First Female Sheriff Cline Declines FBI Academy Then Reconsiders
Warren County Sheriff Cline, the county's first female sheriff, explains she declined the FBI National Academy during earlier officer training due to time and duties at Front Royal Police Department. After election in 2028, FBI contact aided her reinvestment, with five graduate courses at University of Virginia as she pursues a master’s degree and targets the 6.1 mile Yellow Brick Road obstacle course.
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University of Louisville
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Front Royal
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Warren County
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Richmond
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Meador
FBI National Academy
University of Virginia
Lena Artz of Woodstock A life of botany and community work
Born in Woodstock in 1891 Lena Artz earned a William and Mary bachelor’s degree in 1927 and a George Washington University master. She taught, led nature programs, hosted researchers at her Fort Valley cabin, and joined the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club before dying in 1976. Her journals reveal early farm life and a lifelong passion for plants and mountains.
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Woodstock
Artz
College of William & Mary
George Washington University
Fort Valley
Virginia
West Virginia
Massanutten Mountains
Weeks
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Smithsonian
Elizabeth Furnace
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fort Valley Museum
Massanutten
Massanutten Military School
Fort Valley Museum unpacks Lena Artz impact and archives
Fort Valley Museum curator Amy Jett and researcher Weeks reveal Lena Artz's overlooked legacy. The exhibit features 200 letters, never before seen photos, a Nature Study Guides collection, and a map of plant specimens in the Massanutten region. Weeks aims to place Artz back on the map, noting her inclusion in Flora of Virginia and ongoing mysteries about her education and advisors.
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Fort Valley Museum
Artz
Weeks
Harvard
University of North Carolina
Lena
Jett
Fort Valley
Morrison
Woodstock
Washington-Lee High School
Arlington
Massanuttens
Flora
Virginia
Warren County Library faces bidder shift amid contract dispute
Warren County moves to request proposals for library services as the board ends its operating agreement with Samuels. Library Services & Systems would run the library for 1.024 million annually over ten years with penalties for early exit, while county assets and funding debates center on ownership and future provider plans. Open-house events July 1 celebrate the library remaining open as candidates in local races influence support for continued funding.
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Warren County Board of Supervisors
Samuels
Warren County Library Board
Library Services & System
California
Maryland
Library Systems & Services
E. Criser Road
Jerome “Jay” Butler
John Stanmeyer
Vicky Cook
Richard Jamieson
Criser Road
Hotek
Cheryl Cullers
Hugh Henry
Tony Carter
Henry
Fork
Board of Supervisors
Carter
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