156 Will Graduate From Lord Fairfax
Middletown report states 156 students will graduate at the Sixth Commencement Exercises of Lord Fairfax Community College. WMAL-TV anchor David Schoumacher will deliver the main address at 7 p.m. Saturday, with invocation and benediction by Rev. Dalco King Sr. of Winchester’s John Mann United Methodist Church.
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Middletown
Lord Fairfax Community College
David Schoumacher
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Dalco King Sr
John Mann United Methodist Church of
Winchester
Warren County Board to discuss administrator post and campus matters
The Warren County Board of Supervisors will hold an executive session to review more than 100 applications for county administrator. Acting Administrator Arnold Williams leads until a William O'Brien replacement is hired. Also on the agenda are the Battle of Cedar Creek Campground site plan, an industrial access road for Royal Homes Inc. park, election to fill Elizabeth Malta's seat, Electoral Board matters, funds for the Warren Association for Retarded Citizens, and county records audit.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Arnold Williams
William O'Brien
Rockingham County
Battle of Cedar Creek
Royal Homes Inc
Elizabeth Malta
Longtime Powhatan teacher Portia Gosnell retires after 26 years
Portia Gosnell ends a 26 year run at Powhatan School in Boyce after beginning in a one room Howard County Maryland classroom. She joined the Blue Ridge Country Day School effort, stayed through its evolution, and will retire at June 9 during graduation. She plans homemaking after teaching. Her career highlights a blend of traditional discipline and modern classroom methods. The article also notes unrelated local fire calls and brief incidents in the area.
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Howard County
Gosnell
Berryville
Ernest
Kenneth Gilpin
Blue Ridge Country Day School
James Mahaney
Powhatan
Dowell J. Howard Vocational Center Commencement Expected
The Dowell J. Howard Vocational Center will hold its commencement on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Patio Room. 131 candidates from Clarke County High School James Wood High School and John Handley High School attend the center with their home schools. Dr. William McCoy president of Lord Fairfax Community College will address graduates. Departmental awards will honor top students in Automobile Mechanics Bricklaying Building Trades Electricity Electronics Commercial Foods and Stenography.
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Dowell J. Howard Vocational Center
Clarke County High School
James Wood High School
John Handley High School
William McCoy
Lord Fairfax Community College
Area Baccalaureate Services Held Across Counties
Baccalaureate services were held for area graduates including Handley Frederick and Clarke counties. Handley plans Thursday 7 p.m. graduation for 254 in its stadium. Warren County and Frederick County hold 8 p.m. and 7 p.m. services with rain contingencies. Clarke County hosts 7 p.m. Friday ceremonies for about 100 graduates on the high school front lawn.
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Handley High School
Waite Maclin
Christ Episcopal Church
Handley
Richard Helveston
Linden Methodist Charge
Bing Crosby Stadium
Warren County Junior High School
Clarke
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
County Taxpayers Association
Taxpayers Association
Frederick County
Phillip W. Brill
Virgil R. Strader Jr
Laura Virginia Hale
Warren County
Bill K. Huffman
Page County
John Jackson
Rappahannock County
James D. Shockey Jr
Hank Ebert
Portia Gosnell
Powhatan School
Star
Winchester Fire Dept
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George and
Elsie Parks
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Duncan Brothers Tire Co
Clearbrook
Red Barn
Rt. 7
D.J. Howard
Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show
Pagebrook Farm
Page Cather
Farnley Dorset
Barbara Batterson
Liz Myer
Boyce
Blue Ridge Hunt
Muffin
J Miles Cary
Muffin Everheart
Middleburg
Heather Anderson
Penny Rodgers
Great Falls
Farnley Farm
White Post
Eric Myer
Elizabeth Rodgers
Hamilton
Benjamin Disraeli
Earl of
Beaconsfield
Charles A. Trentham
Trentham
First Baptist Church
Washington, D.C
Clarke County
William V. Brook
Grace Episcopal Church of the Good
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