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Habitat ReStore donates masks, safety glasses to Fauquier Hospital One COVID-19 patient is currently being treated at Fauquier Hospital By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Fauquier Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore donated 960 N95 masks and 600 safety glasses to Fau-

quier Hospital over the past two weeks. Combined, the two donations of personal protective equipment are worth more than $2,000, according to a March 28 press release from Fauquier Habitat. Darryl Neher, executive director of Fauquier Habitat, said that the masks and eyewear are standard for construction use and were stocked at the ReStore for that purpose. “We had this scarce resource that our health community needed,” he

said, “so [donating them] just made sense.” Fauquier Habitat has recently donated a total of 17,760 N95 masks to 15 local organizations, including the donation last week to Fauquier Hospital. In addition, the organization has donated cleaning supplies to businesses who make food for local food banks. See DONATIONS, page 5

Local news demands, cutbacks collide COVID-19 crisis tests ‘fragile’ newspapers By Dana Priest

Special to the Fauquier Times

As life in Fauquier County was shutting down amid the coronavirus crisis, two Fauquier Times journalists raced around, notebooks and cameras in hand, gathering information for 37 articles they would write about the local effects in the first week of the national pandemic. Robin Earl, 60, discovered that the Poet’s Walk nursing home had suspended outdoor trips, that county supervisors had met twice in one day in emergency sessions and the Warrenton city manager’s conference call-in had drawn a remarkable 100 people. As grocery shelves emptied, she guided readers to small farmers with meat and eggs for sale. She alerted students to the day they could retrieve their textbooks before school closed and interviewed volunteers at Fauquier High School handing out free lunches in the rain. Coy Ferrell, 28, visited Main

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Fauquier establishing temporary internet hotspots during COVID-19 closures By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Fauquier County is establishing temporary internet hotspots at various locations in the county this week as a resource for those without high-speed connections at home, according to Cedar Run District Supervisor Rick Gerhardt. The public will be able to access Wi-Fi from their parked cars at five different locations beginning this week: the commuter lot at Va. 605 and U.S. 29 in Warrenton; the commuter lot at Va. 28 in Midland; the WARF parking lot in Warrenton; the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport parking lot in Midland and the parking lot at Monroe Park in Goldvein. Another access point located at TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COY FERRELL the Warrenton water tower may be Fauquier Times managing editor Robin Earl interviews volunteers handing out live this week, Gerhardt said. Othschool lunches at Fauquier High School. er access points at public schools are planned to go live early as next Street merchants to create a list of store owner and food preparers. week, he added. But inside the reporters’ Culpeper businesses offering curbside deliv“We don’t want anybody leavery. He interviewed families, food Street offices another critical story ing their cars. We want people to banks, the election registrar and was unfolding. At the very moment maintain social distancing,” Gerresidents needed the Times more budget officials. He shot photos of See INTERNET, page 15 the lines outside Walmart, a book- See NEWSPAPERS, page 4

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I am your local public epidemiologist. I need your help. I am one of your local public health epidemiologists, although many in the community simply know me as “David’s mom” or “Tom’s wife.” Although I started my career in research at the university level, for the last 17 years I have worked as a field epidemiologist. Because my husband’s job moved us around a bit, I have the unique experience of working at the local, regional, state and international level. Public health is in my blood. Public health promotes and protects the health of the people and the communities where they live. We try to prevent disease from occurring or control the spread of an existing one. The work is a lot like motherhood, in that it is invisible until you stop doing it or something goes wrong. A strong public health system is not exciting at all, because nothing happens. You drink the water from your tap, enjoy a meal at a local restaurant and pet your vaccinated animals. Field epidemiologists investigate epidemics and outbreaks. If we prevent an outbreak, no one knows. We are now dealing with a public health threat, the COVID-19 pandemic. We are in the spotlight. Our community is on edge, and justifiably so. Over the next few weeks, we expect to see a significant increase in the number of cases, mostly due to an increase in detection as we continue to expand testing. This isn’t influenza. Both the severity index (how many have disease requiring oxygen or ICU interventions) and case fatality rate (how many die from the illness) are greater than seasonal flu. The good news is that 80% of those that get sick with COVID-19 will a have mild illness, which can be managed at home with rest and fluids and your doctor’s advice. Your small but mighty local public health team has literally been working around the clock since late February. We are trying to slow the spread, so that our health care providers can manage sick patients within the existing system. Although medicine has changed exponentially over the last 100 years, the rules of epidemiology essential-

Staff Reports Fauquier County currently is reporting seven cases of the novel coronavirus, according to Wade Kartchner, MD, MPH, health director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District. One of those seven is currently being treated at Fauquier Hospital, said APRIL ACHTER hospital spokeswoman Sarah Cubbage. The county’s first patient was ly remain the same. Isolate the sick, described in a press release from quarantine the well but exposed the RRHD on Wednesday, March and practice good hygiene. 25. The release said that the paOver the last month, I have retient, a man in his 20s, had recent ceived more criticism (and yelling) domestic travel to an area with from all levels of the community sustained transmission. He is bethan at any other time in my career. ing treated as an outpatient while Most are trying their hardest to probeing isolated from the general tect their staff, family and commupublic, said the release. nity and they are frustrated. I get it. Health District staff will be conAlternatively, I have also been given tacting anyone identified as a close more support from friends and colcontact of this individual, the release leagues than ever. Please know that confirmed. Those identified will be asked to self-quarantine and monitor your elbow bumps, your texts and your snacks (I’m all about the snacks) themselves for symptoms for 14 days. The same day, a Fauquier Hoskeep me powering through. pital spokeswoman confirmed that We are receiving many questions a person who was an outpatient at about our response, how we manage the hospital on Sunday, March 22, cases and contacts, and what the tested positive for COVID-19. The public needs to know. We do this person received a test at the hospiwork every day. We track reportable diseases and intervene as appropriate. tal on March 22 and the results were revealed on Tuesday, March 24. That We notify the public when a risk is Fauquier Hospital patient is not a identified, while we maintain patient Fauquier County resident. “The paprivacy. Releasing personal informa- tient was sent home [after having the tion does not protect the public. Foltest administered] with instructions lowing our recommendations does. to self-isolate," Cubbage said. Please know, what we really need is your help. We ask that you stay home when you are sick, practice Diabetes education offered social distancing, use trusted sources For anyone who has diabetes, for information, save the masks for managing it well during this pandemic health care workers and sick people is more important than ever, said and check on your friends and neighMargaret V. Rowe, PharmD, in a press bors. If you have general questions, release. Rowe is diabetes education call our RRHD COVID-19 hotline at program coordinator and instructor 540-316-6302 or visit www.vdh.virat Apothecary Solutions, Inc., ginia.gov/coronavirus. In the words Remington Drug Company. of Helen Keller, “alone we can do so She said that Remington Drug little, together we can do so much.” continues to offer free diabetes APRIL ACHTER education, the Sweet Spot. For the Public health epidemiologist foreseeable future, though, the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District classes will be virtual, using a free Virginia Health Department conference line service.

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She said that the "VDH is currently monitoring the patient and ensuring the appropriate quarantining guidelines are followed." Kartchner emphasized, “The recommendations in place yesterday still apply today. If you are 65 years or older, or if you have a chronic medical condition such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, immune compromise, you should seriously consider staying at home. We all must do our part to protect ourselves, our neighbors, and the larger community, from this novel coronavirus. As we continue to see new cases of COVID-19, it is critical that people follow the public health guidelines on social distancing and good hygiene,” he said. The release added that most patients with COVID-19 have mild to moderate symptoms. However, in a small proportion of patients, COVID-19 can lead to more severe illness, including death, particularly among those who are older or those who have chronic medical conditions. Symptoms include fever, cough and difficulty breathing. Symptoms appear within 14 days of being exposed to an infectious person. For general questions about COVID-19, community members may call the RRHD COVID-19 Hotline at 540-316-6302. For the latest on COVID-19, visit: www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus, which is updated daily, with cases recorded by 5 p.m. the evening before.

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School system will provide week’s worth of meals for needy families every Monday Grab and Go food distribution evolves, adds pickup sites

Becca Isaac, librarian at Fauquier High School, hands out a bundle of books Friday to a mom who came in to pick up Grab and Go meals for her child.

Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

The school division’s Grab and Go food distribution program is evolving as needs become clear. Instead of distributing two breakfasts and two lunches three times a week, a whole week’s worth of meals is being provided at one time. The bags of food – five breakfasts and five lunches for each child -- are being given out each Monday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Fauquier High School in Warrenton and Grace Miller Elementary in Bealeton and at three mobile locations. David Graham, executive director of administration and planning for Fauquier schools, said that on Monday, March 30, the school division handed out 7,160 bags of food at five different locations. In addition to the Fauquier High and Grace Miller locations, food was given out at the Marsh Run Mobile Community from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.; at M.M. Pierce Elementary School in Remington, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and at the Marshall Community

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Center from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The five-location program will continue as long as schools are closed due to the COVID-19 health crisis, at least until the end of the school year. Mobilizing Grab and Go once a week instead of three times will limit social interaction for volunteers and for the parents who are driving by, said Graham. He is hoping that it will be more convenient for parents as well. Graham said that on Monday, they planned on handing out 6,000 sacks of food, “but our nutrition workers, God bless them, they kept making stuff as people kept coming. Some parents came late, so these ladies went back and made more.” He said that they’d adjust the count for next week and up the number of meals.

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He added that the school division is doubling the number of meals available to the southern part of the county. “We are trying to meet the need,” he said. “We’ll adjust. We’ll react as best we can. The highest number of students on a free or reduced meal program are at Mary Walter in Elementary in Morrisville and at Claude Thompson in Marshall. Mary Walter is as far south as you can get and Claude Thompson is as far north as you can get,” Graham said. He added, “We know we will still miss some people who can’t make it to those locations. We hope the community will come together and communicate if someone has trouble getting to a drop-off point.” Neighbors are welcome to pick up food for families who are unable to do it for themselves. They will be asked

to provide the children’s names and which schools they attend. He wanted parents to know that it is important to drive by at the specified times. “Some people showed up an hour late on Monday. I know everyone’s situation is different, and I hate to miss anybody, but we have to limit the time we are there because we have clean up and prep to do afterward.”

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Steven Payne, English supervisor for secondary schools, and Becca Isaac, librarian at Fauquier High School, were at the Fauquier High School Grab and Go pickup point on Friday. They came with 14 crates of books -- courtesy of the Books on the Bus program -- to give to families who arrived to pick up food. Another pair of volunteers was at Grace Miller. Bundles of three or four books were stacked in Payne’s car, sorted by grade level. Isaac said, “When a family drives up, we’ll ask what grade level their children are and offer them a choice of a couple of bundles.” Payne and Isaac, on the front lines of literacy education in the county, were happy to be sharing books with children while they are home from school. “I stopped at the PATH Foundation this morning, where the books are stored, and loaded up the car,” said Payne. The plan is to give out books at the Grab and Go locations every Monday. Questions about the program can be directed to Kristen McAuliffe at kmcauliffe@FCPS1.ORG. Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com

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COVID-19 crisis tests ‘fragile’ newspapers NEWSPAPERS, from page 1 than ever, the newspaper was fighting for its own survival. On March 5 -- one week before President Donald Trump declared a national pandemic -- circulation manager Nancy Keyser had stood in the darkness on the Times loading dock at 1:30 a.m. and thanked her 30 carriers one last time. Some had delivered papers for more than 20 years. To save money, most were being replaced by postal service delivery. “There were people who cried. It was very emotional,” Keyser, 59, said later. “But either we make these decisions, or we go out of business.” Like local newspapers across the country embattled by years of declining revenues, the Times’ financial state was already fragile. With businesses now shutting down and advertising suspended due to the coronavirus, the situation turned dire quickly. In the last two years, Publisher Catherine Nelson had moved the staff to a smaller office and laid off an editor-in-chief and several others. Last November, the owners and board of directors took the dramatic move of transferring the paper to a nonprofit, the Piedmont Journalism Foundation, allowing it to receive tax-deductible donations. On March 16, Nelson cut the Times from 40 to 24 pages, stopped sending newspapers to schools, eliminated most non-news sections and reduced the number of copies printed. But this wouldn’t be enough either. The hardest part was to come. The Fauquier Times’ situation is far from unique. Since 2004, one in five U.S. newspapers have been forced to close from financial distress, according to recent research by the University of North Carolina. Newspaper chains have been gutted by hedge funds and corporate consolidations. Some 1,776 local newspapers, including century-old weeklies like The Times, have folded since 2004 and there are 50 percent fewer local journalists. Before the 2008 Great Recession, Fauquier County was covered by 25 full-time reporters, photographers and editors at two local newspapers, said Lawrence K. “Lou” Emerson, a former editor at both publications. Now there are only four full-time journalists, two at The Times and its Fauquier.com website, and two at Emerson’s FauquierNow.com, including himself. The recession prompted a steep drop in advertising revenue at the same time that publications were offering themselves online for free. The result was the collapse of an age-old business model based on ad sales. About 85 percent of small newspapers’ revenue

The staff of the Fauquier Times and Prince William Times, practicing social distancing before the staff was reduced March 19. PHOTO BY DANA PRIEST

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Publisher Catherine Nelson is navigating troubled waters as COVID-19 presents new challenges for the Fauquier Times and the Prince William Times newspapers. historically have come from advertising inserts from grocery and big-box chains and the back pages—classified, employment and services ads, as well as obituaries and government legal notices. Paid subscriptions to homes and businesses make up the rest. Jeanne Cobert, 63, used to fill the back pages. An employee for 21 years, she remembers arriving each morning by 7 a.m. to greet farmers bringing in homemade classified ads to sell their equipment, cattle and hay. “I just loved our farmers,” said Cobert. The year before the recession, Cobert had sold $1 million worth of ads, filling 10 to 12 pages each week, she said. Then came Craigslist, Google and social media, whose secret algorithms allow businesses to target only the customers most likely to buy their products, greatly reducing their ad costs. “Facebook was another nail in my coffin,” she said. A good week now is one or two pages. Cobert is troubled that readers don’t realize the money and work required to produce the newspaper. She has followed more than one person out the front door who grabbed a copy off the office rack, assuming it was free. “Hello?!” she said she would yell out to them. “That’s a dollar!” (The price is now $1.50). For years, Cobert and her sales colleagues have quietly carried the psychological burden of making payroll, they said. “It’s a huge burden to realize you have the paycheck for everybody on your

vshoulders,” said Marie Rossi, 69. With the goal of improving the newspaper, 47 local investors bought the Times from longtime owner Arthur “Nick” Arundel’s son, Peter, in 2016. Since then it has won numerous state awards and last year, the Virginia Press Association awarded it best newspaper in its class. The business side has not fared as well. In the first year, revenue projections were high, and the newspaper lost money. Cost cuts as well as contributions from board members and some investors helped it through the initial tough times. Since November, when the PJF took ownership, donations from local individuals and foundations have been essential to its continued operations. But the newspaper’s managers and PJF officers say The Times is not likely to survive without increased community donations and subscriptions. “We’ve all been working so hard to beat the odds that have wiped out so many other small papers,” said Landon Butler, chairman of the board of directors. “At this moment especially we are making a special appeal to our community. With strong community support, we can get through this.”

A workforce of older women

Including the two reporters in Fauquier and two at the Prince William County edition, the Times has nine full-time employees and five who work part-time. Most are women older than 60 who grew up in or moved to the county to raise families. The tech-savvy art staff have had their hours reduced, but the graphic artists are still producing videos, managing social media and designing the news pages and website. Working remotely has added a new layer of difficulty to their deadline-heavy responsibilities. Nelson, an industry consultant and former publisher at several newspapers before she was hired in 2018, is 69 and uses her free time to run 5K and 10K races. Early some Saturdays or Sundays morning, she can be found standing in her pajamas in front of the horse stalls below the barn apartment she rents, trying to get cellphone reception to make sales calls, arrange special sections, troubleshoot technological snafus. Earl, too, often ends up working in pajamas, proofreading late at night in the kitchen, editing in the bedroom, checking messages coming in on See NEWSPAPERS, page 5

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Habitat ReStore donates masks, safety glasses to Fauquier Hospital DONATIONS, from page 1 “N95 and safety glasses are a critical component of PPE and provide staff protection during direct patient care,” said Fauquier Hospital chief nursing officer Christine Hart Kress. “Now with this donation, we can issue glasses to each staff member in lieu of sharing a disinfected pair.” As of March 30, Fauquier Hospital was treating one patient who tested positive for COVID-19, according to Sarah Cubbage, Fauquier Health’s marketing coordinator. She said she could not disclose how many patients whose samples had been collected at Fauquier Health facilities have been tested for COVID-19. Samples are sent either to health department labs or to LabCorp for testing, she added. The hospital has limited all patients, visitors and staff to a single point of entry, through the emergency room, she said. Cubbage said that the hospital has a sufficient supply of PPE to meet current needs but added the hospital is seeking to stock more masks, gloves and other protective equipment to meet a potential surge in cases. The hospital was tentatively expecting a shipment last week of PPE from the Virginia Hospital

and Healthcare Association, Cubbage said, but that shipment did not materialize. The hospital still expects a shipment from VHHA in the near future; Cubbage said VHHA distribution is based on a hospital’s specific needs. “[T]he hospital has enough masks currently, outside of this donation (from Fauquier Habitat),” Cubbage said, “But the donation will allow us to build onto our PPE inventory to aid our preparedness plans.” Donations of N95 masks are especially welcome, she said, because the masks’ design makes them especially effective at protecting healthcare workers from viral infections. “We need as many N95s as we can get,” she said, emphasizing that all donations must come in unopened boxes and meet other quality standards. “I feel comfortable we have enough [PPE] to meet current demand, but that’s going to change,” added Derek Wylie, the hospital’s supply chain director. He said that the hospital continues to purchase PPE through its regular suppliers but acknowledged that resources are limited as other healthcare facilities all rush to stock up at the same time. “People are selling out and stocking up and you’ve got to grab what you can grab,” he said of the hospital’s efforts to source protective equipment during the current pandemic.

NEWSPAPERS, from page 4 her watch. Recently her knees have begun to hurt so she gave up coffee and chocolate. “I know!” she said, acknowledging the bad timing. Earl moved to the county 16 years ago, worked at The Times from 1996 to 2007, then for 10 years as the Fauquier Hospital spokeswoman. Last year she was hired as managing editor. All to say, Earl has sources. One called last Valentine’s Day: “You might want to listen to your police scanner—something big has happened.” Through the crackle she caught the words “double homicide.” She texted Warrenton police spokesman James Hartman. “Meet me at Mary Walter,” he answered. She knew the elementary school; her three children had started school there. Earl drove her 10-year-old Prius, always packed with extra clothes and a camera, to the school where police had set up a command center. It was a subfreezing evening, so she hopped into Hartman’s squad car to keep warm. They waited. Facts were few. After 90 minutes, Earl drove home to Bealeton and made herself “a ham-and-cheese-no-bread sandwich,” she said. At 10:28 p.m. Hartman texted again: “Things have changed. You might want to come back to Mary Walter.” She bundled up and drove back, then returned home again an hour later. After midnight, the police department released a photo of the homicide suspect: Levi Norwood, 17, had allegedly shot to death his mother, Jennifer, and his 6-year-old brother, Wyatt, then wounded his father, Josh, at their home in Midland. Earl added it to the website next to the news article she had written earlier that night. The next day, a Saturday, she canceled a dinner with her daughter, MacKenzie, the daughter whose bas-

Not all stories are about the coronavirus. Reporter Coy Ferrell takes a selfie as he waits … and waits … for a trailer, abandoned at a Wawa in Warrenton, to be picked up so he could document the removal of the nuisance. sinet Earl used to bring into the newsroom only weeks after she was born, the one who grew up playing in the newsroom when there was no babysitter. Earl worked until 11 p.m. again. The double homicide, like the coronavirus and the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, adrenalized the Times journalists in the way that calamity does. Getting critical information to the public is one they take seriously. For Nelson, Earl, Ferrell and Jill Palermo, a political junkie and the editor of the Prince William edition, knowing what is happening every day, sometimes every minute, is an addiction they are happy to have. Palermo, 51, jumped in to help Earl on the double-homicide, though she and her family were visiting her mother in Tucson, Arizona. She would read through Earl’s articles and repost them on the Prince William Times website. One arrived just

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Derek Wylie, Fauquier Health supply chain director, holds a box of protected eyewear donated to the hospital by the Fauquier Habitat ReStore. After initially declining to accept donations of handmade masks, the hospital is now accepting donations of these cloth masks. “Homemade masks are not being utilized currently by staff. Homemade masks are being accepted, if they are cotton only,” Cubbage said, adding that they would be used only as “a last resort.” The hospital currently is not seeking to obtain additional ventilators, Cubbage said; she declined to disclose how many ventilators the hospital has on hand. Reach Coy Ferrell at cferrell@fauquier.com

as Palermo’s family was pulling into the Tucson airport to return home. As her husband filled the rental car with gas, he warned her she would have to get out within minutes. Her fingers flew across the keyboard. Moments later, a Hertz attendant opened the driver’s side door. “Okay, I am getting out of the car now,” her husband said as he and their daughter left. Palermo didn’t move. “Ma’am, I’m going to need the car pretty quickly …” “I know, I know …” she replied, finishing as the attendant pulled the car forward. “My husband has lost a lot of patience with the fact that I work a lot of the time,” Palermo said later, throwing up her hands in a “whatare-you-going-to-do” gesture.

Dire realities

On March 19, at the regular Thursday morning editorial meeting, the staff sat at a safe, new distance around the old conference table to discuss upcoming stories. Anecdotes made the rounds: Nick at Nick’s Deli in Marshall had had to put the toilet paper behind the counter. Both Claire’s at the Depot and Molly’s Irish Pub had quickly run out of corned beef sandwiches on St. Patrick’s Day. The Salvation Army store had closed. Nelson took a seat at the head of the table. She looked tired. It had not been a good night. The printing company’s presses had broken down; the new post office deliveries would be a day late. She had been up until 4:30 a.m., pressing the printer for details. The front office phone hadn’t stopped ringing with readers concerned that the newspaper had been infected by the coronavirus or a carrier had skipped their house. She began slowly, deliberately. “I want to talk about our situation,” she said. “But first and foremost, in my mind is your health and

safety.” Everyone must start working from home. After a hellacious week of effort-and just when readers would need more local news than ever -- she had to announce more cutbacks. She read a list of names. Next to each was either reduced hours, layoffs or furloughs. The longtime production director and circulation manager were the first to be let go, Nelson said. One other staff member from the business department was being let go for now, as was beloved community editor Anita Sherman and highly regarded sports reporter Jeff Malmgren. A half-dozen others in production and business affairs would have their hours cut. Overall, the full-time staff was being reduced by 25 percent. That left only two full-time news reporters, Ferrell and Earl, and one part-time sports editor, Peter Brewington in Fauquier. “Hang in there,” Nelson told them, trying to smile. “Wish us well and if we get this managed, come back … we’re in survival mode. What’s happening is tragic. “We understand our mission as a public trust. I’ve been fighting for democracy through newspapers for a long time.” She paused. “... Now I’m going to get teary … I feel proud to work with one of the best teams ever. I want us all back together as quickly as possible.” The room was quiet for only a few seconds. “All right,” she said, sitting up in her chair. “Let’s have an editorial meeting.” Dana Priest is a board member of The Fauquier Times and sits on the PJF’s news advisory committee. She is also a reporter for The Washington Post and the John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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Local legislators address COVID-19 questions in virtual town hall By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Four state legislators joined public health officials for a virtual town hall on Tuesday, March 24, to address questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and the government response. The event was broadcast on Facebook Live. Because of social distancing requirements, only the participants, staff and one journalist where allowed in the room at the PATH Foundation building on Walker Drive in Warrenton. State Sen. Jill Vogel (R-27th) was joined by delegates Elizabeth Guzman (D-31st), Michael Webert (R-18th) and Joshua Cole (D-28th). Vogel’s district includes all of Fauquier County; Guzman and Webert each represent portions of the county’s residents. Cole represents Fredericksburg. Two public health officials, Wade Kartchner, M.D., MPH and April Achter, MPH, both of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District of the Virginia Department of Health, gave a presentation about the current VDH guidelines in response to COVID-19 and answered questions from the legislators and the public. Kartchner and Achter answered a range of questions about COVID-19 and the health department’s response but admitted there is much that is still unknown. Will drive-thru testing be availab-

le in our area soon? “Drive-through testing may make sense for this area,” he said. Are health care workers having to reuse protective masks? All protective masks are recommended for one-time use, Achter said, but “we understand that might not always be possible” in the current situation. The VDH officials said they did not know how many ventilators were currently available in the health district, or how many people in the district have been tested for COVID-19.

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Other queries from the public were directed to the legislators themselves. Answering a question about how schools will ensure services are provided to students with disabilities, Guzman said, “there are so many things we have to look at.” Vogel and Webert both talked about the difficulty some residents have accessing high-speed internet, suggesting that constituents explore the possibility of using a school’s Wi-Fi by parking nearby. Vogel talked about Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots being free for the time being, along with Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, which she said might be beneficial to those who are eligible. The town hall came the day after Gov. Ralph Northam issued an executive order that closed Virginia K-12

schools for the remainder of the academic year and closed some businesses and restricted all public gatherings. Speaking after the event, Vogel expressed concern that the economic implications of Northam’s executive order could outweigh its potential benefit to public health, although she did say the situation was indeed serious. She referenced the spread of COVID-19 in Italy, calling it “terrifying.” “But,” she said later in the same thought, “I would certainly say – 100 percent – I endorse getting us back to normal sooner rather than later. And I don’t think that, probably, the governor would disagree with me, and I don’t think that the president would disagree with me. “I completely understand [the impetus for the executive order], but I certainly sympathize with people who say, ‘Wait a minute, we’ve had 290 cases … and we’ve shut down the entire economy?’” she said. “So, I really vacillate back and forth,” she said of balancing restrictions on public gatherings with measures to help individuals participate in the economy enough to stay afloat financially. “At the end of the day, I have a job, I still have to go to the grocery store. I went to the pharmacy today. I’m doing things because I don’t have a choice. I have a family that’s got to eat food and who have got to get their prescriptions. See TOWN HALL, page 17

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Warrenton volunteers provide Mutual Aid during COVID-19 crisis Weekly boxes of food to be delivered to homebound residents By Robin Earl

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Their restaurant is closed, but Kelly and Al Hoffman still want to feed people. The owners of Fat Tuesdays in Warrenton have teamed up with town officials to cook and deliver meals to atrisk residents who don’t want to leave their homes because of the risk of being exposed to the novel coronavirus. A life-long, serial volunteer, Kelly Hoffman reached out to Town Councilman Sean Polster (at large) about a week ago to ask what they could do to help during the crisis. “We asked if we could help with school lunches, but that was already being taken care of. He suggested we try to help older people who might be at risk.” Polster said the Warrenton Senior Center has shut down because of COVID-19 and those residents are receiving box lunches. But he felt that there were other residents in need. He said that senior citizens or those who may be immunocompromised or otherwise at risk are good candidates for the free service. “I think we can probably handle delivery to about 100

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How to pay for COVID-19 crisis Possible sources of income for our government to battle the economic struggle from the efforts of the coronavirus: 1. Take 5% from all Social Security checks for a minimum of three months. 2. Take 10% from checks of all high-level federal, state and local government employees. Including the House and Congress. Active and retired. 3. Ask for donations from all wealthy sports and entertainment figures, active and retired. Donors names and amounts to be posted. 4. Ask for donations from all wealthy Americans. Especially millionaire and billionaires. Names and amounts to be posted. It is time for all Americans who are able to step up and help fellow Americans in this critical time. These amounts could be enormous and in the long run help all of us greatly. RICHARD CANNEY Warrenton

Dear darling grandchildren… You have been away from your regular schooling and at home with your moms and dads for almost two weeks now. I hope this has been a time for closeness and lighthearted fun as well as work and study. I have heard rumors that some children have reported that they are bored. Please understand that boredom in these times is not an option! There is the mistaken assumption among some that intelligent children are easily and frequently bored. I disagree! Throughout my life I have noticed that intelligent, resourceful, and imaginative people are never bored. This also holds true for children. There are so many ways to learn, to grow, and to be helpful to others. Let’s start by listing a few of them: • Make your bed, every day, as soon as you get up. • Clean up your room; learn to use the family washing machine and dryer to keep your clothes clean, dry and folded. • Help your parents cook and help them clean up the kitchen afterward. • If you have schoolwork assigned,

begin it right after breakfast; try to finish it before lunch! • Outside, help to pull weeds and pick up trash in your yard. Then, find a place to plant a small vegetable garden. Right now, plant peas, lettuce and radishes. Watch out for hungry bunnies! • Ask one or both of your parents to take a walk with you each day. Take time to play charades, Monopoly or your favorite card game with your parents. • Use the family computer to learn about these terms: pandemic; plague; vaccine; immunity; courage, empathy and gratitude. Researching these terms will lead you to other explorations. • Plan to read at least one book a week; Think about your family and your teachers. You could write letters to your teachers, thanking them for helping you learn and asking how they are spending their time away from school. If you have had a birthday recently, make a list of the gifts you received and who gave you the gifts. Begin with your parents,

We should be rallying together during this crisis We see uplifting news of people helping each other in ways great and small as we weather this pandemic. I wondered, what might be happening in our own community? It would be great to read stories of that nature as this crisis continues to unfold and to know more about what we can do to help. I have contemplated several ideas: phone buddies who would volunteer to hold regular calls (even FaceTime) with individuals who are alone, lonely and perhaps anxious; notecard buddies who would send a nice, positive note in the mail to our

nursing home residents; volunteers who will shop for groceries and other supplies for the homebound; or even, reading circles consisting of individuals who volunteer to read to children through a virtual platform. These are just a few concepts that might make a difference and no doubt, there are many others. How do we find out about local efforts to reach out to our neighbors? I’m hoping that by writing this letter, our news organizations can help to publicize those opportunities.

Writer agrees with Ellsworth Weaver’s comprehensive approach to black history I am writing in response to the article “NAACP agenda includes education, activism and communication,” written in the Fauquier Times on Feb. 27. In the article, Ellsworth Weaver talks about how, in our public schools, the history of slavery is told very briefly, and many students only know the one story that is being taught to them. I fully agree with Weaver when we say that students need to be educated on this topic more in depth, because it has shaped the United States into what it is today. There is a middle school in our county that used to be a school for only colored people, and I believe and agree with Weaver stating that it should be a part of the history we learn. Weaver states that in general there

needs to be communication within the county to create more knowledge on history, so that a deeper understanding can be created, and so that people can form their own opinions from that point on. He says that there are generational differences, and that there is a gap between what he learned when he was a student and what students learn today. It needs to change because students who are in high school now may only learn and experience the very short version of what has happened, and they also probably learn from what their parents may tell them as well. I think Ellsworth Weaver makes very clear and relevant points throughout the whole article.

MADISON HARMON Goldvein

grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Write them thank you notes. In handwriting, preferably cursive! If your parents try to tell you what to say, politely tell them you will be happy to do it yourself! Write a thank you letter to the president, your governor and first responders at your local firehouse or hospital. Tell them what their care for our country, your state, and your community means to you. Begin a daily diary, with illustrations. Do your very best to describe what you are hearing and seeing and how you are feeling and thinking at this time. Ask your grandparents and older relatives what they know or remember about World War II; the Vietnam War; 9/11; polio, and tuberculosis. Write down in your diary what they tell you. Sometime several months from now, put your diary away for safekeeping. Hang on to it forever. If your parents have taught you how to pray, and even if they haven’t, ask the good Lord to watch over you, your family and our country. With love always,

GRANDMA (JOAN CATON ANTHONY) Warrenton

In the meantime, heartfelt thanks to our health care, mail and package delivery, grocery and retail workers and others who are on the frontlines of this battle taking care of us all! God bless you.

KATHRYN KADILAK The Plains

Editor’s note: The Fauquier Times is trying hard to keep up with the stories of neighbors helping neighbors. Some of the tales make it into the print copy, but there are so many … See “Viral Good News,” our special page devoted to positive stories at Fauquier.com.

A plea for praying instead of complaining Two of your readers complained about President [Donald] Trump. These readers need to spend time praying instead of complaining. God answers prayers! I would suggest they read the Prayer of St. Francis, it is a wonderful prayer, and a prayer we all should pray daily. KATHY CEBROWSKI Warrenton

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A pandemic is painful enough; don’t let it fuel racism against Asian Americans As the dreaded COVID-19 spreads across the world, another infectious disease is expanding just as rapidly: racism. Whether it be as simple as weird looks on the street or as violent as aggressive mob attacks, Asian Americans have been targeted; they have been verbally and physically assaulted these past few months because of their race. People are also calling the virus insensitive nicknames such as the “Chinese Virus” or the “Kung Flu.” These racist nicknames have even been utilized by our own president and other politicians, which is horrifying. As an Asian American, I have noticed this xenophobia taking hold of the people around me where it had not previously existed. Before the virus had become this serious and people were still going out in public, I would often get strange stares from people as I walked down the sidewalks and some would inch further

away. Whenever the virus would be mentioned in class, some heads would turn toward me or other Asian American students. One of the most upsetting experiences occurred when I was walking in the park. As I passed a lady and her children, the mother frowned at me and then pulled her children away from where I was walking. It saddens me that this woman felt so threatened by me simply because of my race. It's absolutely disgusting that the fear of this virus has manipulated the common sense of mankind. My experience just goes to show that racism exists everywhere, even in quiet communities like Fauquier. I can’t believe that some people in our world are still so ignorant or apathetic to how their actions and fears are hurting others. These are real people. This racism is hurting me. It’s hurting my family. It’s hurting my friends. It’s hurting every-

one in the Asian community. I find it extremely sad that people need to be reminded of this. My message to those uncomfortable with Asians during this time, or any time for that matter, is this: We cannot let fear lead our actions and words. By associating the virus with China or Asians with nicknames and jokes, we are creating negative stereotypes that could promote further racism. Even if people disagree that it does this, it is still harming the Asian communities and we must always remain sensitive to this. It deeply hurts me to know that this racism persists in the U.S. and even in our local Fauquier County. These are innocent people, men, women, even children, who are being attacked and did nothing to deserve this hate. I hope with light now being shined on this, we as a society can work to amend this pressing issue.

RACHEL SINGLETON Fauquier High School Falconer editor in chief

The power of social distancing Now more than ever, your home is your safe house. In order to prevent and slow down the spread of COVID-19, social distancing measures must be taken. Social distancing means putting physical distance between yourself and other people — in this case, about 6 feet. This reduces the opportunities for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to spread from human to human. As a student and young teen, I can say that this is a quite difficult and confusing situation. To go from seeing your friends and favorite teachers every day to being stuck in your house bored out of your mind is not something you or anyone can prepare

you for. Despite the boredom, I know that social distancing is the best option right now. It frustrates me to see teens going out to crowded public places with their friends, not considering who they may be infecting. Social distancing remains one of the best weapons we have to slow the silent spread of this virus and flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will give our health care professionals, hospitals and other institutions more valuable time to prepare, protect themselves and aid the many people whose lives may be threatened by this coronavirus. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals are working long hours and putting their lives on the line right now. As citizens, the best

thing we can do to help them is by staying home. Social distancing is important for all of us to take part in whether you are young, old or in-between. Although young and healthy people carry a quite low chance of death, they are still considered carriers, and can still pass the virus on to others. If I tested positive for COVID-19, I would not be fearful for my life. However, I would worry for my relatives, such as my grandmother, who is 72 years old with stage-four ovarian cancer. As frustrating and boring as social distancing can be, it is quite necessary. A person may leave their house and grab a bite to eat

and think nothing of it, when in reality they’re causing more harm than they know. When grocery shopping, people should be required to wear face masks and gloves as soon as they walk in. In order to stop this mess, people need to start taking social distancing more seriously. To the people who are feeling anxious or restless during this time, your choice to self-isolate will benefit your community in the long run. If this pandemic isn’t contained, this novel coronavirus could well circulate for many months, at great peril to us and our loved ones.

MARGARET MCGEE Fauquier High School Falconer

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Draft Warrenton comprehensive plan raises questions Planners for the Town of Warrenton are putting together a new comprehensive plan that would stretch public services and dramatically increase density and traffic while diminishing forever Warrenton’s small-town character. The plan under consideration stems from concern that Warrenton is graying and must grow population and revenue to support town services. To do that and become a regional work/live community, according to one scenario, requires 23 percent population growth over the next 10 years, nearly twice the growth rate for Northern Virginia. New families and singles would be housed in three- to four-story apartments and town houses, sharply increasing density. More people will attract more retailers, planners say, while also attracting more traffic, crime and greater demand on the water and sewer system. To create the Warrenton planners envision requires: • Building the Timber Fence Parkway to relieve congestion on Broadview and Lee Highway • Creating a southern bypass that links Va. 211 and U.S. 29

• Increasing the capacity of the sewer system • Replacing industrial land reserved for higher paying jobs with mixed use/residential development • Supporting more people in Warrenton is dependent on the availability of water. The background report for the comprehensive plan update suggests the town look into adding capacity to the town reservoir and revisiting the drought contingency reserve in an area that is no stranger to droughts. All of these initiatives are costly and raise the prospect of a tax increase or annexation of more land, but the greatest cost may be the most dear. In straining to become what it isn’t — Leesburg, for example — Warrenton may lose forever the small-town charm that has defined it for 210 years. Warrenton’s grow big/grow fast proposal raises serious questions: How many new residences can the town sustain within its current spending and taxation levels to provide increased services, bypasses, etc.? By what metric does rapid population growth contribute to the economic well-being of the town, its vitality and the quality of life of its

residents? What assurance do residents have that new, mixed-used developments will conform to the character of Warrenton rather than look-alike, stripmall modern? Does town government have a revenue problem requiring a sudden infusion of population, or a spending problem? Once the plan has been drafted, it will be sent to the Warrenton Planning Commission, likely this spring. The commission may ask for additional information — traffic projections, hidden costs of annexation, design criteria and more. Following the commission’s review, the plan will be sent to Town Council. Although the complexion of the council will change after the May 5 election, the present council will be in office until July and poised to vote on the new comprehensive plan. Now is the time for more study and greater engagement by those who live here and everyone in Fauquier who has a stake in Warrenton.

CHRISTOPHER BONNER Board member, Citizens for Fauquier County Warrenton

A suggestion for coping with social isolation Years ago, a friend of mine and I had planned on going out to dinner. However, we both were too tired after a hard day's work to go out "on the town." Our solution was to stay home, but we still wanted social interaction with one another. So, we both ordered pizza to be delivered to our respective houses. After deliveries were made, we called each other and talked on the phone while we ate our pizza in our own home while relaxing. We had a great time talking and eating without getting dressed up and going out. I thought this may be a solution for those who are staying at home and missing interaction with others. Even though we are isolated in our homes, we don't have to be isolated from one another; there are solutions. And there are now many alternatives to pizza.

ALICE FELTS Warrenton

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Nesbit helped save FHS girls tennis, then came the coronavirus By Peter Brewington

The Fauquier Times looks at athletes whose seasons were ended by the coronavirus.

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Shelby Nesbit’s dream tennis match might have to wait awhile, but she’s still hoping to play it. Nesbit, set to be Fauquier’s No. 1 singles player before the coronavirus wiped out the season, recently contacted Kettle Run’s scheduled No. 1, Ryan Roeber, about trading strokes anyway. Nesbit envisions a head-to-head duel at Vint Hill “as soon as it’s safe enough to play.” “I wanted to see if we could do a match for fun. Maybe we can play in late May,” said Nesbit. “It might be in early summer. It’ll be fun to have one last match for senior year.” Of all the lost-senior-year athlete stories, Nesbit’s has an especially bittersweet tinge. Without her, Fauquier wouldn’t have had a team at all this spring. Fauquier had no coach – Rob Deavers had resigned after six years atop the program to spend more time with his family. A region force for many years, the team had an insufficient roster a week before spring practices were set to open last month. Nesbit was one of only two returning players this spring, along with junior Ana Wright. Two meetings gauging interest produced only four girls. Nesbit did her part by securing an initial commitment from her chemistry teacher, Jake Preli, to coach, but the roster remained problematic. “I tried to talk to girls at school. Nobody wanted to do it, so we were gonna call it,” said Nesbit. “Then this girl in my grade texted me and said, ‘Me and my six friends want to play tennis.’ I said, ‘Wow, now we need a coach.’’’

Nesbit went back to Preli, a former FHS football star, with the amazing news. “He said, ‘You have enough people. Fine, I guess I’ll coach.’’’ Preli laughed when he recalled his involvement. “I told her if she could get six other girls I would coach, and she got 11.” Many of the recruits played fall sports. Still, teaching neophyte players the mechanics of groundstrokes and serving was rough. “No one else knew how to play,” said Nesbit. “It was frustrating at first. We had to start from scratch.” After two weeks of practice, the Falcons were preparing for their first match when spring sports were postponed, then ultimately scrapped, leaving an emotional scar for Nesbit. “I was looking forward to it. I spent three years practicing, improving to be a starter my senior year. It finally happened. I’m the first seed, then it was canceled,” she said. Nesbit says she still goes to the tennis court by herself to practice or goes running. “Normally, I’m the only one at the courts in the morning. I practice serves. We keep in touch,” she said of her teammates. “Now is a good time to play. We don’t play together,” she added. Nesbit works as a lifeguard at the WARF, which is closed. So, with school out and tennis canceled her life has a void. She was super-excited about the challenge of winning matches in her final high school months. “My work got shut down. It’s kind of boring. I’ve been watching ‘The Flash,’” said Nesbit, who’ll attend West Virginia University in the fall.

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VHSL says spring sports might be played in summer By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer

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Playing spring sports in July is still a possibility.

So you’re saying there’s a chance? The Virginia High School League has left the door open for sports activity in July after the conclusion of the current academic year. A decision to play in summer will be made in May. “Any options for the spring sports season will require that COVID-19 is no longer a threat and poses no health risks to our student-athletes or the public,” said VHSL Executive Director Dr. John W. “Billy” Haun. “This is extremely serious and a lot has to happen before May for us to extend the season.” For sports to occur in July, which is considered a dead period, the VHSL Executive Committee would need to

Spring coaches will still get paid By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer

It looks like spring coaches will receive their coaching stipends even though sports have been canceled. “We were told the stipends will be paid,” said Kettle Run activities director Paul Frye.

Frye and fellow ADs Mark Ott of Fauquier and Dean Spahr of Liberty sought clarification of the matter in an email to Superintendent Dr. David Jeck. Ott pointed out that all spring coaches are working nearly yearround anyway. “If you look at it, as much as you

provide a one-time waiver to allow teams to practice and play. Any athlete signing a professional contract will not be eligible. Baseball has its draft and signing in the second week of June. Another concern is insurance, with parents required to provide proof that their student athlete is insured through either the school, athletic participation through the school or by a family policy. The VHSL said that students entering college and taking summer classes that are not part of any dual enrollment situation are no longer in high school, making them ineligible. New physicals will also be required since June 30 is the expiration date. There will be no state champions. hate to say it, they’re coaching 12 months a year. The VHSL says you can have off-season practice, so these coaches are working with kids in the fall, working to get ready for spring. I would hope they are still paid out this year. It’s been in the budget. I think it will happen.” All the local ADs previously coached varsity sports in Fauquier County. Ott was an FHS softball

Kettle Run activities director Paul Frye isn’t sure how a July season would play out, noting there are many hurdles. “It’s not safe if kids haven’t been doing anything for two months. They’d need five to 10 days of practice, and the governor has shut everything down to at least June 10,” said Frye. “It might look more like a park and recs league. I think the VHSL is buying some time before they nix everything.” But Frye also said the games could have some needed psychological benefit, as competition returns after the COVID-19 hardship: “We could play maybe five games between us, Fauquier and Liberty. It would be real nice.” and golf coach, Frye coached boys basketball at Liberty, and Spahr was the Eagles’ wrestling coach. “Coaches want be out there doing something with their kids,” said Ott. “They do it because they enjoy it. They want to watch them grow as athletes and young men and women. Coaching is not done for money. These coaches have a passion for it.”

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Weekly boxes of food to be delivered to residents FOOD BOXES, from page 7 by career and volunteer emergency responders to extend this concept to our communities in time of need, such as we are experiencing with COVID-19.”

Weekly boxes of food

Hoffman said she, her husband Al and four or five volunteers will cook and pack boxes of food for the first time on Tuesday, March 31; then they’ll be delivered later that day. Matt Mize, executive chef at A la Carte Catering and Event Design in Vint Hill will also be helping out. Hoffman said that boxes will include some packaged food for breakfast – fruit, yogurt, meal bars, for instance. Each box will also have a bag of salad recipients can eat for the week, some bread, a soup choice and one hot meal for each day. Once we get the system streamlined, she said, “we will be able to scale up easily.”

Amy Jenkins (left), of Front Diner, and Tina Fanning, a Fat Tuesday’s manager, prepare containers of food bound for Mutual Aid boxes on the Fat Tuesday’s bar.

She said it will depend on what vendors have in stock each week, but she envisions cooking and packaging meals like lasagna or spaghetti that people can heat up in the oven or the microwave. Polster said that local vendors will be used as much as possible. Ground beef will be from Locust Hill Farms and Great Harvest in Warrenton will be baking the bread. The second week and beyond, meals will be prepared and delivered on Mondays. Polster has provided the seed money for the program upfront – which so far amounts to several thousand dollars. He said he would like the program to grow organically; he expects the deliveries to continue for a couple of months. He said he’s reached out to the heads of HOAs and leaders in the faith community, to find people who might need food assistance but who are reluctant to leave their homes.

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Fat Tuesday’s owners Kelly and Al Hoffman pose with containers of food bound for Mutual Aid boxes on the bar at Fat Tuesday’s. “We’re going to try not to say no to anyone who needs help.” Polster said that residents who know of someone who would appreciate a box from Mutual Aid box can contact him at sean@seanpolsterva. com with the recipient’s name, address and contact information. He added that, unfortunately, only Town of Warrenton residents are eligible. “That’s all we’ll be able to handle,” he said.

Home delivery

Town Councilman Alec Burnett (Ward 2) is handling the logistics of delivery. Town Councilman Jerry Wood (Ward 1) and his wife, Town Councilman Kevin Carter (Ward 5) and town council candidate Heather Sutphin are

among those who have volunteered to help deliver the boxes, which will be left at front doors to minimize contact with the at-risk recipients. After the first week, residents may post a note on their front door with other requests. Polster said, “Maybe they need toothpaste, toilet paper. Maybe they need someone to pick up a prescription. We’ll do the shopping for them and leave it in the next week’s box.” Polster said, “I think we are blessed to live in a community that takes care of each other whether it’s the federal government shutdown or the coronavirus … You know. This is Warrenton. We take care of each other.” Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com

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Schools preparing to begin remote instruction on or about April 14 Administration adapts to realities of months-long closures By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

Just as Fauquier County’s school division was getting its arms around the ramifications of a four-week, coronavirus-inspired school closure, the administration has had to quickly adapt to new disruptions; Gov. Ralph Northam declared March 23 that schools must remain closed for the rest of the school year. Some of the most urgent questions revolve around graduation (students who were on track to graduate in June will be able to) and how learning will continue among students that don’t have access to internet service and/or computers and tablets. An answer to that second question is a work in progress. Tara Helkowski, spokeswoman for the school division, said in an email March 25 that school division teams are working to develop an instructional plan based on the new guidelines provided by the Virginia Department of Education. The school division plans to survey families to assess their device and internet connectivity needs. The preliminary plan is to provide supplemental devices and hotspots based on the survey results. “Instructional delivery options will be varied and will also be informed by the survey results,” she said. Helkowski added, “Along with keeping our kids safe, our priority is to provide students with opportunities to continue to learn and grow. While this is challenging, considering we are no longer face-to-face with our students, it opens up possibilities for us to think differently about teaching and learning. We are grateful that the state has provided us with flexibility in ensuring we meet the needs of all our learners.” On the school division’s coronavirus information

page, it states, “In the next few days, we will survey families to find out how many of our students do not have access to a device for learning. We will use that information to help us plan for device distribution. Our goal is to have that plan in place by April 9.” In the case of families that do not have internet access, the page offers, “In the next few days, we will survey families to find out how many of our students do not have internet access at home. We will use that information to help us plan for the distribution and/or positioning of hotspots.” The page offers a couple of options for internet access in the meantime: Exploring a Comcast Internet Essentials option (for those who are eligible for public assistance programs like the National School Lunch Program, housing assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, and others), or parking next to a school building to access the FCPS guest network.

Frequently asked questions

The school division is pushing out weekday emails to keep parents and staff up to date on the decisions being made on instruction and other evolving issues. The FAQ page may be found at https://www.fcps1.org/Page/3186. Here are some of the questions that the school division has provided answers to so far: Q: Will seniors still graduate? A: Yes, the state has the authority to waive most of the graduation requirements for our seniors, so that anyone who was a 12th-grader and on track to graduate as of March 13, will graduate. More details can be found in Superintendent's Memo #077-20. Q: Will students in grades K-11 move on to the next grade? A: According to the Virginia State Superinten-

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dent Dr. James Lane, "We are going to make it as easy as possible for students K-11 to move on to the next grade." Q: What instructional resources are available now? A: FCPS instructional staff has provided a wealth of learning resources at this link. Additionally, teachers are providing resources and activities for students to stay connected to their schools and classrooms through communication channels previously established during the school year. We have asked teachers to update their Blackboard pages to provide you with additional supplemental materials. Q: What is the plan for instruction now that schools are closed for the rest of the academic year? A: FCPS instructional staff is developing guidelines that will assist in continuing thinking, learning and inquiry for all students. These instructional guidelines will be provided to teachers and school leaders by April 9. New instruction for students will begin on or about April 14. Q: Will AP testing take place? A: On March 20, the College Board provided an update stating that AP testing will continue but will be offered in an abbreviated, at-home format. Based on that information, we have determined the following: For the 2019-2020, school year, AP exams will not be required for FCPS students enrolled in an AP course. For the 2019-2020 school year, all FCPS students will receive weight for their AP courses without having to take the associated AP exam. The College Board will be providing resources for students to review for those that still choose to take exams. See SCHOOLS, page 15

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Kids home from school? Why not start a garden? Have you ever heard of the U.S. School Garden Army from the days of the first World War? (Look it up – it’ll be today’s history lesson!) Our family recently learned about this program and found it great inspiration for expanding our garden in these uncertain times. I work in the hospitality industry, so like many people, my hours have dwindled due to the COVID-19 epidemic and my kids are now home from school for the foreseeable future – what better time to start, expand or revitalize a garden? I am far from an expert on gardening, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that a little trial and error goes a long way. I once planted a vine cucumber plant too close to a pear tree and ended up with cucumbers dangling from the branches.

Why plant a garden?

• Food -- Our 8-year-old’s favorite thing about gardening is eating the food. Be it fresh peas, raspberries, corn, melon or vine-ripe tomatoes, food pretty much sums up her motivation for all the work that goes into preparing and maintaining a garden. • Dirt – There’s just something about dirt and kids (adults, too). I’m pretty sure there are scientific studies that show that digging in the dirt helps boost the immune system and improve mood. You can research that with your kids, too – it’ll be today’s science lesson. • Fresh air and exercise – I don’t know about your kids, but mine are always happier when they’ve had a good dose of fresh air and exercise. Shoveling loads of mulch or compost counts as exercise, right? • Conversation – Our middle child keeps up constant chatter while we work in the garden. Sometimes the conversation is light, like what he’s planning to build next in Minecraft, and other times it’s surprisingly deep, like what he thinks the long-term impact of the current epidemic might be. • Silent companionship – Our oldest is 11 and a half years old and is often found with his headphones on listening to an audiobook. I found

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this challenging at first when we worked in the garden together but have learned to just enjoy his presence. • New skills – Get a book on smallscale gardening from the local library. (Have you tried their curbside pickup?) Look up information online or just get some seeds and read the planting instructions on the back. Planting your own food doesn’t have to mean moving out to a farm. We live in town on a half-acre lot, so we are fairly limited on space, but we gardened even when we lived in a townhouse with a tiny yard. We have found that raised beds work well for us. While ours are built from cedar boards that a family member gave us years ago, modern pressure treated lumber is a great, readily available option and there are lots of tutorials online for building raised beds. You can create a garden from an existing flower bed, or even just sneak a few vegetables into your ornamental areas (lettuce can actually make an attractive- and functional – border or filler). Of course, if you have space, a classic in-ground garden is always an option.

A few tips for getting started

Start small – If it’s your first time planting a garden, don’t plan on acres of plants unless you’re prepared for a pretty major investment of time and energy to keep it all going. Our first garden bed was 2 by 8 feet with herbs, a couple tomato plants, and the aforementioned cucumbers. You can go even smaller – many vegetables can even be grown in pots. Stick to common plants in the beginning - don’t try to grow anything unusual when you’re just starting out. Try tomatoes, herbs, lettuce, peas, melons (if you have space, they spread) and squashes like yellow

• Fauquier High School’s horticulture group has a plant sale every spring at its greenhouse at FHS. So far, the sale is still on for this spring, May 1 and 2, 8 and 9. The gardeners have a greenhouse full of plants that have been growing since the fall. • Amber Kiffney recently started a Facebook Group called Virginia’s MOST Amateur Garden Club. She writes that the group is primarily geared toward amateur gardeners in the Northern Virginia area. “Our group exists for beginning gardeners to discuss what we’re planting and when, to ask each other questions and share our experiences, trials and errors. This is a judgement-free zone and the discussion should be kept strictly to gardening, please and thank you!”

Owen Kiffney, 9, helps out at the Fauqiuer Education Farm last weekend. squash or zucchini or even pumpkins. If you have a structure they can grow up or on, cherry tomatoes can be especially fun for kids. I once walked out to our garden to find my kids and a number of buddies from the neighborhood essentially doing a tasting party of the various cherry tomato varieties we were growing that year. Don’t try to learn how to grow everything at once. Pick two or three things you know your family will eat and start with growing those. For best results, let your kids help decide what to grow. When our kids were preschoolers, we built them each their own 2 by 2 foot raised bed in which they could grow anything they wanted as long as it would fit. Years later, they still clean out their garden beds each spring and decide

what to grown in them. If you can get it, bagged cow compost is my secret weapon for a successful garden. You mix it into the soil before planting (the back of the bag tells you how much to use). Don’t worry, the smell dissipates quickly! As your bounty starts to come in you can share any excess with friends or neighbors, freeze, can, dry or otherwise preserve your bounty. Tomatoes are a fairly straightforward first canning project – just be sure to find and follow directions from an expert. Making pickles is surprisingly easy and fun. There is lots of information online and at the library for how best to freeze or otherwise preserve your bounty. Amber Kiffney is a mother of three. She and her family live in Warrenton.

After confusion, Department of Health clarifies takeout guidelines for restaurants By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Restaurants are permitted to allow customers inside to pick up takeout orders, according to a March 23 clarification issued from the Virginia Department of Health. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued an executive order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, that, among other provisions, mandated the “closure” of restaurants and other businesses that sell prepared food, although the order also said that these establishments “may continue to offer delivery and

take-out services.” That last phrase – “take-out services” – caused confusion for some local businesses last week as the Virginia Department of Health issued guidelines interpreting the executive order. Nikki Guskiewicz, of Deja Brew Café, and Zan Dial, of Ellie’s Place, both said they were visited by health department officials instructing them not to allow customers inside the building to pick up takeout orders. A March 25 email sent to food service establishments from the Rappahannock Rapidan Health District office of the Virginia Department of Health advised that “patrons

should not enter the food establishment” and that all takeout orders “should be delivered curbside by the food establishment employee(s).” However, VDH received new guidance from the governor’s office on March 26 which said that “patrons are allowed into the lobby of food establishments in order to pick up their food,” according to Whitney Wright, the environmental health manager for the Rappahannock Rapidan Health District of VDH. “We spoke with many of you yesterday and understand that requirements as a result of the order have been confusing and difficult,” said

the March 26 email from Wright. The VDH website now states: “Facilities are encouraged to bring take-out orders outside,” but it no longer contains language requiring restaurants to forbid customers from entering if they choose. The current guidelines also instruct food service businesses to “maintain adequate social distancing (6 feet separation) and limit patrons in the establishment to less than 10 at any time. No dine-in (indoors or outdoors) is permitted.” More guidance for food establishments can be found on the VDH website.

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Administration adapts to realities of months-long closures SCHOOLS, page 13 For FCPS students who choose to take AP Exams, FCPS will pay for those exams. There will be more guidance about AP exams and dual enrollment as we work with our partners. Q: How will SOL tests for underclassmen be handled this year? A: Since SOL tests will not be administered this year, students currently enrolled in a course with an end-of-course test will be afforded a locally verified credit. Q: If a student was failing a course as of March 13, will the student automatically fail the course?

A: No, plans will be made to provide a student who is failing a course with additional learning opportunities to pass the course. Q: Will the learning packets/resources provided during the two-week mandatory closure period be graded? A: No, nor are they required to be completed or turned in. Q: When will report cards be distributed from schools? A: Teachers have now finalized grades for the third nine weeks. Once staff can access the school buildings, we will prepare for report card distribution. If possible, we plan to mail report cards by April 13.

Q: Will graduations take place as planned? A: We are currently discussing options for celebrating our graduates. Q: Will school board meetings still take place? A: At this time, yes. However, they will only be viewable to the public via live stream at www. fcps1.org/live. Q: Will kindergarten registration begin soon? While KG Registration Week has been postponed (we require in-person verification of some documents), online registration (OLR) is available now. Regardless of when the in-person KG Registration Week is re-scheduled, we would like parents to complete OLR prior to bringing records to the school. We will not be accepting in-person documentation until a yet-undetermined time in the future.

Fauquier establishing temporary internet hotspots during COVID-19 closures INTERNET, from page 1 hardt emphasized. The goal of the hotspots, he said, is to provide a place where residents affected by disruptions to schools and businesses caused by COVID-19 can go to access the internet while adhering to guidelines meant to prevent the spread of the virus. “It’s open and it’s free,” said Gerhardt of the internet connection that will be available at the various access points, which will utilize commercial Wi-Fi equipment designed for outdoor use. Gerhardt thanked broadband company Datastream, who he said would provide the bandwidth for the project at no cost, for their role in the initiative. A $70,000 grant from the PATH Foundation, is covering the cost of the equipment and its installation. The county will fund costs beyond that.

Other public Wi-Fi options

Although Fauquier public libraries are not currently open to the public – curbside pickup is available at the Warrenton and Bealeton locations - all three public library loca-

tions have free Wi-Fi that is available to the public from outside the building, according to Lisa Pavlock, the library system’s public information coordinator. Wi-Fi at the Warrenton branch will only be available during regular library hours. The networks are password protected, Pavlock said, but the passwords are posted on the doors of the Warrenton, Bealeton and Marshall libraries. Another possibility for free WiFi is accessing the internet at a public school building. Fauquier County Public Schools’ website suggests those in need of internet access “[p]ark next to one of our school buildings to access the FCPS guest network.” This guidance applies to all public schools in the county, confirmed Tara Helkowski, FCPS public information officer. Helkowski emphasized that the suggestion to park next to schools was not meant to be the answer for schoolchildren without internet access at home. “We realize [parking next to school buildings] isn’t a viable solution, however,” said Helkowski about the effort to make sure schoolchildren have access to learning

resources for the remainder of the academic year. “We are currently working on more reliable ways to provide our families with access.” She elaborated that the school division already owns some hotspot devices that can be checked out to families. There is also the possibility of ordering new hotspots and equipping buses with internet access points and parking them in neighbors. She said that the school division is currently surveying families to gauge the needs of families throughout the county. Comcast Xfinity, which operates a network of Wi-Fi hotspots at businesses and outdoor locations, has made accessing those networks free during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Consumers can find a nearby Wi-Fi location using an interactive map at wifi.xfinity.com. Comcast is also offering the first two months free to new customers who qualify for its Internet Essentials service. Internet Essentials is available to residents who are eligible for some government assistance programs; after the two-month introductory period, the service is $9.95 per month, plus tax, for residents who qualify for the service. More information about the service can be found at internetessentials.com. According to the consumer information website BroadbandNow, Comcast cable internet service is available to 71.5% of Fauquier residents.

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Webert is also concerned about the economic impact of the new restrictions on businesses, schools and public gatherings, but said that voluntary social distancing was an important tool in the response to COVID-19. “And if everybody can do that, and if we can flatten this curve,” he said, “… the faster we get back to business in the commonwealth. I would urge everybody in the commonwealth to practice social distancing but support the local businesses as much as you can.” Webert said he would not support a statewide mandated quarantine. “I think we need to maintain the balan-

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11052 Southcoate Village Drive, Bealeton. $430,000 Madeleine W. Queen to James Vincent Collins, 0.4603 acre at 12266 Piney Lane, Remington. $210,000 Glenn N. Gill to House Buyers of America Inc., Unit 308, 6161 Willow Place, Bealeton. $120,000 Center District Michael H. Greene Tr. to Kathleen Dee McCaslin, 7312 Marr Drive, Warrenton. $425,000 Horace E. Thompson to Seth Elmenhurst, 225 Gay Road, Warrenton. $370,000 Bradley B. Higley to Melanie J. Bartenstein, 0.6455 acre at 7204 Woods Edge Court, Warrenton. $435,000 Rockwood Homes Inc. to Jason Michael Koglin, 0.23317 acre at 221 Linden Street, Warrenton. 326,200 National Retail Properties LP to U.S. Oil LLC, two parcels totaling 2.1377 acres at 309 West Lee Hwy., Warrenton. $8,500,000 46 Frazier LLC to Phillip Douglas Fife, 46 Frazier Road, Warrenton. $398,000

Robert B. Rust to Karen Reidy Lavarnway, 0.20310 acre (Residue) at 102 Winchester Street at SE side of Chestnut Street, Warrenton. $470,000 Scott District Nadia Rossi to Robert H. Lanier, 2.0407 acres at 5848 Woodberry Court nr. Warrenton. $815,000 Michael Paul Jones to River Run Group LLC, 20 acres on O’Bannon Road, nr. The Plains. $225,000 James P. Gannon to Michael H. Greene Tr., Unit 112 at 6696 Club House Lane nr. Warrenton. $299,500 Alaina Cieslinski to William Lee Fanning Jr., 1.4709 acres at 6113 Pilgrim’s Rest Road nr. Broad Run. $450,000 Mosby Heritage Area Assn. Inc. to Sea Horse Management LLC, 0.7315 acre on Rector’s Lane & U.S. 50, Atoka. $175,000 Roger L. Beavers to Mark Timbers Siess Tr., 1.0645 acres at 4229 Bragg Street, The Plains. $600,000 Marshall District U.S. Bank Nat’l. Assoc. Tr. to Robert

Reid, 10.0100 acres at 10229 Stillhouse Road, Delaplane. $600,000 Paula T. Hughes to Richard B. Meyer, 1.01 acres at 5566 Enon School Road, nr. Marshall. $230,000 Mark E. Shultzaberger to Karl Burghardt, 7.7472 acres at 9094 Groundhog Lane, Marshall. $575,000 NVP Inc. to Nick Anthony Henley, 0.2296 acre at 9034 Crest Drive, Warrenton. $660,000 Matt Applegate to Nathan R. Mills, 5 acres at 3806 Cobbler Mountain Road, Delaplane. $385.000 Brittany Lynn Wheatley to Samantha Renee Hartle, 0.043 acre at 8329 Mauzy Square, Marshall. $210,000 Mary Alice Cross Tr. to David E. Couk Sr., 8255 Lee’s Ridge Road, nr. Warrenton. $355,000 Truist Bank Branch Banking & Trust Co. to Aaron S. Cameron, 10.3230 acres at 7785 Citation Drive, Marshall. $475,000 William H. Hosick to Nathan C. Rowitz, 17.0690 acres at 8415Old Waterloo Road. $970,000

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OBITUARIES Robert H. Morris Robert H. Morris, age 80, passed peacefully on Friday March 27th, 2020 at the Blue Ridge Christian Home in Bealeton, VA. He was born in Pitt County, North Carolina on February 9th, 1940, son of the late, Ottis D. & Cora Lee Lange Morris. Robert was raised in Chesapeake, VA where he met and married his first wife, Diane M. Black Morris. They then moved to Warrenton, VA and later Rixeyville, VA where they raised two sons, Robert H. Morris, Jr. and James S. Morris. After Diane’s passing, Robert met and married Ngaio in 1990 and they moved to Marshall, VA. Ngaio has three children from a previous marriage, Nelson A. Meck, Renae Gutridge and Lori A. Ankers. Robert and Ngaio have five beloved grandchildren, Joshua Morris, Jordan Morris, Beau Gutridge, Nathan Meck and David Meck. He is also survived by a brother, Charles Morris and two sisters, Selba Harris & Linda Penn. After serving briefly in the United States Air Force, Robert went to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for four years in Norfolk, VA. He then spent forty-two years working for the Virginia Department of Agriculture before retiring. Robert was also an American Horseshow judge. His love of horses and riding in Shenandoah Park is well known by all his friends. He was a good man, husband and father and he will be greatly missed. Visitors may pay their respects at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave. in Warrenton, VA from 12:30 to 2 pm on Thursday, April 2nd, 2020. A private graveside service will follow at Bright View cemetery in Warrenton, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org; P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

Sophia Mae (Ruzzo) Konoza Sophia Mae (Ruzzo) Konoza, originally from Chester, PA, living most of her life in northern Virginia, and finally in Warrenton, died suddenly on March 24, 2020 at the age of 98, just a little over a month shy of her 99th birthday. Prior to her birth, Sophia was predeceased by her older brother, Nicholas, and her older sister, Josephine, who died very young. Sophia survived both her parents, all her remaining siblings, and her ex-husband. She is predeceased by her father, Francesco “Frank” Ruzzo, her mother, Sophia (nee Eisenhardt) Ruzzo, her brother Francis “Frank” Ruzzo, her brother, Paul Ruzzo, and her brother Fred “Freddy” Ruzzo. Her family called her “Sis.” She is survived by her children Geraldine Mae Zeithammel (Tony) of Bowling Green, KY, Patricia Ann Cornnell (Joseph) of Bristow, VA, Barbara Ann Morris (David) of Port Republic, VA, Mimi Michaela Konoza (Doris) of Alexandria, VA, and John Charles Konoza (Cathy) of Zion Crossroads, VA, 12 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 2 greatgreat grandchildren. Sophia was born in Chester, PA on May 1, 1921. She was raised listening to Italian opera and was fond of the rose bushes and grape vines in their family yard. She survived the Great Depression, working in a tube mill, creating packaging for health and beauty aids, such as toothpaste, to help support her family. Sophia enlisted during World War II in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), serving from 1944 to 1948, achieving the rank of Tech Sergeant. In the Army she ran the mess hall, where she met her future husband, John Stanley Konoza, who was also in the Army. They resided in Chester, PA, Bad Tolz, Germany, Fort Bragg, NC, Springfield, VA, and Bangkok, Thailand. They returned to Springfield towards the end of the Vietnam War, where their five children were raised. Sophia was a devoted wife, mother and avid bowler. She served her community as a Cub Scouts den mother. She enjoyed dancing to big band swing music, like Glen Miller and Benny Goodman, Latin music like Xavier Cugat, and Bossa Nova. She also favored Italian American crooners, like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. She loved Clark Gable. She was a tough cookie in the kitchen, and will be lovingly remembered by family, friends, and all who knew her. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 issues, graveside services at Stonewall Memory Gardens, Manassas will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s choice of organizations. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

Diane Marie Laing Diane Marie Laing, 73, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Born on October 20, 1946 in Warrenton, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Laing and Lessie Clatterback Laing. She is survived by her children, Leesa Colvin and Jason Colvin; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother Bobby Laing. Services and interment will be private. Arrangements made by Brown Funeral Home. Online condolences may be offered at www.BrownFuneralHomesWV. com

Aileen Collins Van Luven Aileen Collins Van Luven, age 89, of Bealeton, VA died March 28, 2020 at her home. She was born in Jackson, KY on November 5, 1930 to the late George Collins and Angeline Clemmons Collins. Prior to settling in the Bealeton area in 1968 she accompanied her husband on several assignments within the United States and overseas during his military service. Aileen is survived by her husband of 72 years James Van Luven, Four sons, George W. Van Luven (Emma)of Clarksville, TN ; James F. Van Luven (Barbara) of Piqua OH ; David L. Van Luven of Culpeper, VA ; and Patrick Van Luven (Patricia) of Charlottesville, VA.. In addition eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A private Memorial Service will take place with inurnment at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Bealeton with Rev. George and Emma Van Luven officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Capital Caring Hospice. A tribute wall is available at moserfuneralhome.com

Corey Ronald Majtyka January 12, 1971 – March 22, 2020

“It’s not the number of years in your life, but the amount of life in your years.” - Adlai Stevenson Corey passed away suddenly in Winchester, VA at the age of 49. He was an inspiration to his family; the cherished son of Patty and Ron, amazing father to Matthew and Morgan; life partner of Arlene, devoted brother of Jeff (Blair) and Heather (Mike); and beloved uncle to Ethan, Kendall, Padraic, Ben, Madeline and Logan. Corey will be greatly missed by his extended family in Michigan, and was a treasured, loyal friend to too many to name.

Corey was a man who made life happen, no matter the obstacles or challenges. He built his own business, and his craftsmanship will endure in many homes across the area. His heart was as big as the outdoors he loved, from bowhunting on the Blue Ridge Mountains to kayaking and wakeboarding on Virginia’s rivers and lakes. He rapelled into deep caves throughout the south and as far as Belize. Corey imparted his love and knowledge of the outdoors as a Scout leader and was especially proud when his two boys were awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. Corey’s personal qualities outshone all of his accomplishments, from his generosity of spirit to his sense of humor and a strong sense of self. Corey believed ingenuity and  great teacher to those who didn’t know where to start.

 at every family gathering and his spirit will be irreplaceable. For Corey, happiness was simple: love of family, loyal friendships, and a hard day’s work with his dogs by his side. If Corey called you a friend, you were one for life. It’s been said he’d give you the shirt off his back … and not just because he hated wearing one! Corey’s life celebration will be scheduled at a future date. Until then and in lieu of  for someone, or have a good laugh with someone you love.

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OBITUARIES Shirley Lee Ford

Vance “Bubby” Eugene Sutton Vance “Bubby” Eugene Sutton, 79, of Front Royal, Virginia passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at his home. Burial will be private at Woodbine Cemetery, Manassas, Virginia. Mr. Sutton was born on March 20, 1941 in Manassas, Virginia to the late Laurel Vance Sutton and the late Mary Elizabeth Kincheloe Sutton. He was also preceded in death by four sisters, Ida Gold, Sydney Woodson, Amy Sutton and Lorraine Selecman and two brothers, James Holmes and Henry Holmes. He retired from Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative. Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Mary Elizabeth Wetzel Sutton of Front Royal; daughter, Mary Eugenia Frketich of Moyock, North Carolina; three sisters, Mary Pettis of Mineral, Virginia, Nancy Lynch of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Annabelle Groover of Woodbridge, Virginia and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17 Chicago, Illinois 60601 or to the Warren County Humane Society, 1245 Progress Drive, Front Royal, Virginia 22630.

Shirley Lee Ford, 73, of Warrenton, VA passed March 26, 2020, at his residence. A private graveside service was held at Mt. Morris Community Cemetery in Hume, VA. On line condolences may be posted at www.joynesfuneralhome. com

Margie V. Carter Margie Virginia Carter, 88, of Berryville, Virginia, died Sunday, March 29, 2020 in a local nursing home. Mrs. Carter was born March 5, 1932 in Loudoun County, Virginia, daughter of the late Everett Clinton Embrey and Hilda Costello Embrey. She worked as a babysitter, sometimes thirteen at a time. She loved her kids and they loved her. Her husband, Elwood Waldo Carter, son, Clinton Carter, and three brothers, Clyde Embrey, Eugene Embrey and Edward Embrey, all preceded her in death. Surviving are her daughter, Barbara Wright and her friend, Dave, of Stephens City, VA; grandson, Charles Clinton Wright of Middleburg, VA, and two great-grandsons, Harrison and Mason. Services will be private with a celebration of life at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by Enders & Shirley Funeral Home, Berryville, VA. To view the obituary and send condolences online, please visit www.endersandshirley.com.

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Betty Adams Wilson Betty Adams Wilson passed away on March 15, 2020, nearing 91 years-of-age. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norris Wilson; survived by her daughter, Gayle Wilson-Layne; her daughter’s husband, Arthur Layne; her granddaughter, Rebecca Layne; and her elder sister, Thelma Bussey. She was born in Fauquier County and spent her childhood in Madison County on farms her father managed. She grew to become a loving wife and mother who loved cooking for and entertaining family and friends. Her family was the center of her life. She became the secretary and bookkeeper to her husband’s construction business. After the family moved to Culpeper, she contributed to the community as a volunteer in the Hospital Coffee Shop for 10 years. Betty liked to learn new things, from piano in her forties to painting in her fifties. She loved her dogs, constant and steadfast companions. She adored her friends and family. Betty stayed in touch with them until the end. She felt their love and cherished them in kind. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to the North Shore Animal League or Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Funeral arrangements are pending due to the virus outbreak. Online condolences may be expressed at moserfuneralhome.com.

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CASKETS DOWN THROUGH TIME The caskets that many of us now use to bury the dead have a history that dates back to the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians, who constructed sarcophagus-style burial boxes with wood, cloth, and paper. In the United States, the Civil War transformed casket-making into a mass-production process. The thousands of coffins needed to transport dead soldiers were made by local furniture and cabinet makers, who doubled as undertakers. During the Second World War, the production of metal caskets was stopped in favor of cloth-covered cardboard caskets, to conserve metal and wood for the war effort. Today, caskets are available in a number of materials and styles to suit the needs and preferences of individuals with varying tastes and beliefs. Many cemeteries require that a minimum grave liner be used to encase the casket when earth buried. These minimum liners are constructed of concrete and are designed to hold the weight of the earth, maintaining the cemetery property. A sealed vault may also be used. To learn more, please call MOSER FUNERAL HOME at (540) 347-3431 or see us at our 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton facility. Our BRIGHT VIEW CEMETERY is located just outside of Warrenton. “If on thoughts of death we are fed, Thus, a coffin, became my bed.” E.A. Bucchianeri

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ017800-01-00 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ACOSTA, LOHANY DANIELA The object of this suit is to: ESTABLISH SOLE LEGAL AND PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF ACOSTA, KEYLOR GAEL It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) OSCAR AMANDO MARTINEZ appear at the above-name Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/05/2020 10:30 PM C. Bawkey, Deputy Clerk

RFP 41-20sm, Transportation Planning, Engineering & Consulting Services, sealed proposals due by 2:30 p.m. 5/6/20 (see RFP for special delivery instructions re: building access). Contact susan.monaco@ fauquiercounty.gov

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NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors will hold a virtual work session at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Warrenton Community Center at 430 East Shirley Avenue in Warrenton, Virginia, and will hold a virtual regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the same location, to be followed by a virtual public hearing to obtain citizen input on the following items: 1. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER GRANT OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – In order to complete transportation improvements to Route 17 in Bealeton, the Virginia Department of Transportation has requested that the County grant a temporary construction easement adjacent to Route 17 right of way over PIN #6899-32-5436. The County is required to conduct a public hearing prior to conveying interests in its real estate. (Kevin J. Burke, Staff) Due to the threat to public health and safety of the residents of Fauquier County from exposure to COVID-19 and the CDC directive to limit gatherings to no more than ten people in one location, live citizen participation at the meeting location cannot be accommodated. Citizens may view the meeting via livestream by going to https://vimeo.com/event/25618. Please participate virtually in this process. Copies of the above files are available for review by contacting the County Administrators’ office located at 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any interested parties wishing to be heard on any of the above are requested to send written correspondence or e-mail comments to BOSpubliccomment@fauquiercounty.gov prior to April 9, 2020. 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 Mrs. Renée Culbertson, Deputy Municipal Clerk, at (540) 422-8020.

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Due to the guidance of new guidelines set by the State Government, the Town of The Plains Public Hearing and Regular Town Council Meeting scheduled for April 20, 2020 has been postponed until May 18, 2020 at 7:00 P.M.

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OFFICIAL NOTICE May 5, 2020 Town General Election Voter Registration Deadline Deadline April 13, 2020 at 5:00PM for the Incorporated Towns of Remington, The Plains and Warrenton Voter Registration Location Office of the General Registrar 528 Waterloo Road, Suite 200 Warrenton, VA 20186-3011 Tel. (540) 422-8290 Deadline Office Hours: 8:00AM to 5:00PM Alexander A. Ables General Registrar County of Fauquier Code of Virginia §24.2-415

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ017801-01-00 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ACOSTA, KEYLOR GAEL The object of this suit is to: ESTABLISH SOLE LEGAL AND PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF ACOSTA, KEYLOR GAEL It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) JOHN DOE appear at the above-name Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/05/2020 10:30 PM C. Bawkey, Deputy Clerk

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ017802-01-00 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re NUNEZ, ELMER GABRIEL The object of this suit is to: ESTABLISH SOLE LEGAL AND PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF NUNEZ, ELMER GABRIEL It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) DINA SUYAPA NUNEZ ESPINOSA appear at the above-name Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/05/2020 10:30 PM C. Bawkey, Deputy Clerk

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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold its Regular Meeting on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 18 Court Street, Warrenton, Virginia. There are no scheduled Public Hearings. Per Executive Order 53, Council Chambers will be closed to the Public. There will be no Citizen’s Time on this meeting’s agenda. 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. A copy of the ordinance is available for review at the Town’s Administrative Offices, 18 Court Street, and can be examined by calling 540-347-1101 and making an appointment. Elizabeth A. Gillie Town Clerk

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