Family events a hit at `Agriculture Field Day`

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SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
09.06.12
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Chesterfield Schools welcome students for 2012-2013 term
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
T
he school year brings new developments throughout the county
school system.
New strategic plan: The
school system has proposed a new strategic
plan, the Design for Excellence 2020. Developing the plan began in 2010 with forums to
spark community conversations on such top-
ics as online education and the importance
of science, technology, engineering and math.
Parents, business representatives, community
leaders and educators worked together on
innovation teams to chart the future of Chesterfield County Public Schools. The proposal
they developed has three overarching goals
for what students should know and be able to
do in 2020. The School Board will consider
the plan during an Oct. 9 work session, Oct.
16 and Oct. 23 public engagement sessions
and a Nov. 6 public hearing and is scheduled
to vote on the plan Nov. 13.
A key strategy in the Design for Excellence 2020 is creating blended learning
environments by integrating technology and
digital content with face-to-face instruction.
Blended learning already takes place in Ches-
terfield classrooms and will be expanding
throughout the coming year. One tool that
will aid blended learning is Edmodo, a secure
social network that will allow teachers and
students to communicate and collaborate
online anytime, anywhere.
New website: Last year, the school
system unveiled a new website – mychesterfieldschools.com. This year, all 62 schools
have new websites that provide consistent
HANDBOOK page 2
Richmond
Symphony
to premiere
new season
BY KOREY HUGHES
Special Correspondent
C
PHOTO BY BEN ORCUTT
Clifton “Clif” Slade, left, a small-farm agent with VSU’s Small Farm Outreach Progam, shows 4-year-old Zebulon Goldman of Campbell
County an up-close view of a collard bed during VSU’s 27th Annual Agriculture Field Day at Randolph Farm on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
Family events a hit at
‘Agriculture Field Day’
“We piggybacked on our Ag Field Day
so that we could have everybody’s family
ith the addition of activities to come down and enjoy some physical
sponsored by the Chesteractivity and learn about healthy nutrition,”
field County Coalition for
Jones said.
Active Children, known as
Jones said this was the first time that
COACH, Virginia State University’s 27th
COACH has held a family field day in
Annual Agriculture Field Day appeared to southern Chesterfield.
be a huge success last week.
Part of the purpose of holding the famThanks to a grant from the Cameron
ily fun day was to remind children as they
Foundation of Petersburg, Debbie Jones, a begin a new school year to eat healthy and
health specialist with the Virginia Cooper- get plenty of exercise, Jones said.
ative Extension and an assistant professor
“And we also wanted to introduce our
of public health at VSU, said COACH was 5210,” she said, “which is five fruits or
able to put on a family fun day in convegetables a day, no more than two hours
junction with VSU’s annual Agriculture
of TV or screen time, one hour of physical
Field Day on Aug. 28.
activity every day and zero sugary drinks.
BY BEN ORCUTT
W
SYMPHONY page 3
That’s our message and so we’re really
excited about introducing that idea to the
community. We just know that children
who eat healthy and get in physical activity have just a better and healthier life and
so that’s what COACH is all about – making sure that families know how important it is to eat healthy and get in physical
activity.”
Janet Flowers of Ettrick attended the
Agriculture Field Day and the COACHsponsored family fun day along with her
3-year-old grandson, Michael Flowers
of Chester, and two children she keeps
– 3-year-old Ava Reed of Chesterfield and
FIELD DAY page 4
CHESTERFIELD-COLONIAL HEIGHTS CHRISTMAS MOTHER
How to apply for holiday assistance
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T
he Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Christmas Mother will
hold registration for
holiday assistance from 9a.m. to
4p.m. beginning Monday, Sept.
17, through Thursday, Sept.
20, at the Chesterfield County
Fairgrounds Exhibition Building located at Courthouse and
Krause Roads.
Registration is open to
families in need residing in
Chesterfield County or Colonial
Heights.
Families with children age
18 or younger may register for
toys, children’s clothing, and
food.
Senior citizens in need age
62 or over also may register for
holiday assistance (food, clothing, household items).
Applicants must apply in
person and provide the following documents.
Social Security card or
Individual Tax Identification
Number (ITIN) card or an ITIN
authorization letter.
Social Security card for each
child included in the applica-
lassical renditions of famous
movie themes will soon fill the air
in Chesterfield County, courtesy
of a performance by the Richmond Symphony.
The organization will mark the start its
2012 season at the Pocahontas State Park
Heritage Amphitheater on Saturday, Sept. 8.
The event is sponsored by the Chesterfield County Department of Parks and
Recreation and the Virginia Department of
Conservation and Recreation.
Erin Freeman is the associate conductor
for the Richmond Symphony.
Nearly 60 musicians will be present at the
Pocahontas State Park performance.
Freeman will conduct the orchestra, and
she said that the symphony members enjoy
playing at the venue every year.
“Well, we have a great relationship with
Chesterfield County,” Freeman said. “We
love performing in the schools, our youth
orchestra performs at Pocahontas around
the first of June, and we perform there in the
fall every year.”
tion (exception for infants
under six months of age).
Current valid photo
identification such as a Virginia
driver’s license or DMV identification card.
Proof of residence in
Chesterfield County or Colonial
Heights such as a current utility
Clover Hill student
wins award for
history project
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
A
student at Mathematics and Science High School at Clover High
has been named the recipient of
the 2011 Bobby Chandler Student
Award.
Venu Katta received the award, made
possible by the Kip
Kephart Foundation,
during a special luncheon on July 18.
The award is given to
a secondary school history student who demonstrates intelligence,
creativity and research
Venu Katta won
skills using primary
his award for a
source materials.
class project on
Katta was recogapplied history
nized for his work on
which examined
an applied history class
a single
project, “Catherine
neighborhood
and its immigrant Street, Detroit 1930, A
Community Analysis:
population.
Convergence of Immigration, Migration, and Perseverance.”
His project examined a single neighborhood composed of Eastern European immigrants and African American migrants
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Richmond Animal League holds
adoption drive for its cat section
BY KOREY HUGHES
I
f you’ve considered adopting a
cat, Richmond Animal League
is looking for loving homes
for the members of its shelter’s
feline population.
Recently, one of the cats at
Richmond Animal League’s shelter
showed symptoms associated with
ringworm. And, for that reason, the
shelter has been holding an adoption drive to find families for all
of its cats before it sterilizes its cat
section on Saturday, September 8.
The adoption drive has been
happening since Saturday, August
18. So far, it has been successful,
but the organization would like to
place more cats with new pet owners before the deadline.
Sarah Clinton, community manager at Richmond Animal League,
works with closely with the cats in
the adult cat room. “The big thing
is that if we can adopt all these cats
out and send them to homes, we can
sterilize the shelter,” Clinton said.
According to Clinton, ringworm
isn’t a worry because it only affected one cat. And it isn’t detrimental to an animal’s or a human’s
long-term health, but it must be
controlled so it doesn’t spread.
“Ringworm is a non-fatal fungal
infection of the skin,” Clinton said.
“It’s very similar to athlete’s foot,
but it’s easily transmittable from cat
to cat or from cat to human.”
But, because ringworm spores
travel through the air, cats don’t
necessarily need to make contact
with each other for it to spread.
“The spores can be airborne, so
you can get it from the environment,” Clinton said. “You can get it
from petting or grooming a cat, or
they can get it from each other.”
“Or, you could develop ringworm if you have an open lesion,
sore or wound on your hand. But,
we’re also focusing on the fact that
I work with 20 cats in our adult cat
area, and I have not gotten ringworm.”
To be more specific, a kitten
that recently came into Richmond
Animal League’s care showed signs
of ringworm. The organization
quickly took measures to make sure
that the affliction didn’t spread.
“We have anywhere from 20
to 50 cats at one time, but we got
a large influx of kittens recently,”
Clinton said. “One of those kittens
came from a rural shelter, and
that was the one that showed the
lesions.”
“But, it is easily communicable
in a shelter. It’s not like being in a
home, so when we diagnose ringworm, we give them an oral medi-
cation and we give them weekly
sulfur dips.”
And for the record, the ringworm that affected the kitten didn’t
reach the dog population either,
because Clinton said the cats are
sequestered.
“Our cat section is separate
from our dog section, and it’s less
likely for a dog to get it than a cat,”
Clinton said. “It’s more likely that
a kitten or a long-haired cat will
get it.”
Richmond Animal League is
offering an incentive for people
who come in to assume care for a
cat. For a limited time, the adoption
fee is $10 per cat, and that includes
spay and neuter surgery and dosages of itraconazole, a medicine
that prevents or impedes the progression of ringworm.
“It’s an oral medicine,” Clinton
said. “You drop it into a syringe and
squirt in into their mouths, and we
will show people the tricks and the
trades of administering it.”
Clinton said a caring new pet
owner can help a cat to combat
ringworm.
“Well, they just need to be
patient, consistent and loving,”
Clinton said. “Only one cat has had
lesions, but they still need to be
consistent with the meds, patient
while the cat adjusts to its new
home and loving when they take
the cat home.”
The Richmond Animal League’s
shelter is located at 11401 International Drive in Chesterfield County.
The shelter’s hours are 4:30 to 8
p.m. Tuesday through Friday and
noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday. The shelter is closed on
Monday.
For more information, call 804379-0046 or visit www.ral.org.
While a passenger
in a small airplane
on Thursday, Aug.
30, Powhatan Today
reporter Emily
Darrell had the
opportunity to take
some aerial photos,
including this corn
maze in Chesterfield
County.
PHOTO BY EMILY DARRELL
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
The Midlothian Garden
Club will be holding its first
meeting for the new club
year at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
Sept. 11 at the Bethel Baptist
Church at 1100 Huguenot
Springs Road in Midlothian.
The meeting begins at
10:30 a.m. and includes
business and the program.
“Let’s Get Fired Up and
Ready to Go for Our December House Tour and Standard
Flower Show!” will be presented by Barbara Hollister.
Committee chairs will
update members on preparations for their House Tour
and Flower Show.
Lunch will be served at
noon.
The meeting is open to
the public and all visitors
are welcome to attend.
For more information,
call Sandy at 804-379-4515
or Dolores at 804-794-3002.
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classrooms and a relocated administrative area to better monitor access to the
information. The school websites are
building were to be ready for the start
accessible via mychesterfieldschools.
of school.
com.
At Watkins Elementary, the
Health handbook: For the first
administration
addition/renovation,
time, the school system has published
a student health handbook. It includes music and art room addition, classroom
addition, bus loop and parent drop-off
details about immunizations, health
screenings, what parents need to do for area were scheduled to be ready for the
start of school.
children with serious health concerns,
At Midlothian Middle, additional
EpiPens and other topics. The stuclassroom
and kitchen/cafeteria space
dent health handbook is a companion
are
scheduled
to be ready for the start of
publication to the parent handbook
school
and
phased
renovations of existthat families receive every year. Both
publications will go home with students ing classrooms are scheduled to begin
this month.
on the first day of school; they are also
At Robious Middle, HVAC renovaonline at mychesterfieldschools.com.
tions
for the gym, locker rooms, counNew teachers: About 270 new
teachers have been hired to fill positions seling offices, band, chorus, auditorium
and lobby were scheduled to be ready
left empty because of retirement or
for the start of school.
other reasons.
At Salem Church Middle, HVAC
New principals: Eight schools
have new principals: Marguerite Chris- renovations for the gym, locker rooms,
counseling offices, band, chorus, auditian Elementary, Curtis Elementary,
torium and lobby were scheduled to be
Grange Hall Elementary, Reams Road
Elementary, Salem Church Elementary, ready for the start of school.
Title I assistance: Crestwood,
Robious Middle, Swift Creek Middle
Elizabeth
Scott, Hening and Salem
and Midlothian High.
Church
elementary
schools are now
Renovations: Renovations and
targeted
assistance
Title
I schools. Title I
additions are being completed at several
is the U.S. government’s largest assistance
schools:
program for schools, putting federal
At Gates Elementary, additional
money into schools that have a high
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percentage of students eligible for free
or reduced-price lunch. Title I programs
vary from school to school, but the goal
at every school is increasing student
achievement and strengthening communities. Students in 16 of Chesterfield’s
38 elementary schools benefit from Title
I: Bellwood, Bensley, Beulah, Chalkley,
Marguerite Christian, Crestwood, Davis,
Ettrick, Falling Creek, Harrowgate, Hening, Hopkins, Providence, Reams Road,
Salem Church and Elizabeth Scott
Teacher evaluations: Because
of state requirements, job evaluations
are changing for teachers. The Virginia
Board of Education recommends that
40 percent of teachers’ evaluations be
based on student academic progress.
Under the model evaluation system,
teachers earn one of four ratings: exemplary, proficient, needs improvement or
unacceptable.
Standards of Learning: Also
because of state requirements, Standards of Learning tests in elementary,
middle and high schools will be administered online, unless a student has a
documented need to take paper-andpencil tests. Starting this year, English
and science SOLs are more rigorous;
this is similar to the more rigorous
math SOLs that were adopted for the
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Improperly worn backpacks
can cause shoulder strain
BY KOREY HUGHES
I
s your child’s backpack
causing him or her back
pain? You can probably
see if the load that your
youngster lugs around before
or after school is too heavy,
but you might not know
whether they’re wearing their
bookbags properly during
school hours.
Hunter Durvin is a
certified athletic trainer at
the Boulders location of
Chippenham JohnstonWillis Sports Medicine in
Chesterfield County. He said
back problems can be caused
if a child wears a backpack
improperly.
“Well, mostly it’s going
to be short-term muscle
strains in the shoulders and
the back,” Durvin said. “That
would come from it being
overloaded and from them
carrying too much weight for
their body sizes and weights.”
That’s because many of
the backpacks that are sold
to school children aren’t
constructed as well as those
that are advertised to hiking
enthusiasts.
Typically, the satchels that
nature enthusiasts use have
straps that encircle the chest
and abdomen and provide
more shoulder support.
Of course, that kind of
gear isn’t necessarily costeffective for families who
mainly buy their bags for
children to wear at school.
The more cheaply made
backpacks that kids wear,
however, don’t include the
kind of reinforcement that
their growing bodies need.
“For hikers, they’re
designed for that kind of
weight, and they have a frame
that sits closer on the back
of the hips and has straps
to keep it close to the body,”
Durvin said. “The frame
distributes the weight onto a
wider part of the body.”
“Bookbags are not designed for carrying as much
weight as the kids cram into
them. Therefore, it’s causing
pain to the low back and
shoulders.”
Still, Durvin said that
muscle pain can be easily
avoided. For instance, if older
students use their lockers
more often, they can avoid
back injuries, but they don’t
utilize those storage units as
often as they should.
“They’re more concerned
about being social than they
worry about their health, but
it’s a matter of priorities,”
Durvin said. “I watch these kids
come in and out of school, and
they’ve got big backpacks.”
“They don’t adjust them
up to their shoulders where
they should be carrying
the weight. Instead, they
let them hang way down to
hyper-extend.”
At the same time, some
students think that it looks
trendy to wear a backpack
strap on only one of their
shoulders, but doing that can
cause undue strain to the
muscle in question.
Durvin recommends that
parents make sure that their
children use both straps.
“It’s going to load the
shoulder and therefore the
spine on one side,” Durvin
said. “It will cause them to
lean on one side and put
more stress on that side, but
it balances them when they
wear two.”
So, what is the proper way
for children to wear their
backpacks? “They should
have them strapped up closer
to their shoulder blades
instead of letting them hang,”
Durvin said.
And how much weight
should children carry in their
bookbags? Well, as Durvin
explained, the answer depends on the size of the son
or the daughter.
“When I talk to kids about
that type of thing, it’s what’s
comfortable,” Durvin said.
Erin Freeman is
the associate
conductor for
the Richmond
Symphony.
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“Usually, what I tell them is
to not carry more than what
they need.”
When asked what tips he
has for parents who might
be shopping for backpacks to
choose the healthiest one for
their child, Durvin said that
smaller is definitely better.
“It needs to be smaller so
they can’t put so much in it,”
Durvin said. “The critical
part is reducing the weight.”
And Durvin even suggested
that high school students use
multiple bookbags. That way,
they won’t carry more than
what they need at one time.
“The big thing is get two
backpacks for high schoolers,” Durvin said. “They’re on
even and odd day schedules,
so get two backpacks for
those even and odd days and
only carry what you need.”
Anyway, if school-aged
children carry less weight between classes, they can avoid
oncoming lower back pain
and shoulder strain.
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Freeman said the program will mostly feature
big screen compositions by creator John Williams, although a few other well-known movie
themes will be a part of the program. For instance, songs that Williams wrote that appeared
in films such as the “Harry Potter” franchise,
“Schindler’s List” and the “Star Wars” trilogies
will be played along with numbers from “The
Godfather III” and “The Hunt for Red October.”
Additionally, other songs that Williams
composed and arranged such as “Air and
Simple Gifts” that made its debut at the Presidential inauguration in 2009 and “Summon
the Heroes,” a tune that he wrote for the 1996
Summer Olympics, also will be performed.
When asked if it’s any different for the
Richmond Symphony to do outdoor performances than it is to do indoor performances,
Freeman said it is. She said, however, that
Heritage Amphitheater’s wonderful acoustics
distribute sound well.
“You definitely have to have amplification
outdoors, but one of the great things about
Pocahontas is that it has natural acoustics,”
Freeman said. “The sounds of nature meld
together with the music.”
“For instance, we do ‘Air and Simple
Gifts,’ and if there are birds out there making
sounds, it enhances it. It’s really beautiful.”
The program is the Richmond Symphony’s inaugural appearance of the fall season.
Freeman said the group decided to start at
Pocahontas because the weather will be nice
enough to accommodate an outdoor performance.
“This performance will kick off our
season, which lasts from September through
May,” Freeman said. “Generally, as an organization, we start with our performance at
Pocahontas because it’s too cold to perform
out there in October and November.”
So, if audience members haven’t seen the
Richmond Symphony play live before, Freeman said they will be in for a treat. She said
the atmosphere at its shows is friendly.
“It’s a welcoming one and one where the
audience is really a part of who we are and
what we do,” Freeman said. “We want them
to feel like they’re a part of the music.”
“And, if you’re new to Richmond, the
musicians in our orchestra are some of the
most skilled and musical people who have
decided to make their home in Richmond,”
Freeman added.
At the same time, Freeman said attendees
should arrive early enough to enjoy Pocahontas State Park’s natural beauty. “People
should come early to Pocahontas for a hike,
have a picnic and come out to watch the
stars,” Freeman said.
The Richmond Symphony will perform at
6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Pocahontas
State Park Heritage Amphitheater at 10301
State Park Road in Chesterfield. The event’s
rain date is 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9.
For more information about the performance, visit http://www.dcr.virginia.
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Labor Day a celebration
of the American workforce
BY JIM RIDOLPHI
E
ver since they made all holidays fall on
Mondays, I’ve approached official observances with a healthy dose of skepticism.
While I certainly endorse and support
many of the messages associated with America’s
list of approved holidays, I’m not sure about the
significance of others.
Which brings me to Labor Day. Now, I’ve
always thought that Labor Day was a celebration
of the American worker, and, in my earliest recollections, there was some association with unions
and Labor Day.
As a child, we spent almost every Labor Day at
my grandmother’s house in Gaithersburg, Md. At
the time, the now sprawling gape of suburbia was
just a sleepy village with a tiny downtown close
to the railroad tracks.
Labor Day meant an annual parade, complete
with fire trucks, marching bands, groups of veterans and labor unions. So, what’s the connection
between labor unions and Labor Day?
There’s no firm consensus on just who
founded Labor Day, but everyone agrees that it
resulted from the efforts of the labor movement
in America.
Depending on which version you recognize,
either Peter McGuire or Matthew Maguire (no
relation) organized the first Labor Day, celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882.
Congress nationalized the holiday in 1894,
and festivities like the one I experienced became
a tradition in cities and towns across America.
At a time when the word union is associated with bloated pensions and overpaid public
employees, Labor Day seems sadly out of place in
the current political climate.
Labor unions have taken a hit in past years,
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4-year-old Krystin Davenport of
Petersburg.
Flowers said the girls liked
playing on an air-filled apparatus called “Boot Camp,” while
Michael’s fascination was trying
to milk a cow.
Marcy Patterson of Matoaca,
an officer with the Petersburg
Police Department, brought 12
kids from a summer camp and
her two children – 9-year-old
Maurice and 4-year-old Michael
– to the COACH event.
“I think it’s wonderful and
especially on a day like today and
there was a lot of help out here
and a lot of people who weren’t
just helping out, but they were
giving really good information
not only for the parents, but for
the kids,” Patterson said. “They
supplied vegetables and toys and
there were a lot of fun activities
and things where you can exercise
and I just think it’s wonderful. It’s
a wonderful thing to have and I
think they should have it more
often.”
Maurice said he had a good
time.
“I enjoyed like getting to exercise and getting to eat all these
good and healthy foods and be
creative with all the fun creativity,” he said.
Thaddeus Huff, coordinator
of the Chesterfield COACH program, said the event went well.
“We are super pleased with the
turnout,” Huff said.
“We haven’t counted yet, but
we’re pretty sure that we got way
more than we were expecting at
our minimum and we’re pretty
sure we hit our goals -- a low of
200 and a high of about 500 and
I think we’re right there in the
middle somewhere between 300
and membership in local chapters is at all-time
lows. Some politicians have taken direct aim at
public employee unions in attempts to renegotiate wages and retirement benefits.
I make no judgment on any of those actions,
but I will note the importance of the labor union
in ensuring the safe and secure workplaces many
of us enjoy today.
The 40-hour week, child labor laws, health
and safety regulations and benefits are all products of the labor union in America.
So, that idea either one or the other McGuire
came up with more than a decade ago was a great
vision.
The evolution has produced something every
American can use: a day off. The backyard barbecues, family reunions and parades are all an evolution of the original idea to celebrate the American
worker with a day of rest and recognition.
Whatever Labor Day began as, it’s now a
celebration of the 155 million Americans that
make up the nation’s workforce. In challenging economic times, these workers continue to
increase productivity and make quality products
that compete in a global market.
And the American workplace is changing.
More than 6 million workers stay at home and
perform their jobs.
And some things remain the same. The average salary of men is almost $48,000 annually
while women still get the short end of the stick
with a median of $36,931.
So, while the new Labor Day represents the
end of summer, the start of school, a new fashion
season and a great time to cook on the grill, it’s
also is one of those holidays with a meaning. My
gosh, there is a method to the madness.
I hope Americans had a good day off. They
earned it.
and 400 kids.”
Huff said COACH would be
happy to partner again with VSU
as part of its Agriculture Field
Day.
“We’d love to,” he said. “We
haven’t made plans yet, but we’ll
probably within the next three
or four months try to figure that
out if we’re going to be able to do
that.”
Andy Hankins, an Extension
Specialist-Alternative Agriculture,
has worked at VSU for 25 years
and is the coordinator of the
university’s annual Agriculture
Field Day.
“We always have it on the
fourth Tuesday of August at our
416-acre farm out here – Randolph Farm,” Hankins said.
VSU conducts research and
education on the farm, Hankins
said, in areas like small fruit,
corn and soybeans, greenhouse
production of strawberries and
tomatoes, production of livestock
– such as goats and sheep – and
aquaculture or fish farming in
100 ponds.
Clifton “Clif ” Slade, a smallfarm agent with VSU’s Small
Farm Outreach Program and a
small farmer himself in Surry
County, said the annual Agriculture Field Day “is a wonderful
thing.”
“It’s what we call an educational multiplier because everything that we do here, people get
a chance to take some of these
practices that they learned here
today and put them on their
farms,” Slade said.
Brick Goldman, a 60-year-old
farmer from Charlotte County,
attended VSU’s Agriculture
Field Day with his son, Brian, a
39-year-old farmer from Campbell County, and his grandson,
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Needy Families (TANF) amounts,
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if applicable (court orders or
support payments.
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Brian French
Birgit Weeks
Melody Kinser
Carol Taylor
Steve Pittman
Cindy Grant
4-year-old Zebulon.
“I enjoyed seeing the new variety of vegetables that they got out
here – the high-tunnel vegetables
that are grown in the big [hoop]
houses,” the elder Goldman said.
“Just looking at the varieties, the
new technologies.”
Brian said he also liked some
of the things his father mentioned, as well as learning ways
of “being more efficient on the
farm to just get the most that you
can out of the land that you have
that you’re farming. So I enjoyed
seeing all of that stuff.”
Hankins said meeting people
like the Goldmans and helping
them preserve their land is what
he enjoys most about VSU’s annual Agriculture Field Day.
“These farmers are the salt of
the earth,” Hankins said.
“You know, real good hardworking people and they’re trying
to hold on to their land – not let
it just be sold for development.
They’re holding their land for
future generations for food production. That’s very important.
You don’t want all of Virginia
to be developed and so holding
land for future generations for
production of healthy food, that’s
the part I enjoy the most.”
VSU works primarily with
small or part-time farmers and
farmers who have limited resources, Hankins said.
“And because it’s really a traditional black land-grant university,
we have a lot of interest in trying
to maintain some support for
the African-American farmers in
Virginia,” Hankins said.
“There’s about 4,000 African-American families that own
farmland in this state. We don’t
want them to lose that land to
development or anything else.”
The Chesterfield-Colonial
Heights Christmas Mother Committee reserves the right to provide client information to other
organizations that provide holiday
assistance for purposes of eligibility and verification.
For more information, call
748-1183.
All data are based on the publicly available Chesterfield County Police
Department daily arrest and crime releases and are reported according to
Federal Incident Based Reporting rules.
23112
23235
Aug. 12
July 18
5400 block of Windy Ridge Drive
Unknown suspects entered an unlocked vehicle. Nothing was reported
stolen.
8000 block of Provincetown Road
Items in the TVs/cameras/computers
category were reported stolen from a
commercial/office building.
Aug. 20
Aug. 21
4600 block of Twelveoaks Road
Unknown suspects forced entry
through the rear door of a residence.
Items reported stolen fell in the following categories: clothing and furs, currency and notes, jewelry and precious
metals, TVs/radios/computers.
10000 block of Midlothian Turnpike
Unknown suspect/s stole currency
from a service-station’s coin-operated machine. There were no signs of
forced entry.
Aug. 23
10900 block of Hull Street Road
Miscellaneous property was stolen
from the bed of a truck parked in a
parking garage/lot.
Aug. 24
5500 block of Windy Ridge Drive
Unknown suspects entered unlocked
vehicle. Items in the currency and
notes category were reported stolen.
Aug. 22
8300 block of Luton Road
Miscellaneous property from outside a
resident’s home was reported stolen.
Aug. 23
1100 block of Joliette Road
Miscellaneous property from a residence was reported stolen.
Aug. 24
9300 block of Groundhog Drive
Unknown suspects entered unlocked
residence. Items in the TVs/cameras/
12700 block of Spectrim Lane
computers category were reported
Unknown suspects broke a vehicle’s
rear passenger window. Miscellaneous stolen.
property was reported stolen.
10500 block of Jason Road
Unknown suspects entered an un15300 block of Windy Ridge Road
locked vehicle. Miscellaneous items
Unknown suspect/s entered a locked
were reported stolen.
vehicle. Miscellaneous items were
reported stolen.
3800 block of Hendricks Road
Victim reported license plates stolen.
2500 block of Pocoshock Place
Unknown suspects entered the business through unlocked front windows.
Items in the TVs/cameras/computer
category were reported stolen.
Aug. 25
4000 block of Mallard Creek Circle
Unknown suspects entered two
unlocked vehicles at two residences.
The suspects forced a tool into the
vehicles’ ignitions, but were unsuccessful in their attempts to steal the
vehicles.
Aug. 25
Miscellaneous items and items in the
currency/notes category were reported
stolen from a location in the Pocono
Crossing shopping center.
12200 block of Gable Way
Aug. 26
Unknown suspects fired three shots
10000 block of Robious Road
into an occupied residence. No injuries Items into the categories of currency
were reported.
and notes, and TVs/cameras/computers were reported stolen at a restaurant
in the Robious Hall Shopping Center.
Aug. 27
10800 block of Hull Street Road
Items in the TVs/cameras/computers
category were reported stolen from a
building.
12200 block of Chattanooga Plaza
Possible known suspect stole miscellaneous items from a car in the Eco
Labs parking lot.
1600 block of Oak Lane Boulevard
Unknown suspect/s broke out the rear
windows of two work vans at Stoneman Heating and Air Conditioning.
Miscellaneous items were reported as
stolen.
23113
Aug. 24
2800 block of Chartstone Court
An unknown suspect was observed in
the resident’s unlocked garage. Nothing was reported stolen.
11900 block of Reeds Bluff Lane
Unknown suspect/s entered an
unlocked vehicle. Victim reported
miscellaneous property and consumable goods stolen.
Aug. 26
1245 Sycamore Square Shopping
Center
Unknown suspects forced entry by
breaking a side window to the Ski
Center retail store. Miscellaneous
items were reported stolen.
Aug. 27
11900 block of Fairlington Lane
Unknown suspect/s used a ladder
to enter a second-story window. The
victim reported consumable goods
and items in the TVs/cameras/computers category stolen.
Aug. 28
Items in the category of TVs/computers/cameras and miscellaneous items
were reported as stolen from Murry &
Kuhn Dentistry.
23114
Aug. 26
12900 block of Crescent Park Drive
Unknown suspect/s entered an unlocked vehicle. Items in the category
of currency and notes were reported
stolen.
Aug. 28
12900 block of Crescent Park Drive
Unknown suspect/s entered an
unlocked vehicle. Miscellaneous items
were reported stolen.
Aug. 27
Miscellaneous property was reported
stolen from the Ukrop’s/First Market
Bank.
Aug. 28
8600 block of Larkspur Road
Unknown suspects attempted to enter
a residence by breaking a basement
window. The victim observed the
suspects outside the window. Nothing
was reported stolen.
Items in the category of TVs/cameras/
computers were reported stolen from a
retail store at Chesterfield Towne Center.
23236
June 1
10300 block of Saint Joan Avenue
A resident’s white 1995 Honda sedan
with Virginia license plates was reported stolen.
Aug. 16
10900 block of Penway Drive
Suspects entered an unlocked vehicle.
Items reported stolen fell into the
categories of currency and notes, and
TVs/radios/computers.
Aug. 23
100 block of Rosegill Road
Victim reported that the rear vehicle
license plates were stolen.
23832
Aug. 18
8300 block of Hampton Crest Court
Unknown suspects entered possibly
through a second-story window. Items
reported stolen were in the jewelry and
precious metals, and the TVs/radios/
computers categories.
Aug. 20
8500 block of Hampton Crossing
Unknown suspects entered possibly
through a pet door or basement window. Items reported as stolen were in
the TVs/radios/computers category.
Aug. 25
13600 block of Brandy Oaks Road
Unknown suspects entered two unlocked vehicles. Items in the currency
and notes category were reported
stolen.
10900 block of Brandy Wood
Terrace
Unknown suspect/s entered a locked
vehicle. The victim reported that
items in the TVs/cameras/computers
category and miscellaneous items
were stolen.
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Two Bethia United members
attend leadership training
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
T
wo members of Bethia
United Methodist
Church in Chesterfield
County were among 381
pastors and congregation leaders
at a Stephen Series Leader’s Training Course (LTC) held July 29
through Aug. in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Susan Seamster and Terri
Woods attended the one-week
training event hosted by the St.
Louis-based Stephen Ministries
organization.
Participants came from across
the U.S. and Canada to learn how
to implement and direct Stephen
Ministry, a system of Christian
caregiving in their congregations.
“Stephen Ministry gives Bethia
UMC an effective way to train
and organize members to provide
one-to-one Christian care to individuals struggling with a crisis
like grief, divorce, loneliness, relocation, hospitalization, a terminal
illness or unemployment,” the
Rev. Jay Carey said. “The need for
this type of care greatly exceeds
what pastors alone can provide.
All Christians are called to care
for and to love one another; it’s
not just the pastor’s job. By equipping laypeople we can help them
fulfill their calling as Christians
and also expand the amount of
caring ministry available through
Bethia UMC.”
Seamster and Woods were
trained as Stephen Leaders at the
event. One of their next steps
will be to recruit, select and train
members of Bethia to be Stephen
Ministers – the ones who will
provide one-to-one care. They
will then match each Stephen
Minister with an individual in
need of care and provide the
Stephen Ministers with ongoing supervision and continuing
education.
Bethia United Methodist
Church is located at 10700 Winterpock Rd. in Chesterfield.
For more information, call
804-739-3459 or visit www.bethiaumc.org.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL
W. Gerald Speeks of Midlothian and Hotrod For Sure, a 2005 bay gelding,
took first place and received the Super-Select title in western pleasure
at the 2012 Adequan Select American Quarter Horse Association World
Championship Show in Amarillo, Texas.
Local captures first
place Super-Select title
in western pleasure
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
W
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY JENNIFER GUILD
Virginia Historical Society president and CEO Dr. Paul Levengood presents the 2011 Bobby Chandler Student
Award to Venu Katta.
AWARD from page 1
from Alabama.
Katta is the 17th recipient since
this award was created in 1996.
Six out of the last seven Bobby
Chandler Student Award winners
have attended Clover Hill High
School.
“This is my first award for a
class project,” Katta said. “It is always exciting to get recognized for
the work that you do. The idea of
understanding why events cause
other events to happen makes history interesting to me.”
The Virginia Historical Society
(VHS) presented awards to individuals who have made significant contributions to research,
education, and the mission of the
society. Nine VHS awards were
presented to teachers, a collector,
an author, students, volunteers
and staff.
“It is in history that many of us
find comfort, that we find mean-
ing,” Dr. Paul Levengood, VHS
president and CEO, said to award
winners and their guests, trustees
and staff present at the event in
July. “We are here as a refuge and
as a place to learn and put our lives
in context. What else but history,
and perhaps faith, allows us to do
that? With these awards handed
out today you will see those who
have excelled in the fields of scholarship, service, and support of the
Virginia Historical Society.”
. Gerald Speeks of
Midlothian captured the first place
Super-Select title
in western pleasure on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the 2012 Adequan
Select American Quarter Horse
Association World Championship
Show in Amarillo, Texas.
Speeks showed his homebred
American Quarter Horse, Hotrod
For Sure, a 2005 bay gelding.
Hotrod For Sure is sired by
Certain Potential and out of Miss
Heartrodder.
Launched this year, AQHA is
recognizing the top three SuperSelect competitors in every class
at the Select World Show.
Super-Select is a new recognition for exhibitors age 70 and
over.
Exhibitors winning the SuperSelect division receive a plaque
and the achievement will appear
on the official records of the
horse and exhibitor.
AQHA is celebrating the 10th
year of the Adequan Select World.
Adequan Select World is the
pinnacle event for American
Quarter Horse exhibitors, ages
50 and over, around the world,
who must qualify for the event by
earning a predetermined number
of points to compete in each of
the classes representing halter,
English and western disciplines.
The 1,273 entries at this year’s
event, representing competitors
from 40 of the United States, Argentina, Canada and Sweden, are
competing for 43 world championships.
The show was held Aug. 24
through Sept. 1 in Amarillo at the
Tri-State Fairgrounds.
For more news from the Adequan Select World, visit www.
aqha.com/selectworld.
Information submitted by The
American Quarter Horse Journal,
Amarillo.
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
9/5-9/6
AUTUMN WORD SEARCH
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
HOROSCOPES
42. Sound in mind
43. Hypothetical original
matter
45. Head covering
46. Classical musical
dramas
49. God of war & sky
(Germanic)
50. Beginnings
53. Coarse fabric used for
bags
55. High legislative
assembly
56. What a ghost does
57. Pats gently
58. Ceases to live
CLUES DOWN
1. N.M. National Lab: Los
____
2. In columns
3. Inclusive
4. Underground plant
part
5. Top part of an apron
6. Confederate soldier
7. Make lively
8. Metamorphic rock
type
9. Thrust with a weapon
10. Russian space station
11. Rotates showing wind
direction
12. As fast as can be done
(abbr.)
14. Desalinate
15. Marcus Porcius
18. Perching bird order
21. Citizen rejects
26. Missing soldiers
27. Cantankerous
29. German river
30. Fed
31. Large Australian
flightless bird
33. Lasso users
34. Spanish saloon
36. Common cracker
37. Glided high
38. Draws from
40. Deceptive tactics
41. Conductance units
42. Unit of loudness
44. Steins
47. Express pleasure
48. A large amount
51. Talk
52. Belonging to a thing
54. Language spoken by
the Khonds
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Now is not the time for dawdling,
Cancer. You have a full plate of things
to tackle and it seems like the hours
will be slipping away. Recharge and
get focused.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Libra, no one will know who you truly are unless you share a few secrets.
You don’t have to give everything
away, but allow others in by sharing
some personal information.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
Capricorn, when you love someone,
it can be difficult to step aside and let
this person make his or her own
choices. But this is what you have to
do for lessons to be learned.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Taurus, there are many opportunities within your reach, but you are
not sure which way to go. Seek advice from Sagittarius when you get a
spare moment.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
Leo, don’t let anyone discourage you
when tackling a big project. As you
have proven time and again, you
simply need to establish a goal and
your efforts will help you achieve it.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Scorpio, though you don’t shy away
from challenges, you do know when
to pick your battles. When something inconsequential comes up this
week, let it pass.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Your eyes are bigger than your stomach at work this week, Aquarius. Delegate some tasks so everything goes
smoothly and your project is completed on time.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Others can see you haven’t been
yourself lately, Gemini. So relax and
take a break from something that’s
been bothering you, and you will return to being your old self. You won’t
be disappointed.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Virgo, though you may not know
where your path will lead this week,
you are deeply aware that an adventure is in store. Take some time to
prepare your mind and body.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Sagittarius, when a past conflict resurfaces this week, push it aside because that is ancient history. It is better to focus on the positive things
that are in store for you.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Learning from your weaknesses can
help you to grow stronger, Pisces.
Accept a challenge that is presented
this week, even if it scares you.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
THIS WEEK’S ANSWERS
CLUES ACROSS
1. Essential floral oil
5. Boast
9. A way to travel on skis
11. Austrian capital
13. Sensationalist
journalism
15. Taxidrivers
16. Atomic mass unit
17. A rock-boring tool
19. Actress Farrow
20. The trunk of a tree
22. Satisfy to excess
23. Cleopatra’s snake
24. Single-reed
instrument
25. Volcanic mountain in
Japan
26. Bon ____: witty
remarks
28. Competitors
31. Republic of Ireland
32. Late Show host
34. Parrot nostril
membrane
35. Moves into action
37. Back talk
38. A pointed end
39. British Air Aces
41. 1st weekday
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
You are on a roll, Aries, and now it is
just a matter of maintaining the momentum for a few more days. Don’t
let anyone slow you down this
week.
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STUFF TO DO
E-mail your event to [email protected]. Subject line: EVENT
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7
Bon Air Artists Association’s monthly
meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the
Congregation Or Ami at 9400 Huguenot
Rd., in Richmond. Linda Hollett-Bazouzi
will present a painting demonstration. She is an en plein air oil painter
who attempts to capture the fleeting
moments of nature within a few hours
while painting outdoors. She paints and
photographs while traveling, and she will
share her unique approach of working with her images on her computer
to create her compositions. For more
information, contact Nell Chesley at
804-217-8950.
St. Mark’s Preschool at 11551 Lucks
Lane in Midlothian will be celebrating 40
years of offering a quality preschool to
the Midlothian community from 10 a.m.
to noon. Friday is an open house for all
preschoolers for the 2012-2013 school
year to visit. A banner, balloons and
refreshments will be on the playground
to celebrate the occasion.
Homeward Bound Country/Bluegrass
singing will begin at 7 p.m. at Shiloh
P.H. Church at 2400 Courthouse Rd.
Food will be available at 6 p.m. For more
information, call 804-276-0479 or 804598-2660.
Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church
at 1100 Mt. Pisgah Drive in Midlothian
will have carnival style fun from 6 to
7:30 p.m. in its Christian Family Life
Center. Families and children, preschool
through 5th grade, will enjoy pizza, popcorn, drinks, desserts, activities, games
with prizes and a bouncing castle. This
event is free and open to the public. For
more information, contact the church office at 804-794-5856.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 8
A free hour of Irish dancing will be
offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at Heart of Ireland School at 14257
Midlothian Turnpike in Midlothian. All
ages are welcome and the event is open
to boys and girls, tots to teens, moms to
grandmoms and granddads. Registration is required. For more information,
e-mail [email protected].
The limit is one per person.
MONDAY, SEPT. 10
Breath Matters, a support group for
the Greater Central Virginia community
for patients who are suffering from all
lung diseases, will meet from 1:30 to 3
p.m. at CJW Chippenham Hospital in
the Kraus Auditorium at 7101 Jahnke
Road in Richmond. Dr. Demetrius Julius,
medical director of Chippenham/Johnston Willis Hospital’s Sleep Disorders
Center, will discuss sleep apnea and
related ailments. Refreshments are
provided and valet parking is available
as a free courtesy. For more information,
call 804-378-0628 or online at www.
breathmatters.org.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 11
The Chesterfield County Department of
Parks and Recreation is offering a series
of programs for adults 50 and older
this August and September. Unless
otherwise noted, classes are held at
the Chesterfield Senior Center at 4000
Stigall Dr. in Midlothian. To register, call
804-748-1623. A full list of programs can
be found in the current Program Guide,
available online at chesterfield.gov.
“Coal Mining in Chesterfield County” will
be discussed by Robert “Peppy” Jones,
who will talk about coal, horses and
trains in the Chesterfield County area.
Note: This program will begin at 10 a.m.
at Beaufont Health and Rehabilitation at
200 Hioaks Road.
The Midlothian Garden Club will be
holding its first meeting for the new
club at Bethel Baptist Church, 1100
Huguenot Springs Road, Midlothian
(23114). The meeting begins at 10:30
a.m., including business and program.
The program title for that day is “Let’s
Get Fired Up and Ready to Go for Our
December House Tour and Standard
Flower Show!” Barbara Hollister and
Committee Chairs update members on
preparations for our House Tour and
Flower Show. See the brochure, talk
publicity and tickets, sign up to do a
design and select your duties for this
exciting day. Lunch will be served at
noon. The meeting is open to the public
and all visitors are welcome to attend.
For more info, please call Sandy at 3794515 or Dolores at 794-3002.
The Midlothian Garden Club will hold
its first meeting for the new club at
Bethel Baptist Church at 1100 Huguenot
Springs Road in Midlothian. The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m., including business and program. The program title
for that day is “Let’s Get Fired Up and
Ready to Go for Our December House
Tour and Standard Flower Show!” Barbara Hollister and committee chairs will
update members on preparations for the
House Tour and Flower Show. See the
brochure, talk publicity and tickets, sign
up to do a design and select duties for
the day. Lunch will be served at noon.
The meeting is open to the public and
all visitors are welcome to attend. For
more information, call Sandy at 804379-4515 or Dolores at 804-794-3002.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12
The New Virginians, a club for women
new to the Richmond area in the last
two years, will have its monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Jefferson
Lakeside Country Club, 1700 Lakeside
Ave. in Richmond.. The guest speaker
is the decorator and owner of Feathernesters, who will present a program on
fall themed decorating. The cost for the
luncheon is $25 for club members and
their guests. Reservations for the luncheon are requested by noon on Sept.
5. Contact [email protected].
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13
Dr. Seuss’s “A Retrospective & International Touring Exhibition” -- First-Ever
Showcase in Virginia will be hosted by
Bella Arte Gallery. The exhibition will
celebrate the art and life of Theodor
Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Thirty-two
special panels will present original and
reproduced historical pieces from 1927
through 1990, along with a selection of
authorized estate editions reproduced
under exclusive permission from his
family. Visitors to the exhibition will
come away with an in-depth look at the
multifaceted artistic career of America’s
best known children’s book author. The
exhibition will run
FRIDAY, SEPT. 14
The Virginia Museum of Radio Entertainment will present Foreigner at 6:30 p.m.
at Pocahontas State Park at 10301 State
Park Rd. in Chesterfield. Tickets are
$20 advance, $25 at the gate and $40
for Gold Circle seating (advance only).
Gates open at 6 p.m. For tickets, directions or more information, visit www.
pocahontaslive.com. Tickets also are
available at the Pocahontas State Park
office, at all Capital Ale House locations
in Richmond, or by calling 804-7946700.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 15
The Clover Hill choral students will hold
a Discount Divas’ Dress and More Sale
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new Clover
Hill High School at 13301 Kelly Green
Lane in Midlothian. Note: GPS does not
direct you to the new Clover Hill school
unless the address above is placed in
your global positioning system. New and
like-new long and short formal dresses,
shoes, purses, jewelry and more will
be sold at prices up to 90 percent off
retail. Everyone is welcome. There is
no entrance fee. Proceeds will directly
support financially in-need students
with choral program expenditures.
For more information, contact Janai at
[email protected] or go to the
Clover Hill High School Choral Program
website http://cloverhillshowchoir.com.
Red Bird Mission’s Appalachian Craft
Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15, and Sunday, Sept.
16, in Mt. Pisgah United Methodist
Church’s Christian Family Life Center
at 1100 Mt. Pisgah Drive in Midlothian.
Contact the church office at 804-7945856 for more information.
vitation is extended to the HHS classes
1965, 1966 and 1968. These four
classes were the original student body
for HHS. For more information, contact
Bobby Haurand at bobaleen_81@yahoo.
com or 804-516-8307.
Yard Sale will be held from 7 a.m. to
noon at Clover Hill High School. Sellers
wanted. Contact 804-744-8572 or [email protected] for more information. Proceeds will benefit educational
scholarships.
The Annual “SPC Fall Fest” will be held
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Salisbury
Presbyterian Church, with kids’ games
(bouncy houses, face painting, carnival
games and more), a special appearance
by Jonathan the Juggler and music all
day. Food service will include hamburgers, hot dogs, BBQ, homemade fries
and other goodies. The purpose of the
SPC Fall Fest is to raise funds to further
Salisbury Presbyterian’s support for
local and international mission, and the
Youth and Music mission programs. All
proceeds will go to support these important Outreach Ministries of SPC. Volunteers are needed throughout the day,
as well as set-up and break-down times.
For more information, or to donate time
and talents, contact the Rev. Elizabeth
McGuire at 804-794-5311 or emcguire@
thesalisburychurch.org.
TUESDAY, OCT. 2
Bon Air Artists Association’s monthly
meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the
Congregation Or Ami at 9400 Huguenot Rd. in Richmond. David Tanner will
demonstrate how he “sees the world
through a painter’s eyes” in a live oil
painting demo and question and answer
session. His work recently appeared
on the cover of the September issue of
Artist Magazine and in an article in the
Richmond Times-Dispatch. For more
information, contact Nell Chesley at
804-217-8950.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10
The New Virginians, a club for women
new to the Richmond area in the last
two years, will meet at 11:30 a.m. at
Hermitage Country Club at 1248 Hermitage Road in Manakin-Sabot. The guest
speaker for this luncheon is a Henrico
County Police officer who will present a
program on “Safety for Seniors,” including identity theft. The cost is $25 for
club members and their guests. Reservations for the luncheon are requested
by noon on Oct. 3. Contact [email protected].
SATURDAY, NOV. 3
The annual Clover Hill High School fall
arts and crafts fair runs from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at the new Clover Hill High
School at 13301 Kelly Green Lane (near
the intersection of Genito and Coalfield
roads). Shop for holiday gifts, handmade toys, jewelry and baked goods
provided by 150 artists and crafters
from southern Virginia. Concessions
are available for purchase. All rental
space fees benefit the Clover Hill High
School Athletic Association. For more
information on the fair and on becoming
a vendor, visit www.chillfootball.com/
craftfair/home.php or contact Sallie
Kirchhoff at 804-335-6533 or [email protected].
WEEKLY TUESDAYS
Overeaters Anonymous Group #51606
meets at 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Central
Baptist Church at 1510 Courthouse Rd.
in Richmond. For more information, call
Peg at 804-379-9558.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 29
For their 45th reunion, members of the
Henrico High School Class of 1967 are
hosting a celebration at the Torque Club
at Richmond International Raceway with
the theme, “Fifty Years of Friendship,”
to commemorate the school’s opening
in September 1962. In that regard, an in-
WEEKLY WEDNESDAYS
Bridge is played from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. on Tuesdays at St. Mark’s Church at
11551 Luck’s Lane in Midlothian. Players
of all levels are welcome. No advance
sign-up is required. Call Carol at 804-5940995 for more information.
The Al-Anon meeting Awaken to Hope
meets at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays at St.
John Neumann Catholic Church at 2480
Batterson Rd. in Powhatan.
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T
he Chesterfield
Historical Society of Virginia
(CHSV), with
support from Modern
Woodman of America as
this year’s event title sponsor, will present its 6th Annual Golf Classic fundraiser,
starting at noon, on Monday Oct. 1, at the County
Club at The Highlands.
All proceeds will benefit
the Chesterfield Historical
Society of VA in its mission
to collect, preserve, interpret
and promote the history of
Chesterfield County for the
education and enjoyment of
present and future generations.
Hole sponsorships are
available at $150. Practice
Area sponsorships are $250
and Refreshment Cart sponsorships are $300.
All sponsor levels are entitled to one free player per
foursome and will receive
signage, product display and
recognition at the awards
dinner. The cost per player
is $85, including dinner in
the clubhouse at the conclusion of the event.
Various tournament prizes will be awarded as well as
numerous door prizes.
Dinner guests are welcome at $20 per guest.
Registration deadline is
Thursday, Sept. 20.
call 804-796-7131. For
sponsorship or registration,
click on www.chesterfieldhhistory.com.
Family-oriented
plantation
programs offered
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
The Chesterfield County
Department of Parks and
Recreation is offering two
family-friendly programs
at Eppington Plantation on
Saturday, Sept. 8.
Eppington was a large
tobacco plantation built in
1768 by Thomas Jefferson’s
brother-in-law, Francis
Eppes VI, and is rarely open
to the public.
A tour of the house and
grounds of historic Eppington Plantation will be held
from 10 to 11 a.m.
Experience what plantation life was like in the 1700s.
The house features items
on display from the Eppes
and Hines-Cherry families, as well as agricultural
displays.
The tour is $8 per person
(course 25563).
Another way to explore
the house and grounds of
the plantation is by looking
for historical geocaches.
From 2 to 4 p.m., adults
and children aged 8 and
older can participate in a
scavenger hunt to uncover
clues about Eppington while
learning GPS skills.
Garmin hand-held receivers will be provided.
The fee is $10 per person
(course 25559).
Registration is required
for both events.
call Bryan Truzzie, 804-7514946, or e-mail truzzieb@
chesterfield.gov.
To register, call 804-7481623. Eppington Plantation
is located at 14602 Eppes
Falls Road in Chesterfield.
Exercise workshop
for older adults
As part of Active Aging
Week, the Chesterfield
County Department of
Parks and Recreation will
hold a special workshop for
adults aged 50 and older
from 9 a.m. to noon on
Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the
Bon Air Baptist Church at
2531 Buford Road.
This workshop, Active Aging with Exercise
Prescription, will feature
sample fitness classes, refreshments and vendors.
The guest speaker will be
gym owner Mike Craven,
who will discuss the benefits of prescriptive exercise
as a tool to obtain better
health.
Register at least one
week in advance by calling
804-751-4135. To learn
more about Active Aging
Week, Sept. 24-28, visit
www.icaa.cc/aaw.htm.
WEEKLY THURSDAYS
Inexpensive
homecoming,
prom dresses
offered
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pleme
cial sup
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Historical
Society the
title sponsor
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CONTRIBUTED REPORT
FACES (Family Advocacy Creating Education and Services) meets the first and
third Tuesday of every month at 11601
Lucks Lane in Midlothian. For more
information, call 804-378-0035 or visit
www.FACESVA.org.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19
The Chesterfield Women’s League will
start its 2012-2013 club year from 9:30
a.m. to noon at The Villages of Charter
Colony Clubhouse at The Charter House
at 1101 Charter Club Way in Midlothian.
Discount Diva, offering homecoming and prom
dresses for inexpensive
prices, will be held from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,
Sept. 15, at Clover Hill High
School at 13301 Kelly Green
Lane in Midlothian.
Long dresses will be sold
for $30 and short dresses for
$20. Shoes and jewelry also
will be available for purchase.
Donations are welcome
and, as organizers said, greatly
appreciated. Those wishing to
donate are asked to come by
the school from 4 to 8 p.m. on
Wednesday, Sept. 12.
contact luvinshowchoir@aol.
com.
Greater Southport
Business Association
meeting Sept. 11
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
The Greater Southport Business Association
Networking Luncheon will
begin at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, with networking at the Holiday Inn Koger
Center at 1021 Koger Center
Blvd. in Richmond.
The meeting will follow
from noon to 1 p.m.
Pre-registration is $15 for
members and $20 for nonmembers.
On-site cost is $20 for
members and $25 for nonmembers.
To register online, go to
http://www.southportassociation.com/.
For more information, contact LaTika Lee at
[email protected] or
804-873-7363.
Ivan Parker to appear Sept. 7
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
Ivan Parker, described
as “one of America’s most
exciting gospel artists,” will
appear at 7 p.m. on Friday,
Sept. 7, at the Bethany Place
Baptist Church at 1501 S.
Providence Rd. in North
Chesterfield.
He has been appearing on
national television and mak-
ing guest appearances on
the Bill and Gloria Gaither
Homecoming Video Series.
Parker is a veteran in
the gospel music industry.
He has been voted Favorite Male Vocalist 12 times
and Favorite Lead Vocalist
six times for the southern
gospel Singing News Fans
Awards.
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Seminar at Central
Library teaches lawn
care techniques
BY KOREY HUGHES
Special Corresondent
S
easonal changes can have an effect
on all forms of plant life, but they
definitely influence lawn growth.
Fortunately for local homeowners,
a free educational seminar called “Lawns,
Weeds and How to Control Them” that gets
underway on Saturday, Sept. 8. at Central
Library in Chesterfield County will teach
homeowners tips that will help them to care
for their lawns all year long.
Chesterfield County Public Library is
hosting the event, but the facts will be presented by the Chesterfield County Office of
the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Susan Edwards is an agricultural and natural resource technician and master gardener
coordinator for the Chesterfield County
Office of the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Bill Bishop, another master gardener, will
conduct the seminar on Saturday.
According to Edwards, the county presents
programs at public libraries because it is a
great way to get horticulture tips out to the
community at large.
“A lot of people enjoy spending time in
their landscapes to keep them looking nice,”
Edwards said. “It’s an easy and cost-effective
way for them to get information.”
The program will provide answers to
questions that participants might have.
Edwards said attendees are welcome to
bring in examples of weeds from their own
yards to gain greater understanding about
controlling them.
“Well, it’s a chance for people to bring
in samples,” Edwards said. “Maybe there’s a
weed that they haven’t been able to treat, and
they can identify them during the presentation.”
“He’s going to talk about the different
types of weeds and different options for
management, depending on the life cycle
of the weeds, how timing factors into it
and what kinds of controls work. Chemical
controls can vary, depending on the type of
weed it is.”
But, as Edwards said, the plants that
people often call weeds aren’t necessarily
nuisances. That is, a land owner must decide
if an unwanted plant should be removed in
order to maintain consistency on his or her
lawn.
“Well, whether or not weeds are a problem
is in the eye of the beholder,” Edwards said.
“What one person considers a weed, others
call a wildflower.”
“A weed is usually a plant out of place. So,
if you don’t like it, get rid of it.”
At the same time, there are simple measures that land owners can take to ensure that
their lawns look presentable.
“With a lawn, it’s important to do things
that promote a healthy dense turf,” Edwards
said. “A weak, thin turf will not help, so
mulching landscape beds and using chemical
controls can improve lawns.”
Fall is just around the corner. Homeowners need to prepare their lawns for the
change, but Edwards said that cool season
lawns must be handled differently than warm
season lawns.
“For those who have cool season lawns
with a tall fescue, they should fertilize,”
Edwards said. “They should get a soil test to
learn the PH and nutrient levels.”
“It will tell them if they need lime and fertilizer, and it helps to save them money in the
long run. That way, they’ll know if they only
need one bag of lime or one bag of fertilizer.”
In contrast, if you have a warm season
lawn type, such as Bermuda or zoysia grass,
Edwards said that it isn’t necessary to do
much to prepare it for cooler temperatures.
“Those people with warm season lawns
don’t need to fertilize those at this time,”
Edwards said. “Those lawns will be winding
down in the fall, and people who treat them
will be doing weed control applications on a
dormant lawn.”
Edwards also suggests that new homeowners or people who are renovating their lawns
locally should plant a warm season grass
because they require less maintenance in
Central Virginia’s climate.
“Well, if you’re going to renovate or put
in a new lawn, I recommend a warm season
grass rather than a cool season grass,” Edwards said. “They’re more tolerant and stay
green in the summer, and they’re pretty good
at keeping the weeds down, but it’s an annual
struggle for cool season grass.”
The “Lawns, Weeds and How to Control
Them” educational seminar will begin at
10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Central
Library at 9501 Lori Road in Chesterfield
County.
To register for the program, call 804-7514401.
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Foreigner to perform at
Pocahontas State Park
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
T
he classic rock
band Foreigner
will perform at
6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, at Pocahontas
State Park at 10301 State
Park Rd. in Chesterfield.
The James River High
School Senior Choir will
join Foreigner on stage to
sing the #1 hit, “I Want to
Know What Love Is.”
Foreigner’s show is part
of the “Pocahontas Live”
concert series presented by
the Virginia Museum of
Radio Entertainment.
Pocahontas State Park
is southeast of Richmond,
and is easily accessible from
Highway 360 or Interstate 95.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the gate
and $40 for Gold Circle seating (advance only).
Gates open at 6 p.m.
For tickets, information
and directions, visit www.
pocahontaslive.com.
Tickets also are available at the Pocahontas State
Park office, at all Capital
Ale House locations in
Richmond, or by calling
804-794-6700.
Foreigner has a catalog of
multi-platinum songs, including “Cold As Ice,” “Feels
Like the First Time,” “Juke
Box Hero,” “I Want To Know
What Love Is,” and criticallyacclaimed hits from the 2009
Can’t Slow Down album.
Founder Mick Jones is
described as the visionary maestro whose stylistic
songwriting, indelible guitar
hooks and multi-layered
talents continue to escalate
Foreigner’s influence after
more than 30 years in the
music industry. Joining him
in the band’s lineup are
lead vocalist Kelly Hansen,
bass guitarist Jeff Pilson,
multi-instrumentalist Tom
Gimbel, keyboardist Michael
Bluestein and drummer
Brian Tichy.
Foreigner has 14 Top 20
hits, as well as 10 multiplatinum albums.
Can’t Slow Down entered
the Billboard chart in the
Top 30 and had great success
on radio with two Top 20
singles. The next two years
were an almost constant run
of sold-out shows across Europe and the United States,
culminating with the release
of a live album recorded in
Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium that spent 13 weeks in
the Billboard Top 200.
Foreigner’s three-disc set,
Feels Like The First Time,
was released in September
2011.
The Virginia Museum
of Radio Entertainment
(VMRE) is a nonprofit
501(c)3 organization based
in Crewe.
The mission of The
VMRE is to archive, sustain
and perpetuate roots-based
American music and to
enhance public awareness of
central Virginia’s rich musical heritage.
The VMRE partners with
school systems in several
counties, presenting special
programs to educate students about music business.
The VMRE also works
closely with Virginia State
Parks, Virginia’s Retreat,
and many other community
service organizations.
The VMRE concert series
features a wide variety of
great music at several different venues in the Richmond
area, including Virginia
Crossroads Live in Crewe,
Innsbrook After Hours in
Glen Allen, Powhatan Village in Powhatan and Kenbridge Community Center
in Kenbridge.
Artists who have performed in 2012 include
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie
Nelson, Bruce Hornsby,
Leftover Salmon, Dark Star
Orchestra, Lee Brice, The
Avett Brothers, The Band
Perry and The Temptations.
For a full list of venues
and upcoming events, visit
www.vmre.org.
The Virginia Museum
of Radio Entertainment
welcomes donations, which
are tax-deductible, and may
be made on the website or
sent to VMRE, PO Box 607,
Crewe, VA 23930.
For more information
about The VMRE, contact
executive director Christopher
Gowin at: 804-678-8013.
Chesterfield Historical Society
offers homeschooling programs
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
The Chesterfield Historical Society of
Virginia, in partnership with the Chesterfield
Department of Parks and Recreation, presents programs in support of homeschooling
families.
These programs, designed for all grade
levels, are fun and engaging while covering
specific learning objectives.
Discovering Chesterfield’s Past:
This program, to be presented from 10 a.m.
to noon on Friday, Sept. 7, at the Chesterfield
Museum at 6813 Mimms Loop in Chesterfield, will address life in rural Chesterfield
long ago with a visit to a country store, a tour
of the Courthouse Green and a lesson on
Chesterfield’s role in the Revolution.
Chesterfield Coal: Tour the
Midlothian Mines Park, the site of the first
commercial coal mines in North America,
while learning of the impact this industry
had on the region between the hours of 10
a.m. and noon on Friday, Sept. 14, at 13301
North Woolridge Road in Midlothian. This
activity addresses geology and coal mining.
Life on the Plantation: Tour Magnolia Grange house and grounds while learning
about daily plantation life, including the role
of the herb garden and the importance of
herbs for flavor, medicine, fragrance and pest
control from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, Sept.
28, at 10020 Ironbridge Road in Chesterfield.
This session includes crafts and games.
The cost is $5 for children 6 and older.
There is no fee for adults.
Reservations for these programs can be
made by visiting the Chesterfield Historical
Society website at www.chesterfieldhistory.
com and using PayPal.
The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia serves as the center for Chesterfield history. Established in 1981 as a private, nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization, its mission is to collect,
preserve, interpret and promote the county’s
unique past for the education and enjoyment
of present and future generations. For more information on CHSV or to volunteer, visit www.
chesterfieldhistory.com, follow on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/ChesterfieldHistory or call
804-796-7121.
Discover Chesterfield is full of useful
information including emergency phone
numbers, government services, area
businesses, schools, health care, parks
and recreation, county activities,
community events and more!
Discover Chesterfield
Publication: October 18
Deadline: September 21
Circulation: 18,300
Bon Air Artists Association meeting
The Bon Air Artists
Association’s monthly
meeting will be held at 9:30
a.m. on Friday, Sept. 7, at
the Congregation Or Ami
at 9400 Huguenot Rd. in
Richmond.
Linda Hollett-Bazouzi
will give a painting demonstration. She is a plein air oil
painter who attempts to capture the fleeting moments
of nature within a few hours
while painting outdoors.
She paints and photographs
while traveling, and she will
share her unique approach
of working with her images
on her computer to create
her compositions.
contact Nell Chesley at 804217-8950.
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SPORTS || FITNESS
Midlothian football teams ready for battle
chester seems to be getting
most of its squad back intact,
idlothian’s
while Clover Hill’s and James
four Division 6 River’s lineups will feature a
football teams lot of new faces.
have a lot to
CLOVER HILL
fight for in this year’s DiviThe Cavaliers (7-3, 5-3
sion 6 campaign. First and
Dominion last year), who
foremost, the priority is to
finished fourth in the district
unseat L.C. Bird as the reign- overall, graduated 17 starters
ing district champion.
from last year’s squad.
Two of them, Cosby and
“We’ve got a lot of new
Manchester, finished in a
faces, a lot of young kids who
three-way tie with L.C. Bird
worked hard in the off-seafor the title last year, but
son and are working really
yielded the Central Region
hard in practice right now,”
playoff berth to the Skyhawks said Clover Hill Sean O’Hare
on power points. Of the four “We’ve got our hands full
teams, which include Clover
every week. There’s some
Hill and James River, Manteams in the Dominion and in
BY DAVE LAWRENCE
[email protected]
M
the Central Region that have a
lot of proven players. … We’re
going to fight to be competitive week in and week out.”
O’Hare has some solid
veterans, chief among them is
Bobby Fulp who had played
as defensive back and receiver
the past two years. Fulp will
start as quarterback and free
safety this year. Another returning leader is Kyle Flaherty,
who like Fulp, will play both
ways as middle linebacker
and fullback. The Cavaliers’
most experienced lineman
is Brandon Tyson. Tyson, a
three-year starter, will also
play both ways.
The Cavaliers have two
newcomers worth watching
Ty Ferrell as slot back and
kick returner and A.J. Fox at
tailback and linebacker.
COSBY
Unlike Bird and Manchester, with whom The Titans
(9-1, 7-1) shared the Dominion regular season title,
Cosby had had more turnover
than either of its rivals, which
may dampen its changes for
surviving into the playoffs.
But coach Pete Mutascio is
not daunted.
“At the same time, I feel
confident, that if things go
our way the first few weeks, if
we get some confidence with
our kids that are stepping up
… I think we have a very good
offensive line that will allow
us to play with and compete
against, … and have an opportunity to beat those two
teams,” Mutascsio said.
Most of the experienced
players on Mutascio’s squad
are up front, including right
tackle Andrew Miller, right
guard Ryan Wall and center
Tyler Powell. Mutascio is
looking for a lot of leadership from quarterback Aaron
Birnbaum and execution from
wide receivers Zach Horvath
and Tyler Fitzgerald. On
defense, O’Hare gets a lot of
experience in returning starting linebacker Troy Barden
Midlothian athletes
take Roanoke
College to new heights
MAGIC
CARPET
RIDE
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROANOKE COLLEGE
Former Midlothian standout Cay Manuel (above) and former Cosby star Kelly Higbie (below) helped Roanoke College to a 35-11 record,
championships of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and Newport News Regional, and fourth-place World Series finish in Salem last season.
BY FRED JETER
Contributing Writer
R
oanoke College’s
softball trophy case
has Midlothian fingerprints all over it.
Cay Manuel, from
Midlothian High, and former
Cosby star Kelly Higbie
were co-pilots last spring in
Roanoke’s magic carpet ride
to the NCAA Division III
World Series.
After transferring from
Wingate (N.C.), Manuel
dazzled with the glove at second base and with the bat.
Freshman Higbie dominated from the pitching
circle.
The twosome from the
23112 area code helped RC
to a 35-11 record, championships of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference
and Newport News Regional, and fourth-place
World Series finish in Salem.
The World Series is held each year at Salem’s
Moyer Complex, which also serves as RC’s home
diamond.
RC defeated Bridgewater for the ODAC title
and Christopher Newport for the Regional
crown.
The Maroons won two World Series games
before being eliminated by Linfield, Oregon.
Manuel was instrumental in a late-season
12-game winning streak despite suffering a knee
injury in Newport News.
“You couldn’t ask for a better ballplayer than
To start the school year,
Higbie was third on the depth
chart behind incumbent
Stephanie Clark and Virginia
Tech transfer Abbie Rexrode.
When Clark suffered a
shoulder injury and Rexrode
backed off to concentrate on
her Pharmacy major, Higbie
became the No. 1 hurler.
The daughter of Rick and
Susie Higbie didn’t disappoint.
The wind-milling righthander posted a 30-10
record and a 1.39 earned run
average. She struck out 141
batters in 261.1 innings, earning All-ODAC and Region
Pitcher of Year honors.
“It all fell into place,” said
Mitchell.
“When Stephanie couldn’t
Cay,” said RC coach Mike Mitchell. “She solidified our infield and it was our defense that made pitch, we moved her to short, Cay to second …
and Kelly to the pitching rubber.
us so good.
“Wow! What a combination.”
“You can see she is the daughter of coaches …
Mitchell says he learned of both Manuel and
even in her first year she became a vocal leader.”
Higbie through the Rampage travel program,
Her parents are Denise Manuel (longtime
softball coach at Midlothian) and Patrick Manuel coached by Butch Ledford.
Higbie continue to play for Rampage this
(football coach at Matoaca).
summer while Manuel worked on rehabilitating
Batting fifth, the 5-foot-1 sparkplug hit .313
her knee.
with 41 hits, 26 runs batted in and six stolen
The Maroons are involved in a 15-day fall
bases in six tries.
Defensively she made 115 assists and 90 put- training program this fall with an Oct. 7 game at
James Madison.
outs wearing Maroons Jersey No. 1.
An encore is expected next spring. Seven of
Higbie was the unexpected star on the
the Maroons’ starters, counting Manuel and Higmound.
bie, will be returning to Mitchell’s lineup.
“She has pinpoint control,” said Mitchell.
as well as Powell as defensive
lineman.
Promising newcomers
include freshman Drew Birchmeyer, who will get looks at
tight end, fullback, and on
the defensive line; offensive
lineman Joey Orcutt, and linebackers Grayson Turner and
Cole Hobson.
JAMES RIVER
The Rapids (3-7, 1-7) languished through a disastrous
year, winning their first two
games, then losing all but
one throughout the rest of
the season after their starting
quarterback, Sam Hunt, was
knocked out for the season
with a shoulder injury.
This year they return only
a handful of offensive and
defensive starters, and a lot of
them are going to be young.
“We’re going to play eight
or nine sophomores who expect to see significant playing
time,” said James River coach
Greg DeFrancesco. “That’s a
lot of inexperience that we’re
going to have to overcome.”
But he likes what he sees.
“They’re great kids , they’re
tough kids, they’re scrappy
kids. And we fill in around
them with some guys who
may not have started last year,
but are stepping up and had
really strong off-seasons,”
DeFrancesco said. “We scrimmaged Thomas Dale and
Henrico last week, and we
held our own.”
Among his more experienced players are Mac Caples,
who started the past two years
as safety and running back,
but who moves to quarterback this season; Stacy Jennings, who is a defensive back
and slot receiver this year.
DeFrancesco is looking
forward to the return of
inside linebacker Tim Francis,
who missed last season after
breaking his leg in a motocross accident. Among the
new starters, cornerbacks
Najee Jones and Preston Beale
stand out.
MANCHESTER
While some of the other
Division 6 teams struggle with
a dearth of experienced starters, the Lancers (7-3, 7-1) will
have an abundance. This year’s
squad features 35 seniors.
Manchester coach Tom
Hall hopes the experience
helps the Lancers avoid slow
starts, such as last year, in
which they lost their first two
games – and critical power
points which may have cost
them the Dominion’s playoff
bid.
“We kind of regrouped.
The kids did a nice job
bouncing back and having a
good year,” Hall said. “Hopefully now, with the number of
seniors and returning starters
that we have, we’re hoping to
get off to a little quicker start.”
While Manchester retained
the majority of its offensive
lineup, its defense will not
share in the bounty of returning starters. In all, eight graduated from last year’s squad.
Nevertheless, the Lancers’ bounty of experience
has produced a bounty of
FOOTBALL page 9
Teams look
to knock
L.C. Bird
from perch
BY DAVE LAWRENCE
[email protected]
Independence
Golf Club
offers a bit
of ‘Fresh Air’
Independence Golf Club recently hosted
kids from the Fresh Air Fund, a program
offering children from the inner city the
opportunity to enjoy the summer in fresh air.
PHOTO BY LATIKA LEE
T
he new football
season gears up
with most of
the Dominion
District united around a
common goal – find a way
to knock L.C. Bird off the
top of the pack.
The Skyhawks, led by
head coach David Bedwell,
have dominated the district throughout the current millennium, claiming
the district title in 2001
and successfully defending
it every year since.
But it won’t be easy.
“They’re how you rate
yourself, how you grade
L.C. BIRD page 9
FOOTBALL from page 8
leaders, with eight selected
to guide the team on and
off the field. They include
Brandon Allen at quarterback; Cody Wilburn, in
his third year starting at
center; linebackers Mattson Deuche and Holland
Fisher and defensive back
Waki Lewis.
Hall has great expectations for three newcomers
on the Lancer lineup: wide
receiver John Duhart, running back Troy Cory and
cornerback Dazjjon Igner.
EXERCISE
L.C. BIRD from page 8
yourself, on them,” said Cosby head
coach Pete Mutascio, whose Titans
finished in a three-way tie for the
district title last year with Bird and
Manchester, but the Skyhawks earned
the automatic bid on power points.
“You’ve got to go through Bird to win
the district. They’re in deep. Until
somebody beats them, you compare
yourself to Bird because of how successful they’ve been.”
Beating the Skyhawks is especially
important for Dominion teams.
Because the current Central Region
postseason format which allows only
four teams each in the Division 5 and
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Division 6 playoffs, many teams with
excellent records – such as Cosby,
with a 9-1 record – were left out in
the cold.
Anyone wishing to surpass Bird
this season faces a huge challenge.
The Skyhawks lose only five starters
from last year, two on offense and
three on defense, although some of
those graduates – such as quarterback
Anthony Harris and running back
Yahkee Johnson – leave a daunting
legacy for their replacements.
If any team will succeed in knocking L.C. Bird off the top of the Dominion heap this season, it will likely
be from Midlothian, and if experience
is any guide, the successful challenger
is most likely to be Cosby or Manchester.
Knocking off the Skyhawks would
be especially sweet for the Lancers.
“We’ve been the bridesmaids five
times when it comes to the points
system,” said Manchester coach Tom
Hall. “We’ve been pretty successful. I
think over the last decade, we’ve had
seven wins … playing in one of the
toughest conferences in the area.”
Hall said Manchester was pretty
young last year. As with the Skyhawks,
this year youth won’t be a problem.
“We are pretty senior heavy. I
think we have 35 seniors on this year’s
team,” Hall said. “You’re hoping with
the experience you can get a little
quicker start than we did in past years.
It seems it always takes us a couple of
games to get rolling.”
Cosby should again be within
range of the district title, but playing
experience may not be the Titans’
strength.
“We graduated 17 starters,” O’Hare
said. “We’ve got a lot of new faces.”
As far as the rest of the district
goes, the rest of the Midlothian-area
teams – Clover Hill, James River,
Midlothian and Monacan – have
a good chance of finishing in the
middle of the Dominion standings.
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