Shenandoah hosts film series on biology and society
The Natural Science and Math Division at Shenandoah College presents three films on biology and society with introductions by Robert Bardwell. First shown March 7 at 11 a.m. features Evolution by DNA focusing on Dr. David Suzuki. Follow ups include Genetics Man the Creator March 20 at 7 p.m. and Sociobiology Doing What Comes Naturally April 4 at 11 a.m. Open to public with no admission charge.
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Natural Science
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Robert Bardwell
Shenandoah
Armstrong Building
David Suzuki
University of British Columbia
Charles Darwin
Voyager 1 Near Jupiter Captures Io and Amalthea Views
Voyager 1 flyby details show Io’s jagged canyons and Amalthea’s pockmarked profile as it passes 172,750 miles from Jupiter at 4:42 a.m. PST. The craft sails at 81,000 mph carrying 11 instruments and cameras toward Saturn.
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Voyager
Amalthea
Jupiter
NASA
Canberra
Australia
Earth
Sunday in the Park Planned for Shenandoah Apple Blossom
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom committee plans Sunday in the Park at Winchester Recreation Park on May 6. The four year old family event includes arts and crafts music dancing exhibitions parachute jumps horseshoe derby apple crate race for boys 8 to 11 Firestone Hot Air Balloon King’s Dominion characters and a Civil War Sham Battle with entertainment throughout the day. Co chairs Ted Morgan and Bob Jones say crafts vendors may register at festival headquarters by April 2.
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Pumas
Wwe Rark
Ture
Winchester Recreation Park
Firestone
King’s Dominion
Grand Armies of the Reunion, Inc
Ted Morgan
Bob Jones
Cash Theft Investigated in Clarke County Home
Clarke County Sheriff reports a substantial cash theft from Elwood Wiley’s home east of the Shenandoah River bridge between 6 and 7 am Sunday while Wiley was away. Entry via kitchen window. amount not disclosed. The case is under investigation. Separately, $50 worth of food was stolen from Shenandoah Farms Fire Hall after a window was broken and food consumed on site.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Elwood Wiley
Wiley Home
Shenandoah River Rt.50 Bridge
Wiley
Sheriff's Department
Shenandoah Farms Volunteer Fire Company
Clarke
Warren County Board set to discuss refuse system and approvals
The Warren County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow at the courthouse to review the county’s refuse container program with contractor Jim Wilson of Kwick Klean, consider a more specific refuse ordinance, seek authority to apply for a joint jail extension, request a DJCP grant for dispatch equipment, and address a rural highway addition off Rt 613. A pair of work sessions on March 14 cover the hospital and Samuels Library, followed by an executive session on legal and personnel matters.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Jim Wilson
Kwick-Klean
Rt. 613
Samuels Library
Weather outlook and rainfall figures for Virginia Blue Ridge area
The forecast covers northern valleys near the Blue Ridge Mountains with rain likely heavy at times today and highs in the 60s, then cooler with lingering showers tonight. Tuesday brings cooler highs in the 50s, with a flash flood watch today near the Blue Ridge and highs in the 60s to low 70s.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
National Weather Service
Minor Fires Reported in Frederick County and Winchester
Greenwood firemen quickly extinguished a dumpster fire at the Frederick County Landfill on Sulpher Springs Road with no damage after about ten minutes. In Winchester, firemen investigated a smoke odor at 208 North Kent Street with no damage found in a vacant house where a fireplace burned, and also responded to a gas smell at 250 Wilson Boulevard where a pilot light was extinguished with no damage.
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Greenwood
Frederick County
Sulpher Springs Road
Charles Dunn
Dunn
Winchester
N. Kent St
Gene Dailey
Wilson Blvd
Dailey
Man Injured In Accident In Front Royal
A Strasburg man, Larry Wayne Vaught aged 28, was reported in satisfactory condition at Warren Memorial Hospital after a single vehicle crash Saturday night. Police say his pickup left Rt 55 West near Passage Creek around 10:50 p.m., ran off the road, swerved, then struck a bridge culvert broadside.
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Michael,.Glascock
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rt. 50
Glascock
Front Royal
Strasburg
Warren Memorial Hospital
Larry Wayne Vaught
Ronkeith Kirtley
Kirtley
Vaught
Rt. 55
Passage Creek
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Scott
Mason
Suzuki
Parker Hall
Karen Bridgeforth
Carol Cooper
Arlington
Space
Saturn
Iing
Uranus
Solar System
Carter
Ray R. Fletcher
M. Jones
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Funeral Home
Ralph R. Brown
Inwood Chapel
Irene Hartless
Bernard F. Groves
Braddock St
Winchester Evening Star
Warren Board
Xerox Trade
Holiday Inn East
Rt. 50 East
Steve Bernhardt
XEROX
Cba
Sane
Fivat
A.m
Philco
Philco Consumer Electronics
Cc Black & White
Color Rite
W. Cork ST
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