Winchester Star (Newspaper) - August 3, 1996, Winchester, Virginia o Crying Costner Being a movie megastar isnt as much fun as youd O Big Finish The Olympics are winding and heating Star 27 36 SECTIONS VIRGINIA SATURDAY AUGUST 1996 6673200 25 CENTS Hermenegildo Bastida picks peaches at Woodbine Farms in Frederick County owned by the Brumback The local peach harvest began about a week ago and will con star Photo by Ginger Perry until early Orchardists and fruit experts say the crop isnt as large as last but that the peach quality is Picking Peaches an Art Form By CYNTHIA GATHER The Winchester Star If anyone knows theres an art to picking its Freddy who has been working in the same family owned Frederick County orchard for 15 This thing you have to be very careful because they bruise very said Friday morning as he stood on the back of a flatbed peach trees all around If you pull them hard like he squeezing an imaginary peach with his you leave The proper way to pick a explained nephew Jose is to gently clasp it and twist it off the no said the younger gingerly pulling a fuzzy red peach from its branch and placing it in a metal picking sack strapped to his Peaches began coming into season about a week ago at Woodbine where the The orchards off Middle Road are owned by the Brumback The have about 60 acres of peach trees and 450 to 500 acres of apple Theyll pick peaches until about the end of family member Carol Swanson said of the and their then theyll right Freddy who lives in Strasburg with his wife and two said he doesnt mind peach but quickly added its not a job everyone can The fine layer of fuzz that covers peach skin cause some people to itch Some they really cant handle the Munez said of the irritating Its like they have an allergic reaction or See Peaches Page A7 Minimum Wage Increase Passed By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON With the fall campaign Congress approved legislation Friday to raise the minimum broaden access to health insurance and safeguard the nations drinking President Clinton is expected to sign all three once they reach his The subject of months of politi cal the minimum wage measure cleared the Senate on a vote of 7622 after a similarly lop sided vote in the It called for a 90cent hike over 13 months in the current federal floor of a hardwon triumph for Clinton and their allies in organized The measure also included tax breaks See Congress Page A2 House Passes Security By MARCY GORDON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Prodded by the TWA explosion and Olympics the overwhelmingly passed a GOP antiterrorism Friday pro viding for new airport security But it excludes Pres ident Clintons proposals to expand wiretapping Most who gener ally denounced the as grossly lacking compared with what was reluc tantly cast their votes for See Security Page A2 Iran May Be Linked To Saudi Bombing By SUSANNE SCHAFER AP Military Writer WASHINGTON Hinting at a possible Iranian De fense Secretary William Perry warned Friday of strong action against any nation linked to the bombing of troops in Saudi Britain and France already have been briefed in general terms about the Perry said in an interview with National Public He declined to be more Asked if the connection might be Perry We know that Iran is very ac tive in international some of it directed against the United Its no they have announced that The I are close to completing their investigation on that case and will be ing that Perry I anti that we will when they announce it there will be an international a White House of speaking on condition of said the investigation has not been completed and no conclusions have been The official said it is premature to speculate on who may or may not have been State Department officials also See Bombing Page A2 THE FREDERICK COUNTY FAIR No These Cowboys Came to Ride By LISA DAVIS The Winchester Star The the belt buckles are and so are the there was room enough for both Friday night at the Frederick County where 20 Stetson wearing cowboys attempted to stay on one of several bulls eager to buck them And while most of the contestants seemed satisfied with their and the bulls looked more and more it was difficult to determine which was more Mike Banning said his score of 65 out of a possible 100 was good enough for but its the challenge to improve that keeps him riding bulls year after For five the resident has tried his luck and improved his skill on the back of a And while he admits the flurry of the crowd boosts his its the personal challenge that draws him to the You prove something to yourself every time you get he A few its been the bull thats done the prov and left Banning with a hoof imprint to the he Just like any other he bull riders dust themselves off and concentrate on how to im prove Those who participate in bull riding are also a di verse and Banning said he knows several guys from the city that tour one the riding Theres a Theres a then theres the rodeo he Although he grew up on a it doesnt take a country boy to make a successful bull You dont have to have the accent he The ease with which Banning spoke about being See Bulls Page A3 Schedule Today Special Ride Night 1 4 Gates 6 Rides and concessions open Tots Pig Scramble Mutton Busting Contest Show Horseshoe Grand 8 Contest Grand San Antoine South Admission is per person additional fees are required for carnival midway some and ACLU Upset About State Publishing List of Parolees RICHMOND AP The Vir ginia Department of Corrections new list of state parolees has be come a hot but the state ACLU believes it may be Last Virginia became the first state in the nation to offer the public the Today chance of rain 67 15 566U00037 sex and race of every pa Judging from a lot of Virginians are But in a letter Thursday to the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sug gested the program may violate state privacy Unless you retract or signifi cantly redesign this it will surely be used in future years as a study in how state policy should not be wrote Kent the state ACLU executive He said that the ACLU strong ly recommends that you im mediately cease implementation of this policy and that you begin anew by introducing a into the 1997 General Assembly ask ing the legislature to study the constitutional issues and the practical consequences of this poli David a corrections said the attorney gen office approved the Botkins said notices were mailed to the parolees comply with the notification re See Parolees Page A2 Doll Star Photo by Scott Mason Dolls such as clockwise from top left Knucklehead Emmett Jerry and Howdy Doody are on display as part of Linda Ross doll collection at the Kurtz Cultural Center through A story and more photos are on Page Social Security Request Filled Over and Over RICHMOND AP Robert Bell turns 62 in so he called to get information about Social Security He got And got And got When Bell went to the mailbox outside his Henrico County home July he pulled out 33 enve all with the same informa tion from the Social Security Administration in Bell and his found four more of the envelopes in their mailbox They did a great job in getting it Bell They just gave me too Bell retired from the state De of Agriculture in 1991 and works parttime at an el school He called the Social Security Admin nationwide tollfree 800 on July 22 and gave the automated phone system his address and other They said it would take two he It took only five See Glitch Page A7
