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Clarke County Sheriff’s Log

Clarke County Sheriff’s Log through March 30th

Apr 1 2010 | Posted in News,Police | Read More »

Main Street Bistro To Reopen With New Owner

As the Main Street economy looks hopefully to a resurgence of foot traffic this spring, a new business owner is hoping to make his mark in Berryville. Darrell Jones of Harrisonburg, Virginia recently purchased the Main Street Bistro and plans to reopen this Monday, April 5th.
Darrell is originally from North Carolina and has years of [...]

Apr 1 2010 | Posted in Business,News | Read More »

Commonwealth Slashes Sheriff Office Budget

Clarke County Sheriff Department says that it will lose $49,737 in Virginia Compensation Board funding in fiscal year 2011, a little more than 7% of its $705K budget. While the funding decrease amounts to one full-time-equivalent position Clarke County Sheriff, Tony Roper remains optimistic that his department can avoid lay-offs.
“Right now we know that our [...]

Apr 1 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Cost Saving Scenario for Fire Flow Causes Tension

As the School Board reaches 90% completion of the design for the new high school, the issue of fire flow remains unresolved. At a rescheduled meeting on Wednesday, March 31st the Town Council presented a draft “Utility Construction and Cost Sharing Agreement” to address the fire flow plan. Based on the framework presented at the [...]

Apr 1 2010 | Posted in Schools | Read More »

Teacher Bruce Johnson Recognition Event

Please join us in honoring Mr. Bruce Johnson’s retirement as the Agriculture Teacher at Clarke County High School for the past 25 years.
Bruce Johnson
The Clarke County FFA is holding a recognition program in honor of Mr. Johnson’s retirement at the Fairgrounds on April 24th at 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served beginning at [...]

Apr 2 2010 | Posted in Schools | Read More »

Editorial: Let’s Do What’s Right for Our Kids

Ask just about anyone in Clarke County how they feel about the 10-year odyssey that we all refer to as “the new school” and you’ll get fairly consistent replies that include “embarrassment”, “outrageous”, “incompetence” and “shameful”. It’s awfully hard to argue that these labels aren’t well deserved. After all, who continues to be hurt by [...]

Apr 2 2010 | Posted in Editorials | Read More »

Obituary for Delores Jane Hillyard Trussell

Delores Jane Hillyard Trussell, 59, of White Post, died Friday, March 26, 2010 in Winchester Medical Center.
She was born July 24, 1950 in Clarke County, VA, the daughter of Elmer Eugene Hillyard, Sr. and Audrey Louise Carroll Hillyard.
She married Charles Iden Trussell.
Mrs. Trussell worked in housekeeping with the US Army Corps of Engineers and was [...]

Apr 2 2010 | Posted in Obituaries | Read More »

Obituary for Paul B. Frazier “Brad”

Paul Bradford “Brad” Frazier, 51, of Berryville, Virginia, passed on to his next adventure on Friday, April 2, 2010 at his residence.
Mr. Frazier was born April 16, 1958 in Winchester, Virginia, the son of Paul C. and Marilyn D. Frazier.
He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Linda W. Frazier; a son, Samuel Justin; [...]

Apr 2 2010 | Posted in Obituaries | Read More »

Cell Phones and Driving Do Mix, But Only For 2.5% of the Population

A new study from University of Utah psychologists found a small group of people with an extraordinary ability to multitask: Unlike 97.5 percent of those studied, they can safely drive while chatting on a cell phone.
These individuals – described by the researchers as “supertaskers” – constitute only 2.5 percent of the population. They are so [...]

Apr 3 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Using School Lunches to Launch a “Revolution”

It seems the school lunch program in Clarke County is not the only one that is under scrutiny these days. It may actually be part of a “Revolution.”
On March 26, British chef Jamie Oliver premiered his reality TV show “Food Revolution” in which he visits Huntington, W.Va. The impassioned [...]

Apr 4 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »