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Tis the season

Christkindlmarkt Festival a seasonal shopping bona

By Carol BallardWarren County Report

Ater a parade and ribbon cut-ting the previous night, on Satur-day, Dec. 3, the ChristkindlmarktFestival was held at the VillageCommons next to the Gazebo atthe junction o Chester and MainStreets.

Te Winter Wonderland in-

cluded 18-inch snowakes andornaments in the trees, giantNutcrackers, sing-along caroling,a Christmas concert and cratand ood vendors set up in themarket area.

Te annual is wholesome, reeand a non-alcoholic event ex-tending an opportunity or localcraters and artisans to displayand sell their wares.

World-amous Hilby, theSkinny German Juggle-Boy en-

couraged audience participationand perormed to lots o laughsand applause.

Other amily-type events in-cluded: Mike Randolphs Wood-house Band playing traditionalFolk and Christmas music; JereyAlban and the Blue Ridge Sing-ers; a live Nativity scene; Pawsn Claus Pictures with Santa, theproceeds o which will benetthe Humane Society o WarrenCounty; Front Royals DowntownHoliday Parade; a Battle o theBands; Challenge o the Choirsand the Silent Monks o theShenandoah.

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Town on regional state matching tourism grant

By Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

Front Royal was on a list re-leased by the governors ofce onDec. 8 o communities receivingstate grants or tourism market-ing.

Front Royal was tabbed, alongwith New Market, Staunton, Har-risonburg and Waynesboro or$50,000 or an SVA OutdoorRecreation and Family ravelMarketing Campaign. It was notclear whether those ve munici-palities would split that amounton a regional promotional eort

or receive portions or individualpromotional eorts.

In the governors press release,Alisa Bailey, president and CEOo the Virginia ourism Corpo-ration, was quoted stating, TeVC Marketing Leverage Grantprogram is an excellent resourceor Virginias localities looking toboost tourism. Te communitieswork together on projects that willhave the most impact or the lo-cality or region.

Te money is part o an an-nounced $635,000 in matchinggrant unds to 35 local tourism ini-tiatives as part o the V C Market-

ing Leverage Grant program. Tegrants assist local and regional

tourism entities to attract more visitors by leveraging local mar-keting dollars. Te local organiza-tions match the state grant undsby a minimum o 3-to-1 to createmarketing projects such as web-sites, signage, social media andadvertisements, according to thegovernors press release.

I past comments on tour-ism unding by town ofcials areconsidered, the question remainswhether it is a portion or the ull$50,000, whether the Front Royalown Council will authorize any

additional unding or tourismpromotion in order to make the

required match or its share.Te announcement came aweek ater the resignation o ownDirector o ourism Jennier Keckbecame eective on Friday, Dec..

own Manager Steve Burke wasout o town Tursday, Dec. 8, andother town sta contacted hadno inormation on the grant an-nouncement or the towns appli-cation to receive the money.

Te state seems to comprehend,i some current and/or recenttown and county ofcials do not,

the value o spendpromote tourism in

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nells press release ntourism in Virgin$18.9 billion in reve$1.3 billion in state aand supported more

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Tom Walker revisited

Dear Editor,

Ater recently reading a past edi-torial titled Only drunks drown? Iound it necessary to write. My heartgoes out to all the victims and theiramilies surrounding the multipletragedies at the old Riverton Dam. Inparticular, I would like to addressDavid Howard Benners statemento checking blood-alcohol levels othe victims. Although I only knewone victim, hopeully it will showMr. Benners poor ability to speakbeore knowing the acts.

om Walker was a baker at myrst job where I was hired to cleanpans. Tat was twenty ve years agowhen I was about 1 years old. For-

tunately, he saw some potentialin my abilities and taught me thetrade. Over the years I continuedworking or om at various Costcolocations, where I eventually be-came a manager. He taught me the

business in and out and my successwas due largely to his teachings. omwas the best role model one couldask or and is directly responsibleor the man I am today. o this dayI can remember him placing a glass jar above a baking bench and ex-plaining how to save my money. Myamilys rst microwave oven waspaid or out o that jar. I will neverorget the comorting phone callsom made to my mother ater myathers death. He would assure herthat I was on the right track and easeher mind.

In addition to our proessionalrelationship, om and I had devel-oped a riendship. Actually he waslike the big brother I never had. Byno means was I an angel growing up,but om always put positivity in mylie. Whether it was going shing onhis boat, demonstrating amily val-ues, or motivating me to work orsuccess, he was there or most o thecrucial decisions and lie altering ob-stacles o my past. He always point-ed me in the right direction. My lastshing trip with om was on a boat

that I had purchased. Needless tosay some o that cash probably camerom that savings jar rom my child-hood. Tat day is one I will neverorget and I hope om realized hispositive inuence on my lie.

oday I am no longer involvedin the baking industry, but I stillthink o my old riend oten. I amextremely grateul to have crossedpaths with om Walker and havelearned so much rom him. WhenI go out shing on my boat thesedays, there is always a eeling like weare together. I can still hear him withall his enthusiasm, telling me abouthis children Tad and revor. Hewould explain the importance o agood wie and how ortunate he wasto have Cylinda.

Never once in all thhim, did I see om wact it was quite thloved lie so much heunnecessary. I am drinker and I had ne

to have one around hiabout being responson the boat. Mr. Benments were uncalledpletely inaccurate. I you owe everyone ytively impacted with yan apology. om Walbe remembered or thnot your interpretatcould have been.Sincerely,Russ Reczkowski

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A Wayside Christmas

Hallelujah to Glory Bea! a Valley Christmas story shines at Wa

By Malcolm Barr Sr.Warren County Report

While an armed holdup wasgoing on at a Middletownconvenience store and copcars were careening up anddown Main Street, an open-ing-night (Nov. 7) audienceor the annual Christmas showwas sedately ling into Way-

side Teatre to see the worldpremiere o Glory Bea! aShenandoah Christmas storyby Front Royal school teacherRichard Follett and one-timeMiddletown resident LarryDahlke.It was a dramatic start to a

poignant, sometimes sad playin which, at the end, happinessreigns or all in the cast andthe audience, a sort o Dick-enss Christmas Carol set inthe Shenandoah Valley priorto and during the Christmas

o 1933. Jody Lee, as one o atrio o musicians, did the storyline while the actors were ledon this night by 11-year-oldAudrey Nakagawa, in the titlerole. A Wayside Young Per-ormers Workshop gradu-ate rom Winchester, Audreywas part o a touching storyo one Valley amily survivingthe Hungry Tirties while

daddy was away rom hometrying to earn a dollar with theCivilian Conservation Corps(CCC), which in act was thenengaged in building SkylineDrive.wo separate casts will work

this show through December4.A star o the evening who

did not appear and may not

even have been there wasJ. Clinedinst o a similarlynamed photography outt inEdinburg whose remarkablescenic photographs were thebackdrop or this show. Cov-ering the entire back wall othe stage, Clinedinsts donatedphotos seamlessly decoratedthe set with vivid slides show-ing every aspect o Shenan-doah Valley, including wildlieand views. Lighting designerWes Caulkin had a great dealto do with the success o this

outstanding eort.Te amiliar Tomasin

Savaiano, matriarch o theWayside amily, capably an-chored this nights cast as the(expectant) mother. Katherine(Te Voice) Yacko, a theaterintern rom last year, is said tobe tickled pink to be help-ing Wayside through its 50thanniversary season, and will

be on stage while Savaiano iso. Another talented young-ster, Abby Buchholz, plays thedaughter role in the alterna-tive cast.Te popular local actor and

musician, Robbie Limon, al-ternates roles with the tal-ented Steve Przybylski, musicdirector, throughout the run.Steve perormed with the trio,rounded out by Jason Labra-

dor, a Shenandoah U. under-grad (spelled on alternativeevenings by Andrew Crowe).Matt Baldoni o Berryville,

ormerly an intern and nowa veteran o Wayside peror-mances, was the working dad(John Torn) on our night.Forrest K. Sassaman, a studentat Lord Fairax CommunityCollege, spells him. TeresaMcGuirk, who rst appearedat Wayside eight Christmas-es ago in Christmas Carol,alternates with Dana Cola-giovanni. Other youngsters in

the two casts are: Lydia Hisey,Amanda Willis, Jessica Sho-tek, Natalie Youngblood, JakeAdams, Dan Kurzenknabe,

Patrick Bausermamon, Tomas BauJordan Armel.Glory Bea! was

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Matthew Balondi, Jody Lee and Audrey Nakagawa areappearing at Wayside Theatre production Glory Bea! AShenandoah Christmas Story November 26 through De-cember 24, 2011. Call (540) 869-1776 for reservations. Pho-tographs by Westervelt.

Steve Przybylski, Jason J. Labrador, and Jody Lee makesome foot-stomping music are during waysides Christmasplay Glory Bea! A Shenandoah Christmas Story


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Engles Angle: Underwear andBy Kevin S. EngleWarren County Report

When I was a kid, I knewthats what Id be getting forChristmas. It wasnt the onlything, but as sure as Santaslid down our chimney, I knewId find them under the tree. Ialso knew Saint Nick wasntthe one delivering them. Thatwas my mother. I loved mymother very much, but whatkid wants underwear andsocks for Christmas? Not thisone. And besides, she alreadyknew my inventory levels werehigh. I didnt need any more.

But every year, I got them. Iguess it was a mom thing.Thankfully, she quit buying

them for me when I got mar-ried. But it didnt stop there.Thats when my wife started. Ithink it was a conspiracy.But there was a change. In-

stead of underwear and socks,now it was underwear and un-dershirts.Oh boy. I was just as thrilled.

And no matter how much Icomplained, they kept appear-ing. I think my wife got a kickout of it.The tradition continued, until

the time she got me underwearthat were, shall I say, snug. Idont care what size was onthe label, they were too small.Id had enough.Thats it!! I told her. No

more.She got the message. Fi-

nally.But that doesnt mean all is

ok under the Engle Christmastree.Every year, we exchange

lists. And every year, my wifemoans about mine.Thats it? You need to give

me more ideas.And when I do, s

like them.Candy? Come o

me. You can butime you want to.Excuse me, but i

Christmas list?We used to get

each other, but noMy wife got tired ing them back all tsomething I liked guess you could saular about what I dlike. But so is sheshe says shes easyOh really? I am no

a new car. I just one a few years agmaybe?She wanted more

though I couldnt coany. That is, not an ad on TV. It wagels. And underwethe annual VictorFashion Show. Hbe I was being hasknow angels wore but from what I sawpretty good. Maybmissing something.derwear is more exI realized.I added it to my lisOf course she wo

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Were taking in as many animals as Loudoun County and they have a $1.4 million annual bud-get. Wagner Shelter Director Lavenda Denny asking county to increase the shelters $144,000annual budget

Humane Society tells county it is in fnancial crWagner Shelter takes in as many animals as county 10 times WCs size


At a Dec. 6 work session rep-resentatives o the HumaneSociety o Warren Countyasked the Warren CountyBoard o Supervisors or both

immediate and long-term -nancial help to head o whatcould be a atal nancial cri-sis. Te humane society is alsolaunching a private-sectorundraising drive within theweek but immediate and long-term help rom the county isalso needed, the supervisorswere told.At the early December work

session new Julia Wagner Ani-mal Shelter Executive Direc-tor Lavenda Denney and Hu-mane Society Board member

Amy Turman described theoperational and nancial con-sequences o a two to three-year trend o increased animalabandonments and reducedadoptions that have uppednumbers o animals movingthrough the system by 5 per-cent annually.A major actor cited was the

down economy in which the

expense o keeping pets be-comes untenable or somepeople living on the edge -nancially. ighter nancesmay also be reected in ewerpeople willing to adopt ani-mals simply because they cantaord to incur the additional

expense o a pet.Were taking in as many ani-

mals as Loudoun County andthey have a $1.4 million annu-al budget, Denny told countyofcials. Te Humane Societyo Warren Countys WagnerAnimal Shelters current an-nual budget is $144,666.

When Deputy County Ad-ministrator Bob Childressasked how it was possible thatWarren County (population38,000) could take in as manyanimals as Loudoun Countywith a population cited at300,000, Denny pointed tothe local preponderance hereo unxed animals, both wildand owned.Denny said there are pet

owners who repeatedly bringin new litters o dogs or catsto the shelter or adoption be-

cause they reuse to spay andneuter their older pets.Turman also cited the

positive impact in LoudounCounty o implementationo a program that brings instray or eral cats to be spayedand neutered and re-released Tat took their numbers [ostrays] down tremendously,Turman told the board.Denny said this year the ani-

mal shelter had taken in over,100 animals and has beenaveraging ,500 annually. Forevery three to ve animals thatcome in the back door [aban-doned], only one goes out theront [adopted], she said.A single situation o housing

a dog brought in by county an-imal control while a court caseon that animals custody hasevolved has cost the humanesociety shelter $8,000.

While that case has gonethrough the court system tothe Virginia Appeals Courtshe had ve puppies, Dennysaid.While the Julia Wagner rust

helps und the HSWCs shelter,Denny and Turman said thatrust wasnt actually provid-ing anywhere near the undsneeded to balance the shelterbudget. Denny told the super-visors the humane society has

depleted its checkwith expendituresand has taken anorom its saving acccant keep operatinDenny told the boConsequently th

mane society that animal shelter as operation is askingin immediate und

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National politicsFor us to remain viable, we need Congress to act on legislation that would eliminate the current manretiree health benet pre-payments Tat mandate costs the Postal Service $5.5 billion annually - UVirginia District Manager Michael Furey

Postal cutbacks a day late or crucial deliveBut is total demolition o the U.S. Postal Service Congresss endgam


On Dec. 5 the U.S. Postal Ser-vice (USPS) submitted proposedchanges to its operations to thePostal Regulatory Commission.Te move toward the suggestedchanges began on Sept. 15 whenthe Postal Service announced itwould begin studying changes tomeet a budgetary crisis.Initially the impact on postal

customers will be a potential one-day delay in delivery o First Classand periodical mail. While the

loss o one-day delivery o mostFirst Class mail and periodicaldeliveries may seem minor, cus-tomers who pay bills or receivetime-sensitive materials such asdaily newspapers, including somewith one-day retail sales notices,as well as other periodicals couldbe hugely impacted. Tose last-minute birthday cards rom or to

grandpa and grandma, especiallythose in more remote rural loca-tions will have to be sent earlieror they could become birthday-plus-a-couple-days cards. Expectthat mail-delivered DVD movietomorrow? Not so ast.Tats what postal customers

must initially adjust to but whatmight lie in the uture or thosewho rely on the U.S. Postal Ser-vice?

Te postal service acknowledg-es a 7-percent decline in FirstClass mail service over the pastve years as a actor in changes

designed to save one to three bil-lion dollars in operational costs.However, as reported here inmid-September and largely ig-nored elsewhere across the na-tion, a major contributing actorto the USPS budgetary crisis isthe 006 Congressional Act re-quiring an unprecedented moveto set aside unds to cover postalservice employee health ben-et costs 75 years into the uture.Tat mandate requires the postalservice to set aside $5.5 billion an-nually to meet the Congressionalmandate that 75 years o poten-

tial uture health care costs be setaside within a decade o passageo the 006 Postal AccountabilityEnhancement Act (PAEA).In our late September edition

USPS Communications ProgramsSpecialist Laura Dvorak told us,Te Postal Service is the onlygovernment agency required topre-und its retiree health bene-ts. Were it not or the pre-und-

ing requirement, have shown a proover the last our yeAnd we might poin

eager to see privati vices provided byno corporation in tunteers or is requsuch an onerous nas Congress placedyears ago and now

Dark and potentially fatal clouds are forming over the Unit-ed States Postal Service - and they are man (Congressio-nal) made.

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National politWe want it down to the size to where it would t in a bathtub. And then it could worry aboutwhat we were up to. - Republican no-tax strategist Grover Norquist on neo-con drowningplans or the ederal government

visit despite pleas rom the U.S.Postmaster.Dvorak also points out that the

U.S. Postal Service receives notax dollars or operating expensesand relies entirely on the sale o

postage, products and services tound its operations.USPS is at the center o a $1-

trillion mailing industry repre-senting more than 7 percent oour nations GDP (Gross Do-mestic Product) and 6 percent oour nations jobs 90 percent owhich are in private industry; thismailing industry employs eight-million Americans, Dvorak said.USPS continues to consolidate

mail processing acilities to re-duce personnel, energy and trans-portation costs, and is studyingapproximately 3,700 retail ofces

or possible closure. For us to re-main viable, we need Congressto act on legislation that wouldeliminate the current mandaterequiring retiree health benetpre-payments beore the end o

September. Tat mandate coststhe Postal Service $5.5 billion an-nually. Legislation also is neededto return a $6.9 billion overpay-ment into the Federal EmployeesRetirement System to the PostalService, USPS Northern VirginiaDistrict Manager Michael Fureywrote in a Commentary pub-lished in our early October edi-tion.Congress has ailed to heed

these calls and now you havethe announced service cutbacksas the U.S. Postal Service strug-gles to survive.

Te options under our controlwe have pursued aggressively byslashing our annual operating ex-penses by more than $1 billionand reducing our size by 110,000career positions over the past

our years, Furey stated.

Union busting?

I believe it has nothing to dowith employee benets, NationsCapital/Southern Md. PostalUnion President Dena Briscoetold us in September o PAEAand a subsequent lack o correc-tive action by Congress. I believeit is a way to get money out o theorganization to use as they see t USPS was in a good nancialplace prior to the 006 Postal Ac-countability Enhancement Act

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Athey judgeship appointment more than a rumRegional caucus recommends retiring delegate to replace Prosser


Te day prior to Tanksgiving, thelaw ofce o Cliord L. Clay Atheyissued a press release acknowledgingthe current 18th District Delegatesrecommendation by a regional polit-ical caucus to appointment as a 6thJudicial Circuit Court judge.

Te appointment would ll a seat vacated on March 1st by the re-tirement o Judge John R. Prosser.Prosser led papers indicating his

intention to retire rom his 14-yearcareer on the circuit court bench onJan. 1, 011. Prior to his appoint-ment as a 6th Circuit Court judge,Prosser had practiced criminal law

out o a Winchester ofce.Rumors the 50-year-old Athey was

in line to replace Prosser began y-ing rom within the warren CountyRepublican Committee as soon as heannounced on March 9th he wouldnot seek re-election to the VirginiaHouse delegates seat he has held ora decade.

I was contacted earlier today byDelegate Steven Landes, who in-ormed me that I was the consensuscandidate o the Shenandoah ValleyCaucus to ll the current Circuit va-

cancy in the 6th Judicial Circuit,Athey stated in a Nov. 3rd press re-lease. I am humbled and very appre-ciative o the support o my ormercolleagues in the General Assembly.

I intend to work very hard to deservethe trust they have placed in me.

In his press release Athey also ac-knowledged discussing the potentialo public service closer to homewith amily beore deciding to ag-gressively seek the judicial appoint-ment.

Earlier this year when I an-nounced my retirement rom theGeneral Assembly to be at home withmy beloved wie Stacey and 5-year-old twins Madagan and Clayton, ouramily had hoped that other oppor-tunities or public service closer tohome would present themselves Ater much contemplation and dis-cussion with my wie, we recently

decided to seek the current CircuitCourt vacancy in the 6th JudicialCircuit when my term as Delegateends in early January.

I have had the distinct honor andprivilege over these last 10 years orepresenting the citizens o Fred-erick and Warren Counties in theGeneral Assembly. I look orward tocontinuing to protect and serve my

ellow citizens in the Circuit Courtso the 6th Judicial Circuit.

Were very anxious to have the va-cancy lled, Judge Dennis L. Huppsaid o some political momentumto ll the vacant judicial seat. Atheywould be available or legislative ap-pointment ater he leaves ofce onJan. 1th.

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Politics & the judicI kind o see it as representing my constituents in a dierent way Its going to be a challengeand hopeully Ill be up to it. Clay Athey on a potential move into the judiciary

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Each year, the local United Way strives to develop a campthat will ask each person in Front Royal and Warren Coutheir annual contribution to the local agency which unds 1human service organizations here in Warren County.

Te community is broken up into divisions and the straapproach our local homegrown businesses has been dubbeness Blitz.

Tis year, more than one dozen volunteers anned out Royal and Warren County on Wednesday, Nov. 30, to ask 13or their donation. Te gure o $5,000 was set as this yethis activity. Last year the Blitz amount approached but d$5,000.

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On Dec. 5th we spoke withsoon-to-be-retired 18th DistrictVirginia House Delegate CliordL. Clay Athey about his poten-tial uture as a 6th Judicial CircuitCourt judge. As recounted else-where in this issue, talk o Atheyeventually replacing retired JudgeJohn R. Prosser began almost im-

mediately upon his March 9thannouncement he would not seekreelection to the Virginia Houseseat he has held or a decade.

What does a potential legisla-tive judicial appointment meanor him proessionally and per-sonally, we asked.

Itll denitely be a loss o in-come, Athey said o a move romprivate-practice business law intothe courtroom. One thing aboutthe private practice o law is thereis no time that you get to work inthe morning and time to go homeat night. You kind o live withuid hours and work on the week-

ends. Just because the courthouseis closed when youre in privatepractice doesnt mean youre notstill in the ofce.

Salary estimates we got or cir-cuit court judges varied between$130,000 and $150,000 annually.

Athey reiterated a point hemade earlier in announcing hislegislative retirement, that hewants a more stable home lie orhis amily as his children reachschool age. So while court docketsmay be heavy and trials may occa-sionally run over hours, the morestable hourly environment anda regional court circuit closer tohome than his legislative orays toRichmond is a happy trade o.

I still think its going to be achallenge. Teres going to be alearning curve obviously, Atheysaid o adjusting rom a law prac-tice now ocused on civil, corpo-rate and business-municipal law.Teres no question that in re-cent years I havent practiced a loto criminal law. I think my prac-tice has been like a lot o peoples:those rst ew years it was mostly

criminal and then over time it be-came more civil than criminal, andthen at a certain point it becamealmost exclusively civil. And cer-tainly the last seven to eight yearsit has been mostly civil litigationand/or local government law thatI have spent most o time in. ButIve done a little bit o everythingover the last 0 years.

Te ormer Front Royal coun-cilman, mayor and state delegatesaid his varied proessional andelectoral backgrounds should be a

benet in the new rin act, gain the app

One advantage some time in publiced public lie is you o people. And youto be involved in aterests, whether itor personalities. Solast 16 years o my liexposed to every soview that one can bAnd the good thingin the role that I ho

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Politics & the judiciaryAnd the good thing about serving in the role that I hope to be serving in is thislature writes the statutes. Your job as a judge is to apply that to a specic s Clay Athey

ing in is that the legislature writesthe statutes. Your job as a judgeis to apply that to a specic set oacts.

So regardless o what your per-sonal eelings are or where you are

coming rom, youre supposed toapply the law to those particularacts. And the outcome should bebased upon the law as it applies tothose acts. And Ive been doingthis a long time. Contrary to pop-ular belie Ive had a pretty exten-sive law practice in addition to mylegislative responsibilities, Athey

laughed about public perceptionso his proessional lie.

What next?

How did he go rom knowing a

judicial appointment was a pos-sibility to the decision to activelypursue that appointment?

Well, theres been some timepassed, he observed o the seven-plus months since he announcedhe would not seek reelection. Tereason I am stepping down romthe legislature is my children are

now kindergartners and I didnteel like it was a good idea to con-tinue to take them back and orthto Richmond. When I got out Iknew thered be some opportuni-ties. I thought about teaching a

little and may still do some o thatat some point in the uture. I dis-cussed staying in the private prac-tice o law. I even had one particu-lar group in Richmond approachme about doing some lobbying inRichmond. So Id even toyed withthat idea.

But Athey points to his experi-

ence on various legislative com-mittees devoted to legal issues asperhaps setting the groundworkor his nal decision, as well asreceptiveness to that decision inRichmond where judicial appoint-

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Politics & the judicAnd I do think that your demeanor is the most important thing about being a judge. Your job really isyou want to make sure everyone is heard and that when someone leaves, whether or not they prevail they eel that justice has been done and theyve been heard. Clay Athey

subcommittee responsible or allo the laws that I would now beinterpreting and applying. And Ithink as a chairman I think therewere a lot o my colleagues whoelt that I had the right kind o

demeanor to be a judge anda number o my colleagues hadmentioned that or some periodo time.

And I do think that your de-meanor is the most importantthing about being a judge. Your job really, when someone walksinto the room, is you want to makesure everyone is heard and thatwhen someone leaves, whether ornot they prevail they eel thatjustice has been done and theyvebeen heard. And part o that ishaving what I believe is called a judicial demeanor, which meansthat you dont get overly excited

about things; you dont take sides;you let things play themselves outand then you try to reach a logicalconclusion.

Timerame

Athey also said he believeslegislative circumstances rstthe General Assemblys decisionto authorize Gov. McDonnell tomake an interim appointment toll the vacant 6th Judicial Dis-trict seat and then the ongoinglegislative discussion about re-districting contributed to thelength o time it has taken to ll

Judge Prossers seat.As time went on and it becameclear that the Congressional re-districting was not going to workout [in a timely ashion]; and theGeneral Assembly has to adjournor the governor to make an ap-pointment. Well, Congressionalredistricting is still going on be-cause the Democrats in the Sen-ate and Republicans in the House

side cant reach an agreement onit, Athey explained. Te originaldecision to let the governor makethe appointment was so it could bedone quickly. I dont think anyoneanticipated that the House and

Senate during the Congressionalredistricting would stay in sessionthat long. But there is a dierenceo opinion with respect to howmany majority/minority districtsthere should be in the common-wealth and that has dragged onand dragged on and dragged on.

As that situation evolved Atheysaid it became increasingly clearthe vacant 6th District Judicialseat wouldnt be lled until histerm expired on Jan. 1th.

So my wie Stacey and I hadbeen talking about it or a ewmonths and bouncing it around and ater the election Stacey and I

decided well, i this thing isnt go-ing to happen till next year let s goor it .

As or the Shenandoah ValleyCaucus which recently recom-mended him or the seat, Atheyexplained they are all Republicans(three senators, eight delegates).But rather than a partisan con-spiracy to pack the judiciary thatact simply reects that all Assem-bly seats in this judicial circuit arecurrently held by Republicans.

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As or the style o judicial ap-pointments, Athey said he believesVirginias method o selection bythe legislature is better than thealternatives appointment by anindividual political gure or judi-cial elections.

I would never want to see Vir-ginia go to direct election. All youhave to do is go across over intoWest Virginia to see the result

o that. I think it is kind o un-seemly to nd campaign signs inpeoples yards or a judge. By itsnature that kind o process lendsitsel to judges deciding cases in- volving their biggest campaign

contributors, whether those becorporations or otherwise, underthe specter o that type o politi-cal inuence, Athey said. Andor [state] Supreme Court nomi-

nations over the hill in West Vir-ginia I think those campaigns endup running into the millions andmillions o dollars in campaigncontributions. And cases end upgoing there to justices who maybe

received $500,000 in campaigncontributions deciding cases onthe very people who made thosecontributions.

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Pastor Gary eachey believes itsbetter to give than to receive. Heand his congregation at the RockWorship Center want to ollow thewords o Jesus Christ ound in Acts0:35 by nding numerous ways tohelp others when they need it.

Its one reason why Im a min-ister to give to others, eacheysaid.

Recently, in keeping with theChristmas season and to coin-cide with moving their services toFront Royals E. Wilson MorrisonElementary School auditorium in

November, they have establishedthe Great Giveaway.

Teir giveaway program is in-tended to help olks out withChristmas gits and also to intro-duce people to their church ser-

vices. Giveaways will be held onSunday mornings at 40 CrescentSt. throughout December, excepton Christmas morning. Only rst-time visitors may participate inthe git giveaway and registrationbegins at 10 a.m. on Sunday morn-ings. Services start at 10:30.

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Local merchants have gener-ously donated git cards to thiscause, he said.

Pastor eachey is happy withtheir new location and hopes the

congregation will expand to ll the566-seat space. Im excited aboutthe tremendous room to grow. Wehave access to the entire acilityand we plan to utilize it to the ullextent, he said.

Also, thanks to the lower rentalcost o the new location, there willbe even more money that can beused to help the community.

He said that as a church they areeager to live up to the words o theApostle Paul in First Corinthians9: which says, We have to be-come all things to all people so thatby all means we might save some.So they want to be able to providehelp to all people who need ood,

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On Dec. 6 the Warren CountyBoard o Supervisors approved$190,000 or the purchase o 5.8acres as the uture site o theShenandoah Farms trash conve-nience and recycling site. Closingon the property purchased romJames and Andrea Stuart will oc-cur within 30 days, County Attor-ney Blair Mitchell told the board.

Mitchell also explained action onthe purchase was required that

day because a deadline on deliv-ery o a letter o intent that thecounty would proceed with thepurchase would come the ollow-ing day.

Only board Chairman ArchieFox voted against authorizingthe purchase. Fox cited nancialconcerns and other potential ex-penditures the board is acing.However the majority appeared

to agree with County Adminis-trator Doug Stanleys observation

that the county was not likely toget a better price in the uture onland earmarked or a new armscompactor-recycling site.

Te nancing approval camethree weeks ater the boardunanimously approved a condi-tional use permit or develop-ment o the Stuart property asthe Farms trash convenience andrecycling site. At that earlier CUPpublic hearing 11 area residentsexpressed opposition to the site.

Opponents primarily cited line osight trafc saety and oodplain

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Four citizens spoke or ap-proval o the permit or the site,including ormer supervisorJames McManaway. McManawayis President o the Blue MountainProperty Owners Associationand told the board he was speak-ing or the 364 amilies the POA

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to illustrate their contention theroad was dangerous had been alow-speed accident with no inju-ries.

Some supervisors observedthat while the site may not be per-

ect, it is the best available at thistime or such development in thearea. Several board members saidthey had explored other poten-tial sites in the three weeks sincethe CUP public hearing and hadound no viable alternative. How-ever Richard raczyk, in whoseShenandoah District the site lies,observed that since developmento the site isnt orecast or two orthree more years, should an al-ternative site be ound the boardcould move to alter the location.

As or nancing concerns,Stanley told the board the countyhas already put $50,000 aside ora new Farms trash conveniencesite large enough to include a re-cycling component.

Deputy County Administra-tor Robert Childress later told usthe two-plus year timerame ordevelopment o the site was dueto a county policy to pay or suchcapital improvements as the ullnancing amount became avail-able. Current cost estimates ordevelopment o the site, whichwill also include a county roadmaintenance building or theFarms Sanitary District, are be-tween $750,000 and a milliondollars.

Tis cost would include allpreliminary engineering typetasks, design, and construction,Childress says. Since the Boardo Supervisors has recently ap-proved the purchase o the prop-erty, one o our next tasks willbe to develop site plans or the

project. As these design plansare developed, we will be able torene our cost estimates or bud-geting purposes.

While the pay-as-you-go planand incremental unding alloca-

tions will draw the project out orseveral years, since a Farms trashcompactor site currently exists -albeit with no recycling capacity- about a mile rom the proposedsite, a more immediate resolution

is not deemed a board priority,Childress explained.

So the county will eat the ad-ditional costs and landll con-sequences o trash disposal orecyclable materials and gamble

project costs wont increase incoming years as the balance isapproved or unding.

Citing 1,100 tons o trash

hauled rom the ccompactor site last mating an initial 5-cling impact (75 toestimated an annua$15,000 per year d

sence o a recyclinat the current Farmsite.

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Before Years EndThe quiet week at the end of the year

is a good time to review finances andmake any needed changes before theNew Year.

Tax deductions: The trick is to bal-ance payroll deductions with the taxesyoull owe in April so that you comeout with nothing due and no refund. Iftoo much money is taken out, youreessentially giving the government aninterest-free loan. Instead make thechanges to your W-9 form and put thatextra money from each paycheck intoa savings account.

The biggest event that should makeyou review your deductions is buyinga house. Youll get a mortgage inter-

est statement (Form 1098) for theinterest you paid, which can becomea deduction on the Schedule A of yourtax forms if you itemize. (Youll also be able to claim the property taxesyouve paid.)

If you can, make a 13th mortgage payment in December to add to theamount of the mortgage interest.

Better savings interest rate: If youremergency fund is safely in place,likely in a savings account, consider-ing putting further savings into a CD

or money market accounbit more interest, and theeasily accessible in casgency.

Health Savings Accouhigh deductible on your ance, investigate puttingHealth Savings Accounyou put into an HSA is which means that itswhen earned. Balances year to year, and the only

that it be used to pay mees. High deductible $1,200 for yourself or $2ily coverage for 2011. Ggov and look for IRS Pufor more details about hcan contribute.

If youre self-employethe consumables you nThose become a businesyou can deduct. If youa new computer soon, consider buying those bof the year.

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time to have their mail deliveredthe ollowing delivery day, USPSsays.Tere are currently 5 pro-

cessing acilities around thecountry being reviewed or possi-ble consolidation and/or closureusing the well-established AreaMail Processing review guide-lines. Facility-specic reviewswere initiated Sept. 15 TePostal Service has been extreme-ly diligent in reacting to the [FirstClass mail] volume loss. Since006, we have closed 186 acili-

ties, removed more than 1,500pieces o mail processing equip-ment out o operation, decreasedemployee complement by morethan 110,000 through attritionand reduced costs by $1 billion,

the USPS release states.On the bright side those ore-

closure notices sent First Classmay also come a day later

Give us more, more, more

So adjust to what is comingnow.But also prepare or what ap-

pears to be the political endgameo this whole asco lie withouta ederal postal service, no localpost ofce and increased pricesand reduced service areas roma privatized postal uture or

America.Te Postal Service, which is

older than the Constitution itsel,stands at a precipice. I this greatinstitution, which provides one o

the oldest, most reliable servicesin the country, is permitted to alland Congress kills its great union,then truly no collective bargain-ing rights, no worker contract,no union will be sae within the

United States, Allison Kilkennywrote in an article published onthe ruthout website on Sept. 8.Kilkenny points out the U.S.

Postal Service has perhaps thestrongest public union in thecountry with over 574,000 mem-bers and the post ofce is thesecond largest employer in theUnited States second only tounion-less Wal-mart.First the post ofce tomorrow

the world o public services:schools, law enorcement, crimi-nal incarceration and As Republican strategist and

neo-con no-tax philosopher

Grover Norquist sa60 Minutes intervamous call to shrigovernment to thecould be drowned iWe want it down

where it would t And then it could what we were up to.

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Santas workshop takes a parade break

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We have THEgit or the History Lover in your

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Now Open only until Dec. 2Thurs. - Sat. 9 - 4 Sun. 12 - 4Closed Thanksgiving Day.

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Public saf

Gas fre place cited in Happy Creek house Fire prevention saety tips or the winter season and beyond

Warren County re investigatorsdetermined the cause o a Dec. 1stresidential house re in the HappyCreek area was accidental. Te causewas ruled a malunction o a gasreplace in the home. It was also de-termined that several smoke alarms

were not operational in the homedue to missing or dead batteries. Teone electric detector ailed to operateas well.

Te re was discovered by an oc-cupant o the home, who alerted therest o the amily. Even though all

were out and accounted or prior tore and rescue arrival, two occupantswere treated on scene or smoke in-halation. Tere were no injuries toreghters.

Fire units arrived within min-utes at 690 Loop Road to nd re

venting through the roo and heavysmoke rom the eaves o the splitoyer home. An aggressive attack putthe re under control in 10 minutes.Units rom Stations 1, 4, 10, ankers and 8 responded and remained onscene or approximately two-and-a-hal hours. Tere were 10 occupantso the home. While the home wasrendered uninhabitable by the re,smoke and heat damage, the Win-

chester Chapter o the Red Crosswas assisting the occupants. Dam-age estimates or the re are $70,000to home and contents. Te home isowned by Hestel Cutler o Franklin,Virginia. Occupants included JanniBallard and her children.

With winter cold approaching in-creasing the use o alternative heat-ing sources, the Warren County De-partment o Fire and Rescue Serviceswould like to remind everyone to usecare and caution when heating yourhome.

o increase the saety in your

home, you can ollow these simplesaety tips:

Keep anything that canburn at least three eet away romheating equipment, like the urnace,replace, wood stove, or portablespace heater.

Have a three-oot kid-reezone around open res and spaceheaters.

Never use your oven toheat your home.

Have a qualied proes-sional install stationary space heatingequipment, water heaters or centralheating equipment according to thelocal codes and manuacturers in-structions.

Have heating equipmentand chimneys cleaned and inspectedevery year by a qualied proession-al.

Remember to turn portableheaters o when leaving the room orgoing to bed.

Always use the right kindo uel, specied by the manuactur-er, or uel burning space heaters.

Make sure the replace hasa sturdy screen to stop sparks romying into the room. Ashes should becool beore putting them in a metalcontainer. Keep the container a saedistance away rom your home.

Ensure a Working SmokeAlarm is present in the Home andtest each smoke alarm monthly.

For additional inormation onways to increase the saety in yourhome and ways to prevent res romoccurring in your home, contact theWarren County Department o Fireand Rescue Services at 540-636-3830or visit us online at www.warren-countyre.com

Response:

1st alarm - Engines 1,at 4:33 AMArrived - at 4:41 AMSpecial Call - Engineand 8 at 4:46 AMUnder Control - at 5Cleared - at 6:56 AM

They may not have burned the place down - but the E. Wil-son Morrision 3rd grade chorus certainly did light thingsup with a stirring performance to open the Dec. 6 board ofsupervisors meeting - way to go kids.

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

HOLIDAY WINDOW CONTEST!Window Decorating competition between WCHS, SHS, and WCMS. Windows are labled

with school/group and a jar inside the stores for people to vote a quarter a vote. The win-

ning group will get half of the money the other half will go to a local charity. Santa is

sponsored by the Royal Plaza Merchants Association.

Santa is coming!Santa arrives Friday, Dec 3 at 6pmat New 2 You Consignments shop

Live remote with 92.5 the River.Visit with Santa every weekend ~

Sat 2-6pm and Sun 6-8pm. Last

day to see Santa will be Dec.19th

before he heads back to the

North Pole!!

There will be a photographer on

site for special photos to pur-

chase. Portion of the proceeds of

the photos go to local charities.

Well behaved pets are welcometo have photos with Santa and a

portion of those proceeds will go

to the Animal Shelter.

Santa will arrive at Royal Plazaon Friday, Dec. 9th at 5 til 7pm

Santa will be at

Jennerations Hair Studio

located in the

Royal Plaza Shopping Center.

Santas hours:

Friday 16th and 23rd 6-8pm

Saturday 10th and 17th 12-5pm

Saturday 24th 10am.-1pm

Sunday 11th and 18th 12-3pm

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The Mid December, 2011 edition of Warren County Report