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Expanding Warrenton’s boundaries looks like dead issue again By Colleen LaMay
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
Efforts to grow Warrenton well beyond its current town limits are on hold again, although Mayor Carter Nevill said last week the council was open to requests from individual property owners who wanted the boundary lines modified to include their land. The owners of the Arrington development, for instance, indicated last year that they will ask the
“The county seemed not to be interested in it.” TOWN COUNCILMAN BRETT HAMBY
town to incorporate the 234-acre portion of the former Alwington Farm property located just south of current town limits.
The town council voted unanimously at its regular January meeting to withdraw a request it submitted to the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors to let Warrenton spread out 2.4 square miles beyond the current town limits. The town now encompasses about 4.3 square miles. The decision came near the end of a nearly seven-hour meeting dominated by discussion about a proposed Amazon data center. See BOUNDARIES, page 6
Chris Butler announces he will not seek another term By Coy Ferrell
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
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A vehicle occupied by Mary and Brian Dangerfield overturned after colliding with a sheriff's office cruiser Feb. 25, 2022 on U.S. 17 between Morrisville and Goldvein.
Now-former sheriff’s deputy charged with misdemeanor in fatal crash By Coy Ferrell
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
Nearly one year after he allegedly caused a high-speed traffic crash that killed two people, the Virginia State Police has charged now-former Fauquier County sheriff’s deputy Brock Smith with one misdemeanor count of reckless driving in connection with the Feb. 25, 2022, incident. Culpeper County Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Walther, whom a judge assigned as a special prosecutor in the case, has not pursued any other charges against Smith. Walther declined to comment. See CRASH, page 4
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IT CAME DOWN TO THE LAST SHOT
Craig Riddle (right) and the Kettle Run Cougars outlasted Xavier Banks (left) and rival Liberty, 58-55, last week. STORY, PAGES 17, 20
Lee District Supervisor Chris Butler announced Monday that he will not seek re-election this year, ensuring that newcomers will make up the majority of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors after the general election. Supervisors Mary Leigh McDaniel (Marshall District) and Holder Trumbo (Scott District) have also opted not to run for another four-year term. Each of the five supervisor seats is on the ballot in November, with new terms beginning Jan. 1, 2024. “It is time I turn my focus back to home and family,” Butler said in a statement Monday. “I am blessed with the most wonderful and supportive wife. Lisa has been beside me no matter what; she and my children were sometimes put to the side while I conducted county business. Our family has grown, and they need me now.” Chris Butler See BUTLER, page 8
Regan Washer has entered the race for Marshall District supervisor. See page 7.
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50 years later, ‘Thoughts on Foxhunting’ remains part of the fabric of Virginia’s Piedmont Feb. 4 benefit screening supports Delaplane’s Emmanuel Church By Betsy Burke Parker
Special to the Fauquier Times
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the award-winning film, “Thoughts on Foxhunting,” filmmaker Tom Davenport and his Folkstreams film preservation network will offer a screening of a newly digitized version of the classic documentary on Saturday Feb. 4 at the Middleburg Community Center. The showing is at 7 p.m. Filmmaker Tom Davenport plans to add a 4 p.m. viewing if the later show sells out. Davenport will speak before and after each presentation about the original production of the project. Proceeds will benefit Emmanuel Church in Delaplane. The 1972 production by Davenport and Harrison O’Connor was funded by the late Paul Mellon and
Who is Tom Davenport?
the National Endowment for Humanities. Hume native and legendary huntsman Melvin Poe is featured, along with the award-winning hounds of the Orange County Hunt. The story and action follow narration from Lord Peter Beckford’s 18th century “Thoughts on Hunting.” Late equestrian sports scholar, Alexander McKay-Smith, reads from Beckford’s classic. The 30-minute film was originally shot in 16 mm format. It has been completely re-engineered in a 4k high definition, high resolution digital scan. The film was made from footage shot over six months with Poe and the Orange County hounds, using hand-held cameras on foot, on horseback and by using a then-cutting-edge “hound cam” that lets the viewer see the action from a
Tom Davenport, 83 attended the old Marshall High School, going on to earn a degree in English at Yale in 1961. He apprenticed with renowned documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker in New York, in 1970 returning to his family’s Hollin Farms near Delaplane. In 1971, he founded Davenport Films, along with wife, co-producer and
“hound’s perspective.” When he initially proposed a hunt country documentary for a National Endowment for the Arts grant to document “a slice of Americana,” Davenport was directed by many people to “go see. Orange County Hunt huntsman Melvin Poe to get some insight,” Davenport recalled. “Boy, did I ever get insight.” His initial research led to the OCH kennels near The Plains where Davenport arrived just as the huntsman was skinning the carcass of a local landowner’s fallen livestock. “He was drinking a Pepsi,” Davenport remembered like it was yesterday. Poe died in 2014. He was inducted into the Huntsman’s room, hunting’s Hall of Fame, in 2011. See DAVENPORT, page 10
designer, Mimi Davenport. To conserve these snippets of American folklife, Davenport launched Folkstreams in 2000, a free online streaming platform to help other independent filmmakers preserve their work. “I realized that you could reach niche audiences if you put your films on the internet,” said Davenport. “These were important films, but they were being lost.” Davenport won the National Heritage Fellowship
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in 2021, a $25,000 award gifted to those “who have made significant contributions to the preservation and awareness of cultural heritage.” He’s produced more than 30 films, including award-winning pieces on the last lynching in Fauquier County and real-life adaptations of Grimms fairy tales. The Folkstreams database can be accessed for free at folkstreams.net.
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A look at how the Amazon data center application has evolved since 2021 By Peter Cary
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Land-use lawyer John Foote took the microphone at a meeting of the Warrenton Planning Commission June 15, 2021. He surprised those in the room by telling them he represented Amazon Web Services, which wanted to build a data center in town. He gave a brief outline of the project, then spoke about its potential impacts: Water use? “It is air-chilled. It doesn’t use water.” Noise? “As you go farther up the hill, you will likely not know it’s there. It makes no noise.” Tax revenue? It “has been estimated by our client to run between $3 and $4 million annually to the town and to the county.” But as Amazon has filed update after update to its application, the acknowledged impacts have shifted – or clarifying information was missing. “It would be a tragic rush to act on this matter with so much missing information,” said then-planning commission vice chair Jim Lawrence on Nov. 22 as he moved to postpone a vote on the application. A month later, as the same board voted to recommend that the application be denied, Commissioner Ryan Stewart said, “The number of unknowns, in my mind, is just staggering.” Neither Foote nor Amazon Web Services responded to requests for comment for this story.
Water
With water reserves precious, both the town and Fauquier County require that data centers do not drain from their water systems for cooling. On April 13, 2022, when Amazon officially applied for its special use permit, it did not mention water usage. Three months later, on July 26, Foote told the planning commission that the cooling system would not connect to the water supply and that the building would use only 1,500 gallons a day, “the equivalent of four homes (547,500 gallons a year),” for office and landscaping uses. When AWS updated its application Sept. 9, it said the data center would need 138,912 gallons a year from the water supply -- half for employees and landscaping and half for humidifying the building. That’s the usage of one home per day. But the filing also added something new: The data center would need a one-time fill-up for its cooling system – 19,000 gallons. That water would be recirculated, the update said. Then, at a Jan. 10 council work session, AWS dropped new numbers. The data center would be built in 10 phases with 10 fill-ups. The total would be 190,000 gallons, which would not have to be replenished. For comparison, the pool at the Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility is 364,000 gallons.
Noise
A year after Foote said, “you will likely not know it’s there. It makes no noise,” it was clear Amazon had discovered the town’s noise requirements. “The town has some of the most stringent decibel and frequency requirements that I’ve ever seen,” Foote said, but said he was sure “your noise ordinance can be satisfied.” A noise study was included in Amazon’s Sept. 9, 2022, submission. Done by the Warrenton company Polysonics, it was 57 pages long and packed
What: A public hearing before the Warrenton Town Council on the Amazon web Services special use permit to build a 220,000-foot data center off Blackwell Road in Warrenton When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 Where: Fauquier High School How to participate: Visit warrentonva.gov/295/ Meetings-Agendas-Minutes-Recordings to watch the meeting or to submit a public comment. Residents are welcome to sign up and speak about the SUP during the public hearing part of the town council meeting.
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with data tables and maps showing noise levels at various locations at eight frequencies. It said noise would be below the town’s noise limits except in one area across U.S. 17, where no residents lived. But critics noted the study did not explain why it used certain noise limit tables but not others, nor whether the data center would emit a constant “tone,” for which it would be penalized. Shortly thereafter, Amazon pulled back the noise study, declaring it “preliminary,” then asked for a letter ruling how to interpret the noise ordinance. The letter, issued Dec. 16, upheld several of the ordinance’s most stringent limits. Within three weeks, and one day before the town council was to meet on Jan. 10, Polysonics produced a new report. This study, half the length of the one that had been withdrawn, said the data center would meet noise limits if silencers and wraps muffled rooftop chilling equipment. Foote said this new study showed the noise would be “two to 11 decibels below your ordinance at every point.” John Lyver, a former NASA engineer who studied the report, expressed numerous concerns. He said, for instance, that the study claimed a noise drop at night from a building that operates 24/7 and that its maps of noise levels did not show noise created at the frequencies regulated by the ordinance. To deal with the town’s discomfort over approving something whose noise could not be measured until it was built, Amazon proposed conditions – essentially promises. As of Oct. 28, those conditions required a pre-approval sound study, then another one month after start of operations. If the data center failed that test, it would have 180 days to comply but could get an extension. By Nov. 15, the wording had been changed so that Amazon would have 60 days to comply or “until compliance has been achieved.” However, on Jan. 10, the council dropped the pre-approval noise study altogether but called for studies at each of the 10 phases of construction. The council would have the ability to rescind the data center’s occupancy permit for the phase that did not meet the noise ordinance, essentially shutting down that section. Amazon would have 48 hours to mitigate noise violations before being shut down. Amazon representatives did not agree to these new, more stringent requirements, drafted during the Jan. 10 work session. They said they needed time to evaluate the council’s new conditions. Two residents with state and federal regulatory experience said at the Jan. 10 public hearing that these conditions would be “utterly impractical” to enforce. They have also written to the town council expressing that view.
Revenue
Town officials have not yet publicly released estimates of expected tax revenue from the data center, either from its business personal property or its real estate. Back in June 2021, Foote had estimated “between $3 and $4 million annually” to the town and county. In an email obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Warrenton’s community development director, Rob Walton, said projected tax revenue would be $4.6 million to the town and $10.6 million to the county over five years. County tax commissioner Eric Maybach declined to offer more detail because the numbers were based on Amazon’s proprietary figures regarding how much equipment it intended to buy. Another FOIA email from then-town manager Brandie Schaeffer projected $940,000 annually for the town and $2.5 million annually to the county. At the council’s work session on Jan. 10, Amazon’s Becky Ford said $4 million to the town over five years was a good estimate. However, both the town and county can rebate up to three years of taxes for IT companies if the companies so request. Foote has said Amazon would pay all of its taxes but has not addressed any potential rebates.
Jobs
In notes shared by Schaeffer after meetings between town officials and Amazon in July 2021, she wrote that the data center would provide 38 jobs. “HVAC and maintenance is generally contracted, as is security,” she wrote in one email. A month earlier, Foote had told the planning commission the center would employ “about 38 people, highly paid people.” On April 13, 2022, Amazon said in its application that there would be 52 employees, including technicians, data center operators and security and logistics personnel. Data centers need to have at least 50 employees to qualify for state sales tax exemptions on computer equipment. This month, Amazon’s Ford confirmed: “We’re looking at roughly 52 jobs. … The average salary is roughly $122,000 annually.” According to its jobs site, Amazon pays $81,000 to $125,000 to project managers with bachelor’s degrees in engineering and three years of experience. Engineering operations technicians with bachelor’s degrees who do electrical and mechanical work can earn close to $100,000. Technicians with a high school diploma earn $42,000 to $64,000. Private security companies pay guards between $20 and $25 an hour, according to their ads.
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Wildlife center forced to euthanize sick, injured bald eagle found in The Plains Lead ammunition likely poisoned bird, expert says By Robin Earl
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
The Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce, Virginia, had no choice but to euthanize an adult bald eagle found on the ground in an open field in The Plains early in January. The eagle was critically injured and had severe lead poisoning, experts at the wildlife center said. “This bird was suffering, would not have survived long in the wild, and there was no treatment option that would have given this patient a good quality of life, in captivity or the wild,” said Annie Bradfield, executive director of the wildlife center. “Euthanasia is always a hard decision for us to make, but often it is the kinder option. We are glad we could make this eagle’s end a peaceful one.” After receiving a report of a possibly injured eagle, Jessica Andersen, the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center’s rehabilitation manager, went to contain and transport the eagle. “Only in rare instances do we send a staff member out to rescue an animal. Typically, we rely on the finder or animal-control officers to contain a patient and bring it to us. However, eagles can be dangerous to handle, and there were no other resources available,” Bradfield said. The eagle was relatively quiet, a sign that it was hurt. The eagle’s intake exam revealed an old fracture to the right femur, and the leg had healed at
a nearly 90-degree angle. “Combined with the degree of emaciation and dehydration noted, it was likely they had been suffering with this injury for quite some time. Based on radiographic appearance, our vet team suspects the fracture occurred at least three to four weeks ago,” Bradfield said. The eagle also suffered from extremely elevated blood lead levels, Bradfield said. “With the severe leg injury preventing them from catching prey, this eagle likely found it easier to scavenge, as many do. Hunting season often correlates to an increase in the number of patients we see with lead toxicity; we suspect this bird may have repeatedly scavenged gut piles or carcasses containing lead ammunition for the levels to be so dramatic. It’s hard to know which came first— the injury or the poisoning.” Bradfield noted hunters who use alternative ammunition help prevent suffering in eagles, vultures, opossums, other scavenging species and even people. “Non-lead ammunition has come a long way in both price and efficacy, so we urge all hunters out there to make the transition and help save wildlife,” she said. The Plains eagle was the second eagle admitted to the wildlife center during the first week of January, Bradfield said. The other had been struck by a car in Fauquier County and did not survive.
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Now-former sheriff’s deputy charged with misdemeanor in fatal crash CRASH, from page 1 A state police representative said Jan. 18 that the charge against Smith “was at the direction of the commonwealth’s attorney” and directed further questions to Walther. According to a state police investigation referenced in charging documents, Smith, then 25, was driving a marked police cruiser north on U.S. 17 near Goldvein “at 100 mph” in a 55-mph zone when he collided with a vehicle occupied by Mary and Brian Dangerfield, who were attempting to cross the highway. Smith “was not responding to a call and had no emergency equipment activated at the time of the collision,” according to the criminal complaint, which is dated Dec. 13, 2022. Smith was released on a summons and is scheduled to appear in Fauquier County General District Court April 6 for an adjudicatory hearing. Reckless driving is a class
1 misdemeanor and carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail and/or a $2,500 fine. Brian Dangerfield died at the scene and Mary Dangerfield died later that day after being transported to a hospital. Both were 65 years old; they had been married for 43 years. The Dangerfields’ family later settled with an insurance company for $5 million, the maximum settlement amount possible without further litigation, according to a joint statement issued along with the settlement last June. “This tragedy was unfortunate and avoidable,” the June 2022 statement said. It added that “the county and the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office confirm retraining on policies for proper operation of vehicles has occurred with all sheriff’s office personnel. … [T]his and other policies that relate to the safety of law enforcement personnel and [the] general public have and will be ongoing in the future to help tragedies like this from ever being repeated.” The sheriff’s office declined to add any further comment last week. Court records did not list an attorney for Smith as of Monday.
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Auburn 7th grader wins division spelling bee with ‘tubular’ By Colleen LaMay
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
Auburn Middle School 7th grader Eve Lewis beat more than 40 of the best elementary and middle school spellers in Fauquier County to become the division’s spelling bee champion on Saturday, Jan. 21. “I can’t wait to tell my friends when I get back to school,” a jubilant Lewis said after the spelling bee, held at Fauquier High School. “This is the best weekend ever,” she said, holding a large trophy. She gets to keep it for the weekend before it goes on display at her school. Lewis and second-place winner Lucas Weeks, a 7th grader at Marshall Middle School, engaged in numerous nail-biting rounds, spelling “osmosis,” “laconic,” “fluoride,” “affluent” and many other words before Lewis emerged as the winner in the 22nd round on competition by spelling the word “tubular” correctly. Lewis and Weeks advance to the regional competition coming up in February in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The winner of the regional competition will go on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will be held at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, starting May 30. Lewis said she had spent time over the past month studying words in a multi-page packet given to all spelling bee competitors to help them prepare. However, she said she was already gen-
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Left: Eve Lewis was crowned best speller in the county on Saturday, Jan. 22. Right: Lucas Weeks, a 7th grader at Marshall Middle School, placed second in the school division’s spelling bee. erally good at spelling. Reading the words in her packet helped them to stick in her head. The words students are given to spell are chosen at random. All were from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Students could ask to have a word repeated and could ask to have it used in a sentence or defined before they attempted to spell it. Once a letter came out of their mouths, competitors couldn’t take it back. That made concentration a key asset. By round eight of the competition, only two spellers remained: Lewis and Weeks. The two played more than a dozen rounds to-
gether, with both students misspelling words. Lewis’ hardest word was “armoire,” she said. She spelled it wrong, leaving off the final “e.” Lewis’ mother, Jennifer, compiled a list of words Lewis had to try to spell on her way to the first-place trophy. They included shortfall, decide, horseradish, tactically, villainous, temperament, radioscopy, armoire, isonomy, milliner, amyloid, deloul, basalt, osmosis, fluoride, affluent, embezzlement, subliminal, and brochure. She won by spelling the word “tubular” correctly.
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Some of the students in Fauquier’s All County Choir rehearsing for their Saturday afternoon concert FAUQUIER TIMES STAFF PHOTOS/COLLEEN LAMAY
Choir director says music adds a special kind of joy to students’ school day 2023 All County Choir concert draws crowd to Kettle Run
dle schools — Auburn, Cedar Lee, Marshall, Taylor and Warrenton — sang during the concert. That’s up from about 100 students last year, according to Heath West, in his second year as choir director at Kettle Run and Auburn. The numbers of students taking choir classes are up as schools continue to recover from virtual learning during the
COVID pandemic, he said. Choir over Zoom doesn’t measure up to making music in the same room. The concert featured two guest conductors, Jacob Lash and Dominick Izzo, both from Prince William County, along with their accompanists, Pam Sottosanti, a Northern Virginia piano teacher and musician, and Betsy Hermann, a long-time music teacher. The music was a mix of styles, including a couple of African pieces and a parody called “Duct Tape” about all the potential uses for the ubiquitous tape. Music classes not only raise students’ spirits but also help students academically, West said. “Research has shown over the years that students who are making music on a weekly basis are more intelligent, more plugged in, more involved,” he said. “They score higher on their standardized testing.” Music is also good for students’ social/emotional learning, he said. After the pandemic, “It’s really helped them to be in a better space mental-health wise.”
Lula, who has been singing in choir at school since 5th grade, agreed. “This is something that’s creative, and it engages parts of your brain that I feel like gets ignored a lot during the school day. “I have always had a love for music,” she said during a break in rehearsal for Saturday’s concert. She has taken voice lessons and during the pandemic taught herself to play guitar and ukulele. After she leaves high school, she hopes to pursue a career in music. She aspires to Broadway but thinks being a choir teacher like West would be good, too. “I love coming into fourth block (choir),” she said. The camaraderie is priceless, she said. “I sing a lot on my own. I do a lot of open mics and stuff like that, and that’s fun, but (nothing compares to) singing with a group of people, especially with such a tightknit group of people because we’ve all known each other for a while. “And when we get together, our blend is beautiful.” Reach Colleen LaMay at clamay@fauquier.com
agenda for a November meeting of the Town/County Liaison Committee. The purpose of the committee is to give town and county officials a chance to talk about matters of mutual interest. “The county seemed not to be interested in it,” Ward 3 Town Councilman Brett Hamby said of the town’s proposal. That’s why Hamby, with the support of all the other council members, made a motion to withdraw its request to the county, he said. Hamby’s motion came at about 1 a.m., after consideration of the Amazon data center had been postponed until Feb. 14. Lee District Supervisor Chris Butler, chair of the county board of supervisors, had little to say about the town’s decision. “There wasn’t a lot of discussion leading up to them dropping it from their agenda; so, it’s their decision,” he said. Butler said he didn’t have enough information about the latest expansion request to have an opinion about it. “I was never presented with a definite plan that could be presented to the public,” said Butler, adding that he had no way to gauge public support for the town’s latest request for a larger Warrenton. The town’s most recent major expansion was in 1992, when the town and county petitioned a court to incorporate the Gold Cup subdi-
vision into Warrenton, along with the Walker Drive residential and industrial corridor, the Oliver City neighborhood, the Monroe Estates subdivision and industrial area east of Falmouth Street and south of Old Meetze Road.
Subsequent major efforts to expand the town’s boundaries died amid sometimes-heated public opposition, most recently in 2000. Reach Colleen LaMay at clamay@fauquier.com
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Fauquier Times Staff Writer
Lula McCain, 15, a sophomore in the choir at Kettle Run High School, spent hours rehearsing for the 2023 All County Choir concert on Saturday, but she never grew tired of it. She sings for the joy it always brings her. “It’s almost like an escape from reality,” she said of singing with her fellow choir students. “We spent all that time practicing just for a couple of minutes on stage, but during those three minutes, it takes you to another world, and you’re connecting with people on a whole different level because you’re making something beautiful together,” Lula said. The annual All County Choir drew a full house to Kettle Run High School on Saturday, Jan 23. About 160 choir students from Kettle Run, Liberty and Fauquier high schools, in addition to all five Fauquier mid-
Expanding Warrenton’s boundaries looks like dead issue again BOUNDARIES, from page 1 “Annexation is time consuming and costly, and we have pressing infrastructure, CIP (Capital Improvement Program) and general-fund obligations we need to focus on finding funding for,” Nevill said this week of the decision to end the boundary debate for now. Annexation refers to a legal process whereby a town asks a court to approve unilaterally an expansion of town boundaries, without agreement from the county. Expanding the town’s boundaries has benefits, including giving the town control of zoning in places where it already provides utilities. A larger town also would have a larger tax base. People living in newly incorporated areas would get town services such as street maintenance and trash service, along with cheaper rates for utilities and for parks and recreation programs. The average homeowner in Warrenton currently pays about $150 per year in town real-estate taxes, in addition to the county taxes they pay. The town’s proposal to bring county land into the town was on the
Lula McCain, a sophomore at Kettle Run High School, believes that singing with a close-knit group of students allows her to connect “on a whole different level because you’re making something beautiful together.”
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Regan Washer announces bid for Marshall District supervisor By Coy Ferrell
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
Orlean resident Regan Washer announced Tuesday that he will seek the Republican nomination for the Marshall District seat on the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors. He is the second Republican and third candidate overall to announce their candidacy after incumbent Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel announced last month that she would
not seek re-election. Earlier this month, Superior Paving owner Jim Mitchell announced that he will also seek the Republican nomination in the race. McDaniel has endorsed Mike Focazio, the current vice chairman of the Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Board who is running for the seat as an independent, to succeed her. See WASHER, page 15
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Senate committee defers bill that would ban data centers near ‘historically significant sites’ By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
A closely watched bill that could derail the controversial Prince William Digital Gateway was transferred from one Senate of Virginia committee to another Jan. 23 in a move that its sponsor, Sen. Chap Petersen, D-34th, said was “not a good sign.” Petersen’s bill, SB 1078, would prohibit local governments from approving data centers located within one mile of a national or state park or a “historically significant site.” The bill would also require local governments to conduct site assessments to determine new data centers’ effects on water usage, carbon emissions and agricultural resources prior to approval. Fauquier County supervisors have already approved by-right development for nearly 1 million square feet of data centers in Vint Hill, which is part of the state-designated Vint Hill Farms Station Historic District. A data center developer last year signed an agreement with at least one landowner to build on a still-vacant site. In the Remington area, where two natural gas power plants, an industrial-scale solar energy facility, a quarry and several transmission corridors are already located, county supervisors approved a 1.8 million square-foot data center complex in 2018. The site, dubbed the Remington Technology Park, is located about 1.2 miles from the future Rappahannock Station Battlefield Park on the Rappahannock River, though maps of the Civil War battles that took place in the area show troop movements much closer to the property zoned for data centers. “There are clearly people working
Governor announces data center incentives
Sen. Chap Petersen’s bill, SB 1078, coincides with an economic development initiative Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) announced for Amazon Web Services on Friday, Jan. 20. The state is proposing a 15-year extension of Virginia’s sales tax exemption on data center equipment and enabling software along with $140 million in new state grant money for the tech giant. In return, Amazon has pledged to invest $35 billion in new data center campuses around the state by 2040. Both the sales and use tax exemption and the $140 million incentive package will require approval by the Virginia General Assembly. State officials said Friday that behind the scenes to defeat this bill, but I’m not going to be deterred,” said Petersen, of the city of Fairfax, in an interview Monday morning, after the Senate Local Government Committee sent his bill to the Senate Rules Committee. Petersen announced his bill last week in a joint press conference with Del. Danica Roem, D-13th, who has introduced two of her own data-center measures. Petersen declined to speculate on why Local Government Committee Chairman Lynwood Lewis, D-6th, of Accomack, sent the bill away. Lewis said during the committee hearing that he suggested the move so that SB 1078 could be heard alongside Petersen’s other data center measure, Senate Joint Resolution 240. The resolution calls for the state energy department to study the impacts of data center development on Virginia’s environment, economy, energy resources and carbon-reduction goals. Petersen said he’s not sure whether the bills will fare better or worse in the Rules Committee. He said he believes SB 1078 is better suited for the Local Government Committee because it deals with zoning issues and historic sites.
Chris Butler announces he will not seek another term BUTLER, from page 1 Butler explained, “A dear friend said to me today, ‘If you die tonight, someone will be in the Lee District seat by the next meeting, there is no one to sit in your chair at home.’” Butler was first elected in 2016 to represent the Lee District, which includes Remington and most of Bealeton. He is currently serving his third stint as the board’s chairman and also chairs the public safety committee. He briefly campaigned for sheriff in last year’s election but withdrew citing family obligations. Butler is the safety director for S.W. Rodgers and worked as a sheriff’s deputy in the 1990s before an injury forced him to seek another career. Unlike McDaniel and Trumbo, who endorsed candidates to succeed them, Butler has not named a preferred candidate for his seat. “I am making my announcement now so that the folks of Lee District can select a candidate that continues to
there is no indication where the data centers would be located. In any case, data centers are subject to local zoning requirements. Petersen said the incentive package makes his data center-related bills “more salient.” “I will say that if we don’t move more quickly on this, we’re going to become overwhelmed by big data centers,” Petersen said. “And once you rezone for these things, it’s impossible to go backward.” Neither Amazon nor Youngkin’s office immediately responded to emails seeking comment on Petersen’s bill Monday afternoon.
Petersen’s bill has been hailed by opponents of the Prince William Digital Gateway, a plan to open 2,139 acres adjacent to the Manassas National Battlefield Park to data centers, as a silver bullet that could halt the corridor. Data centers house the computer servers and hardware required to support businesses and the internet. Northern Virginia has the highest concentration of data centers in the world. They are lauded for the tax revenue they bring to local governments but have also come under greater scrutiny for their use of large amounts of electricity and water and for the noise generated by their rooftop cooling equipment. Several communities in western Prince William County are fighting the expansion of data centers planned close to homes and schools and inside Prince William’s rural crescent. Also facing intense scrutiny is an Amazon data center proposed for Blackwell Road in Warrenton on acreage zoned for industrial use that lies at the town’s gateway near U.S. 15/17/29. The Local Government Committee voted 7-3 to refer SB 1078 to the Rules Committee. Among those
support business and tax base growth, maintains our open green space and supports agriculture. All areas of public safety need to be another focus, as well as supporting quality education for our children,” Butler said. He thanked county employees and his fellow board members for their “getting-it-done spirit,” calling them the “best team I can ever imagine.” He also thanked John Meadows, currently the Lee District’s representative on the planning commission, for first encouraging him to run for public office, and the Rodgers family for being “patient with me being away from my job to conduct county business.” “When I campaigned for this seat, I committed to support public safety and our first responders, and we have more coverage county wide than we did in 2016. Folks in Bealeton wanted their middle school children to go to school in Bealeton, so I worked with the school board and board of supervisors to get expansion at Cedar Lee [Middle School],” Butler said. “Many residents wanted to access the Rappahannock River, so I worked hard and got river ac-
voting to defer the bill was state Sen. Jeremy McPike, D-29th, who represents a large swath of Prince William County. In an interview after the vote, McPike said it was “fairly typical” for similar bills to be grouped together in one committee. McPike said he hasn’t heard of any attempts by Amazon to fight the bill. McPike carried a successful bill on behalf of data centers last year, Senate Bill 513, that standardized the way data center property is assessed for local tax purposes. Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, which opposes the PW Digital Gateway, said McPike called her at about 6:45 a.m. Jan. 23 to tell her Petersen’s bill would be referred to the Senate’s Rules Committee. A handful of Digital Gateway opponents were already on their way to Richmond for the 9 a.m. Local Government Committee meeting, Schlossberg said. Schlossberg said she is disappointed the bill will have to wait for its first hearing — especially in the wake of the announcement of the incentive package for Amazon. Reach Jill Palermo at jpalermo@ fauquier.com
cess in Remington. New businesses came to Lee District, and we are closer to having public water in the Opal service district so we can expand our tax base. Even with the hurdles of connectivity, we will see fiber across the county within the next year,” he added. “Every vote on taxes was met with much deliberation and with each budget we accomplished great things for Fauquier County. Teacher pay, school security and maintenance were also a focus of mine. Pay scales for law enforcement and first responders changed the course of public safety, and we have been successful in retaining our public safety employees,” he said. “I am now blessed with the greatest gift, that of my grandson Gunnar, and I want to focus my free time and attention on him so that he can experience the love and learning I had from my grandparents. I want to get back to raising cattle and teaching Gunnar how to work with his head and hands and respect the land.” Butler said that he “will serve out this final year of my term as I have the prior seven years and will continue to work hard for Lee District.”
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Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | January 25, 2023
In bid for supervisor, A.J. Krick argues for ‘balance’ between rural conservation and business growth By Coy Ferrell
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
In his first interview since announcing he will run for the open Scott District seat on the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors, New Baltimore resident A.J. Krick told the Fauquier Times that his accounting and business experience make him qualified to balance the district’s needs to preserve rural land while facilitating business growth. “We need to preserve the land that’s out there, the farmland, keep agriculture — that is one of the businesses that this county has thrived on,” Krick said. “I’m big on keeping agriculture and farmland where it is today, and where the county has worked to get it. But at the same time, there are needs to drive revenues, and that’s that balance that we’re talking about.” Krick is seeking the Republiss can nomination to run against Ike models models Broaddus in the November general election; Broaddus is campaigning for the Scott District seat as an inls The seat is up for grabs models dependent. because Supervisor Holder Trumbo, the board’s longest-serving current
“If anyone is going to understand a budget, I would hope it would be me.” A.J. KRICK
A.J. Krick member, announced last month that he will not seek another term. Trumbo has endorsed Broaddus. Krick was, until recently, the chief financial officer for Smith-Midland Corporation and has now started an independent accounting firm, L2G, Inc. “Balancing different [budgetary] wants and needs — that’s I think where my expertise can come in,” he said. “If anyone is going to understand a budget, I would hope it would be me.” He declined to criticize the current board, emphasizing instead his
qualifications and arguing that his experience makes him best suited to represent the district, which encompasses rural equestrian country around The Plains, suburban neighborhoods in New Baltimore and commercial and industrial areas in Vint Hill. A fourth-generation Fauquier County resident with children currently in public schools, Krick said that his family has long been involved with conservation efforts, and he wants to continue that legacy while making sure that public services like schools and first responders are sufficiently funded. “I see both sides of it, and I can appreciate both sides of it,” he said. “What voters are going to get is someone like them. I have kids in public schools. [Voters] are going to get someone who is going to be side by side with them.”
Status of supervisor races
Each of the five seats on the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors is on the ballot in the Nov. 7 general election. This is the status of the election campaigns for those seats as of Tuesday afternoon.
Marshall District
Incumbent Mary Leigh McDaniel is not seeking re-election. Mike Focazio is running as an independent. Jim Mitchell and Regan Washer are seeking the Republican nomination.
Scott District
Incumbent Holder Trumbo is not seeking re-election. Ike Broaddus is running as an independent. A.J. Krick is seeking the Republican nomination.
Center District
Incumbent Kevin Carter has not announced his plans for the 2023 election. Carter was appointed to the seat when Chris Granger resigned last year. No one else has announced their candidacy for the seat.
Cedar Run District
Incumbent Rick Gerhardt has not announced his plans for the 2023 election. No one else has announced their candidacy for the seat.
Lee District
Incumbent Chris Butler is not seeking re-election. No one has announced their candidacy for the seat.
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50 years later, ‘Thoughts on Foxhunting’ remains part of the fabric of Virginia’s Piedmont
Melvin Poe, shown here with the Orange County Hounds’ ‘red-ringneck’ pack, was inducted into the Huntsman’s Room, hunting’s Hall of Fame, in 2011.
DAVENPORT, from page 2 “There’s this thought that foxhunting is snooty and rich, all tied up in English aristocracy. But here was this guy from Hume, a farmer, a countryman. He’s skinning a horse in his shirtsleeves, talking to me like it was the most normal thing in the world. He’s hunting the hounds and talking to everybody, landowners to the hired help. It took this sport from a print hanging on the wall to real and accessible. “I knew it would be perfect.” Davenport and O’Connor began gathering footage, from Poe’s own farm in Hume to the fields and forest between The Plains and Middleburg. Davenport paired scenes with passages
PHOTO BY DOUGLAS LEES
from the Beckford work to trace a day of sport – preparation, training, excitement and anticipation of hounds and horses moving off and the thrilling sounds of the first “open,” when two dozen hounds bawl in unison as they set off cross-country to follow an invisible scent trail. He interlaced footage of red foxes dashing across pastureland, darting over historic stone walls and jogging along rural country lanes. The memora-
ble closing scene follows a solitary red fox trotting across a snow-covered field, at ease enough to pause and glance over both shoulders, as if contemplating the peaceful solitude of a quiet winter pasture. “I loved building that storytelling device into the film,” Davenport says. “It captures the picture of Fauquier folklife.” To reserve a ticket to the Feb. 4 screening, search “Thoughts on Foxhunting” at eventbrite.com.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF PETITION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC ELECTRIC AND AND POWER POWER COMPANY COMPANY VIRGINIA FOR REVISION REVISION OF OF A A RATE RATE ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE, CLAUSE, FOR DESIGNATED RIDER RIDER PPA, PPA, FOR FOR THE THE RATE RATE YEAR YEAR DESIGNATED COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 CASE NO. PUR-2022-00202 CASE NO. PUR-2022-00202 •Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider PPA, for recovery of
projected Electric and actual associated with certain powerEnergy purchase agreements for the energy, capacity, andrate renewable energy credits owned parties. •Virginia andcosts Power Company d/b/a Dominion Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for ancillary approval services, to revise its adjustment clause, Rider PPA,by forthird recovery of projected and actual costs associated with certain power purchase agreements for the energy, capacity, ancillary services, and renewable energy credits owned by third parties.
•Dominion requests approval for recovery in Rider PPA of a total revenue requirement of ($22,045,000), which represents a net credit to customers. According to Dominion, this
amount would decrease the bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month by $0.22. •Dominion requests approval for recovery in Rider PPA of a total revenue requirement of ($22,045,000), which represents a net credit to customers. According to Dominion, this amount would decrease the bill of typical residential customer using 1,000hearing kilowatt of electricity per month by a.m., $0.22.for the receipt of public witness testimony. •A Hearing Examiner appointed bya the Commission will hold a telephonic in hours this case on May 23, 2023, at 10
•A Hearing Examiner appointed Commission will in hold telephonic hearing in this case on May 23, 2023, at 10 a.m., for the receipt of public witness testimony. •The Hearing Examiner will holdby anthe evidentiary hearing thisa case on May 24, 2023, at 10 a.m. •Further information about case available on the SCC website at: May scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. •The Hearing Examiner willthis hold an is evidentiary hearing in this case on 24, 2023, at 10 a.m. On December 1, 2022, Virginia Electric and Power (“Dominion” or “Company”) filed a petition (“Petition”) with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) •Further about this is approval available onaCompany the SCC website at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. pursuant information to Code § 56-585.1 A 5case d for of revision to its Rider PPA. Through its Petition, the Company seeks to recover projected and actual costs associated with certain power purchase agreements (“PPAs”) for the energy, capacity, ancillary services, and renewable energy credits owned by third parties. Specifically, the Company seeks cost recov-
On 1, 2022, and Power Company (“Dominion” or “Company”) a petition (“Petition”) with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) ery December related to the PPAs Virginia approvedElectric by the Commission in Case No. PUR-2020-00134 (“CE-1 filed PPAs”), Case No. PUR-2021-00146 (“CE-2 PPAs”), and the PPAs currently pending pursuant § 56-585.1 A 5 d for approval a revision to its Rider PPA. during Through Petition, seeks to recover projected actual costs associated with certain approval to in Code Case No. PUR-2022-00124 that willofenter commercial operations theits rate year in the thisCompany proceeding (“CE-3 PPAs”). In total,and Dominion has incorporated costs associated with six CE-1 PPAs, 17 CE-2 and seven CE-3ancillary PPAs that are scheduled to be operational on orowned before by August 2024.Specifically, the Company seeks cost recovpower purchase agreements (“PPAs”) forPPAs, the energy, capacity, services, and renewable energy credits third 31, parties. ery related to the PPAs approved by the Commission in Case No. PUR-2020-00134 (“CE-1 PPAs”), Case No. PUR-2021-00146 (“CE-2 PPAs”), and the PPAs currently pending Rider PPA one No. of the rate mechanismsthat included in the overarching framework approved byyear the Commission in Case No. PUR-2020-00134 the recovery of non bypassable approval inisCase PUR-2022-00124 will enter commercial operations during the rate in this proceeding (“CE-3 PPAs”). In total, for Dominion has incorporated costs costs and benefits related to the mandatory renewable energy portfolio standards programtoinbeCode § 56-585.5. The Company states that Rider PPA will recover the PPA costs and associated with six CE-1 PPAs, 17 CE-2 PPAs, and seven CE-3 PPAs that are scheduled operational on or before August 31, 2024. the associated benefits that support the procurement targets in Code § 56-585.5 D and E, which include utility-scale solar or wind, utility-scale energy storage, and distributed solar PPAs. In its Petition, Dominion notes that the costs and benefits of these PPAs will be recovered through Rider PPA from all retail customers, regardless of electric supplier, with
Rider is one of the rate mechanisms included in the overarching framework approved by the Commission in Case No. PUR-2020-00134 for the recovery of non bypassable limitedPPA exceptions. costs and benefits related to the mandatory renewable energy portfolio standards program in Code § 56-585.5. The Company states that Rider PPA will recover the PPA costs and In this proceeding, Dominion asks the approve Rider§PPA for the beginning September 1, 2023, ending August 31,energy 2024 (“Rate The Company the associated benefits that support the Commission procurement to targets in Code 56-585.5 Drate and year E, which include utility-scale solar and or wind, utility-scale storage,Year”). and distributed solar is requesting a total revenue requirement ($22,045,000) for recovery Riderwill PPAbefor the Rate through Year, which netretail creditcustomers, to customers. If the proposed PPAwith is PPAs. In its Petition, Dominion notes thatofthe costs and benefits of theseinPPAs recovered Riderrepresents PPA froma all regardless of electricRider supplier, approved for the Rate Year, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider limited exceptions. PPA on September 1, 2023, would decrease the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt¬hours per month by $0.22.
In this proceeding, Dominion asks to thereview Commission to approve Rider for the documents rate year beginning 1, 2023, August 31, 2024 (“Rate Year”). The Company Interested persons are encouraged Dominion’s Petition and PPA supporting in full forSeptember details about these and and ending other proposals. is requesting a total revenue requirement of ($22,045,000) for recovery in Rider PPA for the Rate Year, which represents a net credit to customers. If the proposed Rider PPA is approved for the that Ratethe Year, the impactmay on customer wouldamong dependcustomer on the customer’s rate schedule andinusage. According to from Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider TAKE NOTICE Commission apportionbills revenues classes and/or design rates a manner differing that shown in the Petition and supporting PPA on September 2023, would decrease the from bill ofthose a residential customer using 1,000Petition kilowatt¬hours per month by $0.22. documents and thus1,may adopt rates that differ appearing in the Company’s and supporting documents. The Commission judicialtonotice ofDominion’s the ongoingPetition public health issues related to the spread coronavirus, or COVID-19. In accordance therewith, all pleadings, briefs Interested personshas aretaken encouraged review and supporting documents in full of forthe details about these and other proposals. or other documents required to be served in this matter shall be submitted electronically to the extent authorized by 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s
Rules of Practicethat andthe Procedure (“Rules of apportion Practice”).revenues Confidential and Extraordinarily Sensitive Information notdiffering be submitted electronically should comply with 5 VAC TAKE NOTICE Commission among customer classes and/or design in a shall manner from that shown in and the Petition and contact supporting 5-20-170, Confidential information, ofmay the Rules of Practice. Any person seeking to hand deliver and rates physically file or submit any pleading or other document shall the documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Petition and supporting documents. Clerk’s Office Document Control Center at (804) 371-9838 to arrange the delivery.
The Commission taken judicial of the ongoing public health issues related to thehas spread of thethat coronavirus, COVID-19. In accordance therewith, pleadings, briefs Pursuant to 5 VAChas 5-20-140, Filingnotice and service, of the Rules of Practice, the Commission directed service on or parties and the Commission’s Staff in thisallmatter shall be accomplished by electronic Pleaseinrefer to the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing further instructions concerningCopies Confidential or Extraordinarily Sensitive or other documents requiredmeans. to be served this matter shall be submitted electronically to the extentfor authorized by 5 VAC 5-20-150, and format, of the Commission’s Information. Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”). Confidential and Extraordinarily Sensitive Information shall not be submitted electronically and should comply with 5 VAC 5-20-170, Confidential information, of the Rules of Practice. Any person seeking to hand deliver and physically file or submit any pleading or other document shall contact the The Commission entered Control an OrderCenter for Notice and371-9838 Hearing that, amongthe other things, scheduled public hearings on Dominion’s Petition. On May 23, 2023, at 10 a.m., the Hearing Clerk’s Office Document (804) to with arrange delivery. Examiner assigned to this case will hold aattelephonic hearing, no witness present in the Commission’s courtroom, for the purpose of receiving the testimony of public witnesses. On or before May 16, 2023, any person desiring to offer testimony as a public witness shall provide to the Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that
Pursuant VAC 5-20-140, Filing and the service, of the Rules ofyour Practice, the Commission has directed servicetoonthe parties and the Commission’s this matter shall on be the you wish to the5 Commission to call during hearing to receive testimony. This information may bethat provided Commission in three ways: Staff (i) byinfilling out a form accomplished electronic means. Please refer to the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing forversion further of instructions concerning Confidential or Extraordinarily Sensitive Commission’sby website at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or (iii) by calling (804) Information. 371-9141. This public witness hearing will be webcast at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting. On May 24, 2023,entered at 10 a.m., in thefor Commission’s second floor courtroom located the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219,atthe The Commission an Order Notice and Hearing that, among other things,inscheduled public hearings on Dominion’s Petition. On May 23, 2023, 10Hearing a.m., theExaminer Hearing will convene a hearing to receive testimony and evidence related to no thewitness Petitionpresent from the Company, any respondents, and Staff. the testimony of public witExaminer assigned to this case will hold a telephonic hearing, with in the Commission’s courtroom, forthe theCommission’s purpose of receiving nesses. Oncopies or before May 16, 2023, any desiring tobe offer testimony as a publica witness provide to thefor Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that Electronic of the public version ofperson the Petition may obtained by submitting written shall request to counsel the Company: Elaine S. Ryan, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, you wish Plaza, the Commission to callStreet, duringRichmond, the hearingVirginia to receive yourortestimony. This information may be provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Gateway 800 East Canal 23219, eryan@mcguirewoods.com. Commission’s website at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF version of this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or (iii) by calling (804) 371-9141. This public witness willperson be webcast at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting. On or before May 16, 2023, anyhearing interested may submit comments on the Petition electronically by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. Those unable, as a practical matter, to submit comments electronically may file such comments by U.S. mail to the
Clerk of 24, the State c/o Document Control Center, located P.O. Box Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. AllRichmond, comments shall refer to Case PUR-2022On May 2023,Corporation at 10 a.m., inCommission, the Commission’s second floor courtroom in 2118, the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Virginia 23219, theNo. Hearing Examiner 00202. will convene a hearing to receive testimony and evidence related to the Petition from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. On or before March 1, 2023, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation with the Clerk of the ComElectronic of the public version ofThose the Petition obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company: Elaine S. Ryan, Esquire, mission at:copies scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling. unable,may as abe practical matter, to file a notice of participation electronically may file such notice by U.S. mail toMcGuireWoods the Clerk of the LLP, ComGateway 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, 23219, or eryan@mcguirewoods.com. mission atPlaza, the address listed above. Such notice ofVirginia participation shall include the email addresses of such parties or their counsel, if available. A copy of the notice of participation
as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company. Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, any notice of participation set forth: (i) ainterested precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) aelectronically statement of the specific action sought to the then known; website: and (iii) the factual and On or before shall May 16, 2023, any person may submit comments on the Petition by following the instructions onextent the Commission’s legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation or government body as a respondent must be represented by may counsel required by 5 by VAC 5-20-30, scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. Those unable, as aparticipating practical matter, to submit comments electronically file as such comments U.S. mail toCounsel, the of the of Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer toDocument Case No. PUR-2022-00202. Clerk the State Corporation Commission, c/o Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-
00202.
On or before April 5, 2023, each respondent may file electronically with the Clerk of the Commission at scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. Any respondent unable, as a practical matter, to file testimony On or beforeelectronically March 1, 2023, anyfile person wishing to Clerk participate a respondentatin proceeding may do All so by filing a notice of participation with the of the Comand exhibits may such or byentity U.S. mail to the of theas Commission thethis address listed above. testimony and exhibits shall be served on Clerk the Commission’s mission scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling. Thosesimultaneous unable, as a practical matter,Intoallfile a notice of participation electronically file such notice byofU.S. mail toasthe Clerk of Staff, theat: Company, and all other respondents with its filing. filings, respondents shall comply with themay Commission’s Rules Practice, modified bythe theCommission at the address listed above. Such notice of participation shall include the email addresses ofand suchservice, parties and or their counsel, if available. copy of the notice of participation Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, including, but not limited to: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing 5 VAC 5-20-240, PreparedAtestimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00202. as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company. Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, any notice of
participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and Any documents filed in paper with the Office of theor Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both of the paper. all other respects,by except as 5-20-30, modified Counsel, by the legal basis for the action. Anyform organization, corporation government body participating as a respondent mustsides be represented by In counsel as required 5 VAC Commission’s for Notice and shall Hearing, shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. of the Rules of Order Practice. All filings referall to filings Case No. PUR-2022-00202. The Commission’s Rules of Practice, the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, and the public version of the Petition and other documents filed in this case may be viewed
On or before April 5, 2023, each may file electronically with the Clerk of the Commission at scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling any testimony and exhibits by which the reon the Commission’s website at: respondent scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case Information. spondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. Any respondent unable, as a practical matter, to file testimony VIRGINIA ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY and exhibits electronically may file such by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission at AND the address listed above. All testimony and exhibits shall be served on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents simultaneous with its filing. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, including, but not limited to: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00202. Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FAUQUIER EVENTS JAN. 25 TO FEB. 3 ONGOING EVENTS Restaurant Week
What: Warrenton Restaurant Week When: Monday, Jan. 23, to Sunday, Jan. 29 (during each restaurant’s hours of operation) Where: Black Bear Bistro and Brick Oven, Claire’s at the Depot, Denim and Pearls Restaurant, Ellie’s Place and E.B.’s Bar BQ, Harry’s Tavern at Airlie and Molly’s Irish Pub Cost: Fee at each participating restaurant Info: In-person and to-go specials, menus
Theater
What: Fauquier Community Theatre presents “The Greatest Generation Speaks” When: Friday, Feb. 3, to Sunday, Feb. 19; Friday and Saturday performances Feb. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 start at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Feb. 5, 12 and 19. Where: Vint Hill Theater on the Green, 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton Cost: Tickets range $16 to $18 Reservations: 540-349-8760 or www.FCTstage.org
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What: 2023 Joint Community Academy When: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (every Tuesday) until June 27 (accepting applications until Feb. 28; limited to 20 participants) Where: Warrenton Police Department, Community Room, 333 Carriage House Lane, Warrenton Info: Hosted by the Warrenton Police Department and the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office; the goal is to improve understanding among community members, police department and sheriff’s office To apply: 347-1107 or visit the website link at: https://www. warrentonva.gov/209/2023-JointCommunity-Academy
Reading
What: Winter reading program for children, teens, adults When: Tuesday, Jan. 17, to Tuesday, Feb. 28 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton; John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road; Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Pick up game card and complete tasks to win a prize; fauquierlibrary. org
Wednesday, Jan. 25 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. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 1 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: 540-718-8243 Story time What: Raising Readers Story Time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 1 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Registration: https://fauquierlibrary.
org/services/kids/childrens-programs to enroll for a session 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. and 11 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 1 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/caregivers must remain in the children’s areas
For older adults
What: OWLS (Older Wiser Learners) When: 2:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration Info: Activities for active, older adults; refreshments provided
Alzheimer’s seminar
What: Alzheimer’s and dementiarelated illnesses When: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 Where: The Villa at Suffield Meadows, 6735 Suffield Lane, Warrenton Cost: Free Info: For family members and friends of those living with dementia; presented by the Villa at Suffield Meadows Registration: 540-316-3800
Trivia
What: 2023 Trivia When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 1 Where: Barking Rose Brewing Company, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton
Trivia
What: Trivia Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 1 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Hosted by Fauquier Trivia
Thursday, Jan. 26 Senior supper
What: Senior Supper for seniors 55plus When: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, and Thursday, Feb. 2 Where: Bistro on the Hill, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Cost: $7.50
Coffee and conversation
What: Fellowship, encouragement, hope through conversation with others When: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 26, and Thursday, Feb. 2 Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Cost: Free; coffee, tea, light refreshments Info: 540-349-5814
Food pantry
What: Fauquier FISH Food Pantry
When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26; 9:30 to noon Saturday, Jan. 28, and Tuesday, Jan. 31 Where: Fauquier FISH, 24 Pelham St., Warrenton Info: Ready-to-cook meals and additional food for residents of Fauquier County who need help; bring ID and proof of county residency
Pet clinic
Art
What: Auditions for the musical “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” When: 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, and 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Where: John Barton Payne Building, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Info: Pre-registration for auditions is required Registration: 540-349-8760 or www. FCTstage.org
What: Art Cart When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, and Thursday, Feb. 2 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school age 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. 26, and Thursday, Feb. 2 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton Cost: Free Info: 540-718-8243
Story time
What: Stories for young children and caregivers with finger plays and singalongs When: 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, and Thursday, Feb. 2 Where: Virtual Required registration: https:// fauquierlibrary.org/services/kids
Library
What: Library Board of Trustees meeting When: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 Where: PATH Foundation, 321 Walker Drive, Warrenton Info: 540-222-8500, ext. 4
Friday, Jan. 27 Writing
What: Lunchtime Write-In When: Noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: All writers are welcome to gather at the big white table to get some words on the page (or screen); bring fully charged laptops, outlets are limited; 540-878-5358
Story time
What: Story Time for the Littles, stories for ages 3 to 6 When: 11 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, and Friday, Feb. 3 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. 27, Saturday, Jan. 28, and Friday, Feb. 3 Where: John Barton Payne Building Basement, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Volunteer: 540-341-3447
What: Pet Wellness Clinic When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 Where: Fauquier SPCA, 9350 Rogues Road, Midland Cost: Fee for assorted services Appointment: 540-788-9000, ext. 208
Theater auditions
Live music
What: Saturday Night Live with Brook Yoder and Bryan Smith When: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 Where: Orlean Market, 6855 Leeds Manor Road, Marshall
Saturday, Jan. 28 Job fair
What: The Fauquier Health Rehabilitation & Nursing Center will host an in-person job fair Times: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. Where: Fauquier Health Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 360 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Details: Openings for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, environmental services/cleaning staff and more.
Birds
What: Bird Walk When: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: Free Info: For adults and children ages 12 or older accompanied by an adult; bring a mask RSVP: info@cliftoninstitute.org or 540-341-3651
Dinner and wine
What: Candlelight evenings When: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Where: Arterra Wines, 1808 Leeds Manor Road, Delaplane Cost: $48 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/candlelight-evening-dinnerseries-tickets-478139416867 Info: Live piano music, dinner and wine
Live music
What: Featuring Britton James When: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Where: Denim and Pearls, 29 Main St., Warrenton
Live music
What: Featuring Whiskey Dogs When: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton See CALENDAR, page 12
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Sunday, Jan. 29 Reading
What: Paws to Read with K-9 Caring Angels When: 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Signed permission slip is required; children ages 5 to 10 read aloud to trained and certified therapy dogs; caregiver must be present
Wine dinner
What: Naked Mountain wine dinner When: 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 Where: Denim and Pearls, 29 Main St., Warrenton Reservations and deposit required: 540-349-9339 Info: Dinner paired with a variety of wines
Games
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What: Board Game Day When: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Hosted by game expert Josh Talley; learn a new game; Talk of the Mountain Food Truck on site
Football
What: Football Sundays When: 11 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delapane Info: Watch football on the big screens
Monday, Jan. 30 Art Cart
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What: Marshall Evening Book Club When: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30 Where: John Marshall Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Join: Email deborah.cosby@ fauquiercounty.gov or 540-422-8527 Info: Discussion on “The Dutch House,” by Ann Patchett
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What: Art Cart When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester Drive, Warrenton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school age children use library’s art supplies
Meet the author
What: Meet the Author, Randall Munroe When: 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 Where: Virtual Info: For adults; online conversation with the author about his new book, “What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions”
Homework help
What: Homework Help for school-age children When: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 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
Wednesday, Feb. 1 Banned books
What: Banned Books Book Club When: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Club meets every first Wednesday of month; this month’s pick is “Sold,” by Patricia McCormick
Nature
What: Nature School When: 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Feb. 1 Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Cost: $145, $180 Tickets: 540-341-3651 Info: For children in grades 1 to 5; activities, nature walks and more; bring a small backpack with a full water bottle and snack, a small towel and a seat pad or piece of tarp so kids can sit down on the trail
Thursday, Feb. 2 Cookie decorating
What: Valentine’s Day cookie decorating for ages 13 and older When: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 Where: Barking Rose Brewery, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton Cost: $65 Tickets: https://www. cupcakebouquetsandmore.com/ols/ products/barking-rose-brewery-co-farms-valentine-s-day-xoxo-cookie-decoratingclass-thursday-february-2nd-6-00pm Info: Learn basic piping and flooding techniques and take home six decorated cookies; no experience needed; all supplies provided; class includes a drink and a swag bag
Live music
What: Open Mic Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Indoors with plenty of seating to spread out; all ages; performers get a beer (or root beer) on the house
Friday, Feb. 3 Singles event
What: Singles Mixer When: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 Where: Barking Rose Brewery, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton Info: Live music by The Freshmakers; food from Black Bear; board games; beer
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Town should require independent noise monitoring for data center We are residents of the Oak Springs neighborhood in Warrenton. We have been carefully following the Amazon data center proposal for Blackwell Road, which is close to several residential neighborhoods. Noise – which could be incessant, 24/7, at high levels — is our greatest concern. John Lyver, a retired NASA scientist, has said Amazon’s noise studies are wrong. Lyver has done his own noise estimates, concluding that Amazon will exceed Warrenton’s noise ordinance at virtually every point on the perimeter of the site, at virtually all noise frequencies and by substantial amounts (10 decibels or more at many points). He has sent this information to the town council and has spoken about it at the town council public hearing Jan. 10. Despite this, the town council may be headed toward approving the Amazon SUP (a) without a valid, verifiable noise study demonstrating compliance; and (b) with noise conditions that may be unenforceable. Even more disturbing, the suggested conditions for the SUP would hand over to Amazon the responsibility for conducting noise tests once the data center is operational. This is unacceptable. This is a classic case of the fox guarding the hen house. We do not trust the Amazon fox, nor should the town council. If Amazon is allowed to do future noise measurements, Amazon will be able to “game” the noise measurements to misleadingly pretend they are compliant. As the suggested SUP conditions stand now, Amazon will be allowed to carry out noise measurements when, where and how they choose. They could choose to do it when
the generators are not running. They can do it when they have powered down the air conditioning operations, or when the weather is at its coolest or at locations that give unrepresentative results. If our town council, and especially our Ward 1 representative Heather Sutphin, truly wants to protect the residents of Oak Springs, as well as the Highlands, North Rock and Copper Mill, they must not leave this giant loophole for Amazon to exploit. At the very least, we ask the town council to lock into the SUP a requirement for a continuous noise measurement system, located on poles around the perimeter of the site, which transmits real-time noise information to a public website for all to see. Such a system is commercially available, at less than $10,000/year. Amazon should pay for it. Among other things, it would save the Warrenton Police Department from constantly responding to resident complaints about noise violations. Our police have better things to do. Amazon attorney John Foote has repeatedly stated that “Amazon will comply with the Warrenton noise ordinance.” Full stop. No equivocation. If so, he and Amazon should have no qualms about an SUP that requires a continuous third-party noise system, coupled with effective enforcement provisions. If Amazon balks, we will know their assurances are not trustworthy. Better yet, we ask the town council to deny the Amazon SUP because, in our opinion, it will forever alter this small town that we love and will leave it open to many more data centers to come. LUKE MARRAZZO BARBARA AMSTER Warrenton
Conditions can’t really stop noise at data center It was standing room only at the Jan. 10 Warrenton Town Council meeting. Over a hundred people waited hours — in a hearing that ran to 1:30 a.m. — to voice their opposition to the data center Amazon proposes at the gateway to historic Warrenton. On Dec. 20, the Warrenton Planning Commission had recommended denying the application. Commissioners had acknowledged concerns about its size and unsightly appearance, its noise and damage to the local environment, its harm to property values and its incompatibility with the historic, residential character of Warrenton. It also noted complaints about the potential for new electric transmission lines and a substation. There had also been questions about lack of transparency and ethics irregularities in Amazon’s nonpublic dealings with the council and town employees. Yet, at its January meeting, the council disregarded the commission’s conclusion. Instead, setting aside other problems with the application, council members debated whether they could solve noise concerns by applying conditions to a permit. Since a special-use permit, required for a data center, can’t be rescinded, they discussed requiring an occupancy permit — or a series of them, one for each section of the building. The notion was the town would revoke an occupancy permit whenever noise limits were exceeded, forcing Amazon to “shut down” operations, if noise violations weren’t resolved in 48 hours. Hearing this, we both felt compelled to offer our real-world advice. We each have more than 30 years’ experience in regulatory work, in enforcement, in government, consulting, or law practice. And as we said at the hearing, the occupancy permit notion is completely unrealistic.
Yes, the town could attempt to negotiate conditions based on this occupancy permit regime, but it would be impractical to enforce them. In our opinion, Amazon would never shut the center down, regardless of conditions. These facilities need uninterrupted operation. Banks, utilities, government agencies, businesses and people worldwide rely on seamless access to stored data. Any timely enforcement would require a court order — an injunction compelling Amazon to immediately comply with noise requirements or cease operations covered by the permit. But this type of order requires a very high standard, including showing “irreparable harm.” A court is unlikely to suspend data center operations over noise complaints. Warrenton would need to litigate the whole issue — a slow and costly process. How slow and costly? The average civil case takes two years. A typical D.C. firm attorney costs about $400 an hour. Warrenton had a 2022 operating budget of $14.6 million and 120 full-time employees. Amazon has annual revenues of $500 billion and about 1.5 million employees. Amazon’s law department has some 400 lawyers and more than 100 firms on retainer. And with scores of data centers in operation, Amazon, in our opinion, would not be able to allow a small town of 10,000 to be seen interfering with operations. Noise is just one reason the Warrenton community almost unanimously opposes the data center. Conditions aren’t a solution — and aren’t an excuse for allowing it. The only right answer is to reject Amazon’s application. CHUCK CROSS Warrenton JOHN BENEDICT Middleburg
Regan Washer announces bid for Marshall District supervisor WASHER, from page 7 Washer is a managing partner in his family’s business, ICS Financial in The Plains. His family also owns The Rosemary event venue in Marshall and a small active farm near Orlean. “My plan as supervisor is protecting our rural way of life ... and keep growth and urbanization well within the service district … so that we don’t lose our unique character as a county,” Washer said in an interview Tuesday. “The biggest reason I’m running,” he said, “is
that I have such a passion for preserving the agricultural heritage of our county.” Washer declined to criticize Mitchell, his opponent for the Republican nomination. “He might have slightly different ideas and values than I do,” he said. Of the board’s current trajectory, “I’d like to give kudos to all the supervisors who’ve come before me. … We’ve been very steadfast in keeping our county the way it has been for a long time,” Washer said. “But I’m not stuck in the past. We’re looking to the future.” His goal, he said, is to “continue fighting the good fight” by
advocating for initiatives that prevent development in rural areas. As supervisor, Washer said that he would advance “fiscally conservative” policies and vote to maintain a “strict budget” but declined to be more specific. “I don’t think that [the existing board] has done a poor job, but there’s always room for improvement in anything,” he explained. Washer said that he plans to hold a campaign kickoff event on the evening of Friday, Feb. 4 at the Old Salem Café in Marshall. A time has not yet been determined.
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ANDREW ADAIR TRANSFERRING TO UNC CHARLOTTE
Former Kettle Run High offensive lineman Andrew Adair, who played in nine games as a true freshman at Liberty University in 2021, including the Lending Tree Bowl, then transferred to James Madison for his sophomore year and played in two games, is reportedly transferring to UNC Charlotte, according to his Twitter page.
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JORDAN TAPSCOTT TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT VIRGINIA TECH
Kettle Run receiver accepts roster spot as preferred walk-on By Matthew Proctor
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Jordan Tapscott went into his football recruiting trip to Virginia Tech last weekend hoping to get offered a roster spot. When the offer came, Kettle Run’s outstanding wide receiver caught it and ran it into the end zone. “When the receivers coach told me that they want me for a preferred walk-on, I looked at my parents and was like, ‘This is where I want to go,’” Tapscott said. Kettle Run coach Charlie Porterfield is proud of Tapscott. “Jordan’s had some dreams and goals for a long time, and I know one of those was to be named an all-state player, to play in a state championship game, and go to Tech. So, it’s pretty cool to see a kid complete some of those things they’ve thought about for a long time,” Porterfield said. Like many future college athletes, Tapscott’s journey to an NCAA Division I roster spot had a few twists and turns. Before his senior year, he committed to Virginia Military Institute but when head coach Scott Wachen-
heim resigned in November, Tapscott reopened his recruitment. Division I FCS schools Morgan State and Robert Morris were recruiting him, he said, but when the opportunity arose in Blacksburg, the decision was easy. “I’ve always had a vision of me playing there when I was little,” Tapscott said. The Hokies first recruited Tapscott during his junior year, visiting the three-star recruit at Kettle Run multiple times over the past two seasons. With a huge opportunity close at hand, Tapscott visited Blacksburg last Saturday knowing that if he was offered, even if it was not a scholarship, he was going to commit. “If they give me the preferred walk-on, I’m going to take it because, I mean, I’m going to bet on myself all the time,” Tapscott said. A preferred walk-on is a member of the team and receives benefits such as gear but not tuition. A scholarship can be earned going into an athlete’s second season. During the visit, Tapscott met with Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry, offensive recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach Fontel Mines, many of his future teammates, and even had a photo shoot in full uniform. “I pulled the receiver coach aside and was like ‘I would like to commit here, I think I belong here, this is where I want to go,’” Tapscott said.
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“I’ve always had a vision of me playing there when I was little,” said Kettle Run star receiver Jordan Tapscott about Virginia Tech, which offered him roster spot. He’ll sign in early February. Tapscott helped the Cougars go 14-1 and make the Class 4 state championship. He hauled in 98 receptions for 1,774 yards and 19 touchdowns, all Kettle Run records. His 1,774 yards led all Virginia receivers in 2022 and went down as the second most in state history. Tapscott racked up many district, region and state awards. He was named VHSL first team all-state as a wide receiver and was the Class 4 Region C Offensive Player of the
Year and Northwestern District Offensive Player of the Year. Though he also shined at cornerback at Kettle Run, Tapscott plans to stick to the receiver position at Virginia Tech. While he hopes to see some playing time on offense as a freshman, it could be on special teams and punt returns. Tapscott intends to officially sign sometime next month, with the national signing period opening on Feb. 1.
EAGLES THREATEN, COUGARS SURVIVE
Tapscott scores 17, Mulhern 15 as Kettle Run ekes out 58-55 win By Matthew Proctor
Special to the Fauquier Times
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J.J. Mulhern’s scoring continues to spark Kettle Run’s run up the Northwestern District boys basketball standings.
After losing to Liberty the first time, it was imperative for the Kettle Run High boys basketball team to maintain their newfound identity as a district contender by gaining revenge against the feisty Eagles. After building an early lead, the Cougars held off Liberty, 58-55, as Eagle forward John Logan’s potential game-tying 3-pointer missed at the final buzzer. The win keeps Kettle Run (8-6, 4-5) in the mix in the Northwestern District, while Liberty (5-13, 1-8) remains back in the pack. “When he let it go, it looked pretty good to me,” Kettle Run coach Demond Tapscott said of Logan’s shot. Liberty senior star Joe Minor inbounded the ball to Logan, who looked to pass it right back to Minor, who had shined for the Eagles all night, but junior Conor Madigan cut off the passing lane forcing Logan to shoot
“We tried to give it to John to give it back to Joe. Joe’s the man, he’s having a great year, great year. And I think the ball needs to be in his hands, and we just couldn’t get it to him,” Liberty coach Pat Frazer said. Led by senior Jordan Tapscott, the Cougars bolted to a 16-8 lead after the first quarter. After hitting his first 3-point attempt, Tapscott made back-to-back layups and finished with nine first quarter points. “He’s very quick, very fast. He made an effort to establish his rhythm early, which I think kind of carried us throughout the game and made them actually go to a box-and-one,” coach Tapscott said about his son. After falling behind by 12, Liberty went on a 12-2 second quarter run thanks to a pair of 3-pointers from sophomore C.W. Burke, cutting the Eagles’ deficit to two. See BASKETBALL, page 20
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MEET SIMONE TAPSCOTT, UNSUNG HERO Kettle Run girls down Liberty, 50-18, thanks to senior’s defensive prowess By Peter Brewington
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
Simone Tapscott got a special assignment last Friday night. Be Bri Gutierrez’ bodyguard. The Kettle Run senior guard embraced the role of shadowing Liberty’s star player. Tapscott was so good at it, that Gutierrez, the Eagles’ scoring leader and top playmaker, was held to one point as Kettle Run won the girls basketball contest, 50-18. “I told Simone to stick with No. 22 (Gutierrez), who is a heck of a player and Simone just got in her hip pocket. She worked her butt off,” Kettle Run coach David Noonan said. “She was our unsung hero.” Noonan said Tapscott hustled, employed face guarding techniques and actively defended Gutierrez – as well as contributed seven points. The win allowed Kettle Run (8-7 overall, 5-4 district) to hold onto third place in the Northwestern District girls basketball race. Noonan sees his Cougars capturing two of their final three games to cement that third position, which would be a significant accomplishment. The Cougars, who faced powerful Millbrook (16-3) on Tuesday, next host Handley (3-5) on Senior Night on Tuesday, Jan. 31 and take on Fauquier (0-8) on Feb. 3. Also last week, Kettle Run lost to first place Millbrook 64-20 on Feb. 16 and second place Sherando 5839 on Feb. 17. “The Millbrook game was bad. They blitzed us when we’d
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Coach David Noonan credited Simone Tapscott (above) with great defense against Liberty star Bri Gutierrez (in photo at right). get across halfcourt,” Noonan said of the Pioneers’ press. “It took us a while to settle down.” The Liberty win went a lot better as the Cougars jumped to a 13-2 lead after the first quarter and 30-5 at halftime. Leading scorer Erin Porter led the way with 20 points, four blocks and three rebounds, and drilled four 3-pointers in six attempts. Bethany Norman had eight points and eight rebounds, Tapscott scored seven, Reagan Patrick added six and Ava
Prysock five. “It was a well-rounded performance. Everybody contributed in some form or fashion,” Noonan said. Kettle Run made three 3-pointers to open the game, one by Patrick and two by Porter to lead 9-0. “That’s the first time we’ve ever done that,” Noonan said. “Liberty called timeout but we continued to roll after that.” With three games left, the Cougars, at 8-7, are a great bet to finish above .500.
“If we take care of business and win two of our last three, we’d be 10-8 and should get a home district playoff game,” said Noonan. Noonan said third place would be a very proud achievement for the program. “Where we sit now, we’d host a home playoff game, then play Sherando or Millbrook. I think we can play both of them tough and at least give them a run for the money. I’ve got a good group of kids,” Noonan said.
Wrestling report: Kettle Run takes fourth; FHS healing By Peter Brewington
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
The Kettle Run High wrestling team took fourth place out of 12 teams at the Battle of Spotsylvania meet. The Cougars had two champions in 138-pounder Kyle Brumagim and 215-pounder Abram Chumley. Ryan Cruger (144) was third and Brandon Brumagim (132) fourth.
“I am very proud of how we performed. I feel like we are continuing to get better,” said coach Jacob Foy. “We are still working on improving specific situations and fine tuning what we are good at as we are preparing for districts on Feb. 3.” Elsewhere, Fauquier coach Chad Hoffman said his team is mustering its forces for a home meet this Wednesday against Millbrook and Culpeper. Flu and injuries have been a concern.
DISTRICT SWIM MEET IS FRIDAY
Kettle Run’s Andrew Hendrickson hopes his Cougars can repeat as Northwestern District boys champions this Friday. The district meet is at the Warrenton Aquatic and Rec Facility. FAUQUIER TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COY FERRELL
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‘Calmness guy’ Mulhern comes through for Cougars BASKETBALL, from page 17 Burke finished with 11. “I thought he did great tonight. He really stepped up and matured. He’s no longer a sophomore basketball wise. I was real proud of him,” Frazer said. With just two seconds remaining in the half, senior Craig Riddle’s fast break layup gave the Cougars a 28-22 lead at the break. In a back-and-forth third quarter, Minor carried the Eagles, scoring 12 points and draining two 3-pointers as Liberty cut its deficit to 39-37. Minor led all scorers with 24 points and four 3-pointers. “A couple of weeks ago he had 28, 27, then he had 16 the other night. It’s just my opinion, but I definitely think he’s one of the top players in the district,” Frazer said. Tapscott, who was held scoreless in the second FAUQUIER TIMES STAFF PHOTOS/COY FERRELL and third quarters after Liberty deployed a box- At left, Kettle Run’s Conor Madigan and Liberty’s Tyrek Smith are pictured. At right are Liberty’s John and-one defense, came up big for the Cougars in Logan and Kettle Run’s Connor Dean. the fourth, scoring eight points, including two cru3-pointers, but three consecutive 1-for-2 trips to overtime. Minor wasn’t able to get open, forcing cial free throws with under a minute remaining. Tapscott finished with 17 points, while point the free throw line left the Eagles down 55-51 Logan to take the pivotal shot, which bounced off guard J.J. Mulhern and forward Connor Dean with under a minute to go. Minor submitted the the backboard and away from the basket as the highlight of the night as he caught an alley-oop final buzzer sounded. scored 17 and 15, respectively. With just three games remaining and the CouMulhern has a proclivity to perform in the pass from Burke that he finished for a layup to gars sitting in fifth place in the district, Tapscott clutch for Kettle Run. He hit the game-winning bring the Eagles within two. Kettle Run left the door open as they missed knows his team must win out to improve its disshot against Fauquier on Jan. 13, and made a huge free throw to extend the lead to three with 20 sec- four free throws in the closing moments, leaving trict seeding. the score 58-55. “We’ll take it one game at a time. I do want onds remaining against Liberty. “They hit some big threes down the stretch to win all three, but Millbrook’s first. Knock that “He’s a calmness guy. I told him before the season started, I need him to be our leader out there which kind of kept them in the game. We just did one down, and then we’ll work out the next two on the court. And he does take big shots down a poor job on closing out,” Tapscott said. “But after that,” Tapscott said. Kettle Run’s regular season finale is Friday, the stretch,” coach Tapscott said. “He made that we’ve got to figure out how to have that intensity shot (against Fauquier) and Craig made two free for the first quarter all the way through all four Feb. 3 at home vs. Fauquier. Liberty also has three district games left, inthrows to kind of seal it. But I trust him shooting.” quarters to kind of start putting teams away.” With three seconds left, Frazer called a timeout cluding a home game with Fauquier this coming Liberty opened the fourth quarter hitting three to draw up the final play in hopes of sending it to Friday, Jan. 27
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Cedar Run District NVR Inc. to Billy Anderson, 0.5755 acre at 6596 Bob White Drive, Warrenton. $954,200 Charles D. Crumbaugh to Adalberto Castro, 34 acres at 10699 Upton Lane, Catlett. $760,000 Andrew Bret Bailey to Scott Michael Palmer, 0.6293 acre at 2695 Travers Place, Warrenton. $790,000 David R. Colton to Samantha Regina Yates, 5.8364 acres at 10638 Shenandoah Path, Catlett. $950,000 Lee District Matthew Fitzpatrick to Michael Wayne Pruitt, 8541 Ross Street, Bealeton. $380,000 Full House Investments LLC to Jacob J. Muhlbeier, 2.2775 acres at 7701 Opal Road nr. Warrenton. $761,500
Center District Mighty Midget LC to Commonwealth of Virginia Dept. of Transportation, Condemnation Certificate for four lots along Broadview Avenue, including 0.702 acre at 20 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton. $23,590 510 Frost LLC to Commonwealth of Virginia Dept. of Transportation, four lots on Frost Avenue, Warrenton. $23,270 Raymond E. Graham to Lois F. Spain, 36 Patrick Ryan Way, Warrenton. $620,000 RFI CM LC to NVR Inc., 1.0506 acres on Oakland Drive, Warrenton. $265,000 Dwight L. Atkinson to Shenice Nicole Williams, 0.2500 acre at 124 Old Mill Lane, Warrenton. $540,000 Scott District Joseph P. Burke Tr. to Stephen Langford, Unit 8 at 6652 Suffield Lane nr. Warrenton. $640,000
Ronald Dean Ross Tr. to Ronald Mecum, 5.1487 acres at 5155 Shady Oak Lane, Warrenton. $685,000 Lorraine Updike to Raymond Hensley, 17.1283 acres on Rt. 55 nr. The Plains. $490,000 FS Development LLC to NVR Inc., 0.5963 acre on Thoroughbred Road and Highlander Court, New Baltimore/ Warrenton. $300,000 ECH-Vint Hill Associates LLC to Pink Panther Holdings LLC, 6.9017 acres on Vint Hill Parkway. $1,175,000 Diane F. Grant to Kevin Barrett Flynn, Unit 43 at 6711 Stream View Lane nr. Warrenton. $590,000 Marshall District Thomas M. Dawson to Ann E. Andreatos Tr., 0.3961 acre at 8425 West Main Street and 0.4240 acre at 8427 Main Street, Marshall. $695,000
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OBITUARIES Ruth Marie Lloyd
Willie Franklin Fields, Sr.
Ruth Marie Lloyd, 73, of Gainesville, VA, passed January 14, 2023. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 11 am, at Northern Virginia Baptist Center, 14019 Glenkirk Road, Gainesville, VA, 20156. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com
Willie Franklin Fields, Sr., 94, of Gainesville, VA, passed January 7, 2023. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023, 11:00 am, at Oakrum Baptist Church, 16419 Thoroughfare Road, Broad Run, VA, 20137. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com
Dorothy Z. Hackley Dorothy Z. Hackley, a familiar, welcoming face at Hackleys Store in Amissville VA for many years passed peacefully at Fauquier Health Rehab and Nursing Center (FHRNC) in Warrenton VA on January 14, 2023. Dorothy, with her husband Graham, served their friends and neighbors side by side at Hackleys Store for over 5 decades. Born on top of Laurel Ridge in WV on February 16, 1925, Dorothy Lee Zinn moved with her family to Amissville when she was 12. The family worked hard to establish their homestead. Dorothy even stacked barrel staves alongside her brothers at their father’s stave mill on present-day Battle Mountain Road, and lived the tale of walking miles to catch the school bus every day in all kinds of weather! Upon graduating from Washington (VA) High School, where she was voted “prettiest girl” in her senior class, she worked for a short time in the mailroom of Capitol Airlines (now United) in Washington, DC. In 1944 she boarded a Trailways bus that made regular stops in front of Hackleys Store, bound for nursing school at Wilmington General Hospital in DE. Upon receiving her nursing certification she became a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps serving during World War II. She married Graham in 1947, and then worked at the “old” Fauquier Hospital in Old Town Warrenton (VA) attending to many of her Amissville neighbors and friends. There being no rescue squads at that time, she often visited patients in their homes, or welcomed them into hers for shots (doctorsanctioned, of course) and basic first aid. Dorothy left nursing in 1963 to work fulltime with her husband at Hackleys Store, while raising her children, Janet and Larry, and living next door in the Hackley-family home (circa 1858) where her husband Graham and all of his siblings were born. Always ones to support their community, Dorothy and Graham hired many Amissville teenagers to stock shelves at Hackleys, always encouraging them, supporting their educational pursuits, and feeding them on Friday nights! Dorothy joined the Amissville United Methodist Church in 1947, later chairing many committees, including the one nearest to her heart – the Methodist Cemetery committee, which she chaired for many years. In the 1950s Dorothy helped found the Amissville Civic Club that for many years supported families in need in the Amissville community. In that same spirit, she and Graham helped the Amissville Ruritan Club start the Amissville Christmas Baskets project over 50 years ago, staying involved in the project from its inception. The project is still alive and well, sponsored by the Amissville Community Foundation. Dorothy’s bright smile was always her trademark. In retirement she enjoyed quilting, reading, being “Grandma” to her “favorite grandson” Joshua, and continuing her passion of sending cards for all occasions to those she loved. Her friends, and Zinn & Hackley families were precious to her. Dorothy is survived by her daughter Janet Hackley Makela (Ronald), her grandson Joshua Bryan Hackley Makela (Sophia Coleman), her sisters JoAnne Zinn Tilley, Nancy Zinn Nicholas (Farrell), special sister-in-law Betty Goss Zinn, and countless nieces and nephews that she adored. She was predeceased by her husband E. Graham Hackley, son Larry Graham Hackley, parents Curtiss Cedric and Hazel Bennett Zinn, sisters C. Luerena Zinn and Helen Zinn Bricker (Karl), and brothers Paul C. Zinn (Louise), Frank R. Zinn (Anna), and Henry W. Zinn, and brother-in-law Wallace Tilley. A Funeral/Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the Amissville United Methodist Church. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Amissville Methodist Cemetery, P.O. Box 108, Amissville, VA 20106, the Amissville Community Foundation, P.O. Box 236, Amissville, VA 20106, Amissville Volunteer Fire & Rescue, P.O. Box 147, Amissville, VA 20106, or the Hackley Family Scholarship Fund, c/o Headwaters – Rappahannock Co. Public Education Foundation, 567 Mount Salem Ave, Washington, VA 22747. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www. moserfuneralhome.com
Jeanne L. Schrader Jeanne L. Schrader, 59, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. Jeanne was born on June 10, 1963, in Winchester, Virginia to John R. and Geneva C. Norris. She was preceded in death by her father. Jeanne is survived by her husband, Richard “Rick” Schrader, whom she married on September 21, 1985. She is also survived by their sons: Joshua Schrader of Bellefontaine Ohio, Aaron (Alexis) Schrader of Bellefontaine, Ohio; a grandson Levi Schrader; her mother Geneva C. Norris of Marshall, Virginia; and 2 sisters: Janet Ritter of Virginia, and Terrie Sandstrom of New Mexico. Jeanne graduated from Radford University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. She worked many years at Oak Hill / Mad River Medical offices. She was also an active homeschool mom. Jeanne enjoyed scrapbooking, art, cross-stitching, and being a grandmother. Her home always had an open-door policy, and she loved to cook for everybody. She was a loving wife and mother who was devoted to her family. Jeanne was an active member of Vineyard Christian Fellowship for over 27 years. Friends may call on Friday, January 27, 2023, from 3-6pm at the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Bellefontaine, Ohio. Jeanne’s funeral will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at 10am, at the funeral home. A private family graveside service will be held in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Advancing Native Missions (www.advancingnativemissions.com) EICHHOLTZ DARING & SANFORD FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, Bellefontaine, is honored to serve the Schrader family and encourages anyone to share a fond memory or message of condolence at www.edsfh.com
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OBITUARIES Howard Leroy Latimer
Kevin Alexis Murray
Howard Leroy Latimer, 78, of Marshall, VA, passed January 13, 2023. Funeral services were held on Monday, January 23, 2023, 12 pm, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church 2932 Atoka Road, Rectortown, VA, 20140. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com
Kevin Alexis Murray, 54, of Bristow, VA, passed January 14, 2023. A viewing only will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2023, from 3pm to 5pm at Joynes Funeral Home, 29 N. Third St., Warrenton, VA, 20186. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com
Jonas Edward Pullen Jonas Edward Pullen, 68, passed away on January 12, 2023. He is survived by his sons, George David Pullen, Jonas Pullen II, and Kyle Pullen. Also his siblings, Joyce Cameron, Wayne Pullen, Ronnie Pullen, Cynthia Fletcher, and Connie Pullen. He was preceded in death by his father, Jonas Smith Pullen and mother Ruby Virginia Pullen, also a sister, Bonnie A Pullen. Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Lucas Abraham Van Wyk Lucas Abraham Van Wyk passed away peacefully at home with his loving wife, Pat Meisels by his side on December 24, 2022. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa on October 22, 1956 to Karel Van Wyk and Magdalena Alletta Van Wyk. He is survived by his sister Cecile Pretorius, brothers Willem and Stephan Van Wyk, his children Lucas, Stephan, and Pieter Van Wyk, and his grandchildren, Dylan, Charlotte, and Connor Van Wyk. He is also survived by his wife Pat, his stepchildren Melissa Ramos, Michael Meisels, and Meredith Manuel, and his six stepgrandchildren. Lucas will be missed by all who know him. His final resting place will be in his birthplace in South Africa. The entire Van Wyk family would like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported us during this most difficult time.
Lawrence Allen ‘Larry’ Rider Lawrence Allen ‘Larry’ Rider, age 72, of Warrenton, VA passed on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023, at Prince William Hospital. He was born September 23, 1950, in Warrenton to the late Robert L. and Edith Ruth Dodson Rider. Larry is survived by his children Robert Rider & his wife Shameen, of Leesburg; Sherry Calvendra & her husband, Marvin of Arlington; and grandson, Jude Calvendra. He is also survived by his siblings Charles Rider (Ruth) of Warrenton, Lester Rider (Peggy) of Remington, and Richard Rider (Nancy) of Catlett; Mary Goff of Warrenton, and Ethel Weeks (Jim) of Bealeton, as well as cousins, nieces, nephews, and extended family. In addition to his parents, Larry was preceded in death by his wife of 39 years, Michelle Rider; daughter Angela Minor; siblings William Rider, Dorothy Waggoner, Gladys Baker, Laura Kennedy, Lois Parsons, and Carol Fernholz. Before starting his career, Larry served in the United States Army. After the military, he worked as Chief Construction Estimator for R. L. Rider & Company for 40-plus years and then retired from General Excavation, Inc. to take care of his wife. Larry found joy in golfing and in teaching his grandson how to play at Fauquier Springs Country Club. He was very fond of sports and games - whether it was bowling or playing cards with friends, participating in competitive yard games with family, or rooting for his favorite Washington sports teams. He also loved celebrating Christmas. He leaves his family with many traditions and fond holiday memories that will be cherished. A graveside service to honor the life of Larry will be held on January 27th at 11 am at Bright View Cemetery in Warrenton. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a contribution in Larry’s name to the American Cancer Society. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.
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Roy Samson Leith Roy Samson Leith, 85, a resident of Alexandria, VA, originally of Middleburg, VA, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2023. Roy is preceded in rest by his parents, Bennie F. Leith Sr. and Patricia Leith; his sisters Leta Falle and Lorraine Meaney, his brother Harvey Leith, and his niece Lynda Meaney. Roy is survived by his brother Bennie F. Leith Jr. and his wife Margurette; his daughter Christine Leith, his son Darrell Leith, Darrell’s wife Patty Leith, and their children Ryan and Libby Leith; and his son Aaron Leith and his wife Nancy Leith. He is further survived by nieces and nephews including Sandra McDarby and Pamela Clay, daughters of Roy’s late sister Leta Falle, and by Deborah Banker, daughter of Roy’s late sister, Lorraine Meaney. Roy will be laid to rest alongside is parents and paternal grandparents at: Middleburg Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, VA. Service and interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association and/or Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Middleburg, VA; custodians of the cemetery. Please visit Royston Funeral Home’s online memorial for Roy: https:// www.roystonfh.com/obituaries/Roy--Samson--Leith?obId=27082127#/ obituaryInfo
Kathleen Marie Mitchell Kathleen Marie Mitchell of Warrenton, VA passed away on January 13, 2023, at Reston Hospital Center after a brief illness. She was 86 years old. She was born in Boston, MA to Frederick and Kathleen Connolly. Due to the death of her mother and other unforeseen events, she was adopted at an early age by James and Priscilla Donovan of Boston, MA. She lived in Massachusetts until 1967, whereupon she and her family moved to Fauquier County, Virginia where she spent the remainder of her life. She is survived by her six children, Colleen Deros (Christopher), James Mitchell, Maryrose Mitchell, Jeanne Combos (Alex), Michael Mitchell, and Shae Kline (Robert). She cherished spending time with her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as nieces and nephews. Kathy was a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus and a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Warrenton for over 5 decades. She volunteered with the Legion of Mary and had a special devotion to the Blessed Mother. Kathy was an avid reader, and especially loved reading books and watching videos about various aspects of the Catholic faith, as she sought to draw closer to the Lord. Those who knew her best treasured her dry sense of humor, her love for the Boston Red Sox, any kind of animal, and all things related to her Irish heritage. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Warrenton, with a private interment at the Little Georgetown Cemetery in Broad Run, VA. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www. moserfuneralhome.com.
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The Fauquier County Planning Commission resolved at its January 19, 2023 Regular Meeting that the following would be its 2023 meeting dates. In the event a regularly-scheduled meeting is continued pursuant to the authority of Code of Virginia § 15.2-2214, all hearings and other matters previously advertised for such meeting shall be conducted at the continued meeting and no further advertisement will be required.
Planning Commission Meeting Dates 2023 Meeting Date 9 January 1
Alternate Meeting Date (Following Wednesday) January 25
February 16
February 22
April 20
April 26
March 16 May 18
March 22 May 24
June 15
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September 21
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November 16
November 21 (Tuesday)
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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 Thursday, February 9, 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. AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4094 WHITING ROAD, MARSHALL - A public hearing to consider an increase in the amount of acreage of property to be sold by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors from 2.1205 acres to 2.541 acres, with improvements thereon, described as Lot 1A, PIN# 6070-30-2786-000, and portions of PIN# 6070-30-2571 and PIN# 6070-30-2404. (Paul S. McCulla, Staff) 2. 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) 3. 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 Turnpike, Scott District, Warrenton, Virginia. (PIN 7906-11-0106-000) (Kara Marshall, 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 and associated activities. 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) 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) 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 February 9, 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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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Virginia Electric and Power Company (VMRC #2022-2539) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to install one (1) aerial fiber optic cable to existing utility poles across a 30-foot section of Broad Run adjacent to Mt Eccentric Road in Fauquier County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2022-2539) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/ public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg 96, Hampton, VA 23651.
Notice is hereby given that Virginia Electric and Power Company (VMRC #2022-2541) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to install one (1) aerial fiber optic cable to existing utility poles across a 30-foot section of Little River adjacent to Herringdon Road in Fauquier County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2022-2541) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/ public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg 96, Hampton, VA 23651.
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V I R G I N I A: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY JULIANA CEDENO SANCHEZ,) Plaintiff,) ) Case No.: CL22-426 v.))ROGELIO ANDRADE SANCHEZ, ) Defendant. ) ORDER OF PUBLICATION On this day the Petitioner appeared by counsel upon an Affidavit for Service by Publication, pursuant to Section 8.01-316 of the Virginia Code; It is hereby ORDERED that Rogelio Andrade Sanchez appear at the above-named court and protect his interests on or before FEBRUARY 10, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. It is further ORDERED that this order of publication be published once a week for four successive weeks in the Fauquier Times, and that a Certificate of Publication and the invoice be sent to Michael C. Pollock, attorney for the Petitioner at 6800 Paragon Place, Suite 233, Richmond, VA 23230. ENTER: Lon E. Farris, Judge Designate DATE: 12/22/2022 I ask for this: Michael C. Pollock, Esq. VSB # 91632 FRIEDMAN, FRAMME & THRUSH, P.A.6800 Paragon Place, Suite 233 Richmond, VA 23230 (804) 649-1334 ext. 3000 (phone) (804) 649-2172 (fax) mpollock@fftlaw.com Counsel for Petitioner
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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURG, VIRGINIA INVITATION TO BID
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CUSTODIAL SERVICES TOWN HALL & POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIBERTY STREET RESTROOMS The Town of Middleburg is accepting bids for the provision of custodial services for the new Town Hall/Police Department, currently under construction, and the Liberty Street Restrooms. The Town Hall facility will consist of approximately 11,725 square feet of floor space and the Liberty Street Restrooms consist of 126 square feet of floor area. To review the complete Invitation to Bid, visit https://www.middleburgva.gov/ bids.aspx. Bid responses are due by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. William Moore, Deputy Town Manager Town of Middleburg, Virginia
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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold a Special Meeting on Friday February 10th, beginning at 4:00 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia. The purpose of this Special Meeting is to enter into a closed session under Virginia Code §2.2-371l (A)(1) for discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for the position of Town Manager. Please feel free to contact the Town Clerk should you have any questions/concerns at 540-347-1101. 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.
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RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIAN Marshall, Virginia Estate seeks Farm Manager. This individual must have excellent farm management skills which include attention to detail, good communication, administrative, management and supervisory skills as well as ability to tend to livestock. This individual MUST be proficient with mechanical skills for operation use, maintaining and performing minor repairs on farm equipment and housing units. Salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits: Insurance, 401K, PTO and housing. Apply with resume to: applyjobs296@gmail.com.
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The Fauquier Times is looking for a proven reporter experienced
in investigative local journalism. Though the Times covers a small,of Responsibilities include but not limited to digital content mostly rural community just south of Northern Virginia, there is The Fauquier Times and The Prince William Times. never of hard newsmember to dig into.responsible We produce afor weekly As thea shortage newsroom staff digital newspaper and a robust website at fauquier.com. strategy and formaintain day-to-day management of all digital content The ideal candidate will be comfortable with data-driven stories including web and email products, the digital editor curates, and consistently accuracy andposts. fairness their top edits and writesmake social media They alsopriorities. produce They will be eager to get to know the people who live here and interactive features, galleries and video – that are timely, be ready to tell their stories. Curiosity is a must; photography compelling and drive audience engagement. skills are a plus. The joba requires solid news judgment, strong We are small newsroom so flexibility is required, butediting county and headline-writing familiarity with SEO and site government will beskills one ofand the new reporter’s responsibilities. analytics. Strong have the abilityThis to join The Fauquier Timescandidates is located inwill Warrenton, Virginia. is the not a remote position.for Reporters highest standards contentattend withcommunity ambitiousevents trafficandand meetings in person, but dailyobjectives. visits to an office necessary engagement and revenue You are will not also manage after asocial trainingmedia period. feeds Salary is(Facebook, competitive and commensurate main Twitter, Instagram, with experience. are available, including the opportunity TikTok) with goalBenefits of extending the Times newspapers’ brand to participate in a 401K. engagement. and building audience For the last five years, the Fauquier Times has placed first in its We require: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2-3 years division in the Virginia Press Association’s annual newspaper experience in online news operation and use of content contest, securing the Sweepstakes Award consistently. management systems,and in the years analysis of the audience Most importantly, we have in recent gained renewedmetrics abilityoftoour maximize audience. Must also have trustand andproven appreciation community. Our newspaper is gainexpertise in social media platforms, headline writing, copying new subscribers and advertisers every week and community editing,familiarity with AP Style, SEO and video production engagement is strong. The Fauquier Times and its sister paper, the Prince William Times, experience. are owned by the non-profit Piedmont Journalism Foundation. We offer flexible office/remote work environment. rearl@fauquier.com Please sendContact: an email with resume and at least 10 hard Robin Earl, managing Fauquier Times news clips to Editor Robineditor, Earl, rearl@fauquier.com. Equal Opportunity Employer
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