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Two goats rescued from Rappahannock River in ‘Christmas miracle’

By Robin Earl

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

For the sake of goat lovers on the Fauquier Community Facebook page, this story will start at the ending. Two goats that were trapped in the middle of the fast-moving Rappahannock River at the western edge of Fauquier Friday, Dec. 23 were rescued the next morning and are happily munching hay in Casanova. The staff at the Fauquier SPCA has named the unclaimed animals Rain and Ice. Now for the details. On Friday, Fauquier County Sheriff’s Deputy Melynda Bark-

er was settled in for a long day in her police vehicle, monitoring two goats that had somehow gotten themselves stranded on a tiny plot of earth in the middle of the Rappahannock River. A view from the bridge on U.S. 29/15 — between Remington Road and Freemans Ford Road — showed that the legs of the mostly white goat appeared partially submerged. The brown goat seemed to have found a patch of ground just out of the rushing water.

See GOATS, page 12

Hound ’n Hair owner Bob DiNunzio has been grooming dogs for close to half a century.

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Two goats rescued from the Rappahannock River have been named Rain and Ice.

Warrenton Planning Commission votes to recommend denial of data center application Amazon’s proposal will go before town council in January

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Hound ’n Hair, a fixture of Old Town Warrenton, finds a new home

By Colleen LaMay

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Hound ’n Hair owner Bob DiNunzio may have received the best holiday gift ever — a new home for his business, an Old Town Warrenton fixture for 47 years.

DiNunzio learned in November

that the lease on his dog grooming business would not be renewed and that he would have to move out of his shop at 5 N. 5th St. by Dec. 31.

For weeks, he was unable to find a new lease or an affordable place to buy. He feared he’d have to close.

See HOUND ’N HAIR, page 11

The Warrenton Planning Commission on Dec 20 voted 3-1 with one abstention to recommend to the town council that it deny Amazon’s application for a data center on Blackwell Road. The motion presented criticized Amazon’s application for missing information on the project’s likely noise, electric power requirements, tax revenues and visual impacts. The application also lacked a plan for decommissioning the proposed 220,000 square foot building if technology makes it obsolete, the motion said.

The commissioners also chas-

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Planning Commissioner James Lawrence tised Amazon for not sending any Amazon official to their meetings.

In a statement supporting his motion to recommend denial, ViceChair Jim Lawrence said, “The problem is, the applicant is not inclined to negotiate with us because they feel they have the votes [on the council] to proceed.”

See COMMISSION, page 4

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Supervisors focus on capital costs, school maintenance in budget carryover plan

By Coy Ferrell

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

Focusing on items they say will insulate against future tax increases, county supervisors voted Dec. 21 to allocate $15.8 million that was budgeted — but not spent — in fiscal year 2022, which ended June 30.

Most of the money was allocated to mitigate the effects of rising construction costs; other funds were committed to school division needs.

The board committed $10.2 million to the capital reserve fund, which can be used to address cost overruns for major building projects or decrease the county’s reliance on debt funding. Other non-school-related spending items were much smaller, like distributing $135,000 to volunteer fire stations to help pay for increased fuel costs.

The $4.4 millions of local tax money left over from the school division’s budget proved to be the most contentious. The school board initially wanted to use $2.59 million of the carryover to give school employees permanent salary increases and another $1.86 million to distribute bonuses to staff. But supervisors firmly rejected that proposal, pointing out that the annual spending increase would be equal to 1.8 cents on the real estate tax rate.

Supervisors also rejected a plan to distribute bonuses to non-school county staffers, arguing that the money should be used to mitigate the burden of rising capital costs and a possible recession on taxpayers.

Instead, supervisors said that carryover local tax dollars budgeted for the school division should go toward

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Supervisor Holder Trumbo (Scott District) was the only “no” vote Dec. 21 on a resolution to allocate $15.8 million in carryover funds from fiscal year 2022.

Holder argued that more money should have been directed to address the $16.6 million cost overrun for the Taylor Middle School renovation project. addressing critical maintenance issues in aging school buildings and chipping away at the $16.6 million cost overrun expected for the Taylor Middle School renovation project.

The school board eventually changed course, passing a revised spending request after using state funds to distribute year-end bonuses to all school employees.

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“My main priorities are safety for the schools and for maintenance; it’s going to cost more if we don’t do it now,” Supervisor Kevin Carter (Center District) said at the meeting.

Echoing the views of other supervisors, he said that he wished more carryover funding could be directed to the Taylor project but that he generally trusted the school board’s

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The allocation plan passed by supervisors Wednesday, Dec. 21, includes $2 million to repair the roofs at Cedar Lee and Marshall middle schools, $750,000 to replace the boiler at Fauquier High School, $104,000 to rebuild the chiller at Auburn Middle School and $33,000 for a boiler at Pierce Elementary School. Another $345,000 will go toward purchasing three air-conditioned school buses.

Supervisors committed another $1.2 million of the school division’s carryover to the Taylor project, with the understanding that up to $300,000 may be redirected to decommission the septic system at Pearson Elementary School in Calverton.

School division officials estimate that up to $77 million is needed to address all critical maintenance issues in school buildings. The Taylor project, which could begin the engineering phase within a year, is now expected to cost $56 million.

Supervisor Holder Trumbo (Scott District) was the only board member to vote against the allocation plan, arguing that more of the school division’s carryover should have been directed to the Taylor cost overrun.

County Administrator Paul McCulla told supervisors that he is working to arrange a joint meeting with the school board to better understand the reasons for the Taylor project’s cost increases.

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School board unanimously approves policy on ‘sexually explicit’ class materials

Lincoln Taylor, sophomore at Fauquier High School, highlights the Rev Your Bev program.

By Colleen LaMay

Principals will be required to keep a current list of instructional materials with “sexually explicit” The Fauquier County School Board unani- content by grade and subject on the school’s public mously approved at its regular December meeting website, the model policy says. Schools shall also a state-mandated policy for “sexually explicit” have available, at the school for parent review, all class assignments. The school division next will instructional materials that include “sexually extackle the nuts and bolts of how to implement the plicit” content.

Having confidence in parents and respecting policy in public schools here.

The policy passed with no discussion as part their right to protect their children’s innocence is the guiding principle of the of the board’s consent agenlaw, according to the VDOE. da, which is meant to allow To see the approved policy on No parents or children can be non-controversial, routine “sexually explicit” class materials, punished for requesting alteritems to be grouped together scan the QR code below: nate materials. And parents and passed with a single vote. are not stuck with their deciUnder the new policy, parsions. They can change their ents would get at least 30 days minds by notifying the school. advance notification of the From now until sumuse of any instructional mamer 2023, administrators, terials with “sexually explicit teachers, librarians, parents content” and will be able to and at least one student will inspect and review the matelook at how best to fold that rials. In addition, parents will state-mandated policy into be able to request alternate Fauquier schools. For exassignments. ample, will teachers have a “Instructional materials” form to fill out letting parents do not include school library know about assignments that books unless the books are some parents might find obused to complete assignments or are part of an academic or extracurricular pro- jectionable?

As part of that work, school board members gram. School administrators have repeatedly said they are unaware of any teachers using sexually decided to review the division’s rules on how liexplicit materials for class assignments. Nonethe- brary books are chosen and the process for letting less, state law requires every school division in parents know which books their children check Virginia to approve a policy by Jan. 23, 2023. It out. Those changes will take effect at the start of goes into effect immediately. the 2023-24 school year.

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Fauquier school division needs more help with students who are learning English

By Colleen LaMay

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

The Fauquier School Division needs an ESL interpreter, two teachers and a bilingual instructional assistant to help with an influx of Spanish-speaking families in the southern end of the county, Mary Wyckoff, assistant director of human resources, told school board members at their regular December meeting.

Wyckoff said the school division now has four interpreters who directly serve schools. The three in the northern and central regions of sprawling Fauquier County serve an estimated 370 families each.

The fourth interpreter serves the southern end of Fauquier County, which now has 635 families who speak Spanish at home and 284 students enrolled in English as a Second Language programs, Wyckoff said. Adding a fifth interpreter would allow the school division to better meet the needs of families who need translation for parentteacher meetings, phone calls from the school nurse or attendance offices and more, she said.

See SCHOOLS, page 12

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Warrenton Planning Commission votes to recommend denial of data center application COMMISSION, from page 1

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Planning commissioner Steve Ainsworth

“I’m disappointed that they did not show up,” said commission chair Susan Helander after the meeting.

The matter now goes to the council on Jan. 10, 2023, for a likely work session, a public hearing and a possible vote.

Helander’s was one of three votes to recommend that the application be denied – the others came from Ryan Stewart and Lawrence. Steve Ainsworth voted against the motion.

He said he is not challenged by the proposed data center as an eyesore.

He acknowledged that noise is “a bit of an issue,” but said it could be dealt with down the road. Ainsworth also pointed out that Amazon could build a refrigerated distribution center in the same location by right, bringing a traffic problem the current proposal doesn’t present.

Commissioner Ali Zarabi abstained because he had earlier made a motion, which was defeated 4-1, that the commission postpone acting until it had more information from Amazon. “All the conditions for denial were the conditions to defer,” he said after the meeting.

Public hearing

Jessica Pfeiffer, whose law firm represents Amazon, said the company was willing to do more to address noise concerns.

High school student Rebecca Cross told the planning commission, “I am the future of this town.” She spoke against the Amazon data center application, fearing it would lead to more such facilities.

Geoffrey Grambo was one of 43 local residents who asked the planning commission to recommend denial of the Amazon data center application.

The vote came after nearly two hours of resident participation at a public hearing, which was continued from Nov. 22. Forty-four town and county residents spoke, 43 of whom were vehemently opposed to the data center. One, a plumbers’ union official, urged approval, saying, “Data centers have been good for the construction industry.”

As the meeting wound down, several commissioners heaped praise on the approximately 100 citizens who had come out to speak at this and previous meetings, in rain and frigid cold, to speak their minds. Zarabi said the citizens had forged a relationship with the commission that had not existed before. “I’m grateful for your partnership and for the coalitions that have been built in this community; that would have been unthinkable a year ago. You’ve come from everywhere,” he said.

Lawrence, too, praised their participation: “I think we need more passionate people involved in this,” he said.

And Stewart lauded the younger speakers, who, he said, had taken time off from their schoolwork or jobs to come out and participate.

“I think that that’s incredibly valuable,” he said. “We need to see more of that.”

Two of the speakers at the public hearing, Rebecca and Michael Cross, are high school students. “I am the future of this town,” said Rebecca. She said she lives near the town’s old wire factory on Falmouth Street, a site that has been advertised for sale as a data center location and feared that if the Blackwell Road center is approved, the location near her home would be next. “Surely this will change my town forever,” she said.

Michael Cross said he had gone to a location near Fauquier High

For more stories on data centers in Fauquier and nearby communities, visit fauquier.com/news/data_centers/ School at night to experience the sound from the data centers at the Warrenton Training Center a mile away. “Imagine a mosquito buzzing in your ear while you’re trying to sleep, but you can never, for your entire life, brush it away,” he said.

“That’s what it’s like standing a mile from a data center.”

Other residents too expressed alarm about the likely noise from the proposed data center.

Amazon has yet to present a valid noise impact study as required by the town’s zoning ordinance. On Friday, the town sent a zoning determination letter to Amazon with several rulings that will help the company interpret the town’s noise ordinance for special use permits, which Amazon is seeking.

But some residents said that a draft version of conditions for approval, which Amazon had collaborated on with town staff, would give Amazon unlimited time to fix noise violations and provided for no punishment if it failed to fix them. Those draft conditions are not final and could be renegotiated by the town council as it works way through the application.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Jessica Pfeiffer, whose law firm represents Amazon in this matter, said the company was willing to do more to address noise concerns. Since the data center would ramp up operations over time — which could affect noise levels — she said it was willing to conduct noise studies at five stages, when the center was 10%, 50%, 80%, 90% and 100% operational, and fix any problems discovered within a set period of time.

And if the problem is not fixed, “the certificate of occupancy for that portion of the building that is not in compliance with the noise study can then be suspended,” and the building section cannot be used.

Some residents, however, were skeptical that the town would shut down the data center if it failed noise tests. “The idea that a data center would be built and if it fails the noise study it wouldn’t be used is, frankly, absurd,” said Erin O’Donnell.

“Once you let them build it, they are in control.”

Some residents took a broader view, saying they had not yet heard any public officials say why a data center was desirable, and if the reason was tax revenue, they had not seen any information on those numbers.

Some reserved their ire for the town administration and council, which had attempted to put a time limit on the planning commission’s review of the application. Town attorney Martin Crim had advised the commission that a reasonable time for it to act on the application was 100 days from its first consideration of the application – which would have been Nov. 4.

See COMMISSION, page 10

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Kevin Ramundo, president of Citizens for Fauquier County, addresses the Warrenton Planning Commission Dec. 20.

CFFC sues Warrenton over FOIA interpretation

By Coy Ferrell

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

A local lobbying group is asking a court to make Warrenton Town Clerk Stephen Clough personally liable for potentially millions of dollars in monetary penalties after what the group says was his incorrect interpretation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The suit, filed

by Citizens for Fauquier County, is related to the group’s scrutiny of the Amazon Web Services’ application to build a data center on a 42-acre industrial parcel on Blackwell Road and the group’s efforts to obtain thousands of pages of town emails related to the application.

CFFC claims that the data center would have a negative effect on the “social, cultural and historical character” of Warrenton, which it describes as a “picturesque hamlet.”

The lawsuit was filed Dec. 22 in Fauquier County Circuit Court and claims that Clough, who also serves as the town’s FOIA officer, took a “breathtakingly broad interpretation” of a provision in VFOIA — the “CEO exemption” — that exempts “working papers and correspondence” of the “mayor or chief executive officer” from disclosure requirements. The lawsuit states that CFFC wants access to thousands of pages of emails and other documents related to Amazon’s application — documents that Clough said were exempt under state law.

CFFC first requested records about the Amazon application in July, when Brandie Schaeffer was the town manager and FOIA officer.

Then, the town provided dozens of pages of documents, including “more than 50 emails between [Schaeffer] and Amazon … along with handwritten notes of [Schaeffer] from various meetings she attended on behalf of the town,” according to CFFC’s suit. The town also produced at that time “13 public records consisting of emails involving [Mayor Carter Nevill].”

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Ann and Zan Dial with daughter Ellie (holding “E”), Aubree Fetherolf with son Brian (holding “B”) and David Beach are part of the E.B.’s BBQ team.

E.B.’s BBQ serves up pulled pork, chicken to go in Old Town Warrenton

By Aimee O’Grady

Special to the Fauquier Times

Patrons of Ellie’s Place may smell the tempting aroma of smoked meat drifting up the staircase of the restaurant during their next visit.

Smoked pork and chicken are now being served at E.B.’s BBQ, prepared by award-winning pitmaster David Beach, the two-time North Carolina State Champion pit master who works for Ellie’s owner Zan Dial.

“Old Town Warrenton was missing award-winning barbecue, and we had the opportunity and team to provide it,” Dial said.

Meat quality, seasoning and smoke are the three main ingredients necessary to make great-tasting BBQ, according to Dial. “We source top-grade meat and have our own rubs with up to 14 different spices.”

He preferred not to share the names of the spices.

E.B.’s team members acted as taste testers for the rub. “I came up with seven different combinations, and we would smoke one chicken or one pork butt over the course of a few weeks, testing the rubs. The tasters would be tasting for sweetness, saltiness and the overall power of the rub. We have one rub for pork

and another for chicken that were chosen unanimously,” he said.

Beach’s pitmaster experience plays a significant role, as well. From timing to temperature to the intricacies of the smoker, each element helps determine the outcome of the meat. “We have a competition-grade smoker that holds about 300 pounds of meat,” Dial said. This much meat can serve approximately 1,000 people, depending on how hungry they are. Pork butts are smoked for six to ten hours, depending on the size.

The smoker uses oak or cherry wood, and thanks to the wild June storm this past summer, E.B.’s is wellstocked to smoke a lot of meat. “The storm took out 40 trees among all the team members’ properties. Wood is not in short supply,” Dial said.

Dial has been a chef for 30 years, graduating from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Culinary Arts. Before coming to Warrenton, Dial was chef and owner of Federal Street Café in Middleburg.

When that closed in 2017, he stayed home with his daughter, Ellie, for two years before opening Ellie’s Place on Main Street.

See E.B.’S BBQ, page 7

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From traffic crashes to domestic disputes to cows in the road, Cpl. Emmie Dean loves her job

By Colleen LaMay Fauquier Times Staff Writer Cpl. Emmie Dean of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office works the night shift, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., patrolling 651 square miles of Fauquier County’s highways and narrow byways with her tunes on and a venti-size Starbucks in her cupholder.

“You will never see me without a coffee,” she said. “They know me at the Starbucks in Warrenton,” she said. “I will go in on my day off, and they recognize me.” Her backup after Starbucks closes is Wawa.

The former Starbucks barista is ready for whatever comes her way, from drunk drivers and speeders to suspicious characters and even a hit and run involving a cow in the roadway.

Like other deputies, she never knows exactly what awaits her when she responds to a call from dispatchers. Her most memorable case came one night when she was called to the scene of a one-vehicle accident with no injuries. “And then, when I got there, there was a person dead of an apparent gunshot wound.” The dead man was lying beside one of two cars. That night was long.

A college graduate with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Radford University, Dean prefers her squad car to a desk. And nights suit her, even though she often misses a full eight hours of sleep — or even more than a few hours’ sleep — because of daytime obligations such as 9 a.m. court dates.

Dean is one of 18 women among 132 sworn officers in the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office, according to Sgt. William Kemper, spokesman for the sheriff’s office. The department currently has six vacant positions.

That means 13% of sworn officers are women, about the same as the national average, a figure that has remained stubbornly static for decades, according to several studies, including a 2019 study by the National Institute of Justice.

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This is the last in a series of three stories about female first responders in Fauquier County.

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Cpl. Emmie Dean of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office of the best female officers is limited, according to the study. There is also insufficient research for understanding the unique challenges that women officers face and how best to mitigate or overcome these challenges.

According to the study, some preliminary evidence shows women have proportionally fewer use-offorce and citizen complaints, potentially saving departments from costly lawsuits.

The sheriff’s office would like to hire more women, but it does not have a specific initiative aimed at recruiting women and finding candidates is difficult, said Major Lowell Nevill, commander of support operations for the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office is hoping to develop partnerships with area high schools and community colleges to increase the number of female candidates.

The sheriff’s office has three women in leadership roles, and Dean is one of them. She started working for the sheriff’s office part-time in

2014 as a 911 emergency dispatcher.

She was sworn in as a deputy in 2016 and worked at the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center before starting patrol in 2019.

The deputy, who stands 5 foot, 2 inches, says she has encountered no disrespect from most of the people she encounters during her overnight shifts.

Dean cannot point to any one factor that led her to a law-enforcement career. She remembers a visit from a law-enforcement officer when she was in elementary school, so maybe that figured in, she said. When she started college, she was interested in forensic science, but she did not enjoy all the chemistry classes she had to take.

She is the first in her family to become an officer. “I think they were concerned, but they’ve always been really supportive,” Dean said. “My family is my biggest support system with this.”

It also helps to be married to a

police officer. Dean is married to a Prince William County officer, so she can always talk about a difficult night with someone who understands. Unfortunately, Dean’s spouse is currently working day shifts, which limits the couple’s time together.

Dean is a supervisor on her shift, which means that when her fellow patrol officers have a question, they consult with her. While Fauquier sleeps, she and four to seven five officers take calls that range from the odd to the tragic.

Dean must be ready for anything during her 12-hour shifts. She often spends the time it takes between receiving a call for service until the time she arrives thinking through scenarios for what she might encounter.

During two ride-alongs with a reporter from the Fauquier Times, Dean, 30, was busy. Among other things, she conducted checks of premises such as parks that close at dark, worked with another deputy at the scene of a domestic dispute and took a call about a potentially suspicious person walking in a neighborhood with a ski mask and a two-byfour.

Then, there was the hit and run involving a cow that escaped its pasture. The driver, whose car apparently sustained damage including a broken headlight, fled the scene. The cow’s injuries were not immediately known, and Dean did not want to have to put down a severely wounded animal and drag it off the road.

As it turned out, before she arrived at the scene, the owner was able to get the cow up and put it back in the pasture with a plan to check it for injuries in the morning. Dean was relieved.

Dean foresees a long career in law enforcement, she says, “I think I will stay in law enforcement,” she said.

“I enjoy it.”

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E.B.’s BBQ serves up pulled pork, chicken to go in Old Town Warrenton E.B.’S BBQ, from page 6 E.B.’s BBQ, which operates from the basement level of Ellie’s Place, had a soft opening during the Warrenton Wizard Walk Oct. 15. During the day-long event, they served 100 pounds of pulled pork to an estimated 300 customers. “It was a good start,” said Aubree Fetherolf, a partner in E.B.’s.

Fetherolf, 29, has worked for Dial for two years. “I was working as an instructional assistant for Fauquier County Schools and accepted a job at Ellie’s Place for extra money. The summer I started at Ellie’s Place, I became a single mother, and Zan offered me a full-time position. He’s a great manager, and the decision to say ‘yes’ was an easy

one,” she said.

Dial said simply, “She worked her butt off, and I offered her a partnership to open E.B.’s BBQ.” The building’s landlord is another “good person” that Dial appreciates. “He helped us tremendously with the build-out of Ellie’s Place,” Dial said. His landlord, who prefers not to be named, is looking for a new location for E.B.’s in Old Town.

Fetherolf will run the new business when it relocates.

The name E.B. was chosen by Dial. “I chose the name E.B.’s to represent Ellie, my daughter, and Brian, Aubree’s oldest son. The kids are good friends, and the name represents both of our families,” Dial said. Fetherolf’s other sons, James, age 4, and Dexter, age 3, will have to wait for further

expansions to lend their names.

For Dial, family, whether by blood or choice, comes first. “We all look out for one another here.

It makes a difference when you can count on your team,” he said.

E.B.’s BBQ offers a limited menu of pulled pork and pulled chicken as carry-out only. Sides vary and include coleslaw, green beans, baked beans and chips.

Hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday or until they sell out, whichever comes first.

Access to E.B.’s is through the front entrance of Ellie’s Place at 26 Main Street, Warrenton.

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Warrenton Planning Commission votes to recommend denial of data center application COMMISSION, from page 4 On Nov. 22, ignoring his ruling, the commission voted to postpone consideration of the application until it got more information. The town council decided last week, with Crim’s guidance, to take up the matter on Jan. 10, 2023, whether the commission acted or not.

“The town council wants to force the Amazon data center down our throats,” said resident Geoffrey Grambo.

Kevin Ramundo is president of Citizens for Fauquier County, a local land conservation group, but spoke Tuesday night on his own behalf, he said. “The Warrenton town officials are trying to force you to vote when what you did was legal,” Ramundo told the commission Tuesday night. “The town council seems hell-bent to push this application forward.”

The planning commission votes

Zarabi’s motion, which he made after the public hearing, would have been a thumb in the eye of the council, essentially saying that the commission would vote when it got more information, and not before. Stewart agreed that more information would lead to a better decision, but Crim reiterated his position that the planning commission had an obligation to vote for or against the data center proposal.

Lawrence, who on Nov. 22 had

CFFC sues Warrenton over FOIA interpretation Tommy Cureton temporarily replaced Schaeffer as town manager; current Interim Town Manager Chris Martino took over in August. Schaeffer was the FOIA officer until she resigned in late July; then Finance/Procurement Director Stephanie Miller was named to the position. Clough took over as FOIA officer this fall.

The CFFC suit says that Clough began excluding some emails and other records involving Schaeffer, Cureton, Martino and Nevill when CFFC filed more record requests. The suit argues that the town may choose to exclude some “working papers and correspondence” related to either the mayor or the town manager, but not both.

On Oct. 26, for instance, three months after Schaeffer resigned, the lawsuit states that Clough told CFFC that he was excluding emails “exchanged between Ms. Schaeffer and Amazon’s attorneys while she was town manager,” along with emails exchanged by other town staffers and Amazon representatives “that include Ms. Schaeffer on the distribution list.”

The suit claims that Clough

improperly excluded “thousands” of emails, adding that he excluded more than 3,100 pages in response to a single record request. CFFC wants Clough personally to pay a fine of $2,000 per improperly excluded record. The suit also seeks to have the town release the documents CFFC claims were improperly excluded.

When CFFC announced Dec. 5 that it intended to take legal action, Clough released a statement: “The Town of Warrenton takes the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act very seriously. With every request the town works to provide the requested documents and allow openness and transparency in governance. The town has provided all information requested consistent with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.” Nevill said Tuesday that the town stands by its previous statement. He added that although Clough is the town’s FOIA officer, “all FOIA decisions are made in direct consultation with the town attorney. Mr. [Martin] Crim has deep subject matter knowledge of FOIA as it is one of his practice area specialties.”

Nevill said, “The town looks forward

to having the courts resolve this dispute over what documents have to be released under the Freedom of Information Act.” CFFC is represented by the Richmond-based law firm Whiteford, Taylor and Preston.

At least four members of CFFC’s board — Ken Alm, Chris Bonner, Yak Lubowsky and David Norden — are involved with a separate political action committee called the Warrenton Honest Government League, which paid for mailers sent to town residents before last month’s mayoral election.

The mailers claimed, without evidence, that Nevill was “working with Amazon” to pass a special-use permit that is required if Amazon’s plans for a data center are to come to fruition.

Nevill does not have a vote on zoning applications unless there is a tie among council members. Town managers report to the town council and do not have a vote on any matter.

The Piedmont Journalism Foundation owns the Fauquier Times.

PJF has filed its own record requests, but neither PJF nor the Fauquier Times is involved in CFFC’s lawsuit.

moved to postpone action, said it appeared that Amazon was not “incentivized” to work with the planning commission, and just wanted to move on to the council, where it

believed it had the votes for approval. “So, at this point, I want my vote to be heard,” he said, as he voted against Zarabi’s motion to defer the vote a second time.

Zarabi’s motion was then voted down, 4-1, and Lawrence moved to recommend denial of the application.

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The Hound ‘n Hair has been located at 5 N. 5th Street in Warrenton for 47 years, but is moving to 42 N. 5th St.

Hound ’n Hair, a fixture of Old Town Warrenton, finds a new home HOUND ’N HAIR, from page 1 But the former show-dog groomer, who styles 19 to 20 dogs a day, has a loyal following among dog lovers, and some were angry that the shop might close. They complained.

Loudly.

“I’m very upset,’ Rosemarie Franz said. She takes her Bichon Frises dogs to DiNunzio because he grooms them like no other. “Bob is a wonderful guy,” she said. “We became friends. That’s how nice he is.”

“I’ve been going there for nine and a half years with three dogs,” she said. Franz said she gets compliments when she takes her dogs out and about. “People ask me where I get my dogs groomed,” she said.

“Nobody in the area does the same thing” as DiNunzio.

Then help came from an unexpected direction. On Tuesday, Dec. 20, DiNunzio signed closing papers on a shop he bought at 42 N. 5th St., Warrenton, half a block from his current location. It is the former location of Hospice Support of Fauquier, which is moving to a bigger location, said Susan Helander, a member of the hospice board.

“We as a board couldn’t be happier that it is going to a long-time town business owner who is kind of a fixture,” Helander said.

DiNunzio is relieved. “I have to keep a good attitude, and I don’t want to get depressed,” he said. “I’m good, but unfortunately I’m 75 years old, and it has taken quite a toll on me,” he said of the upheaval.

Like many other customers, Franz takes her dogs to Hound ’n Hair even though she lives outside Warrenton.

DiNunzio is a destination. When she

drives from Gainesville to drop off her dogs, she often eats and shops in Old Town while she waits for the canines to get their styles on. Other customers come to Hound ’n Hair from miles around, DiNunzio said, and patronize other shops while they wait.

The building where Hound ’n Hair has been for more than four decades is owned by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a non-political and non-sectarian co-ed international fraternal order founded in 1819. Its website focuses on friendship and helping other people.

The Fauquier Times was unable to reach any of the leadership of the Odd Fellows lodge in Warrenton to discuss the reason DiNunzio’s lease was not renewed. One caller hung up when asked about the Hound ’n Hair.

Others said they knew nothing about the lodge.

A property manager confirmed that the lease was not renewed but declined to provide additional information. DiNunzio has tried for weeks to reach the Odd Fellows, he said, but has been unable to explain that he needs them to open a side door on the property so he can move out his heaviest, largest furnishings.

He stressed that he always paid his rent a week early and made repairs to the shop on his own dime over the years. He said he was notified by phone Nov. 15 that he would have to move and then received a written notice that he needed to be out by Dec. 31.

The future use of the shop space is unknown as of press time.

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Two goats – cold, exhausted and scared -- were stranded in the middle of the Rappahannock River overnight Friday until they were brought to safety.

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Two goats rescued from Rappahannock River in ‘Christmas miracle’ GOATS, from page 1 Barker said Friday afternoon that the Remington and Little Fork fire and rescue teams had determined that a boat rescue would be too dangerous. The deputy described the goats as “feral,” meaning they did not belong to anyone. People she had interviewed said that the goats had been seen running around the area for the last three to four months.

Barker said that she thought if she could get a boat, she would be able to wrangle them, and in fact, someone in the area had offered to provide one. She added, though, that since the fire and rescue teams said it was too dangerous, she wouldn’t risk a civilian’s safety with a water rescue.

She said, “The goats were located on the Culpeper side of the river, and the Culpeper Animal Control and myself kept an eye on them throughout the day. Before sun fall, the water had dropped significantly, and both goats were out of the water and hunkered down on a small piece of land.”

By Saturday morning, she said, “The water had gone down significantly, and the field they were in was no longer flooded.”

SPCA director Devon Settle and some of her staff and their family members were able to walk across the frozen fields through several inches of water and ice early on Saturday to reach the goats. One staffer

described the animals as “cold, exhausted and terrified.”

Settle said, “I honestly don’t know how they survived the night.”

The rescuers managed to get leashes on the pair and bring them to safety.

Since the goats were found in Culpeper’s jurisdiction, Barker said that Settle would coordinate with Culpeper when their animal control officers returned to work Tuesday to determine next steps. The goats are both neutered males, “So, at one time, at least, they belonged to someone,” said Settle.

On Monday, the two miracle goats were comfortable in a small barn at the SPCA. The agency already cares

for two goats that live in its petting zoo, but the two newcomers will not be interacting with the longtime residents. They will need to be examined by a vet, have vaccinations and other medical care if necessary.

Settle said that the goats are well bonded to one another but are still very wary of human caregivers.

“I don’t think they are very cold anymore; we have a nice place for them, but they still shiver when approached by people. I think they are just scared, particularly the white one.” But just in case, Settle said, “I have ordered them some large dog jackets” to keep them warm.

Reach Robin Earl at rearl@fauquier.com

Fauquier school division needs more help with students who are learning English SCHOOLS, from page 3 The two additional ESL teachers and the bilingual instructional assistant are needed if the division is to remain in compliance with state laws meant to ensure English learners get appropriate help at school. If the school division continues its current rate of growth, the population of English Learners will reach 1,000 during the 2022-23 school year, up from approximately 600 in the 201819 school year.

Board members will vote on the additional positions at their January meeting.

School calendars for 2023-24 and 2024-25

A total of 3,154 families responded to a survey about school calendars for 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years, school division spokesperson Tara Helkowski told board members.

The results of the survey are expected

Families with Spanish as Home Language

ESL Students

Liberty High School

352

140

Cedar Lee Middle School

160

54

School

Mary Walter Elementary School

123

90

TOTAL

635

284

This chart outlines the number of Spanish-speaking families living in the southern part of the county. to be incorporated into upcoming calendars: Start date for school year: Families prefer a mid-August start date. However, some families pointed out that this year’s Aug 10 start date was a little too early to count as mid-August.

Labor Day: A total of 54.7% of families wanted a four-day weekend

for the Labor Day holiday, even if it meant tacking on a day to the end of the year. Some school divisions in the region already have added the Friday before Labor Day as a holiday.

Veterans Day: A total of 57% of parents want Veterans Day to remain a school day.

Winter break: Most parents like

the division’s current two-week winter break.

Spring break: For 2024, parents preferred to have spring break the week of March 29. For the 2025 school year, most chose April 14 to April 21.

Rev Your Bev

Lincoln Taylor, a sophomore at Fauquier High School, asked School Board members to consider revisions to their student wellness policy to support Rev Your Bev, a student initiative to ensure students have access to water during the school day. “Students who are thirsty or dehydrated cannot perform at their best,” Taylor said. “If our division updates its wellness policy, it will become an official member of Rev the Bev and will have access to a variety of resources,” Taylor said.

Rev your Bev provides water bottles, cups and other tools to promote healthy hydration.

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Warrenton Planning Commission votes to recommend denial of data center application COMMISSION, from page 10 Stewart listed his many objections to the application: It was not in accordance with the town’s comprehensive plan, “and the number of unknowns is staggering.” He did not know of any benefits other than tax revenue.

It would provide only a small number of jobs. Burying the power lines to the site would “just move the impacts.” And the project would be sited at a gateway to the town.

“Most importantly,” he said, “many people have come out in opposition. “This is an issue the town has united upon,” he said.

Zarabi agreed: “I’ve never seen such a dark cloud over Warrenton and Fauquier County,” he said.

Ainsworth hesitated to vote, but finally said he would vote against the recommendation to deny. He said he had no inside information and no connections to Amazon. He said his

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The Dec. 20 planning commission meeting Ali Zarabi’s last. He has retired from the panel. background as an engineer “probably skews my perspective a bit,” but added, “I’m a citizen of Warrenton; I intend to live the rest of my life here. It would take more than a data center to make me move out of here,” he said.

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Following the 131st consecutive Black Lives Matter Vigil for Action at Warrenton’s Courthouse Square Dec. 17, representatives of five of the sponsoring organizations presented a donation of $1,812 to Special Olympics Virginia in honor of the Warrenton Police Department. Funds were collected from those who participate in the vigils and appreciate the department’s protection of First Amendment rights. At the ceremony were: Officer Molly Kimball and Chief Michael Kochis, Warrenton Police Department; Mary Haak, Coming to the Table; Ruthann Litchford, League of Women Voters of the Prince WilliamFauquier Area; Ellen Head, senior director of development, Special Olympics Virginia; Ellsworth Weaver, president of the Fauquier branch - NAACP; Major Tim Carter, WPD; Scott Christian, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy; and Jon Trevathan, Piedmont Race Amity Project.

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Ifprevious the proposed revenueCase requirement for the Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According toInterested Dominion, implementation of its to proposed Rider OSWApplication on September 2023, would increaseinthe billforofdetails a residential customer usingproposals.

1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approxpersons are encouraged review Dominion’s and1,supporting documents full about these and other imately $3.29. Dominion indicates it has calculated the proposed Rider OSW rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the previous Rider OSW proceeding, Case No. PUR-2021-00142.

TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents.

Interested persons are encouraged to review Dominion’s Application and supporting documents in full for details about these and other proposals.

The Commission has taken judicial notice of the ongoing public health issues related to the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. In accordance therewith, all pleadings, briefs

or other documents to be served this matter shall beamong submitted electronically to the extent by 5 VAC 5-20-150, and format, of the Commission’s TAKE NOTICE that required the Commission mayinapportion revenues customer classes and/or designauthorized rates in a manner differing fromCopies that shown in the Application and supporting Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”).

Confidential and Extraordinarily Sensitive Information shalldocuments. not be submitted electronically and should comply with 5 VAC documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting 5-20-170, Confidential information, of the Rules of Practice. Any person seeking to hand deliver and physically file or submit any pleading or other document shall contact the

Clerk’s Office Document 371-9838 to arrange delivery.

The Commission has takenControl judicialCenter notice atof(804) the ongoing public health the issues related to the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. In accordance therewith, all pleadings, briefs orPursuant other documents required to be served in this matter shall be submitted electronically to has the extent authorized byon 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, ofthis the matter Commission’s to 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, of the Rules of Practice, the Commission directed that service parties and the Commission’s Staff in shall be Rules of Practice Procedure (“Rules of Practice”).

Confidential and Extraordinarily Sensitive shall not be concerning submitted electronically should comply with 5 VAC accomplished byand electronic means.

Please refer to the Commission’s Order for Notice and HearingInformation for further instructions Confidential orand Extraordinarily Sensitive 5-20-170, Confidential information, of the Rules of Practice. Any person seeking to hand deliver and physically file or submit any pleading or other document shall contact the Information.

Clerk’s Office Document Control Center at (804) 371-9838 to arrange the delivery.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled public hearings on Dominion’s Application. On May 9, 2023, at 10 a.m., the

Hearingto Examiner assigned to this case will holdofa the telephonic with witness present in the Commission’s courtroom, forthe theCommission’s purpose of receiving testimony of public Pursuant 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, Rules ofhearing, Practice, theno Commission has directed that service on parties and Staff inthe this matter shall be witnesses. On orelectronic before May 3, 2023, anyrefer person to offer testimony as Notice a publicand witness shall provide toinstructions the Commission (a) your name, and or (b)Extraordinarily the telephone number that accomplished by means.

Please to desiring thetoCommission’s Order for Hearing forbe further concerning Confidential Sensitive you wish the Commission to call during the hearing receive your testimony.

This information may provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Information.

Commission’s website at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF version of this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or (iii) by calling (804) 371-9141. This public witness hearing will be webcast at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled public hearings on Dominion’s Application. On May 9, 2023, at 10 a.m., the Hearing to this case will hold a telephonic hearing, withlocated no witness present in the Commission’s courtroom, for the purpose of receiving theHearing testimony of public On MayExaminer 10, 2023,assigned at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, the Examiner witnesses.

On aorhearing before to May 3, 2023, any person desiring related to offertotestimony as a public shall provide to the Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that will convene receive testimony and evidence the Application fromwitness the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. you wish the Commission to call during the hearing to receive your testimony. This information may be provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Electronic copies of the version of the Application may(ii) beby obtained by submitting a written request to counsel thetoCompany, Vishwa B. Link, Esquire, Commission’s website at public scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; completing and emailing the PDF version of thisfor form SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or (iii)McGuireWoods by calling (804) LLP, Gateway East hearing Canal Street, 23219, or vlink@mcguirewoods.com.

371-9141.

This Plaza, public 800 witness will beRichmond, webcast atVirginia scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting.

OnMay or before Mayat5,10 2023, interested person may submit comments on the Application electronically by following the instructions on theVirginia Commission’s website: scc.virginia.

On 10, 2023, a.m.,any in the Commission’s second floor Tyler Building,electronically 1300 East Main Richmond, gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments.

Those unable, ascourtroom a practicallocated matter,in tothe submit comments mayStreet, file such comments

by U.S.23219, mail tothe theHearing Clerk ofExaminer the will convene a hearing to receive c/o testimony andControl evidence related to the from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s State Corporation Commission, Document Center, P.O. BoxApplication 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118.

All comments shall refer to CaseStaff.

No. PUR-2022-00187.

Electronic copies of the27, public of theorApplication maytobeparticipate obtained as by asubmitting written request to may counsel forbythe Company, B. Link, with Esquire, McGuireWoods On or before January 2023,version any person entity wishing respondenta in this proceeding do so filing a noticeVishwa of participation the Clerk of the LLP, Gateway at: Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia ormatter, vlink@mcguirewoods.com.

Commission scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling.

Those unable, as a 23219, practical to file a notice of participation electronically may file such notice by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission at the address listed above. Such notice of participation shall include the email addresses of such parties or their counsel, if available. A copy of the notice of

participation as a 5, respondent must beperson sent tomay counsel for comments the Company.

Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-80 B,by Participation asinstructions a respondent, theCommission’s Commission’swebsite: Rules ofscc.virginia.

Practice, On or before May 2023, anyalso interested submit on the Application electronically following the onofthe any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a Those preciseunable, statement the interest of the (ii) a statement of themay specific action sought to by theU.S. extent then and gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. as aofpractical matter, to respondent; submit comments electronically file such comments mail to known; the Clerk of(iii) the the factual and legal basis for the action.

Any organization, corporation or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by 5 VAC 5-20State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118.

All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00187.

30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00187.

On 2023, each any person or entity to participate a respondent this proceeding may do so by filing a notice participation with thebyClerk ofthe thereOnororbefore beforeJanuary March 27, 31, 2023, respondent maywishing file electronically withasthe Clerk of theinCommission at scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling any of testimony and exhibits which Commission at: scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling.

Those unable, as a practical matter, to file a notice electronically may file such notice

by U.S.matter, mail totothe of spondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not of to participation exceed one page.

Any respondent unable, as a practical fileClerk testimony the Commission at the address listed above.

Such notice of participation shall include the email addresses of such parties or their counsel, if available.

A copy of the notice of and exhibits electronically may file such by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission at the address listed above. All testimony and exhibits shall be served on the Commission’s participation as a respondent also must be sent simultaneous to counsel forwith the Company. to 5respondents VAC 5-20-80 Participation a respondent,Rules of theofCommission’s Rules ofbyPractice, Staff, the Company, and all other respondents its filing. InPursuant all filings, shallB,comply with theasCommission’s Practice, as modified the Commission’s Order for Notice andforth: Hearing, but not limited to: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, exhibits. any notice of participation shall set (i) aincluding, precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii)and a statement of the specific actionPrepared sought totestimony the extentand then known;All andfilings (iii) the shall refer to Case No.for PUR-2022-00187. factual and legal basis the action. Any organization, corporation or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by 5 VAC 5-2030, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00187.

Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order Notice andrespondent Hearing, all filings shall comply fully the requirements of 5 VAC Copies and format, of testimony the Commission’s Rulesbyofwhich Practice.

On or before March 31,for2023, each may file electronically with with the Clerk of the Commission at 5-20-150, scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling any and exhibits the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s Order testimony shall include a summary notpublic to exceed oneofpage.

Any respondent unable, as a practical to may file testimony The Commission’s Rules of Practice, the Commission’s for Notice and Hearing, and the version the Application and other documents filed inmatter, this case be and exhibits electronically maywebsite file such U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission at the address listed above. All testimony and exhibits shall be served on the Commission’s viewed on the Commission’s at:byscc.virginia.gov/pages/Case Information.

Staff, the Company, and all other respondents simultaneous with its filing. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, including, but not limited to: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2022-00187.

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice, the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, and the public version of the Application and other documents filed in this case may be viewed on the Commission’s website at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case Information.

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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FAUQUIER EVENTS DEC. 28 TO JAN. 6, 2023 Wednesday, Dec. 28 ESL class

What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 and Wednesday, Jan. 4 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester St., Warrenton Cost: Free Info: 540-718-8243

Story time

What: In-person story time When: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 and Wednesday, Jan. 4 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Info: For children up to age 5; parents and caregivers must remain in children’s areas

Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 Hiking

CHURCH EVENTS First night

What: First Night worship service When: 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 Where: Marshall Baptist Church, 4121 Winchester Road, Marshall

Watch night

What: Watch Night service When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 Where: Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 33 S. Third St., Warrenton

New Years service

What: New Years service When: 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 Where: Marshall United Methodist Church, 8405 W. Main St., Marshall

New Year’s Day

What: New Year’s Day worship When: 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 Where: Warrenton United Methodist Church, 341 Church St., Warrenton

What: Alzheimer’s and dementiarelated illnesses When: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 Where: Virtual Cost: Free Info: Presented by the Villa at Suffield Meadows Register: Sophia Cameron, 540-3163800

Art

What: Art Cart When: All day Monday, Jan. 2 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school aged children use library’s art supplies

What: 2022 Trivia When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 and Wednesday, Jan. 4 Where: Barking Rose Brewing Company, 9057 Old Culpeper Road, Warrenton

Trivia

What: Senior Supper at the Bistro on the Hill When: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29 and Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Bistro on the Hill, 500 Hospital Drive, Warrenton Cost: $7.50 Info: For seniors 55-plus

Coffee and conversation

What: Fellowship, encouragement, hope through conversation with others When: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 29 and Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Spiritual Care Support Ministries, 7179 New Hope Lane, Warrenton Info: 540-349-5814

Food pantry

What: Fauquier FISH Food Pantry When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29; 9:30 to noon Saturday, Dec. 31 and Tuesday, Jan. 3 Where: Fauquier FISH, 24 Pelham St., Warrenton Info: Food for residents of Fauquier County who need help; bring ID and proof of county residency

Art

What: Art Cart

What: All public libraries will be closed for New Year’s Day When: All day Sunday, Jan. 1 Where: Warrenton Library, Bealeton Branch Library, John Marshall Branch Library

What: Teen Be a Maker Cart When: All day Monday, Jan. 2 to Sunday, Jan. 8 Where: John Marshall Branch Library, 4133 Rectortown Road, Marshall and Bealeton Branch Library, 10977 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Teens use craft and maker supplies

Trivia

Thursday, Dec. 29 Senior supper

Fauquier County libraries

Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 Crafts

Alzheimer’s seminar

What: Trivia Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 and Wednesday, Jan. 4 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Hosted by Fauquier Trivia

What: First day hike When: 5:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 Where: Sky Meadows State Park, 11012 Edmonds Lane, Delaplane Cost: $10 parking fee per car Info: Hikes at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.; the picnic area, Lost Mountain and Turner Pond areas will open at 8 a.m.; leashed pets welcome

When: All day Thursday, Dec. 29 and Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive, Bealeton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school aged children use the library’s art supplies

ESL class

Library When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30; 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 Where: John Barton Payne Building Basement, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton Volunteer: 540-341-3447

What: English-as-a-second-language class presented by Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education programs When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29 and Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Bealeton Branch Library, 10877 Willow Drive North, Bealeton Cost: Free Info: 540-718-8243

Live music

Karaoke

What: New Year’s Eve party When: Noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 2134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton Info: Live music with Freddy Hall; Blue Pig BBQ food truck on site; live streaming of the fireworks displays at Big Ben

What: Karaoke When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29 and Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Craft and Crust Pizza Tavern, 204 E. Main St., Remington Reservations: 540-439-5157

Friday, Dec. 30 Story time

What: Story Time for the Littles When: 11 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30 and Friday, Jan. 6 Where: The Open Book, 104 Main St., Warrenton Info: Stories for ages 3 to 6; 540878-5358

Book Cellar

What: Book Cellar with books, movies, and music for all ages, sponsored by the Friends of Fauquier

What: Community jam nights When: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 Where: Orlean Market, 5855 Leeds Manor Road, Marshall Info: Bring instrument RSVP required: 540-364-2774

Saturday, Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve

What: New Year’s Eve 2022 Dinner and Live DJ When: 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 Where: Orlean Market, 6855 Leeds Manor Road, Marshall Cost: Three or five course dinner $48/$75 RSVP for dinner required: 540-3642774

STEAM

What: STEAM for Tweens: Crafting Stars When: All day Monday, Jan. 2 Where: Online program for ondemand viewing Cost: Free Register: https://fauquierlibrary. orgservices/kids/ Info: For children 9 to 12; register to reserve a bag of supplies to be picked up at library; one bag per child

Great books discussion group

What: Discussion of poems by Wislawa Syzmborska When: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2 Where: Virtual Cost: Free Info: Call 540-422-8500, ext. 2 or email jeanne.day@fauquiercounty.gov to join

Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 Art

What: Art Cart When: All day Tuesday, Jan. 3 Where: Warrenton Central Library, 11 Winchester Drive, Warrenton Cost: Free; no registration required Info: Preschool and elementary school aged children use library’s art supplies

Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 Live music

What: Open Mic Night When: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 Where: Old Bust Head Brewing Company, 7134 Farm Station Road, Warrenton

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JAMES WOOD IS EARLY BOYS HOOPS LEADER

James Wood is 3-0 and leads the Northwestern District boys basketball race, followed by Handley (2-0), Sherando (2-1), Millbrook (1-1), Liberty (1-2), Fauquier (0-2) and Kettle Run (0-3).

Liberty hosts Handley Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Fauquier is at Sherando next Tuesday, Dec. 3.

SPORTS WWW.FAUQUIER.COM

Fauquier Times | December 28, 2022

LIBERTY WRESTLING PREVIEW

TWO STATE TITLES IN THREE YEARS?

Led by Hall, Cox, Bumbrey, King, Eagles poised for more glory under new coach

Liberty lineup

106: Evan Cox, Sr. 113: Marshall Payne, Jr. 120: Christian Eberhart, Sr. 126: Phillip Winegardner, Jr. 132: Tommy Clark, Sr. 138: Cayden King, Soph. 144: Conor Shadle, Sr. 150: Nicholas Cantolupo, Jr. 157: Tyler Thompson, Sr. 165: Noah Hall, Jr. 175: Logan Buchanan, Jr. 190: Joseph Medina, Soph.

215: Nick Bryant, Sr. 285: Ka’Von Bumbrey, Sr.

By Matthew Proctor

Special to the Fauquier Times

Two years removed from a state title, the Liberty High wrestling team looks to keep the momentum rolling under new coach Jayson Cody.

“I want us to go back and be hardnosed, aggressive little wrestlers,” Cody said. “I want us to be the kids that no one wants to wrestle, win or lose.”

Taking over the reins from longtime coach Wes Hawkins, Cody has deep roots at Liberty High. He was a four-year Eagle wrestler who graduated in 2015, then competed at NCAA Division III Southern Virginia University through 2019, wresting at 133 and 141 pounds.

He’s spent the past two years as an Eagle assistant under Hawkins, helping Liberty to their Class 4 state title in 2020-21. Cody, 26, teaches at H.M. Pearson Elementary.

Cody is in an enviable spot for a new coach. His highly experienced Eagles appear to have the chops for another state championship run. “We have a very old team. We’re going to have a lot of seniors leaving this year, and then

FAUQUIER TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COY FERRELL

Highly-skilled Eagle junior Noah Hall won the Class 4 state title as a freshman at 145 pounds in 2021 and was third at states last year. He’s wrestling at 165 this winter. next year after that. This will probably be our last good run for a while.”

The 14-weight class lineup is highlighted by junior Noah Hall, a 165-pounder who won a state championship at 145 pounds as a fresh-

man and was third at 145 last year.

“What more can I say about Noah Hall,” Cody said. “He only has one loss on his record.”

Senior Evan Cox placed seventh at states at 106 last season and is

expected to make another run. Also making states was Ka’Von Bumbrey, who won a match in the state tournament at 220 last year. The senior jumps to 285 this season.

Sophomore 138-pounder Cayden King is expected to make a big jump from his freshman season where he was seeded second in the district tournament, despite wrestling up at 150.

“Definitely keep your eye out for the name Cayden King, he’s gonna be great,” Cody said.

Cody also feels that seniors Christian Eberhart (120) and Tommy Clark (132) have a good chance to qualify for states this year, as well as juniors Nicholas Cantolupo (150) and Logan Buchanan (175).

See LHS WRESTLE, page 21

KETTLE RUN WRESTLING PREVIEW

Cougars’ new coach has high expectations Hardesty, Chumley, Cruger, Kettle Run lineup Rhett Strickland, Fr. 113: Brumagims lead potent lineup 106: Nathaniel Hardesty, Jr. 120: Myles

By Fred Hodge

Special to the Fauquier Times

One of sports’ most lasting credos is “It’s not how you start; it’s how you finish.”

Kettle Run High’s wrestling unit is a prime example of a squad taking a long-term approach, according to new head coach Jacob Foy. “I am excited for the postseason because I know how hard our team is working,” said Foy, a former assistant taking over for his father Mike, the Cougars’ mentor for the past 10 years. “Since day one, I have had high expectations of our team. They know how to wrestle.”

The current seniors were freshmen when he began with the Cougar program. That association has facilitated a growing bond.

“It is my job to continue that growth. I believe in each and every one of them, but I expect them to show up to practice every day wanting to get better. That falls on me as a coach as well,” Foy said. “When the team sees their coach trying to get better, it drives them to get better as well.”

McCarthy, Soph. 126: Joe Alderman, Sr. 132: Brandon Brumagin, Sr. 138: Kyle Brumagim, Sr. 144: Ryan Cruger, Sr. 150: Fortune Fangamou, Sr. 157: Talan Morse, Fr. 165: David Moore, Jr. 175: Tyler Wahlstrom, Jr. 190: Abram Chumley, Sr. 215: Brad Tapp, Sr. 285: Noah Richards, Fr.

Kettle Run had several wrestlers shine for the Cougars’ Class 4 state runner-up football team, so they missed more than a month of wrestling practice and competition. Those absences and multiple injuries meant forfeiting four or five of the 14 weight divisions in some outings.

Having everyone back on track has been a boon following a slow start.

“We have taken lumps, and we have underperformed at some events,” Foy acknowledged. “But we are getting better every day.

We recently won the Central Holiday Dual tournament.”

See KR WRESTLE, page 21

FAUQUIER TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COY FERRELL

Kettle Run’s Abram Chumley lost the Class 4 state final at 182 pounds last year. He’ll wrestle at 190 this year, with some matches at 215, said new coach Jacob Foy, who takes over for his father Mike.

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Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | December 28, 2022

KETTLE RUN GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Cohesive Cougars sit third in district, hope to contend

By Fred Hodge

Special to the Fauquier Times

With seven varsity returnees and four players with junior varsity experience, the 2022-23 Kettle Run Cougars girls basketball is the most experienced assemblage in the county this winter.

Third-year coach David Noonan foresaw significant positive results from the opening of practice. The Cougars have opened 5-4 and 2-1 in district play.

“Expectations were to get the best two hours out of them every day,” Noonan said. “If all 11 of the girls were on board with what we’re doing, we’ll be able to accomplish some things no team before us has done.”

Noonan was an assistant football coach for Kettle Run’s Class 4 runner-up team, which overlapped into basketball season. “Football season was awesome, but exhausting,” he admitted.

“Throughout the playoffs I would practice with football until about 4:30, then come inside for basketball from 5 to 7 p.m.

“Thank goodness, I have amazing assistants and colleagues at Kettle Run that were all willing to step up and help if needed.”

The Cougars’ starting lineup consists of seniors Kate Bloom, Bethany Norman and Simone Tapscott, junior Erin Tapscott and sophomore Ava Prysock.

“Erin has been off to a great start,” Noonan

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began. [She’s] leading us in points and blocks, and being a vocal leader is a new role that she has stepped into.

“Kate Bloom has been playing great as well.

We’ve asked her to do some different things this year, and she’s exceeded expectations.

“Finally, Simone Tapscott has been the key to our defense. Nightly we ask her to deal with the opposition’s best player and she consistently steps up.”

Senior Reagan Patrick and junior Paige Bagwell are other key varsity veterans. Senior Aislinn Wright along with juniors Carys Gohlmann, Mandy Holmes and Jordan Wright will provide quality depth.

Strong defense and rebounding have been Cougar trademarks recently, and those traditions continue this winter, the coach said.

See KETTLE RUN GIRLS, page 21

‘IT’S SETTING IN NOW WHAT I DID’ Orlean’s Brian Davidson completes Appalachian Trail

By Peter Brewington

Fauquier Times Staff Writer

About 80% of the 4,000 or so who start an Appalachian Trail thru-hike each year don’t finish.

Brian Davidson of Orlean was one of the determined 20% who accomplished the 2,194.3-mile journey, overcoming a broken foot and bonding with an inspiring group of comrades along the way.

The 2010 Fauquier High grad took an uncommon route before finishing on Nov. 27. His meandering seven-month “flip-flop” hike saw him head both north and south and finish in the middle in Hartford, Tenn.

Davidson, 30, started out the conventional way on April 15 in Springer Mountain, Ga., walking north through early May before a stress fracture on the third metatarsal of his left foot stopped him in Tennessee. He came home to Fauquier County to get his injury diagnosed.

After a few weeks home resting and babying his foot in a protective boot, he returned, skipping ahead some 740 miles north to eventually reunite with his “trail family,” an international cast of 12 similar-minded 20- and 30-somethings he’d connected with in the early days. The pack regrouped near the New York border.

“I think I’m an introvert, I did not expect to be part of a family,” said Davidson. “That was my favorite part of the trail. It made me realize how much I can enjoy a group of people. It was pretty wonderful. We all wanted to stay together.”

Members of his party included Eli, an Australian who had previously hiked the grueling Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail. “He was a beast. He had no trail name, but we called him ‘Trail Dad,’’’ Davidson said.

There were two Irish women, “High Kick,” who fell in love with the AT from a YouTube video, and “ZIP Code,” who left early due to visa is-

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Brian Davidson, 30, of Orlean finished the Appalachian Trail on Nov. 27 in the Great Smoky Mountains. The 2010 Fauquier High grad broke his foot shortly after starting in April, but persevered. sue. Another hiker, “Brunch,” from New Jersey, extolled the virtues of big meals eaten between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

There was “Fuega,” who excelled at starting campfires, and “Timer,” whose watch went off at 1 p.m. every day. “Wiki” was named for Wikipedia because he knew everything. “Tarzan” didn’t use a tent or tarp and looked like the fictional jungle character. And Texan “McConaughey,” who vlogged the whole trail under the YouTube channel “Matthew Mayer Hikes.” “Snickers” was from Quebec.

Davidson’s trail nickname was “Slipknot,” bestowed after a somewhat clumsy attempt to hoist his foodbag over a branch at night. The bag fell

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Senior Kate Bloom is part of Kettle Run’s starting lineup, along with fellow seniors Bethany Norman and Simone Tapscott. and tightened around his finger, requiring a knife to cut him free. “There was 20 pounds of pressure on my finger, and I couldn’t get it off,” said Davidson. “Big rookie move. So they gave me the name Slipknot.”

On Sept. 30 the group summited Maine’s Mount Katahdin, the iconic finishing line for northbound AT hikers. “It’s the most difficult climb on the trail and felt like the spiritual end for sure, but because I hiked in a strange order, I had to hike for two months more after that,” he said.

After a break in Boston, his dad, Alan, delivered him to Mile 981 near Markham to gut out the final 740 miles. Trail family member Brunch joined him for two weeks in early November, but the final push was mostly him and the woods. He completed the stretch in just 45 days, finishing without a lot of fanfare — but a great feeling of accomplishment — on Nov. 27 at Standing Bear Farm in the northeastern tip of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.

“I have a bad habit of leaving projects unfinished and I said, ‘Let’s not leave this one unfinished, too.’ I proved to myself I can wrap this up and push through,” he said.

Davidson began the AT after extensive research on gear but not a lot of long hikes in advance. Besides a broken foot, he was briefly sidelined by giardia. The AT’s grinding ascents and descents also took a toll.

“You wake up pretty stiff and uncomfortable every day. You stretch it out and the pain seems to go away after two or three miles. The body figures you’re not going to give it a break and gives up,” he said.

Normally 6-foot-2, 150 pounds, the lanky 2014 Virginia Tech grad bulked up to 175 to prepare.

He weighed about 160 at the end. “I have calves that are huge and there’s a muscle in front of my shin that has crazy definition,” he said. “When you walk you get good at walking at the expense of other things. My upper body is gone.”

Now he is getting caught up with his work as a patent analyst and catching up with his hobbies: disc golf and a 1985 Toyota Celica Supra that he’s restoring. Another long hike — perhaps out west or a 400-mile trail in Jordan — is possible in the next few years.

“It’s setting in now what I did,” he said.

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Fauquier High girls basketball coach Brian Foddrell looks to rebuild this season with an almost entirely new starting lineup.

“I’ve lost four seniors from last year, and four of which have gotten basketball scholarships to play at the college level,” Foddrell said. “So, when you lose that kind of firepower, you got to go through a rebuild stage.”

Entering his fourth year as the Falcon’s head coach, Foddrell, 55, feels a comfort level with his Falcon girls. “When coaching guys, the guys they kind of FAUQUIER TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COY FERRELL know, well at least we think Junior Kenza Chienku is Fauquier’s starting we know it all,” Foddrell point guard. said. “Versus for the girls, they’re more attentive, they’re very, Brooke Belcher (guard/forward) and very coachable. It’s a joy working Tamia Thorpe (forward) are the Falcon’s top two bench options. with them.”

Twin sister of April, Belcher With just one returning starter from last season, junior guard April brings experience and a strong deBelcher, Foddrell wants to focus on fensive presence, while Thorpe is an aggressive player who is startgaining experience.

“It’s a mixed bag of some expe- ing to grow into her role well.

A trio of freshmen, guards Mia rience and some non-experience,” Foddrell said. “That’s the building Marcus and Grace Faulk and forward Lydia Lovell, process right now also see a lot of acthat we’re going FHS starting lineup tion off the bench. through.”

PG: Kenza Chienku, Jr. Marcus has the Belcher is a G: April Belcher, Jr. potential to develop sharpshooter and G: Shannon Seiler, Sr. into a deadly sharpball handler whose F: Taylor Knighting, Sr. shooter and Lovell aggressive playstyle is already one of the has earned her the F/C: Felicity Awunganyi, Jr. strongest players on nickname “the enthe team. forcer.”

The bench is closed out by a pair of The Falcons’ starting lineup includes two seniors, forward Tay- sophomores, guard Kara Kaltreider lor Knighting and guard Shannon and forward Maria La Rotta.

La Rotta is described as raw but Seiler.

Knighting possesses an incred- boasts great potential at 6-feet.

After a series of losses to start the ible work ethic, a pivotal factor in earning her way into the starting season, Fauquier and their slow-paced, lineup, and features great length and attacking offensive style picked up strength as she averages roughly their first win of the season against Warren County 51-44. The Falcons seven rebounds a game.

Seiler, along with Knighting, is were led by April Belcher with 16 a team captain who is leaned on for points while Awunganyi, who freher experience and ability to keep quently finds herself scoring double-digit points, finished with 11. the team balanced on the court.

“We take something from each The starting five is rounded out by a pair of juniors, point guard Kenza game, and we learn from each game Chienku and forward/center Felicity that we take, whether it be a win or a loss,” Foddrell said.

Awunganyi.

Foddrell views development as Chienku is the Falcon’s primary playmaker and is the glue that holds the most important objective for the the offense and defense together. Falcons this year.

“I always tell the girls, regard“Kenza is our floor general, she’s our leader on the floor, she’s our ball less of wins and losses, we always handler,” Foddrell said. “She’s a lit- win because we’re learning, we’re tle spark plug for us.” The Falcon’s gaining something even though the most athletic player is Awunganyi, a score may reflect a loss,” Foddrell go-to scorer who gets fed the ball in said. “But we’ve learned and gained the post and rebounds well. something so that way we can be “She’s so strong, and she has the successful as we move forward.” ability to, she can change the game “The girls, I see them starting to for us, she’s a game changer,” Fod- slowly, slowly start to understand drell said. what’s going on and starting to buy As for the bench crew, seniors into our system.”

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Cougars led by 7 key seniors KR WRESTLE, from page 17 Leading the list of returnees is senior Abram Chumley, who was second at the Northwestern District, Region 4C and Class 4 state meets to Fauquier state champion Kingsley Menifee in all three events at 182.

Chumley is coming of a superlative football campaign as Kettle Run’s record-setting quarterback and has excelled despite his late start.

Chumley will settle at 190 pounds but may see action at 215 as well.

“Abram has been practicing like he’s never been off the mat. He gives me 100% and that is all I can ask for as a coach, “ said a pleased Foy. Other top veterans are junior Nathaniel Hardesty (113 pounds), Brandon Brumagim (132), Kyle Brumagim 138) and Ryan Cruger (144). Hardesty and Cruger both were state qualifiers last year. Kyle Brumagin was fifth in the state in 2021, but his junior campaign ended prematurely due to an early injury.

Freshman Rhett Strickland is slated

for the 106-pound slot, with sophomore Myles McCarthy and senior Joe Alderman at 120 and 126, respectively.

Senior Fortune Fangamou handles the 150-pound chores, while freshman Talan Morse has drawn attention at 157.

165-pound junior David Moore, 175-pound junior Tyler Wahlstrom, 215-pound senior Brad Tapp and 285-pound freshman Noah Richards complete the lineup.

Hardesty is 18-1 this year with.

Cruger (15-4), Kyle Brumagin (145), Moore (10-3), Fangamou (9-3) and Brandon Brumagi (11-7) all piling up victories.

Foy said he is impressed with his veteran crew, noting the seven seniors are supplying energy and a contagious attitude. “The veterans are loud, motivated and inspire the younger guys on the team,” the firstyear head coach observed.

“I can tell each one of my seniors are self-motivated to get better,” said Foy, adding his newer grapplers are following suit. “I cannot be prouder of this team.”

The coach said all seven Northwestern District schools have multiple accomplished wrestlers. He predicts Sherando might be the early top dog, with Liberty factoring in.

KR girls look impressive early KETTLE RUN GIRLS, from page 18 “Team-wise our defense has looked good.

[We’re] still working to really find ourselves offensively,” Noonan said, adding. “We always need

New coach hopes Eagles can win district LHS WRESTLE, from page 17 Eberhart was a key member of the 2021 state championship winning team as he was among the Eagles’ leading point scorers, while Clark shows a strong resemblance of his coach’s former wrestling style. “I was a mean little wrestler, nobody wanted to wrestle me. Tommy’s the same way,” Cody said.

Cantolupo has already proved to be an important member of the squad as he was named team MVP of the James Wood tournament, collecting two pins and scoring 22 points while finishing second in his weight class.

One of Liberty’s most improved wrestlers is 175-pounder Buchanan, who had multiple pins at the James Wood event in taking third.

Senior Nick Bryant (215), junior Phillip Winegardner (126), and sophomore Joseph Medina (190) also have the potential to qualify for states. Bryant “doesn’t wrestle like a big, heavyweight kid. He’ll hit slide byes, duck unders, and shots, he definitely wrestles really well at 215,” Cody said.

work offensively, but we’ve taken huge steps just in the first couple weeks of the season.”

Kettle Run’s 2-1 Northwestern District record is good for third in the seven-team conference behind Sherando (3-0) and Millbrook (2-0).

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At 126, Winegardner has dropped weight, previously wrestling at 138 and 132, so he could be a tough customer.

The 190-pound Medina was the MVP of the Loudoun County Invitational earlier this year, a victory that won the tournament for the Eagles.

Other contributors include seniors Conor Shadle (144) and Tyler Thompson (157) and junior Marshall Payne (113). Payne was captain of the JV team last year and is now making the jump to varsity, while Shadle is returning from an injury obtained over the summer.

Cody envisions many big things for the Eagles this year.

He sees a tough, relentless squad that will be intimidating to opponents. “I want it to be. ‘They’re tough, I don’t want to wrestle them,’” Cody said. “I want that to be said about Liberty, that we’re just so tough.”

He said even if Liberty loses a match, he wants opponents to remember them. “I want (them to say), ‘Dude, I don’t want to wrestle a Liberty kid again just because they’re so hard-nosed.’”

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Cedar Run District Eland LLC to Richard A. Martinez Alfaro, 2.0396 acres at 12677 Bristersburg Road, Midland. $449,800 Lee District Joanne G. Dye to Jonathan Andrew Moury, 1.17 acres at 10395 Buchanan Drive, Bealeton. $355,000 Robert G. Williamson Tr. to Allan James, 2 acres at 10616 Arrington Lane, Bealeton. $459,000

Center District AGB Land Management Inc. to Lucia Alexandra Page, 0.0344 acre at 28 Quarterpole Court, Warrenton. $385,000 Steven D. Brown to Henri Huber, 7262 Chestnut Court, Warrenton. $524,900 Scott District FS Development LLC to NVR Inc., 0.6239 acre on Thoroughbred Road, New Baltimore/Warrenton. $300,000

Barbara Eckberg to Ryan Weyer, 3151 Lake Wesley Court nr. Warrenton. $725,000 Marshall District William F. Swann to Blunt Family Investments LLC, 4522 Appledale Court, Marshall. $230,000 Harriet Croyder Buchholz to Virginia Farms II LLC, 19.79 acres and 11.58 acres on Rt. 623 about 3 miles N. of Delaplane. $1,500,000

Kyle Johnson to Samuel Alberto Jimenez Sanchez, 7018 Helm Drive, Remington. $390,000

Peter Pan LLC to Country Road Holdings LLC, Unit 300, 16,095 sq. ft. at 6781 Kennedy Drive nr. Warrenton. $2,880,000

DC Partners LLC to Lakeside Homes LLC, 1.0727 acres and 1.0498 acres on John Barton Payne Road, Marshall/Orlean. $275,000

Roger Wayne Chappelear to Mark William Harris, Unit 1 at 11228 Torrie Drive, Bealeton. $170,000

Jeffrey T. Gattozzi to Steven D. Brown, 12.6180 acres at 6096 Misty Ridge Road nr. Broad Run. $785,000

Libero Investments LLC to Lydia Miki Baker, 8459 Ashby Avenue, Marshall. $375,000

22 OBITUARIES

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OBITUARIES Franklin Eugene Smith Franklin Eugene Smith went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 8:00 PM at home with his wife and family.

Franklin was born in Warrenton, VA on September 4, 1942 to Willie “Daddy too-tall Smith” and Rita Roy Smith, and was the tenth of thirteen children. He was preceded in death by these siblings, Charles Smith, William Smith, Betty Smith, James Smith, Leonard Smith and Ida Simms.

He attended Rosenwald Elementary School from first through sixth grades, continuing his education at W. C. Taylor playing football and basketball until leaving to go to a hospital in Richmond, Va. He worked after that at several different places including Frost Diner. Later her got a job at Giant Food where he worked as a faithful servant for 36 years.

Frank and Edmonia were married on August 25, 1990, the first couple to be married by Rev. Leonard Morton. He loved his family and did whatever he could to help them. Frank helped to raise two Godchildren, Kim and Jeffery Washington.

Frank was baptized on August 29, 1990 at First Baptist Church by Rev. J. E. Penn and was a faithful usher there. He loved to work outside his home and at his church, keeping a beautiful yard and home and he worked patiently to keep it that way.

Quoting his wife, “He loved to dance! He loved me, Edmonia (Bug) and my children- his four stepchildren. Frank was so soft-spoken, but let you know when he was around. I couldn’t have had a more wonderful man in my life.”

He leaves to mourn his wife of 32 years, Edmonia; stepchildren, Marsha, Paula, Claybourne and Frank Brooks; sisters Harriett (Ernest) Benimon, Joan Williams, Paul (Linda) Smith, Rita Marshall, Dorothy Marshall and Bernard (Valerie) Smith; a sister-in-law, Paulette Smith; twelve grandchildren, eight breat grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends on Friday, Jan. 6 from 6-8 PM at Moser Funeral Home, Warrenton. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 12 Noon at First Baptist Church, Warrenton. Interment will follow at Bright View Cemetery.

Online condolences may be made at www.moserfuneralhome.com.

Carl Alvin Bailey Sr. Carl Alvin Bailey Sr., 86 of Warrenton, VA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones, on December 20, 2022.

Carl grew up in Princeton, WV where he met his wife of 67 years, Phyllis. He moved from Chicago, IL in 1964 to Midland, VA where he and Phyllis raised their four children. With a partner in the community, he started the construction company, B & L Builders, Inc., where he worked for over 40 years serving the surrounding area until retiring.

Carl was a dedicated cornerstone for Fauquier County with a strong passion for service and a leader of youth sports programs. He served on the board of Parks and Recreation for over 30 years. Those that knew him likely met him on a ball field in Casanova, where for 35 years along with a few other contributors, ran CCC baseball program. He wanted each boy and girl he coached to know the love of baseball that he shared.

Carl was the dedicated patriarch of the Bailey family, which he always described as his greatest achievement. He cherished his family and the time he got to spend with them.

Carl is preceded in death by his father, James Hubert Bailey, his mother, Anna Mae Bailey and his eldest Son, Carl “Butch” A. Bailey II. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Bailey; sister, Margaret Clemson; brother, Steve Bailey(Karen); his children, Patricia Ann Warren (Louie), James Thomas Bailey (Julie) and Dr. Rebecca Bailey, grandchildren, Andrea Whorton (Robert-“Tater”) Jeffrey Bailey (Anna-Marie), Jamie Payton (Lee), Joshua Warren (Genna) and Kiersten Bailey(her mom Charlotte) and his great grandchildren, Gavin Robertson; Bailey and Abby Payton; Emelia and Bennett Warren; and Colton, Cameron, and Cailin Bailey and many nieces and nephews.

His love for family, and passion to serve the community will be carried on with each one of his family members, as well as those who knew him.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 from 1:00-2:30; with service to follow at The Bridge Community Church, 8776 James Madison Highway, Warrenton, VA 20187.

In lieu of flowers, donations can me made to Fauquier Parks Foundation, 320 Hospital Dr, Warrenton, VA 20186. Please note for Carl Bailey Sports Fund.

Thomas Woodrow Rose Jr Thomas Woodrow Rose Jr, 80, of Leesburg, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 21st, 2022. Tom was born January 18th, 1942, in Upperville, VA, to Thomas Woodrow Rose Sr. and Esther Neff Rose.

He was married to Mary Frances Rose on June 22nd, 1962. Tom was a strong, kindhearted man, who put family above all else.

The highlight of his career was proudly serving as the President and CEO of LEO Construction Company. Tom’s biggest passion was his caring for others. The vast ripple effects made through the many lives he has touched and positively influenced, will continue to create positive changes in this world for decades to come.

Tom is predeceased by his wife (Mary Frances Rose), granddaughter (Jordan Elizabeth Rose), and his siblings (Donald Neff Rose Sr, Dora Lee Hardy, Debra Lou Fogle, and Helen Jean Stevens).

Tom is survived by his son (Michael David Rose), daughter (Michele Dawn Rose), Grandsons (Seth Thomas Rose and Spencer Michael Rose), and his siblings (Pendred Allen Rose, Sherry Ruth Garrison, John Michael Rose, and Pamela Kay Gaul). He is also survived by his daughter-in-law (Kathi Marie Rose), granddaughter-in-law (Virginia Moore Rose), sisterin-law (Sally Beaver) and many other nieces, nephews, and cousins.

The family will receive visitors at the Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, VA on Friday, January 6th, 2023, from 6 to 8 pm. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 7th, 2023, 10:00 am at Leesburg Baptist Community Church, 835 Lee Avenue, Leesburg, VA. Interment will follow in Ivy Hill Cemetery in Upperville, VA. Memorials may be sent to the Loudoun Food Bank and the SPCA. Please share condolences with family www.LoudounFuneralChapel. com

Betty J. Veitenheimer On Friday, December 23rd, Betty died in Fredericksburg, Va. She had been in hospice care at her daughter’s home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She was 99 years old.

Betty is survived by her two children; Kathleen O’Neill of Fredericksburg, Virginia and Wayne Smallwood of Remington, Virginia.

She is also survived by three grandchildren; Erin McKibben of Bristow, Virginia, Patrick O’Neill of Manassas, Virginia and Caitlin Stevens of Westminster, Maryland. Betty is also survived by 11 great grandchildren. Betty is preceded in death by her first husband and father of her children, Arthur Smallwood.

She is also preceded in death by her second husband, Malcolm Veitenheimer.

Betty was born on April 4, 1923 in Washington D.C. She grew up and attended school in Arlington, Virginia. She was married to Arthur Smallwood in 1947 until his death in 1970. Betty was a wife, mother and homemaker. She later worked for The Virginia Department of Transportation and Northern Virginia Community College. Betty married Malcom Veitenheimer in 1977 and was married to him until his death in 1997. Betty and Malcolm retired to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and lived there from 1980 to 1992. She enjoyed the beach, fishing, gardening, camping and crafts. They returned to Virginia and lived in Midland, Virginia. Betty was a member of Liberty United Methodist Church in Bealeton, Virginia.

There will be a memorial service at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton Virginia 20186 on Friday, December 30th at 10:30a.m.

Interment will be private.

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Legal Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 CASE# JJ015697-01-03 FAUQUIER COUNTY J&DR-JUVENILE ( ) General District County (X) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re CONKLIN, RAEMOND JAVON The object of this suit is to: DETERMINE CUSTODY OF RAEMOND CONKLIN It is ORDERED that the defendant appear at the above-name Court and protect his or her interests on or before 01/13/2023 8:30 AM Ashley B. Settle, Clerk

ABC Licenses Full name(s) of owner(s): BONIFACIO LLC Trading as: La Chiquita Mart and Deli, 4133 Catlett Road, Catlett, Fauquier,Virginia 20119 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Off Site Beer and Wine Convenience Store License to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Sulma Paz, Owner Date Notice posted at establishment: 12/18/2022 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.

ABC Licenses Full name(s) of owner(s): BUCKLAND FARMERS MARKET, LLC Trading as: BUCKLAND FARMERS MARKET 4484 Lee Hwy, Warrenton, Virginia 20187-2318 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Farm Winery - Class A and Limited Brewery License to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Kristoffer M. Gilbert Date Notice posted at establishment: 12/15/2022 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.

Public Notices NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING PROOF OF DEBTS AND DEMANDS PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE § 64.2-550 Having been requested by Marissa R. Bagasra, Counsel for the Administrators for the Estate of Terry Ann Holmes-Bear, deceased (Fiduciary #CWF2022-75), to appoint a time and place for receiving proof of debts and demands, Gary M. Pearson, Commissioner of Accounts for the Circuit Court of Fauquier County, hereby notifies all interested persons that I have fixed January 10, 2023 at 2:30 P.M., as the time and my office at 9 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186 as the place, for receiving proof of debts and demands against said decedent or said decedent’s estate pursuant to Virginia Code Section 64.2-550.

On this 16th day of December 2022, I have caused this notice (1) posted on the public government website for the Circuit Court of Fauquier County, Virginia, and (2) to be delivered to The Fauquier Times, Warrenton, Virginia, for publication once in that newspaper’s issue on December 28, 2022, both of which last-mentioned dates are more than ten days before the date stated above for receiving proof of debts and demands. Gary M. Pearson, Commissioner of Accounts

Legal Notices Public Notice Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services (RRCS) in Culpeper, Virginia provides transportation to/from RRCS programs and community locations for older adults and individuals with developmental and other disabilities who live in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties. RRCS is requesting funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia to purchase four 15-passenger body-onchassis vehicles with wheelchair lifts ($460,000) and two modified minivans with wheelchair ramps ($156,000) through the FTA Section 5310 Program to continue this transportation service. These vehicles will be used to transport wheelchair and ambulatory participants to and from residential, day support and senior nutrition programs as well as medical appointments between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday – Friday and other times as needed. RRCS invites any interested public or private transit or paratransit operators within Planning District 9 to comment on the proposed vehicle acquisition by sending written notice by February 1, 2023 to: Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation—Public Transportation Division, 600 E. Main Street, Suite 2102, Richmond, Virginia 23219 and to the Executive Director, RRCS, P. O. Box 1568, Culpeper, Virginia 22701. RRCS is an equal access and opportunity organization.

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TOWN OF WARRENTON NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Warrenton will hold their Regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, January 10th, 2022, at 6:30 PM in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (First Floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia. Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on the following items: A Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget by $5,075,090 to Appropriate Water and Sewer Projects and Debt Service This resolution increases the budget and allocates previously approved funding.

A Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget by $458,001 to Appropriate Grant Funding for Timber Fence Trail This resolution increases the budget to recognize a previously awarded grant.

Special Use Permit (SUP) 2022-03 Amazon Data Center: The owner/applicant Amazon Data Services, Inc., seeks a Special Use Permit under Article 3-4.12.3 of the Zoning Ordinance for an approximately 220,200 square foot data center on Industrial zoned parcel consisting of approximately 41.793 acre parcel identified as GPIN 6984-69-2419-000. Designated in the New Town Character District on the Future Land Use Map located off Blackwell Road and Lee Highway. The owner/applicant is requesting modifications for building height allowance and fence height allowance as part of the Special Use Permit.

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, January 10th, 2023. Copies of the Special Use Permit and Budget Resolutions 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.

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 Wednesday, January 11, 2023, in the Warren Green Building at 10 Hotel 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.

LEASE OF THE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT THE WARRENTON-FAUQUIER AIRPORT - A public hearing in accordance with Virginia Code § 15.2-1800(B) to consider the lease of the Airport Maintenance Building located at 5060 Airport Road on the grounds of the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport. (David Huss, Staff)

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SPECIAL PERMIT – SPPT-22-018711 – LEW ALLYN BURKHOLDER, III, SANDY M. BURKHOLDER, TRUSTEE, SANDY M. BURKHOLDER REVOCABLE TRUST (OWNERS)/LEW & SANDY BURKHOLDER (APPLICANTS) – MOON HOLD COTTAGE – An application for a Category 3 Special Permit to operate a Tourist Home. The property is located at 6710 Olinger Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (PIN 6955-18-1660-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff)

3. SPECIAL EXCEPTION – SPEX-22-017754 – RALPH & ELEANOR MANAKER AND SPRINGBROOK FARM, LLC (OWNERS)/RALPH & ELEANOR MANAKER (APPLICANTS) – MANAKER PROPERTY – An application to amend a previously approved Category 26 Special Exception (SPEX-21-015507) to reduce the Non-Common Open Space requirement.

The properties are located at 2532 Atoka Road and 7863 Old Carters Mill Road, Marshall District, Marshall, Virginia. (PIN 6072-23-4617-000, 6072-34-5259-000 and 6072-34-2832-000) (Kara Marshall, Staff)

Public Notices ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE 8.01-316 FAUQUIER COUNTY JUVENILE & DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Kaia Joy Hays Case No. JJ018522-03-00; 04-00 The object of this suit is to conduct a permanency hearing and adjudicate a petition to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of Emma Hays concerning the minor child, Kaia Joy Hays (d/o/b 04/14/2009). And, it appearing

by Affidavit filed according to law that Emma Hays,cannot be found and that diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the party to be served it is therefore ORDERED Emma Hays appear in Court on February 13, 2023 at 9:00 AM in the Fauquier County Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court to do what is necessary to protect her interests Kimberly A. Chadwick, Counsel for Fauquier County DSS It is ORDERED that the defendant, Emma Hays appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before February 13, 2023, 9:00 AM Judge; M. Cupp

Public Notices VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM TERRY L. CORBIN AND ) ETHEL GRAY-CORBIN, ) Petitioners, )) Case Number: CA22-73 In Re: Deandra Xavier Corbin, ) Birth Certificate Registration ) No.: 139-05-032567 ) Registered in the State of South Carolina ) ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for the Petitioners to adopt the subject child.

IT APPEARING by Affidavit that the Respondent, JAMES GANTT, may not be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia; that Respondent’s residence cannot be found after diligent search; that Respondent cannot be served with Court process; and that the last known address of Respondent, JAMES GANTT, was 14820 Aspen Lane, #C, Watertown, NY 13601; and that Respondent’s present whereabouts are unknown, and diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Petitioners to ascertain in what county or city the Respondent is without effect; it is ORDERED that the Respondent, JAMES GANTT, appear before this Court on or before February 10, 2023, and protect his interests herein.

And it is further ORDERED that the above paragraphs be published once (1) a week for four (4) successive weeks in the Prince William Times, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Prince William, Virginia. The Clerk of this Court shall post this Order at the front door of the Courthouse and shall mail a copy of this Order to the Respondent at the post office address given in the Affidavit of the Petitioners filed herein.

Lon E. Farris, Judge Designate I ASK FOR THIS: Michael C. Pollock (VSB #91632) Shannon C. Forrest (VSB #80914) Sara D. Vaughn (VSB #91814) Friedman, Framme, & Thrush PA 6800 Paragon Place, Suite 233 Richmond, Virginia 23230 804-649-1334 (phone);804-649-2172 (fax) Counsel for Petitioners

Copies of the above files are available for review by contacting the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors’ office Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by calling (540) 422-8020.

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Interested parties wishing to be heard on any of the above are encouraged to send written correspondence in advance of the meeting to 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, VA 20186, or by e-mail to BOS@fauquiercounty.gov prior to January 11, 2023. 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.

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TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is less, by cashier’s or certified check required at time of sale, except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss is on the purchaser from date and time of auction. Balance of the purchase price must be paid by cashier’s check within 14 days from sale date. Except for Virginia Grantor tax, all settlement costs and expenses are purchaser’s responsibility. Taxes are pro-rated to the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit may be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustee does not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a forbearance, repayment, or other agreement was entered into, the loan was reinstated or paid off, or whether the property became subject to an automatic stay under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code prior to the sale; in any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest.

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PLANNING YOUR OWN FUNERAL End-of-life planning commonly includes advance directives like medical power of attorney and living wills, and you can also leave instructions for how your funeral should be carried out, including choosing your method of burial and interment. You can also make decisions like the clothing you’ll wear and style of casket you prefer (consider purchasing one in advance). Including instructions or guidelines for additional funeral planning can lift the burden on your loved ones and ensure that your final wishes are met. Consider flowers, food, libations, locations, and memorial items.

Your wishes will likely reflect your life, so don’t hesitate to make requests for certain drinks, dishes, music, or decor that will remind your loved ones of the way you lived.

Over the years we’ve become more and more convinced of the value of planning ahead. By planning ahead, you can be confident that the cost of your services will be locked-in and can never increase and that your wishes will be carried out. To learn about our services, please call MOSER FUNERAL HOME at (540) 347-3431. We invite you to tour our facility, conveniently located at 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton. We’ll also tell you about our BRIGHT VIEW CEMETERY, just outside of Warrenton.

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