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This Christmas, Santa Claus is coming to Zoom

By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

Note: It is the policy of the Fauquier Times not to reveal the identity of any Santa Claus we may interview.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a crimp in Santa Claus’ style.

He can’t touch the children or welcome kids onto his lap. “I can’t go from one house to another,” he said, “there might be germs in my beard!”

But the big guy is nothing if not adaptable. Santa follows the CDC recommendations of wearing a mask and washing hands and he has instructed the elves to sing the ABC song twice while washing their hands.

A grant of $4,000 from the county’s CARES Act funding for businesses is helping Santa to pay for some of the revamping he’s needed

to do because of the pandemic.

Warrenton Santa, as he is known, will not be able to visit children at homes or businesses this year, but he’ll offer video chats over Zoom, phone calls and letters and/or “nice” certificates from Santa.

Special events will be held as well.

For instance, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 5, Santa will appear at “Christmas Through the Ages,” sponsored

by New Life Christian Church. It is a free drive-thru event featuring Christmas light displays and treats for the children. And of course, Santa. It will be held in the parking lot of Piney Branch Elementary School in Bristow.

Details for Warrenton Santa’s special events may be found at warrentonsanta.com. (Yes, of See SANTA, page 6

Despite statewide rise in fatalities, number of overdoses in Fauquier largely unchanged

By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Although the years-long rise in the number of fatal drug overdoses has accelerated this year in Virginia as a whole, with overdose deaths on pace to be 25% higher this year than in 2019, the effect has been less pronounced in Fauquier County than in some surrounding counties and the state in its entirety.

Seven people died of drug overdoses in Fauquier County in the first half of 2020, compared to the 12 fatal overdoses in all of 2019. If the same trend continues in the second half of See FAUQUIER, page 8

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Santa puts the finishing touches on a Christmas toy.

Planning commission recommends allowing transitional housing at some rural churches

By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Members of the Fauquier County Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to recommend a zoning ordinance amendment that would allow religious organizations to establish transitional housing facilities on rural properties. The proposal now goes to the board of supervisors.

The ordinance amendment would allow “transitional family housing” at places of worship located at least 12 acres in areas zoned “rural – agricultural.” If the measure is ultimately approved by the board of supervisors, religious organizations would still need to obtain a special exception permit to establish transitional housing on their properties.

The request to amend the county’s zoning ordinance came from Dayspring Mennonite Church,

This map shows the location of the Dayspring Mennonite Church in Midland. located on a 13-acre parcel in Midland. The church would “utilize part of the church property as a facility offering housing, counseling, educational and support services to victims of human trafficking,” See HOUSING, page 4

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Permanent custody of dogs seized from Canis Maximus to be determined next month

By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

Since March 10, the Fauquier SPCA has cared for 76 dogs taken from Canis Maximus kennel in Broad Run after the kennel’s owner, Irina Barrett, was charged criminally for allegedly mistreating the animals there. After a twoday hearing next month, a judge will determine whether Barrett must permanently give up custody of the animals.

The hearing to determine the animals’ custody will take place Dec. 14 and Dec. 15 in Fauquier County Circuit Court.

Separate from the custody case, which is a civil matter, Barrett is charged criminally with five felony counts – including four counts of animal cruelty causing death and one count torturing an animal causing death -- and one misdemeanor count of providing inadequate veterinary care to an animal.

The criminal case against Barrett is likely to go to a jury trial after Barrett told a judge last month that she intends

COVID-19 snapshot Monday, Nov. 23

New cases of coronavirus

Virginia: 3,242 Monday; 221,038 to date Fauquier: 41 Tuesday; 1,387 cases to date Perspective: The Virginia Department of Health reported that new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state were tallied at 3,242 Monday morning, the highest oneday new case number ever in the commonwealth. The VDH updated its website late Monday morning to explain that the reporting site was down for maintenance yesterday and Monday's numbers may be artificially high as a result. Even so, the sevenday average of new cases in the state is 2,343, another high mark.

The 41 new cases recorded Monday represent the highest number recorded in Fauquier in one day.

Fauquier’s average number of new daily cases in the last week is 18.

Although no new cases were reported Monday in the Fauquier County School Division, on Saturday Fauquier County Public Schools COVID-19 dashboard reported a second case of COVID-19 at Kettle Run High School;

to invoke her right to a trial by jury. That trial has yet to be scheduled, however, as Barrett has yet to retain an attorney for the criminal case.

Monday’s hearing was the second time Barrett made an appearance in court since being indicted in September; she requested the additional status hearing to allow for time to retain an attorney. Judge Lon Farris seemed surprised Barrett was appearing without an attorney, and he repeatedly emphasized that she needs to be represented by counsel before going to trial.

Barrett said that she would like to wait for the resolution of the civil custody case, where she is represented by attorney Trey Mayfield, before committing to representation for the criminal case. “I have an attorney for the civil case,” she told Farris. “Pending resolution of the civil case I might keep that counsel.”

Farris scheduled another status hearing – the third since her indictment – for Dec. 28. “You’ve got to have an attorney by then,” he told Barrett.

this case was in a student. Schools spokeswoman Tara Helkowski said that no classes have reverted to all-virtual as a result of the positive test. Since the dashboard was established, there have also been four cases associated with Fauquier High School; one at Liberty High School, one at Cedar Lee Middle School, one each at Mary Walter and Thompson elementary schools and one in the central offices.

The school division only reports PCR tests that have been confirmed positive by the VDH. Positive results from rapid tests are not considered confirmed; they are listed as “probable,” according to April Achter, epidemiologist with the VDH. No outbreaks have been reported in the public school system since schools opened to in-person learning on Nov. 9. All cases have been reported as isolated incidents.

Seven-day positivity average (total PCR tests vs. positive tests) Virginia: 7.2% RRHD: 7.5% Perspective: In Virginia the percent positivity remained between 4.5% and 5.1% since Sept. 24 but since then has been rising.

Hospitalizations

Tina Thorpe and Lisa Mele enjoy lunch in their protective bubble outside Sunny’s American Grill on Main Street.

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Warrenton government promotes creative solutions to outdoor dining this winter

By Robin Earl and Coy Ferrell Times Staff Writers

Tina Thorpe and Lisa Mele were enjoying lunch in front of Sunny’s American Grill on Main Street in Warrenton last Thursday. In fact, they were enjoying

Virginia: 14,096 Fauquier: 67 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, 10 in October and 10 in November. Since Oct. 31, there were eight days when the number of new hospitalizations in Virginia were 86 per day or higher.

Deaths

Virginia: 3,942 Fauquier: 27 Perspective: Fauquier County lost 16 residents to COVID-19 in September.

Fifteen were from an outbreak at the Brookside Rehab and Nursing Center in Warrenton. The nursing home reported 95 positive cases, according to VDH data released Monday.

One of two Fauquier County deaths in October, reported Oct. 19, was also attributed to the Brookside outbreak. That outbreak is classified as “pending closure.”

Outbreaks

Virginia: 1,492 total (550 outbreaks in long-term care settings -- resulting in 14,794 cases and 1,919 deaths – 562 outbreaks in congregate care

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themselves so much, they stayed and talked for two hours. It was a chilly day, but they were coatless and comfortable in their own “bubble.”

Since then, four other “bubSee BUBBLES, page 32

settings, 117 in health care settings and 81 in correctional facilities, 72 in childcare settings, 47 in colleges or universities and 63 in K-12 facilities).

RRHD: 19 total (seven in long-term care settings, two in K-12 setting, seven in congregate settings, two in a correctional setting and one in a health care setting); 800 cases have resulted from the 19 outbreaks.

Fauquier: At least one in a long-term care setting (95 cases and 16 deaths) and at least one, possibly two, in an educational setting.

Perspective: Between Oct. 18 and 24, Virginia reported 71 new COVID-19 outbreaks, the highest number of outbreaks in one week since the beginning of the pandemic. Most of the new outbreaks (26) were in congregate settings, a broad category that includes any environment where a number of people reside, meet or gather in close proximity for either a limited or extended period of time. Examples of congregate settings include homeless shelters, group homes, churches and workplaces. For much of the pandemic, long-term care settings reported the highest number of outbreaks, but in recent weeks, congregate setting outbreaks have surpassed those in long-term care settings.

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An unusual podcast amplifies voices from Warrenton’s BLM vigils

By Christopher Connell

BLM vigils revised for fewer participants

Special to the Fauquier Times

For 22 consecutive Saturday mornings, scores of Fauquier County residents have gathered on Courthouse Square for a 45-minute vigil in support of the Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice. Many motorists wave and honk in support as they drive by, while a few shout and honk in opposition.

Local author and activist Laura Lyster-Mensh has mined the vigils for fodder for her unusual TIMES STAFF PHOTO/ROBIN EARL podcast, named for a comic novel she wrote five Laura Lyster-Mensh interviews Barbara Amster at a years ago, “The Auldton Laughing Club.” It’s a Black Lives Matter vigil for her podcast. satire about a fictional town with similarities “I just think the podcast is brilliantly funny,” to Warrenton, where residents are at odds over said Christian, who belongs to the local chapter building a big box store on a Civil War battlefield. of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, The podcasts – like radio shows that subscrib- one of the vigil sponsors. “She’s got a unique perers listen to over phone apps – are a potpourri of spective on a southern town and on Black Lives her first-person musings, songs, interviews from Matter, just from her own life experience.” the vigil and actual chapters from her book, read Karen White, founder and director of the Afby a sonorous narrator. She is funny, irreverent, ro-American Historical Association of Fauquivery personalized and provocative, seeking to stir er County, likens the podcasts to “a docudrama listeners to get off the sidelines and into the front where you’re looking at something with fictitious lines of the movement for racial justice. characters but telling a true story.”

Lyster-Mensh, who founded and heads an in“It raises issues and also affords the opportuniternational advocacy and education group for ty to discuss things that we have a little problem parents of children with eating disorders, is the talking about freely,” she said. “It gives an oppordaughter of an interracial marriage. Always firmtunity for everybody to look in the mirror.” ly progressive, she was never before “a bumper For health reasons, White isn’t able to attend sticker” person who paraded her views, but now the vigils, but “my heart is in it …. There are peobelieves “not having an opinion has become imple and communities out there that truly never moral. This is a time to be counted.”

Lyster-Mensh wants her podcasts to make peo- gave this a thought, and once they had an opportunity to see what’s going on, they ple squirm as well as laugh, and want to make a difference. That’s help white people understand what “When we see each where Black Lives Matter comes other as brothers it’s like to be Black in America. in to play.”

White people “feel they are and sisters … our In an early podcast, Lysbeing yelled at for any little thing whole life will be ter-Mensh pointed to the efforts now,” she said. It’s a new expe- more meaningful.” to remove Confederate statues in rience for them, but Black peoELLSWORTH WEAVER President, Fauquier NAACP Charlottesville and elsewhere and ple have long had to watch what said, “The people standing togeththey said or did, like 14-year-old er at the Warrenton courthouse today and workEmmett Till, lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for ing to dismantle these symbols of intimidation” glancing or whistling at a white woman.

It’s awful “to have one’s identity defined by are sending the same message as young people people who don’t know you, and determining protesting in the streets against police brutality. what you can and can’t say to whom. We don’t “Some things have to stop being tolerated and like it. No one has ever liked it,” she said. “Wel- some people need to step forward where they had not in the past.” come to the world of everyone else.”

Lyster-Mensh incorporated into one podcast Scott Christian, a retired educator from Marshall who is one of the original vigil organizers, her interviews with participants.

Barbara Amster of Warrenton told Lysdidn’t know Lyster-Mensh “until she showed up ter-Mensh, “OurLLC enthusiasm isn’t flagging. This with her tape recorder.”

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The Saturday morning BLM Vigils for Action that have been held in Courthouse Square for months are scheduled to continue through the end of the year. Scott Christian, one of the organizers, said in an email to supporters, “Due to the current surge in COVID-19 infection rates, the governor’s restrictions on gatherings, and a request from the Warrenton Police Chief due to public safety concerns, we have decided to limit our vigil to 25 people each Saturday on the square across from the courthouse.”

Those who wish to attend can obtain a “ticket” through Eventbrite.

Christian said, “... We have consistently had over 100 people attending our vigils in the past several months, so we ask that you be considerate in limiting your attendance to once every three or four weeks so that others can participate.” is one great lovefest. Everyone knows Black lives Matter except a very few mossbacks who come by and shout things like, ‘All lives matter!’ to which we heartily agree. That’s the point. All lives matter including the Black lives that have been snuffed out needlessly and senselessly, especially by police.”

Andrea Martens of Sumerduck said, “My sign says ‘Black Lives Matter’ because they do. It’s crazy we still have to stand on street corners to argue that, but we do.”

“I’m holding a sign that says just one word: justice. And we’re not seeing justice in this country.

It’s the foundation of American democracy and it’s falling apart,” said Mara Seaforest of Midland.

“Change is coming. Race relations are improving slowly,” said Ellsworth Weaver, president of the Fauquier County NAACP, another vigil sponsor. “When we see each other as brothers and sisters … our whole life will be more meaningful.”

Warrenton is a small town and those holding vigil understand that even the hostile honkers “are their neighbors,” said Lyster-Mensh. The demonstrators “refuse to take a defensive crouch – or an aggressive one. The vigil has become a visible, audible, confident voice of the community” even while they recognize theirs is not the only voice or viewpoint.

Christian said the vigils will continue at least until the end of the year. “People involved in social justice (efforts) often felt they were alone.

Even the choir needs encouragement. And people want to keep the issue alive and on the front burner.”

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The Plains Community League offers internet café, tutoring

By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

The Plains Community League’s John Page Turner house is a welcoming two-story farmhouse on Main Street in The Plains. Program Director Beth Lucas -- with the help of volunteers -- has set up five rooms with space for 15 children in grades three to 12 to learn remotely. The internet is humming and snacks are prepared. Tutors are waiting to assist. There is even room for adults who need to work remotely while their children complete lessons.

But on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 18, there were no children.

Lucas said she has about four children who come regularly, but word hasn’t gotten out yet about the free internet café and virtual tutoring.

“We have 10 volunteer tutors who are eager to help. Nine are doing virtual tutoring and one is providing in-person help.” Currently, tutors are working with about six students during after-school hours.

Lucas said that one of her tutors is a Ph.D. in mathematics and has been helping one student with trigonometry. “None of us here knows trig,” she laughed.

At least one of the tutors speaks Spanish as well as English.

Children are invited to come by Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, for one of two sessions each day

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Beth Lucas, program director for The Plains Community League, is eager for the John Page Turner house to fill up with children. (or both) -- 8 to 11 a.m. or noon to 3 p.m. Lucas said they use the hour in between to clean. If children are staying for both sessions, they can eat lunches they bring with them on the porch until the second session starts.

Lucas thinks that transportation may be one reason the internet café hasn’t filled up yet, but she is hoping as word gets out, some families may be able to carpool to the John Page Turner house.

Children don’t have to be from The Plains in order to use the internet café or tutoring services. One of the tutors lives in Virginia Beach and one of the children lives in

Prince William County, Lucas said.

A floor monitor supervises occupied rooms and can help with some technology issues. Children must stay in their own space and bring a computer and

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Lucas said that as long as the children use headphones to listen to their teachers, there can be several students in one room. “It’s not a problem. They don’t have any trouble hearing.”

One room is set up for a family, with three children’s desks and a table for a parent in the middle. “The parent can work while the kids do schoolwork,” Lucas said.

When children are done for the day, they leave with a snack provided by Grace Episcopal Church’s Peas and Grace program.

Lucas said she ran an after-school program for children in Loudoun County for 19 years; after she retired, she found her experience came in handy for running programs for The Plains Community League.

Now she’s got just one problem: “We’ve got to fill this house!”

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acres, up to 20 rooms and up to 40 residents would be permitted.

Although no one spoke at the public hearing before the vote Thursday, one public comment submitted by Warrenton resident Kathy Schulin by email expressed concern that the amended ordinance would, in theory, allow for up to 24 individual structures on affected properties, thereby threatening residents’ “viewshed.”

Amy Rogers, the county’s chief of zoning services, addressed the comment, explaining any organization wishing to establish a facility would need to go through the special exception process. This process gives planning commissioners and supervisors an opportunity to review – and, potentially, to reject – any aspects of a specific proposal.

Commissioner John Meadows (Lee District) echoed this point of view. “We will have the time and the opportunity to look at each and every [application] when and if they come in,” he said.

A second public comment favored the proposed ordinance amendment.

There are currently two transitional housing programs in Fauquier County, including one operated by a religious organization.

Victory Transitional Housing, founded 2003 in Bealeton by True Deliverance Church of God, can accommodate up to 40 residents with stays lasting up to one year.

Vint Hill Transitional Housing comprises 22 three-bedroom townhouses adjacent to the former Vint Hill Farms military installation; residents may stay for up to two years.

The transitional housing program is operated by Family Shelter Services, the organization that also operates the 52-bed emergency homeless shelter in Warrenton.

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Warrenton’s parks and rec director: It’s ‘an honor’ to provide fitness opportunities

By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

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fer said, “Mr. Cureton demonstrated throughout the interview process that he was not only well qualified for the position but deeply knowledgeable and integrated into the community. As a local resident and avid user of our parks, he is familiar with the WARF, which will greatly benefit the Town of Warrenton as he steps into the role.”

Cureton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in education/sport management with a minor in business, and a Master of Science in recreation and facility administration from the University of Tennessee.

He is a certified parks and recreation professional through the National Recreation and Parks Association, is a certified program planner through Learning Resources Network and is a member of both the NRPA and Virginia Recreation and Parks Society.

As Cureton walked the halls of the WARF last week, he stopped to answer a member’s question. He smiled and said, “… And if there is anything else at all that we can do for you, please just ask.”

When asked to look ahead and predict what he’d want his Warrenton legacy to be, Cureton said he’d like to offer more programs and get more people involved in sports and fitness. “It’s all about opportunity.”

Then he grinned and said, “But right now, I’m focusing on what’s right in front of me.”

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Tommy Cureton, the Town of Warrenton’s new director of parks and recreation, believes the most important part of his job is providing opportunity. From his still-unpacked office at the Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility, he said last week, “How incredible is it to come here every day? We get to provide opportunities for people to improve their health, to get away from stressors. We have the honor of providing that.”

Cureton is especially glad to be able to provide those opportunities to his neighbors. A resident of Bealeton, he said, “Throughout my career, I’ve never lived where I served. I’m finally going to be able to provide opportunities in the community where I live.”

Cureton and his family are already fans of the facilities and serTIMES STAFF PHOTO/ROBIN EARL vices offered by Warrenton’s Parks Tommy Cureton started work Oct. 19 as Warrenton’s director of parks and and Rec Department. His daughter recreation. plays soccer on Athey Sports Complex fields and both his children have Cares Act funding paid for a res- Recreation and Community Sertaken swim lessons at the WARF. cue dummy for lifeguards to practice vices. He led a large team of fullAs a hands-on dad, he has coached with, instead of using each other to basketball with the Warrenton Youth practice on. It’s one less touch point, time and part-time staff across two Sports League.

Cureton said. “We are confident in recreation centers and one indoor Cureton will be responsible for our protocols that it’s a safe place.” aquatic facility. planning, organizing, directing, Town Manager Brandie SchaefGroup fitness classes may begin evaluating and maintaining the soon, but with a reduced capacity. town’s parks and recreation depart- “I was walking outside the other day ment, including the WARF, playing and passed two ladies walking with fields and all other parks within the kettle bells. I asked them if they had town limits. He will also be respon- gone to our group classes and they sible for all programs, services and said they couldn’t wait for them to staff for the town's parks and recre- open up again.” ation department. “We’re in the proDepending on weather, Cureton cess of building our team now,” he said he may consider offering some said. It’s a team that has been dimin- classes outside, at Rady Park, in a ished during the COVID pandemic. field behind the WARF or even in He said that he believes his de- the parking lot. partment “has a lot of potential. I am still reviewing what we’ve done A lifetime of sports and fitness Cureton, 41, said that he has alin the past. I’d like to see more programs here at the WARF, in our ways been a sports and fitness enparks. But I’m still in the review pro- thusiast. Growing up in Chattanoocess. I haven’t had a chance to talk ga, Tennessee, he played football, with town residents yet about what basketball, baseball and dabbled in track and field sports. Now, he said, they’d like to see.”

COVID-19, said Cureton, “has he and his family do a lot of hiking severely reduced our operational and camping and he also enjoys runfootprint, but we are ready to start ning.

He started his career with the FROM CONCEPTION TO REALITY opening for daily admissions and TAKE WE YOUR PROJECT WE TAKE YOUR PROJECT FROM group exercise.” After being closed City of Manassas Park as an athsince March, the WARF opened to letics specialist. He then spent two CONCEPTION TO Full-Service Design & REALITY Build • Renovations • members July 15, by appointment years working for Loudoun County Design and & Build • Renovations • Additions Construction Community ASID• New Certified Interior Designer and with increased space Full-Service between Parks, Recreation, as a youth sports specialist patrons. The leisure pool has been Services ASID Certified Interior Designer • Architect on Staff closed except for exercising in the for camps and clinics.

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New Construction • Kitchens and Baths • Garages As swim lessons get ready to be- was a section head for fitness, aquatASID Certified Interior Designer • Architect on Staff gin again, Cureton said, “They will ics and sports, developing policy look different.” Parents will be re- and procedures to guide the section's 400 Holiday Court, quired to be in the pool with their operations and monitoring program children. Instructors will be on the standards across 18 Marine Corps Suite 105, Warrenton, VA 20186 installations. deck,” teaching from a distance.

540.428-3050 | info@southstar-sterling.com Most recently, Cureton served Masks must be worn while guests are moving throughout the facility, as division manager of recreation centers for Loudoun County Parks, but not while exercising.

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Santa Claus is coming to Zoom SANTA, from page 1 course Santa has a website.)

Santa can also write a special message to children or send a photo of himself pictured in front of a family’s own Christmas tree.

Warrenton Santa provided his bona fides: “I have worn the red suit for a number of years and have attended the International University of Santa Claus, the Santa Conservatory, along with being a member of the Red Suit Society and have prescribed to the Santa Oath. I carry insurance and have yearly criminal background checks.”

Warrenton Santa said he started appearing at church Christmas parties in 2014, and people kept asking him to visit their children and grandchildren, so he founded Warrenton Santa LLC. He said one of his favorite tasks is to welcome dads back from overseas.

“I’ll meet a dad nearby, at gas station for instance. We drive to his house, I go in and visit with kids, then go back to my sleigh and bring dad in.”

Santa understands that special moment. He spent 20 years on active duty and is a retired disabled veteran.

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Santa made a stop at the depot along the Greenway recently.

Santa does lots of photo shoots beginning each spring. He said that quite a few families do Christmas in July. “They bring me a list, so Santa has plenty of time to build toys.”

Understanding that kids may need a little extra holiday cheer in 2020, Santa is reading stories over Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/Warrentonsanta) every afternoon from Nov. 27 until Dec. 24, at 4 p.m. He’ll read a mix of classical Christmas stories and religious tales in an attempt to brighten days dampened by the pandemic. “If I can’t visit children, I wanted to bring Christmas to them,” he said.

Ms. Claus is a schoolteacher, he explained. “She suggested I read to children since I can’t visit them.”

The books and schedule are posted on his Facebook page.

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teleconferencing center, complete with books from “olden times,” period furniture and all the trappings of an old-fashioned Christmas. “Kids are video savvy,” he said, “so it’s got to be authentic.”

Speaking of authentic, Santa’s son has created reindeer cards featuring the winter athletes who pull Santa’s sleigh. “Piedmont Press & Graphics in Warrenton did a great job printing them,” said Santa. Packs of cards may be found at the warrentonsanta. com website.

Santa said, “I enjoy being with the kids, sharing their excitement,

sharing the spirit of Christmas. One time I talked about the theology of Christmas with a 14-year-old. He was astonished that I would sit there and discuss it with him.”

He said, “In past years, when I was invited to a home, I sometimes paused before knocking and I just listened at the door. There is excitement growing and there’s almost always a magical wonder in the air!

We need this even more this year.”

He added, “When I come back on Christmas Eve, I love to see your lights, hear the cheer, and feel the happiness.

Neighbors and family gathering, gifts being exchanged, amazing foods and even some old-fashioned Christmas caroling. Trust me, it’s the best feeling ever! That is Christmas spirit! It’s magical!” Santa has a suggestion for adults: “Would it really hurt to decorate early this year? Decorate and get that Christmas spirit earlier this year. (I’m talking after the pumpkins and skeletons get stored away in the basement again.)”

And Santa has a very important message for every child this year: “Santa will be at your house on Christmas Eve. Don’t worry about his not showing up. He’ll be there.”

Oh yeah. He also says to “be nice.”

Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com

Bealeton, Middleburg Christmas parades have been canceled Warrenton, Marshall parades revised for COVID safety Helen Wyckoff of CK Home & Hardware reported Wednesday, Nov. 18, that the Bealeton Christmas Parade -- originally scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5 -- has been canceled. She wrote: “Due to Gov. Ralph Northam’s updated COVID restrictions, the Bealeton parade must be canceled. Under the new ruling, no more than 25 persons are allowed inside or outside for any gathering. We will be notifying all the committees, media and participants immediately.”

Mary Wilkerson, president of the Marshall Business and Residents Association, said, “Due to COVID-19, our parade will look a little different without groups or individuals walking, and without road closures as we will be doing a wave parade.”

She explained that parade entries will be driving through town Dec. 5 and patrons at local businesses and those at homes along the wave parade route will be able to view the procession. “We encourage those with floats and unique vehicles to register to participate. The number of participants is limited ... It is called a wave parade as onlookers would wave as parade participants wave back ... Some may choose to walk along Main Street as the parade drives by, but we ask all who are not in families/ households to please social distance and wear masks.”

Marshall’s annual Shop Small Sidewalk Stroll will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Judging for Marshall’s fifth annual Make Marshall Merry Contest will be held Friday, Dec. 4.

At christmasinmiddleburg.com, Middelburg parade organizers wrote:

“Without a dramatic change in our virus-impaired condition, we will not organize Christmas in Middleburg this year. There just isn’t any way to logistically engineer distance safety for such a large number of visitors.

“Instead, we will promote a Christmas Season in Middleburg, and alert everyone to all the activities worth visiting in Middleburg, after Halloween and through New Year’s.”

A “reverse” Christmas parade is being planned for Warrenton’s Main Street from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. Instead of processing down Main Street, about 30 floats will be parked in one lane on the street and vehicles will be able to file past the floats in the opposite lane. If more floats are expected, the lineup could be extended east to Clay Street to accommodate more trailers.

GumDrop Square, a popular annual event for kids to meet Santa Claus and shop for presents will be held at Gloria Faye Dingus Center for the Arts beginning Dec. 5 and continuing through Dec 19.

GumDrop Square will be held on Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sundays from 1 to 3 p.m., and Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m.

Charity Furness of Experience Old Town Warrenton said, “Photos with Santa are free of charge, but donations are greatly appreciated. Bring your own camera.”

Furness added that a Santa’s Secret Shop will be located inside VonCanon General Store also inside the Purple Pumpkin. Tickets will be sold at GumDrop Square inside Gloria’s for $2 each.

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Myison Ellis sentenced to 51 years in murder of Lincoln Williams Jr.

By Coy Ferrell

Times Staff Writer

The Waynesboro man convicted in the August 2019 murder of 18-year-old Lincoln Williams Jr., of Warrenton, has been sentenced by a judge to 51 years in prison; a total of five years, all suspended, were added to the sentence.

Myison Ellis, 39, was accused of shooting Williams in a home on Old Auburn Road in Warrenton during a botched attempt to rob Williams of drugs and money. Judge Herman Whisenant Jr., the same judge who oversaw Ellis’ trial in March, announced the sentence in Fauquier County Circuit Court Friday morning.

Ellis was convicted by a jury March 5 of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and for using a firearm in the commission of a felony. The same jury recommended Ellis serve a total of 51 years in prison. On Friday, Whisenant affirmed his agreement with that recommendation, sentencing Ellis to 38 years on the murder charge, 10 years on the conspiracy charge and three years on the firearms charge.

Ellis maintains he is innocent, however, according to his attorney, Jessica Sherman-Stoltz; she plans to appeal the conviction. “We believe we have numerous grounds for appealing the conviction of Mr. Ellis, including errors made by the trial court that affected the outcome of the case and insufficiency of the evidence,” she said Friday after the hearing.

Wearing a blue prison jumpsuit, Ellis was present in the courtroom Friday as Sherman-Stoltz called witnesses to testify to Ellis’ character, part of an effort to show Ellis should be sentenced to a shorter term in prison. As Ellis’ siblings and other family members watched, Sherman-Stoltz’s line of questioning to witnesses emphasized Ellis’ role in his children’s lives.

Later, just before the judge announced the sentence, Sherman-Stoltz emphasized that Ellis continues to maintain his innocence and pointed out Ellis turned himself in when he found he was wanted

The slaying of Lincoln Williams Jr.

Lincoln Williams Jr. was shot to death in August of last year in front of his home on Old Auburn Road in Warrenton.

His father, Lincoln Williams Sr., testified in March (at convicted shooter Myison Ellis’ jury trial) that his son left home at 9:50 p.m. to go to the Walmart in Warrenton. His son texted him that he was on his way home and at 10:11 p.m., Lincoln Williams Sr. heard a device that activates when someone comes up the driveway.

Williams Sr. and his wife Crystal testified that their son had a bloody face and was pleading for help when he came inside the family home. The father said he thought at first his son had been punched in the mouth before the severity of the wound became clear.

in connection with the murder. She asked for a sentence that was on the low end of sentencing guidelines so that Ellis could play an active role in his children’s lives after he is eventually released from prison.

Ellis’ mother, sister and son testify

“My son has been portrayed as a monster. That is not my son,” said Ellis’ mother, Lillian Scott, from the witness stand. Scott described him as a “quiet … humble … non-confrontational” family man who was an active presence in the lives of his two biological children and one stepchild. Ellis was religious and active in her church, Scott said. “Myison has literally – and I mean literally – taken the shoes off his feet to give to a homeless person.”

Myison Ellis’ son, Jyison Ellis, was next to take the witness stand.

“We’re like best friends. I can tell him anything,” he said of his father. “He always taught me to apply myself and always strive to be a better me,” emphasizing that his father pushed him to succeed academically.

Terri Ann Johnson, Myison Ellis’ oldest sibling, said because she is about a generation older, Ellis called her “Sissy Momma.” She testified that Ellis was “like a substitute father” to her own grandchildren, along with many of the children in her Waynesboro community. “The community -- especially with young Black men -- is going to be weakened,” she said, by Ellis’ absence.

Representing the prosecution, Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Abigail Owens asked the judge to impose the sentence recommended by the jury. Ellis was convicted of an “incredibly brutal and senseless crime,” she said, emphasizing the murder’s impact on the Williams family. Owens also asked the judge to consider Ellis’ past drug and weapons convictions, saying those convictions contradicted the picture of Ellis painted by his family. “He is no stranger to the criminal justice system,” she said.

Other defendants Ellis’

alleged

co-conspirator,

Williams Sr. said that his injured son said “Rude Boy” before he was taken away by paramedics. Rude Boy is Daniel Farmer’s nickname. Farmer is one of three who was accused in the slaying.

The shooting was described at the trial as “an ambush.”

A medical unit transported the 18-year-old victim to Fauquier Hospital, where he died from what was determined to be a gunshot. Dr. Gene Maya, assistant chief medical examiner for Virginia, testified that Williams died from a single gunshot that tracked downward from his left eye socket.

Investigators described blood found on and inside a truck in the driveway of the Williams family’s home and on an adjacent fence.

A shell casing was also found, according to testimony.

Daniel Farmer II, of Nokesville, was scheduled for a jury trial this summer DANIEL FARMER II, on the same three OF NOKESVILLE felony counts. The jury trial was delayed because of the pandemic and a status hearing will take place Dec. 3. When called to testify in Ellis’ trial, Farmer invoked his constitutional right not to incriminate himself.

A third defendant in the case, Lucretia Robinson, of Manassas, pleaded guilty in June to being an accessory after a homicide. Robinson was sentenced to five years in prison, with three years and two months suspended from the sentence. Robinson was accused of driving Ellis to and from the scene of the murder.

The trial

During Ellis’ trial in March, prosecutors alleged Farmer recruited Ellis in the plot to rob Williams, even though Ellis ultimately pulled the trigger. “No one has said Daniel Farmer is innocent. Everybody testified that he played a role. He recruited someone to help him,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Abigail Owens said. That person was Ellis, she added.

Sherman-Stoltz tried to convince the jury Farmer had shot Williams and that Ellis was not involved in the murder itself or the botched robbery

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Myison Ellis is escorted to Fauquier County Circuit Court during his trial in March. more generally. The murder weapon was never found, and Ellis’ conviction rested mainly on the testimony of Robinson, his alleged co-conspirator, and Farmer’s sister, who was in a relationship with Ellis at the time and is the mother of one of Ellis’ children.

Ellis, said Sherman-Stoltz, “had a lot of things going for him. He was not going to put himself at risk … no gun was found, no fingerprints or direct physical evidence linking my client to the crime.”

Williams Jr.’s father also testified during the trial that Williams Jr. had said Farmer’s nickname shortly before dying, a fact that Sherman-Stoltz argued tied Farmer – not Ellis – to the murder.

The 12-member jury, however, disagreed. After about 6 and a half hours of deliberation, Ellis was convicted unanimously on all three counts.

Reach Coy Ferrell at cferrell@ fauquier.com

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Pandemic triggers ‘enormous’ spike in drug overdose deaths

By Jeff South

Virginia Mercury

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, fatal drug overdoses have exploded in Virginia, and health officials are predicting “the worst year on record by far” for such deaths in the commonwealth.

From January through June, at least 1,086 Virginians died from overdoses of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, prescription opioids and other drugs, the state medical examiner has found. That represented a 39% increase from the first half of 2019.

Deaths rose especially during the second quarter of this year (April through June), shortly after Virginia mandated social distancing and other measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The state registered at least 634 drug fatalities during those three months — 67% more than during the corresponding period in 2019.

Kathrin “Rosie” Hobron, the Virginia Department of Health’s statewide forensic epidemiologist, called the second-quarter spike “absolutely shocking.”

The statistics “suggest an enormous increase in fatal overdoses since the beginning of the COVID-19 national shutdown … and indicated that 2020 may be the worst year on record by far for fatal overdoses in Virginia,” according to a report Hobron compiled for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Experts attributed the increase to social isolation, job losses and other fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

“I do think it’s a combination of those things,” said Dr. Taylor Ochalek, a research scientist at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

“Social isolation can obvious-

ly increase feelings of depression and other mental health symptoms.

So, people are feeling really alone during this time. That might put them at a higher risk of relapsing.

They don’t have their normal social support.”

Overdose deaths rose in most cities and counties

Drug fatalities have been rising steadily for the past decade in Virginia. In 2013, they surpassed guns and motor vehicles as the leading cause of unnatural death in the state and climbed to 1,626 in 2019. The medical examiner’s report projects that for 2020, fatal overdoses will hit 2,053 — an increase of 26% from the previous year.

“I’m fearful that 2,050 is going to be a conservative estimate,” Hobron said in an interview. She said the number of deaths could reach 2,200.

Of Virginia’s 133 cities and counties, 77 registered more fatal overdoses during the first half of 2020 than during the corresponding period of 2019.

Drug deaths more than doubled in the cities of Richmond and Roanoke and rose 50 percent or more in Newport News, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Loudoun and Arlington counties.

Many smaller communities and rural counties have been hit hard, too.

For instance, in Salem, fatal overdoses jumped from three during the first half of 2019 to 11 during the first half of this year. In Bedford County, they went from three to 10; in Henry County, from seven to 19; and in Warren County, from six to 16.

Caroline, Charlotte, Goochland and King William counties did not have any fatal overdoses during the first half of 2019. This year, Caroline has had five and the others each have had four.

The increase in deaths did not surprise Ochalek, who recently published an article in the Journal of

the American Medical Association about nonfatal opioid overdose visits to the VCU Medical Center emergency department.

Between March and June, the emergency room in downtown Richmond saw 227 such patients — a jump of 123% from the same months the previous year.

Drug overdoses have risen throughout the U.S. during the pandemic.

For example, the federally funded Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program collects data from paramedics, hospitals and police in most counties across the United States. It examined overdose reports, both fatal and nonfatal, from March 19, when states started mandating virus-related safety measures, until May 19.

During that time period, more than 60% “of participating counties experienced an increase in overdose submissions,” the program reported.

Hobron’s report is the first to show how many overdoses resulted in death in Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rise has been stark: In 2010, Virginia recorded 1.9 fatal overdoses a day. That surged to 4.5 drug deaths a day in 2019. During the second quarter of this year, about seven Virginians died each day from drug overdoses.

Why the pandemic spurred drug overdoses

Social distancing mandated by the pandemic has made it difficult for people in recovery to meet with a sponsor, counselor or support group such as Narcotics Anonymous.

Many treatment centers and recovery programs have closed, cut back or moved services online.

“We know for a fact that many people have relapsed and overdosed even after having had 12, 15, 18 years clean because of the social isolation,” said

Gail Taylor, who oversees substance abuse prevention for the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

“Not being able to socially engage has increased the risk for use as well as the risk of relapse,” Taylor said.

John Shinholser, president of the McShin Foundation, a Richmond-based nonprofit that serves people with substance use disorders, agreed.

“One thing that helps people in recovery the most is being around other recovery people. So with the COVID restrictions, when all of a sudden you’re not supposed to be around other people, you take away some of the best tools available,” Shinholser said.

“When COVID hit in March, within weeks we had our first suicide from an addict that left a suicide note that he just can’t do the isolation thing.”

Victor McKenzie Jr., executive director of the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia, said, “For so many people, their recovery is really anchored on social interactions – those peers, other folks who have been through it, whether it’s recovery groups or 12 steps.” He said the pandemic “kind of cut that lifeline off.”

SAARA and other organizations responded by shifting counseling and other assistance online. “However, that doesn’t always replace that human contact,” McKenzie said.

Besides, Shinholser and Ochalek said, many people in recovery do not have computers or even telephones and cannot Zoom in for counseling or a support group.

The pandemic has had an economic impact, too. As businesses shut down, Virginia’s statewide unemployment See OVERDOSE, page 9

Despite statewide rise in fatalities, number of overdoses in Fauquier largely unchanged FAUQUIER, from page 1 2020, the number of fatal overdoses this year will be significantly less than the 20 fatalities in 2018 and the peak of 25 fatalities in 2016.

As a proportion of the population, the number of fatalities was lower in Fauquier County than in Virginia as a whole in 2019 and is on pace to be lower again this year. This is a positive sign for the county; from 2010 through 2018, the rate of overdose deaths in Fauquier County was higher – at one point twice as high -- than the state average.

Virginia Department of Health data tracks only fatalities. The Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office, however, keeps a record of the number of calls for opioid overdoses, including ones that are not fatal.

(Unlike the state data, other drug overdoses are not tracked.)

Sheriff’s office data shows that calls for opioid overdoses are slightly up this year compared to 2019 but about the same as in 2018. The number of deaths as a share of all overdoses, however, has declined.

Through October of this year, the sheriff’s office had responded to 43 opioid overdoses, including five resulting deaths. There were fewer calls for opioid overdoses – 36 -- during the same peri-

od in 2019, but eight people died. Through October 2018, the sheriff’s office had responded to 41 opioid overdoses, including 13 deaths.

That is, while the number of overdoses in the county has remained about the same over the past few years, fewer people are dying. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Sgt. Steven Lewis said that the decline in the number of deaths as a proportion of overdoses can be attributed in large part to deputies’ regular use of Narcan.

In the county, deputies have been carrying Narcan with them on patrol since 2016 – the year fatal drug overdoses peaked in the county -- and all deputies are trained on its use. (According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Narcan “is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. ... It can very quickly restore normal respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as a result of overdosing with heroin or prescription opioid pain medications.”)

“Patrol and civil process deputies carry what we call “go bags” that have two doses of Narcan, 4-milliliter nasal applicators, an automated external defibrillator, gloves and a one-way mask (a respiratory mask to filter the air from drugs in powdered form that could go airborne),” Lewis said.

Additionally, all deputies carry a 4-milliliter dose

of Narcan with them on their person.

Measured as a share of the population, overdose fatalities have been about the same in Culpeper County as in Fauquier over the past few years. Overdose deaths there reached a peak of 23 in 2017 and have since declined rapidly; in 2019, nine people died from an overdose. Through June of this year, five people had died in Culpeper County from an overdose – about the same rate as last year.

Taking population into consideration, the number of fatalities in Prince William County over the past decade, on the other hand, have generally been much lower than in Fauquier or Culpeper counties. That is on pace to change this year, with Prince William projected to have a slightly higher rate of fatal overdoses than either Fauquier or Culpeper this year.

If current trends hold, there will be far more overdose fatalities in Prince William this year than in 2019. There were 49 fatal overdoses in the county in the first half of 2020. In all of 2019, there were 66 fatalities.

In relative terms, fatal overdoses in Rappahannock County have skyrocketed this year; the five overdose deaths in the first half of 2020 were more than the three deaths in all of 2019.

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The East Coast’s first Blu Room light therapy office open in Warrenton

By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

Sarah Shores took a chance when she opened Warrenton Wellness in the middle of a pandemic.

But personal experience with Blu Room therapy made her a believer and she wanted to share the benefits of this emerging therapy with others by opening the first Blu Room on the East Coast.

She said, “I’ve never been a small-business owner before. We were enjoying retirement. But I’m so passionate about Blu Room therapy and did some soul searching.”

The Warrenton Wellness office, at 83 W. Lee Highway, is welcoming, but the Blu Room itself is what demands attention. It’s a space-age-inspired room with highly polished mirrored stainless steel that completely covers the walls, floor and ceiling. A simple bed with a pillow is in the center of the room.

Soft blue lights intended to foster relaxation are illuminated throughout the session. Music and a soft droning sound accompany each session. Shores said the steady hum helps patients achieve the “theta” four or five years ago to try the therapy she had state of brain activity, a state where customers can only heard about. (There were very few Blu Room shut out the world and focus on healing. Shores said, locations at that time.)

The Lyme disease had been causing severe “You may experience a feeling of detachment or pain as well as difficulties in her digestive tract. even disorientation, which is normal.”

She said that she recommends that in order to “The Blu Room got rid of my digestive tract probget the most out of the relaxation benefits, Blu lems in one visit,” she said.

After that she arranged to stay for a week in Room customers take a few minutes to sit quietly and consider what they’d like to focus on during Canada, where several Blu Room facilities are loa session. “Keeping simple, declarative sentences cated. “I’d do five or six sessions a week,” said in your mind is helpful. The mental preparation is Shores.

She added, “Over time, the pain and inflammaimportant.”

The calming blue lights and music are sooth- tion I had in my feet and hands disappeared. I’ve ing, said Shores, but the narrow-band ultraviolet B had no symptoms for a couple of years.” light, which is used in the first few minutes of each Shores said that during that time, she left her 20-minute session, is where the magic happens. stressful job with the federal government, where Ultraviolet A are the ones she had worked for 15 years. used in tanning beds; ul- Warrenton Wellness “That didn’t hurt either,” she traviolet C light is used to Location: 83 W. Lee Highway, grinned. sterilize in hospitals. But Warrenton Testimonials proponents of Blu Room Phone: 540-216-2524 Warrenton Wellness therapy say ultraviolet B Website: www.warrentonwellness.com hasn’t been open long, but rays – which have no color -- Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 has received a good reincrease the body’s ability to p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. sponse from her customers, make vitamin D, which may Cost: $70 for a 20-minute session; Shores said. Testimonials insurance does not pay for sessions have benefits. from Blu Room customers For instance, Shores Special deal: A holiday special offers – highlighted on the Warpointed out a study that 30% for everyone, on all sessions and renton Wellness website -concluded that UVB lights packages. claim benefits in a variety increase gut microbiome diof areas – from an improveversity through improving ment in kidney disease to better cholesterol levels vitamin D levels. The gut microbiome is recogto wound healing. nized to play a role in the body’s ability to battle Karl Pretsch of Casanova said he saw Shores’ disease. Shores said that each three-minute dose sign advertising light therapy and was intrigued. of UVB provides a light-skinned person with the “I am a big believer in alternative therapies,” said equivalent of about 10,000 IU of oral vitamin D Pretsch, himself a Reiki master. and around 5,000 for a tanned or darker-skinned He didn’t go into the experience with any parperson. ticular symptoms, he said, but he found the experience “extremely relaxing.”

Battle with Lyme disease Shores’ own experience with Blu Room therThe 67-year-old meditates regularly and said apy centered around her decade-long battle with the Blu Room experience “enables you to go into Lyme disease. After years of antibiotics and ste- a deep mediation immediately. I think it’s great.” roid treatment, Shores traveled to the West Coast Stephanie Milham has been enjoying sesOVERDOSE, from page 8 rate climbed to 11.2% in April. It has since dropped to 6.2%, but in 65 localities, the jobless rate was still at twice as high as it was a year ago.

As a result, McKenzie said, people already struggling with addiction faced other issues: “‘Am I going to be able to pay my bills? Am I going to be able to stay in my house? Am I going to be able to afford food?’ All of a sudden, you have these added stressors and triggers that make it

really hard for someone to focus on their recovery.”

Also because of the pandemic, people who use drugs are more likely to do so alone, Ochalek said. If they overdose, “no one’s there to call 911.”

Moreover, nobody is present to administer naloxone, the antidote for an opioid overdose. “So they might be unconscious, and no one’s there to give them that life-saving drug,” Ochalek said.

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sions in Warrenton’s Blu Room once or twice a week since it opened. She said the last couple of weeks, she has only gone once a week, because she already feels so good. She said, “I think it’s fantastic. I think it’s the best thing I’ve done for my health – ever.”

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She emphasized that she still follows her doctors’ recommendations. “Blu Room therapy is an addition. I would never dispense with proper medical care.”

Milham, 66, said that she believes some of her medical issues were exacerbated by stress. Her husband died about a year ago. She said the Blu Room sessions have helped her sleep. “I essentially didn’t sleep for a year.”

Her cardiologist recommended meditation, “so I was already doing that. This just really helps with relaxation. I’m thrilled with it.”

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Another factor is the increasing prevalence of fentanyl, which is more powerful and deadlier than heroin and other street drugs. Drug dealers often lace cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl, “which is really alarming,” Ochalek said. People who buy the drugs “don’t even know that they’re using opioids.”

During the first half of 2020, about three-fourths of overdose deaths in Virginia involved fentanyl.

Thirty percent of the fatalities in-

volved cocaine; 28%, heroin; 22%, prescription opioids; and 16%, methamphetamines. (An overdose often involves more than one drug.)

As coronavirus cases rise and restrictions on social activities tighten, Shinholser fears that drug overdoses will continue to increase.

“The worst is yet to come,” he said.

“This is going to be the worst winter we’ve ever had in our history.”

This article is courtesy of Virginia Mercury.

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Pearmund Farm Store showcases best of the Piedmont New year-round farmers market steeped in history

By John Hagarty

Special to the Fauquier Times

Chris Pearmund is known for his stable of wineries and vineyards, but at heart, he’s a farmer. He doesn’t wield a pitchfork or sling bales of hay. His domain springs from the earth by converting vines into wine.

If that doesn’t sound like a conventional farmer, ask him about the weather and growing grapes. That is if you have time to listen to his response. Read: It’s not easy.

He now has a store that further reflects his farming bona fides and those of more than a score of other local tillers of the land and artisans. The establishment embodies “down home.”

On Nov. 8, the Pearmund Farm Store unwrapped its horn of plenty.

It began selling hams, beef jerky, eggs, peanut butter, honey, jellies, jams, pecans, coffee, candles, soap, cider, kombucha, hot sauces, local art and more. Twenty-five vendors (and growing) keep the store stocked. Wine from the three Pearmund wineries is also for sale.

Many of the products spring from Fauquier County’s artesian cornucopia, but they might hail from anywhere in the Old Dominion if it's a quality product.

“We are trying to feature as many local products as possible,” said Megan Hayes, store manager. “There’s a lot of items we carry from Fauquier, but also the surrounding counties.”

Indoor and outdoor seating is provided, including a patio and front porch. Since the winery is a grape toss away, conventional wine tastings are not offered at the farm store. However,

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Twenty-five vendors keep the store stocked. Wine from the three Pearmund wineries is also for sale. guests can order wine by the bottle for enjoyment on-site or off.

During the summer and fall months, fresh fruits and vegetables will be available, adding to what is already a market with depth. “We’ve reached out to local farmers so the store can become a market for their products,” said Pearmund. "During the winter, it will provide a venue for them to sell non-perishable items.”

The farm store is part of a five-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot farmhouse that sits on a low rise just before turning right into Pearmund Cellars winery. In keeping with Virginia’s legendary past, it comes with its own historic story.

The home sits on property that was birthed as a land grant in 1743 to a Colonel Harrison, who served in the Revolutionary War. He built a cabin on the site, and today the 277-year-old dwelling is the base of the farmhouse.

The home had been leased for years, but recently the tenant moved on, offering an opportunity for Pearmund further to accessorize his 30acre estate with another guest attraction. Fifteen acres of Chardonnay

grapevines grow nearby.

Upstairs, five rooms can be rented for private parties ranging in size from two to 12 people. Guests pay at $100 “entry fee,” that gets turned into a gift card that they can use in the store or at the winery, essentially making the rooms rental free.

Rooms “can be reserved exclusively for a small private party.

We can provide food, and for three hours, you would have a parlor-like setting for family and friends,” said Pearmund.

With COVID-19 constricting the urge for public gatherings, reserving a room for a small private event allows folks to entertain in a public setting while feeling safe.

“It’s like going to visit grandma’s house in the country. You can bring your food, or we can provide it,” said Pearmund.

Another innovative offering is carry-out gourmet meals prepared by Warrenton’s Café Torino. Dinners for from two to eight can be purchased at the store Thursday through Sunday, starting at $35. Dinner includes an appetizer, entree and dessert.

The dinners are fully prepared

The Pearmund Farm Store is located at 6188 Georgetown Run Road, Broad Run. and need only be warmed to create a dining out event at home. Buy a bottle of wine, and an in-home repast is yours. Working folks take note.

With a fireplace outside and a country setting, the farm store is a safe, COVID-19 respectful indoor and outdoor getaway that is family-friendly.

Parking is available just outside.

"When COVID-19 hit, and everybody was retracting, I went out and planted 112 Crepe Myrtles on my property because I remembered Audrey Hepburn once saying, ‘To plant a garden is to believe in the future.’

“The farm store is a seed for the future success of agriculture in the Piedmont. It’s our way of saying, ‘Come out and support our local farmers and vendors,’” said Pearmund.

The store is at 6188 Georgetown Run Road, Broad Run, and is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information on the Pearmund Farm Store, drop by https://pearmundfarmstore.com/.

Business Your Way to the rescue, offering 3 paths to business success

By John Hagarty

Special to the Fauquier Times

Tapping into experience can lead to success.

The key is finding proven experience since advice from the unqualified can be costly. Someone who has created successful businesses -- and is willing to share their knowledge -- is a change agent worth seeking out.

Today, finding help to jump-start a listless enterprise is a “now more than ever” endeavor. According to a survey from Main Street America, 7.5 million small businesses will shut down permanently if the disruption caused by COVID-19 continues unabated.

Marianne Clyde walks the walk. She has almost three decades of professional counseling experience and spent nine years operating the Marianne Clyde Center for Holistic Psychotherapy in Warrenton.

On Oct. 28, she launched her latest creation, Business Your Way, located at 32 Waterloo St., #105.

“I’ve had practices in California, Massachusetts, Virginia, and even opened one in Tokyo when my husband's insurance career took him there," said Clyde. “I have 30 years working both

Marianne Clyde ran a psychotherapy center in Warrenton for nine years. Now she wants other businesses to succeed. stateside and in developing countries with people experiencing trauma, civil war, trafficking, water and food shortages and more.”

In 2019, Clyde retired with no thought other than enjoying her family. She and her husband Bob have eight children in their blended marriage and will celebrate their 18th grandchild's birth next spring.

Tending to the family was like retiring to another full-time job.

But even in retirement, she has stayed involved

with the local business community. She is a member of the Fauquier County Chamber of Commerce executive board and the founder of Be the Change Foundation, an organization empowering woman to embrace opportunities, seek solutions and find business success.

“COVID-19 caused both of those organizations to pivot, so I thought taking some business coaching courses would help me in my leadership roles,” said Clyde.

“Then it occurred to me, everyone needs help with their businesses today because the pandemic has impacted most of them negatively.”

Business Your Way With her wealth of experience, including not only counseling but in real estate, gift shops and more, Clyde has always built businesses that worked around her lifestyle.

With her large family, traveling and myriad interests, she believes, “Everybody who desires it should have a business that is not only flexible, but when a crisis arrives, can pivot, so it continues to be profitable while meeting their lifestyle.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Time to decide: who are we?

After COVID: hoping for better tomorrows to come

COVID-19 is taking its toll on Americans – In our social behavior, in the workplace, schools, sports and our churches. It impacts all of us. Everything has changed in order to fight the COVID threat. In our lifetimes we have never faced such a threat. How we respond will tell us who we are.

Our school board recently voted to award all school employees a $1,000 tax paid bonus. This was at the request of Superintendent David Jeck. Immediately one of the supervisors commented “I’m appalled at the position the school board has put this community.”

I wasn’t sure what he meant. But he went on to say that giving teachers bonuses discounted the work of all non-school county employees. So not to be outdone, the supervisors then went on to approve bonuses for all non-school county employees.

School and county employees have never missed a paycheck. Most teachers were out of the classroom for six months or more and never lost a paycheck. Some probably picked up some extra cash working outside jobs. County employees continued to work their regular jobs, some from home. County employees had to put up with the COVID prevention rules, but they still got paid.

Outside the school and county employees, the situation was far different. People lost jobs and businesses went broke. They didn’t receive paychecks or bonuses.

At best, they received some help with unemployment insurance. They face financial hardships and bankruptcy.

The question is this: Should bonuses be paid to those who did not lose their job, who continued to work, albeit under COVID prevention rules, while fellow citizens have neither jobs or bonuses? Who we help determines who we are as a people, a community and a nation.

The money to pay these bonuses comes from our taxes. Mostly through the property taxes that we all pay, even the unemployed. The bonuses make no sense.

If you feel as I do contact your supervisor and school board representatives and tell them how you feel.

Like most of Fauquier County’s elderly residents, I don’t get out much. Due to COVID-19, I only make the necessary trips, with occasional visits to and from friends.

When I do go out, I take precautions; I go to outdoor venues, wear a mask, wash my hands often and keep my distance.

A recent trip took me to Fauquier neighbors, where I renewed my friendship with their visiting parents, Jean and Lloyd (not their real names). The parents were from out-of-town and had just recovered from the virus. I was curious and asked them if they would share their firsthand experiences. I assumed they would speak of flu-like symptoms that were uncomfortable, but which eventually passed with time. I didn’t expect the responses I heard.

After both tested positive for COVID-19, they began the mandated protocols of monitoring and self-isolation at home. Jean seemed to hold steady with mild symptoms.

But Lloyd’s reactions were more intense, and he was taken to the hospital. as alone in an empty home, while he was alone in a frantic hospital setting.

While Jean could breathe, Lloyd struggled for every breath ... a sensation akin to drowning, he said. While she remained ambulatory, he couldn’t walk at all; when he tried to stand, he collapsed unconscious to the floor. She was lucid but with a mind caught in overload, while his mind lapsed into periodic fogs, making him unsure of his surroundings.

He recollected being hurried down crammed hallways filled with distraught patients and JOHN GREEN overworked medical personnel.

They both worried for the other, and both were afraid. Their separation added to their Letters to the Editor The Fauquier Times welcomes letters to the editor from its readers as a fears … fears that were being shared by the forum for discussion of local public affairs subjects. entire family. Concerns were amplified as no WRITE: Letters to the Editor family could visit either parent; they could

41 Culpeper Street not administer care or in-person comfort.

Warrenton, VA 20188 Even telephone conversations to Lloyd were FAX: Editor 540-349-8676 almost impossible due to his confusion. Time EMAIL: news@fauquier.com Letters must be signed by the writer. Messages sent via email must say “Letter to passed. the Editor” to distinguish them from other messages not meant for publication.

Three days later, when Lloyd awoke in the Include address and phone for verification (Not to be published.) Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length. Personal attacks will not be published.

ICU, he heard the cries and supplications of Long letters from those with special authority on a current issue may be treated his fellow patients. He saw code-blue medas a guest column (with photo requested). Due to volume, letters cannot be acknowledged. All letters are appreciated. Letters must be received by 5 p.m. ical personnel laboring to save lives. The Monday to be considered for Wednesday publication. nightmarish struggle of life and death was

continuous, and Lloyd witnessed at least four deaths … most were not easy deaths. As one patient succumbed, another would quickly fill the empty bed; the hellish parade went on without end. Lloyd’s visit to the inferno only ceased when his condition improved, and he was moved out of the ICU. It was still many days before he was deemed well enough to be discharged.

Jean and Lloyd survived; they were the lucky ones. Family prayers were answered, but not all prayers. Jean and Lloyd are still experiencing physical and mental side effects.

Lloyd has severe muscle pains, shortness of breath and a damaged heart. Both suffer the psychological damage associated with severe illness. Lloyd is reclusive, while Jean still has nightmares.

I wanted to share their story with you, not to frighten you or make some political point, but to raise consciousness. I wanted to give pause … pause for reflection to those who do not consider the pandemic the health crisis it is or to those who have become numb to the rising numbers of cases and corresponding deaths. My understanding of the real impact of the virus changed when I heard this firsthand account … maybe others’ perceptions will change as well.

Before seeking publication of this story, I showed it to my friend. Her comment, “I would note that, on a personal level, as the child of these two, I, as well as my siblings, also suffer from PTSD due to the real fear that we could have lost one or both of them, and we had no access to even comfort them.

Thus, I take great umbrage when I hear remarks, such as, ‘I’m young, and this isn’t going to affect me overly much.’

“I have nightmares, too.”

For now, we can take some consolation in knowing that help is at hand in the form of better therapeutics and potential vaccines.

They will go a long way, but in the meantime, we must continue to do our part. We all know the protocols, and we must follow them. We must do it for the vulnerable, for our families, and for ourselves.

We all deserve better tomorrows, and I pray that it is so.

Business Your Way to the rescue: 3 paths to business success SUCCESS, from page 10 She devoted several months to pulling together her new company; she created a website and social media venues, organized group coaching and workshops.

Clyde has three offerings to boost languishing businesses.

First, there is a half-day workshop called Hero on a Mission. The effort helps an owner gather his or her thoughts on what they want to accomplish and how their vision can be fulfilled. She helps them develop a one-year, five-year, and 10-year plan to achieve those goals. The cost

is $250.

The training can be hosted on Zoom for five to 10 participants and covers mission, messaging and marketing topics.

Second is an ongoing small group coaching option for five to ten people, costing $600 a month.

It’s surprising to Clyde that many small businesses have not even compiled a customer email list because they did not need one in the past. Now, ongoing communication with customers is essential in maintaining and building relationships.

The third approach is a one-on-one engagement. It starts with a free phone

interview where a “business MRI” is administered to elicit how an individual’s company is currently functioning.

Clyde creates a proposal showing how she can provide pragmatic assistance in creating a path to increased revenue.

It typically is a six-month to a year-long action plan with three 90-minute meetings a month. The cost is $1,000 a month, with a commitment to participate for a minimum of six months.

Clyde also offers a free subscription to the Business Made Simple University series that guides clients through a business reactivation process as an incentive to try her ser-

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vices. The offering was created by the well-known author Donald Miller.

Since there are so many businesses in crisis today, Clyde said she provides clear and proven strategies for increasing sales and elevating participating firms' overall economic health.

In summarizing her return to the workforce, Clyde said, “There is a huge need out there today, and I’ve got the skills and time to help fulfill that need.”

For a description of all the service offerings of Business Your Way, including a free PDF publication titled “9 Ways to Save Your Business,” visit https://businessyourway.solutions.

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Liberty High School receives $100,000 in grants to implement innovative programs

By Keely Crane

Special to the Fauquier Times

James Lane, Fauquier County School Division superintendent of public instruction, has announced that Fauquier County – and specifically, Liberty High School -- is one of the 13 districts in the state that will receive a grant to develop or implement innovative programs that promote Virginia’s 5 C’s (critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and citizenship).

Five school divisions – including Fauquier -- will receive a $50,000 first-year innovation planning grant; Fauquier County will be among four school divisions that will receive a $50,000 second year-innovation implementation grant.

Liberty will use the second grant to implement the plan. Another four school divisions will split a fifth of a $50,000 grant.

According to the state press release from VDOE, “Fauquier County will provide teachers at Liberty High School with autonomy to present interdisciplinary instruction affording students opportunities to apply content knowledge through authentic, real-world projects. Students will take part in a school-wide service learning and forge strong community and higher education partnerships, connecting juniors and seniors with mentors to ensure engagement.”

The push to apply for this grant has been going on since last year.

Liberty Vice Principal Lauren Milburn, said, “We applied for the first part of the grant a little over a year ago and when we were selected, we were super excited because it is pretty competitive. Dr. Amy Acors, the FCPS1 director of instruction, helped our admin team write the grant for the first part as we had to include a lot of background information. That was the planning part of the grant. This year, we were able to apply for the second part of the grant, which is the implementation part. We were, again, really excited because of the competitive nature of the grant. It is oftentimes given to entire school di-

Liberty High School culinary students and the food they made for a presentation for the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce as the school looked to add business partners for student work experiences, internships, apprenticeships, etc. visions, not just an individual school, so that was cool that our school won it.”

“I believe one of the main goals in education should be to provide opportunities for students to either begin to discover -- learn about and develop -- their talents and then figure out how to serve the world using their talents. Students should have some idea of what they want to do before leaving high school and if we can provide an opportunity for them to get a head start before graduating then we are on the right track. Equally as important should be providing students with the opportunity to serve their community in some capacity,” said Liberty Principal Sam Cox. The Eagle Innovation Team, led by guidance counselor Sandra Harris and history teacher Katherine Waddle, is going to be tasked with continued work on the HS Innovation Grant, encouraging ongoing conversation and idea-building around innovation.

“The Eagle Innovation Team will consist of a few faculty and student members who will all work together to come up with current, relevant, innovative, community supportive ideas within the LHS community,” said Harris.

She said that the Eagle Innovation project will provide students an opportunity for a hands-on

approach to implementing change at LHS and the community as a whole. This program is going to give students the opportunity to be involved on a much larger scale.

“The main purpose of the school is to serve our students’ needs and interests. What better way to make this change than to bring students in to have a voice in that process?” said Waddle.

Some programs that will be implemented at LHS are Global Studies; Essentials of Algebra and Geometry (AlgGeo); Unified P.E. Music, and Theatre; Digital Applications course; English 12: The Senior Experience; Department Internships; Empower: Innovation and Open Source Learning; Personal Training course, Peer tutoring/ writing lab, and Eagle Entrepreneurship.

“It is exciting to see that the work we have done with innovation over the last six years is being recognized. We already planned to move forward on a lot of the innovations we wrote about in the grant, however, this definitely makes it a lot easier to have the money that comes along with the grant. Planning and innovation costs money, so knowing we have some resources is very helpful,” said Milburn.

“I am really looking forward to what students are interested in studying and then allowing them the freedom of exploring. I am also excited about the service opportunities embedded within our opportunities. It is so important that all of us understand that we should always seek to be inclusive, to be seeking ways to help one another when possible. I think that if we are providing opportunities to help more of us learn about empathy and compassion, we are on the right course in making the world a better KEELY CRANE place,” said Cox. Keely Crane is the editor-in-chief of Liberty High School’s student newspaper, The Patriot Press.

Photo ID requirement for voting is not a burden I pondered over the value of responding to this week's [Fauquier Times, Nov. 18, “Voting is a right – it must be made available to all, with the least burden possible”] opinion piece beginning "Voting is a right …” But the more I read it the more I felt obligated.

In brief, it brought back memories of my days in Army boot camp as a Korean veteran. When someone made an imbecile statement, the accepted response was, "Your mother wears Army boots." Why? I have no idea and didn't ask!

For example, the writer claims President [Donald] Trump encouraged his supporters to commit a felony by voting twice, which gets a deserved "Your mother wears Army boots."

Next the author lists several measures to prevent voting fraud and then dismisses them as unnecessary. Go figure!

But one has caught my attention, as the author fixated on the subject of voter ID, taking issue with a previous article [Nov. 11] suggesting the importance of voter ID,

which was diminished on Nov. 3. In essence, the author feels it burdens voters and blames Republicans for burdening the disadvantaged who he cites as "… also happen to lean Democratic."

"Your mother wears … but I digress.

Center to his argument is "For example, look at the Republican-imposed Texas photo ID requirement (Texas Board of Elections website)" [read VOTETEXAS.GOV for search accuracy] where ostensibly missing is a number of acceptable photo IDs that he cites. So I did, and here's what I found.

No less than seven acceptable photo IDs, including, Texas driver license; Texas handgun license; Texas personal ID card; U.S. military ID card with photo; Texas election ID certificate, and more. Burdensome for the disadvantaged who also happen to lean Democratic? Ridiculous!

Last, in this month alone I accomplished these activities and more: dental appointment, doctor's appointment, bank deposit, bank

withdrawal, restaurant payment, home maintenance payment with check, advanced auto purchase; not to mention voted on Nov. 3 in Fauquier County -- and all requiring a photo ID. Did I feel a burden in any

respect? Hardly! Do I feel privileged in any respect? Outside of being a Christian, American, can't think of one! The issue of photo ID as burdensome, in any respect, is another Democrat false narrative to the detriment of transparent and honest elections -- at any level!

RON NIST Warrenton

Black lives matter because…

Black lives matter!

"Why is that?" you ask.

Because: 1. God made them, just like you and me 2. He made them to be free, just like you and me 3. He gave them minds and emotions, full of devotions.

Because: 1. God likes diversity, in color and style and size 2. He likes the wise, in color and style and size 3. He gave them dreams and opposable thumbs Because: 1. He gave them hearts and plenty of smarts 2. He made them compose food

and clothes 3. He gave them dreams of things to do... same like me and you.

Because: 1. He gave them strengths to build and cook just like in His Book.

2. He gave them songs to ease their pain songs that to this day remain 3. He gave them love from above. as much as He gave you and me For all these reasons and many more it should make our hearts sore to know we have oppressed them, trying to hold them down.

Impossible because God made their souls to soar, their hearts to roar.

CATHERINE GOIN Warrenton

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VHSL SAYS MEDIA MEMBERS COUNT AS ‘PARTICIPANTS’

The Virginia High School League clarified its stance on participants at high school contests, stating players, coaches, officials, event staff, media and law enforcement/medical personnel qualify. All others count as spectators and are subject to the limit of 25 at contests.

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Fauquier Times | November 25, 2020

EIGHTH GRADERS ARE A GO

Coaches praise policy change allowing middle schoolers to play some high school sports

By Fred Hodge

Special to the Times

The quest to begin a middle school wrestling program has opened the door for a new Fauquier County policy allowing eighth graders to play certain high school sports.

Beginning this fall, eighth grade wrestlers along with field hockey, football, boys and girls lacrosse and sideline cheerleading athletes can try out annually for freshman or junior varsity teams at their base high school.

Eighth grade boys and girls basketball and volleyball players can also play high school sports this year only since the pandemic canceled indoor middle school sports.

The middle schools will continue to offer softball, baseball, soccer and cross country, so those athletes will not be eligible for high school play as eighth graders.

Local high school coaches are elated with the change approved by the Fauquier County School Board, pointing out that it opens up opportunities for more kids to participate and get involved with high school programs earlier.

“We’ve been pushing for a while, trying to get anything the middle schools don’t offer and give the eighth graders an opportunity to compete,” said Kettle Run activities director Paul Frye.

“This also aids in building a strong program for the future,” said Fauquier High girls basketball coach Brian Foddrell. “Other than winter league play through Warrenton Youth Sports Club, there isn’t really any other local training for basketball or gyms available. Having eighth graders play with our JV team this season is great.”

All three county football coaches love the decision, especially since middle school football was eliminated about eight years ago.

“There’s nothing better than having kids in your own hands. There’s a bright future in some of these kids,” said Liberty coach Travis Buzzo, noting it still takes them a long time to develop into varsity players. “If we have from eight to 15 kids it will help maintain the freshman program,” he added.

The Virginia High School League bans eighth graders from varsity play, so eighth graders are limited to freshman or junior varsity teams.

Fauquier High AD Mark Ott emphasized while eighth graders may try out, a roster spot is not guaranteed on a freshman or JV team. “If they make it, they make it,” said Ott, noting eighth graders may have the best chance to participate in freshman teams in football, basketball or volleyball.

Nor will eighth graders be allowed to play against juniors. If any team carries a junior on a JV squad, an eighth grader can’t play while the junior is in the game.

Athletes are required to arrange their own transportation to the high schools, which could pose some hurdles. For example, Marshall Middle School dis-

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Eighth graders are now eligible for the following Fauquier County high school sports not offered in middle school

Basketball* Field hockey Football Lacrosse Sideline cheer Volleyball* Wrestling *Only for 2020-21 school year

Middle school sports still offered Baseball Basketball Cross country Soccer Volleyball

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Eighth graders are now allowed to play freshman or JV sports at county high schools if that sport is not offered in middle school. Middle school sports still offered are baseball, softball, soccer and cross country, with basketball and volleyball still offered but canceled for the 2020-21 school year.

misses at 3:30 p.m., compared to approximately 2:30 for the high schools and the other middle schools.

Those athletes could miss significant practice.

Coaches happy

The Fauquier Times reached out to 15 coaches at the three high schools to gauge their reaction.

Of the seven who responded, the strong consensus was two thumbs up.

“It’s gold,” said Liberty wrestling coach Wes Hawkins, whose program has emerged as Class 4 state contender in recent years. “It will give the kids another year under their belt,” he said. “And it will help tremendously as freshmen when they do come into school.”

Kettle Run wrestling coach Mike Foy always has felt his Cougars have been at a disadvantage. Now he’ll see some eighth graders in his program. “We’ve been wanting to do things like this for a long time,” he said. “There are a lot of counties around us that already do that. So, I think it is a huge advantage for us.”

Kettle Run football coach Charlie Porterfield is also a fan. “This decision is a massive advan-

tage for the three high schools in our as well as our athletes,” Porterfield said. “The extra year in the weight room, on the field, and with their teammates will make their high school transitions much more manageable. In my opinion, it is a win-win situation for everyone.”

Wrestling was the major driving force in getting eighth graders into high school sports. Coaches at the three high schools formulated a detailed plan to start teams at the five middle schools, measured to see where mats could be stored and approached the central office.

Despite support, the plan never reached fruition, but morphed into bringing the wrestlers into the high schools, and including other sports as well.

“Instead of having to take all our stuff over there, we said let the eighth graders come to high school,” said Fauquier AD Mark Ott. Kettle Run AD Frye says the move makes sense.

“People have been trying for eighth graders to play [football] at the high schools ever since the middle schools quit playing,” Frye said.

8th graders played high school sports in the 1980s

By Fred Hodge

Special to the Times

In the 1980s and early 1990s athletes at the county junior highs (grades 7-9) played some sports at Fauquier High (grades 10-12), which was the lone high school.

The eighth graders were limited to junior varsity play because the Virginia High School League prohibits eighth graders on varsity squads. The freshmen could play either.

The rule changed when Liberty High opened in the fall of 1994 and freshmen became fulltime high schoolers. Transportation issues forced abandonment of the eighth-grade migration.

“I’m surprised they are trying to attempt this,

but I’m sure they know what they are doing. I trust those guys,” said former FHS activities director Allen Creasy, who had a first-hand view then.

He welcomed the expanded opportunities and potential benefits to individual athletes and programs.

“I wish them the best of luck. I’ve been through this, and there are pains that go with it,” he stressed. “It’s not always rosy.”

Creasy’s son Jamie came to Fauquier from Marshall Junior High to play junior varsity baseball in those days.

“By the time he got to the high school, he might get a couple of swings in, and he was done.

It was discouraging that by the time those kids arrived there they did not have a whole lot of time for practice,” Creasy said.

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Brentsville’s Isabel Bae to play women’s golf at William & Mary

By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer

When you’re the best girls golfer in school history, you deserve your moment in the sun.

That’s why Brentsville High found a way to celebrate senior Isabel Bae’s signing with William & Mary even during the pandemic.

Only the athlete, her parents, brother and her coaches were allowed to Bae’s small ceremony Nov. 10 at the high school, and they came in one at a time, with the area later sanitized for a second athlete, Austin Stroud, who signed to play men’s lacrosse at Division II Mars Hill (N.C.) University.

“She’s probably the best female golfer of all time at Brentsville,” said Tigers’ golf coach Gina Butler of Bae, who has been the Tigers’ No. 1 golfer her entire career, and helped Brentsville win the Northwestern District Class 3 title last year.

“Her short game is stellar, and she’s almost always in the fairways and greens in regulation. That’s how she scores so low,” said Butler.

Bae said she’s been talking with William & Mary coach Ed Teer for over a year. “I think after visiting so many times to William & Mary and Jamestown for golf tournaments and for fun, I fell in love with the campus and I felt like I belonged there,” she said. “I really like how it is only two to three hours from my house, so my parents can visit me and watch me play or visit me at Williamsburg.”

Bae was in discussion with other colleges, but she said William & Mary stood out “because I knew it was one of the best schools in Virginia and it has always been my dream to play Division I golf.”

Golf is something that’s in her blood. Bae’s father is an avid golfer, and she attributes her development to him. He began schooling her when she was 7 and continued working with her until about two years ago, when former George Mason University men’s golf coach Linda Gaudi took over.

“My dad was my biggest supporter, because he would help me gain every skill I possibly could have and taught me many valuable things through golf,” she said.

Butler says Bae is so skilled and poised that she requires almost zero maintenance. “Isabel is calm, cool and collected on the golf course. She has a poker face, so if it’s not going well, you’re not going to know about it,” the coach said. “It’s pretty impressive to watch her move around the course. I have the luxury to ride up and talk to the golfers, and she’ll tell me how things are going. She’s always positive.”

Bae agrees she has a calm temperament. “The part of the game that came easiest at first was short game since I was a small girl back then, but now one of my strengths is my mentality. If I don’t have the best start in a tournament, I stay as calm as possible and try to have fun,” she said.

PHOTO BY SETH CAMERON

Brentsville High senior golfer Isabel Bae recently signed with William & Mary. From left is mom Ji, brother Alex and dad Jay.

THE ISABEL BAE FILE

Family: Father is Jay, mother is Ji, brother Alex is a freshman at Brentsville. “Both my parents were born in South Korea and my dad taught me golf almost all my life. My younger brother, who is 14, has been also playing golf since he was 7 and is a very competitive swimmer.”

Did you know? Bae has competed at the VHSL state swim meet all three seasons.

Favorite food: ”Pretty much all of my mom’s Korean food, but if I had to pick, it has to be her Galbi, which are grilled ribs.”

Favorite TV: “I like watching Animal Planet because I would love to become a veterinarian one day or have a career that involves helping animals.”

Superstitions: “If I don’t eat food on the golf course constantly to maintain my energy, I don’t do as well.”

Clubs: “My pitching to 8 irons are Callaway Apex Pro and 7 to 4 irons are regular Apex. I use a TaylorMade M6 driver, a Callaway 3 wood and a Callaway Maverick 4 Hybrid. I always use Callaway’s Chrome Soft balls at my tournaments.”

Favorite course: Kingsmill Resort.

Bae has shined throughout her amateur career, playing on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour. She was second in her age group and fourth overall at the 2020 VSGA Girls Junior Championship, shooting 69 (-2) and 67 (-4). She was fourth at the AJGA Junior at Longleaf, carding scores of 78, 74 and 68.

She placed third at the Commonwealth Classic and fourth at the HJ Glove Girls Championship. She was on Team Virginia for wins in two team competitions against Maryland, the Poindexter Cup and Capital Cup. Now that her recruiting is over, Bae still has her senior year to look forward to, since the VHSL pushed fall sports to late winter due to the pandemic. Brentsville’s first meet is March 10 at Stonewall Golf Club.

“She will be ready for the cooler temperatures as golf is a year-round sport and Isabel plays all year,” said Butler, who predicts Bae will make her fourth appearance in the VHSL Girls State Championship.

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Warrenton government promotes creative solutions to outdoor dining this winter BUBBLES, from page 2 bles” – they are transparent, plastic pop-ups big enough to encompass a six-person table and keep those seated at the table warm -- have appeared around Warrenton.

They are the first visible step in a town government initiative dubbed “Warm Up Warrenton” intended to enable businesses to come up with creative ways to thrive this winter; it is a natural extension of the “Roll Out Warrenton” program approved by the town council this summer, said Town Manager Brandie Schaeffer.

A “bubble” was offered to any restaurant in town that wanted one, she said. Based on the positive feedback, more will likely be purchased in the near future, funded by federal CARES Act funds disbursed to the town earlier this year.

Sunny’s manager Jaydee Dauz said that as of Nov. 19, about 10 customers had tried the “bubble,” and “they all loved it.”

“The ‘bubbles’ are just a starting point,” Schaeffer explained. “We’re encouraging businesses to think outside the box.” To that end, last month the town council directed staff to develop a grant program for retail, hospitality and food service businesses, and the program is almost ready to launch. Applications should be open by the end of this week.

The grant program is funded by about $200,000 freed up by CARES Act funds, and the first round of grant distributions – which will mostly likely be capped at $10,000 per business – will go out after Dec. 15, the deadline for applications. A second round of grant disbursements will go out after a second application period.

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Mayor Carter Nevill said he hopes the grants will help restaurants in particular create something good in a difficult situation and that diners will be willing to try something new. “Winter is magical. This is an opportunity to embrace a whole different kind of dining,” he said.

Town council member Kevin Carter (Ward 5) urged residents spend their money locally this winter. “Find a way to support local businesses during these difficult months so they are all here in the spring,” he said.

Next month, town council members will decide whether to renew the “Roll Out Warrenton” program, which allowed businesses on Main Street to utilize parking spaces for outdoor dining and other services.

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These property transfers, filed Nov. 12-18, 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: $1,430,000 in Cedar Run District Cedar Run District Joseph Jeremiah Sechler to Nathan W. Tupitza, 2.67 acres at11328 Brent Town Road, Catlett. $315,000 Lonnie W. Barr Jr. to Potomac District Council of the Assemblies of God In., 1.5934 acres at 8415 James Madison Hwy. nr. Warrenton. $450,000 Nancy C. Hicks to Alexander Martinez, 8.209 acres at 4497 Coventry Road, Bealeton. $319,000 William W. Gulick Jr. to Steven W. Rodgers, 150.7870 acres at the end of Duhollow Road nr.

Warrenton. $1,430,000 Michelle Baird to Ronald L. Bailey, 12413 Tower Hill Road nr. Midland. $499,500 Jennifer Lynn Schlemmer to Justin E. Oryschak, 1.001 acre at 8053 Medlock Way, Warrenton. $475,000 Joyce E. Macey Successor Tr. to Arthur Nuccio, 1 acre at 4553 Dumfries Road, Catlett. $320,000 Lee District Tamela M. Watts to Ashley M. McPhee-Brown, Unit K, 11242 Torrie Way, Bealeton. $159,000 Eland LLC to Elizabeth A. Holmes, 1.4322 acres at 5825 Sumerduck Road nr. Sumerduck. $265,000 Michael Inzeo to Shannon M. Dodd, 6565 Constitution Way, Bealeton. $386,000 White Ridge Properties LLC to B. K. Graceland LLC, 0.0821 acre on Main Street and 0.0997 acre on the north side of Main Street, Remington. $245,000 Cool Lawn Farms LC to Tony Cecil Dean, 23.8575 acres on St. Paul’s Road, Bealeton/Remington. $180,000

Christopher S. Kondos to Kelly Simmons, 7848 Piccadilly Drive nr. Warrenton. $504,000 Linda J. Kane to Miriam Yanes Lopez, 12277 Piney Lane, Remington. $278,000 Philip Steiner to 12223 Hord Avenue LLC, 0.7100 acre at 12223 Hord Ave., Remington. $112,000 Center District NVR Inc. to Roberto Ramzey, 0.1959 acre at 17 Patrick Ryan Way, Warrenton. $552,530 NVR Inc. to Mary Crouch MacKercher, 0.1797 acre at 25 Patrick Ryan Way, Warrenton. $567,670 Winchester Chase Development LLC to NVR Inc., Lot 2 (0.2303 acre) and Lot 1 (0.2796 acre) off Winchester Street, Warrenton. $330,000 Patricia C. Pappas to Jeffrey A. Martin, 185 North View Circle, Warrenton. $400,000 Martha Griffith to LRW Investments and Property Management LLC, 629 Gold Cup Drive, Warrenton. $350,000 Larry D. Knutsen to Jeffery G. Bowen, 0.5031 acre at 7180 Homestead Court, Warrenton. $508,000 Richard Wright to Gilbert T. Nieves, 249 Dover Road, Warrenton. $405,000 Andrew M. Bonaffini to Kathleen J. Gaw, 6476 Loudoun Court, Warrenton. $541,000 Robert Chilton Griffin to Linda J. Kane, 140-C Fairfield Drive, Warrenton. $187,500 Kathleen B. Wageley to Richard Kiester, 560 Highland Towne Lane, Warrenton. $319,300

Scott District Kenneth A. Rosinski to Jorge A. Rodriguez, 6052 Pilgrims Rest Road, Broad Run. $380,000 William I. Greener III to Claude E. Sloan, 1.7647 acres at 3839 Whiting Road, Marshall. $750,000 Eric D. Donovan as Executor to Alberto Flores, 1.0054 acres at 5373 Hillside Drive nr. Warrenton. $330,000 Richard A. Hardy to Kevin Robinson, 1.5038 acres at 7342 Forrest Road nr. Warrenton. $576,500 Mark L. Padgett to Thomas P. MacDougal, 10 acres at 5321 Flintstone Lane, Broad Run. $775,000 Aeron Hynes to Denis Brendon Pachas, 5.0432 acres at 4045 Zulla Road nr. The Plains. $895,000 Lynn Patrice Webb to Sherry Knicely, 6734 Riley Road nr. New Baltimore. $260,000 Della L. Frazier to Edgar French Jr., 5.1003 acres at 7570 Rogues Road nr. Warrenton. $400,000 Clarence L. Kennedy by Sub. Tr. to Federal National Mortgage Assn., 0.9131 acre at 6310 Vint Hill road nr. New Baltimore. $279,338.26 Robel Michiel to Samuel Victor Manickam, 7124 Jocelyn Court nr. Warrenton. $810,000 Brian P. Costello to Antonio Cardenas, 0.5312 acre at 5123 Rock Springs Road nr. Warrenton. $375,000 Michael W. Shrauder to David Patrick Wilhem, 5834 Chittenden Drive nr. Warrenton. $640,000 Academy Street LLC to Stanley M. Bysshe, 10.059 acres at 8888 Grasslands Court, Marshall. $620,000 James F. Brewster to Luke Brewster, 4043 Wilkes

Court nr. Warrenton. $525,000 Marshall District Beatty Properties LLC to German Guzman Rodriguez, 8543 Anderson Avenue, Marshall. $288,400 Marilyn Zahn Cheek Tr. to Gabriel Diaz, 5 acres at 9189 Lees Ridge Road nr. Warrenton. $465,000 Kevin S. Robinson to Charles A. Graner Jr., 17.6612 acres at 3165 Cabin Run Lane, Markham. $607,900 Christopher Miller to Anne H. Barry, 6.9056 acres on Lees Ridge Road and 6.0698 acres at 9275 Lees Ridge Road, Warrenton. $625,000 Terri Frazier to New Free State LLC, Deed of Quitclaim, interest in 29½ acres nr. Carter’s Run/ Morgantown. $20,000 Brenda Otto to New Free State LLC, interest in 29 ½ acres nr. Carter’s Run/Morgantown. $20,000 Andrew North Fletcher to David Andrew Campbell, 5.2963 acres on Piney Mountain Road nr. Warrenton. $165,000 Jerome F. Prochaska to Brian Kenan Bowman, 5.2519 acres on John Barton Payne Road, Orlean. $130,000 Juan Armando Correa to Yessica Mejia Cabrera, 8567 Pellam Court, Marshall. $210,000 Ronald L. Berkenstock to Ana Dolores Ramirez, 5 acres at 9108 James Madison Hwy. nr. Warrenton. $449,000 Dennis J. Pearson to Bharat Deore, 43.4701 acres at 7680 Opal Road nr. Warrenton. $600,000 Jessica Kane to Jason Scott James, 5.1324 acres at 7155 Pine Ridge Road nr. Marshall. $589,900

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OBITUARIES Herman Nathaniel Jenkins, Sr. Herman Nathaniel Jenkins, Sr., 87, of Bealeton, VA, passed November 18, 2020.

Due to the current attendance restrictions, a private funeral service will be held.

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Olbin Lee Christian, Jr. Olbin Lee Christian, Jr., 69, of Marshall, VA, passed November 18, 2020.

Due to the circumstances with the Lewis E. Waddell, Jr., age 70, of The Plains, Virginia passed peacefully current gathering restrictions, the fuat Gainesville Health & Rehab. on Thursday, November 19th, 2020. He neral service will be private.

Online condolences can be given at was born in Loudoun County, Virginia on October 8th, 1950, son of the late Lewis & Mary Waddell. www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Pastor Marcus Dulaney Fields, Sr. Pastor Marcus Dulaney Fields, Sr., 67, of Catlett, VA, passed November 17, 2020. He was born on October 23, 1953.

He was the founder and pastor of New Covenant Community Fellowship in Manassas, VA, and was the former pastor of Oakrum Baptist Church, ((Thoroughfare) Broad Run, VA. He was currently employed as a mechanics manager for TransDev. Pastor Fields was formerly a police officer with the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department and a formerly licensed insurance and securities agent where he was the former regional vice president with A.L. Williams Insurance Company.

Pastor Fields loved gospel music, working in the yard, and working on vehicles. He also was a former coach with Fauquier County Parks and Recreation Basketball teams. He loved watching NBA and NFL games, and also playing video games. He also loved to travel having traveled to London, Hawaii, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, and the all throughout the U.S. Pastor Fields is survived by his wife, Robin Upshur Fields of Catlett, VA; three sons: Marcus D. (Tifani) Fields Jr. of Warrenton, VA, Michael D. Fields of Catlett, VA, Mitchell D. (Jillian) Fields of Manassas, VA; a daughter, Meesha Fields (Chhay) Chun of Silver Spring, MD; three sisters: Deborah M. Holland and Ernestine P. Fields both of Manassas, VA, Novella S. Fields of Los Angeles, CA; a brother, Gregory H. Fields , Sr of Gainesville, VA; three granddaughters: Cali and Corinne Chun both Silver Spring, MD, Taya R. Fields of Warrenton, VA; and one grandson, Jacob Michael Upshur Fields of Manassas, VA. Due to the circumstances with the current gathering restrictions, the funeral service will be private Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Lewis E. Waddell, Jr.

Lewis graduated from Loudoun County High School and was a carpenter by trade. He loved cars, once owning a beloved 69 Camaro.

Lewis is survived by his wife, Debbie Lunsford of The Plains, VA; four children, Brian Keith Waddell & his wife, Rebecca of Washington State, Nicholas Waddell of Warrenton, Holly Waner & her husband, Kyle of Idaho, and Randi Peak & her husband, Nickolas of The Plains; and six grandchildren.

Service and interment will be private.

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William Frederic Turner William Frederic Turner, known to all as Bill or Big Bill, passed away following an extended illness on November 20th, 2020 at the age of 65. Born in Washington, DC, Bill was raised in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, growing up in the subdivisions of Hollin Hall and Kirkside. Attending Hargrave Military Academy and graduating from Patterson Preparatory School, Bill continued his education at Wesley College, Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University.

As a young man he worked for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and as a courier for CBS where he had the opportunity to meet several renowned newscasters. For the bulk of his career, he worked as a construction lab technician and inspector for numerous public and private projects in the DC area, including job sites at the initial Metro stations, National and Dulles airports.

In 2009 he moved to his parents’ vacation home on Blue Mountain in Front Royal, Virginia where he became active in Warren County’s Republican party. He is survived by his sister, Gretchen Turner Almstead of Manassas, VA, two nephews, cousins, neighbors and friends. A private graveside service will be conducted at a family cemetery in Nanticoke, MD where he summered at his beloved grandparents’ home throughout his boyhood.

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OBITUARIES Places of Worship C.D. Gouldthorpe “Ducky” 1933-2016

Those we love Don’t ever go away; They walk close beside us Each and every day.

Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed And always very dear.

All our love, Fran and Family

Winston Delano Miller Winston Delano Miller, aged 80, passed away peacefully on November 15, 2020 at Novant Health Prince William Medical Center after a short illness.

Winston was born on October 20, 1940 at the family home of his paternal grandparents in Luray, VA to Cletus and Anna Miller.

Winston moved to Manassas, VA in 1941 and graduated from Osbourn City H.S. in 1958. He began working for the Central Intelligence Agency in 1958 until his retirement in 1993. Winston served 5 overseas tours of duty in the Dominican Republic; Frankfurt, Germany; Vientiane, Laos; Taipei, Taiwan; London, England.

Winston is survived by his wife of 59 years Rebecca Ann Miller; daughter Nancy (Kenny) Morris; son Michael (Donna) Miller and grandchildren Matthew and Adeline Miller; 12 nieces and nephews and numerous extended family and friends.

Graveside services wereon Friday, November 20 at 12 noon at the Stonewall Memory Gardens, 12004 Lee Hwy., Manassas, VA 20109.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Buckhall VFD at 7190 Yates Ford Rd., Manassas, VA 20111 or the Bethel Lutheran Church at 8712 Plantation Lane, Manassas, VA 20110.

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“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”

- Minot J. Savage

Grace Episcopal Church • HOLY EUCHARIST: Sundays, 9 a.m.

• SUNDAY SCHOOL: Children & Adults 10 a.m.

5096 Grace Church Lane, Casanova (1 mile off Meetze Road) The Rev. James Cirillo, Priest • (540) 788-4419

www.gracechurchcasanova.org

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CL A SSIFIEDS ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Business Directory: Thursday at noon, All other Classified ads: Monday at 3 p.m.

To place your ad, Call: 540-351-1664, Toll Free: 888-351-1660, Fax: 540-349-8676, Email: classifieds@fauquier.com Rentals — Apartments

Let Us Be Your New Home For The Holidays!!!

Call For Our Move In Specials!

540-349-4297 l TDD 711 Hunt Country Manor Apts.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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001 Apartments 1br, 1ba apt, equestrian estate, Marshall, 2 mls to 6 6 . $ 11 9 5 / m o inclds utils. ref´s req´d 540-270-2165 Catlett, 1br private ent, walkout bsmt, updated, eat in kit, LR, BR & BA, closets, no pets/smkg, ref´s req´d, $800/mo utils inc, $600 deposit. email: terri. hehmeyer@icloud.com Near Warrenton 1BR apt. LR, kit, BA & utilty rm w/ lg storage area.

All utils incl. $850/mo Rent can be reduced with light farm work, perfect for retiree 540-937-3439

Miscellaneous

256 For Sale

Black CD tower holds 65 CDs, light with dimmer 40.00 Call or text 540-812-5261 Generator -10KW 120v/ 240v 428 hrs run time.

55-gal. tank. 4cyl.

Onan diesel. Air cooled. 4-wheel trailer w/brakes. $12K / make o f f e r C a l l 540-361-0931 or 540-287-1779.

Kitchen table & chairs. with leaf. $400 OBO. 540-439-1184 Rigid 7 inch, 9 AMP. T I L E S AW W I T H S TAN D . $ 12 5 .

703-489-0317

273 Pets

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Office space, Old Town Warrenton.

Approx 1000 SF. Social distancing at its best...office has dedicated entrance & bathrm. $ 1 2 5 0 / m o .

540-229-5550

Female 100% Maltese Pups avail 12/23, CKC, $3,000. $500 nonrefund deposit. Worm & 1st sh. 202.716.3570 or luvdange@me.com

LOST & FOUND ADOPTIONS TOO!

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FOOD PANTRY 2nd & 4th Sundays

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.

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Home

605 Automobiles - Domestic

Addison´s Building & Remodeling. Additions, basements, b a t h r o o m s , sundecks, repairs. Licensed Insured.

540-244-2869 Affordable Roofing with Terry´s Handyman Services, LLC. Licensed & Insured.

Commercial & residential. Senior discounts.

540-270-7938

2009 Nissan Murano SL AWD. Runs great.

Good cond. new tires & transmission. $6,800 OBO. Call/text 540.905.5914 or 540.905.2175 FORD 2011 ESCAPE XLT Like brand new!!!

Clean Carfax. AT, PS, PB, AC. Low miles. $ 5 , 8 0 0 . C a l l 540-388-9386.

Ford 2011 Fiesta SE 101K SE Trim package1 owner, no accidents. Good condition $3,600 540-621-0095

Design/build services.

New, renovations, additions for residential. Commercial renovations & tenant uplifting. Licensed & i n s u r e d .

540-428-3050 www. s o u t h s t a r construction.com Remodels; New Homes; Windows; Painting; Garages; B a t h r o o m s ; Kitchens; Decks;.

Class A. Lic & insured. GMC Enterprises of VA, LLC. 540-222-3385

Boats &

625 Accessories 2010 TRITON 16’ STORM & trailer 50hp Mercury 2-stroke, 54lb electric motor. Very low hours, garage kept. Asking $8,000/ O B O .

C a l l 434.409.9998

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Cemetery Lots

CEMETERY LOTS (2) in Hillcrest Memory Gardens in Culpeper Co. Must sell - Great price!

Call 540.270.6960 or 540.937.7306 National Memorial Park, Merrifield VA, 3 Plots. Asking $5K for all 3. Lot 557, block W. 703*856*1000

224 Firewood FIREWOOD BY THE LOAD. $100 + del.

540-878-9735; 540-364-2682

WOODSTAROVE by HARMON, LARGE Used 3 yrs. Good shape. Asking $800.

Call 540.642.4262

Furniture/

228 Appliances Lovely White Wicker Rocking Chair 150.00 C a l l o r t e x t 540-812-5261 Very nice, Contemporary Sofa 250.00.

Call or text: 540-937-4513 Vintage kitchen table with 4 rolling chairs 300.00 Call or text 540-812-5261

www. fauquierspca.com e-mail fspca@ fauquierspca.com

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G R AV E L : A L L PROJECTS. Topsoil; fill dirt; mulch. No job too small.540-8254150; 540-219-7200 JBS Excavation & Clearing, Free estimates, tree removal, horse arena, d r i v e w a y s & landscaping. No job too big or too small.

703-582-0439 JENKINS EXCAVATING & LOGGING. Free Estimates, Class A Contractor, Commercial, Residential. Demolition, land clearing, site prep, roads, drives. 540-661-0116 North´s Custom Masonry. Retaining walls, stone work, patios, repoint ing brick, chimneys, driveways.

540-533-8092 North´s Tree Service & Landscaping. Complete tree service. All phases of landscaping.

540-533-8092

N U T T E R S PA I N T I N G & SERVICES Call Erik, 540-522-3289

385 Lawn/Garden

Construction/

635 Heavy Equipment

GORMANS TREE AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES. Seasonal Clean up. Snow removal, grinding, mowing, take downs.

Free estimates.

540-222-4107; 540-825-1000 Total Lawn Care, home services. Cranium Services giving you peace of mind. Call Glenn 571-839-8495; glenn@ craniumservices. com; cranium. services.com

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Antiques & Classics

Bobcat S130; 4040 hours, clean & strong.

Can deliver. $10.500, 703-999-3616

Off-Road/

645 Unlicensed 2009 Kawasaki 4010, Diesel Mule, 2,417.7 h r s , $ 7 , 3 5 0 .

540-216-3165 or email ds@abkholdings.com

Sport Utility

665 Vehicles

PONTIAC 1979 LeMans White, 4 -dr., 67k Orig.

Miles. 1-owner. Good cond. Runs great. New exhaust. $2200. Call 540-295-2022.

FORD 2009 ESCAPE XLT Like brand new!!!

Clean Carfax. AT, PS, PB, AC. New tires. 1 owner. $4950. Call 540-388-9386.

605 Automobiles - Domestic

TOTOTA 1999 RAV 4 inspected 10/20. Runs good. $700. Call 540-259-9446 or 540-748-3002

2003 Honda Accord.

24,800 mls, V6, runs great, new tires & battery. Minor dent. 6CD/ radio. All works/sun rf, lthr. $800 OBO. Lve msg. 540-219-0045 2006 Dodge Magnum, 86K mls, runs great, clean interior. Can be seen in Warrenton. $3000 OBO. Call or text 978-413-1839

Trucks/

675 Pickups

2002 Ford F250 Super Duty 7.3L Diesel, 4WD, 121751 Miles, Extremely clean inside and out, $5530. Call 862-325-5824

Bids & Proposals

Chemung Contracting Corp., an Equal Opportunity Employer, is seeking subcontractor & material proposals and/or quotations for US 522 Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Improvements (VDOT LAP Project), US 522, Town of Culpeper, VA; U000204-176, P101, R201, C501, and UPC 109573. Bid closes November 25, 2020 @ 11:00 AM. DBE vendors, certified by DSWSD or MWAA, are invited to provide a quotation(s) on any item(s) interest.

This project has a 11% DBE goal.

Scope of Work, Proposals & Quotations are reviewed when received for clarity, content and cost. Information received less than six (6) hours before bid time may not permit sufficient opportunity for review, discussion or clarity.

Plans & Spec’s may be reviewed at either Culpeper Town Hall, 400 South Main Street, Suite 301, Culpeper, VA 22701 or request via email to bmyers@dalholding. com along with any additional information.

Work includes: Const Survey, Reg Excav, Grading, Borrow Excav, Underdrain, Storm Drain/Culvert, Water,Gas, Comm., Aggr Matls, Asph Pave., Saw Cut, Planing, Incid Conc., Retaining Wall, Handrail, Guardrail, Fence, Maint of Traffic, Flaggers, Seeding, E&S Control, Landscaping, Signs, Pave Marking, Aggr & Earth Hauling & other incidental work.

Subcontractor quotes are not permitted to include lower tier subcontractors without specific notation including cost and quantity.

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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING

NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 10, 2020, in the Warren Green Building at 10 Hotel Street in Warrenton, Virginia, and will hold a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Fauquier High School auditorium at 705 Waterloo Road in Warrenton, Virginia, to be followed by a public hearing to obtain citizen input on the following item(s): 1. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR (ANIMALS) OF THE FAUQUIER COUNTY CODE - A public hearing to consider comprehensive amendments to Chapter Four (Animals) of the Fauquier County Code. The amendments, if adopted, will bring Chapter Four into conformance with the authority provided to the County by the Comprehensive Animal Care laws of the Code of Virginia, § 3.2-6500, et seq. (M.C. Anderson, Staff) 2. CONSIDER A LEASE OF 62 CULPEPER STREET, WARRENTON – A public hearing pursuant to Code of Virginia § 15.2-1800 to consider input regarding the lease of 62 Culpeper Street. (M.C. Anderson, Staff) 3. PROPOSED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT FROM FAUQUIER-COUNTY OWNED REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS PIN# 6888-01-4277-000 – A public hearing pursuant to Code of Virginia § 15-2-1800 to receive comment regarding a boundary line adjustment between County-owned property located at 7252 Fifth Street in Remington, Virginia, and adjoining landowners. (Paul S. McCulla, Staff)

Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold their Regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia. There are no scheduled Public Hearings.

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.

6. AN ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, FROM TAXATION - A public hearing to consider whether to grant personal property tax exemption to Covenant Christian Academy. The assessed value of the personal property for which exemption is requested is $30,989.00. The property tax assessed against such property is $712.75. (Tracy A. Gallehr, Staff) 7. AN ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT THE REAL PROPERTY OF CORNERSTONE MISSIONS, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS ABC BEHAVIOR, A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, FROM TAXATION - A public hearing to consider whether to grant real property tax exemption to Cornerstone Missions, Inc., d.b.a. ABC Behavior. The assessed value of the real property for which exemption is requested is $947,800.00. The property tax assessed against such property is $9,434.77. (Tracy A. Gallehr, Staff) Copies of the above files are available for review by contacting the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors’ office Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by calling (540) 422-8020. Interested parties wishing to be heard on any of the above are strongly encouraged to send written correspondence in advance of the meeting to 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, VA 20186, or by e-mail to BOS@ fauquiercounty.gov prior to December 10, 2020.

Pursuant to the County’s emergency continuity of government ordinance adopted May 14, 2020, citizens are encouraged to participate virtually in this process and may view the meeting via livestream at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1 and on Fauquier County Government Channel 23.

Those desiring to participate in the meeting remotely must register in advance.

Instructions are available on the County website at https://www.fauquiercounty. gov/government/boards-committees/board-of-supervisors/bosvirtual-meeting. In person 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 or requiring any other assistance related to the meeting should contact Ms. Renée Culbertson, Deputy Municipal Clerk, at (540) 422-8020.

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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.

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4. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT TEXT-20-013934 – A Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Articles 3, 5 and 15 to allow Transitional Family Housing as a special use in the Rural Agricultural (RA) District. (Amy Rogers, Staff) 5. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-20-013772, COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF FAUQUIER COUNTY A/K/A FAUQUIER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD (OWNER / APPLICANT) – CEDAR LEE MIDDLE SCHOOL – An application to amend a previously approved Category 5 Special Exception (SEAM07-LE-002) to allow for the expansion of the existing Primary School. The property is located at 11138 Marsh Road, Lee District (PIN 6899-23-0591-000). (Kara Krantz, Staff)

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DECEMBER 3, 2020 The Fauquier County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 3, 2020 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia to consider the following item: SPECIAL PERMIT – #SPPT-20-013977 – SAMUEL L. & CONNIE I. ROGERS (OWNERS/APPLICANTS) – GENERATION GRACE CHURCH – An application for a Category 6 Special Permit to allow a place of worship, PIN 6969-18-1857-000, located at 4385 Grove Lane, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (Kara Krantz, 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.

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Employment Full Time Employment STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 602 JATC APPLICATION FOR APPRENTICESHIP INTERESTED IN AN EXCITING CAREER IN PIPEFITTING, WELDING, HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION (CONSTRUCTION, SERVICE & MAINTENANCE)?

The 2021 Applications will be taken online only starting Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. and closing on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

Please visit: www.602training.org (will not be active until January 4, 2021) REQUIREMENTS:Applicants must be 18 years old by August 15, 2021 (born before August 15, 2003)

Full Time Employment

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

PT, for Chapel Springs Church a growing church in Northern Virginia. We seek a self-motivated,detail oriented, organized, team player that is a mature follower of Jesus who is able to commit to the core values of Chapel Springs Church. Must be proficient in Microsoft.

Download application at chapelsprings. org under tab: Resources/employment.

Submit resume to email address on website. Follow directions on the website carefully so that your application comes to us with complete information.

No phone calls

Bus Aides Needed!

Fauquier County Public Schools needs you!

Training provided, no experience needed! Starting rate of $11.60.

Flexible schedule, weekends and Holidays off, and a great opportunity to help your community and our kids. Submit your application today. jobs.fauquiercounty. gov or call 540-422-8300.

High school diploma earned by June 30, 2021 or GED certificate by December 31, 2020 Once you have applied, the following documents must be mailed or brought into our office by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 22, 2021.

Applicants must provide one of the following educational documents: 1. Official Transcript of High School Grades (Must be in a sealed envelope from the school and have a raised seal affixed) High school seniors must also provide a letter from their guidance counselor on school letterhead stating they will graduate by June 30, 2021.

Or 2. GED scores and certificate (Only GEDs that are American Council on Education accredited will be accepted. Visit www.acenet.edu for further information).

Online Diplomas are not accepted.

Applicants must provide all of the following additional documents: 3. Social Security Card 4. County or state issued birth certificate, United States Passport or Naturalization Certificate 5. Valid Driver’s License or a State issued Picture Identification Card 6. DD214 (for veterans of military service only) *Please do not procrastinate compiling these documents. Replacements may take several weeks to obtain. *All foreign documents must be accompanied by a translation of that document and a letter from your embassy stating its authenticity. For any transcript, the letter must document the equivalency of this transcript. *You may apply only once during the application period. *The office is open for receiving documentation from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. *Office is closed Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. *You are highly encouraged to give your documentation to the office staff as opposed to just leaving it to ensure you have turned in all the necessary documents. *It is your responsibility to ensure this office receives all of your required documents by the due date and time! *All documents must be copies that we can keep except the Official High School Transcripts (must be originals that we keep). *If you are selected for apprenticeship, final acceptance will be contingent on ability to pass drug and background screening.

Document Drop Off Location: UA Mechanical Trades School (301-341-1555) 8509 Ardwick Ardmore Road Landover, Maryland 20785

Once documentation has been received, you will be given a math testing date and time. Math testing will start as early as Monday, January 26, 2021 and will be held during normal business hours. Math testing assignments will be given to you when you turn in your documentation. If you should need to drop off your documentation and no staff is available, you will be emailed a math test assignment.

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SALES REP

Part Time Hours● Full Time Pay Work from Home

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.

Must be 18, & have online access Register for interview at BreakTheLadder.com

Substitute Teachers Fauquier County Public Schools

New rates for 2020-2021 School Year:

Interested applicants can apply by visiting: https://smithmidland.com/careers

● Non-degreed Subs= $90.00 ● Degreed Subs= $100.00 ● Long-Term Degreed Subs= $150.00

CAREGIVERS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

Warrenton VA firm has an immediate FT position for an admin assistant.

Detail oriented, ability to multi-task, MS Word experience and Excel knowledge a must. Training will be provided.

Send resume and salary expectations MKA via email at: info@mkassociates.com

To apply visit jobs.fauquiercounty.gov or call 540-422-8300 for more info.

Administrative Assistant

FOR OVERNIGHT SHIFTS

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Bus Drivers!

Fauquier County Public Schools needs you!

CDL Training provided!

Starting rate of $16.98. Flexible schedule, no experience required, weekends and Holidays off. Great opportunity for a retired driver or parents with kids in school! Help your community and our kids. Submit your application today. jobs.fauquiercounty. gov or call 540-422-8300.

THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE SELECTS STUDENTS OF ANY RACE, COLOR, SEX, AGE, NATIONAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN TO ALL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES GENERALLY ACCORDED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL. THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE IS ACTIVELY RECRUITING APPLICANTS INCLUDING MINORITIES AND FEMALES.

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Call 540-727-0024 9am-5pm; Mon - Fri.

There is a $50.00 non-refundable application processing fee due at the time of Testing. Payable in cash or money order only (all money orders to be made payable to HPRTF) If you are interested in applying for a helper’s job, please contact the Steamfitters Local 602 Union Hall at 301-333-2356.

Please visit our website at www.Steamfitters-602.org.

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EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES AT OUR MIDLAND, VIRGINIA PLANT

• Concrete Manufacturing Technician • Quality Control Manager • Steel Shop Team Member • Engineering Coordinator • Sales Representative • Truck Driver

MAKE YOUR MOVE TODAY! For these and other FT/PT positions go to SmithMidland.com/careers or call Human Resources: 540-439-3266 ext. 148

LEAD TEACHERS & ASSISTANT TEACHERS Full or Part Time. Call:

Walnut Grove Child Care 540-347-0116 or 540-349-9656

540-347-4222

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.

or FAX 540-349-8676

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

Full Time Employment This might be the perfect job!

Do you want a flexible schedule?

What about holidays, weekends & summers off?

Sounds good right?

Fauquier County Public Schools is seeking applicants for:

Food Service Associates

This dedicated team is committed to our community and our kids and we want you to be a part of it! Best of all, we have a schedule that works with yours. No experience required and training is provided! If this sounds like you, apply today!

jobs.fauquiercounty.gov or call 540-422-8300.

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Small Engine Service & Repair Mobile Trailer Service & Repair Licensed and Insured

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If you need a battery for your car, truck, RV, golf cart or just about anything with a motor, we’ve got you covered with delivery to your home or office and great prices. Installation available upon request.

Call Mike 571-298-3238

Auto

Excavation

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BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY Lawn

Moving/Storage

Tree Service/Firewood

Roofing

Lawn Maintenace • Planting • Mulching Bed Design • Spring/Fall Cleaning • Seeding Aeration • Dethatching • Top Soil • Sod Fertilization Programs • Trimming/Pruning Gutter Cleaning • Debris Removal Family Owned & Operated • Licensed and Insured

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Lawn Totalkjsl;asd Total Lawn care, home services. " Giving you peace of mind!"

Call Cranium Services.

Glenn at 571-839-8495

glen@craniumservices.com ; cranium.services.com

Landscaping Mowing, Lawn Maintenance, Trimming, Topping, Spraying, Removal, Stump Grinding, Mulching, Pruning, Cabling, Planting, Grading, Seeding, Power Washing, Retaining Walls, Patios, Walkways

540-923-4087 540-214-8407

Tree Service/Firewood

Moving/Storage

Licensed & Insured Free Estimates All major credit cards accepted

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www.DODSONTREECAREANDLANDSCAPING.com

Landscaping

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WARRENTON SELF STORAGE Across from Fauquier County Courthouse • 17 to 455 square feet • Constant Temperature • Wooden Floors • 1st floor access • Month to Month • No hidden fees

540-347-5555

Remodeling

Painting/Wallpaper

→ Free Estimates → Many References → Drywall & Plaster Repair 540-364-2251 540-878-3838

Tree Service/Firewood

Tile

Licensed & Insured

CHARLES’ TREE SERVICES

Painting/Wallpaper

F�mil� Owne� S�nce 1970

• LOT CLEARING • TOPPING • TRIMMING • EDGING • FERTILIZING • TREE REMOVAL • SPRAYING

If you want a Classy Job call ...

Painting & Decorating, LLC

• Home painting & carpentry repairs • 30 years of hands on experience • Small company with personal service

ALSO SEASONAL SPECIAL ON FIREWOOD

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Creative • Professional • First Class Painting Services

Call today! 540-349-1614 or 703-444-7255

Masonry

Call for prices on Seasoned Firewood.

Load or Cord.

Fully licensed & Insured

Roofing

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Cell: 540.422.9721  

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Tree Service/Firewood

Professional Services

NORTH'S TREE SERVICE & LANDSCAPING

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Family Owned & Operated for Over 30 yrs.

Quality Work Guaranteed CALL ABOUT - COMPLETE TREE SERVICE OUR

- ALL PHASES OF LANDSCAPING 25% OFF

- All phases of Masonry - Gravel & Grading Driveways - Fencing Honest and Dependable

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Donations No Monday Tues - Friday 9:00 - 3:00 Sat 9:00 - 1:00 249 E. Shirley Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186 540-359-6054 Fauquier_thrift@yahoo.com

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Alex Wood 540.222.7700

Dink Godfrey 540.270.5779

John Belokur 607.351.1836

Ann Frias April Geyer 727.808.7765 571.220.2662

Edie Grassi Ethel Goff 540.878.1308 540.272.4074

Don Robertson 540.229.3825

Judy Rose 540.359.5366

Beth Kramer 571.220.2662

Beth Liles 540.717.2337

Brenda Rich 540.270.1659

Everett House Frank Martin 703.477.3003 540.270.1494

Cathy Kane 703.868.1976

Christine Duvall 540.270.6344

Heather Dibble Hodge Miller 703.628.2200 540.272.4967

Cliff Weeks 910.391.5236

Irene Franklin 571.278.1980

Dave Bryan 540.219.1159

Denise Goff 703.839.3300

Diane Quigley 703.732.5952

Jackie Douglass 540.687.1263

Janet Light 540.219.7509

Joan Zorger 540.379.6313

Julia Foard Lynch Karen Goff Kateland Rich Flinn Kathleen Martin Kathleen Modolo Kathy Holster Kelly Davenport 540.270.4274 703.408.1480 540.270.8558 703.867.1133 703.944.6437 703.930.0453 703.303.6416

Kim Herrewig 703.501.0072

Kim Holzer Lisa Lisjak 540.729.7462 703.499.2622

This year has been Unique to say the least. Many have suffered the tragic loss of a loved one, loss of a job or a business that took a generation, or even generations, to build. Sometimes, circumstances did not allow family and friends to gather in support of those facing adversity or the pain which stems from loss. Few were prepared for the personal sacrifice mandated, agreed with or not, to fight off an International Pandemic.

However, there remains much to be thankful for. I have the honor and privilege of supporting an incredible group of Real Estate professionals who simply “didn't blink” and pushed through these challenges. Real Estate Agents get no regular pay check; they are self employed. Many are single parents of single income households, have kids in college or elderly parents they care for.

Throughout this event, they’ve remained faithful servants of their Community by relentlessly supporting local Charitable Organizations in their time of greatest need.

Theirs is an honorable and noble profession. They are Mighty and they are Brave. I remain thankful for my association with this spectacular group of Human beings and for the trust that place in our relationship.

Most importantly, our entire group of Professionals are thankful for the confidence placed in us by our Community. We are thankful for the bravery and commitment demonstrated by the Health Care professionals, Law Enforcement and Community support organizations; every single person engaged in defending us from this Beast. And finally, we are thankful that it will soon be 2021.

-Herb Lisjak, Principal Broker

Liz Rahn 540.272.1008

Patty Edwards 240.412.9154

Mandy Brown 540.718.2459

Mary Ann Dubell 540.212.1100

Mary Anne Dispanet Melinda Livingston Meredith Schmahl Mike Graham Monica Justiniano Nancy Richards 703.472.1400 540.219.1196 703.725.2381 540.229.9983 540.270.2907 703.927.3288

Paulina Stowell Stanley Heaney Starr Ibach Stephanie Jones Stephanie Wayne Tammy Roop 571.275.8646 540.812.5533 703.786.3229 703.919.5336 703.965.1643 540.270.9409

Temple Leavell 540.222.6074

Troy Price Vanessa Sfreddo 540.222.3260 540.270.7949

Century 21 New Millennium 8074 Crescent Park Drive, Gainesville, VA 20155 - 703.753.7910 559 Frost Ave, Suite 101, Warrenton, VA 20186 - 540.349.1221

Pam Jenkins 540.219.3611

Wendy Kamal 703.343.6929

Whitney Petrilli 540.878.1730