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          <title>Meet Madison&#8217;s top teacher</title>
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Cindy Pattie &#8211; who was initially considered for the honor after being chosen by her fellow teachers as Madison Primary School&#8217;s teacher of the year &#8211; was awarded the district-wide recognition by a special three-person committee of publicly unnamed local school administrators.
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          <title>Antebellum MC era unearthed</title>
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As workers disassemble the logs of a small building to the east of downtown Madison&#8217;s Kemper Residence, a bent fork sparkles between the boards. Although there&#8217;s no way to know for sure, those who work in the field of archaeology doubt the fork mistakenly found its way into the wall during a mid-meal argument. Rather, the curved fork was likely a &#8220;magic charm&#8221; deliberately placed in a small crevice to &#8220;push evil away,&#8221; according to Madison County native Carole Nash.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Yoder&#8217;s unveils &#8216;goat skywalk&#8217;</title>
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Most &#8220;kids&#8221; would be scared to trot along a 15-foot high wooden walkway. But the young goats &#8211; also known as &#8220;kids&#8221; &#8211; at Yoder&#8217;s Country Market in Pratts are natural climbers and enjoy any opportunity to ascend into the sky, according to Owner Michael Yoder.            ]]></description>
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          <title>MC embryos go worldwide</title>
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When you log on to Madison County veterinarian Patrick Comyn&#8217;s Web site, English isn&#8217;t the only option. Those who speak German or Italian (and eventually, Spanish and French) can easily view an area of his business&#8217; Web site in their native language. 
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          <title>Madison Question of the Week</title>
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What are you most looking forward to about school being out and summer vacation starting? (This question was asked at Wetsel Middle School&#8217;s June 4 field day event.)
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          <title>Man with MC ties trains Iraqis</title>
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U.S. Navy Reserve Cmdr. Scott Seeberger  &#8211; who grew up in Madison County and is currently serving at New Al Muthana Air Base in Iraq &#8211; is the chief of the group of U.S. combat air advisors who have been training these pilots &#8220;to become a westernized performing airpower,&#8221; according to Seeberger.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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          <title>MC students hear sobering talk</title>
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Chris Skinner was only 750 feet from safety when his life changed forever. &#8220;That&#8217;s like here,&#8221; &#8211; Skinner said from the stage in front of Madison County High School&#8217;s auditorium &#8211; &#8220;to the back of the room,&#8221; he explained to a group of Wetsel Middle School students May 14.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 18:38:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Syria bluegrass festival nears</title>
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Diehard bluegrass fans first started filing into Madison County&#8217;s Syria community in mid May. The visitors - in Syria to enjoy Graves Mountain Lodge&#8217;s 17th annual Festival of Music, which starts Thursday, May 28 - set up camp in an open field on the resort&#8217;s property, since some arrived as much as a week before the campground was set to open.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Old Rag Stewards keep watch on MC mountain jewel</title>
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In some areas of the country, the pink blossom of a lady&#8217;s slipper orchid is a rare sight. &#8220;If you&#8217;re a local and just saw one on [Old Rag] Mountain, you would think they&#8217;re like dandelions,&#8221; said hiker Bob Look, 54. &#8220;In other parts of the country, people would go &#8216;gaga&#8217; just to see one.&#8221; The unusual orchid is one of many flowers and other plant species unique to the billion-year old granite mountain, located in the Madison County portion of Shenandoah National Park.           ]]></description>
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          <title>MC horse country beckoned</title>
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Much of Africa provides endless miles of sand, little water, severe sunlight and unrelenting winds. But despite the harsh conditions the continent&#8217;s Arabian horses are subjected to, Madison County resident Sara Loken has always found the animals to be the most pleasant companions. 
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          <title>Madison Area Churches in Brief</title>
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Rock Hall Baptist Church&#8217;s Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Day event is set for 11 a.m. Sunday, May 3 and will feature guest minister Cleo Frye of Calvary Haywood Church. The 3 p.m. guest minister is the Rev. Danny Johnson and his combined choirs. For information, call (540) 948-4129.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Madison Area Churches in Brief</title>
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Rock Hall Baptist Church&#8217;s Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Day event is set for 11 a.m. Sunday, May 3 and will feature guest minister Cleo Frye of Calvary Haywood Church.&nbsp; Lunch will follow the morning service. The 3 p.m. guest minister is the Rev. Danny Johnson and his combined choirs. For information, call (540) 948-4129.
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          <title>MC farmers supply restaurants</title>
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If you&#8217;ve eaten beef at the Equinox restaurant in Washington, D.C., tasted the asparagus in the risotto at the Palladio Restaurant in Barboursville or munched on a variety of vegetables at Fardowners Restaurant in Crozet &#8211; you were enjoying your Madison County neighbors&#8217; food.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Two top Virginia inns in MC</title>
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National travel magazines are making it a point to let tourists know about Madison County. Multiple local hotels, restaurants and shops are spotlighted in two separate publications this month. National Geographic Traveler&#8217;s 2009 list of &#8220;hotels we love&#8221; highlights just three hotels in Virginia &#8211; two of which are located in Madison County. The April issue includes &#8220;shout outs&#8221; to Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria and Big Meadows Lodge in the Madison County portion of Shenandoah National Park.            ]]></description>
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          <title>MCHS to host prom dress sale</title>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s an event,&#8221; Madison County High School senior Alexis Johnson said of the school&#8217;s annual prom. From picking out the perfect dress to asking out the perfect date, the end-of-year occasion &#8211; set for 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at the Daniel Technology Center at Germanna Community College in Culpeper &#8211; is something many high school students look forward to for years           ]]></description>
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          <title>Free MC garden space offered</title>
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In today&#8217;s stunted economy, community and home gardens are flourishing across the country. But even those Madison County residents who lack the land to grow their own fruits and vegetables can take part in the &#8220;recession garden&#8221; trend. A new local organization &#8211; Madison Farm to Table &#8211; is offering free garden plots for local residents and groups interested in growing their own food or donating the produce to those in need.           ]]></description>
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          <title>MC teen, dogs in agility event</title>
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Concord, N.C. will soon be filled with the swiftest, most agile dogs in the nation: vying for the top spot at the prestigious American Kennel Club (AKC) National Agility Championship. Madison County resident Danielle Scott and her border collie, Cloud 9, and her cocker spaniel, Silk, will be among the contenders. Danielle, a junior, will compete against the top dog and handler teams in the country March 27-29.           ]]></description>
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          <title>MCHS junior likes &#8216;shock rock&#8217;</title>
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Since it had been promoted as a punk and alternative music concert, Madison County High School junior Adam Stergis was unsure of how his group&#8217;s music would be received. The 17 year old provides vocals for Stitched Together, a four-person &#8220;shock rock/industrial&#8221; band made up of members from Madison, Culpeper and Orange schools.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:24:28 EDT</pubDate>
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It wasn&#8217;t until she was standing in front of Caesar&#8217;s Palace casino in Las Vegas that reality hit. Last October, Madison County native Kelly Falk, now 20, stepped off a charter bus onto Las Vegas Boulevard with 33 other aspiring models. A wall of sturdy-looking, muscular men dressed as Roman knights greeted the girls. Once the men parted, they revealed a sight that resulted in fits of high-pitched squeals and dropped jaws.            ]]></description>
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          <title>MC folks recall tough times</title>
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&#8216;Tremendous Fall in Prices of Stocks Checked by Buying by Bankers,&#8221; read a headline in The Eagle&#8217;s Nov. 8, 1929 issue. The news of the Wall Street stock market crash had slowly trickled down the East Coast and made its way to Madison County readers. Eighty years later, as the country heads back into what many say is another economic depression, some Madison County residents are reminded of the &#8220;hard times&#8221; they experienced in their early years.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Big incense wholesaler in MC</title>
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The sweet scent of incense tickles your nostrils as it drifts down the halls of the Perl building in downtown Madison. Although the aroma may seem to flow from the massage studios located on the western side of the building, the scent originates elsewhere. Rather, the invisible fragrance stems from the opposite side of the Schoolhouse Road structure &#8211; the home of Windrose Trading Company.           ]]></description>
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Army National Guard Maj. Alfred A. &#8220;Cotton&#8221; Puryear, a resident of Malvern, participated in the 56th presidential inauguration Jan. 20 as part of the largest ever contingent of National Guard members to serve in Washington, D.C.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Focus on furniture, firefighting</title>
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It makes sense that a woodworking company would have close ties to its local fire department. The E.A. Clore Sons Inc. property is filled with ceiling-high stacks of wooden chairs and footstools as well as various dressers, desks and other handcrafted furniture. &#8220;In [1927 and 1930], before we had a fire company here, this place burnt twice,&#8221; E.A. Clore Sons Inc. Vice President Troy Coppage said of his family&#8217;s business, which has been in operation since 1830.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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The local animal shelter has had its share of teary-eyed visitors recently. In the past year, a growing number of local pet owners have decided to &#8220;surrender&#8221; their dogs and cats to the county animal shelter, according to Madison County Animal Control Officer/Shelter Manager Greg Cave. Many of these residents can no longer afford to care for their animals due to job loss or being forced from their homes because of eviction or foreclosure, Cave said.
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          <title>MC readies for TV switch</title>
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Older, analog televisions that lack a &#8220;digital tuner&#8221; will no longer work following the upcoming transition to digital broadcasting set for Feb. 17 for both Madison County and the nation.. 
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          <title>Enviro&#45;friendly homes a hit in MC</title>
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Imagine a car that comes with a built-in fuel card that covers 30 percent of the bill every time you stop to fill up at a gas station. Sound too good to be true? It is. But there&#8217;s a similar type of product out on the market these days, according to Locust Dale resident and area homebuilder Anthony Clatterbuck. It&#8217;s called an &#8220;Earth Craft&#8221;-certified home, and Clatterbuck is just one of the many homebuilders in the state that is trained in this type of construction.            ]]></description>
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With New Year&#8217;s resolutions at the front of everyone&#8217;s minds, health-conscious residents are flooding area fitness centers. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had quite a few people come in and sign up in the last two weeks,&#8221; Madison-based Body Expressions owner Dave Jenkins told The Eagle this past week.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s unlucky to bring more than one suit to a forensics competition, according to Madison County High School senior Rory Squire.Repeating the exact same speech at every single tournament is another fortune killer for 18-year-old Rory. And if she doesn&#8217;t have every single one of her lucky charms &#8211; which include a button, a circular metal coin engraved with the word &#8220;Win,&#8221; a Las Vegas casino token, an earring and a hair pin &#8211; in her suit pockets during a competition, she might as well not even go out on stage.            ]]></description>
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Friday evening. A time for most full-time workers to sit back and relax. But not for Tina Weaver. As soon as the Madison County resident returned home from work, she slapped on a winter jacket and eagerly headed outside. As the Madison County High School business teacher carefully stepped over a cattle-grate in her driveway, she spoke of her next big idea. &#8220;These are my shiitake mushrooms,&#8221; Weaver said as she peered underneath a pile of logs. &#8220;That&#8217;s my next business.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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About 60 people paid special tribute to the veterans of World War II during the 2008 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day program at the Madison American Legion Post 157 meeting hall this month.            ]]></description>
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Julie Heffron isn&#8217;t obsessed with small, furry mammals known for burrowing. Really. But you might think otherwise upon entering her Madison County High School chemistry class. First, there&#8217;s the human-size cardboard mole near the doorway. Then comes the numerous cakes, posters, games and other mole-inspired items covering the classroom. All merely signal that it&#8217;s National Mole Day.            ]]></description>
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Steam enveloped a shelter at the Madison County Young Farmers site. Only the sounds of laughter and chitchat offered clues that people were working within the cloud. Every once in awhile a strong breeze would clear out the white haze, revealing the volunteers and area residents taking shelter from the heavy rains. Although it wasn&#8217;t the ideal weather, those who attended the Madison Farmers Market end-of-season event last month, got a glimpse into Madison County&#8217;s past.           ]]></description>
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Rain droplets sprinkled on Scott Elliff&#8217;s windshield throughout his 42-minute drive north to Madison County. But by the time he set foot on his Etlan vineyard, the sun was shining on his grapes. Wearing blue carpenter&#8217;s shorts and a white long sleeve T-shirt with &#8220;DuCard Vineyards&#8221; printed on the left side pocket, Elliff describes his 7-year-old vineyard as &#8220;kind of a hobby gone wild           ]]></description>
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As Madison resident Lawrence Beasley was packing up his things for his first-ever trip to New York City, he made sure to bring along some Madison County High School Mountaineers memorabilia. &#8220;I just grabbed it last minute,&#8221; Beasley said of the blue-and-white &#8220;MADISON MOUNTAINEERS&#8221; bumper sticker he brought along to the Big Apple.            ]]></description>
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She&#8217;s not afraid to call herself a nerd. Or admit that she has a weakness for pop music and Web comics. &#8220;I make a small fool of myself daily,&#8221; 17-year-old Claire Jackson told The Eagle. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t get embarrassed really easily, I laugh about it myself.&#8221; The Madison County High School senior seems to have gracefully breezed through the typically awkward teenager years. She speaks of herself confidently, although she points out her faults with ease.           ]]></description>
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For half a century, the Woman&#8217;s Club of Madison County has supported a variety of local, national and international causes. The local group &#8211; which celebrates its 50th anniversary this month &#8211; is a part of the international General Federation of Women&#8217;s Clubs, one of the largest all-female organizations in the world, according to local charter member Joyce Gentry.            ]]></description>
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Susan Hull &#8211; known to most in the community as Sue Anne Haney &#8211; grew up attending services at Graves Chapel in Graves Mill. Back then, Hull lived with her family in a large, white house on Graves Mill Road, known as the &#8220;Estes home.&#8221; The post office, a general store and a blacksmith&#8217;s shop were among the buildings that used to sit along the roadway, which led to the chapel where services were offered on a regular basis. Much has changed since those days &#8211; but Hull, who now lives in Earlysville, is hoping to bring some life back into Graves Mill&#8217;s spiritual community.            ]]></description>
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While working at a Locust Dale cat rescue center, staff member Darrell Zwemke peered into a cozy cat bed atop the cages and noticed a &#8220;present&#8221; one of the felines had left behind. &#8220;Who pooped up there? That&#8217;s pretty rude!&#8221; Zwemke said aloud causing the cats in the room to scurry away, as if they were trying to remove themselves from a line-up of possible culprits.            ]]></description>
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Since they first took over the Brightwood General Store more than a decade ago, Debby and David Peake have uncovered many historic items left by generations of families who used to run the Ridgeview Road store. But one item in particular &#8211; a pastel-colored family portrait &#8211; caught their eye. The painting &#8211; on a three and half foot tall by two and half foot wide canvas stretched across a wood frame &#8211; features three young girls.            ]]></description>
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It started as a friendly competition among the staff at Madison Primary School to see who could lose the most weight before spring break. The end result transformed Novum resident Denise Webb&#8217;s life. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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In  April,&nbsp; Aging  Together  celebrated  the  extensive  spirit  of  volunteerism  by  and  for  its  seniors  in  Madison  County  with  a  campaign  called &#8220;Together  We  Can.&#8221; Volunteerism  is  nothing  new  in  Madison  County.&nbsp; Every  spring  for  the  last  four  years  Madison  County  Aging  Together  has hosted a Community  Conversation  on  Aging.&nbsp; This  year&#8217;s  theme  was  &#8220;Celebrating  Seniors  Contributions  to  the  Community.&#8221; As  in  other  years,&nbsp; participants  talked  about  Madison&#8217;s  sense  of  community  and  seniors part  in  that.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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Renovation work at the George James Community Center in Radiant continues to move forward, while center officials look for ways to get more folks to use it.
 &#8220;More than anything, we&#8217;re looking to get the community involved, we want them to understand it is a community center,&#8221; said the Rev. Frank Lewis, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church and a member of the center&#8217;s board of directors. &#8220;We have a board of directors that operates it, but it is here for the community.&#8221;
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When Syria resident Jean Link was a child, she was a mess.Every morning her mother would dress her in some type of lacey outfit and by the end of the day it was all ripped and dirty from playing outside, she said. &#8220;I really wanted to be a boy. For Christmas I asked for a race car set, a train set and boys underwear,&#8221; Link said of her &#8220;tom boy&#8221; childhood.           ]]></description>
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A  Madison County woman will leave for a missionary trip at the end of this month from which she may not return. Mary Grace of Lost Valley will head to Suleimaniya, Iraq on July 31 as part of a Christian Peacemaker Team, an international organization that sends groups to areas involved in crisis situations, she said.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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Doctors didn&#8217;t mince words when Kathy Stein was expecting her first child more than 30 years ago. They told the former Madison County resident that her health problems made a successful delivery impossible. But she stuck with the pregnancy and nine months later, on Nov. 3, 1975, Stein gave birth to a baby girl. Weighing just five pounds, five ounces she felt as though her daughter was a &#8220;miracle baby.&#8221;
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In an effort to preserve the county&#8217;s history and assist those interested in tracking their heritage, the Madison County Historical Society is working to account for each and every gravesite in the county.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Frank Anderson is the winner of the Madison County Lions Club&#8217;s 18th annual Madison Award. The award is intended to recognize and encourage outstanding voluntary service in Madison County. While the award is presented each year to one outstanding individual, it honors all those who are part of the community of caring in Madison County.           ]]></description>
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Madison County&#8217;s future leaders are set to attend a statewide conference to hone their diplomacy skills. Madison American Legion Post 157 has selected Madison County High School juniors Joseph Adams Jr., Michael Butters Jr., Julie Eaheart and Sara-Margaret Graves, to attend the 2008 Virginia Boys and Girls State conferences this summer. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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It is time for this year&#8217;s Community Conversation on Aging, a public forum for citizens and organizations in Madison County. This two-way conversation is an opportunity to the community to hear about progress and provide feedback on senior needs and issues. All community members are welcome, including older adults, their families and all concerned with senior quality of life and services. (The event is set for 10 a.m.-noon May 29 at Beth Car Baptist Church in Madison.).            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When local officials first started discussing rejuvenating a little noticed piece of property on the corner of Main and Church streets in downtown Madison, they weren&#8217;t sure who they would name it after. But as soon as Madison resident Mayo Yowell suggested the recently redone park be named in Lawrence Beasley&#8217;s honor &#8211; it made perfect sense. 
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&#8220;I  love it when I get to work and the kids run to me and say &#8216;Katrina, you&#8217;re here.&#8217;&#8221; Boys and Girls of Madison County staff member Katrina Lockwood will hear a lot more of this in the coming months. The facility, which officially opened last month, had a grand opening celebration April 6. That&#8217;s when Katrina, who is also a Madison County High School senior, made her comment.           ]]></description>
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* The deadline for submitting Madison Area Community Calendar items is 4:30 p.m. Monday for that week&#8217;s paper. Items may be faxed to (540) 948-3045 or e-mailed to news@madison-news.com. Please include a contact person&#8217;s name and phone number. Items are subject to editing and appear on a space-available basis, with the priority going to events that will occur sooner. (The deadline is earlier for the Christmas, New Year&#8217;s, Thanksgiving, July Fourth, Memorial Day and Labor Day weeks papers.)           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:05:21 EDT</pubDate>
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Running four miles home every day after practice &#8211; for basketball, football or track, depending on the season &#8211; wasn&#8217;t glamorous, but it helped make 78-year-old Pratts resident David Pollok into who he is today.            ]]></description>
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          <title>The Rebirth of Montpelier</title>
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MONTPELIER STATION, Va.&#8212;James Madison&#8217;s lifelong home is looking more and more like the home in which he lived.
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The past few years have seen a plethora of horse expos in Virginia and Maryland. We typically think of horse expos as huge affairs set in giant stadiums or convention centers.

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Here are events in the Madison County area.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:15:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Medical emergencies are handled by the volunteer Madison County Rescue Squad &#8212; Wayne Jones, president; Steve Grayson, vice president; and Dave Mickelberry, captain; and by a paid squad headed by Lewis Jenkins, director, EMS.&nbsp; 
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Here is a list of faith groups in the Madison County area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Here is a list of churches in the Madison County area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Madison County 4-H program is a volunteer-led, informal educational program for youth ages 5-19.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Madison Town Goverment</title>
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The town of Madison is the county seat and commercial center.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Law Enforcement</title>
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Law enforcement is provided by a sheriff, his 11 full-time road deputies, three full-time investigators, a full-time court officer, a full-time school officer and two full-time administrators.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Utilities</title>
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Herre is information about utilities in Madison County.            ]]></description>
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Here is information about Madison County government.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Here is information about public and private schools in the Madison County area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>About Madison County</title>
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Established in 1792 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, Madison County was named for prominent statesman James Madison, whose family had extensive land holdings and business interests in the area and who would later become the fourth president of the United States.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:37:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Health Care</title>
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Culpeper Pregnancy CenterHere is a list of health-care providers in the Madison County area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The following directory contains &#8220;need-to-know&#8221; phone numbers in Madison County           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Community Organizations</title>
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Here is a list of Madison-area community organizations.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Here is a list of clubs and civic groups.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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