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he Stafford County School Board has approved buying classroom computers for high school social studies and technology courses. The amount for the computers is not to exceed $200,000. The vote was 4-2, with Sarah Chase of the Falmouth District and Holly Hazard of Hartwood District opposed. Board member Pamela Yeung of the Garrisonville District was absent. The school system’s Instructional Technology and Information Services Department and the Learning and Organizational Development Department are partnering to place the Chromebooks in all World History I and ESOL Foundations of Social Studies classrooms. Board member Patricia Healy of the Rock Hill District said she sees this as a pilot program for the two courses, which are offered all five of Stafford’s high schools. “I see this as a potential first step to where we’re going in the future,” Healy said. Freshmen will use the computers for research and work, including performance assessments and a digital portfolio, according to the plan, which

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Sheriff ’s Office sets homeland security course The Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office is looking for residents who are interested in playing an active role in homeland security. Selected individuals will attend a new Citizens Homeland Security Course on how to spot and report suspicious activity. The training, on Saturday, Sept. 15, will also highlight current threats facing the nation, according to sheriff ’s office spokesperson Amanda Vicinanzo.

“We are proud of the aggressive approach we have taken toward homeland security over the past several years,” said Stafford Sheriff David Decatur. “But this course represents a significant shift in our tactics because we are not just focusing internally; we are reaching out to train our citizens to become more vigilant and engaged in homeland security. “Our goal is to teach them that if they see something, they should say

something immediately to the Sheriff ’s Office. They will play an active role in collecting intelligence for us and partnering with us to monitor terrorist activity and stop attacks before they happen.” After completing the class, residents will be part of the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office SHIELD Program that provides them with HOMELAND

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supports personalized and projectbased learning. The program seeks to shift to more rigorous instruction and skill development in social studies, according to a background report. On the technology side, instructional technology resource teachers will coach teachers throughout the year, and the project will include measuring and monitoring device use to find more opportunities related to technology. Chase said she couldn’t support the idea at this time due to a few concerns and feels as if “we’re putting the cart before the horse.” She explained that there aren’t set policies on technology distribution to classrooms and no clear plan for

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instructors on how to handle behavioral issues related to laptops. She went on to say that it isn’t known how current technology is being used, how often, or even whether providing the Chromebooks is going to be effective. Hazard also hesitated to go forward. She said she wants to know how the program would be used on a larger technology scale within the school system. Hazard said that despite her concern, there’s “a lot to be gained” from the program in the right context. “I’ll be voting against this — not for the concept, but for the timing,” Hazard said.

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“Nearly four-out-of-ten persons killed in drunk driving crashes in the commonwealth last year were ages 1835. Those are our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters—all gone before their time,” said Virginia State Police Col. Gary T. Settle. “Troopers and other law enforcement professionals are on the roads every day with the goal of protecting Virginians, and that solemn duty will be front-of-mind during the upcoming high-visibility periods.” Complementing the high visibility enforcement, Checkpoint Strikeforce is sponsoring an advertisement targeting at-risk drivers through a campaign called “Act Like It.” The 30-second spot debuted last week, and reminds viewers that, if you’re old enough to drink, act like it, and get a safe ride home. Checkpoint Strikeforce is part of a research-based multi-state, zero tolerance initiative designed to get impaired drivers off the roads using checkpoints and patrols along with education about the dangers and consequences of driving while intoxicated. Virginia’s Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign is supported by a grant from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to the nonprofit and Falls Church-based Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP).

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In Defense of a Free Press This editorial is about an important principle, not political partisanship. But is such a premise even possible these days? Sadly, it’s a key question. In today’s hyper-divided ideological landscape, taking an elected official to task about his rhetoric on a specific issue is bound to be seen — on both sides — as taking sides. We’re certainly not taking partisan sides, but this newspaper agrees with the spirit of a national effort today supporting the vital role of a free press in society — and, yes, condemning politicians’ ad hominem attacks on the media. This starts at the top, unfortunately. “The slander of ‘fake news’ has become President Donald Trump’s most potent tool of abuse and incitement against the First Amendment, labeling journalists the ‘enemy of the American people’ and ‘dangerous and sick,’” observes Cindy Durham, executive director of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association,

who says the “dirty war on the free press must end.” InsideNoVa/North Stafford and its sister news outlets across Northern Virginia join today’s nationwide response drawing attention to the dangers of the president’s attacks on the press. As Des Moines Register opinion editor Kathie Obradovich told Politico, it’s not “Attack Trump Day.” Rather, her newspaper is participating “because we think it’s vital for community newspapers to stand up for the importance to our democracy of independent journalism.” We could not agree more. So today we join a variety of publications who are standing together in the common defense of the journalism profession and the critical role it plays in government for and by the people — a free and independent press, one of the most sacred principles enshrined in the Constitution. President Trump’s tweets about “Fake news!” and saying what Americans are

reading “is not really happening” have consequences. So does calling reporters “horrible, horrendous people.” As the Grand Forks Herald notes, “some people believe the president and, unfortunately, the ugly rhetoric is sifting downward, settling even on small newspapers out here on the North Dakota prairie.” A scan of online comments on Virginia news sites show this phenomenon is, sadly, all too familiar here, too. These broad-brushed attacks undermine the work of thousands of journalists reporting real news — from our local community board meetings to the 4-H prize awarded to the kid next door. As humans, reporters make mistakes, but to sow distrust in an entire institution that’s an essential part of well-informed communities is dangerous to our republic. From the White House on down, it is time to back off the vitriol. The press and its practitioners can — and at times should — be criticized. But a free press should be bolstered, not buffeted by incendiary attacks.

Does Stafford have a stash of train robbers’ gold? while the other used a stick of Stafford County’s history is dynamite to blow open the rich: the Patawomeck Indians, American Express car. John Smith, the Iron Works of They got their loot. Just George Washington’s father how much is in question, but and, of course, the boyhood apparently they had horses home of one of our founding waiting for them and took off. fathers. And the list goes on. DAVID KERR However, before they left, in Among all the great happenings, a bit of criminal genius, they my favorite is the “Great Aquia disconnected the steam engine, opened Train Robbery.” As I found recently, the story only gets up the throttle and jumped off. The engine shot off toward Quantico. better. Not only was there a westernIt got as far as Chopawamsic Creek, style, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance where it turned over. But the rail line Kid” train robbery, but there also might had been too distracted by the out-ofbe some stolen gold still in the woods in control train to notice that it had been Brooke. robbed. Let me qualify that statement by saySearcey and Morganfield pulled anothing that the prospect of any lost gold and er fast one. To the passengers, it looked the chances of finding it 124 years later like they were going east, toward the wain the extensive woods along the rail line ter. However, they actually doubled back are extremely thin. and went west. The thing is: Was that a The suspicion is based primarily ruse or did they have a mission in those on some unanswered questions and a woods — like ditching most of the loot? 116-year-old newspaper story. Other That became a part of the lost gold than that, there isn’t much to go on — legacy. but when has that gotten in the way of a It seemed possible these two train good lost-treasure story? robbers might get away. For several days Let’s start by rewinding the clock there was no trace of them. They were a little. It’s 1894 and Charles Jasper Searcey and Charles Morganfield— short being pursued by Pinkerton detectives, combing the region on horseback, but on cash and criminally inclined — dethe trail seemed cold. That is, until a cided to rob a Richmond Fredericksburg merchant in Culpeper noticed a man and Potomac (RF&P) train. This wasn’t spending money a bit too freely. a spur-of-the-moment undertaking. Law enforcement went into action, They had word that this passenger train and the two were apprehended and taken was carrying an American Express Co. to Stafford County to stand trial. car with gold and cash. Searcey got eight years and MorganThey boarded the train in Fredericksfield 20. What’s more, according to a burg and began moving forward. Shortly 1902 article in the Richmond Times, after the Brooke station, they made their Searcey, thanks to good behavior and move. They took control of the train and “turning towards religion,” got out a year forced it to a stop. There, one of the two early. kept a gun on the passengers and crew,

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According to the Times article, after leaving jail, Searcey went to Stafford Courthouse to visit with the attorney who represented him during the trial. He also made a claim that he had a job with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, but that, not surprisingly, wasn’t true. The article notes that local residents saw him searching the woods east of the rail line close to the water. Clearly he was being watched, and sometime after that he disappeared. One curious aside to this story is that apparently American Express never said how much money and gold were stolen. Some loot was found on the two robbers, but it wasn’t by any means all of the missing money. Was there more somewhere else? After all, the passengers and train crew saw them riding east. Both men — Searcey probably later changing his name because of an old warrant in Arkansas — seem to have drifted into history, never to be heard from again. But what of the gold and the cash? Most of all, the gold, since, if there was any to begin with, it’s more likely to have survived the ravages of time. Is it buried in the woods? Or along the creek? Or has it long since been recovered by the original thieves? The story, like all good treasure sagas, has a high degree of implausibility. However, there are still enough unanswered questions to wonder whether it’s still out there. David Kerr, a former member of the Stafford County School Board, is an instructor in political science at VCU and can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

HARVEY S. GOLD | IT SEEMS TO ME

What we put into the environment doesn’t go ‘poof ’ 1900s, “the solution to polluIt seems to me…when it comes tion is dilution” and gives to the environment we tend us feeling of safety. to view issues regarding air, But, we have learned this water, and soil from a local isn’t true. Dilution is not perspective. keeping the oceans, lakes In Stafford County and even or rivers clean. Instead, our the counties around us, we don’t HARVEY GOLD waters are being flooded losee any ugly, dirty orange clouds cally to globally with plastic hovering over I-95 such as those and other garbage, chemicals and that give an interesting hue to the debris. We know the air around the skies above cities like Phoenix and Los world is filled with too much carbon Angeles. Throughout our county and dioxide, methane and other contamiregion, swimmers, tubers, water skiers, nants that result from our 21st-century and waders venture into the Potomac lifestyle. Although we have given it and Rappahannock rivers without the old college try through recycling concern. and environmental regulations, our Homeowners, farmers and hortiway of life continues to overwhelm the culturists apply abundant amounts of troposphere. herbicides, insecticides, and other pesLocally, we do our part in this ticides to ensure that noxious organisms don’t appear. The general subcon- unhealthy contribution. One of my scious thinking is that whatever we put environmental students who works for a non-profit organization that tries to into the environment goes “poof ” and keep the Rappahannock clean showed we don’t have to worry about it once me pictures of items they take out of we spray, pour, spread, spill, or send it the river that vary from plastic bottles out our auto’s tailpipe. to giant tires. Local people put them No need to worry, the volume of there. The tires didn’t roll down from the earth is 1.08 quadrillion cubic New York. kilometers. The volume of the oceans Silt and other runoff contaminants is from 1.3 billion to 1.5 billion cubic regularly enter the river through erokilometers. And, air in the skies above sion, neglect or violations of laws. seems to go endlessly into space. All General runoff from streets, lawns, this brings back the slogan of the mid-

construction and neglect goes into the river. Construction like what has resulted from Richmond County rezoning the 976-acre site atop Fones Cliffs for a massive commercial-residential development is a great example. And, all the continuing construction in Stafford, Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg adds to the pollution load. As we allow more residential and commercial construction and the roads to support these, we are not only changing the environment but polluting it as well. Since there are no walls or barriers between counties, environmental problems in one jurisdiction affect the others. The Rappahannock and Potomac rivers are tidal, and while some things are flushed out only to contaminate the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean, others remain in the local water and in the sediment below. All these impacts affect the wide variety of organisms that inhabit our waters, land and air. As we take away undisturbed land, every living thing in it is affected. Plants, trees and shrubs serve as the homes of a wide variety of animals and also provide necessary biodiversity for the health of the environment. As our area population is allowed, if not encouraged, to grow, the natural

services that provide environmental sustainability become overwhelmed. There is no doubt that our elected officials — national, state and local — bear part of the blame. The pressure caused by the demand for economic growth bears another part. But you and I by how we live, what we overlook, ignore, or just don’t care about probably bears the most fault. We applaud banning plastic straws but continue to allow mountains of other plastic materials and “other polluting stuff ” to overwhelm our landfills. We shake our heads and think “isn’t that something” when we read about the “islands” of non-decomposing garbage floating in our rivers, lakes and oceans. But that old mentality of “the solution to pollution is dilution” continues to fill our thinking. Because there are more of us in Stafford, Virginia, the country, and around the world, we demand more, we use more, we discard more, and replace what we discard with more — and that cycle just continues the problem. Walt Kelly, through his cartoon “everyman” Pogo Possum got it right when he said, “We Have Met The Enemy And He is Us.” Harvey Gold is a contributing writer at InsideNova. Reach him at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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Back to school for Fido, too what is expected of them. We can Many college students have teach them what is the right or already headed off to the correct response by rewarding various campuses and our them when they display that younger children will soon behavior (positive reinforcebe returning to the classment) and what is an incorroom, but what about the rect behavior by taking away dog? Why should he be left LAURIE something they desire (negative behind? The answer is he C. WILLIAMS punishment). And if we don’t shouldn’t! This is the perfect teach them this difference, then time to start or resume some training for the canine member of the shame on us and we shouldn’t be disappointed or blame them for not knowing family, too! Just like humans, dogs are always ea- what we haven’t taught correctly. But do you have to actually take dogs ger to learn new things, especially when presented in a fun and motivating way. to school? Not necessarily. Just like kids, Dogs act on impulse and are very oppor- dogs certainly can be home-schooled, tunistic. They do whatever will deliver but that makes socialization and learnthe best outcome for them. The have no ing how to behave in the world outside moral code. They’re animals! Therefore of our own living rooms and backyards it is up to us to teach and show them a bit more of a challenge. In order to

proof behaviors and make them more reliable regardless of the environment, dogs really need to get out into the world to experience things as early as possible so they don’t develop fears. For any of us who have been to some of the European countries, we can see the difference between our dogs and their European counterparts. In many countries overseas, dogs are welcome in most public places whereas our dogs are not. Because those dogs can go everywhere, they develop much more appropriate social behavior from a very young age. Sadly, many U.S. dogs don’t get the opportunity to go places besides the groomer and veterinarian’s office. While our country certainly isn’t the most “dog friendly,” there are places we can take them if we seek them out and think outside the box. Many businesses will welcome well-behaved dogs as long as it is not an establishment that sells

food, the key being “well behaved.” And that’s where training outside the home comes in handy. Reliable behavior outside the home can be easier to work on in a training class led by a trained professional. When done well, a group class with other dogs and their owners can be the perfect place for a dog to learn focus, attention and impulse control. And if your dog has already mastered the basics, seek out a class that teaches something new and fun like tricks, dog agility, fly ball or barn hunt! After all, dogs were bred to work, and training is the best way to develop a dog’s work ethic and improve our partnership and bond with then. Don’t wait, find a class near you! Stafford business owner Laurie C. Williams is a published author, television and radio personality and nationally-recognized dog trainer. She can be reached at info@pupniron.com.

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U.S. Army PFC Brandon Chandler, power generator mechanic, U.S. Army Africa, won the USARAF Best Warrior Competition. The Best Warrior competition tests the physical and mental endurance of soldiers. Chandler will go on to compete in the U.S. Army Europe BWC set to take place later this month. Brandon is a recent Brooke Point High School graduate and serves in Vicenza, Italy. His best days were playing basketball during his years at Brooke Point. ARMY SGT. JENNIFER A. GARZA | PROVIDED

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One of the primary goals of the University of New Hampshire football defense in 2018 is to be more consistent. “There were times last year when we did a real good job stopping the run and as a result we won those games” said defensive coordinator John Lyons. “We’ve got to be more consistent. I would say just be more consistent across the board. There were a lot of times we did a lot of good things, but then we broke down in certain areas and it really hurt us.” Senior defensive end Jae’Wuan Horton (North Stafford), one of three Wildcat captains along with senior linebacker Jared Kuehl and senior running back Trevon Bryant, will be one of the central figures in bringing more consistency to the defense. Horton has been one of the most durable and reliable Wildcats throughout his collegiate career. He has started 37 straight games headed into the 2018 season, dating back to the third game of his redshirt freshman season. UNH opens the season at Maine on Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. The home opener is Sept. 8 against Colgate at 6 p.m. for Youth Football Night. The Wildcats then take on the University of Colorado in Boulder in their Football Bowl Subdivision game Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. Eastern time.

North Stafford graduate Jae’Wuan Horton (91, far right) is a UNH captain with Jared Kuehl (58) and Trevon Bryant (8). UNH/PROVIDED

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younger kids along but he’s taking another step with his expertise with how many reps he’s gotten over the years with UNH.” Ellis and Horton are looking for a big senior year. “He had goals coming into this year,” Ellis said. “He wasn’t shy about his goals. He wants to be an all-conference player and he’s done everything he needs to do to be one. He was up here during the summer preparing to be an all-conference player. So now it’s getting him to see the bigger picture and take that next step, which he’s doing.” Horton, 6-foot-2 and 244 pounds from Stafford, is excited about how preseason camp has gone and about the season to come. “Defense and offense are bringing a lot of juice,” Horton said. “I think the chemistry of the team is really good. We’re getting after it. . . .We’ve played longer together. We’ve been through ups and downs and some of that stuff has brought us closer. I think that’s helping the team jell better together.” The defense helped the Wildcats to a 9-5 record and 14th straight appearance in the NCAA Division I tournament last year, the longest such streak in the country. UNH gave up 21.5 points a game last year, which was sixth-best in the Colonial Athletic Association. Nearly half the total 301 points the defense gave up came in three games last year. The Wildcats allowed 145 in losses at Holy Cross (51-26), Stony Brook (38-24) and South Dakota State (56-14). They allowed 156 combined in their other 11 games for an average of 14.2. “For us, it’s just competing against ourselves and making ourselves better than we were last year,” Horton said. “We were a pretty good defense last year but we could be better.” Having sophomore Brian Carter, junior Josh Kania and senior Kyler Reisert join him in a rotation will only help the team and Horton, Ellis said. Kania and Reisert, who is still recuperating and may miss the start of the season, both started when they played but missed much of last season due to injuries. “Those four have the ability to not only be starters but to be playmakers throughout the conference,” Ellis said. “The beautiful part about that is they’re each other’s own push and competition. I describe it as I have four starters in the room.” Horton leads the way. “He’s a smart player,” Ellis said. “There’s not a lot of wasted footwork and he’s always in the right place at the right time. He does a great job of watching film as well. It’s the true mark of a veteran, a guy who’s taken a lot of snaps.” And of a guy who is slated to take a lot more to cap his senior season.

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Abramaitys ready for senior year at Marymount » BY DAVID DRIVER FOR INSIDENOVA

Emily Abramaitys, of Stafford County, is getting ready for her fourth season on the volleyball team at Division III Marymount University in Arlington. She will be one of several four-year seniors and she has had the same coach all four years: Beth Ann Wilson, a former standout at Division I William & Mary in Williamsburg. But there are some changes in store for the Mountain View High School graduate and for the Saints of Marymount. After nearly 30 years in the Capital Athletic Conference, Marymount will begin playing this academic year in the Atlantic East Conference. Other schools in the AEC starting Sept. 1 will be Cabrini University, Gwynedd Mercy University, Immaculata University, Marywood University, Neumann University and Wesley College of Delaware. “I am looking forward to the new conference,” said Abramaitys, an outside hitter for the Saints. “We have not had the opportunity to go very far before [in the CAC]. I think it will be good for us. We are still a pretty young team.” Wilson said the new conference will allow Marymount to compete against other schools that are similar to the Saints’ program in size and mission. “I feel this conference has a lot more lined up with that. Our strengths and weaknesses are a little more similar. I feel it is more of an even playing field,” said the veteran coach. Wilson feels the Saints will be able to contend for a league title in volleyball this year. Abramaitys was a four-year standout at Mountain View as she played two years of junior varsity and two seasons of varsity volleyball. She was a CAC All-Academic team member in 2015 and 2016 for the Saints.

In 2016 she played in 24 matches with one start at Stevenson in Maryland. She had 48 kills and 1.07 kills per set, with 29 digs and five total blocks in 2016 as a sophomore. Last year as a junior she played in all 31 matches and had 207 kills. “We are very thankful and impressed that she made it back last fall after her back surgery [in 2017]. She really wasn’t cleared to do much until last June 2017. She did a good job and played a variety of positions,” Wilson said. “It had been a while since she had trained that hard. We were all just really happy that she made it [back]. But I think we are even more excited for this season [with her] coming in strong.” Her brother, Andrew, took part in football, soccer and swimming at Mountain View. He was a swimmer at Division I Canisius in New York. “She likes the right side better, and she is probably a little stronger on the right side — even though that is just a more crowded position. She has more of an ability to perform for us and contribute on the left side,” Wilson said. The Saints begin the season Aug. 31 at Bridgewater and will also face North Carolina Wesleyan that day. The next day Marymount plays at nearby Eastern Mennonite in Harrisonburg against Lynchburg and the host school, EMU. Marymount is not the only school in the region making a change in conferences. Frostburg State in western Maryland, which attracts several student-athletes from Stafford, will make the move from Division III to Division II in 2019.

MARY WASHINGTON VOLLEYBALL The Mary Washington volleyball team opens the season Aug. 31 at the Captains Classic in Newport News. The event will be hosted by Christopher Newport, a top Division III program.

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JMU FOOTBALL HAS STAFFORD TIES The preseason roster of James Madison University football includes two players from Stafford: freshman wide receiver Devin Ravenell of North Stafford High and sophomore safety MJ Hampton of Stafford High. JMU begins the season Sept. 1 at North Carolina State of the Atlantic Coast Conference in a non-league game. The Dukes lost in the FCS national title game last year after winning the title in 2016.

The Dukes are ranked No. 2 by STATS going into this season. Other Colonial Athletic Association schools ranked in the top 25 include New Hampshire at No. 7, Elon at No. 12, Delaware at No. 15, Villanova at No. 19 and Stony Brook at No. 20. Richmond was among other teams receiving votes. JMU returns 12 starters from a team that was 14-1 last season and won the CAA title for the third year in a row. David Driver can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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