Archive for April, 2007
Garden party at Gray Ghost
[ May 5, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Join Gray Ghost as the winery celebrates spring and the release of the limited production Gray Ghost 2006 Gewurztraminer. The evening’s festivities will take place in Gray Ghost’s beautiful Victorian garden and will include a buffet dinner catered by The Inn at Meander Plantation. Live jazz music will be provided by The Seth […]
On privacy, public events, and the proper use of authority by public officials
By James P. Gannon
Now that the community memorial service has been held the way that the Hilscher family wanted it, it seems the right time to reflect a bit on what the controversy over Robert Chappell’s ban on the press was about–and what it was not about.
The argument over the Superintentent of Schools’ edict that […]
Yard signs protesting taxes sprout across Rappahannock; the protest moves next to upcoming budget hearings
By James P. Gannon
The bright orange yard signs sprouting up along roads in Rappahannock County bear an unambiguous message in bold black letters: DON’T BE TAXED OUT OF YOUR HOME–TIME TO SPEAK OUT.
The message succinctly states a growing complaint in this small, rural county: Property taxes have risen too much, and many people aren’t going […]
Rappahannock fields track stars
Although host Madison had many more students competing, Rappahannock managed to get some first place wins in a dual meet on Wednesday, April 18.
Sarah Smoot jumped 12 feet in the long jump - not good enough to place, but she won the 400-meter run with a time of 1:13.
Marie Scavetti won the 100-meter dash and […]
Local attorney Konick hits school ban on press as unconstitutional; “What are you teaching our children?”
Rappahannock County School Superintendent Robert Chappell’s public announcements that all journalists will be banned from the community memorial service to be held Saturday at the high school grounds was challenged Thursday by local attorney David L. Konick as unconstitutional.
Chappell announced Wednesday that Rappahannock County High School will “host a community memorial service” on Saturday at […]
Rappahannock’s Karl Thornhill caught up in nightmare after police tag him as “person of interest” in Hilscher shooting
By James P. Gannon
The mass killings this week at Virginia Tech University not only claimed the life of one Rappahannock County resident, Emily Hilscher, but also became a special kind of nightmare for her boyfriend from Rappahannock High School days, Karl David Thornhill.
Thornhill, like Hilscher, is a 2006 graduate of the county’s […]