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A blend of in-person/remote learning classes could start Aug. 19 School board members request more data before approving plan By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
At a work session of the Fauquier County School Board Monday, Superintendent of Schools David Jeck presented school board members with a plan – actually, a choice of plans -- to open schools in the fall. The meeting, held in Fauquier High School’s cafeteria, was the first time that school board members met in person with others in attendance since COVID-19 restrictions closed schools in mid-March.
Working parents were very much on school board members’ minds during the discussion of a blended learning approach – which would include some in-person teaching combined with remote learning. Board members’ questions during the meeting revealed that they’ve heard from parents who are eager to have their children back in classrooms as much as possible. Jeck started the meeting by acknowledging that he has heard parents express every possible opinion, from, “‘This is a bunch of hooey, you need to open up the schools,’ to ‘I’m not sending my child back to school until the virus is eradicated.’ “What it comes down to is, parents want to know, ‘Is my child safe?’ and ‘Is my child learning?’”
“I’ve heard everything from, ‘This is a bunch of hooey, you need to open up the schools,’ to ‘I’m not sending my child back to school until the virus is eradicated.’” DAVID JECK Superintendent of Schools
In order to get some guidance about where to start, administrators asked parents and staff members to complete a survey offering four options – in-person See SCHOOL, page 13
Construction on Catlett-Calverton sewage treatment plant to begin imminently
Ethan (second from left) Russell’s family – mom Sarah, dad Nate and Ethan’s two sisters Abby and Chloe -- thank all the folks who showed up to welcome him home.
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Third time’s the charm: Ethan Russell beats the odds 4-year-old gets hero’s welcome after 3rd bone marrow transplant By Angela Roberts
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Notes of worship music drifted over the intersection of Warrenton’s Black Sweep Road and Timber Fence Parkway Saturday morning, as kids swatted at bubbles
and darted about in the grass. Nearby, their parents stood together in clusters, the voices of some slightly muffled under masks. A blip of sirens drew everyone into position along the roadway. Waving signs and cheering, the crowd greeted the caravan of police cars and fire trucks that escorted a red SUV down the street. Inside, 4-year-old
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After decades of discussion, construction on a sewage treatment plant and dispersal fields to serve properties in Catlett and Calverton will begin imminently, according to project manager Tim Harms of Downey & Scott Construction Management Services. The project is scheduled to be completed within 18 months. An entrance to the construction site has already been built, Harms said, and all Virginia Department of Transportation permits are in place. After a pre-construction meeting among the contractor, English Construction, and representatives of state and local government agencies, construction will begin. No date has been set for that meeting, but Harms said it would occur “soon.” Approximately 111 homes and See SEWER, page 5
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PUBLIC SAFETY Defendant in murder conspiracy eligible for bail
James Embrey, one of three defendants charged with conspiring to kill Kelly Gray of Bealeton on June 18, appeared in General District Court – via video feed – on June 29 to ask for bond to be set. The criminal complaint in the case states that after first asking someone else to commit the murder, Melody JAMES EMBREY Dawn Glascock stabbed Kelly Gray to death at her home on Village Center Drive in Bealeton, accompanied by Embrey and his mother Maria Dawn Embrey. Glascock, 54, of Linden is charged with first degree murder, destroying evidence, conspiracy to commit murder and soliciting to murder. Maria Embrey, 40, and James Embrey, 20, both of Stephens City, have been charged with conspiring to commit murder. Embrey was represented by Robert V. Bryan Jr., of Manassas, who asked Judge Greg Ashwell to consider bond because, he said, there is no indication that Embrey was a principal in the crime, he was not involved with the planning and that he
Plans shaping up for safe Fourth of July in Warrenton
Members of the Warrenton Town Council announced June 19 that Independence Day events will be held that allow for social distancing and safe celebrations; more details are emerging as the holiday approaches. In addition to a parade that will wind through the town’s residential neighborhoods from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 4 (Parade route: https://www.scribblemaps. com/maps/view/4th_of_July/M1iXrXlrs2.), a fireworks display will be launched from a hill behind the WARF and in the field near Home Depot along Alwington Boulevard. Fireworks from the two locations can be seen from parking areas near those two sites and many town residents will be able to see them from their homes. Town officials ask that
had no prior criminal record. Doug Rogers, for the commonwealth’s attorney’s office, countered that Embrey was a full participant in the alleged murder. The criminal complaint in the case states that Embrey acted as a look out during the slaying and did not enter the apartment where it took place. Ashwell set Embrey’s bond at $100,000; Rogers said he would appeal the decision. Preliminary hearings are set for all three defendants on Oct. 15 at 1 p.m.
Burglary reported in Marshall
A burglar entered Joe’s Pizza at 8349 W. Main St. in Marshall, sometime before Friday morning at 11 a.m. and removed an unknown amount of cash and other property from the restaurant. The suspect is believed to have possibly entered the restaurant through an unlocked door. The investigation is ongoing, said Sgt. James Hartman of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office.
K-9 alerts officers to drugs in car
Fauquier County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the intersection at Lafayette Avenue and Catlett Road after receiving a report of a driver who appeared to be passed out behind the wheel of his car. The man woke and was removed from the car by deputies. As he was exiting the vehicle, Sgt. James Hartman of the FCSP said that a clear blue
residents maintain physical distance by remaining in cars. The two fireworks shows, performed by Innovative Pyrotechnics Concepts, will be timed to display simultaneously. And, Town Councilman Sean Polster said, they “will end with a ‘bang!’” The WARF fields will be closed at dark on Friday evening, July 3, and will re-open at sunrise on July 5. A rain date has been set for July 5; if this is required, fields will stay closed until July 6. An American as apple pie contest will be sponsored for the fourth as well. The contest is limited to town residents. All pies must be in disposable containers and wrapped with clear plastic wrap and may be dropped off between 8 and 9 a.m. on July 4, accompanied by the baker’s name, email and phone number. Pies
Virginia, Fauquier holding steady on new COVID-19 cases As COVID-19 cases in Texas, Florida and Arizona and California are soaring, Virginia is keeping a lid on new cases. The state added 624 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, June 26, and 677 cases on Saturday, but since then has been able to remain below 600 new cases a day. Five hundred and ninety-eight were added Tuesday morning, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The state’s seven-day positivity rate is still trending down as well. It stood at 6% Tuesday. In total, Virginia has had 62,787 cases to date, with 6,203 hospitalizations. The death toll in the state is 1,763, with 105 of those deaths labeled probable for the coronavirus. Locally, case numbers have been relatively steady. The positivity rate for the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District hit a low of 2.7 Tuesday morning, and the local
district has not had a new outbreak of cases for several weeks. Fauquier, after holding steady at 417 for several days, added three new cases Tuesday. Hospitalizations were at 26 for several weeks, until Tuesday, when one more person was hospitalized. Fauquier has been reporting six deaths for several weeks as well. The RRHD held a free testing event Saturday, June 20, but did not see a spike in cases as a result. When Culpeper held a similar event, cases rose significantly several days later. Dr. Wade Kartchner, health director of the RRHD explained, “The main difference is that Culpeper's testing was done specifically looking to test ill persons. The Fauquier testing was open to all comers. If you test people who are sick, you'll find cases. If you test those who are not, you won't.”
bag containing a white powdery substance fell from the driver’s waist area onto the ground. K-9 DUCO was deployed around the vehicle and alerted deputies to the presence of narcotics. A search of the car revealed an additional clear blue bag with a white powdery substance, marijuana and associated drug paraphernalia, said Hartman. Corey Thomas, 28, of Culpeper, was arrested for DUI-D, possession of heroin, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstruction, improper stopping on the highway and driving without a license.
Physical altercation results in charges
A Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office deputy was conducting a premise check at the Marshall BP Wi-Not-Stop when he observed two men arguing in the parking lot over a flat tire, according to Sgt. James Hartman of the FCSO. The deputy reported that one of the men climbed into the back of the truck and dropped a spare tire out of the truck onto the head of the other man; they eventually became involved in a physical fight. The deputy separated the two and they were both charged. Ronald Creel, 58, of Luray, was arrested for drunk in public. John Settle, 49, of Culpeper, was arrested for assault, drunk in public, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
may be placed on a table behind the new town hall at 21 Main St., near the former bank’s drive-thru window. Residents will not be permitted in the building. Judges will assess pies for appearance from 9 to 9:30 a.m.; pie tasting begins at 9:30 and will continue until 10:30 a.m. Winners will be announced via Facebook at 11:30 a.m., on the Warrenton farmers market page. Prizes have yet to be announced. The town is also organizing a holiday decorating contest sponsored by the Park & Recreation Department. Polster said that details for the “Decoration of Independence” are still being worked out. Mayor Carter Nevill said, “We look forward to the day we are all together again, but in the meantime, we love all of the new ways we are learning to connect.”
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Beekeeping goes from hobby to obsession By Alisa Booze Troetschel Special to the Times
On a chilly day last fall, Daniel Langberg leaned over three stacked wooden boxes painted in pastel colors. An identical stack of boxes sat a few feet away. His honeybees live inside those hives, located in the towering forest behind his Warrenton home. ‘The cold is hard on them,” Langberg said at the time. Using a stethoscope, he listened in on the activity inside the boxes to see how they were faring in the cold air; to keep the bees warm, he would not open the hives until spring. Beekeeping fits well with Langberg’s self-sufficient lifestyle, which he shares with his wife, Nancy Langberg. They keep chickens, and he hunts deer with a bow. “It [beekeeping] was always something I wanted to do,” he said. He credited his start to Virginia’s Beehive Distribution Program. (See box.) Those boxes in the woods represented Langberg’s first foray into beekeeping. He applied for the hives in July 2018 and, after taking a beekeeping class, eventually received his first batch of bees in the spring of 2019. Bees make honey with nectar extracted from flowers, so eating the honey is like “ingesting all the flowers in your area,” said Langberg. He hopes the honey will prevent allergies in his sons, Simon, 5 and Sami, 3. Participants in the state distribution program range in experience. Gene Brady, who has kept bees for 36 years and taught a beginners’ class at the Warrenton Farmers Coop, sees experienced beekeepers as more worthy of assistance than novices, whose interest can be fleeting. “The mortality rate for first-year beekeepers has got to be 90%,” said Brady. “They’re throwing money down the groundhog hole.” However, Keith Tignor, apiarist for the state of Virginia, thinks that most newcomers stick to beekeeping long term. “It’s the smallest farming plot you can have,” he said.
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“This program gives you a head start,” Langberg said. A beekeeper needs a veil, gloves and a tool to move hives. Langberg also installed an electric fence around his hives to keep bears away. Tignor also recommended getting a smoker, a small fuel can fitted with bellows that blows smoke at the bees to calm them. “The definition of a hobbyist is to spend money,” Tignor said. The safety equipment alone costs $75 to $200. Brady estimated the cost of bees and a hive is $380 to $500. “This is just to get people on the dance floor,” he said.
Cohabitating with bees
Before applying to receive his bees, Langberg had to persuade his wife that they would not sting their sons’ bare feet while playing in the yard. It turns out there was no need to worry; the family rarely sees the bees. “When we do, they’re a treat,” Langberg said. One day last summer the honeybees rose vertically from
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A honeybee investigates a cherry blossom. the hives like miniature helicopters. They soared above the tulip poplars, which can grow to nearly 200 feet. “One time the sun was shining through the trees and we could follow them,” said Langberg.
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es. In spite of the darkness inside the hive, the bees learn the route. Taste and scent also help honeybees find the flowers. The honeybee returning from its reconnaissance mission will smell like the nectar it found. Sometimes it brings nectar to the hive for the other bees to try. “Bees are just fascinating creatures,” said Langberg. According to Tignor, bees in Virginia produce 40 to 50 pounds of honey in each hive.
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services begins accepting applications July 1 for its Beehive Distribution Program. “We received 2,000 applications in less than a day when the program opened” last year, said Keith Tignor, apiarist for the state of Virginia. VDACS shipped 985 beehive units to the applicants, who must qualify as “hobbyists.” The 2020 application period runs for 15 days, after which VDACS will randomly pick requests for fulfillment. The legislature funded this year’s program with $125,000, as it has the past two years, according to Tignor. Applicants receive as many as three hives. The application is straightforward, said Daniel Langberg. For information about the Beehive Distribution Program, those interested may visit https://www. vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industryservices-beehive-distributionprogram.shtml Visit https://pwrbeekeepers.com to enroll in a beekeeping class. small hive beetles are some of the threats honeybees in Virginia face. “The number one killer of bees are mites,” Langberg said. His own bees have survived an infestation. When Red Varroa mites infiltrated his hive, he used formic acid to get rid of the mites without harming the bees.
To get a running start before his bees arrived, Langberg joined the Prince William Regional Beekeepers Association and attended their Bee School for eight weeks early in 2019. The association assigns a mentor to each student. Having a voice of expe- Honeybee hazards rience in the area reassured Langberg. Invasions of mites, viruses and See BEES, page 5 “It’s nice to have someone to call on,” he said. However, he emphasized that there are no right or wrong answers. “If you have three beekeepers in a room, you’ll get four opinions.” When Langberg’s hive components arrived in February, he painted the hives different colors to help his bees know which was home. (Bees see a narrower range of color than Real help for local businesses is here humans but can easily distinguish lighter from darker tones.) He positioned the hives to face southeast, so that early morning sun would shine on the bees and encourage them to go find nectar. It’s like a push to get them out of bed and moving. A beekeeper can acquire honeybees in one of two ways: in packages or nuclei. A package contains bees that have no relationship to each other. A nucleus, which is the option that Langberg chose, at $185, is a small colony of bees selected from a larger colony. These bees are already bonded to each other. Double Your Impact WE WILL MATCH Three types of honeybees inhabit Our 100% Ad Match Campaign means a hive: the queen, drones and workDollar for Dollar exactly that - we will match your ad spend ers. The queen’s role is to lay eggs dollar-for-dollar this summer to double to grow the hive. Drones mate with your ad spend and offer real financial relief the queen. “That’s their only job,” OFFER GOOD through these times for your business. This Langberg said. “Otherwise they lay opportunity includes ad placement in the FOR NEWSPAPER, around and do nothing.” Fauquier Times, the newsletter and online at NEWSLETTER www.Fauquier.com. Workers locate sources of nectar & DIGITAL and bring it back to feed the queen and drones. Their wings, which span Fauquier Times Business Relief will begin on July 1 and extend through all of about an inch, may transport August 31, or until matching funds reach $100,000. Take advantage of them two or three miles from the hive. this program and together we can support our community to stand strong “It’s a huge territory,” said Langberg. through these defining moments in our history. Langberg said that bees travel alone. When a worker finds a particularly For more information, contact your ad representative, promising patch of nectar, it shares the location with the other bees inside the email sales@fauquier.com, or call (540) 347-4222 today. hive by doing waggle and circle danc-
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Library buildings still closed, but could reopen as early as next week By Coy Ferrell
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Although some county offices opened on Wednesday, June 24, Fauquier Public Library Director Maria Del Rosso said in a June 22 phone call that reopening the interior spaces of the county’s library buildings was not immediately feasible because of staffing shortages. Although the library’s reopening plan has been approved by the county administrator, “The staffing is critical,” she explained Although Del Rosso estimated at the time that the libraries were “weeks” away from reopening, a June 30 email from FPL Public Information Coordinator Lisa Pavlock said that the buildings could reopen as soon as the week of July 6. “At this time, we do not have a firm date for our re-opening. We anticipate it will be some time next week,” Pavlock said. Several library staff members at the Warrenton branch have resigned or retired – Del Rosso made it clear that not all the resignations were directly attributable to the pandemic - and there are now seven vacancies at that branch and a total of 11 vacancies for FPL as a whole. Additionally, five FPL staff members have been on long-term leave during the pandemic, although Del Rosso said she anticipates some of those staff members will come back to work soon. Del Rosso said she is proud of the FPL staff members who have worked to keep the libraries operational, but the staffing shortage is beginning to take its toll on current employees. Even if all other criteria for reopening were in place, “We would not be able to reopen tomorrow” because of the lack of adequate staffing. As an exception to the hiring freeze implemented in March by County Administrator Paul
On Wednesday, June 24, Fauquier County government offices entered the “limited reopen phase” under the “Return to Work Action Plan,” according to County Administrator Paul McCulla. Most county offices are open by appointment only and meetings will take place using remote methods whenever possible. Both the Office of the Treasurer and the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue have reopened for full in-person services. McCulla, the library system has been authorized to fill three of the 11 vacant positions. The three positions for which FPL is accepting applications are for the Warrenton branch. The job listings were posted, Del Rosso said. “We’re expecting many robust applications.” The FY 2020 county budget authorized 34.3 full-time-equivalent positions in the library system, which accounts for a maximum of 49 individual employees. The good news, Del Rosso explained, is that most of the personal protective equipment required by the reopening plan has been procured. This includes Plexiglass shields for public-facing desks, masks and gloves for employees and general cleaning supplies and hand sanitizer. Staff members are in the process of rearranging interior spaces to comply with physical distancing guidelines, and Del Rosso is working with county staff to determine the appropriate occupancy limits for each library building. “We recognize that people want to get back into the libraries,” she said, emphasizing that the goal of staff is to open as soon as all of the necessary protocols are in place to keep staff and patrons safe.
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ing of June 22, four individuals walked up to a staging area outside Warrenton Public Library and picked up books and other materials they had called ahead to reserve; library staff, in gloves and masks, brought out each person’s materials in a paper bag and set them on a table for the client to pick up. Since March 16, the three branches of the Fauquier Public Library system – in Warrenton, Bealeton and Marshall – have been closed to the public, but library staff members have adapted to continue delivering services to county residents. Curbside service has become a mainstay of library services during the pandemic; an average of 70 individuals per day picked up library materials in May. “This has been great,” said Patti Hackney of Warrenton. “I’m here at least once a week.” She was picking up a book on Monday morning, but she has also checked out DVDs during the pandemic, explaining with a laugh, “Well, there’s nothing on TV.” The ability to check out physical books is important to her. “I like reading a real book.” Del Rosso expressed a similar sentiment. “People have been very, very grateful for the curbside service,” she said. “Some people consider it a lifeline.” The use of online resources has also increased, Del Rosso said. Electronic materials were utilized in May at a rate 59% higher than a year ago, and 108 people registered for a library card online last month, compared to 35 people the previous year. She told the story of a Fauquier County resident who is stationed with his family in Egypt. He was able to register online for a library card for himself and his children – they now regularly use e-books and other online library material to read as a family. “We encourage people to go to the website. There are some tremendous resources on there,” Del Rosso said. Reach Coy Ferrell at cferrell@fauquier.com
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Construction on sewage treatment plant SEWER, from page 1 businesses are currently set to utilize the septic tank effluent pump low-pressure sewage system. With this system, each individual lot will have a holding tank for sewage, a screen chamber and a small, high-pressure pump within the tank. The liquid waste is pumped through the small pressure sewer lines to the wastewater treatment plant, which will be located near the intersection of Catlett Road and Casanova Road. The system is designed to accommodate the needs of approximately 300 structures. Discussion about the need for a sewage system in the Catlett-Calverton area has been ongoing since at least the 1960s. “There’s a really shallow rock layer; and on top of that, the soil – there’s a lot of clay,” Harms explained. “There’s not a lot of room for drain fields,” For these reasons, septic tank failures have occurred regularly in the area for decades. In a June 12 newsletter to Catlett and Calverton property owners, Supervisor Rick Gerhardt (Cedar Run District) said that, as he understands it, the current project is the 14th attempt by county government to solve the sewage issue in those areas. The total cost of the project is $11.4 million. Of that, the county government is contributing $4.3 million in cash funding, with the remainder coming from a $7.1 million loan from the state’s revolving loan fund, according to Deputy County
Administrator Erin Kozanecki. In 2015, county supervisors approved a 21-page ordinance governing rates and other aspects of the project. Within 300 feet of the sewer, all buildings for which sewage disposal is required must connect to the new system unless the property owner can establish that the existing septic system meets health department regulations. The county may also grant a waiver to property owners for whom the financial cost of connecting to the system would cause “undue hardship” to the owner. Structures built as part of any future developments within the service district must connected to the sewer system if the dwellings are within 300 feet of the public system and there is no existing septic system on the property. The ordinance established that property owners connecting to the system will pay $26,000 upon the availability of the system, plus the cost of building the connection from the structure to the main sew line. For residential properties whose owners granted a permanent easement to the county during an incentive period in 2015, a lien of $18,000 will be placed on the property; in this case, payment is due upon sale of the property. A base utility fee of $52 per month will be charged to the owners of all properties in the Catlett and Calverton service districts, regardless of whether those properties are connected to the sewer system.
Daniel Langberg with his hives at his home in Warrenton. PHOTO BY ALISA BOOZE TROETSCHEL
Beekeeping goes from hobby to obsession BEES, from page 3
died. A lab examined a sample of the bees and reported that Varroa mites Two particular species of mites, killed them, even though Langberg Tracheal and Varroa, originated in treated the colony for mites late in the Asia and became a problem in North previous summer. America in the 1980s and 1990s, “I had worked so hard to do evsaid Tignor, elaborating that mites, erything by the book and it still didn’t a virus (the nosema virus) and cold work out,” Langberg wrote in an email. temperatures killed more honeybees Langberg’s other colony rode out over the 2017-2018 winter than over the winter well. However, its queen the winters of the previous 20 years. disappeared. Cold is another threat to a hive’s “It was a challenging start to the survival. About a third of honeybees spring for sure!” Langberg wrote. die from the cold over the winter, Introducing a new queen solved that according to Tignor. During cold problem. Now he has four colonies. months the bees huddle together in Langberg’s bees are feeding on tuthe hive to keep warm. As they suc- lip poplar and blackberry blooms. He cumb to the low temperatures, there and his family planted a field of white are fewer bees to generate heat. clover, monarda, aster and goldenrod. Throughout that winter Langberg He allows that the 100 flowers might regularly put his ear to his hives. be a bit much, but they had fun. Hearing their buzzing huddled togeth“My wife might say I have beer eased his worries about their wel- come slightly obsessed,” wrote fare. In March, however, he realized Langberg, “But I'm sure it's par for that the bees in one of the colonies had the course.”
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Wakefield School graduates 48 students on June 27
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Graduating senior Katie Bogan waves to her family as the commencement ceremony begins at Wakefield School on June 27.
On the morning of Saturday, June 27, the 48 graduating seniors at Wakefield School in The Plains made their way up from the school’s gym to an improvised commencement ceremony site in one of the parking lots on campus. In addition to the fancy southern attire that is a hallmark of Wakefield formal events, each student was wearing a mask emblazoned with the school’s logo. Their families waved from their parked cars as the graduates took their seats in chairs spaced 6 feet apart. School administrators and the class’s top students addressed the gathering from a stage on a small hill above the parking lot. Later, each student walked individually across the stage to receive their diploma.
This year’s commencement was especially poignant, as it was supposed to include 49 graduates. Maximillian Schaefer died last year; he attended Wakefield for 13 years and was to graduate with the Class of 2020. “A hallmark of one’s interaction with Max was to feel welcomed, inspired and intellectually challenged,” said a tribute to Schaefer printed in the commencement program. Gray Carr Bridges, Wakefield’s director of admissions, said that the ceremony went well. “Saturday’s commencement … was a lovely event given the current restrictions. The seniors were thrilled to come together in a distance format to celebrate the culmination of their high school career,” she said after the event.
One by one, Highland School celebrates its graduates By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
“The format may be different, but the sentiment remains the same,” said a May 8 letter to students and parents from Cassin Bertke, Highland School's assistant head of school and upper school director. Due to the pandemic, a traditional graduation ceremony was not feasible this year. Instead, Highland graduating seniors and their families were celebrated one by one on Friday, May 12 in the school's Rice Theater, similar to the format used last month by the county’s public high schools. There are 48 students in Highland's class of 2020, 44 of whom were able to walk across the stage on Friday. (Four exchange students from China had already returned home.) The seniors and their families arrived at the school at an as-
signed time and were greeted by staff - wearing Highland-branded face masks, of course - in staging areas outside the school. Photographers and a videographer were on hand to record the occasion. During each ceremony, the student made their way down the theater stairs as their family watched from the seats. After receiving their diploma and posing for a photograph, they were ushered outside the theater where a banner reading “Welcome, Highland alumni” greeted them. “It was sad not to be able to have the class together for the celebration, but it did allow for a more personal experience,” Bertke said afterward. “I appreciated everyone’s flexibility and cheerful spirit. It wasn’t the ceremony anyone expected, but I’m sure it’s one no one will forget!” An in-person gathering for the Highland class of 2020 is planned for December.
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Graduating senior Liam White poses for a photograph on the Rice Theatre stage as his family cheers from the theatre seats.
St. John school celebrates 8th graders with parade Staff Reports
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St. John the Evangelist Catholic School eighth-grade teacher LuAnn Fine greets student Eoin Lynch and his family during a June 5 end-of-year celebration for eighth graders.
On June 5, faculty members from St. John the Evangelist Catholic School in Warrenton stood in the parking lot of the school and cheered each of the 14 students in the eighth-grade class. “The grounds were decorated with signs for each of our 14 special eighth-graders, wishing them congratulations as they will be moving on to high school,” said a news release from St. John’s administrative assistant Shannon Lomax. A graduation ceremony for the eighth graders will be held on Friday, July 10. Another rite of passage for St. John’s students, First Communion
for second-graders, was celebrated in a modified way due to the pandemic. Instead of gathering all the students and their families together on the day before Mother’s Day, which is the tradition, time slots were available throughout the week of June 22 for each child and their family to receive Mass with three other families. “Our students and their families seem to be grateful that our church has found a way to have these students receive this sacrament that they have been working toward the entire school year,” Lomax said of the First Communion celebration this year.
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Crowds of well-wishers welcomed Ethan home.
4-year-old gets hero’s welcome after bone marrow transplant ETHAN, from page 1 Ethan Russell waved his little hand out the open window as he sat on his mom’s lap. “Welcome home, Ethan!” the voice of one officer echoed from a police car’s speaker as the little boy’s friends and neighbors cheered. For months, Ethan had played and slept in a room at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Since the first week of this month, he and his family have lived in a hotel room in the capital, close enough to the hospital that they can see it from their window. It’s been quite a year for the little boy. Diagnosed with a rare immune deficiency disorder at 2, Ethan has undergone three bone marrow transplants since the start of 2020 — recovering from the last two as the coronavirus pandemic raged across the country. But with lots of laughter and even more prayer, the Russell family says it pushed through months of uncertainty to a happy ending: Ethan’s final transplant was a success. Through their journey, one worship song has become an anthem of sorts for the family. On Saturday, the song’s name, “Raise a Hallelujah,” adorned the shirts of many gathered to welcome Ethan home. “Some of the words say, ‘I’m going to sing in the middle of the storm,’ and we did a lot of that,” said Ethan’s mom, Sarah Russell, in an interview before the homecoming. “That was our thing: Dancing in the rain.”
A nightmare
Ethan’s dad Nate Russell remembered that before Ethan’s diagnosis, he loved playing outside. He and his wife have photos of their son playing in the sandbox and helping to rake leaves in their backyard. Now, when they look at these pictures, their hearts sink. “We had no idea that we were putting our son in life-threatening harm’s way, just as being a normal kid,” his mother said. Ethan has chronic granulomatous disease, an immunodeficiency that results when white blood cells -whose job is to fight off infections -don’t function properly. People with CBD are more susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections and may
develop a serious type of pneumonia after becoming exposed to dead leaves, mulch or hay. Ethan and his family spent half of his short life not knowing he had CBD. But in August 2018, he wound up in the hospital with a severe bout of pneumonia after spending the weekend outside with his family, helping mulch the backyard and visiting the Fauquier County Fair, where he went on a hayride. It took doctors more than two weeks to come back with a diagnosis. When they did, the boy’s life changed overnight. His mother said she felt like they were living in a science fiction movie. Ethan wasn’t allowed to play in the dirt or get anywhere near mulch or leaves. He had to be careful around plants and dust and could never jump in puddles. “You name it: Everything that little boys love to do,” she said. We were looking at the doctors, thinking, ‘I can’t believe I’m hearing this. This is a nightmare.’” But there was a silver lining: If Ethan received a bone marrow transplant, and it was successful, he’d be cured. His parents were determined to get their son through a transplant. With the support of their relatives, employers and church family, the Russells charged ahead, not knowing it would take three tries.
‘God’s plan’
To match bone marrow donors to patients, doctors look at their human leukocyte antigen tissue types — proteins found on most cells that immune systems use to recognize which cells belong and which do not. For a transplant to be successful, it’s important to have a close HLA match. Although Ethan’s sisters were perfect matches for each other, neither had tissue that matched their brother’s. While his father’s tissue was a match, Ethan’s blood had a certain type of antibody that doctors said would almost certainly attack a transplant from his dad. Ethan’s family turned to the bone marrow registry, where they found a relatively close match. About a month after Christmas of that year, See ETHAN, page 9
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ETHAN, from page 8 Ethan began a 10-day chemotherapy regimen to prepare his body for the transplant. Then, all the family could do was wait. “At that point, it’s an act of faith that the cells are going to get where they need to go,” Nate Russell said. The first graft didn’t take. Doctors believed some of Ethan’s white blood cells had survived the chemotherapy to fight off the transplant. He’s a stubborn little boy, his mother said, right down to his cells. The family began preparing for the second bone marrow transplant. At first, they were worried that the donor would decline to donate again — he had never even met them, after all. But their doctors told them that the young man had promptly agreed, without a second of hesitation. The second transplant wasn’t successful either, but the Russells didn’t give up. Instead, with encouragement from their doctors, they decided to use Ethan’s father’s cells and prepared for a third transplant.
Breaking new ground
called “plasmapheresis,” doctors filtered Ethan’s blood so that no antibody remained that could fight off his dad’s donated cells — leaving him with effectively no immune system in the middle of a global pandemic. It was March by this point, and the number of COVID-19 cases in Washington, D.C. were quickly rising. Outside of Ethan’s hospital room, nurses walked the halls, wearing what looked like Buzz Lightyear helmets. Later in the month, in an effort to tamp down on the spread of the disease, the hospital began limiting visitors to one per patient. With that, Ethan’s mom went home to her two daughters. Ethan made it to the date of his third transplant without getting sick and to the surprise and relief of his family, this one was successful. He was even discharged earlier than expected. “My husband and I, at the end of the day, laughed a lot,” Sarah Russell said. “Three transplants. Global pandemic. Homeschooling. Allergies with our daughter — you name it. Shortage of toilet paper? Come on!”
Of the community of CGD parents and patients the Russells knew, nobody had ever undergone a third transplant. In fact, they knew a few people who had died after a second transplant. Their doctors couldn’t offer them much comfort, either: More than one told them that there really wasn’t even any literature on trying for a third transplant. “As parents, that was horrifying,” Sarah Russell remembered. “So, we fell on our faith. That was what we had. And we said, 'OK God, your plan, not ours.’” This time around, in a process
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they don’t show symptoms, the Rapid Result Test will provide results within 15 minutes. This test does have good sensitivity and specificity. Instead of waiting multiple days to receive the results, a patient can leave the parking lot with results in hand and quickly notify anyone the patient may have come into contact with. For more information about Piedmont Family Practice and COVID-19, please go to www.piedmontdocs.com
Free broadband available at Leeds Ruritan Park during the pandemic
Blaze Broadband and Leeds Ruritan Club are offering free internet service to the community at the Leeds Ruritan Park during the pandemic. Ruritan member Peter Carp worked with Blaze to initiate the public service.
Seniors get help staying cool this summer
Senior Cool Care is a program of Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services in partnership with Dominion Energy and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. This program provides single-room air conditioners or fans to seniors that need additional help cooling their homes. Eligible seniors must be 60 years or older and live in Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Fauquier or Rappah-
Friday marked a big milestone for the Russell family: With 50 days since Ethan’s transplant, they’ll only have to wait 50 more until they’re allowed to go home for good. Until then, they’ll have to spend most of their time within an hour’s drive of Children’s National, just in case. After Saturday’s VIP escort and neighborhood welcome, the Russell family stepped onto their front lawn, beaming from beneath colorful masks. They would be headed back to D.C. at the end of the day. But for the moment, they were home.
Chili Cook-Off postponed until next year
Grace Episcopal Church and St. Andrew’s Independent Catholic Church, both of Casanova, have postponed the ninth annual Chili Cook-Off until March 6, 2021. All raffle tickets purchased for the canceled fundraiser will be honored at the 2021 Chili Cook-Off. Sponsors are: Vallie’s Vintage Jewelry, Moo Thru, Powers Farm & Brewery, The Galloping Grape and Grioli’s Italian Bistro. Rise Against Hunger will work with churches on a food packaging event Oct 3 at The Grace Episcopal Parish Hall. Organizers will be collecting nonperishable food for the community at the event. Volunteers will package more than 15,000 non-perishable meals. The packing event will comply with social distancing and sanitary requirements in effect at that time. Any groups or individuals wanting to help pack meals on that day may contact Cheryl Berry (540-270-5203 or loyaltycher@gmail.com).
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New laws on guns, marijuana, voting take effect July 1 By Anna Hovey
Special to the Times
A newly empowered Democratic trifecta -- the Virginia House, Senate and Gov. Ralph Northam -passed 2,218 bills this session, most of which will take effect Wednesday, July 1. Many are progressive measures, including making it easier to vote and easier for local governments to restrict guns in public places within their jurisdictions. Other measures gradually raise the minimum wage and allow local governments to decide whether to remove Confederate statues. “Virginia really isn’t the purple state it used to be,” said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politics’ nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns. Democrats “taking the legislature is something of a natural extension of that.” Here are some of the most consequential new laws taking effect this week: Minimum wage: House Bill 395/ Senate Bill 7 will raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.50 as of May 1, 2021. It will then jump to $11 in 2022; $12 in 2023 and $13.50 in 2025 before finally reaching $15 in 2026. Fauquier’s Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel, R-27th, said that jumping from $7.25 to $15 all at once could have meant wiping out some entry-level positions that smaller businesses couldn’t afford to pay. “I think this was a critical compromise for the business community that felt like that would be a crushing blow if you were going to go from $7.25 right away to $15 an hour,” Vogel said in a phone interview this week. LGBTQ protections: House Bill 696 bans discrimination on the basis of sexuality or gender identity in housing, employment, public accommodations, credit and education, a bill which Vogel called controversial yet a long time coming. House Bill 618/Senate Bill 179 will also leverage high penalties against hate crimes on the basis of gender, gender identity or sexuality. Another new law prohibits health care providers and counselors from engaging in so-called “conversion therapy” with anyone under 18 or face disciplinary action. Also, the state registrar must now provide individuals who
Girls on the Run Piedmont offers Power Up summer program
Girls on the Run Piedmont has produced a Power Up Activity Kit to help keep girls in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Rappahannock, Stafford and Spotsylvania counties active and healthy through the summer while inspiring creativity, encouraging movement and teaching new skills, according to a press release from the organization. After the cancellation of schools, implementation of social distancing and the restrictions around large public events due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 6-year-old nonprofit adapted to alter its spring season.
identify as transgender with new identification reflecting their new name and the gender with which they identify. Confederate statues: House Bill 1406/Senate Bill 612 creates the Commission for Historical Statues in the U.S. Capitol, which will decide if the statue of Confederate Civil War Gen. Robert E. Lee at the U.S. Capitol building should be taken down. Other bills removed Lee-Jackson Day as a state holiday, replacing it with an Election Day holiday, and allow local governments to remove, relocate or recontextualize Confederate monuments in their jurisdictions. In 2010, Republican former Gov. Bob McDonnell attempted to declare April Confederate History Month. Coleman said the contrast between this and today’s desire to consider removing certain Confederate statues reflects a shift among Virginia’s leaders. “We’ve come a long way since [then],” Coleman said. In June, Northam declared his intent to have “Juneteenth,” observed on June 19, the day enslaved people in Texas were notified of their freedom back in 1865, a state holiday. Marijuana decriminalization: House Bill 972/Senate Bill 2 decriminalizes simple possession of marijuana, making it a civil offense. The penalty for possessing up to one ounce is now a $25 civil fee. Previously, possession of a half-ounce or less was punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a maximum $500 fine. Driver’s license suspensions: Senate Bill 513/House Bill 909 removes the driver’s license suspension penalty for individuals convicted of non-driving-related drug offenses or for failure to pay certain fees to local correctional facilities and jails. Vogel said the penalty negatively impacts communities, especially when a family’s breadwinner loses their right to drive or must drive to work on a suspended license. “It’s a terrible, vicious cycle,” she said. Firearms possession: House Bill 421/Senate Bill 35, gives localities the right to ban firearms and ammunition in any local public building, park, recreation or community center or public street or sidewalk. Other new gun laws require background checks on all firearm sales, limit handgun purchases to one per month and ban The at-home kit includes 50 activities “to fuel mind, body and spirit.” The activities emphasize the important connection between physical and emotional health, said the press release. Available now at www.gotrpiedmont.org/Power-Up, the kit is $49 and includes: The Power Up Activity Book, a GRL PWR T-shirt, Physical Activity Training Plan, Completion Certificate and a few other fun surprises, said the press release. The nonprofit organization is also raising funds to provide free kits to girls within the community. Donations are accepted at: https://www. raceplanner.com/donate/PiedmontPowerUPsponsor to make a donation.
the possession of firearms by a person subject to a restraining order. Also, lost or stolen guns must be reported to police within 48 hours. Cellphone curbs: House Bill 874/ Senate Bill 160 makes holding a cellphone while driving illegal in what Vogel calls a significant change for drivers. The current law mandates that drivers may not hold or operate a cellphone while driving through a work zone. All uses of the phone while driving as of Jan. 1, 2021, must be via Bluetooth. Voting: Thanks to House Bill 1/ Senate Bill 111, voters no longer have to provide a reason to obtain an absentee ballot. Absentee voters previously had to select from a long list of excuses to gain approval. Meanwhile, House Bill 19 further amends state voting laws by doing away with the photo ID requirement and replacing it with other forms of official identification, such as a passport or voter confirmation documents. “These are all changes in a long-standing tradition and custom in terms of how we administer our voting process,” said Vogel, who called the bill controversial. U.S. 17: Vogel sponsored House Bill 941/Senate Bill 557, which requires the highway commissioner to place a minimum of six electronic speed indicator signs along U.S. Route 17 between 66 and Warrenton at certain intersections. The bill was supported by Fauquier’s sheriff, the board of supervi-
sors and a coalition of community leaders. The law will also allow the county to post signs reflecting an increase in the price of speeding fines. “That part of 17 is often treated much like an interstate, but it’s not an interstate, it is a rural… highway,” Vogel said. Tobacco: The tax rate for cigarettes and other tobacco products will double starting July 1. Tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase from 30 cents to 60 cents, according to the Department of Taxation. There is also a new 6.6% per milliliter tax on liquid nicotine products. Health insurance: Cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin is capped at $50 a month. Vogel said she believes the General Assembly can accomplish as much in six to eight weeks, often while working triple time, as the U.S. Congress typically would in two years. “That’s a very personally satisfying accomplishment,” Vogel said. “It is as important that we pass good bills as it is that we kill the bad ones,” she said. Also, the process is not as partisan as it may look. “Most of the time, we are working with a common goal,” she said. Anna Hovey is a summer intern from the University of Maryland’s journalism school. Her internship was made possible by the Piedmont Journalism Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Dissent and its consequence Those of you who follow the news know that, not too long ago, protesters/rioters marched through night-time streets to destroy a symbol they associated with suppression and tyranny. Of note; they hid their faces behind masks, some even wearing disguises, suggesting their goal was vandalism rather than a redress of grievances. And, when property was destroyed, they proclaimed the result as regrettable but justifiable. In truth, however, it was an attempt to spark popular dissent against lawful governance. The government responded with a law and order approach. It put soldiers in the streets to disperse crowds, impose curfews, and make arrests. All was done to curb dissent and maintain the support of the populace. The majority of the people,
however, backed the protesters and judged that the moment cried out for action. While some deemed that action as being too destructive; most believed that when laws and policies violate basic human rights, we must grant the protesters our understanding, even if we cannot grant them our full approval. And thus in 1773 the Sons of Liberty, in masks and Indian disguises, held their Boston Tea Party and tossed 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. And, as they performed this act of destruction, they professed their right to legal equality, “No taxation, without representation.” They stood up to the overwhelming power of the British government … a government that suppressed and denied them equal representational govern-
ment. In the beginning, these ruffian patriots were a pitiful minority; but they had one thing on their side that elevated their cause … they had right on their side. Their message of defiance to a deaf parent government would kindle the fires of the American Revolution and gain liberty for most … but not for all Americans. History can be an inconvenient and annoying reminder. But it can also offer enlightenment to those who seek it. One hundred and fifty years ago Victor Hugo said, “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” Is it not now finally that time … a time to set right past injustices and fully implement the concept of equal justice under law for all Americans?
DON BACHMANN Marshall
Former student: Teacher should be back teaching journalism Shelly Norden was one of the few teachers that saw me past my learning disability. She was one of those teachers that pushed me to get out of my comfort zone by persuading me to take one of the journalism classes. I have never been good at writing, but she didn’t care. She taught me skills that I now use in my profession. She pushed me to get out of my comfort zone and try new things with my education. Shelly was and still is one of my biggest role models. Taking her away from a school that she had done so much for over the years was wrong but what is really upsetting is that she was taken from the classes that she thrives in. She was my ninthgrade English teacher but then later I had her in
Yearbook 1 and Journalism 1. Journalism is her expertise and she has been replaced with a teacher with no certification or professional journalism experience. As a career and technical education teacher myself, this is beyond frustrating. We need qualified teachers who have the educational background for the content that they are teaching. There needs to be a change, either give her the job back or fill the position with someone as qualified as her. These students deserve the best education that they can get, and they were getting that with her there. Don’t short the students because of a political disagreement!
CARLEY PAVAN Nokesville
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When will the WARF reopen? I have been a member of the WARF for more than seven years. I use the facility on almost a daily basis. It is vital for both physical and mental well being of senior citizens like myself. At least three other gyms in town are opening and serving their clients. What is the delay? If other gyms are open why is the WARF still closed with no published reopening date? When will the WARF open?
BRIAN MCMULLEN Broad Run
Reader laments loss of civility I think I'm just getting tired. All I see on the news is “Black Lives Matter” signs; statues either being torn down or mutilated; and people rioting. What happened to the signs that say “All lives matter,” which means black, white, yellow, brown and red? I don’t recall seeing any of those signs. What happened to respect for other people’s property; including our historic statues which belong to everyone? What happened to “Oh, excuse me,” “Sorry,” “Can I help you?” “No, after you,” “Please,” “Thank you.” I guess I’m just getting tired.
Keeping expecting mothers and newborns safe Pregnancy always comes with its share of anxiety and fear, but the COVID-19 pandemic has added a new layer of concerns for expecting families. If you will be delivering a baby during the pandemic, you likely have many questions about how delivery in the hospital may be different right now and how you can keep yourself and your baby healthy. Fauquier Health has always taken great pride in caring for expecting mothers and their babies and making sure that our community has access to great OB care. This dedication to our region’s growing families has continued throughout the pandemic and will go on long after this health crisis has passed. We are committed to making sure that all moms and babies have the safest birthing experience possible, and we are taking every necessary
precaution to protect our families in labor and delivery from exposure to COVID-19 and ensure the risk of infection expecting mothers and new babies is extremely low. Our extra precautions mean that some aspects of delivery will be as expected, but some may be a little different. The two main changes most families will experience are visitor restrictions and limited entry points to the hospital. As part of our COVID-19 preparedness efforts, we have moved to a strict, limited visitor protocol hospital-wide. Laboring and postpartum mothers are limited to one consistent support person for the duration of their stay. Their support person must be a healthy adult and will be required to pass all screening protocols upon entry into the hospital. Visits from the baby's siblings and other loved ones will have to wait until
Mom and baby leave the hospital. Our COVID-19 preparedness efforts also have limited entry to the hospital, closing some of our typical entrances. This means that expecting mothers and their support person should plan to access the facility through the front lobby. This entrance is open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Outside of those hours, the only entrance will be through the Emergency Department. Additional measures Fauquier Health is taking to support and ensure the safety of our expecting mothers and newborns include: • Isolating any COVID-19-positive patients away from expecting mothers. • Negative pressure rooms available for labor and delivery. • Personal protective equipment available for laboring and post-
NANCY J. ANDERSON Warrenton
partum mothers. • Remote lactation support. • Any NICU protocols/guidelines, as appropriate. These measures have been implemented with great care, and we will continue to update them with the health and safety of our expecting mothers and families in mind. In a time of uncertainty, the one thing all of our expecting families can be sure of is that our experienced OB staff members stand ready to help you on your journey to bring new life into the world. We are here to support you and keep you safe – today and every day the future holds. You can find more information about COVID-19 and how Fauquier Health is responding at fauquierhealth.org or by contacting your care provider.
BARRY ARON, MD, OB/GYN Fauquier Health OB/GYN, Warrenton
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Providing an alternate viewpoint on race relations I take this opportunity to express a counter view to all the virtue signaling in the letters published here over the past few weeks. I am a white woman not claiming any "white privilege," other than being blessed to have been born in America - a granddaughter of legal immigrants from Germany. Like my grandparents and parents, I have worked hard all my life to be a successful member of my community and country. I was raised to treat all people as I would want them to treat me. I am going to take a guess, but I bet that most, if not all of the authors of the letters recently published talking about their white privilege, equality, etc., never were bussed across town as a child to a predominantly black elementary school as I was. These same virtue spotlighters probably never experienced having their black schoolteacher in first grade walk me to the principal's office so I could be sent home with the paperwork necessary for my widow mother to complete so I could qualify for a reduced/free school lunch. I was raised where one of my best friends in elementary school was a black girl who actually was better off economically than me because both her parents worked full time jobs and
actually owned their own home, whereas I lived in apartments. I wasn't jealous of her. I actually loved going to her home to play. We were best friends - not black or white friends, but friends. I grew up in a diverse community where there were Black Americans, Cuban Americans, etc. I even babysat for a woman from Surinam when I was in high school. And these same virtue signalers are probably the same people I have encountered over the years here in Warrenton who, when I mentioned that I work in D.C. and ride the Metro to work, would say words to the effect of ‘How can you do that? Isn't it dangerous? It's D.C.’ Yes, without coming out and saying it, they were implying that I was surrounded by dangerous Black people in the city. Oh, the horrors and hypocrisy. I have seen my share of inappropriate behaviors by young Blacks and watched the transit police do nothing over my 20-plus years of riding the Metro. So spare me the platitudes about how I should feel ashamed or guilty at being white when you have no idea of what I have experienced in my life when you are really the ones enjoying your white privilege having never experienced any of my hardships and only excel at mouthing platitudes about equality, etc.
I also grew up in a country where there was something called due process. And to read a member of the Warrenton Town Council imply that ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is guilty of murder and in effect, deny him due process to be judged by his peers in a trial regarding the events that resulted in the death of George Floyd, without all the evidence being presented, is sad. Per the criminal complaint against Chauvin, Floyd did not die of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, Floyd’s death was the result of being “restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system.” Their report also listed other significant conditions, including arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease, fentanyl intoxication and recent use of methamphetamine." (Source: Minnesota.cbslocal.com) And all the talk of Juneteenth. It's been around since 1865 but no one seems to have ever heard of it until now and it's suddenly all the rage. As someone who has worked in D.C. for almost 25 years, I am very familiar with Juneteenth as it is a holiday for D.C. employees. That's it. Where have you all been these many years?
School board members request more data before approving plan SCHOOL, from page 1 learning one day a week with remote learning four days a week; two days a week in-person and three days a week remote; a week in the classroom followed by a week remote; or 100% remote learning. About 5,000 parents and 85% of staff members returned the surveys. About a third of those choose 100% remote learning, but most responses favored the two-days-a-week in the classroom and three-day remote option. Data in hand, staff members set to work to consider how that might work. Under that scenario, half of students would attend in-person classroom learning the first two days of the week while the other half participated in distance learning. Wednesday would be a planning day for teachers and offer an opportunity for kids learning remotely to ask questions and get some extra help. It also would provide an opportunity for custodians to do some deep cleaning in the school buildings. Thursday and Friday, the two groups of children would swap places – half receiving in-classroom learning and the other half learning remotely. The compelling reason for that option was made clear when the board was shown an example of how a socially distanced classroom would look. “This is my least favorite slide,” said Jeck. “It’s sad.” The photo showed each child’s desk 6 or more feet distant from every other, so, of course, fewer children could be accommodated at one time. Frank Finn, assistant superintendent for student services and special education, pointed out that the
The school board meeting Monday was managed with social distancing; only 50 people were allowed in Fauqiuer High’s cafeteria. TIMES STAFF PHOTO/ROBIN EARL
coronavirus is spread through faceto-face contact, when people are not socially distanced, so it’s important not to have too many children in each classroom. A chart indicating how children might be seated on school buses showed one child in each seat; they’d alternate one at the window and one on the aisle to maximize the distance between each. In this scenario, all children would have to wear masks. The state Department of Education recommends that children sit in every other seat, but Jeck acknowledged that would be unworkable; each bus would only be able to seat seven children. He said the state is open to considering other ideas presented by school districts and that most other districts are asking for similar school bus exceptions. Meals were another problem to be considered. To prevent too many children in the cafeteria at one time, some children might have to eat in their classrooms. Remote learning presents unique issues; Jeck said that teachers learned new ways to teach in the spring when
schools were closed, and the school division was forced to quickly adopt a remote-only learning model. But he pointed out that the fall would be different. “The spring was basically optional. This fall we will be presenting new material.” Teacher training for remote learning is ongoing – particularly in Blackboard and Google Classroom – and teachers are adapting, he said. Parents, too, can get instruction in online learning so they can help their children while they are home and away from their teachers. What about parents who both work, asked Stephanie Litter-Reber (Lee District). And what about teachers who can’t be home with their children because they are teaching in the classroom? How can they help their children navigate remote learning? Litter-Reber said, “Many households are under huge amounts of stress. They are trying to work from home while trying to keep their kids happy and engaged. And some of those parents are now being called back to work.”
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Donna Grove (Cedar Run District) said, “Every parent I’ve talked to wants to see their children in school four days a week. We’d like to get as many kids back in the classroom as possible.” A four-day in-person school week wasn’t one of the options on the survey sent to parents, and school board members thought that option should be more thoroughly explored. They asked Jeck to gather more information through a new survey. The question they wanted answered: are there enough parents willing to embrace all-distance learning so that a four-day week in-classroom scenario would be doable for the rest? “We’d like to gather more data,” said Susan Pauling (Center District) after the meeting. The school board did vote to amend the planned first day of school, saying that school will not start before Aug. 19. Under the twoday in-classroom and three-day remote scenario, Jeck thought the schools could open on the 19th, but the need to re-survey parents with different options could push that date back further. The school board is next scheduled to meet July 13; an emergency meeting may be called before that to consider the new survey data once it has been gathered. Whatever is decided, the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District’s epidemiologist Daniel Ferrell and the district’s medical director, Dr. Wade Kartchner, will review the plan to make sure it is adequate to prevent the spread of the virus. Once they get feedback from the health experts, school administrators will be able to submit the plan to the state for approval. Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com
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Fauquier, Liberty and Kettle Run high schools are not eligible to begin preseason sports workouts until the State Department of Education signs off on the submitted plan for safety. July 6 is a possibility. Culpeper and Eastern View were approved to start this week. Fauquier Times | July 1, 2020
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WHITE, MILLER ARE FAUQUIER TIMES 2020 LIBERTY ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Big play Tre: White left legacy in football, hoops By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer
We live in an era of sports specialization where it is now inconceivable for a high school male athlete to master football in the fall, basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring. For Liberty High’s Tre’Von White that superhuman feat of versatility was within his grasp this spring. A football-basketball phenom who never played high school baseball, the senior was set to start in center field, until the pandemic wiped out spring sports in early March. PHOTO BY JOHN HUGGINS/HUGSHOTS PHOTOGRAPHY “He shocked us when he Liberty football star Tre’Von White was a went for baseball. We wanted first team all-state safety, team MVP and him to try lacrosse,” said his intercepted a school-record 13 passes. mother Shauna of another sport that would also have been a unique THE WHITE FILE tribute to White’s athleticism. Family: Father Jay works in pest What’s not a shock is that White control business. Mother Shauna is the Fauquier Times 2020 Liberty is a cook at Liberty High. Brother High Boys Athlete of the Year. He Ja’Von, 19, is a former Liberty cemented his legacy as a school legfootball and track star. Sister end with a Liberty record 13 career Jazzmin, 17, is a rising senior at interceptions in football and excelled Liberty an basketball starter. as a dunking machine in basketball. Favorite food: His mom’s seafood Baseball gave him a 1.000 batting pasta salad. Crabs and shrimp. average as a three-sport athlete. Favorite restaurant: Mexican food White, 18, made history as the or Golden Corral. school’s most rapacious defensive back Superstitions: “Owls. They bring with 13 interceptions. As a senior, bad spirits. It means something bad White had 11 interceptions and 45 tackis coming. My mom’s side is Native les and was a first team all-state, all-reAmerican, they told me that.” gion and all-district. He also caught Family numbers: Sister Jazzmin 45 passes for 712 yards and 10 TDs. wears No. 12 because it’s the He scored two TDs on interception reopposite of Tre’s No. 21. turns, one on a blocked field goal and fumble return, one on a punt return, TD catches in the 27-17 win. In a 40one rushing, and threw a TD pass. 29 win against Kettle Run, White White’s big plays seemed to flow blocked a field goal attempt and relike No. 1 hit songs from Madonna or turned it 85 yards for a TD and made Beyonce. “He had certain moments in five receptions for 98 yards.. every game, where if he had not done In a 20-13 win at Sherando, White that, I don’t know if we would have scored on a reverse from 27 yards pulled it out,” said football coach Travis out to make it 18-13 with 6:52 left as Buzzo. “He became a highlight reel.” the Eagles improved to 6-0. Beneath his slender 6-foot-3½, In a 20-14 win at Millbrook, 150-something-pound frame lies White caught a 63-yard TD bomb a relaxed happy kid with a knack from Dylan Bailey to help the Eagles for mass-producing signature, take sole possession of first place in game-changing football plays. “He’s a the district at 8-0. very smart football player, at times he Perhaps his biggest play was a messes with opponents,” said Buzzo. 60-yard interception return for the “He’s one of the smartest I’ve ever had.” go-ahead TD in a 21-14 win over Former LHS coach Sean Finnerty Loudoun County in the Class 4 Reagreed.“Tre was one of the best compet- gion B quarterfinals. Liberty’s 11-1 itors I have had the pleasure to coach. season ended in a 53-22 loss to TusThere was never a play he thought he carora in Bealeton, with White docouldn’t make,” Finnerty said. ing his part with two TD receptions. Earlier in the year, the Eagles White played on the freshman, JV struggled against King George, but White helped them through with two See WHITE, page 16
Miller’s field hockey memories will last forever By Fred Hodge
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Athletes have a different perspective on their particular sport than the average fan. Fans usually witness only the actual head-to-head competition. Athletes focus on both the outcome and the behind-the-scenes bonding. For recent Liberty graduate Emma Miller the memories of the Eagles’ record-setting field hockey season will bring smiles long into the future. Miller was a fixture on that amazing team and was set to COURTESY PHOTO shine in lacrosse this spring, Emma Miller was part of the greatest field leading to her selection as hockey team in Liberty history at 18-2. Fauquier Times 2020 Liberty Girls Athlete of the Year. THE MILLER FILE “It’s not really about the sport. Family: “I’m lucky enough to be It’s about the connection we had. On blessed with two sets of parents. and off the field we were best friends My mom, Meredyth Miller is a as well as being teammates,” Miller pre-school teacher, and my dad, said about LHS field hockey’s 18-2 Scott Agans, is a sales engineer season and first trip to the state tourat Genetec. My stepdad, Daniel nament since 2005. Farrar, works for Dominion Power, “We went to states just because and my stepmom, Bridget McGee, we transferred our love and our conis a marketing coordinator for the nection as friends to being teamAmerican Society for Microbiology. mates. We communicate and are My half-brothers Tyler, Oliver and honest with each other.” Max are going into third grade, Liberty won 18 in a row, includKindergarten and pre-school. ing the Northwestern District’s Favorite food: “I love classic chicken regular-season and tournament tenders and French fries. I could also crowns before placing second in eat chick-fil-a or chipotle every day of the regional playoffs. The sterling the week and never get tired of it. campaign ended with a loss in the Favorite movie: Sing. “I can quote state Group 4A quarterfinals to the whole movie and I know all the Chancellor. songs on the soundtrack.” Prior to the opening game, Miller Favorite music: Any top charts. and several teammates bought temModern, pop, rap, country. porary tattoos, which became a ritual after their 1-0 start. “We became season conditioning, Liberty field very superstitious and would try to hockey coach Katie Norman wonkeep ...every little detail the same, dered what was up when Miller texeven down to our hair style or socks ted Norman that she was going to we wore,” Miller said. volleyball camp. Another quirky tradition also “I responded, ‘You know field arose after the girls took a pair of hockey and volleyball are in the battered, unwanted football cleats same season?’ Her response deleft on the field to the hockey locker scribes Emma perfectly. She said room. “Every time we won, we put something along the lines of ‘Yes, I a little tally. We kept adding more just want to learn everything I can and more. For the first 18 games we and be really well rounded in sports.’ had 18 tally marks,” Miller said. And to no one’s surprise, that is exFamily obligations prevented her actly what she did.” from playing on youth teams growMiller became a captain for her ing up, making field hockey and la- junior and senior seasons. A cencrosse her first ventures into team ter midfielder, she was first-team sports. “I decided to try something all-Northwestern District and secnew. I’ve always been active,” she ond-team all-Region D honors as a said.”That turned out a lot better senior. than I expected.” Impressed with her talent in pre- See MILLER, page 16
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White was human highlight reel WHITE, from page 15 and varsity teams in 2016 as a freshman, making his varsity debut in the second-to-last game against Brentsville, then played against Fauquier. He recalls being small at 5-7 and not being involved in many plays. As a sophomore in 2017 he enjoyed his first season as a starter as he played with his brother Ja’Von, a senior. Tre was the full-time starting safety and made honorable mention all-Northwestern District. He credited Ja’Von, who played cornerback and wide receiver, for helping him succeed. “He made a playbook for me on defense, he told me what coverages. It was the best all-around team,” Tre said. The Eagles went 8-2 in the regular season, beat Kettle Run 28-14 in the first round, then lost to Sherando 33-21 to close out a 9-3 year. White’s junior year in 2018 was marred by a broken collarbone in the fifth game at Sherando. White got hurt making a first-half tackle, then got buried in the bottom of a pile. “The way I landed, it snapped it. I knew it was broken when I hit the ground,” he said. White had a difficult recovery. Following the year, he had a bout with vertigo. “I got sick and did not eat for three months. Every time I’d eat, I’d throw up. I was dizzy sitting still,” said White of a period from November to January. “I got pale.
I’m good now. It scared me so bad.” Mom Shauna said the experience set the stage for his monster senior year. “A setback is a setup for a comeback,” she said. “He felt like he had a point to prove, and he proved it. I’m proud of him.” Taller by some 2 inches as a senior, White hadn’t gained weight, but his vast varsity experience and uncanny big play abilities were on full display. “It’s not how strong you get or how powerful you are, but also how explosive and fast you are. If you’re not strong, you better be faster and explosive in movement. It’s a weight and balance system. Tre was slender, but Tre was very explosive and had enough speed to get by people and cover ground,” Buzzo said. As a senior in basketball, White averaged 6.5 points, 2.5 assists 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals. He led the team in assists and steals and was second in rebounds. He was also a team catalyst with his frequent dunks, which he achieved after a seemingly easy liftoff. “In the 16 years I have been there, he is the best game dunker I have ever had, and it isn’t even close,” said coach Pat Frazer. He said White averaged more than one dunk per game in both seasons. White counted his dunks at 35 as a junior, including breaking a rim at Handley. “On defense, his best attribute was his anticipation. He has such great instincts. He knows what is going to happen before it does. We saw the same things on the football field. Based on our plus-minus chart, Tre was the team’s most effective player for the second year in a row,” Frazer said.
He was also popular, with an aura about him. He always seemed to leave the postgame locker room accompanied by teammates. “He’s friends with everybody on the team. He’s a jokester in life. He’s always enjoying himself,” said Buzzo. “I don’t think he’s ever had a boring time in his life. He finds a way to make everything fun.” Said his mother: “A lot of kids listen to him. A couple people have said if he is not on the field, you can tell the difference (in how the team looks and plays). People tell him how great he is and he’s like, ‘Thank you.’ He’s shy about it.” White’s spring choice of baseball, a difficult sport requiring year-round training, was an eye-opener. “I used to play when I was little. I stopped. Senior year I was like, ‘I might as well play again,’’’ he said. Although he made the team, the season was scrapped before the first game. No one knows how it would have turned out, but coach Tom Determan was trying strategies to get White on base. “I was bunting. He made me bunt to get on base. I started to get better. I knew where to put the ball at. I wish we could have finished the season,” White said. White originally planned to play football at Louisburg (N.C.) Junior College, but has changed his mind. “I de-committed. School was not for me,” he said. “It’s not sad, it has to come to an end someday,” he said about football. He is considering pursuing a trade in heavy machinery and taking classes at Lord Fairfax Community College.
Miller was Eagles’ midfield maestro MILLER, from page 15 “Emma was someone her teammates truly looked up to and could count on in any situation,” Norman said. Liberty girls lacrosse coach Amy Lacey was the junior varsity mentor when Miller was a freshman. Miller played four games then was elevated to the varsity, and emerged as a center midfielder. As a junior, Miller was a team captain, started every game and was a major contributor to the transition game. She had 26 draw controls, 17 goals, three assists and gathered 36 loose balls. “I loved playing midfield because I could attack and score,” said Miller, who relished playing the entire field. “I’m able to communicate with everyone around me. I set the movement.” “I’m so sad to not have been able to see her and her teammates’ accomplishments this season,” Lacey lamented of the 2020 spring season cancellation. “But I am so proud that she is receiving this award.” Emma will attend James Madison University, hoping to major in early elementary education. She is working this summer with kindergarten and first-grade children at the Warrenton Baptist Church Tiny Tots program. She might play club hockey or lacrosse at JMU.
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MASKS AND HIGH DRAMA AT 95TH GOLD CUP Two-time champ Doc Cebu prevails in mistake-laden feature By Betsy Burke Parker Special to the Times
Two-time champion Doc Cebu took command late in Saturday’s $40,000 Virginia Gold Cup and drew away with authority in the signature timber stake at Great Meadow in The Plains. Ridden by 2019’s co-champion jockey Michael Mitchell, Doc Cebu jumped strongly throughout the Cup’s four miles and delivered a dominant victory in what has to be considered the oddest race at the most unusual race meet in the weirdest year since the inaugural running in 1922. It was a strange day: the voice of Virginia steeplechasing, Will O’Keefe, provided his standard stride-by-stride commentary over the PA system – to an almost empty house. Ten oversubscribed races plumped the star-studded program at the vast - but empty - sun-soaked field events center. Between O’Keefe’s calls, it was strangely silent. Due to pandemic limitations still curtailing public events, just a few hundred active participants witnessed the first spectator-free Gold Cup. “It was weird to be here with just a skeleton crew. It’s so quiet,” said Virginia Gold Cup Association executive director Diane Jones before the title event. The day was about to get weirder. In the eponymous feature, two of the circuit’s most experienced professionals took the wrong course, eliminating pre-race favorite and 2019 winner Andi’amu from the race and leaving Doc Cebu alone at the wire to deliver the powerful performance. Gold Cup shaped up as a grudge match between last year’s Gold Cup winner, and timber champ, Andi’amu and 2017 and ’18 champion Doc Cebu. Winner of two International Gold Cups at Great Meadow, Doc Cebu had finished second at the June 13 Middleburg Hunt Cup behind Ballybristol Farm’s Andi’amu. Mitchell said he’d “expected (Doc Cebu) would improve off of that run” at Glenwood Park two weeks ago, plus, he added, “four miles is ‘his’ distance. He needs a piece of ground” to express speed and stamina in equal measures. The race unfolded as expected at first, the Jack Fisher-trained novice Storm Team (Sean McDermott up) taking command at the break, Andi’amu settled in second with Tom Garner, Mitchell tucking Doc Cebu behind the leaders. “Switching him off,” as Mitchell put it, was
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Maryland-based Doc Cebu (above), ridden by Michael Mitchell, powered to victory in what horsemen are calling the strangest Virginia Gold Cup meet since the first running in 1922. the strategy in the early stages of the marathon. “He (established) a good rhythm.” Mitchell said his position, fourth – of six – in the early running set up what he hoped would be a strategically planned late run in the final circuit of the course. Coming out of the North Rail turn, between the sixth and seventh jumps, Mitchell’s strategy changed. Briefly confused by what he called an “inviting route” off the dowling poles marking the north end of the course, McDermott incorrectly guided leader Storm Team to the 19th fence up the outside of the racecourse, rather than to the eighth fence up the inner. Garner followed him aboard Andi’amu. Both pros realized their mistake as they cleared the wrong obstacle, glancing left at the others racing 50 feet to their left. Mitchell said he’s lucky he didn’t follow them. “For a split-second, and I mean, like, one step, I questioned which way to go,” Mitchell admitted later. He could have easily tugged the right rein to follow Storm Team, or the left rein to stick behind Codrington College (Darren Nagle up.) “You do question yourself,” said the veteran pro, a native of Rugby, England at 29 with two jockey titles – the U.S. crown last year, the New Zealand championship in 2015. “At the speed that you’re going there’s not a lot of time to hesitate … that you’re making the wrong decision.
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Ballybristol Farm’s Mercoeur, the gray horse with yellow silks, won the crosscountry Steeplethon with rider Tom Garner. “What went through my mind is there’s a huge long run from the sixth fence (on the backstretch) to the seventh (a third of a mile away, in the middle of the homestretch.) I knew I was correct.” Storm Team and Andi’amu pulled up – off-course horses are not allowed to continue, and riders are fined if they stay in the race. Doc Cebu jumped strongly off new leader Codrington College’s lead, Mitchell said, moving to challenge at the second-last and extending to 12 lengths at the wire. Codrington College was second, Super Saturday (Gerard Galligan) the only other finisher in third. Lemony Bay pulled up on the backstretch. Ten-year-old Doc Cebu powered
home, running the four miles in 8:15 2/5 on turf rated as good. Mitchell won three other races on the extended card, prevailing with maiden hurdlers Fast Car, Lonely Weekend and Shark de Berlais. Semmes hurdle feature winner Snap Decision, like stablemate Doc Cebu is trained in Maryland by reigning trainer champion Fisher and sired by Hard Spun. Sean McDermott timed his stretch run to perfection, Snap Decision surging late to win the $35,000 stake by 4 1/2 lengths. Complete results are at nationalsteeplechase.com. Find more photos on the Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Foundation Facebook page.
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Upgraded beauty in Remington This home, located on a cul-desac, is well cared for and beautifully upgraded with almost 5,000 square feet of living area. Walk into a beautiful foyer and find gleaming hardwood floors in most rooms, including the formal dining room, living room and a den. Stroll into the open family room with cathedral ceiling and fireplace and note the sunroom to one side and gourmet kitchen on the other, with a tile backsplash, granite countertops and a breakfast area. The breakfast area walks out to the deck, which overlooks a large, fully-fenced yard and shed. Upstairs,
you’ll find hardwood floors in the hallway, a generously sized laundry room, three nicely sized bedrooms and a large master suite with multiple closets and a luxurious master bath. Looking for more room? The fully finished, walkup basement has a recreation room with bar, a den (currently used as a bedroom) and additional rooms for whatever you wish. You don’t want to miss this beauty at 12225 Remland Court in Remington, Virginia, 22734. Diane Quigley 703-732-5952 Diane.quigley@c21nm.com
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These property transfers, filed May 21-27, 2020 were provided by Clerk of the Court of Fauquier County. (Please note that to conserve space, only the first person named as the grantor or grantee is listed. The kind of instrument is a deed unless stated otherwise.) Top Dollar Deal $925,000 in Marshall District
Cedar Run District Mark A. Smith to James Brownlow, 1.3232 acres at 7398 Little Court nr. Warrenton. $250,000 Y R. Shortt to B. F. Stephens Inc., 1 acre on Wince Lane, Warrenton. $131,000 Ethel M. Jackson HRS by Spl. Comr. to Green Matters Construction Inc., 0.99 acre on Midland Road and 0.99 acre at 4516 Midland Road nr. Elk Run. $90,000 The Drew Corp. to Potomac District Council of the Assemblies of God Ins., 24.11 acres on James Madison Hwy., L/E portions to the Town of Warrenton taxed as 8.0820 acres. $66,600 Jeffrey W. Yates to William W. Miller Jr., 6.5637 acres at 13293 Deep Run Mill Road, Goldvein. $436,000 Joseph Furtado to Jonna Gillette, 37.7547 acres on James Madison Hwy. & Shumate’s Mill Lane nr. Warrenton. $325,000 William Reynolds to Patrick Frank Hosey, 1.4759 acres at 8092 Zellas
Road nr. Warrenton. $365,000 Brandon M. Ashwood to Calvin Moh, 7597 Pahlson Court, Warrenton. $415,000 Ray K. Crawford to Russell R. Vane III Tr., 3.1693 acres at 12710 Foxtrot Road, Bealeton. $200,000 Lee District Red Maple Properties LLC to Pelham Village LC, Lots 161, 162, 163, 164 and 165, Southcoate Village nr. Bealeton. $250,000 Argent Development LLC to Andrew Reed Hales, 1.2612 acres at 7167 O’Keefe Road, Bealeton. $264,900 William S. Prince to Kyle Johnson, 7018 Helm Drive, Remington. $289,000 Michael L. Straight to Dixie G. Collins, 0.2410 acre at 12238 Davis Road, Remington. $249,900 Barbara D. Phillips to Lewis A. Golladay, 4.1532 acres at 4423 Dyes Lane nr. Bealeton. $339,900 Lawrence J. Shillingburg to Carol Page, 1.100 acres at 10059 Kimberly Court nr. Warrenton. $387,000
Center District Raul Montalvo to James L. Graham III, 7318 Wythe Court, Warrenton. $435,000 Scott District Michael A. Crockett to Joshua Lee O’Rourke, 6.2190 acres at 5052 Fairview Lane, Broad Run. $549,000 Lakeside Homes LLC to Scott A. Martin, 4706 Gates Road nr. Warrenton. $858,936 Donald L. Ethier to Mark F. Sanderson, 10.001 acres at 5023 Hummingbird Lane, Warrenton. $670,000 Aline S. Brannan to Kelley P. Dever, 7420 Stuart Circle nr. Warrenton. $469,000 Kevin Cahill to Nicholas Gilbert Edwin Page, 1.0183 acres at 5218 Hillside Drive nr. Warrenton. $410,000 Phyllis Snipes to Aran Capital Partners LLC, 1.2500 acres at 5676 O’Bannon Road, The Plains. $252,000 Michele Gross to Julia Carol Alsup,
8.1596 acres at 6492 Airlie Road nr. Warrenton. $639,000 Marshall District Dylan Morgan Cooper to Kelcey Eugene VanZandt, 2.018 acres at 5030 Timber Knoll Lane nr. Warrenton. $390,000 Danny M. Smedley to Gregory Meredith Scott, 6.6302 acres at 10361 Dominion Court, Marshall/Orlean. $925,000 Christian Duback to Joshua Steven Cotton, 12 acres at 9597 Foxville Road nr. Warrenton. $610,000 Carol Ward Dickson Tr. to Kim A. Ray, 31.2649 acres off Ada Road nr. Marshall. $320,000 Seth Thomas Jester to Heidi Aboutaj, 1.0100 acres at 4680 Bluff Turn, Marshall. $384,000 James Freely to Sarah T. Jester, 10.245 acres at 9424 Mountjoy Road, Marshall. $548,500
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OBITUARIES Eleanor Louise Costello Hazel Eleanor Louise Costello Hazel of Broad Run, VA died peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family, on June 25 after a lengthy illness. The daughter of Thurman Oliver Costello and Esther Louisa Virts Costello, Mrs. Hazel was born at Clover Hill Farm in Waterford, Virginia on February 9, 1933. She and William A. “Bill” Hazel, Sr., were married on April 17, 1954 in the Waterford Presbyterian Church and enjoyed a 58-year marriage. Mr. Hazel later founded William A. Hazel, Inc., now located in Chantilly, Virginia. Raised on a farm and a Fauquier County resident since 1957, Mrs. Hazel served with distinction as a 4-H club leader in Fauquier County for many years instructing crafts and international cooking. Several of her club members went on to win achievement awards at the local, district, and state levels. She was an inductee into the 4-H Hall of Fame and continued to support the Fauquier County 4-H Fair. The Hazels were congregants of the Warrenton Presbyterian Church since 1957 where Mrs. Hazel was a long-time Sunday School teacher. Bill and Eleanor became the second longest attending members of the church. Known for her wit and creativity, Eleanor wrote numerous poems humorously depicting family events including marriages, birthdays and Christmas. She tirelessly drafted thoughtful notes to elderly friends and shut ins. Although she enjoyed travel, her favorite place was home with family. Collectively, the Hazels were known for their dedicated civic involvement in Northern Virginia and throughout the state. Committed to education, Bill and Eleanor Hazel supported numerous colleges and universities including, locally, George Mason University, Shenandoah University, and Lord Fairfax Community College. Among the secondary schools were Highland, Woodberry Forest, and Flint Hill schools. Mrs. Hazel is predeceased by Mr. Hazel (1935 - 2012), daughter Barbara Joan (1961 - 1963), sister Louisa, brother Thurman Oliver and his wife Jean Douglas Costello, and her brother John Albert Costello. She is survived by her sister-in-law Sue Wenner Costello and five children: Dr. William A. Hazel, Jr. and his wife Cindy of Oakton, VA; his daughters Ruth M. Hazel of Vienna, VA and Jean B. Hazel of Leesburg, VA; his son David L. Hazel of Broad Run and his wife Amanda; and B. Daniel Hazel of The Plains, VA and his wife Leslie. Mrs. Hazel also leaves behind 11 grandchildren: Drew Hazel, Whitney Little, Mrs. Suzanne Rupp and husband Cullen, Jaclyn Little, Christina Benza and husband George, David Little, Catherine Soltesz, Mary Claire Soltesz, Henry Hazel, Andrew Hazel, and Charlie Hazel. Additionally, she departs from her beloved great- grandchildren Bennett, Ellie Grace, and Jack Rupp. The family wishes to thank Mrs. Hazel’s loyal and loving friend Mrs. Alberta W. King, Mrs. Patty Simpson, RN, and the dedicated caregivers charged with sustaining her at home, keeping her safe, and compassionately attending to her well-being. A private celebration of life and interment will be held at Little Georgetown Cemetery near the family farm in Broad Run. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mrs. Hazel’s favorite organizations: Operation Smile Youth for Tomorrow The Fauquier 4-H Club Warrenton Presbyterian Church Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com
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Scott Thomas Eastment Scott Thomas Eastment, age 33 passed away on June 27, 2020. He was a resident of Warrenton, VA and formerly of Clifton, VA. He had attended and graduated from St. Paul VI Catholic H.S. School in Fairfax, VA and went on to Frostburg State to obtain his undergraduate degree. He played varsity baseball at both schools. He received his MBA from St. Leo’s University near Tampa, FL. He will be deeply missed by his parents, family and friends. He is survived by George and Tina Eastment of Warrenton, VA; An uncle, Thomas J. Eastment and his wife Cynthia of Chevy Chase, MD and cousins, Leah and Elsa Eastment. He leaves behind a very close girlfriend, Alexis Tomaselli. A Visitation was held on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from 6 to 8pm at Moser Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 11:30am at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Warrenton, VA and a burial following at Bright View Cemetery, Warrenton, VA. In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to The Fauquier SPCA, fauquierspca.com Arrangements by Moser Funeral Home 233 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186, 540-347-3431, online condolences can be made at: moserfuneralhome.com
Marjorie Mae Rollins Arnold Marjorie Mae Rollins Arnold has fallen asleep in this world (June 19, 2020) to awaken into that which is to come. She was the first child born to Joseph Douglas and Louise Smith Ashby Rollins of Washington, District of Columbia, May 10, 1931. Her brother, Joseph Ashby Rollins and his wife Joyce Rollins currently reside in Culpeper, VA. They were residents of Northwest Washington, DC (an apartment above Wizard Lock and Key along Connecticut Ave. where JDR worked), Roslyn, Virginia (N. Oak Street next to the lumber yard), and Clarendon, Virginia (N. 10th and Monroe Street). She recently recalled that when her family moved from Oak Street to Monroe Street their house had hand pumped water and an outdoor potty. Her father roughed in the indoor conveniences later. Her education was received at Clarendon (Maury) School (now a museum) and Washington and Lee High School, where she withdrew before completing her diploma. She was married to Robert Daniel Arnold, Sr. of N. 7th Street, a 38-year employee of Arlington, Virginia, who died May 20, 2018. Together they rejoiced in the birth of two sons, Rev. Robert Daniel Arnold, Jr., who was murdered July 18, 1984 in Clinton, NC, and Rev. David Fitzpatrick Arnold, who currently resides in Powhatan, Virginia. She accepted the vocation of homemaker with great pride and sense of accomplishment. Her life was formed by the lives of faith lived by her parents, the steps of which can be traced from church to church during her life, Kendall Baptist (DC), West Washington Baptist (DC), Clarendon Baptist (VA), Vienna Baptist (VA), Warrenton Baptist (VA), Kilmarnock Baptist (VA), and Culpeper Baptist (VA). At most of these churches she usually enjoyed participation in the Women’s Missionary Union, responsibility as a Sunday School teacher, Choir member, and once the memorable task of being on a Pastor Search Committee. While in Warrenton, she enjoyed the fellowship and energy that came from being a founding member of the Christian Women’s Club. Her older son married Donna Marie Jones of Bridgewater, VA, and their two daughters Dana Louise Arnold Stone and Danielle Elizabeth Arnold Unsworth currently reside in Indiana, both bringing great grandchildren into her joy filled presence, and by Dana’s children great great grandchildren. Her second son married Catherine Rene Cockrell of Gainesville, VA, and their four daughters, Rachel Elizabeth, Sarah Catherine, Emily Grace and Anna Brittany, are currently residing in Powhatan and Chesterfield, VA. Second place to the love for the One God, Father Almighty, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit, she truly loved her husband “Danny” who was reintroduced to the “candy counter girl” at Wilson Theater by his cousins and her closest childhood friends, Louis and Mae. She truly loved her home, wherever it was, and making anyone comfortable in it. She truly loved her children, and all of God’s children, red and yellow, black and white. While her heart and body were failing she was loved by the incredible caregivers at The Culpeper, formerly known as The Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community. Gifts in memory of her life may be given to the VBH Foundation, or Virginia Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services Foundation. A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 13 at 11:00 AM at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton, VA. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.
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OBITUARIES Gerald “Jerry” Saunier Gerald “Jerry” Saunier, 88, passed away on May 2, 2020. He was born on April 4, 1932 in Providence RI to Nelson and Loretta Saunier. Jerry was a USMC Veteran who served in the Korean War. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Ruth Saunier; son Gerald “Skip” Saunier; daughters, Bonnie Chaney, Lynn Trosset; brother Ron Saunier; grandsons, Bryant Beach, Danny Trosset, Michael Trosset and six great grandchildren. Jerry and Ruth lived and raised their family in Warrenton from 1955-1975. A lifelong horse trainer, Jerry, trained Mainstay, the winner of the 1961 Virginia Gold Cup. Since 1975 Jerry and family have resided in Florida. Jerry was laid to rest on May 16 in Geneva Florida
Paula Coluzzi Ramos Paula Coluzzi Ramos, born in Washington D.C. on June 9th of 1957, to Ann Crook Coluzzi and Vincent Paul Coluzzi, joined them in Heaven at 63 years of age leaving home peacefully in Bealeton, Virginia on June 24th of 2020. Everyone knows of how Paula fought her illness valiantly the last four plus years. Paula is defined not by this illness, but by her courage and faith in her journey toward eternal life. Paula’s life was huge. She always put her loved ones first and anyone that needed her no matter the circumstance. Paula was the first of two daughters. Both would aspire to do great things in life. This was spurred by the love and dedication from their mother and father. Ann Coluzzi was dedicated to a life educating young minds and stretching creativity. Paula would follow in those footsteps. Paula did it all. Married to Ramon Ramos Jr and raising four young children, Paula still managed to educate in the D.C. school system, continue her education leaning towards helping those with special needs, while being the most incredible wife in this world. She would take her new accreditations from University and apply them at the Keller Institute in Fairfax. Paula honed in on the skills that made her invaluable as the teacher whom she became. Our journey lead the family to a new life in Fauquier County. Paula would sign on with the County School System and so began this chapter totaling 20 years beginning at Cedar Lee Middle School and on to her beloved Liberty High School. The funeral will be Wednesday July 1, 2020 at John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Warrenton, Virginia at 10am. A “celebration of life” for Paula will be scheduled at a later date so that all who loved her may safely attend. We will be cognizant of the health concerns for all. The Church will safely accommodate all that attend. Please use Virginia requirements for social distancing. (many hugs later ... Paula said she sending a group hug Wednesday:) Please leave contact info for future “celebration of life” ceremony i.e. email/ phone Donations can be made Cancer Research Institute in honor or memory of the Paula Ramos in lieu of flowers. https://fundraise.cancerresearch.org/fundraiser/2805951
Richard “Lee” Garneau Lee passed away on May 25, 2020 at the Fauquier Health Rehabilitation & Nursing Center where he had lived since September 2012. Lee was predeceased by his parents, John and Catherine Curtin Garneau. He was born on July 1, 1937 in Washington, D.C., the second of ten children. When he was four years old his family moved from Washington, D.C. to Arlington, VA where he lived until 2012. Lee was challenged with a number of disabilities: cerebral palsy, epilepsy, seizures and two strokes. He never expected special treatment and did his best to keep up with others. He retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture where he worked as a mail clerk. Lee was a member of the Knights of Columbus and had a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Lee is survived by his sisters Patricia (Hap) Sampsell of Marshall, Peggy Smith of New Market, Paula Asselin of Herndon, Kathy (Frank) Cooper of Great Falls, Mary Ann (Phillip) of Amissville; brothers Jerry of Midland, Tommy (Betty) of Falls Church, Donnie (Rosemary) of Fairfax, and Michael (Sue) of Kingsland, GA; 23 nieces and nephews, 43 great nieces and nephews, and 26 great, great nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Warrenton by Father Charles Smith and Deacon J.D. Williams followed by a burial at Bright View Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at moserfuneralhome.com.
Betty Owsley Betty Jane Owsley was born in Parkville, Missouri on May 15, 1931. She passed away peacefully in her home of 59 years on June 20, 2020. Betty grew-up on a farm in Parkville, Mo. She attended grade school in a one-room country schoolhouse. When her family sold the farm they moved to Kansas City, MO, where she graduated from Southwest High School. She married Lowell Owsley, March 2, 1951 and remained his faithful wife for 69 years, until his death. They moved to a small farm in Jeffersonton in 1961 and lived there the rest of their lives. Betty competed in Culpeper County Fair talent shows with her fine singing. She also entered into cooking, baking, floral arranging, and other home categories. She won many awards including at least one grand prize for the most ribbons won. Her love of cooking led her to amass an extensive collection of cooking recipes, which she compiled into a self-published cookbook. Her love of gardening led her to design and tend multiple flower gardens surrounding her home and she had a vegetable garden throughout her life. She worked as a florist for the Betty Brown Florist in Culpeper for several years. Then she launched her own business, owning and operating the Good Earth Plant Shop on Main Street in Culpeper for many years. Betty loved to sing and share that gift with others through choirs and numerous solos. She directed the Jeffersonton United Methodist Church youth choir. A self-taught artist, Betty became an accomplished watercolor artist. Her paintings adorn the walls of many local homes. While in her 50’s, Betty took up playing tennis for the first time and within several years became the Fauquier County women’s singles and doubles champion. She excelled at everything she attempted. She is survived by her brother, Charles Brink, and her sister, Carol Waterman, two children, Autumn and Terry, four grandchildren, Anna, Kelsey, Emily, and Ben, and three great grandchildren, Charlotte, Elizabeth, and Nathan. She will be missed by all. May she rest in peace.
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OBITUARIES Larry Norris King Larry Norris King, 71 of Warrenton, VA passed away on June 19, 2020 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He was born on September 18, 1948 in Washington, D.C. to Norris Jett King and Ruth Fulgham King. Larry is survived by his sons, Justin King and Timothy King, and siblings, Karen Coleman, Melvin King and Kathy Leddy. All services are private at this time. Online condolences may be offered at moserfuneralhome.com.
Allen Laverne Ward Allen Laverne Ward, age 66, a former resident of Fauquier County passed away in Ashland, VA after a long illness. He will be deeply missed by his family. Predeceased by his brother, Churchill Odell Ward, Jr, his father Churchill Odell Ward Sr, and his mother, Mildred Delores Hume Ward. Survived by his two daughters, Crystal Smith of Culpeper, VA and Tonya (Brian) James of Front Royal, VA; two sisters, April (Chip) Attkisson of Goldvein, VA and Debbie (Kevin) Brock in PA; five grandchildren, Dominique Smith, Grace James, Alyssa Smith, Brianna James and Jr. Kreh and nieces and nephews. Allen enjoyed his career at Pepsi and State Bank of Remington and spending time with his daughters and grandchildren. A visitation will be on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from 10 to 11am at Moser Funeral Home and a service following at 11am. A burial will follow at Midland Church of the Brethren Church Cemetery, Midland, VA. Arrangements by Moser Funeral Home 233 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186, 540-347-3431, online condolences can be made at moserfuneralhome.com
Betty Louise Silver Warrenton . August 31, 1935 - June 24, 2020 “There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.” Betty Louise Silver, age 84, passed away at home with her family June 24, 2020. She was born and raised in Washington, DC, and came to receive Jesus Christ as her Savior later in life. Betty is now resting and rejoicing in the arms of Jesus, Glory to God. Until transitioning to spend her last days in the home of her youngest daughter, Betty had spent her last years at Blue Ridge Christian Home. The same home that cared for her mother. She is survived by her daughter and son in law, Valerie and Jim Jessup of Jeffersonton, VA, Stephanie and Billy Beasley of Amissville, VA, grandson Andrew Jessup and wife Tanya of Clarksville, VA, grandson Alexander Jessup of Arcata, CA, granddaughter Carlyn Holland and husband Robert of Rixeyville, VA, granddaughter Caitlin Whitehouse and husband Russell of Spotslvania, VA, granddaughter Taylor Berrios and husband Daniel of Chinandega, Nicaragua, and granddaughter Blair Crossman of Amissville, VA. Great Grammy had two greatgrandsons, Elliott Joseph Whitehouse and Leland James Holland. It was evident of her love for them as her face lit up with a loving smile every time she saw them. She is preceded in death by her late husbands Dwight Silver and “Joe” Loos and two brothers Buddy and Jean Stover. Betty overcame many of life’s obstacles with tenacity and strength. She had a wit about her and was known for her truthful words of honesty. Her strength and quick wit will live on in her daughters and granddaughters. A family graveside service at will be held at a later date at Arlington National cemetery where she will be buried with the love of her life, husband Joe Loos.
NICHES OF THEIR OWN Similar to the way that the freestanding cemetery building known as a “mausoleum” contains the grave, tomb, or burial chamber of the deceased, a “columbarium” is a structure that has walls with many rows and columns of recesses, called “niches,” into which cremation urns are placed. These niches, or alcoves, may be open to the air, glassfronted, or have doors that close and seal. On their fronts or along an edge, there is typically a place for a plaque with room for a person’s name to be engraved. Columbaria are often found in large urban cemeteries or high-density areas. In fact, the Arlington National Cemetery includes a Columbarium Court with stately granite columns, marble niche covers, and stone walkways. There is no single proper funeral service. It is a time for human sharing in its deepest sense. You and the ones you love are at the very center of the process, and the choices you make will determine its significance for you. As you participate in the planning of the funeral service, you help create a meaningful experience for everyone. To learn more, please call MOSER FUNERAL HOME at (540) 347-3431. We invite you to tour our facility at 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton. Ask us about our BRIGHT VIEW CEMETERY, just outside of Warrenton. “Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow.” Oscar Wilde
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Total Lawn Care, home services. Cranium Services giving you peace of mind. Call Glenn 571-839-8495; glenn@ craniumservices. com; cranium. services.com
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1986 V8 Olds Cutlas Supreme Brougham $1500 OBO. 138K showing on odometer. Water pump needs replacing. Restoration possible, additional photos or info, email robertmchamp@ yahoo.com
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North´s Custom Masonry. Retaining walls, stone work, patios, repoint ing brick, chimneys, driveways. 540-533-8092
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2013 BMW M-sport package. 87k miles. All service records. $12k. Serious inquires only. Call 540-439-9071 1990, Mazda Mx-5 Miata Raoadster Convertible, White, 5sp. Runs great! I Brand new engine installed in August of 2015! Clean open title. Ready to roll! 703-298-2221 2007 Yaris Light green. Starts but does not move. Body in good cond. 4 drs. One small dent. Some staining on seats. $300 OBO Marshall. 540-364-1307 Leave message 2008 Smart car, red, built in roll-bar, heated seats, 77,873 miles, 1 owner, garaged, runs great. $2,750. Laura, 540-347-1278 H or 540-222-0407 C.
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2017 Forest iver Toy Hauler, XLR Nitro 29 KW excellent condition/loaded Asking $38,000. Call Ken @ 540-402-6291 leave message
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2006 Yamaha V-Star 16,700 mls, windshield & Saddlebags. Garaged! Great Cond. Contact: rjjrsmith@ gmail.com
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FOOD PANTRY 2nd & 4th Sundays
3124 Beulah Rd, at Beulah Baptist Church, Markham VA will have a food pantry on 1:30pm-3pm Please contact Cecelia Williams at 540.364.2428. Church number 540.364.2626. Homeschoolers of Bealeton (HOB) is a support system for homeschooling families located in Bealeton, Virginia and serving Fauquier County and the surrounding areas. Members are invited to share their ideas, events, achievements, support, encouragement and resources. Fill out our membership request by following this link: https://www. homeschool-life.com/2176/signup Good news if you are exploring your family tree or doing genealogy research – from home access to ProQuest’s Ancestry Library Edition has been extended through June 30. Users will be prompted for their 10digit Fauquier County Library card from the library’s website. Previously, this powerful database which provides access to censuses, vital, immigration, military records, family histories and legal documents, was only available for in-library use. Don’t have a library card? Apply for one online to get access to the library’s digital resources 24/7!
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Request For Proposals (RFP) (RFP)Engineering Services Piney River VDOT Pilot Project Proposals Due: July 24, 2020 To apply: www.pecva.org/apply Contact: ccatlett@pecva.org(540) 347-2334 x7060
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NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors will hold a virtual work session at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2020, in the Warren Green Building at 10 Hotel Street in Warrenton, Virginia, and will hold a virtual regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the same location, to be followed by a virtual public hearing to obtain citizen input on the following item(s): 1. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE III OF THE FAUQUIER COUNTY CODE TO ALLOW FOR TRIENNIAL LAND USE ASSESSMENT REVALIDATION CERTIFICATIONS, AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OPEN SPACE COMMITMENT AGREEMENTS FROM EIGHT YEARS TO TEN YEARS – Virginia Code § 58.1-3234 authorizes Land Use Assessment Program recertification up to every 6 years. Fauquier County Code § 8-10(b) currently requires annual recertification. If adopted, the amendment would provide for recertification every 3 years. Virginia Code § 58.1-3233(3) authorizes 10-year terms for Open Space Commitment Agreements. Fauquier County Code § 8-11(c)(3) currently requires 8-year terms. If adopted, the amendment would authorize 10-year terms. (Mary Catherine Anderson, Staff) 2. REZONING REZN-19-011186, LAKESIDE HOMES, LLC, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF BROOKSIDE, JAMES M. & KATHLEEN K. ROHR (OWNERS) / LAKESIDE HOMES, LLC (APPLICANT) – BROAD RUN ESTATES – An application to rezone approximately 112.39 acres from Residential: 1 Unit Per Acre (R-1) to Residential: 4 Units Per Acre (R-4) with proffers. The properties are located at 4525, 4569, 4589, 4627 and 4629 Broad Run Church Road, Scott District. (PIN 7906-90-4594-000, 7906-90-0728-000, 7906-91-7338-000, 7906-91-6062-000, 7906-81-7310-000, 7916-00-5721-000, 7916-00-8844-000, 7916-10-0714-000, 7916-10-1643-000, 7916-10-2576-000, 7916-10-1218-000, 7916-00-9374-000, 7916-00-8482-000, 7916-00-7580-000, 7916-00-7233-000, 7916-00-7919-000 and 7916-00-7838-000) (Adam Shellenberger, Staff) 3. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE CONVEYANCE OF AN OPENSPACE EASEMENT ON THE RIVERSIDE PRESERVE PROPERTY – A public hearing to consider conveyance of a perpetual open-space easement to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation on a parcel of land owned by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors in the Marshall Magisterial District known as Riverside Preserve (PIN 6943-88-4433-000) containing 196.6393 acres in aggregate. (Tracy Gallehr, Staff)
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING A Joint Public Hearing will be held by the Council and the Planning Commission of the Town of The Plains, Virginia at 7:00 P.M. on July 20, 2020 on the lawn at Grace Episcopal Church, 6507 Main Street, The Plains, VA to consider the Request of Michael and Denise Godfrey for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for a Bed and Breakfast to be known as “The Pink Dogwood”. The Bed and Breakfast would be located at 4350 Fauquier Avenue, The Plains, Virginia 20198; Tax Map ID Number 6989-87-5229-000; and to consider as a separate matter a Special Use Permit (SUP) for a Home Occupation for a floral arrangement business to be known as “A Floral Event” at the same location. Both the B&B and Home Occupation are being considered in accordance with Chapter 19, Zoning Ordinance; Article 9, R-2 Residential Zoning District, Section 9-1-3 Uses Permitted with a Special Use Permit - Bed and Breakfast, Home Occupation of the Town of The Plains Town Code. Rain Date is next day or continued thereafter on a day by day basis until a rain free day allows the meeting to be held. If in doubt or questions, please check www.theplainsvirginia. org or call (540) 364-4945 for Notice of Continuance by 12:00 P.M. the day before. The property is located in the R-2 Residential Zoning District and is located in the Historic and Gateway Overlay Districts. A copy of the Application is available for review by contacting the Town of The Plains. PO Box 104, The Plains, VA 20198, Phone/Fax (540) 364-4945. The Town of The Plains does not discriminate on basis of handicapped status in an issue of access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Nancy E. Brady, Clerk
Copies of the above files are available for review by contacting 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 July 9, 2020. 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 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. During the meeting, citizens may e-mail comments to BOS.PublicComment@ fauquiercounty.gov. Comments submitted for Citizens’ Time and those pertaining to public hearing items submitted during the meeting will be read into the record. Citizens desiring to participate in the meeting remotely are required to register in advance. Instructions are available on the County website at https://www. fauquiercounty.gov/government/boards-committees/board-of-supervisors/bos-virtual-meeting. In person 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 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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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ017628-01-00 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re PATTERSON, HAYDEN The object of this suit is to: ESTABLISH CUSTODY OF HAYDEN PATTERSON It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) BRANDON MICHAEL PATTERSON appear at the above-name Court and protect his or her interests on or before 10/20/2020 1:30 PM L. Crawford, Deputy Clerk
Bids & Proposals Chemung Contracting Corp., an Equal Opportunity Employer, is seeking subcontractor & material proposals and/or quotations for Greenhouse Road Extension, Culpeper Regional Airport, Brandy Station, VA; AIP Project No. 3-51-0010-024-2019. Bid closes July 7, 2020 @ 2:00 PM. DBE vendors, certified by DSWSD or MWAA, are invited to provide a quotation(s) on any item(s) interest. This project has a 18.97% DBE goal. Scope of Work, Proposals & Quotations are reviewed when received for clarity, content and cost. Information received less than six (6) hours before bid time may not permit sufficient opportunity for review, discussion or clarity. Plans & Spec’s may be reviewed at our office in Mitchells, VA., or downloaded via Smartbidnet by emailing bmyers@dalholding.com for access or if you have any additional information required. Work includes: Const Survey, Reg Excav, Grading, Post Install Insp, Asph Pave., Seeding, E&S Control, Pave Marking, Asph Hauling & other incidental work. Subcontractor quotes are not permitted to include lower tier subcontractors without specific notation including cost and quantity.
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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold its Regular Meeting on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 18 Court Street, Warrenton, Virginia. There are no scheduled Public Hearings. Council Chambers will remain closed to the Public to adhere to physical distancing regulations. Citizens wishing to give public comment for Citizens Time can submit their comment in advance by visiting the Town of Warrenton website, emailing citizencomment@warrentonva. gov, or participating via Zoom. The Town of Warrenton does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Town Hall meeting facilities are fully accessible. Any special accommodations can be made upon request 48 hours prior to the meeting. A copy of the ordinance is available for review at the Town’s Administrative Offices, 18 Court Street, and can be examined by calling 540-347-1101 and making an appointment. Elizabeth A. Gillie Town Clerk
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I, living soul/man, Jon Phu Vinh Diep, have lived peaceably for over a year in Fauquier County/ Warrenton and established a home here and announce my intention to make The Republic of Virginia my permanent home/domicile.
There has been a release from an underground storage tank system at the Morrisville Mini Mart, 13053 Marsh Rd, Bealeton, VA 22712. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has required Anderson Oil Co. to develop a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) to address cleanup of petroleum at the site. If you have any questions regarding this cleanup, please contact Bob Baird, PhD, PG, Environmental Consulting, Inc. 13040 Greenwood Church Rd, Ashland, VA 23005 at Bob@callECItoday.com or call (804) 798-5555. The Corrective Action Plan is on file at the DEQ Northern Regional Office. If you would like to review or discuss the proposed Corrective Action Plan with the staff of the DEQ, please contact Kristopher McCandless, CPG at kristopher.mccandless@deq. virginia.gov or call (703) 583-3833. The DEQ requests that all written comments should be sent to the DEQ at the address listed below. When writing, please reference the tracking number for this case, PC# 20-3053, and send your comments to Kristopher McCandless, CPG, Department of Environmental Quality, Northern Regional Office, Water Division, 13901 Crown Ct., Woodbridge, VA 22193.
I, living soul/woman, Bethany Page Diep, have lived peaceably for over a year in Fauquier County/ Warrenton and established a home here and announce my intention to make The Republic of Virginia my permanent home/domicile.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Transcontinental Gas Company, LLC has requested authorization from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to install a linear anode line adjacent to an existing gas pipeline under the Rappahannock River, using Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD), a minimum of five (5) feet below the riverbed, between Kelly’s Ford Road in Culpeper and Sumerduck Road in Fauquier County. Send comments/inquiries within 15 days to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Building 96, Fort Monroe, VA 23651.
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Flaggers Full time, to provide traffic control & safety around construction sites. A valid driver license & clean driving record a must. Starting $13/hr & scheduled raises. Company-paid medical & dental premiums.
Fauquier Community Action Committee, Head Start program is now accepting applications for: · Teachers with an Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education · Bus Drivers that possess a CDL/PS permit · Bus Monitors · Full time meal transporter · Floater Teacher Assistant with high school diploma or CDA If interested please send your resume to tcollins@cwcap.org. or call 540-347-7000.
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CUSTOMER SERVICE/ WAREHOUSE PERSONNEL Immediate part-time positions available for qualified, dependable individuals seeking an opportunity to work with an established growing retail operation. Customer Service - Previous retail experience and merchandising is a plus. Must have good computer skills, excellent organizational and customer service skills. Knowledge in areas of farming, agriculture, animal care, and gardening a plus. Warehouse – Must be willing to do multiple jobs within the warehouse. Must be able to pull inventory and load trucks accurately and safely. Heavy lifting required. Must be able to work Saturdays. Store hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Apply in person: CFC FARM & HOME CENTER 12375 Harpers Run Rd. Morrisville, VA No phone calls.
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Immediate full-time positions available for qualified, dependable individuals seeking an opportunity with established growing agribusiness retail operation. Must have good computer skills, excellent organizational and customer service skills. Knowledge in areas of farming, agriculture, animal care, gardening or building materials a plus. Must be able to work Saturdays. Store hours are Monday thru Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed Sunday. All full-time positions offer health and dental insurance, 401k, vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay. Apply in person: CFC FARM & HOME CENTER 143 Washington Street – Warrenton, VA No phone calls.
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Director of Finance Fauquier County, VA
We are seeking qualified and enthusiastic candidates to manage and supervise the County Government and School Division’s consolidated Finance Department in the areas of general ledger, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and procurement. Ideal candidate must be able to garner strong relationships with employees, department heads, government officials, elected officials, and citizens. Local government or state government experience preferred. We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package to include but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, annual leave, sick leave, and personal days, Virginia Retirement System pension plan & a life insurance policy 2X annual salary, 457B individual retirement plan, free health care through our Fauquier County Employee Wellness Center and more! Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. You don’t want to miss this opportunity! For complete job description & to apply, visit: jobs.fauquiercounty.gov. EEO/AA/M/F/D
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Warrenton | $495,000 Brand new cape code on 2 acres Wood floors , stainless applianes, fireplace Relax on front porch or grill on deck. Call Tammy Roop | 540.270.9409
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Warrenton | $975,000 PRICE REDUCED Turnkey, gated equestrian property on 10 acres, featuring 2 well maintained homes, 3 stall barn with heated tack room & wash stall, 100' x 200' riding ring, 3 pastures, and endless ride out. Bring the extended family or live in one home & rent FOR the SALE other. Conveniently located 4 miles from Old Town Warrenton. Call Jackie Douglass | 540.687.1263 FOR SALE
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Catlett | $549,900 Huge colonial on almost 10 acres close to Quantico and Garrrisonville. Extra large family room on main level with fireplace. Finished room next to master bedroom perfect for crafts, exercise or nursery. 2 car garage in basement. large deck for those summer cookouts. Horses allowed. Call Brenda Rich | 540.270.1659
Jeffersonton | $459,000 Coming Soon in South Wales-1st Floor Master Suite on over 1 Acre Cul de sac Lot Backs to Common Area, 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, Unfinished walkout Basement Mary Ann Dubell | 540.212.1100
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JUSTÂ LISTED Jeffersonton | $485,000 Remington | $455,000 Marshall | %589,000 Country Lodge Style home on almost 8 acres Lots A & B Rappahannock St. in Remington This home is well cared for and beautifully Under Contract in 1 Day! 3100+finished sqft, 4 bedroom 3 baths, Stainless upgraded with almost 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF VA! Everything you are looking for in a quiet Steel Appliances Granite Countertops, 2 Gas Logliving area and is located on a cul-de-saq. You don't ABOVE ASKING PRICE! private setting in the country! Just 10 minutes Call Stanley Heaney | 540.812.5533 from Warrenton on private road. Whole house Fireplaces. Private wooded lot great setting with want to miss this beauty. comcast. generator!This home has it all! Diane Quigley | 703.732.5952 Call Tammy Roop | 540.270.9409 Mandy Brown | 540.718.2459 JUSTÂ LISTED
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Bealeton| $384,900 Wonderful country living in this great rambler. New addition includes over sized garage with over 780 square feet of space, Built in Gun safe.Home has new siding, new hvac including all new ducts and trunk lines., New windows and roof. Call Brenda Rich | 540.270.1659
SOLD Boston | $385,000 Bealeton | $259,000 Relax in the country on this private and secluded Charming rambler with updated kitchen and bath, 4 year old roof, large 8 acres with stream . This nice log home welcomes brick fireplace in family room and you with its wide front porch with swing Only 15 plenty of room to enjoy! minutes to Old Town Culpeper! Call Tammy Roop | 540.270.9409 Call Tammy Roop | 540.270.9409
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