August 7 Tractor Pull Kicks Off Frederick County Youth Fair
The Frederick County Youth Fair opens at noon on Sunday August 7 with a Farm Tractor Pull by the Shenandoah Valley Pullers Assn. Exhibits enter August 8, entries at Virginia Tech Extension Office Winchester and Farm Credit Office Front Royal Road. Entry eligible Frederick County or Winchester residents ages six and up with youth and adult divisions.
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Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley Pullers Assn
Virginia Tech
Winchester
Farm Credit
Front Royal Road
U.S. Army
Va. Tech Extension Office
Farm Credit Service
Southern States Cooperative of Winchester’s
Habby’s Fast Food
Dale's Grocery
Marigold House
Grandpa Groovy’s
Frederick County Fairgrounds
Rt. 11
Stonewall Ruritan
Stonewall School
Fairgrounds
Roger Crosen
Judy Orndorff
Berryville
The
Young Farmers Association
Clarke County Planning Commission
Goode
Joe Starnas
Front Royal
Shenandoah Ave
Sidney M. Mullins
Arthur
Alice Kreutz
Huntly
Charles G. Cardwell
Mullins
Kreutz Auto
Cardwell
Notable cast rehearsal scene from local play
Right side shows Drew Tillotson studying lines between scenes. Virginia Dutton directs as Liza Niemann, Melody Gunter, Robin Shade and Ellen Mc participate in a scene from the production.
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Drew Tillotson
Virginia Dutton
Liza Niemann
Melody Gunter
Robin Shade
Ellen Mc
City approves plant upgrades and consent order
Winchester City Council unanimously approves contracts for wastewater plant modifications at an estimated 286000 dollars. City Manager Wendell Seldon to sign with Ingleside Contractors and Mobil Dredging for digester cleaning and a consent order with the State Water Control Board to retain current discharge limits until a regional project.
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Star
Winchester City Council
Wendell Seldon
Ingleside Contractors of Maryland, Inc
Mobil Dredging and Pumping Company
Utilities Committee
Roy Bayliss Jr
Seldon
State Water Control Board
Winchester
Council
Hennison, Durham and
Richardson
Potatoes to Tomatoes Mystery Baffles Farmer in Winchester
In Winchester area a gardener reports potato plants producing what appear to be cherry tomatoes. Local growers link tomato volunteers to sludge fertilization and seed persistence from sewage treatment, a phenomenon seen in nearby farms and pastures. The column ties the odd crop to Old Farmers Almanac forecasts and notes related town council actions and accidents.
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Ella Baker
David Collins
Old McDonald's
Winchester
Drowning Victim Roy Pingley Recovered From Back Creek
The body of 15 year old Roy Pingley of Whitacre was found in Back Creek near West Virginia. He drowned Monday while helping push a pulpwood truck through a ford as thundershowers swollen the creek. State police divers located the body and it was taken to Martinsburg for autopsy.
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Rt. 7
Berryville
Gerald Francis Smith
Leesburg
Smith
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Enders Rescue
Berryville Ave
Roy Pingley
Back Creek
West Virginia
Pingley
Whitacre
Frederick County Junior High School
Martinsburg
W.va
Indictments Hit Several Defendants in Winchester Court
Larry Keith Robinson faces a murder like charge for cutting stabbing and wounding Evelyn Marie Robinson after leaving court. Also indicted are Warner Unger for embezzlement from Habby's Restaurant Gary Hartley for habitual offender status Peyton Dunlap Jr Judith Simpson Roy Jenkins and Richard Woodward with trials and bonds set or continued in the same session.
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Larry Keith Robinson
Evelyn Marie Robinson
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Clarke-Frederick 4-H Dairy Club
Royal Amusements
CIA Coverstone
Phyllis Morgan
Country Cut Ups
Chapparrals
Canterbury Seven
Master Tones
Bannerman Gospel Singers
James Wood Booster Club
Winchester Park
Mrs. McT
McCormac
Hank Ebert
By Neilhaemer
Bayliss
Joseph Haines
Briarcliff Subdivision
J.P. Darlington
Baker Lane
Haines
Parkway St
Counilman Pannill Jones
Transportaion
George M. Stoddart
Hunting Ridge
George Garber
Phillip Olinger
Public Safety Committee
William Mote
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Mote
Shenandoah
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Ed Loy
Amherst St
Jones
Boyce
Western Shop
Donna Middletown
John Weatherholt
Weatherholt
Patricia Harrison
Gene Dailey
Highland Ave
Winchester Evening Star
Ponea News
Larry Robinson
Lulu Williams
Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
Robinson
George
Glass
Duncan Gibb
Warner
Glenwood Unger
Habby’s
Gary Lee Hartley
Peyton Dunlap, Jr
Charles A. Dean
Watts
Coleman
Roy B. Jenkins
Ernest Nesselrodt
Richard M. Woodward
Lamar Sloan Ford
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