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African Americans make up nearly 40% of all local COVID-19 fatalities

By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

New data provided by the Virginia Department of Health shows that African Americans make up a disproportionate number of the COVID-19 deaths reported in the Prince William Health District, which includes Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

Out of the 23 total COVID-19 deaths reported so far in the Prince William Health District, nine, or about 39%, were African American even though African American residents make up only 22% of the total population of Prince William County, 15% of the population of the City of Manassas Park and 14% of the City of Manassas.

Of the remaining 14 COVID-19 deaths reported in the Prince William Health District, 10 were white residents and four were listed as “other,” a category that includes

American Indian or Alaska Native, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Asian or “other,” according to VDH. Racial disparities pertaining to the number of total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Prince William area is less clear. Racial data was not provided for 494, or 49%, of all confirmed cases in the Prince William Health District as of April 27.

Of the racial data collected for the local confirmed cases of COVID-19, 21% involve people who are white, 19% involve people listed under “other,” and 11% involve black or African American residents.

As of Tuesday, April 28, there were a total of 1,677 confirmed cases in the Prince William Health District, 183 hospitalizations and 23 deaths.

Of the hospitalizations reported in the Prince William Health District, 20% involved patients who are black or African American, 43% were white patients, 30% were list-

ed as “other,” and 6% did not report their race, according to VDH. Even with the new data available on the VDH website, about 33% of all confirmed cases in Virginia still lack racial data. State Health Commissioner Dr. Norm Oliver said Monday the reason for the gap is because many private labs did not collect or report patients’ demographic data.

COVID-19’s disproportionate impacts

Prior to the VDH update, Virginia lawmakers, advocates and health experts were calling for more complete racial data to be collected and shared with the public, as recently released nationwide data has shown that the virus is disproportionately impacting minority populations, including African Americans.

A report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 17 showed that, during the first month of the pandemic, 33% of

Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-2nd, held a Facebook Live discussion on COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on communities of color. patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the United States were black, even though African Americans constitute 13% of the U.S. population.

In Prince William, a panel of local leaders and Virginia doctors led

by Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-2nd, of Woodbridge, held a virtual discussion Monday, April 20, to discuss the racial disparities of COVID-19.

Foy said the current 35% gap in Virginia’s race data is “abysmal.”

“Many minority groups are facing the brunt of this crisis,” Foy said. “In order for us to have evidence-based remedies on what we need to do, we need the data to be able to back it up.”

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Who will draw the maps?

Let the voters decide Independent redistricting commission survives despite doubts about fairness

By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

PHOTO BY DELIA ENGSTROM

What we need now is HOPE: Mark Olsen, owner of Olde Towne Landscaping, erected his homemade LOVE sign in Old Town Manassas back in 2012. In the midst of the coronavirus, he decided to add to its message. “What we need now is hope,” Olsen said in a recent interview. The plywood HOPE letters are 4 feet tall, half the size of the 8-foot LOVE letters, so as not to overshadow the sign’s original theme. “Love is still the most important thing,” he said. “But now, hope is there, too.”

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Amid votes to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, boost the minimum wage, ban discrimination against LGBTQ Virginians and grant in-state tuition and driving privileges to undocumented immigrants, a move Sen. Scott to amend the Virginia Constitution to de-polit- Surovell icize the redistricting process – something that in most years would get top billing – was almost lost in the shuffle.

But after years of debate, the Virginia General Assembly gave its stamp of approval last month to a constitutional amendment to transfer the power to draw the state’s political maps to an independent commission.

Del. Suhas Now, the matter goes to Virginia voters in a Subramanyam ballot referendum this November.

If the amendment is approved, Virginia will join only 17 other states in using independent commissions to redraw their political boundaries in 2021. Redistricting, the process through which Virginia draws its 100 House of Delegates districts, 40 state Senate districts and 11 congressional districts, takes place once every 10 years to coincide with the U.S. Census.

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REDISTRICTING, from page 1 If the ballot measure is defeated, the process will remain controlled by the Virginia legislature.

In Virginia, a proposed constitutional amendment must be approved by the General Assembly two years in a row before heading to voters. This amendment barely made it. Despite drawing overwhelming bipartisan support during the 2019 session, the measure was nearly thwarted by House Democrats earlier this year.

In March, the state House approved the amendment in a 54-46 vote, with all Republican delegates voting in favor of it, and all but nine Democrats voting against it. The amendment was less controversial in the state Senate, where it was approved in a 38-2 vote.

The amendment proposes a 16-member bipartisan commission made up of eight citizen members and eight legislators – four delegates and four senators with equal party representation – which will be tasked with mapping the state’s congressional and legislative districts.

If approved, the power to draw Virginia’s political boundaries will no longer be left solely in the hands of Virginia politicians. The map created by the commission will have to be approved by an upor-down vote in the General Assembly, however.

Wavering support

Many House Democrats flip-flopped on their support for the amendment after taking control of both the House of Delegates and state Senate in 2019, even after campaigning on redistricting reform in the 2019 election cycle.

Del. Mark Cole, R-88th, whose district includes Fauquier County, sponsored the amendment in 2019.

He said he was disappointed that many House Democrats changed their position on the amendment.

“Most of them supported it last year when they were in the minority, and most Democrat[ic] candidates [who] were just elected pledged to support it during the campaign and did not,” Cole said in an email. “I believe they only supported it because they were in the minority and, once they took the majority, they decided they wanted to draw districts to favor Democrats.”

Del. Luke Torian, D-52nd, of Woodbridge, said COVID-19, from page 1 Panelist Danyelle Solomon, vice president of race and ethnicity policy at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit public policy research and advocacy organization based in Washington D.C., said that while the data are incomplete, the available information shows that black people, Hispanic people and Native American communities are being hit hardest by COVID-19.

“What COVID-19 has done is really exacerbate the racial disparities that we have seen for decades, and quite frankly, for centuries in America,” Solomon said.

Solomon said there are a variety of socioeconom-

Va. House of Delegate districts in Prince William Suhas Subramanyam (D) 87th

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A “yes” vote supports transferring the power to draw the state’s congressional and legislative districts from the state legislature to a redistricting commission composed of state legislators and citizens.

A “no” vote opposes transferring the power to draw the state’s congressional and legislative districts to a redistricting commission, thus keeping the state legislature responsible for redistricting.

last week he voted against the amendment because it did not include explicit criteria to protect minority communities from partisan gerrymandering.

The amendment “could have a negative impact on how the lines are drawn around minority areas,” Torian said.

Twice in the last decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down districts drawn by the Virginia state legislature for unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, the process the court said improperly “packed” some districts with minority voters, effectively diluting their voting power in neighboring districts. Those districts were ultimately redrawn by an independent special master, but not before several elections came and went.

Sen. Scott Surovell, D-36th, whose district includes Prince William County, was one of only

two state Senators to vote against the amendment.

He also said his biggest concern was that the amendment doesn’t include specific criteria for how district boundaries should be drawn.

“I’m concerned about whether the process created by the amendment will truly be divorced from politics,” Surovell said.

The General Assembly approved a separate bill that included such criteria, including protections for minority communities and “communities of interest.”

But, Surovell said, because those protections are not enshrined in the constitution, they could be removed during a future session of the General Assembly.

“If the criteria is absent from the constitution, it just shifts the gerrymandering from one party to the other,” Surovell said.

Of the eight House delegates who represent parts of Prince William County, only Dels.

Dan Helmer, D-40th, and Suhas Subramanyam, D-87th, voted for the amendment. Subramanyam said he believes the amendment will help prevent partisan gerrymandering.

“I felt like my decision was between gerrymandering and not gerrymandering,” Subramanyam said last week.

Subramanyam said the fact the criteria has been left out of the constitutional amendment would allow for the discussion and debate to continue in the future. Down the road, changes to the criteria could be necessary, he said, and for that reason should not be in the constitution.

“The amendment creates the guardrails for the criteria,” Subramanyam said. “I think it’s more than just a step in the right direction.”

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ic factors causing the disparity in COVID-19 cases.

One of the reasons that black and African American people are suffering from higher rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations, she said, is because a high percentage of black people work in service-sector jobs, many of which are considered essential.

“Those are the jobs that are the backbone of American society. Those are our bus drivers, our childcare workers, our grocery store workers. Unfortunately, those are low-wage jobs that don’t have quality benefits, like healthcare coverage,” Solomon said.

Solomon said many service-sector jobs don’t offer teleworking options, making social distancing more difficult.

“I think it’s really important as we talk about

not only the health implications but there’s also economic implications that work together to create even more harm for people of color, particularly black communities,” Solomon said.

Rev. Cozy Bailey, president of the Prince William NAACP, also expressed concern that African American workers are overrepresented in service-sector jobs where many workers are unable to risk losing a paycheck, even if it means putting themselves in situation where socially distancing is difficult.

“Frontline workers face tough choices between abstaining from work or risking exposure and there is an incredible high percentage of communities of color who are involved in those kinds of industries,” Bailey said.

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Jennifer Carroll Foy (D) In 2010, Virginia lawmakers split Prince William County into eight oddly shaped House of Delegates districts. The districts have been said to favor Republicans, since the party controlled the House of Delegates at the time. The opposite is said to be true of the districts drawn by the state Senate, which at the time was controlled by Democrats.

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County board moves toward flat-tax-rate budget Plan boosts vehicle fees, data center tax, but leaves schools $38 million short

By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors last week discussed a new budget for 2021 that keeps the real estate tax rate flat while increasing the data center and vehicle license taxes to cover some staff pay raises and launch a few new programs aimed at helping residents cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

County Executive Chris Martino had already cut his initial budget by about $40 million to reflect the economic impacts of coronavirus pandemic before the board began its budget “markup session” on Tuesday, April 21.

That reduction, split between the county and the school division, will result in about $19 million less in planned revenue for county services and about $21 million less than was initially planned for the school division. Because Martino’s initial budget already fell about $15 million short of the school division’s original budget request, the school board will likely have to trim at least $38 million from its budget as a result of the cuts once the county board approves a final budget, which was expected on Tuesday, April 28.

Martino’s revised budget cut about 40 new full-time public safety positions, including staff for the new Groveton fire station, as well as 3% across-the-board pay raises for county employees.

The county executive also proposed delaying additional, targeted pay raises for about 1,500 employees that were recommended in a recent compensation and classification study. Martino left about $5 million for a contingency fund meant to cover unknown impacts of the pandemic.

Real estate tax rate, school funding: The supervisors are expected to adopt a budget that keeps the real estate tax rate flat at $1.125 per $100 in assessed value. The rate would result in an annual increase of about $177, or about $15 a month, in the average residential real estate tax bill, based on a home valued at $387,000. The increase is the result of rising property values, which increased 4% over the past year.

Vehicle fees: The board voted along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed, to increasing the motor vehicle license tax from $24 to $33 for cars and trucks and from $12 to $20 for motorcycles.

At-large Chair Ann Wheeler (D) said the move would raise about $1.6 million for the county’s coffers and about $2 million for the school division.

Staff raises: County staff will go without their usual annual 3% pay hikes, but Wheeler proposed transferring $3.2 million from Martino’s contingency fund to reinstate the targeted employee pay raises that were cut from the county executive’s budget.

The raises will boost salaries for about 1,500 county employees to make their pay more competitive

with other Northern Virginia localities. If funded, in the final budget, the raises will take effect on July 1.

Prince William County is the second largest employer in the county behind only the school division. Martino said the bulk of the raises are for county employees who make between about $43,000 and $65,000 a year.

All five Democrats on the board voted in favor of reinstating the targeted pay raises, while all three Republican supervisors voted against it.

Groveton fire station: Supervisors also discussed the plan to staff the new fire station 22, located off Balls Ford Road between Manassas and Gainesville, which was initially included in Martino’s proposed budget but then scaled back to only partial staffing. Wheeler suggested fully staffing the fire station starting in January 2021 at a cost of $1.5 million.

The effort died in a tied 4-4 vote, with Supervisor Victor Angry, D-Neabsco, a volunteer firefighter, joining the board’s three Republican supervisors in voting against the measure.

“I don’t think funding a new station with new personnel is where we need to be right now,” Angry said.

“I’m not saying we never do this. I’m just saying this is funding we can put on the table for later.”

Child advocacy center: The board also approved $125,000 in seed money to create a child advocacy center that will provide a safe place where professionals who investigate and prosecute child abuse cases can coordinate their efforts.

The proposal, introduced by Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin, D-Woodbridge, is intended to prevent further trauma for child abuse victims, while also providing treatment and improving prosecution rates. Child advocacy centers reduce the number of times a child victim must recount their abuse from 15 to three, on average, and can save thousands in investigation and prosecution costs, Franklin said.

In the last three years, 13,526 cases of child abuse have been reported in Prince William County, Franklin said, noting a need for such a program.

The board of supervisors voted unanimously to provide seed funding for the child advocacy center in next year’s budget. The money will allow the county to plan the center and to recruit a nonprofit organization that will ultimately operate it independently from county agencies, said Courtney Tierney, the county’s director of social services.

Housing assistance, small business relief: The board also added a small business relief fund and a housing emergency aid program that would not require new county spending. The business relief fund would use up to $1 million in existing economic development funding, while the housing program would be funded by $500,000 in proffers hous-

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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors. Front, from left: Supervisors Yesli Vega, R-Coles; Chair Ann Wheeler, D-At Large; Andrea Bailey, D-Potomac; and Margaret Franklin, D-Woodbridge. Back, from left: Supervisors Kenny Boddye, D-Occoquan; Jeanine Lawson, R-Brentsville; Peter Candland, R-Gainesville; and Victor Angry, D-Neabsco. ing developers pay into the county’s affordable housing fund.

The proposed small business relief fund would provide immediate relief to small businesses whose needs are not met by the federal Small Business Association loan program.

The program would allow small business owners to apply for modest loans that would be reviewed by the county’s Industrial Development Authority. Franklin said the relief fund would allow the local government to provide funds to ailing small businesses while they wait for federal assistance.

“Where the SBA can’t help, local government needs to step in,” Franklin said.

Only Supervisor Pete Candland, R-Gainesville, opposed the small business relief fund. He said he is a “maybe” and expressed concerns about how the money would be distributed and how the county would decide which businesses to help.

In an interview Wednesday, Franklin said county staff and members of the county’s Industrial Development Authority, who are appointed by the supervisors, would determine the criteria for which businesses would be eligible for funding.

The proposed housing emergency aid program would allow residents impacted by the COVID-19 crisis to apply for assistance with living expenses such as rent, utilities or mortgage payments if they meet certain requirements, which have not yet been set. The board approved the emergency housing program unanimously.

Franklin said a housing assistance program is needed locally because no such program currently exists.

The Prince William County Office of Housing and Community Development has a Housing Choice Voucher Rental Assistance program, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, but that program has been closed for 10 years and has a waiting list of about 800 residents.

Van Buren Road study, “TRIP” funds: The supervisors agreed to

spend about $2,225,000 in local transportation money allotted from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to study a proposed extension of Van Buren Road between Cardinal Drive and Va. 234 and to replenish the supervisors’ individual “TRIP” funds, money used for smallscale projects such as new sidewalks.

The bulk of the money -- $2 million – would fund a federal environmental study to assess the impacts of extending Van Buren Road, which is estimated to cost about $50 million to build. The road is controversial because it would run behind Four Seasons, a retirement community on Va. 234, and cut through Cardinal Grove, a community of new homes along Cardinal Drive.

Some Montclair residents have been pushing for the road as a means to divert traffic from Waterway Drive, which meanders through Montclair between Cardinal Drive and Va. 234 and serves as a popular cut-through to avoid traffic on U.S. 1.

Transportation Director Ric Canizales said the board can use NVTA money for the study, which would assess the road’s possible impacts to the two communities as well as to the environment. Canizales said the county is planning to apply for state funding to actually build the road, which it may or may not receive.

Supervisor Andrea Bailey, D-Potomac, whose district includes the proposed new road, requested the money for the study.

Franklin pushed to restore $225,000 in funding for the TRIP funds – an acronym for Transportation and Roadway Improvement Program – which was supported unanimously.

Raises for ‘community partner’ nonprofits: The supervisors agreed to boost additional money paid to 25 nonprofit agencies from $96,000 to $150,000 next year. The nonprofits are on the county’s list of “community partners.” Bailey proposed the idea, which was approved in a party-line vote.

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Northam offers plan to reopen business in 2 weeks ‘but not before’

By Jill Palermo

COVID-19 cases in Virginia and Prince William: March 18 - April 27

Times Staff Writer

Virginia could begin to return to some semblance of normal in about two weeks, as long as the state can meet the first set of parameters outlined in a new blueprint for reopening businesses Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday.

In his first afternoon press briefing since Monday, April 21, Northam shared bits of good news about the status of the coronavirus pandemic in Virginia and detailed what he said must happen for the state to reach phase one of his blueprint, dubbed “Forward Virginia.”

First the good news: Northam said the state’s cases, while continuing on an upward trend, are rising at a slower rate. Also, hospitalizations have flattened, and about 1,600 people who had been hospitalized with the disease have been successfully treated and released, Northam said.

“Together we slowed the spread of this virus.

Our hospitals have not been overwhelmed and according to at least one model, we may have seen our case count peak today,” Northam said. “I hope that is true, but we must continue to work to keep counts low. We continue to watch the data.”

Northam said the state would continue watching the daily VDH reports to track the percent of positive tests compared to total tests. The state is also closely tracking the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and the available supply of hospital beds and personal protective equipment for hospital and health care workers.

When the state sees a downward trend for 14 days in the percent of positive tests and hospitalizations -- and is able to boost testing and tracing capabilities -- “then we can move to phase one of easing these restrictions,” Northam said.

What does phase one entail? According Northam, it includes continued social distancing, teleworking wherever possible, limits on travel and public gatherings and continuing to use of face coverings in public.

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Any further easing of restrictions will be informed by public health experts, members of the governor’s COVID-19 Business Task Force, who were announced Friday, state and local officials, and other stakeholders.

Last week, Northam extended until Friday, May 8, his executive order closing personal care businesses; recreational businesses, such as theaters and bowling alleys; and restricting restaurants to takeout only.

On Friday, Northam said he’d like to begin reopening those businesses after May 8, as long as the stated parameters are met, but likely “not before.”

More testing required

Dr. Karen Remley, former commissioner of health and head of a special task force on testing and contact tracing, said the commonwealth will have to “greatly” expand the number of tests performed each day in order to reopen businesses.

The task force is working to ramp up to testing at least 10,000 individuals daily before businesses are reopened, Remley said.

The expanded testing plan includes hiring contact tracers who will support local health departments’ efforts to identify individuals who may be exposed to COVID-19 and advise them to self-isolate.

Remley said testing has so far been slow in Virginia for several reasons. First, she said, the

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initial guidelines for testing were rigid, allowing only those who were hospitalized or health care workers to be tested.

Testing guidelines were broadened last week to include high-risk individuals, such as those in congregate care centers and nursing homes, as well as pregnant women and the uninsured or under-insured, she said. The state has now issued a letter to all health care providers to encourage them to test symptomatic patients and to teach them the right way to administer the test, Remley said.

By the time the state reaches the fourth stage of testing – when the capacity reaches at least 10,000 a day – testing will include asymptomatic people so officials can get a better sense of how widespread COVID-19 really is in the state, Remley said.

The governor said widespread testing, contract tracing and the use of self-quarantining by those who are exposed is hoped to create an environment in which people feel safe to venture out of their homes and back into businesses, stores and restaurants, Northam said.

“For business to resume, both customers and employees must feel safe,” he said.

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POLICE BRIEFS 20-year-old dies after crash on I-66 ramp A 20-year-old Maryland man has died as a result of injuries he sustained Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on the exit ramp from eastbound Interstate 66 to U.S. 29 in Gainesville.

Phillip Dennis Sorrells, 20, of Germantown, Maryland, was in a passenger in a disabled Toyota Corolla on the ramp from eastbound I-66 when his vehicle was hit from the rear by a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that was exiting from I-66. The crash occurred around 4:10 p.m. Friday, April 24, according to Officer Adam Beard, spokesman for the Prince William County Police Department.

Sorrells was flown to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries where he died on Saturday, April 25, Beard said in a news release.

The driver of the Toyota Corolla, a 61-yearold man also from Germantown, Maryland, was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries, Beard said.

The driver of the Chevrolet Silverado, a 39-year-old Rapidan man, was not injured. Alcohol is not a factor. The investigation continues.

Teen arrested in ‘Snapchat’ armed robbery A Manassas teen was arrested Tuesday, April 21, after an 18-year-old man told police he was robbed at gunpoint during an exchange of tobacco products he had arranged over the online app, “Snapchat.”

Police responded to the 12700 block of Galveston Court in the Manassas area at 6:09 p.m. on April 21 after the 18-year-old victim flagged

down a police officer in the area of Prince William Parkway and Hoadly Road, Carr said.

The man told police he was robbed at gunpoint by a teen whom he met in the area for a sale of tobacco products arranged through the online app.

The victim gave officers information that led to the identity of the accused. Detectives and officers located the teen at his Manassas home, where he was taken into custody without incident, Carr said.

The firearm used in the robbery was located and taken into custody after officers executed a search warrant of the home The suspect, a 16-year-old, was arrested and is being held at the juvenile detention center, Carr said.

police, police said at the time On April 17, detectives with the Prince William County Police Department’s Violent Crime Unit identified and arrested two additional suspects, Victor Obinim and Mchael Ackah. Both are currently incarcerated at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where they were served with warrants related to this case, the police news release said.

Victor Owusu Obinim, 19, of Alexandria, and Michael Ackah, 20, of Alexandria, were both charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and two counts of use of a firearm in commission with a felony.

Both remain Incarcerated in Fairfax County

Two charged in June 7-Eleven robberies

Woodbridge man arrested after shooting himself in the leg

Police have arrested two additional suspects wanted in connection with a pair of robberies at 7-Eleven convenience stores in Prince William County in June 2019.

Two robberies occurred between 12:24 a.m. and 2:46 a.m. on June 24 at the 7-Eleven at 7301 Sudley Road in the Manassas area and at the 7-Eleven at 13360 Minnieville Road in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said in a news release at the time.

In both incidents, the suspects entered the store, approached the counter, brandished a weapon toward the clerk and demanded money, police said. Other suspects appeared to act as lookouts during the robberies, police said.

On June 29 at 1:54 a.m., an additional robbery was attempted at the 7-Eleven at 14517 Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge. Nothing was taken in that robbery and a suspect, identified as a 15-year-old boy, was identified and taken into custody by Alexandria

A Woodbridge man was arrested Sunday after he told police he shot himself in the leg while preparing to store his gun.

On Sunday, April 26, at 10:46 p.m., officers responded to a residence on the 13700 block of Kingsman Road in Woodbridge to investigate a report of shots fired, Prince William County police spokeswoman Officer Renee Carr said in a news release.

Police determined that a man, identified as Mohammad Taimoor Waris, was sitting inside his vehicle and preparing his handgun for storage, when a round discharged and struck his leg.

No other injuries were reported, police said.

Waris was taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries and later charged with reckless handling of a firearm. He was released on a summons to appear in court.

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A fair redistricting process puts principle over party For a change, we Virginians have had some good news! Our legislature, for the second time, and on a bipartisan basis, has done the right thing and put the public good over partisan gain by approving an amendment to the Virginia Constitution establishing an independent redistricting commission. Voters will now have a chance to vote to incorporate this amendment in our Constitution in November. In difficult times, it is nice to see our legislature show leadership – and serve as an example to other states.

Here is the background. For as long as Virginians can remember, legislators in Richmond from both parties have manipulated the map-drawing process that determines legislative districts for their own partisan gain. They draw lines to firm up their own job security in the state legislature, shielding themselves from transparency and accountability, and deciding which party should have an unfair advantage in our congressional delegation. In effect, politicians have made it possible to avoid having to listen to the opinions of voters because they choose their voters.

This year’s legislative session in Richmond was the last chance to give Virginians the opportunity to amend the constitution this fall before the 2020 Census data will be used next year to determine the allocation of government resources for the next decade.

In 2019, the proposed constitutional amendment to create the Virginia Redistricting Commission passed the House by a margin of 83-15 and the Senate unanimously.

At the time, Republicans held a slim majority in both houses.

Since then, the tables have turned and Democrats enjoy unified control of state government. Observers watched

TREVOR POTTER GUEST COLUMN closely to see if Democrats would be singing the same song as last year, since it’s easier to give up power when you have none. After all, politicians rarely give up their power voluntarily.

Nevertheless, after a sustained effort by a diverse coalition of national and in-state groups, that’s exactly what they did. After it passed the Senate, nine Virginia Democrats in the House resisted the chance to seek revenge through the map-drawing process and agreed to give up that power. This move was a rejection of the toxic politics of the current moment we are living in, and an embrace of the long-term public benefit of a more functioning democracy.

They joined Republicans in the minority in a bipartisan effort to pass a landmark constitutional amendment.

If passed by voters in November, Virginia’s new amendment would establish a 16-member commission, made up of eight lawmakers and eight citizens, divided evenly between the two parties. The amendment helps to ensure public feedback and transparency.

Voters nationwide overwhelmingly oppose gerrymandering and are tired of the backroom deals. In fact, as Jesse Wegman of The New York Times editorial board put it in a column, “The more the public learns about it, the more they oppose it.”

Polling shows that Virginia voters support the new redistricting amend-

ment, 70% to 15%. And according to a January 2019 poll commissioned

by Campaign Legal Center of likely 2020 General Election voters, 65% said they favored districts with no partisan bias, even if it meant their own party would win fewer seats.

This makes sense. People understand that majorities in government come and go. Today, it may be your party reaping the benefits of increasingly sophisticated computer modeling to manipulate districts and hold onto power. As soon as the gavel is passed to the other party, you will feel robbed of your voice.

State efforts to fight back against gerrymandering have taken on added urgency after the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal in 2019 to use the U.S. Constitution to stop even the most extreme examples of partisan gerrymandering, shutting the federal courtroom door to legal challenges.

This Supreme Court decision was extremely harmful, but came with a silver lining. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said: “Numerous states are restricting partisan considerations in districting through legislation,” either by legislative enactment or ballot initiative.

The structure of IRCs vary from state to state, but are a valuable citizen tool designed to make the redistricting process fairer by establishing standards for who can serve on the commission and through criteria to improve fairness when drawing district maps.

In a trend that bodes well for Virginia, voters in 2018 opted to pass IRCs in all four states in which they were on the ballot. Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, and Utah all approved ballot measures creating IRCs, and Ohio also passed a bipartisan redistricting reform measure. States such

as Arizona, California and Iowa also have processes that remove politicians from directly drawing the lines and that require consensus.

However, for the Virginia Redistricting Commission to succeed, strong enabling legislation must also be passed. Although Gov. Ralph Northam has approved legislation ensuring strong mapping criteria, more work remains. The House and Senate both must pass identical enabling legislation that ensures the commission reflects the diversity of the state, protects racial and ethnic communities, and places reasonable guardrails on the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Then the fate of the Virginia Redistricting Commission will be left in the hands of the voters. People around the country will be watching to see if Virginia voters take the power back from the politicians. The outcome of November’s vote has the potential not only to create fair maps in Virginia; it could encourage states to adapt nonpartisan citizen commissions from coast to coast.

Trevor Potter, a Fauquier resident, is president of the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan election law organization that serves a leading role in the public advocacy for fair maps in Virginia and has taken legal challenges to gerrymanders to the U.S. Supreme Court. Potter previously served as Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission, was general counsel for Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) in his campaigns for president and U.S. Senate. Potter is a member of the board of directors of Piedmont Media, which owned the Fauquier Times and Prince William Times before they were acquired by the nonprofit Piedmont Media Foundation in 2019.

Who raises taxes during an economic crisis?

Prince William County appears to be headed to producing its own version of the Twilight Zone where the board of county supervisors will actually vote to approve a tax rate that will significantly increase taxes and county spending by tens of millions of dollars.

The clutches of this pernicious coronavirus pandemic are forcing families to reduce their spending.

Meanwhile, our county government is looking to press the gas pedal on their own spending wish list.

I know some will say that this contradicts what’s being shared on social media because Chair Ann Wheeler announced the county would reduce the previously planned tax increase from almost $55 million in new tax revenue to what she’s calling a “flat tax rate.”

A “flat tax rate” is political double-speak for a tax increase – and in

PETE CANDLAND COUNTY SUPERVISOR this case a very big tax increase. Taxes will go up by the assessment increase of your home. Since all homes were assessed Jan. 1 of this year, before the full breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, most taxpayers will see a significant increase in their taxes.

When the scourge of the COVID-19 first hit, Supervisors Jeanine Lawson, Yesli Vega and I called on the newly elected Democratic majority to join us in considering a “flat tax bill” for this year’s budget.

We wanted a realistic budget that

took into account the harsh economic impacts we were anticipating.

Since April 1, 26,474 Prince William County workers filed for unemployment. Thousands of families are out of work and having to rely on far less than they made while employed.

While families sit at their kitchen tables trying to figure out how to pay the mortgage, a car payment, and put food on the table, the board of county supervisors will be wringing their hands over how to get by on “only” a $30 million increase rather than the $55 million they wanted to take from taxpayers.

Chair Ann Wheeler stated in a recent meeting that county government is the “fabric of the community.”

No, county government exists only to serve citizens, we do not exist to serve county government.

I agree that county government plays a vital role in providing key ser-

vices such as fire, police and education, but I believe it’s the people and families of Prince William County who are the real fabric of our community, and we are the ones who are suffering today.

I believe it will be the hard work of Prince William families who will work our way out of this crisis – not the heavy hand of government. If the majority of this board feels that it’s important to add some new spending program, then they should cut some other program that has a lower priority.

County government needs to come to the realization that it’s not “business as usual” where big tax increases are a yearly ritual. Now is the time to stand with the families of Prince William County.

The writer, a Republican, is a Prince William County supervisor who has represented the Gainesville District since 2012.

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Prince William Times | April 29, 2020

Kicking it forward: Soccer star plans to be a Pioneer for life Hannah Nugent hopes to return to school to teach

By Peter Brewington Times Staff Writer

Like any high The Prince school senior William Times who lost their looks at athletes sports season to whose seasons the coronavirus were affected by ca ncel lat ion s , the coronavirus.

Hannah Nugent has tried to adjust and move forward.

But it’s hard not to be reminded of what she lost. The Patriot High attacking midfielder has a Pioneers’ girls soccer schedule at home and still looks at it. “Last Thursday would have been Stonewall,” she said.

For Nugent, playing sports at Patriot has been her everything … and perhaps her future, too, because she hopes to teach at Patriot one day.

In volleyball she was a defensive specialist and setter who flung her 5-foot-3 body around the court with relentless abandon for digs and saves. In soccer, she was ready to take center stage on a team that figured to challenge Battlefield and John Champe for the Cedar Run District title.

“Last year I was starting to get more playing time. It was my time to shine and show what I can do. Not having that makes me feel I didn’t finish something I started and show who I was in that program,” she said.

A soccer player since age 3, she committed to play at NCAA Division 3 Bridgewater College in May 2019. She also looked at University of Lynchburg, Shenandoah University and considered VMI for a while.

“Bridgewater plays in ODAC, I like that competition because there’s not one team that always wins. It’s a battle to see who comes on top. I wanted a school in a community and Bridgewater had that. It’s not far from my house, not super far. I’m close to my family. My sister goes to Radford,” she said.

Nugent plans to major in education and minor in history at Bridgewater. “I want to teach at Patriot and coach there for coach (Katie) Swanson and coach (Kelly Beauchamp-) Payne,” she said.

Nugent said she’s enrolling in a fu-

“It was my time to shine and show what I can do.”

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ture teachers program called Growing Our Own (GOO), which was created to recruit and retain students into education and then return back to PWC to teach. “If I sign something now, you do four years (in college) and come back and have a higher salary. I’ve always wanted to come back and teach at Patriot,” she said.

What happened if she came back and got assigned to teach at archrival Battlefield? “That would be funny.

Since I’d coach at Patriot as soon as the day was over, I’d go straight to Patriot,” she said.

“Hannah is a fantastic young lady who is going to go on and do some great things,” said Amber Tiernan, who teaches a class called Teachers for Tomorrow I/II at Patriot.

During the summer going into her freshman year, Nugent regularly went to Patriot to practice the bleacher mile, a grueling part of volleyball tryouts that consists of running up and down the outside stadium bleachers on both the home and visitor sides four times each. “In all four years at Patriot, she was never beaten in the bleacher mile, not even by her coach who was determined to pass her,” said her mom Hope. Once she was done, Nugent would go back and encourage players still straining to finish.

Although Nugent is staying soccer sharp by going to a turf field and firing shots against her dad, Pat, in goal, losing a last round of games against Battlefield is a major loss for players, coaches, parents and fans. They would have played this past Monday.

It’s girls soccer’s version of “Star Wars” when Patriot and Battlefield met. Each had a lengthy list of college-bound prospects. Patriot has three college-bound seniors in Nugent, Mikayla Schuetz, who’ll attend D-1 Longwood, and Christina Flores, who’ll attend D-2 Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C. Battlefield featured five, including three Division I-bound seniors in Jenna Daunt (Navy), Carleigh Frilles (Coastal Carolina) and Anna Sisson (Delaware), as well as Madison Failla (Spring Hill)

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A diehard competitor, Patriot’s Hannah Nugent says not having soccer “makes me feel I didn’t finish something I started.” and Mackenzie Hitt (Shenandoah).

That means the two rivals, located five miles apart, could almost field their own college team this fall.

Battlefield has won three state titles since 2014, but Patriot has played them on even footing. Last year both teams were at the top of a national ranking when they met for the first time. Patriot won the Cedar Run District regular season title last year, but Battlefield took the tourney crown.

“Every time Battlefield and us play we have George Mason coming. Both teams have so many quality players. Tennessee comes to those games. We’ve had Bridgewater and Christopher Newport,” said Beauchamp-Payne.

Many Bobcats know the Pioneers from travel team soccer. “It makes it more friendly. I can talk to them and joke with them on the field, it’s less serious and scary. Not life or death,” Nugent said.

Nugent wasn’t sure how the games would have played out. “Yeah, I never really know, the day and our team attitude. We did not have that much time with the team. We had some younger girls and I did not get to know them,” she said.

Battlefield and Patriot have a combined 12 girls soccer seniors who’ll play in college.

A giggle fest

To encourage team bonding after the season was wiped out, Patriot girls soccer coach Kelly BeauchampPayne set up a team meeting on Zoom. “Zoom is a great app. To see them face-to-face was great. The first 20 minutes was just laughter.

It’s a funny group, they laugh a lot,” said Beauchamp-Payne.

Patriot Fast Fact

Patriot seniors Christina Flores, Mikayla Schuetz and Hannah Nugent all started off their soccer careers playing together on the same travel team. “I believe it was U9, so they were 8 years old,” said Nugent’s mom, Hope.

Should the COVID-19 pandemic subside a bit, there’s still a chance that the Virginia High School League will let teams play a few games after June 10. So maybe a Battlefield game could still happen.

Ever the optimist, Nugent would be stoked. “Better than no senior season at all,” said Nugent. “I would do it for sure. It would all be for fun.”

PATRIOT: Hannah Nugent (Bridgewater), Mikayla Schuetz (Longwood), Christina Flores (Chowan), Victoria Haugen* (Virginia Tech).

BATTLEFIELD: Jenna Daunt (Navy), Madison Failla (Spring Hill), Carleigh Frilles (Coastal Carolina), Mackenzie Hitt (Shenandoah), Carrie McIntire* (Wake Forest), Olivia Migli* (Duke), Tori Powell* (Virginia Tech), Anna Sisson (Delaware). * Denotes players who played on club teams, but not on the school’s team

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Davis Ford Road: connecting the past to the present

Prince William Times | April 29, 2020

The Old Davis Ford Road Tanyard Hill Rd - Old Bridge Rd Minnieville Rd Elm Farm Rd Prince William Parkway Davis Ford Rd Yates Ford Rd Wellington Rd - Liberia Rd Occoquan Historic District

The old Davis Ford Road followed the path of several roads we know by different names today.

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Kline Farm, to the left of Prince William Parkway.

By Martin Jeter

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Most Prince William County residents are no doubt familiar with Davis Ford Road. But the road that exists today is just a remnant of the original Davis Ford Road, which was once a main thoroughfare that meandered more than 15 miles from the Town of Occoquan to Manassas.

In existence since at least 1820, the old Davis Ford Road included parts of today’s Tanyard Hill Road, Minnieville Road, Elm Farm Road, Pennington Lane, Prince William Parkway and Yates Ford Road.

Today, Prince William Parkway is the primary route between Hoadly Road and Manassas. But that’s mostly a new road, cut through forest back in the mid 1990s. Prior to the parkway, Davis Ford Road was a main cross-county connector. The section between Hoadly Road and Manassas is now retired to “back road” status.

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The road we now know of as Davis Ford Road has been straightened and leveled out over the years, with the 1957 version taking a completely different path in places. In some areas, you can actually see three different paths of the road side-by-side: the current one, the 1957 paved version and the much earlier dirt road.

One area where it was very different was where it crosses the Occoquan River. It followed Occoquan Forest Drive up the hill and back down to cross the river almost perpendicular to the current bridge. The old stone bridge abutment is visible on the east side as you cross the current bridge. The ford preceding the bridge here on Davis family land is where the road got its name. In the 1930s, old Davis Ford Road was little more than one car wide. It wasn’t paved the first time until the late 1940s.

The road traversed an area of small farms, sawmills, timbering operations, schools, churches, stores and dance halls that employed and served the community. Some are still standing.

Starting from Occoquan, the first building still standing from the time of the original Davis Ford Road is Bethel Church at the intersection of Minnieville Road and Smoketown Road. The church was erected in 1850 on land donated by the Glascock family, who were church leaders. The church was used as a hospital and stable by both sides during the Civil War. It was moved back to its current location in 1977.

The Glascock family cemetery is just down Minnieville Road on the right; they came here from Fauquier County in 1851. Burr Glascock and his son William were both county supervisors, Burr being the first from the Occoquan District in 1870.

Just across Minnieville along the right side of Smoketown Road near the Mobil Lube Express is the site of the old Bethel High School, the first high school in eastern Prince William County, which was built in 1914. It was destroyed by lightning in 1927 and rebuilt as a two-room brick elementary school. In 1968, it was re-dedicated as the Muriel Humphrey School For The Mentally Retarded, the first in eastern Prince William with an educational program. It was razed in 1986.

Speaking of Smoketown Road, it has been said the road got it’s name from all the moonshine stills in operation in the area. The smoke hung in the low areas along the road.

Prince William County was reportedly a major supplier of moonshine to Washington, D.C. back in the day.

Just a little farther down Minnieville on the left is the site of the old Russel farm and store. The Russel house still stands next to Cowles Ford and is a great example of the flagstone facing that was common in northern Virginia from the mid-19th century into the 1960s.

(It was Daks restaurant for a number of years before becoming Georgees Grill, which recently closed.)

This was one of the last farms in eastern Prince William County, the land being sold to build a Hechinger hardware store in 1991, which was later converted to Cowles Ford. The

Above: Buckhall Church. Right: Buckhall School Russel Store was the center of commercial and social activity for the Bethel, Smoketown, Agnewville and Hoadly sections of the county.

The store was in operation from the early 1900s until 1977 and was razed in 1992.

After the right turn on Prince William Parkway, just before the intersection with Old Bridge Road near the site of the Chinn Library was the home of six generations of the Chinn family, one of the county’s most prominent African-American families. Mary and Thomas Chinn were former slaves who bought several hundred acres of land here after emancipation. The family had numerous homes and a store, and donated land for the Mt. Olive Church.

Next up as you drive down the Parkway toward Hoadly Road was the town of Hoadly, at the confluence of roads to Occoquan, Manassas, Independent Hill and the towns of Fairfax County via the fords at Wolf Run Shoals and Sallie Davis’s property.

There was a post office here, farms, various homes and at least one store.

As you turn right on Davis Ford Road, it becomes clear what the en-

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tire length of this road once looked like. About a quarter-mile down on the right at Bacon Race Road, you’ll see the old farmhouse on the Purcell Farm. Clinton Purcell, who was born in the house and lived his life on the farm, ceasing farm operations around 1995.

Many folks came to visit Reeces Pavillion dance hall across Bacon Race from the Purcell Farm and Bacon Race Church across Davis Ford Road. This was the first Baptist Church established in in the county, also known as the Occoquan Meeting House and Oak Grove Church. Three different church buildings held services here from 1774 to approximately 1938. The last church collapsed on Christmas Eve 1987. Several Confederate regiments camped there in 1861-62.

Bacon Race Road leads to the sites of various Civil War military encampments, cannon emplacements and rifle pits along the Occoquan. It also leads to Ryons Dam, built on the Occoquan in the 1920s for rural electrification.

See DAVIS FORD RD, page 9 Old Road, current road: Multiple paths of Davis Ford.

The oldest section is on the left and the newer paved path (with the telephone pole) is on the right. The current road is further to the left.

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This was a small mill likely for a few local farmers.

Then you come to the crossing of the Occoquan, where according to reports, there was a dance hall near where the old road crossed the river before it was dammed. The stone grill that was there can still be seen in the water when the level is low enough.

On down the road toward Manassas, you pass the old Buckhall Church, built in 1905. A few hundred feet away is the Buckhall (or Oak Hill) school and the Buckhall store. The one-room schoolhouse was built in 1865 and is reported to be the first public school in western Prince William County. The store was built in the 1940s and was gut-

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Then it’s on to Manassas past the Kline Farm on the left. The Kline family has lived in the county for generations and farmed here until the 1980s.

Other branches of the family owned a drive-in theater and two Kline’s ice cream locations in Manassas.

And finally, as you come to the Manassas city limits, you’ll see the Davis Ford Crossing shopping center across Liberia Avenue on the right, memorializing the western terminus of this historic highway.

Davis Ford Road between Hoadly Road and Yates Ford Road is a wonderful step back to a simpler time when the county was less crowded but still very connected. Folks worked hard on the farms, in the mills and on the timbering operations (and making and selling moonshine!).

They then gathered at the churches, dance halls and stores on the weekends. Davis Ford brought the community together then and now.

Martin Jeter is a resident of the mid-county area who has lived in Prince William since 1983. He is the president of the Mid County Civic Association (midcopw.net) and can be reached at sanmar02@aol.com.

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OBITUARIES Cherie Lea Kate Hardy Cherie Lea Kate Hardy, 47, of Sperryville died April 13, 2020 at Fauquier Hospital.

She was born August 18 , 1972 in Bogalusa, LA , the daughter of William and Ruby Ruth Tannehill.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by a son, Devon Sheehan ; two brothers Mark Hardy (Pia), Bryan Tannehill (Stacey); one sister Desiree’ Tannehill Johnson (Al); as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

A private service will be held at Moser Funeral Home, Saturday May 2, 2020 at 3pm with Covid 19 restrictions in place, with Rev. Frank Fishback officiating.

Online condolences may be given at moserfuneralhome.com.

A. Virginia Kidd A. Virginia Kidd passed at home from this life to her eternal life with our Lord on Saturday, April 25, 2020 after a brief illness.

She is predeceased by her husband, Alford Kidd, Sr., and her daughter, M. Jean Fischer.

She is survived by her three sons, Robert L. Kidd, A. Dean Kidd Jr., Ray C. Kidd, and her two daughters, V. Anne Walker and Leah F. Carter. She also was the proud Granny to 15 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren. She was born in Baltimore MD on December 15, 1920, and was one of 8 children, of whom Jerry is the only remaining survivor.

She was very active as a leader in 4-H, as well as the Prince William County Fair, a Sunday School teacher, and the Secretary of the family business, A.D. Kidd Milk Transportation for over 60 years. Her earlier employment was with the Navy department in Washington DC. But first and foremost, she was Granny, who taught us all how to raise a garden to feed an army of hungry kids and grandkids, how to can vegetables and fruit, how to make do when times were tight, and how to love and care for those in need. Her sunshine smile will always be with us.

There will be a private family funeral, however once we are able to meet in large groups again, there will be a celebration of her life.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Asbury United Methodist Church in Nokesville, VA.

Mary Essig Timmerman Mary Essig Timmerman of Amissville, VA, age 89, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020 at home. Born September 1930 in Reading, PA to the late Paul and Rose Essig, she was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, Edward J Timmerman.

She is survived by her children, Mark Timmerman (wife Carol Timmerman), Barbara Timmerman (husband Michael Denney), Gail Newcomb (husband Fred Newcomb), and Lee Phaup (husband Allen Phaup); grandchildren Seth Timmerman, Samantha Jenkins and Rachel Newcomb; and great grandchildren Tyler, Katie and Lane Jenkins, and MacKenzie Timmerman.

Mary was a stewardess for Eastern Airlines in the early 1950’s. She raised four children, often attending a myriad of equestrian events. For many years, she was very active with the Virginia Republican Party. She served as a Delegate to State Conventions, Precinct Captain and Poll Worker, Vice Chairman of the Culpeper Republican Committee, and Founder and President of the Culpeper County Republican Women’s Committee. She served in various roles for many campaigns, most notably those of President Reagan, U.S. Senator John Warner, State Senator Kevin Miller and State Delegate Andy Guest.

There will be a celebration of Mary’s life held at a later date.

Fond memories and condolences of Mary may be shared with the Timmerman family through clore-english.com.

The Timmerman family has entrusted Clore-English Funeral Home with these arrangements

Ernest Lewis Fortune, Jr. Ernest Lewis Fortune, Jr., age 54, of Bealeton, VA, passed peacefully on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 at Fauquier Hospital.

He was born on January 17th, 1966 in Charlottesville, VA. Ernest was a devoted husband and father, a man that lived for his family and friends.

Ernest was an avid Redskins fan and a local football coach and mentor to young boys in his community, and known by all to have a big smile and a big heart.

Ernest is survived by his wife of 25 years, Traci Fortune; three children, Alicia Jenkins (Kyle) of Dayton, VA, Tre Fortune & Eric Fortune, both of Bealeton, VA; father, Ernest L. Fortune, Sr. of Rapidan, VA; sister, Dee Walton (Nathaniel) of Chesterfield, VA; brother, Jose Fortune (Michelle) of Bowie, MD; and three grandchildren, Adalynn, Champ & Vada ‘V’. He is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Ernest is preceded in death by his mother, Mary Jones Fortune.

Service and interment private. A celebration of Ernest’s life will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a trust fund for his son’s education.

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

Vernal R. Weaver On Thursday, April 23, 2020, Vernal R. Weaver was called to her heavenly home.

She was born on April 1, 1918, to Edward and Hattie Rich in Farnham, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents; 8 siblings; her husband, Clifton M. Weaver; and a daughter, Margo W. Pollard.

Mrs. Weaver was a faithful member of St. James Baptist Church in Bealeton, VA, where she served as a Deaconess and was a member of the Missionary Ministry.

Surviving are her daughters: Peggy W. Pye (Norman), Shirley E. Weaver, and Esther W. Boykins; 9 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; and 14 great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and other family.

Graveside services will be private and a memorial service will be held at a later date.

Online condolences can be given at www.joynesfuneralhome.com

Fredrik Clay Forsberg Fredrik Clay Forsberg passed away suddenly on Good Friday, April 10, 2020. He was born on October 6, 1961 in Norfolk, VA to Bruce Koolage Forsberg and the late Fredrik Hall Forsberg. He is survived by his beloved wife of 20 years, Margaret “Meg” White Forsberg, his mother, Bruce, and his two sisters, Stuart McClintic (Will) and Elizabeth Wadman (David). He is also survived by four nieces, three nephews, two great nieces and one great nephew.

Clay was the son-in-law of Anne Slater Coyner and Arthur Gray Coyner. He also was the brother-in-law to Christian Bedford Coyner (Laura).

Clay attended Norfolk Collegiate School and graduated from Blue Ridge School. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Elon University. Clay worked in sales for MobilityWorks. He took pride in helping the disabled community maintain an independent and active lifestyle.

Clay was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. He enjoyed spending time with his wife and their two dogs, going to the beach and watching the sunset. He loved live music and was an avid sports fan. He lit up a room with his infectious smile and charismatic personality. Clay never met a stranger. He was blessed with an abundance of good friends.

A celebration of life is planned for a later date.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1009 W. Princess Anne Road, Norfolk, VA 23507.

Arrangements are by H.D. Oliver.

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OBITUARIES Carolyn Yelton Pittman

Lucy Jones Wilburn

Carolyn Yelton Pittman, 77, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2020 at the Capital Caring Adler Center hospice facility in Aldie, VA following a brief illness.

She was the beloved wife of Robert C. Pittman of Manassas, VA. They shared over 54 years of marriage and had three children and six grandchildren together.

Born in Marion, NC, Carolyn was the daughter of the late Rayburn and Laura Phillips Yelton. She graduated from Bowman High School in Bakersville, NC, and received a BA in Fine Arts from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where she was a member of the dance team.

For many years, Carolyn served as a substitute teacher for Prince William County elementary schools, and for more than 30 years she worked tirelessly as a successful realtor with both Shannon & Luchs and Weichert Realtors. Carolyn was an accomplished artist and will be remembered for her selfless love and dedication to her children and grandchildren, her quick wit, her love of nature, the beach, the Washington Redskins and watching golf on TV. Carolyn is survived by her husband Robert C. Pittman; son Brian Pittman, wife Jennifer and their sons Mitchell and Connor of Ashburn VA; daughter Susan Luce, husband Joseph and their sons Riley and Cole of Great Falls, VA; daughter Amelia Trout, husband David and their sons Liam and Cameron of Leesburg, VA; and sister Sylvia Yelton Kaneko of Boston, MA. Due to the current mandated restrictions on public gatherings, a memorial service will be held at a later date once it is deemed safe.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation: 1355 Peachtree Steer, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30309.

Memories and condolences may be shared at www.piercefh.com.

Lucy Jones Wilburn, 91, of Catlett, Virginia died at home on April 22, 2020. She was born on April 7, 1929 in Lynchburg, Virginia to the late Edward Worthington and Sue Walker Jones of Lynchburg.

She was a graduate of Longwood College and taught public school for many years in Prince William County, more lately at Nokesville Elementary. She also was a member of the Nokesville United Methodist Church in Nokesville and, later, of the Trinity United Methodist in Catlett.

For 48 years, she was married to the late Joseph William Wilburn. Preceding in death were one son, Wirt “Pinky” Edward Wilburn and a brother, Robert Emory Jones.

She is survived by a brother, Dr. John W. Jones and his wife, Margaret, of Gainesville, FL; son Joseph William Wilburn of Catlett; two daughters, Lucy W. Grubbs and her husband Robert of Troutville, VA and Susan W. Perryman of Front Royal, VA and her grandchildren Susan G. Lugar and her husband, Kevin, of Greenacres, FL; Robert W. Grubbs and his wife, Dana, of Blue Ridge, VA; Charles W. Perryman and his wife, April, of Arlington, VA; and W. David Perryman and his wife, Cynthia, of Los Angeles, CA. Also surviving, great-grandchildren Brandon Lugar, Natalie Lugar, Charlie Grubbs and Ellie Grubbs.

Sincere thanks to Shanae Northam, Hannah Skinner, Sharing Hearts Home Healthcare, and Hospice of the Piedmont for their care and support.

A private service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, Green Hill Cemetery, Altavista, VA with Rev. Steven Little of Trinity United Methodist, Catlett, VA officiating.

Remembrance can be given to Special Olympics of Virginia.

Ollie T. Thompson “Buck”

Lydia Mae Infeld

Ollie T. “Buck” Thompson, 89, of Stephens City, Virginia passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020, at his home.

Mr. Thompson was born in 1930 in Fauquier County, Virginia, son of the late Annie Rose and Ollie Settle Thompson. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during the Korean Conflict, achieving the rank of Corporal. Mr. Thompson was a retired farm mechanic and manager of Rokeby Farms in Upperville, Virginia. He was a member of Upperville Baptist Church for 76 years. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Korean War Veterans, the American Legion in Middleburg and Winchester, Virginia and the Winchester VFW. He married Mary Ann Kirkpatrick on November 9, 1952 in Middleburg, Virginia.

Surviving with his wife is a daughter, Diane Hurst (Skip) of Upperville, Virginia; son, Vance Thompson (Wyndale) of Marshall, Virginia; grandchildren, Jay Thompson of Marshall, Virginia, Stephanie Hurst of Upperville, Virginia, Kayla Hurst of Yorktown, Virginia; and great granddaughter, Ella Royal of Upperville, Virginia.

Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by sisters, Elizabeth White and Louise Leonard; brothers, Walter Thompson, John Rinker Thompson, George Thompson and John Rose.

Due to COVID-19 all services will be private. Interment will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia.

Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Buck to the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation Fund, 10301 McKinstry Mill Road, New Windsor, MD 21776 or Upperville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 53, Upperville, Virginia 20185 or Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia 22601.

Please view obituary and tribute wall at www.ompsfuneralhome.com

Lydia Mae Infeld, age 80, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020, at Lake Manassas Health & Rehabilitation Center in Gainesville, VA. She is survived by her daughter Mara Conner, husband Tom, and daughter Emily, Mill Valley, CA; her daughter Alex Schultz, husband Clay, son Ethan, and daughter Sadie, Chicago, IL; and her sisters Paula Glascock, Warrenton, VA and Nancy Wright, Hume, VA. Mae was born on May 27, 1939, in Marshall, VA to parents Paul and Elizabeth Frame. She studied at James Madison University (formerly Madison College) and received her Bachelor’s degree in Education. After graduating, she went on to teach in Virginia, California, and overseas in England, where she met her husband Paul, to whom she was married for more than fifty years.

Warm, caring, and creative, Mae was the heart of her family. She was actively involved in the lives of her children and grandchildren and prioritized spending time with family and friends. No matter where she lived, Mae always returned to visit family in Virginia. While living in San Antonio, TX, she was also active in her local community, taking on volunteer roles within her neighborhood association, as well as mentoring elementary students. In her later years, she found joy in taking care of her garden, admiring the visiting birds, and cheering on the San Antonio Spurs.

The family will have a private graveside service on Saturday, April 25th, and plan to host a memorial ceremony at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton, VA in the coming months. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Online condolences may be expressed at moserfuneralhome.com

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

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

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MAIN FLOOR ONLY, move in cond, fresh paint, 3BR, 2BA, gas FP , new appliances, Formal DR, lg family/LR, brick rambler, Town of Warrenton. owner pays ALL UTILS & TAKE CARE OF LAWN. $1750/mo, credit report, no smkrs, some pets OK/ owner approval. Owner lives in lower level, but no access to main level. Lg parking area.540-229-7808, leave message w/ contact info. Available Now.

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

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Affordable Roofing with Terry´s Handyman Services, LLC. Licensed & Insured.

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540-428-3050 www. s o u t h s t a r construction.com Power Washing, Go from Green to Clean!!540-642-2349, 703-987-5096. Licensed & Insured!

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

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For the latest information on upcoming book sales, including dates, times and locations, can be found at the Website listed below.

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Announcements Since the closure of nonessential businesses due to COVID19, hairstylists, massage therapists, and manicure workers have been hit hard. Not being able to be in business, especially when so many are self-employed has been devastating to so many. Falcon Heating & Air Conditioning has adopted a program called Shop Local, to help these workers, together with your help.

How It Works When you buy a gift card at a local hair salon, massage therapist, or nail salon and Falcon Heating & Air Conditioning is ready to match it. Email a copy of the gift card and receipt to shoplocal@ falconhvac.com and we will get you another gift card at the same store for up to $20.

Let’s come together and help these amazing local businesses that have had their business taken away during this crisis.

Locations limited to service areas listed on http://www.falconhvac.com/homeowners/ Limit 1 per person for each business. Expires 5/1/2020; Limited to 250

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAXES AND JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL PROPERTY On June 10, 2020, or as soon thereafter as may be effected, actions will be commenced under the authority of Virginia Code §58.1-3965, et seq., to begin proceedings to sell the following parcels of real estate for the payment of City of Manassas delinquent real estate taxes: Property Owner(s) Godwin Business Park, LLC Smitherwood, LLC Batana Rey Aguilar David Lee Dean Thomas W. Cameron William Joseph & Thompson Boyle Linda G. Harris Edgar Mauricio & Reyes Ramirez George D. Greene Trustee San Juan Investments, LLC Fiona Tapper Powers Elizabeth W. Wells Btissam Bouchta Robert P. Blashill Oscar Wood Flying Crown, LLC Tebs, LLC Hajar & Asghar Ghias Robert L. Shelton Hatmi Enterprises, LLC Thu-Thao Nguyen Ecowas Forex Bureau

Tax Map No. 102-06-00-1A-CA 112-01-00-B2 100-11-00-14 100-07-A-5 101-03-00-31 090-02-00-73 090-17-00-7-118 101-25-F-70 101-25-F-64 101-03-00-62 100-42-00-60 089-01-00-63I 101-22-N-9 101-23-H-70 091-05-00-E2 091-03-00-N2 102-01-00-26 100-01-00-132 089-01-00-63B 101-24-M-68 101-18-C-5 101-30-E-7

Account No. TACS No. 36967 612600 33859 612602 23900 612601 19774 612605 18870 612606 21916 626249 31012 612607 31956 612644 30128 612609 28362 612610 35111 612619 29262 612617 21357 612621 22790 612622 29259 612623 27738 612641 23683 612642 31150 612627 27273 612626 26046 612639 20644 612638 30510 612633

Properties subject to delinquent real estate taxes may be redeemed by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest, costs and fees. Payments should be made payable to City of Manassas and mailed to Taxing Authority Consulting  bidders and inquiries regarding the above-listed properties should be directed to TACS at (804) 545-2500, taxsales@taxva.com or www.taxva.com or by mail to: John A. Rife, Esq. Re: City of Manassas County Delinquent RE Taxes Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC  Henrico, VA 23294-1800

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148488-03-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re CORBIN, SOPHIE ANN The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF SOPHIE ANN CORBIN It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) SARAH CHRISTINE NEFF appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/18/ 2020 1:30PM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148812-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TICAS LOPEZ, MARIA The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF MARIA TICAS LOPEZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) MIGUEL ANGEL TICAS FRANCO appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/03/2020 10:30AM Rakia Goldsmith, Deputy Clerk

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148786-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ROBLERO PEREZ, JOSE The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF JOSE PEREZ ROBLERO It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ELEAZIN PEREZ PEREZ appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 05/29/ 2020 10:30AM Rakia Goldsmith, Deputy Clerk

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148787-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ROSALES FAUSTINO, HILDER The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF HILDER ROSALES FAUSTINO It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ATILIO ROSALES DIAZ appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/04/ 2020 10:30AM Rakia Goldsmith, Deputy Clerk

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Legal Notices Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148919-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re FLORES RAMOS MAYNOR ERNESTO The object of this suit is to: GAIN SOLE LEGAL AND PRIMARY PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF YANCI AND MAYNOR It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ROGELIO FLORES CARCAMO appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/05/2020 10:00AM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148814-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TAMAKLOE, PENIEL ELRAM KPORKU The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF PENIEL TAMAKLOE It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) ANNA ADUKWEI ADDD appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/11/ 2020 10:30AM Rakia Goldsmith, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148918-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re FLORES RAMOS, YANCI ELISSETH The object of this suit is to: GAIN SOLE LEGAL AND PRIMARY PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF YANCI AND MAYNOR It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) MIRIAN RAMOS MARROQUIN appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/05/2020 10:00AM Laska Via, Deputy Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ148814-01-00 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY J&DRJUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TAMAKLOE, PENIEL ELRAM KPORKU The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF PENIEL TAMAKLOE It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant (X) NICHOLAS TAMAKLOE appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 06/11/ 2020 10:30AM Rakia Goldsmith, Deputy Clerk

ABC Licenses EAD ENTERTAINMENT, LLC Trading as: Muse Paintbar 14040 Promenade Commons Street, Gainesville, Prince William, Virginia 20155 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY For a WINE AND BEER ON PREMISES – RESTAURANT license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Brian Reynolds, LLC, Manager NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc. virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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Flaggers Full time, to provide traffic control & safety around construction sites. A valid driver license & clean driving record a must.

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Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs)

or those with exp working with children who have developmental disabilities. We are dedicated to helping children grow & be successful in their homes & social environments. We seek professionals who have a willing & teachable attitude, diligence to follow instructions, strong verbal and written communication skills, after school and evening availability. We provide in-home & in-clinic Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services. Part-time: $18-26/hr. Warrenton.

Please email resume and cover letter to: sherry.chlebowski@abcbehavior.org

Millimeter-Wave Engineer

Small Charlottesville business is currently accepting resumes for a Millimeter-Wave Engineer. BScEE Preferred. Job involves RF Engineering activities related to the production and testing of 100-1000GHz Transmitters and Receivers. Recent grads are encouraged to apply.

Retirement and health benefits provided. EOE. Send resume as pdf to: rfengineer2@gmail.com Micron Technology, Inc. has openings for Industrial Engineer Supply and Inventory Control (SIC) in Manassas, VA. Design and coordinate On Time Delivery (OTD) improvement projects with cross functional teams. Mail resume to Nate Burt, 4000 N Flash Drive, MS 2-702, Lehi, Utah 84043.

Please reference Job #10878.2489.

SYSTEM/INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER Small Charlottesville business is currently accepting resumes for an entry level System/Industrial Engineer. BSc Preferred. Job involves tracking & analysis of production and new product introduction (NPI) cycle times, activities related to corrective-and-preventive actions (CAPA) for engineering changes, general quality management system responsibilities, activities related to inventory control, oversight of USAbased technical outsourcing activities, and efficiency improvement studies related to mmWave standardized products production & testing. Recent grads are strongly encouraged to apply. Excellent retirement and health benefits provided. EOE. Send resume as pdf to: rfengineer2@gmail.com

Utility Systems Repairer-Operator (USRO)

Pay for your home over 30 YEARS. Find it in about 30 MINUTES Times Classified 347-4222 or FAX 349-8676

The Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Management and Reliability (OFMR) is seeking an experienced USRO, salary ranging from $26.27 - $30.53 per hour; closing on May 5, 2020. This is a full-time permanent position; duty location is Front Royal, VA. The incumbent will perform a full range of basic operations, maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs to include performing preventative maintenance and repairs on equipment and component parts of refrigeration, air-conditioning, heating, high pressure steam distribution, humidification systems, and boiler systems along with performing fire pump and emergency generator testing. To apply to www.usajobs.gov; create a USAJOBS Profile; search for Jobs and enter the Job Announcement listed above. To obtain information on the Federal Hiring Process for this position or to review other Smithsonian vacancies, visit www.si.edu/ohr. The Smithsonian Institution is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin and/or disability. Final candidate selection will be subject to the applicant’s successful completion of a prescreen background check and subsequent background investigation.

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