Prince William Times 12/30/2020

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES: 2020 was a year like no other, page 6

December 30, 2020 | Vol. 19, No. 53 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

See PrinceWilliamTimes.com for coronavirus updates Volunteers and workers load boxes of food at Prince William County’s feeding task force warehouse in Manassas. SUBMITTED

Local food banks brace for cuts By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

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Dr. Kara Siford, left, with her mother, Kathryn Siford, who died on April 13 from COVID-19.

President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion emergency coronavirus relief bill Sunday night that will provide $600 checks to millions but gives no additional money to state and local governments. In the Prince William area, that could leave thousands of county residents who depend on area food banks without a reliable source of food in the new year. “If money isn’t going to the counties to get out to the food programs, that’s going to be a huge issue,” said Steve Liga, executive director of Action in the Community Through Service, or ACTS, a Prince William-area nonprofit. See FOOD BANKS, page 3

‘She was at the Police cleared forefront of my mind’ in fatal shooting Vaccinated on Dec. 17, Dr. Kara Siford thought only of her mom By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

It’s been a trying year for Dr. Kara Siford, a Manassas native and family physician who’s treated so many local residents for COVID-19 over the past several months she says she’s nearly lost count. But when she received her first dose of the new Pfizer coronavirus vaccine last week, Siford said she wasn’t thinking so much about her patients -- or even about herself. Instead, her thoughts turned to her mom. Siford’s mother, the late Kathryn “Kathi” Siford,

By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

73, would have been eager to receive the vaccine, Siford said, if only she’d had the chance. The elder Siford died of COVID-19 on April 13, making her one of the first Manassas residents lost to the pandemic. “She was at the forefront of my mind,” Siford said of her mother in a recent interview. “It’s something I know she would have been first in line to get, had she been here. I wish she were. It’s something I hope everyone will take the opportunity to get when they have the opportunity.”

The Dec. 10 fatal police shooting of a 79-yearold Dumfries man was ruled “justified and reasonable,” by Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Ashworth, according to a statement released Monday. Ashworth’s office and the Prince William County Police Department provided new details about the shooting, which took place in the Four Seasons neighborhood outside Dumfries after police responded to an emergency call from a woman who said her husband was armed and threatening suicide.

See DR. SIFORD, page 2

See POLICE, page 8

INSIDE 2020 in Pictures....................................6 Classifieds...........................................10 Obituaries.............................................9

Opinion.................................................5 Puzzle Page..........................................4 Real Estate............................................7 Sports...................................................7

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