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Taylor Middle School reopening delayed a year to 2028

School division was surprised by town’s new permit process

By Hunter Savery

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

This year’s second graders will not start sixth grade in the freshly rebuilt Taylor Middle School in 2027 as planned but will instead spend that year in the 88-year-old former Warrenton Middle School building.

That’s because conversations between the school division and Town of Warrenton about a required permit that began 10 months ago are now expected to continue through May, as confusion about the need for a special use permit knocked the Taylor construction project off course.

Now, the likelihood of a yearlong

delay is raising concerns not just about the inconvenience for students and staff, but also that construction costs could rise — by $4 million — by one estimate.

One Fauquier County School Board member is scratching his head about how things got off track. Clay Campbell said he wants to know why the need for a permit from the town was not raised earlier during months of meetings between town and school officials.

“Nobody brought that up before?”

Campbell asked during a Friday, Feb. 2 school board building committee See TAYLOR, page 2

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Students stream out of Taylor Middle School, now housed in the old Warrenton Middle School building, on the first day of school in August. Because of delays, the 88-year-old building will continue to house students for four more years.

‘Gigaland’ pitches new data center complex near Remington

By Peter Cary

Piedmont Journalism Foundation

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Gigaland, a small data center development firm, is proposing six data centers on about 200 acres outside Remington on Lucky Hill Road.

Art Lickunas and Roland Talalas, developers who paid $4 million to buy 200 acres of land in Remington last October, have been making their pitch to locals that building data centers could be the best way to use the land to benefit the community.

Constructing as many as six large buildings to house computer servers that help power the internet would bring tax money — millions annually — to Fauquier County, without creating traffic or crowding the area with people the way a housing or shopping development might, they argue.

That can be a tough case to make in Fauquier County, where community and environmental groups are skeptical of data centers and have already raised doubts about the possibility of adding more of them in Remington. Plus, the county passed a tough new policy in December that the new development firm, known as Gigaland, could be the first to test.

So, it could be a rough road for Lickunas and Talalas.

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Taylor Middle School reopening delayed a year to 2028 TAYLOR, from page 1 meeting. “This has been planned for 20 years, and I know it’s been hard planned for the last five years maybe. At no point in time did somebody say, ‘Make sure you touch base with the town regarding the (permit)?’”

Kelley Ashby-Godwin, a parent from Opal, was disappointed to hear that Taylor’s reopening had gotten off track.

“This is a horrible situation,” she said. “All this should have agreed when the school was temporarily closed.”

A view of the Taylor Middle School cafeteria in the former Warrenton Middle School building.

The 88-year-old building has a capacity of 850 students.

Enrollment is about 603 students this year, according to school division officials.

The project

Taylor Middle School, located on Shirley Avenue in Warrenton, is undergoing an estimated $79 million renovation and expansion that will increase the capacity of the school by 300 students to 800.

The work will add a larger gymnasium, an expanded cafeteria, an increased parking capacity and a redesign of the pickup and drop off area, among other improvements.

The project was previously expected to be completed in time for the 202728 school year.

The project required the Taylor Middle School building to close for construction in 2023. About half of the school’s 350 students were moved into the old Warrenton Middle School, located on Waterloo Street, to create a combined enrollment of about 620 students. That school is now using the name Taylor

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Middle School in anticipation of the move to Taylor when renovations are complete.

What went wrong

In 2022, the Warrenton Town Council adopted a new ordinance requiring a special use permit for expansions of schools and hospitals.

School officials did not initially understand they needed the new permit for the Taylor Middle School project and did not plan for it in their timeline for the renovations.

Superintendent Major Warner said the delay was not fully caused by the permit process, as construction delays from supply shortages

also slowed the project.

“The process is what the process is. I don’t think it’s anybody’s fault,” Warner said. “I think that needs to be made clear. Nobody is sitting across the aisle saying, ‘We need to punish the schools.’”

The school board and the town began to discuss the permit in April, but the school division did not submit its application until September. Town officials estimate the process will take up to eight months, which could mean approval might not come until May. “So, now we’ve lost a year,” said Fauquier County schools Assistant Superintendent David Graham.

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The Town Council in 2022 changed the requirement for hospitals and schools that want to expand, requiring a special use permit for much smaller projects that add 10,000 square feet or more. Under the old rules, a permit was only needed for a hospital or school expansion if it was large enough to add more than 50,000 square feet.

The town now wants to review the plan for a project like Taylor Middle School to look at how it might affect traffic and pedestrian safety, for example. Town officials can also ask for revisions, so it better fits the town’s comprehensive plan.

Town staff provided comments to the school division on its plan in November. Among their concerns

were pedestrian and cyclist safety, the project’s effect on wetlands and whether the school would have capacity for the estimated 60 students that could come from the nearby Arrington development.

The school division submitted a second draft of its permit application on Jan. 18.

“These conversations took several months of back and forth, back and forth,” Warner said. “That process takes whatever time that process takes. We were hoping to be done with the process in December, but now the timeline is adjusted, so, best case scenario we’re looking at April.”

School officials are concerned about higher construction costs that might come with an extra year for the project. The $4 million estimated extra cost is significant — roughly 5% of the project cost. So, they have taken steps to cut costs, such as resealing some parts of the roof that were to have been replaced and reselling some of the outdated equipment and hardware from the school.

Parents have expressed frustration with the planning and rising cost of the project.

“For it to change now due to cost is crazy,” said Ashby-Godwin. I’m so dissatisfied with the way things happen. Also, what about the students and staff and our teachers? It’s just wrong.”

Reach Hunter Savery at hsavery@fauquier.com

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‘Know Their Names’ project unveils new database

Afro-American Historical Association project is a step closer to naming Fauquier County’s enslaved residents

By Jill Palermo

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Karen Hughes White knew a few things about her great-great-great grandfather, Hezekiah Gaskins.

White, the director of the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County, knew her ancestor was born free in Northern Virginia in about 1827, likely because his parents or grandparents were emancipated by Virginia plantation owner Robert Carter III. Carter was a major land and slaveowner who freed his 500 slaves in 1791 following his Baptist conversion.

White also knew that Gaskins purchased his wife and three daughters from a landowner named Edward Carrington who lived in Marshall.

What she just recently found out, however, is that Gaskins worked as a stone mason and was paid to build columns on a house in Markham.

White discovered that nugget in a 19th century account book that recorded debits and credits of that particular household. The book was brought to the AAHA by a Fauquier County resident and is one of several sources the nonprofit has compiled into a new database in its ongoing “Know Their Names” project — an effort to identify

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Karen Hughes White is the director of the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County. by name every enslaved person who lived in Fauquier County between 1759, when the county was founded, and 1865, when slavery was abolished after the Civil War. “I knew he was connected to the general area from other records,” White said of her great-great-great grandfather. “This just added another layer of information, building him out even more.”

AAHA staff and volunteers have spent the last few years compiling these sorts of informal records into a single database to help descendants of Fauquier County’s enslaved residents identify and learn more about their ancestors. Fauquier County had

more than 10,000 enslaved residents as of 1860, White said.

In addition to household and farm accounts, the database includes birth and death records; family wills; estate inventories; records from the 12 to 15 Fauquier churches that had Black members; as well as family Bibles, journals, diaries and letters. More formal records, such as the 1860 U.S. Census slave schedule and the 1870 U.S. Census, are also incorporated.

Compiling the records took the work of several volunteers. The result is what the AAHA calls “phase II” of its Know Their Names project: a database that can be searched by enslaved people’s names, gender, birth year ranges and the names of landowners and slaveholders.

The AAHA debuted the database in open house events in December and posted it on its website Jan. 15 in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, making it available to anyone with access to the internet.

Compiling the information in one database is important because enslaved and formerly enslaved people were not listed by name on any government document prior to the 1870 U.S. Census. Before then, enslaved people were treated like property and recorded as such in wills, property and estate records. And in many instances, references to enslaved people contained only descriptions, such as sex and age, White said.

By combining those records with

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information from family Bible records and church records, descendants are afforded a fuller, more human picture of their ancestors, White said.

“We’re trying to really focus on the humanity that was often overlooked by the records that were recorded,” she said.

Already, there have been many discoveries made by both descendants of enslaved Fauquier County residents and descendants of slave owners. Often, making such connections can be deeply emotional, White said.

“It is powerful. Sometimes, it’s breathtaking,” White said. “Sometimes, it’s very, very painful. Sometimes, it’s joyful. Sometimes, you sit in silence. It depends on the day.

Sometimes, it’s very, very hard. Going through the death records is hard.”

The work was aided by a $50,000 grant the association received last January from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s Commonwealth History Fund, White said.

The Know Their Names project was launched in 2019 as a result of conversations between White and Mark Ohrstrom, who grew up in The Plains. Ohrstrom contacted the AAHA to try to find out more about the enslaved people who lived and worked on the property his family has owned since the 1940s in an effort to memorialize them. (Ohrstrom is a board member of the Piedmont Journalism Foundation, which owns See NAMES PROJECT, page 4

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After reviewing AAHA’s files, White supplied the names (primarily first names) of those held in slavery by the Foster family, the former owners of Ohrstrom’s property. But without surnames, both White and Ohrstrom realized how difficult it would be to follow the lives of enslaved individuals and their families to honor them respectfully.

That’s when the need to identify as many of Fauquier County’s enslaved residents by name, including surnames, which were usually the slaveholders’ surnames, became clear.

Although a significant achievement, the new database is only another step toward that goal, White said. Through the database, it is hoped that more mentions of enslaved residents will be discovered so that more can be identified by place, age and ultimately by name.

“In this phase, we are putting references together in hopes of identifying people,” she said. “This will be an ongoing project that will be worked on for years and years to come.”

The AAHA is located in The Plains. More information about the Know Their Names project can be found at www.aahafauquier.org/knowtheir-names.

Reach Jill Palermo at jpalermo@fauquier.com

Gigaland pitches new data center complex near Remington GIGALAND, from page 1 But Gigaland is taking its case to residents of Remington, knocking on more than 150 doors around the town and holding a meeting last month that drew 60 people. One big question the developers heard — whether the tax dollars from the project can be directed to benefit Remington directly — will be posed to the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors, they said.

“We’re really trying to be transparent in our approach — talking to the county, to the people, to the communities, to supervisors (and) interested parties, including environmental groups, activists, journalists,” Talalas said.

A new data center plan for Remington

Lickunas and Talalas are the principals in Gigaland. Lickunas is also the operating partner of Keller Williams Realty in Dulles, and Talalas is CEO of a Fairfax County-based company that makes energy-efficient windows and doors.

The two purchased seven parcels totaling about 202 acres along Lucky Hill Road. The land is across the road from a similar-sized data center complex — the Remington Technology Park — which has been approved but not yet built. If they succeed in getting the land rezoned for data centers, the two stand to turn a $4 million investment into a profit of about $200 million, as the going rate for land zoned for data centers is about $1 million an acre.

Data centers are proliferating across Northern Virginia amid a surging demand for cloud-connected

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Notices of slave auctions and runaway slaves -- many specific to Fauquier County -- line one wall at the Afro-American Historical Association in The Plains.

processing power. Their fast growth has raised concerns about the huge amounts of electricity they require and prompted some complaints about pollution, the noise they generate and whether their industrial appearance fits in with nearby residential areas.

Lickunas and Talalas have argued the data centers could generate important tax revenue to help Fauquier County with its budget shortfalls.

The much smaller Amazon data center planned for Warrenton, for example, is expected to generate about $2 million in annual county tax revenue.

County policy sets a higher bar

Gigaland’s plans show 1.6 million square feet of data center space spread among six one-story buildings, or 3.2 million square feet if the buildings are two stories tall. A two-story data center can be as tall as 90 feet. The project is compatible with industrial sites to the west and north, but the land is also down the road from The Meadows residential neighborhood.

Lickunas and Talalas said their plan can meet the standards set by the county’s new data center policy.

But for that to happen, two things would have to change. Currently, the land is zoned “residential,” but the partners believe the community would support a rezoning to prevent more homes from being built nearby.

The policy also calls for limiting data centers to “service districts,” where water and sewer service are available. Most of Gigaland’s property already is in the Remington service district, but it is in a part that is designated residential, so, that would have to change, too. And the new policy discourages such changes.

On the plus side for Gigaland, the policy requires electrical power lines to be within a mile of a data

center development, and a transmission line already crosses the Gigaland property. Gigaland also says it won’t use water for cooling, which the county code discourages.

Activists have questions

Mike Fultz, president of Protect Fauquier, has doubts that Gigaland can create a workable plan.

His group sprang up in 2022 when Dominion Energy proposed transmission lines through area neighborhoods to power the Amazon data center planned for Warrenton. Fultz talked with Lickunas and Talalas last month.

“They had no preliminary concepts. They had done no engineering,” Fultz said. “They said, ‘There’s power lines running through there; so, there must be enough power.’

Which means they had no discussions with Dominion. So, personally, I don’t think it’s going to go very far very fast.”

Gigaland said it expects to firm up its plan and submit its first rezoning application to the county by the fall.

“But whether they’ll be able to produce an application that’s consistent with the policy remains to be seen,” said Kevin Kask, the Fauquier land use representative at the Piedmont Environmental Council, another group that has opposed data center expansion in Fauquier County.

Even if the development plan does adhere to the policy, it needs to have the county supervisors approve the zoning change and use of the service district.

“They’re kind of gambling that that they can get an easy rezoning,” Fultz said. “But in order to do that — almost all of the supervisors have said they’re not interested in zoning business park outside of the current zoning areas.”

Rick Gerhardt, chair of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors, told the Fauquier Times earlier this

month he expects the board will follow the new policy closely.

“Based on the limited conversations I’ve had with the new board thus far, I would say most if not all of us are on the same page,” he said. “So, I would be surprised if the county doesn’t take a position on data centers moving forward that’s in line with that policy.”

Could taxes be earmarked for Remington?

If the data center plan doesn’t happen, Lickunas and Talalas said, they will still develop the land. Other projects could be residential or industrial.

“If the county doesn’t want us, no one is gonna try to force it through,” Talalas said.

But they have tried to win over the people of Remington. And suggestions that the county find a way to route some of the tax money from a data center project back to Remington is one way they hope to do it.

Such an idea is not out of the question. Other jurisdictions in Virginia have set up programs to share tax revenue — county to town or city to county — in a variety of circumstances. For instance, Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville share tax revenue 50-50 from industrial parks in both jurisdictions.

Apparently, though, no such precedent has been established in Fauquier.

“To my knowledge, there has been no revenue sharing between Fauquier County and any towns in the county,” Fauquier County Attorney Tracy Gallehr said Friday.

Neither Supervisor Daron Culbertson, whose district encompasses Remington, nor Gerhardt responded to requests for comment about the idea of local revenue sharing.

Reach Peter Cary at news@fauquier.com

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At Dabble, donated craft stuff gets a 2nd chance

By Sondra Anzalone

Special to the Fauquier Times

A new business in Manassas has an ambitious goal — to persuade local crafters to empty their junk drawers, pull those bags of beads out of their closets and clear their “someday” shelves so their neglected supplies can be recycled to others to enjoy.

Dabble Creative Reuse Center asks crafters to donate supplies they no longer need — like project leftovers, impulse buys, kits that were gifted to them — and the center will resell them at a fraction of retail price. For customers looking for art materials, they can purchase a bag of pre-owned supplies to try a new artistic medium or finish a longstanding project.

The goal is both to make arts and craft materials more affordable and more environmentally sustainable.

The store is independently owned but is the eighth “creative reuse center” of its kind in Virginia, according to artist and co-owner Kelly Auldridge, 45.

The recycling process unites supplies that no one is using with creators who will give them new life, she said.

“You’d be amazed at what people said they would throw away if it wasn’t for this place,” Auldridge said.

Auldridge is a tactile material artist (www.necessaryfrippery.com) who has been creating and selling art and jewelry for several years.

She also teaches macrame crafting classes at Vita Nova in Nokesville and Fillagreen in Manassas when she’s not working her government weekday job.

She was introduced to the creative reuse concept by a visiting sustainable artist at Fillagreen this past summer and was “instantly” inspired to create Dabble with her husband and co-owner Greg, 43.

The Manassas area couple opened the shop a few months later and said

Dabble Creative Reuse Center 9100 Church St., #101 Historic Downtown Manassas www.dabblecrc.com Open weekends only, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Left: A view of the recycled craft supplies available for purchase at Dabble Creative Reuse Center in Manassas. Right: Dabble owner Kelly Auldridge. they are already looking to expand.

Customers can choose a bag size (small $8, medium $16, large $28) and fill it with an assortment of materials selected from the shop’s shelves and boxes for a set price.

While most items are part of the “fill-a-bag” pricing structure, some select items are individually priced as marked.

Dabble has everything from buttons and pipe cleaners to paints and jewelry-making supplies to equipment such as quilting frames and

looms. “It’s a different shop every week,” said Auldridge, since inventory is constantly changing with each donation received.

The store affords the opportunity for “someone else to find joy” in the usable products. Giving usable supplies a second chance keeps them out of the landfill.

“By reducing the financial barrier to art and crafting, we can help people pursue their passions and perhaps find some new ones,” said Auldridge.

Some customers have already become regulars, said Auldridge.

“One lady has an agreement with her husband that she will donate at least one bag of supplies before bringing home anything new,” she said.

Up to two boxes or bags can be dropped off without an appointment during business hours, which are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends only.

For larger donations, customers are asked to schedule an appointment during the week so that the items can be stored and sorted before being put out for sale.

Dabble CRC also aims to be a space for creatives to get together by offering classes, said Auldridge.

Upcoming events include a “macraweave” program for the month of February and a spring break camp.

For more information, visit www. dabblecrc.com. Private classes and birthday parties are also available, with prices ranging from $20 to $25 per person, with supplies included.

Reach Sondra Anzalone at news@fauquier.com

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FAUQUIER EVENTS FEB. 7 TO 13 ONGOING What: Fauquier Community Theatre presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” When: Friday, to Sunday, Feb. 18 Where: Vint Hill Theater on the Green, 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton Cost: Tickets range $16 to $18 Info: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday performances, Feb. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17; 2 p.m. Sunday matinees, Feb. 4, 11 and 18 Reservations: 540-349-8760 Tickets: www.FCTstage.org Farmers market What: Warrenton Farmers Winter Market When: 9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, to April 16 Where: 21 Main St along 1st St., Warrenton Info: Vendors plus a curated selection of artists, artisans and food makers Community What: Joint Community Academy When: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (every Tuesday) April 23 to June

25 (accepting applications Jan. 1 to Feb. 29, limited to 20 participants) Where: Warrenton Police Department, Community Room, 333 Carriage House Lane, Warrenton Info: The Warrenton Police Department and the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office announce the Joint Community Academy to anyone (at least 18 years of age) who lives or works in Fauquier County; 540-347-1107 or https://www. warrentonva.gov/209/2024-Joint-Community-Academy Planes What: WWII Warbird Hangar Tours for families When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Every Saturday, until April 27 Where: Culpeper Regional Airport, 12517 Beverly Ford Road, Brandy Station Cost: Tours are $10 per person or $30 for a family Reservations: https://www.capitalwingwarbirdrides.org Info: 540-450-5992 Reading What: Winter Reading Program for children, teens, adults When: All day Tuesday, to Thursday, Feb. 29

Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton; John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall; Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Pick up a game card at the library and complete the tasks to win a prize; fauquierlibrary.org Valentine’s Day What: Valentine’s Day Estimation Station for children When: All day Thursday, to Wednesday, Feb. 14 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton; John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall; and Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Guess how many pieces of conversation heart candies are in the jar; the closest estimate at each library location will win a supersized Hershey’s Kiss Books What: Blind Date with a Book for teens and adults See CALENDAR, page 7

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Weekend happenings: Travel the ‘Chocolate Trail’ in Old Town Warrenton

By Sondra Anzalone

Special to the Fauquier Times

As we make our way through February, celebrate Black History Month with the Marine Corps as it honors Montford Point Marines. They were the first African Americans to enlist after President Franklin Roosevelt’s executive order in 1941.

Or get schooled on the African diaspora at Patriot High School.

Then embark on a tasty journey through the Old Town Chocolate Trail for sweet treats and an historic chocolate-making demonstration.

Finally, celebrate love of all kinds with Valentine’s themed photos at Open Space Art or score a blind date with a book at a Fauquier library.

Family Day Black History Month: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10. National Museum of the Marine Corps, 1775 Semper Fidelis Way, Triangle. Celebrate Black History Month with a special tribute to the Montford Point Marines. Participants CALENDAR, from page 6

When: All day, Wednesday to Thursday, Feb. 29 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton; Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton; John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Info: Check out a wrapped book with a brief description in exchange for a treat Crafts What: Teen Be a Maker Cart When: All day Monday, to Sunday, Feb. 11 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall; Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: Learn, create and make a project using the library’s craft and maker supplies Crafts What: Adult Be a Maker Cart When: All day Monday, Feb. 12, to Sunday, Feb. 18 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: Learn, create and make projects using the library’s BAM cart stocked with an assortment of craft and maker supplies Recovery What: Al-Anon for Family and Friends of Alcoholics When: Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m.

Where: Warrenton Presbyterian Church, 91 Main St., Warrenton Info: Help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics; https://www.al-anon.org or 540-219-5054 Support What: Parkinsons Piedmont Support Group When: 12:15 to 2 p.m., fourth Wednesday of each month Where: Cornerstone Community Church, 40 Rockpoint Lane, Warrenton (directly behind Blaser Physical Therapy Bldg.)

Info: Kendal Blaser, 540-222-6000, or Blaserx4@aol.com Recovery What: 12-Step Recovery Programs, i.e., Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, etc.

When: Meeting days and times vary Where: The Warrenton Meeting Place, 26 S. Third St., Warrenton Info: There are various types of 12-Step recovery programs that meet at The Warrenton Meeting Place that can offer a solution; www.TWMP.org Food assistance What: Peas and Grace for those in need When: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays, and 8 to 10 a.m. Saturdays Where: Grace Episcopal Church, 6507 Main St., The Plains

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The Old Town Chocolate Trail: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 10. Warrenton Historic District. Visit History Unboxed, 29 Culpeper St. first to pick up a chocolate passport, then stroll around Old Town for a free treat at participating shops and collect stamps on your chocolate passport.

will enjoy an interactive lecture, in-person activities and more. Free and open to the public.

Celebration of Black History and The African

Spiritual Care Support Ministries What: Support groups/counseling and special events for those experiencing the death of a loved one, divorce and chronic illness When: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; closed on Sunday Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Info: 540-349-5814 or www.scsm.tv The S.E.E. Recovery Center What: Recovery-oriented groups, meetings and the opportunity to speak with someone about mental health or substance use recovery When: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday; 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday Where: The S.E.E. Recovery Center, 710 U.S. Ave., Culpeper Info: 540-825-3366 or email: SEERecovery@rrcsb.org Wednesday, Feb. 7 Books What: Banned Books Book Club When: 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: The book club will meet every first Wednesday of every month; this month’s pick is “Crank,” by Ellen Hopkins; receive 10% off book club books when purchased at The Open Book Conservation What: John Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District Technical Committee Meeting When: 9 to 11 a.m.

Where: 98 Alexandria Pike, Suite 33, Warrenton Info: Call 540-422-8492 or tricia.hailey@ fauquiercounty.gov Story time What: In-Person Story Time for children up to age 5 and families When: 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: Caregivers must remain in the children’s areas Story time What: Raising Readers Story Time for 2-to-4year-old children with a caregiver When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 11 to 11:30 a.m.

Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Longer stories, finger plays and songs ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and

Diaspora: From Black and White to Full Color.

Friday, Feb. 9 at 6:30pm. Patriot High School: 10504 Kettle Run Road, Nokesville. Presenting the second annual Black History Month Celebration. Sponsored by the Patriot High School AASA, Infinity Step Team and African American history class.

The Old Town Chocolate Trail: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10. Warrenton Historic District. Visit History Unboxed, 29 Culpeper St. first to pick up a chocolate passport, then stroll around old town for a free treat at participating shops and collect stamps on your chocolate passport. Meet back at The HUB to be entered in a raffle and a historic chocolate-making demonstration.

Blind Date with a Book: Daily through Thursday, Feb. 29. Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton; Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton; John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall.

Teens and adults can check out a wrapped book with a brief description in exchange for a treat.

Career Education programs When: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: 540-718-8243 Thursday, Feb. 8 Workshop What: The Art of Revision-Writing Workshop with Editor Kate Armstrong When: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Hands-on workshop which will provide self-editing strategies to help make writing crisp, effective and compelling; 540-8785358 Conservation What: Sneak Peek American Conservation Film Festival 2024 Screening When: 6 to 7 p.m.

Where: Oak Spring Garden Foundation/The Granary, 8614 Mill Reef Road, Upperville Cost: $10 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ sneak-peek-acff-2024-screeningtickets-793530359667 Info: Screening of four short films from the upcoming 2024 American Conservation Film Festival; light refreshments provided ESL class What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 9 p.m.

Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton Info: 540-718-8243 Art What: Art Cart for preschool and elementary children When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Info: Express creativity with the library’s art supplies Story time What: Seeds and Trees for children ages 3 to 5 with families When: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free, registration is required, go to: https://bit.ly/3tx7glW Info: Presentation and supplies provided by Friends of Rappahannock Story time What: Pajama Story Time for all ages When: 6:30 to 7 p.m.

Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Info: Stories, songs and activities; PJs are welcome Meet the author What: Meet the Author, Tessa Bailey, for

See the full calendar of upcoming events online at: fauquier. com/lifestyles adults When: 8 to 9 p.m.

Where: Virtual Registration: https://bit.ly/fplauthor Info: Discussion on “Fangirl Down” Senior supper What: Senior Supper for 55-plus When: 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Where: Bistro on the Hill, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Cost: $7.50 Coffee and conversation What: Fellowship, encouragement, hope through conversation with others When: 10 a.m. to noon Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Info: 540-349-5814 Prayer What: Open Prayer Gathering When: Noon to 12:30 p.m.

Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Info: Personal prayer or for others; requests by calling 540-349-5814 or https://www. scsm.tv/contactus Exercise What: Tomba When: 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Also on Saturday, Feb. 10 Where: Middleburg Community Center, 300 W. Washington St., Middleburg Info: Tom Sweitzer’s version of Zumba; 540687-6373 Friday, Feb. 9 Book Cellar What: Books, movies and music for all ages, sponsored by the Friends of Fauquier Library When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also on Saturday, Feb. 10 Where: John Barton Payne Building Basement, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Volunteer: 540-341-3447 Networking What: Coffee and Commerce When: 7 to 8 a.m.

Where: Goodness and Grace, 20 N. 5th, Warrenton Registration: https://www. fauquierchamberva.chambermaster.com/ eventregistration/register/18490 Info: Have a cup of coffee with the CEO of Chamber, Alex Burnett; informal networking; open discussions; and local venue spotlight; coffee and pastries available for purchase See CALENDAR, page 13

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KR GIRLS WIN REGION SWIM

The Kettle Run High girls swim team scored 176 points to win the Class 3 Region B championship. The KRHS boys took fourth.

LIBERTY WRESTLE IS 8TH AT REGIONS

The Liberty High wrestling team placed eighth at the Class 4 Region D meet, with senior Noah Hall capturing the 165-pound title. Shaun Hall, Cayden King and Logan Buchanan also qualified for states.

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A day in the life of Mandy Carter

Hard-working Liberty athletic trainer still has time to be a mom

By Peter Brewington

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Mandy Carter gets a special feeling of satisfaction when her husband Joey brings the couple’s two sons to a Liberty High football game on a Friday night.

From the stands, the boys — Toby, 7, and Jace, 10 — can see mommy working.

Dressed in her standard khaki pants and some sort of blue themed Liberty top, Carter is a visible presence on the sideline as the Eagles’ athletic trainer. “They see mommy helping people. They think it’s cool,” Mandy Carter said.

A former star athlete at Liberty, Carter, 37, has been the Eagles’ athletic trainer for 14 years, a job she loves despite an incredibly arduous schedule that rivals that of a first-year associate at a law firm.

“It is long hours. I miss some of my children’s events. But it’s also acknowledgement that an AT can do both and still be successful,” says Carter, who was named 2024 Educator Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association (VATA) during the organization’s annual meeting in Hampton on Jan. 6.

She estimates she often works as many as 75 hours a week.

Carter’s day includes teaching two sports medicine classes. It continues into the afternoon preparing, evaluating and treating athletes for practices or home games. She and her student trainers can often see 30 kids in 45 minutes before a practice or game. She’ll call parents to update them on the status of their injured son or daughter.

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As athletic trainer, Mandy Carter has one of the most important jobs at Liberty High School, putting her in constant contact with parents, athletes, coaches and administrators.

As competition begins, she travels around the campus in an all-terrain vehicle to react to injuries, normally not staying more than 10 minutes at one venue with multiple sports going on simultaneously.

There are often post-practice or post-game

treatments to administer. Carter, the activities directors and school administrators are the last ones to leave the school campus, often after 10 p.m.

For summer practices, she gets up at 5 a.m. to be at school to prepare athletes for morning workouts conducted to avoid the heat.

It’s easily a 10-hour day most days of the week.

One slight advantage in the winter is that she gets to drop her two boys off at school in the morning and report to Liberty around 10:30 a.m., she said.

Carter’s career the last 14 years has put her in contact with thousands of athletes and parents making her one of the most visible and active figures in a high school’s hierarchy. “When a coach works with a team, it’s one team. We cover them all. In spring it’s 13 teams with JVs and varsities,” she said.

The final decision on whether an athlete will participate for Liberty generally rests with Carter. “I communicate with parents daily and weekly. Give them a brief update, kind of letting them know how we’d advise them going forward,” said Carter, noting she can offer referrals to medical practices.

One thing that makes her smile is her unofficial uniform. “I think the whole khaki pants and polo shirt is standard. The kids give me a hard time. It has evolved, but I always have to make sure I look professional,” said Carter. “I’m taught to dress to the level of what the main staff is. But it is sort of an ongoing joke.”

Another vital part of her day is teaching Sports Medicine I and II during third and fourth block.

Taking a sports medicine class at Liberty helped Carter decide to become an athletic trainer and she enjoys continuing molding future trainers.

See CARTER, page 10

A historic honor for Donner Fauquier junior scores school-record 47 points as Falcons stay hot

By Matthew Proctor

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

After opening the season 6-4, the Fauquier High boys basketball squad entered the final weeks of the season riding a five-game losing streak and looking for a hero.

Enter Dylan Donner’s run into the Fauquier County record books.

With Fauquier’s playoff aspirations on thin ice, the junior guard picked the perfect time to turn into Superman, scoring a career-high 40 points against Warren County on Jan. 25 in the Falcons’ 80-49 win. Three games later, Donner scored a school-record 47 points in a 74-40 dismantling of Manassas Park on Friday.

“The goal wasn’t to come in and score, just to come in, win the game, do what I had to do. That happened tonight,” Donner said.

Donner broke Demond Tapscott’s FHS record of 43 points set in 1998 vs. James Wood. Donner’s 47 is believed to be the second highest scoring game in county history. Liberty’s Daron Tapscott, Demond’s older brother, still holds the county record of 49 in the Eagles’ inaugural season in 1994-95.

Prior to overwhelming Manassas Park, Donner added 21 points in the Falcons’ 60-45 win over James Wood on Jan. 29, then charted a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists in a 62-57 win over Millbrook on Jan. 31.

With Donner averaging 30.5 points per game over

Fauquier’s four-game winning streak, the 10-9 Falcons are tied with Kettle Run (10-9) for fifth in the Class 3 Region B standings with three games left.

“We’re playing good basketball. We really are playing selfless ball, understanding what we want to do on defense and then executing at a high level,” coach Jordan Orndorff said.

Despite losing five in a row to open January, the Falcons stayed mentally strong. “We didn’t go away from what we did,” said Orndorff. “We still came in, worked hard. I’ve always told them you can learn more in a five-game losing streak than you could ever learn in a winning streak, so I think there was a lot of lessons to be learned.”

“Now it’s about continuing to come out and execute and play for each other,” Orndorff added.

Donner’s 40-point outburst against Warren County set the stage for his record-breaking 47. “I missed a few free throws that I should have hit at Warren County,” he said.

Tapscott, who is now Kettle Run’s coach, still looks back on his 43-point night like it was yesterday.

“It was against a very good James Wood team at home. I believe I was 7-of-10 from the 3-point line. It was like shooting into the ocean that night.

Coach (Wayne) Brizzi asked if I wanted to stay in as the game was put away with three minutes left and try for 50 and I said, ‘No, let the young guys play,’” Tapscott said.

Unlike Tapscott, Donner didn’t make any

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Fauquier junior Dylan Donner’s school record 47 points against Manassas Park on Feb. 2 broke current Kettle Run coach Demond Tapscott’s mark of 43 in 1998.

3-pointers, instead attacking the basket and converting at a high rate. Playing through the end of the game, Orndorff wanted to ensure Donner got the record.

See BASKETBALL, page 10

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Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | February 7, 2024

Liberty indoor track team rockets towards regionals

By Matthew Proctor

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Led by 58 team members, Liberty’s indoor track team has never been more full of potential.

“We’re tapping into a lot of kids who have never done a sport before, and we’re finding a lot of good talent and a lot of great work ethic,” coach Andrea Rodman said. “Everybody is willing to compete in any event.

They’re eager to get on the track and try a new event, which is a change from last year.”

“We’re seeing growth and improvement across everybody,” Rodman added. “To have kids who have been on the team come out and continue to (set personal records) in every meet, that shows that they really are gaining that traction.”

The Eagles wrapped up the regular season on Monday with a Northwestern District meet at Shenandoah University. The postseason begins with the Class 4 Region D meet on Feb. 17 in Salem. The Class 4 state meet is Feb. 26-27 at Liberty University.

Rodman’s large team has only eight seniors, so a youth movement is in full swing.

Among the Eagles’ top runners and jumpers are veterans like seniors Cole Hoffman, Aidan Neidich, Bonnie Quansah, Gabe Vega and sophomore Madison Dao, with rising stars such as sophomore Ben Walton and freshman Morgan Waln turning heads as well.

Senior Gabe Vega ran the 55-meter dash in 6.87 seconds and leaped 39-feet, 10.5-inches in the triple jump at the Northwestern District meet on Monday.

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Neidich is the fastest in the 300and 500-meter dash on the boys side, just ahead of Hoffman. Neidich set a new Liberty record in the 300 at the Virginia Showcase on Jan. 13 with a time of 36.7 seconds and has also already qualified for states in the 500.

In the 55-meter dash, Vega is Liberty’s top sprinter, ahead of Walton and sophomores Tyson Jackson and Travis Ferguson.

Walton, who joined the team to get in shape for lacrosse, has become one of Liberty’s fastest sprinters in only his first season on the team. “If he sticks with this, he’s going to do really well,” Rodman said.

Freshman Cameron West, a cross country standout, is the top distance

runner, with junior Christian Colis in the mix as well. The Eagles do not run the 1,600 or the 3,200, leaving the 1,000 as their only distance event.

On the girls side, Quansah has the fastest times in the 300 and the 500 and is quick in the 55 too. Dao is also strong in the 300 and 500 while Waln has come on in the 55.

Only a freshman, Waln put herself on the map the second she stepped on the track, according to Rodman.

“She came in, first time ever out of blocks, ran a 7.67 (second) 55,” Rodman said, adding Waln’s already in striking distance of the school record. “She’s someone that we anticipate will go to states multiple times in her tenure here at Liberty. She’s

Mandy Carter’s busy life CARTER, from page 9 Carter calls the student trainers her “kiddos.”

“My kids are great. I can’t give them enough accolades,” she said.

Students from Sports Medicine II that receive an A and are proficient in skills are eligible to be student trainers and work with athletes. Some of the work involves sanitizing used equipment and restocking water tables, but student trainers provide treatment like taping.

She had five student trainers in the fall, and seven to eight this winter. In the spring, she expects 10.

As Mandy Reed, she was a star three-sport athlete at Liberty, excelling in volleyball, basketball and softball. She considered a career as a flight paramedic or dental hygienist. A knee injury in her senior year brought the field of athletic training into perspective as she spent time in the training room and embraced the profession.

With a strong athletic training program at Shenandoah University in Winchester, she chose to play softball and study there. She majored in kinesiology and physical education, graduating in 2009. She got her masters in athletic training at Shenandoah in 2010.

Juggling family and work life is difficult, Carter says, noting trainers eventually transition to another sports medicine career. “Normally for a BASKETBALL, from page 9 “He’s our floor general. He’s our leader, our captain. But it’s also something to be said when guys are willing to run through a brick wall for you. He does a good job of lead-

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Mandy Carter’s husband Joey often brings her coffee on game nights and stops by with the couple’s two sons Toby, 7, and Jace, 10. female it’s eight years and then find another job to do like teach full-time or get into another branch of it. It’s just because of the long hours,” she said.

Longtime Fauquier athletic trainer Bryan

ing by example, leading his guys in a positive way, and you can see that everybody in there is super excited for him,” said Orndorff.

Donner said the key to his hot streak has been “trusting my teammates, because without them I

done really great.”

In the 1,000, freshman Elyssa Washington has the Eagles’ fastest time but is out for the season with a broken foot, leaving senior Molly Ritchie and freshman Ally Downey as the top distance runners.

Quansah, Dao and Vega are Liberty’s top jumpers, with sophomores Alfonzo Ramos, Kevin Gordon and Kelly Reyes in the mix as well. In the shot put, juniors Xavier Harris and Nolan Hensley lead the boys with sophomores Jaeda Hill, Joy Kuffuor-Berko and freshman Cheyenne Dao leading the girls.

At regionals, Liberty can enter two athletes per event and each athlete can compete in up to three events. The top three finishers in each event advance to states, along with anyone who tops the state qualifying standard.

“We’re just going to go down there and run our best,” Rodman said. “A successful meet would be that we’re able to take three or four athletes to state. I’d like to take a relay team this year.”

Along with Neidich in the 300 and the 500, Rodman believes the most likely state qualifiers are Hoffman in the 500, Waln in the 55, Vega in the triple jump and the boys 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams.

Neidich and Hoffman run in both relays alongside Vega and Ramos in the 4x200 and sophomores Adonay Orellana and Waylon Poole in the 4x400.

Grimsley transitioned into a different role at FHS as a testing coordinator. Reylin Morgan is the athletic trainer at Kettle Run. Carter notes Fairfax County high schools employ two athletic trainers per school and she is excited to see Fauquier County Public Schools add substitute athletic trainers to the budget, something that is available in Loudoun County, she said.

Carter noted that Lisa Warner, wife of Fauquier County schools superintendent Major Warner, was the first athletic trainer when Liberty opened in 1994. Carter is only the third in the school’s 30year history, following Emily Rappold.

Husband Joey, who teaches and coaches basketball at Rock Ridge High, has been a supportive partner in her journey, as have Liberty administrators. “Our boys are very proud of their mom and they are old enough now to recognize how hard she works and how important her job is,” said Joey Carter. “They love to spend time in the training room with her and watch her work.

“The boys do their best to wait up for us but that doesn’t always happen. They watch our games on the NFHS Network and follow along so they will know when we should be getting home,” he said.

Carter is pursuing her doctorate from Liberty University before a likely transition one day.

“Down the road, the realization is that I’m 37. If I don’t go to school now, I may not go back. It’s hard to be an athletic trainer, full-time mother and wife and full-time student,” she said.

wouldn’t be able to score. I have playmakers like Tre (Thompson), Maad (Kulang), Travis (Brock), Nate (Edwards). They all do a great job of helping find me.”

A junior, Donner sees Fauquier surging after losing seasons his first

two years. Now the region playoffs are in sight.

“The past two years, we haven’t gotten to where we really want to be, so working hard all offseason, all this buying in, it’s starting to all click,” Donner said.

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When is your yard ready for fertilizer? Be on the lookout for blooming yellow forsythia bushes. They mean the soil has reached about 50 degrees.

Springtime lawn work can begin now

By Nancy Richard

Century 21 New Millennium

Spring lawn care tips are great in March and April, but February can also be a good time to start putting them to work.

Temperatures may rise, but not always. But that does not necessarily mean you can go and start fertilizing your yard right away. The good news is that you do not have to wait until the first day of spring, March 19, to start your lawn care.

Once the air temperatures start warming up and the ground starts drying out, most lawn owners begin itching to get outside. But the biggest factor in knowing when to get out in the yard is seeing signs of plants waking up from the winter rest. This is determined more by soil temperatures, rather than air temperature.

New lawn owners or casual ones probably

do not have a tool to measure soil temperature on hand, but you can typically find information on current soil temperature on your local county website. Another option is to look for yellow Forsythia, which blooms when the temperatures are around 50 degrees. There is always the chance that one last freeze will hit, but that does not mean you have to sit on your hands and wait to start reviving your lawn.

Late winter is a great time to service your mower, so it is ready when you are. Change the oil, check for loose or cracked belts, sharpen the blade and check the safety guards. Always check the manual before doing any service on your lawnmower. If something is cracked or broken, you have time to get it fixed before you need to mow.

Late winter and early spring are important and popular times to start working on your lawn, but

they are not the only seasons where good lawn management is necessary. It is important to create a management plan that is appropriate for your area and execute each task throughout the year.

Your lawn may not look pretty now but enjoy the down time and relax. Follow the tips and your yard will bounce back and be lush and green. I am beginning to see the bulbs poke through the soil.

If I can help you with your real estate needs or find the green lawn with the perfect home, give me a call.

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Oak View Bankshares announces record earnings for 2023 Staff Reports Oak View Bankshares, Inc., the parent company of Oak View National Bank, reported net income of $4.21 million for the 12 months ending Dec. 31, an increase of $1.15 million or 37.58% from the $3.06 million reported for the previous year, according to a recent news release.

Basic and diluted earnings per share were $1.43 for the 12 months ending Dec. 31 compared to $1.03 for the 12 months ending Dec. 31, 2022, the release said.

On Jan. 18, the Oak View Board of Directors announced an annual dividend of 20 cents per share to shareholders of record as of the close

of business on Feb. 1. The dividend is payable on Feb. 8, the release said.

“Our company experienced another phenomenal year, increasing earnings by 37% during a challenging time for the banking industry,” Oak View Board of Directors and CEO Michael Ewing said in a news release.

“The achievement of record earnings for 2023 is the result of hard work and dedication of our entire team in navigating an unprecedented year of liquidity concerns, interest rate volatility and uncertainty in the economic environment. Our disciplined approach in operating a safe and sound financial institution, providing the foremost

customer experience, offering quality products and services, supporting our local communities, and maintaining a rewarding workplace for our employees, while doubling earnings over the last three years, is quite remarkable,” he added.

Some highlights:

• Return on average assets was 0.75%, and the return on average equity was 14.38% for the 12 months ending Dec. 31, compared to 0.75% and 11.73%, respectively, for the 12 months ending Dec. 31, 2022, the release said.

• Total assets were $600.16 million on Dec. 31, compared to $497.89 million on Dec. 31, 2022.

• Total loans were $304.05 million on Dec. 31, compared to $273.87 million on Dec. 31, 2022.

• The bank’s investment portfolio totaled $248 million on Dec. 31, compared to $193.31 million on Dec. 31, 2022.

• Total deposits were $474.23 million on Dec. 31, compared to $422.90 million on Dec. 31, 2022.

• “Liquidity remains strong” at $453.94 million as of Dec. 31, compared to $379.25 million as of Dec. 31, 2022, the release said.

Liquidity includes cash, unencumbered securities available-for-sale, and available secured and unsecured borrowing capacity.

Virginia National Bank reports 4th quarter, annual earnings Staff Reports Virginia National Bankshares Corporation reported quarterly net income of $3.2 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, for the quarter that ended Dec. 31. That was down from $7.1 million, or $1.32 per diluted share, recognized for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2022.

For the 12 months ended Dec. 31, the company recognized net income of $19.3 million, or $3.58 per diluted share, compared to $23.4 million, or $4.38 per diluted share, for the 12-month period ending on Dec. 31, according to a recent news release.

Gross loans outstanding as of Dec. 31 totaled $1.1 billion, an increase of $156.3 million, or 16.7%, compared to Dec. 31, 2022, and an increase

of $72.1 million, or 7.1%, compared to Sept. 30, the release said.

Virginia National Bankshares Corporation trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the stock name VABK.

Some highlights:

• The bank continued to experience loan growth in the fourth quarter of 2023, resulting in a 7.1% increase from the prior quarter and 16.7% over the prior year-end.

• Yield on loans elevated to 5.47% for the three months ending on Dec. 31, from 5% for the prior-year same period. The yield on loans increased to 5.72% for the year ending on Dec. 31 from 4.52% for the year ending on Dec. 31, 2022.

Anne Talks

Real Eѕtate

• Total deposits declined $69.2 million, or 4.7% from Dec. 31, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2023, as many customers moved funds outside of the bank to earn higher yields while the bank’s strategy was to keep cost of funds low during the first quarter of 2023. Deposit balances increased $38.8 million, or 2.8%, from Sept. 30 to Dec. 31, as the bank’s strategy shifted to meet customer rate demands.

• Correlated with the year-over-year deposit decline noted above, borrowings increased from Dec. 31, 2022, to Dec. 31, by $66.5 million.

As of Dec. 31, the bank had unused borrowing facilities in place of approximately $119.5 million. Management closely monitors its liquidity position, the release said.

Anne C. Hall

Associate Broker, CRS, GRI, SRES

492 Blackwell Rd. Warrenton, VA 20168

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These property transfers, filed January 22-31, 2024, were provided by Clerk of the Court of Fauquier County. (Please note that to conserve space, only the first person named as the grantor or grantee is listed. The kind of instrument is a deed unless stated otherwise.)

Top dollar sale: $6,650,000 in Marshall District Cedar Run District Michael A. Scott to Carl B. Buss, 10.750 acres at 13167 Blackwood Forest Drive, Goldvein. $745,000 NVR Inc. to Sean Burnham, 0.5748 acre at 8016 International Drive, Warrenton. $869,450 Harold Lee Orr as Executor to Valentin Marian Vlonga, 20.2341 acres off Evergreen Acres Lane, Catlett. $675,000 Nicholas James Kaminski to Robert G. Reese, 3.67 acres at 4326 Dumfries Road, Catlett. $562,500 John S. Luster to Cartus Financial Corp., 6679 Clarke’s Meadow Drive near Bealeton. $547,500 Roy F. Claus to Ryan Allday, 1.98383 acres at 4373 Golden Oaks Court near Nokesville. $540,000 Cassandra S. Breeden to James Kunna, 7467 Cedar Knolls Drive, Warrenton. $625,000 CWRS LLC to Sarfez Pharmaceuticals Inc., 11.2372 acres on James Madison Hwy, near Opal. $800,000 Lee District Yoset Renderos Landaverde to Sharon E. Rubel, Unit B at 11235 Torrie Way, Bealeton. $207,500 Federal Natl. Mortgage Assn. to Eland

LLC, 2.8430 acres at 14129 Royall’s Mill Road, Sumerduck. $262,800 Teresa Willingham to Patrick D. Willingham, 16.232 acres off Sumerduck Road, Sumerduck. $120,000 Patrick B. Hall to Astul Alexander Aparicio Fuentes, 11698 Fort Union Drive, Remington. $375,000 Meyer W. Wilson Jr. by Sub. Tr. to Surry House LLC, Trustee Deed of Foreclosure, 7.000 acres at 10319 Michael Ryan Drive, Bealeton. $415,700 Cyril Jumbam Viban to Christy Uchendu, 6222 Willow Place, Bealeton. $340,000 Virginia Home Buyers LLC to Damon Knepper, 0.4783 acre at 6767 Willowbrook Drive, Bealeton. $439,900 Luis F. Guingona to Victoria Moore, 3014 Revere Street, Bealeton. $395,000 Center District NVR Inc. to Patrick Martin Gillevet, 1.1357 acres at 5021 Kingsley Court, Warrenton. $862,520 William D. Nace Dev. to Renovation Coordination LLC. 7374 Cedar Run Drive, Warrenton. $300,500 Christine H. Sinclair to John H. Sinclair, 253 Norfolk Drive, Warrenton. $450,000 Dori A. Weathers Tr. to Austin Bonney, 729

Arbor Court, Warrenton. $406,000 Terrie L. Owens to Christopher Myers, 237 Monroe Street, Warrenton. $479,900 Scott District John J. Kopecky to Daniel Quigley, 6839 Tanglewood Drive near Warrenton. $810,000 Thomas E. Griffin to Geometric LLC, 2.5079 acres at 6013 Beverley’s Mill Road near Broad Run. $455,000

Marshall District Old Salem Community Development LLC to Chris Clyde Benson, 5101 Carter’s Crossing Avenue, Marshall. $798,655 Clearview Farm Estates to Maronda Homes of Virginia LLC, 1.3131 acres on Wilson Road. $200,000 Fleetwood West LLC to Fleetwood Farms LLC, 130.8738 acres on Winchester Road. $1,308,738

NVR Inc. to Katherine Michelle Roxbury, 0.8986 acre at 9891 Thoroughbred Road Warrenton/New Baltimore. $1,009,880

Maronda Homes of Virginia to Ryan Craig Phillips, 2.2861 acres at 6442 Enon School Road, Marshall. $670,000

Vincent J. Murray III to Brett Duncan Harkins, 1.0590 acres at 7377 Stuart Circle near Warrenton. $649,000

Stoney Hill LLC to Kevin Patrick Green, 50 acres at 7476 Stoney Hill Lane, The Plains. $3,050,000

4301-4303 Fauquier Properties LLC to Ash Properties LLC, 1,204 sq. ft at 4301 Fauquier Avenue and 6,433 sq. ft. at 4303 Fauquier Avenue, The Plains. $650,000

John R. Sheets Sub. Tr. to Paul L. Miller, 107.26 acres near Rt. 732. $875,000

Melissa L. Walker to APIF-Virginia LLC, 0.5200 acre at 5073 John Marshall Hwy., Broad Run. $295,000

Michael D. Watts to Justin L. Watts, 3.1914 acres on Lovers Lane, Warrenton. $206,500 Michael D. Watts to Rosa A. Prince, 36.170 acres on Lovers Lane, Warrenton. $312,000

Kevin R. Mandia Tr. to BFD LLC, 45.6299 acres on Hickory Tree Lane and 257.0675 acres at 2120 Burrland Lane, The Plains. $6,300,000

Old Salem Community Development LLC to Stephanie Lorraine Grant, 0.0421 acre at 3588 Stephenson’s Hill Lane, Marshall. $531,110

Robert Thomas Pritchard Jr. to Shannon Lamb, 25,000 sq. ft. at 4386 Lakewood Drive near Warrenton. $624,800

Mia Martin Glickman to Oak Spring Dairy 2019 LLC, 132.2334 acres west of Crenshaw Road, Marshall. $6,650,000

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Saturday, Feb. 10 Open Mic What: February Open Mic Night for poets, comedians, singers, musicians and storytellers When: 6 to 8 p.m.

Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Reservations: https://docs.google. com/.../1FAlpQLSd.../viewform Info: 540-878-5358; the first 30 minutes of each event (6-6:30 p.m.) will be guaranteed family-friendly Concert What: Drum Tao 2024 for all ages When: 8 p.m.

Where: Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas Cost: Tickets $60, $51, $36 Reservations: 703-993-7550 Nature What: Woodland Treasures When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: Oak Spring Garden Foundation/The Granary, 8614 Mill Reef Road, Upperville Cost: $30 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ woodland-treassures-760652731797 Info: Join John Lonsdale for an illustration of the many uncommon and beautiful plants grown by Edgewood Gardens Grand opening What: History Unboxed at the HUB Grand Opening-Unveiling a World of Educational Delights When: 9:30 to 10 a.m.

Where: History Unboxed, 29 Culpeper St., Warrenton Info: Remarks from the owner, Elizabeth Hauris, and the Creative Director, Stephanie Hanson, on history and education Chocolate What: The Old Town Chocolate Trail When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Warrenton Historic District Info: Raffle and a historic chocolate-making demonstration Nature What: Family Nature Walk for families with children in grades K to 8 When: 10 a.m. to noon Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Registration: 540-341-3651 Nature What: Nature Journaling Meetup and Walk for adults and children with an adult When: 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Registration: 540-341-3651 Info: Bring a journal and art supplies Nature What: Nature Crafternoon for adults only When: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Where: The Clifton Institute, 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton Registration: 540-341-3651 Info: Bring any craft materials to use besides what we provide for linocut prints; warm drinks and light snacks provided Fundraiser What: Fifth Annual Dead of Winter 5K When: 11 a.m.

Where: Verdun Adventure Bound, 17044 Adventure Bound Trail, Rixeyville Tickets: https://www.runsignup. com/Race/VA/Rixeyville/ VerdunAdventureBoundofWinter5K Info: This race is a fundraiser with all proceeds going to support Verdun Aventure Bound Star gazing What: C.M. Crockett Park Public Night for all ages When: 7 to 11 p.m.

Where: C.M. Crockett Park, 10066 Rogues Road, Midland Info: View the wonders of the universe

through the telescopes of NOVAC volunteers; dress warmly; no pets allowed Sunday, Feb. 11 Reading What: Paws to Read with K-9 Caring Angels for children ages 5 to 10 Obituaries Obituaries Obituaries When: 2 to 3 p.m.

Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow St., Bealeton Info: Read aloud to trained and certified therapy dogs; a caregiver must be present; a Matthew Aubrey Shea, age 38 of Chantilly Roger L. Soper (7 OnVirginia Tuesday morning January 30, 2024 our beautiful signed permission slip is required and formerly of Warrenton Virginia, died suddenly on Shirley JM Alexander wentpeacefully and so loved home to on Novem Monday, Feb. 12 Friday 10 November 2023 in Reston. He was born in Smiley and to some our Lord for her permanent rest.

Crafts Columbia Maryland on 11 January 1985 to Karen and & Mary Elle Her viewing and services will be held on Walter Thursday What: Crafts on the Go Philip Shea of Warrenton. Matthew is survived by his Plains, VA where he February 8, 2024 at the Roberts Memorial United When: All day wife of 14 years Diane (Nowell), children Claire, Church, 606 S Washington He joined the U.S Methodist Street, Nora, Michael VA 22314, beginning at 11:30 MP with Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 and Brandon, his parents, his brothers Alexandria, a.m.the 465th and Christopher (Richmond), his will immediately follow at the until 1970. He me Winchester St., Warrenton; John(Warrenton) Marshall Interment Mount Brown in 1972 Branch Library, 4133 Rectortownmaternal Road, grandparents Lawrence and Evelyn Comfort Cemetery located at 6600 S Kings Hwy,in Warrento (Stuart Florida), and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, VA 22306.

New Baltimore F.D Marshall; and Bealeton Branch Library, Alexandria, moved to Bealeton, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton and second cousins. He was predeceasedInbylieuhisof flowers, please send donations payable paternal State University Foundation, their Roger Info: Pick up a bag of supplies fordaughter a child Maria Danielle Shea and his to Virginia PO children Box grandparents Aubrey and Francine Shea. 9027, Virginia State University, VA 23806.Smiley In the made his to create a Valentine craft; craft bags will Matthew University retired to Culpeper memo Christopher section ofNewport the check write SHIRLEY J. MONTGOMERY be available while supplies last at the Youth attended where desk; he was President, and Worship Minister of CatholicFUND. You may also give on the farm, fishing SCHOLARSHIP online at Services only the one bag per child Treasurer,ALEXANDER Campus Ministries from 2004-2007, andgiving.vsu.edu/greatergifts, where he met his future select wife. He and search to the casino, VIEW DESIGNATIONS and Art graduated in for 2007 with and a Bachelors Relations. After graduating, he telling tales with the "SHIRLEY".

What: Art Cart preschool elementaryin Foreign worked for several Northern Virginia government contracting firms, spending family and friends. children Obituaries almost10the last He leaves behind his wife LouAnn Soper of When: a.m. to seven 8 p.m.years as a business intelligence analyst at Akima in Herndon.

Matthew was an avid reader, enjoyed playing strategy games with friends, Soper II, and his wife Nancy of Elkwood, V Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 model building, and, recently, virtual reality video gaming, but more than Charles Town, WV. Five grandchildren- Shy Rectortown Road, Marshall anything hecreativity loved his as husband Info: Express withrole the library’s art and father. He was an Eagle Scout from Elizabeth & Alexander Hooper. Sister Doroth troop 957 in Warrenton, and graduated from Fauquier HS in 2003. Matthew Teresa Green, her husband Speedy, and their supplies could find the humor in almost any situation, and his quick wit was surprising Nephew Richard "Dickie" of Bealeton, Scottand Lee Mullins, affectionately knownWilliams as Scotty, Story time funny.

He had30, such a way about that passed away on January 2024, at the agehim of 43 in everyone w What: Tiny Tots Time for infantwas to celebrated at Corpus Christi Roman A Mass of Story Christian Burial Catholic VA. of He him.was Weborn will on all October miss him24, dearly.

Warrenton, 1980, 2-year-old caregiver Church children in Aldiewith ona Wednesday 22 November, and internment is alongside hisVirginia. Scotty was a loving husband to in Fairfax, When: 10:30 to 11 in a.m.Brightview and 11 to 11:30 daughter Maria Cemetery in Warrenton. Beloved husband, father, his wife Chanda Mullins and a devoted father to his a.m. son, and brother, he will be greatly missed. The family asks for prayers for the children Dylan Mullins, Nathaniel Mullins, Lydia Where: Central Library, 11 soul. eternalWarrenton rest of Matthew's immortal Jetton, and Colby Mullins, as well as three Winchester St., Warrenton step-children, and two step grandchildren. He was Info: Songs, rhymes and simple stories also a caring son to his mother Jeannie Mullins and a Obituaries Tuesday, Feb. 13 supportive brother to his sibling, Jason Mullins.

Scotty was loved by his many cousins, aunts, Book Club uncles, and his grandpa. Scotty was blessed with What: Young Adult Book Club three grandsons, Calvin Mullins, Tatum Jetton, and When: 6 to 7 p.m.

Archie Mullins, whom he cherished deeply.

Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Bertha Mae Nelson, 83, of Warrenton, Virginia Scotty dedicated 20 years of his life Warrenton peacefully passed away at home on November 30, as a diesel mechanic at Fauquier County Fleet of Maintenance.

He she tookwas great pride Info: Brand new book club every2023. secondThe youngest eight children, born at in his work and was highly skilled in his profession.

Outside of his career, Scotty Tuesday; discussion on “Symptoms of Being home on Cedar Hill Farm near Broad Run, Virginia found joy in various hobbies such as fishing, golfing, creatingWiser, memories at his grandpa's farm, and spending Human,” by Jeff Garvin; all bookto titles arelate C.E. the Wiserhunting, and Betty Elizabeth quality time with his beloved grandchildren.

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Scotty's beyond his immediate circle; he spent years Always fun-loving, she commitment loved to danceextended and listen to Art coaching football, contributing to theofgrowth of young athletes. His faith found bluegrass music.

Mae was a longtime member What: Art Cart at for preschool and home at Church Amissville Baptist Church, Bethel United aMethodist where she sang in providing him not just with spiritual elementary children guidance but a profound sense of community. the choir as a teenager.

When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Family and friends are invited to pay their respects at the services held in Where: Warrenton Central Library, She 11 is survived by her two sons, William R. (Karen) honor of Scotty at Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton, VA, on Friday, February Winchester Drive, Warrenton Nelson of Warrenton, and Robert E. Nelson of 9th, fromShe 6-8pm.

Moser Funeral Jeffersonton, Virginia. is also survived

by Home her has been entrusted with assisting the Info: Express creativity with the library’s art family during this difficult time. grandchildren, Josh (Megan) Henry, of Woodstock, supplies Scotty's legacyofofLady warmth, Va and Vanessa (Paul) Wallace Smith;kindness and 6 and countless shared smiles will be Nature remembered by all who had thenephews privilege of knowing him. great grandchildren, along with numerous What: Art and Nature for Teens - Dried Online condolences may be expressed at moserfuneralhome.com. and nieces.

Flowers She was preceded in death by her husband William Obituaries When: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

W. Nelson, her sisters Mollie, Bessie, Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Margaret, Nancy, and her brothers Walter, George, and Raymond.

Rectortown Road, Marshall The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 7,2023 from 6 to 8pm Registration: https://bit.ly/3RO8biZ at Moser Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, VA 20186.

Info: CreateFuneral a dried flower arrangement; A Funeral will follow on Friday, Bethel presentation and supplies provided

by Oak December 8, 2023 at 11:00 am at John will William DeSalme Jr., 64, of Warrenton, United Methodist Church, 6903 Blantyre Rd., Warrenton, VA. Interment Springs Garden Foundation VA, passed follow at Little Georgetown Cemetery, 5370 Trapp Branch Rd, Broad Run, VA. away on January 20, 2024. John was Community Online condolences may be expressed at moserfuneralhome.com. born on February 5, 1959, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to John William DeSalme Sr. and Sylvia Grace What: Encompass Community Supports (Haverlah) DeSalme.

Board Meeting (formerly known as John began his career as a military band musician Rappahannock Rapidan Community with the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, where he Services) met and married Rhonda Smith. They had two When: 1 p.m. daughters, Heather and Amanda. His career Where: Encompass Community Supports, extended to the U.S. Army Blues, including tours to 15361 Bradford Road, Culpeper Afghanistan, Iraq, and New Orleans. John was also a Info: Individuals with disabilities who require collaborator on the album "Big Kids" (1998) with special assistance to attend and participate Steve Fidyk. He reached the rank of Master should contact Tammy Keaton at 540-825Sergeant before retiring in 2012.

3100, ext. 3146 Survivors include daughters Heather (Tyler) Philips, Amanda (Will) Hanson, Fundraiser and five grandchildren: Isla and Ambrose Philips; and Phoenix, Everett, and What: Peak Roofing Alzheimer’s Awareness Apollo Hanson. He is also survived by siblings Rob DeSalme and Suzanne Spirit Day deSalme.

When: 6 to 9 p.m.

The family will celebrate the life of John DeSalme on March 23rd and his Where: Chick-fil-A, 256 W. Lee Highway, ashes will rest in Arlington National Cemetery; details will follow. Instead of Warrenton flowers, kindly consider donating to The University of Iowa School of Music, or Info: Mention Peak Roofing Alzheimer’s the U.S. National Park Service.

Spirit Day and a portion of the sales will be donated

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Allen Thomas Crane, 78, of Warrenton, Virginia, passed away on January 30, 2024. Born on April 29, 1945 to Joseph C. and Hazel B. Crane. Allen was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather.

Allen Thomas 78, of High Warrenton, Allen attendedCrane, Warrenton SchoolVirginia, (1963), passed away on January 30, 2024.

Born Aprillater 29, Fishburne Military Academy (1964),onand 1945 to Joseph C. and Hazel B. Crane.He Allenhad was aa Richmond Professional Institute. beloved husband, father, grandfather, greatsuccessful career beginning at the Virginiaand Highway grandfather. later serving as General Manager of Department, Allen attended Warrenton (1963), R.L. Rider and Company andHigh mostSchool recently as a Fishburne Military Academy (1964), and later Project Manager at Donovan Asphalt and Paving Richmond Professional Institute. He had a Company. successful career in beginning at the Virginia Highway Throughout his life, Allen was involved several community organizations Department, later serving as General Manager of including: The Warrenton Fauquier Jaycees, Fauquier High School Booster R.L. Rider Club, and Company and mostClub, recently Club, The Rotary Club, The Optimist The John Marshall and as Thea Manager at on Donovan Asphalt and Paving Fauquier County Parks andProject Recreation serving the Board for several years.

Allen was instrumental in Company. the development of C.M. Crockett Park when he Throughout his of life, Allen was involved in several communityBoard. organizations served as president The Fauquier County Parks and Recreation including: The Warrenton Fauquier Jaycees, Fauquier High School Booster In his free time, Allen enjoyed various hobbies including playing golf, duck Club, Thegoose Rotaryhunting, Club, The Optimist Club,and Thecheering John Marshall and The hunting, watching sports, on theClub, Washington Fauquier and County ParksTech and Hokies.

Recreation serving on the Board several years.

Redskins Virginia More than anything, Allenfor loved his family Allen was instrumental in the development of C.M. Crockett Park when he and friends. served president of The Fauquier County Parks Recreation Board. Harvey Allenaswas preceded in death by his parents, his and brothers Jerry Wayne, his free Sammy, time, Allen enjoyed various hobbies including playing golf, duck Joe,InClayton, and sister Thelma Robinson. hunting, goose hunting, watching sports,daughters and cheering the Washington He is survived by his loving wife Dotty, Kathy on (Catherine), Beverly RedskinsVickie, and Virginia Tech Hokies. than anything, Allen loved hisRyland family (Mark), and son Todd, andMore sons-in-law E.J. Pullen, Jr. and and friends.

Dishner. He has four grandchildren Ashley (Michael), Jay, Brooke (Austin), and Allen was in great-grandchildren death by his parents, Caroline, his brothers Jerry Wayne, Harvey Nicholas.

Hepreceded has four Charlotte, Claire, and Joe, Clayton, sister Thelmaand Robinson.

Haley, as wellSammy, as manyand nieces, nephews, cousins.

He isfamily survived by hisfriends loving on wifeTuesday, Dotty, daughters Beverly The received February Kathy 6, 2024(Catherine), from 5:00 8:00pm (Mark), son ATodd, and sons-in-law E.J. will Pullen, Ryland at MoserVickie, Funeraland Home.

Celebration of Life Service beginJr.atand 11:00am at Dishner.

He has four grandchildren Ashley (Michael), Jay, Brooke (Austin), Moser Funeral Home on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Interment will followand at Nicholas.

HeCemetery. has four great-grandchildren Caroline, Charlotte, Claire, and Bright View Haley, as wellcontributions as many nieces, nephews, Memorial may be madeand to cousins.

Bethel United Methodist Church, The family received friends on Tuesday, 6903 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA 20187.February 6, 2024 from 5:00 8:00pm at Moser Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 11:00am at Moser Funeral Home on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Interment will follow at Obituaries Bright View Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bethel United Methodist Church, 6903 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA 20187.

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Talbot Chambers Mack, beloved father and teacher, left this life on January 28th, 2024. He died peacefully at home with his family in The Plains, Virginia.

Tal was born on March 5th, 1940 in New York City. He grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy ('57) and Princeton University ('61) before joining the United States Navy in 1962, Talbot Mack, father and teacher, left this life on January serving as Chambers first lieutenant on beloved a minesweeper.

28th, 2024.

He died peacefully at home withashisanfamily The Addison-Wesley Plains, Virginia.

Upon leaving the Navy, Tal worked editorin for Tal was born on March 5th, to 1940 in New York he City.

He agrew up indegree New Publishing Company.

Moving Virginia in 1973, earned Master's Canaan, Connecticut, and Polytechnic attended Phillips Academyon('57) and in education from Virginia InstituteExeter and embarked his long Princeton University ('61) before joining the United States Navy in 1962, teaching career. Teaching first in the Fauquier County Public School system, serving first lieutenant minesweeper. then at as Powhatan School,onhea found his permanent home at The Hill School in Upon leaving the Navy, Talheworked an editor for history, Addison-Wesley Middleburg, Virginia.

At Hill taught as English, writing, founded Publishingthe Company. to Virginiaand in 1973, he earned a Master's Calliope, school's Moving literary magazine, coached sports for over 40degree years. in education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and embarked on his long After school or during the summers, Tal could most reliably be found running teaching career.

Teaching first in the Fauquier County Public School system, for long distances on the back roads around his farm, weeding his vegetable then at while Powhatan School, he found his at permanent home at with The aHill in garden smoking a cigar, or sitting the kitchen table cupSchool of coffee Middleburg, At recent Hill he taught English, writing, history, founded revising a draftVirginia. of his most poem.

Calliope, the school's literary magazine, for over and 40 years.

He is survived

by Catherine, his wifeand of coached 48 years,sports six children, nine After school orHe during summers, Talsister, couldLucy mostG.reliably running grandchildren. is alsothe survived by his Mack, be andfound sister-in-law, for longA. distances Barbara Gerlach.on the back roads around his farm, weeding his vegetable garden smokingby a cigar, or sitting at H. theMack, kitchen table cup ofTayloe coffee He iswhile pre-deceased his brother, John and firstwith wife,a Mary revising a draft of his most recent poem.

Mack.

Hecelebration is survivedofby Catherine, his held wife atofThe 48 Hill years,School's six children, nine A Tal's life will be Dorninand Science grandchildren. is also survived by his sister, Lucy G. Mack, and sister-in-law, Center on AprilHe 27th.

Barbara A. Gerlach.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be made to the Piedmont He is pre-deceased by his brother, John H. Mack, and Tayloe Environmental Council, Windy Hill Foundation, andfirst Thewife, HillMary School of Mack.

Middleburg, Virginia. Arrangements by Royston Funeral Home, Middleburg, A celebration of Tal's life will be held at The Hill School's Dornin Science VA. Center on April 27th.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be made to the Piedmont Environmental Council, Windy Hill Foundation, and The Hill School of Middleburg, Virginia. Arrangements by Royston Funeral Home, Middleburg, VA.

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Carl Edward Welch Carl Edward Welch, also know as "Fleabite" passed away peacefully at his home in Sumerduck, Virginia on January 31, 2024, at the age of 79. Carl was raised in the town of Remington, Virginia.

At an early age he decided school wasn't for him.

He left school and ventured into the work force at 14 years old. He realized he could fix, repair and build anything…. Being self taught as a mechanic, he started working on heavy equipment for a company.

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Kathleen B. Herrman Kathleen B. Herrman, 76, of Ashland, Virginia, died on January 15, 2024.

She was born in Alexandria, VA in 1947 to Horace and Elsie Britt, the youngest of four children. She spent most of her adult life in Warrenton where she raised her family and worked many years at Tiny Tot's Preschool as a well loved, lead teacher.

Kathleen was preceded in death by her parents, Horace and Elsie, and her sisters Maryann Strobel and Elizabeth Britt.

She is survived by her brother, James Britt and his wife Martha, and her children Susan Gross, Wendy Beasley and her husband Mark, Liz Herrman and Danny Herrman, many cousins, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and their spouses and great-

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In lieu of flowers, her family requests that donations be made to: Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

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Full name(s) of owner(s): Trifolium LLC Trading as: Powers Farm and Brewery, 9269 Redemption Way, Midland, Fauquier County, Virginia 22728 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Farm Winery license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Kevin Powers, Co-owner Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF FAUQUIER DOLANREID PLLC, Substitute Trustee, Petitioner, Case No.: CL23-402 v. DONALD D. CARROLL; Serve: via Order of Publication AND THE UNIT OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF WAVERLY STATION AT BEALETON CONDOMINIUM; Serve: Mark Goetzman, Registered Agent 2200 Clarendon Blvd., Ste. 1300, Arlington, VA 22201 AND PARTIES UNKNOWN; Serve: Via Order of Publication Respondents.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to interplead funds pursuant to Virginia Code Section 8.01-364 following a foreclosure sale of that real property located at 6185 Willow Place, Unit 306, Bealeton, VA 22712, and previously owned by Donald D. Carroll.

IT APPEARING that an Affidavit has been made and filed stating that due diligence has been used, that a letter was sent to the last known address, an email was sent to the last known email address for Donald D. Carroll, along with multiple attempts to contact via telephone at multiple phone numbers, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties; any parties whose names and addresses are unknown and made parties to his action by the general description of Parties Unknown; Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that a copy of this Order be published once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Fauquier, Virginia, and the parties named herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained or are nonresident individuals appear on or before 03/22/2024; 10:30AM in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the County of Fauquier, Virginia and do what may be necessary to protect their interest in this cause.

ENTERED: 01/22/2024 James P. Fisher, Judge Judge I ASK FOR THIS: Brian O. Dolan, Esq. (VSB #35706) DOLANREID PLLC 12610 Patrick Henry Dr., Ste. C; Newport News, VA 23602 757-320-0255 (T); 757-687-0741 (F) Counsel for Petitioner

ABC Legal Full name(s) of owner(s): Talitha Kum Farm and Vine LLC Trading as: Talitha Kum Farm and Vine, 14249 Hume Road, Hume, Fauquier County, Virginia 22639-1723 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Farm Winery Class II license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Steven Bremmerman; Sole Member Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ019270-01-00 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re VIDES VASQUEZ, ESTIVEN VIDES VASQUEZ, WENDY JULISSA /v. FLORES, ALVARO The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN CUSTODY OF THE MINOR CHILD, ESTIVEN JULISSA VIDES VASQUEZ It is ORDERED that (X) the defendant ( ) appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 03/19/2024 08:30AM Allison Coppage, Judge

CINTRA CRICKET BEDFORD Plaintiff, v.

CAROL SHORTS BAILEY ET AL. Defendants.

Case No. CL23000136-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION WHEREAS, the reason for this cause is to quiet Plaintiff's title to the Property located at 1144 Delaplane Grade Road, Upperville, VA 20184, and more particularly described as follows: Front Lot 2, Front Lot 3, and Rear Lot 3 as shown on the plat attached to the Deed of Partition dated April 12, 1887 and recorded among the Land Records of the Circuit Court of Fauquier County, Virginia on November 2, 1887 in Liber 78, Folio 341 WHEREAS, an Affidavit has been made and filed showing that the Defendant "All Persons Known or Unknown Claiming any Legal or Equitable Right, Title, Estate, Lien, or Interest in the Property Described in the Complaint Adverse to Plaintiff's Title, or any Cloud upon Plaintiff's Title Thereto" are set out in the pleadings by the general description of "parties unknown," who by reason of true names and capacities, are unknown to Plaintiff, and may have a beneficial interest in the Property.

UPON CONSIDERATION whereof, this Order of Publication is GRANTED, and ORDERED, that Plaintiff may effect service on the following defendant by publication: All Persons Known or Unknown Claiming any Legal or Equitable Right, Title, Estate, Lien, or Interest in the Property Described in the Complaint Adverse to Plaintiff's Title, or any Cloud upon Plaintiff's Title Thereto; and ORDERED, that Defendant All Persons Known or Unknown Claiming any Legal or Equitable Right, Title, Estate, Lien, or Interest in the Property Described in the Complaint Adverse to Plaintiff's Title, or any Cloud upon Plaintiff's Title Thereto shall appear here on or before February 23, 2024 at 10:30am, which date is no sooner than fifty (50) days after entry of this Order of Publication; and ORDERED, that this Order of Publication be published once a week for four (4) successive weeks in the Fauquier Times, a newspaper of general circulation in the Fauquier County, Virginia.

ENTERED this 20th day of December, 2023.

Matthew P. Snow, Judge WE ASK FOR THIS: David Solan, Esq. (VSB #: 86657) Fidelity National Law Group 8484 Westpark Drive, Suite 310, McLean, VA 22102 (P) 703-245-0284; (F) 703-821-1618 david.solan@fnf.com

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The VA Dept of Historic Resources will conduct a public information hearing of the Warrenton Historic District on Thursday, February 15, 2024. The meeting begins at 6:30 pm and will be held at Warrenton Town Hall, 21 Main Street, Warrenton, VA 20186. Public comment regarding the proposal will be taken at the time of the hearing or can be sent to Director Julie Langan, Dept of Historic Resources, 2801 Kensington Ave, Richmond, VA 23221. This proposal has been recommended eligible for the Virginia Landmarks and National Registers.

This proposal will be presented to the State Review Board and the Board of Historic Resources on March 21, 2024. For additional information, contact Amanda Terrell at Amanda Terrell@dhr.virginia.gov or 804-482-8092.

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V I R G I N I A: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAUQUIER COUNTY BRADLEY COLES, JR., et al. : PLAINTIFFS, v. CL23-585 NICOLE C. BELL, et al. DEFENDANTS. ORDER OF PUBLICATION - FAUQUIER TIMES THE OBJECT of this proceeding is to effectuate the Partition of Real Properties located within Fauquier County, Virginia for the benefit of your Plaintiffs with respect to real properties being 1.000-acre Tax Map Number 7806-43-6959-000 Fauquier County, Virginia and Lot 5 Tax Map Number 7806-42-7586-000 Fauquier County, Virginia; and IT APPEARING TO THE COURT that an Affidavit for Order of Publication having been made and filed herein that your Defendants, the unknown and unlocatable heirs of Londel Alfred Coles, Sr. who died March 1, 2018, who was the son of Samuel Coles born February 4, 1993, who died March 15, 2016, are unlocatable and that due diligence has been used by and on behalf of Counsel for Plaintiffs herein to ascertain the whereabouts of Defendants, the unknown and unlocatable heirs of Londel Alfred Coles, Sr. who died March 1, 2018; it is therefore ADJUDGED, ORDERED AND DECREED that Defendants, the unknown and unlocatable heirs of Londel Alfred Coles, Sr. who died March 1, 2018, appear on or before the 8th day of March, 2024, in the Clerk's Office of the Fauquier County, Virginia Circuit Court, 29 Ashby Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 and do what is necessary to protect their interest in the properties being a 1.000-acre Tax Map Number 7806-43-6959-000 Fauquier County, Virginia and Lot 5 Tax Map Number 7806-42-7586-000 Fauquier County, Virginia ENTERED THIS 22nd DAY OF January, 2024.

James P. Fisher, JUDGE, FAUQUIER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, VIRGINIA I ASK FOR THIS: Donald E. Coulter, Esquire PURNELL, McKENNETT & MENKE, P.C. Counsel for Plaintiffs 9214 Center Street, Suite 101; Manassas, Virginia 20110 (703) 368-9196; Fax Number 703-361-0092 VA BAR NO. 14886; dcoulter@manassaslawyers.com

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~ NEW LOCATION ~ NOTICE OF FAUQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 8, 2024, in the Warrenton Town Hall at 21 Main Street in Warrenton, Virginia, and will hold a regular meeting and public hearings at 6:30 p.m. in the same location on the following:

1. POLLING PLACE CHANGE – A notice of emergency need to change the polling place location prior to the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election for the Town of Warrenton Second Ward in the Center Magisterial District from W.C. Taylor Middle School to the Fauquier County Wellness Center at 33 N. Calhoun Street, Warrenton, VA (former location of the Warrenton-Fauquier Visitor’s Center), due to safety concerns with construction beginning at W.C. Taylor Middle School. The Board will hold a public hearing to obtain citizen input on amending Fauquier County Code Section 7-2 to make the change to 33 N. Calhoun Street for the Town of Warrenton Second Ward polling place for future elections. Description and a map of the proposed polling place change can IL MV\UK HUK PUZWLJ[LK PU [OL )VHYK VM :\WLY]PZVYZ 6ɉJL H[ Hotel Street, 2nd -SVVY >HYYLU[VU =( ;YHJ` .HSSLOY :[HɈ

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Citizens wishing to appear in person should arrive before the start time of the meeting. Comments are limited to three minutes. The meeting is also livestreamed at http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1.

Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request.

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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold their Regular Monthly Meeting Work Session on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, at 9:00 AM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia.

Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold their Regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia. Council will hold a Public Hearing on the following items: 1.) ZOTA 2023–3 FPD – Floodplain District Update: A Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Article 3-5.1 of the Town of Warren[VU AVUPUN 6YKPUHUJL HUK -SVVKWSHPU 4HWZ [V YLÅLJ[ [OL -LKLYal Emergency Management Agency’s model ordinance and map changes. A Letter of Final Determination was issued to the Town of Warrenton on October 25, 2023 from FEMA which provides no[PÄJH[PVU [OH[ [OL ÅVVKWSHPU JOHUNLZ ^PSS [HRL LɈLJ[ VU (WYPS 2024. Adoption of the changes allows the Town to maintain eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program.

2.) Ordinance 24-02-001 - Notice of emergency need to change the polling place location prior to the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election for the Town of Warrenton Second Ward in the Center Magisterial District from W.C. Taylor Middle School to the Fauquier County Wellness Center at 33 N. Calhoun Street, Warrenton, VA (former location of the Warrenton-Fauquier Visitor’s Center), due to safety concerns with construction beginning at W.C. Taylor Middle School. The Town Council will hold a public hearing to obtain citizen input on amending Town Code Section 2-22 to make the change to 33 N. Calhoun Street for the Town of Warrenton Second Ward polling place for future elections. Description and a map of the proposed polling place change can be found and inspected in Town *SLYR»Z 6ɉJL H[ 4HPU :[YLL[ >HYYLU[VU =PYNPUPH People having an interest in the above are invited to participate in the hearing and state their opinion regarding the above issues. The public may also choose to submit written comments through the Town’s website or by emailing citizencomment@warrentonva.gov during the public comment period, which will end at noon the day of the Public Hearing, February 13th, 2024. Copies of the Special Use Permit will be available online and are available for review at Town Hall located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The Town of Warrenton desires to make its programs, services, facilities, and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodations or auxiliary services, please contact the Town as far in advance as possible.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FAUQUIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a work session beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 15, 2024, in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia.

The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following items at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, 2024, in the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia: 1. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SPEX-23-021301, LOIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT & RESCUE SQUAD INC. (OWNER/APPLICANT) – LOIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT – An application for a Category 11 Special Exception to expand the existing Public Safety Facility. The property is located at 12067 Marsh Road, Bealeton, Cedar Run District. (PIN 7808-30-4116-000) (Cristin Wise, :[HɈ) 2. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT TEXT-24-021435 – PLANNED COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT (PCID) – A Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Article 4, Part 6, Planned Commercial Industrial Development District (PCID), to amend uses and approval processes in the PCID Overlay District.

The application materials can be found on the Land Development Online Portal at: https://commdevpay.fauquiercounty.gov/Energov_Prod/ SelfService#/home (WWYV_PTH[LS` VUL ^LLR WYPVY [V [OL W\ISPJ OLHYPUN Z[HɈ reports for all items will be available online at: https://www.fauquiercounty. gov/government/agendas ;V HYYHUNL H [PTL [V YL]PL^ ÄSLZ PU WLYZVU please contact the Department of Community Development’s Planning 6ɉJL H[ IL[^LLU [OL OV\YZ VM ! H T HUK ! W T Members of the public who would like to provide comments at a regular public meeting of the Planning Commission are encouraged to send advance written comments to Fauquier County Department of Community +L]LSVWTLU[ /V[LS :[YLL[ :\P[L >HYYLU[VU =PYNPUPH VY email to meredith.meixner@fauquiercounty.gov. Citizens wishing to appear in person should arrive prior to the start time of the meeting.

Comments are limited to three minutes. The meeting is also livestreamed at: http://fauquier-va.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1.

Fauquier County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to its programs and activities.

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A Public Hearing will be held by the Council of the Town of The Plains, Va on February 19, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. at 6451 Main Street, The Plains, VA 20198 on the Request of Florence Perrow for an Appeal regarding the decision of the Architectural Review Board on the disapproval of the demolition of the property located at 4384 and 4388 Old Tavern Road, Parcel #6989-76-9893-000.

Copies of the materials are available at the John Marshall Library, Marshall Community Center, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall, VA 20115 during regular business hours or by calling the Town Clerk at (540) 364-4945 or email: theplainstreasurer@gmail.com.

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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the Town of Warrenton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 7:00 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia, on the following item(s): ZOTA 2023-01 Reduce the Setback Requirement for Telecommunication Towers in the PSP (Public Semi Public) – The Applicant, Arcola Towers Inc, is requesting a Zoning Text Amendment (ZOTA) for Zoning Ordinance Section 9-18.10 Setbacks be revised so that the setback requirement is reduced for telecommunication towers located in the Public-Semi-Public (PSP) District, so as to require less than 100 percent of the height of the tower to the property boundary. The proposed text amendment to Section 9-18.10 would apply to all properties located within the PSP District.

People having an interest in the above are invited to attend the hearing and state their opinion regarding the issue. The public may also choose to submit written comments through the Town’s website or by emailing citizencomment@warrentonva.gov during the public comment period which will end at noon the day of the public hearing. Information is available for viewing on the Town website www.warrentonva.gov. If there are any questions, please call 540-347-1101 or visit Town Hall located at 21 Main Street, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The Town of Warrenton does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission or access to its programs and activities. Town Hall meeting facilities are fully accessible. Any special accommodations can be made upon request 48 hours prior to the meeting.

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Payments accepted on pickup (check/cash) or prepay on website with Paypal.

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Find the 7 words to match the 7 clues. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of letters in each solution. Each letter combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations will be necessary to complete the puzzle.

CLUES

SOLUTIONS

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