Winchester Star (Newspaper) - January 24, 2007, Winchester, Virginia 111th YEAR No. 172 VIRGINIA 22601 JANUARY 24, 2007 Winchester Grace Brethren Church mm j i WHAT YOU DO WITH JESUS S TOR CJ THE EARS OF THE LOAD OPEN TO YOUR PUim To SIGN BROKEN MESSAGE INSIDE Winchester Star Photos by Rick Foster and Ginger Illustration by Kristen Colebank THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR By TERESA DUNHAM The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - Summing up your faith in 48 letters or less isn't s a big said Sue who changes the sign each week at Congregational Christian Fellowship Church on Middle She and her husband who are members of the constantly find themselves walking a fine line between humor and can get a little too and people don't take your faith Don try not to make a joke out of our it - don't you remember the funny signs with catchy slogans the Here are a few of the memorable ones that have appeared around Winchester over the Don't wait for the hearse to take you to church God's Favorite Lost and Found Smoking or Be an organ Give your heart to Jesus RICK Winchester Star Don Ashley the spacing of the letters on a sign in front of the Congregational Christian Fellowship Church on Middle Road in God is the best wireless connection Don't give Moses was once a basket Depending on individual the drive-by sermons could induce a See Page A6 Bush tries to bridge Capitol Hill divide Democrats respond with call to end war By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Democrats blistered President Bush's war policy on Tuesday challenging him to redeem the nation's credibility - and his an immediate shift toward a diplomatic end to the bloody conflict in 'The president took us into this war the chosen Sen. Jim Webb of said in his prepared response to Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday are as a held hostage to the predictable - and predicted - disarray that has a Vietnam veteran who was Navy secretary during Republican President Reagan's called for a new one step back from the war against international Not a precipitous withdrawal that ignores the possibility of further said an immediate shift toward regionally based a policy that takes our soldiers off the streets of Iraq's cities and a formula that will in short order allow our combat forces to leave Bush offered no such plan in his speech before the most unfriendly joint session of Congress of his the president focused on making the case that would be grievous and and he defended his plan to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq ina short-term He also issued a long list of domestic policy initiatives centered on such pet Democratic issues as energy independence and health Newly installed majority Democrats welcomed his overtures of bipartisanship but weren't interested in changing the tonight the president Page A6 LARRY Associated Press President Bush is applauded by Vice President Dick Cheney and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as he delivers the State of the Union By PETER BAKER c 2007 The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Bush implored lawmakers and the nation on Tuesday night to give him one more chance to win the war in Iraq and avoid the of while presenting a domestic agenda intended to find common cause with the new Democratic Congress on issues such as energy and Politically wounded but rhetorically Bush gave no ground on his decision to dispatch 21,500 more troops to Iraq despite a bipartisan cascade of Addressing for the first time a Congress controlled by the other Bush challenged Democrats show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of and warned that the consequences of failure in Iraq be grievous and respect you and the arguments you have Bush told skeptical lawmakers from both parties in his sixth State of the Union address and the fourth since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. went into this largely united - in our assumptions and in our And whatever you voted you did not vote for Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq and I See Page A6 Va. grows by 7.6 million Frederick has added 11,370 residents since 2000 By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON Associated Press Writer RICHMOND - Virginia's population has grown 8 percent since 2000, with the concentration of people living in metropolitan areas in Northern Virginia and moving away from rural regions and older central a University of Virginia research center reported on The state's population in 2006 was 7.6 up 564,000 since 2000, according to the Weldon Cooper Center for Public The growth is almost equally spread between more people being born than dying and net as Virginia continues to draw new Virginia is the economic engine of the said Michael A the center's research where the jobs are being that's where people move Students who stayed in Virginia after attending the state's colleges and universities and service members stationed at the state's military bases contributed to the population growth to a smaller Spar Frederick Clarke Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Northern Virginia localities led the state in with Loudoun County adding 100,000 people - up 59 percent since the 2000 Prince William saw 32 percent adding 88,400 Fairfax County - the state's most populous locality - grew nearly 5 percent since 2000 with 46,800 new Stafford and Spotsylvania counties both grew 30 gaining 28,100 and 27,300, See Page A6 reports higher demand for heating assistance By ANGELA JONES The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - Snowy winter weather is often just enough to keep people inside and under the But for curling up with a blanket in a home isn't an They must go through an extra set of channels in order to get that blanket and that heat pumping through their those channels take them to the Congregational Community Action Founded in 1975, assists area residents with utility and food from its Valley Avenue Every the agency begins its heating assistance providing each client with up to in According to Director Fran has provided in heating assistance since Dec. 1. Last the which continues until Feb. 28, provided about in heating has seen 71 clients this Some of clients are living in Ricketts For the organization is providing which can be purchased for less than might not think it's cold but when you're in a it she Many of the people living in tents are senior citizens whose Social Security checks are too small to provide them with adequate Ricketts see a lot of displaced and homeless Some take advantage of businesses that are open around the she going to a Wal-Mart or a Martin's grocery store just to get out of the that's open 24/7, that's where they're going to Ricketts The stipend is provided once per The money is not given to the they receive Heating bills that exceed are often supplemented by other such as for a client has a heating for will pay the See Page A6 TODAY'S Main Street report The Old Town Development Board has submitted its report to the Virginia Main Street program concerning Winchester's plans for new business growth in 2007. Full story Bl And the winner may The nominees for this year's Academy Awards have been earned nods in eight but not for Best Full story B5 Eagles soar to win Clarke County's boys avenged an earlier loss to with a 79-61 home basketball victory on Tuesday Full story CI coming THURSDAY For the second consecutive the Virginia Retirement System is requiring more funding from local school Directors of finance will explain the impact on 2 See us on the Bulletin Classified Dear C5 Bl B5 CI today's FORECAST Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow showers in the West winds 10 to 15 39 HIGH Full report A6 23 LOW Miss your Call 665-4946 from 7 to 11 a.m. 0608566000375
