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From sparkly greens to the first lady’s famous red trees

When dignitaries and guests have their photos taken with President Donald Trump and the first lady this holiday season, they’ll have Amy Lienemann of Haymarket and Shelley Campbell of Marshall – and about 228 others – to thank for the striking backdrop.

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Lienemann, an interior decorator, and Campbell, a florist, were among volunteers who helped decorate the White House in an “American traditions” theme for the holiday season.

They worked in teams for three full days – 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – knee-deep in Christmas ornaments, flowers and bright red beads.

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Lienemann placed ornaments on the live Christmas trees and the fireplace mantle in the diplomatic reception room and festooned Melania Trump’s internet-famous red Christmas trees with berries. Campbell focused her efforts on the West Wing, the east entrance to the White House, and the Gold Star tree.

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Warrenton Police Officer Carl M. Ferguson has been charged with assault in connection with a September altercation during which a young woman was injured. But he likely will not incur a criminal punishment, according to Commonwealth’s Attorney James P. Fisher.

The charge, filed Friday, Dec. 7, in Fauquier General District Court, is based on a Virginia State Police investigation into the Sept. 19 incident at Fat Tuesday’s in Warrenton during which a 21-year-old woman suffered a broken nose.

Ferguson is due in court Dec. 17 for an arraignment, according to court records.

Ferguson was with other Warrenton police officers when the incident occurred. All were off duty at the time.

Fisher said Ferguson would be charged under a Virginia statute that allows a “civil satisfaction” for the infraction.

“We have been in contact with Ferguson and his attorney as well as the victim’s lawyer. After close consultation with the victim in this matter, we have agreed to permit her to accept civil satisfaction pursuant to Virginia’s accord and satisfaction statute,” Fisher said in a news release.

“The victim was more interested in receiving compensation for medical bills for her broken nose and broken mobile phone, which [were] damaged during the incident, than obtaining a conviction in the case, which is what this particular law allows,” Fisher stated.

Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles Peters said the law allows a judge to dismiss the case based on an agreement between the defendant and victim.

Amy Lienemann, above, of Haymarket, helped create the nowfamous all-red Christmas trees at the White House. Shelley Campbell, right, of Marshall, celebrates a job well done.

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More than 50 children ‘Shop with a Cop’ in Warrenton More than 50 children went shopping Saturday as part of the Fauquier Cops For Children’s Shop with a Cop program.

Fauquier Sheriff’s Office deputies, Warrenton Police Officers, Virginia State Troopers, social workers and prosecutors from the commonwealth’s attorney’s office, National Honor Society students from Fauquier’s three high schools, and many volunteers from Walmart, Wells Fargo and Future Farmers of America helped make it a very happy day for

A Fauquier Sheriff’s Office deputy helps a young girl shop Saturday at Walmart as part of the annual ‘Shop with a Cop’ program.

the children.

The children went shopping at Walmart and then to the Warrenton Community Center for breakfast, arts and crafts, games and photos with Santa.

A similar event for teens will be held next week. Shop with a Cop is a program of Fauquier Cops For Children, a 501(c)(3) organization funded only by private donations. Donations can be sent to: Fauquier Cops for Children, FCFC, P.O. Box 3399, Warrenton, VA 20188.

Lights for Life thanks donors, remembers loved ones

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Top of the Tree honoree Wilbur Heflin graciously thanked the Auxiliary for the honor.

The Fauquier Hospital Auxiliary, Inc. held its annual Lights for Life celebration Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the Fauquier Springs Country Club. The holiday-themed event thanked hundreds of donors and sponsors and recognized a “Top of the Tree” honoree Wilbur Heflin for his service to the community.

Heflin, a retired pharmacist who owned and operated the Remington Drug Company for 43 years, was thanked for his consistent and enthusiastic support of the hospital. He also formerly served as mayor of Remington and a Fauquier County supervisor.

Darlene Kelly, president of FHA, said the organization awarded 22 health-related scholarships in the amount of $25,000 to Fauquier County high school seniors in 2018.

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The FHA is working to develop and implement a new community health grant program and has already given $1,000 each to two local nonprofit organizations, Kelly said.

Donors and sponsors supported FHA and honored loved ones by purchasing lights that were placed on holiday trees, embracing the night’s theme, “Always in Our Hearts.”

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$50K raised for Windy Hill Mark Ohstrom and his wife Karin hosted a fundraiser for the Windy HillThe Plains at their Old Whitewood Farm home Wednesday, Dec. 5.

Ohrstrom, pictured with longtime Windy Hill Foundation board member Judy Washburn and Foundation President Jonathan Catherwood, serves as chairman for The Plains arm of the nonprofit.

The Foundation provides affordable housing for more than 500 tenants at locations in The Plains, Marshall, Middleburg and Brambleton.

More than 100 guests attended the event, and an estimated $50,000 earmarked for Windy Hill-The Plains was raised.

Windy Hill-The Plains has 19 units and 46 residents, 26 of them children.

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Carson and Kallie McRae demonstrate the new “Trading Tales Corner” bookexchange box outside the Warrenton Community Center.

Trade a good tale at new mini-library

A “Trading Tales Corner” book-exchange box was installed near the front entrance of the Warrenton Community Center earlier this month.

The mini-library offers residents the chance to borrow a book and/or leave one for their fellow bibliophiles. The weatherproof structure holds about 80 volumes for readers of all ages.

Kallie and Carson McRae of Warrenton conceived of the Trading Tales Corner book exchange and worked with Fauquier County Parks and Rec to plan its debut.

Chuck Cromack oversaw the construction, and AnneMarie Paquette designed the logo, complete with a whimsical dragon’s “tale.” Family and friends donated books that the McRaes curated for the project.

“We’d love it if folks could include a note in the book they share, explaining why they liked the story. Their recommendation might tempt someone else to pick it up,” Carson McRae said.

The couple graduated from Liberty High School and have a deep family history of community service.

Kallie McRae is a voracious reader and came up with the idea to share her love of books with her neighbors.

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Organizers cancel First Night Warrenton, announce plans for 2019 Staff Reports Downtown Warrenton’s New Year’s Eve event – First Night Warrenton--has been canceled this year, but plans are already in the works for 2019.

That’s according to the Allegro Community School for the Arts, which adopted Warrenton’s summer concert series after Bluemont closed its doors earlier this year.

Allegro was also asked to take over the First Night event, which had been coordinated by Bluemont.

But lack of funding will prevent that from happening this year, said Sam Yoder, Allegro’s executive director, in a statement issued Friday.

“We discovered that other private funding that had gone to First Night Warrenton had also been reallocated,” Yoder said in the statement.

“With only a month to go until the event, it was necessary to cancel.”

Plans for next year, however, are already underway, Yoder said. Vol-

unteers have begun planning what they will call: “Celebrate New: A Winter Music and Arts Festival in Fauquier County.”

“This is just a one year off, which we will put to good use in re-designing the event,” Yoder said.

The aim of the 2019 event will be to promote local businesses, “making Warrenton a tourist destination for art, music, shops, wine and beer tasting, restaurants and local artisans,” the statement said.

Businesses will be encouraged to have events and promotions during festival days, and guides will provide information on events throughout

the town and county.

Organizers envision a main event on New Year’s Eve in Old Town Warrenton, which will include a heated tent on Main Street.

The gathering place “will help bridge the two ends of town and provide a communal location to warm up and to gather and enjoy beverages, food, as part of the evening,” the statement said.

An art competition, to open in the winter of 2019, will be included in the festival.

Partnerships are being sought for the 2019 event. More details will follow in upcoming months.

Mike Hammond to run for Scott District School Board in November 2019

By Karen Chaffraix Times Staff Writer

Warrenton resident Mike Hammond will run for the Scott District seat on the Fauquier County School Board in 2019, the seat currently held by Suzanne Sloane.

With 18 years in Warrenton, and two daughters in the school system Hammond, 44, says he knows the issues and wants to be “part of the discussion rather than on the outside relying on others.”

Hammond outlined his mission during a recent interview at his New Baltimore home.

“With each passing year, I’ve been more aware of what’s going on with the schools; seeing what the

school board, what the administration is doing. There is more we can do, and do better,” he said.

Hammond’s top four concerns are teacher compensation, revamping spending priorities, solving the middle school dilemma (Warrenton and Taylor middle schools need either replacement or major upgrades) and opening channels of communication between the school board and citizens.

“Our teachers deserve to be fairly compensated according to education, experience and tenure,” Hammond said. “We have to look at school systems in districts comparable to ours and at how we can make adjustments without a huge tax hike.”

On the middle school situation: “It’s disheartening that the school

board and the board of supervisors can’t work together to find a solution to the problem. I’ve been a project manager for 20 years. You don’t start anything without knowing what the constraints are, what your budget is.

The board of supervisors is holding the purse strings; you’ve got to get their buy-in before you start.”

The board of supervisors and school board have so far not been able to agree on whether to build a new middle school or renovate existing buildings.

Hammond has a certificate in systems engineering and currently works in cybersecurity at Forcepoint in Herndon. Prior to that, he spent 11 years in online banking.

Hammond is a long-distance motorcycle enthusiast, plays guitar and

likes to fish.

“Project management is all about budgeting, scheduling, risk mitigation, bringing groups of people together to come to consensus – that’s everything you do on a school board. I’ve worked on multi-million dollar projects, so I understand the budgeting and the spending process,” he said.

Until the November 2019 election, Hammond said: “I’ll be talking actively to as many people as I can.

Understanding their needs and positions will let me bring their perspectives to the school board.”

Hammond has a Facebook page supporting his candidacy, which officially kicks off Jan. 1.

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From sparkly greens to the First Lady’s famous red trees WHITE HOUSE, from Page 1 The red trees lining the grand foyer were constructed of tree-sized styrofoam cones.

“The holly berries are actually red styrofoam spheres,” said Lienemann. “Some were (grouped) on sticks and others were individually placed. After all the berries were on the trees, we went in with red markers and touched up any of them that had any white showing through. It was actually very tedious work.”

The result was “several layers of red and deep burgundy berries. I think they turned out beautifully,” she said. “The trees have real dimension, with different sizes of berries.”

The owner of Sensibly Savvy Designs, a home-decorating business in Haymarket, Lienemann helps her clients with everything from color consultations to full renovations.

She said she works closely with homeowners to make sure they are a part of the design process.

“At the end of a job, I get to walk away. My clients have to live with our choices every day. We work to make decisions together,” she said.

That team mentality was put to good use as Lienemann worked alongside other volunteers to decorate the White House.

“Some were floral designers, some were teachers…. One man had been doing it every year for 39 years. There were volunteers from all over the country. There were two people from South Korea and one lady from France. It was fun, but exhausting,” she said.

‘Just a mom with a glue gun’

Campbell agreed that meeting and working with the other volunteers was a highlight of the experience. Campbell said she and a girlfriend befriended a young military widow who was also volunteering.

Shelley Campbell of Marshall and a fellow volunteer decorator celebrated a job well done.

“Her husband died in September.

We kind of adopted her,” Campbell said.

While moving in between the West Wing and the east entrance, Campbell saw that the media was interviewing Gold Star families. “We were all just bawling, it was very touching,” she said.

Campbell made friends easily with folks from all different backgrounds.

There was a teacher from Kentucky,

and one woman who described herself as “just a mom with a glue gun.”

Her partner much of the day was a woman who was checking it off her bucket list.

“She looked at everything like a child would,” Campbell said. “She loved it.”

Campbell was effusive. “I am still on a high from the experience.”

She was one of two dozen on “Team Blitzen,” she said. “About

half of us were designers.” Campbell made sure to emphasize that the volunteers were carrying out a carefully prepared vision; they were not designing, they were executing.

Campbell’s 33 years as a floral designer were helpful, though. As the owner/operator of Shelley’s Floral Enterprise in Marshall, her expertise with fresh flowers was appreciated.

“I’d thought about applying to do this for years, but never had the time.

This year, my husband said, ‘I want you to do this, even if I have to drive you in and out of D.C. every day,’” she said.

Campbell ended up staying in a hotel with other White House decorating volunteers.

“They bused us in every day and we went through security, which was very tight,” she said.

Lienemann explained that a small volunteer army did the preparation work from Monday, Nov. 19 to Thursday, Nov. 22, visiting the warehouse and laying out materials.

The decorating crew worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday, completing the design work. A catered party celebrated the volunteers when the last decoration was placed.

Campbell said that although she and her fellow volunteers worked hard, no one worked more devotedly than those who worked on the berry-covered trees.

“They stayed later than anyone else. God love ’em. That was a lot of detail,” she said.

Lienemann acknowledged that the bright red trees have proven to be a controversial choice, but she’s a fan.

“Red is a beautiful color if you pick the right shade, and vibrant colors are coming back in style,” she said.

“We’ll have to wait and see whether or not holly red berries become a decorating trend for this year.”

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Warrenton police officer faces assault charge in off-duty incident OFFICER, from Page 1 “The Commonwealth is not a party to that agreement – it is between the victim and defendant and it is presented to the judge to assist in the disposition of the case,” Peters said

in an email. “The judge has the option to dismiss the case based on the victim’s satisfaction. It is only for assault cases and I’ve seen it used occasionally in court.”

Ferguson will resign his position with the Warrenton Police De-

partment effective Dec. 31, Fisher’s statement said.

Ferguson joined the Warrenton Police Department in May 2016, according to his LinkedIn account.

He was employed by the Fairfax County Police Department from July 2002 through December 2015, according to Lt. Josh Laitinen, assistant commander of the Fairfax County Police Department’s Media Relations Bureau.

Laitinen said he could not release any other information about Ferguson’s former employment with Fairfax County. Ferguson’s LinkedIn entry said he was a patrol officer and detective with the department.

Ferguson was employed by the Prince William County Police Department from January 1995 to July 2002, according to Sgt. Jonathan Perok, a spokesman for the department. Perok said the department chooses not to release any additional information about former employees, as is its prerogative under Virginia law.

Ferguson won a Life Saving Award from the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce in 2017 for resuscitating a man lying on a sidewalk.

Fisher said he will file a report with the town police chief that will document the findings and conclusions of the state police investigation as well as reasons why he will not allow Ferguson to testify as a witness in court.

The “Commonwealth would not permit Ferguson to testify as a witness in any court of the jurisdiction due to credibility concerns based not only upon the incident, but also upon Ferguson’s personnel file from his previous employment with the Fairfax County Police Department,” Fisher’s statement said.

Fisher had asked the state police to investigate the incident after it came to light in October.

In an Oct. 3 letter to the Warrenton Town Council, Fisher questioned why the Warrenton Police Department had not immediately brought it to his attention.

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Fauquier’s state delegates split on the Equal Rights Amendment

By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer

One for, one against, one undecided.

That’s how the three members of the Virginia House of Delegates representing parts of Fauquier County stand on whether Virginia should ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

Del. Mark Cole, R-88th, explaining his opposition, pointed to protections already in federal and state law.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman, D-31st, said that as a woman and mother she supports ratification.

Del. Michael Webert, R-18th, said he needs to study the proposed ratifying legislation.

Webert added that the better course of action could be what Cole suggested: Congress should send a new ERA to the states for ratification rather than revive the one that stalled in 1977.

An effort to pick up the three states needed to add the ERA to the U.S. Constitution has made progress. Nevada approved the ERA in 2017, followed by Illinois last May. A push to make Virginia the 38th state needed to ratify the ERA began in earnest this year. The Virginia General Assembly would need to pass legislation to make it happen.

The ERA came up during the Thursday, Dec. 6 legislative preview forum sponsored by the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce. Cole, Guzman and Webert were there to talk about the upcoming 2019 legislative session. State Sen. Jill Vogel, R-27th, was invited but did not attend.

Virginia’s Senate has passed the ERA at least five times and did so as recently as 2016, according to the Office of the Attorney General.

Similar measures were introduced in the House of Delegates but not considered. Three ratification bills have

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Del. Elizabeth Guzman, D-31st, Del. Michael Webert, R-18th, and Del. Mark Cole, R-88th, talk to members of the Fauquier Chamaber of Commerce Thursday, Dec. 6, about the upcoming 2019 session of the Virginia General Assembly. been introduced in the House for consideration during the 2019 legislative session.

“Courts have ruled that the fifth and 14th amendments guarantee equal protection,” Cole said during his remarks to the Fauquier business group.

The Fifth Amendment guarantees rights in criminal cases and protection of private property, while the 14th guarantees the rights of persons born in the U.S. or naturalized citizens.

In addition, Cole said, the Virginia code has more than 50 sections and the federal code has more than 100 that address issues such as discrimination and equal pay.

Cole said the earlier ratification effort fell short of the needed number of

states by the deadline Congress imposed, and that effectively withdrew the amendment from reconsideration.

Submitting a new amendment to the states would get around the likelihood of a legal challenge over how to count the five states that approved the ERA amendment during the earlier attempt but later rescinded it, Cole said.

Guzman said she would support a bill ratifying the ERA. “I’m a woman and the mother of three daughters and I represent more than 29,000 women in the district,” Guzman said.

She said she’s been asked during job interviews whether she has children. That’s a question that indirectly asks who will be taking care of

Fisher interviews for judge opening

By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer

Becoming a judge of the 20th Circuit Judicial Court would “be an opportunity to engage in the administration of justice up close and personal,” said Fauquier Commonwealth’s Attorney James P. Fisher.

Fisher traveled to Richmond Friday, Dec. 7, to appear before a joint session of the state House and Senate Courts of Justice committees. The Virginia General Assembly will act on the appointment during the legislative session starting in January.

“I will find out something in the coming weeks, I suppose,” Fisher said Monday.

He said he gave a 10-minute long oral statement

to the joint committee but wasn’t questioned.

“They do these very quickly. They have 50 circuit courts,” Fisher said.

He was introduced to the members of the joint committee by State Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-26th, who co-chairs the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice.

Fisher, 56, said he summed up his 30-year career, which includes 10 years spent in private practice and 20 years in public service, including a stint as a deputy commonwealth’s attorney before being named in July 2011 to complete an unexpired term as Fauquier’s commonwealth’s attorney. He was elected to a four-year term in 2015.

Fisher said no one else appeared before the panel for the 20th Circuit, which hears cases originating in Fauquier, Loudoun and Rappahan-

the children.

“Men don’t get asked that question,” Guzman said.

In an interview after the event, Webert said, “I would like to read the language” of the proposed ratification bills. “I like to dive into the details.

I’d like to know how they would impact the current code and whether it would help or hinder it. If it’s going to do what Mark [Cole] said it’s going to do I wouldn’t support it.

“A lot of things have changed since 1979,” Webert continued. Protections that weren’t in place then are part of our laws now, he noted.

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nock counties. The judicial seat has been vacant since January 2017. Fisher said he submitted his name for the vacancy once funding to fill the position was secured.

Fisher has been running for re-election in 2019 but said he James P. Fisher will suspend campaigning while his appointment is pending.

Christopher Morehouse, challenging Fisher for the Republican nomination, announced Monday that he is suspending his campaign until it’s known if Fisher will become a judge.

Morehouse also said he won’t run against Charles Peters, senior assistant commonwealth’s attorney, if Peters runs for commonwealth’s attorney should Fisher give up the job to become judge.

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CFFC awards Georgia Herbert conservation award

By Karen Chaffraix

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Attorney and former county supervisor Georgia Herbert, of The Plains, was presented an award for her conservation work by Citizens For Fauquier County Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Hopefield in Warrenton.

As Herbert stood aside, CFFC chairman Les Cheek stepped atop a radiator and hushed the crowd of more than 100 gathered at the event.

“The award goes this year to somebody who really encapsulates CFFC’s mantra, which is ‘protecting Fauquier’s future,’” Cheek said.

Herbert is the fourth to receive the Kitty P. Smith Conservation Award, which the chairman instituted to commend local conservation advocates.

“Georgia Herbert has spent the bulk of her personal, political and remunerative life honoring Fauquier’s future,” Cheek said.

Herbert was for five years a staff attorney for the Piedmont Environmental Council and then for eight years a member of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors. Herbert represented the Scott District and was the board’s first female chair. She later opened her own law practice.

“During that time she was a warrior,” Cheek said. “Her resume reads like a summary of great battles in a huge war.”

Cheek said she fought a succession of housing development proposals and was involved in the fights against, among other things, Disney

Like many others in our community, I am deeply committed to helping Fauquier grow in a manner that will benefit all of our citizens in this generation and in those that follow. I believe this means working together now to conserve our natural, historic and financial resources so that those who follow will have at least as many opportunities available to them, as we had available to us,” Herbert’s statement said.

“If we consume it all now, through pollution, careless land-use patterns, and/or by going into debt to satisfy the desires of this generation, we will heavily and unfairly burden succeeding generations…We have a moral obligation to avoid that result.”

Herbert said she could not have done nearly as much as she did, had she not had the help of Hope Porter and Kitty P. Smith, the award’s namesake.

Smith was a longtime member of the PEC, Cheek had said earlier.

“She was the voice of the conservation community at the board of supervisors level.”

The award was named in her honor and presented to her on her deathbed four years ago. Subsequent winners were conservation activists George Thompson and Jocelyn Sladen.

CFFC was founded in 1968, with a mission to “preserve the natural, historic and agricultural resources of Fauquier County, and to protect the

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Georgia Herbert America, the outer beltway and uranium mining.

“And in her professional life, she’s helped many people throughout the Piedmont wade through the complexities of putting property in conservation easement,” Cheek said, noting her legal work is responsible for “countless acres” now in conservation easement.

Cheek spoke of Herbert’s “razor sharp intellect and wry humor,” telling the story of one instance when a prominent local developer who harangued her during one particularly contentious board of supervisors meeting. “She turned to him and she said, ‘You have your opinions, Mr. Souder. I have a vote.’”

Cheek then read some of the statement Herbert had sent the CFFC upon receiving the award.

“I live on a farm that has been in my family for eight generations.

county’s unique quality of life through education and leadership,” according to its website. Its annual fee for members, which now number 300, is $35.

The award came with a $1,000 prize the recipient must donate to charity, and Herbert chose Fauquier’s Afro-American Historical Association.

“They are doing a wonderful job of making sure the whole community knows the history of the entire community,” she said.

Herbert said Thursday she had initially turned down the award, saying she could not accept the honor before Hope Porter had.

Porter, now 94, has played an iconic role in the Fauquier conservation movement. She started CFFC 50 years ago. Her home was host to the Wednesday gathering.

But Porter, Herbert said, had asked the CFFC not to consider her for the prize. Not this year anyway.

“Hope Porter and my Aunt Mary are the magnificent people I have always thought I would like to be,” Herbert said.

Herbert said her aunt and uncle had won major awards for their conservation and civic work in both Fauquier county and South Carolina where they had homes.

Porter has long been a major force in this county, always creative, she said, adding: “I decided that if I were going to accept this award, I’d talk about Hope.”

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On the ERA and ACA: What you need to know now The Equal Rights Amendment is the news once again because of a statewide push to encourage the Virginia General Assembly to ratify the 47-year-old addition to the U.S. Constitution when it convenes in Richmond early next year.

Nevada and Illinois became the 36th and 37th states to ratify the ERA since 2017. Now, Virginia seems the most likely state to become No. 38, which advocates contend is enough to make the amendment law of the land.

ERA promoters in Virginia have launched a website (VAratifyERA.com) and a statewide bus tour to spread the word. They contend that despite the gains women have made in recent decades, the U.S. Constitution still fails to guarantee protection from discrimination based on sex.

ERA opponents say the 14th Amendment, which states no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law,” is sufficient to protect women and men from discrimination based on sex.

Proponents, meanwhile, say the 14th Amendment is not enough because it ensures “strict scrutiny” based on race, religion and country of origin, but not necessarily based on gender.

Gender, they argue, enjoys only an “intermediate” level of consideration in discrimination claims.

The text of the ERA is straightforward: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any other state on account of sex.”

Its acceptance might be considered a given in a country whose very Declaration of Independence declared it self-evident “that all men are created equal.”

But how has that worked out? Given that slavery was not vanquished until after the Civil War, and women were not afforded the right to vote until 1920 – almost 150 years after the declaration’s signing – is proof that words don’t always mean what they seem.

When asked to support the ERA’s ratification, the Prince William Board of Supervisors balked, citing concerns about loosening restrictions on abortion and other unintended consequences. The board passed an alternative “equality resolution,” which is now the subject of its own page on the VAratifyERA website under “opposition.”

Whether or not the General Assembly ratifies the ERA in 2019, the amendment will face additional hurdles before its tacked onto the U.S. Constitution. Either Congress or the courts will have to act to overcome the 10-year ratification deadline that expired in 1982.

Perhaps proponents’ most compelling argument in support of the ERA is the chance for Virginia to, as they say, “be on the right side of history.” It’s certainly something our state has failed to do in other matters of basic civil rights.

Regarding the ACA

For anyone who is without employer-provided health insurance, the window is closing to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. The deadline to do so is Saturday, Dec. 15.

If that’s news to you, it might be because the signup period was shortened this year, and fewer resources were spent spreading the word.

The good news is that the healthcare.gov website is easy to navigate. Fill in your employment information and check some boxes to estimate your income for 2019. You’ll receive your eligibility results, including a potential tax credit if you qualify.

(If your income turns out to be more than your estimate, you may have to repay some or all of the tax credits at the end of the plan year.)

Once armed with the tax-credit estimate, you can review the plans available in your area and get details about copays, deductibles and monthly premiums.

Helpful hint: A “gold” plan isn’t necessarily the most comprehensive — or the most expensive. Read details carefully, keeping in mind your family’s specific needs. A family where one member might become pregnant in the next year or a family with several children will have different priorities than a male millennial in good health.

Common questions are answered on the website. Call 1-800318-2596 to connect with experts who can answer questions clearly and simply. There is no individual mandate in effect for 2019, so those who choose to go without health insurance will not have to pay a penalty.

FAUQUIER FLASHBACKS: FROM THE FAUQUIER TIMES Photo of a mother dachshund and her pup taken at a home in Broad Run in December 1974 was picked up by UPI and published in newspapers across the U.S., including the front page of the Los Angeles Times.

75 Years Ago Dec. 16, 1943 Norman H. Wampler, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Wampler of Alexandria, formerly of Warrenton, received his commission as second lieutenant recently after successfully completing the Officer Candidate School at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Lt. Wampler is a member of the Medical Administration Corps and is now stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia.

Sgt. Walter Wince of Upperville has been reported missing in action. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eppa Wince were informed that the bomber in which Sgt. Wince was bombardier was shot down over Germany on Nov. 26.

W. G. Bartenstein was re-elected chief of the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Department for the 20th consecutive year at the annual meeting held Monday.

50 Years Ago Dec. 19, 1968 Harold D. Kube of New Baltimore has been appointed to the county planning commission for a four-year term. Mr. Kube was appointed earlier this year to complete the unexpired term of J. North Fletcher of Warrenton, who resigned.

A new tranquilizer gun, which the

county bought for $285 about a month ago, was demonstrated at the sheriff’s office by Fauquier County Dog Warden Philip B. Eastham.

Machinist Mate Fireman Joseph L. Baker III, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Baker Jr. of Warrenton, is serving on board the destroyer USS Preston operating off the coast of Vietnam.

A. Ridgely Albaugh III and Scott McIntyre of Warrenton have pledged fraternities at the University of Virginia, where they are first-yearmen. Albaugh pledged Sigma Chi and McIntyre pledged Pi Kappa Phi. The Plains Volunteer fireman Tibby Clegg was the pie-eating champion at the annual dinner served Dec. 6 by the Ladies Auxiliary.

25 Years Ago Dec. 15, 1993 The Warrenton Town Council voted on Tuesday night for two measures that clear the way for a new five-screen theater to be operated in the Towne Center on Frost Avenue. Jeff Weaver, vice president of Gates Hudson & Associates, the center’s management firm, said that when the center learned one year ago of the loss of the Ames store, it feared the loss of business associated with a vacant store front. They have successfully placed a Dollar General Store, a Helig-Meyers furniture store and a Country Cookin’ restaurant in the space.

Five months into its mission to produce a re-use plan for the Vint Hill Farms Station, Task Force Chairman C. Hunton Tiffany has said his group is “right on track.”

–Compiled by John T. Toler

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The arts are alive in Fauquier While our local news outlets don’t spend time and space covering our local arts community, I wanted to highlight to the quality of entertainment right here in Fauquier.

This past weekend my family attended both the Lasley Centre for the Performing Arts version of “The Nutcracker” and the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra’s holiday show which also featured Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” “Polar Express” and some jazzy Duke Ellington remakes on Christmas classics. This was the perfect way to kickoff the holiday season and get us in a festive mood!

We are constantly amazed and astounded by the sheer talent living in Fauquier from music and dance to the actors at Fauquier Community Theatre. We have no reason to leave the county for quality entertainment – save for perhaps a world-class facility worthy of hosting all of these amazing groups.

Our 4- and 6-year-old daughters are warmly welcomed and encouraged to continue attending these events as they are designed for the community – families included.

Our girls love to get dressed up for

a family date night and attend like big girls.

What a great experience for families. I hope to see more at the next concert on Feb. 17, which is the PSO Young People’s Concert where they will be having their young artists’ competition and student art contest. If you haven’t been before, this is a great opportunity to see what the youth orchestra is about.

I hope that the Fauquier Times will start covering our local arts and culture scene – arts directly affect our local economy and quality of life.

Patrons buy tickets to go to a show, supporting the nonprofit organization that presents the show and the local talent who perform.

Often, they go for a dinner before or after, supporting one of our fantastic local restaurants that employ our neighbors and often buy their ingredients from our local producers. The quality of life increases as a result of enjoying arts and culture – and without the stress and hassle of leaving our beautiful county!

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Del. Mark Cole, R-88th, stated his opposition to ERA ratification because a ratification deadline had passed. However, the deadline is not included in the amendment submitted to the states. There is no precedent for a fully ratified amendment being excluded from the Constitution. The deadline may be reasonably challenged in court because Article V of the Constitution does not expressly authorize Congress to impose deadlines. Nevada (2017) and Illinois (2018) have ratified the ERA. We need a universal statement that as a country, we do not tolerate sex discrimination harming our families. The Fifth and 14th Amendments do not fully protect us because under Supreme Court cases, sex discrimination does not receive as high a level of judicial scrutiny as discrimination based on race, religion or national origin.

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Puffenbarger Insurance begins its 30th year Family firm named 2018 ‘Large Business of the Year’

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On Nov. 3, the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce awarded Puffenbarger Insurance & Financial Services Inc. its “Large Business of the Year” award.

Established in 1989 by Keith Puffenbarger, the firm is emblematic of a successful company that has thrived though flush times and thin to contribute to the well-being of 10,000 customers and more than 700 businesses.

As it approaches its third decade, the family-owned firm expects to continue its prosperous run into the future.

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The leadership team at Puffenbarger knows full well its role and focuses on delivering security and financial performance to its current and future customers, said Jennifer Puffenbarger, director of marketing and partnership relationships.

“My dad started the business in 1989. He started in Gainesville, and we now have offices in Warrenton, Manassas and Culpeper and employ 22 people,” said Puffenbarger, 35.

Puffenbarger is a member of the firm’s leadership team that includes her father, Keith; brother, Scott; Vicki Elmore; Wilton Elmore; and Jack Mallam. The six-person lineup oversees the company’s portfolio.

In addition to serving local customers, the company is licensed in six states and Washington, D.C. The industry is closely tied to the larger economy. As an example, Puffenbarger notes that if new housing starts decline, so does the insurance revenue stream from that industry.

She also makes a counterintuitive observation. “Job security can slow down entrepreneurs. People do not feel the need to strike out and create a business if they are gainfully employed.

“A lot of people today are working in Northern Virginia for big corporations. They are not worried about

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The leadership team at Puffenbarger Insurances includes (left to right): Jennifer Puffenbarger, Vicki Elmore, Keith Puffenbarger, Wilton Elmore, Scott Puffenbarger and Jack Mallam.

Puffenbarger Insurance has offices in Warrenton, Culpeper and Manassas.

Their Warrenton location is in the Oak Springs Plaza at 73 W. Lee Highway.

Reach them at 540-347-7322. losing their job and they’re getting re-establish its young professionals regular pay raises. They don’t see group. a need to go out and start their own Joe Martin, the chamber president business. That impacts the growth of and CEO, underscores the importhe commercial insurance business,” tance of the group saying, “We have she said. a very vibrant Young It also highlights Council.

“We want to Professionals one reason for the The way the millennicompany’s success. It give back to the als communicate with knows it must work community.” each other can be very hard to seek new clidifferent than the way – JENNIFER ents, and marketing the rest of us commuPUFFENBARGER, helps achieve that goal. Director of marketing and nicate.” Recognizing partnership relations for There are always insurthe impact of digital Puffenbarger Insurance ance needs emerging communications in toand Financial Services within the individual day’s business world, and business communiPuffenbarger is curty. Puffenbarger has honed her skills rently studying for her MBA in digito identify those needs and credits tal entrepreneurship. “I can use those the chamber of commerce for its as- skills to help grow the businesses we sistance. are working with. I can be a resource “When I was first getting out in in moving them to the next generathe community and making busi- tion of marketing,” she said. ness connections, I had no idea was “I serve on various committees I was doing,” Puffenbarger said. in the county and get our word out “The chamber was very welcoming by focusing heavily on Facebook, and very supportive. I wouldn’t have Twitter and other digital platforms. achieved what I have without the I publish a monthly newsletter and chamber mentorship.” produce videos on a variety of subPuffenbarger was so impressed jects,” said Puffenbarger. with the chamber’s value, she helped Beyond providing security for lo-

cal families, farms and businesses, the management team also contributes time and sponsorships to several nonprofits, including the Allegro Community School of the Arts, Rotary, Young Life and others.

“We want to give back to the community,” said Puffenbarger.

How does her dad feel about his children and partners leading the way to future success? “In the not too distant future, Dad will be able to enjoy his retirement. We try to get him out of the office as much as possible.

Mom’s job is making sure Dad’s personal life is very well taken care of,” said a smiling Puffenbarger.

The elder Puffenbarger likely smiles with pride, too, knowing he created a team that will take his original one-man shop forward during his golden years.

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Anytime Fitness coming to Warrenton Center Anytime Fitness will open a new location at Warrenton Center, 251 West Lee Highway, in Warrenton.

“Anytime Fitness will make a great addition to Warrenton Center,” said Billy Orlove, director of Leasing at Rosenthal Properties. “I think this new tenant will be a terrific fitness provider to Warrenton residents.”

Nora Foley and Billy Orlove of Rosenthal Realty represented the landlord in the transaction. Richard Parnell of Franchise Real Estate represented the tenant.

Anytime Fitness will join a tenant lineup that includes Marshall’s, Staples, True Value, Peebles, and Panera Bread.

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Julia Savage

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Walker Jones, PC receives four 2018 ‘top lawyer’ awards Four partners with Walker Jones, PC were honored as “Top Lawyers”

by Northern Virginia Magazine and featured in its December 2018 issue.

Julia S. Savage was chosen as a “top divorce & family lawyer.”

During her more than three decades of practicing family law, Savage has

won numerous awards, been elected and appointed to prominent positions in the legal community and has been honored to serve as a substitute judge for 15 years, according to their website.

Robert deT. Lawrence IV was selected as a “top financial lawyer.” As

a founder of the firm, Lawrence often says he started as a country lawyer and remains one at heart.

When he first started out, he had an open-door practice helping every client who walked into his office. As the firm has grown, others at Walker Jones have taken on practices such as criminal, domestic relations, and litigation work, allowing Lawrence to concentrate on estate planning and trust administration and the related property law work.

Susan Pierce was recognized as a “top personal injury lawyer.”

Pierce advocates for individuals injured in car, motorcycle and trucking accidents. She has more than 30 years of personal injury experience.

Powell Duggan was chosen as a “top real estate lawyer.” A practicing attorney for more than 40 years, Duggan “never gives legal advice before listening and learning about his clients’ particular backgrounds, legal concerns and goals,” according to his website bio.

With offices in Old Town Warrenton and historic Washington, Virginia, Walker Jones, PC, has provided legal services to clients throughout Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area for 40 years.

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LIBERTY BOYS NEARLY UPSET STATE RUNNER-UP HANDLEY Eagles rallied from a 25-point basketball deficit to nearly beat the Judges, who needed a 3-point play in the final two seconds to win 62-59. Christian Reames and Carter Shepard had 14 points each for Liberty.

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Hawks amass state-cut times

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By Jeff Malmgren

By Jeff Malmgren

Times Staff Writer

Despite a contingent of only nine swimmers, the Highland Hawks amassed five state-qualifying times and nine top-five finishes Saturday during the Seton Ice Breaker at the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center in Manassas.

In the seven-team event, Highland’s seven girls beat Wakefield, Christchurch and T.C. Williams, while the Hawks had only one boy compete.

“Small in numbers did not hold the Hawks back,” Highland cocoach Rich Landers said.

Paris Thornburg led the Hawks with a hand in four top-three finishes, all in VISAA state-qualifying times.

She won the 100-meter breaststroke and placed second in both the 200 individual medley and 200 medley relay, with the help of Ellie Earnhardt, Morgan Malinow and Brooke Landers. That same foursome also took third in the 400 free relay.

Landers finished as the 50 free runner-up, too, while Malinow placed third in the 500 free with a state-cut time and fourth in the 200 free. Ellie Earnhardt, swimming in her first varsity meet, finished fourth in the 100 backstroke and fifth in the 200 IM, while George Light led the Highland boys by taking 12th in the 100 breaststroke.

FILE PHOTO BY RANDY LITZINGER

Leah Bengston is one of Fauquier’s returning swimmers. She earned three district medals last season. Falcons coaches did not respond to media requests for results and interviews.

Highland girls win after a 16-0 start

By Jeff Malmgren Times Staff Writer

The Highland Hawks used a fullcourt press to amass 14 steals and 25 deflections Friday en route to a 6224 victory over Maderia’s girls basketball team on the road in McLean.

With a size and speed advantage, the Hawks began the game on a 16-0 run, ended the first quarter with a 19-1 lead and built an advantage as large as 27-3 in the second period.

So they improved their record to 3-3 after leading 33-8 at halftime.

Margaret Groux led Highland with eight steals and Abby Soltys had four. Groux also had 12 points, as did Destiny Ramcharan, while Kayla Soltys had 10, Abby Soltys had nine and Alyssa Austin had seven with Megan Kirby and McKenize Andrews adding six each.

Tucker leads Liberty swim Times Staff Writer

LOOKING UP FOR COUGARS’ GIRLS Kettle Run lost few ladies from 2017-18 district title team

By Jeff Malmgren

helped Kettle Run tie a program record by finishing third as a boys team after winning a region championship This may be the season for Kettle for only the second time in history.

Run’s girls to make a swim move.

“We lost our studs, so we’re startThey have seemingly stayed in ing new,” Adair said. “But I have a the wake of a Kettle Run boys team lot of swimmers ready to step up and that owns top-six region finishes fill their shoes. the past seven winters with a pair of “They’re a determined group that championships, but now they may is really fun to work with,” she said. have enough returning talent to con- “I like seeing the new leadership, tend for a title themselves. even out of the younger swimmers.”

Following last season, the CouKettle Run also has an importgars lost only one of eight girls who ant veteran presence in senior Jake qualified for state in a combined Heenan, who had a hand in winning nine events. four of the Cougars’ six state medals “I do believe they are going to last winter. Plus, sophomores Nick be pretty strong,” Kettle Run coach Maranto and Nathan Kim swam in Cherie Adair said. “I think we have three state events between them. the potential to win districts and the “They should [swim qualifying potential to be top-three at regionals.” times for] state individLast winter, Kettle ual events sooner rather “They are Run’s girls logged their than later,” Adair said second-best region finof that threesome. going to be ish in history by placing Kettle Run’s boys fourth in the Class 4 Re- pretty strong.” and girls each have a gion C meet. They also – KETTLE RUN COACH 3-0 record thus far this tied for their third-best CHERIE ADAIR season after beating state placement by finCulpeper’s boys 124-40 ishing 11th. and its girls 122-46 Saturday.

Senior Caitlin Adair heads the list Saville won the 100-meter butterof talented girls who returned from fly in 1 minute, 10.54 seconds and that squad. She won a pair of state the 50 free in 24.81 while helping the medals and contributed to four pro- 200 free relay team of Rory Monahan, gram-record times in the state meet. Zack Knight and Pierce Helou win in Meanwhile, junior Erin Kerrig- 1:51.16. He also combined with Lukas an and sophomore Peyton Talomie Baines, Parker Saville and Ben Adams each qualified for state in two indi- to win the 200 medley relay in 2:01.26. vidual events and a pair of relays, Baines won the 200 individual while senior Claire Sutliff appeared medley, too, in 2:29.22 and helped in two state relays with juniors Dar- the 400 free relay of Adams, Helou

by Monahan and Natalie Fahey par- and Ethan Scarratt win in 4:21.40, ticipating in one. All those girls are while Adams won the 500 free in swimming again this winter along 5:34.40, Monahan won the 100 backwith some promising freshmen such stroke in 1:16.82 and Parker Saville as Emma Craddock and Abby Gray. won the 100 breaststroke in 1:22.07.

“They’ve been swimming since For Kettle Run’s girls, Craddock they were younger,” Cherie Adair won the 200 free in 2:17.64, the 100 said of the newcomers, “and I think free in 1:00.52, the 200 free relay in they’re excited to do it at the high 1:56.60 with Fahey, Adriana Bohon school level.” and Monahan, and the 200 medley Last season, Kettle Run’s girls relay in 2:08.72 with Sutliff, Kaiya and boys both went 11-0 during the Stone and Kaitlyn Jones. regular season before winning Class Sutliff also won the 50 free in 4 Northwestern District champion- 27.50 and 500 free in 6:40.41 while ships together for the first time since joining Bohon, Stone and Jones to 2012-13, but the boys likely have a win the 400 free relay in 4:32.93. steeper hill to climb to return to that Monahan added victories in the 200 summit this winter.

IM (2:33.68) and 100 back (1:13.99) The Cougars’ graduation losses in- with Bohon winning the 100 fly cluded four state-qualifying boys who (1:15.41) and Josephine Swope wincombined for six Class 4 medals. They ning the 100 breast (1:23.50).

Times Staff Writer

With 23 swimmers this winter, the Liberty Eagles have a typical turnout.

But girls dominate that roster for the second consecutive season, giving them a chance to win some dual meets.

On Saturday, for example Liberty’s girls beat William Monore 81-63 on the road in Charlottesville.

“A lot stronger girls team,” Eagles coach Kathy Maskell said of the 19-swimmer unit. “Some strong girls on the front [line] and good girls in the middle” ranks.

Liberty’s boys, meanwhile, lost to William Monroe 65-39.

“We’re working and having fun,” Maskell said. “That’s kind of what we’re trying to do – make these kids a little bit better swimmers and a little bit better people.

“I’m really pleased with the kids we have,” said Maskell, who has no year-round swimmers.

Junior Megahn Tucker leads the Eagles as their lone returning region qualifier. On Saturday, Tucker won the girls 100-meter breaststroke and backstroke while helping a pair of relay team also win.

“Looking for good things from Meghan,” Maskell said. “I’m hoping for a [region] repeat from her and I’m hoping for her to have company. …

That’s always the hope, the plan.”

Tucker joined Mika Bishton, Erin Frederick and Jennifer Cannon to win in the 200 medley relay against Culpeper while contributing to a victory in the 200 freestyle relay with Cannon, Frederick and Bishton. Frederick also won the 400 free while Bishton won the 50 free.

In the boys competition, William Frederick won the 100 back and joined Evan Worley, Max Lessen and Nathaniel Wilson to win the 400 free relay.

“I think I know where their strengths are” in styles and distances, Maskell said. “It just really comes down to where their heart is as well.

It’s important to match it up to where they feel the strongest.”

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Fauquier ends with runner-up View at Duals

By Fred Hodge

Special to the Times

Mountain View had too much firepower at the end of the day.

Those Wildcats defeated the Fauquier Falcons 41-25 when they met late Saturday afternoon to determine the team championship of the annual Falcon Duals wrestling tournament.

Mountain View won five of seven matches in the finals to pull away.

The Class 5 Wildcats took a quick 12-0 lead after three weights, but Fauquier cut the gap to 12-10 when David DeWald won a 12-1 major decision at 160 after Eric DeWald notched a third-period fall at 152 pounds. Mountain View received a forfeit at 170 and posted falls at 195 and 220, while Fauquier’s Kevin McEachin won the 182-pound bout 10-2. That run widened the Wildcats’ lead to 30-14 and ruined Fauquier’s chances for a rally.

“There were some momentum swings for sure,” Fauquier assistant coach Chris Thomas said, noting the Falcons’ lineup did not have some

FILE PHOTO BY RANDY LITZINGER

Coach Doug Fisher’s Fauquier team finished as the Falcon Duals runner-up Saturday. of its usual wrestlers who could prevent a foe’s lengthy win streak.

Sam Fisher (195 pounds) instead competed in the Walsh Ironman event in Ohio, while Darryl Mayfield (160) was sidelined by a recent injury.

“Mountain View was tough to score on,” Thomas said. “In a dual meet format, you have to be really

smart. You can’t give up points.”

Regardless, the Falcons won four consecutive matches earlier in the day to advance to the championship round. They romped over George Mason, 63-10, and Stafford, 62-9, before beating Class 3 power Brookville 39-37 to win their pool.

“They always have some quality

kids,” Thomas said of Brookeville.

“That was a big win for us.”

Fauquier then beat West Springfield in the championship semifinals.

The Falcons rebounded from a 6-0 deficit with pins from Nick Walsh (132), Gino Camarca (138) and Eric DeWald (152) to give them a 21-9 advantage. The Spartans closed the rift to 25-21 after the 195-pound bout, but Fauquier countered with pins from Thomas Heisler (220), Casey Burr (285) and Reece Kuhns (106), and a forfeit win at 113.

McEachin earned the meet’s Most Dominant Wrestler award with a 5-0 record, while Camarca, David DeWald, Heisler and Burr each finished 4-1 with Eric DeWald 3-1.

“It was a good day overall,” Thomas said. “We left healthy, [but] we have a long list of things we have to cover.

“Our lineup is not set where we want it,” he said while expecting Fauquier’s composition to change as some wrestlers drop weight and younger wrestlers gain experience.

“When we get everybody where they need to be, we will be very solid.”

Fisher mans mats for Falcons at prestigious Ironman tournament

By Fred Hodge

Special to the Times

Sam Fisher was effectively in a different world.

His Fauquier High teammates wrestled in Warrenton on Saturday

against grapplers from across the Commonwealth during the annual Falcon Duals. But Fisher wrestled in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, against many of the nation’s top high school wrestlers during the prestigious Walsh

Ironman tournament Friday and Saturday.

The No. 3 seed at 182 pounds, Fisher placed sixth after winning his first three matches to advance to the championship semifinals against No. 2 seed Darrien Roberts of Wyoming Seminary (Pennsylvania). Fisher led in the third period but eventually lost 8-6 in overtime.

Roberts led 3-1 after the first period, but Fisher fought back for a 6-4 advantage as the third period wound down. Roberts responded with a takedown in the final 15 seconds to force overtime.

Fisher immediately shot for a takedown attempt in the overtime session, but Roberts acted as a counter puncher, as he had most the match, rather than attacking. He

blunted Fisher’s charge, resulting in a scramble situation, and then maneuvered for the winning takedown.

That loss sent Fisher into the consolation semifinals, in which he lost 7-4 to No. 8 Anthony D’Alessio from Canfield, Ohio. Fisher then lost 4-2 to No. 7 Ronald Sizemore of LaSalle, Ohio, to end his tournament.

He began the weekend with a pin in 5 minutes, 34 seconds versus Ivan Hernandez of Poway High from California. Fisher then won 12-6 against No. 14 Justin Henry of Mount Saint Joseph, a Maryland school powerhouse. Fisher, a junior who recently committed to Virginia Tech, later won a 13-5 major decision versus No. 6 Nathan Haas from St. John Bosco in California.

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Mason Barrett won the 106-pound championship Saturday to lead Liberty to a third-place finish in the 32team NOVA Classic wrestling tournament at Fairfax.

He completed the two-day event with a 5-0 record that included four pins, helping Liberty tally 164.5 points. Brooke Point won with 173 and Chantilly edged the Eagles for second with 165.

Elsewhere, Kettle Run placed second in The Battle of Manassas at Osbourn Park by winning its first four matches in the duals event before falling in the championship round.

The Cougars began pool wrestling by defeating Patriot, 39-33, Potomac Falls, 53-15, and Maggie Walker, 4824. They then beat Potomac in the championship semifinals, 39-29, be-

fore losing to King George, 42-27, in the finals.

Going 5-0 individually were Matt McLaughlin (113 pounds), Logan Hall (120), Zane O’Connor (126), Gabe Chumley (170) and Matt Jawan (182).

For Liberty, Barrett began the NOVA Classic with three consecutive pins in less than 50 seconds. He then pinned Josh Evenson of Tallwood in the semifinals and beat Brentsville’s Foster Cardinale 6-0 for the championship.

William Winegardner finished second at 120 pounds after pinning Stonewall Jackson’s Dustin Scroggie in 5 minutes, 14 seconds during the semifinals. Winegardner then lost to Christopher Lee of Brooke Point in 1:56 during the final.

Placing third for Liberty were Bryan Contreras (138) and Royce Hall (182), while Justin Cannon took fifth (195) and Willie Phipps finished sixth (285).

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Wakefield catching wins off guard play in basketball

By Josh Dorsey

Starting lineup

Special to the Times

In June, Al Ford saw two important qualities in Wakefield’s players during his first few weeks as the Owls’ new head coach.

That gave him hope that they can contend for a VISAA Division III state championship this boys basketball season.

“I noticed that these are focused young men who want to learn and grow in the game of basketball,” said Ford, who left Brentsville to take over at Wakefield, which also made a midseason coaching change last winter. “There is a culture that has already been established.

“Even though they have never won a state championship they definitely have that on their minds,” he said. “We are starting that step by step to make it a realistic goal.”

If the Owls make a run to at least the state semifinals for the first time in program history, the play of their versatile guards will likely lead the way.

During practices, Ford often asks every player who identifies as a guard to lineup for “suicides.” Nearly the entire team steps up to the line to participate in that endurance drill.

“We are a team that can have five guards on the floor at any given time,” Ford said. “We are perimeter oriented. We don’t really have a dedicated post player.”

The Owls’ most flexible player in the lineup is senior returning starter

PG G G/F F F

Kaleb Torrence, Jr. Luke Finkbeiner, Sr. Spencer Harmon, Sr. Mark Siegel, Jr. Marcel White, Sr.

small but deadly lineup, one capable of scoring quickly and efficiently.

“He is the main person I look to as a veteran,” Ford said. “He has spoken up as a leader on this team.”

The Owls lost three players from their 2017-18 team, each of whom now play at the college level. So their lineup has a new look and style.

“Losing three college players is quite a hole to fill but Kaleb Torrence was more than willing to step into that gap,” Ford said. “I think he was lookFILE PHOTO BY RANDY LITZINGER ing forward to stepping into that role.”

Marcel White had a double-double during Mark Siegel is among the Wakeeach of Wakefield’s initial five games. field players who joined the starting lineup for the first time this season.

Marcel White, their tallest player at The junior forward did not play 6-foot-4. much last winter, but he now helps “He plays every position for us,” in the post and on the wings.

Ford said. “He’s not an established “He is a shooter and a scorer,” post player, but he will do that for us.” Ford said. “He is somebody that can White recorded a double-double get really hot.” during each of the Wakefield’s five But senior Luke Finkbeiner gives games this season en route to a 4-1 Wakefield its most consistent perimerecord. ter shooter. He made 14 of 21 3-point“Marcel is not having [college] re- ers over the Owls’ first five games. cruiters contact me but I know that “He was even disappointed when he is very capable because of his he missed three shots in a row,” Ford versatility,” Ford said. He will “be said. “I told him to go out there and able to play at the next level.” keep shooting.

Kaleb Torrence, another senior “If he keeps playing the way I exreturning starter, gives the Owls a pect … he will have a chance to find

himself as a shooting guard playing Division III basketball next year. I have no doubt about that.”

As a team, Wakefield averages nearly 12 3-pointers per game.

“That is exceptional,” Ford said.

The Owls entered this week with three consecutive victories despite playing what Ford considers a challenging schedule.

“We have had some early tests,” he said. “That is the type of early competition we are looking for because we want to be ready to play Christ Chapel (Woodbridge) in January.”

Christ Chapel won the D-III state title last season.

And “we want to prepare to play against our rival Highland, who comes loaded this year,” Ford said.

“Everything that we do is pointed towards playing our best basketball in January. Then hopefully some magic can happen and we can be ready in February for the state playoffs.”

Despite being new to Wakefield, Ford has plenty of experience in the area with Brentsville and Battlefield.

“Coach Ford is a guy I’ve known personally and I have a lot of respect for,” Highland coach Brian Hooker said. “Al is a grinder and he loves high school basketball. … He is in it for the kids.”

The Hawks and Owls met in the Delaney Athletic Conference tournament final last season with Highland winning the title. They again appear on a collision course at the top of the DAC standings.

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Trio of 8-point efforts give Fauquier girls 1st win

By Fred Hodge

Shorts stops Kettle Run girls’ losing streak

Special to the Times

The beginning of the week gave Fauquier time to celebrate.

The next three days reminded the Falcons that considerable work remains.

They earned their first win of the girls basketball season by beating Manassas Park 33-20 Dec. 3, but then they lost to Rappahannock and John Champe, 52-23.

The Falcons’ solid passing and unselfish offense helped them beat Manassas Park.

And “the key was defense,” firstyear coach Steve Snider said. “We played really well that day. ... We had lots of take-aways; lots of rebounds.”

Fauquier also sank 10 of 14 free throws and held the Cougars to one point in the first quarter en route to a 14-5 halftime advantage. Fauquier then built a 27-14 lead entering the fourth period.

Payton Swart, Tia Minor and Makayla Foddrell each had eight points for Fauquier, with Shaey Washington adding seven and Skyler Furr two.

The following night, Fauquier took a quick 6-0 lead against Rappahannock with a Foddrell basket and two

by Minor. The Falcons used an effective 1-3-1 half-court trap as the catalyst, but they also missed five layups

By Fred Hodge

The Kettle Run Cougars had different second-half results in their two games last week.

They earned their first win of the girls basketball season Dec. 3 by breaking open a close contest in the third quarter to beat Warren County 44-32, but on Friday they struggled after halftime for a 44-23 loss to Brentsville.

Kettle Run coach Ellen Allen credited the Cougars’ defense for the victory.

“We came out in the third quarter and were able to get some steals,” said Allen, whose Cougars trailed 20-19 at halftime.

Freshman Emory Shorts finished with a team-high seven steals.

“That’s the result of a team effort and her being able to anticipate,” Allen said.

Shorts also had a game-high 19 points and added six rebounds, helping the Cougars build a 37-25 lead entering the fourth period.

“It was good to put it all together, especially in that third quarter,” Allen said.

Sophomore Faith Schaefer added six points, seven rebounds and five steals, while Rachel Schwind had eight rebounds and Sammie McCoy had eight points.

However, against the Tigers, Kettle Run lost by 21 points despite trailing only 18-12 at halftime.

“We were in it in the first half,” Allen said. “I was real pleased with us defensively.”

Junior post Sara Hume led the Cougars’ effort in that game with eight points, eight rebounds and four blocks.

“Probably the best game of her career,” Allen said.

23-10.

Minor tallied 11 points, Swart had nine, Foddrell had eight, Washington had four and Furr had three.

On Thursday against John Champe, Fauquier took another 6-0 lead with baskets by Swart, Foddrell and Skye Corum, but problems with transition defense and ball-handling

against a veteran foe again arose in the second period. So Champe led 29-14 by halftime.

“At least three, four, five turnovers in a row,” said Snider whose team finished with 25 turnovers.

“And we missed 16 layups.”

Minor had eight points with five apiece from Foddrell and Swart.

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Kettle Run’s Sara Hume amassed eight points, eight rebounds and four blocks during a 44-23 loss to Brentsville. in the first quarter, allowing the Panthers to close their deficit to 8-6.

“It could have been 16-6; 20-6 even,” Snider said.

The Panthers opened the second quarter with their own half-court trap and built a 17-0 run in six minutes. The Falcons went 7 minutes, 56 seconds without a point and trailed

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BREED OF THE WEEK: FREIBERGER

This designer ’berger is the latest European import to feed horse country’s hunger for versatility

By Betsy Burke Parker Special to the Times

A rare breed of horse is finding Virginia’s Piedmont region as natural a home as its native Swiss foothills.

The Freiberger, developed as a light draft horse breed in Switzerland in the 1800s, was originally used for military work with the Swiss army.

Compact and strong, the designer breed was a product of selective bloodlines, taking the speed and stamina from the Thoroughbred and Arabian, the power and strength from several larger draft breeds and the docile nature of native Anglo-Norman horses to create an animal custom-made for small family farms in the Swiss Alps.

A small herd of mares and foals – including one mare already pregnant with a 2019 purebred Freiberger – was recently imported to the area by Warrenton accountant Nina McKee and her brother Charlie. “We saw them at a show” when visiting Switzerland two years ago, McKee explained.

The Freiberger, also called the Franches-Montagnes, is the only native Swiss breed. The studbook has been closed since 1997, though most breed experts believe the bloodlines have remained almost 100 percent pure for more than a century.

The studbook is maintained by the Schweizerischer Freibergerverband Fédération Suisse.

SNSF owns about 50 Freiberger stallions. Each year, a breed rally is held at Avenches, where riding and driving styles and abilities are evaluated

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Freibergers are the only light draft breed native to Switzerland. Nina McKee has imported a small band. over a 40-day period known as “station testing.”

One of the main studies is equine ethology, the study of horse psychology and behavior. Information gathered at the national stud and collected from purebred owners is studied to continue to improve the breed through selective mating for temperament and athletic prowess.

In addition to pulling farm machinery and fine harness, Freibergers are used for a kind of fourabreast carriage racing at breed rallies. They also excel at dressage – due to their natural neck-set, high out of a well-sloped shoulder, as well as jumping. Their even temperament is renowned, making them a top pick for young riders as well as allaround family mounts, said veterinarian Dr. Todd

How it happened Herd of Swiss nationals end up in Woodville

In her own words, longtime area horsewoman Nina McKee tells how she and brother Charlie twisted a mountain adventure into a commercial start-up.

In October, 2016, my brother Charlie and I were touring Switzerland and decided to go for a trail ride. We were mounted on Freibergers, a breed I had never heard of.

I was super impressed with their friendly personalities, sure-footedness, calm temperament, smooth gaits, hardiness and overall attractiveness.

I chatted a bit with the farm owner, then came home and pretty much forgot about it.

Fast-forward to this April.

Out of the blue Charlie called me up and announced he thought it would be fun to import Freibergers to the U.S. I was in the process of building my new farm in Woodville, designing my barn and pastures. I could see how it would fit, so I agreed.

Crazy, I know.

A Swiss family friend, Olympic figure skater Jamal Othman, accompanied my fiance and I on a recon trip to the Freiberger national show, the Marché-Concours National de Chevaux in the village of Saignelégier.

There were more than 500 Freibergers there, showing on the line, dressage, jumping, carriage driving and drill team. They did this wild Ben Hur-style chariot racing with four-abreast.

The horses – none of which knew each other – spent the whole weekend on picket lines, tied up side by side in huge long rows. They were placid and sweet and quiet. I knew Charlie had a winning plan.

I spent the weekend taking it all in – making notes of horses and bloodlines I liked, talking via Jamal to breeders and owners, and observing the incredible versatility and sense of fun in these horses.

On the way back to our hotel in the little city of Biel, we drove past a big farm field loaded with mares and foals.

I screamed “Stop the car!” and went to find the owner.

Gabriel Rais and his family

have about 80 Freibergers that they use for mountain trail rides and these crazy “train-robbery” re-enactments. We picked out two mares (one pregnant) and their 2018 fillies.

We hired a professional shipper, so it was smooth sailing, but it was still stressful as import “novices.”

The horses had a 10-hour van ride to Liège, Belgium, a couple of days at a pre-flight facility, then a two-hour ship to the airport. The flight was about five hours, then they offloaded at JFK airport.

They spent three days in quarantine there, then shipped six hours to Dr. William Ley’s 17day CEM quarantine – required for breeding stock – in Boyce.

When they got to our farm, Oronoma, in Woodville, all four horses acted like nothing had happened. They’ve settled in beautifully and have been no trouble at all. They’re easy keepers, have good-sized and hardy hooves and beautiful winter coats.

Charlie and I created Piedmont Freibergers to raise, train, foxhunt and show, and sell. We’re busy researching next season’s matings – all to stallions approved by the Freiberger National Stud back in Switzerland. We plan to form a North American Freiberger breed organization.

As far as we know, we have the only inspected and recorded Freibergers living in the U.S. www.equinech.com

Fast fact The only known approved Freibergers in America were recently imported to Virginia’s horse country

by Warrenton-based accountant Nina McKee and her brother Charlie. Through their Piedmont Freibergers, they plan to breed, raise and sell purebreds from the light draft bloodlines unique to Switzerland.

Burdick, who visited McKee’s farm to check on the small band, giving routine inoculations and floating their teeth. “They’re the best patients I’ve ever had,” Burdick said, pointing out that temperament is one of those integral traits that training and conditioning cannot equate.

Air Horse One Catching some air with equine special delivery Flying with horses has become a routine way to ship across the nation and around the world. Some differences between commercial air travel for humans and equines: • Seating: So-called “pallets” are built in-place around the horses. A pallet holds three horses, but for a higher fee, an owner can get “a stall and half” for more room, or even a whole pallet for use in the case of a broodmare and suckling foal. The pallet is constructed on a sturdy metal base, then moved via forklift to the plane, lifted up and rolled inside on a series of rollers and belts. To a horse, the pallet looks and seems like the inside of a typical van or trailer, so they are not typically upset by any of the process. Sedatives are rarely needed.

• Legroom: Pallets are 8 feet by 11 feet, made of steel and aluminum.

• In-flight meals: Hay and water – no grain – are typically provided by the stable of origin to keep the horse on their normal diet through the entire shipping process.

• Baggage allowance: Pallets are weighed to make sure weight is evenly distributed. There are some horse-only flights, but usually horses ship with mixed cargo.

• Flight attendants: Traveling grooms are provided by airlines and professional shipping companies, though personal grooms can ride along with their charges.

• Arrival: Offloading is similar to loading – pallets are rolled off and lowered down. Horses are walked directly onto a van – never even touching the ground if they’re being quarantined, or shipped to a nearby holding facility for routine paperwork before heading to their destination.

• Comfy clothing: Horses travel without boots or bandages as they could slip down, and they cannot be fixed or removed mid-flight. Tail bandages are also discouraged, and blankets or sheets are removed before the pallet is built as the plane is climate-controlled – cool but not cold.

• Cost: Depending on the length of the trip, transporting a horse by air ranges from $4,000 to $8,000.

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Pullman, a 2018 graduate of Millbrook High School, was selected for the prestigious award from a “very, very competitive pool of finalists,” LFCC Educational Foundation Executive Director Liv Heggoy says.

The one-year endowed fellowship, which is funded through a $1.4 million bequest from World War II veteran Charles Ross, covers the cost of full-time tuition, as well as textbooks and the purchase of a computer.

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In August, Dhillon graduated from the Anne Arundel Community College/University of Maryland Baltimore collaborative physician assistant program, and was recently hired as a psychiatric physician assistant in Virginia Beach.

“Attending LFCC was the best experience ever,” Dhillon says. “The professors here, they care about learning, they care about teaching.”

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“I’m terrified, I don’t know if I’m going to be smart enough or good enough, but the professors here were always willing to be helpful,” she says.

“After a couple semesters, I felt like I was on top of my game here.”

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Fancy footwork Garet Zagorski, 8, is a rising star in Irish dance

By Rosie Hutchison

Special to the Fauquier Times

Measuring barely 4 feet tall, Irish dancer Garet Zagorski of Warrenton proves talent, spirit and personality are in no way defined by stature.

“I realized Garet had a talent for Irish dancing as soon as he could walk,” said Kristin Zagorski, Garet’s mom and teacher. “Funnily enough, his feet were turned out, he was very coordinated, and he loved all music, including Irish music.”

Zagorski owns, operates and teaches at the Southern Academy of Irish Dance in Warrenton where Garet, 8, is one of more than 200 students learning the art of Irish dancing. One of the premier dancers in the world at the peak of her career, Kristin Zagorski danced opposite Irish dancing legend Michael Flatley, the mastermind behind the world-renowned “Riverdance” and “Lord of the Dance,” in which Zagorski also performed.

Flatley shared the world of Irish dance with the wider public through his groundbreaking shows. The style has since grown in popularity. Irish dance schools are now all over the world, even in Warrenton.

Talent runs in the Zagorski family, as evidenced by Garet’s eight major titles. Garet has spent his whole life in the dance studio, watching his mother’s students work on their own technique from a playpen until he began to dance at 15 months old.

Titles and trophies

Characterized by flying footwork and rigid posture, Irish dance requires dedication and hard work. Dancers must practice for hours if they wish to compete above the local level.

There are competitions, called feiseanna (pronounced fesh-na, plural of feis, pronounced fesh), scattered around the country on any given weekend. But only a few dancers qualify beyond the local level. Seven regional championships are held across the United States in the final weeks of every year.

Regional competitions are known as “Oireachtas” (pronounced o-rocktus, the Gaelic term for gathering).

Instructors choose which of their students participate, but that’s no guarantee of success.

Only the top dancers qualify for the North American Nationals; and those of outstanding talent are eligible for competition at the renowned World Championships.

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Garet Zagorski of Warrenton stands at the top of the podium as champion of the 2017 All Scotland Championships. He was also awarded his prized stuffed dog, “Jessie.”

Dancers under 10 are not permitted to dance at the World Championships, but that has done nothing to deter young Garet. He plans to use every competition he can to practice until he has the opportunity to compete there.

At major competitions, dancers perform two rounds for a panel of judges: a hard-shoe round and a softshoe round. After the first two rounds, participants who rank in the top half proceed to a third round, called a “set dance,” choreographed to highlight each dancer’s particular skills.

Garet’s first major competition was the 2016 Southern Region Oireachtas. Since no competition bracket exists for boys under 8, Garet competed against boys two years

older than he. His first two rounds earned him the top rank. Garet suffered a mishap in his third round, landing briefly on the wrong foot.

A mistake such as this would have been catastrophic for many dancers.

Still, he managed to snag second place. Garet has since won two subsequent regional championships, including the 2018 competition, held earlier this month in Houston.

Garet currently holds the titles of Southern Region USA Champion 2017 and 2018; All Scotland Champion 2017; Great Britain Champion 2017 and 2018; European Champion 2018 and North American Champion 2018.

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Celebrate early at first ‘Noon Year’s Eve’

By Amanda Heincer

If you go

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“...3 ...2 ...1. Happy Noon Year!”

No, that’s not a typo.

This year, for the first time, kids, or anyone who prefers an early bedtime, will get the chance to ring in the new year 12 hours early in Warrenton at the Fauquier County Parks and Recreation’s first “Noon Year’s Eve” event.

The event, at the Warrenton Community Center, will include a full schedule of family-friendly fun, said Ray Graham, central region program coordinator for the parks and recreation department.

“We’re planning several activities for families and children,” he said.

The party starts at 10 a.m. and

What: Noon Year’s Eve When: Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-noon Where: Warrenton Community Center Cost: Free More information: call 540-422-8560 or visit recreation.fauquiercounty.gov

includes games, dancing, music, a photo booth, performances by Peter McCory, The One-Man Band, balloon animals by Weir Party Balloon Animals, face painting by Sandy’s Face Painting and more.

“The idea is to give families with young children a chance to celebrate the New Year, recognizing that midnight is a difficult time for young children and families who don’t want to stay out that late,” Graham said.

The “Noon Year” option for children has gained popularity in recent years, as children’s museums, libraries and other family-friendly destinations across the country have hosted noon-day countdowns with the youngest revelers in mind.

This year’s event at the Warrenton Community Center is a debut for Fauquier County Parks and Recreation, said Graham.

“This is our first time with our noon year and we hope people will come out to our inaugural event,” Graham said.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

The event will include many activities aimed at families and children, but all are welcome at the event, Graham said.

The fun will culminate with a

countdown to noon, complete with a balloon drop and a sparkling cider toast to mark the occasion.

“We’re going to count down to noon, sing ‘Auld Lange Syne,’ and everything,” said Graham.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS The following births were recorded at Fauquier Health during the month of October 2018.

Oct. 1

Prewitt and Eric Fox, of Remington A daughter, Eleanor Aryn Loretta Wicka, to Aryn and Ryan Wicka, of Culpeper

A son, Nolan Ashby Berry, to Allison Cox and Ashby Berry, of Warrenton A daughter, Isabella Marie Rinehart, to Valerie and Cody Reinhart, of Amissville

Oct. 17

Oct. 3

A son, Fredrik Wyatt Cooper Wachtmeister, to Devon and Kurt Wachtmeister, of Warrenton

A son, Brentley Michael Hamrick, to Ashley Webb and Michael Hamrick, of Strasburg

Oct. 19

A son, Mason James Peters, to Kristina and Christopher Peters, of Unionville A son, Jackson Cole Outland, to Kayla and Jesse Outland, of Midland

Oct. 22

Oct. 8 A son, Rowan Peter McDougal, to Leah and Jordan McDougal, of Linden

Oct. 10 A son, Nikola Gordillo, to Kara Deans and Stefano Gordillo, of Warrenton A daughter, Ava Nadine Bumgardner, to Veronika and Samuel Bumgardner, of Amissville

Oct. 11 A son, Roman Josiah Asiedu, to Psalmfred and Kwaku Asiedu, of Bealeton

Oct. 15 A daughter, Mia Avery Cole, to Tabatha Ryberg and Timothy Cole Jr., of Warrenton

Oct. 16 A son, Oliver Layton Austin Fox, to Prittiannie

A daughter, Everleigh Raelynn Coffman, to Kassidee Bright and Charles Owens, of Sumerduck A son, Liam James Kirk, to Kimberly and James Kirk, of Remington A daughter, Anna Marie Melendez, to Elizabeth and Roberto Melendez, of Bealeton

Oct. 23 A son, Lane Jason Dallas Barco Calderon, to Katlynn and Joshua Barco Calderon, of Bealeton

Oct. 24 A son, Emmett Jack Tkacz, to Trista Chilbert and William Tkacz, of Culpeper

Oct. 25 A son, Maverick Steven Mason-Sandwell, to Nikia Mason-Sandwell and Joshua Sandwell, of Remington

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Oct. 30

A son, Orin Thomas Roan, to Jennifer and Wesley Roan, of Midland

A daughter, Lillian Olea Hansen, to Jessica Wise and Yngve Hansen, of Culpeper A daughter, Annabelle Elizabeth Clegg, to Jennifer and Charles Clegg, of Culpeper

Oct. 29 A daughter, Avalee June Clatterbuck, to Lindsey Nicholson and Thomas Clatterbuck, of Culpeper A son, Anthony Colten Rizzardi, to Chelsea Smoot and Blake Rizzardi, of Amissville A son, Houston White Scott, to Marisa and Robert Scott, of Warrenton

Oct. 31 A daughter, Hannah Grace Jenkins, to Allison and Jason Jenkins, of Warrenton A daughter, Riley Joann Darter, to Jenny and Geoff Darter, of Warrenton

Fauquier Community Band concert Dec. 17 The Fauquier Community Band will present its Christmas concert on Monday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Fauquier High School auditorium.

The program includes familiar old favorite songs and carols and “exciting new sounds of joyful celebration” sure to be enjoyed by all ages, an event announcement states.

The concert is free. The band especially welcomes families with a concert length that is suitable for a school night, the announcement says.

The band will hold a fund-raising raffle with prizes. Raffle tickets sell for $1 each or $5 for six.

The audience is invited to join band members for complimentary punch and cookies after the concert.

Fauquier High School is located at 705 Waterloo Road in Warrenton.

For more information visit fauquiercommunityband.com.

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The Fauquier Community Band welcomes musicians regardless of age or experience, as long as you can read music and rehearse on your own. Auditions are not necessary, and you do not need to be a Fauquier County resident. If you haven’t played in a while, you’re welcome to just participate in rehearsals until you feel comfortable performing in concerts.

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Fancy footwork: Garet Zagorski, 8, is a rising star in Irish dance GARET, from page 19

Mastering every move

Practicing on his own is a huge part of Garet’s training regimen, but he also works with his mother, other instructors and his peers.

“I like to practice with other dancers because I dance with other people onstage,” Garet said. “It helps me get ready for competitions.”

“Garet is always the most eager dancer to learn in class because he loves dance so much,” said Kayla Dongieux, assistant teacher and championship dancer at Southern Academy.

“He never just wants to master his own dances. He wants to try every move of all the dancers in the room.”

The itch to master every move is a huge factor in Garet’s success. Many dancers are born talented. Others have to work incredibly hard to reach that same level. Zagorski preaches that talent means nothing without the drive and dedication to build on it.

Zagorski says Garet’s natural talent lies in his foot placement and strong sense of musicality, but she assists him in working hard to maintain posture, sharpness and control.

“Training with Garet is special and unique because he is my son. I know Garet on a personal level, understand his thinking and really know how to push him to achieve his goals,” Zagorski said. “Watching him achieve success is an amazing feeling as both a parent and a coach. He has a fire and

determination that I’ve never seen in someone so young.”

Garet is a student at P.B. Smith Elementary. He said his favorite part of dancing is not winning competitions, but rather spending time with friends and having his mother as a teacher.

Zagorski said she tries to instill in her son and other students that the value of Irish dancing surpasses awards and trophies.

“I always coach that results do not define a person. My goal is that students be coachable, open-minded and hard working,” Zagorski said.

At the 2017 All Scotland Championships, judges presented Garet with a stuffed Scottie dog for his win. Garet named the dog “Jessie.”

“My favorite trophy is the one I got from The Academy Feis because it is the biggest trophy I have won,” Garet said. “My name will be engraved on it and returned for the competition next year. That’s called a perpetual trophy.”

Not one to rest on his laurels, Garet said he has lofty goals the future.

“My goal is to be a world champion and to become a teacher like John Carey,” Garet said.

John Carey is one of the biggest names in Irish dancing. Carey won the Great Britain Championships at 9, two years older than Garet was when he achieved that feat for the first time. Carey went on to win more than 30 major titles and starred in performance shows and multiple

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Liberty’s one-act plan captures state championship “The Other Room” earns district, regional and state honors

By Claire Fetgatter Liberty High School Patriot Press Editor

The cast of the Liberty High School’s one-act play, “The Other Room” took top honors at VHSL district and regional competitions this year and, most recently, won at the state level. No cast from Liberty has ever qualified for states, let alone won, and the last time the school qualified for regionals was in 2009.

The play itself, which was performed for the general public in September and for faculty and staff in November, details a budding friendship between Austin, an autistic teenager, and his fellow classmate Lily, with an added insight into his mind through a cast of personalities that show reactions and emotions that might not be evident upon seeing Austin on a surface level. This riveting story hopes to give a more nuanced view of interacting with people with autism for the neurotypical, or people who do not have autism or any other disorder that affects perception and socialization.

The student director of “The Other Room,” Angie Kim, has put a lot of work into executing her vision of what is the first play she has direct-

cutline ed. She was the only student director at district, regional, and state competitions.

“I knew what play I wanted to direct last year. I submitted a proposal to Mrs. Claggett in May. After it was approved, I met with her a couple times over the summer to discuss why I wanted to do this play, my director’s vision, how to cast the play and orchestrate auditions, and how I was going to execute the play,” said Kim, a senior. “This experience has been very euphoric thanks to Mrs. Claggett, as not all teachers trust students to choose and lead a competition piece. Being the only student director at states was very nerve wracking. It was as if we did not belong there. I and my fellow cast members are a testament to how

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young artists matter and can be just as professional as their elders. You can tell that every school worked extremely hard and all the shows left us completely in awe. No school seemed like a high school troupe. The technical aspects separated us from the other performances. Everyone but us had colored lights, elaborate sets and costumes, and even fog machines.

We were a bit intimidated, but it was such a great experience seeing what other schools had to offer - it felt like a whole new world.”

Cast members conducted a lot of research to stay true to their characters and make their story realistic. Sara Clark won Best Actress for her performance and Tony DeSouza won Best Actor.

“I wanted to explore interactions between neurotypical and autistic people, so I asked some of my friends who are autistic their side of the story and how certain interactions make them feel. I play Lily, who is the girl Austin talks to for most of the play. I relate to her because on the surface, she seems very stuck up, but as time goes on she opens up about her interests and how she hides the fact that she’s nerdy and passionate,” said sophomore Sara Clark.

“It took months of study all summer for me to figure out how to play Austin. I researched stimming/tics, common behavioral traits of autistic people, symptoms of autism, and so much more. I also looked into actors who have portrayed autistic characters. I talked to friends with autistic relatives to see their side of interactions and to make sure that how I was planning to act was genuine and not a caricature. I really hope that I can reach out to my audience and have them rethink how they interact with people and do some research,” said DeSouza, a junior.

For the personalities that represent Austin’s thought processes and inner emotions, actions speak louder than words, and actors must portray distinct archetypes. With guidance, they have displayed a proficiency that adds to the positive feedback and awards the play has received.

“My character is a 15-year-old boy named Nick who tries his best to keep Austin on track, focused, and social, but it rarely works for Austin. I tried my best to portray him as invested in what is going on around him. I tried to create a basis for Nick by thinking about the people in my

life with autism and how they would feel in certain situations. As for how I try to connect with the audience, I do not rely on what I say. You do not need words to teach others in this sense. I show my support for Austin through facial expressions and reactions to what happens in each scene.

Movement is a beautiful thing,” said junior Cora Inez Sheppard.

“My character is a middle-aged physics professor. Because of that, he uses a lot of math and physics jargon. I did a good amount of research so I could sound like I had all the years of experience he would have. I definitely learned a lot from this play,” said senior José Romero.

“I think our show has gotten this far because of the message we are communicating to the audience and our zeal for performing.”

Throughout this journey of actualization and competition, the cast has come away with a new outlook on the world and the difficulties autistic people face in a society that can misunderstand the unknown. “‘The Other Room’ is different from the other plays we have performed in the past because it sheds light on a real issue present in our society in an effective way. Most everyone knows someone on the autism spectrum, and it was eye-opening even for us in the cast, seeing just how much misunderstanding and mistreatment autistic people face.

This was the first play I’ve participated in that has permanently changed my outlook on life,” said junior Nathaniel Hu. The whole cast had moments of uncertainty during competitions, but their hard work to produce the play and address a real issue in the world was recognized.

“Working tech for ‘The Other Room’ was very tasking, but also rewarding. I worked on the sound design and memorized my cues, which led into either calm or unnerving settings.

States was a very welcoming and awefilled space. A lot of the other shows were jaw-dropping, and the people were really nice. It was an interesting experience I hope to learn more from,” said senior Katie Brickey.

“We have been preparing for states by having rehearsals and doing line run-throughs. At our competitions, we were a much smaller cast compared to the other schools, which often had upwards of 30 students. It set our cast apart from the rest,” said senior Julian Fernandez.

“Lafayette High School often wins state championships. Their play went on right before ours, so we could not watch it, but it dealt with the heavy subject of mental illness and I heard it was astounding. At the awards ceremony, they ended up announcing the runner-ups first, so for a second I thought they won states and my hopes went down. Us winning first place, after we have never been to states and having to work on a foreign stage, was truly a humbling and proud moment. We are all still in shock,” Kim said.

The staff of Liberty High School’s Patriot Press newspaper contributed to this report.

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Old Town cooks up a Cookie Crawl Taste and vote this Saturday, Dec. 15 While I know sugar often gets a bad rap these days, our taste for sweet things, particularly during festive occasions, goes back to rituals long before Christmas when ancient chefs marked significant events with the preparation of baked goods.

Many of our earliest recipes and ingredients, like cinnamon, ginger, almonds and dried fruits, were introduced to Europe during the Middle Ages. They were highly prized.

Christmas cookies that we so cherish and consume trace their roots to these very medieval European recipes.

It was the Dutch and German settlers who introduced cookie-cutters and holiday decorations to America. Remember animal crackers?

They began as edible ornaments.

Along with tree-decorating, package-wrapping and singing carols, baking Christmas cookies is a tradition in most homes whether you go for the easy slice-and-bake rolls or more complicated confections.

For me, it was a recipe that I discovered decades ago from a Better Homes and Garden magazine. Picture this: One thin round buttery cookie topped with jam and a second round buttery cookie. Now add a thin layer of white glazed icing. Let it harden and delicately, with a fine brush, paint on sprigs of holly with green food coloring and some red berries or use cinnamon candies. They are delicious.

They are also extremely time-consuming and fit for only the hardiest of Christmas-foodie fans or cookie fools. I suspect I fit both categories.

There is an easier path to cookie consumption and it’s happening this Saturday in Old Town Warrenton. Nineteen establishments will offer complimentary cookies from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Not only can you browse the shops, you can nibble as you go. At VonCanon General Store, place your vote for your favorite. All voters are entered into a raffle.

If you are a history buff and cookie aficionado, you are in luck.

At 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. you can stroll the streets of Warrenton with author David Goetz. You’ll explore three building murals and learn about

FROM WHERE I SIT ANITA SHERMAN their stories, their artists and the impact they’ve had on Warrenton.

The tour takes about 45 minutes and starts at the Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail. And, by the way, they will have cookies.

Brian Noyes has recently published “The Red Truck Bakery Cookbook.”

It’s nearby and you could stop in there and pick up a copy.

There is a section on cookies. The aroma of his molasses cookies will take you to a deep comfort place worth the dark molasses needed for this recipe.

Shop Small Saturday was officially recognized after Thanksgiving, but it’s not a one-day thing. Supporting our local small business owners is a partnership that preserves the quality of life that we enjoy in Fauquier and the Piedmont. Aside from the economic benefits the merchants hope to reap, their decision to operate small businesses that may or may not succeed helps the county and us taxpayers. Let’s keep our dollars local.

And while winding your way up and down Main Street, take time to discover what many of the side streets hold. The Hat Lady on Beckham Street, Vallie’s Vintage Jewelry on Third Street and Walk by Faith on Fifth Street bring unexpected treasures. And at Vallie’s Vintage and Walk by Faith ... cookies.

If you are among the legions of fan followers of Christine Fox at 47 S. Third St., you may want to put a visit to her clothing and handbag store at the top of your stops. She is closing on Christmas Eve. I’ve always been a big fan of new beginnings and for

Old Town Cookie Crawl

Saturday, Dec. 15 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Enjoy complimentary cookies at participating locations and vote for your favorite cookie. Prize raffle at 3 p.m. for everyone who votes.

Vote at VonCanon General Store for your favorite cookie Who’s got cookies on Saturday: • VonCanon General Store • Yarnia of Old Town • Kelly Ann Quilting • Walk by Faith • Sherrie’s Stuff Christine, retail has required a sixday-a-week commitment since 1990 when the shop opened. She’s decided to retire and discover new paths.

Still going strong after three decades, the Town Duck is a Main Street mainstay. Annette and Bibi offer not only a whole host of fun and fine objects for your home and discriminating gift-giving but lots of food and wine items, including gourmet cookies.

They know just about everyone in town and warmly greet familiar and new faces that pass through their doors.

My friend Lee Owsley will be offering cookies at Latitudes Fair Trade.

If you haven’t seen her new space, stop by. It’s much larger, and she’s expanded her inventory to include a line of clothing. Best thing about this shop is that your purchases help empower folks globally…it’s pretty impactful when you know your bracelet or fun earrings or gorgeous tunic make a difference for someone across the seas.

Another business that’s been around for 35 years is Framecraft at 64 Main St. Whether you are an artist, photographer or home decorator, you’ll find these ladies friendly, helpful and very creative as you look to preserve and protect your photos, prints, paintings or sentimental items.

What a cherished gift to give. Hmm… wonder what kind of cookies they will be serving?

When Carter Nevill isn’t busy with his mayoral responsibilities, you’ll find him and Kathy at Carter and Spence. Their boutique shop features unique hand-crafted items.

2 • Déjà vu • Carter & Spence • Bike Stop • Framecraft • Latitudes Fair Trade • Earth, Glaze & Fire • Haute Cakes Pastry Shop • Great Harvest Bread Co. • Vallie’s Vintage Jewelry • Main Street Wellness • Gateau Bakery & Tea Room • Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail • Law Office of Marie Washington • Past Reflections And this Saturday, you’ll find cookies there, too.

She’s not a retailer, but attorney Marie Washington has earned a reputation statewide for her legal services. She’s been invested in this community her entire life and, while you may not require a barrister now, you may need a cookie and she will have some on Saturday.

Obviously, I haven’t mentioned every place that is offering cookies, but you’ll see the list in a side box. I can say with confidence that all the cookies will be delicious and well received and no doubt a much-needed fortifier as you stroll through the shops.

Weather-wise, possibly some rain this Saturday. Perfect. Take cover in the shops in Old Town. Many will be offering cookies, which I understand create smiles and feelings that all is right with the world.

A perfect, perhaps Old-World recipe for a Merry Christmas!

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UPCOMING EVENTS Send your events to asherman@fauquier. com at least a week in advance. Entries need to include address and contact number. Visit www.fauquier.com for more events.

Wednesday, Dec. 12 Remington Open House: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 105 East Main St., Remington. The Town of Remington mayor, town council and staff invite you to join them for a Holiday Open House at the Remington Town Hall.

Equal Means Equal Documentary showing: 6-8:30 p.m. 6480 College St., Warrenton. Learn about the state of women in America and the Equal Rights Amendment. Special Guest for Q&A: U.S. Air Force veteran and Executive Director for Equal Rights Coalition Shyamali Roy Hauth. Held at The Barn at Lord Fairfax Community College. Contact: engage@ lfcc.edu Ignite Fauquier: 9-10 a.m. 33 N. Calhoun St., Warrenton. An alliance of entrepreneurs is helping small business owners “fire up business.”

Come join our program at Warrenton Visitor Center. Meet new people and learn the challenges of businesses and organizations. Ideally, all will benefit from the ideas exchanged and from the connections made on the second Wednesday of every month. The doors open at 8:30 a.m. Contact: 540-216-7100 Plumbing Career Open House: 4-6 p.m.

6480 College St., Warrenton. Lord Fairfax Community College Workforce Solutions introduces “Careers in Plumbing.” This free information session will introduce you to a plumbing career and a variety of trades professions. Whether you are planning to register for an upcoming class, or you are on the fence about your next career step, come and join us to gain

more information. This can be the first step towards an exciting, challenging and rewarding career in the trades. Contact: 540-868-7021 Thursday, Dec. 13 Hark, the Herald Angel: 7 p.m. 111 John E. Mann St., Warrenton. Enjoy production of classic Grimm tale at St. John the Evangelist School. Free.

Contact: 540-347-2458 Free knee pain workshop: 12 p.m. 6379 Airlie Road, Warrenton. Pain in knee while going up or down stairs? Pain walking or running? Knee pain while sitting?

Pain while standing? When bending or squatting towards the floor? Pain when moving from sitting to standing? Learn to resolve knee pain naturally without medication, injection, surgery. Bring a friend and join Karen Longe, physical therapist, at this free event at KEL Physical Therapy. Call 540-422-0020 or e-mail Karen@kel-pt.com to register.

Limited seating.

Sounds of Christmas Brunch: 9:30 a.m. 91 Main St., Warrenton. Sponsored

by Christian Women’s Connection.

Amy Gable Thorpe of the Cedar Run Garden Club will have decorating ideas.

Music provided by Rebecca Sareen, of Springfield. “Don’t Tell Me It’s Impossible,” by speaker Billie Hughes Locke from Bracey, Virginia. $9 inclusive.

Free childcare with reservation; call Stephanie at 540-347-7150 Friday, Dec. 14 Parents’ Night Out: 6-9 p.m. 39 Alexandria Pike, Warrenton. Enjoy Parents’ Night Out on Fridays during GumDrop Square – Dec. 14 and 21. Kids will enjoy games, crafts, movies, and snacks. Experienced child care providers and youth leaders. Please call or email

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Donation: $20; additional siblings $5.

Email birdiesstuff@gmail.com or contact 540-219-6954 Elf Work: 3-6 p.m. 6300 Independence Ave. Bealeton. Liberty Cheer will be wrapping gifts in the cafeteria. Bring your gifts and we’ll do the rest with wrapping paper, ribbons, tags. Donations provide money to create “Snow Day Pack” – a package of healthy foods for local families through the Fauquier FISH Program. Contact: 540-226-1409 “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: 7:30 p.m. Blue Ridge Singers celebrate 10th anniversary. Christmas concert features four-hand piano and percussion accompaniment. Front Royal Presbyterian Church, Front Royal.

Repeats Sunday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m. at The First Baptist Church in Winchester.

Free. Good-will offerings welcome. Visit www.blueridgesingers.com. Contact: 540-635-6947 GumDrop Square: 6-9 p.m. Santa’s Secret Shop is open for photos and shopping with the elves. Held at John Barton Payne Building in Warrenton. Visit www.oldtownwarrenton.org “She Loves Me”: 7:30 p.m. 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton. Fauquier Community Theatre presents the holiday musical,” She Loves Me” through Dec. 16. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Tickets are for reserved seating and are available online at www.FCTstage.org or by calling 540-349-8760. Prices are $18 for students and senior citizens and $20 for adults.

Saturday, Dec. 15 Blue Ridge Barbershoppers PopUp Christmas Concert: 2:30-3 p.m. 92 Main St. #102, Warrenton. Enjoy holiday favorites at VonCanon General Store. Try a cookie while you are there.

GumDrop Square: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Santa’s Secret Shop is open for photos and shopping with the elves. Held at John Barton Payne Building in Warrenton. Visit www.oldtownwarrenton.org Fox Den Open House: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

355 West Shirley Ave., Warrenton.

Special sales, refreshments, free wine tasting, door prize and free evaluations of your antiques and collectibles at Fox Den Antiques. Visit www.foxdenantiques.com or phone 540-347-1162.

Annual Shrimp Sales: 9 a.m.-noon. 91 Garrett St., Warrenton. They’re coming from Savannah, Georgia! If you missed them in November, you’ve got another chance. Warrenton Sunrise Lions Club Charities, Inc. hosts its annual shrimp sales fundraiser. Fresh off the boat, each pound has 20-22 shrimp. $15/pound. To put in your order, call Warrenton Lions Club president Erl Poulin at 540-347-4281.

Food Giveaway: 9 a.m. 341 Church St., Warrenton. The Fauquier County Food Distribution Coalition will hold a food giveaway for those who are in need starting at 9 a.m. until the food is gone at Warrenton United Methodist Church.

Christmas shoe boxes filled with gifts for boys and gifts between the ages of 2 and 14 will also be available. Contact Pat Noble at panoble@comcast.net GumDrop Square: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Santa’s Secret Shop is open for photos and shopping with the elves. Held at John Barton Payne Building in Warrenton. Visit www.oldtownwarrenton.org Christmas Cantata: 2 p.m. 6451 E. Main St., The Plains. Free admission to celebrate the Christmas season with the Mount Vernon UMC Choir. Contact: Pastor Melbourne Bailey at 202-412-7879.

Live Nativity and Bethlehem Marketplace: 6-8 p.m. 10867 Elk Run

Road, Catlett. Come and walk through the Christmas scenes with live actors and animals telling the story of Jesus’ birth.

Become part of the story and dress up in costumes that are provided. Come inside for cookies and hot beverages in the Bethlehem marketplace. Cookie decorating and crafts for children. Sing Christmas carols or sit in the quiet beauty of the stable. All are welcome to this free community event. Contact: 540-788-9838 Dec. 16 GumDrop Square: 1-3 p.m. Santa’s Secret Shop is open for photos and shopping with the elves. Held at John Barton Payne Building in Warrenton. Visit www.oldtownwarrenton.org

Piedmont Farmers Cloverbud 4-H Club Kick Off: 2-4 p.m. 4133-A Rectortown Road, Marshall. Piedmont Farmers is a 4-H Cloverbud Club for children 5 to 8 years old who love learning about animals. Throughout the year, the Club will visit working farms, learn about the different breeds of livestock, horses, and poultry, conduct service projects, and participate in presentations and other county-wide activities like the Fauquier Fair and the 4-H Livestock Show and Sale. More adults are needed to register as volunteers (commitments are as large or small as desired.) Contact: 540-6803131 Monday, Dec. 17 Holiday Concert: 7 p.m. 705 Waterloo Road, Warrenton. Fauquier Community Band presents holiday favorites in this free concert held at Fauquier High School. Visit www. fauquiercommunityband.com Saturday, Dec. 22 Fauquier Holiday Gift Wrapping: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Gifts piling up, stress kicking in? Let the FHS Track and Field team help you wrap your gifts. Materials provided. Held at Warrenton Presbyterian Church, corner of 5th and Main streets in Warrenton. Donations accepted. Contact: Quentin Jones at quentinjones33@gmail. com ONGOING EVENTS Parkinson’s Piedmont Support Group in Warrenton. Covers Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock area. Meets the third Monday of every month at Chestnut Forks Tennis and Fitness Club, 6379 Airlie Road, Warrenton, from 12:15 to 2 p.m.

Persons with Parkinson’s, as well a care partners, are welcome to attend. Share experiences, treatment interventions, resource information, and fellowship with others going through the same challenges Contact Kendal Blaser at 540-222-6000 or Ann Proctor at 703-967-8525.

Brew your own beer. The Warrenton Brewers Guild meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Powers Farm and Brewery, 9269 Redemption Way in Midland. Contact president Robert Ridgell at 703-906-1783.

Checkmate! Calling all chess lovers of all ages, beginners through masters. The United States Chess Federation-affiliated Warrenton Chess Club meets every Thursday from 6:45 - 10:45 p.m. to host ongoing tournaments! $50 monthly prize to best score. Meets at 73 Culpeper St. (St. James’). Visit www.warrentonchessclub. com or contact 540-660-2822

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John Ferguson raised nearly $8K to fight breast cancer WARF instructor wins ‘real men wear pink’ for 2018

By Anita Sherman

Contributing Writer

We’re nearing the end of one year and the start of another. The accolades come rolling in for the “best of this in 2018” or the “highest honors going to...,” etc. It’s part of the yearend ritual.

But in some cases, the difference made and the impact felt goes far beyond and is worth noting.

Such is the case with John Ferguson, who teaches fitness classes at the WARF. One of the most rewarding aspects of his job is seeing his clients achieve results. Their excitement is his excitement. Using his skills to make their lives better is very satisfying, he says. The results go beyond the physical and into the therapeutic and emotional. He makes his students work hard, but they might not know it.

“He makes exercise fun, kidding with longtime friends and telling us to do enormous numbers of an exercise, only to forget to count and change his mind halfway through,” says Pat Reilly, one of his clients.

“The biggest irony is that he loves to cook…and he will often talk about food and recipes while we are trying to burn off the fat in the pool.”

Ferguson used his hard work-ethic

FAUQUIER FOCUS coupled with a humorous approach to another level this past fall by participating in the American Cancer Society “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign. Several community leaders joined in, but it was Ferguson who won the crown for 2018 Real Man of Fauquier County by bringing in the largest donation. The campaign garnered some $38,000 for breast cancer research. Out of that, Ferguson raised $7,710.

“John’s a kick. Wore the pink T-shirt to work the whole time. While he’s leading water aerobics, he often talks about food and how he cooks it. You get out of the pool starving,” said Reilly who attributes much of Ferguson’s success and popularity to his life in and out of the pool.

Ferguson is a licensed minister, minister of music and enjoys playing the piano and singing.

John Ferguson “Writing is a passion of mine,” says Ferguson, who is on five CDs so far. Other groups have recorded songs he’s written.

Ferguson, who was born in Fauquier County, moved to New Jersey and then returned to Fauquier for the last 38 years. He started his healthcare journey at Warrenton Overlook Health and Rehab when he became a certified nursing assistant and then a physical therapist. Ferguson credits Andy Dart for getting him into fitness nearly 20 years ago. For the past seven years, he’s been at the WARF, where he teaches group fitness, aquatic fitness and Zumba. He holds five different certifications: Regular

Zumba, Zumba toning, Zumba gold, Zumba step and aqua Zumba. He’s also a personal trainer and rehab technician.

Joining the fight against cancer came easily for Ferguson.

“My family has been hit hard with cancer, my aunt and uncle passed away from it, my mother and sisterin-law are fighting it now and I have been dealing with pre-colon cancer,” said Ferguson who was honored at a ceremony held at Denim and Pearls in November.

Reilly notes that Ferguson has played Santa Claus when they sing carols at a local nursing home and he has gone to the movies with the “Aqua Belles.”

Reilly summed up her impression of this not-so-ordinary teacher. “[He’s] not your tofu chomping, sixpack abs, big bicep exercise instructor. He’s an ordinary guy who loves his work.”

For Ferguson, his greatest enjoyment is being with the people he helps.

“I love seeing them happy about working out and getting fit,” said Ferguson adding, “I would love to be part of this again next year, it’s such a great cause.”

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Email event info to asherman@fauquier.com Saturday, Dec. 15 Scott O’Brien Live on the Outdoor Stage: 5-8 p.m. Old Bust Head Brewery, 7134 Farm Station Road, Vint Hill, menu by Roaming Coyote. Contact: 540-347-4777 Crossthreaded: 7 p.m. Live music at Orlean Market, 6855 Leeds Manor Road in Marshall. Local Hume band plays bluegrass, country and oldies. RSVP for dinner. Contact: 540-364-2774 Live entertainment at Inn at Kelly’s Ford: 7-10 p.m. 16589 Edwards Shop Road in Remington. Contact: 540-399-1779

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Thursday, Dec. 13 Manassas Ballet Theatre presents “The Nutcracker”: 7:30 p.m. 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas. Northern Virginia’s popular production of “The Nutcracker” returns in a festive celebration for the holidays. Plays through Dec. 23.

Discount opportunities available at info@ manassasballet.org. Hylton Performing Arts Center Merchant Hall. Tickets $3575. Visit www.hyltoncenter.org/tickets.

Contact: 703-257-1811

Friday, Dec. 14 “She Loves Me” at Fauquier Community Theatre: 7:30 p.m. 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton. “She Loves Me” is a warm, romantic comedy and a charming musical.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and students. Runs through Dec. 16. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Visit www.FCTstage.org for tickets or call 540-349-8760.

Sunday, Dec. 16 “Nutcracker” at Castleton with Miho Hazama. 4 p.m. 663 Castleton View Road, Castleton. Duke Ellington’s timeless “Nutcracker Suite,” fashioned after the Tchaikovsky masterpiece, returns to Castleton in performance led by award winning composer/conductor Miho Hazama with her 16-piece jazz orchestra. Tickets $15-35. Visit www.castletonfestival.org.

Contact: 540-937-3454 Live Irish Music: 5-8 p.m., Come enjoy live Irish music and a relaxed dining atmosphere every Sunday. Wonderful free event perfect for family and friends.

Roast beef special. 380 Broadview Ave., Warrenton. Visit www.mcmahonsirishpub. com Contact: 540-347-7203

Monday, Dec. 17 Holiday Concert: 7 p.m. 705 Waterloo St. Warrenton. Fauquier Community Band

will celebrate the Christmas season with a free concert in the auditorium of Fauquier High School. No tickets are required and the band especially welcomes families.

The concert length is suitable for a school night, and the program abounds in familiar old favorite songs and carols.

Raffle tickets available for great prizes at $1 and $5 for six. Complimentary punch and cookies after the concert. Conductor Paul Hicks and assistant conductor Katrina Bryant will share the podium for this concert. For more information, visit www. fauquiercommunityband.com.

Friday, Dec. 21 Jack Dunlap Band Live Drum and Strum: 8 p.m. 102 Main St. Warrenton. Multiinstrumentalist and mandolin virtuoso Jack Dunlap joined by Jacob Bly and Randall Witherspoon. Tickets $10. Children under 12 free with adult. Seating limited.

Advance tickets recommended. Visit www. drumnstrum.com Contact: 540-347-7484

Saturday, Dec. 22 Karen Jonas Live on the Outdoor Stage: 5-8 p.m. Old Bust Head Brewery, 7134 Farm Station Road, Vint Hill, menu

by The Frenchman Food Truck. Contact: 540-347-4777

Saturday, Dec. 29 The Thistle Brothers Live on the Outdoor Stage: 5-8 p.m. Old Bust Head Brewery, 7134 Farm Station Road, Vint Hill, menu by Stay Cheesy. Contact: 540-347-4777

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Preparations are underway at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church for the 2019 30th. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Community Celebration to be held on Jan. 19, 2019. It will be held at the Highland School Rice Theater Performing Arts Building, 597 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, starting a 1 p.m. This year’s theme is “Let Justice Ring Everywhere!”

The keynote speaker is Dr. Decker H. Tapscott, Sr., senior pastor, FCC&IOC. Music will be provided by the Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr. Choir under the direction of Rev. Lemuel Montgomery. A special music prelude will be performed by students from Covenant Christian Academy in Vint Hill.

Currently, they are soliciting nominations for outstanding individuals and groups that reflect Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr.’s ideals in the areas of religion, community service, business, political action, education, youth and special recognition.

Calling all youth: essays, based on the theme, are being sought at the elementary, junior and high school levels. A winner will be selected at each grade level and they will read their essay on stage at the ceremony. ALL nominations must be submitted in writing no later than 12 midnight on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. Mail to: Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 33 So. 3rd St., Warrenton, VA 20186, Attn: Dr. MLK, Jr. Committee. Call 540-347-4665 for specific criteria information.

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10 tools to combat holiday stress Holidays conjure up visions of family get-togethers and office parties, piles of presents under the tree, and cookies baking in the oven. These same things can also be at the root of holiday stress. You can, however, combat the stress and put the “ho ho ho” back in the holiday.

Say no

Without thinking, we readily agree to bake cookies for the office party, spend every free moment shopping for the perfect gift and attend every holiday soiree on the calendar. Experts agree that saying no can be a holiday sanity-saver. “Take care of yourself by saying no to at least one – and maybe more,” urges George Pratt, PhD and psychologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.

Instead, make workouts, book clubs and other regular activities you enjoy a priority, and don’t overbook your holiday calendar with extra activities.

Turn off your phone and turn up the music

The constant distraction of cell phone rings, email alerts and text messages – which likely increase around the holidays – can be exhausting and increase stress levels. However, research at the University of Maryland has shown that listening to music can be calming, relaxing blood vessels and increasing blood flow. Try turning off your phone during holiday gatherings and turn up the music instead.

Visit your local library

Yes, libraries are a haven of calm, but a pre-holiday visit to the library can also arm you with tools to fight the holiday frenzy. The following are 10 stress-beating resources you will find at your local Fauquier County Public Library. Search our online catalog for additional resources, or stop by the reference desk on your next visit.

• Aromatherapy (Universal Class) • Chakras 101 (Universal Class) • “The Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration & Meditation: Ancient Skills for Modern Minds” by

Last weekend to shop Book Cellar extended hours Sunday, Dec. 16th is the last chance to shop extended holiday hours at The Book Cellar, Warrenton’s only used book store. In addition to regular Friday and Saturday hours, the store will be open Sunday from 1-3 p.m. Here is a sampling of the great gifts you will find: • Classic, contemporary and international cookbooks on sale half-price • Extensive selection of holiday themed books, music and movies.

• New inventory added weekly, including current and hardto-find fiction titles.

Hours: Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-3 p.m.

Location: Lower level of John Barton Payne Building (directly below GumDrop Square), 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton The Book Cellar is operated by Friends of the Fauquier Library; all sales proceeds support Fauquier County Public Library.

Joel & Michelle Levey • “In This Moment: Five Steps to Transcending Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience” by Kirk D. Strosahl and Patricia J. Robinson • “Meditation for Beginners: Techniques for Awareness, Mindfulness & Relaxation” by Stephanie Clement • “Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind, and Unleash Yourself From the Pressure of Stress” by Joyce Meyer • “The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook”

by Martha Davis • “A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living” by Emily Ley • “Stress Less, Achieve More: Simple Ways to Turn Pressure Into a Positive Force in Your Life” [electronic resource] by Aimee Bernstein • Yoga 101 (Universal Class) – Lisa Pavlock, Public Information Coordinator, Fauquier County Public Library

*Universal Class is an online database of courses available free to library patrons (valid library card is required) which include streaming video, insightful instructional content and helpful tutors. Classes are self-paced and available 24/7. Courses are compatible with both PCs and Macs and are Android and iOS friendly. To browse the course catalog, go to www.fauquierva.universalclass.com.

Calendar: Dec. 12-18

Wednesday, Dec. 12 Half Pints Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m. (B) 2’s & 3’s Together Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m. (W) Marshall Afternoon Book Club 1-2:30 p.m. (JM) Bealeton Adult Writing Group Session 3:30-6 p.m. (B) LEGO Free Play @ the Library 4-5 p.m. (B) (JM) (W) Homework Help for school-age children 5-7 p.m. (B) English-as-a-second-language class, 6-8 p.m. (W) 6:30-8 p.m. (JM) Thursday, Dec. 13 Preschool Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m. (B) (W) Calling all Older Wiser Learners (OWLs) 2-4 p.m. (B) GED classes 5:30-8 p.m. (B) * Friday, Dec. 14 Book Cellar open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (JBP) Preschool Story Time 10:30-11 a.m. (JM) Saturday, Dec. 15 Book Cellar open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (JBP) Sensory Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m. (B) Bealeton Paws to Read 10:30-noon (B) Sunday, Dec. 16 Book Cellar open 1-3 p.m. (JBP) Monday, Dec. 17 Baby Steps 10:30-11 a.m. (W) Warrenton Paws to Read 4-5 p.m. (W) Scrabble for Adults 6-8 p.m. (JM) Marshall Evening Book Club 7-8 p.m. (JM) Tuesday, Dec. 18 Half Pints Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m. (W) Marshall Adult Writing Group 1-3 p.m. (JM) Homework Help for school-age children 5-7 p.m. (B) Evening Book ‘N Stitchers 5-6 p.m. (JM) GED Classes 5:30-8 p.m. (B) * Pajama Story Time 6-7 p.m. (W) * Registration is required B – Bealeton branch library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton JM – John Marshall branch library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall W – Warrenton central library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton JBP – John Barton Payne building, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton For full program descriptions, visit fauquierlibrary.org or pick up a calendar of events from any library location.

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Stop by GumDrop Square to pick up a map of where to find the participating businesses. At each location, sample a bite-size cookie, which range from gingerbread to snickerdoodle, from chocolate chip to molasses, salted caramel, lemon lavender and more! Once you’ve finished tasting, head to VonCanon General Store to vote for your favorite cookie and sign up for your chance to win the raffle, which includes gifts from each of the participating Cookie Crawl businesses!

The VonCanon staff will draw the raffle winner’s name to 3:00p.m.- don’t worry, you don’t need to be present to win.

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FAITH NOTES Submit your religious news events to asherman@fauquier.com at least a week in advance for publication. Please include address/contact information for your event.

Saturday, Dec. 15 Christmas Community Luncheon: Join in the Christmas spirit on Saturday, Dec. 15, at a Christmas Community Luncheon at Little Zion Baptist Church Bethel/Warrenton, 6313 Old Zion Road. The community and surrounding areas are invited to share in this event from noon to 3 p.m. The church looks forward to the fellowship.

Breakfast at Amissville United Methodist Church: Amissville United Methodist Men will serve breakfast from 8-10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the church, at 14760 Lee Highway, Amissville. Donations are accepted, and all proceeds are used in service to others.

For questions concerning this event, please call Reg at 540-987-9001.

Grace Episcopal Church hosts community lunch: All are invited to attend the community lunches of 2018 held at Grace Episcopal Church, 6507 Main St., The Plains. Held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mark your calendars for the last community lunch to be held this year, on Dec. 15.

Candlelight Service at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church: The Men’s Chorus of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church will present “Away in a Manger” at the Annual Christmas Candlelight Service on Saturday, Dec. 15,

at 6 p.m. Admission is free. A repast will follow the service. Mt. Pisgah is at 1175 Delaplane Grade Road, Upperville. The Rev. Phillip C. Lewis is pastor.

Prayer, dinner and discussion offered: Are you called to pray for our nation, our community, our families and our neighbors? If so, please join us at Christ Church Anglican, 95 Green St., Warrenton, Saturday evenings. First for dinner/ discussion from 6-7 p.m., followed by prayer and worship from 7-8 p.m. Ask and receive answers to your questions. RSVP by text to Chaplain Jim Craft at 703300-3479 or email to Chaplainjimcraft@ outlook.com by noon on Saturdays.

Sunday, Dec. 16 Warrenton Presbyterian to hold special service: On, Sunday, Dec. 16, Warrenton Presbyterian Church will hold a special service for Advent. “Jesus, the Promised Messiah” will celebrate the birth of Christ as the fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures.

This special gathering will occur at 4 p.m. in the Historic Chapel. Come hear the prophecies and sing the carols. All are welcome and invited to attend. For more information, call 540-347-2213 or visit the church website at www.wpcva.org.

‘Christmas On the Air’ at Trinity Baptist Church: The music department of Trinity Baptist Church of Warrenton will present the musical drama, “Christmas On the Air,” Sunday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. The musical tells the captivating story of a live children’s

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radio broadcast, with actors portraying some of the animals found in the manger scene. As the story unfolds, the characters experience a modern-day lesson in giving and receiving.

The combined adult and children’s choirs add fresh, new Christmas songs along with traditional carols to the production. Audience participation in singing the carols will bring the listener into the performance. Trinity’s pastor, Vinton Williams, and the church family extend an invitation to everyone to join them for this special Christmas presentation.

Nurseries will be available for children through age 3. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the service. The church is at 8803 James Madison Highway, two miles south of Warrenton on U.S. 29.

Christmas cantata at Wesley UMC: Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church will host a Christmas cantata, “God’s Gift of Love” on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.

Refreshments to follow. The church is at 10024 Wesley Chapel Road, Marshall.

Amissville UMC Christmas Music Program: Amissville United Methodist Church will present a Christmas Music Program at 6 p.m., in the sanctuary of the church, 14760 Lee Highway, Amissville. For questions concerning this program, please call the church office at 540-937-4978.

A Hymn Festival for Advent and Christmas: Warrenton Presbyterian Church invites the community to A Hymn Festival for Advent and Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m. at the Warrenton Presbyterian Historic Chapel, 91 Main St., Warrenton.

Come! Celebrate the birth of Christ as the fulfillment of hope as prophesied in Hebrew scripture and realized in corresponding Advent and Christmas carols. Hear the prophecies and sing the carols.

Trinity Lutheran Church holds services: Trinity Lutheran Church, 276 Cleveland St., Warrenton, is now

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH 271 Winchester St., Warrenton, VA 20186

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www.stjohntheevangelist.org St. John the Evangelist Parish is a Catholic faith community committed to living God's message as given to us by Jesus Christ. We strive to encourage Christian love, faith & peace.

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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

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Warrenton Bible Fellowship 46 Winchester St., Warrenton (across from the Library) Sunday Services 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

CHRISTMAS SERVICES Joint Christmas Eve with Mt. Zion Baptist Church 6:00 p.m.

--Christmas Day 10:00 a.m.

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Thousands of people choose to plan their funeral and burial expenses and in doing so, they recognize receive great emotional relief for themselves and their loved ones.

Prepaying your funeral will allow you to make your own funeral plans, but, more importantly, will spare surviving relatives and loved ones from the emotional burden of having to make decisions at a time of great stress and grief. If you would like to learn more about preplanning, please call MOSER FUNERAL HOME at (540) 347-3431. Please tour our facility, conveniently located at 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton. We’ll also tell you about our BRIGHT VIEW CEMETERY, just outside of Warrenton.

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holding services at 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

Located next to Taylor Middle School and across from the Food Bank. The Right Rev. Dennis Di Mauro invites all to attend.

Visit www.trinitylutheranva.org

Monday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve service at Little Fork: Step back in time for a beautiful candlelight Christmas Eve Service. Just minutes from downtown Culpeper, Little Fork Episcopal Church was built in 1776. On Dec. 24 the church will celebrate this holy night with the Right Rev. Ted Gulick officiating. The church will be adorned with greenery, fruits and hurricane lamps to add a special ambiance to the evening. It will be a Christmas Eve to enjoy and remember. Little Fork Church is at 16461 Oak Shade Road, Rixeyville.

Please contact Renae at administrator@ littleforkchurch.org or 540-937-4306 for any questions.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: Liberty Community Church will host a special candlelit Christmas Eve service for the community on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. This short service will celebrate the ancient liturgy of the season in a uniquely contemporary setting. Liberty Community Church is located at 11775 Morgansburg Road, Bealeton. For more information, call 540-439-0500 or visit www.positivelifechange.org.

Ongoing…

Rectortown United Methodist Church Advent events: On the third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 16, from 5-7 p.m., enjoy a craft night. On Monday, Dec. 24, at 5:30 p.m., all are invited to the Christmas Eve candlelight service. And on Monday, Dec. 31, starting at 6 p.m., the church will host a New Year’s Eve dinner, movie and more! This will be a family-focused event, and of course there will be food. Please RSVP by Dec. 24 to ljscheuble@aol.com.

Contact Debbie Hall, Linda Daniels, Judy or Larry Scheuble for more information at ljscheuble@aol.com.

Mount Zion Baptist Church prepares for 2019 Vacation Bible School: Mount Zion Baptist Church, 33 South Third St. in Warrenton, is busy planning for its Vacation Bible School for next year. Please join the church from June 18-21, 2019, for a four-day excursion to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, and The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, (the Underground Railroad Museum is optional). Total cost is $550 per person and includes: two nights at the Tru by Hilton Hotel (free hot breakfast); travel by deluxe motor coach, entrance to The Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum.

Seats are limited and are first come, first served. A non-refundable down payment of $150 is required to reserve a seat.

Final payment is due by March 15, 2019.

Payment plans are available. Contact: Gwen Gaines, 540-347-3084 (leave message) or delgain@msn.com.

Fauquier Jewish Congregation Religious School classes resume: Fauquier Jewish Congregation Religious School classes, serving kindergarten through sixth grade, meet on Sunday mornings at the Highland School in Warrenton. The school’s focus is to teach Jewish content and values while building a nurturing and supportive community. New students are welcome to join our continuing students; membership in the congregation is not required. For further information, please contact Rabbi Bill Rudolph at rabbiwdr@gmail.com.

Walnut Grove Baptist Church MidDay Bible Study: Walnut Grove Baptist Church, 8909 Meetze Road, Warrenton, “Seniors with a Purpose” cordially invites the public to its Mid-Day Bible Study, every Thursday from noon -1 p.m. Open to all. Study will focus on the book “Great Characters of the Bible” by Dr. Alan B. Stringfellow. Contact Louise Gauthier at 571-217-8987.

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Celebrate Christmas at community activities Our communities, near and far, are mourning the loss of several folks: Henry Baxley Jr., Stacie Van Deman Payne, Rodger Lee Frazier, Ralph E. Monaco, Michael Fling, Roger Armstrong and Carol Payne.

Please keep all of their families and friends in your prayers as they have to deal with not having their loved ones here at the holidays.

Lots of Christmas activities happening…

Grace Episcopal Church, on Main Street in The Plains, is hosting a free community lunch on Dec. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Not only will you enjoy a hot meal, you will also be able to see a performance by the Dark Horse Theatre Company. For more information or to volunteer, contact Sue Smith at 540-270-0411 or sue@paulandsuesmith.net.

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The Plains Community League is hosting its Annual Christmas Party for children on Dec. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. Come take a picture with Santa, get a gift, make an ornament and enjoy some snacks at the John Page Turner House, 6473 Main St., The Plains.

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Now let’s spread some birthday cheer: Dec. 13-Logan Beall; Dec. 14-Paisley Hunter; Dec. 15-Sammi Selvage Klotz; Dec. 17-Alex Olinger; Dec. 19-John Richards, Stephanie Dean, Daniel Teel and Ashley Aust.

Enjoy the Warrenton Cookie Crawl Saturday If you want to spend the holidays reading and being curled up in a soft chair or in front of a roaring fireplace, be prepared ahead of time by visiting The Book Cellar in the lower level of the John Barton Payne Building, at 2 Courthouse Square. There are books for everyone! For holiday shoppers, the hours have been extended to Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m., through Dec. 16.

Regular hours are Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Book Cellar is operated by Friends of the Fauquier Library.

If you are craving Christmas cookies, you are in luck! On Saturday, Dec. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., you are invited to visit participating merchants in Old Town to sample a complimentary cookie. If you vote for your favorite cookie at VonCanon General Store (92 Main St.), you will be eligible for a chance for a raffle prize to be drawn at 3 p.m. Participating stores will display a Cookie Crawl poster in their window.

Also on Dec. 15, you are invited to the WARF’s Virtual Fitness Open House from 3-5 p.m. There have been 52 additional classes added to the schedule, and you can see a preview of virtual classes at the open house. Along with refreshments, there will be a drawing for a free, two-month membership at 4:30 p.m.

Happy anniversary to Dan and Jana Patterson and Lee and Jamie Payton on Dec. 16.

As you are preparing for this holiday season, please remember those that are less fortunate, those that are grieving of lost loved ones, those that are fighting for our freedom and please always remember the real reason for the season!

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For those who want to enjoy wonderful, and free, Christmas music, plan on attending The Fauquier Community Band Holiday Concert on Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. at Fauquier High School. There will be plenty of parking and those in attendance have a chance to purchase raffle tickets for prizes from local businesses. As an affiliate of Fauquier County Parks and Recreation, the FCB is open to all musicians from middle-school ages to adults. Check out www.fauquiercommunityband. com/join-fcb.html.

Old Town shoppers have another wonderful place to explore. Past Reflections Antiques has moved to 26 Main St. Shop hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Verdun Adventure Bound hosts Christmas Extravaganza It’s that time of year again: lots and lots of fun things to do on the calendar! ’Tis the season to be jolly and please remember that while you’re out shopping!

The Lois Volunteer Fire Department has a few Christmas trees left for sale. For only $35, you can help the fire department and get a nice tree.

Bealeton “Paws to Read” will occur this Saturday, Dec. 15, from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This is a time

Orlean Christmas Tree Lighting set for Saturday The Christmas preparations are continuing; baking, purchasing, wrapping, and plenty of activity.

Stop all of the hustle bustle if you can to take some time to rest, enjoy the quiet time of Advent and consider the true meaning of Christmas. As our friend, Randy Minter, pointed out during a recent funeral service, “Memories are a gift from God,” and we need to keep those memories close to our hearts, especially during the Christmas season.

Every family has its own traditions. Our grandparents never opened their own gifts until Christmas afternoon after everyone else in the family had opened theirs. They took turns with each one opening a gift side by side at the card table.

One year our grandfather received a rather large sum of money. After Christmas, the money was nowhere to be found and the thought was that it had been discarded with the wrappings. Several months after Christmas, Grandaddy opened a shirt he had received and in the shirt pocket, there was the money! What a find.

We note the passing of Carol Payne, longtime member of our community. She was a member of the Orlean Methodist Church where she participated in the choir and was

PAM VAN SCOY GOLDVEIN 540-379-2026 pamvs2000@yahoo.com that children ages 5-10 can read to trained therapy dogs. Sessions are free, but a signed permission slip is required. This event takes place at the Bealeton Library.

ANNE DAVIS MARKHAM HUME ORLEAN 540-364-1828 hlfmhouse@aol.com a lay reader. Her husband, “Buzz” Payne, was an active member of the community who always tended to our landscape needs. Services were held at the Orlean United Methodist Church on Dec. 6. Please keep her family in your prayers.

The Orlean Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department’s new station is nearing completion. Members will start moving equipment next door within a short time. Actual possession of the new building will occur early in 2019 when the facility will

This is your last weekend to see “She Loves Me” at the Fauquier Community Theatre. Tickets are available for Friday through Sunday at fctstage.org.

Verdun Adventure Bound is having a Christmas Extravaganza on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 1-5 p.m.

There will be music performed by Windmore’s Piedmont Community Band, Theatrical Arts Christmas Carolers and the White House Band.

There will also be a Christmas card workshop with Santa’s elves as well as cookies, refreshments and other treats. For more information about this fun family event, visit verdun-

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Grove Baptist Church would like to invite the community to a “Bluegrass Christmas” on Sunday, Dec. 16, at the 11 a.m. service. The Henderson Family will be special musical guests.

The Sumerduck Ruritan Club will hold its monthly membership meeting on Monday, Dec. 17. If you’re interested in learning more about the Ruritans, join them from 7-8:30 p.m.

Grove Baptist Church will have a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24. All are welcome!

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The Orlean Market will sponsor the Community Christmas Tree Lighting on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 5 p.m. This will go on rain, shine or snow. Please bring your best singing voice to enjoy those familiar Christmas songs and then enjoy hot chocolate and cookies afterwards. The tree will be lit by a familiar commu-

nity member who is well known to many of us. We appreciate her service and participation in community activities.

Our little border collie, Dot, is looking forward to spending the holiday with some of her doggie friends at Fair Haven Kennel as her mom will be visiting friends. The kitties will be cared for at home and are looking for extra treats plus petting, which they will receive generously.

They may even catch a mouse!

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Liberty High School ‘elves’ to wrap holiday gifts Liberty High School Cheer will be doing an “Elf Work” by wrapping holiday gifts with wrapping paper, ribbons and tags on Friday, Dec. 14, from 3-6 p.m. at Liberty High School in Bealeton. Donations will be accepted to raise funds for “Snow Day Packs” of healthy foods for local families through the Fauquier FISH program.

There will be a Holiday Social at the CK Home Hardware at Bealeton Village Center on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 4-6 p.m. Enjoy free selfies with Santa, sweets and treats, a huge train display, and a “Kids Korner” with Santa, face painting, airbrush tattoos, balloon animals, and more.

The Remington Town Council and staff, at Town Hall, will sponsor

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Mt. Horeb UMC hosts Live Nativity Saturday Wesleyan United Methodist Church held its annual Recognition of Veterans during services on Sunday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day. Those recognized were Bill Landis, Bud Maghan, Charlie Crummett, Evelyn Marshall, Pete Costello; Honored Lair Reister, and in memory of Billy Plott. Thank you to all of our veterans for their service to our country.

Experience the True Meaning of Christmas at the Live Nativity hosted by Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 15, from

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JOE KORPSAK REMINGTON BEALETON OPAL 540-497-1413 joe.korpsak@yahoo.com and host a holiday open house today, Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

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AMANDA ARMSTRONG WOODWARD CALVERTON CATLETT CASANOVA 540-295-4925 woodwardamanda1@aol.com 6-8 p.m. Dress up and become part of the story, and make some arts and crafts projects to take with you. Refreshments will be provided. Mount Horeb is at the intersection of Elk

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These property transfers, filed Dec. 1 through Dec. 6, 2018 were provided by the Clerk of the Court in 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: $4,762,887 in Center District

Cedar Run District Jeremiah D. Gibson to Sarah H. Nelsen, 4.273 acres at 4281 Bear Bug Lane, Bealeton. $303,000 NVR Inc. to Deborah L. Allen, 7736 Warrenton Chase Drive, Warrenton. $634,409 Elizabeth A. Ferrell to Lee S. Pearson, 0.3542 acre at 3235 Old Catlett road, Catlett. $152,000 Dorothy Bower Messick Estate by Executor to Garrett Fellenz, 2.1244 acres at 5372 Germantown Road, Midland. $237,000 Argent Development LLC to Robert M. Heflin, ½ interest in 0.38 acre on Rt. 603; 4.18 acres (plat in DB 275 page 664.) $125,000 Joshua Saibini to Jeffrey S. Nelson, 1.5516 acres at 12733 Hunters Grove court, Goldvein. $247,000 Surrey House LLC to Matthew Hunter Wolff, 9.294 acres at 13099 Sillamon Road, Goldvein. $270,000 Center District Jessica L. Abraham to Nicholas O. Codding, 474 Foxcroft Road,

Warrenton. $362,000 George T. Butler to Christine Winship, 90-B Leeds Court, Warrenton. $218,000 Kyle Leigh McBarron Hall to Roosevelt Lundy III, 7078 Westmoreland Drive, Warrenton. $315,000 Randy Eugene Martin to Erika Ahearn Peitler, 805 Black Sweep Road, Warrenton. $450,000 Wa-Warrenon Realty Associates LLC to 510 Frost LLC, 1.4389 acres at Rts. 15-29-17 & Rt. 211; 1.43905 acres Rt. 211 & West Shirley Ave. (quit-claim conveyance), Warrenton. $4,762,887 Lee District Carol S. Garnett Tr. to Cool Lawn Farms LC, 3.8295 acres on Merry Run Lane and 30.797 acres on Freeman’s Ford Road, Remington. $700,000 Tim Nguyen to Bonerge B. Rivas Bonilla, 10861 Krystal Court, Bealeton. $255,000 Leazer Pump & Well Co. Inc, to Leazer Properties LLC, ½ interest in 3.16 acres on the west side of U.S. 15 & 29 near Remington. $195,000 Gregory E. Cooke to Hugh P. Brien,

Run Rd (Route 806) and Courthouse Road in Bristersburg. Everyone is invited to attend and participate.

Zoar Baptist Church will have its Christmas Cantata on Sunday, Dec. 16, at the 11 a.m. service. Zoar Church is at 11036 Elk Run Road, Catlett. All are invited to this special musical presentation.

Trinity United Methodist Church will host its Christmas potluck luncheon following the 11 a.m. service on Sunday, Dec. 16. Come as you are, the doors are always open and enjoy a time with family and friends.

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ment for Patients & Communities Act.” Medical information from Beth W. Orenstein of Northampton, Pennsylvania, regarding “Signs of Stroke” is very worthwhile reading.

Once a stroke occurs, seek immediate medical attention. According to the National Stroke Association, stroke symptoms include sudden weakness or numbness to the body, confusion or trouble speaking or understanding others, trouble seeing in one or both eyes, trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance and coordination and severe headache with no obvious cause. Be prepared to receive immediate treatment for greater chances of full recovery.

Everyone, please have a healthy, safe and cheerful forthcoming holidays and Christmas.

0.2823 acre at 104 E. Main Street, Remington. $429,000 Daniel P. Harris to Timothy Makel, 10863 King Nobel Lane, Bealeton. $400,000 Walter lee Owens Jr. to Derek W. Lahouse, 9903 Cobblestone Drive, nr.

Warrenton. $415,000 Marshall District Greenpeace Fund Inc. to Michel Pierre M. Wallermacq, 5.4958 acres on Rt. 647 at intersection with Rt. 688. $99,000 Thomas H. Thorpe Jr. to Richard Clark Cundiff, 3.34213 acres as shown in DB 1580, page 253. $215,000 Ernest Ariola Jr. to Zachary T. Borman, 2.26 acres at 8854 James Madison Hwy., Warrenton. $355,000 Scott District Mercer Investments LLC to Kimberley J. Ware, 1.1117 acres at 5070 Old Tavern Road, The Plains. $250,000 NVR Inc. to Blanca Rand, 7467 Lake willow Court, nr. Warrenton. $686,085 Christy Mellender to Michael P. Talomie, 4591 Bee Court Lane, nr.

Warrenton. $550,000

Why do people prune trees?

People commonly prune trees to remove dead branches, remove crowded or rubbing limbs, or to eliminate hazards. Trees also are pruned to increase light and air penetration to the inside of the tree’s crown or to surrounding landscape. In most cases, trees are pruned as a corrective or preventative measure to reduce weight on heavy limbs or to encourage the appropriate branch structure to reduce branch breakage in the future.

Since each cut has the potential to change the growth of the tree, no branch should be removed without a reason. With this in mind, proper structural pruning of young trees is typically of the best value.

When to prune Most routine pruning to remove weak, diseased, or dead limbs can be done at any time of the year. But growth is maximized and wound closure is fastest if pruning occurs before the spring growth flush - when trees have just expended a great deal of energy to produce foliage and early shoot growth. Heavy pruning immediately after growth flush can stress the tree. Avoid pruning during active disease transmission periods. A few tree diseases, such as Oak Wilt and Dutch Elm Disease, can be spread when pruning wounds allow spores or insects to access a tree.

Pruning large trees can be dangerous - it usually involves working above the ground and using power equipment. Ensure your safety, and that of your trees, by hiring a professional arborist.

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OBITUARIES Devaun Andrew Jenkins

Roycana Polly (Thomas) Potter Lett Roycana Polly (Thomas) Potter Lett, 84, of Warrenton, died Monday, December 3, 2018 at her home. She was born in Sugar Grove, IL on April 29, 1934, a daughter of Abner and Helen (Boardman) Thomas.

In a career that spanned 30 years, Mrs. Potter held various positions in education, as a pre-school teacher, and a teacher’s aide and tutor to children in special education classes in Fairfax County Schools.

She was a member of the Asaph Ensemble, part of the Christian Performing Arts Fellowship when they sang at the Bolshoi in Moscow in 1993. She was active in Pioneer Girls and choir at Grace Presbyterian Church in Vienna, VA. Since moving to Fauquier County, she was a member of Dayspring Presbyterian Church and then of Covenant Reformed Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Donald Harley Potter.

She is survived by her second husband of 4 years, Raymond D. Lett, of Springfield, IL, and her four children, Rebekah Ann Parks of Carney’s Point, NJ, married to Kevin L. Parks, Eric Abner Potter of Grove City, PA, married to Sarah C. Potter, Deborah Jane Rezadoost of Locust Grove, VA, married to Mir H. Rezadoost, and Grace Marie David of Annapolis, MD, married to Lance A. David. She also leaves one sister, Virginia Swanson of Yorkville, IL, and twelve beloved grandchildren: Esther, Abby, Jonathan, Justin, Sam, Miriam, Roya, Will, Anna, Karis, Olivia, and Emily.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 from 6-8 PM at Moser Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 10 AM at Covenant Reformed Baptist Church, Warrenton, VA with Pastor Steve Clevenger officiating. Interment at Quantico National Cemetery. Arrangements by Moser Funeral Home 233 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186, 540-347-3431, online condolences can be made at:moserfuneralhome.com Contributions may be made to Capital Caring (www.capitalcaring.org), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (www.pancan.org) or the National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation (www.npcf.us)

Darlene Marie Talbot In Loving Memory - Darlene Marie Talbot (Mercier), of Warrenton, Virginia, entered into Heaven on December 8th, 2018. During her final moments and after a courageous battle with lung cancer, she was surrounded by her loving family. By her side was her loving husband and best friend of 41 years, Robert Talbot.

She was blessed with three wonderful daughters, all caring medical professionals, who loved and cherished her deeply; Stacy Talbot of Alpharetta, GA, Brandy Maso of Warrenton, VA and Kristy Talbot of St. Augustine, FL. She is also survived by her son-in-law, Daniel Maso, and six amazing grandchildren; Baylee Maso (15), Kira McLaughlin (15), Katelyn McLaughlin (12), Brandon Maso (12), Brooke Maso (9) and Danilynn Maso (7). Lastly, she is also survived by two brothers, David Mercier (Athens, ME), Jeffrey Mercier (Kokomo, IN) and a sister-in-law, Betty Gregson (Southbridge, MA). She was predeceased by her parents, Henry and Gladys Mercier, and her older brother Bobby Mercier.

A devoted wife, Darlene faithfully supported Robert’s career of service in the US Air Force. A beautiful woman, inside and out, she was very active and giving of her time with her family, friends and pets. Important to her was spending time outdoors, social activities with the Piedmont Corvette Club, going on trips and spoiling her grandkids. She was very compassionate, she made friends with everyone she met and would always help an animal in need. She volunteered and donated to various charities and animal welfare organizations. She has countless friends who cherished her, from childhood friends in Massachusetts, those in her Zumba class and the countless friends from the many places she lived.

Her vibrant personality and captivating smile made the world a better place and she will be truly missed by all.

The family will receive friends and family at the Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton, VA, on Saturday, December 15, at 12PM. A Mass will be held at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church at 2PM, followed by a short reception at the church hall. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation in support of ROS1 cancer research at https://www.supportalcf.org/ros1.

Devaun Andrew Jenkins, 21, of Manassas, Virginia, passed December 4, 2018.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 14, 2018, 1:00 pm at Joynes Funeral Home, Inc., 29 N. Third St., Warrenton, Virginia, 20186.

Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Lair B. Reister Lair Breckenridge Reister, 91 of Warrenton, VA passed away on Dec. 9, 2018 at his home.

He was born on Jan. 21, 1927 at Paris, Kentucky a son of the late Robert E. Reister and Mattie Wright Reister.

Mr. Reister served in the US Navy for 12 years from 1944-1956 during World War II and the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged as a Radioman Second Class. He then served in the US Air Force from 1956 until his retirement in 1968 as a Senior Master Sergeant and was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. From 1978 until 1992, he was a bookkeeper for Hanback Construction. He was a longtime active member of Wesleyan United Methodist Church, Calverton, VA. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Anne Shirley Reister; two children, Sandra Adams, Paris, VA and Stephen Reister, Warrenton, VA; two grandchildren, Julie (Dan) Fitterer and Ryan Adams; and seven great grandchildren, Lucy, Miles, and Ozzie Fitterer and Savannah, Brody, Mia and Kye Adams.

The family will receive friends from 4-6 PM Friday, Dec. 14 at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton where funeral services will be held on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 10:30 AM. Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wesleyan United Methodist Church, PO Box 241, Calverton, VA 20138.

Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

Warren Lee Glascock Jr. March 13, 1943 – December 6, 2018 Warren Lee Glascock Jr, 75, of Boyce, Va. went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, December 6, 2018.

Warren was born March 13, 1943, in Fauquier County to the late Warren Lee Glascock Sr. and Helen Glascock of Marshall Va. Warren was predeceased by his wife of 42 years Naomi May Johnson Glascock, and brothers Shirley and Larry Glascock.

In addition to his mother, Warren is survived by his daughter Greta L. Glascock-Corbin, and his son, Gregory Todd Glascock, of The Plains, VA; his three grandchildren, Courtney, Kristin and Gregory, as well as his siblings Franklin Glascock, The Plains, Va.; Louise Ross and Dottie Leake, Marshall, VA; Larry Glascock, Linden, VA; and Ronnie Glascock, Marshall, Va. He also leaves behind a special friend M. Dawn Jenkins of Boyce, Va. and his 3 companions, Zana, Nugget and Zoey.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 11, 2018 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton.

Pastor Jay Ahlemann will conduct the funeral service Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton.

Interment will follow at Bright View Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis Tn. https://www.stjude.org/content/dam/en_US/shared/ www/fundraising-programs/memorials-and-dedications/memorial-and-honor-mail-donation-form.pdf?sc_icid=memorials-print-form

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OBITUARIES Frances Hopkinson Scheeler Pearre

Vergie May Brown

Frances S Pearre, age 81, a wonderful, caring, selfless woman, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2018.

She is predeceased by her loving husband of 56 years, John Pearre, her parents Francis and Mary Scheeler of Alexandria, VA, and by her granddaughter Sydney Urps.

Frances was a nurturer, always willing to help and extended her love to many. She leaves behind her children Robin (Todd) Hewitt, Cathy (Tom) Coyle, Nancy (Bernard) Coyle, Carol (Danny) Urps, John (Brandy) Pearre, her grandchildren Thomas Coyle, Jennifer Pomerantz, Alison Cooper, Kathleen Dietz, Tyler and Alexys Pearre, Margaret Coyle, and Savannah Urps, and her great grandchildren Kailey, Brayden, Luke, Brody, Macie, and Evelyn.

The family will receive friends Sunday December 16, 2018, 2-4pm, at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, Va 20186. A Funeral Service will be held Monday , December 17, 2018 at 11:30 am. at Moser Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Culpeper National Cemetery (new section) as her late husband will be laid to rest with her with military honors provided by VFW post 2524.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue, P.O. Box 147, Amissville, VA 20106.

An online guestbook and tribute wall are available at moserfuneralhome.com

Vergie May Brown, 90 of Warrenton, VA passed away on Dec. 8, 2018.

She was born on Dec. 27, 1927 at The Plains, VA a daughter of the late Elton Jackson Brown and Mamie Bell Gray Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her foster daughter, Mary Jane Furman; brother, James J. Brown and sisters Mamie Allman, Mary Sudduth, Bess Verts and Marge Bradley and a special nephew, Jimmie Owens.

She is survived by her brothers, Charles Brown and John Brown both of Warrenton, VA; son-in-law, Raymond Furman; grandchildren, Janet Huff, Washington, VA, Annie Kielas and Margo Peterson, both of North Carolina and Paul Furman, Amissville, VA; several nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, Dec. 12 from 6-8 PM at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 2:00 PM at Belvoir Assembly of God. Interment at Marshall Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to her church, Belvoir Assembly of god, 4180 Belvoir Road, Marshall, VA 20115 as flowers will not last over a few days but God’s work will last forever.

Trudy G. Seiberlich

Pearl Josephine Page

Trudy G. Seiberlich, 87, of Haymarket, Virginia passed away on April 11, 2018.

Trudy was born in LaPorte, Indiana to August and Margaret Germi.

Trudy was preceded in death by her husband, Carl J. Seiberlich and her parents.

She is survived by her children Eric Seiberlich, Heidi Weimer-Seiberlich, Curt Seiberlich and grandchildren, Cole Seiberlich, Blair Seiberlich, Carl Weimer, Margaret Weimer Trudy was a loving mother, devoted wife and a livestock breeder.

The burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery on December 21st, 2018 2pm, Arlington National Cemetery.

Pierce Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Martha Brower Gibbons Martha Brower Gibbons, 62, of Delaplane passed away on December 5 , 2018 at her home.

Martha was a very loving and devoted friend, sister, mother and grandmother. She loved animals; birds and cats being her favorite.

Martha loved reading and enjoyed her play dates with her grandchildren. Martha’s loving and caring nature will be missed by all.

Martha was born January 21, 1956 in South Hill, Virginia to the late Elnora and David Brower Jr. Martha Ann Brower married William (Bill) Gibbons on November 2 , 1973. Martha worked at Hollin Farms Orchard.

In addition to her parents , Martha is preceded in death by her husband William (Bill) Gibbons.

Martha is survived by one son, Nathan Gibbons of Front Royal, Va; two sisters Joy Fling of Jeffersonton , Va. and Florence Archer of Dry Fork, Va. ; two brothers Andy Brower of Chesapeake, Va., and David Brower of The Plains , Va; and three grandchildren Emma Gibbons, Caleb Gibbons and Isabella Botto all of Front Royal, Va. A graveside service will be held at Leeds Cemetery on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 11:00 am.

In lieu of flowers please make a donation in honor of Martha and her love for cats to the Fauquier County SPCA. An online guestbook and tribute wall are available at moserfuneralhome.com

Pearl Josephine Page, age 97, passed peacefully on Friday, December 7th, 2018 in Orange Park, FL. She was born on August 23rd, 1921 in Leesburg, Virginia, daughter of the late Joseph & Myrtie Miller.

Pearl was an avid reader, enjoyed crocheting and most of all, loved spending time with her family.

Pearl is survived by her four children, James ‘Buddy’ Neale & his wife, Donna of Bealeton, VA, Pearl Susan Ward of Leesburg FL, Norma Simpson & her husband, James of Sanford, FL and John Page & his wife, Judy of Fleming Island, FL; two sisters, Dorothy Miller & her husband, Charlie of Bealeton, VA and Evelyn Ramey of Luray, VA; Four grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

In addition to her parents; Pearl was preceded in death by her husband, Braxton Morgan Page and three brothers, Stanley, Garth & Earl Miller.

The family will receive friends at Midland Church of the Brethren, 10434 Old Carolina Rd., Midland, VA from 1 pm until the service begins at 2 pm on Friday, December 14th, 2018. Interment at the Midland Church of the Brethren cemetery with reception to follow in the church fellowship hall.

Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

It’s not the length of life, but the depth of life – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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077 Townhouses Remington, 2 BR, 1.5 B A , To w n h o u s e . $1000/mo + utilities.

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200 Collectibles Antique Silver Platted trays and bowls. $200 703-678-3775 Beautiful antique 1870’s stagecoach trunk. Good condition. $300 OBO 703-678-3775

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2004 LeSabre Buick, excl cond. 87K miles.

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540-359-6116 Entertainment Center and Bookcases – Center includes undercabinet storage, slots for DVRs/equip. and lighted two tier glass display top. Two 7-foot tall (42” across) bookcases feature adjustable shelves, teak finish. Great condition. Asking $350 for the Entertainment Center, $150 each for the bookcases. Buy it all for $500, best offer.

540-905-3669.

LR set, sofa, love seat, chair, ottoman. Green & green floral. $350.

DR oval barrel table 6 chairs & matching china cab. $400.

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Pine, glass front locking gun case, holds 10 rifels with storage compartment. $325.

540-347-5307 Solid Maple wood BR suite, full size bed. In excel cond. Includes Bed, Nightstand & dresser. $175 for all.

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232 Yard Sales Garage Sale - 12/15 & 1 6 , 9 A - 1 P, 7 5 5 2 Pilcher St, Warrenton 20186. Xmas, jewelry, collectibles, furn

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OFFICE SPACE IN THE HEART OF OLD TOWN WARRENTON 39 Culpeper Street Warrenton, VA 20186 AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY ● Up to 7,000 Rentable SF ● Will Subdivide to Suit ● Short Term Leases Considered ● Brokers Welcome and Protected ● Central Business District ● Aggressive Market Rates Available ● ● Conveniently located in the heart of Old Town Warrenton at the intersection of Culpeper & Lee Sts. ● ● Next door to Piedmont Media LLC (Fauquier Times Newspaper) & Allen Real Estate. Close proximity to the Fauquier Government Center, Historic Courthouse Building and numerous local restaurants & retail stores.

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2-pair men´s leather boots, size 9. NEW!! $ 1 0 0 e a c h .

540-937-5644 45 RPM record collection, orginial 50´s/ 60´s. Approx 3000.

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571-344-4300 Beatles memorbiliapicture, black & white (60´s), albums, 45´s & magazines.571-3444300 Bowflex Tredclimber TC5000. Used, clean & in excel cond. Original p a p e r w o r k , instructions, & attachments included. $150.

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Very limited. Located at Fauquier Times, 540-878-2491 Frank Sinatra, JFK, MIchael Jackson, Redskins, & sports books & mags. Michael Jordon mini chanpionship basketballs + magazines.

571-344-4300 Men´s leather motorcycle jacket, size extra large. NEW!! $100.

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Woodbridge Community Chess Club meets weekly for friendly games at the Woodbridge Wegmans upstairs cafe from 6-10 PM. Experienced and beginners welcome.

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Announcements

The Fauquier Freeze Baseball and Softball Organization is hosting a Bat Demo Night

Thursday December, 13 at 7:00pm The event will be held at “The Freezer” indoor baseball and softball practice facility, 4258 Burrough Dr., Warrenton, VA. The newest baseball and softball bats will be available for athletes to test out before purchasing!

Take some swings with the newest models. Try different lengths and weights of bats available before making a purchase. Rankins of Warrenton will be providing the bats for athletes to test out. Bats available could include: Easton, Louisville Slugger, and Demarini.

As an effort to give back to our local Fauquier Community, we will have a Food Drive present. All non perishable food donations will be greatly accepted. The food bank is currently in need of: snacks, soups, cereal, and bottled water.

All items will be donated to the Fauquier County Food Bank www. fauquierfoodbank.org.

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ELF WORK DECEMBER 14TH, 3P-6P

Liberty High School 6300 Independence Ave. Bealeton VA 22712 Liberty Cheer will be wrapping gifts. Bring your gifts & we provide the rest- wrapping paper, ribbons & tags!

Donations only. This is a community service event to raise money to create a “Snow Day Pack” which is a package of healthy foods for local families in our community through the Fauquier FISH Program. Last year we were able to donate over 100 “Snow Day Packs”.

Sign up to ring the bell at a Salvation Army red kettle this Christmas, and you will help raise funds for our initiatives all year long.

Our Red Kettle Campaign begins November 15th and goes through December 24th. There are hundreds of available options from Monday-Saturday from 10 am-8 pm, so that you can volunteer at a time that will be convenient for you. You can bell ring in Culpeper, Fauquier and Orange counties.

You could volunteer for two-hour slot on your own or gather a group of friends to adopt a kettle spot for a full day. A group of ten people can ring with two people at a time for two hours shifts and cover a full ten hours.

Please contact me at Melissa.Dargis@uss. salvationarmy.org to schedule a time to volunteer.

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Legal Notices ABC Licenses Full name(s) of owner(s): SHAAN ENTERPRISES LLC Trading as: SHAAN ENTERPRISES LLC 9486 JAMES MADISON HWY, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA 20186-7818 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and Beer off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Mandira Mainali Member/Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

Legal Notices At approximately 10:00 a.m. on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2018, the contents of the listed tenants will be placed in auction at www.storageauctions.com in accordance to Virginia Code 55.416-423 to satisfy the amount of the lien owed on their unit(s): Commonwealth Storage, 9406 Onyx Ct, Fredericksburg, 540-898-8767: Charlie Dotson, William Mullikin Locust Grove U-Store-It, 3222 Germanna Hwy, Locust Grove, 540-399-9835: Carrie Dillard, Dwayne Smith, Tyrone Warren Marshall U-Stor-It, 7437 John Marshall Hwy, Marshall, 540-364-0205: Hollie Burke, Christopher Carter, Charles Turner Montanus Self Storage, 15440 Montanus Dr., Culpeper, 540-825-4760: Donald Barker, Rebecca Cooper, Michael Frazier, Aaron Simpson New Baltimore/Nathan’s Mini Storage, 6558 Commerce Ct, Warrenton, 540-341-7800: Melvyn Adams, Estate of Teresa Allen, Estate of Garde Johnson, Yuri Rojas, Lee Tanchak Opal Mini Storage, 10227 Fayettesville Rd, Bealeton, 540-439-1824: William Allen, Paul/ Stacy Einck, Elizabeth Holmes, William Jackson, Angela Rector Stable Rental Properties & Storage, 8131 E. Main Street, Marshall, 540-364-0373: no auction

490 Legal Notices If you have a n y t h i n g parked a 11525 Blackwelltown Road, Midland, VA 22728. you have 30 days from 12/12/18 to remove it.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 20, 2018 The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a work session beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2018 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia.

Bids & Proposals

The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following items at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2018 in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia:

BIDS & PROPOSALS

1. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT – COMA-18-009530 – A Comprehensive Plan Amendment to update Chapter 8 dealing with Rural Lands.

(Kimberley Fogle, Staff)

Fauquier County Govt/Public Schools has the following solicitation available on their website http://www. fauquiercounty.gov/ under Bids and Proposals: RFP 38-19sm, Medical, Dental and Prescription Drug Program Administration.

Sealed proposals due by 2:30 p.m.

1/15/19. Contact susan.monaco@ fauquiercounty.gov

2. A ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT TO ENACT ARTICLE 4, PART 11, SECTION 4-1100 ET SEQ, ROUTE 29/15 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT (29/15CO) AND A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO APPLY THE OVERLAY DISTRICT TO DEFINED PROPERTIES ALONG ROUTE 29/15 AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE 605, AND BETWEEN ROUTE 605 AND THE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BOUNDARY LINE – TEXT-18010195 – The proposed Route 29/15 Corridor Overlay District would apply to all properties with frontage along Route 29/15 at its intersection with Route 605, and between Route 605 (Dumfries Road to the east of 29/15 and Colonial Road to the west of 29/15) and the Prince William County boundary line, and extend up to 1,000 feet in depth from the edge of the right-of-way line. Properties are within the Scott and Center Magisterial Districts.

(Kimberley Fogle, Staff)

ABC Licenses Full name(s) of owner(s): OT GROUP LLC Trading as: 5 DEL MAYO CONVENIENCE STORE & DELI 11222 REMINGTON ROAD, BEALETON, VIRGINIA 22712-9346 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and Beer off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Oscar A. Velasquez President NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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3. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT – TEXT-18-010196 – A Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Article 11 related to Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. (Andrew Hopewell, Staff) 4. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT – TEXT-18-010271 – A Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Article 6 to add additional performance standards associated with fundraising events by local non-profits and governmental entities. (Amy Rogers, Staff) 5. SPECIAL EXCEPTION – SPEX-18-010095 – M R ASSOCIATES, LP d/b/a MARSH RUN MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY (OWNER/ APPLICANT) – MARSH RUN MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY – An application for a Category 20 Special Exception to allow aboveground water storage and treatment facilities and a Category 23 Special Exception to allow a well providing potable water to be located within the 100-year floodplain.

The property is located at 11734 Coffman Circle, Lee District. (PIN 6898-58-7403-000) (Adam Shellenberger, Staff) 6. SPECIAL EXCEPTION – SPEX-18-010208 – MARK S. & ANGELA S. SMITH (OWNERS)/FAUQUIER HEALTH FOUNDATION d/b/a PATH FOUNDATION (APPLICANT) – WELLNESS RETREAT AT TWIN OAKS – An application for a Category 9 Special Exception to establish a residential wellness resort. The property is located at 6791 James Madison Highway, Center District. (PIN 6975-99-1300-000) (Josh Frederick, Staff) Staff reports for all items will be available online at agenda.fauquiercounty.gov approximately one week prior to the public hearing.

Copies of the full text of the proposed Fauquier County Zoning Ordinance text amendments may be examined in the Department of Community Development’s Zoning Office at 29 Ashby Street, Suite 310, Warrenton, Virginia between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

To review files on all other items, please visit the Department of Community Development’s Planning Office at 10 Hotel Street, Suite 305, Warrenton, Virginia between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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 Fran Williams, Administrative Manager, at (540) 422-8210.

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Employment ELEMENTARY TEACHER Midland Christian Academy

is seeking an elementary teacher immediately for the current school year.

Providing rigorous academic training in a nurturing Christian environment.

Small class size offers unique teaching opportunities.

Please send a cover letter and resume to

hvanek@mcahome.org

DELIVERY DRIVERS

Immediate openings for CDL and non-CDL drivers. Looking for people who are willing to learn to do multiple jobs, with deliveries to customer locations as the primary job.

Must be able to consistently lift 50 pounds, pull inventory and load trucks accurately and safely. These are fulltime positions with benefits.

Individuals must supply a current DMV record when applying. No phone calls.

Apply in person: CFC FARM & HOME CENTER 8222 East Main Street Marshall, VA

ASPHALT WORKERS, LABORERS, LUTE MEN/SHOVEL MEN for Contractor in Warrenton VA.No experience necessary must have your own transportation. Call 540-216-6871 & leave name & phone number.

Newspaper Carriers Wanted The Fauquier Times is currently looking for home delivery carriers in Fauquier County.

Great earning potential for one day work. No collections.

Requirements are a valid driver´s license, must be available all day on Wednesday, have reliable transportation, and speak good English.

Carriers with previous newspaper delivery experience, and good geographical knowledge of the county preferred.

Interested applicants please call our Circulation Department at 540-347-4222 or e-mail us at nkeyser@fauquier.com or apply in person to 41 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186

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for lunch, dinner & weekend shifts at Middleburg Tennis Club. Exp. preferred, but willing to train. Lunch service Wed – Sun & Dinner service Tues – Fri. Additional hours avail. with catering & special events.

Call 540.687.6388 or apply in person at 1777 Zulla Road, Middleburg, VA.

WAREHOUSE HELP WANTED Full-time positions with benefits available for warehouse personnel.

Looking for people willing to learn to do multiples jobs. Must be able to consistently lift 50 lbs., pull inventory, and help load and unload trucks accurately and safely. Must be able to work Saturdays. Must pass drug screening.

Apply in person: CFC FARM & HOME CENTER 8222 East Main Street, Marshall VA No phone calls.

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BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY Professional Services Waller Picture Framing

Bill Waller The Complete Frame Workshop

Driveways

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mbccontractingservices@yahoo.com

Excavation

Jim Caudle 540-937-2105

Gutters

540-660-9282 11600 Hume Road Hume, Virginia 22639

JACK’S SEAMLESS GUTTERS JACK’S SHEET METAL CO, INC.

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Celebrating 50 Years in Business

Free Estimates

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Carpentry Excavation

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Lawn

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 • Fall Clean-up Senior Discounts • Tree Work • Bush Hogging • Lawn Maintenance • Mulching • Aeration

Landscaping

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Builder

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BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY Masonry

Moving/Storage

Remodeling

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Remodeling

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Painting/Wallpaper

Piedmont Painting * Free Estimates * Many References * Drywall & Plaster Repair

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Painting/Wallpaper

Tile T&J Ceramic Tile, Inc.

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Tree Service/Firewood

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Call today! 540-349-1614 or 703-444-7255 Fully licensed & Insured

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You’re invited to our

VIRTUAL FITNESS OPEN HOUSE Saturday, December 15, 2018

3:00 - 5:00 pm at the

WARF!

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Drawing for a FREE 2 month

additional classes added to our schedule!

membership (Drawing to be held @ 4:30pm, must be present to win)

(8 New Class Formats)

Come to the WARF VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE and be the first to see and go home with our exciting new schedule.

Please RSVP by clicking on going on our FB Virtual Open House event, sign up at the Front Desk or by calling us at 540-349-2520 and be double entered into our drawing for a FREE 2 month membership.

Everyone is welcome to join us for a preview of virtual classes!

Refreshments - Virtual Fitness and Member for a Day Pass Giveaways

WARF Warrenton Aquatic & Recreation Facility

Warrenton Aquatic & Recreation Facility - WARF www.warfaquaticcenter.com 800 Waterloo Road, Warrenton, VA 20186 • 540.349.2520