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The League of Women Voters of Virginia recently sponsored the pre-session he Stafford County School Board of the Women’s Legislative Roundtable at agreed Tuesday to a $588,000 fourthe State Capitol in Richmond. year contract with Ricoh USA of Presentations were madeinby 17 repreChicago for copier services beginning sentatives of nonprofi t organizations and fiscal 2017. by four secretaries of Gov. The initial proposed contract was forTerry McAuliff e’s cabinet, according to the league. $650,000. Th ey spoke on their areas A competing Xerox representativeof expertise audience of about attended fourbefore schoolanboard meetings this130 people. Th is annual event provides spring urging the board to consider using lets attendlearn what other bid. groups will be adXerox, whichees produced the lowest vocating for and what Stafford County Public Schools cabinet used members expect will occur during the upcoming Ricoh for the past 10 years and has used General Assembly session. Xerox in the past. e subjectsdid covered included the state School boardTh members not choose budget, women’s rights, equality Xerox, but thanked its representative for LGBT Virginians, of Latinos, for saving the schoolsissues $250,000 over redistricting, transparency, public safety, four years based on its lower bid and forcriminal justice reform, juvenile justice, domestic and providing information that helped the sexual violence, mental illness and poverty. board save money. Also covered were decriminalization of Workers at the Stafford County landfill on Eskimo Hill Road transfer Christmas trees and other evergreens into a tub grinder that shreds the S cho ol b o ard memb ers and cally harvested gets prime displayare aswelcome crowds browse and shop theforstand by C&T Produce at the North wood produce into mulch. County residents to take the free mulch use inoperated their gardens. marijuana, civil forfeiture, police reform, Superintendent Bruce Benson expressed ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA fford Farmers’ Market. This year the total number of vendors has increased to around 30 at the same location, the parkvoting rights, election laws and voter lot of the Stafford Medical Pavilion on the Stafford Hospital campus. The market is open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. disappointment in the way the school protection, and conservation of natural til November. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA system handled the matter, but said it resources. The common thread in many would cause them to look more closely at of these speeches was the need for justice future business anddealings. fairness. BY TRACY BELL recycling coordinator at the landfill charge or, if they have other items to “I think we could’ve been the clearer in our of finance, tbell@insidenova.com Ric Brown, secretary since 1997, said Wednesday that peo- take to the landfill, they can buy 10 communication with our vendors,” said $1.5-billion mentioned that a potential s stockings, ornaments and ple are free to bring in the trees for re- coupons for $30 or purchase a $100 Benson. budget shortfall is expected due to lowertinsel are taken down fol- cycling once they take them down. The annual pass for trash disposal. Most In April, the board deferred a decision than-expected income and sales tax collowing Christmas 2016, trees are recycled into mulch, she said, recycling is free, with the exception on which copier company to use and lections. To handle this shortfall, McAuof yard waste and mulch-worthy the Rappahannock Re- which local residents can in turn use. decided to further review its options. liff e asked executive branch agencies to “It’s free to the public to use the items. gional Landfill is ready to There were five bidding companies make budget cuts, which included delayThere are no special drop-off days for recycle any real Christmas mulch,” Jones said. TRACY BELL involved. investigations and comgrantisworks a 50 internal ing grant payments and tbell@insidenova.com the trees, Jones said. They are accepted There a fee,ashowever, for droptrees that local residents dropof offapproval. at its The There, school board eliminatVOTERS plaints is significant, ” Decatur said. percent match with local funding new positions, ping off the live trees for recycling, daily at the landfill during regular busihefacility. 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CREDIT UNION TO SHARE FINANCIAL EDUCATION WITH GIRL SCOUTS Virginia Credit Union will lead financial education sessions for Girl Scouts in Virginia who are kindergarteners through age 10 at locations including Stafford from Jan. 12 to 19. The sessions will help the Girl Scouts earn their financial literacy badges. The credit union will meet with Girl Scouts in Stafford County on Jan. 16 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registration for the sessions is available at comgirlscouts.com.
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LOCAL MOMS, DADS FEATURED IN SWIMSUIT CALENDAR A free exercise group in Stafford County is featured in a 2017 national fit mom and dad swimsuit calendar and in a Yahoo! Story online, according to the group’s leader, Lacey Calkins. The calendar benefits and represents more than 350 free No Excuse Mom groups in 25 countries who exercise in the park for free in their communities. The No Excuse philosophy has also impacted men, single women and children, including several upcoming elementary school "No Excuse Kid" programs in the United States, according to Calkins. The group meets Wednesday mornings during the spring, summer and fall at Willowmere Park. Calkins’ husband Todd Calkins, a local United States Marine, was also featured in the calendar. The founder of the organization, Maria Kang, made headlines a few years back
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RACSB WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER The Rappahannock Area Community Services Board recently welcomed an emergency services therapist to its board of directors. Kheia Hilton received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Hampton University and a master’s degree in professional counseling from Liberty University. She works for the Prince William County Community Services Board. Hilton has volunteered with the National Urban League, Sister II Sister and Court Appointed Special Advocates. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors appointed Hilton to the community services board to replace Barbara Williams. Hilton joins current board members from Stafford, Jack Rowley and Matthew Zurasky. The RACSB provides public mental health, developmental disability, substance abuse, prevention and early intervention services to residents of the City of Fredericksburg and Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline and King George counties. A 15-member board, with three residents from each locality served, governs the organization.
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A 27-year-old Stafford County man faces attempted murder charges after he shot two 15-year-olds, Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office spokeswoman M.C. Morris Moncure said. Karl Heinz Depuy of Sierra Drive was charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, two counts of attempted murder and one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony after he allegedly shot the teens multiple times around 1:23 a.m. Dec. 28. Stafford County deputies got a
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The landfill will be closed on New Year’s Day. The Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board, known as the R-Board, operates the Regional Landfill and the Belman Recyling Center in Fredericksburg. The R-Board does not receive general fund dollars from either locality. Instead, commercial trash haulers pay fees that generate the bulk of the R-Board’s revenue, according the organization. NOVEC, Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Manassas, serves regional localities including parts of Stafford County and will also accept and recycle evergreen Christmas trees, wreaths and garland at its technical cenEDUCATION
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It seems to me… T’was the night before New Year and all through the earth, Hanukkah was ending as was rejoicing Christ’s birth. Some lights still twinkled, some presents returned. Holiday visits over, some Yule logs still burned. Football yet beckoned, parades were on tap. And folks getting ready all over the map. Festivity not over, one holiday remained. The New Year was coming, 2017 it’s named. “What would it bring” were the words we did hear? Would it be joy or would it be fear? Would the economy strengthen, would employment increase? Would fighting continue or would there be peace? Would diseases be conquered to better our health? Would all walks of people share in the wealth, Given to us when earth had its birth? With a world full of treasures present on earth. Diverse species and people that fill every acre, Given to us by an omnipotent maker. Sunrises and sunsets to fill every day. Vast lands and waters to use and for play. A bounty of food from field and from sea. Delicacies galore for you and for me. Yet we know there are some not equally blessed, Whose lives fill with challenge and some are distressed. And what about earthquakes, floods and bad storming? Will we address what we call global warming? Perhaps the New Year could be a new inning, A new start, toward a rewarding beginning When we don’t take for granted and lust and be driven For things we must have but ignore what we’re given. Like freedom and rights our forefathers gave,
And many died so these could be saved. They left it to us, meddling not but to share So, all get their portion of all that’s out there. And keeping in mind and it’s not just a hunch, We all must contribute there is no free lunch. Those that are leaders and those that are led, We’re all the same people and in the same bed. We need to be working so all can be free. And all who won’t listen, get out of the way, Be part of a solution not part of the fray. And choose to be in on a new celebration Where tranquility lives among every nation. Where all people find there’s only one tool. And that has and must be, the old Golden Rule. For each person to follow when treating each other. For sure, we should know we’re sister and brother. With the right to search for what makes us free, Like happiness’ pursuit and a plain liberty. So, challenge our leaders in Congress’ halls, To work together and hear peoples calls, For a Nation united with one thing in mind And that’s to be strong and still to be kind. To keep our great nation from failure or slump No matter your party support Donald Trump. The election is over we’re now in the chase Success is important for the whole human race. So, let’s raise our glasses to a New Year’s arrival. And pray the world shares in a peaceful survival. Where hatred is gone and all wars will cease. And we all learn to live with the blessings of peace. Harvey Gold can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.
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A cold night in Shanghai Gorman, who was officer of the World War II was over. It was deck, readily agreed. The capJanuary 1946. However, China tain, who was up late working, was another story. The war heard the chatter, came on the between the communists bridge and said they couldn’t and nationalists was starting do it. Besides, this could be again and everywhere seemed some kind of ploy. dangerous. But on one cold He wasn’t a bad guy, but it was night in January 1946, the USS DAVID KERR his ship, things were tense, and Sumner, that quirky little hydrographic survey vessel my Dad served on, he was cautious. One sailor left the ship and started to was tied up to a dock in Shanghai. approach the little girl. Everyone was She was providing food relief and an quiet. Would she run? He had served in American presence. However, Shanghai China before the war and knew a little was dangerous. The crew was restricted Chinese. What happened was a little to the ship and the immediate area of dance. He’d say something. She would the dock. One machine gun was always edge closer and then as he moved a little manned, but, after midnight the winter closer, she’d step back. Apparently she cold had taken hold and the docks were had learned to be afraid of everyone. quiet. The only light came from the ship. After about 15 minutes they were My Dad was on the bridge. He did face-to-face and the sailor was sitting double duty as a quartermaster, as well cross legged. He shouted for someone to as a survey technician, and somebody get him a coat for the girl. On the bridge, passed the word that they saw a little the captain nodded and it was quickly Chinese girl hiding in the shadows of dispatched. a warehouse. The bridge crew focused Once again the captain was told she their binoculars on where the sailor was would never survive the night if she pointing. They saw what they guessed stayed out there. The captain didn’t say was a 3-year-old girl wearing sandals anything. He knew what he had to do, but and a frayed dress. No doubt she was he couldn’t sanction it. He simply said, already suffering from hypothermia. “Mr. Gorman, I would like to talk to you She was almost certainly yet another of in my quarters.” Then, in a loud voice, Shanghai’s orphans. “Mr. Gorman and I will be conferring for My Dad, never shy about offering ten minutes. Exactly ten minutes.” his opinion, said “She won’t survive the All at once, there were no officers on night like that. We’ve got to bring her the bridge. And it was pretty obvious aboard.” A lieutenant j.g. named Joe
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what they were supposed to do. Two more sailors left the ship to help bring the little girl aboard and the ship’s corpsman was standing by. She was dangerously cold, dehydrated and hungry. But still, what do you do with a 3-yearold Chinese girl on a Navy ship. Like so many things in the Navy, you improvise. For the next six weeks or so, she and the Navy got along fine. The sailors loved her, taught her some English, and introduced her to a world of kindness, good food and even homemade clothes. Sailors are good with a needle and thread. However, as kind and thoughtful as they were, they were at sea aboard a U.S. naval vessel with a civilian child who needed proper care. The captain, who referred to himself, a “good Catholic boy from Boston,” contacted a Catholic orphanage in Hong Kong. They agreed to accept the child, and the captain made sure a stop in Hong Kong was added to the ship’s itinerary. Very few ships operated as independently as the Sumner. The transfer was made, the crew knew it was the right thing to do, but they missed her. It was a sweet story and most of that fine crew have passed on. But it’s my hope that there is a lady living in Hong Kong, say about 72 or 73 years old, hopefully with children and grandchildren of her own, who has a faint recollection of being aboard a Navy ship of wonderful sailors who took care of her so many years ago. That prospect, however dim the memory she may have, warms my heart. David Kerr can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com. SPORTS
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National Museum of the Marine Corps begins 11th year The National Museum of the Marine Corps has been described as a “monument to the honor, courage and commitment of United States Marines” since the day it opened just north of the Stafford County line in November 2006. As the museum begins its 11th year, it has proven to be a gift not just to Marines and Marine families but also to all veterans, the community and future visitors. Nearly 5 million people have visited the museum since the dedication, coming from the immediate community and hundreds of miles and oceans away, according to a news release. “The museum has become part of the fabric of the community. It’s such a pleasure to see local families returning repeatedly and bringing new guests with them. Not a week goes by without hearing from someone close by or far away telling me how much the museum means to them,” said Director Lin Ezell, who joined the staff before opening day. “So many visitors are surprised that this museum is as much about American history as it is a tribute to the accomplishments of the corps.” The building’s spire rises toward Interstate 95, capturing the attention of those driving by. For some, the design evokes the vision of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi, while others see a Marine at port arms and others see the jet stream from rising aircraft. According to retired Marine Lt. Gen. Robert R. Blackman, Jr., president and CEO of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, though people are first captured by the visage of the dramatic building, they visit to understand the legacy and history of the corps. “For the past decade, the museum has grown into an iconic destination for visitors from across the country, celebrating the history, traditions, and culture of the U.S. Marine Corps,” Blackman said. “Since the museum opened, the foundation has teamed with the museum to provide support in the creation of programs, events, and resources that celebrate the history of our corps and continue to close the gap between civilian and military communities by sharing the Marine Corps narrative, now and for years to come.”
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Blackman, appointed president of the foundation in 2011 following the retirement of retired Lt. Gen. G. Ronald Christmas, has been a guiding force as the foundation heads toward completion of the museum’s final phase, which will add the stories of the Marines’ service from 1976 through the present day in two new galleries. For many, a visit to the museum is a very emotional one. It isn’t uncommon for Marines to talk about their past experiences for the first time while visiting the museum. Staff members and volunteers often hear how the visit has brought closure, healing and understanding for Marines and their families. In the last decade, museum visitors have included veterans and their families from every war since World War II, civilians interested in the nation’s history as seen through the eyes of Marines, and notable visitors including President George W. Bush, Sens. John Glenn, John Warner, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner; actors R. Lee Ermey, Kevin Bacon and Wilford Brimley. The museum also continues to be an educational resource for local school groups and teachers who wish to take their history lessons outside the classroom. Students visit the museum in organized school groups each year, with
approximately 342,000 children benefiting from educational programming in the last decade. The foundation has employed a teacher in residence since 2007 who serves as a liaison between the museum and schoolteachers across the region to better use the museum as an educational tool. The education team also takes lessons from the museum’s galleries to regional classrooms, reaching 13,000 students annually. Along with its award-winning architecture, galleries and exhibits, the Marine
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Corps Heritage Center includes Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, adjacent to the museum, which was dedicated in 2011. The park has 40 different memorials and tens of thousands of commemorative bricks in honor or memory of Marines. The Park includes Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, three overlooks and installations of noted sculptures including Iron Mike, Molly Marine and Sgt. Reckless, the beloved Korean War horse. Currently, the museum tells the Marine Corps story through the end of the Vietnam War, but work is underway to tell the rest of the story is told. At the completion of its final phase, the museum will double in size and feature two new galleries to include exhibits dedicated to Marine service in Beirut, Panama, Grenada, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Somalia and the 13 years of continuous combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The final phase will also include a giant screen theater featuring a signature modern day Marine film, a combat art gallery, a Hall of Valor, a children’s gallery and expanded education suite, a sports gallery and a changing exhibits gallery. “These new historical galleries will be the most difficult thing we have done. The memories will be fresh, the stories poignant,” Ezell said. “The sense of loss will still be fresh. Honoring our current warriors will be the most important thing we will do. And we will never be done,” noted Ezell.
representatives talk about pending legislation and issues of concern. The league will moderate the WLRT forums, which start at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesdays, after the General Assembly convenes on Jan. 11. The first WLRT meeting will be held in Richmond on Jan. 18. For more, visit, www.lwv-va.org.
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Resolve to make quality time with your dog And so New Year’s approaches along with our yearly resolutions and goals we set to accomplish over the next 365 days. For many of us who share our lives with dogs, we have a recurring one: to spend more quality time with them. With our busy lives, that can be a challenge, but there really are multiple ways we can use the time we do have more productively. 1. Get fit together. Is losing (or maintaining) a healthy weight and getting fit on your list? Well, studies confirm that people are more likely to adhere to an exercise program when they have a buddy.
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some takeout. And when the weather allows, if you’re fortunate enough to have restaurants or cafes close by with outdoor seating, make a lunch or dinner date with your dog! Sure, you’ll have to pick up the check, but what dog isn’t appreciative for a good meal? 5. Play like a dog. You might think your dog would rather go to the dog park, but what most dogs really want is to play with his favorite person in the world: you. The problem is many of us really don’t know how to play with our own dogs. We buy them a lot of toys, then give it to the dog and expect him to play with it by himself. And edible things like chew bones and rawhides are not really toys. They’re food. If your dog likes to fetch, then set aside time to fetch with him at least several times a week. If your dog likes to tug, then yes, by all means tug with him, always being sure to teach him how to “drop” and “let go” when the game is over. If your dog likes to wrestle, come on, will it kill you to get on the ground every once and a while and wrestle with him? Okay, maybe just for 5-10 minutes! The point is, show your dog that he’ll never find a more fun playmate than you! Remember, a new year means a new beginning. There’s no better time like the present to make positive changes that will last a lifetime. Happy New Year’s to all! Stafford business owner Laurie C. Williams, CPDT.KA, is a television and radio personality and nationally recognized dog trainer. She can be reached at info@ pupniron.com.
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FAMILY TECH | MARK STOUT
Some thoughts for the coming year Don’t we all start the New Year with optimism? It is the time of the year the gyms fill up, only to dwindle back to normal traffic by late February. MARK STOUT And while our thoughts today may go to parties, soon practical thoughts intrude. Like getting ready to do our taxes, paying off those Christmas bills and organizing ourselves a little bit better the coming year. I started using an app lately that helps me keep things straight. It is a journaling app. There are any number in the Google Play and Apple App stores. I have not looked at many. The one I’m using is not syncing right, so I’ll find another. Even so, I’ve been impressed with its usefulness. With it I can jot a quick note. If I choose, it also records my location and the current weather. Soon after I started using it, I had my once-every-10-years lower back spasm. I tracked when I took pain meds with it. I also track significant events in my
day so that I can jog my memory to them later on. You could use it as a journal is meant to be used, pouring out your heart for only yourself to read. While that might be hard on a phone, there is a website for the one I started using—although, as I said— not all the entries I made on the phone are showing up in the web version. My mother made notes on a monthly calendar not only of appointments but significant events. She kept those calendars for years. They helped years later when we had to track certain events. You could also keep a note titled “Journal for Jan. 2016” on Google Keep and add to it every day. At least I know it syncs well. And then start a new note for each month. Keep is one of my use-every-day apps. It is my grocery list and jot pad for information I will likely move to another app later on. It is totally free and works with your Google account. I cannot recommend it more highly. My other everyday use app is of course Evernote. I’ve written ad nauseam about
my online file cabinet. It now has over 25,000 notes in it. Anything I see I think I should keep a copy of, like receipts or web pages I may want to see again, I capture to Evernote. Again, it is free for a basic level of service, and affordable for the premium level. Another new app from Google could be a godsend for worrying parents. It is called Trusted Contacts and is now only for Android but soon for iPhone too. If Dad and child both have it installed for example, and have accepted each other as a trusted contact, Dad can ping the child through the app with “Where are you?” The child can choose to decline to give the information or let the app provide it. If the child does not respond for five minutes, the app automatically sends Dad the location. One person can also proactively send their location if they feel they are in a dangerous place. This app is not unlike ones some college campuses are using to help students be safe on those late-night walks across campus. If you have a loved one at college, ask them if their school has one and if they use it.
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Stafford High grad is a junior with the indoor and outdoor track programs at George Mason » BY DAVID DRIVER
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Stafford High School graduate Ashley Hinton is in her third year with the track and field program at George Mason University, a Division I member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. She competes in both indoor and outdoor seasons and has seen all sorts of conditions as a junior pole vaulter. “The difference is pretty intense. Inside it is a controlled 72 degrees with no wind, and dry,” Hinton said. “Outdoor it can be mixed. We have had meets where it is 89 and sunny, and had meets when it is snowing (like one in North Carolina). I tend to like indoors better.” That is understandable, though she has also excelled in the spring outdoor season as well with the Patriots. “Pole vaulting is hard on your body. By the end of the (academic) year we need a break,” Hinton said. “In the summer we take off; the main break that we have is in the summer.” “This year we have a lot of new freshmen so we are excited to see what they can do,” Hinton said. “My season has been going well. I had a little bit of hiccup but am excited; I had a minor injury earlier in the year but I am coming back.” Last spring during the outdoor season she took part in five meets and was first in the pole vault with a jump of 3.40 meters
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at the Colonial Relays, held March 31 to April 2. She qualified for the Atlantic 10 championship that was held in May. Mason will resume its indoor season at home Jan. 7 in the Father Diamond Invitational in Fairfax. The Patriots are at the Great Dane Invitational in Albany, New York, on Jan. 14 and will host the Atlantic
10 indoor conference championship Feb. 18-19. “My main goal is to score points in the Atlantic 10,” Hinton said. During the 2016 indoor season Hinton took part in six meets and set a personal best and placed sixth with a jump of 3.50 meters at the Boston University Scarlet and White meet last February. Her father played sports at Stafford High. One of the assistant track coaches at George Mason is Kevin McGorty, a former standout at the University of North Carolina. Among the athletes he works with are pole vaulters. “My coach is definitely the person I look up to,” she said. “Coach is an absolute role model to have. He went to Olympic trials twice. I take his advice and I take it to heart.” Hinton earned eight letters in track and field, four in cross country and four in gymnastics at Stafford High. She was all-conference, all-region and all-state in pole vault and gymnastics. Other products of Stafford schools now with college track programs include Joseph Abbatiello (Stafford High), a junior distance runner at Wagner in New York; Amlaya Carey (Stafford High), a junior high jumper at Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond; Lauren Graves (Mountain View), a freshman in the pole vault at William & Mary in Williamsburg; James
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Granderson (Colonial Forge), a freshman in hurdles/jumps at VMI in Lexington; Luke Lysher (Stafford), a junior middle distance runner at VMI; Jahanzib Shahbaz (Mountain View), a freshman in distance events at VMI; and Desmond Weinberg-Jones (Colonial Forge), a redshirt junior in the hurdles at VMI. Ravenel, JMU advance to national title game Senior wide receiver Brandon Ravenel (North Stafford High) and James Madison will play for the national title at the FCS level in college football on Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas against Youngstown State. JMU won 27-17 on Dec. 16 at North Dakota State in the national semifinals as Ravnel had one catch for 12 yards. He leads the Dukes in catches this year with 45 for 720 yards. Parker, Mary Washington return from Florida Junior guard Kendall Parker (Stafford High) averaged 13.7 points per game in the first nine contests this season for the women’s basketball team at Mary Washington. That is even more impressive as she made just two starts and averaged just 20.3 minutes per contest. The Eagles host Salisbury on Jan. 5 after appearing in a tournament in Florida Dec. 28-29. David Driver can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.
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VHSL approves pitch count regulation
VHSL 5A All-State Field Hockey Team First team Forwards: Lia Constantine, Stafford; Rachel Riley, Stafford; Becca Gaddy, Maury; Karly Harwood, Gloucester; Hannah Struble, Menchville; Midfielders: Lily Bryngelson, Mountain View; Courtney Lynch, Hickory; Callie Quinn, Stafford; Allison Goodwin, Gloucester; Morgan Merritt, Menchville; Defenders: Emily Kresho, Stafford; Maggie New, Maury; Madison Hatcher, Mountain View; Megan May, Gloucester; Yasmine White, Mountain View; Goalkeeper: Grace Chavez, Maury
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The Virginia High School League’s Executive Committee has approved pitch-count rules for the upcoming 2017 baseball season. The maximum pitches allowed per day by one pitcher is 110, but a player can exceed that total to finish pitching to a batter if the 110 mark is reached during that particular at-bat. The pitch-count rule replaces an innings limit the VHSL had in place. The change came about after the National Federation of High Schools stated that each states must come up with a pitch count policy. Following are the VHSL’s rest totals necessary for a pitcher to have, depending on oneday pitch totals. * If a pitcher throws 101 or more pitches in a day, four calendar days of rest must be observed. * For 76 to 100, three days of rest are needed. * For 51 to 75, two days. * For 26 to 50, one day. * For 1 to 25 pitches, no rest is required. * No pitcher may throw more than 51 pitches over two consecutive days. If so, one calendar day of rest is needed. To monitor a player’s pitch count, teams must use an online program called GameChanger.
Second team Forwards: Madi Hyatt, Mountain View; Danielle
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Legal Notices In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $157,000.00, dated March 30, 2006, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on April 6, 2006, as Instrument Number 060011449, 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 January 9, 2017 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: LOT EIGHTEEN-A (18-A) FALMOUTH HEIGHTS as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Plat Book 6, page 298 (IRTA page 293) among the land records of Stafford County, Virginia.
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Tax ID: 45I-1-18. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $10,000.00 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 # 522307) 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 # 1074.01796 12/23 & 12/30/16
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