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Local clowns keep smiling through challenges Nicole and Ricardo Trevino with their newborn son, Noah. PHOTO BY MARY WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE
Stafford’s first baby waits to Jan. 2
One of the members of Luv ‘N’ Laffs Clown Alley strolls in the second annual Stafford County Christmas Parade last year. ALEKS DOLZENKO INSIDENOVA
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Ringquist admitted that business went down in the months following incidents involving scary clown sightings, but “it’s coming back,” he said. Luv ‘N’ Laffs Clown Alley, described as a support and teaching group, is affiliated with Clowns of America International and holds regular meetings and training in the youth center at Regester Chapel United Methodist Church in mid-county. The group participates in hospital clown rounds, clown ministries, charity functions and events that include birthday parties. According to Luv ‘N’ Laffs Clown Alley: “We are a bunch of silly, funloving, quirky clowns who work (play) daily to promote, preserve and present the time-honored profession and art of clowning. We love working with the communities around us and bringing smiles
and laughter to people of all ages.” Ringquist said he’s been a clown for 15 years after a friend of his got him started. When the friend was talking about going to clown school, “I laughed at him,” Ringquist said. “Then, a couple of months later, I got a call [to join him]. That was 15 years ago, and I haven’t looked back.” Even when he travels, Ringquist said he’ll take his balloon bag along to show people how to make balloon animals. On one cruise ship, he remembered being recognized from a previous cruise with his balloon animals, and thanked. “You never know how it’s going to pay off,” he said. Ringquist explained that he’s also part of a “caring clown unit” with “a good representaSMILE tion” of six hospital PAGE 13 clowns within the
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SHERIFF’S OFFICE BRIEFS TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO ARREST A Stafford man was arrested on multiple charges Dec. 29 after a traffic stop along U.S. 1 near Bells Hill Road. Louis Albert Hunter, 36, of Pepper Tree Lane in Stafford, was charged with driving on a suspended license, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, failure to obtain a vehicle registration or title and improper registration. Just before 9 a.m. Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office Deputy R.A. Weatherholtz was on patrol along U.S. 1 near Bells Hill Road when he saw a gray Pontiac Grand Prix with what appeared to be a false Virginia inspection sticker. The car pulled into a nearby 7-Eleven and the deputy ran the car’s tag through the Department of Motor Vehicles, according to M.C. Morris Moncure, public information officer for the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office. The tag was associated with a 2013 black Dodge, according to the deputy’s research. Hunter, when approached advised that he did not have a valid driver’s license, that there was a .45 caliber handgun in a backpack on the backseat of his vehicle and that he took the license plates from a Dodge he previously owned and placed them on the Grand Prix, according to a police report. The handgun with bullets in the magazine was recovered from the backpack and retained as evidence. Hunter was later released on a summons, according to Moncure.
MAN ARRESTED ON PRIOR ASSAULT CHARGES A Woodbridge man was arrested Dec. 30 on prior assault charges after police were called to the Country Inn and Suites in south Stafford. Wyatt Jamal Hessing, 27, of Forge Drive in Woodbridge, was charged with assault and battery, destruction of property and revocation of probation, according to M.C. Moncure, public information officer for the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office. At about 1:30 a.m., Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office Deputy W. J. McWaters responded to a call about a suspicious person at the hotel, located at 656 Warrenton Road. The caller told the deputy that a man and woman arrived at the hotel and the woman followed a guest into a room while the man remained in the hotel lobby, according to Moncure. When the deputy approached him, the man in the lobby — identified as Hessing — said that he and the woman were traveling through Stafford from Georgia and they stopped at the hotel so she could meet an ex-boyfriend. When the deputy checked the sheriff ’s office’s wanted files, he found that Hessing had active warrants stemming from an assault that occurred on Oak Drive in Stafford County on Dec. 11, 2016. There was also an active felony probation violation on file for him in Prince William County, according to Moncure. Hessing was incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail with no bond.
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Growth happens. Especially if you live in Stafford County. The population has more than doubled during the past 25 years, and DAVID KERR with that surge have come dozens of developments. And they keep coming. The challenge has always been: How do you keep up with the growth? Where do the new schools come from? What about the new roads? And what about the quality of life amenities like the recreation centers and parks? There is no doubt that a lot of the cost of growth is borne by taxpayers, those arriving and those already here. But one tool that county planners could always count on were proffers. The way they were defined for so many years was that they were intended to offset the effects of the new development. What that meant was that it often came down to whatever could be negotiated. The advantage was that it provided the localities and the developers with a degree of latitude and creativity in designing proffers. For instance, the new Rouse Swim and Sport Center in Embry Mill was the result of a proffer. Several schools have been built on proffered land. While another smaller scale proffer for a different project included buying
artificial turf for a high school football stadium. That one still leaves me scratching my head. But it was creative. The process was a strange one. Proffers were supposedly voluntarily offered. At which point there was a certain give-andtake between the county and the developer. Sometimes the proffers were in cash. But none of this, admittedly, was on a one-forone negotiation. The idea was simply to offset the impact of growth. But last year the General Assembly passed a bill that changed everything. Rather than accept proffers that addressed overall community needs, the proffers only have to offset the specific unit-by-unit impact of a development. That makes it hard to fit in something like a county-wide amenity such as an aquatic center or a park. For instance, in days past a developer might have proffered a site for an 800 pupil school. Under the new law, that proffer might be out of bounds if his development would only produce 400 students. As Tom Coen, a member of the Stafford County Planning Commission (George Washington District) put it, “The new law shifts the entire process and focus of how localities address development and its impact on communities.” Everything is different now. If the county wants to negotiate a proffer, they will find it much harder to use a suggested cash offset that’s uniform across the county. Rather, they have to define
the specific impact of the project. It requires a lot more analysis. Also, it has the effect of reducing what developers have to pay. That’s not explicit, but by limiting the scope of proffers and how they’re calculated, that’s the impact. The development community argued that proffers under the old law were unfair and distributed the costs unevenly. And besides, or so went the argument, the costs of the proffers inevitably ended up being borne by the new residents through higher housing costs. However, so much of the cost of development is in the hard-to-quantify category. That’s why more creative proffers seemed to offer at least a partial solution to meeting some of the broader community needs brought about by development. Now, it’s a much tighter ship. The developers, at least based on how the law reads, won’t necessarily have to come to the table ready to bargain like they used to. There is a specific limit on the size of the proffers and, inherently, a limit on the form they can take. It’s a better deal if you’re a developer, but maybe not so much if you’re a taxpayer. Because if we want those broader amenities and infrastructure, then that’s who is going to pay for them. 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.
POSTED ON INSIDENOVA.COM Editor’s note: The following are some comments on Al Alborn’s column, “It isn’t easy being white,” at InsideNoVa.com
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When will Americans start to stand up against Musliums? Al Alborn obviously wants to put his head in the sand when it comes to basic freedom and definitely women’s rights. These people have zero place in America and Al Alborn is on the same side of history as the people who supported South Africa apartheid. I would suggest that Al Alborn travels to the Saudi Arabia and see how these peace loving Musliums treat women and non-Musliums. The guy is so ignorant to the what is happening in the rest of the world outside of his gated community that he had zero credibility to be posting opinion pieces.
I do know hate
Al–I have one Muslim friend, several black and Latino friends, and live in a very diverse, friendly neighborhood and hang-out with everyone. I have worked extremely extensively for 32 years in the inner, inner cities of DC, Richmond and Baltimore. I also dated someone in the inner city of Richmond 2-years, 25 years ago. I never ever ventured into a situation without/or being prepared (for lack of better words) because of common sense and you are either 100 percent blind or just utterly ultra liberal and just pandering to continue to stir the pot. Even my friend “Dave” who immigrated here from SE DC won’t return as his family won’t conform to society’s norms.
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I’ve worked in his extended family’s exact neighborhood and can tell you that between there, the previous burning neighborhood(s) in Baltimore, and some of the meanest streets of Richmond, I was the only white-boy to be seen for miles and was exposed to more racism, or reverseracism as you put it. You should take one of your “nice western drives” to take in my favorite baseball team, the Orioles, but go the direction I always go and take Route 40 heading east. The plight is horrific and I’ve continued to try and help, but the mostly unwilling drug addicted, crime ridden don’t particularly care to clean-up their existence. I feel for the small percentage of good folks living amongst the bad as they are the true victims and many have reached out to me, but the majority are more racists than the overwhelming amount of white folks that I’ve crossed paths with in my life. Perhaps it’s the chip on their shoulder, but it extends further out to suburban and even to elitist blacks like Obama. Please live life and experience it firsthand and you won’t be so ignorant, I do know hate....
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trying to “one up” the other, or otherwise unproductive, that’s when I’m sad about the world we’re leaving to the younger generations.
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MLK Birthday Celebration set for Jan. 15 The 11th annual communitywide celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held at the James Monroe High School Auditorium at 3 p.m. Jan. 15, Epsilon Rho Boule’ of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and The Partnership for Academic Excellence announced. The program will include remarks from community leaders, dance numbers, music and King’s words read by students from area schools. Special reflections will be provided by a variety of community residents and leaders, including the Rev. Aaron Dobynes, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) and Dr. Troy Paino, president of the University of Mary Washington. Music will be provided by local gospel musicians Eric Armstead & Sons, the Fredericksburg Gospel Fest Choir and the performing arts students from Lafayette Upper Elementary School. “It is important that today’s generation understands the adversity Dr. King faced and how he overcame it through methods of nonviolence and truth,” said Xavier R. Richardson, executive vice president of Mary Washington Healthcare. Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (The Boule’) is the oldest predominately African-American Greek-lettered organization in the country, having been founded in 1904.
Del. Bob Marshall introduces transgender ‘bathroom bill’ Del. Bob Marshall, a Republican representing parts of neighboring Prince William County, is drawing swift condemnation for introducing a bill that activists are already comparing to North Carolina’s divisive “bathroom bill” aimed at transgender people. The longtime 13th District delegate put forward the “Physical Privacy Act” on Jan. 3, just ahead of the General Assembly’s new session, which would ban people from entering a “restroom, changing facility or private area designated for members of the opposite sex” in any government-owned building. The bill also specifies that any government entity that violates the law could be subject to civil action. Notably, the bill would also require any principal of a public school to notify a student’s parents within 24 hours if the child asks to be recognized as a member of the opposite sex, called by a “name or pronouns inconsistent with the child’s sex,” or use a different bathroom. Marshall declined to answer questions by phone in favor of responding to emailed queries instead, but did not immediately respond to emailed questions about the bill. Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe immediately responded to the news of Marshall’s plans on Facebook, pledging
to “veto any legislation that legalizes discrimination in Virginia and any legislation that infringes on the rights of the LGBT community.” “As we saw in North Carolina, these bills don’t just hamper civil rights — they kill jobs,” Brian Coy, McAuliffe’s spokesman, wrote in a statement. “The governor is hopeful that Republicans in the General Assembly will drop these counterproductive bills and turn their focus toward building a stronger and more equal Virginia economy.” LGBTQ advocates welcomed that support, and they’ve been similarly forceful in their early opposition to the bill. “We feel this is a bill that has pieces that immediately cause harm to our community, but as we’ve seen in North Carolina, it could cause severe harm to our economy as well,” James Parrish, executive director of Equality Virginia, said on a call with reporters. Cathryn Oakley, senior legislative counsel for state and municipal advocacy at the Human Rights Campaign, said Marshall included “the same damaging provisions” her group fought against in North Carolina’s H.B. 2. Gov. Pat McCrory signed that legislation into law following swift passage in a special session, leading to condemnations from observers around the country and a stream of
businesses fleeing the state. Virginia even reaped the benefits of the private sector’s reaction to the law, as CoStar Realty chose to locate its $250 million expansion in Richmond over Charlotte while citing the legislation’s discriminatory provisions. Where Marshall’s bill differs from the North Carolina legislation is the parental notification section, Oakley said. “I’m not aware of another regulation like that in the country, that is really an outlier,” Oakley said. She feels the provision is both unique and uniquely dangerous, since she believes it could trap transgender students that may have come out at school, but have yet to a have conversation with their parents. “If they’ve chosen to come out at school before doing so at home, they may have good reasons for doing that,” Oakley said. “And they may not know, if they ask a teacher to start calling themselves by a different name, that this is something they’ll be required to report to their family. They may not understand it means parents will get a phone call.” “Even though it’s 2017, we still have parents kicking their kids out of their homes just because they’re gay or transgender,” Parrish said.
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Animal shelter program a success A Stafford County Animal Shelter program called “Home for the Holidays” was a success in 2016, according to the organization. On Dec. 15, Dr. Amanda Hurley of White Oak Animal Hospital visited the shelter with her husband, Dave, and gave all of the animals rabies vaccinations. Megan Hubbard, who owns Sunflower Studios Photography, also assisted by taking photos of the animals and using her design and social media skills to create interest in animal adoptions.
The shelter was nearly empty twice before it closed for the holidays at the end of Dec. 22, according to shelter Manager Denise Spicer. As of Dec. 28, the adoption activity for December was robust, she said. At that time, 80 dogs were received, 30 dogs were redeemed/claimed by owners, 36 dogs were adopted, four dogs were transferred out and 11 dogs were transferred in. Forty-three cats were received; one was redeemed; 35 were adopted and nine were transferred, according to the shelter.
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Man charged in Bristow woman’s death
Bryan Christopher Yu was arrested and charged in the Nov. 6 shooting death of Linh Thi Pham, 26, of Bristow. Police said Pham was fatally shot while sitting in her car in the Virginia Gateway shopping center in Gainesville.
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Ahead of a predicted blizzard in late January, the Virginia Department of transportation warned motorists to stay home on Jan. 23. Our story on VDOT’s warning ranked high on our list of mostviewed items on InsideNoVa.com last year. Readers were also interested in our coverage of the snow fall and our gallery of readersubmitted photos.
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National Night Out
Law enforcement agencies throughout Northern Virginia teamed up with Neighborhood Watch programs and other community groups to hold block parties and other events for National Night Out, Tuesday, Aug. 2. Our gallery of photos from events held in Stafford County, Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. At left, dressed in junior firefighter garb, Emery Hartle, 4, left, and Caleb Cox, 4, get help from members of career firefighters Local 4012 in aiming streams of water at a target.
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Army staff sergeant charged in shooting deaths of wife, police officer
The 71st Annual Greater Manassas Christmas Parade marched through Historic Downtown Manassas Saturday, Dec. 3. This gallery of photos from the parade ranked high on our list of most visited pages on InsideNoVa.com last year.
Ronald Hamilton was charged with the fatal shootings of his wife, Crystal Hamilton and Prince William County Police Officer Ashley Guindon and with shooting and injuring two other police officers in February 2016. The audio recording of Office Ashley Guindon’s end of watch dispatch was the second-most viewed item on InsideNoVa.com in 2016. Also coming in near the top of the list were this article on Hamilton’s arrest, this article on Crystal Hamilton, and our first article on the shootings.
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Monday, Aug. 29, was the first day the new school year for students in Prince William County and Manassas public schools, and many area private schools. Many of our readers shared their first day of school photos with us and we shared them all in this gallery.
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Victims identified in murder-suicide at family home in Stafford County
Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office deputies responded to a house on Wilderness Court, in northwestern Stafford County, on Nov. 16, where they found the bodies of Lance Calvin Buckley, 35, his wife, Amy Buckley, 30, and their two daughters, Claire, 5, and Abigail, 17 months. Authorities said Lance Buckley killed his wife and daughters and then committed suicide. CLASSIFIED
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Three charged in fatal shooting in Manassas
Three people were arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in the Georgetown South shooting in Manassas in November. Police said Jose Tomas Velasquez, 44, was shot and killed while walking home from a friend’s house early on Nov. 25, the day after Thanksgiving.
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Nine arrested in Oct. 29 fatal shooting of Manassas man
In November, police arrested nine people in connection with the fatal shooting of Edwin Ivan Chicas, 22, of Manassas. Chicas was fatally shot on Quail Run Lane on Oct. 29. Police said the shooting was gangrelated and several of the suspects are members of the criminal street gang MS-13.
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Twenty-seven people were arrested in Operation Breaking Bars, an investigation into the distribution of illicit Xanax pills in Prince William County, announced in August 2016. The article and associated mugshot gallery topped the list of most-viewed items on InsideNoVa.com last year.
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Life can become much easier with online services If you are over 40, you must have a we-live-in-thefuture moment every time you Skype video with someone. It is amazing how quickly this MARK STOUT kind of phone call has become commonplace. My 90-yearold mother regularly video calls with her great-granddaughter, and she is hardly unique. In my experience, even the most tech resistant senior makes the effort to learn how to video call. Now there are some innovative ways to bring valuable services via the same technology. Professionals can efficiently reach their customers/patients via online video services. Primary among these is video psychological counseling. Instead of driving to an office, a patient simply Skypes in and has a conversation with a therapist. Some really like the casualness of it. There is no sitting in a waiting room where you might feel like others there are judging you. Instead, in the comfort and safety of your own home, you are having a session with someone who wants to help you. And some studies have apparently shown online counseling can be nearly as effective as face-to-face counseling.
Online visits simplify child-care concerns. Years ago, I pointed out to a young friend that she was better at discussing things via text messaging than faceto-face. I joked that she would likely be more successful at receiving counseling if it could be done via text messaging. Little did I know she and I were on a valid path. There are concerns. Therapists are generally licensed by the state where they practice. How does licensing work when the therapist in one state and the patient in another? And insurance may not cover this kind of therapy. Although considering the cost savings it can bring, I could see that changing. One practitioner I read about even has daily group sessions using Google Hangouts. There are specialists for depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance abuse and many more. Like in all businesses online or in real life, choosing your provider takes care. If there is value in video sessions, I hope we’ll soon see local practitioners offering a combination of face-to-face sessions as well as virtual sessions using video calls. Video life coaching is more acceptable to many. Life coaches are not necessarily licensed, but the right one can help a per-
son see their choices and opportunities more clearly. Selecting an online coach can give a person a larger pool from which to choose. Weight loss has shown to be an easier endeavor with support. Video offers oneon-one support even for those too busy to attend meetings, or who would have to find child care to make a session. There are also video coaching services for skills. I am not talking about the wealth of how-to videos available on Youtube or services like Lynda.com. Rather, I mean one-on-one coaching between teachers and students. For example, some offer music coaching services. They will listen to your music, watch you play on video and offer constructive criticism to help you improve. Teachers are finding value with peerto-peer coaching. They can sit down in calls and discuss classroom challenges they are encountering and asking advice. With the parents’ and school’s permission, video of classroom environments can be shared with the coach to gain insight and perspective. Who wouldn’t want your children’s teachers to be more effective? And video help does not need to be formal. Is one family member on the opposite coast a math whiz who can help a
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gracious!” 47. Commoner 48. *”Raindrops are falling on ____ ____” 50. Saharan-like 52. “Cause I’m a woman! W-OM-A-N...” singer 53. Like Roman Empire 55. ENT’s first concern 57. *”My daddy’s sleeping and mama ain’t ____” 60. *”So put another dime in the ____” 64. *”...I’ll tell you all about it when I see you ____” 65. “____ to Joy” 67. Abomination 68. Formal dishes 69. *”So bye, bye Miss American ____” 70. *”Oh, I was only twenty four hours from ____” 71. Front-line combat vehicle 72. Credit card acr. 73. Wheel shafts DOWN 1. Quilter’s stuffing 2. Not many 3. Something that’s unacceptable 4. Disappear, like into the sunset 5. Unbroken series of events 6. See him run!
niece or nephew on this coast with their homework? Can grandma help tuck in a 3-year-old by reading a bedtime story via Skype? Do divorced parents need to have a three-way session with a recalcitrant child to show a united front in their parenting despite any physical distance there might be? Some services are not necessarily online video. Tutor.com lets a student meet with a tutor on school subjects. They communicate by chat, and can interact on a white board. The chats are retained for the student to review later on. Facebook Live is Facebook’s easy to use live video streaming capability. I know one Virginia church that’s been around for over a 165 years that will soon begin live streaming its weekly services to their shut-ins. While that has been feasible for years, watching the videos has not been user friendly for the shut-ins until Facebook Live came along. Might schools begin Facebook Live classrooms during future flu outbreaks? Probably not, but it’s something to think about. For links mentioned in the column or to share this column online, go to http://www. familytechonline.com. For Mark’s contact information, visit markstout.info on the web. 7. Cleopatra’s cause of death 8. Whatchamacallit 9. “Summertime” or “Porgy and Bess,” e.g. 10. “Laughing on the inside” in text 11. Month of Purim 12. D.C. bigwig 15. Thai or Mexican food, e.g. 20. a.k.a. dropsy 22. Delish! 24. Small bouquet 25. Geological rift 26. Aggressive 27. “Umble” Heep 29. *”I’ve got a blank space, baby, and I’ll write your ____” 31. Boisterous play 32. Collectively 33. Come to terms 34. *”...Here’s my number, so call me ____”
36. Container weight 38. Kind of ski lift 42. “Farewell” in Paris 45. V.I.P. in Hawaii 49. Draper of “Mad Men” 51. Actress Fanning 54. Parkinson’s drug 56. Updike’s “Rabbit ____” 57. Turkish honorific 58. *”All you get is pain. When I wanted sunshine I got ____” 59. Sound on Old MacDonald’s farm 60. Audience’s rejection 61. Hillary’s hubby 62. British river 63. December 25th, for short 64. Pre-college challenge 66. Party bowlful
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A hand hit the ball and suddenly the Mountain View pass was bouncing out of bounds. Colonial Forge’s Troy Bernal ran to retrieve it, catching it in mid-air as the ball bounced over the out of bounds line. Instead of simply trying to find a teammate to steal the possession, Bernal took the play a step further—rocketing a pass toward Jakhari Taylor, who was in midsprint to the basket. Taylor caught the pass, twisted off a Mountain View defender for a layup, drawing a foul in the process. That moment, with a little more than a minute left in the third quarter, put Colonial Forge up 16 points over the host Wildcats after being tied at halftime. For those seven minutes, the Eagles showed the potential on the roster, while the rest of the game showed the room they still have to grow. “It’s consistency,” said coach Drew Miller, who is in his first year at the school CLASSIFIED
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after coaching for more than 16 years at the college level. “We have one senior and not a lot of leadership. There is potential, but right now we’re struggling to find it.” Miller took over this season for Jason John, who left to start the boys basketball program at the new Colgan High School in Prince William County. John led Colonial Forge to back-to-back state titles in 2014 and 2015, the first state championships for boys basketball in the history of Stafford County. Miller praised John’s work with the program and admitted he is still learning the area and the style of play. He coached the last two years at the Highland School in Warrenton after coming from Texas. “There is a learning curve for me as well – trying to find ways to communicate with players that are a few years younger than I worked with at the college level,” Miller said. “I don’t want to make excuses though. We can play better than we have.” To hear Miller talk, it would be easy to think the Colonial Forge season has been a disappointment, but the Eagles stand OPINION
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5-2 after the win over Mountain View. While their play still has to grow to Miller’s high standards, Colonial Forge will likely compete for the conference title and make the regional tournament. Khalil Smalls has come forward as a talented scorer, shooting better than 50 percent from 3-point range. Josh Sarratt has taken over point guard duties, while James Shellington continues to show potentially dominating physical skills. Miller said he wants to see a dominant scorer emerge. He said that sometimes the Eagles rely too much on their defense to keep them in games. That showed against Mountain View. After taking a 16-point lead in the third quarter, the Eagles held on to win by just four as the offense sputtered down the stretch. “We’ve had some good wins, but too often we lapse in our play,” Miller said. Dave Stegon can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com. NEWS
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clown alley who visit Mary Washington Hospital and Stafford Hospital. They are all there at least once a month, Ringquist said, with one of the clowns visiting as often as once a week. “We’re there for the patients as well as for the staff,” he said. “It’s stressful for them. We’re a 15- to 30-second break in their days.” Ringquist said patients of all ages enjoy the clowns and the clowns in turn enjoy those they meet. He
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Legal Notices In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $153,695.00, dated August 26, 2013, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on September 4, 2013, as Instrument Number 130021509, 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 February 6, 2017 at 9:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: LOT #37 IN BLOCK #5, HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SECTION OF SECTION 1 OF FERRY FARMS DEVELOPMENT AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT THERETO MADE BY LR.R. CURTIS, SURVEYOR, FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, DATED FEBRUARY 20, 1950 AND RECORDED ON THE 30TH DAY OF MARCH, 1950 INTHE CLERK'S
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