Fauquier Times 10/09/2024

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HURRICANE HELENE

Community rallies to get aid to victims

SPORTS

Kettle Run volleyball remains undefeated

Cougars end unprecedented streak of 34 consecutive winning sets against James Wood. PAGE 13

Dozens of Fauquier residents are donating supplies and money to impacted areas in North Carolina. PAGE 2 NEWS

Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier to close

Some worry the club’s closure will leave a gap for after-school activities and child care. PAGE 3

BUSINESS

• Event: Amy Fuentes hopes to inspire others at Women’s Empowerment Experience. PAGE 7

• Arts and crafts: A new destination for quilters is coming to Remington. PAGE 8

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DISASTER RELIEF

Fauquier County rushes aid to North Carolina

Donations delivered via farm trailers, hobby planes

In response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, residents of Fauquier County have repurposed everything from hobby planes to farm trailers to deliver aid to North Carolina.

“We all seemed to have jumped in the mix together and made it happen,” said Darryl Lerch, owner of Fool’s Gold Farm. When reached the morning of Oct. 3, Lerch was on his way back to Virginia after dropping off two trailers of donations in North Carolina.

Lerch’s is one of many efforts throughout the county to send aid to some of the hardest hit places in North Carolina and Appalachia. Others have included aid flown in by pilots like Kley Parkhurst and Jeff and Danni Locke and an on-the-ground response by Warrenton’s Bridge Community Church Canteen, which has served burgers and sausages in Burnsville, North Carolina.

In Fauquier County, much of the support is coming in the form of farm trailers that are being filled with donations.

Lerch delivered donations to the Chamber of Commerce of Boone, North

Volunteers sort donations at Warrenton’s Central Sports Complex on Saturday, Oct. 5. The site served as a collection point for donations and supplies for people affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

ly need water, Gatorade, nonperishable foods and hygiene supplies such as soap, shampoo, deodorant, wipes and diapers.

“The outpouring of the town has been amazing,” said Rachel Brinson, town administrator of Remington, where the town hall was a donation collection site for Lerch. She said people donated all sorts of items to the effort, from pet food to empty gasoline cans.

“We already have more donations coming in,” Lerch said. He plans to return to Boone with more supplies and drive a trailer of hay to feed animals in western North Carolina.

renton, closed last week to concentrate on filling a U-Haul with clothing, blankets, diapers and formula, which Henderson planned to drive to North Carolina.

In the hurricane zone, “people are walking around in six-day-old clothes,” she said. Hope Heals especially needs donations of men’s clothing and shoes.

While speaking to the Fauquier Times, Henderson was interrupted by a person dropping off a financial donation for the supply drive. Henderson said the support has been amazing, with many people volunteering to box personal care packages to send.

ova Fair Oaks Hospital who ran a supply drive with donation drop-off sites in Marshall, Warrenton and Catlett. She combined the donations she collected with those collected at the Central Sports Complex on Saturday.

Cox is also collecting financial donations to buy supplies. She had already received more than $3,140 from the community as of Friday, Oct. 4.

Cox and her husband Blake planned to drive their 16-foot trailer to a Hurricane Helene Airlift Relief location in Statesville, North Carolina on Sunday, and found volunteers to drive a second truck, and potentially even third, truck and trailer.

“The response has really just been incredible,” Cox said.

NoVA BMX, a group based in Woodbridge, also set up drop-off points throughout Fauquier County last week.

Jason Atkins, who is a member of NoVa BMX, said they would be leaving from Woodbridge Sunday to deliver aid to Hendersonville, North Carolina with help from Warrenton Justin Foster’s Towing.

“This is about as grassroots of a movement as it gets,” Atkins said, who started organizing after a friend from the BMX group suggested they do something.

“In a time when we feel pretty divided, we are not,” Atkins said, “so much generosity is Fauquier County, in its people.”

“Each day, it ramps up a little bit more,” said Mallory Cox, a nurse at In-

Staff writer Tate Hewitt can be reached at thewitt@fauquier.com.

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NEWS

Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier shutting down

After serving the community for 27 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier is shutting its doors.

Michael Hammond, chair of the organization’s board of directors, announced the news in a release Thursday, Oct. 3.

“After 27 years of providing vital after-school programs, mentorship and recreational activities to the youth of Fauquier County, the club will be ceasing its operations,” the announcement said. “This decision comes after careful consideration of the challenges faced by the organization over the past few years, including changes in funding, community needs and operational sustainability.”

Jessica Hall, executive director, said the club will help families whose chil dren were attending its after-school

programs at Cedar Lee Middle School this year to find other options.

The club is working with Fauquier Community Child Care to accommodate club members into that organization’s programs and potentially provide scholarships, Hall said.

“We will not close our doors until the last child is accommodated,” Hall told the Fauquier Times. The club’s closure comes after years of declining enrollment and a decrease in funds, as well as leadership changes and high staff turnover.

Hall cited waning volunteerism and community support as one reason the organization has struggled. She was appointed executive director in May and recently laid out her vision to increase enrollment in Cedar Lee’s after-school programs, introduce “teen-driven” clubs and establish a community advi

“While this chapter is coming to a close, we remain incredibly proud of the impact we have made and the lives we have touched. We are grateful to all the families, staff, volunteers and partners who have been part of our incredible journey,” Hall said in a statement.

Hammond told the Times in an email that the board members and staff have been working to find an alternative to closing the club, but “these efforts did not result in the opportunities and partnerships we had hoped for.”

The board met Wednesday, Sept. 25 to discuss “the state of the club” and made the decision to close in a unanimous vote at a special board meeting on Monday, Sept. 30.

Hammond reiterated that the club will continue operating the after-school program until members have switched to Fauquier Community Child Care or

FCCC, has been “very supportive and gracious in helping find a place for our members,” Hammond said.

FCCC operates after-school sites at 10 Fauquier County elementary schools, with bus service provided to middle school students.

Both Hall and Hammond expressed concerns about the gap the club’s closure might leave for families seeking school-age child care, especially families with middle schoolers or who might not be able to afford other options.

Hall hopes FCCC and organizations such as Fauquier County Parks and Recreation might be able to partner to provide programs to the students the club has served.

“We encourage other organizations and community members to step up during this critical time to fill the gap left by the club’s closure,” Hammond

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A change to Warrenton’s building code could allow the town to charge neglectful property owners with misdemeanors and fine them up to $2,500.

The idea was introduced during last month’s town council work session.

Hunter Digges, a town building official, told council members that the amendment would broaden the town government’s power to address the condition of rundown buildings in the community, make it possible to pursue criminal penalties against unresponsive landowners and allow the town to repair or even raze unsafe properties.

Town attorney Martin Grim said offenders could be charged with a misdemeanor for ignoring repeated notices of building violations. The charge could bring offenders in front of a district court judge, though it would carry no jail time.

“I’m here to ask that you approve this text amendment and put some enforcement behind the ordinance,” said Winston Watt, who lives in the town’s historic district, at the council’s Sept. 10 meeting.

Watt is a member of the Warrenton Preservation Alliance, an informal group that has been pushing the town for about a year to step up enforcement of the building code. Its members are concerned about several Warrenton buildings that are being rented out despite what he calls “substandard conditions.”

Watt agreed to show the Fauquier Times some of those buildings. One example is Britton Hall at 45-47 Winchester St., part of which is covered only by Tyvek house wrap, a layer of water protection that is supposed to be installed under siding.

Watt said that, when he moved to Warrenton in 1995, Interstate 66 was a two-lane highway, and Britton Hall ap-

peared to be under construction.

“It’s been expanded twice, and Britton Hall is still like this,” Watt said. Watt pointed out multiple buildings he says have gone without repair for years, if not decades.

He noted a carriage house with a tarpaper roof on East Lee Street, a building on Hotel Street that had insulation covering window-holes and Monterosa, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

That building’s stables, a historic building in its own right, appear to lack windows on either side so passersby can see right through the mansion.

During the Sept. 10 meeting, council members William Semple and Eric Gagnon both hesitated at the suggestion of harsher penalties.

Gagnon said he is concerned the town government could abuse the power in the future and asked Crim to add a preamble to the text of the amendment, clarifying that this measure should be a last resort.

Crim agreed.

“These cases are not going to be for grass that’s overgrown. These cases are for those hardcore cases that create a real life-safety issue,” Cassidy said.

The town council will have to consider the amendment again at a future work session and before a public hearing before voting on it.

STAFF PHOTO BY TATE HEWITT Britton Hall, built in 1790, sits on the corner of Winchester and Diagonal streets.

DATA CENTERS

Clevenger’s Village will not add data centers

It briefly appeared that Clevenger’s Village, a newer development on U.S. 211 less than a mile west of the Fauquier County line, was looking to attract data centers. But when the Fauquier Times called the developer, he made it clear that was not the case.

It was all a mistake, said Emad Saadeh, a principal in Stonehaven Commercial, which is developing the 774-home project known as Clevenger’s Village. “We don’t need any controversy from something we are not doing,” he said.

The confusion apparently stemmed from one sentence buried at the bottom of a five-page memo from Saadeh’s company to Culpeper County officials explaining why the company wants to adjust the timeline on Clevenger’s commercial development. The sentence

asked the county for permission to raise the height of several buildings “to increase the marketability of the property for data processing” — that is, to attract data centers.

That caught the attention of Sarah Parmelee, Piedmont Environmental Council’s land use-representative for Culpeper County. Parmelee said her organization would likely oppose the idea, as data centers there would be too close to residences and stress water and power resources.

When asked about the possibility of data centers at Clevenger’s Village, Fauquier County Supervisor Regan Washer, who represents the Marshall District, which is less than a mile from the development, was even more adamant.

“I think that would be a disaster,” he said. Washer said that locating a massive, concrete building on the doorstep to his rural district would be “an abso-

lute slap in the face.”

But when the Fauquier Times reached Saadeh, he seemed surprised that his lawyer had included anything about data centers in the proposed proffer amendment for Clevenger’s Village. Most of the memo addressed Saadeh’s request to the county to alter the timeline for commercial and retail development that his company agreed to when Clevenger’s Village was originally approved.

He said the pandemic had hurt brickand-mortar retailing, and he is having trouble meeting an earlier promise of 123,000 square feet of commercial space by the time the first 491 homes are built.

At this point, he said, Clevenger’s Village is no longer expecting to attract a major supermarket and is looking instead to smaller shops, including drivethrus closer to the highway.

Saadeh said he did not know why the memo asked for higher buildings for

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“data processing.” He said there was not enough water on the site for a data center and probably no fiber optic cable either.

The next day he told the Fauquier Times he resubmitted his request to the county and removed any reference to increased building heights or data centers. “I don’t need any distractions from the true purpose of our filing,” he wrote. “It is NOT the intent of the filing to create a path to data centers.”

Sam McLearen, Culpeper County’s planning chief, said the county has approved a site plan for the first Clevenger’s Village commercial buildings, which will house a row of shops.

McLearen confirmed that Saadeh had removed data centers from his new request. He said there would “probably be a sigh of relief” because of concern over how the residential neighborhoods and data centers would coexist.

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ELECTION 2024

A scramble for votes in final month

Early voting to boost turnout a strategy for both parties

Doug Schirmer has voted for both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates over the past 50 years.

He voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and then Ronald Reagan. He voted for Barack Obama — and then Donald Trump.

This election, he’s voting for a Democrat: Vice President Kamala Harris.

Schirmer, 68, of Warrenton, is excited to vote for a candidate, not against them, he said.

Republicans have a long-winning streak in Fauquier County. GOP candidates have carried the county for nearly six decades — since Richard Nixon ran for president in 1968 and won by 11%.

But this year, Democrats in the county are looking to close those margins, in part by appealing to voters like Schirmer, those energized by Harris and perhaps Republicans like the 19 in The Plains who voted for Nikki Haley over Trump in this year’s primary election.

“What I want to be able to do is nudge a couple percentage points and increase the number of people voting for Democrats,” said Max Hall, chair of the Fauquier County Democratic Committee. “There’s no doubt that Fauquier is a Republican county, but I think it’s very likely that we’ll

be able to turn a couple precincts.”

The Democratic Party opened a campaign office in Old Town Warrenton this year — a sign of the party’s more aggressive push to shrink the margin of Republican victory and to push for candidates down the ballot.

Still, if past elections are any indication, Trump and other Republicans will likely win the day in Fauquier County. The former president took the county by 25 percentage points in his 2016 presidential election victory and by 17 in 2020, while losing the race to President Joe Biden.

Tim Hoffman, chair of Fauquier County Republican Committee, is also watching the margins, hoping for a Trump landslide presidential victory that benefits down-ballot candidates like Hung Cao and Mike Clancy.

“We’d like to carry 60% of the county. But the real issue is to get out the vote,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman aims to increase turnout by reaching out to Republicans who vote only occasionally or rarely, rather than trying to persuade independents or self-proclaimed “never-Trumpers” — Republicans who have refused to vote for Trump in the past two election cycles.

“I think the number of people who are undecided is miniscule right now,” Hoffman said. “They’re either for us or

against us.”

Hall is not so sure about that.

“I’m coming across Republicans who say they can’t vote for Trump this year — and will be voting for Harris,” Hall said.

To reach potential voters, the county Republican Party receives support from Trump Force 47, the national presidential campaign working in Virginia and several swing states and focusing on canvassing “low propensity voters” — people who have voted only once or twice in the last eight years.

Trump Force 47 has opened offices in nearby Stafford and Prince William counties, but not Fauquier, which is considered the most solidly Republican.

Ramping up early votes

Hoffman is focused on ramping up the number of Republicans voting early or absentee — a national trend despite the GOP’s previous aversion to early voting.

Republicans outperformed Democrats in every precinct in Fauquier County in the last general election, but Democrats turned out in higher numbers through early and mail-in voting, and Hoffman hopes to see that change this year.

He’s been sending emails urging folks to vote as soon as possible.

“Take it from President Trump: Vote early, and let’s make the election too big

to rig!” Hoffman wrote in one such email.

Andy Hall, of Warrenton, said he was one of 60 Democrats who voted in a group for Harris that first day. Both he and his wife are volunteers for the Fauquier County Democratic Committee.

A few days later, Belinda and Brian Smith, of Marshall, cast their votes for former president Trump.

“Inflation, recession, economy — check the above,” Brian Smith said, citing factors that motivated their votes. Belinda added the cost of groceries as a factor.

Increased food costs have been one of the few local issues during a campaign season dominated by national issues such as border crossings.

Schirmer also plans to vote early, though he’ll be casting a vote for Harris.

“There’s a certain calmness and a certain professionalism that she exudes,” Schirmer said.

He was considering not voting before Harris declared her presidential candidacy. He’s concerned with individual and reproductive rights.

“I don’t think it’s anybody’s business to tell anyone else how to live their lives,” Schirmer said.

Staff writer Tate Hewitt can be reached at thewitt@fauquier.com

PHOTOS BY DOUG STROUD
Left: Shannon McKenzie, of Bristow, holds a “Kamala For President” sign at the 45th annual Old Town Warrenton Fall Festival. Right: A woman and a boy wearing a “Trump/Vance 24” shirt walk down a crowded street at the Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5.

Amy Fuentes hopes to inspire women at event

After Amy Fuentes had a successful career, first in the mortgage business and later running her own company, she thought she’d retire happy, but she found herself miserable.

“I went through a double whammy when empty nest and menopause collided,” Fuentes said. “It ripped the rug out from underneath me; it was something I was so not prepared for. So, because of that, I went on a personal growth journey.”

The “failed retirement” led her to create YouTube channel and Facebook page for women like her, who needed to start their own journeys to fulfillment in life. That led to work as a motivational speaker, and later this month, she will host a two-day Women’s Empowerment Experience at Laurel Ridge Com-

Motivational speaker Amy Fuentes hopes her story, and the insights she developed along the way from retirement misery to fulfillment, will inspire other women to make positive changes in their lives.

munity College with sessions expressly for women, led by women, on finances, health and nutrition, career and entre-

preneurship, personal and professional relationships and mindset.

Fuentes’ moved to Warrenton when she retired a decade ago. She wound down her mortgage industry work. Then, she closed MORE Enterprises, the company she founded that operated an environmentally friendly feminine products disposal system.

But her personal journey began with meditation and taking small steps to do things differently, she said.

“I started having these ‘aha’ moments’ that I would share privately in a women’s healthy lifestyle Facebook group I founded,” she said. “After a year or so, I finally launched, ‘Aha Moments with Amy,’ and I’d share these epiphanies I would have about all topics surrounding life — especially mindset. I created a YouTube channel and a women’s Facebook group to share the ‘aha moments.”

That led to speaking gigs, and those

events, Fuentes thought, often were missing some of the tools women needed to make change. That’s where her program aims to be different.

“Women will create their own personal roadmaps to achieving their goals and dreams and implement them onsite with the help of professionals,” Fuentes said. “Together, we will work out the kinks, so they won’t be empowered just at the event, but long after the event as well.”

The Women’s Empowerment Experience will be Oct. 12 to 13 and general admission costs $277 with the discount code GIFT30. Find tickets and more information online at https://bit.ly/ WomensEmpowermentExperience.

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A new destination for quilters in Remington

Quilter’s Mercantile East has its grand opening

Fauquier County quilters have a new option for supplies, kits and eventually classes and events.

The brightly lit Quilter’s Mercantile East, which had its grand opening weekend starting Friday, Sept. 27, carries a rainbow of fabrics by the yard and fat quarters, grab-and-go style quilt kits, batting, thread, ruler holders, custom quilt ladder made by her owner Rebecca Garringer’s husband and quilting notions of all kinds.

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Rebecca Garringer and her mother, Mary Fitzgerald, pose in the new Quilter’s Mercantile East in Remington with a quilt Fitzgerald made when Garringer was only 3 years old.

Garringer is a Georgia native and Air Force veteran who came to Virginia in 2000 and moved to Warrenton four years ago. Personal contacts led her to 300 East

Main Street in Remington while she was looking for a place to open the shop.

Museum-style lighting illuminates the bolts filling bookcases along the walls. Three tables that make up a classroom corner are custom-made with old treadle bases and butcher block tops. The 20-foot ceilings leave plenty of wall space for Garringer to display quilts she’s made from the patterns she carries.

Garringer comes a military family and has prioritized making most of the items in the shop American-made.

“We carry American fabric made with U.S.-grown cotton, same with the batting and thread,” she said. “Even the scissors and shears are American made.”

Woven throughout the shop is her family legacy. Garringer is the descendant of the sharecroppers from small Appalachia towns in Northeast Georgia. She remembers quilting with her grandmother and great-grandmother at her

grandmother’s house as a young child.

“She had a small house and kept a quilt frame hung from the ceiling,” Garringer said. “In the evenings it would be dropped down, and everyone would gather around it to stitch for a while.”

Garringer has quilted with five generations of her family but imagines that the practice goes as far back as her family.

“It was a necessity in the mountain towns of Northeast Georgia. Quilts back then were utilitarian, rather than today’s quilt artists,” she said.

The “east” in the shop’s name suggests a “west” location, and eventually there will be one. She and her husband, Shane Garringer, are restoring the home he grew up in near Muncie, Indiana, that he inherited from his mother and hope to open the “west” location there.

For more information about the Quilter’s Mercantile East, visit: thequiltmerc.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Hero’s Bridge has not changed its plan for veterans housing village

With this complex project, it is easy to concentrate on stormwater management, sidewalks and architectural details; however, we must remain focused on the veterans who will benefit from the Village.

I was deeply moved by each speaker who shared their real-world stories of how our nation’s heroes are living.

I want to take a moment to clarify an important point made during the public hearing and provide some background information.

In the complexities of this rezoning process, in August, town staff asked that we guarantee (proffer) that the Village housing would be for veterans over the age of 65, and we immediately added that proffer.

Then, shortly after, town staff questioned the legalities of this proffer and its potential discrimination against people, who are not veterans, and asked that we remove the veteran-specific proffer added at their behest, which we also did.

Misinformation is now spreading that Hero’s

Some advice:

Leave the political signs alone

Kids, I know riding around at night and messing with things is a lot of fun. And what better targets than those political signs that are popping up everywhere?

But I wanted you to know that it is against Virginia law to damage or steal those signs. Taking one is considered theft, punishable by fines of up to $2,500. Venturing onto private property could be considered trespassing. Also, the commonwealth protects posted political signs as a First Amendment right and an age-old way for people to show their support for candidates and causes.

Just being a kid, I wouldn’t expect you to know all that, and I wanted to warn you of the potential consequences. If you get caught, don’t say I didn’t warn you. I’m looking out for you!

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Bridge changed the Village vision, making it available to people who are not veterans.

This is not true.

To be certain, our legal team performed two well-researched legal opinions, one on Disparate Impact and the other on Fair Housing, and asserts that we can give preference to veterans without risk of discrimination.

We have also conferred with the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development which agreed that it is acceptable, and common practice, in the nonprofit sector to target services to the specific groups an organization serves.

Women’s shelters for victims of domestic violence and homes for young mothers are two examples of housing for a specific audience.

Another important clarification is the removal of Phase 2 from the project.

Phase 2 was constructing a large multipurpose building with a full gymnasium. This part of the project was always a vision of the

Church to support the important work they do in the community. The Church planned to design, construct and finance this building independently of Hero’s Bridge, but due to the state of the economy and uncertain interest rates, the ability to complete this project is in question.

Removing this aspirational part of the project alleviated some neighborhood concerns about parking, traffic and stormwater management.

We look forward to continuing this important dialogue with the town staff, the Planning Commission and Village neighbors as we move through this vital rezoning process.

We expect the second full public hearing in front of the Planning Commission on October 15 at 7 p.m. at the Warrenton Town Hall, 21 Main St.

– Molly Brooks, CEO and Founder of Hero’s Bridge, Warrenton

vote for Donald Trump is not a vote for your child

No child can learn on an empty stomach. Yet, this is an ongoing reality for many children in the United States.

Fortunately, most people in Fauquier County understand this and are motivated to ensure that children in Fauquier County Public Schools have the nutrition needed to be successful.

Indeed, according to SueAnn Fox, Fauquier Public Schools’ Director of Nutrition, when leftover COVID funds became available through the state health department, the district embraced the opportunity to provide free breakfast to all their students for the last few months of the 2023-24 school year.

Further, according to Ms. Fox, so many students took advantage of the breakfast program that the district committed additional funds to carry it through to the end of the school year. Equally impressive, an anonymous donor stepped up to pay off student lunch debt, Ms. Fox confirmed. While the COVID funds have been depleted, because of the efforts of former Governor Ralph Northam, all students in Virginia who qualify for reduced price meals have received them for the past three years at no cost, Ms. Fox said.

But with all these child-positive efforts, the impact of Project 2025, should the Republicans win the Presidential election, could be devastating.

According to Lily Klam, Director of Education Policy for First Focus, Project 2025 would “eliminate Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school breakfast and lunch programs which would impact nearly 20 million children.”

Additionally, while 75% of food-insecure households worry about how they will put food on the table, Project 2025 would “end all summer meal assistance,” according to First Focus on Children.

Lastly, in addition to defunding the Department of Education, Project 2025 would eliminate Head Start completely. Serving almost 40 million children, the food and nutrition provided is an important component of this program for lowincome children. One can only hope that when voters go to the polls, they go with the well-being of all children in mind.

A vote for Donald Trump is not a vote for your child, grandchild or neighbor.

– Cindy Kalogeropoulos, Warrenton

Trump Republicans: Where has the party of Lincoln gone?

Where has the Republican Party, the party of Lincoln gone? I remember being so proud of our country with a two-party system. While the parties had different ideologies, opinions and perspectives, they always worked together.

As a Democrat I really appreciated that the two parties brought different skill sets and could negotiate, compromise and bring legislation to the country that made America the most respected country in the world.

Now, we have the Trump Party which is planning on implementing Project 2025, creating a Christian Nationalist country with an authoritarian government. This plan includes dismantling the judicial system, the Department of Education and severely altering the Armed Forces. It includes decreasing benefits to Veterans and eliminating 50% of the federal workforce. What will happen to the economies of Virginia, Maryland and D.C., where these employees live? And reduced benefits for veterans, after loyally serving our country?

Project 2025 was written by a number of administrative personnel in the previous Trump administration with the guidance of the Heritage Foundation, an American conservative think tank. And Trump tells us he never heard of it?!

Is this the kind of country you want? A dictatorship, not a democracy. The Republican Party I know would never support this. WE WANT THEM BACK. The party of McCain, Romney and others who are loyal to the constitution and country. Trump, with his self- serving government demands loyalty to himself before country.

Send a message to the Trump party by voting for Democrats.

– Lorraine Schooner, Gainesville

LIFESTYLES

WEEKEND HAPPENINGS

Your chance to hunt ghosts, pick pumpkins

Halloween is creeping up! Have a ghostly good time at Haunted Fauquier or get into the spooky spirit with a Paranormal Investigation at an historic landmark.

Gather your family and friends and get to a fall festival this weekend. With vendors, live entertainment and more, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Bte sure to dress in layers so you can be comfy no matter what wonky weather we get!

Details:

Haunted Fauquier: 2 to 3 p.m. Join Frances Allshouse as she recounts some of her favorite strange and spooky tales from the weirder side of Fauquier history. Most are true legends but listen closely for a few ghastly lies. Registration is required, go to: www. eventbrite.com/e/haunted-fauquiertickets-1027966695057. Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail, 10 Ashby St., Warrenton. Tickets $12.50. Saturday, October 12.

Paranormal Investigation at Annaburg: 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, October 12. Join Tee Morris and Phil Rossi of Old Spirits Investigations for a hands-on exploration of this historic Manassas landmark. Space is limited, register at cityofmanassas.recdesk. com/Community/Program. Annaburg Manor, 9201 Maple St., Manassas. Tickets $25.

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The Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail will host “Haunted Fauquier” on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Fauquier County Jail, as it appeared in the 1920s here, is still reputed to be haunted

42nd annual Remington Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, October 12. Vendors, live music, entertainment and more. Main Street, Remington.

Messick’s Fall Festival: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional dates: Sunday,

Oct. 13; same times. Hayrides; barrel train rides; zip line; candy cannon; bounce pillow; pumpkin patch; corn maze; hay bale structures; and more. Pumpkins are available for picking at an additional charge. Messick’s Farm Market, 6025 Catlett Road,

Bealeton. Buy a ticket online at www. messicksfarmmarket.ticketspice. com/2024-fall-festival. Online $13 a person, $8 seniors (55 and up), age 3 and under free; at the door $15 a person, $10 seniors (55 and up), age 3 and under free.

Sunday, Oct. 20 - 2 to 4 pm

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Upcoming Fauquier Events Oct. 10 to 15

THURSDAY, OCT. 10

History Alfresco 2024: Greenwood, 1931 Orange Road, Culpeper. 5 to 9 p.m. The Museum of Culpeper History’s fall fundraiser will celebrate the museum’s successes and highlight what’s in store for 2025. Guests will enjoy a catered dinner, music from the early 19th century, bid on a live silent auction, tour the house and learn about the historic people and events that have touched this property since the colonial period. Tickets are available at www.culpepermuseum.com. For more information, call 540-829-5954. $125 per person.

Culpeper Conservation Lecture Series: Culpeper County Library, 271 Southgate Shopping Center, Culpeper. Join local environmental nonprofits The Piedmont Environmental Council and Friends of the Rappahannock in partnership with the Culpeper County Library for a free lecture. Registration is required; contact the library at 540825-8691.

Senior Supper: Bistro on the Hill, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton. 4:30 to 6 p.m. For seniors 55plus. Cost $7.65.

Coffee and Conversation: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton. 10 a.m. to noon. Come for a cup of coffee, tea, light refreshments and a place to chat. Info 540-3495814. Free.

FRIDAY, OCT. 11

Twilight Hikes: Sky Meadows State Park, 11012 Edmonds Lane, Delaplane. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Dress for the weather, wear footwear appropriate for hiking and bring water/snacks. Leashed pets are welcome. $10 car parking fee.

Old Town After Hours: Old Town Warrenton, Main Street, Warrenton. 5 to 9 p.m. Bring the family for food, live music and more. Live music starts at 6 p.m.

Book Cellar: John Barton Payne Building Basement, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional date: Saturday, Oct. 12; same times. Call 540-341-3447 to volunteer.

SATURDAY, OCT. 12

Volunteer Day-Invasive Management: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton. 9 a.m. to noon. For adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring clothing appropriate for the weather, gloves and/or small tools if desired. To register, call 540-341-3651. Free.

Walk With a Naturalist: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton. 1 to 3 p.m. For adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Registration required; call 540-341-3651. Free.

Farm Day: Valley View Farm, 1550 Leeds Manor Road, Delaplane. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Enjoy National Farm Day at Valley View Farm. Enjoy 10% off all non-alcohol products, Food by USA BBQ and live music.

RC Racing Nights at Erin’s Elderberries: Erin’s Elderberries, 4257 Aiken Drive, Warrenton. 5 to 9 p.m. For all ages. Bring hobby-grade RC cars

or non-hobby-grade RC cars out for fun racing. Registration required; call 540-216-7258.Free.

American Legion Post 360-Annual Gospel Music Fundraising Event: Warrenton Community Center, 430 E. Shirley Ave., Warrenton. 3 p.m. Performances by five live gospel groups. Attendees can also purchase a meal. For more information, call 540-270-7059. Admission is free; donations are encouraged to support the cause.

SUNDAY, OCT. 13

Concert on the Hill Series: Middleburg Community Center, 300 W. Washington St., Middleburg. 6 to 8 p.m. Featuring Bryan Fox and Friends. Registration required; go to https://www. eventbrite.com/e/2024-middleburg-communitycenter-free-concert-series-tickets-868544860057. Free.

Culpeper Street Walking Tour: Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail, 10 Ashby St., Warrenton. 3 p.m. See houses in a variety of charming architectural styles and learn about the history associated with these homes. Comfortable walking shoes are suggested. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culpeper-streetwalking-tour-tickets-1010551957107. $12.50 nonmembers, $10 for FHS members.

MONDAY, OCT. 14

Fauquier Community Band Presents Band Member Favorites: Fauquier High School Auditorium, 705 Waterloo Road, Warrenton. 7 p.m. The concert is open to all. Play the raffle and win prizes. Enjoy a complimentary dessert reception following the show. Free.

A. Smith Bowman Distillery Tasting and Dinner: Cast Iron Craft House, 11 S. Second St., Warrenton. 7 to 9 p.m. For ages 21 and up. Handcrafted cocktails and dinner. Registration required; go to https://www.eventbrite. com/e/a-smith-bowman-distillery-tasting-dinnertickets-1024867906497. $65.

TUESDAY, OCT. 15

Jefferson Ruritan Club Monthly Dinner, Special Program and Meeting: Jeffersonton Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 18498 Springs Road, Jeffersonton. 7 p.m. Dinner followed by the program speaker Doug Monaco, Chief of Little Fork Volunteer Fire and Rescue, who will give an update on LFVFR. A short Ruritan business meeting will follow. For more information, call 540937-5119. No cost to attend; everyone is invited.

Photography and Foxhunting with Georgina Preston: National Sporting Library and Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening with world-renowned British documentary, portrait, fashion and lifestyle photographer, Georgina Preston. Enjoy cocktails and hors-d’oeuvres while perusing Preston’s atmospheric, evocative foxhunting imagery from her new book, “Pursuit!” Space is limited; registration is required; go to https://host.nxt. blackbaud.com/registration-form.$10, NSLM member, $25 non-member.

FULL LIST OF EVENTS

Visit Fauquier.com for a full list of upcoming events in and near Fauquier County from Oct. 9 to Oct. 15

SPORTS

No one can beat the Cougars

Led by Ewald, Jones, Kettle Run is 12-0 and leads Class 3 Region B

The Kettle Run High volleyball team found themselves in uncharted territory last Thursday against visiting James Wood.

After taking the first set 25-17, the Cougars then dropped the second set 25-21. It was the first set Kettle Run has lost in 12 games this season.

No problem. While their unprecedented streak of 34 consecutive winning sets to start the season ended, the Cougars won the next two sets to knock off the two-time defending Class 4 state champions Colonels (8-2) 25-17, 21-25, 25-22, 25-19 and remain unbeaten at 12-0.

“We held our composure, and we played very well,” Kettle Run coach Rod Crooks said. “I challenged them. I said, ‘You knew this was coming; I told you it was coming. Now, how are we going to respond to it?’ They responded extremely well. I can’t ask for more.”

The Cougars never led the opening set by more than three until they closed it out on a 6-point service run by junior Kendall May. The second set was similarly tight until a 5-point run put the Colonels ahead 21-16, and James Wood soon wrapped it up.

The third set was even tighter as both squads traded runs to a 23-22 advantage for the Cougars, but consecutive errors by the Colonels cost them the set. In the fourth set, Kettle Run raced ahead 12-4 and cruised to victory.

“That was a little amazing tonight. I didn’t expect it, to be honest with you. I knew we could, but it was just a matter of whether we would,” Crooks said. “We didn’t give them mistakes, and they didn’t overpower us. I thought we did a good job.”

Crooks was especially pleased with

the connection between setters Bella Carlson and Alexis Emmell and hitters Ava Ewald and Kyla Jones as they constantly kept the Colonels scrambling with well-placed passes and sharply hit attacks. The Cougars also served well, tallying 11 aces.

Ewald, a 6-foot freshman, led the Cougars with 14 kills with Jones, a junior, recording 13. Carlson, a junior, and Emmell, a senior, recorded 18 and 17 assists, respectively.

Crooks wanted to work the ball to Ewald to take advantage of a height mismatch. “I got on my setter a little bit. She needed to make sure she got it outside to Ava,” said Crooks.

He praised Ewald’s leaping ability:

“I won’t give you what (Ewald’s) touch height is, but it’s up there. She hits it pretty good.”

Those combinations have been Kettle Run’s bread and butter all season long as Ewald and Jones lead the Cougars with 94 kills each, while Emmell leads in assists with 169 ahead of Carlson with 127.

Kettle Run was also clicking in a recent 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 sweep against visiting Warren County (9-3) on Sept. 26, where senior Gracie Chumley recorded 11 kills with Jones adding 10 and junior Brooke DeAtley nine. Emmell led with 25 assists.

Crooks called the wins over James Wood and Warren County – the No. 1 seed in the Class 3 Region B tourna-

ment last year – a big litmus tests for the Cougars, who hope to return to the state tournament after reaching states for just the second time in school history last season.

With eight games remaining, Kettle Run holds a slight lead in the region standings over Goochland (10-1), who the Cougars swept in the first round of the region tournament last season, and Warren County.

“This is regional play for us,” Crooks said. “You have to do things correctly in regional play because it’s win or going home, so we talk about that every single day. I got a great group of senior leadership, and then I got a good group of young ones.”

PHOTO BY DOUG STROUD
Senior Katie Ewald (No. 11), junior Brooke DeAtley (No. 5) and the Kettle Run High volleyball team are 12-0 and in first place in the Class 3 Region B standings.

KETTLE RUN FOOTBALL

Cougars survive scare, win 31-14

Kettle Run defeats Millbrook on late TDs by Quaker, Furness FG

Through three quarters, the undefeated Kettle Run High football team was on upset alert in Winchester against host Millbrook on Friday.

Ensnarled in a 14-14 tie entering the fourth, the Cougars’ typically explosive offense was held in check by a physical Pioneers’ front.

Kettle Run embraced the challenge, responding with the game’s final 17 points to win 31-14 as senior running back Colton Quaker scored two late touchdowns and Timmy Furness made a 25-yard field goal to help the Cougars (5-0) continue their perfect season.

“It’s imperative that we find ways to win those games,” said Kettle Run coach Charlie Porterfield, whose Cougars made numerous vital plays late in the game, including an onside kick recovery by sophomore kicker Furness and timely defensive stops.

Porterfield said he was worried about Millbrook’s untraditional option offense that features constant motion and misdirection in the run game to attempt to hide where the ball ultimately ends up.

“I knew it was going to be a battle. Millbrook’s plan was really good as far as taking some of our base stuff away,” the veteran coach said about the tough Class 4 Pioneers (2-3).

“Millbrook’s offense is really confusing. It got me a few times. I was running one way, the ball was running the other way,” said junior defensive tackle Justin Rogers, adding extensive time in the film room and work against the scout team helped the Cougars prepare.

The Cougars outgained the Pioneers 338 to 205 in yardage, but their inability to move the chains consistently throughout the first three quarters kept Millbrook, who was coming off its bye week, lurking around.

The Pioneers ran for scores of 63 and 69 yards in the first half, but outside of those two gashing TDs, Millbrook was held to under three yards per carry.

Quaker said Kettle Run’s defense was ready for Millbrook’s unique scheme.

“Coach (Delmar) Christian, our defense coordinator, preaches alignment and assignment. Basically, if you do your job

FRIDAY’S GAMES

• KETTLE RUN (5-0) home vs. Meridian (1-4), 4:30 p.m.

• FAUQUIER (1-4) home vs. Handley (4-1), 7 p.m.

• LIBERTY (0-6) at Millbrook (2-3), 5 p.m.

and trust your teammates, plays are going to work out for us. Other than two plays, that’s what we did.”

After two three-and-outs, a missed 35yard field goal by the Pioneers and a fumble by the Cougars, Millbrook got on the board first on a 63-yard rushing touchdown by running back Cameron Clark.

Clark took a direct snap out of the shotgun through a huge hole on the right side of the line and raced untouched into the end zone to lead 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.

On the ensuing possession, Kettle Run quarterback Jake Mulhern connected with junior wide receiver Zach Roth three times for gains of 20, 30 and 5 yards, the latter on a quick slant for TD on fourthand-goal to tie the game at 7-7 early in the second quarter. Mulhern finished 13 of 24 for 154 yards and one touchdown.

A 36-yard rushing touchdown by

Quaker, who broke a few arm tackles on a toss to the left side en route to the end zone, put the Cougars ahead 14-7 on their next series.

Millbrook answered with Jahiden Orellana Nunez’s 69-yard TD gallop in the final two minutes of the second quarter for a 14-14 tie at halftime.

After a scoreless third quarter, Kettle Run surged ahead on rushing touchdowns of 8 and 5 yards by Quaker – who totaled 126 yards and three scores on 21 carries – to lead 28-14 halfway through the fourth quarter.

The Cougars put the game away on a 25-yard field goal by Furness after forcing a turnover on downs at the Millbrook 10-yard line to lead 31-14 with 2:37 to go. Furness then recovered his own onside kick, allowing the Cougars to run out the clock.

Porterfield believes the poise the Cougars showed down the stretch bodes well for the long haul. “I told them, ‘To make it to December 14th (the state championship game), we gotta win some games like that,’” he said.

After a 54-14 win at James Wood on Sept. 20 and a 62-0 win at Skyline on Sept. 28, Kettle Run is back at home against Meridian (1-4) on Friday before another big test at Sherando (6-0) on Oct. 18.

PHOTOS BY PATRICK CURRY
Senior running back Colton Quaker (right) scored three touchdowns and sophomore kicker Timmy Furness (left) added a 25-yard field goal as Kettle Run downed host Millbrook 31-14 to improve to 5-0.

SPORTS

Eagles start strong on Homecoming but fall

The loud boom from the percussion cannon the Liberty High football program fires after each score sounded three times in the early part of Friday’s contest with visiting Brentsville.

As the smoke from the blast drifted downfield, it was shaping up to be a joyous Homecoming for the hard-working Eagles, who led 16-0 early in the second quarter and seemed headed for their first win of the 2024 campaign.

But the Tigers (3-3) found their gear, roaring back to a 50-35 victory and continue Liberty’s misery.

Now 0-6, the Eagles lost for the third time this year after taking the lead. They also led against Fauquier and James Monroe.

“It’s been the story of our season. We get off to a great start,” said coach Kevin Odlum. “We were able to score throughout the whole game tonight. That was good for us.”

The Eagles scored touchdowns on their opening two possessions. Landon Hirmer scored the first of his three TDs on a 26-yard run, then caught a 64-yard TD pass from Gavin Cook, who threw three scores.

Bryan Del Cid-Zelaya’s 39-yard field goal one minute into the second quarter gave Liberty a 16-0 lead as the cannon boomed again.

While the Eagles were gleeful, Brentsville coach Loren White was stupefied. “I don’t know what team got off the bus. I never want to see that first quarter team again in my life,” he said.

Brentsville showed its quality by exploding for four TDs in the second quarter to grab a 30-23 halftime lead. Liberty next faces Millbrook (2-3) Friday in Winchester at 7 p.m.

“We’ve got to stay together and that’s part of being a family,” said Odlum. “I think the kids have taken into that message because it’s a hard pill to swallow, especially for our seniors, a lot of whom are getting a lot of playing time, which is great,” he said.

Hirmer agreed the Eagles are staying mentally strong.

“We’re sticking together as a family. It’s important, we’re a brotherhood. We’re going to keep fighting as a family,” Hirmer said.

He added, “I think we played really well. We fought to the last minute, that’s all that matters. We’re going to come back next week and keep firing and try to get better as the season goes on.”

PHOTO BY JOHN SCOTT HUGGINS
Landon Hirmer (No. 22) and the Eagles came out firing on Homecoming.
Layne Stanley 7th grade - Marshall MS
Matthew DeAtley 8th grade - Taylor MS
Hayden Bacon 10th grade - Liberty HS
Heidy Aguirre Valenzuela 11th grade - Fauquier HS
Darlin Servellon-Marquez 11th grade - Liberty HS
Lilyann Watson 7th grade - Taylor MS
Lindsey Do 12th grade - Fauquier HS
Olivia Kroetz 12th grade - Liberty HS

REAL ESTATE

Tips for selling your home before the holidays

As the days grow shorter and the leaves start to fall, the real estate market enters a unique period where buyers and sellers alike often feel a sense of urgency.

The pre-holiday season — October through early December — can be a golden opportunity for sellers eager to close a deal before the hustle and bustle of the holidays.

The idea of selling your home before the holiday season might seem daunting, but there are many advantages to doing so: Buyers during this time tend to be more motivated, the fall real estate market generally sees fewer listings than in the spring and summer months and lenders, inspectors and title companies

often have more availability, meaning the closing process may go faster than during peak times.

Here are some tips from selling before the holidays:

• Price your home competitively: Begin by analyzing comparable homes in your area. By pricing your home slightly lower than

similar listings, you create a sense of urgency that can result in quicker offers. Overpricing your home can cause it to linger on the market for too long.

• Boost your fall curb appeal: First impressions matter. Ensure that your yard is neat and clean. Consider adding pathway lights or spotlights to highlight your home’s features and make it easy to view after dark. Stage your home to appeal to fall buyers.

• Be flexible with showings: Buyers are often on tight schedules during the holiday season, balancing work, family and holiday preparations. Consider offering virtual tours.

• Plan around holiday events: If you have scheduled holiday parties or family gatherings, work with your agent to block off specific times when showings aren’t unavailable.

CONTACT

Scott MacDonald

• Title: Broker, RE/MAX Gateway

• Address: 4100 Lafayette Center Drive, Suite 302, Chantilly, Va. (with offices in Haymarket, Warrenton, Alexandria and Fairfax)

• Phone: 703-652-5760

• Keep the home show-ready: While it’s important to still enjoy the season, you’ll need to find a balance between decorating for the holidays and keeping your home show-ready.

• Work with an experienced agent: A top-notch, experienced agent can help you market your home effectively and negotiate offers.

named as

Cedar Run District

Edward F. Phillips Tr. to Aaron Nelson Garcia, 4 acres on Germantown Road and Herdland Lane, Midland. $230,000

David R. Colton Jr. to Charles Tippett, 2 acres at 11085 Shenandoah Path, Catlett. $799,377

Jobie Michael Wright to Josephine Lyon, 1.1514 acres at 8266 Rogues Road near Auburn. $514,400

Linda M. DeVito to Jonathan Weaver, 10 acres at 6092 Miles Lane near Warrenton. $530,000

Finance America Reverse LLC to CNR Homes LLC, 4521 Canter Lane near Warrenton. $445,000

Benjamin P. Stinson to Andrew John Forgash III, 10.8874 acres at 7940 North Saddle Ridge Court near Catlett. $1,550,000

Helen Zhang to Imad Rababeh, 10 acres at 6137

Beach Road, Midland. $478,000

Lee District

Michele H. Rydell to Charles Pendergraph, 10.1721 acres at 9576 South Pines Road near Warrenton. $855,000

Samantha Jacques to Drew Carlson, 5011 Godwin’s Landing Drive, Remington. $440,000

Virginia K. Cloud to Easy Home Buyers LLC, 12,266 sq. ft. at 7263 Second Street, Remington. $200,000

Richmond American Homes of Virginia Inc. to Riley Edwards, 5005 Gray Fox Drive, Bealeton. $714,999

Taffae Mayonette Cadeau to Jose Luis Lopez, 2 acres on Sumerduck Road, Remington. $110,000

Center District

Melissa Alexandra Flores to Jeff Moore,

Townhouse 216 at 216 Fairfield Drive, Warrenton. $340,000

Patricia Dawn Arruda to Padraic Michael Manion, 149 Pinnacle Court, Warrenton. $875,000

Scott District

Katherine E. Kuykendall Tr. to Gilbert M. Mayhugh, Unit 77 at 6713 Holly Farm Lane near Warrenton. $505,000

D. R. Horton Inc. to Vyacheslav Yamschikov, 1.1112 acres at 3461 Wooded Run Drive, Broad Run. $825,000

Riley Estates LLC to Lakeside Homes LLC, Lot 7 on Thoroughbred Road near Warrenton/New Baltimore. $330,000

Ann Lottie Barnett Williams to B. Daniel Hazel, Tr. 6 acres at 3808 Milestone Road, The Plains. $1,025,000

Sullivan Schabel to George Adam, 1.1306 acres at 6755 Breezy Drive near Warrenton. $777,000

RW Custom Homes Inc. to Phillip Ray Racey Jr., 0.8916 acre at 6470 Emily Anne Court, New Baltimore. $900,000

Marshall District

Lonnie J. Usrey Jr. to Patrick Block, 7978 Wellington Drive near Warrenton. $1,000,000

Deborah J. Flint to Joel Kressler, 19.8002 acres at 10217 Waldeck Lane, Delaplane. $580,000

Old Salem Community Development LLC to Binh T. Nguyen, 0.3693 acre at 5094 Carter’s Crossing Avenue, Marshall. $898,158

Carol Shorts Bailey to Cintra Cricket Bedford, Interest in Front Lot 2. $20,000

David Andrew Campbell to Trigon Homes LLC, 5.2963 acres on Piney Mountain Road near Warrenton. $300,000

OBITUARIES

Joan Randolph Cooksey Hilleary Marshall, VA

In loving memory of our mother, Joan Randolph Cooksey Hilleary, of Marshall, VA, who passed away Monday evening, September 30th, just shy of her 93d birthday.

Joan was married for 46 years to James E. "Jake" Hilleary, Jr., who preceded her in death.

Survivors include: seven children, Gayle Smith (Terrence), Joan Stephenson (Richard), Lynn, Mary Frances, James (Susan) and Regina Hilleary, and Suzanne Ashby (Paul); siblings, Christina Buch, Bill Cooksey, and Helen Baldino; cousin, Walter Monroe; and, 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Joan was born October 12, 1931, in Washington D.C. to the late William Randolph and Lucy Newlond Cooksey. She was a proud Arlingtonian, spending her first 45 years there, attending W-L High School, marrying in 1949, and raising a family near Clarendon in the St. Charles Parish. She and Jake moved to Fauquier County in 1977, living in Opal and Marshall, and at a weekend home (the Cove) in the Corrotoman by the Bay community of Virginia's Northern Neck.

Mom was our family's link to remembrances of "old" Arlington and Falls Church and generations of Cookseys and Thomsons. She raised seven children on a shoe-string budget; went to night school to finish her high school education; worked part-time jobs (including Horse Country and Joan of Arc Framing); insisted on and ensured that we all had Catholic school and college education; and instilled in us manners and work ethic. She was a breast cancer survivor and a late-in-life artist and painter. She enjoyed travel--trips with the ladies at the Corrotoman, and visits to those of us in the Army when we were stationed at stateside bases and in Hawaii and Belgium. Mom liked to have fun, was a lot of fun, and liked to go. She loved my father and stayed committed to him, her family and faith through all the thick and thin times.

Viewing was held from 5 - 7 pm, Thursday, October 3, at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton, VA. Funeral Mass was held at 12 pm, Friday, October 4, at St. Charles Catholic Church in Arlington, VA. Burial followed at Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

Donations in Mom's name can be made to the Middleburg Humane Foundation or your local animal shelter and rescue center. Condolences may be given at www.moserfuneralhome.com

Ellery Derrangya Moore, Jr.

Ellery Derrangya Moore, Jr., 35, of Remington, VA, passed September 25, 2024. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2024, 10 am, at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, 4679 Free State Road, Marshall, VA, 20115. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Evelyn Elizabeth Blackwell-Allen

Evelyn Elizabeth Blackwell-Allen, 76, of Fredericksburg, VA, passed September 21, 2024. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 12:00 pm, at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 4487 Ebenezer Church Road, Midland, 22728. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Nikki L. Marshall, PLC

Thoughtful & Strategic Planning ATTORNEY AT LAW

Business & Corporate Law Estate Planning & Administration Elder Law • Real Estate Law & Disputes

110 Main Street

Warrenton, VA 20186

Telephone: (540) 349-463 3 Facsimile: (540) 349-4163 staff@NikkiMarshallLaw.com

Inspiring Thoughts by

HONORING LOVED ONES WITH MEMORIAL CENOTAPHS

Sometimes a person is buried apart from their loved ones, or their remains are not available for burial. A cenotaph is a memorial gravesite erected in a location where a deceased person’s remains are not kept. The Greek word cenotaph translates to “empty tomb.” National war memorials are considered cenotaphs, and many individual cenotaphs have been used as stand-in gravesites. Some of the most well-known cenotaphs honor Dante, Machiavelli, and Galileo at Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. JFK’s memorial in Dallas is also considered a cenotaph. To grieving families not able to bury their loved ones nearby, a cenotaph provides a memorial tomb and offers a physical place of peace to visit, honor, and remember them.

Planning a funeral can be overwhelming, but you are not alone in this. The professionals at MOSER FUNERAL HOME are here to support you throughout this journey and make this process one of love, healing, and life celebration. If you would like to learn more about the services we offer, please call (540) 347-3431. Our funeral home has served Fauquier County and the surrounding areas since 1836. We invite you to tour our facility at 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton. Ask us about our BRIGHT VIEW CEMETERY, just outside of Warrenton.

“I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, and out of the caverns of rain, like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.” Percy Shelley

OBITUARIES

Douglas "Sonny" Marshall, Jr.

Our dearly beloved father, and grandfather

Douglas "Sonny" Marshall, Jr. a.k.a. Pop, Poppy, our dearly beloved father, and grandfather, was called home on Sunday September 29, 2024.

Douglas was born on December 14, 1933, in Warrenton, Virginia to the late Douglas and Marion Marshall, Sr.

Douglas attended Fauquier County schools. When he was a young man he worked with thoroughbred horses and traveled to many tracks along the east coast. He was employed by Gay Oldsmobile in Warrenton before working at the Warrenton Training Center until he retired in 2002.

Douglas married Gertude Starks on August 6, 1959, and from the union, four children were born:

Brenda, Evelyn, Douglas III, and Dale.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Gertie of 60 years and leaves behind his daughters, Brenda and Evelyn of Warrenton and Dale of District Heights, Maryland; one son, Douglas III (Anne) of Marshall, Virginia; his brother Lenard (Linda) Marshall of Orange, Virginia and his sister-in-law Pamela Davis of Brandy Station, Virginia. He also leaves behind nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren who were the light in his eyes.

In addition to his parents and his wife, Douglas was preceded in death by his sisters Elizabeth Pendleton and Marion Shanks as well as his brother Robert Marshall.

Sonny enjoyed spending time at the drag races when he was younger and always made sure the car was clean before a run. The race season was over just in time for his real passion and that was being a fan of the Washington Redskins. Win or lose he was always a fan.

God has touched him, and he is at rest with no more worries and at peace now.

The family received friends on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton. A funeral service followed at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home with Elder Daryl Herder presiding, followed by interment at Bright View Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family request that you make a contribution to Hospice of the Piedmont, Charlottesville, VA. A repass will follow afterwards at the Moser House in Warrenton, VA.

William N. Puckett

June 13, 1938- Sept. 24, 2024

William N. Puckett "Bill" 86 of Warrenton, VA, passed away peacefully on Sept. 24, 2024 surrounded by his loving family.

Bill was born on June 13, 1938 in Albemarle County VA to Mattie and Thomas Puckett, one of three children. He graduated from Annandale High School in 1956.

After high-school Bill served in the U.S. Army in Ft. Eustis, VA. After leaving the military Bill owned multiple businesses including Texaco and Sunoco gas stations in Alexandria VA. Later he worked for Shirley Contracting as Director of the Equipment Division. After leaving construction he ran a Mac Tools business for 15 years. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather and will be forever missed.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years Judith A. Puckett, three children Bobby Marley (Patty) of Centreville, Bonnie LeCain (Mike) of Herndon, and Kathy Chapins (Andy) of Edinburg, 8 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, friends and his beloved dog Sammy.

A graveside service will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Wounded Warrior Project, Tunnels to Towers or Fairfax County Animal Shelter.

Mary Elaine Carter Warrenton, Virginia

Mary Elaine Carter, 83, of Warrenton, VA, passed October 3, 2024. She was born on January 18, 1941, and was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Ray Carter, Sr.

She was a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Warrenton, VA.

Mary is survived by three daughters: Teresa E. Miner of Gainesville, VA, Karen (Marlon) Daniels, Cheryl D. Carter of Warrenton, VA; Son, James (Mary) Carter of Manassas, VA; a sister, Ruth Webb of Warrenton, VA; two brothers: James (Paula) Johnson of Front Royal, VA, and George Johnson of Warrenton, VA; six grandchildren; and three great grandchildren; and a special cousin and caregiver, Thelma Rowe. Family will receive friends on Monday, October 14, 2024, from 11am until 12 pm with funeral services starting at 12 pm at Faith Christian Church, 6472 Duhollow Road, Warrenton, Virginia, 20187.

Dr. Decker H. Tapscott, Sr., will deliver the eulogy.

Interment will be on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 12, PM, at Culpeper National Cemetery, Culpeper, VA.

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NOTICE OF RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC HEARING ON OPERATION OF DEALERSHIP BY MANUFACTURER

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), under the Code of Virginia 46.2-1572(4) and 46.2-1573, is conducting a formal evidentiary hearing at the request of Rivian Automotive, LLC (Rivian), a Commonwealth-licensed manufacturer of electric vehicles. Rivian seeks an eligibility determination to be both a manufacturer and a dealer of motor vehicles in Fauquier County, Virginia. According to Va. Code 46.2-1572(4), Rivian must establish that there is no dealer independent of the manufacturer available in the above-mentioned community or trade area to own and operate the franchise in a manner consistent with the public interest. The formal evidentiary hearing will take place on October 17, 2024, at 9 a.m. EDT at DMV Headquarters located at 2300 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23269. Any party interested in this matter is invited to attend the hearing and provide relevant information. Please send an email to DMV at diane.adams-strickland @dmv.virginia.gov requesting the information to attend. If you have documentation you would like the hearing officer and Rivian to review, please submit it to DMV at diane.adams-strickland@dmv.virginia.gov by 5 p.m. EDT on October 10, 2024.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAUQUIER COUNTY

LEGAL NOTICES

FAUQUIER COUNTY, ex rel. Tanya Remson Wilcox, Fauquier County Treasurer, Plaintiff, v.

JAMES “John” H. ANDERSON, a/k/a J.H. Anderson, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to have the parcel of land described herein (“Subject Property”) sold for the payment of delinquent real estate taxes, penalties, and interest as well as the costs and attorneys’ fees associated with the sale. The Subject Property is owned by the Heirs and Descendants of J.H. Anderson and Jensie Anderson. It is more particularly described as follows:

ALL that certain lot or parcel of land, together with improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging, lying and being situate in Marshall Magisterial District, Fauquier County, Virginia, about three miles west of Marshall, near Morgantown, containing 8 acres, 2 roods, and 28 poles, more or less, and being more particularly described as 8.36 acres, more or less, on a plat of survey of R.A. Good, S.F.C., dated March 15, 1943, and recorded in Deed Book 161 at page 214 among the land records of the Circuit Court of Fauquier County, Virginia. AND BEING the same property conveyed to J.H. Anderson and Jensie Anderson by virtue of that certain deed from B.F. Herrell and Bessie Herrell dated November 9, 1946 and recorded in Deed Book 161 at page 214

parties to this suit, including the heirs, devisees, assigns or surviving spouses of J.H. Anderson and Jensie Anderson, and who cannot be personally served because after a reasonably diligent

James “John” H. Anderson, a/k/a J.H. AndersonJensie Scroggins Anderson, a/k/a Jansie, Jensey & Jennie Scroggins AndersonRaymond Calvin Scroggins

Mary E. Scroggins

Claudia Scroggins

Alexander “Bub” Lewis

James Edward Corum

Earl Randolph Foulks

Mason Scroggins

Michel Denise Miles

Marcus Leonard Ford, a/k/a Culture Freedom on November 8, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., which is no fewer than twenty-four days after the entry of this order. newspaper of general circulation in Fauquier County, Virginia.

ENTERED this 1st day of October, 2024

Douglas L. Fleming , Jr. Judge

Mary Catherine Anderson, VSB No. 68654, Counsel to the Fauquier County Treasurer mc.anderson.tr@fauquiercounty.gov, Counsel for Plaintiff

LEGAL NOTICES

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a work session beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2024, in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia.

The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following items at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2024, in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia:

1.ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT TEXT-24-023116 - A Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Article 4, Section 4-1000 - Marshall Code Related to Temporary Uses. (Cristin Wise, Staff)

2.SPECIAL PERMIT SPPT-24-022967, CORNERSTONE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH TEES (OWNER/APPLICANT) - CORNERSTONE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH - An application for a Category 6 Special Permit to allow a Minor Place of Worship. The property is located at 9263 Old Dumfries Road, Catlett, Cedar Run District. (PIN 7922-73-9642-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff)

3.SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-24-022672 AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPLIANCE REVIEW COMR-24-022934, GGFS/GREENWICH MEADOWS LLC (OWNER/APPLICANT) - GREENWICH MEADOWS - An application for a Category 20 Special Exception to allow for an Aboveground Water Storage Facility and Aboveground Water Treatment Facility and an application for a Comprehensive Plan Compliance Review, in accord with Code of Virginia Section 15.2-2232, as to whether the proposed location of the facilities is substantially in accord with the Comprehensive Plan. The property is located at 3517 Nicholson Lane, Nokesville, Cedar Run District. (PIN 7924-34-0017-000 and 7924-14-7596-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff).

The application materials can be found on the Land Development Online Portal at: h ttps://commdevpay.fauquiercounty.gov/Energov_Prod/SelfService#/home

Approximately one week prior to the public hearing, staff reports for all items will be available online at: https://www.fauquiercounty.gov/government/agendas. To arrange a time to review files in person, please contact the Department of Community Development's Planning Office at (540) 422-8210, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Members of the public who would like to provide comments at a regular public meeting of the Planning Commission are encouraged to send advance written comments to Fauquier County Department of Community Development, 16 Courthouse Square, Suite 100, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 or email to meredith.meixner@fauquiercounty.gov

Citizens wishing to appear in person should arrive prior to the start time of the meeting. Comments are limited to three minutes. The meeting is also live streamed at: http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1

Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Citizens requiring reasonable accommodation for disabilities should contact Ms. Meredith Meixner, Deputy Clerk of the Planning Commission, at (540) 422-8210.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY

Prime Land Developers LLC, Plaintiff, v. CIVIL NO. CL24-476

Wilson Jefferson Heirs,

All heirs, devisees and successors of Wilson Jefferson, his devisees Mary Jefferson, Rosa Robinson and Dorothy Jefferson, and their successors, including children Susan Washington, Lizzie Bailey, Helen Johnson, Henry Julian Jefferson, and cousins Billy Johnson, Brother Johnson, Thornton Johnson, Irene Jefferson, Helena Gibson, John Willie Jefferson, Viola Johnson, Virginia Johnson, Edward Jefferson, Clifford Jefferson, Reuban Jefferson, Philip Jefferson, Benjamin Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Jefferson, Paul Jefferson, Elizabeth Morton, Ruth Word, Sadie Ramsey, Gertrude Garland, Judith Garland, Olive Blakey, Peggy Thomas, Esther Harris, and any and all persons who have or claim to have an interest in those two parcels deeded to Wilson Jefferson, 25 feet square at Deed Book 77, page 267, and 1,200 square feet at Deed Book 92, page 448, on Oak Shade Road, near Bealeton, Fauquier County, Virginia, now part of 7.9065 acres assessed as PIN#6889-84-4849-000 and pursuant to plat at Deed Book 1572, page 498; who are all made defendants as PARTIES UNKNOWN. Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The purpose of this cause is to establish and quiet title in Plaintiff Prime Land Developers LLC, to terminate the interests of all others, and remove all clouds on title. It is therefore ORDERED that this Order be published in the Fauquier Times for four consecutive weeks and that the above-named persons and those made defendants by the general description of Parties Unknown, appear on or before the 8th day of November, 2024 in the Clerk's Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect their respective interests herein.

Entered this 23rd day of September, 2024. Stephen E. Sincavage, Judge WE ASK FOR THIS:

Robert deT. Lawrence, IV, VSB #03779

Bennett T. W. Eastham, Esq. VSB#93484

Walker Jones, P.C.; 31 Winchester Street, Warrenton, VA 20186-2896

T: 540-347-9223, F: 540-349-1715; rlawrence@walkerjoneslaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiff

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Case No. JJ019291-06-00

Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-31 Fauquier County [X] Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court [X] Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Sophie Leigh Prochaska

The object of this suit is to: conduct a hearing regarding the petitions to terminate the parental rights concerning the minor child, Sophie Leigh Prochaska (d/o/b 03/07/2014). And, it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that the biological mother of Sophie Leigh Prochaska, cannot be found and that diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the party to be served, and it is therefore ORDERED that the said Megan Leigh Prochaska appear in Court on November 12, 2024 at 09:15 AM in the Fauquier County Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court to do what is necessary to protect her interests.

Kimberly A. Chadwick, Counsel for Fauquier County DSS

Full name(s) of owner(s):

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The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Restaurant Beer and Wine on and off premises' license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Jeehyun Jeong, Managing 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.

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