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ollowing a veto from Gov. Terry McAuliffe last week, Del. Bob Marshall says he’ll ask his fellow state lawmakers to revisit a bill requiring Virginia localities to detain individuals suspected of violating U.S. immigration laws.

Marshall, R-13th, is the chief sponsor of House Bill 481, which would mandate that

w a r r a nt s b e y o n d the requirements of whatever criminal charges led to their detentions.

Most Vi r g i n i a bob marshall localities, including Prince William County, already notify federal officials if routine background

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checks reveal someone in their custody is wanted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

But the state allows localities to decide whether people should be detained in connection with those civil immigration warrants. In his veto of the bill, McAuliffe (D) said it should stay that way.

“Virginia law already leaves it to the discretion of state and local lawenforcement officials how to respond to

lawful detainer orders received by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” McAuliffe wrote. “This bill does nothing other than subject non-citizens in legal disputes with federal immigration officials to inequitable treatment.”

McAuliffe also criticized the tenor of the debate around the bill, noting it stokes “irrational fears of nonbill citizens” and suggests “they paGe 3 should be treated as more

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Mountain View High School’s Jacob Menders, left, waits at the plate for a pitch as teammate Jakob Neufang (4) warms up during a baseball game on a cold Tuesday evening against North Stafford High on the Wolverines’ turf. Mountain View beat the Wolverines 3-0. See the game story on Page 8.

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VDOT eyes 84-mile network BRIAN TROMPETER

Transportation officials’ goal is to build

Ramoth Church Road.

Northern Virginia Media Services a seamless 84-mile network of Express That project is set to begin in June, The widening project along U.S. 1 in Woodbridge reached another milestone this week as bulldozers began demoliLanes by 2021, which not only would with southbound ramp completed tion of the Inns of Virginia. The hotel at the corner of Annapolis Way and U.S. 1 isthe the latest in the Virginia Department he break from orange barrels improve speedutilities and reliability for those in winter 2017-18 and theof northbound of Transportation project that places underground, and sets the stage for widening that section U.S. 1 to six and detour signs was nice while lanes, and building an overpass willbut connect to Va. 123.on Aleks William Today using the that lanes, freeU.S. up1capacity ramp opening in Dolzenko summer| Prince 2018.

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it lasted, but commuters can expect a whole lot more road construction in the near future.

State transportation officials have upcoming projects that they say will move more people through the region quickly and give commuters more transportation options.

“For the first time in over 30 years, we believe relief is coming to Northern Virginia,” said Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne during a briefing at VDOT’s Northern Virginia District Office last week.

“Compromises have been made by all parties to ensure improvements can now move forward,” he added, thanking state legislators for helping advance the projects.

non-tolled regular lanes as well.

Since the opening of Express Lanes on Interstate 495 between Springfield and McLean, motorists using regular lanes have seen 20-percent improvements in their travel times, Layne said.

The Express Lanes would be extended by 8 miles north on Interstate 395 and by 2.2 miles south along I-95 in Stafford.

The $50 million project at the southern end of the I-95 Express Lanes would add a new northbound entrance ramp just south of Garrisonville Road and extend southbound lanes past that area, while keeping the existing flyover ramp at Garrisonville Road.

The endpoint of the southbound Express Lanes will be 1,500 feet north of

Other construction includes Express Lanes on Interstate 66 from just east of the Beltway to the District of Columbia line and the addition of another eastbound lane along 4 miles of that highway between the Dulles Connector Road and Fairfax Drive, which long has been the site of traffic gridlock.

Construction of those toll lanes would begin this summer and be completed a year later. Vehicles that have two or more occupants, and are equipped with E-ZPass or E-ZFlex devices, initially will be able to use the toll lanes for free, but the threshold will change to three occupants in 2020.

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The Stafford County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on the budget, tax Virginia is finally catching up with federal rates and Capital Improvement Program mandates that help developmentally on Tuesday, but did not take action. disabled adults lead more independent lives County Administrator Anthony JILL PALERMO Romanello said prior to the public jpalermo@princewilliamtoday.com hearing that the board would not vote y any measure, Maye19. has a full yet, but instead would doHattie so April life. She lives in her own apartment, Eight people spoke at the public hearing, has a boyfriend and spends five days a most thanking the board forCommunity its proposed week working at the Thrift funding within its $274 million budget.

Store in Manassas, a job she’s held for nearly Teresa 15 years.Bowers, director of the Senior But until recently,atsheMental lived the Health way most Visitors Program developmentally disabled adults dothanked - in a group America of Fredericksburg, with of roommates and round-thethehome board forlotsfunding proposed within clock supervision from caseworkers. the budget for the program. It provides That changed last October when Maye, 42, trained volunteers who make became the first disabled adultfree, in herweekly program in-home visits, providing socialization to “graduate” into independent living. and support services to clients inbe need.

Now, Hattie Maye, who asked to identified by her first and middle names, pays her own As an example, Bowers explained that rent and client makes many her own decisions - like a typical may oflive alone and for what toreasons eat for can’t dinner, where to go to church medical drive. and when to grocery shop, do laundry or visit Along with Bowers, other repreher friends - all things she couldn’t do with such sentatives fromshe agencies autonomy when lived withpotentially as many as five receiving funding in the proposed budget roommates. addressed and the board.

She calls herthanked new arrangement “a dream come true. ” rate is $1.019dream The proposed tax per paGe 3 excellent, wonderful. $100“It’s of assessed value.

Included in the budget proposal are 27 new county positions, a 2 percent salary increase for county employees and an increase for other employees whose salaries are below market value, according subscribe todayto the budget discussion.

703-771-8800 The superintendent of Stafford County info@princewilliamtoday.com Public Schools requested a $1.2-million www.princewilliamtoday.com boost in local funding, though the school board’s adopted budget calls for $1.7 million more.

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POLICE BRIEF

Stimpson faces trespassing charge Former Stafford Board of Supervisors Chairman Susan Stimpson, 45, faces trespassing charges after an incident at the Fredericksburg Wegmans on Tuesday.

Stimpson was SUSAN STIMPSON arrested around 3:30 p.m. at the grocery store on the Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg, said city police spokeswoman Susan Kirkpatrick.

Kirkpatrick said police were called to the store for a woman walking around telling patrons personal information “about herself.”

When asked what she was doing, Stimpson continued to repeat the same statement to police, said Kirkpatrick, who declined to say what statements Stimpson was making.

After officers issued her a trespassing citation, Stimpson still didn’t leave the store and was arrested on a charge of trespassing.

Stimpson was placed in the Rappahannock Regional Jail until a hearing in Fredericksburg General District Court on Thursday morning when she was released on a $500 bond, according Laura Hatch, General District Court supervising deputy clerk.

Stimpson is scheduled for a court appearance at 9:30 a.m. May 26, Hatch said.

In 2003, Stimpson made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican Party nomination for lieutenant governor.

Last year, she challenged longtime House of Delegates speaker William Howell for his 28th District seat. Howell garnered 4,746 votes to Stimpson’s 2,899 in the primary election June 9, 2015.

Stimpson served as the chairwoman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors from 2012-2014. She was elected Falmouth District supervisor in 2010.

The trespassing charge against Stimpson is a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

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Students promote Arrive Alive campaign Students at three high schools and seven middle schools in Stafford County have joined a statewide campaign to promote safe driving and passenger safety.

Brooke Point, North Stafford and Stafford high schools, along with A.G. Wright, Dixon-Smith, Drew, H.H. Poole, Rodney E. Thompson, Shirley Heim and Stafford middle schools, joined “Arrive Alive,” which focuses on the increased risk of teen driver crashes during the spring and summer months, and during prom and graduation, according to a news release.

More teen drivers in Virginia will be involved in traffic crashes between May and August than any other time of the year, statistics show.

The program is sponsored by Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety (YOVASO) and the Virginia State Police, and is funded by a grant from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Highway Safety Office.

During the campaign, which runs through May 7, students will work in groups to develop programs and social media messages that influence their peers to be safer on Virginia roadways.

Middle school students will focus their campaign on how to be a safe passenger, pedestrian and cyclist.

High school students will focus on preventing driving distracted, speeding, driving with too many passengers, not wearing a seat belt, underage drinking and driving, and joy riding or “cruising.”

“Through Arrive Alive, teens will

take the lead this spring to make sure their friends and peers arrive home safely,” said Mary King, YOVASO program manager. “Our goal is to make this year’s prom, graduation, and summer break the safest yet.”

Statistics from the Virginia DMV Highway Safety Office show that over the past five years, teen drivers in Virginia were involved in 42,707 crashes from May through August, with 174 of those being a fatality.

During the same period, 146 teens aged 15-20 were killed, 15,202 were injured, and 2,516 were seriously injured.

Students at participating schools will develop a creative project designed to influence change in risky driving behaviors and attitudes. In addition, schools will hold distracted driving checks as students arrive at school.

Other activities will include wrecked car displays with the “Don’t be a party crasher” banner, attaching “TXT LATER. BUCKLE UP NOW. ARRIVE ALIVE.” cards to prom and graduation corsages and invitations, organizing safety rallies, and other creative messaging and programming.

Middle schools will focus their creative project around good passenger and pedestrian safety habits, including seat belt use, bicycle helmet use and other safe cycling and pedestrian habits. Middle schools will also complete a variety of safety programs, including pledge banner signings with students promising to be safe passengers, pedestrians, and cyclists.

For more, contact Casey Taylor at 540-375-3596 or visit yovaso.org.

Women in Community Action members include, front row from left, Toni Bar, Mary Lively, President Patsy Smith, Glorine Gholson, Joyce Peterson, Caroline Espree and Dolly Bowden. In the back row from left are WICA Project Chair Carolyn Custard, SERVE Anti-Hunger Director Pam Ryan, Renee Chinn, Sharon Minor and Rosalind Thomas, and debutantes Jonelle Brown, Pilar Durst, Cibone Everette, Jasmyn Harrell, Jordyn Harrell, Sara Howell, Adrianne Lee, Courtney Lee, Destiny Malloy, Taylor Stuckman and Noel Washington.

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Debutantes support anti-hunger efforts Women in Community Action’s 2016 debutantes recently completed their community service project, “Supporting Anti-Hunger Efforts in Our Community.”

The debutantes focused on giving back to others and providing a hand up to the less fortunate. With the assistance of WICA Project Chairman Carolyn Custard, WICA’s committee and Pam Ryan, director of anti-hunger programs at Stafford Emergency Relief through Volunteer Efforts, the debutantes were able to raise awareness about anti-hunger efforts, preparing and donating 75 bags of food, and packaging 125 bags of rice for deserving families.

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serves families in Prince William and Stafford counties. The group’s signature activity is a debutante ball for high school juniors and seniors.

Other WICA activities and highlights include scholarships, youth mentoring, adopting a family in need, financially supporting college students in need, contributing to Action Through Community Service, SERVE, Project Mend-AHouse, CAPAC, the Relay for Life Cancer Walk, Teen Summit and the Martin Luther King annual program. WICA also awards scholarships to debutantes entering college for the first time.

For more, visit serve-helps.org.

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Colonial Forge High alum dives into comedic web series Quantico boy to

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TRACY BELL

Stafford County Sun

A former Stafford resident has launched a comedic web series loosely based on her life, with the help of a few Fredericksburg-area friends.

Magan Carrigan — a New Orleans native who graduated from Colonial Forge High School in 2007 and the University of Mary Washington in 2011 — created and stars in “Solid 8.” The web series centers on a woman living in New York City, barely hanging on.

“She’s trying to figure out who and what she wants to be,” said Carrigan of her character, Nicki, in an email.

Carrigan, who earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting at UMW, continued her studies in New York City at the Actors Studio Drama School. And now she’s working hard on the web series, named affectionately for the group’s production company, Solid 8 Productions.

Much of the series’ focus is on the character’s difficulties with living and working as an actor in NYC, Carrigan said. Although the plot is based in NYC, the web series has deep roots in Virginia, she explained.

Carrigan’s creative team includes several UMW alumni, including her co-creator Taylor Williams, of Richmond.

Kana Zink, a Fredericksburg musician, composed original music for the show, and more local musicians donated music to one of the series’ three episodes now on

At the premiere at Videology Bar and Cinema in Brooklyn, N.Y., are from left, executive producer Emily Marquet (Reston native), series director Danny Gorman, co-creator Taylor Williams (UMW alum, Richmond), co-creator Magan Carrigan (UMW alum, Stafford), writer Maggie Bausch (UMW alum, Warrenton), writer Peter Mumford (UMW alum, Alexandria), production designer Shelley Richards (Fredericksburg native) and composer Kana Zink (Fredericksburg native).

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YouTube, Carrigan said.

Warrenton resident Maggie Bausch and Alexandria resident Peter Mumford, writers on the series, are both UMW alumnus; and Shelley Richards, a Fredericksburg native, is a production designer for the show.

Mechanicsville native Michael Bergamo wrote the show’s theme music and created merchandise; Emily Marquet of Reston is the series’ executive producer; and Danny Gorman, of New York City, directs the web series and plays Justin in the show.

In order to make the episodes the group has released on YouTube so far, its members raised $15,000 on the website, Indiegogo.

“It was incredibly hard work to raise that much money while working full time to pay rent,” Carrigan said. “…I’m still amazed when I think about the hard work and dedication it took to get this show finished. …I’m blown away by the dedication of everyone on our team because every single part of this process has felt so hard, but it also has felt so great because we’re accomplishing something really cool together.”

To watch the web series, visit solid8series.com or search for it on YouTube.

Also visit magancarrigan.com to learn more.

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

A Quantico boy will represent all the children of parents in the Marine Corps when he attends a recognition gala April 14 in Washington, D.C. Christian Fagala is one of six children representing each branch of the military in Operation Homefront’s 2016 Military Child of the Year Award. Each of the winners received $10,000.

The 9-year-old son of Diana Fagala and Marine Corps Capt. Justin Fagala, Christian was diagnosed with cancer at age 2. He has been treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., according to a news release.

Christian wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a Marine.

If medical issues become an impediment, then he wants to follow in his mother’s footsteps and work for the Department of Defense.

Christian sees a bright side to being a member of a military family, adding, “Military kids get to travel a lot and live in a lot of places civilian kids may just travel to. We get to make so many friends from different places and experience different cultures.”

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Teens can save other teens The number of youths that perish in motor vehicle accidents each year in Virginia is stunning.

Statistics from the Virginia DMV Highway Safety Office show that over the past five years, teen drivers in Virginia were involved in 42,707 crashes from May through August, with 174 of those being a fatality. During the same period, 146 teens aged 15-20 were killed, 15,202 were injured, and 2,516 were seriously injured.

That bears repeating: Of the 174 fatalities, 146 were teens.

This underscores the need for programs such as “Arrive Alive,” which has been welcomed in three high schools and seven middle schools in the county.

The program, sponsored by Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety and the state police, along with help from our sheriff ’s office, uses the peer-to-peer approach to educate drivers and passengers about safety in vehicles.

We know that teens have a problem listening to advice from adults, so peer pressure may have more impact on promoting safety.

We expect that a teen driver trying to impress his or her best friends with driving that is unsafe may have second thoughts when the passengers say “No, don’t do that.”

Starting the program with middle school students

In a return appearance from last year, the crash dummies will visit Shirley Heim Middle School about 7:30 a.m. Monday, April 18.

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should have an even more beneficial effect when they reach driving age.

We strongly support any program that will prevent accidents and save lives, and the peer-to-peer effort probably has a better chance of working than most.

It would make sense if more county schools got involved in the program.

Positive conservative outreach or futility?

Three weeks from today several thou- aspirations of responsible Republican sand loyal Virginia Republicans meet compassion, cogently fictitious and a for their annual convention. Results of total waste of time and money.

Yes, the cost would indeed fund Sen. Ted Cruz’s Wisconsin primary add fuel to the ongoing debate whether he a scholarship or two for a deserving or front-runner businessman Donald veteran or ESL elementary school class from my nonprofit designed Trump becomes the GOP to do that. But sometimes a nominee. jaded veteran and indepenConservatives are gathdent political media operaering in Harrisonburg tive needs to put his money mainly to choose presidenwhere his mouth is. tial delegates for their CleveThis election brings land convention. And as incredible interest by millencontentious as it may be, my DANIEL P. CORTEZ nials and minorities, clearly media presence will include sensing vindication brought giving an outreach presentaon by depression and anger from polittion about their future.

It could be a jaded future, examining ical business-as-usual. And there are the divisiveness between Trump and no Democratic guarantees for a “third” Cruz as Ohio Gov. John Kasich plays the Obama administration as Sen. Bernie spoiler. But if either expects victory in Sanders becomes more combative November, they still need independent against Secretary Hillary Clinton with a haunting FBI investigation. and minority help at the ballot box.

It has fueled this independent need Virginia’s 4.6 percent Latino voters will be part of the 27.3 million Hispanics for action.

As conservatives select 13 delegates eligible to cast a ballot and possibly help.

But it should be of concern as they join during their April 29-30 convention a growing number of millennials feeling and two committeewomen to make 49 disenfranchised by both parties’ hard delegates total for the national Cleveland convention, racial dynamics is someimmigration rhetoric.

Still, in spite of voter apathy, a posi- thing to be recognized.

John Findlay, RPV’s executive director, tive conservative outreach presentation could change that. And presentation agrees that outreach is a high priority and says they have made efforts to show comes in many forms.

My 10 minutes on the subject before a more sensitive racial balance. “It is an the RPV loyal and faithful may indeed area we are really focused on,” he said.

The RPV headquarters presently be an exercise in futility. Several of my media colleagues have called my employs 22 individuals, 9 females and

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4 minorities.

Similarly, Emily Bolton, communications director with the Democratic Party of Virginia, calls their diversity a top priority. “It’s who we are and ingrained in our values,” she said.

Of their DPVA headquarters staff of 14, seven are women and five are minorities.

While the suggestion of racial quotas is offensive, one must have sensitivity and acknowledge that immigrant communities naturally gravitate to familiar faces who share and understand their own culture. Thus the critical importance of outreach.

Representative faces, words and deeds remain of great concern to millions of these legal independent voting immigrants with relatives here illegally.

They acknowledge failure in President Obama’s immigration actions.

And according to a recent CNN poll, 60 percent of conservative Virginia voters desire to give the undocumented a path toward assimilation.

I say now and will state in Harrisonburg, if it includes giving them simple respect and allowing them — after being properly vetted — to pay taxes and get at the end of the immigration line, it is the responsible thing to do. It may even get Republicans badly needed future votes.

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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OBITUARY

FAMILY TECH | MARK STOUT

BARBARA DORIS EVANS LEWIS Barbara Doris Evans Lewis passed away on March 15, 2016 in Midland, TX. She was born on May 20, 1929 in West Roxbury, MA to the late Herbert Vanderbilt and Doris Irene Smith Evans.

Mrs. Lewis graduated from Girls High School, Boston, MA in 1946 and from Harvard College in 1986 with a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts. Mrs. Lewis was involved in a variety of civic pursuits as she was raising her family, including service as a PTA President and member of the Board of Education in Riverton, NJ. Her love of music and the fine arts were legendary in her family and to her friends.

In retirement, she lived in Stafford, VA and Fredericksburg, VA and was an active member of the Aquia Episcopal Church in Stafford where she faithfully served as a member of the Altar Guild. She relocated to Gardendale, TX in 2014 to live near her daughter.

Mrs. Lewis was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, John DuVall Lewis in 2007. She is survived by two sons: John Randolph Lewis of Kew Gardens, NY and Jeffrey DuVall Lewis of Bethesda, MD; one daughter, Willa Todd Lewis-Dawdy of Gardendale, TX; a sister, Claire Ellingson, of Rock Hill, SC; five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Altar Guild at Aquia Episcopal Church, 2938 Jefferson Davis Highway, Stafford, VA 22554.

A service of remembrance is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Aquia Episcopal Church in Stafford, VA. A family interment ceremony will follow at Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town, WV.

Apps make travelling easier My wife was selected more than a year the best travel apps are created by Israeli ago as a Fulbright Distinguished Teacher. startups. Many of us probably already use She is in Israel for four months to study Waze, a driving direction app that also how they educate young children with allows other drivers to share information autism and share her knowledge of the about the road, where there are accidents, police and obstacles. Waze is subject. The week of spring now owned by Google, but it break, my adult son and I flew was created by an Israeli team over to visit her. and their offices are still in Tel Of course I used technology Aviv. We passed the Google, to make the trip easier and Microsoft and Intel offices also learned a lot about technorth of Tel Aviv on one of our nology in Israel. What I learned tours. is useful for domestic trips as MARK STOUT The Moovit app works in well. Lessons learned from our whirlwind trip will be inspiration for the more than 800 cities in 60 nations. Type in your destination and it gives you the next few columns.

I created a folder on the front page of bus, train, ferry and other rapid transit my phone for apps I needed on the trip. options you have to get there. My wife has been using it since she arrived in Haifa a The first one was TripIt. Tripit is a “freemium” service, meaning month ago. She said she appreciates that it is free but with a paid level giving you it tracks where she is while she is on the more features that track your itinerary for bus and alerts her as to when she should you. Once you setup a TripIt account, you push the button to alert the driver that simply forward any emails you get from she wants the next stop.

One of the options when using Moovit airlines, hotels, rental car companies, etc. and Tripit maintains your itinerary for is that it offers a taxi as an option. Moovit you. You can track it in its smartphone uses the Gett Taxi technology to do that. app. It makes it easy to remember your Gett Taxi also has its own app. The app flight times, gates and other information. works something like the Uber app but I also added the app from the airline with taxis that subscribe to the service. It we would be flying. These seem to be finds the closest taxi and tells it where you constantly improving. We flew on United want to go. Then it tells you when the taxi and its app kept us up-to-date on flight has accepted the trip and lets you know changes and even held our boarding how soon the taxi will arrive to you, with almost frightening precision. passes for us.

Gett is in only a few cities now. In the Once in Israel, my wife introduced us to the Moovit app. It turns out that some of U.S. it works in New York City.

Almost all the taxis and tour buses we were on used Waze to navigate. The national pride in that app is immense. I used it and Google Maps, with which I was more familiar, to track our progress around the city. I had the “Your Timeline” feature turned on in Google Maps.

It plotted our path each day. It was fun to review our many travels around the country. It even tracked our walking tour through Jerusalem, but without 100 percent accuracy. Cell coverage in the Old City is not perfect, as you might expect.

I have an Android Watch, and my wife has an Apple Watch. We enjoyed comparing the number of steps each recorded as we took tours each day. If you have a Fitbit or other health tracker, be sure to take it on vacation with you.

While I normally only walk 4,000 steps a day, I had a streak going that week. I hit almost 14,000 steps the day we toured Masada. My fitness app had been quite disappointed with me upon my return.

I’m not walking nearly as much.

Effective use of our phones required local phone coverage. And travelling with your phone as your primary camera also required some adjustments.

This week’s link post at FamilyTechOnline.com will have links to my online travelogue on the trip if you are interested, and my wife’s blog on her impressions of Israel and the professional experiences she is having there.

For links mentioned in the column or to share this column online, go to familytechonline.com. For Mark’s contact information, visit markstout.info on the web.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS WINE & DESIGN HOSTS TWO PAINTING AND BOOK EVENTS Author Sheri Fink will participate at two Wine & Design of Stafford painting parties inspired by her books. The events will be April 16 at 556 Garrisonville Road, Suite 206.

“I am thrilled to combine Wine & Design painting parties with an author event that allows Sheri Fink’s fans to meet her and paint with her,” said Wine & Design studio owner Ashley Thompson.

“The Little Seahorse” children’s painting party with instructor Meagan Zastrow will be from 2-4 p.m.

Children will paint a picture from Fink’s book, “The Little Seahorse,” as Fink

reads the story and paints along with the children. The cost is $30 and Wine & Design will provide all materials — paints, canvases and aprons.

The “Cake in Bed” painting party will be 7-9 p.m. with instructor Shenell Geronimi.

Fink will read from her romance novel, “Cake in Bed.” Guests can have cake and Wine & Design will provide the wine or beer.

For more, call 540-628-2098 or email stafford@wineanddesign.com.

local nonprofit, ProjectLINK, to host a professional clothing drive. ProjectLINK serves parenting and pregnant women with substance abuse issues in a program through the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board.

Donations of professional attire, shoes, handbags, jewelry and maternity clothes will be accepted at the FAAR office throughout

April. With those donated clothes and other items, FAAR will set up a “boutique” at the new Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity ReStore for ProjectLINK participants to come shop and secure a few outfits to wear for job interviews, court appointments, and other events.

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Dominion’s ‘Project Plant It!’ celebrates 10 years of teaching about trees SUYAPA MARQUEZ | DOMINION

or the past decade, elementaryschool students throughout the Northern Virginia region have been digging into Mother Nature thanks to Dominion’s “Project Plant It!” A hallmark of this educational program is the distribution of a free redbud tree seedling to all children who are regisSAFETY TIPS: tered for the §§ To ensure your safety, program. always call 811 before you dig The seedlings a r e §§ Make sure your tree has plenty of room to grow shipped to in a sunny location with arrive in time moist, well-drained soil f or A r b or §§ Do not plant underneath Day, which is or within 25 feet of an overhead power line April 29.

This year, §§ Do not plant trees on top of underground power, for the first cable, phone or gas lines time since the program began in 2007, enrollment was open to all grade levels instead of just to third graders as in the past. Also, scout troops, civic organizations, preschools, homeschools and other entities that work with children –including parents and grandparents – could participate.

Registrations in 2016 include not only third-grade classes in the greater Northern Virginia area, but also a Girl

Scout troop in Stafford County, a Pre-K class in Reston, a kindergarten and fourth grade class in Arlington and a 10th-grade class in Prince William County, just to name a few.

Although the registration period closed in mid-February, there are still many opportunities to engage children in Project Plant It! All of the instructional materials – including lesson plans in math, science, language arts and social studies, along with other teaching tools – can be downloaded at no charge from the web site, www.projectplantit.com.

Teachers, parents and facilitators can easily adapt these materials to different grade levels.

The site also includes educational games, instructional videos, suggestions for outdoor activities that families can enjoy together, and much more.

In 2016, up to 50,000 redbud tree seedlings will be distributed to children in 10 states where Dominion conducts business. This means Project Plant It! has provided a grand total of about 350,000 tree seedlings over the past ten years, representing almost 875 acres of new forest if all of the seedlings are planted and grow to maturity. [Source: Virginia Department of Forestry] Project Plant It! was created by Dominion to teach children about the benefits of trees to the ecosystem and to inspire a new generation of treeplanters to protect the environment. For more information, visit www.projectplantit.com.

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Sophomore pole vaulter set personal best at George Mason DAVID DRIVER

For the Stafford County Sun

At the end of the 2015 spring outdoor track season, Ashley Hinton began to experiment with how she planted the pole as a freshman at George Mason University.

The Stafford High graduate fine-tuned a few things during the indoor season for the Patriots, and the changes have paid off. She set a personal best with a leap of 3.50 meters in the pole vault on Feb. 6 at the Scarlet and White Invitational in Boston.

“I completely changed the way I plant the pole,” said Hinton, who is now taking part in the spring outdoor season for the Patriots. “It helps me penetrate into the pit a little bit more. I have a really strong left arm; when I plant, it puts [more] pressure on the pole.”

Hinton also had a new mental approach as a sophomore.

“This year coming in I had a totally different mindset. Last year it was figuring out how things worked,” she said. “I have been focusing in on getting in every workout that I can. I am working on technique.”

The Stafford resident also made a new focus on academics, trying to do as much as she can with her classes early in the week, since she knows most weekends involve a meet.

Some of the Mason athletes, including

Ashley Hinton has had to change up her academics, trying to do as much as she can with her classes early in the week since she knows most weekends involve a meet.

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Hinton, took part in the Colonial Relays on April 1 in Williamsburg, while other members of the team were in California for a meet at Stanford.

George Mason won the outdoor title in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2015, and

Hinton said the Patriots are aiming for a repeat this year. The Patriots will host the Mason Spring Invitational on April 9 in Fairfax.

“The team is awesome. They are so supportive,” Hinton said.

Last year, in the outdoor season as a freshman at Mason, she was sixth in the pole vault at the 2015 Tribe Invitational with a mark of 3.15 meters. She set a personal record in the pole vault with a jump of 3.35 at the Mason Spring Invitational.

During the 2015 indoor season she was second in the pole vault at the Father Diamond Invitational and set a personal record with a mark of 3.30 at the Virginia Tech Invitational. But she beat that in Boston in February.

Hinton earned eight letters in track and field, four in cross-country and four in gymnastics while in high school. She was all-conference, all-region and all-state in the pole vault and gymnastics at Stafford High. Hinton was also named to the distinguished honor roll.

STAFFORD RESIDENTS WITH ODAC SCHOOLS Several schools in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) have Stafford products on their spring rosters.

The roster of the Division III RandolphMacon baseball team this spring includes sophomore pitcher Cullen Moore and freshman catcher Ina Pape. Both are

graduates of North Stafford High School.

Moore did not allow a run in his first three outings for a team that was 18-4-1 overall.

The Hampden-Sydney men’s lacrosse roster includes Lee Penninger, a freshman defender from Mountain View High.

Luke Hunley of Mountain View is a freshman defender for the men’s lacrosse team at Randolph in Virginia. Katie Jones, also a Mountain View High grad, plays freshman attack for the women’s lacrosse team at Randolph.

MARY WASHINGTON BASEBALL The Mary Washington baseball team beat host Christopher Newport 12-8 on March 30 and several Stafford residents played big roles in the win.

Senior catcher James Keller (Colonial Forge) had two hits and drove in four runs; freshman shortstop Ramsis Ruiz (Brooke Point) had two hits and scored a run; sophomore designated hitter David Slupek (Mountain View) had one hit; and pinch-runner Cody Beacorn (Stafford High) scored a run as the Eagles improved to 19-9 overall and 3-7 in the Capital Athletic Conference.

Keller upped his average to .355 and drove in his 33rd run, which led the team.

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

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April 28

Noon, National Museum of the Marine Corps 18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Triangle

6 to 8 p.m.

Stafford High School 63 Stafford Indian Lane, Fredericksburg

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Activities, games, crafts. usmcmuseum.com

Women in NAACP Spring Tea

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fredericksburg Hospitality House & Conference Center, Presidential ballroom 2801 Plank Road, Fredericksburg

Guest speaker, door prizes, hat parade contest, fashion show. Cost: $45; Deadline: April 2.

Email: staffordnaacp@gmail.com

Teen Takeover

8 to 11 p.m.

Courthouse Community Center, Stafford Ages 12-17; Cost: $5 apiece. Sports, games and snacks. Stafford County residents only. staffordparks.com

K9 5K

8:45 a.m.,Pratt Park, Stafford

$30 per dog; T-shirt & doggy bag.

Music, refreshments, contests. staffordparks.com

Rabies Clinic

8:30 a.m. to noon Government center parking lot 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford

Stafford High School Dedication

RSVP to allend at @staffordschools.net or call 540-371-7200

April 30

Drug Take-Back

10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Stafford Hospital 101 Hospital Center Blvd., Stafford

Disposal of drugs, sharps. staffordsheriff.com

UMW Lecture Series

Various dates & topics now – April 14 7:30 p.m.; University of Mary Washington’s Dodd Auditorium George Washington Hal l, Fredericksburg Free and open to public. umw.edu

Tax Preparation Clinics Each Wednesday through April 14

Porter Library, 2001 Parkway Blvd., Stafford librarypoint.org/porter

Celebrate Virginia Concert Series

April 16

May 6 – Chris Young May 7 – Lynyrd Skynyrd May 13 – Billy Currington with Kelsea Ballerini and Levi Hummon May 20 – Chase Rice July 8 – Eli Young Band July 28 – George Thurgood and The Destroyers July 29 – The Beach Boys Sept. 24 – Boyz II Men

10 to 11 a.m., Porter Library, Stafford

June 4

$7 per vaccine for pets four months and up.

Pre-register at staffordcountyva.gov/rabies or treasurer’s office.

April 10

Spring Open House

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Gari Melchers Home & Studio at Belmont

Love sculpture, selfie contest, wedding reunion.

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9:30 a.m., Aquia Landing, Stafford

All ages; free; no registration required. Bring work gloves; bags provided. Snacks afterward. staffordparks.com

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Mountain View’s Menders shuts out North Stafford DAVID STEGON

For the Stafford County Sun

With temperatures better suited for playoff football than early-season baseball, Mountain View’s Jacob Menders shutout North Stafford, 3-0, on Tuesday night.

Menders went the distance, mixing an inside fastball with an occasional curve to routinely induce weak contact that his fielders cleaned up. Outside of two runners in the seventh, Menders didn’t allow multiple North Stafford base runners in any inning.

“Jacob pitched a great game and I emphasized ‘pitched,’ ” said Mountain

View coach Craig Lopez. “Until that last inning where the adrenaline kicked in, he focused on making the right pitches and keeping the batters off balance.”

Menders needed about 70 pitches to complete the game.

The cold suppressed the offense for both teams, but Mountain View was able to take advantage of North Stafford’s mistakes to put runs on the board.

In the first inning, Mountain View third baseman Nathan Neff reached first on an error by short stop Justin Cherry.

He moved to second on a wild pitch and then came in on a single to right field by

Bob Grzymkauski.

The Wildcats struck again in the fourth inning.

First baseman Dylan Hall walked and moved to third on a bouncing double down the left field line from short stop Jacob Pollack. Menders then helped his own cause, hitting a high chopper to short that didn’t allow the defender time to either throw home or get Menders at first.

Two batters later, the bases were loaded with one out and North Stafford had a chance to get out of the inning. Left fielder Kris Donahue hit a sharp grounder to pitcher Dawson Sims who threw home for the first out, and then catcher Kevin Ledford threw to first for the double play.

The throw, though, escaped first baseman Logan Sanders and allowed a third run to score.

Sims had a similar night to Mendes on the mound. He induced a lot of weak

contact, recording mostly ground ball outs as neither team hit the ball particularly hard in the cold weather.

Lopez praised Menders and catcher Alex Smith for keeping the North Stafford offense out of sync. Lopez gave Smith pitch-calling duties this season — something Lopez typically did from the dugout — as he trusted the Navy signee to call the game as he saw it play out.

It was a much different outing then when Menders pitched earlier this season against Colonial Forge. In that game, Lopez said Menders tried to just throw the ball past the Eagle batters, but they were ready. The result was an 8-5 loss.

“Jacob is an excellent pitcher who is going to play next year at Shippensburg,” Lopez said, “and as long as he remembers to focus on pitching, he can have outings like tonight on a regular basis.”

With the loss North Stafford fell to 1-6.

Mountain View is now 5-2.

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COUNTY SETS MEETING ON LAKE MOONEY Stafford County will host a public information meeting about Lake Mooney at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the auditorium at Gayle Middle School, 100 Panther Drive.

The lake is scheduled to open to the public May 28 at the new boat launch and check-in facility off Greenbank Road.

Visitors will be allowed to take nonmotorized boats, such as canoes and kayaks, on the 503-acre lake. Swimming is not permitted. Fishing is not yet allowed, but will be permitted once the fish population has matured.

Representatives from Stafford’s Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities, Utilities, Fire and Rescue and the Sheriff ’s Office will attend the meeting to provide information and answer questions.

Officials also plan to enhance bus service on I-66 outside the Beltway and by 2021 build new park-and-ride lots with 4,000 new parking spaces for commuters.

All of the improvements on I-66 outside the Beltway would cost about $2.1 billion. Construction is scheduled to start in 2017 and finish by late 2020.

Snellings also discussed the planned Armed Services Memorial, noting that the fundraising kickoff breakfast for the project will be held May 26 at Stafford Regional Airport. Eventually, people will be able to purchase memorial bricks at the memorial to honor their loved ones and friends, Snellings said.

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