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Bill Howell gets GOP nod for another run

Susan Stimpson could not pull off a Dave Brat-like move and wrest the GOP nomination from Speaker of the House Bill Howell. Howell garnered 4,746 votes in the 28th District to Stimpson’s 2,899 in the primary election June 9. Howell got 78.04 percent of the votes, and Stimpson got 21.96 percent. The 28-year veteran of the General Assembly, Howell won all but 5 of the 23 precincts in the district that includes southern Stafford County and Fredericksburg. Stimpson won the Griffis, Barrett, Aquia and Hampton precincts. Howell and Stimpson tied in Whiston. On his website, Howell wrote after the unofficial votes were announced: “Cessie and I are so grateful for the support we received today and throughout this entire campaign. It’s been a privilege to represent this community in the House of Delegates. “I deeply appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve and am honored to have the trust of my fellow citizens. “I am immensely proud of the positive, grassroots campaign we ran. This was truly a team effort from the very beginning. We are blessed to have made so many friends over the years.” Stimpson came at Howell from the right side of the GOP with support from the tea party. U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated from the right by

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Use of technology in school and reallocation of funds for No Child Left Behind took center stage at Wednesday’s meeting of the Stafford County School Board. The use of cell phones and other electronic devices at school, or BYOD, was a carryover from the previous meeting when

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Dave Brat, who had tea party support in a 2014 Virginia GOP primary. Howell had the support of many of the county’s incumbent Republican politicians, including Supervisors Gary Snellings, Bob Thomas, Cord Sterling, Jack Cavalier and Paul Milde. Stimpson had the support of former county party officials and had been endorsed by Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform. She ran on a platform of “cutting taxes and passing fiscally responsible budgets.” A month before the primary, Stimpson filed a suit charging the State Board of Elections changed rules in the middle of

the absentee balloting process. Stimpson alleged that Howell asked the State Board of Elections to allow online applications with electronic signatures after the voting period had started. A retired judge called in for the case denied Stimpson’s request for an injunction to stop the online absentee ballot applications.

Incumbent Eric L. Olsen outdistanced Jason M. Pelt Incumbent Eric L. Olsen outdistanced Jason M. Pelt for the GOP nomination for Stafford County commonwealth’s attorney

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the board was split on the issue, including the punishment for misuse of tech devices. At the last meeting, the board discussed extending for a second year a pilot program permitting cell phone and electronic device use by students. Most of the board agreed that extending the program beyond the 2015-16 school year would require an addition to the Code

of Conduct to set punishment for misuse. “I would like to see a Code of Conduct that has a more severe penalty for violation during the instructional time,” said George Washington District board member DeWayne McOsker. “That puts some serious teeth into our Code of BYOD Conduct with regards to cell PAGE 9 phone use and violating the

during the primary Tuesday. Olsen pulled in 6,354 votes, or 59.08 percent, to Pelt’s 4,401 ballots from the 28 precincts in the county. Pelt won in Ruby, Widewater, Harbour, Barrett, Aquia, Courthouse, Brooke, Government Island, Grafton and Hampton. The candidates tied in Griffis, according to unofficial results. The clerk of courts contest went to Kathy M. Sterne, who got 5,392 votes, or 50.73 percent. Darrell E. English pulled in 3,993 ballots, or 37.57 percent. GOP Sterne received the majority PAGE 9 of votes in most of the 28

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BOS to hear George Washington proposal JIM LAWRENCE

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After 14 months of discussion, vetting and public hearings, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors soon will be considering a comprehensive plan amendment on use of land at the Centreport corridor, Stafford Regional Airport Authority Chairman Henry Scharpenberg reported at a regularly scheduled meeting of the body Tuesday. A joint committee of the Stafford Planning Commission and the Authority was formed in April 2014 to form a plan on land use in the corridor on the heels of an unsuccessful bid by Groupe Engineering of Woodbridge to develop a traditional neighborhood in that area. Authority officials opposed the developer’s plans, indicating interference with airport operations if the development were built. George Washington Village, a residential development that abuts airport property, will be reviewed by supervisors on June 16. It was not embraced by the Stafford Planning Commission at their recent meeting, said Scharpenberg.

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“They voted twice to deny it,” he said. According to Scharpenberg, the commission voted 6-1 to deny a rezoning request by the developers. Then they asked for an amendment for the rezoning and were turned down by a vote of 7-0. Though airport officials have expressed concerns over land use proposed by the developers, that was ultimately not the reason for the denial. Infrastructure issues were a problem. Strain on school enrollment in all grades would increase and $10 million was offered to build one elementary school, which would cost considerably more, airport manager Ed Wallis said. “People for the Air Race Classic will be arriving June 16,” Wallis said. A “Meet the Racers” barbecue will be held Friday, June 19, from 6-9 p.m. Admission price is $40 per person and will help pay for event activities. Tickets may be purchased at www.airraceclassic.org. The actual race will start June 22. The airport is the starting point of the women-only race.

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The Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office Telecommunicator 1 Theresa Waggy held its annual awards ceremony May 21 are awarded a Unit Citation for their to recognize law enforcement personnel combined efforts in handling two bank who have provided exemplary service robbery calls in addition to multiple to the community, Stafford County additional calls within the same time Sheriff ’s Office spokesman Bill Kennedy period. said. Deputy 1st Class Jason Kreider and “Law enforcement officers put their Deputy Gregory Gabrielli are awarded a lives on the line every day to serve and Letter of Commendation for arresting a protect the citizens of Stafford,” said violent felon. Sheriff Charles Jett. “The awards cereDetective Sgt. 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The Meritorious Award was a Letter of Commendation for their of Commendation for their combined awards: given for emergencies in which a abilities in investigating and solving a Deputy First Class Walter O’Neal II is quick team work that saved a life. Sheriff ’s Office member demonstrated robbery. Deputy Joshua “Bo” Truslow is a a recipient of the Traffic Safety Award for judgment, ingenuity or performance Deputy Justin White is a recipient of the Traffic Safety Unit for overall excel- recipient of a Letter of Commendation that clearly exceeds what is required and a Letter of Commendation for the arrest lence in traffic safety and traffic safety for his work in arresting two breaking expected. of a suspect linked to numerous breakand entering suspects. education. The Commendation Award was given ins along the U.S. 1 corridor. Sgt. Dimas Pinzon is a recipient of a Deputy First Class Brandon Gates is in the instances in which a Sheriff ’s a recipient of the Traffic Safety Award Letter of Commendation for his efforts Master Detective James Fouts is the Office member demonstrated exemplary for Patrol Unit for his continuing work in catching suspects responsible for recipient of a Letter of Commendation service. for his work in starting an investigation to help ensure that the roads in Stafford numerous larcenies from vehicles. A Traffic Safety Award was given to County are safe for motorists. Deputy 1st Class Joseph Floirendo that led to the shutting down of an orgatwo deputies for traffic safety prevenChaplain Ron Thayer is a recipient of is a recipient of a Meritorious Award nized crime operation. tion, education and enforcement. Senior Detective Todd Nosal and a Letter of Commendation for his many for the arrest of a wanted criminal. Sgt. A Community Award was given to years of service to the Sheriff ’s Office. Detective 1st Class Barry Surles are Daniel Purcell is a recipient of a Letter of two residents for their longtime support awarded a Letter of Commendation for Sgt. Brandon Morris, Master Deputy Commendation for his timely assistance of the Sheriff ’s Office. A Unit Citation Thomas Grasso, Deputy Aaron Siegel with the arrest of a wanted criminal. their work on a domestic shooting case. Award was given for overall excellence and Deputy Brandon Boyle are recipiDetective Barry Surles is a recipient of Deputy 1st Class Joseph Floirendo during a specific event or incident. a Letter of Commendation for his efforts ents of a Letter of Commendation for and Deputy Justin Powell received a Individuals were selected by an their effort in arresting a career criminal. 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Hymes moves to Atlanta Braves’ Double A team DAVID DRIVER

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Levi Hyams of Stafford was with his minor league baseball team in the high Single-A Carolina League on June 1 when he was told to see his manager, Luis Salazar. “I really didn’t know what to expect,” said Hyams, a Colonial Forge High graduate who has been in the farm system of the Atlanta Braves since 2012. Hyams, an infielder, was told he was being promoted from the Single-A Carolina Mudcats, based in Zebulon, North Carolina, to the Double-A Mississippi Braves, based in Pearl. “I was super excited. I had to pack all of my gear that night,” Hyams said. The Stafford resident was also surprised, since he was hitting only .221 in the Carolina League before he was promoted. “I was pretty surprised about it. I didn’t feel I was hitting my best. I felt I could be doing better,” he said. But his ability to play several positions has helped. “Levi’s versatility has been a plus - his baseball fundamentals, work ethic and team approach has been a major reason in his move to the next level,” Atlanta farm director and former Baltimore Orioles manager Dave Trembley wrote In his first Double-A game in the Southern League on June 3, Levi Hyams had one hit in four at bats against Jacksonville, a farm in an e-mail to the Sun on June 8. team of the Miami Marlins. Photo by RL Caron

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Then there was the challenge of getting from North Carolina to Mississippi. He drove a few hours the night of June 1 to his parents place in northwest Georgia, about one hour from Atlanta. The following day he drove about six hours to join his team in Mississippi. His Double-A manager, Aaron Holbert, gave him the night off June 2 and he then played in his first Double-A game in the Southern League on June 3 and had one hit in four at bats against Jacksonville, a farm team of the Miami Marlins. Hyams then was hitless in two at bats with two walks and two runs scored on June 5. He then had one hit in two bats in a road game in Montgomery, Alabama. That gave him two hits in eight at bats with his new team in the Southern League. Hyams has played mostly second base in the minors this year but has also seen action at third and he can also play first. It had already been on eventful year for Hyams, who was drafted out of the University of Georgia by the Braves in the 19th round in 2012. He was on the team bus with the Carolina Mudcats May 12 when they had a crash about 3 a.m. in North Carolina on the way to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. “I just had a neck strain and some

bruises,” according to Hyams. A few players were sent to the hospital with minor injuries. Last season with Lynchburg in the Carolina League (the Braves team in that league moved after 2014 from Lynchburg) he hit .238 with two homers and 41 RBIs in 108 games and 370 at bats. Hyams had two homers and eight RBIs in 34 games and 104 at bats this year with Carolina before he was sent to Mississippi. What has he noticed about Double-A pitchers since joining Mississippi? “They locate their stuff a lot better. Off-speed pitches, they can put it where they want to,” he said. Other Stafford products in the minor leagues include outfielder Jarrett Parker, who is at the Triple-A level with the San Francisco Giants, and pitcher Kyle Haynes, who is at Double-A with the Yankees in Trenton, New Jersey. Mountain View High grad Haynes was 0-3 with a stellar ERA of 1.82 in 18 games (two starts) through June 7 while Parker, from Colonial Forge and the University of Virginia, was hitting .267 with 11 homers with Sacramento in games through June 7. Editor’s note: David Driver can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com

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STAFFORD SPORTS REPORT BRIAN WRIGHT

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The teams and participants during this spring season have been narrowed down to a select few. There are local stars on the track, a lacrosse team that recently finished a successful season and a football player who has found a home on the next level.

TRACK AND FIELD At the Group 6A state meet last weekend, held at Todd Stadium in Newport News, Crystal Jones provided a major headline. The Colonial Forge senior won the title in high jump competition at 5-feet-6. The 5A competition, also at Todd Stadium, also produced significant results. North Stafford’s Naukym Mortonwon was the state champ in the 200-meter and was a close second in the 100-meter run. The Wolverines girls’ team of Malika Pride, Whitney Warford,

Leasette Gregory, and Jami Lewis won the 1,600-meter relay, while Brooke Point – featuring Denisha Hoosier, Shalah Smiling, Samiyah Anderson, and Kyauana Gibson – took home first place in the 400. The Black-Hawks also saw individual honors go to Gerimi Parrett, who won the 300-meter hurdles.

LACROSSE Friday night’s Group 6A state quarterfinal match-up for Colonial Forge was just too much to overcome. The Eagles, featuring a young roster, stayed close with the heavily favored Wildcats though the first sixteen minutes of play. But a 3-3 tie would eventually turn into a 19-6 loss in a contest held at Brooke Point High School. Centerville’s 15 unanswered goals in 19 minutes proved to be the dagger in the Eagles’ 17-4 campaign. But there is plenty of promise ahead for a program that just completed its second season of varsity competition. Junior attacker

Kennedy Buechner, who led Forge with three goals on the evening, is one of many players returning to the squad in 2016. In fact, just three starters are graduating. That said, all signs point to head coach Shavaun Roberts’ team being a contender again next year.

FOOTBALL The 2013 National Champions have acquired a local offensive lineman set to head to Tallahassee in 2016. Stafford offensive tackle Josh Ball has orally committed to Florida State, according to published reports. The junior lineman chose the Seminoles over 28

other Division 1 programs, including nearby Atlantic Coast Conference rivals Virginia and Virginia Tech. At 6-7, 300 pounds, Ball is rated by Rivals.com as the 15th-best offensive tackle in the class of ’16 and No. 185 overall. Ball can’t officially sign his letter of intent until National Signing Day next February. The Stafford Indians already have two current players in the NFL – San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Torrey Smith and cornerback Dexter McDougle of the New York Jets. Brian Wright can be reached at info@staffordcountysuncom.

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On opening day of Duff ’s “don’t do dog parks,” Dog Park, the collection and further, often urge of dogs in attendance was students and clients to wide and varied, from a use extreme caution when tiny rat terrier to a gigantic frequenting them. English mastiff and every However, given the size between. One thing they turnout at the opening all had in common was that LAURIE C. WILLIAMS last weekend, one thing is their owners sincerely wanted crystal clear: Dog owners them to have a fun, safe time. Stafford love dog parks. Despite any attempts to County is certainly off to a great start in dissuade them, they are going to use dog providing the opportunity for just that. parks because they want and need places As a general rule, many dog trainers to exercise their dogs and allow them to

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The biggest misconception about dog parks is that they are a place to socialize a dog that has not yet had that opportunity. The set up is better than most I’ve seen, and I’ve been in dog parks around the country. In 2008, I even helped judge a nationwide Dream Dog Park Contest held by dogster.com. Additionally, Stafford County has gone the extra mile by offering the Dog Park Advocate Certification course to its dog park patrons. The objectives of this innovative course is to familiarize visitors with the posted dog park rules (and the reasons behind the rules), educate the participants on basic canine body language and calming and stress signals, dog park etiquette, emergency preparedness and strategies, and other Do’s and Don’t’s that will enhance a dog park experience. The 90-minute free course will be held at Pup ‘N Iron Canine Fitness & Learning Center. Upon completion of the course, participants will earn the distinction of “Dog Park Advocate,” empowering them with better knowledge and preparedness to help ensure a safer park for all. As they say, it takes a village. Think of it as “dog park community policing.” For more information, contact Stafford County Parks & Recreation at staffordparks.com and (540) 658-4871.

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Bernie Sanders, the unstable variable Hillary Clinton, the odds-on favorite to the nomination became a first-class brawl. be the Democratic nominee for president However, there is one other thing to is in an enviable position. watch for. And that’s the upstart opponent: If she doesn’t make any mistakes, doesn’t someone who comes out of nowhere, has get caught up in any big scandals, and runs an unconventional message, and captures a decent campaign, the Democratic nod the imagination of a substantial part of the should be hers. But funny things happen to Democratic base. And, no, I don’t mean candidates who apparently have it all sewed Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. Why he up. Clinton is so well known is running, with his record that as a non-incumbent it’s of high taxes and the mess in almost as if she is the incumBaltimore, is beyond me. But bent. Of the 15 or 17, I’m losing another name, in this case a count, prospective Republican sitting U.S. senator, is far more candidates, only one, Jeb Bush, interesting. His name is Bernie comes close to having substanSanders. There is nothing tial name recognition. But, if conventional about Bernie. DAVID KERR you ask the average person on Sanders is a former the street who Hillary Clinton is, they will mayor of Burlington, Vermont, was the probably be able to tell you. former at-large member of the House of In Virginia, in a model that’s repeated Representatives from that state, and is across the country, she has a powerful now its U.S. senator. And get this: He calls base. The governor, a longtime Clinton himself a Democratic “Socialist.” backer, declared his support the day she To a mainstream, moderate Democratic announced. And the state party is for all voter like myself, I tend to roll my eyes at practical purposes in Hillary’s camp. a label like that. But Bernie, and I hope he But while the conventional wisdom says doesn’t mind my calling him by his first Clinton is a shoo-in, there is a tremen- name, does touch on a few issues that dous risk in being the assumed nominee. Clinton isn’t likely to be as enthusiastic Everyone is waiting for you to stumble. A about. At the moment, it seems her strategy scandal, a public statement that backfires is that of a decided centrist. Sanders, on or even the misbehavior of a subordinate the other hand, is far more to the left. He’s can puncture this perception of invinci- something of a liberal populist. His issues bility. Clinton knows this. That’s why she’s include income inequality, and he articuputting so much time and effort into Iowa lates this very well, abuses on Wall Street, and New Hampshire. She doesn’t want any (Clinton is perceived as being much more surprises. friendly to Wall Street), as well as what he Way back in 2008 Barrack Obama was believes is a lukewarm policy on global sure to win New Hampshire primary, but warming. oops, Hillary won instead and the race for Sanders isn’t likely to dig deep into

Bamboozled again? Yep

“Bring back those lazy, hazy, crazy days regulating water under new regulations of summer….” Nat King Cole’s signature that totally bypassed Congress. And in other political news, former ballad expressed the wish most eloquently. But now it sounds mostly forlorn … and Mar yland Gov. Martin O’Malley announced his candidacy, despite Hillary so yesterday. For today’s summer seems forbidding Clinton’s lock, for the Democratic run for the White House, seemingly and dangerous, not favorable ages from now, to actually replace or even tolerable in lots of President Obama. That will be the places. day. Until then maybe all that we Of course there were the can do about Washington is pray. early-June shivers hereabouts. Back to the EPA, I would Meanwhile, riots head the welcome their storm troopers nightly newscasts... Ferguson, New York, Baltimore: take BEN BLANKENSHIP closer to home, way down the hill in my own back yard, in fact. your pick. They all depict There, as in every year for nearly two conditions and attitudes as grimly as if it’s decades, monsters dwell. When I first some foreign country we’re talking about. And floods…. Houston was never my bought a tiny clump of them, I was assured favorite place to visit while attending Texas they were noninvasive, that they would A&M, because Dallas had more datable stay put where planted. That worked for several years. But you chicks, IMHO. But did you ever see such a huge flood in a major U.S. city like that know there’s something diabolical about bamboo — there, I said it without whining, one? for a change. Incredible. Back in the mid-1980s on a vacation Granted, all that happened before summer began officially. Moreover, by trip to Hilton Head, I had lingered a bit June’s end, EPA will be able to enter your too long at a nursery next to the putt-putt property and abolish any pot-holes or golf course my wife and I had just played, bar ditches on your land in the name of and heard that those pretty little bamboo

However, there is one other thing to watch for. And that’s the upstart opponent: someone who comes out of nowhere, has an unconventional message, and captures the imagination of a substantial part of the Democratic base.

the state delegations, but he is a little like Eugene McCarthy, just without the war in Vietnam. And he may be a rallying point for young voters not as excited about Hillary Clinton. For Sanders, success isn’t necessarily defined in winning the nomination. That’s not likely to happen. But he does offer an unstable political variable. He could, in the most dramatic scenario, gain a significant percentage of the vote in either the caucuses in Iowa or in the New Hampshire primary. Sanders doesn’t have to win to shake up the Clinton campaign. Short of that, he could put a lot of pressure on Clinton and force her to embrace some of his more populist and liberal issues. Either way, he is a lively campaigner, has a good sense of fun, can talk the issues, and certainly isn’t to be taken lightly. David Kerr, a former member of the Stafford County School Board, can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com. shoots were noninvasive. They would stay in one place and not spread. And they did just that for about 20 years. Then something happened. In a few years they became spreading monsters. Friends walking the path behind our property on the trail alongside Aquia Harbour’s power-line easement often noticed them. Some kids would stop and cut a stalk or two for a handy fishing pole. But then last summer, I guess the Dominion Electric Power workers decided my patch of bamboo, once again, must go, much as they had tried to do on several previous visits. They chopped it all down, plowed up the ground and sprayed some awful chemical all over the sizable plot. Nothing much happened until about mid-May this spring. Then sure enough, tiny new sprouts appeared. Now they are some three feet tall, and number maybe a thousand. Nonetheless, one of these days, maybe after we’re all done and gone, they too will die out. Wanna bet? They’ll surely outlive me, and maybe you too. Ben Blankenship, a columnist here since 1995, lives in Aquia Harbour. Reach him at info@staffordcountysun.com.

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It seems to me…you might call the governments that were controlled by a writer George Orwell a kind of prophet. Big Brother-type leader who established Sixty-six years ago he published an epic mind controlling societies that erased book, “1984,” that describes a future the country’s history, established rules super-state society known as Oceania governing every action and found ways to spy on citizens and punish controlled by “Big Brother.” them if they violated Big Oceania was in perpetual war, Brother’s rules. The people with an omnipresent governin “1984” only received the ment and public manipulainformation “Big Brother” tion. It seems we are in a state wanted them to hear. of perpetual war. We have Surveillance in “1984” was governments, including ours, everywhere, with cameras and companies and organiHARVEY GOLD watching every move inside zations spinning the news and outside of homes. and the networks feed us their In the actual year 1984 Hollywood information. As a high school student I read “1984” produced a movie by that name starring and laughed at the possibility that the John Hurt and Richard Burton. Fast forward to 2015. Today cameras world I would live in could become in anyway like Oceania. In 1949 it was are everywhere. Unlike in the novel, great science fiction. When the actual they are not only used by a wide variety year 1984 arrived there may have been of government agencies but by a horde signs that the world was going in the of people photographing virtually every direction of Oceania, but nothing in the aspect of their and our lives and placing it on Facebook. And while our governU.S. was evident. Sure countries like the old Vietnam, ment conducts surveillance in many Russia, China, Cambodia and even little ways, the use does not touch all of us. Cuba among others did have political Ironically, it is the surveillance by our

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precincts, but English got the most votes in Rock Hill, Roseville, Stefaniga, Widewater, Courthouse and Brooke precincts. Jim J. Fry finished with 1,243 votes for 11.7 percent. In the closest race in the area, Wendy Maurer got 897 votes, or 53.97 percent of the ballot, while Adela Bertoldi got 765 votes for the Republican nomination to a seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors from the Rock Hill District.

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fellow citizens that has taken on a “Big Brother” quality. We have little control over who is photographing us, and how they use it is not always covered by law. Even in Stafford schools, students have inappropriately used pictures of other students or sent unflattering or hurtful messages about them in a manner George Orwell never contemplated. In a way the public has become the state creating “news” that is untrue or damaging to those they wish to bully or harm. It is ironic that we yell and scream about any government surveillance but allow the almost unrestrained use of the social media that pervades our lives 24/7.

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highest percentage of students getting free or reduced lunches and will receive funding from this grant. Code of conduct and reappointment The board also approved an athletic and after school code of conduct after several changes requested at a previous meeting were made. While the board passed the document, which will be distributed as sports programs begin this summer, the board requested that Superintendent W. Bruce Benson review it for inclusion of all activities. The marching bands are currently not in the document. The board also voted to extend Benson’s contract for another term that will continue through June 30, 2019. His salary will remain at $200,000 a year.

If we don’t like the “Big Brother” government doing it, then we should teach our children why it is bad and that they may be just a Mini-Me Big Brother.

Recently there was a brouhaha about the use of cell phones in Stafford County schools and the school board was split on what the policy should be. The current policy, referred to as “bring your own device” or BYOD, allows students to bring their devices to school but sets the time and place for their use. This policy doesn’t prevent students from lurking about with their camera phones and then disseminating pictures across the world. It just limits when they can do that. If parents want their children to have phones for their safety, then the phones should be used in school only in an emergency. But allowing these students to use the phones, albeit with some limited restrictions, continues the mind-set that taking pictures and sending messages ad libitum about anyone at any time is a form of “Big Brother” and is unacceptable behavior. If we don’t like the “Big Brother” government doing it, then we should teach our children why it is bad and that they may be just a Mini-Me Big Brother. Better yet, let them read “1984” or rent the movie. And as a good parent should do, help them understand it or one day they may be spying on you.

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