Stafford County Sun, November 6, 2015

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Citizens vote Tuesday at the Roseville precinct using the standard paper ballot that is then scanned and tabulated.

Howell keeps House seat TRACY BELL

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William J. “Bill” Howell retained his seat representing the 28th District. Howell, a Republican and member of the House for 28 years, comfortably prevailed over challenger Democrat Kandy Hilliard.

Howell walked away with 8,057, or 60 percent, of the votes, with Hilliard taking 5,270, or more than 39 percent of the votes. There were also 46 write-in votes.

Howell said in a statement that he was excited to continue serving.

“Virginia voters made a clear statement about the future of our Commonwealth tonight, overwhelmingly re-electing a commanding Republican majority in the Virginia House of Delegates,” Howell said. “House Republicans won contested races in the corner of the Commonwealth, including at least 12 races in districts won

by President [Barack] Obama or [Virginia] Sen. Tim Kaine in 2012, proving that our results-oriented governing philosophy is

the best way to unite Virginians of all backgrounds and political persuasions.”

T h e 2 8 t h D i s - WILLIAM J. HOWELL trict includes parts of Stafford and Fredericksburg.

In Stafford, Hilliard won in the Aquia precinct and nearly won the Courthouse precinct; however, it wasn’t nearly enough to topple Howell.

Hilliard, 54, is a former member of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors and previously worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. She now works for the nonprofit Childcare Network.

Howell, 72, of Falmouth, has been Speaker of the House for more than 10 years and a member of the House of Delegates since 1987. He is also an attorney.

In his statement Tuesday night, Howell added: “The governor and his allies spent over $6 million to advance HOWELL their partisan agenda with PAGE 3 little to show for it. Voters said

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Dudenhefer wins back 2nd District seat TRACY BELL

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St af ford C ou nt y resident and Republican Mark Dudenhefer reclaimed the 2nd District House of Delegates seat he lost in the last election, prevailing MARK DUDENHEFER Tuesday over his challenger, Democrat Joshua King.

In a release, Dudenhefer said: “This campaign was about our region having a voice in Richmond on the issues that matter most — fixing transportation, improving schools and creating jobs. With your help, we were victorious tonight and I’m honored to say I’ll be your voice in Richmond.”

Dudenhefer took in 5,838, or 50.4 percent, of the votes, while King claimed 5,710, or just over 49 percent, of the votes.

There were 26 write-in votes.

The 2nd District includes part of

Stafford and Prince William counties.

King, who lives in Woodbridge, won in Prince William County with 64.7 percent of the vote, while Dudenhefer produced a nearly identical result in Stafford with 66.5 percent of the vote. There are 11 precincts in Stafford and 12 in Prince William County.

Dudenhefer served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2012 to 2013, later losing the seat by a narrow margin to Democrat Michael Futrell.

Dudenhefer is a former member of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors who entered politics championing safer roads, transportation and driving.

Dudenhefer said Tuesday that he and his wife, Kay, are thankful for the time and effort the volunteers DUDENHEFER and supporters put into PAGE 13

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Stafford man dies in motorcycle crash Francis G. Plati Jr., 35, of Woodleigh Lane in North Stafford, died in a Maryland hospital after his motorcycle collided with a bus Wednesday morning.

Montgomery County, Maryland, police said Plati was traveling south on Rockville Pike about 6 a.m. when the accident happened.

He was a patient care technician on his was to work at the National Institutes of Health, according to published reports.

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Meetings set for comprehensive plan Stafford County will hold two meetings for public input on amending the County’s Comprehensive Plan. There will be a meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, at Dixon-Smith Middle School, 503 Deacon Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405.

There will also be a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Rodney Thompson Middle School, 75 Walpole St., Stafford, VA 22554.

The Comprehensive Plan

Subcommittee of the Planning Commission is in the process of amending the Comprehensive Plan, specifically to amend currently designated Urban Development Areas and to consider a five-year update to the Comprehensive Plan.

The Current Comprehensive Plan and associated maps are available for review in advance of the meeting on the Stafford County website at http://staffordcountyva.gov/compplan or in person at

the Community Development Service Center, 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For more information about the Stafford County Comprehensive Plan Amendments, the public meetings, or to submit comments, please contact Michael Zuraf or Erica Ehly at (540) 658-8668 or by email at mzuraf@staffordcountyva.gov or eehly@staffordcountyva.gov.

ELECTION RESULTS came from the White Oak precinct, with 824 votes.

Skoloda’s greatest tally was in the Hampton precinct with 388 votes, or 39.84 percent of the ballots in the precinct.

DECATUR PROMOTED TO SHERIFF In the race for Stafford County sheriff, Republican David Decatur outdistanced independent Chuck Feldbush by a total of 16,608 to 4,448.

The largest tally came DAVID DECATUR from the Grafton precinct, with 950 votes, or 83.85 percent.

Decatur won in all precincts, and Feldbush’s best showing was in Stefinga with 238 votes, to Decatur’s 866 votes.

MAURER TAKES SUPERVISOR SEAT In the race for Stafford County supervisor in the Rock Hill District, Republican Wendy Maurer received 2,107 votes, while independents R ob e r t Gi bb ons got 1,395 and Paul Waldowski got 258.

WENDY MAURER Maurer got 697 votes in the Stefaniga precinct and 589 in Roseville; she went on to win in all five precincts against her challengers.

STERNE WINS CLERK OF COURTS In the race for clerk of courts for Stafford County, Democrat S.Z. Skoloda garnered 5,559 votes to 15,357 for Republican Kathy Sterne.

KATHY STERNE Sterne’s largest tally

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clearly tonight they want a governing vision that offers real ideas on jobs, K-12 education and transportation, not Washington-style rhetoric.”

Howell said that together the House and Senate form a strong governing majority that will continue to lead on the issues

CAVALIER HOLDS BOS SEAT In the Stafford County supervisor’s race in the GriffisWidewater District race, Republican Jack Cavalier held on to his seat for another term with 1,389 votes. Challenger Democrat Milton JACK CAVALIER Bratton garnered 858 votes.

Cavalier’s strongest showing was in the Harbour precinct, where he outdistanced Bratton, 483 votes to 167 votes.

Cavalier won in all precincts.

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FALLON WINS FOR SCHOOL BOARD In the GriffisWidewater District of the Stafford County school board race, Emily Fallon beat out Dana Reinboldt by 1,247 votes to 960 votes, or winning

that matter most to Virginians. He said he looks forward to working with a Republican Senate majority to craft a conservative, responsible budget proposal.

In the coming weeks, House Republicans will outline policy proposals on healthcare, K-12 education and economic development, Howell added, noting that the goal remains to offer real solutions that move

with 55.99 percent of the ballots cast.

Fallon won in each of the precincts, with Widewater garnering the most votes, 438, to Reinboldt’s 327 votes.

MCOSKER RETURNS TO SCHOOL BOARD In the Stafford County school board races, the challengers in the George Washington District split the vote and returned Dewayne McOsker with 1,250 votes, while Carol Medawar got 797 and Donna DEWAYNE MCOSKER Oliver pulled in 1,179 votes.

McOsker was first in the Ferry Farm precinct with 446 votes. The other precincts went to his opponents. He won the seat with 38.53 percent of the vote, while Oliver got 36.34 percent and Medawar got 24.57 percent.

HEALY RETAINS POSITION The Rock Hill school board race saw incumbent Patricia Healy outdistance Dean Fetterolf by 2,466 to 1,247 votes, getting 66.15 percent of the vote.

She pulled in 723 votes in the Roseville PATRICIA HEALY precinct and 688 in Stefaniga. Fetterolf ’s best showing was in Stefaniga, where he got 409 votes, or 37.15 percent.

Prince William and Stafford counties, roughly along the U.S. 1 corridor.

Surovell garnered 17,110 votes to Foreman’s 11,222 votes.

Surovell was elected to the House of Delegates in 2009 and is the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. He lives in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County.

G.A. CANDIDATES WHO RAN UNOPPOSED Unopposed in the General Assembly race is the seat for the Senate 27th District, held by Jill Vogel, who totaled 34,192 votes. In Stafford County, she got 1,565 votes. The district includes a small portion of western Stafford County and Clarke County, Frederick County, Winchester City, Fauquier County and parts of Culpeper and Loudoun counties.

In the Senate 28th District, Richard Stuart, got 29,607 votes. In Stafford County, he received 14,131 votes. The district includes parts of King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Westmoreland counties.

In the House of Delegates 88th District, Mark Cole got 11,119 votes, with 3,620 of those coming from Stafford County. The district includes parts of Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Fredericksburg.

SUROVELL WINS IN 36TH DISTRICT Del. Scott Surovell, D-44th District, won his bid to succeed retiring longserving Democrat Sen. Linda T. “Toddy Puller for the 36th state Senate seat.

Surovell beat Dumfries Mayor Gerald “Jerry” Foreman, a Republican in the district that includes portions of Fairfax,

NO OPPOSITION IN STAFFORD Unopposed candidates on the county level in the 2015 general election include Commissioner of Revenue, Scott Mayausky, who got 18,432 votes; Treasurer, Laura Rudy, who got 18,960 votes; Soil and Water Conservation Director race for two has only Mike Anderson on the ballot, with 17,709 votes; and supervisor for George Washington District race, Robert Thomas, who got 2,585 votes.

Virginia forward.

“We are confident we will continue to deliver,” he said.

Howell also congratulated Senate leaders and welcomed new members of the House of Delegates.

“Serving in the House of Delegates, the oldest continuously-elected lawmaking body in the new world, is a distinct honor

and privilege,” he said, “but it also comes with a responsibility to serve our fellow citizens with the highest standards. To those who did not win, Republican or Democrat, I know you wished for different results, but the Commonwealth is grateful for your willingness to serve.”

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

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OLSEN KEEPS COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY SEAT Stafford County C o m m o n w e a l t h’s Attorney Eric Olsen prevailed over challenger Tim Barbrow to keep his position.

Olsen, a Republ i c an, garnered ERIC OLSEN 13,617 votes, or 64.3 percent, while Barbrow raked in 7,495 votes or just over 35.3 percent.

Barbrow came the closest to his opponent in the Courthouse and England Run precincts, gathering nearly 46 percent of the votes and 47 percent respectively, within the precinct. Olsen prevailed in other precincts.

Olsen was elected to his position in 2011 after serving as a full-time Stafford County prosecutor since 1989.

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Stafford made its choices

like someone had a grudge against him. It has also been suggested that another GOP member of the board, not fond of Jack, was helping some of those who wanted him replaced. It’s hard to tell whether this is true or not. But it’s possible. Either way, he easily prevailed and won by a landslide.

When it comes to the school board, there seemed to be one strong factor that determined the victory. Besides the GOP endorsement, it was how adamant you were about countering concerns over the apparent mismanagement of the school budget. The $8.3-million “found money” upset a lot of people. Both Tricia Healy (Rock Hill) and Dewayne McCosker (George Washington) took strong stands for budget reform and they both won.

There wasn’t much to be surprised about when it came to the constitutional officers. No constitutional officer since the early 1960s, and that’s treasurer, commissioner of the revenue, sheriff or commonwealth’s attorney, has lost reelection. And the same goes for candidates who rose through the office ranks and were generally favored by their predecessor or the other constitutional officers. In other words, no one had any real worries.

There are lots of issues coming up: locally, there is growth, schools and crime.

Statewide, there is transportation, education funding, guns and Medicaid expansion. As for our county, we all weighed in and made our choice about what we believed and who want to have handle these matters. And now will someone please pick up all those darned signs.

David Kerr, a former member of the Stafford County School Board, can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.

Driving under the influence

So are we making it more difficult to pass the driving test? The answer is no, if the recent actions in Virginia, Florida, California, Maryland, Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming are indicative of the direction we are headed. These states have eliminated the requirement of parallel parking from their driving tests for a driver’s license. While parking a car seems like a benign activity, knowing how to maneuver a car in every situation should be compulsory.

So, what’s next? Will we eliminate the requirement to use our turn signals?

Many folks don’t use them anyway. Just think, if they do away with the requirement to use the turn signals, the turn signal lever would be a great place to hang a cell phone, a can of beer, a container of cosmetics, a newspaper or better yet, maybe your insurance policy, which you may need when the accident comes out of nowhere because you or someone else was distracted.

It will take a couple of weeks before 2nd District, which is split between Prince all the campaign signs disappear. Some William and North Stafford, Mark Dudenpeople complain about this as if it’s some hefer, a former member of the Stafford horrible plague, but the clutter is only County Board of Supervisors, who lost temporary. After all, there are plenty this seat in 2013, won it back. However it of countries where such expressions of was a razor-thin victory. The Democrats, political preference would be met with in this highly marginal seat, are probably a midnight visit by the police. So, hey, anxious for a rematch in 2017.

But, on to the board of supervisors. what’s a few signs?

As one keen observer put it In Stafford, our yearly exeryears ago, a single new face cise in democracy — and yes, can change the entire personin Virginia we manage to have ality of the board of supervian election every year — was sors. There is plenty of proof surprisingly lively. Someof this, and Stafford will have times, there is hardly any a new face in Wendy Maurer. competition at all and all you She decisively beat former can hear are the crickets, but DAVID KERR board member Bob Gibbons not this year. and activist Paul Waldowski. It was by far And that made it fun. There were good candidates and some lively debates. And the friendliest race in the county, but the most of all, with a couple of exceptions, voters made a clear choice.

To say that Wendy is dynamic is an they were clean and friendly campaigns.

Perhaps the easiest way to sum up the understatement. She is one of those “force outcome is by saying “Republican sweep.” of nature types,” whose energy, which is No Republican candidate or Republican- seemingly boundless, along with her keen backed candidate lost. At the top of the intelligence, just might shake up of the ticket for most of Stafford and Fredericks- board a bit. She isn’t interested in answers burg (the 28th District), Bill Howell won like “that’s the way we’ve always done it” a commanding victory. He proved in this or “that might upset someone.” She is election that this is his seat as long as he going to be fun to watch, and she is probably going to be good for the county. wants it.

Jack Cavalier (Griffis-Widewater) won Level whatever charge you want.

Whether it’s about supposed left-wing decisively, but his race against Democrat tendencies, as was argued during the GOP Milton Bratton was a little less friendly. primary, or his opposition to Medicaid Milton, himself, proved a cordial and expansion, which was the principle well mannered candidate, but there were charge by the Democrats in the general people, mostly from outside the district upset about the naming of the aquatic election, they just didn’t stick.

He decisively beat his opponents in the center. Other issues like growth or this or primary and last week. In the adjacent that vote seemed secondary. It was almost

It seems to me…Driving around Staf- stop at a stop sign or doing what some call ford County, or for that matter anywhere the California stop, slowing and rolling in the area, there is cause for more past the stop sign.

Virginia teen driving fatalities are up 20 concern about life and limb. We still see percent in 2015, according to ABC News. some ladies putting their make-up on or combing their hair, some male or female The same report stated, “24 teen drivers bozo reading a book or newspaper while between the ages of 15 and 19 have died so far this year in Virginia. driving, no matter what speed That’s compared to 20 in the they are at. same time period in 2014, Recently I drove next to a according to the latest statistics woman who had a cigarette in from the Department of Motor one hand and her cell phone in Vehicles.” the other, and a dog on her lap.

According to the National One might think she was too Safety Council, “nationwide busy to drive and the dog was HARVEY GOLD traffic deaths are 14 percent actually doing the steering. As a higher this year compared to the same matter fact, the dog looked a lot smarter time period in 2014.”

While we can’t than she.

It is incomprehensible to me that legislate intelligent driving, shouldn’t we anyone would allow themselves to be so be doing more to insure that those behind involved with gadgets while moving at the wheel are not using devices while any speed. The car under these conditions their vehicles are in motion? Isn’t driving becomes an unguided missile. Even more under the influence of a device as deadly incomprehensible is when these bozos are as any other DUI? preoccupied with their toys and disregard the school zone speed limits, they zoom past the area where children are walking to or from school.

But one should really be surprised when every day we see drivers failing to

Harvey Gold can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.

Thanks to our troops

The Stafford County Sun would like to give thanks to our troops in the Nov. 13 newspaper. Please send a photo along with name, rank and branch of service of your family member serving in the military for “Giving Thanks to Our Troops.”

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Gavyn Wood, 21 months, makes a dash for the bounce house during trunk or treat Saturday afternoon at the New Life Community Church on Courthouse Road.

Putt-putt hockey is a novel twist on the years’ old game and may require even more skill to get a hole in one.

Katie Scarlett, 8, gets some suggestions from Sharon Safferstone on where to aim to get the best results.

Lily Dickerson, 9, center, manages to match the numbers on two ducks of the five she picked in the “Duck Match” game on Saturday. Looking on are her friend Victoria Street, 14, and the commander of the duck game, Tim Ames.

The “I Spy” book and game franchise pops up during trunk or treat at New Life Community Church on Saturday, as Alexandra Hathaway, 5, dressed as a lady bug, gets help from Rhoda Shier in finding items named in a rhyme.

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Monthly Bingo

The 4th Thursday of each month; 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Rowser Building, Room B, Stafford

Zombie Walk

School-Aged Open Gym

Nov. 6

Benefits SECA and S.E.R.V.E food pantries and Loisann’s Hope House.Donate non-perishable food item or household cleaning product. meanmommiesfxbg@gmail.com

$20/date plus $14 registration if not previously registered for year

Ages 55 and up Pre-registration required; $5/person www.staffordparks.com

Artists’ gallery

Scrapbooking Arts & Crafts

Nov. 17

Preschool & Tot Gymnastics Classes

See website for varying times, prices, menu. www.riversidedt.com or 540-370-4300

6 to 9 p.m.

Artists & Makers Studios Rockville, Md.

3 p.m.,Hurkamp Park, Fredericksburg

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Brooke Point High School library

2nd-annual Fall Crop, school IB booster fundraiser. Make and take project, refreshments stafford.brooke.schoolfusion.us

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Manassas Veterans’ Parade

Paws & Whiskers Bazaar

11 a.m.; Old Town Manassas 9101 Prince William St., Manassas

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Fredericksburg Parks & Recreation Dorothy Hart Community Center 408 Canal St., Fredericksburg

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One-mile youth trail run

9 to 10 a.m., John Lee Pratt Park, 120 River Road, Falmouth Ages 5-13; $15 Stafford/$20 non-Stafford resident. Register and receive T-shirt; finishers receive medals. Deadline Oct. 24 or until full.

No refund; no race-day registration. www.staffordparks.com

Rikki’s Refuge 5K run/walk

7 to 8:30 a.m. registration; 9 a.m. race Lake Anna State Park, 6800 Lawyers Road, Spotsylvania Registration free $25, or $30 day of race Register at www.rikkisrefuge.org/race.php 540-207-2829 or bugbane30@gmail.com Donations of pet food/supplies accepted Entry forms at VA Runner, Giant food stores,

Nov. 12 Turkey Crafts

5 to 6:45 p.m., Rowser Building, 1739 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Stafford

9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Maury Field, downtown Fredericksburg

Vendors, booths, fundraising, music, food. Pledge forms at www.fburgspca.org

16 months to 5 years old $45-$60 per session plus yearly registration of $28. See www.staffordparks.com for session dates; also visit www.staffordroyals.com

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Nov. 21 YoungLives Craft Fair

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The collected items will go to 30 schools of students, many of which attend Head Start.

Additionally, Gayle Middle School students made 220 hats to go along with the coats, Cottongim said.

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Fredericksburg Area Alumnae Chapter, recently celebrated its 35th anniversary.

The theme was “35 Years of Bridging Hearts to Hands,” and Dr. Paulette C. Walker, the sorority’s national president, was the keynote speaker.

During the evening Walker charged the guests to continue the work of Bridging Hearts and Hands. She issued a challenge to all to not sit idle but keep busy being the agent of change needed in the community.

The Fredericksburg Area Alumnae Chapter honored its 17 charter members and their local community partners like Loisann’s Hope House and Habitat for Humanity. Six charter members attended the event and were presented with special gifts of love.

The local chapter was chartered by 17 women on Aug. 16, 1980. They wanted to serve the Fredericksburg community,

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massive construction project behind the National Museum of the Marine Corps is visible when motoring on Interstate 95 just north of Stafford County.

The project is more than an addition.

It is the completion of a plan for the museum that was in place even before it opened to the public in 2006.

“This is not an expansion. This is fulfilling our promise to the Marines to have the museum be the go-to place for the history of the Marine Corps,” said Lin Ezell, director of the museum.

Ezell said administrators chose to open the museum in 2006 with galleries reflecting conflicts that survivors could visit: World War II through the Vietnam War. In 2010, the museum went back in time and opened “The Early Years,” which explores the origins of the Marine Corps in Tun Tavern in 1775 and follows the Corps through its contributions in World War I. That still leaves a big gap from Beirut to Afghanistan, Ezell noted.

That gap is now being filled with the start of the final-phase, which will add 120,000 square feet to the museum, more than doubling its size. The final phase includes a giant-screen movie theater, an expanded education suite, a Marine Sports Hall of Fame, a Marine Corps Combat Art Gallery, a Hall of Valor Gallery and two galleries depicting Marine Corps history from 1976 to the present.

“After a decade-and-a-half of an extraordinary commitment by so many, the completion of the museum is inside the horizon,” said Lt. Gen. Robert Blackman, president and chief executive officer of the Marine Corps Heritage

Workers from Balfour Beatty dig the foundation for a 350-seat theater that is part of the National Museum of the Marine Corps final phase completion project. A film made by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation will be shown regularly in the theater, and it will also be used for special screenings and openings.

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In 2018, historical galleries dedicated to conflicts from Beirut to the present will open. In 2019, the Sports Gallery and Sports Hall of Fame will open, and 2020 will include the debut of a gallery exploring the years between World Wars I and II. Ezell said the construction has been proceeding on schedule and, in some cases, ahead of schedule. But designing exhibits depicting modern-day war is difficult, she added.

“To impart memories of wars fresh in our minds — this is the hardest thing we’ll do,” she said. “Suffering is still raw.

There are decided opinions about what’s important and those opinions will differ, but it’s also the most important thing we’ll do, because it honors those in uniform now.”

Charlie Grow, deputy director of the museum, said that the museum staff is working closely with the families of Marines whose personal effects are included in the exhibits.

One example of this partnership is with the mother of Cpl. Jennifer Parcell.

She was 20 years old when she volunteered for the Lioness program, which used female Marines to search Iraqi women at checkpoints. She was killed in 2007 when a woman she was searching detonated an explosive vest.

The museum has Cpl. Parcell’s dress blues and medals.

There are 575 artifacts going into the new exhibits. Even the smaller artifacts need to tell multiple stories, Grow said.

A helmet with a bullet lodged in the Kevlar material, belonging to Lt. Col. Ben “Ty” Edwards, can tell the stories of Marines in Afghanistan and teamwork between Marines and Afghan soldiers, battlefield medicine and the work of spouses at home in caring for wounded warriors. Edwards was patrolling a voting registration site in Afghanistan when he heard gunfire. He jumped out of his vehicle to help the Afghan interpreters riding ahead of him and was struck in the head.

“But he’s alive, and he’s doing OK,” Grow said.

Edwards wants his artifact to tell the story of his team, not just himself, Grow said.

“This is true of 100 percent of the Marines we’ve talked to for these galleries,” said Grow. “They’re all humble and deflecting of praise.”

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tafford High graduate Erin (Gallivan) Husar is distinctive as a member of the field hockey team at James Madison University.

And it is not because she began riding horses at the age of 5 and began training them seven years later.

Husar is the only married member of the Dukes, who compete at the Division I level of the Colonial Athletic Association.

“It is interesting,” said Husar, with a laugh, before a rainy practice session in Harrisonburg. “I am a little bit different.”

Husar was married July 4 and her husband, Chancellor High graduate Garret Husar, is in the U.S. Army and is stationed in Colorado. Their wedding was in Colorado and her teammate and good friend Adrienne le Vatte was able to attend.

The Stafford resident is slated to graduate in May and is a justice studies major who could pursue anything from law enforcement to law school. “I may be looking at FBI or anti-terrorism, but I have to play it by ear,” Husar said.

Husar is a senior for the Dukes and is going out a winner in her fourth and last season at JMU. The Dukes won 12 of their first 16 games before hosting nationally-ranked Virginia on Oct. 30.

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Erin (Gallivan) Husar, left, a Stafford High graduate, played in 15 of the first 16 games this season, with three starts.

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The CAA championships begin Nov. 6 at the home of the higher seed. The title game is Nov. 8, also at the home of the higher seed.

Husar played in 15 of the first 16 games this season, with three starts.

Husar came off the bench in a 6-2 win on Oct. 23 over William & Mary.

“I am on the striker line; that is my position,” Husar said. “We have a lot of strong strikers this year. It is nice to have a lot of good, solid strikers. We are all pretty good at playing together.”

The JMU head coach is Christy Morgan, a formers standout at Old Dominion.

“It is intense; it is a good intense,” Husar said. “She knows how to get things out of each person. She knows how to teach people to be their best.”

Morgan said Husar aids the Dukes.

“Erin has grown to be a great competitor. She can make things happen,” Morgan said.

Husar is one of several studentathletes from Stafford playing field hockey at the Division I level. “I think

we have great coaching. It is a great area for coaching,” Husar said. “They know how to make players ready for college.”

Husar started all 20 games last year and had a career-high four points with two goals. She scored the team’s only goal at Rutgers.

As a sophomore she had a goal in a 4-2 win against Longwood. The Stafford grad played in nine games as a freshman and made her college debut off the bench against Vermont. She had her first shot in a 3-2 win against Vermont.

Husar was a field hockey standout under Dani Woodie at Stafford High and was the 2011 Commonwealth District Player of the Year and the Northwest Region Player of the Year.

She was a four-time all-district player, three-time all-region player and was an all-state selection twice. Husar played club field hockey for High Voltage, and played in several national indoor tournaments.

Her sister, Amy, played field hockey at VCU from 2002-06 and her two brothers also played sports at Stafford High. She is the daughter of Chris and Mary Gallivan.

Husar ran track for one season in high school. “But hockey was my main focus,” she said.

She considered VCU for college but decided to attend JMU. “I felt I could really grow here,” she said.

David Driver can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.

STAFFORD SPORTS REPORT | BRIAN WRIGHT As the playoffs for many of the fall sports have already begun, football still needs to finish out the regular season.

Here’s a recap of some key contests on the gridiron last week, a look ahead to some key match-ups and a summary of the postseason action so far.

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The Wildcats didn’t have some of the key parts to their offensive machine — but it was no matter. Mountain View continued to roll with their back-ups and held the Indians to just over 100 yards in a dominant 27-0 victory. Starting quarterback Ahmad Tweedy and running back Jamil Collison-Cofie, both unable to play, were replaced soundly by seniors Jahanzib Shahbaz and Demetrius Bell, respectively. Fittingly on senior night, Shahbaz — making his first career start — connected on six of nine passes. His 33-yard toss to Tre Coghill in the fourth quarter went for a touchdown. Bell rushed for more than 100 yards in the first half – finishing the evening with 110 on just 16 carries. Brandon White was also stellar on the ground, scoring twice and totaling 54 yards on eight attempts.

The ‘Cats (7-2 overall) now face North Stafford in the regular season finale.

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In preparing for their match-up with

Mountain View, the Wolverines were totally overwhelmed by Massaponax’s relentless running game. Six different Panthers scored rushing touchdowns.

Collectively, they gained 435 yards on the ground. More importantly, they moved to 9-0 and hold on to the inside track for a No. 1 seed in the 5A-North Regional playoffs with a 53-14 win.

After a scoreless first quarter came an action-packed second period — but all the action was for the Panthers. Sandwiched in-between a safety were three rushing TDs, courtesy of quarterback Joey Bendon, Trey Carson and Trey Watkins. There was no let up when the third quarter began. Marcus Mudd scored from eight yards out. Then it was Tristen Media from 21. Watkins later found the ends zone again for his second touchdown of the night. He would finish with a game-high 181 yards on only nine carries.

North Stafford (6-3) is just the latest victim of the Massaponax runaway train. Of the Panthers’ nine victories this season, eight have been by at least 21 points. The program’s regular season win streak is now 32 games. Next up is Brooke Point, the last team to beat them in the regular season — back in 2012.

VOLLEYBALL The Conference 4 and 15 tournaments

reached their respective semifinals on Monday — with multiple local schools having their eyes on the regionals. In Conference 4, Riverbend traveled to Colonial Forge in one semi, with the winner getting either Woodbridge or Forest Park on Thursday. As for Conference 15, Mountain View faced Brooke Point, while Massaponax hosted North Stafford. Others moving on include Stafford’s Bridget Abbatiello, Maria Lambert and Alexa Putka, Massaponax’s Jenna Williams, and Mountain View’s Alysha Thomas. Five Indians finished in the top 12 – four of which are freshman.

CROSS COUNTRY In a competition where the low score wins, the Stafford girls’ team was more than low enough. With 36 points, the Indians were well ahead of second place Potomac and Mountain View, each more than 20 points behind in the Conference 15 championship on Thursday. But all three advance to regionals. Individually, Mountain View sophomore Julia Squillante took the crown. She is one of 15 who qualified for the regional competition. On the boy’s side, it was Mountain View posting the best team score. North Stafford finished second with Stafford a close third. Another Wildcat was the best in the individual results. Henrik Anderson — with a time of 17:01.9

— bested Duke DiEugenio of Stafford by nearly eight seconds. Fellow Indians in the top 15 include Phillip Lambert (fourth) and Kellen Reeves (sixth). Five members of the North Stafford squad qualified, as well.

FIELD HOCKEY Mountain View and Stafford have become quite familiar with each other.

The two teams played a pair of close games during the regular season. By sharing first place at season’s end, they were forced into a one-game tiebreaker for the right to be the top seed in the conference tourney. Mountain View won that, 3-0. It was only fitting that the two teams would meet in the Conference 15 tournament finals. This time, Stafford returned the favor. A 1-0 deficit halftime was quickly erased when the second half began — as a goal by junior Maddie McCoy brought the Indians to even. What it also brought was a wave of Stafford momentum. Emily Kresho connected on two more goals, the defense held strong the rest of the way, and the conference title was won — and with it, a berth in the regionals. By virtue of getting the top seed in the tournament, Mountain View still advances, as well.

Brian Wright can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.

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Led by Arlene Limas, a member of the Taekwondo Hall of Fame and the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport, Team Power Kix recently earned medals in the 2015 AAU National Taekwondo tournament in Florida. Also two athletes competing in the AAU team trials received spots on the A team and five were selected for the B team.

To achieve this level of success in any sport, Team Power Kix provides conditioning through a partnership with Stafford sports chiropractor Dr. Joshua Cole, according to a news release.

A student of Taekwondo himself, Cole first met Limas several years ago while taking a college-level Taekwondo class.

When Limas wanted to partner with a local sports medicine professional familiar with Taekwondo, Cole fit the bill. As a certified chiropractic sports practitioner (CCSP), he works with

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“My goal is to help team members realize their maximum potential by doing what I can to make sure their hard work isn’t negated by injuries,” said Cole.

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“We will be forever grateful,” he said, also thanking King for running a spirited race.

King is a U.S. Army and Iraq War veteran, and a Fairfax County sheriff ’s deputy.

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“Together, we will address and solve the challenges that exist in our communities, and I’m humbled to be delegate-elect for the families of Virginia House District 02,” he said.

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Tips for shooting and editing family videos Last week, we talked about interviewing family members with a story to tell. This week, let’s talk about how to make a good video of the interview.

Surprisingly, we can do a good job with just our smartphone.

Even if you do not want to record a family member’s memories, there might be times you will want to shoot a short video interview. Whenever I watch a reality show about a family, I always enjoy the interviews with the small children, and their unfiltered answers.

What a delight it will be for the parents long after the show goes off the air to have these memories. How fun it will be to show some of them at their wedding reception one day. We can interview our own children at different points of their lives, or after major events. Talk to them a week after a vacation to find out what memories stuck. After a major family event, like a wedding, interview them about their understanding and feelings about the event.

One of the favorite things I do when I video a wedding, is a pre-wedding interview done separately with the bride and groom.

The first thing to know about shooting a video with your camera is to hold the

phone horizontally. Vertical videos look adequately. A quiet room is essential. Go odd, while horizontal videos look more off to a private room, or wait until the like the aspect ratio we are used to from house is empty to hold the interview.

It is important to test your setup before television.

Also, a horizontal format lets you the person you want to interview arrives. shoot two people side by side easier and Setup the camera as you’d like it, and hold a practice interview with more naturally. another person. When you While you can hold the play it back, check lighting, camera, it is best if the camera focus, composition and the were steady. You can mount sound to make sure it will be your phone on a small tripod adequate. You would hate to for stability. shoot a compelling interview In this week’s link post at with horrible production values www.FamilyTechOnline.com, detracting from the story you I link a number of tabletop MARK STOUT are telling. tripods for cell phones. Most The interviewer should be willing to are under $10. And there are cell phone holders that will mount on a traditional ask follow up questions, but needs to concentrate on listening closely first. tripod you might already own.

Editing the video afterwards can take You can use the StoryCorp app we talked about last week, or you can use out awkward moments, interruptions, the camera app on your phone, set to off topic discussions and just tighten up the interview. Also some graphics video to shoot the video.

You can set the camera a little out of can help with the story telling. Perhaps the subject’s line of sight so they are not photos found on the web in the public constantly reminded they are being videoed. domain that show what the place and If your subject worries about period was like, that the subject is rambling, assure them you can edit the talking about. account later if needed.

Also, introductory titles are always Your camera should pick up the sound useful.

There are free video editing programs available that are easy to use. Mac users have iMovie, included with their Macs.

Microsoft Movie Maker is good for Windows 7 and 8. It is a little trickier for Windows 10 users. Movie Maker is not supported for Windows 10 and Microsoft has yet to release a free editor for it.

WeVideo.com is an online video editor that will work for this purpose.

Once you are done shooting the video, you can broach the subject of sharing it, if you haven’t already. Assure the subject their name does not have to be associated with the upload. Interviewers can be careful during the interview to make sure the person’s name is not used or can edit it out later.

Once the video is complete, you can upload it directly using the StoryCorp app. Or you can edit it on your computer and upload it to StoryCorp via their website. Or to Youtube if you want to share with the world, or only those people you designate.

Or just keep it for yourself, perhaps burn it to a DVD for limited distribution to family.

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1. Laugh at with contempt 6. *Veterans Day stems from this war 9. *Hand-to-hand combat weapon 13. Par on a short golf hole 14. Immeasurable period 15. Gossipmonger 16. Triangular road sign 17. “M*A*S*H” character 18. *Commander’s instruction 19. *a.k.a. American flag 21. *Like soldier honored at certain tombs 23. Present plural of “be” 24. Acer, e.g.

25. Unit of electric current 28. Yearn or pine 30. *Traditional time for moment of silence 35. Luau souvenirs 37. Salad prep 39. Kidney problem 40. Cut or carve a design 41. Chose instead 43. High school breakout 44. Measure of alcohol 46. Republic of

Ireland 47. Glorify 48. John Cusack’s time machine, 2010 50. Irena Cara’s 1980 hit 52. Fleur-de-___ 53. Snoopy 55. Argo propeller 57. *Washington or Carter 61. *Key’s composition 64. 3-line poem 65. *Between “ready” and “fire” 67. Well-____ machine 69. Skier’s mecca 70. Winter glider 71. Unnerve 72. East India Company wares 73. Part of H.M.S. 74. T in Ferrari TR DOWN 1. Hog haven 2. Like a “Vogue” ad 3. Three-layer cookie 4. Jolly good one 5. Indiana’s head gear 6. What one does at the altar 7. Court or solicit 8. Bring upon oneself 9. “Where the Red ____ Grows” 10. *Vietnam, on the ____china Peninsula 11. One-pot meal 12. Mountain lake 15. Bumpkins 20. Right-hand page

22. Denotes maiden last name 24. Bear witness 25. First in Hebrew alphabet 26. First M in MGM 27. Lace loop 29. *Honorary veteran, GI Bob 31. And elsewhere 32. Singing part 33. Boredom 34. Required things 36. *Marksmanship Badge denotes a good one 38. “Que Sera ____” 42. Evil one 45. Charity race 49. Flapper’s feathers 51. Have dinner at a

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restaurant 54. URL sign 56. *River Allies crossed in Invasian of Germany 57. Stairway to river in India 58. *”At ____, soldier” 59. Australian palm 60. Adds to or augments 61. Gulf V.I.P. 62. They have oval leaves that come to a point 63. Source of protein 66. *Veterans Day Proclamation signer 68. Genetic stuff

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Legals TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 2012 Coast Guard Drive Stafford, VA 22554 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $357,400.00, dated October 26, 2005, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on November 5, 2005, as Instrument Number LR050045484, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit Court of Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA on December 7, 2015 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 2002, Section 6, Aquia Harbour, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Stafford County, Virginia, in Plat Book 5,

Page 17. Tax ID: 21B 2002 Pin 13115.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $12,000.00 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: Conv/ Conv (Trustee # 564459) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www.atlanticlawgrp.com FEI # 1074.03262 11/06 & 11/13/15

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