Archive: 2014
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Middleburg Eccentric December 2014, Volume 11 Issue 9
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What Rain?
"A law was made a distant moon ago here: July and August cannot be too hot. And there's a legal limit to the snow here In Camelot. The winter is forbidden till…
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Water and Music 2
For several years I've thought about the interrelationship between water and music and a couple of years ago I did a column about water and music. As I stated t…
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Wakefield fifth grader raises more than $800 for Smile Train
Wakefield fifth grader Andrew Renz recently spearheaded a campaign that raised $873.25 for Smile Train, an organization that sends trained doctors to different…
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Wakefield eighth grader Spearheads Shop with A Cop donation
For the second year in a row, Wakefield School eighth grader Justine Jones raised money for Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Shop with a Cop program. But this y…
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Virginia Piedmont Shrimp & Grits
This being December its fair to say there is a likely chance you'll be entertaining or going to someone's house for the holidays. This months Vine and Dish hope…
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Virginia Horse Shows Association 2014 Hall of Fame and Year End Awards
Virginia Horse Shows Association 2014 Hall of Fame and Year End Awards
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Tom Hays Helps Mrs. Mellon Insure that Her Oak Spring Garden Library Will Grow and Flourish
Tom Hays was honored when he answered the telephone in his Middleburg jewelry boutique and learned that the directors of the Oak Spring Library hoped he would…
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Time for Cold Crops
The simplest cold frame structure can produce delicious lettuce, kale and spinach through winter in our climate. A little protection from wind and extreme cold…
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Theodora Randolph Field Hunter Champion: Stretch, A Very Special Horse
Piedmont Foxhounds' Stretch and Laurie Ambrose won the finals of the 2014 Theodora A. Randolph Field Hunter Championship. After four days of qualifying hunt wit…
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The Meaning of Christmas
The dictionary defines Christmas as "the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25 in the Western Church." Straightforward and d…
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Stop for a minute and take a breath
This time of year can be exhausting. With a to do list that never ends and time that slips away, makes a hamster on a treadmill seem all too real. A lot is set…
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New Hope for Life-Threatening Laminitis
It was July 2011. I unloaded "Zahara" from the trailer for a trail ride with friends, and she was lame! After examination, I could find no reason for the mild l…
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Middleburg Marauders secure a 2nd place finish
The Middleburg Marauders, a U12 boys soccer team consisting of players from Blue Ridge Middle School, The Hill School, and Mercer Middle School participated in…
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Meaningful Gifts
I love to give gifts with meaning. I love to receive gifts into which someone has put diligent thought. I love to support local businesses, and we are fortunate…
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Live An Artful Life, Tom
Tom Sweitzer and Kim Tapper are the magical duo of A Place To Be in Middleburg and both have been friends for years. Late this summer over dinner, they asked me…
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Hunt Country Christmas Ball
Hunt Country Christmas Ball
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Hot Rize — Genuine "HOTY"
In 2014, Hot Rize accomplished steeplechasing's version of the dream-come-true: the 10-year-old gelding, owned by Holston Hall, trained by Russell Haynes, and r…
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Highland School Thanksgiving Food Drive
The 2014 Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit the Fauquier Community Food Bank at Highland School was a great success, thanks to the generosity of our Highland co…
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Grand Champion Adult Amateur at the Jump for The Children Horse Show
Mary King, British event rider and multiple medallist in six Olympics, three World Equestrian Games and three European Championships, taught a two-day clinic, p…