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Ordinance has blocked proposed Muslim graveyard TRACY BELL

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he Stafford County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to take no action on a controversial cemetery ordinance, leaving it in place as it was adopted in December 2016.

The board considered three options but chose option one, essentially taking no action, in the end. Board members Wendy Maurer, R-Rock Hill; Meg Bohmke, R-Falmouth; and Tom Coen, I-George Washington, voted for option one, while board members Cindy Shelton, R-Aquia, and Jack Cavalier, R-Griffis-Widewater, voted against the option. Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer, R-Garrisonville, abstained from the vote and Supervisor Gary Snellings, R-Hartwood, was absent from the meeting due to a family emergency.

A vote on deferring the issue failed in a 3-3 tie — Cavalier noted that Snellings hoped for a deferral so that he could weigh in on the issue. Shelton, Dudenhefer and Cavalier voted to defer, while Maurer, Bohmke and Coen voted no on deferring.

Maurer and Coen said that residents in the area need an answer, and the situation has gone on too long.

Vietnam veteran Daniel Cortez, of Stafford, sings the national anthem in the East Room of the White House before President Donald Trump speaks at the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration Sept. 17.

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A Stafford resident helped kick off the National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the White House on Monday.

Daniel Cortez, also a columnist at InsideNoVa/North Stafford, sang the national anthem in the East Room prior to President Donald J. Trump’s arrival.

The president opened his remarks by saying: “Today we come together to honor the incredible contributions Hispanic Americans make to our communities, our culture and our country every single day.

“Hispanic Americans embody American values: devotion to faith and family, commitment to hard work, enterprise and community service, and a fierce patriotic pride.”

Trump then related that Hispanic Americans enrich the nation in the form of small businesses, support to neighborhoods, innovations and “through military service that protects our people and our great American flag.”

“One such American joins us tonight,” said Trump. “He opened CELEBRATION

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Man jailed for assault, eluding deputies Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office arrested a Fredericksburg man after a domestic dispute that led to a pursuit on Interstate 95, according to sheriff ’s spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo.

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13, Deputy Nathan Potter responded to a reported domestic dispute at a BRYAN RAMOS residence on Regina Lane. The victim said that she and her boyfriend had been arguing, prompting several verbal and physical altercations over the course of the day.

The victim identified the boyfriend as Bryan Steven Ramos, 19, of Fredericksburg.

That evening, at approximately 11 p.m., Ramos allegedly grabbed the victim and tried to pull her down a flight of CELEBRATION

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tonight’s ceremony with an inspiring rendition of our national anthem: Vietnam veteran Daniel Cortez.”

As the President scanned the audience he asked, “Where’s Daniel?” to applause from the guests.

Once he spotted Cortez, Trump said: “Good job. I heard that. I heard it. It was good. You’re blessed. You know that?

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stairs. He then left the residence in the victim’s vehicle without her permission, Vicinanzo said.

Units were able to locate the vehicle in the area of South Gateway Drive and Va. 17. Several units activated their emergency equipment, but the vehicle did not stop and drove onto Interstate 95 northbound and began traveling at a high rate of speed. The pursuit ended in the area of Exit 140 after deputies lost sight of the vehicle.

Deputies later found Ramos dropping off the vehicle at a residence in the northern end of the county.

He was taken into custody and incarcerated at Rappahannock Regional Jail in lieu of a $3,000 secured bond, Vicinanzo said.

Ramos is charged with eluding police, reckless driving, no driver's license, unauthorized use of a vehicle, petit larceny and assault. you’re our president” to a round of applause from the crowd.

The president thanked Cortez and the crowd saying, “We’re out there fighting for you.”

Trump then introduced Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and Treasury Secretary Jovita Carranza, and spoke about Hispanic businesses around the country.

The president also spoke of support for the military, economic growth and reduction in the poverty rate in the Hispanic community.

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“It comes down to two basic issues: quality of life and fairness,” Coen said.

At issue is whether or not the cemetery ordinance has stood in the way of a proposed Muslim cemetery at 1508 Garrisonville Road, with the U.S. Department of Justice looking into possible religious discrimination.

The current cemetery ordinance keeps cemeteries 900 feet from private water wells; however, state restrictions require private water wells and cemeteries to be 100 feet apart, according to discussion.

Coen explained that those not on the county’s public water deserve the same treatment and access to drinkable water as those who aren’t, and the county often goes beyond restrictions necessary when deemed appropriate.

In the spring, the Stafford County Planning Commission recommended keeping the ordinance as is.

Last year, the All Muslim Association of America took issue with the ordinance possibly affecting its ability to develop a cemetery on property it owns.

Maurer said she found options two and three discriminatory against the rural population, although she did not think it was purposefully set up that way.

Before the vote, she asked county Planning Director Jeff Harvey: “What are the racial and socioeconomic profiles of these people that we are setting up a different standard for, through options two and three?”

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“These are land-use options, not people options,” Harvey replied.

Option two would have retained a 900-foot setback requirement from private wells taking it case by case. For instance, a reduction in the requirement could be allowed when soil evaluations demonstrate no likelihood of contaminated wells near a specific property.

Option three would have allowed the removal of the setback requirement from private wells.

Maurer, who said she’s passionate about the issue, claimed representatives of the AMMA alluded to raising money for her during a meeting about the cemetery last year. Mauer added that she reported the situation to the county attorney’s office and to the county administrator.

Also at the meeting, the board of supervisors: • endorsed a letter from the board to the state secretary of transportation to request the addition of a southbound access point in Stafford County south of Garrisonville Road to the proposed Interstate 95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg extension.

• acknowledged the Mullins family’s service to Stafford and Fredericksburg through Covenant Funeral Home since 2001 in Fredericksburg and since 2008 in Stafford. The family is retiring from the industry and selling their business to another company, according to the board.

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There is still a big gender pay gap in America This survey adjusted for just This probably isn’t news to a about every variable that can be lot of women. It may be for identified, and there was still some men, but women have a gap. known about it for years.

Even though women were Overall, they make less only just beginning to enter money at their jobs than men the workforce in substantial who are doing the same work.

DAVID KERR numbers in the 1960s, Congress It’s not fair and it’s not legal, but passed a noteworthy piece of American employers have gotten legislation. It was the Equal Pay Act of away with it for years.

1963.

First, let’s go to the statistics. They’re It said women, by law, should receive better than they used to be, but they’re equal pay and, what’s more, the Departstill not good. Back in 1960, when my mom was in the workforce, women made ment of Labor had the power to enforce it.

59 cents for every dollar a man made.

But the early 1960s, and for that matter That’s a stark difference. most of the following 20 years, were a However, it has gotten better — different time and place for women in though only so much better.

Women still make only 80 cents for ev- the workforce. The New York Times still carried wanted ads that said, “Help wantery dollar a man makes. In other words, ed, men,” and under a separate heading over 60 years they only got half the way “Help wanted, women.” Establishing a to gender parity when it comes to pay.

Over a career that can represent a million culture of equal pay in this environment wasn’t going to be easy. dollars or more that women doing the There have been enforcement efforts, same job didn’t receive.

One thing that’s changed since 1960 is lawsuits and women who demanded pay equivalency, and got it. But overall, as the number of women in the workforce. the data on gender pay gap shows, our In 1950, the labor participation rate for business culture still favors men when it women was 39 percent. Today, it’s more comes to compensation. like 60 percent.

Some people might not consider this Over time, with more women doing all that distressing. Some, usually men, the same work as men and often in the argue that women don’t devote the same same environment with the same training, it would be reasonable to assume the amount of time and energy to their jobs as men. gender pay gap would fade away.

That’s because they have a different But it hasn’t. It’s still there and it’s still type of commitment to their jobs. They pervasive. leave early for sick children, doctor’s There is one telling number, gathered appointments and, oh yes, they might get by the American Association of Unipregnant from time-to-time and be away versity Women, that compares the pay from their jobs. women receive when they get their first So, really, why pay them the same as job after graduating from college. the guys?

The survey compared women to men Now please, don’t start tearing the graduates who had the same degree, newspaper apart into little pieces and from the same type of university and stomping on it. I don’t agree with that with the same grades and experience.

The conclusion was that the graduating at all.

The first time I heard this explanation males received a 7 percent higher starting salary than their female counterparts. was in the 1970s, but I think it’s a lot

The data on gender pay gap shows our business culture still favors men when it comes to compensation. older than that. It’s also sexist and meanspirited. However, it still influences a lot of hiring and pay decisions.

There are some encouraging signs. For one, women are speaking up on the job and asking why one worker, doing the same job, gets paid a different wage. This used to be verboten and the reality is that talking salaries is still a touchy subject in corporate America.

However, a recent Department of Labor regulation said it isn’t and what’s more women who raise the issue with their employers are protected from retaliation.

Of course, that’s not how the realworld works. We all want to keep our jobs; we all want a shot at the next promotion opportunity; and not everyone is Norma Rae. But still, it’s this kind of pressure from women, and yes from men too, that’s making a difference.

Unfortunately, it’s been a slow process.

It took nearly 60 years to close the gap by half, but times really have changed.

Surely, we can speed the process up and cover the ground for the last half a little faster.

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.

TO THE EDITOR Williams tackles teacher pay crisis Teachers worry that their salaries won’t support their families. According to the NEA, Virginia rates 41st in the nation for state funding of public schools. Virginia teachers average $6,700 less in salary than the national average, and 59 percent of teachers have a second job. Teachers make an average of 70 percent of what similarly educated workers make in other occupations.

According to Money magazine (August 2018), teacher salaries, adjusted for inflation, have dropped steadily since 2003.

Teachers pay an increasingly larger percentage of their health care and retirement, and many teachers face crippling student loans. For these reasons, Money magazine states that 35 percent fewer students are enrolling in teacher education programs and

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hundreds of teachers are leaving their chosen profession because they can’t afford to stay.

Vangie Williams, candidate for the 1st Congressional District, has proposed exempting the first $50,000 of a teacher’s income from federal income tax. This would provide an immediate increase in take-home pay of up to $6,000 annually.

Williams would pay for this by slashing loopholes in the alternative minimum tax for corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent.

In overwhelming numbers, Americans support raising or adjusting taxes to provide greater school funding. Williams’ INVEST (Income Now for Veterans, Enlisted military, Safety officers and Teachers) program makes sense to address the teacher pay crisis.

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Regarding David Kerr’s column “Democrats could score big wins in Virginia’s congressional delegation:” I’m not voting for Kaine. He’s a taxand-spend socialist. The Democrats, on the whole, have plainly gone loony. — toomanypeople Regarding “Panel: Changing demographics impacting local, national realestate market:” There is zero concern by anyone about the consequences of population growth.

U.S. population will reach 400 million in about 25 years. At a minimum enough agricultural land has to remain agricultural to feed 70 million more people by the 2040’s.

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VDOT seeks public input on transportation priorities The Commonwealth Transportation Board is seeking public input on the state’s transportation project priorities during public meetings throughout the state in October and November.

The meetings will consist of an open house where attendees can view displays about transportation planning, interact with subject experts, and review proposed local and regional projects, according to a news release.

The projects were submitted for scoring through SMART SCALE, an objective, data-driven prioritization process

to score projects according to critical transportation needs. For this funding cycle, 468 applications for projects were submitted by 158 local and regional transportation planning organizations and partners across the state.

Following the open house, there will be an opportunity for the public to provide comments about transportation projects and priorities.

The local public hearing will be at the Fredericksburg District Office auditorium at 86 Deacon Road in Fredericksburg at 4 p.m. Nov. 28.

Projects that have been determined to meet a need identified in VTrans, Virginia’s statewide transportation policy plan, will be advanced for evaluation and scoring. Scoring results will be made public in January 2019. Following public meetings in the spring, the CTB will use public feedback and the scoring data to select which projects to fund and be included in the next SixYear Improvement Program by June 2019.

Those unable to attend a meeting, may view the displays and provide

comments online at virginiavdot.org.

Comments on highway projects may be mailed to Infrastructure Investment Director, VDOT, 1401 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219, or Six-YearProgram@ VDOT.Virginia.gov.

Comments on rail, public transportation and transportation demand management may be sent to Public Information Officer, DRPT, 600 E. Main St., Suite 2102, Richmond, VA 23219, or DRPTPR@drpt.Virginia.gov.

Comments will be accepted until Dec. 13, 2018.

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Boy, 9, gets $100 for finish in Semper 5ive Marine Corps Historic Half sponsor, Virginia529 and their mascot, Tuition Monster, presented Colin Robertson with the 529th finisher award for his participation in the 2018 Semper 5ive event May 20 in Fredericksburg.

The 9-year-old student completed the five-mile run averaging just over 12-minute miles to complete the Semper 5ive in 1:02:54, earning a $100 Virginia 529 Plan starter account, according to a news release.

Robinson is a fourth-grade student at Grafton Village Elementary School, but already has his sights on George Mason University where he plans to become a geneticist.

“I would like to be a professional soccer player when I grow up,” said Robinson.

“Or maybe a geneticist.”

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“I was inspired to run the Semper 5ive by my best friend Isiah, who had completed the event the year before,” explained Robinson. “When I was out there this year, I ran to honor the U.S. Marines and what they do for our country.”

Robinson’s father, Tyler, an English teacher at King George High School, provides additional inspiration, having completed the Devil Dog Double and Marine Corps Marathon several times. On hand to support Colin in receiving his award

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Germanna gets $700,000 to train heavy equipment operators Germanna Community College’s Center for Workforce and Community Education, in partnership with Lord Fairfax Community College and Piedmont Virginia Community College, was recently awarded a two-year grant to train and certify heavy equipment operators.

Germanna received $700,000 of a $1.4 million grant split among the schools, according to a news release. Much of the money will go toward paying for a virtual simulator lab to train heavy equipment operators. The training will be based at the Germanna Fredericksburg Center for Advanced Technology in Central Park.

It’s part of the Virginia Community College System’s FastForward program that prepares students to fill jobs in fields that have a shortage of skilled workers.

“Heavy equipment operators are in high demand in our service region,” said Martha O’Keefe, associate vice president for Workforce & Professional Development at Germanna. “We’ll be working closely with area employers, community partners and potential students to provide career pathways into the heavy equipment operation industry.”

O’Keefe said the classes will start at Germanna in spring 2019. She said students will have access both in the classroom and online, will participate in hands-on training via virtual heavy equipment simulation labs and will earn industry certifications. In addition, heavy equipment operator apprenticeship opportunities will be available for interested students and employers.

“The expanded initiative provides an opportunity to truly create a pipeline of current and future employees who will reap the rewards of a wellpaid and rewarding career pathway,” said Ken Garrison, executive director of the Heavy Construction Contractors Association.

With the third largest state-maintained road system in the U.S. and roughly 2.2 million miles of paved roadways, Virginia has a strong, demonstrated need for skilled heavy equipment operators, OKeefe said.

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operators averages about $43,000 per year and can grow to $70,000 or more per year, OKeefe said. Business partners Virginia Heavy Construction Contractors Association, the Virginia Asphalt Association and Associated General Contractors of Virginia say a steady stream of operators is needed.

Large HEO-related employers within the college’s service regions also support the need, and good employment opportunities are anticipated for workforce students completing the training and earning certifications.

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Stafford homeowner shoots firearm to scare off intruder heard someone pounding on A Fredericksburg man is the doors below. in Rappahannock Regional He told the man, later idenJail without bond on charges tified as Brown, to leave his of public intoxication and atproperty, prompting Brown tempted breaking and enterto demand that the door be ing, according to sheriff ’s office opened. spokesperson Amanda ViciEventually, the homeowner nanzo. fired a shot in the direction of Gary Wayne Brown, 42, althe river to scare Brown away. legedly tried to get into a resiAfter he was taken into cusdence on King Street in southern Stafford County on Sept. 2. GARY WAYNE BROWN tody at the corner of West Cambridge and Washington streets, The homeowner told Deputy James Wright that he woke up to his wife Brown told deputies he had just been rescreaming that someone was trying to leased from Mary Washington Hospital for intoxication. He said he tried walking break into the house, Vicinanzo said.

The homeowner grabbed a firearm and home and took a shortcut through the went to the balcony of his home, where he woods, leading him to the residence.

STAFFORD BRIEFS PARKWAY BOULEVARD TO BE CLOSED AT WELLINGTON COURT Parkway Boulevard in North Stafford County will be closed to all traffic at Wellington Court over four days, from Monday, Sept. 24, through Thursday, Sept. 27, to allow crews to complete an emergency drainage pipe replacement.

Signs will be posted along the recommended detour route, which will be Eustace Road and Northampton Boulevard.

Virginia Department of Transportation and contractor crews will be replacing a deteriorated corrugated metal pipe under the road. The pipe is approximately 60 inches wide and 120 feet long. Crews will install a replacement plastic pipe.

COUNTY BOARD, COMMITTEE MEETINGS SCHEDULED The Board of Zoning Appeals meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 25, has been canceled. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. in the board chambers at the George L. Gordon Jr. Government Center, 1300 Courthouse Road.

The Cluster Development Policy Committee will meet on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in conference room ABC at the government center.

RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY FARM TOUR SEPT. 29-30 The Rappahannock County Annual Farm Tour is a free, two-day, self-guided tour offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse of working farms in the county. This year’s farm tour will be held Sept. 29-30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

There will be 14 venues on this year’s tour, according to a news release, with a range of farms and experiences – including beekeeping, llamas and organic vegetable farms, along with goats, chickens, cows, horse-drawn carriage rides and local artisans selling their wares.

Participants include: • Bean Hollow Grassfed • Belle Meade School & Farm • Caledonia Farm • and more For more, visit www.RappFarmTour.org.

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Stafford music studio, Mountain View combine to stage anti-bullying musical When I decided to do this show, it was because I spend a lot of time counseling so many of my students who are bullied.”

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The cast of “It’s Easy” practice the anti-bullying musical.

Stafford County music teacher Mariah Snow, of Mariah’s Music & Arts, decided to do something about the bullying epidemic her children and music students experience daily.

In typical go-big-or-go-home fashion, Snow decided to tackle this issue with a full-scale musical. She contacted the writ-

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“I do a lot of counseling and I feel honored and blessed to be able to be an adult sounding board and mentor that my students of all ages can trust with their issues and fears, as well as their successes.”

The “It’s Easy!” creators, Jennifer Young and January Akselrad, also developed the national Be-A-Friend Project that delivers letters of peer support to children recovering from bullying. The See the Wish project carries the show’s “speak up, reach out and be a friend” message and is also woven into the show’s storyline, which takes place in one day and a quick trip 27 years into the future at Goodwin Middle School.

At the school, bullies make life miserable, and Jed Travis just wants to find the courage to speak up. Stacey Emerson wants to know why her best friend dumped her for the girls she hates. And Ricky Palmer? He just wants to disappear.

Just as the day couldn’t get any worse, a

kind custodian with a time travel app helps Jed. Together, with one unwitting cyberbully, they see that their futures and the lives of others depend on what they say or do at every moment. Is it too late to change the heartbreaking fate of one bullied classmate? Not if it’s up to Jed. Mountain View theater teacher Eric Hokanson and his students built the sets and will be running the lights and sound.

Cast members are students and faculty from: A.G. Wright Middle, Rockhill Elementary, North Stafford High, Shirley Heim Middle, Stafford Middle, Fredericksburg Christian, St. William of York, Park Ridge Elementary, Ferry Farms Elementary, Margaret Brent Elementary, Harvester Homeschool Co-op Springfield, Rodney Thompson, Heritage Christian Co-op, Lee Hill Elementary and Widewater Elementary.

Any show profits will be donated to the fine arts program at Mountain View High School, where the musical will be performed at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 and 22.

Tickets are available at mariahsmusicandarts.rocks/itseasy.

Stafford semifinalists announced in National Merit Scholarship Program Four Stafford County high school students have been selected as semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program, according to a news release.

The SCPS students include Jarrett P. Holmes and Joseph C. Ramos of Colonial Forge High School and Samuel A. Lightfoot and Sarah C. Schaefer of North Stafford High School.

Over 90 percent of the semifinalists nationwide will attain finalist standing, and half of the finalists are expected to win a National Merit Scholarship.

The high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million offered in the spring.

The National Merit Scholarship Program honors students who show exceptional academic ability in rigorous college studies. Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. Organizers established the program in 1955. NMSC provides scholarships with its own funds and by approximately 410 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

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PREP FOOTBALL STANDINGS COMMONWEALTH DISTRICT Team District Colonial Forge (6) 0-0 Mt. View (5) 0-0 Massaponax (5) 0-0 Brooke Point (5) 0-0 North Stafford (5)0-0 Stafford (5) 0-0

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Ever since Mountain View High School opened in 2005, its field hockey team has been coached by a Sullivan.

Pattie Sullivan oversaw the program as its head coach before her daughter, Kim, took over as head coach for the past three seasons after serving alongside her mother as an assistant coach for three seasons.

Besides the surname, one thing that has remained constant since the program’s inception has been the consistency of both the team’s play and expectations. The Wildcats team has made the state tournament every year of its existence, and the last two years, Mountain View has lived up to its name, literally climbing to the top of the proverbial mountain as state champions.

The Wildcats are state title contenders again, and Kim Sullivan is not reluctant to state two of the primary reasons why— work ethic and team unity.

“These girls know the expectations and what our program is about,” Sullivan said.

“And they are some of the hardest workers out there because of it.”

Sullivan said that for the past few years there has always been a strong group of upperclassmen that has shown the way to the younger group of talented newcomers.

“These girls lead the way to get everyone to play together, and they never let the younger ones settle for giving less than their best,” Sullivan said. “They are quick to tell if we [start to] have a bad practice, and they are always willing to stop and encourage the team to do things the right way.”

This year’s team has five seniors—Elizabeth Britten, Jordan Burzynski, Samantha Gilbert, Charlotte Mulder and Danielle Nogales—along with three returning allstate players in juniors Madi Hyatt and Mackenzie Rivero and sophomore Mackenzie Proffitt.

Just as they were led by upperclassmen within the program before them, this core group has led a strong contingent of younger or new incoming players in

a style of play that might be termed the Mountain View Way, which has led to sustained success, Sullivan said.

“We focus on the total game,” Sullivan said. “Many times, players might want to [only] focus on offense, but the players [especially the upperclassmen] know we have to focus on all parts of the game.”

Naturally, Sullivan is blessed with a couple good problems to have—depth and a track record of sustained success.

“I tell the girls that every time we play an opponent we are getting their best and they have a lot of motivation to beat us,” Sullivan said. “But all the players maintain their positivity and work tremendously hard to keep up the [high level of] expectations that are before them.”

Sullivan said the field hockey team has always been one of the more successful sports at Mountain View, but part of the reason is the support the team receives from its coaches and players in other sports.

Sharing the field with the football team is necessary, and Sullivan said the coaches have been more than accommodating.

She added that she enjoys talking about strategy with the school’s soccer coaches because field hockey and soccer, with 11 players per side, have similar strategies in many ways.

Hard work, excellent play, never settling for anything less than one’s individual best effort—these have been the hallmarks of Mountain View’s field hockey program since the beginning, and Kim said she saw it both when she played for rival Stafford against her mother’s team during the program’s infancy and when she coached alongside her mother during the last few years of the elder Sullivan’s reign.

“When I was her assistant, she let me be pretty hands-on; so that when I took over nothing much was different and it wasn’t a difficult transition,” Kim Sullivan said.

Perhaps that, more than anything, is why Mountain View’s constant presence at the top of the field hockey mountain has been consistent and figures to be so again this season.

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Abby Harrigan looked at some Division II colleges for soccer and even considered walking on at a Division I school.

But she found the level of competition at Division III Christopher Newport pretty intense as well during preseason workouts in women’s soccer.

“The pressure was really intense,” said Harrigan, a freshman midfielder from Brooke Point High School. “I had never played a full 10 days of soccer full-time.

It was fun though. High school was definitely not that intense. It was nice to join a team where everyone was competing [hard].”

Harrigan was a four-year forward and midfielder for the Black Hawks. She garnered all-region and all-conference honors and was also second team all-state once while in high school.

She looked at several colleges for soccer, including Division II Kutztown and Shippensburg of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.

“My top three choices were Christopher Newport, Kutztown and Shippensburg. I initially wanted to go higher than Division III. Ultimately CNU was the best fit for me. The campus is amazing; I love it,” she said. “The chemistry of the team is not comparable to anywhere else.”

Harrigan did not plan to play entire games as a freshmen. She started in the

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first three games as CNU won all three games. The Captains are slated to play Sept. 23 at Methodist in North Carolina.

“I am playing about half of the games [in minutes]. I am continuing to get better every day and working really hard,” she said. “Playing time … that was really important to me. I would rather play at a Division III school than sit on the bench” at higher levels.

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Harrigan is the daughter of Sean and Natalie Harrigan and has two brothers, Riley and Owen. The CNU freshman is majoring in biology and her favorite athlete is Messi, an Argentine football player with the Barcelona team.

Her father played sports at North Stafford High, while her brother Riley played sports at Brooke Point.

Another Brooke Point graduate at the college level in women’s soccer is freshman midfielder Kendall Weinfeld, who is at Davidson of the Atlantic 10 conference in North Carolina.

JMU FOOTBALL BEATS ROBERT MORRIS Hurricane Florence forced James Madison University to play its home football game Thursday, Sept. 13, against Robert Morris.

The game was originally slated to be played Sept. 15 in Harrisonburg.

JMU, ranked No. 2 in the nation at the time, crushed Robert Morris 73-7 as Dukes quarterback Ben DiNucci accounted for five touchdowns.

The Dukes (2-1) began the season with a loss at North Carolina State then won at Norfolk State in a game that was halted after one quarter due to lightning.

The JMU roster includes defensive back MJ Hampton of Stafford High and wideout Devin Ravenel of North Stafford.

RANDOLPH-MACON FOOTBALL BEATS CATHOLIC Randolph-Macon played its football game on Sept. 12 to beat the weather. The Yellow Jackets also beat Catholic, 41-6.

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