Archive for: December, 2009

Clarke County’s Online News Source

Virginia’s Clarke County now has a new online news source.   The Clarke Daily News is an online news and event site created to provide Clarke county residents with a centralized source for all the local news, sports and events happening in the county.
Read more at:   http://www.clarkedailynews.com

Governor Kaine Applauds Advancements Made in Early Childhood Education

RICHMOND -Governor Timothy M, Kaine today joined students and teachers at St. James’s Children’s Center in downtown Richmond to applaud the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) and the Virginia Star Quality Initiative, two programs that increase access and quality of instruction for pre-K students in the Commonwealth. The two programs help provide Virginia children with a [...]

H1N1 Vaccinations Offered at Clarke Co. Schools

VDH Health Commissioner Dr. Karen Remley receiving flu vaccination at school in Alexandria, Va. as part of vaccination clinic program.
H1N1 Vaccine Clinic will provide 2nd in series of vaccinations for students under 10.
School division officials, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Health, were informed Wednesday, December 9, 2009 that Berryville Primary and D.G. Cooley [...]

High Speed Chase Started In Clarke County

A Gainesville, Virginia man has been charged after leading Sheriff’s Deputies on a multi-jurisdictional high speed chase.
Michael J. Star, 51, allegedly fled from authorities in Clarke County, Virginia. Around 3:20 p.m. December 10th Loudoun Sheriff’s Deputies were advised that a vehicle fled from law enforcement after a traffic stop in Clarke County and was entering [...]

William “Bill” Herbert Whiting

William Herbert Whiting, 59, of Markham, Virginia, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 in the Winchester Medical Center. He was born September 28, 1950 in Winchester, Virginia. He is survived by his mother, Lorene W. Edmunds and her husband, Arthur H. Edmunds of Harrisonburg, VA; his father, Richard Beverly Whiting and his wife, Henrietta Renshaw Whiting [...]

Storm Generates 16,000 Calls For Virginia State Police

As Virginia digs out from the weekend’s winter storm, Virginia State Police continue Monday to respond to disabled vehicle calls throughout the western and central regions of the Commonwealth. From Friday (Dec. 18) through midnight Sunday (Dec. 20), Virginia State Police emergency dispatchers logged at least 16,042 calls for service. Troopers statewide responded to 3,237 [...]

Clarke County Public Schools “AlertNow” Program

The Clarke County Public Schools is in the process of implementing a rapid notification system known as AlertNow.  
This system will allow the school division to send important information quickly – not only to parents but to staff as well – via phone and/or e-mail about emergency situations and school delays or cancellations due to [...]

Winter Storm 2009: Digging Out & Looking Ahead

22 inches of snow blanketed Clarke County over the weekend in a record breaking storm that slowly spread across the East Coast region from Friday through Sunday morning.   Similar amounts were recorded for all the local counties, with more snow recorded in the West and South.   Wintergreen Resort reported 30 inches of snow.
Planning [...]

Hugh Beverly Estep

December 31, 1930 – December 17, 2009
Hugh Beverly “Tooker” Estep passed away at home on Thursday, December 17, 2009, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 31, 1930, in Millwood, Virginia, to Stuart D. Estep and Christine P. Estep. He was preceded in death by two brothers, George S. Estep and Thomas D. [...]

Donna Jean Beamer

November 22, 1946 – December 20, 2009
Donna Jean Beamer, 63, of Reston, Virginia, died Sunday, December 20, 2009 at her residence.
Mrs. Beamer was born November 22, 1946 in Covington, Virginia, the daughter of Samuel Leroy and Donna May Miller Nuckols.
She was a homemaker.
She married to Bobby Beamer, Sr. on October 19, 1962 in Manassas, Virginia. [...]

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