October 6, 2021
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RIVALRY FOOTBALL: Kettle Run wins at Liberty’s Homecoming. SPORTS, Pages 21-24
Man convicted of murdering Buddhist monk 13 years ago By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
More than 13 years after a Zen Buddhist monk was found stabbed to death in his home near Marshall, a man has been convicted of the murder. After a three-day trial, a 12-member jury deliberated for three hours Sept. 30 before handing down the verdict. Du Chil Park, born in Korea and better known as Mogu, his ordained name, was killed June 24, 2008, in his secluded Free State residence that also served as a Buddhist temple. His body was found five days later by a neighbor whom Park had asked to water his plants. Investigators never had a formal suspect in the case until the arrest of Won Yung Jung, 65, in December 2020, though Jung had been a “person of interest” since the early stages of the investigation. Jung, now convicted of second-degree murder, will be sentenced by a judge in January. He has been in custody since his arrest almost a year ago. See JUNG, page 13
A rendering of what the new Piedmont Urgent Care/Remington Drug pharmacy would look like
Piedmont Urgent Care to build new facility next to Warrenton Professional Center By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
In the past four months: • The Fauquier County Planning Commission has rejected two proposals to build utility solar fields on farmland in the county. • The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors voted down a plan to construct a solar field covering 1,700 acres. • The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors rushed to pass an ordinance that restricts utility solar projects to parcels of a minimum of 500 acres with panels covering only 100 contiguous acres. • The Page County Board of Supervisors voted to hold off on supporting large-scale solar developments for now. • The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a solar farm on just under 100 acres of agriculturally zoned land.
Dr. Steven von Elten of Piedmont Family Practice spoke before the Warrenton Planning Commission Sept. 28 about his plan to build a new 7,540-squarefoot, one-story building to house his practice’s urgent care center and a pharmacy. Remington Drug Co., a 100-year-old independent pharmacy located on Main Street in Remington, would be a partner in the venture. Piedmont Urgent Care is currently located on the lower floor of the Warrenton Professional Building, next door to the proposed new building. Since it would be in a commercially zoned area of town, the new building is allowed by-right on the site. The drive-thru for the pharmacy, however, requires a special permit, so planning commissioners had some questions about the drive-through configuration. The new building would be adjacent to the Warrenton Professional Center, on the corner of Blackwell Road and Walker Drive. A 31-space parking lot would lead to the drive-thru lane, which would
See SOLAR, page 4
See BUILDING, page 10
TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COY FERRELL
Deputies escort Won Yung Jung out of court Sept. 30 after he was convicted in the 2008 murder of Du Chil Park, a Buddhist monk better known as Mogu.
Rural counties wrestle with solar power demands from Northern Virginia By Randy Rieland For Foothills Forum
PHOTO BY LUKE CHRISTOPHER FOR FOOTHILLS FORUM
A solar panel array behind The Arbors at Culpeper Senior Assisted Community
Funding available for stormwater projects. See page 7
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