MEETINGS & NOTICES
➤ The RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (RCWSA) meets at 5:30 p.m. today, Thursday, July 12, at the Town Hall, 485 Gay Street, Washington.
➤ RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE meets on Saturday, July 14, at the Town Hall on Gay Street. Coffee, tea and social hour at 9:30 a.m. For Bastille Day we contemplate croissants, and the chair opens the meeting at 10 a.m. Agenda includes review of the parade and the July 4th activities and look forward to summer and fall events, especially the big yard sale. For more information call 540-522-9912.
➤ The ARB OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON regularly scheduled ARB meeting on Wednesday, July 11, at 7 p.m. has been rescheduled to Wednesday, July 18, at 7 p.m. to consider an application from Fredette Eagle to build a trellis fence and arbor at 593 Gay Street; an application from Walker Jones to make a temporary sign permanent at 257 Gay Street; and continued consideration of an application from the Inn at Little Washington to demolish a barn adjacent to 219 Piedmont Avenue.
➤ The Rappahannock Extension Office invites all to attend a series of INORCHARD MEETINGS scheduled for 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 next event: July 25, Graves Mountain Farm, 3626 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike, Syria. The meeting will adjourn at 2 p.m. For more information call 540-675-3616.
➤ 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).
➤ AMISSVILLE COMMUNITY PRAYER at Payne's Auction House, 10 Maddox Lane, Amissville (west of Mayhugh's Store by Ladybug Ballfield) on Tuesday, Aug. 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. Feel free to join us every first Tuesday.
➤ Fauquier Hospital will host a new support group called HELPING HANDS at 3:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month. 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.
➤ Rappahannock County Public Schools are looking to identify students from birth to age 21 who have or are suspected of having EDUCATIONAL DISABILITIES. If you have concerns about the development of a preschool aged child, please call the early childhood/VPI coordinator at 540-227-0200 to arrange for a screening. If concerned about a school aged student, please call the principal at the public school the student attends or would attend, or if the student is currently home-schooled or enrolled in a private school.
➤ CUB SCOUT PACK 316 meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church, Sperryville (ages 6 to 11). For more information, call cubmaster Will Spear at 540937-4149.