OUR MISSION - Citizens for Fauquier County

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Your Dues aND
DoNaTioNs aT
WorK
The Fauquier
CoaT-oF-arms
Your generosity and
interest enable CFFC to
publish this quarterly
newsletter, The Monitor,
and to provide funding for
projects central to CFFC’s
mission - the protection of
Fauquier’s unique quality
of life.
With no salaried staff,
CFFC’s volunteer Board of
Directors channels your
contributions directly to
the beneficiaries of your
largesse.
During the past 15
months, CFFC has expended more than 12,000 of
your dollars to:
• Support the Fauquier
Educational Farm;
Our county is named for
an early governor of the
Virginia colony, Francis
Fauquier. He governed
well, and at his death in
1768, was “mourned by the
colonists, who realized that
they had lost a good friend
and a spokesman for their
interests at a time when tension was increasing
between England and
America.” The Fauquier
family’s armorial coat-ofarms is a handsome device
and would have made a
good
county
logo.
Herewith is a brief examination of the Fauquier coat.
“The coat of arms on the
Governor’s bookplates is
that used also by other
members of the Fauquier
family; the Governor used
it on his seal, quartered
with the arms of the
Chamberlaynes, his mother’s family. It is, perhaps, a
French coat; for heraldic
authority has given the
opinion that the arms have
or had no validity in
England.” – “Books in the
by Susan Russell
• Join forces with the
Remington Community
Partnership to fund a study
of the Rappahannock River
to encourage state recognition of the river’s historical
value;
• Pay for a large, fullcolor map of protected
lands in the county for
insertion in The Fauquier
Times;
• Contribute to the Julian
Scheer Conservation
F u n d ; and
• Support like-minded
organizations in the county,
such as the Piedmont
Environmental C o u n c i l ,
the
Goose
Creek
Association, the Mosby
Heritage Area Society, the
Fauquier Heritage and
Preservation Foundation,
and Fauquier County
Working Together.
Thank you again for
your continuing support
for CFFC’s work. ■
spring 2014
by Mary Root
Palace: The Libraries of Three
Virginia Governors” by George
H. Reese, Virginia Cavalcade
Magazine, Summer 1968.
“ F r a n c i s F a u q u i e r ’s
father, Dr. John Fauquier,
was a native of France who
had fled to England late in
the seventeenth century to
escape religious persecution. Becoming naturalized
in 1698, the Huguenot
physician rose in wealth
and influence and became
in due time a director of the
Bank of England. The doctor’s brother William, also
a refugee from Louis XIV’s
France, became a successful merchant and a director
of
the
South
Sea
Company.” – Fauquier County,
It is probable that the
coat-of-arms was devised
Va: 1759-1959.
Vol. 47 No. 2
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REGULATING WASTE DISPOSAL AT ANIMAL SHELTERS AND DOG KENNELS:
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
in France, but it follows the
norms and conventions of
the English shields.
The Baroque cartouche
surrounding the shield, and
the Falcon perched on top
are called Appendages. The
cartouche is a stylized representation of a cloak, or
mantle, and the glimpse of
ermine spots (within the
top left arc, facing the falcon) hints at a royal connection. The falcon is the
Crest, an ornament used to
(figuratively and literally)
ward off a blow. “The
belled Falcon as an accessory to field sports was
much esteemed and is often
borne in heraldry.” (If you
look closely at both the
Falcons, they have bells on
their spurs).
Within the shield, the
devices/figures are called
Charges. Some are hereditary, some are bestowed;
each device has a meaning
or an assigned attribute.
Some are rebuses (a pictorial pun on a name), and
there may well be a French
link between Falcon and
Fauquier. The two fivepointed stars at the top are
called mullets, and are
cadency marks to indicate a
third son (or in this case,
being two, the third son of
the third son). The tree,
upon close examination,
has apples on it. Trees normally indicate strength, but
maybe the apples also indicate fecundity! The heart is
a timeless symbol, then as
today.
The pictorial lines, hatchings, and dots are indications of colors.
Dots within the shield =
gold
Vertical lines within the
Heart = red
Cross-hatched lines within the stars = sable
All in all, it is a handsome
coat-of-arms. ■
Fauquier County is a
dog-friendly place to live.
Residents can take their
dogs to local parks; dogs
shop alongside their owners; and there are a number
of sporting dog and boarding kennels as well as
shows, trials, and associated activities in the county.
Historically, pet waste
has been hauled to the
landfill, or scooped up and
dumped on private property. While these practices
are convenient and practical, waste and pathogens
can enter streams or contaminate wells; and as the
population of Fauquier
County continues to climb,
landfill space is at a premium. Dog owners need a
variety of ways to dispose
of pet waste, and Fauquier
County should provide
several options rather than
establishing a “one size fits
all” regulatory approach.
With the increasing popularity of dog parks, runoff
and biosecurity become
pressing issues in populated areas.1 Increasing federal regulation filters down
through the state and to a
locality, which may then be
compelled to promulgate
OUR MISSION
To preserve the natural, historic
and agricultural resources
of Fauquier County, and
to protect the County’s
unique quality of life
through education and leadership.
citizensforfauquier.org
regulations on waste
disposal. While home
gardeners are taught not
to add meat or pet
waste to compost,
recent research demonstrates that the composting of dog waste,
when done correctly,
works well and can
divert tons of waste and
plastic bags from local
landfills.2
However, large commercial composting systems are expensive to
install, making these
options cost-prohibitive
for the individual pet
owner or small boarding or
sporting dog kennel. They
are best funded by, and situated, in urban areas or
placed in a central area
around dog parks.
Very small-scale on-site
composting can be an effective and sensible alternative
to hauling dog waste to the
landfill. Suburban pet owners might be familiar with
names such as the Doggie
Dooley™ or the Four Paws
spring 2014
by Jessica Swan
Waste Manager Disposal
System ™. These products
are suitable for the average
homeowner with one or
two dogs.
Sporting dog or boarding
kennels might utilize larger
versions of these systems,
or install a septic system if
feasible. These types of kennels have comprehensive parasite control and vaccination
programs; most dogs may live
there throughout their lives.
Many sporting kennels are
inspected, and their kennelmen and other employees
have extensive education
and/or experience in animal
husbandry. Because of the
consistency in staff, combined
with comprehensive parasite
and vaccination programs,
these modestly-sized kennels
are excellent candidates for
on-site composting systems.3
There are an increasing
number of dog and cat rescues in Fauquier County.
Unlike the sporting dog or
boarding kennel, a rescue
may take in large numbers
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of unrelated and sometimes sick or unhealthy
animals. Most of these
animals arrive with
unknown vaccination and
veterinary histories. Some
rescues may take in cats
whose waste cannot be
safely composted.4 There
is no research yet indicating that composting of cat
feces is safe or advisable.
While rescued animals
receive great veterinary
care once they arrive, most
rescues depend upon the
goodwill and labor of volunteers, who are unlikely
to have extensive education or experience in animal husbandry. These volunteers may not be a consistent enough presence to
guarantee that the on-site
c o m p o s t i n g system is
maintained correctly. Due
to the unique challenges in
operating an animal rescue, an on-site composting
system may not be practical or advisable for some
re s c u e s i n F a u q u i e r
County.
Composting of dog waste
is possible, sensible, and
can prevent tons of waste
and plastic bags from
entering the Fauquier
County landfill.
Composted correctly, the c
waste can be safely scattered in flowerbeds or
fields away from water
sources. A composting
system can be installed onsite, if the operator is educated on the subject and
has the resources and staff
necessary to ensure the
system works. For more
urban areas, an expansive
commercial system capa-
Residential Doggie Dooley TM system
www.citizensforfauquier.org
ble of handling large
amounts of waste can be a
good solution.
However, it is essential
to offer all these kennels
and rescues a variety of
methods for waste disposal, and not adopt a “one
size fits all” approach that
places operators in a nowin situation. It appears
Fauquier County is
expressing a preference for
the on-site composting
system, not realizing that
cat waste cannot be safely
composted, and that some
owners may not have the
resources or education
needed to operate a system
correctly. The county
should avoid inadvertently
setting regulatory traps for
rescues and small kennels.
A better and more equitable solution would be to
simply offer pet, rescue,
and kennel owners a variety of methods to deal with
dog waste. By doing so,
the county would mitigate
impacts on the county
landfill and the environment, without negatively affecting dog owners
and associated industries.
CFFC encourages county
staff to work with this
diverse community, developing solutions that complement their individualized
operations. ■
1Anaerobic Digestion and Other
Alternatives for Dog Waste
Management and Education in
Thurston County. Aimee Christy,
Pacific Shellfish Institute Olympia,
WA 98501, January 3, 2013.
2 Nemiroff, Leah, and Judith
Patterson. "Design, Testing and
Implementation of a Large-Scale
Urban Dog Waste Composting
Program." Compost science & utilization 15.4 (2007): 237-242.
3 Rippy, A., et al. "Composting Dog
Waste in Interior Alaska, Fairbanks
Soil and Water District, Study
Details." (1997).
4 Hill, D., and J. P. Dubey.
"Toxoplasma gondii: transmission,
diagnosis and prevention." Clinical
microbiology and infection 8.10
(2002): 634-640.
spring 2014
SERVICES IN THE SERVICE DISTRICTS:
ARE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES THE ANSWER? by Les Cheek
In a thoughtful
“Community Voices” column in the March 19, 2014,
Fauquier Times, Planning
Commissioner Bob Lee
called Fauquier’s service
districts “the county’s unfulfilled prophecy for responsible and sustainable growth
and development” and recommended the use of statesanctioned
voluntary
Community Development
Authorities (CDA’s) to
finance the missing public
service infrastructure.
As the county’s decadeslong argument over what to
do about failing drainage
fields in the Catlett village
service district vividly illustrates, the critical issue has
always been whether service
district residents want - and
are willing and able to pay
for - the public services contemplated in the county’s
comprehensive plan.
While technical arguments for the county’s utilization of CDA’s are strong,
there are other factors Fauquier’s geography, politics and rural agricultural tradition among them - that
militate against their widespread adoption.
First, geography. Fauquier
is a huge (660 square miles)
and overwhelmingly rural
(upwards of 80 percent open
space) jurisdiction with more
than 20,000 lots eligible for
“by right” residential development outside its six service districts and three village
service districts.
As a result, there is very
little pressure from the residents of the service districts
for the higher-density zoning
that would be an essential
prerequisite for centralized
public services as well as for
the construction of workforce housing. Indeed, most
service district denizens
appear to be quite satisfied
with both the relatively
large geographical size of
the districts and their fairly
generous
single-family
detached house lots.
The same geographic
factors underlie the lack of
generalized
complaints
about the absence of county water and sewer services: So long as density rules
and soil conditions permit
individual wells and
drainage fields, service district residents will have no
incentive to clamor for better service infrastructure.
Next, politics.
With
respect to discrete public
works that serve a defined
population (like the longdebated Catlett-Calverton
sewage treatment plant), the
Supervisors have consistently
refused to provide generalized
fiscal subsidies for infrastructure improvements that benefit
a limited number of Fauquier’s
citizens.
Even if requested to authorize a CDA by a majority of the
property owners or by the
owners of a majority of the
assessed land in a particular
service district, the Supervisors
may prove reluctant to
approve higher incremental
real estate taxes when the
countywide base levy is under
constant upward pressure.
And, finally, Fauquier’s
slow-growth, low-tax, rural
agricultural tradition.
Economic studies have repeatedly demonstrated the daunting fiscal implications of all
residential development, most
particularly the high-density construction that would
justify centralized public
spring 2014
services.
The county’s voluntary
proffer guidelines come
nowhere close to filling the
yawning gap between the public costs of residential development (mainly school seats)
and the tax revenue it generates.
To illustrate, the county estimated in 2011 that the proposed 225-home Catlett Farm
development in the Catlett village service district - a project
the developer characterized as
an effort to provide affordable
housing - would cost Fauquier
taxpayers $4.9 million more
per year than the tax revenues
generated by the project.
Countywide, every new house
would have to sell for at least
$750,000 to balance public
costs with tax revenues.
With its enormous surplus
of development-prone lots
outside the service districts, it
would make sense for the
county to discourage development in rural areas by:
• Supporting and funding
the
Purchase
of
Development
Rights
program;
•
Extinguishing
the
“by-right” lots on unbuildable
land;
•
Reviving the concept
of density credits in the service
districts for developers who
will extinguish one rural
development right for each lot
to be developed in a service
district; and
•
Adopting a percentage-based phasing plan for
residential, commercial, and
industrial areas in each service
district, in order to achieve
balance between revenueenhancing businesses and revenue-draining houses.
Until there is density in the
service districts sufficient to
create popular demand for
centralized public services, it
is likely that CDA’s and other
public finance tools will be
viewed as solutions in search
of a problem. ■
www.citizensforfauquier.org
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CFFC
Board of Directors
Dave Mailler, President
Les Cheek, Vice President
Susan Russell, Sec./Treas.
The Powerscreen Warrior processing equipment sifts and sorts the mined landfill
Our Landfill
The Fauquier County
Landfill at Corral Farm has
begun operations at Cell 1,
the last permitted cell at
this time. By using an
“Alternate Daily Cover”
(ADC), excavating the old
landfill for recyclables, and
by increasing recycling
opportunities, landfill officials hope to keep Cell 1 in
use until 2020.
ADC
Landfills are required to
cover the trash every day
with a minimum of 6 inches of soil or an approved
‘Alternative Daily Cover’
(ADC). Fauquier County
has used an ADC for several years to preserve landfill
airspace for trash and is
currently evaluating the
performance and cost of
different ADC products.
Other benefits of an ADC
include the vertical migration of gas and leachate to
the collection systems.
Mining the old landfill
The construction – demolition waste landfill mining
pilot project successfully
recovered 6,000 cubic
yards of landfill airspace
during July and August
2012. That summer, the
recovered soil was reused
on the operating landfill
outer slopes to reduce
usage of excavated soil. As
demonstrated by the effort,
grass grew very well on
those slopes with minimal
erosion, and environmental
testing was negative so the
reuse of previously used
soils at the landfill has been
an outstanding success.
Along with soil recovery
and reuse, concrete, stone,
metal and vinyl siding were
recovered, and reused or
sold as part of the Fauquier
County recycling program.
Recycling
In 2013, Fauquier County
sorted over 25,000 tons of
recyclables generating sales of
about $750,000. Not only
does Fauquier County’s
recycling program divert
approximately 40 % of the
waste stream from the landfill, but the recycling rate
preserves landfill disposal
capacity and postpones
related construction expenditures one year for every 2
to 3 years of landfill operation. Significant additional
reductions in landfill usage
through recycling will
require new programs since
the 40% recycling rate
seems to be a plateau in
Fauquier County and
elsewhere. ■
- Compiled from Fauquier County
reports, and the Wasteline newsletter.
CFFC ANNUAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
All CFFC members are cordially invited to attend the
organization’s annual membership meeting, which this
year will be held in conjunction with CFFC’s regular
monthly Board of Directors
meeting, beginning at noon
on Monday, June 23, in the
basement conference room
of the Piedmont
Environmental Council’s
headquarters, 45 Horner
Street, Warrenton.
Mimi Abel-Smith
Julie Broaddus
Rick Carr
Virginia Dorkey
Doug Larson
Yak Lubowsky
Mark Nesfeder
Mary Page
Sue Scheer
Kitty Smith
Jimmy Stone
Jessica Swan
Amy Trotto
Board Advisors
Harry Atherton
Hope Porter
Mary Root
The Monitor newsletter is
published in January, April,
July and October of each
year.
The goal of CFFC’s
Communications Committee is
to enlist CFFC’s membership in
the needed effort to influence
county policy. This influence
is best accomplished through
the provision of timely and
relevant information on
issues of significance to the
preservation of Fauquier’s
highly successful model of
slow-growth, low-tax, rural
agricultural-oriented governance.
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of unrelated and sometimes sick or unhealthy
animals. Most of these
animals arrive with
unknown vaccination and
veterinary histories. Some
rescues may take in cats
whose waste cannot be
safely composted.4 There
is no research yet indicating that composting of cat
feces is safe or advisable.
While rescued animals
receive great veterinary
care once they arrive, most
rescues depend upon the
goodwill and labor of volunteers, who are unlikely
to have extensive education or experience in animal husbandry. These volunteers may not be a consistent enough presence to
guarantee that the on-site
c o m p o s t i n g system is
maintained correctly. Due
to the unique challenges in
operating an animal rescue, an on-site composting
system may not be practical or advisable for some
re s c u e s i n F a u q u i e r
County.
Composting of dog waste
is possible, sensible, and
can prevent tons of waste
and plastic bags from
entering the Fauquier
County landfill.
Composted correctly, the c
waste can be safely scattered in flowerbeds or
fields away from water
sources. A composting
system can be installed onsite, if the operator is educated on the subject and
has the resources and staff
necessary to ensure the
system works. For more
urban areas, an expansive
commercial system capa-
Residential Doggie Dooley TM system
www.citizensforfauquier.org
ble of handling large
amounts of waste can be a
good solution.
However, it is essential
to offer all these kennels
and rescues a variety of
methods for waste disposal, and not adopt a “one
size fits all” approach that
places operators in a nowin situation. It appears
Fauquier County is
expressing a preference for
the on-site composting
system, not realizing that
cat waste cannot be safely
composted, and that some
owners may not have the
resources or education
needed to operate a system
correctly. The county
should avoid inadvertently
setting regulatory traps for
rescues and small kennels.
A better and more equitable solution would be to
simply offer pet, rescue,
and kennel owners a variety of methods to deal with
dog waste. By doing so,
the county would mitigate
impacts on the county
landfill and the environment, without negatively affecting dog owners
and associated industries.
CFFC encourages county
staff to work with this
diverse community, developing solutions that complement their individualized
operations. ■
1Anaerobic Digestion and Other
Alternatives for Dog Waste
Management and Education in
Thurston County. Aimee Christy,
Pacific Shellfish Institute Olympia,
WA 98501, January 3, 2013.
2 Nemiroff, Leah, and Judith
Patterson. "Design, Testing and
Implementation of a Large-Scale
Urban Dog Waste Composting
Program." Compost science & utilization 15.4 (2007): 237-242.
3 Rippy, A., et al. "Composting Dog
Waste in Interior Alaska, Fairbanks
Soil and Water District, Study
Details." (1997).
4 Hill, D., and J. P. Dubey.
"Toxoplasma gondii: transmission,
diagnosis and prevention." Clinical
microbiology and infection 8.10
(2002): 634-640.
spring 2014
SERVICES IN THE SERVICE DISTRICTS:
ARE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES THE ANSWER? by Les Cheek
In a thoughtful
“Community Voices” column in the March 19, 2014,
Fauquier Times, Planning
Commissioner Bob Lee
called Fauquier’s service
districts “the county’s unfulfilled prophecy for responsible and sustainable growth
and development” and recommended the use of statesanctioned
voluntary
Community Development
Authorities (CDA’s) to
finance the missing public
service infrastructure.
As the county’s decadeslong argument over what to
do about failing drainage
fields in the Catlett village
service district vividly illustrates, the critical issue has
always been whether service
district residents want - and
are willing and able to pay
for - the public services contemplated in the county’s
comprehensive plan.
While technical arguments for the county’s utilization of CDA’s are strong,
there are other factors Fauquier’s geography, politics and rural agricultural tradition among them - that
militate against their widespread adoption.
First, geography. Fauquier
is a huge (660 square miles)
and overwhelmingly rural
(upwards of 80 percent open
space) jurisdiction with more
than 20,000 lots eligible for
“by right” residential development outside its six service districts and three village
service districts.
As a result, there is very
little pressure from the residents of the service districts
for the higher-density zoning
that would be an essential
prerequisite for centralized
public services as well as for
the construction of workforce housing. Indeed, most
service district denizens
appear to be quite satisfied
with both the relatively
large geographical size of
the districts and their fairly
generous
single-family
detached house lots.
The same geographic
factors underlie the lack of
generalized
complaints
about the absence of county water and sewer services: So long as density rules
and soil conditions permit
individual wells and
drainage fields, service district residents will have no
incentive to clamor for better service infrastructure.
Next, politics.
With
respect to discrete public
works that serve a defined
population (like the longdebated Catlett-Calverton
sewage treatment plant), the
Supervisors have consistently
refused to provide generalized
fiscal subsidies for infrastructure improvements that benefit
a limited number of Fauquier’s
citizens.
Even if requested to authorize a CDA by a majority of the
property owners or by the
owners of a majority of the
assessed land in a particular
service district, the Supervisors
may prove reluctant to
approve higher incremental
real estate taxes when the
countywide base levy is under
constant upward pressure.
And, finally, Fauquier’s
slow-growth, low-tax, rural
agricultural tradition.
Economic studies have repeatedly demonstrated the daunting fiscal implications of all
residential development, most
particularly the high-density construction that would
justify centralized public
spring 2014
services.
The county’s voluntary
proffer guidelines come
nowhere close to filling the
yawning gap between the public costs of residential development (mainly school seats)
and the tax revenue it generates.
To illustrate, the county estimated in 2011 that the proposed 225-home Catlett Farm
development in the Catlett village service district - a project
the developer characterized as
an effort to provide affordable
housing - would cost Fauquier
taxpayers $4.9 million more
per year than the tax revenues
generated by the project.
Countywide, every new house
would have to sell for at least
$750,000 to balance public
costs with tax revenues.
With its enormous surplus
of development-prone lots
outside the service districts, it
would make sense for the
county to discourage development in rural areas by:
• Supporting and funding
the
Purchase
of
Development
Rights
program;
•
Extinguishing
the
“by-right” lots on unbuildable
land;
•
Reviving the concept
of density credits in the service
districts for developers who
will extinguish one rural
development right for each lot
to be developed in a service
district; and
•
Adopting a percentage-based phasing plan for
residential, commercial, and
industrial areas in each service
district, in order to achieve
balance between revenueenhancing businesses and revenue-draining houses.
Until there is density in the
service districts sufficient to
create popular demand for
centralized public services, it
is likely that CDA’s and other
public finance tools will be
viewed as solutions in search
of a problem. ■
www.citizensforfauquier.org
Page 3
CFFC
Board of Directors
Dave Mailler, President
Les Cheek, Vice President
Susan Russell, Sec./Treas.
The Powerscreen Warrior processing equipment sifts and sorts the mined landfill
Our Landfill
The Fauquier County
Landfill at Corral Farm has
begun operations at Cell 1,
the last permitted cell at
this time. By using an
“Alternate Daily Cover”
(ADC), excavating the old
landfill for recyclables, and
by increasing recycling
opportunities, landfill officials hope to keep Cell 1 in
use until 2020.
ADC
Landfills are required to
cover the trash every day
with a minimum of 6 inches of soil or an approved
‘Alternative Daily Cover’
(ADC). Fauquier County
has used an ADC for several years to preserve landfill
airspace for trash and is
currently evaluating the
performance and cost of
different ADC products.
Other benefits of an ADC
include the vertical migration of gas and leachate to
the collection systems.
Mining the old landfill
The construction – demolition waste landfill mining
pilot project successfully
recovered 6,000 cubic
yards of landfill airspace
during July and August
2012. That summer, the
recovered soil was reused
on the operating landfill
outer slopes to reduce
usage of excavated soil. As
demonstrated by the effort,
grass grew very well on
those slopes with minimal
erosion, and environmental
testing was negative so the
reuse of previously used
soils at the landfill has been
an outstanding success.
Along with soil recovery
and reuse, concrete, stone,
metal and vinyl siding were
recovered, and reused or
sold as part of the Fauquier
County recycling program.
Recycling
In 2013, Fauquier County
sorted over 25,000 tons of
recyclables generating sales of
about $750,000. Not only
does Fauquier County’s
recycling program divert
approximately 40 % of the
waste stream from the landfill, but the recycling rate
preserves landfill disposal
capacity and postpones
related construction expenditures one year for every 2
to 3 years of landfill operation. Significant additional
reductions in landfill usage
through recycling will
require new programs since
the 40% recycling rate
seems to be a plateau in
Fauquier County and
elsewhere. ■
- Compiled from Fauquier County
reports, and the Wasteline newsletter.
CFFC ANNUAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
All CFFC members are cordially invited to attend the
organization’s annual membership meeting, which this
year will be held in conjunction with CFFC’s regular
monthly Board of Directors
meeting, beginning at noon
on Monday, June 23, in the
basement conference room
of the Piedmont
Environmental Council’s
headquarters, 45 Horner
Street, Warrenton.
Mimi Abel-Smith
Julie Broaddus
Rick Carr
Virginia Dorkey
Doug Larson
Yak Lubowsky
Mark Nesfeder
Mary Page
Sue Scheer
Kitty Smith
Jimmy Stone
Jessica Swan
Amy Trotto
Board Advisors
Harry Atherton
Hope Porter
Mary Root
The Monitor newsletter is
published in January, April,
July and October of each
year.
The goal of CFFC’s
Communications Committee is
to enlist CFFC’s membership in
the needed effort to influence
county policy. This influence
is best accomplished through
the provision of timely and
relevant information on
issues of significance to the
preservation of Fauquier’s
highly successful model of
slow-growth, low-tax, rural
agricultural-oriented governance.
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Your Dues aND
DoNaTioNs aT
WorK
The Fauquier
CoaT-oF-arms
Your generosity and
interest enable CFFC to
publish this quarterly
newsletter, The Monitor,
and to provide funding for
projects central to CFFC’s
mission - the protection of
Fauquier’s unique quality
of life.
With no salaried staff,
CFFC’s volunteer Board of
Directors channels your
contributions directly to
the beneficiaries of your
largesse.
During the past 15
months, CFFC has expended more than 12,000 of
your dollars to:
• Support the Fauquier
Educational Farm;
Our county is named for
an early governor of the
Virginia colony, Francis
Fauquier. He governed
well, and at his death in
1768, was “mourned by the
colonists, who realized that
they had lost a good friend
and a spokesman for their
interests at a time when tension was increasing
between England and
America.” The Fauquier
family’s armorial coat-ofarms is a handsome device
and would have made a
good
county
logo.
Herewith is a brief examination of the Fauquier coat.
“The coat of arms on the
Governor’s bookplates is
that used also by other
members of the Fauquier
family; the Governor used
it on his seal, quartered
with the arms of the
Chamberlaynes, his mother’s family. It is, perhaps, a
French coat; for heraldic
authority has given the
opinion that the arms have
or had no validity in
England.” – “Books in the
by Susan Russell
• Join forces with the
Remington Community
Partnership to fund a study
of the Rappahannock River
to encourage state recognition of the river’s historical
value;
• Pay for a large, fullcolor map of protected
lands in the county for
insertion in The Fauquier
Times;
• Contribute to the Julian
Scheer Conservation
F u n d ; and
• Support like-minded
organizations in the county,
such as the Piedmont
Environmental C o u n c i l ,
the
Goose
Creek
Association, the Mosby
Heritage Area Society, the
Fauquier Heritage and
Preservation Foundation,
and Fauquier County
Working Together.
Thank you again for
your continuing support
for CFFC’s work. ■
spring 2014
by Mary Root
Palace: The Libraries of Three
Virginia Governors” by George
H. Reese, Virginia Cavalcade
Magazine, Summer 1968.
“ F r a n c i s F a u q u i e r ’s
father, Dr. John Fauquier,
was a native of France who
had fled to England late in
the seventeenth century to
escape religious persecution. Becoming naturalized
in 1698, the Huguenot
physician rose in wealth
and influence and became
in due time a director of the
Bank of England. The doctor’s brother William, also
a refugee from Louis XIV’s
France, became a successful merchant and a director
of
the
South
Sea
Company.” – Fauquier County,
Va: 1759-1959.
It is probable that the
coat-of-arms was devised
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REGULATING WASTE DISPOSAL AT ANIMAL SHELTERS AND DOG KENNELS:
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
in France, but it follows the
norms and conventions of
the English shields.
The Baroque cartouche
surrounding the shield, and
the Falcon perched on top
are called Appendages. The
cartouche is a stylized representation of a cloak, or
mantle, and the glimpse of
ermine spots (within the
top left arc, facing the falcon) hints at a royal connection. The falcon is the
Crest, an ornament used to
(figuratively and literally)
ward off a blow. “The
belled Falcon as an accessory to field sports was
much esteemed and is often
borne in heraldry.” (If you
look closely at both the
Falcons, they have bells on
their spurs).
Within the shield, the
devices/figures are called
Charges. Some are hereditary, some are bestowed;
each device has a meaning
or an assigned attribute.
Some are rebuses (a pictorial pun on a name), and
there may well be a French
link between Falcon and
Fauquier. The two fivepointed stars at the top are
called mullets, and are
cadency marks to indicate a
third son (or in this case,
being two, the third son of
the third son). The tree,
upon close examination,
has apples on it. Trees normally indicate strength, but
maybe the apples also indicate fecundity! The heart is
a timeless symbol, then as
today.
The pictorial lines, hatchings, and dots are indications of colors.
Dots within the shield =
gold
Vertical lines within the
Heart = red
Cross-hatched lines within the stars = sable
All in all, it is a handsome
coat-of-arms. ■
Fauquier County is a
dog-friendly place to live.
Residents can take their
dogs to local parks; dogs
shop alongside their owners; and there are a number
of sporting dog and boarding kennels as well as
shows, trials, and associated activities in the county.
Historically, pet waste
has been hauled to the
landfill, or scooped up and
dumped on private property. While these practices
are convenient and practical, waste and pathogens
can enter streams or contaminate wells; and as the
population of Fauquier
County continues to climb,
landfill space is at a premium. Dog owners need a
variety of ways to dispose
of pet waste, and Fauquier
County should provide
several options rather than
establishing a “one size fits
all” regulatory approach.
With the increasing popularity of dog parks, runoff
and biosecurity become
pressing issues in populated areas.1 Increasing federal regulation filters down
through the state and to a
locality, which may then be
compelled to promulgate
OUR MISSION
To preserve the natural, historic
and agricultural resources
of Fauquier County, and
to protect the County’s
unique quality of life
through education and leadership.
citizensforfauquier.org
regulations on waste
disposal. While home
gardeners are taught not
to add meat or pet
waste to compost,
recent research demonstrates that the composting of dog waste,
when done correctly,
works well and can
divert tons of waste and
plastic bags from local
landfills.2
However, large commercial composting systems are expensive to
install, making these
options cost-prohibitive
for the individual pet
owner or small boarding or
sporting dog kennel. They
are best funded by, and situated, in urban areas or
placed in a central area
around dog parks.
Very small-scale on-site
composting can be an effective and sensible alternative
to hauling dog waste to the
landfill. Suburban pet owners might be familiar with
names such as the Doggie
Dooley™ or the Four Paws
spring 2014
by Jessica Swan
Waste Manager Disposal
System ™. These products
are suitable for the average
homeowner with one or
two dogs.
Sporting dog or boarding
kennels might utilize larger
versions of these systems,
or install a septic system if
feasible. These types of kennels have comprehensive parasite control and vaccination
programs; most dogs may live
there throughout their lives.
Many sporting kennels are
inspected, and their kennelmen and other employees
have extensive education
and/or experience in animal
husbandry. Because of the
consistency in staff, combined
with comprehensive parasite
and vaccination programs,
these modestly-sized kennels
are excellent candidates for
on-site composting systems.3
There are an increasing
number of dog and cat rescues in Fauquier County.
Unlike the sporting dog or
boarding kennel, a rescue
may take in large numbers
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