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School board Anti-hate saves thousands groups on copier service muster members T
DANCE TO THE MUSIC
FARMERS’ MARKET
TRACY BELL
tbell@insidenova.com
he Stafford County School Board agreed Tuesday to a $588,000 fouryear contract with Ricoh USA of ome localservices social media is abuzz Chicago for copier beginning in fiscal 2017.with worry that the Virginia Flaggers and contract their supporters The initial proposed was for will attend the next meeting of $650,000. the Stafford Board of A competing XeroxCounty representative Supervisors and attempt reattended four school board meetingstothis but the anti-Confederate fl ag sentiments exspring urging the board to consider using pressed by speakers at thethe previous Xerox, which produced lowestmeeting. bid. An organized movement with the motto, Stafford County Public Schools used “Hate Here” will payhas a visit to RicohHas for No theHome past 10 years and used the supervisors’ meeting Sept. 5 to discuss Xerox in the past. theSchool Confederate ag that fldid ies above Interboard flmembers not choose state 95 on private property near Falmouth. Xerox, but thanked its representative Thesaving groupthe wants to further reiterate for schools $250,000 overa need to remove the fl ag and let it be known four years based on its lower bid and for that all are welcome in Stafford County, and providing information that helped the that is not what is implied by the flag’s presboard save money. ence, according to the group, which says the S cho ol b o ard memb ers and flags represents racism and hate. Superintendent Bruce Benson expressed The group plans to hold signs, talk to the disappointment in the way the school board and peacefully explain their position system handled the matter, but said it through a large presence of supporters. would cause them to look more closely at The board of supervisors heard from future20 business dealings. about residents on the Confederate flag “I think we could’ve been clearer topic Aug. 15. Some suggested the in flagour be communication with our vendors,” said removed, others suggested a billboard be Benson.to make it clear that the flag is not erected In April, the and board deferred decision county-owned; others toldathe board on which copier to use that changing heightcompany requirements for and flagdecided tocounty further review its options. poles in the is the answer. There wereoffive biddingwhere companies The owner the property the flag isinvolved. displayed, Hubert Wayne Cash, has said board thatThere, the flagschool will remain and that it repremember Patricia Healy, SCHOOL sents heritage, despite social media posts PAGE 13 R-Rock Hill, challenged under Cash’s name disparaging blacks.
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The young and the older found plenty in common last Friday at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, as the Quantico Marine Band entertained hundreds of visitors with rousing selections in a mostly U.S. repertoire. For a glimpse of some of the musicians and visitor, see Page 8. 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
Town hall to address opioid epidemic
TStafford seeks funding
he Community Collaborative for Youth and Families and the members of Planning District 16 will host a series of five regional townhall meetings to provide education and discuss the opioid epidemic. The town hall in Stafford will be held Sept. 26BELL from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at TRACY Brooke Point High School, located at tbell@insidenova.com 1700 Courthouse Road. he Stafford County Sheriff ’s Other town halls be held MilOffice haswill applied forina U.S. ford, King George and at two locations Department of Justice grant in Fredericksburg this month through that could fund 100 of its October. deputies with a body camMaj. Don Lenhart, spokesman for the era. Sheriff ’s Office, said Stafford County If received, full funding of the that the department made 132 schedule grant would allow deputies in the 1 and 2 drug arrests since Jan. 1, includfieldand operations division to ingoffice’s possession distribution. carry cameras.of the arrests are “A vastthemajority The sheriff ’s office applied heroin and/or other opiates, ” he said.for the grant the Stafford From Jan. after 1 to Aug. 1, there County were 65 Boardheroin of Supervisors gave stamp known overdoses in its Staff ord, Lenhart said, and nine were fatal. Sher-
Donna Krauss of Stafford County Huiff ’s office deputies administered 39 doses of Narcan for a total of 22 saved man Services & Community Engagement, will provide a brief presentation lives, he added. The numbers do not include the prior to the documentary being shown. Kraus is also the chairwoman of a Narcan that the county’s fire and rescue personnel have administered, he noted, collaborative for youth and families. explaining also that no statistics are She will be joined by Michelle Wagaman, the vice chair and a prevention kept on heroin arrests alone. Each planned town hall will feature specialist at the RACSB. investigations and comof approval. Thelaw grant works as a 50 People with experience related to a panel of local enforcement, treat-internal is significant, ” Decatur said. percent match with local funding opioids will also be on the panel. ment providers, physicians, the Drugplaints cameras are a psychofrom the county. The cost to commuStaf- “Body-worn A documentary, “Chasing the DragEnforcement Administration, misbehavior on ” proford $400,000 a year for five years. thelogical on: deterrent The Life oftoan Opiate Addict, nity ismental health organizations, sides by of the The benefits Stafford County Sheriff Da- bothduced the lens. FBI and the DEA, and health district and social services. theindrawbacks vidMembers Decatur of told that exceed filmed part at theassociated Rappahannock theInsideNoVa panel will include: the costJail, andwill time to manage implementing body-camera be screened. Detective Briana Symzer of the proStaffordwithRegional ” gram is aSheriff vast undertaking. The goal The screenings are free and open County ’s Office; Sharon Killian,the program. thepublic. technology in the deof the program is to achieve highRap- Using to the Community leaders, a clinical services director fora the operations level of transparency with the comparents,field teachers and division all concerned pahannock Area Community Servicespartment’s alloware forencouraged the most immedimunity whileMark protecting theofrights citizens to attend. The Board; Chief Lockhart Staffordwould and contact with the and of citizens deputies alike,Barbuti he ate fi lm expansive does contain graphic content County Fireand & Rescue; Michael served, De- discretion is adsaid. language. Parental of the DEA; Karen Stidsen from thecommunity said. “…The social benefitservices of having video catur vised. county’s department; CAMERA PAGE 13 ordford C ounty footage for Slifk prosecution, training, more, email dkrauss@staff and Patrick a of National Counsel- St afFor countyva.gov or call 540-658-4622. ing Group.
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