MEETINGS & NOTICES

Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad and Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department host a meeting this Sunday (July 31) to discuss their community services and the urgent need for new volunteers to support these and other similar organizations in the county. All are welcome. Free lunch at 1 p.m. with meeting to follow at the Sperryville fire hall on U.S. 211. For further information, call 540-987-8085 and leave message for Raymond Boc.

Do you have a few hours each month to spare? If you would like to join a new volunteer group, RappRespite, to give caregivers in our community a break from being confined in their home while taking care of a loved one, join us for a short introductory meeting 2 p.m. Monday (Aug. 1) at the Rappahannock Library. For more information, call 540937-4744.

The Rappahannock County Democratic Committee meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 2) at the Rappahannock Library. All are welcome. For more information, call Ross O'Donoghue at 540-987-8019.

Interested in volunteering or just want to learn about a current home build project for a local family? Attend Fauquier Habitat for Humanity’s community meetings 5 p.m. every Thursday at Willis Chapel, 1804 Zachary Taylor Hwy., Huntly. For more information, call 540341-4952.

Blue Ridge Heritage Project’s upcoming meetings are 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9, Oct. 11 and Dec. 13 at the Rappahannock Library, for any and all interested in the memorial to be built in Rappahannock County honoring those displaced from their homes and land in Rappahannock when Shenandoah National Park was created. Light refreshments. For more information, contact Missy Sutton at 703-307-3630.

Back to School and Summer Clearance $10 Bag Sale at Firehouse Treasures Thrift starts Tuesday (Aug. 2). All women’s, men’s and children’s clothing included for the month of August. Specially priced items are excluded. Thrift is open 10 to 5 Tuesday and Wednesday and 10 to 1 Saturday at 10 Firehouse Lane, Washington. (Please hold onto your donations until September.)

Piedmont Softball Association is accepting registrations for all area girls ( born 1996-2009) at all skill levels interested in its fastpitch softball programs this fall. Register in person 9 to noon Saturdays (July 30 and Aug. 6) at the old Bill Payne Auctions building, 10 Maddox Lane, Amissville. Registration is $40 for those who did not play with PSA this past spring ($5 discount for each additional player from the same household). For more information or registration forms, visit piedmontsoftball.net, email amissville.softball@gmail.com or call 540-522-3675.

Mountainside Dance Center (12625 Lee Hwy., Washington) is offering summer Parent and Child Creative Movement classes on Saturdays for ages 3-5; cost is $10 per class. For more information and to register, call 540-987-9395.

The Youth Chorale needs at least 15 singers by Aug. 27. Registrations must be prepaid and mailed in — all fees paid will be held and returned if the minimum number of singers are not met. Youth Chorale rehearsals begin Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 4:14 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Warrenton Presbyterian Church. For more information, email Rosanne Gorkowski, at rgorkowski@yahoo.com; Sue Kinser, director; suzyadagio@yahoo.com .

Skyline CAP Head Start is a free preschool program for 3- to 5-year-olds from income eligible families. Applications for the 2016-2017 school year are now being accepted. Children must be 3 years old by Sept. 30. Children with special needs are encouraged to apply. Please call 540-635-2362.