MEETINGS & NOTICES
➤ The Town of Washington Planning Commission meets 7 p.m. Monday (July 25) at town hall to continue the comprehensive plan review.
➤ The Rappahannock County Board of Zoning Appeals’ July meeting is cancelled, as there are no applications.
➤ NAACP Culpeper Branch meets 7 p.m. today (Thursday, July 21) at the Culpeper County Library, 271 Southgate Shopping Center. For more information, call 540-727-1305.
➤ The Rappahannock County Democratic Committee meets 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Rappahannock Library. All are welcome. For more information, call Ross O'Donoghue at 540-987-8019.
➤ Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad and Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department sponsor a meeting on Sunday, July 31, to discuss their community services and the urgent need for new volunteers to support these and other similar organizations in the county. All are welcome. Free lunch at 1 p.m. with meeting to follow at the Sperryville fire hall on U.S. 211. For further information, call 540-9878085 and leave message for Raymond Boc.
➤ The Inn Farmer’s Market is open 10:30 to 2 every Sunday through Oct. 30 at the Parsonage Garden. Each week a rotating roster of local vendors and artisans will be offering meats, cheeses, soups, produce, tea, jewelry, pottery and more. In addition, the Inn’s kitchen will provide a selection of breads, pastries, jams and pickles as well as North Carolinastyle pulled pork barbeque. For more information, visit theinnatlittlewashington.com/ market.
➤ Mountainside Dance Center (12625 Lee Hwy., Washington) is offering summer Parent and Child Creative Movement classes on Saturdays for ages 3-5; cost is $10 per class. For more information and to register, call 540-987-9395.
➤ The Youth Chorale needs at least 15 singers by Aug. 27. Registrations must be prepaid and mailed in — all fees paid will be held and returned if the minimum number of singers are not met. Youth Chorale rehearsals begin Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 4:14 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Warrenton Presbyterian Church. For more information, email Rosanne Gorkowski, at rgorkowski@yahoo.com; Sue Kinser, director; suzyadagio@ yahoo.com .
➤ Hearthstone School’s Summer Camp (for ages 3-12) is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25-29 and Aug. 1-5 at the school. This camp includes storytelling, watercolor painting, beeswax sculpture, candlemaking, rhythmic movement and dance, water play, cooperative games, felting, basketry, beadwork, paper making, drumming, baking, art from nature and nature walks. Tuition is $220 a week. Camp directors Janet Kerig and Kitty Keyser are pleased to announce scholarships are available, made possible by a grant from RAAC's Claudia Mitchell Arts Fund. View full details and registration forms for upcoming camps at http:// www.hearthstoneschool.org/ camps.htm. Or call 540-9878670 for questions.
➤ Culpeper’s State Theatre and Culpeper County Parks and Recreation have partnered to provide theater and visual arts summer camps for rising second- through ninthgraders throughout the Piedmont. Registration at apm.activecommunities. com/culpepercopandr/Home or at the theater box office. Camps continue through July 29 with half-day, full-day and extended-day options. For more information contact Tara Moylan at 540-812-5629 x100 or Culpeper County Parks & Recreation at 540-7273412.