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tafford County Public Schools has ramped up security at its schools following a Valentine’s Day mass shooting at a south Florida high school. Extra deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office were sent to the schools this week, with a further precaution stemming from threats to two Stafford and Spotsylvania schools. On Sunday, parents were alerted that T. Benton Gayle Middle School in Stafford, along with Thornburg Middle School in Spotsylvania, was threatened on several social media sites. A photo of a handgun was posted along with the threats to the schools. An alert sent to parents and posted publicly read: “Stafford County Public Schools received information of a threatening message posted on social media over the weekend concerning T. Benton Gayle Middle School. The [Stafford County] Sheriff ’s Office is investigating the incident. As a precaution, deputies will provide extra security at the school. Please be assured the administration at Gayle Middle School will continue to investigate the source of the threat as well as to maintain vigilance to provide for student safety. We are taking this matter very seriously and ask for your help. If your child knows of the person who posted the threatening message, contact school administrators. Please encourage your student to report any threats to the school. The safety of students and staff is of the utmost importance for Stafford County Public Schools.”

The Stafford County Democratic Committee hosted a candidates’ forum at the Porter Library on Feb. 17, with the four candidates vying to represent the Democratic Party in the run for the 1st District seat in Congress held by Republican Rob Wittman. Ben M. Litchfield, chair of the committee, left, opened the forum for Ryan Sawyers, Vangie Williams, John Suddarth and Edwin Santana. Some 30 residents attended the 2-hour event. SUBMITTED

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everal Stafford residents addressed the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday with concerns about their children’s safety at school. Ashley Goff, of North Stafford, said that she has two daughters in school. “Dropping my kids off at school today was one of the scariest things I’ve done in a very long time – not knowing if those threats circulating the internet would happen, if they would be safe or make it home.” She was referring to social-media threats over the weekend directed at one Stafford school and one Spotsylvania school. The threats came in the wake of a south Florida mass shooting at a high school where 17 people died. “All kids should have the right to feel safe at school,” she said. “A lot of things need to be done to ensure children’s safety.”

Goff told the board that she’s talked to other concerned parents and collaborated over ideas to make schools safer. Some of the suggestions included metal detectors in schools or the use of a trial metal detector in one school; armed officers or retired military at entrances; more frequent activeshooter training for staff; groups that would help identify troubled students; more detailed information required to pick up students; and more secure side doors and entrances that put safety at risk. “We know this won’t happen overnight and could increase taxes but is something that needs to be done,” she said. “…These kids need to know that they matter and are important to us.” Kenya Wallach also spoke to the board. “If there’s ever a time for the board of supervisors, school board and community agencies to come together, it is now,” she said.

Stafford County Supervisor Jack Cavalier, R-Griffis-Widewater District, said there is less than one resource officer in each middle and high school, meaning that some officers are shared. “The one thing we can do here locally and that we should do locally… We need to come up with a better plan to secure our schools because they are targets. A lot of places are,” he said. Cavalier said he’d like to get the ball rolling on a plan that will not get shelved for three years. He wants the board to meet with sheriff ’s office and security personnel to devise a plan, acknowledging, “Yeah, it’s going to cost a little money. … I’m not going to stay silent on this. I want to see real results. We can provide better security than what we have now.” Andy Hayes, a teacher at T. Benton Gayle Middle School and the Stafford Education Association president, said that it can be extremely unpredictable and stressful to be a teacher. He asked for proper funding and lower class sizes, noting noticeably fewer students in class Tuesday. SUPERVISORS » PAGE 2

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Interim Supervisor Thomas Coen, RGeorge Washington, said that further active-shooter training is needed and he believes that Stafford Sheriff David Decatur wants to do it. Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer, R-Garrisonville, said that he has spoken with Manassas resident Joe Schumate, who lost a daughter in the 2007 Virginia Tech school shooting. Schumate, who works locally, is willing to meet with Stafford officials, Dudenhefer said. He is part of a national and state organization that works on school safety THREAT

and with threat-assessment teams, he added. Super visors’ Chair woman Meg Bohmke, R-Falmouth, noted that would be discussions between her, the school chair and Superintendent Bruce Benson. She also brought up the importance of addressing mental-health issues in young people. Also at the meeting, the board of supervisors: * authorized reappropriated funding to replace a wastewater treatment facility at Hartwood Elementary School.

* paid tribute to Barbara Kirby, who died Feb. 4 at age 84. She was a member of the Stafford County Planning Commission and a passionate community volunteer, serving on historical, architectural review and cemetery committees over the years. “Stafford County has lost a kind and wonderful lady, said Bohmke. “Mrs. Kirby left an everlasting influence on the community.” Earlier this month, the Virginia House of Delegates adjourned in honor of Kirby, at the request of Bob Thomas, a new 28th

District delegate and a former Stafford supervisors. * honored Charles Schumate, who served as the county attorney for seven-and-a-half years. With 50 years of experience as an attorney, he is now retiring. * recognized black history month with visits from the NAACP Youth Council, the United Faith Christian Ministries Choir and other guests, including Stafford resident Gary Mercer, who helped with racial integration in Stafford County schools.

Some parents who posted said that there should be zero tolerance for threats, violence and bullying and that schools in general don’t take such matters seriously enough. Another parent recommended name badges for everyone and mandatory clear, mesh backpacks. Similar ominous social-media threats to those in Virginia have been issued across the country, causing uneasy trepidation and downright fear. The copycat threats, in some cases, have prompted lockdowns and some school closures out of precaution. There was no school Monday, Presidents’ Day, but students returned to school Tuesday.

Across Virginia, at least 10 schools have reported experiencing social-media threats that called for investigation and an increased police presence. None of the schools cancelled their classes and most of the threats were deemed not credible or attention-seeking hoaxes. The threats came in the wake of 17 deaths at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a 19-year-old expelled student returned to shoot fellow students and staff.

In Richmond, a pep rally was cancelled at a Hanover school after threats were made to specific individuals on social media; however later, school officials said they did not believe a threat existed. Three schools in the Hampton Roads area experienced social-media threats, along with several other Virginia schools. In Norfolk, a teenager was arrested for threatening to shoot his classmates.

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Many parents posting on Stafford County Public Schools’ Facebook page in response to the alert were worried while others said they trust local law enforcement and school officials in keeping their children safe. Others noted that violence can happen anywhere at any time. Those particularly worried wanted to know what would be done specifically to keep students safe, other than providing extra temporary security. One parent suggested metal detectors, random locker checks and knowing which parents have gun permits. Another said that heavier armed security, not just a resource officer, should always be on hand at each school. Cost should be no issue when it comes to students and staff safety, many said.

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Another massacre reopens need for gun safety A problem remains that antiThe tragic mass shooting of 17 gun enthusiasts are labeling the students and educators in ParkAR-15 used in Florida as an land, Florida, using an AR-15 assault weapon. Such a derifle inflames gun control scription is simply ludicrous discussions for a majority to experienced gun owners of citizens who know little or veterans. Any veteran about guns. Could the use of who has seen combat up close drones have helped prevent the tragedy? DANIEL CORTEZ acknowledges the term “assault weapon” is for fully automatic rifles used Stafford Del. Bob Thomas’s House in intense battle situations. Bill 1482 involving drones and is a step I used one in Vietnam, the M-16 with in the right direction for Virginia to all its flaws at the time. The AR-15 is prevent such carnage from possibly ocsemi-automatic and had limited use in curring. South East Asia. Today it is an excelIf passed, his bill might be the motivalent weapon for hunting or recreational tion needed to focus on low-cost drone shooting. usage not only for surveying accident The aesthetics of initial weaponry scenes, but in subsequent legislation aiddesigns perhaps were made to give rifles ing first responders who are attempting a sinister look to intimidate an enemy. to contain a chaotic situation in a school The AR-15 did and is quite accurate. zone. But it absolutely is not an intense assault A similar bill being considered, Senate weapon. Bill 508, would allow the Virginia State Realistically, modern weapons for Police to use drones. And it’s the right hunting and target shooters become thing to do, in spite of privacy concerns. totally subjective to the purchaser. I God forbid any student or adult atknow of several hunters, who are with tempts to inflict the same kind of terror the Quantico Gun Club I belong to, use in our schools locally. And regrettably, the AR-15 as their primary hunting or the time has come for privacy issues to recreational weapon of choice. be discussed with real-time perspective, Still “any” weapon-- be it rifle, pistol or while reexamining background check hunting knife in untrained hands or the procedures when the most murders or mentally deranged—can become lethal. suicides are committed by handguns not That remains the underlying problem. rifles. Decades ago I visited a local high But the preventative and containment school as part of a leadership group issue of weapons revolves around needdiscussing responsible conduct. When ing strict disciplinary procedures and I queried the student body, I found the need for a greater gun safety focus in it disturbing how many students had schools.

We must ask ourselves: ‘What have we become?’ bear arms. That right, strange as it It seems to me…the horrific may seem, allows us to be free. events at Marjory Stoneman But what it was intended to Douglas High School in provide was that if we were atParkland, Florida, cannot and tacked or invaded, the citizens must not be thought of as a and the militia would have the problem far away. ability to protect and defend What happened there must our country and the people in it. make all communities in the U.S. It allowed for a standing army. finally say this must stop. Stafford HARVEY GOLD And, when there was no threat County, I am certain, has been from an enemy, the guns could be used taking many precautions and setting up for hunting for food and even furs for systems to prepare for this kind or any warmth. kind of catastrophe within our schools Keep in mind, when the 2nd Amendand public places. I do not know the specifics of what the ment was written, there loomed above our country the specter of possible county has done and have no reason to invasion. In addition, the country was raise questions or concerns about their virtually all rural, and hunting was a way efforts. To the contrary, I have a feeling of life. that, in light of what happened in ParkFast forward to 2018 and the threat of land, the county is going to review and an army invading our country is virtually update its plans. nil. In today’s military world, any invaBut after Parkland, what all of us in sion will only come after a nuclear misStafford and across the country must ask sile attack, and then guns and pitchforks ourselves is, “What has our country bewill be of little use. come?” Has our collective thinking and So, tell me, other than for hunting and acceptance of these continuous killings for target practice, should we have any turned us into a third-world country? use for guns. Few, if any, go hunting with I do believe in the right to keep and

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weapons in their homes and had actually used them with zero actual gun safety training. I relayed my concerns to Thomas’s predecessor; a non-veteran who failed to embrace the need for gun safety indoctrination or carry and conceal availability in our schools, which should be examined now. Clearly Marine veteran Thomas, with his keen knowledge of weaponry, has a more real-time perspective today about gun safety. Last year’s General Assembly passed legislation allowing school security to carry a firearm in the performance of their duties, if they meet jurisdictional mandates. This is another step in the right direction to protect our students. Locally, school officials should emphasize more use of 4-H clubs, the NRA or the Boy Scouts to offer expanded gun safety classes to students. But if the discussion locally and nationally continues to be one to outlaw all guns as assault weapons, there will be limited resolution. What is needed is to emphasize proper parenting, responsible legislation including drone use, armed school security, and gun safety education along with mental health screening--which will do more than misinform the public about a semi-automatic hunting rifle in the wrong hands. Daniel P. Cortez of Stafford is a Northern Virginia political writer and broadcaster. He is active in veterans and minority affairs and may be reached at dpcortez1969@yahoo.com. a pistol or revolver, and why would a respectable hunter want to go after deer or turkeys with an AR-15 or any weapon of its kind. Handgun use and rifles and shotguns that any respectable hunter would use, can be regulated. But these regulations must be tightened to prevent the indiscriminate sale and availability of guns. We should not have to have weapons to protect ourselves from each other. But the frightening thing is, we do! And since we do, we must ask ourselves, “What have we become?” Shootings occur daily in Washington, D.C., the city where laws to protect the nation’s citizen are supposed to be created. Mass shootings occur across the country in one school after another, in houses of worship, in places of recreation. Safe public places have become difficult to know. And, to our national sorrow, the problem has grown under the last several presidents--enough to make President Obama cry. And what of Congress? Do they not see that it is more than the right to keep and bear arms? Don’t they recognize that in their tunnel vision to protect legitimate gun owners, they have made guns more easily available to criminals, maniacs, the mentally ill and any GOLD others who should not be PAGE 5 able to have a gun?

STAFFORD BRIEFS RV SHOW TO TAKE STAGE IN MARCH The 13th-annual Fredericksburg RV Show will be held March 2-4 at the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center in Fredericksburg. Tickets are good all three days and children 12 and under are free. March 2 is $5 senior day. Ticket prices range from $8 to $10 apiece. Hours are March 2, 1 to 8 p.m.; March 3, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and March 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The expo center is located at 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg. For tickets or more, visit FredericksburgRVshow.com and FredericksburgExpoCenter.com. LOCALS ORGANIZE TO RALLY, FLAG PROTEST A group of local residents, Stafford Indivisible Community Action Network, will gather Feb. 27 to speak out against the Confederate flag that flies on private property visible to travelers on Interstate 95 in Stafford. The group plans to attend the 3 and 7 p.m. Stafford County supervisors’ meeting and protest along U.S. 1 outside the county government building in between meetings. The group’s complaint is headed to Stafford’s board of zoning appeals. The building is at 1300 Courthouse Road in Stafford.

McOsker, will cover the rebuild of Ferry Farm Elementary School, school calendar options and the school budget. The school is at 20 Pendleton Road in south Stafford.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS HOOPS CONTEST COMING TO STAFFORD COUNTY Special Olympics Virginia’s basketball championships take place March 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Colonial Forge High School, Dixon Smith Middle School, H.H. Poole Middle School, Stafford Middle School, Rodney Thompson Middle School, A. G. Wright Middle School, Brooke Point High School, Mountain View High School and Gayle Middle School. Competitions will take place all day and include full court games, half court games, individual skill drills and unified games, where players with and without disabilities play on the same team. STUDENT EARNS LEADERSHIP AWARD North Stafford High School student Alexandra Leake recently won the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Leadership Award for 2018. The award was established by Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. in order to recognize and reward young men and women who excel academically and demonstrate qualities of leadership. Chosen students exhibit excellence of character, leadership, devotion to duty and academic accomplishment. The presentation of the award took place at the Supreme Court of Virginia in Richmond on Feb. 14.

Stafford promotes deputy county attorney of supervisors, Meg Bohmke. Stafford County announces “She has been an integral and the appointment of Rysheda outstanding member of the M. McClendon to the posiCounty Attorney team for tion of county attorney. Mcyears, and we look forward to Clendon has served as deputy continuing to work with her county attorney for Stafford in her new role.” since 2015 and worked in the McClendon was the draftscounty attorney’s office for woman of the county’s 2011 seven years. She will replace redistricting ordinance which retiring County Attorney adopted new election district Charles L. Shumate on March boundaries and polling place 1, according to a county statement. RYSHEDA MCCLENDON locations. McClendon drafted a shared radio services agree“Stafford County is advancing in many areas – economic develop- ment for emergency and public safety ment, needed improvements to our infra- services that resulted in some $285,000 in structure, meeting the service needs of an annual savings. McClendon holds a Juris Doctor deexpanding population and much more. Rysheda McClendon has both the legal gree from the University of the Pacific expertise and the institutional knowl- McGeorge School of Law, as well as a edge to guide us as Stafford continues to Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary progress,” said the chairman of the board Studies from George Mason University. GOLD

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TEACHER RECOGNIZED AS IDITAROD EDUCATOR Ferry Farm Elementary School teacher Heidi Sloan has been selected as the 20th Iditarod Teacher on the Trail. The program selects one educator each year to teach beyond the traditional classroom walls via the Internet and participate in a project that reaches students in the United States and around the world. It focuses on literacy, core curriculum, life skills and technology. Sloan was selected from thousands of applicants and traveled to join the musher and sled dogs along the southern trail in Alaska on Feb. 19. After six weeks in Alaska, Sloan will return to share her knowledge.

If you haven’t been to a gun show, you must go. It will shock you. Visualize the largest exhibition hall you can imagine with table upon table filled with firearms of every type, size and firepower. Granted, it is all lawful, and laws and regulations are followed at these shows. But sadly, the existing laws and regulations don’t prevent someone who can meet the requirements from buying one or more weapons at every show and then selling them to someone else to use for criminal purposes. These shows occur all over the country on an ongoing basis, often twice a year and year after year. Now, I can understand a hunter wanting several guns to be prepared to hunt for different animals. A shotgun here, a rifle there, here a gun, there a gun; then there are guns everywhere. Have we been allowing this loosely regulated sale to go on for so long that we can no longer correct the problem? We can’t take all the guns back. We can’t say no to lawful purchasers and

find it difficult to create stricter regulations. Our presidents can’t seem to lead us out of this horrendous problem, and for some time Congress hasn’t seemed to want to. So for change to happen, will enough people say, “enough is enough” and demand that something be done? The faces of those murdered in Florida a few days ago should make us all say, “Enough is enough and this insanity must stop.” Or, will the faces of these innocents who died in Parkland and too many other places just blend into the everyday street murders and the make believe world of murder and death that fills our TV, movies and other entertainment? If we let that happen and we don’t demand that something be done, then we must ask ourselves, “What have we become?” Harvey Gold is a contributing writer at InsideNoVa/North Stafford. Reach him at Staffordnews@insidenova.com.

We should limit the ability of people with psychological issues to purchase weapons

Last year, Wittman co-sponsored H.J.

“mentally incompetent” with NICS. These

making decisions on whether a person can

Res.40, which repealed a Social Security

investigations and determinations are

buy an assault weapon.

Administration rule that would allow SSA

routinely done to identify individuals that

Isn’t this the type of common sense re-use

With the recent school shooting in

to share a list of people deemed to have

are so incapacitated they can’t manage the

of existing activities that we should be

Florida, I think we should look at what

“severe mental impairment” and unable

financial benefits these agencies provide

taking advantage of to keep guns out of

our elected officials are doing to keep the

to manage their own Social Security

them. In short, these individuals are unable

the hands of mentally unstable people?

citizens of Virginia safe and how they feel

benefits with the National Instant Criminal

to manage a checkbook or their own care.

about limiting the ability of people with

Background Check System--the system

These rules simply let those agencies share

psychological issues to purchase weapons.

currently used to determine if someone

the information they are already gathering

Unfortunately, it looks like the Republican

can buy a firearm or explosives.

with NICS so they can prevent weapons

Congressman from VA-1, Rob Wittman,

He also voted for H.R. 1181, which

from being purchased by individuals who

cares more about pleasing the gun lobby

similarly would not allow the Veterans

are incapable of handling them responsibly.

and ideological purity than common sense

Administration to share the names of

Apparently Mr. Wittman does not think this

safety measures.

people their investigations have deemed

information should be shared with people

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For Mountain View senior Henrik Anderson, the journey from winning an elementary running challenge to a regional indoor track champion and then state runner-up in past years has been a long and winding road, so it’s fitting that both of the Group 5A region D titles he won Feb. 13 were distance titles. Anderson won both the 1,000- and 1,600-meter races at the regional event and finished second overall in cross country last fall. But his love affair with the track and running began as an elementary school student when his teachers issued a mile running challenge to their classes. “I think it started in second grade. I started running fast and realized I could beat a lot of people,” Anderson recalled. “That’s when I started really thinking I could make my mark as a runner.” Anderson came home and told his parents, Gary Anderson and Jennifer Matthews, that he had won and, he said, both of them told him they were proud of him and that running was probably in his bloodlines. After all, both his parents had been in running clubs (and his father had been a competitive runner) at Cedarville University, a Christian college in Cedarville, Ohio, a short drive from Columbus. Anderson added that family and faith have played key roles in his achieving the

success he has had on the track so far. He counts his father as “my biggest fan.” “He’s there every meet and gives me advice, probably as much as my coaches do,” Anderson said. “But he has always given me a lot of support, and it’s great to have him there and to know what it is like to have run competitively.” Unfortunately for both Andersons, Henrik had to deal with some adversity that pre-dated his high school success after his mother, a CIA employee working in Afghanistan, was killed in a suicide bombing in 2009. That was obviously not easy for Anderson to take. “It’s tough to lose your mother at age 9 and to grow up without a mother,” Anderson said. “But before every race, I pray for my dad and for my mother. I think about her and run in her memory. I know she’s looking down on me and is proud of me.” Mountain View coach Mike Porter said there are two ingredients that have guided Anderson’s success—mental toughness and adopting a “family” mindset. “Before the season, I talked to [Henrik] and we set goals, both individually and as a team,” Porter said. “I started talking to him about the family concept, and he and the other seniors on the team really bought in. I think given all that has happened to him, it was easy for him to buy in.” Although Anderson said the mental

Henrik Anderson won the 1,000- and 1,600-meter races at the 5A Region D meet Feb. 13. SUBMITTED

aspect of running is what he enjoys most about competing as a distance runner, his mental toughness was tested once—and on a big stage. In 2016, he was the final leg of a 4 X 800 relay team at the outdoor state championships. The team led all the way until Anderson’s legs gave out during the final push and the team finished second. Anderson said the disappointment was palpable. “It was heartbreaking, but it taught me a lot,” Anderson said. “My goal now is to

run my best race and not think too much about how the other runners are doing.” It is with that mindset that Anderson will approach running at the indoor state meet at the Boo Williams Sports Complex in Hampton. Anderson said his experience running there before should help him do his best. “I’ve never heard a louder noise in track than during the 4 X 400 at that place,” Anderson said. “You basically have to shut out the crowd and not think about it. On the other hand, if they really get excited, you can get that extra push.” Anderson’s mental acuity has been shown through his race planning and ability to overcome adversity, but also through his academic success. He sports a 4.45 grade point average, which puts him in the top 5 percent of his class, he said. Whether Anderson wins or loses at states, the approach he said he will take is based on what he has learned in talking to Porter throughout his four years at Mountain View. “I tell [Henrik] and all our runners that if you run your race, you will give yourself a chance,” Porter said. “And if you run your best, you enjoy the moment and have fun. If someone beats you, that’s the way it goes, but you have to enjoy the moment.” Hugh Rist can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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film of the other teams. Since I have been here it has been very consistent with tape. I enjoy watching film.” What does Parker look for on the bench? “I will see which [opposing] players don’t have hands in our team’s shooting pockets,” she said. The Eagles, who had Senior Day on Feb. 17 against Marymount, hosted a CAC playoff game on February 20. The semifinals were slated for Feb. 22, with the title game Saturday, Feb. 24, also at the highest seed. Mary Washington was 13-11 overall and 12-5 in the CAC after a loss at home Feb. 14 to national power Christopher Newport, which was ranked No. 11 in the country in Division III before the game. There was an announcement that night about the Parker milestone because it was the first home game after she went over 1,000 points. “As a freshman she was pretty much a 3-point shooter. Now she can attack the rim and draw fouls. She gets to the foul line [more],” long-time Eagles coach Denna Applebury said earlier this season. Parker had several family members at the game at Wesley and also in Fredericksburg for the game against Christopher Newport. Her parents made a sign to show their support of her for the game at Wesley. Parker also attracted attention in high school from coaches at Lynchburg and Virginia Wesleyan. But she was set on attending Mary Washington. Parker is on track to graduate with a major in political science and a minor in business. She has a job lined up in human resources with a defense contractor near Quantico. Parker was a second-team allCAC pick as a junior and was named to the CoSIDA all-district women’s basketball team. She played in 28 games, and started two, and averaged 12 points per game. David Driver can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 135 Doc Stone Road Stafford, VA 22556 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $189,900.00, dated April 8, 2013, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Stafford County on April 23, 2013, as Instrument Number 130009916, 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 March 22, 2018 at 10:00 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: ALL THAT certain lot,

piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Rock Hill District, Stafford County, Virginia, shown as Lot 2, RILEY ESTATES, containing 1.4668 acres, more or less, on Plat of Survey by John B. Vance, Jr., CLS, dated November 30, 1988, recorded per Plat in Plat Book 18, Page 205, of the Land Records of Stafford County, Virginia. Tax ID: 21 19P. 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

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TRUSTEE'S SALE OF Parcel 1 (3.9651 acres) and Parcel 2 (4.7391 acres) as shown on the Plat of Subdivision, Section One, Port Aquia Commercial, Stafford County, Virginia Tax Map I.D. Numbers: 21U-1-1 and 21U-1-2 In execution of Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Filing from Rock Springs Foundation, a/k/a The Rock Springs Foundation, recorded May 17, 2017, as Instrument Number 170008553 (“Deed of Trust”), in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court, County of Stafford, Virginia (“Clerk’s Office”); the Sole Acting Substitute Trustee, having been appointed Substitute Trustee by Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated October 20, 2017, recorded in the Clerk’s Office on December 7, 2017 and by Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated December 6, 2017, to be recorded in the Clerk’s Office, will offer for sale at public auction, the real estate briefly described as Parcel 1 (3.9651 acres) and Parcel 2 (4.7391 acres) as shown on the Plat of Subdivision, Section One, Port Aquia Commercial, Stafford County, Virginia, recorded with the Stafford County, Virginia Circuit Court in Plat Book 40, Pages 196 and 197 and which is more particularly described in the Deed of Trust. The sale will be conducted at the front entrance of the building which houses the Circuit Court of the County of Stafford, Virginia, located at 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, Virginia 22555 on March 23, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. TERMS: Cash. Successful bidder's deposit of 10% of the final amount bid will be required, with balance of sale price to be paid within 30 days. The successful bidder's deposit MUST be paid by CASH, CASHIER'S OR CERTIFIED CHECK at the foreclosure sale. The real estate will be sold "AS IS." The real estate will be conveyed by SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED, subject to all rights, reservations, leases, covenants, conditions, easements and restrictions superior to the Deed of Trust as they may lawfully affect the real estate. The purchaser will be required to pay all closing costs except the grantor's recording tax. Real estate taxes will be prorated as of the date of sale. Risk of loss to the real estate will pass to the successful bidder upon acceptance of the bid by the Trustee. Additional terms may be announced at the sale. This is a communication from a debt collector and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Time is of the essence with respect to all dates and times. HAMILL D. JONES, JR., Sole Acting Substitute Trustee For Information Contact: Hamill D. Jones, Jr., Sole Acting Substitute Trustee. 1900 One James Center 901 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219. Phone: (804) 697-5128 2/23, 3/2, 3/9 & 3/16/18

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