Printed using recycled fiber BE LOCAL Paws BUY LOCAL Like Us Page 44 SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOP LOCALLY Middleburg’sMiddleburg’s CommunityCommunity NewspaperNewspaper Volume 14 Issue 5 mbecc.com September 28 ~ October 26, 2017 Mars Protects Meredyth Farm Page 3 Go Green Middleburg Town Council Report Dan Morrow degradable. Most are made of plastic, not cot- ton. As one scientist cited n September in the report put it, “They 14 Middleburg never truly vanish.” Town Coun- cil’s “Go The Plan Green” Committee for- The Go Green Com- Omally proposed that, in mittee has recommended the interest of controlling that Council: an often-overlooked and singularly toxic form of 1. Buy and place ciga- litter on its streets, the rette waste receptacles in Town adopt a Cigarette strategic locations around Recycling Program. Town and encourage lo- cal businesses to do the According to the Com- same on their property. mittee’s 12-page report and proposal, “the number 2. Register as a “stra- one item collected dur- tegic partner” with Ter- ing Middleburg [weekly] raCycle, an organization street clean cleanups is that provides free UPS cigarette butts.” shipping of cigarette waste to its recycling fa- During the August cilities, where it sterilizes, 19th cleanup, “Volunteers shreds and safely re-cy- collected 2,850 cigarette cles each butt’s constitu- butts, enough to fill a ent parts. 12x12x6 shipping box.” 3. Begin an intense Cigarette Butts: public information cam- Unsightly and paign to alert citizens to Dangerous both the dangers of ciga- “In addition to be- rette waste AND what ing unsightly,” the report they can do about it, and continued, cigarette butts 4. Enforce the Town’s are dangerous.” already-existing anti-lit- The filters contain nic- tering regulations. otine and “a mixture of up Costs to 165 other toxic chemi- cals. If ingested by a baby The special cigarette or toddler the effect can receptacles recommend be deadly. They are also by the Committee range ingested by pets and wild- in price from $134 to life, and leach chemicals $299 each. into the soil and water. The Town collects One test revealed that cigarette tax revenues of just one butt, soaked in roughly $24,000 per year. Photo By Dee Dee Hubbard two gallons of water, Go Green recom- produced enough tox- mends that Council allo- ins to kill a form of mi- cate 17.5% of that sum, A focus on STEAM education croscopic crustacean roughly $4,200, to start that “for the basic food the program. Included Ivanka Trump, along with Microsoft President Brad Smith and Code.org source for small fish, tad- in that sum would be CEO Hadi Partovi visited the Middleburg Community Charter School on poles, salamanders, newts the purchase of 12 or 13 September 27, 2017. and aquatic insects” in Town-owned receptacles. “Northern Virginia ponds, In year two and there- They talked about the memo President Donald Trump signed Monday that slow-moving streams, after, the Committee pro- directs $200 million a year to technology education grants to help women and lakes.” poses using a tiny por- and minorities. The focus of their visit was STEAM education. Most filters aren’t bio- tion of each year’s tax Page 3 revenues to cover the PERMIT NO 723 NO PERMIT DULLES, VA DULLES, Continued page 4 POSTAL CUSTOMER POSTAL US POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE US ECRWSS Request in homes by Thursday 9/28/17 Thursday by homes in Request facebook.com/MiddleburgEccentric STD PRST Page 2 Middleburg Eccentric • September 28 ~ October 26, 2017 Middleburg Eccentric • September 28 ~ October 26, 2017 Page 3 News of Note At Home In the Virginia Countryside Jacqueline Mars Protects Meredyth Farm SALEM OAKS 50+ ACRES HASTENING FARM 42 ACRES O ered for Sale $3,995,000 | Piedmont Hunt O ered for Sale $1,999,000 | Piedmont Hunt n August, the Land Trust of by the over 400 acres of land that of “Prime Farmland Soils” and 72 is apparent in the way the prop- “Mrs. Mars has been a long Virginia recorded conserva- Mars has protected through dona- acres of “Soils of Statewide Im- erty is beautifully maintained. time supporter of land conserva- tion easements that protect tions of conservation easements in portance,” as defined by the U.S. When asked why she loves it and tion in Virginia, and her donation Meredyth Farm in The Plains, Fauquier County. Department of Agriculture. There why she selected LTV as the or- of a conservation easement on this Va. Mrs. Jacqueline Mars, the Meredyth Farm is a beauti- are four historic features on Mere- ganization to hold her easement, property is an example of her con- Iproperty’s owner, is well known dyth Farm that are listed on the she said, “It was very comforting servation leadership,” remarked ful piece of property that con- for her generous support of many tains 1,620 feet of frontage along Virginia Landmarks Register and to work with dedicated environ- LTV’s Chairman, Chris Demata- local non-profit organizations that Little River (which is part of the the National Register of Historic mental professionals who have, tis. “We are proud that she chose extends beyond financial contri- Goose Creek, Potomac River, and Places. These include the rem- through their good deeds, accu- the Land Trust of Virginia to hold butions. She cares deeply about Chesapeake Bay watersheds). nants of the Kenton House (circa mulated the resources to uphold her conservation easement and to Virginia’s open spaces, natural The rolling landscape includes 55 1775) with a domestic outbuild- and enforce the easements grant- accept the long-term stewardship resources, working farms, and acres of forest and about 155 acres ing, dry stack stone walls and two ed by property owners. Too often responsibility for her property. It beautiful landscapes. Her pas- of open fields. The property has small grave sites. easements are granted with good speaks to the trust that she has in sion for the preservation of the been identified as having 86 acres Mars’ love of Meredyth Farm intentions and are not enforced.” us, and we appreciate her faith in Virginia countryside is evidenced our organization.” FRESH FOX FARM 18 ACRES SNICKERSVILLE TURNPIKE 42 ACRES Introducing Belstaff O ered for Sale $949,000 | Warrenton Hunt O ered for Sale $999,000 & New Arrivals For Fall HARRY BYRD HWY UNDER CONTRACT SPRINGBROOK FARM SOLD O ered for $350,000 O ered for $2,495,000 Represented Buyers* Virginia Genuine. Cindy Polk, David O’Flaherty & Brandy Greenwell +1 703 966 9480 | [email protected] | horsefarmsandcountryhomes.com Representing the Best of the Virginia Countryside Specializing in Horse Farms and Country Homes 112 W. 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[email protected] ~ Be Local ~ mbecc.com mbecc.com ~ Be Local ~ Page 4 Middleburg Eccentric • September 28 ~ October 26, 2017 Middleburg Eccentric • September 28 ~ October 26, 2017 Page 5 News of Note Middleburg Town Council Report Alumnus Robert Bonnie Continued from Page 1 program’s very minimal ongo- Jason Davis has been pro- Unknown Soldier. Cowgill is not currently adver- the US and around the world. Returns to Duke to ing costs” which would also be moted to full-time Middleburg tising their availability until in- partially offset by fines gener- Police Officer structed to do so by the Town. Explore Conservation in ated by stricter enforcement of Police Chief A.J. Panebianco Middleburg in Social Media There has been “a lot of inter- Piano Recital Funding existing littering laws. has also promoted two of his of- Bendure Communications, est” in renting two of the empty Following a presentation by Town Council responded ficers. the Town’s public and media units,” according to the report. Vincent Bataoel, Chair of the Rural America positively to the report and Go Heather Fadely adds two relations contractor, reports that Profits from rental income Town’s Economic Development obert Bonnie, a Nicholas in November 2016 by the federal stituencies and environmental Green proposal and in the next stripes to her uniform, promoted the number of people following from the building, which for- Advisory Committee, Town School of the Environ- government. protection by, for example, work- several weeks will consider from Officer to Police Corporal. the Town on FaceBook contin- merly housed the Middleburg Council agreed to an appro- ment alumnus and for- “Robert’s work has helped ing with western ranchers to con- when and how to implement it. Officer Jay Hollins is now ues to grow, reaching roughly Police Department, were tra- priation of $4,800 to cover the mer Under Secretary for pave the way for innovative new serve millions of acres of sage- Police Lieutenant Hollins, Chief 500 people each day. A post on ditionally the source of the costs of providing a performer Natural Resources and Environ- public-private partnerships and grouse habitat on private working to Duke to work with the Nicho- between the cities and the country Salamander’s 4th Anniversary and instrument/equipment for Rment at the U.S.