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Virginia House Speaker William Howell recently returned from a trip to San Diego for an annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a rightleaning group that critics say fosters toocozy relationships between state lawmakers and wealthy corporate interests. ALEC, as it’s more commonly known, is officially nonpartisan and bills itself, on its website, as a forum for state lawmakers, think-tank experts and business leaders “to exchange ideas and develop real, statebased solutions that encourage growth, preserve economic security and protect hardworking taxpayers.” But to its mostly left-leaning critics, ALEC is better known for churning out form-letter type legislation that advances conservative, free-market-based policies to limit government regulation or steer tax dollars to private industries. Common Cause, a longtime critic, calls ALEC a “corporate bill mill.” In Virginia, recent ALEC-inspired measures include laws that require voters
to show a photo ID at the polls and school districts to offer “virtual high school” programs, some of which funnel state money to private education companies. Howell, a Republican who represents Stafford County’s 28th District, has been a longtime member of ALEC’s board of directors and was the organization’s chairman in 2009. He has attended annual conferences several times over the years and listed gifts from ALEC, in the form of hotels, meals and transportation, of more than $2,100 in 2014 and more than $21,000 since 2005, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. Virginia taxpayers will foot at least part of Howell’s bill for this year’s trip, as they have in years past, since the state pays travel costs and a per diem rate for senators and delegates to attend legislative conferences. But Howell spokesman Matt Moran, who accompanied Howell to the conference, said his office doesn’t yet know the cost of the San Diego trip. Three other Republican state delegates also attended: Kathy Byron (Lynchburg), Riley Ingram (Hopewell) and
Terry Kilgore (Gate City), Moran said. Howell was also accompanied by his wife, Cessie, but the couple paid her way, Moran said. No Democratic state lawmakers, nor any senators from either party, attended the ALEC conference. Morgan Finkelstein, spokeswoman for Virginia Democrats, said Democrats generally disagree with ALEC’s right-wing approach to issues. “And [we] don’t think Virginia should be paying for legislators to go to something that’s so clearly ideological,” she added. Although ALEC has made news repeatedly in recent months because several high-profile corporations — including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yelp — pulled out in response to public pressure and concerns, voiced by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, that ALEC is “lying” about climate change, Moran compared ALEC to other, less controversial organizations such as the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Southern LegislaALEC tive Conference. PAGE 10 “Like NCSL or any of these
The superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools said Monday at a specially called meeting that changes are in order following the discovery of $8.3 million in funds. Superintendent Bruce Benson and his staff indicated that the surplus resulted largely from salary lapses when turnover of employees occurs. For instance, one of the school’s principals who had 38 years of experience retired, according to Valerie Cottongim, public information officer for Stafford County Public Schools. That principal was replaced by an employee with much less experience, she said, resulting in a difference in salaries. However, the new budget during planning still reflected the salary of the previous principal. There were numerous similar examples of items being in the wrong categories, she said, with respect to adopted numbers within the budget versus actual expenditures. About 75 employees retired in June, Cottongim said, and the schools system has more than 4,000 employees. “The superintendent wants to be very transparent and has worked hard to develop a good relationship with the school board and county administration,” Cottongim said. The school board began a discussion about what the savings should be used for, ultimately deciding to discuss the matter before the supervisors’ next meeting on Aug. 18. Two of the recommendations discussed were to use the savings on buses and on a new financial services enterprise SURPLUS resource planning system. PAGE 10 Cottongim explained that
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The back reading room of the Porter branch library is taken over by canines the first Saturday of the month. While they look like ordinary dogs, they are not. They are from Blue and Gray Therapy Dogs, an organization that trains canines to be therapy animals in Fredericksburg and Stafford, King George, Westmoreland and Spotsylvania counties. The monthly Paws for Reading lets children come in and practice their reading skills in a non-judgmental setting, to read to someone who cannot correct them. Children are encouraged to bring their favorite books and then are allotted 15 minutes with the dog of their choice. Each canine is set up in their own corner with their handlers. The canines for the past Saturday were Eva with handler Amy Rideout, Pierre with handler Madge Healy, Luco with handler Nancy Wileman and Cherry with handler Alice Stumpf. According to Blue and Gray Therapy Dogs, children who read to therapy dogs had improved comprehension and Gavin Ross, 10, reads to Eva as her owner, Amy Rideout, keeps them company at the reading skills. A study at the Univer- Porter Branch of The Central Rappahannock Regional Library. Amanda Motley/for sity of California Davis confirmed that the Stafford County Sun
STAFFORD FOUNDATION TO OFFER WRITING SERVICES A Stafford foundation will begin other regions as long as the foundation is offering grant proposal and grant- able to provide positive results. He also research writing services for organiza- stated that nonprofits will not pay initial tions and other nonprofits in the area. fees as they are designated nonprofits. The Brown Foundation will help those For-profit businesses and organizations businesses and nonprofits who have been will have to pay regular fees of which will turned down for SBA loans and need be donated to the “Annual Feed the Homemoney to meet financial requirements or less Program,” “Holiday Drive Program” simply to get their businesses started. and the “Back To School Program” estabCEO/founder Lewis R. Brown said the lished by the Brown Foundation. service will start locally and expand to For more, call 703-594-2302. FORMER FBI AGENT NOT GUILTY IN WIFE’S DEATH A former FBI agent on trial in the shooting death of his estranged wife was found not guilty July 31 in Stafford County Circuit Court. This was Arthur Gonzales’ third trial, with the charges this time reduced to voluntary manslaughter, according to published reports. During the first two trials, he faced murder charges after he shot his wife, Julie Gonzales, four times with his 40-caliber pistol in his North Stafford home on April 19, 2013. Both trials ended with hung juries. The defense claimed that the wife attacked Gonzales with a knife and he shot her in self defense.
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TAX HOLIDAY FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS BEGINS FRIDAY Families prepping for the upcoming less, as well as clothing items priced at school year — or those looking to stock $100 or less will be exempt from the 5.3 up on supplies before hurricane season — percent state and local sales tax. can take advantage of Virginia’s sales tax The list of tax-exempt items includes: holiday Friday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, pens; pencils; loose-leaf, ruled noteAug. 9. book paper; scissors; binders; backpacks; For the first time, the commonwealth is construction paper; sneakers; hats; shirts; combining its three sales tax holidays into dresses; jeans; bathing suits; diapers; and one. T-shirts. During the three days, there will There is no requirement that the be no sales tax for school supplies, purchases be made for school purposes, clothes, shoes, hurricane and emergency and all retailers are required to participreparedness items, and ENERGY STAR pate. Online purchases of qualifying items and WaterSense products. are also tax-exempt. School supplies that each cost $20 or For more, visit tax.virginia.gov.
children who read to therapy dogs really do perform better in reading. The program originally started in 2003 at the Salem Church branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library and has been at the Porter branch library for more than five years. “This gives kids a calm, non-judgmental way for children to read,” said Linda Mathusa, library assistant. “The dogs don’t correct kids, tell them to read at a certain pace. It allows them to set their own pace.” “My favorite part of reading with the dogs is petting them while I am reading to them,” said 6-year-old Taylor Franklin. This is the second time that Franklin has come to read with the canines and her mother said that she believed it has helped her daughter with her reading skills. “Maddox loves to come and participate in the Paws for Reading program,” said Zoe Hogue, whose child is in the program. “I think that it is an awesome program that allows children to practice their reading while learning about therapy dogs.” When they have finished reading, each child receives a bookmark with a picture of the dog they read with to share with their family and friends.
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It seems to me…the recent discovery of left because they could make more money $8.3 million in unused funds by the Stafford elsewhere? County School Board should give local resiBut there is more. It seems there was dents both a little bit of indigestion as well as a little problem in keeping track of the a belly laugh. Now we are not talking $800, money “saved from hiring less qualified not $8,000, not $80,000 and not $800,000. personnel” because staff overestimated We are talking about $8.3 million. by about $5 million from the How that much money 2014 projected salaries. And, escaped detection is an imporaccording to a school spokestant question? But once the person, staff didn’t notice the answer to that question is movement of the $5 million discovered, what the folks in when the accounts were moved. charge of county decisions say So personnel left, they overabout it is what all Staffordians estimated the money saved by should be listening to carefully. HARVEY GOLD their leaving, but they paid those It seems the found money is the less qualified personnel they hired result of a large turnover in personnel. This less money but didn’t know where they brings up the first question: Why there is moved the money they saved. Forgive me a large personnel turnover? But residents’ if I didn’t make this clear. It is a little difficoncern should increase because this turn- cult to understand. It seems the smoke and over doesn’t mean the folks who left county mirrors cloud the issue a bit. Or, is it a little service were replaced with folks of equal hocus pocus? qualifications. Aren’t these folks a little embarrassed? On the contrary, it appears that many Have we heard the words “We screwed up” of the replacements were less experienced in any explanation? Shouldn’t this make than the ones that left. Is it time to ask how the Board of Supervisors really upset? this could happen in one of the richest and After all, they have been fussing with the most educated counties in the country? school board over how the students will be The reasons are disturbing. redistricted? The staff report explaining all of this Now, the school board does a “presto indicates that “…extended vacancies due to change” worthy of master magicians like the inability to hire qualified staff contribHoudini or Sigfried and Roy, and we hear uted to the salary lapse.” Did we hear that right? They weren’t able to hire qualified some curious comments from certain staff. Could the reason be they weren’t members of the school board and the willing to pay enough money to hire quali- board of supervisors. At this writing the school board agenda fied staff? And, could it be that personnel seems to indicate that they are looking to
use the windfall for infrastructure projects, pay off debt for their new financial system (which apparently they desperately need) erasing debt for new school buses and a whopping $3.5 million for the cash capital reserve fund for school projects. Now I may be way off base, but I would suggest that maybe they should first look at how they ended up with a windfall. With teachers facing extra-large classes, couldn’t some of that money be used to hire additional (hopefully qualified) teachers and reduce the workload for all teachers so the students receive more quality time with their teachers? Frankly, I don’t believe they hired unqualified replacements, as one might get from this comedy of errors. I am certain the teachers they hired are qualified although perhaps less experienced and willing to accept less to gain more experience. But unless they are treated fairly one would expect they eventually will also leave and then there could be another multimillion-dollar surplus. Perhaps, before the school board spends the money, they should ask themselves what is their primary responsibility? I think they may find it is to ensure that Stafford’s school children receive the best education possible. And education begins with “E” and that rhymes with “T” and that stands for teachers. And while the school board is looking for ways to spend the new-found money, maybe they should take just a few bucks out of the $8.3 million and invest in a good strong flashlight so they can look to see if the auditors missed any more money. Harvey Gold can be reached at info@ staffordcountysun.com.
Slow down? No problem here Can’t we get there faster? That must be — must be thinking: The problem isn’t a common plight for vacationers in autos speed, it’s the backups. Granted, backups have become all too headed for their favorite camping site or sandy beach. Problem is, two things stand common, especially at rush hours. In fact, it’s unusual when one doesn’t in the way of hurrying up. happen. Moreover, backup is One, of course, is the speed probably too polite a term to limit. Yes, I know that the posted describe what often is typical highway speed limit is more often on the interstate, in either smirked at than complied with. direction. Getting onto the Especially on our dear Interstate I-95 northbound zip lanes on 95 that slices through our county like a dull knife. It’s not unusual BEN BLANKENSHIP morning commutes, I hear you often experience complete halts in for non-rush-hour traffic to cruise well above the posted 65 mph limit. traffic. Odd. The toll lanes were set up to ease In fact, in my experience on many typical trips, going only 65 may save on the gas traffic flow, weren’t they? Seems all they do consumption, but it will often get you dirty around the Garrisonville Road intersection looks from other drivers inpatient to go is gum everything up — twice a day. So it was with wry anticipation that I that slowly, if my own experience has been began reading a newspaper article recently any guide. I’ve had no speeding tickets for the about the new Cadillac sedan (the CTS-V). This car is nearly four decades I have traveled in Stafford County. And when I have typically hit designed to go 200 mph. Honestly. And for 70 mph on I-95, it’s only to stay in the flow an advertised price starting at only $84,990. of traffic. In fact, in many such instances, For you speed enthusiasts, it is said to go I have seen state patrols whizzing past me from zero to 60 mph in only 3.7 seconds. on the shoulder, pursuing some emergency Before taking that baby out for a test task, ignoring us. ride, I would make sure it wasn’t in a 65 I know what you — in reading thus far mph zone, and that my physician had given
…backups have become all too common, especially at rush hours. In fact, it’s unusual when one doesn’t happen. Moreover, backup is probably too polite a term to describe what often is typical on the interstate, in either direction.
my back-bone an A-OK. Of course that will never happen. For I sometimes go too fast for comfort even in my minivan. In any event, my thrills will continue to come more routinely aboard my trusty La-Z-Boy recliner. Ben Blankenship, a columnist here since 1995, lives In Aquia Harbour. Reach him at info@staffordountysun.com.
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The Stafford Fredericksburg Giants team includes, front row from left: Lucas Behning, Colonial Forge; Matthew Jackson, Colonial Forge; Tyler Bailey, North Stafford/King University; Cullen Moore,North Stafford/ Randolph-Macon College; Ryan Leake, Stafford/Bridgewater College; Sean Heagney; and Jono Haught, University of Mary Washington. The back row from left includes: Coach Roy Behning: Brandon Carroll, Stafford/ Eastern Mennonite; Colton Steber, Colonial Forge/Lynchburg College; Justin Thomas, Stafford; Shane Hoffman; Michael Mares, Colonial Forge/Roanoke College; Kyle Mikula, Colonial Forge/Washington College; Chris Somerville, Mountain View/University of Mary Washington; Sean Redmond, Spotsylvania; Cole Migliorini, Colonial Forge/Randolph-Macon College; Drew Mikula, Colonial Forge/Roanoke College; Tyler Martinez, Stafford/Roanoke College; and Coach Cay Martinez. Photo by Shane Hoffman
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Just because the sports seasons have come to a temporary pause on the high school level doesn’t mean there isn’t time for news to be made. A number of local wrestlers showcased their skills on a national stage, while a former Colonial Forge player is returning to his roots and several area baseball players earned a championship on the diamond.
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STAFFORD’S WOOD BAT LEAGUE TEAM WINS TITLE The Stafford Fredericksburg Giants won the Blue and Gray Wood Bat League Championship last weekend, as they were victorious in a best-of-three game series from the Prince William Black Sox. This team, consisting of players 18 and older, is comprised of former Stafford County high school baseball talent — some of whom continue to play in college. “ T h e y ’v e a l l w o n d i s t r i c t
championships, regional championship and made it to states — and did so by competing against many of the players they play with now,” said assistant coach Cay Martinez, who coached the American Legion Post 290 Nationals to a state title last year. “But this is the first time they’ve been able to win together. It was great to see.” After losing the opening game with the Black Sox on July 31, the Giants bounced back to even the championship series the next day — thanks to seven strong innings from starting pitcher Ryan Leake. The winner-take-all third game was decided quite early. Home runs by Brandon Carroll and Chris Sommerville were just a small part of the Giants’ offensive outburst in a 17-5 rout.
LOCAL WRESTLERS COMPETE IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS At the USA Wrestling Junior and
Cadet National Championships last week in Fargo, North Dakota, those representing Virginia — including a few from the area — did so splendidly . Riverbend’s Alex Miller gained AllAmerican honors for his performance — placing fourth in the Junior GrecoRoman competition. Clay Smith of Colonial Forge was also among the more than 4,000 wrestlers who competed in this event, one that easily attracts attention of many nationally known college programs. In total, the Virginia squad — guided by Colonial Forge head coach Bill Swink — produced 18 All-American finishes — compared to 10 the previous year.
N ORMAN NAMED NEW HEAD COACH AT COLONIAL FORGE Many twentysomethings spend their first few years out of college looking for work that can hopefully lead to
a management position. Well, Jake Norman has his leadership role — and it’s in a very familiar place. The 25-year-old recently was hired to take over as head coach for the Colonial Forge varsity baseball team. Norman is a 2007 Forge graduate who starred as a first baseman for the Eagles. He will take over for Shawn Szakelyhidi, who guided Colonial Forge to 250 victories, seven regular season district/conference championships, five tournament wins and three regional titles over 16 seasons. Szakelyhidi will remain with the school as a teacher. Norman, who is also a physical education teacher, spent three years as the head coach of the North Stafford Wolverines’ junior varsity team. Prior to that, he played college ball at Eastern Mennonite University until graduating in 2012. Brian Wright can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com..
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Mountain View’s Haynes gets chance at Triple-A Last week when the Trenton (New Jersey) Thunder arrived in Maryland for a four-game series with the host Bowie Baysox, pitcher Kyle Haynes was slated to make a start for the Thunder on Saturday night in Bowie against the Orioles farm team. That would have been a chance for him to pitch in front of family and friends with Trenton, an Eastern League affiliate of the New York Yankees, at the Double-A level. Woodbridge native Haynes never got the chance, but he can’t be too upset about the reasons why. A right-hander pitcher from Virginia Commonwealth University, Haynes, 24, was promoted to the Triple-A level for the first time in his pro career. The Mountain View High graduate made the start instead for the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the top farm team of the Yankees, on Saturday in
Columbus, Ohio, against the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Haynes pitched five innings and allowed 10 hits and five runs with one walk and six strikeouts in a 5-4 loss at Columbus. “I started at the end of the 2013 season” while in the Pittsburgh system, Haynes said earlier this year. “It has been fun. Obviously I started in college. As of now they plan on developing me as a starter again” in the New York system. Among those with big league experience in the Columbus lineup on Saturday was left fielder Zach Walters, catcher Adam Moore and designated hitter Michael Martinez. Walters made his Major League debut with the Washington Nationals before he was traded in July 2014 to Cleveland for infielder Asdrubal Cabrera. Moore made his big league debut with Seattle in 2009 and Martinez
played several years in the minors for the Nationals, including stops in Woodbridge with Potomac in 2008 and 2009. Before the promotion, Haynes was 2-6 with an ERA of 3.20 in 27 games, with 11 starts, for Trenton. When the Thunder was in Bowie in late June, Haynes made a start for Trenton and went six innings and allowed five runs in a 6-0 loss to the Baysox. He allowed a homer in the first inning of that game to Jonathan Scoop, an infielder who was making a minor league rehab assignment with the Orioles. Haynes was drafted in the 20th round out of VCU in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was then traded by the Pirates to the Yankees for big league catcher Chris Stewart prior to the 2014 season. David Driver can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.
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When dealing with some problematic dog behavior issues, who is the best person to call for help? A dog trainer, do g behaviorist, dog psychologist or dog behavior consultant? When virtually anyone, regardless of experience, education or professional training can call him or herself any or all of the above -- and there really are no laws governing or regulating the dog training industry-- what’s a consumer to do? For starters, look behind all the words and titles to see what’s really there. There are a variety of certifications and professional associations to which a dog trainer can belong, which can at least confirm that a trainer has met that particular organization’s criteria. However that won’t tell the whole story. In addition to any certifications or titles, a trainer’s actual hands-on experience should also be taken into consideration. Simply put, training is behavior modification, and behavior modification involves training. Therefore, any qualified, trainer with many years of experience working with a multitude of dogs of different breeds in a variety of training genres (e.g. pet dog training, competitive dog sports training, therapy and service dog training, etc) should be well versed in scientific canine learning theory and the application of various behavior modification techniques regardless of the title he or she has
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We’ve heard about the hacking of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Anthem, Target and many others. They are not the only targets. You are too. We’ve heard of malware for so long and have grown weary of it but it has real potential to harm our PCs and our lives. We need to understand the various kinds and what we can do to prevent infestations. A virus is a piece of computer code which, once it is on your PC, can do nasty things such as delete data, encrypt your hard drive and run multiple copies of itself, thus slowing down your computer. It might show ads on your screen, or unbeknownst to you, remove ads on webpages and replace them with ads which they have sold. This removes income from sites you value and diminishes the websites’ motivation to continue to provide the content. Like a living virus, it can replicate itself and attach itself to other files, thus infecting them. A worm, on the other hand, is another piece of code that does not have to wait for you to send someone a file with a virus. Instead, a worm can find its own way out of one computer and into another. Once on a system, a worm may do nothing specifically harmful, although the effort of moving itself to another
system can eat up CPU time and flood that information off to another system. computer networks with traffic as the It also can send its creators your bank worm multiples and moves around account numbers, passwords, emails, looking for a system to infect. A worm including sensitive business emails. can be built to do nothing specifically And, it can send the contents of your harmful. contact list. In 1988, the Morris virus How does this malware simply traveled around the reach your system? A virus or internet, but it infected 10 worm can be an attachment on percent of the computers an email you open. connected to the net and These emails can be clever. slowed down worldwide traffic. They can appear to be from Or a worm can take command your bank and say the attached MARK STOUT of the PC and make that PC act document is your statement. It as a slave to a master system. Many spam can be from a store and the attachment emails are generated from these enslaved is supposedly a coupon. The number one thing you can do to PCs. Yours could be one and you wouldn’t know. Your computer would continue to safeguard yourself is to not open attachwork the same, although perhaps a bit ments from anyone you do not know and slower. These are the botnets we hear about. be skeptical of all attachments you receive. A rootkit is an especially loathsome The bad guys have gotten good at piece of code in that it gains the most creating emails that appear to be from powerful control over a PC. It can hide your friends. They may have already processes from other programs so that it infected your friends and have gotten can thwart the efforts of anti-virus and your contact information from those other programs that seek out malware compromised PCs. They attach malware and remove it. Once hidden on your PC, to those emails generated to appear to be it can do significant damage. from your friend. Spyware software, once on your A worm can come crawling into your system, can record keystrokes, take system via defects in network code and snapshots of your screen, even turn on other software vulnerabilities. your camera and microphone so that You might obtain a piece of software it can hear and see what is going on to something useful, but it also unleashes around your computer. It can then send viruses and worms onto your system.
These are called Trojan Horses because while you think you are receiving something nice, you are instead getting something bad. There are things you must do to protect yourself. Have an up-to-date antivirus program watching your system. Have it automatically download new virus definitions and do a full scan at least once a week. Leave your computer on so it can do this in the middle of the night. Computers themselves do not take up much power. The screens can be shut down separately on a desktop. On a laptop, you can set the power settings so the monitor powers down after a specified period of time but leaves the computer running. Firewalls are either hardware or software than can prevent worms and other malware from coming from the internet onto your home network and into your computers. A hardware firewall is often part of the router provided by your broadband internet provider. Check your router’s setting to make sure the firewall is turned on. Your broadband provider may offer antivirus and firewall applications. Check out their sites for details. What to do if your think you have been infected is a topic for a future column. For links mentioned in the column or to share this column online, go to http:// www.familytechonline.com. Mark’s contact information is markstout.info.
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25. *Presidential candidate 26. Less bright then supernovae 27. In connection with something relevant 29. RC, e.g. 31. Male sheep in Britain, pl. 32. Above “Don’t tread on me” 33. Without illumination 34. *Princess’ little sister 36. “A Christmas Story” leg 38. Augmented 42. Lose ground 45. Chips variety 49. *He played a wolf in
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ACROSS 1. Assists, usually in some wrongdoing 6. O in XOXO 9. Pro follower 13. Policeman’s club in India 14. Australia’s version of ostrich 15. Floor it? 16. *NHL Legend Bobby Orr 17. Dashboard acronym 18. Administer an oil 19. *Beliebers’ object of affection 21. *Jay-Z’s other half 23. Facsimile 24. Top-rated 25. Trinitrotoluene 28. Huey, Dewey or Louie 30. What concert crew member does? 35. Agitate 37. *Republican Karl 39. Saddam Hussein’s Islam 40. Iris container 41. *”Gossip Girl” 43. Explore by touch 44. Mutilates 46. Affirm 47. *ESPN’s Bayless 48. Correspondence friend 50. *Underwood or Clarkson 52. 7th letter of Greek alphabet 53. “____ we forget” 55. Mom-to-be’s date
57. *”Friend” in the tabloids 61. *1976 Olympic decathlon champion 64. Request for Santa Baby 65. *Eisenhower’s nickname 67. Wing it 69. Imposter 70. Orchestra’s spot 71. Mia ____ 72. Original home of the Saxons 73. Emergency responder 74. Approvals
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Express lane striping gets color Purple striping has been added to select 495 and 95 Express Lanes entries. The new 4-inch stripes were added to the inside of the existing white or yellow stripes that lead to the Express Lanes entry points. The purple lane striping is meant to signal drivers that they are about to enter the Express Lanes and reduce driver confusion by increasing the difference between the Express Lanes and the regular Capital Beltway and I-95 lanes. The purple lane striping will be added to the following entry locations: • 95 Express Lanes Northbound: ■95 Express Lanes entrance near
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there’s been a complete reorganization of the SCPS finance department prior to the savings catch, and since Benson’s arrival in April 2014. Chris Fulmer, director of Budget and Accounting for SCPS, discovered the discrepancies after 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. “Now there will be checks and balances behind all budget transfers, said Cottongim, explaining that two signatures will be needed in addition to the person making the request to do so. In addition, she explained that an outdated financial services software system used will be replaced. The current one was implemented in 1983, she said. A new system will take two years to implement, but will be able to do much more, Cottongim said, including determine
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other groups, this is about legislators having the opportunity to meet with businesses and other legislative leaders to discuss ideas and policies that are working across the states,” Moran said. Still, Moran said Howell is not planning to go to the upcoming NCSL conference in Seattle or any other legislative conferences this year. This year’s ALEC conference featured two Republican presidential candidates — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee — and included policy sessions on topics such as “Higher Education Freedom of Thought” and “A Brave New World: Effective, Efficient and Cost-Responsible Alternatives in Criminal Justice.” Moran declined to comment on whether Howell plans to introduce any ALEC inspired bills during the next legislative session. Left-leaning Progress VA has been a vocal critic of ALEC and has devoted
Dumfries Road ■95 Express Lanes entrance near Cardinal Drive ■95 Express Lanes entrance near Franconia-Springfield Parkway Southbound: ■95 Express Lanes entrance between Lorton Road and Route 123 ■95 Express Lanes entrance north of Edsall Road • 495 Express Lanes ■Northbound 495 Express Lanes entrance near I-95/395/495 interchange ■Regular Capital Beltway lanes between the southbound 495 Express Lanes exit and 95 Express Lanes entrance what a salary lapse is in real time. SCPS has signed an agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc., for a Tyler Munis enterprise resource planning solution. SCPS selected the software solution to eliminate standalone financial, human resources, payroll and benefits systems, and to increase the speed and accuracy of transaction processing. To do so, SCPS invested in a range of Munis applications, including financial management, human resource management, content management and employee self-service, according to a SCPS press release. “We determined after conducting due diligence that Munis is a robust and affordable system that is fully automated and integrated, which addresses the functional needs and requirements we were looking for in a new system,” said SCPS Assistant Superintendent for Financial Services Lance Wolff. “With Munis, we’ll be able to provide our users with more timely information, improved reporting capabilities and the ability to eliminate redundant and unnecessary manual processes.” Tracy Bell can be reached at tbell@staffordcountysun.com. part of its website to listing ALECinspired measures that have been debated in Richmond with varying degrees of success. Anna Sholl, Progress VA’s executive director, said former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s failed legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act and the ongoing effort to approve a resolution calling for an Article V Convention of the States -- a conservative strategy to rewrite the U.S. Constitution to include a balanced budget amendment, among other things -- are also rooted in ALEC policy measures. Sholl said ALEC differs from other groups in that they allow business leaders more sway over policy recommendations. “Corporations spend thousands of dollars to send their lobbyists to these conferences,” Sholl said. “I think it’s very clear what they’re getting out of it. They’re sending state lawmakers home with a slate of bills that directly benefit these corporations’ bottom lines.”
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In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $284,000.00, dated October 11, 2006, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on October 16, 2006, as Instrument Number 060033002, 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 August 31, 2015 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 19, Section Two B, WHITSON RIDGE, as shown on a plat entitled ‘’Section Two-B, Whitson Ridge, Rockhill Magisterial district’ Stafford County, Virginia’’, dated December 15, l991 and prepared by Patton, Harris & Rust Associates, a Professional Corporation, and recorded in Plat Book 23, Page 151 through 153, among the Land Records of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 20X-2B-19.
In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $312,000.00, dated March 25, 2005, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on May 12, 2005, as Instrument Number 050017179, 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 August 31, 2015 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: LOT 110, SECTION 1C, PHASE 3, ST. GEORGE'S ESTATE, AS THE SAME APPEARS DULY DEDICATED, PLATTED AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 24 AT PAGES 203 THROUGH 205. AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Tax ID: 19K3 1C 110.
Loan Type: Conv/ FNMA (Trustee # 552261) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 7777101, website: http:// www.atlanticlawgrp. com
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TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $11,000.00 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.
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/ FHLMC (Trustee # 563131)
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