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Tax bills still going up, but not as much Supervisors mull first cut to the real estate tax rate since 2016

By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors is poised to reduce the county’s real estate property tax rate for the first time since 2016, increase the county’s data center tax rate by 15 cents and implement a new cigarette tax to fund the budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

The board unofficially agreed upon the changes in tax rates in a series of straw votes taken during a four-hour budget markup session Tuesday, April 20. The board will officially vote to adopt the budget at its next meeting, Tuesday, April 27.

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Nina and Andrew Fleischauer, owners of Sunshine Honey Farm, with one of their cows.

Local ‘hobby farms’ take root As big farms leave Prince William, small growers flourish during the pandemic

By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

Bloom Flower Farm is one of numerous hobby farms and “pick-your-own” style farms in Prince William that offer fresh, local produce directly to consumers. Some offer flowers, others have locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh eggs, milk and farm-raised chicken, pork or beef.

The price of vacant land in some parts of Prince William County is nearing $1 million per acre as data center developers look to capitalize on the Northern Virginia region’s quickly expanding data center market, according to county officials.

“They are just building like crazy,” said Tim Leclerc, Prince William County’s assistant finance director. “We’ve seen land purchases on a per acre basis up in the Loudoun County area that are approaching $2 million. We’ve seen them approaching $1 million here.”

Leclerc told the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in March that vacant land assessments rose 15% overall in 2020 – the highest one-year jump in assessments in more than a decade. In areas of Prince William where data centers are allowed by-right, Leclerc said vacant land assessments rose 103%.

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By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

Nearly every morning in the spring and summer, Sarah Desmedt diligently cuts seasonal flowers on her 16-acre Nokesville farm, arranging and wrapping dozens of brightly colored tulips and daffodils in tissue paper before bringing them to her farm stand, known as Bloom Flower Farm, at the end of the driveway.

On weekends, she barely has time to chat with customers before heading back to the garden for more. And after a few hours, she’s typically run out for the day and closes shop. She says there’s nearly always a steady stream of cars pulling up to the stand throughout the summer.

“We had a much busier year than we’ve ever had,” Desmedt said one morning in late March, as she worked on setting up a display of tulips.

Data center market drives vacant land prices near $1 million per acre

Sarah Desmedt, owner of Bloom Flower Farm, in Nokesville.

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Prince William sees a ‘slow growth’ in new COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths Staff Reports Although two key COVID-19 metrics declined over the last week in the Prince William Health District, cases in the county, Manassas and Manassas Park are showing “slow growth” and remain in the “very high” range, according to the latest report from the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute.

The local health district reported four new deaths due to COVID-19 this past week. The victims included three men and one woman. Two of the men were in their 40s, while one of the victims was in their 60s and the other 80 or older. There were only 10 new hospitalizations, however, a sharp decline from the more than 60 reported in the previous week, according to Virginia Department of Health data.

Still, the UVA Biocomplexity In-

stitute stressed in its latest weekly report the importance of preventing a new surge in cases statewide like those currently under way in Michigan, Minnesota and Colorado.

In Northern Virginia, Prince William, Loudoun, Stafford and Spotsylvania counties are experiencing a “slow growth” in cases, while areas to the west of Prince William, including Fauquier County, are experiencing a “surge” in cases. Across the state, three health districts are experiencing a surge, up from one last week, the UVA Biocomplexity Institute’s report said.

The state’s predictive model shows that if Virginians relax safety precautions such as mask-wearing and social distancing as “variants of concern” take hold, the state could see cases spike this summer.

Under the model’s worst-case sce-

Prince William Health District weekly COVID-19 report 49,500 Cases (Up 638)

nario, Virginia could see as many as 99 cases per 100,000 residents by July 4. That’s about 45% higher than the all-time peak of 68 cases per 100,000 residents that Virginia saw during the worst of the pandemic in January.

Vaccinations are “key to avoiding another surge,” the report says, noting that 41% of Virginians were either partially or fully vaccinated when the report was written.

Maryland and Washington D.C. have similar vaccination rates. States to the south and west are lagging behind, however, with West Virginia reporting that 35% of its population is at least partially vaccinated, and Tennessee, only 32%.

“When the vaccination rates in our neighboring states are low and slowing, Virginians are also impacted, particularly those near state borders,” the report notes.

1,825 Hospitalizations (Up 10) 538 Deaths (Up 4) 8.6% Percent-positivity rate (down from 9.3%)

Vaccinations One dose: 173,375 (up 13,740) Fully vaccinated: 98,714 (up 23,803) Note: Numbers current as of Wednesday, April 21. New cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations in red and blue were added between April 15-21.

SOURCE: VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Switch to open vaccine eligibility off to a rocky start

By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

As promised, COVID-19 vaccination appointments opened to all Virginians age 16 and older last Sunday. But as health district officials warned, getting an appointment still isn’t easy.

Accessing COVID-19 vaccine continues to be a challenge in Prince William County and most of Northern Virginia for several reasons but primarily because demand is still outpacing supply.

But the switch to open eligibility was met with other challenges in Prince William County, including that appointments were not made available at local vaccination clinics through the Vaccine Finder website on Sunday, April 18, when eligibility for the vaccine was opened to all residents 16 and older.

The Community Vaccination Center at the old Gander Mountain store site is not listed on the website because the site was still working through about 10,000 names on its waiting list as of Monday, April 19. About 1,000 of those people qualified under phase 1, according to Dena Potter, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of General Services.

The Manassas Mall vaccine clinic, which is run by the Prince William Health District, did not appear on the vaccine finder website Sunday morning because of technical issues, according to Sean Johnson, a contractor who is working as a spokesman for the local health district.

The Vaccine Finder website “has a few tech[nical] issues getting clinics loaded up. So the intent is to get it loaded up when it can,” Johnson said in an email Sunday. “[When that will happen], I can’t answer because we don’t run the program.”

Some other local health districts’ vaccination clinics were listed on the Vaccine Finder website, including

How to make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine

All Virginians age 16 and up who would like to be vaccinated can make an appointment starting on Sunday, April 18. Here’s how: Visit: vaccinefinder.org to make an appointment at a local pharmacy or at a local health district clinic.

Call: 877-VAX-IN-VA, or 877-829-4682 -- a hotline for those who lack a computer, internet access or have questions. The line is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Visit: www.vaccinate.virginia.gov to pre-register for a vaccine or to update your registration. Those who are eligible for phase 1a, 1b or 1c will still have priority for appointments, according to the local health district. those in the City of Alexandria as well as in Arlington and Stafford counties.

But the links to make appointments at those clinics were either broken or directed users to the VDH website for vaccine pre-registration – but not appointments. The VDH website does not allow users to make appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations.

In Fairfax County, where the county-run health department is administering vaccine independently from the state, residents will not be able to make appointments at vaccine clinics managed by the health department “and some of its partners” until “late April or early May due to available vaccine supply and the need to finish those on our waitlist,” according to its website.

Everyone who was on the Fairfax County waitlist before it closed at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, “will be contacted to schedule appointments within approximately one week,” the Fairfax Health Department website says. “All other residents interested in obtaining a vaccine should utilize Vaccine Finder.org.”

A new community vaccination center set to open at Tyson’s Corner on Tuesday, April 20, will also not initially be open for appointment-making.

Instead, residents will be contacted for appointments from the county’s waiting list “to support the Fairfax Health District’s transition to phase 2,” the Fairfax County website says.

“In coming weeks, the Fairfax CVC will be listed in vaccinefinder.org, along with other vaccination sites in the Fairfax Health District, allowing all individuals who are 16 or older to directly schedule a vaccine appointment,” the website says.

In Prince William, pre-registration still necessary

In the Prince William Health District, officials are still urging local residents to pre-register for the vaccine on the state website, as those who qualify for phase 1 will continue to be prioritized.

To help people pre-register and obtain available appointments, the

Prince William Health District will continue to send outreach teams into underserved areas of Prince William County, an effort that is being supported by state funds.

The local health district is also planning for another possible mobile, walk-up vaccination clinic for the end of the week. Details about the vaccination clinic will be shared when they are available, Johnson said in an email.

How to get a short-notice appointment at the Manassas Mall In the meantime, those who want to obtain a vaccine as soon as possible should continue to watch the Prince William Health District’s Facebook page and Twitter account for daily notices about short-notice, open appointments at the Manassas Mall vaccination clinic.

Opportunities for short-notice appointments will be announced on a day-to-day basis, Johnson said.

“We don’t know about open appointments until the clinic starts [each] morning,” Johnson said in an email.

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Infighting threatens county’s new racial justice commission Commissioners object to being called a ‘gang of 4’

By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

A newly formed Prince William County commission whose goal is to examine racial inequities in local schools and government services is off to a rocky start this year as infighting between several commissioners continues to escalate.

Conflict has sprung up between several Democratic-appointed commissioners and Republican-appointed Commissioner Charles “Mac” Haddow over actions and statements they say suggest Haddow wants to “derail” the commission’s work, a claim Haddow denies.

Haddow has said he will not “work collaboratively” with the commission; has claimed some Black commissioners are singling him out because he is white; and has repeatedly referred to several Black commissioners as “the gang of four” -- a term some commissioners claim is offensive.

The 12-member Racial and Social Justice Commission is tasked by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors with examining racial issues in county government services, schools and the police department and to identify potential areas of improvement.

The commission’s primary goal outlined in its work plan is to create a report with policy recommenda-

tions for the supervisors to consider at the end of this year.

Some commissioners are concerned they won’t be able to reach this goal, however, because they say conflict between Haddow and other commissioners has made it difficult to operate in a timely manner.

A recently released email chain between Haddow and Prince William County School Board member Loree Williams (Woodbridge), who also serves on the commission, highlighted those tensions.

“My goal is not to ‘work collaboratively’ towards some report in December 2021,” Haddow said in a Feb. 21 email to Williams. “I would rather drive a discussion that focuses on innovative ideas to provide solutions to racial and social justice issues.”

In the same email chain, Haddow engaged in a back and forth with Williams in which he repeatedly referred to Black and Asian members of the commission -- Williams, Commission Chair Shantelle Rock, Vice Chair Jahanzeb Akbar -- and County Human Rights Director Raul Torres, who is Hispanic -- as “the gang of four.”

Haddow said he began using the moniker because he believes those commissioners and Torres were working together to “shut down” discussion of issues he contends are within the scope of the commission’s work.

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Prince William County’s new Racial and Social Justice Commission met in the board of county supervisors’ chamber for the first time on Thursday, March 18.

Haddow has repeatedly raised concerns about the county’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the rising number of failing grades among students since the county school division reverted to mostly virtual instruction because of the pandemic.

Several commissioners have since said they found his characterization of them as a “gang” offensive.

“I think it’s a matter of respect especially when you’re working with someone. For me, being a person of color, it’s just doubly offensive,” Williams said in an interview Thursday.

In the email exchange, Williams twice asked for Haddow to stop referring to her and others by the moniker.

Haddow responded to Williams both times by saying he did not believe the term was offensive and continued to refer to the group as “the gang of four” in subsequent emails.

“What is actually offensive is that

the gang of four has chosen to run the [Racial and Social Justice Commission] like a third-world banana republic,” Haddow wrote in one email.

Haddow said the term “the gang of four” is a specific reference to the 2007 “Gang of Eight” warrantless surveillance scandal involving the National Security Agency.

“I called them ‘the gang of four.’

I could have call them the group of four. I could have called them any number of the four people. But ‘the gang of four’ is a commonly used nomenclature in political environments.

And it is in no way a racist tint,” Haddow said in a later interview.

Asked why he continued to use the term after Williams said she found it offensive, Haddow said he believed Williams was “being hypersensitive.”

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Supervisors mull a cut to the county’s real estate tax rate for first time since 2016 TAX, from page 1

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Mayor Jeanette points to a layout map of the new Village at Manassas Park, now under construction next to the existing city hall.

Manassas Park breaks ground on new city hall, town center

By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Right now, it’s a mound of dirt just beginning to be leveled by a bulldozer. Sometime in 2023, it will be Manassas Park’s new city hall and library, complete with a coffee shop, restaurant and an outdoor splash pad for young families.

On Thursday, April 15, Manassas Park officials stood on the parking lot outside the existing city hall for a ceremonial ground-breaking for the planned “Village at Manassas Park,” an ambitious and complicated public-private endeavor now more than three years in the making.

City of Manassas Park Mayor Jeanette Rishell called it a “big day for all of us” and the culmination of years of planning and extensive research. The plan aims to create a new downtown for Manassas Park that will boost the city’s economic position and, hopefully, bring some relief to Manassas Park property owners, who endure the highest real estate tax rate in Northern Virginia.

“This downtown project will enable our city to achieve financial stability, and not by depending on the status quo,” Rishell said during the morning ceremony. “The city’s existing development incentives were not working, and there had to be a realization that we needed a market viable approach. This project accomplishes that.”

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The new tax rates were proposed by at-large Chair Ann Wheeler (D) following adjustments to the county’s revenue forecast that freed up several million in spending. The board voted 7-0 in a straw poll vote to reduce the county’s proposed real estate property tax from $1.125 to $1.115 per $100 in assessed value – a 1-cent decrease.

The change would lower the average residential real estate tax bill increase from $306 to $264, Wheeler said.

Supervisor Pete Candland, R-Gainesville, abstained from voting in the straw poll.

The county’s real estate tax rate has remained flat at $1.125 per $100 in assessed value since 2017. Meanwhile, real estate assessments have increased every year, including a 7% increase in assessments this past year.

The lower tax rate means the county government and schools will receive $6.8 million less from local real estate taxes next year. The county and school division use a revenue-sharing agreement that traditionally directs 57.23% of the county’s local, general fund tax revenue to schools. The change would result in $3.9 million less in funding for schools than was originally proposed.

Local funding to the school division for next school year will still be about $30 million over this year’s revenue, even with the tax cut.

The board also agreed to reduce. the proposed business tangible computer and peripheral tax, also known as the data center tax, from $1.60 to $1.50 per $100 in assessed value.

Still, that represents a 15-cent increase in the data center tax over this year’s rate of $1.35 per $100 in assessed value.

The board voted along party lines 5-3 in a straw poll vote to reduce the proposed data center tax rate, with all Democratic supervisors in favor and all Republicans opposed.

Republican supervisors were split on the data center tax rate. Supervisor Jeanine Lawson, R-Brentsville, said she wanted to lower the proposed increase even further. Supervisors Yesli Vega, R-Coles, and Candland said

Commissioners object to being called a ‘gang of 4’ COMMISSION, from page 3 All emails between Haddow and Williams were made available to the entire commission last week when, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Prince William Times, Haddow copied all commissioners in his FOIA responses.

Since then, several commissioners have raised concerns about the statements within those emails.

Rock said she believed singling out people of color as being in any gang – regardless of the context – had a negative connotation.

“He is a Caucasian man calling four people of color a gang. That’s unacceptable,” Rock said.

Neabsco Commissioner Christopher Frederick, appointed by Supervisor Victor Angry, D-Neabsco, said “the gang of four” moniker Haddow used in emails could be perceived as a derogatory statement “dependent upon the person or the individual.”

“Why would you say something like that about your fellow commis-

sioners and that you don’t want to work with them?” Frederick said.

Haddow said in response that he feels he is being singled out by Black, Hispanic and Asian commissioners because he is white. Haddow is one of three white people on the commission, including Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham and County Executive Chris Martino.

“This commission is going to have to reconcile the fact that, as a white member of the commission, that I have every right to have my voice heard equally to theirs,” Haddow said in an April 15 interview.

The issue came up again during the commission’s most recent meeting, on Thursday, April 15, when Haddow said he believed Akbar, at a previous meeting, had dismissed Haddow’s parliamentary objections because Akbar “didn’t like the fact that I’m white.”

Akbar, who is a Prince William County teacher, responded that he was extremely offended by the accusation, especially in a public forum

they wanted the data tax rate to be increased above the initially proposed $1.60 rate.

The board again voted on party lines in a straw poll to include a 40-cent-per-pack cigarette tax in this year’s budget – a 10-cent increase above the proposed 30-cent-per-pack cigarette tax already included in the proposed budget. The cigarette tax is a new county tax. Until this year, a cigarette tax could not be enacted locally in Virginia counties. Wheeler said increasing the cigarette tax was necessary to balance the budget after reducing the real estate tax.

The board also tentatively agreed to add some new items to the budget.

Supervisors agreed in a 7-1 vote to fund two new positions within the county’s social services department to address the growing number of homeless residents living in the Manassas area, along the Sudley Road corridor, and to create a new partnership with a nonprofit mobile homeless clinic that serves the area.

The effort is estimated to cost about $250,000.

All but Vega voted to support the initiative in a straw poll vote.

The board also tentatively agreed to fund new tasers and body-worn cameras for the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office after Sheriff Glen Hill (R) filed a last-minute request last Friday, April 16. The initiative will cost an estimated $350,000.

Supervisors will also fund 3% pay raises for all county employees in the upcoming budget after deferring those raises last year to save money amid uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Board Democrats voted down a proposal Vega made during the Tuesday, April 20 meeting to increase pay raises to 3.5% for the county’s public safety employees and while reducing raises for other county employees to 2%.

The meeting closed with the board’s Democrats, who have the majority, supporting tax rate proposals that will create a balanced budget ahead of next week’s budget adoption. Republicans on the board agreed on some – but not all – of their proposals.

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where parents or students may be watching or listening. “I’m a teacher. So, I take that extremely offensively,” Akbar said. “If somebody’s watching and is the parent of a white child in my classroom and hears the accusation that somehow I have something against white people, shame on you for that for being the reason why that happened.”

Some commissioners have expressed frustration that they believe Haddow is purposely slowing down the commission’s work, a claim Haddow vehemently denies.

In addition to conflicts over his statements, Haddow walked out of a commission subcommittee meeting last Monday forcing the meeting into recess until the meeting regained a quorum when another member arrived late.

Haddow has also used FOIA requests last month to obtain the emails, text messages and phone calls exchanged among his fellow commissioner in an attempt to find evidence they might have broken procedural rules.

“I’m not the only one who is con-

cerned. Commissioners have been calling me ... They’re tired. They’re very upset. And at this point, they think he wants to be a distraction or to derail the commission,” said Rock, the chair of the commission.

Rock said she does not believe Haddow’s actions will deter the commission from completing the end-of-year report to the board of supervisors by the December deadline.

“What I can say is that no matter what he’s doing, the work is getting done,” Rock said.

Haddow said he does not want to slow the commission’s work but wants to express the voice of the political minority on the commission. Haddow, appointed by Supervisor Yesli Vega, R-Coles, is one of three Republican-appointed commissioners.

Haddow said he believes his actions “won’t have any influence” on the commission’s final report.

“I believe they’re going to pass whatever they want. They have the votes to do it, and I won’t have any influence on that,” Haddow said.

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Jay Yankey, a local farmer, owner of Yankey Farms and vice president of the Prince William Farm Bureau, chats with a customer at his roadside farm stand in Nokesville.

As big farms leave Prince William, small growers flourish during the pandemic HOBBY FARMS, from page 1 For many local hobby farmers, it’s just a part-time gig. But business is booming.

Several small Nokesville farm stand owners said 2020 was their best year on record, buoyed in part by the pandemic that left many people seeking safe outdoor activities.

And many are expecting another big spring and summer in 2021.

“I think there’s a movement right now for people to know their farmer,” Desmedt said.

Desmedt and other small farm stands rely on social media to get the word out about when they are open and what they have in stock on a day-to-day basis.

In Nokesville alone, there are at least seven farm stands and “pick-yourown” farms that operate seasonally.

Some are already well-known, like Burnside Farms and Yankey Farms.

Others are just getting off the ground.

At the same time, large lot farming in Prince William – once a pillar of the local economy – has started to fade.

Traditional farming operations that once covered large swaths of the county and produced bulk agricultural products such as dairy, corn and soy have steadily declined as agribusiness has shifted towards larger operations that require more land – and more money – to operate successfully.

Prince William Farm Bureau Vice President Jay Yankey, owner of Yankey Farms, said “the face of agriculture is changing.”

“We’re losing a lot of midsize farms. So, folks are either having to get specialized and cater to the direct marketing of their products to get to the end consumer, or looking at agritourism types of activities, like pick-your-own pumpkins, cutyour-own Christmas trees, wineries and breweries,” Yankey said.

Yankey said his own business had a great year. Yankey runs a farm stand with local produce and meats as well as several pick-your-own strawberry and pumpkin patches in Nokesville.

“For most folks that are in direct market agriculture, the pandemic has been fabulous,” Yankey said.

But Yankey said opportunities for new farming operations are disappearing quickly as much of the county’s existing farmland is sold off into 10-acre residential lots. He said the county needs to take action to preserve more farmland.

When a property is subdivided, “you end up with something that’s so chopped up that it’s just not practical to farm.” Yankey said. “That whole development pattern just doesn’t take agriculture into account.”

Those 10-acre lots can sometimes end up looking like a jigsaw puzzle to accommodate septic drain fields and so developers can squeeze the maximum number of homes onto a parcel of land. The homes on those parcels often have one or two acres facing the street and extend back five acres or more in strange-looking shapes.

“It really is an odd situation,” Yankey said.

Very few large-lot farms still exist in Prince William. The county has lost around 23,000 acres of farmland over the last 20 years as farming operations have closed down, according to federal and local officials.

The 2002 U.S. Department of Agriculture Census estimated there were nearly 33,000 acres being farmed in Prince William. In 2020, county officials estimated fewer than 10,000 acres are still being actively farmed in the county.

Dutch Land Farms, one of the largest and oldest farming operations in the county, closed for good in March 2021 nearly a year after their dairy farm, the last in Prince William, closed in 2020. The owner of Dutch Land Farms, Dale House, said selling his remaining farm equipment last month was “gut-wrenching,” but it just wasn’t profitable any longer.

“It was a weight off my shoulder, but by God, to see everything you ever worked for go out the driveway, it’s a pretty hard pill to swallow,” House said.

House said he has always rented land to farm throughout the county in addition to his own 600-acre farm. He said part of the reason he had to close the operation is because there is no longer enough viable land remaining in the county to rent out.

“I can’t find land to farm. Everything’s getting split up in 10 acres,” House said.

Hobby farmers make small-lot farming work

Just down the road from Bloom Family Farm and Yankey Farms, Nina and Andrew Fleischauer, the owners of Sunshine Honey Farm, are readying their 10-acre farm for the summer season. Their farm stand opened last June and sells meats and a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Nina said when they opened the farm stand last year, the response was immediate. “We had people from Arlington and Alexandria and Rockville that were coming out our teeny tiny little farm stand in Prince William County,” Nina said.

Nina and Andrew are currently raising two cows, eight pigs and several dozen chickens in addition to their fruit and vegetable garden.

The couple bought their land four years ago after a local farmer sold his 174-acre farm into 10-acre parcels.

The land was previously used to grow corn, which left the soil in desperate need of rehabilitation. Nina said Sunshine Honey Farm is using sustainable farming practices, like rotating their pig and chicken pens weekly, to help add nutrients back to the soil.

Like Bloom and some other small farms in the area, it’s a part-time job for the Fleischauers. Andrew works full-time as an executive chef at a restaurant in Maryland and Nina works as a hospital administrator.

“It could not replace an income.

So, it really just has to be a hobby farm that we can derive enjoyment from and bring enjoyment to the community,” Nina said.

County aims to boost agritourism, incentivize conservation

Nicole Warner, spokeswoman for Prince William County’s Office of Tourism, said the county views agritourism businesses, including farm stands and “pick-your-owns,” as unique attractions that connect residents and visitors to the county’s “local flavors and natural beauty.”

“These businesses offer an array of one-of-a-kind local products,

unique festivals and events, as well as memorable family-friendly outdoor experiences that add to the appeal for visitors to choose Prince William County as an ideal destination for their next getaway,” Warner said.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors has also given a boost to the industry. The board recently approved an “agritourism and arts overlay district” aimed at making it easier for farm stands, wineries and breweries to site themselves in the county.

Additionally, the board will also consider several highly controversial proposals aimed at preserving rural and agricultural land later this year. Those proposals, if adopted, could result in the downzoning and preservation of large parcels of land through purchase of development rights and transfer of development rights programs. Both programs allow property owners to sell their development rights to place the acreage in conservation easements.

The purchase of development rights program would allow the county to purchase landowners’ development rights using tax revenue or state grant money. A transfer of development rights program would allow landowners to sell their development rights to developers in exchange for the ability to pursue more dense developments in targeted areas of the county.

If fully implemented, county officials say those programs could preserve nearly 18,000 acres of rural land that has not yet been divided into 10-acre lots. Critics say Prince William County land prices are rising so quickly that such programs could be too expensive to be feasible.

Yankey said he is hopeful the county can draw more small-lot farms into the area as bigger farms move out while preserving as much land as possible.

The farm bureau is in favor of both the proposed purchase of development rights and transfer of development rights programs, Yankey said.

“We’re very, very much in favor of as many tools as possible to try to preserve as much farmland as possible,” Yankey said.

Prince William Times | www.princewilliamtimes.com | April 22, 2021

Police, victim’s mother plea for public’s help in Manassas shooting

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Jahmar Graves, 34, a Baltimore father of three, was visiting Manassas on a roofing job when he went with a colleague and a friend to the Manassas Mall on Friday, April 2. Sometime that night, the three got into an argument with five other individuals that led to a shooting that claimed Graves’ life.

On Tuesday morning, Graves’ mother, Cheryl LouAllen, and other relatives asked the community to “do the right thing” to help identify the five suspects involved in her son’s death.

“We need to bring these people to justice so they will not have another opportunity to take the life of someone else. Stopping them might just save the life of your son, your daughter or your loved one,” LouAllen said. “I’m asking that you please help the police department so that we could have peace.”

On Tuesday, April 6, Prince William County police released video and photos of the five suspects captured on mall surveillance cameras.

During the April 20 press conference, they offered a $15,000 reward for information leading to their arrests and convictions.

Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham also revealed a few

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Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham, left, looks on as Cheryl LouAllen, mother of shooting victim Jahmar Graves, 34, asks the public’s help in identifying five suspects believed to be involved in his April 2 shooting death outside the Manassas Mall. more details about the double-shooting that killed Graves and wounded his 22-year-old colleague. Newsham said Graves, the other victim and a friend had gone to the mall for a night out and got into an argument with the suspects while still inside the mall. Newsham declined to say exactly where in the mall the confrontation took place.

Newsham called the initial interaction “a relatively minor altercation” that “did not escalate past some pushing and shoving.” Newsham added that there’s no indication the groups were known to each other before the argument occurred.

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Behind in fundraising, Guzman drops out of lieutenant governor’s race

By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Del. Elizabeth Guzman announced Saturday she is dropping her bid for lieutenant governor to focus on re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates. The move follows campaign finance reports showing Guzman was outraised by fellow Democratic candidates in primaries for both seats.

“After assessing the campaign finance reports that posted yesterday, I have made the difficult decision to suspend our historic campaign and put all our resources into defending the House of Delegates seat,” Guzman wrote in an extensive statement, released Saturday, April 17.

Guzman, 48, has held the 31st District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates since first winning election in 2017.

Last October, she announced her candidacy for lieutenant governor, saying Virginia needed “a progressive” in its second-highest elective post to pass collective bargaining rights, raise the state’s minimum wage and guarantee paid sick leave, all of which have been approved in limited degrees since Democrats took the majority of General Assembly in 2020.

But the race for lieutenant governor has since become the most crowded in Virginia, with seven Democrats and six Republicans vying for the seat. With the field widening, Guzman announced in March she would file for Democratic primaries for both the 31st District House seat and in the lieutenant governor’s race.

According to campaign fundraising reports released Friday, Guzman came in sixth place in collecting cash for her bid for lieutenant governor, falling behind fellow delegates Sam Rasoul, D-11th, of Roanoke; Mark Levine, D-45th, of Alexandria; Hala Ayala, D-51st, of Woodbridge; and Glenn Davis, R-8th, of Virginia Beach. Guzman was also outraised by Norfolk City Councilwoman Andria McClellan.

Rasoul is so far the top money-raiser in the lieutenant governor’s race, pulling in more than $630,000 in the first quarter of 2021 and a total

of more than $1.3 million.

Guzman, an immigrant Guzman raised $117,845 from from Peru, came to the U.S. Jan. 1 through March 31, acwhen she was a single mother cording to the Virginia Public in her early 20s. She often tells Access Project. the story of having to work If Guzman had been electmultiple jobs to afford a small ed lieutenant governor, she apartment in Northern Virginwould have been the first ia. Since arriving in the U.S., woman and first Latina to Guzman has earned a bacheserve in the post. Ayala, who lor’s and two master’s degrees. is still in the lieutenant govShe now lives in Woodbridge ernor’s race, is also vying for with her husband, Carlos, and that achievement. Ayala is not their four children. running for re-election to her Guzman said her limited delegate’s seat. time to fundraise and her inDel. Elizabeth Guzman After Guzman’s October ability to self-fund her race 2020 announcement for lieutenant governor, fel- “put [her] at a stark disadvantage.” low Democrats Rod Hall, Idris O’Connor and “If my political future were the only thing at Kara Pitek, all of Prince William County, jumped stake, I would roll the dice and hope for the best, in the race to succeed her. Ben Baldwin, a U.S. as I think our campaign had a lot going for us and Marine Corps veteran, also of Prince William that there are many variables in a seven-person County, is the only Republican in the race. The race,” her statement said. “But the communities I 31st District straddles parts of eastern Prince Wil- represent need my voice in the General Assembly. liam and Fauquier counties.

I am a social worker, a union sister, a Latina, an Hall outraised Guzman in the Democratic pri- immigrant and an unapologetic progressive.” mary race for the 31st District delegate seat in the Guzman’s statement also said that while “the first quarter of 2021, pulling in $128,099 com- Democratic trifecta” in Virginia had made great pared to Guzman’s $48,970, according to VPAP. strides, there is still more work to do on economic Guzman has the most money on hand, howev- justice and workers’ rights. er, with a total of $177,814 remaining from funds “We have majorities in both chambers but have she raised in both her bid for lieutenant governor so far failed to pass legislation that would ensure and for re-election in the House. Hall is in second every worker has the right to paid sick days and a place with cash on hand with $103,249, according living wage. We have failed so far to pass legislato VPAP. tion to ensure our farm workers are even paid the In her statement, Guzman, a social worker and minimum wage. We have failed so far to pass legpublic administrator for the City of Alexandria, islation that would make Virginia the 50th state thanked her family and her supporters and said in which workers’ comp covers repetitive motion the energy she felt on the campaign trail “was injuries. And we have failed so far to pass legislaelectrifying.” tion that would empower workers to form strong “My faith in the grassroots has never been unions by repealing so-called ‘right to work,’” her greater. I did not know how I would be received statement said. outside my district, but Virginia Democrats in evThe Democratic primary is Tuesday, June 8. ery corner of the commonwealth were absolute- Early, absentee in-person voting begins this Frily ready to elect an immigrant with an accent to day, April 23. statewide office,” she said.

Reach Jill Palermo at jpalermo@fauquier.com

Police, victim’s mother plea for public’s help HELP, from page 7 Sometime after 11 p.m., the groups encountered each other in the mall parking lot. At some point “one suspect brandished a firearm and fired multiple shots at the victims,” Newsham said.

The five suspects then got into a black BMW with temporary Virginia tags. As the car was leaving the parking lot, “a second suspect fired multiple shots in the direction of the victims,” Newsham said.

LouAllen said her understanding is that Graves was trying to calm the situation between the two groups.

“He was trying to diffuse a confrontation when he was shot and killed,” LouAllen said. “Jahmar was a father of three young children.

Jahmar was a brother, a grandson, an uncle, a nephew, a cousin and a friend.”

Police are looking for all five people involved. Newsham said investigators have so far received few tips as a result of the April 6 release of the videos and photos, which he said is unusual. He speculated that people might not have stopped to look at the photos because gun violence has become “all too familiar.”

Photos of suspects captured on Manassas Mall surveillance cameras.

COURTESY PHOTOS

Photos of Jahmar Latravern Graves, 34, who was killed Friday, April 2, in a shooting outside the Manassas Mall.

“Someone out there can look at those images and tell us exactly who those folks are,” Newsham said. “If they’re not going to take personal responsibility for their actions and turn themselves in, then we’re going to ask the public to give us some assistance. So, I think, shining this light on it, we’re hopeful that somebody’s going to come forward.”

Newsham said Graves was

“known to dote on” his children, whom he identified as Jahmar, 14, Harmony, 10 and Liam, 2.

“There’s no way in the world that we should be out here talking about this 34-year-old son and father who unnecessarily lost his life to gun violence,” Newsham said. “But here we are.”

Newsham said the 22-year-old victim is recovering from his gunshot wounds and has “cooperated completely” with the police investigation.

In recounting what happened, Newsham described Graves, the other victim and their friend as “colleagues in the area, doing the right thing.”

“They went out to the mall; they were doing the right thing; and now you have a young man, who is no longer with us,” he added. “We as a community; we can’t tolerate that.

We just can’t. So, if anybody has anything, if they know these folks, we’re urging them to come forward.”

Anyone with information about the April 2 fatal double shooting at the Manassas Mall is asked to contact the Prince William County Police Department at 703-792-700 or online at pwcgov.org/policetip.

Reach Jill Palermo at jpalermo@fauquier.com

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Prince William Times | April 22, 2021

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Racism is a major issue It would be an understatement to suggest that racism is not an issue.

It exists now more than ever before.

We see it, we hear about it, and unfortunately some experience it.

African Americans have been treated horribly because of their skin color. Middle Easterners, Arabs, or primarily any Muslim individuals, have been experiencing hatred due to the stigma of terrorism. Now Asians are being harassed due to the origins of the COVID-19 virus in China.

Racism is a major issue.

The question is not as to when this will stop but rather what we

need to do to change the mindset of those who only seem to see with their eyes, and not with their hearts.

If one were to truly look at the world, one will find many similar and like-minded people. You will notice the beauty of equality.

Islam is one religion that beautifully explains the concept that all of mankind is equal in the sight of God. If we are all one in front of God, then why can we not be one in front of each other?

MEHWISH PALL Woodbridge

Pageland Lane already has high-voltage power lines. Bring the data centers here.

The Coalition to Save Prince William County fought hard and delivered many compelling arguments to keep high-voltage electricity transmission lines out of their Haymarket-area neighborhoods in 2015. The group argued the towers would forever impact the rural atmosphere, ruin the pastoral views of Bull Run Mountain, damage property values and increase the odds for illness. The coalition, along with other organizations, fought against Dominion Energy and were successful, which is why the “hybrid” plan for the transmission lines, which partially buries them underground, is under construction along Interstate 66 today.

On Pageland Lane in Gainesville, we lost an earlier battle with Dominion Energy. As a result, we now have the blight of transmission lines.

The same arguments presented by the coalition apply here but are magnified. In the 2015 battle,

the proposal was for just one 230KV line with 100 feet of right of way. But Pageland Lane is stuck with multiple lines: three 500KV, two 230KV and one 110KV. And, Pageland Lane has a 250-foot Dominion right-of-way that runs through the Brawner Farm area of the Manassas Battlefield and 4.5 miles down Pageland Lane through our properties. We wonder if these lines have caused some of our neighbors to fall ill with cancer or are responsible for several stillborn calves and horses.

What the people on Pageland know is that our properties, our lives and our health have already been compromised. And for what? The Pageland Lane lines provide no power or benefit to PWC; their sole purpose is to feed power to data centers in Loudoun County and others. We get nothing from them, but we are stuck living with them.

Manassas Park breaks ground on new city hall, town center TOWN CENTER, from page 4 The project replaces the existing city hall, which was initially built as an industrial space and needs extensive renovations, according to staff reports compiled by City Manager Laszlo Palko.

It will also allow the city to continue and expand its first library, which opened last year in a temporary space in the old clubhouse at the former General Ridge golf course, which was formerly owned by Prince William County but closed in 2019.

The new city hall complex, under construction at Park Center Court and Manassas Drive, will be closer to the existing Manassas Park VRE train station, which is also getting a new lift. The commuter train station is slated for a new, indoor parking garage with more than 500 spaces, paid for by money coming to the state for transportation projects from Express Mobility Partners, which will operate the I-66 Express lanes. The new garage is also slated to be finished in 2023.

The current city hall will be torn down and will be replaced with a new movie theater and about 300 new stacked townhomes. The movie theater, a Cafe Cinema, is hoped to be completed by 2025, according to Manassas Park officials.

The project will be built in three phases. The city hall, library, coffee shop and outdoor plaza will come first, expected in 2023. The existing city hall will be torn down sometime during that process and will require the city staff to relocate temporarily, Palko said Thursday.

Once the city hall is demolished, work will begin on some of the first 174 “stacked townhomes,” sometimes called “two-over-two condominiums,” which will be built by homebuilder Stanley Martin. It’s the same firm that built the townhomes at the new “Landing at Cannon Branch.” The style of homes in Manassas Park, however, will be less modern and more traditional, said Truett Young, who attended the ground-breaking ceremony.

Young said sales of the new homes, a mix of two-bedroom and three-bedroom floor plans, will begin in early 2022. The homes are expected to start in the mid- to low-$400,000 range, Young said.

The townhomes will be built in two phases, with the first expected to be completed in 2024 and the second phase expected in 2026.

The tax revenue generated from the new homes and businesses is expected to cover the annual leaseto-own payments the City of Manassas Park will incur as a result of the project, which total about $45 million spread over 30 years. The local economic development authority issued about $31.2 million in revenue bonds to finance the project.

“This development will bring in the much-needed revenue for the city, and there will be zero negative financial impact to current residents,” Rishell said. “The new city hall and public infrastructure costs will be supported by the increased real estate and personal property taxes from new development.”

Reach Jill Palermo at jpalermo@fauquier.com

Most landowners on Pageland Lane agree that Prince William County’s Data Center Overlay District needs to be expanded down our road. In so doing, the county can gain millions in annual tax revenue to improve our schools, pay for citizens’ wish lists and help create more jobs for everyone from the western to eastern ends of the county.

Our neighbors are senior citizens, retired social workers, teachers, nurses, farmers and laborers.

We want to thank the coalition for the information they presented about the negative impacts of transmission lines. We believe that Pageland Lane is not rural anymore and is the right location for a “PWC Digital Gateway” to transform our county into one of opportunity for all.

MARYANN GHADBAN Gainesville

In support for the school librarian As the Virginia Standards of Learning test have changed, so has the rigor of the tests, as students need to understand, interpret and synthesize information to show what they have learned. The new SOLs have questions that vary based on how students respond. This is different from the previous SOLs in which where answers were selected from given choices.

The data following the new SOL revealed that students’ performance was the same or lower than before the SOL changed. This is concerning, as the scores reflect overall student progress on the standards.

For students to be successful, they need to be able to think critically to understand, interpret and synthesize the information. To prepare students for the assessment, it is suggested that we “encourage teachers and instructional leaders to focus on creating opportunities for engagement and giving students the opportunity for deeper learning,” according to the Virginia Department of Education.

Librarians are a valued resource in our schools.

They have the expertise to work collaboratively with teachers to develop critical thinking skills that students need to access higher level thinking. These skills are not only needed to navigate through assessments, but they are also required for the 21st century learner, as they leave school and enter the workplace or higher learning.

S. YANCEY Woodbridge

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Prince William Times | April 22, 2021

What’s hot at the Prince William libraries: April 2021

By Elizabeth Hensley Contributing Writer

Greek philosopher Heraclitus has been quoted as saying, “Change is the only constant in life.”

Many, if not all of us, can attest to the truth of this statement while grappling with the changes brought by the ever-fluctuating status of the COVID pandemic.

During this past year, Prince William Public Libraries staff embraced the term “pivot” as we moved from regular operations to curbside service and now open with limited hours at limited locations. At my husband’s company, he and his colleagues refer to situations as “fluid” and know that decisions can be reversed on a dime.

What words have you found yourself using to describe the uncertainty of our current status?

In library land, we tend to think most situations can be improved by escaping into a good book or movie, so take a look at these new titles on the horizon.

“In the Company of Killers” is the fiction debut of Bryan Christy, former head of Special Investigations at National Geographic. Christy infuses his complex thriller with themes of social justice and personal responsibility when protagonist Tom Klay, an American journalist moonlighting for the CIA, tries to bring elephant poachers to justice and ends up getting embroiled with an even bigger, more threatening conspiracy. Fans of global crime and espionage thrillers will want to give this a go.

Sally Thorne’s third title, “Second First Impressions,” after “The Hating Game” and “99 Percent Mine,” re-visits the opposites attract theme when 25-year-old Ruthie Midona, manager of a retirement villa, meets Terry Prescott, the tattooed, motorcycle-riding son of the villa’s new owner. Prescott proves to have more sensitivity than meets the eye and gives Ruthie the nudge she needs to step out of her predictable, safe world.

The quirky characters add to the heartwarming humor and bring sparks of delight to the story.

Author Sally Hepworth tells the tale of fraternal twin sisters, Rose and Fern, in “The Good Sister.” Fern is a librarian living with a sensory processing disorder who has always relied on her steady, responsible sister, Rose. When Fern discovers that Rose wishes she could have a baby but cannot conceive, Fern gets pregnant to give Rose the child she has always wanted. But shadows from the sisters’ dysfunctional childhood haunt them and the twisty story reveals unexpected and dark secrets.

Being the first book of the “Unstoppable” series, “Victories Greater Than Death,” by Charlie Jane Anders, is also her young adult debut. Purple-skinned, alien clone, Tina, was adopted by white humans on Earth, but knows it’s only a matter of time before a beacon implanted in her chest signals and she is called to fulfill her destiny as the clone of spaceship commander Thaoh Argentian. Suspend your disbelief as Tina struggles through her identity crisis while also fighting off a group who is determined to kill her.

Another light-hearted take on aliens for middle-grade readers is the story of “Leonard (My Life as a Cat),” by Carlie Sorosiak. Lonely girl Olive rescues a cat during a tropical storm in Turtle Beach, South Carolina, brings him home and names him Leonard, all the while not realizing that the cat is really

Most libraries re-open

Most Prince William libraries have reopened following the opening of the statewide call center for COVID-19 vaccine. Local library staffers were manning the local COVID-19 vaccine phone center from about January through March, which closed the libraries temporarily. Here’s the new schedule:

Bull Run, Chinn Park, HaymarketGainesville, Montclair and Potomac libraries: Open: Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(Closed 1-2 p.m. for cleaning) Contact-free curbside pickup Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Closed: Sunday

Central, Manassas City libraries:

Open: Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(Closed 1-2 p.m. for cleaning) Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Contact-free curbside pickup Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed: Sunday an alien who was supposed to land at Yellowstone National Park and become a park ranger to study humans. If Leonard doesn’t make it to Yellowstone within 30 days, he will have to spend the rest of his life as a cat.

Caldecott winner Jon Klassen is back with “The Rock from the Sky,” a cerebral look at Life and Friendship when a turtle, an armadillo and a snake all serendipitously manage to avoid being hit by a meteor or eaten by a monster.

Looking for new DVDs? “Chaos Walking” is the new movie based on the book trilogy of the same name by Patrick Ness. It is on order and expected to arrive by the end of May. We have also ordered “Hemingway: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick,” in case you’re not able to catch it streaming on PBS.org now. Be sure to check out all of our online resources and our Digital Library at pwcgov.org/library.

Elizabeth Hensley is chief of the Prince William Public Libraries Materials Services Division.

UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, April 22

Farm Tours at Hope & Serenity Farm Sanctuary: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The farm shelters more than 150 animals rescued from neglect, abandonment, or abuse and provides an up-close learning experience for youths and adults on the unique natures of its resident animals.

To schedule a visit and tour, go to www.hopeserenityfarmsanctuary. com. Hope & Serenity Farm, 10445 Manley Road, Nokesville. Fee: $20 per individual, family, or group (up to 5 guests). Visits and tours are complimentary for veterans and active-duty military.

James Longstreet After the Civil War-The Controversy Explained: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Virtual. Presented by the Prince William County Historic Preservation. Speaker is Dan Paterson, a descendant of James Longstreet. To register and for more

information, call 703-367-7872. Ben Lomond Historic Site. Free, donations accepted.

Washington, D.C.-Prince William Thursday League: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Play Spark Golf which is a 9-hole, social golf league organized to be casual and fun. Joining the league is free. League rounds are available for purchase. For more information or to join for free, go to www.spark.golf.

Prince William Golf Course, 14631 Vint Hill Road, Nokesville. Fee: Join for free; play for as little as $26 per round, cart included.

Asaph Dance Ensemble: 7:15 p.m.

Virtual. Learn the story of the Asaph Dance Ensemble. This event will be streamed on the Hylton webpage, Facebook, and YouTube Channel.

For more information, call 703993-7759. Hylton Performing Arts Center. Free.

Friday, April 23

Farm Tours at Hope & Serenity Farm Sanctuary: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The farm shelters more than 150 animals rescued from neglect, abandonment, or abuse and provides an up-close learning experience for youths and adults on the unique natures of its resident animals.

To schedule a visit and tour, go to www.hopeserenityfarmsanctuary. com. Hope & Serenity Farm, 10445 Manley Road, Nokesville. Fee: $20 per individual, family, or group (up to 5 guests). Visits and tours are complimentary for veterans and active-duty military.

Intro to Composting: All day. For adults. Interested in learning more about composting? Sign up to reserve a beginning composting kit.

Kits can be picked up during open hours, April 19 to May 1. Call the library, 703-792-8820, to register

or for more information. Manassas City Library, 10104 Dumfries Road, Manassas. Free.

Saturday, April 24

Calligraphy Class in the Brentsville Schoolhouse: 10 a.m. to noon.

For ages 13 and up. Join the Prince William County Historic Preservation staff for a beginner’s introduction to the art of calligraphy. For more information or to register, call 703365-7895. Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre, 12229 Bristow Road, Bristow. Fee: $15 per person.

Pre-Revolutionary War Rippon: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The PWC Independent Company of Cadets at Rippon Lodge will discuss what pre-rev war Virginia was like for the militia. For more information, call 703-499-9812.

Rippon Lodge, 15520 Blackburn Road, Woodbridge. Fee: $5.00 per person, free for children under 6.

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Help Volunteer Prince William learn how well COVID information has been distributed to minority communities in the greater Prince William area. Volunteers age 18 and up are needed to conduct a survey regarding how people have received information about COVID during this pandemic.

Volunteers will work up to fourhour shifts and will be provided an electronic tablet to collect responses.

Volunteers must have transportation and be able to travel to various locations in the greater Prince William area to conduct surveys. Proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English preferred. Surveys will be conducted until May 10. Email bnahas@volunteerprincewilliam.org to learn how you can get involved.

This Saturday, April 24 is DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The two Novant Health UVA Health facilities in Manassas and Haymarket, along with Sentara Lake Ridge in Woodbridge, will accept and safely dispose of your unused and expired medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This is a good way to clear out your medicine cabinets before anything falls into the wrong hands.

Please visit https://takebackday.dea. gov/ for more information.

Celebrate Earth Day with Keep Prince William Beautiful. They, along with Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin, are hosting an Earth Day Community Cleanup on Saturday, April 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will be working to tackle the litter problem on U.S. 1 from Woodbridge to Dumfries.

Youth volunteers age 5 thru 15 are welcome but must volunteer with an adult. A couple of volunteers with pickup trucks to help gather collected litter are also needed. Fresh air and a clean community – what could be better? Visit https://tinyurl.com/ KPWBroute1cleanup to register.

Email smorrow@kpwb.org for more information.

CRi – Choice. Respect. Independence needs handy volunteers who can make corn hole boards, bean bags and kindness cards to bring some cheer and fun to their residents. Please visit www.volunteerprincewilliam.org and search for cri under “Organizations” for details, or email volunteer@mycri.org to learn more.

For Children’s Sake (FCS) needs foster parents to open their home and help youth in the community. FCS trains and supports all families ongoing before, during and after foster youth are in your home. FCS serves youth from birth until their 21st birthday, but the biggest need at this time are homes for youth ages 10-17. If you are interested in learning more about either short-term or long-term foster care or adoption, please reach out to Kelley at kwillis@fcsva.org.

Hylton Performing Arts Center is looking for arts-loving volunteers to be volunteer ushers. You’ll be part of a welcoming community that helps patrons have a safe and enjoyable experience while attending performances and events yourself.

Please email mshatze@gmu.edu for details.

Prince William County Solid Waste Division is hosting a Compost Awareness Day event on Saturday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Balls Ford Road Compost Facility, 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas. Come learn about composting, plus visitors can drop off food scraps and receive a free compost sample in their own bucket!

Please email dcampbell@pwcgov. org to learn more.

Pink Space Theory needs a volunteer age 18 or older to be a social media contributor/video editor.

Duties include creating and posting K-12 STEM content on their social media platforms and creating and editing videos as needed for social media. Must have access to a computer and be familiar with the different platforms, how to share content, and have an interest in creating content. Please email volunteermanager@pinkspacetheory.org to learn more.

Virginia Cooperative Extension will be holding virtual training for certified master financial educators May 3 through June 21. Sessions will meet every Monday, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. If you like helping families sort through their finances and get back on their feet, this could be the opportunity for you! Please email smartmoney@pwcgov.org or call 703-792-6287 for more information.

The Warrior Retreat at Bull Run has a need for volunteer guest stay coordinators.

GSCs create and manage relaxing and impactful stays for Warrior guests and their families. GSCs choose the guest stays they would like to support according to their own schedule, usually one a month.

As a Warrior’s main point of contact, the GSC reviews the Wounded Warrior’s application, creates a customized itinerary and handles any specific issues to make their stay memorable. Some weekday availability is required. It’s a wonderful way to thank our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much for us. Contact Chris Wrinkle at chris.wrinkle@willingwarriors. org for more information If you are looking for other opportunities, please don’t forget to call our wonderful team at Volunteer Prince William at 703-3695292. You can also visit our website at www.volunteerprincewilliam.org.

Thanks so much for all you do in our community.

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HALEY VAN VOORHIS TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY

Former Kettle Run junior varsity football player Haley Van Voorhis will play wide receiver at Shenandoah University this fall. Van Voorhis, of The Plains, transferred to Christchurch after her freshman year. The 5-foot-6, 157-pounder will be the third woman to play a field position at an NCAA program, according to Christchurch officials.

Prince William Times | April 22, 2021

SPORTS WWW.PRINCEWILLIAMTIMES.COM

Battlefield cheer repeats as Class 6 state champs

By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer

In unusual times, the Battlefield competition cheer team stayed strong.

The Bobcats defended their Class 6 state title on April 17, rolling to their second straight crown with an enthralling, deduction-free routine.

The Bobcats scored 275.5 points to finish ahead of Chantilly (267), West Springfield (250) and Landstown (237.5) in the meet held at Glen Allen High.

Battlefield also won the last previous Class 6 title contested, which was 17 months ago, way back in November, 2019.

“It’s just as special. I’m very proud. It’s hard to do two years in a row. To say we won district, region and state, it’s just awesome,” said coach Robin Burkhart. “I have a strong senior class with great leadership.”

With the VHSL delaying the fall season until February, simplifying routines and restricting crowds, this was a competition cheer season like no other.

Another pandemic change made by the VHSL was just four teams qualifying for states, instead of eight. “There was a lot more pressure at regionals with just four teams,” said Burkhart. “Last year two got to go. Big congratulations to Chantilly, West Springfield and Landstown. Amazing routines, great competition, great coaches,” said Burkhart.

In addition, Battlefield suffered a personal setback when Ana Glaze, a cheerleading mentor to Burkhart since her high school days, suffered a traumatic brain injury earlier this year. Glaze,

COURTESY PHOTO

The Battlefield High cheer team scored 275.5 points to win the Class 6 state title on April 17. The Bobcats navigated pandemic-related changes and a health concern to defend their 2019 title. who has been a member of the VHSL cheer community and a judge for over 40 years and is the mother-on-law of Battlefield activities director Jason Koch, is recovering.

The team wore a heart that said “Ana” on their uniforms.

“She’s a staple in the state of Virginia for cheerleading,” said Burkhart. “She was the coach at Stonewall and won state titles and is a VHSL judge. She’s a mentor to me. It was tough. We wore those hearts. We won for her.”

Burkhart said Battlefield’s routine at states was

clean and crowd-pleasing.

“The VHSL made a good decision on what we can and can’t do. They took out pyramids and basket tosses,” said Burkhart, referring to pandemic-related guidelines to reduce some physical contact.

“For us, we had to get a creative routine that had a lot of excitement. You saw different cheerleading and a lot of good cheerleading. We had to up our skills. More tumbling. More stunting,” she said.

See CHEERLEADING, page 14

PRINCE WILLIAM COMPOST AWARENESS DAY 2021

WHEN? WHERE? Saturday, May 8: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Balls Ford Road Compost Facility

DETAILS

Compost and Gardening Information provided by VCE Master Gardener Volunteers Bring food waste for composting.

Free Compost Sample Compliments of Freestate Farms.

Bring your own bucket (size – up to 5 gal.)

Compost Bin and Bucket Sale www.pwcgov.org/trashandrecycling

SPONSORS PWC Recycles You are the Key to Recycling and Waste Reduction

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REAL ESTATE/NEWS/SPORTS

Prince William Times | www.princewilliamtimes.com | April 22, 2021

REAL ESTATE

Escape to this custom colonial on 45-plus acres in Amissville Take a look at this custom colonial sitting on 45+ acres on the eastern side of beautiful Rappahannock County. Relax in the country on this private, secluded and thoughtful estate that features a spacious home with four bedrooms, four full baths and a three-quarter bath.

On the first floor, there’s a master suite, an office and a great room with 20-foot ceilings and a gas fireplace.

There’s also a modern kitchen with granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances, a formal dining room, and a sitting room with crown molding. The finished basement offers a bar, game room, media room and double-door, walk-out to the ground level.

The home also comes with a tankless hot water heater and a water softener and filtration system. There are twin attics as well as 500 square feet of storage space in the basement with shelving.

Enjoy five large-screen, wall-mounted TVs, three large fireproof safes, a wall safe, two refrigerators and two freezers.

This home has a 10.4 kw grid-tied solar system with panels discretely tucked away on the roof of the 60 by 48-foot Morton building (with three 14 by 20-foot garage doors). The home is located at 91 Battle Mountain Road in Amissville, Virginia, and offered at $1,100,000.

We are pledged to the letter and spirit of Virginia’s policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the Commonwealth. We encourage and support advertising and marketing programs in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, age, familial status, or national origin.

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Virginia and federal fair housing laws, which make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or elderliness, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

For more information or to file a housing complaint, call the Virginia Fair Housing office at 804-367-8530 or toll-free at 888-551-3247. For the hearing impaired, call 804-367-9753.

EMAIL: fairhousing@dpor.virginia.gov WEBSITE: dpor.virginia.gov/fairhousing

Data center market drives vacant land prices near $1 million per acre

Data centers are huge, windowless, box-shaped buildings that house computer systems critical for running the internet. Several have been constructed on Va. 234.

DATA CENTER, from page 1 Data centers typically require larger parcels of land, upwards of 20 acres.

The rapid increase in assessments is “being driven principally by developers and speculators who are scooping up land as fast as they can because they know data centers are willing to pay just about any amount for it,” Leclerc told the board.

Vacant land assessments exclude farmland and tax-exempt properties.

Vacant land currently comprises about 2.6% of the county’s total landmass.

In a follow-up interview, Leclerc said sales of vacant land within the county’s data center overlay district – located in areas with existing high-voltage power lines – ranged from $441,000 per acre to $711,000 per acre in 2020.

“The data center industry is one of the industries that has grown tremendously,” Leclerc said.

The county’s overall commercial real estate assessments plunged nearly 5% in 2020, largely driven by losses in the retail and hotel industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the rapid growth in the data center mar-

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ket has gone in the opposite direction – also spurred by the pandemic -- and the shift to remote work.

“I’ve heard estimates that it would be 10 years before we were at this level of people working from home and needing this much access and bandwidth. That 10 years got compressed into the pandemic year,” Leclerc said.

Christina Winn, executive director of Prince William County Department of Economic Development, said Prince William County has been experiencing a higher demand for data center land than in the previous few years.

“I think it’s fair to say that a continued move towards cloud computing, in addition to a growth in

remote work during the pandemic, has fueled a demand for the bandwidth our data centers help provide,” Winn said.

Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world.

A 2021 report from United States Commercial Real Estate Services found that demand outstripped the supply of available data center capacity in Northern Virginia in 2020.

The report noted that 61% of all new data center construction in the U.S. in 2020 took place in Northern Virginia.

Data centers have quickly become a major source of local revenue for Prince William County in the last few years, generating $64 million in local tax revenues in 2020 – up from just $22 million in 2016.

See CHEERLEADING, page 14 Burkhart praised her team’s parents, family members and friends for their loud yelling during their competitions.

Meets earlier in the season were limited to 25, but crowds were expanded to 100 for regionals and states. Even so, parents were not allowed inside when the final state results were announced, so the athletes had to hug their friends and family in the parking lot.

The 20-member team featured seven seniors, nine juniors and four sophomores.

Seniors Cameron King and Lena Word were captains. The other seniors included Talula Black, Cierra Chatman, Chloe Collier, Ryan McAuley and Jayden McLean.

The juniors were Kaitlynn Biser, Jocelyn Butcher, Avery Collyer, Dennis Cranston, Ryan Ferreira, Amanda Hess, Mia Maclean, Ella Morrow and Anna Zweig.

The sophomores were Ashlyn Hartman, Madeline Menard, Hannah Simms and Aubrie Zbrzezny.

Brooke Burkhart was the manager, with Angel White, Hannah Spezzano and Megan Stallings also serving as coaches.

Battlefield has now won three straight region titles and seven consecutive district crowns.

OBITUARIES

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OBITUARIES Jason Scott Yates Jason Scott Yates, age 52, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 9, 2021 at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Virginia. He was born on January 28, 1969 in Manassas, Virginia to Carl and Lorraine Yates.

He grew up in Manassas, attended Stonewall Jackson High School and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in 1987. Jason studied Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech and graduated in 1991. It was shortly thereafter he began his career with WDP & Associates (formerly KCI Technologies) in Manassas, where he has worked his entire career as a Professional Engineer.

On June 4, 1994, he married the love of his life, Joy, and together they raised 3 boys, his 3 arrows. He couldn’t have been prouder of his family. Jason was a devoted husband and father, a dedicated leader in the scouting community, a proud member of the Hokie Nation, a passionate history buff, a true craftsman, an outdoorsman, a pioneer in outdoor cooking, and friend to all.

Jason is survived by his parents, Carl and Lorraine Yates; loving wife Joy Yates; three sons: Jacob Yates and wife Amber, Adam Yates and girlfriend Melissa Butman; and Andrew Yates; two brothers: Cary Yates and wife Betty Lou; and Derek Yates.

Also surviving are his beloved nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, cousins, and extended family and friends, including his dear friends and coworkers at WDP & Associates and his family with Boy Scout Troop 1187.

A private family service was held at Greenwich Presbyterian Church, on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Please join in celebrating Jason’s life by logging on to: https://greenwichpres. org/livestream/ In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Greenwich Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 15305 Vint Hill Rd, Nokesville, VA 20181 or a charity of your choice in loving memory of Jason S. Yates.

Condolences may be sent to: www.piercefh.com

Lt. Col. Joseph Lowell Wood, USA Ret. Lt. Col. Joseph Lowell Wood, USA Ret., age 96, a resident of Delaplane, VA passed away peacefully in his wife’s arms early morning hours on April 16, 2021 in his home.

Lt. Col. was born on March 15, 1925-and yes, he was 96 years old-in Lubbock, Texas to his parents, Strider Lee and Nora (Knowles) Wood.

In 1944 he entered the Army, served and fought in the Philippines under Gen. MacArthur.

Served in the Korean War and two tours in Vietnam until the U.S withdrew its troops. He had his wonderful home with his wife Frances in Delaplane, and worked in Marshall, VA, serving at the Marshall Volunteer Rescue Squad. He served in three American Wars: World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was highly decorated and was given the Distinguished Flying Cross by the President of the United States of America, authorized by an act of Congress. He was a “True American Hero.”

Lt. Col. Wood was predeceased by his brother, Lyman Wood and his sister, Olive Ruth Wood; step-sisters, Vera, Jule, Edith and Ola May. Survived by his wife, Sarah (Frances) Wood of Delaplane, VA and his step-sons, Dennis of Warrenton and David Bachetti of New York, NY; A brother, Elton Wood of Oklahoma.

A Service is planned for the Lt. Col Wood at Cool Springs United Methodist Church, 3322 Cobbler Mountain Road, Delaplane, VA 20144 on Friday, April 24, 2021 with honors with the U.S Army. Burial will be taking place at the church cemetery. Arrangements by Moser Funeral Home 233 Broadview Ave. Warrenton, VA 20186, 540-347-3431, online condolences may be expressed at moserfuneralhome.com.

Janet Evans Rose Janet Evans Rose of Marshall, Virginia, devoted wife and mother, passed on April 7, 2021, at her home.

Mrs. Rose retired from the Fauquier County School System after many years of service as an educator and she also attended Warrenton Presbyterian Church for many years. In her retirement, she enjoyed traveling, boat trips and gardening.

She is survived by her husband, Lee D. Rose of Marshall, Virginia; two sons: Timothy Rose, husband to Vicky of Shelton, Connecticut, Scott Rose, husband to Patricia, of Glen Ellyn, IL; her grandchildren: Christina Rose, Evan Rose and Grant Rose.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2021, 11 am, at Warrenton Presbyterian Church, 91 Main St., Warrenton, VA, 20186.

Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Dorothy (Dot) Woodward Dorothy (Dot) Woodward, born May 5, 1920, passed away peacefully at age 100 on April 14, 2021 of natural causes.

She resided at Skyline Terrace Nursing Home in Woodstock, VA. Her husband, Harold C. Woodward preceded her in death.

She is survived by her two children: her daughter, Kay LaManna and her husband, Tom, of Ocean Isle Beach, NC; and her son, Ray Woodward and his wife, Dolly of Ft. Valley, VA. She is also survived by two grandchildren: Michelle LaManna Hale, her husband Matt and their son Owen of Annandale, VA; and Nick LaManna of Sterling, VA. She is also survived by numerous nephews and nieces.

Dorothy was born in Delaplane, VA to Thomas Edward (Ted) and Ethel Golden Budd. She was the oldest and last surviving member of her five Budd siblings.

Dot will always be remembered for her great meals she always had on hand to feed anyone. Her house was a gathering place for neighbors, family and friends who might drop by to say hello or spend an evening playing poker or a game of setback.

Services will be held at Royston Funeral Home in Marshall, VA on April 24, 2021. Visitation starts at 10 a.m. with the service at 11 a.m. Graveside services will be held at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Upperville, VA.

Paul “Black” Hawkins Paul “Black” Hawkins, 89, of Edinburg and formerly of Fauquier County, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2021 at his home.

Mr. Hawkins was born March 6, 1932 in Castlewood, son of the late Cumbow Hawkins and Laura May Hicks Hawkins. He was a farm manager, husband, and father. He was a mentor to and beloved by many.

Paul is survived by two daughters, Julia Ayers (Wayne) and Sarah Hawkins (David Smoot); his granddaughter, Haley Smoot; three sisters, Helen Dick, Elizabeth Hawkins (William), and Mildred Kirby (Richard); one brother, William (Dick) Hawkins (Estelle); numerous extended family including in-laws, Iva Ritenour (Amos), Mary McFarlane (James), John Bowman Jr. (Barb), Ellen Bowman, Deborah Creasey (Gregory), his caregiver Amy Burks and his cat “Killer Bettie”.

He was preceded in death by Charlotte Bowman Hawkins his wife of 60 years; four brothers, two sisters, one half-brother-in-law and one halfsister in-law.

Paul was an avid gardener who loved bluegrass music and animals.

A graveside service was held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal, Virginia. Brian Hawkins officiated.

Online condolences may be left at www.valleyfs.com Arrangements by Heishman Funeral Home Inc., Valley Funeral Service Branch, Edinburg.

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CLASSIFIEDS

Prince William Times | www.princewilliamtimes.com | April 22, 2021

PRINCE WILLIAM

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

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

001 Apartments Near Warrenton, 1BR, W/D, cable avail, AC, gas heat, NO pets. $900/mo + sec dep.

703-314-8027

080

Rentals — Office

Comm space, rent, $800/mo. Barber/ Beauty Salon, office, 1/2 BA, 304sq ft. 23 So. 3rd St, Warrenton.

540.222-0084

Miscellaneous

256 For Sale

Theodore H a v i l a n d Rosalinde New York China. 6

Dinner Plates, 5 cups & 7 saucers, 2 salad bowls w/plates, & 1 platter. $250 for all or sell by individual sets.

540-270-0599

273 Pets Farm

220 Equipment SCAG SW36A-16KAI, 36“ 16hp Belt drive.

Very low hours, limited occasional use by homeowner only. Kept undercover, looks & operates like new. Includes cover, spare blades and mulching kit. $2,500. Call 540.850.7967 SHOPSMITH MARK 7 POWERPRO WOODWORKING TOOL.7 functions in a single platform (table saw, disc sander, drill press, etc.). Incl. many accessories and detailed instruction manuals.

Purchased 4 mos ago but requirements changed. $3500 Cash/ cashiers check. Call 540-903-3326

Furniture/

228 Appliances 5pc BR set, Sorrento Chris Madden Collection. dresser, mirror, 2-stands, chest.

571-344-4300 Gas Clothes Dryer - Almost new, $1,000, now $250 or best offer.

Spotsy Cthse. area.

(540) 891-4412

Garage/

232 Yard Sales Orlean, 7415 Leeds Manor Rd, 04/24, 9a-2p. Barn/yd sale.

HH, furn, jewelry, tack, tools, misc much more

Miscellaneous

256 For Sale

10“ Tablesaw $250, 12” Radial Arm saw $250, 12“ Ryobi surface plainer $100, 15” 1hp wood lathe $500. Call 540.842.9348 Crates, (9) wood, 12 inches by 18 inches. $10 ea. 703-330-1035

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Business

350 Services

Hagan Build & Design. Specializing in basements but we do it all!

540-522-1056.

Free estimates, licensed and insured.

JBS Excavation & Clearing, Free estimates, tree removal, horse arena, d r i v e w a y s & landscaping. No job too big or too small.

703-582-0439 JENKINS EXCAVATING & LOGGING. Free Estimates, Class A Contractor, Commercial, Residential. Demolition, land clearing, site prep, roads, drives. 540-661-0116 Miller´s Tree Servic, complete tree service. Renoval, mulching, storm damage, bucket truck, firewood.

540-222-2089

CKC Shih-tzu puppies $800. Males & females. Variety of colors. Located in Fredericksburg (540) 370-6646

North´s Custom Masonry. Retaining walls, stone work, patios, repoint ing brick, chimneys, driveways.

540-533-8092

Prince William SPCA

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ADOPT VOLUNTEER DONATE ADVOCATE www.pwspca. org Wolf hybrid - 2 female timbers. $1,500 304.877.6025

Business

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Commercial & residential. Senior discounts.

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Prince William Public Library offers

Passport Services

at Haymarket Gainesville Community Library and Potomac Community Library for more info go to: pwcgov.org/ library Place Your Ad Today Call 888-351-1660

Announcements Boys & Girls Clubs of Fauquier 2021 Charity Golf Outing

Antiques &

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Only 8,110 miles. 5 Speed Manual trans.

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Come join us on May 17 at the beautiful Evergreen Country Club for our annual Charity Golf Outing! Please contact Deanna Hammer with any questions: deanna@ bgcfauquier.org OR (540) 272-1514.

Did you know...

Prince William Public Library challenges you to...READ 100 BOOKS BEFORE

COLLEGE

Take the Challenge! Read 100 books before you graduate from high school. For students in grades 9–12. To learn about prizes & to sign up go to: pwcgov.org/library

WAYS TO GIVE TO...

Prince William Public Library

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Proceeds from book sales help to sponsor many Library programs and special events.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION Since 1977, the department has consistently provided premier leisure and recreation services that reflect the changing needs of our growing diverse population, enhancing the community’s quality of life.

The department manages more than 4,000 acres of park land & recreational facilities: Over 50 Parks 2 Water Parks 2 Fitness & Aquatic Centers 2 Community Centers Indoor & Outdoor Pools 3 18-Hole Golf Courses & Mini Golf Marina Facilities & Fishing 6 Sports Complexes Tennis, Racquetball & Basketball Courts Batting Cages 2 Skate Parks 1 Dog Park Over 50 miles of trails, greenways & water trails. PWC Parks & Recreation has hundreds of conveniently located programs and activities for you and your family to enjoy year-round.

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TOWN OF HAYMARKET NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX DECREASE Notice is hereby provided pursuant to Section 58.1-3321 of the Code of Virginia that the Town of Haymarket Virginia proposes to decrease property tax levies for the Fiscal Year2021-2022.

1. Assessment Increase: Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 4.46%percent.

2. Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above, would be $0.130 per $100 of assessed value.

This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate.”

3. Effective Rate Decrease: The Town of Haymarket proposes to adopt a tax rate of no more than the rate of $0.129 per $100 of assessed value. The difference between the current tax rate of $0.136 per $100 and the proposed rate would be $0.007 per $100, or 5.43% percent.

This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate decrease.” Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage.

4. Proposed Total Budget Decrease: Based on the proposed real property tax rate and changes in other revenues, the total budget of the Town of Haymarket will decrease last years by 10.7 percent.

A public hearing on the decrease will be held on May 3, 2021 at 7:00 PM in the Haymarket Town Hall, 15000 Washington Street Suite 100, Haymarket, Virginia 20169.

BY ORDER OF THE HAYMARKET TOWN COUNCIL Kimberly Henry Clerk to the Town Council

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN COUNCIL TOWN HALL, 15000 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. 100 HAYMARKET VA 20169 Monday, May 3, 2021 at 7:00 pm Notice is hereby given that the Haymarket Town Council will conduct a public hearing for a Special Use Permit at 15150 Washington Street and 6500 James Madison Highway for the requested addition of up to 74 multi-family dwelling units by special use in the B-2 zoning district. All interested parties are encouraged to present their views at these hearings. The public hearing will be held on Monday, May 3, 2021, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Haymarket Town Hall, 15000 Washington Street, Suite 100, Haymarket, Virginia.

All are invited to attend the Public Hearing at the time and place described above and present their views pertinent to the requested Special Use Permit. Public comments can also be mailed to 15000 Washington Street, Suite 100, Haymarket, Virginia, 20169, or submitted via email to khenry@townofhaymarket.org. A complete copy of the application for the Special Use Permit is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Town Planner’s Office of the Town of Haymarket immediately upon the advertising of this notice, The Public Hearing is being held in a public facility believed to be accessible to persons with disabilities. Any person with questions on the accessibility to the facility should contact the Clerk of the Council at the above address or by telephone at (703) 753-2600.

BY ORDER OF THE HAYMARKET TOWN COUNCIL Run dates: April 15 and April 22

BOARD CHAMBER, 1 COUNTY COMPLEX CT PRINCE WILLIAM, VA 22192 PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING MAY 5, 2021 7:00 PM 1. Rezoning #REZ2021-00007, Wellington Commerce Center: To rezone ±6.24 acres from A-1, Agricultural, to M-1, Heavy Industrial, for industrial uses. The subject property is located ±800 feet southeast of the Wellington Rd. and University Blvd. intersection, on the south side of Wellington Rd., and is identified on County maps as GPIN 7497-21-1386. The site is currently zoned A-1, Agricultural; is designated EI, Industrial Employment, in the Comprehensive Plan; and is within the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District and the Airport Safety Overlay District. Brentsville Magisterial District Copies of the above files can be viewed in the Planning Ofc. @ 5 County Complex Ct., Ste. 210, PW, VA. Copies of staff reports may be requested after 4/28/21, or you can view reports @ www.pwcgov.org/planning or contact us @ (703) 792-7615 or email us @ planning@pwcgov.org. For the full list of items scheduled for this agenda see www.pwcgov.org/ pc.

ACCESSIBILITY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: The hearings are being held at a public facility believed to be accessible to persons with disabilities. Any person with questions on the accessibility of the facility should contact the Planning Ofc. @ the above address & No., or TDD (703) 792-6295. Persons needing interpreter services for the deaf must notify the Clerk no later than 4/28/21.

Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, additional methods for public participation are being developed. Please see the website for updates www.pwcgov.org/pc.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ151023-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re MORENO GRANADOS, ANDERSON The object of this suit is to: DETERMINE CUSTODY FOR ANDERSON MORENO GRANADOS/ DOB 05/03/2012 It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) MANUEL ANTONIO MORENO MORENO appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/07/2021 10:00AM Valerie Urey, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ151004-01-00: JJ15100501-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ENDICOTT, JAHVARI; ENDICOTT, GIHELLE The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF JAHVARI ENDICOTT; GIHELLE ENDICOTT It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) UNKNOWN appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/10/ 2021 10:00AM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150986-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re GONZALEZ, MADELINE STEPHANIE The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF MADELINE STEPHANIE GONZALEZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) GLADYS ELIZABETH GONZALEZ appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/01/2021.

10:00AM Grace Custer, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ137535-01-02; JJ13753401-02 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re CLARK, NEVAEH SKYLAR; CLARK, DESMOND TYRONE The object of this suit is to: CHANGE MY NAME TO MY NEW NAME ON CUSTODY ORDER It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) DESMOND CLARK appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/09/ 2021 10:00AM Joy Cole, Deputy Clerk

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN COUNCIL TOWN HALL, 15000 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. 100 HAYMARKET VA 20169 Monday, May 3, 2021 at 7:00 pm Notice is hereby given that the Haymarket Town Council will conduct a public hearing for a Special Use Permit at 15150 Washington Street for a Drive-Thru Restaurant Use by special use permit. All interested parties are encouraged to present their views at these hearings. The public hearing will be held on Monday, May 3, 2021, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Haymarket Town Hall, 15000 Washington Street, Suite 100, Haymarket, Virginia.

All are invited to attend the Public Hearing at the time and place described above and present their views pertinent to the requested Special Use Permit. Public comments can also be mailed to 15000 Washington Street, Suite 100, Haymarket, Virginia, 20169, or submitted via email to khenry@townofhaymarket.org. A complete copy of the application for the Special Use Permit is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Town Planner’s Office of the Town of Haymarket immediately upon the advertising of this notice, The Public Hearing is being held in a public facility believed to be accessible to persons with disabilities. Any person with questions on the accessibility to the facility should contact the Clerk of the Council at the above address or by telephone at (703) 753-2600.

BY ORDER OF THE HAYMARKET TOWN COUNCIL Run dates: April 15 and April 22

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Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150945-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re SERRANO ARCHAGE, IVIS M The object of this suit is to: TO OBTAIN CUSTODY OF IVIS MARIELA SERRANO ARCHAGA It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) FAUSTINI SERRANO ARCHAGA appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/27/2021 10:00AM Grace Custer, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150946-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ZELAYANDIA, MARION The object of this suit is to: TO OBTAIN CUSTODY OF MARIO ARMANDO ZELAYANDIA It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) MARIO A. ZELAYANDIA GONZALEZ appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/10/2021 11:00AM Grace Custer, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ141287-01-01; JJ141288-01-01; JJ141286-01-01 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: SALAZAR RAMIREZ, MARVIN DANIEL; SALAZAR RAMIREZ, KEVIN A; SALAZAR RAMIREZ, SAMANTHA The object of this suit is to: PETITION FOR MODIFICATION OF CUSTODY FOR MARVIN SALAZAR RAMIREZ; KEVIN SALAZAR RAMIREZ; SAMANTHA SALAZAR RAMIREZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) SALVADOR SALAZAR RUBIO appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/03/ 2021 11:00AM Rakia Goldsmith, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150971-01-00: JJ150972-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re MOLINA, JULIAN KEANU; KAI MOLINA, FRANCIS The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF JULIAN KEANU MOLINA; FRANCIS KAI MOLINA It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) MELISANDRA MARRERO BOEZ appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/13/2021.

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Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ143438-04-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: GRIFFIN, KYA ROSE The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF KYA ROSE GRIFFIN It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) CHARLES GRIFFIN appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/25/ 2021 10:00AM Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JA023211-10-25 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JOHNSON, CLIFTON The object of this suit is to: MOTION TO AMEND SUPPORT It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) CLIFTON JOHNSON appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/24/ 2021 02:00PM Joy Cole, Deputy Clerk

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Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150911-01-00; JJ150911-02-00; JJ150912-01-00; JJ150912-02-00; JJ150913-01-00; JJ150913-02-00; PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: KEMJIKA, VASHTI UKACHI; KEMJIKA, VASHTI UKACHI; KEMJIKA, AIDEN; KEMJIKA, AIDEN; KEMJIKA, LIAM; KEMJIKA, LIAM The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY AND VISITATION OF VASHTI KEMJIKA; VASHTI KEMJIKA; AIDEN KEMJIKA; AIDEN KEMJIKA; LIAM KEMJIKA; LIAM KEMJIKA It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) KEMJIKA J. IGBO appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/21/2021 10:00AM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ151022-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re RAMOS, ALEMAN, ERIK JOSUE The object of this suit is to: DETERMINE CUSTODY FOR ERIK JOSUE RAMOS ALEMAN/ DOB 10/04/10 It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) JOSE ANDRADES RAMOS ALEMAN appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/07/2021 10:00AM Valerie Urey, Deputy Clerk

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150821-01-00; JJ150820-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re LOPEZ ARTOLA, ELMER DEMIAN; LOPEZ ARTOLA, MELODY JULIET The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF ELMER LOPEZ ARTOLA; MELODY LOPEZ ARTOLA It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ELMER LOPEZ appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/24/2021 11:00AM Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150423-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re MAZARIEGOS MALDANDO, DULEIMY The object of this suit is to: DETERMINE CUSTODY OF DULEIMY NOHEMI MAZARIEGOS MALDONADO It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ELESTER DALIN MAZARIEGOS MALDO appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/24/2021 11:00AM Joy Cole, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ151001-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re HUNTINGTON, NASHON SHAMIR; JR The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF NASHON SHAMIR HUNTINGTON JR It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) NASHON SHAMIR HUNTINGTON appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/01/ 2021 10:00AM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150048-02-00; JJ150048-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re BARNES, DAKOTA REIGN The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY AND VISITATION OF DAKOTA BARNES It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) MICHELLE L. BARNES appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/17/2021.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ137282-01-02 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re HARDIN, CANE The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF CANE HARDIN It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) RONALD SAUNDERS appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/16/ 2021 10:00AM Evelyn Ruiz, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150796-01-00; JJ1150797-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: FLORES, EILEEN BEATRIZ; FLORES, EDGAR The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF FLORES, EILEEN BEATRIZ; FLORES, EDGAR It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) RICARDO ESPINO FLORES appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/18/ 2021 10:00AM Theresa Robinson, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150867-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: ROMERO FERNANDEZ, ASHLY J The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF ASHLY JULIETH ROMERO FERNANDEZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) CHRISTIAN RICARDO RODRIGUEZ appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 04/22/ 2021 11:00AM Evelyn Ruiz, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ149757-01-01 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: DIAZ TORRES, NORMA ESMERALDA The object of this suit is to: MOTION TO AMEND CUSTODY FOR NORMA ESMERALDA DIAZ PACHECO It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) MORIS ARMANDO DIAZ VELASQUEZ appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/20/ 2021 10:00AM Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Clerk

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150986-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re GONZALEZ, MADELINE STEPHANIE The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF MADELINE STEPHANIE GONZALEZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) FLAVIO GONZALEZ GALICIA appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/01/2021.

10:00AM Grace Custer, Deputy Clerk

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150936-01-00; JJ150937-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JOHNSON, LAYLA; JOHNSON, NYELA S The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF LAYLA JOHNSON; NYELA JOHNSON It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ANTHONY LAMONT JOHNSON appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/26/ 2021 10:00AM Joy Cole, Deputy Clerk

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Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150910-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: DELGADO BUSTAMANTE, DIANA M The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN LEGAL AND PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF DIANA DELGADO BUSTAMANTE It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) FIDEL DELGADO appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/24/2021 10:00AM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150935-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re SARAVIA VILLALTA, ALLISSON D The object of this suit is to: DETERMINE CUSTODY AND SIJS STATUS OF ALLISSON DAMARIS SARAVIA VILLATA It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) EDWIN BERRIOS appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/25/2021 11:00AM Joy Cole, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150736-01-00; JJ150737-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re HARRISON, LAYLA; HARRISON, AIDEN The object of this suit is to: ONTAIN CUSTODY OF HARRISON, AIDEN; ONTAIN CUSTODY OF HARRISON, AIDEN It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) LEIGHA WILSON appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/28/2021 10:00AM Theresa Robinson, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150736-01-00; JJ150737-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re HARRISON, LAYLA; HARRISON, AIDEN The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF HARRISON, LAYLA; ONTAIN CUSTODY OF HARRISON, AIDEN It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) UNKNOWN appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/28/2021 10:00AM Theresa Robinson, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ135839-03-01 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re HUGHES, WILLIAM LEE The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF WILLIAM HUGHES It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ANGELA YAIRUBY HUGHES appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/02/ 2021 10:00AM Joy Cole, Deputy Clerk

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150918-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re CAPECCI, DANIEL The object of this suit is to: PETITION FOR CUSTODY It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) PATRICK CAPECCI appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/28/2021 10:00AM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150864-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: SARAVIA VILLALTA, ASTRID A The object of this suit is to: DETERMINE CUSTODY AND SIJS OF ASTRID SARAVIA VILLALTA It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) EDWIN BERRIOS appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 04/28/2021 11:00AM Rakia Goldsmith, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150747-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: RAMOS HERNANDEZ, JIMMY A The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF JIMMY RAMOS HERNANDEZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) WILMER RENE RAMOS GARCIA appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/18/ 2021 10:00AM Grace Custer, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150795-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: LAWYER, NAVA MADISON The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF LAWYER, NAVA MADISON It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) CARL JEROME LAWYER appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/20/ 2021 10:00AM Theresa Robinson, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150817-01-00; 02-10 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: RODRIGUEZ, ASHLEY ARIANA The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY AND VISITATION OF ASHLEY ARIANA RODRIGUEZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ASHLEY RAMIREZ appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/24/2021 10:00AM Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Clerk

Notice of Non-Discriminatory Policy as to Students Bethel Lutheran Preschool admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available the students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150818-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: ROMERO MAYORGA, JEREMIAH ISAAC The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF JEREMIAH ISAAC ROMERO It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) RICARDO ROMERO appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/21/2021 10:00AM Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ147295-08-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: KAY KAY, ALEXANDER G The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF ALEXANDER G. KAY KAY It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) PHILIP OZANGAR appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/20/2021 10:00AM Grace Custer, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150824-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JOHNSON, LOGAN The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF LOGAN JOHNSON It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ALEX JOHNSON appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/24/2021 10:00AM Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ150931-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re BELL, JIAHAD CALEB The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF JIHAD BELL It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) CEETRA CASTILLO appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/24/2021 11:00AM Joy Cole, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ149073-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TIBBS, OMARI MAXWELL The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF TIBBS, OMARI MAXWELL It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) BREON GADSON appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 04/28/2021 10:00AM Theresa Robinson, Deputy Clerk

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ142777-05-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: YOUNG, KENYA KIMBERLY The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF KENYA KIMBERLY YOUNG It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) JOSEPHINE ANSAH appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/15/2021 11:00AM Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Clerk

Public Notices VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY CITY OF MANASSAS, VIRGINIA, a Municipal Corporation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Complainant, v.

GEORGE D. GREENE, TRUSTEE, ET AL., Respondents. Case No. CL21-1716 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to enforce the lien of the Complainant, City of Manassas, Virginia, for delinquent real estate taxes against certain real property located in the City of Manassas, Virginia, described as follows: Tax Map No. 101-25-F-64 Account No. 30128 All that certain lot or parcel of land, with its improvements and appurtenances, located in the City of Manassas, Virginia and more particularly described as follows, towit: Lot 64, Block F, Section 6, Georgetown South, as the same is duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 303, Page 100, among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia.

And being the same real property conveyed to George D. Greene, Trustee from Steven F. Marriott and Ronald McGehee by Deed Dated July 15, 1996 and recorded on July 16, 1996 in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office in Prince William County, Virginia in Deed Book 2357, Page 187.

This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described including but not limited to those recorded in Deed Book 122, Page 340; Deed Book 299, Page 451; Deed Book 327, Page 460; Deed Book 303, Page 100; Deed Book 318, Page 649; Instrument Number 201705010032462.

IT APPEARING that an Affidavit has been made and filed stating that due diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties to be served, that the last known addresses for the Respondents herein are as follows: George D. Greene, Trustee, whose last known address is 8212 McBeth St., Manassas, Virginia 20110; Tax Map No. 101-25F64, Account No. 30128 and that any officers, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of the Respondent named herein are made parties Respondent to this action individually and/or by the general description of Parties Unknown, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained appear on or before May 10, 2021 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the Prince William County, Virginia, and do what may be necessary to protect their interests in this cause.

Entered on the 7th day of April, 2021.

Ana Seger; Judge I Ask For This: John A. Rife, Esq. (VSB No. 45805) Jeffrey A. Scharf, Esq. (VSB No. 30591) Mark K. Ames, Esq. (VSB No. 27409) Andrew M. Neville, Esq. (VSB No. 86372) Paul L. LaBarr, Esq. (VSB No. 91609) Gregory L. Haynes, Esq. (VSB No. 37158) Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC P.O. Box 31800 Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800 Phone: (804) 545-2500 Facsimile: (804) 545-2378 TACS No.: 612609

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