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âI hope in the little village of Marshall that weâll continue to have more fun shops and restaurants and walkable streets and fun places to hang out,â Amanda Luhowiak says. Sometimes, people want to buy ostrich, alligator and this, that and the other. I can certainly source almost anything that someone wants to try.
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Staff Journalist In the Marshall butcherâs hands, nothing goes to waste.
Amanda Luhowiak, 40, would have it no other way.
âI love being able to take a whole, entire animal and break it down into usable parts and pieces,â explained Mrs. Luhowiak, who with husband Derek co-owns The Whole Ox, a custom butchery at 8357 W. Main St. in the Northern Fauquier village. âWeâre really using absolutely everything â every little piece of the animal.â
By Chris and Rosie
May 7, 2021
Five top names have emerged as Lord Fairfax Community College’s naming task force continues the work of choosing a new name for the college, according to a Thursday morning news release from LFCC.
The top contenders are Valley & Vista, Red Oak, Laurel Ridge, Valley & Ridge and Newbridge.
The list was released in advance of a Thursday evening telephone town hall to give the public a chance to learn more about the renaming process. Coverage of the town hall will be in Saturday’s edition of The Winchester Star.
In February, LFCC’s College Board voted to rename the college, which was founded in 1970 in Middletown. Its namesake, Thomas, the 6th Lord Fairfax, was an 18th-century slave owner who came to America from England, eventually settling in White Post in Clarke County. He had vast land holdings and was a mentor to a young George Washington, but he remained loyal to the British during the Revolutionary War.
LFCC offers top five candidates for new name
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The community college at Weyers Cave in August County already has the name Blue Ridge, which might have worked well for Lord Fairfax. Overwhelmingly, the community input centered around the breathtaking beauty of the natural surroundings for which the LFCC service region is known. Kelly OâKeefe, branding consultant
Poll
Which among the 5 candidates for a new name would you choose?
> Click here to vote A task force has announced its top five possibilities for Lord Fairfax Community Collegeâs new name:
⢠Valley & Vista
⢠Newbridge
LFCCâs board voted in February to rename the college, founded in 1970 at Middletown in Frederick County. The college also has a campus near Warrenton and one in Luray, along with a small center at Vint Hill.
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The grants range from $7,500 to $50,000. Rather than our traditional annual grant cycles, this year we pivoted to Flexible Funding to provide programmatic and general operations funds to address the continuing need our community faces after enduring more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. PATH President/CEO Christy Connolly The Warrenton-based PATH Foundation has awarded more than $1.2 million in âFlexible Fundingâ grants. The grants to 38 area organizations support missions focused on community health and vitality.
This grant cycle offered up to $75,000 in unrestricted general operating and program support for 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, with PATH focusing on organizations and populations with the greatest needs.
Puller Veterans Care Center slated to open next March
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The 145,000-square-foot Puller Veterans Care Center faces the Vint Hill Parkway on 30 acres donated for the project.
General contractor Whiting-Turner of Baltimore started construction last summer. Itâs really designed to make Puller part of the larger Fauquier community. Virginia Department of Veterans Services Chief Deputy Director Steven Combs
Puller Veteran Care Center
⢠Services: Nursing, dementia and short-term rehabilitative care for military veterans.
⢠Operator: Virginia Department of Veterans Services.
⢠Beds: 128.
⢠Staff: 220.
⢠Architects: Wiley Wilson, Lynchburg; Orcutt Winslow, Phoenix, Ariz.
⢠Opening: March 2022.
⢠Background: The state operates similar 400-bed and 240-bed centers in Richmond and Roanoke, respectively. It plans to open a 128-bed center in Virginia Beach in August 2022.