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The voice of ‘North Nation’ bids farewell

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tudents and teachers are poised to rally against gun violence at a national school walkout set for March 14.

Across the nation, students are planning to attend school that day and walk out in response to the mass shooting that took place at a school in Parkland, Florida. The Women’s March Youth EMPOWER initiated the event.

According to the national plan, students will walk out at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes in remembrance of the 17 lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where gunman Nikolas Cruz, an expelled student, returned and gunned down students and staff.

The walkout is set to take place exactly a month after the mass shooting that took place on Valentine’s Day. Survivors of the Parkland shooting have also planned a March 24 protest in Washington, D.C., that caught the attention of multiple celebrities. There will also be sister marches taking place around the country.

Another publicized national walkout is set for 10 a.m. April 20, marking the 19th anniversary of a mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. However, a Facebook movement, “No Kids Left,” has also made the rounds encouraging parents to keep their children out of schools that day to simulate the extreme outcome of having no children left in schools if communities continue to just offer thoughts

Randy Fillmore is retiring as North Stafford’s event announcer. He has held that position since the fall of 1999 and is known as the voice of ‘North Nation.’

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hether he was calling a bingo fundraiser for the North Stafford athletic boosters, praising the marching band at a regional competition or simply exulting in a call of “Touchdown, North Stafford!” during the fall, Randy Fillmore was the voice of “North Nation,” serving as public address announcer for the school since 1999.

Unfortunately for the Wolverines, Fillmore has called his last athletic event, and will call the numbers for a final bingo fundraiser March 16.

He will go quietly into retirement by moving with his wife, Barbara, to Melbourne, Florida, shortly after his May 31 retirement from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, where he worked for 15 years.

Events at North Stafford will not

be quite the same without Fillmore, who brought the quest for excellence he gained from stints in television and voice-over production for the American Forces Radio and television networks in Japan, and with a couple commercial radio stations in Omaha, Nebraska from 1978-1982, to the press box or microphone at every event he announced.

Fillmore became emotional during a phone interview when he recounted the reception he received following his final athletic event, the Wolverines’ boys basketball loss to Harrisonburg in the regional semifinals Feb. 23.

“It was absolutely not about me,” Fillmore said, his voice breaking.

“I asked the crowd to congratulate both teams on a well-played game and thanked them for coming, and that was it.”

But Fillmore said the emotional part came when several familiar faces in the crowd offered congratula-

tions and bid him farewell, moments before a few of the fans from Harrisonburg came over to speak with him.

“They said, ‘You’re leaving?’” Fillmore recalled. “When I told them yes, they said to me, ‘You are one of the best we’ve heard do this’ and added that they enjoyed the fact that I never berate the opposition or get too excited for your team, though I always do get a bit more excited for North.”

It is that level of professionalism that will leave a huge void on Fillmore’s retirement. Ironically, Fillmore’s start happened because of a glaring lack of professionalism, he said.

Back in 1999, Fillmore was a band parent when his son, Chris, was a drummer that year. When the family attended the first North Stafford football game that fall, Fillmore said FAREWELL

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North Stafford Scout receives Eagle rank A Stafford County Troop 63 Boy Scout received his Eagle Scout rank at a ceremony Feb. 17 at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School.

Jeremy Jones, a junior at Brooke Point High School, completed his Eagle Scout project Nov. 5 and his Eagle Board of Review Dec. 17, according to a news release.

Jones was joined by Scouts from Troops 63 and Troop 87 in Belgrade, North Carolina, where he previously lived. During his speech, Jones thanked his mentors from both troops who helped him in his Scouting career. He also thanked his parents, Johnnie and Anissa Jones, “for all their help and support through this journey in Scouting.”

For his Eagle Scout project, Jones and his volunteers revamped Prince William County’s 18-hole miniature golf course at Locust Shade Park. Volunteers spent two days painting handrails, obstacles and hazards; cleaning up leaves and debris; planting new greenery; and mulching around the course.

Jones received an Eagle Charge and Challenge from Alex Stump, a fellow Eagle Scout in Troop 63. The Eagle Challenge Stump read said, “As an Eagle Scout, you will be a champion to other Scouts and be an example to your community. Remember, your actions will be more conspicuous. People will expect

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Jones is the 25th Eagle Scout in Troop 63. The troop is made up of Scouts from multiple high schools and middle schools in Stafford and meets Wednesdays at 7:15 p.m. at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School.

During the ceremony, Jones received a flag from his father, a Marine, that was flown in Afghanistan and Quantico Marine Corps base, where he is stationed.

Brooke Point High memorial updated for Eagle project “Peace, Tolerance and Healing” was the theme of Brooke Point’s class of 2004 when they dedicated a memorial, in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Michael Hatfield, a Scout in Troop 142 and a junior at Brooke Point High School, believes that this motto is relevant to the needs of his peers today. As a result, NJROTC’s Michael Tucci suggested Hatfield’s Boy Scout Eagle project should be updating and refurbishing an existing memorial that also commemorates Brooke Point veterans, according to a news release.

Hatfield’s older sister, Shari Hatfield, was part of Brooke Point’s 2004 class that originally dedicated the memorial. Another sister, Michelle Hatfield, was a freshman at the time and remembers the event vividly.

A third sister, Carla Hatfield, class of 2016, is a member of Army ROTC at the University of Idaho.

Hatfield accepted the challenge, but it would take almost two years to realize the dream. He had help from numerous volunteers and donations from area businesses to refurbish the memorial. It is lo-

cated at the entrance of Brooke Point High School campus and is visible from Courthouse Road.

Hatfield’s design incorporates U.S. Navy and Boy Scout themes into the Eagle Project. The path to the garden is made of river rock, with wooden side timbers to the central tree in an octagon. This symbolizes the sacrifice people have made for our country and reinforces the message of Peace, Tolerance and Healing. Benches invite visitors to sit, ponder and relax. Trees, each commemorating specific individuals who have

served, died and were part of the Brooke Point family, surround the memorial and are framed by black mulch.

“We had adults and kids in the community from different backgrounds and skill sets,” says Hatfield. “I modified some of my vision on the day we built it so it was also handy to have a professional carpenter, Andy Taylor assisting.”

Hatfield has been a member of Troop 142 since 2012 and is the troop quartermaster and webmaster. His Eagle award will be presented this spring.

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Clustered development debate not over The exact wording of the ordiThere were dire warnings. nance states: “…that it is to enThere were signs, about 10 of courage housing developments them in a row at our nearby that concentrate the location intersection, saying that Stafof dwellings in specific areas ford was planning to repeal its on a site to allow the remainclustering ordinance; and that ing land, designated as open if they did, my property values space land, to be preserved for were going to drop. I never did DAVID KERR park or recreation purposes, figure out who put them up, but conservation of land or other natural there were a lot of them. resources, historic or scenic purposes, The problem is that while the matter assisting in the shaping off the characdid reach the planning commission, and ter, direction and timing of community was hotly debated, I found relatively few development…” “average folks” who knew what it was all That’s a lovely thought, and it conjures about. up the image of sitting on a log, fishing The clustering ordinance, which was pole in hand, next to a stream on a warm approved years ago at the direction spring day. That’s probably what the of the General Assembly, made sense authors had in mind, but that’s not quite enough. What it tries to do is allow the way it’s worked out. And that’s why clustered development on large tracts some people wanted to repeal it. of rural land so that more buildable The intent of the ordinance is that land land can be set aside as open space. that might have otherwise been built on Land that can be developed with say is instead preserved as open or natural one house per 3-acre lot can now be developed as perhaps, one house per 1.5 space. That’s because building on the tract is clustered. acres. The only caveat is that some of Sounds good, but there have been the land that would have been built on several cases where land that is identified is aside as open space.

Unfortunately, and this seems to be the as “open space,” in other words set aside buildable land, isn’t buildable at all. And real problem, the ordinance is short on it’s these kinds of off-the-wall interpretadefinitions and leaves far too much for interpretation. Which means it’s difficult tions that are causing problems. This has included land that is topographically to enforce. This has meant that impleunsuitable for building, wetlands and menting this ordinance has been poor to uneven, at best. It sounds good, but some there was even a proposal to classify a community drain field as open space. in the development community have Probably the biggest problem with the stretched the meaning of the term “open current ordinance is that it has a lot of space” to the extreme.

Government is supposed to solve our problems otherwise would have had bigger lots, It seems to me…the issue of more extensive utilities, more road cluster homebuilding is just like and less open space. Clustering most other controversies today. does sound like a good plan. The Some folks want it badly and builders’ and developers’ posiothers oppose it strongly. And, tion is that less land is used in like other things going on in cluster development because the the good old USA, folks have minimum housing lot is reduced drawn the proverbial lines in the HARVEY GOLD from 3 acres to 1.5 acres on desigsand on this cluster issue. nated agricultural land, but they Builders want it and say the must preserve 50 percent of the property. repeal recommended by the Stafford The problem is some builders or developPlanning Commission on a 5-2 vote is ers, to qualify under the cluster regulation, illegal. They want to sit down and talk appear to be claiming land as “open space” before the Board of Supervisors can that they won’t build on, when the land is, make the final decision. The builders’ in fact, “unbuildable space.” position that it is illegal is based on the For example some have claimed as “unstate law that allows it. But the Board of buildable,” wetlands, power line easements Supervisors, recognizing that the way and retention ponds as the green or open some builders were developing cluster space they are saving, which is not buildable developments, did not appear to be opgreen or open space as was intended by the erating within the concept on which the state law. Some also may be using scattered state law was based. It seems the board was not opposed to the concept of cluster pieces of land to piece together land they developments; it is the way some builders say they are saving to reach the proper ratio of cluster to land saved. It is because of this are using it that caused them heartburn. that the Planning Commission voted to The concept of cluster development is to recommend to supervisors that the county build more homes in a smaller area while review the existing ordinance and develop a preserving more “green or open” space that

holes in it. There are not enough definitions and there is not enough guidance as to what should or should not be open space.

The folks who wanted to repeal this legislation were on the right track. The clustering ordinance is broken and it’s being exploited to the detriment of the community.

Oh, by the way, we have a lot of these big agricultural-use areas in Stafford that are ideal for clustering, so it’s not like this is some sort of esoteric concern. Or something that we can put off. It’s very much in the here and now.

The proposed repeal of the ordinance came before the planning commission last week and failed by a vote of 5-2. But the issue isn’t dead. Not by any means.

Sure, the development community is happy with the status quo, but there are way too many holes in the current statute. It needs to be fixed. The repeal would have been a good way to go, but only if there had been something to take its place.

A tighter ordinance, with much clearer definitions and terms would make a world of difference.

The sooner work begins on fixing the “clustering ordinance” and offering tighter enforcement, the better. We really don’t have that much time.

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. replacement that would prevent the current problems.

To do this, the county would repeal the current ordinance while developing a new one. If this happens, builders and developers would not be able to build new cluster developments until the new ordinance is adopted.

And the new ordinance would change some of the ways cluster developments are being built. This is more reason the building community doesn’t like the possibility of repeal. So they have drawn the line in the sand and have gone all out by putting ads in newspapers, buying radio time and sending mailings to stop the repeal.

The folks in favor of the repeal, while citing the need for narrowing the definition of open or green space, also appear to want to limit where cluster developments can be built.

So, as I said earlier, this is like most other controversies today. Neither side brings a solution to the table. Both sides bring their arguments to support their positions and a stick to draw a line in the sand.

It’s another “either my way or the highway” situation, and so the two sides argued until close to midnight at the Planning Commission meeting without a resolution.

Now, I don’t claim to be smarter than the builders or their opponents, or certainly not the Planning GOLD Commissioners. But, in my PAGE 6 humble opinion, I think it

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would have made a lot more sense that, since January when the supervisors raised their concern about the ordinance, the commissioners and the planning department could have developed some draft language to have something to discuss instead of bringing about a clash between the two sides.

I also think the builders need to recognize that there are “loopholes” that need to be closed so the spirit of the law, the purpose of the ordinance is fulfilled. They too could have brought some ideas, if not wording, to the Planning Commission when they were alerted in January when the supervisors raised their concern.

The supervisors also could have prevented this line in the sand, this argumentative, divisive, non-productive meeting from taking place. Instead, perhaps…just perhaps, the folks could have discussed some new wording and definitions instead of taking sides of one against the other. Yessiree… just like other controversies from the federal level on down, we let controversy and lines in the sand be drawn and then try to find a workable solution, instead of coming up with a proposal for a workable solution and avoiding a controversy and all those lines in the sand that we trip over.

I may be wrong but I seem to remember that what I learned in Civics 101 was that government was supposed to solve problems not create them. But that was a long time ago before tweets and twitters, and things in our government that go bump in the night.

Harvey Gold is a contributing writer at InsideNoVa/North Stafford. Reach him at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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She was elected an officer in December 2014, managing GIA centers in Buffalo, N.Y., Stafford and Virginia Beach, and leading GIA partner relations. With her recent promotion, she now oversees GIA’s digital platform.

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SNELLINGS TO HOST TOWN HALL Stafford County Supervisor Gary Snellings, Hartwood District, will host a town hall meeting on Monday, March 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Gayle Middle School, 100 Panther Drive in Stafford. Vice Chairman Snellings and county staff will attend.

The Rappahannock Regional Landfill is suspending charges for storm debris until March 12. County residents should bring their storm debris to the landfill at 489 Eskimo Hill Road, where they are better equipped to manage this material.

The landfill is open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CAREER FAIR SET FOR BRAGG HILL CENTER A college and career fair will be held at 10 a.m. March 17 at the Bragg Hill Family Life Center, 400 Bragg Hill Drive, Fredericksburg.

The fair will have representatives from colleges, universities and trade schools.

There will be raffles and other giveaways.

For more, call 540-371-3662.

HISTORY TOUR FOCUSES ON COL. MOSBY The Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail will host a Col. Mosby Sites Walking Tour at 12:30 p.m. Match 17.

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TO THE EDITOR Employees get mid-year $1,000 bonus

After retiring from the Marine Corps, my wife and I started Stafford Bounce n Play, a small business that provides inflatables for events at homes, facilities, and city, county, and regional parks. I feel so lucky to be able to supply so much joy to the families and people of Virginia through my business. I also feel fortunate to live in the commonwealth where our U.S. Representatives—Rob Wittman, Barbara Comstock, Dave Brat and others—had the guts and foresight to vote for pro-growth tax reform last year, which will hugely benefit my business.

By working to pass tax reform, these representatives helped my wife and me to make positive steps in both our business and in our relationships with our employees. Stafford Bounce n Play strives to be the best we can be, ensuring that our employees feel valued and appreciated day-in and day-out.

Thanks to the tax savings the new plan provided, we were able to do so by distributing a $1,000 mid-year bonus to each of the hardworking people who work for us. This kind of investment in our employees—and in-turn our community—is the kind of action that Virginia and America needs for long-term prosperity. We expect to see growth this year because of our U.S. representatives’ efforts.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING – Regional Transportation Plan 2045 Help steer your region’s transportation system for the next 20 – 30 years. The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) invites you to help us develop a Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). Learn about key initiatives to improve transportation and share your thoughts on options for highways, transit, bicycles, pedestrians and more. The public comment period begins on March 13, 2018 and ends on April 11, 2018.

Review the Plan: The Draft 2045 LRTP Plan is available for review at all regional libraries, regional transportation planning offices, the GWRC/FAMPO office, and online at www.fampo.gwregion.org.

Attend the Meeting: A public information meeting will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the GWRC/FAMPO office located on 406 Princess Anne Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The meeting will begin at 6:00. A brief presentation will be made at the beginning of the meeting.

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Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. Persons who require special accommodations under the American with Disabilities Act or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact the GWRC/FAMPO at 540-373-2890 or fampo@gwregion.org at least four days prior to the meeting. If hearing impaired, telephone 1-800-273-7545 (TDD).

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DATA DUMP

A beginner’s guide to artificial intelligence Editor’s note: Data Dump is a tech column that will appear monthly in InsideNoVa. The author, John Barker, is the COO of Attollo Systems in Culpeper. His analysis of the tech industry provides insight into what to expect as you traverse the World Wide Web. He has been a contributing writer at the Culpeper Times for more than a year.

If I asked you to describe the first thing that pops into JOHN BARKER your head when you hear artificial intelligence (A.I.), what would it be?

Do you imagine a world where machines take over the planet like Skynet in “The Terminator” movie series? Or maybe something simpler, such as when you use your phone to ask Siri or your Echo speaker to ask Alexa, “What will the weather be like today?”

Regardless of what first pops into your head, most of you probably imagine a world where a machine both thinks and acts like a human autonomously. In reality, A.I. is a computing device that can mimic human thought and decisionmaking ability. The device can perceive its own environment and act on its own to reach the goal.

The field of A.I. has been around since 1956. A Dartmouth College research project conducted during 1950s described A.I. as human intelligence “so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it.”

There is an extensive list of A.I. research that includes reasoning, knowledge, planning, learning and perception. A.I. also applies principles from statistics, probability, economics, mathematics, psychology and neuroscience.

A.I., in its simplest form, is gathering data points, recognizing a pattern, then acting on the pattern to achieve the desired result. If you are on Facebook, you already see the results of this within the ads on your news feed. Facebook has so many data points on you and your interests that when a company purchases an advertisement, Facebook knows who to show the ad to.

Then, as the ad is shown over a period of time, Facebook will fine tune the audience to similar types of people who will also find the ad relevant. Afterward, if the company chooses to run another ad,

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it can select what is called a “lookalike audience.” Lookalike audiences are new people who share similar traits (data points) as existing customers.

Cybersecurity is going through a renaissance with advances in A.I. Cloudhosted security programs can detect irregular patterns in data traffic that represent a variety of new types of viruses or intrusions relatively on the fly.

Within a couple of hours, a new zero-day virus will be automatically stopped in its tracks from spreading, protecting the rest of the computer network from infection as the security system is continually learning. Stopping a new threat like this used to take days to resolve, if not longer, was very labor intensive, and that’s if it was detected in the first place.

The biggest change we will see in our day-to-day life in the next couple of years will be self-driving cars. Autonomous vehicles have been getting a lot of attention with leaps in technology by Google, Tesla and Uber. Believe it or not, this is a field that has been running experiments

since the 1920s. Virginia and Washington, D.C., have allowed autonomous car testing on public roads since 2015.

The A.I. involved for driverless vehicles includes sensors to detect the vehicle’s environment, tracking other objects around the vehicle, GPS positioning and even visual object recognition.

The computer in the car must interpret all those data points and continually make its own decisions to get from point A to point B, while monitoring other traffic around them, other unexpected obstacles, such as a pedestrian or a child running into the street after a ball, and follow the general rules of the road.

As computing power increases, the advances in artificial intelligence will continue to make huge strides. Honestly, who wouldn’t prefer to sleep on their commute to work in the morning or stream a show that Netflix A.I. recommends to you, rather than fighting road rage-inducing traffic anymore?

Bring it on!

John Barker can be reached at info@insidenova.com.

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Morton has high goals in track and in class DAVID DRIVER » BY For Insidenova

Meshala Morton, a senior at Hampton University, admits she aims high with her goals.

And that includes what she does as a senior sprinter in track and in the classroom.

In the past, Morton--a graduate of Mountain View High School--had dreams of competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in 2020.

But that appears to be on the back burner in lieu of her plans after graduation this spring at Hampton, a Division I member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

Morton is majoring in kinesiology with a minor in psychology and wants to be a psychologist for athletes.

“It depends on how this outdoor season goes and depends on where I will be for grad school. I always set my bar a little higher than I should. I have not met my goals for this year,” she said.

Morton is on track to graduate later this semester.

“I plan to continue to get my master’s, and after that I want to get my doctorate,” she said. “I am still waiting on a confirmation letter. I am waiting on my No. 1 choice. I am hoping for Boston University. They have a dual program for business and sports psychology. Eventually I want to have my own practice.”

Morton competed last month at the MEAC indoor track and field championship at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland, just east of the nation’s capital.

The Pirates took fourth as a team in the meet as North Carolina A & T won with 163.5 points, followed by BethuneCookman with 104 and Florida A & M with 96.5.

Morton took third in the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.48. Hampton took part of the weekend of March 2-3 at the ECAC Championships.

“Meshala has been an angel. She is just a model student-athlete,” said Maurice Pierce, the director of track and field at Hampton. “She is my team captain and she is my go-to student. We will be sad when she leaves. She has had highs and lows on the track. She came into a great situation here. She learned from some of the older sprinters. She got hurt at the outdoor MEAC meet last year in the 100 with a hip flexor. But she leaves here as one of our best short sprinters.”

“I eat healthy; I am always in the training room making sure my body is in tiptop shape. For me it is more motivating.

When I race, everything is good,” said Morton, sitting in the stands in Landover during the MEAC meet.

She was third team all-MEAC in the 4 x 100-meter relay during the 2015 outdoor season and an ECAC qualifier in the

ber of the Norfolk State women’s program and a North Stafford High School grad.

Both students attend the same church: Mt. Zion Baptist in Dumfries.

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WASHINGTON WITH IOWA STATE Stafford resident Nia Washington came off the bench in 23 of the first 29 games for Iowa State in women’s basketball and averaged 7.3 minutes and 1.1 points per game. The sophomore guard played at Colonial Forge High before transferring to Riverdale Baptist in Maryland for her senior year.

Iowa State played March 2 in the Big 12 tournament against Texas Tech. The Cyclones were 13-16 in regular-season play this season.

100-meter and 200-meter dash.

Morton also qualified during the 201415 indoor season in the 60-meter and 200-meter dash for the ECAC event.

At Mountain View she took part in track and field all four years and won the state title in the 55-meter dash, 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash as a senior. As a freshman she won district and regional titles in the 55-meter dash and won district titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes.

Morton is the daughter of Emma and Kenneth Morton and has two siblings.

Another Stafford resident in the MEAC meet was freshman Malika Pride, a mem-

BURGESS WITH SHEPHERD BASKETBALL Junior forward Winston Burgess (Colonial Forge High School) of Division II Shepherd had 10 points and seven rebounds on Feb. 24 in a 79-76 loss at home on Senior Day to Fairmont State, which lost in the national Division II title game in 2017.

The Rams dropped to 16-12 overall and 12-10 in the Mountain East Conference.

Shepherd was the fourth seed in the MEC tournament and played Friday in Charleston, West Virginia.

David Driver can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

Meshala Morton, a senior sprinter for the women’s track and field team at Hampton University, was third in the 60-meter dash at the MEAC indoor meet in February in Landover, Maryland.

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he was struck by how poor the public address announcing was.

“I’m not one to bad-mouth anyone, but the announcer was horrible,” Fillmore said. “It was like fingernails on a blackboard. At the end of the game, the fellow said, ‘If anyone here thinks they can do better, contact the activities director.’”

So Fillmore did just that the next day.

Fillmore said that given his broadcasting experience and ability to command attention, he knew he could easily do better.

“I didn’t even know who the activities director was, but I told him about my experience and he said I could do it. The rest is history,” Fillmore said.”

Early in his broadcast career, Fillmore

said he received some advice from a mentor that he never forgot and has used while at North Stafford.

“He told me that as a broadcaster my job was first to give information, then education, and then entertainment,” Fillmore said. “I’ve always approached this through that lens. This isn’t a comedy channel or YouTube.”

So Fillmore said he often checked the school’s website to find tidbits about events or information that parents may not have been aware of in order to intersperse throughout his commentary at events. From giving the crowd a rundown of items in the concession stand, to selling tickets to the band’s pancake breakfast fundraiser, to asking them to wish former football and basketball coach and current driver’s education instructor John Barchk

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a happy birthday, Fillmore made every event an occasion for fans.

“Barchk must celebrate 15 birthdays a year because I would usually have fun by telling the crowd to wish him a happy birthday whenever they saw him, regardless of season,” Fillmore quipped.

Fillmore has announced football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, and even a couple swim meets, along with the band and booster events through the years. When asked to name his most enjoyable moment, Fillmore did so without hesitation.

“Doing this is fun, no question, but without a doubt, the highlight for me, regardless of sport or event, was senior night. To be a small part of something for those kids and their families who are at the pinnacle of their high school careers, and for many of them, the last event of their athletic [or extra-curricular] lives, is definitely special and rewarding.”

Fillmore said he felt it was time to retire from his role at North Stafford after calling nearly 1,300 events after he accepted a buyout from his employer.

“Activities director Ben Stutler is leaving North Stafford at the end of the year and I thought this gave him a chance to get some new people in before the new athletic director takes over,” Fillmore said.

“My wife has some family in a quiet community in Melbourne and we have some connections down there, so it will be nice [to live a less hectic life].”

Fillmore reflected that soccer was the easiest sport to call, lacrosse the most difficult at first, and football the most laborintensive.

“Football was a production,” Fillmore said. “I would always arrive at 5 [for a 7 p.m. game] because I would have to check the sound. You have to cue the team about when to run on the field, cue the ROTC color guard, play the fight song, cue the WALKOUT

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and prayers without doing anything else about gun violence.

Some administrators and faculty across the nation are supportive of the national walkout, while others have pre-emptively threatened students with punishment if they choose to walk out.

At Colonial Forge High School, senior Wesley Wallace helped organize his school’s walkout, which he said was with the support of the administration and a student assembly. He expects about 200 students to participate.

Wesley told InsideNoVa that those students want to use their voices to speak out about gun control and gun violence in schools.

According to a student-led event posting on action.org, the Colonial Forge students plan to hold their rally from 7:40 to 7:57 a.m. to protest congressional inaction regarding gun violence in schools, communities, homes and places of worship.

The event plan states: “Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school. Parents have the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day. We are not safe at school. We are not safe in our cities and towns. Congress must take meaningful action to keep us safe and pass federal gun

Randy Fillmore’s wife Barbara Fillmore, Randy Fillmore and Dan Hornick, principal at North Stafford High School, stand in front of a banner inside North Stafford’s gym honoring Fillmore’s contributions.

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band about when to play the national anthem, things like that. But it was fun to think about making it an experience for fans. I mean telling the cheerleaders how many pushups to do [following a North Stafford score] and interacting with the crowd…that was a great time.”

The Friday night memories have shaped Fillmore’s family and marriage. His wife played gatekeeper in the press box to ensure unauthorized persons were not admitted, but Fillmore said what stands out to him was the private time his wife and he had before games.

“The first football game I ever did, I ordered Chinese food from a little restaurant near the school,” Fillmore said. “So I promised my wife dinner and a game every Friday night. It has become a tradition to have Chinese food together in the press box before every North home game. That is something I will miss.” reform legislation that addresses the public health crisis of gun violence. We want Congress to pay attention and take note: many of us will vote this November and many others will join in 2020. Join us in saying #ENOUGH!” Sherrie Johnson, director of strategic communication & community engagement at the school division, did not respond to an inquiry from InsideNoVa about whether or not the schools system would support students walking out.

On Feb. 27, Andy Hayes, president of the Stafford Education Association, told the Stafford County School Board that teachers were asking for direction regarding the planned walkout. Hayes told the board he hoped to encourage the students’ freedom of speech and back their efforts to eliminate violence in schools.

Parents on Facebook community sites in Stafford also discussed the issue.

Many said they fully support their students speaking out and walking out, while a few questioned the activity, stating that giving up a day of education isn’t necessary. Others suggested alternatives, such as honoring the victims with 17 good deeds or staying in school but holding a moment of silence. Many who posted on the sites debated what should be done overall to curb school gun violence and to what degree gun availability, school security and mental health issues are to blame.

A few said they worried about students’ safety at the actual rallies.

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MARCH 16

St. Patrick’s Day Party March 16; 10 a.m.

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Sensory-Friendly Egg Hunt March 17; 1:15 p.m. (ages 3-5), 2 p.m. (ages 6-9), 2:45 p.m. (ages 10-12) Rowser Building, Stafford $3 residents/$5 non-residents staffordparks.com St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival March 17, noon to 4 p.m.

A. Smith Bowman Distillery 1 Bowman Drive, Fredericksburg Spring Home & Flower Show March 17; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center fredericksburgspringhomeshow.com Fredericksburg Parent & Family’s Summer-Camp Fair March 17; noon to 4 p.m.

Spotsylvania Towne Center 137 Spotsylvania Mall, Fredericksburg UMW Philharmonic Orchestra March 17; 7:30 p.m.

Dodd Auditorium; University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg umw.edu

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Eggsplosion March 24; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Curtis Park, Stafford Ages 10 and under; $10 pre-register/$12 at gate staffordparks.com

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Beeping Egg Hunt March 25, 2 to 4 p.m.

Gari Melchers Home & Studio, Falmouth Free with RSVP by March 23 For visually-impaired children Easter Egg Hunt March 25; 1 p.m.

1221 Washington Drive, Aquia Harbour Free admission Easter Extravaganza March 25; noon to 3 p.m.

FunLand, Central Park 1351 Central Park Blvd., Fredericksburg

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Preschool Egg Hunt March 26; 10 a.m.

Rower Building, Stafford $5 residents/$10 non-residents staffordparks.com

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Easter Bunny Lunch March 30; 10:30 a.m. to noon Roster Building, Stafford Ages 5 and under

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Legal Notices TRUSTEE'S SALE OF Parcel 1 (3.9651 acres) and Parcel 2 (4.7391 acres) as shown on the Plat of Subdivision, Section One, Port Aquia Commercial, Stafford County, Virginia Tax Map I.D. Numbers: 21U-1-1 and 21U-1-2 In execution of Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Filing from Rock Springs Foundation, a/k/a The Rock Springs Foundation, recorded May 17, 2017, as Instrument Number 170008553 (“Deed of Trust”), in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court, County of Stafford, Virginia (“Clerk’s Office”); the Sole Acting Substitute Trustee, having been appointed Substitute Trustee by Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated October 20, 2017, recorded in the Clerk’s Office on December 7, 2017 and by Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated December 6, 2017, to be recorded in the Clerk’s Office, will offer for sale at public auction, the real estate briefly described as Parcel 1 (3.9651 acres) and Parcel 2 (4.7391 acres) as shown on the Plat of Subdivision, Section One, Port Aquia Commercial, Stafford County, Virginia, recorded with the Stafford County, Virginia Circuit Court in Plat Book 40, Pages 196 and 197 and which is more particularly described in the Deed of Trust. The sale will be conducted at the front entrance of the building which houses the Circuit Court of the County of Stafford, Virginia, located at 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, Virginia 22555 on March 23, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

TERMS: Cash.

Successful bidder's deposit of 10% of the final amount bid will be required, with balance of sale price to be paid within 30 days. The successful bidder's deposit MUST be paid by CASH, CASHIER'S OR CERTIFIED CHECK at the foreclosure sale. The real estate will be sold "AS IS." The real estate will be conveyed by SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED, subject to all rights, reservations, leases, covenants, conditions, easements and restrictions superior to the Deed of Trust as they may lawfully affect the real estate. The purchaser will be required to pay all closing costs except the grantor's recording tax.

Real estate taxes will be prorated as of the date of sale. Risk of loss to the real estate will pass to the successful bidder upon acceptance of the bid by the Trustee. Additional terms may be announced at the sale. This is a communication from a debt collector and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Time is of the essence with respect to all dates and times.

HAMILL D. JONES, JR., Sole Acting Substitute Trustee For Information Contact: Hamill D. Jones, Jr., Sole Acting Substitute Trustee.

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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 512 Clint Lane Fredericksburg, VA 22405

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The project is immediately east of the interchange, located along the existing Route 630 (Courthouse Road) in Stafford County.

Review the project information and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document in the form of an Environmental Re-evaluation Documentation at VDOT’s Fredericksburg District located at 87 Deacon Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405. Call 540899-4288 or TDD/TTY 711 to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.

If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to Mr. Bill Arel, Project Manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 87 Deacon Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405 on or prior to March 16, 2018. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of date, time, and place of the hearing will be posted.

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In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $155,900.00, dated May 24, 2010, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on May 24, 2010, as Instrument Number 100007612, 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 April 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 95, Section 4, Charlestown Commons, as more particularly shown and described on that certain plat made

by Marsh & Legge Land Surveyors, P.L.C., dated July 9, 1988 and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Stafford County, Virginia, in Plat Book 32, at Pages 59-60. Tax ID: 54FF-4-95.

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 the form of a certified or cashier’s check. Cash will not 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. (Trust-

ee # 538653) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Orlans PC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. orlans.com Towne #: 5000.0871 3/2 & 3/9/18 TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 17 Little Rocky Run Lane Stafford, VA 22554 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $360,000.00, dated June 2, 2004, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on June 4, 2004, as Instrument Number 040020864, 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 April 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: LOT 13R, COBBLESTONE, AS THE SAME IS SHOWN ON BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT SURVEY PREPARED BY ROBEY SURVEYS, INC., DATED DECEMBER 4, 1994, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 27 AT PAGE 19, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Tax ID: 30 N 13.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $12,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. Cash will

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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. (Trustee # 575550)

Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Orlans PC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. orlans.com Towne #: 5000.0272 3/2 & 3/9/18

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 27 Cannon Ridge Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22405

In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $308,750.00, dated October 25, 2016, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on October 27, 2016, as Instrument Number 160019967, 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 March 22, 2018 at 10:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above ad-

dress and briefly described as: All that certain lot or parcel of land, together with all improvements thereon and all right and privileges appurtenant thereto, lying and being in Leeland Magisterial District, Stafford County, Virginia, designated as Lot 102, Section Two-A, CANNON RIDGE SUBDIVISION, as shown on plat of subdivision prepared by William W. Webb, Jr., Webb and Associates, dated May 23, 2000 as revised August 1, 2000 and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Stafford County, Virginia, in Plat Book 35 at Pages 248-250. Tax ID: 55P 2A 102.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $12,000.00 or

10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. Cash will not 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. (Trustee # 580973) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Orlans PC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. orlans.com 3/2 & 3/9/18

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