Meetings & Notices...
The Rappahannock Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, Aug 21 at the Washington fire house. The speaker will be Thomas Baughn, president of the Fauquier/Rappahannock County Master Gardeners. Baughn will speak about the benefits of using rain barrels for gardening purposes. The Garden Club meets at 1:30 p.m., the program will start at 2 p.m. The public is welcome.
Rappahannock County Soccer Association (RCSA) registration is open for Fall 2019, offering programs for girls and boys born years 20062015. Registration closes Aug. 21. Visit www.rappsoccer.com. For more information and registration, email rcsasoccer@gmail.com
The Sperryville Community Foundation is hosting a Sperryville community meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Stonewall Abbey, 44 Main Street on Sperryville’s Historic Main Street. The purpose of the meeting is for community residents to share ideas on how to achieve traffic calming and improve pedestrian safety in the village of Sperryville.
Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 1 p.m. at the Regional Commission offices in Culpeper. The agenda and supporting materials are posted to the Commission website one week in advance of the meeting.
Join us at the home of Bev Jones and Andy Alexander for the annual Foothills Forum meeting on Friday, Sept. 27, at Buckeye Farm, 54 Pophams Ford Road, from 5 to 7 p.m. for an evening of wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres. Enjoy time with fellow Rappahannock neighbors, local journalists, and the greater Foothills community.
Lucy Russo will be facilitating a monthly meeting of writers who want to learn about new publishing information. The group will also share helpful information about resources or social media sites, offer editing tips, list resources to check out and places to post their works. All meetings are in the conference room at the Culpeper County Library. The evening meetings are the second Monday of every month from 5 to 7 p.m. and the morning meetings are on the second Tuesday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon. All are welcome to attend. For more information call 540-547-4333 or visit www. windmorefoundation.org.
Women in Worship (WIW) Ministries is pleased to announce the 2019 “EXCEL” Honors are open for nominations. After the nominations process is completed and the 2019 honorees have been named, an honors luncheon will be held on Oct. 26, at the Daniel Center, Culpeper. Tickets for the luncheon are available by mail: WIW Ministries, 11801 Gardenia Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 and online at the website. Adult tickets are $45/person and $25/school age students (college included w/ID).