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he Stafford County School Board agreed Tuesday to send the Moncure Elementary School rebuild project back to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors. The school board voted 5-2, agreeing to the project’s cost of $34.8 million, an updated funding strategy and a reduction in the school’s collaboration space by 2,400 square feet. School board members Dewayne McOsker, George Washington District, and Patricia Healy, Rock Hill District, cast the dissenting votes, disapproving of the cost. In discussion, school board member Nanette Kidby, Garrisonville District, explained recent committee meetings with respect to the rebuild. The best-case scenario, she said, is a mid-year opening in January 2019; however, that would cause redistricting problems and a need to postpone that process for a full year so that redistricting would not take place mid-year. School board member Irene Egan, Aquia District, said that a lot of people say it’s not about the bricks and mortar. “Well, sometimes it is REBUILD about the bricks and morPAGE 13 tar,” she said, “because if
By the dawn’s light commuters form a slug line at the Staffordboro commuter lot to get a ride to one of several destinations in the D.C. area. DAVID STEGON | FOR INSIDENOVA
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tafford slugs be heard. The Stafford County government will close an online survey today that asks commuters who slug out of the Mine Road and Staffordboro commuter lots if additional signage could help organize the process of finding a ride. Slugging is a means for drivers and passengers to commute in the cheapest way possible. The driver loads is vehicle with passengers to meet the limit for a no-cost HOV ride. The passengers get a free ride getting them closer to their destination. Right now, riders stand in one line, no matter their final destination. Drivers pull up to the front of
the line, announce where they are headed, and the person at the front of the line can either take that ride or wait for another. If the first person passes, that option then goes to the next person in line, and the process continues from there. “We had a group of commuters come to us with the idea of putting up signs that mark the destination of the riders,” said Shannon Howell, Stafford County’s public information officer. “We’re doing the survey to see if this is something others riders want or if the system can continue as is.” While there are relatively few problems with riders finding rides, there is sometimes confusion about what cars are traveling where and what riders are ahead in line. During peak commuting hours, the line of slugs can grow to
50 or more people in the Staffordboro lot. The rides out of Stafford go to three designated locations: Crystal City, Rossyln and the Pentagon, where the vast majority of drivers and riders go. Occasionally, drivers will offer rides to other parts of Washington, D.C., such as L’Enfant Plaza, but those are rare. The survey will help determine if the Virginia Department of Transportation should place signs in the lot to organize riders by the most popular destinations. Other lots around Northern Virginia have different systems for slugging. For example, the Horner Road commuter lot in Woodbridge has slugs stand in different lanes of the parking lot for different locations. No signs are used. However, there are signs at the pick-up locations in and around Washington, D.C. SIGNS The slug pick-up PAGE 13 points in Rosslyn
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Stafford County’s Operational Medical Director, Dr. Robert Fines, presents some numbers about the local opioid abuse epidemic, including that more people have died of drug overdoses than in vehicle accidents in Virginia the past year, during recent training for patrol deputies. Fire and rescue staff, along with deputies, carry Narcan, a drug that can mitigate the effects of opioid overdose and has recently helped deputies to save two lives in the county. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
Culpeper man charged with soliciting minor A Culpeper man is behind bars on sex charges after encounters with a 14-year-old Stafford County girl, Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office 1st Lt. Eric Quinn said. FIELDING SMITH Fielding Smith DANIEL Daniel, 52, of 1123 South Blue Ridge Ave., is in the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond
charged with two counts of carnal knowledge, two counts of use of an electronic device to solicit a minor and two counts of soliciting a minor for prostitution. The sheriff ’s office received a report that a girl had run away from her grandmother’s residence in Stafford County. Detective Joe Massine’s investigation revealed the juvenile had been communicating online with older men. Massine was ultimately able to track the juvenile down on Aug. 31 at the home of a friend. During the follow up investigation,
Massine learned that she had previously met up with a man she met online. During the investigation Massine learned that Daniel had picked up the girl near her home and drove her to a nearby motel. Daniel engaged in sexual activity with the juvenile and paid her for the encounter, Quinn said. Daniel engaged in sexual activity with the girl approximately a week later. Stafford County authorities were assisted by the Culpeper Town Police and the Virginia State Police.
A Stafford County detective assumed the identity of a teen girl on the internet who agreed to meet a Frederickburg man for sex, according to the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office. GREGORY FRANK Det. Darryl Wells, LAGIOVANE posing as a 15-yearold girl, agreed to meet the man at a specific time and location. Members of the Stafford Sheriff ’s Office were waiting at the location and arrested Gregory Frank Lagiovane, 51, of Dunes Street on Sept.8. Lagiovane was charged with one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and four counts of use of an electronic communications device to solicit a minor. He was taken to the Rappahannock Regional Jail and was incarcerated with no bond.
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The Prince William County School Board is considering joining other area localities in adopting a policy to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy. Our coverage of the school board’s public hearing last Wednesday night, posted on InsideNoVa.com, generated more than 100 comments on our Facebook page. Sadly, many comments were deleted because they were inappropriate. But the majority of our readers took the time to provide insightful – and, yet, very contrasting–thoughts on the issue, and we’ll share a few of those here: Cullen Nolan: “Our school offers several faculty/staff private unisex bathrooms to our transgender community. Problem solved, move on.” Thomas Cox: “You don’t create a safe environment by forcing people through the weight of law how to think or what to believe...you create a safe environment by addressing the ‘unsafe behavior,’ whatever it is, and hold individuals accountable...that deters behavior...Unfortunately, our public school system doesn’t have a good track record with accountability or confrontation.” David Colón: “This is a very slippery slope, and it revolves around setting precedents. Black people and white people (and other races) can be identified by undeniable attributes; that’s simple enough. But sexuality and gender identity delve into a much more complex issue of human choices.” Maria Acosta: “It is ridiculous! Never thought that PWC would come out with this debate? This country is going downhill. I rather take my kids out the school and do homeschool or go back to my poor country … at least they respect how God created us.”
Marcus Atkinson Sr.: “So here is my confusion. I certainly agree that we should be all for making schools safe for everyone, but I fail to see how this addresses the issue here. You cannot legislate behavior. In other words, creating laws or extra protections is not going to change bullying. I understand that we want to make transgender a protected class and I know that this lines up with what we have on the federal level, but how does this change bullying?” Jeanne Spalding Palomo: “Any way this ends up there are going to be adults freaking out. This is a loselose situation.” Meggan McClincey: “Ummm. Yeah. Exhausted with this topic. Seriously, just close the stalls entirely and make the bathrooms unisex. There are 2.6 billion people in the world who do not have basic sewage/water. Be happy we’re in the U.S. This is a #firstworldproblem.” Carolyn Blaylock: “What percentage of students are dyslexic or have other processing disorders versus number of students that identify as transgender? Get your priorities straight, Prince William County.” Ronnie Crigger: “Prince William County Schools has a duty to protect all students that walk through the doors of any school. … Telling a LGBT student that they have to come to school but will not have any protections is the same as telling Rosa Parks that she can get on the bus but she has to sit in the back.” Marcher Castell: “The kids don’t care. It’s the adults.” Jason Sanchez: “Too busy to debate the funding crisis, are we?” What do you think? You can post your thoughts to our Facebook page.
Things will trickle down to Stafford County It seems to me … as we get closer to election day stress is mounting for me. And I think there are a lot of good citizens in Stafford County HARVEY GOLD who feel the same way. None of the supervisors are up for election this time. However, there are other elections that will affect Stafford County in the future. One is for governor and another is for president of the United States. With the race for the next Virginia governor nearly a year and a half away, Democrats have put their support behind Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam. As for the Republicans, the governor’s race has become a bit complicated with the maneuvered establishment of a Republican primary. The candidates in the primary are: Ed Gillespie, a political consultant and is a former Republican National Committee chair; Corey Stewart, attorney and Prince William County supervisors’ chair; Frank Wagner, state senator, engineer, boat repair firm owner and Navy veteran; and Rob Wittman, congressman, ex-state delegate, exWestmoreland County supervisor and ex-Montross mayor. To complicate the situation, Wittman is also on the ticket as incumbent for
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JROTC cadets commemorate Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks North Stafford High School Air Force Junior ROTC cadets led a commemorative ceremony for students, faculty and visitors at the school flag poles to honor the victims of Sept. 11. School communities across Stafford County took time to remember and energize their communities in America’s promise to “never forget” the innocent victims and their families. Like many schools across the Commonwealth, The cadets raised three flags on Sept. 8: flags of the United States, Virginia and the
distinctive Patriot Day flag with symbols representing the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93. The Corps of Cadets saluted for reveille and for Taps, led by Cadet Lt. Col. Noah Deaton, Cadet Maj. Jaelynn Brown. AFJROTC instructors Col. Catherine Bacon and Master Sgt Juan Mendoza, and others. North Stafford choir members from “The Jazzy Ladies” sang the “Star-Spangled Banner.” — Cadet SRA Megan Rivard, MSS/Public Affairs
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York is a 20-week-old female Blue Tick Hound mix. She is up to date on vaccines, but not spayed. She is crate trained and working on her leash skills. If you are interested in York, visit staffordspca.org for your adoption application.
Zooey is a 5-year-old female pit bull terrier. She is very shy when she first meets you, but she is extremely sweet once she is comfortable. Zooey has to be the only companion and does great with kids. She is housebroken and can be seen at the Stafford County Animal Shelter, (540)-658-PETS.
Maggie is an 8-year-old Pekinese mix. Unfortunately, she was picked up as a stray , so there is little medical history. She appears friendly and healthy, and can be seen at the Stafford County Animal Shelter, (540)-658PETS.
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Milestone Communications is hereby giving notice to Stafford and the surrounding area that it proposes to erect a 190-foot telecommunications self support tower at 487 Eskimo Hill Road, Stafford, VA, Stafford County. The FCC 854 form file number is A1049117. The proposed tower will not have any lighting. Interested persons may review the FCC application by going to www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering the FCC 854 form file number listed above. Interested persons may raise environmental concerns about the proposed tower by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission. The Federal Communications Commission strongly encourages interested parties to file requests for Environmental Review online. Instructions for making such fillings can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest.com. The mailing address for interested parties that would prefer to file a request for Environmental Review by paper copy is as follows: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. 9/16/16
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Lined up deep for the kick return, North Stafford’s Devyn Ford and ChanChan Purvis had speed to spare. They never got to use it, at least on kick returns. Time after time, Colonial Forge’s Jadon Redding launched the kickoff into the end zone, forcing the Wolverines to start each drive at their own 20-yard line, but also taking away one of the team’s primary weapons. “He is a weapon,” Colonial Forge Coach Bill Brown said of his junior kicker. Brown said Redding kicks a touchback on about 95 percent of his kickoffs. He’s also deadly on field goals, hitting 12 last season, including three from more than 40 yards. In that same game against North Stafford, he nailed a 44-yard field goal that passed the uprights with room to spare. “I like both doing kickoffs and field goals,” Redding said. “With kickoffs, you just try to kill the ball. On field goals, you get that adrenaline spike right before the kick. That feeling that you’ll make everyone happy or let everyone down.” Redding started playing football in middle school, playing wide receiver. A soccer player, he also tried kicking and found that he had a natural aptitude for it. When he made the high school team as a freshman, he thought it was something he could excel at with more dedication. Brown remembers Redding showing
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up as a freshman already ahead of most kickers he’s had throughout his career. “I remember looking across the field at our first tryout and seeing him routinely make 30-yard field goals with ease,” Brown said. “He’s been our kicker ever since.” Redding attends kicking camps and competitions during the off-season. He also works with a local kicking coach who helps refine his mechanics, along with providing him drills to practice. Brown admits that he can help kicks improve when they are raw, but players with Redding’s ability can benefit from more specialized coaching. Redding hopes his talent will take him to college. He said a number of college coaching staffs have reached out to him, especially after visits. He said he attended a kicking competition at North Carolina State where coaches asked him for film. Redding also said he spoke with Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, who said he could see Redding one day replacing Jimmy Slye, a North Stafford graduate and Virginia Tech’s starting kicker, if Redding continues to improve. “Jadon has an excellent demeanor for a kicker,” Brown said. “He’s not nervous. He’s not afraid to miss. It’s that type of thinking that makes him successful.” Dave Stegon can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com. SPORTS
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The James Madison University football team began this season with home games against Morehead State on Sept. 3 and Central Connecticut State on Sept. 10. The Dukes set several school records in a blowout win over Morehead State 80-7 then JMU won 56-21 at home against Central Connecticut State. But when the Dukes go on the road for their third game it will definitely be a big step up in competition. JMU’s third game of the season is Sept. 17 at the University of North Carolina, a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Dukes play one level below UNC in the Football Championship Subdivision, where JMU was listed as a pre-season top 25 team. “It will be exciting. It will definitely be a good challenge ahead,” Colonial Forge graduate and JMU junior linebacker David Ezeagwu said of playing the Tar Heels. Last year JMU was 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association, good enough for a tie for first with Richmond and William & Mary. All three teams made the national playoffs at the FCS level, and all three are favorites this year in the CAA. Richmond was picked to finish first in the CAA, the Tribe second and JMU third. The Dukes were ranked No. 12 in the nation going into the season at the FCS level and were at No. 12 before their second game of the year. The Dukes have advanced to the national playoffs the past two years but lost in the first round each time, with a loss in 2014 at home to Liberty and 44-38 setback to Colgate of the Patriot League last season, also in Harrisonburg.
So what does JMU need to do to go one step further this year? “Make sure we have trust in one another,” said Ezeagwu, who had two tackles against Central Connecticut State. “Trust that the person to your left and right can go full speed.” That trust must be built with first-year head coach Mike Houston, who spent the past two years at The Citadel after three seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne in North Carolina. He entered this season with a record of 43-19 as a head coach. Houston takes the place of Everett Withers, who left after two years for the head job at Texas State. Houston is a 1994 graduate of Mars Hill. “On defense we are committed to detail,” Ezeagwu said. The Stafford resident spent most of the summer on campus at JMU, taking classes and working out. He said the Dukes will use a 3-4 and 4-3 format at times on defense this season. His twin brother, Daniel, played for the University of Maryland last year but has transferred to a junior college in Iowa with plans to transfer to JMU later this academic year and play for the Dukes. “It will be exciting. Everything happens for a reason,” David said. David Ezeagwu played in 11 games for JMU last year had 11 tackles, six solo. He had three tackles in a game twice, against Morehead State and Richmond as a reserve linebacker. He played in 11 games as a freshman in 2014 and had six tackles, two of which were solo. He played defensive end and outside linebacker under head coach Bill Brown in high school. He helped the Eagles go 10-4 and make the Group 6A state semifinals as a senior. Ezeagwu also ran track
David Ezeagwu played in 11 games for JMU last year had 11 tackles, six solo. He had three tackles in a game twice, against Morehead State and Richmond as a reserve linebacker. PHOTO BY CATHY KUSHNER
and field at Colonial Forge and was listed as the 81st best football prospect in the state by The Roanoke Times. Another Stafford product with JMU is wideout Brandon Ravenel, a preseason all-CAA player as a senior. He had six catches and one touchdown against Central Connecticut State. Other products from Stafford schools
in the CAA include Trey Reed (Colonial Forge) and Connor HIlland (Brooke Point) of William & Mary, Gordon Collins (Mountain View) of Richmond and Jae’Wuan Horton (North Stafford) of New Hampshire. All four of those teams made the national playoffs in 2015. David Driver can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.
Mountain View graduate Megan Baltzell named to USA Baseball Women's National Team Mountain View High School graduate Megan Baltzell was one of 20 players named Monday to the 2016 USA Baseball Women's National Team that will compete in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup, held from Sept. 3-11 in Gijang, South Korea. Baltzell, a former all-American catcher at Longwood University, is among the 38 participants in the 2016 Women's Nationals Team Trials. A 2015 graduate of Longwood, Baltzell helped the Lancers to two Big South Championships in her four seasons and holds a total of 11 school records. The 2014 and 2015 Big South Player of the Year, Baltzell finished her career in blue and white
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Apple’s new phone calls for earpods Ap p l e’s a n nouncement of the latest iPhone and a new Apple Watch was overshadowed by one feature of the new phone. Or rather, MARK STOUT a feature removed from the phone. Gone is the headphone jack. Instead, iPhone 7 will come with earpods that connect through the phone’s lightning connector. Removing the old connector, which provided a hole into the body of the phone, improves the water resistance of the phone. Anyone who has ever dropped
Local Scout recognized for project of the year Stafford County Eagle Scout Jared Windsor Burkhammer of Boy Scout Troop 845 was selected the winner of the 2016 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He is the son of Carlton and Davida Burkhammer of Stafford. The award recognizes leadership service projects of an exceptional nature by a Scout to a religious institution, school, community or other entity. The project was chosen from 1,400 other Eagle Scout projects, according to a news release. Burkhammer worked under the direction of the county Fire Marshal’s Office to develop a program to document, provide preventive maintenance and repair the country’s dry fire hydrants, which are attached to a pond, lake, river or cistern. The hydrants are located in rural areas where there is not a public water system and used for firefighting. Fire engines attach hose lines to these connections and draft water from the supply. The Eagle Scout Project consisted of recording the address, closest intersection and GPS location of the dry hydrants, which were cleared of debris. Burkhammer is a junior at Colonial Forge High School and has been involved in JROTC, band, football and the EMT program. He is a 3rd class petty officer in the U.S. Navy Sea Cadet Program and is assigned to the Pentagon Division at Dahlgren Naval Base.
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a phone into the sink (or worse!) will appreciate that feature. What really upsets long time iPhone users though is this renders their huge collection of earbuds, headphones, remote speakers and such harder to use. Apple is including a dongle with the iPhone 7 that permits previous devices to work, but the dongle is an ugly appendage hanging off the phone, likely to break or get lost. And replacement earbuds from Apple cost $29, the same as the old wired earbuds with the 3.5 mm plug that is now gone. What is not certain is if third parties can produce earpods with the lightning connector as inexpensively as they did earbuds with the 3.5mm plug. This brouhaha shows how much phones have become part of an entire ecosystem. The devices we connect to our phones are important to us and often make the phones work better. Apple announced wireless Airpods to use with the iPhone 7. While initially unclear about the technology they use, they use Bluetooth technology to send sound to the Airbuds and send sound from its microphone to the iPhone. They operate for about five hours, and can be recharged inside its case even when the case is not attached to a power source. The case has its own battery in it that can charge the smaller battery in the Airbuds.
That is not a new technology. I have used the Plantronics Voyager Legend for some time. It is a larger device, that is not as discreet as the Airbuds. It too recharges in its case. I use it primarily for listening to podcasts in the car, and also for taking phone calls. It works with my PC too, and I’ve found myself wearing it to watch Netflix without disturbing others in the room. The latest rage in earpieces is those that fit entirely in the ear. There also earpieces that measure your pulse. The Jabra Sport Pulse also does VO2 Max tracking. They describe it as “maximum rate of oxygen that your body consumes during exercise, and helps determine your endurance level.” Earpieces are now more than simple audio accessories. They are body monitors too, measuring pulse, and perhaps in the future body temperature, blood pressure, balance and other measurements. A podcast I was listening to the other day mentioned a phone, I do not recall which one, that has a listening test built in. Once it understands the range of your hearing, it can modify the sounds it outputs to optimize your listening. The Millennials may never have to confront the day when they have to begin wearing hearing aids. Instead, they might simply turn on a feature in the earbuds they normally wear to amplify the sounds around them.
More and more, our phone experience is about the peripherals we use with them. And it’s not only earbuds, but also cars. New cars almost always come with Bluetooth interfaces so you can play music from your phone through the car speakers, as well as make and receive phone calls. With features like Siri and Google Now, phones can be commanded by voice, letting you more safely use navigation and messaging apps while driving. My phone has an infrared controller so I can use it as a TV remote control. While most phones do not have that, a Harmony controller can sit by your TV and other devices and receive commands via WiFi from your phone to control your devices. With home automation your phone can turn on lights, open and close blinds or your garage door, and more. With the Ring video doorbell, you can see the person at your door, and talk with them, even if you are halfway across the planet. WiFi enabled devices let you see, hear, talk to and even play with your pet while you are away at work. Current high-end hearing aids can interfere with your phone, letting you control the device, and also feeding phone output to the hearing aid. If you are only using your phone for calls and texts, you are missing much of its potential. For links mentioned in the column or to share this column online, go to familytechonline.com. For Mark’s contact information, visit markstout.info on the web.
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Stafford County’s 30 public schools are fully accredited for the 2016-17 school year, according to a press release from the schools system. It’s the second year in a row that SCPS achieved the distinction and the schools system is the largest school division in Virginia to be fully accredited. Virginia public schools use accreditation ratings on an annual basis, based on Standard of Learning test scores from the previous year. The ratings are based on student achievement in English, history, social science, math, and science. “This is an exciting time for SCPS. This accomplishment speaks to the tremendous work taking place in our schools not only from our teachers, but students and staff as well,” said SCPS Superintendent Bruce Benson in a released statement. “We are very proud of the work done in our division to prepare our students to be successful. It is important to keep in mind that achievement on Virginia SOL tests is but one measure of success. There is more that occurs in our schools. We want to ensure that our students are prepared for further education, work and citizenship.” Virginia is in the process of moving from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. Federal Annual Measurable Objectives targets are not reported for federal accountability for the 2016-2017 school year and state accreditation determinations remain based on the state’s Standards of Accreditation. Schools can be labeled fully accredited or partially accredited with several vary-
ing distinctions. For a school to earn full accreditation, students need adjusted pass rates of at least 75 percent on English reading and writing SOL tests, and at least 70 percent in mathematics, science and history. High schools must also meet a benchmark for graduation and completion. Based on the 2016 revisions in the Standards of Quality, 97 percent of SCPS schools will be fully accredited for the next three years. Eighty-one percent, or 1,482, of Virginia’s 1,825 public schools are rated as fully accredited for 2016-2017, a 3-point improvement over 2015-2016, at 78 percent, according to the Virginia Department of Education. The schools are fully accredited in 53 of Virginia’s 132 school divisions, compared with 36 divisions last year. “I hope these results will encourage teachers, principals and other educators in all of our schools as they strive to help students meet Virginia’s high expectations for learning and achievement,” said Steven Staples, VDOE’s superintendent of public instruction. Thirty-nine Virginia schools, including Anthony Burns Elementary School, are rated fully accredited for 2016-2017 as a result of legislation recommended by the advisory SOL Innovation Committee and passed by the 2016 General Assembly. Senate Bill 368 directed the state’s board of education to grant three additional years of full accreditation to these schools, which previously earned full accreditation for three straight years. For more, visit doe.virginia.gov.
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you can’t accommodate the curriculum you’re trying to get across to these kids, then what’s the point?” School board member Melissa Ayres, Griffis-Widewater District, said: “I too want this school. Whatever we need to do to move it forward. …This is the 21st century. Let’s do business like we’re in the 21st century.” The project recently saw a reduction in cost related to collaborative spaces by about $500,000. Also at the meeting, the school board: * discussed salary-lapse priorities and challenges related to the budget. “I think if we are more strategic in how we budget, salary lapse will control itself,” said Kidby. CLASSIFIED
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Healy noted: “We would not have had those salary lapses [in previous years] had our budget been properly built and not built on the year before. So, it’s not that we weren’t able to hire the people. The budget was just blown up. …This year, that is not the case. We’re on track with what we need to spend for the staff that we have approved.” She continued: “We asked for more than we needed for the staff that we have. We would’ve hired more staff had we been told that because many of those years we were told we had to cut staff, we had to increase class sizes, we couldn’t give these raises, we couldn’t afford summer school. And it turns out there were millions of dollars. …This is a hot topic. We owe it to the public to get this stuff straight — now.” OPINION
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Legal Notices TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 74 Charter Gate Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22406 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $369,799.00, dated July 9, 2013, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on July 10, 2013, as Instrument Number 130016965, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit Court of Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA on October 17, 2016 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 902, Section Twelve-B, STAFFORD LAKES VILLAGE, as shown on plat recorded as Instrument Number 120000002, among the Land Records of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 44R12B-902.
der’s deposit of $12,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashier’s check. No more than $9,000 cash will be accepted as a deposit. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustee may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. This is a communication from a debt collector. This notice is an attempt to collect on a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Loan Type: VA (Trustee # 570929) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. atlanticlawgrp.com The Vendor Auction.com will be used in conjunction with this sale. FEI # 1074.04782 9/16 & 9/23/2/16
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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 41 Charter Gate Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22406 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $297,905.00, dated August 31, 2012, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on September 4, 2012, as Instrument Number 120018349, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit Court of Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA on October 3, 2016 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 924, Section Twelve-B, STAFFORD LAKES VILLAGE, as shown on Plat recorded as Instrument Number 120000002, among the Land Records of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 44R12B- 924.
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der’s deposit of $11,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashier’s check. No more than $9,000 cash will be accepted as a deposit. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustee may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. This is a communication from a debt collector. This notice is an attempt to collect on a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.Loan Type: VA (Trustee # 565129) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. atlanticlawgrp.com The Vendor Auction.com will be used in conjunction with this sale FEI # 1074.04730 9/16 & 9/23/16
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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 17 Drake Street Stafford, VA 22554 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $263,920.00, dated June 19, 2007, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on June 20, 2007, as Instrument Number LR070014989, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit Court of Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA on September 26, 2016 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 140, Section 7-B, GREENRIDGE Subdivision, as shown on plat of survey made by Everett D. Grissom, C.L.S., recorded in Plat Book 14, Pages 4-16, inclusive, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 30G 7B 140.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $11,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashier’s check. No more than $9,000 cash will be accepted as a deposit. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustee may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. This is a communication from a debt collector. This notice is an attempt to collect on a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Loan Type: Conv/Conv (Trustee # 572222) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. atlanticlawgrp.com FEI # 1074.04795 9/16 & 9/23/16
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Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. atlanticlawgrp.com The Vendor Auction.com will be used in conjunction with this sale
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In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $336,000.00, dated August 26, 2005, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on September 14, 2005, as Instrument Number LR050036735, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit Court of Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA on October 17, 2016 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot Number 11, Section 1A, of Somerset Landing Subdivision, as shown on a subdivision plat recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 30JJ 1A 11.
$12,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashier’s check. No more than $9,000 cash will be accepted as a deposit. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustee may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. This is a communication from a debt collector. This notice is an attempt to collect on a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.Loan Type: Conv/FNMA (Trustee # 566502)
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of
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