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plan is in motion to negotiate with Mosaic Aquia Capital Realty, which seeks to bring a Harris Teeter anchor store to Aquia Towne Center and help revive the long-struggling plaza. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 5-2 to approve a resolution only to negotiate. Supervisors Meg Bohmke, R-Falmouth, and Wendy Maurer, R-Rock Hill, cast the dissenting votes. Discussion surrounding the negotiation has centered on potentially agreeing to award future incremental tax relief as an incentive to the plaza’s redevelopment. The board will hold a closed-session negotiation with Mosaic, the developer of ATC, to potentially bring the 76,000-square-foot Harris Teeter to the plaza. It will take place between now and Sept. 5 and the public will have chances to address the terms of what’s negotiated, if anything, afterward.
The amount of total incentives now on the table is $16.5 million for a 20year term, as opposed to a previously discussed $18.5 million over a 30-year term. Supevisor Paul Milde, R-Aquia, said, of Harris Teeter: “I think we have an opportunity if this works to bring in a different level of retail services than we’ve seen.” But Bohmke, who did not support the resolution, spoke about the life span of grocery stores changing in today’s world and said that the deal doesn’t make economic sense. She added that she would support honoring the original deal before tax incentives came into play. “The growth in this area is going to be dramatic,” Bohmke said. “Any business that goes here will need to support itself.” Maurer, who also dissented, said that it’s not even worth negotiating, will set an awful precedent and would create competition among all of the grocery stores. Supervisor Laura Sellers, who leads the Garrisonville District, said that
she would like to at least negotiate and that the board owes it to the taxpayers to do so. “It is a blight, right out there off the highway,” she said of the plaza, but noted, “It’s more than just about Harris Teeter. …If you got off the highway and that’s what you saw, what would you think of Stafford County?” Supervisor Jack Cavalier, R-GriffisWidewater, said that he couldn’t care less about Harris Teeter and that’s not what he’s voting for. “I’m voting to revive this shopping center,” he said, adding that the people in his district and neighborhood want this. Earlier in the meeting, about 20 people including a group of grocery store workers from Giant Food and Shoppers Food Warehouse, spoke to the board about the deal. Some pointed out that other grocery stores didn’t receive such a deal, so why should Harris Teeter? One speaker said that the money that would go toward BOARD Harris Teeter could be PAGE 13 used in the county for
olanda Roussell, an 11-year resident of Stafford, is running for supervisor from the Aquia District on the Democratic ticket. Originally from New Orleans, Roussell currently resides in Aquia Harbour and works with special needs students in Fairfax County, she announced in a news release. Roussell earned her B.A. degree in communications from YOLANDA ROUSSELL the University of New Orleans. She worked in marketing for the corporate world and would bring business experience to the board of supervisors, she said. Roussell decided to run when she realized that area residents shared her concerns about the lack of proper planning of new developments in the district, particularly the destruction of Aquia Towne Center, school funding, roads and transportation and housing construction, she said. “We’ve been dealing with worsening traffic along Route 1 and Garrisonville Road. Traffic is backing up into neighborhoods,” she said. “As a member of the board of supervisors, finding a resolution to congestion will be a top priority. Putting a “pause” on construction for new housing will help as we examine how these developments will coordinate with road traffic, schools, parks and rec, public utilities and the like.” Regarding the schools, Roussell believes the board of supervisors needs to work with the school board and provide the needed funding. She says that Stafford schools produce excellent students. “However, excellent teachers and support staff, who are responsible for developing “excellent” students, in concert with bus drivers who are tasked with safely transporting them, are made to believe they are not worthy of excellent pay,” she said. “I am convinced that they are, and I will be an outspoken supporter for them and our schools.” STAFFORD COUNTY SUN
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When Tim Bornholtz, Stan Johnson and John Viarella got together to start brewing their own beer about seven years ago, they didn’t have much in the way of other craft brewers to look up to in Stafford County. At first, they FOR A LOOK AT took the small BREWERIES IN PRINCE step of forming WILLIAM COUNTY, a club for other visit InsideNoVa.com home-brewers to try and drum up interest in craft beer in the county. By 2013, they decided to take matters into their own hands and start their own brewery, setting up Adventure Brewing Company just off U.S. 1 in mid-Stafford. They followed up by acquiring another location in Fredericksburg, and they even still help out their old compatriots with the Stafford Brewers Club. “Adventure really started as three guys who fell in love with brewing beer at home, and deciding to make a living from the hobby,” said Randall Burdett,
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the club’s president. “And we’ve had a great partnership with them ever since... and all this comes as the industry is just exploding up here.” In all, the county has four separate brewery locations, according to Stafford
tourism manager Lisa Logan — the two Adventure locations, HighMark Brewery and the newly opened 6 Bears and a Goat Brewing Company. “We’re seeing this sort of interest in craft beer pop up spontaneously all across
the country, and we’re no exception,” Burdett said. “People want something better than Bud and Bud Light. They hear about these other options, and CRAFT they try it and like it.” PAGE 3 Burdett hopes that
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his small club of about 15 members has played some small role in drumming up that interest in the county by educating people about the possibilities of craft beer. And as breweries of all shapes and sizes starting popping up in nearby counties like Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William, Burdett sees plenty of room for that trend to continue in Stafford. “Craft breweries aren’t limited to just one type of structure, so even though Adventure is in an industrial park, we could start to see some in different, more agricultural settings too,” Burdett said. Everett Lovell, who has owned the Aquia Pines Camp Resort for the last few decades, tried to experiment with just that sort of unique setting for a brewery. He had been selling home-brew supplies for years, but he decided to make the leap and start Wild Run Brewing right on the property in 2014. “We started with just three or four beers on tap, but we expanded to 12 beers on tap and two bottled over the years,” Lovell said. However, Lovell’s new business hit a snag — he managed to run afoul of a handful of county zoning rules, and Stafford officials eventually took Lovell to court when he wouldn’t comply with their requests that he make some changes on the property. Ever since March 1, Lovell’s had to shut down his taps. “I didn’t think they were applying the code correctly,” Lovell said. “And the unprofessionalism of some of the county staff is a major hurdle.” A county spokeswoman didn’t respond to a request for comment on Lovell’s claims, but officials have said previously that Lovell hasn’t gotten the proper permit from the county to continue operating on the site. “We could reopen tomorrow if we wanted, but I’m not about to defy a court order,” Lovell said. “We still have loyal customers come in every day and say, ‘When are going to re-open?’” Lovell remains convinced that craft brewing is a “great hobby,” but he laments that other would-be brewers might not be willing to move to Stafford based on his own experience in the county. By contrast, craft brewers in Prince William and Manassas say the localities
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have done everything they can to help their businesses flourish. So far, those efforts are paying off — according to the county’s marketing agency, Discover Prince William and Manassas, there are now 11 brewery locations open in the county and city combined, and two more on the way. “It’s just become a scene over the past two years because of the sheer number of breweries that have opened up,” said Ann Marie Maher, the agency’s president and CEO, noting that a half dozen of the breweries opened in the last year alone. “It’s really happening organically...You add in the space that we have, the agricultural assets that we have, the available space for businesses and we’re just perfectly slated for growth in this area.” Supervisor Marty Nohe, R-Coles, says the county has tried to make changes around the margins to augment those natural assets. While the board has tried to address some issues specific to craft breweries in recent years, like changing county zoning regulations to let small breweries open in shopping centers, Nohe says the county’s general approach has been to cut back on the red tape that might befuddle any small business. “We’re never going try to pay a craft brewery in Loudoun to shut down and move here,” Nohe said. “Instead, we make our regulations such that every craft brewery that’s making the right moves in terms of business decisions and marketing will be able to survive and thrive, rather than operating in an overly restrictive market.” Maher commends Manassas for acting similarly aggressively to attract and retain breweries — of all the region’s breweries, five are within the city’s limits (including Sinistral Brewing, which is due to open this summer). “I think it is a little more directed because of it being a city versus a county, which could attract various types of businesses,” Maher said. “But we know the agricultural aspects are of great importance. Everyone is working hard to be pro-business, pro-development, but also understanding that you need to have a plan in place as to how to have a balance between that growth and the long term sustainability.”
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Monkey puzzles and lawmakers: Make ’em take the pledge! It's a little mystery that Stafford County voters have almost figured out, but not quite. Why are the realtors, the health industry, the beer wholesalers and STEPHEN NASH bankers, coal operators and electric utilities shoving all that cash into the Virginia legislature? "Puzzles plus money produce the view that the money explains the puzzles," legal scholar Lawrence Lessig has written. "In a line: We don’t trust our government." If he's talking about you, you have lots of company. Three-quarters of American voters — nearly equal numbers in both parties — are convinced that Congress is for sale. Given its record, the Virginia legislature can't make a credible claim to higher public confidence, either. William Black, a former bank regulator, summarizes the ordinary citizen's streetlevel, tragic view when he writes that "a campaign contribution always generates the best return on investment." But your government's yours, not Dominion Energy's. It's not for the benefit of the roster of corporate high-rollers that have given large amounts to this area's lawmakers — although we keep electing them. So the missing puzzle piece is this: If they're making monkeys of us and we know it, what can we do about it? And you can find the answer in Roanoke. Start here: 45 House of Delegates candidates so far, mostly Democrats, have signed a pledge that they'll refuse to accept campaign cash from Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy, the two state-regulated electric power monopolies. Among them are Jennifer Foy, a candidate for delegate in this area's 2nd District, Joshua Cole, a candidate for delegate in the 28th District, and Steve Aycock, a candidate for delegate in the 88th District.
But Roanoke's Sam Rasoul, a 35-yearold management consultant who has served in the House of Delegates since 2014, has gone even further. He has announced that he'll refuse campaign donations not only from Dominion and Appalachian, but any "gifts" above $5,000 from anyone. In fact, he will take no more campaign cash at all from special-interest PACS and corporations. Rasoul's a Democrat, but "...it is conservatives who should be leading the fight for campaign-finance reform,” Richard Painter of the University of Minnesota Law School has written. “Why should conservative voters care? First, big money in politics encourages big government. When politicians are dependent on campaign money from contractors and lobbyists, they’re incapable of holding spending programs to account.” So whether you're conservative, green, libertarian or liberal, here's the question: Can your legislator explain why it's OK to accept "donations" from the two power companies and still cast votes on legislation that affects not only their profits but also our electric bills and, crucially, our environment? For that matter, why is it legitimate to take money from any corporate interests who also have legislative needs that should not pre-empt the public interest? The nonprofit, nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project provides local data. Stafford-area Delegate Mark Dudenhefer (R-2) has gotten $2,500 from Dominion Energy, Delegate Mark Cole (R-88), $9,000 and Delegate Bill Howell (R-28), a whopping $596,000. State Sen. Jill Vogel (R-27) has received $15,000 from Dominion, Sen. Richard Stuart (R-28), $20,000, and Sen. Scott Surovell (D-36), $12,000. They have, of course, also taken donations from other corporate interests. Meanwhile, those same public servants who take Dominion's money have voted on countless Dominion-related bills, lis-
tened to the pitches of the sturdy corps of Dominion lobbyists. Overall, the legislature has handed the company a lengthening series of legislative home runs worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And they routinely vote on legislation affecting the bankers, realtors, beer wholesalers, the health industry and their other benefactors. Don't accept their easy answer: "I need the money to get elected." Realistically, they don't need Dominion Energy money. And they should fight to transition our politics away from the other corporate payouts. Vermont, Connecticut and conservative Arizona have figured that out, with voluntary donation limits and public financing for candidates. Is your state senator or delegate pushing, noisily, for that? Why not? Never too late to start. This isn't a partisan issue. In fact, Dominion has given more than $7.5 million to legislators of both parties since 2006 – nearly $900,000 in 2016-17 alone. It is Virginia's top corporate donor. Its biggest recipient is a Democrat, though the Republicans have taken in more Dominion donations, over all. So ask each of your legislators and candidates: Will you pledge to reject that kind of campaign cash from now on, or fight to make public financing a major issue? Can you at least decline donations from the state-regulated utilities, Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power? If you think it's OK to accept their money, then will you pledge to abstain from voting on legislation involving those interests? And get ’em on the record. We'd all like to know. Stephen Nash is the author of “Virginia Climate Fever — How Climate Change Will Transform Our Cities, Shorelines and Forests,” published by the University of Virginia Press, as well as the forthcoming “Grand Canyon for Sale: Public Lands and Private Interests in the Era of Climate Change.”
Among highly developed countries nowhere is the murder rate higher than in the United States. For example, in Great Britain and in Germany murder rate is NOT A FIFTH of its rate in the United States—NOT because in the United States attacks are five times more frequent but because in the United States more often in an attack someone dies. Guns are more deadly than other weapons. In 2015 in the United States in attacks persons survived—aggravated assault—in one of four only assailants were wielding guns but in attacks where someone died— murder—seven of 10. On Great Britain a YEAR of murder by gun and police killings is LESS than ONE DAY of murder by gun and police killings in the United States—where in 2015 in murder 9,616 died from gunshot wounds
and police killed all but nine of a 1,000. A man bringing a gun into a home increases the risk of death to everyone in the home—most of all himself (suicide) but also his partner (not only suicide but also homicide), teenagers (suicide), children, and visitors. Homes with no guns are safer. An American political party tries to make a loaded handgun available to every man— every hothead, every SOB, every man who beats up women, every fool, every man out of his mind—bringing upon innocent persons sudden and undeserved death. Unlike members of Congress at a ballpark in Alexandria ordinary workers have no security detail to drive off attackers. Under American policy everyone loses. No one wins.
TO THE EDITOR Homes with no guns are safer The population of Chicago EXCEEDS the population of every American city but New York and Los Angeles—and the population of each of 14 of the United States. In 2015 rates of murder per 100,000 were • New York 4 • Boston 6 • Los Angeles 7 • CHICAGO 18 • Philadelphia 18 • Richmond 20 • Washington 24 • Detroit 43 • New Orleans 44 • Baltimore 55 • St. Louis 59. In its 2014 survey of homicide worldwide, the UN reported that in Toronto, London, Paris, Berlin and Rome murder’s rate per 100,000 was well under 2. Outside of the United States among highly developed countries in murder the most common weapon is a gun NOWHERE—but in 2015 in the United States in murder SEVEN OF 10 died from gunshot wounds.
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Mormon graduates walk twice across the stage Some graduates got to walk across the stage twice this month, first when they when they were recognized for completing the seminary program for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a second time when they graduated from their respective high schools. For attending seminary every school day of their four years of high school, usually between 6 and 7 a.m., 24 Stafford County and two King George County students received a total of 640 lessons. In order to graduate, they must have at least 75 percent attendance and pass comprehensive exams each year, according to a news release. Andrew Rojo, a Mountain View High School graduate and one of three students who spoke at seminary graduation, reminded his fellow classmates that their “learning doesn’t stop here.” While these students will go on to a variety of pursuits in the coming months, many of them have teaching in their future plans. At least two recent graduates have postponed their education for two years so they can serve as missionaries for their church. Connor Weed, also a Mountain View grad, will defer college for two years to serve a mission in Brisbane, Australia, as will Aaron Reid, who will serve in Oaxaca, Mexico. Victor Morris, the Charlottesville area coordinator for the U.S. East Seminaries & Institutes of Religion, told the seminary grads that many countries require
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STAFFORD COUNTY BRIEFS MARINE CORPS LEAGUE HIRES NEW COO Robert J. Borka of Dumfries was recently hired as the chief operating officer of the Marine Corps League. Borka is a business executive with almost 30 years of ROBERT J. BORKA management experience. He joined the Marine Corps League in 1995 after his honorable discharge from the Marine Corps as a cryptologic technician. He volunteered with the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League from 2006 to 2014, earning the Lifetime Presidential Volunteer Service Award. He served the Young Marines as unit commander, battalion commander, regimental adjutant, division adjutant and assistant division commander. Borka earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in organizational management from the Forbes School of Business at Ashford University and graduated summa cum laude. Borka and his wife, Patricia, have three children. Patricia Borka is the director of administration at Young Marines National Headquarters. Both she and Robert are members of the Chapel of Four Chaplains. The Board of Trustees also thanked Thomas Hazlett Sr. for his service as the Marine Corps League’s executive director for the past two plus years. CLASSIFIED
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APPLE FCU WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT, CEO Larry Kelly, president and chief executive officer of Apple Federal Credit Union, retired at the end of June and Andrew Grimm, Apple FCU’s executive vice president and chief operat- LARRY KELLY ing officer, succeeded him as president and CEO on July 1, according to the firm. Grimm has been employed at Apple FCU since 1995, when he was hired by Kelly as Apple’s first strategic planning manager. In 1999, Grimm was promoted to vice president of finance, earning his Certified Public Accountant designation in 2003. He became the COO in 2004. Grimm also serves on the board of directors for The Foundation for Fairfax County Public Schools. He has an undergraduate degree in business with a major in marketing from Fordham University, and a Master of Science degree in business from Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education. He also earned the Edward J. Stegman CPA Memorial Award from Johns Hopkins for achieving the highest possible GPA in his program. Since taking the helm of Apple in 1995, Kelly guided the growth of the credit union from 41,000 members and $230 million in assets, to more than 190,000 members and nearly $2.4 billion in assets today. For more, visit applefcu.org. OPINION
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on their journey into full time missionary service. Worldwide, the landscape changed for outgoing missionaries in October 2012 when the minimum age requirements lowered from 19 for men and 21 for women to 18 and 19, respectively. Bradley M. Sant, the president of the Stafford Virginia Stake, recently said, “We’re seeing religious freedoms being restricted around the world, and we’re proud of these young men and women for sacrificing eighteen months to two years of their lives to share the message of our Savior’s love, hope and peace throughout the world. We hope all people will be able
to enjoy one of our basic principles, to worship how, where and what they may.” In a recent symposium on religious freedom in Costa Rica, Elder Dale G. Renlund of the church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said, “Religious beliefs, teachings and practices bring needed medicine to a society that would otherwise be aggressive and sick.” He said religion provides three valuable medicines. The first is the concept of an authority higher than self; second, a code of moral conduct; and third, the notion that aspects of the moral code can change the hearts of individuals so that they act with selflessness.
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STAFFORD COUNTY BRIEFS STUDENTS HONORED FOR PROJECTS Four projects created by nine H.H. Poole Middle School students were selected for a recent Cubes in Space honor. The projects, through the program, idoodledu inc., works in collaboration with NASA’s Langley Research Center and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and Colorado Space Grant Consortium. It offers global design competitions for students 11-18 years of age to develop STEAM-based experiments for launch into space. Used in formal or informal learning environments, students and educators are exposed to engaging online content and activities in preparation for the de-
sign and development of an experiment to integrate into a small cube. Throughout the experience, students develop key 21st century skills: communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. The following projects were selected: * Dehydrated Daphnia Dilemma by Gabriella “Gigi” Cannon Flying on the high-altitude balloon, the project exposes insects to high levels of UV radiation. * Pills in Space by Nina Boligitz, Alexis Haskins and Jennifer Snyder The project looks at the effectiveness of medications in space, flying on the sounding rocket and high-altitude balloon. * Sticky Situation by Caroline Fortiz, Emma Ingalsbe and Faith Turner
The project, flying on the sounding rocket, tests the effectiveness of adhesives in space. * An Artist’s Inquiry by Rebecca Pratte and Hannah Salas Flying on the sounding rocket, the project looks at clay suitable for building structures in space. Since 2014, Cubes in Space has flown nearly 400 experiments representing 1,500 educators and more than 20,000 students from 57 different countries. For more, visit idoodledu.org and cubesinspace.com.
LOCAL RESIDENTS NAMED TO CLEMSON DEAN’S LIST The following local students were named to dean’s list at Clemson University for the spring semester: Dylan J. Good of Fredericksburg, majoring in financial management; Joshua Greathouse of Fredericksburg, majoring
in civil engineering; and Carson King of Stafford, majoring in food science and human nutrition. To be named to the dean’s list, students achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale.
SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT MELCHERS Gari Melchers Home & Studio in Falmouth will feature “The Smithy” in an annual series of spotlight exhibitions on display until Sept. 4. “The Smithy,” painted around 1899 at the height of his career, was one of American artist Gari Melchers’ most critically successful canvases and was once owned by Washington, D.C., collector Duncan Phillips. The unusually large, multi-figural composition is on loan from the Ross family of Massachusetts. For more, visit garimelchers.org.
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Summer choral program celebrates America The Stafford Regional Choral Society hosted its second 2017 summer concert, “From Sea to Shining Sea,” at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on July 2. Songs at the free concert, led by guest director Lara Brittain, celebrated America and honored those who serve our country. Soloist Darrell Cooper and the choir began the program with “My Country ’Tis of Thee” and followed with “For Spacious Skies” and “Morning Song.” Highlights of A musical Tour of our Land included “This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land” with soloist Emma Robinson and included ‘Manhattan Melodies,” “Shanandoah” and “Fields of Gold,” among other numbers. In the salute to those who serve, “God Bless America” was followed by “The Vacant Chair,” “God Bless the USA’ and concluded with a salute to each of the armed forces. The choral society will present its Christmas concert featuring Handel’s “Messiah” on Dec. 17. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
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Legion’s athletic complex built without taxpayers’ money » BY HARVEY GOLD InsideNoVa
Most folks are familiar with T-Ball, Little League and high school baseball, but American Legion Baseball unfortunately doesn’t get the attention the others do. Many players in Legion ball often move on to college baseball and college scholarships, these programs mold, not only skills of the sport but character and respect for others. Baseball is somewhat unique compared to other sports. It is a team sport that is not intended to involve physical contact and it relies on skills of individual players that include, not only eye-body coordination but also a lot of physics in making a long stick meet a ball that is traveling about 70 to 80 mph as well as the pitching that makes the ball curve inside or outside, up or down and just fly by the batter at a speed too fast to make contact. All that isn’t easy. Just ask North Stafford High School alumnus Gregg Ritchie, a product of these programs, former major league player and batting coach, and now head baseball coach at neighboring George Washington University, where he played during his college days. If Stafford County ever creates a special award to encompass community service, patriotism, building character, developing good citizens and providing outstanding athletic training, Fred Miller could easily win the award. He is a quiet man and doesn’t boast about his contributions to Stafford’s families, but when he talks about the baseball complex and the American Legion baseball programs, it is filled with pride and love. What he has contributed to the county’s youth and families cannot be easily measured. This retired Marine who served in Korea has been a driving force at Stafford’s Legion Post 290 for about 50 years. While the Post is home to other programs, American Legion Baseball has been Miller’s passion since returning from active duty a long time ago. And, his success is evident in the baseball complex and the Legion Post building built in 2016 that overlooks the baseball diamonds on Mountainview Road. Visually the almost 60-acre complex is impressive but what is unusual and incredibly impressive is that Miller and his small band of Legionnaires that has included his late wife, daughter Rosalyn and son-in-law, Dave Stein, did it on their own. And, as Miller will tell you with great pride, “without any taxpayer money.” This is an unbelievable accomplishment when you see the size and quality of the new building, the well-laid out fields, first class lighting for night games, dugouts, snack bar and a scoreboard that might be the envy of some minor league or college teams. All this has been done with money raised by Miller and the Legion Post primarily through the Friday bingo games that have grown since Post 290 created a first in the area by offering a $1,000 jackpot and has continued to attract loyal players ever since and welcomes new ones. CLASSIFIED
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American Legion baseball players keep a field in good condition after a recent game at the complex. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
Fred Miller and other members of the Post 290 of the American Legion mostly used money from bingo games to build the athletic complex. HARVEY GOLD | INSIDENOVA
But, before the current complex could be built, the raw, hilly scrub land where the complex now stands had to be transformed into the level fields worthy of league participation. This was a challenge that Miller will tell you didn’t prevent him and his loyal Legionnaires from building this beautiful complex. The hilly terrain had to be leveled and the acid soil had to be treated so grass could grow —not an easy task. Now, leveled and with outfields of grass, his son-in-law said “Fred can be found every day, tending to the facility and riding the mowers to cut the grass. Today, the physical plant is unquestionably impressive but more impressive are the years of opportunity it has provided to Stafford’s youth to learn the sport and grow into adulthood better because of it. The scope of American Legion Baseball is nationwide. The season starts in June and continues in July followed by district, state, and regional tournaments, culminating with a Legion world series held in Shelby, N.C. “You’ve got to earn your way to the championship,” Miller will tell you. Stafford’s teams are part of the 16th District that includes Winchester and Front Royal. Post 290 supports four teams, two senior teams, the Americans and the Nationals, and two junior teams, the Patriots and the Virginians, with games played at home and away. The complex also devotes one of the baseball fields to women’s slow pitch softball. During a recent game, words of encouragement came from both dugouts. There was the smack of the ball hitting gloves and crack against bats. You could smell the food cooking in the snack bar and Dave and Rosalyn were firing up the giant grills for more cooking. Post 290 led by one run. Miller looked out at the game going on and said, “If you write one thing, say all this was done without any taxpayer’s money.” And then he offered friendly advice about getting things done, “Instead of whining, go out and do it yourself.” Harvey Gold can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com. OPINION
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Colonial Forge grad readies for second season with Pioneers DAVID DRIVER » BY For InsideNoVa
Jahla Osborne has dealt with a lot of changes during her college basketball career. After her freshman season at Army in 2014-15, she decided to transfer and ended up at Division I Denver, after one of her Army coaches mentioned her to former Denver assistant David Elliott. Osborne had to sit out the 2015-16 season as a redshirt, and then this past season she played in 28 games, with 11 starts, for Denver. She averaged 17.1 minutes per contest and was second on the team with 4.9 rebounds per game. “It was a very challenging year. We faced a lot of adversity,” said Osborne, a Colonial Forge High graduate. “Our team stuck together. You would think we would have folded. I felt we stayed together.” But after the disappointing season, in which Denver won just six games, head coach Kerry Creamons resigned. She was 42-109 in five years with no winning seasons. “We are looking for an experienced, dynamic head coach who understands the Front Range region as well as our culture, vision and the challenges that come along with coaching at the University of Denver,” DU vice chancellor for athletics and recreation Peg Bradley-Doppes said in a news release at the time. In late March, Jim Turgeon was hired as the new head women’s coach for the Pioneers of Denver. He had been the coach at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Now Osborne is spending most of the summer in Denver getting ready for her redshirt junior season in the fall. There are no coaches left from the former staff, as Elliott is now an assistant coach at Cornell. “We are working out this summer” four days a week, she said of some of her teammates. “Since I am a rising senior
Jahla Osborne is spending most of the summer in Denver getting ready for her redshirt junior season in the fall, but she hopes to spend a few weeks in Stafford this summer before the fall semester. SUBMITTED (academically) I don’t have to take summer classes. I am working out for basketball and studying for the GRE and working on my senior thesis” that deals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among young students. “I wanted to stay out here since it is better to be here where we have the facilities and trainers. We are just trying to get better,” added Osborne, who hopes to spend a few weeks in Stafford this summer before the fall semester. She has two more years of eligibility and is on track to graduate in 2018 with a degree in psychology. If she plays the 2018-19 season at Denver, she would have to do so as a graduate student. Last season she averaged 1.8 rebounds per game and was 21 of 50 from the floor
as a shooter, for 42 percent. She had nine blocks and 11 steals and had a career-high seven points on Feb. 25 against Omaha. “You work hard and expect to see results,” said Osborne, hoping the team will improve this coming season. Twice she had 11 rebounds in a game as a forward. Osborne, as a freshman at Army, averaged 1.4 points, 1.0 rebounds and 5.1 minutes per game. At Colonial Forge she played four years of basketball and was a standout under head coach Michelle Darley. She was the Conference 4 Player of the Year and an all-conference player as a senior. Osborne became the first Colonial Forge player to go over the 1,000-point mark and 1,000-rebound mark in her ca-
reer. Osborne had a 4.25 GP as a junior at Colonial Forge. She also played volleyball in high school and her cousin, Julia Miller, is a 2008 graduate of West Point. Two other cousins served in the Navy after graduating from the Naval Academy in the 1990s. Other Colonial Forge High products who played women’s college basketball last season include Bri Sullivan (College of Charleston) and Kenya Holland (Princeton). Stafford redshirt Zhane Barnes, who played at Fredericksburg Academy, missed last season at Rider in New Jersey with an injury. David Driver can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.
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Legal Notices TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 225 Toluca Road Stafford, VA 22556 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $630,112.00, dated June 30, 2008, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on July 3, 2008, as Instrument Number 080012134, 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 July 31, 2017 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 6, MASTERS MILL Subdivision as the same is duly dedicated, platted and recorded by Plat entitled ‘’Plat of Subdivision Masters Mill,’’ dated 8, 2005, prepared by Dewberry and Davis, LLC, and recorded as PM 050000212, among the land records of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 19T 6. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $15,000.00 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. Loan Type: FHA (Trustee # 554611) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Orlans PC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www.orlans. com The Vendor Auction.com will be used in conjunction with this sale FEI # 1074.05871 6/30& 7/7/17
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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 51 Arrowhead Drive Stafford, VA 22556 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $224,490.00, dated April 20, 2012, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on April 23, 2012, as Instrument Number 120007667, 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 July 31, 2017 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: ALL THAT certain lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Rock Hill District, Stafford County, Virginia, and designated as Lot 24, Section C, LAKE ARROWHEAD Subdivision, as it appears duly platted and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Stafford County, Virginia, in Plat Book 2, Page 118. LESS AND EXCEPT 298 square feet lying and being on the aforesaid lot or parcel of land as shown on a plat of survey entitled ‘’Plat of a Proposal Addition to the Fee-Simple Right of Way for Streets in Lake Arrowhead Subdivision being a Portion of Lot 24 in Section C, presently owned by John A. and Brenda R. Craddock,’’ made by John B. Vance, Jr., L.S. November 18, 1985, revised August 9, 1989, recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office, in Deed Book 764 at Page 804 - 806. Tax ID: 8B-C-24. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $11,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in 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. Loan Type: FHA (Trustee # 576506) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Orlans PC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. orlans.com FEI # 1074.05828 6/30 & 7/7/17 TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 6 Foggy Field Lane Fredericksburg, VA 22406 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $290,003.00, dated March 15, 2010, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on March 16, 2010, as Instrument Number 100003815, 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,
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1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA on July 24, 2017 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 130, Section 19B, ENGLAND RUN NORTH, as the same appears duly dedicated and recorded in Instrument Number LR040024025 and platted in Instrument Number PM040000146, both among the land records of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 45N19B-130. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $11,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in 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.Loan Type: VA
(Trustee # 575168) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Orlans PC PO Box 2548, Leesburg, VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www. orlans.com FEI # 1074.05428 7/7 &7/14/17
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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 803 Knollwood Court Stafford, VA 22554 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $192,000.00, dated October 16, 2007, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on October 23, 2007, as Instrument Number LR070025021, 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 July 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 149-A, as shown on a revised Plat of Subdivision entitled HIGHPOINTE, recorded among the Land Records of Stafford County, Virginia, in Plat Book 20 at page 115, et seq; and formerly known as Lot 149, as shown on the Plat of Subdivision entitled HIGHPOINTE dated 1/19/1989 and revised 7/10/1989, prepared by Hinker-Detwiler & Associates, P.C. and recorded among the Land Records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Stafford County, Virginia in Deed Book 19 at page 242 et seq. Tax ID: 20V 149. 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. Loan Type: Conv/Conv (Trustee # 570032) Substitute Trustee: ALG Trustee, LLC, C/O Orlans PC PO Box 2548, Leesburg,VA 20177, (703) 777-7101, website: http://www.orlans.com Towne #5000.0061 06/30/2017, 07/07/2017
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