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Local coalition addresses hidden poverty By Coy Ferrell
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There are many ways to measure poverty. About 6.1% of Fauquier County residents – representing 4,300 people – live on an income below the federal poverty line. A 2017 study by the United Way looked in detail at the costs associated with having a job – child care, transportation and other costs of living specific to the area – and found that about 35% of Fauquier residents, about 25,000 people, live in poverty despite being employed. The volunteers leading Fauquier Community Coalition aren’t so concerned about abstract metrics. For them, those statistics represent real members of their community in need, and they see a chance – and a
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Lynn Ward is one of the founders of the Fauquier Community Coalition. duty -- to help. The coalition recently published a 134-page report about poverty in
Fauquier County detailing the struggles people living in poverty face locally, what resources exist currently
to help them and what more could be done. Coalition leaders hope the report will spur a conversation about poverty in a county that is generally considered wealthy, and, most importantly, inspire people and organizations – especially churches -- to band together and coordinate to help those in challenging life circumstances. A $25,000 grant from PATH Foundation, awarded this month, will also help them further their mission. “There are people living in pitiful conditions here, but there is a tendency to say, ‘Poverty in Fauquier County?’” said Lynn Ward, of Jeffersonton, who helped found Fauquier Community Coalition in 2013. See POVERTY, page 4
Cameron Webb outraises all other Three testify against woman accused Virginia congressional candidates in June 18 slaying of Kelly Gray By Coy Ferrell
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5th Congressional District Democratic candidate Dr. Cameron Webb outraised every other Virginia congressional candidate, including his Republican opponent Bob Good, between July 1 and Sept. 30, according to campaign finance reports filed on Oct. 15. Most of the money spent by the candidates on political ads has gone toward broadcast and cable television spots. But the Webb campaign has spent $144,000 on digital advertising on Facebook while the Good campaign has spent $6,700 on Facebook ads. And the Good campaign has spent $49,000 on radio advertise-
The case of the woman accused in the June 18 stabbing death of Kelly Gray in Bealeton will go before a grand jury next month, after an Oct. 15 hearing in Fauquier County General District Court. Melody Glascock, 55, of Linden, is charged with first-degree murder and attempting to solicit a third party to commit murder. Wearing a blue prison jumpsuit, Glascock was present in the packed courtroom Thursday but did not speak. The prosecution called three witnesses, with Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Cassandra asking questions of wit-
ments compared to only $1,700 spent by the Webb campaign. The candidates are vying for the seat currently held by Rep. Denver See 5TH DISTRICT, page 6
nesses to establish a timeline of the alleged events leading up to the evening of June 18. Glascock’s attorney Mark Williams at times tried to cast doubt on the alleged timeline of the slaying and questioned whether the witnesses had first-hand knowledge of Glascock’s alleged actions and motivations, since no witness claimed to have seen the stabbing itself. At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Gregory Ashwell ruled there was enough evidence to certify to a grand jury the charges of first-degree murder and soliciting a third party to commit murder. Maria Embrey and her son, See ACCUSED, page 8
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VDH offers guidelines for a safe Halloween during the pandemic Staff Reports
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The Virginia Department of Health has released guidelines about how residents can navigate Halloween with their children. A press release from Dr. Wade Kartchner, health director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District said, “To protect against COVID-19, everyone should avoid close contact with people who do not live in their household, wear a mask (cloth face covering), and practice social distancing and frequent and proper hand washing. Some Halloween activities are higher risk than others,” he said, emphasizing, “The best way to avoid becoming infected is to avoid being exposed to the virus altogether... This may mean choosing not to participate in Halloween activities during the pandemic.” According to the press release, low-risk Halloween activities include: • Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of a single household • Carving or decorating pumpkins outside, at a safe distance, with neighbors or friends • Doing a Halloween scavenger hunt where children are given lists of Halloween-themed things to look for while they walk outdoors from house to house • Having a virtual Halloween costume contest • Having a Halloween movie night with people you live with Moderate-risk activities include: • Participating in trick-or-treating with distancing strategies in place (e.g. treat-givers provide individually wrapped goodie bags lined up for families to grab and go while continuing to social distance (at the end of a driveway or at the
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edge of a yard) • Preparing goodie bags, if you wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before and after preparing the bags • Stopping only at houses where individuals are wearing masks, and it is easy to maintain 6 feet of distance between the host and other trick-or-treaters • Attending a small, outside event such as trunk or treat, where social distancing can be maintained, and everyone is wearing a mask The VDH also offered guidelines for those who are organizing events. On haunted houses, the VDH warned, “Haunted houses involve people screaming, which is known to increase the production of respiratory droplets; such activities are particularly risky for spreading COVID-19. Haunted houses that do choose to operate need to focus on how to reduce and limit contact between attendees, staff and others ... Haunted houses should allow for ample space between groups touring the house to facilitate distancing ...
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Tuesday, Oct. 20 The Virginia Department of Health’s weekly report on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic was released Oct. 16. The report says that weekly incidence of cases is increasing. Five health districts have entered the “surge” category and the number of health districts with declining cases has dropped significantly. The Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District – of which Fauquier County is a part -- is currently classified as “plateau.” The report continues that the weekly incidence in Virginia (12 cases per 100,000 residents) is increasing (last week it was 9.8 cases per 100,000 residents), but is still below the national average (19.6 per 100,000), which is also rising. skysthelimitdmv20@gmail.com
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Virginia: 926 Tuesday; 167,754 to date Fauquier: 8 Tuesday; 1,049 cases to date Perspective: Newly reported cases in the state topped 1,000 nine times so far in October, after reaching 1,000 on nine days in September, and 11 days in August. Fauquier added 180 cases in September, compared to 191 for August and 151 in July. So far in October, Fauquier has added 107 new confirmed cases.
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Virginia: 11,955 Fauquier: 52 Perspective: In Fauquier, there were 11 hospitalizations each month in April and May, six in June, seven in July, three in August, 10 in September and five so far in October. One local hospitalization was added Tuesday, Oct. 20.
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Virginia: 1,169 total (458 outbreaks in long-term care settings -- resulting in 11,875 cases and 1,700 deaths – 425 outbreaks in congregate care settings, 91 in health care settings and 72 in correctional facilities, 56 in childcare settings, 32 in colleges or universities and 32 in K-12 facilities). RRHD: 16 total (six in long-term care settings, one in K-12 setting, six in congregate settings, two in a correctional setting and one in a health care setting); 338 cases have resulted from the 15 outbreaks. Fauquier: One in a long-term care setting (95 cases and 16 deaths) and at least one in an educational setting.
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The VDH offered specifics for those who will be giving out candy or allowing their children to go trick or treating: • Wash your hands before going trick-or-treating or handing out candy. Hand sanitizer should be used while trick-or-treating or handing out candy when soap and water aren’t available. • Cloth masks should be worn under costume masks to keep a close fit over the nose and mouth. • Space out the placement of treats so that multiple people do not have to reach into the same bowl or find contactless ways to deliver treats -like a candy chute that is more than 6 feet long.
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Waterloo Street residents: Traffic calming measures have created new problems By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
In an effort to encourage drivers on Waterloo Street to slow down and to improve safety for residents, the town of Warrenton made some adjustments to the roadway in April. Street parking was moved and, in some cases, eliminated; bump outs were placed at the intersection with Chestnut Street, and perhaps most noticeably, the center lines were redrawn to create a deliberate curve in the road. The plan was explained as a relatively low-cost attempt at traffic calming. Five months later, the reviews are in: the experiment has not been a success. Town Manager Brandie Schaeffer said Wednesday, “Based on resident feedback over the last few months we have traded one set of problems for another, not really moving the needle. While some residents are better able to see from their driveways when pulling out, others have lost parking. Speeding remains a concern.” Constance Houk, a Waterloo Street resident, spoke during citizens time at Tuesday night’s town council meeting to explain the problem. Houk shares a driveway with another neighbor and used to be able to park on the street. “Now there’s no parking. For 17 homes, we have two parking spots … When delivery trucks come to the house, there is nowhere for them to park.” And, she said, anyone who tries to turn onto Waterloo Street from a side street must pull out into traffic in order to see if there are any cars coming. Bruce Mechem, also a Waterloo Street resident, was one of the homeowners who wrote to the town council about the traffic-calming measures. His house is a perfect example of the
problem. Mecham shares a driveway and garage with his neighbor. It’s a fine arrangement, he said, but when so many of the parking spots were taken away when traffic calming measures were installed, it created a street parking shortage. During a conversation Wednesday evening, he pointed across the street indicating a family with three or more cars. “They used to park in front of my house. Now, they have nowhere to park.” He said in his letter, “We have been told this issue with parking will affect the value of our house. Technically we have parking for one vehicle. The one in the driveway. How many of you would purchase a house like this? We are counting on being able to sell this property for our retirement. I wonder how many families only have one car these days.” Mechem’s driveway also illustrates the sight lines issue. As he exits his driveway, there is a 4-foot stone wall that goes all the way out to the curb. Mechem and his wife both have low-lying cars, so their view to the left is completely blocked by the wall. Since his section of the street was reconfigured without any parking spaces (which also served to create a buffer between his curb and the oncoming traffic), he has to pull out into traffic to see around the wall. His home is about halfway down a hill that peaks to the left as he leaves his driveway. “From the time a driver gets to the top of the peak, it’s five seconds to my house,” and that is if the person is obeying the 25 mph speed limit. Often cars coming from Old Town are moving faster than that, he said. Mechem said that when the pizza delivery person comes, they have to pull into the driveway. “And when
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they leave, I go out into the street so I can stop traffic and he can stay alive for his next delivery.” Mechem said that Town Councilman Renard Carlos (at large) stopped by to talk to him about the traffic issues, and Town Councilman James Hartman (Ward 4) called him on the phone to discuss it. Mechem is gratified that the council is being responsive to residents’ concerns. He would like to see Waterloo Street returned to its original configuration. Hartman during Tuesday night’s meeting held up a pile of letters from residents and Mayor Carter Nevill confirmed that the town has been fielding feedback from residents. Nevill said, “It’s a good model for cooperative communication. We certainly want a positive solution that addresses safety and speeding yet serves the neighborhood. Hopefully we can achieve a positive outcome. Their input certainly contributes to that.” Schaeffer said Wednesday, “Waterloo Street is very complex, even though it seems like a simple residential road. The road carries a significant amount of traffic for a residential street and currently has a middle school with a good number of walkers when school is in.” About the traffic calming effort she said, “The goal here was simply to try a solution at no expense to the taxpayer. Incrementally trying to achieve traffic calming is a good approach
to finding solutions that work. Paint is cost effective and allows us to test something in the field.” Schaeffer has been grateful for the Waterloo Street residents’ respectful input. She said, “We will continue to work with the Waterloo neighborhood citizens to find the right solution for them that improves the overall quality of life in their neighborhood. They have been very engaged and offered solutions and insight along the way; staff has enjoyed the collaborative effort and the honest feedback is also helpful.” She explained, “We took this same approach at Fifth Street and had to make some adjustments before we found a permanent solution. While some still don’t like the traffic calming at Fifth Street, our data shows increased pedestrian activity and a reduction in vehicular speed at Fifth Street.” Looking toward a solution for Waterloo Street, Schaeffer said, “Staff is working with council and a transportation engineer to examine adjustments and a set of solutions. From there we will meet with the neighborhood and execute a plan. If the residents prefer everything go back to the previous design, staff and council are more than willing to accommodate that request. We remain committed to a permanent solution for the residents.” Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com
Telecommunications tower to be built at Fauquier High School baseball field By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
The Warrenton Town Council voted unanimously at its Tuesday, Oct. 13, evening meeting to allow Milestone Tower Limited Partnership to move ahead with the construction of a 115-foot monopole telecommunications tower at the corner of a baseball field at Fauquier High School, 705 Waterloo Road. The tower will be between baseball field fencing and an existing stand of trees. The council decision followed a thumbs up from the town planning commission last month. Matthew Pennington, director of development of Milestone said that the next step is a site development plan and building permit review with the town, which can take between three and four months. He said, “Once we have all necessary approvals and permits, we’d coordinate a construction schedule with the school system. Assuming review timeframe holds and the schedule works for school system, we’d likely be looking at building the site in March and April 2021.” The tower – which will use a “low-profile triangular mount” -- will house T-Mobile telecommu-
nications equipment and could accommodate up to three other carriers. One of those spaces will be reserved for the town of Warrenton or Fauquier County emergency services. Milestone Tower Limited Partnership will rent the space at FHS for a one-time fee of $25,000, which will be paid to the Fauquier County School Division, owner of the property. Pennington said, “We share 40% of every dollar we collect from carriers (i.e., the rent) with FCPS. We also pay a one-time $5,000 fee every time a new carrier collocates on the tower.” Milestone will pay a $20,000 security deposit to the school division before construction starts, in case the company abandons the tower and it needs to be removed. There will be no lights on the tower, and it will be enclosed with an 8-foot fence with privacy slats to serve as a deterrent to climbing. On Aug. 15, Milestone held a balloon test to visually represent how high the tower would be. (The balloon floated at 130 feet, since that was the applicant’s original request.) On Aug. 20, the applicant held a virtual town hall, where mem-
bers from the neighboring community raised concerns over the visual impact and potential harmful health impacts of the tower being located on school grounds. Similar comments were made during a public hearing before the town’s planning commission. T-Mobile currently broadcasts a cellular signal from two locations near Fauquier High School; one tower is on Viewtree Mountain and a signal is also broadcast from the Warrenton water tower, according to the crowd-sourced cellular tower and coverage mapping service CellMapper. Verizon and AT&T also broadcast a signal from those two locations. Pennington said the new tower “will definitely improve coverage for the houses behind and around Fauquier High, as well as at the WARF and residents along Waterloo.” On a website set up to provide information about the project, http://www.fauquierhswireless.com, under the tab titled “Why it’s needed,” it states, ”the new facility will improve internet connectivity speed and voice connectivity — especially inside homes and buildings.
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Local Fauquier coalition addresses hidden poverty POVERTY, from page 1 He remains the restless, driving energy behind the organization’s work on the ground, which until this point has focused mainly on coordinating volunteers to provide home maintenance for people living in extreme, rural poverty. In the past few years that mission has expanded to include coordinating church groups to provide firewood to people who need it to heat their homes in the winter, a common need for rural poor people living in homes that often lack modern amenities. Ward described numerous instances of homes with no running water or with roofs that leak to the point that large portions of a home are unlivable. Some people he has worked with live in shacks in the woods. Many of the families helped through this focus have been stuck in a cycle of poverty that goes back generations, he said. Some Black families, for instance, live on the same land given to their family after chattel slavery was abolished following the Civil War. Mental health issues exasperate other situations, he said, with many of the people he has helped over the years exhibiting hoarding behaviors. Ward is personally connected with all of them and can speak to each person’s particular life story – not just the hole in their roof or the collapsing wall. Jean Lowe co-authored the report on Fauquier County poverty with Ed Jones, a retired professor at George Mason University specializing in adult literacy whom she has worked with since the early 1980s. Both live in Warrenton. Lowe is a former social worker and has also taught literacy to imprisoned men. She has the energy of an activist, lamenting repeatedly the
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stereotype that poor people are lazy or unmotivated. “The scales really fell from my eyes about what poverty was like,” Lowe said of her time as a social worker. “My experience was that people are trying really hard to get by in really difficult circumstances.” Lowe described another kind of poverty, one brought about by a single unexpected expenditure that causes a chain of events. “What struck me is how often a single bad incident can set people back,” she explained. “Health is one biggie. The other is transportation. There are a couple of these spirals that concern me more than I can tell you.” Initially, Lowe thought her role as a social worker would be to counsel people on how to make better life choices – how to stay within a budget, for instance, or stay employed. Instead, she said, it wasn’t uncommon to work with people who had two or three jobs – a common trait of people living in poverty that she has witnessed throughout her life. Her role as a social worker turned out to be to direct people to resources that might give them a helping hand as they struggled to rise above incredibly difficult circumstances. Making those resources accessible and relevant
is the end-goal of the report. By reaching out individually to local churches and nonprofits, Fauquier Community Coalition leaders hope to harness the charitable energy of the dozens of churches and other nonprofits in Fauquier County and ensure that programs intended to help people living in poverty are coordinated most efficiently. The report gives an example. “[A] church that provides food coordinates with another that provides other necessities such as toilet paper, diapers, shampoo, toothpaste, soap, laundry detergent, etc., so that a range of needs is supported by the community.” However, the report adds, “Unfortunately, this level of cooperation is the exception rather than the rule.” The report also points out potential gaps in services intended to help people living on small incomes. For instance, there are many charitable programs to distribute free or subsidized food but no program to help people whose car needs repairs. (This is one of the “spirals” Lowe emphasized that often leads to a descent into greater poverty.) A subsidized auto repair shop might be a way to help people living on a small income stay employed, the report suggests, since in a county as sprawling as Fauquier County, few people can walk or ride public transportation to work. The report also suggests that local nonprofits could work with the Fauquier Free Clinic to identify elderly Medicare recipients living just above the poverty line and help them with their prescription costs. “We hope it will provide us with a foundation to going into churches and other non-profits and say, ‘Here are some needs that have been identified,’ and, ‘Would you be willing to address them?’” said Jones, the report’s co-author. “Let’s say we go to a church, an individual church, that has a social action committee,” Jones See POVERTY, page 5
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College student overcomes homelessness on path to George Mason University By Coy Ferrell
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“My home life really wasn’t that great. That’s really common for a lot of homeless people,” said Alex, a 25-year-old student at George Mason University. Alex – that is the name she now goes by – has been homeless off and on since she was 21 and has spent time in several homeless shelters around Prince William County. Despite the challenges, she recently completed an associate degree at Northern Virginia Community College and is a student at George Mason now. That’s thanks to financial aid from the school, which covers her tuition, and a recent online fundraiser to pay for her room and board. She’s studying politics and international relations and hopes eventually to serve in government. Alex grew up in Fairfax County and was a good student; she had completed about a semester’s worth of college credits by the time she graduated high school. But her stepfather was an alcoholic and her mother was never much of a presence in her life. She wanted to attend college after she left high school, but her parents weren’t supportive. Basically, she said, she was on her own; there were many basic life skills she never learned. Things hadn’t been perfect at school, either. “In the town that I grew up in there weren’t a lot of other kids who looked like me, because I was Black,” she said. When recounting the racism she experienced personally, she was quick to address how similar experiences might affect others. “It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy -- soft racism. If people expect less of you then you feel like you are less. Because of that, [homelessness] becomes a generational issue. I’ve met entire families who are homeless … Sadly, it has become their new normal, because they’ve been told they can’t be any better.” At age 18, Alex went to live with POVERTY, from page 4 explained. “We try to have a conversation with their committee and we say, ‘We’ve discovered that lots of people who need food don’t have transportation to get [to food pantries]. This is an area you might be able to help in.’” Lowe and Jones both emphasized the report is not comprehensive, especially since it was completed just as the pandemic began to upend “normal” life – even more so for people living in poverty. Rather, the document is a starting point for a conservation – and hopefully a catalyst for action – especially in light of the economic upheaval of the past several months. “COVID has just sort of accentuated everything on the poverty spectrum,” Jones said. “Poor people have been the hardest hit by unemployment. The kinds of jobs that they have are not the jobs you can do from home, often.” And, he said, people with low incomes often work in service jobs that could potential-
her mother and then with another family member a couple of years later; they lived in different parts of Prince William County. “I never felt safe at home,” she said. “I remember one time I had to call the police on a family member. Things got so bad that I just left. As strange as it sounds, being homeless was way less stressful than my childhood.” Leaving, though, meant she would live on the edge of subsistence. Even living with one parent or the other, “I could never save up enough money to live on my own,” she said, even though she had worked full time since leaving high school. After she left, “I kept becoming homeless because I couldn’t find a job [that would] pay the bills.” She had stayed with friends, “but I couldn’t pay the rent, it’s just that simple,” she said. She worked the entire time, mostly as a waitress. “Strangely enough, being homeless helped me change my major, change what I wanted to do in life,” she said. She originally wanted to be a teacher but feels that a career in public service will have a broader impact on people like her. “The longer I was homeless and the worse things that I saw,” she said, “I wanted to make a wide impacting change that could affect many children.” She bounced around homeless shelters in Prince William County. “At first when I became homeless, I thought [the other people in the shelters] would be these horrible people, but actually they were really nice,” she said. “They were kinder to me than most people have been in my life.” She credited churches in Prince William for their support of resources for homeless people. “When the government cannot fill in the gaps the religious community comes in and helps them,” Alex explained. “This sort of kindness in a community was really the most surprising thing.” Many of the homeless people she met were disabled in some way or suffered from mental illness. Most had exly expose them to the virus itself. “They are caught between a rock and a hard place,” he said. “There’s no way to put food on the table without increasing their risk [of exposure].” For his part, Ward feels compelled as a person of faith to help those less fortunate than him. He started attended church regularly after his wife died several years ago. Now, he considers his work helping those struggling with poverty as an essential part of his faith. “I said, ‘It’s pretty simple. If you’re a Christian -- or even pretending to be a Christian --what we need to do is: we ought to be serving the poor.” He is forever restless. “How much time do you sit in church listening to sermons about what Jesus wants you to do? How many hours do you actually roll up your sleeves and do what he’s telling you to do?” More information about Fauquier Community Coalition can be found at fauquiercommunitycoalition.org. Reach Coy Ferrell at cferrell@ fauquier.com
perienced childhood trauma. “One day those children will become adults and because of their childhood they will become homeless,” she lamented. She elaborated, “When you’re poor you really don’t have a lot of options, so it’s really hard to find a job,” she explained. “You have to find a job that fits with the bus schedule and all the other things – one of the reasons I was able to keep a job while I was homeless was because of the bus system [in Woodbridge].” While struggling, she was determined to get an education. Alex grew tearful when talking about her grandmother, who grew up in western Africa. “[My grandmother] saw firsthand how people take advantage of people without an education. Her talking about how people who had no education were treated, that made me want to finish school.” But there were many barriers in the way. She tried to get financial aid to finish her associate degree at Northern Virginia Community College but was told she was not eligible because she was not technically an “independent adult,” even though she had no contact with her parents. After she turned 24, she was able to get financial aid for school and completed her associate degree while living out of her car. “It was the funniest thing ever, I’d be literally be sitting outside Wawa or Walmart or something writing some paper on, I don’t know, the history of American
politics,” she explained. The professors at the college were supportive, she said, and the college had resources for people like her. Now a full-time student at George Mason, she still works part time at a deli. (She lost her full-time job this spring because of the pandemic.) She’s working on launching fundraisers for local homeless shelters and will participate in a fundraiser for Children's National Health Network next month. Eventually, she wants to use the attention her situation received through her own GoFundMe fundraiser – this is the fundraiser that enabled her to pay her room and board this semester -- to help other students at George Mason who have struggled with poverty. “I can’t really pay back each and every person that helped me while I was homeless, but I feel like this is the best I can do,” Alex said. She asked that readers of this story donate to Frontier Horizon, a religious organization based in Virginia Beach that seeks to help orphans and impoverished children in Ukraine and Nicaragua. Alex is finally at a place in her life where she can focus on moving forward, not just treading water, she said. “There are less things I have to worry about — how to get books, where I’m going to take a shower, where I’m going to eat. Now going to school feels like child’s play.” Reach Coy Ferrell at cferrell@ fauquier.com
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Webb continues to outraise Good in 5th Congressional District race 5TH DISTRICT, from page 1 Riggleman in the sprawling 5th Congressional District, which stretches from the North Carolina border to Fauquier County. The district typically votes Republican and hasn’t elected a Democrat since 2008. Good, 55, is a former Liberty University athletics official and former Campbell County supervisor. Webb, 37, is a practicing physician and professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Webb’s campaign raised $2.7 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, including $2.5 million in individual contributions. Good raised $722,000, including $550,000 in individual contributions, during that time. Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at Mary Washington University, said Monday that Democratic donors “clearly see 5th District as a very appealing pick-up opportunity.” “This is an extraordinarily large amount of money for a candidate to raise in a district as Republican as this one is,” Farnsworth said. Farnsworth said the district would likely not be in play if the incumbent Riggleman was the nominee. Good ousted Riggleman in a divisive nominating convention in June, winning with 58% of the vote. Farnsworth said that, “by turning away from a Republi-
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the registrar’s office by 12 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6; late ballots that do not meet these criteria will not be opened or counted. Completed absentee ballots may also be dropped off on Election Day by 7 p.m. at any precinct polling station. The overall process for voting on Election Day is unchanged from previous years; the county’s 20 polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Eligible may check their registration status, find their polling place, apply for an absentee ballot and check the status of their absentee ballot at vote.elections.virginia.gov. Specific questions from Fauquier County residents should be addressed to the Fauquier County Office of the General Registrar, located at 528 Waterloo Road, Suite 200, Warrenton. The office is open from Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and may be reached by phone at 540-422-8290. stuffing” had been reported. For his part, Good claimed a convention was the only way to create a “level playing field,” saying that Riggleman, as an incumbent, had a fundraising advantage that would be more pronounced in a primary. Before the convention, some Good supporters threatened the central committee with legal action if the convention model was scrapped. Adams said, “The reality is the average person across the district doesn’t even know about the convention and honestly doesn’t care. They’re looking at the candidate that was brought forward. They’re looking at the overall party platform and they’re going to make their decisions there.”
Webb is spending big on political ads
Webb, and political action committees that support Webb, have also continued to outspend Good on political advertising. Webb and Webb allies have spent $4.9 million on political advertisements. Much of that has come from the Webb campaign, which has spent $2.5 million on ads, and 314 Action, a political action committee devoted to electing scientists to political office, that has spent $2 million. Democratic Congressional PAC’s have spent about $340,000 on political advertising for Webb. Good, and political action committees that support Good, have spent $1.9 million on political advertising in the race. The Good campaign has spent $370,000 on ads, while The Congressional Leadership Fund and the National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Congressional PACs, have poured a combined $1.5 million into political advertising in the district. Both candidates have purchased more than $1 million in media ad buys that will air during the final two weeks of the election. Reach Daniel Berti at dberti@ fauquier.com
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New details emerge about Jan. 8 murder of Fabian Sosa Staff Reports The Jan. 8 shooting that led to the death of one man, Fabian Sosa, 27, and severe injuries for two others was the result of a botched attempt to steal drugs and cash from the residents of an apartment on Warrenton’s Jackson Street, according to court documents filed with plea agreements Oct. 8. One of those wounded was shot seven times. A third resident of the apartment was shot four times and arrived at the hospital barely alive and is still recovering. The new information comes from a 10-page proffer of facts filed in circuit court and signed by each of four defendants who recently pleaded guilty to the murder. During their plea agreement hearings, all admitted that the information in the document was accurate. The proffer of facts described how the paths of several Detroit-area residents crossed with that of Emily Race, 19, who is from Warrenton, in late 2019 and how they eventually conspired to rob the Warrenton residence. In addition to Race, Antonio Ogburn, 18, Alexander Golden, 18, and Jaden Staples, 18, all of Detroit, each pleaded guilty Oct. 8 to first degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. Additionally, Terrell Tucker, 20 of Detroit, and Makoya Denham, 21, of Oak Park, Mich., are each charged with being an accessory to homicide after the fact, but the court has not yet ruled on those cases. Race had lived in the Jackson Street apartment for a short time in 2019 before moving to Woodstock, Virginia, to live in a townhouse with five individuals who had just moved there from Detroit. A 17-year-old boy, also from Detroit, moved to the townhouse as well. Race eventually led three of her housemates -co-conspirators Staples, Ogburn and Golden -- to the Warrenton apartment in the early morning hours of Jan. 8. According to the proffer of facts, the plan to rob the Warrenton apartment was the culmination of months of frustration among the group about
a lack of money – only one of the seven was employed. After moving into the Woodstock townhouse, Race and the others almost immediately began to engage in petit larceny and credit card fraud. Additionally, late last year they attacked two drug dealers in Woodstock, from whom they stole marijuana and two handguns – the guns that would ultimately be used in the Jan. 8 shooting in Warrenton.
na and possession of marijuana in Shenandoah County. In December 2019, the group living in the Woodstock townhouse set up a marijuana purchase; “the occupants of the house attacked the two drug dealers and robbed them of the marijuana and two loaded 9mm semiautomatic pistols.” About a week later, Tucker tried unsuccessfully to sell the two handguns on Instagram, the proffer of facts said.
‘Lack of household money began to cause frustration’
Botched robbery leads to one death, two serious injuries
The events leading up to the Jan. 8 murder began in late October 2019, according to the proffer of facts. It was then that Race moved into the Jackson Street apartment in Warrenton – she had been introduced to one of Fabian Sosa’s roommates through an ex-boyfriend. Race joined the three men living in the apartment; these men would eventually become the victims of the Jan. 8 shooting. Race only lived in the Jackson Street apartment for about a month. During her stay, she saw Fabian Sosa’s two roommates in possession of illegal drugs and “significant amounts of cash,” the document said. These were the motivation for the Jan. 8 botched robbery. Race connected with Staples on social media and arranged to live with him and others in the Woodstock, Virginia, townhouse. Race had no prior connections to Staples or any of the individuals in Woodstock. Staples had previously lived with Ogburn, Golden, Tucker and Denham in Detroit. The four men relocated to the Woodstock townhouse at the end of October 2019. Besides Tucker, who worked for Pizza Hut, none in the group was employed and the “lack of household money began to cause frustration and division among the occupants,” the proffer of facts said. In December 2019, Woodstock police investigated “several credit card fraud complaints involving pizza deliveries,” and Ogburn was subsequently charged. By the time of the Jan. 8 murder, Ogburn had been convicted of petty larceny, distribution of marijua-
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During December 2019, Race “repeatedly” told the group about her former roommates in Warrenton and their regular possession of cash and drugs. Eventually, the plot to rob the Jackson Street apartment coalesced the evening of Jan. 7. Staples still had one of the handguns that had been stolen the month before, and Tucker gave Ogburn the other gun, the proffer of facts said. Golden said he would help rob the Warrenton apartment and brought with him a pellet gun that looked like a firearm. Race sent a message to one of the men in the Warrenton apartment later that evening, telling him she wanted to “hang out.” She tried and failed to find an Uber driver to drive the conspirators to Warrenton. The group then offered to pay Tucker to drive them, but he refused. Eventually, about 11:30 p.m., Race
contacted a Luray man she had met on Tinder. (This man is not charged with a crime.) She told him she needed to go to Warrenton to move her things from an apartment and that her friends would come with her to help. Though he and Race had never met in person, the Luray man agreed to drive the group to Warrenton, and he arrived in Woodstock about 2 a.m. Jan. 8 to pick them up. They arrived at the Jackson Street apartment complex about 3:30 a.m. The man who had arranged to meet Race let her into the apartment alone while Ogburn, Staples and Golden waited in the Luray man’s car outside. A few minutes later, Race unlocked the apartment without anyone’s knowledge and texted Ogburn, Staples and Golden to come in. The three men entered the apartment; Staples confronted one man in the living room and Staples and Golden entered the bedrooms where the other occupants were sleeping. In the living room, Staples demanded drugs and money from the one man, shooting him when he refused. Injured, the man retreated to the kitchen as Staples continued to shoot at him, hitting him several times and also hitting Race in the finger with a stray bullet. The man who had been shot told Staples See MURDER, page 10
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Three testify against woman accused in June 18 slaying of Kelly Gray ACCUSED, from page 1 James Embrey, both of Stephens City, will also appear before a grand jury next month; both are charged with being an accessory to a first-degree murder after the fact in connection with the June 18 homicide. Both Embreys waived their right to a preliminary hearing Thursday. No witness spoke directly to Glascock’s possible motives, but Kelly Gray’s husband testified he and his wife were in a three-way romantic relationship with Glascock’s ex-girlfriend. A third witness testified that Glascock had earlier the same day asked him – in great detail -- to kill both Kelly Gray and her husband. He said that when he refused to carry out the murder on her behalf, Glascock said, “I can’t handle both of them, but I can take care of that b----.”
‘I want you to kill some people for me’
“I was at work when she called me. She told me she wanted a favor,” a witness testified Thursday. The man said Glascock had been a “friend of the family for quite a few years” and she arranged a meeting with him in a Bealeton parking lot between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. June 18. While they sat in his vehicle, “She said, ‘I need you to kill some people,’” the man testified, adding that Glascock had specifically told him those “people” were “Mr. and Mrs. Gray.” He testified that Glascock described in detail how she would like him to kill both Kelly Gray and her husband. He should knock on the Grays’ apartment door, he testified Glascock told him, which would most likely be opened by Kelly Gray’s husband; he should stab Kelly Gray’s husband in the chest and then again in the back as he tried to run away. The man testified that Glascock said he should
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The June 18 hearing in general district court was held to determine whether there was enough evidence to certify Melody Glascock’s charges to a grand jury. Because Judge Gregory Ashwell ruled there is sufficient evidence to certify the charges, a grand jury will hear the case Nov. 23. If the grand jury rules there is enough evidence to advance the case, Glascock will have the right to a jury trial in circuit court. In addition to the charges of first-degree murder and soliciting a third party to commit a murder. First-degree murder carries a punishment of no
enlist the help of his wife and a friend so that -after he had killed Kelly Gray’s husband – they could hold down Kelly Gray while the man slit Kelly Gray’s wrists, “to make it look like a murder-suicide.” Glascock, the man said, offered to kill anyone “he needed gone” if the man agreed to kill the Grays, he testified. When asked how he responded to the request, the man said, “I told [Glascock], ‘F--- no. Get out of my truck.” He apologized to the judge for cursing.
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Maria Embrey testified Glascock called her June 18 and asked her and her son to meet her in a parking lot in Marshall, which they did about 6:15 p.m. The Embreys had known Glascock for about 20 years, Maria Embrey testified, but had recently become closer acquaintances; Glascock had come to the Embreys’ home for dinner several times recently. Glascock asked the Embreys to drive her to Bealeton, “but [Glascock] didn’t really name a specific reason why she needed to go there,” Maria Embrey said. With James Embrey driving, the three went from Marshall to a Warrenton store, which Glascock and the Embreys entered together. Glascock bought a knife, Maria Embrey said, adding “[Glascock] said she needed a knife to cut a wa-
fewer than 20 years imprisonment with a maximum of a life sentence. Soliciting a third party to commit murder is punishable by five to 40 years in prison. Maria Embrey and her son James Embrey are each charged with being an accessory after the fact to the June 18 murder. If convicted, each Embrey faces from one to five years in prison. Both Embreys were scheduled to appear in General District Court Thursday, but each waived their right to a hearing; their cases will go before a grand jury Nov. 23. If indicted by the grand jury, they will have the right to a trial in circuit court. termelon with.” When they arrived at the Bealeton apartment complex, she testified that Glascock asked both Embreys to come to the building with her. Maria Embrey said Glascock asked James Embrey to stay at the bottom of the stairs to look out for Kelly Gray’s husband’s truck, while Maria Embrey would accompany Glascock to the apartment itself. “[Glascock] said she needed to talk to Kelly,” Maria Embrey testified. Glascock carried a plastic grocery bag with her to the apartment. “There was something in [the bag],” Maria Embrey said, but said she wasn’t sure what it was. Maria Embrey said Glascock knocked on the apartment door. “Kelly said, ‘Oh hey, Mel,’ [to Glascock],” Maria Embrey testified, and Kelly Gray told Glascock to come in. Maria Embrey said that at this point, “I turned around and walked out.” When pressed on why she did this, Maria Embrey responded, “[Glascock] had told me she was going to talk to [Kelly Gray]” and that Glascock had told Maria Embrey to go wait in the car. Glascock was in the apartment for “no longer than five minutes,” Maria Embrey testified, and Glascock “acted normal” when she came back to the See ACCUSED, page 19
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Landfill workers discover dynamite while sorting recycling ATF safely detonated the explosive By Robin Earl
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A stick of unexploded dynamite was found Oct. 16 in a recycling container that came from a remote collection site in Marshall, said Michael Kresse, director of environmental services for the county. The dynamite was discovered as staff members were sorting the items in the recycling area. Kresse said that the landfill, off U.S. 29 in Warrenton, was closed to the public about 12:30 p.m. for about
an hour – “out of an abundance of caution.” He said agents from the Washington office of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, assisted by Virginia State Police troopers, took the dynamite to a remote location. “We were not allowed anywhere near it,” he said. The dynamite was detonated about 1:30 p.m., and the landfill was reopened, he reported. Kresse confirmed that the dynamite had been wrapped in a plastic bag. “When people put things they shouldn’t into the recycling bin, they usually wrap it in a plastic bag.” “We are all fine,” Kresse said. “And we’ve heard every joke there is; it’s been a dy-no-mite day.”
Maryland man arrested on brandishing charges Several people in Bealeton Saturday reported to police that a man driving a Honda Civic stopped in the middle of Marsh Road, pulled a firearm from the trunk of his vehicle and pointed it at them. Several witnesses corroborated the story, said Sgt. Steven Lewis of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis said that deputies located the Honda Civic, which matched the witnesses’ description, at Catlett Road and James Madison Highway and identified the driver as Nehemia Yeshurun, 33, of Silver Spring, Maryland. A handgun was discov-
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The Luray man dropped off Race, Staples, Ogburn and Golden
in Woodstock about 5 a.m. on Jan. 8. Tucker then drove Race, Staples and Denham to a Winchester hospital about an hour later, the proffer of facts said, leaving Race and Denham at the hospital. Race, who told a cover story to hospital staff and police officers about her finger wound, was soon transferred to a hospital in Baltimore. Tucker allegedly drove Staples, Golden, Ogburn and the townhome’s juvenile resident to Detroit, where Golden was taken to a hospital; the guns used in the Jan. 8 shooting were offloaded “to an unknown third party to sell in Detroit.” The next day, Jan. 9, Race took an Uber from Baltimore to Woodstock. On Jan. 10 Woodstock police officers – acting on a search warrant obtained for the 2019 credit card fraud case – arrived at the townhouse. “Denham and Race were both found inside with their bags packed and the lights off,” the proffer of facts said. Though Denham was arrested for allegedly giving a false identity to Winchester police the day before, Race was allowed to leave the townhouse after being interviewed by Warrenton police officers. Meanwhile, Tucker and Staples had driven from Detroit back to Woodstock to pick up Denham and Race. Upon arriving in Woodstock, they turned around and drove back to Detroit after seeing the police See MURDER, page 19
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Retired Air Force general supports Joe Biden for president I served for 36 years in the United States Air Force, seven of those years as a POW in Vietnam. Since my return I’ve been a Republican, but quietly, because I’ve always fervently believed that military officers should not be involved in presidential politics -- even in retirement. But this year is different. I’ve watched with growing unease as President [Donald] Trump has ignored the advice of his experts on issues from North Korea, to tariffs, to the pandemic. But the last straw was when he began telling the American people that the election
Old guys know stuff I'm an older guy who for 72 years have seen a lot of change in our society. Some changes were good and in some cases the changes were detrimental to who we are culturally as a society and nation. However judged, I now see a point in our country’s history where the radical left is so much in influence of who we are as a nation. Conservatives must win this November. If lost, conservative values will be lost and maybe forever. [President] Donald J. Trump saved this country and hopefully he will be reelected and continue to serve the American people in a constructive and logical manner. Quite honestly, and as far back as I can remember, no other president has accomplished more than President Trump in the last four years.
process itself was fraudulent, that mail-in balloting was a disaster – when every study shows that is not true. If our citizens lose faith in how they go about electing their leaders, and in the rule of law, then democracy itself is at risk. If we want a functioning democracy in 2024, we need to vote for Joe Biden this year. I have voted for him. I hope all those who value the future of democracy in America will too.
I remember back in the 1980s when President [Ronald] Reagan took this country back from the brink of war and was instrumental in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Reagan funded many military programs, much like President Trump is doing today. President Trump gives me a sense of security and confidence in his ability to lead. He has a commanding presence. President Trump has accomplished much in the last four years. I could go on and on about the reduction of environmental regulations, tax cuts and treaties between Israel and the UAE. More nations are jointing in the spirit of peace. What is focused for me is how he treats the military and retired military. Because I am retired military, I have a deep appreciation for President Trump's fiscal funding of many new weapon systems and benefits
Correction
Due to a transcription error, last week's letter from Keith Selbo (“Setting the record straight on historic economic success,” Oct. 14 Letters to the Editor) incorrectly stated that President Donald Trump reduced unemployment by 15%. The correct value is 1%, making the reduction less than President Barack Obama's per term reduction, not more.
Dr. Cameron Webb is the rational choice to represent the 5th District
The recent articles on candidates [Cameron] Webb and [Bob] Good expose stark differences in their political philosophies: one GEN. CHUCK BOYD USAF (RET.) is a centrist who will work with Marshall both sides of the aisle to find the best solutions for our problems, while the other can only paint his afforded our men and women in the opponent as an extremist in the military. Although I am not in bene- attempt to instill fear in the hearts fit of those weapon systems, it must of voters. Who best to represent be a great feeling for those serving our district in the U.S. Congress: soldiers now to receive the best and someone with an inclusive, collabgreatest this country has to offer in orative attitude, or someone who both offensive and defensive weaprelies on false aspersions to divide ons. This also includes that standard our community? Judging by the articles and camof living for military families. Thanks to President Trump, I do paign flyers, Mr. Good must feel he lacks sufficient attributes to attract receive benefits from a revamped voters, as he repeatedly resorts and sometime new Veterans Adto denigrating his opponent with ministration. Health care through the VA is now totally different than lies and inaccurate associations, apparently grasping for anything what it was in 1995 when I retired. in a desperate attempt to gain some Many of the barriers and red tape support. He and the state Republihas been eliminated and there is an environment that is to the benefit of can party post photos of Dr. Webb the soldier. All done in the last four with superimposed photos of AOC, Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders years. You really need to hang out with in order to make associations that are, in truth, just not there. “Soold guys. Old guys know a lot of cialist” and “radical left” are two stuff. JAMES H. SAUNDERS of the dog whistles they use to Catlett taint voters’ impressions, neither of which apply to Dr. Webb. I have seen it said that critical thinking is the other national deficit. Hopefully, the voters of our 5th District will use some of it to expensive and ineffective. If electsee who is clearly the only rational ed, he would immediately propose choice to be our next congressman. legislation to establish a Rural MICHAEL MORENCY Broadband Expansion Authority. The Plains According to his website, “This new authority would bring together Letters to the Editor telecommunications, information technology, construction, education, The Fauquier Times welcomes letters to the editor from its readers as a forum for discussion and agricultural experts to assist lo- of local public affairs subjects. cal communities with the formation WRITE: Letters to the Editor of effective and efficient broadband 41 Culpeper Street utilities.” Rashid believes funding Warrenton, VA 20188 to solve the digital divide should be FAX: Editor 540-349-8676 provided to local municipalities and EMAIL: news@fauquier.com Letters must be signed by the writer. Messages counties, not big corporations. sent via email must say “Letter to the Editor” to Congressman Rashid will prodistinguish them from other messages not meant for publication. Include address and phone for vide the leadership and innovative verification (Not to be published.) Letters are subject ideas our district has lacked for to editing for clarity and length. Personal attacks more than a decade. I hope you will will not be published. Long letters from those with authority on a current issue may be treated join me in voting for Qasim Rashid special as a guest column (with photo requested). Due to on Nov. 3! volume, letters cannot be acknowledged. All letters
Rob Wittman has not delivered on broadband promises With Election Day two weeks away, the COVID induced reliance on virtual meetings and education has pushed broadband access to the forefront of our local races. Voters in Virginia’s 1st District have a decision to make. Do we reelect incumbent Rob Wittman, or vote for his challenger, human rights attorney, Qasim Rashid? Rob Wittman complains, “My opponent likes to besmirch my record, but broadband always has, and always will be, one of my top priorities.” My question for him, “What record?” While his office’s press releases sound impressive, prior to 2020 he had neither introduced, nor co-sponsored, any broadband-related legislation in Congress. He touts his position as co-chair of the Rural Broadband Caucus, yet in this post, his actions are limited to convening
meetings. In April of this year, he co-sponsored his first legislation addressing the long-standing need for expanded broadband coverage, H.R. 6456 Serving Rural America Act. Though currently in committee, if enacted, the bill would establish a grant program to expand broadband service. Representative Wittman has been in Congress for 13 years, yet a legislative search of his record on internet issues shows only the Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013. This leads me to conclude that either broadband hasn’t actually been a top priority during his 12 years in office, or he’s an incredibly ineffective legislator. Qasim Rashid, on the other hand, recognizes that old solutions of grants and loans have proven
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A look at presidential candidates’ records I support Donald Trump for president and wonder why more people of both parties do not appreciate his many accomplishments. In search for a reliable source that would state the truth about the good that Trump has achieved, I knew that Fox News would give a biased account favoring Trump and was surprised to find “A Fact-Checked List of Trump’s Accomplishments” in The New York Times. What better source could there be than the Democrat Party-supporting Times that has not backed a Republican for president since 1956 when they backed Eisenhower. Today they support Democrat Joe Biden.
In my letter to the editor in last week’s Fauquier Times I simply restated the facts that the left-leaning New York Times has validated by fact-checking Trump’s accomplishments. Read the entire article (https://www.nytimes. com/2020/09/11/opinion/fact-checktrump.html?searchResultPosition=1 ). The Times told the truth. What is the truth about Joe Biden’s record? For an answer to that question, go to “www.latimes.com/politics/ la-na-pol-biden-senate” to view Joe Biden’s record. The Los Angeles Times article says: • Biden opposed school busing for
desegregation in the 1970s. • He voted for a measure aimed at outlawing gay marriage in the 1990s. • He was an ally of the banking and credit card industry. • He chaired the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings that gave short shrift to the sexual harassment allegations raised by Anita Hill. • He backed crime legislation that many blamed for helping fuel an explosion in prison population. • He eulogized Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) who rose to prominence as a segregationist. • He backed the Iraq war. Biden has had to reverse his views on these issues in order to
Vote Cameron Webb for a solution to broadband Fauquier County has lacked widespread and consistent access to broadband for years, a problem also faced by other rural Virginia counties. But once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, our situation became critical. Schools were closed, and many students were unable to participate in remote learning. Doctors’ offices were closed and patients often were
I worked for Donald Trump For the last years of my career at a “Big Blue” computer company, I worked for Donald Trump. I railed against his unusual, and overly aggressive leadership style which seemed to fly in the face of one of IBM’s fundamental beliefs; “Respect for the Individual.” As an example, one day I walked into his office and said, “I know we discussed (some issue) yesterday but I have been thinking …” He cut me off saying “We decided this yesterday! Why are you in my office?” It would have been nice to try to “move on” but I was stuck in that department. My problem was that our department was the last piece of IBM left in Manassas following the sale of the division to Loral/Lockheed Martin. IBM retained us because we were working on a commercial project (Manassas mostly made “submarine SONAR” and still does). If I wanted to retire in a few years I had to gut it out or relocate – leaving Fauquier County, which I love. Trump made decisions so fast – and I did not think it was right. I generally wanted to think about big decisions more fully and over a few days. But after a while I realized that his rapid decisions were almost always right, incorrect de-
unable to use telemedicine. Businesses large and small were affected because their employees had problems connecting remotely. And many of us in semi-isolation did not have bandwidth for closer communication with friends through Zoom or other platforms. Dr. Cameron Webb understands that rural broadband access is critical to both the 5th cisions would very quickly become apparent and he would switch to the correct course, and his rapid decisions and aggressive leadership kept work moving. This was a big reason for our success in the internal competition with much larger and more bureaucratic organizations within IBM. We ended up working effectively together and we retired simultaneously in a few years. You figured it out and you are right – Donald Trump never worked for IBM. But my boss, the individual I described, was like him in so many ways that it would be hard to distinguish between them. A motto of IBM is “THINK,” and that admonition is printed on various items that are given to employees such as note pads and mementos. I encourage all voters to really THINK now. It is easy to evaluate someone based on personality and feelings. Personal dislike is a key reason many are planning to vote against Trump. However, when you consider what he has accomplished for us (yes even with the COVID situation), I think he is hard to vote against. The economy was booming and is coming back rapidly. He kept many afloat with unprecedented direct payments to individuals and businesses. He has pushed development of a COVID vaccine and therapies – this would not have
be in tune with today’s Democrat platform. I wonder just what he really believes, what does he actually stand for? For instance, what are his views on fracking? In an interview with Anderson Cooper he said he would not ban fracking but would be “transitioning from fracking.” Cooper said, “It sounds like you are trying to have it both ways.” Biden has flip-flopped on so many issues. As I said in my first letter to the editor, look at what both have accomplished, what both stand for and vote for the one who has helped America grow. Also, keep America united: pray for the one who becomes president.
AUBREY SMITH Broad Run
District and across the country. His opponent, Bob Good, on the other hand, has zero mention of broadband on his website or apparently, elsewhere. We need Dr. Cameron Webb in Congress to work for a solution for expanded broadband through the FCC Connect America Fund and USDA’s ReConnect Program. Please elect him to represent us.
MIRIAM ANVER Rectortown
happened without his aggressive leadership. He unleashed the military and our allies to destroy ISIS. He has Israel and Arab nations making treaties and talking. He has made significant improvements to the Veterans Association. He has NATO allies paying a fairer share and has stood up to China. He has put America first. He says what he thinks. He has been subjected to the most unfair media coverage because the media hate him, not to mention the totally discredited “Russia Gate” thing and impeachment that they pushed daily in the news. He is called a racist but is not a racist. Did you ever Google that statement about “good people on both sides at Charlottesville?” Look for the 16:54 CBS covered news conference on YouTube. See how out of context the left’s characterization of it was. He said the exact opposite. He got criminal justice reform passed and Black and Hispanic unemployment was at the lowest level ever. As you may deduce from my description of my “Trump-like” boss – he was not my favorite person. I learned to respect him and work with him. He was an effective leader, as is Donald Trump. THINK! PETER POPOVICH Broad Run
Look deeper at President Trump’s record Removing statues removes our history In his Oct. 7 letter, Aubrey Smith noted the list of President [Donald] Trump's accomplishments from the New York Times [NY Times lists president’s accomplishments]. I would suggest that readers also look up online: • Trump administration accomplishments in life, family and religious freedom • Liberty Counsel the accomplishments of President Trump • Trump administration accomplishments President Trump has accomplished more than any president
ever, for the benefit of us all! He works 20 hours a day, every day, and contributes his salary to various charities. I ask that you pay attention to all he has done for the poor and the Black, Asian and Hispanic communities. I am a registered Democrat and am ashamed of their ongoing attacks on President Trump, even before he took office. He loves this country and has given it the greatest economy ever, and he can do it again!
JUDY JONES The Plains
The following was written, according to the author, “tongue in cheek.” Why don’t we just pay reparations and take down all monuments: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln (no, he didn’t own slaves – but he was a Republican), and then replace all those monuments and all those statues, and change the names of all military bases, airports,
schools, buildings, heritage markers, highways, roads, avenues, streets, lanes. We could then completely erase our American history, have all our sins forgiven, and begin again with a new history of America in 2021.
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NO RUNNING, NO HITTING, BUT IT’S FOOTBALL Northwestern District schools link up in 7-on-7 fall passing leagues By Peter Brewington
The presence of 7-on-7 football leagues is bringing relief to some local football programs in the Class 3 and 4 Northwestern District. Because it’s a passing league, linemen don’t play, but still, “It’s phenomenal,” said Fauquier High coach Karl Buckwalter.
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Who says there’s no high school football this fall? Thanks to the presence of a 7-on7 passing league, Fauquier and Liberty went toe-to-toe last Saturday morning in a renewal of their ageold rivalry. Fauquier led most of the game before Liberty pulled out a 33-29 victory with the game over in about an hour. While the result mattered, the bigger news is the presence of football, made possible by the impetus of the three Fauquier County high school activities directors, who found an outlet for their kids and coaches this fall. “We’re ecstatic the kids get to play. We can work on our stuff,” said Fauquier coach Karl Buckwalter. “We’re not trying to play gadget defenses or do things just to win the passing league. We’re working on our stuff and our coverages. We’re changing coverages and it’s being filmed.” The six-school league began Sept. 23 and runs until Nov. 7 when a postseason tournament will be held at Liberty. The league consists of separate “A” and “B” and teams from FHS, LHS, Kettle Run, Culpeper County, Skyline and Warren County high schools. There are also four “C” squads consisting of freshman and eighth grade teams, one each at FHS, LHS, Kettle Run and Warren County. Elsewhere, three other Winchester-area Northwestern District teams – Mllbrook, Sherando and James Wood – are competing in a six-week 7-on-7 league sponsored by Frederick County Parks & Recreation. Unity Reed activities director Kevin Turner was not aware of any Prince William County schools encouraging participation in 7-on-7 leagues, but wouldn’t be surprised if some players were playing somewhere. Fauquier County coaches and officials emphasize their league is being run by an AAU program called Team Virginia Athletics, and is not a formal high school league. “You have to be a member of a high school team, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the high school. It’s an AAU team paying to use our fields,” said Kettle Run activities director Paul Frye. Players registered with Team Virginia Athletics and paid a $60 fee to join. “There are rosters that are turned into the ADs everyday from the schools,” said Fauquier AD Mark Ott. “Those rosters have to match up with who registered for the league. You can’t add kids part of the way through. It’s only the kids who originally signed up.” They’re using only Liberty, Fauquier and Kettle Run as venues. They play on a condensed field of
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40 yards with the regular end zone used. No pads are worn and play is one-hand touch. There’s no contact and the ball is only advanced by passing. They play 20-minute halves with a running clock. The rules are intriguing. Defenses can score points by stopping the offense from getting a first down or producing a turnover. The league employs the officials used in the regular season. “They’re having their football fix and we’re having our football fix. It’s well-run. Kudos to the three athletic directors,” said Fauquier’s Buckwalter. Frye said COVID-19 safety practices are an important part of the league. “There were other private leagues doing it. We didn’t really like the way they were being run with the protocols they had in place,” Frye said. “But our kids wanted something to do, and we weren’t going to allow our coaches to encourage them to go down there.” Seven-on-7 passing leagues are normally played in the summer before fall football, but with the Virginia High School League (VHSL) pushing the fall sports season to late winter, there was a void. Liberty coach Travis Buzzo said the league is a huge boost to his players’ self-esteem. “Even if this league does not help them get better, at least it helps them get out there and have fun. This (pandemic) has been tough on the kids. When we came back (to workouts) in July, most of the kids were struggling mentally,” said Buzzo. Buckwalter says safety protocols are being enforced. When players come to a game, they wear a mask as they approach a coach, who screens them by asking a series of questions. A player’s temperature is taken, then they can enter the stadium. When the game is over, they leave via a different direction. The league is helping coaches get their skill players real action, which has been elusive since the pandemic hit. Until this week football players could only work out in pods of ten, with no formal practice. With between 60 to 85 football players working out, Buzzo said Liberty is often on the field from 3:45 to 7 p.m., getting everyone in. On Tuesday, guidelines loosened up, allowing for pod size to grow to 30 players and coaches combined for workouts.
Buckwalter said he’s carrying 17 players on the “A” team, 17 on “B” and 15 or so on the youth team. The top team consists of most of his projected starting receivers and secondary, with chances for players to move up or down between teams. “We’re using all the kids to see how they react. It’s competition for our team. The kids want jobs,” said Buckwalter. Buzzo is using 13 players each on two of his teams, and 11 on the other. “It’s returning starters and seniors on the A team. Our B team is sophomores and some juniors not on
the team last year, or not projected starters. Our C team is eighth and ninth graders,” he said. Because teams cannot safely huddle under pandemic protocols, coaches cannot mingle in the huddles like a normal 7-on-7 summer league. Last Saturday’s FHS-LHS game was played at 11 a.m. on a sunny, crisp 50-degree morning. While it didn’t have the importance of their regular season Bird Bowl matchup, the game was certainly a preview for the upcoming season with two of the Northwestern District’s top returning quarterbacks in Liberty’s Dylan Bailey and Fauquier’s J.T. Diehl on display. “I was not very excited. They jumped on us quick. It was under two minutes when we took our first lead of the game,” said Buzzo. “The kids get after it. There’s no casualness with any of the teams. They want to win, the coaches want to win. But you have to keep it in perspective, it’s touch football,” said Buckwalter. Liberty’s “A” team is 5-1, with its lone loss to Kettle Run. Fauquier’s “A” team 4-2, with both losses to Liberty.
Fauquier’s new turf field should be finished soon By Fred Hodge
Special to the Times
Work to retrofit the former tennis courts above Falcon Field to a practice field is nearing completion at Fauquier High. The contractor has installed the artificial turf atop the compacted rock dust base. The new fencing, however, must be erected before the more than 29,000-square foot facility will be available, emphasized Mark Ott, Fauquier’s director of student activities. An invitation-only opening ceremony will be held in November. All the Falcons’ outdoor sports have experienced numerous canceled practices during the prolonged periods of wet weather in recent years. Many of those missed sessions came with games scheduled for the next day. Now, there will be a safe surface for conducting practices. The Fauquier marching band, physical education classes and other school groups also will benefit. Ott has said the facility may be rented to community organizations to help fund maintenance. Last spring, the Falcon softball unit rarely was able to use its home field for preseason practices due incessant rains and poor drainage in spots. Fauquier has a significant edge over all other teams in the area with
covered batting cages. However, other aspects of softball ideally require a field for work that cannot be done adequately in the gymnasium. “Having turf as a base to practice is huge. It’s definitely going to help us,” predicted Fauquier’s softball coach Erika Lamper. “We could do all our throwing, field work and pitching catching up there. We technically could do a full size infield,” she continued, with the squad then adjourning to its field for hitting drills. Lamper pointed out the new area will open up space and time for teams who need the gym floor. “That (new) field is huge,” she said, noting multiple teams may use it concurrently depending on their needs. “It’s a good thing for the entire school.” FHS girls lacrosse coach Ken McInnis said the new field will be a huge asset, especially with the revised Virginia High School League calendar creating an overlap with field hockey and lacrosse using the same regular practice fields for up to three weeks. “The turf field will definitely be needed. It doesn’t take much rain to turn our practice field into a swamp,” McInnis lamented. “That new field will have a wonderful impact on all sports and provide us with a way to practice after heavy rains besides the gym.”
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Mercouer, no. 3, returns to defend his Steeplethon title at Saturday’s Intermational Gold Cup. The gray French-bred won the cross-country race at the Virginia Gold Cup meet held in June. The Steeplethon is a Great Meadow signature event, 3 miles over a variety of fences, including timber, brush, this bank obstacle and a water splash.
International Gold Cup live-stream runs Saturday Tailgating for the International Gold Cup will look familiar this Saturday, familiar because it’ll have to be in your own backyard. Like the eight other steeplechase meets held, or planned, on the American circuit since COVID-19 shut down spectator sports, the Oct. 24 Gold Cup will be conducted behind closed doors, attendance limited to active participants and essential personnel. Still, race fans can catch all the action
from the Great Meadow racecourse via free live-stream production production that will be shown online nonstop through the afternoon. The first of 11 races begins at noon at the events center near The Plains, the overfilled program featuring races over timber, hurdles, cross-country steeplethon course and on the turf. Log onto nationalsteeplechase.com to follow the live stream and for complete entries.
CELEBRITY WINS $10K ARENA POLO CHALLENGE The National Arena Challenge Cup showcased 6-goal polo action last week in The Plains, with Celebrity Cruises/Hotels at Sea – Tareq Salahi, Matthew Potter and John Gobin, stunning Mystique Jewelers (Christopher Holder, Kelly Wells and Brennan Wells) in Saturday’s finals. Celebrity fought back from a six-goal deficit at the half, with pro anchor Gobin turning in a high-scoring performance to grab the 13-11 win. With 9 goals scored, Brennan Wells was voted Most Valuable Player. A full recap is at uspolo.org.
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Plenty of room plus high-speed internet in Warrenton Welcome home to this lovely home in Grapewood Estates. There is plenty of room for everyone with five bedrooms and three full baths. The open-concept living room and dining room combination has cathedral ceilings and is great for gathering. This home boasts three bedrooms and two full baths on the upper level and two bedrooms and one full bath on the lower level along with a family room with a fireplace. There is a laundry room with a storage area, laminate flooring, stainless-steel appliances, a large upper-level deck, a new roof (2020) and a
new heating and air-conditioning system (2017). This home has high-speed internet, which is great for kids doing virtual learning and parents who are working from home. Don’t miss this opportunity to be in Fauquier County’s Kettle Run High School district with highspeed internet. The home is located at 4361 Grapewood Drive in Warrenton and listed for $425,000. Beth Kramer 571-220-2662 bkramer@c21nm.com
We are pledged to the letter and spirit of Virginia’s policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the Commonwealth. We encourage and support advertising and marketing programs in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, age, familial status, or national origin. All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Virginia and federal fair housing laws, which make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or elderliness, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. For more information or to file a housing complaint, call the Virginia Fair Housing office at 804-367-8530 or toll-free at 888-551-3247. For the hearing impaired, call 804-367-9753. EMAIL: fairhousing@dpor.virginia.gov WEBSITE: dpor.virginia.gov/fairhousing
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Three testify against woman accused in slaying of Kelly Gray ACCUSED, from page 8 Embreys’ car. Maria Embrey said she did not know whether Glascock carried anything out of the apartment. “I did hear [Glascock] say, ‘I f---- her up,’” after returning to the car, Maria Embrey testified. Glascock and the Embreys then traveled back to the Marshall parking lot where Glascock had left her car. Maria Embrey testified that at this point that Glascock asked the Embreys to drive to Glascock’s Linden home to let Glascock’s dogs outside. Driving separately, Glascock made it back to the Linden residence before the Embreys. Both Embreys went inside Glascock’s home, where Maria Embrey used the bathroom. When Maria Embrey was in the bathroom, “Mel-
ody [Glascock] came in and asked if there was blood on [Glascock],” Maria Embrey testified. Glascock told Maria Embrey that the woman in the romantic relationship with the Grays had called Glascock a few minutes before, Maria Embrey said, adding Glascock said she (Glascock) “killed that b-----.”
‘I found Kelly lying on the ground’
On June 18, Kelly Gray’s husband testified, he arrived home from work about 5:30 p.m.. He left the apartment about 6:45 p.m. to go run errands in Bealeton, leaving Kelly Gray, along with the woman with whom the couple were romantically involved, in the apartment. He left the door to the apartment unlocked -- as was normal -- he said. He was away from the apartment
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for “maybe 20 minutes,” he said. When he returned, he “found Kelly lying on the ground at the entrance of our bedroom.” Kelly Gray did not have a pulse – “it wasn’t anything” – and said he saw “multiple wounds on her” and “quite a bit of blood.” He said he tried to resuscitate her, having received some first aid training previously. About the same time, he called 911 and then called the woman with whom he and his wife were romantically involved.
Under cross examination, Glascock’s defense attorney pressed Kelly Gray’s husband on why the husband called the woman in addition to 911, a line of questioning that seemed intended to cast doubt on the husband’s motives. Williams even suggested the husband called the woman before calling 911, a claim the husband quickly contradicted. Reach Coy Ferrell at cferrell@ fauquier.com
New details emerge about Jan. 8 murder of Fabian Sosa MURDER, from page 10 presence at the townhouse. On Jan. 11, Tucker and Staples drove from Detroit to a Pennsylvania mall to collect Race. After leaving the mall, their car was stopped by a police officer for a traffic violation and the three were arrested for possession of marijuana. On Jan. 13, Denham and Race were charged in connection with the murder. The next day, Staples and Tucker were charged. Golden was arrested Jan. 16 and Ogburn was arrested Jan. 19; both were apprehended in Michigan. Sentencing for Golden will take place on Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. His attorney,
Marc Williams, said he was going to arrange for a psychological evaluation of his client before sentencing. Race will appear in Fauquier Circuit Court for sentencing on Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. The sentencing hearing for Staples will take place Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. Ogburn is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. Sentencing guidelines for the murder charge require 20 years to life in prison; the conspiracy to commit robbery charge guidelines indicate a sentence of one to 10 years in prison, or up to 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine, depending on the judge’s discretion.
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These property transfers, filed Oct. 8-14, 2020 were provided by Clerk of the Court of Fauquier County. (Please note that to conserve space, only the first person named as the grantor or grantee is listed. The kind of instrument is a deed unless stated otherwise.) Top Dollar Deal: $3,272,973 in Scott District Cedar Run District Kristen Bourque to Cary A. Rodrigues, 9274 Prospect Avenue, Catlett. $359,900 Anthony M. Piselli to Garret S. Hennig, 0.2358 acre, 0.1694 acre, 0.3877 acre and 0.4539 acre on Rogues Road nr. Warrenton. $422,500 Bruce Knight to Robert Allen McPherson, 8117 Overlook court, Catlett. $450,000 Alma Linda Devs James to Thomas G. James, 6.0647 acres at 12209 Baines Corner Road, Bealeton. $120,000 Caliber Home Builder Inc. to Jonathan Ragan, 2.2295 acres at 5116 Evergreen Trail, Warrenton. $378,402 Ann Mary Soulant Joliet to Jessica Wilfong, 11588 Yeats Drive, Catlett. $385,000 Lee District Red Maple Properties LLC to Michael K. Tait, 6.462 acres on James Madison Hwy. at
Kings Hill Road. $220,000 Daniel A. Albrecht to Marco Antonio Tanchez, 1.7041 acres at 7000 Folkstone Lane nr. Remington. $375,000 Center District Harbor Lights Capital Partners LLC to Michael T. Piro, 0.4838 acre at 7250 Airlie Road, Warrenton/Bethel. $455,000 Ronald A. Bryant Jr. to Nathan Weber, 226 Hidden Creek Lane, Warrenton. $515,000 Scott District Thomas J. Gay to Dennis E. Maslanka, 6835 Averbach Court nr. Warrenton. $551,000 Lakeside Homes LLC to Lawrence C. Fan, 0.2381 acre at 4849 Point Road nr. Warrenton. $699,000 Stevie Knutson to Christopher W. Snead, 2.35 acres at 4103 Bull Run Mountain Road, The Plains. $575,000 Joshua L. Serene to Joven Malazo, 5226
Graystone Road nr. Warrenton. $470,000 Roberto Alexis Rodriguez to Lawrence Deihle, 1.79345 acres at 6326 John Mosby Hwy. nr Middleburg. $900,000 Surrey House LLC to Mike Gagin, 3.7347 acres at 6375 Emerson Lane nr. Warrenton. $405,000 James Kevin Swain to Norbert Michael Schweinberg, 5560 Angus Hill Drive nr. Warrenton. $590,000 Keri Aileen Stephens to James K. Swain, 4485 Spring Run Road nr. Warrenton. $814,900 Clinton B. Mullen to Susan D. Shiff, Unit 45, 6719 Stream View Lane nr. Warrenton. $400,000 Jason Buhl to Austin Paul Skelton, 0.7240 acre at 7264 Twilight Court nr. Warrenton. $460,000 Oz LLC to Dakota Ridge LLC, Far Hill,
209.8059 acres on Logan’s Mill Road and Labrador Lane, The Plains. $3,272,973 Daniel Ian Wells to Walter Carranza, 0.5043 acre at 7058 Gray’s Mill Road, Warrenton. $295,000 Marshall District The View LLC to Charles Cross, 9 acres on Lees Ridge Road, Warrenton. $850,000 Mary G. Correia to Manuel Calvito, 0.4461 acre at 9162 John S. Mosby Hwy., Upperville. $446,000 Nancy Renee Bainum to Daniel Uhlenkott, approximately 52 acres at 14284 Hume Road SW of Linden. $725,000 Sean J. Tierney to Joshua Merrell, 0.3415 acre at 4133 Winchester Road. $375,000 17/66 LLC to John F. Armstrong III, 15.1394 acres on Whiting Road, Marshall. $2,000,000
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OBITUARIES Thomas Milton Robinson Thomas Milton Robinson, age 77, passed away on October 10, 2020, while in the hospital. Tommy was born in Warrenton, VA on June 16, 1943, son to the late Percy and Dora Robinson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Macel, and his granddaughter, Peyton. He leaves behind his sons, Eric Robinson and Sean Rogers Robinson (Chris). His daughters, Bridget Robinson (Rob)and Kristi Waters Hernandez (Ramon). His grandchildren, Kayla, Sarah, RJ, Andrew, Zach, Madyson, and Chance. His sister, Rebecca Ginger Robinson Lloyd (John). His nieces, Angela Lloyd Driver (Dave), Jennifer Lloyd Hawley (Mike), and Karen Lloyd Brownlie (Scott). His stepdaughters, Tracy Welch, Dee Vest, and Karen Williams. Tommy graduated from Warrenton High School. He was employed at the A&P in Warrenton until retirement. After retirement, he moved to Reedville to enjoy life on the Bay with his wife, Macel. He was an avid Washington Redskins fan and enjoyed all sports. He loved playing his guitar and harmonica writing songs about his wife. God has called him home to be with the love of his life, Macel. At his request, no service will be held.
Mary Margaret Byergo Mary Margaret Byergo passed peacefully at her home in Warrenton Virginia on October 9, 2020. She was born in Maryville, Missouri on October 26, 1930, the daughter of the late Austin Gregory Felton and Eva Margaret Felton. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Keith Morris Byergo. They were high school sweethearts, married December 23, 1950. Mary Margaret is also survived by her three daughters Elaine Margaret Byergo and her husband, John Burghardt; Madalyn Barbara White and her husband, David White; and Laura Gay Byergo and her husband, Mark Willis; and four grandchildren Megan White, Chris White, Nora Burghardt and Keith Burghardt. After earning her B.S. degree in Home Economics from the University of Missouri Mary Margaret joined her new husband Keith in California where he was serving in the United State Air Force for 3 years. Returning to Missouri, she taught High school Home Economics for several years before the two of them decided to go see the world with their three daughters. Keith joined the Agency for International Development and in February 1960 they took their first international flight to Iran and spent 15 happy years in the Middle East and Asia. Loving adventure and travel, Mary Margaret was always curious about exploring another country. She made a true home for her family in each posting telling her daughters, “Every posting is what you make of it.” She said that about life too. She managed the family farms in Missouri, Iowa, and Wyoming, from around the world. When the family came home to the United States and settled in Virginia she found her passion raising, training and competing Arabian horses. One of her proudest achievements was successfully raising a set of Arabian twin foals, a rare feat. She served as the Field Master of the Pohick Hunt in Virginia for several years. In her Fifties she began competing in 100 mile endurance trail riding, completing dozens of 100 mile races. In 1990 she competed in the World Equestrian Games as a member of the United States Endurance Team in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a lifelong member of PEO, a Sorority Sister of Alpha Gama Delta, and a member of the Warrenton antiquarians. She is deeply missed and remembered by friends and family for her strong spirit, keen wit, and the firm support she gave each of us to be true to ourselves. A private family graveside service was held October 14, 2020 at the Little Georgetown Cemetery. A public celebration of her life will be scheduled in the spring.
John Edward “Jack” Dunlop, Jr. John Edward “Jack” Dunlop, Jr., 84 of Warrenton, VA passed away on October 15, 2020 at his home. He was born on July 14, 1936 in Somerville, Massachusetts a son of the late John E. Dunlop, Sr. and Catherine Powers Dunlop. Jack was a graduated from Norwich University in 1958. He began his military service with the U. S. Army and retired as a Major. He then worked as a consultant with BDM and then worked for the Fauquier County Extension Office. Active in his community, Jack was a member of the Bealeton-Remington Ruritan Club, Literacy Volunteers of Fauquier County and enjoyed service with Bethel Computers for Education repairing computers for use for educational purposes. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Pat Dunlop; his children, Catherine Starbird and James Douglas Dunlop both of Warrenton; his sister, Mary Catherine Dunlop, Saugus, MA; one grandchild, Austin Edward Starbird, III. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 10:00 AM at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Warrenton. Graveside services with military honors will be held on Monday, Oct. 26 at 12:30 PM at Quantico National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.
Barbara Marlene Zyla Barbara Marlene Zyla, 65, of Warrenton, Virginia passed away peacefully on October 13, 2020, at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. after a long, courageous battle against cancer and liver disease. She was born May 7, 1955, in Shirley, Massachusetts to the late Clifford H. Putnam and Muriel A. Putnam. Mrs. Zyla was a graduate of Fauquier High School and lived in Warrenton with her family for nearly 40 years. Her late father was a U.S. Army veteran of 28 years who served in WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts before settling in Warrenton. While growing up, Barbara, her parents, and Barbara’s sister Betty, lived in many parts of the United States, including California, Washington state, Texas, and Alaska. While living in Alaska, her family survived the 1964 magnitude 9.2 Good Friday earthquake that devastated Anchorage. Mrs. Zyla was a dedicated federal government worker, who diligently served the nation and the federal government for 47 years. Barbara was a loving spouse and mother, as well as a faithful friend of numerous co-workers and mentor to many people she supervised during her years of federal service. Barbara is survived by her husband of 44 years, Theodore E. Zyla, and her sister, Betty Pilcher, both of Warrenton; two sons, David T. Zyla (Stefanie) of Fairfax, and Daniel B. Zyla (Brittany Owen) of Daytona Beach, Florida; two nephews, Brad P. Pilcher, and Jason A. Pilcher (Elaina); great nephews Kadin and Mason; and great niece Alexa. At her request, a private internment will take place at Stonewall Memorial Gardens near the Manassas National Battlefield Park. Memorial contributions may be made to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007. Online condolences may be given at www.moserfuneralhome.com
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OBITUARIES T.J. (Tim) Mullins, Jr. 10/26/89 - 10/23/10 Hard to believe it has been 10 years since we lost you. Life will never be the same until we are all together again. Thank you for the strength you give us each day. Wishing you a Happy 31st Birthday in Heaven! Until we meet again, rest easy! Until we meet again, rest easy! Love you always, Dad, Mom & Tyler
Gerald L. Purucker (Jerry) Gerald L. Purucker (Jerry) passed away on October 14, 2020, at UVA Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, after a long battle with cancers. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who loved to spoil his grandchildren. Jerry spent many years serving his country that he loved. He loved to camp, fish, and enjoy times with his family and friends, and was always there to help them when needed. He was predeceased by his parents, Glen and Martha Purucker, and a sister, Margaret Wilson (Niles, MI). He is survived by his wife, Dina, of 51 years, and two children and their spouses, Daniel Purucker and Sandra Fanzo (Purucker), and four beautiful granddaughters. He also had two brothers and four other sisters, Duane Purucker (Niles, MI) Jim Purucker (Niles, MI) , and Lois Burks (Buchanan, MI) , Beverly Tucker (Niles, MI), Linda Lee (Ocala, FL) and Judy Haney (Niles, MI). There will be a private local, immediate family Memorial Service, including a viewing and prayers at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton, VA. This is due to COVID. He will then be cremated. A Celebration of Life Reception for Jerry will be held in late spring or early summer in Warrenton, VA, for his family, friends, and coworkers. Donations of Flowers can be sent to Moser Funeral Home or donations to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will be appreciated. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, P. O. Box 98011, Washington, DC 20077-7020
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Priscilla Ann Staples Priscilla Ann Staples, 82 of Stephens City, VA passed away on October 12, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center. She was born on September 24, 1938 at Catlett, VA a daughter of the late Stewart W. Shifflett and Beulah Breeden Shifflett. Mrs. Staples was a devout Christian teaching Sunday School classes during her husband’s service as a Church of the Nazarene pastor. She and her husband lived overseas and domestically working for the federal government. For a time they lived in Culpeper where she worked as a receptionist at the Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community and she and her husband enjoyed Senior Citizen’s Bowling Leagues in Culpeper and Front Royal. She worked as a secretary at Calvary Episcopal Church in Front Royal. Since moving to Stephens City, she attended Macedonia United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Rev. John E. Staples, Jr.; two sons, Brian A. Staples (Laura) and Ronald W. Staples (Anita); and four grandchildren, Lily and Maggie Staples and Scott and Andrew Staples. The family received friends on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton, VA. Following, a procession will leave for Catlett Cemetery where a graveside service began at 11:00 AM. Rev. Barbara Jamison conducted the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.
Pinkie Lou Hensley, age 90, went to be with the Lord and her beloved predeceased husband of 54 years Wilmer Hensley on October 12, 2020 in Manassas, VA. She is survived by her two daughters, Lois Marie Edmiston (Charlie) and Loretta Ann Travis (Michael); two sons, Michael Hensley and Robert Kauchuk; two sisters, Bonnie Alderman and Dorothy Wampler; cherished by six grandchildren, eleven greatgrandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Over the course of more than 25 years, Pinkie cared for 324 foster children. She was known for her big heart, enduring love of God and had so very many dear friends. She loved traveling to visit friends and family, shopping, cooking and a good family party! Inurnment will be private at Stonewall Memory Gardens and a celebration of life with be held at a later date due to COVID-19 concerns. Condolences may be sent to: www.piercefh.com
Jane Brookshire Jane Brookshire, age 88 passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Woods Cove Assisted Living in Front Royal, VA. She was born on October 9, 1932 in Franklin, North Carolina to the late Lawrence and Pearl Ledbetter. Jane was a retired bookkeeper and accountant for Fairfax County Public Schools. She and her husband lived on Guinea Road in Fairfax, Virginia. Predeceased by her parents, husband: Harold Brookshire and son: Douglas Brookshire, as well as brother: Max Ledbetter and sister: Geneva Stanfield. Survivors include two sons: Dale Brookshire and wife Eileen; and David Brookshire; grandchildren: Devon Saunders and husband Jay, Cody Brookshire and wife Cara, Nora Hunter and husband Zach; and Haley Brookshire and Patrick Snyder; great grandchildren: Jadyn Saunders, Bentley Hunter, Lilly Hunter, Christopher Meyers, Carter Brookshire, Charlee Brookshire, Faith Snyder, Gilbert Snyder and Paisley Snyder; siblings: Larry Ledbetter, Charles Ledbetter and Kathy Hurst. The family will receive friends on Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 10-11:00 AM at Pierce Funeral Home, 9609 Center Street, Manassas, VA with a service to begin at 11:00 AM with Pastor Gary Maines officiating. Interment to follow at Stonewall Memory Gardens, Manassas, VA. Condolences may be sent to: www.piercefh.com
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OBITUARIES Franklin Miller Jones Franklin Miller Jones, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at his home in Nokesville, VA. He was born on October 20, 1933 in Virginia to the late Charles Price and Betsy (Kincer) Jones. Frank was a larger than life man, not only in his physical stature, but the love he had shown to his wife, children, grandchildren, friends, down to the animals, and the earth he tended to. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, growing his garden and taking a nap in his hammock. He was a hardworking man until the very end and his legacy will be passed down for generations to come. Predeceased by his parents; eight siblings: Edna May Wray, Mable Earhart, Virginia Earhart, Alliene Landis, Ruby Clemens, Fred Jones, George Jones and Jerald Jones; one son: Stevie Jones and one grandson: Joshua Natoli. Survivors include his loving wife of 68 years, Joyce; three children: Cindy Stevens (Ronnie), Sheila Natoli (Dale) and Mark Jones (Kelly); one brother: Charles Jones (Tootie); three sisters: Geraldine Vance, Anna Pearl Schaffer and Betty Wright; Eight grandchildren: Susan Batcheler, Jeremiah Stevens, Niki Riley, Ambur Queen, Aaron Natoli, Dustin Natoli and Dalton Jones; five great grandchildren: Ashtyn Stevens, Joshua Stevens, Gavin Riley and McKenzie Riley, Logan Natoli; one great great grandchild: Asher Luke Graham. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 1:30 PM at Pierce Funeral Home, 9609 Center Street, Manassas, VA. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of flowers or you may donate to: Farm Aid, 501 Cambridge St., Third Floor, Cambridge MA 02141 in loving memory of Franklin M. Jones. Condolences may be sent to: www.piercefh.com
Major Robert Warner, Sr. Major Robert Warner, Sr., 88, of Warrenton, VA, formerly of Markham, VA, passed October 7, 2020. He was born on September 18, 1932. He was a member, deacon and trustee at Beulah Baptist Church, Markham, VA. Major is survived by two sons: Major R. (Lisa) Warner, Jr. of Delaplane, VA, Mark A Warner of Manassas, VA; three daughters: Doreen Virginia (Mark) Lewis of Markham, VA, Joann (Bruce) Haley of Linden, VA, Josephine I. Warner of Warrenton, VA; five sisters: Marie Jones of Washington, DC, Doris Jackson, Florence Baltimore and Margaret Warner all of Belle Meade, VA, Pauline Harris of Front Royal, VA; three brothers: Channing Warner of Strasburg, VA, Theodore and Harrison Warner of Belle Meade, VA; 7 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren. A graveside service was held Saturday, October 17, 2020, at 1 pm at Mt. Morris Community Cemetery, 5342 Leeds Manor Road, Hume, VA, 22639. Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Smith officiated and Rev. James Hughson will delivered the eulogy. Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com
Helen K. Tsutras Helen K. Tsutras, 89, of Gainesville, Virginia, returned home to be reunited with her parents, and her husband Frank, on early Sunday morning, October 11th, 2020. After several weeks at Fairfax INOVA Hospital, she was transferred to Lake Manassas Rehabilitation Center in Gainesville, Virginia following 3 procedures to correct complications due to Pancreatic cancer. She was unable to recover and passed away quietly in her sleep. Helen was born on December 2nd, 1930 in Roanoke, Virginia to Athanasios and Ekaterini Kouros. After coming to America from their native Greece, they settled in Roanoke and raised Helen as an only child. She attended grade school, high school, and business school in Roanoke. Helen met Frank at a young age, and by their mid 20’s, they married and moved to Morgantown, West Virginia so that Frank could complete his term at University. Helen worked as a Dental Assistant in Morgantown during their stay there. They then moved to Frank’s hometown of Williamson, West Virginia, where they lived until 1965. Frank was in the Air Force and Helen was raising their son Dean Frank Tsutras who had been born in 1957. In 1965, Frank took a job on Capitol Hill and they all moved to Alexandria, Virginia where Frank and Helen became deeply involved with the St. Katherine’s Greek Orthodox Church community for decades. Helen was President of The Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, and sang for many years in the Church Choir. Many consider her to be a 2nd or surrogate Mother to them. She was caring and loving to all, her entire life. After Frank retired from the House of Representatives, they moved to Williamsburg, Virginia where they stayed for 20 years. Helen had so many friends in Northern Virginia and in Williamsburg. 5 years ago they returned back to Northern Virginia and settled in Prince William County. Frank passed last Thanksgiving, and Helen lived with her son Dean and his wife Maria for the remainder of her life. Helen was an only child, a loving wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother. She is survived by her son Dean, his Wife Maria (Gainesville, VA), Granddaughter Alenah Riffle and her husband Grant Riffle (Nokesville, VA), Grandson Tino Tsutras (Atlanta, GA), Great Granddaughter Sofiah Riffle, and two step Great-Grandchildren Ethan Riffle, and Tyler Riffle, all of Nokesville, VA. The viewing was held on Thursday, October 15th, from 6:00-8:00 pm, at Pierce Funeral Home, 9609 Center Street in Manassas, VA. The funeral service began at 11:00 am, Friday, October 16th, at St. Katherine’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3149 Glen Carlyn Rd., Falls Church, VA. The interment and graveside services were held at 10am on Saturday October 17th, one day following the funeral service, at Stonewall Memory Gardens in Manassas, VA, US. Route 29 (inside Manassas National Battlefield Park, between Centreville and Gainesville). In lieu of flowers, the family asks that a donation be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Special thanks to the staff and caregivers at Lake Manassas Rehabilitation Center in Gainesville, VA for their dedication and compassion during Helen’s post-surgical treatment. Also, thank you to Pierce Funeral Home for their courteous and compassionate care of both Helen and Frank Tsutras in the last year. We thank our family, extended family, and many friends for their support during this difficult time.
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220 Equipment John Deere 850. Looks and runs like new. 1580 hrs. Front suitcase weights & fluid in rear tires. Asking $5,400. Located in Winchester. Larry at 540-336-8807. Metal farm/field gates. Sizes: 1-8ft $50, 7-12ft $70 ea, 2-16ft $110 ea. Very good condition. All for $750. Leave a m e s s a g e a t 703-303-1208.
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Black CD tower holds 65 CDs, light with dimmer 40.00 Call or text 540-812-5261 Stairlift - Bruno Elan Model SRE 3050, purchased Oct. 2019 used less than 10 times. 300 lb. cap, easy to install. Warrenton, $2500 OBO. Call or text978413-1839
English Saddle Vintage Steuben. 16 1/2“. Balanced seat. All leather. Very good cond. Folding saddle rack, one saddle pad, & padded, zip-up saddle carry bag included. $250 firm. (most online comps priced at $350.00 and up) Please leave a message at 703-303-1208.
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3124 Beulah Rd, at Beulah Baptist Church, Markham VA will have a food pantry on 1:30pm-3pm Please contact Cecelia Williams at 540.364.2428. Church number 540.364.2626.
Announcements Homeschoolers of Bealeton (HOB) is a support system for homeschooling families located in Bealeton, Virginia and serving Fauquier County and the surrounding areas. Members are invited to share their ideas, events, achievements, support, encouragement and resources. Fill out our membership request by following this link: https://www. homeschool-life.com/2176/signup
FREE PICKUP of anything wanted out if 4000sq foot Morton building. Saturday, 10/21; 8-noon. 8632 Meetze Road, Warrenton VA 20187. Everything free. You Haul. There are old appliances, exercise equipment, materials. Business
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Two female 8 week old puppies. Small mixed breed (Jack Russel, Chihuahua, Pomeranian and dachshund) Please call or text Beth @ 540-812-6640 Cost $200.00 each Business
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605 Automobiles - Domestic 2006 Dodge Magnum 86,000 miles, runs great, clean interior. Warrenton. $3000 /OBO Call or text 978-413-1839 2007 Honda Civic, 2 Door, 5 speed,Less than 135K miles. Asking $4500 or Best Offer. Call or text (505) 350-4405 2009 Nissan Murano SL AWD. 1 owner; no accidents. Good cond. Runs great. call or text 540.905.5914 or 540.905.2175. $7,500 OBO 2017 Ford SE Hybrid w/ 30,300 mls. $17,200 obo. 1 owner , no accidents, maintained by dealer, records avail. Excel cond, Call 540-905-3669.
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Auctions PUBLIC AUCTION ONLINE WARRENTON MINI STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION
Warrenton Mini Storage, wishing to avail themselves of the provisions under the VA Code Sec. 55-419 Virginia Self Storage Act, hereby gives advertisement of the sale under said act to wit; On October 29, 2020 at 11:00 AM will conduct a public auction, with BIDDING TO INITIATE ON October 21,, 2020 at 11:00 AM at www. lockerfox.com, and PAYMENT IN CASH and pick up of goods at Warrenton Mini Storage, 6437 Old Meetze Road, Warrenton, VA, 20187. The public is invited to attend at lockerfox.com. Sale is subject to adjournment. AUCTION LOCATION: www.lockerfox.com PICKUP LOCATION: WARRENTON MINI STORAGE MAY SELL CONTENTS OF UNIT NO.: A 96 B 140 A 227 C 116H A 246 D 38 B 18 NOTE: ALL UNITS SOLD COMPLETE TERMS: CASH ONLY
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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia, on the following item(s): Ordinance 2020-07, An Ordinance Updating and Amending Chapter 10, “Speed Limits on Certain Streets”, Article I entitled “In General”, Section 10-5 of the Code of the Town of Warrenton to incorporate the authority to change speed limits to the Town Manger in the aforementioned Section 10-5 of the Code set forth by the Town Council effective November 10, 2020. Ordinance 2020-08, An Ordinance Updating and Amending Chapter 11, “Offenses - Miscellaneous”, Article I entitled “In General”, Section 11-19 of the Code of the Town of Warrenton to to Authorize Town Staff to Initiate Amendments to the Town Noise Ordinance to Effectuate the Restriction of Building Operations and Make Other Amendments as Necessary in the aforementioned Section 11-19 of the Code set forth by the Town Council effective November 10, 2020. The Town of Warrenton does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Town Hall meeting facilities are fully accessible. Any special accommodations can be made upon request 48 hours prior to the meeting. A copy of the ordinance is available for review at the Town’s Administrative Offices, 21 Main Street, and can be examined by those interested Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Elizabeth A. Gillie Town Clerk
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NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOVEMBER 5, 2020 The Fauquier County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2020 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia to consider the following items: 1. SPECIAL PERMIT – #SPPT-20-013830 – TRUTH BAPTIST CHURCH, INC. (OWNER/APPLICANT) – TRUTH BAPTIST CHURCH – An application for a Category 6 Special Permit to allow a place of worship, PIN 6980-64-6943-000, located at 6528 Covingtons Corner Road, Lee District, Bealeton, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, Staff) 2. SPECIAL PERMIT – #SPPT-20-013842 – SOUTH COAST ENTERPRISES, INC. & SOUTH COAST INVESTMENTS, LLC (OWNERS)/WILLIAM GRAY (APPLICANT) – SOUTH COAST – An application to amend previously approved Category 12 and Category 14 Special Permits (SPPT-16-005387) to operate a convenience store and auto service station, PIN 6980-46-9756-000, located adjacent to 10266 Marsh Road, Lee District, Bealeton, Virginia. (Josh Frederick, Staff) 3. SPECIAL PERMIT – #SPPT-20-013843, CHIEU LE (OWNER)/JOHN KRATZER (APPLICANT) – VIETNAMESE AMERICAN MAHASI MEDITATION CENTER – An application to amend a previously approved Special Permit (SPPT-16-004555) to add a statue storage shed with a deck to an existing place of worship, PIN 7806-98-1306-000, located at 5044 Old Shipps Store Road, Lee District, Bealeton, Virginia. (Lauren Runyan, Staff) The application materials can be found on the Land Development Online Portal at: https://commdevpay.fauquiercounty.gov/Energov_Prod/SelfService#/home. Approximately one week prior to the public hearing, staff reports for all items will be available online at: http://agenda.fauquiercounty.gov/. To arrange a time to review files in person, please contact the Department of Community Development’s Planning Office at (540) 422-8210, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Due to the threat to public health and safety of the residents of Fauquier County from exposure to COVID-19, and pursuant to the County’s emergency continuity of government ordinance adopted April 9, 2020, citizens are encouraged to participate virtually in this process. The meeting may be viewed on Fauquier County Government Channel 23 and livestreamed at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1. Citizens desiring to participate in the meeting remotely are required to register in advance. Instructions are available on the County website at: www.fauquiercounty. gov/BZAVirtualMeeting. Comments will be limited to three minutes. Participants will be required to wear a face covering and maintain strict social distancing measures that may involve waiting in line outside of the building. Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request. Citizens requiring reasonable accommodation for disabilities should contact Meredith Meixner, Planning Associate, at (540) 422-8210.
Effective December 5, 2020, Dr. Nikki Lee Adams MD is retiring from practice as a Psychiatrist.
Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for the Owner 689 Industrial Road Warrenton VA 20186 to satisfy a lien for rental on October 26 at approx. 12:00PM at www.storagetreasures. com
To obtain or transfer a copy of your medical record to a new provider, please contact the office by email at n.adamsmd@comcast.net, or call Dr. Adams at (703)439-9476, or write P.O. Box 861543, Vint Hill Farms VA 20187-1543. After December 10, 2020, please write the new custodian of medical records at Clary Document Management, 5600 Pioneer Creek DR, Maple Plain, MN 55359, phone: (763)548-1320, fax (763)548-1325, or email: chartcontrol@clarydm.com. A reasonable cost-based fee will be associated with the copying or transfer of medical record.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION NATURAL FATHER ORDER OF PUBLICATION HARRISON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA IN RE: JUVENILE PETITION NO. C.M. 20-JA-85-2 TO: GREGORY GARRISON: The purpose of the above action is to determine guardianship of the child, C.M., born December 15, 2008, to Stephanie Alkire. The petitioner, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, is seeking permanent legal and physical custody of the said infant child. It is ORDERED that Gregory Garrison, the alleged biological father of the aforementioned child, appear in the Harrison County Circuit Court, Division II, 4th Floor, Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, West Virginia, on the 18th day of November, 2020 at 11:00 o´clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, the the adjudication of Gregory Garrison. Said persons are instructed that they have thirty (30) days from this Notice to answer the Petition herein. Said persons are given notice that they must object, or, otherwise permanent legal and physical custody of the said infant child may be granted to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human and parental rights may be permanently terminated. Said Gregory Garrison shall have the right to be represented by counsel and if he cannot pay for the services of counsel, counsel will be appointed. Gregory Garrison is represented by Jenna Robey, Esq., 519 D East Main Street, Bridgeport, West Virginia at telephone number 304-844-0036
ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# GV20000781-00 FAUQUIER COUNTY GENERAL DISTRICT COURT - CIVIL (X) General District County ( ) J and DR District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ROOFING CONTRACTORS LLC /V. JASON PICKETT The object of this suit is to: SEEK DAMAGES ($6920.73), ATTORNEYS FEES ($2000.00), AND COST FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) appear at the abovename Court and protect his or her interests on or before 12/2/2020 9:00 AM J. Gregory Ashwell, Judge
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PUBLIC AUCTION/DISPOSAL DATE: October 26-30, 2020 TIME: Beginning at 10:00 A.M. PLACE: McDaniel Auction Center/ ezDownsizing (online) 1323 Shepard Drive, Ste. C Sterling, VA 20164 GOODS ON ACCOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WILL BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION. ITEMS NOT AUCTIONABLE WILL BE DISPOSED OF TERMS: CASH OR PRE-APPROVED CREDIT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CONTACT: McDaniel Auction Center/ezDownsizing (571)-393-1243 or Bayshore Moving & Storage (302)-781-3450 Barbara Gipson: wardrobe/clothing, shoes, decorations, pictures, frames, glassware, dishware, ornaments, fans, coffee table, end table, speakers, sofa, chairs, bench, table tops, table legs, dresser, mirror dresser, chest, headboard, dog gate, linings, towels, blankets, lamps, mattresses, box spring, small cabinet, vacuum, suitcases, sit & cycle machine, lamp shades, cushions, bath stuff, artificial flowers, spices, plastic ware, pots & pans, books, ironing board, nightstand, television set, television stand, metal files, small rack.
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Any persons desiring to apply for this appointment shall, no later than 4:00 p.m. on the 4th day of November 2020, file in writing their résumé with the Clerk of the Court, 29 Ashby Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 or kathy.welch@ fauquiercounty.gov. The Court will contact those persons submitting résumés for an interview at a later time, if necessary. Questions about the Board of Zoning Appeals and its function may be directed to the Fauquier County Department of Community Development, Planning Office, at (540) 422-8210.
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COMPUTER TECH We prefer a mature, patient, organized, friendly tech who can take direction well. Must be able to handle clients and phone calls. Basic PC cleanup and repairs. Knowledge of Apple devices and A+ certification preferred. 20+ hours with potential for full time employment. Send resume to klaus@ dokklaus.com
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Wilhelm Mechanical a Family Owned and Operated Business is looking to add to its team! Experience or No Experience, we provide on the job training. Must have drivers license, clean background. Great Pay and Benefits such as Paid Vacation, 401K Matching and Health Insurance which start after 90 days of employment. Feel free to give us a call at (540) 439-6544 or email your resume to admin@vernsplumbing.com
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for Broadview Motors of Virginia. Must have valid drivers license, be self motivated, & experience in automotive detailing. Pay based on exp. Call to
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for Soils Inc, a fast growing company in Northern Virginia. ● Excellent customer service skills ● Must be reliable and responsible ● Able to perform physical duties & tasks ● Great benefits such as health insurance and paid vacation and holidays ● Tremendous growth potential to move up within the company ● Valid driver’s license is required ● Competitive hourly rate based on exp Please email your resume to the following emails to set up an interview: Mark.smith@soils-inc.com, Carla.adgate@soils-inc.com, and aimee.oneil@soils-inc.com
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SALES REP FT, The Rep is responsible for sales of all building product lines, including: Easi-Set, Easi-Span, and other Easi-Set building product lines including precast floor panels. Primary objective is new business development. Must have communication & organizational skills a must. The ability to develop sales plans, quote. The ability to travel 4 days per week or more in the D.C., MD, VA, Delaware & W. VA. Set-up & attend trade shows. Other duties as required.
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Flaggers Full time, to provide traffic control & safety around construction sites. A valid driver license & clean driving record a must. Starting $13/hr & scheduled raises. Company-paid medical & dental premiums.
Please fill out an application at careers.trafficplan.com or come to our office Tuesdays or Thursdays (8am-10am).7855 Progress Ct., Suite 103; Gainesville, VA
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