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November 20, 2019
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Former addict shares lesson of hope
Supervisors call to halt gas pipeline expansion across White Marker Project memorializes Fauquier, Prince William counties those lost to drugs Fauquier Board wants more extensive state review By Daniel Berti
Times Staff Writer
Members of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors are calling for a moratorium on a 7.7-mile natural gas pipeline expansion in Fauquier and Prince William counties set to begin construction in January, though it’s unclear whether local officials can stop the project from moving forward. The supervisors voted unanimously Thursday on a resolution calling for a more extensive state review of the project because of its impact on local surface waters as well as safety and environmental concerns. Prince William Board of County Supervisors hasn’t taken a position on the pipeline expansion. The new pipeline is part of the Williams Partners Southeastern Trail expansion project. The project received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in October. Construction on the pipeline expansion is slated to begin Jan. 14, 2020, according to a company spokesperson, and will run adjacent to an existing transcontinental mainline in Prince William and Fauquier counties. In addition to the new pipeline, the project will add horsepower to three existing compressor stations in Virginia – located in Manassas, See PIPELINE, page 5 INSIDE Business.............................................13 Classified............................................35 Communities......................................30 Faith...................................................28
Nathan Mitchell, the McShin Foundation’s community outreach and advocacy coordinator, reads the name on one of the crosses before adding it to the display.
By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
When Nathan Mitchell was an inmate in the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center on a drug possession charge in 2017, he remembers buying coffee and sweets at the canteen. “For me, it was all about instant gratification. It was February and I didn’t have socks -- but I had candy and coffee.” Mitchell remembers when someone at the jail -- who was there working with a drug rehab program -- looked at his feet and said, “You look cold.” After more than two years, Mitchell is still amazed that “He gave me socks. It was amazing. I learned there were people who could love me when I couldn’t love myself.” He remembers when the Rev. James Gould of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church came to talk to inmates. “He talked to me like I was a human being.”
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He said, “There were people who came in to talk to us that had been in my shoes and were living a clean life. They told us that if they could do it, so could we.” The program he found in the jail was the impetus for a turnaround. He remembers when a friend
came to pick him upon his release from jail. He had walked over to the McShin Recovery Resource Foundation building (now SpiritWorks) across from the jail to wait. “We weren’t even out of the parking lot See HOPE, page 4
Center for Cancer Care close to completion Fauquier Hospital designed the building with ‘room to grow’ By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, two longtime Fauquier Hospital volunteers were putting the final touches on a Christmas tree in the lobby of Fauquier Health’s new Center for Cancer Care. Robin Corcoran and Jane Steinard were affixing roses and ribbons to the giant evergreen in anticipation of History................................................21 Horse Sports.......................................19 Lifestyle..............................................23 Opinion...............................................10
the center’s grand opening on Dec. 12. The public is invited to attend an open house from 6 to 8 p.m., when visitors will be able to take a tour of the new building and speak to staff about services that are available. The $12.5 million, 24,136-squarefoot building will move all the health system’s cancer services out of the See CANCER CARE, page 4
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The spacious Infusion Center bays feature plenty of natural light.
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