Background: Retired director of survey research with the National Institutes of Health and subsequently, a psychiatric social worker focused on gerontology and bereavement. Active in the newly-created National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Wendt...
Local Services
Doers Profile | Ann and Pete Stenner
Background: Ann — Undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Mary Washington and George Mason University respectively; retired Prince William County elementary school teacher; volunteers for the Rappahannock Food Pantry, RAAC Art Tour, Headwaters,...
Doer’s Profile | Richard Compton
Background: Owner, Compton Excavating Company; fourth generation Rappahannock County resident; over the years has provided free excavation and construction services to area fire departments, churches, and residents; collector of antique tractors and autos; one...
Doers Profile: Sandra Maskas
Manager, Rappahannock Visitors Center; retired psychiatric social worker at Fauquier Hospital; former board member of Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board, Rappahannock County Recreational Facilities Authority, Fauquier Free Clinic, and Fauquier Community...
Home Sweet Home?
Questions about who gets to live in Rappahannock are perennial A Rappahannock News/Foothills Forum special report by Sara Schonhardt Graphics by Laura Stanton Housing has long been a topic of discussion in Rappahannock. What’s available? What’s affordable?...
Doer’s Profile: Lisa Heiser
Lisa Heiser – Career Coach, with Rappahannock County High School (RCHS) Profile of a Graduate (POG) program. Prior to joining RCHS in 2017, sold high school yearbooks for 25 years. Volunteered for ten years at youth ministries started by her husband in Culpeper....
Doer’s Profile: Kathi Dutilh
Kathi Dutilh: Retired government relations executive specializing in trade and manufacturing; Rappahannock Garden Club, president; Childcare and Learning Center, board chair; Trinity Church, chair, Outreach Committee, Altar Guild, Pastoral Care; Sperryville Rescue...
Doer’s Profile: Aline Johnson
Aline Johnson: Former postmaster, Sperryville; member, Rappahannock County School Board, Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board, Lord Fairfax Community College Board; auxiliary member Sperryville Fire and Rescue and Volunteer Fire Department; member of...
Doers’ Profile: Barbara and Matthew Black
Barbara — Active member of Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC), serving as a board member, chair of the Claudia Mitchell Arts Fund, member of Art Tour committee, and school programs developer; volunteer at Food Pantry, Benevolent Fund and...
Doers Profile: Pete Jenkins
Pete Jenkins: Farmer, auto repair mechanic, retired from Virginia Department of Transportation as a supervisor after 31 years of service. Volunteered with the Boy Scouts and Flint Hill Pentecostal Church. Family was moved from Shenandoah National Park to Jenkins...
Doer’s Profile: Patsy Baker
Clerk for over 30 years at Settle’s Grocery and Garage in Flint Hill. Member, Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Fourth generation Rappahannock resident, attended Rappahannock County Public Schools. Lives with her husband, Troy, in Gid Brown Hollow. The Spark:...
Doer’s Profile: Barbara Adolfi and Ray Boc
Barbara – Retired Fairfax County school social worker; psychotherapist in Rappahannock County; board member, former Ki Theatre; volunteer, Rappahannock Tourism promotion; fundraising organizer, Sperryville Rescue Squad; former columnist, Rappahannock News. Resident of...
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