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For many working in Fauquier County, living here isn’t an option; solutions are elusive By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
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The nearly completed Warrenton Knoll development on Warrenton’s Winchester Street is already sold out, according to the developer. The single-family homes were priced starting at the county’s median selling price for March, which was about $500,000.
School division’s Summer Academy will focus on learning loss
Two 4-week sessions aim to provide enrichment for children most impacted by the pandemic By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
Invitations should be going out May 3 to parents of students eligible for the Fauquier County School Division’s Summer Academy. Funded through the federal CARES Act, the eight-week, in-person program is intended to help students who have fallen behind academically during the pandemic. It will be divided into two four-week sessions. A total of $2,970,667 in CARES Act funding has been earmarked for the Summer Academy. See SUMMER, page 4
There is broad consensus that there is a significant lack of housing in Fauquier County that is affordable to households making less than $100,000 per year -- the county’s median household income. For the thousands of households making less than six figures, finding a place to live can be difficult. And there’s no one solution to the problem. Advocacy groups, including the local chapters of Habitat for Humanity and the NAACP, are trying to start a community discussion about housing that is affordable to those making less than the area’s median income. They have tried to jumpstart the conversation through statements made during the public-comment process for the Warrenton comprehensive plan -- approved in its final form this month -and through a proposed addendum to
“A community who wants to invest in affordable housing has to find the mechanism to do so. ... It will never materialize without the work.” DARRYL NEHER Executive Director, Fauquier Habitat for Humanity
the county’s comprehensive plan. For the families trying to scrape by on far less than the county’s median income – a full time job paying $15 an hour equates to $31,000 per year – finding a place to live can be practically impossible; it has forced families into sub-standard housing, into overcrowded living situations or into cheaper homes far away from their jobs. See HOUSING, page 8
Two charged in April 22 fatal shooting of ‘Trip’ Bopp By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
Charles William “Trip” Bopp, III, 24, was killed Thursday, April 22 at his home near Remington after apparently interrupting a burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. One suspect was arrested Saturday in Prince William County. A second suspect fled to Texas and was arrested Monday by federal and local officers. “Bopp interrupted a daytime burglary in progress at his residence, and was subsequently shot and killed next to his vehicle upon his arrival. There is no indication that Bopp was targeted,” a sheriff’s office representative said. Deputies responded to the home on Freemans Ford Road about 5:30 p.m. April 22. Jury Beatrice Guerra, 28, of Woodbridge,
Twenty-four-year old Charles “Trip” Bopp, III, of Remington was fatally shot April 22. He was a dedicated dairy farmer. was apprehended Saturday by Prince William police and is currently being held without bond in the Fauquier County jail. She is charged with second-degree murder and entering a dwelling with intent to commit a felony. See SHOOTING, page 14
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COVID-19 snapshot - Tuesday, April 27 Vaccines
Virginia: 5,968,441 doses given (43.2% of the population have received at least one dose); 29% are fully vaccinated. Fauquier: 31,190 have received at least one dose (43.7%); 20,386 are fully vaccinated (28.6%) Perspective: The rate of vaccinations per 100,000 in Fauquier is 43,793 (at least one dose); the rate per 100,000 in Prince William County is 39,848; in Virginia Beach it’s 37,364; in Culpeper it’s 36,337; in Rappahannock it’s 45,237, and in Fairfax it’s 45,134. Warren County is among the counties vaccinating the fewest residents per 100,000, with 30,572, and Prince George has vaccinated only 26,313 per 100,000.
The Argyle House, on Alexandria Pike, was built in 1759. Tulips, spring bulbs, Exbury azaleas, Japanese painted ferns and autumn ferns feature in the surrounding gardens. TIMES STAFF PHOTOS/COY FERRELL
New cases of coronavirus
Virginia: 1,105 Tuesday; 656,034 to date Fauquier: 12 Tuesday; 4,595 cases to date Perspective: Virginia’s daily case count was 719 Monday. It hadn’t been that low since the end of October 2020.
Cases in the Fauquier County School Division Active cases: 6 – all in students Cumulative cases since Sept. 24: 179 -- 89 in students and 90 in staff members Quarantining (as of April 23): 221 students
Seven-day positivity average (total PCR tests vs. positive tests)
Virginia: 5.2% Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District: 5.4% Perspective: The local health district’s positivity was at 8.7% on April 3. When the positivity rate is below 5% for two weeks, it is a signal that transmission is low enough to begin lifting some restrictions.
Hospitalizations
Virginia: 28,194 Fauquier: 193 Perspective: There were 30 COVID-related hospitalizations in the county during the first month of 2021, 12 more than during the entire month of December. There were 32 in February, 20 in March and 14 so far in April.
Deaths
Virginia: 18 Tuesday; 10,724 to date Fauquier: 63 Perspective: The county has lost 32 residents to COVID-19 so far in 2021, more than in all of 2020.
Historic Garden Week returns to Warrenton Pandemic forced cancellation of last year’s fundraiser
Five historic properties in the Warrenton area opened their gates to garden-lovers on Earth Day, April 21 as part of Historic Garden Week in Warrenton, hosted by the Warrenton Garden Club. The annual event, one of dozens of such tours by Virginia Garden Club chapters last week, was canceled last year because of the pandemic. Proceeds from tours fund the preservation and restoration of Virginia’s public gardens and scholarships for landscape architecture students. Self-guided this year to keep visitors and volunteers safe – the Warrenton tour usually utilizes shuttle buses -- the volunteers from the Warrenton Garden Club welcomed more than 200 people throughout the course of the day for the rare opportunity to visit Canterbury (built 1933), Stoneledge (2005), Glendonnell (1915) and the Argyle House (1759).
Outbreaks (This data is as of Monday, April 26)
Virginia: 3,074 total (1,013 outbreaks in long-term care settings -- resulting in 31,857 cases and 4,076 deaths – 1,144 outbreaks in congregate care settings, 152 in correctional facilities and 204 in health care settings. In the educational settings category, there have been 218 outbreaks in childcare settings, 92 for college/university and 251 for K-12.)
The 1915 Glendonnell manor house on Alexandria Pike is surrounded by gardens featuring peony beds, water features and apple trees.
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Stoneledge, on Harts Mill Road, was built in 2005 in a style inspired by two 18th century manor houses: Drayton Hall (Charleston, South Carolina) and Gunston Hall, the Fairfax County home of President George Mason. A formal English garden, including a walkway flanked by by Winter King hawthorn trees, feature just outside the home, and extensive plantings liven much of the surrounding grounds. The tour also featured the Horner Street headquarters building (1784) of the Piedmont Environmental Council, where the organization has planted “environmentally conscientious” gardens featuring native plants. Before the pandemic, close to 1,000 people typically participated over two days in the Warrenton tour, according to organizer Lauren Lawson. “This year we shortened the tour to one day so that we could fill our hostess positions with our club members, others associated with Garden Club of Virginia, and a few close friends and family members,” she explained. The four properties on the Warrenton tour were part of more than 100 gardens open to the public statewide as part of Historic Garden Week. Managing Editor, Prince William Jill Palermo, 540-351-0431 jpalermo@fauquier.com
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Phillip Scott wins GOP nomination in 88th District By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
Phillip Scott, of Spotsylvania, is the Republican Party nominee for the 88th District seat in the House of Delegates after winning a “canvass” – a party-run, closed election similar to a primary – on April 24. Incumbent Del. Mark Cole, R-Spotsylvania, is retiring at the end of his term after representing the deeply conservative district for almost two decades. Scott received 614 votes in the canvass, which took place at four polling places around the district. Rich Breeden, the CEO of a cybersecurity firm, received 536 votes and Stafford County School Board member Holly Hazard received 187 votes, according to 88th Legislative District Chairwoman Paula Kallay. Of the 185 Fauquier County residents who participated in the canvass, 112 voted for Scott, 65 for Breeden and 8 for Hazard. Scott currently works as a background investigator for a federal contractor; he previously worked in “management in the food service and customer service industries, and more than 10 years in residential and commercial construction,” according to his campaign website. A self-described “strong conservative, faithful Christian,” Scott said in his campaign announcement he will advocate to lower taxes, oppose abortion rights and make the state more attractive to businesses. He unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Spotsylvania County School Board in 2019 and currently sits on the Spotsylvania County Citizen Budget Review Committee. The Virginia Public Access Project classifies the 88th District as a “strong Republican” district, and Cole won most of his elections by comfortable margins. Most recently, he defeated Democrat-
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Phillip Scott ic challenger Jessica Foster by more than 3,000 votes in 2019, receiving 56% of the vote. Ashton Spencer, a software engineer from Fredericksburg, is unopposed for the Democratic Party nomination. Spencer describes himself as a “conservative Democrat” and a “suburban moderate.”
Two other House of Delegates districts, the 31st and the 18th, include portions of Fauquier County. The only contested nomination race is for the Democratic Party nod in the 31st District. Incumbent Del. Elizabeth Guzman, D-Woodbridge, dropped out of the lieutenant governor’s race earlier this month to focus on her bid to retain her House of Delegates seat. An open primary election, for which absentee voting began Friday, will determine whether she or one of three other contenders is the party’s nominee in November. Prince William County residents Rod Hall, Kara Pitek and Idris O’Connor are also up for the Democratic nomination. On the Republican side, Woodbridge resident Ben Baldwin is unopposed as the GOP nominee in the 31st District. In the 18th District, incumbent Del. Michael Webert, R-Marshall, is not opposed for the Republican nomination. Dr. Doug Ward, of Rappahannock County, is the sole Democratic candidate seeking to run against him.
Voting underway for Democratic Party primaries The absentee voting period for the Democratic Party primary elections in Virginia began Friday, April 23 and will continue until Saturday, June 5. Registered voters who wish to cast an absentee ballot may do so either in-person at the registrar’s office or by requesting a ballot by mail. Under a law passed by the state legislature before the pandemic, eligible voters do not need an “excuse” to cast an absentee ballot. Election Day for the primaries is Tuesday,
June 8. The county’s 20 precinct polling places will be open on that day from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m All registered voters in Virginia are eligible to cast a ballot to decide the party’s nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Additionally, voters who live in the 31st House of Delegates District, which includes portions of Fauquier and Prince William counties, may cast a ballot in the Democratic primary for that seat. See VOTING, page 12
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School division’s Summer Academy will focus on learning loss SUMMER, from page 1
The Summer Academy’s two sessions will run June 7 to 22 and July The CARES Act grant 6 to 24 – from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., states, “Summer school programs Monday through Thursday. Every will emphasize the learning loss school will be engaged; transporamong students, including low-in- tation will be provided, and breakcome students, children with dis- fast and lunch will be served. Stuabilities, English learners, racial and dents could be invited to attend one ethnic minorities, students experi- session or both, depending on each encing homelessness and children school’s capacity. and youth in foster care.” For children who are making the Director of Instruction Amy transition to another school in the Acors said that there are very specific guidelines associated with the fall – rising sixth or nineth graders – CARES funding, and the Fauquier they will attend Summer Academy at program will focus on improving the school they’ll be transitioning to. reading and math skills. The Sum- Acors said, “It’s a great way to intromer Academy “will be a fun and duce students to their new school and to begin developinteractive experience that will “Summer school programs ing those relationships. They’ll be meet children will emphasize the working on more where they are,” than academics. Acors said. Or- learning loss among This last year has ganizers hope to students, including been tough. Sumintegrate art, mu- low-income students, mer Academy will sic, movement in children with disabilities, help ease them in” the lessons, with to the next phase. English learners, racial short, local “field Staffing for the trips” to keep stu- and ethnic minorities, Summer Acadedents engaged. students experiencing my is still being Kathy Crane, elementary lit- homelessness and children worked out, but Acors said that at eracy and Title I and youth in foster care.” least 100 teachers coordinator, said AMY ACORS have applied for that Fauquier elDirector of instruction, FCPS the program. “We ementary school are hoping to keep principals recommended that third and fourth graders the teacher/student ratio at 1-10 or not be included in the summer pro- 1-12. We are hoping to keep the ratios gram, “unless there is a significant low so that we can provide individualdiscrepancy in reading levels. Our ized instruction as much as possible.” main goal is to work with the younger grades.” She said there will be a spe- Assessments Acors said that since March, stucial after-school program in the fall dents have been undergoing assessfor third and fourth graders. Acors confirmed that for the sum- ments to determine where they are mer program, “based on the amount in their learning. Every child who of funding, we decided to target stu- currently attends in-person school dents who had had the least amount has been assessed, she said, and virof time in school, so the early years tual learners have been invited in for became our focus.” (Students in assessments as well. The goal, said Acors, is to ascergrade 5 and higher are also eligible tain which students need some extra for Summer Academy.) Principals are supplying lists of help to reach their grade-level goals. potential Summer Academy stu- The assessments will also be used to guide Summer Academy teachers to dents to the school division. Acors said that parents will have meet individual needs. Crane said that reading assessments two weeks to let the school division know if their child will attend. Re- are ongoing. Kindergarten students, for instance, are assessed for early sponses are due May 14.
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Kaylee Yost, teacher at Pierce Elementary School, took her students on a field trip to the Remington Community Garden April 21. It’s an activity that Summer Academy students might engage in during one of two sessions in June and July.
Summer camps for school division students
• Enrollment has begun for STARTALK, an Arabic and Turkish language camp for students in grades 5 to 9. The camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., July 6 to 22, Monday through Thursday. Saralyn Aylor is the contact: saralynaylor@fcps1.org. • Enrollment is slated to begin in mid-May for a STEM camp for rising first through ninth graders. The camp will take place in June. Sarah Frye is the contact: sfrye@fcps1.org. • SummerQuest! is a camp for 5th to 7th grade gifted and talented students. • Camp Smile is a summer residential camp for rising 5th and 6th graders. It is held at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center near Front Royal. Held from July 25 to July 29, the academic portion of the camp is taught by certified Fauquier County Public School teachers from various specialties including elementary and middle school, ESL and special education. Camp activities include swimming, hiking and canoeing. reading skills – sounds and rhymes, alphabet knowledge and some word recognition. First graders have a spelling piece they are assessed on as well. She said student assessments are completed during one-on-one, in-person sessions with the teacher. Crane said, “We like to talk about ‘learning leaps’ instead of ‘learning loss.’” Angie Ashley, mathematics instructional supervisor, said that the window for student assessments for the summer program opened in mid-April. Kindergarteners are assessed for the ability to see patterns, their number sense and shapes, and some simple problem solving for numbers up to 10. First and second graders are assessed on their understanding of number combinations and place values. As children age, they are assessed to see how they are growing in their math skills. “It’s not enough to know they are struggling,” said Ashley, “We need to know how to help them.” She added, “We get a really nice report showing where they need help, topics they are having trouble with.” Math assessments are also given in person. “It’s tough when we have kids who are still not coming into the building, although I completely understand that choice.” Steven Payne, English supervisor for secondary schools, provided details on the assessment process for middle and high school students:
“Teachers and administrators at the middle and high school levels are working together to examine data including STAR Reading assessments, to identify students with the greatest needs for summer programming. STAR Reading has been provided as an instructional tool to help teachers set literacy goals with students and monitor student progress. We are currently in the planning stages for the literacy part of Summer Academy, and our goal is to provide a personalized learning experience.”
Special education programs
Angie Gum, special education supervisor for the school division, said that about 70 special education students in second to sixth grades could be included in a program that will focus on reading. The Linda Moodbell program will be held during the same two sessions as the Summer Academy, in classrooms in three different elementary schools – depending on the demographics of the children who are chosen for the program. Gum said that one group of students will focus on decoding – how a child is able to break down sounds to create word; the other group will focus on reading comprehension. The ratio of students to teachers will be kept low, so children can get plenty of individual attention. See SUMMER, page 7
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Local Cub Scouts celebrate their next steps at Rady Park Cub Scout Pack 957, based out of Our Savior Lutheran Church, celebrated its Arrow of Lights advancement ceremony on Saturday, April 10. The Arrow of Light is the highest rank a cub scout can earn before entering Boy Scouts. Those participating included: Mitchel Burroughs, Bryce Hendrix, Liam Kozanecki, Bear Moffett and Patrick Moravek. Cubmaster Donnie Kozanecki said that the ceremony is usually held inside, with a small wooden bridge that the boys cross over to sym-
bolize taking the next step in their scouting journey. He said, “We were lucky enough to be able to hold the event outside [at Rady Park in Warrenton] and give the Scouts an opportunity to cross a real bridge during these times. All the boys started as Tigers in 1st grade and have been together moving up through the ranks.” Kozanecki’s assistant cubmaster has been Rick Burroughs. The boys are now officially members of the Boy Scouts.
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Liam Kozanecki lights his candle before giving his speech on why he liked Cub Scouts and what he learned.
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Staff Reports Fauquier County Girl Scouts are gearing up for fall, looking for girls of all ages who would like to join a troop. (Some troops have summer activities and others function on the school year calendar.) New adult leaders are also being recruited now, so they can be trained to head troops come September. Girls or leaders who would like to sign up may contact Christine Winters, local Girl Scout registrar, at christinewinters@verizon.net or Becky Crouch, local Girl Scout volunteer, at crouchbj@yahoo.com.
Frequently asked questions: How old does a girl need to be to join?
Girl Scouts begin with kindergarteners and the program continues through high school. Kindergarteners and first-graders are Daisy Girl Scouts, second and third graders are Brownie Girl Scouts, fourth and fifth graders are Junior Girl Scouts, sixth, seventh and eighth graders are Cadette Girl Scouts, ninth and tenth graders are Senior Girl Scouts and 11th and 12th graders are Ambassador Girl Scouts.
What do Girl Scouts do?
Programs are designed for appropriate age-level activities to teach the girls “character, confidence and courage.” With the help of the girls, a leader will help the girls plan activities that they are interested in — hiking, camping, arts and crafts, field trips, exploring. They will earn badges (or “Journeys” as some are called now), do service projects, explore career paths, and yes, sell chocolates and cookies.
Will a new member be placed in a troop with other girls she knows?
That is the goal. Most troops are aligned with school districts, which
helps to ensure girls who know one another can be in troops together.
What time and where do troops meet?
Troops meet at different locations (schools, churches, community centers) and at different times of day (weekdays and weekends, evenings, after school). A family’s needs and availabilities are considered when placing a girl in a troop.
How much does it cost?
The annual membership fee is $25 per girl or adult. In addition, troops collect their own dues to support the program they have chosen to explore. Girl Scout volunteer Crouch said that the Girl Scouts organization has a “very liberal financial assistance system — Girl Scouts are committed to making sure that finances are not the reason a girl does not participate.” For girls who want to begin to participate now, a $35 “extended membership” will allow them to complete this year and be registered for the new year.
Do parents have to register?
Parents are not required to participate but they are strongly encouraged to do so. At some time during the year, parents may want to help and they will have to register. Again, financial assistance is available.
Do I have to have a daughter to help the Girl Scout program?
Adult volunteers are welcomed — whether or not they have a child in the program. Crouch said, “We would gladly find a place for you to participate, even if it was a shortterm experience.”
Do I have to purchase the uniform?
That is a personal decision. It is recommended that girls purchase the vest or sash, so they have a place to put all pins, badges, etc., to prevent them getting lost.
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Fauquier High musician heads to South Carolina School of Music Staff Report Daniel McCarthy Louden, 19-yearold son of Jeff and Laura Louden of Delaplane, will head to the University of South Carolina School of Music next year, courtesy of a scholarship worth $94,000. The trumpet player will be following in the footsteps of his parents and maternal grandmother, who also attended UofSC. While a student at Fauquier High School, Louden participated for three years in the UofSC School of Music Honor Band program, facilitated by FHS Music Director Andrew Paul. Louden became fully smitten with all things UofSC and came home with a mission to attend the School of Music. Louden is finishing up his freshman year at the James Madison University School of Music after a long school career of academic and musical excellence. During Louden’s senior year at FHS, he earned two prestigious awards. The Louis Armstrong Award is the top senior jazz award, the highest-level interscholastic award given to students at U.S. high schools. It is given in recognition of “outstanding musical achievement and an incredible dedication to the program.” The Sousa Award is the pinnacle of achievement in a high school band. Introduced in 1955 to honor the top student in the high school band, the John Philip Sousa Band Award® recognizes superior musicianship and outstanding dedication. In spring 2020, Louden also earned the Virginia Piedmont RMD Community Music Scholarship, worth $12,000. Louden first picked up his trumpet in sixth grade under the instruction of Paul Hicks, music director of Marshall Middle School. Hicks introduced him to the Fauquier Community Band, where he gained additional music experience outside of the classroom. Leading up to middle school, Louden and his sister, Olivia had the opportunity to learn with local artistic directors Betsy Porter and John Krumich of The American Children
of S.C.O.R.E., whose mission is “to give highly motivated children ages 8 to 11 an opportunity to experience the rigors and joys of ensemble music.” A weekly session at Highland School, the program taught voice, recorder, bells and xylophone, brought in guest performers and gave recital opportunities twice a season. Looking back, Laura Louden said that her son’s first toy was a one-manmusic band with five sounds. His favorite toys were those that made music. Influencers include his father, who played cornet in high school and during his years in the U.S. Navy. In fact, Louden has taught himself the Carolina Band marching songs, with his father chiming in on that old cornet. (That cornet was also played by two generations before him.) Louden’s maternal grandmother shares her love of chorus and piano, and a great-great Uncle Al played stand-up bass professionally for four decades for New York City audiences. Immediately following his high school graduation ceremony, Louden and his trumpet buddy Jason Smith played improvisational jazz and classical tunes on the county courthouse steps in Old Town Warrenton. The red gowns and caps and bellowing horns got them known around town as the “busking graduates” as they continued to play throughout the summer. Louden has always said he wanted to teach, continuing the tradition of his own teachers. He has tutored neighbors’ children and friends and currently is giving lessons to local students. On March 20, the University of South Carolina awarded Louden a $5,000 Music Departmental Scholarship for trumpet education. In addition, he was awarded out-ofstate university tuition reduction of $15,048 per year, valued at $60,000 over four years. The Carolina Marching Band annual stipend of $500 also is included. The funds will allow him to follow his dream, wearing the black and garnet as a UofSC gamecock.
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Daniel Louden will attend the University of South Carolina School of Music in the fall.
Summer Academy will focus on learning loss SUMMER, from page 4 Kristen Ott, assessment resource teacher and Extended School Year coordinator, said that the annual Extended School Year program is intended for students with significant cognitive disabilities, through their Individual Education Plan. Fifteen to 30 teachers will teach between 50 to 100 students who need this special attention. Some will have homebound services and others will come into school for the four-week sessions, which will coincide with the Summer Academy sessions.
Other summer programs
Also this summer, public high
schools in the county will be offering credit recovery classes for students who have failed a class. SOL remediation will be available for students who have passed a class but failed the associated SOL exam. Drivers education will also be offered for students who need to complete the classroom portion of the course. Acors said, “Everybody has been going above and beyond to make this happen for our students.” She acknowledged that the school division has run summer programs before, but “it’s been a long time since we ran something on this scale.” Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com.
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For many working in Fauquier County, living here isn’t an option; solutions are elusive HOUSING, from page 1 These and other findings from the December 2020 Rappahannock-Regional Regional Commission’s Regional Housing Study, a detailed report about housing availability, income levels and other economic trends in Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock, Madison and Orange counties, throw into sharp relief the shortage of affordable housing in the area.
Many employed in Fauquier can’t afford to live nearby
Because there is a dearth of housing on the lower end of the cost spectrum, many people are competing for a small number of affordable places to live – which drives rents and selling prices even higher, said Darryl Neher, the executive director of Fauquier Habitat for Humanity. And, the RRRC report says, the county’s median income is skewed by county residents who commute to Northern Virginia to high-paying, white-collar jobs. For those living and working within the county, the median income is about $11,000 less that what it takes to afford a median-priced home. The trends aren’t promising, either, Neher said. “If we do nothing, our town (Warrenton) and county will become increasingly less affordable,” he said, emphasizing that the problem is a regional and national issue – not just a Fauquier County issue. The RRRC report found that of the 10 fastest-growing job sectors in the region, eight have average yearly salaries of less than $75,000, Neher pointed out. (Four of those job categories have average yearly earnings of less than $40,000.) Plus, the longterm trends in the real estate market favor building larger, more expensive homes, Neher said. And that’s if new homes are built at all; new home construction locally crawled almost to a stop during and after the Great Recession and has only slowly rebounded. Fast-forward a decade, and the pandemic caused demand to be bottled up for much of 2020, leading to what a recent Virginia REALTORS® report calls a “hyperactive” housing market that shows few signs of slowing down. There are far fewer homes on the market than prospective buyers, the report says, driving prices higher
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Darryl Neher, executive director of Fauquier Habitat for Humanity and higher. Those realities mean that many families, even those with two fulltime wage earners, are forced to live in sub-standard housing or relocate farther and farther away from their jobs, said Fauquier Habitat’s Elizabeth Rose. “They’re either moving out [of the area] or commuting,” she said. “What kind of quality of life is that, where you can’t live and work in your community?” The situation she most often sees in her outreach work is overcrowding, where many members of an extended family live in often-cramped living arrangements. For single parents, for people without family in the area or for those trying to scrape by on disability insurance payments or social security, the situation can be even worse.
A real estate agent’s perspective
“With this crazy market we’re in, it’s harder and harder – not only for first-time home buyers, but also for seniors,” said Anne Hall, a Long & Foster Realtor who has worked as a real estate agent in Fauquier County
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for 46 years. Hall told the story of a recent client, a retired couple from California, which she said is indicative of many trying to find a place to live in the area. The couple lost their home and all their possessions -- “except the clothes on their back and the dog” -- to a wildfire and wanted to buy a home close to their daughter, who lives near Washington, D.C. They looked at first for a home in Northern Virginia, but quickly discovered their $200,000 price ceiling shut them out of that market. A real estate agent in Northern Virginia referred them to Hall, hoping the couple could find a more affordable place to live farther from the city. But, Hall, said, “You can’t find it in Fauquier County. It’s not there,” referring to the $200,000 price point. Despite searching extensively, she couldn’t find anything on the market in their price range, even expanding the search to Culpeper and Rappahannock counties. Hall turned to the Shenandoah Valley, looking for available homes from Woodstock to Winchester. She eventually found an “adorable” condominium in Winchester for about $190,000. “I called the agent and she said, ‘Forget it. We’ve got four offers already,’” Hall said, a common experience in the current market. Hall then widened her search even further, eventually finding a small, well-constructed house in Page County for $185,000. Hall advised them to offer $15,000 more than the asking price, knowing there would be several other offers. “I said, ‘that’s all we can do.’” It turned out to be good advice, and the owners accepted the couple’s offer over several others, all made within a day or two.
That story had a happy ending, but Hall said market conditions in Fauquier County and the region aren’t likely to change much soon. There are two major factors, she said. One is proximity to D.C., which keeps demand for housing high. The other is the scarcity – and subsequent high price – of land locally. One-acre lots in the area, for instance, “are as scarce as hens’ teeth,” Hall mused. Half-acre lots are practically non-existent. That’s mainly due to local zoning laws, she said which prioritize open space and lack of density. Hall was careful not to criticize the approach – “I think they are trying to preserve what is the beauty of this county” – but said simple economics mean land scarcity will drive land prices up, which in turn makes housing more expensive. “Everything is getting scarce,” she said. There is a bright spot, Hall said; for those who are able to purchase a home, even if it’s far down on the housing ladder, that real estate is likely to gain value steadily, which builds equity and helps families move up the housing ladder. And, she said, there are programs like Federal Housing Administration loan insurance to help those with lower incomes enter the housing market, and other programs that specifically help military veterans buy their first home.
Addressing the problem
The Fauquier NAACP’s housing committee was formed last year amid the development of Warrenton’s comprehensive plan. Committee co-leader Miggy Strano said consolidating information about housing assistance programs, like the ones Hall mentioned, would be a good place to start in addressing the problem. Many different non-profits, churches and government organizations do “wonderful work” and can help people find and afford housing, Strano said. “But there’s really no hub [for information] because we don’t have a housing authority,” she said. “It’s very confusing as far as trying to understand who’s doing what.” This is an area where local governments could step in, she suggested, to help consolidate and disseminate information about housing programs that people might not know exist. She pointed to the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance, a broad coalition of government entities, nonprofits and businesses in Northern Virginia, as an example of what’s working. To Ellsworth Weaver, Fauquier NAACP’s president, the problem is just as much about jobs and education as it is about housing itself. “When we talk about affordable housing, we have to go back one step and talk about income,” he said, adding that attracting businesses with good jobs to the area and giving residents access to the education to be qualified for those jobs is just as much a part of the equation as the cost of housing alone. See HOUSING, page 10
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Share of Fauquier County households by income
A former educator, Weaver said he is frustrated by what he sees as the lack of educational resources devoted to job training in fields unrelated to internet technology. He mentioned the programs available to him when he was growing up, with training in trades like brick laying and farming: “Something that you could do with your hands.” What he characterized as a focus on computer-based education has left some people behind, he said, making it harder for them to find a job that pays well enough to live in the area. “Education is about equality and inclusiveness,” he said: “To give people the means to keep up.” Along the same lines, he’d like to see more resources devoted to adult education programs to help people develop new skills to compete for well-paying jobs. On the other side of that equation, Ike and Julie Broaddus, owners of Old Bust Head Brewing Company and a property management business, said a lack of what they called “right-sized housing” in the area makes it harder to recruit employees. They employ about 50 people – about 25 full-time – many of whom are 20-somethings just starting out on their own. “The pool of talent who is willing to take these jobs is smaller” because of the lack of small units like apartments in Fauquier County, said Ike Broaddus. “I don’t want Fauquier County overrun with apartment complexes, but I think we can do it better.” Maintaining the status quo, he said, “means there is a limit to the
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kind of workforce we have available.” In turn, that makes the area less attractive to prospective employers. Broaddus pointed to the structure of zoning laws that regulate the number of units per acre. “One of the key problems, in my mind, is it encourages builders to build the biggest, most expensive units they can,” he said. “What the market really wants right now … are small units for one to two people,” adding there is little economic incentive for developers to build that type of housing. He said zoning should instead focus on square footage allowed in a particular area, not on the number of units. This, he said, would encour-
age building more small units that are within the price range of young adults or retirees. The Broadduses pointed to the Vint Hill Lofts projects, the recently approved proposal to restore the former barracks in Vint Hill to house about 180 apartments, as an example of a success story. (The apartments will start about $1,000 per month, according to the developer.) The Vint Hill community will be “healthier,” as they put it, having the moderately priced apartments, the high-priced Brookside development and a mix of industrial, hospitality and retail businesses all in the same area, they said.
Another way to incentivize building more, small units is what the Warrenton comprehensive plan characterizes as “density bonuses.” Essentially, builders could construct more units per acre if some of those units meet the town’s as-yet-uncodified definition of “affordable” or offer other public benefits. Those bonuses are “critical,” said Habitat’s Neher, because of the way zoning law works. “You can’t say: ‘You are required to do X.’ You can say: ‘We will give you X if you do Y.’” Land trusts, whereby a nonprofit purchases land and leases it for the purposes of providing affordable housing, is another idea, said Neher. (The Warrenton comprehensive plan alludes to the prospect of a developer donating land for this purpose to receive “density bonuses.”) But to make a real dent in solving the affordability problem, the scale of coordination would need to be much greater than it is now – much to Strano’s point. Zoning law can be messy and tedious. “The difficult sausage-making is in that ordinance development,” as Neher put it, referring specifically to the coming review of Warrenton’s zoning laws in the wake of the comprehensive plan’s approval. But, he said, it’s necessary to work toward making sure people can afford to live here. “A community who wants to invest in affordable housing has to find the mechanism to do so,” said Neher. “It will never materialize without the work.” Reach Coy Ferrell at cferrell@ fauquier.com
Local vineyards on the alert for invasive species spotted lanternfly By Liam Bowman
Piedmont Journalism Foundation
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The spotted lanternfly can travel from one community to another on stone, on pallets or on a truck.
For a quarter century, Chris Pearmund’s eponymous vineyard in the foothills of eastern Fauquier County has survived a feared invasion of stinkbugs, record-breaking rainfall and unseasonable hailstorms. Now, like other vineyard owners in the area, he’s preparing for what could be another threat to his livelihood and the burgeoning wine industry in Northern Virginia: the spotted lanternfly. The inch-long insect, an invasive pest with a particular fondness for apple trees and grapevines, has been steadily spreading across Northern Virginia for the past three years. Although it has not appeared in any Virginia vineyards yet, knowing the lanternfly’s potential for destruction, agricultural experts are imposing quarantines and taking preventative measures. Pearmund said it may be only a matter of time before the pest arrives in Fauquier. “Hopefully we’ll have something to control it,” he said. In an effort to curb the spread of spotted lanternfly, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has imposed a quarantine-zone on all areas where the pest has become established. The quarantine-zone, originally limited to the Winchester area, was expanded in midMarch to include neighboring Clarke and Warren counties. According to the new regulations, businesses in affected areas are required to complete special training and take steps to ensure their shipments are free of spotted lanternflies.
“It’s a strange pest,” said David Gianino, program manager for the department’s Office of Plant Industry Services, referencing the lanternfly’s tendency to hitchhike on human transport. “It can be on stone, on pallets or on a truck, so it’s a challenge to get all these different businesses engaged.” Indigenous to southern Asia, the spotted lanternfly was accidentally introduced to the U.S. through trade. In 2014, the pest was first detected in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Infestations quickly spread throughout the region. By 2018, the first spotted lanternflies were found in Winchester and have since become an increasingly common sight in the area. The pest primarily seeks out tree-of-heaven, another invasive species native to Asia, to lay its eggs. In southeast Pennsylvania, where infestations remain the most severe, lanternflies have destroyed entire sections of vineyards and cost local growers $13.1 million, according to a Pennsylvania State University report. In swarms numbering in the thousands, lanternflies drain large amounts of sap from grapevines and other plant species, excreting a sugary substance called honeydew. “Vines are either killed outright or weakened so they don’t survive the winter,” said Doug Pfeiffer, a fruit entomologist at Virginia Tech. The excreted honeydew, said Pfeiffer, breeds a fungus called sooty mold, which covers the feeding area with a black sticky substance. See LANTERNFLY, page 12
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Sky Meadows is one of 5 Virginia parks prioritizing starry nights Measures taken to reduce light pollution in park result in ‘dark sky’ designation By Liam Bowman
Piedmont Journalism Foundation
Just outside of the D.C. suburban sprawl — where for decades the night sky has been illuminated by a dull artificial glow — Sky Meadows State Park has a surprising and rare quality: dark skies. The park, located in Delaplane, has long been a popular spot for stargazers, offering a glimpse of constellations, nebulas and meteors seldom seen with the naked eye in densely populated areas. Earlier this month, the International Dark Sky Association awarded Sky Meadows International Dark Sky Park status — a distinction held by only 100 parks worldwide. The designation, a culmination of a year-long application process by park staff and a team of dedicated amateur astronomers and volunteers, recognizes the “distinguished quality of starry nights” at Sky Meadows. Kevin Bowman, Sky Meadows Park manager, called the designation a “major milestone.” With the addition of Sky Meadows, as well as the simultaneously designated Natural Bridge State Park, Virginia now has a total of five dark sky parks— “more than any other state east of the Mississippi,” Virginia State Parks Director Melissa Baker said in a statement. The International Dark Sky Association is a non-profit that works to preserve the nighttime environment by partnering with parks and promoting quality outdoor lighting. For Laura Greenleaf, the association’s advisor for Sky Meadows, the designation was something of a personal triumph. “I grew up just a couple of miles from … Sky Meadows,” said Greenleaf, a Paris native, “so [the park] has been a huge part of my life.” Staff at Sky Meadows began work on the park’s dark sky application in 2016. The process involved strict requirements, including the creation of a lighting management plan, measurements of acceptable levels of light pollution and a commitment to educational programs. The management plan required the park to minimize nighttime light. Measures taken included setting lights on timers, shielding lights or ensuring they cast their beams downward toward the ground rather than up toward the sky. “A lot of staff and volunteer resources went into changing [our] lights,” said Bowman. “It’s been quite an undertaking.”
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A Sky Meadows astronomy program in June 2020. Recording sufficiently detailed light pollution measurements, known as “sky quality,” proved to be another lengthy part of the process. Dark sky volunteers, many of whom are members of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club, spent months recording measurements and taking photographs to prove the park’s eligibility for dark sky status. “We have about 55 people who are cleared to go in at night and observe,” said Woody Davis, one of the club’s trustees. “It just takes time to get all the measurements together.” Now that Sky Meadows has this designation, part of the program commitment is “making the dark sky available to the public,” said Davis. “Astronomy for Everyone,” a monthly public observation night, has been a feature of the park since the late 1980s. Though currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the popular program will likely return this May, said Davis, who has coordinated the program since the 1990s. Geoff Chester, an amateur astronomer, has been observing at Sky Meadows since the mid1980s. “It is still a great observing sight,” he said, “but the lights of the D.C. megalopolis and the rapid development of western Loudoun are having an effect. That said, it is still probably the darkest site east of the Blue Ridge that’s easily accessible from D.C.”
Local vineyards on the alert LANTERNFLY, from page 10 “Over the past year, everyone in the vineyard industry has become more focused on spotted lanternfly,” said Skip Causey, president of the Virginia Vineyards Association, who has consulted Pfeiffer on the issue. “If it hits like it did in Pennsylvania, it’s going to have a huge impact on the wine industry across Virginia.” The Virginia Cooperative Extension, an outreach program run through Virginia Tech, has been active in addressing spotted lanternfly in the state. In addition to removing egg masses and setting traps, extension agents engage in public outreach and help growers to develop pest management practices. “It’s going to take the whole community
doing its part to slow the spread of this insect,” said Mark Sutphin, an extension agent based in Winchester. But for growers like Pearmund, who must weigh the lanternfly’s threat against possible side effects of pest management practices, it’s more of a waiting game at this stage. “Currently, all we can do is stay informed,” said Pearmund. “Being in communication with the experts who are researching [this pest] and listening to the science is our best resource.” Pearmund, whose favorite pen is emblazoned with ‘Stomp Spotted Lanternfly,’ likened the insect’s unpredictable threat to a hurricane. “It might miss us; it might dissipate; or it might turn our way and run us down.”
Many counties, including Fauquier, employ outdoor lighting ordinances to mitigate the effects of light pollution. But according to Greenleaf, they have not been effective in Virginia and require updating. “[These ordinances] tend to be very permissive; they have vague language … and there is a burden on enforcement that most localities cannot meet.” Fauquier County’s lighting ordinance – in place since December 2004 -- contains provisions that limit nighttime lighting usage and glare levels in residential areas. It also requires outdoor lighting fixtures to be fully shielded. But lighting associated with roadways, security and a variety of other special conditions—including any lights installed prior to this ordinance—is exempt from this requirement. The Fauquier County Department of Community Development did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Davis, similarly concerned about light pollution, has suggested appealing directly to neighbors and developers about adopting smarter lighting choices. “There is no upside for anyone sending light up into space,” Davis said. “And I think people are beginning to appreciate how much there is to see in the sky … all the [constellations] you’re never going to see with a lot of background light.”
Voting underway for Democratic primaries VOTING, from page 3 Eligible citizens may register to vote, check their registration status, find their polling place, apply for an absentee ballot and check the status of their absentee ballot at vote.elections.virginia.gov. Specific questions from Fauquier County residents should be addressed to the Fauquier County Office of the General Registrar, located at 528 Waterloo Road, Suite 200, Warrenton. The office is open from Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and may be reached by phone at 540-422-8290. If not already registered to vote, an individual must register by Monday, May 17 at 5 p.m. to be eligible to cast a ballot in the primary; additionally, no changes to a voter’s reg-
istration – for instance, their address – may be made after this deadline. Only U.S. citizens who will be 18 years old or older on Nov. 2 (the day of the general election) are eligible to vote this year. Residents may check their registration status at vote.elections.virginia.gov or by calling the registrar’s office at 540-422-8290. The Republican Party will choose its nominees for statewide office at a May 8 “unassembled convention.” The registration period for Fauquier County residents to participate in the convention has closed. According to Fauquier GOP Chairman Greg Schumacher, 877 delegates from Fauquier County have been certified to participate. More than 53,000 delegates qualified statewide.
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Two charged in April 22 fatal shooting of ‘Trip’ Bopp SHOOTING, from page 1 Over the weekend, Fauquier detectives identified Martin Anuar Martinez, 30, of Manassas, as an additional suspect in the murder. A joint effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Texas state police and local law enforcement led to his arrest in western Texas on Monday. As of Tuesday, Martinez remained in custody in Pecos, Texas awaiting extradition to Virginia on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, armed daytime burglary and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. The criminal complaint filed with Guerra’s arrest alleges an iPhone that belonged to Martinez was found inside Bopp’s residence. “Text messages between Jury Guerra and Martin Martinez show that they conspired to commit burglary” of the home, the complaint says. Martinez has a long arrest history in Prince William County, including a total of three felony convictions: one in 2008, for robbery, and two
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in 2017, for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He was sentenced to five years on the marijuana charge (three years suspended) and to five years (one year and three months suspended) on the firearm charge; he was incarcerated on those charges beginning in March 2016 and was to serve the sentences concurrently. In addition to the sheriff’s office, Texas police agencies and the
FBI, the investigation and manhunts following the murder involved the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshal’s Office, Prince William County Police Department and the City of Manassas Police Department. Fauquier County Sheriff Robert Mosier said, “This has been a collaborative law enforcement investigation to solve the murder of an innocent victim of a senseless crime. Charles Bopp III was a loving son,
brother and friend to so many in the Remington community.” The son of Sue Bopp and Charles Bopp Jr., who retired last year from the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office after 16 years of service, “Trip” Bopp grew up on the family dairy farm and followed his passion for agriculture into adulthood, his obituary says. “Trip embraced the values of farming and spent as much time outdoors as he could, learning and appreciating the importance of caring for animals, the land and open spaces.” Before graduating from Virginia Tech’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Bopp attended P.B. Smith Elementary School, Highland School and Fauquier High School. He was actively involved in 4-H and other agriculture programs while in grade school, winning the Supreme Champion award at the Virginia State Fair with his prized dairy cow, Mr. Sam. He also played lacrosse and baseball while he attended Highland.
PATH Foundation awards over $1.2M to nonprofits in latest grant cycle The PATH Foundation announced the recipients of its Flexible Funding grant cycle. More than $1.2M in funding was awarded to 38 area organizations to support their missions and strengthen the health and vital-
ity for everyone in the community. The Flexible Funding grant cycle, introduced in January, provided up to $75,000 in unrestricted general operating and program support for 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.
The funding cycle is designed to prioritize organizations and populations that are most in need. “Rather than our traditional annual grant cycles, this year we pivoted to Flexible Funding to provide programmatic and general operations funds to address the continuing need our community faces after enduring more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Christy Connolly, president and CEO of the PATH Foundation. “We believe these grants will empower our grantees to work towards their missions and make this a great place to live, work, play and grow – for everyone.” All grantees have either overall mission statements or ongoing programs that intersect with the PATH Foundation’s priority areas. In addition, all grantees demonstrated their alignment with the mission and values of the PATH Foundation. The full list of Flexible Funding recipients is below. To learn more about the PATH Foundation and its grants and programs, visit www. pathforyou.org.
2021 Flexible Funding Grant Recipients
Dorothy Smith is a lifelong native of Fauquier County, and a resident of Ashville, VA. She was born April 15th 1932. Dorothy would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to put together her recent Surprise Drive By Birthday Celebration, in honor of her 89th birthday, and a very special thank you to all those who drove by to take part in her birthday surprise.
• Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County - $50,000 • Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier $40,000 • Community Touch - $50,000 • Culpeper Baptist Child Development Center, Inc. - $40,000 • Culpeper Baptist Church - $28,000 • Culpeper Community Development Corporation - $50,000 • Experience Old Town Warrenton $32,500 • Family Futures - $20,000 • Fauquier Community Child Care, Inc. - $40,000 • Fauquier Community Food Bank and Thrift Store - $50,000
• Fauquier Education Farm - $20,000 • Fauquier Family Shelter Services, Inc. - $50,000 • Fauquier FISH - $50,000 • Fauquier Habitat for Humanity $20,000 • Foothills Forum - $16,500 • Girls on the Run Piedmont $10,000 • Kid Pan Alley - $15,600 • Little Fork Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company - $50,000 • Lord Fairfax Community College Educational Foundation -$37,500 • Minority and Veteran Farmers of the Piedmont - $37,500 • Morgan’s Message, Inc - $15,000 • New Pathways Tech, Inc. $37,500 • People Helping People - $50,000 • Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center - $33,500 • Piedmont Environmental Council - $25,000 • Piedmont Regional Dental Clinic, Inc. - $30,000 • Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center - $10,000 • Rapp Center for Education $30,000 • Rapp@Home - $20,000 • Rappahannock Benevolent Fund $50,000 • Rappahannock Pantry, Inc. $50,000 • Remington United Methodist Church - $20,000 • Rx Drug Access Partnership $7,500 • Services to Abused Families, Inc. (SAFE) - $15,000 • The Arc of North Central VA $9,600 • The Free Clinic of Culpeper $20,000 • The Salvation Army - $50,000 • Verdun Adventure Bound, Inc. $37,500 • Youth For Tomorrow - $37,500 Total Funding: $1,255,700
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Two men arrested after alleged Upperville burglary After an alleged burglary in Upperville Sunday, two men were arrested and charged with breaking and entering, conspiracy to enter a building at night armed and possession of burglarious tools. One man was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon. Sgt. Steven Lewis of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office said that Lorenzo Valle and Eric Gilkerson, both 20 years old and with no fixed address, were seen walking on John S. Mosby Highway at 12:05 a.m. Sunday, soon after deputies had answered an alarm call at a local business. When deputies arrived at the business, they had located one exterior door forced open and the other door damaged. Lewis said that when deputies encountered Valle and Gilkerson on the highway, they found that there was a .25 caliber handgun in Valle’s backpack. Deputies later learned that Valle did not have a concealed weapons permit, Lewis said.
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Detectives responded to the scene; Lewis said that evidence led deputies to take both Valle and Gilkerson into custody. K-9 teams from the Loudoun and the Fauquier sheriff’s offices were deployed and validated the travel route of Valle and Gilkerson from the allegedly burgled business. K-9 Bane of the FCSO located a pry tool during an article search near the scene, added Lewis. Both Valle and Gilkerson are being held at the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center with no bond.
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Technician Andrew Definbaugh, Fire Chief Billy Boylan and The Plains Volunteer Fire Company President Tony Wells stand beside the fire company’s new pumper-tanker.
The Plains Volunteer Fire Company raises $769,000 for new pumper-tanker By Coy Ferrell
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Since February of last year, volunteers and career firefighters at The Plains Volunteer Fire Company have been able to utilize a brand-new pumper-tanker (a fire truck that both carries and pumps water) when they respond to calls. It’s all thanks to $769,000 in private donations from area residents. The station in The Plains covers about 60 square miles, mostly rural parts of northern Fauquier County where the nearest fire hydrant can be miles away. The 2500-gallon capacity of the new pumper-tanker means firefighters have more capacity for fighting fires in remote areas, said Billy Boylan, the station’s chief. Boylan worked closely with the Wisconsin company, Pierce Manufacturing, over the course of about a year as the truck was being built. There are no “off-the-rack” fire trucks, and Boylan was able make sure the tanker
was built to meet the needs of the local station. In The Plains’ case, more seating capacity was one of the top priorities, for instance. “The new tanker allows us to be more efficient by bringing more water and more firefighters on a single unit,” Boylan said. The old tanker has seating for only two firefighters. “It’s easier to get this out-staffed than with two separate trucks,” he explained. Funds for the purchase were raised from the community over the course of about a year. Major donations came from: Jacklin Mars, Lisa and Zohar Ben Dov, Milton Sender, The Jenco Foundation, Luciana and Robert Duvall, Andrea Curriers and the heirs of Richard Ohrstrom. Their contributions are recognized on a plaque fixed to the side of the tanker. “We are thankful to the donors and entire community for their support. Everyone involved should be proud of what they managed to accomplish together,” said Boylan.
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Which local groups can you support by donating to Give Local Piedmont on May 4? Let's just say... 1776 Little Fork Preservation Foundation Inc.; Aging Together; Arc of North Central VA; Area 27 Special Olympics Virginia; Be the Change Foundation; Belle Meade Montessori School; Benevolence United; Blue Ridge Chorale of Culpeper, Virginia, Inc; Boys & Girls Club of Madison; Boys & Girls Clubs of Fauquier; Brandy Station Foundation; Bull Run Mountains Conservancy; Bwell Today for Tomorrow; Camp Holiday Trails; CARS - Christ-Centered Addiction Restoration Services; Carver 4-County Museum; Castleton Festival; Chapman - Beverley Mill; Chester Gap Volunteer Fire; Citizens for Fauquier County; Clifton Institute; Come As You Are, Inc.; Community Music School of the Piedmont; Community Touch Inc.; Culpeper Baptist Child Development Center, Inc.; Culpeper Community Development Corp. (dba) CHASS; Culpeper Mid-Day Lions Club Foundation Inc; Culpeper Renaissance, Inc.; Culpeper Soccer Club; Culpeper Winter Heat Shelter; Culpeper Young Life; disAbility Resource Center; Dominion Ridge Academy; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Experience Old Town Warrenton; FamilyFutures; Fauquier Community Child Care, Inc. (FCCC); Fauquier Community Food Bank and Thrift Store; Fauquier Community Theatre; Fauquier Cops For Children; Fauquier County 4-H; Fauquier County Youth Orchestra; Fauquier Education Farm; Fauquier Excellence in Education; Fauquier Family Shelter Services; Fauquier FISH - Food Pantry & Weekend Power Pack; Fauquier Free Clinic; Fauquier Habitat for Humanity; Fauquier Heritage & Preservation Foundation; Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail; Fauquier HS Music Falcon Band Org.; Fauquier SPCA, Inc.; Finley's Green Leap Forward Fund; Foothills Forum; For The Cats' Sake; Forgotten Felines of Culpeper; FRC FCA Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Fresta Valley Christian School; Friends of the Culpeper County Library; Friends of the Fauquier Library; Friends of the Rappahannock; Friends of The Rappahannock County Library; Furnish a Home Again; George Washington Carver Agriculture Research Center; George Washington Carver Food Enterprise Center; Girls on the Run Piedmont; Goose Creek Association; Habitat for Humanity of Culpeper County, Inc.; Headwaters Foundation; Hearthstone School; Hero's Bridge; Highland School; Hope's Legacy Equine Rescue, Inc.; Hospice of the Piedmont; Hospice Support; Hospital Hospitality House of Richmond Inc; Kettle Run High School Band Booster Association; Kid Pan Alley; Land Trust of Virginia; Learning Starts Early; Legal Aid Works; Less Cancer Warrenton, Virginia; LFCC Educational Foundation; Literacy Council of Madison County; Little Fork Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company, Inc.; Living Sky Foundation; Madison Community Cats aka MAD Cats; Madison County Education Foundation, Inc.; Madison County Library, Inc.; Madison Emergency Services Association (MESA); Madison Learning Center, Inc.; Mental Health Association of Fauquier; Middleburg Humane Foundation; MomtoMom; Morgan's Message, Inc.; Mountain Vista Governor's School Foundation; Museum of Culpeper History; NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Piedmont; National Sporting Library & Museum; Native Wildlife Rescue, Inc; Nirvana Ridge Ferret Rescue; Nirvana Ridge Wildlife Refuge; Northern Piedmont Community Foundation; Northern Virginia 4-H Educational & Conference Center; Old Dominion Hounds Pony Club; Operation First Response; Pathways, Inc.; Paws For Seniors; People for Pets Foundation; People Helping People of Fauquier County, Inc.; People Incorporated of Virginia; Piedmont Area Soap Box Derby Foundation; Piedmont Child Care Center Inc; Piedmont Community Resources United to Stop Heroin (CRUSH); Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Piedmont Journalism Foundation; Piedmont Regional Dental Clinic Inc; Piedmont Symphony Orchestra; Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center; Rapp at Home; Rapp Center for Education (formerly Rapp U); Rapp Nature Camp; Rappahannock Animal Welfare League (RAWL); Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC); Rappahannock Benevolent Fund, Inc.; Rappahannock County 4-H/VTF; Rappahannock County Farm Tour; Rappahannock County High School Band Boosters; Rappahannock County Lions Club Foundation; Rappahannock County Park Foundation; Rappahannock County Soccer Association Inc; Rappahannock Food Pantry Inc.; Rappahannock Historical Society; Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection; Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services; RappCats; RappFLOW; RideFauquier; Rrappahannock Culpeper Baseball; Rural Madison; Scrabble School Preservation Foundation; Serendipity Equine Inc; Services To Abused Families, Inc. (SAFE); Sex, Drugs & God, Inc.; Skyline Community Action Partnership; Smart Beginnings Rappahannock Area; Sperryville Community Alliance; Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department; Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad; Spiritual Care Support Ministries; SpiritWorks Foundation; St. Michael's Academy; Team Virginia Athletics; The Arts & Culture Center in Culpeper; The Child Care & Learning Center; The Cold War Museum; The Culpeper Band Boosters; The Fauquier Hospital Auxiliary, Inc.; The Free Clinic of Culpeper; The Piedmont Environmental Council; The Salvation Army of the Virginia Piedmont; The Shenandoah National Park Trust; Verdun Adventure Bound; Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association; Virginia Working Landscapes (a program of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute); VolTran (Volunteer Transportation); Wakefield Country Day School; Wakefield School; Warrenton Antiquarian Society; Warrenton Chorale; Warrenton Pregnancy Center; Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company; Washington Area Animal Adoption Group; Washington Volunteer Fire and Rescue; We Plant Trees; Windmore Foundation for the Arts Inc; WPRZ / Praise Communications, Inc.; Young Life Fauquier County
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Better habits can fix the oceans’ plastics crisis What habits can we change to address the crisis in our oceans? The ready availability of single-use plastic seems to be our nemesis..... During Earth Month this April let’s encourage our friends and families to take action against single-use plastics which make up more than 40% of all plastic waste! We’re referring to grocery bags, drink bottles, straws, food wrappers, and plastic packaging around a variety of products. Those are “convenience items.” We don’t generally think much about them. After you read the paragraphs below, we hope you will be convinced that you too can help address the plastics crisis in our oceans by becoming a more intentional consumer. National Geographic reports that scientists believe 8.8 million tons of plastic wind up in the oceans every year. To get some sense of the enormity of the problem, imagine stacking five plastic grocery bags filled with this trash, one on top of the other. They would cover every foot of coastline in the world. That’s a lot of trash! The sea is polluted by plastic that was originally left on the ground. Often that litter blows first into creeks and rivers. Eventually it ends up in the ocean. Because plastic trash doesn’t decompose, it stays in the ocean. Discarded fishing nets and 6-pack rings can entangle birds and marine animals. The graphic photos are disturbing. Additionally, straws and grocery bags are often mistaken as food. National Geographic offers kids “10 tips to reduce your plastic use.” (We think these are appropriate considerations for adults as well.) 1. SAY NO TO STRAWS (Animals can get sick after mistaking straws for food. Instead, carry your own paper straw or reusable version. Also avoid using one-time throw-away plastic utensils.) 2. FILL UP AT THE FOUNTAIN (Drink out of a reusable water bottle instead of a plastic version. Regrettably nearly one million plastic drink bottles are sold every minute around the world.)
3. MAKE A BETTER BAG (Pack sandwiches and snacks in reusable containers or cloth sacks instead of plastic bags.) 4. SNACK ON FRUIT (Choose an apple, banana or orange instead of snacks packed in plastic. Fruit fills you up in a healthy way, plus there’s no extra packaging. Save the core, peels and rinds for your compost bin.) 5. BUILD A GOODIE BAG (Avoid filling party goodie bags with plastic trinkets. Homemade treats or coupons to a local bakery are good alternatives.) 6. GO FOR THE CONE (No need for plastic spoons and cups when eating ice cream.) 7. BUY IN BULK (Shop for snacks, cereal, and pasta in the bulk section of your grocery store or natural food shop to avoid waste from plastic packaging. Then store it all in reusable glass jars.) 8. DITCH MICROBEADS (Don’t use face wash or toothpaste with microbeads. These tiny plastic beads go down the drain, eventually flowing to rivers, lakes, and the ocean. The ingredients polyethylene and polypropylene usually indicate that the item likely contains microbeads. When consumed as food by fish and sea turtles—they can be deadly.) 9. NEVER LITTER (Sometimes you have to use plastic, and that’s OK! But be selective, always recycle plastic when possible, and never leave it in the environment.) 10. PICK UP WHAT YOU CAN (Keep local creeks and streams trash free.) Scientists and engineers are working on a type of plastic that can be used and reused. This will be an important change for the food and beverage industry which is currently a huge source of single-use plastic trash. In the meantime, let’s bring our own cups to fast food and casual dining restaurants that have a self-serve soda bar. We have the potential to make a significant environmental difference by changing some of our habits. Let’s get started.
Public engagement and Warrenton’s comprehensive plan For many months, Warrenton’s citizens shared their comments with town officials as the comprehensive plan took shape. The effort to complete the plan came to an end on April 13 with a 6-1 vote by the Warrenton Town Council to approve the draft plan exactly as submitted by the planning commission. Citizens for Fauquier County would like to thank all the citizens and other community groups who shared their views with the town’s leaders, including those who supported the plan. Speaking out on important issues is the foundation of a healthy democracy. CFFC respects the council’s authority to approve the draft plan as they did. We do think that CFFC’s recommendations to improve the plan, and the many comments from the town’s citizens, most of whom opposed the plan, provided compelling reasons to make some changes. With the exception of one member, the town council believed differently. The town’s comprehensive plan definitely matters. It matters because it is required by state law to be used as a guide to development in Warrenton. It will influence zoning and land use decisions in the town we all care about over the next 20 years and beyond. For these reasons, a special CFFC task force devoted countless hours to evaluating the plan and to communicating our conclusions and concerns clearly to our members and the broader community. We were careful to ground our conclusions in fact, based on governing regulations and information the town and its consultants provided. Our comments ranged from the very technical to how to plan for the new mixed-use districts. Our efforts were motivated by the importance we place on a well-informed public, so everyone could communicate their views to town officials. We believe we succeeded in this responsibility and in articulating our position in favor of balanced growth, sensible economic and fiscal decisions, and the importance of responding to what citizens want for their neighborhoods. CFFC will continue to seek opportunities to work with town officials to implement balanced growth. And we hope that the citizens will continue to make their views known regarding the town’s future development and other important issues.
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Fauquier Free Clinic calls covid vaccine the ‘right next step’ With a small but growing part of the U.S. population vaccinated against infection with the virus that causes Covid-19, the staff at Fauquier Free Clinic expresses hope that despite these past 12 months of hardship, the world is turning a corner. “Healthcare providers and those leading the local community response to Covid-19 are taking the right steps forward to help end this pandemic and improve our community’s safety and well-being,” said Rob Marino, FFC director. Rob [Marino] shared that FFC patients were hit especially hard by Covid-19. The clinic has always advocated for its patients, but FCC’s advocacy took on new meaning and vigor during the pandemic. “Our patients tend to have jobs where working from home is not an option—they have to be there in person,” said Rob [Marino]. “There are so many families that can’t
afford to miss work. So, when they got sick or were forced into quarantine, it was a terrible hardship.” Now with the arrival of three Covid-19 vaccines approved for use in the U.S., health care providers are excited to be able to offer preventive remedies rather than just test for the virus. The rollout of an effective vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel that healthcare professionals, front-line workers and community members have been waiting for. FFC’s medical team immediately compiled a list of around 300 patients considered to be highest-risk for the virus, and reached out to each one to help them register and make an appointment. “Vaccine clinic days felt like birthday parties,” said Rob [Marino]. “Our clinic volunteers wanted to come in early and stay late to help administer the first round of vaccines, and every single patient
has showed up for their appointment.” Registered nurse Linda Bueno has been instrumental in patient outreach and administration of vaccine shots to high-risk populations. Oftentimes, matters of national health disproportionately affect underprivileged segments of communities. FFC has worked to keep patients informed about how to guard their health, provide instruction and guidance for how to register for the vaccine and give them access to resources to make informed decisions. Staff and volunteers make personal calls to answer questions, listen to concerns and help overcome misunderstandings. “It’s being honest about the fact that you might have a sore arm, and you may feel some flu-like symptoms, especially with the second shot, but that’s good!” said Linda [Bueno]. “That’s your body’s immune system
KEVIN RAMUNDO President, Citizens for Fauquier County
ramping up.” When health officials allocate a new round of vaccine doses to the clinic, the team has to work quickly. “We have to rush to get all these moving parts working—scheduling patients and staffing the right people,” said Rob [Marino]. “But it comes together seamlessly. When we get a call, everyone steps up and says, ‘Tell me what time to be there.’ And we pull it together. It’s a planning challenge since things change so fast, but we stay flexible.” While FFC is receiving vaccine doses, supplies are still limited. Fortunately, all versions of the vaccine are safe and have exhibited positive outcomes. This means that the best vaccine is whichever one you can, get first. To register for the Covid-19 vaccine, find out which phase you’re eligible for, or to check your registration status, please visit: https://www. vdh.virginia.gov/covid-19-vaccine/. THE STAFF OF THE FAUQUIER FREE CLINIC
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HIGHLAND BASEBALL, GIRLS LACROSSE RANKED NO. 1
The first VISAA Division II polls released this week has Highland School ranked No. 1 in baseball and girls lacrosse, with boys lacrosse ranked No. 4. The Hawks baseball team is 16-4 with a school-record 14 home runs by nine different players.
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BASEBALL PREVIEW
Cougars are defending champs, Falcons feature pitching, Eagles are young By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer
Baseball is a complex game of repetition and timing. It requires dedication, training and experience, and when playing gets disrupted, the game becomes more difficult. Due to the pandemic that cancelled the 2020 season and delayed this one, local coaches say their teams will be a work in progress. “The hardest thing is the short amount of time. There’s been no scrimmages. We’ve got some people out of whack and their timing is way off,” said Kettle Run coach Ty Thorpe. “We’re restarting the culture of how we play baseball,” said Fauquier coach Matt O’Saban. Practice began April 12, with games beginning this week. There have been no scrimmages, some players have been in quarantine. Others are getting sore arms. Teams are playing up to 12 games with the regular season ending May 28. Fauquier, Liberty, Kettle Run and Culpeper play each other twice, and meet Sherando, Handley, James Wood and Millbrook once. The district tournament begins June 3.
Fauquier senior John Bynaker will lead off, play center field and also pitch. The 12-game, fiveweek baseball season began Tuesday with the district tournament running June 3 and 8. Region play is June 14 and 17.
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Coach Ty Thorpe’s successful Cougar baseball program returns as the defending Northwestern District tournament champion, yet the coach has never had more uncertainty. Thorpe believes he has a pretty good pitching rotation, but he has no clue to the batting order or some infield spots. Junior right-hander Harrison Yergey was expected to pitch Tuesday’s season-opener vs. Handley, with sophomore Zach Gimon, senior Colin Palmer, senior Dan Dispanet and junior Kyle Ellis filling out the other primary pitching slots. “Those are the five guys we’ll lean on the most,” said Thorpe. Yergey loomed as a key player last year, while the left-handed Dispanet was an important relief pitcher in 2019 when the Cougars made the Class 4 state quarterfinals. Palmer is headed to Mary Washington University to pitch and play first base. Yergey, Palmer and Gimon have played travel baseball, which has helped their preparation. Junior catcher Jake Ascari gives the Cougars another player with previous experience.
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Aside from that, Thorpe has myriad concerns. “I don’t have a starting nine, it’s not clear right now,” he said. “It’s gonna be feeling things out in the beginning. The goal is to make regionals and continue from there. It’s gonna have to be a cliche ‘one game-at-a-time’ thing. Anybody can get anybody this year.” Thorpe says some of his players have sore arms, and he has not gone over some key strategic fundamentals due to the brief practice time. “Most of the questions lie with the offense, who pushes runs across. For me it’s more about who can play and who is game-ready. We have to get the rust off in a short amount of time,” said Thorpe.
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Fauquier coach Matt O’Saban has 23 players between his varsity and JV and is treating it like a giant taxi squad, with players available to come and go. “We think we can be pretty good on the mound. Can we score runs? Will we field cleanly for seven innings? Those answers will come when we start playing games,” said O’Saban. John Bynaker will be the starting center fielder and bat leadoff. “He’s our best athlete overall and has the most speed,” said O’Saban. Bynaker is a lefthander who will also pitch. See BASEBALL, page 24
SOFTBALL PREVIEW
Powered by pitching, Falcons, Eagles and Cougars arm-wrestle for district title By Fred Hodge
Special to the Times
Pitching is a cornerstone of fast pitch softball. The 2021 squads at Fauquier, Kettle Run and Liberty all seemingly can rely on more than one arm to carry them through the condensed 12-game season. Totally missing the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic has left numerous lineup questions that will exist for more than a week until the coaches see their units and others on the fields.
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Possibly the highest local preseason expectations lie with the Fauquier. Coach Erika Lamper, her staff and close followers openly espoused their hopes for a state Class 4 title in 2020. They pointed to four strong seniors and a bevy of talented younger players as the basis for the hopes. The seniors, of course, have departed, two playing at Division II schools in Pennsylvania, yet Lamper has high expectations again. “I do,” she admitted. “I thought we would be missing a lot of pieces, but this is a strong group. We are very fortunate. Just when I think ‘Oh man. We lost four starters,’ they keep coming back stronger and stronger.” Lamper believes the Falcons will present a varied and potent attack, adding leadership and communication also have been quite evident since practice began. As for the important pitching element, she has
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Fauquier ace Meghan Harrington was a first team all-district pitcher in 2019 and is now a senior who’ll play at Princeton. senior Meghan Harrington, who returns for her fourth year in the circle. The Princeton University signee earned first-team all-Northwestern District honors as a sophomore. Harrington also will play first base when not pitching. Ten of the 14 players have previous varsity experience. In addition to Harington, returnees include se-
nior Emma Carter, juniors Payton Swart, Helena Lovell, Meredith Wayland, Haley Saulsbury, Izzy Evans and Skye Corum and sophomores Mikayla Gilmore and Katie Harrington. The newcomers are sophomores Erin Irvin and Brooke Owens and freshmen April Belcher and Brooke Belcher Carter and Swart are multi-year infield starters, Wayland returns in centerfield and Lovell moves from the outfield to catcher. Corum gives Fauquier a strong No. 2 hurler when she is not at third base. Saulbury and Katie Harrington also may pitch. “In a quarantine, who knows what can happen?” Lamper said, thankful for the quality depth. As for keys to the lofty hopes, Lamper said it is a matter of assembling the various pieces in a cogent manner. “All these girls have so many strengths, so it’s finding the way to put it all together,” she said. “It’s always a tough battle in the district. We have to remain poised...play for the love of the game,” Lamper added about the approach she hopes will minimize pressure.
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Liberty coach Chris Leatherman has the most varsity experienced hurlers in the county this spring as the foundation. “We are fortunate enough to have three experienced pitchers that will get a lot of time in the circle this season,” Leatherman said. See SOFTBALL, page 20
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Falcon Scott takes 7th, Wine 14th at state girls cross country meet By Fred Hodge
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For Fauquier freshman Cassidy Scott and sophomore Kiki Wine, earning all-state honors on a sunny morning run was a good way to end a complex, pandemic-marred cross country season. Scott took seventh at the Class 4 state meet at Oatlands in 19 minutes, 52 seconds over the 5,000-meter course. Wine captured the 14th slot in 20:29. The top 15 made all-state in the 68-girl field. “The girls did an awesome job,” Fauquier coach Quentin Jones said.” (Assistant) coach Mark Scott gave them a plan, they executed and it worked.” Cassidy Scott felt she had started the April 3 Northwestern District race too slowly where she placed second. Then, she thought she had expended too much early energy at the Region 4C level, but took still fourth. “She was trying to figure out how to run the state meet. She found her spot early and kept it,” Jones said. “She was running comfortably in the top 10 for most of the race.” SOFTBALL, from page 19
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Seniors Taylor Smith will play at Shenandoah University and Roni Nickerson at Greensboro College. The Eagles also have junior Katelynn Lewis in a deep rotation. The Eagles also have two other varsity returnees in senior Keely Crane and junior Kileigh Hash. That is the smallest number of veterans among the county schools, but Leatherman says the number is deceiving. “Thankfully, the majority of these kids play year round and are accustomed to high level softball,” he pointed out. Sophomores Lauren Leatherman, Isabelle Cavins and Abby Walker are varsity newcomers, as are freshmen Lauren Smith, Rileigh Greer, Lauren Dean, Nora Duncan, Brooklyn Mauro and Lyla Hubbard. Most teams are opening their regular seasons this week with unanswered questions due to the shortened preparation time, but Leatherman feels Liberty’s picture is coming into focus despite the influx of newcomers. “As with every season, it will take a couple games to get everything worked out,” Leatherman offered. “But I have a good idea on where we stand. “This is uncharted waters not being able to have scrimmages and normal practice times, but I am happy to be back on the field, and feel confident with the team we have assembled. “My main goal for this season is to keep these kids healthy and complete the season as planned,” he concluded.
KETTLE RUN
Kettle Run softball coach Tori Hill is happy to be on the softball field. After losing the 2020 campaign to the pandemic, and despite having a truncated season this spring, she sees glimmers of hope.
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Kiki Wine and Cassidy Scott earned all-state honors last Saturday. The course features a steep grade late in the course, a make-or-break area for some runners. Jones said Scott was in seventh by that time and finished without a stiff challenge to her position. See CROSS COUNTRY, page 24 “This will be a whirlwind of a season,” Hill admits. “But considering the unique circumstances of this season, I am happy with where our team is right now. “We have a lot of girls that are either brand new to the program or returning after last year’s very short season,” Hill said, expecting the team will experiment early in the season to determine the best lineup. Hill added the past two weeks have answered some of the questions, and there is one sizable advantage over past seasons. “One perk of having the season start later is we’ve had warmer weather and more time outside on the field than we’ve had in years past when starting in February,” she said. Kettle Run has 10 varsity returnees in Abby Boldt, Ashley Hume, Kylie Wilkerson, Emory Shorts, Lauren Chisarik, Kaley Frazier, Celine Jenkins, Delaney Lail, Ashley Mitchem, Jillian Brunton and Jules Thomas. Other varsity players include Jillian Brunton and Jillian Brunton. Boldt was a first-team all-Northwestern District outfielder in 2019, and Hume and Wilkerson provide a solid pitching punch. “We have some promising young talent that I’m excited about this season,” Hill stressed. “We will have to learn our strengths and weaknesses on the fly and make adjustments quickly.” With only 12 players, the Cougars will use an unusual arrangement this spring, Hill said. Several members of the 12-girl junior varsity squad may act as floaters in case of injury or COVID-19 issues. “We’re grateful to have a season and want to make this most of it,” she said. “Just focusing on working hard, having fun, and winning one game at a time.”
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Experienced Falcons might have edge in 5-week season flaws, the coach certainly provided an unusual response. “I know it’s a weird thing to say,” Smith began. “But needing someone to step up and be more selfish when the team needs it. “We have a very selfless team which is fantastic. But sometimes we just want someone to take [the burden] upon themselves.”I know it’s a weird thing to say but needing someone to step up and be more selfish when the team needs it. We have a very selfless team which is fantastic! But sometimes we just want someone to take it upon themselves.”
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Varsity experience is not a prerequisite for a successful team, yet the presence of veteran players certainly makes a coach’s life easier. Fauquier appears to have more veteran players than Liberty and Kettle Run this spring. A condensed 10-game schedule won’t allow much time for teams to kick into gear and get a top seed for the district tournament on June 3 and 8.
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The Fauquier girls soccer squad is composed of varsity returnees, but the overall team still is young. The Falcons have 13 girls back in the fold out of the 19 earning slots to leave Falcon co-coaches Josh Smith and Sophia Rosales in a more enviable position than their two county rivals, at least for the outset. “We think that if we do make changes, they’ll be very minimal,” Smith predicted. “We have a very strong team this year, and we don’t want to change things too much if we don’t need to.” The list of veterans include Emma Anderson, Katey Bern, Danica Carter, Emma Chesley, Kate Finkbeiner, Lily Finkbeiner, Annamae Lawrence, Jenna Mooney, Makayla Pain, Mya Thomas-Ordenez, Alexia Uribe, Hanna Vereen and Sarah Wright. Incoming players are Carly McMurphy, Elisa Duca, Marissa Ca-
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Girls soccer season began Tuesday with Liberty hosting Fauquier, and Kettle Run dueling Handley. marca, Kayla Wiarda, Vania Rosales and Riley Lynch. Smith said the coaches are impressed with the positive aura surrounding this group. He said a preseason meeting found the Falcons want to win at least 70 percent of their games and placed a district title at the bullseye. “You can really feel something special going to happen this year,” Smith projected. He said the balance is solid, but asked, he admitted passing and speed stood the most. As far as a question on possible
At Liberty, Marc Costanzo said seven of his 14 players make the list as previous varsity team members. While number seems a reasonable base, the coach admits several of those players’ varsity experience contains just one varsity scrimmage last spring before the season was canceled. Leslie Quiroz, Gabby Martinez, Leslie Chavez, Lana Kraiwan, Shelia Goux, Kelly Lloyd and Jazmyn Reynolds form that septet, while Katie Kotulla, Carolyn Maines, Michelle Borja, Caitlin Chaney, Cheyenne Haley, Lilly Coayton and Ellie McGee are this season’s newcomers. “Without having any scrimmages, we will use the first few games to find the best fit,” Costanzo said, hopeful the Eagles will “be clicking” by the
time the regular-season hits its midpoint. “I am sure we will be moving the girls around a lot, trying to find out the best fit for them and the team. “Right now we are just trying to evaluate what we have.” Liberty must replace its entire defensive line and the goalkeeper. The coach expects the Northwestern District to be competitive again. “Missing last season makes it tough knowing, but I suspect the Winchester teams as they are always strong. Fauquier was young two years ago so they should be solid this year, and Kettle Run is Kettle Run,” Costanzo said.
KETTLE RUN
William Brummett is back at Kettle Run. He was a member of the coaching staff for years and returns to take over the team from Matt Zuras. Brummett said he has six seniors on hand, but only Cassidy May and Maddy Powers have actual varsity game time. Caroline Robertson, Charlotte Henkel, Maddie Edwards, Alyssa Scardina, Anabelle Sullivan, Grace Beattie, Emma Smith, Kaylin Warren, Brooklyn Hudak, Alaska Evans, Katie Kuzma, Samantha Malloy, Kellie Wright, Rachel Kersey, Ella Slevin, Kayla Thorpe and Madison Canterbury are the other Cougars. “At this time, I feel we are a good See SOCCER, page 24
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the nation returns June 7 to 13, with spectators possible, say organizers. The $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby is Saturday at 4 p.m., with the featured $213,300 FEI 4* Upperville Jumper Classic Sunday afternoon. The charitable organization raises funds for the Churches of Upperville Outreach Program and other area charities. For complete schedules and up-to-the-minute spectator details, go to upperville.com.
HORSE BRIEFS STEEPLECHASE THIS WEEK The Middleburg Spring Races are this Saturday, May 1, at Glenwood Park. Hillside box spaces are being sold for limited spectator attendance. Find ticket information at middleburgspringraces.com. Complete entry details and livestream information are at nationalsteeplechase.com. RESCHEDULED TRAIL RIDE, AND MORE The Old Dominion Hounds spring trail ride series starts Sunday, May 2. The two-hour guided ride is at 9 a.m. at Houyhnhnm near Hume. A potluck field tailgate is planned afterward. Find details on the ODH Facebook page. ODH also hosts a Whiskey and Beer Tasting ride May 15. The ride crosses Hungry Run, Big Woods and High Meadow properties, and includes sips from a dozen local distilleries and breweries. There is a special price for the ride only with no tastings. Details are on the ODH Facebook page or at theolddominionhounds.com. TWILIGHT POLO ADDS SECOND ARENA Twilight Polo at Great Meadow begins Saturday evenings in May,
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The only Virginia-connected entry in Saturday’s 124th running of the Maryland Hunt Cup, Mike Smith’s Le Chevalier (McLane Hendriks up) was powerful over the 13th fence – largest on the 4-mile course, but Hendriks got popped out of the tack a few jumps later when making a move on the leader. It left Vintage Vinnie (Dan Nevin) all alone at the wire. Vintage Vinnie won in record time: 8:22 3/5. with arena play also being offered at Twilight’s new arena in Middleburg. Four national U.S. Polo Association tournaments are planned, and tailgate spaces are on sale for both venues. Find more at twilightpolo.com. BULL RUN HUNT DRESSAGE SHOW, HISTORY RIDE The Bull Run Hunt hosts a
schooling dressage show Saturday, May 15, with a guided, interpretive Civil War history ride scheduled May 23. Information on both is at bullrunhuntclub.com. UPPERVILLE UPCOMING The Upperville Colt and Horse Show celebrates 168 years of history this year. The oldest horse show in
GREAT MEADOW INTERNATIONAL RETURNS THIS SUMMER The Great Meadow International three-day event comes back to The Plains this summer, Aug. 19 to 22. Divisions are still being decided, but officials hope to open to socially distanced spectators like they were able to last summer. Get on the list for tickets and find out more at greatmeadowinternational.com. SANDSTONE SHOW SCHEDULE RELEASED Sandstone Farm in Millwood will host jumpers and combined test series through the year. Combined test dates are May 29, July 17, Aug. 7 and Sept. 11. Jumper shows are May 30, June 20, July 18, Aug. 8, Sept. 12 and Oct. 17. Details and entries are at sandstonefarm.com.
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CROSS COUNTRY, from page 20 Wine was fourth in the district race and sixth at the regionals. At states, the sophomore picked off runners as she progressed, handled the hills and was closing in on 13th place when her race ended. Wine received a boost earlier in the week due to a change in Governor Ralph Northham’s Executive Order 72, which allowed all 68 runners to depart as one group. Initially the race was to be run with a group of 50, then 18 others, Wine included, running six minutes later. BASEBALL, from page 19 Sophomore Braedy Peck is emerging as a potential top pitcher. “He’s long and lean and throws it easy,” said O’Saban, who said Peck will bat second and play first or second base when not pitching. O’Saban said his pitchers are talented but unproven, so it’s hard to tell how the rotation will work out. “We have three or four that are pretty close, but they’re all young, all big, long and lanky.” Owen Winebarger is another sophomore lefthander expected to blossom. “He’s got really good command and is starting to develop velocity,” O’Saban said. Junior Blaine Smith will anchor the lineup as a right-handed pitcher, corner infielder and No. 4 hitter. The 6-foot-4 Smith was scheduled
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“That was fair for Kiki and all the other girls,” Jones said. “Everyone should start at the same and have the same opportunity.” In the team competition, Loudoun Valley won its third consecutive state crown as expected. The Vikings won with 33 points to 59 for Blacksburg and 89 by Tuscarora, Jefferson Forest (108), Jamestown (121), Grafton (165), Hanover (175) and King George (218) completed the field. Valley’s Ava Gordon was the gold medalist in 18:49 ahead of Hanover’s Alli Crytser (18:55) and Jamestown’s Caroline Bauer (19:12).
No county boys qualified for the state meet, which saw Jefferson Forest upset five-time defending boys champion Loudoun Valley. Jefferson Forest eked out the win, 61-62, over Grafton, with Loudoun Valley in hot pursuit at 65. The other five schools were Patrick Henry (Ashland) (86), Blacksburg (114), Mechanicsville (131), James Wood (162) and Jamestown (210). Valley did capture the individual gold medal, as Matthew Smith (16:22) bested Grafton’s duo of Ben Madrigal (16:27) and Alex Murphy (16:28).
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to start Tuesday’s season-opener against Liberty. “He has not been pitching that long,” said O’Saban. “We put a baseball in his hand his freshman year and he’s come a long way very quickly.” Ethan Brown is another sophomore that could emerge as a stopper. Brown is 6-foot-3 with a good fastball. “Of all our starters any of Peck, Smith, Winebarger or Brown could be a No. 1 or 2,” said O’Saban. “Ethan is naturally strong, the ball jumps out of his hand.” Fauquier is breaking in sophomore Damen Tapscott at shortstop. “We think it’ll be his job the next three years,” said O’Saban. Senior Nick Rogers will be the catcher. Rogers approached O’Saban about taking a position that needed filling. “He works his butt off. He saw a void that could hurt the team
and he jumped in,” said O’Saban. Garrett Hoffman-Cockerille will play some outfield and third base.
when Leach is pitching. Laws got some varsity experience as a freshman. Junior Johnathan Embry will catch, play outfield and pitch. “He’s a good hitter. He’s a football player who got some carries in the Bird Bowl and will hit in the middle of the lineup,” said Determan. Junior Hunter Edwards will play center field. Braden Conner is a left-handed pitcher and reliable outfielder. Laws and Leach will handle a lot of innings, with freshman Braden Perry, sophomore Cody Myers, sophomore Nathan Mecke, and perhaps Embry and Edwards also in the mix. Liberty is carrying two seniors, five juniors, three sophomores and four freshmen. “This year I sort of have to rebuild, but everybody is going through the same stuff,” said Determan.
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The canceled 2020 season was particularly tough on the Eagles. After going 7-14 in 2019, Liberty had a strong senior class that never got a chance to have the best season in recent memory. “I felt like last year we could compete for the district championship,” said coach Tom Determan. The 2021 Eagles have a solid nucleus, plus a lot of unknowns. Four-year varsity starter Sammy Leach will pitch and play shortstop. “I only have one returning senior, but Sammy’s a good one to have. He’s a great leader and hard worker,” said Determan. Junior Jacob Laws is projected as the No. 1 pitcher and will play shortstop
team and just need to work out some kinks due to missing the season last year,” Brummett said, but shuffling might be in order “to hone in and find the best position for some players.” When asked for team strengths, Brumett responded, “I feel we always have a strong team overall.” With regular-season at the doorstep, Brummett has simple goals. “My goal for the team is to be as competitive as we can be,” he said. “And learn from mistakes in each game to make us better throughout the season.”
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Norma Dean Drive, Warrenton. $679,438 Margaret E. Beverly to Joshua Elphee, Unit 3 at 161 Topaz Court, Warrenton. $375,000 Scott District Rustle LLC to Charles A. Ledsinger Jr., 50 acres and R/W to Rt. 715. $1,400,000 Jonathan O’Berg to Zachary David Parker, 0.5750 acre at 7201 Sunrise Court nr. Warrenton. $520,000 Jonathan M. Crosby to Joshua Paul Hanson, 1.1593 acres at 6739 Heritage Place nr. Warrenton. $765,000 FS Development LLC to NVR Inc., 0.9397 acre on Riley Road & Thoroughbred Road, New Baltimore/ Warrenton. $310,000 Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation to Kevin Mandia, 61 acres at 2547 Halfway Road, The Plains. $5,500,000 Colby Lassley to Joseph Chadrick Waddell, 9185 Harbor Court nr. Warrenton. $650,000 Michael R. Zupan Tr. to Wade Kerry Pendley, 5241 Stallion Road nr. Broad Run. $850,000 Steven M. Meador to Heather Louise Woodson, 4548 Mackenzie Court nr. Warrenton. $630,000 Cynthia Shifflett Bianco to Andrew C. Boykin, 3966 Lake Ashby Court nr. Warrenton. $610,000 Richard G. Szczepaniak Tr. to David A. Lindsey Jr. 1.5488 acres at 5403 Nuthatch Court nr. Warrenton. $620,000 Thomas Woodcheke to Stephen L. Pettler Jr., 20.1880 acres at 6122 Rock Hill Mill Road, The Plains. $1,700,000 Scott F. Abeel to Bruce Blake, 94.1800 acres at 6375 Forster Lane, The Plains. $3,360,000 Jeffrey D. Jenkins to Mark Douglas Randolph, 1.0178 acres at 6798 Spruce Hill Court nr. Warrenton. $749,000 Christopher Miller to 1224 LLC, 12.0591 acres on
Lees Ridge Road, Warrenton. $275,000 Vincent Gallo to Stephen Catlin, 6127 Mint Springs Drive nr. Warrenton. $674,000 Kyle B. Wright to Kingston Ranch Development LLC, 0.9193 acre at 4125 Halfway Road, The Plains. $152,500 Marshall Clayton Campbell to Devin Yankey, 6.6408 acres on Georgetown Road nr. New Baltimore/Broad Run. $70,000 Paul F. Mercer Jr. to Damon Clay Samuelson, 1 acre at 7310 Old Winchester Road nr. The Plains. $580,000 Mark R. Smith to Vincent Erich Gallo, 1.5609 acres at 5860 University Court nr. Warrenton. $820,000 Atkins Construction Group LLC to Robert J. Faulk Tr., 6207 Mint Springs Drive, Warrenton. $697,803 Marshall District John Warzinski to Diane Helm Malone, 10.02 acres at 8007 Belmont Court, Marshall. $560,000 Jefferson Holdings LLC to Moira T. Mulcahy, 0.4284 acre at 8555 Anderson Avenue, Marshall. $335,000 Brian G. Page to John R. Rhoads, 86.48 acres at 6499 Swain’s Road, Marshall. $1,555,000 Daniel L. Singhas to Mark T. Ramirez, 5.1100 acres on Axton Lane, Linden. $47,500 Brett Matthew Nelson to Emma Atkinson, 10.0019 acres at 9045 Springs Road, Warrenton. $912,500 Brian P. Letard to Michael Merrell, 7.1402 acres at 2734 Crooked Run Road nr. Delaplane. $525,000 Joyce K. Tuholski to Mark Vincent Powell, 7375 Bear Wallow Drive, Warrenton. $553,000 Pamela A. Kalinsky Tr. to Martin Arellano, 1.38 acre at 4204 Whiting Road, east of Marshall. $400,000
OBITUARIES
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OBITUARIES Earl Bedford Ryan, Jr.
Lisa Patricia Robinson Lisa Patricia Robinson, 60, of Warrenton died April 22, 2021 at Fairfax Inova Hospital. She was born November 19, 1960 in Warrenton to the late Edward Henry and Anne Gordon Marshall Robinson. She is survived by a brother Ronnie Robinson; and three sisters Scyvall Carter, Linda Robinson, and Estelle Robinson. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 28,2021 from 6 to 8 pm at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA, 20186. A graveside service will take place Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 1pm at Bright View Cemetery, 8265 Lunsford Road, Warrenton, VA , 20188. Online condolences may be given at www.moserfuneralhome.com
Belinda Sue Borland Cook Belinda Sue Borland Cook, 54, of Warrenton died April 20, 2021 at her home. She was born May 4, 1966 in Rockledge, FL to Tom and Marsha Burford Borland. She was a beloved wife, mother and nana. In addition to her parents she is survived by her husband William James Cook; children Josh Hitt, Katie Hitt, and Kara Cook; brother Brett Borland; sisters Beth Moore and Brenda Miller; and beloved grandchildren Annabelle Hitt, Ashlynn Cook, Adeline Hitt, and Paisley Cook. The family will receive friends Wednesday April 28, 2021 from 5 to 7pm at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA 20186. Services will take place Thursday, April 29,2021 at 10 am. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memory Gardens, 4160 Rixeyville Rd, Jeffersonton, VA 22724. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be given in her name to Moser. Online condolences may be given at www.moserfuneralhome.com
Charles William “Trip” Bopp, III Charles William “Trip” Bopp, III, age 24, died Thursday April 22, 2021. He was born December 22, 1996 in Warrenton, VA, the loving son of E. Sue Smith Bopp and Charles W. Bopp, Jr. of Remington, VA. At an early age, Trip knew he wanted to be a farmer as he shared the passion with his grandfather, uncles and cousins near and far. Living on his family farm, he was up early taking care of his dairy cattle before school and would get on his John Deere tractor as soon as school was out. Trip embraced the values of farming and spent as much time outdoors as he could learning and appreciating the importance of caring for animals, the land and open spaces. Trip was a member of the NOVA 4-H Club where he served as President his last year. He and his prized dairy cow, Mr. Sam, were local, regional and state champions and won Supreme Champion at the Virginia State Fair. Trip was a regular exhibitor at the Fauquier County Fair where he and his cows won Grand Champion multiple times. He was an active member and area representative of the Virginia Junior Holstein Association and member of the Fauquier High School FFA. Trip attended National Holstein Dairy Conferences in Minnesota, California, Wisconsin and Indiana where he was the Virginia representative in public speaking. competitions. He received a scholarship to attend the 2014 National 4-H Dairy Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. While farming was his main focus, Trip played lacrosse and baseball for Highland School and he enjoyed snowboarding. Trip attended PB Smith Elementary, Highland School and graduated from Fauquier High in 2016. He then attended Virginia Tech’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Trip is survived by his parents E. Sue Smith Bopp and Charles W. Bopp, Jr., his sister Tatiana Bopp, brother Jason Lee and many loving Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and friends. A private family Mass will be held at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1PM, Friday April 30, 2021 at “Trip’s Field” on Poplar Tree Farm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the NPCF/Trip Bopp Ag and Land Fund, c/o Northern Piedmont Community Foundation, PO Box 182, Warenton, VA 20188 or www.NPCF.org.
Earl Bedford Ryan, Jr. of Orlean, VA passed peacefully on April 23, 2021 in his home.He was born on October 11, 1951, one of eight children of Earl Bedford Ryan and Mary Elizabeth Wright Ryan. He resided in Orlean on Henchman’s Lea Farm for 69 years. Junior enjoyed walking, fishing, traveling, playing cards an checkers, afternoon rides in his truck with Conway in the background. Outings to town always included a swing by McDonalds for a chocolate shake, cheeseburger and fries. He looked forward to his daily phone calls from family and friends. Parties on Friday night involved a cheese pizza. When they were serving breakfast on Sunday or dinner, you could find him at Orlean Fire Department. He is survived by six siblings, Leroy Ryan, Joyce Spiker, Roger Ryan, Bernie Ryan, Albert Ryan, and Agnes Bragg; twelve nieces and nephews, and multiple great-nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Barbara Lucille Putnam. The family received friends on Tuesday, April 27 from 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton where services were held on Wednesday, April 28 at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow at the Orlean Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Orlean Vol. Fire Department, PO Box 15 Orlean, VA 20128. Pallbearers will be Darryl Jenkins, Dylan Jenkins, Wilson Tate, Ryan Tate, Austin Tate and Roger (Bucky) Ryan. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.
Lawrence D. Brent Lawrence D. Brent (LD), passed away peacefully at White Springs Senior Living, Warrenton, VA on April 21, 2021 at the age of 90. LD was born December 28, 1930 in The Plains and graduated from Warrenton High School in 1949. He attended Ford Mechanics Training in Maryland and owned and operated Frazier & Brent Esso in Marshall with Bergie Frazier. LD was active in several Masonic lodges including Blue Ridge Lodge #303 (Marshall, VA), Marion-Dunn Lodge #19 (Ocala, FL) and Cochran Lodge #271 (The Plains, VA) serving as District Deputy, Grand Master in 1972. He began his volunteer work as an early member of the Marshall Volunteer Fire Department and continued with Habitat for Humanity in Warrenton. He was especially proud of his work with The Golden Hammers, a senior volunteer group with Habitat for Humanity in Ocala. Over the years he was an active member of St. Stephens Episcopal Church (Catlett) and later the Anglican Christ Church (Warrenton). Many in the community will remember LD as the Warrenton State Farm Insurance Agent for 30+ years and as a local farmer operating a small cattle farm. LD was predeceased by his parents, Lawrence Brent and Martha Carter Brent. He is survived by his 3 children, Laura Westerman (Mike) of Marshall, Holly Hite of Manassas, and John Brent of New Salem, PA; 4 grandchildren, Chip Miller (Becky) of Warrenton, Erin Roper (Philip) of Marshall, Cheyney and Charles Hite of Manassas and 5 greatgrandchildren, Michael, Haley, Connor, Brent and Steven. LD was also a mentor to many young people especially Brandon Barry. LD was a local character, famous for his “sayings”. He enjoyed helping Chip make hay well into his 80s and enjoying a cocktail each evening before bed. He will be missed by his family, his community and especially his loyal dog, Oakley. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Habitat for Humanity or the Fauquier County SPCA. A memorial service was held at Moser Funeral Home on Monday April 26, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Online condolences may be expressed to Lawrence’s family at www. moserfuneralhome.com
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OBITUARIES Betty Jane Hackley Baldwin Hitt Betty Jane Hackley Baldwin Hitt, 84, of Amissville passed away on April 25th, 2021 at Fairfax Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born to the late Charlie Lewis Hackley and Mattie C. Dodson. She was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd Davis Baldwin (Pete), and her second husband Richard T. Hitt, Sr., and granddaughter Julia C. Baldwin. She is survived by her daughter, Lucinda (Cindy) Kelly and her husband Mike; her son Charles D. Baldwin and wife Melissa; stepson Gregory A. Hitt; 6 grandchildren; Chuck Baldwin, Pete Baldwin, Bethany Walker, Stephany Baldwin, Megan Kelly Hawkins, Brian Kelly, an 9 precious, great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Nora Ney and her husband Walter, and brother, Charles H. Hackley and wife Barbara, and several nieces and nephews. Betty Jane lived a full life a wonderful loving mother and grandmother. She worked many years as a hairdresser, still doing hair in her 80s. She also enjoyed her business of antiques and jewelry sales. She was a member of the Amissville Baptist Church. She was a very loving and generous person and was always cooking for the sick and grieving in the community. She was a friend to everyone she met. Most of all she loved her family and many friends and always welcomed everyone with open arms and a warm smile. She will be dearly missed and forever in our hearts. Family and friends are invited to attend visitation Saturday, May 1st from 1 p.m. until funeral service begins at 2 p.m. at SonShine Bible Church in Amissville, followed by interment at Amissville Baptist Church Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to return to SonShine Bible Church for fellowship. —Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.
Larry Tristan Walker, Sr. 1937-2021 Larry passed away April 25, 2021 in his home in Ogden, Utah with his family by his side. Born in Statesboro, Georgia, Larry was an Army career officer whose 23 years of service included two tours in Vietnam. His many awards included the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. While posted to Ft. Leavenworth, he attended and taught at the Army Command and General Staff College, and then headed up CECOM SDSC. He retired from the Signals Warfare Lab at Vint Hill Farms Station, Virginia. Larry was always interested in radios and communications and became the youngest ham radio operator in Georgia (call sign K4LLQ). He was a member and past president of the Fauquier Amateur Radio Association and a 58-year member of the Military Auxiliary Radio Systems (MARS). He was also a General Aviation Pilot and past president of Flying Club 1 (7VGO). Larry is survived by his wife of 38 years Karen, brother Perry, son Larry, daughter Pam (Lee), and stepchildren Richa (Hans), Roland (Jeanette) and Jimmie (Jennifer). Interment will be at the Leavenworth National Cemetery at a later date. The family wishes to thank Ashby Hospice Care and suggests that memorial donations be made to your local hospice organization.
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Mary Lee Olinger Mary Lee Olinger, 88 of Warrenton, VA passed away on April 19, 2021 at Hidden Springs in Bentonville, VA. She was born on Nov. 17, 1932 in Warrenton, VA a daughter of the late Elder Clarence R. Frazier and Verlie Elizabeth Frazier. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, L. Evan Olinger and her siblings, Virgie Kirby, Ordie Frazier and Robert Frazier. Mary Lee graduated from Marshall High School in 1951 and worked as a clerk for the former Gardener’s Drug Store on Main Street, Warrenton until her marriage. She was a devoted longtime member of Barrows Run Primitive Baptist Church where she was the longtime Clerk. She is survived by many nieces and nephews including her niece, Mary Helen Ashby with whom she was more like a sister. The family extends special thanks to her caregivers at her home, at Hidden Springs and of Blue Ridge Hospice. A visitation will be held on Sunday, April 25 from 3-5 PM at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton where funeral services will be held on Monday, April 26 at 10:30 AM. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Jeffersonton. Memorial contributions may be made to Barrows Run Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Jane Kidwell, 17108 Shady Court, Culpeper, VA 22701 or to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork St., Winchester, VA 22601. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.
Denise Lynn Settle Denise Lynn Settle age 65 of Amissville, VA passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Sunday, April 25, 2021. She was born in Georgia. Denise is a native of Rappahannock County, VA. Denise Settle has left us for a better place. She leaves behind a loving husband, Bill Settle. A son, Robby Settle, daughter-in-law Devon Settle and granddaughter Morgan Settle of Amissville, VA. She also leaves behind her mother, Frances Carter of Amissville, VA. A sister Fay Smoot (Mike Smoot) and brother J.B. Carter (Sandi Carter) of Amissville, VA. She is preceded in death by her father, James Bobby Carter. Denise always carried herself with a smile and a willingness to help everyone. Denise always put her family first. Her joyful laugh will always be remembered. She was a member of the Amissville United Methodist Church. She was an auxiliary member of the Amissville Voluntary Fire Department. The family will accept visitors on April 29, 2021 at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton, VA from 7pm-9pm. Her funeral service will be held at the Amissville United Methodist Church, Amissville, VA on April 30,2021 at 1pm. A reception will be at following the grave side service at the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department. Arrangements by Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186, 540-347-3431, online condolences can be made at moserfuneralhome.com
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Bonnie June Hinze Curtis Bonnie June Hinze Curtis, 77, of Rixeyville died April 21, 2021 at her home. She was born May 12 ,1943 in Missouri to the late Norman Hinze and Sylvia Oliver Hinze. She is survived by her husband Jerry Curtis; children Karen Grady and Neil Curtis; sister Bettie Dowdy; and grandchildren Sara Grady and Nate Curtis. A memorial service will take place on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 12 PM at Amissville Baptist Church, 776 Viewtown Road, Amissville, VA. Online condolences may be given at www. moserfuneralhome.com.
Lara Lee Simpson Lara Lee Simpson, 53, of West Newton PA died, Sunday April 18, 2021. She was born in Carroll Township on June 12, 1967 Lara is survived by her three sons, Aubrey John Simpson, Braedon William Simpson, Carter James Simpson and her parents James and Nevelle Vasco of Belle Vernon PA. Lara graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Penn State University and a Master’s Degree from California, PA. Lara was presently teaching at The Village Early Childhood Education Center in California, PA. Prior to that Lara taught in Fauquier County Elementary Schools for six years. A memorial service will be planned at a later date. Lara will be missed by many.
Fannie Lue Wanser Fannie Lue Wanser, 91, of Delaplane, VA, passed April 20, 2021. She was born on September 16, 1929. Fannie was a retired educator with the Fauquier County Public Schools where she taught for 39 years. She was also a member of Beulah Baptist Church, Markham, VA. Fannie is survived by her husband, Rev. Gillison Wanser of Delaplane, VA; two daughters: Carolyn Woodson of Woodbridge, VA, Cheryl Meekins of Stafford, VA; 3 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 12 PM, at Faith Christian Church, 6472 Duhollow Road, Warrenton, Virginia, 20187. Rev. Douglas Gore officiated and Rev. Duane Fields will delivered the eulogy. Interment was in Mt. Morris Community Cemetery, Hume, VA. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com
Sarah Weston Kent Wilson Kravitz Sarah Weston Kent Wilson Kravitz, known to some as Sally, died peacefully in her home in Harpswell, Maine on Saturday, April 17th, 2021. She was 80 years of age. During her last few weeks, she received wonderfully skilled and compassionate care from Chan’s Hospice in Brunswick, Maine. Sarah was the beloved wife of Dan Kravitz, beloved mother of Jefferson Wilson and Matthew Kravitz, beloved companion of Murphy, a yellow dog, and of many other cats and dogs over the preceding decades. Born in the small coastal town of Bremen to Edward Weston Kent and Doris Grant Kent, she attended Lincoln Academy, graduating as Salutatorian. She then attended Colby College on a Bowdoin scholarship, as Bowdoin, in those days, was not accepting people of her particular gender. She lived a life of exceptional grace and as much dignity as the situation merited. She had a wicked sense of humor that she kept to the end. It occasionally spiraled out of control into truly appalling jokes. In 1986 a distinguished neurosurgeon told her that she had 3 - 6 months to live. She did not so much care about proving him wrong as continuing to enjoy her life, so she did that for another 35 years. She is missed. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to Midcoast Humane or the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, both in Brunswick, Maine.
Russell Harry Rowe, Jr., 83, of Warrenton, VA, passed April 21, 2021. A private graveside service will be held at Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, VA. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com
Places of Worship Grace Episcopal Church • HOLY EUCHARIST: Sundays, 9 a.m. • SUNDAY SCHOOL: Children & Adults 10 a.m. 5096 Grace Church Lane, Casanova (1 mile off Meetze Road) The Rev. James Cirillo, Priest • (540) 788-4419
www.gracechurchcasanova.org DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF When we experience a loss, we want the support of family and friends while we grieve. However, that isn’t always possible. Disenfranchised grief is grief that is not recognized by others. It has everything to do with society’s views and varies within families, friendship circles, and cultures. For grief to be disenfranchised one or more scenarios may be accurate: the relationship before the loss was stigmatized, such as a divorce; suicide; the loss occurs with a pet or co-worker and therefore isn’t regarded as being very important; or the grief goes unacknowledged. It is essential to remember that you are not alone, that your suffering is natural and legitimate, and the only person you need to validate is you. Grief typically progresses through several stages, so if you can’t openly mourn, it’s hard to proceed through these stages in a productive way. It is the goal of MOSER FUNERAL HOME to help people complete the relationship with the one who has died and to provide a climate that encourages each person to give and receive emotional support. To learn more, please call (540) 347-3431 or see us at our 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton facility. Our BRIGHT VIEW CEMETERY is located just outside of Warrenton.
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Anglo Catholic in worship and order Mass Schedule: Sunday 8AM & 10:30 AM Wednesday 10 AM Holy Days 6PM Father Jonathan Ostman, Rector
540-364-2554 Facebook: stjohnsmarshall “At the Stop Light in Marshall”
“She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.” - George Eliot
Lynn Barbour Stevens Lynn Barbour Stevens was born in Warrenton, Va., on January 13, 1950, and deceased on April 20, 2021. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Emma Barbour and John Wesley Stevens, Bertha Millner and Samuel Thomas Stone; father, Lester Barbour Stevens; and older brother, Claude Stevens. She leaves behind her beloved mother, Daisy Stone Stevens; sister, Rene Marie; brothers, Lester Barbour Stevens, Jr., Eric Stevens, Samuel Thomas Stevens, John Wesley Stevens III; aunt, Velma Burch; 10 nieces and nephews and several dear cousins. A memorial service will be held May 3, from 2 to 3 p.m. via livestream at blileys.com. Lynn was an alumna of Hampton University and a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, with a degree in retail and sales management. During her college years, she worked as a fashion director, and also as a runway model for Miller & Rhoads, Thalheimer’s and Sydney’s. Upon graduation, Lynn worked for IBM for several months before pursuing her true passions as an aspiring writer and gifted abstract artist. She was also a founding member of the annual Richmond BLM Art Show. Her numerous artistic passions and talents were eclectic and varied, as those who knew her will attest. We would like to especially thank the staff of The Virginia Home for the compassionate care given to Lynn over the years of her residency. We would also like to thank you all for your kind gestures and expressions of sympathy. In lieu of flowers or food, please consider making a donation in Lynn’s memory to: The Virginia Home - 1101 Hampton St. - Richmond, Va. 23220.
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Office space, Old Town Warrenton. Approx 1000 SF. Social distancing at its best...office has dedicated entrance & bathrm. $ 1 2 5 0 / m o . 540-229-5550 Warrenton. Approx. 180 sq. ft. office space on 2nd floor, 1 block from Main St. Incl. offstreet parking, security system, utilities. $ 375/ mo. 540-347-7488 Warrenton. Office suite, approx. 1050 sq. ft., 1 block from Main St. Includes 2 offices w/ waiting area, private ent & BA, off-street parking, security system, utilities. $ 1500/ mo. 540-347-7488
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SCAG SW36A-16KAI, 36“ 16hp Belt drive. Very low hours, limited occasional use by homeowner only. Kept undercover, looks & operates like new. Includes cover, spare blades and mulching kit. $2,500. Call 540.850.7967 SHOPSMITH MARK 7 POWERPRO WOODWORKING TOOL.7 functions in a single platform (table saw, disc sander, drill press, etc.). Incl. many accessories and detailed instruction manuals. Purchased 4 mos ago but requirements changed. $3500 Cash/ cashiers check. Call 540-903-3326
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For all your heating and cooling needs. Rc´s AC Service and Repair, 540-349-7832 or 540-428-9151 GO WITH THE BEST!!! Brian´s Tree Service. LICENSED, INSURED, FREE ESTIMATES. Tree removal, trimming, deadwooding, stump removal, lot clearing. Senior discounts 540-937-4742 or 540-222-5606 G R AV E L : A L L PROJECTS. Topsoil; fill dirt; mulch. No job too small.540-8254150; 540-219-7200 G R AV E L : A L L PROJECTS. Topsoil; fill dirt; mulch. No job too small.540-8254150; 540-219-7200
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Chevrolet Corvette 1979 2 Door Coupe 113K Restored frame up, original Engine 113k runs Great, but has not been rebuilt, New paint, New interior, glass T-Tops and all underneath. Beautiful car.Garage kept and covered Excellent 17,500 540 752-9144
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605 Automobiles - Domestic 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth. Only 8,110 miles. 5 Speed Manual trans. Sirius radio, Interior like new. One owner car. AS IS consignment sale. Priced at $11,500. No financing provided. VA Dlr. Call Rick for Details. 540-657-1007 mercvolvo.com
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Legal Notices V I R G I N I A: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAUQUIER COUNTY FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, v. CL19-425 PAUL CHARITY, SR., et al., Defendants. AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this suit is to have the parcels of land described herein sold for the payment of delinquent real estate taxes, penalties, and interest. The record owner of the subject parcels is Paul Charity, or if Paul Charity is deceased, then the heirs and descendants of Paul Charity. The parcels are situated in the Marshall Magisterial District and are described in detail below: ALL OF THOSE several parcels of land with the buildings thereto belonging situated in the town of Upperville, Virginia, in the County of Fauquier and bounded and described as follows: No. 1: A certain lot of land with appurtenances in the Town of Upperville, adjoining lots of Dunbar and Calvert heirs and containing 3 A. 2 R. 22P., by metes and bounds, Beginning at A, a stone corner to said Dunbar and Newlon, near a stable and running thence S 18 W 24 perches and 20 links, to an intersection with Calvert’s line, N 70 ½ W 31 poles and 20 links to the middle of the public road; thence N 53 E 30 poles and 4 links to the middle of said road; thence S 71 E 14 poles and 24 links to beginning containing 3 Acres, 2 R. 22 P., 6054-65-5690-000; No. 2; A certain lot with improvements and appurtenances, situated in the Town of Upperville, County of Fauquier and State of Virginia, on the South side of Ashby Gap Turnpike adjoining the premises of Dunbar, Lunsford and Newlon; and which is known for tax purposes as PIN 6054-65-7937-000; No. 3; A certain tract or parcel of land, situated in the Town of Upperville, County of Fauquier, State of Virginia and containing 11.16 poles, and described as follows: Beginning at the N.W. corner of 20 on Patrick St., thence with Patrick St., N 53 E 7.32 poles to a stone corner to No. 18; thence with the line of No. 18 S 22 ½ W 6.26 poles to a stone in the line of No. 20; thence N 68 W 3.68 poles to the beginning; and which is known for tax purposes as PIN 6054-65-6966-000; No. 4; A lot of ground with improvements thereon and situated in the Town of Upperville, County of Fauquier, on the southeast side of Patrick Street, immediately above the lot which belonged to the heirs of Jacob Iden, deceased, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone southeast corner to said Iden, running thence with his back line North 70 ½ West, passing Iden’s western corner, in all, nine poles 10 links to Patrick Street, to a stone, thence with Patrick Street South 50 ¼ West 7 poles, 16 links, then leaving the street and running South 75 ½ East 13 poles 17 links to Hardy’s southwest corner, then with Hardy line North 15 East 5 poles 15 links to the beginning, containing 77 8/10 poles and which is known for tax purposes as PIN 6054-65-6869-000; LESS AND EXCEPT THEREFROM: C. Charity and Mary Charity, husband and wife, recorded in Deed Book 138 at 15, 1931 and recorded in Deed Book 136 at page 289; the Commonwealth of Virginia in Deed Book 312 at page 779 and in Deed Book 314 at page 180. AND BEING the residue of the property conveyed to Paul C. Charity by Deed from Annie K. Dunbarr, et als., dated February 25, 1929 and recorded in Deed Book 133 at page 209 among the aforesaid land records. subject properties and are made party to this suit, including the heirs, devisees, assigns or surviving spouses of Paul Charity and who cannot be personally served because after a reasonably diligent inquiry within the Commonwealth of Virginia, the ascertained. Edna Davis Mary E. Charity Jackson Charles Jackson Linwood Jackson Marie Thomas Johnson Henry James Johnson Edward Thomas Alice Jackson Sykes Ann Jackson Smith Henry Smith Carolyn Smith Woodrow Burton Jackson Burton Helen H. Jackson Brown Quintin Kelly, Sr. Harold Mack Brown Charles Marshall Jackson Lera Jane Hackett Jackson Wade Wayland Phyllis Jackson Lyons Michael Stanard Julius Ellington Lefolia Marion Jackson Ellis James Jackson Leroy Tillery, Jr. Charles Wesley Washington Billie Whitaker Helene Mills Washington Alee Jackson Saunders Richard Paul Charity
Marshall Jackson Jean Frances Jackson Taylor Edmond Dendy Earl Jackson Vera Ross Levi Lyons Delma Van Fox Roscoe F. Tillery Leroy Albert Tillery, Sr. Mabel Lucas Gladys Roberta Hepler Tillery Rose Washington Jackson Washington Armond Ollie Washington Paul Charity, Jr. Mary H. Charity Page Laverne Washington
Charles M. Ford Indiana Thomas Jackson Barbara Ann Johnson Norris Willie Sykes Marshall Phillips Jarrett Lee Burton Quintin Kelly, Jr., a/k/a Yaw N. Boama Jackson Frances Brown Miles Charles Ralph Jackson, Sr. Kelly James Jackson Ollie Jackson Renee Lyons Stanard Wenda Livinia Lyons Bert Piggott Frederick P. Ellis Winfred Milton Tillery Richard Washington Andria Y. Tillery Laurence Oliver Washington Susan V. Henderson Charity Frank Page H. Roland Jackson
Louise Coleman Charity Rush Madison Crawford, Jr. Deborah Crawford Linda Dade Mavis Renee Dade Betty Porter James Charity William Charity C. Harry Charity Vicki E. Charity Moss John Westley Charity Maggie Arabella Turner Charity
Anne Virginia Charity Crawford Nathaniel Johnson Elsie Richardson Bolden Josephine Berry Alphonso King Nickens Charity Dorothy Mae Turner Hatchett Joseph Charity Ruth Thomas Charity Diane T. Charity Marshall Robert M. Moss Mary Ruth Charity Charles E. Johnson
Charity Jordan Llewellyn H. Taylor Edward Carter Jordan George E. Charity, Sr. Marie Jordan Charity Edith Lucille Fox Brown Thomas Benson Brown Lillie Robinson Leslie Leanna Fox Catherine C. Fox Lloyd Howard David Lloyd Herbert Gaskins Helen Louise Fox George W. Turner Raymond Hardin Turner Irene Estelle Brooks Gladys Moore Herman Nathaniel Charity, Sr. Bessie Williams Charity Joseph Hall Fred Eugene Fox Herman Nathaniel Charity, Jr. Ida Irene Burrell Perman Charity Arneeda George Charity Alfred Coleman Norman H. Charity Julius Arnett Rose Belinda Van Dyke Rose Gladys Clark Phillip Rose Marshall Ross Barbara Ann Sollie Strauder Woodton Ross Lucy Bell Ross Johnson Booker Terry Thelma Virginia Bertha Mae Freeman Ross Randolph Ross Maxine Jamison Cheryl Avery John Sherman Ross, Sr. Mary Ellen Thomas Ross Floretta Shorter John Sherman Ross, Jr. Oliver Melchia Ross Clem Edward Ross Turner D. Ross Rosetta Harris Ross Derrol Julian Johns Henry Staley Bernice Murray Ross Homer Ross Tony Phillip Brown Terry Q. Jackson Linda Diane Kelly-Obidi Hubert George Terry Garcia O. Staley, Sr. Marsha Stanard Candace Jackson Michael Tillery Tasha L. Brown Kenneth Terry
Loretta Delores Jones Ross Ruby Lee Ross Hodges Carroll Randolph Jackson Carrie Hansom Ross Pulley C. Harry Charity, Jr. Howard Norris Tyisha Dade Gary Lamar Johnson Yvonne Washington Gowdy Ray Anthony Charity Lillie D. Sneed Rose Janice Daphine Ross Gloria Thompson
Rush Madison Crawford, Sr. Michael R. Crawford Robert Nathaniel Charity Barry Gaylord Crawford John Carter Harry Kenthaw Hatchett Vesta Mae Vesley Idella R. Winston Charity Thomas Marshall, Jr. Mildred Parker Charity Christine N. Charity Johnson Irene Charity Albert G. Burts Denise I. Charity Richard Henry Fox Thomas R. Payne Mary Fox Gaskins William Hardin Turner James Franklin Fox Petra Denise Fox Pryor Amy Sylvia Fox Hall Evelyn Carter Fox Timothy E. Fox Mary Magdelene Charity Corine Charity Perman Leonard Rose, Sr. Arneeda Rose Anna Belle Anderson Ross Ray Luckey Herbert Louis Johnson Edward Thorndike Ross, Sr. Beverly Henson Richard Reginald Ross Peggy Wilson Zulean Golden Turner Ross Catherine Josephine Ross Johns Rosie Marie Ross Staley Clem Erston Ross Herven Hodges Eric Fox Lamar Edmondson Linda M. Charity Williams Robert Ross Dawuad Murray Carmensita Washington Rebekah Jackson Robert L. Kelly Deneata Talloria Jamison Terry Thomas-Whetstone
and any other persons, including the heirs, devisees, or assigns of Paul Charity with their respective consorts, who are generally described as PARTIES UNKNOWN, do appear here on May 18, 2021, which is no fewer than twenty-four days after the entry of this order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this order be published once a week for two successive weeks pursuant to Code of Virginia § 8.01-321 in The Fauquier Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Fauquier County, Virginia. ENTERED this 21st day of April, 2021.
Herman A. Whisenant, Jr., JUDGE DESIGNATE FAUQUIER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
WE ASK FOR THIS: Tracy A. Gallehr FAUQUIER COUNTY ATTORNEY Mary Catherine Anderson, VSB No. 68654 Deputy County Attorney 10 Hotel Street, 2nd Floor Warrenton, VA 20186 mc.anderson@fauquiercounty.gov
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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 a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia, on the following item(s): The Town Manager’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. There are no proposed tax rate increases. Water and Sewer Rates are proposed Tier 1 2 3
Impervious Area (in square feet) 400 – 1,299 1,300 – 4,499 4,500 +
Rate Per Month $5.55 $6.94 $17.37
A copy of the proposed budget, including rates, is available on the Town’s website www.warrentonva.gov and in the Finance Department located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. A synopsis of the proposed budget is provided below:
TOWN OF WARRENTON, VIRGINIA
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 GENERAL FUND
Revenues General Property Taxes
$ 1,386,064
$ 1,414,275
6,817,325
7,452,368
Licenses, Permits & Fees
180,950
180,950
Fines & Forfeitures
185,000
185,000
249,000
200,000
Charges for Services
804,423
695,154
Miscellaneous Revenue
248,565
223,687
State Revenue
3,042,142
3,004,142
2,910,172
2,986,007
$ 15,823,641
$ 16,341,583
$ 1,476,267
$ 1,999,144
Public Safety
4,029,244
3,873,414
Public Works
4,140,498
4,058,354
Parks and Recreation
2,394,688
2,203,492
Community Development
1,357,149
1,238,990
84,527
53,054
Non-departmental
191,515
202,645
Debt Service
967,596
966,480
1,182,157
1,746,010
$ 15,823,641
$ 16,341,583
1,038,206
991,895
Other Local Taxes
Total General Fund Revenues Expenditures General Government
Contributions
Transfer to Capital Total General Fund Expenditures Other Funds Capital Projects Fund General Asset Replacement Fund
9 550,21
1,160,383
Water and Sewer Operating Fund
9 6,136,02
6,305,873
Water and Sewer Capital Fund
1,105,821
2,657,270
Stormwater Management Fund
-
978,599
Town Code text amendment to amend Section 11-19 as it relates to Noise. The proposal is to amend Town Code Section 11-19 Noise. The ject to time limitations and applies Town wide. Town Code text amendment to amend Chapter 8 as it relates to Garbage, Trash and Weeds. The proposal is to amend sections of the Town Code – Chapter 8. The text amendment is to clarify sections relating to refuse collection as to when trash is to be set-out, how to prepare refuse for collection and what items will not be taken for disposal in an attempt to streamline the refuse collection process. The text amendment applies Town wide. People having an interest in the above are invited to participate in the hearing and state their opinion regarding the above issues. Copies of all applications and full versions of the proposed text amendment changes are available for review in the Department of Community Development located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The Town of Warrenton does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Town Hall meeting facilities are fully accessible. Any special accommodations can be made upon request 48 hours prior to the meeting.
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V I R G I N I A: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAUQUIER COUNTY FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, v. CL19-578 DAISY KING, et al., Defendants. AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this suit is to have the parcels of land described herein sold for the payment of delinquent real estate taxes, penalties, and interest. The record owners of the subject parcels are the Heirs of Daisy B. King. The parcels are situated in the Cedar Run Magisterial District of Fauquier County ALL THAT certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Fauquier County, Virginia, near Warrenton and containing two acres, and more particularly described in will of John Fry as follows, “Beginning at Hansborough’s corner County, Virginia land records. Thompson by Deed from Virginia Brewer and Martin Brewer, her husband, ALL THAT certain tract or parcel of land containing, by survey and plat Edith King and Howard King, her husband, said to be the heirs at law of in the subject properties and are made party to this suit, including the heirs, devisees, assigns or surviving spouses of Daisy B. King who cannot be personally served because after a reasonably diligent inquiry within the addresses of those persons cannot be ascertained. Lonnie King King Maude Thelma Phillips Ronnie Phillips Mary Roach and any other persons, including the heirs, devisees, or assigns of Daisy B. King with their respective consorts, who are generally described as PARTIES four days after the entry of this order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this order be published once a week for two successive weeks pursuant to Code of Virginia The Fauquier Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Fauquier County, Virginia. day of . Herman A. Whisenant, Jr. Tracy A. Gallehr Mary Catherine Anderson, VSB No. 68654 Deputy County Attorney mc.anderson@fauquiercounty.gov
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Legal Notices NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2021, in the Warren Green Building at 10 Hotel Street in Warrenton, Virginia, and will hold a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the same location. 1. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO BOUNDARY ADJUST APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES OF LAND FROM TAX MAP PARCEL 6988-81-0145-000 - A public hearing to consider the adoption of a resolution to boundary adjust approximately 12 acres of County-owned land from PIN 6988-81-0145-000 into the adjoining property of Lord Fairfax Community College Educational Foundation, Inc., for purposes of establishing a Trades Lab Building. (Paul S. McCulla, Staff) 2. A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE FY 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET BASED ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY AND FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - A public hearing to consider a resolution to amend the FY 2021 Adopted Budget. This public hearing is for the Federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for Fauquier County. The Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2507, requires a public hearing when amendments to the budget exceed 1% of total expenditures, which for FY 2021 totals $3,490,114, and presented requests for appropriation will exceed this amount. (Lisa M. Henty, Staff) 3. AMENDMENTS TO FAUQUIER COUNTY CODE § 17-55 – A public hearing to consider amendments to Fauquier County Code § 17-55 to allow parcels that are immediately adjacent to the Catlett Service District or Village of Calverton with existing structures that have failed or failing on-site septic systems to connect to the Catlett/Calverton Sewer System. (M.C. Anderson, Staff) 4. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT TEXT-21-014853 – A Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Section 7-503 to require Special Exceptions for certain connections to the County sewer system. (Amy Rogers, Staff) 5. 26TH ADDITION TO THE SOUTHERN FAUQUIER AGRICULTURAL & FORESTAL DISTRICT · John J. & Laura L. Horne (Owners/Applicants), PIN 7848-25-9779-000, located on the west side of Cromwell Road, Cedar Run District, Catlett, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, Staff) (AGFO-20-013646) 6. WITHDRAWALS – THE PLAINS AGRICULTURAL & FORESTAL DISTRICT · John B. Adams, Jr. (Owner/Applicant), PIN 6989-38-2636-000, located at 7049 Bunker Hill Road, Scott District, The Plains, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, Staff) (AGFO-21-014494) · N.F. Adams & Sons, LLC (Owner/Applicant), PIN 6080-90-0339-000, 6989-65-1854-000 and 6989-67-4165-000, located at 4570 Old Tavern Road and 6599 John Marshall Highway, Scott District, The Plains, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, Staff) (AGFO-21-014495) 7. SIGN DESIGN PACKAGE SPAC-21-014369 – OLD SALEM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, LLC (OWNER) / VAN METRE HOMES (APPLICANT) – CARTER’S CROSSING – An application for a Sign Design Appendix of the Code of Development to establish signage for the Carter’s Crossing project. The properties are located south of West Main Street, north of Interstate 66 and between Lunceford Lane and Frost Street, Marshall District. (Various PINs) (Kara Krantz, Staff) Copies of the above files are available for review by contacting the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors’ office Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by calling (540) 422-8020. Interested parties wishing to be heard on any of the above are strongly encouraged to send written correspondence in advance of the meeting to 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, VA 20186, or by e-mail to BOS@ fauquiercounty.gov prior to May 13, 2021. Pursuant to the County’s emergency continuity of government ordinance adopted February 11, 2021, citizens are encouraged to participate virtually in this process and may view the meeting via livestream at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1 and on Fauquier County Government Channel 23. Those desiring to participate in the meeting remotely must register in advance. Instructions are available on the County website at https://www.fauquiercounty. gov/government/board-of-supervisors/electronic-meeting-protocol. In person participants will be required to wear a face covering and maintain strict social distancing measures that may involve waiting in line outside of the building. Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Citizens requiring reasonable accommodation for disabilities or requiring any other assistance related to the meeting should contact Ms. Renée Culbertson, Deputy Municipal Clerk, at (540) 422-8020.
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NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MAY 6, 2021 The Fauquier County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 6, 2021 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia to consider the following items: 1. APPEAL – AZAD-21-014930 – R. CARL FALLER (OWNER/APPLICANT) – FALLER PROPERTY – An appeal of a Zoning Administrator’s determination that a 1.9782-acre parcel is a non-buildable lot, PIN 7808-06-8911-000, located on the north side of Marsh Road along Elk Marsh Road, Cedar Run District, Bealeton, Virginia. (Amy Rogers, Staff) Note: This is a public meeting, not a public hearing. 2. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-21-014912 – FAUQUIER COUNTY FAIR, INC. & BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY (OWNERS)/FAUQUIER COUNTY FAIR, INC. (APPLICANT) – FAUQUIER COUNTY FAIR – An application for a Category 11 Special Permit to allow the continued operation of the fairgrounds, PIN 6993-27-9115-000 and a Portion of 6993-16-9798-000, located at 6209 Old Auburn Road and 5405 Rodgers Drive, Cedar Run District, Warrenton, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, Staff) 3. SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-21-014917 – BRUCE A. JENKINS (OWNER)/ ERVIN JENKINS (APPLICANT) – MIDLAND OUTLAWS – An application for a Category 8 Special Permit to host a temporary event, PIN 7809-41-5259-000 and 7809-41-3330-000, located at 11264 Rogues Road, Cedar Run District, Midland, Virginia. (Lauren Kopishke, Staff) The application materials can be found on the Land Development Online Portal at: https://commdevpay.fauquiercounty.gov/Energov_Prod/SelfService#/home. Approximately one week prior to the public hearing, staff reports for all items will be available online at: http://agenda.fauquiercounty.gov/. To arrange a time to review files in person, please contact the Department of Community Development’s Planning Office at (540) 422-8210, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Due to the threat to public health and safety of the residents of Fauquier County from exposure to COVID-19, and pursuant to the County’s emergency continuity of government ordinance adopted April 9, 2020, citizens are encouraged to participate virtually in this process. The meeting may be viewed on Fauquier County Government Channel 23 and livestreamed at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1. Citizens desiring to participate in the meeting remotely are required to register in advance. Instructions are available on the County website at: www.fauquiercounty. gov/BZAVirtualMeeting. Comments will be limited to three minutes. Participants will be required to wear a face covering and maintain strict social distancing measures that may involve waiting in line outside of the building. Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Citizens requiring reasonable accommodation for disabilities should contact Meredith Meixner, Planning Associate, at (540) 422-8210.
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TRUSTEE’S SALE 12158 Brent Town Road Midland, VA 22728 In execution of the Deed of Trust dated June 12, 2007 and recorded on July 9, 2007 in Book 1269 at Page 556 of Fauquier County land records, Trustee Services of Virginia, LLC, the appointed Substitute Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction on the front steps of the Fauquier County Courthouse located at 40 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Virginia on May 27, 2021 at 03:00 PM the property more particularly described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust, located at the property address listed below and briefly identified as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND FRONTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 612, SITUATED IN CEDAR RUN MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DESIGNATED AS PARCEL “A”, CONTAINING 5.1796 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATIVE PLAT OF THE PROPERTY OF MICHAEL NEWMAN AND LAUREL NEWMAN; PREPARED BY H. AUBREY HAWKINS ASSOCIATES, LTD., DATED JANUARY 21, 2004 AND RECORDED MARCH 17, 2004 IN DEED BOOK 1087 AT PAGE 2044 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK’S OFFICE OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Tax No.: 7847987670000 Property address: 12158 Brent Town Road, Midland, VA 22728 The property will be sold ”AS IS,“ WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions, covenants, restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust, if any, as might be listed in this notice or may be announced at the sale. TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of $6,500.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is less, by cashier’s or certified check required at time of sale, except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss is on the purchaser from date and time of auction. Balance of the purchase price must be paid by cashier’s check within 14 days from sale date. Except for Virginia Grantor tax, all settlement costs and expenses are purchaser’s responsibility. Taxes are pro-rated to the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit may be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustee does not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a forbearance, repayment, or other agreement was entered into, the loan was reinstated or paid off, or whether the property became subject to an automatic stay under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code prior to the sale; in any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest. Pursuant to the Federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, this law firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (19-16650) FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC (Attorney for TRUSTEE SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, LLC) 484 Viking Drive, Suite 203 Virginia Beach, VA 23452 (757)213-2959
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Employment Full Time Employment SEEKING EXP´D FRAMING CARPENTER
to work with me in building a wood shop in my basement (wall framing, drywall & elec prep). NO contractor, please. I want someone to teach me the work. Call: 540-680-0379 or email: gbraesicke@hotmail.com
Full Time Employment
FT SEASONAL GARDENER
To support garden team on private estate in The Plains, VA. 40/hrs a week through October. Duties include maintenance of flower & vegetable gardens & greenhouse. Must be able to perform physical labor in all weather conditions, work independently & maintain valid driver’s license with clean record. Background check req’d. Send resume to: openclassified@yahoo.com.
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PLUMBERS & HELPERS
Wilhelm Mechanical a Family Owned and Operated Business! Exp or No Exp, we provide on the job training. Must have drivers license, clean background. Great Pay and Benefits such as Paid Vacation, 401K Matching and Health Insurance which start after 90 days of employment. Call: (540) 439-6544 or email your resume to: admin@vernsplumbing.com
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LEAD TEACHERS & ASSISTANT TEACHERS
Full Time Employment
● FIELD MECHANIC ● EXP´D LOW BOY DRIVER
FT SEASONAL GARDENER
Full Time Employment
To support garden team on private estate in The Plains, VA. 40/hrs a week through October. Duties include maintenance of flower & vegetable gardens & greenhouse. Must be able to perform physical labor in all weather conditions, work independently & maintain valid driver’s license with clean record. Background check req’d. Send resume to: openclassified@yahoo.com.
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Full Time Employment
Traffic Plan seeks FT Flaggers to set up & control traffic around construction sites. A valid driver license is a must, good pay & benefits. If interested please fill out an application at: 7855 Progress Court Suite 103, Gainesville, VA on Tues/Thurs 8am -10am or online at trafficplan.com
Top pay, full benefits 540-229-9093 or 540-364-4800
FT, competitve salary, health ins, vacation, company truck. Must be avail. Mon-Fri; 7a-5p. Diesel & Gas equip/Drill Rigs. Must be able to pass drug screen. Email resume to:renee.newquist@ nvdinc.com or call 703-732-6091
Full Time Flagger GROOM
for show horses. Stalls, turn out, feeding
FARM HAND
mow, brush hog and trim also fence repair and basic maintenance. For private horse farm near Middleburg.
Call or email: 540-270-6334; oldoakfarm-gf@comcast.net
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LAWN TECHS
lawn care company in Culpeper, VA. Experience with zero-turn mowers, weed-eaters & blowers a must. Valid driver´s license w/ clean record req´d. FT, 40+/hrs/week. Most weekends off. $18-$24/hour plus benefits Call for interview: 540*825*6302 or send resume to: robertgearing12@aol.com.
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LANDSCAPE INSTALLERS
for a local landscape & erosion control company in Culpeper, VA. Qualified team members will assist in landscape & lawn installation, grading, pruning, mulching & renovation. Must have valid driver´s license w/ clean record. FT, 40+/hrs/week. Some weekends off. $20-$24/hr + benefits Call for interview 540*825*6302 or send resume to: robertgearing12@aol.com.
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Conservation Specialist Agricultural Conservation Specialists
Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District, a political subdivision of state government responsible under state law for natural resource conservation in Culpeper, Orange, Madison, Greene, and Rappahannock Counties, seeks qualified individuals to provide technical, educational, financial, and program administrative support to agricultural producers in the five county district. Educational background in soils, natural resources, or environmental sciences OR extensive local experience with agriculture is required. Successful applicants must possess excellent computer skills. Full time salaried position(s) with benefits available. Salary range $35,000 - $50,000 DOE. Position(s) open until filled. Possible part time position(s) also. To apply, send cover letter, resume, and District application form (see culpeperswcd.org employment) to Greg Wichelns, 351 Lakeside Drive, Culpeper, Virginia 22701 or gregw@ culpeperswcd.org. For more information, email gregw@culpeperswcd.org. No telephone calls please. EOE.
Part Time Employment
PACU Nurse Experienced full-time RN needed for fast paced multi-specialty surgery center. Send resume to Culpeper Surgery Center fax 540-829-8191 or email:10mcasc@gmail.com
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FLOORING ESTIMATOR
Preparing bids on residential/ commercial flooring projects and seeing them through to completion. Good customer service and communication skills essential. Must have valid driver´s license & pass background check.We offer comprehensive healthins, paid vaca/holidays & sick days. Call 540-347-8507
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PARALEGAL Warrenton based woman-owned firm has an immediate FT position for contracting/admin position. Excellent communication, grammar, writing skills required with good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. Candidate that has first-hand legal experience in commercial real estate experience a plus.
STRONG ADMIN POSITION Also looking to hire an administrative assistant. Excellent communication, grammar, writing skills required with good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. Will train. Send resume and salary requirements to: info@mkassociates.com
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Hauling
Hauling
Construction
Excavation
Home Improvment
Heating and Air Conditioning
For all your Heating and Cooling needs, call on
RC’S A/C SERVICE & REPAIR (540) 349-7832 or (540) 428-9151
Auto
Home Improvment
Decks/Patios Landscape Deck Pro LLC 703-963-4567 www.landscapedeckpro.com Free estimates • Senior Citizen Discounts Licensed and Insured Tree Work Stump Removal Lot Clearing Decks
Auto Service & Repair Small Engine Service & Repair Mobile Trailer Service & Repair Licensed and Insured
The Plains 540-219-6638
Small Engine Special Free Pickup and Delivery for the month of February
Landscaping Patios Retaining Walls Grading/Driveways
Fencing Mowing Mulching Power Washing
“Where Quality is Always in Season”
Driveways
G RAVEL ALL PROJECTS
We deliver days, evenings and even weekends!
CALL ANYTIME
Auto
Health & Beauty
Michael R. Jenkins
EMPLOYERS! GoWell Urgent Care in Warrenton offers pre-employment and DOT physicals, PFTs, drug and breath alcohol screens, and workman’s comp cases!
New Extended Hours! 8AM – 8PM Daily
Please call Janan today at 540-351-0662.
540-825-4150 • 540-219-7200
Home Improvment
Driveways
Nutters Painting & Services
mbccontractingservices@yahoo.com
SEAL COATING DRIVEWAYS
540-775-9228
CBS Sealcoating
Excavation
•Painting (Int&Ext) • Roofing/Repairs • Siding • Gutters • Drywall
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Home Improvment NUTTERS PAINTING & SERVICES -SPECIALIZING IN •Painting (Int&Ext) • Siding
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SPECIALIZING IN • Yard Maintenance • Carpentry • Fencing Gutter Cleaning •Vinyl Trim & Fascia Wrap •Bathroom Remodeling • Brickwork • Crown Modeling •Pressure Washing •Tree Removal •Deck Water Sealing
Classified Ads Work Call 347-4222
Lawn
Lawn Maintenace • Planting • Mulching Bed Design • Spring/Fall Cleaning • Seeding Aeration • Dethatching • Top Soil • Sod Fertilization Programs • Trimming/Pruning Gutter Cleaning • Debris Removal Family Owned & Operated • Licensed and Insured
540-347-3159 •703-707-0773
Landscaping
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BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY Landscaping
Masonry
Painting/Wallpaper
Remodeling
Tree Service/Firewood NORTH'S TREE SERVICE & LANDSCAPING
If you want a Classy Job call ...
Family Owned & Operated for Over 30 yrs. Quality Work Guaranteed CALL ABOUT - COMPLETE TREE SERVICE OUR
Painting & Decorating, LLC
• Home painting & carpentry repairs • 30 years of hands on experience • Small company with personal service
- ALL PHASES OF LANDSCAPING 25% OFF - All phases of Masonry - Gravel & Grading Driveways - Fencing
Free Consultations & Estimates. Creative • Professional • First Class Painting Services
Honest and Dependable
Call today! 540-349-1614 or 703-444-7255
SPECIALS
540-533-8092
Free Estimates • Lic/Ins • BBB Member • Angie’s List Member
Fully licensed & Insured
Real Estate
Siding
Tree Service/Firewood CHARLES JENKINS TREE SERVICES Family Owned Since 1970
LOT CLEARING • TOPPING • TRIMMING
MULCHING • EDGING • FERTILIZING TREE REMOVAL • SPRAYING Cell: 540.422.9721 “A Country Boy’s Dream” INSURED - BONDED - LICENSED
Tile
Moving/Storage
Windows
DAVE THE MOVER LLC HONEST & CAPABLE WE PUT OUR HEART INTO EVERY MOVE!
www.DaveTheMover.com 540.229.9999/Mobile 540.439.4000 Local
Out-of-Town
Roofing Professional Services
Moving/Storage WARRENTON SELF STORAGE Across from Fauquier County Courthouse • 17 to 455 square feet • Constant Temperature • Wooden Floors • 1st floor access • Month to Month • No hidden fees
Tree Service/Firewood
540-347-5555
Painting/Wallpaper
→ Free Estimates → Many References → Drywall & Plaster Repair
Roofing
540-364-2251 540-878-3838
Tree Service/Firewood
Licensed & Insured
Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store
Painting/Wallpaper
Roofing
Donations No Monday Tues - Friday 9:00 - 3:00 Sat 9:00 - 1:00 249 E. Shirley Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186 540-359-6054 Fauquier_thrift@yahoo.com
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