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to do so. Supervisor Jack Cavalier, R-Griffis-Widewater, did so because of what he called “a sham of a meeting” last month specifically related to a controversial cemetery ordinance. Cavalier said that Chairwoman Meg Bohmke, R-Falmouth, didn’t handle the Sept. 18 meeting well, losing control over the meeting and allowing one board member, Supervisor Wendy Maurer, R-Rock Hill, to monopolize discussion on the issue. Bohmke “allowed a vote on a very important issue that resulted in a minority of the full board making a decision that may result in more problems,” Cavalier said, adding that Bohmke “disregarded the request for a deferral on the matter.” Cavalier said at the September meeting that he had spoken with Hartwood Supervisor and Vice Chairman Gary Snellings, who was absent from that meeting due to a family emergency. Cavalier said Snellings wanted to vote on the matter and desired a deferral. “The discourtesy and disrespect shown for her vice chairman is appalling,” Cavalier said of Bohmke. During last month’s meeting, supervisors considered three options but agreed to take no action on the cemetery ordinance, leaving it in place as it was adopted in December 2016.

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Stafford, Fredericksburg post mile markers along Rappahannock Members of Stafford County Fire and Rescue and its Swift Water Rescue Team were looking for a better way to locate recreational users in trouble on the Rappahannock River. They teamed up with Fredericksburg to install a “mile marker” system to help boaters pinpoint their location, according to a county news release. “We had people call us in distress,

and when we asked them where they were and what they could see, all they could say was ‘trees and water,’” said Lt. Jonathan Hensen of Stafford Fire and Rescue. “When we answer a call on the river, it takes multiple responders and an average of four hours to run, incurring around $16,000 in expenses. We knew there had to be a better way, so we investigated

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member of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors called for the chairwoman of the board to immediately step down Tuesday, but she declined

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Supervisors Mauer, Bohmke and Tom Coen, I-George Washington, voted for option one, to take no action. Supervisors Cavalier and Cindy Shelton, R-Aquia, voted against the option. Snellings was absent and Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer, R-Garrisonville, abstained from the vote. The crux of the issue centered on whether the cemetery ordinance has stood in the way of a proposed Muslim cemetery, with the U.S. Department of Justice looking into possible religious discrimination. Last year, the All Muslim Association of America took issue with the ordinance that could possibly hinder its ability to develop a cemetery on property it owns at 1508 Garrisonville Road in Stafford. Bohmke said Tuesday that there’s nothing in the bylaws that allow her to shut down a board member but she did ask the county attorney if she had that ability. “None of us are perfect chairmen,” she said, noting: “Perhaps I could’ve called for a recess and we could’ve had some discussion, as well as any of my colleagues could’ve asked for a recess.” Bohmke said it was not a fun night for any on the board, and it was very uncomfortable discussing an issue that some are very

passionate about. “On that note, I will not be stepping down but I appreciate your comments,” Bohmke told Cavalier. Maurer thanked Bohmke for the opportunity to speak fully on the matter. “As much power as the chairman may have, they really don’t have any when it comes to the bylaws,” said Maurer. “…To stiﬂe debate is just not fair.” But Cavalier said that Bohmke knew how the vote would pan out with Snellings absent and Dudenhefer abstaining, and she took advantage by not allowing a deferral. The current cemetery ordinance keeps cemeteries 900 feet from private water wells; however, other state health department restrictions have required private water wells and cemeteries to be just 100 feet apart, the board said. Maurer said last month that she found options two and three discriminatory against the rural population. She also raised an eyebrow at the All Muslim Association of America’s relationship with former Supervisor Paul Milde, R-Aquia, insinuating preferential treatment. The Stafford County Planning Commission previously recommended keeping the cemetery ordinance as is.

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Mile markers along the Rappahannock River may help rescuers locate boaters in trouble.

Stafford reached out to Officer Joe Young of the Fredericksburg Police Department, who is the city’s watershed manager and patrols both sides of the river on easements owned by the city. Hensen pointed out that the Friends of the Rappahannock group has a comprehensive trail guide to the river that identifies mileage along the river, but that users of the river have no way of knowing what mile they are on or passing. Young, Hensen and other members of the Swift Water Rescue team learned that the National Park Service uses mile marker signs along the Shenandoah River like mile markers on a highway. It helps recreational users more accurately pinpoint their location. This summer members of the Swift Water Rescue Team and Young canoed and kayaked

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Fredricksburg’s slave auction block should offer a lesson to all of us in advertisements in old newsFredericksburg, Virginia, is a papers, referencing that very lovely town. It’s got the Raplocation, as well as recollecpahannock River, wonderful tions by old timers, and yes, 18th and 19th century buildpopular folk memory, to say it ings, and more history to take was probably used as an aucin and more places to eat and tion site. spend your money than most DAVID KERR Fortunately, because its big people can manage in a day. and made of rock, it stayed. In many respects it has a lot What’s more, over time it became an in common with Old Town Manassas and Alexandria. However, there is a little attraction. There are old postcards of the slave block, and there is currently a bit of history that some, a few at least, in plaque in front of the block to explain its town would like to see moved. purpose. It’s the slave block at the corner of The city recently went through a proWilliam and Charles streets. Yes, the cess to survey local opinion and consider very place where people were once the future of the auction block. The city bought and sold. council decided to keep it and continue So many times, history isn’t what hapwith a series of public discussions about pened. Though that’s always in dispute. But rather, its choosing what and how we how the block should be integrated into the city’s historical narrative. That was an want to remember certain aspects of our enlightened and friendly way to handle past. It’s been a preoccupation of many, it. But there are still those who want to particularly in the Old Confederacy, for move it. years now. In places like Charlottesville, It reminds them of the “bad old days” it’s gotten violent. when people were bought and sold like Fortunately, the old slave block in horses and cattle. They were property. Fredericksburg, and its fate, have been But there is something more imporhandled in a respectful and thoughtful tant in this discussion. A city that can manner. Still, even then, some would prefer this remember this part of its past, clearly point it out and do so in the midst of our bit of history simply to go away. overcharged political environment has First, there is the question — raised as accomplished something. If only the rest far back as 1924 when the Chamber of of the nation would take note. Commerce wanted it removed — as to The block should stay. While it might whether it ever was a slave block. provoke the occasional silly and inapproThe block, really just a piece of stone priate behavior, it’s important that it stays with a step carved in it, used to be in to tell its story. front of the “Planters Hotel,” and the I remember when I was a boy talkmore genteel explanation was that it ing to older African Americans whose was there for ladies to get into carriages. Arguably, it probably served that purpose parents had been slaves. To them it was a fresh memory and a part of their from time to time. heritage. But there are also enough references,

I would hate to see a tangible piece of this heritage pushed under the rug and forgotten. Back in the 1980s I remember talking with an older local man who was convinced that a lot of African Americans didn’t mind slavery all that much. They were well treated. You’d be surprised how popular that perception is to some. But then I am reminded of a story from the book, “Virginia Shade: An African American History of Falmouth” by Norman Schools. In it the author refers to a prominent white resident who owned an elderly slave the white man believed would always be faithful. However, one Sunday, after dropping his master off at church, the elderly slave took the carriage and headed for the nearby Union lines. And maybe that’s all that the old slave block offers us: a lesson. This was a terrible thing, it happened right here, in this very space, and nothing like it should ever happen again. Slavery may be in the past in the United States, but worldwide, it persists. Whether, it’s the outright sale of people, still occurring in some parts of the world, such as North Africa and some parts of Asia, or human trafficking. Dare I say, it’s still happening here in the United States. It’s all the same thing. There is a lot to this vile curse of slavery and if the old auction block makes us think about it once in a while, consider its impact on our history and its presence in the world today, all the better. 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.

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There’s need to separate opinion from fact dangerous. And, in our world We have entered a period when today, the means to spread human thinking is moving away rapidly among large numfrom seeking the truth and inbers of people is easily accesstead we believe what we want sible and used constantly to believe. through social media and In the 1940s, philosopher G.E. certain print and visual media. Moore wrote, “It would be absurd HARVEY GOLD What is alarming is that to say it is raining, but I don’t bewhile some crazy claims are lieve that it is raining.” shot down, many continue and, worse, Rational thinkers would agree that the system allows many to create damif water is falling from the sky and the age and increasing divisions within our ground is wet, it is true that it is raining. society. Yet, there are people today who, deToday, our lives are filled with quesspite incredible evidence that events haptions of what is true or false, real or pened, deny that they happened. I suppose there have been deniers throughout imagined, and what the motives are of those who promote damaging ideas or history, who — in the face of strong or information. irrefutable evidence — persuaded others Recently Alex Jones, who has a website to think absurdly. and radio show and gains income from But more than just being absurd is subscribers, claimed that the 2012 Sandy when that kind of thinking spreads rapHook massacre in which young children idly through the minds of many people died was an event staged to promote gun and moves from being absurd to being

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control. He claimed that the children that died never really existed but were made up for the event. Not long ago, the actor Mel Gibson and his father, despite what the world had witnessed, denied that the Holocaust ever occurred. There are those who deny that we ever landed on the moon. To them, despite the wet falling rain, it isn’t raining. You may ask: “So what’s the big deal?” The big deal is that we are raising future generations with the inability to understand how to tell the difference between truths and lies, fact and fiction, and real and make believe. The irony is that modern technology, which offers such a magnificent opportunity to learn and transmit valuable information, is being squandered on trivial, speculative or false information. Our GOLD PAGE 5 educational system relies

Stafford County native pens book on Medal of Honor recipient A recent book by Stafford County native John Hollis shines a light on U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rodney M. Davis, Macon, Georgia’s lone Medal of Honor recipient. “Sgt. Rodney M. Davis: The Making of a Hero,” is an account of Davis’ life, death and legacy following a fateful afternoon in Vietnam’s Que Son Valley. His company of 200 Marines desperately tried to withstand an onslaught by an NVA force estimated at 2,500 men during one of the most brutal fights of the Vietnam War. A member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Davis served as a right guide in 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company. His platoon listed 48 men at the start of Operation Swift, including two machine gunners, a two-man sniper

team and a forward artillery observer. The battle is officially listed as having gone from Sept. 4, 1967, to Sept. 15, 1967, but the two heaviest days of fighting were Sept. 4 and Sept. 6. Just 11 men remained by the time major combat operations concluded on Sept. 6, 1967, the rest either having been killed or wounded seriously enough to warrant a medevac out. Of those 11, eight later received Purple Hearts for gunshot and/or shrapnel wounds suffered during combat. The time of his death was one of the most volatile in U.S. domestic history, with Davis and other African-Americans ironically still being denied at home the very liberties they were fighting to defend thousands of miles away in Southeast Asia. More than 150 U.S.

cities experienced costly and equallyas-destructive race riots that summer, and Jim Crow remained the law of the land in Davis’ hometown of Macon. That Davis still chose to jump onto an enemy grenade at the critical moment and sacrifice his life for the lives of five fellow Marines who happened to be white speaks volumes about Davis, his principles and his unflinching courage even in the face of certain death, said Hollis. It takes a special man to fight for a country that has denied him full rights as a citizen, a more extraordinary one still to willingly lay down his life for

that country, he added. Davis, however, didn’t care about color. The Marines sharing that trench with him were all his brothers, and he was no stranger to looking out after his own after coming of age in the Jim Crow South. Color had always been a contentious issue there, but it had no place along Vietnam’s frontlines, where each man depended on one another for survival no matter their race. Davis would do anything for the four siblings with whom he grew up, and would do no less for his new Marine brothers in Vietnam.

Graduation rate increases at Stafford public schools The on-time graduation rate at Stafford County Public Schools increased for the Class of 2018. School division officials reported a 94.7 percent graduation rate, compared to 94.3 percent the previous years, according to a news release. SCPS on-time graduation rate is 3.1 percent higher than the state. Of the 2,431 students who entered high school as first-time ninth graders in 2014: • 1,495, or 61.5 percent, earned an advanced studies diploma (including International Baccalaureate) • 781, or 32.1 percent, earned a standard diploma • 25, or 1 percent, earned a special diploma GOLD

• 17, or less than 1 percent, earned a GED • 89, or 3.7 percent, dropped out “The Stafford County Public School family is extremely proud of the Class of 2018,” Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner said. “Our on-time graduation rate continues to increase annually. SCPS is excited to provide students matriculating through their PreK-12 experience access to a variety of academic programs and career paths. The Commonwealth’s Accreditation standards include the College, Career, and Civic Readiness Index (CCCRI), which provides us a broader scope of measurement regarding the types of experiences we are offering our students. This area will remain a focus for us.”

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on getting information, not analyzing information. In a free society we allow freedom of speech. This has and probably always will allow for disagreements, he says-she says, and promotion of differing opinions. To remain a free society, we must allow these differences to occur. However, when the “absurd” or the “denial that it is raining” is the prevailing, encouraged thinking and becomes acceptable, it becomes a slope that leads us like lemmings toward a cliff. Our lives today are filled with uncertain information, and the uncertainties create divisions among people. And the more uncertainties, the greater the divisions. The more divisions, the more difficult it becomes to determine the truth and easier to believe it is raining when the sun is shining. While new information can clear up uncertainties, strong divisive thinking prevents us from reaching the truth. In a free society we cannot and should

not prevent differences of opinion from being voiced, but we can stress the need to separate opinion from fact. Our technology provides ample ways to identify opinion from fact. Our use of this technology in our schools, media and government is the key to a healthy understanding of what is real and what is imagined or opinion. Separating real from imagined is necessary for a healthy society. If we promote a society that cannot think for itself or know how to seek the truth and instead relies on the push of a button to get information, no matter where it comes from, we become more like lemmings. An enlightened and unbiased leadership that promotes a thinking society instead of a push-button one would lead us in the safe direction. Sadly, today the push-button people are leading us down the road, and hopefully it isn’t toward the cliff. Harvey Gold is a contributing writer at InsideNova. Reach him at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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Overnight work zones are scheduled on Interstate 95 in the area of Exit 140 (Courthouse Road) for Oct. 8-12, according to The Virginia Department of Transportation. Drivers should anticipate delays with double lane closures near the interchange starting the evening of Oct. 8. Weather permitting, the following lane closures are scheduled: I-95 Southbound: Monday- Tuesday, 9 p.m. -10 a.m. A single lane will close at 9 p.m. near the Exit 140 interchange followed by a double lane closure at 10 p.m. Double lane closures will end at 4:30 a.m. A single

lane will remain closed until 10 a.m. when all lanes will reopen. I-95 Northbound: Wednesday-Thursday, 9 p.m. - 4:30 a.m. A single lane will close at 9 p.m. near the Exit 140 interchange followed by a double lane closure at 10 p.m. Double lane closures will end at 4:30 a.m. and all lanes will reopen. The work is part of the larger Exit 140 construction project that includes realigning Courthouse Road with a new overpass and a “diverging diamond” traffic pattern. Construction on the $149.4 million project is expected to be completed by July 2020.

The third annual Pink Carpet Event Charity Fashion Show will be hosted at 6 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, 95 Riverside Parkway, Fredericksburg. The show will feature models from the D.C., Maryland and Richmond areas, including breast cancer survivors. Donations will go to the Mary Washington Foundation’s Breast Cancer Foundation.

The show will be hosted by DC’s Guy Lambert, the news director of WPGC 95.5 FM and a FOX 5 correspondent. There will be live entertainment before and during the show. VIP seating is available which includes front view seating, special raffles, hors d’oeuvres and a swag bag. DJ Manny V will be spinning the hits for dancing after the show. For more, visit singletonenterprise. com/.

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EDUCATION BRIEF HEAD START ANNOUNCES STUDENTS OF THE WEEK There are no classes on Columbus Day, Oct. 8. Kim Strader from Stafford County Social Services will conduct a workshop for parents of 0- to 4-year-olds at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 9. The course is designed to enhance parenting skills, encourage parents to teach their children about choices and consequences, teach parents how to give children positive encouragement and help parents survive their child’s temper tantrums. The facilities self-assessment meeting will be Oct. 9 at noon. The disabilities self-assessment meeting will be at 9 a.m. Oct. 10 and the transportation selfassessment meeting will be at 1 p.m. the same day. The Eat Smart Be Active Class will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 11. Early Head Start will hold its pumpkin art socialization at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 12. At 1 p.m. that same day the caregivers support group will meet to discuss conscious discipline. Students of the week were Trevor Arrington, Melvin Alvarez-Jovel, Marilyn Barrera-Gomez, Alicia Apperson, Joshua Afram, Nizar Ahmad, Tre’Shawn Bailey, Miles Abbott, Hareem Abid, Noah Agyapong, Giovanny Anomihe, E’Montez Brown, Shifa Baig, Nolan Corbin, Jazmin Carbajal Ramirez, Eniola Aderukuola, Sadie Buyna and Harper Anderson.

NEW PRINCIPAL SELECTED FOR GAYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL The Stafford County School Board has appointed Katie Werner as the new principal of T. Benton Gayle Middle School. Werner most recently was an assistant principal at Mountain View High School and served as an assistant principal at HH Poole Middle School for three years. In addition, she taught high school English in the division for 11 years. One of Werner’s accomplishments at Mountain View was the successful implementation of a school-wide Urgent Inter vention Reading Program, which resulted in 78.3 percent of students increasing one or more levels in reading, according to a news release. At HH Poole, Werner collaborated with families to decrease the number of students on attendance contracts by 40 percent. In addition, she assisted special education English teachers to increase Reading 8 SOL pass rates for students with disabilities from 27 percent in 2015 to 57 percent in 2016. Werner earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Journalism from St. John Fisher College in New York and completed her Master of Arts in Education degree in Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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SUPERVISOR HOSTING TOWN HALL OCT. 6 Stafford County Supervisor Jack Cavalier, R- Griffis-Widewater District, will hold a Town Hall on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 9 a.m. at Widewater Volunteer Fire Department, 749 Widewater Road.

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UMW STUDENTS RAISING CCI PUPPIES Four Canine Companions for Independence puppies are being raised by University of Mary Washington students this year, according to the group. Stafford resident and student Simone Levendosky is raising one of the puppies, a Lab/golden retriever named Naia. Eventually, Naia will learn more than 40 advanced commands and be matched with a person with disabilities, according to CCI. Puppy Raisers take CCI puppies into their homes at 8 weeks of age, raising

OYSTER GROWERS RETURN CAN RECEIVE GRANT Oyster growers in Virginia’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay can now apply for $260,000 in funding through USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program to help restore oyster beds on private shellfish grounds. The project expanded a successful six-year collaboration between the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences to create a habitat for oysters, fish and other wildlife. The multi-year initiative will provide $776,284 in dedicated RCPP funding and resources to support bay waterquality improvements by restoring approximately 40 acres of privately-leased oyster beds. For more, visit va.nrcs.usda.gov.

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Participating schools and youth groups will develop events, participate in pre- and post-seatbelt checks, and take part in other educational activities at school and home football games. There will be buckle-up pledge signings, seatbelt safety contests, traffic safety rallies and tailgate events and more. For more, visit yovaso.org.

BLOOD, PLATELET DONORS NEEDED Hurricane Florence left catastrophic damage behind and took a toll on blood and platelet donations, according to the American Red Cross. Nearly 200 Red Cross blood drives in the southeast were forced to cancel, resulting in more than 5,200 uncollected blood and platelet donations. In Virginia, 34 blood drives were called off due to the storm, causing nearly 1,000 blood and platelet donations to go uncollected. The following blood-donation opportunities are available in Stafford: • Oct. 7, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. William Of York Catholic Church, 3130 Jefferson Davis Highway. • Oct. 11, 1 to 7 p.m., Porter Library, 2001 Parkway Blvd. • Oct. 15, 1 to 7 p.m., Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 161 Embrey Mill Road For more, visit redcrossblood.org or call 800-RED-CROSS.

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We feel that we are eating the healthiest food possible, and we are both taking care of ourselves. Our children have grown up and started their own families. This is our second honeymoon, our second life. We love the country and the beautiful surroundings; we love listening to the frogs in our pond. My husband taught me to drive a tractor! I love it!

On the eve of a local conference, a Q&A with two couples embracing self-sufficiency Have you ever heard of homesteading? If you haven’t, you will. Although it’s a relatively old term, coined when the original homesteaders had no choice but to grow their own food and be completely selfreliant, today it has a brand new meaning and is being embraced by people across the country. Today’s homesteader can live on 100 acres and have herds of cattle, or they can live in a high-rise apartment with an urban jungle of produce growing right on their balcony or rooftop. There’s nothing hippy or weird about it—these are simply people who care about their health, their food and the Earth that they’re leaving behind to future generations. Next week (Oct. 13-14), thousands of homesteaders and those interested in the movement will come from across the country to the second annual Homesteaders of America conference in Front Royal (the parent company of this newspaper is a partner in the event). The twoday gathering will feature presentations from leading figures in the homesteading community, how-to demonstrations and dozens of vendors. We talked with two area couples who are passionate homesteaders. Maybe their enthusiasm will motivate you to join the

movement, too! Caroline and Robert Murphy, Elioenai Farm Second year homesteaders in a rural area of Reva What are your homesteading activities? I grow vegetables (squash, tomatoes, corn, asparagus, beans, sweet potatoes & white), fruit trees (Asian pear, apple, peach, cherry) and berries (black, raspberries, blue), keep chickens and ducks (both for eggs only), raise Nigerian Dwarf goats (for milk and breeding and selling kids), and do a lot of canning and freezing. How much time do you spend on homesteading? I’m full time (24/7) on the farm, and my husband works full time outside the farm, and then helps me on the farm too. Did you have any experience with homesteading before you started? Not with the livestock, but my mother taught me a lot about gardening when I was growing up, especially the fruit trees and the berries. Why do you homestead? We like to know what goes into our

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food. Our goal is to be self sustaining. It’s very personally rewarding. What is your philosophy on homesteading? We work with a holistic approach, and use herbs and natural remedies as much as we can. We buy chemical-free feed. I feed my dairy goats alfalfa hay, because the better you take care of them the better the milk is for us. What motivated you to get into it? My husband has breathing problems and the doctor suggested goat’s milk! So that’s why we started. How has homesteading improved your life?

What advice would you give people just starting out? Start slow. Buy excellent quality livestock. Feed them quality food. Never stop learning about the homesteading life. Read a lot, watch a lot of YouTube videos, and reach out to the homesteading community. The people around here are so amazing about giving their time and expertise. So many people are so helpful, you just have to reach out and ask. I thought when we moved here that we were going to be doing this alone, and so I guess one of the major surprises was everybody helping us so much. What surprised you most about homesteading? The attitudes and different personalities of the animals. They’re each really unique. What’s the hardest part of homesteading? Losing animals when they die. That was a surprise for both of us. We don’t raise our livestock for butchering, and we get attached to HOMESTEAD them, so it’s hard to PAGE 11 lose one.

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Brian and Casey Dowell Live on 10 acres in rural Northern Culpeper County What are your homesteading activities? We currently have 20 laying hens, three pigs, two sheep and a vegetable garden. How much time do you spend on homesteading? Brian: On a normal day we spend about two hours on gardening and animal care, sometimes more when we have big projects to do. I have a full-time job off the homestead and Casey home schools our children. Why do you homestead? Casey: We homestead because we enjoy it and like knowing where our food comes from. It’s rewarding watching your hard work prosper and provide for your family. What motivated you to get into it? Brian: I think what got me started homesteading is my background as an avid hunter. Once our family started growing

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we became more interested in consuming healthier food. We started out with a few laying hens then added pigs to supplement our venison supply. Every year we increase the size of our garden. I believe God wants us to be good stewards of the Earth, and we try to accomplish that through rotational grazing our pastures, managing our wooded land for wildlife, and using our trees for firewood and construction materials. How has homesteading improved your life? Casey: We live a much healthier lifestyle now. Our oldest child used to be a really picky eater before we started homesteading and now she, as well as our other two children, will eat just about anything you put in front of them because they have grown up living on the homestead. The kids get excited about collecting eggs and watching the garden grow, I think being involved helps them want to try new foods. I feel that a big benefit to homesteading is that it has brought us closer as a family since we all pitch in and work together.

What advice would you give people who are starting? Brian: Don’t try to accomplish all of your goals at once. Set priorities and

start small. There are often many ways to complete a task, figure out what works for you. YouTube is a great learning tool.

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Hendrie returns as all-CAA player for JMU » BY DAVID DRIVER

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Defender/midfielder Stephanie Hendrie earned all-Colonial Athletic Association honors last season as a junior for the women’s soccer team at James Madison University. But prior to her fourth and final season, the Dukes made a change in the coaching staff at the Division I program in Harrisonburg. Dave Lombardo retired after 28 seasons and was replaced by Joshua Walters Sr., who grew up in North Carolina. Lombardo won 337 games while at JMU and posted more than 400 victories as a college coach. “At first I was a little iffy about it,” Colonial Forge High graduate Hendrie said last week. “But after meeting the new staff and Joshua, I am so glad it happened. I wish I had four more years with them. It was definitely time for something new and fresh. I think they did a good job of that, coming in [as a new staff].” “While filling a spot held by a longtime, successful coach, we worked hard to ensure that we identified the right fit to lead this program,” JMU athletic director Jeff Bourne said in a statement when Walters was hired. “Joshua was part of a national championship staff at UCLA, is considered a top recruiter in his sport, crafted leadership skills during multiple coaching stints and a tour of duty in the military,

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and knows this area of the country as a native of North Carolina. He works tirelessly on the recruiting trail and builds tremendous relationships with prospective student-athletes and their coaches.” Hendrie was part of a leadership conference for upper classmen athletes at JMU, and she has taken on more of a leader role with the new coaching staff. “Our goal is to really get an identity starting now and win the CAA tournament and make the NCAA tournament,” she said. “Every game and every practice leading up to that [is important].” The Dukes got off to a slow start in non-conference play with one-goal losses to Dayton, Villanova, George Mason and High Point.

JMU began play in the Colonial Athletic Association with a 1-0 at Drexel in Philadelphia on Sept. 20, as the Dukes improved to 4-6 overall. Hendrie feels that Hofstra and Northeastern will be two of the top teams in the Richmond-based CAA this year. “It is always a battle when we play them,” she said. The Dukes played Sept. 30 at Northeastern in Boston and will play Oct. 4 at Towson near Baltimore. Last year she played in all 19 matches for JMU. “Last year was a good year [for me]. As a team we did not do as well,” Hendrie said. “For me, I always want to do well as a team and do well as an individual.” Now she is playing for a new coach in her last season with the Dukes. “I am excited and grateful to become the head women’s soccer coach at James Madison,” Walters stated when he was hired at

JMU. “It is not lost on me that I am the second coach in JMU’s history and the immense responsibility that goes with stewarding a program that Dave Lombardo poured his life into for the last 28 years. I want to thank Jeff Bourne for his faith in my family and I to take the reins. It was very evident with the amount of time and energy that the search committee … put into this process that everyone cares about the JMU culture and finding the right fit for the women’s soccer program.” Hendrie is on track to graduate with a major in health services administration and a minor in general business. How does one balance academics and Division I athletics? “We have a lot of help with advisors, and we have tutors available to us for classes,” she said. “You have to manage your time and figure out how to do that. As a fourth-year student, I am kind of a pro. It is hard, but it is manageable.” David Driver can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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COMMONWEALTH DISTRICT Team District Colonial Forge (6) 2-0 Massaponax (5) 2-0 Mt. View (5) 1-0 North Stafford (5) 1-1 Brooke Point (5) 0-1 Stafford (5) 0-2 Riverbend (6) 0-2

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Only at Colonial Forge, where the bar has been set high since its inception, could a team begin the season undefeated at 6-0 and still be slightly disappointed due to having its offense “yet to hit [its] full stride,” according to head coach John Brown, who is in his first year after taking over for his legendary father, Hall of Famer Bill Brown. The reason the team, which has scored 218 points in six games (36.3 average), has not realized its full potential is because of penalties, Brown said. A case in point was the Eagles’ most recent game against Brooke Point, which resulted in a 17-0 victory, but he indicated they may have been a bit fortunate. “We really couldn’t get out of our own way. You get a good drive going, move the ball down the field, and then somebody jumps offside, and you can feel the wind just go out of everybody on the sidelines. It’s like, ‘Here we go again,’ “Brown said. “A lot of the penalties have been [committed] on offense, and that’s on me.” However, the undefeated record has been no accident, Brown said, because the Eagles have talented, intelligent players who prepare well and put forth maximum effort. Colonial Forge faces host Massaponax (6-0) Friday at 7 p.m. Offensive coordinator Ryan Mytrisak, who has been at Forge for four years, has been an important part of the offensive efficiency despite the penalties, Brown said, because he calls a variety of plays that allow the Eagles to mix things up. A good example of this is how Forge’s running game has executed so far. The Eagles’ leading rusher, Ernesto Bowen, who has carried 44 times for 342 yards, suffered a knee injury in the team’s second game versus Albemarle and missed the next two games. “Our running game has been run by committee,” Brown said, But he pointed out Bowen played well against Brooke

Point, so it is possible Bowen is all the way back going forward. Colonial Forge’s quarterback, Madden Lowe, has also brought offensive balance as a dual threat. Lowe has a 70 for 111 and three interceptions ledger as a quarterback, and has thrown for 964 yards and 14 touchdowns. He has also carried 49 times for 95 yards and four touchdowns. Brown noted Lowe’s rushing yardage totals are a bit skewed because of a few sacks the offensive line has allowed. Lowe has also found leading receiver Zack Kindel eight times on touchdown passes. Kindel has caught 21 passes for 292 yards overall. Defensively, a key event in the season so far was also an early one, according to Brown. Forge’s opening game against Patriot, when the Eagles rallied from a 28-21 third quarter deficit to win, 51-35. “That was an important test for us to face a well-coached team with a talented quarterback and talented receivers. After that game, our coaches saw things we needed to fix and became determined to fix them,” Brown said. Brown noted a stellar group of coaches, which has been together for six years and also coaches the school’s junior varsity team, has made the defensive adjustments necessary to see its unit rebound from yielding 35 points in its opener to notch three shutouts and hold another opponent to seven points since. Amazingly, Forge’s defense has held opponents to an average of nine points per game, while having just one starter, Josh Surratt, return to its unit. The secondary, which featured three relatively inexperienced starters at the beginning of the season, has made great strides since. The defensive braintrust is headed by Brown’s father, who watches games from the press box these days. “I call him Obe-Wan-Kenobi because he retires and becomes more powerful,” Brown said. “He has really devoted himself to studying film on defense and he

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