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Diana Bloom, right, of Stafford County, and Victoria Fortune watch as twin sisters try some of their new acting skills at a recent Stage Door Youth Workshop at the University of Mary Washington.

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Mob faces assault charges Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office deputies arrested four suspects for attempting to break into a residence using an ax on Feb. 8, according to sheriff ’s office spokesperson Amanda Vicinanzo.

A caller reported that she had been assaulted and several individuals were outside her house on the 500 block of Eskimo Hill Road. She said they had threatened to burn down the house.

Upon arrival, Deputy Aubrecht and Sgt. Reed saw three females and a male standing near a vehicle.

The officers also saw an ax near the front door, which had numerous dents

and scuff marks on it.

One of the women became belligerent and the officers smelled alcohol on her.

She was identified as Taylor House, 21, of Stafford.

She told deputies the group came to the residence over an alleged theft.

Aubrecht then talked with Tina Lara, 52, of Stafford, and detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Lara. She told the deputy that she, Taylor Kennaugh, 25, of Fredericksburg, and Dakota Lara-Bayliss, 22, of Stafford, had driven to the house to confront the victim about an alleged theft.

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All four were taken into custody.

The victim told Aubrecht that she had received several texts from Lara-Bayliss stating that a group of individuals was coming to her residence. The victim told officers that she was standing on her front porch when the group arrived, and Lara and House assaulted her, prompting her to go inside the residence and lock the door, Vicinanzo said.

The four then tried to get into the residence using an ax. She heard some from the group repeatedly state that they would burn the house down.

The four suspects were taken to the Magistrate’s Office, and Kennaugh was released on an unsecured bond.

The other three suspects were incarcerated at Rappahannock Regional Jail.

Kennaugh was charged with assault

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and battery by mob and breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony.

House was charged with assault and battery by mob, assault and battery, breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, and public intoxication.

Lara-Bayliss was charged with assault and battery by mob, breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, and public intoxication.

Lara was charged with assault and battery by mob, assault and battery, breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, and public intoxication.

On Feb. 9 Aubrecht obtained additional warrants. All four subjects were again taken into custody and received additional charges of conspiracy to commit a felony.

House was also charged with threats to bomb/burn.

Man jailed after breaking into North Stafford businesses of the business, the robber A Woodbridge man was arturned around and bolted out rested Feb. 14 by Stafford Counthe front door. ty Sheriff ’s Office deputies after Colona, Sgt. Reed and Dephe broke into several North uty Connelly chased the robStafford businesses, according ber toward Madison Court. to sheriff ’s office spokesperson Reed saw the man remove Amanda Vicinanzo. a mask and gloves, and throw At 11:38 p.m., Deputy Whitt them into bushes as he ran. responded to a business alarm Deputies were able to take at Vinny’s Italian Grill, 397 Gara suspect into custody after risonville Road, and saw the Reed ordered him to stop. front door glass was shattered. ALEX CHIRWA The suspect was identified as A review of surveillance video showed a robber in a dark-colored jacket Alex Chirwa, 28, of Woodbridge, and he with a hood and wearing a mask and gloves admitted to breaking into the businesses, Vicinanzo said. breaking into the restaurant.

Chirwa is wanted in Prince William At the same time, Sgt. Colona responded to a business alarm at Sam’s Pizza and County for failure to appear.

He was incarcerated at Rappahannock Subs, 432 Garrisonville Road, and saw the Regional Jail without bond on charges of front door had been shattered.

While waiting for additional units breaking and entering with intent to commit to arrive, Colona saw a male inside the a felony, possession of burglary tools, wearbusiness running toward the back door. ing a mask in a public place, destruction of When Colona ran around to the back property, petit larceny and drunk in public.

CRIME BRIEFS COUNTERFEIT BILLS CIRCULATE IN STAFFORD A Stafford man is in jail after he passed a counterfeit $100 at the Dollar Tree in south Stafford on Feb. 10, according to Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office spokesperson Amanda Vicinanzo.

Roy Gill III, 27, was charged with possession of a forged bank note, passing a forged bank note and possession of

marijuana, which was allegedly found on him during a search.

He was incarcerated at Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond.

An employee road of the McDonald’s on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford reported that a customer tried to pay for food with a counterfeit $100 bill. Deputies did not find the person during a search of the area, Vicinanzo said.

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Special Olympics Virginia coming to Stafford schools The Special Olympics Virginia’s basketball championships will be held at schools in Stafford on March 1-2.

The All-Star Friday Night Opening Ceremony at Colonial Forge High School begins at 7:45 p.m. and features a unified basketball game, half-time games and the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron.

Competitions will take place at various middle and high schools and include full-court games, half-court games, individual skill drills and unified games uniting players with and without disabilities on the same team.

Volunteers are needed to help with everything from keeping score to distributing lunches, announcing games

and presenting awards Friday from 3-10 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Various shifts are available at Colonial Forge High School, Dixon Smith Middle School, H.H. Poole Middle, Stafford Middle School, Thompson Middle School, A. G. Wright Middle School, North Stafford High School, Mountain View High School and Gayle Middle School.

Sign up to volunteer at http://cerv. is/m?0218c88. Volunteers with medical training should visit http://cerv.is/ m?0218c81.

For more, contact Holly Claytor at hclaytor@specialolympicsva.org or 804726-3025.

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Work continues at the new diverging diamond interchange that will shift the Courthouse Road and Interstate 95 interchange, seen in an aerial photograph from the Virginia Department of Transportation.

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January offers sluggish start to 2019 real estate market The 2019 real estate market kicked off with mixed results, according to a report prepared by the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors based on an analysis of brightMLS multiple listing data.

Total sold dollar volume fell 14.5 percent in January, coming in at $88.961 million, compared to over $104 million in January of 2018.

The number of units sold decreased year-over-year more than 13.7 percent,

going from 342 last year to 295 this Janu- jurisdictions at the end of 2018, saw a 7.4 ary. Median sales price remained relative- percent reduction in the number of sales.

Caroline County saw a 25 percent rely static, posting a meager 1.85 percent increase. The median price in January duction in the number of units sold, of 2018 was $284,725 and it increased to Spotsylvania County came in at over 35 $289,990 in January of 2019. percent fewer units sold and King George Some jurisdictions saw double digit led the decline in sales with a 60 percent declines in sales volume compared to last reduction in January of 2019 versus last January. year.

Stafford County, which avoidedT:9.6” Days on market, the time it takes from the sales declines that plagued some when a listing enters the market until it

receives a ratified contract and is removed from active status on the multiple listing service, fell 6 percent with houses averaging 94 days on the market in January of 2019 compared to 100 days in January of 2018.

FAAR Board of Directors’ Clay Murray is optimistic that the market will shake off the sluggishness of January and recover for the traditionally busy spring market.

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How black pilots became red-tailed angels for aviation training programs Sometimes major social for black pilots, the Army change starts with a simple dragged its feet. There was sentence or maybe, in this no support in the higher case, just a couple of words. ranks of the Air Corps for The 1939 Army Approtraining African-American priation included a line that pilots. But World War II was a designated funds for the trainDAVID KERR time of social change. We also ing of “colored pilots.” That’s all needed pilots, so bowing to it said. public pressure the Army Air Corps set But those few words — all but unup the first training program for black noticed by the southern Democratic aviators at The Tuskegee Institute in segregationists who dominated the Alabama. major congressional committees at the Still, many in the Army Air Corps time — dramatically changed the future were anxious to let this whole idea lanof African Americans in combat. Even guish in hopes that it would be forgotthen it wasn’t a smooth road.

During World War I, a number of Af- ten. To start with, application standards for the African American entering the rican Americans tried to join what was Aviation Cadet program were purposely then called the Army Aerial Observer Corps. That’s an ancestor of the U.S. Air set at a higher level than those required for white pilots. Nonetheless, the Army Force.

Air Corps, whether it liked it or not, But let’s not get ahead of ourselves; quickly had more than enough qualified it’s still 1917, and these young AfricanAmerican applicants were turned down African-American applicants.

The new aviation cadets trained, flat. qualified and received commissions.

One African-American officer who However, the Air Corps still didn’t want had volunteered with the French as to deploy these pilots to war zones. a pilot applied along with his fellow In the warped reasoning of the time, American officers, all white, to transfer since there were no segregated aviation to the American forces just after the units in the Air Force, hardly any blacks U.S. entered the war.

Their applications were approved, his at all for that matter, it would mean that blacks, as officers, could end up was denied. It was a particularly nasty assigned to units where they would be form of institutional racism. Flying in commanding whites. The only solution, the armed services, at least as far as the in the segregated mindset of the time, brass was concerned, was a whites-only was a separate black fighter squadron. business. It would stay that way until Once again, the Army Air Corps, fightWorld War II. ing to the last to keep blacks from being Even though the 1939 Army Approcombat pilots, opposed this. priations Bill included language calling

But then the racists met their match.

Her name was Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

It’s hard to overestimate what a powerful force she was in her time. The first lady visited Tuskegee in 1942 and, in typical Mrs. Roosevelt fashion, went on a flight with one of the Tuskegee pilots.

When she was told they weren’t being assigned to combat operations, she was incensed. On her return to Washington, she asked the head of the Army Air Corps, Gen. Henry Arnold, why these men weren’t flying in combat? Arnold quickly ordered the formation of a new colored squadron.

The 99th Pursuit Squadron deployed in 1943. Thus began an aviation legend.

Some 450 pilots in the unit would fight in North Africa, the Mediterranean and Europe. They were, as is the case with most fighter pilots, aggressive and at times fearless.

In escorting bomber missions, they took on a distinction few units could match. None of the bombers they escorted were shot down by enemy fighters.

Known by the brightly painted vertical stabilizers on their aircraft, they dubbed themselves, the “red tails.” The bombers they escorted, manned by whites, gave them another name, the “red-tailed angels.”

David Kerr, a former member of the Stafford County School Board, is an instructor in political science at VCU and can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

IT SEEMS TO ME | HARVEY S. GOLD

Finding that needle in the haystack But after I thought about it, It seems to me…Logic and it seemed like this one issue common sense would, by embodied the ingredients the 21st century, teach us to that prevent us from treating live as a harmonious world others as we would want them society. to treat us. My first thought However, here we are in was: Shouldn’t Cole know that 2019 and the world is in turmoil and age-old issues remain unHARVEY GOLD gerrymandering is an evil in governance? Shouldn’t he and the settled, if not expanded. Internaothers in the General Assembly know tionally, nationally and locally, we have that it is wrong? become increasingly more divided over When members of the General Assemissues that should have been resolved a bly scheme to affect elections by carving long time ago. up voting districts in a way that those Is it that “human nature” prevents us in power remain in power, clearly that from solving them? Is it that the goal or treating others as we would want them to disenfranchises those who have views and needs that those in power don’t want treat us is unattainable? to address.

Although at first it appeared as just Those in power know what the disanother nuisance robo-call, when I hungenfranchised want and need, but they up I couldn’t help but think that this call don’t want to them have it. This is simply was a good example of how we have not a matter of retaining power over others. progressed in the way we choose to live But it is not power alone that drives gerwith those around us. rymandering. It can include greed and The call was a request for me to prejudice. contact Mark Cole to vote for a bill that In some countries today, like Ruswould end gerrymandering in the comsia, Venezuela, Haiti and North Korea, monwealth. To some it may seem like gerrymandering is done by the force of a small issue compared to larger issues military rule. This keeps a way of life gogoing on in the world today.

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ing to the benefit of those in power.

With gerrymandering, we are more subtle. We do it with words shaped into laws.

Both major political parties are guilty of this process that takes place behind closed doors and is then voted upon by those who will benefit by it.

We allow gerrymandering to “pack” or “stack” a district. When we “pack” it, we enlarge the district to dilute the voting power of the other side by bringing them into a larger group that has opposing views. By “stacking” we draw the district lines to reduce the opposition, leaving a majority whose views control the way things are done.

This subtlety results in the further shaping of new laws or retaining old ones that continue to deny others what they need and want. It invades our religions, schools, employment and housing. Unfortunately, whoever is in power and able to gerrymander keeps the process going.

Problems are not solved, they just change sides.

Doing away with gerryGOLD mandering will help. But if PAGE 5 properly balanced voting

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Sullivan named North Stafford’s new head football coach HUGH RIST » BY FOR INSIDENOVA

When longtime North Stafford football coach Joe Mangano stepped down in January after 11 seasons, one of his key assistants and assistant head coach this past season, Neil Sullivan, was a natural choice to be named interim head coach and oversee the Wolverines’ off-season conditioning program among other things.

So it might not be too surprising to anyone that Sullivan, 30, who has taught English at the school for the past three years after initially coaching at Madison in Fairfax for six seasons, was announced Feb. 12 as the team’s new head coach as the interim tag was officially removed.

Sullivan, who also served as defensive coordinator last season, said it was thought that one day he might be able to take over the program, so Mangano beGOLD

gan preparing him for the position over the past few seasons.

“He was a great mentor for me, and I am grateful to him for all he did to help me,” Sullivan said. “Because I’ve been around NEIL SULLIVAN and the rest of the coaching staff will remain intact, I think the transition will happen seamlessly.”

Although North Stafford, which advanced to the state 5D Class 5 semifinals last season, lost two of its standout players in Devyn Ford and Chase McGowan to graduation, Sullivan said there is plenty of talent returning, including quarterback Jamir Boyd and

two-way standouts Javon Swinton and Shawn Asbury.

“We have some dynamic talent returning, and all the guys we have are great character guys. In addition, the coaching staff is very professional. Football is really important to them, so I’m really excited to see what next season will bring.”

Sullivan said the support he has received from the administration and the members of North Nation makes his appointment that much more gratifying.

“The whole environment at North [Stafford] is conducive to success from administration to students to fans. I can’t say enough about the way they support our athletic department,” Sullivan said.

When asked what his biggest challenge might be, Sullivan was quick to answer.

“There were not as many players in the lower levels of the program, so reaching

out to the middle schools and trying to build interest in the program is something I look forward to doing,” Sullivan said.

Mangano cited health concerns combined with the demands of the job as the primary reasons behind his decision. The Wolverines went 85-48 during Mangano’s tenure.

Sullivan played high school football at Riverbend and in college at RandolphMacon.

and they will have a voice that is listened to and heard. Sadly, those in charge of dealing with gerrymandering in the commonwealth and around the country have been raised to accept the concept of winner-take-all.

The rare willingness to compromise has become even rarer, if not gone. Divisions have grown wider and the different issues that divided us have increased.

This only makes it more difficult to solve

the various issues because it seems like someone’s ox gets gored.

When that phone call asked me to support anti-gerrymandering legislation, it opened my mind to how important this issue is. Because if we don’t start by having fairness in elections, there will always be those who are left behind or denied the rights and privileges that the more powerful keep for themselves.

While eliminating gerrymandering is

a move in the right direction, it will take strong, impartial leadership to make it work. And that, dear reader, in today’s political arena and climate is like finding the elusive needle in a haystack.

But we must start someplace, and perhaps ending gerrymandering is a good place.

Harvey Gold is a contributing writer at InsideNova. Reach him at StaffordNews@ insidenova.com.

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districts are established, then to maintain them, strong, honest, non-discriminatory leadership is required. Unfortunately, from the national down to the local level, we have lacked a level of leadership that will promote regulations and laws that do unto others and as we would want others to do unto us.

Doing away with gerrymandering will level the playing field so that the needs of all in the district are treated equally

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Stafford native part of ‘Silent Service’ at Pearl Harbor ERICA R. GARDNER » BY Navy Office of Community Outreach

PEARL HARBOR – A Stafford County native and 2008 Colonial Forge High School graduate is serving at the U.S. Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Lt. William Love has served for seven years and works as a Navy submarine officer within the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. It is the world’s largest fleet command, encompassing 100 million square miles, nearly half the Earth’s surface, from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle and from the West Coast of the U.S. into the Indian Ocean.

As a Navy submarine officer, Love is responsible for carrying out the operations of the submarine. They drive the ship on the surface and submerged to ensure safe operations of the submarine and to carry out any missions to ensure undersea domain.

Love credits success in the Navy to

many of the lessons learned in Stafford.

“A strong work ethic has been vital in helping me complete the training required to qualify as a submarine officer and learn the skills that are needed to carry out the responsibilities I have been tasked WILLIAM LOVE with,” Love said.

Serving in the Navy is a continuing tradition of military service for Love, who has military ties with family members who have previously served. Love is honored to carry on that family tradition.

“My father served in the U.S. Marine Corps for over 20 years and instilled in me the importance of service and protecting this great republic,” said Love. “I believe I will continue the legacy my fa-

ther started.”

Though there are many ways for sailors to earn distinction in their command, community and career, Love is most proud of temporarily serving as the ship’s engineer for an underway while the engineer was on paternity leave.

“I was responsible for half the personnel on the ship and ensuring safe nuclear reactor operations,” said Love. “I was able to accomplish the mission of the ship’s engineer and performed well.”

A key element of the Navy the nation needs is tied to the fact that America is a maritime nation, according to Navy officials, and that the nation’s prosperity is tied to the ability to operate freely on the world’s oceans. More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water; 80 percent of the world’s population lives close to a coast; and 90 percent of all global trade by volume travels by sea.

Attack submarines are designed to hunt down and destroy enemy submarines and

surface ships; strike targets ashore with cruise missiles; carry and deliver Navy SEALs; carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions; and engage in mine warfare. Their primary tactical advantage is stealth, operating undetected under the sea for long periods of time.

Sailors learn engineering and tactical team training during their courses of instruction required to serve aboard submarines using the most advanced technology. Training is tailored to each ship’s specific needs to develop the skills and expertise required to support operations around the world in war and peace.

Being stationed in Pearl Harbor, often referred to in defense circles as the gateway to the Pacific, means Love is serving in a part of the world taking on a new importance in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.

Virginia’s 75-day spring wildfire season began Feb. 15.

The law prohibits burning before 4 p.m. each day until April 30, if the fire is within 300 feet of woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other flammable materials, according to a news release.

Burning is allowed between 4 p.m. and midnight under state law, but counties and cities may have additional restrictions and residents should check with local officials before burning.

According to Virginia Department of Forestry records, 95 percent of all wildfires in Vir-

ginia are human-caused and more than half are caused by people burning trash and yard debris.

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UMW students bring class act to community theater LISA CHINN MARVASHTI » BY UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON

It was a wiggly, jiggly sea of limbs in a downtown Fredericksburg studio.

Awash in the white-hot glow of theater lights, boys and girls waved their arms and legs in the air before dissolving into laughter.

“How does that feel?” asked University of Mary Washington theater major Victoria Fortune, who spent a recent Saturday afternoon teaching budding thespians about the concepts of potency, radiancy and buoyancy – types of body-movement energy. “You can use a lot of this to help with your movements onstage.”

UMW students like Fortune have

Victoria Fortune, left, Fortune shares her theatrical knowledge with Alice Sweeney during a recent Stage Door Youth Workshop.

teamed up with others to teach Stage Door Youth Workshops, a series of sessions for area children interested in acting. Drawing on skills they learned in their own college courses, Mary Washington theater majors impart techniques in movement, monologue and storytelling.

UMW psychology professor Miriam Liss — who has children Emily, 10, and Daniel, 12, both budding actors — has long been involved with Stage Door Productions. When she joined the community theater group’s board of directors and took the helm of its youth division last year, she had an idea. Inspired

by UMW President Troy Paino’s emphasis on the importance of exposing Mary Washington students to impactful learning experiences, the workshops paired Liss’ newfound board leadership

with her role on a university committee tasked with increasing community engagement.

The workshops, which started in January and run through March, have Mary Washington students teaching sessions on movement, monologue, scene work, improvisation, audition skills, stage combat, scene study and Shakespeare.

One of the young students, Alice Sweeney, a 7-year-old from Stafford County, first became involved with Stage Door in the summer of 2017 through the Fredericksburg Parks and Rec summer camp for Creative Drama, said her mother, Hannah. “She found that she loved performing and being on stage,” she said.

Alice was cast in the Stage Door youth musical, “Singing in the Rain” in the fall of 2018, and when the musical ended in December the Ferry Farm Elementary student was clamoring for more opportunities.

“Through a partnership with UMW students on Saturdays they have classes on Movement for Actors, Improvisation, Storytelling and more. She has loved it,” Sweeney said. “The workshops have given her new skills, built her confidence, helped her public speaking, and she has formed some great relationships with kids and adults that share her love of the stage.”

During her recent Saturday session, Fortune, who is assisting a professor this semester in the UMW course Voice and Body Movement, showed children ways of portraying diverse characters, from a grumpy old man to a bubbly young girl. She had them use the movement techniques she’d taught them to act out tasks familiar in their own daily lives — making a sandwich, feeding fish, playing violin.

“You can be anyone you want to be, and that’s really exciting,” said Liss’ daughter, Emily Kilmartin, who hopes to continue her involvement in community theater as an adult, along with brother Daniel.

Fortune hopes the workshops will help children develop confidence, creativity and a range of social and

Alice Sweeney, left, of Stafford, learns about acting from theater major Diana Bloom, in red, during the Stage Door Youth Workshop series when University of Mary Washington students use lessons they learned in their own courses to lead the sessions.

PHOTOS BY SUZANNE ROSSI FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON interpersonal skills, while feeding their love for being onstage.

“When I’m acting, it makes me feel happy,” said 10-year-old Jillian Elkins, who said she looks up to older sister, UMW theater major and workshop

instructor Jessica Elkins, vice president of the national theater honor fraternity Alpha Psi Omega. “She inspires me to do my best.”

Aleks Dolzenko of Insidenova/North Stafford contributed to this report.

Siblings Daniel Kilmartin, 12, and Emily Kilmatin, 10, work on a theatrical concept introduced at a recent workshop.

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Amazon camp to help build future engineers ong before Arlington and Alexandria welcome the first of 25,000 employees at Amazon’s new HQ2, students in Woodbridge will be getting hands-on training this summer for the jobs of the future, with support from the new Amazon Future Engineer program.

Amazon announced the nationwide program last fall, noting that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million job openings related to computer science and only 400,000 computer science graduates with the right skills to fill the slots, according to a news release. And, despite opportunities for higher salaries, the majority of public elementary and high schools, particularly in less-advantaged communities, do not offer computer science classes.

“Among black and Hispanic students, those who take AP computer science in high school are up to 8 times more likely to take computer science in college; and among women, they are 10 times more likely to do so — yet most high schools

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Students will get a hands-on look at computer coding with scholarships for summer camp programs from Amazon.

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don’t offer these courses,” said Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s retail CEO. “Computer science skills are some of the most in-demand in the modern economy, and we have created Amazon Future Engineer because we believe young people from all backgrounds should have help, from childhood to career, so they can have a future in this highly paid, rapidly growing field.”

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eral efforts to inspire kids to explore computer science, including coding camps, online lessons, Amazon-funded AP courses and student scholarships.

Amazon Future Engineer is funding camp scholarships this summer at NVCC Woodbridge through a partnership with Code.org and Coding with Kids.

Designed by experts, these camps will let underprivileged students discover

the potential of coding in an interactive, hands-on way. Children and young people who participate in these activities are more likely to say they like computer science and have confidence in their computer science abilities, according to the release.

Students and parents can apply for summer camp scholarships, and those looking to sponsor students can make donations at codingwithkids.org/amazon.

“This program from Amazon will play an important role in helping make computer science education — and high paying jobs — a reality for female and underrepresented, minority students,” said Hadi Partovi, Code.org founder and CEO. “Computer science education and skills have become essential across all industries today. It’s critical that students from all backgrounds have access to the classes that set them up to succeed and the resources to continue their studies.”

Weekly summer programs, available from July 8-Aug. 2 at NVCC Woodbridge, 2645 College Drive, include “Little Coders,” “Minecraft Modding,” “Scratch Game Development,” “Roblox: Code and Publish Games,” “Robotics for Little Coders” and “Python Game Development.”

Camps are also available at Amazon’s Herndon campus at 13200 Woodland Park Road.

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State offers three-week lessons in environmental stewardship f a student is looking for an opportunity outside of the traditional summer camp, the Virginia State Parks system is taking applications for the 2019 Youth Conservation Corps program.

The three-week program lets teens ages 14-17 live in a state park while performing restoration and construction projects.

Work generally takes place in the daytime, with environmental education and adventure opportunities in the evenings and weekends.

“Participants work hard, sometimes in difficult conditions, including deep mud, heat and mosquitoes, and flies,” according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation website.

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Puzzles & Horoscopes Need to double check? Find the answers on page 14 CROSSWORD THEME: THE OSCARS ACROSS

HOROSCOPES ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) The Moon’s return to a fun, playful, romantic and creatively charged part of your chart today is an outlier, in that there is no planetary activity here, yet this is more than just an ordinary visit.

Playful and romantically charged lunar vibes should have to fight for your attention, especially with busy developments on the professional front and other areas of your life.

TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) There could be some competition for your attention, but a lack of urgency allows you to focus on what you need to. As Venus and Saturn align in an adventurous part of your chart, this gives your bucket list or a desire for adventure, travel, learning and discovery some serious backing.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Chiron’s departure from your career sector and the Sun’s preparation for his departure from an adventurous part of your chart. While they don’t appear to have much in common, it is the Sun’s return to your career sector that will take over from where Chiron leaves off. This allows you to focus on the professional housekeeping that will clear the way for the Sun’s return.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) There is a lot of different forces all vying for your attention. Fortunately, there is no competition or tension as a result. They are far enough apart not to avoid getting in each other’s way.

This allows the Sun to keep the solar spotlight on your financial situation and money matters, while the Moon creates the potential for unexpected developments across the income, work and career fronts.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) There’s a real opportunity to gain a deeper and more authentic look at both your own and your relationship needs. During the Sun’s time in your relationship sector, the solar spotlight is on your relationships, with the aim being to give you an authentic new starting point. Four weeks ago the Sun and Moon clashed. This time they won’t and without the fog of war, both your personal and relationship needs are clearer to see.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Look beyond simply having the solar spotlight on your work situation, job matters and options, looking at where and how you are investing your time across the board. This is also a chance to take an objective look at your health needs, especially when it comes to balancing life’s demands and your body’s need for time to repair and to recharge itself.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) As the Moon leaves your career sector, this

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wraps up a visit that has two very different implications, both of them equally important. On the one hand, this will ensure your professional instincts and imagination are fuelled ahead of the Sun’s return to your work sector. The Moon also ruffled some feathers on the home front, bringing some blunt work/life balance reminders. Yet with life about to become a lot busier, the timing couldn’t be better.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) There are some shifts and changes between playful and busy forces that not only make a balance between work and play important but suggest there is a slide towards busier times.

The Moon leaves an adventurous part of your chart and returns to your career sector, but Chiron returns to your work sector. This does kick off an auspicious and potentially serendipitous few days across the income, work and career fronts, but there is no danger of life becoming all work and no play.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Venus and Saturn align in your income sector, for just the second time in three decades. Mars has returned to fire things up on the job front, just as it becomes clear that on the income front, you have the power to move mountains if you have to. This means that playful and adventurous forces don’t need to be pushed aside.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Venus has returned to give your heart a voice and she aligns with the force that gives you the power to move mountains if you have to. Venus has no impulse control, wants what she sees and wants it now. Saturn has determination and tenacity, allowing you to capture what your heart is telling you and turn it into a goal that you can work towards. If you want something, you are unlikely to give up on it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) With Venus still days away from even returning to Aquarius, your heart hasn’t even begun to look at what you want from this new solar year.

This is giving you time to explore your options, with the Sun’s last full day in Aquarius a chance to get an authentic sense of your personal truth moving forward.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) That Chiron should leave Pisces during this time of your old solar year couldn’t be more perfect. With your birthday month and new solar year, this is a chance to bring both your old solar year to a close and a chapter that has kept you linked to the past. This is a day for closing old doors, at a time when new doors are already opening.

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