April 2016
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Keeping In Touch
What kind of music do you like? Most people don't give the question much thought, while others feel they must have a soundtrack for their daily lives. I am in t…
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Katherine Wyatt (Katie) Collette
K atherine Wyatt (Katie) Collette passed away suddenly on March 26, 2016. She was 26. Katie was predeceased in death by her mother, Kathryn Humphrey Collette,…
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In Praise of Personal Service
As Town Council Member Mark Snyder explains in his column elsewhere in the April Edition of the Eccentric, no less than four of Middleburg’s seven Town Council…
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Hospital of the Future
Previous pieces in this series have mentioned an outlook for cancer treatment, molecular diagnostics, regenerative medicine, bioinformatics, gene therapy, astut…
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Hillary Clinton, Fracking , Superdelegates and the TPP
Starting with superdelegates: The Democratic party has about 4,000 pledged delegates, who are committed to vote for the candidate who has won the most…
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Higher Education Crisis
"Crisis" in "Higher Education" Dan Morrow Commentary, Norman Podhoretz's once liberal monthly gone cranky neoright, recently described at some length, "The New…
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Hi-ho, Hi-ho
I got fired from my first job at 15. Before you make an assumption, let me explain. I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit and couldn't wait to work. In my…
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Fritillarias
Fritillarias number in the 100's, all are bulbous plants, purchased in fall with the usual array of fall bulbs. Most are low growing, all are from the Northern…
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Four Stars for Upperville Horse Show
Upperville is one of the most charming horse show venues in the world. The unique setting — hunters on the south side of John Mosby Highway Route 50, jumpers…
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Federal Water Resource Agencies: The U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Part II
June 5, 1976 was not a red-letter day in the history of the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau). The Bureau was in the process of filling their latest construction,…
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Federal Water Resource Agencies - Waterworld
June 5, 1976 was not a red-letter day in the history of the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau). The Bureau was in the process of filling their latest construction,…
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Election Noise - The Public Square
The national election is leaving people dispirited. And there is good reason for it. Those at top are not bringing clarity to the affairs of the nation very…
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Election Noise
The national election is leaving people dispirited. And there is good reason for it. Those at top are not bringing clarity to the affairs of the nation very wel…
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Dream of a Good Death multi-media Event
T he Mosby Heritage Area Association and the NOVAParks System will host a rare performance of Clark Hansbarger’s multi-media Civil War show Dream of a Good…
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Denise Kupiswewski Wins Bluemont Fair Poster Design Contest
Organizers of the 47th annual Bluemont Fair are pleased to announce that to Denise Kupiszewski of Shepherdstown, West Virginia is the winner of this year’s…
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Council in the Limits - Ask a Council Member
Hello Middleburg! My mission is to address your questions, get more people involved and to address periodic issues concerning Middleburg and its community.…
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Council in the Limits
As Town Council Member Mark Snyder explains in his column elsewhere in the April Edition of the Eccentric, no less than four of Middleburg's seven Town Council…
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College Education and Cuban Cigars - RED
Mario Savio is spinning in his grave. Readers of a certain age will remember Savio as one of the movers of Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement. Back then, liberals…
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College Education and Cuban Cigars
Mario Savio is spinning in his grave. Readers of a certain age will remember Savio as one of the movers of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement. Back then, liberals…
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Asian inspired grilled salmon
As the Chef and owner of The Federal Street Cafe here in Middleburg, I'm often asked for recommendations of cheap and easy recipes that are also healthy. Let's…