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AS WARRENTON MULLS ITS FUTURE...

Oliver City neighbors speak up for current town residents

By Coy Ferrell

however – and 40 years after the construction of the Eastern Bypass A draft of the new Warrenton split the neighborhood into four Comprehensive Plan, the formal 20- parts -- some residents feel their year vision for the town, is currently neighborhood isn’t being afforded being considered by town council the same resources as other existing members. The first of at least two neighborhoods, and that their needs public hearings will be held March have been discounted in the push to 9. Whatever the exact form the final attract new developments.

A 2009 suppleplan takes, Oliver ment to the WarrenCity residents want “That’s what the ton Comprehensive to make sure they neighborhood does Plan, for instance, aren’t left behind as to you.

It makes you warned, “The intruthe town changes passionate about the sion of new roads and grows. development Oliver City is a people who live there.” and could, if allowed to quiet neighborhood LYNETTE LEWIS alter the neighborof 20-or-so modest homes located on the east side of hood significantly, further divide the Warrenton. It began as a communi- area and compromise the stability of ty of working-class Black families the community.”

But in 2013 the Warrenton Town around the turn of the 20th century Council approved a new 135-home and was incorporated into town limits in 1992. The neighborhood orig- development adjacent to Oliver City inally extended from Main Street called Warrenton Crossing, the comdown East Street and Duhollow prehensive plan’s warning notwithstanding.

Road all the way to Frytown Road.

Construction has yet to begin (the Almost three decades after they were incorporated into the town, landowner did not respond to a reTimes Staff Writer

Ellie’s Place, a sandwich shop owned

by Alexander and Ann Dial and named after their daughter, Ellie, moved to 26 Main St., Warrenton this week.

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Lynette Lewis, the daughter of former town council members John and Joan Williams, outside her childhood home in Oliver City. Joan Williams still lives in the neighborhood, and Lewis has taken on her parents’ roles as advocates for the neighbors. quest for comment) but if the development is built, part of the approved site plan includes a thoroughfare that will, in essence, extend Walker Drive south toward Walmart, making the entrance to Oliver City the intersection of two busy through-streets.

That extension of the Walker

Drive thoroughfare through the future Warrenton Crossing will be named, ironically, for John Williams, a longtime resident of Oliver City and an outspoken advocate for the historically Black communities on the east side of town.

See OLIVER CITY, page 4

Most children will return to school buildings in 3 weeks Pre-kindergarten to 5th grade will begin 4-day-a-week, in-person learning March 15

By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

The Fauquier County School Division surveyed parents last week to find out how many families would want their children to attend school four days a week, instead of two days a week as many do now. Responses representing 5,765 children (78% of those who responded) indicated a desire to attend under the hybrid model, attending in-person classes four days a week; 1,655 responses (22%) indicated a wish to remain virtual.

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Most children will return to school buildings in 3 weeks SCHOOL RETURN, from page 1 Those who did not respond to the survey were added to the four-days-a-week group, so 8,734 students (84%) could come back to school while 16% would learn remotely. Families can choose to move from hybrid to remote at any time; those who wish to move from remote to hybrid will be accommodated as well. “We’ll try to be flexible,” said Superintendent of Schools David Jeck.

The survey results were announced at the Feb. 22 school board meeting, where the school board voted unanimously to allow the four-day-a-week plan.

After almost a year of limited time in classrooms because of COVID-19 restrictions, children in pre-kindergarten to fifth grade will engage in four days a week of in-person learning and one day of asynchronistic learning starting March 15. The rest of the student body, sixth through 12th graders, will resume four-day-a-week learning April 6. Students will not be in schools on Wednesdays, so that buildings can be cleaned and teachers can spend more time interacting with virtual learners.

“Virtual” students will have four days of remote learning that parallels the in-person students. Those students will be able to see and hear instruction as they currently do in the hybrid model. School officials acknowledge that virtual learners may experience a “lag” in response to questions posed during class due to the increased numbers of students in the classroom, but “staff will respond as quickly as possible.” A presentation by school officials said, “Teachers will set new expectations for when virtual students can expect to have questions responded to during class, after school and on Wednesdays.”

Jeck admitted at last month’s school board meeting that the remote learning option will not be as “robust,” as it has been, because teachers will have many more students in the classroom to manage.

Mitigation

Frank Finn, executive director of student services, discussed mitigation strategies in buildings, emphasizing that 6 feet of physical distance will not be possible in many situations. That’s why it’s important, he said, for everyone to be especially vigilant about wearing masks, even during recess or physical education classes.

From survey results, it is estimated that about 4,900 students will require bus transportation, about 47% of the student body. David Graham, executive director for administration and planning, said that with twice as many children in schools, that means twice as many children on buses; sometimes children will share seats in order to accommodate the new numbers.

And certain overcrowded bus routes, he said,

may require a double run. “At some schools, we may have to pick up kids, drop them off at school, then go out and pick up another group,” said Graham. He added that after dropping off middle and high schoolers at their schools, buses will be cleaned before picking up elementary school children.

Athletics

Under the new plan, high school athletic programs would continue as they are now and middle school athletics would resume (boys baseball, girls softball, boys and girls cross country and boys and girls soccer). Certain club activities would also open up if they can maintain mitigation strategies.

Finn said that outdoor sports will endeavor to make sure spectators have enough space to maintain physical distancing.

Loss of learning

Amy Acors, director of instruction for the school division, explained that in order to help children who have been struggling with remote

COVID-19 snapshot Tuesday, Feb. 23 Virginia: 1,632,700 doses given; 497,401 are fully vaccinated Fauquier: 12,855 doses given; 3,544 are fully vaccinated Perspective: The state has received 2,120,885 doses from the federal government. Some doses that had been delayed last week due to winter storms have arrived. About 77% of vaccines in hand have been administered so far. About 92% of first doses received have been given, 54.2% of second doses. As of today, an average 29,735 vaccine doses are being administered each day. The state has set a target of 50,000 doses a day, if supply allows.

The most doses in the state have gone to residents between 70 to 79 years old (296,102), followed by those 60 to 69 years old (268,352), 50 to 59 years old (255,064) and 40 to 49 years old (232,295). Residents older than 80 have received 207,604 doses.

The overwhelming majority of doses have been administered to White residents, according to available VDH demographic data. Whites have received close to 72% of doses administered (Whites make up 69.4 of Virginia’s population). Blacks have received about 12% (Blacks comprise almost 20% of the population) and Latinos, about 5% (Latinos make up a little less than 10% of Virginia’s population). (U.S. Census population estimates are as of July 1, 2019.)

The VDH site states that 191,778 doses have been given at long-term care facilities. Almost 86% of the available vaccines have been administered. CVS and Walgreen’s pharmacies have been responsible for administering doses at these centers.

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Jeck and school board members reinforced the importance of staying vigilant against the coronavirus. The superintendent said, “We are all excited to have our kids back in schools. The safest place for kids to be is in schools. But now is not time to let down our guard.”

Board member Donna Grove (Cedar Run District) agreed. She reminded parents of the importance of keeping their children home if they don’t feel well. She said, with characteristic candor, “Please don’t take a chance. We don’t want to screw this up.”

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learning, each school has “identified and invited students to after-school programs based on how many they could support.” Eighteen of 20 schools are offering the program. She said, “Some started last week; some start this week and others start next week.”

She added that plans are underway to develop a summer program to help students catch up from their months of separation from their teachers.

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Virginia: 1,769 Tuesday; 567,039 to date Fauquier: 13 Tuesday; 3,892 cases to date Perspective: The seven-day average of new cases in the state is 1,962 per day. For the county, the average number of new daily cases in the last seven days is 12.

Cases in the Fauquier County School Division

Active cases: 16 Cumulative cases since Sept. 24: 122, 51 in students and 71 in staff members Quarantining (as of Feb. 19): 127 students and 11 staff members

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Virginia: 8.3% Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District: 6.5% Perspective: The positivity average is on a downward trend.

Hospitalizations

Virginia: 23,698 Fauquier: 153 Perspective: There were 30 COVID-related hospitalizations in the county during the first month of 2021, 12 more than during the entire month of December 2020. There have been 28 so far in February.

Deaths

Virginia: 172 Tuesday; 7,658 to date Fauquier: 46 Perspective: The county has lost 18 residents to COVID-19 so far in 2021.

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Warrenton Town Council will hold public hearings on comprehensive plan March 9, April 13

By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

Warrenton Mayor Carter Nevill has confirmed that the town council will hold its first public hearing on the town’s comprehensive plan at its council meeting on March 9; a second is scheduled for April 13. Nevill also said that a third, if needed, could be held in May. The Town of Warrenton Planning Commission on Feb. 16 voted 5-1 to approve the town’s comprehensive plan, “Plan Warrenton 2040,” sending the 81-page document to the town council for consideration. The council could review the plan at its meeting on March 9. A public hearing will be held on the comp plan before it is voted on by the council.

At its work session on Feb. 11, the planning commissioners asked town planning director Denise Harris to make a few small corrections, but no substantive discussion was held. Commissioners James Lawrence and Ryan Stewart – with the help of town staff – have spent the last six months trimming down and refining the plan from its original 502 pages. The plan had been in development for more than a year.

Many of the technical details and data-heavy sections have been removed from the main body of the plan, but clarifying explanations, data and analysis are still accessible through clickable hyperlinks. The restructuring was in response to feedback that the original document was unmanageable. The new version is also lighter on text and heavier on graphics, again with the aim of making it more accessible to residents.

The planning commission did not hold a public hearing this month on the comp plan because one had been held in July 2020, but some residents submitted written comments, which were due Jan. 8.

Reactions to the revised comp plan

Two of the letters to the commission – from developer Nina Weissberg and the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce -- expressed full support of the plan. Carlton Shutt, interim executive director of the chamber, wrote, “We believe that the modest percentage of annual growth proposed, only 3%, honors the community’s desire to maintain a small town aesthetic within the context of healthy, but conservative, economic and civic advancement.”

Weissberg wrote that in addition to allowing a greater breadth of housing options – including duplexes, fourplexes and townhouses -- the town should also add “midrise multi-family” options.

Seven commenters, though, had significant issues with the plan.

The Housing Committee of Fauquier’s NAACP objected to the housing recommendations in the comp plan. Ellsworth Weaver is president of the group. The organization’s four-page contribution started, “The housing section fails to clearly address the housing needs of low-income, very low-income and extremely low-income households as well as the housing disparities experienced by people of color. The plan emphasizes ‘attainable’ over ‘affordable’ housing because the term affordable carries with it negative connotations. The availability of affordable housing, however, is a matter of equity that cannot be avoided and must be addressed in the town’s comprehensive plan.”

The letter also states, “Emphasis must be placed on preserving what remains of early African American communities, e.g., Madisontown, Oliver City and Haiti Street. There is a lack of data focused on assessing the needs of current residents of historically African American communities and a failure to evaluate the effects of proposed land use and zoning changes on those

African American communities.”

Julie Bolthouse, Fauquier field representative for the Piedmont Environmental Council in Warrenton, submitted a 16-page letter that elaborated on a multitude of concerns. She wrote “… the new plan outlines a new growth trajectory for Warrenton that contains contradictions and leaves important questions unanswered. It fails to incentivize redevelopment and infill over greenfield development and does little to incentivize needed affordable housing. Also concerning is the eagerness of the town to rush the draft forward citing developer’s timelines as if as if this were a development application rather than a plan outlining a community vision.”

Planning commissioner Ali Zarabi, who was the only commissioner to vote not to approve the comp plan, pointed to the PEC letter and said that Bolthouse’s comments were sound and the questions she asked were thoughtful and necessary. He said he felt they should have been more seriously considered in the Plan Warrenton 2040 revision.

The PEC letter went on to address: • The time citizens had to review the new version of the plan – The time for comments was too short, the PEC claims.

• Concern for the town’s economic and fiscal resilience – “The fiscal and economic resilience of Warrenton should be reevaluated fairly and without agenda. Comparisons should be made to other towns, not counties, and the region used should capture both rural and urban localities.”

• The growth scenerios presented to the public, upon which the plan is based – The PEC would like the town to reevaluate the development scenarios considering water and wastewater facility expansions and include more detail about projected real estate values and housing type, square footage of redevelopment and increases in dining facilities.

• Housing – The PEC would like the town to provide more information about densities and/or the percentages for the intended mix of uses in each character district and the Broadview overlay.

• Affordable housing – The plan, said the PEC, should consider requirements for affordable housing and provide more information regarding affordable housing goals and the Haiti Heritage Area.

• The PEC’s preference for redevelopment and infill as opposed to opening up land for byright mixed use development.

• Concern over the town’s intention to increase residential housing.

• Water and wastewater – The PEC asks that

the town provide cost estimates for water and wastewater expansions that will be needed, and state how they will be paid for.

• And worry over the effect of a new western bypass, which the PEC said needs more discussion -- The PEC would like to see the southern bypass removed from the plan entirely.

Several other writers also objected to the suggested bypasses. And Joseph Volpe III added, “The town ought not introduce or promote connectivity in neighborhood streets.”

Volpe also is worried that the town plan “tries to be all things to all concerned.” He commented, “I fear we will become an incoherent hodgepodge, with an Old Town that attracts diners and tourists and otherwise struggles to be something neither brand new nor an imitation of all too many communities already in place to our north.”

Judy Lamana, founder of the Fauquier Climate Change Group, expressed concern about too much new growth in the face of possible changes in water and sewer needs exacerbated by climate change.

She also suggested that the town should pause the plan until the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are more thoroughly understood.

“There is a lack of data focused on assessing the needs of current residents of historically African American communities and a failure to evaluate the effects of proposed land use and zoning changes on those African American communities.”

FAUQUIER NAACP HOUSING COMMITTEE Submitted as part of public comments to the Warrenton Planning Commission

Planning commission statements

Before the vote Feb. 16, planning commission chairwoman Susan Helander read a lengthy statement reviewing the process that was undertaken to produce the plan and acknowledged that no plan is perfect.

She said, “We are aware there are members of the community with concerns, as well as members of the community who value the proposed goals. We want to assure the community that the planning commission heard you, weighed all of the comments, and looked at the needs of the entire community. Nothing was done lightly or without considerable review and discussion. Historical plans and studies were reviewed; current trends were analyzed; and technical advice was sought. Some in the community have raised old questions without fully understanding today’s facts. We encourage those who are interested to learn the current data on a multitude of issues do so from the experts. Due diligence was pursued by the planning commission.

“We also think it is important to understand the comprehensive plan is regularly reviewed. This document is a high-level set of goals to address the vision of the community. From here, after its adoption, the town council sets strategic priorities for implementation efforts and deeper analysis in specific areas, like affordable and attainable housing. This document is a guide for the implementation tools yet to be developed. … Plan Warrenton 2040 is a document with a wealth of information that clearly conveys the community’s desires.”

Zarabi said after the Feb. 16 meeting that he hopes the Warrenton comprehensive plan is successful and it helps Warrenton to thrive, but maintained that he believed too many questions had been left unexplored.

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Oliver City neighbors speak up for town residents OLIVER CITY, from page 1 Ultimately, what is left of the once-quiet neighborhood will be surrounded on three sides by a major highway, a major feeder road for that highway and a major through street for Walmart traffic.

The first draft of the town’s comprehensive plan introduced last year ran more than 500 pages – but failed to once mention Oliver City. (The draft plan has since been amended to include references to the neighborhood after Oliver City residents spoke at several planning commission meetings.)

In interviews with the Fauquier Times, residents of Oliver City made it clear they are not bitter about the past. But as town stakeholders debate what the future of Warrenton should look like, Oliver City residents say that the welfare of current residents should garner at least as much attention as attracting new residents.

A close-knit community divided by ‘progress’

Lynette Lewis is the daughter of former Ward 2 town council members, the late John Williams and Joan Williams, who still lives in the neighborhood. Lewis grew up in Oliver City from the 1960s until she left home after graduating college in the 1980s.

She’s since lived all over the world – her husband spent his career in the military – and now lives in Georgia.

“Everyone knew everybody from the top of Main Street all the way down to Frytown. … We all grew up together,” Lewis said. “It was a community where everyone looked out for one another. Everyone played with one another.”

Even though she hasn’t lived there for decades, she still calls the neighborhood home. “When people ask where I’m from, I don’t say where I live now. I say my hometown: Warrenton.” Her mother, now elderly, still lives in the same house where Lewis grew up. As she has taken more frequent trips “home” to care for her mother, she said she felt compelled to advocate for the neighborhood she still holds dear.

Lewis’ cousin, Toni Smith, also grew up in Oliver City and returned to live there after college; she now owns the home her parents bought in the 1970s. For the family members who came to Oliver City, it was more than a place to live.

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Toni Smith, a lifelong Oliver City resident.

“I just remember them talking about how proud they were that they could afford a home,” Smith said of her parents. “Because back in the 70s it was tough. The civil rights movement had just happened. And for some of them, they were the ones to sit at the counters, participate in the protests. So all of this meant a little bit of what America was supposed to be for them.”

“So when we look at the houses,” Smith emphasized, “it has a history.

And it has a meaning. And for some people, they may own two or three houses. But for our parents, they were happy with just one, being able to provide for their family.”

Most households had two working parents, many of whom worked professional jobs in the D.C. area, Lewis remembered. A parks and recreation program headed by Joan Williams gave the children of working-class parents in Oliver City and other neighborhoods a chance to spend summer days in a safe environment.

But the neighborhood has been physically – and dramatically – altered since Lewis and Smith were children. In the early 1980s, construction was completed on the Eastern Bypass, which allows vehicles to travel uninterrupted around Warrenton. The bypass itself, along with the construction of East Lee Street and the rerouting of Meetze Road to feed traffic onto the bypass interchange, split the neighborhood into four parts. (See maps on page 6.)

When the bypass was built, some residents opted to have their houses moved off their foundations and placed next to what is now Oliver City Road, lest they be cut off from their community and stranded on the rump segments of Duhollow Road, across the bypass.

See OLIVER CITY, page 6

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Andrea Jaffrey has lived in Oliver City since 1999.

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Stormwater runoff, which used to be a major problem in Oliver City – some of which is in a flood plain -- is now less of an issue, Jaffrey said. The town undergrounded some drainage pipes in the early 2000s. Still, Jaffrey’s yard still floods during heavy rains, along with those of some of her neighbors.

But despite those efforts, “the sentiment [among neighbors] is that we’ve just been kind of left to the wayside,” she said.

‘Why don’t you address the needs of your current citizens?’

Like many Oliver City residents, the Jaffreys have a well and septic system. This is one of the longest-standing issues in Oliver City, one the town has been trying to address for decades.

In 1980, the town used a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to extend the municipal water and sewer lines to what is now Oliver City Road. For three years afterward, residents could connect to the town system without paying the $2,850 (in 2021 dollars) connection fee. However, they would still need to pay for the “lateral” costs: running pipes from the road to their homes.

A few took advantage of the program, but many homes in Oliver City are still on well and septic systems to this day.

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“They are always saying, ‘Oh, the town is going to be walkable,” she said of the discussions around the comprehensive plan. “But I don’t feel safe walking out of my own neighborhood because of the lack of lighting and the roads.”

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One of those “new” residents is Andrea Jaffrey, who has lived with her husband since 1999 in the house next door to Joan Williams. “It’s a great place to live. I feel like we have a little gem here,” Jaffrey said.

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“As kids, we really used to travel around the neighborhood, know everybody in the community,” Lewis remembered, “That sense has been taken away.”

Lewis took pains to emphasize she isn’t bitter. “I do understand the need for progress,” she said. “You can’t go in the past. You can only move forward, and the hope is [the town does] the right thing when they move forward.” And, she said, she hopes the neighborhood can maintain its sense close-knit community.

Some who had no prior connection to the community have moved in over the years – many aren’t Black.

“It’s a neighborhood for them, too,” Lewis said. “And that’s what the neighborhood does to you. It makes you passionate about the people who live there.”

ents had the well and septic system inspected. “They said it should be fine for the next 100 years,” she said.

Now, she – like the Jaffreys – has spent thousands of dollars on filters and water treatment along with monthly costs to maintain the systems.

No study has been done on the water table in the neighborhood, according to Frank Cassidy, the town’s director of community development.

Hooking up to the town water and sewer system would today cost homeowners at least $15,000. That doesn’t include the “lateral” costs.

Connecting to the town systems, Smith said, is not affordable.

Lewis and Smith said the town should offer existing town residents – in all neighborhoods – the option to connect to the town water and sewer systems at a rate far below the rate for a newly built home.

“That’s why I said at the planning commission: ‘Why don’t you address the needs of your current citizens?’” Lewis said. “It seems like you’re more concerned about your prospective citizens.”

Oliver City, Lewis said, has “been physically impacted, you cut it up … [Residents] were impacted and forced to be separated.” (She stopped here to add, “because of progress.”)

“What are you [the town] giving to back to the community?”

For her part, Smith is concerned about the future of the neighborhood’s character. She sees the future construction of Warrenton Crossing and other developments on Walker Drive as a further threat to the community, along with other projects that may come along.

Despite being repeatedly cut off by new construction projects, the neighborhood remains a special place, Smith said. “If you ever come down here during the summer … or during the holidays. … We take pride in our decorations and our yards. A lot of us will visit one other. When it snowed [recently], a lot of us would bring each other ‘snow treats,’” she said.

“You know, it’s pretty nice,” she continued. But, she said of the future, “I think our culture is going to take a hit.”

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A son murdered, another permanently scarred

By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Note: The Feb. 17 edition of the Fauquier Times included coverage of these sentencing hearings.

(See box.) Because the hearings ended only a few minutes before press time, however, that coverage was necessarily brief. What follows is a more complete account of the more than six hours of testimony and arguments that took place Tuesday, Feb. 16 in Fauquier County Circuit Court.

Ogburn, Staples sentenced to life in prison

Jaden Staples, 19, and Antonio Ogburn, 19, both of Woodstock, Virginia, were each sentenced to life in prison on Feb. 16 in the Jan. 8, 2020 murder of Fabian Sosa in Warrenton. Both were 18 years old at the time of the murder.

Along with two other defendants, Emily Race, 20, and Alexander Golden, 19, Staples and Ogburn pleaded guilty in October to first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with the murder, which left the 27-year-old Fabian Sosa dead and two other residents of the apartment severely injured. Race and Golden are each scheduled to be sentenced April 12.

In the proffer of facts signed by the four defendants as part of their guilty pleas, Ogburn admitted to being the individual to shoot Fabian Sosa twice in the back as he slept.

Staples was the first of the defendants to fire a weapon during the incident, according to the document, confronting Fabian Sosa’s 23-yearold brother in the kitchen of the apartment and shooting him seven times.

Two other residents of the Woodstock townhome are charged as accessories after a homicide. Terrell Tucker, 21, and Makoya Denham, 22, are scheduled to appear in general district court on March 10 for preliminary hearings.

A graduate of Strasburg High School, Fabian Sosa worked multiple jobs – as a leasing agent and a rideshare driver -- and was deeply patriotic, his mother said outside the courtroom.

His father testified he had just started working for a property management company a few months before he was murdered. “We were so proud of him.”

Fabian Sosa tried to join the military as a teenager but was denied on medical grounds, his mother explained outside the courtroom. An outspoken advocate for gun rights, he had traveled all over the country in a previous job as a car salesman and had worked for his father’s business in Argentina. He loved horseback riding.

“He was a pillar of our family,” she said. “He really enjoyed helping people … He was very loved.”

Although Emily Race told the other defendants there were drugs and large amounts of cash in the apartment, both Commonwealth Attorney Scott Hook and the mother of the Sosa brothers emphasized repeatedly on Feb. 16 that Fabian Sosa never had anything to do with manufacturing or distributing drugs, and the two guns present in his possession were legally purchased.

The younger Sosa brother admitted on the stand to possessing marijuana in the past, which he had purchased legally in Washington, D.C. “Emily Race is the one who said there were drugs and cash,” Hook said during his closing argument for the Ogburn hearing, “At the end of the day, [the perpetrators] found a bag of marijuana, $1,000 in cash” and guns that had been legally purchased, he said.

“Fabian was never involved in the manufacture or sale of drugs,” his mother said outside the courtroom. “[The younger Sosa brother] has never been arrested for manufacturing or selling drugs. … I want my sons – both of their names cleared [and to refute] that this was a house … where drug deals were being made.”

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‘I’ve had enough suffering for five people’s lifetimes’

The two sentencing hearings on Feb. 16 lasted more than six hours between them as distraught members of the families of both the victims and the perpetrators testified at length before Judge James Plowman handed down each sentence.

The most striking testimony came from one of the victims of the shooting, the 23-year-old brother of Fabian Sosa who was the target of the robbery-turned-murder. He testified at both hearings on Feb. 16.

The younger Sosa brother had to be led into the courtroom by sheriff’s deputies; having been shot seven times, the younger Sosa is now completely blind. Bullet fragments remain lodged in his brain, as it was too dangerous for surgeons to remove all the fragments.

He was in a coma for weeks after the shooting, and his parents were told he might not survive.

His condition was so precarious, they said, they waited weeks after he regained consciousness to tell him his brother had been killed; the shock, they worried, would kill him.

“My son was bloodied – my son was so disfigured I could not make out his face,” his mother said. He sustained such severe neurological damage that “he reverted to a small child” in terms of motor function.

He suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression and experiences frequent panic attacks. Loud noises terrify him, exacerbated by the fact he can no longer see.

“I’ve had enough suffering for five people’s lifetimes,” he said.

The last thing he remembers from Jan. 8, 2020 – and the last thing he would ever see – is staring down the barrel of a gun held by Staples, who was wearing a mask to disguise his face.

“I would love to know the person who did this to me, but to this day I have no idea what he looks like,” the younger Sosa brother testified.

Staples, present in the courtroom just a few feet away from the witness stand, sat attentively and motionless throughout the testimony.

The Sosa brothers’ parents both spoke about the anguish they felt when they received the news that one of their sons had died and another was fighting for his life.

Their mother lives in Florida. “Your bullets reached me all the way down in Florida, and you killed me too,” she said directly to Ogburn, sitting a few feet away, who had killed her son.

Though the Sosa brothers’ parents are divorced and remarried, the father sold his business in Argentina and moved with his family to Florida to be with the son who survived the shooting, who now splits time between his parents’ homes.

He cherishes the chance to spend time with his surviving children, the father said, but “It’s impossible to explain the pain of losing your son.

One night you can say ‘Goodnight, son. I love you.’ The next day, you can’t.”

‘I didn’t know how to help him’

Staples and Ogburn, who are first cousins, sat silently as members of their families took the stand on Feb. 16, struggling to understand how the two

young men – sons, grandsons, nephews and brothers – came to perpetrate such a horrific crime.

Their grandmother pleaded with the judge and the Sosas’ family, who were sitting in the gallery throughout the day. “We raised our children well – solid – with a foundation faith,” she said, visibly distraught while alternating her gaze between the Sosas’ family and her grandson, Jaden Staples.

Staples’ mother took the stand. Her now ex-husband was physically abusive to both her and her son, she said. “Every time I told [my then-husband] not to put his hands on my child, I was putting myself in harm’s way.”

Staples became addicted to prescription pills from the age of 14 onward, she testified, though he hid it from his family under after he was arrested for the Warrenton murder.

His mother, a school principal, said that as Staples got older, he transformed from a bright kid who got all As and Bs at school to a troubled teenager who had constant behavioral issues.

“I didn’t know what it was,” she said. “He wasn’t himself and I didn’t know how to help him.”

Before handing down each sentence, Plowman took pains to place the responsibility of the shootings squarely on the defendants, and not their families.

“What is very clear: your family bears no blame at all,” he told Staples. “By all accounts, you were raised well; you were given opportunities.

Ogburn tries to withdraw guilty plea

In contrast to Staples, who sat attentively through more than two hours of testimony and whose attorney offered no resistance to the facts of the case, Ogburn’s sentencing hearing began with defiance.

Just ten minutes before the hearing began, Ogburn told his attorney he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea, the lawyer, Kirk Milam told the judge.

Plowman, incredulous, asked pointedly on what legal basis this could be done.

Ogburn had told him before the hearing that “he had reflected on his [guilty] pleas,” Milam said, and that Ogburn now claims that the other defendants coerced him into participating in the shooting and that he may have killed Fabian Sosa in self defense.

Milam admitted he wasn’t able to present any new evidence, and Plowman denied the motion to withdraw the plea.

Ogburn spent most of the next four hours of the hearing slouched back in his chair with his medical mask below his nose and his arms crossed as his mother, grandmother and sister tried to make sense of the path that took him from a church youth group leader in Detroit to a murderer in Virginia.

Ogburn’s mother is a community activist in Detroit. Ogburn, she said, had never had any trouble with the police before coming to Virginia, and often accompanied her on door-knocking events to register people to vote or to talk with residents about making the community better.

Ogburn and Staples’ grandmother described Ogburn as eager to help family members and his neighbors. He often helped older people in the community with household chores like mowing grass. He was the leader of the youth club at the family’s church. “That’s just who he was,” she said.

Hook, in his closing argument, contrasted that description of Ogburn with his actions on Jan. 8.

“He’s shot somebody in his sleep and blamed it on the dead guy,” Hook said. “It sounds like his family does a lot for their community – believes in their community. This young man does not. I think he deserves the same mercy as he gave to Fabian Sosa: none.”

Plowman ultimately agreed. “I look at your family and I’m amazed by their accomplishments,” he told Ogburn. “You have a good, loving, supportive family. I can’t help but be in awe of them.” He referenced Ogburn’s mother. “Her life’s mission is to help and strengthen families … I can’t imagine how this must make her feel to have to go through this.”

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Work-to-Ride graduate offers boost to other aspiring polo players Kareem Rosser speaks on ‘Crossing the Line,’ Feb. 25

By Liam Bowman

Sporting museum hosts author

Special to the Fauquier Times

It was a clear spring day in Charlottesville, and the well-manicured fields of the Virginia Polo Center teemed with players from around the country. To Kareem Rosser, one of the players competing in the southeast regional tournament, this was a world away from the tough streets of West Philadelphia. The opposing team had the finest horses and equipment. His hand-me-down boots were patched with duct tape. Rosser had driven to the tournament in his coach’s battered car. The other team had arrived on a private jet.

His opponents attended an elite military academy. Rosser lived in The Bottom, where going to jail or getting shot was just as likely for young men like him as high school graduation.

“Maybe today will be different,” Rosser thought to himself as he groomed his borrowed pony. “Maybe today we won’t lose.” But they did, badly, failing to score a single point.

Just three years later, however, Rosser was part of the first all-African American team to win the Interscholastic Polo Championship.

Thursday, Feb. 25, he will give a public talk about his journey as a polo player, which took him from childhood in a poverty-stricken neighborhood to success as an adult in a sport renowned for its exclusivity. Sponsored by the Middleburg’s National Sporting Library and Museum, the lecture is part of a virtual book tour for Rosser’s newly published memoir, “Crossing the Line.”

“I wanted to take the opportunity to go in depth,” Rosser, a financial analyst at Reath and Company, said in a recent interview with the Fauquier Times. “I think this story will resonate with people.”

Rosser discovered polo by accident. While exploring Fairmount Park in central Philadelphia one morning, Rosser’s older brothers, David and Jabarr, came across a run-down barn filled with horses. This was the stable for Work to Ride, a non-profit, after-school program where underprivileged children could ride horses. Lezlie Hin-

What: Kareem Rosser, author of “Crossing the Line” will speak about his early days growing up in Philadelphia and how the opportunity to play polo changed his life.

When: 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25 How: Zoom spots are filled, but those interested may watch the lecture on Facebook Live (facebook.com/nslm.102 ) for free. er, who founded the non-profit in 1994, saw David and Jabarr eyeing the horses and told them that if they stayed in school, she would teach them how to ride. The pair immediately agreed.

When Rosser found out where his brothers went after school, he begged to be taken along. “My first day [at the stables] … I just knew that this place would probably be my second home.” He started going to the stables every day.

Rosser was 8 years old at the time and lived in a small row house with his mother, a single parent, and five siblings. Having grown up in The Bottom, a predominately Black neighborhood in west Philadelphia where drugs, shootings and police beatings were common, Rosser felt that “the barn was… an island in the middle of all the trouble that we couldn’t escape otherwise.”

Seeing the potential in the Rosser boys, Hiner added them to Work to Ride’s fledgling polo team. “[Rosser] was somewhat timid around the horses initially,” Hiner said, “but he eventually grew out of it. When you have a good horse, it gives you confidence.” Rosser found his favorite horse, Cholo, and quickly developed an overwhelming passion for the sport.

Work to Ride was chronically underfunded, but the team managed to travel the East Coast, playing against some of the best polo teams in the country.

“I wouldn’t have known anything outside of Philadelphia if I didn’t have this opportunity,” he said.

By the time he was 13, Rosser’s polo playing had won him a scholarship to the Valley Forge Military Academy. At 18, Rosser led the Work to Ride team to victory at the 2011 Interscholas-

Polo allowed Kareen Rosser to travel the East Coast and offered him an opportunity to earn a college degree. tic Polo Championship and accepted an offer to study at Colorado State University. He graduated in 2016 with a degree in economics.

David and Jabarr Rosser, however, drifted away from the program. Both dropped out of school and began dealing drugs. Both ended up in prison. In March 2020, David Rosser, newly released from prison, was fatally shot in The Bottom.

Rosser is unflinchingly honest about his childhood in “Crossing the Line.” He writes about a tight-knit group of brothers that fractures when his older brothers take to dealing and his subsequent feelings of alienation from them. He describes his mother’s struggle with drug addiction and her string of abusive boyfriends. Rosser also goes into vivid detail about his friendship with Mecca Harris, a fellow Work to Ride member, and her chilling murder at age 14.

The media has reported part of the polo team’s story before, he said, but never really touched on their personal struggles. “I felt that I would be doing myself a disservice if I left out all those important dark details,” said Rosser.

Rosser no longer plays polo competitively. In Philadelphia, he serves on the executive committee of Work to Ride. In 2019, the non-profit entered into a partnership with Ralph Lauren, which included a modeling campaign centered on Rosser and the organization’s other players. Now with more funding, including a college fund for players, Rosser works to expand the program that allows more at-risk kids the opportunities he was given. “I will not rest until Work to Ride has the kind of endowment that will keep it safe and solvent forever,” said Rosser.

NAACP sponsors Health Equity Forum live on Facebook Feb. 25 At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, the health committee of the Fauquier County Branch of the NAACP will sponsor a Facebook Live event, Health Equity Forum, in partnership with the Mental Health Association of Fauquier County.

The Health Equity Forum is a virtual panel of speakers discussing health care needs of Fauquier County residents, with attention to the disproportional impact on persons of color, especially in the areas of COVID-19, stress-related chronic health conditions and impediments to accessing quality health care.

The event’s moderator will be Darlene B. Kelly, a retired RN who

is president of Fauquier Community Enrichment Alliance. The six-member panel will include: • Shannon Raybuck, LPC, mental health care coordinator for the Fauquier Free Clinic. As a counselor and supervisor, she specializes in outpatient, residential and at-home treatment for at-risk populations.

• Lawrie Parker, award-winning executive director of Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center. Parker serves as a mediator, trainer and program developer for restorative justice. She addresses the over-representation of minority students and those with special needs.

• Renee Norden, the executive direc-

tor of the Mental Health Association of Fauquier County. She is a youth mental health first-aid instructor and has served as a school counselor for students, families, teachers and staff for more than 20 years.

• Rob Marino, executive director of the Fauquier County Free Clinic, which serves low-income individuals without health care in Fauquier and Rappahannock counties. Marino promotes high-quality, compassionate health care for everyone.

• The Rev. Dr. T. Tyronne Champion, the executive director of Community Touch in Bealeton. The organization operates two homeless shelters, food pantry, clothing and

furniture facility, daycare and a thrift store. Community Touch also pays the rent of those in danger of losing their residence. Champion is the senior pastor at True Deliverance Ministries, Bealeton.

• Sophia Cameron, the community relations director at the Villa at Suffield Meadows. The Villa serves seniors and their families in Fauquier and Prince William counties. Diverse in her community involvement, she is involved in crisis-in-training and dementia services for the aging population.

To access the forum, those interested may visit facebook.com/Fauquier NAACP.

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Our country must remain vigilant to prevent voter fraud in future elections It is disappointing that my prior letter [“State-level election systems need improvements,” Feb. 10] apparently did not explain my opinion clearly enough for my friend Trevor Potter to understand my position, which he clearly misrepresented in his Feb. 17 letter [“Claims of voter fraud in 2020 election were rejected”].

My letter did not state there was fraud in the November 2020 election. Claiming fraud is totally different than acknowledging there are a high number of irregularities in the voter data documenting the election, inappropriate actions observed and reported, some patterns of voting based on comparison to results in prior elections, and inconsistencies observed within this specific election.

The Department of Justice identifies election fraud as including: paying voters to register or vote; multiple voting or impersonating voters; intimidation of voters; malfeasance by election officials; diluting valid ballots; false vote

tabulations; preventing valid votes; placing fictious names on voter rolls; impeding qualified voters; false claim of citizenship; providing false voter information in order to register. Many of these actions can be identified through voting irregularities.

It should be noted that the Georgia Albany Herald reported on Feb. 15, that 35 cases alleging voter fraud in Georgia have been turned over to prosecutors. It is unclear, however, how many cases of voter fraud may be under investigation nationwide. Sadly, voter fraud does occur, and we must be vigilant to protect against it.

The point is election irregularities occurred, but that does not, in and of itself, mean fraud occurred.

However, election irregularities do raise concerns of the possibility of voter fraud, and the integrity of our election processes. The irregularities that occurred in the 2020 election should not be denied or lied about. Rather, these irregularities should be used as a basis for pur-

suing improvements to state level systems to enhance election integrity and transparency.

To reference the Wisconsin case where election officials in two counties did not use the state Absentee Voter Application, apparently used throughout the rest of the state, the dissenting Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion indicated that “officials in Dane and Milwaukee Counties violated state laws.”

Should we be concerned how much license is given to local state officials to violate state laws?

Would citizens in Fauquier County be upset if Virginia employees, working at the local level, decided that state laws regarding conservation easements should no longer be viewed as prohibiting development of properties under easement in whatever manner the property owner desired?

On Feb. 10, The Epoch Times reported there are five cases filed concerning the 2020 election related to Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia which are sched-

uled to be considered by the U. S. Supreme Court. Hopefully we will soon have information on whether or not the Supreme Court will hear any of these cases. Their actions may provide some insight on what the phrase in the U. S. Constitution stating, “Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors” means in terms of compliance requirements to state election laws passed by the legislatures.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: On Feb. 22, after this letter was submitted, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not hear any of the cases mentioned here.)

It is reassuring that while Mr. Potter and I might not agree on everything, we do agree that “Virginia has done a good job of making it easier for our citizens to vote safely and securely and easily” and “wish other states would follow our example.”

CHARLES MEDVITZ New Baltimore

Schools’ 4-day-a-week plan feels ‘reckless and rushed’

OLIVER CITY, from page 8

Students venture the hall in hordes, shoulder to shoulder, their breath intermingling with those around them, as they step through the school hallways from class to class. They scurry into their classrooms --- with head counts of up to 15 to 20 students at a time, with desks squeezed together to fill the classroom to capacity. Student stand in line at crowded bathrooms to make it back to their classrooms before attendance. This scene is what one would expect on a “normal” day in high school. Now consider this type of day during a worldwide pandemic. The thought is terrifying.

I have been attending school as an in-person student two days a week under the hybrid model.

While I have enjoyed the taste of normalcy, I in no way feel comfortable to return four days a week in a little bit over a month from now. Under this new model, students once separated into two groups will now combine, doubling their numbers. Many classrooms do not have the capacity to maintain COVID guidelines under these circumstances. Even as I’ve been going in two days a week, it has been difficult to maintain COVID guidelines in the halls, in the classroom and in sports. I can’t imagine how much more difficult this will be with all in-person students together.

While most staff members have been vaccinated, most students,

Bill Semple, who represents Ward 2 on the Warrenton Town Council, takes walks through Oliver City frequently and is on a first-name basis with many of the residents.

Besides the Williamses, who were Oliver City residents themselves, “It’s the first time since I moved in that we had a councilman on our street asking how they could help us,” said Jaffrey of Semple.

Semple sees his role as a listener – and an advocate -- for the existing residents in his ward, he said. “I ran [for town council] because neighborhoods are at a real disadvantage when it comes to policy” at the town level, he explained.

“Basically,” he said of his conversations with Oliver City residents, “they believe they haven’t been afforded the same standing as the rest of the town.”

To him, the debate about new developments like Warrenton Crossing – and the effect on existing neighborhoods -- are a microcosm of the issues being hashed out in the town’s draft comprehensive plan.

“This is the tension that goes on between the people who live here and have this [future] vision for Warrenton,” he mused. “Where’s the balance?

That’s always the constant struggle.”

In his mind, the details of how to make life better for residents – lighting, walkability, stormwater management and anything else -- need to come from the residents themselves.

“My [preferred] outcome … is that Oliver City remains the wonderful community it is,” he said.

RACHEL SINGLETON GUEST OPINION

parents and those they come in contact with have not. Not to mention, multiple variants of COVID-19 have begun to circulate, and we don’t yet know how responsive the vaccines will be to these mutations.

Alongside this, schools will no longer have to follow the 6-foot standard for social distancing but will reduce this distance to 3 feet.

Transportation, staff shortages and various other issues add to the feelings of uncertainty about this transition.

I understand the need to return to normal for the sake of students’ academic success and mental health. But what I don’t understand is the reckless, rushed actions we are taking to get there. Jumping from all virtual to hybrid and virtual in-person learning was a careful first step into normalcy.

However, it now it feels as if the school system has grown impatient and given up, not allowing anyone to catch their breath before the next transition.

The original next step was to send students in four days a week synchronously, with two days a week in-person and two days virtual. This would have been an agreeable transition, allowing teachers and students to interact on more of a daily basis. The new plan for students to attend all four days a week in-person feels like a significant step from this and an even more significant step from the current two days a week model.

Believe me, as a senior in high school, there is nothing I want more than to return to the “good old days.” I would finally get to wear red on spirit days, attend prom, participate in school clubs and compete in a normal sports season. However, enjoying a normal senior year is not worth putting the health and lives of friends, family, colleagues and other students in danger.

Despite my frustrations, I am grateful for all the work the school board, administration, teachers and school staff have put into managing the schools during this pandemic. They ultimately have the students’ best interests at heart, which is why I hope when they are making their decisions in the future, they consider the concerned voices of students, parents and faculty who fear for their own safety.

Rachel Singleton is editor in chief of the Falconer, Fauquier High School’s student newspaper.

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HIGHLAND BOYS, GIRLS SEEK HOOPS TITLES

No. 2-seeded Highland School (10-1) hosted North Cross (4-6) in Tuesday’s VISAA Division 2 boys basketball tournament quarterfinals. Semifinals are Thursday and finals Saturday.

The Highland girls (6-1) host Veritas Academy in Thursday’s state semifinals at 5 p.m.

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Fauquier Times | February 24, 2021

EAGLES PIN DOWN FIRST STATE WRESTLING TITLE Barrett, Dupill, Hall brothers capture individual state titles

State wrestling team champions 2021: LIBERTY (Class 4) 2020: FAUQUIER (Class 4) 2016: FAUQUIER (Class 4) 2015: FAUQUIER (Class 4)

By Fred Hodge

Special to the Times

Powered by four gold medalists and one runner-up, the Liberty Eagle wrestlers captured the school’s first-ever state team championship Saturday in Virginia Beach.

From the Jan. 6 beginning of practice, Liberty coach Wes Hawkins said sweeping the district, region and state crowns was a top goal. Liberty, however, finished a strong third in the Northwestern District race behind Handley and Kettle Run, then was the Region C runner-up to Loudoun County Feb. 13.

Yet, when the state’s top Class 4 prize was at stake Saturday, the Eagles’ five qualifiers performed superbly. Mason Barrett (132 pounds), Colin Dupill (138), Noah Hall (145) and Royce Hall (195) won their respective weight classes. Christian Eberhart also was the 106-pound runner-up. The crew assembled a 14-1 record including seven falls and two technical falls.

The Eagles finished with a comfortable 113-92 margin over Eastern View, with Loudoun County (90), Amherst (81), Smithfield (80) and Powhatan (79.5) rounding out the top six.

“That’s a testament to what we have tried to build at Liberty High School and to the Liberty Eagle Wrestling Club that has provided the foundation for these kids to become state champs,” Hawkins said proudly.

“It’s a whirlwind,” Hawkins said of the reaction to the feat. “It’s something I had set out to do, but we hadn’t gotten there yet before this year. It was team effort on the part of everyone on the coaching staff and the kids to make this program what it is.”

2020 state champion Fauquier placed ninth with 55 points behind

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Liberty accomplished an amazing feat last Saturday in Virginia Beach by taking four gold medals and one second-place finish to capture their first state team title. Leading the way were, from left, 106-pound runnerup Christian Eberhard, 195-pound champion Royce Hall, 145-pound champion Noah Hall, 138-pound champion Colin Dupill and 132-pound champion Mason Barrett. silver medalists Kingsley Menifee (182) and Ben Bell (195) and bronze medalist Eric DeWald (160). Kettle Run was 25th with 10 points on Kyle Brumagin’s fifth-place finish. All nine county entries earned all-state status.

Liberty led for much of the meet’s five hours, holding a 93.5-73 lead over Loudoun County entering the championship finals. The Captains narrowed the gap to 93.5-90 early in the finals with Barrett set to meet Loudoun County’s Luke Roberts for the 132-pound gold medal.

Barrett, the team’s lone senior, edged Roberts, 4-2, for his third career state title, the first-ever Liberty wrestler to win three championships.

Barrett’s victory also provided Liberty with an insurmountable margin in the team race.

“Mason sealed the deal because

he was head-to-head with a Loudoun County kid,” Hawkins said, noting Barrett’s final two matches in an Eagle uniform avenged rare losses to instate grapplers.

Barrett dispatched Powhatan’s Sean Hall, 9-2, in the semifinals before defeating Roberts. Hall of Powhatan had beaten Barrett in the state semifinals in 2018, while Roberts knocked off Barrett in this year’s regional finals.

“Those are the only two kids from Virginia ever to beat Mason, and he turns around and beats both of them in 45 minutes Saturday,” Hawkins said.

The Eagles were not done, as Barrett’s win also spearheaded a surge as Liberty also claimed gold medals in the next two weight classes.

Dupill, a sophomore, met Kyle Csikari in the 138-pound finals and

dominated the Spotsylvania wrestler with a 23-8 technical fall in four minutes, 35 seconds for the Eagle’s second straight state championship.

He and Barrett are the only Liberty wrestlers ever to win multiple state gold medals.

Next up was freshman Noah Hall, who gave Liberty three straight wins by pinning Dominion’s Logan Jones in 2:02 in the 145-pound finale.

The Eagles then capped the day-long championship run three classes later when 195-pound junior Royce Hall edged Fauquier’s Bell, 3-2, for Liberty’s fourth individual championship.

Hawkins noted the Hall brothers are believed to be the first county siblings to win state wrestling crowns in the same year, a point of home-grown pride for him.

“They’ve never had any other coaches except us,” the Liberty mentor said.

Youth program pays off

Hawkins has always said establishing a youth program at Liberty was his top priority. He cited nearby Fauquier which had the county’s lone youth program at the time.

Hawkins said catching the rivals would be highly improbable without creating a grass roots program in the southern portion of the county.

Hawkins said he and assistant Joe DiVello set out 13 years ago to start a club. The coach thanked his and DiVello’s families for being tolerant due to the absences due to long trips up and down the east coast to wrestle against topnotch competition.

See WRESTLING, page 14

FAUQUIER FOOTBALL PREVIEW

JACKSON-LED FALCONS LOOK PLAYOFF WORTHY

By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer

Fauquier coach Karl Buckwalter thinks the VHSL’s decision to push football from fall to late winter has helped his rebuilding Falcon program.

The second-year coach has now had a full year since the 2019 season ended coaching, preaching, and bonding a unit that looks ready to make the program’s first playoff appearance since 2014.

The Falcon defense was often ahead of the offense last year. This year, the Falcons return their top two playmakers in quarterback J.T. Diehl and receiver/cornerback Evan Jackson.

Coupled with a more rested offensive line, the Falcons expect to score more points.

FAUQUIER SCHEDULE

Feb. 23 HOME vs. Culpeper, 7 p.m. (at LHS) March 1 HOME vs. LIBERTY, 7 p.m.

March 5 HOME vs. KETTLE RUN, 7 p.m.

March 12 HOME vs. Handley, 7 p.m.

March 26 at Culpeper, 7 p.m.

April 2 at LIBERTY, 7 p.m.

Jackson, an all-region second team pick in 2019 who signed with NCAA Division II Glenville State, is an NCAA Division I talent, according to his coach.

“Evan’s a playmaker. He’s set and ready to roll. He’s a super player with great instincts, super hands, a great burst, and he can throw as well. He’s got a bright future,” said Buckwalter.

Jackson may play QB in certain

Two tickets each for football players

Local high school football players are expected to be given two guest tickets each for games this season.

Social distancing will be required. sets, making the Falcons harder to defend. But the unquestioned No. 1 signal caller is Diehl. Entering his third year as starter, Diehl is a gritty competitor who belongs on the TV show “Tough as Nails.”

J.T. is the third Diehl to play QB at FHS, following brothers Colin and Garrett, who were also dynamic run-pass threats. “He’s 5-9, 175 or 180. He’s a running back playing quarterback. He will deliver a blow,” Buckwalter said of Diehl, who will

FILE PHOTO

Veteran quarterback J.T. Diehl and the Falcons opened Tuesday against Culpeper and play again Monday against Liberty. also start at outside linebacker.

While Fauquier is banking on several two-way players like Jackson, Diehl and offensive tackle/defensive lineman Paul Heisler, there are a lot more interchangeable parts this year. Fauquier will employ platoons See FALCONS, page 14

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LIBERTY FOOTBALL PREVIEW

POTENT EAGLES RETURN LOTS OF WEAPONS

By Peter Brewington

inexperience on the offensive line, which is almost totally rebuilt.

Liberty returns just one proven It’s in his nature, it’s in his genes starter in junior left tackle Colby to worry.

Lewis.

Star defensive tackles Jordan Liberty High football coach TraWoodson, who signed with Monvis Buzzo sounds uncomfortable mouth (N.J.) University, and Michael as he heads into next Monday’s Baldwin, were both all-district defenseason opener against Fauquier. sive linemen who will double up on Fine-tuning an excellent prothe offensive line. “Neither one has gram is hard work. With five colplayed O-line and neither has played lege signees, including gunslingfull-time,” said Buzzo about their ining quarterback Dylan Bailey and creased workload.

NCAA Division 1-bound defensive Woodson (DT/OG) and Baldend Jordan Woodson, the Eagles win (DT/OG) give the Eagles at are the favorite in the slimmed least eight two-way players. The down Northwestern District. others are Johnson (WR/CB), KeeBut the weather has caused some gan Shipe (WR/safety), Gay (RB/ missed practices and already disrupted the schedule, moving Saturday’s FILE PHOTO CB), Wyatt Hicks (WR/safety), scheduled 1 p.m. opener with Fauqui- Liberty had a memorable 2019 season, going Jordan Hicks (TE/LB) and Austin Jacobs (TE/LB). er back to Monday night at 7 p.m.

11-1 and falling to Tuscarora in the Class 4 Buzzo also admits to being a little Throw in some uncertainty on Region C semifinals. Much of the squad is the offensive line and you have a back as the Eagles debut Monday at Fauquier concerned about losing the big play, do-everything skills of graduated worried coach. at 7 p.m. The local rivals play a second time defensive whiz Tre’Von White, an Then there’s the pandemic. April 2 at Liberty in the 27th Bird Bowl. all-region selection who impacted “COVID has played a role. We hanumerous Liberty wins.

Buzzo expects different players to ven’t been in the weight room and are not as developed as we should be. We’ve haven’t had the 30 practices I generate the spark White regularly provided.

A number of basketball players (Coy Shepard, Huntwas hoping, we’ve only had 15,” Buzzo said.

Still, look at what the defending Northwestern Dis- er Humphries, Chris Richards, Russell Morton) will see playing time. Wrestler Royce Hall, who won the state trict champions have back.

Bailey, an Emory and Henry College recruit, threw title at 195 pounds last Saturday, will start at linebacker.

“We have some bright spots, some really good footfor 2,377 yards and 28 touchdowns last year. Running back Mason Gay ran for over 1,000 yards. Twins Jor- ball players. Right now our skill kids are our strength at dan and Wyatt Hicks are dangerous weapons at tight end the moment,” Buzzo said. “We’ve still got some position and receiver, respectively, and will play at West Virginia battles going into game week.

“The bottom line is that the starters can produce.

Wesleyan along with cornerback/receiver A.J. Johnson, a three-year starter and all-around impact player.

Dylan, Mason, Wyatt, Jordan, A.J., they can do anything Of concern, however, is that Buzzo is still sorting through you ask, but what can we do as a team?”

Times Staff Writer

WRESTLING, from page 13

FALCONS, from page 13

“It takes time to build a program from the ground up,” Hawkins stressed, but tangible growth was occurring with more state qualifiers and medalists. Liberty recently has won a growing number of individual state championships, and the team has finished regularly among the top five at the state tournament.

The five finalists and the results are “a testament to what we surround ourselves with kids and practice partners, and to the families working together,” Hawkins said, pointing to the bountiful experience and ability returning for another run next winter.

with its running backs, receivers and defensive backs, and has options at several other positions. Only Heisler will play both ways on the line.

“At every position on the defensive line or line, there‘s no dropoff if someone needs a break, or heaven forbid, gets hurt,” said Buckwalter.

“In the past when we lost a lineman we often lost a two-way kid, which is losing two kids. We feel we have enough guys to plug and play.”

The Falcons run a multiple offense that can flash versatile looks, such as double tight ends or five receivers.

“Like our defense, it’s an amoeba.

We can change. The passing league (run in the fall) was good for us, but in the cold you got to be able to run the ball,” Buckwalter said.

Luke Thomas, Brandon Byers, Grayson Kramer, Ky’lil Kiawu and Jackson are the running options.

One encouraging development is true freshman Kobe Link emerging as the starting inside linebacker. Link shined as a 170-pound wrestler and could be a fixture in both sports for years to come. Another success story is starting receiver Austin Fernandez, a senior who came out for football after being recruited by Diehl. “What a huge plus. He can fly and has very good hands,” Buckwalter said.

Despite losing to Liberty in the Bird Bowl for the 17th straight time, Fauquier went 4-6 and contended for a playoff spot last year. Buckwalter says

Three Falcons and a Cougar

Chad Hoffman, Fauquier’s firstyear head coach, was pleased with his three medal winners, but had thoughts of what could have been.

“My feelings on the day are that we had a great game plan for all three guys, but fell short,” he said.

“They wrestled hard and gave it their all. At the end of the day, that’s all you can ask for.”

Menifee appeared headed for the 182-pound championship, leading Amherst’s Kaine Morris 3-2 late in the third period, but surrendered a reversal with only 28 seconds remaining in the 4-3 loss.

Bell met Liberty’s Royce Hall in his final. Hall had taken close decisions in the district and region finals, and Saturday was no different.. Hall held off

PHOTO BY RYAN HALL

Brothers Royce and Noah Hall both won state titles in the same year, a rarity.

“My boys are beyond proud to have helped bring this title back to Liberty High School and Virginia Eagle Youth Wrestling,” said their father Ryan. the county rival for the 3-2 decision.

“We prepared for Hall all three weeks, but couldn’t find the takedown we needed,” Hoffman said. “It was a great match that came down to the wire.”

DeWald was a 2020 state silver medalist and aimed to finish first this winter. After pinning his first foe, DeWald met Eastern View’s Daniel Taylor in the championship semifinals. Taylor scored an 8-3 win to end DeWald’s title dreams, but his response heartened Hoffman.

See WRESTLING, page 15

LIBERTY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

March 1 at FAUQUIER, 7 p.m.

March 6 HOME vs. Culpeper, 1 p.m.

March 13 HOME vs. Goochland, 1 p.m.

March 19 at KETTLE RUN, 7 p.m.

March 27 at Handley, 1 p.m.

April 2 HOME vs. FAUQUIER, 7 p.m.

STARTING LINEUP

LIBERTY OFFENSE QB: Dylan Bailey, Sr. RB: Mason Gay, Sr. WR: Wyatt Hicks, Sr. WR: Keegan Shipe, Sr./Russell Morton, Sr. WR: A.J. Johnson, Sr./Colin Cooper, Sr. TE: Jordan Hicks, Sr. TE: Austin Jacobs, Jr. C: R.J. Helton, Sr. G: Jordan Woodson, Sr. G: Michael Baldwin, Sr. LT: Colby Lewis, Jr. RT: Chris Richards, Jr. LG: Dallas Cash, Jr./Nick Bryant, Soph.

LIBERTY DEFENSE DT: Jordan Woodson, Sr. DT: Michael Baldwin, Sr. NG: Shawn Owens, Sr./ Dallas Cash, Jr./Nick Bryant, Soph.

ILB: Jordan Hicks, Sr. ILB: Austin Jacobs, Jr. ILB: Royce Hall, Jr. SS: Keegan Shipe, Sr. FS: Wyatt Hicks, Sr. S: Tyler Dyson, Jr. CB: A.J. Johnson, Sr. CB: Mason Gay, Sr./Coy Shepard, Jr.

FAUQUIER OFFENSE QB: J.T. Diehl, Sr. TB: Luke Thomas, Jr. RB: Brandon Byers (Sr.)/Grayson Kramer (Jr.) WR: Ky’lil Kiawu (Sr.)/John Bynaker (Jr.) WR: Austin Fernandez (Sr.)/Evan Jackson (Sr.) TE: Wes Heflin, Jr. C: Jacob Whipkey, Sr. G: Wyatt Croson, Jr. G: Garrett Kramer, Jr. T: Evan Rose, Sr. T: Paul Heisler, Sr. FAUQUIER DEFENSE DL: John Carneckis, Sr. DL: Garrett Kramer, Jr. DL: Paul Heisler, Sr. OLB: Banks Massey, Jr. OLB: J.T. Diehl, Sr. ILB: Brandon Byars, Sr. ILB: Grayson Kramer, Jr. ILB: Luke Thomas (Jr.)/Kobe Link (Fr.) FS: Evan Jackson, Sr. CB: Austin Fernandez, Sr./Dylan Taylor (Jr.) CB: John Bynaker, Jr. Liberty is the team to beat in a condensed district, but without Sherando and Millbrook competing for region spots, he likes Fauquier’s chances to grab one of the two playoff slots.

He hopes a more potent offense is the key. “Defense is always a year ahead. We feel both sides of the ball are ready to go in the second year,” Buckwalter said.

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WRESTLING, from page 14 “What impressed me the most was his ability to overcome a tough loss within 30 minutes and get his mind right,” the coach said.

DeWald then won his consolation semifinals and claimed the bronze medal with his pin of Smithfield’s Brady Stals in 1:42. “After he lost,

STEEPLECHASE CLINIC HELPS PREP FOR UPCOMING SEASON The Virginia, and national, steeplechase seasons are a “go” this spring, according to organizers, with only a few of the traditional spring meets lost due to the pandemic. A March 7 junior racing clinic aims to help get young riders back into the saddle to prep for the circuit.

Champion amateur riders Blair Waterman Wyatt, Billy Santoro and Mark Beecher join professional champion Sean McDermott and trainers Todd Wyatt and Alicia Murphy to teach the three-part, one-day clinic.

Instructors will teach racing skills in the saddle as well as discuss appropriate gear and clothing, how to correctly enter races and race-day prep. Participants need to be safe and proficient at walk, trot and canter, and though a jumping component of the clinic is offered, it is not required.

Participants need to provide their own mounts, but young riders can also audit the clinic without a horse or pony.

Jockey skills to be practiced include getting a leg up, “tying your knot” in racing reins, pulling goggles down correctly, how to line up for the start, how to safely navigate turns at speed, staying behind the designated leader, setting up for a jump in company and more.

Log onto marylandsteeplechaseassociation. com for registration.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Now in its third season under ownership of the Colonial Downs Group, purses are projected $500,000 per day.

The grade 3 Virginia Derby highlights the program. More is at colonialdowns.com.

HARNESS DRIVING CHAMPION BETSY BROWN HONORED BY STATE HOUSE In House Resolution 279 put forward by 10 state representatives at the Richmond winter session, harness driving standout Betsy Brown was honored as part of Virginia’s living equestrian history.

Brown won her 500th race last fall at the Virginia Harness Horse Association’s Shenandoah County Fair in Woodstorck.

Brown started out on top of horses, taking up riding ponies at 5. She drove her first harness race winner in 1979 and has accrued the historic number of wins as driver and trainer in the four decades since.

Brown has driven 3,869 races, earning nearly $1.2 million; as a trainer, her horses have won 826 of 5,646 starts. he represented what this program is about. Mental toughness and one’s ability to move on from a loss,” Hoffman praised.

Kettle Run’s Brumagin dropped his first match but won by fall in his first consolation match. He lost a tough 2-0 bout in the consolation semifinals before pinning Amherst’s Ethan Busey in 2:13 for fifth place.

PHOTO BY BETSY BURKE PARKER

Champion amateur jockey Mark Beecher, left, shown before winning the 2012 International Gold Cup, and trainer Alicia Murphy will help teach a March 7 junior racing clinic.

Crossing the Line Author Talk with Kareem Rosser

Photo by Lezlie Hiner

TWA SHOW DATES RELEASED Gegi Winslett’s TWA winter schooling show series continues this weekend at Frying Pan Park in Herndon with a jumper show Saturday, Feb. 27, and a hunter show Sunday, Feb. 28. TWA has its final Frying Pan jumper show March 13 and final hunter show March 14.

Showing continues at the historic Warrenton Horse Show grounds with a rated show April 24. Jumper series dates are May 8, July 10, Aug. 21, Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. Hunter series dates are May 9, July 11, Aug. 22, Sept. 26 and Oct. 10.

TWA’s show at Rose Mount Farm in Fredericksburg is July 17, with a jumper schooling series at Summerduck Run Farm in Culpeper June 8, June 22, July 13 and Aug. 3.

Full prize lists are at twahorseshows.yolasite.com.

PIEDMONT FOXHOUNDS 180TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER The Piedmont Foxhounds will celebrate its 180th season with a special hunting day Friday, March 5 from historic Oak Spring Farm near Upperville. The club’s huntline has details: 540-592-7199.

COWBOY DRESSAGE CLINIC SET AT ALMEDA FARM MARCH 14 Almeda Farm in Boyce hosts a cowboy dressage practice day Sunday, March 14. Clinician Corey Kirk will help up to five riders per session perfect walk, jog and lope patterns and practice western dressage tests. Mounted riders and auditors are welcome. Find out more at almedafarm.com.

TUESDAY TALKS CONTINUE AS WEBINAR SERIES Held on the second Tuesday of the month from January to April, the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center’s March 9 “Tuesday Talk” features Dr. Norris Adams lecturing – on a log-in webinar – about equine insurance.

The April 13 talk will be led by Dr. Emily Schaefer on toxic plants in the horse pasture.

At the end of each presentation, participants can take part in a Q and A session.

Register at emc.vetmed.vt.edu.

PONY SWIM, SALE RETURN TO CHINCOTEAGUE THIS JULY The 95th annual Chincoteague pony swim and sale will be held July 28. Details are at chincoteague.com.

COLONIAL DOWNS PLANS SUMMER TURF FESTIVAL Colonial Downs in New Kent County will host a seven-week thoroughbred race meet this summer, July 19 to Sept. 1, with racing scheduled every

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Fauquier Times | February 24, 2021

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OBITUARIES

Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | February 24, 2021

OBITUARIES George Henry Bridgett

Darlene Faye Thomasson

George Henry Bridgett, 88, of Warrenton, VA, passed February 4, 2021.

No public services were held.

Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Darlene Faye Thomasson, 64 of Bealeton, VA passed away on February 16, 2021.

A public visitation will be held for family and friends on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. Online condolences may be expressed at www.moserfuneralhome. com.

Stephen L. Szabolscky Stephen L. Szabolscky, 88, of Remington passed away peacefully, Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Fauquier Hospital, Warrenton, VA. Steve was born in South Amboy, New Jersey and at the age of 16, soloed and earned his pilot’s license in an Aeronica 7AC Champion airplane his older brother Al taught him to fly.

This was the beginning of a lifelong passion for aviation. At the age of 20, Steve was working at the Ford Motor Company Manufacturing plant in Edison, New Jersey and dating the love of his life Meg. They married in 1952 and left for Fort Worth, TX where he graduated from the American Flyers Flight School. After graduation, they returned to New Jersey and in January 1953, Steve was drafted into the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged two years later in January 1955. After his tour, he returned home and making aviation his career, he apprenticed under a certified Airplane Engines (AE) lead mechanic while pursuing his own AE and Aircraft Powerplant (AP) licenses. After earning these licenses, Steve flew for Meteor Air Transport and AAXICO Airlines, flying C-46s and DC-4s. In 1960, Steve was hired by Alleghany Airlines, which became USAir, and he flew out of Newark, New Jersey eventually moving the family of five to Virginia in 1970 as he was based in DCA. Steve took an early retirement from USAir in 1987 after 27 years of service. He became and is a member of the “Soaring Eagles” of USAir and he continued to fly light aircraft well into his early 80s from a grass strip at his home while receiving visits from his dearest friends and family from the air and land.

He was happiest at his home with his wife Meg, his dogs, cats, and birds, and treasuring the moments when family and friends visited. Steve was always extremely generous with his time and knowledge with family and friends, teaching his wife, Meg, his son, Stephen, and grandson, Abe, to fly a J-3 Cub. Steve soloed his grandson Abe who earned his pilot’s license. During his retirement, he stayed active with inspections and annuals on light aircraft. He was an inspiration to others, sharing the knowledge he had learned throughout his life with everyone around him.

Not only in flight, he also shared mechanical lessons on vehicles and building radio-controlled airplanes and helicopters. He also enjoyed spending summer days at gatherings with his family, offering airplane rides to his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends, and anyone visiting. Moments that will forever be etched into the lives of those who knew him.

Steve was a passionate story teller and always had interesting stories to share about some of the passengers he met on his flight trips with USAir; shaking hands with Leonard Nimoy from Star Trek to meeting Roddy McDowall and other cast members from the movie, Planet of the Apes, who were in full makeup when they boarded the airplane and how he was so impressed with their makeup.

Steve was a genuine person all of the time and a beacon for so many.

His generous, caring, helpful personality affected so many people he encountered.

Steve is survived by his wife of 68 years, Margaret M. Szabolscky; daughter, Elizabeth West (John); daughter, Suzann Szabolscky; son, Stephen A. Szabolscky (Cheryl); 5 grandchildren, Abe, Robby, Paul, Erica and Stephanie; and 10 great-grandchildren, Lauren, Mitchell, Kennedy, Robert, William, Michael, Maya, Kourtney, Eli and Elaina.

A memorial gathering at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton, VA will be held on Saturday, February 27th, from 4 to 6 pm.

A mass of Christian burial will be offered at Precious Blood Catholic Church, 114 E. Edmondson St., Culpeper, VA at 10 am on Friday, March 5th, 2021 followed by interment with military honors at the Culpeper National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Remington Volunteer Fire and Rescue.

Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com

Kathryn Green Modlin Kathryn Green Modlin, age 96, a resident of Warrenton, VA passed away at her home on February 12, 2021.

She retired from the the U.S Government with Dept. of Defense at Vint Hill Farm Station.

She was a active member of Warrenton United Methodist Church and part of the Sally Fletcher Circle of Women at the church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Modlin and a granddaughter, Michelle Shepherd Shirley. She is survived by two sons, Oliver Kent Shepherd and wife, Carolyn of Warrenton and Donald Lee Shepherd and his wife, Julie of Warrenton. She was survived by grandchildren, Carla Shepherd Hojnacki (Tim) her children, Katie and Tanner Hojnacki, grandson, Michael Shepherd (Chrystal) his children, Macayla, Gracie, and MJ (Jr.) Great-Great grandson, Nicholas Young (Jared’s son) Granddaughters (Donald’s) Melissa Shepherd and Donna Lee Shepherd. Great Grandchildren, Alexandra Shirley and James and Jared Young (Michelle, Dec.) Also, Kent’s step-children Alexander Pearson and April Pearson Cox. A shelter service and memorial is planned at a later date due to Pandemic and weather.

Arrangements by Moser Funeral Home 233 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA, 540-347-3431, In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to Warrenton United Methodist Church.

Online condolences can be made at:moserfuneralhome.com

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OBITUARIES Arlene Rita Keithley

Nancy LeHew-Krogsund

Arlene Rita Keithley, 90, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2021 at the Fauquier Health Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Warrenton, Virginia with her children by her side. She was born December 6, 1930 in Old Town, Maine, a daughter of Forrest Linwood Avery a Pharmacist and Annie (DeRoche) Avery. A graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School, (1949). She briefly attended Nursing School in Portland but when her beloved father fell ill, returned home to maintain operation of his business, the Avery Pharmacy in Yarmouth.

While attending a dance in Portland she met her future husband who was stationed at the Brunswick Naval Airbase and on May 13, 1955, she married Donald D. Keithley in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

Arlene was a dedicated and loving homemaker, mother, sister and friend. The family lived in Kansas, Ohio, Missouri and Maryland before moving to Rappahannock County, Virginia in 1973 to raise their three children. She ran the Old Hollow Grocery in Sperryville, Virginia and got to know many in the community. She got to see her kids and their friends grow up and form friendships and relationships that became just as dear, and grew her own family over the years.

Arlene enjoyed painting and developing her talent, taking classes and painting with friends. There was always an easel and paints setup in the house. The beach was her love since childhood with many happy memories; the Craignair Inn by the Sea, rustic family trips to Millinocket and Lake Huron islands, family vacations to Ocean City, a cruise of Italy’s Amalfi coast and in later years the community of Country Club Estates in Venice, Florida enjoying the Florida beaches in the winter.

Above all, Arlene loved getting together and spending time with her family. She is survived by her children; Dawn Leslie Holdsworth (Edward) of Marshall, Virginia, Paul Keithley (Carolyn) of Leesburg, Virginia and Scott Keithley (Natalie) of Warrenton, Virginia; five grandchildren Grant Avery, Rachel, Brandon, Nicholas and Elise.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Donald Keithley who died on September 20, 2001 and her sister, Constance (Connie) Thurlow who died on May 8, 2006.

A private memorial and internment service will be held at a future date.

The family would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to the staff of Fauquier Health Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Heartland Hospice for the loving care they gave to their mother over the last 26 months.

In remembrance and in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to Heartland Hospice, 493 Blackwell Road #319, Warrenton, Virginia 20186.

Nancy LeHew-Krogsund, 85 of Front Royal, Virginia passed away Saturday, February 13 after a courageous battle with cancer. Nancy was born to Roy and Georgiann Richardson on November 25, 1935 in Vicker, Virginia. When Nancy was two, the family moved to Front Royal. Nancy graduated from Warren County High School in 1954. She received a BA in Art and Education from Mary Washington College in 1958. In 1988, Nancy received her Masters Degree in Studio Art from New York University.

During this time, she had the great opportunity to study in Venice, Italy for two summers, Paris, France for one summer, and New York City for one summer. Nancy was a beloved art teacher for Warren County Public Schools, inspiring thousands of young people before her retirement in 1991. She received the Virginia Art Educator of the Year Award in 1988.

Nancy was very dedicated to her community. She was a member of the Blue Ridge Arts Council where she served as President from 1990-1994.

She was awarded the Arts Citizen of the Year in 1997 and at this time the Nancy R. LeHew Scholarship was created to honor Nancy’s love of arts in the community. This scholarship is given each year to two graduating seniors who display the love of art just as Nancy did. She was also a member of the Warren Heritage Society and served as President. She was a member of the Beautification Committee in Front Royal and Warren County. Nancy was also an enthusiastic member of the Warren County Garden Club, winning dozens of blue ribbons for her creative arrangements. She became a certified judge for The Virginia State Garden Club and traveled Virginia judging garden shows. Nancy served on the Town of Front Royal Board of Architectural Review.

When Nancy wasn’t volunteering, she enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. Nancy had a love for people and a true gift and passion for entertaining. Nancy was captivated by the beauty that surrounded her and her love for people made her the loving, gracious, creative person she was.

Leaving behind her family who dearly loved her is her husband Jon Krogsund, a son Jeffrey LeHew and wife Sondra, her daughter Wendy LeHew-Condrell and husband Dr. Bill Condrell, and five grandchildren Jay, Lindsay and Nicholas LeHew, Jade and Gray Condrell. Nancy is also survived by her sister, Barbara Carr.

A service honoring Nancy’s life will be held Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the Maddox Funeral Home in Front Royal, followed by a committal in the Garden at Calvary Episcopal Church and then a reception at The Blue Ridge Arts Council 305 E. Main Street in Front Royal where years of Nancy’s artwork will be displayed. Please join her family to celebrate her colorful world and the beautiful life she lived.

In lieu of flowers, you may send donations to the Blue Ridge Arts Council Nancy R. LeHew Scholarship Fund or the Calvary Episcopal Church.

It’s never too late to share your loved one’s story.

Place a memoriam today. jcobert@fauquier.com | 540-351-1664

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OBITUARIES Richard L. “Rick” Collette, Jr. Richard L. “Rick” Collette, Jr., 67, of Middleburg passed away February 12, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center after complications from lung surgery.

Rick was born April 14, 1953 in Martinsburg, West Virginia to the late Dr. Richard L. Collette and Janet Evelyn Collette.

Rick graduated from Fauquier High School in 1971. After high school he met his beloved wife Kathy Humphrey and they had a daughter Katie.

Rick Collette was a man who never met a stranger. There wasn’t a place you didn’t go with him that he wouldn’t stop and talk to someone. Rick worked different jobs over the years but the one he was remembered most for was his time in the car business which he did for over 30 years. His love of his family, his friends, and his community were much a part of him as the dry wit and sarcasm and his hat that he wore that identified him as Rick. His passions included working the Sunday crossword puzzle and refinishing furniture. In recent years his passion turned toward helping those in Fauquier and Loudoun counties who struggled with addiction, especially families suffering loss. He became one of the original members of Families Overcoming Drug Addiction (FODA). He was a man who called Middleburg and Mt. Defiance “home”.

He is survived by his sister Abby Lawson (Shane) of Warrenton, his brother Steve Collette of Warrenton and his sister-in-law Sandra Humphrey (Kim) of Rehoboth Beach, DE, as well as his beloved nephew Trevor Lawson.

He was preceded in death by his wife Kathy Collette and his daughter Katie Collette, along with his beloved corgi Sunny.

A graveside service will take place at 1pm Saturday February 27 at Little Georgetown Cemetery, near Broad Run. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to CAYA Coalition (Come As You Are), PO Box 3457, Warrenton, VA 20188.

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St. John The Baptist Anglican Church Anglo Catholic in worship and order Mass Schedule: Sunday 8AM & 10:30 AM Wednesday 10 AM | Holy Days 6PM Father Jonathan Ostman, Rector 540-364-2554 www.st-JohntheBaptist.org 10:30 Sunday Mass live-streaming on Facebook @ Anglican Church of St John the Baptist.

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OBITUARIES Madge Murphey Clark Eicher Madge Murphey Clark Eicher, age 87, died on February 13, 2021 at Poet’s Walk in Warrenton Virginia.

Madge Murphey Clark Eicher was born at the family home at Fauquier Springs in Warrenton Virginia on August 1, 1933. She was the second of three children born to the late Randolph Clay Murphey, Jr, and Madge Hardwick Murphey.

She graduated from Warrenton High School and attended Longwood College. When she came home, she married “Jim”, James Spalding Clark and joined the family business that Jim and his brother, John, started, Clark Brothers Gun Shop. Jim was involved in a serious accident at the gun shop in 1970 and it took his life.

Madge married her second husband, L.H. Eicher, in 1975. They developed land and farmed.

Madge was an active member of the Republican Party. Always a staunch and fearless supporter of freedom and our Constitution, she dedicated her life to fighting for liberty and limited government.

She was an active member of Heritage Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed weekly Bible study, fellowship with her church family, and service to the community.

Her favorite hobbies were cooking, gardening, and sewing. She always had a thriving vegetable garden in the summer and canned vegetables throughout the summer and into the fall. She was an enthusiastic Point to Point horse race observer. She enjoyed seeing all of her friends and participating in the “tailgate” competitions.

Her greatest loves were family and friends. She always had an open-door policy at her home and there were many impromptu drop ins to discuss politics, life, farming, the weather, family, or whatever you wanted to talk about. She will always be known for her home cooked food on the wood stove. “Come on in, grab a plate, a beer and sit by the fire and catch up!” Her open house and welcoming nature will be missed by many.

Madge was preceded in death by her first husband Jim Clark, her second husband, L. H. Eicher, and brother “Pat” Randolph Clay Murphey, III. She is survived by her son Steve Clark (Allison), daughter Susie Clark Dorman (Tom), three grandchildren, James Dorman (Liana), Hunter Dorman Hamblen (Andy), and Fisher Clark (Danielle), brother John Murphey, sister-in-law Donna Murphey, nephew Randy Murphey (Jimmie), and nieces Ginger Carver (Chip), Carol Garner (James), Shawn Chase (Brad) and Kim Clark Hitt (Eddie).

Online condolences may be expressed at moserfuneralhome.com.

In memory of my wife, Aileen Collins Van Luven on our anniversary, February 23 You went first and I remain To walk the road alone I live in memory’s garden with happy days we’ve known I hear your voice, I see your smile Tho, blindly I may grope The memory of your loving hand does push me on with hope We’ve known so much happiness We’ve had our cup of joy A memory is one gift of God that death cannot destroy We will meet again in Heaven Reunited we shall never part again.

Your loving husband,

Jim

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FAUQUIER

CL A SSIFIEDS ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Business Directory: Thursday at noon, All other Classified ads: Monday at 3 p.m.

To place your ad, Call: 540-351-1664, Toll Free: 888-351-1660, Fax: 540-349-8676, Email: classifieds@fauquier.com Rentals — Apartments

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Opal, studio garage apt for 1 person, furnished, W/D, utils included. No smkg! 1 mo rent for sec dep. $800/ mo(540)439-9119 Washington, VA, 1BR, sutiable for 1, LR, office. Wtr/sewer incl.

Refs & sec dep. $800/ mo 540-937-3439

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Office space, Old Town Warrenton.

Approx 1000 SF. Social distancing at its best...office has dedicated entrance & bathrm. $ 1 2 5 0 / m o .

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Farm Equipment

1949 FORD TRACTOR 9N Runs good but needs a battery Moving sale! $1200 or OBO 850.902.5357

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Yamaha NS-AW190BL All Weather Speakers.

Black 120 Watts Max Power Input 2 Way Acoustic Suspension, 5” High Compliance Woofer, 1⁄2” PEI Dome Tweeter. Never used, still in original box. $90.

540-270-0599

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LOST & FOUND ADOPTIONS TOO!

FAUQUIER SPCA

Business Services

JBS Excavation & Clearing, Free estimates, tree removal, horse arena, d r i v e w a y s & landscaping. No job too big or too small.

703-582-0439 JENKINS EXCAVATING & LOGGING. Free Estimates, Class A Contractor, Commercial, Residential. Demolition, land clearing, site prep, roads, drives. 540-661-0116 North´s Custom Masonry. Retaining walls, stone work, patios, repoint ing brick, chimneys, driveways.

540-533-8092 North´s Tree Service & Landscaping. Complete tree service. All phases of landscaping.

540-533-8092

NUTTERS PAINTING & SERVICES Call Erik 540-522-3289

540-788-9000 www. fauquierspca.com e-mail fspca@ fauquierspca.com Pomsky pups (Pom/ husky) private breederraised with TLC!!

“Husky look-a-likes” & 2 rare white with blue eyes. 540-672-6512 Siberian Husky pups.

Mom & Dad on premises, full blood-no AKC. Born 11/17. $600/ea. (703) 577-7919

350 Insigna 32” LED TV 720p/60HZ, DTS Sound. Never used, still in original box. $90.

540-270-0599 OIL FURNACE including fan, coil, 350 gallon tank. 1 year old.

Originally $4500, SELL FOR $1850/OBO. Call 804-503-8152

Miscellaneous For Sale

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Business Services

G R AV E L : A L L PROJECTS. Topsoil; fill dirt; mulch. No job too small.540-8254150; 540-219-7200

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Home Improvement

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Power Washing, Go from Green to Clean!!540-642-2349, 703-987-5096. Licensed & Insured!

Remodels; New Homes; Windows; Painting; Garages; B a t h r o o m s ; Kitchens; Decks;.

Class A. Lic & insured. GMC Enterprises of VA, LLC. 540-222-3385

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Lawn/Garden

GORMANS TREE AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES. Seasonal Clean up. Snow removal, grinding, mowing, take downs.

Free estimates.

540-222-4107; 540-825-1000 Total Lawn Care, home services. Cranium Services giving you peace of mind. Call Glenn 571-839-8495; glenn@ craniumservices. com; cranium. services.com

645 Addison´s Building & Remodeling. Additions, basements, b a t h r o o m s , sundecks, repairs. Licensed Insured.

540-244-2869 Affordable Roofing with Terry´s Handyman Services, LLC. Licensed & Insured.

Commercial & residential. Senior discounts.

540-270-7938 Design/build services.

New, renovations, additions for residential. Commercial renovations & tenant uplifting. Licensed & i n s u r e d .

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Off-Road/ Unlicensed

1997 TOYOTA 4x4. Exc. condition. 216K miles. $5000 NEGOTIABLE Good hunting vehicle.

540-371-5834 or 540-907-0452

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1997 TOYOTA 4x4. Exc. condition. 216K miles. $5000 NEGOTIABLE Good hunting vehicle.

540-371-5834 or 540-907-0452 2005 FORD F-450 Enclosed Utility Truck for Sale 132,000 miles $ 9 , 9 5 0 . 0 0 540-667-7293

Announcements

FOOD PANTRY 2nd & 4th Sundays

3124 Beulah Rd, at Beulah Baptist Church, Markham VA will have a food pantry on 1:30pm-3pm Please contact Cecelia Williams at 540.364.2428. Church number 540.364.2626.

SEEKING active duty, retired, & former Army Green Berets!

Chapter 90 of the Special Forces Association is looking for active duty, former and retired members of the U.S. Army Special Forces to join our Chapter.

Chapter 90 meets monthly at the VFW post in Fredericksburg and also over “Zoom” for those who cannot attend in person. We are a large group of former Green Berets who now hold charitable golf tournaments, gun raffles, and other activities through the year to support veteran focused Charities such as Special Operations Warrior Foundation, The Fisher House, Purple Heart Homes and many local charities. Visit our website at www.sfach90.org to learn more or send us an email at SFA_Chapter90@hotmail.com if you want to contact us. We have a lot of fun and promise not to bore you!

Announcements

OUR FOOD PANTRY IS EMPTY SALVATION ARMY NEEDS YOUR HELP

At the Salvation Army of the Virginia Piedmont, we serve thousands of residents in Fauquier, Culpeper and Orange counties 365 days a year.

Every donation helps; however, we are most in need of the following: CANNED VEGETABLES & FRUIT CANNED MEAT SPAGHETTI SAUCE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY RICE, PASTA INSTANT MASHED POTATOES DIAPERS SIZES 4-6, BABY WIPES BABY FOOD

Donations of food pantry goods are joyfully accepted at our two pantries located at 62 Waterloo St, Warrenton, VA 20188 weekdays from 9-5; and 133 E. Culpeper St, Culpeper, VA 22701 on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9-5 and Friday from 9-1 as well as Monetary donations can safely be received via our mailing address of P.O. Box 3474, Warrenton, VA 20188.

Thank you. We appreciate you.

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Legal Notices Full name(s) of owner(s): JUDY LISSETT BAUER Trading as: CALVERTON CORNER STORE 4133 Catlett Road, Catlett, Fauquier, Virginia 20119 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and Beer Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Judy Lissette Bauer Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

Full name(s) of owner(s): 2M2S LLC Trading as: TAJ PALACE INDIAN CUISINE 251 W. Lee Highway, Suite 157 Warrenton, Fauquier County Virginia 20186-2107 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine & Beer / Mixed Beverage Restaurant on-premiseslicense to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Madhu Sudhan Thapa, Roshan Neupane, Krishna Adhikari, Thaman B Khatri NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MARCH 4, 2021 The Fauquier County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2021 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia to consider the following items: 1. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-21-014304 – WYATT & HEEJEONG LATIMER (OWNERS)/CONSERVATION FORESTS (APPLICANT) – CONSERVATION FORESTS SAWMILL – An application to approve a Category 17 Special Permit to allow the operation of a sawmill, PIN 6041-89-5220-000, located at 2745 Delaplane Grade Road, Marshall District, Delaplane, Virginia. (Lauren Runyan, Staff) Note: The public hearing was closed on February 4, 2021.

2. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-20-012487 – DEBRA McKAY DODGE (OWNER/ APPLICANT) – DODGE TOURIST HOME – An application for a Category 3 Special Permit to operate a tourist home, PIN 6925-39-3260-000, located at 6643 Tapps Ford Road, Marshall District, Amissville, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, Staff) 3. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-21-014385 – SAINT PATRICK ORTHODOX CHURCH, INC. (OWNER)/FATHER CHARLES PATRICK CARDINE (APPLICANT) – SAINT PATRICK ORTHODOX CHURCH – An application to amend a previously approved Category 6 Special Permit (SPPT13-CR-008) to allow the expansion of an existing place of worship, PIN 6980-75-3236-000, located at 6580 Balls Mill Road, Cedar Run District, Bealeton, Virginia. (Lauren Runyan, Staff) 4. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-21-014403 – HIDDEN CREEK FARM, LLC & ICOT HOLDINGS, LC (OWNERS)/HIDDEN CREEK FARM, LLC (APPLICANT) – HIDDEN CREEK FARM – An application for a Category 3 Special Permit to operate a tourist home, PIN 6032-46-4431-000, 6032-58-7311-000, 6032-65-9161-000 and 6032-78-8544-000, located at 2591 Triplett Turn and 10562 Josiah Adams Place, Marshall District, Delaplane, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, Staff) The application materials can be found on the Land Development Online Portal at: https://commdevpay.fauquiercounty.gov/Energov_Prod/SelfService#/home.

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

Due to the threat to public health and safety of the residents of Fauquier County from exposure to COVID-19, and pursuant to the County’s emergency continuity of government ordinance adopted April 9, 2020, citizens are encouraged to participate virtually in this process. The meeting may be viewed on Fauquier County Government Channel 23 and livestreamed at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1.

Citizens desiring to participate in the meeting remotely are required to register in advance. Instructions are available on the County website at: www.fauquiercounty. gov/BZAVirtualMeeting.

Comments will be limited to three minutes. Participants will be required to wear a face covering and maintain strict social distancing measures that may involve waiting in line outside of the building.

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

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TOWN OF WARRENTON

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia, on the following item(s): SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WAIVERS (ZNG 2020-0172) AS IT RELATES TO THE PARCEL LOCATED AT 50 OAK STREET AND 110 OAK STREET. The proposal is to allow a cul-de-sac, not require a connection to the adjoining property, an alternative turnaround, and a reduced right-of-way to serve a future subdivision. The proposed wavier requests apply to the subject properties.

The applicant is Robert N. Springer.

COMPLETE UPDATE OF THE TOWN’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - PLAN WARRENTON 2040 The proposed Comprehensive Plan for the future growth and development of the Town will provide guidance for the next 20 years on the Town’s land use patterns, transportation, historic resources, parks, economic and fiscal health, housing, community facilities, desired character and growth by providing an overall vision with objectives and implementation strategies. The proposed Plan provides for new designated “Character Districts,” which include existing Urban Development Areas previously designated as part of the Comprehensive Plan update adopted March 13, 2018.

These Character Districts are to be located in the general areas of: Shirley Avenue and Falmouth Street and Old Meetze Road; Old Town, Main Street, Culpeper Street, Waterloo Street, Falmouth Street, Alexandria Pike, and East Lee Street; East Lee Highway, Oak Springs Drive, Broadview Avenue, Fletcher Drive, Winchester Street, and Blackwell Road; and Frost Avenue, Waterloo Road, West Shirley Avenue, and Broadview Avenue; as well as Broadview Avenue between Winchester Street and Frost Avenue. The proposed Comprehensive Plan calls for mixed land uses within these Character Districts to include a diverse range of housing types. The Future Land Use map component of the Comprehensive Plan removes the previous “Live/Work” designated areas and adds the Character Districts.

Transportation is projected to embrace multi-modal solutions throughout the Town. The Planning Commission recommended approval and certified the plan to Town Council on February 16, 2021.

The public hearing will be open to the public and persons attending will be expected to adhere to the current legal requirements and guidelines to address the COVID-19 pandemic including wearing face coverings and practicing physical distancing. Seating will be limited in accordance with then current guidelines. The public may also choose to submit written comments through the Town’s website (https:/ /www.warrentonva.gov/government/town_council/ submit_comment.php) during a public comment period to be closed at noon the day of the public hearing on February 9.

The Town of Warrenton does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Town Hall meeting facilities are fully accessible. Any special accommodations can be made upon request 48 hours prior to the meeting.

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NOTICE 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, March 11, 2021, in the Warren Green Building at 10 Hotel Street in Warrenton, Virginia, and will hold a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the same location.

1. A RESOLUTION TO GRANT A POWERLINE EASEMENT TO DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA - A public hearing to consider the adoption of a resolution authorizing the execution   2. AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON A PORTION OF CENTER STREET IN REMINGTON, VIRGINIA - An ordinance to abandon a portion of public right-of-way in Remington, Virginia, known as Center Street that lies north of Fifth Street and over the common property bound    3. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE IV OF THE FAUQUIER COUNTY CODE - An     4. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-20-013740 - PARKSIDE VILLAGE, LLC, VINT HILL VILLAGE, LLC AND COUNTY OF FAUQUIER VIRGINIA (OWNERS) / VHL EAST, LLC AND VHL WEST, LLC (APPLICANTS) – VINT HILL LOFTS – An application for a Special Exception to allow multi-family residential uses in existing buildings. The properties are located at   5. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-20-014233 – ELITE POWER & ENERGY CORPORATION (OWNER / APPLICANT) – ELITE POWER & ENERGY PROPANE DISTRIBUTION SITE – An application for a Category 15 Special Exception to allow for bulk storage of petroleum               6. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-20-014263 – DONALD LEE & DEBRA L. SHERBEYN (OWNERS / APPLICANTS) – PAY IT FORWARD RANCHcial Exception to waive the public street requirement. The property is located at 13199 Elk  7. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-20-013767 – GILL BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION, INC. (OWNER / APPLICANT) – GILL BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION – An application for a   8. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-20-013938 – FRANCIS G. FORTIN, JR. (OWNER) / SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP. (APPLICANT) – HARTWOOD AIRPORT                   9. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-20-014264 – BRETT J. LUDDEN (OWNER / APPLICANT) – LEEDS MANOR ART GALLERY   10. REZONING REZN-19-012268 – NORTH FORTY ASPEN PLUS, LP (OWNER / APPLICANT) – ASPEN VILLAGE  11. REZONING AMENDMENT REZN-20-014259 & SPECIAL EXCEPTION AMENDMENT SPEX20-014260 – MINTBROOK DEVELOPERS, LLC (OWNER / APPLICANT) – MINTBROOK –  Special Exception for a drive-through facility. The properties are located on Marsh Road and                       or by e-mail to BOS@fauquiercounty.gov prior to March 11, 2021.  ing via livestream at  and on              tions are available on the County website at   wear a face covering and maintain strict social distancing measures that may involve waiting in line outside of the building.

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, 

Public Notices VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAUQUIER COUNTY; DAVID CURTIS WALKER, Plaintiff, v. JENNIFER ANNE WALKER , Defendant. Case No.: CL20-111 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is Plaintiff’s request for a divorce a vinculo martimonii from Defendant.

Pursuant to Va. Code §20-104, diligence has been used on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city such defendant is, without effect. Defendant’s last known address is 7245 Twilight Court, Warrenton, VA 20187.

Therefore, it is: ADJUDGED, ORDERED, and DECREED that this Order be published in the Fauquier Times once per week for four consecutive weeks and that the parties appear before this Court on or before Friday, March 12, 2021 at 8:30 A.M. and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

THIS CAUSE IS CONTINUED. ENTERED this 14th day of January, 2021.

James E. Plowman, JUDGE I ASK FOR THIS: John C. Clark (VSB: 71927) Howard, Clark & Howard, PLC 7 Hotel Street, Warrenton, VA 20186 Tel: 540-422-0100 jcc@hchlawva.com Counsel for Plaintiff

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Site Work Estimator/ Project Manager

Our established excavation company has an excellent opportunity for an experienced estimator to join our team. Our company has been serving Fauquier, Rappahannock, Loudoun, Culpeper, Madison and Albemarle Counties for more than 30 years. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in site work estimating, be organized, motivated, and detailoriented. We are offering competitive salary commensurate with experience along with benefits. Responsibilities will include site work estimating, project management, interaction with clients, fellow workers, and subcontractors. This position reports to the owner/president. Email resume to: monomoy7@aol.com

Experienced welder needed in all types of welding 540-347-9026

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

If you’ve ever wanted to be an administrator with Fauquier County Public Schools now is the time to apply. We are currently accepting applications for the Assistant Principal Pool. Possible vacancies include Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. Must have or be eligible for Virginia teaching certification with an endorsement in Administration and Supervision, PK-12. Submit an online application, visit http://jobs.fauquiercounty.gov/ .

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For my mother.

Ability to drive, lift, cook, & dress her.

Approx. 51 hrs. wk.

M o n . - S u n .

Backgrd./credit ck. & drug screen.

References a must.

229.300.1497

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Are you looking to make an impact in your community? Fauquier County Public Schools needs you! Fill one of these vital roles today!

Immediately Hiring For: Bus Drivers: Paid CDL Training , Starting Rate $16.98 Bus Aide: Paid Training, Starting Rate $11.60 School Health Nurse, RN: Must be a Licensed RN Multiple Short and Long Term Substitute Positions Apply today at: jobs.fauquiercounty.gov or call us at (540) 422-8300

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EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES AT OUR MIDLAND, VIRGINIA PLANT

• Concrete Manufacturing Technician • Quality Control Manager • Steel Shop Team Member • Sales Representative

MAKE YOUR MOVE TODAY! For these and other FT/PT positions go to SmithMidland.com/careers or call Human Resources: 540-439-3266 ext. 148

Tread Mill getting dusty?

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Richmark Site Services, LLC is actively seeking

EXP´D PIPE CREW MEMBERS SKILLED LABORERS TAILMEN & PIPE LAYERS

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Place

888-351-1660

Now Hiring Teachers!

Join us the week of March 15, 2021 Interview Virtually with school division administrators.

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are encouraged to apply by contacting Richard Owens at 703-928-4325

We’ll help you place your ad

Full Time Employment

Classified

Flaggers Full time, to provide traffic control & safety around construction sites. A valid driver license & clean driving record a must.

Starting $13/hr & scheduled raises.

Company-paid medical & dental premiums.

Please fill out an application at careers.trafficplan.com or come to our office Tuesdays or Thursdays (8am-10am).7855 Progress Ct., Suite 103; Gainesville, VA

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LEAD TEACHERS & ASSISTANT TEACHERS

FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AND SALES

PT for Fire Protection Co. 4 days/week, Fauquier area. Retires Welcome. We will train in sales & service of fire extinguishers. Co. vehicle provided, good driving record req.d. Contact Henry @ 800-892-1012

Full or Part Time

Walnut Grove Child Care 540-347-0116 or 540-349-9656

Full Time Employment

Administrative Assistant Full Time Employment

Assistant Gardener

The Plains, VA. Full-time, yr round position w/benefits. Duties include weeding, mulching, watering, planting, greenhouse cleaning, pot washing, and other duties as assigned. Valid driver’s license, lift/carry up to 40lbs & perform manual labor in all weather conditions. Previous garden experience & background check req’d.

Send resume to openclassified@yahoo. com or call 540-253-5217 for application.

Full Time Employment Come join our team!!

VRT is a family friendly company seeking

PT CDL DRIVERS

to operate a passenger service in the Warrenton, VA area. Steady hours, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Dental & Employer Matching Retirement Program.

Good DMV Required!!

Apply Online: www.vatransit.org Questions: Judy @540-338-1610, ext. 1204 EOE M/F/D/V

Warrenton VA firm has an immediate FT position for an admin assistant.

Detail oriented, ability to multi-task, MS Word experience and Excel knowledge a must. Training will be provided.

Send resume and salary expectations MKA via email at: info@mkassociates.com

Call TODAY. 540-347-4222 For Employment And Classified Ads Or Fax 540-349-8676

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BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY Builder

Heating and Air Conditioning

For all your Heating and Cooling needs, call on Excavation

RC’S A/C SERVICE & REPAIR

Lawn

Construction Lawn Maintenace • Planting • Mulching Bed Design • Spring/Fall Cleaning • Seeding Aeration • Dethatching • Top Soil • Sod Fertilization Programs • Trimming/Pruning Gutter Cleaning • Debris Removal

(540) 349-7832 or (540) 428-9151

Family Owned & Operated • Licensed and Insured

540-347-3159 •703-707-0773

Lawn Auto

Decks/Patios

Totalkjsl;asd Total Lawn care, home services. " Giving you peace of mind!"

Landscape Deck Pro LLC 703-963-4567 www.landscapedeckpro.com Free estimates • Senior Citizen Discounts Licensed and Insured Tree Work Stump Removal Lot Clearing Decks

Landscaping Patios Retaining Walls Grading/Driveways

Fencing Mowing Mulching Power Washing

Home Improvment

Small Engine Service & Repair Mobile Trailer Service & Repair Licensed and Insured

The Plains 540-219-6638

Small Engine Special Free Pickup and Delivery for the month of February

Auto

Mowing, Lawn Maintenance, Trimming, Topping, Spraying, Removal, Stump Grinding, Mulching, Pruning, Cabling, Planting, Grading, Seeding, Power Washing, Retaining Walls, Patios, Walkways

Driveways

G RAVEL ALL PROJECTS

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CALL ANYTIME

Michael R. Jenkins

540-825-4150 • 540-219-7200 mbccontractingservices@yahoo.com

Excavation

glen@craniumservices.com ; cranium.services.com

Landscaping

“Where Quality is Always in Season”

Auto Service & Repair

Call Cranium Services.

Glenn at 571-839-8495

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CALL ERIK 5405223289 FREE ESTIMATE 20 YEARS EXP.• LICENSED/REF’S AVAILABLE DISCOUNT PRICING | NUTTERSPAINTING@AOL.COM

Home Improvment

540-923-4087 540-214-8407

Licensed & Insured Free Estimates All major credit cards accepted

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Landscaping

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Masonry

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BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY Moving/Storage

Power Washing

Roofing

Tree Service/Firewood

Real Estate

Tile

Professional Services

DAVE THE MOVER LLC HONEST & CAPABLE WE PUT OUR HEART INTO EVERY MOVE!

www.DaveTheMover.com 540.229.999/Mobile 540.439.4000 Local

Out-of-Town

Moving/Storage WARRENTON SELF STORAGE Across from Fauquier County Courthouse • 17 to 455 square feet • Constant Temperature • Wooden Floors • 1st floor access • Month to Month • No hidden fees

540-347-5555

Pet Services

Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store

Donations No Monday Tues - Friday 9:00 - 3:00 Sat 9:00 - 1:00

Painting/Wallpaper If you want a Classy Job call ...

249 E. Shirley Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186 540-359-6054 Fauquier_thrift@yahoo.com

Painting & Decorating, LLC

• Home painting & carpentry repairs • 30 years of hands on experience • Small company with personal service Free Consultations & Estimates.

Creative • Professional • First Class Painting Services

Call today! 540-349-1614 or 703-444-7255 Fully licensed & Insured

Painting/Wallpaper

Roofing

Tree Service/Firewood NORTH'S TREE SERVICE & LANDSCAPING Family Owned & Operated for Over 30 yrs.

Quality Work Guaranteed CALL ABOUT - COMPLETE TREE SERVICE OUR

- ALL PHASES OF LANDSCAPING 25% OFF

- All phases of Masonry - Gravel & Grading Driveways - Fencing Honest and Dependable

SPECIALS

540-533-8092

Free Estimates • Lic/Ins • BBB Member • Angie’s List Member

Tree Service/Firewood Painting/Wallpaper

→ Free Estimates → Many References → Drywall & Plaster Repair 540-364-2251 540-878-3838 Licensed & Insured

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Times Newspapers Classified Call 540-347-4222

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