Warrenton

WARRENTON, Va. -- When Bill Clinton's bus caravan pulled up here yesterday for an "unscheduled" stop that had been planned for three weeks, the notoriously late and habitually wordy president-elect was on time and brief in his remarks.Mr. Clinton's plunge into the crowd for personal greetings was but a pale reminder of the candidate who couldn't leave a hand unshook. Hopes that he would venture down Main Street, where Beth Mooney had taken great pains to put a picture of his wife, Hillary, on the face of a mannequin in the window of her dress shop, were --ed when entourage departed within a half-hour.

Michael Alec Johnson The family will receive friends on Monday, February 25, 2008 from 7 to 9pm at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton, VA where funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 1pm. Interment will be in Bright View Cemetery, Warrenton, VA. Memorial contributions may be made to Moser Funeral Home, P.O. Box 186, Warrenton, VA 20188 for expenses.

Michael Alec Johnson The family will receive friends on Monday, February 25, 2008 from 7 to 9pm at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton, VA where funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 1pm. Interment will be in Bright View Cemetery, Warrenton, VA. Memorial contributions may be made to Moser Funeral Home, P.O. Box 186, Warrenton, VA 20188 for expenses.

On August 25, 2007 in Warrenton, VA. Former longtime Baltimore resident, widow of Earl C. McMinn and beloved mother of Rosemary M. Lambert. Also survived by two granddaughters and two great grandsons. The family will receive friends on Saturday, September 1, 2007 from 11 am until service time at 12 :00 pm at Moser Funeral Home Chapel, 233 Broadview Ave, Warrenton, VA. 20186. Interment at a later date in Baltimore. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, VA 22701.

THOMAS ADAM GANZE "TOMMY", age 20, of Warrenton, VA, on June 9, 2004; son of Mary Clare Riesner Ganze and Robert Harley Ganze; brother of Natalie Clare Ganze; grandson of Mary S. Riesner and Jeanne Ganze; nephew of William (Sharon) Riesner, John (Patricia) Riesner, Paul (Karen) Riesner, Mark (Debbie) Riesner, Shelley Goedert, Rebecca (Kemp) Long, Joel (Cathy) Ganze. Also survived by 15 cousins. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6 to 9 P.M. at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Saturday, June 12, 11 A.M. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.

On August 25, 2007 in Warrenton, VA. Former longtime Baltimore resident, widow of Earl C. McMinn and beloved mother of Rosemary M. Lambert. Also survived by two granddaughters and two great grandsons. The family will receive friends on Saturday, September 1, 2007 from 11 am until service time at 12 :00 pm at Moser Funeral Home Chapel, 233 Broadview Ave, Warrenton, VA. 20186. Interment at a later date in Baltimore. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, VA 22701.

See one of the oldest hunter and jumper horse shows in the U.S. -- the 108th annual Warrenton Horse Show in Virginia. The show includes horse and rider competitions in classes for hunters, jumpers, junior hunters, ladies sidesaddle, hunt teams and more. The event kicks off at 1 p.m. Wednesday, then continues through Sept. 2 with competitions starting at 8 a.m. at the horse show grounds, 60 E. Shirley Ave., Warrenton. Tickets are $5, and children 12 and younger are admitted free. Call 540-347-9442 or go to warrentonhorseshow.

On April 20, 2004, MAURICE DEAN LEISTER, of Bealeton, VA; employee of the Washington Post Co.; husband of Patricia A. Leister; stepfather of Christopher Hensley, Remington, VA, Christina Benfit, Bealeton, John Benfit, of Maryland and Joey Benfit, Germany; son of the late Alvah J. and Rose Ann Leister; brother of Arleen and Bob Meyers. Severn, MD; Deanna and Jeff Barnett, Manchester, MD, Gregory and Teresa Leister, Baltimore, MD; son-in-law of Lee and Frances Hensley; step-grandfather of Chase and Travis Hensley.

Margaret Noland Smith Worcester, a homemaker and former laundry manager, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease April 27 at the Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville, where she had lived for the past 25 years. The former Eastport resident was 90. Born Margaret Lee Noland and raised in Warrenton, Va., she was a secretary at Fauquier Laundry -- where she met and then married an owner of the family business, Stuart Archer Smith. During his military service and after his death in 1957, she ran the laundry business in Warrenton.

MIDDLEBURG, Va. -- A sellout crowd of more than 50,000 is expected today for the 66th running of the Virginia Gold Cup, which includes the richest timber race in the world, with a purse of $35,000.A record $150,000 in purses will be offered in seven timber and brush races on the new Great Meadow race course between Middleburg and Warrenton. Gates open at 10 a.m., and the first race is at 1:30 p.m.

See one of the oldest hunter and jumper horse shows in the U.S. -- the 108th annual Warrenton Horse Show in Virginia. The show includes horse and rider competitions in classes for hunters, jumpers, junior hunters, ladies sidesaddle, hunt teams and more. The event kicks off at 1 p.m. Wednesday, then continues through Sept. 2 with competitions starting at 8 a.m. at the horse show grounds, 60 E. Shirley Ave., Warrenton. Tickets are $5, and children 12 and younger are admitted free. Call 540-347-9442 or go to warrentonhorseshow.

Margaret Noland Smith Worcester, a homemaker and former laundry manager, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease April 27 at the Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville, where she had lived for the past 25 years. The former Eastport resident was 90. Born Margaret Lee Noland and raised in Warrenton, Va., she was a secretary at Fauquier Laundry -- where she met and then married an owner of the family business, Stuart Archer Smith. During his military service and after his death in 1957, she ran the laundry business in Warrenton.

On February 19, 2005 CAROLYN ELIZABETH TUCKER (nee Simmons); beloved wife of the late George M. Tucker, Sr.; devoted mother of George M. Tucker, Jr. and his wife Eleanor both of Glen Arm, MD and Robert C. Tucker of Blackshear, GA; devoted sister of Virginia Gibbs, Helen Cirillo both of Annapolis, MD and Mary Russell of Cape St. Clair, MD; dear grandmother of Michael S. Tucker of Jersey City, NJ, Barrett L. Tucker of Warrenton, VA, Robert Scott Tucker of...

THOMAS ADAM GANZE "TOMMY", age 20, of Warrenton, VA, on June 9, 2004; son of Mary Clare Riesner Ganze and Robert Harley Ganze; brother of Natalie Clare Ganze; grandson of Mary S. Riesner and Jeanne Ganze; nephew of William (Sharon) Riesner, John (Patricia) Riesner, Paul (Karen) Riesner, Mark (Debbie) Riesner, Shelley Goedert, Rebecca (Kemp) Long, Joel (Cathy) Ganze. Also survived by 15 cousins. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6 to 9 P.M. at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Saturday, June 12, 11 A.M. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.

On April 20, 2004, of Bealeton, VA, employee of the Washington Post Company; husband of Patricia A. Leister; stepfather of Christopher Hensley, Remington, VA, Christina Benfit, Bealeton, VA, John Benfit, of Maryland and Joey Benfit, Germany; son of the late Alvah J., and Rose Ann Leister; brother of Arleen and Bob Myers, Severn, MD; Deanna and Jeff Barnett, Manchester, MD, Brenda and Barry Reade Sr., Powder Springs, GA, Flora Leister, Pikesville, MD,...

On January 3, 2004 LUNETTE ELIZABETH, at her home in Catlett VA., after a long battle with cancer. She was a graduate of Towson University in Early Childhood Education and of George Mason University. She was a devoted Elementary School Reading Specialist. At parochial schools, as well as Fairfax and Fauquier County Virginia Public Schools; wife of Joseph S. Crisafulli, mother of Paul J. Crisufulli (Susan) of Glastonbery Conn., and John M. Crisafulli (Teresa) of Knoxville Tenn.., daughter of Martin F. and Mary Carolyn Eichhorn of Perryville MD., sister of Karen Anne Calloway of Baltimore and Mary Carol Durange of Charlestown MD., grandmother of Michael T. and Eva T. Crisafulli.

On January 3, 2004 LUNETTE ELIZABETH, at her home in Catlett VA., after a long battle with cancer. She was a graduate of Towson University in Early Childhood Education and of George Mason University. She was a devoted Elementary School Reading Specialist. At parochial schools, as well as Fairfax and Fauquier County Virginia Public Schools; wife of Joseph S. Crisafulli, mother of Paul J. Crisufulli (Susan) of Glastonbery Conn., and John M. Crisafulli (Teresa) of Knoxville Tenn.., daughter of Martin F. and Mary Carolyn Eichhorn of Perryville MD., sister of Karen Anne Calloway of Baltimore and Mary Carol Durange of Charlestown MD., grandmother of Michael T. and Eva T. Crisafulli.

Most of the air traffic controllers who monitor the 700 daily takeoffs and landings at Baltimore-Washington International Airport have moved to Virginia, where federal aviation officials say it will actually be easier for them to do their jobs. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration transferred 40 controllers from BWI to a new center in Warrenton, Va., in the midst of horse country, as part of a plan to consolidate the air traffic control functions from five airports into one place to help them work more efficiently.