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SERVE dishes up holiday helping TRACY BELL
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his holiday season, SERVE is gearing up to assist families and individuals in need as the organization does all throughout the year. Also known as Stafford Emergency Relief through Volunteer Efforts, SERVE is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that assists Stafford County residents. Marilyn Stevens, SERVE’s executive director, said that what the organization needs most from the community as the holidays approach is food. There is an ongoing, continuous need for pantry food, she said, regardless of the time of year. However, SERVE will assist 150 to 200 families for Thanksgiving and another 150 to 200 families around Christmas, Stevens said. “Stafford is growing so quickly and with this growth, we can safely project the need for food pantry assistance to increase,” she said. SERVE distributed 101.9 tons of food last fiscal year and are on target to exceed the amount this year, all with a staff of five and some 25 regular volunteers, Stevens said. SERVE has a food ‘wish list’ on its website that includes spaghetti sauce, crackers, soup, peanut butter, jelly, canned and box meals and canned vegetables, tomatoes and beans. The organization also occasionally needs toiletries, cleaners, laundry items, baby and paper products. The group also lists specific needed items that it includes in its holiday food baskets that are filled with traditional holiday foods, as well as breakfast and lunch items. Stevens said that community donations of turkeys or grocery store gift cards help complete the baskets. SERVE began its mission to help the community in 1979, striving to help alleviate local human suffering by meeting the emergency needs of those experiencing financial crises, and promoting programs to encourage self-sufficiency. “We are so grateful to Stafford for supporting SERVE for 36 years,” Stevens
Stafford Emergency Relief through Volunteer Efforts (SERVE) volunteers Kay Larson, left, and Wendy Bristow, both of North Stafford, organize donated foods in the organization’s pantry. Both women are members of Ebenezer Methodist Church, whose congregation volunteers at SERVE on Tuesdays. ALEKS DOLZENKO| STAFFORD COUNTY SUN
said. “The compassion of our Stafford community has been the catalyst for many families in need to find their way out of their emergencies.” SERVE typically receives its donations and assistance from local residents, Stafford’s churches, schools, civic organizations and businesses, as well as Stafford County government, the Rappahannock United Way and various campaigns and sponsors. The group serves Stafford residents, along with 22 senior citizens and disabled clients from neighboring localities that were grandfathered in when SERVE restructured its service area. In addition to operating a food pantry,
SERVE also offers free programs, services, counseling, events and classes. For instance, SERVE offers a Teenage Christmas Program, accepting donations of teen gifts or $20 gift cards to stores such as Target, Walmart and Old Navy. Stevens explained that the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots focuses its support of SERVE on children up to 14 years old, so community help is needed for older teens. “We have 150 teenagers that will not be receiving a Christmas gift unless we help to provide for this great need,” said Stevens. Volunteers are always needed at SERVE to assist in many ways, including processing food donations and purchased
food, supporting SERVE staff, conducting food drives, filling food boxes, representing SERVE at various community events and serving on the organization’s golf tournament planning committee. The next fundraising golf tournament will be April 29, she added. SERVE Another SERVE program, PAGE 7 Stuff the Truck, relies on
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Gari Melchers’ home, studio a step back in time AMANDA MOTLEY
TERESA “TERI” ANNE FIGUEROA
Gari Melchers’ studio at Belmont.
Kaylee Smith, who was excited to visit the home again. The Smiths have been to Belmont numerous times for activities held on the grounds for children. “My daughter is an artist,” said Jackie Smith. “Every time we come she points out new paintings. We come here with our home-school group to participate in the different activities they have for children. She was very excited to show her dad around.” While Melchers was known for painting portraits of famous figureheads, such as Theodore Roosevelt, some of his favorite subjects were average, everyday people. When they arrived in Stafford, Gari often painted workers on rural farms or mothers with children. “Belmont represents a slice of history that is not usually taught in schools,” said Berreth. “Belmont allows us to interpret and promote how people lived in the 1920s. It showcases how different times were then, while demonstrating some things that haven’t changed. We are fortunate that Belmont is owned by the state, protected and preserved for the public to visit.” A Home for the Holidays 2015 exhibit will be hosted Nov. 27 to Jan. 3, with seasonal house decorations inspired by the Melchers’ stylish hospitality, according to the Belmont website.
Our beloved Teri was a kind, compassionate, and fun loving person. She was also an artist and an inherently creative person. We will miss her wonderful sense of adventure and spirit of playfulness. Her family and friends will always remember how much Teri enjoyed soccer, children, horses and her dogs. We love you Teri and will miss your smiling face! Teri is survived by her spouse, Jorge Figueroa of 15 years; mother, Donna Hunter of Stafford, VA; brother, Hunter Michaels of Los Angeles, CA; two daughter’s, Jacquee Oakes of Austin, TX and Aimee Sava of Melbourne, FL; two granddaughter’s, Olivia Flowers and Janna Oakes of Austin, TX. A wake was held on Sunday, November 15th, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Covenant Funeral Home in Stafford, VA. A funeral service was held on Monday, November 16th at the funeral home chapel. The family appreciated all who attended and celebrated Teri’s life. A contribution fund has been set up where those who want to donate to defray funeral and other expenses - See more at: www. gofundme.com For more information you may contact Hunter Michaels at (310) 487-9475.
STAFFORD COUNTY REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES NOW DUE
Stafford school wins traffic safety award All prizes for the “Save Your TailGate” campaign were funded by a grant from the Allstate Foundation. “ The Allstate Foundation supports programs that have the best potential for improving the lives of youth in our local communities,” said Kyla O’Brien, Allstate Foundation spokesperson. “The ‘Save Your Tail-Gate, Buckle Up” campaign is one of those programs. This grant allows us to give back in a manner that reflects our commitment to the community.”
Teresa “Teri” Anne (Hunter) Figueroa of Stafford, VA, beloved wife, mother, sister, daughter and grandmother, passed away on November 10th, 2015 in her home for unknown causes. Teri was born on December, 6, 1963 in Prince George County, MD to Larry and Donna Hunter. Teri graduated from Laurel High School in 1982 and studied Accounting at Montgomery County Community College and earned an AA degree in Horticulture Technology from NOVA. Teri enjoyed a career in partnership with her husband, Jorge, owning and operating two businesses that included: Virginia Greenturf and Landscapes and Stafford Checkered Flag Taxi Service.
10% penalty will be added to unpaid second half 2015 taxes After Dec. 7th, 2015 and 10% interest starts Jan. 1st, 2016, If you failed to receive your bill please call the Treasurer’s Office at 658-8700. Also, call if you received a real estate bill when it should be paid by your mortgage company. OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm Laura M. Rudy, Treasurer
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radio, Belmont has rare treasures in every corner. The Belmont house holds more than 1,677 of Melchers’ own drawing and paintings. The parlor, on the right side of the house, displays numerous paintings. The parlor and the rest of the house were reconstructed carefully, from the diary of Corrine Melchers. Off the porch is a large hexagonal sunroom that was added in 1916, right after they arrived at Belmont. The large open space is noted as Gari’s favorite place to paint other than his studios. “Many residents of Stafford do not even know we are here, but to understand the history of Stafford you have to start right here near Falmouth,” said David Berreth, museum director. “This is where history started and moved north.” To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1975 public opening of Belmont, Berreth is holding a call for submissions for Belmont Portrayed, a juried exhibition of artistic interpretations of Belmont’s buildings and property, according to the website. The deadline for entries is Dec. 11. The exhibition will be on view to the public from Jan. 23-April 17, with cash awards totaling $2,500 made possible by the Nicky Seay Charitable Fund. One family in particular walked around with their young daughter
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Drew Middle School in Stafford is one of two statewide winners of the 2015 “Save Your TAIL-Gate, Buckle Up” campaign sponsored by Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety (YOVASO), the Virginia State Police and the Allstate Foundation. Drew placed first in the middle school division and Staunton River placed first in the high school division, according to a news release. Drew will receive $500 and a banner for its first-place win among middle schools.
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Tucked behind woods in the southern part of Stafford County is a small historical treasure. While most associate the Stafford and Fredericksburg Area with the Civil War, the Gari Melcher Home and Studio at Belmont strives to prove the area has more history than just the war. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the museum’s opening. The Gari Melcher House and Studio sits on the bank overlooking the Rappahannock River, surrounded by 28 acres of land that is beautifully cultivated in some areas and left natural in others. The location also serves as the official Visitor Center for Stafford County. The property features a historic house, Melcher’s personal art and antique collection, gardens and nature paths that lead down to the Rappahannock. Melchers was an esteemed American artist who won many awards in both Europe and America during his lifetime. At the beginning of his career he traveled to Europe and studied in Germany and later moved to Holland. Melchers and John Singer Sargent became the first American painters to win a Grand Prize at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889. In 1903, he married Corinne Mackall, a Baltimore painter 20 years his junior. The couple bought studio space in New York overlooking Bryant park and a small home where they spent half the year. According to museum guides, they became exhausted with New York life and wanted a more rural place to retreat. The current house was originally built in the 1700s and belonged to the Ficklen family. The couple bought the home in 1916. Both the house and the gallery serve as a time capsule for what life was like in the 1920s. As soon as you enter the historic house you are instantly taken back in time. Paintings that range in size from small to floor-to-ceiling line the walls. Along with the painting are countless artifacts that the couple collected over the course of their travels. From shelves of Chinese porcelain to a French Savonnerie carpet to a classic 1920s American
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of the Pentagon, as part of that 9/11 infamous attack less than 15 years ago, also took the lives of two Aquia Harbour “Give me your tired, your poor, residents — Martha Reszke and my your huddled masses yearning to friendly neighbor who lived across breathe free…” the street, Marian Serva. But not until the ISIS Later, I thought about terrorist threat subsides those innocent women, abroad, let us now insist. working routinely at their Those noble quoted desks that fateful day, sentiments, long ago as Aquia Harbour dedicarved into the base of cated our own September our Statue of Liberty, for memorial 9/11/04 on the generations reflected our BEN BLANKENSHIP banks of Aquia Creek next nation’s sentiments — before the 9/11 terrorist attack that to a lovely park. I had proposed such a local obliterated New York’s World Trade memorial as a tribute to those Center. And lest we forget, much closer women and a reminder that we must to home, the seized airliner that the remain vigilant that their deaths terrorists flew right into the offices weren’t in vain. The memorial, hard
by the bridge on Aquia Creek alongside Aquia Drive, features a flying American flag routinely illuminated at night. Alas, now our nation’s vigilance must again become more intense, I would argue, following those ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris. As a minimum, at least Virginia should close, along with a smattering of other states to date, our own borders, to the extent possible, to immigration from the ISIS-influenced Middle East. To ignore the potential dangers, as the White House apparently wishes us to do, could again be tragic. Right here. Ben Blankenship, a columnist here since 1995, lives in Aquia Harbour. Reach him at info@staffordcountysun.com.
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about. We have seen too many kids die, wounded or psychologically harmed in school because one or more students It seems to me… all parents of high brought guns, knives or some weapon school and even college students today into the school. need to be concerned about the probHow could this happen? How could lems we are seeing in children the parents of the kids with in these age groups. And, the weapons not know their I mean all parents. Many kids had the weapons or parents will say, “I don’t have that they were having probto worry about my child.” lems so severe that they had Unfortunately, you are thought of murder boiling wrong. Sure, your kid may be up inside. How can you miss the pillar of virtue and you HARVEY GOLD such a thing? My wife and I have been the model parent raised two lively sons and they but we can no longer ignore the impact had their share of growing up problems of peer pressure and bullying to make including being exposed to drugs and good kids do what they have been taught alcohol but they did nothing that would not to do. Just look at the reports out of bring shame or grief to us or anyone. Colorado where more than 50 percent of students in a high school were involved I’ve struggled to understand what my in sexting. Some of the girls interviewed wife and countless other parents of our said, and I believe it is true, that they day did to impress necessary values of were bullied into sending nude photos respect, responsibility, accountability of themselves to boys. It seems kids and plain knowing right from wrong today either know how to bully better moral conduct. We never abused our than kids in my day or the kids being children and neither did our parents bullied don’t have the courage to stand but somehow we provided the lessons or standards that they understood. But up to the bullies. I don’t claim to know the answer. they learned right from wrong and had But when I was a kid (and we did have the courage and intelligence to pick right cameras then) if someone told the over wrong. It wasn’t only the parents of our girls I grew up with to take or allowed time but the school administrators and someone to take pictures of them in the teachers who through their character nude so they could be put up on the transmitted lessons of respect for the school bulletin board or on the corner lamppost, the girl would have said, “are law and for one’s self and for others. If they misbehaved in school I trusted the you crazy?” Or, the girl would have told her parents teacher to discipline them. Sadly, discipline has become politiand her father would have marched over to the boys house and either told cally incorrect. Exhibit A is the girl the boy’s parents or grabbed the boy who smart mouthed the teacher when and smacked him around a little bit, told to put her cell phone away and and no one including the boy’s parents smart mouthed the policeman when he would have complained. But today, with told her the same. And then physically the ways we have changed the law that resisting the officer to the point that the father could be sued for libel, slander or officer threw her to the floor. Now the be guilty of assault and battery. officer is the guilty one for overreacting. But, regrettably sexting is not the Have we learned to overlook who caused worst thing all parents have to worry the problem?
Exhibit B is the mother who learned her son was hanging around with a gang and she ran after her son smacking him around the body and head chasing him from the gang and telling him he would not become a gangster. She is the heroine and should become the mother of the year. She was not afraid of the ever present cameras photographing her railing against her son as she chased him in front of the world not in abuse but in love. Hopefully he learned that her love is stronger than any bully’s threat and that her courage to publically display her love to protect and teach her son right from wrong was what she had done. That is what a parent does. The parents of that girl with the cell phone that disrespected her teachers and policeman also disrespected her parents and family. If a child of any age has guns or other weapons or drugs or nude pictures of their friends or any other kid in their bedroom and a parent doesn’t know it, the parent isn’t being a parent. If a child of any age is depressed or agitated or showing signs of using drugs or alcohol and the parents don’t know or recognize it, they are not being a parent. Parenting, whether in Colorado or Columbine or Stafford County, is not always saying yes, or pandering to children’s wishes or buying the latest fad or cell phone, it is keeping a watchful eye on the development of a child and setting the proper moral and ethical standards for that child to follow. If you have any doubt about this, watch the film of the mother chasing and hitting her son. She was just a loving mother who took a stand to make her son a better person. That’s what a parent does. Harvey Gold can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.
Stafford deputies graduate from basic class
The Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office graduated seven deputies from the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy Law Enforcement Officer Basic Class #136 on Nov. 12. Deputies Alexander Budd, Joshua Buzzard, Scott Fulford, Matthew Jacobeen, Megan Johnson, Daniel Reed and Justin Hutcheson joined 19 other law enforcement professionals who also graduated, representing several law enforcement agencies through-out the region. Jacobeen was the recipient of the Top Academic Achievement Award for Law Enforcement Officer Basic Class #136.
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Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Maj. David Decatur, left, and Sheriff Charles Jett, right, pose with new deputies, from left, Alexander Budd, Matthew Jacobeen, Daniel Reed, Megan Johnson, Justin Hutcheson, Scott Fulford and Joshua Buzzard. SUBMITTED
Woman wants answers in dog’s killing
A Stafford woman is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot and killed her German shepherd puppy last month. Elisha Rhoades, who lives on Tacketts Mill Road in Stafford near the intersection of Dunbar Drive, said that she discovered her dog Calvin with a gunshot wound to the head Oct. 12. He was in her front yard, which is surrounded with an invisible fence, she added. The long-haired shepherd was a friendly rescue, she noted, with a sweet disposition. “He didn’t have a mean bone in his body,” she said, adding: “My poor puppy
is dead and there is no justice for Calvin.” Rhoades said that the dog was their pet but also a service dog and working farm dog that herded animals. The whole family, including three children, is devastated, she said. Rhoades first put up a $500 reward and later was offered a match, bringing the total to $1,000. “No one else needs to suffer this — animal or person,” said Rhoades, whose rural property is home to other animals. Nearby, Prince William County police are investigating the death of Zoey, a 5-month-old female German shepherd reported missing Nov. 6 in Nokesville,
and later found dead on the owner’s property. According to the Bristow Beat, the owners believe the puppy was shot. Another of the family’s dogs, 8-year-old Maddie, was also missing and discovered dead the next day. If anyone has information on either of the cases, call Crime Solvers at 703-670-3700 or 1-866-411-TIPS, the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office at 540-658-4400, Stafford County Animal Control at 540-658-7387 or Rhoades at 816-309-2471. — Tracy Bell
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SERVE dishes up holiday helping. 15 Upton Lane, Stafford or P.O. Box 1357, Stafford VA 22555 540-288-9603 www.serve-helps.org with SERVE can fill out a volunteer or group volunteer application on the group’s website. Monetary donations to SERVE are tax-deductible. Food donations are accepted at the organization’s building Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. SERVE also has food drop-off sites at Porter and England Run libraries in Stafford, all Giant stores in Stafford, Present & Past in Stafford’s Chatham Heights and at Treasures in the county’s Ferry Farm. Tracy Bell can be reached at tbell@staffordcountysun.com.
Stafford County supervisors and other employees tour the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center, named for the local Olympic medalist, that is still under construction. The pool complex is expected to open in March. The sport center also features six fields, four of them synthetic. The visitors are leaving the not-yet-completed Olympic-sized pool that has a diving well, at far center, named after Jeff Lenzi, who also won Olympic gold. ALEKS DOLZENKO| STAFFORD COUNTY SUN
Stafford physician elected Medical Society vice speaker Arthur J. Vayer Jr., M.D., was installed as vice speaker of the Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) during the organization’s annual meeting, according to a news release. Vayer, a MSV member since 1999, is a board certified general surgeon at Sentara Surgery Specialists, 2761 Jefferson Davis Highway in Stafford. The practice is part of Sentara Medical Group. In addition to practicing medicine, Vayer serves as a delegate for MSV, as a past president of the Prince William County Medical Society, as a
member of several committe es at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, including as chairman of the performance evaluation committee for Sentara ARTHUR J. VAYER JR., Northern Virginia Medical Center. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
SERVE’s intake manager, Cindy See of North Stafford, tallies food donations at the organization’s pantry. Along with canned and packaged goods, fresh produce and the occasional sweet are distributed to needy families in the county. ALEKS DOLZENKO| STAFFORD COUNTY SUN
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Stafford Crime Solvers’ Holiday Parade 6 p.m.; Courthouse Road vicinity
Stafford Hospital to BPHS Seeking student/school participants Gordon Shelton: 540-840-8992 stockroad691@aol.com
Investment Club Open House 4 p.m.; McCoart Building 1 County Complex Ct., Woodbridge
Stafford Parks & Rec Activities
Novice investors, current trends Ken Wright at 703-801-1465
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History in Your Hands 1 to 2 p.m.
Tactile tour for blind/low sight. Free with pre-registration. 703-784-4469 or jack.oblein@usmc.mil
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Holiday Pickleball Tournament
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The Brooke Point Marching Black-Hawks entertain during the 5th annual Band Together to Fight Hunger fundraiser at Mountain View High School on Monday. All five of the county’s high school bands played to collect food for the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank that serves residents of area counties. For more photos, visit InsideNoVa.com/news/stafford ALEKS DOLZENKO| STAFFORD COUNTY SUN
Dec. 5, 6, 12, 19, 20
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10:30 a.m. to noon; Rowser Building, Stafford
Rikki’s Refuge Re-Tail 3503, Lafayette Blvd., Fredericksburg
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Dec. 19
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Stafford Gymnastics Center 6:30- 9:30 p.m.;$20
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Classes: majorettes, Isshinryu karate, self defense, kendo, Japanese karate, science snoops. Special events: Pirate event, “See you in September” dance, songfest Sundays, senior citizens’ art show, fall family festival. Senior programs: ceramics and crafts, Thursday luncheon, line dancing, monthly bingo and bunco, Thursday night dance club. Some events require advanced registration www.StaffordParks.com for a schedule.
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Stafford County Christmas Parade Stafford Hospital to BPHS 540-840-8992 or stockroad691@aol.com The theme is “All I Want for Christmas.” A mandatory meeting for all participants will be held Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at 1225 Courthouse Rd., Stafford.
Ongoing program; register anytime Monday nights at Stafford Gym & Recreation Center 500 Nelms Circle, Falmouth
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SANTA TRAIN APPROACHING Santa Train online tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23 at www. vrespecialevents.org. Half of the tickets will be sold at ticket outlets and the other half online, according to a news release. Kids and their parents can ride a train and meet Santa and Mrs. Claus on board. Santa’s helpers will be handing out candy canes and coloring books. Tickets are $5 at the outlets and $6 online, with net proceeds benefiting Operation Lifesaver. Payment at the ticket outlets may be made with cash or check, payable to VRE. Online purchases can be made with credit card or a PayPal account. The Saturday, Dec.12, ride is not just for fun and has a serious and important message: “Look, listen and live!” from Operation Lifesaver. Tickets for each station will only be sold at one location (except online sales which will have a limited number of tickets for each train).
All passengers, regardless of age, must have tickets. Regular VRE tickets will NOT be honored for this special event. Tickets will not be sold at the station the day of the event and must be purchased in advance. Ticket sales are limited to 6 per person for most trains. Each train will be an excursion — passengers will return to the same station they begin from. In addition, Operation Lifesaver Santa Trains also work in conjunction with the Marine Corps Toys for Tots. So on December 12th, our Fredericksburg, Manassas, Burke Centre, and Woodbridge stations will be drop off sites for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign. We are, therefore, encouraging everyone to bring a toy to the Santa Trains so that someone less fortunate in the Virginia area can share in the joys of the holidays.
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VMI’s Sanders sets a single-game mark for catches DAVID DRIVER
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VMI’s Aaron Sanders adds a few more yards as the team edges Morehead State 43-40.
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Sanders said road trips are longer in the Southern Conference. “Teams are a lot bigger,” said Sanders, a psychology major. VMI hosts Western Carolina on Nov. 21.
STAFFORD PRODUCTS EXCEL Other Stafford products with college football teams this season included Javon Frazier, a freshman defensive lineman at Liberty University. He played football and basketball at Colonial Forge, where
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Holloway, of Stafford, was suspended for the first six games of the basketball season by first-year head coach Dave Paulsen. The Patriots began the season at home Nov. 13 against Colgate. Holloway, a former Paul VI High standout, averaged 10.9 points per game last season. “We have high expectations for our basketball program, which include an overall commitment to academics, attend all classes and follow team policies. Patrick has not met those responsibilities,” Paulsen said in a statement. Mason plays Nov. 19 at Ole Miss and the next home game is Nov. 28 against Wright State – the first game Holloway will be eligible to play in.
BARRETT NAMED ALL-ODAC Virginia Wesleyan junior hitter Tiffany Barrett of North Stafford High was named an all-ODAC performer this season as she led the conference in kills during regular-season play. No. 2 seed Virginia Wesleyan lost 3-1 to top seed Randolph-Macon in the ODAC title match earlier this month. David Driver can be reached at info@ staffordcountysun.com.
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aron Sanders remembers catching as many as “seven or eight” passes in a game as a high school standout at Brooke Point. But that was nothing compared to his performance for Virginia Military Institute on Oct. 24, when he set a school record with 16 catches in a win at Mercer, 28-21. “They gave us a lot of short routes,” said Sanders, a junior wide receiver who had 58 catches for 901 yards last year as a sophomore. “Everything was working that day.” Sanders didn’t know how many catches he had until the game was over. “I knew it was a lot. I lost track,” Sanders said. His big day helped the Keydets win on the road for the first time in their past 31 games away from Lexington. Sanders has teamed up this year with redshirt sophomore quarterback Al Cobb, who is from Pulaski, Tenn. “We have a great quarterback. We came in at the same time [to VMI],” Sanders said. “We have been through a lot together.” “Our offense was designed to put up a lot of point. We were built to do that,” he added. In the first 10 games this season, Sanders had a team-high 79 catches for 857 yards with two touchdowns. He had seven catches for 61 yards in a 35-14 loss on Nov. 7 to The Citadel, which was ranked No. 22 at the time at the Division I-AA level. Last year Sanders posted the most yards for a VMI wideout since Mark Stock had 1,161 in 1988. Sanders had four touchdowns in 2014 and was second in the Southern Conference with 75.1 receiving yards per game. Sanders caught a pass in all 12 games and had nine games of at least four catches. He had pass plays of 60 yards against Davidson and 52 against the Citadel. Sanders in 2013 for VMI played in all 12 games and got a pass in nine games. He finished the season with 16 catches for 193 yards. He had three catches for 24 yards against The Citadel in the Military Classic of the South. He was a three-year letterman at Brooke Point and played two years of basketball. He was an honorable mention all-region player at wide receiver and had 38 catches and 10 touchdowns for Brooke Point, and he also made 67 tackles on defense. Sanders was part of the Navy ROTC in high school. Sanders, who made his first college visit to VMI, has an uncle who was in the U.S. Army. He said it took some time to adjust to a military education. “At first it did. I started to get used to it,” said Sanders, who is studying psychology. “It is way different than any other school.” VMI played in the Big South during his freshman season and then switched to the Southern Conference.
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FAMILY TECH | MARK STOUT
Wifi is now essential to our lives — here’s how to maximize it
For something most of us didn’t even have 10-15 years ago, wifi has become virtually indispensable in our homes. Sixty-one percent of American homes have wifi. And wifi can be maddening if it fails to reach all rooms in our home. Wifi provides the internet to more and more devices every year. Our first router back around 2003 served two laptops. Today, in an average home, many more devices are linked to wifi routers including laptops, mobile phones, game consoles, portable gaming machines and more. And more devices will continue to login. Devices such as your refrigerator, washing machine, light bulbs, door locks and those little Dash Buttons from Amazon that let you reorder things at the push of a button. Does your wifi reach all areas of your home? If it doesn’t, you are losing valuable functionality. In this column, we’ll tell you how to easily find dead spots in your home and what you can do to get the internet throughout your home. You may already know what rooms don’t have internet, but perhaps you haven’t ever tried to use your wifi connection in your guest room or in the
basement. Guests who have slept there If your router’s signal cannot reach might have been too polite to mention it. rooms where you need the internet, There are apps for your cell phone that there are extenders and other devices will measure your connectivity as you you can purchase to extend the reach of move about the house. your wifi signal. First of course, you have to connect An extender is a small box that plugs your phone to your own wifi. If you need into an electrical outlet. It receives the help with that, check this signal from your wifi and then week’s link post at www.famirebroadcasts it on another lytechonline.com for help. channel. The idea is to put Once that’s done, go to your it somewhere between your phone’s app store, and search router and the room where you “wifi.” You will find a variety do not have a strong signal. of tools. I have always used Where you place it should still Wifi Analyzer. have a good enough signal MARK STOUT The app shows you the and the new signal it puts strength and channels your wireless out should hopefully reach the poorly router uses. Make a quick hand-drawn covered area. map of your home’s layout. On the app, Netgear and TP-link are manufactouch the icon that looks like an Eye at turers I have some experience with and the top right and chooses Signal Meter they make extenders. This week’s link from the menu. Near the bottom, touch post will have Amazon links the prodthe button and choose from your wifi ucts mentioned here. name from the list. Then, walk around Earlier this year, I moved our router to the house and record the signal strength the upper level since we did a lot of our in each room. computing in the bedrooms there. That Ideally, the meter should be in the demolished coverage in our basement, green throughout. and we had occasional need for cover When you are done, make a list of the age there. An extender would not be a good rooms that had less than -60 dbm. Are they rooms you need to have internet access in? solution in that situation. Instead, I
opted for a powerline extender. A powerline extender has two boxes. One box plugs into the wall near your router and connects to your router with a network cable. It takes the internet signal from your router and actually sends it to the second box through the powerline in your house. The other box sits in the room that otherwise wouldn’t have internet connectivity. Some extenders you have to plug a network cable between it and your device. Or, you could buy a second wifi router and hook it in and have a strong wifi signal in that room. Some of the newer ones have their own wifi signal on the other end. Read the product descriptions carefully before choosing one. The ideal solution would be to have an electrician run network cable throughout your home. That is on my list for the custom home I’d build after winning the lottery. That, and heated bathroom floors. For links mentioned in the column or to share this column online, go to http://www.familytechonline.com. For Mark’s contact information, visit markstout.info on the web.
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the Circuit Court of Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA on December 14, 2015 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 8, Section 1, GROUSE POINTE, as the same appears duly subdivided and platted on that plat identified as ''Record Plat Grouse Pointe Section 1,'' recorded among the land records of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 8J 1 8.
ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $13,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashier’s check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustee may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. This is a communication from a debt collector. This notice is an attempt to collect on a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Loan Type: VA (Trustee # 564781)
In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $482,952.00, dated September 10, 2014, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on November 5, 2014, as Instrument Number 140016896, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for TERMS OF SALE: Substitute
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