Seven Decades at Clarendon Church Unites Arlington Lovers
Jim Fox and Dorothy Windsor, longtime Arlington County residents, reflect on their late-summer meeting at Clarendon Baptist Church. They became engaged soon after Germany's surrender, with Jim a WWII veteran and Dot rising from local roots to lead a youth group presidency. Also ahead is this weekend’s Appaloosa Festival at Skyline Ranch Resort featuring 40 bands across seven stages with rain or shine tents and new 900-car camping.
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Dot” Windsor
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Veteran aerobatic flyer soars at Virginia Air Show in upside down stunts
The Virginia Air Show featured 78 year old Bill Finagin performing aerobatic routines in his Pitts 2-SC, including loops and nose dives, while 13 year old Ryan Trexel watched from the crowd. Finagin began flying at 17 inspired by his WWII Navy pilot brother Chester and urged aspiring pilots to learn from a qualified instructor. He notes his past missteps but says high altitude provides recovery time.
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County GOP endorses three in council race
After hearing from all five candidates for Town Council last week, the Warren County Republican Committee endorsed three. Incumbents Gene Tewart and Jacob Meza and Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority board member Bill Sealock Jr. received votes from more than half of the committee members at the meeting in the Warren County Community Center. National Media Services owner Mike McCool also attended.
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Warren County Republican Committee
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Jacob Meza
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County Economic Development Authority Board
Bill Sealock Jr
Warren County Community Center
National Media Services
Mike McCool
Man gets seven year term for November shooting
A town resident, Phillip Danyell Wilson, 36, was sentenced to seven years in prison in Warren County Circuit Court for a November 2015 shooting on Warren Avenue. Wilson shot Timothy Carter on November 1, 2015. Carter was flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital and hospitalized.
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Woman injured when bears attack in Linden
A 73-year-old woman was injured during a scuffle with a mother bear while trying to save her dog in the 100 block of Rambo Court. Virginia wildlife biologist Fred Frenzel said deputies and Game and Inland Fisheries responders arrived after the Saturday night incident, which involved a mother bear and her two cubs in a backyard.
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Liberty Tax worker in Statue of Liberty costume sentenced
Kevin Avery, 25, of Front Royal, was given a five year suspended sentence and three years probation for unlawful wounding after a sidewalk altercation in front of the Royal Shopping Plaza. Warren County Circuit Court documents detail the sentence.
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