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Report: Fauquier’s unsheltered homeless count more than triples Spike comes as rents rise, COVID-era supports end

Where did Fauquier County’s homeless sleep on the night of Jan. 25?

By Hunter Savery

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

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A tent encampment found in Marshall during the homeless “point-in-time” count in January.

A cold rain fell on parts of Fauquier on Jan. 25, and the temperature never topped 40 degrees.

But rather than stay bundled up at home, social workers and volunteers trudged into the woods, through parking lots and around cheap motels.

One by one, they counted 37 Fauquier residents who had no option but to tough out the cold and sleep outdoors that night.

The count was one step in a process that revealed a startling truth: The number of unsheltered homeless found in Fauquier County that night had more than tripled, rising from 11 to 37 in one year.

Unsheltered: 37 Emergency shelter: 44 Transitional shelter: 33 Hotel (not self-paid): 12 Hotel (self-paid): 8 Jail, hospital, treatment: 2 Total: 136

SOURCE: FOOTHILLS HOUSING NETWORK

Meanwhile, the number of homeless children across Virginia’s “planning district 9” – an area that includes Fauquier, Culpeper, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties – jumped 25%, from 63 to 92.

See HOMELESS, page 4

About 620 students – a mix of kids formerly zoned for Taylor and Warrenton middle schools – are attending school together in the temporary Taylor Middle School.

PHOTO BY DOUG STROUD

at 244 Waterloo Road, All together now building which is temporarily renamed Tay-

Students, teachers navigate new routines as 2 middle schools merge

By Anya Sczerzenie

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

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A bit of an odd start to the school year got underway for some Fauquier County middle schoolers whose two schools were combined into one. But so far, the kids and their teachers, are getting along just fine.

The old Warrenton Middle School

lor Middle School, was bustling Wednesday, Aug. 16 with the start of classes. The cafeteria was packed, lines of students thronged the hallways, and many needed extra help to locate unfamiliar classrooms.

Those classrooms were also a little fuller, but new faces also brought new opportunities.

Special education teacher Judi Evans, for example, said her students were quickly branching out and making new friends.

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All together now SCHOOLS, from page 1 “Some of them have gone to school with the same kids since kindergarten,” she said. “And now they’re over here, and one boy said to me that he’s already met three new people. I said, ‘Oh, that’s great!’”

While the combined school will be located for two years at the former Warrenton Middle School, it won’t use its name. It will use the Taylor Middle School name because all students will move back to Taylor at 350 E. Shirley Ave. once renovations to add more space are complete.

About half of Taylor Middle School’s 350 students, about 170 kids, and the entirety of the former Warrenton Middle School’s enrollment —about 450 kids — are being consolidated into one school of about 620 students. The rest of Taylor’s students were sent to Cedar Lee Middle School, which serves the Opal and Bealeton areas.

The Warrenton building can hold about 700 students at maximum, but two “learning cottages” or classroom trailers were brought in to allow teachers more space. Each trailer has two classrooms, and they will be used for health and foreign language classes, according to Principal Whitney Boring.

Most class sizes were increased this year to make sure everyone fit, though they remain below the level of

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Left: A student gets help from a teacher during the first day of school at the temporary Taylor Middle School (housed in the old Warrenton Middle School) on the first day of classes Wednesday, Aug. 16. Right: Students gather for lunch in the cafeteria on the first day of school. many larger school divisions, such as Prince William or Loudoun.

Sixth-grade science teacher Jerry Hull’s class size has increased from around 18 or 20 students in past years at Taylor to around 28 this year in the combined school. But he said managing a larger class simply requires creating structure from day one.

“Anytime, we can have a chaotic day,” Hull said. “That’s what the nature of middle school is. But if we hold them to high expectations and hold them to their routines and infrastructure, it tends to be less chaotic.”

Taylor is the newer of the two schools. It was built in 1952 as a segregated school for Black children

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and later integrated in the 1960s. The Warrenton building is much older. It was built by the federal Public Works Commission in 1936 and was initially a high school. It was then an elementary school and finally a middle school. Taylor was named for a local Black educator, William C. Taylor, and the school board kept the name to honor him.

Joe Schumacher, who teaches seventh and eighth grade language arts, said that his average class size has only increased by about three students compared to his classes at Taylor last year. The students who came from his school have done well navigating the new layout, he said,

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with only a little difficulty finding their new teachers.

The students, he said, are wellequipped to deal with change.

“They’re going through so many changes at this age; you kind of get to watch who they were and watch them start to become who they’re going to be,” Schumacher said. “I mean, you’ve got kids coming in at sixth grade three feet tall, but then they’re leaving in eighth grade looking eye to eye with me. Watching them change and grow in these few years is one of my favorite things.”

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At long last, The Plains may have a town hall Hunter Savery

Plans are in the works for The Plains to lease the former St. Mark’s United Methodist Church.

By Fauquier Times Staff Writer

After years of wandering, The Plains Town Council may have a new home.

The former St. Mark’s United Methodist Church on Main Street is slated to become The Plains’ new town hall in September.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church’s flock had dwindled to just four members. After decades on Main Street in the heart of the Plains, the church’s members were weighing the future when town councilwoman and St. Mark’s church member Joyce Heflin saw an opportunity.

“I knew the church would be the perfect venue,” said Heflin, who first began attending Sunday services at St. Mark’s with her family in 1964.

While the lease has not been fi-

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nalized, the town hopes to move into the space in September.

The former church can comfortably fit 100 – The Plains only had 245 residents as of the 2020 Census – and there are former Sunday school and meeting rooms that can accommodate different town committees and functions.

St. Mark’s would house the town council, planning commission, architectural review board and parks and recreation, among other town func-

tions. Previously, the town council had moved around. At one point, the council was meeting on the second floor of the town fire station. At other times, they met at Grace Episcopal Church.

“It was time that we had our own building,” said Heflin.

Both Hefflin and former St. Mark’s pastor Cindy Rainger see the change as beneficial.

“It’s a real positive thing,” Heflin told the Fauquier Times. “The town

needed a good thing. There’s been a lot of bad publicity lately.”

Hefflin was likely referencing the controversy that engulfed the little town of The Plains following a Washington Post expose on a feud between two businesses further down Main Street.

Rainger agreed, telling the Fauquier Times, “It turned out to be an answer to prayer that the town has leased St. Mark’s.”

Lori Sisson, mayor of The Plains, said Monday evening that she had not signed a lease but hoped to have something by the end of the week.

Churches across the country are closing at record rates. In 2019, more Protestant churches closed than opened in the United States.

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Sheriff: D.C. teens charged in Dumfries Market burglary

15, 16-year-old apparently rode to Fauquier on Capital Bikeshare bikes

Staff Reports Two Washington, D.C. teens were charged Sunday night after they were found by Fauquier County Sheriff’s deputies while allegedly breaking into Dumfries Market. The boys, ages 15 and 16, apparently arrived in Fauquier County via Capital Bikeshare bikes, according to the sheriff’s office.

Fauquier deputies responded to Dumfries Market, located at 4220 Dumfries Road between Warrenton

and Nokesville, just before 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20, and arrived to find the two teens at the front of the store with the front glass door shattered and a metal pipe on the ground, according to Jeffrey Long, a Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.

After a deputy ordered the teens to stop and surrender, one did while the other fled on a Capital Bikeshare bike and was quickly captured by other arriving units, Long said in a news release.

Both teens were determined to be juveniles who live in Washington, D.C. One was reported as missing, Long said.

“There are indications that they rode the bicycles from D.C., but our investigation into whether the bicycles were stolen and by what means they arrived in Fauquier is ongoing,” he added.

Both teens were charged with attempted burglary, possession of burglarious tools and destruction of property in connection with the incident, the release said.

The teen who fled was also charged with obstruction of justice. Both were detained on juvenile petitions and transported to the Loudoun County Juvenile Detention Center.

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Report: Fauquier’s unsheltered homeless count more than triples they do not appear in the count.

Yet, the number of individuals and families who have advised FHN that they are couch surfing has risen by 37% since 2018, according to FHN data.

HOMELESS, from page 1 That’s according to the 2023 Point-In-Time Count (called PIT for short) conducted across the area by the Foothills Housing Network. The FHN recently presented a report detailing the count to the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors.

The biggest reason why homelessness is on the rise in Fauquier County is perhaps less startling: There’s not enough affordable places to live, according to Rebecca Wareham, Foothills Housing Network’s continuum of care coordinator.

“I’d say 80% (of local homelessness) is because of the shortage of housing stock coupled with landlords increasing rent so much since the pandemic,” said Wareham.

A challenging count

One day each year, volunteers fan out across the U.S. trying to locate and count as many homeless people as they can. This is no small task; people without homes have no permanent address and often move about. Some prefer not to be found.

Counting the number of people experiencing homelessness in a rural area like Fauquier County is uniquely challenging. A homeless person may be found in a shelter, living out of their car, staying in a motel or camping deep in the woods.

Searchers work off of tips from case workers and their clients. They check the usual haunts, such as local churches that offer local homeless meals and a place to stay during the day or parking lots where cars are allowed to stay overnight.

Still, Wareham says, the count “will never be accurate.” There are always more people living on the margins than can easily be seen.

“On the day of the PIT count, we walked in the rain for five hours looking for people,” said Wareham. “We found people in churches, people in parking lots, people walking on the side of the highway

Concerning trends

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A man found living out of his car in Catlett during the homeless “point-in-time” count in January.

The man, whose identity was not released, was employed as a medical professional when he resorted to living in his car. with all of their belongings in shopping carts.”

The survey is an imperfect tool, but it provides valuable insight. The sharp rise in homeless and unsheltered individuals can at least be partially attributed to the end of federal housing assistance that was part of pandemic relief programs. That funding was cut off shortly before Thanksgiving last year, sending people previously housed in local hotels out onto the street.

“The pandemic put a lot of people behind, and they never got back,” said Felicia Champion, program director for Community Touch, a Bealeton-based nonprofit and FHN partner that assists homeless and low-income people in Fauquier County.

The count has blind spots beyond the obvious limitations of an on-foot survey. The count does not include people who may be living in hotels but not receiving assistance from FHN or its partners.

Furthermore, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) does not recognize people who are “couch surfing” as homeless, so ®

Even beyond the fast growth in the number of local homeless children, the number of unaccompanied young adults, ages 18 to 24, has doubled in the past three years, according to FHN. There has also been a substantial rise in the number of homeless people over 60. Volunteers found a 94-year-old in the course of the count, according to Wareham.

The number of veterans experiencing homelessness increased this year, as well. Planning District 9 has no Virginia Department of Veterans Services program to help these veterans, though all the surrounding planning districts do, according to FHN. Stark racial disparities are apparent in the data, as well. While Black people only account for 11.4% of the area’s population, they make up 46% of those seeking FHN’s services.

Homeless people are not so different from anybody else, and they deserve understanding and support, Champion said.

“Life happens, and they’re facing challenges,” she said. “A lot of times we stigmatize them, but they can look just like you or me or anybody. Trust them and give them a chance. Life happens to everyone.”

Housing hurdles

Wareham and Champion agree that soaring rents have made stable housing unattainable for an increasing number of low-income residents.

Organizations like Community Touch can provide rental assistance, but only up to what HUD considers the fair market rent.

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Where’s the beef? Nokesville Meats

By Cher Muzyk

Times Staff Writer

Nokesville’s long-awaited butcher shop is open for business, and it’s a family affair. Nokesville Meats, owned by Andy and Beth Wilfong and staffed mainly by family members, aims to offer high-quality meats sourced locally from beef cattle farms in Fauquier County and to provide individualized butchering services. That means butchers spend time helping customers choose the best cuts of meat for their menu and budget and will even cut meat fresh for customers as they wait.

The Wilfongs, both 65, live in the Independent Hill area of Prince William County and had long thought about opening their own butcher shop. After about a year of renovations and work toward meeting health and business code requirements, the Wilfongs turned an old dentist’s office in downtown Nokesville into what they hope will become the area’s go-to neighborhood butcher shop.

“Nokesville is such a neat little area,” Andy Wilfong said. “There is so much traffic going past here.

It just seemed like this would be the right place to be.”

If lines out the door and an empty meat case at the end of their first weekend are early indicators of success, the Wilfongs are on the right track.

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Nokesville Meats opened in a renovated dentist office in downtown Nokesville on Aug. 12. than 150 customers during its grand opening on Saturday, Aug. 12 and had to restock meat cases three times throughout the day to meet demand, Andy Wilfong told the Prince William Times.

Andy Wilfong says he wants his customers to know they will always know what they are getting when they shop at Nokesville Meats.

Butchers can tell patrons where an animal was raised and where a particular cut of meat came from.

“We’ve got a couple places in Fauquier County that we get beef from,” Andy Wilfong said. “We buy the live animals. We get them processed at the USDA slaughterhouse in Fauquier County and then bring the primal (cuts) here and break them down. We do the finer processing into cuts of meat.”

See MEAT, page 6

Wareham says that while they Report: Fauquier’s have been “extremely successful” unsheltered homeless in changing some landlords’ minds, dearth of regional housing stock count more than triples the remains a major hurdle. CommuniHOMELESS, from page 4

Wareham says the gap between what HUD pays and market-rate rent “knocks our program out of the water.”

For a one-bedroom apartment in Fauquier County, HUD considers fair rent to be $1,567, but data from apartment site HotPads.com shows that the average rent in Fauquier is actually $1,694.

“Sometimes we can get the landlord to come down on rent, but very seldom can we actually do that,” said Champion.

Cost isn’t the only barrier to finding housing. People experiencing homelessness often have been evicted from previous residences, which limits the number of landlords willing to rent to them, even with the support of organizations like Community Touch.

“It’s difficult when you don’t have enough landlords willing to work with us,” Wareham said.

Housing groups like FHN and Community Touch go to significant lengths to ensure their clients find stable housing. The nonprofits provide “case management,” a comprehensive set of services, and act as a go-between for renters and landlords. They also often provide double the normal security deposit and as much as three months’ rent up front, according to Wareham.

ty Touch has had great success with placing individuals in shared housing, but that is also in limited supply and is only available to individuals, not homeless families.

“Unfortunately, there has not been a consistent conversation about not just affordable housing, but how housing can be entirely out of reach for some people,” Wareham said.

“These people don’t (make enough to) qualify for affordable housing, even.”

Another problem: Many people in need have no idea that help is available.

In one instance, searchers found a local man they described as a “medical professional” living out of his car in Catlett. The man’s hours were cut during the pandemic, and he fell behind on rent. After being evicted, he was unable to find a landlord that would rent to him, even after his income returned to normal. The PIT report does not identify the man to protect his privacy.

When searchers found him on Jan. 25, he had no idea there were aid organizations that could help him.

Wareham said she was happy to report that Foothills Housing Network has since helped him find a place to live in Warrenton.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

On Jay Heroux dropping out of the Warrenton Town Council race It was with considerable skepticism that I read last week’s story in the Fauquier Times about Jay Heroux’s withdrawal from the race for the Ward 5 seat on the Warrenton Town Council. How ironic that he blamed divisiveness in the town for his decision when it was his actions and those of others on the Town Council who approved Amazon’s data center that created the very divisiveness he railed against.

I particularly objected to his reference to Citizens for Fauquier County (CFFC) as a special interest group, a label which typically refers to an organization that advocates in the hopes of reaping benefits,

often financial in nature, for itself or those it represents. CFFC is not a special interest group, but a notfor-profit, public interest group that represents 700 plus members and supporters —- mostly everyday folks who believe in the importance of protecting open space, agriculture and historical resources.

And while I am addressing misperceptions, let me add that CFFC is not an organization that exists to advance the interests of the wealthy or those who live in the northern part of the county. In 2022, over 80% of CFFC’s financial support came from annual membership fees of $35 per person or

$60 per family. Our board is made up entirely of volunteers, including former Warrenton Town Council members and Fauquier County supervisors and planning commissioners and others. Almost 80% of our board members live in the Warrenton area and the southern part of the county.

Mr. Heroux’s “special interest” group label for CFFC is exactly the one that the mayor and other members of Warrenton’s Town Council have used to justify their egregious decision to approve Amazon’s data center. Many will recall that this same group is fond of referring to the existence of the “silent majority”

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of residents that favored the data center. Also, not true.

It’s too bad that Mr. Heroux was not more honest in announcing the end of his campaign. Might he have withdrawn simply because he concluded, and probably accurately, that he could not win the election?

After all, Carter Nevill, the incumbent mayor who also championed Amazon’s data center that few citizens wanted, only won reelection last year by only 11 votes With pride in who we are and what we do, KEVIN RAMUNDO President, Citizens for Fauquier County Marshall

Solar panels and sheep-grazing seem a good match

In the interest of full disclosure, we are the parents (father and stepmother) of Warrenton Mayor Carter Nevill. We live in Marshall, Virginia, but we own two properties in the Town of Warrenton, as well. We owned a business on Main Street for 35 years and also owned two commercial properties, which were retail with second-story apartments. We consider ourselves part of the silent majority and would like to address several issues.

We have certainly experienced controversies in our 50 years of being involved in Warrenton.

Although we may have differed on some issues, we actively engaged in debate and resolution with fellow merchants, the town government and residents of the Town of Warrenton. Our media was fair in covering all issues and interviewing all sides. Vicious personal attacks would never have been tolerated in any form.

Two things still resonate in our memory: When questioning some of the decisions, we were told, “If you care so much, move into town and run for office.” The other one was a complaint some of us made about the condition of a commercial property and we were told, “If you don’t like it, buy it.” Both responses are valid.

These responses are appropriate today for the many people who do not live in town but think that they know what is best for the town and its residents. They have no vested interest. The industrial parcel of land that Amazon purchased had been on the market for many years; many attempts to develop were unsuccessful.

It was not until last fall that we realized that civility and knowledgeable debate were no longer guiding principles. We were members of Citizens for Fauquier County as well as Piedmont Environmental Council. As the fall 2022 campaign progressed, a group called the Warrenton Honest Government League formed to influence the outcome of the election and the decisions of the town council and town staff. This and social media are perfect examples of the tyranny of the minority. We learned that several board members of the CFFC were part of this group, and as a result, we resigned from CFFC, which we feel had departed from its original mission statement.

The idea that there is no silent majority is absurd. We all see residents, friends, business and professional people on a regular basis. We engage in conversations regarding town politics and the Amazon issue. Some people are opposed; some people are indifferent; some say it is much ado about nothing; and many say it will be a great benefit to the town by adding to the tax base.

Should they speak out, they expose themselves to public and social media abuse, being accosted in the grocery store, in church and on the street.

Some businesses have been boycotted. Small business is the backbone of our town.

This is not the Town of Warrenton we want.

Marshall

MARY ALLEN SAWTELLE Lake Ridge, Virginia

Where’s the beef? Nokesville Meats

for the hot dogs which are made at a USDA facility, Wilfong said.

“You can get fresh, all natural products,” Andy Wilfong said. “We’ve got our big pieces of meat here that we break down; we grind it, season it, stuff it into the casing and make it fresh right here every day as needed … and it goes right out into the deli case.”

A lot of thought goes into the variety of products his team prepares for sale, he said.

On paper at least, the Wilfongs, seem like unlikely butcher shop owners. Andy Wilfong said he has worked for 42 years as a building engineer and is currently in charge of facilities for a 900,000-square-foot building at the Marine Corps Base Quantico.

Beth Wilfong is a retired registered nurse who worked for more than two decades as a labor and delivery nurse at Alexandria Hospital, Andy Wilfong said.

Now, both of the Wilfong’s sons, ages 39 and 42, a daughter-in-law and three of six grandchildren are helping staff Nokesville Meats along with two full-time employees. Three generations of Wilfong family members — “every one of them except the littlest ones” — are working in the business, Andy Wilfong said.

Visit Nokesville Meats at 12908 Fitzwater Drive in Nokesville on Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Reach Cher Muzyk at cmuzyk@fauquier.com

MEAT, from page 5 Andy Wilfong said he has high standards for the quality and taste of the meat he sells. “It’s all pasture raised, but grain finished. All cows eat grass, but these are finished on grain,” Wilfong said. “To me — and I’m sure there’s a lot of people who would argue with me — I just think it’s better marbling, better flavor; you can actually chew the steak. To me, it’s just better all the way around.”

Nokesville Meats offers over two dozen cuts of beef as well as pork, lamb and chicken. All of the meats are prepared for sale in-house except

PAT AND TIM NEVILL

A picture on the front page of the Aug. 3 issue of the Fauquier Times caught my immediate attention. It shows sheep grazing under and around solar panels in Mechanicsville, Virginia. I have long been a proponent of alternative and also clean energy. The usage of overused and unproductive farmland has its appeal.

Here are some thoughts. Mutton is a healthier source of meat than that which comes from cows, which are fattened in unhealthy pens before being slaughtered. Sheep cannot be force fattened that way. An older farmer could care for the sheep and offer the sheep additional food in colder weather. Of course, one would need a sheep dog, sheep-friendly donkey or mule or llama to protect the sheep from predators.

The sheep would need to be tagged to be mindful of over-breeding genetic lines. Orphaned lambs could be bottle-fed by local schoolchildren or families, thus increasing their compassionate inclinations. Mutton may have a stronger taste than bovine, but these days, people are more willing to try various tasty and healthy foods.

And who knows? The soil may eventually regain its nutritional value and be farmed again as newer methods of capturing solar energy are developed.

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Natural gas is a colorless and odorless fuel. For safety reasons, a chemical odorant called mercaptan is added for easy detection of a suspected natural gas leak. This odorant has a distinctive “rotten egg” type odor. Natural gas odors should be reported immediately. ¿Hay olor a gas? ¡Actué rápido! El gas natural es un combustible incoloro e inodoro. Por razones de seguridad, se le agrega un aromatizante químico llamado mercaptano para que se pueda detectar fácilmente. Este aromatizante tiene un olor característico a “huevo podrido.” Los olores a gas natural deben informarse de inmediato.

If you detect even a small amount of this odor in the air: Si detecta este olor en el aire, por mínimo que sea:

• Do not try to locate the source of the smell.

No intente localizar la fuente del olor.

• Leave the area immediately and alert others.

Abandone el área inmediatamente y alerte a los demás.

• Avoid using any sources of ignition, such as cell phones, cigarettes, matches, flashlights, electronic devices, motorized vehicles, light switches or landlines.

Evite usar cualquier fuente de ignición, por ejemplo, teléfonos celulares, cigarrillos, fósforos, linternas, aparatos electrónicos, vehículos a motor, interruptores de luz o teléfonos fijos.

• Call Virginia Natural Gas at 1.877.572.3342 or 911 once you are out of the area and in a safe place.

Llame a Virginia Natural Gas at 1.877.572.3342 o al 911 una vez que esté fuera del área y en un lugar seguro.

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From giant watermelons to 4-pound tomatoes Jason Loris, of Amissville, is back with another big bounty

By Aimée O’Grady

Special to the Fauquier Times

The first question to be answered is how to grow a giant tomato.

For Jason Loris, of Amissville, the answer is trial and error, commitment, curiosity and digging. Into the past that is.

For the past four years, Loris has been fine-tuning his process of growing giant fruits and vegetables, including butternut squash, peppers, watermelon, sunflowers and tomatoes. His secret is cultivating nutrient-rich soil – much richer than the soil normally found in his garden.

“At the time of the dinosaurs, there was more carbon dioxide in the air, which allowed flora and fauna to grow so large. So, it stands to reason that if I increase the carbon dioxide level in the soil, anything that grows in it will grow larger,” he said.

Loris’s garden is a constant work in progress.

He uses composting materials found on his farm for nutrients to add to his garden bed, which is nearly three feet high.

“I used a truckload of used coffee grounds collected from nearby Starbucks, grass clippings, ground-up leaves and fertilizer from our chickens, rabbits and nearby cattle,” he said.

Loris said he doesn’t worry about the nutrients in the garden depleting over time since his system of adding nutrients each year keeps the soil well-nourished.

He also uses pesticides to keep pests at bay and is constantly monitoring the plants.

“I need to get into the garden and trim everything back many times throughout the season,” he said. “This helps ensure that the plant’s energy is used to grow the fruit or vegetable and not produce more leaves, stems or more fruits,” he added.

During a summer with virtually no rain, keeping a juicy tomato growing takes some effort.

Jason has a series of water filtration barrels to collect water when it does rain. The barrels have PVC piping attached to the bottom and nozzles for garden hoses to water his garden.

In September 2022, the Fauquier Times wrote about Loris and his enormous sunflower heads and two giant watermelons. The watermelons weighed more than 100 pounds each, while his sunflower heads straetched nearly 26 inches in diameter.

This year he’s done it again, but with his tomatoes. However, entering an oversized tomatoes at the Virginia State Fair is tricky because tomatoes ripen and mature in August and cannot last until the fair at the end of September. By then they will have long been turned into salsa and consumed.

Therefore, the process of entering a giant vegetable or fruit involves witnesses, calibrated scales and documentation.

Before the tomato begins to rot or even split on the vine due to its size, Loris must cut it. This is where the documentation begins.

“I need photo proof that it was my tomato on the vine,” he explains.

On Aug. 18, he cut two giant tomatoes to enter into the state fair. Photos were then taken of the giant tomato from the top and bottom to document that there was no evidence of rot.

Later in the day, he took the tomatoes to a certified scale.

“You can find certified scales at any grocery store,” he said.

Once he has a weight, he enters it into BigPumpkins.com, an online database that tracks entries.

One tomato measured 20.5 inches in circumference and weighed 2.84 pounds. The larger of the two measured 22 inches and weighed 3.53 pounds.

Loris previously cut a 4.505-pound tomato that was ranked 13th in the United States in the Early Tomatoes category. It was the only entry from Virginia.

Loris’s hobby of gardening began when he was only 10, and when he had the chance to start his garden as an adult, he was quick to grab a shovel and start planning.

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Jason Loris, of Amissville, shows off some of his biggest garden tomatoes.

Today, he is part of the network of giant vegetable and fruit growers. They swap secrets and seeds and keep outgrowing each other.

“The seeds I grew this year that became a giant butternut squash were given to me by another giant grower. Being part of a growing community is a huge help,” he said. “Anybody that loves to grow vegetables should get involved in the community and share information for future gardeners and farmers around.”

Reach Aimee O’Grady at news@fauquier.com

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FAUQUIER EVENTS AUG. 23 TO 29 CHURCH EVENTS Homecoming What: Liberty United Methodist Church Homecoming Service When: 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 Where: Liberty United Methodist Church, 10513 Old Marsh Road, Bealeton Info: Pastor Bradford Phillips, retired, will deliver the message; live music by “The Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Chicken All Girl Band” with potluck dinner to follow in the fellowship hall ONGOING EVENTS Recovery What: Stepping Into Recovery Al-Anon Family Group When: Every Monday at 7 p.m.

Where: Warrenton United Methodist Church, 2nd Floor-C25, 341 Church St., Warrenton Info: Help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics; https://www.al-anon.org or 1-888-425-2666

Support What: Parkinsons Piedmont Support Group When: 12:15 to 2 p.m., third Monday of every month (upstairs in the exercise room) Where: Chestnut Forks Tennis and Fitness Club, 6379 Airlie Road, Warrenton Info: Kendal Blaser, 540-222-6000 or Blaserx4@aol.com Recovery What: 12-Step Recovery Programs, i.e., Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, etc.

When: Meeting days and times vary Where: The Warrenton Meeting Place, 26 S. Third St., Warrenton Info: Do you, a family member or loved one have a problem with substance abuse, alcohol, drugs, other addictive behaviors?

There are various types of 12-Step recovery programs that meet at The Warrenton Meeting Place that can offer a solution; www.

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Farmers markets Warrenton Farmers Market Peak Season When: 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, April 22, to Nov. 18 Where: 21 Main St., Old Town Warrenton Info: Indoor and outdoor spaces Marshall Farmers Market When: 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays, May 12, to October 27 Where: 8238 W. Main St., Marshall Info: Local farmers, businesses, and artisans in Fauquier County; sponsored by Marshall Moving Forward Buchanan Hall Farmers Market When: 4:30 to 7:30 Wednesdays, May 24, to October 25 Where: Buchanan Hall, 8549 John S. Mosby Highway, Upperville Info: Farm fresh meats and produce; artisan goods; live music; food trucks

Archwood Green Barns Farmers Market When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, May 7, to November 19 Where: Archwood Green Barns Farmers Market, 4557 Old Tavern Road, The Plains Info: Fruits, vegetables, baked goods, goat cheese, meats and seafood (fresh and frozen) Middleburg Farmers Market When: 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, May 20, to October 28 Where: Middleburg Community Charter School, 101 N. Madison St., Middleburg Info: Dogs on a leash are welcome Food assistance What: Peas and Grace for those in need When: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays, and 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturdays Where: Grace Episcopal Church, 6507 Main St., The Plains

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CALENDAR, from page 8 Spiritual Care Support Ministries What: Support groups/counseling and special events for those experiencing the death of a loved one, divorce and chronic illness When: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; closed on Sunday Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Info: 540-349-5814 or www.scsm.tv The S.E.E. Recovery Center What: Recovery-oriented groups, meetings and the opportunity to speak with someone about mental health or substance use recovery When: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday; 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday; and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday Where: The S.E.E. Recovery Center, 710 U.S. Ave., Culpeper Info: 540-825-3366 or email: SEERecovery@rrcsb.org Wednesday, Aug. 23 ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: 540-718-8243 Yoga What: Sunset Yoga When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 Where: Wollam Gardens, 5167 Jeffersonton Road, Jeffersonton Cost: $20 Tickets: https://wollamgardens.com/yoga Info: Bring a mat Workshop What: What in Carnation?

When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Where: Fauquier Education Farm, 8428 Meetze Road, Warrenton Info: Learn more about cut flowers; speaker is Ashley Butler from Genesis Rabbitry and Farm Story time What: In-Person Story Time for children up to age 5 and their families When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: Caregivers must remain in the children’s areas Story time What: Raising Readers Story Time for 2-to-4year-old children with a parent or caregiver When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 11 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Registration: https://fauquierlibrary.org/ services/kids/childrens-programs Info: Longer stories, finger plays and songs Nature What: The Naturalist Is In When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKY MEADOWS: Sky Meadows 40 th Anniversary Celebration for families; Saturday, Aug. 26 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sky Meadows State Park, 11012 Edmonds Lane, Delaplane. Info: Music; local wine and beer vendors; wagon rides; Mount Bleak Open House; free programs; food trucks and more. The park was donated to the Commonwealth of Virginia by Fauquier philanthropist and businessman Paul Mellon.

Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Info: A Master Naturalist will be site to answer questions about Virginia’s plants and animals Book club What: Non-Fiction Book Club When: Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Where: John Barton Payne Community Hall, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Registration: https://bit.ly/nonfictionjuly2023 Info: Discussions led by local educator Bob Jacobs on “Notre Dame: The Soul of France,”

by Agnes Poirier; 540-422-8500 x2 or daryl. jackson@fauquiercounty.gov Older adults What: OWLS (Older Wiser Learners) Coffeehouse for active, older adults When: 2:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: An additional coffeehouse social for the regular OWLS monthly program for conversation, games and new friends; refreshments provided Meet the author What: Meet the Author, Cassandra Clare, for adults When: 8 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Where: Virtual Registration: https://bit.ly/fplauthor Info: Discussion on “Chain of Thorns” Trivia Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Hosted by Fauquier Trivia 2023 Trivia When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 Where: Barking Rose Brewing Company, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton Trivia with Allison When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 Where: O’Brien’s Irish Pub, 380 Broadview Ave., Warrenton Thursday, Aug. 24 Crafts What: Crafternoons When: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 31

Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Bring portable supplies and craft in community; 540-878-5358 Art What: Art Cart for preschool and elementary students When: All day Thursday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 31 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: Express creativity with the library’s art supplies ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 31 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton Info: 540-718-8243 Senior supper What: Senior Supper for seniors 55-plus When: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 31 Where: Bistro on the Hill, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Cost: $7.50 Coffee and conversation What: Fellowship, encouragement, hope through conversation with others When: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 31 Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Info: 540-349-5814; coffee, tea, light refreshments Prayer What: Open Prayer Gathering When: Noon to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 31 Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Info: Come for personal prayer or to pray for others; for requests, 540-349-5814 or https://www.scsm.tv/contactus Exercise What: Tomba at Middleburg Community Center When: 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, Saturday, Aug. 26 and Thursday, Aug. 31 Where: Middleburg Community Center, 300

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W. Washington St., Middleburg Info: Tom Sweitzer’s version of Zumba; 540-687-6373 Karaoke What: Karaoke Nights When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 31 Where: Craft and Crust Pizza Tavern, 204 E. Main St., Remington Reservations: 540-439-5157 Community What: Hellos and Handshakes with Fauquier Chamber of Commerce When: 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 Where: Chestnut Forks Athletic Club, 6379 Airlie Road, Warrenton Cost: $10 for Chamber members; $20 for Non-members.

Registration: https://www. fauquierchamberva.chambermaster.com/ eventregisgration/register/17687 Info: Food; live music by Another Fine Mess; rain or shine Live music What: Featuring Robbie Limon When: 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 Where: Death Ridge Brewery, 5393 Higher Ground Trail, Jeffersonton Friday, Aug. 25 Story time What: Story Time When: 11 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 25, and Friday, Sept. 1 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Stories, songs and coloring time in the children’s area; 540-878-5358 Pet clinic What: Pet Wellness Clinic When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, and Friday, Sept. 1 Where: Fauquier SPCA, 9350 Rogues Road, Midland Cost: Fee for various services Appointment: 540-788-9000 x208 Book Cellar What: Books, movie and music for all ages; sponsored by the Friends of Fauquier Library When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, Saturday, Aug. 26, and Friday, Sept. 1 Where: John Barton Payne Building Basement, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Volunteer: 540-341-3447 Community What: Messick’s Farm Market Cruise In for the community When: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 Where: Messick’s Farm Market, 6025 Catlett Road, Bealeton Info: Food; cool cars; homemade frozen custard; music; and more; 540-439-8900 Ice cream and wine What: End of Summer Ice Cream and Wine Pairing When: 1 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27 Where: Morias Vineyards, 11409 Marsh Road, Bealeton Info: Morais wines paired with ice cream selections from Cookies and Cream ice cream shop in Haymarket Community Jam Nights When: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25

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The Oak Spring Garden Foundation will be open for two special tour days on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23, 2023. Guests will wander Oak Spring’s garden and landscape, and learn about the enduring legacy of Mrs. Mellon through her nonprofit foundation. They can also take in the harvest atmosphere at Rokeby Farm with live music, food trucks, and exciting interactive demonstrations.

Fauquier Times readers can get a $30 discount* on reservations by using the following promo code: Fauquier23 *Limited supply of 100 discounted reservations per day. On the event website, type the promo code and hit “apply” to reveal a discounted price of $20 per reservation.

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KETTLE RUN VS. LIBERTY FOOTBALL MOVED TO NOKESVILLE

This Friday’s season opening showdown between the Cougars and Eagles has been moved from Liberty High to Kettle Run. Liberty is replacing the Eagle Stadium turf, which will not be complete in time for this week’s matchup. Although the game will be played in Nokesville, it is still classified as a Liberty home game.

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KETTLE RUN FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Quake, rattle and roll

Colton-led Cougars hope to win fourth straight district title

By Matthew Proctor and Peter Brewington Fauquier Times Staff Writers

The Milky Way is said to have as many as 400 billion stars.

Last year’s Kettle Run High football team didn’t have that many, but they had a cluster in state record-setting receiver Jordan Tapscott, relentless linebacker Peyton Mehaffey, deadeye run-pass quarterback Abram Chumley, long range placekicker Andrew Curry and more.

All those great seniors graduated from a historic 14-1 squad that became the first Fauquier County team to make a football state championship game.

That leaves punishing junior tailback Colton Quaker as the returning face of a Kettle Run dynasty out to win its fourth straight Northwestern District title.

Quaker, who rushed for over 1,400 yards and 19 touchdowns last year, is a 5-foot-10, 180-pound

PHOTO BY COY FERRELL

A standout since his freshman year, junior tailback Colton Quaker hopes to lead a revamped Kettle Run squad to its fourth straight district title. The Cougars face a tough opener Friday at home vs. rival Liberty. bruiser praised for his speed, aggression, toughness and intensity.

“We’ve had him since he was in the eighth grade, and he’s just gotten better every year. And I think this year, clearly he’s going to have a big year,” said coach Charlie Porterfield.

Quaker and standout senior receiver Sam Rodgers are the only skill position players back on offense that features a new quarterback in junior Jake Mulhern.

See COUGARS, page 14

LIBERTY FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Odlum hopes to pilot Eagles back to playoffs

By Peter Brewington and Matthew Proctor

Fauquier Times Staff Writers

PHOTO BY COY FERRELL

Liberty junior quarterback Austin Mawyer threw 32 touchdown passes and ran for five in 2022. “Clearly the Mawyer kid is a problem,” Kettle Run coach Charlie Porterfield says about Friday’s opening game at Kettle Run at 7 p.m.

First year Liberty High football coach Kevin Odlum knows his mission.

As the fifth coach in Liberty’s storied 30-year football history, the former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot hopes to win district tiles and make the playoffs just like each of the four LHS coaches before him.

Odlum’s debut should be an exciting and intense test as the Eagles visit county rival Kettle Run Friday at 7 p.m. in the season opener for both schools. The Cougars have emerged as the preeminent program in Fauquier County, going 28-4 the last three years with three Northwestern District titles and an appearance in the Class 4 state championship last year.

“This game is going to give you that litmus test of kind of where you are and what’s going on,” said Odlum, who inherits a strong team of his own.

“I think it’s kicking off the season with a bang. It’s a fun opener,” said Kettle Run coach Charlie Porterfield.

Normally the squads played around midseason, but with Kettle Run reclassified to Class 3 and Liberty remaining in Class 4 the game

was moved forward, into the window when non-district games are played.

Interestingly, the teams met once before in the season opener. In 2008, the Eagles overpowered the Cougars 82-0 in Kettle Run’s very first game.

Liberty still leads the rivalry 10-7 but has lost three in row. Liberty last won in 2019.

An LHS business and marketing teacher who was hired in April after two years as offensive line coach, Odlum is trying to restore a proud program that has made four state semifinal appearances (2014, 2011, 2001, 1998), including eight straight playoff appearances from 2008 to 2015. Liberty went 11-1 and won the Northwestern District title as recently as 2019, but the pandemic years have been unkind, with marks of 2-4 in 2020 (played in spring 2021), 1-8 in 2021 and 4-6 in 2022. Liberty has made just two playoff appearances in the last seven years.

Odlum, a 53-year-old Idaho native who played briefly at Purdue University before embarking on his Navy career that included flying SH60B Seahawk helicopters, projects the poise of a pilot and wants his players to play that way.

See EAGLES, page 13

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Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | August 23, 2023

FAUQUIER FIELD HOCKEY PREVIEW

Falcons prepare for another monster season

By Peter Brewington

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

A year after their triumphant run to the Class 4 state tournament, the Fauquier Falcons return another strong squad hungry to match one of the finest seasons in program history.

The Falcons lost five seniors and four key starters to graduation, but there is depth in the system, with experienced subs moving in to fill gaps, and more new stars ready to enjoy their moment in the sun.

“I think it will be a good year. It’s a talented team. A lot of the players on the field last year were not seniors,” said coach Brooke Settle. “My daughter Kirsten is a sophomore and we have some juniors who have played a long, long time. They play well together and have some unity already.”

While the graduation of Northwestern District Player of the Year Jackie Timberlake and others will be felt, there is plenty of returning firepower in returning all-Northwestern District first team selections McKenna Locke, Brooklyn Maldonado and Kirsten Settle, plus standouts Addie Gorg and Lindsey Cree.

Settle identifies Locke, a junior midfielder, as next in line for stardom.

“Locke should fall into that spot nicely. She’s super quick and explosive with great stick skills.

She can beat three or four defenders at a time. She has excellent ball control and she’s also looking for other players. She’s not greedy,” the coach said.

The Falcons sure had a thrilling ride last year.

They blitzed through the Northwestern District regular season undefeated, then edged Meridian 2-1 in overtime in the district tourney final. They qualified for states by downing Loudoun County in the Class 4 Region D semifinals in a two-round

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Star junior McKenna Locke (above) and the Falcons still get goosebumps over last year’s outstanding season, which included a huge region semifinal win over Loudoun County in two shootout rounds and a trip to the Class 4 state quarterfinals. penalty shootout at home at Falcon Field.

Their season ended in the Class 4 quarterfinals with a 7-0 loss to Courtland last year to finish 14-6.

There is a lot of offense back. Sophomore Kirsten Settle had eight goals and two assists last year. Senior Lindsey Cree had five goals and two assists. Junior Addie Gorg also had five goals and two assists. And senior Brooklyn Maldonado had

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two goals and nine defensive saves.

Those players form the nucleus of this year’s team. Fauquier’s forward line will have Cree, Gorg and Settle with newcomer Lily Retana-Rodriguez, a sophomore, also getting time.

The midfield starters are Locke, junior Charleigh Read and freshman Audrey Cupka .On defense Maldonado will team with juniors Zoe Corboy and Georgia Grady.

The surprise appearance of a new goalie to replace graduated senior Erin Irwin has brightened Settle’s outlook. Senior Ashley Heflin, a starting first baseman in softball, will see time along with sophomore Maria Camarca. “Ashley heard me say that softball players make excellent goalies and wanted to give it a try. She said, ‘Coach Settle, this is my senior year and I want to have fun.’

She’s a quick learner,” Settle said.

The squad has performed well against its three scrimmage opponents, beating Lightridge 2-0 in a full scrimmage. The Falcons played a half against Freedom (South Riding) and won 2-0, and a half against Herndon, losing 1-0.

Fauquier has been reclassified from Class 4 to Class 3 and is now in a region with Kettle Run, Culpeper, James Monroe, Meridian and Brentsville. Settle calls James Monroe a state powerhouse but envisions the Falcons in the mix for region supremacy once the new chemistry starts to click.

“Goalie now is not a concern to me. The biggest concern is how the new combinations will work.

I have a lot of girls that are athletic and fast. I want to figure out the best way to format the team.

We’ve tried six lineups. Some have looked good, some we’ve moved away from. I think we’re getting it,” she said.

KETTLE RUN FIELD HOCKEY PREVIEW

Cougars’ lineup Led by Rodman and Cheney, Eagles eye a return to regionals will be completely

By Matthew Proctor

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Following an unlikely trip to the regional tournament, second year Liberty High field hockey coach Megan Neher wants to pick up where the Eagles left off last season.

After a sluggish start a year ago, Liberty played well down the stretch, closing with a pair of postseason wins. Now, Neher looks to keep the momentum rolling.

“My goal for this season is to have the girls build their confidence in the new skills they have been learning and function well as Junior Caroline Lasher (left) scored the winning goal as Liberty beat Kettle Run in a shootout last year to make it to regionals. Also pictured is Fauquier’s Ava Napolitano.

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a team no matter what position they are playing,” Neher said.

While she’s still sorting out the lineup, year two looks promising with an experienced roster led by all-Northwestern District standout seniors Mary Rodman and Caitlyn Chaney.

Last year, the Eagles beat Brentsville 7-0 in the first round of the Northwestern District tournament, lost to Fauquier 3-1 in the semifinals, then upset Kettle Run in penalty shootouts in the play-in game to reach the Class 4 Region D tournament, where they fell in the semis to Loudoun Valley.

See LIBERTY, page 13

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By Peter Brewington

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

A Kettle Run squad that aspired to make the state tournament last year is reloading.

The Cougars fell to Liberty on penalty shots in a Northwestern District region play-in game, ending their season earlier than expected.

Coach Julie Kuhlberg welcomes back some veterans but remains hard at work reassembling the pieces.

“Communication on the field is always something we work on. We lost eight starters last season and replacing them is always hard. We just need more time to work together,” she said.

The Cougars have a decisive veteran presence in the middle of the field in senior Ada Linebaugh. “She is my center mid. She is a strong leader and works well with guiding the new varsity players on the field,” Kuhlberg said.

Senior Jane Crosland is equally vital as a center back on defense.

“Jane helps to control the defensive circle. She is also a strong leader.

Both are varsity captains,” Kuhlberg said.

Kuhlberg notes Kettle Run has a “huge” sophomore class this season. “Maggie Gardner, Maggie

PHOTO BY COY FERRELL

Maggie Crosland and the Kettle Run Cougars opened Tuesday at Meridian.

Next up is a home game against Patriot on Thursday.

Crosland and Avery Clark are both multi-sport athletes and have taken to field hockey. As sophomores, they will be ones to watch,” the coach said.

See KETTLE RUN, page 14

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Mawyer-led Eagles target winning year

Liberty Lineup OFFENSE

QB: Austin Mawyer, Jr.* RB: Noah Hall, Sr.* RB: Dre Booth, Sr.* WR: Andrew Ryman, Sr. WR: Dom Coles, Sr. WR: Caleb Owens, Jr. WR: Cayden King, Jr. TE: Logan Cash, Sr. LT: Dylan Richards, Sr.* LG: Xavier Harris, Jr.* C: Nolan Hensley, Jr. RG: Ben Kammerude, Sr.*/Lane Heron, Sr. RT: Bristen Umberger, Sr.*

EAGLES, from page 11 “Composure has got to be number one on the list. Don’t allow ourselves to get too up if something good happens or allow ourselves to fall off the ledge if something bad happens, because both of those things will happen,” he said.

Liberty flirted with a playoff appearance last year before ultimately falling short at 4-6. They have a true difference maker in junior quarterback Austin Mawyer, who threw a school-record 32 touchdown passes in 10 games last year as a sophomore.

Mawyer should have plenty of support on a veteran team that could explode into a huge year if things fall in place. The Eagles return 12 starters.

The Liberty offense

Entering year three under center, Mawyer’s productivity shouldn’t take a hit with the change of coaches.

“The offense that we’re running is very similar to what we’ve run the last couple of years with a couple of tweaks here and there. I think (Mawyer’s) pretty comfortable with it. He and I talk quite a bit about opportunities and game planning and stuff like that,” Odlum said.

While Mawyer can light up the stat sheet through the air, he’s also an effective runner. “Austin will be part of the run game. To what extent, I think it just depends on the defense that we’re facing that week,” said Odlum.

Joining Mawyer in the backfield are the thunder-and-lightning duo of returning seniors Noah Hall and Dre Booth. A state champion wrestler, Hall is strong and difficult to tackle while Booth is praised for his speed.

“Noah, he is a tough kid, twotime state champion wrestler at 165 (pounds). He’s hard to bring down,” Odlum said. “And then Dre, he’s a very elusive running back. And when he hits the seam, good lord, it’s just boom, he’s gone.”

Odlum expects the offensive line to be one of the Eagles’ strongest units as they return four starters.

Senior Dylan Richards moves from center to left tackle with Bristen Umberger back on the right side.

Junior Xavier Harris returns at left guard while seniors Ben Kammerude and Lane Heron battle for the spot at right guard. Junior Nolan Hensley at center is the only new starter.

“Our basic offensive philosophy is we’re not a run first offense, we’re

DEFENSE

PHOTO BY COY FERRELL

Liberty state champion wrestler Noah Hall emerged as a force at running back last year. Also a star linebacker, Hall is back for more senior year glory. not a pass first offense, we’re an opportunity first offense. So, wherever the defense presents us opportunity is where we like to try and go with the football,” Odlum said, adding Mawyer has a lot of freedom in where the ball goes on a given play.

“Oftentimes I won’t know where the ball is going to end up. I’ll call the play in, and he’ll have two or three options, and he makes that decision on the field. And so that makes life exciting for us on the sideline.”

Last year’s record-setting receivers Tyler Caporaletti and Joey Triplett graduated. A mix of five or six different receivers will be used to open the season.

Seniors Drew Ryman and Dom Coles and juniors Caleb Owens and Chris Cox will line up on the outside with junior Cayden King playing in the slot, what Odlum calls the “F” receiver. Owens and senior Jayden Ulloa will also play on the inside.

“We like to get them in and then get them out and then get them back in and then get them out,” Odlum said. “We have a lot to work on. I think one of the things that we were trying to figure out was pass protection and how we were going to marry that up with what we’re doing in the pass game. And I think we had some answers (in our final scrimmage), which is exciting,” Odlum added.

Senior Logan Cash will start at tight end with Eddie Rodman and Brandon Mock involved as well.

The Liberty defense

On the defensive line, senior Ka’Von Tibbs returns at defensive tackle alongside senior Keyon Fla-

Rodman, Chaney are Eagles’ standouts LIBERTY, from page 12 “Last season was a season of learning. We improved as individuals and as a team with each game. Near the second half of the season we found our groove and started making more meaningful plays and working well as a team,” said Neher.

Tryouts began Aug. 1 but Neher kept the Eagles busy all summer, hosting a summer camp

nagan at nose guard. On the edge, Umberger and senior Logan Buchanan will start with junior Nate Green seeing time as well.

“It’s very difficult to move Keyon.

I know teams try to position block him, and he has a very natural instinct to lockout cross face and be able to make a play. I’ve actually seen him drive the O lineman back into a hole,” said Odlum.

At linebacker, the Eagles will rely on experienced seniors Hall and Payton Harris. “They’re both pretty seasoned. Noah played there last year, and Peyton did too. Peyton understands the whole defense and does a lot of the calls for us.”

Ulloa and Booth will also see time at linebacker as they play what Odlum calls the “Hawk” and the “Whip.” “They’re hybrids, like outside linebacker-safety types.”

In the secondary, Coles will start at cornerback with Cox, Owens, Ryman and senior Fidel Leyva rotating on the opposite side. Senior Ka’Von O’Bannion returns as the starting free safety.

Playing a 4-2-5 defense, Odlum said the Eagles must execute their base roles before they can get aggressive and creative.

“I think that it’s really important for us to understand the base, the foundation of what we’re trying to do. So, for our D-lineman and for our linebackers, run stop first and then transition rush. We don’t do a ton of blitzing and stunting without understanding the foundation.”

Special teams

Returning at kicker is junior Aden

and conditioning practices. “We have been practicing during the week with skills, positioning, and conditioning,” she said. “From what we are seeing during practices, the girls are really good at communicating with each other.”

The 20-person roster features six seniors, six juniors, seven sophomores and two freshmen, allowing Liberty to contend this season while also developing for the future simultaneously.

“As the season progresses, we are looking at improving executing our shots on goal and making them more accurate,” said Neher.

DE: Bristen Umberger, Sr. NG: Keyon Flanagan, Sr. DT: Ka’Von Tibbs, Sr.* DE: Logan Buchanan, Sr. MLB: Noah Hall, Sr.* MLB: Peyton Harris, Sr. OLB/S: Jayden Ulloa, Sr.* OLB/S: Dre Booth, Sr. CB: Dom Coles, Sr. CB: Chris Cox, Jr. CB: Fidel Leyva, Sr. FS: Ka’Von O’Bannion, Sr.*

SPECIAL TEAMS

K/P: Aden Peters, Jr.* *Returning starter Peters, who will also be the Eagles’ punter this year.

Odlum said he prefers to keep the defense on the field on fourth down, meaning one of the defensive backs will return punts. Coles, King, Hall and Ulloa will rotate as the returner on kickoffs.

Season outlook

While Odlum hopes to take Liberty back to the postseason for the first time since 2019, he knows the season is long and doesn’t want to get ahead of himself. As for now, he wants the Eagles to remain business-like with their approach and keep their emotions in check.

“We need to not have so many ups and downs, understand that there’s a natural ebb and flow in the game, that it’s going to occur. There will be times when things occur that are really good, and there will be times that things occur that aren’t so good, and we can’t allow either of those to get us too up or too down,” Odlum said.

“With the playoffs, I’m hopeful, but we have to execute and I think it’s a long season. We have ten games in a row and a bye week at the end.

That makes for a really long season.

So, barring any major injuries or any major incidents, I’m hopeful that we can do pretty well.”

Along with Rodman, a first team all-Northwestern District selection, and Chaney, who made second team, the Eagles are returning key juniors Carleigh Cameron and Caroline Lasher, who scored the shootout winner against Kettle Run to send Liberty to regionals, and goalie Rohan Mincks.

Liberty opens the season on Aug. 24 at Class 5 Massaponax. Their first home game is Aug. 29 vs. Brentsville.

“I believe with hard work, dedication, and perseverance anything is possible. It would be awesome to reach regionals again,” Neher said.

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Mulhern takes over as Cougars’ new QB

Kettle Run Lineup OFFENSE:

QB: Jake Mulhern, Jr. RB: Colton Quaker, Jr.* FB: Logan Eldredge, Sr. WR: Sam Rodgers, Sr.* WR: Zach Roth, Soph.

WR: Colton Lubbe, Soph.

TE: Tate Leverett, Sr. LT: Caleb Rapp, Sr.* LG: P.J. Western, Jr. C: Jonathan Valdez, Jr.* RG: Trentin Shipe, Sr. RT: Ronny Astudillo, Sr.*

COUGARS, from page 11 In total, the Cougars have just five returnees on offense and four on defense.

“Are we a one-hit wonder?” That’s what Porterfield wrote on the whiteboard before their final scrimmage.

“That’s the question we have to answer. Can we keep this thing rolling?

Can we meet those high expectations?

Can we make another run at it?”

At quarterback, Mulhern has big shoes to fill in replacing graduated Abram Chumley, the fourth Chumley brother to play QB for the Cougars. Listed at 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, Mulhern is a dynamic runner who will be tough to contain.

“His athleticism and ability to get outside the pocket and make things happen when things break down are really going to set him apart. It ultimately is going to really be a big side of our offense and will give us the ability to win some games,” said Porterfield.

The Cougars have moved from Class 4 to Class 3. They’ll still battle the typical Winchester-area opponents as well as Fauquier and Liberty in the first part of the year – with Brentsville, Meridian, Skyline and Warren County as district opponents.

“Moving down to 3A is going to be nice, I’m not going to lie and tell you it’s not. But I was glad we were able to keep some of those 4A (schools) that we’ve grown accustomed to playing,” Porterfield said.

“The better teams you play, the better football program it helps you grow. So, we’re excited.”

The offense

On the offensive line, seniors Caleb Rapp and Ronny Astudillo return to play left and right tackle while junior Jonathan Valdez is back at center. Junior P.J. Western, the younger brother of former Cougar receiver Trey Western, joins the lineup at left guard with senior Trentin Shipe on the right.

The experience of Astudillo, Rapp and Valdez gives Porterfield confidence in this unit. “They see things quickly, they pick blitzes up quickly, they are able to adjust to things on the fly,” he said.

Porterfield said the Cougars will ideally run an even amount of run and pass plays to keep the line balanced.

There will be designed run plays for Mulhern, with scrambling also one of Mulhern’s biggest weapons.

“Anytime you can get that kid to run the ball a little bit, it evens the numbers out because now the defense doesn’t have you up by a guy.

You got an extra blocker. And then you’re just playing even football. As good of an athlete as Mulhern is, he’s going to win some of those battles,” Porterfield said.

Last year, the backfield featured

DEFENSE

DE: Jonathan Valdez, Sr.* DT: Tate Leverett, Sr. DT: Justin Rogers, Soph.

DE: P.J. Western, Jr. MLB: Logan Eldredge, Sr. MLB: Noah Frye, Soph.

CB: Jack Pechin, Sr.* CB: Xavier Diaz, Jr. FS: Colton Quaker, Jr.* S: Sam Rodgers, Sr.* S: Carter Bernatzky, Jr. PHOTO BY COY FERRELL

Charlie Porterfield and the Cougars have won three straight against Liberty.

Last year’s game was a shootout with Kettle Run holding on for a 49-42 win.

Quaker at tailback with the do-it-all Mehaffey at fullback. With Mehaffey gone, Quaker will have more on his plate.

“He sees football well. He understands the game well. He obviously is a great player, but his willingness to communicate and make sure that everyone around him is on the right page and doing the right thing, that’s what really is going to set him apart,” Porterfield said.

Junior Haydynn Bell and sophomore Jonathan Taylor will also rotate in at tailback with senior Logan Eldredge at fullback.

In the passing game, Porterfield is pleased by how Mulhern has progressed throughout camp. “Being a quarterback is such a unique thing and you have to have a certain skill set to be able to handle it, both physically and mentally. And I think he’s really proven, not just to me but to his teammates, he’s really done a phenomenal job this camp.”

With receivers Tapscott and Western gone, Rodgers is the leading target. He was deadly last year, beating defenses for several long bombs in the playoffs. “(Rodgers) is moving into that spot that Jordan (Tapscott) played and the spot that Jacob Robinson played before,” said Porterfield. “Sammy’s a four-year starter for us. He’s been great since the day he set foot on campus at Kettle Run and has really shown a ton of growth this summer.”

Rounding out the receiver room are sophomores Zach Roth, Colton Lubbe and senior Jack Pechin. Seniors Tate Leverett, Collin Brown and junior Carter Bernatzky are the tight ends.

Cougars debut with eight new starters KETTLE RUN, from page 12 Kuhlberg, who works in Kettle Run’s counsel-

The defense

The Cougars are returning just one starter on the defensive line in Valdez. “He’s just a phenomenal defensive end. He does everything you’d want that kid to do,” Porterfield said.

Western joins Valdez at defensive end with Leverett and sophomore Justin Rogers on the interior. Shipe, senior Nick Seifried and junior Jayden Booth will also be in the mix on the line.

Needing to replace all-state linebacker Peyton Mehaffey, the Cougars will run a four-man rotation. Eldredge will start alongside sophomore Noah Frye, but Bell and senior Mason Hodges will see the field frequently as well.

“We feel like we’re deep at that spot with four guys that can go in and play,” said Porterfield. “Being able to roll those guys in and get them breaks is going to be really important. I think we feel pretty comfortable with all four of those guys out on the field.”

Returning three starters, the secondary is the most experienced unit on defense. Quaker and Rodgers are back at safety with Pechin at cornerback, and they look as good as ever.

“Honestly, it’s been tough to get much going in the passing game over those guys (in practice),” he said.

Rounding out the secondary is junior Xavier Diaz at corner with Bernatzky and Taylor battling for the final safety spot.

As for how the defense will play, Porterfield said he doesn’t keep their aggression a secret. “We are an aggressive defense. I think we’re going to keep you uncomfortable. We’re going to make you have to do some high-level things to beat us.”

Special teams

Senior Keaton Helou returns as

ing office, is still assessing which formation to use.

“We have used 4-3-3 in the past. We still need to see what will work best with this bunch. We should know more soon. This is my fourth season as head coach and my seventh season coaching field hockey. I really enjoy the sport and the girls.

SPECIAL TEAMS

K: Kelsi Navin, Sr. P: Keaton Helou, Sr.* *Returning starter the Cougars’ punter with senior Kelsi Navin taking over the kicking duties. Navin is one of two girls on the football team; sophomore Peyton Lloyd is the JV kicker.

“I’m a big believer in football is for everybody,” Porterfield said.

“I think having those girls on the team helps. They’ve always been rock steady kickers. They’ve handled pressure well. They care about getting better. They just want to be part of the program, and I’m not one to say no. They’ve been great, and we’ve loved having them.”

Porterfield said Rodgers, Lubbe and Darrell Milbourne will be the main kick returners with Lubbe also fielding punts.

Season outlook

Kettle Run has won three straight Class 4 Northwestern District titles.

While the Cougars are dropping to Class 3, they know there’s still pressure to do it again.

Said Porterfield, “The way we’ve been preparing is that we’re going to get (our opponent’s) best shot. I told the kids, ‘Until we get back into the championship game and win one, we’re always going to have that question. Every year until then, it’s going to be, are we the team that can do it? Can we accomplish this?’”

Porterfield believes this team is up to the challenge. “I think they’ve really embraced that. I think going to the (state title) game, regardless of the outcome, was so beneficial for our program because it just made the kids believers. Knowing that there’s a chance that something can happen makes you way more likely to work for it.”

They are hard-working, so talented and truly a joy to work with,” she said.

The Cougars started conditioning in April on Saturdays and moved to twice a week in June.

Kuhlberg said the emphasis was on stick skills, fitness and utilizing the weight room for strength.

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The Great Meadow International is in The Plains this week, four divisions of elite-level eventing.

By Betsy Burke Parker

Special to the Fauquier Times

The Great Meadow International horse trials returns to The Plains this week. Competition in four upper-level eventing divisions – preliminary plus CIC two-, three- and four-star – begins Thursday.

Dressage starts at 9 a.m. Thursday and Friday. Preliminary show jumping is at 9 a.m. Saturday, preliminary cross-country at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday. Two-star show jumping starts at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, with cross-country beginning at 3:15 p.m.

Three-star show jumping is at 2 p.m. Saturday, with the highest level – four-star – show jumping starting

PHOTO BY BETSY BURKE PARKER

Saturday at 5:20 p.m.

Three-star cross-country runs Sunday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., with fourstar cross-country 12:30 to 2 p.m.

A trade fair runs the whole week.

New spectator areas have been

added to the Fleming Farm arena for more general admission seating.

Four-day tickets are $20.

Find the exact schedule, plus link the live-stream at the website: greatmeadowinternational.com.

The Plains created a prep trial for North American riders aimed at that year’s World Equestrian Games.

2015: Three-star event runs as a Pan American Games prep trial.

2016-2018: Final prep trial for the 2016 Olympics and 2018 World Equestrian Games. Also, the first FEI Eventing Nations Cup competitions ever held outside Europe.

2019: MARS Equestrian joins as title sponsor and Five Rings Equestrian – both in The Plains, headline the event.

2020: The event is able to run during the pandemic with socially distanced spectator-sponsor pods.

2022: Final prep trial for the Pan American Games and World Championships of Eventing.

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Classes begin at 8 a.m. each day, with jumper classes Thursday afternoon, a hunter derby Friday evening, breeding classes Saturday morning, the $5,000 Toyota hunter classic Saturday evening and

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The first Warrenton show was held at the same location in 1899.

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Seller cyber fraud is on the rise in real estate transactions. $1.4 billion in attempts were reported in 2022.

On the rise: Seller cyber fraud

By Mason L. Dalman, Esquire

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Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Featuring The Cassaday Concoction When: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 Where: Death Ridge Brewery, 5393 Higher Ground Trail, Jeffersonton Featuring Chute and Wilson When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 Where: Barrel Oak Winery, 3623 Grove Lane, Delaplane Featuring Luke Andrews When: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 Where: Philip Carter Winery, 4366 Stillhouse Road, Hume Featuring Dylan Page and Kevin Breeden When: 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 Where: Powers Farm Brewery, 9569 Redemption Way, Midland Featuring Brook Yoder When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 Where: Blue Valley Vineyard and Winery, 5535 Blue Valley Way, Delaplane Sunday, Aug. 27 Sketching What: Sunday Sketch with Susan Pollard When: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 Where: National Sporting Library and Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg Cost: All materials are provided Info: 540-687-6542, extension 25 Reading What: Paws to Read with K-9 Caring Angels for children ages 5 to 10 When: 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Read aloud to trained and certified therapy dogs; a caregiver must be present; a signed permission slip is required Live music Featuring Cook County Bluegrass

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These property transfers, filed August 9-15, 2023 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.)

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Dominic John Cruz to Michael W. Shrauder, 2.0957 acres at 10330 Rogues Road, Midland. $500,000 Tracey Ashton-Miller to Todd Dwain Voyles, 6328 Blue Heron Lane, Warrenton. $821,000 Daniel J. Fauber to Daniel Hamblen, 3.8454 acres at 8891 Largemont Lane, Nokesville. $447,000 NVR Inc. to J. R. Stackhouse, 0.6691 acre at 9427 Blue Jay Court, Warrenton. $813,400 Ricky Brown to Diego Studzinski, 6.75 acres at 8115 Greenwich Road, Nokesville. $475,000

Lee District

acres at 11529 Kings Hill Road, Bealeton. $450,000

Center District

RFI CM LC to NVR Inc., 1.1429 acres on Kingsley Court, Warrenton. $272,000

Brian R. Meermans to Lori Lee Peltz, 0.7680 acres at 5702 Hunt Ridge Court, Broad Run. $698,000

RFI CM LC to NVR Inc., 1.4406 acres on Kingsley Court, Warrenton. $272,000

Charles Hagedorn III to Eileen Infantes, 1.21 acres at 7380 Stuart Circle, Warrenton. $475,000

Diane Sue Fitzpatrick to Susan Krashevski, 0.2305 acre at 7578 Sweetgum Court, Warrenton. $636,000

Paul H. Cable to Charles W. Christy, 1 acre at 5320 Dumfries Road near Warrenton. $560,000

Mary C. Goff to Donald Thomas Logsdon, 22 Blue Ridge Street, Warrenton. $400,000

Kathleen P. McEnearney to Samuel Elliot Cook, 4 acres at 4191 Jackson Glen Drive, The Plains. $850,000

NVR Inc. to Marcus Neville Smith, 1.1479 acres at 3030 Forestdale Drive, Warrenton. $978,225

Matthew Revis to Virginia Home Buyers LLC, o.4783 acre at 6767 Willowbrook Drive, Bealeton. $286,000

Matthew Raymond Clark to Girma Belay Mersha, Unit 58, 291 Amber Circle, Warrenton. $490,000

Charles N. VanMiddlesworth Jr. to Robert S. Faye, 10 acres at 5215 Courtney’s Corner Road, Sumerduck. $770,000

NVR Inc, to Drew Belmont, 1.1464 acres at 3050 Forestdale Drive, Warrenton. $762,952

Craig L. Waters to Sonia Cristina Coman-Gross, 10036 Kimberly Court, Warrenton. $530,000 Saberton Co. LLC to Michael Keefer, 2.1094 acres at 11455 Generals Court, Bealeton. $700,000 Richard B. Moore to Michael Joseph Wintermyer, 6.8404

Crista M. Witmore to Bethany Erb, 1.4978 acres at 7360 Serenity Lane, The Plains. $705,000

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Virginia Outdoors Foundation, Commonwealth of Virginia to Oak Spring Dairy 2019 LLC, 15.0046 acres at 8263 Oak Spring Road and 42.0126 acres on Oak Spring Road, Upperville. $1,900,206 Rodney W. Cannon to Kyle E. Schutt, 20 acres at 11612 Putnam’s Mill Road near Hume. $1,500,000

Howard Oberheu to Daniel Harrison Pickering, 3.0316 acres at 5028 Hummingbird Lane near Warrenton. $915,000

Timothy J. Butch to Douglas B. Gould, 1 acre at 10677 Bear’s Den Road, Marshall. $527,900

Lakeside Homes LLC to Rodney L. Guilman, 1.0331 acres at 4569 Broad Run Church Road, Warrenton. $1,075,000

Joyce Ann O’Bannon to Arthur Summers Sr., 6.203 acres at 12003 Summers Lane near Hume. $365,000

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Clark Davis Clark Davis, a hardworking businessman and resident of Middleburg, VA, passed away on August 17th, 2023 at the age of 56 surrounded by his loving family at his beloved house.

Clark is survived by his parents, Brad and Bailey Davis; his wife, Heather Davis; his two daughters Vivian and Addie Davis; and his sister, Bailey O’Connell. He is predeceased by both his maternal and paternal grandparents.

Clark was born in TerryTown, NY, on August 8th, 1967 to Brad and Bailey Davis.

Only a couple years later, he became a truly wonderful big brother to his sister Bailey O’Connell. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1989 with a business degree. In 1995, he married the love of his life, Heather, and they started their beautiful life together full of adventure and love.

In August 2003 and November 2005, he welcomed his two daughters into this world. The day he became a father he knew that those girls were the light in his life and would do anything for them, as they were, to him, the most precious things in his life.

Throughout Clark’s life, he truly touched so many people’s hearts and made an impact on everyone he met. He was an amazing father, husband, son, brother, friend, mentor, and so much more. His soul was so pure and so full of love, kindness, and wisdom. Clark was an incredible horse rider, skier, adventurer, and businessman. He worked so hard everyday to give his family a gorgeous life and worked hard everyday to become a better person. Throughout his life, traveling was a huge part of who he was, not only for business, but for the experiences. One of his most favorite trips was when he took his wife and daughters all over Scotland. His travels with his parents and sister all over the world was another one of his favorite memories, such as their travels to Rwanda and dog sledding in Canada. Animals were always a huge part in his life, and he loved his horses and dogs so much. Clark had one of the best senses of humor and was one of the most helpful people out there, whether it was helping his girls with their math homework or helping his dad with farm work and business. He was such an amazing man and one of the sweetest souls out there, genuine and pure. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him and everyday will be in the hearts of those he loved.

A funeral service is scheduled for August 26th at 11am at the Davis family’s farm. Pastor Leo Grant will officiate. Instead of flowers, we please ask that you donate to the StandUp2Cancer link that his daughter Addie created in his honor. https://standuptocancer.donorsupport. co/-/NWRMNGYT . This service is a celebration of life; we please ask that you do not wear suits and black, rather wear your favorite color or something happy. Clark would not have wanted a depressing service, but rather a gathering of his loved ones who can celebrate and reminisce their favorite happy memories with him. Arrangements by Royston Funeral Home, Middleburg, VA. Obituaries

Chris Ryan Chris Ryan 54 of Marshall Va passed away unexpectedly on August 9 2023.

He was born on May 14, 1969. He lived his childhood and teen years in Orlean, Va. Chris was the son of Leroy Ryan and Eleanor Pullen Ryan.

He is survived by his 5 children Lynzee Ryan, Shane Ryan, Kelsey Ryan, Shyanne Ryan all of Florida. Brayden Ryan of Marshall Va. He also leaves behind step sister Carolyn Romo and step brother Vinnie Ryan.

His favorite hang out was Old Salem in Marshall, Va. He loved country music, dancing and singing karaoke with his many friends at Old Salem. He had a business RYAN'S MOWING SERVICE. He loved the outside and helping people.

Chris was predeceased by his brother Tony Ryan and his Mother Eleanor Pullen Ryan.

There is a Celebration of Life on August 25, 2023 at Marshall Ruritan starting at 5pm. Everyone is welcome ! There is a Jar at Old Salem to help raise funds.

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William Daniel Hensley, Jr William Daniel Hensley, Jr., 64, of Warrenton, Virginia, passed away July 29, 2023, after fighting a short battle with cancer. Known to his family and friends as "Billy" or "Bill", he was born January 12, 1959, in Tacoma, Washington.

Graduating from Stonewall Jackson High School in 1977, he received numerous awards as a printing/graphic artist, which spurred him into a thriving career in the printing industry at CONTEL, PRC and Technigraphix in Reston. He printed many note pads and business cards for his family and friends.

He will be missed by many.

He is survived by his two sons, William D. Hensley, III and Joseph A. Hensley, four grandchildren, Kaleb, Levi, Josiah and Matilda (Tilly), one sister, Donna S. Sager (Michael) and three brothers, David R. Hensley, Terry A. Hensley and Kevin A. Hensley.

He is predeceased by his father, William D. Hensley, Sr., his mother Nora Lee Hensley and his brother, Charles Wayne Hensley.

A private family burial will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Capital Caring Health in Aldie, Virginia, who graciously assisted with his end-of-life care.

An online guestbook and tribute wall are available at www.vacremationservice .com Virginia Cremation Service of Culpeper is serving the family.

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Robert Harold Peterson Robert Harold Peterson (100) of Warrenton, Virginia entered into his heavenly reward in the early morning hours of August 3, 2023. He is now reunited with his wife of 77 years, Nancy Jane (Ayres) Peterson who passed in February 2021. Robert, known to many as "Bob" was born on August 18, 1922 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He grew up on a rural Iowa farm the youngest child of John and Osie Peterson. Upon graduation from high school, he joined two of his siblings in the Washington, DC area where he met Nancy in a Methodist youth group. They were married at McKendree United Methodist Church on February 22, 1944. Together they had (5) children, (10) grandchildren, (8) great grandchildren, and (2) great great grandchildren. They made their homes in Washington, DC, Takoma Park, MD, Hillcrest Heights, MD, and finally in Warrenton, VA since 1980.

Bob embraced hard work. He single handedly provided for his growing family through apprenticeship opportunities afforded to him at the Washington Navy Yard and the Naval Research Lab in Anacostia. His learned skills as an instrument maker and machinist led to a position at the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. His career involved the development, assembly, and space launch missions in their satellite program. Upon his government retirement in 1976, he started a second (25) year career in private industry with Commonwealth Scientific of Alexandria, VA retiring in 2002.

Bob proudly and patriotically served in the US Navy during World War II on the destroyer escort ship USS Hubbard protecting the waters from the North Atlantic to Guantanamo, Cuba.

In addition to his parents, Bob was preceded in death by sisters Helen, Pauline and Doris, and brothers Don and Ed. His wife Nancy, son Robert Peterson Jr, daughter Linda Dutton, and grandson Param Johnson also preceded him.

He is survived by daughters Robin L Williams (Clint) of Sumerduck, VA, Dana L Matthews of Waterloo, IA, son Glenn L Peterson (Dana) of Lakeland, FL, numerous grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

He leaves behind many longtime friends and supportive neighbors who were inspired by his independent nature and his love of flowering bushes, beautiful roses, and a lush green lawn that he cared for himself well into his late 90's.

The family would like to acknowledge the extra love, care, and companionship provided by Chris Rapp, Randy and Robin Coggin, and most recently the amazing staff at Blue Ridge Christian Home in Bealeton, VA. A cemetery service with military honors took place at Culpeper National Cemetery, 501 East Chandler Street Culpeper, VA 22701 on Friday, August 18th at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Bethel United Methodist Church, 6903 Blantyre Road Warrenton, VA 20187.

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Thomas Edward Thompson, Jr. Thomas Edward Thompson, Jr., of Warrenton, VA, the son of the late Thomas and Lillian Thompson, finished his life’s journey on August 6, 2023. He was born on February 2, 1935, in Purcellville, VA. Thomas was educated in the Loudoun County School System and graduated from Douglass High School, class of 1955. After enlisting in the US Army in 1958, he was stationed in Korea before being honorably discharged in 1965. His military service earned him many awards and medals during his tour of duty. After leaving the army, Thomas worked for the Federal Government until his retirement in 1986.

A member of First Baptist Church in Warrenton, VA, he was a senior usher and a member of the men’s club and the hospitality committee. In the community, he was a life member of the NAACP. His wife, Christine L. Thompson and infant son, Thomas E. Thompson III, preceded him in death.

He leaves his sister, Mildred Thompson Nichols; aunt, Bernice Clark Dedrick; nephews: David Nichols, Keith Nichols, and Brian Nichols; nephew-in-law, Roy Lambert; nieces: Deborah Albury, Karen Maund, and Pamela Austin; cousins: Muriel Green and Major Dedrick; and cousin-in law, Della Clark; as well as many great nieces and great nephews and their children. He also leaves behind Evelyn McGruder, his loving companion, who made life enjoyable and cared for him during the last decades of his life.

Family will receive friends Saturday, August 26, 2023, from 10 am until 11 am with funeral services starting at 11 am at First Baptist Church, 39 Alexandria Pike, Warrenton, VA 20186. Rev. Vinicent Holland will deliver the eulogy.

Interment with military honors will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hamilton, VA. Online condolences may be posted at: www.joynesfuneralhome.com Obituaries

Vincent Gerard Logan Vincent Gerard Logan, 32, passed away on August 15, 2023, at home in Warrenton Lakes, Virginia.

Vince was recently diagnosed with epilepsy and suffered a tragic fall. He was the son of Shelly Jones Schubert and David Allan Schubert of Warrenton Lakes and James and Sharon Logan of Somers Point, NJ. He was the brother to Andrew James Logan (Christina) of Charleston SC, Ashley Mills Lightcap (Robert) of Buffalo NY, and Kristy Mills of New Orleans, LA. He was the Uncle to Mason James Logan and Harrison Ashworth Lightcap.

He grew up in Northfield, Atlantic County, New Jersey where he attended Northfield Community School, Blessed Sacrament School, St. Augustine's Prep, and Mainland Regional High School. He later attended George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. Vince was a kind soul, very compassionate, witty with jokes, and a hard worker. He loved cooking and the outdoors, enjoying frequent hikes at state parks. He will be sadly missed by family and friends.

The family will accept visitors on Thursday, August 24, 2023 from 6-8:00 p.m. at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA. A funeral service will take place on Friday, August 25, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Jeffersonton, VA. Online condolences may be expressed at moserfuneralhome.com.

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Stewart Lindsey Hudson Stewart Lindsey went to be with the Lord on August 11, 2023. He was born on April 3, 1953 in Raleigh, NC a son of the late Pete and Katherine Lindsey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his father-in-law, James F. Legg who he considered a father.

Stewart was raised in Richmond, VA and graduated from J. R. Tucker High School and Duke University, Durham, NC. He was the owner and optician of Lindsey's Vision Center which he opened in 1981 and whose patients he adored.

He is survived by his wife of almost 44 years, Debra Legg Lindsey; his mother-in-law Joyce Legg and his brother-in-law, Jim Legg and his wife Cindy who he considered his close family members. His joy in life were his nieces and nephew, Jacqueline (Keith) Stevens, Aileen (Lloyd) Bayliss and Christopher (Violeta) Legg; and his great nieces and nephews, Brooklynn and Knox Bayliss and C. J. Legg.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, August 17 from 5-8 PM at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton where funeral services will be held on Friday, August 18 at 11:00 AM. Interment Warrenton Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Warrenton United Methodist Church Social Hall.

Memorial contributions may be made to Spiritual Care Support Ministries or any charity of the donor's choice.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

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Franklin

Lawrence Hines

(Larry)

In loving memory of our Father, Franklin Lawrence (Larry) Hines, who passed away on Friday, July 21st, 2023.

He was preceded in death by his wife, June A. Hines and by his daughter, Susan M. Daniel.

He is survived by his two daughters, Patricia and Elizabeth, eight grandchildren and thirty-one great grandchildren.

A funeral mass will be held on September 8, 2023 at All Saints Catholic Church (chapel) at 11:30, following memorial service at Quantico National Cemetery at 1:30 for both our Father and Mother.

God bless our Father and may you find eternal peace in heaven. Now you and mom will "always" be together.

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540.351.1163 three brothers, David R. Hensley, Terry A. Hensley and Kevin A. Hensley. business degree. In 1995, he married the love of his life, Heather, Dick enlisted in September of 1942 and was called up for active duty in July of 1943, ultimately serving in He is predeceased by his father, William D. Hensley, Sr., his mother Nora Lee ey started their beautiful life together full of adventure and love. theNovember Pacific on the USS Hehis received his honorable Hensley discharge January ofCharles 1946 and served as a Marine andinhis brother, Wayne Hensley. ust 2003 and 2005, he Suffolk. welcomed two daughters Reserve until 1951.

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Heand worked hard everyday to give following services at WPC. He continued to serve as Pastor Emeritus for decades at WPC. The Fellowship ily a gorgeous life and worked hard everyday to become a better Hall of the church was named in his honor.

With Warrenton FireofCompany station house located next-door to the church, Rev. Winter soon Throughout his life,the traveling was Volunteer a huge part who he was, Robert Harold Peterson (100) of Warrenton, became a volunteer fireman.

The proximity allowed Dick to be first to report to the station, as longentered as it wasn’t during Virginia into his heavenly reward in the early y for business, but for the experiences. One of his most favorite Sunday morning services, which were occasionally disrupted by the blaring siren.

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On his 100th birthday in who passed in February 2021.

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Besides filling the need as a JV football coach for the high school, in worship e of the most helpful people out there, whether it was helping his graduation fromfor high school, of his he later supported the Fauquier High School Falcons by filming all of the varsity football games over 20 he joined two Mass Schedule: th their math homework or helping his dad with farm work and in the Washington, he met years. He served with the local ecumenical clergy association, and sang annually insiblings the Warrenton Christmas DC area where 8AM & 10:30 AM s. He was such an amazing man and one of the sweetest souls out Nancy in a Methodist youth group.Sunday They were Chorale. Dick also led week-long Appalachian Trail hikes for teenagers as part of married a program of the Virginia at McKendree United Methodist Church on Wednesday 10 AM enuine and pure. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him Council of Churches and helped found the original Fauquier hospice organization.

He has22,been a member February 1944.

Together they had (5) children, ryday will be in the hearts of those he loved.

Holy Days 6PM of the Warrenton Rotary Club for 68 years and was honored last year as a Paul Harris Fellow. He often led grandchildren, and (2) (10) grandchildren, (8) great neral service is scheduled for August 26th at 11am at the Davis Father Jonathan Ostman, Rector the weekly meetings in “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” with his superb tenor voice. Dick recognized by the greatwas great grandchildren.

They made their homes in s farm. Pastor Leo Grant will officiate. Instead of flowers, we 540-364-2554 Fauquier Democrat as “Citizen of the Year” in 1986 for his vast and dedicated involvement in theDC, community.

Washington, Takoma Park, MD, Hillcrest ask that you donate to the StandUp2Cancer link that his daughter Facebook: MD, trophy and finally sincestjohnsmarshall Rev. Winter dominated the local tennis scene, winning multiple titles and retiringHeights, the perpetual fromin Warrenton, VA created in his honor. https://standuptocancer.donorsupport.

“At the Stop Light in Marshall” 1980. the Fauquier Swim Club Tennis championships. He continued playing tennis late into his 80’s, even after sufWRMNGYT . This service is a celebration of life; we please Bob embraced hard work.

He single handedly fering a compound fracture of his dominant right arm. With a steel plate and an inability to twist his wrist, he at you do not wear suits and black, rather wear your favorite provided growing family through apprenticeship opportunities afforded to had to adjust his game with some unique strokes, but continued tofor winhisregularly. him at the Washington Navy Yard and the Naval Research Lab in Anacostia. His r something happy.

Clark would not have wanted a depressing Dick was married to Mary Ruth (Roney) for 31 years from 1944 death in 1976.

He was later learned skillsuntil as anMary’s instrument maker and machinist led to a position at the newly but rather married a gathering of his Housel loved ones who canfor celebrate to Helen (Hoffman) 32 yearsand from 1981 until her death in 2013.

He was predeceased by (NASA) at Goddard formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration sce their favorite happy memories with him.

Arrangements by his son Theodore G. Winter and daughter Gail Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. His career involved the development, n Funeral Home, Middleburg, A. Winter, as wellVA. as two infant children. Dick is survived by his son M. Winter (Sarah), daughter assembly, andTimothy space launch missions in their satellite program. Upon his Patricia J. Winter, son Thomas C. Winter (Sheryl) and daughter-in-law Mary Jane is also survived government retirement in Winter.

1976, heHe started a second (25) year career in private industry with Commonwealth of Alexandria, in 2002. Beginnings

by Helen’s children Christine H. Sinclair ( John), John M. Hoffman and Suzanne Scientific H. Browning.

BetweenVA retiringNew Bob proudly and patriotically served in the US Navy during World War IIOutreach on his children and step-children, he is also survived by 24 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren and 4 Center the destroyer escort ship USS Hubbard protecting the waters from the North step-great-grandchildren.

Atlanticfor to the Guantanamo, Cuba.

The Winter family wishes to express its deepest appreciation loving care given over the past 5 years In addition to his parents, Bob was preceded in death by sisters Helen, Pauline as you are!

by Latisha “Tish” Mann-Jenkins, along with her team of and care-givers.

“Rev” knew he hands son Robert Peterson Jr, Doris, and brothers Don was and in Ed.very His good wife Nancy, during his final years.

Worship! daughter Linda Dutton, and grandson Param Johnson also preceded him. yan 54 of Marshall Va passed unexpectedly 2023.

Visitation andaway viewing will be on August Friday, 9September 8 from at thebyWarrenton He4-6pm is survived daughters Robin L Williams (Clint) of Sumerduck, 10:15 a.m.VA, every other Sunday born on MayPresbyterian 14, 1969. HeChurch lived his childhood yearsservice in Dana in the Chapel.and Theteen funeral will be on Saturday, September at 1:30pm in L held Matthews of Waterloo, IA, son9Glenn L Peterson (Dana) of Lakeland, beginning September 10 . Chris was the of Leroy Ryanofand Eleanor Pullen Ryan. Church. FL, numerous grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. the son main sanctuary Warrenton Presbyterian urvived by his Interment 5 children will Lynzee Ryan, Shane Ryan, Kelsey Ryan, He will leaves many longtime friends and supportive neighbors Harold who J. Daviswere American Legion Post 247 follow at Warrenton Cemetery.

A reception bebehind held following the graveside service at yan all of Florida. Brayden Ryan of Marshall Va. He also leaves behind inspired by his independent nature and his love of flowering bushes, beautiful 11415 King’s Hill Rd., Remington, VA 22734 the Reverend John R. Winter Building, firehouse of the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company, 167 W. Shirley Carolyn Romo and step brother Vinnie Ryan. and a lush green lawn that he cared for Warrenton himself well into his late 90's. (Next to Moo Thru) VA. In lieu of flowers, pleasemusic, consider roses, a donation to your favorite charity or the rite hang outAvenue, was OldWarrenton, Salem in Marshall, Va. He loved country The family would like to acknowledge the extra love, care, and 23minutesermon.com companionship • 540.212.3347 Volunteer Fire nd singing karaoke with hisCompany. many friends at Old Salem. He had a provided by Chris Rapp, Randy and Robin Coggin, and most recently the OnlineSERVICE. condolences be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

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A cemetery service with military honors took place at Culpeper National Cemetery, 501 East Chandler Street Culpeper, VA 22701 on Friday, August 18th Grace Episcopal Church at 2:00 p.m.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Warrenton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at 5:00 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia, on the following item(s): BZA #2023-3 - Application for a Variance pursuant to Article 2-19.1, fence and wall regulations of the Town of Warrenton Zoning Ordinance to increase the maximum permitted fence height from four feet to six feet within the front yard setback area along Haiti Street, Horner Street and North Fourth Street. The corner lot is approximately 0.2133 acres, located at the intersection of Horner Street, Haiti Street, and North Fourth Street, and zoned Residential (R-6). The Comprehensive Plan identifies the property as Medium Density Residential on the Future Land Use Plan.

The owner is Fauquier Habitat for Humanity Inc. GPIN 6984-43-9745-000.

People having an interest in the above are invited to participate in the hearing and state their opinion regarding the above issues. Copies of all applications and full versions of the proposed Variance are available for review in the Department of Community Development located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Public Notice An enforcement action has been proposed for William A. Hamp III, Trustee, for William A. Hamp III Revocable Trust for violations of State Water Control Board statutes and regulations and applicable permit at the Eastern Clearing, Inc. facility located in Bealeton, Virginia. The proposed Consent Order is available from the DEQ contact or at www.deq.virginia.gov/permits/public-notices. The DEQ contact will accept written comments from August 29 to September 28, 2023. DEQ contact: Jim Datko; email james.datko@deq.virginia.gov; or mail - DEQ Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193.

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Full name(s) of owner(s): HIGH SPIRIT DISTRIBUTORS LLC Trading as: HIGH SPIRIT DISTRIBUTORS, 1284 Horsefields Lane, Unit 719, Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia 20184-1800 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine Wholesaler; Beer Wholesaler license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Jay Sunny Bajaj, Member Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.O bjections should be registered at www.ab c.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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