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December 19, 2018
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New sports complex adds 11 new fields By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
market, they were sold and the two friends split the proceeds. But Sugar was different. She was so tiny (20 pounds at birth instead of the typical 50) that Carroll Settle kept her warm and cozy in his basement for several days. He and his two grandaughters, who live right next door, bottle-fed her colostrum, the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals immediately following delivery.
After almost 20 years of discussion and planning, the Central District Sports Complex is on track to provide local teams with 11 new sports fields, as a result of action by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors last week. Six rectangular fields and five diamond fields will be built along with parking, an entrance road and other infrastructure. The board of supervisors voted Thursday, Dec. 13, to cover costs for the fields but not restrooms or irrigation. The facility will be located on 74 acres at the corner of Meetze Road and Old Auburn Road outside Warrenton. Construction is estimated to take place in phases, and last roughly 16 months, with some fields to be completed next summer. Fauquier County Parks and Recreation Director Larry Miller presented the plan to supervisors and explained that a $1.3 million grant from Virginia’s Land and Conservation Fund for the project would be forfeited unless fields were “playable” before Aug. 31, 2019. S.W. Rodgers Company, Inc. submitted the lowest bid for the field construction at $10,352,225. Whitman, Requardt, and Associates, LLP earned the contract for construction engineering and inspections in the amount of $774,296. Board of Supervisors Chairman Christopher Butler (Lee) was advised by county attorney Kevin Burke not to participate in the discussion, since he is employed by S.W. Rodgers.
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Brooke Settle holds her 15-month-old son Landon Settle, atop Sugar while her dau , ghte Kirsten, 10, looks on. Kirsten Settle, righ r t, with Makenzie Settle, left, and Sugar.
Home Sweet Home
How a judge and two Fauquier elves reunited a calf named Sugar with its family By Leonard Shapiro Contributing Writer
Christmas came a few weeks early for Kiersten Settle, 10, and her sister, Makenzie, 8. A sweet calf named Sugar is back in their lives, thanks in large part to a judge and a few good Samaritans with the Fauquier SPCA. The two youngsters had helped raise the once-tiny premature calf almost from birth when local cattle farmer Levi Atkins left her with their grandfather, Carroll Settle, as INSIDE Business.............................................11 Classified............................................36 Communities......................................29 Faith...................................................27
he’d often done before with problem animals. The problem with Sugar: she was so small and frail, she couldn’t reach her mother’s udders. Carroll Settle and Atkins, who both live in Amissville, had an arrangement in such cases going back more than 30 years. Atkins owns a cattle farm two miles away and would often leave calves with Settle, who would try to save them. He usually succeeded, and when the healthy calves were ready to go to Libraries.............................................26 Lifestyle..............................................21 Looking Back......................................19 Opinion.................................................8
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