Archive: 2010
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Medicaid Fund Diversions
According to senior executives from Loudoun County's primary health care provider, Inova Healthcare, a little-noted difference between the U.S. Senate and House…
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Marketing
Now that spring is officially here, we have a delightful season to enjoy. There will be many ups and downs. Spring is after all, full of windy, bone-chilling da…
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MLS to Hang Around: Dozens Celebrate 7th Inning Stretch
Major League Soccer avoided a potential work stoppage over the weekend. Thank goodness. The league agreed to throw in one extra pair of shoelaces per player; th…
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Local Residents Head to the Gold Cup—No, Not that Gold Cup
To most in Middleburg and The Plains, you say Gold Cup and people instantly know what you are talking about—that grand spring tradition and fixture on the area…
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Ladies Board to Give $80,000 to Future Nurses
The Ladies Board of Inova Loudoun Hospital announced that it has $80,000 available to award in the form of nursing education scholarships. The application deadl…
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Jerry Schiro
The Middleburg Eccentric joins the Mayor, the Town Council, and most, if not everyone who knows him, in thanking Jerry Schiro for his lifetime of public service…
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Hermen Greenberg is Hunt Country's Loss
Hunt Country lost a true friend when Hermen Greenberg died recently. A highly successful real estate developer, he had a keen eye for a fine horses and was a lo…
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Full Cry Auctions Provides Funds Raising Help
One of the fastest growing methods for raising funds by schools, churches, clubs and organizations is through the use of benefit auctions. And Full Cry Auctions…
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Editor's Desk: Tree Preservation and Other Services
If you're a resident of the Town of Middleburg, or a friend or neighbor who knows and loves it, or someone who just cares about the past, present and future of…
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Early Years are Learning Years: Celebrate National Week of the Young Child at Middleburg Community Center
Parents, teachers, caregivers and other adults play important roles in the lives of young children and the Week of the Young Child celebrates their efforts to p…
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Doggie & Me Group Fitness Class
Canine College, owned and operated by Jayme DesDunes opened in Middleburg, Virginia in 1993. The main goal has always been to help people live a more cohesive l…
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Cisco Founders Win Computer Society Entrepreneur Award
Cisco Systems cofounders Leonard Bosack and Upperville's own Sandy Lerner are the winners of the IEEE Computer Society's 2009 Computer Entrepreneur Award, joini…
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Blue Ridge Hospice Plans Scrapbook Memories Workshop
Blue Ridge Hospice plans a unique, hands-on program in Middleburg, "Cherished Memories, A Scrapbooking Workshop," on Saturday, March 27. The program is designed…
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Be Prepared for a Pet Emergency
After being stranded during the blizzard of 2010, many of us realized there were certain items we wished we had on hand. For many it was more flashlight batteri…
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An Italian Evening for the Passionate Palate
Food and wine lovers met at Middleburg's Market Salamander on Friday, March 12th for an Italian Wine Dinner that delighted the palate of every gourmand. Diners…
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America: On a Path to Self-destruction?
Yesterday a retired general told me that "75% of Americans between 17 and 25 years old are unfit for military service." He referred to Pentagon official Curt Gi…
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Middleburg Eccentric March 2010, Volume 6 Issue 12
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Which Got Me Thinking....
As I sat in what used to be our living room but has been turned by our 12-month-old into a hair-greying collection of Melissa and Doug puzzles, Little People pl…
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The Sleeping Garden
Sleeping plants rest in their thirty-two degree blankets. Blizzard and temperatures in the teens come and go but all is safe at thirty-two degrees. While that m…
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Tea Strainers - The Art of Collecting
Over the years, a visit to my brother's home would expose me to his wife Angie's love for antique glass. It's not hard to find homes with fine China or special…