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Holiday lights contest underway CroppMetcalfe has launched a holiday “Christmas Lights Competition” for residents of Fauquier County, which will run through Dec. 19. Judging will take place Dec. 20. “We know Fauquier County is full of Christmas spirit, and we want to see it,” says a news release from the heating and air-conditioning company. The grand-prize winner will re-
ceive a $200 VISA gift card and a free CroppMetcalfe Electrical Preferred Service policy. All entrants will receive a holiday ornament. Entries can be made by filling out an online form at https://www.croppmetcalfe.com/lights/. All submissions must be entered by Dec. 19. No late entries will be accepted. Call 540-347-3024 or e-mail etessel@croppmetcalfe.com with any questions.
Sheriff Mosier to hold Remington town hall Dec. 6
Location changed for children’s winter coat drive
Remington area residents and business owners are invited to participate in a town hall session on Thursday, Dec. 6, with Fauquier County Sheriff Bob Mosier. Mosier will provide updates on investigations, offer crime prevention tips, address traffic Sheriff Bob Mosier safety issues and respond to questions, according to a Fauquier Sheriff’s Office news release. The town hall will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Remington Volunteer Fire Department, 200 E. Marshall St., Remington.
The effort to collect new or gently-used jackets and coats has changed its drop-off location due to the unexpected temporary closing of The Plains market and gas station due to repairs. A Little Heart Charity will now be collecting coats at the following four sites: the Marshall Rescue Squad, 8472 W. Main St., Marshall; two Starbucks stores: 127 W. Lee Highway and 6435 Lee Highway, both in Warrenton; and the New Baltimore Fire and Rescue Department, 6550 Riley Road, also in Warrenton. All collected items will be delivered to Fauquier-area schools. School principals and counselors will distribute the items to those who are most in need. For more information, email info@alittleheartcharity.org.
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An honorary officer Ethan Dixon, 9, sworn in as honorary Haymarket Police officer By Robin Earl Staff Writer
Anyone planning to attend a quiet Haymarket Town Council meeting Monday night was met with flashing lights, a blocked-off street lined with police and fire department vehicles and a raucous crowd gathered outside Town Hall. Hundreds of residents showed up — at the Facebook request of Haymarket Police Chief Kevin Lands — to show support for Ethan Dixon, a 9-year-old boy battling leukemia. Ethan was understandably overwhelmed by the cheering crowd, the lights and cameras. “When I went to get Ethan to bring him out, he said, no, he wasn’t coming. I finally convinced him to come out by telling him that his grandma was watching on TV,” Lands said. The event was streaming on Facebook Live. Ethan, who has always wanted to be a police officer, was officially sworn in as an honorary member of the Haymarket Police Department. Lands said he came to know Ethan through his grandmother, Anna Thompson. “About two or three months ago, she reached out to me. She said that she wanted to make Ethan a police officer’s uniform. He was so small, she couldn’t find one anywhere. She wanted to know if it was OK to replicate our patches and emblems. I sent
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Ethan Dixon with his family and Haymarket officers. her some of our patches and a hat.” Chief Lands was overwhelmed by the community’s response. His Facebook video asking for people to show up for Ethan garnered nearly 171,000 views, more than 400 comments and almost 2,000 shares. “I posted the video hoping 20 or 30 people would show up. By Monday, I thought that if even half the people show up, I’m in trouble,” Lands said. “We had a stage already set up from a Christmas event on Saturday, so we moved it outside.” Lands estimates that between 500 to 800 people were there to wish Ethan well. The crowd included representation from 13 or 14 police departments and numerous fire and rescue squads.
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