MEETINGS & NOTICES
➤ The RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (RCWSA) meets at 5:30 p.m. today, Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Town Hall, 485 Gay St.
➤ RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS meets at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Rappahannock County Visitors Center, 3 Library Road, Washington. Agenda includes: Approve resolution authorizing county attorney to represent board members, former board member, and former interim county administrator sued in individual capacities in Marian M. Bragg vs. Board of Supervisors, respondents, et al. case no. 17-000204 pending in the circuit court of Rappahannock County.
➤ RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY
meets at 5:30 p.m., today, Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Rappahannock County Library, Washington.
➤ RAPP. RAPIDAN COMMUNITY SERVICES TRANSPORTATION will not operate on Friday, Jan. 12 and Monday, Jan. 15, in observance of Lee-Jackson Day and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
➤ The RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE will hold an assembled caucus beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Town Hall in Washington to elect members to the Rappahannock County Democratic Committee for the 2018-2019 Biennium. Application forms for membership will be available from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. on the day of the Caucus. Doors to the Caucus will open at 9 a.m. for breakfast and checkin. For more information, contact Barbara Dennis at 540-364-2569.
➤ RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
will hold a budget work session on Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room at the School Board office.
➤ RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION meets on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Agenda includes: Anderson family apartment; Meuse tourist home; Albee
B & B and sign ordinance amendment request.
➤ Virginia Cooperative Extension, Culpeper County, is offering a HOME FOOD PRESERVATION CLASS on Jan. 27, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m, at 101 S. West St., Culpeper. Participants will learn how to can fruits and vegetables using a pressure canner and water bath canner along with how to make jams and jellies. Class cost is $25 and registration deadline is January 19. Class size is 8. Call Becky Sheffield Gartner at 727-3435 ext. 344 or rebes13@vt.edu to register.
➤ NORTHERN PIEDMONT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION (NPBA) hosts a seven-week session for those interested in becoming beekeepers. Classes begin Feb. 6, and continue from
7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays in Rixeyville. The class “Meetand-Greet” is 2 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 4. Texts, handouts and a one-year membership in NPBA are included in the course fee of $100 per person or family. Pre-registration required. Contact Karen Hunt at kahu9@juno.com or 540-937-4792. NPBA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization serving Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock, Orange and Madison counties.
➤ The RELAY FOR LIFE OF RAPPAHANNOCK needs your help! If the 2018 event does not show growth, the event will no longer take place in Rappahannock County. Help save the Relay For Life of Rappahannock County. Register today by logging on to www.relayforlife.org/rappva to start a team, join the leadership team, host a fundraiser, participate in the kids’ walk, and attend the event which is May 19.