Warren County Report 06/21/2012

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A 44-year-old Front Royal man was arrested on Saturday, June 16, when a woman was observed be-ing pulled into a van and scream-ing for help. Officers received the report at 7:43 p.m. and immedi-

ately began searching for the vehi-cle. Within seconds, the van was observed in a parking lot in the �00 block of North Royal Avenue by Officer J. Lowery and Detective C. Cline. Officer Lowery ordered the driver to exit the vehicle as a female jumped out of the van and ran to safety. Officer Lowery subsequently arrested Jeffrey A. Lentz of the 500 block of Cresthaven Court, Front Royal for Driving Under the Influence. Detective Cline contin-ued the investigation into the al-leged abduction and obtained ad-ditional charges against Lentz for Abduction and Domestic Assault and Battery. Lentz was held on all charges without bond pend-ing July 3 and July 5 court dates in both the Warren County General District and Domestic Relations Courts.

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Front Royal man arrested on abduction, abuse charges

Jeffrey A. Lentz On Sunday, June 17 at approxi-mately 11:�9 p.m., Front Royal po-lice made a routine traffic stop on a vehicle in the 100 block of North Royal Avenue. Officers B. Pen-nington and J. Lowery stopped the vehicle and found it to be driven by ��-year-old Michael A. Milano of the �00 block of Sylvan Springs Drive, Clearbrook, VA. Milano was accompanied by four females in the vehicle, three of which were juveniles between the ages of 13-15. After further investigation, a quantity of alcohol was also lo-

cated in the vehicle. After ques-tioning, Milano was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and three counts of purchasing alco-hol for a person under the age of �1. Milano was taken into custody and held at the Warren County Jail without bond. He is scheduled to appear in the Warren County Juvenile Court on July 1� at 9a.m. According to the Virginia State Police Sex Offender website, Mi-lano has two �011 convictions in Frederick County Circuit Court for Carnal Knowledge of a Child 13 to 15 Years Old. A passenger in the vehicle, 18-year-old Amber Williams of Poe Drive, Front Royal, was also charged with three counts of con-tributing to the delinquency of a minor. Williams was released on a summons to appear in court on the same date as Milano. Police are continuing to inves-tigate this matter with the assis-tance of the Virginia State Police. Anyone with additional informa-tion about this incident should contact Officers Pennington or Lowery at (540) 635-�111.

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Dogs Day Out

Luda the dog is always at work with me since I have a home office - and very helpful ... at times. Photo Roger Bianchini

By Nick Thomas

They say every dog has his day. This year, that day is Friday, June ��, when the fourteenth na-tional Take Your Dog to Work Day will be held. The event is promoted by Pet Sitters Internation-al (see www.takeyourdog.com if you think I’m pulling your paw).

Once again, dog owners throughout North America will be prodding their poodles and pull-ing their pugs to patronize their place of employ-

ment. Studies have suggested that animals can have a therapeutic effect on people in hospitals and retirement homes, so why not at work, too?

Well, if your pup is housetrained, check with your boss (who may or may not be housebroken) to see if you can participate in this year’s Take Your Dog to Work Day.

Needless to say, a few words of caution should be heeded.

Be aware that some people suffer from cynopho-bia (fear of dogs; also known as cujophobia), so be mindful if you have a large dog and intend to haul your massive mutt to the office. A nervous Rottweiler hovering around the water-cooler may be unsettling for some co-workers.

Of course, not all big dogs are intimidating. De-spite its size, the Saint Bernard is a gentle giant that would cast an imposing figure sitting by the desk, guarding your stapler. Besides, you never know when their uncanny ability to predict ava-lanches might come in handy.

Saint Bernards also have that convenient little barrel of brandy that comes strapped to their col-lar for medicinal purposes, which is sure to make the day go more smoothly should you need to tap into it. But please note: if you don’t own a Saint Bernard, hanging a six-pack around your beagle’s neck may not be greeted quite so enthusiastically by your employer.

As you prepare your dog for the trip to work, it might also be judicious to teach him a cute trick so he will be more readily accepted by your fellow workers. For instance, training your dog to growl and snarl at the mention of your boss’s name will definitely break the ice when you and your dog

arrive on the job. But use discretion (meaning, when you demonstrate, make sure your boss is “accidently” locked in the storage closet or rest-room).

Since dogs love to chew, you must also keep a close eye on him at work to ensure he doesn’t run off with stuff. Just because you steal stationery supplies from the office doesn’t mean your dog should.

While dogs visiting most offices shouldn’t pose any major problems, there are some businesses that are inappropriate for pets. Food retailers come to mind. I realize your Dalmatian could probably prepare orders faster and more ac-curately than some people who work in the fast food industry, but customers do tend to frown on hair and fang marks in their cheeseburgers.

Along these lines, if you are employed in the funeral trade, leave your dog at home. There are just some items you don’t want your dog digging up and dragging back to proudly show you. And for heaven’s sake, don’t take your dog to work if you’re in the boomerang testing business - you’ll drive the poor animal nuts.

Finally, keep in mind that other people may also be bringing their dogs to work, so it’s important that yours can socialize with fellow canines. Your boss won’t appreciate the place looking like the Battle of Britain at the end of the day.

On the other hand, you don’t want your dog to be too well-behaved. Should the boss ever real-ize that your dog fetches things more quickly than you and comes running immediately when whistled, Rover may be promoted to your posi-tion while you’re demoted to the office dog.

Our Martiez Bradshaw-Rowell contact Carol Vorous sent this up-date on the local 14-year-old heart transplant patient out to friends and supporters of the family on June 19: “I spoke with Kentia (Martiez’s mom) today and she is heading back to the hospital tomorrow. The doc-tors said the last biopsy showed an-other improvement as far as his body accepting the heart. So, we are still heading in the right direction and

making progress! They are moving him to a rehab facility that is joined to the hospital (in Philly) where he will stay for approximately three weeks. If all goes well they will move him closer to home. Doctors in Philly are in touch with the Winchester Medical Center to discuss the pos-sibility of moving him there – having him that close to home would be an answer to a prayer. “I wanted to make you all aware of

some upcoming fundraisers in hopes that you will be able to help spread the word. Share the information with your church, put it on your Facebook page, however you want to share it. Please help support these fundraisers by attending at least one of them:• The Calvary Church (along with a few other churches in the Ministerial Association) is having a dinner on Saturday, June 30, in Wagner Hall at the church. Tickets are $50 and are tax deductible. They are on sale now at the Front Royal Visitor’s Center on East Main St. and also at the parish office at the church;• There is a lady who works at FEMA in Winchester (Crystal Pruitt) that is in the process of arranging a fund-raiser at Sweet Frog (frozen yogurt), �0�9 South Pleasant Valley Rd. in Winchester on Monday, July 9 from 6 p.m.-10 p.m. You have to mention

that you are there to support the Dia-mond family or mention Martiez’s name for it to be applied to this fund-raiser. I’m hoping to have at least some of the family with me for that evening. For more info contact Crys-tal Pruitt at (540) 336-6755;• There will be a spaghetti dinner at the North Warren Fire Department at the end of July. Sharon Talbert is in charge of that event and will give me some flyers and information on ticket prices at their meeting later this month. “Thank you all so much for your continued support and prayers for this family. You have made it pos-sible for this mom and dad to spend time with their son at the hospital by reaching out in love. That’s what it’s all about. Thank you for everything and I will talk to you soon,” Vorous concluded.

Martiez improving, June-July fundraisers scheduled

Martiez’s family and friends haven’t given up on him, and the 14-year-old heart transplant recipient hasn’t given up on his new heart. Hopefully his wish to come home, or clos-er to it, will be realized soon.

Quarterly town-business forum scheduled for July 18

The Town of Front Royal would like to invite local business owners to participate in planned quarterly meeting with Town staff to discuss issues related to conducting business in Front Royal. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 18, at 6 p.m. in the third floor conference room of Town Hall. Town staff will be available to discuss ways that the Town can improve business permitting and relations to assist local business owners. If you have any questions about this meeting, please contact the town administrative office at (540) 635-8007.


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Three locals among 20 statewide FOP scholarship recipients

Three local youths were among 20 statewide 2012 recipients of $1,000 scholarships awarded by the Virginia State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police. From left, proud pop Greg Settle and son Taylor, local FOP Chair and FRPD Chief Richard Furr who made the presentations, Aaron Figgins and dad Danny, and Mary Kurzenknabe. Mary’s absent dad Richard was believed to be tied to his desk at nearby town hall where his cruel slave masters work him mercilessly as the town zoning code official. All three local winners are the children of retired FRPD officers – way to go kids!

Local fundraiser for Nicky WilliamsThere is nothing more painful than a parent losing a child! The heartbreak of carrying your child for nine months, and knowing that your child won’t survive long after birth is agony. Some of you may know Nicky Williams. Her baby has been diagnosed with Anen-cephaly. It is a serious birth defect in which a baby is born without certain parts of the brain and skull, with next to no chance of sur-vival. Nicky’s main concern should be the time she’ll have with her daughter once she is born, not worrying about funeral expenses. Nicky has an account with BB&T. we are asking family and friends to keep her in their prayers. If you could donate, even a dollar, to help cover the funeral cost it will be greatly appreciated. Thank you to everybody who is willing to help. Donations can be made at any BB&T bank in care of Nicole Renee Williams.

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FRPD rallies for Hart crime prevention certification

By Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

A large contingent of town po-lice officers, support personnel, and friends gathered at the outset of the June 11 Front Royal Town Council meeting to see FRPD Crime Pre-

vention Specialist Janice Hart rec-ognized for becoming one of the first certified to level two in her position nationally. The certifica-tion to “NCPS II” was issued by The National Crime Prevention Coun-cil (NCPC) and National Crime Prevention Association (NCPA) in

partnership with the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice. In a press release FRPD Chief Richard Furr acknowledged Hart’s contributions to local law enforce-ment. “Janice Hart has dedicated herself to helping our citizens to protect themselves from being a victim of a crime. She has worked hard to ex-pand out Neighborhood Watch pro-gram, which now covers 14 different neighborhoods. She teaches ‘Refuse To Be a Victim’ courses throughout the area. Janice also coordinates our document shredding events and VIN etching events. Our agency has received several state awards for her crime prevention efforts.” Prior to the meeting Hart ac-knowledged not only the support of the police department, but others throughout the community. “Many of you have been a part of this long journey, as I worked for this certifi-cation. It has been a labor of love, as I truly do love my work at the Police Department. As a NCPS II, I am one of only 30 in the country at this time. More will follow as time passes. This is a new program and certification has only been available for one year. As soon as I learned about the pro-gram I knew I wanted to earn this certification for the department and for the community I serve. I am blessed to work for a terrific police department in a community that has been very responsive to crime pre-vention. This certification will help to grow our programs currently in place as well as teach our communi-ty how they can be more responsible as well as safer on a daily basis.”

The NCPA is a national organi-zation of crime prevention practi-tioners with an estimated member-ship of 1,400. The NCPC has been around for 30 years as a nonprofit leader in crime prevention, whose

symbol, McGruff the Crime Dog, has become a well-known symbol of crime prevention efforts.

(Some info from a release)

Co-workers of Crime Prevention Specialist Janice Hart gathered in Chief Richard Furr’s office at FRPD to mark her as one of the first 30 nationally certified to level two in her position in helping citizens avoid becoming victims of crim-inal behavior. From left, Investigations Sgt. Jason Ryman, Capt. Mark Werner, Hart, the chief, and Patrol Division Lt. Clint Keller.

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Blah, Blah, Blah by Kevin S. Engle

Sixteen days, three graduations. Two for family, one for a friend. One road trip, a $5 bottle of

water, two $6 soft pretzels, three cities, three states, six airports and nine Egg McMuffins later,

we survived. Bankrupt, but still breathing.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” my wife asked last year when I foolishly suggested it.

I should’ve listened to her. As usual.

The first two lasted about an hour and 45 minutes each. Not bad. The last one? Three hours

and 45 minutes! Yikes!

Three versions of Pomp and Circumstance. Three boring speeches from the School Presi-

dents. Three boring speeches from the Class Presidents. And three long and boring com-

mencement addresses from the Commencement Speakers.

Here’s what I heard.

School Presidents - “Congratulations class of 2012. The faculty and staff are very proud of

you. You’ve reached the mountain top. Don’t forget to support your school financially. Blah,

blah, blah.”

Class Presidents - “We did it. We didn’t think this day would ever come. We’d like to thank

our family for all their support. Blah, blah, blah.”

Commencement Speakers - “Dream big. Challenge yourself. Do good deeds. Make a differ-

ence. Blah, blah, blah.”

It got so bad at the second one that somebody’s grandmother fell and broke her arm so she

wouldn’t have to suffer through it anymore. I was jealous.

The next graduation I go to, which hopefully will be never, this is what I’d like to hear.

School President - “Congratulations graduates. The faculty and staff are in awe. We don’t

know how in the hell you did it. Obviously, our requirements for making it here aren’t tough

enough. And don’t worry about donating any money to the school. We got so much out of you

already that we don’t need anymore.”

Class President - “Can you believe it? I can’t. We didn’t want this day to ever come. Why?

Because the party’s over. I speak for my entire class when I say all we really know how to do

is sleep in and drink all day. Will anyone hire us to do that? I didn’t think so.”

Commencement Speaker - “Do you know why I’m here today? I’ll tell you why. Because

that guy over there, your School President, is one of my drinking buddies from our fraternity

days. Oh, the stories I could tell you about him. Like the one where he showed up to class

wearing only his tennis shoes. And then there was the time, ah, maybe I’ll save that one for

later. Anyway, he said he’d pay me a boat load of money to do this. So here I am. I didn’t

even write a speech. No one pays attention anyway. And the truth is, I don’t even like this

place. Your school’s a joke. But I do want to wish you good luck. You’re gonna need it. And

with that, I’m out of here.”

Blah, blah, blah.

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Glenn Martin’s ‘Last Detail’ – Mosby Camp mourns fallen comradeRe-enactor fondly remembered after passing unexpectedly during Boyd cleanup

By Carol BallardWarren County Report

On June �, a solemn commemo-ration service was held to honor a Warren County Confederate soldier who rode with Mosby’s Rangers dur-ing the Civil War. The Color Guard from The Col.

John S. Mosby Camp #1�37 SCV in Front Royal had come to present the flags at the ceremony, but three of the members had to carry on un-aware that one of their own would never carry a flag with them again. In 1898 Private William S. Wood-ward, 43rd Battalion Virginia Cal-vary, Company C. was buried in his family’s cemetery at Liberty Hall on Browntown Rd. but the headstone had fallen and was partially buried in

the ground. The Front Royal “Mosby Camp” has a volunteer crew who cleans up Confederate soldiers’ graves and restores the headstones. This time they planned a dedication ceremony a few weeks after the restoration was complete to set an iron Maltese cross called the Southern Cross of Honor next to the headstone. Dwayne Mauck, Max Yoder, Clay Baugher and Glenn Martin, all mem-

bers of the Color Guard from the Mosby Camp were all ready to per-form the presentation of the flags for the ceremony when Martin felt faint and had to sit down. His situation worsened and he had to be taken to the Warren Memorial Hospital. He died later that day from a heart problem.

“When he left in the ambulance we thought he’d be okay, maybe just a blood pressure problem or some-thing,” said Dwayne Mauck, Com-mander of the Mosby Camp who had known Martin for three years as part of the color guard and member of the Camp. His collapse came as a shock be-

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cause Martin, 61, who was 1st Lieu-tenant Commander of the Camp, and a Vietnam veteran, had no heart history and was healthy all his life according to a family member. The Warren County native has left peo-ple with nothing but good to say about him. “Glenn’s trademark was that he had a servant’s heart. Whether walk-ing in a parade or pulling weeds, he was there. He had a love for history and country, and he always did the whole ceremony,” said Mauck. Mauck alluded to a famous quote by General Robert E. Lee in express-ing his emotions about Martin. When learning of fellow confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s loss of his left arm in battle, Lee said, “Jack-

son has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right.” “We’ll soldier on, but it will take a while to fill his shoes,” said Mauck. Glenn Clevenger Martin was bur-ied in Prospect Hill Cemetery among many of the Confederate soldiers that he enjoyed honoring as part of the John S. Mosby Camp’s Color Guard. And although Martin wasn’t there to hold the flag, the ceremony con-tinued and was attended by past Commander and present Adjutant Richard Hoover, who lives at Liberty Hall, the historical home of Civil war Private William S. Woodward, and where a reception was held follow-ing the service. He presented a well-researched

and interesting history of the home and Private Woodward. He thanked Joanne and Bud Cherefko, owners of Liberty Hall, for their efforts in originally unearthing the family’s headstones along with more of their history. “But for them, none of this remem-brance and commemoration would have been possible. Until now, even the exact day and year of William’s death was unknown,” Hoover said. He had many more details of the Ranger’s life and some of the ex-cerpts from his biography are star-tling, including the boy’s age. According to the history, “Private William S. Woodward, of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Mosby’s Command, was only 14 when the war broke out—too young for any

Confederate draft. We know he served for he is listed on the Court House monument…..According to that source; he was of a “light com-plexion,” with “light hair (and) blue eyes.” A resident of Warren County, he was paroled in Winchester April ��, 1865, age 18. “He was a private in Company C …” “I bet William joined up in De-cember ’63 or early ’64. As such, he could have been there for some of the twelve major fights fought in

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June 15. The Wagner Shelter is op-erated as the county animal shelter in conjunction with the Humane Society of Warren County. Denise Eastham, president of the Humane Society of Warren Coun-ty (HSWC), cited Vino E Formag-gio and its managers, Rachel and Christian Failmezger, and Malcolm Barr, Sr., a former president of the humane society, for their “dedica-

tion to helping hundreds of animals impacted through this fundraiser.” Each Friday, the restaurant dedi-cated a percentage of profits to the animal shelter and encouraged fund-raising among the customers and friends of the animals. Barr said he and Failmezger, a former short-term member of the HSWC board of directors, came up with the idea for the weekly event that they dubbed “Yappy Hour,” and “it succeeded beyond our dreams.” Yappy Hour was conceived not

only to bring in funds for the shel-ter, but to help bring local people and visitors to the historic center of downtown Front Royal. Success-ful on both counts, “Yappy Hour” raised about $9,000 for the shelter, including more than $�,500 direct-ly contributed by Vino E Formag-gio. Special events occasionally boosted earnings, and a collection box was always on hand at the res-taurant. “People were unbelievably gener-ous both with their time and mon-ey,” Barr said. “For example, one of our very last ‘special events’ was over the Memorial Day weekend when a friend from (Front Royal) Rotary promised to bring “Lori,” a service dog in training named for a Native American woman soldier killed in Iraq, to “Yappy Hour.” That Friday of Memorial Day weekend, marking the 100th “Yap-py Hour,” was uniquely dedicated to the “Dogs of War” - a salute to the thousands of dogs used in all the wars since WWII. Barr, who wrote a Memorial Day piece on war dogs for this paper, noted that Front Royal opened the first reception and training center in the nation for war dogs in 194�.

Customers at the restaurant sent “Lori” and handler John Lesinski away with a $100 donation to “Vet-erans Moving Forward,” a Plains, Virginia group that provides ser-vice dogs for wounded veterans. “There were special events sup-ported and organized by many who stopped by to enjoy conversa-tion and to contribute,” Barr said, adding that he was grateful to the Failmezgers for their “unfailing en-thusiasm over the past two years, and to a core group of supporters who always seemed to be there!” “It has been an exciting time, but I believe we have run our course with Yappy Hour and done what we set out to do for the shelter,” Barr, 79, said, adding that after 63 years in animal welfare volunteer work he was ready to let the “next generation” of local animal lovers take over with their own creative ideas for fundraising for the too many abandoned and stray animals of this community. In fact, within a week of Yappy Hours’ grand finale we were in-formed of a “Party for the Paws” fundraiser to he hosted by Larry and Pam LeHew on June �3 – good work, Larry and Pam for jumping in to help fill the Yappy breach.

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‘Stray Cat Blues’ - liaison ponders unfixed feline issuesBy Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

What to do about cats wandering into neighboring yards to conduct their “business” within the Town of Front Royal made its way to liaison commit-tee discussion recently. The issue of cats, feral or just domes-tic with outdoor privileges, was brought to town attention in recent months by a West Jackson Street resident complain-ing about a neighbor she believes feeds strays, attracting what she estimated were �5 to 30 cats that are essentially feral to the neighborhood. When she brought her complaint to council at an April 16 work session, Debbie Siksay told council that the army of neighborhood cats lurking close by for their next meal have left what she politely called a “pungent” odor on her property. It is a problem she has been trying to get resolved by either town or county officials for nearly two years, Siksay later told us.

Hollis Tharpe wondered at town jurisdiction since the county sheriff ’s office has animal control for the entire county, including the town – “and they do a wonderful job,” Tharpe offered, suggesting the town avoid involvement in animal control issues. However Shae Parker suggested what Siksay was talking about could be a “public health” issue demanding the town’s attention within its limits. Parker noted recent comments and initiatives from the Humane Society of Warren County, which operates the county animal shelter as part of a con-tract with the county, about ongoing efforts to have county pets spayed and neutered. And whether the non-cat owners among council or Siksay herself realize it, the bulk of any odor left behind (pun intended) by cats is likely due to their not being “fixed” – particularly the males. As a 40-plus-year cat owner, this reporter can testify that unfixed males are a totally untenable proposition as

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That discussion led to the May liai-son committee’s attempt at a municipal meeting of the minds on a course of ac-tion. At the May 17 liaison meeting, Town Manager Steve Burke said only the county had the authority to enact a li-censing fee code through the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office Animal Control Department. Town Councilman Tom Sayre sug-gested an ordinance similar to the county’s limiting households to five pet dogs without acquiring a kennel li-

cense. However, Burke replied there was no enabling state legislation to allow that. A representative of the humane so-ciety told liaison that trapping cats on private property was legal and that the society’s animal shelter charged a first-time reclaim fee of $�5, and $15 for subsequent reclaims. County Board Chairman Archie Fox asked Burke if the town was recom-mending a trapping solution. Burke said no (which from this cat owner’s perspective was a wise reply,

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Discussing how to move forward on the issue of un-fixed free-roam-ing and feral cats at a June 18 work session, Town Manager Steve Burke suggested only town and county of-ficials be made part of a committee suggested at liaison the previous month to study the problem brought to council by a town resident in April (see related liaison-feral cat story). Burke suggested a committee of town and county legal and law en-forcement officials to come up with a plan, which would then be pre-sented to the public for input. The discussion led Councilman Parker to an emotional dispute of public assertions by county officials, including County Attorney Blair Mitchell, that the “county has no fe-ral cat problem.” “Of course they do – just go down to the Riverton ‘cat farm,’ ” Parker suggested of an area near the boat landing where some citizens have been feeding feral cats for years. “I know the humane society is already slammed and can’t handle it [alone]. But to continue to say there is no problem is bull! We all know it! The press knows it!” “Do you feel better?” Mayor Darr asked following Parker’s impas-sioned speech on the unfixed and feral cat issue. “You didn’t get that emotional over the budget,” Conkey observed after Parker got what he had to say off his chest.

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Council also discussed a proposal by Tom Sayre to offer rebates to peo-ple who pay their entire town tax bill after receipt of their six-month bill in June. Sayre noted that the state general assembly had enabled such rebate payments recently. The town followed the county into a twice a year billing system at the urging of Commissioner of the Revenue John Smedley several years ago. Gilkey-Breeden noted that the town’s tax rates are already “very low” and that some personal prop-erty bills for vehicles are often as low as 60 cents on older cars. She said the town’s automated billing system could not handle an influx of small rebate payments and that it would have to be done manually by an al-ready stretched finance department staff. Pointing to rebates of just pen-nies in many cases, the town finance director said, “It could cost us $5 to

send out a penny rebate.” Responding to a question from the mayor, Gilkey-Breeden said to her knowledge no town in the state utilizing automated billing was of-fering the kind of rebate suggested by Sayre. “So just because the state says you can do something, it is not neces-sarily the best thing to do?” Parker asked the town finance director. “COR-RECT,” Gilkey-Breeden said pointedly. “It’s a good idea but it would cost too much,” Hollis Tharpe said, indi-cating the council consensus.

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In an abrupt change of direction, Parker thanked Sayre for raising the question which led the town attor-ney to explore state codes, which he said uncovered something sur-prising. “They say I read too much,” Parker joked before presenting a handout on a state code section un-covered by the town attorney while researching the tax rebate issue. Section 15.�-1�0� on “Appro-priations of money to incorporated towns” reads: “The governing body of any county may appropriate such sums of mon-ey as it desires to any incorporated town or towns within the boundar-ies of the county.” Well there’s a solution to some outstanding 5�� Corridor revenue issues we’re sure Parker will make the 5�� Corridor Committee aware of at their next meeting in July. But Shae, we think the operative phrase here is “as it desires” – and what is it the county DESIRES to GIVE to the town to head off this nasty boundary adjustment talk??? Tune in next month for an up-date.

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Famed U2 Spy Pilot Gary Powers honored at PentagonLate Cold War figure and Soviet prisoner has county connections


Francis Gary Powers, one of Amer-ica’s most unfortunately famous spies during the Cold War, was awarded the Silver Star, the third highest dec-oration presented to any branch of the U.S. armed forces, on June 15 at a Pentagon ceremony. Powers is dis-tant cousins of both Rockland resi-dent Carol Powers Barr, wife of WCR contributor Malcolm Barr, Sr., and Front Royal resident Larry Moore. This latest citation is the last on a long list of posthumous medals and other awards that recognized the pi-lot of the U-� spy plane, shot down over the Soviet Union 5� years ago when the Wise County, Va, man was on a joint, top secret, USAF/CIA aer-ial reconnaissance mission. He was captured alive from the plane crash and charged by the Soviets with spy-ing for the United States and sen-tenced to 10 years imprisonment in a Soviet gulag. After two years, Powers was released in a dramatic swap for top Soviet KGB agent Rudolph Abel. The Silver Star was presented to Powers’ grandchildren by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz last Friday. In a Wikipedia report on the ceremony, Schwartz was quoted stating, “Our nation’s Cold War vic-tory owes to efforts of dedicated pub-lic service and service members like Gary Powers who made steady and incremental contributions that re-sulted ... in a monumental outcome, and that was the dissolution of the Soviet Union.” Powers second-cousin Moore, 64, who lives with wife Pat on Park Way, served in the U.S. Marine Corps

in the 1960s and spent a short time with Powers on his return from the Soviet Union. He recalls the spy pi-lot as “amiable and congenial” who didn’t talk much about his (gulag) ex-periences. He added: “He just did his duty.” Until �004, Carol Barr had said little about her relationship to Pow-ers. That is, until she met the spy pilot’s son, Francis Gary Powers, Jr., in Washington where the two exchanged family information and confirmed their relationships. Carol Powers Barr and Francis Gary Pow-ers Sr., were both raised in Wise County, Carol in Coeburn and Gary, as they called him, in nearby Pound. More recently, Carol and Malcolm Barr Sr. have commented publicly on the professional similarity between their son, USAF Staff Sgt. Malcolm Barr, Jr., �7, who has served as an intelligence specialist, albeit on the ground, in Iraq, and who is now based in Germany. Carol Barr said until she came across the exhibit at the CIA three years ago, she never realized the coincidence of her youngest son’s USAF career and that of her cousin, both who began life as professional

military men in the same branch of service, both performing intelligence work. “It would have been cool to have been able to talk to him. He sounds to me like he was a true patriot,” Staff Sgt. Barr said at the time. In �009, Carol was at CIA head-quarters in McLean for a friend’s retirement when she happened on the agency’s modest museum which contained a display of photographs, some remnants of the U� aircraft wreckage, and other memorabilia of the so-called U� incident. Mean-while, Powers Jr. was working on his

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Fresh from a trip to a major Euro-pean diamond trading center, on June �0 Bill Tanner greeted representatives from the town, county and chamber of commerce for a “Grand Re-open-ing” of his jewelery store as Diamond Dealers Exchange.

The independent, local business for-merly traded as The Chain Reaction Fine Jewelers at it original location on Chester Street and at its current location next to Radio Shack in the Martin’s and K-Mart anchored Royal Plaza Shopping Center on Front Roy-al’s southside. The business re-launch and associated specials will run from June �0-�3. To learn more about dia-

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Bickering council approves $37.4-million budgetDeadlocked council denies employee raises, OKs one-time bonus hikeBy Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

Prior to unanimously approving a $37.4 million FY �013 budget the Front Royal Town Council engaged in an extended philosophical debate on revenue, expenditures and the value of the public employee work force that enables the services town residents have come to expect. In-cluded in those services are law en-forcement, trash collection, street maintenance, snow removal, capital improvements, planning and zoning decisions, as well as electric and wa-ter and sewer utilities.

On the way to approving its total budget, council voted:

• 4-� (Holloway and Tharpe dissenting) approved authorization of a number of line item transfers to move $60,�00 of revenue to fund the implementation of a Master Officer and Advanced Dispatcher Training Program much sought after by the town police administration;

• 3-3 deadlock (Lauder, Sayre, Tharpe no) – motion failed with no tiebreaking vote available due to absence of Mayor Darr – to approve moving $�95,000 from gen-eral fund reserves for a �-percent pay hike for employees who have seen no raises in four years;

• 4-� (Sayre, Tharpe dissent-ing) approved setting aside $70,000 to allow a one-time bonus for em-ployees to be doubled ($500 to $1000 for full-time and $�50 to $500 for part-time) in lieu of the failure to au-thorize raises.

There were some humorous mo-ments – including Tom Conkey ask-ing Hollis Tharpe if he was going to vote against the police training pro-gram transfers because it included removal of a $�00 line item for town-

monogrammed shirts for council; and Tom Sayre accusing the outgoing Conkey, who did not run for re-elec-tion, of grandstanding for newspaper headlines by offering the motion to approve the funding for an additional two-percent staff pay raise that would actually go into employee’s pockets (another 1-percent hike is mandated by the state to cover increased state retirement system benefits that will go to prop up the VRS budget as re-ported previously).

But underlying the personal bicker-ing and backbiting is a much greater issue at the root of a national political debate – the future of public sector employees and the role of govern-ment in providing services to its citi-zens.

“Without the employees, we have nothing – there’s nothing, we lose people, we’re losing good people all the time because of money … so I hope you will consider supporting this,” Conkey said in urging his col-leagues to at least approve doubling a one-time bonus after defeating raises.

Chairing the meeting, Vice-Mayor Holloway concurred, stating, “I agree, I think it’s been far too long.”

Noting $3-million in the town’s General Fund, Conkey suggested a good-will gesture by council in ap-proving raises employees would ac-tually see, rather than simply have

moved directly into state coifs. “Our employees are long overdue for a raise,” Conkey said.

Parker, who seconded Conkey’s mo-tion to authorize funding an actual �-percent pay hike for employees, asked Town Manager Steve Burke about the financial dynamics of a late move to fund that increase.

Burke explained the $�95,000 of revenue would have to be spread be-tween general and enterprise funds to include specific enterprise-funded departments. While not challeng-ing that the funds could be identi-fied for the coming fiscal year, Burke added that the challenge would con-tinue in identifying that approximate $300,000 revenue stream in coming years to maintain the pay increase. Perhaps thinking about a municipal government that has raised taxes only once in the past 14 years despite rising costs and looming capital im-provement expenses, Burke observed that without identifying future rev-enue sources, the town might face cutting other departmental budgets to maintain the pay increase in the future.

Conkey replied that if Parker had been able to identify over $60,000 in a matter of weeks to fund the police training program, future councils should be able to find or create the revenue stream to allow employee salaries to at least keep pace with ris-

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“… to bring it up right now like this is trying to grab headlines in the newspaper and things of that nature.” – Tom Sayre replies to Tom Conkey urging council to authorize additional money for raises or double bonuses for employees

costs, explained why he thought this borrow was a bad idea.

“Mr. Vice-Mayor, I agree the police always at times need some extra in-come,” Councilman Sayre began in stating his opposition – and ignor-ing the fact the raise was aimed at all town employees, not just the police department. “But one of things I’m concerned about is there are things in this budget that I think are a little bloated at the time. So, I’m not going to support this particular motion at this time because we haven’t properly vetted it through work sessions and clearly the next council can do this – properly vet it.”

Responding to a question from Car-son Lauder, Town Finance Director Kim Gilkey-Breeden agreed with the town manager that approval of the raise would present a challenge

to maintain in the future, adding, “If that’s the direction council wants to go, then it’s a challenge we will try to fulfill.”

As for challenges, Gilkey-Breeden later told us the last employee raise was �-1/� percent cost of living (COLA) increase in FY �009, a year in which employees also saw a 7.5-percent increase in health insurance costs. She added that town employ-ees really took a hit the following fis-cal year when health insurance costs climbed another 1�.9 percent in the first of four consecutive fiscal years with not even a cost of living raise.

Parker suggested Conkey reduce his request to an additional one-percent raise this year in an effort to gain ma-jority support – including his – AND suggested the doubling bonuses idea if the motion on raises failed.

When it did fail on the deadlocked vote – Conkey, Parker, Holloway for; Sayre, Lauder, Tharpe against – Con-key then ran with Parker’s suggested amendment to double the one-time bonuses of $�50 for part-time and $500 for fulltime employees that were on the table. However facing his next to last meeting as a councilman, Conkey added that while a nice ges-ture, upping a one-time bonus was not what he had hoped to leave town employees with.

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Sayre then continued his opposition to upping employee compensations beyond what was initially proposed.

“Again, it’s very important to be fully related and things of that nature but I think this is something we should

have vetted out two or three months coming in – and to bring it up right now like this is trying to grab head-lines in the newspaper and things of that nature.”

Conkey took vast and great um-brage to that notion.

“Mr. Sayre, why would I want head-lines, I’m not even running for coun-cil again? I’ve got one more regular session – this is not anything for me, it’s for the employees. I’m not look-ing for headlines. If the headline is that town council doesn’t think the

employees are worth it that’s not my problem,” Conkey said in a pointed touché.

“That’s not fair, I care deeply about people,” Sayre replied prior to his vote against doubling the public em-ployee bonuses.

Fortunately for those public sec-tor employees, only one councilman – Hollis Tharpe – agreed with Sayre that not even $70,000 in a $3-mil-lion General Fund balance could be spared for those he cares so much for.

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Thirteen meet to continue Republican officer challengeDispute over county delegate exclusion at state convention gets bitter


On June 15 a small but committed group of local Republican activists met to continue their effort to gain control of leadership of the Warren County Republican Committee. In giving the invocation Rick Steele noted “though we are sparse in numbers” in asking for Divine guid-ance of the decisions to be made at

the splinter member-called Republi-can Committee meeting at the Villa Avenue Community Center.

By a unanimous voice vote of those 13 present, it was agreed to explore the calling of a second mass meet-ing to elect a new executive com-mittee officer slate. Despite a June � denial (3�-5 vote) by the 6th Dis-trict Committee of an appeal filed by the splinter group’s leader Mike McHugh that he was rightly elected

committee chairman at a re-ad-journed mass meeting on April 10, the group of newly-active, largely younger county Republicans con-tinues to challenge the officer slate elected at a regular monthly com-mittee meeting on April 1�.

The basis of that challenge as re-stated by John Connolly on June 15 in summarizing the series of events that have led to the ongoing and in-creasingly contentious dispute over committee leadership and rules is that a new chairman could not be elected on April 1� because outgo-ing Chairman Dave Henderson had not vacated the position prior to that vote.

Both Henderson and Dom Repici, who was elected chairman on April 1�, contest that interpretation. As reported in our last edition, Hen-derson points to both county and state Republican bylaws he says state that a committee chairman re-mains in office “for two years; until the next mass meeting (scheduled every two years); or until a succes-sor is elected.”

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Blocked from nominations from the floor, the majority group was reduced to blocking the Repici-led slate’s election that night. The splin-ter group contends floor nomina-

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Another hotly contested issue for the Republican group assembled on June 15 was the potential exclusion of a county delegate slate from par-ticipation at the Republican State Convention looming the following day, Saturday, June 16. The splinter group believes their March 15 mass

meeting majority was able to elect �9 delegates to the state convention that night.

Summarizing events leading to both the officer and delegate dis-putes were splinter group-elected Secretary Jon Fidero, who chaired the June 15 meeting, and John Con-nolly.

Connolly cited a ruling of the cre-dentials committee involving Wen-dell Walker, 6th District Commit-tee Chairman who they believe was instrumental in the June � ruling

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in submitting the county delegate slate to the state credentials com-mittee.

He added pointedly that the con-tention attributed to Clark and Henderson that no state conven-tion delegates had been elected on March 15 was “an outright lie.”

However, following a ruling at the state convention the following day that Warren County’s delegates would not be seated, Fusaro admit-

ted to submitting the delegate slate late.

“I screwed up – but they kind of cheated too with that [Clark-Hen-derson] letter,” Fusaro said. “And Mary Kay Clark refused to answer my calls or discuss the delegate se-lection process with me after March 15.”

“So because of a conflict of per-sonalities 38,000 residents of War-ren County will not be represented

tomorrow at the state convention,” June 15 meeting Chair Jon Fidero said.

A decision was then made to send all or a portion of the disputed del-egate slate of �9 to Richmond early the next morning to re-raise the seating issue before the credentials committee and possibly the entire convention. Despite Fusaro’s testi-mony and a fight that made it to the

floor of the convention, the Warren delegation of 10 disputed delegates that made it to Richmond were not seated.

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derson to be forwarded to him for both district and state credentials verification, the latter due on May 31. Henderson said despite that in-struction, Fusaro never forwarded him the information leading to his and Clark’s letter of May 30, stating there were no verified delegates to the convention from Warren Coun-ty.

“So he was told. I don’t know if he understood, he had people pushing

and pulling on him, but he seemed to just brush it off,” Henderson said of Fusaro’s reaction to Walker’s April 1� instruction on convention credentials verification.

However McHugh counters that his block had county delegates seat-ed at the 6th District meeting two weeks earlier and questions why the state delegation would not also be seated?

Postscript

That the officer dispute could con-tinue to escalate at the chairman-scheduled June �8 committee meet-ing was indicated by a note from McHugh accompanying an e-mail regarding the call for the June 15 meeting.

Of Repici refusing to acknowledge the member-called meeting of June

15, McHugh wrote, “His childish behavior and outright lies in his last letter guarantee that until we have another mass meeting there will be nothing but a fight to challenge his rogue chairmanship based on ignor-ing rules and making them up.”

Fidero also alluded to a lack of co-operation in circulating the June 15 meeting call.

“Trish and Dave, I have not heard from you following my request to

receive the contacts of the whole committee and I am assuming that is because you just haven’t seen my emails. Please forward this call to the rest of the committee,” Fidero wrote, apparently to committee Treasurer Trish Anderson, the lone officer elected at the March 15 mass meeting, and Henderson, whom the splinter group still recognizes as chairman in the wake of McHugh’s failed appeal for the seat.


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Saturday, June 23, 2012All day Forecast for 22630 86° | 63°8am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Warren County Government Center, Front Royal. Enjoy the Farmers Market today.

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Richard Runyon purchases Jackson’s Chase Golf Club

By Malcolm Barr Sr.Warren County Report

Richard Runyon Jr., general manager of Shenandoah Valley Golf Club

(SVGC), has purchased Jackson’s Chase Golf Course in Middletown for $1.�5 million.

Runyon, in negotiations with owner Don Unger for about 3 months, said the deal was formally closed on Friday, June 15.

He said that for the near future, with assistance from Jackson’s Chase superintendent Mike Oates and golf pro Jeff Forman, he will continue to manage the historic Shenandoah course north of Front Royal for owner Bill Henkel. Runyon has been general manager at Shenandoah for the past two years. The previous 10 years, he was the popular head PGA profes-sional at SVGC.

Like SVGC, Runyon said Jackson’s Chase will continue as a semi-private golf club with about �00 members.

Unger originally sold Jackson’s Chase to a group of Korean investors in �008. He ultimately repossessed it in lieu of foreclosure.

Runyon, 36, described his ownership of Jackson’s Chase as “the realiza-tion of a boyhood dream” and said he wanted to thank his family and friends, particularly Ronnie Loy and Dr. Robert Kendall, for “making the dream come true.”

Runyon is a WCHS graduate and former member of the Wildcat golf team.

‘Legs for Judy’ donation account opened at BB&TAn account at the BB&T Bank at 1355 North Shenandoah Avenue, Front

Royal, VA ��630, has been opened under the title “Legs for Judy” for any-one liking to make a donation to Judy Titchnell to assist her attempt to get replacement prosthetic legs and cover other expenses associated with the disability she has dealt with all her life.

The contact person at BB&T is Letitia Tygrett, contact number (540) 635-3584.

As reported here several issues ago, Titchnell has dealt with the effects of spina bifida, a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incom-plete closing of the embryonic neural tube that can impact other parts of the body. Despite the loss of both legs above the knees at age 14, Judy married, had a daughter and continues to work and help with the care of her husband John, a retired coal miner now on supplementary oxygen fulltime.

The scrap metal collection effort on Judy’s behalf continues. We apolo-gize for any confusion resulting from the original article’s announce-ment of that effort leading some to believe cash donations were not being sought. Anyone wishing to have scrap metal picked up, everything from aluminum cans to abandoned vehicles, can call Denise Burke at (540) 671-0830 (cell).

After an initial denial, no decision has come on a renewed request to have Medicare cover at least some portion of the expense of prosthetic legs to replace the deteriorating pair she has had for about �0 years.


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Thursday, June 28, 201210:15am - 11:15am Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. TODDLER STORY TIME: Bring your toddler to a potpourri of simple stories, fun songs and a cute craft. Theme: Nursery Rhymes.11am - 12pm Samuels Public Library, Front Royal. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Come in with your preschooler for an en-joyable hour filled with amazing tales, ex-citing sing-alongs, finger plays and a nifty

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Saturday, June 30, 20128am - 4pm Warren County Fair Flea Market. Warren County Fairgrounds. For more information: (540) 635-5827 http://www.warrencountyfair.com/15.html.9am - 1pm Farmers Market. Warren County Government Center, Front Royal. Enjoy the Farmers Market today.6pm - 8pm Summer Concert. Royal Plaza Shopping Center, Front Royal. En-joy a FREE Summer Concert Series on the

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012All day Independence DayAll Town Business Offices will be CLOSED today in observance of 4th of July Holiday. There will be no yard waste/ trash/ recy-cling pickup on Wednesday, July 4.8:30am - 9:30am Small Business Com-mittee. Chamber Office.12:30pm - 1pm Warren County Business On The River 95.3.

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FRPD Chief Furr briefs Rotary on crime statsMost crime stats on decline – but in bad economy fraud is on the rise

By Malcolm Barr Sr.Warren County Report

According to retiring Front Royal Police Chief Richard H. Furr, Front Royal is far from the graphic “hell town” he described when he arrived in 198� to join a police force that was - to be kind - in disarray and a popu-lace that endured a crime spree that included open drug markets in the downtown and other areas.

While the drug problem appears to still be with us - Furr’s statistics show a rise in drug-associated crimes while

in most towns crime is on the de-crease - he says his 37-officer police contingent is now dedicated to pro-fessionalism “by providing the highest caliber of police service through our partnership between the department and the community.” Also, a federal, state and county/town anti-drug pro-gram is having a positive effect.

One thing that remains the same is the police station at �4 West Main Street. Furr told a Front Royal Ro-tary Club audience in so many words that the building needs to upgraded, replaced, or relocated to reflect the new and improved caliber and num-ber of officers who work from it. “We use every inch of space in the building. It’s outdated, cramped and landlocked,” Furr said in an all-en-compassing report that reflects not only the changes he and recent chiefs have affected, but how a partnership now exists “with the citizens of our community to resolve issues which affected public safety.” That’s in his “mission state-ment.”

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entities and citizens - and “respecting the rights and dignity of all individu-als” is the guts of the chief ’s “vision” statement which he said would be reached by adhering to five organi-zational values - dedication, partner-ship, integrity, equality, and profes-sionalism.

Under “professionalism” he noted:

“We are committed to providing a highly-skilled, well-educated, dis-ciplined workforce devoted to the highest standards of performance.”

He lamented, however, that four years have passed without merit in-creases for his personnel, making re-tention of officers difficult. Some have already left for higher pay elsewhere.

Meanwhile, citing �006 as the wa-tershed year, and justifying the con-troversial reduction of speed limits, he said traffic crashes in the Town have been reduced from 584 crashes six years ago to just 185 in �011 - a 68 percent decrease. On North Shenan-doah Avenue alone, crashes were re-duced by 84 percent (3� crashes with

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The crimes of rape, simple assault and larcenies were all down 15% from �009 to �010, the latest statistics available; counterfeiting and forgery down 10 percent; vandalism down �0 percent; robbery down 18 percent; aggravated assault down 1� percent; and burglary down �9 percent.

According to the statistics, com-piled by Virginia State Police, drugs and narcotics are still a problem, but nowhere near the days of the “open-air drug markets” of the early 1980s. Offenses were up from 109 to 1�0, or about 10 percent, and fraud became a bit more prevalent, up 9 percent.

The current workload for the three dozen uniformed officers and per-

haps another dozen civilian person-nel and volunteers, appears high: for example, officers responded to 17,643calls for services and filed 3,515 written reports last year alone. Communications personnel handled more than 50,000 telephone calls in �011 – this in serving a population of about 14,600 residents.

The chief pointed out the propensity of Front Royal for staging festivals, parades, carnivals, and other special events. They don’t come cheap and are funded by taxpayer dollars -- 660 hours of manpower required, all paid for from a $3.6 million budget ($3.8 million is requested for fiscal �013). He singled out the Police Foundation which provided $50,000 in dona-tions. Also included in a lengthy list

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“Every one of us has made an impact on others. I am sure you have heard it a million times, but it doesn’t hurt to hear it one more time. We ALL have potential. I challenge each of you to be the best you can be. Look beyond today ... – Class President Sam Catalani

Despite storm clouds WCHS graduates happy 184


On June 1�, Warren County High School began a two-day celebration of this community’s Class of �01�. Though driven indoors by day-long thunderstorms and threatening skies, a large crowd filling both the school gym and auditorium and the graduates themselves failed to have their spirits dampened or their pa-rade rained on.

Class President Sam Catalani seemed like a seasoned emcee and stand-up comic before turning a serious eye toward his and his classmates’ futures.

“Good Evening and welcome to the graduation ceremonies for the class of �01�. As a student, I would like to thank the parents, teachers, mentors, coaches, and any indi-vidual that has influenced a �01� graduate,” Catalani began, adding with a twinkle in his eye, “I was told Graduation ceremonies take forever, so I thought I would help everyone with that burden – So where should I begin?” (at which point Catalani produced his prop – a THICK batch of papers labeled “Class Speech”)

Then Catalani got serious and re-flected on the journey of the WCHS Class of �01�:

“It is hard to believe that we are here today. Thirteen years ago we were clinging to our parents, fear-ing our first day of school, and won-dering which strange faces would become our best friends. And now look at us, sitting here in robes and funny hats. But remember, you didn’t do it alone.

“Every one of us has made an impact on others. I am sure you have heard it a million times, but it doesn’t hurt to hear it one more time. We ALL have potential. I challenge each of you to be the best you can be. Look beyond to-day, look beyond our graduation ceremony and celebration and look beyond tomorrow.

“I challenge you to take the path less traveled as you look into your future. When you grow older and look back on your journey, remem-ber where you came from, remem-ber the friends you have made, the moments that have shaped your youth and remember who you are.

“You have worked so hard to get to this point. We have had five years of high school together; we are the first class to have all five years at the Warren County High School build-ing. Let us celebrate the hard work you have put in to get here. Let us embrace one another as emotions peak. Let us enjoy this moment as one single entity, as the class of �01�.

“As I conclude my speech I leave you with a quote from William Ar-thur Ward. ‘If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.’ ”

Carl and Emily Thompson Charita-ble Trust Fund – Top academic male at Warren County High School who meets all the requirement of 4 years in the Warren County School Sys-tem. - $3,000 – Jacob Sheppard. He will be attending University of Virginia in the fall. He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Loyd Sheppard.

Carl and Emily Thompson Chari-table Trust Fund – Top academic female at Warren County High School who meets all the require-ments of 4 years in the Warren County School System - $3,000. We have a tie. Moriah Bacon, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bacon. Mo-riah will be attending Georgia Tech; and Leanna Eisenman, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. James Eisenman. Lean-na will be attending The College of William and Mary.

Hugh D. Hite Award - $500 and Plaque – Stephanie Blakely

Q.D. Gasque Scholarship - $100 - Chad Smith

We will not have a Valedictorian or Salutatorian; instead we are hon-oring our academic students with certificates and honors cords. The Distinguished Honors students will receive Maroon and Gold Cords, and the Honors Seniors will receive Maroon and Silver cords. The stu-dents are as follows in alphabetical order:

Distinguished Honors Students4.0 and above – Alphabetical Or-derSydney Alexis Anderson, Mo-riah Renee Bacon, Stephanie Lynn Blakely, Leanna Eisenman, Sara,

Lynn Ingold, Kelly Lynn Martin, Nicholas James Mc Cullough, Gage Tyler Morrow, Emily, Rosemarie Morton, Kendra Grace Patrick, Trevor Jackson Pauley, Kenneth Danial Richards, Jacob Reginald Ricketts, Brooke Elizabeth Ruther-ford, Jacob Dana Sheppard, Chad Jeffrey Smith.

Honors Seniors 3.5 – 3.99 GPAGideon Michael Anderson, Ash-ley Marie Atwood, Courtney Anne Baker, Brittany Alyss Baxter, Sierra Nicole Brischler, Alyson Jo-ell Brown, Robert Anthony Canby, Brian Eugene Carter, Lyndsay Ma-rie Crump, Pierce Edward David-son, Jennifer Marie Eiland, Am-ber Grace Farmer, Aaron Daniel Figgins, Zachary Brian Fry, Jacob Louis Goodman, Naomi Anastasia Elise Green, James Daniel Harpster, Paula Jane Harsh, Nicole Elizabeth King, Brandee Rose Kitzmiller, Sar-ah Catherine Kramer, Joseph Elijah Lamb, Denise Lynn LoPreto, Eric John McAchren, Kyle Steven Mon-tague, Tyler Jesse Moody, Seumas Xavier O’Reilly,k Marie Angeline Pinard, James William Reynolds III, Lauren Breanna Runion, Oc-tavia Lynice Shanks, Chloe Ma-rie Shreve, Gage Matthew Steele, Casey Margaret Sullivan, Patricia Ann Thompson, Leslie Jo Watkins, Katie Lee-Ann Wilkins, Darren

James Yunker.

�01� WCHS Graduates Entering the Armed ServicesUS Air National Guard – Patricia ThompsonUS Marines – James Blankenship

Stats on the WCHS Class of �01�

186 Graduates54% going to a 4 yr college�8% going to a � yr collegeTotal going to college: 8�% of the class14% gong to a trade, technical, or educational facility1% going to the military9% going to work

Graduation

Stephanie Blakely, at microphone, and Emily Morton read the Senior Poem.

Let ‘em rip - the Class of 2012 lets their caps fly.

How’d he do that? - We were informed senior Toby Shamblin was the master tosser who left his cap in the gym rafters.

“It is hard to believe that we are here today. Thirteen years ago we were clinging to our par-ents, fearing our first day of school, and wondering which strange faces would become our best friends … I challenge you to take the path less traveled as you look into your future. - Sam Catalani


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Like cross-town rival Warren County High the evening before, on June 13 Skyline High’s class president and principal acknowledged a land-mark moment in graduating the first senior class to spend its entire sec-ondary school career at the school. But unlike their cross-town friends, the weather cooperated allowing graduation to be held at the athletic stadium under sunny skies punctu-ated by a brisk wind.

Class President Emilee M. Ritter acknowledged an educational voy-age that began for these seniors as eighth graders segregated – at least in theory – from the high school age students in �007, the initial, two-public high school academic year in this community.

“Five long years ago we stepped into this brand new high school as eighth graders. That year was a big change for everyone. For some of us, that year was tough – we had to say goodbye to long-time best friends, and find our place in this big school. Not only did we not want to be here, but nobody else wanted us here ei-ther. Five long years ago, we couldn’t wait to grow up. Well guys, we got our wish,” she began. “This is the time to be thankful for our past five years. Our class had the chance to really make something of Skyline, to wear the colors blue, green, and gold with pride. We didn’t let the fact that we were splitting schools get in the way of our high school years.”

Acknowledging specifics of their se-nior year, Ritter told her classmates, “Senioritis was already an overused word before classes had even started, and everything we did was our last.

Within this last year, some of us ap-plied to colleges, both near and far, and others have been preparing to join the workforce. Time spent with each other was no longer taken for granted. We brought back the Hawk Flock and put on the best Homecom-ing Skyline has ever seen.

“Now, new friendships have been made, and old ones have been rekin-dled. Throughout our last sport, our last exam, our senior prom, and our last time hearing the words of advice on the morning announcements, we realize this is really it. Right now, at this moment in time, I’m sure all of us are going through the same thing. We are excited about our future and can’t wait to start a new path, but we are sad about what we will be leaving behind here at Skyline, or even here in this town … Since the first day we walked into Skyline, we have grown as individuals, and as a class. These past five years have made us who we are and have given us options of who we want to be. So, I ask you, who do you want to be?

“Today is the day you can make that decision, and I know you won’t make the wrong one – CONGRATULA-TIONS CLASS OF �01�!”

Perspective of age

Principal Andrew Keller began by echoing Ritter’s acknowledgement of this class’s five-year journey toward graduation.

“You created the culture and expec-tation for all to follow. You choose to participate rather than observe … You crafted what your school is today,” Keller told the Class of �01�. “But, I remember when we first met: You, the adolescent but passionate 8th grader and me, the young, ide-

alistic principal. How things have changed.

“Not so much your passion or my ideals, but the transitions forged through time. You are now young men and women; and I am firmly en-trenched in middle age. For you that means that you will wake up tomor-row with a diploma. A bona fide cer-tificate that promises nothing more than the right to keep going; whether to more education, the work force, or the military – a nonrefundable ticket to what lies ahead, and whether you breezed through the past 1� years or had to be dragged to your final exam, you made it.”

Then speaking with the perspective of age, and the experience of some of those under his charge who may have struggled to achieve or focus during their high school years, Keller focused not only on those acknowl-edged for their academic, athletic or social excellence, but also on those students without the honors ribbons and scholarships.

“Your efforts, either epic or half-hearted, have brought you this far. Some of you have pushed yourself along the way. I am confident that your resourcefulness and work ethic will continue to serve you well. Some of you have been pushed along the way, either by parents, teachers, or coaches. I am equally confident in your future as I believe that all along you have been pacing yourself.

“My mother, perhaps the most in-tuitive person I have ever known, faced this same di-chotomy with her two sons. One, a focused and gifted honor student … The other son was a classroom mystery, a frustration to his teachers … But to his good fortune, he was pushed by his par-ents, teachers and coaches … Mom had faith that my past indifference was not necessarily an indicator of future opportunities and that time would be the catalyst to change. And I hold that same hope for those of you whose potential and promise overshadow your accomplishments and accolades. In my case and in many of yours, time is the element that prompts the greatest transfor-mation.”

The moment vs. the future

The Skyline principal then ad-dressed the future all graduates face with a warning about time and per-spective.

“The past you have lived. It is now history. Reminisce all you want, but don’t become too enamored with what once was … The future is an as-sortment of our best predictions and guesses. It is the blank pages at the end of our book. Some of it is writ-

ten from your past, some of it writ-ten from chance. Worry about your future, but only the chapters that you can actually write.

“It is the present that warrants our keenest attention. Too often, sand-wiched between memories and hope, the moment is ignored. And it is the moment that matters most … it is the sound of laughter among friends … It’s the quarter mile walk from the parking lot to the school house on a cold winter morning … The moment is giving blood to the Red Cross or fund-raising for a wounded class-mate … The moment is all things, and while all things are not always the most pleasant, being aware of them makes us ever more mindful of those experiences that are beautiful and fulfilling.

“As Hawks, your past has been filled with great moments. I hope that you treasure every one of them, but stay attentive to that next moment. You will have a lifetime of them; they will pass very quickly but are always only seconds away.”

Top Academic Awards

The Top Male Academic Student, who will receive the Warren County Educational Foundation Scholarship in the amount of $3000, is Eric Mi-chael Moran. Eric is the Son of Dr. Robert Moran and Dr Leah Papier. Eric will be attending the University of Virginia in the fall and plans go into Biomedical Engineering.

The Top Female Academic Student, who will receive the Carl and Emily Thompson Charitable Trust Scholar-ship in the amount of $3000, is Noa Lin Sager. Noa is the daughter of Mr. Steven Sager. Noa will be attend-ing the University of Virginia and is un-decided on a major.

Hawk 4 Award

This year’s our recipient of the “Hawk 4” Award is Ryan Matthew Dyke, son of Sonny and Pam Dyke. Ryan will be attending James Madi-son University in the fall and plans to go into education like his parents.

The “Hawk 4” Award is awarded annually to the senior that has best exemplified the characteristics of the Hawk 4. This student should Value Learning by going beyond the cur-riculum and challenging themselves to higher levels of achievement. The selected student should show Re-spect for Themselves and Others by upholding the ideals of the code of conduct and serve as a role model for all students. This student should Be Here. Too often we overlook the importance of student attendance, but in many cases it is a significant

measure of a student’s character. The selected student should Think Posi-tively about themselves and their school. Often, this positive thinking mentality can best be seen through athletic participation and a student’s role on a team.Past winners are:�007-08, Timothy Senter�008-09, Susan Maddox�009-10, Levi Huston�010-11, Zachary Henry

Our 12 Distinguished Honor Graduates have achieved a grade point average of 4.0 and above. In alphabetical order, the follow-ing students who have earned this high honor are:Amy Renee Buracker, Tyler Cole Es-teppe, Taylor Lynn Henry, Valerie Gwen Hindley, Christian John Jor-dan Leatherman, William Thomas Maddox, Eric Michael Moran, Ash-lan Paulette Morgan, Joseph Scott Neidigh, Jessica Lee Quinney, Noa Lin Sager, Jacob Brady Schuster

Our 31 Honor Graduates have achieved a grade point average of 3.5-3.9. At graduation, they will stand and be recognized as the principal calls their name. Alpha-betically they are:Austin Mathew Brann, Jessie Lynn Buracker, Shyane Kristine Cook, Ryan Matthew Dyke, Marshall Colton Eckert, Jamie Wayne Figgins, Paul David Fitch, Zachary Wayne Jackson, William Taylor Jeffries, Elai-na Lee Jenkins, Oshene Iyasnna Kelly, Jeremy Thomas Kenney, Branden Ty-ler Klingenberg, Kyle James Kubash, Mary Lynne Kurzenknabe, Lindsay Jayne LeHew, Justin Taylor Maroney, Samantha Kara May, Gianfranco Narvaez, Valerie Suzanne Norris, Sean Aaron Paige, Hyun Jin Park, Riya Vijay Patel, Ashley Ryan Ramey, Amanda Nicole Rettberg, Emilee Marie Ritter, Holly Deahn Robin-son, Andrew Clay Schilling, Rebecca Elizabeth Tutton, Tiffany Michelle Waters, Geddy Espinosa Zarzuela

Stats on the Class of 2012�36 Graduates�5 % going to a 4 yr college35% going to a � yr collegeTotal going to college: 60% of the class�3% going to a trade, technical, or educational facility5.5% going to the military�5% going to work

Money for the Class of 2012Local Scholarships $ 87,900College Awards $ 950,184Total $1,038,084Military Amounts $7�0,000Total of all above $1,758,084

Clouds break as Skyline graduates 236 in the Class of 2012

From left, Ashlan Morgan, Male honors winner Eric Moran with his wizard hat, Billy Maddox and Christian Leather-man , leaning in. Behind them, Charles Chapman and Alexis Chamot, among others, think things over.


The Town of Front Royal announced Thursday night that VDOT informed it the Commonwealth Transporta-tion Board has approved the Town’s request for a 50-50 Revenue Sharing Project for the proposed Leach Run Parkway connector road. VDOT will commit $6 mil-

lion towards the design and construction of this $1�-mil-lion project.The town and Warren

County will work jointly with the Economic Development Authority to pursue the final design of this project and Right-of-Way acquisition, including a swath of Council-man Tom Sayre’s home prop-

erty off Shenandoah Shores Road.The Leach Run Parkway

is planned as a four-lane, limited access road from John Marshall Highway to Happy Creek Road. The road will include bicycle lanes and separate pedestrian pathways. Leach Run Parkway will pro-vide a dedicated roadway to

improve access to the eastern side of Town and parts of Warren County.It is planned to create ac-

cess to Warren County High School and Hilda J. Barbour Elementary School without

the necessity of traveling through town from the north and east.If you have any questions

about this project, please contact the Town at (540) 635-8007.

StateTo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] • 540-551-�07�or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-9197

FRSA Fall 2012 Soccer Registration

Fall 2012 Registration Fee ($60 per player)Additional Sibling Fee ($50 per player) A $25 donation to FRSA to help fund

operation costs would be greatly appreciated.

Online Registration ~ Open May 4th, 2012 through Sat. July 7, 2012

In person registration at the Concession Stand on June 2nd, and during the Soccer Showcase on June 9th.

In office Registration will be: 10 am to 3 pmSaturday: June 23rd, 30th & July 7th ~ Friday: July 6th

Front Royal Soccer Association is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent

allowable by law. No player will be discriminated against based on race, religion, or financial ability.

Registration Deadline - July 7, 2012 - Please register before this date to avoid a $25 late fee! You must contact your Division Commissioner directly to register after this date. Any late registrations may be placed on a waiting list, so register early to secure

your soccer player a spot on a team!

REGISTRATION INFORMATIONFRSA HOTLINE: (540) 635-2966

Please visit www.frontroyalsoccer.com to register online or to download a registration form.

Located in the Middle of Main building on Main St.Rear entrance & parking available on Jackson St.

Kiddie Kickers - 8/1/2007 to 9/30/2008U6 - 8/1/2006 to 9/30/2007

U7 - 8/1/05 to 9/30/06U8 - 8/1/2004 to 9/30/2005

U10 Boys and Girls - 8/1/2002 to 9/30/2004U12 Boys and Girls - 8/1/2000 to 9/30/2002

U14 (poss. CO-ED) - 8/1/98 to 9/3/00Senior - 8/1/1993 to 9/30/1998

Children born before September 30, 2008 are eligible to play

State transpo board OKs $6-mil for Leach’s Run ParkwayVDOT confirms 50-50 revenue sharing split on $12-million connector road

Front Royal’s

Fussell FloristCommerce Ave. Across from the Front Royal Fire Dept.

www.frontroyalsfussellflorist.net www.fussellflorist.net

202 E. 2nd St. Front Royal, VA635-1334 • 635-4193

Too busy to stop in?Visit us online 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Sysco Northeast Redistribution Center - DuPont Performance CoatingsRoyal Oak Animal Clinic, Inc. - L’Dee’s Pancake House, LLC - All Smiles

Dentistry - Task Force Brunda, LLC - Anderson & Associates, Inc.Rappahannock Electric Cooperative - Irrigation Services, Inc.

Royal Family Bowling Center, Inc. - Royal Cinemas, Inc.& Individual Contributors...

...for your contributions to the Education Fund & to the EDA Community Scholarship which awarded a $500 scholarship

to each of the following 2012 Graduates:

Thank You

Skyline Warren CountyWilliam Jeffries Taylor Bass

Taylor Jones

HU, A Love Song to GodA free presentation to the community

Singing HU can:Help you experience divine love

Offer solace during times of griefBring peace and calm

Wednesday July 11 and Wednesday August 15Throx Market Stn./Shell, Conference Rm.

1061 Millwood Pike, Winchester, VA

Free CD for those interestedVirginia Satsang Society, a Chartered Affiliate of Eckankar

www.HearHu.org

Handyman ServiceCall Shawn 540-440-6173

Tree and brush removal•Plumbing•Small engine repair•Lawn service•Tile work•Junk removal•Some car repair•Painting•Roof repair•Fencing and fence repair•Driveway sealing•Tin roof sealing •

And paintingMetal fabrication•Low rates•


DiversionsTo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] • 540-551-�07�or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-9197


Ask StewartTo advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] • 540-551-�07�or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-9197

Ask Stewart

Dear Stewart, What are those funny looking green bags around the base of some of the trees in town?

Chad Kinsey

Dear Chad,

Those bags are commonly called treegators and are a spe-cial kind of watering system for newly planted trees. When a tree gets planted, it is under extra stress and needs a little extra TLC, especially in the watering department. This is the most important time in

a tree’s life to get necessary water so that the roots will de-velop and grow nice and deep. Normal methods of watering during the summer months can sometimes not be effi-cient either through runoff or evaporation. Treegators were designed to provide anywhere from �0 to 50 gallons of water directly into the developing root system through a slow re-lease method with no runoff or evaporation. One fill-up of the Treegator can provide a week’s worth of water to the tree. The Town of Front Royal has installed several of these Tree-gators around their newly

planted trees. This system helps the town horticulturist and her crew with their busy schedules. This also provides better records of the trees up-keep during the first few criti-cal years and provides a mea-surable amount of water on a weekly basis. Always remember - Planting a tree is wonderful, but caring for that tree in the proper way is even more important and will provide many rewards for years to come.

Stewart

Brianna - 2 year old spayed fe-male Pit mix. Brianna is very, very affectionate! She’ll greet you with a hug and is good with children.

Grace - 4 year old spayed female Chow mix. Grace is housebroken, very gentle, and well-behaved on a leash.

Jojo - 2 year old male Pit. Jojo loves to run and play. He loves to play fetch and can catch a toy in mid-air!

With your help we have been able to place thousands of animals in good homes. Contact Alison @ 540-551-2072 if you would like to become a pet sponsor too!

Grace’s ad sponsored by:

Martins Foods409 South St.Front Royal

540-635-2249

Humane Society of Warren CountyMonday thru Sunday 10 am to 4 pm- Closed Wednesdays • 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA • [email protected]

540-635-4734

Red - 1 year old neutered male Pit mix. Red loves to play fetch and tug-of-war! He has had basic obeidence training and is good with older chil-dren.

540-635-4734

Jojo’s ad sponsored by:

Wanda SneadProperty Management

Serving the area for 16 yearsSam Snead Realty

540-635-9753SamSneadRealty.com

540-635-4734 540-635-4734

The Front Royal/Warren County Tree Steward program began in 1997 with volunteers dedicated to improving the health of trees by providing educational programs, tree planting and care demon-strations, and tree maintenance throughout the community. The group now consists of over 30 active members with several in-terns working toward becoming certified tree stewards from our annual “All About Trees Class”. Each month Stewart will answer a question from our readers. Please forward it to “Stewart” in care of [email protected] and we may publish it in a future issue. Please visit our website at www.treesfrontroyal.org.

Red’s ad sponsored by:

Hot Tub HeavenVacation Cabins

540-636-15��[email protected]

http://www.hottubheavencabins.com

DogFriendly!

Brianna’s ad sponsored by:

Help-U-BuildSaves You $$

Small Repairs to Big Projects

540-635-1408

Dog adoption available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Petco • Cat adoption available on Sat. 10 - 2 at Southern States“Forget-Me-Not” Adoption Special! $1 adoption fees on these featured dogs and other long term residents. Adoption fee does not include spay/neuter if dog is not already fixed. Adoption Special good through June



DONATION DRIVE Please bring your gently used clothing and house-

hold item donations to Stephens City at the Food Lion Shopping Center on Fairfax Pike:

Saturdays June 30, July 7, and July 14 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

1-800-435-2480 www.horizongoodwill.org

Our truck will be in front of the former Dollar General Store location.

By donating and shopping at Goodwill®, you are helping people in your community. Goodwill puts 90¢ of every dollar spent in our stores right back into job training and other programs. We help those who want to work but have barriers to employment achieve success. Thank you for your support!

Prosperity employs experts in landscape design. From a simple garden planting to an elaborate outdoor living space, let Prosperity share their ideas with you!

P.O. Box 789Stephens City, VA 22655540-869-2004www.prosperitylandscaping.com

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Aging In Place Remodeling, LLC

Certified Aging in Place Specialist“Helping you stay Independent”

Congrats to Ryan Dyke and Courtney Baker, Recipients of my 8th Annual Hometown

Scholarships!

540-671-6145 [email protected]

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County Administrator Doug Stanley called a solution a “hard game – if you pass an ordinance to go out and pick up cats what do you do – euthanize them? I don’t think that’s an end any-one wants.” As for trapping truly feral cats one animal activist present told the com-mittee that was a problematic solu-tion. Speaking from experience, Shan-non Stinson said she had worked to establish the trust to get one feral cat trapped for a year. She said ordinances wouldn’t address the problem or offer realizable solutions. Stinson noted that the typical price of a spay or neuter through the pri-vate sector – estimated at $190 – was prohibitive for many cat owners. How-ever, she suggested working with the humane society and local or regional rescue groups to establish and fund a catch-spay/neuter-release program that could access a discount price of $35 through veterinary services offered to such high volume customers. Such an offer could motivate people like Siksay’s 100 block of West Jackson Street neighbor to go ahead and get the animals she feeds fixed – at least if she considers them hers. And if not, it ap-pears a feral catch and release program funded through the county, humane society, and rescue groups could help anyway. In the end it was decided to form a committee of about five people, likely involving town, county, sheriff ’s office and humane society representatives to explore the issue and make suggestions on how to proceed. Committee forma-tion was on the council work session agenda of June 18.

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