MEETINGS & NOTICES
➤ The Town of Washington’s
INFRASTRUCTURE TASK FORCE meets on Monday, July 23, at 9 a.m. at Town Hall. Agenda highlights include electing a Chair and Secretary, preparing an outline of specific areas to be examined in task force work, and assigning examination areas to task force members.
➤ The Town of Washington’s
PLANNING COMMISSION meets on Monday, July 23, at 7 p.m. Agenda highlights include receiving a report from members of the Housing Task Force. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend.
➤ The Town of Washington’s
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE meets at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25, at Town Hall. Highlights of the agenda include a discussion of goals and actions for the task force and next steps. The public is invited to attend.
➤ The Rappahannock Extension Office invites all to attend a series of INORCHARD MEETINGs.
Meet at the host orchard at 11 a.m. for a tour of the orchard followed by a discussion of 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 540675-3616.
➤ Virginia Cooperative Extension, Culpeper County, is offering FOOD PRESERVATION CLASSES
on Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m for the basics of making pickled products and, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the fermentation process and starting a batch of sauerkraut. Both classes are held at 101 S. West Street, Culpeper. Cost is $25 and class size is 8. For more information and to register, call 540-727-3435.
➤ 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 www.hearthstoneschool.org/camps.htm. Or call 540987-9212. For scholarships and the Counselor-In-Training Program info, email artsandcraftscamp@yahoo.com or call 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 schoolaged 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.