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Can Express Lanes extension cure the clog? JILL PALERMO

For the Stafford County Sun

ews that the Interstate 95 Express Lanes would be extended two miles in an effort to ease traffic congestion in the Garrisonville Road area received mixed reviews from Stafford County officials this week. Del. William Howell, R-28th, called the announcement “good news for Stafford County and the thousands of Stafford area residents who commute north every day.” But newly elected Del. Mark Dudenhefer, R-2nd, and Stafford Supervisor Paul Milde III, R-Aquia, say they’re less than impressed. While both say the extension is better than nothing, they say it’s likely too limited to bring real relief to the traffic congestion that has resulted from the year-old Express Lanes project. “A measly two-mile extension is barely going to change anything,” Milde said

Tuesday. “It’s just not much. It’s not enough.” Dudenhefer, a former Stafford County supervisor who was just elected to the district that includes parts of Stafford and Prince William counties near I-95, said the traffic challenges won’t be solved until the lanes are extended to Massaponax, as initially promised. “I think it is a Band-Aid fix,” Dudenhefer said. “It’s a good start … but until the Express Lanes go all the way into Spotsylvania County, it’s not going to be completely fixed.” Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced on WTOP’s “Ask the Governor” show Tuesday that work would begin next year to extend the southern end of the Express Lanes about two miles past the current flyover to exit 143 at Garrisonville Road. The plan calls for Express lanes drivers who don’t get off at Garrisonville Road to travel farther south and then merge into the left lane of I-95, to “balance local and express lanes traffic entering I-95

southbound,” according to a Virginia Department of Transportation fact sheet detailing the plan. Southbound I-95 drivers exiting onto Garrisonville Road will have to merge with Express Lanes drivers heading for Garrisonville Road after the flyover. Changes to the northbound lanes will allow vehicles to enter the Express Lanes sooner. The new northbound entrance will be located about 1,000 feet before the I-95 northbound off-ramp to U.S. 1 at Aquia. Northbound traffic will also merge into the Express Lanes from the left lane. Construction is expected to take two years to complete. Work will primarily take place within the existing north-south I-95 lanes, so no private property will be affected, VDOT says. The project is the result of an agreement between state transportation officials and Transurban, the private, Australian-based company that built and operates the I-95 and I-495 Express Lanes. Mike McGurk, a Transurban spokesman, said the company would not yet release

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a cost estimate for the project but that it would be built under the existing contract with the commonwealth. McGurk also said it’s too early to tell how much more travelers will pay in tolls to drive on the extended lanes, but he said the rate would likely range between 50 cents and $1 per mile. Transurban collects an average of $370,000 in tolls daily on the existing 29-mile Express Lanes corridor, according to the Transurban website. Stafford County officials and residents have been complaining for months that extending the lanes’ terminus to Garrisonville Road has exacerbated already heavy rush-hour traffic in the busy North Stafford area. Mi l d e, w h o t w i c e EXTENSION PAGE 11 served as chairman of the

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Stafford resident gets DHS awards When Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson presented the 2015 Secretary’s Awards to DHS employees Nov. 3, Stafford’s Monty Graham received not one, but two awards. Graham, who works in the DHS Office of Cybersecurity & Communications, was one of 329 DHS employees receiving awards for their extraordinary service and outstanding contributions to the department and the nation, according to a news release. Graham earned two awards for “Unity of Effort.” One was for support of the security operations at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and the other for the 2015 papal visit, both of which occurred in September 2015. “I am truly honored and humbled to

receive this award from the Secretary,” Graham said. “Pope Francis’s historic tri-city visit to the U.S., coupled with the 70th Anniversary, were the largest concurrent MONTY GRAHAM special events we have seen at DHS.” The Unity of Effort Award recognizes outstanding team efforts in coordination and unity of effort across DHS by significantly improving efficiency and effectiveness, and acknowledges group efforts exclusively within DHS or with external partners who assist DHS in meeting its commitment of unity of effort.

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SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEARCHING FOR ARMED ROBBER

The Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office is looking for a man in his 20s who robbed the Forbes Street Market and Deli in Falmouth on Sunday afternoon, Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office spokesman Bill Kennedy said. The man, described as white and wearing dark jeans and a checked flannel shirt, had a white plastic mask covering his face when he walked into the store about 1:20 p.m. He pulled out a gun and put it to the store clerks head, Kennedy said. The robber went around the counter and got money from the register. He also took what was in a money box. An estimate is that he got away with several hundred dollars, Kennedy said. A police dog were called in and tracked a scent through neighboring woods, but lost the scent at a parking lot.

Anyone with information about the robbery is encouraged to call the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office at 540-6584400 or Crime Solvers at 540-659-2020. There could be a reward for the arrest and conviction of the robber.

TEEN FACES THEFT CHARGES An 18-year-old is in Rappahannock Regional Jail and Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office deputies are looking for his accomplices after several thefts in Falmouth on Nov. 20, Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office spokesman Bill Kennedy said. Mason Kahley, of Thomas Jefferson Place, is jailed with no bond and charged with grand larceny and petit larceny, along with conspiracy to commit grand larceny and conspiracy to commit felony. He is also charged with resisting arrest, Kennedy said.

Deputies were called to Ridgemore Street about 2 a.m. for break-ins to vehicles, Kennedy said. Two men ran from the scene, and Kahley was caught. Kennedy said that four people were involved in the thefts. Deputies found a backpack containing stolen items, said Kennedy, including a watch, iPod, lighters and clothing. Anyone with information regarding this offense is encouraged to call the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office at (540) 658-4400 or Crime Solvers at (540) 659-2020.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE WARNS RESIDENTS OF PHONE SCAM A Stafford County resident fell for a scam that cost her $800, Stafford County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bill Kennedy said. A woman got a call last week from someone identifying himself as her grandson and wanting money to make bail. The voice sounded like her grandson’s, and she wanted to help. Moments after talking to the person claiming to be the grandson, she got a call from

someone claiming to be the public defender, who said the grandson needed $1,800. That sum was too high to pay, so the fake public defender said he would settle for $800. The victim sent off a money telegram for $800 to the Dominican Republic, Kennedy said. The Sheriff’s Office warns residents to contact family or their office before sending money after a phone call.

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Band Together collects food, funds for Fredericksburg food bank

Mountain View High School Band Boosters P.J. King, left, and Becky Wardlow separate different food donations during the Band Together to Fight Hunger 2015 concert Nov. 9 that featured the five marching bands from Stafford County high schools. ALEKS DOLZENKO| STAFFORD COUNTY SUN

Band Together to Fight Hunger 2015 was once again a success and collected food for more than 21,000 meals for the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, according to Karen Bingham, Band Together coordinator. During the Nov. 9 concert by bands from Stafford high schools, band boosters loaded 8,418 pounds of food onto the WDF Trucking semi. This is an increase of 2,487 lbs from last year, Bingham said. This donation of non-perishable foods provided 7,015 meals, as one pound of food provides 1.2 meals. “We would like to thank all who attended or dropped off food and donations prior to

the event,” said Bingham. The grand finale of the concert featured more than 400 Stafford County band students performing “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “America the Beautiful.” Organizers also got 2,000 pounds of food from Food Lion and $5,260 from Dr. Elizabeth Attreed, Kohl’s Cares for Kids, Pancho Villa, YoFresh Yogurt, Chick-fil-A, Sam’s Pizza, High Note Trips, WDF Trucking, Food Lion and Walmarts in Stafford Lakes, Ferry Farm and Garrisonville. Donations from businesses provided 10,520 meals for residents of area counties served by the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank.

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McDonald’s manager surprised by display North Stafford McDonald’s general manager Jackie Pratt got a surprise at the eatery Nov. 18 from owner/operator Craig Welburn. A poster of Pratt now is displayed at the restaurant on Garrisonville Road. Welburn addressed the audience of customers and crew before the display was revealed, according to a news release. “One of things we love Jackie for that many people don’t know about, is that she works so hard to secure scholarships

for the students who work in our stores,” Welburn said. Earlier this year, one of the crew members Pratt supervised received a $50,000 scholarship from local owner/ operators through the McDonald’s Educates Scholarship Program. Jackie’s recommendation of the senior at North Stafford High School helped in securing her the award. Two of Pratt’s children also attended the display unveiling.

AMYCLAE TEACHER IN RUNNING FOR AWARD A dance teacher from a North Stafford studio is in the running for Dance Instructor of the Year in a contest by Greatmats, a flooring firm. Christine (Tina) Singer, of Amyclae Dance Academy on Walpole Street is one of 10 contestants nominated by their peers and students for the outstanding integrity, service and quality, according to a news release. Voting is at Greatmats’ Facebook page facebook.com/Greatmats/ until Nov. 30, and the winner will be announced Jan. 4. Submitted

located on 24.5 acres, just south of Stafford Hospital, being donated by developer HHHunt. To build the new campus will cost $25–$30 million. Sam said, plus an additional $4–$5 million for infrastructure. Germanna currently leases a 5,000-square-foot space in Aquia Park, opened in 2009 with help from a $300,000 support grant from the Stafford Economic Development Authority. Germanna is considering renting an additional 10,000 feet of space in Stafford for an Early College dual enrollment program for Stafford students. That space could in January 2017. Stafford provides $50,000 annually to Germanna, and supervisors voted last Tuesday to increase that sum by $150,000 per year in 2017.

STAFFORD COUNTY REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES NOW DUE 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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Jackie Pratt and Garrisonville McDonald’s owner Craig Welburn share a moment at the unveiling of a display featuring Pratt.

Adam Fried and his wife, Rhonda, are donating $1 million to Germanna to establish a permanent center in Stafford County, according to a news release. Adam Fried is CEO of Atlantic Builders. The Frieds announced the gift after receiving Germanna’s Distinguished Philanthropist of the Year award for past assistance to the college. The phase-one Germanna Stafford County Center building will be named the Fried Family Center after Adam Fried’s parents. The permanent center is expected to eventually serve from 5,000 to 10,000 students as the facility builds out and the county grows. “Thanks to the Frieds’ donation,” Germanna President David A. Sam said, “we’re one step closer to an expanded, permanent center that will be able to serve more students.” The Fried Family Center will be

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Making room for refugees

California, Arkansas, Florida and Pennsylvania. Since then more than 900,000 Vietnamese have been part of the United States East Asian Refugee Admissions Program. I vividly recall the 20,000 at Camp San Onofre as a Marine at Camp Pendleton, California. There remains the religious dichotomy between the Vietnamese and the Syrians. As much as I’d want to embrace a culture that is being decimated by ISIS and show compassion, the Vietnamese and their religion did not embrace Jihad against Christians. It must remain the issue of major concern. While Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Public Safety Secretary Brian Moran must be respected for their humanity, nevertheless their judgment is flawed. What needs to be formed is a nonpartisan commission with veterans and law enforcement experts like Chichester and Olsen, who can address the realtime aspect of bringing such a community into Virginia. Allow me to suggest that what the nation did for the Vietnamese perhaps needs to be examined and replicated with one major change. Yes, again put the refugees in military bases in an effort to address the issue of security and adequate Department of Homeland Security screening. But don’t we have military bases overseas? Daniel Cortez, a Northern Virginia political writer and broadcaster, is active in veteran and minority affairs. Reach him at dpcortez1969@yahoo.com.

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long time and has only been growing. We can, however, take solace in the fact that the Chamber will be having still another forum sometime early next year. So we can look for potential solutions sometime in the future. In the meantime the traffic congestion will continue and you can take a copy of “War and Peace” to read when the traffic stops moving. I’m sure Alice wouldn’t be surprised by all of this since the folks making these decisions are the same ones who are encouraging more homes, shopping centers and overall development in spite of the lack of adequate roads, public transportation or an intelligent masstransportation plan. At the end of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Alice finds herself in a trial and she begins to grow and grow and the Dormouse yells at Alice and tells her she has not the right to grow so quickly and use up all the air. Perhaps this is figuratively like our traffic. The good news is that at the end of the story Alice is awakened to find it was all just a dream. Maybe one day all the folks who have waited for years to climb out of the rabbit hole that took Alice into Wonderland will find themselves in a real-world, traffic-free wonderland and realize, like Alice, it was all just a bad dream. Until then, they will have to live like the March Hare in who shouted, “I’m late, I’m late, I’m late for a very important date.” Harvey Gold can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.

Former Commonwealth’s Attorney and later acquitted over the murder of Daniel Chichester gave a well- several Colonists. In what was actually researched presentation on historic an attempt at a land grab, justice was crimes in Stafford recently. The Syrians served after investigation by the House were not mentioned. of Burgess, and several of Stafford’s They didn’t have to be. leading citizens were found At the monthly meeting of guilty of “damaging” the the Stafford Historical Society, king’s reputation. They were Chichester, who served 40 required to pay restitution. years as Stafford’s tough but Malfeasance did not fair commonwealth’s attorney, end there according to regaled the group with facts published by Bill humorous anecdotes about Deyo, Patawomeck tribal DANIEL P. CORTEZ “clueless” criminals of the historian, as the king was county’s past. ambushed and murdered in Caroline With the majority of the research County in 1663. accomplished by historian Gerri Lynn Colonial punishment ran the gamut, MacGregor, Chichester’s delivery remains like 24 lashes to Hancox Carty for having relative to as he suggests “Life in Stafford an illegitimate child in 1750. Another County over the period of three centuries.” was hanged for burning the court house For folks like Chichester and his in 1751. And like today, community successor, Commonwealth’s Attorney instability and conflict between religions Eric Olsen, the prevention of crime existed. remains paramount to their publicBut how do the Syrians affect Stafford safety mandate. with respect to crime? Point is, they “You will be stunned by some of the don’t. And Chichester did not speak of crimes and some of the punishments,” his military background relating to a Chichester stated. “But given what is large immigrant community previously going on in a world aflame, I not sure forced upon the nation. Chichester, who was awarded a Bronze you’ll be stunned by anything.” Interesting was Stafford’s first Star during Vietnam, and veterans like recorded crime and punishment case myself recall how in 1975 the nation in 1662. Chichester chronicled how received 130,000 Vietnamese refugees Chief Wahanganoche, then king of the for assimilation. Potomacs which was actually the PataAfter Vietnam fell America in humaniwomeck Tribe, was apprehended, tried tarian fashion had processing centers in

and putting us on the top of a list of traffic congestion in the entire U.S., then whose It seems to me…the way our local responsibility is it. government solves problems is like living President Obama hasn’t taken a drive and travelling with Alice in Wonderdown I-95 in a while. Our members of land. And the cast of characters in our Congress certainly know the problem local governments sometimes exists, but so far what little act just as bizarrely as those money they have thrown Alice encountered. our way has not solved the Case in point, after millions problem. It only has moved of dollars of taxpayers’ money the problem down the road a has been spent moving the few miles. So whose problem gridlock on Interstate-95 up is it? Supervisor Paul Milde and down the highway and has been quoted as saying HARVEY GOLD avoiding the building of any this is, “…a national problem, connector roads, Fredericksburg certainly a state problem.” Area Metropolitan Planning OrganizaPerhaps, he, like Sellers, really mean tion, or FAMPO, now announces they are the feds and the commonwealth should going to spend $280,000 for a new study come up with the funds. But the funds on how to deal with the now-famous alone won’t solve the problem unless “50-mile” stretch of the interstate. Now I’m not a betting man, but I’ll an intelligent plan and agreement bet their study will show that at least one between Stafford and Spotsylvania can connector road is necessary and at a cost be reached. So far, these discussions far, far more than it would have been have been a little bit like the tea party in Alice’s Wonderland experience. when it was first discussed. Also reminiscent of Alice’s tea party, Even more bizarre is Stafford Superthe Fredericksburg Regional Chamber visor Laura Sellers saying the interstate shouldn’t be the responsibility of the of Commerce held its second forum on localities. Perhaps what she meant to what they described as a brewing “transsay was that it isn’t the responsibility of portation crisis.” If their observation is the localities to pay for it. But if it isn’t that the congestion on I-95 is meant by the responsibility of the localities to see the definition of brewing to be develthat their constituents aren’t sitting in oping, looming, threatening or growing traffic, spewing exhaust fumes, fouling they have not been looking at the same the air we breathe, losing their tempers, road the rest of us have been stuck on. increasing their chance of accidents The congestion has been there for a

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Civil War history re-lived at the White Oak Museum

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D.P. Newton, right, curator and owner of the White Oak Civil War Museum, allows visitors to get a hands-on experience of Stafford County’s Civil War history. PHOTOS BY ALEKS DOLZENKO| STAFFORD COUNTY SUN

who poke at the keys and watch the type bars fly to the roller. Another popular attraction, said Newton, is a blackboard from the original elementary school. With chalk at the ready, today’s students take their own hands-on trip back in time as they draw and write on the item that was a staple of every classroom.

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Along a winding two-lane road some 20 miles southeast of North Stafford, a former elementary school is home to a museum of the county’s Civil War history. At the White Oak Civil War Museum the past weekend, re-enactors of the Army of Northern Virginia brought some Civil War history to life. A walk through the camp at the museum gives a glimpse of soldiers’ lives in the early 1860s, with the re-enactors in period uniforms cooking over a campfire with rifles by their side. Re-enactors from the 30th Virginia Infantry Company B and 53rd Virginia Company H have been staging living history re-enactments from the Civil War for the past 30 years. According to Marvin Hamrick, coordinator for the 30th Virginia Infantry, these events are to educate the public through immersion, while allowing the re-enactors to have a little fun. One of the highlights of the day was the firing of the Coehorn mortar and the weaponry demonstrations. The 24-pound mortar was set off using re-enactor-grade ammo and the rifles were loaded with blanks. Both were used to show how the original soldiers would set up their weapons for battle. The camp also had four tents that replicated the types of lodging available to soldiers, Hamrick said. Larger officer tents were set off to the side of the camp, while enlisted soldiers’ tents were small. No matter the size of the tents, six men usually would be living in one tent. But it was unusual for men to sleep in the tents; usually they slept on the ground outside. “Each living history camp is set up as it would be in soldiers’ camps during the Civil War,” said re-enactor Jonathan Cox, who portrayed a private in the 30th Infantry. “It makes it more personal than seeing history from behind a glass case.” According to Cox, all of the items the re-enactors wore and displayed, from the clothing to the weapons, were bought from merchants who sell memorabilia for Civil War re-enactments. Spectators at the event got to hold the guns and try on the clothes. The group of re-enactors emphasized that soldiers would wear those same clothes for four years. The re-enactors want to reach a particular audience: familes, said Cox. What most people do not realize is that there were even 13-year-olds in the battles. They often served as musicians and assisted nurses with the wounded. Some children were even killed in battle, which shows families the immensity of what was happening in their backyard in the 1860s. Most of the men who fought, Cox said, volunteered or were mustered. They were regular men, sons and grandfathers, who picked up everything they could carry and went to Fredericksburg to fight.

Amanda Motley can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.

Jonathan Cox, foreground left, of the 30th, Company B, steps back as a charge used by re-enactors fires from the Coehorn mortar during a demonstartion Saturday at the White Oak Civil War Museum in Falmouth.

“No one really believed the war would last as long as it did,” he said. “I believe living histories put those aspects of war into a human aspect.” During the demonstrations Steve Schwartz and his wife were clicking away, trying to capture what living history was all about. This was not the first time they visited a historical site take pictures. “I’ve read a lot about history, and living history gives a different perspective and helps one remember that building might look modern but in reality buildings from that time period are places when people have died,” said Schwartz. “My wife and I love to come and photograph living history events.” Another goal of re-enactments, Cox said, is to encourage the public to experience the history in their backyard, and, in this case, to support the White Oak Civil War Museum. The museum was opened in 1999 by D.P Newton through a public-private ownership. The building housing the

six-room museum was originally a schoolhouse that both Newton and his mother attended years earlier. “I saw an opportunity to share artifacts and I took it,” said Newton. “The large majority of the relics are from other people who have loaned them.” The museum showcases tens of thousands of artifacts that have been found in the Stafford area. Displays include everything from drink bottles to china to weaponry and bullets. One of the exhibits includes two hand-crafted dwellings that show how soldiers lived. Piles of bullets are displayed along with some the rifles and pistols used by soldiers of both sides. Everyday items such as knives and forks are showcased alongside the cannonballs and bayonets. However some of the younger visitors, Newton said, find items from a more recent history very interesting. An older office typewriter in need of repair is a big draw with the youngsters,

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Holiday Pickleball Tournament

11:30 a.m.; Courthouse Community Center Ages 45+; $10 resident/$15 non-resident. www.staffordparks.com

Dec. 4

Lunch with Santa

10:30 a.m. to noon; Rowser Building, Stafford Ages 1 to 5; $15 resident/$18 non-resident Parent’s lunch $4. www.staffordparks.com

Dec. 4-6

Holiday Craft Show

Fredericksburg Expo Center

Fri./Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun. - 11 a.m. tob4 p.m. 540-548-5555 or dkerper@bmg1.com Tickets at www.fredericksburgholidaycraftshow.com

Dec. 5

Fredericksburg Christmas Parade 5:30 p.m.; Downtown Fredericksburg

Dec. 5, 6, 12, 19, 20

The 23rd annual Arts and Crafts Show at Brooke Point High School on Saturday was a success, according to organizers, with all 130 vendor spots taken. Proceeds from vendor and admission fees go to local Special Olympics programs. Above, Amanda Turner, left, of Honeycomb Heroes in North Stafford, answers questions during the show about honey and beeswax the firm sells.

Rikki’s Refuge Re-Tail 3503, Lafayette Blvd., Fredericksburg

Dec. 17

Free. www.fredericksburgchristmasparade.com

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Pictures with Santa

Dec. 5, 12, 19; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6, 13, 20; 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: $10 for a 4x6 holiday photo; Children, pets, families. 540-891-5300 or walk in.

Senior Citizen Council’s Christmas Luncheon

Dec. 7

Ages 55+; $5 with a Dec. 6 deadline Checks payable to Kitty Fund.

Ruth Anderson Talks

7 to 8:45 p.m. Freedom Museum, Manassas Military, non-profit, humanitarian background www.freedommuseum.org

Dec. 12

Stafford Gymnastics Center

6:30- 9:30 p.m.;$20 Drop off kids; holiday shop Ages 5-12; pre-register and sign release 540-658-5115; www.staffordparks.com

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Dec. 19

Stafford County Christmas Parade

6 p.m.; Courthouse Rd., Stafford

Holiday Drop & Shop

11:30 a.m.; Rowser Building, Stafford

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.

Dec. 19

School-Aged Open Gym

5:30 to 10 p.m. at Stafford Gymnastics Center, 500 Nelms Circle, Falmouth

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

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

Stafford Parks & Rec Activities

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.

Monthly Bingo

The 4th Thursday of each month; 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Rowser Building, Room B, Stafford Ages 55 and up, Pre-registration required; $5/ person. www.staffordparks.com

Preschool & Tot Gymnastics Classes Stafford Gymnastics Center 500 Nelms Circle, Falmouth

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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efore spring football practice began earlier this year, Trey Henderson was promoted to secondary defensive coach at William & Mary, where he has been involved with the program for 10 years. Henderson continues to serve as the recruiting coordinator after he had been an assistant coach with defensive backs in the past, working with NFL draft picks such as Derek Cox (third round in 2009 by Jacksonville) and B.W. Webb, a fourth-round pick of Dallas in 2013. The promotion has aided the development of Trey Reed, a junior defensive back at William & Mary and a former standout at Colonial Forge High. “He is a stickler on technique. He came on pretty hard,” Reed said of Henderson, who played football and baseball at Division III Randolph-Macon in Ashland. Reed has been a key defensive player this season for the Tribe, which finished in a three-way tie with James Madison and Richmond for the CAA title with a league mark of 6-2. William & Mary (8-3 overall) qualified for the national playoffs and will host Duquesne on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 3:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to meet Richmond on Dec. 5. The Tribe has now been in the playoffs 10 times in

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The Tribe was ranked No. 7 in the country before their Nov. 21 loss to Richmond, JMU was ranked No. 12 and Richmond was at No. 14. William & Mary had won six games in a row before the 20-9 loss to Richmond. A key win for William & Mary came against nationally ranked James Madison on Oct. 31, but Reed said the team was on a roll before that. “I think it all started at the beginning of the year. If you do your job, everything will take care of itself,” Reed said. “For the most part I think I have done a pretty good job.” Jimmye Laycock, the veteran head coach for William & Mary, said Reed has been a big part of the team’s success. “He comes to play. They all come to play,” Laycock said of his defensive backfield. “They all work extremely close [among coaches in the defensive backfield].” JMU was playing without injured quarterback Vad Lee, who is out for the year, in the loss to William & Mary. “That was the definition of a team win,” Reed said of the 44-41 decision at home Oct. 31. In that game Reed spent most of the day guarding JMU wideout Brandon Ravenell of North Stafford High. “I was on him the entire game. He is a great player,” Reed said. Ravenell then had the game-winning touchdown in the closing seconds to beat host Delaware 24-21 on Nov. 14. Ravenell then returned a kickoff for a touchdown in a win at home against Villanova on Nov. 21 and he also had six catches in the game. Ravenell ranks eighth all-time at JMU for catches in a career.

COLLINS WITH RICHMOND Stafford resident Gordon Collins is a sophomore running back for the football team at Richmond and a graduate of Mountain View High School. In his first 11 games he ran 16 times for 118 yards with two touchdowns. Collins also has one catch. LOCAL PLAYERS AT DAVIDSON Morgan French was a sophomore midfielder this year for the field hockey team at Division I Davidson of the Atlantic 10 Conference. She started all 18 games this season and played in all 19 games as a freshman in 2014 for the Wildcats. She was a four-year standout at Stafford High. Davidson was 8-11 overall and 5-3 in the Atlantic 10 this year. The season came to an end with a loss to No. 1 seed Richmond on Nov. 6 in the conference tournament in Philadelphia. French started against Richmond. David Driver can be reached at info@staffordcountysun.com.

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We are awash in photos. Once, families took a roll of 12 pictures on a weeklong vacation. Today, some people take 12 photos before breakfast — mostly selfies and shots of their breakfast. Yet, our children may have fewer pictures of us and their own childhoods then we do of our own parents and our childhoods. The digital cameras in our phones are always with us. With no cost for film and the delay of processing, we are able to take multitudes of photos. Burst mode in many camera apps let us take a dozen photos of one single shot to get the one with the best look on the subject’s face or the right moment in an action shot. We send the photos to Facebook to share with friends. The rest reside on our phone, until we replace the phone. Perhaps you use an app such as Google Photos, Amazon, Facebook or others to back-up your photos to the cloud. So how can I say few photographs will be available for the next generation to view? The sheer number of photos will be daunting. Imagine pulling up a loved one’s photos and scrolling through the first hundred, and you’re still looking at the same vacation trip. That would get old fast.

That is even supposing the photos will solution was an elegant one. And old fashioned. even survive. Photo prints. More than that, photo Who knows if Facebook or Google will even exist in 30 years? Internet books. He suggests that once a year, your companies rise fast — Facebook would still be in elementary school if it were a family sits down and selects from their mass of photos, a small selection that kid — and fall even faster. best represents your year. Even juggernauts such It will be hard, but who as Google — only 17 years better to gauge the best photos old — might have a change then the ones who took them. of ownership or control and Gather not only the photos decides to get out of the photo shot by the parents, but if your storage business. kids are taking photos too on And, technology changes. their own phones, ask them to Will the formats we store MARK STOUT send you ones they would like photos in, such as JPEG or .jpg still be readable by computers in to keep. Give them a quota to force them to be selective. 30 years? Once you have the photos, maybe a I’ve been mulling this problem for a while as have historians. Historians are hundred at most for the year, take a look fearful our generation may be recording around at photo book services. Most stores with a Photo Departmore information than any other, yet leave less behind that historians can use ment such as Walgreen’s, CVS, Costco, Walmart can make a photo book for you. in a generation or two. The professionals strongly suggested Stored data will be lost due to technology failure, corporate changes and printing to acid-free paper. Acid-free loss of support for the technology storing paper will decay much slower than the data. The same is true of our photos. conventional paper. We are in this for I heard a tech mogul turned profes- the long haul; we want our great-grandsional photographer speak about this children to have these photos. Pay a little problem on a recent podcast. His extra to preserve these photos.

I searched online for “acid-free photo books printing” and found many sources. Many come with apps for designing your book online. Just upload the photos, position them on the pages, add captions and hit submit. The books come in a variety of sizes and covers. Looking forward 10 or more years, you can’t be sure the same company will be available or there will be the same cover choices. I’d keep it simple, so that if covers do change, it won’t be so glaring on the bookshelf. And as easy as it is to make one book, you can make copies for grandparents or one for each child to take eventually with them to their own homes. And despite what I said about longterm survivability of digital photos, I’d still make a DVD of each year’s collection of photos. They will be enjoyable for the next several years at least. And, I’d consider taking a photo of each page, and post that to Facebook for friends to share your year-in-review. 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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