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THE SMITHFIELD TIMES
SERVING ISLE OF WIGHT AND SURRY COUNTIES SINCE 1920
Volume 94 Number 14
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
The Smithfield Rotary
and Ruritan Clubs
honored John R.
Stallings Jr. this week.
— See page 11
Smithfield, Va. 23431
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Smithfield will be center stage
for the Garden Club of
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Week this year.
The strength of our county is our
education system, the strength of
our education is our teachers....
”
— IW school patron Heather Moore
— See page 14
On schools budget. Story begins on p. 1
$5 million more for schools?
$63.5 mil.
budget
to supers
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
A 12-cent increase to Isle of
Wight’s real estate tax rate would
be needed to fully fund the
schools’ $63.5 million budget,
said School Board member Kent
Hildebrand.
The School Board unanimously approved the 2013-14 budget Thursday night.
The approved budget, which
increased by $4.5 million over
last year, asked for $4.9 million
more — an increase of 18 percent
— from Isle of Wight County.
If 12 cents were added to the
current 65-cent tax rate, the
county could generate enough
money to fully fund its $32.6 million portion of the schools’ budget, Hildebrand said.
For every one cent of real estate tax, the county collects
• See BUDGET, p. 8
Beavers are flooding Mill Swamp Rd.
County may call in trapper
to eliminate rodents
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Staff Photo by Diana McFarland
Mill Swamp Road resident Tim Harris looks across area flooded by the beaver dam.
MILL SWAMP — Tim Harris
sure would like to get rid of a
family of beavers who took up
residence near his house on Mill
Swamp Road.
The industrious, but elusive,
group of beavers managed to
dam the part of Mill Swamp that
runs under a nearby bridge —
and then built themselves a “beaver hut” in the middle of the
swamp at the intersection of Mill
Swamp and Green Level Road.
As a result, the low-lying
patch of road floods heavily after
it rains.
“Something’s gonna happen,”
Harris said.
“Water can’t turn loose at the
bridge,” he said, adding that it’s
resulted in traffic problems as
well as caused swamp water to
creep into his yard.
The issue recently came before the Isle of Wight Board of
Supervisors, and VDOT is working with the county to fix the
problem, according to VDOT
spokesperson Brooke Grow.
It’s not uncommon for beaver
dams to pop up this time of year,
said John Randolph, wildlife area
• See BEAVERS, p. 8
Two supervisor seats and
two on School Bd. available
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Two seats each are up
for grabs this year on the
Isle of Wight County Board
of Supervisors and School
Board, as well as seats in
the Virginia House of Delegates for the 64th and 75th
district.
The Carrsville and
Hardy Board of Supervisors and School Board
spots are up for reelection.
There are no town elections in Smithfield and
Windsor this year. Last
year, Windsor decided to
move its town elections to
November, so the next election for town council is in
November 2014. Those
whose terms expire next
May will be extended to November, said Town Manager Michael Stallings.
There are also no local elections in Surry County this
year.
This year’s general election is Nov. 5. The filing
deadline for local candidates is June 11, 7 p.m. at
the Isle of Wight registrar’s
office.
Carrsville Supervisor
Rex Alphin plans to run for
a second term.
“I would be honored to
represent the citizens of
Carrsville for another
term,” Alphin said.
Alphin was elected to
the Board in 2009 to finish
the term of former Board
member Phillip Bradshaw.
WHEN THE POWER
GOES OUT...
Relax,
you planned for it.
Also planning to run is
Hardy School Board representative Herb DeGroft,
who will be seeking a third
term.
“I’m having so much
damn fun — of course I’m
running. But it’s the last
hurrah,” he said.
“It’s heaven compared to
the bravo sierra I had to put
up with before,” said
DeGroft of his current
term, adding, “It’s for the
betterment of this county’s
young folks.”
Hardy
Supervisor
JoAnn Hall does not plan to
seek re-election after serving one term. Hall was the
first woman elected to the
Board in 2009, and then became its first woman chairman this year.
School Board Chairman
Robert Eley reportedly
picked up his candidate
packet at the registrar’s office, but efforts to reach
him were unsuccessful.
Del. Rick Morris, R-64th,
plans to seek a second
term. Delegates serve twoyear terms, and Morris is
busy collecting signatures.
“I’m happy to represent
the folks of the 64th district. It’s a lot of work but
it’s very gratifying to do the
right thing and help the
people in the 64th district.”
Del. Roslyn Tyler, D75th, also plans to run
again for a fourth term.
Morris’ district covers
most of Isle of Wight,
Prince
George,
Southampton, Surry and
• See ELECTION, p. 9
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FORUM
-- Heywood Broun
Columnist, author, 1927
(These weekly quotes compiled by The Freedom Forum)
Page 2 - Wed., April 3, 2013
Our Forum
Budget talks
need to be public
Recent meetings between Isle of Wight School
Board members, county school officials and members of the Board of Supervisors were of questionable legality, especially one in which three of
the five supervisors showed up for what was billed
as a briefing on the proposed schools budget.
The Virginia Freedom of Information Act was
written decades ago to ensure that Virginians have
access to the information that an informed electorate needs to better understand the workings of
government. It governs both the records that government creates in the course of public business
and the meetings that elected and appointed public bodies hold in the conduct of that business.
The “briefings” by School Superintendent
Katrise Perera were clearly designed to communicate School Board budget wishes to the supervisors without the meddlesome presence of
county residents who will pay the bills during the
coming year.
The meetings, as the School Board constructed
them, could be legal or illegal, depending on the
fine points. The law is clear that two members can
meet with each other and talk about whatever
public matters they wish. That’s a perfectly reasonable method of exchanging ideas. If, however,
members of a public body are designated to represent that body with respect to public matters,
they become a committee of that body and the
provisions of FOIA apply to them, including all
public meeting procedures.
To argue the meetings were, legal we would
have to believe that the School Board members
who attended them were not there on behalf of
the board on which they sit. It’s a bit hard to imagine on whose behalf they were there, if not their
own board, but thus goes the argument.
Both School Board and Board of Supervisors
members have contended that the supervisors, on
the other hand, weren’t in a “meeting” when three
of them met with the School Board members because they didn’t speak. We’ll have to take their
word that they were totally mute throughout the
session, as unlikely as that seems. But it really
doesn’t matter. Silence does not negate presence.
Three supervisors showed up, as invited, to a briefing by another public body on a public budget. To
try and claim there was no meeting is a stretch of
major proportions.
But for the sake of argument, assume that
school officials found a way to talk about their
budget in secret without violating the letter of the
law. What they clearly did do was violate the spirit
of the law, which is aimed at more, not less, public disclosure.
No public action touches on the relationship
between government and those governed more
than adoption of an annual budget. And nothing
pertaining to a budget, with the possible exception of salaries to be paid specific individuals,
should be discussed in private.
Secret meetings, whether they successfully
skirt the law or not, have no place in the annual
give and take that surrounds budget development.
Honoring Johnny
John R. Stalling Jr. — Johnny to all who
know him — was recognized this week by the
Smithfield Rotary and Ruritan Clubs as their
Citizen of the Year.
It’s a well-deserved recognition.
Mr. Stallings served the community for more
than 30 years as an active member of the
Smithfield Volunteer Fire Department. He set
an example during all those years for competent, selfless service.
But his service has continued since his retirement from the fire service. He has worked
tirelessly to preserve and improve historic Ivy
Hill Cemetery, has volunteered with Christian
Outreach and has pitched in to help farmers
who were short-handed during busy seasons.
Johnny’s father, the late John R. Stallings Sr.,
who was the fire chief for many years, received
the same honor in 1988. Now, there’s a family
tradition worth celebrating.
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A view along Church Street
A mid-20th century view of South Church Street includes the Hamtown Tea Room, which was
located just west of Christ Episcopal Church. That building, which was also home to Gale
Appliance, was later demolished. The photograph is from the collection of the Isle of Wight
Museum.
Reader Forum
Gross
negligence
I was given a tour myself,
starting on the kill floor
where the hogs were
slaughtered. I had steeled
Editor, Smithfield Times
myself, and made it
On behalf of my
through with only slightly
family, I would like to
queasy stomach, but I did
thank The Smithfield
find it all fascinating. The
Times for giving ample
actual “kill” was pretty
and deserving coverage to
humane, I thought, as the
the destruction of the
hogs were stunned before
Jordan home at Fort
meeting their end. By the
Boykin.
time the carcasses
good.
In memory of the
reached processing, all
According to the text
Jordan sisters of Fort
blood had drained for use
of Isle of Wight’s agreeBoykin who dedicated
in many ways, even the
ment with the state
their lives to the stewardhair saved for paint
regarding the stewardship
ship of that historic
brushes, and the carEditor, Smithfield Times
of Fort Boykin, “The
property and good works
casses really looked pretty
Your recent column on
existing dwelling or farm
throughout the county, I
clean, sort of like sparthe
processing
of
pigs
house on said property,
feel compelled to speak in
kling plastic models of
took me back 50 years or
formerly the home of
light of the gross neglithe real thing. At least,
so when I had my first
Sarah Elizabeth Jordan,
gence that has led to the
that’s what I told myself.
“real” summer job at
shall be maintained and
destruction of their home
That first week, a
Gwaltney’s. I spent my
preserved in good condias well as to the general
family of tourists stopped
time on the loading docks
tion.” That agreement,
decay of the park.
and wanted a tour. I gave a
filling big semi’s with
like the memory of the
Ella, Sue, and Elizashort spiel with an
boxes of just about every
Jordan sisters’ good
beth, like their forbears,
overview of the operation
deeds, sits amidst ash and conceivable pork product
devoted their lives to
(I was very self-important,
smoke. The fire is neither (me, very skinny). On my
charitable works and
you can be sure), but
first
day,
we
loaded
“wonderful” nor a divine
giving, including the
advised them that they
several thousand 60-pound
approval of mismanagecampaign that saved
really did NOT want to
boxes of pig livers onto a
ment. The Jordan sisters
Historic St. Luke’s
see the actual kill. The
truck. I was then put on
still have many relatives
Church. Out of a desire to
lady of the family had
the truck to ride to the
in Hampton Roads and
preserve for all times a
different ideas, so off we
Norfolk distribution
across this country who
site whose history is as
went the kill floor, where
center and unload them,
care deeply about Fort
old as our nation, they
she immediately fainted.
and was so sore the next
Boykin, even if elected
purchased Fort Boykin
The two 8 to 10-year-old
morning I could barely
officials in Isle of Wight
with their life savings,
children had their mouths
move. My other job was to
County do not.
maintained it even in
gaping, but thought it was
be
the
guide
for
any
E. Jordan Sellers Jr.
their infirmity and
Champaign, Il. tourists who happened to
donated it to the civic
stop by and wanted a tour.
• See LETTERS, p. 3
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Recalling
the kill floor
Let’s not forget the arts
Americans
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love acronyms,
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HE
and one of the
most popular today is STEM. It
stands for science, technology,
engineering and
mathematics, the
By John
areas of study
considered most critical in developing a workforce that can advance the nation’s economic
wellbeing.
No argument from here. We
absolutely have to be competitive
in this rapidly changing, technol-
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ogy-driven world.
But in our rush
to promote all
that’s scientific, let
us not forget the
arts. If we have no
appreciation for
art, literature and
history, then we
Edwards
will build a world
of gizmos, devoid of the culture that
should underlay our search for meaning.
Nor should science and the arts be
considered incompatible or exclusive
of one another. Nothing has made the
arts, history and literature more ac-
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cessible to the masses than the
Internet. There’s a lot of trash out
there, but serious students of our
culture are accommodated by science, not alienated by it. Science
is thus a tool to a better life but
not an end in itself.
Those thoughts came to mind
last week while a group of
Smithfield folks was touring the
“Michelangelo — Sacred and Profane” exhibit at the Muscarelle
Museum of Art at William &
Mary.
A for mer Smithfield High
• See ROWS, p. 3
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The Smithfield Times - Wed., April 3, 2013 - Page 3
The ‘private’ email of public officials
By Gene Policinski
Inside the First Amendment
The First Amendment protects our “free speech” from
government control, punishment or interference — but
when public officials speak
freely through private e-mail
accounts or mobile phones, are
they free to ignore freedom of
information laws?
On one hand, they are paying
from their own funds for those
means of communication —
and even public officials have
private lives, though less so
than before their win at the ballot box or appointment to public office.
But it would seem that
there’s nothing really “private”
about a conversation about public policies, or about spending
public funds, or making hiring
decisions for public employment.
States are about evenly di-
• Continued from p. 2
still pretty cool.
Three decades later,
while I was visiting my
mother one weekend in
the fall, I was driving
around, revisiting all the
places I knew so well, and
turned at Blount’s Corner
to head to Morgart’s
Beach. The little county
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School student, Aaron
DeGroft — now Dr. DeGroft
— is director of the
Muscarelle and was largely
responsible for bringing
this extraordinary collection of Michelangelo’s
drawings to the United
States. (Not bad for a
Smithfield kid, eh?)
As DeGroft talked expansively about the brilliant — and, yes, often perplexing — mind of
Michelangelo, it occurred
to me that if young people
like DeGroft are not encouraged to pursue their
love of the arts, society will
store was no longer there,
but the house was, and in
the back yard the family
was butchering and
rendering a hog. The
carcass was just as clean
as I remembered. After all
those years, this was the
first time I had actually
seen a farm family doing
what farm families do. I
turned around and drove
someday have lost something very valuable, something irreplaceable.
The Muscarelle exhibit
also reinforces the thought
that science and art compliment each other. The arts
and science made giant
strides during the renaissance and Michelangelo
was an architect and engineer as well as one of
history’s greatest artists.
And Leonardo Da Vinci, of
course, is considered the
original “Renaissance
Man,” an accomplished
painter, sculptor, musician,
architect, engineer and inventor.
We need to keep that in
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Cruz-Ins
return
mind as we encourage
young people to study the
arts as well as the sciences.
There was a time when the
great universities insisted
that to be a well-rounded
person, a student must
have a firm grasp of both.
We are rapidly moving toward a mindset that education should focus on the
technical needs of a future
career rather than wellrounded citizenship. Moving too far in that direction
is a mistake.
A well-rounded education remains vital if we are
to have a well-rounded society. Art, in fact, encourages creativity and that’s as
vital to science as learning
the mechanics of a trade or
profession.
And if you need to have
that thought reinforced,
join the thousands of
people who have already
visited the Muscarelle to
spend some time with
Michelangelo. The exhibit
will remain there through
Sunday, April 14.
If such “private” cell phone
or e-mail exchanges were limited to such necessary situations, there’s no problem. But
conversations also can be used
to mask uncomfortable or politically-sensitive conversations, or worse, to hide fraud,
waste and corruption.
Without access and visibility, the public cannot determine
the motive or manner behind
such calls and messages. In an
era in which many citizens already are predisposed to distrust government activity, hidden discussions of public business just feed that negative situation.
In the end, doing public business in public is a double-posi-
Editor, Smithfield Times
This Friday, Smithfield
Lions begin another
season of classic car CruzIns — what we’re calling
our 5th Edition! The
season promises to be
more entertaining and, as
always, a great family
activity.
This year, Cruz-Ins
occur on the 1st, 3rd and
5th Friday of every
month, April through Oct
18th. The entire season is
made possible by three
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Performance Group and
AVES. Highlights for this
season include performances by “the Best Blues
Brothers tribute act on
the East Coast” (April
19th & May 3rd). Every
Cruz-In features outstanding Tidewater car clubs—
some featured for the first
time (e.g., Tesla Model S,
Old Dominion Historical
Fire Society, Williamsburg
British Car Club, etc.).
Finally, music is provided
by our DJ, Lion Tom
Norris and food is available from our vendor,
Jack’s Brats & Dogs.
Cruz-Ins are free to
spectators. We only ask
for a $2 donation from
show cars. Season passes
for show cars can be
purchased (for $25) by
calling 371-6061. So, if
you’re looking for something classy to do on
Friday nights, come visit
the Smithfield Lions CruzIn 5th Edition!
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tive — it removes questions
about decision-making even as
it invites greater citizen interest and engagement in the process of self-governance.
The right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the government for a
redress of grievances depends
in no small degree on having
enough information about public policy and business, in a
timely fashion, to intelligently
assemble and seek changes
from their elected officials.
In the light of that majestic
constitutional exercise between
the governed and their governors, “Who owns that cell
phone?” seems a petty and irrelevant question.
Gene Policinski is senior vice
president and executive director
of the First Amendment Center.
Email him at gpolicinski
@fac.org.
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before silently thanking
them for the privilege and
education, and heading
home.
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some areas — law enforcement,
individual personnel matters or
court proceedings — where not
just non-disclosure but outright
secrecy is appropriate.
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to
dress the question for 23 more
states where public officials
may be able to discuss sensitive
decisions — major spending
proposals or the hiring of top
officials like school superintendents — out of the view of taxpayers.
One common tactic used to
avoid public scrutiny is to hold
a series of calls involving fewer
officials than a majority, or
whatever critical number
might be specified in state FOI
laws.
The approach may well meet
the letter of the law, but it
avoids its spirit — that citizens
be able to view the entire decision-making process.
Public officials ought to be
able to converse individually —
there’s no point in requiring
public notices for random hallway meetings or the mundane
matters involved in operating
public agencies. And there are
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vided on whether the latter kind
of conversations is covered by
FOI or public records laws. A
recent Associated Press story,
citing data from the Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the
Press, noted that 26 states see
private e-mails or other kinds
of electronic communications
about government business as
public records. Those records
generally are to be held open for
review by citizens, and subject
to laws and regulations on how
long they must be stored and
retained.
The most recent battleground over the issue is in California, which had not defined
access to such information. A
state court judge ruled that private text messages, emails and
other electronic communications sent and received by San
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are public records.
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LIFESTYLES
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The Smithfield Times - Wed., April 3, 2013
Western Tidewater
MASTER GARDENER
There is a strong interest in protecting our property
with well-planned landscaping. This would include planting trees, shrubs and ground covers in the needed areas.
Rows of trees, intermingled with hedges and various
shrubs, will reduce wind speed and the probability of
wind erosion. The white and live oak, swamp chestnut,
maples, black gum, crepe myrtle, golden rain, red bud
and Chinese dogwood are strong growers, resist storms
and decay and live a long time.
Since grass can be difficult to establish in shaded areas, a ground cover such as erosion-resistant fescue may
be needed. Fescue on steep slopes and other critically
eroding areas such as ditches will provide a good deal of
protection. Matting, and straw mulch can be used in the
bare spots until vegetation is established.
Allowing the grass to grow a little longer will slow
run-off. Providing drain spouts away from cemented areas such as walks, drives and patios onto a grassy area
is a good thing.
Although this the official start of spring was two
weeks ago, snow and a freezing rain have stalled our fantasies of an early garden frolic. This is an opportunity
to continue your spring equipment clean up. Enjoy the
moment.
Gwen Holt
Master Gardener
Tween 12 & 20
Dr. Wallace,
Mitch and I met at a party. He asked me for my
phone number, and I gave it to him. In the past six
months we have gone out three times. The first date
was heavenly. I think I fell in love with him that night.
The other two dates weren’t quite so heavenly. Both
times he was sexually aggressive and became angry
when I refused his advances. I understand from mutual friends that Mitch is quite the “lady’s man” and
brags about all the girls he has “conquered.”
Last week he called me and invited me to a party
at his brother’s fraternity house. I’d really like to go
because it sounds like going to a frat party would be
a lot of fun. My heart tells me to go for it, but my
head says no. Give me some good advice.
— Amber, Lafayette, Ind.
Amber,
Fraternity parties can be a lot of fun. They can
also resemble “Animal House.” But it’s not the party
that should bother you. It’s the struggle afterwards.
Here’s the best advice I can give you: Tell this
Casanova to get lost. Generally, when your heart tells
you one thing and your head tells you another, you
should listen to your head.
Dr. Wallace,
Why are you so against alcohol when it is completely legal for everyone age 21 or older?
— Vickie, Las Vegas, Nev.
Vickie,
Alcohol has ruined many families because it has
high potential for misuse and abuse. Statistics compiled by the National Council on alcoholism show
that one alcohol drinker in 12 is an alcoholic and more
than 300,000 alcohol-related deaths occur each year
in the United States. I could add additional anti-alcohol facts, but I think you get my point.
Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers.
Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at [email protected]. To find
out more about Dr. Robert Wallace and read features
by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists,
visit the Creators Syndicate website at
www.creators.com.
Renita Briggs was
crowned queen, and her
son, Ahkeem, crowned
prince at the recent
Mother and Son Gala
Event in Surry.
Bonding
mothers
and sons
Ahkeem Briggs and his
mother Renita were
crowned prince and queen
at the Mother and Son Gala
Event held recently at Gardens on the Rolfe in Dendron.
The annual event is a
way for mothers and sons
to bond together and included advice from the Rev.
Douglas Charity Jr.
Charity told the young
men present that it’s always good to open the door
for their moms — whether
the car, the house or at
church. He also pointed out
it doesn’t cost anything to
be polite and it’s the right
thing to do.
Briggs and his mom
were crowned prince and
queen based on essays, poems and raps written by
participants.
Nahkyi White and his
mother, Sherina Evans,
placed
second.
The
Briggses received a $25
Applebee’s gift card and
framed certificates.
Mothers and sons also
had a good time dancing to
old school and new school
dance tunes, such as the
Twist, the Bump, the
Dougie and the Wobble.
The Mother and Son
Gala Event is sponsored by
the Proud Fathers Organization and the Surry
County Office on Youth.
Can’t Remember
Where or When?
Check
The
Smithfield
Times
Community
Calendar.
You’ll probably find your
event listed there!
Mac is back!
McDonald’s in Smithfield re-opened Thursday at 11 a.m. to large crowds
and cars lined up waiting to try out the new dual drive-thru lanes, as
well as the new premium McWrap. The store was closed for 137 days
as crews demolished the old building and constructed a new one with
exterior stone and brick accents, digital menu boards and an internet
café style dining room. McDonald’s plans to host a grand opening of
the new facility April 20.
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Student ‘protection’ fee proposed
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Two local citizen groups
are proposing a “student
protection fee” to put
school resource officers
(SROs) back in all nine Isle
of Wight County schools.
The “student protection
fee” — not tax — would be
less than a penny tacked
onto the real estate tax rate
and decrease slightly after
the first year, said Albert
Burckard, president of the
Carrollton Civic League.
Burckard, along with Isle
of Wight Citizen’s Association President Grace Keen,
gave a presentation Thursday to the Board of Supervisors.
Burckard said the request came after recent
town hall meetings hosted
by the Isle of Wight
Sheriff ’s Office where residents expressed concern
about student safety following the shootings in Con-
necticut last December.
Although
deputies
check the schools every day,
more needs to be done to
protect students and staff,
Burckard said.
Currently, there are two
full-time
SROs
at
Smithfield and Windsor
high schools and a full-time
deputy who splits his time
between Windsor and
Smithfield middle schools.
In addition, patrol deputies
make regular checks at the
county’s five elementary
schools.
Burckard said it would
cost $350,400 a year to fund
full-time deputies in the elementary schools, with an
additional $294,600 the first
year for start-up costs, such
as training and equipment.
The first year would require a fee of .0157 cents
per $100 in assessed value
and be reduced to .0086
thereafter, Burckard said.
For those with a house
assessed at $400,000, that
would be $62.80 the first
year and $34.40 in succeeding years, Burckard said.
The Carrollton Civic
Association and Isle of
Wight Citizen’s Association believe this would be
acceptable to residents,
Burckard said.
In a later discussion
about increasing the
Sheriff ’s budget for items
other than SROs, Sheriff
Mark Marshall was asked
about their prevalence in
other elementary schools
across the state.
Isle of Wight was the
only county in Virginia
with full-time SROs in the
elementary
schools,
Marshall said. Full-time
SROs were put in all of Isle
of Wight County schools
following the 2007 shooting
at an Amish school in
Pennsylvania.
When Marshall took office in January 2012, he removed the full-time SROs
from the elementary
schools and instituted the
current policy, saying the
deputies were needed for
patrol and criminal investigations.
Marshall said the
Smithfield and Windsor
police departments also assist in checking the schools
located within town limits.
His agency is also setting
up offices in Carrollton,
Carrsville and Windsor elementary schools for deputies working those ends of
the county to do reports
and other routine paperwork — as well as establish
a presence at those schools.
“We spend a lot of time
in every one of those
schools,” Marshall said.
Town sewer rates not
as high as reported
By Diana McFarland
News editor
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Piggy Cottontail visited Boykin’s Tavern Saturday for the annual egg
hunt, crafts, egg museum and furry guests from Lowe Farm. It was
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Smithfield does not have
the highest monthly sewer
rates in the region, despite
a recent news report.
The Daily Press recently
reported that Smithfield
was the most expensive locality in Hampton Roads
when it comes to sewer
rates — at $63.63 a month.
It’s not the highest, but
it’s not the cheapest either.
The source of the graph
was the Hampton Roads
Planning District Commission, and a spokesman
there said the agency made
a mistake in figuring the
bill for the town.
Part of the problem is
that Smithfield bills its customers every two months,
and the rest of the featured
localities bill every month,
said Whitney Katchmark,
water resource planner.
The actual monthly rate
for sewer in Smithfield is
$51.56, putting it at the
fourth most expensive in
the region.
To get at the figure, one
must divide Smithfield’s
bimonthly flat sewer rate
of $24.14 to get $12.07 a
month. Add to that the assumed rate of 5,000 gallons
of water used a month multiplied by a rate of $3.50 for
$17.50, plus an HRSD fee of
$21.99 a month for a total
monthly sewer rate of
$51.56,
according
to
Katchmark.
The Daily Press story
was about regionalizing
sewer systems in the
Hampton Roads region,
mostly due to localities
having to individually foot
the bill for new environmental regulations.
So
one
reason
Smithfield’s sewer rates
are on the higher end is because the town has already
adjusted its rates to comply
with the federal consent
order. Not all the localities
have done that yet and may
have to adjust later,
Katchmark said.
Currently, Isle of Wight
County charges a flat
monthly fee of $46.85.
Va. jobless rate steady
RICHMOND (AP) —
Virginia’s jobless rate remained steady in February
and is still below the national average.
5.9 percent a year ago.
Virginia’s unemployment rate has been trending down since joblessness
peaked at 7.4 percent from
December 2009 until March
The Virginia Employ2010.
ment Commission says the
The Labor Department
state’s seasonally adjusted
says the national unemunemployment rate was 5.6
ployment rate slid to a fourpercent in February.
year low of 7.7 percent in
That’s the same as it was February, down from 7.9
in January, and down from percent in January.
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""Meet the Artist" at Imagine Art Studios
Saturday, April 13 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., 131 Main Street in downtown Smithfield, (757) 357-0690
Artist Holly Etheridge will be displaying originals and Giclees.
Page 6 - The Smithfield Times - Wed., April 3, 2013
Program requiring septic
pumpouts is progressing
By Diana McFarland
News editor
About 18 percent of eligible Isle of Wight County
households have had their
septic systems pumped out
in compliance with the
Chesapeake Bay Act.
Another 112 households
installed an effluent filter
as a way to lengthen the
time between pump-outs,
according to Kim Hummel,
environmental planner for
Isle of Wight County.
The program, which
was implemented five
years ago in Isle of Wight
County, targeted 7,364
households with septic systems, Hummel said, adding
that the number of homes
was based on 1990 census
data.
The program is mandated by state law and requires septic systems to be
pumped out every five
years. Homeowners who
install an effluent filter can
increase the interval between pump-outs to every
seven years.
Shortly before the program was implemented,
the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality determined that out of 3,182
septic systems located near
the Pagan River and Jones
Creek, 16 percent — or 623
— were failing.
A failing system can
continue to work — albeit
inefficiently — and many
homeowners do not become aware of the problem
until solids begin backing
up into the house, Hummel
said.
At one time it was estimated in Isle of Wight’s
master water and sewer
plan that it would cost $30
million to replace just the
failing systems in the Newport Development District,
Hummel said.
The cost for an individual pump-out averages
about $275 for a 1,000-gallon
tank. The cost of installing
an effluent filter ranges
from $15 to $200, depending
on its complexity, Hummel
said.
Some effluent filters
have an alarm system that
alerts the homeowner that
the tank is becoming full.
Isle of Wight residents
with septic systems are
asked to fill out a registration form that asks, among
other information, when
the septic tank was last
pumped out.
“A lot of times they don’t
know,” Hummel said.
In that case, the homeowner has two years to
have the tank pumped out,
she said.
The program hasn’t
gone without complaint,
Hummel said.
For some, the $275 is a
financial hardship. For others, it’s seen as a tax or another government intrusion on their privacy,
Hummel said.
At various times,
homeowners have been
able to use grant funds to
help defray the costs of the
pump-out, but currently
there is no money available, Hummel said.
Hummel said there’s a
“folktale” circulating that
the only time to pay attention to the septic system is
when it backs up into the
house.
However, by that time, it
can get expensive because
of the extent of repairs, she
said.
“It’s like any other working system. It needs maintenance from time to time.”
The septic pump out
program is specific to the
Chesapeake Bay watershed
and includes households in
all of Isle of Wight
County’s five election districts.
The town of Smithfield
has its own septic pumpout program and there are
147 confirmed and active
septic systems in the town,
said Planning Technician
Joseph Reish.
So far, nearly all the
households have complied.
“It’s a very, very successful participation rate,”
Reish said.
Chapel Grove
United Church of Christ
7366 West Blackwater Road
Windsor, VA 23487 • 757-242-6178
Rev. H.C. Church, Jr., Pastor
Annual
Family & Friends
Day
Sunday, April 7, 2012
Sunday School 9am
Worship Service 10am
Theme:
“TEAMWORK makes
The Dream Work”
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Funds added to sheriff’s budget
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Ongoing costs for aging
patrol vehicles and overtime led the Isle of Wight
Board of Supervisors to
give the Sheriff ’s Office an
additional $125,000 for the
remainder of the fiscal
year.
Sheriff Mark Marshall
told the Board Thursday
that after 14 months in office, it had become appar-
ent that initial budgeting
estimates fell short for vehicle maintenance and repair and overtime pay.
“It’s become painfully
evident,” Marshall said.
As of February, seven of
the 49 patrol cars in the
county’s fleet had more
than 170,000 miles and 15
had more than 150,000.
Marshall said deputies
routinely drive a total of
85,000 miles a month and
use 63,000 gallons of fuel a
year.
Also, a few high profile
cases, such as the Joseph
Joyner Jr. murder case,
drove up overtime costs.
The previous administration used comp time to
cover overtime costs.
It’s good to see the
Sheriff ’s Office is paying
overtime, said Smithfield
Supervisor Al Casteen.
Marshall said that with
a year under his belt, he’s
better able to estimate the
cost of running the
Sheriff ’s Office. He’s also
received a vehicle donation
from the Smithfield Police
Department.
“I understand you
couldn’t forecast those
costs,” said Newport Supervisor Buzz Bailey.
Marshall said he doesn’t
expect to come back again
with a shortfall request.
Brown’s AME anniversary
Brown’s AME
Brown’s AME Church
will be celebrating their
146th church anniversary
on Sunday, April 7, 11 a.m.
with Rev. Earl Morris as
guest speaker.
Hope Chapel
Hope Chapel Deliverance Center will be sponsoring their Annual
Women of Prayer, Praise
and Power Conference the
week of April 8 – 12, 7:30
p.m. nightly with anointed
speakers and musicians
serving. Monday: Minister
Florence Holloway; Tuesday: First Lady Josephine
Daniels; Wednesday: Elder
Marian King; Thursday:
Evangelist Mildred Vinson;
OBITUARIES
Obituaries are posted as received, complete with
visitation and funeral dates/times at:
www.smithfieldtimes.com
Clarence Edwards
Clarence Edwards, 88, of
Smithfield, passed away
March 28, 2013. He was
bor n in Isle of Wight
County, the son of the late
Lafayette Jackson Edwards
and Lucy Brown Edwards.
He was predeceased by
his daughter, Shirley E.
Moore. He was a retired
farmer and a member of
Bethany United Methodist
Church.
Clarence is survived by
his wife, Nannie Mae Pond
Edwards; daughter, Mary
Lou Shelton and husband,
Carley; son-in-law, Robert
L. Moore; grandchildren,
Courtney
Christine
Shelton Amaral and
Krystal Meredith Moore
Rager; great-grandchil-
dren, Trinity, Serenity and
Christian; sister, Lola E.
Gibbs; and brother, Morris
Edwards.
The family would like to
say a special thank you to
Stella Griggs for all of her
love and care given to the
family. A funeral service
was held April 2 at Parr
Funeral Home and Crematory, Suffolk, with Pastor
Rodney Mason officiating.
Burial followed at St.
Luke’s Memorial Park.
Memorial donations
may be made to the Isle of
Wight Volunteer Rescue
Squad at P.O. Box 97,
Smithfield, VA 23431. Condolences may be registered
online at www.parrfuneral
home.com.
Mona Haught Brooks
Mona Haught Brooks
was born Sept. 5, 1933 on a
farm in Silver Hill, W.Va.,
and at the age of 79, passed
away at home on the morning of March 25, 2013. She
was the first of two daughters born to Warren and Ica
Haught. Mona graduated
from Magnolia High School
in New Martinsville, W.Va.
She married Edward
Ludford Brooks on May 17,
1953 not long after arriving
in Portsmouth to live with
her aunt and uncle. Mona
worked with the telephone
company as an operator.
She was best known for
her love of farm animals
and her dogs and cats. Every living animal that ar-
rived on the farm was a pet
for life. Mona was very supportive of her husband and
son’s raising of pigeons
and doves and their white
bird releases.
Mona is survived by her
husband, Edward Brooks; a
son, Terry and wife Terri
Sue; two grandchildren,
Sherry and Philip; two
great-grandsons, Jacob and
Mathew; her sister, Nancy
Kor nhaus and several
nephews and cousins.
A graveside service was
held April 2, in St. Luke’s
Memorial Park with the
release of white doves.
Arrangements are in
the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield.
Friday: Co-Pastor Judith
Harrell.
Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove Baptist
Church Deacons’ Installation Service is Sunday,
April 7, 3 p.m. The Deacons
are Raymond Faulk,
Tyrone Parker and Alfred
Wilson. Pastor Stephen
Josie from Body of Christ,
Suffolk will be the
preacher.
Campbell’s Chapel
Annual Women’s Day is
Sunday, April 21, 11 a.m.
Guest speaker is the Rev.
Lucy Robertson of First
Gravel Hill Baptist Church,
Rushmere. Theme: Christian Women Transforming
into God’s Purpose. Family
and friends day Sunday,
April 21, 2 p.m. Guest is the
Rev. James Rich and Rising
Star Baptist Church,
Smithfield.
God’s Anointed Touch
Join God’s Anointed
Touch Ministries every
Saturday at noon for the
broadcast of “Ministry
Shall Not Destroy My Marriage” TV show on
tytvonline.org. Be part of
the live studio audience for
the taping of Ministry
Shall Not Destoy My Marriage TV Show on Saturday,
April 20, 10 a.m. Teen Zone
and Spades Tournament on
Friday, April 19. Morning
worship service is every
Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Family
and Friends Day every
third Sunday. Info: 242-4151
or www.gat ministries
.com.
Pentecostal Holiness
Pentecostal Holiness
Church Men and Women
Conference is April 13-14.
Theme: Sons and Daughters of Thunder for God.
Theme: Chasing After
God’s Will and Purpose!
Workshop, Saturday, April
13, 10 a.m. Service, Sunday,
April 14, 3 p.m. Speakers
are Elder Kirt Townsend,
Rev. Vera Moody and Evangelist Jessie Montgomery.
Betty Anne Crocker
IVOR — Betty Anne
Harrison Crocker, 80, the
wife of John R. Crocker Sr.
for 62 years, passed away
March 28, 2013 in Sentara
Obici Hospital. She was
born April 5, 1932 in Portsmouth to the late Paul D.
and Bertha Carr Harrison.
Betty was a graduate of
Windsor High School.
Betty was a member of
Central Hill Baptist
Church. She was a former
Sunday school teacher, GA
leader and WMU director.
Betty served as a moderator of the Blackwater Baptist Association and on the
Virginia Baptist Mission
Board for two terms. She
was a WMU director for 10
years. She served as
women’s chairman of the
Isle of Wight Farm Bureau
for 10 years and on the state
women’s committee. Betty
also served as a delegate to
several national conventions and worked on Juvenile Conference Committees as a volunteer for Isle
of Wight County.
Betty enjoyed her family, farm life, community
and Christian service and
was devoted to her hus-
band, John Raleigh.
In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in
death by a brother, J.J.
Harrison. She is survived
by her daughters, Judith C.
Wells and husband Robert,
and Victoria C. Wyatt; sons,
John R. Crocker Jr. and
wife, Elizabeth; Larry D.
Crocker and wife, Peggy
and Steven W. Crocker and
wife, Annette; sister, Virginia H. Pierce Craig; nine
grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.
A life celebration service was held Saturday,
March 30, 2013 in Central
Hill Baptist Church with
the Rev. Roger Johnson officiating. Burial followed in
the church cemetery. Family received friends at the
home of John R. Crocker
Sr.
Arrangements are in
the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, Va.
These Local Churches welcome you and
your family to weekly services.
Central Hill Baptist Church
10270 Central Hill Rd, Windsor 357-2225
Rev. Roger Johnson, Pastor
Parsonage 757-539-7759
Sun School 10am, Sun Worship 11am
Wed Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 7pm
12/13
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
300 Smithfield Blvd., P.O. Box 840, Smithfield
Mass 9am Sun, Weekday Mass:
Tues & Thu at noon, Wed at 6:30pm
Fri at 9am, Sat 5pm
Phone: 365-0579 Fax: 757-365-4749
Pastor: Fr. Oscar P. Paraiso
www.goodshepherd-smithfield.org 12/13
Healing Waters Worship Center Hope Presbyterian Church
12172 Smith’s Neck Rd, Carrollton, VA
356-1515; hwwcnow.org
Pastor William M. McCarty, Senior Pastor
Sunday am Worship 11:00 w kid’s church
Wednesday worship 7pm & Bible study
with Girls Club & Royal Rangers
255 James Street
Meeting at Smithfield Luter YMCA
Worship: 9:30 am
Sunday School” 11:00 am
www.hopepca.com
Pastor George Boomer, 771-2243
Mill Swamp Baptist Church
Riverview United Methodist
12/13
6/13
6329 Mill Swamp Rd, Ivor, VA; 357-2575 10696 Smiths Neck Rd Rescue
“A church That is Alive is Worth the Drive!” Tuesday
Sunday: Sun. Sch. 9:30am Worship 10:45am covered dish dinner/bible study 6:30pm
Teens 5:45pm, Sun Bible Study 6:00pm Worship & Childrens Church 11am
Worship 7:00pm, Ad/Chld Choir 6:30pm
Wed AWANA 6:15, Bible Study/Tn 7pm Leon Basham, Minister 357-0738
email: c.basham@charter,net
Rev. James “Jim” Jones, Pastor
12/13
12/13
Saints of Runneymede Holiness Church Sandy Mount Baptist Church
7711 White Marsh Rd, Elberon, VA
Intercessory Prayer Sunday: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Sun. School 10am;
Morning Worship 11:30am
Wed Noon Day PrayerPrayer & Bible Study 7pm
Andrew L. Cypress - Pastor
12/13
Smithfield Baptist Church
100 Wainwright Dr., Smithfield, 357-2536
Sun.Sch.9:40am/Worship 8:30am & 11am
Wed, 5:15 Cherub Choir, 5:30 Dinner,
6:30 Bible Studies & Missions,
7:30 Adult Choir, 7:30 Children’s Choir
Dr. Donald R. Rhoton, Pastor
[email protected]
12/13
16091 Scott’s Factory Rd, Smithfield
Church School - 9:00-9:45am
Worship Service - 10am
Bible Study - 1st & 3rd Wednesday
2nd & 4th Tuesday @ 7pm
Rev. Dr. Bobby L. Taylor, Pastor
12/13
Southside Vineyard Community Church
“Real, Reaching & Ready”
14353 Benns Church Blvd., Smithfield, VA
Services Sunday @ 10:00 am
Nursery, Children, Youth Ministries
Casual with a Real Life Message
www.southsidevineyard.com
Pastor Bill Eley, (757) 357-SVCC (7822)
6/13
Trinity United Methodist Church Benn’s United Methodist Church
201 Cedar St.,
Smithfield, VA 23430-1303
Sunday School 9:30
Worship 8:30 & 11am,
9:30am Rivers of Life
Rev. Jeff Cannon
357-3659
12/13
Smithfield Christian Church
18420 Battery Park Rd.
Smithfield, VA 23430 Ph: 357-6644
Sunday Sch. 10am Worship 11am
Wed., Study 7:00pm
Jack Perry, Minister
www.smithfieldchristian.org
14571 Benns Church Blvd., Smithfield
Sunday Services 8:30 and 11:00am
Sunday School 9:45am
also offering preschool M-TH
Rev. O.H. Burton, Jr., Ph. 357-3373
Bennsumc@yahoo,com
12/13
Christ Episcopal Church
111 S. Church St., Corner Church & Main
Smithfield • 357-2826
8am Early Service
10am Community Service
9am Education
www.christchurchsmithfield.org
12/13
Uzzell United Methodist Church
Sell or Buy
In the Classifieds
Call 357-3288
Welcome New Friends 15363 Uzzell Church Rd, Smithfield VA
and Neighbors by
Sunday School 10:00am
Sunday Worship Service 11:00am
Listing Your
Becky Gwaltney, Pastor 810-9397
House of Worship COME WORSHIP WITH US!
Call 357-3288 to be listed
01/30
Bradshaw’s departure Surry High FBLA winners
preceded budget vote
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Chief Financial Officer
Phillip Bradshaw resigned
from his post at Isle of
Wight Schools on March 26.
His resignation came
just two days before the
School Board voted on its
2013-14 budget.
“At this time, I feel it is
in the best interest of Isle
of Wight County Schools if
I step aside from my responsibilities as the
division’s chief financial
officer. Due to some personal challenges and
health issues, I feel I need
to devote more time to attending to my family and
myself. The past three
years working in the division has been an absolute
pleasure and I could not be
more proud of
the
division’s efforts to promote student learning. My
resignation will be effec-
tive immediately. I wish
only the best for Isle of
Wight County Schools and
Isle of Wight County in the
future,” said Bradshaw in a
statement March 26.
Bradshaw became the
division’s CFO in 2010 after
serving as the Carrsville
Supervisor for 16 years. He
also served as president of
the Virginia Association of
Counties.
He took over as the CFO
after the departure of finance director Steve
Jenkins.
Prior to working for the
schools, Bradshaw worked
in a management role with
Mastec Inc. and ATC Panels.
The division’s Manager
of Financial Services
Christina Berta is leading
the department in the wake
of Bradshaw’s departure.
The School Board has
yet to announce when and
how it will fill the CFO position.
“He certainly had been
a dedicated public servant
to this county and I can
only wish him well,” said
Hardy representative Herb
DeGroft about Bradshaw. “I
appreciate his dedication
to the county and its citizens in all the capacities
he’s served in.”
“I just wish him well,”
said JoAnn Hall, chairman
of the Board of Supervisors.
Newport representative
Kent Hildebrand believes
Berta will do well in leading the department and has
considered either the option of filling the position
from within or outside the
division.
Efforts to reach School
Board members Denise
Tynes and Julia Perkins
and chairman Robert Eley
were unsuccessful.
SURRY — The following
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•First place, Diamond
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•First place, Ivana
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•First place, Zhane
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first or second in their re-
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County High School and
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Reston.
Diamond Barham and
Peter Savedge also have the
distinction of competing at
the state level for the L.
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Crumley/
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Smithfield Pack #36 raised
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rescue dog from Dogs
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the former home of NFL
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who was convicted of
dogfighting. DDB’s Director
of Operations Mark Hyre
took Diamond, who had
been chained her whole life
and used solely for
breeding purposes, to visit
the boys who made her
adoption
possible.
Smithfield-based charity
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By Diana McFarland
News editor
In response to pressure
to split the company into
three separate businesses,
Smithfield Foods defended
its hog production operation in a filing Monday
with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
In its filing, Foods defended its hog production
operation, stating that it
has suffered from high
cor n prices and the
nation’s emphasis on ethanol production in the past
five years, but that the division has been profitable,
albeit cyclical, since 1975.
Foods also stated that its
hog production side provides access to a quality
supply of pork, as well as
balances volatility.
Major customers have
urged Smithfield not to let
go of its hog farms, according to the filing.
If the hog farms were
spun off, it would result in
loss of control over quality
and create more competition,
according
to
Smithfield’s filing.
Smithfield raises 15.8
million hogs a year and has
recently instituted new ad-
vances, such as group housing and ractopamine-free
hogs. It also owns a significant share of hog production capacity on the East
Coast.
Last month, Smithfield
posted third quarter earnings up three percent, but
reported losses in hog production.
Continental Grain, one
of Smithfield’s stockholders, issued an SEC filing
after the report, asking the
company to hire an outside
consultant to look at splitting the company into three
separate businesses —
packaged meats, hog farming and international pork
operations.
Continental complained
that while other industry
competitors had paid dividends, Smithfield had paid
no cash dividends.
“Despite the poor performance of Smithfield stock
(last year alone it was down
11 percent while the S&P
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Beavers
supervisor with the Virginia Department of Game
and Inland Fisheries.
Beavers avoid predators
by building dams to make
the water deeper and then
build their “huts” to raise
their young, said trapper
Kevin Cornwell.
Cornwall has been trapping beavers and other critters in and around Isle of
Wight County since 1987.
He’s listed as a legal trapper with DGIF, which avails
the list to those seeking
beaver relief.
Isle of Wight General
Services Director Edwin
Wrightson said the county
may ultimately seek the
help of a trapper — and
plans to check out the price
of dynamite. Grow said
VDOT doesn’t deal directly
with the beavers, but enlists the help of DGIF.
“It is something we constantly battle,” she said.
Harris said he would
like to take care of the
problem himself, but
doesn’t know how. He tore
down the dam once, which
is hard to reach on foot
through the marshy
swamp, but was confounded to see the critters
rebuild within days.
Cornwall said getting
rid of beavers works best
by removing the offending
animals and then setting
up deterrents, such as a
“beaver deceiver.”
The beaver deceiver
Abraham
Parent
Turner agreed.
“To put them out this
year and they’re not really
ready — I think that was a
bad idea,” Turner said.
Hearing that budget option three would eliminate
JV sports, JV Coach John
Swartz defended the
program’s necessity.
“I’ll tell ya. That’s tough.
They (coaches) are with
your kids two, three, four,
five, 12 hours a week. I’d
hate to see you do that,”
Swartz said.
If the JV program were
cancelled, that would put
250 kids on the street each
evening for an additional
four hours, Swartz said.
“They’re independent,
anxious. They’re not couch
potatoes. They won’t be at
home … We’ll send them
home. Then what?” he
asked.
The School Board ended
up choosing a budget that
kept the JV program.
Student
Scott
Endrusick, siding with dad
Tom, said he has noticed
that the lack of substitute
teachers has divided students and placed them
amongst other classes.
That, he said, has contributed to larger classes with
increased disruptions and
an inconsistent learning
environment.
“We have teachers who
are strict, some who are
nice … and some who don’t
do anything,” said Scott,
adding that he would like to
see them have substitutes
teachers again.
The School Board-approved budget will head to
the Board of Supervisors
for a final vote. The budget
must be approved by May 1.
tricks beavers into thinking their dam is stopping
the flow of water, but it’s
really not. The device uses
a series of pipes and high
gauge steel fencing both
upstream and downstream
to divert the beavers from
the main road culverts but
still allow for normal water
flow.
Unfortunately, even the
beavers aren’t deceived forever, and the device gets
rusty or breaks, Cornwall
said.
“After awhile, they [the
beavers] get smart,” he
said.
The best method is to
remove the current beaver
family and then make the
area unattractive to the
next beaver couple that
comes along, Cor nwall
said.
“That’s the goal you
want.”
Most dams and huts are
built by a mating pair of
beavers. Eventually the babies get too old and the parents kick them out — sending them out into the world
to find their own culvert or
stream to dam up,
Randolph said.
Carrollton
trapper
Nelson Miller uses a variety of traps to remove animals, and it takes about a
week to rid an area of a beaver family. If left alone, a
beaver family will set up
shop for about three to five
years — or until they’ve
eaten everything in the immediate vicinity and move
on, Miller said.
And while they can
wreak havoc on property,
beavers are not considered
a nuisance animal, such as
a coyote, which threatens
domestic animals and livestock.
“A beaver is just being a
beaver,” Randolph said.
Beavers are not endangered, and there will probably not be a shortage of
America’s largest rodent,
but there are rules surrounding their removal.
DGIF allows landowners and other agencies,
such as VDOT and Isle of
Wight County, to hire state
approved trappers to remove the animals. However, due to concerns about
the spread of disease and
territoriality, beavers must
be destroyed, Cor nwall
said.
The same policy exists
with raccoons, he said, adding that the only animal
that can be trapped and released elsewhere in Virginia is a squirrel.
Those seeking to remove
beavers must obtain a permit from DGIF, Randolph
said.
Meanwhile, motorists
along Mill Swamp Road, as
well as Harris, wait for relief from the beavers. Harris envisions hundreds of
beavers lurking under the
waters of Mill Swamp,
waiting to build more dams
and more huts.
“Where do you have to
go? Nowhere,” Harris said.
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$409,000, said Commissioner of Revenue Gerald
Gwaltney.
A 12-cent increase would
yield about $4.9 million.
Other projected revenues include $25.7 million
in state funding, $4.3 million in federal funding and
$926,021
from
other
sources.
Early in the budget season, the Board of Supervisors requested the schools
present a flat budget and a
budget reduced by 5 percent.
Superintendent Katrise
Perera, who drafted the
budget, has repeatedly
cited her state-mandated
obligation to create a budget that properly funds education.
The approved budget
does not include furlough
days or cuts to instruction
or personnel, except for the
elimination of Smithfield
High School’s auto mechanic class, which school
officials say is offset by
classes available to students at the Pruden Center.
The budget also includes increasing the
transportation budget by
$100,000, requiring students to pay athletic fees
and elective fees, and increasing student parking
fees from $50 to $80 per year.
The approved budget
was the second of the three
options that were presented Thursday night.
Option one — at $63.7
million — included none of
the aforementioned cuts.
Option three — at $61.6 million — included all of option two’s cuts plus decreased technology funding and the elimination of
36 instructional positions.
These were not the same
three options Perera offered at a work session on
March 22, which included a
flat budget with greater
cuts to instructional positions and employee furlough days.
School Board representative Herb DeGroft had offered an array of his own
proposed cuts, including
lowering School Board
member pay — if the
county supervisors agree
to follow suit — and adding
six school resource officers. Those were not included in the approved budget.
Prior to the vote, the
Board held a public hearing to a packed room of parents and teachers.
Twelve people spoke,
many of them supporting
the
newly
for med
group,
Parents4IWCS
which has rallied supporters in the community and
on Facebook.
“The strength of our
county is our education
system, the strength of our
education is our teachers
and the strength of our
teachers is our families,”
said Heather Moore, a military
spouse
from
Carrollton who chose to
live in the county based on
the school system.
Rhonda
Parent
Endrusick wanted to clear
the air about iPads, saying
that the cost isn’t as steep
as some think, but that the
program was implemented
too quickly.
“It was implemented in
a ready, aim, fire manner. …
Here is our iPad — now
what?” said Endrusick.
“It may be best to regroup,” she added.
pany is positioning itself to
become a consumer packaged meats enterprise,
while acknowledging that
hog production is an ongoing concern.
However, Foods views
hog production as a strategic point of difference from
competitors, according to a
presentation to investors
Monday.
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after Boykin house loss
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Isle of Wight County officials plan to ask the attorney general what it must do
about the burned house at
Fort Boykin.
The house is considered
60 percent destroyed, but
before the fire it had some
major structural issues
that made it uninhabitable,
said Isle of Wight Parks
Administrator Mark Furlo.
There’s no sense rebuilding the house since it
was already structurally
unsound, said Smithfield
Supervisor Al Casteen.
The glitch is a clause in
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Sussex counties, as well as
part of the cities of
Franklin and Suffolk.
Tyler’s district includes
the southern tip of Isle of
Wight,
Dinwiddie,
Greensville, Lunenburg,
Southhampton, Surry and
Sussex
counties,
Brunswick County, the city
of Emporia and part of the
city of Franklin.
If more than one candidate in either the Republi-
maintain the house.
The Jordan sisters initially wanted to give the
park to the Virginia Department of Conservation
and Recreation as a state
park in the 1970s, but it
didn’t meet the qualifications.
Instead, the state offered
the property to Isle of
Wight County, with the
deed stipulating that the
county maintain the little
yellow house that is
perched on the bluff overlooking the James River.
However, the deed does
not give a time limit to how
long the house, which has
since been determined to
have no historical value,
must be maintained.
At one time, it was be-
lieved the little cottage was
a Sears house and of historic value, but that has
since been dispelled.
Isle of Wight County attorney Mark Popovich is in
the process of advising the
state about what happened,
as well as waiting for the
final word from the insurance adjuster.
The origin of the fire
was accidental and probably caused by an electrical
malfunction in the kitchen,
said Sgt. Allen Williams
with the Virginia State Police.
Although it hasn’t been
determined as the actual
cause of the fire, Isle of
Wight Parks and Recreation had some space heaters in the house at the time
can or Democratic party
file for state office, a primary for each party will be
held June 11.
So far, it looks like there
will be a primary in Isle of
Wight County, but as of Friday, the registrar’s office
didn’t want to speculate on
what offices that includes.
That information was due
by 5 p.m. Tuesday, said Isle
of Wight Assistant Registrar Victoria Lonsdale.
Also up for election this
year are governor, lieuten-
ant governor and attorney
general.
So far, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli
is running as the Republican candidate for governor
and Terry McAuliffe will be
the Democratic candidate.
Info sought in
robbery attempt
RUSHMERE — The Isle
of Wight Sheriff ’s Office is
asking for help with solving an attempted robbery
last week in Rushmere.
An armed man entered
the Rushmere Food Mart
Tuesday, March 26 at about
8:34 p.m. The food mart is
located at 4761 Old Stage
Highway in Rushmere.
The suspect entered the
store and immediately
pointed a shotgun at the
store clerk. The store clerk
grabbed the barrel of the
shotgun and after a short
struggle, gained control of
the weapon. The suspect
immediately fled on foot.
No one was injured and no
money was taken. The gun
was not loaded and is in the
custody of the Isle of Wight
County Sheriff ’s Office.
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as a way to keep the pipes
from freezing. Furlo said
the heaters were checked
regularly, but that’s not to
say they couldn’t have contributed to the situation.
A woman walking her
dogs the morning of March
20 spotted the fire.
Popovich plans to advise
the attorney general that,
in his legal opinion, the
county no longer has an
obligation to the house because the deed only requires maintenance, not
reconstruction.
At that point, it’s up to
the attor ney general to
agree or disagree with that
opinion, Popovich said.
Before the fire, the
Board of Supervisors was
wrestling with what to do
with the house anyway. A
caretaker used to live in the
house, but it had since become uninhabitable due to
structural problems. At
one point, the Supervisors
joked about it falling off
the bluff into the river and
not having to fuss with it.
When Newport Supervisor
Buzz Bailey heard it had
burned, he thanked God for
the favor.
The house was useful
when the caretaker was living there because it provided a deterrent to those
using the park after hours
as an unapproved hangout,
said Historic Resources
Manager Jennifer Williams.
Neighbors said the park
has become popular with
teenagers having late night
parties, mostly because of
its remote location.
Meanwhile the park remains closed until the
county can get public
restrooms working again.
The restrooms are located
in front of the house. The
burned house is fenced off.
The suspect is described
as a black male, medium
build, wearing a black
hoodie, facemask and
gloves, according to the Isle
of Wight County Sheriff ’s
Office.
Anyone with information should call the Isle of
Wight Sheriff ’s Office at
357-2151 or the Crime Line
at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
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Wednesday, April 3
SPAY CAT DAY—Isle of Wight
County Humane Society is
sponsoring a free “Spay Cat Day”
Wednesday, April 3. Proof of Isle of
Wight residency required. Female
cats only. Limited to 30 cats.
Appointment required. Rabies is
required for $15 cash or proof of
current rabies. Info and
appointments.: 365-4207.
Thursday, April 4
BLOOD DRIVE—Paul D. Camp is
hosting a blood drive Thursday,
April 4, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the
Regional Workforce Development,
Room 204. Participants can
schedule an appointment at
www.redcrossblood.org. Use the
sponsor code “PaulDCamp.” The
American Red Cross will enter
donors who give blood between
April 1 and June 30 in a drawing to
win one of three $1,000 gift cards.
Info at 569-6767 or
[email protected].
Friday, April 5
CRUZ-IN—The Smithfield Lions
Cruz-In features Surry vintage fire
trucks, the Smithfield Fast Lube
sheriff’s car and the Tesla model S,
Friday, April 5, 6-9 p.m., Charlie
Daniels Performance, 20128 IWIP
Road, Smithfield.
ART OPENING—Opening reception
for Ted Leonard Watercolors on
Friday, April 5, 6 – 9 p.m. Meet the
artist and tour the arts center, light
refreshments provided. Arts
Center @ 319. Info: 357-7707.
BAKE SALE—Bake sale for Rita
Greiner, MS patient on Friday, April
5, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Farmers
Bank. Info or to donate baked
goods: 651-8352.
Saturday, April 6
PARK DAY—On Saturday, April 6, 9
– 11 a.m. volunteers are needed
to clean up the beach at Fort
Boykin. Info: 357-0115 or
www.historicisleofwight.com.
BAKE SALE—Friends of Pat bake
sale is Saturday, April 6, 8 a.m.noon at Tractor Supply in
Smithfield. Info: 810-5207.
CVFD BBQ—Carrollton Volunteer
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April 6, noon-6 p.m. at Fire Station
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Brunswick stew, baked beans,
coleslaw, iced tea and coffee. $8/
advance ticket available at several
local businesses. $10/ticket at
the door. Takeout available. Info:
613-6183.
RURITAN YARD SALE—The Surry
Ruritan mega yard sale Saturday,
April 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Surry Recreation Center. 20x20
spaces available. Info: 294-3537
or surryruritan.org
PAINTING CLASS—Want to learn
to paint outdoors? Award-winning
artist Thomas Bradshaw will teach
“en Plein Air” Saturday, April 6, 8
a.m. – 4 p.m., Smithfield Station.
Space is limited. Cost: $150 with
lunch included. Info: 618-4285 or
[email protected]
DAR MEETING—The Colonel
William Allen Chapter of the
National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution, Saturday,
April 6, 10:45 a.m., Smithfield
Station. Guest speaker Sherry
Kern, a Virginia Beach master
gardener and tree steward will give
a program on “Native Perennials.”
Reservations/Info: 357-4264.
MOTORCYCLE RIDE—The 4th
Annual Boogie Run, Saturday, April
6, 10 a.m. Meet at Suffolk Armory,
2761 Godwin Blvd. Registration is
$10 per bike/car. Ride ends at
Carolina BBQ, 1034 E 10th St.,
Roanoke Rapids, NC. All proceeds
benefit Relay for Life. Info: 6041823.
Staff Photo by Abby Proch
“Atrocious Amy” Camper and “Christopher Robbin” Morris glare at passersby from inside the “jail” at the Luter YMCA
Thursday. Camper and Morris, both Y members, volunteered to be jailed then bailed as part of the Y’s fundraising campaign
for its Strong Communities program.
“Jailed” for strong communities
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
More than a dozen “prisoners”
broke free Thursday morning after posting $6,800 bail at the annual YMCA Jail and Bail
fundraising event.
The preliminary total of $6,800
may rise. Jailbirds like “Gangsta
Langsta,” “Mad Mad Dr. Julie”
and “Atrocious Amy” remained
locked up for hours at the Y’s
“Jail and Bail” event.
From behind bars, they
phoned friends, family and colleagues, begging them to bail
them out — not just for their freedom, but to fund the Y’s Strong
Communities program.
Strong Communities provides
financial assistance to families
that cannot afford a full price
YMCA membership.
The Luter YMCA needs
$84,000 to run the program this
year, said Director of Social Responsibility Connie Chapman. A
portion of that money also supports the Y’s back to school shopping program for disadvantaged
youth called Bright Beginnings.
But the foremost goal of the
program is to ensure anyone and
everyone has access to the YMCA
community.
“It’s a place for the community
Monday, April 8
STORY TIME—Isle of Wight County
Museum’s free “Tell Me a Story”
program for ages 3-5 is April 8, 10-
• See CALENDAR p. 12
ming a meager lap to swimming
1200 meters.
This month, she’ll be part of a
three-person triathlon where
she’ll complete the swimming
leg.
“These people truly care
here,” she said.
“I cannot say enough about
what this place gives to the community,” she added.
The Y’s motto is to build a
healthy spirit, mind and body for
all — with emphasis on the all,
said Chapman.
“And it’s done all three for
me,” said Carneal. “I was about
to give up. I was in bad shape.”
Stallings named citizen of year
For more than three decades, this Smithfield resident
has done everything from fight
fires to provide firewood anonymously for needy families.
That is why the Smithfield
Ruritan and Rotary clubs
named John R. “Johnny”
Stallings Jr. Citizen of the Year
for 2013.
The Citizen of the Year
award recognizes a local resident who has made a significant impact by volunteering
time, skills and personal resources for the well being of
others. Stallings is also the first
second generation award winner, following in the footsteps
of his father, John R. Stallings
Sr., who earned the honor in
1988.
In addition to volunteering
as a firefighter and assistant
fire chief with the Smithfield
Volunteer Fire Department,
Stallings has served Trinity
United Methodist Church in a
variety of ways, including numerous committees, the Board
of Trustees — and he’s even
fixed the church’s toilets.
Stallings has gone on many
mission trips, helping victims
of natural disasters by rebuilding their homes. Stallings
works with Christian Outreach, helping to build wheelchair ramps and cutting and de-
livering firewood — often anonymously.
Stallings also works with the
Isle of Wight County Fair by installing and taking down lights
and electrical fixtures, as well as
helps the Isle of Wight Ruritan
Club with fundraising projects
and at Evergreen Cemetery.
When hurricane Isabel felled
trees at Ivy Hill Cemetery,
Stallings was there to help clean
it up. He enjoys working outside
and is willing to assist any
farmer in planting or harvesting
their crops.
“Johnny can do it all; from
stacking
hams
in
the
smokehouse, picking peanuts,
fixing a tractor or giving a hayride to schoolchildren. He has
become our ‘right-hand man.’ He
works without compensation.
Just a ham sandwich and a
‘thank you’ is all Johnny will accept from our family for his hard
work and dedication to our business,” said farmer and Windsor
Supervisor Dee Dee Darden, who
helped present the award last
week.
The Citizen of the Year award
began in 1970 and is a joint venture of the Smithfield Rotary
Club and Smithfield Ruritan
Club. Past recipients include Lt.
Staff Photo by John Edwards
Gov. A.E.S. Stephens, Joseph W.
John
R.
“Johnny”
Stallings
accepts
the
award
of Citizen of
Luter III, Dr. Bernard Jamison
the
Year
from
the
Smithfield
Rotary
and
Ruritan
clubs.
and Estelle Jamison.
Sunday, April 7
BACON’S CASTLE—The 1750 Isle
of Wight Courthouse will host
speaker Todd Balance, site
coordinator at Bacon’s Castle,
Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m. at the
Courthouse. Balance will explain
the challenges of the Bacon’s
Castle and present a five-year plan
to launch the site as a selfsufficient and international
attraction.
to come together. Anybody can
come,” said Chapman.
Julie Carneal began coming to
the YMCA about a year ago for
aquatic therapy.
Ailed by arthritis, scoliosis,
and Crohn’s disease, among other
issues, Carneal found it painful
to stand.
Once in the pool, Carneal began experiencing relief. But she
pressed further—to learn how to
swim.
“I hadn’t had my head under
water since I was a kid,” Carneal
said.
Now 61, Car neal has gone
from a non-swimmer, to swim-
Watching the egg hunt
Easter egg hunts abounded in Smithfield and Isle
of Wight in the days leading up to Easter,
including one at Magnolia Manor. Resident Helen
Abicht donned her best Easter bonnet Thursday to
watch children from Smithfield Baptist Church
hunt for 220 eggs out on the lawn in front of the
facility. Prior to hunting eggs, the children sang a
few songs with residents. Abicht was assisted by
Magnolia Manor Executive Director Martha Hunt.
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KNITTING—Ongoing
knitting and crocheting
group meets the second
Tuesday and fourth
Wednesday each month.
BOOK CLUB—Tuesday,
April 16, 1 p.m., the book
club will discuss “The
Bartender’s Tale” by Ivan
Doig.
Send us your ideas for stories, items for
the community calendar, letters to the
editor,... tell us about people, places and
events that impact the lives of residents
in Isle of Wight and Surry counties.
Send the who, what, when, where, why and
contact information by
fax: 357-0404
email: [email protected]
telephone: 357-3288,
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or visit the office located at 228 Main Street in
the heart of downtown Smithfield
The Smithfield Times offers the Community Calendar to promote events of community interest by
nonprofit or community organizations within this
area. The deadline for submitting items for the current week is noon Monday.
CALENDAR
10:30 a.m. Topic is
steamboats. Info: 356-1223
or
ALZHEIMERS—What we
need to know – help is just a
phone call away.
Presentation by the
Alzheimer’s Association April
8, 10 a.m. at the Luter
Family YMCA. Info: 3654060.
“Chowan Singers” the head
choral ensemble, will
present a concert at the Paul
D. Camp Community College
Regional Workforce
Development Center on
Thursday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
A reception hosted by the
Suffolk Chapter of the Links
Inc. follows the concert. Info:
569-6767 or
[email protected]
Friday, April 12
CONCERT—Singersongwriter Caleb Hawley will
perform at the Smithfield
Little Theatre, Friday, April
CITZENS MEETING—Del.
12, 8 p.m. with Bria Kelly as
Rick Morris and Sen.
opening act. Tickets are $20
Thomas Norment will attend (limited $10 student tickets
the Isle of Wight Citizens
available) by phone at 357Association meeting Monday, 7707 or at Arts Center
April 8, 7 p.m. in the
@319 or The Christmas
conference room of Sentara
Store. Proceeds benefit
St. Luke’s. Discussion will be youth music education in
a wrap-up of the Virginia
Isle of Wight.
General Assembly. Info: 3575352.
Saturday, April 13
BOSTON BUTT—Pre-sale
orders for the Surry
Volunteer Fire Dept. Boston
butt sale are taken by
members until April 8. $20
each. Pick up is April 20, 5-7
p.m. Info: 647-8029.
PDCCC SCHOLARSHIP—The
deadline for submission of
fall 2013 scholarship
applications at Paul D. Camp
Community College is
Monday, April 8, for
graduating high school
students, and Monday, May
13, for other new or
continuing students at
PDCCC. Info at www.pdc.edu
or 569-6790.
Tuesday, April 9
BIZ AFTER HOURS—
Business after hours at the
Toland Chiropractic Wellness
Center, Tuesday, April 9, 5:30
p.m.-7 p.m. at 15145
Carrollton Blvd. Info: 3573502.
RESCUE AUXILIARY—IW
volunteer rescue squad
auxiliary meeting, Tuesday,
April 9, 5:30 p.m., IW rescue
squad building. Info: 3574612.
Wednesday, April 10
CNU CONCERT—Aaron Hill,
Smithfield High School band
director, will serve as a
conductor at the CNU
Honors Wind Ensemble
Invitational Wednesday, April
10, 7:30 p.m. at Ferguson
Center Concert Hall. Free
admission.
ALZHEIMERS—Orientation
to Alzheimer’s disease and
related dementias for family
caregivers is April 10, 1:30 –
3 p.m. at Emmanuel
Episcopal Church in Franklin.
Thursday, April 11
ARTFUL THURSDAYS—
Children will work on a string
art project on April 11, 3:305 p.m. at the Rawls
Museum. Ages 6-10. $10
members/$15 nonmembers. Snacks and
materials included. Register
at 653-0754.
CHOWAN SINGERS—
Chowan University’s
WINE FEST—Wine & Brew
Fest, Saturday, April 13, 11
a.m.-5 p.m., tickets and
tables are limited. Purchase
tickets online at
www.SmithfieldVaWineBrewFest.com
or at Smithfield Station, Bon
Vivant, Visitor Center @319
or Farmers Bank. Cash or
checks. $35 in advance,
$40 at the gate (if available).
Reserve tables at 869-0664.
Benefits local charities. Info:
357-5182.
YARD SALE—Benn’s
Lifesavers’ Indoor Yard Sale
at Benn’s UMC is Saturday,
April 13, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Donations of household
items, etc. (no clothes) will
be accepted April 10, 9 a.m.2 p.m. Info: 483-3270.
BARREL RACING—Merry
Oaks Stables will host barrel
racing events April 13, June
15, Aug. 10 and Nov. 9.
Each event runs
approximately seven hours
beginning at 9 a.m.
DEM PARTY—The Surry
County Democratic
Committee’s brunch is
Saturday, April 13, 11 a.m. –
3 p.m. at the Wakefield 4-H
Center. Donation: $25/adult,
$10/children 12 and under.
Keynote speaker is Del.
Charniele Herring. Confirmed
guests include Sen. Ralph
Northam, Del. Roslyn Tyler
and Del. Rosalyn Dance.
Tickets: 540-6653.
GENEALOGY—Rod
McDonald of the Tidewater
Genealogical Society will
offer a seminar on how to
research your family roots at
the Isle of Wight Museum on
Saturday, April 13, 2 p.m.
The event is free, and
reservations are not
required. Info: 356-1223 or
BBQ/FRIED CHICKEN—
Purdie Masonic lodge
barbecue and fried chicken
dinner, Saturday, April 13, 47 p.m. at the lodge located
at 19 Bank St. Tickets are
$8 each, take out only.
Barbecue sold $7/pound.
Info: 242-6660.
CRAFTS/BAKE SALE—Relay
for Life vendor and craft
GENEALOGY—Saturday,
April 20, 9:30 a.m –
12:45 p.m., Mary Beth
Dalton of Jigsaw
Genealogy will do
computer searches with
the program “Genealogy
Websites You’ll Want to
Bookmark.” Reservations
required: 357-2264.
LIBRARY FRIENDS—
Friends of the Smithfield
Library meet on Thursday,
April 25, 7 – 8 p.m.
Carrollton
KNITTING—Knitting for
beginners is every
Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Registration required. Info:
238-2641.
TUTORING—One-hour
computer tutoring 1st and
3rd Wednesday
afternoons. By
appointment. Info: 2382641.
BOOK CLUB—Wednesday,
April 10, 2-3 p.m., the
book club will discuss “In
the Shadow of the Banyan
Tree” by Vaddey Ratner.
ANIMAL INFO—Saturday,
April 13, 10 a.m., “Skins,
Skulls, and Scat.” The
Farm and Forestry
Museum will teach animal
adaptation, habitat, and
conservation from real
pelts, replica skulls,
tracks, and scat!
Registration required. All
ages.
TEEN ADVISORY
GROUP—Saturday, April
13, 1 p.m., Teen Advisory
Group presents Timelords
show, Saturday, April 13, 9
a.m. – 2 p.m., lawn of
Smithfield Times. Over 20
vendors and crafters. Dance
demonstrations by Southside
ballet studio. Info: https://
www.facebook.com/events/
468960233158515/
AIR FORCE MTG—The Old
Dominion Squadron monthly
meeting, Saturday, April 13,
10 a.m. at the Franklin
municipal airport.
Monday, April 15
PARENT TECHNOLOGY—
Parents Involved as Leaders
of Technology (PILOT)
meeting, Monday, April 15,
6:30 – 8 p.m., Smithfield
High School and Wednesday,
April 17, 6:30 – 8 p.m.,
Windsor High School. Info:
[email protected] or
357-4393.
Tuesday, April 16
ART FOR LITTLE FOLKS—
Welcome spring with a vase
of flowers and a painted
butterfly April 16, 10-11 a.m.
at the Rawls Museum. Ages
3-5. $10 members/$12 nonmembers. Materials
included. Register at 6530754.
WC SCHOLARSHIP—
Applications for the Woman’s
Club of Smithfield
scholarship are due Tuesday,
April 16, noon. All graduating
seniors from Smithfield High
School and Isle of Wight
Academy who plan to attend
college are eligible.
Applications at schools’
guidance offices.
RAIN BARREL—Learn about
library
Carrollton Public Library
14362 New Towne Haven
Phone: 238-2641
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Claremont Public Library
Phone: 866-8627
Inc.
Smithfield Public Library
255 James Street
Phone: 357-2264, 357-4856
Surry Public Library
11640 Rolfe Highway
Phone: 294-3949
Windsor Public Library
18 Duke Street
Phone: 242-3046
On the Internet:
www.blackwaterlib.org
Take Carrollton. Teens are
welcome.
RAIN BARREL—Rain
Barrel Workshop Tuesday,
April 23, 6-8 p.m. Learn
about water conservation
and then make your own
rain barrel to take home
that day. Must be able to
take rain barrel home – no
storage available. Cost:
$35 (checks payable to
Isle of Wight County) Call
357-1962 or 238-2641 for
registration information.
FINANCE FOR TEENS—
Basic finance for ‘tweens
and teens Tuesday, April
23, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. and
Wednesday, April 24, 5:30
p.m. with Kitty Simon from
Langley Federal Credit
Union for all aspects of
finance throughout the life
span. Play a football game
and learn about financial
literacy. The team scoring
the highest points wins the
game and prizes.
Registration required.
Old Town Realty Inc. in
Smithfield is looking for new
agents or will train those
applicants willing to learn to
become a real estate agent with
our firm. Call Fred @
757-357-4156 to schedule a
confidential interview.
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LIBRARY FRIENDS—
Friends of the Library
meets on 2nd Mondays, 6
p.m. New members
welcome. Membership is
free.
STORYTIME—Ages 2-5,
Tuesdays, 10:45 a.m.
water conservation and
make your own rain barrel at
a workshop April 16, 6-8
p.m. at Windsor Hardware or
April 23, 6-8 p.m. at the
Carrollton Library.
Registration required. Limit
20 people. Cost: $35
(checks payable to Isle of
Wight County). Info and
reservations: 356-1962.
SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD—
IW Social Services Board
meeting, Tuesday, April 16 at
4 p.m. in the public services
building at the courthouse
complex. Info: 365-3682.
Wednesday, April 17
SPAY/NEUTER DAY—The
Surry Snip Clinic at Bacon’s
Castle Baptist Church on
Wednesday, April 17 offering
low-cost spay/neuter
surgeries. Info: 294-3859 or
371-9236. Walk-up service
for vaccines and flea
treatment, 10-11a.m. Info:
622-7382, option three for
vaccine rules and prices.
Thursday, April 18
JAZZ CONCERT—“Jazz in
Our Schools!” is Thursday,
April 18, 7 p.m. in the
Smithfield High School
auditorium. Several Isle of
Wight County schools will
perform with jazz musicians
Richard G. Thomasson, Matt
Smith and Dave Kreiselman.
The performances are part
of Jazz Appreciation Month
(JAM). Jazz-related artwork
also on display.
• See CALENDAR, p. 13
Windsor Municipal
Building, 8 E. Windsor
Blvd., 242-6218
•Surry Town Council,
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 9,
town hall, 84 Colonial Trail
East, 294-3021
•Surry County School
Board, Tuesday, April 9,
L.P. Jackson Middle
School, 7 p.m., corner of
Hollybush and New Design
Road in Surry. 294-5229.
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Court Room at Surry
Government Center, 45
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•Smithfield Planning
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Smithfield Center, 220 N.
Church St., 365-4200
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Upcoming
MEDICARE INFO—
Informational and assistance
events will be made
throughout Tidewater to
assist Medicare
beneficiaries to navigate
Medicare and Medicare Part
D. Medcare access events
are as follows: April 3, 10:30
a.m. – noon at Windsor
Library; April 5 by appt. only,
10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Senior
Services of Southeastern
Virginia Suffolk Office; April
9 and 30, 1 – 3 p.m.,
Smithfield Library; April 11
and 25, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30
p.m., Carrollton Public
Library.
SOFTBALL SIGN-UP—
Bennett’s Creek women’s
softball league sign-ups have
begun for women 18 years
old and up. Sign up on-line
at www.bcwsl.com.
WOMEN’S SELF-DEFENSE—
Paul D. Camp Community
College is sponsoring
women’s self-defense
courses taught by Master
Barrett Crook. Courses will
be held in Conference Hall B
at the Regional Workforce
Development Center, located
at 100 N. College Drive,
Franklin. The first class will
be held Tuesdays, April 2 16, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m.; and
Tuesdays, May 14 to 28,
7:15 to 8:15 p.m. The cost
is $45. Register by emailing
Eric Shaffer,
[email protected].
DKG SCHOLARSHIP—Delta
Kappa Gamma – Gamma
Epsilon Vaughan Scholarship
$1,000. Applications are
due May 13. Graduating
seniors who attend school or
live in Isle of Wight or Surry
counties and are pursuing a
career in education are
eligible to apply. Applications
in guidance offices at IW
Academy and Surry County,
Windsor and Smithfield high
schools. Call Donna Christie
at 357-2269 or
[email protected].
EMS SCHOLARSHIP—
Tidewater EMS council seeks
nominations for a high
school senior involved in
local rescue squads for
$1,000 scholarship.
Nominate by May 31. Winner
announced July 13. Details,
form and instructions at
www.tidewaterems.org/
awards.
PHELPS SCHOLARSHIP—
Rawls Museum Arts is
offering the Amy Phelps art
scholarship for local
graduates pursing a career
in art and who have a
minimum 2.5 GPA. This is a
$2,000 non-renewable
scholarship. Info: 653-0754
or [email protected]
FARM BUREAU—$500 Isle
of Wight Farm Bureau
Scholarship to a high school
senior in agriculture, forestry,
natural resources
conservation, environmental
studies or veterinary
science. Application must be
completed and returned to
the Isle of Wight County
Farm Bureau, 79 E Windsor
Blvd. by May 1. Info: 2426730.
WC SCHOLARSHIP—The
Carrollton Woman’s Club is
offering a $1000 scholarship
to graduating senior of the
high schools in Isle of Wight
County. Info: Contact
guidance counselors at the
schools.
DRIVER SAFETY—An AARP
driver safety program is April
23-24, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at
Chapel Grove United Church
of Christ in Windsor. For
drivers age 50 and older.
Register and pay by April 19.
$12/AARP members and
$14/non-members. Info:
242-6381.
SIMPLY SOUTHERN—
Garden week, featuring six
historic Smithfield homes is
Saturday, April 20, 10 a.m.
until 5 p.m. Tickets are $35
on day of tour and $15 for
single-site admission.
Children 6 – 12 are $17; age
5 and under are free. Tickets
are available online at
VAGardenWeek.org. Advance
tickets are $30 per person
for full ticket only.
GARDEN WEEK—Bacon’s
Castle and 17th century
historic garden will be open
every day of the week,
beginning April 20 debuting
new research on the historic
garden. General admission.
OPTIMIST RUN—Optimist
May 5K run/fun run and walk
is Saturday, May 4 at
Windsor Castle Park.
Sponsored by Optimist Club
of Isle of Wight. Kids fun run
begins at 9 a.m. 5K Run/
Walk begins at 9:30 a.m.
Sign up at www.RunReg.com.
Password is OM5K. Entry is
$25 until April 15, $30 after.
Visit www.optimist.org for
info about Optimist Club.
Sponsors, donations,
volunteer, info: 660-7151.
PRESCHOOL—Benn’s United
Methodist Church Preschool
is registering students for
the 2013-14 school year.
Open to 2.5 to 6 year olds.
Classes are limited to 8-10
students, depending on age,
and include a theme-based
curriculum. Info: visit, or call
357-3373 or 357-7919.
4-H CAMP—4-H Camp is
June 24-29 at the Airfield 4H Center in Wakefield for
ages 9-13. The overnight
residential camp includes
lodging, meals, activities and
a t-shirt. $200/camper.
Learn life skills through
archery, fishing, crafts and
more. Info: 365-6261.
IW PAGEANT—Isle of Wight
County Fair Scholarship
Pageant is ongoing through
June 24. Application fee is
$65. Divisions include Wee
(3-4), Little (5-7), Junior (810), Pre-Teen (11-13) Teen
(14-17) and Miss (18-21).
$1,500 scholarship for Miss
category winner. Applications
at www.thefairiscoming.com
or at Nike Park. Pageant is
Aug. 3. Info: 357-5959.
OLDEN DAYS—Smithfield
Olden Days is June 28-29 in
downtown Historic
Smithfield. Accepting
applications for crafters and
artists for June 29. Contact
Terry Rhinier at 357-2214 or
[email protected].
PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM—
Isle of Wight County schools
is now accepting
applications for the four-year
old pre-school program. Pick
up an application at one of
the elementary schools or
school board office. Info:
357-4393.
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED—
Local families needed to
host Japanese exchange
students, ages 12 – 16, July
22 – Aug. 18 as part of an
exchange program
sponsored by 4-H. Program
open to families with
children close in age to the
Japanese participants.
Families without children in
the age range will be
considered as hosts for
adult chaperones from
Japan. Info:
[email protected], 540659-2697, 571-216-5459 or
www.4-h.ext.vt.edu/
programs/citizenship/
4HInternationalExchange.html.
Spend the morning at one of the
top markets in the region!
Saturday, April 6th
We have bedding plants and azaleas for your
spring planting! Also, meats, cheeses, eggs,
produce, jams & jellies, baked goods, soaps,
lotions, and more. Come Hungry! We’ll have
breakfast items, coffee, wood-fired pizza,
barbecue and kettle corn.
We now have a
sharpening service for your
tools and kitchen knives!
Live music by Johnny Northon!
Can’t wait to garden?
We’re home for all your transplant needs.
LET’S GROW TOGETHER!
Named to
president’s list
Dawn Johnson of
Windsor was named to
the President’s List at
Tidewater Community
College for the fall semester.
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Visit historic Smithfield
homes for Garden Week
Stroll through traditional gardens and enjoy
Victorian and federal architecture as Smithfield
participates in this year’s
Virginia Historic Garden
Week Saturday, April 20.
The
theme
is
“Smithfield: Simply Southern” and includes six historic homes and gardens on
South Church and Main
streets.
Tours are from 10 a.m.
until 5 p.m. Tickets are $35
on day of tour and $15 for
single-site admission. Children 6 – 12 are $17; ages 5
and under are free. Tickets
may be purchased on tour
day at any of the listed private homes and paid with
cash or check, payable to
NRGC. Advance tickets are
$30 per person for full ticket
only.
Tickets are available
online
now
at
VAGardenWeek.org or at
the following locations; in
Smithfield at Smithfield &
Isle of Wight Convention
and Visitor Bureau and at
Historic St. Luke’s Church
gift shop; in Suffolk at A.
Dodson’s; in Portsmouth at
Bowman’s Garden Center
and Way Back Yonder Antiques; and in Chesapeake
at 18th Century Merchant.
Gourmet box lunches
for $12.50 will be available
from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for
dining in a garden-themed,
tented area at Historic St.
Luke’s Church, a 2007 Garden Club of Virginia restoration project. Lunches
must be reserved and paid
for by April 6 by calling 3573367 or by email at
[email protected]. A limited number of box lunches
will be available the day of
the tour without reservations. All local restaurants
are also open for luncheon;
a list is available at
VisitSmithfieldIsleOfWight.com/
dining.php.
The tour includes the
following houses and gardens:
•The Berryman Mansion, a Colonial Revival
house with Victorian influences overlooking the Pagan River. The grounds include an English garden, as
well as informal landscaping and pathways.
•The Sinclair-Hines
House, a charming 1758
weatherboard home, once
the residence of Privateer
Captain John Sinclair, offering an expansive view of
the Pagan River below, and
a hillside garden. Crape
myrtles, English boxwood,
Japanese maples, cariole
and flowering plants are
indicative of the owners’
love of gardening.
•The Old Library, originally built in 1892, has undergone several meticulous
renovations and is now an
interesting mix of popular
late nineteenth and early
twentieth century styles.
The home includes a lovely
garden and extensive landscaping.
•The
WentworthBarrett House boasts an
intimate and char ming
boxwood garden and vegetable gardens. The garage,
garden shed, well house
and rabbit hutch were
based on 18th century examples and the rear of the
property offers an expansive view of the Pagan
River below;
•Mansion on Main Bed
and Breakfast, a show-
Easter baskets
Smithfield High School FCCLA students showed off the Easter baskets
they made recently for children at the Genieve Shelter. Pictured left to
right are: Chioma Davis, Jennifer Willams, Jacob Walker, Ebony Bradby,
Taylor Povich and Sabrina McAllister.
Photo by Cassandra Albert
The Mansion on Main is one of six Smithfield
homes featured in Virginia’s historic garden week.
place Victorian-era home,
built in l889 by Richard
Samuel Thomas, that
stands proudly on the corner of original colonial
roads mapped out by a direct Thomas ancestor. A
lovely garden lies behind
the home. Flourishing with
native flowers and plants,
the garden offers respite.
•The
Parker-Todd
House, one of the most famous homes in Smithfield
since Captain Todd is the
first person known to have
cured
and
exported
Smithfield hams. The original merchant shop is located in the basement of
the addition, as is the salting room. The rear yard
exhibits an early boxwood
garden with formal and informal paths and landscaping. A formerly derelict
summer kitchen has been
restored by the current
owners, as well.
Numerous other special
events will be happening in
Smithfield as well, including an orchid sale and presentations, the Smithfield
Farmer’s Market, and local
artists demonstrating plein
air painting. Historic St.
Luke’s Church will have
tours and an organic gardening program, along
with after noon refreshments.
Limited street parking
is available in Historic
Smithfield. Designated
parking will be at Windsor
Castle Park. Green directional signs will be posted.
It is three-tenths of a mile
walk from parking to South
Church Street where the
tour begins. Limited
shuttle service will be
available. For more information, contact Judy
Winslow, Director of Tourism, Smithfield & Isle of
Wight CVB at 357-5182.
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Surry students
earn tech awards
To participate in the
Dragster Design competition, students use technology to design, produce
working drawings for and
build a CO2-powered
dragster. Students are allowed to use only certain
materials and must follow
required specifications for
the Transportation Modeling competition. They design and produce a CO2powered scale model of a
vehicle that fits the TSA’s
annual design problem,
taking appearance and performance into consideration.
In the Desktop Publishing competition, participants develop a notebook
that includes a tri-fold pamphlet, a three-column newsletter and a poster.
Then, they work to solve
an on-site problem that
demonstrates their abilities to use the computer to
design, edit and print materials for publication.
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SURRY — Several Surry
High School students
placed recently at the Technology Student Association regional competition
at Highland Springs High
School.
Placing were:
•Transportation modeling — Xavier Tynes, second place; Travis Clarke,
third place; Antoine
Howell, fourth place
•Desktop Publishing
level II — Genae’ Tatum,
sixth place
•Dragster Design Level
II — Antoinette Edler,
fourth place; Dion Ellis,
sixth place; Caleb Parson,
seventh place; Xavier
Tynes, eighth place; and
Tamera Edler, tenth place.
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mathematics) beyond the
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The Smithfield High School debate team.
SHS debaters defend
regional title
For the third year in a
row, the Smithfield debate team outshined the
competition at the Region
I Championship held at
King George High School
this past week. The Packers took home the sweepstakes title with a team
score of 24 points, which
was nine more points
than runner-up King
George.
“The team this year
had more depth than our
teams in the past, which
is what gave us the edge,”
said Coach Todd Kessler.
“No one individual
carried the load as we
had two individual teams
place in all four divisions,” he said.
Seniors Mackenzie
Swan (Congress), Dane
Mosely and Jessee Reon
(Public Forum) all won
their divisions outright,
while Grace Reon (Lincoln Douglas), Alex Dean
and Jacob Deibel (Policy)
all captured third place.
Finishing in fourth to
also earn All-Region honors were Meghan Grumbling (Congress), Everett
Fortner (Lincoln Douglas) and the team of
Shelby Gandee and Zach
Rosen (Public Forum).
In Congress, Kelly
Stronach, Stephanie
Richardson and Joseph
McNure also qualified for
the state tournament.
Overall, the team will
send 11 debaters to the
state competition next
month at Liberty University in hopes of bringing
home their first state
title.
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Town funds library programs
The town of Smithfield, represented by Mayor
Carter Williams, left, recently presented a
check for $4,803 to Jim Phillips, president of
the Friends of the Smithfield Library. The money
will allow the Friends to equip the library with a
security camera system to cover blind spots
from the circulation desk, as well as fund a new
program called the Dome Theatre. The Dome
Theatre is a mobile planetarium that offers
audio and visual learning technologies in areas
such as “Dinosaur Prophecy,” “Earth’s Wild
Ride,” “Night of the Titanic and more.
Stops
using cats
CHARLOTTESVILLE
(AP) — The University of
Virginia has stopped using
live cats to train medical
students to insert breathing tubes in newborns.
U.Va.
spokesman
McGregor McCance told
The Daily Progress that the
university’s three USDA
Category A felines — Alley,
Kiki and Fiddle— have
been adopted out to local
residents.
“We’ve received a lot of
feedback from lots of
people on this issue, because obviously it’s one
that stirs a lot of passion,”
he said.
The university didn’t
say why it stopped the practice. McCance said the use
of cats is still approved for
training pediatrics residents.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and other critics say
simulators should be used
instead of live cats. Former
game show host Bob
Barker sent a letter to U.Va.
President Teresa Sullivan
in 2012 asking the university to stop the practice.
Dr. John J. Pippin, director of academic affairs
with the Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine, welcomed the
decision.
“We’re delighted that
U.Va. has ended the use of
cats which we thought all
along was indefensible —
not just cruel but totally
unnecessary,” Pippin said.
“No school has ever
gone back to animals after
switching for pediatric,”
Pippin said.
University officials had
said that using cats in
medical training was a necessary practice that saved
lives.
“This has never been essential to save babies’ lives,
or you can be certain they
wouldn’t have ended it,”
Pippin said.
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orange
•Wednesday: chicken
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shredded lettuce, tomato,
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SHS’s Gay keeps pitching strike-outs
Sydney Gay led the
Packers to victory yet
again,
pummeling
Poquoson
with
17
strikeouts. The Packers
won the match-up 4-1.
Gay has amassed 68
strikeouts in just five
games this season, and the
Packers are on par to make
another post-season appearance.
In the bottom of the
first, Kim Crastley batted
in Allie Nowak on a ground
ball single.
From there, the Packers
kept the lead and never relinquished it.
The second inning came
and went, but in the bottom
of the third, Smithfield got
fired up.
A single and a bunt put
Elizabeth Williams and
Nowak on base, and a sacrifice by Gay advanced the
two runners to second and
third.
Ashley Newman batted
in Williams, and Nowak
made it to third.
After a fly-out by
Crastley, Katie Potter
banged out a double, bringing Nowak and Ashley
Newman home and giving
Smithfield a 4-0 lead.
Poquoson went three
and out in the fourth, followed by a dry inning for
the Packers.
The fifth inning didn’t
bring any runs for either
team, but Poquoson ruined
Smithfield’s try at a shutout when Karlee Holzbach
tripled and brought in
Sydney Turner.
Smithfield
and
Poquoson both went three
and out to end the game,
and the Packers remained
on top.
The Packers will travel
to Warhill April 9.
Packers tennis scores
SHS boys
Bruton
squashed
Smithfield 8-1.
In singles, K. Mittman d.
Antony Jones (SHS) 6-0, 60; P. Reilly d. Mark Ogle
(SHS) 6-0, 6-2, C. Shafer d.
Bailey Boyle (SHS) 6-0, 6-1;
K. McCoughlin d. Gabe
Gangemi (SHS) 6-0, 6-3; D.
Mitchell d. Connor Boyle
(SHS) 7-6, 6-1; and C.
Sarran d. Logan Brich
(SHS) 6-0, 6-1.
In doubles, Mittman/
Reilly d. Jones/Ogle (SHS)
8-0; Shafer/McCoughlin d.
C. Boyle/Gangemi (SHS) 81; and B. Boyle/Josh
Vieitez (SHS) d. Faiz/Traw
8-4.
In exhibition, P. Davis
(SHS) d. C. Helwig 8-3; Liam
Barlow (SHS) d. D. Fiaz 8-3;
L. Baylor (SHS) d. D. Shannon 8-0 and J. Taylor (SHS)
d. K. Heath 8-1.
In exhibition doubles,
Helwig/Shannon (B) d.
Baylor/Davis (SHS) 9-8.
The Smithfield Lady
Packers racked up two
wins last week, one against
Bruton, 7-2, and another
over Surry, 9-0. Both victories were on the road, and
Bruton gave Smithfield its
first Bay Rivers District
win. Coach Greg Ruffin
named Kayla Ervin this
week’s outstanding Lady
Packer for her single and
double matches against
Bruton.
The Packers remain undefeated, having won all of
their six matches.
Against Bruton, singles
results were: Kayla Ervin
(SHS) defeated N. James 63, 6-2; Kiera Ervin (SHS) defeated A. Baden-Lopes 6-0,
6-2; S. Morris defeated
Angie Johnson (SHS) 6-0, 62; Ashlyn Mangum (SHS)
defeated K. Duggan 6-0, 6-0;
Michelle Jones (SHS) defeated S. Wajcieszak 6-0, 61; and Katlyn Yates (SHS)
defeated R. Lankford 6-0, 60.
In doubles, Ervin/Ervin
(SHS) defeated James/
Baden-Lopes 8-4, Moressa
Pius/Moressa
Mahek
(SHS) defeated Duggan/
Lankford 8-3, and Morris/
Wajcieszak defeated Alexis
Manson/Asia Seabor ne
(SHS) 8-1.
Against Surry, singles
results were: Kiera Ervin
(SHS) defeated G. Tatum 62, 6-0; Mangum (SHS) defeated D. Bacham 6-1, 6-1;
Jones (SHS) defeated V.
Saunders 6-1, 6-0; Yates
(SHS) defeated C. Anthony
6-0, 6-0; Moressa Pius (SHS)
defeated H. Blevins 6-0, 6-0;
and Rachel Judkins (SHS)
defeated B. Gholston 6-0, 60.
In doubles, Felicia
Tucker/Angie Johnson
(SHS) defeated Tatum/
Bacham 8-2; Pius/ Mahek
(SHS) defeated Saunders/
Blevins 8-1; and Judkins/
Manson (SHS) defeated
Anthony/Gholston 8-0.
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Smithfield deftly defeated the Surry Cougars 81 last week.
In singles, Antony Jones
(SHS) d. M. Jefferson 6-2, 63; Mark Ogle (SHS) d. J.
Serenchal 6-0, 6-1; Bailey
Boyle (SHS) d. T. Penny 6-1,
6-1; Gabe Gangemi (SHS) d.
J. Smith 6-1, 6-0; Connor
Boyle (SHS) d. Je. Senechal
6-1, 6-0; and Logan Brich
(SHS) d. M. Grissett 6-1, 61.
In doubles, Jones/Ogle
(SHS)
d.
Jef ferson/
Senechal 8-2, B. Boyle/Josh
Vieitez (SHS) d. Penny/
Smith 8-5, and Je Senechal/
D. Seals d. J. Taylor/P.
Davis (SHS) 8-4.
In exhibitions, Liam
Barlow (SHS) d. J. Mayhue
8-0, and L. Baylor (SHS) d.
M.Grissett 8-0.
Smithfield’s record
climbs to 4-2.
Earlier last week,
SHS girls
Jake Browder of
Smithfield recently received the Outstanding
Recent Alumnus Award
from the Department of
Horticulture in the College of Agriculture at
Virginia Tech. Browder
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Dukes logo
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
WINDSOR — The
Windsor High School Duke
got a facelift.
Principal
Daniel
Soderholm revealed the
school’s new logo at a recent Isle of Wight County
School Board meeting.
The School Board
unanimously approved the
logo March 14.
Windsor’s past logos include everything from
“Googled clip art to handdrawn originals,” said
Soderholm.
Some of the renderings
in Windsor’s history in-
clude knights on horseback
wielding swords or flags.
“I think it’s amazing,”
said Soderholm about the
new design, which features
a line drawing of a knight
intertwined with the letter
“W.”
The school’s art club
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C e n t r a l AC / H e a t ,
Kitchen appliances,
storage. Available May
1st. $700/month $700/
deposit. 843-968-9421
Apr3/3tp/11516
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Pets and
Livestock
C KC R e g i s t e r e d
L a b P u p p i e s Fo r
Sale. $400/each.
C a l l 757-353 -2757
Apr3/1tp/11651
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Mar27/4tp/11557
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Help Wanted
R E STAU R A N T
Manager. Carrollton.
Send Resume to
elliotcohen@cox.
net or 3613 Poi nt
Elizabeth
Dr.
Chesapeake VA 23321
Mar20/3tc/2216
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FULL TIME Assist
M a n a ge r. 37 a c r e
Smithfield Property.
Lawn care, gardening,
equipment operation
and maintenance. Must
be dependable, honest,
have own transportation, good references.
Background check required. Leave Message.
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Kent Fortner - Employee Benefits Specialist
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Life & Disability
Smithfield office: Phone 757-238-5424; Fax 866-733-0395
[email protected]
Anthem’s service is Virginia, excluding the city of Fairfax, the town of Vienna, and the area of east of
State Route 123. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the trade name of Anthem Health Plans of
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roof leaks, window ————
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Open Sunday from 12-3
Call Sylvia Woods 715-9730
Current Openings
Communications
• On-Call Administrative Asisstant.
General Services
• Utilities System Worker
Sale
Licensed and Insured.
Free estimates. Call
Larry Williams
757-357-7408.
Apr3/13tp/11648
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REPAIR Work, years
experience with Period
homes! Please call Bob
Lewis at 757-681-1798
Mar20/4tp/11429
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we do it all, 33 years
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Mar20/8tp/11433
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Mar13/4tp/11346
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Parks & Recreation
• Summer Blast Program Positions
• Seasonal Parks &
Grounds Attendant
• Skating Rink Attendants
Isle of Wight Museum
• Museum Docent
Interested candidates should submit an application and resume to: HR, P.O.
Box 80, Isle of Wight, VA 23397. Visit our website at www.iwus.net or call us
at 757-365-6263. Isle of Wight County is an AA EEO M/F/H/V employer.
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Apr3/4tp/11611
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Mar20/5tp/11430
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Apr3/2tp/11614
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Blackwater Regional Library
Carrollton, Smithfield &
Windsor Branches
Welcome You!
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Carrollton
14362 New Towne Haven Lane
238-2641
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255 James Street 357-2264
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18 Duke Street 242-3046
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Apr3/1tp/11618
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Classifieds Deadlines are
normally Monday 5p.m.
Holiday schedules may alter this.
FOR RENT
SINGLE FAMILY HOME w/2 bedrooms, 1 full bath, 1
story, located in great Smithfield neighborhood.
All brick mason home w/Large fenced yard property.
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tour date. Contact 757.357.0597 or 757.897.0185, email:
[email protected]
Vending Machines & Locations
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Chanco on the James
LOCAL ARTIST
Anne Elizabeth Whiteway’s
art can be seen at Hair Worx
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Salon & Spa in Carrollton.
Virginia's best camp seeking property keeper.
Salary Range $13.50-$16.00 per hour plus benefits.
Employment in a beautiful outdoor setting along the
James River! Chanco on the James is looking for someone
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maintain grounds. Full Time schedule plus on call
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please contact Gareth Kalfas at
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DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL
Direct Support Professional needed for care
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normally Monday 5p.m.
Holiday schedules may alter this.
Legal Notices
VIRGINIA
ISLE OF WIGHT
CIRCUIT COURT
IN RE: CHANGE OF
NAME FOR MINOR
CHILD
CASE NO. CL 13-302
FROM:
CIAN
DOOLEY
CHANOWSKY
(CURRENT LEGAL
NAME OF CHILD)
TO: CIAN JOSEPH
DOOLEY
(NEW
NAME
REQUESTING)
O R D E R
PUBLICATION
O F
The reason for this
cause is to obtain name
change of minor child.
An Affidavit having
been made and filed
showing that the
Natural Parent in the
above-entitled cause is:
Cannot be found, and
that diligence has been
used without effect to
ascertain the location of
the party to be served.
and the last known
mailing address
of Natural Father/
Mother is as follows:
Name
DEVIN
ANDREW
CHANOWSKY, SR
Address 1302 ½ ST.
ANDREWS
ST
TARBORO, NC 27886
Upon consideration, the
Order Of Publication
is granted, and it is
ORDERED that the
above named Natural
Parent shall appear here
on or before 10th day
of April, 2013 after
proper publication of
this Order, to protect
his interest in this cause.
Entered: March 5,2013
TESTE: SHARON
N. JONES, CLERK
by Laura E. Smith, DC
Deputy
Clerk
L13-46
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VIRGINIA
ISLE OF WIGHT
CIRCUIT COURT
IN RE: CHANGE OF
NAME FOR MINOR
CHILD
CASE NO. CL 13-301
FROM:
DEVIN
ANDREW
CHANOWSKY, JR.
(CURRENT LEGAL
NAME OF CHILD)
TO: SEAN EDWARD
DOOLEY
(NEW
NAME
REQUESTING)
O R D E R
PUBLICATION
O F
The reason for this
cause is to obtain name
change of minor child.
An Affidavit having
been made and filed
showing that the
Natural Parent in the
above-entitled cause is:
Cannot be found, and
that diligence has been
used without effect to
ascertain the location of
the party to be served.
and the last known
mailing address
of Natural Father/
Mother is as follows:
Name
DEVIN
ANDREW
CHANOWSKY, SR
Address 1302 ½
ST. ANDREWS ST
TARBORO, NC 27886
Upon consideration, the
Order Of Publication
is granted, and it is
ORDERED that the
above named Natural
Parent shall appear here
on or before 10th day
of April, 2013 after
proper publication of
this Order, to protect
his interest in this cause.
Entered: March 5,2013
TESTE: SHARON
N. JONES, CLERK
by Laura E. Smith, DC
Deputy
Clerk
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PUBLIC
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given
pursuant to Section
28.2-1403 of the Code
of Virginia, as amended,
and the Coastal
Primary Sand Dunes
and Beaches Zoning
Ordinance of Isle of
Wight County, that the
Wetlands Board will
hold a Public Hearing
on Monday, April 15,
2013 to consider the
following application:
The application of
Maurice V. Johnson for
a two (2) year extension
on the
permit
issued on October 15,
2012 for after-thefact authorization
to
construct
a rip-rap revetment,
totaling 187 linear feet
along the shoreline of
the James River, at
3379
South Shore
Drive, Smithfield, in
the Hardy Election
District.
A copy of said
application and the
Coastal Primary Sand
Dunes and Beaches
Zoning Ordinance of
are on file in the
Department of Planning
and Zoning, Isle of
Wight Courthouse, Isle
of Wight, Virginia and
are available for public
examination.
Any person desiring to
be heard in favor of,
in opposition to, or to
express his views with
respect to the aforesaid
application may appear
before and be heard by
said Wetlands Board
during the Public
Hearing to be held in
the Robert C. Claud,
Sr. Board Room, Isle of
Wight Courthouse, Isle
of Wight, Virginia, on
Monday, April 15, 2013
beginning at 7:00 P.M.
The County of Isle of
Wight is in compliance
with the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990.
If you will require an
accommodation or sign
language interpreter
to participate in the
meeting, reasonable
accommodations can
be made upon request.
Please make requests to
the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors at least
ve (5) days in advance
of the meeting at (757)
365-6204.
interest. Failure to
receive a tax bill does
not relieve penalty and
interest.
For your convenience
we offer several
payment options.
Our office accepts
cash, check, money
order, or credit cards.
Residents may opt to
pay online by using
your customer number
and home computer
by logging onto www.
co.isle-of-wight.va.us.
We accept MasterCard,
Visa, Discover, or
American Express. A
2.4% convenience fee
will be added to your
charge. You can also
charge by telephone
by calling 1-866-6165727 and following the
instructions.
Our normal ofce hours
are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday thru Friday.
For your convenience,
an after hours drop
box is located on the
walk-way beside the
new Administrative
Building at 17090
Monument Circle. As
always, the postmark
is used as the pay date.
For questions or more
information, please
call the Treasurer’s
Ofce at 365-6228. To
update your account
information regarding
ownership or residency,
please contact the
Commissioner of the
I S L E O F Revenue’s ofce at 365W I G H T C O U N T Y 6222.
WETLANDS BOARD Thank you,
Judith C Wells
BY: Sandy W. Robinson, Isle of Wight County
Secretary
Treasurer
L13-51
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ISLE OF WIGHT
COUNTY FINAL
LEGAL NOTICE
DELINQUENT TAX
NOTICE
The Isle of Wight County
Industrial Development
Isle of Wight County Authority (IDA) will
P e r s o n a l P r o p e r t y hold a regular meeting
and Real Estate Final on Tuesday, April 9,
delinquent tax notices 2013 at 4:00 PM in the
were mailed on March Robert C. Claud, Sr.
15, 2013. If you own Board of Supervisors
personal property and Room. The purpose of
real estate and do not the meeting is to discuss
pay the delinquent tax by c u r r e n t E c o n o m i c
the due date, collection Development projects
action will begin for the a n d o t h e r r o u t i n e
2012 tax. Legal action matters as may be raised.
may be taken to collect Inquiries regarding
prior delinquent taxes the meeting should be
include but not limited directed to:
to bank levy, employer
lien(s), DMV stop(s) Lisa Perry
and property seizure. Director of Economic
State law requires Development
Personal Property and Isle of Wight County
Real Estate not paid Post Ofce Box 80
by December 5, 2012 Isle of Wight, VA
to incur penalty and 23397
L13-55
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HOT Deals
ON
WHEELS
List your cars or trucks until they
FOR ONLY $15.00
SELL*
Call 357-3288 for a LONG TERM LISTING
*Maximum 8 weeks run per listing, maximum 22 words
05 Toyota
4WD, V8, 4.7L, Auto, 135k miles, Tow pkg, sliding sunroof $12,900 757-357-0841
Tundra SR5 running boards, 6CD + AM/FM. Linex bedliner. Recent state inspection
98 Harley
Heritage Classic, 8000miles, black, exc. condition, dealer just serviced, 757-279-0178
tuned, inspected, Mikuni carbs, python pipes, oil cooler
$7500
00 Chevy
Blazer LS
163K miles, 1 owner, int/ext very good to exc condition, no known
757-279-0655
mechanical defects, poss. owner short term finance w/downpymnt $4500
02 Buick
Century
Custom, 100,000 miles, am/fm/casette/cd, power windows , seats
757-620-9316
$3500
04 Ford
F-150
4x4 SuperCrew Cab Lariat 98,400 miles, am/fm/cd,
leather seats, power windows/seatsm tow package
757-620-9316
$13500
94 Buick
114,00 miles, everything works, just inspected, PRICE REDUCED
Roadmaster bought another car, don’t need this one
757-334-5618
$2000 OBO
96 Olds
Delta
All options, leather interior, wonderfully kept & maintained
65K miles, great gas mileage, call before 9pm
757-357-1777
$4,850 OBO
04 BMW
325 CI
Coupe, Excellent Conditon, 90K miles
757-615-5401
$11,750
91 Volvo
240
Good condition, new alternator, battery, and breaks
757-556-2117
$1,000 OBO
04 Jeep
Liberty
4WD, V-6, Automatic, full-power, leather,
sunroof, new inspection
757-685-2889
$8,100.00
04 Dodge
Ram
1500 Green HEMI GTX, excellent condition, many extras,
under 45K miles, title in hand
757-817-7869
$13,500
98 Lincoln
Town Car
Extra clean, many features, 114,000 miles. Garage kept
a beautiful car, below blue book value.
757-357-5816
$4,300
IW basketball
winners
The following teams won this year’s Isle of
Wight County youth basketball tournament.
The Majors, ages 6-7, are coached by James Clarke
and Deana Southerland. Pictured back row: James
Clarke and Deana Southerland; front row: Aaron
Mitchell, Marcus Southerland, Triston Pretlow,
Gavin Baker, Jamonte Powell, Joseph Hicks, Davis
Thrift and Karon Mavin.
Green Mountain adds tea
WATERBURY, Vt. —
Green Mountain Coffee
Roasters Inc., a leader in
specialty coffee and coffee makers, and Unilever
North America announced the companies
have reached an agreement to offer Lipton hot
and iced teas in K-Cup
and Vue packs for Keurig
single cup brewing systems.
The new Lipton KCup and Vue packs will
be filled with Lipton’s
teas to create a hot and
iced tea experience with
the convenience of a
Keurig brewer. Lipton KCup and Vue packs will
be offered in a variety of
channels in the United
States and Canada beginning in summer 2013. The
new teas will join GMCR’s
family of beverage brands
available in the Keurig
brewing system, and
Lipton iced teas will become
part
of
the
Company’s Brew Over Ice
collection, a line specially
crafted to brew refreshing
iced beverages with any
Keurig brewing system.
A Lipton Tea facility is
located in Suffolk, just
miles from the Green
Mountain facility in Isle of
Wight County’s intermodal
park.
The Smithfield Packers, ages 12-14, are coached
by Robert Burrell, Joey Wilson and Denzel
Williams. Back row, left to right: Robert Burrell,
Jay Scott, Morgan Robinson and Joey Wilson; front
row, left to right: Josh Farmer, Patrick Diggers,
Preston Jeffrey and Josh Wilson.
longstanding rivalry between Smithfield and
Windsor from the days
when
she
attended
Smithfield High School,
approved of the new design.
“This is something we
all can embrace. I’m
happy,” she said.
“Just like the two flags
that are near and dear to
me — the Marine Corps
and American flag — you
all got a winner,” said Herb
DeGroft, Hardy representative.
Exxon donation
New Hams
Sixteen new amateur radio operators finished
their six-week amateur radio operators class
and were licensed March 16 at the Windsor
Volunteer Fire Department. The lead instructor
was Ray Haring-W4IOW and was assisted by
Dick Harrell-W4RBH, Chris Peters-W4KIT and
Tom Norris-KG4KUC. An advanced class
conducted by the Western Tidewater Amateur
Radio Association will be offered at the
Windsor Volunteer Fire Station during April and
May. For more information, call 635-9548.
Bob McDonnell to amend
the bill to fix the program.
A McDonnell spokesman said the governor will
ensure that the final legislation does not require
owners of electric mopeds
to pay a $100 annual fee.
McDonnell has not said
whether he will veto the
$100 fee on other alternative vehicles, which would
be annually assessed on top
of the regular car registration fee. The so-called hybrid fee was in the
governor’s original transportation bill.
Newman’s bill would require mopeds to be registered by July 1, 2014.
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RICHMOND (AP) —
Owners of electric-powered mopeds could be hit
with a $100 annual registration fee as a result of legislation passed by the 2013
General Assembly.
The fee is an unintended
consequence of the sweeping transportation funding
bill and a separate measure
regulating mopeds.
The road funding measure includes a $100 registration surcharge on alternative vehicles such as hybrids. And because mopeds
would be classified as stateregistered vehicles, those
with electric motors would
be subject to the fee. Owners of electric scooters that
retail in some places for
$800 to $900 would pay more
than one-tenth of the purchase price in annual fees.
Meanwhile, gas-powered mopeds would be subject to a $14 state fee.
“This is just one more
example of why the consequences of the $100 hybrid
tax have not been completely thought through,”
said Del. Scott Surovell, DFairfax County, who is waging a campaign to get the
fee on all alternative vehicles stricken from the
transportation bill.
State officials, including
Lynchburg Republican
Sen. Steve Newman, who
sponsored the moped bill,
recently became aware of
the overlap with the road
revenue bill and its effect
on
electric
mopeds.
Newman has asked Gov.
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Isle of Wight Academy recently was awarded a
$1,000 grant from the Exxon Mobil Educational
Alliance. Isle of Wight Academy partnered with
Brian Atwood of Parker Oil and Propane to
receive this grant and it will be used to
enhance math and science programs at the
school. Pictured, left to right: Brian Atwood of
Parker Oil and Propane, Benjamin Vaughan,
headmaster, and Mary-Margaret Wells, director
of development.
“It’s natural to think
of Keurig as being synonymous with coffee,
and now consumers are
also tur ning to their
Keurig brewing systems
for the freshest tasting
hot and iced tea, prepared simply and quickly
at home and in the office.
Our strategy to partner
with world-class beverage brands like Lipton
further broadens the consumer choice in the
Keurig system and helps
us meet a wide range of
consumer taste and beverage preferences.”
Fee for moped riders
The Smithfield Trailblazers, ages 10-11, are
coached by Erik Cypress, left, Trashawn Holloway,
center, and Denzel Williams, right. Back row, left to
right: Anthony Gray Jr., Zhamia Shivers, Ariyana
Parker, Hannah Bell and Antonio Zarraga; front
row, left to right: Garrett Blatt, Xavier Elder,
Gabrielle Pierce and Jullian Branch.
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Logo
Board chairman, Robert
Eley. Eley, who represents
the Carrsville district,
challenged Soderholm to
design a new Dukes logo
after Smithfield High
School unveiled its logo.
“It’s clean, it’s fresh, it’s
easy to print, as well as
embroider,” Eley said, noting that past intricate designs proved difficult to
embroider on fan wear and
uniforms.
Smithfield representative Denise Tynes, who said
she
cherished
a
The Celetics, ages 8-9, are coached by Wayne
Sorrell, right, and Kermitt Francis II, left. Back row,
left to right: AJ Jones, Anthony Walker and Rashad
(Rock) Tucker; front row, left to right: Brandon
Francis, Hunter Edwards and Gavin Sorrell.
However, it wasn’t exactly the proximity to
Lipton’s that sealed the
deal, said Green Mountain
spokesman Sandy Yusen.
“The primary reason for
GMCR teaming up with
Lipton is that Lipton is the
world’s leading tea brand,
and we believe that making
it available in the Keurig
system will have a strong
appeal for consumers,”
said Yusen in a March 27
email.
“We’re happy to welcome Lipton — one of the
world’s great refreshment
brands — to our family of
Keurig brewed beverages,”
said Brian P. Kelley, GMCR
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