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STAUNTON — An Augusta County school busdriver who was behind the wheel last weekwhen his bus left the road and struck a tree, in-juring numerous students, has been chargedwith reckless driving, according to VirginiaState Police.
Daniel W. Dull, 65, was injured during thecrash, but has since been released from thehospital, police said.
Twenty students also suffered mostly mi-nor injuries, including some broken bones.The children on Bus 191were from ChurchvilleElementary, Beverly Manor Middle Schooland Buffalo Gap High School, authorities said.
Dull, of West Augusta, was headed east onU.S. 250 the morning of Aug. 25 when he wasdistracted by an undisclosed commotion on theback of the bus, police said. As he checked hismirror, Dull hit a temporary concrete barriererected for a bridge project. The bus left theroad, sideswiped a tree and then struck a sec-ond tree head-on, according to an earlier re-port.
Dull was airlifted from the scene of thecrash to the University of Virginia MedicalCenter in Charlottesville. The students weretreated at Augusta Health in Fishersville.
Dull, a bus trainer for the county, has beenemployed by Augusta County for nine years,an official said last week.
The crash took place west of Churchville.
Police: Augusta County school bus driver charged in wreckBRAD [email protected]
BRAD ZINN/THENEWS LEADER
AugustaCounty schoolbus 191 had itsfront-endcrumpled Aug.25 in a crash onU.S. 250 inChurchville. Thedriver, DanielW. Dull, 65, wasinjured duringthe crash andcharged withrecklessdriving.
MIDDLEBROOK — Over the past fewweeks, residents of the quiet town ofMiddlebrook have been hearing loud ex-plosions at random times.
“The big booms were rather scary,”
said resident Lynn Norley.She started hearing them a week ago
out at her farm on Dutch Hollow Road inthe early afternoon and evening.
“The first one we heard we thoughtwas like dynamite or something,” shesaid. “On the other side of the farm weheard it. A little bit later we were walk-
ing up the steps of my house. We couldactually feel in on our steps. It was reallyfrightening.”
She thought they were bombs, terror-ist attacks or something unexplainable.
“The dogs were terrified, they werejust running for cover,” Norley said.
Shortly after hearing them the first
time, she was at a friend’s home for din-ner, just down the road and the boomshappened again. Her neighbors hadheard the loud explosions one other time,she said.
“They said the same thing ... their
Extra dose of adrenaline rush Residents and dogs in Middlebrook frightened by Tannerite exploding targets LAURA [email protected]
See Targets, Page 2A
STAUNTON — Nearly 16 months af-ter a city worker found the body of amentally disabled Staunton man whowas stabbed 11 times in the head andeight times in the neck, the teen ac-cused in the killing will stand trialTuesday on a charge of first-degreemurder.
Isaiah D. Stuart, 17, of Staunton, ischarged in the slaying of 26-year-oldJulian Parrott, killed in May 2014 onthe city’s public golf course in Staun-
ton.The case has seen
delays in part becauseof two psychologicalevaluations and apostponement in Julyby Stuart’s defense at-torney, who asked thatthe trial be pushedback when personalfamily issues arose.
Based on evidenceheard at Stuart’s pre-liminary hearing lastsummer, police saidthe suspect, 16 at thetime, told them he metParrott the night ofMay 7, 2014, at the golfcourse in Gypsy HillPark. Stuart claimed
Parrott paid him for sexual favors inthe past, and said on the night in ques-tion he again met with Parrott for sex.
Based on police testimony, Stuartclaimed he refused the alleged sexrequest. Stuart said Parrott, in an ef-fort to get him to stay, grabbed him ashe tried to leave. Stuart told police heresponded by pulling a knife andstabbing Parrott multiple times.
A city employee cutting grassnear the golf course’s 18th hole discov-ered Parrott’s body the next morning.
An autopsy report revealed Par-rott was stabbed 11 times in the headand eight times in the neck. Parrottalso had numerous cuts to his upperextremities, which were consistentwith defensive wounds. In all, he wasstabbed or cut 35 times, according toa report.
The Office of the Chief MedicalExaminer in Roanoke said the fatalblow occurred when Parrott was
Stauntonteen tobe triedin slayingThe trial of Stuart isexpected to take a dayBRAD [email protected]
Isaiah Stuart
Julian Parrott
See Trial, Page 2A
VERONA — When a county resident noticed hislocal polling places weren’t friendly to peoplewith disabilities, the first response from offi-cialdom was a collective shrug.
Now a nudge from the U.S. Department of Justicehas the Electoral Board making changes to 10 precinctsites in order comply with Americans for DisabilityAct standards for the November 3 elections, withplans to come up with fixes for 12 more.
“We’re getting judged on standards that were made
more stringent since many of the facilities werebuilt,” said Electoral Board Secretary Tom Long, whomade the recommendations last week after inspectingthe polling places with county staff
“When it comes to ADA compliance, a parkingspace may look flat to the casual viewer, until you put alevel on it,” Long said. “Most of the compliance issuesare small. Before this we never had any complaints.”
Why does it matter if a handicapped parking spacehas a quarter-of-an-inch more slope than the federallaw requires? We asked Verona resident Mamie
Access to pollingsites to improve
PATRICIA BORNS/THE NEWS LEADERVerona resident Mamie Faulkner prepares to maneuver from her wheelchair to her car outside Staunton Senior Center Monday. Struck withpolio as a child, Faulkner doesn't remember ever having walked.
U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE ORDERS THE COUNTY TO COMPLY WITHTHE AMERICANS FOR DISABILITY ACT AT 22 VOTING SITES
See Access, Page 6A
PATRICIA [email protected]
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stabbed in the back of theneck, cutting his spine andsevering an artery.
Stuart, despite his ju-venile status, is beingtried as an adult. Thecharge of first-degreemurder carries a mini-mum of 20 years in prisonand a maximum of life.
Stuart has undergonetwo psychological evalua-
tions and has beendeemed competent tostand trial.
A bench trial in Staun-ton Circuit Court is ex-pected to start Tuesday at9 a.m. and finish later inthe day.
The last teen tried formurder in Staunton wasAshkea P. Johnson, whowas 17 when she smoth-ered her baby to death in2009. In 2012, a judge sen-tenced Johnson to 28years in prison.
TrialContinued from Page 1A
horses were scared, wewere all very concernedabout this,” Norley said.“It’s one thing people forpeople to do target prac-tice. Having things soundlike bombs going off isnot good.”
Middlebrook Fire De-partment’s Chief Opera-tional Officer JasonShultz says the cause ofthe racket is Tannerite, anexploding target.
Hunters and those do-ing target practice haveturned to using the ex-ploding targets for anadded adrenaline rush.
According to HenleyGabeau, who writes aweekly Middlebrooknewsletter sent out viaemail, many residentshad been talking and re-porting the loud explo-sions.
“It sounds like a veryloud firework,” said Kev-in Harris of DominionOutdoors in Fishersville.The sport shop, whichspecializes in guns andhunting gear, sells Tanne-rite and other explodingtarget brands.
According to Shultz, ifsomeone hears an explo-sion and is concerned,they should call 911.
“The explosive tar-gets, depending on howthey are used, can emit asmoke or dust clouds andmake a lot of noise,” hesaid. “There are manydifferent factors in thesize of the explosion be-cause the Tannerite isshipped in its separatecomponents per federalshipping laws and thenhas to be mixed by theend user of the product.”
Harris said there arevarious different targetoptions that can be usedfor target practice.
There’s a range innoises some will make,like a cowbell can be at-tached to a target. Someare made of iron andmake a ping sound. Theones filled with the Tan-nerite mixture make theloudest noise, Harrissaid.
Tannerite is combina-tion of ammonium ni-trate, which acts as an ox-idizer, and aluminumpowder for the fuel, ac-cording to the Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco, Fire-arms and Explosives.
When the two separatepowders that are mixed
and shaken it produces anexplosive material.
The combination is rel-atively stable, nonflam-mable and is detonatedwith a high-velocity shot,which makes it explodeand produces a loudsound.
Tannerite falls underthe same laws as blackpowder and all other ex-plosives that are exemptfor sporting use, its web-site said.
Harris said it’s not ahuge seller at his store.
“It’s just for fun,” hesaid. “It gives somethingfor people to aim at andthe reward of hitting it isthe loud sound.”
As a way to avoid fur-ther confusion, Shultz of-fers a suggestion.
“I would also mentionthat if someone is going tobe using the Tannerite orother similar explosivetargets that they shouldcall the Emergency Com-munications Center priorto their use at 540-245-5061,” he said. “This willallow the dispatchers tobe aware ahead of time ofthe use of the explosivetargets and will allowthem to notify any dis-patched emergency re-sponders of this informa-tion.”
TargetsContinued from Page 1A
LAURA PETERS/THE NEWS LEADERTannerite, which uses a formula to mix allowing for exploding targets, is used for targetpractice.
LEXINGTON — Del. BenCline (R-24) announcedMonday he will partici-pate in three debates be-fore Election Day, No-vember 3 with his oppo-nent Democrat Ellen Ar-thur.
“Debates provide agreat opportunity for vot-ers to hear directly fromthe candidates,” Clinesaid in a press release.”
Retired Lexington at-torney Arthur, said she,too, looks forward to a for-mal debate on the issues,but described the threeupcoming events as some-thing short of that.
In Augusta County, Ar-thur and Cline will appearat a legislative dinnerhosted by the AugustaNurses’ Association atAugusta Health onWednesday, October 7 at6:00 pm.
The candidates willalso be part of a meet andgreet put on by the Am-herst County Chamber ofCommerce on Tuesday,September 22 at AmherstCounty High School at6:30 pm.
They will also partici-pate in a candidates’ fo-rum hosted by the Lexing-ton-Rockbridge Chamberof Commerce on Wednes-day, October 21 at Hamp-ton Inn Col Alto at 5:30pm.
Cline, the incumbent,and Arthur are vying torepresent the 24th HouseDistrict, which spans Lex-ington and Buena Vista,Bath County, RockbridgeCounty, and parts of Am-herst and Augusta Coun-ties.
Del. Cline todebate Arthurthree timesCandidates willmeet in AugustaCounty on Oct. 7STAFF REPORT
Ben Cline Ellen Arthur
BLACKSBURG — Vir-ginia Tech’s Board of Visi-tors is expected to discusspotential state budget re-quests during a quarterlymeeting in Northern Vir-ginia.
The board is scheduledto meet on Monday at theVirginia Tech Research
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The agenda also in-cludes a capitol project toexpand the Virginia Bioin-formatics Institute DataCenter and a review ofplans for future researchfacilities at KentlandFarm.
Virginia Tech Boardof Visitors to holdmeeting in Arlington
