Meetings & Notices

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 its carnival to be held June 26-29. For tickets and information contact Sandi 540-937-4218. Parade will be Thursday June 27. Entries contact J.B. 540-937-4218.

RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY meets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, at the County Library (4 Library Rd.).

FOSTER PARENT TRAINING (PRIDE) will be offered June 19, 26, and July 10, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at RappU in Sperryville. Open enrollment is available on RappU's website or you can contact Rappahannock DSS to enroll. The course is free of charge, dinner will be provided, as well as childcare with notice. Please direct all questions or inquiries to Hazel Swindler at 540-675-4847.

The Rappahannock Extension Office invites all to attend a series of IN-ORCHARD 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 meeting will adjourn at 2 p.m. For more information call 540-675-3616. Orchard schedule: July 24, Graves’ Mountain Farm, Jimmy Graves, 3626 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike, Syria. Rappahannock County Recreational Facilities Authority board (RCRFA) meets every second Thursday of the month at the Library at 5:30 p.m. The next meeting will be June 13. The public is invited.

Virginia Cooperative Extension, Culpeper County is offering a PRESSURE CANNING WORKSHOP on June 26, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 101 S. West Street, Culpeper. Participants will learn how to can vegetables using a pressure canner. Class cost is $25 and registration deadline is June 21. Class size is 8. Call Becky Sheffield Gartner at 727-3435 ext. 344 or rebes13@vt.edu to register.