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Rouse Center officially opens
Stafford deputy recovering after gunfight TRACY BELL
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Jeff Rouse offers a few remarks before the ribbon cutting at the dedication of the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center on June 5. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
s kids and adults were splashing in the pool at the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center, the Olympian was making a few remarks before the ribbon cutting to officially open the sportsplex named for him. Rouse recalled that in the 1980s he
and classmates would travel past the location of the current center on their way to practice at a pool aboard Quantico Marine Corps base. Conditions for swimming were not the best, Rouse pointed out, because the Marines used the pool with their fatigues on. “The water was so muddy and green
by their fatigues, which bled into the water, that we couldn’t see the black line at the bottom of the pool,” he reminisced. Then he fast-forwarded and compared the current pool OPEN to some of the best and PAGE 13 fastest facilities in the
Stafford County sheriff ’s deputy is expected to make a full recovery after suffering four bullet wounds in a gunfight Tuesday night. Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office spokeswoman M.C. Morris Moncure said the deputy’s JOSHUA SUMTER family told her the four-hour surgery Wednesday afternoon was successful. Joshua Anthony Sumter, 18, is in Rappahannock Regional Jail with no bond on four counts of attempted capital murder, aggravated malicious wounding and four counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is also charged with assault on a law enforcement officer and escape with force, Morris Moncure said. Sumter’s mother called the sheriff ’s office around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday to reDEPUTY PAGE 13 port that her son had
Supervisors, school board to share financial services Maurer: Schools’ money management feels like ‘bad marriage’ TRACY BELL
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orn out by the local school board’s approach to spending and managing money, the
Stafford County Board of Supervisors put an end to financial autonomy Tuesday by voting unanimously to share financial services between the two boards. “I don’t even know where to start with this and a lot of it is starting to get extremely exhausting -- dealing with the school board and how they manage their money,” said Stafford Supervisor Wendy
Maurer, R-Rock Hill. “I often feel like I’m in a bad marriage with people across the street that are on some bender with a credit card that has no limit. …” The board voted 6-0, with Supervisor Gary Snellings absent from the meeting due to illness. Consolidating finances will allow the boards to keep better track of money,
and is set to include purchasing, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, risk management and financial reporting. Supervisors detailed recent difficulties that the schools system has encountered with respect to money management and spending. BOARD Su p e r v i s o r L au r a PAGE 13 Sellers, R-Garrisonville,
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