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County seeking School board names of fallen saves thousands on S copier service
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tafford County is asking for the public’s help in reviewing the county service members who were killed in action. TRACY BELL tbell@insidenova.com The county provided commemorative bricks for 66 members of the he Stafford County School Board armed agreed servicesTuesday who were listed on a meto a $588,000 fourmorial year plaque at Staff ord Middle School to contract with Ricoh USA of be placed at the newly completed Staff ord Chicago for copier services beginning in Armed Services Memorial, Stafford County fiscal 2017. information cer Shannon Howellwas said. The initialoffiproposed contract for While there was supporting documentation $650,000. for A thecompeting 447 bricks purchased by individuals to Xerox representative honor loved ones, there was documentaattended four school boardno meetings this tion for the 66 bricks taken from the plaque, spring urging the board to consider using and some of theproduced bricks might errors. Xerox, which thecontain lowest bid. “We were privileged to provide these Stafford County Public Schools used commemorative bricks to honor those from Ricoh for the past 10 years and has used Stafford County who made the ultimate Xerox in the past. sacrifi ce. We take members our responsibility School board did not towards choose the memorial very seriously and, as we will Xerox, but thanked its representative be off ering bricks for several years to for saving the schools $250,000 come, over we will continue to do everything we posfour years based on its lower bid and for sibly can to ensure providing information that helped the To see the list of names, the accuracy of all board save money. visit InsideNoVa.com. bricks,” Armed S cho ol b o ard memb ers and Services MemoriSuperintendent Bruce Benson expressed al Working Group Chairman Daniel Chichdisappointment in the way the school ester said. “We have sought community system handled the matter, but said it input throughout the five-year process of would cause them to look more closely at creating this memorial and we will continue future dealings. to do sobusiness as we move into the future.” “I think we could’ve been clearer in our Stafford County is pursuing a Freedom communication with our vendors,” of Information Act request from thesaid NaBenson. tional Personnel Records Center to verify April, of thethe board deferred a decision theIn records 66 service members. The on which copier to use ofand county also asks thatcompany family members the decided further review 66 listed totocontact Katie Baileyitsat options. 540-658There were five bidding companies 8709 with any supporting documentation. involved. Any bricks found to have errors will be There,at school replaced no cost board to the member Patricia Healy, SCHOOL families. PAGE 13 COUNTY R-Rock Hill, challenged Commemorative bricks PAGE 13 are available for purchase
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The August Songfest Sunday featured the music of Nick Smith and his band at Celebration Stage of Pratt Park on Aug. 21. The next Songfest Sunday performance will be Sept. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring the modern folk music of Cabin Creek. The county is also hosting the annual fall festival on Oct. 14, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pratt Park, with art and craft vendors, hay rides, a pumpkin derby and a car show. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
Locally harvested produce gets prime display as crowds browse and shop the stand operated by C&T Produce at the North Stafford Farmers’ Market. This year the total number of vendors has increased to around 30 at the same location, the parking lot of the Stafford Medical Pavilion on the Stafford Hospital campus. The market is open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until November. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
Looking ahead to The Garrison at Stafford
Stafford seeks funding Rfor 100 body cameras BY TRACY BELL
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evitalization plans for Aquia Towne Center may be up in the air again, but local residents are also TRACYlooking BELL ahead to The Garrisontbell@insidenova.com at Stafford, to satisfy their community needs. he Stafford County Sheriff ’s As thisOffice summer has draws appliedtofora aclose, U.S. residents can anticipate a future sumDepartment of Justice grant mer when a luxury movie theater will that could fund 100 of its be open in Stafford County. deputies with a body camInitially referred to as Stafford Village, The era. Garrison at Stafford is curIf received, full funding of the rently an undeveloped, 57 acre-propgrant would allow of deputies in side the erty in the 400-block the south field operations to ofoffice’s Garrisonville Road, atdivision the intercarry the cameras. section with Travis Lane. However, a The sheriff ’s office isapplied for mixed-use development on its way. the after along, the Stafford County “It grant is moving ” said Staff ord Board Supervisor of Supervisors gave its stamp County Laura Sellers, who
represents the Garrisonville District. Sellers said that the plan has always been to work on stormwater infrastructure in conjunction with the current Garrisonville Road widening construction. The construction going on near the opening of what will be The Garrison of approval. The grant works as awid50 is essentially prep work for the percent with local ening of match Garrisonville Road,funding she said, from the county. The and cost the to Stafpreparing entrances land, ford is $400,000 year forThfive years. as well as utilityaneeds. e plan has Stafford County toSheriff Dabeen for developers work on the vid told InsideNoVa frontDecatur two buildings and Regalthat Cinimplementing a body-camera emas, at the same time, she said.program a vast undertaking. The TheisGarrison is expected to goal open of programofis 2018. to achieve high in the summer It willainclude level of transparency the comThe Regal Garrison 12with high-end movmunity while therecliners rights ie theater, withprotecting 1,230 luxury of and alike,tables he andcitizens footrests as deputies well as swivel said. for dining. The menu will feature en“…The benefit of having videoas hanced food and beverage options footage for prosecution, training, well as traditional cinema snacks. The
lobby will hold a lounge where guests can relax before or after the movies and table seating to accommodate appetizers, entrées, desserts and drinks. The theater will offer traditional and 3D films on all 12 screens. Through a retail survey, the county previously determined that a higherinternal investigations and com-that end movie theater is something plaints is significant, ” Decatur residents most wanted. The said. theater “Body-worn areRegal a psychowill replace cameras the closed at Aquia logical Townedeterrent Center. to misbehavior on bothLast sides of the The County benefitsSuweek at alens. Stafford exceed themeeting, drawbacks associated pervisors it was announced with cost and time to manage thatthe Mosaic, the developer of Aquia the program. ” Towne Center, withdrew its request Using thean technology in the deto amend existing memorandum partment’s field operations division of understanding to increase incenwould forAquia the most immeditives allow for the Towne Center ate and expansive contact with the project. community DeStaffordserved, Supervisor catur GARRISON Paulsaid. Milde, R-Aquia, CAMERA PAGE PAGE 13 13 St af ford said: “Due toC ounty the ex-
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