12 Mid-Eastern Dinner and Dance Performance/Silent Auction fundraiser for Front Royal’s Blue Ridge Education Center.

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Seasonable colors abound along the main entry to Shenandoah River State Park in Bentonvile, VA. Photo courtesy of Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation.

By Dan McDermott
Warren County Report 

Two popular parks in Warren County had an increase in visitors in 2007.

Continue reading "Area parks had up year, mixed December" »

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This Afternoon: Periods of snow and sleet before 3pm, then
periods of freezing rain and sleet. High near 32. Calm wind. Chance of
precipitation is 100%. Total daytime ice accumulation of around a 0.1
of an inch possible. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to
7 inches possible. 

Tonight: Freezing rain likely,
mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Calm wind
becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New ice
accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. 

Friday: A
slight chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41.
West wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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New educational Internet service will help children learn a comprehensive curriculum by playing computer-based activities with PBS KIDS characters

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning today, PBS is opening the beta test for a new Internet-based educational service designed to provide children ages 3 to 6 with a comprehensive early childhood curriculum. PBS KIDS PLAY!(SM), which will be offered as a subscription service later this calendar quarter, uses interactive games and activities to provide a personalized learning experience at home. The PBS KIDS PLAY! Beta is currently available as a download from www.pbskidsplay.org and requires a high-speed Internet connection to use.

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Continue reading "WAYSIDE THEATRE RECEIVES 6 AWARDS FOR PRODUCTIONS IN 2007" »

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Town water restrictions lifted

The fourteen-day rolling average of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River has now risen above 30% allowing the Town of Front Royal to lift the mandatory and voluntary water conservation designations.

The Town realizes that the water restrictions were a burden upon its customers and appreciates the cooperation it received during this time.

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By Christi Boies
Warren County Report 

It’s hard to believe that 2007 has come and gone. Where does the time go? There were so many major events that touched our lives in 2007. From the Utah coal mine tragedy, the Minnesota highway bride collapse, to the tragedies at Virginia Tech and then the war going into its fifth year. We will continue to remember those events for years to come and can only hope that 2008 will be a better year.

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Fundraising hits home stretch for ‘Generation X-Games’ facility

By Susan Musante
Warren County Report
 
The proposed Warren County Skate Park is closer to becoming reality but still faces a sizable funding challenge. To date, the Skate Park Committee has raised almost $250,000 from fundraisers, donations from individuals, local businesses, and organizations, and grants from the Tony Hawk Foundation and the Virginia Outdoor Fund. Local skaters have contributed through special events and T-shirt sales. A movie night and skateboard raffle held on December 20th added several hundred dollars to the coffers, primarily from the pockets of local skateboarders themselves.

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Front Royal Women’s Resource Center and Royal Oak Bookshop donate books to Samuels Public Library that are by or about women.  The complete list of 84 books placed into the Library is available at the Bookshop or Library and at www.frwrc.org.  A PERFECT UNION was a recent donation.

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Good food makes for strange table-fellows, from left, George Glavis, Gene and Juanita Tewalt, Pat and Chris Ramsey and Linda Glavis. Photo by Roger Bianchini. Copyright 2007 by Warren County Report.

By Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report

On Dec. 12 at the Bowling Green South Country Club, the Warren County Builders’ Association celebrated the season, another year and some friends at their annual dinner.

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It’s not the traffic lights and actually it wasn’t up there, it was down there somewhere around Mt. Jackson where a tractor-trailer overturned off I-81 dumping fuel into Cedar Creek and causing authorities to close down the interstate and divert traffic for the better part of the day. State and local roads in communites throughout the area were clogged as interstate traffic became interlocked. Photo by Roger Bianchini. Copyright 2007 by Warren County Report. 

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Leslie Gardner, with pom poms, proprietess of The Meeting Place on Main and Special Love, Inc. Executive Director Dave Smith were among locals getting into the spirit of the coming football season along with visiting Redskin Hogettes on Aug. 10. Jack Evans Chevrolet provided transportation for a portion of the Hogettes tour of downtown Front Royal and the Hogettes walked some Meeting Place treats off by hoofing it up and down East Main Street. From left, are Hogettes "The Brave," "Sunshine," "Howiette," and "Hollywood Hillbilly" flanking Gardner and Smith. The Hogettes were scheduled for a stop at Camp Fantastic on Monday, Aug. 14, Smith said. 

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