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Stafford Regional Airport Authoirity Chairman Hank Scharpenberg fields questions and comments from a crowd of some 70 people at the open house and town hall meeting Aug. 11. Photos by Aleks Dolzenko/Stafford County Sun

Airport hosts town hall meeting The Stafford Regional Airport Authority and several county supervisors faced a largely hostile crowd during an open house and town hall meeting Tuesday evening at the airport.

The authority hosted the meeting to present residents with a timeline of the airport’s history, an overview of current operations and plans for expansion.

Authority members also explained their Compatible Land Use guidelines clarifying the types of construction suitable near the airport and the effects of airport operations on neighbors.

Authority Chairman Hank Scharpenberg explained that the airport is planning a runway extension that is expected to bring larger corporate jets and boost the local economy. He added that the flight path to the runway would be altered to its original plan, slightly affecting some residences in the August Forge neighborhood.

While the authority got several compliments for operations and the expansion of the airport from a trailer to a terminal,

Visitors at the open house and town hall meeting view a map of the Stafford Regional Airport.

other residents were not pleased.

New home-owners complained about aircraft noise into the evening hours and the accompanying vibration. Several residents questioned the three Stafford supervisors promoting the airport expansion, Meg Bohmke, Paul Milde and Robert Thomas, who were seated on the dais. The residents wanted to know why they were not informed of airport plans before they bought houses.

Supervisor Paul Milde, Aquia District, said the authority’s Compatible Land Use plan would clarify future expansion and possible effects. He noted that he would like to incorporate the plan into the county’s Capital Improvement Plan.

Scharpenberg pointed out that any expansion of the airport would require public hearings and that the process would be transparent.

Supervisors chairman Gary Snellings, who represents the airport area and sat in the audience as did Supervisors Jack Calavier and Laura Sellers, said he voted against the airport plan in June because it’s too complicated. He added that he was reflecting the sentiments of his constituents.

Cavalier noted that the authority’s plan will have to be tweaked to make it better for residents.

He also added that it was too bad the town hall meeting did not happen before the supervisors voted down the land-use plan.

The Stafford County School Board discussed on Tuesday the schools system’s recent discovery of an $8.6 million surplus, as well as progress on construction at Stafford High School.

During a public comment session, several speakers, including staff members, suggested the surplus be used to boost teacher and paraprofessional salaries.

The school board has not determined how the money will be used and planned to discuss the matter with the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.

School board member Patricia Healy, Rock Hill District, said it was more than disappointing to learn of the recent surplus error. She said that after the school board has all of the facts regarding the error, she will vote for “what I believe in my heart is best for Stafford County.”

Healy said that SCPS didn’t have the staff it would have had last year if it had known there was more money.

“It’s disheartening to know that there were funds available and not used,” she said. “...This whole community has felt the impact of this action.”

Administration for the schools system said the surplus resulted largely from salary lapses when turnover of employees occurs.

There were numerous examples of items being accounted for in the wrong categories when dealing with adopted-budget numbers versus actual expenditures.

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State agency says board meeting was improper JILL PALERMO

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Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart is standing by his decision to retreat into closed session in June to talk about raising board members’ salaries, despite a state agency’s opinion that the discussion was improper under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Stewart, R-At Large, declined to comment on the opinion, which was released Aug. 6 by the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, a state agency charged with guiding public officials about the law.

According to Kevin McNulty, Stewart’s aide, Stewart maintains the board did nothing illegal or unethical by following Acting County Attorney Michelle Robl’s advice that supervisors’ salaries are permissible for closed-session discussion under an exemption that allows boards to discuss personnel matters in private.

But the FOIA Advisory Council’s opinion, signed by Executive Director Maria J.K. Everett, said the board’s June 16 closed-session salary discussion was “devoid of personnel considerations” because the board discussed salary increases generally, not specific employees or individual board members.

Therefore, she wrote, it is “not a proper topic for a closed meeting under the personnel exemption” of the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

As the legal basis for her opinion, Everett cited a 1982 Virginia Attorney General’s opinion about a Fairfax County School Board’s closed session discussion about an administrative change that led to the elimination of a deputy superintendent’s position.

In that instance, the Fairfax board was correct to discuss the topic in private, the opinion said, because the matter affected a specific employee.

The opinion, issued by then-Attorney General Gerald Baliles, goes on to explain that more general policy discussions “devoid of personnel considerations” are not covered by the personnel exemption of the FOIA law. And that’s where Everett found what she called “an informative analogy” for Prince William supervisors’ salary discussion.

“In this instance, as you have described it, the Board met to discuss salary increases generally that would not take effect until after the next election, not to discuss individual members of the Board,” Everett wrote.

The state FOIA Advisory Council considered the matter at the request of Prince William Today and InsideNoVa. com, which first reported the closed meeting June 18. The opinion was based on information in two articles that detailed objections to the discussion from supervisors Pete Candland and Jeanine Lawson, who walked out of the meeting in protest.

The articles also included comments from Stewart, Supervisor Frank Principi, D-Woodbridge, and Supervisor Mike May, R-Occoquan. None disputed that the closed session was held to discuss the salary-increase proposal.

In an email, Robl said she also disagrees with the FOIA Advisory Council’s opinion.

“My advice to the board is confidential and therefore I cannot get into the specifics,” Robl wrote. “However, I will say, in my opinion, the board’s actions with regard to closed session on personnel matters were legal, and I disagree with the recent advisory opinion.”

The proposal at the center of the board’s discussion would have raised supervisors’ annual salaries from $43,422 to $53,795 and the chairman’s salary from $49,452 to $58,032, increases of 24 percent and 17 percent, respectively. At the time, Stewart said the board did not vote on the pay hikes because supervisors could not reach a consensus.

Under state law, supervisors cannot raise their own salaries but during an election year can raise salaries for members who will take office the next January. All board seats are up for election in November.

Candland said he was pleased that the FOIA Advisory Council formally weighed in on the board’s discussion.

“Now it’s been validated that not only was [the discussion] inappropriate

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morally but it was also inappropriate in the eyes of some legally,” Candland said.

“Boards have to be reminded … that closed sessions are not just to be used carte blanche,” he added. “You have to have very specific, defined reasons of why you want to go into closed session, and to me, talking about our pay increases is not justifiable for going to closed session.”

In an emailed statement, Lawson said she was not surprised by the ruling.

“Discussions regarding sitting elected officials’ compensation should always be held in public,” she wrote.

The Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council is a state-funded agency charged by law to “provide opinions about the application and interpretation of Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act,” according to its website. The council has no authority to enforce the law, but issues advisory opinions on matters relating to the law.

Everett’s opinion about the Prince William County Supervisors is the first that directly addresses whether it is appropriate for an elected body to discuss members’ pay in closed session.

The opinion will be added to the agency’s online library, where it can be accessed by the public and other elected boards for future reference.

Jill Palermo can be reached at info@ staffordcountysun.com.

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Memories before Vietnam commemoration Editor’s note: This column ran earlier in the Richmond Times Dispatch.

Marine drill instructors in history. At the ripe old age of 20 at San Diego’s Marine In compliance with federal mandates, Corps Recruit Depot, I helped train several platoons for deployment to Southeast Asia, ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniutilizing the same bombastic techniques. versary of the Vietnam War will be held Recently, I finally found the moral throughout Virginia this year and next. courage to meticulously examine the Like millions who have Vietnam Veterans Memorial waited decades for America to wall. What an incredible relief right the wrongs of a conflicted to actually substantiate that no society that dishonored miliman I trained in boot camp tary men and women, I simply was with the more than 58,000 followed the military directives names of our honored dead. of the commander in chief. I Vietnam was many things should feel proud, but such to many people. For me it was pride carries a painfully cogniDANIEL P. CORTEZ incredible discrimination. tive price.

Hispanic troops, many from A scared but proficiently trained Marine undocumented families, used service lance corporal, I arrived in Da Nang, as the basis to earn legality. The famed Vietnam, one day after my 19th birthday in Marine leadership excelled in battle, but 1970. Landing in a combat zone was accen- was abhorrently missing at base camps. tuated as Marines, armed for battle, were There, amid a rampant drug culture and directed to deplane first. racial confrontations, remained talk of We passed smiling, sympathetic airline fragging officers. stewardesses who had donned flak jackets I’m haunted by memories of McNamaand helmets; the tarmac temperatures rose ra’s 100,000 mental Category IV draftees to 100-plus degrees as we silently observed sandbagging missions rather than fighting scores of coffins stacked nearby. with our Combined Action Platoon. LeadRemarkably, on my first day in Nam, ership voids caused needless deaths of someone “procured” a birthday cake, steak hometown comrades. and beer welcoming to war for the birthday Transferring to a division unit with boy who became a man overnight. Later, considerable supervision and discipline during my first combat engagement, my brought intense battle engagements.

M-16 jammed firing my first bullet amid President Nixon’s drawdown brought me barrages of fire. As I witnessed my first home after a combat promotion to the dead Viet Cong, Armed Forces Radio rank of sergeant. and Television cried out “Good morning, Regrettably, I visualize the carnage daily.

Vietnam!” on a PX radio that was then I still see the blood, hear the screams and obliterated by a direct hit. relive the heartbreak of the casualties and War remains inglorious, bolstered by suicides. It never completely leaves you. poignant bravado and intimidation from Who was the enemy captive in that clanthose in command, young and old. After destine snatch operation I was volunteered Vietnam, I became one of the youngest for? Special weapons and helicopters for

a classified assignment during one of the most harrowing experiences of my life.

Then there were the two-man killer teams, led by an insanely courageous company commander.

Or the intoxicated first sergeant who had a finger shot off bragging how he’d murdered a black Marine in combat. Was it degenerate military arrogance or the racist reality of the times? Such is the ignorant repugnance of war.

The real tragedy surfaced returning home. Unlike my uncle’s gallant return from WWII, there were no victory celebrations, no parades. In spite of my being wounded and decorated for extraordinary heroism, there was ridicule and scorn. High school chums were no longer chummy. Old girlfriends kept their distance. Alcohol abuse was common among returnees.

But life has a way of somehow trying to even things out. My then-young company commander, Second Lt. Lawrence B. Hagel, would become Judge Hagel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Where I took life, my son’s wartime service is with the Air Force’s medical unit saving lives. As a marriage commissioner in the 15th Judicial District, I proudly join couples in matrimony. Many are military combat veterans. The love business remains great therapy for a jaded pacifist.

Incredibly, patriotism is on the rise, but American exceptionalism and the military’s international dominance decline.

Sequestration may be the straw that breaks our military’s back and allows another 9/11, if the administration tolerates ISIS terrorists dictating our national military and moral surrender.

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Neighborhood security is tops

on Aquia Harbour’s police. In the early 1980s, for example, my daughter had been hounded by a former sweetheart. He had sworn to come to our house, pick her up, and depart.

So I notified the gate guards. They alerted me when they saw the guy’s car enter and put a patrol car on his heels to follow him wherever he went. Sure enough, he passed slowly past our house, then disappeared beyond the turn.

A short while later, the cop who had followed him returned to our driveway.

No problem, he said, we won’t see that guy again around here. He told me he slammed the kid up against the hood of his car and read him the riot act.

Sure enough, the kid never returned.

Alas, neither did the cop. He had to be let go because of his brutal treatment of some arrestees, I was told. I should have sent him a case of beer. Never saw him again.

Beyond Aquia Harbour’s gates, of course, the county has long been blessed with Sheriff Charlie Jett’s effective force for good. He retires soon, but his good leadership will continue to benefit us all.

The Tennessee murders of four Marines murder statistic of precisely one, at least and a sailor, plus the ISIS threats and the as long as I and my family have lived here, administration’s downplaying of probable since 1978. Other varieties of violence, connections with Islamic terrorism, raise such as burglaries, have also been at fears and uncertainties locally, consid- minimal levels.

Besides the organized secuering our neighbors working just rity measures, there are other north of here at Quantico Marine important reasons the commuCorps base. nity’s crime rate is so low.

The Aquia Harbour commuImagine trying, as a stranger, to nity, with its security compolocate a residence among Aquia nents, has long been a favorite Harbour’s 2,335 homes. home to families whose members Even with a street map, the serve at Quantico or other security agencies nearby and in D.C. BEN BLANKENSHIP serpentine arrangement of the community’s 37 miles of streets They often must go on extended clandestine assignments elsewhere, so it’s and dead-end coves is enough, not to important that family members feel secure mention the sole entry gate for vehicles, during the absences of their breadwinners to confuse even those of us who have lived here a long time. (A second gate stays — and not to appear susceptible.

That is a major reason Stafford’s largest closed except for emergency use.)

Incidentally, in the early days of the private community, Aquia Harbour, maintains its own police contingent, community when many of the roads with a headquarters near the entry gate were unpaved, the county threatened to and several police vehicles covering the stop circulating school buses to pick up interior. It cooperates fully with Stafford and drop off students. Accordingly, the community improved the situation and County Sheriff ’s Office.

This long-sustained high level of neigh- relieved parents’ concerns.

But even back then, I was totally sold borhood protection has resulted in a

Ben Blankenship, a columnist here since 1995, lives in Aquia Harbour. Reach him at info@staffordcountysun.com.

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with the uncompromising support for victory, not more political expediency.

It is with great trepidation that I await ceremonies being nobly organized by 1st District Congressman Rob Wittman, slated for Aug. 29 at Quantico Marine Base.

There, amid appropriate pomp and circumstance, will be my surreptitious mental transformation back into that 19-year-old invincible Marine warrior unscarred by war’s veracity.

The tragic memories and frequent nightmares from decades of national disrespect will dissipate.

Mercifully, I pray for that day.

Any Vietnam veteran desiring to participate in the recognition ceremony should contact Congressman Wittman’s office at 540-659-2734. The free event open to the public is being held at 10 a.m. Aug. 29 at Little Hall at Quantico Marine Base.

Daniel Cortez, a Northern Virginia political writer and broadcaster, is active in veteran and minority affairs. Reach him at dpcortez1969@yahoo.com.

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Friends of the Rappahannock will hold the 25th annual “Rappahannock Riverfest” at Farley Vale Farm on Route 3 in King George from 4-8 p.m. Sept. 19.

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Fallow field makes way for Sheetz store AMANDA MOTLEY

For the Stafford County Sun

The corner of Garrisonville Road and Furnace Road in Stafford is in midst of a makeover; the fallow field is in the process of becoming a Sheetz convenience store and gas station.

The project has been in the works for more than a year and is set for completion

by December 2015.

Along with gas pumps, Sheetz locations have food counters inside that provide a number of options. The Garrisonville and Furnace roads location will have both indoor and outdoor seating as well, according to building plans.

Sheetz is a family owned company that runs out of their home office in Altoona, Pennsyulvania. According to the Sheetz website, “for over 60 years, Sheetz’s mission has been to serve customers on the go.”

Stafford County is a growing and developing county, which makes the section of Garrisonville and Furnace roads location an ideal location to serve the customer on the go.

Store locations are chosen based on several factors: traffic, convenient access in and out of the store and population, according to Sheetz real estate selector Allen Stevens.

“We are one tenant in a new commercial

development in a growing area of Stafford County, where people live, work and shop,” said Stevens. “Our expanded food and beverage menu along with our fuel sales will offer the area a new convenient shopping option.”

This is the second Sheetz in Stafford County, and the corporation has added four new stores within the region. There are also plans to remodel the existing locations.

According to Stevens, Sheetz formally received its Conditional Use Permit from Stafford County in July of 2014.

They have been reviewing the site plan and building plans with the county this past year, but engineering review plans were put on hold for a short period, when the Walmart was added to the development list in Stafford.

On top of that there are certain guidelines that Sheetz must follow to hold their permits.

The lighting for the surrounding area all has to cut-off lighting with lights that do not face the residential property near by. The delivery hours for the location are restricted from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sheetz will also build acceleration and deceleration lanes on Garrisonville and Furnace roads to aid people entering and exiting the property safely.

The main entrance for the property will A Sheetz convenience store is being built at the corner of Garrisonville and Furnace roads in North Stafford. Aleks Dolzenko/Stafford County Sun be on Furnace Road.

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Stafford students exceed state on most SOLs TRACY BELL

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Stafford students taking their annual Standards of Learning tests have largely exceeded the state’s numbers, according to data released from the Virginia Department of Education.

The 2014-15 SOL testing results are in, and Stafford students as a division exceeded the state on 28 of the 29 tests.

“Our performance represents significant achievement,” said Bruce Benson, superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools.

School board member Patricia Healy, Rock Hill District, said at Tuesday’s school board meeting: “I think this is an accomplishment for the county as well

as the schools system.”

On twelve of the tests, the division exceeded the state by five or more points.

A three-year trend line shows improvement on 18 of the tests, with three remaining level, and eight tests dropping slightly.

On the nine mathematics tests, the division exceeded the state’s performance by an average of five points. On the seven English tests, the division exceeded the state’s performance by an average of four points; and on the five SOL science tests, the division exceeded the state by an average of five points. On the six SOL tests in history and social science, the division exceeded the state by an average of five points.

“It is encouraging to see that Stafford’s performance continues to exceed the state on nearly all the SOL tests, and continues to show a positive trend,” said Benson.

Benson said that SCPS teachers and students are adapting to higher standards that have been implemented in all subject areas over the past several years.

The test scores are just one measure of student performance, he said, but it’s significant.

Stafford, along with King George County, led the immediate area with the highest passing rates in writing in the Fredericksburg region at 83 percent.

Stafford also led the region with a high passing rate of 89 percent in history and

social sciences, and in math, at an 84 percent pass rate.

“We are very proud of our teachers and administrators for providing teaching and learning that engages our students with rigor and relevance,” Benson said.

“In addition, we know that our emphasis on higher-level competencies and skills is resulting in higher scores, but more importantly, our students are being better prepared for a world that will require them to communicate, collaborate and problem-solve, as well as be responsible and contributing citizens.”

For more on local SOL test results, visit doe.virginia.gov.

Tracy Bell can be reached at tbell@staffordcountysun.com.

STAFFORD COUNTY GRADUATES ON THE MOVE Alex R. Marshall graduated with highest distinction with a BLS in leadership and management.

Che yanne Nicole McKinne y graduated with a B.S. in business administration.

Edward H. Milton Jr. graduated with a MBA .

Jamie Lee Newman graduated with a B.A. in English.

Cara Raila graduated with an MBA. Shehan Rajapakse graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in computer science.

Siara Kate Rouzer graduated cum laude with a B.S. in psychology and English with a minor in neuroscience.

Kristal Annette Rusk graduated with a B.S. in psychology.

Elizabeth Marie Samuelsen graduated with a M.Ed. with a concentration in elementary education.

Antonino E. Scimemi graduated cum laude with a BPS with a concentration in information assurance security.

Brittany Nicole Scites graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration with a minor in economics.

Hannah Marie Somers graduated with a B.S. in social environmental science with a minor in environmental sustainability.

Orlando Charles Stewart, Jr. graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in chemistry with an ACS Certified Degree.

He received the American Institute of Chemists Award.

Hannah Sweeney graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in psychology with a minor in business Spanish.

Christopher Ryan Taitt graduated with a B.S. in mathematics.

Albert Michael Tejera graduated with a B.A. in political science.

Stephanie Lee Updegraff graduated with a B.S. in biology.

Christine Valvo graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in studio art. She received the Art Department Award for Excellence.

Kimberlee P. Vizzi graduated cum laude with a B.A. in music.

CITADEL CLASS OF 2015 ANNOUNCED Patrick Faherty and Tanner Shoemaker, both of Stafford County, were among 430 seniors from 34 states who graduated from The Citadel on May 9.

Of those cadets, 148 were commissioned as officers. Top areas of study for the class included business administration, engineering, political science and criminal justice.

RADFORD POSTS DEAN’S LIST Ten Stafford County students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Radford University.

Chadwick Justin Hildebrandt, senior accounting major.

Mary K. Crowell, sophomore prenursing major.

Russell Charles Dixon, sophomore computer science and technology major.

Thomas Patrick Fahy, senior athletic training major.

Daniel Scott Giambattista, senior exercise, sport and health education major.

Kai Asante Kennedy, sophomore criminal justice major.

Elizabeth Paige Knight, senior interdisciplinary studies major.

Ashleigh Marie Patterson, senior exercise, sport and health education major.

Bethany Cate Quintana, senior interdisciplinary studies major.

Michael Alexander Soldner, sophomore finance major.

To be named to the list, a student must have taken 15 or more credit hours and have a grade point average of 3.4 or above with no grade below a C. STAFFORD RESIDENT GRADUATES FROM BC Travis Ferrick graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University’s Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School of Education with a major in secondary education and history.

Commencement was held May 18 in Alumni Stadium on the Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Mass., with more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate degree recipients in the class of 2015.

FRICK NAMED TO DEAN’S LIST Patrick Frick, a member of the class of 2018 from Stafford County, has been named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.

STAFFORD RESIDENTS MAKE DEAN’S LIST Chelsea M. Keyser and Eric J. Szymanski, both from Stafford County, were named to the dean’s list at Potomac State College of West Virginia University for the spring 2015 semester.

To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must be enrolled for at least 12 credit hours of graded courses, earn a 3.0-3.699 grade point average and may have no D, F, or I grades.

VMI DEAN’S LIST The following Virginia Military Institute cadets from Stafford County are among the 756 cadets recently named to the dean’s list for the second semester of 2014-15. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a cadet must have a term grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and no grade below C. Samantha N. Boney, sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Cadet Boney’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A Boney.

Logan S. Carpenter, recent graduate who majored in Chemistry. Cadet Carpenter’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert S Carpenter.

Tyler J. Colgan, freshman majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Cadet Colgan’s parents are Ms. Alicia N Colgan and Mr. Scott M Colgan.

Andrew F. Faulhaber, freshman majoring in Modern Languages and Cultures and International Studies. Cadet Faulhaber’s parents are Maj.and Mrs. Frank Faulhaber IV. Scott C. Hayman Jr. - A junior majoring in International Studies. Cadet Hayman’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Scott C Hayman.

Christina I. Hill - A freshman majoring in Biology. Cadet Hill’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N Hill.

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UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON GRADUATES CLASS OF 2015 Rita Elena Daniel graduated with a M.Ed. with a concentration in PreK-12 ESL. Autumn Dillion graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in English.

Courtney A. Dodge graduated with a B.A. in historic preservation.

Robyn Carol Dow graduated with a M.Ed. in special education.

Jacob Austin Doyle graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English.

Zane Riley Embrey graduated with a B.A. in English: creative writing.

Suleman N Faiz graduated with a BLS in leadership and management.

Stephanie Fenwick graduated with distinction with a B.A. in sociology.

Anna D. Francis graduated with a M.S. in management information systems.

Ashley Ann Gervais graduated with distinction with a B.A. in English: creative writing.

Katelyn Molly Haggerty graduated with a MBA .

Ronald L. Hanner, Jr. graduated with a BLS in leadership and management.

Katherine Mary Henion graduated with a B.A. in English: creative writing.

Calvin Hensley graduated with a B.S. in environmental geology.

Amanda Rae Hoffman graduated with a B.S. in business administration.

Kevin B. Jones II graduated with a BLS in leadership and management.

James Theodore Saúper graduated with distinction with a B.S. in natural environmental science.

TrenezéeVonne Lacy graduated with a M.S. in management information systems.

Caitlin Frances Lang graduated with a M.Ed. with a concentration in elementary education.

Robert Earl Lee graduated with a M.S. in management information systems.

Sharon Lee Mankin graduated with highest distinction with a BPS with a concentration in leadership and management.

Anthony J. Markish graduated with a B.A. in history.

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For the Stafford County Sun

Jae’Wuan Horton, left, of North Stafford High is redshirt freshman defensive end for New Hampshire, picked to finish third in CAA football. The Wildcats play October 17 at William & Mary, which features several Stafford residents. Photo by Gregory Greene.

and won the CAA title with a record of 8-0 before beating Fordham and Chattanooga in the national Division I-AA playoffs before falling, 21-18, to Illinois State to end the season.

Horton sat out last season as a redshirt after helping North Stafford to two straight state playoff semifinal appearances.

He was a senior captain and a twotime First Team all-Commonwealth District selection, a two-time All-Area player, the Conference 15 Defensive Player of the Year, First-team all-Northwest Region 5A, First Team All-State Virginia Preps and First-Team All-State.

Horton finished his senior year with 17 sacks, 76 total tackles and four forced fumbles. Off the field he had a gradepoint average of 3.8 in high school.

Other Stafford players in the CAA are Gordon Collins (Mountain View), a sophomore running back at Richmond; and junior wideout Brandon Ravenel (North Stafford) and sophomore linebacker David Ezeagwu (Colonial Forge), both of JMU. The William and Mary roster includes junior cornerback Trey Reed (Colonial Forge), sophomore offensive lineman Connor Hilland (Brooke Point), senior offensive lineman Nick Easter (Colonial

Forge) and senior defensive tackle Spencer Bopp (Stafford High).

JMU begins its season at home Sept. 5 against Morehead State.

Richmond plays at Maryland on Sept.

5 in the season opener for each team.

William & Mary plays at Lafayette in its first game, also on Sept. 5. The Tribe hosts New Hampshire on October 17 as Horton gets the chance to return home and play in front of family and friends.

“They get to see me play even though I am far from home,” Horton said.

Mountain View with a cumulative total of 183.

Morgan Uhlick’s 43 was the best score of the day, while a 44 from Joe Clift and a 47 from Sean Conlee also proved vital.

Noah LaFleur finished with 49.

Massaponax’s depth was further displayed on Monday when it got a score of 41 from Joel Marshall to help easily beat Potomac at Lee’s Hill Golf Club. The Panthers’ final of 169 was nearly seventy strokes better than their opponent.

Conlee and Clift each posted a 42, while LaFleur’s 44 ensured a dominant day on the links for Massaponax.

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James Madison, William & Mary and Richmond are three state schools that all compete in the Colonial Athletic Association in football. And all three schools have at least one Stafford resident on their roster this season.

Another Stafford resident is in the CAA for football but he is a longer way from home.

Jae’Wuan Horton, a product of North Stafford High, will be a redshirt freshman defensive end for New Hampshire in 2015.

“I played pretty well in high school and coach (Sean McDonnell) came down to the school,” Horton said Monday of the veteran New Hampshire coach. “I guess they saw me on film. My coach (at North Stafford) told me was coming down.”

Horton said he accepted a scholarship to UNH while turning down interest from several other schools, including Holy Cross, Central Connecticut State, Toledo and Bryant, in Rhode Island.

Horton admitted that rural New Hampshire was a big difference from suburban Northern Virginia.

“Once you get on campus you realize how homey it is,” he said of New Hampshire.

Like most true freshman at the school, Horton sat out last year as a redshirt.

This year he hopes to see playing time as a defensive end.

“There is a lot of competition going on,” said Horton, who is studying business finance.

The Wildcats are predicted to finish third this year in the CAA behind Villanova and James Madison.

William and Mary is picked to finish fourth and Richmond fifth, followed by Delaware, Maine, Stony Brook, Towson, Albany, Rhode Island and Elon.

New Hampshire begins the season Sept. 3 at San Jose State and plays its first home game Sept. 26 against Central Connecticut State.

The CAA opener for New Hampshire is at home October 3 against Elon. Last year the Wildcats were 12-2 overall

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STAFFORD SPORTS REPORT | BRIAN WRIGHT The school year is still a few weeks away, but the fall sports season has begun. Golf teed off this past week with several local tournaments. Here is a brief recap of those events.

The defending Conference 4 and Region 6A-South champions graduated three of their top six golfers, but one of the top performers from 2014 remains and has gotten off to a good start in 2015.

Senior Jake Miles was the leading player for Riverbend over the first two days of the Glory Days Sports Charger Challenge played at Pleasant Valley Golf Club in Chantilly. On Monday, he shot an impressive 35 on the front nine and followed that with a 37 on the back.

The next day, Miles carded a 78

— which turned out to be the same score as teammate Matt Deiters. The Bears’ grouping consists of Miles, Deiters, Landon Knapperberger, Logan Lewis, and Nathan DeGallery. Riverbend’s next outing comes on Monday at the Old Hickory Golf Club in Woodbridge – which will feature other Conference 4 teams.

Just behind the Bears in last year’s league standings were the Colonial Forge Eagles. And with the roster mostly intact, there’s little reason to doubt that head coach B.J. Tucker’s squad won’t contend again.

In the Patriot Invitational, held at the Bristow Manor Golf Club, Colonial Forge managed an overall score of 333.

The low number on the Eagles was put up

by Ben Hallet. The senior’s 80 edged out teammates Hunter Brandon (82), Katie Thome (83) and Stuart Butters (88).

Mountain View High doesn’t have as deep a roster as Colonial Forge or Riverbend, but the Wildcats are right up there in terms of experience. Leading the way are seniors Matt Howard and Dominic Castelli along with junior Andrew Tucker. Those three, along with sophomore returnee Austin Cole, put up solid scores on August 6 at The Gauntlet as it faced Massaponax.

In totaling a 196, Howard carded a 44, Cole ended with a 50, while Castelli and Tucker each had 51. But that wasn’t enough to top the Panthers, who bested

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Many starter jobs in IT, such as help desk, repair technician, or printer technician, require a Comptia A+ Certification.

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There are many paths to the first A+ certification. You can begin by going to Comptia’s site and seeing the objectives that are used for the two A+ required tests, the 801 and 802 tests.

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support as they go through the process.

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There are traditional courses you can I attended TRIP classes – a regular A+ take at Northern Virginia Community course at NVCC – and in my final twoCollege to help you prepare. It also has an week push, used Comptia’s CertMaster entire program to help you get ready for program. an entry-level IT job with its Technology CertMaster is a subscription service Retraining Internship Program where it asks a question from (TRIP). This program not only the A+ objectives. You can offers coursework and its own answer it, say you do not know, certification, but also provides or choose two answers. If an opportunity for an internyou are wrong, or choose two ship that will impress hiring answers, it presents information managers. about the topic and then goes on There are grants and other to the next question. financial assistance available to MARK STOUT It requires you to answer each help with the TRIP program. question correctly twice before you can For those without the time, or perhaps finish a module. money, for in-class training, there is a There are separate subscriptions for 801 well-regarded set of videos on Youtube to and 802, and then each additional certiteach you A+, Network+, Security+ and fication. I found the drill useful. I passed others. Professor Messer videos are abso- my two tests on the same day just two days lutely free to watch. He makes his money after completing CertMaster. by selling quizzes, study guides, books and The tests are not simply multiple choice the like. questions; although that is the bulk of each People have successfully passed their test. There are also simulations where A+ tests solely by watching the videos and you might be asked to format a drive, or using other free online materials, although do other real world tasks in a simulated spending a little money on practice tests computer environment. or study guides is often prudent.

Watching the videos and doing CertMesser also offers study groups where master will not be enough to pass. You will he asks viewers questions and they can call need some real world, hands-on time with in to discuss. a PC. You’ll need to know some common His website’s forums also offer ways for command line tasks like formatting a drive, people to discuss the certifications, ask partitioning a new drive, copying files and questions, learn together, and get overall navigating around the directory tree.

The videos will cover a lot of that but to set it into your brain you need to do actually do these things. Messer has a video on setting up VirtualBox so you practice in a virtual computer and not risk screwing up your actual computer.

One thing my NVCC class had us do was to take an ancient, but working desktop and take it apart. We dismantled it completely; removing the CPU and memory from the motherboard, removing the various cards. Finally we removed the motherboard, power supply and fan from the case.

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On another topic, there has been a lot of press about Windows 10 giving away your personal information. The reality is Microsoft is using your information to sync your various Windows 10 devices and allow Cortana to better serve you.

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of the money to take care of support personnel.

Two recommendations discussed since the discovery of the surplus were to use the savings on buses and on a new financial services enterprise resource planning system in the works.

Chris Fulmer, director of Budget and Accounting for SCPS, discovered the discrepancies following the end of the fiscal year in June when a report was run.

Fulmer said the system in place extends back to 2012, and that savings were either transferred to other school needs or listed as leftover funds that the schools system requests to be reappropriated. Transfers were not accounted for when the new budget was being created, staff explained.

Valerie Cottongim, public information officer for SCPS, said that prior to the discovery of the error, there was a complete reorganization of the finance department.

Stricter checks and balances have been put into place through the leadership of Superintendent Bruce Benson, she said. Benson arrived to lead Stafford schools in April 2014.

But one speaker at the public hearing told the school board that getting fancy software won’t help. Instead, SCPS needs competent financial employees who recognize and understand when the numbers they’re putting into the system aren’t correct, or aren’t in correct places. If no one realizes that, she said, new software won’t do any good.

Also at the meeting, the school board

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discussed progress on Stafford High School, which has traveled a rocky path toward its expected opening.

Scott Horan, assistant superintendent for operations at SCPS, said that about 130 contractors have been diligently continuing their work Saturdays, and about 30 on Sundays.

Horan said that SHS Principal Joe Lewis and his staff would be in the school Aug. 24, with boxes being moved in the previous week. The work is 99 percent complete, he added.

“I’m confident we’ll get in there early next week,” he said.

The first day of school is Sept. 8, when students hope to walk into a new $66.6 million rebuilt school.

Also at the meeting, the board: ■ approved a proposed new policy from the superintendent that sets a detailed, structured procedure for classifying new positions or reclassifying existing ones. It requires substantial justification with supporting documentation to validate a request.

Additionally, an executive review team would be established to consider requests resulting from reorganizations based on their requiring evidence of cost and/or productivity efficiencies.

■ approved the adoption of a resolution to authorize an application to the Virginia Public School Authority for the sale of bonds not to exceed $20,310 for the 2015 Fall Pool.

■ heard an annual energy-management program presentation on Stafford County Public Schools’ ongoing efforts to conserve and manage energy.

Tracy Bell can be reached at tbell@staffordcountysun.com.

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