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Volume 2, Issue 8 · Late April, 2007 Warren FREE County Report #1 Newspaper in Front Royal & Warren County! Baroncelli: Town uncom- mited to tourism. Page 4 Coast Guard over CRC Page 6 Town slammed in New K-Mart manager ready for competition Chamber survey! Page 10 • Over 60 percent say unfriendly to business! Page 3 • EDA, Town spar over tourism $$ Page 4 Opening day for Babe Ruth • Town explains water policy & Little Leagues Page 6 Page 20 Page • Warren County Report • Late April, 007 From the publisher We’re number 1! Rogers e-mail address You’ll love the convenience that I am looking at my options and it’s well worth sitting for switching providers. We are pleased to see that Anytime I am asked for Rog- through three or four 30 sec- since our August debut, War- er’s e-mail address I give it and ond commercials on-line. Comcast reliability Warren ren County Report has grown receive in return a long pause. to become the widest circulat- “It’s [email protected],” Visitor’s Center Does anyone have any idea County Report ed newspaper in Front Royal & I say. what on earth Comcast is doing Warren County. “That’s really weird,” they re- There is currently debate that is causing their Internet 122 W 14th Street This is especially impressive ply. “Does Roger worship In- about the funding of the Front service to be so bad lately? Box 20 Front Royal, VA 22630 considering it is published in dian Gods or something?” Royal Visitor’s Center. The customer service rep- (540) 636-1014 my living room and has no real This happens all the time so I If you haven’t been there for resentatives I have spoken to (540) 636-1042 fax sports section--often the most asked him to explain it since I a while, stop by and say hi and don’t. They can usually say it is warrencountyreport.com read section in a paper. too was curious. let them know you appreciate down and will eventually be up It should also be noted that we Roger emphatically insists he what a fantastic job they do. again. This information is, of Published in a secret location in the are leading the pack with a team is not a sun worshipper. I’ll take And wish Bob well. He’s a bit course, extremely helpful... greater metropolitan area of Limeton. of 14 people, only one of whom him at his word on this since he under the weather. has any experience working in a has no tan. Advertising Publisher and newspaper. That would be Rog- The simple fact is that “rog- K-Mart Editor-in-Chief: er Bianchini, my managing edi- erb” is always taken when he We have a new rate card that Daniel P. McDermott [email protected] tor, whom I admire greatly as a goes to create e-mail names. I wrote a story in this issue offers the best deal for newspa- writer and fight with regularly Bianchini is a bit too long to about K-Mart’s new manager. per advertisers trying to target Managing Editor and Reporter: since he is a 60’s radical and I add to roger for an e-mail ad- She’s terrific to talk to and a Warren County audience. Roger Bianchini am a moderate to conservative. dress and he would have to seems like she’s really on the If you would like to place an (540) 636-7386 I would love to say that our spell it out all the time. “Sun ball. ad, please give us a call. [email protected] newspaper is the current mar- Ra” is Roger’s all-time favorite One of the area’s we discussed ket leader because we have an jazz band leader and “Rajah” is was K-Mart’s aquisition of Contributors Advertising Sales Manager: edge, are fearless, and have a an old college nickname. Sears. Paula Conrow (540) 635-4835 unique perspective. And be- Best of all, since sunrajah is This was a smart move since We are also always looking for [email protected] cause we have a magazine-style such a weird e-mail name it has the stores really compliment writers and photographers who approach to a lot of the stories always been available. each other well. would like to send us local sto- Advertising Sales Representative: we write so we try to go a bit So there you have it--one of Sears is mainly in malls and ries and pictures now and then. Holly Spindle more in-depth than the other Roger’s idiosyncracies solved! most K-Marts are stand-alone 636-8272 office folks. or in strip-malls. And Kenmore Elephants [email protected] But the truth is that we are Watching TV on the Net and Craftsman will sell as well more popular today because we in K-Mart as Martha Stewart One of our columnists this is- Assistant to the Publisher: are free. I have really weird hours. As will in the malls. sue talks about the Clyde Beatty Leslie Bennett (540) 636-1014 Now I do really think that a consequence I am not home It’s the best merger I’ve seen Cole Brothers Circus bringing [email protected] over time we would have ac- from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm on since the video for the song elephants back. complished the same thing a Lazyboy with a remote in my “Over and Over” put Nelly on I used to go every year until Contributors: because we do put out a great hand but there are some shows CMT and Tim McGraw on recently when they stopped Cassidy Custis, Entertainment Writer local paper but going free now I really like to watch. BET. bringing the elephants and the Tony Elar, Cartoonist Extraordinaire caused a lot of people to check West Wing was my all-time lion act was some old bored li- Kevin S. Engle, Writer us out earlier than they might favorite. I’m currently on a Lost Ipowerweb.com ons strolling around a cage for a Leslie Fiddler, Writer have otherwise. and Jericho kick while taking in few minutes. Jim Smithlin, Writer Regardless of the reason, we an occasional The Unit if I have Regular readers of the website I simply didn’t find a guy in a Mary Ellen South, Writer are obviously pleased. So we’re time. and the paper will know that I Spiderman outfit and long cho- Transcriptionist: going to enjoy our success--for I was into Ugly Betty for a never miss an opportunity to reographed international dance Roya Milotte about five minutes. little while but it got pretty criticize Ipowerweb.com, the routines in elaborate costume [email protected] We realize that the other guys dumb really quick. It reminds company that does a very poor very exciting. have vastly more resources me of a comedian I heard dis- job of hosting our websites and Well now the elephants are Circulation: than we do. So we’re going to cussing the latter episodes of e-mail addresses. back. I hope it is the beginning Leslie Bennett and Donnie Lawson do our part to make sure that Happy Days when the plot was Recently I have discovered of a return to the cool circus I we continue to push the quality something like “Fonzie loses his that the editor@warrencoun- went to as a kid. If you are interested in contributing to envelope and try to deliver an jacket.” tyreport.com address is de- If not, it will still be cool to our paper, please call Dan or mention something to Roger. If it is local, increasingly better newspaper The reason I mention these livering bouncebacks and not see Wayne Newton in the Ap- interesting, and you’re giving it to us to our readers. shows is that they are available sending all of the e-mail to me ple Blossom Parade--especially free you’re hired! We also like pictures By the way, thanks! We all re- for free on-line at the network that it should. if he’s riding on an elephant! with the stories. Some more letters to ally appreciate it! websites--usually beginning I do apologize to anyone who the editor would be nice too! the day after they air. has been effected and know - Dan Late April, 007 • Warren County Report • Page Only four percent called the town “very friendly” to busi- ness and another 12.4 percent classified Front Royal as “The survey said...” business friendly – a feeble 16 percent positive rating. OverTown 60 percent slammed of respondents call intown Chamberunfriendly to business survey The county didn’t exactly are anti-anything that resem- • FRTC and WCBOS need to WOW the business commu- bles growth; get over their childish behavior nity in the “very friendly” cat- • Very adversarial process, they and work for the betterment of egory, with only an 8.1 percent don’t want to say ‘yes’ to any- all their constituents; endorsement, though nearly 50 thing; • … Affordable housing issues percent (48.6) of 210 respon- On the bright side: are a must. They’ve created dents called the county gov- • I think the new town manager such tight zoning restrictions ernment friendly toward the has helped … tremendously; only high dollar homes can be business community. Those • Wait to see how new staff ad- built …; numbers at least allowed the justs. • It is imperative and essential county to come in with a 56.7 On the county side: that the Town and County find percent positive rating from • County does not do enough to a way to consolidate in order to the business community, with support existing businesses; manage growth and increasing another 21.4 percent citing the • They make it too difficult to do costs; county as neutral.