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Felicity Elmenhurst made her debut on New Year’s Day at 10:45 a.m. at FauquierStudent Hospital’s Art Family These imagesThe were submitted by art Birthing Center. objectively teachers at Fauquier County schools. adorable 7-pound girl was the first baby born at Fauquier Hospital in 2023.

Mom Karolyn Elmenhurst, 34, said labor started about 1 that morning and she and her husband Seth, 35, went directly to the hospital, where “everything went beautifully.”

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When Taylor Boyd cut the grand opening ribbon outside the door of her new art studio at 7 North Fifth St. in Warrenton, she realized a dream that began decades ago.

“I always wanted to be an artist,” she said as she remembered childhood hours spent with the television art teacher Bob Ross while her friends entertained themselves with Sesame Street or Nickelodeon. “And when I played the board game ‘Game of Life,’ I always wanted to draw the artist card.”

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Fauquier Hospital now offers nitrous oxide for laboring mothers

By Robin Earl

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Women preparing to give birth at Fauquier Hospital’s Family Birthing Center have a new pain management option. In addition to epidurals and IV pain medication, the birthing center is making nitrous oxide available to laboring mothers.

The treatment allows patients to control when they use the medication, commonly known as “laughing gas.” It is administered through a CPAP-like mask. Renee Baxter, whose baby was born Dec. 21, used nitrous oxide to manage the pain from her contractions. “I put the mask on and would breathe in as I felt a contraction and then would take it off at the height of the contraction.

It took me a few minutes to get the hang of it, but once I did, I felt more in control,” she said in a Fauquier Health press release about the new pain management therapy.

Baxter said she was able to focus her attention on breathing, re-positioning to be more comfortable in the bed, and was still able to move around with greater flexibility as needed.

That ability to be mobile points to an advantage over epidurals. Mothers who have epidurals are confined to bed because the procedure numbs feeling in their legs.

The birthing center’s Monica Freidline, certified nurse midwife, said, “About half of my patients want pain control options but are hesitant to receive an epidural or IV pain medications.” She explained her patients want to be able to move around or get out of bed to take a soothing bath or shower, but the epidural confines them to bed.

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Karolyn Elmenhurst talks with her nurse, Warrenton neighbor Tracy Baker. Elmenhurst received a gift basket full of new-baby essentials from Fauquier Hospital.

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Renee Baxter and her husband, Antwain, welcomed a son, Rowan Baxter, right before the Christmas holiday. Baxter used the new nitrous oxide therapy in Fauquier Hospital’s Family Birthing Center.

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With IV pain management, she explained, babies may be slower to breathe after birth. IV medications make the mother sleepy and can have the same effect on the baby, Freidline said.

“Nitrous oxide is a great compromise for both mother and baby,” Freidline said. It’s “a safe pain management alternative for normal pregnancies.

It does not alleviate pain, but it does take the edge off just enough. It can help to relieve some of the anxiety mom is facing and is safe for baby.”

Freidline added that the nitrous oxide helps mothers relax, breaking the cycle of pain that leads to fear, and, in turn, leads to more pain.

And as soon as the mask comes off, she said, the effect ceases as well.

BABY, from page 1 Felicity’s three brothers and one sister — Sammy, 9; Miriam, 7; Max, (almost) 5; and Jack, 2 — met their new sister soon after she arrived. They “were jumping up and down and dancing when they found out it was a girl,” said Karolyn Elmenhurst.

Midwife Kathleen McClellan helped the experienced mom through the labor and delivery, and Elmenhurst’s Warrenton neighbor, Tracy Baker was her nurse at the birthing center.

By dinner time on Jan. 1, Karolyn Elmenhurst was looking relaxed and feeling grateful. She smiled at her newborn, tentatively opening her eyes to look around.

“She’s doing great.”

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Resident points to councilman’s potential conflict of interest regarding proposed Amazon data center Jay Heroux said the question has been presented to Warrenton’s town attorney

By Peter Cary

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Thirty-one constituents of Warrenton Ward 5 Councilman Jay Heroux have signed a letter asking him to recuse himself from voting on the proposed Amazon data center, alleging that he has a work-related conflict of interest. Eric Gagnon, who lives Warrenton Town Councilman Jay Heroux on Winchester Street, said on Monday he has been going door-to-door base services. with the letter for several weeks, and Gagnon acknowledged that there he plans to seek more signatures be- was no way to know whether any fore presenting it to Heroux at the Definitive Logic clients in the future Jan. 10 town council meeting. would make use of the Warrenton At that meeting, the council is site, but he alleged that a vote for the scheduled to take up the matter of Amazon data center in Warrenton Amazon’s application for a spe- would be a vote to make Amazon, cial-use permit to build a 220,000 which runs at least 41 data centers square foot data center off Blackwell worldwide, even more successful.

Road. The council is likely to meet He argued that Heroux would be on the matter in a morning work ses- seen at his company -- and by Amasion; a public hearzon -- as someone ing is scheduled who had voted to for the evening, advance Amazon’s “I’ve provided which could be interests. “Would followed by a vote. everything and Amazon look faA press release vorably upon Jay my company has accompanying the Heroux voting for provided what needs letter states that an Amazon data to be provided to “Definitive Logic, center? That’s the a government IT question. That’s the town attorney, contractor, where the nub of the conand he will be Heroux serves as flict right there. able to make a vice president, has I don’t think you extensive business need lawyers to determination.” and financial ties” figure this out,” he WARRENTON TOWN to Amazon Web said.

COUNCILMAN JAY HEROUX Services, which Gagnon also citwould own and ed the Warrenton run the data centown code of ethter. It cites the town charter as say- ics, which prohibits members from ing that no member of the council affecting government decisions in may vote on any matter if he or she which they have financial interest or is an officer of a company that “has a “have an organizational responsibilfinancial interest” in that matter. ity or personal relationship that may Heroux, who is listed on the give the appearance of a conflict of town’s website as a vice president interest.” It further states, “They at the company, said in an interview shall abstain from participating in that he had received an email from deliberations and decision-making two residents asking him to recuse where conflicts may exist.” himself and had forwarded that to Gagnon has other concerns about the mayor and the town attorney. the data center, including noise that “They believe I somehow profit from it could generate, health effects from the Amazon data center personally. that noise and a lack of clarity on So that’s what we need to look into,” how much tax revenue it could bring he said. “I’ve provided everything, in. He also complained that the apand my company has provided what plication approval process has been needs to be provided to the town at- less than transparent.

Ward 5 comprises the central torney, and he will make a determipart of the town, with Winchester nation.”

Gagnon noted that Arling- and John. E. Mann Streets forming ton-based Definitive Logic’s website its northern border and W. Shirley cites several instances where it has Avenue bordering on the south and helped clients move their data and west. The proposed Amazon site is business operations to the Amazon in Ward 1 to the northeast. The cenWeb Services cloud. It lists AWS as ter of Ward 5 is roughly a mile from a “partner” and touts AWS’s data- the proposed data center.

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Aug. 23. Second work session postponed because Amazon has provided no new information.

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BY LAURA STANTON FOR THE PIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION representative Steve Precker tells By Laura Stanton for the Piedmont Journalism Foundation Fauquier board of supervisors that new substation and transmission of first meeting on subject. By that count, time is up. lines may not be needed.

Nov. 15. First public hearing Sept. 9. Amazon submits new filbefore planning commission. Fifing with geological report, details on ty-eight citizens speak opposing data water use and cooling plant. Filing, center; one speaks in favor. Meeting which lists 20 conditions Amazon continued to Nov. 22 to hear more will meet to gain approval, includes speakers. study that says center will meet town Nov. 22. Before citizens speak, noise ordinance. Amazon later reLawrence proposes postponement tracts study, saying it was “prelimuntil Amazon submits more inforinary.” mation on noise, visuals and trees Sept. 15. Amazon contractor con- and signs land-use documents. Moducts “balloon test,” raising balloons tion is approved 5-0. to height of proposed building on its Nov. 28. Interim town managsite. Balloons can be seen from some er Chris Martino issues statement locations in town. saying planning commission acted Sept. 27. Amazon requests post- “outside its authority” by postponponement of Sept. 27 planning com- ing vote and violating 100-day guidmission work session pending clari- ance. fication of noise ordinance.

Dec. 5. Planning Commission Oct. 3. Amazon representatives chair Susan Rae Helander, who votmeet with town staffers on noise or- ed to postpone, has second thoughts dinance. and schedules “do-over” of Nov. 22 Oct. 17. Foote writes to Zoning meeting for Dec. 20, saying her comAdministrator Machen for rulings mission did not have “legal right” to on seven issues raised by noise or- postpone. dinance. Machen says she will reply Dec. 13. Town council holds conin 90 days. tentious meeting during which sevOct. 25. Planning commission eral members criticize town attorney holds long-postponed work session. and town manager over guidance reMeeting is testy with much criti- garding planning commission. Councism of Amazon regarding projected cil votes 4-3 to advertise public hearnoise and balloon test results. Ques- ing on Amazon in January, no matter tion raised: Would locals get the what planning commission does. Dojobs? Foote announces that Amazon minion’s Precker tells town council would pay to bury power distribu- that substation on Amazon property tion lines and says it would look into will not be necessary, and overhead jobs education program. power lines to site will not be needOct. 28. Amazon submits new fil- ed. New substation south of town can ing with more information; confirms feed site with underground distribuit has withdrawn noise study. tion lines, he says, but limited numNov. 4. Town attorney Martin ber of overhead transmission lines Crim issues opinion that planning could still be needed near substation. commission must vote on special-use application within 100 days See TIMELINE, page 5

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Statement of justification, which explains impact on town, is three pages.

May 6. Planning director Denise Harris officially accepts application.

June 6. Harris asks Foote’s office for more information on 18 points, including environmental impacts and required noise abatement study.

June 20. Town manager Schaeffer announces she will step down in mid-July. In late June, Amazon hires her.

July 12. More than two dozen citizens speak at council meeting to oppose transmission lines that could traverse their neighborhoods to power data center.

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June 25. Amazon, which has not applied for special-use permit, presses for small meetings with elected officials – which avoids running afoul of open-meetings laws. Schaeffer says in email that Amazon’s contract to buy Weissberg property is running out of time. Walton and Zoning Administrator Kelly Machen sign nondisclosure agreements on behalf of town. They are later interpreted to mean town officials cannot disclose what they learn at meetings.

July 14-15. At least seven council members and three planning commission members meet with Amazon, presumably under the nondisclosure agreements and learn project details. Commissioner Ali Zarabi accuses town staff of custom-designing amendment for Amazon.

July 20. Planning commission 5-1 recommends approval of amendment. Zarabi votes no because data centers are not in comprehensive plan; Lawrence votes yes with other commissioners.

Aug. 10. After public hearing where one person speaks against amendment text, council approves it, discusses data center noise, height requirements, electric substations and transmission lines. Members say they see safety in the fact they will still get to judge specific applications on their merits. Amazon is not mentioned.

Sept. 20. Amazon buys Weissberg property for $39.7 million – 10 times assessed value.

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Feb. 24. Prominent land attorney John Foote contacts then-Town Manager Brandie Schaeffer to say he has a data center client interested in Warrenton. Client turns out to be interested in old wire factory at 615 Falmouth St. April 13. Schaeffer asks council to have staff draw up zoning amendment to allow data centers in industrial areas with special-use permits, saying town gets data center inquiries every couple of months, and this just starts staff study. Initiation passes as part of consent agenda.

Council passes Comprehensive Plan. In its one mention of data centers, plan says they should not use town water or sewer.

April 21-22. Foote emails Schaeffer to say he has drafted possible zoning amendment. She tells him she “dropped an initiation on the consent” agenda, and his research is welcome. Foote invites Schaeffer to a “Zoomer” with client, who is not named in email.

May 14. Town officials meet with Amazon, which outlines its plans.

Unsigned meeting notes obtained later suggest the participants are Schaeffer and then-town attorney Whit Robinson. Notes indicate that Amazon has shifted interest to 42acre site on Blackwell Road owned

by Weissberg Corp. and that staff will provide draft zoning amendment to Foote before next planning commission meeting.

May 25. At council’s request, planning commission considers amendment text written by staff.

Vice-chair Jim Lawrence asks why council wants this when data centers are not in comprehensive plan and “there’s no applicant.” Community development director Walton says town has received “some interest” from data centers but does not mention Amazon. He says data centers like to remain anonymous.

June 15. Foote tells planning commission his client is Amazon, which has contract on the Weissberg property on Blackwell Road. He describes project, says he has worked with Walton on amendment language. Lawrence is still bothered that data centers are not part of comprehensive plan. Matter postponed 30 days.

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The Warrenton Town Council has advertised a work session and public hearing – and possible vote – for Jan. 10 on Amazon Web Services’ application to build a data center on Blackwell Road. Town attorney Martin Crim said Amazon requested that date, though Community Development Director Rob Walton says the town has a year to act. The planning commission has recommended that the center be rejected.

How we got here: 2017-2019. Council initiates research on possibility of placing data centers in industrial areas. Research put on hold pending completion of town’s comprehensive plan. COVID stalls renewed interest in 2019.

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Bealeton woman killed in traffic crash Staff Reports

A Bealeton woman was killed, and a teenager was seriously injured in a single-vehicle traffic crash on Lees Mill Road (Route 651) late on Dec. 28, according to Virginia State Police.

The driver, Anna Frye, 50, died at the scene of the crash. Seth Hewitt, 18, of Bealeton, was a passenger; he suffered “life-threatening injuries” and was airlifted to a Washington,

D.C., hospital, a press release said.

Both were wearing seatbelts.

The crash occurred at 11:30 p.m. near James Madison Highway (U.S. 15/17/29). Frye was westbound on Lees Mill Road in a 2009 Ford Focus when the vehicle “failed to maneuver a curve, ran off of the right side of the roadway, collided with a tree and caught fire,” according to the state police.

The crash remained under investigation Dec. 30, 2022.

Woman charged with embezzling from Boy Scout troop EMBEZZLEMENT, from page 1 Michelle Clark, 46, allegedly made unauthorized purchases from March to August 2021 using a bank account belonging to Boy Scout Troop 1171, which is based in Remington, according to the criminal complaint. Fauquier County sheriff’s deputies arrested Clark Dec. 27 after a “months-long investigation,” according to the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. She was released from custody on bond.

Clark allegedly spent the mon-

ey on small purchases at fast food restaurants and on personal utility bills, according to the sheriff’s office. Some of the missing money had been raised through BSA fundraisers; some was taken from accounts used to purchase needed equipment for the scouts.

Clark, an English teacher at Liberty High School, was suspended from her job without pay Dec. 28, according to the school division.

She will be arraigned on the charge Jan. 4 in Fauquier County District Court.

The Amazon data center application: A bumpy road TIMELINE, from page 4 Dec. 16. Town issues rulings on noise ordinance to clarify requirements. Letter is signed by Walton, now acting as zoning administrator because Machen resigned for another job. The letter says Amazon’s data center must be at least 10 decibels quieter than already-strict limits because it would be close to residences and operates at night.

Dec. 20. Planning commission holds public hearing. Amazon rep-

resentative Jessica Pfeiffer says data center could be tested for noise violations five times in year after it’s built, and any part that fails could be shut down. More than 40 citizens speak, all but one opposed.

Mainly because application is still incomplete, commission votes 3-1 with one abstention to recommend council not approve data center. As of this meeting, Amazon still had not submitted a valid noise study.

Sources: Minutes and recordings of town meetings; news reporting, and documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act by the Piedmont Environmental Council, Citizens for Fauquier County and the Piedmont Journalism Foundation.

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By Coy Ferrell

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

After county supervisors Holder Trumbo (Scott District) and Mary Leigh McDaniel (Marshall District) announced that they will not seek re-election this year, their endorsed successors kicked off their election campaigns for the two northern Fauquier seats.

Hume resident Michael Focazio, currently the vice chairman of the Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Authority, is running as an independent with McDaniel’s support for the Marshall District seat. No other candidates have announced their intention to run for the seat.

Ike Broaddus, a Broad Run resident and business owner in Vint Hill, is running as an independent with Trumbo’s support in the Scott District.

A.J. Krick, an accountant from New Baltimore, announced Dec. 20 that he is running for the seat as a Republican but has not yet held any campaign events.

Neither Focazio nor Broaddus described themselves as opposed to all new development. But at campaign events last month, both men made the board’s zoning authority a central tenant of their campaign and emphasized that they want to prevent as much as possible development outside the county’s service districts — and maintain tight zoning controls even within service district boundaries.

Broaddus told supporters at a Dec. 30 campaign event in Vint Hill that he wanted to “protect farms and viewsheds … from intrusive development.” He is running, he said, “to honor the hard work that so many people have done … to keep

Fauquier beautiful.”

At a Dec. 9 campaign event in Marshall, Focazio said that he wants to promote “balanced” commercial and residential development in the Marshall Service District, the only significant population center in the Marshall District, while continuing to restrict development in the “the rolling hills of the Piedmont” elsewhere in the district.

Focazio and Broaddus also have the support of some former county supervisors. Peter Schwartz, who represented the Marshall District from 2008 to 2015, expressed support for Focazio and Broaddus. Bill Downey, who held the Scott District seat from 2004 to 2007, attended Broaddus’ campaign kickoff.

The election will be Tuesday, Nov 7, of this year. Supervisors serve four-year terms.

Taylor Boyd Studios presents a more colorful reality BOYD, from page 1 While a student there, she sold her art. “In art class, when I hung a painting on the classroom wall, many times somebody would buy it from me.”

After college, Boyd worked odd jobs, continued to paint during her free time and was able to sell her artwork. Through mutual friends, she met Nathan Gooden, the award-winning illustrator and sequential artist.

She helped illustrate a graphic novel in one of his series that won INDIEFAB’s 2014 Book of the Year.

Finally, she landed a “big girl nine-to-five job” as a graphic artist in Warrenton and worked there for five years. When her second child was born three years ago, she decided to play the artist card from her childhood to stay at home and paint.

Life as a single mother with two children – a 13-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son – has presented challenges.

“I don’t sleep much,” she admitted. “I paint after the children go to bed – usually between 9:30 and 2 in the morning.” She said she plans to continue her nighttime routine and will add five or six hours in her new studio during the days.

When asked how she found that

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Taylor Boyd describes her acrylic paintings as “surrealistic.” studio, she said, “It picked me.”

“At the end of July, I was driving home from Rhode Island with the kids asleep in the back of the car, and I asked myself, ‘How do I grow my art business?’ Two days later, I got a call from the owner of Haute Cakes [Pastry Shop] telling me she was relocating,” Boyd said. “I wasn’t expecting an answer so soon. I just started saying ‘yes’ after that.”

She signed the lease in September, moved into the space in October and started to paint and decorate. “I wanted people to feel at home when they enter,” she said.

She retained the existing brick

paneling on one wall, painted one wall black and the others a soft gray.

Comfortable chairs and lamps scattered around the 400 square foot gallery completed the “at home effect” Boyd hoped would encourage anyone who came through the doors of Taylor Boyd Studios to picture her paintings and prints on the walls of their own homes.

During the grand opening, Boyd said approximately 200 people passed through the studio between noon and six p.m. At one point, a line formed out the door and around the corner as patrons waited to purchase either an original

painting or a print.

Boyd described her acrylic paintings as “surrealistic,” a quality she achieves primarily with color. Green skies provide a background for trees that feature fingerlike branches. Orange octopus arms reach out to grab a ship in a bottle.

“My paintings are always based on reality, but they have a dreamlike quality,” she said. “Things are never exactly as they appear.”

That inspiration and her passion to let it flow earned her the 2022 Fauquier Times Readers Choice Award in the category of “Best Local Painter” and “Best Artist” 2022 award in Warrenton Lifestyle’s Best of Fauquier competition.

Boyd appreciated the support her community showed when it voted for her, and she found a “fun way to give back” with what she called a “paint drop.” She placed several pieces of her artwork in downtown Warrenton, photographed the paintings at the locations and posted the images on Facebook and Instagram as clues. When the hunters found the paintings, they took the gifts home.

She placed the final drop at the future home of Taylor Boyd Studios to announce its location.

The inspiration for the artwork that hangs on the walls there now is a mystery – even to the artist herself.

“Ideas just flow,” Boyd said. “I don’t know where they come from.

I just follow the inspiration until it’s finished. What’s fun is letting the painting tell me what it wants to be.”

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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FAUQUIER EVENTS JAN. 4 TO 13 Wednesday, Jan. 4 Land acquisition workshop What: Land acquisition and leasing workshop When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4 Where: Fauquier County Extension Office, 24 Pelham St., Suite 10, Warrenton Cost: Free, no registration required Info: Learn about resources and tools to acquire farmland ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4 and Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free Info: 540-718-8243 Trivia What: 2023 Trivia When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4 and Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: Barking Rose Brewing Company, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton Trivia What: Trivia Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4 and Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Hosted by Fauquier Trivia Thursday, Jan. 5 Senior Supper What: Senior Supper at the Bistro on the Hill When: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 and Thursday, Jan. 12 Where: Bistro on the Hill, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Cost: $7.50 Info: For seniors 55-plus Coffee and conversation What: Fellowship, encouragement, hope through conversation with others When: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 5 and Thursday, Jan. 12 Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Cost: Free; light refreshments Info: 540-349-5814 Food pantry What: Fauquier FISH Food Pantry When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5; 9:30 to noon Saturday, Jan. 7 and Tuesday, Jan. 10 Where: Fauquier FISH, 24 Pelham St., Warrenton Info: Ready-to-cook meals and additional food for Fauquier residents; bring ID and proof of residency Art What: Art Cart When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 and Thursday, Jan. 12 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free Info: Preschool- and elementary school-aged children use the library’s art supplies ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 and Thursday, Jan. 12

Candlelight vigil will recognize National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness To commemorate Jan. 11 as the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness, the Fauquier County Anti Sex Trafficking Alliance will host a candlelight vigil at Warrenton Town Hall, 21 Main St. The public is invited to gather at 5:15 p.m., with official remarks scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.

Candles will be provided.

As a founding member of FASTA, the Rotary Club of Warrenton is sponsoring the second annual vigil.

“In 2017, WTOP reported that there has been at least one reported case of sex trafficking in every high school in Northern Virginia,” said Amelia Stansell, president of the Rotary Club of Warrenton and chairman of FASTA. “As an alliance, we work to bring awareness to our community about human trafficking and more specifically, sex trafficking, through community conversations and this community candlelight vigil.”

“The best defense in preventing the fastest-growing criminal enterprise in the world, which targets children, is through education.” said Sheriff

Jeremy Falls. “Knowledge is power, which is why it is critical to educate parents, children and the community by increasing awareness, recognizing the patterns and instructing them on what to do when it is recognized.”

Falls will be one of the speakers at the vigil.

FASTA also will host “Community Conversations on Sextortion” on Jan. 19 at Marshall Middle School in The Plains; on Feb. 15 at Warrenton Middle School in Warrenton; and Feb. 22 at Liberty High School in Bealeton.

All sessions start at 6 p.m.

Speakers will be from the FBI, the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office and A21, a global non-profit organization that works to combat human trafficking. Content at “Community Conversations” is appropriate for middle school and high school students and mature elementary students.

More information on FASTA may be found on Facebook under FauquierAntiSexTraffickingAlliance.

Stansell may be reached at Amelia. stansell@uvacreditunion.org.

Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton Cost: Free Info: 540-718-8243 Karaoke What: Karaoke When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Craft and Crust Pizza Tavern, 204 E. Main St., Remington Reservation: 540-439-5157 Live music What: Open Mic Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Live music What: Featuring Bailey Hayes When: 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Death Ridge Brewery, 5393 Higher Ground Trail, Jeffersonton Friday, Jan. 6 Story time What: Story Time for the Littles, ages 3 to 6 When: 11 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6 and Friday, Jan. 13 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: 540-878-5358 Book Cellar What: Book Cellar with books, movies, and music for all ages, sponsored by the Friends of Fauquier Library When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, Saturday, Jan. 7 and Friday, Jan. 13 Where: John Barton Payne Building Basement, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Volunteer: 540-341-3447 Pet clinic What: Pet Wellness Clinic When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 and Friday, Jan. 13 Where: Fauquier SPCA, 9350 Rogues Road, Midland Cost: Fee for various services

Appointment: 540-788-9000, ext. 208 Live music What: Featuring Tamara Mae When: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 Where: Old Trade Brewery, 13270 Alanthus Road, Brandy Station Saturday, Jan. 7 For those in need What: Toiletry Distribution When: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 7 Where: Faith Christian Church and International Outreach Center, 6472 Duhollow Road, Warrenton Info: Hygiene and toiletry items for lowincome families in need Chess What: Drop-In Chess Club When: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 Where: Teen room of the Middleburg Library, 101 Reed St., Middleburg Meet the author What: Meet the Author, Namina Forna When: 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 Where: Virtual Info: For adults, online conversation with the author of “The Gilded Ones” series and her second installment of the series “The Merciless Ones” Registration required: https://bit.ly/ fplauthor Live music What: Saturday Night Live with Jeremy Fox When: 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 Where: Orlean Market, 6855 Leeds Manor Road, Marshall Live music What: Featuring JB Brown When: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 Where: Old Trade Brewery, 13270 Alanthus Road, Brandy Station Live music What: Featuring Daniel Carter When: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 Where: Denim and Pearls, 29 Main St., Warrenton

Sunday, Jan. 8 Conservation forum What: Local Innovations to Conserve Native Biodiversity through Sustainable Land Use When: 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 Where: Hazel Hall at Laurel Ridge Community College, 6480 College St., Warrenton Attendance: Limited to 150 RSVP: WgcforumJan8@gmail.com Info: Presented by the Warrenton Garden Club Crafts What: Teen Be a Maker Cart When: All day Sunday, Jan. 8 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton, Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free; drop-in; no registration required Info: Teens can make project using the library’s craft and maker supplies Live music What: Featuring Liz Davis and Longhorn When: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 Where: Death Ridge Brewery, 5393 Higher Ground Trail, Jeffersonton Football What: Football Sundays When: Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delapane Monday, Jan. 9 Mental illness seminar What: Connections — Mental Health support group for individuals living with a mental health challenge When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9 Where: Virtual Info: Hosted by National Alliance on Mental Illness Piedmont Registration required: 540-347-9104 Crafts What: Adult Be a Maker Cart When: All day Monday, Jan. 9 to Sunday, Jan. 15 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free Info: Adults can use the library’s craft and maker supplies Crafts What: Adult DIY Kits — Paper Snowflake When: All day, Monday, Jan. 9 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton, Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton, and John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Cost: Free Info: Pick up kit while supplies last Art What: Art Cart When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Cost: Free Info: Preschool- and elementary school-aged children use the library’s art supplies Crafts What: Snowy Crafts-on-the-Go When: All Day, Monday, Jan. 9 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11

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A chance to learn what it might be like to be homeless at Christmas The “bomb cyclone” weather scare had avoided northern Fauquier, which suffered only dropping temperatures and high winds that had died down by 6 p.m. My Christmas weekend started with an early Friday evening dinner with a friend.

I arrived back at my home in Marshall around 8 p.m. to be greeted by a house guest in the yard.

She announced the power had just gone off, which meant also the heat. It was 14 degrees outside and dropping.

My reaction was, “It’s usually only off for hours; let’s get out all the quilts and blankets and go to bed early. The lights coming back on will wake us.”

I reported the outage to Dominion Power, whose robo answerer invited me to download the app or go online for status reports (without power).

Early Christmas Eve morning, with the inhouse temp at 40 degrees, my guest wisely decided to head south to family. Half my friends were away; the others had cats and could therefore not accommodate me and my ailing 12-year-old dog.

One true friend invited me to stay and bring my dog. My former barn cat could tough it out in my linen closet. I quickly gathered a few church clothes, dog food and medicine. The Dominion phone agent said the power would be back by 11 p.m.

I went off to an evening church service, then back to my friend’s house to check on the dog.

I called Dominion to find that the “restoration time” had been changed to 2 a.m. The agent didn’t sound sure.

Suddenly, it dawned on me that I was without a home for Christmas, dependent on the dog-inclusive kindness of others, with all my “things” in a bag. Granted, I had credit cards, cash and money in the bank. But that doesn’t do one much good when everything is closed (including early hours at McDonald’s).

Mine was a “first world” version of what many in, yes, even Fauquier County, go through every day — without credit cards or much cash. The uncertainty was the worst part for me. Imagine if I didn’t know where I’d be staying next week.

What would it be like to be living in the car in this weather? What would a warming shelter be like at Christmas? What if you had a pet? What if you didn’t have friends who could afford to be so generous?

The power came back on at 2:30 p.m. Christmas Day. Ironically, I was volunteering at a longplanned free Christmas dinner at the church.

A policeman dropped by and was able to answer the question Dominion agents wouldn’t: What happened?

He explained that a huge tree had fallen near a transformer. They cut power to the transformer for safety until the tree could be removed. Then, they restored power based on priorities set by how many people would be affected.

I live on a rural dirt road. We were last. Why couldn’t I know that?

I’m looking forward to a new year. I already have one resolution: Find out what we can do to help the homeless.

PAT REILLY Marshall

Fauquier Hospital now offers nitrous oxide for laboring mothers NITROUS, from page 2

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Pictured on the bridge, in progress: Jonathan Hare, Tyler Thompson, Matt Thompson, Kyle Vitayanuvatti, Mike Vitayanuvatti and Chuck Hare.

Others who helped on the project were: Paul Marshall, Cade Marshall, John Reynolds and Johnathan Reynolds.

Eagle Scout project makes Goldvein forest trail handicap accessible Staff Report Eagle Scout applicant Kyle Vitayanuvatti and his crew of fellow Scouts and their dads built a bridge over a stream at Camellia Tree Farm in Goldvein last month. Camellia Blackwell-Taffel is the owner of the farm, a 72-acre art, nature, wildlife and technology center.

The new bridge was constructed across a stream in the Loblolly Pine Forest, one of two adjacent forests on the tree farm. The bridge will make the forest trail handicap accessible for trail and ground maintenance. It will also help everyone access educational programs the tree farm holds for recovering U.S. armed services veterans, Fauquier County Public School students and adults as well as senior groups that participate in the forestry and environmental programs at the

tree farm. The visits are arranged through partnerships with the Virginia Department of Forestry, Virginia Forest Foundation, Virginia Tech, American Forest Foundation and Future Farmers of America.

Scoutmaster Chuck Hare mentored Kyle through the project. He managed a crew of four other Boy Scouts and their dads to build the 32-foot-long by 8-foot-wide vehicle/walking bridge.

The crew members who assisted in designing and building the bridge were: Kyle’s dad Michael Vitayanuvatti, Scoutmaster Hare, Eagle Scout (1962) Sherman D. Taffel, Jonathan Hare, John Reynolds, Jonathan Reynolds, Peter Rummel, Tyler Thompson and Matt Thompson.

Materials and supplies for the project were provided by Lowes at a discounted price.

Some women experience dizziness or headaches when using nitrous oxide, but as soon as they stop using it, those symptoms disappear. Freidline said one mom she worked with suffered headaches, but after putting down the nitrous oxide mask, the headache was gone within five minutes.

They can try out the option and decide whether it works for them, with no long-lasting side effects, said Freidline. “It’s a good way for women to feel in control. They can take the mask off and go right back to baseline.”

She said, “There is so much in childbirth that is out of the woman’s control. Especially for folks who have experienced trauma in their lives, it is important to feel some measure of control.

“And nitrous oxide has zero effect on the baby.”

She pointed out that nitrous oxide has been used in Europe for decades. “Patients have been asking us about it, and we are happy to be able to offer it now.”

She said that the birthing center was ready months ago to start offering nitrous oxide, but there was a fear that COVID could be spread through the air if a woman was using a mask and then taking it off again and again. But Freidline said that it has been determined that nitrous oxide doesn’t travel through the air. It only is released into the mask if the mother is actively breathing it in. As soon as she stops breathing it in or takes off

the mask, the flow of gas stops.

For obstetric patients, the concentration of nitrous oxide is a steady 50% nitrous oxide, 50% oxygen. In some dental practices, the concentration could be higher, but the parameters are strict for laboring mothers, Freidline said.

Nitrous oxide cannot be used if the laboring mother has already had an epidural or IV pain medication. And if the mother has a B12 deficiency, nitrous oxide is not recommended, said Freidline.

A frequently asked questions page about nitrous oxide on the Mayo Clinic’s website says that nitrous oxide may make patients “feel groggy or nauseous, but those potential side effects usually go away within a few minutes.” The article points out that nitrous oxide is the least expensive pain relief option available and has little effect on the baby. It can be used continuously, and it allows you to walk during labor.

“If you choose a different pain management option, nitrous oxide can be stopped at any time.”

The Mayo Clinic suggests that nitrous oxide “is a good option if you tend to feel anxious. If you have been diagnosed with anxiety, are nervous around needles, scared of being in hospitals or have a hard time relaxing and releasing tension, it may be for you. It also is an option to consider if you wanted to avoid an epidural and narcotic pain medication, or it’s too early or late for an epidural.”

Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com

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2022 WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST YEARS The Fauquier Times names the top 25 sports stories of 2022 – plus one

No. 1

2022 presented connoisseurs of Fauquier County sports an unprecedented number of success stories, including many on a national level. In a departure from past years, and to acknowledge so many worthy accomplishments, the Fauquier Times sports department has expanded its rundown to a Top 25 Sports Stories of 2022, plus one.

We hope the list brings back fond memories.

-FRED HODGE AND PETER BREWINGTON, Fauquier Times Writers

No. 2 No. 3

No. 4

At 23, Fauquier High graduate MADDIE MARTIN became the youngest NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse head coach, taking over at Gardner-Webb (N.C.) University, where she starred as a player. Fellow alum KATIE CROFFORD also joined the collegiate coaching ranks as an assistant volleyball coach at Christopher Newport.

SAM FISHER, a 2020

Fauquier High graduate and Virginia Tech wrestler, dominated the 182-pound class to win the Pan-American Games U20 freestyle wrestling tournament in Oaxtepec, Mexico. It was Fisher’s second major championship in 70 days. He earlier won the U.S. Marine Corps U20 Open event May 1 with a 6-0 record to earn his first age-group national team berth.

Fauquier County native BLAKE CORUM recorded a monster sophomore season for the University of Michigan football team. He rushed for 1,463 yards and had 18 rushing touchdowns despite missing most of two games to injury. He gained firstteam All-America and all-Big 10 honors status, was team MVP award and was nominated for the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back.

No. 5

PRO CYCLIST JOE DOMBROWSKI, 31, competed in the iconic Tour de France for the first time. The 2009 Fauquier High grad was one of seven Americans in the race.

KETTLE RUN FOOTBALL became the most successful football program in county history by beco advance to a championship game. They finished 14-1 after a 65-20 loss to Dinwiddie County and se

No. 6

No. 8 Bridgewater College sprinter ADALIA COLEMAN won the NCAA Division III indoor 60-meters in 7.61 seconds.

The former Kettle Run star was fourth in the 100 meters at the D-III outdoor championships.

Fauquier High sophomore CASSIDY SCOTT was a two-time gold medalist in the 800 and 1,600 meters at the Class 4 state outdoor track championships and ran a leg on two all-state relay foursomes. She added the state cross country silver medal in the fall.

No. 7

Former Liberty High runner SAM RODMAN of Princeton University was first-team all-American as a freshman after taking seventh place in the 800 meters at the NCAA Division I championships. The Ivy League champion then placed second in the U.S. U20 championships to qualify for the world U20 meet in Columbia.

No. 10 The HIGHLAND SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM won its first state championship to complete a dominant 29-2 year. The Hawks took down Greenbriar Christian 10-7 in the VISAA D-2 title game.

No. 9 NATALIE CARMICHAEL, a fifth-year senior, was the starting shortstop for Christopher Newport University’s NCAA Division III softball champions. The Kettle Run grad posted career-highs with .387 batting average, 41 hits, 31 runs and five doubles, earning first-team all-region honors.

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The HIGHLAND SCHOOL GIR their fourth state title in a row, e 3-2 on penalty kicks after both te minutes. The Hawks (15-2-1) als 2018. 2020 wasn’t played due t

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S IN FAUQUIER COUNTY SPORTS HISTORY! Kettle Run senior COLLEEN SCHANER cleared a schoolrecord 12 feet, four inches to win the Class 4 state outdoor pole vault title after claiming the district and regional competitions. The Arizona State signee was fourth in the indoor state meet, also taking the indoor district and regional gold medals.

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No. 19 The FAUQUIER FIELD HOCKEY TEAM earned its first state tournament berth since 2016. The Falcons won the Northwestern District with a 10-0 record and finished 14-5, tying for the second-most wins in a season.

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The Colorado Rockies elevated former Kettle Run baseball star BRENTON DOYLE to its 40-man Major League roster in November. After a slow start at Class AA Hartford, the Rockies promoted him to AAA Albuquerque late last summer where he hit .389 in nine games.

The FAUQUIER HIGH BOYS LACROSSE TEAM made the Class 4 state tournament for the second year in a row, went 18-1 and lost to Dominion 16-15 in sudden death overtime in the state quarterfinals.

No. 15

VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE RECLASSIFICATION

oming the only county team to et records galore.

will see Fauquier and Kettle Run move to smaller Class 3 beginning July 1, 2023. Liberty will remain in Class 4.

No. 16

After 16 years as Liberty High wrestling coach, WES HAWKINS departed. He guided Liberty’s first state wrestling crown in 2021. Liberty also had multiple top-five team finishes and built a robust youth feeder system under Hawkins’ watch.

GIRLS INDOOR TRACK TEAM

No. 12 Fauquier High junior wrestler KINGSLEY MENIFEE won the 182-pound Class 4 state championship to complete a near perfect year. He will continue his career at NCAA power Cornell University.

RLS SOCCER TEAM won

edging Christchurch School eams went scoreless for 100 so prevailed in 2021, 2019 and to the pandemic.

No. 21 WARRENTON ICE DANCERS MOLLIE CESANEK AND YEHOR YEHOROV competed in five

events, taking fifth at the CS Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria.

The FAUQUIER HIGH SOFTBALL TEAM finished 14-5 after winning the Northwestern District’s regularseason crown and advancing to the region 4C semifinals before falling one win shy of a state Class 4 berth.

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captured both the Northwestern District and Region 4C gold medals, recording a 60-point margin at the district level and 32 at the regional competition. The Falcon boys earned second in each meet.

No. 22

The LIBERTY HIGH

COMPETITION CHEER TEAM finished third at the Class 4 state tournament.

No. 17 (Tie) No. 24 The KETTLE RUN HIGH

BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM upset top-seeded Millbrook 5048 in the Northwestern District semifinals and made the Cass 4 Region C semifinals.

No. 17 (Tie) The KETTLE RUN BOYS SWIMMING TEAM won the Northwestern District and Region 4C crowns, while the Cougar girls took second in both meets. The Cougar boys won districts by 25 points and 60 at regionals.

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No. 25 Fauquier County hiker BRIAN DAVIDSON, 30, of Orlean, completed the 2,194-mile Appalachian Trail and DOUG HARPOLE, 61, of Amissville, hiked 1,090 miles of the 2,653-mile Pacific Crest Trail.

Fauquier High grad BLAZE O’SABEN batted .378 for the Georgia Gwinnett College baseball team that went 46-16 and made the NAIA World Series. The senior center fielder was firstteam all-Continental Conference and made the World Series all-tournament team.

14 CALENDAR EVENTS, from page 9 Winchester St., Warrenton, Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton and John Marshall Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Info: Bags are available for preK/ elementary school age and tween age groups; one bag per child Story time What: Tiny Tots Story Time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 9 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Registration required: https:// fauquierlibrary.org/services/kids/ childrens-programs Info: Indoors; songs, rhymes and simple stories for infant to 2-year-old children with a parent or caregiver Tuesday, Jan. 10 Community What: Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services board meeting When: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 Where: Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services, 15361 Bradford Road, Culpeper Info: Individuals with disabilities who require special assistance to attend contact Deanne Cockerill at 540-8253100, ext. 3213 Mental illness What: Mental health support group for family members of individuals living with a mental illness When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 Where: Virtual Info: Hosted by National Alliance on Mental Illness Piedmont Registration required: 540-347-9104

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Art What: Art Cart When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester Drive, Warrenton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool- and elementary schoolaged children use library’s art supplies Homework What: Homework help When: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow St., Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Homework help for elementary and middle school children by Liberty High School National Honor Society members; students should bring in specific schoolwork for help Bingo What: Bingo Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Cost: Purchase a pint of beer to get a bingo card Info: Open to all ages; prizes and more Wednesday, Jan. 11 Birds What: Bird walk When: 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: Free Info: For adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by adult RSVP: info@cliftoninstitute.org or 540341-3651, Info: Bring a mask Health class ®

What: Total joint replacement class When: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: Fauquier Health, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Info: Learn about joint replacement surgery and rehabilitation Register: 540-316-5000 Story time What: Raising Readers Story Time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free Registration required: https:// fauquierlibrary.org/services/kids/ childrens-programs Info: Longer stories, finger plays, and songs for 2-to-4-year-old children with a parent or caregiver Story time What: In-person story time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: For children up to age 5 and their families; parents and caregivers must remain in the children’s areas Book Club What: Marshall Afternoon Book Club When: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Cost: Free Info: The group will discuss “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich Join meetings: Email deborah.cosby@ fauquiercounty.gov or 540-422-8527

Older adults What: OWLS (Older Wiser Learners) When: 2:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration Info: For active, older adults; refreshments provided Thursday, Jan. 12 Polliwogs What: Piedmont Polliwogs When: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: $75, $90 Tickets: 540-341-3651 Info: For children ages 2 to 5, accompanied by a caregiver; bring a snack and a drink Workshop What: Happy This Instant: Workshop and Book Discussion with Monica Fernandi When: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Reservations: 540-878-5358 Book purchases: https:// openbookwarrenton.com/item/yT4hZfmFaUFDmz6uo73cA Info: Learn how tools used in the new book “Open Your Presence” can lift spirits instantly Story time What: Stories for young children and caregivers with finger plays and sing-alongs When: 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 Where: Virtual Cost: Free Required registration: https:// fauquierlibrary.org/services/kids/

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Welcome to the country This charming two-plus bedroom home on more than two acres is the perfect get-away. A huge kitchen has plenty of room for a large table to dine or gather around.

There is a nice front porch at the main entrance that opens onto a large living room and a home office area. There is a mud room and a utility room off the back deck to shake off boots and hang up coats.

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7373 Comfort Inn Drive Warrenton VA 20187 RE/MAX Regency Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia

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Ranch style home situated on corner lot with fenced rear yard. Living room with vaulted ceiling and skylight. Kitchen with dining area opens to deck for easy cookout. Primary bedroom has full bath and walk-in closet. Two other bedrooms and a hall bathroom. Close to schools, shopping and restaurants. Nearby Routes 17, 28, 29 and 15 to Warrenton, Manassas, Culpeper and Fredericksburg.

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FUNERAL FLOWER OPTIONS Flower options can seem overwhelming when you’re planning a funeral, especially if you’re not familiar with funeral flower arrangements. Sprays and wreaths are the main styles used at funerals, and these arrangements are generally purchased by the family of the deceased. Sprays are large, flat bouquets that can be carried, displayed on a stand, or laid on a casket. Casket wreaths are large circular arrangements. Smaller sprays, wreaths, and designs like hearts and crosses may also be used to add beauty to the room, and these items are sometimes sent to the funeral home by friends and family members.

Flower baskets and bouquets are not generally purchased for funerals but are appropriate to send to the deceased’s or family’s home.

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OBITUARIES Peggy Ann Stringfellow Griffith

Lester Oliver “Pete” Nyce

Peggy Ann Stringfellow Griffith, 74, of Amissville passed away on December 31,2022 at her residence.

She was born September 16, 1948 in Culpeper to the late Ned and Helen Stringfellow.

She is survived by her children Aaron Griffith (Austin), and Austin Griffith (Meghan McGhee); sisters Virginia Wharton and Dorothy Rubalcaba (Arthur) and grandchildren Andrew Griffith, Molly Griffith and Lucy Griffith.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 5,2023 from 5 to 7 pm at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA, 20186, where a funeral will take place on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11am.

Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memory Gardens, 4160 Rixeyville Road, Jeffersonton, VA, 22724.

In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Association.

Online condolences may be given at www.moserfuneralhome.com

Lester O. Nyce, 80, of Gore, Virginia, passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022, at his home.

Surviving is his wife, Karen Nyce and their four children and seven grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, January 7, 2023, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel at 1600 Amherst Street Winchester, VA 22601.

A funeral service will be conducted following the visitation at 11:00 am at Amherst Chapel with a light luncheon at Omps Reception Center, Amherst Chapel.

Interment will be in Arnon Cemetery, Great Falls, Virginia.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Pete’s memory to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, VA 22601.

Please view obituary and tribute wall at www.ompsfuneralhome.com

Judy Lynn Miller

Alice Louise Oliver Alice Louise Oliver, age 84, a resident of Rixeyville, VA passed away on December 26, 2022 at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton.

Born in Chicago, Illinois she later moved to Annandale, VA where she met and married her husband. In 1965 they moved to Warrenton where they remained for 30 years before moving to Rixeyville. She was a loving and faithful mother, wife, grandma and dear friend to many.

Predeceased by her daughter, Dawn Marie Oliver; her husband, James Moore Oliver and her sister, Kathleen Clendenin Boyce.

She is survived by her four children, Deborah Ann Oliver, James Byrd Oliver, Denise Oliver Edwards and Jeffery A. Oliver all of Rixeyville, VA; seven grandchildren, Sheffield A. Edwards, Justin A. Edwards, Kimberly Adams, Gaetano Alexander Guiffre, Bethany Charlene Oliver, Nathaniel James Oliver and Danielle Guiffre Fitzwater; eleven great-grandchildren; and her beloved pet, Thor.

A visitation will be held on Friday, January 6, 2023 from 2-3pm at Moser Funeral Home followed by a Memorial Service at 3pm.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Little Fork Fire and Rescue 6011 Rixeyville Rd, Rixeyville, VA 22737 https://littleforkvfrc.org Arrangements by Moser Funeral Home 233 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186.

Online condolences can be made to: moserfuneralhome.com

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Judy Lynn Miller, age 80, passed peacefully in the care of her stepdaughter, Debbie Taylor, on Thursday, December 29th, 2022 at her home, the Hill Top Farm in Bealeton, where she’d lived for the last 30 years. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on October 22nd, 1942, daughter of the late, Kenneth Wells & Helen Hedrick.

Judy is survived by her son, John C. Moore & his wife, Kim; daughter, Terri L. Moore; and two grandsons, Steven J. Moore & Daniel C. Moore, all of South Carolina; sister in law, Sadie Dodson; three stepchildren, Deborah Taylor & her husband, James, Richard C. Miller, Jr. & Steven J. Miller & his wife, Lynn; three step grandchildren, Russell Taylor & his wife, Natasha, and Autumn & Remington Miller; and 9 step great grandchildren also a sister, Barbara Grantham. A very special thanks to her caregivers, Debbie McLucas & Natasha Taylor; and from Capital Caring hospice, Danica Lacey, Bonnie Wince & Noelle Grimsley.

In addition to her parents, Judy was preceded in death by her husband, Richard C. Miller, Sr., half-brother, Charles Weaver and sister, Marlene Wilson; and two step grandchildren, Tobby & Stacy Taylor.

Service & interment will be private.

Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Fauquier County SPCA.

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These property transfers, filed Dec. 21-27, 2022 were provided by Clerk of the Court of Fauquier County. (Please note that to conserve space, only the first person named as the grantor or grantee is listed. The kind of instrument is a deed unless stated otherwise.)

Top dollar sale: $868,615 in Cedar Run District Cedar Run District

James Parks to JC Land Group LLC, 10.0831 acres off Foulks Road, Catlett. $155,000 Jennifer E. Lourenco to Regina Marie Flannery, 1 acre at 10999 Bristersburg Road, Catlett. $379,900 NVR Inc. to Richard Lee Baldridge Jr., 0.7178 acre at 7717 Warrenton Chase Drive, Warrenton. $845,735 NVR Inc. to Paul Trygar, 0.7157 acre at 6601 Bob White Drive, Warrenton. $868,615 NVR Inc. to James L. Stendeback Jr., o.8393 acre at 7731 Warrenton Chase Drive, Warrenton. $850,505

Lee District

Patrick D. Workman to Guesline Fils Aime Dort, 12222 Remland Court, Remington. $435,000 Barbara N. Gonzales Estate by Executor to Benjamin Lewis Pittman, 4.7260 acres at 2455 Arbor Oak Lane, Bealeton/Lois. $560,000

Tyler Lee Todd to Guillermo Gabriel Castelan Mendoza, 0.5149 acre at 6634 Belfrys Court, Bealeton. $354,995 Phyllis J. Payne to Larry C. & Lorene W. Payne, 28.7790 acres about 2 miles SE of Fauquier Springs on Routts Hill Road, Warrenton/Opal. $340,000 Perry Gardner to Jonathan Kroona, 10823 Lord Chancellor Lane, Bealeton. $560,000

Center District

Hospice of Fauquier County Inc. to Robert F. DiNunzio, Unit 9 at 42 North Fifth Street, Warrenton. $145,000 Luke Baumstark to Fauquier Hunt Properties LLC, 425 Ridge Court, Warrenton. $310,000

Scott District

Jolly Investments LLC to Diana McNamara, 1.0250 acres at 7389 Bunker Hill Road, The Plains. $490,000 Rachel Gibson Good to Barbara C. Kluge Tr., Unit 212 at 6696 Club House Lane nr. Warrenton. $365,000

Marshall District

Trigon Homes LLC to John A. Heston, 3 acres at 5355 Merry Oaks Road nr. The Plains. $830,412.61 Sally Heyns by Sub. Tr. to FFC Properties, Trustee Deed of Foreclosure. 4.11 acres at 10268 John Marshall Hwy., Delaplane. $385,613.33

Luke A. Kilyk to Gayatri Rentals LLC, Units 102 and 103 at 400 Holiday Court, Warrenton. $650,000

Patricia Dixon Thomas to Terry Lee Stein Jr., 3.6239 acres at 10616 John Mosby Hwy., Paris. $625,000

Stephanie G. Parr as Executor to Elizabeth Zeledon, 0.3210 acre at 675 Bear Wallow Road, Warrenton. $320,000

Betty L. Caton to Michael A. Sutphin, 4265 Warren Street, Marshall. $379,999 Kimberly M. Baillie Tr. to Aidan Gould, 1.8160 acres at 5331 Merry Oaks Road, The Plains. $70,000

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OBITUARIES Elizabeth G. Eppley

Rev. Frederick Gilmore Poles

1936 - 2022

Rev. Frederick Gilmore Poles, 91, of Hume, VA, passed December 29, 2022.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2023, 11:00 am, at Beulah Baptist Church-Markham, 3124 Beulah Road, Markham, VA, 22643.

Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Elizabeth Gross Eppley, 86, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed into heaven on December 12, 2022, in her apartment at The Villas at Suffield Meadows. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1936 to the late Henry and Pauline Gross.

Elizabeth graduated from Church Home Nursing School in Baltimore and served as a nurse for many years.

Elizabeth married Paul Eppley in September 1960. They had a wonderful marriage for 46 years, until Paul’s death in 2006. Paul served in the US Navy for 27 years and in that time, the family experienced life in the Dominican Republic and Chile until moving to Virginia.

They had one son, Eric.

Elizabeth is survived by her older sister, Doris Weiss, son Eric Eppley (Katherine), and grandsons Brett Eppley (Brooks) and Carter Eppley (Emily).

Elizabeth will be buried with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery. Due to the lengthy wait for burial, the family requests that donations be made to Doctors Without Borders, as Elizabeth strongly supported this organization or to the New Baltimore Fire Department, who were extremely helpful and kind every time they were called upon for the 11 years she lived in Warrenton.

Friends and family may visit on January 14, 2023 at 1pm at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton, VA. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2pm, followed by a reception at The Moser House at 3-5pm.

Edward T. Scott, Retired Navy Commander Edward Tyler Scott, 92, a retired nuclear submarine commander with the U.S. Navy, passed away Dec. 7 at his longtime home in Broad Run, Virginia.

Born in Los Angeles, California to accountant Reuben Ellis Scott Jr. and his wife, Mignon Tyler Scott, “Ted” grew up during the Great Depression. He attended the University of California, Berkeley for two years prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

Scott graduated 11th in his class from the Academy in 1953 with a degree in electrical engineering and received the Admiral Sims Memorial Award for leadership. In 1961, he met Diane Elaine McMinn, RN, while stationed in Hawaii; they were married the same year.

During his naval career, Scott served as Executive Officer of the Gold Crew of USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine. He also became one of Admiral Hyman Rickover’s elite team of nuclear submarine commanders, captaining the experimental vessel USS Seawolf (SSN-575) for three years during the Cold War (1966-1968).

Scott retired from the U.S. Navy in 1973 at the rank of Commander, having merited the Navy Expeditionary Medal (Classified), the United Nations Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean Service Medal. He then turned his considerable talents to helping design components of the sonar systems for the Trident submarines at IBM Manassas (Virginia).

When Scott retired from IBM in 1988, he embraced the country life at his family’s home in the Bull Run mountains of Virginia, where he also enjoyed tinkering with HO-scale model trains.

Scott is remembered as a brilliant, kind and loyal man with a big smile who was devoted to both his country and his family.

He was the cherished husband of Diane McMinn Scott of Broad Run; proud father of Laurel Kathryn Scott of Richmond, Virginia and Heather Robin Scott Eddy of Bristow, Virginia; and loving grandfather of Sofia Eddy, also of Bristow. Other survivors include Mary Shaver and Frank Scott (the children of Edward Scott’s brother Vincent, who predeceased him); his sister-in law, Treon Suzanne Phillis; and Phillis’ children, Shanna Smith and Scott Watkins. He is greatly missed by those he left behind.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Scott’s memory to Hospice of the Piedmont or the American Parkinson Disease Association.

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John Warren Hamill John Warren Hamill, age 87, of Warrenton, VA passed peacefully on Thursday, December 22nd, 2022, at Haymarket Hospital. He was born in New York City, New York on May 15th, 1935, son of the late, John & Ritchie Hamill.

John graduated from Penn State University with a degree in education and was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He later earned a master’s degree in science and education from Virginia Tech University. John lived most of his time in Manassas while teaching and coaching in Arlington County public schools. Being very service oriented John served as a former president of the Manassas Rotary Club, as well as a former chairman of Manassas Parks and Recreation. He was also a member of the Selective Service System. John had many other endeavors as well including coaching Manassas boys’ and girls’ soccer.

John is survived by his wife of 60 years, Kirsten Hamill; four children, Karen Pearce & her husband, Dave of Alexandria, Virginia; Michelle Bradley & her husband, Bill of Norwalk, CT, John A. Hamill & his wife, Linda of Sydney, Australia and Derek W. Hamill & his wife, Kathy of Nokesville, VA; and eight grandchildren, David, Madison, Ashton, Michaela, Jack, Elizabeth, Drake, and Devon.

Service and interment private. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Youth for Tomorrow

Jerry Gordon Curtis Jerry Gordon Curtis, 86, passed on December 21st, 2022 at his home in Rixeyville VA after a long battle with cancer and Alzheimer’s.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Aubrey & Jeannette Davis Curtis, and his wife of 60 years Bonnie Hinze Curtis.

He leaves a sister, Gloria Curtis Mills, of Culpeper, children Karen Curtis Grady and Neil Curtis, who have been caring for him at his home. He also leaves two grandchildren, Sara Grady of Chattanooga TN, and Nathaniel Curtis of Harrisonburg VA. Jerry had a wonderful life growing up on the family farm in Rixeyville where he showed an interest in electronics at a young age, even building his own radio so he could communicate with people around the world when just a teenager. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnical Institute (now VA Tech) with a degree in Electrical Engineering. At VPI, he was involved with ROTC and learned to fly planes. After college, he joined the Air Force and went to pilot school in Malden MO where he met his wife, Bonnie. During his Air Force career, he moved from pilot to missile silos during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Immediately after leaving the Air Force, he married his sweetheart, Bonnie and moved back to VA where they had their daughter Karen & built their home on the family farm.

Jerry worked for the CIA his whole career and was never able to tell people about his job because he worked undercover. He travelled extensively in the Pacific but also travelled all over the world with his job.

His son, Neil, was born in the Philippines when the family was stationed there for several years.

Jerry had a tremendous number of hobbies, including guitar (pickin’ n grinnin’ every Thursday at Ronnie’s Garage in Amissville), The Ruitan Club, his church, genealogy, astronomy, photography, weather spotter to name a few.

He will be sadly missed but lovingly remembered by his family and friends.

The family will receive visitors at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton, VA on Saturday, January 7th, 2023 from 3 to 5 pm. A Memorial Service will follow at 5 pm in the funeral home chapel.

Interment private.

Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com

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(Lots of 50) .50-1.00 ea. Comics $2 + ea.

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B e a n i e s , 571-344-4300 Baseball cards many complete sets, not old but excellent condition 571-344-4300

Baseball research national pastime journals, BB history, (app 12 books) 571-344-4300 Beatles memorabilia - albums, 45’s, 571-344-4300

Blotters, local and international, approx. 300. Excellent condition.

571-344-4300 Elvis memorabilia, Yankee memorabilia, Celtics merch.

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228 Appliances 5pc BR set, Sorrento Chris Madden Collection. dresser, m i r r o r , 2 nightstands, chest.

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11 piece stainless steel grill set. New. 571-344-4300 45 RPM record collection original 50’s, 60’s app 2500 various prices 571-344-4300.

Comics approx, 1k.

1980´s, Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Archie, many others.

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Cash reward for ret u r n .

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 19, 2023 The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a work session beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2023 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia.

The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following items at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2023 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia: 1. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-017437 – ZOAR BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEES (OWNER/APPLICANT) – ZOAR BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY – An application for a Category 22 Special Permit to allow the establishment of a cemetery. The property is located at 11036 Elk Run Road, Cedar Run District, Catlett, Virginia. (PIN 7839-57-8117-000) (Wendy Wheatcraft, Staff) 2. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-018872 – SANDRA S. HENLEY (OWNER)/ CHRISTOPHER S. & TINA M. PERRY (APPLICANTS) – MIDDLE MAN MINISTRIES CHURCH – An application for a Category 6 Special Permit to operate a Minor Place of Worship. The property is located at 5439 Old Alexandria Pike, Scott District, Warrenton, Virginia. (PIN 7906-11-0106-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff) 3. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-018901 – JASON P. AND KELLIE WALTER (OWNERS)/JASON WALTER (APPLICANT) – WALTER PROPERTY – An application for a Category 2 Special Permit to allow the operation of a small contracting business as a Major Home Occupation. The property is located at 8293 Lock Lane, Lee District, Warrenton, Virginia. (PIN 6960-86-1010-000) (Adam Shellenberger, Staff) 4. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-018905 – FAUQUIER COUNTY FAIR, INC. AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY (OWNERS)/ FAUQUIER COUNTY FAIR, INC. (APPLICANT) – FAUQUIER COUNTY FAIR, INC. – An application for a Category 11 Special Permit to allow the continued operation of the fairgrounds. The properties are located at 6209 Old Auburn Road and 5405 Rodgers Drive, Cedar Run District, Warrenton, (PIN 6993-27-9115-000 and a Portion of 6993-16-9798-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff)

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5. SPECIAL EXCEPTION AMENDMENT – SPEX-22-018880 – MCDONALDS CORPORATION (OWNER/APPLICANT) – BEALETON MCDONALDS – An application to amend a previously approved Category 13 Special Exception (SPEX12-LE-013) for a Drive-Through Facility in conjunction with a commercial business. The property is located at 11027 Marsh Road, Lee District, Bealeton, Virginia. (PIN 6899-25-4835-000) (Adam Shellenberger, Staff) 6. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT – COMA-22-018715 – A Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Chapter 9: Public Facilities and Utilities to designate corridors or routes for electric transmission lines in accord with Section 15.2-2223 of the Code of Virginia and update policies related to electrical utility facilities. (Adam Shellenberger, Staff) The application materials can be found on the Land Development Online Portal at: https://commdevpay.fauquiercounty.gov/Energov_Prod/SelfService#/home.

Approximately one week prior to the public hearing, staff reports for all items will be available online at: www.fauquiercounty.gov/meetingagendas. To arrange a time to review files in person, please contact the Department of Community Development’s Planning Office at (540) 422-8210, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Members of the public who would like to provide comments at a regular public meeting of the Planning Commission are encouraged to send advance written comments to Fauquier County Department of Community Development, 10 Hotel Street, Suite 305, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 or email to meredith. meixner@fauquiercounty.gov. Citizens wishing to appear in person should arrive prior to the start time of the meeting. Comments are limited to three minutes. The meeting may be viewed on Fauquier County Government Channel 23 and is livestreamed at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1.

Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Citizens requiring reasonable accommodation for disabilities should contact Ms. Meredith Meixner, Administrative Manager – Planning and Zoning, at (540) 422-8210.

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Legal Notices Foreclosure TRUSTEE’S SALE 6725 Maxwell Avenue, Warrenton, VA 20187

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. In execution of the Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $453,998.00 dated April 29, 2019 and recorded as Instrument No. 2019-00003188, Book 1595, Page 1987, of the Fauquier County land records, the appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the entrance to the Circuit Court for Fauquier County Virginia, 29 Ashby Street, Warrenton, 20186 on January 24, 2023 at 11:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and more particularly described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND KNOWN AS LOT 17, BLOCK I, BROKEN HILLS ESTATES LOCATED NEAR NEW BALTIMORE, VIRGINIA, WITHIN THE SCOTT MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF ITS APPURTENANCES AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THE GRANTORS BY DEED OF BARGAIN AND SALE FROM ROBERT A. SIMPSON AND DENISE E. SIMPSON, RECORDED AUGUST 30, 2005, IN DEED BOOK 1176 BEGINNING AT PAGE 1955, BEARING INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2005-00015472 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO WILL R. ROBINSON (ALSO KNOWN AS WILLIE RAY ROBINSON) AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE ESTATE BY DEED FROM WILL R. ROBINSOIN (ALSO KNOWN AS WILLIE RAY ROBINSON) DIVORCED AND NOT REMARRIED AND KATHY HAWORTH (FORMERLY KNOWN AS KATHY HAWORTH ROBINSON) DIVORCED AND NOT REMARRIED RECORDED 12/08/2013 IN DEED BOOK 1449 PAGE 1799, IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA. PARCEL NUMBER: 7905-98-2001-000 The property and improvements will be sold in “as is” physical condition without warranty of any kind.

TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of 10% of the sale price or 10% of the original principal amount of the subject Deed of Trust, whichever is lower, by cashier’s or certified check, required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. Balance of the purchase price must be paid by cashier’s check within 15 days from sale date.

Except for Virginia Grantor’s tax, all settlement costs and expenses are purchaser’s responsibility. Taxes are pro-rated to the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit may be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustee does not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit by the Substitute Trustee of the conduct of the auction itself as well as the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust, including, but not limited to, determining whether prior to sale a bankruptcy was filed, a forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered into or the loan was reinstated or paid off; in any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest. This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: Lenox Title Trustee Services, LLC, c/o McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC, 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenox Title Trustee Services, LLC, Substitute Trustee c/o Adrian G. Jacobs, Esq. McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone: 404.474.7149 Fax: 404.745.8121 MTG File No.: VA2022-00088

TRUSTEE’S SALE 8942 Meetze Rd; Warrenton, VA 20187 In execution of the Deed of Trust dated October 10, 2019 and recorded on November 5, 2019 in Book 1612 at Page 1516 of Fauquier County land records, Trustee Services of Virginia, LLC, the appointed Substitute Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction on the front steps of the Fauquier County Courthouse located at 40 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Virginia on February 2, 2023 at 02:00 PM the property more particularly described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust, located at the property address listed below and briefly identified as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF FAUQUIER, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEING PART OF A TRACT OF LAND BOUGHT BY CHARLES PINN OF KATHERINE SEEVERS BY DEED DATED MAY 22, 1899, RECORDED IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE OF FAUQUIER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ON JULY 15, 1899, IN DEED BOOK 90, PAGE 469, AND CONTAINING TWO ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND COMMENCING ON THE FREDERICKSBURG ROAD 140 YARDS, THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION THROUGH CHARLES PINN LAND 70 YARDS; THENCE ACROSS CHARLES PINN LAND 140 YARDS, THENCE WITH CUBBAGE’S LINE 70 YARDS TO THE FREDERICKSBURG ROAD. LESS AND EXCEPT ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, LYING AND BEING SITUATED ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF MEETZE, LEE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, A PART OF AND BEING SUBDIVIDED FROM LOUISE PINN PROPERTY ACCORDING TO PLAT AND SURVEY BY RUSH W. BOYER DATED MARCH 28, 1953, CONTAINING 0.6954 ACRES BY TRAPEZOIDS, SAID PLAT AND SURVEY RECORDED WITH DEED ON JULY 16, 1953, AT DEED BOOK 183, PAGE 433 OF THE SAID CLERK’S OFFICE. Tax No.: 6992888056000 Property address: 8942 Meetze Rd, Warrenton, VA 20187 The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions, covenants, restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust, if any, as might be listed in this notice or may be announced at the sale.

TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is less, by cashier’s or certified check required at time of sale, except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss is on the purchaser from date and time of auction. Balance of the purchase price must be paid by cashier’s check within 14 days from sale date. Except for Virginia Grantor tax, all settlement costs and expenses are purchaser’s responsibility. Taxes are pro-rated to the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit may be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustee does not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a forbearance, repayment, or other agreement was entered into, the loan was reinstated or paid off, or whether the property became subject to an automatic stay under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code prior to the sale; in any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest.

Pursuant to the Federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, this law firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(22-06163) FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC (Attorney for TRUSTEE SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, LLC) 484 Viking Drive, Suite 203 Virginia Beach, VA 23452 (757)213-2959

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE 8.01-316 FAUQUIER COUNTY JUVENILE & DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Kaia Joy Hays Case No. JJ018522-03-00; 04-00 The object of this suit is to conduct a permanency planning hearing and adjudicate a petition to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of Emma Hays concerning the minor child, Kaia Joy Hays (d/o/b 04/14/2009). And, it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Emma Hays, the biological mother of Kaia Joy Hays, cannot be found and that diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the party to be served, it is therefore ORDERED that the said Emma Hays appear in Court on February 13, 2023 at 9:00 AM in the Fauquier County Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court to do what is necessary to protect her interests.

Kimberly A. Chadwick, Counsel for Fauquier County DSS It is ORDERED that the defendant, Emma Hays appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before February 13, 2023, 9:00 AM Judge; M. Cupp VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM TERRY L. CORBIN AND ) ETHEL GRAY-CORBIN, ) Petitioners, )) Case Number: CA22-73 In Re: Deandra Xavier Corbin, ) Birth Certificate Registration ) No.: 139-05-032567 ) Registered in the State of South Carolina ) ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for the Petitioners to adopt the subject child.

IT APPEARING by Affidavit that the Respondent, JAMES GANTT, may not be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia; that Respondent’s residence cannot be found after diligent search; that Respondent cannot be served with Court process; and that the last known address of Respondent, JAMES GANTT, was 14820 Aspen Lane, #C, Watertown, NY 13601; and that Respondent’s present whereabouts are unknown, and diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Petitioners to ascertain in what county or city the Respondent is without effect; it is ORDERED that the Respondent, JAMES GANTT, appear before this Court on or before February 10, 2023, and protect his interests herein.

And it is further ORDERED that the above paragraphs be published once (1) a week for four (4) successive weeks in the Prince William Times, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Prince William, Virginia. The Clerk of this Court shall post this Order at the front door of the Courthouse and shall mail a copy of this Order to the Respondent at the post office address given in the Affidavit of the Petitioners filed herein.

Lon E. Farris, Judge Designate I ASK FOR THIS: Michael C. Pollock (VSB #91632) Shannon C. Forrest (VSB #80914) Sara D. Vaughn (VSB #91814) Friedman, Framme, & Thrush PA 6800 Paragon Place, Suite 233 Richmond, Virginia 23230 804-649-1334 (phone);804-649-2172 (fax) Counsel for Petitioners

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Legal Notices TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold their Regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, January 10th, 2022, at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia. Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on the following items: A Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget by $5,075,090 to Appropriate Water and Sewer Projects and Debt Service This resolution increases the budget and allocates previously approved funding.

A Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget by $458,001 to Appropriate Grant Funding for Timber Fence Trail This resolution increases the budget to recognize a previously awarded grant.

Special Use Permit (SUP) 2022-03 Amazon Data Center: The owner/applicant Amazon Data Services, Inc., seeks a Special Use Permit under Article 3-4.12.3 of the Zoning Ordinance for an approximately 220,200 square foot data center on Industrial zoned parcel consisting of approximately 41.793 acre parcel identified as GPIN 6984-69-2419-000. Designated in the New Town Character District on the Future Land Use Map located off Blackwell Road and Lee Highway. The owner/applicant is requesting modifications for building height allowance and fence height allowance as part of the Special Use Permit.

People having an interest in the above are invited to participate in the hearing and state their opinion regarding the above issues. The public may also choose to submit written comments through the Town’s website or by emailing citizencomment@ warrentonva.gov during the public comment period, which will end at noon the day of the Public Hearing, January 10th, 2023. Copies of the Special Use Permit and Budget Resolutions are available for review at Town Hall located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The Town of Warrenton desires to make its programs, services, facilities, and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodations or auxiliary services, please contact the Town as far in advance as possible.

NOTICE OF FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, in the Warren Green Building at 10 Hotel Street in Warrenton, Virginia, and will hold a regular meeting and public hearings at 6:30 p.m. in the same location on the following: 1.

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LEASE OF THE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT THE WARRENTON-FAUQUIER AIRPORT - A public hearing in accordance with Virginia Code § 15.2-1800(B) to consider the lease of the Airport Maintenance Building located at 5060 Airport Road on the grounds of the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport. (David Huss, Staff) SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-018711 – LEW ALLYN BURKHOLDER, III, SANDY M. BURKHOLDER, TRUSTEE, SANDY M. BURKHOLDER REVOCABLE TRUST (OWNERS)/LEW & SANDY BURKHOLDER (APPLICANTS) – MOON HOLD COTTAGE – An application for a Category 3 Special Permit to operate a Tourist Home. The property is located at 6710 Olinger Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (PIN 6955-18-1660-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff)

3. SPECIAL EXCEPTION – SPEX-22-017754 – RALPH & ELEANOR MANAKER AND SPRINGBROOK FARM, LLC (OWNERS)/RALPH & ELEANOR MANAKER (APPLICANTS) – MANAKER PROPERTY – An application to amend a previously approved Category 26 Special Exception (SPEX-21-015507) to reduce the Non-Common Open Space requirement.

The properties are located at 2532 Atoka Road and 7863 Old Carters Mill Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (PIN 6072-23-4617-000, 6072-34-5259-000 and 6072-34-2832-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff) Copies of the above files are available for review by contacting the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors’ office Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by calling (540) 422-8020.

Interested parties wishing to be heard on any of the above are encouraged to send written correspondence in advance of the meeting to 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, VA 20186, or by e-mail to BOS@fauquiercounty.gov prior to January 11, 2023. Citizens wishing to appear in person should arrive prior to the start time of the meeting. Comments are limited to three minutes. The meeting is also livestreamed at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1.

Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Citizens requiring reasonable accommodation for disabilities or requiring any other assistance related to the meeting should contact Ms. Renée Culbertson, Deputy Municipal Clerk, at (540) 422-8020.

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