Printed using recycled fiber A Spirited Renaissance Apple Pear Strudel Page 33 Middleburg’s Only Locally Owned and Operated Newspaper Volume 10 Issue 8 www.mbecc.com Nov 21, 2013 ~ Dec 12, 2013 Middleburg Halloween Signs of Em Sharp’s Page 26 Christmas Legacy Timeless Expressions of Christmas & Community Spirit Lauren R. Giannini t’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Middleburg – espe- cially with the annual display of holiday signs along Washington and Federal Streets. These wooden Isigns pay tribute to the memory and legacy of the late Emily Sharp who shared her whimsical visions of a gift- filled sleigh, trumpeting angel, cook with plum pudding, Tiny Tim, Pooh Bear, toy engine, and Santa’s list of merchants, to name only a few. Over the years, Sharp’s Yuletide signs, which she designed specifically for the charming, old-fashioned theme of Christmas In Middleburg, have become inextricably woven into the unique tapestry of the local communi- ty’s history and traditions. The wooden signs first graced Middleburg in 1982 and grew rapidly from 20 originals to 26 all told. Today, they look as good as new, thanks to The Hill School’s Alumni As- sociation whose board decided unani- mously last January to refurbish and restore the holiday signs designed by their former art teacher. Fire and Water Daniel Morrow ber 21st his house suffered an overflow of what he estimated was “between two and At the regular November meeting of Mid- three hundred gallons of raw sewage due a dleburg’s Town Council, Town Administra- root blockage in the seams in the pipes.” tor Martha Semmes reported further prog- Bean requested the Town reimburse ress on getting Middleburg’s troubled Well him out-of-pocket expenses related to the 4 Treatment Plant back on line and spoke incident not covered by his insurance, to- to recently expressed concerns about what tally roughly $1,000. appeared to be “dirty water” flowing once Mayor Betsy Davis assured Bean more through pipes in the Middleburg sys- that the Town “would take care of this and tem. apologized for the back-up.” It wasn’t “dirty” water at all, she ex- plained, it was just “discolored as the result Noise of iron and manganese deposits that are in the Town’s water lines.” Amanda Scheps of 801 Stonewall The discoloration she noted, could be Avenue appeared before Council to com- directly linked to heavy use of water by the plain about the noise generated by a tented local fire departments fighting “the large fire event held on Salamander Resort property. that occurred just outside of town” In a letter to Town staff describing According to Semmes, “because the event Scheps noted that “her front door Well 4 has not been in operation since faced the Salamander property; and, even January, the Town had to bring Well 3 on though she was located a third of a mile line.” The water from that well, she noted, away, it was extremely loud. “ contains high concentrations of iron and Scheps had “reviewed the Town’s manganese. While there were expensive noise ordinance, as well as Loudoun Coun- treatment plants at Well 4 and at the well at ty’s,” she said, and “had noticed there was Stonewall Avenue designed to address that a difference in the limits allowed by the problem, she continued, there was not one County versus the Town. at Well 3. Once Well 4 is back in produc- She requested that Council “consider tion, Semmes said, the Town would reduce these sorts of issues before they became a its use of Well 3. pattern.” Semmes also noted that whenever Police Chief Panebianco later report- the Town experienced a major event requir- ed that he had been working with Salaman- ing heavy water use, such as a fire, the de- der to address such concerns and was highly posits already in the pipes were also stirred pleased with their responsiveness. and ended up in homes. Continued page 11 Well 4 is expected to be back in op- eration soon. Page 4 Sewer Andrew Bergner Awarded Kent Bean, 406 E. Wash- ington Street, appeared before the Bronze Star Page 4 Council to report that, on Octo- PERMIT NO 029 NO PERMIT BURKE, VA BURKE, POSTAL CUSTOMER POSTAL US POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE US ECRWSS Business Directory: Page 38 • Friends for Life: Page 34 11/23/13 Thursday by homes in Request PRST STD PRST Page 2 Middleburg Eccentric • Nov 21, 2013 ~ Dec 12, 2013 Middleburg Eccentric • Nov 21, 2013 ~ Dec 12, 2013 Page 3 MIDDLEBURG REAL ESTATE News of Note www.middleburgrealestate.com P.O. Box 1768 540-687-6321 Middleburg, VA 20118 540-687-3200 Chris Ohrstrom’s Car of the Year ATOKA PROPERTIES fax 866-705-7643 www.atokaproperties.com www.mbecc.com n November 14th, The Purcellville 540-338-7770 [email protected] International Historic Leesburg 703-777-1170 Motoring Awards, chose our own Chris Cover Photo by Find us on Facebook! Ohrstrom’s 1934 Bugatti Aero- Dee Dee Hubbard Olithe, as Car of the Year! 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