Winchester Star (Newspaper) - May 3, 2007, Winchester, Virginia mm The Winchester Star May 3, 2007 YEAR No. 257 VIRGINIA 22601 A TALE OF TWO QUEENS JEFF Winchester Star Queen Shenandoah Jane Austin Graham poses with her Winchester Dan and Jane The Bloom's royalty arrives By ANGELA JONES The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - Less than an hour into her visit on Queen Shenandoah Jane Austin Graham ' had already encountered a The 21-year-old Cissie is the daughter of evangelist the Rev. Franklin Graham and granddaughter of the 1972 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival grand the Rev. Billy She was accompanied to Winchester by her Jane On she will be crowned by her Elizabeth Noelle who reigned over the festival as Queen Shenandoah in 1993. For the first time in the festival's the Coronation will not take place at Handley High Since the school is undergoing extensive the ceremony will be held at Victory Church at 2870 Middle Cementing her family's roots into the festival even more Cissie's family was also represented at the event in 2001 when her Ruth Graham spoke at the Prayer The will stay at the Meadow Branch home of Dan and Jane While she is in the Winchester Cissie said she is looking forward to serving as a for the festival's pie-baking my she Sherwood to aid Queen Elizabeth By DREW HOUFF The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - Del. Beverly J. Sherwood will be one of six legislators giving a tour of the remodeled state Capitol to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was one of three from the House of Delegates chosen by Speaker William J. She will be joined by H. Morgan and Ward L. - the House majority and minority The three lawmakers representing the Virginia Senate are Thomas K Norment Walter A. and Richard L. Norment is chairman of the Senate Committee on Stosch is the majority and Saslaw is the minority one of those selected to escort the queen is a great Sherwood said on to personally participate in a historic event like this is really exciting and something I will remember decision to visit during the commemorative events highlighting the landing at Jamestown and will a great boost to Virginia's tourism Bruce F. clerk of the Beverly J. Sherwood Queen Elizabeth II See Page A7 said in a telephone interview on Wednesday that Sherwood likely was chosen by Howell because she served as chairwoman of the House Committee on and Public Safety and is the senior woman in the Queen Elizabeth II and her husband - Prince the duke of Edinburgh - will land at Richmond International Airport around 3 p.m. today and arrive at the executive mansion at Capitol Square around 3:35 p.m. Jamerson said the queen and duke will walk with Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and first lady Anne Holton to the portico steps at the Capitol to meet with the chiefs of eight Virginia native The queen will be escorted inside the Capitol by honor guards from the corps of cadets of Virginia Military Institute and Virginia Tech. The and first lady will visit the former Senate chamber and then the former House Jamerson He said Sherwood and the other legislators will meet with the contingent after a brief lesson provided by a an and a high school who will provide information about the history of the Capitol and the General The queen's visit will end with a reception hosted by the House and Senate at the - Contact Drew Houff at Clarke School Board evaluates CCHS sites By DREW HOUFF The Winchester Star BERRYVILLE - A cost comparison of three potential sites for a new high school seems to suggest that the Salvation Army property would be the least expensive for the Clarke County School Members of the board received the comparison on Wednesday from representatives of & which was hired by project architect of The on a 71-acre tract along Westwood Road that is part of the former Vorous is a gift from the Salvation which owns the 400-acre parcel containing the That site has an estimated cost for acquisition and site development of considerably less than the competing Byrd and Echols sites - in large part because the school system would not need to pay for land The Beverley Byrd Jr. site has an estimated cost of for land acquisition and site and the Alton Echols site has a price tag of Each of the sites covers about 40 John a senior project manager with Brailsford & said he had compiled the data to reach these is assuming the same building can be fully plopped on the Byrd and Echols he Finnigan noted that the karst geology or rock excavation would be creating similar costs for each The Salvation Army site would include for management because it does not have a true drainage ditch - meaning one would have to be be built to avoid See Page A7 EVAN Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Harry and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California leave the White House on Wednesday after meeting with President Bush to discuss Iraq war Compromise sought on By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON - Congress failed to override President Bush's veto of legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq on a defeat for Democrats that triggered immediate talks on a new measure to fund the The House vote was 222-203,62 shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override a With few Republicans stood fast with Bush in the wartime The original vote on the was 218-208. One of those who sided with the president on both votes was Rep. Frank R. who opposed the funding as confident we can reach the president said moments after Wednesday's vote as he sat down at the White House with leaders of the who have vowed repeatedly to force him to change his war See Page A8 D.C. eyes tolls for visitors By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Some District of Columbia lawmakers want to study the idea of installing toll booths at the city's borders to collect money from commuters and D.C. Council member Marion Barry introduced legislation on Tuesday that would create a commission to consider toll locations as well as the traffic and economic impact of such a The commission would then publish a report of its than 400,000 nonresidents are on our streets every getting police fire causing Barry love but they ought to pay some money for tearing up our See Page A8 Walter Reed review issued By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer WASHINGTON - Walter Reed Army Medical the aging hospital heavily criticized for inadequate care of wounded war should be closed as Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on following a 45-day review of Walter Reed by an independent advisory runs counter to the recommendation of some in Congress who have called recently for the Pentagon to reverse its 2005 decision to close the The review chaired by former Army secretaries John O. Marsh Jr. and Togo D. See Page A8 TODAY'S Historic sites join the Bloom Tours of local churches and Civil War sites have been added to the 80th Shenandoah Apple Blossom On the through offered a glimpse into the region's Full story Bl Dow travels higher A spike in factory orders leads the Dow to another record The Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes also 13,211.88 Full story C7 Fresh is best In the fresh food thoughts turn to markets and produce picked by local Full story Dl COMING FRIDAY Student athletes from Clarke County High School will greet Queen Elizabeth II today in Richmond as she starts her U.S. visit as part of the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the English settlement in Four 32 Pages Bulletin Classified Bl D2 A5 .CI A3 Dl TODAY'S FORECAST 65 HIGH Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers in the East winds 5 to 10 Full report A8 45 LOW Miss your Call 665-4946 from 7 to 11 a.m. See us on the 0608566000375
