MEETINGS & NOTICES
➤ Rappahannock County Public Schools close at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, (Dec. 21) and will reopen Jan. 5.
➤ The Rappahannock News will be closed Monday, (Dec. 26) for the Christmas holiday, reopening the following Monday (Jan. 2); All county government offices will be closed for the Christmas holiday next Thursday, Dec. 22 at noon, remaining closed Friday, Dec. 23, Monday, Dec. 26, reopening Tuesday, Dec. 27; and closed Jan. 2, for the New Year’s holiday, reopening Tuesday, Jan. 3.
➤ Union Bank & Trust and BB&T in Flint Hill will be closed Monday, (Dec. 26) for the Christmas holiday, reopening Tuesday, (Dec. 27); and closed New Year’s holiday, Monday, (Jan. 2), reopening Tuesday, Jan. 3.
➤ Washington Planning Commission rescheduled its December meeting to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 20), at town hall, to continue discussion of the town’s comprehensive plan. Open to the public.
➤ Recertification session for Rappahannock County private pesticide applicators is 9 to noon today, (Dec. 15) at the Jeffersonton Community Center. If your license expires Dec. 31 or if you wish to add credits to your private applicator's license for category 90 or 91, plan to attend. For more information, call Kenner Love at 540-675-3619.
➤ Foothills Forum meets 10 a.m. today (Dec. 15) in the 4-H conference room, second floor, Tula's Building in Washington. Open to the public. For more information, call 540-675-1207.
➤ Gray Ghost Winery continues to collect food for its annual food drive 11 to 5 Fridays to Sundays through December. Your food or monetary donations enter you in a contest to win tickets to one of Gray Ghost's popular events. Donations benefit the Rappahannock and Culpeper food pantries. For more information, call 540-937-4869.
➤ Father Tuck Grinnell and John Kiser host a series of discussions titled “The Monks of Tibhirine: The Art of Living Together”
5 p.m. Thursdays in the meeting room of St. Peter Catholic Church. The ongoing one-hour discussions each cover a chapter of Kiser’s 2003 book, “The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria.” Anyone interested in the art of living harmoniously in community can learn something from the monks (themonksoftibhirine.net). Anyone interested in understanding better what is happening in the Muslim-Arab world today can learn something from the complex history of Algeria, its descent into Hell during the 1990s, and its recovery — without Western help. For more, contact Father Tuck Grinnell at grinnellhorace@gmail.com.
➤ Culpeper County Parks & Recreation has discounted ski/snowboard packages to Massanutten for sale at the new Parks & Recreation location at 131 N. Main St. (in the Giles Miller Building). Details online at CulpeperRecreation.com or call 540-727-3412.
➤ St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church’s Revelation Youth Group is a group of middle and high school students who enjoy a modern way of prayer and study and meet the second Sunday of every month at noon for light lunch and discussion, followed by a community project or social activity, at 115 N. East St., Culpeper. For more information, email revelationyouthgroup@hotmail.com.
➤ Rappahannock County 4H Livestock Club invites prospective members to join. Ages 8-18 (must be age 9 by Sept. 30 to show that year). You do not need to live on a farm or have an animal to participate. The club meets on the third Monday of every month at the Extension Office (311-J Gay St., Washington), including the next meeting 7 p.m. Monday (Nov. 21).