MEETINGS & NOTICES
➤ MEMORIAL DAY CLOSINGS: All Rappahannock County government offices will be closed Monday (May 28), reopening Tuesday, May
29. Also closed Monday and reopening Tuesday are Union Bank & Trust, BB&T and the Rappahannock News. Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services transportation will not operate on Memorial Day.
➤ The regularly scheduled meeting of the PLANNING COMMISSION of the Town of Washington set for May 28 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall has been cancelled. The next meeting of the Planning Commission is scheduled for June 25.
➤ The Town of Washington’s
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, May 29 at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall, 485 Gay Street. The sevenmember task force team will select a chairman and secretary and discuss goals and objectives. The public is encouraged to attend. More members are welcome.
➤ The Town of Washington’s
BUSINESS TASK FORCE
meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall on Wednesday, June
6. Members will select a chairman and a secretary and discuss goals and objectives. The meeting is open to the public and new members are welcome.
➤ The Rappahannock Extension office invites all to attend the 2018 VINEYARD
MEETINGS on Wednesday, June 27 at 11 a.m. the Rock Mills Vineyard, 743 Vineyard Lane, Rock Mills Road, Woodville. For more information, call 540-675-3619.
➤ The Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company
is currently SEEKING CONTESTANTS: Queen (ages 14-20), Junior Miss (ages 8-13), and Little Miss (ages 3-7) for the carnival to be held June 27-30. For tickets and information, contact Sandi at (540) 937-4218. Parade will be Thursday, June 28. Entries: contact J.B. at 540-937-4218.
➤ The Rappahannock Extension office invites all to attend a series of INORCHARD MEETINGS scheduled for June and July. Meet at the host orchard at 11 a.m. for a tour of the orchard, followed by a discussion of current orchard management recommendations. The meeting will adjourn at 2 p.m. For more information call 540-675-3616: Orchard schedule: June 13, The Farm at Sunnyside, 27 Sweetwater Lane, Washington; July 25, Graves Mountain Farm, Jimmy Graves, 3626 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike, Syria.
➤ HEARTHSTONE SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP (ages 3-12) will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 23-27 and again July 30-August 3 at the school. This camp includes storytelling, watercolor painting, beeswax sculpture, candlemaking, rhythmic movement and dance, felting, basketry, beadwork, paper making, drumming, baking, art from nature, nature walks, and plant dyeing of costumes. View full details and registration forms for upcoming camps at http:// www.hearthstoneschool.org/ camps.htm. Or call 540-9879212. For scholarships and the Counselor-In-Training Program info email/call: artsandcraftscamp@yahoo.com, 540-987-8670 (Janet Kerig) or 540-675-1940 (Kitty Keyser).
➤ Fauquier Hospital will host a new support group called HELPING HANDS at 3:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month. The next meeting will be on June 6. All sessions will be held in the hospital’s Chestnut Room. The group is for those 18 and older who suffer from a life-limiting illness or chronic pain. The intent is for the group to be educational, but also offer an opportunity for participants to talk about feelings and issues. For more information, call Fauquier Health’s Community Link at 540-316-3588.